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JEJU CHRONICLES
This video is done by Dennis Apel, a Catholic worker from California. Dennis came to our Global Network meeting on Jeju Island in February and put this together.
He gives you a quick view of what happened during the trip.
WORKING IN COOPERATION
In Richmond, California, a city with 17 per cent unemployment, the jobless are turning to 'cooperatives' to create new economic opportunities. Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports.
This is the way human beings were meant to work. The economic model of everyone for themselves, dog-eat-dog capitalism is old school. Cooperatives are the real future.
FAIR TRIAL FOR MANNING?
Army Private First Class Bradley Manning appeared in court Thursday morning. At the hearing prosecutors accused Manning of aiding the terrorist group al-Qaeda. For allegedly releasing thousands of documents to the whistleblower site Wikileaks, the government has charged Manning with nearly two dozen crimes.
As he awaits trial, however, many doubt Manning will receive a fair hearing. According to some reports, the soldier was tortured while he was locked up for more than a year in military custody and some say that PFC Manning was treated worse than a terrorist at Guantanamo Bay. Zack Pesavento of the Bradley Manning Support Network is one of those critics, and he brings RT his latest following Thursday's hearing at Fort Meade, Maryland.
WAR WEARY
Politicians in the U.S. are not used to such tough questioning by reporters as we see here from the UK's Channel 4.
It should be remembered that in the 2008 election, when Obama ran against Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), it was Obama who got more campaign donations from the military industrial complex than McCain (the war hawk) did.
They play good cop - bad cop with the people's heads but both the Republicans and the Democrats are war parties.
LOTS OF NEWS
Two members from South Korean Veterans For Peace arrived in Jeju Island today to meet their counterparts from the U.S. who had been turned away yesterday. So the Korean VFP members held a news conference to blast their government for their treatment of their guests. "This is gratitude. I served in Korea with the 2nd Infantry Division defending the people from North Korea, I come back to again defend the people [of Gangjeong] and I am pushed off into no-man's-land," said Elliott Adams from New York.
Angie Zelter (UK) was able to return to Gangjeong village today but has to leave the country by March 22. Beji Monnet (France) was immediately sent to Hong Kong by the reactionary South Korean government. (I would not be surprised to hear that Benji makes his way from Hong Kong to Gureombi on a kayak.)
Sung-Hee Choi reports that, "Yang Yoon-Mo is told to stop the fast as of March 15, his 38th day. As his health has become deteriorated, he stopped his hunger strike and is beginning to feed himself with water gruel. He had stopped even water and bits of salts since the Navy's enforcement of the blast on the Gureombi. But his health was very fragile since more than 70 days' fast last summer. People in Gangjeong village are glad on the news. Nobody wants him to die for fast."
I did a radio interview in Sarasota, Florida today and spent a good bit of time talking about Obama's "pivot" of U.S. foreign and military policy toward the Asia-Pacific. I included much about Pentagon "missile defense" deployments on Navy warships that would be ported in Gangjeong if the base is allowed to be completed and the likely resulting new arms race in the region.
Tomorrow (Friday) I speak at 7:00 pm at the Unitarian Church in Bradenton, Florida.
U.S. Veterans For Peace members Elliott Adams and Tarak Kauff will hold a protest and news conference on Friday, March 16 at the South Korean Consulate in New York City at 12:30 pm. They are fighting mad and I would venture to say that the South Korean government has just made bad blood with two of the most respected and hardest working VFP members in our country. President Lee, you are going to regret ever denying these non-violent peace warriors entry onto Jeju Island. Your desperate plan will surely backfire now!
Boycott Samsung....spread the word.
I had a record of 1,211 hits on this blog today from South Korea. Some of them are from the Lee government (they want to know what we are going to do next) but many are just from interested citizens. My total visits today were 1,917. The most ever in one day. They also came from United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Australia, Malaysia, Canada, Japan, Russia and various other countries. Thanks for visiting and come back again soon.
BOYCOTT SAMSUNG
Samsung is the lead contractor of the Jeju Navy base.
Samsung has a horrible track record of mistreating and abusing their electronics workers.
See more about Samsung here
Send a message to Samsung and the right-wing South Korean government by boycotting this bad corporation.
Tell others about the boycott.
INDIA REFUSES TO DANCE WHEN U.S. SAYS JUMP
The US is reportedly threatening India with penalties, if it doesn't comply with Washington's sanctions against Iran. India is one of the biggest consumers of Iranian oil, and American officials are quoted as saying they are worried that India may sidestep payment restrictions. RT's Priya Sridhar is in New Delhi.
THREE VFP LEADERS DENIED ENTRY INTO JEJU ISLAND
We've just learned that the three Veterans For Peace members who arrived in Jeju Island, South Korea today were denied entry into the country.
Tarak Kauff, Elliott Adams, and Mike Hastie were met by South Korean authorities when they landed on Jeju Island. Tarak and Elliott flew to Jeju via Shanghai, China and Mike from Seoul. The South Korean authorities had a photo of each of them in their hands and told them they would not be allowed to enter Jeju Island.
They were instead taken and put on a plane back to Shanghai and San Francisco.
When Tarak and Elliott arrived in Shanghai they were told that they each had to pay $280 for the change in flight schedule. But Tarak told the Chinese that they had just been denied entry into South Korea because they were going to protest against a Navy base that was being aimed at China. When the Chinese airline staff heard that they waived the $280 fee for each of them.
Tarak, Elliott and Mike are severely disappointed that they will not be able to stand with the people of Gangjeong village on Jeju Island. South Korean members of VFP were planning on flying from Seoul to Jeju Island to meet with the American VFP members.
This case though illustrates just how much the South Korean puppet regime fears the growing international movement to support the fight against the Navy base on Jeju Island. The US military is pressuring the right-wing Lee government to build this base that will be used to port U.S. warships that will be used in Obama's military "pivot" into the Asia-Pacific region.
Just yesterday Angie Zelter (UK) and Benji Monnet (France) were deported from South Korea after being arrested for protesting against the Navy base.
Please help send a strong message to the South Korean government by calling and/or organizing a protest at the nearest South Korean embassy/consulate to your community.
Also call the South Korean embassy in Washington DC 202-939-5692 or 202-939-5600 to lodge a strong complaint about them denying the three VFP members entry to Jeju Island.
Can there be an question that we are now living in a corporate dominated police state?
Please remember too that the South Korean corporation Samsung is the lead contractor building the Navy base on Jeju. Boycott Samsung!
Here is what Elliott wrote in an email:
We, Tarak and Elliott, just arrived back in the US. When we arrived at the airport on Jeju (we flew in from Shanghai) they were looking for us. They had our photos printed out. They put us right back on the same plane. We do wonder if we could have some how mounted meaningful resistance there in the immigration office, but I doubt it. We feel terrible that we are not with everyone in Gangjeong especially after the deportation of Benji and Anne.
Mike Hastie got on the plane to Jeju from the mainland and then after a 10 minutes they came and got him off. 6:49 PM Pacific time he was in the detention room in Seoul due to be shipped out to San Francisco at 4:20PM Korea time.
They obviously plan to try to keep internationals out of Jeju. We, internationals, need to work to raise international awareness, disgust, and pressure.
DEPORTATION FROM JEJU
Police seek first arrest warrants for foreigners in naval base protests
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, March 14 (Yonhap) -- Police said Wednesday they have requested arrest warrants for two foreign activists on charges of destroying public property during protests against the construction of a contentious naval base on Jeju Island.
Briton Angie Zelter is accused of breaking into the construction site in Gangjeong Village on the southern tip of the resort island Friday evening after cutting down barbed-wire fences, according to the Seogwipo Police Station. Meanwhile, French activist Benjamin Monnet allegedly trespassed onto the site and climbed a crane on the same day.
The two are the first foreigners facing arrest warrants in the protest against the naval base construction.
The project, first launched in 2007 and scheduled to be completed by 2014, has been one of the most controversial issues in South Korea as local residents, opposition parties, and other environmental activists have staged strong oppositions against it.
Tensions escalated when the Navy and a local construction firm blew up part of a rocky outcropping known as Gureombi last Wednesday, initiating a key part of the construction work.
Zelter, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, is most notably known for spearheading efforts to tear down the fences around U.S. military bases in Britain in the 1980s. She has been arrested more than 100 times in half a dozen countries during her work as a peace activist.
Police also sought a warrant for a South Korean activist, only known by the family name Kim, on charges of obstructing police executing their duties during protests along with Monnet on Monday.
Meanwhile, the police said they have released 13 local activists and residents who were arrested on the same day.
WHAT IS THE MISSION?
U.S. - RUSSIAN TENSIONS RISE
On Monday, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Lavrov met with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to try to come to a resolution on what to do about Syria. Russia and China have vetoed previous attempts by the UN Security Council for intervention that could potentially lead to the overthrowing of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
HOLY DAY ON JEJU
Police detain Song Young-sup, a priest, in Gangjeong Village on the southern tip of South Korea's southernmost island of Jeju on March 13, 2012, as he attempts to demolish a fence for the construction site of a new naval base in the village. The project, which was launched in 2007 during the Roh Moo-hyun administration, has been one of the most contentious issues in South Korea recently as opposition parties, environmental groups and other activists have staged strong protests against it.
Catholic priests' association for Justice had its first Monday pilgrimage mass at Gangjeong port at 4 p.m. on March 12 . . .
There is a great need to expand international support of Jeju Island protests among various constituencies like women's groups, faith activists, environmental community and more.
Appeal: Stop blasting the Gureombi Rock on Jeju Island
Dear friends and supporters of the struggle against the Jeju naval base project
On March 7, the first blasting the coastal rock, known as "Gureombi" has begun in while the government and the navy exercised its power in Gangjeong village and villagers and peace activists were hauled by the police. There was expected to carry the explosives by land but the navy handled sea freight, not to take the road that were blockaded by the villagers and activists. People who were determined to defend the Gureombi were immensely shocked. The navy announced that 43 tons of explosives will be used for blasting the Gureombi and it will takes from 3 to 5 months according to the weather. There have been daily nonviolent direct actions and other forms of struggles for saving Gureombi every day since the first blasting progressed. More than 60 people were already arrested and the numbers of arrests continue to occur as well. There has been an increase in cases of police misconduct and human rights frequently violated. Professor Yoon-mo Yang who was arrested for obstructing police in carrying out their duties is now on his 35th day of hunger strike as of March 13 while inside the prison. The Jeju government demanded on temporal reservation on construction but the Ministry of the National Defense didn't have an attitude accepting this demand at all.
We ask you to support to our efforts to save the Gureombi and resist the naval base on Jeju Island. Take some time to write letters of complaint to the government and the navy planners and please distribute this appeal among your friends or in your local group.
This appeal will be updated every week.
Extended International Team of the Gangjeong Village
1. Call the Korean Embassy or organize demonstrations in front of the Korean Embassy in your country and let them know that Jeju does not want a naval base!
2. Write and mail to the President Lee Myung-Bak, Kim Kwan-Jin, South Korean Defense Minister and Woo Keun-Min, Island governor. Please refer to the mail address at:
https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:33867.7483820829/rid:c5c744865a7b372e77e36ea5fb216220
3.Sign the petitions on Avaaz (http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_jeju/?vl), Care2 (http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/Save-Jeju-Island/) or other online sites urging South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak to stop construction of the military base! After signing please share the petition with your social network.
4. Contact the media in your country about this resistance to raise their awareness about the struggle.
5. Stay updated on the resistance by joining the "Save Jeju Island" and the "No Naval Base on Jeju!" Facebook pages. Follow the most recent developments on Twitter at #savejejuisland and #gangjung - then re-post.
6. Consider making a donation to support the international campaign to Save Jeju Island. 100% of your financial contribution will go directly to villagers on the ground waging peace against this dangerous militarization project.
TALKING WITH SAXBY
As I was sitting here in the Atlanta, Georgia airport and posting on my blog I heard a familiar voice sitting next to me. I recognized it from watching Congressional debate on C-SPAN. I looked over and sure enough, it was conservative Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA).
I figured I needed to use this chance to say something about Afghanistan since the newspaper he was holding in his hand had a front page story about the U.S. soldier killing 16 innocent civilians in that war torn country.
I introduced myself and told the senator that I am a member of Veterans For Peace. I told him that we needed to get out of Afghanistan right away. He said, "Headlines like this don't help us." But he went on to defend the U.S. military occupation saying that we have to stay until new effective leadership can be developed. He said the people there were not capable of running their own affairs.
I asked him how much we are spending there every month and he quickly replied, "Oh, about $10 billion." I told him we need that money back here at home and that what we spend in one year in Afghanistan could cover all the debt in states across the country that are now in the red.
He kept saying that we are going to be there a long time - and I again pressed him by asking why we have to stay. Was it China? Was it the Caspian Sea pipeline routes through Afghanistan and Pakistan?
Surprisingly he responded that, "It's more about Russia."
I told him he was losing the hearts of the American people on this and he replied, "Yeah, I know that is right."
I then told him that every criminal has an MO - a modus operandi - and that this criminal syndicate called the military industrial complex has one and I'd seen it in operation since the Vietnam War.
At that point he was anxious to move. He thanked me for my service to the country. I responded that I was still serving the country by opposing these current wars.
He got up and left.
The really good stuff begins at 5:00 minutes into the video.
PEOPLE KEEP COMING TO GANGJEONG
Two activists sit atop of a rock busting machine. Mt. Halla is in the background.
Sung-Hee Cho reports from Jeju Island:
A protest high up in the air: 16 people including Benjamin Monnet, Kim Seri and Angie Zelter were arrested in the Gureombi rock.
A long day again for many people here in the village.
I just came back about one hour ago from the Seogwipo police station to meet the arrested on March 12, including above three in the Gureombi rock.
Four people including Dr. Song Kang-Ho have entered the Gureombi by kayaks from early dawn-around 5am and occupied the tetra pods site near the rock, which have also been used on March 7.
Among them, two people- Benjamin Monnet, a French activist and Kim Seri -climbed up to a crane that had drilled a large area of rock , which started in the afternoon.
Seri explains what really happened at the tim .....
"I could not stand any more of the crane destroying rocks. So I crawled underneath wire razor. Then a Daelim thug suddenly came to me and pushed me back toward that wire razor. As I tried to enter forward, another thug also pushed me. At the time I hurt in my left leg and left arm (She was limping when she walked in the police station in the night.) One of them severely pressed my neck so when I was on the crane near for two hours later, I found my leg, arm, neck were all painful. But I could not really feel about my body condition when I ran toward the crane from the thugs from whom I wanted to escape. I was just desperate to stop the rock being destroyed. And I saw Benji who had been trying to protect me from such violence was very quickly running passing by me, already reaching to the top of crane before me. He helped me to climb up the crane then. (Benji was also pushed back by the thugs when he tried to protect Seri).
The two stayed on the top of crane near for two hours, shivering in coldness in thin swim suits. They were eventually arrested under the charge of 'obstruction of business', by the policemen who flocked like crows underneath them.
According to Seri and Mr. Lim Ho Young, who got information by talking with the construction workers or one's own research, the site the crane was drilling is where the rock bed is to be eventually blasted after being put with explosives for the formation of caisson-production area, the 2nd work area of 250m length by 70m width size, with the use of 35 ton explosives. (Please imagine how large it is considering that the Gureombi rock is about 1.2 km whole one body.) In the 1st work area where 8 ton of explosives would be used for blast, another crane was working near the coast with strange equipments nearby it and yellow electric codes being laid in inside water. Is if for the blast of the rock bed underwater? Seri wondered.
But not only that… "I was happy today. How long it has been to see the whole Gureombi rock again. How beautiful it is to see from the top of crane."
How beautiful Seri and Benjamin are today. For near two hours, thanks to them, the destruction of people's Greombi could stop, to the joy of people who cheered for them!
In the nearby room where Seri was investigated, there was Angie Zelter who bravely cut the wire razor in front of policemen so that about 20 people could enter the Gureombi rock as people gathered into to the coast, risking dangerous files of tetra pods and pitched stone bank to protect the two amidst sun-set.
Though Angie was scared to climb down hanging onto a rope among the dangerous tetra pod files, Angie would later reply to the policemen that her name is 'Save Gureombi from War Preparation." And she would be charged of damage on property. Last time, her answer on her name was ' Save Gureombi for Peace against War.' On Feb. 25, her name was 'Save Jeju.'
Angie knew she would be arrested again only one day after her release. She has been arrested on March 9 when she has entered through a fence, along with about 30 people, breaking it with others including a pastor Lee Jeong-Hoon and Fr. Kim Jeong-Wook who would be imprisoned soon.
Among the arrested today, there were two teenagers –one boy and a girl - who were eventually released hours later. Except for the two, 14 people were eventually carried to the Dongbu police station in the Jeju City to stay night there in its custody room. Some of them were arrested in front of construction gate where they protested against the police's illegal arrest of people inside the Gureombi that is absolutely public space. Among the arrested, there was Mr. Song Chang-Wook who has been feeding himself only one meal since movie critic Yang Yoon-Mo's fast.
There were many new faces today including a wife of a renowned photographer Lee Si-Woo. She was hurt her head when she crawled underneath a wire razor.
Thanks to Save Our Sea team who encouraged people to enter the Gureombi, despite the risk of dangerous files of tetra pods and pitched stone bank, about 50 people could enter to the Gureombi, though 16 people would be eventually arrested, surrounding the uniformed police line inside wire razor with their diverse costumes, talents and songs.
The Catholic Fathers held a mass near the port where people could watch what is happening inside the Gureombi. Fr. Moon-Kyun s climbed up to a light house, fluttering his sacred white robe in the wind. A little distant from it, more than 10 young Catholic fathers sat in a line, leading the mass in solemn mode.
By the sun-set, the whole Gureombi rock looked happy in long time again with many people cheering and singing there.
Destruction will go on tomorrow, too. Nobody knows how many arrests and imprisonments would happen tomorrow and coming days. The numbers of arrest since Jan. 2010 is now reaching almost 100. Everyday people here have to endure early dawn siren by which many people have already been suffering for auditory hallucination, confrontation with police, physical and psychological risk, etc. Still more and more people seem to come here. More and more people seem to have concern with people's beloved Gureombi.
As the sun set, the young policemen also sought for their sleep, too. It is for those young people that we fight to inherit them this Peace Island so that they should not be a cannon fodder by a war base here.
It is told another 4 blasts happened today, too.
OPTING OUT OF THE PIRATE ORBIT
I "opted out" of the new high-tech x-ray body scanner at the Portland, Maine airport early this morning. Instead I got the blue plastic glove human pat down, more like a rub down at some points, from a nice TSA worker.
He told me he didn't think badly of me for opting out. I thanked him. I told him I didn't trust these machines impact on our health and further more I felt that the government was going overboard with all these security measures. I said it is all over the top. He told me he agreed and I swear at one point he used the word "we" giving me the clear impression that possibly many of his co-workers also agreed.
I also went into a bit more detail about how our government is taking our privacy rights away from us. He agreed again. It was the most pleasant pat down I'd ever experienced. This is just one more reason why so many people love living in Maine. It's motto is: The way life should be.
Other than finding a bottle of water or my sun screen today, how many villainous acts do they stop each day - and how much does all this "technology" cost the taxpayers. Someone is getting rich off this.....I think the TSA workers should speak out. They have a union - they should use it to inform the people that we are being ripped off.
South Korean Novelist Gong Ji-young chimed in on opponents' arguments against the construction of a naval base on Jeju Island, adding fuel to raging debate over the project.
Gong wrote on Twitter "You don't listen to the Jeju people nor budge at the cutting of the budget by the National Assembly. You, who beat innocent citizens and put them into the water, are nothing more than pirates," referring to the Navy.
Her remarks came after proportional representative candidate Kim Ji-yoon of the Unified Progressive Party wrote that she opposed the naval base construction on her Twitter on Mar. 4.
Kim went to Gangjeong village and joined the protests when she dived into the water after police would not allow kayaks to be used to get to Gureombi rock. When was the last time you heard a story about a person running for office joining a protest by jumping in the water. She's my kind of politician.
See the writer article here
See the swim story here
I head out early tomorrow for Florida where I will be for the next week. I am meeting my cousin in Sarasota to watch three Baltimore Orioles spring training baseball games. I'll be staying at the home of Maine friends Selma & Hersch Sternlieb who spent the winter there. Selma has organized a talk for me on Friday, March 16 at 7:00 pm at the Unitarian Church in Bradenton. She has also arranged for me to do a radio interview while in town so I should be kept busy. I'll have my laptop and cell phone so can be easily contacted.
Once I get home I will have two weeks to prepare for my 30-day west coast speaking tour that will be hosted in 23 cities from San Diego, California to Bellingham, Washington. I am really excited about this trip and have already sent two boxes of newsletters, books, and bumper stickers to early hosts.
It was sad and disgusting to hear about the U.S. soldier who just killed 16 innocent people in Afghanistan. This comes on top of the recent burning of the Koran by U.S. troops stationed there. Our military occupation of that country, costing us at least $10 billion every month, is becoming more of a flash point every day. The people in the U.S. need to push hard and call for us to bring our troops and our war dollars home now.
Now that the three members of Veterans For Peace are going to Jeju Island I will next start work on getting another group of three people to go there in early-to-mid April. Let me know if you are interested in spending two weeks protesting alongside the Gangjeong villagers.
Vermonters went to their town meetings last week to settle questions about local governance. They also decided to take on the corrupt campaign system that is steering the nation toward catastrophe. 64 towns voted that we should amend the U.S. Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that said corporations have the free speech rights of people. "The resounding results will send a strong message that corporations and billionaires should not be allowed to buy candidates and elections with unlimited, undisclosed spending on political campaigns," declared U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt). Vermonters are not the first to move to amend. Referendums have already passed in Madison and Dane County, Wisconsin. Cities across the country, including Los Angeles, have urged Congress to begin the amendment process. State legislatures in Hawaii and New Mexico have as well.
OIL WARS IN AFRICA
The black president sends U.S. troops to African continent on behalf of big oil corporations. Not much of a response by the liberals.
If Bush sends troops to Africa the liberals holler.
This is why the corporate oligarchy will ensure that Obama is reelected.
AMERICA IS ADDICTED TO VIOLENCE
Sixteen Afghan civilians including three women and nine children have been shot dead in their homes by a US soldier in a pre-dawn attack.
The U.S. government trains its soldiers to be killers. America is one sick nation.
BEFORE PEOPLE WERE REMOVED FROM GUREOMBI
Gives an idea why Gureombi rock is sacred to the people - as sacred as the sky, the water, our relatives that live in the ocean, the endangered red crabs that live within the rocks, the plants that live there too.
All sacred and good. Who will speak for these relatives?
NATURE INTERVENES
I don't much understand the construction technology used for building Navy bases, but the photo above is a caisson. A bunch of these will be moved from a nearby village port to Gangjeong village to help construction of the base.
Nature lent a hand to the anti-base construction movement today when an accident happened. You can see lots of photos and a video here
Benji reports from Gangjeong:
Today at Hwasun Harbor where the Caisson barge carrier was trying to move, the wind was really strong, strong against the unconscious military base project. The wind and the waves pushed the huge Daelim company barge against 3 fishing boats that were docked at the harbor. Two of the boats sank. Now there is a petrol table at Hwasun Harbor, and none of the authorities were able to contain those leaks. Unfortunately it will create an environmental disaster in the small fishing port.
An eye-catching banner waves at a road junction in Gangjeong that reads, "You may be the smallest village in Korea, Gangjeong, but the peace that starts with you will reach the whole country!"


America's pharmaceutical and biotechnology research companies set a new record for biopharmaceutical research spending last year with an investment of $55.2 billion to develop new medicines and vaccines. That's $3.4 billion higher than the previous record of $51.8 billion spent by U.S. companies in 2005.
The research spending of all of America's biopharmaceutical companies is much higher than the amount spent on biomedical research by the National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical research companies in other countries.
It may not be popular or politically expedient to admit the truth. But we expect better from Senator McCain.


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Q: Enterprise Architect: Can you generate a report from separate packages? Is there a way to combine multiple packages into one (html) report? I don't want to generate a report from the parent package because it contains a lot of information not related to the desired report. I'm looking for an answer that does not require copy/pasting the separate packages into a new parent package, mainly because that forces me to update the links between the various diagrams and is quite time consuming.

A: Thanks to @Uffe, there actually is an elegant solution in EA. You can create a documentation diagram and add model document or master document elements to it. To these elements you can then add packages from anywhere in the model, and then publish this combination in any of the supported formats. More details here.

A: You can't combine the output of several HTML (or document) reports into one. You can do the opposite: you can exclude certain packages from generation.
Simply select each (child) package you wish to exclude, right-click and select Documentation -- Generated Report Options... This allows you to choose whether the package is included in the report. This option is recursive, so the package and all its child packages are excluded.
The other option is to write a script which traverses a package structure and selectively generates documentation for it using the DocumentGenerator class.

A: You don't want to create a report from the parent package, and you don't want to copy/paste, so try this: create a new package, drag the packages that you wish to report on into the new package, create the report on the new package, drag the packages back where they came from, and delete the new package.

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Students with the MCCC Television and Digital Film program working inside the college's new mobile digital production truck.
WEST WINDSOR – Mercer County Community College (MCCC) Television and Digital Film students will be working under the Friday night lights this week, taking the college's new mobile broadcast unit on the road to produce the Oct. 27 Robbinsville versus Lawrence varsity football game.
Students will begin setting up at noon for the 7:30 p.m. contest at Robbinsville High School. The production crew also includes 14 Robbinsville High School students who are dual-enrolled at MCCC.
This will be the first football game production for the mobile broadcast unit. The production will be a multi-camera shoot with announcers, on-screen graphics, and instant replay.
"The purpose of this production is to help train students for working in a live production environment while simultaneously serving the community," said Steve Voorhees, associate professor for MCCC's Television, Digital Film, and New Media program.
Voorhees said that due to the lack of an internet connection on the field, the production will not be broadcast live, but will be available for replay on the college's MCTV YouTube channel. Moving forward, plans are to live stream area athletic events and to wire MCCC's athletic fields for college sports.
In addition, Voorhees said the department is in the process of acquiring a cell bonding unit, a device that bundles multiple cellular phones to form a network powerful enough to handle the bandwidth for streaming video. This will provide the connectivity necessary to live stream events from anywhere in Mercer County, he said.
But for now, he said the first step is to get students familiar with mobile production in a live environment.
The mobile production unit was made possible through the donation of the truck by PVI Virtual Media Services, and a $100,000 grant from the Dow Jones Foundation for equipment. The truck features a multi-camera high definition fiber system complete with live video switcher, graphics software, two-channel instant replay computer, and a 16-channel audio mixer.


I guess most of you have seen the video of the fight between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles after Orioles pitcher Armando Benitez hit Yankee batter Tino Martinez in the back after Benitez gave up a home run to the previous Bronx Bomber batter.
I haven't seen anything like that since I was backstage at the Miss America pageant. Sequined gowns were tearing and tiaras were snapping like wishbones in a whirlwind of feminine terror.
Of course I'm kidding. Lighten up.
However, Daryl Strawberry's sucker punch of Benitez did have an "I just lost to a short, fat Miss Arkansas" ring to it. But hey, Daryl is Daryl.
In all seriousness, these kind of things wouldn't happen if Major League baseball had some leadership, but, as we know, it doesn't. After all of the fines were levied and player's reputations tarnished, there was an uneasy feeling that baseball had, once again, gotten out of control. It was sort of like the beginning of tensions in Pakistan. No one knew exactly where it was going.
Coming from an armchair athlete, the idea that a pitcher would intentionally throw at a batter's head as a way of communicating his displeasure over a home run boggles the mind. What exactly is he trying to prove? That he's got to be dangerous because he can't pitch worth a damn? What a tough guy. He stood 60 feet away and tried to knock a man unconscious.
A good way to end this kind of garbage is to end the American League's 25 year experiment with the designated hitter. I doubt a pitcher would intentionally throw at another man's head knowing he had to face an opposing pitcher at the plate.
But then this leads us right back to the leadership question. How can two leagues that play each other on a regular basis now have a set of different rules? This could only happen in baseball.
The only good thing about last week's fight between the Birds and the Bronx Bombers is the relatively lack of support from Benitez's team mates for what he had done. I didn't see a single Oriole fighting too hard to defend him. The Yankees had him running so scared he snapped his jock strap completely in two just from the tension.
We're talking some serious pucker, baby!
I guess he did the manly thing when faced with danger. He ran. Ran like the wind. And, when it looked like he was safe in his own dugout, he was blindsided by Strawberry, another great man of integrity.
See you on the rastlin' circuit fellas.


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"Galápagos Verde 2050" is a long-term project implemented by the Charles Darwin Foundation with the Galapagos National Park Directorate's support. Overall, this project contributes to conserve Galapagos' natural capital and the well-being of its human population.
One of the greatest problems in the Galapagos Archipelago is the scarcity of water, therefore the project's focus is to implement initiatives that promote saving this limited resource. Thus, we use three water-saving technologies to achieve the project's two principle goals: the ecological restoration of degraded ecosystems, and the development of sustainable agricultural practices.
Our ultimate outcome will be to present the Galapagos islands as a model system for ecosystem conservation and human sustainability.
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Our Research Team
Patricia Jaramillo Díaz
Patricia is an Ecuadorian researcher who came to Galapagos in 1996 to work on her PhD thesis about the 'human impact on native, endemic and introduced flora on the Galapagos Islands' and later...
Luka Negoita
I have always loved islands and plants. Since my undergraduate work on islands in the Gulf of Maine, USA, I have had a strong passion for studying the unique characteristics of island ecosystems and...
Felipe Cornejo
I trained as an Agricultural Engineer at the Army Polytechnic School in Quito, Ecuador. I had the opportunity to work in different countries around the world, in different conditions. However,...
María Guerrero
Since I began my studies in Biology, I have always been interested in the conservation of plant species, because they form the basis of ecosystems. I became aware of this project thanks to the...
Esme Plunkett
After finishing my BSc in Biological Sciences at Durham University in England, I knew I wanted to pursue a career in ecology and conservation and the volunteer programme for the Galapagos Verde 2050...
Paúl Mayorga
I was born and raised in these "Enchanted Islands", which meant from a young age I was naturally immersed in the conservation of the place where I live. Growing up with relatively little technology...
Multi-institutional team working on cleanups in Baltra Island. Photo by Patricia Jaramillo.
The Galápagos Verde 2050 project is divided in the following components:
Planting baby cactus with Groasis technology. South Plaza Island. Photo by Liza Diaz Lalova.
This component includes 37 study sites, distributed among several islands: Española, Floreana, Northern Isabela, South Plaza, Baltra, San Cristóbal and Santa Cruz. This component's goal is to restore and conserve ecosystems so that they can recover and maintain their capacity to generate services. Part of this goal is to recover populations of endangered endemic species.
Sustainable Agricultural Practices
This component attempts to understand how technologies can be used to help improve productivity on Santa Cruz and Floreana farms while conserving water use. This research includes 36 study sites on Floreana and Santa Cruz.
9-month seedlings of Opuntia echios echios, growing in CDF laboratory. Photo by Patricia Jaramillo.
Phases of the project
The Galápagos Verde 2050 project is divided into three phases:
Phase 1: Started in 2014 and ended in November 2017. Work was carried out on Santa Cruz, Baltra, Plaza Sur and Floreana Islands.
Phase 2: The project is currently in this phase, which began in December 2017 and will continue until 2027. Here the project will include work on Santa Cruz, Baltra, San Cristobal, South Plaza, Floreana, Isabela and Española Islands.
Phase 3: This last phase of the project will run from 2027 to 2050. Here the project will include work on Santa Cruz, Baltra, South Plaza, Floreana, Isabela, Española, San Cristóbal and Santiago Islands.
The water-saving technologies used by the project are a potential solution for water scarcity in the Galápagos archipelago.
Water-saving technologies used in Phase 1 and 2. Photos by Patricia Jaramillo and Micaela Solís.
All the recorded data is available to the public through our virtual platform and Android application.
Our main goal is to contribute to the conservation of the Galapagos terrestrial ecosystems and to the well-being of the local population, through the ecological restoration of degraded areas and the development of sustainable agricultural practices.
The specific objectives of our project are:
Contribute to the restoration of degraded ecosystems with the goal of recovering and/or maintaining their ability of generating services for the population.
Contribute to the restoration of endangered plant species populations.
Contribute to the control and/or eradication of invasive species in high ecological value areas, both in natural and rural areas.
Apply water-saving technologies to accelerate the recovery process of native and endemic flora of the archipelago with slow natural growth.
Reduce the risk of ingression of exotic species through sustainable agriculture production by contributing to the local sourcing.
Execute experiments to test seed viability and germination for key species for several ecosystems on the islands.
Summary of the execution of the GV2050 project from 2014 to 2018 (Phase 1 and start of phase 2).
Floreana Island: In just 3 years, a dry forest that was completely altered has been 100% restored to its historic diversity of endemic species (Gravel Mine). This is an example of a successful ecological restoration model.
Images taken in August 2014 (left) and August 2017 (right) in Mina de Granillo Negro (Floreana Island). Photo by Patricia Jaramillo.
Baltra Island: A protocol has been designed for the restoration of ecosystems on arid islands such as Baltra where we have planted more than 4000 plants of 12 different species. Currently, the project is based across 3 Ha in three main study sites. The project has also created an ecological corridor and ecological garden under an agreement with the Ecological Airport ECOGAL.
Density of key species in three study sites for ecological restoration in Baltra Island during phase 1 (2014-2017) and beginning of the phase 2. Map: Elizabeth Monaghan.
Corridor and ecological garden implemented in Baltra airport, during phase 1 (2014-2017). Map: Byron Delgado.
South Plaza Island: Through our planting efforts, the population of Opuntia echios var. echios has tripled in just 3 years. As a keystone ecosystem engineer, O. echios is the main food source for terrestrial iguanas but it had decreased by 85% over the last century.
Opuntia echios echios growing thanks to one of the water-saving technologies after 4 years in South Plaza Island. Photo by the GV2050 Team.
Santa Cruz Island: Scalesia affinis is another species that had substantially declined over the last century, but current planting efforts have increased the population of Scalesia affinis by 35%. In addition to this, we have worked with several institutions on ecological gardens. We also published a book created for promoting the planting of native and endemic plants in the gardens of the four populated islands.
Trilingual book (Spanish, English and Quechua) "Siémbrame en tu Jardín" to encourage the use of endemic and native plants in the Galapagos Archipelago. Photo by CDF.
Isabela Island: The population of Galvezia leucantha var. leucantha has increased by 80%, and the production of seedlings will quintuple its population by next year.
Geographic location of the last remnant of Galvezia leucantha, north of Isabela Island. Map: Byron Delgado.
Española Island: A method for asexual reproduction of Opuntia megasperma var. orientalis was developed and ex situ germination trials using seeds from tortoise excrements is being 2017 tested.
Opuntia megasperma seedlings from turtle excrement. Photo by Micaela Solís.
We are developing experiments in six farms on Santa Cruz (3) and Floreana (3) Islands. The study sites include both open-field and greenhouses, with the following objectives: to evaluate the effectiveness of water-saving technologies, both in short-cycle crops and in perennial crops, and to analyze the cost / benefit of the use of the Groasis Technology in agriculture. We evaluated crops of high economic importance including: broccoli, tomato, pepper, watermelon and melon. Tomato and pepper are especially important due to their high demand, and would substantially benefit from perennial production.
Broccoli crops using hydrogel in farms, Santa Cruz Island. Photo by Joshua Vela.
In addition to scientific research, the Galápagos Verde 2050 project is connected with the local community through various activities. Examples include tools such as our publication of the first trilingual book that encourages the creation of ecological gardens using endemic and native plants of Galápagos (Siémbrame en tu Jardín – Sow me in your Garden). In addition, we have organized workshops, conferences and various outreach activities locally, nationally and internationally.
Interpretive area of the GV2050 project. It opens every day for students, tourists and institutions that visit our Research Station. Photo by the GV2050 Team.
Latin-American Verde Awards
We are pleased to share that this project was a finalist in the fifth edition (2018) of the prestigious Latin-American Verde Awards. On 2018 year it had 2733 projects registered from 38 countries, notably: Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Chile, with 713 cities throughout these regions. In this important event, the Galápagos Verde 2050 project was among the 31 finalist projects within which it obtained THIRD PLACE in the "Water" category. Additionally, the project was awarded the Direct TV PROTAGONISTS prize "for having been one of the most outstanding stories, for the clarity of its purpose, its impact, its legacy and its ability to inspire a positive change for the region and for the planet". Read more.
Keywords: Galapagos, water saving, ecological restoration, water scarcity, threatened species, sustainable agricultural practices, Groasis, Hidrogel, Cocoon
Atkinson, R., Guézou, A. & Jaramillo, P. (2017). Siémbrame en tu Jardín - Kanpa sisapampapi tarpuway - Plant me in your Garden. Jardines nativos para la conservacion de Galapagos - Galapagos suyu kuskata kamankapak sisapampakuna - native gardens for the conservation of Galapagos. Segunda edición. Islas Galápagos-Ecuador, Fundación Charles Darwin.
Elisens, W.J. (1992). Genetic divergence in Galvezia (Scrophulariaceae): Evolutionary and biogeographic relationships among South American and Galapagos species. American Journal of Botany 79 (2):198-206.
Guzmán, B., Heleno, R., Nogales, M., Simbaña, W., Traveset, A. & Vargas, P. (2016). Evolutionary history of the endangered shrub snapdragon (Galvezia leucantha) of the Galapagos Islands. Diversity and Distributions:1-14.
Jaramillo, P. (2015). Final report on Year 1 from the Charles Darwin Foundation to COmON Foundation. Galápagos Verde 2050 Project.
Jaramillo, P. (2015). Water-saving technology: the key to sustainable agriculture and horticulture in Galapagos to BESS Forest Club.
Jaramillo, P., Jiménez, E., Cueva, P. & Ortiz, J. (2013). Baltra: un reto para la restauración ecológica de ecosistemas áridos. Jornadas Ecuatorianas de Biología. Universidad de Santa Elena.
Jaramillo, P. & Menendez, Y. (2017). Galápagos Verde 2050: Manejo de plataforma virtual, web y aplicación Android. Simposio Internacional del Proyecto Galápagos Verde 2050. Puerto Ayora, Isla Santa Cruz. Fundación Charles Darwin, pp 1-26.
Jaramillo, P., Ortiz, J., Jiménez, E. & Cueva, P. (2013). Restauración Ecológica: ¿Puede la implementación de nuevas tecnologías ayudar a la recuperación de las zonas húmedas de Galápagos?. Jornadas Ecuatorianas de Biología. Universidad de Santa Elena.
Jaramillo, P. & Romero, L. (2017). Restauración ecológica de especies amenazadas en islas remotas. Resultados Fase 1 y siguientes pasos. Simposio Internacional del proyecto Galápagos Verde 2050. Puerto Ayora, Isla Santa Cruz, 2017. Fundación Charles Darwin, pp 1-26.
Jaramillo, P. & Solís, M. (2017). Prácticas agrícolas y análisis costo-beneficio en Galápagos. Proyecto Galápagos Verde 2050. Simposio Internacional del Proyecto Galápagos Verde 2050. Puerto Ayora, Isla Santa Cruz. Fundación Charles Darwin, pp 1-26.
Jaramillo, P., Tapia, W. & Gibbs, J. (2017). Action Plan for the Ecological Restoration of Baltra and Plaza Sur Islands. 2:1-29
Jaramillo, P., Tapia, W., Romero, M.L. & Gibbs, J. (2017). Galápagos Verde 2050: Restauración ecológica de ecosistemas degradados y agricultura sostenible utilizando tecnologías ahorradoras de agua. Fundación Charles Darwin. Puerto Ayora, Isla Santa Cruz.
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McMullen, C.K. (1999). Flowering plants of the Galapagos. Cornell University Press. Ithaca
Ortiz, J., Jaramillo, P., Jiménez, E. & Cueva, P. (2013). Agricultores y Tecnología: una alianza estratégica para la producción agrícola sostenible en la zona rural de Galápagos. In: Jornadas Ecuatorianas de Biología, Universidad de Santa Elena.
Sulloway, F.J. & Noonan, K.M. (2015). Opuntia Cactus Loss in the Galapagos Islands, 1957-2014. Pérdida de cactus Opuntia en las Islas Galápagos, 1957-2014.
Tapia, W., Flanagan, J., Campbell & K., Jaramillo, P. (2014). Safeguarding the South Plaza Galapagos Land Iguana during Rodent Eradication using Brodifacoum. Paper presented at the IUCN SSC Iguana Specialist Group Meeting 2014: Galápagos Land and Marine Iguanas Workshop.
Tapia, W., Troya, A., Mora, M., Campbell, K., Jaramillo, P. & Quezada, G. (2013). Cactus e iguanas terrestres en Plaza Sur una cuestión de supervivencia. In: Jornadas Ecuatorianas de Biología, Universidad de Santa Elena.
Tye, A. & Jager, H. (2000) Galvezia leucantha subsp porphyrantha (Scrophulariaceae) ; a new Shrub Snapdragon endemic to Santiago Island ; Galápagos ; Ecuador. Novon 10 (2):164-168
Vargas, P., Roselló, J.A., Oyama, R. & Güemes, J. (2004). Molecular evidence for naturalness of genera in the tribe Antirrhineae (Scrophulariaceae) and three independent evolutionary lineages from the New World and the Old. Plant Systematics and Evolution 249:151-172
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Ya know…it's been debated for years, whether or not Chicken Noodle Soup has healing properties when you're under the weather with a cold or flu. Some people swear that it beats any doctor visit or over the counter medicine.
The broth should be clear and thin, because milk adds to mucus and should not be added.
Carrots contain Vitamin A and carotenoids which help the production of antibodies.
Garlic and onions contain organosulfides, naturally occurring chemicals. When organosulfides are combined with vitamin D, they help to stimulate the production of immune cells.
Celery is an excellent source of vitamin C and reduces inflammation and is full of natural organic salt.
Pepper helps boost the absorption of Turmeric.
According to some studies, there is some proof that there are healing properties in Chicken Noodle Soup. Are there really healing properties in Chicken Noodle Soup….I'm not sure, but I am certain of one thing. When you feed your sick loved one a hot bowl of homemade Chicken Noodle Soup, it feels very healing and also very comforting, because it is served with love!!!
This is the Chicken Noodle Soup I make when I have a sick loved one. I hope your sick loved one will enjoy it and find it comforting…andy hey, you don't have to be sick to enjoy it either!!
Here's how ya make it….
While the chicken is cooking, dice up some onion, celery, carrots and parsley….
Add the carrots, celery, onion and some minced garlic….
Now get that broth boiling and toss in the parsley….
Now drop in the chicken pieces, and let the soup cook over medium heat until the noodles are tender.
Serve this hot wonderful simple soup to someone you love….even if they aren't sick!!
Soothing, richly flavored broth, with vegetables and tender noodles, makes this soup so comforting for the sick loved one in your life!
Place the chicken in a large pot of water. Add the bouillon cubes, salt, pepper and turmeric. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium, cover with a lid and cook until the chicken is tender, about an hour. Remove the chicken and let it cool. Discard the skins and bones and tear the chicken into bite size pieces.
Melt the butter in a medium or large skillet. Add the celery, carrots, onion and garlic. Sauté the mixture until the onions are translucent, and the carrots and celery are almost tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
Bring the broth back to a boil over medium heat, adding additional salt and pepper to taste. Add the parsley, skillet mixture, noodles and chicken. Cook until the noodles are tender, about 20 minutes.
Serve hot to a sick loved one!!!
If you're fixing this soup for a sick loved one, the amount of noodles can be decreased if desired.


Have you ever risen early in the morning with one purpose – to watch the sun rise? I especially like to take time for sunrises, so I purposefully chose to rise early each day during my vacation.
One morning I found myself sitting on the dock facing east, looking for the sun to rise up over the lake.
Another morning I sat on the long veranda of a century-old hotel gazing at the Ohio River, waiting for the golden glow that would announce the sun's arrival.
Days later, toward the end of my trip, I wrapped myself in a heavy blanket and curled up in the glider on the front porch of the cabin where I had spent the night. Peering over the Utah landscape, once again I searched the horizon.
Soon a bright orange blaze appeared, forcing me to close my eyes because of its brilliance. In a few seconds, with wide-opened eyes, I continued my search for the morning's drama, only to see a half globe sitting on top of the mountains. I kept watching, not wanting to miss the spectacular sight. Then, in another blink of an eye, the sun lifted itself from the peaks, and hung there in the sky - a perfect golden circle.
That was it. It went so quick. The sun had come up, creeping into the day, and now it simply dangled – a yellow ball in the air, surrounded by blue, looking like a child's simple drawing.
For a few minutes I pondered my disenchantment with this particular sunrise. Is there such a thing as an incomplete, imperfect sunrise? At that moment I believed there was. I had just experienced it. And, I remembered others like it, somewhat lackluster.
Why had the sunrise not impressed me this day? Where was all the drama I had expected? Then I realized there is no drama in a sunrise without clouds.
Clouds - they've been given a bum rap, but all along, these predictors of bad weather, these symbols of negativity, sadness, blues, and gloom really serve to expand light, reflect color, cast dazzling rays, and paint incredible scenes in the sky.
A sunrise without clouds is like a life without trials and hardships. I do all I can to avoid challenges and difficulties, but the fact is the so called "clouds" in my life can cast me in a certain aura of God's splendor. A life free of complications and struggles can resemble a bland sunrise … little contrast, seemingly dull artistry, and little context in which I can reflect the Son.
Truth is, the people I respect and admire most are those whose lives have been filled with "clouds" but they walk through any weather with God. These people walk in splendor, surrounded with a certain attractive and hard-to-capture beauty. They are people I seek out on a regular basis. I pursue them because I want to bask in their glow and confidence. They leave me in awe.
One thing is sure. I'm never disappointed when I find myself in the company of those who have learned to rise up in the midst of clouds. They don't seek to avoid cloudy days; rather they stand up to walk in dignity, accepting the brilliant contrasts and magical rays God can create despite and through their adversity.
It is in their presence I realize, a life free of clouds holds no attraction. Now I see cloudy days in a positive light. May I never shun them again, for I realize clouds build character, add color, and separate the bland from the brilliant.
Dear Lord, I praise You for the lessons You teach me through nature. Forgive me for choosing to retreat from the clouds You allow to come my way. I know You can use the clouds of adversity in my life to cause me to be more relational and compassionate. I pray the beauty of brokenness will attract others to You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Think through or list of some of the "clouds" in your life. How can you reflect the Son in those circumstances?
Who do I know whose life has been surrounded by clouds, yet who has emerged beautiful?
When was the last time I encouraged someone, explaining what a witness their "cloudy" lives have been to me?


So, got a bit of extra time on my current load and decided to shut down early at the Petro in Joplin, MO. Stopped at the J first to get a shower then came over here because I have been wanting to get a set of eco-flaps for the truck. I was planning on special ordering them from the eco-flap website so I could get truckersforum.net put on them, but decided against spending any extra money on custom stuff like that.
I've talked to a few owner operators about the mud flaps over the past several months and those that actually track fuel economy and installed them on truck and trailer claim various gains in fuel economy. Those installing on just the tractor were about 50-50 in regards to a noticeable gain, but it is hard to track any difference in fuel economy unless you are looking at more than .2/gallon when you make a change.
Everyone I talked to though swore by a significant reduction in road spray, which in itself makes them worth the investment.
Even if I get only half a tenth increase in mileage, they will still pay for themselves very quickly and put a little extra money in my pocket each year.
If anybody here has or is running with the eco-flaps, or maybe another brand, it would be great to hear your experience with them.
I installed mine tonight, just in time for weather to start changing, so my chances of documenting any noticeable changes will be slim.
Way to go Radiant fire! I am sure they will work great.
I don't see how there's any way in hell those things will save any fuel at all, being located behind your tires.
Might reduce road spray though.
Lots of turbulence is created because of the mudflaps. It's not something where I would expect to see a significant gain, but I can see where it could result in small gains. 1/10th is $1,000/year. All I need is 1/100th to pay for the mudflaps in the course of a year.
I will have no way of telling because I haven't tracked numbers long enough on this truck, dealing with mechanical issues, and I've been totally inconsistent with speed.
I've seen the difference in road spray from trucks using these, and to me, that alone makes them well worth the money.
I'm waiting patiently for photos of the rainbows blowing out your stack.
The light has to be just right before you can see that.
Are you putting plan "B" into effect already?
...I was losing my mind!... Read some of my posts!
Why,Why must you be different?
I notice a lot of the Love's tanker fleet have these.
Years back, we had something similar (from Europe I believe) that were marketed solely on the "decreased spray" safety aspect... which they did do. I think Imperial Oil tried them on their tanker fleet. Took them all off the first winter though, they packed snow and ice too bad and froze solid several inches thick; which either pulled them off the hangers and or busted em all up when drivers tried to knock the ice off them.
Don't remember them ever putting them back on.
Road spray was the purpose of the flaps. The fuel economy was actually a side effect that the company wasn't even going after.
Time will tell on the ice build up. Supposedly they do well, but they can't be any worse than the cheap flaps that were already there. I busted my regular flaps on the freightliner with the first kick to remove ice.
They well may do better, probably different materials. We routinely ran in much rougher snow/ice conditions than most of the U.S. The only flap we found workable was the "old-fashioned" heavy rubber ones. Like you said, plastic shatters.
Why are you people kicking the mudflaps? The ice and snow will eventually drop off when it gets enough build up.
Oh, and here are my mpg results after installing them.
Do that with solid mud flaps!
What is your real MPG? the one you figure off mileage and gallons purchased?
and here I thought everyone read each and all of my important posts as soon as I created them!
I sell Eco-flaps to a lot of fleets in the Western U.S. and Canada and there is no breakage problem with ice, snow or cold. Keep your sales receipt as we have a two-year warranty on that kind of breakage (including stone throws). Was it an Eco-flap that broke when you whacked it to knock off ice? That should not happen. Most of the aero drag is trailer flaps, tractor flaps second. You will always use less fuel with Eco-flaps at any speed, although highway is where the drag is the highest. I have heard from a fleet in WA that says the spray reduction is like night and day. Remember, they are made of nylon, not plastic and have survived 6 Canadian winters and Arizona summers with no breakage. I think the European ones were actually from England and they were overbuilt and not flexible enough to survive. Eco-flaps are surprisingly flexible yet will not sail which in AZ saves you a ticket.