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ALASKA Journal of Commerce
Scientists pore over warm west, cold east divide BY BY CLIMATE CENTRAL, PRINCETON, NJ
Published: 2015.04.22 02:25 PM
From blooming flowers to twittering birds, the signs of spring are popping up and the miseries of winter are becoming a distant memory for many.
But not for some climate scientists.
The curiosity of a growing group of researchers has been piqued by the tenacious temperature divide that has separated East from West over the past two winters as a wild zigzag of the jet stream has brought repeated bouts of Arctic air and snow to the East and kept the drought-plagued West baking under a record-breaking dome of heat.
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McAlister Field
Barbie saves Joe's life, pushing him to avoid a part of the plane who was falling
Barbie: Is your phone getting any service?
Joe: Got nothing. Let me see that.
Joe: It's Mrs. Sanders. From the bank. She sponsored our Little League team.
Barbie see a truck arrives verry quickly, screaming to stop it
Barbie: No. No, no, no. Hey! Hey! Stop the truck!
Joe: Wait-- if it crashes through, you're dead.
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Under the Dome Season 1 Episode 1
Pilot
Aired Monday 10:00 PM Jun 24, 2013 on CBS
AIRED: Jun 24, 2013
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Joint Base San Antonio
JBSA commemorates Foulois' first military flight at Fort Sam Houston
Posted 3/7/2013 Updated 3/7/2013
by Lori Newman
JBSA-FSH News Leader
3/7/2013 - JBSA-FORT SAM HOUSTON -- March 2 marked a monumental day in the legacy of aviation.
On that day, 103 years ago, a young Army lieutenant named Benjamin Foulois made history when he piloted the Army's first aircraft, Signal Corps Aircraft No. 1 over Fort Sam Houston.
The original Signal Corps Aircraft No. 1 was a Canard biplane with a four-cylinder Wright 30.6 horsepower engine driving two wooden propellers via a sprocket-and-chain transmission system.
Foulois taught himself to fly via correspondence with Orville and Wilbur Wright.
Each year, the Stinsons Flight No. 2 Order of Daedalians and the Jack Dibrell/Alamo Chapter of the Army Aviation of America hold a wreath-laying ceremony at the main flagpole at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston to commemorate the historic event.
Lt. Gen. Douglas Owens, Air Education and Training Command vice commander, served as guest speaker for the ceremony.
"On that March 2 morning a crowd gathered just like we are here today," Owens said, describing how that day's events may have unfolded. "As they looked out over the field and saw a bi-winged little airplane sitting on a set of rails with no wheels and skids, [they were probably] not sure exactly what was going to happen."
Foulois' first flight lasted only 7 1/2 minutes. He made three more flights that day and on his fourth attempt, the young pilot ended up crashing the airplane.
"He was truly a man of vision," Owens said. "He saw things at that time that most people did not see and most certainly could not understand."
"[Foulois] saw not only potential; he saw the application of airplanes that would forever change the conduct of warfare."
Foulois experiences in aviation as a member of the Army Signal Corps led to today's U.S. Air Force.
The Army Air Service was created in 1918. In 1926, the Army changed the name to the Army Air Corps, which became the Army Air Forces in 1941.
Based on the AAF's wartime achievements during World War II and future potential, the U.S. Air Force won its independence as a full partner with the Army and the Navy Sept. 18, 1947.
"Benjamin Foulois was a man of courage," Owens said. "He carried that sense of vision and courage with him through a 37 year career.
"We are all beneficiaries of his efforts. His vision and his courage is in fact his legacy to all of us."
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=15237
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Ceremony Commemorates First Military Flight
By Minnie Jones
Special to American Forces Press Service
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, March 8, 2006 – Fort Sam Houston commemorated the 96th anniversary of the first military flight March 2 at the base's main flagpole, the same site where U.S. Army Lt. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois boarded the
"Signal Corps 'Aeroplane' No. 1" and circled the fort.
Two vintage Stearman aircraft introduced the late morning ceremony with a flyover followed by the ceremony's guest speaker, Air Force Gen. William R. Looney III, commander of nearby Air Education and Training Command at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
"It's great to be here with you today to commemorate this great day, not only in aviation history, but in our nation's history," Looney said as he addressed the crowd, which included senior military officers from across the services.
In his address, Looney retraced the steps that Foulois took on the way to making aviation history, noting that Foulois had only flown as a passenger in the Wright Flyer for 54 minutes with Orville Wright prior to flying the Army's first plane. Through his determination to fly, Foulois made the country what it is today in regards to its superiority in air and space power, Looney said.
"I was asked what I see in the future for air and space power, and where are we going to go now, and my answer: as far as you can imagine," Looney said. "That was what Benjamin Foulois imagined back in 1910 when he strapped himself on that airplane with just an imagination of what was in the realm of possible. Today we honor him, his courage, his boldness, his sense of adventure, his dedication to his country, his willingness to follow orders, no matter the peril he may have placed himself in.
"But what we really honor is that spirit, because not only does it reside within the memory of Benjamin Foulois, it resides within each and every one of us who have embraced this concept of air and space power and what it can do for the nation and where it can take us," Looney continued.
Foulois graduated from the Army Signal School in 1908 and first learned to fly on the Army Dirigible No. 1, a lighter-than-air engine-propelled airship. He later participated in the trials of the Wright Flyer with the Wright brothers. During the trials, Foulois was on board in the observer's seat of the Wright Flyer with Orville Wright, and clocked the airplane's landmark 10-mile flight time that qualified that airplane for acceptance into the Army.
In February 1910, Foulois was transferred to Fort Sam Houston with a team of enlisted men known as his "flying soldiers" and the Army's only airplane, Army Airplane No. 1. Here, he learned to fly it himself, aided by instructions in letters from the Wright brothers. Foulois said he was a "mail-order pilot" who had learned to fly through his correspondence with the Wright brothers.
March 2, 1910, Foulois climbed aboard the Army Airplane No. 1 at Fort Sam Houston and at 9:30 a.m. circled the field, attaining the height of 200 feet and circling the field at the speed of 30 mph. The flight only lasted for seven and a half minutes. Foulois made four flights that day, crashing on the last flight due to a broken fuel pipe. The premier flight became known as the "birth of military flight," and Foulois became known as the "father of U.S. military aviation."
"I made my first solo, my first landing and my first crackup -- all the same day," Foulois said.
Foulois was relieved from flying duties in July 1911 and returned to aviation duty with the Signal Corps Aviation School at North Island, San Diego, in December 1913. He later commanded the lst Aero Squadron in Mexico during the campaign to arrest Pancho Villa in 1916. He served as chief of air service, Air Expeditionary Force, in France from 1917 to 1918.
Foulois was in charge of the materiel division at Wright Field, now Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, from 1929 to 1930, and Dec. 20, 1931, became chief of the Army Air Corps. He retired from active military service as a major general Dec. 31, 1935. He died April 25, 1967.
During his speech at the commemoration event, Looney also remembered other pioneers who led the way in aviation history, including Henry "Hap" Arnold, Theodore "Spuds" Ellyson, William Moffett, and Carl "Tooey" Spaatz. "What a magnificent group of human beings who have brought us to this point. I'm only excited about how much further we will travel in the years to come," he said.
Air Force Lt. Col. Sandra Miarecki, chief of flight operations at Brooks City-Base, Texas, asked the audience to stand for a moment of silence as she and Looney placed a wreath at the granite landmark that marked the birth of military aviation.
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Episode 101
Barbie: Stop! Stop! Stop the truck! Stop!
Joe: Why can't we hear the sirens? No, no, no, stop!
Barbie write on a paper, show him to a fireman : he had to alert the feds
Joe: What are you doing?
Barbie: Tell 'em to call the FAA.
Joe: The Feds?
Barbie: Yes. They got to shut down this whole airspace.
Joe: Uh, okay, what if the government built this thing?
Barbie: I doubt it.
Joe: Why?
Barbie: Cause it works
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1963 Elephant Mountain B-52 crash
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 24 January 1963 a United States Air Force Boeing B-52C Stratofortress with nine crew members on board lost its vertical stabilizer due to buffeting stresses during turbulence at low altitude and crashed on Elephant Mountain in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, six miles (9.7 km) from Greenville. The pilot and the navigator survived the accident.
Training mission
The crew's training mission was called a Terrain Avoidance Flight to practice techniques to penetrate Advanced Capability Radar (ACR) undetected by Soviet air defense during the Cold War. ACR training flights had already been made over the West Coast of the United States on Poker Deck routes. This was to be the first low level navigation flight, utilizing terrain following radar, in the Eastern United States.
The crew, consisting of two 99th Bombardment Wing Standardization Division crews based at Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts, and two instructors from the 39th Bombardment Squadron, 6th Strategic Aerospace Wing at Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico, was briefed for six hours the day before the accident. They had the choice of flying over either the Carolinas or Maine.
The B-52C departed Westover AFB at 12:11 p.m. on Thursday, 24 January 1963, and was scheduled to return to Westover at 5:30 p.m.
The crew spent the first 95 minutes of the flight calibrating their equipment. Upon receiving updated weather information for both available routes they chose the northern one. They were supposed to begin their low level simulated penetration of enemy airspace just south of Princeton, Maine, near West Grand Lake. From there, they would head north to Millinocket and fly over the mountains in the Jo-Mary/Greenville area. They planned to turn northeast near Seboomook Lake and southeast near Caucomgomoc Lake to proceed through the mountains of northern Baxter State Park. After crossing Traveler Mountain, the aircraft was supposed to climb back to altitude over the Houlton VOR Station.
Accident
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One hour later, around 2:30 p.m. the Stratofortress crossed the Princeton VOR, descended to 500 feet (150 m) and started its simulation of penetrating enemy airspace at low altitude with an airspeed of 280 knots (520 km/h; 320 mph). The outside temperature was -14 °F (-26 °C) with winds gusting to 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) and 5 feet (1.5 m) of snow on the ground.
Approximately 22 minutes later, just after passing Brownville Junction in the center of Maine, the aircraft encountered turbulence. The pilot and crew commander, Westover's Most Senior Standardization Instructor Pilot, started to climb above it when the vertical stabilizer came off the plane with a "loud noise sounding like an explosion". Having suffered severe damage, the B-52C went into a 40-degree right turn, with nose pointed downward. The pilot gave the order to abandon the aircraft when he could not level it.
Only the upper flight deck crew members of the B-52C have ejection seats that eject them upwards. The seats of the pilot, copilot, and electronic warfare officer (a navigator also trained in electronic warfare) function at any altitude, as long as the airspeed is at least 90 knots (170 km/h; 100 mph), which is the minimum required to inflate their blast propelled parachutes. The lower-deck crew members eject on a downward track. Hence, the navigator and radar navigator cannot safely eject at altitudes less than 200 feet (61 m). Spare crew members do not have an ejection seat at all. They must use parachutes and jump out of the navigators' hatch after the navigators have ejected or drop out of the aircraft's door. The tail gunner has his own unique escape option: he can sever the tail gun and jump aft out the resulting hole in the rear.
The navigator, who was operating as electronic warfare officer, ejected first. He was followed by the pilot and the copilot; there was neither enough altitude nor time for the six lower-deck crew members to escape before the aircraft crashed into the west side of Elephant Mountain at 2:52 p.m.
The copilot suffered fatal injuries, striking a tree 1 mile (1.6 km) away from the main crash site. The pilot landed in a tree 30 feet (9.1 m) above the ground. He survived the night, with temperatures reaching almost -30 °F (-34 °C), in his survival kit sleeping bag atop his life raft. The navigator's parachute did not deploy upon ejection. He impacted the snow-covered ground before separating from his ejection seat about 2,000 feet (610 m) from the wreckage with an impact estimated at 16 times the force of gravity. He suffered a fractured skull and three broken ribs. The force bent his ejection seat and he could not get his survival kit out. He survived the night by wrapping himself in his parachute.
A grader operator on a remote woods road witnessed the final turn of the Stratofortress and a black smoke cloud after impact. Eighty rescuers from the Maine State Police, the Maine Inland Fish and Game Department, the Civil Air Patrol as well as Air Force units from Dow Air Force Base in Bangor, Maine, along with others from New Hampshire and Massachusetts and other volunteers went to work. Search aircraft were on the scene, but they searched too far south and east to locate the wreckage before nightfall.
After the crash site was located the next day, Scott Paper Company dispatched plows from Greenville to clear 10 miles (16 km) of road of snow drifts up to 15 feet (4.6 m) deep. The rescuers had to use snowshoes, dog sleds and snowmobiles to cover the remaining mile to the crash site. At 11 a.m. the two survivors were airlifted to a hospital by a helicopter.
Accident investigation
The crash was caused by turbulence-induced structural failure. Due to buffeting stresses the stabilizer shaft broke and the B-52's vertical stabilizer came off the plane. It was found 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from where the plane struck the mountain side. With the loss of the vertical stabilizer, the aircraft had lost its directional stability and rolled uncontrollably.
Originally, the B-52 was designed to penetrate Soviet airspace at high altitude around 35,000 feet (10.7 km) and high speed around 450 kts to drop nuclear weapons. When the US intelligence realized that the Soviets had implemented a sophisticated, layered and interconnected air defense system with radar controlled surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), the US Air Force decided the B-52 would have to penetrate the Soviet airspace at low altitude around 500 feet (152 meters) and high speed to stay underneath the radar. However, low altitude, high speed flight operations put enormous stress on aircraft structure, especially when flying near mountains, up and down ridges and through valleys due to lee waves and the rotor. The B-52 was not designed for this kind of operation. 56-0591, a B-52D, took off from Larson AFB, Washington, on 23 June 1959 and experienced a horizontal stabilizer turbulence-induced failure at low level and crashed. The modification process of the B-52 series began in 1961.
B-52C 53-0406, which crashed on Elephant Mountain, was the second high tailed B-52 to suffer such a fatal structural failure. After extensive testing and another three similar failures (two with fatal crashes) within 12 months of the Elephant Mountain crash, Boeing determined that turbulence would over-stress the B-52's rudder connection bolts, causing first a rudder and subsequently a tail failure. The bolts were strengthened throughout the fleet which fixed the problem.
Aftermath
Of the two survivors the pilot returned to active duty after spending three months in the hospital and the navigator, whose feet were frostbitten contracted double pneumonia, became unconscious for five days and his leg had to be amputated from the frostbite and gangrene that had set in.
Most of the remains of 53–0406 are still at the crash site which is owned by Plum Creek Timber Co. They improved the foot trail so visitors can view the wreckage. While the site has signs posted asking viewers to show due respect while there, it has been vandalized with names carved in the wreckage or marked with permanent marker.
In the late 1970s a retired military pilot and president of the Moosehead Riders Snowmobile Club, initiated the annual memorial snowmobile ride in honor to those aboard the B-52. The annual crash site ceremony is attended by representatives from the Maine Air National Guard, the American Legion, the Civil Air Patrol, Maine Warden Service and members of the snowmobile club. There is a color guard, the laying of a wreath, the reading of the names of those who died, a prayer by a military chaplain and the playing of Taps. One engine and the navigator's ejection seat can be viewed at the Clubhouse.
1993 a special commemorative service was sponsored by the Moosehead Riders Snowmobile Club. The navigator attended the event and was honored at several ceremonies. He went to the crash site for the first time since being evacuated out thirty years earlier.
In the fall of 2011 a Maine Forest Service employee found an ejection seat from the aircraft near an overgrown logging road while hunting. In May 2012 he returned to the site to take photos and record identification numbers to confirm it came from the infamous B-52. A recovery team retrieved the mostly intact ejection seat. Researchers claim that it is most likely the pilot's seat and remarkably similar to the seat at the snowmobile clubhouse in Greenville. It is the third seat recovered from the crash and preserved for public viewing. The other is in a Bangor museum.
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Piece of 49 Year old Plane Crash Recovered on Elephant Mt.
MAY 24, 2012 5:41 PM EDT
CAROLINE CONNOLLY
LOCAL NEWS
On January 24, 1963, a B52 flying out of Massachusetts crashed near Greenville.All but two of the nine U.S. Air Force crew members on board died, and the debris from the flight was turned into a memorial to honor them.While it’s been nearly fifty years since the crash, local resident Pete Pratt could piece together the day for you like it was yesterday.”It’s amazing how much of this scattered,” said Pratt.The crew was out on a training mission that day to see how low the B52 could fly when they hit turbulence.”Lost all control of the plane and within ten seconds the plane was gone. It was down,” said Pratt.Ever since Pratt first visited the crash site with his snowmobile club, he has dedicated his years to recovering it.”I’m not military, but my family is and I honor the military,” said Pratt.And on a warm May day, he got about 2,200 feet closer to doing so when a seat belonging to one of the crewmen who ejected was reclaimed on the mountain.It was discovered by ranger Bruce Reed of the Maine Forest Service during a hunting trip last fall.”It was just luck. I thought it was part of the wreckage. I didn’t know it was a seat until I got closer,” said Reed.It’s the only seat Pratt was missing, as the other two have already been found.”It was kind of eerie to be honest with you,” said Reed.Reed and a team of rangers carried it down the mountain to put it in place at a museum where Pratt hopes it will help keep a piece of history intact.”It gives credit to our military,” said Pratt. Beginning in June, the seat will be on display at the Center for Moosehead History located at 6 Lakeview Street in Greenville.
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Dodee: No, even if that were statewide, every station our size has its own generator, so why is the whole dial still static?
Phil: I don't know. But our ratings are gonna be amazing
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George Bush [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
Public Papers
Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Persian Gulf Crisis and the Federal Budget Deficit
1990-09-11
Mr. President and Mr. Speaker and Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, fellow Americans, thank you very much for that warm welcome. We gather tonight, witness to events in the Persian Gulf as significant as they are tragic. In the early morning hours of August 2d, following negotiations and promises by Iraq's dictator Saddam Hussein not to use force, a powerful Iraqi army invaded its trusting and much weaker neighbor, Kuwait. Within 3 days, 120,000 Iraqi troops with 850 tanks had poured into Kuwait and moved south to threaten Saudi Arabia. It was then that I decided to act to check that aggression.
At this moment, our brave servicemen and women stand watch in that distant desert and on distant seas, side by side with the forces of more than 20 other nations. They are some of the finest men and women of the United States of America. And they're doing one terrific job. These valiant Americans were ready at a moment's notice to leave their spouses and their children, to serve on the front line halfway around the world. They remind us who keeps America strong: they do. In the trying circumstances of the Gulf, the morale of our service men and women is excellent. In the face of danger, they're brave, they're well-trained, and dedicated.
A soldier, Private First Class Wade Merritt of Knoxville, Tennessee, now stationed in Saudi Arabia, wrote his parents of his worries, his love of family, and his hope for peace. But Wade also wrote, ``I am proud of my country and its firm stance against inhumane aggression. I am proud of my army and its men. I am proud to serve my country.'' Well, let me just say, Wade, America is proud of you and is grateful to every soldier, sailor, marine, and airman serving the cause of peace in the Persian Gulf. I also want to thank the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Powell; the Chiefs here tonight; our commander in the Persian Gulf, General Schwartzkopf; and the men and women of the Department of Defense. What a magnificent job you all are doing. And thank you very, very much from a grateful people. I wish I could say that their work is done. But we all know it's not.
So, if there ever was a time to put country before self and patriotism before party, the time is now. And let me thank all Americans, especially those here in this Chamber tonight, for your support for our armed forces and for their mission. That support will be even more important in the days to come. So, tonight I want to talk to you about what's at stake -- what we must do together to defend civilized values around the world and maintain our economic strength at home.
Our objectives in the Persian Gulf are clear, our goals defined and familiar: Iraq must withdraw from Kuwait completely, immediately, and without condition. Kuwait's legitimate government must be restored. The security and stability of the Persian Gulf must be assured. And American citizens abroad must be protected. These goals are not ours alone. They've been endorsed by the United Nations Security Council five times in as many weeks. Most countries share our concern for principle. And many have a stake in the stability of the Persian Gulf. This is not, as Saddam Hussein would have it, the United States against Iraq. It is Iraq against the world.
As you know, I've just returned from a very productive meeting with Soviet President Gorbachev. And I am pleased that we are working together to build a new relationship. In Helsinki, our joint statement affirmed to the world our shared resolve to counter Iraq's threat to peace. Let me quote: ``We are united in the belief that Iraq's aggression must not be tolerated. No peaceful international order is possible if larger states can devour their smaller neighbors.'' Clearly, no longer can a dictator count on East-West confrontation to stymie concerted United Nations action against aggression. A new partnership of nations has begun.
We stand today at a unique and extraordinary moment. The crisis in the Persian Gulf, as grave as it is, also offers a rare opportunity to move toward an historic period of cooperation. Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective -- a new world order -- can emerge: a new era -- freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace. An era in which the nations of the world, East and West, North and South, can prosper and live in harmony. A hundred generations have searched for this elusive path to peace, while a thousand wars raged across the span of human endeavor. Today that new world is struggling to be born, a world quite different from the one we've known. A world where the rule of law supplants the rule of the jungle. A world in which nations recognize the shared responsibility for freedom and justice. A world where the strong respect the rights of the weak. This is the vision that I shared with President Gorbachev in Helsinki. He and other leaders from Europe, the Gulf, and around the world understand that how we manage this crisis today could shape the future for generations to come.
The test we face is great, and so are the stakes. This is the first assault on the new world that we seek, the first test of our mettle. Had we not responded to this first provocation with clarity of purpose, if we do not continue to demonstrate our determination, it would be a signal to actual and potential despots around the world. America and the world must defend common vital interests -- and we will. America and the world must support the rule of law -- and we will. America and the world must stand up to aggression -- and we will. And one thing more: In the pursuit of these goals America will not be intimidated.
Vital issues of principle are at stake. Saddam Hussein is literally trying to wipe a country off the face of the Earth. We do not exaggerate. Nor do we exaggerate when we say Saddam Hussein will fail. Vital economic interests are at risk as well. Iraq itself controls some 10 percent of the world's proven oil reserves. Iraq plus Kuwait controls twice that. An Iraq permitted to swallow Kuwait would have the economic and military power, as well as the arrogance, to intimidate and coerce its neighbors -- neighbors who control the lion's share of the world's remaining oil reserves. We cannot permit a resource so vital to be dominated by one so ruthless. And we won't.
Recent events have surely proven that there is no substitute for American leadership. In the face of tyranny, let no one doubt American credibility and reliability. Let no one doubt our staying power. We will stand by our friends. One way or another, the leader of Iraq must learn this fundamental truth. From the outset, acting hand in hand with others, we've sought to fashion the broadest possible international response to Iraq's aggression. The level of world cooperation and condemnation of Iraq is unprecedented. Armed forces from countries spanning four continents are there at the request of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia to deter and, if need be, to defend against attack. Moslems and non-Moslems, Arabs and non-Arabs, soldiers from many nations stand shoulder to shoulder, resolute against Saddam Hussein's ambitions.
We can now point to five United Nations Security Council resolutions that condemn Iraq's aggression. They call for Iraq's immediate and unconditional withdrawal, the restoration of Kuwait's legitimate government, and categorically reject Iraq's cynical and self-serving attempt to annex Kuwait. Finally, the United Nations has demanded the release of all foreign nationals held hostage against their will and in contravention of international law. It is a mockery of human decency to call these people ``guests.'' They are hostages, and the whole world knows it.
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a dependable ally, said it all: ``We do not bargain over hostages. We will not stoop to the level of using human beings as bargaining chips ever.'' Of course, of course, our hearts go out to the hostages and to their families. But our policy cannot change, and it will not change. America and the world will not be blackmailed by this ruthless policy.
We're now in sight of a United Nations that performs as envisioned by its founders. We owe much to the outstanding leadership of Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar. The United Nations is backing up its words with action. The Security Council has imposed mandatory economic sanctions on Iraq, designed to force Iraq to relinquish the spoils of its illegal conquest. The Security Council has also taken the decisive step of authorizing the use of all means necessary to ensure compliance with these sanctions. Together with our friends and allies, ships of the United States Navy are today patrolling Mideast waters. They've already intercepted more than 700 ships to enforce the sanctions. Three regional leaders I spoke with just yesterday told me that these sanctions are working. Iraq is feeling the heat. We continue to hope that Iraq's leaders will recalculate just what their aggression has cost them. They are cut off from world trade, unable to sell their oil. And only a tiny fraction of goods gets through.
The communique with President Gorbachev made mention of what happens when the embargo is so effective that children of Iraq literally need milk or the sick truly need medicine. Then, under strict international supervision that guarantees the proper destination, then food will be permitted.
At home, the material cost of our leadership can be steep. That's why Secretary of State Baker and Treasury Secretary Brady have met with many world leaders to underscore that the burden of this collective effort must be shared. We are prepared to do our share and more to help carry that load; we insist that others do their share as well.
The response of most of our friends and allies has been good. To help defray costs, the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE -- the United Arab Emirates -- have pledged to provide our deployed troops with all the food and fuel they need. Generous assistance will also be provided to stalwart front-line nations, such as Turkey and Egypt. I am also heartened to report that this international response extends to the neediest victims of this conflict -- those refugees. For our part, we've contributed million for relief efforts. This is but a portion of what is needed. I commend, in particular, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and several European nations who have joined us in this purely humanitarian effort.
There's an energy-related cost to be borne as well. Oil-producing nations are already replacing lost Iraqi and Kuwaiti output. More than half of what was lost has been made up. And we're getting superb cooperation. If producers, including the United States, continue steps to expand oil and gas production, we can stabilize prices and guarantee against hardship. Additionally, we and several of our allies always have the option to extract oil from our strategic petroleum reserves if conditions warrant. As I've pointed out before, conservation efforts are essential to keep our energy needs as low as possible. And we must then take advantage of our energy sources across the board: coal, natural gas, hydro, and nuclear. Our failure to do these things has made us more dependent on foreign oil than ever before. Finally, let no one even contemplate profiteering from this crisis. We will not have it.
I cannot predict just how long it will take to convince Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. Sanctions will take time to have their full intended effect. We will continue to review all options with our allies, but let it be clear: we will not let this aggression stand.
Our interest, our involvement in the Gulf is not transitory. It predated Saddam Hussein's aggression and will survive it. Long after all our troops come home -- and we all hope it's soon, very soon -- there will be a lasting role for the United States in assisting the nations of the Persian Gulf. Our role then: to deter future aggression. Our role is to help our friends in their own self-defense. And something else: to curb the proliferation of chemical, biological, ballistic missile and, above all, nuclear technologies.
Let me also make clear that the United States has no quarrel with the Iraqi people. Our quarrel is with Iraq's dictator and with his aggression. Iraq will not be permitted to annex Kuwait. That's not a threat, that's not a boast, that's just the way it's going to be.
Our ability to function effectively as a great power abroad depends on how we conduct ourselves at home. Our economy, our Armed Forces, our energy dependence, and our cohesion all determine whether we can help our friends and stand up to our foes. For America to lead, America must remain strong and vital. Our world leadership and domestic strength are mutual and reinforcing; a woven piece, strongly bound as Old Glory. To revitalize our leadership, our leadership capacity, we must address our budget deficit -- not after election day, or next year, but now.
Higher oil prices slow our growth, and higher defense costs would only make our fiscal deficit problem worse. That deficit was already greater than it should have been -- a projected 2 billion for the coming year. It must -- it will -- be reduced.
To my friends in Congress, together we must act this very month -- before the next fiscal year begins on October 1st -- to get America's economic house in order. The Gulf situation helps us realize we are more economically vulnerable than we ever should be. Americans must never again enter any crisis, economic or military, with an excessive dependence on foreign oil and an excessive burden of Federal debt.
Most Americans are sick and tired of endless battles in the Congress and between the branches over budget matters. It is high time we pulled together and get the job done right. It's up to us to straighten this out. This job has four basic parts. First, the Congress should, this month, within a budget agreement, enact growth-oriented tax measures -- to help avoid recession in the short term and to increase savings, investment, productivity, and competitiveness for the longer term. These measures include extending incentives for research and experimentation; expanding the use of IRA's for new homeowners; establishing tax-deferred family savings accounts; creating incentives for the creation of enterprise zones and initiatives to encourage more domestic drilling; and, yes, reducing the tax rate on capital gains.
And second, the Congress should, this month, enact a prudent multiyear defense program, one that reflects not only the improvement in East-West relations but our broader responsibilities to deal with the continuing risks of outlaw action and regional conflict. Even with our obligations in the Gulf, a sound defense budget can have some reduction in real terms; and we're prepared to accept that. But to go beyond such levels, where cutting defense would threaten our vital margin of safety, is something I will never accept. The world is still dangerous. And surely, that is now clear. Stability's not secure. American interests are far reaching. Interdependence has increased. The consequences of regional instability can be global. This is no time to risk America's capacity to protect her vital interests.
And third, the Congress should, this month, enact measures to increase domestic energy production and energy conservation in order to reduce dependence on foreign oil. These measures should include my proposals to increase incentives for domestic oil and gas exploration, fuel-switching, and to accelerate the development of the Alaskan energy resources without damage to wildlife. As you know, when the oil embargo was imposed in the early 1970's, the United States imported almost 6 million barrels of oil a day. This year, before the Iraqi invasion, U.S. imports had risen to nearly 8 million barrels per day. And we'd moved in the wrong direction. And now we must act to correct that trend.
And fourth, the Congress should, this month, enact a 5-year program to reduce the projected debt and deficits by 0 billion -- that's by half a trillion dollars. And if, with the Congress, we can develop a satisfactory program by the end of the month, we can avoid the ax of sequester -- deep across-the-board cuts that would threaten our military capacity and risk substantial domestic disruption. I want to be able to tell the American people that we have truly solved the deficit problem. And for me to do that, a budget agreement must meet these tests: It must include the measures I've recommended to increase economic growth and reduce dependence on foreign oil. It must be fair. All should contribute, but the burden should not be excessive for any one group of programs or people. It must address the growth of government's hidden liabilities. It must reform the budget process and, further, it must be real.
I urge Congress to provide a comprehensive 5-year deficit reduction program to me as a complete legislative package, with measures to assure that it can be fully enforced. America is tired of phony deficit reduction or promise-now, save-later plans. It is time for a program that is credible and real. And finally, to the extent that the deficit reduction program includes new revenue measures, it must avoid any measure that would threaten economic growth or turn us back toward the days of punishing income tax rates. That is one path we should not head down again.
I have been pleased with recent progress, although it has not always seemed so smooth. But now it's time to produce. I hope we can work out a responsible plan. But with or without agreement from the budget summit, I ask both Houses of the Congress to allow a straight up-or-down vote on a complete 0-billion deficit reduction package not later than September 28. If the Congress cannot get me a budget, then Americans will have to face a tough, mandated sequester. I'm hopeful, in fact, I'm confident that the Congress will do what it should. And I can assure you that we in the executive branch will do our part.
In the final analysis, our ability to meet our responsibilities abroad depends upon political will and consensus at home. This is never easy in democracies, for we govern only with the consent of the governed. And although free people in a free society are bound to have their differences, Americans traditionally come together in times of adversity and challenge.
Once again, Americans have stepped forward to share a tearful goodbye with their families before leaving for a strange and distant shore. At this very moment, they serve together with Arabs, Europeans, Asians, and Africans in defense of principle and the dream of a new world order. That's why they sweat and toil in the sand and the heat and the sun. If they can come together under such adversity, if old adversaries like the Soviet Union and the United States can work in common cause, then surely we who are so fortunate to be in this great Chamber -- Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives -- can come together to fulfill our responsibilities here. Thank you. Good night. And God bless the United States of America.
Note: The President spoke at 9:09 p.m. in the House Chamber at the Capitol. He was introduced by Thomas S. Foley, Speaker of the House of Representatives. The address was broadcast live on nationwide television and radio.
http://www.dmairfield.org/airplanes/NC2756/index.html
DAVIS-MONTHAN AVIATION FIELD REGISTER
First Municipal Aviation Field in the U.S.
SIKORSKY S-29-A NC2756
HELL’S ANGEL
NC2576 was the first S-29-A made by Sikorsky (S/N 1). The "A" stands for "America". It was manufactured, according to the official record, during September, 1924 by the Sikorsky Manufacturing Corp. It was an eleven-place biplane weighing 11,016 pounds gross.
But, according to an unofficial account (Glines, page 65) it made its first flight on May 4, 1924, four months before the official record says it was made. Regardless, NC2756 left the factory with two Liberty engines of 400HP each. It was flown from Roosevelt Field first by Igor Sikorsky, but at some point it had had two Hisso engines installed and it was underpowered. Sikorsky struggled to get it airborne and crash landed at nearby Mitchel Field.
From the official record, its history between 1924 and 1927 is unclear. The complete record for NC2576 aquired from the FAA says it was remodeled by the manufacturer during December, 1926 and sold to Roscoe Turner of Richmond, VA on May 19, 1927.
However, Glines' book has Turner flying it earlier. The discrepancy between the dates of his use and the date of his acquisition probably has to do with a time-payment deal Turner worked out between himself, Sikorsky and a local businessman/friend Shelby H. Curlee of Corinth, MI. Curlee agreed to fund Turner's purchase, and Sikorsky, circa late 1925, accepted $1,000 down on a $10,000 total agreed purchase price. It took Turner until May, 1927 to pay the full price and gain title to the airplane.
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IMDb
Twilight Zone (TV Series)
It's a Good Life (1961)
Quotes
[first lines]
Narrator: [Opening Narration] Tonight's story on The Twilight Zone is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. This, as you may recognize, is a map of the United States, and there's a little town there called Peaksville. On a given morning not too long ago, the rest of the world disappeared and Peaksville was left all alone. Its inhabitants were never sure whether the world was destroyed and only Peaksville left untouched or whether the village had somehow been taken away. They were, on the other hand, sure of one thing: the cause. A monster had arrived in the village. Just by using his mind, he took away the automobiles, the electricity, the machines - because they displeased him - and he moved an entire community back into the dark ages - just by using his mind. Now I'd like to introduce you to some of the people in Peaksville, Ohio. This is Mr. Fremont. It's in his farmhouse that the monster resides. This is Mrs. Fremont. And this is Aunt Amy, who probably had more control over the monster in the beginning than almost anyone. But one day she forgot. She began to sing aloud. Now, the monster doesn't like singing, so his mind snapped at her, turned her into the smiling, vacant thing you're looking at now. She sings no more. And you'll note that the people in Peaksville, Ohio, have to smile. They have to think happy thoughts and say happy things because once displeased, the monster can wish them into a cornfield or change them into a grotesque, walking horror. This particular monster can read minds, you see. He knows every thought, he can feel every emotion. Oh yes, I did forget something, didn't I? I forgot to introduce you to the monster. This is the monster. His name is Anthony Fremont. He's six years old, with a cute little-boy face and blue, guileless eyes. But when those eyes look at you, you'd better start thinking happy thoughts, because the mind behind them is absolutely in charge. This is the Twilight Zone.
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2000/alferov-facts.html
Nobelprize.org
The Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2000
Zhores I. Alferov, Herbert Kroemer, Jack S. Kilby
Zhores I. Alferov
Born: 15 March 1930, Vitebsk, Belorussia, USSR (now Belarus)
Affiliation at the time of the award: A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
Prize motivation: "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics"
Field: condensed matter physics, instrumentation
http://www.tv.com/shows/the-incredible-hulk/the-incredible-hulk-30207/
tv.com
The Incredible Hulk Season 1 Episode 0
The Incredible Hulk
Aired Friday 8:00 PM Nov 04, 1977 on CBS
AIRED: 11/4/77
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Science Matters (TV Series)
Energy Works (2009)
Release Info
USA 25 June 2009
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1687094/
IMDb
Science Matters: Season 1, Episode 1
Energy Works (25 Jun. 2009)
TV Episode
Release Date: 25 June 2009 (USA)
http://www.tv.com/shows/the-twilight-zone/its-a-good-life-12658/trivia/
tv.com
The Twilight Zone Season 3 Episode 8
It's a Good Life
Aired Unknown Nov 03, 1961 on CBS
Quotes
(Closing Narration)
Narrator: No comment here, no comment at all. We only wanted to introduce you to one of our very special citizens, little Anthony Fremont, age 6, who lives in a village called Peaksville in a place that used to be Ohio. And if by some strange chance you should run across him, you had best think only good thoughts. Anything less than that is handled at your own risk, because if you do meet Anthony you can be sure of one thing: you have entered the Twilight Zone.
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 04/19/11 11:43 AM
Well, the world did not explode last night while I was sleeping and because I lied earlier in my journal about the accumulating snow.
I did have a dream, that I only now recall a moment of, where I saw my boot step down deeply into a thick layer of snow covering the ground.
[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 19 April 2011 excerpt ends]
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AGU
American Geophysical Union
'WARM BLOB' IN PACIFIC OCEAN LINKED TO WEIRD WEATHER ACROSS THE U.S.
9 April 2015
Joint Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The one common element in recent weather has been oddness. The West Coast has been warm and parched; the East Coast has been cold and snowed under. Fish are swimming into new waters and hungry seals are washing up on California beaches.
A long-lived patch of warm water off the West Coast, about 1 to 4 degrees Celsius (2 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit) above normal, is part of a larger pattern driven by the tropical Pacific that’s wreaking much of this mayhem, according to two recent papers in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.
“In the fall of 2013 and early 2014 we started to notice a big, almost circular mass of water that just didn’t cool off as much as it usually did, so by spring of 2014 it was warmer than we had ever seen it for that time of year,” said Nick Bond, a climate scientist at the University of Washington-based Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, and lead author of one of the new studies.
Bond coined the term “the blob” last June in his monthly newsletter as Washington’s state climatologist. He said the huge patch of water – 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) in each direction and 300 feet (91 meters) deep – had contributed to Washington’s mild 2014 winter and might signal a warmer summer.
Ten months later, the blob is still off our shores, now squished up against the coast and extending about 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) offshore from Mexico up through Alaska, with water about 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than normal. Bond says all the models point to it continuing through the end of this year.
The new study by Bond and his colleagues explores the blob’s origins. It finds that it relates to a persistent high-pressure ridge that caused a calmer ocean during the past two winters, so less heat was lost to cold air above. The warmer temperatures we see now aren’t due to more heating, but less winter cooling.
http://www.tv.com/shows/the-outer-limits-1963/the-man-with-the-power-21534/trivia/
tv.com
The Outer Limits - Original Season 1 Episode 4
The Man With the Power
Aired Monday 8:00 PM Oct 07, 1963 on ABC
Quotes
Harold Finley: The terrible thing is, there's a part of me, there is a piece of my brain, which hates. It's like a dark cloud in my subconscious.
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Under the Dome
Pilot
Episode 101
Julia: This is a crime scene.
Duke: No.
Julia: Plane falls out of the sky, that's news.
Duke: Hey! I'm the ranking official here, and I'm ordering you to leave. Jim! We got bigger fish to fry. Linda, you commandeer Ms. Shumway's vehicle. We'll cover more ground splitting up.
Julia: What the hell? That's my car! Who the hell are you?
Barbie: Barbie. People just call me Barbie.
Julia: Barbie?
Barbie: It's a nickname. Anyway, I'm not your story.
Julia: Then why don't you show me what is.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091187/quotes
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Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Quotes
Maj. Malcolm A. Powers: Get on your feet, Highway!
Highway: With all due respect, sir, you're beginning to bore the hell out of me.
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