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Answers for Pilots: Flying to CanadaAnswers for Pilots: Flying to Canada

It's not like the old days.
It's not like the old days.

As the weather gets warm, many pilots, like birds, get the urge to fly North. From May through September, AOPA answers phone and email inquiries from pilots asking what is needed to fly across the border into Canada. While many of the requirements for border crossing remain the same, this year, there are three new aspects to consider—and these three items generate the majority of the questions we answer.

First is eAPIS, which is Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP’s) Electronic Advance Passenger Information System. Effective May 18, 2009 pilots who fly internationally are required to provide passenger manifests to CBP when departing from and arriving back in the U.S. using this electronic reporting system. (Exception: If you overfly Canada without landing, eAPIS is not required.) In order to use the system, pilots must register for an online account. Once the account is approved, the pilot will be able to use the system to file passenger manifests electronically. Under the new rule, manifests must be filed at least one hour before departing from or arriving in the United States, but the new system allows pilots to file as far in advance as they wish, giving the freedom to provide information for the return trip via the Internet before leaving home. AOPA Air Safety Foundation has a free online course, “Understanding eAPIS - A Pilot's Guide to Online Customs Reporting” that guides pilots step-by-step through the online reporting process.

Next is the English proficient endorsement, which was discussed in last month’s “ Answers for Pilots.” Effective March 5, 2009, FAA mandated compliance with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) rule that all member countries (that includes the U.S.) issue pilot certificates that state the pilot is English proficient if that pilot plans to use the certificate outside of his or her home country. All new and replacement FAA pilot certificates will automatically be issued with the English Proficient endorsement on the back, since proficiency in the English language has been a long-standing FAA requirement for basic eligibility for a U.S. airman certificate. For the fastest service, request a replacement certificate on the Internet from FAA’s Airmen Online Services.

Finally, regarding 406 MHz ELTs—at this time, U.S. aircraft flying to and from Canada may be equipped with either 121.5 MHz or 406 MHz ELTs. Read more about this online.

And feel free to call AOPA’s Pilot Information Center at 800/USA-AOPA with any questions you may have about flying to Canada.

Flying to Canada?

These are the basic requirements—current passports for the pilot and all passengers (birth certificates have not been acceptable since January, 2007, under the Department of Homeland Security and Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative) and the pilot must also have a current airman certificate with an English proficient endorsement, current medical certificate, and radio telephone operators permit. Any minor children on the flight accompanied by only one parent must have a notarized letter from the absent parent authorizing the trip.

Your aircraft must have a Standard Airworthiness Certificate, permanent Registration Certificate (no pink slips), Radio Station License, Operating Limitations, and Weight and Balance. If the aircraft is registered in a name other than your own, we recommend you bring a notarized letter allowing use of the aircraft. If internal fuel tanks have been added (to a passenger or baggage area), you’ll need Form 337 (FAA Major Repair and Alteration Form). In addition, aircraft must have an ID data plate, 12-inch registration marks if you're crossing the Alaska ADIZ, and a transponder with Mode C. Either a 121.5 MHz or a 406MHz ELT is acceptable for flight in Canada at this time. Survival equipment is required for flights in wilderness areas over land and flights over water.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requires a $27.50 annual user fee decal that must be purchased online in advance of your trip and affixed to the aircraft per the instructions that come with the decal. An eAPIS passenger manifest must be filed with CBP at least one hour before departing from or arriving in the United States. Exception: If you overfly Canada without landing, no eAPIS manifest is required.

In addition, verify that your insurance covers your flight into Canada and bring proof of coverage. Find out more about flying to Canada online.

Canadian pilots flying to the U.S.—Be aware that the new eAPIS procedures are in effect and apply to you. Also, if you are flying an aircraft without a transponder across the U.S. border, you will need to obtain an airspace waiver using TSA’s online application system established in 2008.

Kathy Dondzila

Kathleen Dondzila King

Manager, Technical Communications, Pilot Information Center
Technical Communications Manager, Kathleen Dondzila King, joined AOPA in 1990 and is an instrument-rated private pilot.
Topics: Canada, Travel, Pilots

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Diamond announces transitionsDiamond announces transitions

A new investor from China will own 60 percent of Diamond Aircraft Industries Inc., based in Canada, and the transaction detailed in a Dec. 20 letter to owners and distributors will transfer production of some existing models in the Diamond line from Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH, of Austria, to the firm in Canada; both firms will continue to produce airplanes under the Diamond Aircraft brand.

Production of the Diamond DA62 diesel twin will move from Austria to Canada under terms of a deal that were detailed in a Dec. 20 letter to current owners and distributors. AOPA file photo.

The deal will see Frank Chen of Wanfeng companies, a conglomerate with holdings in the automotive industry in both Canada and China, appointed chairman of Diamond Aircraft Industries Inc. (Canada). Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH in Austria will remain “completely independent and will assist production and development activities in the Canadian company,” according to the Dec. 20 letter to owners and distributors provided by the company in response to an inquiry from AOPA about the deal, announced in three paragraphs posted online Dec. 19.

The transaction will transfer all rights to the diesel twin-engine DA62 and single-engine DA40 (gas and diesel models) to Diamond Canada. The Dec. 20 letter also stated that the long-stalled D-Jet program will remain with Diamond Canada, and “the future of the D-JET and/or possible derivative aircraft is subject to ongoing review.”

The four-seat, twin-engine DA42 will continue to be produced in Austria, along with future models in that line. Production of the four-seat, single-engine DA40 will transfer to Canada by the end of 2017, the letter states. Diamond Canada will continue to produce the two-seat DA20, the DA40, and the DA62 models “indefinitely.” Type design responsibility for the DA40 and DA62 models (current and legacy) will transfer from Diamond Austria to Diamond Canada in 2017 as well. Diamond models made in China under production license are not affected by the transaction.

The letter noted that Diamond Austria will continue development of turboprop models including the DART-450 two-seat aerobatic trainer made for civilian and military training, and other models such as the DA50 turboprop.

Peter Maurer will continue to serve as CEO of Diamond Canada, the letter states,  and “with limited exceptions, customers will continue to be served by their existing Diamond authorized distribution partners in all markets.” The manufacturer of each model moving forward will handle factory direct and fleet sales, “however existing relationships and customer preferences will be respected.” Diamond Canada will contact service centers and distributors in global markets to solicit interest in representing the Canadian firm.

The D-Jet program was suspended in 2013 as Diamond Canada slashed staff, with Maurer at the time citing the costly jet program and another foreign investment deal gone awry when the funds never materialized.

Jim Moore

Jim Moore

Editor-Web Jim Moore joined AOPA in 2011 and is an instrument-rated private pilot, as well as a certificated remote pilot, who enjoys competition aerobatics and flying drones.
Topics: Aviation Industry, Financial

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A Discussion with Tal M. Klein, Author of The Punch Escrow

A world where every Big Mac tastes exactly the same, where you can print anything from anywhere from the comfort of your home, and where the headaches of traveling have been resolved with teleportation centers, seems perfect—especially if we also solve our pollution problem with genetically modified mosquitoes that have a taste for smog instead of blood! But in Tal M. Klein’s novel The Punch Escrow, we find out how all of this can go very, very badly in a heartbeat.

The Punch Escrow is fast-paced science fiction novel that weaves loads of technology, fabulous world-building, and the very real stress and pitfalls of marriage into a narrative that will have you racing to the end. The story feels all too real and relatable, while maintaining the edge of sci-fi that makes me oh so happy. If you can’t tell, I loved every minute of this book!

Published this past summer by Geek & Sundry, Lionsgate recently bought the film rights to The Punch Escrow and two sequels, so I’m sure author Tal M. Klein is incredibly busy. Despite this, he took the time to sit down with me and answer a few questions about his novel, the upcoming movie, and raising creative daughters.

APEX MAGAZINE: First, thank you for being here and giving me a chance to read The Punch Escrow. I really enjoyed it! I want to start by asking where the idea for this novel came from. It is a fascinating future that you’ve created, with corporations running the country and 3D printers becoming an invaluable tool in households and businesses alike. So, where did this novel start? Did it start with the world or did it start with Joel and Sylvia?

TAL M. KLEIN: I’m so glad you liked it! The whole thing started back in 2012. I was complaining to a co-worker about J.J. Abrams’s over-the-top use of lens flare in the Star Trek reboot, when all of a sudden, our CEO interrupted the conversation by shouting “It’s BS!” It would turn out that he wasn’t talking about the lens flare, but Star Trek’s transporters. Armed with his PhD in computer science and knowledge of quantum physics, he went on to explain that nobody in their right mind would ever step into a transporter if they knew how it worked. Something about that stuck with me. I started researching teleportation and other future tech, just for kicks, really. Then the research became a passion project and, at some point in 2015, I thought, “There might be a book’s worth of stuff here.” So, the story definitely started with the world. In fact, its first iteration was almost all “world.” Originally, the manuscript was set up as a metafiction novel, modeled a bit like Vladimir Nabokov’s Pale Fire, except with a teleportation textbook at the nucleus in lieu of a poem. The idea was to write this History of Teleportation textbook from the future, annotated with notes from these two guys, who we eventually learn are two copies of the same guy, who had been accidentally duplicated in a teleportation mishap. The plot developed around that textbook via those annotations. After I submitted that first draft to my publisher, he said something like, “This is a great hard sci-fi concept, and all five people who read it are going to love it. But if you want to break out of a super niche genre, you need to ditch the textbook angle and focus on the story.” So, I threw out over ninety percent of what I’d written and started over with something much more closely resembling the book you’ve read.

AM: What went into building the characters of Joel and Joel²? Did you treat them as two completely separate characters? Was there a certain point in writing the book where they shifted for you and their responses would be different because they’d had different experiences? Were there any unforeseen difficulties while writing that came from having two characters in a book who are essentially the same person.

TMK: The character of Joel is a hybrid of me and one of my close friends when we were in our late twenties and early thirties. I had to augment his personality and skills a bit, to adjust for the world he lived in, but it was (and continues to be) very easy for me to occupy Joel’s head. Joel², on the other hand, was a challenge. While he largely had the same personality as Joel, when he learned the truth about his existence, he became a bit like Mal’s character in the movie Inception, after Cobb messed with her totem. He had an existential crisis that forked his personality and reality, leading him on a very different path from Joel. So, writing Joel² forced me to look at the world through my most introspective, pessimistic lens, the one where I question reality, my role in it, whether my wife loves me, and whether anything I do matters. That took a lot out of me.

AM: I’m really fascinated with the idea of what Joel does for a living. He essentially spends his days messing with AIs to teach them to be more human, teaching them humor and the like. And he seems to only work when he needs money—it isn’t like he has a set schedule or an office to go to. Is being a salter a viable job field that you foresee in the future? And if so, do you think it will work the way it does in the novel—as a freelance job that people can do anywhere and everywhere—or do you think it will be more structured and corporate—possibly large warehouses full of salters working in cubicles?

TMK: I’m glad you love Joel’s salting job. It’s probably my favorite element in the book, especially the ambulance character and how it upends Joel’s salting. I do think training and troubleshooting artificially intelligent applications will be a standalone career in the near future. A salter is like a hybrid of therapist and hacker—two jobs that some people already do part-time today. So it stands to reason that we are moving toward a gig economy model for most jobs. The nature of “work” is evolving such that there’s declining value to static working hours and spaces, for employer, employee, and customer.

AM: Joel and Sylvia’s marriage was already rocky before we join their story, and—without giving anything away—I would say some things happen during the course of the novel that could definitely strain, if not end, a marriage. How would you say their marriage is now?

TMK: At the end of the book, both Joel and Sylvia have grown. Joel realizes how important Sylvia is to him and that keeping a relationship going takes compromise and work; it’s not just this magic thing that exists around him. Sylvia matures in a very visceral way, I think. When we leave them, their relationship has evolved from codependent cohabitation into a meaningful, nurturing union.

AM: Tell us a little bit (or a lot) about the science behind The Punch Escrow. Everything from the genetically modified mosquitoes that clean up pollution to the TC stations that get people where they need to go, the world is rich with technology that we haven’t seen used these ways. I particularly like the part of the book talking about Big Macs and how they are printed so every single one, no matter where you get it, tastes exactly the same. How much work went into creating the science and making sure it was all believable.

TMK: A lot of work went into it because I am not a scientist. In fact, I almost failed most of my science classes in high school. But, I have very smart friends, and they helped me “make” the world of The Punch Escrow. For example, I worked with a quantum physicist to understand the teleportation problem—like, what do we need to solve in order for teleportation to be viable. We learned that in order to have the kind of teleportation I describe in the book, we needed to be able to print anything. In order to do that, we needed to have a solid printing infrastructure capable of enforcing legitimacy, say, akin to an Amazon Prime of things—one could only have access to things that come with the product which they have already purchased. So that meant that if someone illegally replicated a Big Mac, the printer that printed it would flag it as illegitimate. And I built from there … As you might imagine, each fandangled future technology introduced in the book created a host of origin story problems I needed to solve in order to keep the science authentic. And by the way, that was just one part of the research puzzle. Did you know that critics of early steam locomotives believed that the human body was not meant to move faster than fifty miles an hour? Intelligent people with impeccable credentials worried that female passengers’ uteruses might be ejected from their bodies as trains accelerated! Others suspected that a human body might simply melt at such speeds. We humans have always had tumultuous relationships with new forms of transport. So, I worked with anthropologists, lawyers, and sociologists to model the sort of societal issues teleportation might unleash, like the advent of the Gehinnomites.

AM: The press release I received says that there a two more books to follow this one. Can you give us a little hint as to what those books will be about?

Photo credit Lai Long

TMK: Because of the legalese of my movie stuff, I’m sworn to secrecy about sequels. Though, I will say that one of my big regrets in The Punch Escrow is that much of William Taraval’s backstory was lost to the cutting room floor, so he comes across as a bit cartoonish. That’s something that will be remedied in the next book. There was a very good, even altruistic rationale behind Bill Taraval’s actions and behavior, and thanks to The Punch Escrow’s success, I will now get to tell the world about it.

AM: Congratulations on Lionsgate buying the film rights to all three novels! That is amazing! Every writer dreams of seeing their novel made into a film. You will actually get to see this happen. How has the experience lived up to all the dreams so far? How involved will you be in the film?

TMK: Thank you! It’s been very surreal. I will say everyone involved with the project has been incredibly kind and inclusive, and not in a Hollywood “everyone’s your BFF” kind of way. James Bobin is both adapting and directing the film and he’s got a great vision! While I do get the occasional, “Hey, how would this work?” question, I’m not involved in the writing or production other than on the periphery. Everyone involved wants to tell the best version of this story on the screen and I am very confident in the team’s abilities to do so. One funny sidebar: Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman from Mandeville are also the production team that did the live action Beauty and the Beast adaptation for Disney. Violet, my youngest daughter, loves that movie. She wears her Belle costume all the time, sleeps in Belle jammies—you get the gist. So when I told her that the people who made Beauty and the Beast are also doing the movie adaptation of my book, she insisted, “Daddy, tell them to put Belle in your movie!” (For the record, I did relay the message).

AM: In your bio, you state that your daughter Iris wrote a children’s book at the age of five called I’m a Bunch of Dinosaurs, and that this book became one of the most successful children’s books projects on Kickstarter. With the awesome power of Google, I checked it out and it is super cute! Do you think you or Iris will work on more children’s books in the future?

TMK: She’s got a few ideas. Super Ugly, the artist who did all the drawings in her book, and I remain close friends, so I think it’s just a matter of time before we do something again. I’d like this next one to be a collaboration between my two daughters. The trick is getting them both to focus on the same thing for more than five minutes.

AM: And finally, what are you working on now? Where can Apex readers find more from Tal M. Klein?

TMK: This book has opened up a lot of doors for me. Other than the sequels to Punch, I’ve got a few short stories, and another book I’m working on. A couple of those will likely come out this year. I’ve also been developing some concepts for television and the screen, but nothing I can expand upon at this stage. Most people don’t know that I’m also a musician, so please tune in to the Tal M. Klein Pandora or Spotify station. Otherwise, watch this space! I promise I won’t be quiet when I’ve got something new to share.

Lesley Conner is a writer/editor, managing editor of Apex Publications and Apex Magazine, and a Girl Scout leader. When she isn’t handling her editorial or Girl Scout leader responsibilities, she’s researching fascinating historical figures, rare demons, and new ways to dispose of bodies, interweaving the three into strange and horrifying tales. Her short fiction can be found in Mountain Dead, Dark Tales of Terror, A Hacked-Up Holiday Massacre, as well as other places. Her first novel, The Weight of Chains, was published by Sinister Grin Press in September, 2015. Best of Apex Magazine: Volume 1 marks her debut experience in anthology editing. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters, and is currently working on a new novel. To find out all her secrets, you can follow her on Twitter at @LesleyConner.

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VYSOKY UJEZD, Czech Republic (AP) — Gavin Green boosted his chances of becoming the first Malaysian to win on the European Tour after the second round of the Czech Masters on Friday, while John Daly followed his opening 64 with a poor 3-over 75.

Five bogeys in his round meant that former British Open and U.S. PGA Championship winner Daly slipped to a tie for 36th place on 5-under 139 after the 52-year-old American had started the day in a share of the lead with Green, Callum Tarren and Thomas Pieters.

Green took first place outright after seven birdies, one bogey and a double bogey gave him a 4-under 68 and a one-stroke advantage over Jeff Winther of Denmark, who also returned a 68 at the Albatross Golf Resort near Prague.

"It was an up and down day," Green said. "I had a couple of really good holes, good birdies, and made some putts, but I had a couple of bad decisions that led to a double.

"It's fun to be leader and it's been a while since I've been in this position so I'm going to enjoy it — my dad's on the bag so we're going to have a nice dinner maybe and a good sleep and continue tomorrow."

Sharing third position on 134, two shots off the pace, were Pieters (70), Padraig Harrington (68), Andrea Pavan (69) and Tapio Pulkkanen (69).

Eddie Pepperell of England, who is hoping to climb into an automatic qualifying slot in the penultimate counting event for Europe's Ryder Cup team, was on 137 after a 71.


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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Clay Buchholz pitched a four-hitter, David Peralta hit a three-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 5-1 on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series.

Buchholz (6-2) allowed a leadoff double to Travis Jankowski but retired the next 13 batters he faced. Hunter Renfroe homered in the eighth before Buchholz retired the side in the ninth en route to his 10th career complete game.

Buchholz struck out six and did not walk a batter in improving to 3-0 in three career starts at Petco Park. He has won five of his last six starts.

Peralta belted a 3-0 pitch from Jacob Nix into the left-field seats as part of a five-run first. Alex Avila added a two-run single in the inning.

In his second major league start, Nix (1-1) allowed the first five Arizona batters to reach base and was removed from the game after hitting Jon Jay. Nix gave up five runs on five hits and walked five with one strikeout.

Kazuhisa Makita replaced Nix to finish the first and pitched three more scoreless innings for his longest career outing.

Arizona has won its last five games at Petco Park.

Diamondbacks: 3B Jake Lamb had successful surgery on his left shoulder on Thursday. Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said the surgery went as expected and Lamb should be ready for spring training in 2019.

Padres: RHP Trey Wingenter exited the game after a line drive struck him in the back.

Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray (3-2, 4.83) takes the mound for the Arizona in the second of the four-game series. Ray has allowed two or fewer runs in three of his last four starts.

Padres: LHP Joey Lucchesi (6-6, 3.45) gets the call for San Diego. Lucchesi had made three starts against Arizona this season and taken the loss each time.


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LONDON (AP) — Claudio Belotti knows he cut the denim that became the jeans Meghan Markle wore on one of her first outings as the fiancee of Britain's Prince Harry.

That's because he cuts all of the fabric for Hiut Denim Co., a 7-year-old company that makes jeans in Cardigan, Wales. Belotti is a craftsman with 50 years of experience that gives his work a personal touch — something that's not quite couture but not exactly mass-produced either.

"There's a story behind each one," Belotti said. "You're paying for the skill."

Customer demand for something unique is helping small companies like Hiut buck the globalization trend and set up shop in developed countries that had long seen such work disappear. While international brands like H&M and Zara still dominate the clothing market, small manufacturers are finding a niche by using technology and skill to bring down costs and targeting well-heeled customers who are willing to pay a little more for clothes that aren't churned out by the thousands half a world away.

Profits at smaller national clothing firms grew 2 percent over the last five years, compared with a 25 percent decline at the top 700 traditional multinationals, according to research by Kantar Consulting.

Their success comes from promoting their small size and individuality, said Jaideep Prabhu, a professor of enterprise at Cambridge University's Judge Business School.

"It's a different kind of manufacturing," he said. "They are not the Satanic mills. These are very cool little boutiques."

Hiut, which makes nothing but jeans, employs 16 people in Cardigan and makes 160 pairs a week. Women's styles range from 145 pounds ($192) to 185 pounds ($244), men's go for 150 pounds to 235 pounds. Each is signed by the person who sewed it, known in the company as a "Grand Master." By contrast, Primark says it sources products from 1,071 factories in 31 countries and keeps costs down by "buying in vast quantities." The most expensive pair of jeans on the company's website sells for 20 pounds.

Many of these small manufacturers also try to stand out by embracing social issues, from reducing waste to paying a living wage.

Hiut, for example, highlights its efforts to put people back to work in a small town that was devastated when a factory that employed 400 people and made 35,000 pairs of jeans a week shut down. Underscoring the years of craftsmanship that go into each pair of jeans, the company offers "free repairs for life."

This kind of customer service helps form a "personal relationship" between a brand and the shopper that is valuable, says Anusha Couttigane of Kantar Consulting.

Customers notice. Laura Lewis-Davies, a museum worker who from Wales, says she wants to support independent businesses when she can and bought a pair of Hiut jeans after seeing a story about Markle wearing the brand.

"Well-crafted things bring more joy," she said. "I'd rather buy fewer things but know they're good quality (and) made by people who are working in good conditions for a fair salary."

The rise of small clothing makers reflects a broader shift in consumer preferences away from big brands — as evident, say, in the boom in craft beers. In fashion, technology is fueling the trend.

The internet provides a cheap way to reach customers, while off-the-shelf artificial intelligence programs allow companies to accurately forecast demand and order materials so they can make small batches and avoid unwanted stock. That makes it possible to produce clothes that are more customized.

"Data is the backbone for this and the trigger," said Achim Berg, a senior partner at McKinsey & Co. in Frankfurt who advises fashion and luxury goods companies. "It's not custom-made, but it gives the consumer the opportunity to be more individual."

A survey of 500 companies by McKinsey and The Business of Fashion, an influential industry news website, identified personalization as this year's No. 1 trend. Consumers are willing to hand over personal information to get more customized products and services, according to a 2016 survey by, which provides online sales and marketing tools for businesses.

Established brands have recognized the trend and offering to customize products, too. Adidas, for example, offers the chance to mix and match colors and materials on things like the sole and laces on some of its shoes.

But making clothes on a smaller scale has also gained a moral tinge after scandals about sweatshops, child labor and unsafe working practices hit global brands in recent years. The 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh, which killed 1,100 and injured 2,500 others, highlighted the grim conditions in factories that export to the United States and Europe.

Jenny Holloway, who employs 100 people at Fashion Enter in London, said she's not interested in making as many garments as possible and selling them as fast as she can.

"I'd like to say we've done a massive business plan and we refer to it. We don't," Holloway said. "We sit down and have a cup of tea and we have a chat and we evaluate how things sit with us. How does that client fit our ethics? ... It isn't about money and making that big buck. It's about sustainability."

Prabhu sees this as part of a bigger shift away from the model of outsourcing production to low-cost countries like China. "You're trying to constantly keep up with your customers. Your competitive advantage is to give them something closer to their needs."

Hiut Denim is an example of this backlash.

The company is based in a town of some 4,000 people where 10 percent of the population once made jeans. Then, a decade ago, the factory shut down as the owners moved production to Morocco and later to China.

When David and Clare Hieatt decided to start making jeans again, they were determined to take advantage of the years of professional experience going to waste. They hoped that would give their products a "story" to market.

Markle's decision to wear Hiut jeans in Wales boosted that effort. The company now has a waiting list of three months.

"For the town it's been incredible because it gives people a confidence to go, 'Wow. This town makes a world-class product,'" David Hieatt said. "We lost our mojo when we lost 400 jobs, but now we're getting it back. That's a very cool story."

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cam Newton will undergo surgery Wednesday on his left ankle and will be sidelined for four months, the Carolina Panthers announced.

The team said Tuesday the Pro Bowl quarterback has experienced soreness in the ankle since the end of last season and the problem simply wasn't getting better.

"The ankle was sore after the San Francisco game and we wanted to see if rest would calm it down, but it is still bothering him and the decision was made to address it," Panthers trainer Ryan Anderson said in a press release.

The Panthers lost to the 49ers on Jan. 12 in the NFC divisional playoffs.

The surgery will be performed by Panthers team physician Robert Anderson at Carolinas Medical Center. If all goes as expected, Newton could return before training begins at the end of July.

Newton led the Panthers to a 12-4 record last season and the NFC South championship. He was also selected to the Pro Bowl.

The news is particularly concerning for the Panthers since Newton is expected to be working with almost an entirely new group of wide receivers this season.

The Panthers released Steve Smith, the franchise's all-time leader in receptions in a salary cap related move last week. Brandon LaFell, the team's other starter last season, signed with New England in free agency while top reserves Ted Ginn Jr. and Domenik Hixon signed free agent deals with Arizona and Chicago respectively.

Given that Newton won't be back until just before the start of training camp means he won't have much time to develop chemistry with the new receivers the team brings in to play this season.

The Panthers haven't signed any free agent receivers this offseason, although they did recently visit with Jerricho Cotchery from the New York Jets.

Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman and coach Ron Rivera were unavailable for comment.

Newton's father, Cecil Newton, reached by telephone, said he hasn't spoken to his son about the ankle and didn't feel comfortable discussing the injury in the media.

He said Cam Newton has been taking classes at Auburn where he is working on his college degree.

Newton has started all 48 regular season games since arriving as the No. 1 overall pick out of Auburn in 2011.

This past season Newton threw for 3,379 yards with a career-high 24 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions. He also led the Panthers on five come-from-behind victories in the fourth quarter.

In three seasons Newton has thrown for 11,299 yards passing with 64 touchdowns and 42 interceptions. He's also run for 2,032 yards and 28 touchdowns.

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BOSTON (AP) — A federal report is critical of the MBTA for not having a comprehensive maintenance plan and for its subpar service for the disabled.

The Federal Transit Administration report released Wednesday also says that the T has not hired enough staff to properly monitor a program meant to increase the number of contracts given to minority-owned businesses.

The federal agency reviews the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's compliance with federal regulations every three years. The latest report, dated Nov. 24, stemmed from reviews in September and October.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Top-ranked amateur Lydia Ko has chosen an unusual method to announce her decision to turn professional at the age of 16 and after foregoing more than $1 million in potential prize money.

Ko, ranked No. 4 in the world, chose not to hold a formal news conference but released a short, scripted video in which she debates the merits of turning profession with the All Blacks rugby player Israel Dagg.

The video shows Dagg losing to Ko in a golf match, then telling her: "If you can beat me, then you can definitely handle the pressure of going pro. It must be time now."

Ko nods and replies: "Okay, I'll do it ... right now, right this second."

Ko alerted her Twitter followers to the video and her decision by posting "made a monumental decision today with a little help from my @AllBlacks friend @Izzy_Dagg #LOVEGolf."

New Zealand Golf chief executive Dean Murphy said Ko "was reluctant to hold a traditional press conference" because she "didn't want to make a big fuss about news that had already been reported in the media in recent weeks."

"This is a very momentous day for Lydia and we are so thrilled that she has chosen such a unique and entertaining way to share her news with her fans today," Murphy said. "She has also been very busy studying for exams and wanted to make this announcement in a different way."

The LPGA Tour confirmed Oct. 10 that it received a petition from Ko asking that it waive its minimum age requirement of 18.

Ko was born in South Korea but moved to New Zealand with her parents and took up golf aged five. She first took lessons at Auckland's Pupuke Golf Club from professional Guy Wilson, who has been her coach ever since.

She was the world's leading female amateur in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and became the youngest person, male or female, to win a professional tournament when she won the 2012 New South Wales Open at the age of 14. That record has since been broken.

Ko was also the youngest winner of an LPGA tournament when, aged 15, she won the 2012 Canadian Open, a title she defended this year. She has yet to miss a cut in 23 professional tournaments.

After finishing runnerup at the Evian Championships in France in July, Ko hinted that she would be turning professional but said she wished to complete exams before making any announcement.

She is expected to play for the first time as a professional in the LPGA's season-ending event in Florida.

Murphy said Ko's career as an amateur "has been phenomenal."

"Her amateur record ranks right up there among the greats of the game," Murphy said. "She has won four (tour) titles, claimed the U.S. and Australian Amateur titles, climbed to No.4 on the World Rankings and has been the World No. 1 amateur for more than two years without ever losing that title.

"That is a record that is unlikely to be matched by a 16-year-old ever again."


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A convenient and effective means of removing offensive tastes and odours, carbon filters also eliminate a wide range of organic materials and residual chlorine as well as many hazardous contaminants including certain pesticides. Carbon block filters also can reduce lead and treat for the biological contaminants Cryptosporidium and Giardia. Activated carbon comes in two forms - granulated and solid block; each has its own removal capabilities so it is important to choose the right form for your specific needs. Activated carbon is used in:

Tabletop Pitchers: Pour-through filter pitchers, the fastest growing segment of the water treatment industry, address aesthetic concerns such as taste and odour problems, although some are also effective against lead and synthetic chemicals.

Faucet-Mounted Filters: These small units attach to the end of your faucet. Turning the unit in one direction gives you filtered water while returning it to its original position gives you unfiltered water. Faucet-mounts provide unlimited water on demand and many models screen out more contaminants than pour-through filters.

Countertop Units: These units, which are small enough to fit on the countertop, direct water from the tap through the filter and then back to the tap via small hoses. Many countertop units can screen out more contaminants than faucet-mounts do, and their filters can last longer.

Undercounter Units: These systems contain more activated carbon than either the pour-through, faucet-mounted or countertop models. They are designed to be installed in-line, generally under the sink. They are installed on the cold water line and some units include a bypass to separate cooking and drinking water from other uses.

Whole-House: In some cases, all water in the house may need to be treated by activated carbon filtration. A high-volume unit may be installed at the point of entry in the house if this is the case.

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A highly-effective technology for reducing a wide range of both health-related and aesthetic contaminants, RO systems work by pressuring water up against a semi-permeable membrane that stops contaminants from passing but allows clean water to get through. Reverse osmosis systems offer a comprehensive means of eliminating more than 90 percent of potentially harmful contaminants in home drinking water including Cryptosporidium and Giardia.

Most RO systems are compact units installed under your sink. (In some cases, they can also be installed on the countertop). A typical system is comprised of one or more pre-filters, a reverse osmosis module, a post-filter and a pressurized holding tank.

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"Hardness" in water is caused by the presence of calcium and magnesium, which lessen the effectiveness of soaps and detergents and can produce scale in pipes, hot water tanks and appliances. Hard water is most commonly treated with an ion exchange water softener. These softeners replace the calcium and magnesium in the water with sodium or potassium chloride, neither of which has the negative effects associated with hardness.

These point-of-entry systems consist of a brine tank which holds the sodium or potassium chloride and a softener tank that contains the resins that remove hardness.

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The most common type of household distiller is a basic single-effect distiller. Simple in design, most single-effect distillers are relatively compact countertop or stand-alone units for use in the kitchen.

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These systems use ultraviolet lights to disinfect water. Water passes through a flow chamber where UV rays - which destroy bacteria and inactivate many viruses - are admitted and absorbed into the water stream. UV systems are often combined with other technologies to provide complete water solutions.

UV technology is available in point-of-entry systems treating all water entering the house as well as point-of-use units treating drinking water only.

Ozone generators produce small quantities of ozone gas, which is a very strong oxidizing agent and is effective in killing bacteria with even brief exposure times. Ozone is also effective in oxidizing organic matter, iron and manganese. Ozone generators are generally used in conjunction with other technologies for complete water treatment solutions.

In the past, ozonation was primarily used in point-of-entry systems to treat all water entering the house. Now, new countertop units are available to treat drinking water only.

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New research analysing palaeoclimate data in conjunction with archaeological findings has provided evidence for how resilient the community of Star Carr – the famous Mesolithic occupation site in North Yorkshire (CA 282) – was in the face of extreme climate change.

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Scattered across England, a host of monumental mounds have long been interpreted as Norman castle mottes. Large round mounds boast a much earlier pedigree, however – as this month’s cover star, Silbury Hill, attests. A recent project has been investigating whether any sisters to Silbury are hiding in plain sight – with some surprising results.

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Archaeological analysis has revealed what is being called a Mesolithic ‘crayon’. It came from the ancient Lake Flixton – now covered in peat – in the Vale of Pickering, North Yorkshire. It is an area rich in prehistory, not least the famous occupation site of Star Carr (see CA 282). Now, a collaborative project between the Universities of York, Chester, and Manchester, studying ochre objects from the lake, has provided new evidence of how our ancestors may have coloured their animal skins and artwork.


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Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, on the Las Vegas Tragedy

October 2, 2017

Once again we must reach out in shock and horror to comfort the victims of a mass shooting in our country. We offer our prayers and our deep sympathy to all those affected by this senseless act of violence. We are grateful to the first responders and others who aided the victims and helped move people to safety.

We reaffirm our commitment to nonviolence and to addressing the causes of such tragedies. At this time we come together in prayer and also in resolve to change a culture that has allowed such events to become commonplace. We must not become numb to these mass shootings or to the deadly violence that occurs on our streets month in and month out. Let us join with all people of good will to work for increased access to mental health care and stronger, sensible gun control laws. And let us build a nation characterized by kindness, remarkable for its tolerance and defined by its reverence for human life.

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In the past three years, God has given us some pretty big signs.

St. Louis has experienced two major events — the shooting death of Michael Brown by former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, and the not-guilty verdict of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith.

What has followed — the protests, the forming of commissions to identify and address underlying issues related to these events and the calls to action in promoting racial equity, among other issues — makes it pretty obvious that God is calling on St. Louis to improve things, so that all of His children are treated with dignity.

In the Archdiocese of St. Louis, our own Archbishop Robert J. Carlson has taken a courageous step in promoting peace and justice in our community. From being on the ground in Ferguson to establishing the archdiocesan Peace & Justice Commission and collaborating with other faith leaders in St. Louis, the archbishop is making a bold statement that the issue of racial equity is important. After all, it's an issue of human dignity. Or put more simply, it's being pro-life.

"We have to find ways that God would inspire us to be brothers and sisters to one another — or as the way I see it, to see our neighbors as ourselves," he told the Review.

To do that, we must first look into our own hearts. It would be fair to say that the ways in which some white people have been raised and how they perceive people of another skin color may not include overtly racist tendencies, but have biases. How do we better understand this in the context of faith? Part of it is looking at another person and recognizing he or she deserves the same dignity that we desire.

The easy thing is to choose sides — either we're for the police, or we're with those who are protesting. But as Catholics, the only "side" that's necessary is living the Gospel. And the truth of the Gospel is made evident in how we talk to one another. By choosing any other way, we continue to crucify one another and deny that we are all part of the same human family, created by God.

"We have to take a step back and lower the rhetoric," Archbishop Carlson said. "We have to put on our civility and begin to actually listen to each other."

Later this month, a group of parishioners at St. Alphonsus "Rock" and St. Francis Xavier "College" churches will perform a play on the racial differences of growing up Catholic. Thomasina Clarke, who is helping produce the play, said sharing those personal stories will hopefully open others to the importance of loving one another.

"It's inherent that we love and want to be loved," Clarke said. "And for those who don't have that, it's difficult."

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Would they charge me an admin fee for this, and would I be able to get any of the info corrected if I found it was wrong? I correct unicom printouts every couple of months, but they've now lost/I'm not recorded as having served in 1995, even though I have military courses listed!!

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The Mons Mafia

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There seem to have been a lot of people who spent there time, or lumps of it, at the former penal colony on Mons Barracks.

For me it brings back memories of inappropriate block parties that always started with ABC, The Look Of Love. Spending dull autumn mornings killing rats in the wash room. Sneaking into 41 Squadron's happy hour on a Friday & watching the RCT trials unit dragging the remains of the latest unfortunate test vehicle back from Long Valley in two or more pieces.

I must have forgotten many things, anyone care to prompt my old memory?
41 Squadron's bar was almost a second home, think i had honourary membership cos of the amount of beer tokens that crossed the bar.

Beat the pants of anything else on offer in good ole Mons Bks.
The gobdoc bar, The 'TMJ', the cookhouse at lunchtimes during the week full of 'come and get it boys' QA dental girls (in the old days prior to them becoming badged RADC).

The joy of sleeping under you bed on saturday Morning, as there was always a shortfall on weekend guard!

If you did get spammed, waking the duty cook up to make lunch, who would be so pissed he'd just give us the keys and pass on what to do!

Stabbings in the dinner queue.

Christmas dinner wars!

Degotiating the canal bridge from St Omer, ripping your gear to $hit!

The bar on a Friday afternoon, RCT Lcpls hanging their KF shirt up behind the bar and drinking all weekend (Nearly) and then placing the said shirt back on and going to work.

Having 22 year LCpls from the RCT and this was the norm.

Every RAMC released from MCTC in 1982- went to 6 Fd Fce Fd Amb.

The ID parades in the gym every few weeks for an assaulted QA at the Cambridge Club.

Being banned from above club, but going every week.

Tours of Norway and Turkey. Being away for 3 months of the year.

Bent RAPC Sgts!

Decorating the bar in black and knocking down supporting walls.

Lads being excused shaving before the Weds Rugby.

Crossbow practice across the 12 men rooms!

Pads dossing in your bed, when youre away for a weekend.

Getting a locker and bed not before 2 weeks atleast. Living out of a suitcase.

Washing 58 pat webbing in the washing machines

Nearly burning down block 33 looking for a petrol leak on a triumph tiger with a match (Not me!)

Great days for 3 years, never forgotten- it reads like a work of fiction!

Top thread!!!

1982-Falklands, losing two great mates and a great 2IC- RIP
I remember doing a tour of the accommodation with the then RSM (Mc*ale) and finding a girlie living in one of the drying rooms. She had done it out really nice, and I remember her demanding to know who the hell we were. I leave it to your imagination what the Badgeman's reply was - fair to say that he had'nt attended his EO/customer care training at that stage.

I also remember a young RMOs introduction to the soldiers Xmas lunch - it must have taken him years to get the mince pie stains out of his SD. He's a 1* now, so it did'nt do him any harm.

A mad, but good unit.

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I'd forgotten the cookhouse keys/help yourself system and the dinner queue stabbing in the face incident; I'd just walked out when that happened.

The fun of making IEDs out of jars and throwing them across the waste land near the motorbike sheds.

I can recall advising a not very bright RADC orderly sgt with a famously crispy ear that doing a block check for women at the weekend could result in his corpse being found floating in the Basingstoke canal. He wouldn't back down so I offered to do the 11 oclock lock up and made sure all the women had gone before his 11.30 bed check. The poor cows froze to death on the banks of the canal until midnight then went back to bed leaving him with no opportunity to look at young girls in the buff.

The early call system, which mean the newest Pte waking up the most psycho RCT Cpl with a broom handle from the end of the bed as he would wake and batter them due to a past experience.
Is this the Mons Bks that used to be located where the tennis cts are now. Used to be made from recycled dust bins or something. 16 something or other I seem to vagley remember. if so deployed with these guys straight out of training in 82, intreasting to say the least.
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Is this the Mons Bks that used to be located where the tennis cts are now. Used to be made from recycled dust bins or something. 16 something .
This was the home for 16 Fd Amb and just as it was forming 23 Para Pd Amb, it was also the home for the RADC - until it was knocked down. 16 Fd Amb moved to Tidworth and 23 Para Fd Amb to Browning Bks !

The dental people all moved to Duchess of Kent Barracks we all those lovely girls are :twisted:

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Is this the Mons Bks that used to be located where the tennis cts are now. Used to be made from recycled dust bins or something. 16 something or other I seem to vagley remember. if so deployed with these guys straight out of training in 82, intreasting to say the least.
It had a rough 'refugee' quality, very few inspections, as the place was minging anyway.

The accom blocks were laws unto themselves, not sure the Ord Sgt even knew who was where!

Had the AMF(L) Med section and RAP based there.

I recall a great day when the parade square was graffittied with huge letters and the parade fell in on it, only to get 'Get on parade!!!' We duley marched 13 paces, right 1-2. It passed the days.

We never saw our Section Sgts and were, quite rightly, directed by ancient Cpls.

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I remember having a 5 minute chat from our troop commander straight after the pass out parade where he advised us that never again would we be accomodated in such poor surroundings as the recruit block at keogh "unless you are going to Keogh barracks"

I was okay 'cos i had a posting order for Connaught Barracks from MRO Glasgow.

So a week later I arrived at Aldershot, got in a taxi and asked to go to Connaught Barracks, the driver laughed, asked me what my unit was and then took me past the ghostly remains of Connaught hospital and all the wastelands around it before depositing me at Keogh guard room.......oh how I laughed when I remembered my troop commander's words.

It was even better when I was delivered to block 29 and told to make my was still flatpacked in a box with a screwdriver taped on top. We used to go outside in the morning to warm up in the sunshine like little lizards.

I'm sounding like Les Dawson now but sadly it was true.

Great stories.

I recall on returning from Norway after along 3 months with the AMF(L), one of our number found a orange smk gren (before the days of stringent airport security) in his bergan and decided the best way to get rid of it was just pop and chuck it. This he did just as the ice cream van (sweeties and pop etc) owned by the PCT SSGt turned up in front of the blocks. The grenade rolled slowly under the van and engulfed it in orange staining smoke. How the large Airborne Geordie with orange hair and furry cheekbones laughed!

Quality thread.

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Three of us, namely MiB (the virgin) a certain trainee dental hygenist with an interesting history and a well known ex-legionaire had climbed over the locked bridge into the lair of the cookiemonsters for a beer with the girls who smelled of chipfat.

During the evening one of the group got into an altercation with a rather uppity WRAC clerk who said that he was disgusting and uncouth, to which he gave the usual response.

"I suppose a blow job is out of the question then?"

She ran off screaming for the guard commander (her boyfriend) claiming rape.

Two minutes later myself and the legionaire had succesfully scaled the locked bridge by swinging out over the canal whilst holding on to the barbed wire loops with the guard in hot pursuit.

Sadly the third musketeer insisted on finishing his pint before leaving and was caught hanging half way over the canal by the duty officer who had taken an SMG from one of the guard.

After falling into the canal through putting his hands up the hapless adventurer was persuaded to return to the dark side by the officer cocking the weapon.

He ended up standing on the canal bank, soaking wet through whilst a 20 year old subaltern repeatedly prodded him in the guts with the SMG until he took the weapon off him and belted him with it.

He lost his stripe for it but I think it didn't go further as the ivory towers didn't want to deal with why an officer was prodding people in the gut with a weapon.

Two of us saw the funny side of this, anyway.
Anyone remember the woman in the unit Admin Office? Mature, but fit...............I remember having a bit of crush on her, unfortunately the ole' "mature woman takes young virginal soldier in hand, and show's him the way of the World" never got past just being a day dream.

I also remember the Burger van............... run by the grumpiest man in NATO!
I remember a certain Maninblack playing the stranglers really loud to quell the sound of all the fuc8ing going on late at night - lots of moans and groans - beds a banging - can remember the smell of those heaters after a good night romping.

Oh AND a certain technician stealing my bird :twisted: how many was on the job that night :evil:

Using the sinks on a Sunday morning, with two birds washing their clouts without a care in the world.

Being woke at 0200hrs, by a bad man, who offered an old bird from the Ash Vale pub (Being the gentleman I declined). I wondered why he boffed her in another lads bed. In the morning we found out. The Butchers drip tray was down and he had just had coitus behind the DS au naturel.

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Ventress, I take it that the lady was either Ash vale Rose or her daughter.

GP3, as if I would ever play Stranglers music, the very thought is, .......well,........errrrr........okay, guilty.

As for nicking your bird, well I don't think it was me, if it was then please remind me who she was as I seem to have forgotten.......I don't recall either of us having a bird worth nicking around that time, well, certainly one that would be prepared to enter a party in block 25.

Do you remember the Welsh one who smelled of fish? You could tell when she was getting a portion through two sets of firedoors and that was without the multi lingual Welsh and Geordie moaning and grunting.
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Do you remember the Welsh one who smelled of fish?
Christ, that narrows it down to the nearest ten thousand!!!

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Ventress, I take it that the lady was either Ash vale Rose or her daughter.
I've never heard of Rose or her daughters. Where is Ash vale?
How about the Frimley Grimley?............not built for speed, but could certainly take the mileage!


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We all must have come across this particular individual, every unit was issued one. Ours was a youngish Lance jack name of Bob. Now Bob had a wicked sense of humour and could be counted on to start the rumours running, Usually just before a tour like Op Banner ended, all single men are being extended to assist new unit etc. Bob was a bottomless pit of one line wind ups. You're needed at the CSM/orderly room/gaurd rm etc usually ending up in unneccesary extras or a bollocking for wasting someone elses time. Bobs messages/rumours would have enough believability for the gullible to fall for. Yes I went to the chief clerk about once a week, though what he needed with a Chunky I never guessed. Problem was Bob was deadpan and he probably would charge you for disobeying a direct order. Do I or dont I? When let loose with requests on BFBFs in 666 he was deadly, how many birthdays did seaman staines at navy point have? Was Sp CSM really a left behind from Japanese Imperial Army?
Lightened up all our grim days Bob, hope you are keeping well. I heard he was selling cars for a living but knowing Bob more of a laugh.
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When this Tate retrospective opens, it will have been nearly two decades since the last such effort: the sprawling megashow mounted by the Solomon R. Guggenheim in 1997. Ushered in by Walter Hopps’s extraordinary exhibition focused on Rauschenberg’s earliest career, at the institution’s downtown branch, the 1990s effected an enduring place for the artist among the greats of the later twentieth century. Subsequent projects, such as the Metropolitan’s exhaustive presentation of the Combines, have ramified the artist’s interpretative exhibition history perhaps more deeply than that of any comparable figure. The bar is thus set high for this joint venture with MoMA, as both a synthesis of accumulated insight and an adumbration of new possibilities for thinking about the work. MoMA will emphasize lesser-known chapters in Rauschenberg’s oeuvre, while the Tate promises a full, if “tightly edited,” account of his entire career trajectory, with unprecedented emphasis on performance and collaborations. Travels to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 21–Sept. 4. 2017; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Nov. 4, 2017–Mar. 25, 2018.


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Socially engaged FIFO art? IASKA's Spaced

Julia Davis Headspace (Lake Brown) 2010; image courtesy and © the artist.

Western Australia is currently experiencing a well-documented economic boom due to its vast holdings of natural resources. This has in turn created a rather unique work force of 'fly in, fly out' (FIFO) workers who have a ‘permanent’ home off site (many based in Perth) who then fly in to work, often in a remote location, for around two weeks before returning home for an extended ‘weekend’ of around five days.

Amidst this flow of workers being processed through Perth Airport recently, has been another type of FIFO worker, the twenty-one artists participating in Spaced, the new initiative of IASKA (International Art Space Kellerberrin Australia), which makes the bold claim to be a biennial of ‘socially engaged’ art.

These twenty-one artists have come in to work with mainly remote communities throughout Western Australia and, like the mine workers, have a period of intensive work on site, before returning to their home base or studio and subsequently make a return visit to present an outcome of their research. Another manifestation of their project is about to go on display at the Fremantle Arts Centre as part of the Perth International Arts Festival.

There is a long history of artists seeking unfamiliar environments or using the stimulation of travel to inform their practice. In the West for many years, this meant a cultural tour of the remnants of the classical world and countless artists have made study tours of Italy and other sites in Europe, traipsing over ruins and through churches and museums in a quest to illuminate their practice. In the modern era, things shifted as dialogues rather than cultural sites were sought and at various stages, big cities like Paris, Vienna, New York, Berlin and London have attracted swarms of artists wanting to talk with other artists in cafés and studios about the latest shifts in contemporary art.

So what do the antipodes have to offer in this elite metropolitan company? Places such as Muckinbudin, Moora, Roebourne, Esperance and the Abrolhos Islands can hardly qualify as major metropolitan centres, but the organisers of Spaced have made a pitch to contemporary practitioners that these places are just as compelling and potentially invigorating to a practice as some of the more renowned incubators of new art.

What a lot of these sites offer is both a connection to an ancient site (whilst less obvious than the detritus of the classical world, a number of the Spaced artists have conceptually excavated the cultural layers embedded in the landscapes of Western Australia) and to a new type of discourse. The talk is not between artists this time, but between artists and non-artists and often issues of education, comprehension, relevance and translation come up as key factors in the success or failure of these residencies. The isolation and remoteness of this engagement provides a spectacular backdrop for what is often a very difficult environment to make art in.

So is the comparison between these two types of FIFO workers merely superficial? I am sure the organisers of Spaced (and the funding partners) would like to think their project has more social conscience than what is represented by the hole in the ground left by many of the mining ventures. The reality is however, that the tenure of these projects is extremely short and in a land of big space and ancient time the register of an art residency could be considered negligible.

Despite the brevity of ‘contact’ in this project, what Spaced does highlight particularly well is how the portfolio of the contemporary artist has evolved considerably since the turn of the millennium and the artists involved here come into the community with a broad, flexible and often very carefully articulated practice. Their acumen in relation to reading community structures and awareness of relational aesthetics qualifies them well to tackle a project like this. These artists are adept at working responsively with non-artists and this has been one of the key objectives of Spaced. With the rapid development of new media and the reach of the internet and GPS technologies into even the remotest corners of the earth, highly conceptual or experimental approaches to art practice no longer need to unfold or develop in a major metropolitan centre and Spaced locates itself very strongly at the forefront of this new approach to art practice.

IASKA has a very impressive track record of running these projects, having run a highly ambitious and ground-breaking project in the Western Australian wheatbelt town of Kellerberrin from 1998 onwards, since when seventy-two projects have been undertaken in and around this small rural community. Having undertaken one of these projects myself, I am cognisant of the fact that for the artist, such a project can be highly significant in how you think about your practice and how it might evolve. But I often wonder how the community of Kellerberrin remembers such initiatives. Were they simply temporary distractions from the challenges of working on the land or even some sort of novel ‘imported’ entertainment - in the manner of travelling sideshows of the past?

Unlike the profit driven focus of the FIFO mine workers, there is no doubting the endeavour and invention many of the artists bring to bear in their work. Their engagement with community during their six week (on average) residency is palpable in many of their initiatives, but it is the ongoing engagement I wonder about. Does it all just stop when the artist leaves? What will be the ongoing dialogues with these communities and more importantly, how will these projects contribute to social change or betterment for the communities involved?

Gregory Pryor is an artist, writer and lecturer at Edith Cowan University, WA.

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How to Dress to Convey Power

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Style is a language: The clothing you wear speaks volumes about you long before you open your mouth, and talks to everyone around you, whether you actually exchange words or not. Research has conclusively shown that how you dress not only changes how you feel about yourself, but how others interact with you as well.

What you want your clothes to “say” depends on the situation and the impression you want to make. Sometimes you simply want your clothes to convey your personality and your general sense of ease.

Other times, you choose your clothes strategically, in order to create a certain effect — in order to give yourself a certain advantage.

One of those times is when you want to convey “power” — when you find yourself in a situation where you need to project confidence, status, authority, and competence to the people you’re interacting with.

Today we’ll take a look at how to put together this kind of “power outfit.”

The Message: What a Power Outfit Says

This is an outfit designed to send a specific message:

  1. “I know what I’m doing.”
  2. “I don’t need to prove myself to you.”
  3. “I’m in charge here.”

You wear it when you need to impress and, to some degree, take charge, or at least look like someone who could take charge if needed. It’s not exactly an interview or a sales outfit, although it shares some characteristics with both of these — it’s best suited to slightly confrontational settings like boardrooms, halls of government, and courts of law.

Expect to routinely see lawyers, politicians, and executives sporting the “power outfit” look — and don’t be afraid to use it yourself if you operate in these roles, or are going to be interacting with those who do.

“I Know What I’m Doing” — How to Project Confidence With Your Outfit

The language of style is unambiguous on how to project male authority: wear a suit.

There aren’t really any exceptions to that rule. When you really want to take charge of a room, wear a suit. Anything less is more ambiguous in its authority. The suit says “Yes, I’m ready to do serious business.” Anything else leaves room for doubt.

A suit enhances the masculine V-shape, conveys status, and looks disciplined and put together.

The best “power suits” use a conservative look that references decades of Western business styles:

  • Charcoal gray beats anything else, even a deep navy or a black. There’s nothing quite as serious-looking as a good charcoal gray.
  • There are two pattern options: solid, or striped with widely-spaced, plain white pinstripes no more than the width of a small needle.
  • A single-breasted jacket with a generous spread makes your chest look prominent, signaling authority.
  • Sharp, squared off-shoulders also give you the impression of bulk and authority. However, avoid obvious padding that softens the line of your shoulder.
  • Peaked lapels aren’t mandatory, but they do make the front of your jacket more striking, and a little more aggressive. Don’t be afraid to use them, so long as the peaks aren’t absurdly flared.

In addition to the power suit (which must, obviously, be well-fitted to your personal measurements, not just your rack size), wear a plain white shirt, black leather shoes and belt, and a deep-colored necktie with conservative patterning. Red has long been the “power” color of necktie, to the point that it’s almost a cliché, but don’t feel bound to it — a deep blue, green, or purple also projects authority, so long as the color is both rich and deeply-dyed.

“I Don’t Need to Prove Myself” — Dressing to Pass the “Gatekeeper” Standards

In addition to conservative, your “power outfit” should be immaculate. All the little maintenance tasks that make the difference between looking good and looking razor-sharp need to be seen to:

  • Suits should be clean and freshly-brushed. The trousers should have crisp, visible creases, and the jacket should have enough body to sit firmly on you without slumping.
  • Shirts should be plain white, freshly pressed, and free of any staining. The collar points should be straight and stiff, and the collar should be free of any rolling or folding in the back.
  • Wear a pocket square. Plain white in a crisp, horizontal fold or sharp peaks gives you the most “powerful” look. A puff or flowery fold is too soft-edged. Read more about how to rock your pocket square.
  • Match your metals; match your leathers. The color of your shoes and belt should match; the color of your watch and any other jewelry should match. The only jewelry you should wear is a dress watch, cufflinks if necessary, a simple tie pin or clip if desired, and a wedding band if relevant. Notice that the watch has no “if” statement — you should be wearing one.
  • Shoes should be plain black oxfords polished to a bright shine. Socks should match the trouser color, not the shoe color.
  • Your necktie knot should be centered and symmetrical. If you have a broad face, use a large knot like the Full Windsor; if you have a smaller face use a narrower knot, like the Half-Windsor.
  • Clean and groom from head to toe. Get a haircut a week before (not the day before — it can look weirdly short if it’s too fresh). Consider getting a manicure — it won’t make your nails look like a lady’s, it will just trim them up, adding to your overall polish. Shower several hours before your important meeting (to give your skin and hair time to fully dry) and wear no scent outside of a very light deodorant/antiperspirant.

These sound minor. They are not. If you’re dropping the ball on several of these all at once, you don’t look like a power player — you just look like a guy in a nice suit. Added together, these are the details that combine to give you that razor-edged crispness, and set you apart from (and ahead of) the pack.

“I’m In Charge Here” — How to Look Like a Man with Authority

The right suit proves that you’re here for business. Crispness and correct dress standards prove that you’re not an amateur. But how do you subtly tell people that you’re the top dog in the room?

This is one of those situations where there really is no substitute for quality.

As crude as it sounds, the best suit indicates (accurately or not) the top dog in most people’s minds. If yours looks high-quality and well-tailored, you gain an assumed mantle of authority. That means investing in three key areas:

You get what you pay for in the world of high-end menswear, and people will be able to recognize it at a glance. Invest as much as you can reasonably afford in your power outfit. It’s what you’ll be wearing when the stakes are highest.

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ASAS is pleased to announce involvement of USAID at JAM 2014

JAM_Logo_box_SmallUSAID has worked with ASAS to offer the following workshop/symposium on Thursday July 24, 2014 at the Joint Annual Meeting (JAM):

Crafting USAID’s livestock research agenda – animal science priorities under Feed the Future, July 24, 2014

 Reducing global poverty and hunger and improving nutrition are core objectives of Feed the Future, the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative.  Harnessing agricultural science and technology is critical to meeting the challenge of increasing production of more nutritious food with fewer natural resources, while adapting to climate change.  The Feed the Future Research Strategy supports targeted research on sustainable intensification of plant and animal production systems and on increasing the availability of and access to nutritious foods.  Livestock – including goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, poultry and fish – are central to this effort and contribute to smallholder incomes and household nutrition.  This symposium will explore animal science research priorities to strengthen livestock value chains in developing countries and will inform future USAID livestock research investments.

The symposium will consist of six 15 minute presentations, followed by 60 minutes of panel discussion and Q&A with the audience.

Presentations are as follows:

Feed the Future Research Strategy and USAID’s global livestock investments

Saharah Moon Chapotin, Research Division Chief, and Joyce Turk, Senior Livestock Advisor, U.S. Agency for International Development

Nutritional Value of Animal Source Foods

Lora Iannotti, Assistant Professor, Institute for Public Health, Washington University

present only in animal-source foods. Iron is more easily absorbed by humans from meat than from vegetables, zinc has a role in the metabolism of RNA and DNA, riboflavin plays a key role in energy metabolism, calcium is an essential nutrient for cell physiology and bone mineralization and iron is necessary for hemoglobin and myoglobin production.

Research Needs for Inclusive Livestock Markets in Developing Countries

Jim Yazman, Livestock Sciences Specialist, U.S. Agency for International Development

The indispensable role of mixed small holder systems in global food and nutritional security

Jimmy Smith, Director General, International Livestock Research Institute

Africa Livestock Futures and One Health

Dennis Carroll, Special Representative for Global Health Security, U.S. Agency for International Development

The Role of New Technologies in Increasing Livestock Production

Donald Nkrumah, Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation


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Madd_bagt The Harveys, husband and wife, Dana and Melanie, came up with the idea for The Original Seatbeltbag while installing seatbelts into their 1950 Buick. When the job was completed they found themselves with a lot of leftover seatbelts. "What shall we do with it?" asked Dana. "I know", replied Melanie. "How about a matching handbag?" so they made one. Well everybody loved it so much they decided to make more. Now you to can have your very own Original Seatbeltbag.

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Act collectively to solve climate change

In his latest column ("Maybe there really isn't anything we can do about the weather"), Roger Marolt seems to be doing his darnedest to not come to terms with a very simple truth: We can't solve climate change, or any other big societal problem, simply through individual acts of virtue. It takes collective action.

You recycle, you swap your light bulbs for LEDs, maybe you even drive an electric car or have solar on your roof. Good for you. But there are not enough people like you who can afford to do such things and/or are willing to put up with the inconvenience to make enough of a difference.

To scale up our response to climate change, we need to take it out of the realm of morality and tackle it with economics. Let's flip the incentives by putting a price on carbon, so that doing the right thing for the planet is the most affordable and convenient option. Then everybody will choose to be part of the solution.

Carbon pricing is an approach that most economists, both conservative and liberal, support, and economic modeling shows it works. There are a few variations on the policy, but the one that's gaining favor is called Carbon Fee and Dividend. You can read all about it at

Yes, getting such a policy enacted will be hard. It will require joining hands to do something together, realizing that individually we cannot do enough.

Back in the good old days, when we faced big, collective challenges, Americans willingly embarked on big, collective projects: railroads, interstate highways, the electric grid. We didn't win WWII with individual feel-good gestures, we did it by mobilizing fighting forces and redeploying whole industries and purchasing war bonds. Why shouldn't we respond to climate change with similar collective resolve?

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