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Airplane tail strike, miracle flights, 737 MAX Deferred Prosecution Agreement, the FAA Reauthorization Act, airport name changes, and fatal helicopter crash in Iran. Also, a report on the Valdez Fly-In and Airshow, and a scenic flight around Denali Mountain. Aviation News NTSB Releases Final Report Of United Airlines Boeing 737 Tail Strike In Houston The NTSB report of the January 2024 tail strike says the 737-900ER touched down three times while landing. The aircraft's aft fuselage "impacted the runway as a result of a delayed flare and subsequent nose-high pitch inputs." The initial touchdown force was 1.87G and the second touchdown was 2.87G. An article in SKYbrary states that “various studies by several of the major aircraft manufacturers have arrived at similar conclusions regarding the primary cause of tail strike. The most significant common factor is the amount of flight crew experience with the specific model of aircraft being flown.” Studies identified eight specific Causal Factors that greatly increase the risk of a tail strike: During take-off: Improperly Set Elevator Trim or Mis-Trimmed Stabiliser  Rotation at Incorrect Speed Excessive Rotation Rate Improper Use of the Flight Director During landing: Unstabilized Approach Excessive Hold-Off in the Flare  Crosswinds Over-Rotation During Go-Around Over 65% of tail strikes occur during landings, while only 25% happen during takeoffs. With One Simple Change, Southwest Airlines Will Deal Blow To Wheelchair Scammers, Unruly Passengers And Seat Savers Southwest Airlines is considering implementing assigned seating, eliminating the need for passengers to board early to get a good seat. The change would address “the phenomenon of passengers faking disabilities to board early, end the practice of seat saving, and make it easier to identify unruly passengers on board.” Currently, Southwest is the only airline that doesn't have passenger names and seat assignments on the flight's manifest. DOJ Takes Key Step to Hold Boeing Accountable for 737 MAX8 Crash Deaths The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has determined that Boeing breached the January 2021 Deferred Prosecution Agreement. The Clifford law firm (which represents families of the Boeing 787 MAX8 crash victims) says that Boeing could now face a criminal trial, although more action is needed from the DOJ. Bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act Signed Into Law Senate passes sweeping FAA bill focused on safety and consumer protections Unions Notch Congress Win to Keep Pilots' Retirement Age at 65 H.R.3935 - Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act American Airlines Bus Service Connecting Wilmington Delaware Airport (ILG) to PHL to Start This Fall The Delaware River & Bay Authority announced that American Airlines and its partner Landline Co. plan to launch a bus service between Wilmington Airport (ILG) and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL). Passengers flying out of Philly can park, check bags, and pass through security at the Wilmington Airport. Chicago-Bound United Airlines Boeing 767 Diverts to Ireland After Passenger Gets Laptop Wedged Stuck in Business Class Seat United Airlines flight 12 from Zurich to Chicago O'Hare was forced to make an emergency diversion to Shannon, Ireland after a passenger got their laptop stuck in a Business Class seat aboard the Boeing 767-300. Two More Airports Are Fighting Over Using a City Name, This Time in Canada Where a Lawsuit Is Already Underway Montreal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) is suing Saint-Hubert Airport after the smaller airport decided to rebrand itself as Montreal Metropolitan Airport. Valdez Fly-In and Airshow Listener Brian and Cora attended the 2024 Valdez Fly-In and Airshow in Alaska and provided a trip report. The couple also took a scenic flight around Denali Mountain and the report highlights the unique experiences and stunning views. ...

Ekstremværet Gyda raser mens vi spiller inn tirsdag 11. januar og med det forventer vi både regn og vind som forhåpentligvis setter fart i både vannkraften og vindkraften. Vi har trafikktall fra Flyr, Norwegian og SAS, MAX selger og Lufthansa er på kjøpern ... kanskje. Espen kommer med et bittelite investeringsråd. Velkommen ombord på flight 187.Flight 187 - ingen ulykke, men en låt av 50Centhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wle7aaKAF0AKTUELT:Allegiant kjøper 737MAXTrafikktallFlyrNorwegianSASAvinorWiderøe øker i stillhet på Oslo-TrondheimAir Greenland flyr uten kabinpersonale ... og stanser billettsalget i en ukeRyanair dropper Frankfurt-hubbenLufthansa skal være interessert i å kjøpe 40% av ITA ... sies detAllegiant 737MAX-7 og MAX8-200 Foto: BoeingSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/flypodden. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alex speaks with Jenny Wang of IBM on the team effort and pride of accomplishment of achieving their goals with Max8.  They delve into the sophisticated framework that revolutionizes the way Maximo is delivered while maintaining the surface similarities. It's a work of art. 

If you’ve ever thought, “There should be a group that promotes learning electronics and audio to teens and college students,” well, there is! It’s Audio Builders Workshop (ABW), a working group of the Boston AES Section. Chris Kincaid is lecturer at the Purdue School of Engineering & Technology and Program Manager with ABW. While many ABW events focus on simple electronic kits, more seasoned engineers have access to truly professional projects. Large diaphragm condenser mics, ribbon mics, 500-series format mic preamps, and studio audio levelers are DIY projects available through ABW’s partner companies. Show Notes:Audio Builders WorkshopABW - a working group of the Boston AESABW Metronome kit from CrowdSupply - as seen on TWiRT and built by Michael HarnackBumblebee DIY ribbon mic kitsDIYRE CP5 Colour Mic Preamp KitDIYRE OLA5 Opto Compressor KitMicParts DIY Microphone kitsAES Show - Fall 2020Chris Kincaid mentioned Max8 aural and visual creation software Guest:Chris Kincaid - Program Manager at Audio Builders WorkshopHosts:Chris Tobin, IP-SolutionistKirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas BroadcastingFollow TWiRT on Twitter and on FacebookTWiRT is brought to you by:Broadcasters General Store, with outstanding service, saving, and support. Online at BGS.cc. Angry Audio - your source for StudioHub cables and adapters, plus audio Gadgets and Gizmos. Audio problems disappear when you get Angry at AngryAudio.com. Nautel - keeping you connected with your community, and offering informative webinars at Nautel.com/webinars. And MaxxKonnectWireless - Prioritized High Speed Internet Service designed for Transmitter Sites and Remote Broadcasts. Subscribe to Audio:iTunesRSSStitcherTuneInSubscribe to Video:iTunesRSSYouTube

This week is the anniversary of the grounding of the Boeing MAX 8. We read the debacle in light of sociological research. And I talk with Hope Harvey, Ph.D., a post-doctoral scholar at Cornell University, about some interesting results reported in her recent Social Forces paper titled “Forever Homes and Temporary Stops: Housing Search Logics and Residential Selection” The paper is co-authored by Kelly Fong, Kathryn Edin, and Stefanie DeLuca. Segment 1 -- Hope Harvey on "Forever Homes and Temporary Stops: Housing Search Logics and Residential Selection" Segment 2 -- "The insider story of MCAS: How Boeing's 737 MAX system gained power and lost safeguards"; Seattle Times and "Stick Shaker Disagreement Threatens MAX Consensus"; AVWeb

Compania Tarom a semnat in sfarsit contractul pentru cele noua avioane noi, Blue Air scoate sintagma MAX din denumirea viitoarelor Boeing 737 MAX8, iar noi va povestim ce planuri avem pentru 2020. Enjoy.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Daniel Lazare, a journalist and author of three books--“The Frozen Republic,” “The Velvet Coup,” and “America's Undeclared War.”Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department’s Inspector General, testified about FBI malfeasance yesterday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Horowitz described the F.B.I. as a dysfunctional agency that severely mishandled its surveillance powers in the Russia investigation, but he told senators that he had no evidence that the mistakes were intentional or undertaken out of political bias. Instead, he attributed the FBI’s behavior to “gross incompetence and negligence.” Britons went to the polls today to elect a new government. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is confident of victory and, although polls showed the race tightening in its final days, expects to have a working majority that he will need to lead the UK out of the European Union. But Jeremy Corbyn has mobilized an army of enthusiastic volunteers based on his program “For the many, not the few” to close the gap. Steve Hedley, the senior assistant general secretary of the UK’s Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers Union, joins the show. Federal Aviation Administration investigators decided last year to allow Boeing Company’s 737-Max8 jets to continue flying despite the fact that their own analysis indicated that the jet was prone to crashes and would be one of the most crash-prone jets in the world without design changes. The FAA analysis found that, without design changes, the 737-Max8 would have averaged one crash every two or three years, a substantially worse crash rate than either Boeing or the FAA had previously acknowledged. Brian and John speak with Dennis Tajer, a spokesperson for the Allied Pilots Association and an American Airlines pilot trained on Boeing 737 planes. The House of Representatives, led by the Democratic leadership, voted in favor of a new National Defense Authorization Amendment which funds a new arms race in space, reauthorizes NSA to spy on American citizens, and designates Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. Previous NDAAs have authorized warrantless wiretapping of American citizens and even the murder of US citizens around the world without criminal charge and even with the use of drones. Why are so few members of Congress willing to stand up? Medea Benjamin, a well-known peace activist and the cofounder of the peace group Code Pink, joins the show. Several weeks ago, journalist Max Blumenthal was arrested and charged with assault after Washington DC police showed up at his house in an early morning raid. Max hadn’t assaulted anybody, but that didn’t stop Washington authorities from keeping him in jail for nearly two days. Well, the charges have now been dropped and the hosts talk to Max about his ordeal and next steps. Max Blumenthal, a bestselling author and journalist, whose latest film is “Killing Gaza,” the senior editor of The Grayzone, and co-host of the podcast “Moderate Rebels,” joins Brian and John. Thursday’s weekly series “Criminal Injustice” is about the most egregious conduct of our courts and prosecutors and how justice is denied to so many people in this country. Paul Wright, the founder and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center and editor of Prison Legal News (PLN), and Kevin Gosztola, a writer for Shadowproof.com and co-host of the podcast Unauthorized Disclosure, join the show.A regular Thursday segment deals with the ongoing militarization of space. As the US continues to withdraw from international arms treaties, will the weaponization and militarization of space bring the world closer to catastrophe? Brian and John speak with Prof. Karl Grossman, a full professor of journalism at the State University of New York, College at Old Westbury and the host of a nationally aired television program focused on environmental, energy, and space issues, and with Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space and a contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus.

Episode 9The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) has released its final report regarding the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 and John and Greg are far from satisfied. One thing is clear to these aviation experts: the focus was on returning the plane over and over again to revenue service, rather than fixing known issues.  In this episode, John and Greg focus on critical maintenance issues, some of which are presented as little more than footnotes in the NTSC final report. They find that the report presents selectively filtered information and lacks analysis, falling far short of providing much-needed answers. They apply their expertise to analyze critical failures. Lion Air Flight 610 was a scheduled domestic flight operated by the Indonesian airline Lion Air from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta to Depati Amir Airport in Pangkal Pinang. On October 29, 2018, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 operating the route crashed into the Java Sea 13 minutes after takeoff, killing all 189 passengers and crew. Photo credit: PK-LQP, the Lion Air Flight 610 aircraft. Photo credit: PK-REN from Jakarta, Indonesia - Lion Air Boeing 737-MAX8; @CGK 2018, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73958203

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【国家标准委：启动区块链技术委员会筹建工作】国家标准委近日成立一批全国专业标准化技术委员会。同时，围绕区块链技术、共享经济、婴童用品等社会关注的热点领域，国家标准委也加快推动标准化技术组织建设工作，启动区块链和分布式记账技术等一批技术委员会筹建工作，目前正有序推进中。（全景财经） 【报告：近170万个、价值上百亿美元比特币或已永久丢失】当地时间11月19日，根据区块链数据分析服务提供商Coin Metrics最新报告，通过重复交易，奖励无人认领或盗窃等方式丢失的比特币近170万。若按最新比特币价格约8000美元计算，170万个比特币价值约136亿美元。Bicc币交所CEO王小彬表示：“据我了解，丢失的比特币总量应该会超过170万枚，最主要的原因还是用户丢失了私钥。毕竟早年比特币并不像如今那么值钱，大家对于私钥的管理不够重视。听说还有人把私钥保存在电脑硬盘中，之后连电脑硬盘都找不见了，这些都将会永久消失。”（澎湃新闻） 【炒鞋风险已开始暴露】在某些平台，购买球鞋可以寄存在平台的仓库，买家不必拿到实物，遇到涨价可以把鞋转卖给其他人。在这种“鞋不过手”的炒作模式下，一旦出现问题，用户将面临“财物两空”的风险。个别平台还推出预售模式，35天内发货，如果在规定的时间内，买方或卖方取消订单则要交违约金，这就相当于购买“鞋期货”。但击鼓传花的金融风险已经开始暴露。近期，几款热门球鞋价格都明显回落。11月以来，价格下跌的球鞋占比开始增多，价格较高点跳水20%、30%已是常态。据相关统计，跌幅最大的一款球鞋价格已经跌去将近90%。（新华社） 【电子烟创投熄火：近一年总融资超10亿，现已无人敢投】2019年初，众多电子烟品牌扎堆发布，创业者纷纷入局。新风口上吹起电子烟创投圈，经历了一年之内总融资额超过10亿元的繁荣，而现在大多数投资机构选择谨慎观望。圈内人劝诫，没有足够强大的决心，不要再进来了。 【股票放量跌停！拉卡拉回应考拉征信涉黑产被查：彼此独立经营、不知情】近日江苏淮安警方依法打击了7家涉嫌侵犯公民个人信息犯罪的公司，涉嫌非法缓存公民个人信息1亿多条。其中，拉卡拉支付旗下的考拉征信涉嫌非法提供身份证返照查询9800多万次，获利3800万元。警方已将考拉征信服务有限公司及北京黑格公司的法定代表人、董事长、销售、技术等20余名涉案人员抓获。拉卡拉表示，考拉征信确实正配合相关调查，目前只是取证阶段。拉卡拉与考拉征信之间的财务、业务、经营等都是各自独立的，拉卡拉支付是考拉征信母公司九名股东之一。(央视、第一财经） 【杭州警方：人人爱家员工等涉嫌非法集资行为人应及时退缴工资、提成、奖金】日前，杭州警方发布通告称，杭州孔明金融信息服务有限公司涉嫌非法集资的行为人(包括部门主管、普通员工、业务辅助人员，其他为吸收资金提供帮助人员)自通告发布之日起至2019年12月31日止，应将自己在杭州孔明金融信息服务有限公司工作期间的工资、提成、奖金等费用全额退缴至杭州市公安局下城区分局指定账户。警方表示，及时退缴上述赃款的，可以依法从轻处罚或免除处罚，拒不退缴赃款的，将严肃依法追究法律责任。 【阿里巴巴确定港股发行价，超越Uber成2019年全球最大新股】据报道，阿里巴巴港股上市发行价格将定在每股176港元，符合市场预期。阿里巴巴将按计划于11月26日在香港联交所主板挂牌上市。阿里巴巴此前已宣布将每股股份“一拆八”，为香港上市铺路。11月19日晚，公司美国存托凭证（ADR）在美股收报185.25美元。按照美元兑港元最新汇价计算，阿里巴巴此次定价，较公司美股价格折让约3%。（财新网） 【QuestMobile发布双11报告：拼多多DAU达2.2亿，相比去年净增1亿】昨日，QuestMobile发布《2019双11洞察报告》显示，今年双11当天，共有6.6亿消费者在移动购物行业中“剁手”，各大电商平台DAU（日活跃用户）激增，主打预售、津贴的手淘是4.6亿；宣称无套路、无定金的拼多多是2.2亿。QuestMobile去年发布的报告显示，2018年双11当天，拼多多DAU为1.19亿。据此计算，今年大促当天拼多多DAU净增1.01亿，同比涨幅高达84.8%。 【探访青年汽车：集团员工仅剩三成，订单寥寥！】近日，记者调查发现，近几年工厂的订单很少，许多工人都没有生产任务，每天只需要上下班打卡，有的员工甚至会打完卡后去做零工。工人称,公司员工最多时曾有三四千人，而目前仅剩一千余人，其中一线工人更是不到400人。从2015年起，集团的客车全年销量从四五千辆跌落至数百辆，今年以来，集团更是总共只生产几十辆客车。（央视财经） 【罗永浩将在京举办一场“黑科技”发布会】罗永浩将于12月3日在北京举办一场主题为“老人与海”的发布会。据悉这场发布会是一场关于新型科技尖端技术的发布会，该技术将陆续且广泛应用于：工业制造业、母婴、科技、运动、医疗等各类生活必需消费品中。从11月1日号开始，罗永浩已多次在微博上求助网友提供厂商的联系方式，涉及包括瑜伽垫、冰箱、旅行杯、卫浴等行业，就连曾经怒砸过的西门子也在列。（钛媒体） 【小米房地产来了？】11月19日的2019年小米开发者大会上，公司高调宣布小米智慧地产解决方案，称已与卓尔集团、绿地集团、时代地产合作，预计本年内交付2000套房源。 虽然创始人雷军屡屡表示小米将集中于现有业务不会进军房地产，但从拿地到盖楼，再到与房企合作和此次发布智慧地产解决方案，在地产领域，小米已经试水多年。 【王思聪被取消限制消费令】中国执行信息公开网数据显示，王思聪已经不在限制消费人员名单之列。普思投资负责人对此表示，连日来普思投资正在全力解决债务纠纷，也在通过法律渠道表达对债务纠纷的不同观点，并不是对已判决的1.5亿不执行，法律问题本身就很复杂，该担的责任一定承担，而且有能力自己解决问题，只是法律程序需要一些时间。（财联社） 【老外4亿网购中国油轮 工作人员：不包邮 需自提】11月20日，光汇宝石号油轮在阿里拍卖上被国外用户MERLIN CO LTD以4.033亿的价格竞拍成功。该油轮总长333.14米，船宽60米，型深30.4米。起拍价3.9亿元，共有2人报名，664人设置提醒，76807次围观。 【给房东打2000万元欠条！杭州又一长租公寓爆雷】杭州又一家长租公寓“爆雷”了。近日，杭州中择房地产代理有限公司因无力支付租金，向房东打白条。据了解，该公司仅运营一年半时间，就收进了800多套房源，但“高收低租”以及对租金市场错误判断的结果，使资金链断裂。目前该公司已欠房东2000多万元。（钱江晚报） 【厉害了！苹果斥巨资改进地图服务与谷歌地图竞争】苹果公司在回应美国国会针对科技巨头的反垄断调查时透露，该公司已经在改进地图应用以及其相应服务方面投资了数十亿美元，旨在与市场细分巨头谷歌地图进行竞争。（财通社） 【击败亚马逊微软，谷歌赢得沃达丰数据服务大单】谷歌击败亚马逊和微软，赢得了跨国电信运营商沃达丰的数据服务大单。沃达丰将把自己的数据处理和存储业务转移到谷歌的云端。谷歌一直在与亚马逊和微软争夺数据中心和云计算领域的主导地位。目前，谷歌正在扩建数据中心，以增强其云计算部门的实力，从而试图跟上亚马逊云服务和微软的步伐。（新浪科技） 【波音737 MAX打破5个月僵局：在迪拜收获60架订单】11月18日，波音宣布，来自土耳其的太阳快运航空将额外购买10架波音737 MAX8飞机，以促进其在休闲旅游行业的发展，价值12亿美元。此前，太阳快运已经订购了32架MAX系列飞机。11月19日，来自哈萨克斯坦的阿斯塔纳航空计划订购30架波音737 MAX 8飞机，价值约为36亿美元。另据路透社，有未具名的客户也将订购20架波音飞机，包括10架737 MAX 7和10架737 MAX 10。新订单的出现，打破了该机型连续5个月的订单干涸状态。

Episode 6 of Squawk Ident recorded on 29 Oct 2019. Av8rTony discusses some of the findings in the NTSC's final report of the Lion Air 610 737-MAX8 crash that occurred exactly one year ago today, malfunctions and mechanical things, and asleep at the helm stories. [0:48] - 737 MAX 8 and the NTSC final report of the Lion Air flight 610 crash that killed all on board [19:24] - High-speed abort at LAX [36:27] - "Minimum Fuel" Captain and "I live for this shit" [01:00:13] - Captain vs. Sun-visor [01:06:57] - Asleep at the Helm Thank You for Listening! Don't forget to Subscribe, Like, Support, and Share visit www.av8rtony.com to find out more references: CNN Article - 737 Max grounding will cost American and Southwest Airlines more than $1 billion - https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/24/business/american-airlines-southwest-boeing-737-max-costs/index.html FLYING magazine article - NTSC Issues Final Report on Last Fall’s Lion Air Accident - https://www.flyingmag.com/ntsc-lion-air-final-report/ Wikipedia.org references - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX_groundings --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/SquawkIdent/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/SquawkIdent/support

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Daniel Lazare, a journalist and author of three books-- “The Frozen Republic,” “The Velvet Coup,” and “America's Undeclared War.”The House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment inquiry seems to be expanding by the day. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is being accused of obstructing justice by insisting that State Department employees not cooperate with the investigation; the State Department Inspector General requested an emergency meeting this morning with Intelligence Committee staff members; and both Pompeo and Attorney General Barr and have either been in Italy or have spoken with Italian authorities, reportedly about Joseph Mifsud, a shadowy Maltese academic who is somehow involved. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to present what he says is his final Brexit proposal to the European Union today. The plan was supposed to include customs checks on the Irish border beginning in January 2021. Irish officials dismissed Johnson’s plan as “completely unacceptable,” and then in his speech at the annual Conservative Party conference, he said there would be no customs checks. British business leaders, meanwhile, reiterated their position that a no-deal Brexit would crash the UK’s economy. Alexander Mercouris, the editor-in-chief of The Duran, joins the show. The New York Times is reporting that a senior Boeing engineer filed an internal ethics complaint earlier this year, saying that during the internal development of the 737 Max8 jet, the company had rejected a safety system in order to minimize costs. The engineer believes that the system could have reduced risks that contributed to two crashes that resulted in 346 deaths. Brian and John speak with Dr. Alan Diehl, an award-winning aviation psychologist and safety consultant, a major air safety whistleblower, and the author of the book “Air Safety Investigators.” The United Nations reported yesterday that more than 1,000 migrants and refugees have died in the Mediterranean Sea this year, the sixth consecutive year that what it calls “this bleak milestone” has been reached. The UN refugee agency UNHCR called on European Union member states to reactivate search and rescue operations and to acknowledge the crucial role of aid groups’ vessels in saving lives at sea. What role have U.S. and European intervention played in causing the refugee crisis in the first place? Francis Boyle, a professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law and author of the book “Destroying World Order: US Imperialism in the Middle East Before and After September 11,” joins the show. Under a new agreement between the Kiev government and separatist leaders, local elections will be held in separatist-controlled areas in the country’s east and troops from both sides will withdraw from the area. Experts believe the move could pave the way for peace talks between the government and ethnic Russian separatists. Mark Sleboda, an international affairs and security analyst, joins Brian and John. Wednesday’s weekly series, In the News, is where the hosts look at the most important ongoing developments of the week and put them into perspective. Sputnik news analysts Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek join the show.Wednesday’s regular segment, Beyond Nuclear, is about nuclear issues, including weapons, energy, waste, and the future of nuclear technology in the United States. Kevin Kamps, the Radioactive Waste Watchdog at the organization Beyond Nuclear, and Sputnik news analyst and producer Nicole Roussell, join the show.

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On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Juan José Gutiérrez, the executive director of the Full Rights for Immigrants Coalition.Uniformed soldiers are now monitoring migrants in a detention camp in Texas in what may be a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, one of the cornerstones of American civil liberties. Active duty troops are only allowed to help domestic law enforcement under limited exceptions to the law, including when they are specifically authorized by an act of Congress or under conditions laid out in the Constitution. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats submitted his resignation yesterday and President Trump tweeted that he would replace Coats with two-term Representative John Ratcliffe of Texas. Ratcliffe is a former US Attorney and has almost no intelligence experience. But what does the position even entail? And how was the relatively new office of the DNI created in the first place? A new report from the New York Times reveals the extent to which Boeing was allowed by the FAA to effectively self-regulate when it came to their MCAS software system, the failure of which caused the crashes of two Boeing 737 Max8 jets, killing 346 people. Brian and John speak with Dr. Alan Diehl, an award-winning aviation psychologist and safety consultant, a major 1990s air safety whistleblower, and the author of the book “Air Safety Investigators.” Doubling down on his reelection strategy of enflaming racist sentiment, President Trump tweeted about Baltimore, Maryland over the weekend, calling the city, “a disgusting rat and rodent-infested mess.” He specifically criticized the district’s congressman, Rep. Elijah Cummings, who has represented Baltimore for 23 years. Trump then went on to say that Baltimore is “far worse and more dangerous than the US-Mexico border and is a very dangerous and filthy place. Eugene Puryear, the host of Radio Sputnik’s By Any Means Necessary, which airs Monday through Friday from 2pm to 4pm on 105.5 FM and 1390 AM in the Washington area and online at SputnikNews.com, joins the show. Monday’s segment “Education for Liberation with Bill Ayers” is where Bill helps us look at the state of education across the country. What’s happening in our schools, colleges, and universities, and what impact does it have on the world around us? Joel Westheimer, University Research Chair in Democracy and Education at the University of Ottawa and education columnist for CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning and Ontario Today shows, joins John and Brian. In this segment, The Week Ahead, the hosts take a look at the most newsworthy stories of the coming week and what it means for the country and the world, including the Democratic Party primary debate, President Trump’s attacks on Baltimore, and ongoing controversy of Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony. Sputnik News analysts and producers of this show Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek join the show.Monday’s regular segment Technology Rules with Chris Garaffa is a weekly guide on how monopoly corporations and the national surveillance state are threatening cherished freedoms, civil rights and civil liberties. Web developer and technologist Chris Garaffa joins the show.

Was zum Teufel ist denn da bitte aktuell bei Boeing los?Was für ein Desaster! Es hat zwei kurz aufeinander folgende Abstürze im Jahr 2018/2019 gebraucht, bis Boeing, auch dank einem fast weltweiten Grounding seiner B737-Max8 endlich gezuckt hat. Und als wir alle dachten, das wird sich binnen Wochen lösen, hört man von Qualitätsmängeln in der Produktion des Dreamliners, der B787. Und als man auch das verdaut hat, heißt es plötzlich: Boeing hätte schon seit 2017 über die Fehler der Max8 Bescheid gewusst, aber nach interner Untersuchung mit dem Ergebnis, dass die keine Beeinträchtigung der Flugsicherheit darstellt, keine weiteren Schritte eingeleitet... was bitte ist denn da aktuell bei Boeing los?!? Die Boeing 737 MAX-7 / Quelle: Boeing.comPodCaster Shownotes: Ich muss es ja nicht nochmal im Detail breit treten, ihr erinnert Euch alle noch an die zwei Unfälle: eine Tiger Air stürzte am 29.10.2018 kurz nach dem Start vor der Küste Indonesiens ab und tötete dabei 189 Passagiere. Wie wir mittlerweile wissen, war auch der Hinflug am Vortrag nach Jakarta mit Problem behaftet, was durch Zufall durch einen dritten Piloten im Cockpit "behoben" werden konnte. Das die Crew am nächsten Tag leider nicht dieses Glück hatte, wissen wir mittlerweile auch... Erste Untersuchungsergebnisse ergaben, dass der Flug nach dem Start mit ungewöhnlichen Höhenänderungen flog. Diese Erkenntnisse trafen auch auf den Flug ET302 (Ethiopian Air) am 10.03.2019 zu, der 157 Menschen das Leben kostete. Es folgte ein Drama, dass in der Luftfahrt seit mehreren Jahrzehnten nicht mehr gesehen wurde: nach viel Diskussion in diversen Ländern wurde in den ersten Regionen "Groundings", also Start- und Lande- sowie auch Überflugverbote für Modelle des Typs Boeing B737 Max-8 erlassen. Auch, wenn nicht unter den ersten, erließ die FAA, die amerikanische Flugsicherungsbehörde, ein Grounding aller 737Max8s. Dann wurde es noch unschöner: es kam auf, dass, wie bereits vermutet, das neue System MCAS, Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, daran Mit-Schuld haben könnte. Dann kam heraus, dass die FAA, auch für die Zulassung neuer Maschinen in den USA zuständig, teilweise Prüf- und Testberichte von Boeing unkommentiert übernommen und quasi intern ungeprüft zur Zulassung verwendet hatte. In der weiteren Aufbereitung kam noch heraus, dass die Anzeige für den Angle of Attack, der quasi die "Werte" des MCAS als Grafik im Cockpit ausgibt, bei den erstem Maschinen Aufpreis-pflichtig angeboten wurde. Parallel arbeitete Boeing unter Hochdruck an einem Softwareupdate. Die Max 8 schien bald wieder in der Luft zu sein. Und dann? Dann steht ein ehemaliger Mitarbeiter des Boeing Werks North Charleston, South Carolina, auf und weißt auf jahrelange Qualitätsmängel in der 787-Produktion hin. Es werde Schnelligkeit über Gründlichkeit gestellt, sagt der Mitarbeiter. Ein Mitarbeiter, der in der Qualitätssicherung gearbeitet hat. Sowie duzende seiner Kollegen. Seitens der Werksleitung wurde Druck auf diese Mitarbeiter ausgeübt, "die Klappe zu halten". Aber die Mängel scheinen gravierend zu sein: Späne aus Metal und große Metalsplitter seinen wohl in der Isolationsschicht zwischen Hülle und Innenraum nicht beseitigt worden. Hier besteht das Risiko, dass sich diese bewegen und z.B. Kabel und Leitungen beschädigen. Auch wurden wohl größere Gegenstände "eingemauert": die Rede war in einigen Fällen von Leitern und Montagewerkzeug, Dreck und Müll scheint wohl jeder Dreamliner im Rumpf zu haben. Und das, wo in der Luftfahrt jedes Gramm zählt...! Und, als könnte es nicht schlimmer kommen, musste Boeing dann bekannt geben, dass der Dreamliner ein weiteres Problem hat: laut einer Direktive der FAA aus Februar 2019 kann in allen Serien, also die 787-8, 787-9 und -10, ein Hebel klemmen, der das Löschsystem für die Triebwerke auslöst. Das bedeutet: bei einem Triebwerkbrand "zieht" der Pilot diesen Hebel um die Löschung des Triebwerkes mit Halon zu starten. Laut der FAA besteht allerdings das Risiko, dass diese Fehlfunktion bei dem Plastikhebel keine Löschung auslöst. Dies würde zu einem brennenden Vorflügel führen und könnte damit eine schlimme Katastrophe auslösen. Boeing kommentierte dies als "altes Problem", welches laut internen Untersuchungen nur bei einer kleiner Zahl von Dreamliners auftritt. Trotzdem sieht sich Boeing vor dem dritten Quartal dieses Jahres nicht in der Lage, eine Lösung für den klemmenden Hebel zu finden... An sich Krise genug: das Zugpferd ist seit Wochen weltweit auf dem Boden, erste Airlines kommen in finanzielle Schwierigkeiten deshalb. Eventuell wird, je nachdem wie lange das Grounding noch dauert, die eine oder andere Billig-Airline aufgeben müssen. Der Ersatz für die eingestellte Boeing 747-8-Linie ist angeschlagen. Wie viel schlimmer kann es also noch kommen? Ja, unfassbar - es geht noch schlimmer! Im Mai 2017 fand Boeing heraus, dass ein Warnsystem im Cockpit der Max8 nicht richtig funktioniert. Und das Ergebnis der internen Untersuchung habe ich oben schon zitiert: keine Beeinträchtigung der Flugsicherheit. Das hat sich mittlerweile als radikale Fehleinschätzung entpuppt. Sowohl die oberste Führungsriege als auch die FAA wurden über die Erkenntnis und das Ergebnis der Boeing-Untersuchung nicht informiert - dies geschah erst rund eine Woche nach dem ersten Absturz im Oktober letzten Jahres. Führen wir es zusammen: Die beiden Unfälle haben 346 Menschen getötet. Erste Untersuchungen verweisen auf das neue System MCAS. Und der interne Untersuchungsbericht sieht als Schuldigen einen Zusammenhang mit dem neuen System MCAS. Aktuell ist noch unklar, ob und wie weit MCAS für die beiden Abstürze eine entscheidende Rolle spielte oder nicht. Allerdings lassen bisherige Ergebnisse und die scheibchenweise ans Tageslicht kommenden Informationen kein wirklich gutes Licht auf Boeing scheinen... Ihr dürft jetzt alles tun, nur mich nicht fragen, ob man bei Boeing noch einsteigen möchte: die bisherigen Vorwürfe lassen den Dreamliner eher als tickende Zeitbombe erscheinen, die Max ist gegroundet - und die restlichen Modelle haben eine äußerst positive Bilanz. Entscheidet das also für Euch selbst, ich will und werde hierzu keinen Ratschlag geben! Blue Skies and Happy Landings! Meinen PodCast abonnieren: | direkt | iTunes | Spotify | Google |

Sven sagt - Der PodCast - Teil 3: Ein weiterer PodCast mit Sven und mir, in dem wir uns zwischen Uploadfilter, Apple Pay, EU und Boeing ein wenig verloren haben...SHOWNOTES PODCAST: An sich hätte dies der wohl kürzeste PodCast mit Sven und mir werden können: Ganz ohne hellseherische Kenntnisse hatten wir im letzten PodCast schon vorher gesagt, wer als nächstes Mitglied bei Apple Pay werden würde. Allerdings gab es weitere spannende Themen, die diskutiert werden sollten... bringt Zeit mit, unsere Runde ist es definitiv wert! Es ist wieder Zeit für einen PodCast-Gastauftritt... bei Sven sagt, Der PodCast!Auch in Teil 3 (Teil 1 und Teil 2 hier!) lässt uns beide das Thema Apple Pay nicht kalt: nicht nur, dass Apple der Gewinner auf dem deutschen Markt ist und Google immer noch toter Mann spielt, Apple gewinnt weitere Banken die mitmachen. Ich bin mir mittlerweile nicht mehr ganz sicher, ob Google noch WEISS, dass es ein Produkt namens "Google Pay" in Deutschland gelauncht hat... aber das wäre einen weiteren PodCast wert... Und es gab weitere News, auf die wir uns gestürzt haben: die Apple Kreditkarte (Hallo? Google? Brennt bei Euch noch Licht?), die jüngste und hoch-peinliche "Entscheidung" einer inkompetenten EU und was bei raus kommt, wenn Leute angeblich im Hunderterpack "falsch" wählen und, damit konnte keiner rechnen: die Boeing 737-Max8. Viel Spaß beim zuhören! (Ihr kennt es ja schon: Es gibt keinen Begleit-Text oder tiefergreifende Shownotes von meiner Seite dazu! Sorry dafür! Das ist der Nachteil von Live-Aufnahmen, auch wenn uns die Technik diesmal so gar nicht wollte...!) Und wieder, kurz nach unserer Aufnahme, kam ein neuer ApplePay-Name um die Ecke: Consors hat ihre Visa jetzt auch bei Apple ins iphone gehämmert... unfassbar, die Liste will nicht aufhören! Aber auch meine Gesprächsrunden mit Sven werden nicht weniger... also, bis zum nächsten Mal! Apropos: Sven bringt wöchentlich seinen PodCast heraus, diesen findet ihr bei SoundCloud. Wenn Euch die Themenvielfalt gefallen hat, unbedingt abonnieren! Und, kleiner Spoiler: Sven geht auf den 150sten PodCast zu und plant hier eine riesen Show - das könnt Ihr Euch doch nicht entgehen lassen!!! Macht's gut und bis bald! Meinen PodCast abonnieren: | direkt | iTunes | Spotify |

Average person has no interest in Mueller report. George Papadopolous talks about why he plead guilty and his new book. Beto O' Rourke in favor of reparations. Person who claimed to be missing 14 y/o boy is actually a 23 y/o man. House Dems demand Trump tax returns from the IRS. Boeing being sued over 737-MAX8 jet. Facebook suffers another privacy breach. Trump gives 1 year warning to Mexico.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Matthew Hoh, who resigned in 2009 from the State Department over the American escalation of the war in Afghanistan, and was a marine in the US occupation of Iraq prior. He is a winner of the Ridenhour Prize Recipient for Truth Telling.NATO foreign ministers are meeting in Washington this week to mark the 70th anniversary of the alliance’s creation. The agenda also includes NATO relations with Russia, the fight against terrorism, NATO expansion, and military spending. A number of peace groups are planning demonstrations opposing the meeting, and one major event is planned for tomorrow here in Washington. Federal Aviation Administration whistleblowers told the Senate Commerce Committee yesterday that safety inspectors at the FAA, including those involved in approving use of the Boeing 737-Max8, lacked proper training and certifications. The Republican-controlled Senate committee has launched a formal investigation into why two of the jets crashed in the past five months, killing 346 people. Mary Schiavo, the former Inspector General at the Department of Transportation, an aviation attorney, and an aviation professor, joins the show. Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned yesterday after weeks of protests demanding the end of his 20-year rule. He had been expected to resign before the end of his term on April 28, but just a few days ago, the country’s military chief said publicly that Bouteflika was unfit for office. Brian and John speak with Dr. Gerald Horne, a professor of history at the University of Houston and author of many books, including “Blows Against the Empire: U.S. Imperialism in Crisis,” “The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America,” and “The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy and Capitalism in Seventeenth Century North America and the Caribbean.” Wednesday’s weekly series, In the News, is where the hosts look at the most important ongoing developments of the week and put them into perspective. Today they discuss the Judiciary Committee’s vote on subpoenaing the Mueller report, new sanctions on Russia, the homophobic Trump-Putin animation from last summer winning an award, and the resignation of yet another Brexit secretary. Sputnik news analyst Walter Smolarek joins the show. Wednesday’s regular segment, Beyond Nuclear, is about nuclear issues, including weapons, energy, waste, and the future of nuclear technology in the United States. In this episode, they talk about the US secretly giving nuclear information to Saudi Arabia. Kevin Kamps, the Radioactive Waste Watchdog at the organization Beyond Nuclear, and Sputnik news analyst and producer Nicole Roussell, join the show.

This week, Taylor is back! Rett talks more about his recent interview and recording a solo episode. Taylor recounts his trip to Las Vegas, including what felt like a near death experience, and some of the development projects he has been working on. Join the conversation on twitter @gamedevsquest @taylorjbuchheit @rettisawesome email us at gdq@airpodcast.com … Continue reading "GAME DEV’S QUEST e106: VEGAS TO THE MAX8"

Summary of Mueller investigation released. Report finds no evidence of collusion. Michael Avanatti arrested for $20 million extortion scheme against Nike. Boeing rushes for a fix to the 737-MAX8. Apple planning to take on Netflix. Cruise ship evacuated after engine failure. Weekend movie box office receipts. Powerball jackpot up to $750 million.

Today’s Topics: Brexit, United Kingdom, yellow vests, France, protests, Oregon SB-494, dementia, mental illness, starvation, dehydration, euthanasia, Boeing 737 Max8, Volvo, Brazil, New Zealand, Roger Daltry

Trump feuds with George Conway. Woman famous on YouTube charged with child abuse. Can you be too "woke"? Effects of eliminating Electoral College. Off-duty pilot saves 737-MAX8 from a third crash. New study suggests brain not fully mature until 30.

Today’s Topics: Boeing, FAA, software, 737 max8, Africa Today, Dr. Mumbi, conspiracy, daylight savings time, CNBC, sanctuary cities, fraud, Trump, Kushner, security clearance, China

This&That - An eclectic podcast collaboration about everything that's anything! Episode 8: Operation Varsity Blues (college admissions cheating scandal); We do not eat your grandparents' bananas!; Why was the Boeing 737 MAX8 grounded?; plus Words of Wisdom.

50 people charged in college admission cheating scandal. US joining other countries in grounding the Boeing 737-MAX8. Late night hosts and politics. Paul Manafort sentenced in DC, indicted in NYC. Diamond and Silk talk politics.

On today's show, Shannon & Mike discuss the shocking arrest of 'Desperate Housewives' star Felicity Huffman after a college admission scandal is revealed. Also, a transgendered woman is accused of several 'hate crime' pepper spray attacks in New York City. And, an Uber driver is charged with wire fraud and kidnapping after his passenger falls asleep in the backseat his car. Then, how to find out if you're booked on a 737 Max 8 and what to do if you are. Plus more.

Simon Shares Group5 (JSE code: GRF) goes into business rescue with "a slim chance for any realisation of value.". It seems the construction of a power station in Ghana was the final nail. Remember the +R1billion they were offered to their Eastern European toll operations? But in the end a lack of liquidity killed them. Be very careful of holding Aveng (JSE code: AEG), if nothing else check the bid/offer, price is heading to 1c. No Brexit deal with 15 days to go. A mess of epic proportions. Back in November 2017 I wrote in FinWeek that we'd get zero fee ETFs and eventually negative fee ETFs (they'll pay you to hold them). It has happened. MoneyWeb is reporting on a US ETF offering to pay investors to buy their ETF. Locally our much smaller market and hence much smaller ETFs means we're a long way from free, but I do think in time it'll happen locally and Satrix40* (JSE CODE: STX40) would probably the one able to do it. Aspen (JSE code: APN) taught us some important important lessons. Debt is fine until it's not and then it can be fatal. Buffett talks about this in his latest shareholders letter. Secondly the market has become a lot more skittish and punishing since Steinhoff (JSE code: SNH). This is not likely to go away any time soon. The answer is simple, watch a companies debt and hold quality, real quality, only. Lastly, all growth stocks mature and that process of maturing is often painful. 5 ways minimalism helps your finances Searching for value the Benjamin Graham Way * I hold ungeared positions. Investment lessons from Boeing We live in wild times made possible by the internet and powerful computers in our pockets. Much of it is good with a fair amount of bad as well (think Twitter trolls), but for large old school companies it can be especially bad. Think Momentum refusing to pay out the life policy. They were correct as per the law and policy wording, but they showed a complete lack of compassion and eventually backed down. Think Vodacom trying to scam us on the ICASA rules for rolling over data with crazy fees. They backed down and from a business profit motive they may have been right but they were a million miles away from the spirit of the law and ICASA may have blocked their fees anyways. Think TigerBrands and their total lack of empathy as they responded with legal speak while South Africans were dying from listeriosis originating at their production facilities. Think Boeing, standing firm after another of their new Boeing 737 Max8 crashed shortly after take off. In the olden pre Internet days Boeing would have been able to control the message with ease and insisted everything was fine, hoping like hell another plane didn't crash and quickly rolling out a software 'update' that may or may not fix the issue (from what I have read the issue is training, not software, here's a long NYT read on it). Boeing have failed to understand the new rules in which businesses operate. Firstly those rules are a lot more ethical. Consumers want to be treated fairly. Hey we always did, but we never really had any power. And that's the second and very important point, consumers now have power. That power comes via the Internet and very quickly a raging anger can over whelm any attempt to manage the message. Now sure often the raging anger is actually just a lynch mob and this is very much the dark downside of the Internet. But the upside is that consumers have power and they'll exercise that power. Sometimes for good and sometimes for bad. A business needs to understand this. I remember attending a presentation on generational theory a decade back where the message was that millennials wanted ethical companies and would pay more to these companies. The flip is that they'll boycott a business they consider to be unethical. Now this is way more than just millennials, the issue is that millennials were given the power to firstly know a companies ethics and secondly do something about it. Companies that are going to survive and thrive in this new world will have fairness and ethics at their core, and that's hard. It's easy to put that into a mission statement, but living it is something else entirely and often a company messes up. For example the news that a company will phase out plastic straws by 2022. Nice, but why so long? Simple because they're trying to protect profits. Fair enough but the ethical demanding consumer doesn't care about your corporate greed, they care about the planet. The even harder issue is how do we manage this as an investor? Truth is we need a crisis to see how a business manages it and that is late in the process. But we can see glimmers of it via other means, such as the plastic straw example mentioned earlier. If a company is not putting the customer and ethics front and center they will eventually be in trouble. Lastly as investor we need to not chase profits at any cost. We need to invest ethically as well, this means fair fees we're charged by providers. It also means exiting dodge companies even if we think there is money to be made. We also need to focus on ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues. A very last point. Will Boeing survive? Of course. Will this hurt? Absolutely. Will it be a great investment going forward? No chance. Subscriber to our feed here Subscribe or review us in iTunes JSE – The JSE is a registered trademark of the JSE Limited. JSEDirect is an independent broadcast and is not endorsed or affiliated with, nor has it been authorised, or otherwise approved by JSE Limited. The views expressed in this programme are solely those of the presenter, and do not necessarily reflect the views of JSE Limited.

What could cause a state-of-the-art passenger aeroplane to crash, and what does it mean for its manufacturer Boeing and aviation safety more generally? Plus, with Brexit talks ‘deadlocked’, we look ahead to the planned second vote on Theresa May’s deal in Parliament. And some of the other big stories.

The endgame could be drawing near for Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The special counsel says he's busted President Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort for lying---again---and there are new reports saying Manafort had several meetings with the man behind Wikileaks, shortly before Wikileaks leaked damning Democratic Party emails. All of which could explain this morning's Twitter rant by the President aimed at Mueller--so we will go In Depth. And new black box data portrays the pilots of a doomed 737-MAX8 fighting a losing battle with the plane's computer system for control of the airliner. No sitting Sheriff of LA County has lost reelection in more than 100 years--that is until relatively little known Alex Villaneuva bumped off Sheriff Jim McDonnell. We dissect an election upset that was a century in the making. And Americans are spending, a lot, in the opening days of the holiday shopping season. But is running up a big tab on Black Friday and Cyber Monday a smart move for consumers? See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices