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No Finnish Harpoon/ESSM-order (at least for now)
On February 7, 2018 By Corporal FriskIn Finland, Naval15 Comments
As the headline says, yesterday's big news from the naval sector is not that Finland has ordered the Harpoon and/or the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM). In fact, what has happened is that the US offers for two major Finnish naval programs have become open knowledge. This happened as the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has requested clearance for the sale of 112 RGM-84Q-4 Harpoon Block II+ ER anti-ship missiles (of which twelve are of the older RGM-84L-4 Harpoon Block II version which will be upgraded) and 68 ESSM missiles. These kinds of pre-clearances are not uncommon, and allow for a rapid deal following a (potential) procurement decision by a foreign customer (thanks to Aaron Mehta for providing insights about US export).
One of the latest renders, showing the refined corvette concept. Source: Finnish Defence Forces / Insinööriupseeriliitto
The background is two ongoing Finnish projects: the Pohjanmaa-class multirole corvettes and the PTO 2020 heavy surface-to-surface missile. The PTO 2020 will be found aboard the Pohjanmaa-class as well as replacing the current MTO 85M (roughly a RBS 15 Mk II) on the Hamina-class as part of their MLU as well as in truck-mounted batteries. As the MLU for the Hamina is very much underway already, the winner of the PTO 2020 will be announced during the first half of this year. I am still standing by my opinion that the RBS 15 Mk 3+ and the NSM are the two frontrunners, and would be somewhat surprised if Harpoon won the trophy (and even more so if the Exocet MM40 Block 3 did, though everything is possible).
The Pohjanmaa-class is still in the design stage, with the main contract(s) to be signed this year, and the building phase to start next year. The armament shown on renders include two quadruple mounts of PTO 2020 amidships, the new lightweight torpedo from Saab, the BAE/Bofors 57 mm Mk II deck-gun, and a battery of vertical launch system-cells (VLS). The two main VLS-systems on the market are the French Sylver and the US Mk 41 (a modernized version called Mk 57 is also available, and mounted on the Zumwalt-class). Both are available in different lengths, with the shortest Sylver, the A43 (an earlier A35 concept seems to have been dropped), being around 4.3 m long (or rather, high), and the shortest Mk 41 being 5.2 m long. The 8-cell module of the Sylver is also smaller and lighter than the corresponding 8-cell Mk 41 module, in part because the silos themselves are a few centimeters smaller. For a full run-through of the differences, see this post by the UK Armed Forces Commentary-blog, where the differences are discussed with a keen eye to the pros and cons for the British Type 26 Frigate.
An ESSM leaving a Mk 41 cell. Source: US Navy via Wikimedia Commons
Now, while some vessels, such as the current Finnish Hamina-class and the upcoming British Type 26, feature dedicated cells to their main air-defence assets, the VLS on the Pohjanmaa will likely be home to the ships main air defence weapons. This becomes evident as the ESSM offer is for the weapon quad-packed in Mk 25 modules, designed to fit the Mk 41-system. If the ESSM would be chosen, the Pohjanmaa-class would be by far the smallest vessel to feature the system. The decision to offer the Mk 41 is interesting, as there is a dedicated Mk 56 ESSM VLS-system if the sole use would be for the ESSM.
The ESSM is certainly a competent weapon, and shows what the Navy is aiming for. 8-16 cells with quad packs would provide for 32-64 medium-ranged missiles, a huge boost compared to the current 8 short-range Umkhontos found on the Hamina. While the Mk 41 is too big for the Hamina, the Mk 56 mean that half a dozen ESSM's could potentially be fitted as part of the MLU if the Navy choose to go down that (unlikely) route. More interesting is that the ESSM could be fired from the Army's NASAMS surface-to-air batteries, letting the Navy and Army use the same missile stock. The upcoming ESSM Block 2 will feature an active seeker based on that of the AMRAAM, and is potentially the version offered to the Pohjanmaa.
Interestingly, the AMRAAM-ER is a AMRAAM married to the engine of the ESSM, and no, I don't know what exactly is the difference between an AMRAAM seeker married to an ESSM engine and an ESSM engine married to an AMRAAM seeker.
I am still inclined to believe that the Sylver might be the Navy's preferred VLS due to the smaller footprint. However, as with the PTO 2020, we will just have to wait and see.
Beyond NASAMS
On January 23, 2018 January 23, 2018 By Corporal FriskIn Army, Finland11 Comments
In the shadow of the HX-fighter competition, the state of the ground based air defences in Finland has again appeared in the headlines. The short story is that in the mid-90's Finland acquired the Russian Buk-M1 air defence system as part of Russia paying off the Soviet balance of the clearing accounts. However, while the system certainly is competent, questions soon arose if it was wise to operate a high-tech system which the main adversary had built? Especially as knowing the exact capabilities of the radar and missile is of crucial importance when it comes to defeating radar-guided missiles.
By the mid-00's training new conscripts on the Buk stopped, and the system was phased out (never trust a Finn who says something is retired, the last conscripts who trained on the system most likely had another ten years in the reserve, during which they were assigned to a wartime unit operating the missiles, giving a 'real' retirement date around 2015) and replaced by the NASAMS II.
The launcher of the NASAMS, sporting six canister mounted AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles. Source: Maavoimat FB
The NASAMS is a controversial system in Finnish service. Not because it is bad, it is very much amongst the most modern ones available, but because it is of significantly shorter range than the Buk it replaced. Most crucially it has a ceiling of around 10,000 meters, meaning that most modern fighter aircraft can simply operate above this. This isn't necessarily as big a drawback as it is often portrayed to be. Operating above 10,000 meters place high demands on sensors and weapons if you are to hit anything, and it means that you are easily spotted by air surveillance radars, meaning that the advantage of surprise is long gone by the time the target is overflown.
Still, this has left Finland without a long-range surface-to-air missile for the first time since the late 70's, and talk about the need for something heavier has been going since the decision to procure NASAMS instead of Aster. The big question is what?
An Iskander TEL raising one of its missiles into firing position. Source: Vitaly Kuzmin/Wikimedia Commons
One issue which has been raised is the defence against ballistic missiles, i.e. missiles which are fired at a high angle, fly up to significant heights, and then 'fall' down at extreme speeds to hit a target. The Russian 9K270 Iskander-M is the embodiment of this threat, and comes equipped with either a conventional warhead (usually quoted at around 500 kg, but possibly with an option for a heavy penetrating warhead above 1,000 kg) or a nuclear one. The big improvement of the Iskander compared to the 9K79 Tochka U it replaced is the significant improvement of accuracy, which for the Iskander is quoted at a circular error probability of below 10 meters (i.e. half of the Iskanders will land within 10 meters of the intended target), meaning that it can reliably be assumed to hit individual buildings or bridges. As such, many has voiced the opinion that Finland need a system capable of shooting down ballistic missiles.
…and it is in the crossroad of these ideas that we find some of the most common misconceptions, which warrant a slight detour before looking at the latest developments.
To begin with, the ballistic missile threat is not new to Finland, nor is the associated A2/AD-problem, but these have been a part of the Soviet/Russian arsenal for decades. Even with the improved accuracy of the Iskander, it is not a war-winning weapon, as the limited number of missiles available and the rather limited damage caused by a single hit makes it impossible to take out dispersed targets. In other words, while it is possible to hit the command centre of a unit, it is not possible to wipe out the unit itself. The Iskander also needs target information before launch, meaning that it is best used against stationary targets.
Another issue often overlooked is how hard it is to shoot down a ballistic missile. Crucially, while a modern long-range air defence system can sport ranges of over 100 km against air targets (at high altitude, at lower altitude the earth's curvature creates shadows), the corresponding ranges when trying to intercept a ballistic missile approaching at very high speed and steep angle are significantly shorter. While the exact performance is secret, some sources state that the maximum range is a few tens of kilometers, creating a significant problem with regards to how to base air defence batteries to be able to protect a certain target. The implications of this is that a single battery might have a hard time defending both the Upinniemi naval base and central Helsinki, depending on the parameters of the intercept.
A Patriot battery from the US Army deployed in Sweden during exercise Aurora 17 last autumn. Source: Astrid Amtén Skage/Forsvarsmakten
As such, it is no surprise that Finnish officers are focusing on dispersion and hardening strategic targets instead of acquiring anti-ballistic missile capabilities. This is in marked contrast to Sweden's decision to acquire the Patriot. Here, while the decision is not yet finalised, the ability to field the PAC-3 missile (or potentially the upcoming PAAC-4/Stunner/SkyCeptor) to take down ballistic missiles has played a key role. However, the capability doesn't come cheap, as the total price tag of approximately 1 to 1.2 billion Euro will buy three to four batteries, each with a single radar and three to four launchers. However, the amount and types of missiles acquired will also play a huge role when it comes to cost, and the preliminary request, described as being "generous in size", lists 200 PAC-3 (for anti-ballistic missile use) and 100 PAC-2 for use against aircraft, for an additional 1.5 billion Euro. The exact kind of combat management system involved will also play a role, as it seen in the case of the 8.6 billion Euro Polish deal for a comparable number of firing units (four batteries with four launchers each, with 208 PAC-3 missiles) as the Swedish order.
All things considered, any kind of anti-ballistic missile coverage is probably outside of the scope of the Finnish Army's wishlist, with the focus being solely on the ability to shoot down aircraft at longer and higher ranges than what the current equipment is capable of. However, even within these bounds, there are still a significant number of different options available on the market. With this in mind the Logistics Command has now issued a Request for Information to "around ten" companies. Interestingly enough, the interview with brigadier general Renko, deputy chief of the Logistics Command, says that he would like the new missile to be part of the current NASAMS systems. At the same time, he notes that this is not purely about introducing a new missile to old launchers, but that there needs to be more batteries out in the field to improve coverage.
This unremarkable looking little truck is the Fire Distribution Centre (FDC), the 'brains' of the NASAMS II. Source: MKFI/Wikimedia Commons
The obvious choice which has figured in reporting is the AMRAAM-ER. Where the basic NASAMS uses the same AMRAAM missile as found on e.g. the Finnish F/A-18 Hornets, the AMRAAM-ER marries the basic AMRAAM seeker (with improved steering code) to the engine of the ESSM (Evolved Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile), giving a significant increase in both range and ceiling (50 and 70% respectively according to Raytheon). This means that both goals of the RFI could be met by buying more NASAMS batteries, and having both baseline and ER-versions of the AMRAAM in service. The big problem for the AIM-120 AMRAAM is that it is something of a victim of its own success. It is operated by a stunning 37 countries, meaning that no small amount of Russian research is likely going into how to defeat it. Especially if the AMRAAM will continue to be a key part of the Finnish airborne air defences as well, which is likely to be the case unless Rafale takes home the HX-competition, it might be good to ask whether all air defence eggs should be placed in the same basket?
At this point it should be remembered that one of the key points of the NASAMS is its modularity. It is unclear exactly which parts are integrated into the Finnish NASAMS systems, e.g if our ITO 05 (RBS 70 BOLIDE) are able to plug into the NASAMS's Fire Distribution Center (FDC), something which Kongsberg claim is possible. However, if the Army really likes the current AN/MPQ-64F1 Improved Sentinel radar and associated systems, another missile could potentially be integrated into it. It is hard to see the reasoning behind this, and I am tempted to believe that the journalist misunderstood the general, who instead expressed a wish for the new system to be part of the current Finnish integrated air defences, i.e. sharing the same air picture as well as command and control structures.
A French SAMP/T launcher being readied. Picture from Swedish exercise Aurora 17 last year. Source: Astrid Amtén Skage/Forsvarsmakten
If we assume this is what the Logistics Command means, it opens up a vast number of possibilities. One is the very same SAMP/T-system which competed (and lost) against the NASAMS ten years ago. The SAMP/T, also known as ASTER, is the closest competitor to the Patriot, and is also available both with "normal" and anti-ballistic missile missiles. As was the case last time around, both it and Patriot will probably be judged to be too expensive (although the Swedish deal is controversial at it turned out the SAMP/T offer was 150 million Euro cheaper than the Patriot one).
The launcher of the Israeli SPYDER-MR system. Source: Pritishp333/Wikimedia Commons
However, below the high-end Patriot and SAMP/T there are still plenty to choose from. MBDA, the company behind SAMP/T, offers the CAMM-ER and ASPIDE 2000, and while information is somewhat scarce, both are likely superior when it comes to range and height compared to the baseline AMRAAM. Saab has the SRSAM BAMSE, which offer an altitude coverage of 15,000 meters, and the benefit of operating on a different wavelength, Ka-band as opposed to X-band, than the NASAMS, making it harder to jam both at the same time. Israeli company Rafael offer the SPYDER-MR featuring their Derby-missile with a range of 50 km and a ceiling of 16,000 meters. A more exotic (and highly unlikely) option is the Japanese Type 11 missile system built by Toshiba, of which very limited information is available. Still, it does look like it could potentially fit the bill, and during the last years Japan has opened up for potential arms exports. South African Denel Systems has a number of different versions of the Umkhonto, the basic IR-version of which is currently in service with the Finnish Navy. Some of the more advanced concepts might be able to compete with the baseline AMRAAM, though it is doubtful if they will have enough reach to satisfy the demands of the current RFI. Still, Denel does offer a ground-based launcher, and is probably included amongst the companies receiving the RFI.
The winner of the eventual RFQ which is to follow the current RFI is likely found amongst those mentioned above. The defence forces would like to sign a deal in 2020, and notes that this is tied to HX and Squadron 2020, as all three programs play significant roles in the overall air defence of Finland. If e.g. the CAMM in its sea-going version is adopted for SQ2020, it might increase the chances for CAMM-ER being adopted as the ground-based solution. In the meantime, it does feel like the AMRAAM-ER is the favourite, with the big question being whether relying too much on a single missile seeker for both air and ground-based is too high a risk compared to the synergies it would give?
And as it happens, Kongsberg and Patria a week ago announced that they will open a Missile Competence Centre in Tampere, specifically mentioning their work NASAMS in the press release. Funny how these things come together sometimes.
The New Bug in Town – Versions for Finland
On June 20, 2017 By Corporal FriskIn Air, Finland5 Comments
One issue that has been open to much speculation is exactly which version(s) of the Super Hornet will be offered to Finland. The answer was simple, with Bryan Crutchfield explaining that it was up to the customer, and: "As a mainly single-seat air force, I would expect Finland to primarily be interested in F/A-18E." This lead to the natural follow-up question, why the equally mainly single-seat Royal Danish Air Force was offered only the two-seat F/A-18F, a decision which proved to be something of a decisive issue in the Kampfly-program. "Because they only asked for the two-seater," Bryan explained. On the question of why, he had no direct answer, but this is yet another strange data point in the already rather murky Danish affair.
The CAG-bird of VFA-103 'Jolly Rogers'. The squadron operates two-seat F/A-18F, with a focus on different kinds of ground attack missions where a second crew member comes in handy. For Finland, a small number of F/A-18F would likely be acquired for advanced training, with a secondary fighter/strike tasking. Source: Own picture
More interesting then was that Boeing seemed to assume that Finland would be interested in a number of Growlers as well. In the case of the US Navy, roughly 20% of the Super Hornets bought are of the electronic warfare version, meaning that a potential Finnish mix of Super Hornets could be something along the lines of 40 F/A-18E single-seaters, 12 F/A-18F two-seaters, and 12 EA-18G Growlers, for a combined fleet of 64 fighters. When asked about if the 'full-spec' Growler is likely to be released for sale to Finland, Crutchfield was careful not to make any promises, noting that any sale would be a government-to-government deal. However, he went on to say that Finland appears to be a "very trusted" partner in Washington, and pointed to JASSM-deal as an indication that if Finland wants the Growler, there likely wouldn't be any issues.
The Growler in many ways is an unrivalled platform in the electronic warfare role, being able to not only jam and destroy enemy radars and air-defence systems, but also having a significant capability when it comes to intercepting and jamming enemy communications and signals. The latter has made it a valuable resource in the operations against ISIS, and it is safe to assume that if Finland would acquire a handful of dedicated EW-platforms, it would make us a sought after coalition partner in the kind of low-intensity conflicts we have participated in in Afghanistan and Iraq. The question then is largely about the price of acquiring and operating the Growlers, as well as what kind of a loss having only 40 instead of 52 F/A-18E's would be in the eyes of the Air Force Command. While the size reduction in 'true' fighters is significant, the role of the Growlers as force multipliers might provide a huge enough boost for both the Air Force and, crucially, to the ground forces to warrant this. As said, this is not solely a question of providing SEAD, but also of the Growlers being able to increase the fog of war for the enemy at crucial moments.
"Envelop the enemy in the fog of war, sow confusion while providing time and space for one's own forces. Jam the adversaries' radars. Disrupt his communications. Induce indecision; make the enemy question his own equipment and make mistakes." The mission of the Growler as described by the Growler Industry Team
But even without the Growler, the baseline F/A-18E/F is a highly versatile multirole aircraft. "The most capable combat-proven multi-role aircraft", as Boeing likes to put it (a statement that will upset the French). In addition to 'normal' air-to-air and air-to-ground work, the aircraft is able to handle both the maritime strike (Boeing did feature a scale model of a Harpoon anti-ship missile in their stand) as well as SEAD, two missions discussed at length in the Finnish report at the launch of the HX-project. What makes the SEAD-mission possible is the Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM)-package, currently in its Block IV state, coupled with the 'leakage' of technology developed for the Growler back into the fighter version of the aircraft.
"Physics matter," Crutchfield sums up the sensor package, and point towards the large nose of the F/A-18E parked behind us during the interview. The nose hoses the AN/APG-79 AESA radar built by Raytheon, and Crutchfield isn't shy when talking about the capabilities of the radar, stating that it is 'generations' in front of the competition, with rolling upgrades being introduced every two years. It should be remembered that the AN/APG-79 did experience some rather significant teething troubles when first introduced into service, though things seems to have gotten better since. One of the key features of the AESA is that it allows the pilot of the F/A-18F to stay fully focused on the air-to-air picture, while the weapon system operator (WSO) in the aft seat works on the air-to-ground view, with both having access to the radar modes they want.
A colorful EA-18G Growler of Electronic Attack Squadron 130 (VAQ-130) "Zappers" onboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in the Arabian Sea. The squadron operated in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operations against ISIS. Note the large jammer on the centreline station, the carriage of which is one of the distinguishing features of the Growler compared to the baseline F/A-18F. Source: USN / Seaman Dartez C. Williams via Wikimedia Commons
Like the 'legacy' Hornet before it, the Super Hornet is qualified for a large number of weapons, including the most recent versions of the venerable AIM-9 Sidewinder, the AGM-88 HARM, and the AIM-120 AMRAAM (these being the AIM-9X, AGM-88E AARGM, and the AIM-120D respectively). On the horizon the SDB-II and the LRASM looms, while more exotic munitions include the Quickstrike-series of air-dropped mines. Which of these would be of interest to the Finnish Air Force is uncertain, but a continued reliance on ever more advanced versions of the AIM-9/-120 combination would be a natural choice for the immediate future. The big deficit is the lack of the very-long range Meteor ramjet-powered missile, which all other HX-contenders are set to have received prior to HX's IOC date. The US Navy seems content with traditional rocket-powered air-to-air weapons at the moment, and while Finland naturally could pay for Meteor integration on its own, that would still make be a considerable sum. Going for the Super Hornet could then mean having to get closer to the enemy before firing, as there is a significant difference in the size of the no-escape zones of the throttleable ramjet motor compared to traditional rockets.


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Who's Trigger Boston Marathon Bombings
A day has been gone but no one has any clue on who's trigger the Boston Marathon bombings. Boston police still have few answers. That hasn't quieted the speculation.
Law enforcement officials don't have any official suspects in Monday's twin bombings at the finish line of the Boston marathon. And President Obama specifically urged people not to speculate on who's behind the attack, which killed at least three people, including an 8-year-old boy, and wounded more than 100 others, including several amputations.
"We still don't know who did this or why," Obama said Monday night. "People should not jump to conclusions before we have all the facts. But make no mistake. We will get to the bottom of this. We will find out who did this. We will find out why they did this. Any individual or responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice."
1. Islamist jihadists
This theory was inevitable in the worst attack on U.S. soil since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and it gained some initial credence from a New York Post report that a 20-year-old Saudi national had been picked up as a "person of interest." Police quickly threw cold water on that report, but then Boston TV station WABC reported that police are "searching for a darker skinned or black male with a black backpack and black sweatshirt, possibly foreign national from the accent of the individual."
Another anonymous law enforcement official "notes that the manner of the attack suggests it may have been Al Qaeda inspired — if not Al Qaeda directed," says Christopher Dickey at The Daily Beast. That's because the construction of the bombs — gunpowder with ball-bearings and other shrapnel to maximize the damage — is similar to a bomb recipe shared by Al Qaeda "on its internet manuals for terrorist attacks."
Of course, not everyone is convinced. "Horrific as this obviously was, it doesn't seem big enough" for an attack by Arab terrorists.
2. Right-wing militia types
This theory, too, was inevitable. And most proponents point to the date — Patriots' Day — as a clue. Residents of Massachusetts and Maine celebrate Patriots' Day by taking the day off of work and re-enacting the first battles of the American Revolution.
"But in recent years, Second Amendment activists and anti-government modern-day militia members have tried to co-opt the holiday, which also roughly marks the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing."
It's also "wise in these cases to remember that the 1995 bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City and the bombing at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 were carried out by Americans who espoused extreme right-wing causes,"
There's also the fact that the Boston Marathon fell on tax day this year, and the last mile of the race "was dedicated to Newtown victims,"
3. The government
"False flag" attack proponents wasted no time blaming the government for staging the Boston explosions to achieve their own ends,
Why were the loud speakers telling people in the audience to be calm moments before the bombs went off? Is this another false flag staged attack to take our civil liberties and promote homeland security while sticking their hands down our pants on the streets?
But the inevitable Boston marathon "truthers" will have a hard time with this conspiracy theory. There were too many cameras and witnesses to "concoct a really compelling conspiracy theory," and the real-time fact-checking on Twitter has decimated the bad information that conspiracies need to thrive.
4. A criminally insane lone wolf
There's also the possibility that this attack was perpetrated by some "local nutcase,"
"I guess I am right now leaning in that least conspiratorial direction." Unfortunately, in our "open and free society," people can cause massive destruction with a few well-placed bombs. There's a decent chance the Boston marathon attackers were "motivated by simple revenge of some kind, or by nothing but the disease in someone's brain."
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Choosing A Payment Gateway
If you accept donations online, conduct a web-based business, or even if you just have a traditional store but also allow customers to order online, then your website will need a way to securely accept customer payments. The technological means for doing so is usually referred to as a "payment gateway." Nearly all web-based businesses use a third-party service provider for these payment gateways, rather than try to build them themselves. Because there are so many options for a business owner to choose from, it's helpful to understand the ways that the payment gateway service providers may differ, in order to be able to choose between them.
The first thing you are likely to look at is the fee structure for a given service provider. Most charge some mix of a flat or monthly fee, plus a per transaction fee that may be a flat fee plus a percentage, or simply a percentage fee. Unless you're switching from to a new payment gateway service, and you have a history of online transactions with customers, it can be difficult to know exactly what your transaction volume is likely to be. It's therefore important to choose a provider that makes it easy to switch to a higher or lower volume fee structure in order to keep your costs as low as possible.
Ease of Integration
Because the actual payment processing will occur on the service provider's web servers, it will be necessary to integrate the payment processing with your website. In many cases the easiest solution is to select a provider where you send your customer to their website at the point it becomes necessary for the customer to enter credit card information, and the service provider sends them back to you once the transaction is complete. Keep in mind you'll also need to make sure that any payment gateway provider you are considering can integrate with your website's shopping cart software. The easier a provider makes it to integrate, the better.
Recognizability and Reputation
You may want to consider the recognizability and reputation of a particular payment gateway provider. Most web shoppers will be familiar with PayPal, some will be familiar with Amazon Payments and Google Checkout, and fewer may be familiar with some of the other services. Users want to be ensured that their personal data is securely being collected and sent across the internet.
Brandability
You may wish to consider whether a payment gateway service allows you to include your logo or other branding on the customer payment page. This might give your customers an additional level of comfort when they are sent to another site to complete a transaction. Also consider if the payment gateway provides a way to accept payment without having to leave your website.
Quickness of Payment Back to You
Finally, consider the stated practices of each payment gateway service for remitting payment back to you. Look for providers that have a very fast turnaround time, and do a little web research to see if other businesses have experienced any problems with receiving payment, or with chargebacks from customers.
By taking these various factors into account, you'll increase your chances of finding a payment gateway service provider that you'll be able to work with for a long time into the future.
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Netbook Is Dead
Although the slow death of the PC has been widely discussed by technology pundits recently, there is also another, lesser known victim of Apple's iPad market dominance.
The netbook, which was originally intended to fill the low-cost niche between fully loaded laptops and smart phones, is dying an even quicker death than the PC according to IHS iSuppli market research statistics via Electronista.
Netbooks debuted in 2007 and were an immediately a popular product "because they were optimized for low cost, delivering what many consumers believed as acceptable computer performance," states IHS senior principal analyst Craig Stice via the Los Angeles Times. According to the IHS statistics, netbook sales were at their height in 2010, with 32.14 million units shipped reports Electronista.
Last year the number of units shipped dropped to 14.3 million. The IHS report predicts that a total of 3.97 million netbooks will ship in 2013, which is a 72 percent decline from the previous year. However, the bad news for the netbook market doesn't stop there. The market research firm forecasts a paltry 264,000 netbooks shipped in 2014, followed by the complete disappearance of the netbook by 2015.
As the IHS analyst points out via the Los Angeles Times, "netbooks began their descent to oblivion with the introduction in 2010 of Apple's iPad." However, netbook sales have declined even faster than PCs since the devices are being made obsolete by multiple types of products. Netbooks are being squeezed out of the market by higher-priced tablets, as well as lower-priced smart phones.
Perhaps Steve Jobs said it best when he introduced the iPad in 2010. As quoted by Electronista, Jobs stated, "The problem is: netbooks aren't better at anything. They're slow, they have low-quality displays, and they run clunky, old PC software."
Apple shipped 22.9 million iPads in the quarter that ended last December and claimed 51 percent of the global tablet market in 2012 according to IDC statistics cited by Bloomberg.
Labels: Apple, Computer, Intel, iOS, iPad, Low Cost, Macintosh, Netbook, Technology
North Korea Heat Up Nukes
In the remote Alaska wilderness, some 3,800 miles from Pyongyang, North Korea, the United States' last line of defense against a nuclear warhead from North Korea or Iran stands ready to attack.
Fort Greely, Alaska, a World War II-era Army base that was reopened in 2004, is America's last chance to shoot down a missile from overseas that could be carrying a nuclear weapon. Its underground steel and concrete silos house 26 missile interceptors that have, in tests, a 50 percent success rate.
The 800-acre base is located some 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, in the looming shadow of Denali. It is one of only two missile defense complexes in the country. The other, Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, houses four interceptors that are used for testing and "backup," according to defense officials.
In March, as the North Korean crisis began to heat up, President Obama ordered another 14 interceptors be sent to Greely, bringing its arsenal to 44 from 2017.
Concern about North Korea heightened this week when the Defense Intelligence Agency released a document that concluded with "moderate confidence" that North Korea might have a nuclear weapon that's small enough to be placed on a ballistic missile. But the agency also said the reliability of a North Korean missile would be low.
Labels: CIA, Crisis, Defense, Military, Missile, North Korea, Nuclear, Nukes, Pyongyang
Baidu Is Now On Google Backyards
About six miles south of the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., is the town of Cupertino. And that's where Chinese search company Baidu is opening a new office that will be home to something called The Institute of Deep Learning.
There, Baidu will be trying to build computers that mimic the human brain, thinking and learning like humans do, reports Wired's Daniela Hernandez.
Baidu is certainly not alone in the quest for more human-like computers. Google is obviously working on this too. About five months ago, Google nabbed one of the world's best-known advocates in the area of artificial intelligence when it hired legendary "futurist" Ray Kurzweil as its director of engineering.
Kurzweil is working on a similar project for Google. "We want to give computers the ability to understand the language that they're reading," Kurzweil explained in an interview with Singularity Hub.
Baidu's research team leader Kai Yu is pretty straightforward about why the Chinese company chose Cupertino: he's trying to keep talented engineers out of Google's grasp.
"In Silicon Valley, you have access to a huge talent pool of really, really top engineers and scientists, and Google is enjoying that kind of advantage," Yu told Hernandez.
This isn't the only Google-like project Baidu is working on either. Earlier this month, it confirmed rumors that it is developing a Google Glass-like wearable computer code-named 'Baidu Eye', the Next Web reported. It also said it has no plans yet to launch it as a consumer product.
Labels: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Baidu, Competitor, Google, Ray Kurzweil, Silicon Valley
Low Cost iPhone Is Here
Apple's lower-cost iPhone is a lock for this year, says Topeka Capital analyst Brian White.
White has been touring Asia for the last two weeks passing along all the gossip he's hearing. We would be hesitant to characterize any of it as much more than gossip. Supply chain sources can be fickle, and inaccurate. But it's still fun to hear what's being talked about.
That said, the cheap-iPhone has been rumored for a long time, and numerous analysts and reporters have all said it's coming this year.
White's sources lead him to believe it's announced in June, sold in July. He expects it to have a screen that's the same size as the iPhone 5. But, he expects it to have a curved plastic backing made out of colored plastic.
He's anticipating a price point of $400, which isn't all that low-cost, but would help with Apple's margins. The normal iPhone is costs $650 and up
Labels: Apple, Budget, iOS6, iPhone, Low Cost, Lower Cost, Rival, Samsung, Smartphone
Died Playing Chicken
A teen has died playing chicken with trains on Thursday, in what appears to be a tragic yet unnecessary accident.
The 15 year old, Austin Price, was reportedly playing on the train tracks with two friends in Alameda County. They were apparently playing chicken with trains, standing on the tracks until the trains were close and then jumping out the way at the last minute.
However, the Hayward youth mistimed his escape when one northbound Capitol Corridor train came down the tracks, and he was struck by the train at about 6 p.m. on Thursday.
The student community at San Lorenzo High School has been shocked by his tragic death, and have commented that he will be remembered as a kind, caring and sweet boy who always put others before himself.
Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy, April Luckett, has explained that the other two teenagers were unhurt in the accident.
The local community has reported that many students from the San Lorenzo School as well as many in the local community walk near the train tracks, and it is not uncommon for the children to hang out near them. Although some have expressed concerns that it was a tragedy waiting to happen, no action had been taken yet, and now it appears it is too late for the 15 year old victim.
School Principal Tovi Scruggs has said, "It's an ongoing concern. Tragedies don't happen frequently, but we know the tracks are not staying empty," according to The San Francisco Chronicle.
Another student at the school has also explained that students play chicken "all the time" on the train tracks. Grief counselors have attended the school to help students struggling to come to terms with the tragedy.
Here is a video news report into the tragic death at San Lorenzo High School:
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Plane Crash In Bali
All 108 passengers and crew survived after a new Lion Air jet crashed into the ocean and snapped into two while attempting to land Saturday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, injuring up to 45 people.
The injured were taken to several different hospitals for treatment, but there appeared to be no serious injuries, said airport spokesman Alfasyah, who like many Indonesians uses only one name. There were three foreigners on board — two Singaporeans and a French national — all of whom suffered slight injuries.
TV footage showed police and rescuers using rubber boats to evacuate the 101 passengers and seven crew members. The Boeing 737 could be seen sitting in the shallow water with a large crack in its fuselage.
Officials initially said the plane overshot the runway before hitting the water, but a spokesman for Lion Air, a low-cost carrier, said at a news conference that the plane crashed about 50 meters (164 feet) ahead of the runway. The weather was cloudy with rain at the time of the incident.
"It apparently failed to reach the runway and fell into the sea," said the spokesman, Edward Sirait.
He said the Boeing 737-800 Next Generation plane was received by the airline last month and was declared airworthy. The plane originated in Bandung, the capital of West Java province, and had landed in two other cities on Saturday prior to the crash.
"We are not in a capacity to announce the cause of the crash," Sirait said, adding that the National Safety Transportation Committee was investigating.
Those on board recalled being terrified as the plane slammed into the water Saturday afternoon.
"The aircraft was in landing position when suddenly I saw it getting closer to the sea, and finally it hit the water," Dewi, a passenger who sustained head wounds in the crash and uses one name.
"All of the passengers were screaming in panic in fear they would drown. I left behind my belongings and went to an emergency door," she said. "I got out of the plane and swam before rescuers jumped in to help me."
Rapidly expanding Lion Air is Indonesia's top discount carrier, holding about a 50 percent market share in the country, a sprawling archipelago of 240 million people that's seeing a boom in both economic growth and air travel. The airline has been involved in six accidents since 2002, four of them involving Boeing 737s and one resulting in 25 deaths, according to the Aviation Safety Network's website.
Lion Air is currently banned from flying to Europe due to broader safety lapses in the Indonesian airline industry that have long plagued the country. Last year, a Sukhoi Superjet-100 slammed into a volcano during a demonstration flight, killing all 45 people on board.
Indonesia is one of Asia's most rapidly expanding airline markets, but is struggling to provide qualified pilots, mechanics, air traffic controllers and updated airport technology to ensure safety.
Lion Air, which started flying in 2000, signed a $24 billion deal last month to buy 234 Airbus planes, the biggest order ever for the French aircraft maker. It also gave Boeing its largest-ever order when it finalized a deal for 230 planes last year. The planes will be delivered from 2014 to 2026.
Labels: Bali, Boeing, Hurt, Indonesia, Kuta, Plane Crash, Tourist
iOS versus Android: The Battle Begins
In the aftermath of the release of the Samsung Galaxy S4 last week, and Apple's marketing backlash, the iOS vs Android arms race has hit a milestone. Android is growing faster than ever, in terms of both their market share and the revenue they pay out to app marketers. Apple's marketing has taken on a decidedly 'attacking' tone. 'There's iPhone. And then there's everything else' is clearly mirroring the phrase, 'Here's the best, forget the rest'. It's about time, for an infographic on the iOS vs Android feud as it stands now. Which is the best platform for app marketers? Let's consider some factors, or scroll down to view the infographic right away.
Smartphone and tablet market share
Some contests seem to have been won by Android categorically. Last month, the worldwide smartphone market share figures stood at 69.2% (Android) and 22.1% (iOS). These current figures are actually more in Apple's favor than the October figures (75% and 15%), due to the release of the iPhone 5. But now the S4 is here, it's likely we're going to see the gap widen again.
On other counts though, iOS is the reigning champion. While Android also takes the lead in terms of tablet market share and smartphone app downloads, albeit with smaller margins, iOS is far, far ahead in terms of tablet app downloads; which must be due to the fact that there are over 275,000 optimized for the full-size iPad and iPad mini.
iOS vs Android app revenue and monetization
It is also a widely known and inescapable fact that, on the whole, iOS apps monetize much better than Android apps. The type of user that iOS attracts (and nurtures) are high earning and very engaged users. But that's not to say the situation isn't changing for Android.
While iOS pays out four times as much revenue to app marketers than Android, app revenue growth is growing five times more rapidly on Android. But will it stay this way so that Android can catch up and even overtake iOS? This remains to be seen, as we watch the battle of the platforms progress.
The life of the app marketer
In terms of the day-to-day of marketing apps on the respective platforms, iOS is a less fragmented platform with higher app marketing costs but greater profits for advertisers. It is also much easier and more predictable to carry out iOS App Store ranking boost campaigns due to the ranking algorithm being more heavily weighted on download volumes than an intransparent selection of factors. On Android, we see a more complex and fragmented reality for app marketers.
The following infographic to compare iOS and Android in terms of market share, user demographic and app marketing.
There's a myriad of points on which you can compare the two platforms, and on reflection I think the conclusion must be this: both are winners in their own ways. Highly democratic I know, but that is how it is. Final words: Compare everything and identify and support the platform that's right for your app.
What are your thoughts on current status quo of the arms race between iOS and Android?
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Measurement and motion Worksheet-3
Fill in the blanks:
CGS stands for _______.
The SI unit of weight is _______.
The distance of something from one end to other is called _______.
When an object is moving it is said to be in________.
Multiple -Choice Question (One Option Correct):
What is the advantage of using a scale?
(A) It can be taken from one place to another
(B) It can change during measurements
(C) It is flexible
The metric system of measurement are:
(A) CGS and FPS (B) CGS and MKS
(C) FPS and MKS (D) None of these
Light year is the unit of measurement of:
(A) Speed of light
(B) Distances between the stars and other celestial bodies
(C) Time
What is the most appropriate unit to measure the thickness of a coin?
(A) Decimeter (B) Metre (C) Centimetre (D) Millimeter
What is the most appropriate unit to measure the width of a room?
(A) Meter (B) Centimeter (C) Millimeter (D) Kilometer
What is the smallest unit of time which a wrist watch can measure?
(A) Hours (B) Minutes (C) Seconds (D) Microseconds
The SI unit of mass is:
(A) Ton (B) Kilogram (C) Quintal (D) Gram
We will measure the weight of a sack of rice in:
(A) Gram (B) Kilogram (C) Litre (D) Feet
Rotation of the Earth about its axis is an example of:
(A) Rotational & non periodic (B) Translational & non periodic
(C) Translational & periodic (D) Rotational & periodic
Which of the following is not a correct example of periodic motion?
(A) The earth rotation about its axis
(B) Motion of a pendulum
(C) Throwing of a stone from one place to another
(D) The hands of a clock
Which of the following is in periodic motion?
(A) A freely falling body (B) A flying kite
(C) A moving train (D) Rotation of earth
Ravi was playing basket ball. He threw the ball into the basket. The motion described by the ball is:
(A) Periodic motion (B) Translatory & rotatory motion
(C) Non periodic motion (D) None of these
The length of a curved surface is measured by:
(A) Meter scale only (B) Thread only
(C) Both meter scale & thread (D) None of these
Width of the Block as shown in figure is:
(A) 5 cm (B) 4 cm (C) 4.5 cm (D) None of these
Which of the following statements should be used while using the symbol for a unit of a physical quantity?
(A) The symbol named after scientist should have capital letter
(B) They take plural forms
(C) They can be written in full
(D) They should be written only in the agreed symbols
Match the following:
True/False:
The mass of a body can never be zero.
An object is said to be in motion if its position remains same with respect of time.
Centimeter gram second
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Manufacturing costs loom large for personalized CAR-T cancer meds and their need for speed
by Eric Palmer |
Jun 9, 2017 2:55pm
Novartis, in explaining its new CAR-T cancer drug candidate, says T cells like this are drawn from a patient's blood and reprogrammed in the laboratory so that they are genetically coded to hunt the patient's cancer cells and other B cells expressing a particular antigen.
Manufacturing quality and costs always play some part in the cost of a new drug, but they are the elephant in the room when looking at CAR-T, personalized cancer medications now under development. That is because of the extensive process to genetically code a patient's T cells to hunt and kill cancer cells, along with the need for speed.
Instead of grabbing a medicine off the shelf or even infusing a mass-produced biologic at a doctor's office, the process requires that blood be taken from a patient, cryopreserved, shipped to a facility, reprogrammed and manufactured in the lab, and then shipped back for infusion into the patient, all in the shortest time possible to try to outrun aggressive cancers.
Novartis and Kite, which have the two leading CAR-T candidates, have not provided much insight into pricing. They have, however, given glimpses into their manufacturing and the turnaround times they will need to treat patients for lymphomas.
RELATED: How will Novartis price its groundbreaking CAR-T med? R&D exec offers some clues
Novartis talked about manufacturing after it released data on its candidate last week, which will be reviewed by an advisory committee July 12. Novartis officials said that the Swiss company expects to have the turnaround time for its treatment down to 22 days at the time of commercial launch, with 10 to 12 of those days being "the actual cell processing time."
RELATED: As Novartis preps for first CAR-T FDA AdComm, Juliet data revealed
Santa Monica, California-based Kite says its time is even shorter, although not the 14 days it had initially striven for. "Our manufacturing process delivery time—what we call vein to vein—is between 16 to 18 days," a spokeswoman said in an email. "This is from the time of leukapheresis to when the cells are back with the clinician for infusion into the patient. This includes 6 to 7 days needed for the cell engineering, as well as quality control and travel time."
She said the biotech is looking for ways to speed the process further and points out that its manufacturing success rate during clinical trials was 99%.
Novartis is claiming that with continuous process improvements over the course of its Juliet trial, its manufacturing success rate improved to 97% for the last 30 patients. That followed some early issues in which 9 of 141 patients, or 6%, had to discontinue treatment due to "an inability to manufacture an adequate dose of CAR-T cells."
The company says it has gotten on top of the complicated process. It is now being overseen by Spencer Fisk, who took over as global head cell & gene technical development and manufacturing in Morris Plains, New Jersey, after Karen Walker departed several months ago for a position with Seattle Genetics.
"As for manufacturing, we are confident we will be able to meet the required manufacturing demands moving forward," a Novartis spokesperson told FierceBiotech last week.
Novartis also has an agreement with the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology for the cell processing of its personalized T cell therapy in Europe.
Kite is producing its chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T-cell receptor (TCR) candidate in a new 43,500-square-foot plant it purposely built next to an airport. The plant is estimated to have the capacity to produce up to 5,000 patient therapies per year.
RELATED: Kite Pharma opens CAR-T cell manufacturing plant next to LA airport
Novartis converted to its use a plant built by the former Dendreon, which used a similar process of altering cells for its once-promising prostate cancer vaccine Provenge. Dendreon sold its 173,000-square-foot plant in Morris Plains, one of three, to Novartis in 2012 for $43 million to pick up some fast cash.
Dendreon's experience hangs over this new manufacturing method since the company went bankrupt trying to establish Provenge. Its cost of goods at one point was 77%, before it dropped that to about 53% with process changes. That compares to about 10% for many biotechs.
RELATED: Dendreon, done in by expensive, complex manufacturing, files for bankruptcy
While Dendreon failed to find a price point to compete with established, mass-produced drugs, makers of the new cancer drugs will have the luxury of setting a foundational price for their treatments, which have the potential to be curative.
Neither Kite or Novartis have offered any hard guidance on pricing, but Novartis R&D chief Vas Narasimhan has told Bloomberg that stem cell treatment prices could offer a benchmark. Stem cell transplants and follow-up treatment can cost upwards of $800,000. He also said the company is looking at pay-for-performance deals.
CAR-T acute lymphoblastic leukemia non-Hodgkin lymphoma Novartis Kite Pharma
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The week-long event featured motivated activists, innovative presentations & an eye-opening conversation. Joe Sibilia, CSRwire.
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Ranchers and Native Americans unite to protect their lands and livelihoods from a pipeline's threat. Francesca Rheannon on Talkback.


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You also gota look into what motor he gots. if the car is an s4 86-87-88 too i bealive. it would b better to have an s4 motor as well. because if car in an s4 n motor is n s5 89-91, there might b more work involved then he would want to do.
its not really that bad if you have all the stuff. the chassis is exactly the same.
i don't have time to do it all but id be happy to answer specific questions. ive owned about 6 FC's now and have removed and replaced about every part on them at least once.
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Charles Sherwood Stratton (né le  dans le Connecticut - mort le ), de nom de scène  (le général Tom Pouce), est un célèbre nain du cirque Barnum. Ses parents sont pauvres : sa mère travaille dans une taverne et son père est charpentier. Phineas Taylor Barnum convainc ses parents de l'emmener à New-York. Il n'a que 4 ans quand il commence à travailler pour Barnum. Ce dernier lui donne le titre de « général Tom Pouce », du nom du populaire recueil Contes de l'enfance et du foyer des frères Grimm. Charles apprend à chanter, à danser et à se produire sur scène et devient une célébrité internationale.

En 1845, il triomphe au théâtre du Vaudeville (Paris) dans la pièce Le petit Poucet de Dumanoir et de Clairville . Son mariage en février 1863 avec une autre naine, Lavinia Warren fait la une des journaux. En Europe, ils rencontrent les souverains anglais et français.

Adulte, il atteint la taille de 1,02 m.

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 Notice sur la vie, la constitution, le caractère et les manières de Charles S. Stratton, l'Américain en miniature, surnommé le Général Tom Pouce, âgé de 14 ans, taille de 67 centimètres, et ne pesant que 6 kilogrammes 570 grammes, Imprimerie de Wittersheim, Paris, 1845. Cette biographie est précédée d'un aperçu sur les nains, géants et autres phénomènes remarquables des temps anciens et modernes.

Artiste nain
Nain américain
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Naissance en janvier 1838
Naissance à Bridgeport (Connecticut)
Décès en juillet 1883
Décès à Bridgeport (Connecticut)
Décès à 45 ans
Mort d'un accident vasculaire cérébral
Personnalité inhumée au Connecticut
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On Gail Scott's Permanent Revolution: Essays, with a foreword by Zoe Whittall and afterword by Margaret Christakos
rob mclennan December 5, 2022
The twelve essays that make up Montréal writer Gail Scott's Permanent Revolution: Essays (Book*hug, 2021) include a mélange of newer and older pieces, and focus Scott's attentions to her social, political, and structural engagements. Through prose and the particulars of the sentence—especially attentive to elements between and simultaneously through French and English thinking—she revisits and reworks older essays, unafraid of the adaptability of her thinking, as she moves and considers writing-as-thinking and re-thinking. In "The Porous Text, Or the Ecology of the Small Subject," she describes wandering the streets of Paris "in search of a lost avant-garde, increasingly settling for conversation with dead Gertrude Stein + Walter Benjamin. [Her] question to them: how does one learn to stand, as a writer, as forward-looking thinker, in relation to one's own language + time?" Her thoughts are ongoing, ever open to seeing what other possibilities exist. Or further, to introduce the selected and "somewhat revised essays" from her 1989 collection Spaces Like Stairs (Women's Press, 1989), she writes:
Hopefully, something about these struggles for more democratic approaches to living in a community of sentences is modestly useful as we continually attempt to widen our grasp of what it means to be a fully present integral person in the broader body politic.
I've grown to appreciate Scott's ability to refuse a fixed point, whether of language or of personhood, allowing for her sentences and her arguments a fluidity and adaptability; how conversations shift and change as new voices emerge, and different ideas are presented. Moving through Scott's reworked pieces, I'm suddenly aware of my own limitations, having previously inwardly chastised poets who would routinely rework and republish poems of theirs that had already appeared in collections (Irving Layton, for example, did this regularly). Through Scott, writing becomes less a moment of captured thought than something ongoing; conversations shift, and our thinking, including our writing, requires adaptation in response. Throughout this collection, as in all her published work-to-date, Scott's prose blends both the physical and the philosophical. Her work is deeply attuned to both body and gender, and the ways through which language opens, allows, and articulates all the inherent possibilities and impossibilities surrounding the simple yet complicated politics of the female body moving through space. As Sina Queyras offers in their recent Rooms: Women, Writing, Woolf (Coach House, 2022) on and around Virginia Woolf: "Alice Walker in In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens ask[s] what owning a room might mean to writers who did not own their bodies. And what of those who didn't have a roof, let alone a room?"
If Scott is willing to revisit her published works of fiction, much of which is informed and shaped by the same explorations and ongoing concerns, why not her essays as well? The shifting sand, one might say, is entirely the point, overtop a foundation of openness to clarify, expand or modify her own thinking. Even as her writing moves forward, the texts she has already produced are living and breathing, able to learn, and open to adaptation. To introduce the second section of her collection, a small selection of essays reworked from Spaces Like Stairs, Scott writes that her essays "resonate with a decade of remarkable flowering of feminism in Québec, a decade when the ethical function of the text was underscored in a writing practice greatly concerned with deciphering the effects of social constructs in language, especially for women. The decoding naturally left gaps in awareness. Going back to the essays, I felt a little naked. The essay, perhaps even more than fiction, shows up this youthful person radiant with hope + intractable enthusiasm."
Permanent Revolution: Essays was published by Book*hug in 2021.
Born in Ottawa, Canada's glorious capital city, rob mclennan currently lives in Ottawa, where he is home full-time with the two wee girls he shares with Christine McNair. The author of more than thirty trade books of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, his most recent titles include the poetry collection the book of smaller (University of Calgary Press, 2022), and a suite of pandemic essays, essays in the face of uncertainties (Mansfield, 2022). In spring 2020, he won 'best pandemic beard' from Coach House Books via Twitter, of which he is extremely proud (and mentions constantly). He spent the 2007-8 academic year in Edmonton as writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta, and regularly posts reviews, essays, interviews, and other notices at robmclennan.blogspot.com.
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Unit 6 – Black Archaeologies
Summary: In this unit, students will learn about the methodological and theoretical approaches Black archaeologists and archaeologists conducting work in partnership with Black communities are incorporating into their work. They will also learn about the critiques scholars are making about the discipline from the standpoint of Black archaeologies and explore how archaeologists are undertaking projects that ask new questions about history to offer important insights into the past and present.
SAPIENS Articles:
"The Resistance and Ingenuity of the Cooks Who Lived in Slavery"
"Rice Reveals Enslaved Africans' Agricultural Heritage"
"Unearthing the True Toll of the Tulsa Race Massacre"
"Archaeologists Respond to the Black Lives Matter Movement"
Professor Talking Points:
There is no one Black archaeology but rather a plurality of approaches conducted by, for, and with people of the African diaspora.
This work includes the archaeological study of people taken from Africa due to the transnational slave trade from the 16th to the 19th centuries, but it is also much broader and includes the study of African culture, society, and experiences within and beyond the African continent.
Explore recent issues of the Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage to share with students the latest research, ideas, and debates.
Academic Articles:
Flewellen, Ayana Omilade, Justin P. Dunnavant, Alicia Odewale, Alexandra Jones, Tsione Wolde-Michael, Zoë Crossland, and Maria Franklin. 2021. "'The Future of Archaeology Is Antiracist': Archaeology in the Time of Black Lives Matter." American Antiquity 86 (2): 224–243.
Franklin, Maria. 2001. "A Black Feminist-Inspired Archaeology?" Journal of Social Archaeology 1 (1): 108–125.
Gordon, Edmund T. 2007. "The Austin School Manifesto: An Approach to the Black or African Diaspora." Cultural Dynamics 19 (1): 93–97.
Leone, Mark, Cheryl LaRoche, and Jennifer Babiarz. "The Archaeology of Black Americans in Recent Times." Annual Review of Anthropology 34 (1): 575–598.
Weik, Terry. "The Archaeology of Maroon Societies in the Americas: Resistance, Cultural Continuity, and Transformation in the African Diaspora." Historical Archaeology 31 (2): 81–92.
Student Discussion Questions:
How are archaeologists interpreting African diaspora theory to fuel social change?
How can movements for social justice like Black Lives Matter benefit from understanding Black archaeologies?
In archaeological contributions that focus on the experiences of African descendants in the Americas, how has such research contributed to understandings about the autonomy and resistance of enslaved and formerly enslaved people?
What value does Franklin (2001) believe Black feminist archaeology brings to the field? Why does she argue it is necessary?
How do the perspectives of Black archaeologists challenge colonialism and racism in the archaeological record?
What is the difference between Black archaeologies and archaeologies of the African diaspora?
Have students select a topic mentioned in the readings and map out the emergence and changes in the way archaeologists are addressing it in a creative way. See the feminist anthropology map below for inspiration. Possible topics include: an introduction to archaeology terms, Black archaeologies' foundational principles, artifacts versus belongings, and how to do community-led archaeology.
Briefly research a Black archaeologist in the U.S. or one in a different country who is featured in the articles you have read or elsewhere. What kind of work do they do? What are their contributions to the field?
Listen to an episode of season 4 of the SAPIENS podcast and take note of the general themes. Pick one and write a one-page response about how it relates to the content of the articles in this unit.
Special Issue: "The Marathon Continues: New Directions in African Diaspora Archaeology," Guest Editors: Nedra K. Lee and Jannie Nicole Scott
Article: Archaeological Institute of America's "Archaeologists You Should Know – John Wesley Gilbert"
Article: SAPIENS' "The Untold Stories of Archaeology's Women"
Podcast: SAPIENS Season 4 Black and Indigenous Archaeologies
Webinar: Wenner-Gren Foundation's "Reclaiming the Ancestors: Indigenous and Black Perspectives on Repatriation, Human Rights, and Justice"
Webinar: Wenner-Gren Foundation's "'For the Welfare of the Whole People': Heritage Stewardship in Indigenous and Black Communities"
Webinar: Wenner-Gren Foundation's "Black and Indigenous Futures"
Website: Cite Black Women
Website: The Society of Black Archaeologists
This example of an emergence map shows time periods and major themes in feminist anthropology and the emergence of Black feminist anthropology. Chari Hamratanaphon
Unit by Eshe Lewis (2021)


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Over my years investigating fraud and money laundering as a special agent for the U.S. government, I thought I had seen it all. This case was different. In just more than one year the suspects had received almost $10 million in investor funds and then vanished without leaving a trace. Except for one little piece of evidence . . .
It started out like other fraud schemes. The suspects placed advertisements in local newspapers around the country promising huge returns on their investments. All people had to do was call the telephone number listed in the ad, and a representative would give them the information that they would need to get in on an investment of a lifetime.
The scheme was simple. For just $1,500, the investor could purchase an ATM machine that would be placed in a casino, fast food restaurant or other retail establishment and would earn the investor about $1 to $2 per ATM transaction. Even better, the company would do all of the work maintaining the ATMs.
The scheme worked so well that in just more than a year the suspects had received almost $10 million from more than 300 investors. Many victims purchased multiple machines; most were hard-working individuals who invested their life savings and retirement accounts.
In the beginning, everything looked fine. Investors received monthly earning statements and could even view their accounts on a website. According to their statements they were making great returns. But all of that came crashing down more than a year after the scheme began. As investors tried to track their investments, they quit receiving investment statements, the company stopped answering phone calls, and no one could find a single ATM machine that the suspects supposedly had used their investments to purchase. Investors eventually called the authorities to help search for their money.
By the time authorities began investigating, the suspects had vanished. All that remained were empty apartments and bank accounts. We discovered that the business address was a mailbox in a strip mall, and the telephone number listed in the newspaper advertisements was for an answering service that forwarded calls to temporary cell phones that were switched out every couple of weeks. The suspects even used fictitious or stolen identities when they talked to investors.
As the investigation continued, the leads went cold. The individuals involved in the scheme had vanished without a trace, and the paper trail went dead. As we struggled to find any new leads, we discovered in a stack of documents that one of the suspects listed a personal reference in an application to purchase a vehicle. Using this last bit of evidence, we tracked down the personal reference, conducted interviews and convinced them to have the suspect contact us.
A couple days later, one of the suspects called us from a pay phone in central Mexico. He said that he was hiding in Mexico because the guys running the fraud scheme had threatened his and his family's lives and told him to leave the country. Through his cooperation, we were able to identify the mastermind of the organization, a man we will refer to as "Chris." According to the cooperating suspect, Chris had approached him and his wife about setting up the business and bank accounts, and in return they would get paid a small amount each month for running the local operations. As part of the operations, the cooperating suspect was instructed to take out thousands of dollars in cash from the business bank account (i.e. fraudulent proceeds) and send it to Chris via FedEx.
Chris' use of temporary services (like cell phones, answering services and mailboxes), his use of fictitious names and unwitting suspects, and the bulk cash shipments by FedEx made it extremely difficult to trace any direct evidence linking Chris to the fraud scheme.
However, using the investigative techniques I outline below, we identified Chris and his associates, his bank accounts, his sources of income and his personal assets (houses, boats, cars, etc.). We conducted an extensive financial analysis of the records, which showed that the cash in Chris' bank accounts and his purchases of cars, homes and other toys were tied — through either direct or circumstantial evidence — to the illegal activity and the bulk cash shipped to him through FedEx. Ultimately, the financial analysis and money trail lead to the successful prosecution of Chris and three other associates, with Chris sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $6 million in restitution.
The key to this investigation, as in all investigations, was our use of all of the available resources and techniques to discover and analyze evidence. A small piece of information buried in a pile of evidence eventually lead to the apprehension and the subsequent prosecution of the suspects. You never know what will give you a solid lead. Sometimes it's the combination of several pieces of evidence that ultimately helps you piece together a scenario.
Analysis of physical and electronic evidence.
Following the money (financial analytics and forensics).
At the beginning of a fraud examination it's important to gather as much information as possible about the suspects, the businesses, its owners and employees, related parties, etc. Public records searches can identify historical, current and other relevant information from court records (civil and criminal), business records, real and personal property records and even news articles.
Reviewing public records also can help identify such things as possible rationalizations or motives for committing fraud (for example, debts and liens) or identify lifestyles that aren't consistent with the suspect's employment.
A good amount of public records can be retrieved on government and public websites that provide online access to electronically stored records. Many courts also maintain at least some information on their websites that are useful for the fraud examination.
Also, several commercial providers charge fees to access large databases of public records or even conduct public records' searches for you.
Public records searches were key in our fake ATM case to help identify the suspects and their businesses. In addition, once we were able to identify the suspects, the public records searches helped us find assets such as houses, cars and boats that were tied to the illegally obtained money.
Interviews should be focused on gathering evidence through facts and other information supplied by the witnesses. Interviewers should be objective, fair and impartial.
You should conduct interviews throughout all phases of the fraud examination. As you obtain evidence from investigative techniques, you may identify additional leads and persons of interest, find new evidence or records and may identify additional witnesses. The purpose of interviews is to obtain background information about the witnesses and their knowledge of the subject matter and targets of the investigation. In general, like the peeling of an onion, the fraud examiner will first interview peripheral witnesses, progress to those with specific knowledge and then interview the targets last.
In our fake ATM case, gaining the cooperation of the people we interviewed was integral in the prosecution of the suspects. The interview with the personal reference of the suspect hiding in Mexico had very little face value but ultimately led us to a key suspect. And through an interview with the fugitive calling from a payphone in Mexico we were able to convince him to return to the U.S. and fully cooperate in the investigation.


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Chasing Midwest Mysteries
A Lesson from Cats and Dogs
One time or another, most cat and dog hosts (we're surely not owners) have seen this behavior: the beloved feline or canine stares pointedly at the leash, the closed door to the outside world, or the crock full of treats — fixated on what they want.Until they get it, which they usually do.
This is my reminder for the day, to focus on what I want and not drag myself away from goals with analysis, anxiety, or worry about worst-case scenarios. Besides, there's no fun in that. It's the prospect of gifts to come that elicits purrs.
Changes can at first be so hard to believe. Soon a green cloak of invisibility will enshroud our cabin in the woods and birds will flit unseen through leaves of oak, maple, and elm.
Explore Wisconsin Rivers
Published by Trails Books in 2008, Explore Wisconsin Rivers, was a joy to write and an adventure to research with my husband, Michael H. Knight, and our black Labrador, Rumpus.
From the 40-mile-long Montreal to the 430-mile Wisconsin, we explored the rich history, geography and people of the state's stellar streams, including all of its boundary rivers. We shared what we learned about the largely urban Milwaukee, the scenic St. Croix, the wild Wolf and more than a dozen other rivers. We traveled along these streams by canoe, trail, car, train, and paddle wheeler, and learned where to watch sturgeon spawn, where to spot trumpeter swans, and how to find secluded waterfalls and riverside campsites.
Elsie's Elegy: A Quest for Closure
Haunted by her aunt Elsie's death in 1960, niece Doris Green searches for family skeletons and finds genealogical clues to how Elsie died at a northern Wisconsin tavern. The author seeks an answer to a murder-vs.-suicide debate through a mash-up of journalistic inquiry, family history research, and alternative ways of knowing such as astrology and hypnosis. Stay tuned for the rest of the story...
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