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WEPG and WSDQ Owner makes Grand Ole Opry Debut
A few months ago, the Grand Ole Opry announced an exciting contest for our listeners to have a chance to win Grand Ole Opry tickets with a backstage pass by entering your email. Another part of the contest took place between radio stations throughout the country. The station with the most entries would celebrate with a “Night at the Opry.” Because of you, our listeners, WEPG, The River 104.9 won…
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Preview: DC Pride 2023 #1
DC Pride 2023 #1 preview. DC Pride is back again with a brave and bold and all-new collection of stories #comics #comicbooks
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DC’S ANNUAL PRIDE COMIC BOOK ANTHOLOGY HIGHLIGHTS THE PUBLISHER’S AWARD-WINNING LGBTQIA+ LEGACY
DC Pride is back again with a brave, bold, and all-new collection of stories starring DC’s stable of fan-favorite LGBTQIA+ characters—many of whom will find themselves in thrilling team-ups the likes of which you’ve never seen before!
DC’s 2023 Pride collection of books and comics will be available at your local comic book shop, bookstore, library, and beyond, delivering bold stories, brave characters, and more pride than ever. DC Pride 2023 #1, DC’s annual anthology containing all-new stories spotlighting LGBTQIA+ fan favorites, will be published on May 30. The 104-page Prestige format comic will feature an introduction by Phil Jimenez, a main cover by Mateus Manhanini, and open-to-order variant covers by Gabriel Picolo (wraparound), Jen Bartel (spot foil), and Oscar Vega (cardstock).
The DC Pride 2023 creative teams and the characters they are developing stories for include:
Tim Drake and Connor Hawke by Nadia Shammas and Bruka Jones
Circuit Breaker and the Flash of Earth-11 by A.L. Kaplan
Midnighter, Apollo and Alan Scott Green Lantern by Josh Trujillo and Don Aguillo
Ghost-Maker and Catman vs. Cannon and Saber by Rex Ogle and Stephen Sadowski
Jon Kent and John Constantine by Christopher Cantwell and Skylar Patridge
Natasha Irons and Nubia by Mildred Louis
Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Crush by Leah Williams and Paulina Ganucheau
Multiversity by Grant Morrison and Hayden Sherman
and more!
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy go to extreme measures to get a little alone time…but there’s nowhere on the planet Crush can’t crash. Jon Kent gets a comprehensive course in dark magic when John Constantine sics a golem on him. Tim Drake and Connor Hawke learn that there is nothing more awkward than reuniting with an old friend after you’ve both come out and one of you was indoctrinated by the League of Shadows for a while. Circuit Breaker struggles to stifle his powers after the Flash of Earth-11 leaps out of the time stream and knocks them both into another dimension. Just how far would Flashlight go to honor his lost love? Discover all these stories and many more in DC Pride 2023!
DC’s Pride anthology comic will also include a five-page preview of an upcoming Dreamer story by Nicole Maines and Rye Hickman. Pinup pages in DC Pride 2023 will feature artwork by Maria Llovet, Ro Stein and Ted Brandt, Travis Moore, Noah Dao, Claire Roe, Babs Tarr, and more. With over 100 pages of original stories and content, DC Pride 2023 celebrates the boldest and bravest of DC’s Super Heroes!
#IVE DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN#DC PRIDE#ALAN SCOTT#GREEN LANTERN#APOLLO#MIDNIGHTER#HARLEY QUINN#POISON IVY#CRUSH#JON KENT#SUPERMAN#JOHN CONSTANTINE#TIM DRAKE#ROBIN#CONNOR HAWKE#GREEN ARROW#NATASHA IRONS#NUBIA#DC PRIDE 2023#DC#DC COMICS#DC NEWS#U CAN REBLOG#I CANT STOP CRYINGGGGGG#THIS IS EVERYTHING
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DC Pride 2023 by Nicole Maines, Christopher Cantwell, Paulina Ganucheau and various. Variant covers by (1) Jen Bartel, (2) Oscar Vega and wraparound variant (3) by Gabriel Picolo. Out at the end of May.
"DC Pride is back again with a brave and bold and all-new collection of stories starring DC’s fan-favorite stable of LGBTQIA+ characters—many of whom will find themselves in thrilling team-ups the likes of which you’ve never seen before! Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy go to extreme measures to get a little alone time… but there’s nowhere on the planet Crush can’t crash! Jon Kent gets a comprehensive course in dark magic when John Constantine sics a golem on him. Tim Drake and Connor Hawke learn that there’s nothing more awkward than reuniting with an old friend after you’ve both come out and one of you was indoctrinated by the League of Shadows for a while. Circuit Breaker struggles to stifle his powers after the Flash of Earth-11 leaps out of the time stream and knocks them both into another dimension. Just how far would Flashlight go to honor his lost love? All these stories and many more in DC Pride 2023! This year’s anthology also includes:
An introduction by Phil Jimenez!
A 5-page preview of Dreamer’s YA debut written by Nicole Maines and drawn by Rye Hickman!
A parade of pinups by Babs Tarr, Maria Llovet, Brandt & Stein, Noah Dao, Travis G. Moore, and more!"
#dc pride#dc pride 2023#dc comics#nicole maines#christopher cantwell#paulina ganucheau#jen bartel#oscar vega#gabriel picolo#variant cover#comics
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New Mutants vol. 4 #18 – Homecoming
The imperative of a mutant community
Vita Ayala (Writer), Rod Reis (Artist), Travis Lanham (Letterer)
Let’s begin with first principles.
The two foundational, definitional characteristics of the New Mutants are the closeness of their bonds, lines between platonic and romantic almost permanently blurred, and their trauma, both individual and shared. The New Mutants’ mission on Krakoa, explored so beautifully in this issue, is to foster a community strong enough that it can guide and support each of its individuals to unburden themselves of the trauma of the past and flourish in the future.
The New Mutants begin their utopian journey in this fashion by creating a support system for younger mutants, no longer constrained by human frameworks and ideologies. This is symbolised by their new home the Sextant, which is itself a metaphor for charting a new course towards a future with limitless possibilities. When Vita Ayala takes over writing responsibilities from Jonathan Hickman from issue 13, they more closely interrogate how this idealism plays out in practice. As the shadow of the past begins to encroach on the Akademos Habitat in the form of Amahl Farouk, the young students are attracted to the allure of easy solutions to their problems. The teachers also perceive Krakoa as an opportunity to release the trauma they’ve held onto for many years but know that this victory must be hard fought. Enter Dani Moonstar aka Mirage to guide them through.
After Magik becomes a War Captain and de facto combat leader of the team, Dani remains the team’s spiritual and emotional leader, as well as the lead educator for the Lost Club, the island’s youngest mutants. While Mirage doesn’t have a story dedicated to her throughout the run, she remains active rather than passive, supporting the team through the period of introspection and reflection that the safety of Krakoa has afforded them.
Ayala uses Mirage to great effect throughout their run, using her innate skill of empathy to de-emphasis the distinction between individual and shared trauma. Ayala’s approach to this feels so realistic, as Dani does not always get this right, avoiding a trap that writers fall into with the character being so morally upstanding that her judgement is beyond reproach. While issue #18 is a wonderful testament to Dani’s strength as a leader and the nature of her bond with Karma, there’s only so much that a community leader can do for her people without wider structural support. Wolfsbane and Cosmar are examples of attentions become spread too thinly, which is a catalyst for calamity and guilt that later issues must resolve. All of Dani’s attention is on Karma’s battle to reclaim her identity by separating her from her ‘evil’ brother Tran, who she has stored in her soul for almost her entire life to protect the world around her. In a society that promises amnesty and support for its former villains, New Mutants #18 examines the precarious moral balance of self-actualisation and community protection through one of the Krakoa era’s most controversial plot devices: the Crucible.
The healing rock
The issue begins with Karma and Mirage sat on a rock by a waterfall, hands held in meditation as Dani facilitates a conversation between Xuân and Tran on the astral plane. This is the same rock that Karma finds Wolfsbane sat on in the opening scene to issue 1 and offers her guidance about capitalising on the potential of her rebirth and finding new purpose. It is a space that symbolises the spiritual connections between the team, and the importance of quiet introspection as a way of resolving problems and challenges. It’s representative of Ayala’s approach to the series, which is to buck the superhero comic trend and resolve issues through philosophical debate rather than physical conflict. That’s not to say that action isn’t core to this issue because it is, but the resolution to the problem is arrived at here on this rock which then plays out in the crucible itself.
Rod Reis’ use of pastel tones and inking to differentiate between the corporal and astral figures and between past and present tense is both economical and visually stunning. The washed out tone clearly demarcates the past tense, while the flare ups of Karma’s pink power signature emphasises Karma’s intense frustration and despair at the lack of success of previous attempts to separate her from her brother. Floating ink lines resembling restraints circle Tran’s body loosely throughout the scene, suggesting Xuân’s reluctance to incarcerate him. At the scene’s conclusion, the inks have become thinner, symbolising the loosening of the bonds and his imminent freedom.
“Tôi đã có bạn - I’ve Got You”
So why is the ritual of the Crucible so crucial to Karma’s story? First of all, it demands conviction. It demands that Xuân reckon with the conundrum of whether her full spiritual independence is worth the risk her brother poses to the community around her. And yes, it demands brutality because the foundational principle of the Crucible is rooted in violence, the premise that paradise should never come easily, even to those who deserve it, because it is simply worth so much.
In the Crucible scenes, Ayala and Reis combine to great effect to simultaneously create a violent intensity and gentle intimacy to the fight. The pacing ebbs and flows as Xuân’s creeping doubts are answered with Dani’s violence before the scene breaks away for Karma to “waver here, in this moment between breathes” as her memories of Tran as an innocent child and as a damaged man as the narrative caption boxes pose the question “who is Tran?”. The fluid, sketched panelling gives way to thick bordering on the bottom panel of the page as the reader sees Karma, sword in hand, resolved in her decision: ultimately, it is not for her to choose. Tran must be given the grace to find his own path.
The scene then ramps up to a frenetic yet almost silent crescendo as Dani stabs her with an arrow. Throughout this scene, when the narrative is from the two central figures’ perspectives, the background is dark pink, symbolising Karma’s internality, while everyone else is faded out. It’s just the two of them together, dancing to a song of violence written with pure love. The issue’s closing scene is a moving testament to the love between them, with Karma flirting with Dani as they stare into each other’s eyes in a way that brings us back to first principles: friendship and romance are fluid among the New Mutants, but what is clear is their deep affection for one another.
Other than the potential romantic elements, Ayala’s decision to have Dani be Xuân’s partner is a smart one in that Dani is probably the most self-actualised of the New Mutants. In the original New Mutants series, she was the first to lose her powers, the first to succumb to her trauma in the form of the Demon Bear and therefore the first to be saved by the found family around her. The passing on of care from one community to member to another is contrasted in later issues where the New Mutants talk to the Shadow King about breaking the cycle of trauma and replacing it with something more productive. By separating herself from the pain of her past, symbolised by the influence of her brother, she finally has complete autonomy: freedom to be who she wants but also to pay the kindness forward to others, which she is able to do with Cosmar in a later issue.
So when Karma is resurrected with her prosthetic leg still in place, accompanied by the narrative caption box of “Welcome Home”, the message is loud and clear: mutant paradise is being the version of yourself that you most love and identify with, and the Crucible is the hard road to travel to get there.
The Lost Club
What is striking on a re-read is how much of this issue is dedicated to the Lost Club and the debate between Gabby Kinney and Cosmar about the efficacy of the Shadow King’s promise to restore the mutants to their idealised self. The scenes are very dialogue heavy, which weigh down the issue slightly, but they are important and completely on theme.
The Lost Club, and Cosmar in particular, present an alternative viewpoint on the theme of self-acceptance. If Karma’s decision to resurrect herself with her prosthesis still in place is a strong message of rejecting disability as something to be fixed, Cosmar’s experience is perhaps an allegory for body dysmorphia or more specifically gender dysphoria. The pop philosophy of self-acceptance generally argues that a person should accept themselves for who they are, which implies a rigidity of identity shaped by a patriarchal view of gender. The point that the children with visible mutations like Cosmar, Anole and Rain Boy make to Gabby is that what if what you see in the mirror prevents you from expressing who you are? How can one accept a version of oneself that is false?
Ayala is challenging a generally held belief in X-Men continuity, perpetuated by the Krakoa era, that possessing a mutant power is necessarily a gift. In the past this notion has generally been challenged by mutants whose powers are destructive, like Rogue or an even more extreme case like Glow Worm, but this comic explicitly is not interested in that. This is about the person behind the powers, and not just whether or not they look “different” from others. This comic is interrogating ways in which people look different from how they perceive themselves, and in that way is an interesting examination of body dysmorphia at the very least.
So while the Crucible scene is a beautiful example of how a community can support the individual, the Lost Club plot is about what happens when a community fails its citizens. The Shadow King, although characterised fairly sympathetically in this run, represents the systems that exploit those left vulnerable by lack of community care. Without spoiling what happens in future issues the seeds of this plot’s central argument are laid here: while they don’t always get it right, the New Mutants have their fellow citizens best interests at heart, and are a positive example of an inclusive and accepting community.
However, the point made by Magik in her letter to the Quiet Council gets to the root of the issue: local communities need the support of central government to best serve its citizens. In an economic and political climate in which vital funding and protective legislation for communities and their vulnerable citizens are being gutted to fund genocide and war, the idealism of Krakoa was always fated to be just another utopia.
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Ultimates #3 Review
Ultimates #3 Review #ultimatespiderman #ultimateuniverse #ultimates #ultimateinvasion #secretwars #hickman #MARVEL #marvelcomics #comics #comicbooks #news #mcu #art #info #NCBD #comicbooknews #previews #reviews
Writer: Deniz Camp Art: Juan Frigeri, Federico Blee, Neeraj Menon, VC’s Travis Lanham, and Dike Ruan Publisher: Marvel Comics Price:$4.99 Reviewed by: Anonymous Release Date: August 14th, 2024 INTRODUCING…THE SHE-HULK! The Ultimates search for a means of destroying the Maker’s most powerful pawn, the Hulk! And in the process they uncover an army of Hulks hidden away from the world… with She-Hulk…
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DC Announces New “DC Pride” Anthology for 2023
DC Pride, DC Comics’ anthology of stories starring LGBTQIA+ characters, is returning for 2023. DC Pride 2023 #1 will release in a Prestige format and contain 104 pages. The anthology features on introduction by Phil Jimenez. Pinup pages hail from artists Maria Llovet, Ro Stein and Ted Brandt, Travis Moore, Noah Dao, Claire Roe, Babs Tarr, and more.
Creative teams and characters for DC Pride 2023 #1 include
Tim Drake and Connor Hawke story where they learn that reuniting with an old friend after both have come out (and one of you was indoctrinated by the League of Shadows) can be awkward from Nadia Shammas and Bruka Jones
Circuit Breaker and the Flash of Earth-11 story in which Circuit Breaker struggles to stifle his powers after Earth-11′s Flash jumps out of the time stream and knocks them both into another dimension from A.L. Kaplan
Midnighter, Apollo, and Alan Scott Green Lantern from Josh Trujillo and Don Aguillo
Ghost-Maker and Catman vs. Cannon and Saber from Rex Ogle and Stephen Sadowski
Jon Kent and John Constantine story where John Constantine sics a golem on Jon Kent from Christopher Cantwell and Skylar Patridge
Natasha Irons and Nubia from Mildred Louis
Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Crush story in which Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy go to extreme measures for some alone time, but are constantly interrupted by Crush from Leah Williams and Paulina Ganucheau
Multiversity from Grant Morrison and Hayden Sherman
5-page preview of an upcoming Dreamer story from Nicole Maines and Rye Hickman
DC Pride 2023 #1 goes on sale on May 30, 2023. The anthology features a main cover by Mateus Manhanini and open-to-order variant covers by Gabriel Picolo (wraparound), Jen Bartel (spot foil), and Oscar Vega (cardstock).
(Image via DC Comics - Mateus Manhanini’s Cover of DC Pride 2023 #1)
#dc pride#dc pride 2023#tim drake#connor hawke#circuit breaker#flash#midnighter#apollo#alan scott#green lantern#ghost-maker#catman#cannon#saber#john kent#john constantine#natasha irons#nubia#harley quinn#poison ivy#crush#multiversity#dreamer#phil jimenez#mateus manhanini#dc comics#TGCLiz
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✽ . ˚ &. 「 TYLER HOECHLIN. THIRTY-NINE. CISMALE. HE/HIM. 」LEONARDO ‘LEO’ HAYNES occupies LEVEL SEVEN: #705. you’ll know THE LIBRA is home if you hear BAD BOYS FOR LIFE by DIDDY blasting through their speakers. THE POLICE OFFICER has been living in wisteria for ONE MONTH. since then they’ve built a reputation for being ALTRUISTIC and NON-COMMITTAL , typical for THE LOTHARIO .
full name. leonardo patrick haynes jr nickname. leo , haynes , junior height. 6′4″ age. thirty-nine city of birth: fairfield , california birthday: september 25th, 1983 career. police officer ( commander , recent promotion ) ; air force veteran marital status. divorced sexuality. not fuckin str8 children. stella haynes ( 16 , going on 17 )
leo ... is a straight up army brat — having been born on travis air force base in northern california . his father , an air force airman while his mother , a stay-at-home mom once elementary school teacher .
he is the youngest of four siblings and therefore , the most spoiled especially being the only boy out of his sisters .
he moved around a lot growing up — even though their primary residence was on travis AFB , they still moved from place to place wherever their father was needed . after all , he’s been command chief master sergeant for the past thirty years . he didn’t get to that rank just sitting on his ass and he instilled this behavior in his children , especially leo .
it was expected of leo to join the military when he got older — enlisting when he was fresh out of high school at eighteen . his oldest sister also enlisted while his middle sisters opted for married life .
while in traveling in hawaii at hickman afb on assignment , leonardo met his first and only wife . they were young , they were in-love ... or so she thought . she wound up pregnant , leo ... being who he was raised by , asked for her hand in marriage .
their daughter stella was born on january 23rd , 2006 when leo was just 23 . the two of them left hawaii , setting up home in los angeles .
leo , unlike his father , would opt to leave active duty ; getting honorable discharge at the age of 28 after completing his 10 years in service . his father , although not happy with his decision , understood .
at the age of 29 , he joined the police ranks and has been apart of the LAPD for the past ten years . jumping in the ranks due to his disciplined military background .
after eight years of marriage , leo and his wife called it quits after his ... let’s say ... unfaithful tendencies . sighting irreconcilable differences , the divorce was finalized in 2015 — the two of them having shared custody of their daughter .
after his divorce , there was no woman who could tie this man down for long . his eyes wander , his charm undeniable . he just recently broke up with his last partner ... if you could even call it that . in his eyes , they weren’t even really committed to each other . but in her eyes ... she was ready to introduce that man to her family .
welp , since his divorce he ended up moving in with some roommates of his on the force only for them to get on his fuckin nerves after a while . he has since been rooming with his best friend , garrett for the past few years ; the two of them recently calling wisteria home .
his daughter frequently comes to visit - when that usually happens , he sleeps on the air bed while she gets the bed . #girldad
uhhhh he’s a nice dude - he’s the type of cop to let you go in a traffic stop cus he just dont got time . he a little too high up there to care about alllat . he’s also pretty active in the community wanting high school aged kids to take the military into consideration — he basically get two paychecks every two weeks ......... like dawg ????
people ask why he wanna live with roommates , they’re his besties thats why and also he doesn’t have a whole ass fam so he doesnt see the reason to have his own home . plus he’s barely there due to his rigorous career .
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G.O.D.S. #7 Review
Written by: Jonathan Hickman Art by: Valerio Schiti Colors by: Marte Gracia Letters by: VC’s Travis Lanham Cover art by: Mateus Manhanni Cover price: $4.99 Release date: April 24, 2024 G.O.D.S. #7 follows Dimitri on a personal quest, explaining why he’s planted listening devices all over the city. Is G.O.D.S. #7 Good? Look, it’s safe to say G.O.D.S. is a collection of one-shots that…
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G.O.D.S. #5 Review
G.O.D.S. #5 Marvel Comics Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Valerio Schiti Colors by Marte Gracia Letters by Travis Lanham The Rundown: Wyn enlists the help of Mia to rescue a friend. In the city there is a small clinic where men are brought and questioned before being handed over to a magical creature. Wyn decides to visit Mia at her new home and enlists her help on a mission for the…
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The River 104.9 Earns Chattanooga Times-Free Press Award
The River 104.9/AM 910 was named as a finalist in the Best of the Best People’s Choice competition in the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The River competed against multiple radio stations in the area, including Chattanooga stations. Station owner Travis Hickman said he is extremely excited that the station earned the award. He thanked his staff for the outstanding job they do each day, and he said…
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G.O.D.S. #2 continues a middling experience
G.O.D.S. #2 continues a middling experience #comics #comicbooks #ncbd
The Centum normally has twenty-five Primes, now only three remain. College isn’t worth the time or the money. There’s a hidden book in the hidden library that hides a hidden door. Kubisk Core is from Georgia, like that matters. That word salad description? That really does sum up G.O.D.S. #2, a series that was pumped up with such hype but has delivered a ho-hum experience. Pitched as a…
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4 Min Read NASA C-130 Makes First-Ever Flight to Antarctica for GUSTO Balloon Mission NASA's Wallops Flight Facility C-130 aircraft delivered the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) payload to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on Oct. 28, 2023. The GUSTO mission will launch on a scientific balloon in December 2023. Credits: NASA/Scott Battaion On Oct. 28, 2023, NASA’s C-130 Hercules and crew safely touched down at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, after an around-the-globe journey to deliver the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO). The United States research station, operated by the National Science Foundation, is host to NASA’s Antarctic long-duration balloon campaign in which the GUSTO mission will take a scientific balloon flight beginning December 2023. The C-130 crew, which has now completed half of the 26,400-nautical-mile round-trip journey, first stopped at Fort Cavazos, Texas, on Oct. 17, to load the GUSTO observatory and members of its instrument team. Additional stops to service the aircraft and for crew rest included Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California; Hickman AFB, Hawaii; Pago Pago, American Samoa; and Christchurch, New Zealand, before finally reaching McMurdo, Antarctica – a mere 800 miles from the South Pole. Aircraft Office teams prepare the C-130 aircraft for departure at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The aircraft will deliver the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) payload to McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The GUSTO mission will launch on a scientific balloon in December 2023.NASA/Terry Zaperach GUSTO, part of NASA’s Astrophysics Explorers Program, is set to fly aboard a football-stadium-sized, zero-pressure scientific balloon 55 days and beyond, on a mapping mission of a portion of the Milky Way Galaxy and nearby Large Magellanic Cloud. A telescope with carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen emission line detectors will measure the interstellar medium, the cosmic material found between stars, and trace the full lifecycle of that matter. GUSTO’s science observations will be performed in a balloon launch from Antarctica to allow for enough observation time aloft, access to astronomical objects, and solar power provided by the austral summer in the polar region. NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Aircraft Office in Wallops Island, Virginia, which manages the C-130, spent nearly a year in coordination efforts preparing for GUSTO’s trip to its launch site. From international clearances with agencies, cargo configurations with NASA’s Balloon Program Office, logistical support with the National Science Foundation at McMurdo, to specialized training on nontraditional navigation systems in Antarctica, the Aircraft Office developed an extensive plan to safely deliver the intricate science payload. The first-ever mission to Antarctica for the NASA C-130 aircraft presented several long-haul cargo flight challenges. Mission managers and NASA’s Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR) started early to stay ahead of coordination of international flight clearances. “We work very hard to make sure that we execute the mission at a high standard of technical competence and professionalism to maintain NASA’s international reputation,” said John Baycura, Wallops research pilot on the GUSTO mission. Large time-zone changes challenge the crew’s circadian rhythm. Ninety hours in flight across multiple time zones requires an extra pilot and flight engineer on the mission to share the workload. Mandatory crew rest days at strategic locations, per NASA policy, ensure the crew receives enough time to rest, adjust to the schedule, and proceed safely. Visit NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Flickr for more photos. Unexpected weather also tops the list of most pressing challenges for this type of flight. Oceanic crossings come with the added risk of weather complicated by no radar coverage over the ocean. The crew uses DOD and civilian weather agencies to identify hazardous weather and adjust flight routes, altitude, and timings accordingly. “For the specific case of McMurdo, while en route, we called the weather shop at McMurdo Station to get a forecast update before we reached our ‘safe return’ point. Using a conservative approach, we decided whether to continue to McMurdo Station or return to Christchurch and try again the next day,” said Baycura. For this mission, no commercial entities supported the final leg to Antarctica. U.S. Air Force C-17’s and the New York Air National Guard LC-130’s that typically transport to McMurdo Station had limited space in their schedules. By using NASA’s C-130 for this specialized cargo mission, “the balloon program gained a dedicated asset with a highly experienced crew and support team. This greatly reduced the standard project risks to schedule, cargo, and cost,” said Baycura. For more information, visit nasa.gov/wallops. Share Details Last Updated Oct 30, 2023 Editor Jamie Adkins Contact Olivia F. 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[4/?] favorite routines by 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥
𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 performed by darius and taylor
#sytycd#so you think you can dance#travis wall#darius hickman#taylor sieve#sytycdedit#soyouthinkyoucandanceedit#0
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New Mutants vol. 1 by Jonathan Hickman, Rod Reis, Travis Lanham
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Ultimates #2 Review
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Writer: Deniz Camp Art: Juan Frigeri, Federico Blee, Neeraj Menon, VC’s Travis Lanham, and Dike Ruan Publisher: Marvel Comics Price:$4.99 Reviewed by: Anonymous Release Date: July 10th, 2024 SHOCKING SECRETS OF THE ULTIMATE UNIVERSE REVEALED! Captain America reckons with the Maker’s dismantling of nations…by visiting the White House! Leading to a massive brawl between MIDAS and this young band of…
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