On October 6 2000, American Airlines Flight 2821 took off from Denver International Airport headed for Los Angeles International Airport. While cruising at 33,000 ft, it reported smoke in the cockpit and a loss of cabin pressure. It was redirected to make an emergency landing at Bryce Canyon Airport in southern Utah, touching down there around 8:45 am without further incident. The plane was then ferried without passengers to a maintenance base.
Bryce Canyon Airport is mostly used by small aircraft such as Cessna and Beechcraft aircraft, but was designed to accommodate emergency landings on the long stretch between Denver and Las Vegas.
Sources and references
* http://www.sptimes.com/News/100700/Worldandnation/National_briefs.shtml
* http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Concourse/7349/270fire.html
* http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003uP0
Bryce Canyon Airport is mostly used by small aircraft such as Cessna and Beechcraft aircraft, but was designed to accommodate emergency landings on the long stretch between Denver and Las Vegas.
Sources and references
* http://www.sptimes.com/News/100700/Worldandnation/National_briefs.shtml
* http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Concourse/7349/270fire.html
* http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003uP0
Arbornet is a corporation based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA that operates the M-Net computer bulletin board system.
Arbornet, formerly a for-profit conferencing system based out of Ann Arbor in 1984, quickly gained prominence as a pioneering online community after a user led consortium purchased the system from its founders and began to run it as a non-profit entity.
History
In 1983, Mike Myers, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, purchased a $30,000 Altos 68000 single board computer running UNIX System III. Before long, Marcus Watts, also of Ann Arbor, began writing software for the new system including a program allowing users to automatically create accounts, a real time chat system called 'party', and a conferencing software known as PicoSpan. In the middle of June, 1983, M-Net went online with one dialin line. Before long, other conferencing sites including The Well and Chinet were using Watts's software.
Myers initially paid for all the expenses out of his pocket. In 1984, Jan Wolter joined the M-Net staff and worked with Myers to establish a patron system. M-Net's patrons were given access to a reserved set of phone lines for their generosity. Soon, M-Net was able to break even and even repaid some of Myers's initial investment.
Under his ownership, Myers claimed to have run the system as a benevolent dictator, allowing the users to act as they saw fit. Over the years, however, he became more uncomfortable with the uncensored and unchecked users of the system, and in the Spring of 1990, he sold the system to Dave Parks.
Parks's purchase is thought to have undermined the faith of the user community and the donations soon slowed. Parks threatened to cut off guest access or all access if users did not donate more. This had the opposite of the intended effect as users did not wish to donate to a service that may not exist the next day. In January 1991, Parks announced the system was for sale again.
Several users, including Watts, then met and discussed plans to start a similar service. These plans materialized as Grex, which opened to the public in July of 1991. Today, a cordial, if not friendly, rivalry exists between M-Net and Grex and among the users.
Later in 1991, Parks sold M-Net to a group of users, organized as a nonprofit corporation called Once and Future Systems, Inc. (OAFS). In 1992, OAFS merged with Arbornet.
In December 1992, M-Net gained a full Internet connection. Shortly thereafter, the aging Altos was replaced with an Intel system running BSD/OS. Simultaneously, M-Net replaced PicoSpan with the PicoSpan-compatible YAPP conferencing system. Although the hardware and software have received extensive upgrades over the years, the platform is still fundamentally the same.
Since the OAFS/Arbornet merger, the system has been run by the Arbornet Board of Directors, a group elected by the patrons of M-Net.
Arbornet, formerly a for-profit conferencing system based out of Ann Arbor in 1984, quickly gained prominence as a pioneering online community after a user led consortium purchased the system from its founders and began to run it as a non-profit entity.
History
In 1983, Mike Myers, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, purchased a $30,000 Altos 68000 single board computer running UNIX System III. Before long, Marcus Watts, also of Ann Arbor, began writing software for the new system including a program allowing users to automatically create accounts, a real time chat system called 'party', and a conferencing software known as PicoSpan. In the middle of June, 1983, M-Net went online with one dialin line. Before long, other conferencing sites including The Well and Chinet were using Watts's software.
Myers initially paid for all the expenses out of his pocket. In 1984, Jan Wolter joined the M-Net staff and worked with Myers to establish a patron system. M-Net's patrons were given access to a reserved set of phone lines for their generosity. Soon, M-Net was able to break even and even repaid some of Myers's initial investment.
Under his ownership, Myers claimed to have run the system as a benevolent dictator, allowing the users to act as they saw fit. Over the years, however, he became more uncomfortable with the uncensored and unchecked users of the system, and in the Spring of 1990, he sold the system to Dave Parks.
Parks's purchase is thought to have undermined the faith of the user community and the donations soon slowed. Parks threatened to cut off guest access or all access if users did not donate more. This had the opposite of the intended effect as users did not wish to donate to a service that may not exist the next day. In January 1991, Parks announced the system was for sale again.
Several users, including Watts, then met and discussed plans to start a similar service. These plans materialized as Grex, which opened to the public in July of 1991. Today, a cordial, if not friendly, rivalry exists between M-Net and Grex and among the users.
Later in 1991, Parks sold M-Net to a group of users, organized as a nonprofit corporation called Once and Future Systems, Inc. (OAFS). In 1992, OAFS merged with Arbornet.
In December 1992, M-Net gained a full Internet connection. Shortly thereafter, the aging Altos was replaced with an Intel system running BSD/OS. Simultaneously, M-Net replaced PicoSpan with the PicoSpan-compatible YAPP conferencing system. Although the hardware and software have received extensive upgrades over the years, the platform is still fundamentally the same.
Since the OAFS/Arbornet merger, the system has been run by the Arbornet Board of Directors, a group elected by the patrons of M-Net.
Neal Zaslavsky (born June 22, 1968) is a Southern California-based Management and Political Consultant and commissioner on the West Hollywood, California Eastside Project Advisory Committee, the city's advisory commission for issues within its redevelopment zone.
Early life and education
Neal Zaslavsky, eldest son of Howard and Helene Wernick Zaslavsky, was born in 1968 in New York City and raised in the New Jersey suburbs. Upon graduation from high school at the age of 16, Zaslavsky enrolled at Boston University in the College of Arts and Sciences. After his grandmother suffered a severe and debilitating stroke during his freshman year of college, Zaslavsky relocated to Tucson, Arizona to look after his beloved grandmother while continuing his education. Upon baccalaureate graduation from the University of Arizona with degrees in Spanish Language and Literature and Political Science, he accepted a full graduate fellowship in American Political Institutions and Behavior from the Department of Political Science at the University of Arizona.
Zaslavsky was very active in the Tucson community, and sat on the boards of multiple political and philanthropic organizations. Because of his well-established political involvement, including several terms as a county-wide deputy registrar, state committeeman, convention delegate, legislative district vice-chairman and member of both the county steering committee and county finance committee for his political party, he was a frequently-requested guest lecturer on the subject of local political organization, both for educational audiences and for local news stations’ election analysis and coverage.
Professional career
After finishing graduate school and a year in marketing and advertising, Zaslavsky relocated to the Los Angeles area and began a freelance management and political consulting practice. Catering to the large émigré community from the former Soviet Union on the west side of greater Los Angeles, he also owned and operated a franchised Russian language radio and television broadcasting service, which he eventually sold back to the parent franchisor at a profit.
Zaslavsky was president of the Rotary Club of West Hollywood, and has served several terms on the Board of Directors of the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (1996 to 2003). Zaslavsky has advised numerous business start-ups, and has consulted on more than two dozen political races at the national, state and municipal levels. He has also written several policy papers and political speeches, including a State of the City address for former West Hollywood Mayor Sal Guarriello.
In November, 2006, Zaslavsky was unanimously appointed by the West Hollywood City Council to fill a vacant board seat on the Eastside Project Advisory Committee, the city’s advisory commission for issues within its redevelopment zone. In June 2007, he was unanimously appointed to a full two-year term on the commission. In September 2009, Zaslavsky was appointed to a third two-year term
Legal career
In late 2007, Zaslavsky took a sabbatical from his consulting practice to return to school to fulfill a lifelong dream of receiving his Juris Doctorate degree. Zaslavsky entered the prestigious SCALE program at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. Southwestern, founded in 1911, originally established the SCALE program in 1974 with a historical grant from the Federal Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education. This elite, two full calendar year J.D. program, emphasizes conceptual learning and hands-on simulation training, promoting spontaneous, in-depth, two-way communication and continuous feedback to its small group of students.
During the summer of 2009, Zaslavsky worked as a judicial extern with the in Buenos Aires. Zaslavsky also guest-lectured on the structure of the American Judicial System and the American Grand Jury system at the University of Buenos Aires Law School and wrote an article on American Grand Juries published by the Fundación de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Jurídicas (Foundation for Higher Studies in the Juridical Sciences) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Miscellaneous
Zaslavsky is an avid traveler, and has visited 15 countries and 44 of the U.S. States. He was an international exchange student in Teruel, Spain. Zaslavsky is also a frequent op-ed contributor to the WeHo News, the local newspaper in West Hollywood.
Early life and education
Neal Zaslavsky, eldest son of Howard and Helene Wernick Zaslavsky, was born in 1968 in New York City and raised in the New Jersey suburbs. Upon graduation from high school at the age of 16, Zaslavsky enrolled at Boston University in the College of Arts and Sciences. After his grandmother suffered a severe and debilitating stroke during his freshman year of college, Zaslavsky relocated to Tucson, Arizona to look after his beloved grandmother while continuing his education. Upon baccalaureate graduation from the University of Arizona with degrees in Spanish Language and Literature and Political Science, he accepted a full graduate fellowship in American Political Institutions and Behavior from the Department of Political Science at the University of Arizona.
Zaslavsky was very active in the Tucson community, and sat on the boards of multiple political and philanthropic organizations. Because of his well-established political involvement, including several terms as a county-wide deputy registrar, state committeeman, convention delegate, legislative district vice-chairman and member of both the county steering committee and county finance committee for his political party, he was a frequently-requested guest lecturer on the subject of local political organization, both for educational audiences and for local news stations’ election analysis and coverage.
Professional career
After finishing graduate school and a year in marketing and advertising, Zaslavsky relocated to the Los Angeles area and began a freelance management and political consulting practice. Catering to the large émigré community from the former Soviet Union on the west side of greater Los Angeles, he also owned and operated a franchised Russian language radio and television broadcasting service, which he eventually sold back to the parent franchisor at a profit.
Zaslavsky was president of the Rotary Club of West Hollywood, and has served several terms on the Board of Directors of the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (1996 to 2003). Zaslavsky has advised numerous business start-ups, and has consulted on more than two dozen political races at the national, state and municipal levels. He has also written several policy papers and political speeches, including a State of the City address for former West Hollywood Mayor Sal Guarriello.
In November, 2006, Zaslavsky was unanimously appointed by the West Hollywood City Council to fill a vacant board seat on the Eastside Project Advisory Committee, the city’s advisory commission for issues within its redevelopment zone. In June 2007, he was unanimously appointed to a full two-year term on the commission. In September 2009, Zaslavsky was appointed to a third two-year term
Legal career
In late 2007, Zaslavsky took a sabbatical from his consulting practice to return to school to fulfill a lifelong dream of receiving his Juris Doctorate degree. Zaslavsky entered the prestigious SCALE program at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. Southwestern, founded in 1911, originally established the SCALE program in 1974 with a historical grant from the Federal Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education. This elite, two full calendar year J.D. program, emphasizes conceptual learning and hands-on simulation training, promoting spontaneous, in-depth, two-way communication and continuous feedback to its small group of students.
During the summer of 2009, Zaslavsky worked as a judicial extern with the in Buenos Aires. Zaslavsky also guest-lectured on the structure of the American Judicial System and the American Grand Jury system at the University of Buenos Aires Law School and wrote an article on American Grand Juries published by the Fundación de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Jurídicas (Foundation for Higher Studies in the Juridical Sciences) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Miscellaneous
Zaslavsky is an avid traveler, and has visited 15 countries and 44 of the U.S. States. He was an international exchange student in Teruel, Spain. Zaslavsky is also a frequent op-ed contributor to the WeHo News, the local newspaper in West Hollywood.
Columbo Tip. Slang expression for someone who's "on it," well informed, and who "knows what he/she is doing." Thus, one would say, "He's really on the Columbo tip." This compliment can be for someone who is, for example, wearing the latest fashion, or being up-to-date on internet memes. Like all compliments, of course, this expression can be communicated in a sarcastic tone. For example, if one wanted to make fun of a person's outdated sense of style, one might say with a smirk, "ooooh, she's really on the Columbo tip."
Possible origin of this slang expression: , a 16th century lecturer in surgery, was thought to be the first (at least for the male, western world!), to identify the clitoris entry Clitoris. Hence, someone on the "Columbo tip" is thought to know where the clitoris is, figuratively speaking. This expression is rarely used in reference to sexual talents, however.
Possible origin of this slang expression: , a 16th century lecturer in surgery, was thought to be the first (at least for the male, western world!), to identify the clitoris entry Clitoris. Hence, someone on the "Columbo tip" is thought to know where the clitoris is, figuratively speaking. This expression is rarely used in reference to sexual talents, however.