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TORONTO (Mar. 9) – If you’re wondering what may be required for the Leafs to end their playoff drought this spring, look no further than the calendar. When a year ends with the numeral 3, chances are there will be excitement in this city. In fact, No. 3 – in any circumstance – is good news. For half a century, pro sports teams in Toronto have fared rather nicely in the fourth year of a decade.
It began in 1963 when the Leafs of Dave Keon, Tim Horton and Johnny Bower won their second in a string of THREE Stanley Cups. In 1973, Leafs acquired THREE of the greatest players in franchise history – drafting Lanny McDonald and Ian Turnbull, then signing Borje Salming as a free agent. The club improved that season by 22 points, thanks, in large part, to goalie Doug Favell: first-ever Leaf to wear – you guessed it – No. 33.
There was lots to celebrate in 1983, as Toronto Argonauts won their first Grey Cup in 31 years and the baseball Blue Jays broke the .500 barrier for the first time with a splendid 89-73 record in their seventh Major League campaign. You may also remember that Dave Stieb wat Comiskey Park. Maple Leafs captain Rick Vaive was in the midst of his THREE consecutive 50-goal seasons. Few sports fans in this city need a reminder of 1993, when Pat Burns and Doug Gilmour led the Leafs to within a game of the Stanley Cup final (a post-1967 team record)Joe Carter’s “touch ’em all” home run at SkyDome against Philadelphia. John Olerud, Roberto Alomar and Paul Molitor finished one-two-THREE in American League batting that year.
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In 2003, the Leafs finished with 98 points – tied for fifth-most in franchise history – while Toronto Rock won its second National Lacrosse League championship with a victory over Rochester Knighthawks. The following NHL season, which began in 2003, saw Pat Quinn and the Maple Leafs compile a club-record one-hundred-and-THREE points.
Perhaps, then, it is no coincidence that in 2013 the Maple Leafs are enjoying a surprise renaissance and the Blue Jays have finally spent a glut of cash on established players, making them the odds-Argonauts, of course, are the defending Grey Cup champion, though the title game was played just more than a month before the new year. Still, the football club must have had the numeral-3 vibe.
And, let’s not forget the two greatest Maple Leaf players of the past generation – Gilmour and Mats Sundin – wore jerseys ending in THREE: 93 and 13 respectively. Salming, the most prolific defenseman in Leaf history, wore No. 21. Add two and one and what do you get? Same with Roberto Alomar, the greatest of all Blue Jays, who wore No. 12.
Am I having a bit of fun here? Of course I am. But, heck, our teams have bottomed out so regularly that fans can use any smidgen of hope.
AFTER A RATHER UNEXPECTED SHOWING in the first half of the season, Leafs have earned the right to a moral victory, which occurred in Boston on Thursday. Though they lost to the Bruins – a shock equivalent to the sun rising each day – Leafs belonged on the same ice and revoked the memory of an 8-0 humiliation in their previous visit to TD Garden last March.
One move I would have made is putting Mike Komisarek in the line-up. Yes, he’s played only four games this season and not since Feb. 2. Yes, if Leafs cannot trade him, they’ll use a compliance buy-out to annul the remaining two years of his contract. But, Komisarek has always shown up for games at Boston – invariably fighting his nemesis, Milan Lucic, and delivering the passion required for Leafs to overcome their plague against the Bruins. Komisarek had earned the chance to dress on Thursday. It appears, however, that – barring injury – he has played his last game for the Blue and White.
I’D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW Brian Burke feels about the Leafs a) overachieving in the first half of the schedule, and b) performing with the belligerence he coveted during his time here as general manager. On one hand, Burke should be very proud of the style Leafs are deploying, as he was responsible for hiring Randy Carlyle and accruing nearly every player on the team. Conversely, it must gall Brian to no end that his vision somehow materialized after being shown the door, rather abruptly, on Jan. 9.
The contrast is palpable. On Friday night, Leafs-TV showed a game from Pittsburgh in December 2008. Though Leafs upset the Penguins, 7-3, it was a lovey-kissy affair, save for a blast along the boards by Toronto defenseman Jonas Frogren (remember him?) that briefly hobbled Evgeni Malkin and a fight with 2:22 left between Andre Deveaux (remember him?) and Ruslan Fedotenko. On that night, Burke had been GM for three weeks; Ron Wilson coach for three months. Leafs were crowded with passive bodies – Jason Blake, Niklas Hagman, Lee Stempniak, Tomas Kaberle, Anton Stralman, John Mitchell – and no-hitters piled up throughout the season.
Ultimately, Burke moved out the docile figures he inherited and replaced them with the majority of those terrorizing the league this year. Had Leafs shown such mettle a wee bit earlier, perhaps the architect would still be in place. Losing, however, accommodates change rather easily. LEAFS WERE GENERALLY PASSIVE IN THE BRIAN BURKE ERA – THE SEQUENCE HERE BEING AN EXCEPTION – AS DEFENSEMAN JONAS FROGREN NAILS EVGENI MALKIN DURING GAME AT MELLON ARENA IN PITTSBURGH, DEC. 20, 2008. BURKE HAD TAKEN OVER AS GM THREE WEEKS EARLIER; RON WILSON WAS COACH. CBC SPORTS IMAGES
WHILE BURKE MADE A NUMBER OF GOOD MOVES, he blew a couple – and I’m not referring to the always-disputable acquisition of Phil Kessel.
Hindsight (critical and relevant among GM’s in all sport) shows the blatant error of trading Jiri Tlusty to Carolina for Phillipe Paradis on Dec. 3, 2009. Though he’ll never be a star, Tlusty – drafted 13th overall by John Ferguson in 2006 – has become a dependable second and third-line winger in Carolina, scoring 17 goals in 79 games last year; 11 in just 23 games this season. Paradis appeared in all of four games with Toronto Marlies of the AHL and was involved in Burke’s second mistake (up to now).
On June 30, 2010, Paradis went to Chicago along with Viktor Stalberg in a multi-player swap for Kris Versteeg, who had won the Stanley Cup with Blackhawks earlier that month. Big and versatile at 6-foot-3, 210 pounds, Stalberg scored 22 goals for the Hawks last season and is playing regularly (with 13 points in 25 games) on the Chicago juggernaut (21-1-3) this year.
Clearly despondent with a losing team after his Cup run in the Windy City, Versteeg scored 14 goals in Toronto and Burke sent him to Philadelphia on Feb. 14, 2011 for first and third-round draft picks.
The deal could work out for Toronto if Stuart Percy (Mississauga OHL) develops into a big-league defenseman; he was chosen with the first-rounder acquired for Versteeg. Otherwise, dealing Stalberg will have been a waste.
FORMER LEAFS NO. 1 DRAFT PICK JIRI TLUSTY CELEBRATES HIS 11th GOAL OF THE SEASON TUESDAY NIGHT IN RALEIGH – BEATING RYAN MILLER AND HELPING CAROLINA TO A 4-3 WIN OVER BUFFALO. GRANT HALVERSON GETTY IMAGES/NHL.COM
NOW THAT ANAHEIM HAS LOCKED UP Ryan Getzlaf on a long-term deal, the prevailing assumption is that pending free agent Corey Perry will be traded as a rental at the deadline – argument being the Ducks cannot afford to keep both their pillars. To me, that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. All you have to do is look at the Chicago situation.
Afd a choice under the salary cap: Risk losing at least one of their Big Five (Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith, Marian Hossa, Brent Seabrook) or dump second and third-level players. Ultimately, the Hawks chose Door No. 2, even though it cost the club four assets, including Dustin Byfuglien, who could have won the Conn Smythe Trophy with 11 goals and 16 points in the Stanley Cup run. Andrew Ladd, Brent Sobel and Ben Eager were also sacrificed.
Chicago committed $102.2 million to secure Kane, Toews and Keith through the 2014-15 season, while already on the hook for $39.5 million to keep Hossa for the same length. Hawks then inked Seabrook for five years and $24.5 million. GM Stan Bowman knew his club would decline, but that filling holes cost-efficiently would allow his core players to fuel another contender. That plan – as the entire hockey world can attest – looks rather promising.
Perry won the Hart Trophy in 2011 after erupting for 50 goals and 98 points. He followed with 37 goals last season and is performing at a point-per-game clip this year. Anaheim has no chance of regaining its 2007 Stanley Cup form without the Peterborough, Ont. native. Given that a number of winning components are in place (and cheaper ones on the way), allowing Perry to leave will largely nullify the enormous commitment to Getzlaf.
Just look at Chicago – and emulate the best team in hockey.
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While business is off this season, it is not as bad as Ringer feared. The biggest difference, she says, is how customers are buying.
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The Associated Press-GfKsurvey found that 7 percent expect to spend more on holiday gifts.
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Tom Ricketts, Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer imply that the Cubs will be championship contenders by then, but put nothing in writing. How could they?If a team can't predict in May where it'll be in October, how can it predict in 2013 where it will be in two or three years?


I saw the following inquiry in a coaching group.
This is a tricky question. Are we talking about about how many activities including serving and reception? Or are we talking just about exercises where serve and reception are the specific focus? Further, are we talking specifically about the skills of serving and receiving serve, or does this include working on the reception phase of the offense?
If you go through the professional volleyball training program material I put together you’ll see a huge amount of time spent in activities that start with a serve. It’s probably close to 90%. Obviously, different coaches do things differently. There is, though, a lot of focus on the serve receive phase of the game at that level. What I have often seen is something like a morning session (maybe 45 minutes) focused on individual skill development. For those players who pass, that is mainly about reception. The afternoon session (more like the 2 hour block mentioned) is then all about team.
So if we’re counting total time spent in activities which feature serving and passing, they are probably something like 75%. If we are talking about exercises where the specific focus is on technique, more like 20%. I’m figuring about 30 minutes of the morning session out of about 2.5 total hours for the day.
This is not to say a coach could not focus on technique for 100% of a session (or nearly so), even when doing 6 v 6, or perhaps small-sided games. It is entirely a question of where the instruction and feedback is aimed. I talk about this further here.
The question every coach needs to ask themselves is where they should be allocating their training focus.


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One of the most popular British designs with What-iffers is the Hawker P1121. Although it is outside my usual RAF in the 70s beat, I have been impressed by the enthusiasm this plane arouses. It is certainly a looker, in the best Camm traditions.
Within the force structure that was adopted, it has to be instead of the RAF Phantom order. If you get more imaginative and abandon VSTOL then it could also be a Hunter FGA9 replacement, obviously with appropriate avionics and weapons (for the "instead of Phantom" version this is a big deal). The idea of the UK acquiring P.1121 is actually not that absurd, it would just require the dumping of the Phantom, P.1154 or both and the resultant shift in capabilities that would entail.
And finally; Sandys, Sandys, Sandys, Sandys, Sandys, Sandys, Sandys...
Well the first and obvious line is for Fighter operations with a secondary Attack role. That seems the bent of Hawkers work on this, though of course they did Strike variants as well.
RAF could perhaps have opted for this instead of a further purchase of Lightnings around I seem to reccal reading 1960, which was the time expected for Hawkers to fly the prototype. In this a twin seater with a 30 inch dish AI.23 with room for the illuminator provides a more FAW type machine than the Lightning, though even a single seater so configured would be of use.
In fact my gut instinct says the costs of even a machine fitted with the same systems as the Lightning bar the engine is likely to still be easier and cheaper to maintain.
Longer term the option of using 'blow' over the wing and the carridge of a strike store would, if the RAF relaxed the V/STOL requirement to a modest degree of STOL allow a variant to perform the MRI mission instead of the P.1154. In fact the earlier OR.339 offering(s) get to the 600nm ROA. Clearly superior to the Jaguar in terms of straightline speed, and likely cheaper to run than a Phantom II.
160 FAW, starting with an initial order for say 70. As such an unofficial successor the Javeline.
150 FGR. This as an alternative to the P1154 'Harrier', the Phantom II and Jaguar.
And we could go further and even speculate on the number for the main TSR.2 role. But that depends on the costings and the numbers bought for the other roles.
A naval option is possible, but it does pose a number of problems. One is simply length as even with a nosefold its too long to fit down the lifts on RN CVs (though not the future CVA-01). A change of lifts to get the required length is one option, a more complex one to fold the machine behind the cockpit (though do-able due to the location of the 'nosegear' under the inlet).
Big question there is costings and in what enviroment do they exist, alone, or with the RAF purchasing large numbers of it?
Sandys as such did'nt kill this, RAF sources had actualy encouraged Hawkers to continue the development of the P1103 from which the P1121 was derived. But after Sandys the hostility to the P.1121 seems to increase among some sections, who correctly viewed as a less superlative performer than the P1103 which was'nt upto F155T (are they still fixated on that I wonder?), so in 1958 Hawkers board cuts the funding of the prototype. They still try to interest the RAF in 1960 with an offering to GOR.339 as a cheaper option and a purely Hawkers one to parallel their collaborative and more substantial work with Avro.
The OR department privately felt P.1121 was far short of what they needed, which was a dedicated interceptor (to shoot down supersonic Soviet bombers armed with nuclear weapons) or a tactical bomber with nuclear weapons to drop on the Soviets. The P.1121 was aimed at a limited regional war multi-purpose fighter requirement that Sir Thomas Pike was in favour of, but which never materialised - it simply came second to the stuff designed for imminent nuclear war and the avoidance thereof.
They did not share their feelings with Camm, as they were very concerned that budget cuts would end both F155T and Canberra replacement programs, and P.1121 was a potential fallback being developed at no cost to the government.
Essentially Hawker were being strung along. Camm felt he was on the right track, while privately OR were lambasting the P.1121 for being a jack-of-all-trades and master of none in internal memos.
It would take a major policy shift to see P.1121 in service. Perhaps if Lightning had been a total failure at an early stage, it could have been built instead. The time it was viable (1956-1959) was too focused on other defence priorities. Where is the role of P.1121 under MAD? By the mid/late 50s the idea of defending the UK airspace had been largely abandoned - the only purpose of air defence was to protect the V bomber bases. P.1121 would not have been any greater deterrent to Soviet aggression than the Lightning - better to invest the money in SAGW or more nukes.
By the time NATO strategies changed to where flexible fighters looked useful, P.1121 was obsolete. If it had been built instead of Lightning, I imagine there could have been a Mark II with better radar/missiles instead of the Phantom, and dedicated strike versions, but it would more likely have shared the fate of the Century fighters with a brief heyday soon eclipsed by the superlative F-4 Phantom.
Precisely, it simply does not meet the requirements of either F155T or GOR339, a more credible line of thought is that it becomes a Hunter FGA-9 replacement instead of the P.1154 (and ultimately Harrier and Jaguar) and/or is acquired instead of the Phantom. But as you say, the Phantom was superlative.
However, the Phantom is decided for by the RN in what? '63 (I forgetnot having my resources immediately to hand) and for the RAF in '65 with the cancelation of the P1154.
So IF (and we must stress that) Hawkers can get the P1121 selected as the RAF MRI delivery system in place of the more 'advanced' and 'risky' P1154, then its likely the Phantom won't be ordered for that role, nor the Jaguar if the aircraft is any good at it.
That of course means the RAF dropping its V/STOL requirement, or leaving it for the subsonic and shorter ranged P1127. Which is of course what they had to do in the end.
In theory. There maybe a degree of commonality, if the P1121 is powered by the OL.22R and using developments of the AIRPASS AI.23, with the TSR.2 on the one hand, Lightning on another, and Buccaneer on a third.
We should consider the Phantom as only ever being an interim type in the FGA9/FR10 replacement role, it was the 1966 defence white paper (only a year after the announcement that the Phantom had been selected) that officially announced that the Phantom would replace the Lightning when the Jaguar replaced the Phantom in the strike role.^ In addition, only 70 of the 118 purchased were ever tasked with the strike role and they were never cleared for WE.177- we also know that the RAF first looked at the Phantom in January 1964 when the P.1154 programme was still very much alive. Healy also stated in Parliament that the original UK requirement for AFVG was for it to be a replacement for the Lightning in the interceptor role with an in service date of 1977 but by May 6th 1966 the UK had changed its mind and decided that instead the AFVG could/would become a strike aircraft to supplement F-111 in the strike role.* In the end the Phantom's spent just 5 years in the strike role and had all assumed the fighter role by 1973/4. Which of course underlines the fact that there was a clear requirement for a Lightning replacement to enter service in the mid-70s and with the (perhaps inevitable) failure of AFVG it seems almost inconceivable that that replacement would not be the Phantom if that timeline was to be met.
Consequently, 9 Lightning Squadrons became 7 Phantom and 2 Lightning Squadrons (it had been planned to raise a third prior to the Nott review) in the fighter role whilst 6 Hunter FGA9 and 2 Hunter FR10 squadrons became 8 Jaguar squadrons at its peak (a ninth was at least considered around 1977 as part of a white paper) and the 4 Harrier (prior to the amalgamation of the 3 RAFG squadrons into 2 RAFG squadrons- still with 36 aircraft total) within an enhanced strike command. Clearly there are two requirements, one to replace the Hunter FGA9/FR10, which was the most immediate, and a second to replace the Lightning in the fighter role. Relatively simple derivatives of the P.1121 could have fulfilled both these requirements, the former if V/STOL is sacrificed and the latter if some measure of A2A capability is sacrificed. On the most optimistic assessment there is a requirement for 3-400 airframes for the RAF across both requirements. However, as stated above, the Phantom was superlative.
*Then there is the requirement for a larger strike platform to replace the Canberra (and provide the all weather independent navigation capability that was originally wanted from the Canberra but never delivered) in both the strike and recce roles that started out as TSR2, then became 110 x F-111, then morphed into 50 x F-111 supplementing 50 surviving Vulcans to 1975 (when AFVG would replace the Vulcans) and finally became Buccaneers (5/6 squadrons), recce Canberras (3, later 2, squadrons) and surviving Vulcans (in 7, and later 6, Squadrons) until Tornado entered service as something of a panacea (11 IDS squadrons)- also killing the 2 remaining Lightning squadrons and 3 of the UK based Phantom squadrons in its ADV form (leaving 2 in RAFG and 2 in the UK for replacement by EFA, with the UK air defence fleet grew to 9 squadrons) but ultimately leaving the Canberra to soldier on until 2006 as the PR.9 was moved into the CASTOR programme which got turned into ASTOR.
^As a Hunter replacement the Phantom was phenomenal, the combination of the Ferranti INAS interfaced with the Ferranti license produced AN/AWG-12 fire-control radar along with the EMI reconnaissance pod (when it worked), the later integration of Skyflash (and possibly the abandoned QC434 and Skyflash Mk 2 programmes) and the planned but never executed integration of the WE.177C made for an outstanding tactical fighter aircraft. If all 150 had been procured, and not been diverted to replace the Lightning, RAF Germany would have had at least 5 Squadrons (there were 5 RAFG Jaguar Squadrons)- potentially 7 if enough aircraft had been procured (the originally desired 200?) to replace the two RAFG Lightning Squadrons that were in reality replaced with the Phantom; such a force would have been a most formidable component of NATO's European presence. Indeed the use of the Jaguar as a replacement for the type was something of a reduction in capability in that a radar was removed from the equation- as was the A2A capability and the recce pod used by the Jaguar was smaller and less capable.
lot of valuable information and opinions.
I think I agree that 1121 was probably closer to the Ground Attack requirement than the Fighter role. The RAF had Lightning, and of course also the Javelin, which was its all weather interceptor until the mid 60s.
The Hunter FGA was such an excellent aircraft that it is often argued that it could have served (at least in the Out of NATO area) until the early 70s.
Perhaps the aircraft that should have been built was neither 1121 nor 1154 VSTOL, but a purely STOL version of the 1154, with either Medway or Spey engines? This could have been a flexible platform that could have been developed into the 70s. A sort of Super Jaguar..
I agree with the praise for the Phantom, though the UK could have had the versions used by the Germans and Israelis rather than the Spey engines?
But sticking to 1121, I think it would have been a fine aircraft for the 60s in the roles you describe.
It's because it couldn't that it didn't.
From mid-1956 policy was that Fighter Command was to be reduced to MBF Main Base buy-time, and RAFG interceptors to wave-off/policing: Lightnings. Hordes of RF-overseas Venom mud-movers would not be replaced 1-for-1 (Sandys implemented, more than formed Policy). Evidently no-one told Camm, who took 1121 to mock-up, in part because no other follow-on to Hunter F.6 was in sight, despite prolific schemes. If DH, on Gyron, had been disposed to spend on an installation development exercise, alongside HSAL's Board spending to bring a shell-prototype towards flight, then...the selection of ex-F.6 Hunters to be the mud-mover might not have happened. But only might. Could a Minister have justified selling off the F.6s to buy a wholly new type with merely an incremental capability?
In truth HSAL's Board should have stopped HAL spending on 1121 until/unless a Customer hove into view.
Agreed, in fact I retract my earlier suggestion about P.1121 instead of Phantom, in reality it is difficult to see how it could have been competitive for an early-mid 70s fighter requirement. Ken, as always, hit the nail on the head, though we should not forget the RAFG fighter requirement in addition to the UK air defence requirement. P.1121 instead of P.1154 is entirely viable, especially with a Conway or Medway- of course that requires the abandonment of VSTOL amongst other little tweaks to history.
Now lets not get carried away, the Hunter did the job, but it had no built in navigation capability (navigation was achieved using the pilots eyes, a paper map on his knee and a stop watch in the cockpit) and virtually no weapons aiming capability beyond the gun sight and ECKO ranging radar. Compare that to the NAVWASS system in the Harrier and Jaguar and the Ferranti INAS in the RAF Phantoms. Or for that matter to the very comprehensive system installed in the much earlier F-105 Thunderchief.
Essentially Hawker were being strung along.
Pretty much the heart of the subject for me - the amount of encouragement they got to keep going at it from people who were privately only mildly interested was astounding. HAL were rather naive to keep it going quite so far but it is understandable why they did so.
Once again its all a matter of the specifics, of which without such we cannot construct a path through history for the P1121. Too many variables.
So until that is nailed down to a specific scenario it would be utterly missleading to pretend there is 'no option' or 'one option'.
As a Hunter replacement the Phantom F-4Mprogrammeas well (they were in reality replaced with the Phantom as a result of the decision to use the phantom to replace the Lightning)As a Hunter replacement, the F4 was monsterously expensive, heavy and complex.
An improvement in maintenence issues as far as the engines go compared to the Lightning.
Comes with the territory of capability enhancement. As a weapons delivery platform the Hunter FGA9 was barely more advanced than a 1944 Typhoon whilst the Phantom (which was also truly multirole) and Jaguar which followed were a quantum leap, the P.1154 would have been equally so.
Oh indeed so.
But it does come down to cost for capability.
Which presumes the requirement is correct.
One rather gets the impression some think UK requirements are flawed.
Which ones? There have been many. I think we can all agree that the Hunter FGA9 was not a credible platform for central Europe in the 1970s.
How leading a question is that sealordlawrence?
And where did you get the inference that I was talking of the Hunter?
You appear to have misunderstood my comment, perhaps if you were to expand beyond one line we might have a better idea of what you are getting at.
You have added some interesting info. The nub of the problem seems to be to follow the RAF ground attack requirement process.
As I have it, the Hunters were converted from fighter duties to replace Venoms (?). The P1154 was supposed to replace the Hunters in 1970. This seems reasonable, but assumes that the 1154 could be delivered in time. The requirement for 1154 was initially split between UK (2sqns), RAFG (2 sqns), Middle East (2sqns) and Far East ( 2sqns). P1121 could have met these needs?
The answer is the same as it was before, if the RAF abandoned the V/STOL requirement (and we avoided all the politics-inc international- surrounding VSTOL) and set an OR with the correct range/payload curve, there is absolutely no reason why a variant of the P.1121 could not have been the Hunter FGA-9/FR-10 replacement. I am sure that the airframe could have taken a nav-attack system similar to the one outlined for the P.1154 and the EMI recce pod developed for the Phantom could have been carried too.
If we really want to go back in history and the suggestion that the Olympus be deleted from the military programme after the Mk1 variants of the V-bomber were procured then TSR-2 would have almost certainly ended up with a Medway derivative that could then also have been used in our P.1121 variant. Of course that takes us well off the beaten track.
I agree with you but there is an interesting duality in the Hunter replacement process.
Unlike the Hunter, its successor is expected to be able to carry a single nuclear weapon and deliver it. This requirement survives even the move to Flexible Response.
Out of area, the need is much closer to the original Hunter. A cannon equipped close support aircraft with a light rocket or bomb armament to be used in Oman or Malaysia. This is what I had in mind when I said that the Hunter could have survived into the 70s in some roles.
The RAF ends up using a mix of 1127RAFs and F4s and then 1127 Harriers and Jaguars for this job.
As you say the whole VSTOL, NATO nuclear response requirement has to be dropped for 1121 to be reasonable. However, even then is not a conventional 1154 variant (or a UK Jaguar) a better bet?
Not really, we are once again over-egging the Hunter and ignoring the size shrinkage of the nuclear weapons available to the RAF. The Hunter replacement aircraft clearly had to have a credible nav-attack system (they are needed for conventional strikes to) and an element of defensive electronic systems- so a radar warning receiver. In addition the aircraft would almost certainly have to be supersonic. From a survivability perspective the assumption appears to have been that the Soviet client states would get 95% of what the WarPac forces would get. Furthermore, carrying a WE177 was considerably less arduous than dragging around Red Beard, in fact WE177 was only about 1,000lbs meaning that its carriage had only a limited effect on the aircrafts design (mostly related to wiring and cockpit layout); see carriage by both the Jaguar and Sea Harrier. The primary driver in the aircrafts complexity and weight would have been unrelated to the nuclear role. Whilst it is of course absolutely true that the Hunter replacement had to carry a small nuclear weapon (in large part to offset the 50% cut in the size of 2nd TAF- RAFG from 1959- that came out of the 1957 White Paper), it is not necessarily the case that this decision became a major driving force behind the aircrafts design.
The RAF, in typical fashion, ended up using whatever was available for the out of Europe role- but the vast majority of both the Harrier and Jaguar fleets were deployed to RAFG (3/2 and 5 squadrons respectively). The Hunter FGA-9 was absolutely developed to replace the Venom, but the relative lack of advancement between the two (The Hunter only really added some marginal range, speed and payload enhancements) meant that obsolescence arrived quite rapidly.
For me there is one major outstanding question relating to the Hunter FGA-9/FR10 replacement in its P.1154 guise and that is what exactly the fighter capability of the type would have been. Harriers website mentions that the aircraft was to carry Red Top and BSP states that a 21 inch version of the AI23 would have been used. I assume it wouldhave been interfaced with the Ferranti INAS which later made it onto the Phantom and Harrier; according to BAe/McDonnell Douglas Harrier by Andy Evans the INAS was 'one of the major items received' from the P.1154 project. However, 21 inches makes for a diminutive radar, by comparison even the puny variant in the Lightning was 24 inches whilst the Phantom had 32 inches! It is true that in the Lightning some fancy things were done by integrating the radar into the auto-pilot (AI-23B) and even more fancy integration was considered, a fully auto-attack system was apparently test flown though never put into production despite a £1.4 million investment, there was a datalink as well. I am also assuming that the AI-23 variant used would have been the Ferranti AIRPASS Mk2 that Ferranti was marketing in the early 60s and I believe was specified for export Lightnings as well as being offered with some other European aircraft of the time (did it ever make into RAF Lightnings?) as it was designed as a multirole radar (was first shown publicly in 1962).* However, it still seems that for an aircraft entering service in 1970ish the small AI23 and Red Top combination would be dubious (Seeing as this is an alternative history thread we can now see a path to the proposed Mk 2 Red Top mentioned in BSPIV?, possibly even a Blue Dolphin version with the Marconi XJ.521 from Skyflash?).
Swedes did look at AIRPASS for the Drakken if I reccal my reading. Would be interesting to read their opinions on that. 21 inches does seem a retrograde step in diameter, raises questions over why?
Could P1121 have met RAF needs? In theory yes.
In practice the prototype never flew so if there is some basic flaw in the aerodynamics or structure that was never revealed.
There would be a potential issue with FOD, due to the inlet location, but nothing that cannot be overcome, and the location of the 'nosewheel' somewhat helps.
Maingear is more of a problem, and to my mind easiest resolved by a move to podding it on the wing. As is the gear doors conflicted with the inner part of the flaps when lowered. A cutout of the flaps was the simple solution, but must have had consequences for their effectiveness.
There seems the space for the electronics, and if anything it seems theoretically easier to access various components than say in a Lightning.
If one assumes the AIRPASS II developments, and the Olympus engine, as I said previously this represents a degree of commonality with the Lightning, Buccaneer and TSR.2.
One might assume other commonalities, such as the wide band homers used on the Buccaneer.
That is not to be sniffed at as adding a brand new aircraft with completely different systems is a far more costly proposition. Even when its already in production by a friendly state.
AIRPASS MkII was offered for export Drakkens and the Mirage III. The small diameter of the radar antennae being proposed for the RAF version of the P.1154 is what makes question how effective it would have been at the F part of the FGA designation.
Really? The Phantom was already designed and developed, the Spey was to be used on the Nimrod and Buccaneer anyway and INAS had to be developed irrespective of the chosen platform, the only headline system left then is the radar and the AWG-12 was a relatively simple development of the existing US AWG-10. The Phantom had already been chosen by the RN and if the original totals for the two services are combined (143 and 150) they reach nearly 300 (some say 200 were originally desired by the RAF) making it the largest single type purchase the UK made between the Hunter and the Tornado- some impressive commonality. And as you say, the P.1121 never even flew in prototype form so who knows what development problems it may have hit. Lets also not forget that the Phantom was the outstanding aircraft of its generation.
I must admit that I like the idea of a Medway (entirely plausible, at the time that it was decided to proceed with Vulcan & Victor Mk2 it was also decided to remove the Olympus from the military programme- it was only retained because BS offered a low cost fixed price deal; removal of Olympus would have made Medway de facto for TSR-2), and INAS/AIRPASS Mk2 equipped P.1121 as an all-British Hunter FGA.9 replacement and Mirage III/5/50 competitor but equally such an aircraft would come with some development risk, would most probably (certainly) be less capable than a Phantom and would run the risk of being squeezed out of the export market by the Phantom above and the Mirage below (in cost/capability terms) as much as it may hit a hypothetical market sweet-spot.
Spey in the F4K is not quite the same as the Buccaneer, supersonic components that added weight. These had been omitted in RR's twin Spey offering for the P1154, when that was uncovered the attempt to garner interest in that stopped.
F4 was not chosen by the RN before '63, '64 more like. Long after any projected P1121 prototype flight (which was I seem to reccal reading around 1960).
Decision on NMBR.3 and OR.356 (memory for numbers it might be 355 but I'm away from my books) is earlier still. P1154 foisted on RN was already considered an appropriate solution for the RAF. So at that time, if we remove the V/STOL the move to F4 will be the first not part of a wider joint RN and RAF effort.
Though it might precipitate that, but I feel thats getting outside the context of this thread, if anyone wants a 'More F4s for the UK' thread feel free to start one.
However P1121 is flying by this time (this being an alternative history in the alternative history and future speculation section, NOT a history 'as is' section) and so it could well garner support for the MRI OR.
Hindsight might be wonderful, but in the early 60's they did'nt know the outcome of later decisions. Indeed the decision on the F4 itself might be on shakier ground if they knew how long and how much it was going to really cost them.
P1121 never flew, so we don't know either way. One can be deeply pessimistic or optimistic about its performance characteristics. Strikes me its a better basis for a dogfighter, whether its as good for Attack is another question. BVR is yet another matter again and more dependant on the radar/missile combination, 'as is' the UK did'nt field any such weapons until the F4.
The machine sits roughly midway between an F4 and a F104 or Mirage III. A lot of nations bought the F4 because there was no such intermediate option available. Mirage F.2 was canceld, and various US concepts stayed stuck on paper or at the prototype stage. Had the RAF chosen a variant of the P1121, its likely it would gain further orders.
Quite how many and to who is a debatable issue.
One should beware the assumption the F4 is 'cheaper', though its probable that it is of lower purchase cost, that is not the same as total costs.
Apologies, you to have misunderstood me; Phantom was a readily developed and proven platform that took engines of only minor modification of a type which were to be used or were in use on other UK types. Its ultimate selection for both services was entirely logical and in my opinion worthy of praise. I am all for more RAF Phantoms and feel that is entirely within the constraints of this thread. We should also not be tied to the notion of the P.1121 having to fly in 1960 just because its design is a derivation of one for an earlier requirement, its resuscitation for the Hunter replacement programme is entirely plausible if V/STOL is removed from the requirement- I would never suggest the P.1121 for the RN. UK Phantom jointness was an accident, but it was still jointness.
Or we can be rightly sceptical and assume it to be a risky platform compared to the Phantom.
As I mentioned above, there is as much risk of it being squeezed out of the market by the Mirage below and Phantom above as there is of it hitting that sweet spot.
One should be even more wary about thinking that an aircraft that never flew, and which would almost certainly have been less capable than the Phantom, represents a cheaper option than the Phantom. So we are clear, I like the idea of the P.1121 in the FGA role as a replacement for Hunter FGA-9/FR-10 and it had the potential to do reasonably well on the export market; but I prefer the Phantom- it was superlative, effectively became a joint programme, was incredibly capable and brought with it some much needed guided weapons. Its RAF career demonstrates its utility, procured as a strike/recce aircraft it was pressed into the interceptor role and would have remained as a frontline fighter in both RAFG and in the UK until the arrival of Typhoon had it not been for the end of the Cold War.
No we could argue over the F4, but it would be hijacking this thread. Its relevence is what it can inform on how the P1121 might have been and what it might not have been.
Hawkers projected first flight was in 1960, this in 1958, which presumably shows they where already going at less than breakneck speed on the project when the decision to slash funding was taken.
Its rather hard therefor to see it being revived around 1964, some 6 years after the project effectively halted and some 4 years after the last proposal of a variant of it. Let alone in 1965, when the P1154 is canceled for the RAF.
By that time P1154 was the dominant effort of this type, with Brough starting on the NGTA P141. That and various Buccaneers developments still.
Scrapping all that to revive the P1121 looks a bit suspect, its main benefit being a prototype partway completed. But if the Olympus is going to die (saved in much revised form for Concord), with the cancellation of the TSR.2 and the supersonic Medway is stuck on paper, its hard to see how this is a 'cheap' option or a more rapid one to service.
At that juncture, F4 or F8 fit the fighter roles, Lightning is already in service, and F111 is on order. F4 can deliver the store, P1127 can do the dispersed operations and rough field.
Cheapest would be F104, but at a price of other sorts.
A derivative of the Lightning could do it, and thats already operated, making it a very cheap proposition.
There is an argument over the the concept of a scaled up P146, or single engined P141 wrapped around a Medway that makes some sense in this time. In essence as the P.146 was a insurance against the P1127 so this would be an insurance against the P1154.
IF that had been developed and was waiting in the wings for the P1154 cancelation.......
OR one can look across the Channel to the F.2.
Also across to Sweden to the start of the Viggen.
Vickers meanwhile are pushing various VG concepts and some thoughts are not a million miles from the Soviet Flogger.
SO no, the strongest case for the P1121 is if its already flying in the early 60's and strung along as a backup to the P1154. Possibly its also usable for development of the TSR.2.
Really needs an order earlier than 1965 or even 1964. Hence the concept of an alternative to some of the Lightning orders of that periode and just such an order was I think around 1960.
If one was being clever, one might ponder whether the P1121 is ordered for the MRI mission as something to remove the pressure for the P1154. In essence putting back the wondermachine's ISD, and filling it with something more easily achievable in a shorter timeframe. Again needs the 1960 first flight.
But that is more an argument for Scimitar variant, a developed Hunter, or some non-UK option.
Either way once the realities of PCB are experienced, it would result in this V/STOL effort being cut just as the majority of such efforts have.
Then the P1121 or whatever else that was chosen, would have to soldier on.
zen, I feel you are rather over complicating this and bringing in some of the far more "out there" paper designs.
This is all very simple: The RAF had a requirement, that requirement was for a Hunter FGA.9/FR.10 replacement to enter service in about 1968. In reality they pursued a VSTOL platform which of course kills any notion of the P.1121. However, what the earliest studies undertaken show (1959- see Harrier's excellent website) was that the RAF wanted/needed a relatively large, heavy and complex aircraft and the P.1121 fits this. Hawker cancelled the P.1121 programme in September 1959 (around the time that GOR345 was issued) when the prototype (itself to be little more than an airframe with an engine not intended for any production version) was still far from being ready to fly. Design work on the P.1150 (to evolve into P.1154 by January 1962) in early 1961 with the RAF largely following the NATO requirement at the time- the first specification of which was received in August 1961. The way I see this,is that what is required is for the RAF to drop the VSTOL requirement (or never have it in the first place) and for the P.1121 tone acquired as a Hunter replacement instead of the P.1154, there is (to my mind) no question of this being a case of a P.1121 versus Phantom but rather P.1121 versus P.1154, conventional versus VSTOL.
The paper efforts are just context of the studies of the period concerned and that they'd all moved on from the P1121.
My own admission?
It is what I have been saying all along, if you read my earlier posts (see reply 9) I actually openly retract my instead of Phantom suggestion. If you remove VSTOL from the equation then the Hunter replacement requirement is the only realistic option for the P.1121 in RAF service and that is instead of the P.1154. Self evidently that precludes the Phantom unless it is either acquired as the Lightning replacement after the cancellation of AFVG or unless the P.1121 gets cancelled as the P.1154 did. I am at a loss as to why you thought I was suggesting otherwise- perhaps the "own admission" statement is revealing here...?
My point is rather obvious, that the P1121 prototype needs to fly around the time it was predicted to, in order to gain an order. As only when its reached that level does it stand any chance against supposedly more modern designs still stuck on the drawing boards and brochures of the time or against the then flying and operational aircraft available both in the UK and abroad.
The fact it stops being proposed to various requirements around 1960 rather shows the matter up. After this point it stood virtually no chance unless it was already flying, even if only in a bare shell form. Reason being it would cost as much as any 'new' paper design but would be over half a decade old before the first prototype gets ordered let alone completed.
So this idea that somehow "" is deeply flawed.
Your point is flawed and mine most certainly is not, it does not have to fly by 1960. If a design is not flown within a set period of time it does not simply vanish. The fact it stops being proposed for various requirements is because there is not a requirement for it- after the Hunter replacement goes VSTOL (and then very hurriedly Phantom followed by Jaguar) there is nothing else appropriate until the Lighting replacement targeted at the mid-70s which is far too late and gets tied up in AFVG/UKVG/MRCA, things start moving very quickly once P.1154 is cancelled.
The Hunter replacement programme is originally aimed to produce an aircraft to enter service in 1968- the P.1121 (or some derivation) could have done that if VSTOL and the various political drivers for that did not exist.
P1121. Brochure 12 June 1956. IF start date 1 August, THEN first flight April '58, first delivery December '58.
Air Marshall Satterly informed Hawkers on 2 Oct about the possibility of the type being adapted to suit Canberra replacement OR.
Minister of Supply announces to the House 29 Oct Hawkers private venture.
November, two stage interceptor, initial variant by '61-62.
7 Jan '57 Camm meeting with Reginald Maudling, he is not interested in P1121, but change of Cabinet on his mind instead.
Under ministry suggestion, revised option for OR.339 using Co.11R.
21 Jan podded maingear variant with Conway 31R.
P1121 declared unacceptable on 30 May.
Olympus with intake ran 8 Oct.
25 Sept, 1957 Hawker board agrees to continue at much reduced expenditure.
Two seater Strike variant with Olympus 21R, 1/7/58. Last offering based on the P1121, work peeters out by end of '58.
Steel wing mach.3 variant late 1958.
Export brochures 1959.
Prototype about 50% completed by the end.
So per history, Hawkers seem not to propose the machine to the OR354, at a time when it was still vaguely 'live' (though dying the death) in the company, as some sort of conventional solution until the new V/STOL machines could do the job.
Now where is that proposal for the P1121 to OR.356 issued Jan '62?
In fact where is it proposed as some sort of CTOL interim thing to NBMR.3 issued June '61?
Not there as far as I can see and even when the P1154 is canceled, where is the proposal for a variant of the P1121 in early '65?
Why would HS submit a CTOL design to specifications requiring VSTOL, especially when HS itself was designing VSTOL aircraft and were arguably leaders in the field through the P.1127 programme (NBMR.3/OR.356)? And why would they submit a design that had been perceived as inadequate for TSR-2 to a requirement for a replacement for TSR-2 (OR.354) with a preliminary in-service date of 1975? None of those requirements are relevant so I do not know why you suggested them. The fact that you did suggest them really just demonstrates that you are still not understanding me: My point is, and has been for some time, that if GOR345/NBMR-3/OR356 were NOT for a VSTOL solution but WERE for a CTOL solution the P.1121 would be entirely viable as the Hunter FGA-9/FR-10 replacement. As it was the winds were blowing VSTOL.
A why are you still banging on about 65? I have made it perfectly clear I was not suggesting that and at that point time was very much of the essence.
Including your point when you post is a far more useful virtue.
I forgot to thank both of you for the valuable info and ideas in your response to my 1121 thread.
At the risk of being irksome I think both of you make good points and there is no need to come to a single fixed set of conclusions, as this is the realm of what-if. For me, it is valuable in itself to see various permutations and bits of info.
The 1121 is outside my period of interest and limited knowlege but it is a beautiful looking plane from the closest the UK had to Marcel Dassault. So I make no apology for bringing this old thread back to life.
At the time 1121 was being toted, NATO still thought in terms of supersonic fighterbombers dumping nukes on the Warsaw Pact. The 1121 looks like a British Thunderchief F105. Perhaps if NATO had not gone over to Flexible Response and if the flaws of VSTOL had been recignised earlier, 1121 could have been an attractive alternative to all those F104s especially with fomer Hunter users.


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Homework Help: Beginner problem, but still can not get it.
Water drips from the nozzle of a shower onto the floor 165 cm below. The drops fall at regular (equal) intervals of time, the first drop striking the floor at the instant the fourth drop begins to fall.
a)Find the location of the third drop as measured from the nozzle of the shower when the first drop strikes the floor.
b)Find the location of the second drop as measured from the nozzle of the shower when the first drop strikes the floor.
Bkr5006, Sep 19, 2006
Hints: How does distance relate to time for a falling object? How long does it take for a drop to fall from nozzle to floor?
Using y=(1/2)at^2
-1.65= .5(-9.8)
(-1.65/-4.9)=t^2
sqrt(.34)=t
0.58=time
I figured out the time it took for one droplet to go from the sprinkler head to the ground... then since there was 4 droplets and it said that they were released at equal intervals I divided that by 4 to get .145s separation between them. Next I used the y= (1/2)at^2 forumula again, but this time to find the third droplet I used (.58*.75) to get .435 as my time. Then when I calculated this out I got a distance of .93m, however when I put that as my answer it said it was incorrect. So I'm kinda lost.
Is there a figure that goes with this question? It's ambiguous to me what it is calling the 3rd drop. The rest of the question talks about the 1st drop hitting the floor and the 4th drop just leaving, so I would try calculating the answer for the 3rd drop in order (the one closest to the faucet when the 1st drop hits the floor. Does that answer work? It looks like you are using the correct equations.
Nope, there is no figure. The only thing i'm going by the different drops is that they each drop at the same interval, but by the time the 1st drop hits the ground(.58s) the 4th drop is just now leaving the showerhead. So I figured that if I broke that down into 4 equal parts it would work, but I guess it didn't.
Oh, I missed the 4. No, it's 3. The distance from spigot to floor has 3 sections, because only 2 drops are in the air spaced out as the 1st hits the floor.


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New 2022 Nissan Xterra – Some time ago Nissan was rumored to be launching a new model as a competitor in the SUV class, This information continued with the circulation of some rendering images that are reported as the next generation 2022 Nissan Xterra. Photo findings provide insight into outside design. Certainly, big changes tend to play out in a safe zone. look at the outside design is not much changed from the previous generation, but this is just a mere rendering photo, and Nissan has not confirmed this. we hope the latest Nissan Xterra 2022 will look more aggressive and modern.
In terms of exterior, we expect the new 2022 Nissan Xterra to still carry the V-Motion design line with the characteristic V-shaped chrome list that flanks the grille. The difference with previous generations is in the headlamp that now appears more aggressive and sporty. The headlights are equipped with the latest multi-level LED technology, with an expanded lighting area. It also appears pinned to the DRL (Day Running Light) light feature. The new 2022 Nissan Xterra is claimed to be lower and shorter than its predecessor.
Sliding into the interior sector, we expect the car to be designed to provide more comfort and practicality for front and rear passengers. For example, access to the car is easier. This allows the back door to be opened by simply touching the button on the back door handle. In addition, all doors can be opened by pressing the button on the back door handle twice. The back door is also claimed to be wide open up to 90 degrees, making it easy for passengers to get in or out. The remote start engine can control the climate in the cab and allow the air conditioner to be adjusted optimally before the car is driven.
Nissan has not revealed the engine specifications for the latest generation Nissan Xterra and what range of engines it will offer. We expect a new V-6 engine for Frontier trucks and Titan light trucks. The Nissan Xterra 2022 will also use the same engine range as the relatively close truck. The new V-6 engine must have a capacity of 3.0 liters with a power production of about 300 hp ande new engine will replace the 261 hp 4.0-liter V-6 engine the possibility of diesel unitsWe expect the 2022 Nissan Xterra to be equipped with a ProPILOT driving assistant. This feature makes it possible to ease navigation, travel when stuck in traffic jams, automatic parking, and the appearance of head-ups. we expect the Nissan Xterra 2022 to also be equipped with diverse connectivity features. First up is Amazon Alexa Auto, which lets users use their voice to play music, find places, or even command a compatible smart device at home. We expect the latest generation Nissan Xterra to also be equipped with Intelligent Route Planner to plan and select routes with charging stations along the way.
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Close on the heels of India’s Independence Day, Police Inspector Cyrus Boman Irani on 25th July, 2019, by the Governor of Maharashtra, C. Vidyasagar Rao, in the presence of the CM Fadnavis and other dignitaries. The function was held at the Director General of Police Maharashtra HQ, at Colaba in South Mumbai. The President’sd services on Republic Day and Independence Day.
Police Inspector Cyrus Irani (attached to the Special Branch II CID) is one of the only two Parsi Police officers serving in Maharashtra, with the other being his own older brother, Police Inspector Kayomerz Irani. Cyrus Irani joined the police force as Direct PSI (Police Sub-Inspector) graduating from the 1993-94 batch along with his brother Kayomerz. Serving the nation is a proud family tradition as his late father, Boman Behram Irani, worked at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center and his mother Piroja retired as Office Superintendent from the State Excise Department. Doing the entire community proud, Inspector Cyrus Irani from Mumbai’s Godrej Baug with his mother, wife Delnaaz and daughter Benaisha.


Doing Good and Making a Profit: Benefit Corporations
June 17, 2013 By Jeff Cullinane
Doing Good and Making a Profit
Traditionally, entrepreneurs with a strong desire for social change and charitable endeavors formed nonprofit corporations to advance their causes. But more and more entrepreneurs have chosen to utilize the for-profit corporation as a means of achieving their goals for social good.
A new corporate structure requires companies to look beyond the interests of shareholders and to consider the effect of decisions onAs a result, the notion of the traditional corporationsocial entrepreneur and her mission to make a profit and make a difference.
Rise of the Benefit Corporationinstead of using profits as the sole measure of corporate performance, shareholders in a benefit corporation also assess whether the enterprise has achieved a material positive impact.
In April of 2010, Mathe creation of the benefit corporation. Many others have followed, and several have pending legislation relating to benefit corporation status as an alternative to the traditional nonprofit and for-profit corporation. States with this corporate format include:
Arizona (effective December 31, 2014)
Arkansas (effective August 2013)
Colorado (effective April 1, 2014)
Nevada (effective January 1, 2014)
Oregon (effective January 1, 2014)
Choices, choices, choices: Nonprofit or for-profit benefit corporation?
A “B Corp” is different from a Benefit Corporation
A benefit corporation is different from the “B Corporation” or “B Corp.” The “B Corp” is a certification issued by the organization B Lab Company to businesses that applyb Company conducts an examination of the company’s policies and practices to determine social and environmental responsibility.

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The forcible removal of a passenger from the United Airlines flight has reminded flyers of their general dissatisfaction with the airline industry. Perhaps surprisingly, it should also be a stern warning to physicians. The brunt of dissatisfaction in healthcare delivery will fall on the providers although the real culprits are the insurers; they too should take notice.
The public’s general consensus – it’s not fun anymore; there has been complete loss of autonomy and dignity; flyers often feel they are herded like cattle with total loss of all control and definitely not treated as valued customers. The sense is that the corporate view is “stockholder value “as the priority, not customer satisfaction, preference and loyalty as a means to generate that value. “The friendly skies” are no longer, if they ever were. There is no sense that the airline executives who set the employee standards and culture remember that a customer pays the employees’ salaries, their bonuses and ultimately the stockholders’ dividends. In this environment, the employee from captain to gate agent to luggage handler is captive. They may – and I suspect to a large degree do – want to treat their passengers as real people, real customers deserving of real respect but it is clearly not the corporate ethosat “no money, no mission” but money has become the mission.
From the doctor’s perspective, hextensiverequire extra work – time not spent with the patient. And since insurance payments for primary care especially are notoriously low yet with ever rising overheads, the physician is obliged to shorten visits often to about 8-12 minutes of actual face time.
It is a situation right for an outburst – from both patient and doctor although for different reasons. An event – not malpractice but just something totally unacceptable like being dragged off the plane – could dramatically upset the status quo. Patients will cry out that they “will not take it anymore.” They will demand accommodation for privacy, courtesy, autonomy and especially respect and dignity. They will expect to be treated as valued customers.
Physicians are in a bind as well. If the time per patient is short and the PCP only deals with “simple” problems, referring all of the rest to specialists, then the patient comes to feel that the PCP (e.g., internist, family medicine doctor or pediatrician) is irrelevant, often unavailable and yet expensive. The patient is increasingly likely to go to CVS, Walmart or Walgreens and get seen promptly for minimal cost. Here is an example from a friend: “For Boy Scout camp it is necessary to have a health form filled out by the pediatrician. In our son’s case, our insurance covers one physical a year, and we usually go around his birthday in June. But the form is due April 17th so I found myself in a Catch 22 situation. The insurance company won’t pay for a physical until June, the pediatrician won’t fill out the form without doing a physical. So I ended up taking him to CVS WellCare and paid them $69 to fill out the form, much less than what the pediatrician would have billed.”dsome “fixes.”
Insurers should take a close look as well. In their effort to reduce costs, they – beginning with Medicare – have systematically held primary care reimbursements low yet added excessive nonclinical work requirements. The result is the morass of today with frustrated, burned out physicians, angry patients and increased costs.
The initial response of United Airlines completely missed the depth of societal outrage and later did not appreciate how deeply the traveling public feels devalued. More recently, the board chair stated that this was a “defining moment in the history of United Airlines pivoting to customer service and customer delivery.” If he means it, it will mean a momentous change in corporate ethos and business practice. Let’s hope.
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Sydney woman, Theresa, was almost blinded after she failed to take off her mascara properly for more than 25 years!
Theresa paid a visit to her doctor after some eye drops she was using to soothe eye irritation failed to provide relief, KIIS 106.5 reports. What the doctor discovered was truly stomach turning. Little black lumps were found underneath Theresa’s eyelids which turned out to be a build-up of mascara. Twenty-five years worth to be precise!” Theresa said. “resa admits that the problem was entirely self-inflicted. ” she said. “I should never have let it get this far.”


and that he may protect them and bring the truth to light. Mulder wants to know how Ambrose knows they've been contacted, and Ambrose shows them the newspaper ad that he placed. Ambrose says that they are dealing with government-authorized murder, and if they get to the Gregors, maybe the truth can be heard at last.
The next day, Scully enters Mulder's office to check on his condition. He darkly asserts that he should have used the crosswalk. He tells Scully that if Chapel's story is true, a massive conspiracy can be brought to public eye. Scully says that this whole case is unbelievable, as is Chapel's story. Mulder says he did a check on Chapel and he is a 17-year veteran with an exemplary record. Scully simply asks why such an experienced agent would need their help and how could he let the doctor escape so easily. She then says that Dickins wasn't running from them; he was running from Chapel. Scully then suggests Chapel killed Agent Weiss and Mulder angrily asks Scully if that's what he should tell Skinner. Scully then says Mulder will chase a case until insanity and the line must be drawn. Mulder simply says that she should step away and that everyone draws their own lines. After a short, tense silence, Scully shows Mulder a pair of shoes she has only had one week, yet she stepped in a pool of green liquid last night that ate right through the sole. "Maybe I'm being paranoid, but it was in the exact same spot where Chapel said the Doctor escaped," she says coldly. Mulder suggests she send it to the lab and also review the autopsy on the Agent Weiss as no clear cause of death was able to be established.
In the morgue, Scully and Mulder are examining the body and all the tests are clean, apart from the bloodwork, which showed polycythemia, an excessive production of red blood cells. According the doctors who conducted the autopsy, the blood "curdled like jelly as if something caused the blood to thicken or clot prior to death." Scully speculates the use of a coagulating agent but this would have shown up in the toxicological tests. Mulder then says that Chapel mentioned that the Gregor clones were intending to contaminate the blood supply and one of those could have been used to kill the field agent. Scully has no idea, and all she can do is inspect Dr. Dickins' bag, which was recovered from his apartment. Then, Mulder is summoned by A.D. Skinner. Scully tells him Skinner will want to know why he hasn't filed his report. Mulder says he'll tell him the truth, that he was hit by a car.
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Belgian coppers warn of Facebook monitoring
The social notworking site launched six new ways of reacting to a post, alongside the Like button. They were intended partly as a way of answering calls for a “Dislike” button – allowing people to share their feelings about posts without appearing to endorse what had been said.
Belgian police say the site is using them as a way of collecting information about people and deciding how best to advertise to them. As such, it has warned people that they should avoid using the buttons if they want to preserve their privacy.
Thdecide when the best time to show them ads, the Belgian police claimed.. Facebook push posts that make people angry to top of the feed
“So that will help Facebook find the perfect location, on your profile, allowing it to display content that will arouse your curiosity but also to choose the time you present it. If it appears that you are in a good mood, it can deduce that you are more receptive and able to sell spaces explaining advertisers that they will have more chance to see you react,” the coppers claim.
People have pointed out that Facebook’s Reactions tool is helpful to advertisers since it was released. Though the site said as it was launched that it wass, it also provides valuable data to Facebook about how things make people feel, as well as encouraging them to interact with posts amid worries that people are becoming less and less personal on the site.
Soon after the feature was released, Facebook also confirm with it. Sinceat means thatcould be sold to advertisers, too.
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IBut speaking of Sport Relief, only part of the evening’s programming that I have indulged in so far was hosted by a man whom it appears cool to actively dislike. I’ve never once read a good review of him, anywhere. But I’m sorry. Maybe there’s something wrong with me, but dammit, I like Jimmy Carr!
Just to finish off (mainly to avoid making this post look tiny when compared to yesterday’s Eurovision marathon), here’s a joke I came across a week or so ago on the internet.
Luke Skywalker decides to take some time out from the stress of being a Jedi to take up a career in art education. He chooses to start by writing an informative pamphlet for kids about the many different shades of the colour purple. After writing the first draft, he feels it’s lacking something and goes to ask his friend Han Solo for feedback.
“Hey, Han,” says Luke, boarding the Millennium Falcon, “can you take a look at this pamphlet? I just feel it’s not quite right – any ideas?”
“Ah, probably right. I never was too great at spelling. Hey, maybe you should go ask Darth Vader.”
“Hurrr-haaaa, hurrr-haaaa,” breathes Vader, “Son, are you sure you have enough detail in your entry for ‘violet’?”
“Yes,” says Luke glumly, “I had an expert fill in that section, he seemed happy that it was detailed enough. Anything else?”
“No,” says Vader, “the force is strong in this pamphlet.”
Still not convinced, though, Luke flies to Dagobah to ask Yoda his opinion. The wise Jedi Master takes a look at the pamphlet and turns to Luke.
“Your problem, understand it I do.”
“You do?” asks Luke excitedly, “what is it then? What’s wrong with my instructional pamphlet on purple?”
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The wonders of the internet, eh?
14 March 2008 at 10:14 pm
You can hear a million voices, groan out, and then are silenced.
14 March 2008 at 10:17 pm
Also: TAGS!
14 March 2008 at 10:32 pm
You should also have a tags page, or something to that manner, if wordpress allows it.
Also, my avatar just uploaded. Excellence.
15 March 2008 at 1:10 am
I agree, Its hard to navigate this site, make a “Popular posts” too while you’re at it. :)
15 March 2008 at 1:23 am
I have to say, I feel kinda sorry for Hugh Laurie (in regard to the last post also). The man great, not just in comedy but in musical talent, intelligence and so on, just to name a few. Although House was great (As Channel Delibird knows, since I’ve ranted about it so many times), I’ve decided that his later works on British TV (Fry and Laurie more obvoiusly) were probably better. I feel sorry for the situation he’s in (and coming from a Scotman [or Peruvian har har har], the Brits can be a bunch of arseholes when it comes to patriotic TV (note: I haven’t seen a bad British film)). Anyway, to move on, Jimmy Carr is a good guy, and there’s nothing to be ashamed about ;)
Anyway, that’s my rant for today. Enjoy it :D
15 March 2008 at 2:30 pm
Zimbu must truly be a backseat blogger. He actually rants in the comments.
16 March 2008 at 11:50 am
I wasn’t too aware of Sport Reief going…I occasionally switched to BBC 1 and saw this guy standing around talking and waffling and that little ‘Sport Relief’ logo hanging around…I thought BBC 2 was slighty more interesting…=P


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Inspired by the colors of Citrus and the smell of the desert air deliciously sweet with fragrant blossoms I created theCitrusize Pinterest board for Interior and Fashion…


Eventually, this project will get done. Wrigleyville will change; some say for the worse, but the reality is, life will go on pretty much as it is now.
The City Council’s Zoning Committee followed the Plan Commission’s lead by enlarging the stadium footprint at the expense of roughly 50 Sheffield parking spaces to accommodate wider aisles, more concessions and a larger Budweiser deck.
The Cubs are offering free parking in team lots on non-game days to residents whose street spaces will be lost.
The ad-laden branding arch over Clark is a trade-off for the pedestrian bridge over Clark scrapped at the behest of local Ald. Tom Tunney (44th).
"The ability to walk over Clark Street 20 feet with alcohol from the hotel [the Cubs plan to build] to the plaza just is not acceptable," the alderman said Thursday.
Allan Mellis, a long time Lincoln Park resident, urged aldermen to authorize the gateway arch, minus the "permanent advertising sign over the public way" that, he warned, would set a dangerous precedent for similar advertising creep citywide.
Chester Kropidlowski, a retired city traffic engineer now chairing East Lakeview Neighbors, complained that a gateway arch that should read, "Welcome to Lakeview: One of the best places to live," will instead say, "Drink Pepsi-Cola" or bear another corporate logo.
Kropidlowski also bemoaned the decision to narrow the width of Sheffield Avenue from 33 to 23 feet with no additional compensation to Chicago taxpayers.
"Our community is going to be giving a lot of quality-of-life issues away to benefit the Cubs for 80 plus days a year," he said.
I can understand, up to a point, the complaints about the narrowing of Sheffield. The "permanent advertising sign"... really? That's going to change your quality of life if you live in Wrigleyville? If you don't like it, ignore it, or if you really don't like it, don't buy the products of the companies that advertise on it. We get bombarded with so much advertising, just about everywhere, these days, that I find it easy to pay it no mind.
In neither this article nor the one I wrote on this subject yesterday was any mention of the owners of the rooftop clubs across Waveland and Sheffield Avenues from Wrigley. It's been stated by Cubs management that they won't begin any construction until they have assurances from the rooftops that there won't be any lawsuits. So far, there hasn't been any such assurance.
At this point, the Cubs hope to begin construction next offseason. They said that last year at this time, too. Eventually, this will all get done. No one who is involved in any of these discussions will get everything they want -- it's been said that's the perfect way to compromise, where no one is completely happy. But what this will do, in the long run, is provide a better Wrigley Field for players and fans, and more revenue to produce a winning team on the field.


Last night Sound Eagle asked me a question and normally I would respond in the comments but this is such a good question. To answer it best, and give everyone a glimpse of my outlook I decided to turn it into a post. So, Thank you again Sound Eagle!
Salvatore, are you really that unbounded and unfettered, revelling in youthful optimism and new-age transcendentalism?Or are you exercising your poetic licence to show us an ideal or way of life to which you aspire?
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Very beautiful design SoundEagle!I love your creative spirit!