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Aerial Filming took a giant leap forward when Swedish aerial specialist, Peter Degerfeldt at Blue Sky bluesky.se challenged Gyro-stabilized Systems in Grass Valley, US, to build a GSS 520 5 axis system that would produce rock solid images at a speed of more than 300 knots per hour.
Blue Sky’s client, the Swedish company Saab Defence and Security, required high end motion and stills for their multirole fighter Gripen. gripen.com
Normally, all stabilization systems on the market are approved for helicopters, and thus a speed of maximum 125 knots per hour.
Saab required at least 300 knots for their filming and stills projects.
From the Images of Old Hawaii website
Between 1879 and 1948, Waiākea Mill Company conducted mill operations at Waiākea Pond. Bagasse – a by-product of sugarcane – became a secondary industry, first as a fuel for the mills’ boilers, then as the main ingredient for a wallboard product – canec. Canec was originally the brand name for pressed fiber board made by Hawaiian Cane Products, Ltd., but it has become commonly used to refer to all pressed board of this type.
It was formed into sheets similar in size to drywall, as well as other sizes for use as ceiling and wallboard. Canec was used for interior ceilings and walls in many residential and commercial structures throughout the state of Hawai‘i. A fire destroyed the canec plant on April 3, 1960.
A growing number of older adults are combining multiple prescription and over-the-counter medications and supplements in ways that could lead to serious side effects, according to a new study.
From 2006 to 2011, the number of older adults (ages 62 to 85) in the United States taking five or more medications or supplements rose from 53.4% to 67.1%.
A common prescription drug, for example, is warfarin, a blood thinner. But combining it with a supplement such as omega-3 fish oils, which skyrocketed in popularity during the period of the study, increases the risk of bleeding for certain patients.
It wasn’t that long ago when it seemed that cheese choices in the United States were limited to American, Swiss, and cheddar. Today, you can find more than 400 varieties of cheese, including artisan gourmet cheeses, and soft, hard, aged, and blue cheeses. But be careful — with more cheese choices come more ways to gain weight.
“Cheese is a fabulous source of calcium, but can also be high in saturated fat,” warns registered dietitian Joan Salge Blake, MS, RD, clinical associate professor of nutrition at Boston University. “If you don’t choose cheese carefully, you could get more fat from the cheese on your burger than from your burger.”
Getting in to see your doctor for a non-emergency can take time. On average, new patients wait more than 18 days for an appointment, according to a nationwide survey. Once you do get in, the visit may last a half an hour or less, so you want to make every minute count.
“Most primary care doctors have their available time slots pre-booked with chronic care patients who take longer to see: 20 to 30 minutes for a routine follow-up versus 10 to 15 minutes for straightforward cases like a sore throat or twisted ankle,” said George Lowe, MD, FACP, medical director of Maryland Family Care, a group of primary care doctors.
There are a few practical things you can do to prepare for your appointment.
Tom Tamotsu Kato, 85, a retired Air Force senior master sergeant who served 42 years as an aircraft mechanic in the US Air Force and Hawaii Air National Guard, passed away on February 22, 2016 in Honolulu. He was born in Lilikoi, Maui and was a veteran of the Korean War.
He is survived by sons Glen (Carlyn) Kato and Wayne (Jodi Ito) Kato; daughter Debbie (Matthew) Ogata; brother Roy (Ella) Kato; grandchild Blossom (Brian) Kennedy and great-grand-children Jasmine Kennedy and Brody Kennedy.
Private services with military honors were held on March 17, 2016 at Punchbowl-National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. No monetary offerings requested.
Webmaster Comments: Tom Kato was aircraft maintenance retiree who served on the fighter flightline for many years. One of the Guardmembers who was part of the transition from the F-102 Deuces, through the F-4 Phantoms into the F-15 Eagles. A true professional. Aloha Pumehana Tom.
FOR YEARS, CAR owners with keyless entry systems have reported thieves approaching their vehicles with mysterious devices and effortlessly opening them in seconds. After having his Prius burgled repeatedly outside his Los Angeles home, the New York Times‘ former tech columnist Nick Bilton came to the conclusion that the thieves must be amplifying the signal from the key fob in the house to trick his car’s keyless entry system into thinking the key was in the thieves’ hand. He eventually resorted to keeping his keys in the freezer.
Now a group of German vehicle security researchers has released new findings about the extent of that wireless key hack, and their work ought to convince hundreds of thousands of drivers to keep their car keys next to their Pudding Pops.
Do you see your dentist at least twice a year for regular checkups? If so, you have an excellent chance of keeping your teeth and gums healthy for a very long time. Because your mouth is the gateway to the rest of your body, maintaining good oral health is important—but even routine dental care can be costly, sometimes averaging several hundred dollars each year. Fortunately, the TRICARE Retiree Dental Program (TRDP) can keep you smiling and help you maintain your overall health, all at an affordable cost.
Here are just some of the many reasons why more than 1.5 million current enrollees find the TRDP to be such a good value:
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Several months ago, I spent four weeks and five days obsessing about pain.
This was after an appointment with an oral surgeon who, believing that full disclosure was the way to go, described the procedure she needed to do to remove a lesion on the roof of my mouth as “very, very uncomfortable.”
“Does it really warrant two ‘verys’?” said I.
“Unfortunately, yes,” said she. “Picture the worst pizza burn you have ever had and multiply that by a lot. I don’t like to sugar-coat things.”
From the This Day in Aviation website
In response to several acts of international terrorism sponsored by the Libyan regime of Muammar Khadafi, the United States launched Operation El Dorado Canyon. Along with A-6E Intruders, F/A-18 Hornets and A-7 Corsair IIs from the aircraft carriers USS America and USS Coral Sea, 24 General Dynamics F-111F Aardvarks of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing from RAF Lakenheath, accompanied by EF-111 Ravens for electronic counter measures, and flew 3,500 miles to their targets.
Thanks to Gordon Lau for sharing this article.
A blue-ribbon panel created to evaluate the Veterans Affairs health system is weighing a radical proposal to eliminate all VA medical centers and outpatient facilities in the next 20 years and transition 9 million veterans to the private sector for health care.
A 34-page “strawman document” floated last week by seven of 15 members of the VA Commission on Care calls for giving all veterans immediate access to private health services and closing VA health facilities gradually, starting with those that are obsolete or underutilized in a process similar to a base realignment and closure.
VA eventually would become “primarily a payer,” much like Medicare, under the proposal.
It’s difficult, if not impossible, to avoid germs. The tiny organisms that can cause sicknesses like cold and flu lurk on just about every imaginable surface, from doorknobs to store shelves. The common cold is the main reason adults miss work and children stay home from school. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adults average 2-3 colds a year, and kids have more than that. You probably already know the usual hangouts for germs, like bathroom door handles, but some germ “hot spots” are less obvious. Here are some of the places you might encounter them, along with how to stay nearly germ-free when you do.
Stephen Lum, Hawaii Army National Guard retiree and a member of the Department of Defense’s Public Affairs Office just completed another series on Hawaii National Guard history. This series is on Guardmembers who served in public office.
This photo gallery is in the hallway outside the Adjutant General’s office here at the State Headquarters. Each photograph includes a short biography of each Guardmember. To share Steve’s hard work, Retiree News will post a photograph each week.
This week’s photograph features Ingram Stainback
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Special thanks to Steve for another superb job
