Is Your Dog a Farter?
Although we dog owners love most everything about our dogs, there's one thing we could live without… flatulence— more commonly known as gas.
All my dogs have been great producers of gas. But my greyhound, he was a professional farter. So much so, my kids lovingly renamed him Sirfartsalot.
Thankfully, gas is not usually a sign of anything too serious. But it can really affect your quality of life and your ability to enjoy your dog. And if it happens when you're in a public place, it's embarrassing!
But gas can usually be resolved once you figure out what's causing it.
Flatulence is the release of accumulated gas in your dog's intestinal tract. The natural bacteria in the gut break down the food. But certain foods don't breakdown and get digested the way they should. And gas is the unpleasant result.
Why do some dogs have more gas than others?
Maybe you've heard that certain breeds are gassier than others. Specifically, brachycephalic breeds… dogs with short noses like Bulldogs, Boxers, and Boston terriers.
There is no clear evidence this is true. But some believe that the position of their short noses causes them to take in excess air when they breathe.
The veterinarians in the doubters camp feel excess air may cause burping but shouldn't cause farting. Others believe that taking in excess air for any reason including eating too quickly or exercising too soon after eating can cause gas.
It can't hurt to reduce the risk of taking in too much air by having your excited eater dine in a quiet room with no disturbances or distractions. If competitive eating causes your dog to eat too fast and take in too much air, separate your dogs.
Smaller more frequent meals can help too.
And never exercise your dog less than an hour before or after eating because that can cause bloat as I discussed in Could Your Dog Fall Victim to this Deadly Condition?, even if it doesn't cause flatulence.
Regardless if too much air intake is to blame for gas, we know for sure the following 7 things can cause gas.
Low quality diet – This is the most common cause of gas. Indigestible carbohydrates and less digestible meat byproducts can lead to gas. Gas is the fermentation of poorly digested food. So feed your dog a super premium highly digestible food and you'll notice less odor coming from your dog's rear end.
If the first few ingredients on the label of your pet's food are corn, soy, sugar or an unspecified protein meal, the food is of low quality and isn't highly digestible.
Food allergies or sensitivities – Gas can be a sign that your dog is not tolerating something in their diet. What they may be allergic to is not always easy to identify.
In my article, 5 Signs Your Dog May Have a Food Allergy, you can learn more about how to isolate the offending ingredient in your dog's food.
Sudden dietary changes – If you need to change your dog's diet, be sure you do it gradually. A sudden change can upset your dog's stomach and cause gas.
Dietary indiscretion – Is there a dog owner in the world that doesn't have a story about the time their dog ate _____________? Fill in the blank. Every dog has eaten something they shouldn't have either from the garbage can, the street, or maybe your kid's backpack.
Depending on what they eat, it can really upset their stomach. And cause gas.
I find with my dogs that excessive gas is often the precursor to diarrhea.
Stress – When a dog is stressed, their digestion can suffer. Not unlike humans. The day I rescued my greyhound from the track, I learned about the relationship between stress and flatulence. The car ride home was a long one. He was so stressed and just kept passing gas… the whole 40-minute ride. Poor guy! Poor us!
And my new puppy that exudes confidence wherever she goes is surprisingly very nervous in the car. Whenever we go for a ride—pretty much daily—she blesses us with some awfully unpleasant emissions.
Table scraps – It's not a good idea to feed your dog table scraps. If they're eating a well-balanced diet, introducing food from the table isn't necessary and can upset their digestive systems.
This is particularly true if they are lactose intolerant and you give them cheese or ice cream. If you do, expect gas!
And fatty foods… they can really be difficult for a dog to digest.
Gastrointestinal disorders – If your dog is eating a healthy high-quality diet without any unexpected extras, and they're still gassy… see the vet.
A condition that disturbs the intestines' ability to absorb nutrients can cause gas.
They could be suffering from a gastrointestinal disorder like ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, giardia or another parasite. But there are usually signs besides gas if something more serious is going on.
Keep in mind that anything that upsets the microflora (healthy bacteria) in the digestive tract can also make your dog gassy. That includes antibiotics.
Antibiotics disturb the healthy bacteria in humans too. If your dog is on antibiotics, consider giving them a probiotic to support the microflora in their systems.
In fact, if your dog is gassy, your vet may recommend adding a probiotic to their diet. Probiotics offer a lot of benefits. My article, Probiotics… Do Pets Need Them Too?, talks all about why you should consider a food like Husse that includes probiotics in its formulation.
What's causing the gas is something going into your dog's digestive system. If your dog has a flatulence problem, start with their food.
A highly digestible food with high-quality protein and lower fiber will often get rid of the problem. Go with the best quality food you can afford to feed your dog.
A super premium food like Husse is a great choice. It's highly digestible, and all of their foods contain a high-quality named protein source… no generic meals, no byproducts.
And don't forget exercise. Just like people, dog's need exercise to get their bowels moving and their digestive tract working. Both necessary to reduce gas.
Is your dog gassy? What's worked to resolve the problem? Tell us in the comment section at the top of the page.
There's nothing more heartbreaking than seeing our beloved pets unable to enjoy being active and playful.
Unfortunately, when our dogs are suffering, they can't tell us what's bothering them. But our pet parent intuition knows when something is up.
There are many conditions that cause our dogs to avoid activity but hip dysplasia is particularly debilitating.
This is a condition that affects mostly large and giant breed dogs like Saint Bernards, Great Danes, Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, Rottweilers, and German Shepherds. But small and medium-sized breeds can get it too.
In simple terms, hip dysplasia is an abnormally formed hip socket. The ball and socket don't meet each other properly causing the joint to rub and grind instead of sliding smoothly. This causes pain and lameness. In its most severe form it can cripple your dog.
Hip dysplasia is one of the most common skeletal diseases seen in dogs.
Hip dysplasia may affect both hips or just one. And it can start when your dog is young… sometimes as early as 5 months. Or you may notice a problem as your dog is aging and the joint is degenerating. Without early intervention, hip dysplasia will cause osteoarthritis.
If your dog is suffering from early onset hip dysplasia, the symptoms they experience will relate to the looseness or laxity in the joint. Later disease results in problems caused by degeneration of the joint and the ensuing arthritis.
There is a very strong genetic component to this orthopedic disease.
If you buy a large purebred dog from a breeder, the first question to ask is if the parents and grandparents are OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals) certified. And ask to see the certifications.
Parents and grandparents with good hips are less likely to have puppies with bad hips, but it's no guarantee they won't.
If you rescue a dog, it's a crapshoot. Selective breeding is the only prevention… and there's still no guarantee.
Nutrition plays an important role. If a dog predisposed to hip dysplasia grows too quickly, gains weight too quickly or is obese, they have an increased likelihood of developing the disease. If you feed a lower fat, lean diet to a large breed puppy it will promote slower growth.
And feeding a premium food like Husse Valp Maxi (for large breed puppies), Optimal Giant and Lamm & Ris Giant may improve the odds. These foods are formulated to provide the nutrition required to minimize the health concerns associated with large breeds.
In addition, these three foods contain salmon oil. The Omega-3s in fish oil are a natural anti-inflammatory and provide many other health benefits. You can learn more about these benefits in my article Omega-3 Fatty Acids…Your Pet Needs Them Too!
And for the doggy already suffering from hip dysplasia, your vet may suggest adding fish oil to their diet.
Exercise can play a role too. And this one's a double-edged sword. A young dog that's over-exercised and is predisposed to the disease has a greater likelihood of developing it. But dogs with greater muscle mass are less likely to get it.
Hmmm! The answer is exercise your dog but don't overdo it.
Once diagnosed, your vet's treatment recommendation will depend on many factors such as your dog's age, severity of the disease, your dog's activity level and its size.
Surgery is an option, but it's expensive. For most people, medical management is the likely choice.
Many medications are on the market today that will halt the degeneration of the joint. But any deformity or degeneration that exists will not go away.
Your vet will want to follow-up with regular exams and possibly new x-rays to evaluate the progression.
This is one of those conditions that may mean lifestyle adjustments for your dog. But if caught early, it's possible to slow the progression and enable your baby to have a good quality of life.
Does your dog suffer from hip dysplasia? How have you treated it? Share in the comment section at the top of the page.
We all may be a little guilty of indulging our fur babies sometimes with table scraps, or by sharing a tasty human treat with them. And there are foods we eat that are definitely safe for our pets to eat too.
In fact last week, I talked about healthy fruits and veggies great for sharing. This week I'll tell you about the foods that are a definite NO for your pets.
These foods can be downright deadly! Many of them you may already know are dangerous. Some may be a surprise.
You may not believe in giving your pet human food, and that's okay. But you can still find yourself with a sick dog or cat that ate something they shouldn't have. A pet parent's vigilance can't always prevent a dog or cat from helping themselves to something left on the counter or in the pantry.
If your pet is showing signs they ate something they shouldn't have (vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, difficulty breathing, seizures), call the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center 888-426-4435, your vet, or the emergency clinic without delay.
Here are 15 foods to keep out of reach of your pets.
Alcohol – Besides the symptoms above that would be typical if your pet ate any of these foods, alcohol can also cause decreased coordination and even death. Keep any alcoholic beverages or foods made with alcohol, away from your pet.
Avocado – It contains persin—a fungicidal toxin similar to a fatty acid—which is toxic to pets in large amounts. Persin is not only in the fruit, it's also in the leaves, seed and bark of the avocado plant. So also be careful if you grow avocados.
Caffeine – Anything with caffeine is dangerous to your pet. Coffee, tea, energy drinks, sports drinks, and soda all have caffeine. In addition to the typical symptoms associated with eating something harmful, signs of caffeine poisoning are hyperactivity, restlessness, heart palpitations and excessive thirst. And it can cause death.
Chocolate – Theobromine is the component in chocolate that's toxic to our pets. Like caffeine—also present in chocolate—it's in the methylxanthine class of drugs. Methylxanthines are beneficial to human health but can be deadly for your dog or cat.
Dark chocolate has higher levels of theobromine than milk or white chocolate. Baking chocolate has the most.
Coconut, Coconut Oil, Coconut Water – A small amount of coconut probably won't hurt your pet. But it may cause diarrhea. In large amounts, it can make your pet really sick. And never give your pet coconut water because it has high levels of potassium (good for humans but not your fur baby).
Grapes and Raisins – No one knows for sure what makes grapes and raisins toxic. But we do know that it can cause kidney failure. So although your dog may love chasing a grape around the kitchen floor… refrain.
Macadamia Nuts – Nuts contain a lot of oils and fats which can cause stomach distress and even pancreatitis. But macadamias, for some reason no one's certain of, will make your pet very sick.
Milk and Dairy – Dairy products may make your pet sick but they won't likely kill them. Dogs and cats don't have a lot of lactase, the enzyme that breaks down lactose in milk. As a result, too much dairy can mean diarrhea and stomach upset, not unlike lactose intolerance in humans.
Even cats, reputed milk guzzlers, should stay away from the white stuff.
Onions, Garlic and Chives – These three are alliums and ingesting them can cause hemolytic anemia in dogs and cats. It's serious and can cause weakness, breathlessness, loss of interest in food and potentially death.
They're dangerous in all forms; raw, powdered, cooked and dehydrated. And it's not just a large amount that will make your pet ill. Even small amounts consumed regularly can cause poisoning.
Cats seem to be more susceptible but dogs are also at risk if they consume too much.
Persimmons – The seeds of the persimmon are the problem. They can cause inflammation and/or block the small intestine.
Raw Meat, Raw Eggs, Raw Fish – The biggest concern with raw meat and eggs is bacteria like Salmonella and E. coli that can make pets and people sick.
Raw fish can contain a parasite that causes "fish disease" or "salmon poisoning" disease. It can be fatal if not treated. But cooking does kill the parasite.
Raw eggs also contain an enzyme called avidin that decreases absorption of biotin (an important B vitamin). This can lead to skin and coat problems. But avidin is destroyed when eggs are cooked.
Raw Bones – Many people give their dogs raw bones because they feel it's a natural treat… something dogs would have consumed in the wild. But domesticated dogs should never chew on a raw bone. They're not their wild ancestors.
Raw bones are dangerous because they splinter and can damage the digestive tract. They're also a choking hazard.
Salty Foods – Our pets aren't intended to consume salt. Sharing salty human snacks like chips and pretzels is a bad idea. Too much salt can cause sodium poisoning which has the usual symptoms… vomiting, diarrhea, depression, tremors, seizures, and can lead to death.
Xylitol – This natural sweetener is safe for humans and found in gum, candy, baked goods and toothpaste. But it's particularly dangerous for our pets.
It causes insulin release which can ultimately lead to hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). If your pet consumes xylitol they may become lethargic, lose coordination and vomit. The symptoms can progress to seizures, elevated liver enzymes, and liver failure in only a few days.
So keep your pet out of your purse, the kids' backpacks, suitcases… anywhere there may be items sweetened with xylitol.
Yeast Dough – Yeast causes dough to rise. If swallowed, the yeast dough may rise in your pet's stomach. This can be painful and cause bloat – a life-threatening emergency. You can read my post about the signs and dangers of bloat here.
Yeast is also dangerous because it produces ethanol. Ethanol is alcohol. If raw bread dough is ingested, your pet can become drunk. The same dangers of consuming alcohol I mentioned above apply to yeast consumption.
Many of the items on this list are probably foods you would never consider giving your pet. Some of the items may be foods you've given to your pet in the past. But knowing what may be harmful can head off a lot of heartache. And knowing the signs of poisoning can be life saving.
Has your pet ever consumed one of these toxic foods? Tell us about your experience at the top. Maybe you can save another pets life.
Summer is the time for delicious fruits and vegetables. So while you're enjoying this season's abundant harvest, why not share some with your beloved pet?
There are many fruits and vegetables your pet will love. And they're good for them too. Just like any new food, start slow. Try small amounts first to see how your pet reacts. If you notice any stomach upset that fruit or vegetable may not be a good choice.
Some fruits and vegetables are dangerous for pets. We'll talk about those next week. But this week, let's look at the delicious and healthy treats your pet can enjoy along with you.
They're a great source of vitamins A and C. They also contain a lot of fiber. Because they're low in fat and protein, they're a better snack choice for senior and overweight pets than store-bought treats.
Slice them and freeze them for a refreshing summer treat. Don't feed the seeds or core. As with many fruit pits and seeds, they contain cyanide and that can be dangerous to pets. And the core is a choking hazard.
They're a mineral powerhouse high in magnesium, potassium, biotin, and copper. Bananas are also a great source of fiber. But they are high in sugar. So don't overdue it.
You can stuff a Kong toy with banana and freeze it for a great treat and an entertaining activity for your dog.
Avoid giving your pet the peel. Although it isn't toxic, it's hard to digest.
This fruit's high in vitamins A, B6, C and potassium. And it's 92% water which makes it great for keeping your pet hydrated in the summer.
Remove the rind. It can cause stomach upset. And the seeds can cause an intestinal blockage.
There's lots of fiber and vitamin C in this fruit. But it's also high in sugar, so go easy. Cut the berries into small pieces to avoid choking.
A bonus… strawberries have an enzyme that can whiten your pet's teeth.
Not all pets will like the tartness of oranges. But they are high in vitamin C, potassium and fiber. You can give a big dog a whole orange (minus the skin). But smaller dogs should have only a third.
One or two segments are really enough for a treat. Oranges are high in sugar too. So an overweight pet shouldn't eat too many.
Some pets have a hard time digesting oranges. So start with just a small amount until you're sure it agrees with them.
This fruit is considered a super food for humans and pets. It's full of fiber, phytochemicals (beneficial plant compounds), and antioxidants. It's low in calories and high in vitamin C.
And just like in people, antioxidants prevent cell damage, strengthen the immune system, and reduce the effects of brain aging… great for our elderly pets.
I'm talking about the raw, fresh kind only. No canned pineapple in syrup for your pets. It's got way too much sugar in the syrup.
As long as you feed your pet the raw yellow flesh without the spiny skin or core, pineapple is a delicious treat.
It's nutrient dense containing vitamin C, B6, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, manganese, copper, potassium, magnesium and iron.
If you give your pet pineapple, feed small quantities. It's very high in fiber which can cause diarrhea. And very high in sugar… that's not good for anyone.
Peaches have vitamin A and fiber. They are a tasty treat but never feed your pet the pit. It has cyanide as many pits and seeds do.
And once again, only the fresh version. No canned peaches soaked in sugary syrup.
They have anti-inflammatory properties making them a good snack choice for elderly pets with joint pain.
They're high in fiber, manganese and vitamin C, but low in sugar and calories. And they contain antioxidants. But you don't want to feed your pet too many because they contain a small amount of Xylitol which can be deadly to your pet.
A mango has vitamins A, B6, C, E, and potassium, beta-carotene and alpha carotene making it a healthy snack option for your pet. But again remove the pit. It has cyanide and can be a choking hazard.
Cantaloupe is a great year-round treat. It's got vitamins A, B6, and C, along with beta-carotene, fiber, folate, niacin and potassium.
Beta-carotene helps prevent cell damage and reduces the risk of cancer.
But again, skip the rind and feed only the flesh.
This is a great addition to the diet if your pet has gastrointestinal problems. It can alleviate diarrhea and constipation. It's also good for cardiovascular health.
Pumpkin is full of fiber, vitamin A and antioxidants.
These are good raw or cooked but the crunchiness of a raw carrot is great for your pet's dental health.
They're high in fiber and beta-carotene.
My Greyhound came running when he heard the peeler come out of the draw.
Cucumbers are terrific because they're low in carbohydrates and fat, making them great for overweight pets.
My Greyhound had the metabolism of a tri-athlete and could have used a little fat on his bones. But that didn't stop him from loving cucumbers.
They contain vitamins K, C, B1 and potassium, copper, magnesium, and biotin. And they say cucumbers can give your pet an energy boost.
Not only does celery contain vitamins A, B and C, but it also can freshen doggy breath. That sounds good!
Washed, peeled, boiled or baked, potatoes are a great source of fiber. But never feed potatoes raw… way too hard to digest. White potatoes contain iron. Sweet potatoes are packed with beta-carotene, and vitamins B6 and C.
Stay away from mashed potatoes that contain butter and milk, and sweet potato pies with added sugar or marshmallows.
This is the super power of veggies for pets. They contain omega-3 fatty acids; vitamins A, C, and K; calcium, copper, fiber, folic acid, iron, niacin, manganese, potassium, riboflavin, thiamin and beta-carotene.
Wow… this one's worth keeping at the ready!
Although there are many great options your pet can enjoy, I realize not everyone wants to feed their pet fruits and vegetables. And you don't have to. If you are feeding your pet a well-balanced nutritious food like Husse, your pet is getting all it needs.
But if you like to give your pet a treat, fruits and vegetables are better options than store bought packaged treats.
Regardless of your treat choice, remember moderation is always best. And if ever your pet has a negative reaction to something you feed them, stop giving them that food and call your vet if problems persist.
What fruits and vegetables do your pets enjoy? Tell us in the comment section at the top of the page.


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Oregon Coronavirus Update
The Oregon Health Authority and Department of Human Services sent this bulletin at 04/30/2021 04:52 PM PDT
Teenager with long haul COVID-19 symptoms 'strongly urges others to get the vaccine'
Mariana Robins, a 15-year-old high school sophomore, who became ill with COVID-19 in September of 2020 shared her experience with the illness. Mariana has long-haul symptoms that include memory loss, dizziness, migraines, severe pain and passing out without warning.
Mariana said, "Even though I'm slowly getting better and getting back to a normal high school life, post-COVID is still affecting me. It has made it harder to learn and remember things that I used to know pre-COVID. Before COVID I used to read all the time. Now I can't even read a simple paragraph without getting tired and frustrated. With the help of my teachers and staff, they have been very supportive at my school.
After all this time suffering, I strongly urge others to get the vaccine because it can save your life and it can make sure that you and others don't have to get affected the same way and have to suffer like I have. For me as a teenager, I strongly urge other teenagers to get the vaccine as well because this can happen to you."
Click on the image below to see a video of Mariana telling her story at today's news conference.
New modeling shows with precautions in place, we can save many lives
On April 30, Governor Kate Brown gave an update on the status of COVID-19 in Oregon. The Governor was joined by Dr. Peter Graven, Lead Data Scientist, Oregon Health & Science University and Mariana Robins, a 15-year old with long-haul COVID-19 symptoms.
The news conference addressed the recent increase in cases and hospitalizations:
Cases have increased 20% or more for the last five weeks.
Oregon is the state with the highest rate of increase in cases over the last two weeks.
Hospitalizations are increasing at almost double what they were a week ago.
The portion of hospitalized cases of people who are 18 to 34 has increased by almost 50 percent.
Dr. Peter Graven gave an overview of modeling predictions for the virus. He said the modeling shows that "we have just three to four more weeks until we're in good shape. That's when cases will fall, and our vaccine levels will be high enough that with basic preventive measures the virus cannot effectively grow."
Acknowledging the sacrifice that comes with Extreme or High Risk levels, Dr. Graven pointed out that this pause is likely to save 176 lives and 700 hospitalizations.
To learn more about today's news conference, you can find the news release here.
OHA experts answer your post-vaccination questions
On Wednesday, April 28, our experts answered post-vaccination questions. You can watch the video here. Below are the timestamps for the questions:
10:13 – How effective are the vaccines against the variants?
11:01 – What do I do if I lose my vaccination card?
11:38 – Will county-based restrictions be the same for vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals? For example, will there be adjustments to the group-size rules if all members of a group gathering are fully vaccinated?
13:19 – If I had a chain store pharmacy administer both COVID-19 vaccines without entering them into MyChart, does the pharmacy notify the Oregon Immunization Information System so that my immunization record is updated, or do I need to go through my primary care physician?
14:15 – Can you change guidelines to allow for fully vaccinated people to immediately be able to watch their children play sports or activities?
16:01 – If most of my employees or colleagues get vaccinated, can we drop the masks in the workplace?
16:55 – How many have died from the COVID-19 vaccines and are people getting COVID-19 from the vaccine?
20:20 – What about COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases? You talked earlier about people getting COVID-19 from the vaccine.
22:08 – Are we allowed to ask for COVID-19 vaccination cards if someone in the workplace is saying they aren't required to quarantine after a COVID-19 exposure?
23:01 – Can you explain the similarities of the flu vaccines and the COVID-19 vaccines?
24:47 – If vaccines work, why do we still have to wear a mask?
26:05 – How long will it take us to reach herd immunity?
27:15 – If I got my second COVID-19 vaccine and find out four days later that I have been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19, do I still have to quarantine?
28:07 – Why does it seem like that the more people who get vaccinated, the more cases we have?
29:29 – If we require COVID-19 vaccines in the workplace, are we allowed to ask for vaccination cards to show proof of protection, or is this protected?
Oregon reports 990 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths
There are four new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state's death toll to 2,495, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today.
Oregon Health Authority reported 990 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 184,812.
Vaccinations in Oregon
Today, OHA reported that 49,029 new doses of COVID-19 vaccinations were added to the state immunization registry. Of this total, 34,063 doses were administered on April 29 and 14,966 were administered on previous days but were entered into the vaccine registry on April 29. Cumulative daily totals can take several days to finalize.
The seven-day running average is now 35,329 doses per day.
Oregon has now administered a total of 1,594,712 first and second doses of Pfizer, 1,292,815 first and second doses of Moderna and 94,533 single doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. As of today, 1,253,053 people have completed a COVID-19 vaccine series. There are 1,819,329 who have had at least one dose.
To date, 1,892,475 doses of Pfizer, 1,583,600 doses of Moderna and 228,700 doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines have been delivered to sites across Oregon.
These data are preliminary and subject to change.
OHA's dashboards provide regularly updated vaccination data, and Oregon's dashboard has been updated today.
Cases and deaths
The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following counties: Baker (2), Benton (22), Clackamas (99), Clatsop (3), Columbia (5), Coos (6), Crook (11), Curry (2), Deschutes (81), Douglas (7), Grant (12), Harney (1), Hood River (1), Jackson (56), Jefferson (12), Josephine (16), Klamath (78), Lake (2), Lane (88), Lincoln (8), Linn (51), Malheur (2), Marion (93), Morrow (1), Multnomah (178), Polk (13), Tillamook (6), Umatilla (9), Wallowa (4), Wasco (8), Washington (101) and Yamhill (12).
Oregon's 2,492nd death is a 97-year-old woman from Clackamas County who died on April 12, 2020 at her residence. The death certificate listed COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death. She had underlying conditions.
Oregon's 2,493rd death is a 49-year-old man from Josephine County who tested positive on April 10 and died on April 29 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. He had no underlying conditions.
Oregon's 2,494th death is an 81-year-old man from Malheur County who tested positive on April 24 and died on April 28 at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, in Boise, ID. Presence of underlying conditions is being confirmed.
Oregon's 2,495th death is a 78-year-old woman from Crook County who tested positive on April 20 and died on April 26 her residence. She had underlying conditions.
COVID-19 hospitalizations
The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across Oregon is 334, which is five fewer than yesterday. There are 73 COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU) beds, which is two more than yesterday.
The total number of COVID-19 positive patient bed-days in the most recent seven days is 2,232, which is a 28.0% increase from the previous seven days. The peak daily number of beds occupied by COVID-19 positive patients in the most recent seven days is 339.
The total number of patients in hospital beds may fluctuate between report times. The numbers do not reflect admissions per day, nor the length of hospital stay. Staffing limitations are not captured in this data and may further limit bed capacity.
More information about hospital capacity can be found here.
Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations
To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine situation in Oregon, visit our webpage (English or Spanish), which has a breakdown of distribution and other information.
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In 1950 the South Coast Choral Society was formed as a regional choir attracting members from many Fleurieu communities. When the society widened its activities into musicals and drama, its name was changed to the South Coast Choral and Arts Society.
The choir has continued to entertain audiences, often with 3 concerts each year, caterting to all musical tastes. It has been enthusiastically supported by our community, enabling the society to make many donations to local charities, especially the hospital.
The Choral Group is a member of the SA Country Choral Association, and participates in their bi-annual festivals. In 2016 SCCAS hosted the 23rd SACCA Choral Festival in Victor Harbor.
The Choral Group practices Monday nights at Adare Uniting Church Hall from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.


The parcel is listed in the MLS under vacant land although there are 3 improvements on the property. There is a 61' x 71' metal canopy, a 9' x 5.5' block service booth and a partially damaged block 18.5' x 14' building in the rear with 2 restrooms. The property was a Woody's gas-only service station between 1978 and 2015. The owners have removed the 3 gas tanks. There is a monitoring well.The owners are taking full responsibility for any issues. There appear to be no gas leaks. Call to discuss. There are 2 front driveways and a current connection to the Viotti Village parking lot. The front 135' of depth was filled and compacted in 1978. The remaining 200' has not had fill dirt added. It may be possible to remove the existing improvements and re-grade the property to a constant 3% grade.


California is home to a number of famous roads, highways, and freeways, from the Pacific Coast Highway–"the One"–to the West Coast terminus of Route 66. But for wine lovers, there's no more important route than Highway 29, which runs through the heart of Napa Valley.
The views are gorgeous, and feature rolling vineyards in greens and golds, the larger-than-life peaks of the Mayacamas Mountains, and elegant wineries–from the ivy-covered stone buildings of historic structures to the ultra-modern architecture of newer estates.
Highway 29—also known as the Saint Helena Highway—makes for a great roadmap to some of the Napa Valley's best wine tours and wine tasting experiences. Below, discover a few of Beau Wine Tours' favorites from all over the Napa Valley!
Among the many stories of hardship and success in Napa Valley, Chris Madrigal tells his with more honesty than most.
It's possible Madrigal is only being modest; over three generations, the Madrigal family immigrated from Mexico and started by farming fruits and nuts until Chris's father Jess opted to focus on wine grapes. Today, the winery sits on forty acres of vines and produces 6,000 cases of highly sought after wines. Their portfolio includes Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc, as well as less common bottlings like Gewurztraminer and Petite Sirah.
Madrigal is a great place both for the wine offerings and for the friendly hospitality of the Madrigal family.
When Teresa Norton and Tom Paine planned their retirement, it didn't include planting Cabernet Sauvignon in their backyard. But the estate they had acquired for their golden years was perfect for vines, and before long, they had three acres of vineyard. That was in 1989; today, Vineyard 29 bottles wines made from fruit throughout some of the best vineyards in the Napa Valley, including their home vineyard, the famous Aida Vineyard the couple purchased in 2000, and other select sites.
Vineyard 29 relies on an "Old World" method of winemaking called "elevage." During the process, each vintage is raised as delicately and attentively as a child. Grapes are sorted twice by hand, and then processed through their specially-designed gravity-flow winery. The winery generates not only its own electricity, but its own climate control. The working wine cave leads to a Wine Library, 75 feet below the Sauvignon Blanc vines.
The Wine Library contains samples from each distinct portfolio made by Vineyard 29, including their bottlings from the Estate Vineyard, the Aida Vineyard, and the CRU series, which represent both Napa Valley and Willamette, Oregon AVAs. Don't miss the Vineyard 29 Library Food and Wine Pairing Experience. It starts with amazing views from the winery's terrace and ends with a paired flight of wines deep underground. If your wine tour would prefer to stay above ground, an Essentials Tasting is also available. You'll appreciate panoramic views of the valley and consume a flight of the CRU wines. Both are available by reservation only, so be sure to book ahead!
Dr. Madaiah Revana started his career in wine as a cardiologist in Houston, Texas, where friends introduced him to fine wine and ignited a passion for Cabernet Sauvignon. Once Dr. Revana secured some prime acreage in St. Helena, he knew he wanted to honor the potential of the land and the region with the best possible viticultural and winemaking practices. To that end, he hired vineyard manager Jim Barbour and renowned winemaker Heidi Barrett; they helped craft the Estate Vineyard and the winemaking philosophy that shaped Revana into the lauded label it is today.
Now the wines are made by Thomas River Brown, who has won multiple 100-point scores from both Wine Spectator and The Wine Advocate for his Cabernet Sauvignons. Revana's Cabernet Sauvignons are only available through allocation, but you can taste a vertical flight of library vintages by advance appointment.
This tasting makes for a unique educational opportunity for your Napa Valley wine tour. Revana's Cabernet Sauvignons are carefully produced from the same vineyards year after year, and by tasting different vintages of these wines against each other, you will not only broaden your palate but also your wine knowledge.
This wine tasting is not to be missed for wine lovers who also love to learn!
Whitehall Lane was recently ranked "Best Tasting Experience" in Napa Valley by Napa Valley Life Magazine. Named by its original founders in 1979 for the road that runs the length of the property, Whitehall was taken over by present owners, the Leonardini family, in 1993. The Leonardinis went beyond revamping the winery and winemaking program. They expanded the business to a full 140 acres, including the original Estate property in St. Helena.
The Whitehall Lane vineyards include prime real estate in Rutherford, one of Napa Valley's best known AVAs for Cabernet Sauvignon. This acreage is cared for with cutting-edge technology like wireless capacitance probes. But they also utilize old school methods like daily walks through the vineyards by the winemaker and vineyard managers.
Still run by the family, Whitehall Lane aims to produce world-class wines and share them with the hospitality they're famous for. At Whitehall Lane, you can taste everything from vineyard-designate Cabernet Sauvignon to Malbec. Even sip on a Carneros Chardonnay and a Rosé made from Syrah.
For your award-winning wine tasting experience, you have plenty of great options – stroll the gardens for a Vineyard Tasting, or keep it casual with a current release flight in the main tasting room. Upgrades to library or estate tastings are available, as well as tours of the winemaking facility. Both are definitely worthy additions to your Napa Valley wine tour!
The Staglin Family is a perfect example of the Napa Valley ethic – not only have they carefully nurtured the historic estate they purchased here some thirty-two years ago, but as they developed it into a state-of-the-art winery, they did so with an eye to both conservation and philanthropy. The result is a world-class facility that produces exemplary Napa Valley wines in a beautiful environment.
The estate itself sits at the base of the tallest mountain in the Mayacamas Range, Mount St. John. Its sixty-one acres of ideal soil and microclimate were first planted to vine in the 1860s, but were redeveloped in the 1960s under the watchful eye of famous viticulturist and winemaker Andre Tchelistcheff. When the Staglins acquired the property two decades later, they worked closely with Tchelistcheff to configure the vineyards to fit their goals. Today, their certified "Green Business" property produces lauded Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Sangiovese, and a Bordeaux blend in their sustainable, underground winery.
Wine tasting at Staglin Family takes place in the historic Stekter House homestead, built in 1864, and includes a tour of the vineyards and winery. Be sure to ask about their second label, Salus, from which 100% of proceeds go to research on mental health, only one of the family's many philanthropic ventures. Stop at Staglin Family for the wine tasting, but also to learn about the causes the family supports!
Few wineries or wine families can claim deeper roots in the Napa Valley than Ren and Marilyn Harris, owners and founders of Paradigm. Marilyn's family moved to the Napa Valley in the late 1800s, while Ren's immigrated as far back as 1769. They built their business from scratch, starting with a modest prune orchard in 1976. Today the land is home to 55 self-contained acres of vineyard, winery, and the Harris home.
With these deep roots comes a respect for the land and what it can produce, and Paradigm's winemaking philosophy rests on the idea that the fruit knows best. With famed winemaker Heidi Barrett at the helm, Paradigm wines are cultivated by hand from root to bottle and the results are hard to argue with. Varietals include Cabernet Sauvignon as well as Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Zinfandel, and Petit Verdot.
To try some for yourself, you'll have to go straight to the source – the production and the winery staff are so small that wine tasting is by appointment only. Treat yourself to Paradigm's unique expression of the Napa Valley, driven by the wisdom of the fruit itself!
Highway 29 makes for the perfect Napa Valley wine tour route, and Beau Wine Tours is here to help you find and schedule unforgettable wine tasting along the way!


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THE "NIGHT" FIGHTER 1950-90s
Posted on October 9, 2017 by MSW
Everyone knows the analogy of the whistling train rushing through a station to illustrate the Doppler effect, the apparent shift of frequency of a wave motion if the source is moving with respect to the observer. Doppler naturally applies to radar. If a fighter detects another aircraft coming head-on, the received signals from the target will have a frequency higher than the true frequency of the fighter's radar; similarly, the frequency will be reduced if the two aircraft are moving apart. This shift in frequency can be used to separate a target return from a background of clutter. In most traditional-type interceptions there is little clutter, except that caused by chaff or heavy rain, but today non-stealth attacking aircraft would invariably penetrate hostile territory at treetop height to try to get under the defending radar coverage. A fighter would therefore see them from above, against the Earth's surface. Except in stark mountain or desert areas, the Earth's surface is moving: sea waves, trees and even grass are constantly in motion, causing clutter that shows as interference on the radar display. The fighter's radar is itself moving with respect to the Earth.
With a PD (pulse Doppler) radar the received RF signal is processed by mixers and bandpass filters that cleverly eliminate everything except targets of real interest. (The reader will note that targets may be flying in such a way that the radial distance from the fighter is constant, i.e. they seem to have no relative speed; they too can be distinguished, but it needs radars with very small 'sidelobes' and other advanced features.) The returns from these real targets are converted into streams of digital pulses which are fed to a computer and thence to the pilot's display. On the latter, nothing appears except real targets and inserted information. Instead of being a mere CRT, the modern display is a synthetic picture made up of target spots and pictures, sightlines, impact points, velocity vectors, markers, range scales and a host of alphanumeric information.
Some of the most challenging radar problems of all are met with 'overland downlook radar' of this type, especially those having power to search beyond the visual horizon out to a radius of about 245 miles. Such a radar is fitted to the AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System), the aircraft platform being the Boeing E-3 Sentry. This can pick out hedgehopping aircraft coming head-on, trying to protect themselves with every hostile ruse, even though the signal pulses have to travel for scores of miles right along the surface of the Earth. Only a few years ago this would have been quite impossible. AWACS and the Russian Il-78 are airborne stations which, among other things, serve as the main GCI directors for all modern fighters in the same airspace. Of course, there is no need to talk, because all data and even radar pictures are transmitted from computer to computer across perhaps 150 miles of airspace by high-speed digital links. Thus, today's fighter may well know precisely what is coming long before any target gets within the range of its own radar.
As for software control, this simply means the control by digital computer I have been describing. The computer has to be digital, small, fast and completely reliable. As in many fields, the compact digital computer has revolutionized airborne radar (we no longer talk about 'AI').
To a considerable degree today's radar is designed as a collection of standard modules, each equipped with automatic fault diagnosis, and capable of being pulled from its racking and replaced in about two minutes by a man at an Arctic base wearing fur mitts. The actual collection of modules assembled into the fighter depends on what the customer wants and can pay for. Even then the characteristics can be grossly changed, either with a screwdriver or on pilot command, by the software programmed into the computer. The computer can change the p.r.f. (pulse-repetition frequency) or the wavelength; it can change the characteristics of the signal or the pulses; it can change basic parameters according to flight-test results or different kinds of expected targets; it can change the radar 'signature' (how the radar's emissions look to an enemy) between peace and war, or even hour by hour, to defeat hostile intelligence (electronic intelligence, or Elint) or countermeasures.
Countermeasures is a gigantic subject today, but it still embraces passive jammers such as chaff (which is now automatically cut to length on board the ECM aircraft or fighter by a system that listens to the hostile radars and sizes the chaff to match it) and plain noise jammers which blot out the hostile radar frequencies. One obvious way of making the noise-jammer's life more difficult is to work your own fighter radar on changing frequencies. Modern magnetrons and TWTs (travelling-wave tubes, another potent source of microwaves) can operate over a frequency spread of more than 1 GHz, instead of being tuned exactly to a central frequency. It is possible in modern software-controlled radars, if they are switched out of the PD mode, to make their operating frequency vary rapidly and seemingly randomly all over the available range. Thus a hostile jammer has to jam on all these frequencies, so instead of using a small transmitter he needs something coupled to the National Grid. All fighters, of course, carry simple dispensers for chaff, flares or active RF-jammer payloads, and most also have passive warning receivers on the fin and many other ECM systems.
Typical of the best Western practice of the 1970 period is the F-15 Eagle. This big twin-engined aircraft was designed by a team at St Louis which still thought of itself as McDonnell, creator of the Phantom, but which in 1966 had become McDonnell Douglas. Most of them were shocked to find themselves in August 1997 part of Boeing; thus, today it is the Boeing F-15. When it was being planned, a popular slogan in USAF corridors of power was 'Not a pound for air-to-ground!'. This meant that the F-15 was to be absolutely uncompromised as an air-combat fighter, with no thought of carrying bombs or similar uncouth stores. Of course, the winds of fashion often reverse direction, and before long the F-15E was in production, with a maximum bomb load of 24,500 lb!
From the outset, the F-15's avionics were 'state of the art'. The original radar was the Hughes APG-63, with a flat-plate mechanically driven scanner (such scanners are discussed later). The basic ECM system, the Loral ALR-56, was based on low-band and high-band tuners fed by a blade aerial and by small spiral receiver aerials on the tips of the wings and vertical tails to give all-round coverage. It served several functions, the most crucial being to warn the pilot if his aircraft was being illuminated by a hostile radar. It also provided steering directions for the ALQ-135 internal jamming system. 'Internal' does not mean the system jams the fighter's own systems, but that the equipment is an integral part of the aircraft, not contained in an external pod.
This was typical of the EW (electronic-warfare) suites fitted to fighters of the 1970s. At least, such equipment was fitted to the fighters of most countries. In Britain the purse-strings were clamped so tightly by the Treasury that most British warplanes were worse equipped than they had been back in the Second World War. When, in April 1982, a task force had to be assembled to retake the Falkland Islands from the Argentine invaders, the last Fleet carrier had been withdrawn and there was no seagoing airpower except for Harriers and helicopters. With no sense of urgency, British Aerospace was delivering Sea Harriers, which had some air-combat capability. Suddenly, these aircraft were seen as absolutely crucial. It was then discovered that no money had been voted to equip them with any electronic-warfare system. Harriers and Sea Harriers went into action with bundles of chaff jammed under the airbrake; thus, to release chaff, the pilot had to open the airbrake just at the time when he wanted maximum performance! Frantic orders for chaff and flare cartridge dispensers were placed with the American Tracor company, to bring the Harriers and Sea Harriers almost half-way to the standard of fighters in other countries.
In the 1950s the Moscow-based Central Aero and Hydrodynamics Institute (CAHI, often rendered as TsAGI) had refined a configuration for Mach-2 aircraft with a triangular delta wing and swept tailplanes. This shape was used by Mikoyan for the MiG-21 family, and by Sukhoi for the significantly larger Su-9 all-weather interceptor. By 1962 this had been developed into the Su-11, with a more powerful radar and better missiles. By this time the Sukhoi bureau was working on a much more powerful twin-engined design, the T-58, which matured as the Su-15. Production aircraft followed the Yak-28P at Novosibirsk, the final batches being of the Su-15TM version with R13-300 engines, later radar and additional weapon options including externally hung UPK-23-250 gun pods. Called 'Flagon' by NATO, these attractive aircraft had a wing extended in span to just over 30 feet, but a fuselage no less than 69 feet long. They achieved the rare distinction of shooting down unidentified targets that turned out to be civil airliners that had strayed far from their authorised track: a 707 on 20 April 1978 and a 747 on 1 September 1983, both of Korean Air Lines.
In 1966 PVO regiments began receiving the biggest fighter in history. The sheer size of the Soviet Union made it almost impossible to defend against the multiple threats from USAF Strategic Air Command, partnered by US Navy carriers on which were A-3 Skywarriors carrying nuclear weapons. Thus, defence had to be provided even along the 15,000 km northern frontier. The job called for big aircraft with big radar and big missiles. For a start, in January 1958 work began on Kompleks K-80, which included the RLS Smerch (waterspout) radar and PR-S-80 sighting system. Biesnovat worked on the K-80S missiles, which in production became the R-4. Cutting a long story short, the aircraft part of the system was the Tupolev Tu-128. Prototypes puzzled the West, which called them 'Fiddler'. Powered by two AL-7F engines, the mighty interceptor could reach over 1,200 mph, Mach 1.96, even though it was almost 100 feet long (the upgraded Tu-128M just exceeded 100 ft) and carried four giant missiles externally. Factory 18 at Voronezh delivered 189 of the initial version, plus eleven trainers with stepped cockpits.
The threats from Strategic Air Command continued to escalate. According to legend, Artyom Mikoyan, who had previously concentrated on quite small fighters, was instantly impressed by the (secret) intelligence on the North American project which became the A-5 Vigilante. He liked the broad box-like fuselage with sharp supersonic inlets to the two engines, high-mounted thin wing with sweep replaced by leading-edge taper, and (an innovation) twin vertical tails. In late 1959 he authorized project design of a similar aircraft, with the range of the Tu-128 but greater speed and altitude. He calculated that two R-15B engines would give a speed of 3,000 km/h (Mach 3, 1,864 mph) and a sustained ceiling of 26 km (85,300 ft).
While Britain was regretting that the primitive Lightning had already reached a stage where it would be difficult to cancel, but certainly was not going to be permitted a steerable nosewheel, the Soviet Aviation Ministry urged development of a series of Ye-155 prototypes, which began flight-testing from 6 March 1964. The first to fly was actually the Ye-155R-1, to lead to a reconnaissance aircraft, the MiG-25R. The Ye-155P-1 first flew on 9 September 1964, leading to production of the MiG-25P interceptor. These amazing aircraft were to sustain the biggest development programme in history, leading to forty-nine versions, of which thirty-three flew and more than twenty entered service. Production of the two basic subfamilies, the MiG-25P and the MiG-25R reconnaissance aircraft, amounted to 1,186, all from the enormous Factory 21 at Gorkiy (today called Nizhni-Novgorod).
Apart from the SR-71 'Blackbird', a specialized unarmed reconnaissance aircraft, no other country had aircraft with anything even approaching the speed/altitude/range capability of the MiG-25. The United States decided against offering a bribe to the first MiG-25 pilot to defect, so it was with astonished delight that a team of US experts arrived at Hakodate airbase in Japan to examine a MiG-25P which had been flown there (undetected by Japanese defences) by a defecting PVO pilot on 6 September 1976. This event spurred development on the next generation, which had been launched in 1968 when the Council of Ministers ordered Mikoyan to build the Ye-155M.
The Mikoyan experimental factory built two prototypes, called Izdeliye (product) 83. Aircraft 831 began flight testing on 16 September 1975, and the fully equipped 832 followed in May 1976. These led to the production at the Gorkiy factory of 500 MiG-31s. At first glance a MiG-31 might be mistaken for a MiG-25, but in fact in order to find common parts one has to come down to the level of rivets and pipe-joints. It would be inappropriate here to list all the equipment carried by even the original MiG-31, prior to ongoing upgrades, but in my book on MiG aircraft I list thirty-three different items of fire-control and navigation electronics. The biggest item is the SBI-16 Zaslon (barrier) multimode radar, which has electronic scanning and can track ten targets simultaneously while guiding four R-33 missiles against those posing the greatest threat. On-board computers and secure data transmitters can link a finger-four formation to defend a front 900 km (560 miles) wide, the outer members of the formation being 600 km (373 miles) apart. In 1990 the MiG-31 was replaced in production by the MiG-31B, with improved avionics and R-33S missiles, but the largely redesigned MiG-31M came after the collapse of the Soviet Union and was never funded.
To round off the former Soviet scene, in the late 1960s design began on two engines for a future generation of fighters. As before, MiG was (at this stage only verbally) tasked with a smaller aircraft and Sukhoi with a larger edition. By 1974 both the new engines were on test. The Klimov RD-33 and Lyul'ka AL-31 are turbofans with large afterburners and advanced variable nozzles. Each of the new fighters was planned around two of the new engines mounted wide apart in a broad fuselage that merged imperceptibly into a broad wing tapered on the leading edge. A vertical tail was mounted above each engine, while a snake-like forward fuselage projected ahead from between the engine inlets. In partnership with the Central Aero and Hydrodynamics Institute, this shape was refined until it was perfect.
As in the 1950s, Sukhoi was assigned the bigger aircraft. The T-10-1 prototype flew before the first MiG, on 20 May 1977. Powered by AL-21F-3 engines, almost identical to those of later Tu-128s, it was impressive, but as testing of later T-10s progressed they ran into severe and sometimes fatal problems. Some redesign was necessary, and General Designer Simonov told the author, 'In the end, we managed to retain the main wheels and ejection seat' (he was not really joking). What followed, starting with the T-10S, became the Su-27, perhaps the most beautiful, and certainly most impressive, fighter ever built. When it appeared, Western analysts predictably wrote things like, 'A cross between the F-15 and F/A-18'. Simonov said, 'You can't win if you just copy.' Once Western pilots were allowed to fly the Su-27 one heard comments like 'What an airplane! If only I could afford to buy one.' Most production versions have the outstanding AL-31F engine, which among other things can tolerate having its inlet rotate nose-up through up to 135° in what is called the Cobra manoeuvre (which no Western fighter has yet been able to do). Later Su-27 versions, including the Su-30, 33, 35 and 37 (note, not the S-37), have later engine versions, some of which have a fully vectoring engine nozzle, and in many cases canard foreplanes. Virtually all production today is for export, though small numbers of naval and land-based bomber versions have been delivered, and advanced variants are being produced under licence in China and India.
In terms of numbers, the smaller rival MiG has done ever better. First flown as the '901' on 6 October 1977, virtually no redesign was needed and production aircraft were delivered from 1982. The initial production version, called Izdellye (product) 9-12 for the Soviet Union, 9-12A for the Warsaw Pact countries and 9-12B for export, is much better known as the MiG-29. For some reason NATO gives it an extra name, 'Fulcrum'. There have since been almost twenty versions, all similar externally apart from some later variants having canards, like certain Su-27 derivatives. Crippling lack of money meant that the Russian Air Force could no longer buy fighters after the 1980s, and production of MiG-29s tapered off in the early 1990s with a large number of aircraft not quite finished. Fortunately for what is now the MiG Aviation Scientific/Industrial Complex, many air forces (thirty at the most recent count) have enabled these aircraft to be completed, and have also bought used MiG-29s. This brought the number of completions by 1997 to 1,257. Since then the only immediate prospect of new construction has rested on Indian Navy adoption of the MiG-29K carrier-based version.
Income from these sales enabled MiG to design and build a single example of a supposed next-generation aircraft, the impressive 1.44, also known as the MFI. This big aircraft, with both foreplanes and tailplanes and with a huge chin inlet feeding two of Viktor Chepkin's superb AL-41 engines, made two flights in early 2000. Slightly less strapped for cash, Sukhoi conducted an extended test programme with the even more astonishing black-painted Su-47 (originally, confusingly designated S-37) Berkut (eagle), which has a forward-swept wing and two D-30F6M engines almost identical to those of the MiG-31. An extended test programme with this aircraft has helped underpin the only funded programme for a new Russian fighter, the Sukhoi LFS (light frontal aeroplane). Possibly to fly in 2005, this will be powered by two AL-41F engines, and have a predictably outstanding suite of electronics.
Turning now to the USA, in April 1972 the US Air Force picked General Dynamics and Northrop to build prototypes, respectively called YF-16 and YF-17, of an LWF, standing for Lightweight Fighter. Restyled ACF, for Air Combat Fighter, the F-16 was selected. At a USAF briefing, the author was told, 'It's an exercise in seeing what can be done using one F100 engine instead of two. We expect our allies will buy it, but there's no question of it becoming an important type in the Air Force inventory – why buy a Volkswagen when you can have a Cadillac [the speaker meant the F-15]?' Allies did indeed buy it, starting with 306 aircraft for Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway. By the end of the twentieth century they had been joined by sixteen other countries, but what the 1975 spokesman would have found amazing is that, of the current total of 4,347 F-16s, no fewer than 2,230 are for the USAF, plus another twenty-six for the Navy!
The loser in the ACF competition was the Northrop YF-17, which differed in having two engines. In a unique about-face, this was metamorphosed into the F/A-18 Hornet for the US Navy, a McDonnell Douglas aeroplane with Northrop reduced to the role of mere forty-per cent associate contractor. Compared with the F-17, the F/A-18 was marginally bigger, and had a stronger and heavier airframe suitable for carrier operation. Unlike the F-16, the Hornet had a large multimode radar, the Hughes APG-65, and thus could be armed with big medium-range missiles such as Sparrow and later the AIM-120 Amraam. While McDonnell Douglas got on with the US Navy order, Northrop tried to sell a simpler version, 2,600 lb lighter, and with significantly higher performance and anything up to double the payload/range. To its astonishment, all the export customers (who had to go to McDonnell Douglas, not Northrop) chose to buy the heavier and supposedly inferior carrier-based version, even though they were going to operate from airfields. The situation led to an unprecedented lawsuit between the two partners. This led to the F/A-18 becoming an all-McDonnell Douglas product. By 1996 the original F/A-18 versions had been developed into the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, which is more of an upgrade than it looks. But Boeing had the last laugh; in 1997 it bought McDonnell Douglas.
By the 1970s the technology of what was officially called LO (low observables), but became better known as 'stealth', appeared likely to revolutionize the whole of warfare. Few commentators recalled that in 1936 Watson-Watt had pointed out how important it would be in future for all weapons, even small ones, to be designed to minimize their signature on hostile radars. Certainly nobody cared to offer an explanation of why this advice had been ignored, and then regarded as if it were something new. Cutting a long story short, the LO technology was first put to use in a dedicated attack aircraft, the F-117 Nighthawk. Astonishingly, the even more stealthy Navy counterpart, the A-12A Avenger II, was cancelled in 1991, so in the twenty-first century the Navy/Marines still fly the venerable A-6.
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Chukcha / Shutterstock.com Much like with Facebook, the team at Instagram regularly tweaks the ad experience in a bid to improve advertiser results over time. You've probably already seen one of the most recent examples of this, with Instagram rolling out a major change to ad calls to action (CTAs) on the platform back in mid-June.After conducting a two-month-long study on the change as part of my work at Nanigans, we observed gaming advertisers seeing noteworthy improvements in terms of cost per install, click-to-download conversion rates, and click-through rates.But that change is just the tip of the iceberg. Instagram is in the midst of testing other ad unit alterations that, if implemented widely, would necessitate a shift in how marketers both measure and strategize around their ad activity.Unpacking the full-width CTA changeThe new CTA format mentioned above replaced an earlier two-step overlay click experience and shifted the CTA text (like "Shop Now" or "Install Now") to the le…
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This older style purpose-built holiday home has a relaxing holiday feel to it, the upstairs open plan living and kitchen have been recently renovated and the balcony extended to taken in the views over Geographe Bay, East to Bunbury and North to Curtis Bay.
The extensive grassed area and garden is easily accessed via the external stairs from the alfresco balcony.
Master Bedroom and En-suite are upstairs with the remaining four bedrooms downstairs, with the main bathroom, and laundry.
A prime location in one of Old Dunsborough's best (and quietest) streets.
Notes: A cleaning fee of $180.00 is included in the minimum stay tariff shown on this page only.
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As a front-end dev I am focused on TypeScript and Angular but I and constantly exploring new frameworks and areas.
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A peach is a round stone fruit with juicy yellow flesh and pinkish-yellow skin that can be eaten raw, made into desserts or added to salads. With fuzziness serving as its external texture, internally, the flesh is soft and sweet with a pleasant fruity aroma.
Choose peaches that are firm but have some 'give' when you gently squeeze them.
Avoid fruit with blemishes or splits.
Peaches ripen in cool, dark places.
Store unripe peaches in a paper bag for up to two days and when ripe refrigerate for up to five days.
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"Terrible Catastrophe – Forty-Nine Children Drowned," Cleveland (OH) Herald, February 27, 1860, p. 2: 3.
TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE – FORTY-NINE CHILDREN DROWNED. – From the Quincy (Ill.) Herald we learn that a most terrible calamity, rivaling that of the Pemberton Mills, occurred on Thursday last, near the town of Hardin, Illinois, on the Illinois river, and about twenty-five miles above Alton. Fifty school children in attendance at a university in that place, went out upon the ice to play. The ice gave way, and with one exception, all were lost. Our informant was unable to give further particulars, but he represents that the village was the scene of universal mourning, almost every family in it having lost one or more of its members.
How to Cite This Page: "Cleveland (OH) Herald, "Terrible Catastrophe," February 27, 1860," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/31409.


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Slavic Network of Oregon was founded over ten years by leaders within the Slavic community. Since its inception, Slavic Network has played a critical role in Portland's Slavic community by providing culturally-responsive programs that meet the unique needs of Slavic seniors, parents, and children.
Most recently, the Slavic Network of Oregon has focused its efforts on developing relationships with religious Slavic organizations. As a result of the intentional outreach efforts, the Slavic Network was able to provide annual programmatic support to 2,000 Slavic community members through trainings, support, and encouragement.
As a grassroots community-driven organization, the Slavic Network of Oregon leverages the leadership and experience of the Slavic Advisory Committee (SAC), a team of Slavic community leaders with a vested interest in the Slavic community. The SAC team strategically surveys their respective community to identify community needs and develop culturally responsive solutions that meet the needs of their community. The SAC also organizes trainings and workshops for the community. As result of the Slavic Network's long-standing presence in the community and strategic partnerships with the religious organizations, the average audience for the trainings are about 300 people.
Ultimately, the Slavic Network's community engagement efforts with community leaders and organizations has improved the quality of life for Slavic people in Oregon.


Cam Smith flings a ball toward home for the Patriots in their 10-5 win over the Norsemen.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – The Patriots and the Norsemen, two members of the Greater Northeast Collegiate Baseball League (GNCBL), faced off at the Ballpark on Sunday afternoon, July 9, with the Patriots emerging the 10-5 victors in the end. Practically the entire Patriots lineup rounded the bases at least once, and Tanner Laberge (Windham, USM) added a two-run homer for the team in the bottom of the fifth for arguably the prettiest hit in an afternoon full of pretty hits.
The GNCBL, billed as "Northern New England's Newest Place for College Summer Baseball," is midway through its inaugural season. The League seems to have kicked things off right, having attracted plenty of talent and constructed four strong squads: The Nor'easters and the Spartans, and (obviously) the Patriots and the Norsemen. The teams don't just play one another, though; they frequently match up with opponents from other leagues.
Sunday's win bumped the Patriots to 6-4. As they'd dropped a pair of bouts to the Norsemen earlier in the summer, the triumph was especially gratifying.
The Norsemen jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the top of the second on a two-RBI homer by Amos Herrin (Wilton, SMCC). Heath took a moment to praise Herrin's play, both at the plate and on the mound.
But the Patriots battled back in the bottom of the second, Drew Abramson (South Portland, Bentley) and Troiano both rounding to home when Jared Gagne (Dover, NH; St. Joe's) drove a double to left-center. The team then added three more in the bottom of the third: Kip Richard (Kennebunk, USM) and Anthony Degifico (South Portland, USM) logged back-to-back doubles and Abramson logged a single to grind around the bases and really seize the momentum for the Patriots at 6-2.
One bad play or one bad stretch can get inside a team's collective and throw them all off, of course, but the Norsemen seemed mostly to keep their cool. Heath emphasized that his squad tries to adopt a one-pitch-at-a-time mindset, and usually succeeds.
Both teams had a quiet fourth, but the Patriots struck again in the fifth, tallying another trio of runs. Degifico singled to start things off, after which Laberge stepped to the plate and volleyed his homer into the woods beyond the left-field wall.
Three batters later, Dylan Turner (Gorham, St. Anselm's), singled into center-left, but reached second on an 8-5 fielder's choice that caught Abramson – ahead of him on the bases – out at third. Turner then scored when Troiano blasted a deep centerfield double. 9-2.
The opponents traded runs in the sixth: Andrew Hillier (Bangor, USM) scored for the Norsemen in the top of the inning and Richard scored again in the Patriots' ups. It would be the Patriots' final run of the afternoon. For their part, the Norsemen notched two more – Hillier in the eighth and Connor McGuire (Ellsworth, Husson) in the ninth – but ultimately, the team had simply fallen too far behind though the first half of the contest. 10-5 the final.
Cam Smith (Gorham, Clark) started on the mound for Patriots, throwing three innings. "Cam came in and threw through four innings, did great," Wood said. But Smith wasn't the only Patriot to take to the mound on Sunday: Laberge, Troiano, Quintal and Chris States all threw too.
Herrin began the day hurling for the Norsemen; Kevin Carter (Bowdoinham, UMF) relieved him in the fourth. Ethan Nash (Westbrook, UMF) and Brandon Hubbard (New Gloucester, Thomas) also took to the mound for the team.
The Greater Northeast Collegiate Baseball League plays seven-inning games on Tuesdays and Thursdays and nine-inning games on Sundays. The outfit is online at www.gncbl.net; they're on Twitter at @GNCBLBaseball, and they're easily searchable on Facebook.
Tanner Laberge approaches home after blasting a two shot over the leftfield wall.
Ethan Nash throws for the Norsemen in their loss to the Patriots.
Tanner Laberge takes a turn on the mound for the Patriots.
Brandon Hubbard takes a turn on the mound for the Norsemen.
Dylan Turner reels in a pitch, working behind the plate for the Patriots.


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Contractors improving the A52 in Derby have agreed to work more quietly - after families living nearby complained their sleep was being wrecked.
Fuming residents say high noise levels caused by the roadworks at the Wyvern are making their lives a misery - while one has claimed to have seen a workman urinating behind a tree close to their home.
Residents on John Berrysford Close in Chaddesden, just opposite the main road, say they are at "breaking point" because they are struggling to sleep due to the loud noises coming from engines and machinery.
The multi-million-pound project, aimed at improving the A52 traffic flow near the Wyvern, began in October and takes place during night-time hours only between 8pm and 6am Monday and Friday until February 28 next year - though work has come to a temporary stop over Christmas.
Michelle Fisher who lives in one of the top floor flats at John Berrysford Close said she was being tormented by constant drilling noises.
The unemployed 46-year-old, who has lived in her flat for 18 years, said: "I'm only getting one hour's sleep. This is making me very tired, making me cry all day long.
"It's constant humming all night, it doesn't stop. Nobody can sleep – it's been like that since October. It's drilling, engines left on, and jack-hammering.
To prove her point Miss Fisher made a series of videos showing how bad the machinery noises were in the early hours of the morning. One of the videos shows her covering her window with a blanket to help soften the noise.
Miss Fisher says she wants Derby City Council to install barriers or fencing around the flats to alleviate the problem.
Mother-of three Sam Bailey, a fellow John Berrysford Close resident, said she was also getting little sleep.
The 28-year-old said: "It's a constant vibrating noise, you hear it for most of the night. Something needs to be done to block out the noise.
Miss Fisher said that things got so bad for her that one night she went out to confront the workmen but she says still nothing has changed.
After receiving complaints Derby City Council said the contractors' work programme had been altered to help minimise noise in the early hours of the morning.
A city council spokesperson said: "The major works being undertaken on the A52 are essential for both maintenance and the completion of safety improvements.
"The works on the eastbound side of the A52 are programmed to run for a number of weeks, however the works nearest to Ms Fisher's property are largely complete. There will be some limited works finishing off drainage and ducting before Christmas and then surfacing and the installation of a replacement concrete safety barrier in the New Year.
The spokesperson also said they investigated complaints of a workman urinating behind trees at John Berrysford Close but found no evidence of it happening. However the council added it had "reiterated" to the workforce that they should use the facilities provided.
Meanwhile, the city council has admitted a postal error led to some residents on John Berrysford Close not being informed of the roadworks BEFORE the first stage of the project got under way on Friday, October 13.
Miss Fisher and other residents received a letter dated in early November from the council apologising to them for not having a letter in September which was to inform them of a starting date.
Explaining the error a city council spokesperson said: "As soon as Derby City Council Officers realised that some letters had not been delivered to the correct addresses we rectified the error, and apologised. The majority of the letters were hand-delivered but we could not gain access to some of the flats to deliver them.
"There was confusion over which flats had been missed and the letters were posted to Ashworth Avenue, when in fact only one block is Ashworth Avenue and the other two are John Berrysford Close.
"The only work that had been carried out prior to 13th November was the traffic management that had been put in place.
"The traffic management was installed starting from the 13th October as this was the only time we could get the closure on the westbound carriageway required to install the barriers.
"This work involved some lining replacement and the installation of the steel safety barriers but was not intrusive and was generally finished by 1am.
"At the time, letters were sent out to the correct addresses, on 2nd November, no further overnight roadworks had been carried out.
"There was then a period with no work on the A52 while the contracts were approved for the sub-contractor and we gave the residents the revised date of the overnight roadworks commencing (13th November)."
Derby North MP Chris Williamson said: "I know there have been several complaints and I want to ensure the council are doing enough to listen to residents and manage any issues.
"I previously invited any concerned local residents to meet with me and that invitation remains open. I'm also prepared to facilitate a dialogue between residents and the council on this issue."
But "deeply concerned" Conservative councillor for Chaddesden Jonathan Smale described the situation as a mess.
"I really sympathise with what the residents are going through. I hope some of the heavier work can be done earlier in the night to help reduce noise levels."


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Last Updated : Oct 26, 2018 09:19 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
Our focus will be on bottom line and generating more cash flow: Quess Corp CMD
EBITDA margin improved by 15 basis points QoQ in Q2FY19 at 5.36 percent
M Saraswathy @maamitalks
Business services provider Quess Corp, that saw a 50 percent growth in revenue in the September quarter, is now focusing on improving the bottom-line and generating additional cash flows. In an interaction with Moneycontrol, Ajit Isaac, Chairman and Managing Director, Quess Corp, talks about the expansion strategy and business prospects. Excerpts:
Q: There was a drop in Q2 net profit. What was the reason for this?
A: The profit after tax for Q2FY19 is not exactly comparable on a year-on-year basis due to a tax benefit relating to an earlier period to the tune of Rs 67 crore in Q2FY18.
There was also a disproportionate impact of certain non-operating accounting charge such as amortisation of intangible assets and non-controlling interest put option during the same period. However, if you look at the adjusted PAT, it has seen a 13 percent growth YoY to Rs 74 crore.
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Q: What drove the revenue growth in Q2?
A: We have had a strong quarter. It was an execution-led growth of our business plans and sales programme. Here, sales went up by 50 percent, of which organic growth is 26 percent. That is a significant number, considering that the economy is growing at 6-7 percent.
Further, the margins went up quarter-on-quarter by 15 basis points to 5.36 percent. The core business that includes staffing, facilities management and customer lifecycle management is doing well. This adds to 75-80 percent of the total sales.
Here, staffing grew by 34 percent YoY and 5 percent QoQ. Facilities management grew by 26 percent and 12 percent QoQ.
Q: There were quite a few acquisitions by Quess in the past few quarters. How have they performed?
A: Conneqt, which is a 51 percent joint venture with Tata Sons, is performing well. The EBITDA has improved significantly in H1FY19 on YoY basis at Rs 37 crore versus Rs 17 crore a year ago.
All the acquisitions have performed well. Take Monster for instance. The employment platform had a traffic of 10.9 million. Further, the cumulative active searchable resumes is up by 22 percent compared to last year.
Q: You had announced plans to reach $100 million by 2020. Are you on track?
A: The dollar has been galloping away but we are on track to touch about Rs 650 crore. This quarter has been much better on the cash front and generated Rs 72 crore in Q2. The operating cash flow to EBITDA conversion is at 35 percent.
Q: Are there any more acquisitions on the cards?
A: When we sit on cash, we have a greater ability to go look for potential transactions. We are looking for a transaction in the customer lifecycle management space. We are looking for something in the non-voice, non-India space.
Q: Has the East Bengal football club acquisition yielded positive results?
A: It is a very small piece for us and only cost Rs 10 crore. While it is not a material investment, the team will start to play the I-League matches from tomorrow. We are hoping for positive results.
Q: Will profitability be the key focus?
A: We are more focused on our bottom-line. We want to expand margins and ensure that we keep generating more cash.
Q: On the skill development front, have the collections improved?
A: We have signed new MoUs with the government and Quess is expanding the set of projects being done. But the focus is on collections and we are hoping that it will improve next quarter.
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