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AMR pilot contract would cover US Air pilots in merger: memo
If American Airlines and US Airways Group merge, pilots of the carriers would initially be governed by the contract currently in place with American's pilots, according to terms of a memorandum disclosed on Tuesday.
The so-called memorandum of understanding has been approved by the leadership of the Allied Pilots Association, which represents American's pilots, and the US Airline Pilots Association, the union for US Airways pilots, as well as by the two carriers.
American parent AMR Corp , which filed for bankruptcy in November 2011, is weighing merging with US Airways against exiting Chapter 11 as a stand-alone company. A combined carrier's revenues would be on a par with the revenues of United Continental Holdings , which became the world's largest airline in 2010.
In a statement, American Airlines stressed that the memo of understanding would only become effective should a merger be approved, and added it outlines the process to reach a joint collective bargaining agreement for pilots.
The memorandum of understanding "was negotiated to give the parties greater clarity on both the costs and the pilot integration processes associated with a potential merger, as American reviews its strategic alternatives," spokesman Bruce Hicks stated.
In a message to members, the Allied Pilots Association said its 2012 collective bargaining agreement reached with American would be the "baseline contract for all pilots" should a merger take place.
The MOU would allow the pilots union to make $522 million in contractual improvements, or $87 million a year over six years, the APA said.
Additionally, the memo includes procedures for integrating pilot seniority lists and specifies that current American pilots would fly existing American aircraft, while US Airways pilots would fly that carrier's planes.
"We recognize the prospect for substantial improvements this potential merger holds for both pilot groups, APA President Keith Wilson and US Airline Pilots Association President Gary Hummel said in a joint statement.
(Reporting by Karen Jacobs; Editing by Kenneth Barry)


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BREAKING: Noam Shuster Not Allowed to Swear In!
Author: Lev
Posted on: April 27th, 2008
I'm sitting in the Senate meeting right now and the new Vice-President Mike Kerns has just announced that Noam Shuster will not be allowed to swear in as Senator-at-Large
Andrew Brooks has filed an injunction against Noam Shuster asking that she be not sworn in. The former UJ has accepted the injunction and has left the final decision up to the next UJ and Noam cannot be sworn in for at least five days. Brooks is accusing Shuster and her campaign of slandering Brooks on this website and possibly elsewhere. For the record, we would like to state that nothing published on Innermost Parts was written, approved or influenced by anyone but its stated authors.
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15 comments on "BREAKING: Noam Shuster Not Allowed to Swear In!"
Gideon Klionsky Says:
Hm, I'd check against the rules but the union site seems to be down. Any idea, O New Senators?
Ollie the Owl Says:
April 27th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
The campaign rules clearly state that "There shall be a contestable presumption that a candidate supports all actions committed in the furtherance of their campaign". A candidate can be held accountable for the actions of someone working towards their campaign whether or not they green lighted them to do so.
Also of note is that "It is the responsibility of each candidate to ensure that the actions of any and all person assisting in their campaign comply with all election rules."
Yeah, I knew it was something like that because I read it during the first round of elections but I wanted to be able to quote it. So that you, Ollie.
*thank you.
Lev Says:
In the candidates meeting, Nelson said of that rule (I'm paraphrasing), that it didn't apply if it could be proven the candidate was completely not connected. So that's one issue.
The other issue is whether or not the statements were actually slanderous. One of the statements Brooks took issue with had to do with Adam quoting the Justice (who misquoted Brooks). And the other had to do with the claim that he sponsored the resolution wishing Israel happy birthday, when in fact that was just Justin Sulsky (though Brooks voted for the resolution and argued for it in the meeting). Both statements were corrected upon notification that they weren't true. Was that really slanderous? No, not really.
Furthermore, the case could be made that people campaigning for Brooks/Sulsky also made slanderous statements. Students United for Israel repeatedly claimed that Noam was anti-Israel and not friendly to Israel (silly, she's FROM Israel). Slanderous? Maybe. No less slanderous than anything Adam wrote here.
Oh, the final issue is that this election the rules were changed (I don't know if the rules on the website were updated to reflect this change). But the new rules state that slander claims have to be due to "outrageously offensive" statements. Claiming that a resolution that Brooks argued heavily for and voted for is "outrageously offensive" is pretty damn silly.
I don't think anyone (or I hope no one) really cares about reprinting the Justice misquote. That isn't Adam or Noam's fault.
Correction Says:
According to the agenda, Andrew Brooks did cosponsor the Israel resolution:
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:BQNkM_1cAPYJ:union.brandeis.edu/senate/agendas/2008-03-09.html+site:union.brandeis.edu+israel+birthday&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=us&client=firefox-a
I think you might be thinking of the American flag resolution:
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:dVPgUrH1bXMJ:union.brandeis.edu/senate/agendas/2008-01-20.html+site:union.brandeis.edu+%22american+flag%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=16&gl=us&client=firefox-a
Oh yeah. Whoops.
Wrong resolution. I'm tired.
I hope my comments aren't taken as slanderous.
(Not that it really changes anything. Its to my understanding that Brooks voted for the American flag resolution).
Tim PD Says:
do we know yet when this UJ hearing will take place? are UJ hearings open?
No idea… and no idea.
Presumably the UJ will hear the issue before Tuesday.
Adam Hughes Says:
Just a quick correction. It was Sahar who referenced the Justice misquote, not me.
As for my comment, what I originally wrote was, "Andrew Brooks and Justin Sulsky's horrible records… [include] authoring and being the only two senators to vote for the ridiculously partisan American flag resolution". Everything from "authoring" onward was part of a bulleted list discussing the records of the two. I had researched the flag resolution, and I knew what each had done for it; the point I was trying to make was that the two had been responsible for the resolution and the debate that followed. I accept that the way it was worded makes it seem like I was stating that both of them wrote it; I therefore went back and had it corrected. However, all I was trying to say was that the culpability for the resolution lied between the two of them; remember, at the time, we were supporting two separate write-in candidates.
Needless to say, had I known that Brooks would blow this non-issue up into an attempt to defy the will of Brandeis voters, I would have been far more careful with the wording used, and I apologize for the trouble that has been caused because of it.
Daniel Ortner Says:
In a response to a previous comment, UJ hearings are generally open to the public.I went to the Goldman trial earlier in the year.
It's partisan to live in the US, go to school in the US, and want to see more than one US flag on campus?
Nelson Rutrick Says:
The issue itself is controversial among your elected representatives, if that is what you are asking.
I like American flags personally.
I put up 399 around campus just a few weeks ago…
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May 28, 2020 Asad Bajwa Articles, Automotive, Design, Telecom
Our automobiles are becoming more connected and reliant on wireless connectivity, and at the same time, the number of high-compute internal systems is rapidly increasing. Like any high-speed, complex digital electronic system, automotive electronics can be both a cause of, and highly sensitive to, electromagnetic interference (EMI), and the consequences of failure can be fatal. In this article, we discuss sources of EMI, and steps engineers can take to identify, isolate, and reduce its impact.
Keywords: EMC, EMI, EMS, PXI, automotive test, connected car, test for manufacture, time domain scan, TDS, safety standards, CISPR 16-1-1, radiated emissions, conducted emissions, IEC, ANSI C62.3, radiated immunity
In 1915, a book was published—The Model T Ford Car: Its Construction, Operation, and Repair, by Victor W. Page [1]. It explained the "operating principles of all parts of the automobile" and extended to just 302 pages (with advertisements). How big would the book be to describe the operating principles of a modern car? Just the 100 million+ lines of code in 100+ embedded processors would fill around 10,000 books. The complexity of cars today is extreme with interconnected functional, control, safety, driver assistance, communications, and infotainment electronic systems.
The picture is more complicated when 'V2X' interactions are included: Vehicle-to-Vehicle, Vehicle-to-Infrastructure, Vehicle-to-Person, and Vehicle-to-Network. With a semi- or fully-autonomous driving, complexity, and safety concerns multiply up further.
It's clear that keeping a heavy vehicle loaded with explosive fuel, or high-energy batteries safe at high speed, requires all of the on-board systems to interface correctly with no surprises. While the highest levels of engineering discipline in design can define and control the electrical and mechanical interfaces, electromagnetic effects and compatibility (EMC) are much harder to predict. The consequences of system interference can be dire—there have been reports of airbags spontaneously deploying, triggered by emergency service vehicle RF transmissions and engine management, and cruise control systems demanding 'full throttle' when subjected to EMI [2].
Robust designs are therefore necessary to ensure system EMC along with verification by simulation and test to automotive compliance standards.
A COHERENT APPROACH TO TEST THROUGH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
While good design practices and use of EMC/EMI simulation tools can minimize an electronic system's EMI susceptibility and emissions, performance is often affected by the installation conditions and interconnections with other equipment. With components, modules, and sub-systems sourced from multiple tiers of suppliers, individual EMC performance can only be characterized under agreed 'standard' conditions, which may not match the intended EMC/EMI environment. Compliance at all component, module, and system levels, though, is a good starting point.
The ultimate goal is to achieve certification of the vehicle to relevant standards, including EMC, with an 'E' mark, mandatory in the E.U. and other countries that have signed up to the scheme. The E-mark is applied to components, separate technical units (STU), and electrical sub-assemblies (ESA) as well as the complete vehicle. For most countries, the relevant automotive EMC standard is United Nations regulation ECE R10, currently at revision 5, which also covers EMC requirements for electric (EV) and hybrid-electric vehicles (HEV). For the U.S., the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and automotive OEMs set the standards. These generally reference international standards for EMI limits and test methods, as defined by ISO, IEC, CISPR as well as American ANSI documents. Other countries, such as India and China, have local requirements. Vehicle manufacturers have their internal standards too, often with more stringent specifications, such as Ford CS2009, Chrysler- Fiat CS11979, or Nissan NDS02.
The automotive environment is hostile, with conducted and radiated emissions from high-power switching converters and data lines, as well as transients and dips from load dumps and current surges but new automotive technologies and operating conditions are adding to the burden, and test standards must evolve to match. For example, ECE R10 EMC requirements now differentiate between electric vehicles at charging stations or on the road. Also, the introduction of new RF technologies such as automotive radar systems at 24/77/79 GHz and 5G connectivity, which can also operate between 24 and 86 GHz require verification for compatibility with each other and existing car systems.
Applying the EMC standards and employing certification agencies to achieve E-marking for components and sub-assemblies, with supporting simulation, test documentation, and manufacturing quality control are obligatory—and necessary, as an EMC failure at the vehicle level can be extremely expensive to rectify. THE EMC ENVIRONMENT EMC concerns range across all the systems in automotive applications from traction motor drives in EVs to BluetoothTM connection for infotainment, involving the whole RF spectrum from kHz to GHz (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Automotive EMI considerations cover the whole RF spectrum. (Image Source: Keysight)
EMI is categorized into four areas, conducted/radiated emissions and conducted/radiated susceptibility, with their specific compliance standards and limits. Conducted emissions can be measured in open lab conditions, but radiated measurements require an open area test site (OATS) or anechoic chamber to eliminate spurious signals. Taking radiated emissions as an example, ECE R10 refers to CISPR 16 for broadband and narrowband emissions between 30 MHz and 1 GHz with limits, shown in Figure 2, for whole vehicles at 10 m (left) and ESAs/ components (right). The measurement resolution bandwidth is 120 kHz.
Figure 2: Limits for radiated interference according to ECE R10 from CISPR 16 from vehicles (left) and ESAs/components (right).
U.S. specifications might reference ANSI standards ANSI C63.2 and C63.4 for emissions measurement methods and instrumentation respectively, covering the range 9 kHz to 50 GHz.
The key to the measurement of conducted and radiated emissions is an EMI receiver conforming to the CISPR 16 requirements. Specific characteristics needed are a selectable signal detection method and measurement resolution bandwidth (RBW)—the ability of the measurement to separate spectrum components. RBW varies between the standards and can be between 9 kHz and 1 MHz. EMI receivers provide several options for signal detection as defined by CISPR 16: based on the applicable standard, either a 'peak', 'quasi-peak', or 'average' detector is selected, each with different detection time constants to more-or-less attenuates random or non-repetitive components of the measured signal. Quasi-peak, for example, is weighted according to the repetition rate of the signal, and the receiver must dwell at the measured frequency to allow the detector to evaluate this parameter. Peak, however, is an almost instantaneous measurement so dwell time is less and will always show a higher response than quasi-peak or average, so if limit lines are met with peak detection, then all is well. If peak detection fails the limits, there is no choice but to use quasi-peak and average to try to show compliance—a very slow measurement with traditional receiver designs.
NEW RECEIVER TECHNIQUES REDUCE MEASUREMENT TIMES DRAMATICALLY
New receiver techniques, however, can make the quasi-peak and average sweep times much faster. The advantages are improved measurement accuracy, better repeatability, better filter shape factor, and ability to take a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of the digital signal, which, in turn, allows a 'Time Domain Scan' (TDS). This technique can speed up quasi-peak and average detection sweeps dramatically by dwelling only once at the bandwidth of the FFT operation. This encompasses hundreds if not thousands of RBW values and speed is enhanced further by a reduction in the number of total scans, requiring fewer local oscillator steps and associated re-lock delays.
Evaluating EMC between a huge range of disparate systems in automotive applications is a daunting task. The stakes are high for OEM time-to-market, and user safety is a higher priority still. Using a PXE series of EMI receivers guarantees the best measurement accuracy at the fastest speeds backed up by a test and consulting service that supports users all the way from initial design to full regulatory compliance testing.
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What Makes the Gate Narrow?
Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time (C) | Fr Peter Hunter contrasts the infinitely wide-open love of God and the fickleness of our wills that narrows the gate to salvation.
Lots of Christians down the centuries have made the mistake of believing that God's salvation was a limited affair. "Very few will be saved, and most of those will be monks," the heresiarch Pelagius was supposed to have said.
But first of all, Scripture tells us, in the first letter of St Paul to Timothy, that God wants all people to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth. Moreover, when St John records his vision of Heaven in the book of the Apocalypse, he says, "there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb…" This is hardly a limited affair.
Our first reading takes the same tack. The LORD is gathering people of all the nations on Earth. Israel had to come to accept that while the Jewish people were to have a special place in God's plan of salvation, his will to gather people to himself was much wider than the bounds of the nation of Israel.
Part of our Gospel today, however, seems to say the opposite: "Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able." If God wants all to be saved, if salvation is not a limited affair, why is the door narrow? Why will many be unable to enter? Perhaps it feels like God says he wants us all, but then he sets the bar impossibly high, and indeed, maybe we feel anxious that we ourselves will not find that narrow gate.
John Chrysostom asks whether there is some contradiction here. Jesus says elsewhere that his yoke is easy and his burden light. Chrysostom points the way to the resolution of these tensions when he says, "the one was said because of the nature of temptations, the other with respect to the feeling of those who overcame them." He goes on to talk of the way that this narrow gate leads to wide-open space.
The other side of the gate, then, God's side, is wide open. It is as wide as the love of God, which is to say that it is, in fact, infinitely wide. The gate is narrow, not from God's side, but from ours.
What makes the gate narrow? Chrysostom tells us: temptation. St John puts it this way in his Gospel: "the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light." God offers us his love, calls us to the one thing that would satisfy us, love of him, and we close our hearts. The gate is narrow because of the fickleness of our wills. We are so easily called away from God's path to other things.
It's not that God has made a bad world. The things which attract us are desirable not because they are bad, but because they are good, but we love them too much or for the wrong reasons. We love things selfishly and short-sightedly. We close the door to the promptings of God in our hearts. We allow ourselves to be called away from the door by a million pleasures and cares of the world.
So should the Gospel make us anxious? If we are living our lives carelessly, then perhaps it should. Jesus calls us back to ourselves. We become slack when we should strive to enter. The Gospel reminds us of the offer God is making to us. It calls us every day to repent.
But it also reminds us of the infinitely wide, saving love of God, who is quick to forgive and to set us on the path to the wide-open spaces of his company. We may make the door narrow or even sometimes slam it shut by our fickle wills, but we don't depend on our own strength, on our own ability to find the way. God wants us for himself and when we do not resist that love, he will himself lead us on the path to his wide-open pastures.
Readings: Isa 66:18-21 | Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 | Luke 13:22-30
Photograph by Fr Lawrence Lew OP of the cloister entrance into the Nativity Basilica in Bethlehem.
Peter Hunter O.P.
fr. Peter Hunter teaches philosophy at Blackfriars, Oxford.
peter.hunter@english.op.org
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Nicely worded and so true


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View from Mars Hill: Quadrantid Meteor Shower - Lowell Observatory
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View from Mars Hill: Quadrantid Meteor Shower
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By Madison Mooney
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By Kevin Schindler
The new year kicks off with a bang as the Quadrantid Meteor Shower makes its annual visit on January 3-4. This shower can produce as many meteors as its better known brethren such as the Perseids, but, with a peak lasting only a few hours instead of the more typical day or more, the opportunity for viewing is limited. The Quadrantid meteors are also notable both for their outdated name and origin, whose identity has ties to Flagstaff.
Italian observer Antonio Brucalassi first noted this shower when he wrote in 1825, "the atmosphere was traversed by a multitude of the luminous bodies known by the name of falling stars." The celestial streakers appeared to radiate from the constellation Quadrans Muralis, (the "Mural Quadrant"), a group of stars mapped by French astronomer and science popularizer Jerome Lalande in 1795. Since meteor showers are named for the constellation from which they appear to emanate, this one became known as the Quadrantids.
If Quadrans Muralis doesn't sound familiar, that's because it is no longer recognized as a valid constellation. In 1922 the International Astronomical Union, the governing body of astronomical policy including nomenclature, condensed and standardized the Greek/Roman constellations in an effort to create a universally accepted method of mapping the sky. Quadrans Muralis didn't make the cut, and the area of sky with which it had been associated was subsumed under the constellations Bootes and Draco. Despite Quadrans Muralis's rejection from the modern family of 88 constellations, the name Quadrantids stuck for the meteor shower, memorializing Lalande's effort.
Most meteor showers come from the remains of comet tails orbiting the Sun. The parent body of the Perseid meteors, for instance, is a comet commonly known as Swift-Tuttle. Into the twentieth century, the parent body of the Quadrantids was unknown. This changed in 2003 when Dutch/American astronomer and meteor shower expert Peter Jenniskens theorized their connection to a small solar system body, 2003 EH1, which is likely an extinct comet; astronomers today generally regard it as an asteroid. This body had been discovered on March 6, 2003 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search, an asteroid and comet search program headed by Lowell astronomer Ted Bowell that ran from 1993 to 2008. After this discovery, Jenniskens studied 2003 EH1's orbit and realized it matched that of the Quadrantids, indicating it was the likely parent body.
Whatever the true origin of the Quadrantids, they reliably visit at the beginning of each year, with a peak often exceeding 50 meteors per hour. This is limited to about a half dozen hours that in 2020 should span the late night of January 3 into the early morning hours of January 4. Moonlight won't interfere much since the nearly first-quarter Moon will be low in the West, setting at 12:42 a.m.


A reminder, for Boston-area folks in need of something other than our public miseries to ponder.
Seth Mnookin and Ta-Nehisi Coates talking with David Carr, the New York Times' media critic, on Wed., April 17, 7 p.m. in MIT's building 6, room 120 (6-120, as folks in the Shire reckon addresses — click on the link for an interactive map). The event is running under the title "The Future of Print in the Digital Age" and is sponsored as part of the Writer's Series within MIT's Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing, its Graduate Program in Science Writing, and the MIT Program in Science Technology and Society. To repeat myself from last week's notice: This should be a very smart evening; Carr's one of the really good ones.
Note: 6-120 is a reasonably large room — about 120 seats, I think — but this is one that should get a lot of interest, so if you want to be there, allow a little extra time.
Next, the day after, Thursday, April 18, my former student Emily Anthes is coming back to MIT to speak about her new book Frankenstein's Cat. You might recall that Emily and I had a conversation about the book last month (podcast here). Emily has taken a serious and very well researched look at the intersection of biotechnology and the animals closest to their human partners/owners/users. The result of that work is a gracefully written book that wears the author's knowledge lightly, and argues its point — the technological manipulation of animals is both inevitable and at least potentially a benefit to both parties to the deal — with grace and rigor. She's got a lot to say, and she says it well. If this is the sort of thing you like to engage, this will be a fine evening too. Her talk is the day is also at 7 p.m. in yet another of MIT's utterly impenetrably named venues, 56-114 — building 56, room 114.
To the annals of the unbelievably cool, add this: a camera that can image one trillion frames per second. That's fast enough to make a movie of light in motion.
My favorite part of the movie itself (as opposed to the ridiculously cool tech and the gorgeous underlying science) is the choice of target, amidst all that ferociously exact equipment. Yup. Coke does rule our world.
The system relies on a recent technology called a streak camera, deployed in a totally unexpected way. The aperture of the streak camera is a narrow slit. Particles of light — photons — enter the camera through the slit and pass through an electric field that deflects them in a direction perpendicular to the slit. Because the electric field is changing very rapidly, it deflects late-arriving photons more than it does early-arriving ones.
Bonus trillion fps eye-candy videos here.
And yup, somewhere, Doc Edgerton is one happy camper.


Our earlier report that Winx might venture across the waters to try her fortune in Europe or elsewhere has been rendered moot by the might mare's owners, who do not think journeys to America, England or Japan would serve theirs' of their horse's interests.
Winx is currently taking a much-deserved rest in the vicinity of Sydney and will enjoy six weeks' vacation before appearing in the Sydney autumn carnival, and if all goes according to plan, a spring carnival defense of her Cox Plate title and the attempt to make it three consecutive October next at Moonee Valley.
According to Peter Tighe, who has a part-ownership interest in Winx, she spends her days lounging about in her stall, content without a lot of interaction with other horses. She is not the first in the history of racing to display introverted tendencies, but she seldom ventures outside for any length of time, either.
According to Australian thoroughbred racing protocol, Winx turned five years' of age on August 1, and will go over the $10 million mark in prizemoney in short order. She recently passed Northerly to move into fourth position all-time and a decent campaign as a five-year-old could easily bring her into position to pass number three So You Think and number 2 Sunline. Makybe Diva leads the list, but she earned more than $9 million for her three Melbourne Cup wins, and unless Winx magically finds another 1200 m or so, it is not likely that she can catch the Diva.


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Case Study based on August 21st, 2018, interview with North-Wright Airways Quality Assurance Manager, Jana Welsh.
North-Wright Airways is a family run, majority Aboriginal owned charter airline based out of Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada. The company was founded in 1986 and operates in the remote regions of Canada's north, which are fully dependent on the services provided by aircraft. They initiated the business with six staff and three aircraft, consisting of a Cessna 207, a Britten-Norman Islander, and a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Piston Engine Otter.
Currently, North-Wright Airways employs 73 staff and commands a fleet comprised of 23 fixed-wing aircraft. This includes de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters, Beechcraft 99s, and 1900s, Cessna 208 Grand Caravans, 206s, 207s, 172s, and a 185, a Pilatus Porter PC-6, and a Helio Courier.
The company runs charter services through the Arctic, along with scheduled commuter flights between eight northern communities in Canada's Northwest Territories (Inuvik, Aklavik, Fort Good Hope, Colville Lake, Norman Wells, Tulita, Deline, and Yellowknife).
North-Wright Airways also offers a variety of specialty services, including off-strip flying, travel to isolated locations, transportation for hunting outfitters, canoe adventures, tourism, cargo transportation, wildlife expeditions, and aerial surveying.
As North-Wright Airways continued to expand its services and grow its business into the mid-1990s, it was evident that they would require more aircraft, along with more staff to manage their operation—the company was managing all scheduled flights with a single Twin Otter, a Britten-Norman Islander, a Cessna 337, and a 207, a Piper PA-31 Navajo, and a Beechcraft Model 99.
In order to keep up with the increased demand for air travel to the north, and to adhere to new federal regulations, North-Wright Airways built an aircraft hangar in Norman Wells in 1994. This facility would be used for heavy maintenance. In addition, the company hired staff in their Maintenance and Stores departments, and brought on new office personnel since dispatch, reservations, and check-ins could no longer be managed by one person.
Over the coming years, North-Wright Airways' business continued to flourish, which was due in part to a rise in scheduled flights within the region. As a result, the company purchased two Cessna 208 Grand Caravans in 1995. They also imported a second Beechcraft 99 in 1996. This reduced the need for the Piper Navajos, which were eventually phased out of service in 1998.
In the early 2000s, the region experienced a surge in oil and gas exploration, along with diamond and mineral exploration, which resulted in an increase in air travel to remote northern communities. This presented North-Wright Airways with the unique opportunity to expand the scope of their business and to boost profitability. Consequently, the company determined that they would have to purchase new aircraft and hire more staff.
Due to this increase in staff size and total aircraft, North-Wright Airways realized that their current manual processes from managing maintenance and inventory activities via journey logs, tech records, spreadsheets, and paper and pencil processes were no longer sufficient. In order to improve operational efficiencies, streamline processes, and bring the company into the digital realm, North-Wright Airways required integrated maintenance and inventory control software that could be used company-wide.
In 2000, North-Wright Airways started to look for a viable software solution to oversee all aspects of their fleet maintenance program. They had 35 staff and 14 aircraft in operation. The company initiated their search by defining their operational requirements, which led to the recognition that they would need fully scalable software to accommodate for their rapid growth.
They also determined that their solution of choice would have to be supported by aviation industry references, particularly from those businesses that were operating in the region. In terms of the company's overall business goals, it was imperative that the software would establish procedural controls, merge all departments into one cohesive unit, and offer a better way to track and manage maintenance activities and aircraft inventory.
North-Wright Airways reviewed a number of aviation management software platforms available on the market and after speaking with industry colleagues working in the North, they concluded that WinAir was an ideal fit for their operation. The software was able to provide them with the high level of accuracy in reporting that they required to better manage their business. It also established procedural controls throughout all facets of the company, which assisted with streamlining and expediting operational processes.
With these newfound efficiency gains, North-Wright Airways had the capacity to continue to expand their operation and take on new business. They also had peace of mind knowing that all aircraft inventory and maintenance processes would be tracked and managed with ease in WinAir.
Once the software implementation and WinAir training were complete, North-Wright Airways shifted their focus towards scaling up their operation. The company continued to acquire new aircraft, brought on more staff, and began taking on new projects. As the oil industry expanded throughout the North in the early 2000s, so too did North-Wright Airways' business. Over the next 18 years, WinAir would provide North-Wright Airways with the organizational structure that they required to grow their business.
With this newly established operational framework that WinAir provided in place, North-Wright Airways were able to satisfy the oil industry's demand for transportation into remote regions that could only be accessed by air travel. From 2001 to 2005, the industry expanded exponentially. This meant that the company would have to add new aircraft to its fleet in order to meet this industry's unique requirements and to support its growth. As a result, North-Wright Airways acquired new Twin Otter aircraft, which provided the company the flexibility and versatility that they required to maintain their commitment to the industry.
In 2006, after serving the Northwest Territories for nearly two decades as a family operation, North-Wright Airways partnered with the Aboriginal land corporations in the Sahtu region. This move would provide the company with the opportunity to continue on its current growth path by firmly establishing the its corporate structure and solidifying its position as a leader in the region.
In the late 2000s, the economy in the Northwest Territories was thriving, which led to an increase in government travel throughout the region. This afforded North-Wright Airways with many new business opportunities. In 2011, the company incorporated its first Beechcraft 1900D into its fleet and extended its scheduled service to include flights to and from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories—the capital city and largest community in the region.
In 2014, continued business growth and noticeable savings on fuel expenses led the company to purchase their second 1900D. With this increase in fleet size, North-Wright Airways concluded that it was in their best interest to reach out to WinAir to learn more about utilizing additional modules of the software. Their aim was to streamline and improve other aspects of their business that were not currently being handled by WinAir.
This functionality would turn out to be instrumental in expediting processes for the company, while simultaneously keeping everyone in the information loop.
With WinAir's System Barcoding module, North-Wright Airways benefited from the technology almost immediately—it saved significant time for the company and proved to be an efficient and effective means for accessing accurate data instantaneously.
"We rely on WinAir 100% now for managing all of our aircraft, knowing their history, and tracking their parts," says Welsh.
By automating processes like part identification, part issuing, and accessing part history, North-Wright Airways have been able to successfully maintain inventory control and minimize human errors caused by the manual input of information. This has saved the company valuable time, improved the accuracy of their reporting, and ensured that part traceability could be performed with exact precision.
From a Tech Records perspective, WinAir Version 7's ability to automatically write Tech Logs was also considered to be a huge time-saver for North-Wright Airways. This functionality would play a significant role in assisting the company with ensuring that their data was error-free, precise, and trustworthy.
"With the ability to automatically write Tech Logs, our Aviation Records Clerk has been able to cut down time in their department tremendously," says Welsh.
By improving the level of accuracy in their reporting and providing procedural controls throughout all facets of the organization, WinAir has had a profound impact on North-Wright Airways' business. In addition, WinAir has assisted the company with remaining compliant with aviation industry standards and regulations, and has provided the operational framework that they required to take on new business and expand the breadth of their services. In terms of the software's overall return on investment, North-Wright Airways were quick to note that it was the efficiency gains and ease of access to information that had the biggest impact on their business. This was due in part to WinAir's ability to establish a framework based on aviation industry best practices.
In addition to the software-related benefits, North-Wright Airways revealed that they have gained from the strong business relationship with WinAir and the software provider's advanced level of expertise. This insight has played a tremendous role in streamlining and expediting business processes for the company.
From adding procedural controls and unifying all departments into one cohesive unit, to providing a more effective way to track and manage maintenance activities and aircraft inventory, WinAir has benefited North-Wright Airways significantly. The software has improved the accuracy of their reporting, kept everyone informed and up-to-date, and has streamlined and accelerated daily business processes and procedures. This has afforded North-Wright Airways the opportunity to focus their efforts on growing their business.
Want to learn more about how you can grow your aviation operation with WinAir? If so, then contact us today to chat with a member of the WinAir team about your unique business needs!
Based in London, Ontario, Canada, WinAir has 30 years of experience as a leader in aviation management software. Companies rely on WinAir to efficiently and effectively track and manage aircraft maintenance and inventory control. WinAir is proud to lay claim to hundreds of installations at aviation-specific organizations worldwide. From airlines, to heli-ops, to law enforcement agencies, foreign oil industry suppliers, MROs, CAMOs, medical evacuation response teams and more, businesses using WinAir regard the solution as a necessary component to the successful management of their fleet maintenance programs.


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More Good News from SD: Abortion Supporters Ousted
Joe Scheidler June 12, 2006
We will be out on the streets of Chicagoland Wednesday on a Truth Tour. Our sites are from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Davis and Ridge in Evanston, and 10:00 to 11:30 in Skokie at Touhy and McCormick. We hope you can make one of these sights.
More Good News out of South Dakota
Life Advocacy Briefing of Arlington Heights, IL is the best thing going as a source of up-to-the minute pro-life information. We depend on it. We use their information on Action News frequently. In today's offering they have a wrap-up of the good things that came out of South Dakota's June 6 primary
We alluded to this last week when we reported that four of the incumbents who had voted against the South Dakota abortion ban lost their races. One was State Senator Stan Adelstein who was confident of a victory and was ahead before the primary.
Adelstein was stunned by his loss, as were his backers such as Planned Parenthood Federation of America, who had awarded him its outstanding Republican Legislator award for protecting reproductive rights. He had fought hard against HB-1215 and helped get the 38,000 signatures needed to force a referendum in November, and prevent the bill from going into effect on July 1.
Adelstein had urged defeat of all those who had voted for the ban. Republican State Senator Bill Napoli, a leader in promoting the ban, won his primary handily, getting 65% of the vote. GOP State Senator Brick Greenfield got 71% of the vote against a pro-abort. Greenfield is executive director of South Dakota Right to Life. Julie Bartling, a prime sponsor of the abortion ban, a Democrat, beat her two opponents.
In the wake of the South Dakota Abortion Ban, that state now gets a last place ranking on the pro-abortion website, "Mapping Our Rights." Sharing last place with South Dakota is Ohio, and at the top for "good" pro- abortion states are New York and New Mexico.
Sponsors of the poll are the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, Sister Song Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective, and Ipas. South Dakota Senator Lee Schoenbeck calls it a badge of honor to be rated last, and Ohio State Rep. Bill Seitz, Republican, says it's a virtue to be known as a traditional, family friendly state.
Are Conservatives Losing on Gay Rights?
News this weekend is full of stories on gays. Steve Chapman in a commentary this weekend says conservatives are losing on gay rights. His argument is that most senators don't want a ban on gay marriage, half the citizens are okay with gay marriage, and by far the majority of Americans support civil unions, while 89% of us support equal employment for gays.
Marni Goldberg writes Saturday that gays are using a different tactic now, gaining friends as they get better known so that they can garner rights by presenting a pleasant image as just ordinary people. They want to get known.
Corporate America has bought the image and has eclipsed Congress, says Brad Luna of Human Rights Campaign. He points to 85% of Fortune 500 companies now having protection for sexual orientation, and offer domestic partner benefits. Only three states now prevent same sex adoptions, 31 states have special hate crime laws protecting homosexuals and last week only 49 senators voted to ban same sex marriage.
The Tribune letters page aims for balance, trying to let both sides speak, but Sunday's Tribune features a story on Canada's Royal Mounted Police celebration of a gay marriage of two male Mounties almost universally accepted by Canadian Mounted Police, and Canadians in general. The story says volumes abut what has happened to our neighbor up north. Down the tube.
Yet, the truth is that nobody can make something that is intrinsically evil, like sodomy, into something good. Period. Gay marriage may be made legal but it can never be made moral. The homosexuals know this as well as we do, but they will keep trying to be accepted as normal. The homosexual lifestyle can't be blessed by God.


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The highly regarded Whitireia publishing programme is New Zealand's top training course for publishing. It teaches the whole publishing process, from manuscript to bookstore. Developed and run in partnership with publishers, the course is modelled on an apprenticeship. At its heart are practical experience, mentoring and industry contacts.
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I'm able to use a lot of the skills I developed on the publishing course, as my role draws on my publishing knowledge as well as my previous experience as a researcher.
Over the course of the year, I felt more and more that this was the industry for me. The skills I gained have been invaluable because they are not only specific, but were also learned through experience. I will always remember it fondly as the most rewarding and fulfilling year of my study.
After only two weeks out in the world of employment, I can already see how invaluable the course has been to nourishing both my career and my sense of personal fulfilment (because who doesn't want to talk about books all day?).
I knew on day one of the course that I was right where I belonged. I was surrounded by grammar geeks, punctuation pedants, design dorks and marketing maestros, all of whom quickly became my good friends.
Every day was different and challenging, and I couldn't wait to come into class each morning. The work you do on the publishing course is real . . . I had real books in my hand by the end of the year, books that many people had put a lot of effort into and which were being released into the community to make their way as legitimate commercial products. I can't think of anything more compelling than that..
I tried distance learning through another institution briefly, and I am much more enthusiastic about the Whitireia experience, where there is more participation and interaction. Being able to work with industry experts is a delight, and the quality of communication and feedback I have received is phenomenal.
The publishing programme lifts the curtain on the publishing process to reveal everything it can lead to. I worked directly with authors and designers to produce real books that I could find in bookstores and show my mum.
I studied the graduate certificate in editing during 2014 and found it incredibly valuable. It taught me the theory behind what I intrinsically knew about grammar but didn't have the knowledge to support. Being able to help edit a book that was going to be published was fabulous, and the contacts the course has with the industry help both its content and credibility.
At Gecko Press we always enjoy the enthusiasm and versatility of the students who come to us, as well as their practical skills. The industry is very lucky to have this course to prepare students for a career in publishing.
When I finished the course I went out on my own, offering online tools for writers. ... We launched Lighthouse PR in November 2012 and since then it has grown beyond everything we hoped. Now we work with writers' festivals and publishing houses, self-published writers and published authors.
During the course I realised that editing was just one part of a much larger process. Being able to study all aspects of publishing helped me to figure out what I wanted to do for a career.
On the Whitireia course you are given a level of responsibility you won't have encountered on a university degree, not just for one book, but for multiple books that will go to production and ultimately exist in the world.
From hand-making journals on the very first day of class through to working with cover designers and editing a novel, the publishing course has been all I could have hoped for. Not to mention learning from some of the best publishers in the industry and getting paid in books for any voluntary work done!
The thing is, once you've published books under Whitireia Publishing, you realise what you're capable of doing; it's like you've learnt an instrument and now you get to play it, improving with each new song.
The Editing Masterclass was a great opportunity to take time to really think about how you edit and approach editing and learn from the different ways others tackle the same tasks.
Although carefully organised and orchestrated, the course always felt lively and fresh; open and connected to timely events and trends happening in the wider world of publishing.
The Whitireia course was the springboard I needed into the publishing industry. The practical, hands-on learning was refreshing after five years of theoretical study. On this course, you learn in the deep end of the pool. You'll edit, proofread and design, organise book launches and wrestle with ebooks. It's a completely collaborative process – by the end of the year you'll have made fast friends that will grow with you in the years to come as you all find your way in the world of publishing.
The Whitireia publishing course graduates we have hired have been excellent – I can rely on them to have the skills, knowledge and enthusiasm needed for our work in educational publishing. Six of our current employees are graduates, and they all joined the company ready to go!
When I started my internship for Awa Press, I admit I had little idea what my new job would involve. But six months down the line, I'm thrilled that I got the opportunity to find out.
A great community really makes a workplace and LexisNexis is certainly no exception to this!
I did the publishing course in 2003. I thought the intern thing was one of the best bloody things I'd ever done and refused to move to a new publisher at the end of the first semester.
I wanted to learn more about the production side of publishing and get up to date with current technology.
The jobs I work on are diverse and include school textbooks, central and local government mail-outs, product manuals and novels. My job requires the written communication skills of an editor and the logistical skills of a designer. I enjoy the varied nature of the work.
For me, the year I spent as a publishing student was very rewarding. The tutors and guest speakers have a wealth of knowledge they are happy to share and the class environment is so collaborative. In my time there, I learnt about and participated in just about every aspect of the publishing process – editing, typesetting, marketing and publicity, project management, organising launches... the list goes on.
Aside from learning about every aspect involved in making books, one of the best things about the course was meeting and listening to so many of the key people in the publishing industry.
The most daunting thing about working in publishing is sending something you've put hours of work into out to the world for the first time. As both writer and project manager [of the The Weta Workshop Tourism Trade Manual] I was responsible for organising content, a photo shoot, and making sure we reached our deadline ... [with] amazing assistance ... the project came together brilliantly (and on time!).
One of the most valuable things about the Editing Masterclass (as with the publishing course) was the industry involvement — the tutors are working editors, as are the other students. Editing can be an isolated role, whether you're working in-house or freelance. So it's great to find a forum where you can unashamedly discuss editorial details with others who are really interested!
When I started the Whitireia Diploma in Publishing I was interested in fiction and thought I wanted to work in publicity and marketing – I didn't think I would end up working as a production editor for the multinational legal publisher Thomson Reuters. However, this step out of my comfort zone was just what I needed to make me work harder in my job! My InDesign lessons from the course have most definitely paid off in this respect!
I discovered Whitireia offered a Graduate Certificate in Editing that was part-time and offered online. A couple of months into the course, I applied for a 6 month role as an editor at Statistics New Zealand and, after an editing test and an interview, was offered the job. I found out after I'd started that they gave me the opportunity to do the editing test (which was the first step in the application process) because I was enrolled in the Whitireia course!
The publishing diploma at Whitireia gave me a great overview of the publishing industry and, although I was convinced that I wanted to be a book editor, I really enjoy my current role. I project manage thirty scholarly journal issues a year and oversee about sixty scientific editors spread around various universities and research institutes throughout the country.
After being accepted I was fortunate enough to land a part-time entry level role as Marketing Assistant at Auckland University Press and I did the course while working there — which worked well. The course provided a valuable grounding in the industry, I began with my heart set on becoming an editor, but was surprised to find that the marketing module was the one that I enjoyed the most and got the best marks in.
I wanted to be creative, innovative. I wanted to tell people about the brilliant books and publishers that were out there. And then I clicked – that's what marketing is! When you boil it down, marketing is really about telling a great story. The story of your company, the story of your product. Although I like publicity and sales, marketing is definitely my chief passion.
I heard about the publishing course and everything fell into place for me. Of course I should have a future working with books and words.
I still regard my year on the course as one of my most cherished. It led to being employed by one of New Zealand's best publishers – and I formed some lasting friendships.
The course supplemented my existing knowledge and experience and facilitated my move into freelance editing. ... Our tutor Paula Wagemaker provided much insight and expertise, and was generous with her feedback and support. I can recommend the quality and professionalism of the course and how it is taught.
To do this [content strategy] job I need many of the skills I learnt on the publishing course – ranging from all kinds of editing to relationship management.
I wanted to work with books but publishing felt like a dream career. Whitireia opened doors and validated my idea that I could make a living working on books!
I loved doing the publishing course! It was a huge change of pace from my BA degree — a lot more practical and hands-on. I could see very clearly how each skill could be applied in the real world and, on finishing the course, I felt very well-equipped. I rave about the Diploma to anyone who is even vaguely interested. It's the best pathway into the industry available in New Zealand, I think.
The Diploma in Publishing that Whitireia offers has been my ticket into the publishing industry. In 2014 I did some work experience at Random House. The first question on people's lips was, 'Are you doing the Whitireia course?' At that time the answer was no, so I decided that if I wanted to get anywhere my first step would be to apply for the programme.
Throughout the year, the course offered fantastic exposure to the full scope of the publishing process; this wide range of experience thoroughly prepared me for taking my first steps into the publishing industry.
A German student told us she had searched the world and this was the best, most comprehensive publishing course she found. We have employed many graduates. The great strength of the course is that it combines hands-on publishing projects with a lively range of guest lecturers from presses large and small.
The course is highly practical and very relevant, and the students and graduates are all extremely well prepared for their industry roles. We are great supporters of this invaluable course.
I might not have a background in science, but I'm definitely enjoying the challenge of putting my project management and editing skills to use in an unfamiliar field, and the opportunity to use my other skills as needed.
The publishing course equipped me with the skills needed to work in a demanding and technical field of publishing – from keeping up with fast-paced changes in the law and online content to maintaining editorial consistency over thousands of pages of intricate text in very specific subject areas.
I'd always been interested in literature and the production side of publishing. Completing the publishing course seemed like an ideal way to both get a rounded education in publishing and find out about local opportunities.
I have employed or hosted as interns more than two dozen Whitireia graduates in the past ten years and am always struck by the fact that they have practical editorial chops as well as a breadth of knowledge about our very diverse and changing industry.
We currently have five Whitireia graduates on our books, and all of them demonstrate the programme's focus on teaching the practical skills essential to a rapidly changing industry.
The course was a real buzz from beginning to end.
Once I began work as an editorial assistant, I would silently thank the course every day, as I referred back to the mental filing cabinet of publishing knowledge I had built up over the nine months of the course.
The Whitireia publishing course prepared me well for my work here. All the things I learnt through my projects last year also apply here: schedules are not ironclad, author availability varies, managing images takes a lot longer than you'd expect, InDesign is a marvellous but occasionally intractable beast, and publishing is a lot of fun. Also, cake is always welcome.
Working in production is great fun: it's varied and fast-paced. You get to collaborate with your colleagues in production and in different departments, and with external academic editors and suppliers. You are also the main point of contact for authors after their articles have been accepted for publication, which can at times be very rewarding.
I have learned something from every part of the course but the most rewarding aspect, for me, is that I now understand everything I do so much better. I appreciate the background and the meaning of the special orders, remainders and other information that crosses my path. Readings that I did the night before would appear in my work of the next day.
I knew from my work at the bookstore that small-press publishers were opening even as larger companies closed their doors, and that publishing needs people who care about its future now more than ever. Studying online was sometimes isolating, but the course content is strong, the structure is practical and my tutors were always helpful.
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12.07.2011 Sports
Wrestling: Weight classes adjusted this season
By Joe Werkmeister
Something look a little off this year in the weights wrestlers are competing at?
Fear not, they're no typos.
All but four weight classes were slightly adjusted this year, the most dramatic shift in weights in 23 years.
The changes were handed down by the National Federation of State High School Associations Board of Directors in April at the behest of the associations' Wrestling Rules Committee.
The purpose behind the adjustments was to evenly spread out the distribution of wrestlers in each weight class.
"The change in weight classes resulted from a three- to four-year process utilizing data from the National Wrestling Coaches Association Optimal Performance Calculator," said Dale Pielmann, chair of the NFHS Wrestling Rules Committee, in a press release.
Pielmann added that the goal was to "have approximately seven percent of the wrestlers in each weight class."
The change spreads out the middle weights more and adds to the upper weights. Where there used to be four weight classes between 130 and 145 pounds, there are now three (132, 138 and 145). The 140-pound weight was eliminated.
The upper weights now have more options beginning with 170. The next weight is 182, followed by 195 and 220. The heavyweight, 285, remains unchanged.
The other weights that remain the same are 145, 152 and 160, but they are now 8-9-10 in order as opposed to 9-10-11.
Riverhead coach Wade 'Rocky' Davey said the change benefited schools in the midwest more than it would New York.
"In reality the least participated weights in New York, especially Suffolk County, are the upper weights," he said. "I don't think it's a good thing for New York wrestling."
Davey noted that at a school like Riverhead, there are plenty of kids who fit the bill to wrestle in the upper weights, but getting them into the sport is often the challenge.
The last change in weight classes came in 2006 when the heavyweight increased from 275 to 285.
The lowest weight used to be 96 pounds, a weight class that is not formally recognized by the NFHS. In New York, however, the weight is competed and it will now be bumped up to 99.
Before last season the 96 and 285 weights were wrestled at the discretion of the teams during dual meets. They became mandatory last season and remain that way this year.
Joe Werkmeister is the editor of The Riverhead News-Review and The Suffolk Times. A graduate of St. Bonaventure University, he joined the Times Review Media Group Staff as a sports reporter in 2006. He is a three-time New York Press Association Sports Writer of the Year.
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Plot Overview
Five Key Questions
What Does the Ending Mean?
Summary & Analysis
Part One, Chapter 1
Chapters 2–3
Chapters 9–11
Part Two, Chapters 12–13
Chapters 14–15
Video Plot Summary
Scout Finch
Atticus Finch
Jem Finch
Boo Radley
Plot Analysis
Is justice achieved in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Important Quotations Explained
Quotes By Theme
Quotes By Section
Quotes By Character
The Scottsboro Boys Trial
To Kill a Mockingbird and the Southern Gothic
Full Book Quiz
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Part 1: Chapter 1
Part 1: Chapters 2-3
Part 1: Chapters 9-11
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Suggestions for Further Reading
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To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during 1933–1935. These years place the events of the novel squarely within two important periods of American history: the Great Depression and the Jim Crow era. The Great Depression is reflected in the poverty that affects all of the residents of Maycomb. Even the Finches, who are objectively better off than many of the other citizens in the area, are ultimately poor and living within the means available to them. The years depicted in the novel also fall within the much longer period of time that modern historians often refer to as the Jim Crow era. This term describes the time from the late 19th century until the mid-1960s when black people in the United States could no longer be held in slavery, but where laws limited the social, political, and economic possibilities available to black citizens. We should remember that when Harper Lee wrote the novel in the late 1950s, the Great Depression was over, but Jim Crow laws were still present in substantial portions of the American South.
The fictional town of Maycomb, in the fictional Maycomb County, seems intended not to represent an exact location in the real world, but a kind of small Southern town that existed in the 1930s. Scout describes the town as old, tired, and suffocating. In addition to being literally appropriate, these descriptions also apply to more subtle social aspects of the town. The town is burdened, Atticus might say diseased, by social prejudices in general, and racism in particular. Maycomb is also sharply geographically divided along class lines. While more prosperous families like the Finches live in large houses close to the center of town, the Ewells live in a ramshackle cabin near the dump, out of sight of the rest of the town except at Christmas, when people drive their trees and trash to the dump. The only other dwellings in this area are the cabins where black families live, an indication that the town is both racially and economically segregated. The Ewells lack basic necessities like running water and insulation, and they frequently forage in the dump for food. "Every town the size of the Maycomb had families like the Ewells," Scout says, implying that the economic inequality is endemic to the region.
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