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Trebuchet Magazine|	28/06/2011| News
Mantis shrimp eye could improve high-definition CDs, DVDs
The eye of the peacock mantis shrimp has led an international team of researchers to develop a two-part waveplate that could improve CD, DVD, blu-ray and holographic technology, creating even higher definition and larger storage density.
Peacock mantis shrimp are one of only a few animal species that can see circularly polarized light — like the light used to create 3-D movies. Some researchers believe the mantis shrimp's eyes are better over the entire visual spectrum than any man-made waveplates.
A waveplate is a transparent slab that can alter the polarization of light because it is birefringent — exhibits double refraction. The mineral calcite, which is sometimes used as a waveplate, is birefringent. This print viewed through a calcite lens appears as doubled and slightly offset letters.
"We want to change the polarization without affecting the amount of light that gets through," said Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State. " We want both transmittance and changing polarization to occur quite independent of frequency. In other words, we do not want to affect the color."
Waveplates restore polarization in devices that require only one polarization of light, but lose polarization within the process. They can also separate light into separate polarizations to carry specific information and can filter light for optical devices.
Typically, waveplates are made from minerals like quartz, calcite or birefringent polymers. In some cases, to create the range and transparency required, two different materials are stacked or joined, but this type of construction sometimes delaminates, coming apart at the seams.
A team of engineers from the National Taipei University of Technology and Lakhtakia developed a method to produce periodically multilayered materials, similar to the lens in the peacock mantis shrimp, that are suitable for waveplates in the visual light spectrum and cannot delaminate because they are manufactured as one piece. The researchers report their work in the current online issue of Nature Communications.
The research team's waveplate is made of two layers of nanorods that are structurally similar to those in the eye of the peacock mantis shrimp. The researchers begin with tantalum pentoxide, but deposit the two layers using different deposition processes creating a multilayered thin film. One method produces a layer of needle-like nanorods that are all parallel to each other and all slanted in the same direction. The second method produces nanorods that are also parallel to each other but are upright.
"The two separate layers are needed so that we can play off one against the other to achieve the desired polarization without significantly reducing transmittance over a broad range of frequencies," said Lakhtakia.
The waveplates consist of a layer of slanted nanorods sandwiched between two layers of upright nanorods. Multiple sandwiches are then stacked to make the required waveplate. Because the size of the nanorods is much less than the wavelengths of visible light, the waveplate is birefringent. Because of the two materials, the waveplate can polarize or repolarize light over the visual spectrum.
The researchers report that "the fabrication technique of the periodically multilayered structures is a workhorse technique in the thin-film industry, does not require expensive lithography equipment and is compatible with … technology commonplace in electronics and optoelectronics industries."
Other researchers on this project were Professor Yi-Jun Jen, post-doctoral researcher Ching-Wei Yu and graduate students Chia-Feng Lin, Meng-Jie Lin, Shih-Hao Wang and Jyun-Rong Lai, Department of Electro-optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology.
The National Taipei University of Technology, the National Science Council of the Republic of China and the Charles Godfrey Binder Endowment at Penn State supported this research. Source: Eurekalert.
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Dubai-based Nigerian big boy, Ray Hushpuppi has replied PDP's former director of new media, Deji Adeyanju statements, saying EFCC should investigate his source of wealth.
Reacting to a video where he said he will soon return Nigeria's citizenship.
Deji that is part of the people in power that stole,loot naija sef get mouth dey talk?
Na dejo be this oo,no be Deji cuz all Deji way I know get sence….
Back to back ogun killing ..
Oshee ijoba hush.. Fear they there body.. Get your PVC make we kick them out..
Ogun 🔫 go kill you MR deji adeyanju..


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#EndSARS: Femi Adesina blames Churches, Mosques for violence
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has blamed churches and mosques as well as some sections of the media for promoting messages of hate.
He added that the #EndSARS movement was a vehicle of hate messages.
The President's spokesman said this in an article titled, 'If Nigeria Dies, Hatred Killed Her'.
Adesina wrote, "The EndSARS campaign began as an agitation against police brutality, in which there was unanimity of purpose. And suddenly, it became a vehicle of hate, against leadership, against national cohesion, an opportunity to settle political scores, and equally, prepare for a power grab in 2023. Hatred came into the mix."
Several influential clerics, including the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, had openly expressed support for the #EndSARS protests even as the RCCG posted a video and stories of some of its youths that were victims of police harassment.
However, Adesina said many churches and mosques used the campaign to spread messages of hate and division.
The President's spokesman added, "When things boil over in graphic demonstration of hatred, it is a culmination of negative sentiments and tendencies. They come in persistent negative postings on social media, which generate and stimulate hate.
"From hateful messages from the pulpit, as if that was the message of love, Jesus Christ handed over to his followers. From unduly critical messages during Jumat services. From radio and television programs, in which bile is spewed. From talk shows which become a harangue of government, newspaper articles and columns tailored to instigate and generate dissent, and the like.
"Eventually, all culminated in hatred, which finds expression in genuine causes like the EndSARS campaign. When things boil over, they leave sorrow, tears and blood in their wake, as we have seen. And who suffers? The whole country. Who bleeds? Nigeria."
Adesina said the agitation by youths against injustice and oppression suddenly took on a variegated nature.
He added that separatists came under the umbrella and began to advance their cause, working for the dismemberment of the country.
"Those beaten black and blue in the 2015 and 2019 elections also crept in, and asked for their pound of flesh, while also plotting for a return to power in 2023," the President's aide said.
Adesina expressed shock over the sudden turn of events which led to killings and the destruction of public property.
Taking another swipe at religious institutions, he wrote, "HatredHatred is evinced from many quarters for Nigeria, and for its government and people at any given time. It comes from churches, mosques, professional activists and agitators, interest groups, some elements in the media, so-called analysts who never see anything good, and so on."
Adesina claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari had discussed with him how he was impressed with the then Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, and the reforms he was implementing in the institution.
He, however, did not say why Buhari failed to extend the tenure of Arase despite his achievements.
The President's spokesman added, "The President told me how much he had been impressed with Arase, and how he regretted that the man spent just about a year with him. He then told me about the police of his dreams, and how he wished he got someone who would translate the vision into reality.
"So, when the President said in a speech to the protesters last week that comprehensive police reform was coming, I knew what he had in mind. If only we would be patient and let him implement the five-point demand of the protesters, which he had accepted.
"But alas, the protest took another hue and nature, different from the original concept and focus. Hatred crept in, nurtured by all sorts of tendencies."
~Sahara Reporters
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Contrary to all beliefs, being content with your life and feeling balanced is not a question of tens and tens of things that have to happen at the same time. It's mostly a question of some vital elements coming together and some auxiliary life choices that make a person happier with his or her own self. I've put together a list of what I consider as primary and secondary pillars to feeling happy and balanced. As you may imagine, these are very subjective, based on my own life experience so far.
I feel this is the most vital aspect of life. And it's one that makes a person extremely happy and fulfilled. I've learnt to appreciate it more and more every year. On top of that, it's not once, but multiple times I've read about people, towards the end of their lives, regretting not having spent 'enough' time with their family and close friends. I am fully committed to avoiding this and being as proactive as needed and taking initiative to spend more quality time with loved ones.
Believe it or now, we're all searching for a happy love life. People, no matter the age, crave for a healthy and loving relationship. And they don't want to settle for less. You, most certainly have, friends who are almost on a life mission for finding someone they love and respect and who loves and respects them back. And it makes a lot of sense, as life is always more fun when you spend it together with someone. A happy relationship can bring about a lot of positivity to one's life.
This is equally important to the point above. Our careers provide us with many rewards, such as: financial independence, feelings of accomplishment, productiveness and self-worth. The possibility to afford the things we desire by having worked for them is crucial for feeling happy with ourselves. The act of setting goals for ourselves (e.g. renovating the kitchen, buying a car, sending parents on a cruise etc.) and working towards achieving them can be extremely rewarding.
Eating healthy is extremely important. You may have heard by now the saying: "you are what you eat". Having a moderate, healthy (and preferably organic) diet is mandatory for living a happy life. Presi and I have written numerous articles until now focusing on nutrition, so please consult the Health & Nutrition chapter of our blog about this too. I will not ponder too much on it now, as it would make up a long story, but I will happily return with more insights on it in a later article.
This is a no-brainer. It should (hopefully) make a lot of sense to al our readers. Physical activity through sports and exercises we choose (whichever those are) contributes to a balanced life. Not to mention healthy and happy (I'm sure there's no need for me to further stress the notion of endorphins, the happy hormones). Doing exercise is extremely beneficial and makes people happier with themselves, better balancing their weight, combats some health diseases and boosts energy. These are just some of the outcomes, but the list of benefits can go much longer.
I find it extremely important that we don't exaggerate with our life choices and that we try to balance everything and aim to live in moderation. I don't feel it's healthy to live a life of extremes, but to live a balanced one, doing a bit of everything, in a moderate way. Life is about experimenting too, trying new things, having fun along the way, but keeping it within some limits, or trying to average it all out.
Feeling content with your life has to do with exercising your hobbies too. They are extremely valuable in making you feel well rounded and happy. If you love dancing, painting, writing, or playing the piano, don't let anyone stop you. Take classes, follow courses, meet like-minded people and exercise your creativity. Life is not solely about the work we do to make a living, but about the work we do out of passion as well (in case our hobby is not the main way of generating income), which is highly rewarding and contributes to our living a happier life. Not to mention that hobbies can actually be the starting point to successful businesses and become the financial independence provider.
What are your opinions of the above? Would you add another 'ingredient' to this formula? What o you think contributes to a balanced and happy life? Until next time, I wish you all the happy life you wish for yourselves, in whichever formula works for you.


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Black-Eyed Susan Day Raffle Benefiting TAA To Include Donated Toro Mower
by Press Release | 05.13.2019 | 1:00pm
Equine Equipment facilitated the donation of a Toro Mower for a raffle benefiting the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance
The Maryland Jockey Club has donated a Toro Commercial Zero-Turn Mower to be raffled off on Black-Eyed Susan Day, Friday, May 17, with all proceeds to benefit the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit which accredits, inspects and awards grants to approved aftercare organizations to retrain, retire and rehome Thoroughbreds using industry-wide funding.
Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at the Pimlico racing office or guest services window, and the winner will have their mower delivered by their local dealer in the U.S. or Canada.
"Finding second careers for our equine athletes is important for our sport, and Maryland racing, its horsemen and breeders are all supporters of the TAA and its mission," said Steve Andersen, founder of Equine Equipment, which helped facilitate the donation. "Having a great management team like Sal Sinatra and Georganne Hale at the Maryland Jockey Club get behind this is gratifying and they should be applauded for their efforts. The TAA does great work, and Toro is delighted to donate a mower to the Maryland Jockey Club, which in turn they have used it to raise funds for the TAA."
"The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance is grateful to Sal Sinatra and the Maryland Jockey Club. It's great organizations like this which make our efforts possible," stated Stacie Clark, operations consultant for the TAA.
"We are doing this giveaway in conjunction with Toro and are grateful for their support," Andersen added. "Toro has proven to be a true partner to the horse industry, and this will be a very popular promotion given the Toro reputation."
The donation was coordinated through Equine Equipment, which provides the horse industry with discounts on a variety of products from Toro, Exmark, Farm Paint and Tenda Horse.
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A Visit to Autonomous Rojava, Part 1
This is a translation of a Russian article by Alexander Rybin, published on Rabkor.ru on 26 March, 2015
Days of uprising (part I)
Part 2 here
The canton Jazira of the autonomous enclave Rojava is located in the north-eastern corner of Syria. It borders Turkey to the north and Iraqi Kurdistan to the east. In the south-west there is the frontline with the area controlled by the Islamic califate [ISIS]. In February 2015, large-scale fighting began on the southern front. It is still going on now.
To enter Jazira from Iraqi Kurdistan, it is necessary to obtain a permit from the government of Iraqi Kurdistan (KRG). This is a tiring, viscous procedure. As a journalist, the KRG embassy in Moscow helped me. All promises made by the Kurds in Moscow who are connected to Rojava and the official representation of Rojava in Sulaymaniyah turned out to be mere words. I arrive on the border from where I phone the Muscovite representatives of Iraqi Kurdistan. I have to wait three hours, but I am still not let through.
The border crossing takes you across the great Mesopotamian river Tigris. The passengers squeeze themselves into a flimsy metal barge and are brought to the other shore. On the other side, there are two modest buildings under construction. Around them there are building materials, rubbish and dust. No stamps or visas are put into your passport on arrival in the canton Jazira. They give you a piece of paper with some fields filled in about who you are and when you arrived.
I take a minibus and go to Qamishlo, the biggest city of the canton. There are dozens of oil pumps along the road. Hilly fields covered with fresh, green grass with oil pumps sticking out like crooked nails. When you look a second time you realise very few of them are moving. Only a small number are functioning.
Sêmalka Border
There is roadblock along the road with the Asayish, militants that fulfil the role of police. They take a look at the passengers, but don't even check documents, then they wave us through.
Qamishlo. I turn to the Union of Free Journalists ("Rakhandina Azad"). All newly arrived foreign journalists come here. The chair of the organisation, Masud Muhammad, proposes to be my host.
I have time to look at the city itself only briefly. My first impression is that it looks poor and unkempt. A lot of closed shops, potholed roads and piles of rubbish. The flags of the People's Defense Units – the female YPJ and the male YPG forces – stand out like bright dots here and there: yellow triangles with red stars.
Masud's house has an inner courtyard in the shape of a square. The atmosphere is like that in a press centre. There are local journalists as well as foreign ones. Laptops, iPhones and all sorts of other devices are switched on. They discuss how much it costs to hire a car to take you to the frontline and how close the YPJ and YPG allow you to get to the actual fighting. "I need to get to the actual line where the Islamic State and the Kurds meet. I want to film an attack, some actual fighting", says one Spanish journalist. His backpack with the body armour and helmet lie on a wall. French journalists want to talk with foreign volunteers who fight on the side of the YPG. The local press photographers are young. They show us the bodies of the ISIS fighters that were killed today in the area around the town Tell Tamer. Turkeys and chicken are clucking and cackling in the courtyard of the neighbour's house. The sun rolls behind the horizon – an emerald ribbon spreads across the sky.
We talk until late at night. I explain to Masud that I am interested in the machinations of the political and civil organisations here, and that I would like to understand the structure of the governing system on its different levels. I would also like to see how ordinary people live their lives in cities and villages, and I wish to do this on my own steam. Masud says, "No, we cannot allow this, you would put yourself in danger. We will help you with everything." He tells me the story of a young journalist from Sweden who was taken into custody by members of the Syrian secret service. The Syrian armed forces are present in some parts of Qamishlo. The local Kurd Agit, who is a Russian speaker, told me that it was the Swede's own fault. He photographed Syrian soldiers and provoked his arrest.
The noise of a low-flying war plane thunders through the sky. A discussion starts about whose plane this is – a plane of the official Syrian army or of the coalition headed by the United States, which bombs the positions of the Islamic califate.
Two cities fulfil the functions of capital of the area – Qamishlo and Amûdê. The administrative institutions of the Jazira Canton lie in Amudê. I head there early in the morning ─ more precisely, I am sent there: they put me in a car together with someone from the Union of Free Journalists to accompany me.
On the way my companion explains that today I will be able to get an interview with at least the vice chair of the Executive Council of Jazira. It's 28 kilometres from Qamishlo to Amudê. The population of Qamishlo is more than 200,000. In Amudê there are only 30,000 inhabitants.
Building of the Executive Council of Jazira
We arrive. Now, the employees of the media-centre here assist me at the Executive Council of Rojava. They speak English tolerably well. It becomes clear that Amudê is functioning temporarily as the administrative centre of Rojava, while the specialised building in Qamishlo is still under construction. Here, the Executive and Judicial Councils are located in a building that looks like a gigantic Rubik's cube. The banner on the facade and the armed guards at the entrance advertise the special status of this building. In the building under construction on the other side of the street, the offices of some of the committees of the Executive Council are located, as well as the media centre. I see naked walls and sacks with cement on the roof, other building materials and stray rubbish. There is nothing about the structure of the building that would indicate it houses government facilities. On the inside, the room which the employees of the media centre occupy is tiny, the little space they have is cluttered with tables that are drawn close to each other, an empty cupboard on one side and a single, small window. There is an atmosphere akin to an interrogation chamber.
I ask about the details of the political system in Rojava in general and in Jazira in particular. All my "assistants" are younger than 30. Today is the first work day in the media centre for all of them. They don't understand the local governing system in detail themselves. They discuss things between each other as they try to answer all my questions. A woman called Berivan, who speaks English better than the rest, concludes, "You had better ask the vice chair of the Executive Council of the canton, he can tell you in detail."
That very vice chair is Dr. Hussein Azam. There are two vice chairs, a man and a woman. There is only one president of the council, who is Kurdish. The vice presidents are Hussein Azam, who is Arab, and a woman who is an Assyrian Christian. In the Judicial Council there are two presidents, a man and a woman; a Kurd and an Assyrian. The functions of the Executive Council of Jazira are administrative. The functions of the Judicial Council should be clear from its name.
There are a lot of young people inside the building of the councils; the employees wear whatever they found in their closets in the morning. The representatives of the older generation are dressed like typical Russian functionaries, boring jackets and trousers of pale colours. The offices are also very similar to provincial Russian bureaucracy: simple chairs and tables, cupboards with binders of documents. Let me remark though, that there are no portraits of leaders, not of Abdullah Öcalan or anyone else, which is the main difference with Russian functionaries and their servility to higher ranks. The signs in the building are in three languages: Kurdish; Arabic and Syriac, the three main languages of the canton.
We talk with Hussein Azam. He is over 50 and an intellectual with a technical education. He explains that they are now in a transitional period in Rojava. The system that was in action during the past two years is only temporary. Next Friday, four days later, there will be elections for the local councils, both in the cities and in the countryside. In one month there will be the elections of the councils at canton level. In two months there will be elections for the parliament of the whole enclave (the parliament does not have a name yet; once formed, the deputies will decide on it themselves). The parliament will consist of 101 delegates, with 40 places for women, 40 for men, and another 21 for whoever gets the most votes, regardless of gender. There must be at least ten Kurds, Arabs and Assyrians, respectively. "Every population group must be represented in the parliament," says Hussein Azam. Kurds, Assyrians and Arabs are the main self-defined ethnic groups in Rojava. A curious detail is that there cannot be less than 40 female deputies. There can, however, be less than 40 men. Candidates can be members of political parties or not. Just as with the council elections, affinities with political parties or absence thereof count for nothing.
In the evening I go for a walk through the city with Saami, one of my helpers and translators. Amudê is a small city. The buildings are low and there are a lot of old houses. There is a lot less rubbish here than in Qamishlo. On the outskirts of the town there are traditional Kurdish adobe houses with flat roofs. Children run through the streets, old men are sitting businesslike on chairs in front of their houses. At the town entrance coming from Qamishlo, a monument to the "Free Woman" was put up only one day ago in the place where a statue of Hafiz al-Assad (the former president of Syria, father of the current president Bashar al-Assad) had been brought down. The woman has an imposing posture, similar to the American Statue of Liberty; her right hand raised to hold a torch.
Statue of the Free Woman
A pavilion has been set up in the centre of the small town. Men and women sit on plastic chairs inside and just outside of it. They chatter languidly. It's a meeting of the candidates for the local council. They gather here in the evenings, so that anyone interested can come and ask them whatever they like, be it about their programme or their personal ideas: electioneering, Rojava style. The council members will be elected for four years. There will be four polling stations in Amudê, which will be located in schools. It's not clear yet in which ones. The inhabitants of the city will only know where they'll need to go one or two days before voting.
The 22 people who receive most votes (half men, half women) will make up the city council.
The members of these councils will not participate in either the Executive or the Judicial Councils, but will co-operate with the population of Amudê ,and if the need arises will appeal to the Executive and Judicial Councils at canton level.
It's night. There are no problems with electricity in Amudê, it's lit like a Christmas tree. Generators roar around the clock. A litre of fuel (home-made, there are no refineries in the canton) costs 60 Syrian liras [SYP]. The exchange rate with dollars here is 240 liras a dollar. Only 20% of all oil pumps are working, but this is more than enough to meet the needs of the local population. However, the locals complain that the hand-refined fuel causes the generators to break down frequently.
Hand-refined petrol
I now understand how the local councils work at on municipality level and in the villages. Following the example of the council in Amudê there will be a council of 22 people, but the council will not hold any executive power here. Its members will elect two chairs, a man and a woman. On the municipal level there will not be a governing administration (if using local terminology "executive administrations"), this role will be fulfilled at canton level by the executive and law-making councils. The current memberships of these councils were composed through agreements reached between the various ethnic and religious communities living in Jazira. In about two months (maybe earlier, maybe later, the exact dates have not been determined yet), elections for the General Council of Jazira Canton will be held. In essence, a similar system has already been created and already functions. It's important to note that this is a "similar" system and not exactly what is aimed for, and its elements so far are seen as temporary. The elections shall fix and stabilise the multi-layered system of councils in Jazira. The same type of elections will also be organised in the Kobanê and Afrîn cantons.
In the near future, elections will be held. "When was the last time elections happened on the territory of Jazira?", I ask Elizabeth Gaurie, who is Assyrian and the vice chair of the Executive Council of the canton. "More than four years ago. They were elections for the Syrian parliament," she answers, "But last summer, when Rojava was still under the control of the regime of Bashar al-Assad, presidential elections were held in Qamishlo and in Hasakeh. That time, 89% of voters allegedly voted for Bashar al-Assad. Of course it was a lie. Bashar al-Assad's regime caused a lot of grief for the locals. I don't know who in Qamishlo even participated in those elections."
The Syrian government and its army are exclusively named as "the regime" here. Either just "the regime" or "the regime of Bashar", or "the Syrian regime".
There are elections soon
Still, people hope that the regime will recognise the wish for autonomy of the north of the country, although so far, all attempts at negotiations have failed. "We just want to live freely, according to the laws that we chose ourselves," the Assyrian Elizabeth Gaurie continues. She smokes a lot. There is a TV on the wall in her office which shows the Christian militia Sutoro. Fighting is shown, there are war songs and marches.
Elizabet Gaurie
A common myth exists that no one pays taxes in Rojava. Gaurie talks concretely about the Jazira Canton: "We have taxes. For example, a person who wants to buy a car needs a number plate for it. To get it, he pays a certain fee that is a tax. Then, there are taxes for businesses, etc." In the Kobanê Canton there are most likely no taxes, but the situation there is very specific.
Gaurie speaks in a self-assured manner: "Yes, in Rojava there is a revolution. It is a lengthy revolution that is still ongoing, and it will go on until the ideas of the revolution become part and parcel of everyday thought. We have had to face too many adversities, all of our problems have not been solved. The goal of the revolution is to solve these problems; only if we find a solution will they cease to exist."
Later I ask my helpers from the media centre for more details about the many levels of the council system. They are the same ones who went with me to meet Hussein Azam and Elizabeth Gaurie and who translated their answers for me. Again, they discuss between themselves before they reply. This gets me thinking: did the supporters of the Bolsheviks in 1917-1919 fully understand the system of power the Bolsheviks were proposing? Could it be that they were on the Bolsheviks' side because they announced the fight against the type of power that had existed until then and because they came up with catchy, but relevant slogans? It could be that only the older generation of Bolsheviks, those who were steeped in ideology, truly understood how the Council of People's Commissars was created and on what terms its composition changed. People need higher education to grasp all the necessary information about the new system of power and all the entailing possibilities. After all, even Masud Muhammad, the chair of the Union of Free Journalists, could not answer all my questions about how the network of councils is really structured.
Original article in Russian by Alexander Rybin


New Day Inc., a Christian outreach to troubled youth and families in Johnstown, Somerset, Altoona and Windber, has announced it will offer a unique program designed to help parents deal with strong-willed or out-of-control children.
Because of it's success in preventing, identifying and intervening in the most destructive of adolescent behaviors, the Parent Project® has won three state awards in California and has been successfully adopted for use by hundreds of communities.
Why does our area need such a project?
"Because of drugs, alcohol, gangs, economic problems and family disintegration, kids in our area face unprecedented pressures and problems. It's no wonder some of them have given up resisting society's ills and started reflecting them," said Rev. Jack Rupert, New Day's executive director.
While these things may explain their difficult, defiant or destructive behavior, it doesn't excuse it. Parents must learn effective prevention and intervention techniques to help their children swim against the tide and grow into safe and competent adults.
The Parent Project® not only improves the lives of parents and children, but helps communities as well - with documented declines in the numbers of minors on probation, petitions for juvenile offenses, drug-related probation violations, days spent by youth in detention and school dropouts and expulsions.
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The Nehemiah Mission of Cleveland is excited to partner with local businesses as we serve. The outreach and services we provide offer a unique opportunity for businesses to lend resources and employees to in order to make dramatic and meaningful change in the community.
If you are a leader of an enterprise that is looking to challenge your people to give back, to be part of something bigger, and to develop stronger team identity; We would love to hear from you.
Each year, people decide to help support the Nehemiah Mission of Cleveland in personal and unique ways, through individual campaigns. It could be a sponsored physical challenge, a birthday party with a purpose, or an in-kind supply drive. No matter what you'd be interested in doing for your campaign, it would help provide much need services and supplies to the communities, individuals, and families that the Mission serves daily.


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Luckily, the dog survived, whilst the owners will be dealt with on suspicion of offences of the mistreatment of animals.
Always, at this time of year, the warnings are the same but still not realised by some. Dogs Die in Hot Cars.
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Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only 38 kilometres from Kazakhstan's eastern tip.
Ulan Bator, the capital and largest city is home to about 45% of the population. Mongolia s political system is a parliamentary republic.
The area of what is now Mongolia has been ruled by various nomadic empires, including the Xiongnu, the Xianbei, the Rouran, the Gökturks and others. The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206. After the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols returned to their earlier pattern of constant internal conflict and occasional raids on the Chinese borderlands.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, Mongolia came under the influence of Tibetan Buddhism At the end of the 17th century, all of Mongolia had been incorporated into the area ruled by the Qing Dynasty. During the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, Mongolia declared independence, but had to struggle until 1921 to firmly establish de facto independence from the Republic of China and until 1945 to gain international recognition.
The country came under strong Russia and Soviet influence; in 1924, the Mongolia People s Republic was declared, and Mongolia politics began to follow the same patterns as the Soviet politics of the time. After the breakdown of communist regimes in Eastern Europe in late 1989, Mongolia saw its own Democratic Revolution in early 1990, which led to a multi-party system, a new constitution in 1992, and transition to a market economy.
Mongolia is the 19th largest and the most sparsely populated independent country in the world, with a population of around 2.75 million people It is also the world's second-largest landlocked country after Kazakhstan. The country contains very little arable land, as much of its area is covered by steppes, with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Approximately 30% of the population are nomadic or semi-nomadic
The predominant religion in Mongolia is Tibetan Buddhism and the majority of the state's citizens are of Mongol ethnicity though Kazakhs, Tuvans, and other minorities also live in the country, especially in the west. About 20% of the population live on less than US$1.25 per day. Mongolia joined the World Trade Organization in 1997 and seeks to expand its participation in regional economic and trade regimes.
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Pengane kjem vel med. Tusen takk til både Myrsnipå Barnehage, Alde og Mari for innsatsen de har gjort for å hjelpa ungane i Etiopia!
Barn og ungdommar frå Bore barnehage og Bore ungdomsskule samla inn pengar til barn og ungdommar i Etiopia.
Det er imponerande at barn og unge i Klepp med glede viser solidaritet for barn og unge i andre land. Dei tenkjer globalt og handlar lokalt ved å engasjera seg for å hjelpa barn og unge i Etiopia. Les meir her.
Her kjem ei lita oppdatering om prosjekta.
Bygging av skule-laboratoriet har komme langt; tak og veggar er ferdige. Bygget vert ferdigstilt etter kvart som midla kjem inn.
FN-dagen i veke 43 vart markert på Vasshus skule og barnehage, Bore barnehage og Myrsnibå barnehage. Bore Ungdomsskule hadde solidaritetsaksjon i veke 44. Trykk her for å lesa meir.
Biblioteket er sjølvsagt heilt oppe og går. Bygging av laboratoriet er i gang. Grunnmuren er ferdig. Etter kvart som midlane kjem inn, vert det bygd meir og meir.
37 ungdomar får hjelp til skulegangen. (18 jenter og 19 gutar) - frå barneskule til universitetsnivå......Trykk her for å lese meir.
"........Det var rørande å sjå alle dei engasjerte elevane og barnehagebarna som hadde med seg både foreldre, besteforeldre og andre til. Alle kom for å laga aksjonsfest.....for å lese meir trykk her.
".....In order to address the development issues facing, Roba Development fund has been implementing different projects in the district. Construction of Library, Educational Support (Sponsorship), Provision of Educational materials like teachers & students Reference books and Capacity Building training for Women are the major project activities implemented and under implementation in the area......" Read the report here!
Report from Siraro prepared by Gemechu B. Koji, our Volunteer project advisor.
Construction of additional Class room & renovation, Library & Laboratory, Construction of teachers residence within the school , Educational Support (Sponsorship), Provision of Educational materials like teachers & students Reference books, furniture's , Computers, uniform, Capacity Building training for Women, Awareness raising Workshop , Sensitization & experience sharing outside the country on the climate change and Environment issues, Supporting poor family by provision of livestock, and relief are the major project activities under implementation in the area....". Read the full report from Siraro!
"....Education is the key to creating, adapting and spreading knowledge but the gains in access to education have been unevenly distributed, with the poor seldom getting their fair share. Education plays a key roles inability of developing country to absorb modern technology and to develop the capacity of self-sustaining growth and development......"Trykk her for å lesa meir om Siraro distriksprofil på engelsk.
Last year we circulated on this forum an idea of recognizing the contribution of few people who in the past and currently striving to positively impact the lives of our people back home. Based on that idea, we formed an informal, nonpolitical, and nonreligious group that will generate ideas, encourage those who make positive contribution for our people back home. We named the group Arsii Development Initiative Group. The group's main objective is to materialize the the dreams of those who began The Arsii Basic School Movement. Any body who is interested could join this group. In the near future we will create a forum for crystallizing ideas on how and when your contributions are sought.
On August 24, 2010 we had the first 2010 Arsii Development Initiative Award presentation to three individuals and an organization. The details of the award is attached herein. We also named individuals and organizations that deserve notable mention. The recipients are not the only individuals and the organizations making positive contributions to our people back home. There are thousands others who are doing the same thing if not better. But the resources are limited and there is so much to be done with that resource. In the future we will be developing a who is who list of the top 100 people and organizations who are trying to bring social change in our area of focus.
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Treplantingsprosjektet er endeleg i gang!
Utviklinga går framover i Sirarodistriktet!
Sanbate Sinkelle har fått straum og ny klinikk av staten!
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The studies in this volume were all made, as the title indicates, in the West; part of them in Colorado (1891), in Utah (1893), and the remainder (1892) in what I have called "The Middle Country," being Southern Ohio, and West only relatively to New England and New York, where most of my studies have been made.
Several chapters have appeared in the "Atlantic Monthly" and other magazines, and in the "Independent" and "Harper's Bazar," while others are now for the first time published.
Western wood—pewee. Contopus richardsonii. Western house wren. Troglodytes aedon aztecus. Towhee. Pipilo erythrophthalmus.
Western meadow—lark. Sturnella magna neglecta. Horned lark. Otocoris alpestris leucolaema. Yellow warbler. Dendroica aestiva. Western wood—pewee. Contopus richardsonii. Humming—bird. Trochilus colubris. Long—tailed chat. Icteria virens longicauda.
Long—tailed chat. Icteria virens longicauda.
Canyon wren. Catherpes mexicanus conspersus. American dipper. Cinclus mexicanus.
Purple grackle. Quiscalus quiscula. Mourning dove. Zenaidura macroura. Red—headed woodpecker. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata. Cardinal grosbeak. Cardinalis cardinalis. American robin. Merula migratoria. Golden—wing woodpecker. Colaptes auratus. House sparrow. Passer domesticus.


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America doesn't have enough truck drivers, and there are as many reasons why as there are routes out of West Chester. Despite that, local trucking company A. Duie Pyle is helping lead the effort against the nationwide driver shortage by doing what it can.
The Northeast's premier transportation and logistics provider recently received a shout-out in Fortune magazine for its successful hiring strategies, including a focus on internal promotion and intentional support for driver training.
And while truck drivers are increasingly getting better wages due to their high demand, driver recruitment has been having a tough time keeping pace.
The expanding economy could drive 100,000 new truck driving positions to the open road on top of a current shortage of 40,000, the article explained.
But the industry's workforce is already older than the economy as a whole and aging quickly, its long haul segment struggles with an ugly 96 percent turnover rate, the government is throwing up more environmental and regulatory roadblocks, and it is projected to be a decade before automated trucks hit American roads and provide any relief for the crisis.
Then there's the intangible bumps in the road: truck driving's reputation.
Read more about how A. Duie Pyle and other national trucking firms are managing the driver shortage and how the lack of qualified drivers could drive up prices for everyone in Fortune magazine here.


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The DA top brass is expected to start discussions on replacing outgoing Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille on Monday (13 August). De Lille's resignation was announced last week by her and DA leader Mmusi Maimane in Cape Town.
"We are going to discuss the matter, but the decision is likely to be taken by Federal Executive. The Federal Executive is meeting next weekend because they handle the process of electing a new mayor," Western Cape DA leader Bonginkosi Madikizela has been quoted as saying.
De Lille, in an interview with a radio station, recently said that she was "not finished" with the DA. She indicated that she will be pursuing lawsuits against 12 members of the party, including councillors and members of parliament.
One of the parliamentarians implicated was DA's deputy chief whip in Parliament, Michael Waters.


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Australia to ban climbing on Uluru as from 2019
As from October 2019, no one will be allowed to climb Uluru, Australia's famous landmark. Due to indigenous sensitivity issues, the climb was ended by a unanimous vote by the board of the Uluru-Tjuta National Park. Referred to for many years as Ayer's Rock, the massive red monolith is a sacred site to the Aboriginal people. Locals have been asking for a long time, that visitors not climb the world-famous landmark and there are signs placed at the start of the climb, requesting people to not continue out of respect for the traditional laws of the custodians of the land, the Anangu Aboriginal people.
Uluru, a listed UNESCO World Heritage site, was given back to its traditional owner's way back in 1985. The climbing ban will begin on October 26, 2019 – 34 years after the official handover.
Nuclear power plants to be built by Russia in Nigeria
Nigeria, Africa's largest economy, in an attempt to put an end to its energy crisis, has signed a deal giving Russia the go-ahead to build two power plants in the country. Sources at the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission said in an interview with the BBC, that Rosatom, a Russian state-owned company, will erect one power plant in the south of the country and another in the center.
Nigeria is hoping that the plants, which at first will be run by Rosatom prior to being handed over, will help to ease the energy deficit in the country. More than 40 percent of Nigeria was without electricity in 2014, according to World Bank figures. Despite being one of the largest oil producers in Africa, much of the country's oil wealth has been squandered over the years. Rife with corruption at all levels has made the country broke and able to produce only a fraction of the energy needed by its 180 million citizens.
"Despicable" fraud in England costs the NHS £1 billion per year
According to Sue Frith,chief executive of the NHS Counter Fraud Agency, more is going to be done to protect England's NHS from "despicable" acts of fraud. She promised a clampdown after releasing figures that suggested the annual bill for fraud in the NHS to be in the region of £1 billion.
The analysis carried out by her team recorded that an estimated amount of £1.25bn each year, is being committed by staff, contractors and patients, a figure that represents around 1 percent of the total NHS budget.
The two biggest areas of fraud were related to procurement of goods and services and patients, both of which will more than likely cost the NHS more than £200m each year.
Germany to pay clients for electricity usage due to renewable energy creating an enormous power surplus
Power producers in Germany are on the verge of paying clients to use electricity over the weekend. Wind generation climbed to a record high on Sunday which created more output than required, driving prices for electricity to below zero, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It would be the first time in the past year that the average price for an entire day shows negative instead of just specific hours.
With these negative prices, electricity producers will either have to shut down power stations to reduce electricity supply, or pay their customers to use electricity.
Germany had the renewable energy industry reeling in shock earlier this year, by giving contracts to developers who were prepared to erect offshore farms without a subsidy.
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The trail curled around a slope and revealed an oasis by the sea, complete with palm trees heavy with coconuts, sheltered tidal pools and the wildly pounding surf of the Pacific Ocean. Hello Halape. Welcome to Paradise.
Halape is a campground in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii, just miles from the southernmost point in the U.S. It's one of the few camping points along the park's Puna Coast Trail. It's not a safe place to live. Native Hawaiian coastal villages were abandoned 150 years ago following a series of devastating tsunamis. Earthquakes are common, so if hikers or campers feel a quake, they're supposed to literally head for the hills to avoid possible tidal waves.
It had been an eight-mile backpack, an elevation drop of about 2,600 feet, down the Ka'aha trail from the Mau Loa O Mauna Ulu trailhead off the Chain of Craters Road. The route began its descent down desolate chunky lava fields before cutting into scraggy forests and winding around passages in the Polo Keawe Pali. Pali is the Hawaiian word for cliff, and the razorback cliffs are common along many of the islands' coastlines.
My daughter, Molly, who was working at the park, led the way while I ambled behind. I was savoring the scenery, variable geology and quirky weather. At times the wind blasted horizontally, sometimes we were suddenly soaked by rainsqualls, but often the clouds cleared and temperatures turned warm and humid.
Halape has a primitive three-walled shelter that serves as a haven during storms, and, like some shelters along the Puna Coast, has a catchment water tank. That water is especially necessary during hot weather, when dehydration, sunstroke and heat exhaustion are serious problems. We only peeked at the shelter, then headed for the beach, where we claimed a white sand seaside camping spot alongside a natural lava rock wall that served as a valuable windbreak.
Within minutes we had unpacked, grabbed our snorkels and submerged ourselves in a shallow, protected tidal pool, where we watched an incredible display of oddly shaped, brightly colored fish and occasional coral. I nearly swallowed a mouthful of water when I came face-to-face with an evil-appearing eel that was tucked underneath a rocky ledge.
When we'd finished snorkeling we hiked to a nearby lesser-developed area. Pieces of bone-white coral showed the way across hardened lava flows to another beach with a sheltered cove, coconut palm trees and some brackish fresh water ponds. Nearby, too, were hand-carved tikis and a papamu, or stone playing surface, used for a traditional Hawaiian game called konane. It felt like a slice of Eden, especially when two people emerged from a tent sporting full-body tans.
with abundant variety of fish.
Back at camp Molly and I pried layers of husks off coconuts that we had knocked off trees. We poked holes in the coconuts and slurped out the tasty, sweet juice, then carved out the ball-shaped inner shell, which held the rich meat. We spent the night in tents to avoid pestering cockroaches and in the morning enjoyed several lazy hours of hiking and snorkeling. Later that morning we pulled camp and began the 12-mile hike east along the coast past the Keauhou and Apua Point campsites. At Keauhou, after boiling and refilling our bottles with water from a catchment tank, we detoured a half-mile to the coast and explored a Fantasy Island-like maze of bays and ponds. Twisted, contorted lava flows fronted the ocean edge. The last nine miles of trail angled through fields of deep black lava. To the north the walls of the distant Holei Pali were frequently darkened where rivers of molten lava had poured from the uplands.
The best flows featured incredible mixes of textures, some like petrified sand, others like massive fields of shattered porcelain patterned with shiny gold plating. Traveling over the thinly layered surface was like walking over crunchy potato chips. Poking out of the bleak chaos from frequent splits, fractures and deep fissures were sturdy sun-seeking ferns.
East of Apua Point the trail paralleled high coastal cliffs, where waves occasionally showered us with exploding sea foam. The ragged coastline is spectacular with frequent arches and blowholes. Molly bounded from ahu (rock cairn) to ahu. The tall markers are necessary because the region from Keauhou east to our exit point at Pu'u Loa consists of endless lava fields. Mauna Ulu, eight miles north, had kicked out a huge lava shield between 1969 and 1974. It was nearly dark when we reached the parking area, where we hitched a ride back up the Chain of Craters Road to our car. The hiking had been rigorous and challenging, the scenery varying from bleakly desolate to beautifully stunning. It wasn't Paradise Lost, but Paradise Found.
For nearly two weeks we explored the Big Island's many and varied sights. Whenever we neared the ocean, I searched for sea turtles. On our backpack trip, Molly and I had watched for rare hawksbill turtles. Later, on a snorkeling trip with my wife, Mary, and Molly, we visited two of the Big Island's best known snorkeling sites, Pu'uhonua o Honaunau and Kealakekua Bay. Our tour leader from Sea Quest Rafting Adventures told us to watch for green sea turtles, but we saw none. That didn't detract from our trip, a four-hour adventure that included a flying boat ride flanked by jumping fish and side trips to sea caves and lava tubes.
Coral beds and colorful fish.
Mary snorkels in Kealakekua Bay.
Several days later, during an afternoon stroll along the beach at Kahuwai Bay, in front of the fantasyland-like Kona Village Resort, I nearly tripped over rock-backed green turtles plopped in the sand. Green turtles, which are found in warm, coastal waters, often spend afternoons on sandy beaches basking in the sun. Molly, who had seen many green turtles, chuckled as I tiptoed closer, camera at the ready. "You can get closer Dad," she instructed. So I did.
A day later, Mary and I watched goggle-eyed from the resort's Kaupulehu beach as waves of turtles floated onto the beach. The turtles awkwardly rode waves onto the beach. Then as succeeding waves swept the shore, the turtles tumbled slowly and slightly forward. When incoming waves no longer provided a boost, the turtles clumsily inched forward. They lifted themselves on their two front flippers, rose slightly above the sand, and then unceremoniously flopped forward. As they repeated the process they left a sandy trail.
Green turtle flops along the beach.
Large, heavy and hefty, the shells of a typical green turtle are more than 3-feet long and weigh 200 to 300 pounds. Really big greens are 4-feet long and weigh upwards of 800 pounds. Their size, weight and awkwardness on land make them especially vulnerable, and oddly lovable. They rest on the beach, but the ocean, where they mainly feed on marine grasses, is their home. And, because they are reptiles, while in the water the turtles periodically rise to take quick breaths before again submerging.
That night we enjoyed a lavish dinner and the luxury of a resort condo. The Kona Village features 125 thatched South Pacific-style hales, or huts. No phones, no TVs, no radios. Some condos are along the beach; others are just back from low, rugged black lava sea cliffs; and some surround tranquil fresh water ponds.
The next morning, our last on the Big Island, we visited the beach, where Mary claimed a seaside chair and I checked-out fins and goggles. I followed other snorkelers along a rocky cliff where, within seconds, the underwater scene was pulsating with a variety of fish: butterfly fish, wrasse, Achilles tangs, parrotfish, angelfish, damselfish, puffers, trumpet fish, and sea urchins. It was like swimming in an aquarium. I changed direction and swam parallel to the beach. At first glance I saw what looked like a partially submerged rock. At second glance I realized I was only a few feet from a turtle partially obscured by the wind-stirred waters. Amazed and thrilled, I swam in a wide arch, gradually moving closer. One, two, then three turtles bobbed about, their flippers seemingly haphazardly fluttering. Imitating their motion, I held my breath, and then slowly sunk and let my arms hang loose. I followed them to the surface as they floated upwards, raised their heads and sucked quick breaths. For nearly an hour I swam with the turtles. Another big thrill on the Big Island.
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Report on extension of accreditation of twelve courses of study offered by Australian Institute of Business and Management Pty Ltd
On 13 November 2020, a delegate of TEQSA extended, under section 57A of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act), the period of accreditation of the following courses offered by Australian Institute of Business and Management Pty Ltd:
Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from 25 November 2020 to 14 December 2023.
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Richard VanGrunsven
The takeoff might better have been described as a launch. With the new 150-hp Lycoming engine in my 700-pound RV-3, it was off in no more than half the 650-foot runway length and climbing aggressively at my normal 80-mph climb speed. At an altitude of perhaps 150 feet, the engine quit abruptly (whammy #2). The prop was windmilling, but the fire had gone out. First reaction: Fly the airplane! Second reaction: Where can I land? Straight ahead was a grain field with a sloping swale through it; not promising. Ahead and to my right was a flying farmer's airstrip, but it was out of reach from my low altitude. However, there was a narrow headland/driveway at the end of the rows of nursery plants on that farm, and I had enough height to glide there. I made an approximate 90-degree right turn, a forward slip to pay off a bit of surplus altitude and speed, a drop-in over the 8-foot high fence row, and my wheels rolled on the acceptably smooth grass surface. Not a very long one, but smooth enough to apply even braking. Unfortunately, the left brake failed immediately and completely (whammy #3), raising doubt about being able to stop before running into some substantial nursery plantings (bushes) past the end of this headland. I applied full left rudder/tailwheel steering and balanced that with as much right brake as possible, and was just able to stop by swinging a bit to the right as I hit the narrow cross runway. Whew! That happened fast. Now, I noticed that the engine was still running at an idle. So, why did it quit so abruptly, and why did the brake fail?
First, I need to back up a month or so and fill in many details that caused this incident and lead to its successful outcome. It all started with whammy #1, when my prototype RV-3 was damaged by "Lefty," my only employee at the then fledgling Van's Aircraft Company. It was the summer of 1976 and my one and only (prototype) RV-3 had suffered significant damage when the engine faltered during a touch-and-go landing on the 650-foot airstrip on my parents' farm where it was based. It had impacted tall grain when it failed to become airborne at the end of the strip, coming to rest inverted about 150 feet farther on in a neighbor's wheat field. Fortunately, Lefty's injuries were minor, but this was the beginning of the fly-in and airshow season. I needed to get that plane back in the air ASAP. Fortunately, I was able to borrow my brother Jerry's RV-3 to use in the interim and fly it in a couple of nearby airshows that I had scheduled. This was one of only a handful of RV-3s that were then completed and flying.
VanGrunsven and the RV-3 in 1972 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island near Oak Harbor, Washington.
Unfortunately, because my RV-3 had a metal prop, the prop strike had bent the crankshaft flange beyond repairable limits. Fortunately, I had a brand new Lycoming O-320-E1F* lying in wait for my slowly gestating RV-4 prototype. So, along with repairing the motor mount, damaged wing, vertical stabilizer, new canopy, etc., I was able to install this spare engine in less time than required to locate a replacement crankshaft and overhaul the original O-290-G (125 HP) engine.
Since I had a hangar and shop available on the farm strip, I naturally elected to re-assemble the repaired RV-3 there and, of course, perform the post-repair flight testing there.
On the day of my intended test flight, my brother Jerry happened to be in town visiting and helped me with the final inspection and preparation. He inquired as to my intentions regarding taking off either to the north or south. My plan was north because of a very light breeze blowing from that direction. He rationalized that the breeze was insignificant and that the forced landing opportunities were better with a south departure. At that time of year, all of the surrounding farm fields were covered with crop growth that would preclude an uneventful emergency landing in them. He noted that about a half mile away and off to the right there was a clear headland/driveway area in a nursery farm field. That driveway had a fence row on one end and abutted a N-S airstrip that the farmer used when commuting from his other farms. I noted this, but not too seriously because I figured that, as an airline pilot, Jerry was just being overly cautious. Plus, you never take an older brother too seriously; they're always trying to tell you what to do! After all, I was about to fly with a pristine new engine far superior to the self-overhauled engines I had been flying before. What could possibly go wrong?
I've already answered that question. Now, why did it go wrong?
The RV-3 departed from the VanGrunsven airstrip (A), reached an altitude of about 150 feet (B), and landed on the narrow headland of a nearby farm (C).
The failed brake was easy to diagnose. There was red brake fluid running down the landing gear leg. The leak occurred at an AN tube fitting where the brake line transitioned from the fuselage brake line hose to the ¼-inch aluminum tube line running down the landing gear leg to the wheel brake slave cylinder. The brake line had essentially sheared off its flared end where it had been attached with the B-nut. It was obvious that the flared end of the ¼-inch aluminum tube had been poorly formed. Fabricating a new brake line would be cheap and easy.
Ascertaining the cause of the disrupted fuel flow was more difficult. Disconnecting the fuel line revealed a healthy flow rate, and there wasn't any foreign material or water found in the sediment bowl. The fuel lines were not blocked. All obvious indicators pointed to fuel starvation; but why?
Although my plane was only a half mile from home, there was no open pathway to taxi or tow it back home. Dismantling for trailer transport was not an appealing prospect. The farm strip was about 1400 ft. long, more than big enough by my standards at the time. After performing full-power ground run-ups, I chose to make a cautious takeoff and shallow climb to altitude for further in-flight testing before returning home. I found that if I maintained a shallow climb angle, the engine ran fine. After climbing to several thousand feet, I gradually increased the climb angle, and sure enough, the engine quit, but fired up again after lowering the nose to a glide angle and waiting a short while. Several repetitions of this convinced me that my carburetor wasn't getting fuel, or passing fuel, at steep climb angles. After landing back at my home strip, I installed a fuel pump before again attempting flight.
How Many Mistakes Caused or Compounded This Problem?
1. Test flying from an airport with no runway length margin. I knew that the aircraft's takeoff and landing performance was more than adequate for this short runway. I knew that my piloting skills and proficiency were up to the task. However, runways that short don't offer any margin for error or irregularity. The wise option would have been that of erring on the side of caution and doing testing at an airport with a long runway, although not as convenient or economical.
2. Failure to perform a simulated (tail-in-a-hole) climb angle, full power, fuel flow test. New airplanes, or airplanes with new engine/fuel system installations, need to have a fuel flow test done while positioned at an angle simulating that of a full-power, high-angle climb. Either running the engine at full power and/or measuring a timed fuel flow through an open fuel line should verify adequate fuel flow for this flight condition.
3. Assuming that all similar carburetor and engine combinations function alike. I had installed the new O-320 engine without a fuel pump. This was based on the successful operating experience of Jerry's RV-3 which had an O-320 engine without a fuel pump. It relied strictly on gravity feed from its single fuselage fuel tank. It functioned well in full power climbs, which are pretty steep in an airplane as light and powerful as the RV-3. So I had installed my O-320 without a fuel pump, reasoning that I would see the same results. The results were obviously different. Why? Without elaborating on technical details which I no longer have available, and perhaps never had completely understood, there were differences in the carburetors on these otherwise same basic engines. Even though the carbs were the same basic model, Marvel-Schebler MA-4SPA, they were of different serial number series and had different fuel jets and/or float levels. The engine that had operated successful without a fuel pump, on Jerry's RV-3, had been configured for use on a high-wing airplane with a gravity feed fuel system (before it had been transplanted into his RV-3). It had been set up to operate with the relatively low fuel pressure provided by the "gravity head" of the high fuel tank. The carburetor on my RV-3 engine had been configured for the Bölkow-Messerschmidt 209, which is a low-wing airplane with fuel tanks in its wings. It required a fuel pump in its fuel system. Fuel pumps for a system of this type usually provide about 4-5 psi. Even that relatively low pressure is far more than the approximate 0.5 psi head pressure available in a gravity feed system. In a steep climb, the fuel pressure is lower still because of the relative heights of the engine and the tank, plus the fact that at full power, the engine required a high fuel flow rate. The low gravity-head pressure of my RV-3's fuel system was insufficient in a steep climb condition. One size does not fit all!
Compared to the correct flare (top), the incorrect flare (bottom) is too short and thin to properly retain the tubing.
4. Assuming that Lefty knew how to properly flare an aluminum brake line end. Because of the damage caused by the prior accident, the brake lines needed to be replaced. This relatively simple task had been assigned to Lefty. The brake lines were made of ¼-inch diameter soft aluminum tubing, a commonly used material for this purpose. Standard 37-degree-flare AN tube fittings were used. The problem was that Lefty either didn't know the proper way to flare the tubing ends, or just wasn't paying attention that day. The accompanying illustration shows the result, along with an illustration of a correctly flared tube end. Once the brake line had been installed, the inadequately flared end was not visible at the time of final inspection. The marginally flared tube end was apparently sufficient to hold the brake fluid pressure during initial taxi and engine check, but failed upon the more aggressive panic braking that accompanied the emergency landing.
It Could Have Been Worse!
The single most important factor in the successful outcome of this emergency landing was the preflight advice given by brother Jerry. His professional approach toward analyzing the situation and planning for contingencies had mentally prepared me for locating the best emergency landing option available. Without this pre-planning, it is improbable that I would have been able to scan and assess this landing option in the few seconds available. Have a plan, fly the plan!
Back to Whammy #1
Why had the RV-3 suffered its upside-down indignity in the wheat field at the beginning of this tale of woe? My memory is a bit vague, and I no longer have the engine logs to reference for verification. I believe that the O-290-G engine in the RV-3 at the time was equipped with a Lake Throttle Body Injector, rather than a Marvel MA-3SPA carb that is normally used on the Lycoming O-290 engine. The Lake TBI was an inexpensive aftermarket product that I had installed as an affordable alternative to a conventional fuel injection system that would support inverted flight operation. The Lake Injector worked OK but, at least in my application, had a non-linear fuel/air mixture at different power settings. I had learned to automatically reset the mixture along with power changes. Being less experienced, Lefty apparently wasn't able to react as quickly, thus causing a power disruption and the unsuccessful touch-and-go. He had only recently been checked out (single seat check-out?) in the RV-3, and in retrospect, was underqualified to fly from such a short airstrip. I shouldn't have assumed that he would be able to master the unique airplane and airstrip that had become second nature to me.
From my current vantage point, I can see that during that period, I was pushing the limits of time and finances to move as quickly as possible, and was probably not as careful as I should have been. But what might you expect from someone with the audacity to start a kit company with such limited talent and finances? The subsequent decades have in some ways been less exciting, but I can live without the need to create material for more stories like this. Uneventful test flights, of which I have done many since, are the best kind.
*During this period, it was rare for homebuilders to install new engines. They were much more expensive than the plentiful used engines available at the time. I had purchased this engine from an aircraft salvage company who had apparently acquired a half dozen or so of the O-320–E1Fs from Lycoming when the intended aircraft, the Bölkow-Messerschmitt 209, was taken out of production. As I recall, this engine cost me $3,800, and while expensive compared with a used engine at under $2000, it was much lower in price than the $6,000+ retail for a new Lycoming at the time.
Photos: Richard VanGrunsven.
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Richard "Van" VanGrunsven learned to fly in 1956 at the age of 16. An engineer and aircraft designer, he founded and developed Van's Aircraft, Inc. into the acknowledged leader in kit aircraft. He often speaks and writes about flying skills and safety. A life in aviation, including thousands of hours piloting both powered aircraft and sailplanes, has given him plenty of time to consider what makes pilots unsafe…or safe. He prefers the latter.
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