 | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta 1932 Soon after World War 1, the next few years were to see a remarkable transformation, and one of the first of this new generation of British airliners was the Armstrong Whitworth A.W.15 Atalanta. Ordered by Imperial Airways for its services in South Africa and between Karachi and Singapore, the A.W.15 (or A.W.XV) was developed in response to a requirement calling for the ability to carry a 3,000 lb (1361 kg) payload, maintain 9,000 ft (2745 m) with one of its four engines stopped, and cruise at 115 mph (185 km/h). An obvious necessity with these routes was an ability to use small airfields at high altitudes in hot countries, and a range of 400-600 miles (644-966 km) was needed. Only nine passengers and a crew of three were stipulated, a considerable amount of payload space being allocated to mail. Later in its career, seating accommodation of the A.W.15 was raised to 17 passengers. The first Atalanta (G-ABPI) flew on 6th June 1932, and appeared at the first SBAC Display at Hendon on 27th June, going to Martlesham Heath for tests on 11th July and receiving its certificate of airworthiness in August. The remarkable speed with which this was achieved reflects the soundness of the basic design, and all eight Atalantas for Imperial Airways had been certificated by April 1933. The first service was flown from Croydon, to Brussels and Cologne, on 26th September 1932, and other routes followed. G-ABPI was severely damaged in a forced landing at Coventry on 20th October 1932, while in the manufacturers' charge for modifications, and the aircraft's individual name 'Atalanta' was transferred to the fourth aircraft (G-ABTI) which had a sufficiently similar registration to avoid press questions! The accident was caused by fuel starvation, but the aircraft was repaired and re-appeared christened 'Arethusa'. G-ABPI left Croydon on 5th January 1933, on its proving flight to Cape Town, arriving on 14th February. Three more Atalantas joined it at the Germiston base in South Africa, for service between Cape Town and Kisumu, originally to replace de Havilland D.H.66s, but they were too small for the traffic and therefore complemented the older aircraft. A proving flight to Australia in June 1933 attracted considerable interest but no order, QANTAS choosing instead the D.H.88, but on 1st July 1933 the first Atalanta (G-ABPI and then named 'Arethusa') inaugurated the first direct air mail service between London and Karachi, where on arrival the mail was delivered to Indian Trans-Continental Airways. A second aircraft for Indian registry arrived soon afterwards and the two, plus two British-registered Atalantas, operated a Karachi-Calcutta service, later extended to Rangoon and Singapore. Three Atalantas were lost before World War 2; the remaining five were taken over by BOAC and in March 1941 were impressed into RAF service, based in India. They were later handed over to the Indian air force's No. 101 GR Squadron at Madras and used for coastal reconnaissance work, being armed with a single machine-gun operated by the navigator. One Atalanta was destroyed in a crash landing, and the last patrol was flown on 30th August 1942, after which the four survivors were withdrawn from service. Four-engined high-wing 17-seat transport built for Imperial Airways and Indian National in 1932. Five survivors of original fleet of eight impressed (as DG450-DG454) April 1941 in India and used to evacuate civilians during Iraqi rebellion, then operated by No 1 (Madras) and No 3 (Calcutta) Flights, IAF on coastal patrols, with defensive armament of one 0.303-in (7.7-mm) machine gun and crew of three. Retired August 1942. Four 340 hp Serval III engines . Powerplant: Four 340 hp (254 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Serval III radial piston engines Performance: Maximum speed: 156 mph (251 km/h) at 3,000 ft (915 m); Maximum cruising speed: 130 mph (209 km/h); Stall Speed: 51 m.p.h.; Service ceiling: 14,200 ft (4330 m); Range: 640 miles (1030 km) Weights: Empty: 13,940 lb (6323 kg); Maximum take-off: 21,000 lb (9525 kg) Dimensions: Span: 90 ft 0 in (27.43 m); Length: 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m); Height: 15 ft 0 in (4.57 m); Wing area: 1,285 sq ft (119.38 m²) Crew: 3 Passengers: 9-17 |
 | Standesamt / Registry Office This is your marriage certificate that says that you got married in Zurich today on 25th of August 2006. |
 | Lawsuit Filed Over Photoshopped Obama Birth Cartificate http://www.americasright.com/2008/08/obama-sued-in-philadelphia-federal.html Lawsuit Filed Over Photoshopped Obama Birth Cartificate Obama Sued in Philadelphia Federal Court on Grounds he is Constitutionally Ineligible for the Presidency by Jeff Schreiber A prominent Philadelphia attorney and Hillary Clinton supporter filed suit this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic National Committee and the Federal Election Commission. The action seeks an injunction preventing the senator from continuing his candidacy and a court order enjoining the DNC from nominating him next week, all on grounds that Sen. Obama is constitutionally ineligible to run for and hold the office of President of the United States. Phillip Berg, the filing attorney, is a former gubernatorial and senatorial candidate, former chair of the Democratic Party in Montgomery (PA) County, former member of the Democratic State Committee, and former Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania. According to Berg, he filed the suit--just days before the DNC is to hold its nominating convention in Denver--for the health of the Democratic Party. "I filed this action at this time," Berg stated, "to avoid the obvious problems that will occur when the Republican Party raises these issues after Obama is nominated." Berg cited a number of unanswered questions regarding the Illinois senator's background, and in today's lawsuit maintained that Sen. Obama is not a natural born U.S. citizen or that, if he ever was, he lost his citizenship when he was adopted in Indonesia. Berg also cites what he calls "dual loyalties" due to his citizenship and ties with Kenya and Indonesia. Even if Sen. Obama can prove his U.S. citizenship, Berg stated, citing the senator's use of a birth certificate from the state of Hawaii verified as a forgery by three independent document forensic experts, the issue of "multi-citizenship with responsibilities owed to and allegiance to other countries" remains on the table. In the lawsuit, Berg states that Sen. Obama was born in Kenya, and not in Hawaii as the senator maintains. Before giving birth, according to the lawsuit, Obama's mother traveled to Kenya with his father but was prevented from flying back to Hawaii because of the late stage of her pregnancy, "apparently a normal restriction to avoid births during a flight." As Sen. Obama's own paternal grandmother, half-brother and half-sister have also claimed, Berg maintains that Stanley Ann Dunham--Obama's mother--gave birth to little Barack in Kenya and subsequently flew to Hawaii to register the birth. Berg cites inconsistent accounts of Sen. Obama's birth, including reports that he was born at two separate hospitals--Kapiolani Hospital and Queens Hospital--in Honolulu, as well a profound lack of birthing records for Stanley Ann Dunham, though simple "registry of birth" records for Barack Obama are available in a Hawaiian public records office. Should Sen. Obama truly have been born in Kenya, Berg writes, the laws on the books at the time of his birth hold that U.S. citizenship may only pass to a child born overseas to a U.S. citizen parent and non-citizen parent if the former was at least 19 years of age. Sen. Obama's mother was only 18 at the time. Therefore, because U.S. citizenship could not legally be passed on to him, Obama could not be registered as a "natural born" citizen and would therefore be ineligible to seek the presidency pursuant to Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution. Moreover, even if Sen. Obama could have somehow been deemed "natural born," that citizenship was lost in or around 1967 when he and his mother took up residency in Indonesia, where Stanley Ann Dunham married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian citizen. Berg also states that he possesses copies of Sen. Obama's registration to Fransiskus Assisi School in Jakarta, Indonesia which clearly show that he was registered under the name "Barry Soetoro" and his citizenship listed as Indonesian. The Hawaiian birth certificate, Berg says, is a forgery. In the suit, the attorney states that the birth certificate on record is a forgery, has been identified as such by three independent document forensic experts, and actually belonged to Maya Kasandra Soetoro, Sen. Obama's half-sister. |
 | Trix Bruce, Deaf Performer Par Excellence! PATRICIA "TRIX" BRUCE Is from Seattle, Washington, is known nationwide as both a workshop presenter and an American Sign Language (ASL) performer. Trix's work has been warmly received everywhere, from local community centers, to state, regional and the national Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID) conferences, Deaf Way II, interpreters conventions and more. Widely popular as a teacher of ASL storytelling and interpretation, Trix impresses audiences at all levels of ASL skill, from novices to fluent experts. Trix has been profoundly deaf since she was 6 months old. She went through oral, mainstreaming, deaf classes and online educational programs. Trix has been involved in the performing arts since 1980. After completing her college program, she became involved with interpreting training. Trix's mail area of study has been ASL Linguistics with a focus on ASL performance. She is an approved sponsor for the RID Certificate Maintenance Program and has developed two popular websites, www.aslworkshop.com and www.trixbruce.com. Whether writing, creating, improvising or starring in her many productions, Trix's passion for the dramatic arts shines through. |
 | Certified Deaf Interpreter Explained :: Part One "I want to become a CDI, therefore I am Deaf!" Part one of the "CDI:explained" the Series. **** Transcript made possible by me. Let me know if you see any major errors in this translation. ***** A lot of you sent me inspiring messages about Deaf interpreting— but I noticed a pattern of one single error, more like a misunderstanding... so I want to make a vlog to clarify which means I will sign slow and add transcript or subtitled, it depends, to ensure that everybody will understand me. OK, so I am talking about "CDI" which stands for "Certified Deaf Interpreters"....... okay, I don't mean to belittle you but I want to explain what CDI, the term, means exactly. "certified" means a person that has been certified due to passing an examination. "Deaf"... (sort of obvious what it means) "Interpreter" (a person who interpret) So now I am focusing on two terms, "Deaf" and "Interpreter." What does it mean, "Deaf Interpreter"? Well, an interpreter who is Deaf themselves.... Hearing-impaired, Hard-of-Hearing, whatever label you got for us... so an Interpreter. Is. Deaf. You see, "interpreter" is a noun, and if you put another word in front of it which is known as an adjective which refers to the noun. So, "Deaf" is the adjective in this case which refers to the noun, "interpreter"... So let's rew back to the term "CDI." "CDI" is who? Deaf people who have became certified interpreters. Does it mean "CDI" include Hearing people? NO. For hearing people, you use the terminology "CI" or "CT"- CI stands for "Certified Interpreter", no mentioning whether the person is hearing or deaf.... "CT" stands for Certified Translitera which means word-for-word. Again, no mentioning of hearing or deaf. Yet CDI does state that it is for Deaf peple—it already got that capital "D" in its name! So, hearing people cannot apply to become CDI. The organization RID (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) will require proof if you want to apply as a CDI by showing your audiogram to justify your deafness. So RID already enforces the position of CDI to be for Deaf people only. Hearing people who want to become interpreters take up the CI/CT test which is now known as NIC "National Interpreter Certificate" which is new. So again, I want to clear something up— I am DEAF. I cannot hear nothing. I am Deaf, pathologically and culturally with a capital D. And I want to become an interpreter. An oxymoron? No. It is quite possible! "Interpreters for the Deaf" is a line that is overused.... "Interpreter for the Deaf" again and again, even the RID included that line [aside: like hey?] so I understand how it is easy to get into that rut by automatically assuming that CDI means Certified Interpreter for the Deaf. No...actually if you want to think about it, Certified Interpreter for Deaf should say "CID." My situation, what I want to be, is CDI [Certified Deaf Interpreter]... so remember, Deaf interpreter, Deaf Interpreter, Deaf interpreter... Thumbs Up? |
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