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A lot of movement in public opinion since last week's debates: The French debate seems to have solidified the Bloc's base in Quebec, making them the most likely winner in the province on Oct. 14. After a hard campaign start on the defensive, Mr. Duceppe's troops can now think of actually winning more seats than in the 2006 election. They are targeting key swing ridings in Quebec City and Lac-St-Jean, where the Tories made gains in 2006.
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I don't consider myself to be an impulse buyer, but when wrapping up a business trip in Florida a couple years back, I spotted a whole kennel full of dog figurines at a gas station. This lil guy cost $6 and I couldn't resist!Even though his ears are rounder than I like to see in my dog's breed – the shop's version of a Frenchie was super chubby! – it totally made me giggle. 'Cause not only is he choosing to "mark" his territory, he's (ummmm) anatomically correct. Do you have any items that feature your favorite breed?
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I don't really go nuts for stuff like that, but for my birthday my mom got me a Sandicast Rottweiler statue that I really like. Of course, Scout's only 1/2 Rottweiler, but I do plan on getting a purebred Rottweiler in the future. My mother, on the other hand, has just about every piece of Sheltie paraphernalia there is. Her entire house is full of Sheltie pictures, decorative plates, statues, light switch covers, signs, etc. It's sort of tacky when you have THAT much crapola in your house though.
It's not really a breed thing, but I have two cats, a tortie and a tabby, and I occasionally pick up little odds-and-ends that have their markings. They usually find their way to my office. I also have portraits of both of them, one that I commissioned from a friend who specializes in stylized pet portraits, and one that my artist boyfriend painted for me. :)
haha not sure what it is about them Doxies but it seems as if all the owners are nuts! I love my little girl to death and I keep trying to find the perfect dachshund trinkets to start my collection. I'm looking at a key chain and maybe an office calendar (easy stocking stuffer presents for the little ones to give me)
Of course! I have a stuffed toy French Bulldog, a Japanese ceramic 50's-era figurine (found at an antique store on a vacation - probably my best "souvenir" find every), a little pewter Frenchie that fell off a keychain... probably some other stuff I can't remember too. If I had seen the pissin' Frenchie at a gas station, you bet I would have bought one (or three - the 'grandmas' would get a kick out of it as well. My sister has a dachshund - for 3 birthdays in a row I was able to find unusual little doxie charm/statue/trinkets for her but I haven't found any good ones for the last couple gift-giving occasions :-( I did just find some fabric with a weiner dog print - I'll probably make a tote bag for her or something.
That figurine is so funny! My breed isn't too common but my favorite little pet supply store in town got a special "I Love My Ridgeback" magnet just for us! I was so excited when I spotted it in the store & even more excited when she gave it to me as a surprise for being a regular! My husband added an "s" on the end of Ridgeback so neither pup would feel left out :)
I have a Bichon Frise bobblehead. I love it!
Actually after reading all these comments I have alot more than I realized. Someone mentioned a picture...I also have a picture. Another mentioned an ornament...yupp, me too. The charm bracelet...I totally forgot I had one. I guess I am a nut after all!
I love buying doxie trinkets! So do my parents. I have a charm bracelet that my aunt made for me, giving me a charm every year for my birthday, and I actually have TWO doxie charms on there, cuz she forgot that she already got me one, but I figured, hey, I have two doxies, might as well have a charm for each! :-P Plus calenders, at least one christmas ornament... Lol! I love my babies. Makes for great gift ideas for my parents, too.
The only pug paraphernalia I have is a print I got off of etsy :]
I don't care if I look nuts, I AM nuts about my Doxie's! LOL I have dachshund floor matts, KATYDID, I have the salt and pepper shakers too. I have cute Doxie pictures hanging in my office at work and doxie pillows and throws at home. I LOVE DOXIES! They's my babies!
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I have a few. A dachshund key chain and dachshund salt and pepper shakers. I agree with the above...even though I love my dog to death, I don't want to look nuts.
I find having a purebreed pug that lots of my friends like giving me pug gifts. I try not to keep to many out, I don't want to look like the cray pug lady (even if I am)
I don't have any yet, but I'm sure it will happen :)
I only have Sandicast statues of those dogs that have passed away. We have a Rat Terrier one for my Jack Russel/Rat Terrier that passed away a year and a half ago and a greyhound one for my greyhound Porsche that passed away in 2001. They both look a bit like the ones that passed away. That's pretty much it...along with tons of photos. :D
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Overhaul of an Armstrong 625 gone wrong! Please help me :)
I bought about this amp/tuner about a year ago now and have been really happy with it so far. However I knew right from the start the amp would benefit massively from an re-cap. Anyway I embarked on this about 3 weeks ago. It has been going very well. As you will see in the photo I've attached that I have replaced most of the old caps in the amplifier (all that remain are the odd ITT for which replacements haven't arrived). Anyway it was going well, at each stage I was powering up and running on my tester speakers and the sound was getting obviously better which each replacement.
Anyway, the point of this post... The other day I had a friend round and we were just doing some listening on the amp through my newly moded Goodmans Ministers (new peerless bass drivers). We decided to try inverting one of the tweeters to compare the sound. We preferred it so changed it on both. Anyway when we hooked up the speakers again we noticed that one channel was quieter. So I assumed that I was suffering a problem that I'd had before (where the wire to the positive side of one of the output caps had snapped at the terminal). Opened up the amp and had a look...
The wire was secure so we checked a few other things (turns out the din plug on the speaker was shorting internally). Anyway when we fired the amp up next - with the lid off as the amp's still a working progress - I saw the positiver terminal of the output cap spark to the chassis (The terminals are covered with sealing tape and a hole had worn through). Soooo I powered down, did a better job of insulating this and re-fired up. The moment I powered up a 100r resistor on the power amp board burst into flames. You can see the missing resistor in the top left of the board. Immediate power off and tears were shed.
So now I am left with trying to establish why this happened. I'm currently in the process of testing nearby components but don't really know where to start. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to what could have gone wrong to put that component under so much stress? I don't know much about transistors other than what they do, vaguely (don't know how to test them or anything) so don't know if one of them could be the problem... Any ideas please guys?!
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It's certain to be blown semiconductors (transistors)... maybe including the output devices which are mounted off the board.
If you don't know how to do basic tests on transistors I would perhaps google that and read up on it
If you could post a circuit we could tell you what to measure...
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Hi Mooly,
Thanks for the help! I'll have a look at testing semiconductors...
Here's the schematic in the mean time!
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Thanks for the circuit...
just one mad thought... if a wire to the output transistors broke (with keep moving the PCB) then that could cause the problem you have.
I can virtually guarantee that replacing the driver transistors and outputs (if they are short) will fix it together with the 100 ohm, but it's nice to fix stuff properly.
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You need to confirm that the two 0.47 ohm resistors are OK.
Next measure the output transistors on a "diode check" range on your meter. If they have failed it is almost certainly from Collector to Emitter.
Do the same for the driver transistors... I can't clearly make the ref numbers out, looks like 623 and 624. It the "2N" transistors anyway.
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These are what to check. The transistors are all obsolete types but that's no problem at all. The BF258 (that's a video output transistor from the very early solid state bw/colour TV days) is probably OK.
When you replace any parts for this repair use a "bulb tester" which is a 100 watt filament bulb in series with the mains supply to the amp. It can save blowing output transistors if there is a fault.
Need to know exactly what has failed however. It's also possible but unlikely that the two ITT44 diodes have been damaged and also the 100 ohm preset.
For the cost of the parts tbh I would just replace the lot in both channels but it's educational to do it properly.
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I checked all the components that you suggested, testing the transistors using the method shown for bi-polar's on this site... (anything not reading out at more or less what they said it should has been written off)
Testing semiconductors with analog and digital multimeters
I have put red rings around the damaged components, green rings round the tested and passed components. The blue rings signify that I was about to test the components and then my soldering iron stopped working... (ARGH!) but I strongly suspect, looking around the BF258 that it will also be knackered! I found that the 0.47ohm resistor that I passed came out at 8ohm, but I tested the two on the other side and found they also read out at 8ohm. I've put this down to the armstrong "rolling development" policy.
I will probably test some components further back the circuitry as well before I fire it up again, just in case the initial fault came from further back...
So now comes the lengthy process of finding replacements! Thankyou so much for the all guidance!
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I'll put some suggestions for parts down.
The 0.47 ohms... hmmm. They won't be 8 ohm for an "emitter" resistor. 0.47 is about as high as can be used for various reasons. Make sure your meter reads 0.00 when the leads are shorted together.
I think the best option is to rebuild both channels and keep them the same. It's a dead easy repair (famous last words) as long as you are methodical. I must look up the output devices to see what package they are in. Probably T03 at a guess.
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8 ohm doesnt sound right - were these tested out of circuit? I'd suspect your meter cannot read low values correctly otherwise. 0.47 ohms is a typical emitter resistor value in output stages.
BF258 you may have to find old stock. The 2N5320/2N5322 are still made by ST and Semelab, Digikey have them. The 40636 power transistors can be subbed with 2N3055's - in fact this is what the RCA datasheet I found lists for them.
Edit: on second thoughts the 2N3055 looks like it's out of spec for the rail voltage used. No matter - pretty much any TO-3 device would work well here. 2N3773 as PB2 states, or MJ15003.
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A radical revamp of Victoria's criminal appeals procedures has resulted in a 73 per cent drop in the number of cases being heard by the state's highest court, figures show.
The reforms were introduced in early 2011 to help reduce the growing backlog of criminal cases, which peaked at 679 in January 2010.
By the end of last month, there were only 180 criminal appeals pending, prompting Court of Appeal president Chris Maxwell to describe the overhaul as an ''astonishing success''.
''We've dramatically changed the face of criminal appeals in this state, which was our biggest problem area: growing numbers, growing backlog, lots of hard work and not much impact on the backlog,'' Justice Maxwell said. ''But since we introduced the criminal appeal reforms, there's been an extraordinary drop - a reduction of more than two-thirds.''
Statistics show the reforms have helped cut the amount of time it takes to finalise criminal appeals. The median length for appeals to be finalised was more than a year in 2010-11, but by the end of June it had dropped by about 40 per cent.
''The median time to finalise criminal appeals was just over seven months in the year just ended, which is fantastic,'' Justice Maxwell said.
The reforms were based on the English Court of Appeal model and revolve around streamlining the consideration of appeals to help eliminate any being lodged that have no merit or likelihood of success.
The changes included the establishment of a specialist unit of experienced criminal lawyers in the Court of Appeal registry, which is responsible for pre-hearing preparation.
A comprehensive statement of appeal grounds, with accompanying written submissions, also has to be filed within 28 days of sentence now in all cases, with many applications determined by a single judge based on the papers, rather than oral hearings.
And trial counsel is expected to prepare and conduct appeals.
Justice Maxwell said that in a variety of ways the measures should be contributing to better trials and improved scrutiny of cases, with decisions about whether anything has gone wrong made as soon as possible and put by the lawyers involved at trial.
Liberty Victoria vice-president Michael Stanton welcomed the faster resolution of criminal applications and appeals, adding that the retention of trial counsel for appellate proceedings was helpful and encouraged, but not mandatory.
''There may be many legitimate reasons as to why an accused person wants to change legal representation for appellate proceedings,'' he said. ''Trial counsel may be unavailable. In some cases, an accused person may perceive, rightly or wrongly, that trial counsel did not perform adequately, [and] in some cases trial counsel may be fatigued and be assisted by having a 'fresh set of eyes' consider what occurred at trial.''
The 28-day deadline was sometimes difficult, he said, especially following lengthy trials, complicated points of law, and/or where there was a change of legal representation. But extensions of time could be sought, which ''gives primacy to fairness and the interests of justice''.


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Submitted to: International Journal of Plant Science
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/6/2000
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is expected to double by the year 2050. Because plants use carbon dioxide in the process of photosynthesis to grow, this change may have important effects on the rate at which some plants grow. Some researchers have reported that doubled carbon dioxide does not increase the rate of plant growth until several weeks or even months after the plants emerge from the soil. We studied this question by growing five broadleaf plant species in normal air and in an atmosphere in which carbon dioxide was doubled. We found that increases in total plant weight in the high carbon dioxide atmosphere could be observed as early as three days after the seedlings came up. All the plants we studied had cotyledons (seed leaves) that turned green and carried on photosynthesis. Plants in which early responses are not observed do not have cotyledons which turn green and carry on photosynthesis. This suggests that the way a plant develops in nature as it germinates and begins to grow may have a big influence on how it responds to elevated carbon dioxide during the first month or two. The important result of our experiments is the finding that different kinds of seedlings will not all respond the same way to increases of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Technical Abstract: Evidence from numerous sources suggests that atmospheric CO2 concentration has increased over the last 200 years and will continue to increase in the foreseeable future. Much research effort is being directed toward predicting the effects of this change on terrestrial vegetation. We focused on effects of elevated CO2 (700 uL L-1) on seedling growth characteristics of five C3 species having epigeal germination morphology, which differed by a factor of 20 in seed mass. The species and their respective seed mass ranges were: bagpod sesbania (Sesbania vesicaria, 0.23-0.26 g), cotton (Gossypium hirsutum var. Coker 317, 0.12-0.13 g), mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa, 0.041-0.048 g), cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Straight-8, 0.026-0.030 g), and hemp sesbania (Sesbania exaltata, 0.012-0.013 g). We observed stimulations in total biomass in the elevated CO2 environment for all species by three days after emergence, which is contrary to published reports that more time is required for a detectable response of seedlings to elevated CO2. Growth analyses indicated that no single growth parameter predicted the responses of the various species to elevated CO2. Maximum area of cotyledonary leaves was a better predictor of total biomass (at day 16) than was initial (day zero) seedling mass. Our data suggests that future increases in atmospheric CO2 will greatly improve the seedling stage competitive ability of C3 epigeal species with expanding (photosynthetic) cotyledons.


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"People say, 'Calvin Johnson, what is this Sons of the Soil? What does it all mean?'… They say 'Ashes to ashes and dust to dust'. And Sons of the Soil is just a reminder that we are where we came from and where we are going."
This bit of onstage, between-song banter comes out of Calvin Johnson's mouth sounding like a joke, but also with the intonation of a preacher, like he's trying to deliver learned wisdom to his disciples. Hearing this on CD, within a mostly studio-recorded album, away from his facial expression (likely his usual dead-pan) and the atmosphere of the show, it's hard to get a handle on the intention. It comes off as though meant to be humorous, strange because it's not obviously funny, but also possibly serious (for the same reason). Yet the ashes-and-dust allusions do fit with the overall approach of the album. The striking cover drawing, by Khaela Maricich of the Blow, is of four men—possibly miners, judging by their helmets—walking down a railroad track. It has the look of a folkloric woodcutting or an Egyptian wall-drawing, that iconic/historic feeling somehow accentuated by the first man wearing a wraparound skirt and sandals, with no shirt (and, actually, a gym teacher's whistle around his neck). The group name, with or without Johnson's biblical explanation of it, furthers that imagery of earth and toil, of mythic rock and rollers emerging from the ground to wander the earth with their instruments and songs, forever.
In the admittedly small world of indie-label pop music, Calvin Johnson can already be considered a larger-than-life figure, a results of his days in Beat Happening, and the influence of that band's DIY style; of K Records and its connections to so much attention-getting music of the past decade or two; of his distinctive low voice, itself an icon in some way. Calvin Johnson & the Sons of the Soil builds off that legacy to a degree. Its basic premise is Johnson revisiting songs of his past with a cracker-jack rock-soul-blues band made of three other K Records notables: Jason Anderson, Adam Forkner, and Kyle Field. Or, as the label's press sheet puts it, "What if Calvin Johnson played all his best songs from over the years, with a band of real music-making people?"
Even ignoring the problematic nature of that word "real" in the context of a musician who challenged that very notion, the problem with that musical question is that the album itself compels us to match that question with another, unfortunate one: In what world are these his best songs? Johnson's songs for Beat Happening are not legendary for their brave amateurism alone—with that band he set vivid scenes in melodic expressions of infatuation and curiosity that are still covered and/or imitated by the bands they inspired. His work outside of, and since, Beat Happening is more varied in style and quality. The Halo Benders, Johnson's collaboration with Built to Spill's Doug Martsch, was often preternaturally beautiful, the light shining on their high/low harmonies. The freewheeling dub-funk group Dub Narcotic Sound System's recorded output is murky and only occasionally as much fun as the musicians seemed to be having. Johnson's solo albums played up his minimalist side, with effects sometimes stunning, but other times dull. The songlist for this Sons of the Soil album—the purported best songs of Calvin Johnson—includes three songs from his What Was Me solo album, a couple of Dub Narcotic songs (one from their team-up with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion), one Halo Benders song, a song he did with the Go! Team, and a couple of unfamiliar ones, including the distinctively dumb "Tummy Hop". The only song that ranks anywhere near his best work, for this listener, is the Halo Benders' "Love Travels Faster", which shines here, if mostly on the virtues of the song itself, as Johnson's particularly stretched-out singing on this rendition does it few favors.
Johnson's singing is especially down-and-dirty through much of the album, like he's trying to bury his voice somewhere deep in the ground. It gets so low it threatens disappearance. That fits the 'soil' theme, I suppose, but not as well as Johnson's trio of musicians, who offer all of the spark the album has by lending his songs a dirty-blues, dirty-funk, dirty-rock vibe with snake-like guitar solos and a relentless rhythm section. Listen to how well they replicate the sweaty stomp of the Blues Explosion on that Dub Narcotic track "Banana Meltdown", for just one example. This primitive, earthy side complements the album's theme, but it's also in line with Johnson's songs as a whole. There were undercurrents of sex and death to even many of the cutest Beat Happening songs, and since then the mortality theme has especially grown in his songwriting. It's the subject of this album's final song, the title number from the What Was Me album. More precisely, the song's subject is how songs last after the songwriter dies, how songs are the legacy the songwriter leaves behind.
It's an important point: even when songwriters aren't remembered by name, their songs will be. This Sons of the Soil album—a worthy endeavor for its attempt to re-present the songs from his past, and for its spotlight on the primitive, visceral side of his songwriting—disappoints because it doesn't include the songs he'll be remembered by. There are so many, and none of them are here. This album was no doubt a fun romp for the musicians involved, but by presenting a look back that skips over all the most memorable moments, it resembles some strange kind of revisionism, like a re-written history book that doesn't quite get the facts right. Then again, music isn't about facts, right? Maybe to someone else this album represents exactly what Johnson's music is about—maybe there's an alternate universe out there where Dub Narcotic Sound System has snagged Beat Happening's place in the indie-rock canon; where Johnson's biggest contribution to music was "Tummy Hop".
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Grossman is obviously having a great year, and the AFL will be good experience for him against mostly upper level pitching. Holt has been putting up decent numbers in Altoona this year. He struggled at the plate in June and July, only to bounce back in August with some strong numbers. It will be good to see him try and build on that late season success.
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Airlines are turning up the heat on engine makers to develop new, more efficient powerplants to drive the development of the next generation of narrowbody aircraft
Open rotor engines look futuristic, and even slightly improbable, but there is a very real possibility that aircraft powered by this radical technology could be replacing Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s as the industry's narrowbody workhorses in the coming 10-15 years.
"It may well be that somebody, while flight testing prototypes, comes up with a reason why open rotor technology can't work, but starting here and working forwards, it really should be plan A," says Hal Calamvokis, strategic planning manager at UK-based low-cost carrier easyJet.
"The issue is that when you're over-asking you will get no new aircraft"
Jan Witsenboer
Senior vice-president corporate fleet development, KLM
As the picture to the right shows, open rotors basically look like fancy propellor-type engines. There are, however, design challenges. For instance, the classic underwing mounting position of today's turbofans may not be possible with the large-diameter blades of the open rotor. This points towards mounting the engines on the sides of the aft fuselage or beneath a high wing. If the potential can be realised, however, the introduction of open rotor engines would usher in the first all-new propulsion architecture since the late-1960s, when GE's introduction of the CF6 turbofan offered a game-changing improvement in fuel efficiency over turbojets.
The issue of new engine technology has come to prominence as several major European and US airlines step up the pressure on airframers to commit to next generation narrowbodies to facilitate their domestic fleet replacement and growth. The ideal successor, they say, would provide a quantum leap in economics improvement and emissions reduction as fuel costs continue to slice deep into their bottom lines and regulatory bodies demand greater cuts in carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions.
Even as the call for next-generation narrowbodies grows louder, Airbus and Boeing do not yet see the incentive to quickly introduce replacements for their A320 and 737 families. They favour entry-into-service dates in the latter part of the next decade, as certification of widebody successors continues to be a keen focus in the nearer-term, and orderbooks for current-generation narrowbodies remain robust.
Substantially adding to this consideration, however, is a lack of maturity on new engine technology. Questions also linger about whether the industry's standard package of improvements for a generational upgrade - a 15% decline in fuel burn along with iterative reductions in other environmental emissions - will satisfy airline demands, or if as much as a 30% improvement in these metrics must be achieved.
The role that engine architecture plays in the development of breakthrough aircraft cannot be overstated. Even with the creation of all-new, composite-rich airframes, engines will contribute "roughly two thirds" of the efficiency gains, says IATA technical and operations specialist Juergen Haacker. "In terms of fuel efficiency, that is only achievable with a new type of engine."
Unified message
Hoping to spur a firm commitment for next-generation narrowbody development, IATA is working to deliver a unified message on powerplant preference. Understanding what engine technology is on the table is crucial for IATA to ensure that one voice is heard. "What we are currently doing, as asked by airline chief executives in our board meeting last December, is to provide them with a clear picture of what is going on in the industry," says Haacker. For most airlines, he adds, it is "difficult to understand the technologies in virgin type of development" and to determine whether they are "really so far down the road so that they can reasonably be expected to be available for certification in an aircraft for 2015", when IATA would like to see next-generation short- and medium-range aircraft emerge.
An initial engine assessment will be presented to members at IATA's annual general meeting in June. The association's intention is to begin working with airlines "in the latter part of the year" to align behind one view. However, IATA would like to see airlines go one step further, and formally tell airframers that their fleet renewal plans are dependent on the introduction of a new, more efficient narrowbody. That push from the customer base may be necessary, says Haacker, especially since narrowbody sales are now so strong.
Under study by airframers are two vastly different types of narrowbody aircraft engine designs. The first consists of a new class of conventional turbofans delivering the next - and perhaps the last - generational improvement for that forty-year-old technology. The announced competitors in this category include Pratt & Whitney, which is introducing the Geared Turbofan (GTF) in 2013, and the General Electric/Snecma joint venture CFM International, which aims to deliver the LEAP56 engine in 2015.
EasyJet's Hal Calamvokis: "Working forwards, open rotor really should be plan A"
The former has been selected by Bombardier for its proposed 110/130-seat CSeries airliner and by Japan's 70/90-seat Mitsubishi Regional Jet. Both engine projects seek to offer a 15% fuel burn improvement. For the 150-seat-class narrowbody engine offering, P&W's favoured route is as part of the International Aero Engines consortium that includes Rolls-Royce, MTU Engines and Japanese Aero Engines, with a proposal based on the GTF architecture. "We're in dialogue right now but nobody knows when the Boeing and Airbus aircraft are going to come along," says P&W senior vice-president marketing and sales Bob Keady.
Game changer
The second type of engine design under close scrutiny is based on the open rotor concept, which aims to provide a 20% to 30% fuel burn improvement. Two of the three largest narrowbody engine makers - CFM and Rolls-Royce - are actively pursuing this technology for introduction after 2017. So advanced is the proposition that P&W executives believe it will not be viable for the airliner market until 2020 or 2022.
GE's open rotor concept leverages the improved turbofan core from LEAP56, but replaces the ducted fan with two sets of unshrouded, counter-rotating blades. This dramatically increases fuel efficiency by maximising the amount of airflow bypassing the engine core. Narrowbody engines in service today achieve a bypass ratio of 5:1. The advanced turbofans, including LEAP56 and GTF, raise that figure to 9:1. The bypass ratio for an open rotor, however, increases to 15:1.
Hoping to drive innovation by challenging engineers to get out of a "comfort zone" that in the last 50 years has made it easy to predict how the next transport aircraft would look and perform, easyJet in 2007 revealed a concept aircraft design that featured two rear-mounted open rotor engines and promised as much as 50% improvement in fuel efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions. The future aircraft could look very different from easyJet's concept, says Calamvokis. However, the carrier wants powerplant manufacturers to pursue open-rotor architecture as the prime engine technology for next-generation narrowbody airliners as it promises to offer the most significant efficiency and environmental gains.
One of the issues that may be driving the current timeline discussion for new-technology aircraft, he notes, is that airframers would prefer to have two engine suppliers from the beginning for risk management purposes. The question remains, he says: "Do we have to wait for the laggard manufacturer whereas the first manufacturer might be ready by 2015 and the second by 2018?"
There are other drawbacks to open rotor engines. For instance, the technology may disrupt flight schedules due to speed limitations. Most turbofan-powered narrowbodies are designed for maximum efficiency at 0.8-Mach speed. Open rotor engines, however, are expected to be most efficient at 0.7-Mach speed. On short routes, the difference may be difficult to notice, but the sums change for transcontinental or long-haul flights.
Additionally, while open rotor engines promise higher fuel savings, there could be a severe penalty on noise, a hot-button issue for regulatory bodies. Engine makers, which face the challenge of reducing higher noise levels mainly generated by the counter-rotating blades, say there are a number of prerequisites that must be met, including a "predictability of the future political environment for new engines", says Haacker. "If the government, especially local green activists, also push on the noise element locally, then the open rotor concept may not have the same chances. That is where IATA could step in and work with them."
Meeting every efficiency demand may be an impossible task. "Some of these goals like super-low emissions and super-low noise and super-low NOx and super-low CO2 are diametrically opposed to each other when you get down to the basic chemistry and physics of it," says Southwest Airlines senior director of engineering and maintenance programmes Dale Stolzer, noting that "you can design an engine that's fuel efficient, and lower NOx" but you will have to compromise elsewhere, such as on noise.
Unlike other airlines that have shown preference for open rotor engine technology, Southwest has been relatively quiet on this point. Stolzer says that while open rotor architecture "promises the most fuel burn efficiency", there are other issues "that nobody has their arms wrapped around" yet, including whether the powerplant will pass regulatory standards for blade-out and whether it will be the most cost-efficient in terms of maintenance. As such, the world's largest 737 operator continues to study the market. "Have we sent a message to Boeing that this is what we want? No we have not. We're looking at every option that's on the table and trying to come up with a long-term plan," explains Stolzer.
KLM senior vice-president of corporate fleet development and aircraft trading, Jan Witsenboer, agrees that a trade-off may be necessary: "We need to get the trade-off on the table before we decide 'let's go for this or this.'" He warns airlines against making too-hefty requests for fuel and emissions improvements, however. "The issue is that when you're over-asking you will get no new aircraft. It's always important to stretch goals, but when a goal becomes unrealistic, let's say 30%...I think 15% direct operating costs improvement is maybe a little bit more of a realistic figure, based on technology know-how, and it should be attainable. Of course we would like to say 40% or 50%, but that only gives [original equipment manufacturers] a reason to do nothing because in that case the technology is not so far along."
|Pratt & Whitney's geared turbofan demonstrator engine - planned for entry into service in 2013
American Airlines is considering replacements for its 425-strong fleet of Boeing MD-80s and 757s Delta Air Lines for its MD-80s and Northwest for its McDonnell Douglas DC-9s. To support near-term growth, American has been adding 737-800s. The carrier also has options to add more -800s to the fleet. These airframes "can provide some interim replacement for our MD-80s as we really pursue hopefully finding the next breakthrough technology for an engine that provides substantial benefits", says American executive vice-president operations Bob Reding. "We're looking at an engine that can beat that from 12% to 30%, but clearly 30% would really get our attention."
American is "very supportive" of new technology efforts, including the GTF that has been selected for the CSeries. However, it is really looking for a next-generation narrowbody with an average of 150 seats. "We could operate 130 seats in several of our markets but we look at what we really need that makes the most sense for us and it's really the 150-seat aircraft," says Reding. "It doesn't mean if we had an absolutely wonderful airplane with 140 seats that we wouldn't take a close look at that. But we are asking the OEMs to really take a close look at 150 seats."
GTF technology also "seems to be the most appropriate technology for the aircraft size below the one we're looking at", says easyJet's Calamvokis. EasyJet operates a mixed fleet of A319s and 737-700s and has over 200 A319s on order and option. It would prefer the potential benefit that an open rotor would bring even if the performance guarantee in the beginning might not be as tight.
Replacement time
United Airlines has made known its strong interest in replacement aircraft. "We are encouraging them because we think that is the right way to replace what is a pretty large narrowbody fleet for us," says Jake Brace, chief financial officer at United Airlines. He adds, however, that the carrier would not seek a replacement aircraft until well into the next decade. Aircraft lessors have also contributed to the debate. ILFC chief Steven Udvar-Hazy says a successor for the A320 and 737 will require a 15% improvement in economic performance.
LCAL chief executive Steve Clarke says the Dubai-based leasing company plans to diversify its portfolio, which currently consists of 21 787s, with "the next green aircraft", and that this will most likely be a next-generation narrowbody. He says LCAL wants Airbus and or Boeing to launch a next-generation narrowbody this year and place the aircraft into service in 2010, but acknowledges neither manufacturer seems interested in launching a new narrowbody programme in the short-term.
The current generation of 737s are exclusively powered by the CFM56. "The real issue is GE's dominance on the 737. There's no real onus on them to kill their cash cow," Clarke says.
It remains very important, however, for engine manufacturers to offer retrofit packages of improvements for their existing engine families. "We are always pushing the OEMs for that. So that applies with effect to all the families, CFM56 up to the GE90 and of course that is also driven by the fuel price and environmental pressure nowadays," says KLM's Witsenboer, adding that Air France-KLM would like to see upgrade packages "as soon as possible".
Last year we polled over 20 carriers to gauge their thoughts on a new-generation narrowbody. Visit flightglobal.com/narrowbodies


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NEWS FLASH, I saw the interview with Jesse and Judge Napolitano, posted on twitter January 25th 2016 and here is what Jesse said. He has not ruled out running, but will make his decision in late April or early May. He said, that if Trump does not win the GOP primary and Bernie Sanders does not win the Democratic primary, he said the "The table has been set, just for me!". He said if it shakes out that way, it would be destiny calling and he does not believe in destiny, because he is an atheist. He said he is beginning to rethink the atheist thing. I hope so. That is one of the biggest issue I have with him, but religion does not belong in politics, so I can look past it. So we will soon see. He said he will run on, that he will be the first independent to win the presidency since George Washington if we will elect him. We will be making history. See the video your self at Jesse's site ORA, called "Off the Grid" Most of the videos are shorts. Like he says "I'm off the grid". I see he has been posting on Twitter a bit, but he spends 5 months a year in Mexico. I really can't fault him for that.
It appears that Trump will get the nomination, unless they broker the convention. We will just have to wait and see. Until Jesse decides what to so, I am backing Trump. There is just no other option right now, for me.
I just do not see anyway Jeb can make his way to the nomination, short of a criminal act. Cruz is starting to turn some people of. Rubio may have an outside chance, if he plays every card right, but right now, I don;t see anyone else but Trump.
Potus is destroying this country as we stand by and do nothing. True Americans should be ashamed.
Destruction of the constitution, gun control, the dissolving our military, and piss poor health care. I could go on and on.
Jesse Basics
Jesse Ventura was born "James George Janos" on July 15th 1951 in Minneapolis Minnesota. Both of his parents were World War II veterans. From 1969 to 1975 Jesse served in the Navy, where in 1970 he became part of "Navy Seal Team 1".
After the Seals
After some rough and tumble with some biker groups in the early 1970's, he went on to weight lifting and wrestling and being bodyguard for the "Rolling Stones" in the mid 1970's.
He went on the become Jesse "The Body" Ventura in the late 70's and continued his wrestling career until 1984, when health issues made him retire. He went on to do some wrestling broadcasting until 1990.
The Governor
In November 1998, running as a independent, Jesse upset the parties by winning the governors seat in Minnesota. He was well liked and served out his term in 2002 and announced he would not run for a 2nd term.
This country and Constitution is being ripped apart. It appears to be a purposeful act. A financial collapse is coming. It is a matter of when. It is at the point that it will be impossible to go back to the way it was 50 years ago. Although there was a shady undercurrent in America at the time of WWII and before, this fast track to dismantling America started on November 22nd 1963. If you still believe Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy, you need to stop reading now. All that are awake know who and why he was shot.
Was Pearl Harbor know in advance by Roosevelt? Was 911 done by ill trained terrorist flying a complicated aircraft? Gulf of Tonkin? Sinking of the Bismark? Almost every incident that started a major war has many questionable actions beforehand. Research it yourself.
I am hearing a lot of folks in the not so mainstream media calling for enacting the 25th amendment and removing Obama. I think it is too little too late. But I do believe people are waking up. Once enough of the ostriches pull their heads out of the sand, then the 1% of the 1% better head for their holes in the ground! Wake up folks! Be ready for what's to come. To quote John B. Wells at "Caravan To Midnight"..
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Jets center Nick Mangold understands the team has placed a priority on negotiating a new deal for Pro Bowl CB Darrelle Revis. But Mangold, a two-time Pro Bowler, said he wants a new deal and hasn't ruled out a training camp holdout if he doesn't get one by them.
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Mangold said he hasn't made any decisions yet on whether to hold out and that there haven't been any negotiations yet.
He is entering the final year of a five-year deal he signed after being drafted in 2006. Mangold has not missed a game in those four seasons.
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By Staff Sgt. Michel Sauret
Multi-National Division - Center
ZURBATIYAH, Iraq – Young men in blue jumpsuits scurried around, pushing wide carts filled with luggage. Thousands of people passed through a metal detector in a single day, many of them coming back to the country they call home, while others visited on religious tours.
Iraqi border police scanned and searched travelers as they crossed from Iran into Iraq, maintaining control of the crowd and ensuring safe travel for everyone.
"We protect the country from outside: from smugglers, from outside weapons," said Pvt. Osama Samir, an Iraqi guard for the ministry of entrance.
The point of entry sees between 3,500 and 5,000 people cross in both directions each day. With that many people coming in and out of the country, it's important for the Iraqi border enforcement agencies to maintain security of the operations.
"We try to protect our country... If we do our job faithfully and right, we can do that," Samir added.
To help the Iraqi border enforcement in Wasit, five border transition teams work alongside them to ensure everything runs smoothly.
Three of the five border transition teams cover the border forts, one covers part of the border that extends into Diyala and another team helps with the inflow and outflow of travelers passing through the point of entry. The BTTs are made up of various Soldiers from 41st Fires Brigade; 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division; 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); and others.
At Zurbatiyah, the team provides a dog team to search vehicles for bomb-making material, a biometrics database team and oversight for X-raying cargo.
Zurbatiyah is a small town located in northern Wasit province along the Iran-Iraq border. Many of the visitors come through Zurbatiyah to travel to Najaf and Karbala, known for their religious shrines and tourist sites.
"One thing I've noticed at this point of entry, it generates so many people, so much tourism, that the Iraqi country makes a lot of money for the economy," said Sgt. 1st Class Shelby Cross, of Glen Burnie, Md., the non-commissioned officer in charge of the biometrics team at the Zurbatiyah point of entry.
Approximately 90 percent of the incoming visitors are Iranians, while the other 10 percent come from Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Europe.
It's hard to estimate exactly how much money this point of entry generates in tourism, but it provides approximately 50,000 dollars in tax revenue a day from imported goods alone.
"There is a lot of cargo from Iran that comes into the country as well as fuel," said Capt. Trond Ruud, a Kansas City, Mo., native and operations officer for one of the BTTs working at the point of entry. "You'll see once you get out here, it's quite an operation."
The BTT trained IPs in searching techniques and crowd control to help in their mission. The teams also continually work with them to provide oversight. However, the BTT makes it very clear who is in charge at the border.
="They're [the Iraqi police officers] the direct link. We're very quick to tell people we're not the lead here. We support those in the lead," said Maj. Roy Nickerson, of Radcliff, Ky., a BTT assistant leader.
The only coalition-driven mission at the point of entry is inputting visitors' biometrics information. The team uses a Biometric Automated Toolset that stores iris scans, fingerprints, photographs and background information of military-aged males and links them to a major database both the FBI and the U.S. Army can use for security.
Upon input, the system alerts the team if they've come across wanted criminals or previous detainees.
In six months of working with the BAT system at the border, the team detained two high value individuals. One was wanted for making explosively-formed penetrators that injured three U.S. Soldiers and another was a terrorist group leader.
"If we can catch them on the BATs and take that one more person off the streets, that is our goal: helping the security of the country," Cross said. "The more people we catch, the better it is for a country to build itself ... that's why we're here."
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I am not too crazy about my CSA this fall. This week's pick-up contained: lettuce, radishes, eggplant, delicata squash, and turnips (with their greens). The lettuce and the squash are okay, but radishes, eggplants and turnips are not something I would get unless I specifically had something in mind to try. This is our fourth week in a row getting radishes, and while they are the prettiest things ever, I grow tired of them quickly. In Fresh Every Day: More Great Recipes from Foster's Market, I found a recipe for roasted radishes. Since, I was about to just give up and toss them on the compost pile, it was worth a try.
I have to say that they were pretty good. The roasting took away some of the bite of the radishes. I'm not all that crazy about radishes to begin with, so I would not run out and actually by radishes to make this, but it was good use for some of the huge bag that I have in my fridge. If you like radishes, you really should try it. And besides it's really quite attractive on the plate, isn't it?? Even if you are just serving it with some leftover Kentucky Fried Chicken and biscuits which you have fancied up with some sweet potato fries.
Roasted Radishes
Serves 4 – 6
1 pound radishes
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves (from about 3 or 4 sprigs)
salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
Preheat the oven to 400.
Trim the tops off the radishes, leaving just about 1/2 an inch of the stem. You can reserve the tops for garnish. Rinse the radishes and the leaves (if using).
Put the radishes on a baking sheet or in an oven-proof skillet (a cast iron skillet is perfect). Drizzle with the melted butter and olive oil, and sprinkle with the thyme salt and pepper. Toss to coat.
Roast the radishes for about 10 to 15 minutes. To serve, garnish with a few sprigs of thyme and the radish leaves, if you wish.
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