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Thursday, September 07, 2017
Funding Grant > Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
AZCIR receives grant from Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
PHOENIX – The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, the state’s only nonprofit newsroom dedicated to statewide investigative and accountability reporting, was awarded operational funding from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.
Source: http://azcir.org/news/2017/09/06
The grant of up to $75,000 will support AZCIR’s ongoing efforts to expand original and collaborative reporting in Arizona, with an emphasis on data, and to increase its focus on using technology and computer programming to free more public records.
The grant includes an initial installment of $25,000 for operational funding and provides an additional opportunity for $50,000 in matching funds. AZCIR will have one year to raise $50,000, which EEJF will then match.
“We’re honored and excited to receive support from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation. EEJF’s previous support gave AZCIR the ability to establish itself as an independent voice dedicated to in-depth reporting and holding those in power to account. We will expand on that in the coming year,” said Jim Small, AZCIR’s executive director and editor.
“The matching portion of this grant also presents an opportunity for the community to increase its investment in local reporting that serves the public interest and know that their support will be doubled by a national foundation that is committed to supporting journalism that impacts people’s lives,” Small added.
The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation is based in Oklahoma City and has awarded initial funding for nonprofit newsrooms throughout the U.S. The foundation was established in 1982 by the late Edith Kinney Gaylord, a pioneering journalist who worked as the first female general news reporter at the Associated Press. With a mission to “invest in the future of journalism by building the ethics, skills and opportunities needed to advance principled, probing news and information,” EEJF is a prominent supporter of startup newsrooms that are filling information gaps within communities because of contractions in corporate media.
Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting was founded in 2012 as the state’s only nonprofit newsroom that focuses on statewide, data-driven accountability reporting. Through its original and collaborative journalism, AZCIR has shed light on topics from “dark money” spending in Arizona elections, civil asset forfeitures, demographic disparities in the state’s K-12 education system and government waste.
In 2017, AZCIR was recognized with seven Arizona Press Club awards, including first place for public service journalism, political and public safety reporting.
A report highlighting lack of oversight in the state’s civil asset forfeiture program was frequently cited during legislative debate on a new law that made major reforms to the program. And AZCIR’s reporting and threatened litigation over public records prompted the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office to revise its policies and retain requests to remove voters from the rolls.
AZCIR’s board members include
Paula Casey, executive director of the Arizona Newspapers Association
Adam Goodman, president and CEO of Goodmans Interior Structures
Josh Hoffner, the Southwest News Editor for the Associated Press
Brandon Quester, AZCIR’s founder and the director of data and visuals for inewsource in San Diego.
A Journalism Advisory Committee also supports AZCIR’s efforts and is chaired by Leonard Downie Jr., former executive editor of The Washington Post, and Weil Family Professor of Journalism at the Cronkite School.
Other committee members include newsroom professionals and educators from throughout Arizona.
AZCIR has received grants from the Arizona Community Foundation, the Fund for Investigative Journalism, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Google Ideas and the Harnisch Foundation.
Source: http://azcir.org/news/2017/09/06
The grant of up to $75,000 will support AZCIR’s ongoing efforts to expand original and collaborative reporting in Arizona, with an emphasis on data, and to increase its focus on using technology and computer programming to free more public records.
The grant includes an initial installment of $25,000 for operational funding and provides an additional opportunity for $50,000 in matching funds. AZCIR will have one year to raise $50,000, which EEJF will then match.
“We’re honored and excited to receive support from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation. EEJF’s previous support gave AZCIR the ability to establish itself as an independent voice dedicated to in-depth reporting and holding those in power to account. We will expand on that in the coming year,” said Jim Small, AZCIR’s executive director and editor.
“The matching portion of this grant also presents an opportunity for the community to increase its investment in local reporting that serves the public interest and know that their support will be doubled by a national foundation that is committed to supporting journalism that impacts people’s lives,” Small added.
The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation is based in Oklahoma City and has awarded initial funding for nonprofit newsrooms throughout the U.S. The foundation was established in 1982 by the late Edith Kinney Gaylord, a pioneering journalist who worked as the first female general news reporter at the Associated Press. With a mission to “invest in the future of journalism by building the ethics, skills and opportunities needed to advance principled, probing news and information,” EEJF is a prominent supporter of startup newsrooms that are filling information gaps within communities because of contractions in corporate media.
Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting was founded in 2012 as the state’s only nonprofit newsroom that focuses on statewide, data-driven accountability reporting. Through its original and collaborative journalism, AZCIR has shed light on topics from “dark money” spending in Arizona elections, civil asset forfeitures, demographic disparities in the state’s K-12 education system and government waste.
In 2017, AZCIR was recognized with seven Arizona Press Club awards, including first place for public service journalism, political and public safety reporting.
A report highlighting lack of oversight in the state’s civil asset forfeiture program was frequently cited during legislative debate on a new law that made major reforms to the program. And AZCIR’s reporting and threatened litigation over public records prompted the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office to revise its policies and retain requests to remove voters from the rolls.
AZCIR’s board members include
Paula Casey, executive director of the Arizona Newspapers Association
Adam Goodman, president and CEO of Goodmans Interior Structures
Josh Hoffner, the Southwest News Editor for the Associated Press
Brandon Quester, AZCIR’s founder and the director of data and visuals for inewsource in San Diego.
A Journalism Advisory Committee also supports AZCIR’s efforts and is chaired by Leonard Downie Jr., former executive editor of The Washington Post, and Weil Family Professor of Journalism at the Cronkite School.
Other committee members include newsroom professionals and educators from throughout Arizona.
AZCIR has received grants from the Arizona Community Foundation, the Fund for Investigative Journalism, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Google Ideas and the Harnisch Foundation.
Wednesday, September 06, 2017
ALL HAIL Trump !! The DRAMA QUEEN
Now here's pundit/news commentator Peggy Noonan, who put the words "Read My Lips" into George Herbert Walker Bush's mouth:
Peggy Noonan: Trump's a 'drama queen'
Link > http://www.washingtonexaminer.com [Includes a video]
Conservative columnist Peggy Noonan said President Trump's biggest flaw undermining his own power is that he lacks traditionally masculine characteristics.
"He's not strong and self-controlled, not cool and tough, not low-key and determined; he's whiny, weepy and self-pitying," she wrote Thursday night in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. "He throws himself, sobbing, on the body politic. He's a drama queen."
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Can U read RU Paul's lips??
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MDHI Awarded $1.4 Billion IDIQ for Armed Scout Attack Helicopters
MDHI Awarded $1.4 Billion IDIQ for Armed Scout Attack Helicopters
Initial Deliveries are 30 MD 530F Cayuse Warriors for the Afghan Air Force
5-year, $1.4 Billion, 150-unit IDIQ establishes MDHI’s armed scout attack helicopter platform as preferred choice for U.S. and Partner Nation Army Aviation Force. The Contract has an estimated completion date of Sep. 30, 2022 and a potential value of $1,385,497,987.
5-year, $1.4 Billion, 150-unit IDIQ establishes MDHI’s armed scout attack helicopter platform as preferred choice for U.S. and Partner Nation Army Aviation Force. The Contract has an estimated completion date of Sep. 30, 2022 and a potential value of $1,385,497,987.
Mesa, Ariz., September 06, 2017. MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) announced today that it has been awarded a 5-year, firm-fixed price Contract to provide an estimated quantity of 150 armed MD 530 aircraft and the required production support services, including program management, delivery support, pilot training, and maintenance, to U.S. and Partner Nation Army Aviation Forces in support of U.S. Army foreign military sales (FMS) opportunities.
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Published on Apr 22, 2015
Afghan Air Force MD-530F Cayuse Warrior helicopter pilots and their advisors from the Train, Advise, Assist Command - Air, prep and demonstrate the close air attack capabilities of the MD-530F at the MD-530F Rollout ceremony at Kabul Afghanistan International Airport. Video by Airman 1st Class Eric Mann | Date: 04.09.2015
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The Contract has an estimated completion date of Sep. 30, 2022 and a potential value of $1,385,497,987. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama is the contracting agency (W58RGZ-17-D-0089).
“This Contract is recognition of our ability to rapidly respond to the needs of our military customers,” said Lynn Tilton, Chief Executive Officer for MDHI, “and a testament to the effective, efficient role the MD 530 Armed Scout Attack Helicopters play in the global fight against terror. It is MDHI’s great honor to continue to serve and support the Warfighter."
Initial Delivery > The first Deliveries under the Contract will be thirty (30) new MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters for the Afghan Air Force. Valued at $176.6 million, these first aircraft will be configured with MDHI’s newly certified Block 1 glass cockpit, featuring the Howell Instruments Engine Instrumentation System, Garmin GDU 620 Electronic Flight Instruments, Garmin GTN 650H Communication/Navigation/Global Positioning System (COM/NAV/GPS), and Northern Airborne Technology Cabin Audio System.
> Mission Equipment for these aircraft will include a ballistic crash worthy fuel system, consisting of a main fuel tank and a 38-gallon Auxiliary Fuel Tank, high capacity landing gear, FN Herstal Weapons Management System, DillonAero Mission Configurable Armament System (MCAS) weapons plank and Fixed-Forward Sighting System, Rohde & Schwarz M3AR Tactical Mission Radio, and FN Herstal .50 caliber HMP 400 Machine Gun Pods and M260 7-shot rocket pods.
“It is extremely gratifying to see that our focus on quality, technology, and rapid delivery has resulted in such a significant contract; one that solidifies MDHI’s position as a preferred provider of armed scout attack helicopter solutions.”
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Published on Aug 26, 2016
Train Advise Assist Command – Air (TAAC – Air) advisors from the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing fly Afghan Air Force's newest MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters for a training event. The new helicopters are capable of firing 2.75” rockets and .50-cal machine guns for close air support.
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BEA Announces July 2017 Goods & Services Deficit @ - $43.7 BILLION
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has issued the following news release today:
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that the goods and services deficit was $43.7 billion in July, up $0.1 billion from $43.5 billion in June, revised.
July exports were $194.4 billion, $0.6 billion less than June exports.
July imports were $238.1 billion, $0.4 billion less than June imports.
The full text of the release on BEA's Web site can be found at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/
See the navigation bar at the right side of the news release text for links to data tables, contact personnel and their telephone numbers, and supplementary materials.
The July increase in the goods and services deficit reflected a decrease in the goods deficit of less than $0.1 billion to $65.3 billion and a decrease in the services surplus of $0.2 billion
to $21.6 billion.
Year-to-date, the goods and services deficit increased $27.9 billion, or 9.6 percent, from the
same period in 2016.
Exports increased $76.8 billion or 6.0 percent. Imports increased $104.8 billion
or 6.7 percent.
Just one extract:
Goods by Selected Countries and Areas: Monthly – Census Basis (Exhibit 19)
The July figures show surpluses, in billions of dollars, with South and Central America ($3.5),
Hong Kong ($2.8), Brazil ($0.8), Saudi Arabia ($0.8), and Singapore ($0.7). Deficits were recorded,
in billions of dollars, with China ($31.8), European Union ($12.1), Japan ($5.5), Mexico ($5.4),
Germany ($5.3), Italy ($2.4), India ($1.9), Taiwan ($1.9), South Korea ($1.8), France ($1.3), Canada
($0.9), United Kingdom ($0.2), and OPEC ($0.1).
* The surplus with South and Central America increased $0.9 billion to $3.5 billion in July.
Exports increased $1.0 billion to $12.9 billion and imports increased $0.1 billion to $9.4
billion.
* The balance with Saudi Arabia shifted from a deficit of less than $0.1 billion to a surplus
of $0.8 billion in July. Exports increased $0.4 billion to $1.9 billion and imports decreased
$0.4 billion to $1.2 billion.
Goods and Services by Selected Countries and Areas: Quarterly – Balance of Payments Basis (Exhibit
20)
The second quarter figures show surpluses, in billions of dollars, with
South and Central America
($18.4), Hong Kong ($7.5), Brazil ($6.4), Singapore ($5.1), United Kingdom ($4.3), OPEC ($3.1),
and Saudi Arabia ($1.8). Deficits were recorded, in billions of dollars, with China ($83.6), European
Union ($23.7), Mexico ($18.5), Germany ($16.9), Japan ($13.6), Italy ($8.8), India ($7.4), Taiwan
($3.9), France ($3.6), South Korea ($1.5), and Canada ($1.0).
* The balance with Saudi Arabia shifted from a deficit of $0.6 billion to a surplus of $1.8
billion in the second quarter. Exports increased $0.5 billion to $7.1 billion and imports
decreased $1.8 billion to $5.3 billion.
* The deficit with South Korea decreased $2.2 billion to $1.5 billion in the second quarter.
Exports increased $1.6 billion to $18.7 billion and imports decreased $0.6 billion to $20.2 billion.
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NOTES:
> All statistics referenced are seasonally adjusted;
> All statistics referenced are seasonally adjusted;
> statistics are on a balance of payments basis unless otherwise specified.
> Additional statistics, including not seasonally adjusted statistics and details for goods on a Census basis, are available in Exhibits 1-20b of this release.
> For information on data sources, definitions, revision procedures, and scheduled release dates through December 2017, see the information section on page A-1 of this release.
> The next release is October 5, 2017.
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