Liberty fall to Fever in closing seconds

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INDIANAPOLIS Tamika Catchings scored 23 points, including the winning free throws with 8.4 seconds left, to give the Indiana Fever an 84-82 victory over the Liberty on Tuesday.

Katie Douglas scored 20 points and Shavonte Zellous added 12 as the Fever (10-6) squandered a 12-point lead and trailed by four in the final minutes before rallying.

We did a good job holding our composure down the stretch, Catchings said. When you look at it there are things that youre happy about and things you arent happy about. Just continuing our quest to be a good team. We made some great defensive stops.

Indiana finished 53 percent from the field, including 9 for 18 on 3-pointers.

Cappie Pondexter scored a season-high 33 points and Essence Carson added 14 for the Liberty (6-11), who have lost two straight and six of nine.

[I] felt like we could have won the game, Pondexter said. We had a chance. It seems like we battle this team back and forth, playoffs, regular season, for the past three years ever since Ive been in New York.

Trailing 73-70 midway through the fourth quarter, the Liberty scored seven consecutive points to take their biggest lead. Leilani Mitchell made 3 to tie the score, Pondexter hit a technical free throw called on Indianas Briann January for arguing and then Pondexter made a 3 to put the Liberty up 77-73 with 3/ minutes to go.

Catchings came back with a 3-pointer nearly a minute later and hit another one with 1:53 remaining to give the Fever a 79-77 lead.

Pondexter hit a tying jumper, and Douglas and Pondexter traded 3-pointers 14 seconds apart to leave the score tied at 82 with 35.5 seconds to go.

The Fever passed inbounds with 17.5 seconds left in the game and six seconds to go on the shot clock. The ball went all the way to the backcourt, where January tracked it down, hustled upcourt and missed a desperation shot. Catchings rebounded and was fouled. She made both free throws to put Indiana ahead.

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Libertarians on the Rise

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In a state dominated by Republican politics, the minority party may be the Democrats, but the runner up in ideology has to be Libertarianism, whose followers take Republicans distrust of big government and apply it to all scenarios. Not only do Libertarians not like government interfering in the market, they also dont like government interfering in peoples private liveseven if that means having to support legalized marijuana, gay marriage and other controversial views that send traditional Republicans running in the other direction.

Because of such baggage, most Libertarian political candidates are perennial third-party participants throughout the country and in Utah. Now, Libertarian activist Connor Boyack has created a Libertarian think tank to push Libertarian ideas and policiesas opposed to Libertarian candidatesin government and the Legislature. Hes also flanked by a newly formed nonprofit law firm that plans to lobby elected officials on Libertarian principles and take the government to court if necessary.

Boyack sees his Libertas Institute think tank as being one that can unite consensus support around ideasideas that may be proposed by Republicans or Democrats.

You cant put Libertarians into a box, Boyack says. And thats a good thing for us because it makes it so we can work with who we wantsuch as Republicans on free-market issues and Democrats on social issues.

The institute already plans to host educational events and is holding an essay contest on its website, LibertasUtah.org. The website also features scorecards for legislators for the past three sessions, rating them on how well their votes align with individual liberty.

Paul Mero, executive director of conservative think tank the Sutherland Institutewhich has, in the past, lobbied for such issues as compassionate immigration reform and for not allowing state discrimination protections for LGBT Utahnsdoubts that a Libertarian think tank will have much more traction than a Libertarian candidate. Mero says Libertarian ideology just doesnt mesh with the values of everyday Utahns, although Boyack has made a favorable reputation for himself as a Libertarian and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, having written two booksLatter-Day Liberty and Latter-day Responsibilityabout Libertarianism and Mormonism.

While Mero says that Libertarians believe 80 to 90 percent of the same things that conservatives do, he says, If you go to their website, my guess is you wont find on the front page this disclosure that: Oh, by the way, as Mormon Libertarians, we also support the legalization of drugs, prostitution, gambling and we favor gay marriage.

But the Libertas Institute doesnt have to champion every value of every Libertarian. Thats part of the reason Boyack believes the organization can be an effective lobby for liberty, as it can get behind individual laws, policies and ideas instead of trying to push candidates for office.

Unlike a candidate that can get in trouble for having an [unpopular] position, think tanks dont necessarily have to do that, says University of Utah political-science professor Matthew Burbank. Theyre not running for public office, so they dont have to take positions on things if they dont think its in their political interest.

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Editorial: Political parties earning freedom more fans

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Is libertarianism, the philosophy of voluntary arrangements, free markets and individual liberty, en vogue? After years of overreaching government by the Republican and Democratic parties, there are signs that a freedom movement is beginning to bristle.

The Associated Press moved a story July 7 with the headline: "With 'freedom' in fashion, is libertarianism back?" AP reporter Pauline Arrillaga wrote: "Something's going on in America this election year: a renaissance of an ideal as old as the nation itself that live-and-let-live, get-out-of-my-business, individualism vs. paternalism dogma that is the hallmark of libertarianism." She is correct.

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Those yearning for a liberty movement in the United States often cite the 2010 midterm elections, where voters, some reacting to the passage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, ousted Democrats from office throughout the country and gave control of the House of Representatives to the Republicans. But even before that, liberty-minded voters began rejecting intrusive government policies.

In 2006, Republicans lost control of the House and Senate and a majority of the contested governorships. In 2008, Democrats won the White House, and increased their majorities in both chambers of Congress.

Those discouraging reversals for Republicans were due, at least in part, to the disenfranchisement felt toward the GOP by freedom-focused voters and the libertarian wing of the Republican Party. Too many policies enacted by the GOP during the George W. Bush presidency, especially when the GOP controlled both houses of Congress, were suspect. Republicans went along with bailouts, stimulus packages, unpopular wars and an arguable precursor of Obamacare, the Medicare Part D prescription drug program.

Every time politicians of either major party step on liberty, which they do far too frequently, voters react. Now, with the odious requirement in Obamacare that all Americans buy government-approved health insurance or pay what a Supreme Court majority decided to call a tax, the libertarian streak within many American voters may play a deciding role in the presidential election, now less than four months away.

Judging by this week's annual FreedomFest conference in Las Vegas, the liberty movement is gaining momentum. Thousands will pour into the largest city in Nevada, a key swing state, to promote all things free-market and pro-liberty. FreedomFest typically provides insight into what liberty-leaning voters are thinking. This year's event could even turn out as the unofficial kickoff of a push that decides the winners in November.

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Falkland Islands Hlg – Application for Blocklisting

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Falkland Islands Holdings plc

("FIH" or "the Company")

Application for Blocklisting

Falkland Islands Holdings plc announces that an application has been made for a block listing of 725,510 ordinary shares of 10 pence each to trading on AIM. A block listing has been applied for to facilitate the issue of any new shares that may be required to satisfy the future exercise of existing share options. The block listing will be utilised, pursuant to the Company's Executive Share Option Schemes and board resolutions, as vested options are exercised. Any new shares so issued will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares.

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House Republicans launch all-out assault on health care law

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WASHINGTON (CNN) House Republicans continue their all-out assault on President Barack Obama's signature health care reform law Wednesday, with a planned vote to repeal the measure.

The vote will be the latest of more than 30 House GOP efforts to undermine the 2010 Affordable Care Act, including previous Republican-led moves to repeal the measure or cut funding for various provisions.

Any House repeal effort is sure to die in the Democratic-led Senate, and the White House made clear Obama would veto such a measure.

At news conferences, in media interviews and before congressional panels on Tuesday, GOP opponents of the health care law depicted it as an unwarranted government intrusion in health decisions that would reduce patients to commodities treated on a cost basis.

"This is all about the government. It is Washington knows best, and it is wrong," said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Michigan, in floor debate ahead of the Wednesday vote.

Republicans also complained that the bill known as Obamacare would fail to control spiraling health care costs, and that it included new taxes and fees despite the president's promise not to raise middle-class taxes.

To Democrats, the entire exercise was an unnecessary repetition of past political posturing on a settled issue, now that the Supreme Court has upheld the law's constitutionality.

"This repeal vote is a waste of time and tax dollars," said Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina.

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Repealing, Not Replacing, Health Law Tops Republican Plan

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By Roxana Tiron and James Rowley - 2012-07-11T04:01:00Z

U.S. House Republicans, united in opposition to President Barack Obamas health care overhaul, used to pledge to repeal and replace it.

Now, as they prepare to vote as soon as today to kill the law they call Obamacare -- their 33rd effort to undo all or parts of it -- Republican leaders have dropped the word replace from their promise.

The omission is the result of an election-year calculation: They figure they stand to gain from public distaste for the 2010 measures central provision, the requirement that most Americans buy health insurance, and will lose if they start providing details about what they would do instead.

They dont care to replace it, Ross Baker, a professor of American politics at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, said in a telephone interview. They want to revert to the status quo. Whatever plan they have is going to end up alienating somebody, especially during a presidential campaign.

Renewing the debate over how to provide wider coverage while containing health costs would divert attention from the stagnant economy, which Republicans say is their winning issue. Also, it runs the risk of emphasizing a patchwork of Republican proposals that wouldnt provide universal protection or retain such popular features of the 2010 law as requiring insurance policies to cover pre-existing conditions.

The best legislative approach is step by step while going after the problems that we can solve, Representative Tom Cole, an Oklahoma Republican, said in an interview. House Republicans havent scheduled further votes or hearings on health care proposals.

Achieving universal coverage is going to be very difficult, Cole said. Even so, you do it more through incentives than you do through penalties and this bill is full of penalties and not incentives.

The House wont pursue legislation before the November election because the big thing is going to be the election, Representative Wally Herger, a California Republican who leads the health subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, said in an interview. Everybody is looking to the election, everything is second fiddle to November.

Unless Republicans win the presidency and control the Senate majority next session, their attempts to repeal the law will go no further than the House.

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Africa: World Needs 3.5 Million Health Workers

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The world needs more doctors, nurses and other health care workers - 3.5 million of them, to be exact.

The poor state of human resources in the health care system came under the spotlight at a session at the People's Health Assembly, a five-day international meeting currently underway at the University of the Western Cape campus in Bellville.

"Human resources are at the heart of a good health system," said Bridget Lloyd from the People's Health Movement (PHM), who chaired the meeting. "But in Africa we face great challenges with human resources in the health sector."

One of the greatest issues is doctors and nurses trained in Africa being lured to Europe and the UK that offer better pay and working conditions. "African doctors are 'stolen' by countries in the global north," said Thomas Schwarz from Members of Medicus Mundi (MMI). "And that makes it a political issue that needs a political solution."

He explained that the World Health Organisation developed a code of conduct on the international recruitment of health personnel, which was adopted by member states at the 63rd World Health Assembly in 2010. However, the code, which serves as an ethical framework in the recruitment of health workers, is largely being ignored by the global community who continues to recruit health care staff from low-resource countries. "The code is nothing more than a piece of paper," said Schwarz.

Dr Uta Lehmann from the University of the Western Cape's School of Public Health highlighted other human resource challenges plaguing the health care systems of South Africa and other developing countries.

The first, and probably also the greatest challenge is the lack of trained health care staff. The limited available human resources are also not equally distributed between metropolitan and rural and areas, with a higher concentration of staff in and around cities, but very few staff serving rural communities.

Adding to that, many South African doctors also choose to work in the private sector where they earn more money and work under better circumstances than doctors serving the public sector.

Other major challenges Lehmann highlighted were poor management and leadership in the health sector - which often leads to misappropriation of funds, medicine stock outs, and generally poor working conditions for staff - and insufficient training of health care workers.

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Buying Gold and Futurist Ray Kurzweil on Melding of Man and Machine

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Watch Video Author, inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil has been a key voice in our occasional series on the future of technology. The latest installment on the advent of immortality debuted here on Making Sen$e July 9 . As with economist Paul Krugman , our extended interview with Kurzweil included many fascinating bits that didn't make the final cut. So we continue Tuesday with one of them -- a ...

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Grieving for Freedom

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Grieving for Freedom By Van Irion | Founder Liberty Legal Foundation

Whether you realize it or not, all freedom-loving people are grieving our lost freedom this Independence Day. Psychologists teach that the first reaction to devastating loss is denial. When we lose something that we love, our minds initially deny the event in order to survive the shock. After denial comes bargaining, anger, depression, and finally acceptance. Each stage of grief allows our minds to absorb the new reality and grieve the loss of something cherished.

Last weeks devastating Supreme Court rulings have caused various reactions. Many insist upon explaining Roberts ruling as political genius. Some search for a silver lining in the ruling. Others focus on the upcoming election. All of these reactions reflect the first two stages of grief. Most Americans are still in denial or are attempting to bargain-away the shocking loss of freedom inflicted by those that were supposed to defend our freedom.

Some of us have already moved on to anger. Please join us. Anger is a gift.

Unlike people, freedom can be restored. No matter how much freedom is taken away, it can always be taken back. But it will not be given. Those that enslave do not give back freedom willingly. We must fight them for it. So, anger is a useful emotion when grieving for freedom. Anger will motivate us to act.

Stop denying our loss of freedom by imagining genius in Justice Roberts treasonous act. Killing constitutional principals in the name of short-term political payback is not genius. Its an insult to every man or woman that ever died defending freedom.

Stop claiming that Roberts ruling is a victory because it created a limit on the commerce clause. The commerce clause is no more limited than it was before the ruling. Prior to Obamacare no one would have imagined that the commerce clause could possibly justify regulation of lack-of-commerce. Last weeks ruling simply confirmed what we already knew. But it left the commerce clause exactly where it has been since Wickard v. Filburn. In fact, the ruling explicitly acknowledged that the rule from Wickard is still the accepted commerce clause rule. This is the rule that got us to where we are today. Why is anyone celebrating this? The answer is: DENIAL.

Not only did the ruling fail to limit the commerce clause, it opened up a completely new clause for Congressional abuse of authority. Before last week Congress could not do anything through the tax and spend clause that it wasnt authorized to do by some other clause. The tax and spend clause was a means to do what Congress already had authority to do. Now Congress can regulate anything, as long as it forces us to comply by taxing non-compliance. Any way you cut it, now matters are worse. Those that argue otherwise are in denial.

Stop arguing that this ruling will cause Congress to repeal Obamacare or will help get Romney elected. This is another form of denial. Even if Romney wins and Obamacare is repealed, do you really believe that a single political victory justifies the loss of a two-century old systemic protection of freedom against all governmental intrusions? The Constitution was supposed to prevent any Congress from enacting any legislation that violates fundamental freedoms. Do you believe that defeating Obamacare, or Obama himself makes up for losing constitutionally protected freedom for all time? What happens when another Congress passes a law denying our freedom and enforces it by imposing a punitive tax? Will your grandchildren say, Well, thats OK because grandma and grandpa defeated Obamacare? The Constitution should have defeated Obamacare without an election. The Constitution should have been left to defeat any other freedom-destroying legislation that Obama or any other President passed. One bad President should not have the power to destroy freedom. Obama has that power now only because the Constitution has been destroyed by the Supreme Court. If we must now depend upon winning every single election in order to keep our freedom, then freedom has no chance of surviving for our grandchildren. Stop denying the devastating nature of this loss by claiming that it will result in some short term political gains.

Stop claiming that someone threatened or blackmailed Roberts. This, too, is a form of denial. Those of you that offer this excuse would rather believe that evil forces beyond anyones control are responsible for our loss, rather than acknowledging the failure of our system of government. Even if Roberts was threatened or blackmailed, so what! Hundreds of thousands of men have died horrible deaths to defend freedom. If you were in Roberts shoes and someone threatened you, would you be a coward and destroy the freedom earned by the blood of countless deaths, simply to protect yourself?! Even if a gun was literally to his head, Roberts has no excuse. Men in high office have a higher duty to defend our freedom than men in trenches, not a lower duty. Stop making excuses.

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Rhonda Britten: Fearlessly Claim Your Freedom!

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Last week, we celebrated America's gaining her freedom from tyranny 236 years ago. It was a hard fight, a battle of wills, to win -- to claim -- our freedom. The good news: We did it.

When you do something once, it can be done again. The experience changes your genes, your cells. It changes what's possible for everyone. It can become the norm.

Think of the 4-minute mile. Until Roger Bannister did it, it was unheard of. Considered impossible. The second Roger did it, others followed suit. Loads of others. Running the 4-minute mile is considered the norm for elite runners.

Think of the last few years and all the nations seeking their own freedom. Once you get a taste of it, you want more. You want it to be your norm.

Freedom: Free to be true to your own destiny, your own inner guidance, your own truth. Free to be who you are meant to be.

Two hundred and thirty-six years ago, our forefathers had to put it all on the line. Had to put their quest for freedom above all else. It took years. It was harder than they thought. And they didn't care for each other most of the time. But each of our forefathers -- George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, to name a few -- were all going in the same direction. They wanted freedom. Independence. The chance to choose how to live.

And they knew that if they didn't claim their freedom, somebody else would decide how they would live. They had to claim it and act on it if they would ever truly experience the freedom they sought.

How did they do it? They had to stay focused. Get past their differences. Go for a common goal. They had to decide that their commitment was worth facing their fear. They had to practice being fearless (even when they didn't feel fearless).

And that's what it takes for anyone to have the freedom they seek: commitment, focus and, most important, support.

You need commitment so you have the courage to face whatever feeling, thought, person, situation is between you and your goal.

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Holiday Systems International Nominated for the Department of Defense Freedom Award and Recipient of the Patriotic …

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LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire -07/11/12)- Holiday Systems International was one of a handful of Southern Nevada employers that were nominated for the Department of Defense Freedom Award. According to an article in The Las Vegas Sun, sixteen local employers received a nomination for providing exceptional employer support to members of the National Guard or Reserve military. Additionally, Holiday Systems International was the recipient of the Patriotic Employer Award recognizing their track record for "Contribution to National Security and Protecting Liberty and Freedom by Supporting Employee Participation in America's National Guard and Reserve Force."

Craig Morganson, CEO of Holiday Systems International, stated, "We are very proud to be nominated for the Freedom Award and to have received the prestigious Patriotic Employer Award. We appreciate, respect and honor what the men and women in our military risk for our great nation. We are proud to be a 'Military-Friendly Employer.'"

The Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award is the highest recognition given by the U.S. Government to employers. The Patriotic Employer Award is given to employers who demonstrate exceptional support for their Guard and Reserve employees. These awards were created to publicly recognize employers that implement employment policies and practices that are supportive of their employees' participation in the National Guard and Reserve.

For additional information on the Las Vegas Sun, visit http://www.lasvegassun.com.

For additional information on the Freedom and Patriot Awards, visit the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve website.

For additional information on Holiday Systems International, visit sales.holidaysystems.com.

About Holiday Systems International (HSI)

HSI was founded in 1993 by still President and CEO, Craig Morganson. Mr. Craig Morganson is a leader in the travel & tourism industry and manages HSI with a firm commitment to consumer value and customer service. HSI has a long history of providing sophisticated technology, exclusive products/services and generous value to its private clientele.

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FREEDOM TOWNSHIP: Residents to elect leadership in Freedom Township

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Freedom Township residents will head to the polls this year to decide who will represent them on the township's board of trustees.

One seat as supervisor is open, with one candidate running this year. Clerk is another single seat with one candidate. Treasurer has two candidates with one seat, and there are two candidates vying for the two trustee seats.

Heritage Media sent out questionnaires to each of the Freedom Township candidates, and following are their responses.

Heritage Media will be publishing detailed information on every candidate running in the Aug. 7 Primary Election ballot in the weeks leading up to the election.

Kenny E Siler

Office sought: Freedom Township Treasurer

Political affiliation: Republican

Residence: 13175 E Pleasant Lake Rd.

Occupation: Farmer, Retired Automotive Engineer

Education: BSME Texas A&M, MSME Purdue University Continued...

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Asteroid named for gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny

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WASHINGTON (AP) - A Canadian amateur astronomer has named an asteroid he discovered after U.S. gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny, who died last year in Washington.

Kameny, who earned a doctorate in astronomy at Harvard University, was an astronomer with the U.S. Army Map Service in the 1950s but was fired from his job for being gay. He contested the firing all the way to the Supreme Court and later organized the first gay rights protests outside the White House, the Pentagon and in Philadelphia in the 1960s.

Kameny died last year at age 86.

When astronomer Gary Billings read Kamenys obituary, he consulted with others in the astronomy world. They decided to submit a citation to the Paris-based International Astronomical Union and the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., seeking to designate Minor Planet 40463 as Frankkameny.

Its located in the asteroid belt, orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. The Kameny asteroid is visible through a telescope and was first discovered in 1999 using long-exposure photography.

Frank would show up as a little dot that moves between two points, Richard Doc Kinne, an astronomical technologist at the American Association of Variable Star Observers in Cambridge, Mass., said in an interview. He helped write the citation that would lead to the naming.

While comets are often named for their discoverers, those who discover asteroids have 10 years to suggest a name once the discovery is verified. The submission is subject to review by a 15-member international panel, said astronomy historian David DeVorkin at the National Air and Space Museum. Astronomers often use the names as an acknowledgement of someones contributions to science or culture.

A published citation officially naming the asteroid on July 3 notes Kamenys history as a gay rights pioneer.

Frank E. Kameny (1925-2011) trained as a variable star astronomer in the 1950s, but joined the Civil Rights struggle. His contributions included removing homosexuality from being termed a mental disorder in 1973 and shepherding passage of the District of Columbia marriage equality law in 2009, the citation reads in the Minor Planet Circular.

Kinne said he and Billings wanted to honor Kameny for his legacy, even though he was pushed out of the astronomy field.

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Takeover spree sweeps aerospace and defence sector

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10 July 2012 Last updated at 19:02 ET By Jorn Madslien Business reporter, BBC News, Farnborough airshow

Specialist rivets, electromechanical actuators, hydraulic manifolds and snake-arm robots that have been designed to be used in confined spaces.

The aerospace and defence industry is, perhaps more than any other industry, truly a sum of its parts.

Indeed, even the thousands of individual components that make up a fighter jet engine, an unmanned aerial vehicle or an aeroplane wing are so complex that they too are sums of their parts.

Dice it and slice it enough times and you will eventually find that there are thousands and thousands of parts suppliers.

Each and every one of them is contributing to the manufacture of the metal that is displayed in aerial acrobatics, or to the planes or engines or missiles sold in the many multi-billion dollar deals announced this week.

"It is like a pyramid," says a US investment banker at the Farnborough airshow.

The pyramid's pinnacle is made up of big players, such as aeroplane makers Airbus and Boeing, engine makers such as GE and Rolls-Royce and defence firms including Raytheon and Northrop Grumman, to name but a few.

Each of them have trading relationships with a vast number of so-called tier two and tier three suppliers, who in turn rely both on the big players and on each other.

Most of them are here this week, milling around in a vast exhibition hall, establishing contacts, pushing their wares.

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PPG Aerospace Awarded Citation Latitude Cockpit Window Contract by Cessna

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

PPG Industries aerospace transparencies group has been awarded a contract by Cessna Aircraft Company to supply production and spare windshields and side cockpit windows for the new Citation Latitude mid-size business jet.

PPG Aerospace is pleased to be able to continue our relationship with Cessna and excited by the opportunity to work on this innovative aircraft, said Arthur Scott, PPG global director for general-aviation transparencies products. Because of the width of the cockpit on the Citation Latitude, these will be the largest transparencies PPG supplies to Cessna. We appreciate the confidence Cessna has shown in PPGs ability to meet the associated technical challenges.

PPG will design and manufacture main windshields and side cockpit windows for the Citation Latitude jet at its Huntsville, Ala., transparencies facility. The heated windshields and side cockpit windows will be made of HERCULITE(R) II chemically strengthened glass by PPG to be strong and lightweight. They will be designed to resist impact by a 4-pound bird at 305 knots. The main windshields will have SURFACE SEAL(R) coating for water shedding without the need for wipers as well as an antistatic coating.

According to Cessna, first flight of the Citation Latitude prototype is expected to be mid-2014, with Federal Aviation Administration certification (Part 25) and entry into service expected in 2015.

PPG Aerospace is the aerospace products and services business of PPG Industries. PPG Aerospace Transparencies is the worlds largest supplier of aircraft windshields, windows and canopies. PPG Aerospace PRC-DeSoto is the leading global producer and distributor of aerospace coatings, sealants, and packaging and application systems.

PPG: BRINGING INNOVATION TO THE SURFACE.(TM) PPG Industries vision is to continue to be the worlds leading coatings and specialty products company. Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. Founded in 1883, PPG has global headquarters in Pittsburgh and operates in more than 60 countries around the world. Sales in 2011 were $14.9 billion. For more information, visit http://www.ppg.com.

Bringing innovation to the surface is a trademark and Herculite and Surface Seal are registered trademarks of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.

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