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Report: Pilot inexperience likely cause of 2012 plane crash that killed six in …

A 2012 plane crash that killed six members of a prominent Kansas family probably was caused by the inexperience of the pilot, Ronald Bramlage, according to a new report. The National Transportation Safety Board said earlier this week that Bramlage … Continue reading

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Lost opportunities

OPED SOCIETY Spiritual saviours or merchants of God? The sway of modernisation and globalisation has generated a context of uncertainties, confusion and crisis which lead people to see the ‘new-gurus’ as saviours S.L. Sharma Recent years have witnessed high visibility … Continue reading

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$100000 grant will help MakeICT advance its mission

The first thing founders of the tech and teaching group MakeICT did a couple of years ago was spend their own pocket money to teach art, tech and innovation. The Knight Foundation just gave them a grant of $100,000. They … Continue reading

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AeroVironment’s (AVAV) CEO Tim Conver on Q2 2015 Results – Earnings Call …

Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you, sir. [Operator instructions] Our first question comes from Andrea James from Dougherty Co. Andrea James Thanks you so much for taking my question. I’ll speak with first to the commercial drones. You said you’re, Tim … Continue reading

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Felice (Phil) Sarnella, 84

Felice (Phil) Sarnella, 2013Family photo  STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Felice (Phil) Sarnella, 84, of Eltingville, a retired mason whose devotion to his faith was matched by his love for his family, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. … Continue reading

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Astro-Med’s (ALOT) CEO Greg Woods on Q3 2015 Results – Earnings Call …

Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. [Operator Instructions] We’ll take our first question. Lou Moser Yes. This is Lou Moser, Mayfax Investors. You’ve heard a couple of times to your full year guidance of 2015; I didn’t see that many previous … Continue reading

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With drone flight rules still not set, close encounters increase

Civilian drones are flying so close to airplanes so frequently that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is receiving almost one incident report a day. The FAA logged 193 cases of safety incidents involving unmanned aircraft from Feb. 22 through Nov. … Continue reading

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