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"An Airbus A321 carrying Russian tourists back from Egypt in 2015 suddenly disappears from radar minutes after takeoff. Air Force jets locate the charred wreckage in the Sinai Desert. There are no survivors. How did this modern airplane just fall from the sky? Follow Egyptian investigators and their Russian counterparts as they work through political tensions and wild rumors to discover the truth behind the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268. With 224 passengers and crew on board killed, the Russian Metrojet crash is the worst air accident in the history of Russian aviation."
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"Did an old accident cause the October 31, 2015 crash of Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 Airbus A321, or were more nefarious forces to blame for killing 224 passengers and crew on board?
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"On October 31, 2015, Metrojet Flight 9268 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Sinai Peninsula during a routine chartered flight from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport to Pulkovo Airport, killing all 224 people on board."
"Did a serious 2001 accident to Metrojet 9268 cause it to fatally crash on October 31, 2015? Investigators look closely at the affected part of the plane – the rear fuselage – hoping for a breakthrough."
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Russian Metrojet Airbus A321-231 crashed minutes after takeoff, fatally resulting in the death of 224 people, in mountainous Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 04:12 Zulu (Greenwich Mean Time, GMT) or 12:12 am ET.
Photo Credit: 1993 REUTERS/Kim Philipp Piskol. Metrojet's Airbus A321-231, Registration number EI-ETJ, performing as flight 7K-9268, taxis at Antalya, Turkey before the tragic crash.
Operated by Russian air carrier, formerly known as Kogalymavia, Kolavia (Moscow-Domodedovo), and branded as MetroJet, according to the Egyptian aviation ministry, Metrojet's Airbus A321-231, Registration number EI-ETJ, was performing flight 7K-9268 en route from Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) to St. Petersburg (Russia) with 217 passengers and 7 Metrojet crew on board, Russia's Rosaviatsia (Civil Aviation Authority) confirms.
Speculatively and preliminarily speaking, ahead of detailed analysis of the flight deck recorders or "black-boxes" recovered today from the extensive crash site wreckage at Al Arish (Sinai, Egypt) on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, a technical malfunction in the airliner's International Aero Engines AG V2533-A5 turbofan engines is only at first-glance attributed to the aerodynamic stalling of the Airbus A321-231 (losing altitude from 31,000 feet at nearly 6,000 feet per minute) about 23 minutes after takeoff from a Red Sea resort popular with Russian tourists, Egypt's Ministry of Civil Aviation has said.
IAE International Aero Engines AG "manages engineering, sales, production, customer support and aftermarket services for the V2500® series engine – one of the most successful commercial jet-engine programs in production today."
"Approximately 190 airlines and lessors from about 70 countries operate the V2500 series engine. To date, the V2500 series engine has accumulated over 125 million flight hours," according to the IAE website.
Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Wednesday, November 4 spoke of a "significant possibility" that Metrojet flight 7K-9268 was "caused by a bomb and Britain immediately suspended all flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh, the Red Sea resort where the flight originated," Daily Mirror (U.K.) reports in an extensive rolling timeline of developments in this ongoing crash investigation by the French BEA, Egyptian government officials, Russian Metrojet airline officials, and British and U.S. intelligence.
"Egyptian officials have condemned Britain's travel ban as an overreaction. Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi is in London on a state visit, facing what is likely to be a tense meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron," says the Daily Mirror (U.K.).
However, until the Airbus A321-231 cockpit voice recorders (CVRs) and the flight data recorders (FDRs), known as "the black boxes" are fully analyzed by the French BEA investigators, nobody really knows what happen during the final moments of Metrojet flight 7K-9268 on Saturday, October 31.
The Telegraph (U.K.) and French television channel France 2 is reporting on Friday, November 6 that the black boxes "distinctly show the sound of an explosion during the flight", according to an investigator who had access to them.
They said: "the explosion would not be secondary from engine failure."
In other words, "there is no sign of mechanical malfunction during the initial part of the flight," France 2 reported. "Everything is fine during the first 24 minutes, then in a fraction of a second there is a blackout and no more cockpit conversation, convincing investigators there was a bomb on board," according to France 2.
On Saturday, November 7, 2015, Egypt's Air Accident Investigation Commission (EAAIC) in a news conference stated, according to the Aviation Herald:
- "The wreckage is distributed over a length of more than 13 kilometers consistent with in-flight breakup with several parts of the wreckage missing.
- Initial observation of the wreckage does not yet allow for a definitive determine of the exact cause of the in-flight break up.
- The flight data recorder (FDR) was successfully downloaded and preliminary review of the data suggests the recording stopped 23 minutes and 14 seconds after Metrojet flight 7K-9268 Airbus A321-231 was airborne. The last FDR recorded altitude was 30,888 feet MSL, last FDR recorded airspeed was 281 knots, the autopilot 1 was engaged, the aircraft was still climbing.
- The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) was successfully downloaded and a first listening by French BEA investigators has been completed. The CVR transcript is currently being compiled, a noise has been heard in the last second of the CVR recording. A spectral analysis (or spectrum analysis – a statistical and signal processing mathematical algorithm that estimates the strength of varying frequency components of a time-domain noise signal) – is being performed to determine the frequency nature and location of this noise (now widely reported as an alleged explosion).
- Parties reporting facts outside of the investigation should provide their evidence to the accident investigation commission (Editorial note: this appears to be a reference to British and US Intelligence suggesting the aircraft was brought down by a bomb)."
The head of the Egyptian technical committee investigating the crash has confirmed that the recording from the plane's black box reveals a sound in the last second of the recording, The Telegraph (U.K.) adds and CNN confirms further.
Ayman el-Mokkadem said: "Initial observations… do not allow for identifying the origin of the in-flight break-up" of the Airbus A-321 last Saturday 23 minutes and 14 seconds after it took off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
He said: "A noise was heard in the last second of the recording by the cockpit voice recorder" and "a spectral analysis will be done to determine the origin of this noise".
When answering a question about what the sound represented he said: "The sound is not the only evidence – we need to have a lot of evidence to indicate that something specific happened."
"All the scenarios are open, it could be a fatigue at the plane body, or an explosion of something…," said Ayman el-Mokkadem.
Current expert theories speculating about how the Airbus A321-231 airliner broke apart at 31,000 feet in clear weather cruise flying align along two fronts proposing either engine malfunction and failure or alleged bomb on-board perhaps inside the luggage compartment, originating from a significant security breach at the originating airport in Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt).
On Thursday, November 5, it appears the U.K. Prime Minister David Kameron alongside U.S. Intelligence officials are going forward on the probable cause of the crash as a "most likely bomb on board theory," pushing swiftly on their aviation security investigations, ahead of the aviation safety investigation, comprising the French BEA analysis of the Airbus A321-231 black boxes, which could reveal a probable cause of significant engine malfunctioning failure, The Telegraph (U.K.) reports in its extensive rolling timeline of current developments in the crash investigation by the French BEA, Egyptian government officials, Russian Metrojet airline officials, and British and U.S. intelligence.
France's air accident investigation agency, BEA, told CNN on Friday, November 6 that "Egyptian officials will make an announcement about the crash investigation within the next 24 hours."
An Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said on Twitter that "the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation will hold a new conference at 5 p.m. local time (10 a.m. ET) Saturday."
On Friday, November 6, "Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to suspend Russian air traffic with Egypt until the cause of the crash can be determined," the Kremlin said.
"Putin has accepted the recommendations of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee to suspend flights with Egypt. … The President has also instructed to provide assistance to Russian citizens to return from Egypt. In addition, the President has instructed to engage with the Egyptian side to ensure the safety of air traffic," the Kremlin said.
A separate source, also not authorized to speak on the record, said on Thursday, November 12, that "based on the facts so far, one of the working theories is that a bomb was planted at or near the fuel line or where it attaches to the engine, with the fuel burning off the explosive. This theory would explain the apparent lack of residue immediately found," the source says, according to Fox News.
Fox News was told both scenarios point to an "airport insider."
Adel Mahgoub, chairman of the state company that operates Egypt's civilian airports, said "except for three Ukrainian passengers all on board were Russian citizens."
An Egyptian cabinet statement said the 217 passengers included 138 women, 62 men and 17 children.
Russian television showed scenes of relatives and friends gathering at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo airport, awaiting word on the fate of their loved ones.
Our collective thoughts, prayers, and sympathies remain with the families, friends, and loved ones of those 224 persons lost, as they try to endure in deep anguish for their terribly devastating losses, surrounding today's Metrojet flight 7K-9268 crash.
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared November 1, 2015, a national day of mourning, according to a statement posted on the Kremlin's website.
Photo Credit: The Telegraph (U.K.). In St. Petersburg (Russia) Pulkovo Airport, grieving relatives of victims on board learn of the fate of Metrojet's Airbus A321-231, Registration number EI-ETJ, performing as flight 7K-9268.
Two of the passengers on the Metrojet flight, Elena Rodina and Alexqander Krotov, were newlyweds, a friend of the couple told the Associated Press at a hotel near the airport. They were both 33.
Yulia Zaitseva said Rodina "really wanted to go to Egypt, though I told her 'why the hell do you want to go to Egypt?'"
"We were friends for 20 years," she said. "She was a very good friend who was ready to give everything to other people. To lose such a friend is like having your hand cut off."
She said Rodina's parents feel "like their lives are over."
Roughly three million Russian tourists, or nearly a third of all visitors in 2014, come to Egypt every year, mostly to Red Sea resorts in Sinai or in mainland Egypt.
"It is too premature to detect the impact this will have on tourism. We need to know what happened first," Tourism Ministry spokeswoman Rasha Azazi told the Associated Press.
Immediate question among the flying tourists is whether it is indeed safe to fly given today's rare aviation safety circumstances, surrounding the crash of Russian Metrojet flight 7K-9268 in Sinai (Egypt).
The answer is yes, of course, supported by a poignant U.S. federal government statistics.
For air and space transport (including air taxis and private flights), the National Safety Council (NSC) says the relative risks of flying are extremely favorable odds of 1 in 7,178 for a lifetime against one receiving death or injury as a result of flying in a commercial passenger airliner. These relative risks of flying are compared by the NSC to the odds of dying in a motor vehicle accident at 1 in 98 for a lifetime, USA Today reports.
The Airbus A321-231 vanished from radar as the airliner was flying to 30,700 feet out of Sharm el Sheikh over the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 04:12 Zulu (Greenwich Mean Time, GMT) or 12:12 am ET.
The crew told air traffic control in the region they had technical problems.
The flight was reported to be at 31,000 feet, when it disappeared from the radar screens after 23 minutes of flight. Flight-tracking service FlightRadar24 said the plane was losing altitude at about 6,000 feet per minute before the signal was lost, Reuters reported.
Specifically, "FlightRadar24 acquired a signal from the aircraft shortly after takeoff and tracked it until 04:13:22 Zulu (12:13 am ET). At the time of last contact, FlightRadar24 were receiving a signal from the aircraft to three of its receivers, all of which stopped receiving data from the aircraft at the same time. The chart below represents the final data FlightRadar24 received from the aircraft. At no time did we receive a 7700 squawk from Metrojet flight 7K-9268."
The Russian air carrier, Metrojet, whose Airbus A321-231 crashed in the Sinai region on Saturday, says the aircraft was in good shape and the pilot was experienced.
In a statement on its website, Moscow-based Metrojet says the Airbus A321-231 received required factory maintenance in 2014.
The statement also identified the captain of Metrojet flight 7K-9268 was Valery Nemov, who reported technical problems from the flight deck and requested to return to Sharm el Sheikh over the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.
Egyptian media reports, referring to an Egyptian government meeting, that the flight crew reported trouble with the IAE A.G. V2533-A5 turbofan engines, then subsequently lost control of the aircraft, and flight deck communication ceased.
This is confirmed by Egypt's Civil Aviation Authority's, Mohamed Hossam Kemal, who told media at a news conference today that there was no Mayday Call from the flight deck, and communication with the Airbus A321-231 was normal until the airliner disappeared from radar.
"The plane did not request a change of route," Kemal said (via Reuters).
It is being preliminarily surmised in media reports that a probable cause of the crash is the Airbus A321-231 slowed significantly at 31,000 feet and may have gone into an aerodynamic stall, as a result of "technically malfunctioning" turbofan engine stall and surge.
Such a clear-weather, high-altitude cruise flight occurrence of "literally falling out of the sky" is most extremely rare.
Officials say they recovered the aircraft's flight's recorders, or "black box," Fox News reports, which will confirm exactly what occurred during the communication-silence "hot cockpit" final moments of Metrojet flight 7K-9268.
Egypt's Accident Investigation Commission has initiated an official crash investigation into Metrojet flight 7K-9268. The chairman of the commission stated "preliminary facts point towards a technical failure."
Metrojet's Airbus A321-231, powered by IAE A.G. V2533-A5 turbofan engines, was originally built and delivered/leased to Middle East Airlines (MEA), Registration number F-OHMP, on May 27, 1997, later it was leased to Onur Air, Registration number TC-OAE, and finally, the Russian Metrojet air carrier under its last Registration number EI-ETJ on May 27, 1997. The airliner had been also briefly in service with Saudi Arabian Airlines and Kolavia, and had accumulated approximately 55,772 flight hours in 21,175 flight cycles.
Metrojet flight 7K-9268 Captain Valery Nemov had 12,000 air hours of flying experience, including 3,860 hours flying Airbus A321 airliners.
Airbus said the aircraft was 18 years old and had been operated by Metrojet since 2012, Reuters reported. The plane had accumulated around 56,000 flight hours in nearly 21,000 flights.
Russian media said the airliner was a charter flight under contract with the Brisco tour company in St. Petersburg.
Ayman al-Muqadem, an Egyptian official with the government's Aviation Incidents Committee, said the plane's pilot, before losing contact, had radioed that the aircraft was experiencing technical problems and that he intended to attempt a landing at the nearest airport.
It was not immediately possible to independently confirm that technical problems caused the plane to crash.
The wife of the co-pilot of Metrojet flight 7K-9268 said her husband had complained about the plane's condition," according to a Russian TV channel (via Associated Press).
State-controlled NTV ran an interview Saturday with Natalya Trukhacheva, identified as the wife of Metrojet flight 7K-9268 co-pilot, Sergei Trukachev. She said that a daughter "called him up before he flew out. He complained before the flight that the technical condition of the aircraft left much to be desired."
Earlier, Egyptian Aviation Incidents Committee, Ayman al-Muqadem told local media that the plane had briefly lost contact but was safely in Turkish airspace. The aircraft crashed at a site near the al-Arish airport, Ayman al-Muqadem said.
Egyptian authorities have said the aircraft had successfully undergone technical checks while at Sharm el-Sheikh's airport. A technical committee from the company was headed to Sharm el-Sheikh to collect security camera footage of the Airbus A321-231, while it sat at the airport, including operations to supply the airliner with fuel and passenger meals, as well as security checks, he said.
The scattered wreckage of the Airbus A321-231 airliner was later located by military forces in the mountains of the Sinai about 20 nautical miles south of el-Arish (Sinai, Egypt, shown on the map above) on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Read more also on CNN.
A security officer at the crash site who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity described it as "tragic."
"A lot of dead on the ground and many who died (were) strapped to their seats," the officer said. "The plane split into two, a small part on the tail end that burned and a larger part that crashed into a rock. We have extracted at least 100 bodies and the rest are still inside."
Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail (below) visited the crash site today with several cabinet ministers on a private jet, Egypt's tourism ministry said, according to Reuters. He told a news conference today, "there did not appear to be any unusual activity behind the crash, but the facts would not be clear until further investigations had been carried out."
Photo Credit: Alamy Live News. Metrojet's Airbus A321-231, Registration number EI-ETJ, performing as flight 7K-9268, flying out of Moscow earlier this month.
The Russian Embassy in Cairo along with Egyptian security and military officials told the Associated Press there were no survivors and that all on board have died in the tragic crash.
Reuters quoting an Egyptian Official, who requested anonymity, involved in the ongoing rescue operation, says "the aircraft has broken up in two major parts, a small part being the tail plane caught fire, the other larger part impacted a rock."
There are now reports of bodies being recovered. "The bodies of 150 victims, some still strapped to their seats, had been pulled from the wreckage," Sky News reported, as 50 ambulances have been dispatched to the crash site.
Egypt's Prime Minister Sherif Ismail reported that 129 bodies have been recovered and flown by helicopters to Cairo.
Photo Credit: Planespotters.net. Metrojet's Airbus A321-231, Registration number EI-ETJ, performing as flight 7K-9268.
There is no evidence of hostile or missile activity around the flight path of the Airbus A321-231. Russia's Transport Ministry called a video surfacing in the Internet claiming to show the shoot down of Metrojet flight 7K-9263 by Islamic State as "not credible and fabricated."
An Egyptian aviation ministry statement said, "Egyptian military search and rescue teams found the wreckage of the passenger jet in the remote mountainous Hassana area 44 miles south of the city of el-Arish, an area in northern Sinai where Egyptian security forces are fighting a burgeoning Islamic militant insurgency led by a local affiliate of the extremist Islamic State group."
The group claimed responsibility for downing the jet, Sky News reported.
The Wilayat Sinai group claimed on Twitter Saturday that "the fighters of the Islamic State were able to down a Russian plane over Sinai province that was carrying over 220 Russian crusaders. They were all killed, thanks be to God." The statement was also posted on a website that serves as an unofficial news agency for the terror group, Sky News reported, adding that the claim has not been verified and it is unclear whether Sinai militants have the capability to attack a plane flying at a high altitude.
Separately, Russia's top investigative body opened its own investigation into the crash.
Militants in northern Sinai have not to date shot down commercial airliners or fighter-jets. There have been persistent media reports that they have acquired Russian shoulder-fired, anti-aircraft missiles. But these types of missiles can only be effective against low-flying aircraft or helicopters. In January 2014, Sinai-based militants claimed to have shot down a military helicopter; Egyptian officials at the time acknowledged the helicopter had crashed, but gave no reason.
Click here for more on Sky News.
The Associated Press is credited to this report.
Photo Credit: 2014 International Aero Engines (IAE) A.G. V2533-A5 series turbofan engine (cutaway)
How do aircraft engines achieve catastrophic mechanical failure and how can this be mitigated?
Air enters the IAE A.G. V2533-A5 turbofan engine (cutaway shown above) through the front fan section (indicated in the photo below on a Pratt and Whitney JT9D-7R4D) at a mass flow rate of about a ton of air per second.
Five parts of this massive volume of air passes bypasses over the engine core into an exit nozzle past the turbine section, producing a substantially large amount of exit thrust. Whereas, one part of the inlet fan volume of air passes into the engine core begin at the compressor section.
From here air then continues to flow into the combustion chamber (where it is mixed with fuel for combustion).
Subsequently, those combusted, hot gases pass into the turbine section (which not only produces additional exit thrust force of the engine, but also the turbine section serves to turn the engine core shaft, which turns the compressor blades inside the compression section and also the fans blades inside the fan section, and thus, start all over again the dynamic loop of how an aircraft engine properly operates).
The rotor blades in the turbine get very hot at about 1,800 degrees Kelvin or even more, so it is necessary to cool the turbine blades based on limiting thermal restrictions on material science. The tangential on-board injector's job is to channel cool air from the compressor section into passages between the turbine blades in the turbine section.
Here is a cut-away of an actual IAE A.G. V2533-A5 turbofan engine in a museum, marked it up to help us see where the main engine components of the fan, compressor (including the air-fuel combustion chamber), and turbine sections are (including the identified portion of a Pratt and Whitney JT9D-7R4D engine that landing on Church and Murray Street, below the World Trade Center fire on 9-11):
The operating range of aircraft turbofan engine compression systems is limited by two classes of aerodynamic instabilities (Fig. 1) known as rotating stall and surge [1].
Rotating stall is a multidimensional instability in which regions of low or reversed mass flow (i.e., stall cells) propagate around the compressor annulus due to incidence variations on adjacent airfoils [2–5].
Surge is primarily a one-dimensional instability of the entire pumping system (compressor, ducts, combustion chamber, and turbine). It is characterized by axial pulsations in annulus-averaged mass flow, including periods of flow reversal through the machine.
In high-speed compressor hydrodynamics across compressible flow regimes [6], rotating stall is generally encountered first, which then (loosely) "triggers" surge (often after a few rotor revolutions [2]).
This work [13] proposes schemes to passively control compressible rotating stall of high-speed compressors.
Nonetheless, with either instability, the compression system experiences a substantial loss in performance and operability, which sometimes result in catastrophic mechanical failure.
An experience-based approach for avoiding such performance loss is to operate the compressor at a safe range from the point of instability onset (i.e., imposing a stall margin). The stall margin ensures that the engine can endure momentary off-design operation. The margin also reduces the available pressure rise and efficiency of the machine.
It is proposed here [13] that incorporating tailored structures and aeromechanical feedback controllers, locally-sensed by unstable compressible perturbations in annulus pressure, and actuated by non-uniformities in the high-speed flow distribution around the annulus, can be shown to inhibit the inception of a certain class of modal (long wave) stall of high-speed compressor devices. As a result, the stable operating range will be effectively extended allowing higher compressible performance and operability.
The fundamental proposition here [13] is high-speed stall onset just does not happen—it is triggered by an interdependent compressibility chain of critical Reynolds (boundary layer) and Mach (kinetic-thermal energy transfer) events. The commencement of these interdependent Reynolds and Mach events can be passively controlled, once their proportional sensitivity are monitored, sensed, and mechanically mitigated adequately in balance of performance, operability, weight, and reliability integrated with more conventional schedule-type control to justify the risk of such passive approaches offered herein.
In theory, fundamentals of a number of sensor-actuator schemes for rotating stall control were originally proposed early-on in Hendricks and Gysling [7]. In practice, a passive stall control program [13] could potentially be integrated with conventional control schedules of adequate change of fuel valve position, bleed valves, and re-staggered stator programs developed appropriately for profitable usage on compression systems operating in a highly-sensed compressible flow environment.
Photo Credit: Pratt & Whitney V2533-A5 series turbofan engine
Fundamental References for Additional Readings in the Field of Aircraft Engine Propulsion Stability
Emmons, H. W., Pearson, C. E., and Grant, H. P., 1955, ''Compressor Surge and Stall Propagation,'' Trans. ASME, 77, pp. 455–469.
Greitzer, E. M., 1976, ''Surge and Rotating Stall in Axial Flow Compressors, Part I & II,'' ASME J. Eng. Power, 99, pp. 190–217.
Greitzer, E. M., 1980, ''Review: Axial Compressor Stall Phenomenon,'' ASME J. Fluids Eng., 102, pp. 134–151.
Greitzer, E. M., 1981, ''The Stability of Pumping Systems, The 1980 Freeman Scholar Lecture,'' ASME J. Fluids Eng., 103, pp. 193–242.
Day, I. J., 1993, ''Stall Inception in Axial Flow Compressors,'' ASME J. Turbomach., 115, pp. 1–9.
Gysling, D. L. et al., 1991, ''Dynamic Control of Centrifugal Compressor Surge Using Tailored Structures,'' ASME J. Turbomach., 113, pp. 710–722.
Gysling, D. L., and Greitzer, E. M., 1995, ''Dynamic Control of Rotating Stall in Axial Flow Compressors Using Aeromechanical Feedback,'' ASME J. Turbomach., 117, pp. 307–319.
Moore, F. K., 1984, ''A Theory of Rotating Stall of Multistage Compressors—Parts I – II – III,'' ASME J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power, 106, pp. 313–336.
Moore, F. K., and Greitzer, E. M., 1986, ''A Theory of Post Stall Transients in Axial Compression Systems: Part I—Development of Equations,'' ASME J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power, 108, pp. 68–76.
Greitzer, E. M., and Moore, F. K., 1986, ''A Theory of Post-Stall Transients in Axial Compression Systems: Part II—Application,'' ASME J. Eng. Gas Tur- bines Power, 108, pp. 231–239.
Haynes, J. M., Hendricks, G. J., and Epstein, A. H., 1994, ''Active Stabilization of Rotating Stall in a Three-Stage Axial Compressor,'' ASME J. Turbomach., 116, pp. 226–239.
Longley, J. P., 1994, ''A Review of Non-Steady Flow Models for Compressor Stability,'' ASME J. Turbomach., 116, pp. 202–215.
McGee, O. G., and Coleman, K. L., 2013, "Aeromechanical Control of High-Speed Axial Compressor Stall and Engine Performance—Part I: Control-Theoretic Models," ASME J. Fluids Eng., 135, March 2013. Coleman, K.L., and McGee, O.G., 2013, "Aeromechanical Control of High-Speed Axial Compressor Stall and Engine Performance—Part II: Assessments of Methodologies," ASME J. Fluids Eng., 135, May 2013.
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Dinner Tonight: Tyler Florence's Ultimate Potato Salad Recipe
Your source for quick recipe every single week day.
It feels like August in New York, and even the thought of standing in front of a hot grill makes me sweat. But despite the weather, we are officially in grilling season—when we gather for those endless casual Sunday parties where everyone eats and drinks for hours and shows up with a side dish. Salads, watermelon, and of course, potato salad.
I approached this recipe with suspicion: I already have my own private potato salad which makes brilliant use of limes and stays light by using plain yogurt. Yet Tyler Florence claims this recipe is the greatest in the world, part of his cookbook Tyler's Ultimate. I'll admit it's quite good, if a little heavy, shot through with briny capers, sweet minced red onion, and spicy Dijon mustard. The genius move is in the use of pickle juice, the same ingredient that can elevate tuna salad to greatness. It's a good recipe for the repertoire. I'll be ready once the weather breaks.
- Yield:8 as a side
- 2 pounds Yukon gold potatoes
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 bunch sliced scallions, white and green parts
- 2 tablespoons drained capers
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup finely chopped dill pickles with 1/4 cup juice, about 2 pickles
- 1/2 small red onion, minced
- 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
Fill a pot with cold water, a generous amount of salt, the unpeeled potatoes and the eggs. Bring to a simmer and cook the eggs for 12 minutes, then remove and continue cooking the potatoes until a paring knife pierces them easily to the center.
Reserve some capers and scallion greens for garnish. Meanwhile, combine the mayonnaise, mustard, capers, onion, pickle, pickle juice, scallions, parsley, and lemon juice in a serving bowl. Stir well to combine. Season with salt and pepper, but remember the capers and pickle juice are already salty.
Peel the egg and grate it into the mixture. One the potatoes have cooled enough to handle, peel them with a paring knife and break up by hand into the bowl, stirring occasionally. Once all the potatoes are added, toss to combine with the dressing, scatter reserved capers and parsley, and drizzle with a little olive oil.


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Muppet Fan's Muppet Collection Chronicle: Dave Hulteen
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Greetings, Muppet fans! I am so, so excited for today's post--it's an incredible treat for you. Our friend Dave Hulteen (of crazy awesome Muppet fan-art fame) (and of http://davehulteendesign.com) has produced, exclusively for The Muppet Mindset, an amazing video of his wonderful Muppet collection! The video features appearances by Dave's family and a special appearance by yours truly (no, I never got paid for this) as we marvel at Dave's Muppet fandom. I can't describe enough how much I love this video... and you should absolutely unequivocally check it out--conveniently located right here and now!
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Great collection and video! WOW, you gave me a flashback with the JCPenny Sesame mannequins. We had them in our local JCPenny store growing up too. I used to love going down the escalator to the basement level where the childrens' clothes were, and seeing Big Bird waiting at the bottom.ReplyDelete
By the way, you're the only one I ever heard so far in my 33 years of Muppet fandom pronounce Marty Robinson's last name as Roe-ben-son :) I always thought it was Robin like the bird...or Kermit's nephew :)
Wow, and I thought I was a little obsessed! HA! I totally remember those JCPenny mannequins! I totally forgot about them until today! I knocked the Cookie Monster one over once! I have the Fisher-Price Piggy to your Kermit! But, someone chopped her hair off and stole her clothes. :( (Doesn't it sound like she needs to go on Law and Order?!) This was an awesome vid.ReplyDelete
Yay! I'm so glad you all like it! It was a lot of fun to make! The Robinson line was a slip that was noticed a little too late in the editing process. However, for the longest time, I thought it was actually Robison, the way I mispronounce it in the film, so there was a bit of confusion on my part as well.ReplyDelete
I know this was posted a long time before I joined/followed, but this somewhat made my day! :DDDReplyDelete
Glad our fandom is breeding!
Excellente, Ryan. Dave.


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Today is Monday, March 31, the 90th day of 2014. There are 275 days left in the year.
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On March 31, 1814, Paris was occupied by a coalition of Russian, Prussian and Austrian forces; the surrender of the French capital forced the abdication of Emperor Napoleon.
On this date:
In 1889, French engineer Gustave Eiffel unfurled the French tricolor from atop the Eiffel Tower, officially marking its completion.
In 1914, Nobel Prize-winning Mexican poet Octavio Paz was born in Mexico City.
In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Emergency Conservation Work Act, which created the Civilian Conservation Corps.
In 1943, "Oklahoma!," the first musical play by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, opened on Broadway.
In 1949, Newfoundland (now called Newfoundland and Labrador) entered confederation as Canada's tenth province.
In 1953, Stanley Kubrick's first feature, a war drama titled "Fear and Desire," premiered in New York.
In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson stunned the country by announcing he would not seek re-election.
In 1976, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Karen Ann Quinlan, who was in a persistent vegetative state, could be disconnected from her respirator. (Quinlan, who remained unconscious, died in 1985.)
In 1986, 167 people died when a Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashed in a remote mountainous region of Mexico.
In 1993, actor Brandon Lee, 28, was accidentally shot to death during the filming of a movie in Wilmington, N.C., when he was hit by a bullet fragment that had been lodged inside a prop gun. "Star Dust" lyricist Mitchell Parish, 92, died in New York.
In 1995, Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, 23, was shot to death in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the founder of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
In 2005, Terri Schiavo, 41, died at a hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla., 13 days after her feeding tube was removed in a wrenching right-to-die dispute.
Ten years ago: Four American civilian contractors were killed in Fallujah, Iraq; frenzied crowds dragged the burned, mutilated bodies and strung two of them from a bridge. Air America, intended as a liberal voice in network talk radio, made its debut on five stations. (The network folded in Jan. 2010.)
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An Ancient Game of Architectural "Tit for Tat"
Minarets have become a distinctive symbol of Islam. But what is the origin of the minaret? Where did it come from?
Jonathan M. Bloom: The earliest (i.e. seventh-century) mosques did not have minarets. However, some – but not all – mosques had them by the ninth century, so they appear to have been "invented" in the late eighth or early ninth century. There have been many theories about the origins of the minaret – that they came from church towers, from watch towers, from lighthouses, from signal towers, from victory columns, etc. – but none of them is true. My research has shown that the earliest minarets had nothing to do with the call to prayer and so they were probably designed to be exactly what they are today, a symbol of the presence of a mosque and therefore a symbol of Islam. Only later did these towers acquire the secondary meaning of being the place from which the call to prayer is given.
So is the minaret a political symbol or a form of Islamic architecture?
Bloom: The minaret – along with the dome – is one of the most characteristic forms of Islamic architecture, and the sound of the adhan, the call to prayer, is as typical of Cairo, Istanbul or Riyadh as the sound of bells is of Rome. In West and East alike, minarets have become such a distinctive symbol of Islam that political cartoonists use them as shorthand to indicate a Middle Eastern or Islamic setting; similarly, authors and publishers use the word "minaret" to refer to the Muslim world or Islam itself.
Are the minarets still potent symbols of Islam?
Bloom: Whether or not minarets are actually used to call the faithful to prayer, they remain potent symbols of Islam, and have sometimes been targeted accordingly. During the horrendous civil war in Kosovo, for example, Serbian forces regularly placed explosives inside minarets, not only destroying the towers but ensuring that they would collapse onto and damage the adjacent mosques. With this destruction, Serbian forces wanted to destroy the most visible symbols of the presence of Islam in the landscape. Such clashes between competing visual cultures are unfortunately not only recent news, although modern weapons and explosives tend to make the results more dramatic. After the Ottoman sultan Fatih Mehmet conquered the Byzantine capital of Constantinople in May 1453, one of his first acts was to order a wooden minaret added to the 900-year-old church of Hagia Sophia to signal its conversion to a mosque. The temporary wooden minaret was soon rebuilt in stone and three others added for good measure. As Mehmet and his successors built other mosques in their new capital, Istanbul's skyline came to be punctuated by dozens of slender, arrow-like minarets that gave the Ottoman capital a distinctive aspect and signalled to all that it was no longer the capital of Christian Byzantium but the new capital of an Islamic empire.
Meanwhile, at the western end of the Mediterranean, as Christians wrested the Iberian Peninsula back from Muslims in the late Middle Ages, the victors transformed the great stone or brick minarets of Andalusian congregational mosques into church bell towers. The magnificent 10th-century minaret in Córdoba, once the pride of the Muslims' city, was encased in more stonework to give it a "Christian" look, and topped it with a belfry and a set of bells. Tourists can still climb the remains of the old minaret, intact inside the bell tower. From the perspective of the history of architecture, these episodes can be seen as rounds in an ancient game of architectural "tit for tat." Some 500 years earlier, Christians in ninth-century Córdoba had accused the Muslims of pulling down the "pinnacles" – that is, the bell towers – of their churches and "extolling their prophet" from their "towers and foggy heights". The Córdoba theologian Eulogius histrionically recounted how his grandfather had had to clap his hands over his ears to shield himself from the muezzin's cry.
Are there examples of mosques without minarets in the Islamic tradition?
Bloom: In many parts of the Muslim world – Malaysia, Kashmir and East Africa, for example – tower minarets were virtually unknown before modern times. In the 20th century, however, the expansion of visual communication and travel has homogenized regional architectural styles into an international "Islamic" norm of domes and soaring towers.
Nevertheless, one expert, Dr. Mohamad Tajuddin bin Mohamad Rasdi of the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, recently stated that modern architects and their clients who build monumental mosques with fancy minarets, domes and muqarnas (a type of corbel used as a decorative device, the ed.) ignore the teachings of the Prophet. Other Muslims may disagree with Dr. Rasdi's interpretation of Islamic tradition, but there can be no doubt that while the beautiful adhan clearly dates back to the time of the Prophet, the minaret is certainly a later invention. When Islam was revealed in the early seventh century, Jews called the faithful to prayer with the shofar (ram's horn) and Christians used a bell or a wooden gong or clacker. Indeed, the sound of a bell wafting in the breeze from a distant monastery is a frequent image in pre-Islamic and early Islamic poetry.
In this context, we can well understand how 'Abd Allah ibn Zayd, one of the Prophet's companions, dreamt that he saw someone calling the Muslims to prayer from the roof of the mosque. After he told the Prophet about his dream, Muhammad recognized it as a vision from God and instructed Bilal, an Abyssinian freedman and early convert to Islam, "Rise, Bilal, and summon all to prayer!" Bilal, who was known for his beautiful voice, did so, thereby becoming the first muezzin. According to Islamic tradition, Bilal and his successors normally gave the call to prayer from a high or public place, such as the doorway or roof of a mosque, an elevated neighbouring structure or even the city wall, but never from a tall tower. Indeed, it is said that 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, the Prophet's cousin, son-in-law and fourth caliph, ordered a tall mi'dhana (a place from which the call to prayer was given, the ed.) torn down, because its height enabled the muezzin to see into the homes around the mosque. The call to prayer, 'Ali believed, should not be given from any place higher than the roof of the mosque.
Switzerland recently voted in favour of a ban on minarets because the majority of Swiss citizens see the minarets a symbol of "Islamicization".
Bloom: It is ironic that one of the first scholars to study the origin and history of the minaret was the Swiss Arabist, Max van Berchem, who wrote over a century ago. While minarets are technically not necessary parts of a mosque, they are widely viewed as desirable; prohibiting the construction of minarets is a slap in the face of the Muslim community in Switzerland. Can you imagine if the Swiss decided to prohibit the construction of bell towers on churches?
Is this resentment towards minarets a new phenomenon?
Bloom: No, it goes back to the Middle Ages in Spain, where Muslims and Christians fought over the right to claim the skyline. More recently there was uproar about the construction of a minaret in Oxford, because it might be taller than the fabled spires of the city's churches, as well as in Frederick, Maryland (USA), for the same reason.
Interview: Eren Güvercin
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Qantara.deDebate on the Swiss Minaret BanThe Hypocrisy of Islam's IndignationIn view of the precarious situation of religious minorities in Islamic countries, the uproar in the Islamic world over the Swiss referendum banning the construction of minarets is exaggerated and hypocritical, says author and media researcher Khaled Hroub Tariq Ramadan on the Swiss 'Minaret Ban'"Islam Is a European Religion"Populists in Switzerland fail to realize that Islam is by now a European religion and that Muslim citizens are largely integrated, says Tariq Ramadan in his commentary. However, part of the blame lies with Muslims, too, claims the Swiss Muslim scholar Mosque Construction and DialogueEven the Minaret Is AdmiredIn his essay Alen Jasarevic, architect of a mosque built in the town of Penzberg in Upper Bavaria, pays tribute to Islamic architecture. He hopes that the mosque in Penzberg will provide a shining example for other cities and communities


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Vanilla Tarts
1 pkg Puff Pastry Sheets, thawed
1 egg, beaten
1 box instant vanilla pudding (4 serving size)
1 3/4 cups milk
1/2 cup fresh fruit or berries, cut-up if necessary
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
~Playing By Heart...Week-End
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
~Gene Kelly Dances On
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
~Some Kind of Wonderful ...Week..End
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school
Wonder Blintzes Recipe
Make 10 blintzes
1 loaf Wonder bread
"Some Kind of Wonder Blintzes"
4 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 (8 ounces) packages cream cheese
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup melted butter
1 pint sour cream (optional)
Preheat the oven to 350º F. Spray cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
Trim crusts off Wonder bread and roll into flat slices. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. In a large mixing bowl, mix softened cream cheese, milk and vanilla until smooth. Spread this mixture onto each slice of flattened bread. Roll each bread slice up. Dip the bread rolls into melted butter and immediately in the sugar-cinnamon mixture. Cut rolls into 1 inch pieces. Arrange the blintzes on the prepared cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes.
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
~Driving in Style
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Happy week-end to all! This week-end I bring to you movie that's not widely know. In fact it was really tough to find. So, I hope you really enjoy it!
Sayonara (1957)
A US air force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.
"Sayonara Cherry Blossom Egg Rolls"
from Sage Trifle~
1 pound fresh cherries, halved
2 Tbsp. brown sugar, adjust to your taste and the sweetness of the cherries
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
10 - 12 egg roll wrappers
1 egg, lightly beaten
Turbinado sugar
Powdered sugar for serving, if desired
Mix together the pitted and halved cherries, the sugar, and the cornstarch. Let the mixture sit at room temperature for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, to macerate.
Put a mound of cherries onto the center of an egg roll wrapper and roll up into a little envelope. Place seam down on a lightly oiled baking sheet. Brush with the beaten egg and sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Bake in preheated 375 oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove to a baking rack to cool.
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
~Serendipity ...Week-End
Happy Week-end my fellow bloggers!Finally I'm getting around to post a new blog for you all. It's been crazy busy in my world. So, for you week-end treat I bring you Serenditpy starring my celb crush since I was about 10 ...the one the only John Cusack. :)Enjoy!
Serendipity (2001)
A couple reunite years after the night they first met, fell in love, and separated, convinced that one day they'd end up together.
Frrrozen Hot Chocolate: Serendipity's Best-Kept Secret
6 half-ounce pieces of a variety of your favorite chocolates
2 teaspoons storebought hot chocolate mix
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
3 cups ice
Whipped cream
Chocolate shavings
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Chop the chocolate into small pieces and place it in the top of a double boiler over simmering water, stirring occasionally until melted. Add the cocoa and sugar, stirring constantly until thoroughly blended. Remove from heat and slowly add 1/2 cup of the milk and stir until smooth. Cool to room temperature.
In a blender place the remaining cup of milk, the room temperature chocolate mixture, and the ice. Blend on high speed until smooth and the consistency of a frozen daiquiri. Pour into a giant goblet and top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings. Enjoy with a spoon or a straw. . . .or both!
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The Mount Pleasant native, who injured herself during a sports injury, discovered hot yoga during her recovery and was instantly hooked.
After utilizing it as her main form of physical therapy, she started leading yoga for athlete classes and from there branched off to create what she calls her "Rebel flow."
"The Rebel flow incorporates athletic and dynamic movements, plyometrics, core and booty work," said the Hawthorne resident.
Now, she's opening her own place, appropriately named Rebel Yoga, offering the broad range of class times and classes she couldn't find elsewhere -- think a combination of hot and non-hot sessions specializing in strength vinyasa with a dynamic, modern twist.
"By opening my own space I will be able to not only offer what we are lacking in our community but also be able to create and hold space for clients looking to let go of everyday stressors, get a good workout in with some peace of mind," said Sabatino.
"I also believe I am bringing a completely different vibe and meaning to what we all think we know of yoga."
Sabatino's entrepreneurial streak extends, too, to her recently launched GetDirty skincare line, officially a year old this past November.
After reading an article about the positive effects coffee and caffeine have on the skin, she decided to make her own products. They were so fun -- and such a hit -- she started selling them.
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My only interest in women is dating; I do not want a bunch of girls as friends unless Im already established the ability to date who I want to date!
When I was 14; I was very popular in school; one of the reason; I had met the need cheerleader of the school; that summer; and loved her with all my heart! I have to stop writing as I write this because I loved her so much; she would have been my wife; if I had not turned on her! I mean; we would have developed together and I would have married her; she was my soulmate God brought me!
Because I had an intimate relationship with her established; becoming popular with other; other women was easy!
Now; Im looking to develop again with women; and with an Asian soulmate! However, their is resistance! I believe I have childhood resistance! I used to see Hawaiian beauties on tv as a kid and dream about them not really believing I could have one some day! Now; I feel the same ways; its only a dream! However, women like me! They find me interesting and intelligent; fascinating, alluring; charming!
Resistance resides! So; that is where the work is! and Im tied to the outcome! meaning; Im attached to he outcome out of insecurity! And I have to leave that insecurity and feel good about myself if I dont manifest a specific manifestation! I cant worry about what I manifest!
Im tied to the outcome out of low self esteem and worth problems! So; I have a low opinion of myself! So; This has to be broken! its not realistic! I have to come out of this dissociative state concerning women and come through it to reality and start dating again; Their is a block like steal holding me back! So; I have to keep at it! keep digging into it! Ill get their! its one of the last forms of dissociation thats not been touched by recovery!
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:13 am
Post subject: Sep 20 Sudoku
I got stuck on this one. Tried a full enumeration of all possibilities, but couldn't get past. Any hints (with a reason) would be most welcome.
214 -9- --3
--3 --4 -5-
-7- --- ---
73- 1-9 8-2
--- 2-8 ---
--2 3-7 -95
-2- 4-- -1-
-6- 9-- 5--
4-- --- 927
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geoff h
Joined: 07 Aug 2005
Posts: 58
Location: Sydney
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:45 am
Post subject:
Hi there,
Yes, personally, I found this puzzle to be VERY HARD rather than HARD.
I'd like to help, but need more details as to exactly how far you have progressed. For example, could you please supply which individual numbers you have as possibilities for each missing cell that you have not yet been able to solve. Then it will be a lot easier to direct you in the right direction.
Just a couple of quick hints that I had from memory :
1. In Box 5, I suppose you already have noticed the triplet of 4,5,6 in r4c5, r5c5 and r6c5?? Therefore, numbers 4,5,6 can NOT appear anywhere else in Column 5.
2. In Box 6, there is a tiplet of 1,4,6 in r4c8, r5c9 and r6c7. This then leads to a pair of 3,7 in r5c7 and r5c8. This of course means that 3 and 7 can NOT appear anywhere else in Row 5.
Let me know if this helps. Otherwise, please advise more detail as to how you've progressed as discussed above.
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geoff h
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:13 am
Post subject:
A couple more hints.
1. Consider Box 2. there is a quadruple of 5,6,7,8 in r1c4, r1c6, r2c4 and r3c4. Therefore, there can be no more 5,6,7, or 8 in Box 2.
2. Consider Box 1. Nr 5 MUST be in either r3c1 or r3c3. Therefore, there can be no more 5 s in Row 3 ( specifically r3c4 ).
3. Consider Column 7. There is a triplet of 3,6,7 in r1c7, r5c7 and r7c7. Therefore, you can exclude all other Nrs 3,6,7 from Column 7. You also now have a pair of 1,2 in Row 2 and can therefore exclude Nr1 from r2c9.
This is a very hard puzzle.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:30 am
Post subject:
Thankyou Geoff - I too was stuck at the same stage. Your last suggestions were very obvious and should have hit between the eyes - but didn't!
After hours of agonising will have another go at it.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:10 pm
Post subject:
I thought I was getting the hang of these puzzles but I'm having trouble with this one.
I am at almost the same spot as gsri9 but can't eliminate the 8 at r1c5 to get the 9 you have.
I managed to work out the 3,7 pair in box 6 as these are the only possible places for 3 or 7 to go rather than eliminating 1,4,6.
But geoff h, how can I eliminate Nr1 from r2c9 just because I have a pair of 2,1 at r2c7 as I could have a Nr1 at r3c7 or r6c7
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:45 pm
Post subject:
Hi Lulu,
You can eliminate the Nr 1 from r2c9 because we are considering Row 2 at the moment. We have a pair of 1 and 7 in Row 2 ( in cells r2c5 and r2c7 ). Therefore we can eliminate all other 1s and 2s from Row 2.
I'm not sure why you are referring to r3c7 and r6c7 as they have nothing to do with eliminating the 1 from r2c9.
Also, re the Nr 9 at r1c5. You can place 9 in this cell because it is the only possible place for a 9 in Row 1 if you look carefully. There is already a 9 in column 4 ( r8c4 ), column 6 ( r4c6 ), column 7 ( r9c7 ) and column 8 ( r6c8 ). Therefore, 9 can only go in the 5th column for Row 1.
Hope this helps.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:29 pm
Post subject:
Thanks Geoff, I've just discovered your reply after I finally managed to suss out what you meant earlier and I've completed the puzzle.
Thank you for your help
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David Bryant
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:12 pm
Post subject: Difficulty
geoff h wrote:
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Yes, personally, I found this puzzle to be VERY HARD rather than HARD.
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I have to agree with Geoff. I messed this puzzle up twice before I finally got it done. Several of the patterns Samgj built in were not easy to discern. Great puzzle, Sam! dcb
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:26 pm
Post subject: Sept 20th
I had figured out all the above suggestions on my own, but am still unable to proceed beyond this point:
214 -9- --3
--3 7-4 -5-
-7- --- ---
73- 1-9 8-2
--- 2-8 ---
--2 3-7 -95
-2- 4-- -1-
-6- 9-- 5--
4-- --- 927
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David Bryant
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:03 pm
Post subject: Re: Sept 20th
sewandquilt wrote:
I had figured out all the above suggestions on my own, but am still unable to proceed beyond this point:
214 -9- --3
--3 7-4 -5-
-7- --- ---
73- 1-9 8-2
--- 2-8 ---
--2 3-7 -95
-2- 4-- -1-
-6- 9-- 5--
4-- --- 927
Hi, SewandQuilt!
It would have been helpful if you had explained a bit more about the possibiliities you've already ruled out. I'll do my best to explain this clearly by proceeding from the position shown. Your (not so obvious) next move is to place a "6" in row 9, column 4 and a "5" in row 7, column 6. Let me explain why.
First, look at r1c6. I thnk it's obvious that this cell must contain either a "5" or a "6".
Now look at the ninth row. Since there's already a "3" in column 2, in column 3, and in column 4, it's clear that the "3" in row 9 must appear in either r9c5 or in r9c6 -- all the other cells in row 9 are blocked. This means that we can eliminate the possibility of a "3" appearing in any of the remaining cells in the bottom middle 3x3 box.
Now look at r7c6. By direct elimination it's clear that this cell must contain a "5" or a "6" -- {1, 2, 4} appear in row 7 already, {7, 8, 9} appear in column 6, and we can rule out "3" by the analysis presented above.
But this simplifies the contents of column 6 -- we know that the pair {5, 6} must occupy the two cells r1c6 and r7c6, leaving the triplet [1, 2, 3] to occupy r3c6, r8c6, and r9c6.
But we also know that the triplet {4, 5, 6} must appear in the middle 3x3 box -- specifically, in r4c5, r5c5, and r6c5. So the cells r7c5, r8c5, and r9c5 cannot contain either a "5" or a "6". This means that the pair [5, 6] MUST occupy the cells r9c4 and r7c6 -- there's nowhere else they can fit in the bottom middle 3x3 box.
Now look at the bottom right 3x3 box. Clearly the value "6" must appear in the seventh row in this box -- the ninth row is filled already, and the eighth row is blocked by the "6" in r8c2. But this means the pair {5, 6} at r7c6 is resolved to the value "5", and thus a "6" must appear at r9c4.
Is that helpful? I think the rest of the puzzle is pretty easily solved once you've placed these two values. dcb
PS This was the "AHA!" moment in this puzzle for me. Even though I spent a lot of time on it, and had worked it out correctly, it took quite a bit of thought to get back to the position you illustrated. As I've observed before, this is a great puzzle.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:03 pm
Post subject: David, you are a genius!!
A co-worker and I have been wasting a lot of work time on this puzzle!
Thanks so much for your hint about the 3s in the bottom, middle 3x3 box...that was all we needed to get us back on track! It's interesting, b/c we've eliminated numbers before by saying, this is the only row that number is in for this box so we can delete the rest from that row. But, oddly enough, we've never done the reverse (not that we can remember, anyhow!) which is what you've explained here! Thanks again for helping!!!! This was a tough "hard" puzzle!
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:18 am
Post subject: Re: David, you are a genius!!
> we've eliminated numbers before by saying, this is the only row that
> number is in for this box so we can delete the rest from that row. But,
> oddly enough, we've never done the reverse.
The post on sudokusolver refers to six solution methods used by the
programmers. Whilst people do not think like computers (non-nerds
anyway!) consideration of those methods can aid understanding.
I started off applying computer methods manually and it was taking me
too long to solve things. Subsequently I have adopted a methodology
using 'human' inspection first and then resorting to "solution grid" ways
only when the inspection seems to be exhausted.
Today I was able to solve the Daily Mail puzzle whilst taking tea in the
supermarket and to do it without any "pencil marks". For me that was
a mark of progress - to stop thinking in computer grind terms and just
to rely on logic to narrow down possibilities rather than the mechanical
task of spotting patterns in a solution grid.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:31 am
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That's very encouraging from us Non-Nerd people who enjoy solving Sudoku by simple logic!!!!
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:34 am
Post subject: Re: Sep 20 Sudoku
gsri9 wrote:
I got stuck on this one.
gsri9 started all this off tto the benefit of some of us - has he too found the answers helpful???
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:42 am
Post subject: Thank you very much
Thank you all very much. It clarifies matters so much. Sorry, I couldn't post a thanks note earlier as my internet connection was a bit unstable.
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 8:26 pm
Post subject:
Yet another thought on this one. In box 8 (middle bottom) you must have 6 & 3 in the bottom row. (They can't go in columns 2 or 3.) That gives 8 numbers 'impinging' on r7c6: it must be 5, and the rest's easy.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:24 pm
Post subject:
I agree that this one was a REAL challenge. However, it did not contain
unduly complex logic - just the need to see patterns at a much earlier
stage in the solution than usual.
I got stuck on a solution grid looking like
-/-/- 568/-/56 67/678/-
689/89/- -/12/- 12/-/689
5689/-/5689 68/123/123 124/468/14689
-/-/56 -/456/- -/46/-
1569/459/1569 -/456/- 37/37/146
168/48/- -/46/- 14/-/-
3589/-/5789 -/378/356 36/-/68
138/-/178 -/12378/123 -/348/48
-/58/158 568/138/1356 -/-/-
where the hyphens represent resolved cells.
I find the concept of "congruence" useful when checking a solution grid.
Essentially this requires that every row/box/column has as many cells
unresolved as there are unallocated digits within it.
For example row 1 above has -/-/- 568/-/56 67/678/-
which has FOUR cells unresolved and four unique digits (5,6,7,8).
If a solution grid contains any row, box or column that is IN-congruent
there is clearly scope for further work to make it congruent. The problem
starts when (like the grid above) there is congruence in all rows, boxes
and columns. Then there is a need for a more sophisticated endeavour.
In this case the key has already been identified by others as being in
box 8. Some values may be eliminated outside the confines of simple
Two useful rules apply:
A) If the only possible locations for a particular digit within a box lie in
a single row or column then that digit CANNOT be possible in any
cell of that row/column outside the box.
Example: In Box 9 the digit '6' must be in row 7.
This removes '6' from r7c6.
B) If the only possible locations for a particular digit within a row or a
column lie in a single box that digit CANNOT be possible in any other
row/column INside the box.
Example: In column 5 the digit '8' must be in box 8.
( -/12/123 456/456/46 378/12378/138)
This removes '8' from r9c4.
Example: In row 9 the digit '3' must be in box 8.
(-/58/158 568/138/1356 -/-/-)
This removes '3' from r7c5, r7c6, r8c5, r8c6.
Applying these two rules leaves r7c6 as '5' and immediately afterwards
reduces r9c4 to '6'. It is a useful croos check then to confirm that the
grid is still congruent. It will not be unless one removes the consequences
of resolving the two cells so box 8 has FIVE unresolved cells (containing
1,2,3,7,8) instead of the seven previously.
If one does not reduce r1c6 from 56 to 6 (ie resolve it!) then column 6
will have FIVE unique digits (1,2,3,5,6) but only FOUR cells. This is, of
course, the clarion call for work to remove the incongruity!!
Having resolved r7c6 and r9c4 the remainder of the puzzle resolved by
means of congruity checks (although simple logical consequences were
used in practice rather than tortuous congruity checks).
I have added this note as it highlights the use of congruity checking.
However, one always hopes that such checks will not be necessary
as they can be laborious - especially in cases such as this one where
they are needed at such an early stage.
Alan Rayner BS23 2QT
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Since its inception, 200 students from across the country have received the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship. These exceptional recipients have overcome adversity, proven themselves through academic success and public service, and demonstrated the tenacity to excel within the profession." (via
Federal Work Study (FWS) is a valuable resource-not only because it can help to offset student loan debt, but also because it can enhance your résumé. Positions are available both on and off campus with various agencies that have contracts with the school. Please visit the CSM for job listings.
FWS students are paid at a competitive rate. Second- and third-year students can work up to 20 hours per week while school is in session. First-year students who attain a minimum 2.5 GPA their first semester can work up to 10 hours per week their second semester. Students can work up to 40 hours per week during summer and breaks. Prior to working, students must complete a work study packet and get approval from the Financial Aid Office.
The Yellow Ribbon Program provides financial support for student-veterans and their dependents to attend law school with partially or fully funded tuition that exceed the established thresholds under the
Post-9/11 GI Bill.
The Yellow Ribbon Program