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Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 08:28 PM
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What Gums said about F-18 not having full fly-by-wire is still true. It has a mechanical back up, and that's not full FBW. I may be wrong, but I believe the F-18 also does not have relaxed static stability (aft CG) to take advantage of FBW capability. About controlling roll with leading edge flaps - the Navy found out very early in the game that the F-18 could not roll fast enough at low altitude high speed conditions. Something about a wimpy wing tending toward aileron reversal. The wing was redesigned for greater torsional stiffness and the LEF was programmed to help roll the airplane.
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Contrary to many references, the Hornet was not the first plane to have fly-by-wire, much less full fly-by-wire [FBW]. It still does not have full FBW. And the aero design is statically stable, unlike the Viper.
Many misconceptions are out there, and this is the place to find the "truth".
And by the way, the whole discussion should be on another thread.
I expect John-boy, Snakehandler, Outlaw, Snake-one, Roscoe, JR and others to help me here.
I refer to a recent article in Popular Mechanics by a techno-dude I had respected. He looked at or talked with an "expert", and the outcome was not all that accurate.
http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/ ... 95240.html
a] "touch"
Since the early fifties, no advanced U.S. jet fighter had feedback on the stick from the control surfaces. Some of the Migs had it and those pilots can tell you what it was like pulling hard at high speed. Try the Fresco, for one.
All of the jets used hydraulics to move the ailerons, rudder and elevators.
You can not "feel" the air on those control surfaces. All you can "feel" is the reaction of the jet to your inputs. I flew one jet in combat, and for another thousand hours, that allowed you to actually "feel" the air. It was the Dragonfly.
So let's get this "feedback" crapola off the table, huh?
b] Most every jet I flew had electric or mechanical or pneumatic "helpers" for dampening. Even the Dragonfly, but not the original "Tweet" version.
Some even had "limiters" such as the Viper. Primarily the VooDoo, which had several layers of "help" to keep the pointy end forward.
The SLUF had a doofer called "control aug" that used force transducers on the stick to "help". In fact, if you commanded small movements, the physical movement of the stick was negligible. On FCF's we would keep the control column stationary and use only the stick grip to command maneuvers. The grip had transducers similar to the Viper to provide hydraulic commands to the control surfaces.
c] The "expert" from Global Security doesn't realize that the update rates for the Viper's new digital FLCS is faster than forty hertz.
The digital FLCS is slower than the original analog FBW system used by the Vipers I flew. The analog hardware had "zero" lag, as it didn't have a "frame rate" and the basic capacitors, resistors and inductors operated at the speed of light [ or electrons].
d] One thing the "expert" got right was the battle damage aspect of the Viper's FLCS. My leading-edge-flap recovery would have been impossible without that neat FBW system.
The Viper's FLCS uses every control surface there is to get you where you "command".
I will take that any day versus my pilot skill keeping the plane flying.
e] The Viper was the first operational jet with full FBW and zero mechanical backup. I stand by that.
There were other "x-planes" and such that needed full FBW, and some prolly flew outta Groom Lake, but that's another thread.
The shuttle is also full FBW, and it's frame rate was fifty hertz or so, not forty as the Global Security expert alleges.
In the Viper, there is no control stick connected to any hydraulic valves or anything. The stick grip has about an eighth of an inch movement to help formation and small corrections [ I didn't find it helped in the Block Five and later, but what the hell].
The Hornet actually physically moves a hydraulic valve for pitch commands when the electrons go to lunch. Tell me I am wrong.
f] Does the Hornet have a RAT? Can it have hydraulic and electrons if both motors go offline?
I don't think so.
The Viper has an EPU that works no matter what. It will last five or more minutes and allow you to point the jet someplace and eject or deadstick to a convenient runway or road.
g] Someone please post the graph of the Hornet static stability margin.
I have the Viper graphs, but YOU show me yours first, O.K.?
Sorry for the rant, but I am sick and tired of folks claiming all the great things about the Hornet that we had in the Viper prototype and the later operational models years before the uber-Hornet.
The poor soul in the Hornet crash did the best he could with what he had. And another thread might deal with the two-motor jets versus the one-motor ones. That extra motor didn't help him much when it quit, huh?
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Gums, you don't need any help from me on this one. You got right all the way from my view.
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I would still define the Hornet a full FBW jet because its quadruplex digital FCS has full authority to all control surfaces. Mechanical reversion, that is removed from SH, is irrelevant.
Hornet is staticaly stable with good margin. The book with the graphs says "restricted".
Hornet does have an alternative hydraulic and electricity generation cabability. It is called the another F404. It also does have enough battery power for longer than 5-10 mins. It also has an APU to provide some hydraulic power.
This is not about who was the first or who is the best. I am only pointing out that FBW is not that unique to F-16.
F-16 and -18 both fly ways impossible to legacy fighters, still they fly different from each other.
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No problem, Mech.
Our "purist" view of FBW has to do with the fact that there were no mechanical connections of any kind in the Viper. Simple. And same for the shuttle.
BTW, anybody know if the Hornet rudder pedals are hydraulic-mechanical doofers? Viper's pedals moved only a half an inch and were transducers, even for nose-wheel steering.
The extra motor on the Hornet crash episode didn't help much. And it was also true that the Viper motors were different from the Eagle motors due to the single-engine design. I have found that battle damage can be a player on the motors, as you can read from my interview concerning the Dragonfly. OTOH, more weight, higher fuel consumption and so forth.
The Viper EPU provides hydraulics and electrons. If your motor fails, but you have gas left you can fire up the APU and get decent hydraulics. The mod we did for the FLCS power after our "problem" was discovered also used the big, main battery for power, so the EPU was not as important after that.
So it comes down to "purists" as to a pure FBW with no backup versus a "full authority FBW" that also has a mechanical back-up of any kind. If I am not mistaken, I believe that the Airbus also has a few mechanical connections to the servo-tabs on some control surfaces.
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Gums wrote:
BTW, anybody know if the Hornet rudder pedals are hydraulic-mechanical doofers? Viper's pedals moved only a half an inch and were transducers, even for nose-wheel steering.
Hornet's pedals have long movement like old (hydraulic-)mechanical ones but are only connected to electrical FCS. Brake action in pedals is mechanical connection to brake valves.
I'm glad to agree to disagree with you Gums on the full FBW
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AH HA, hmmmmm
So the Hornet has a back-up hydro-mechanical horizontal tail doofer AND actually has a hydro-mechanical brake system? How come the stick moves so much? The Blues don't wear g-suits, as they claim it screws up their control inputs when it inflates and deflates [hence, number six has g-loc and augers last year].
With the side stick that is a hundred percent electric and moves less than an eighth of an inch, no problem. You can also see the "click" when a Bird relaxes pressure on a roll - sucker flat "freezes" at whatever bank angle existed when releasing the stick. Hornet has a slight bobble due to the stick moving against the roll momentum. Check it out next airshow and you'll see it.
Sheesh, only mechanical connections we had to ANYTHING in the "electric jet" were a] throttle lever to the motor, b] ejection seat handle, and c] the emergency blowdown bottle for the nose gear.
Lost nosewheel steering one day due to some wierd electical prob and student studly and I agreed to fire the EPU, as we had also lost brakes [no mechanical connections, see?]. It worked, and we regained the steering. Strange, but true story.
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Is the 117 not fully FBW?
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Gums wrote:
If I am not mistaken, I believe that the Airbus also has a few mechanical connections to the servo-tabs on some control surfaces.
You are entirely correct about the mechanical connections.
I retract my comparison to the Viper.
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Is the 117 not fully FBW?
Believe so. In fact it had the Viper's analog FLCS tweaked for the 117's particular needs, IINM. As for any mechanical backup or reversion? Couldn't tell ya. My clearance didn't go that high.
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The Hornet doesn't have full/total FBW, but it definately has full authority FBW. The F-16 techs can adjust their ties, when they mention the weight saving by not incorporating the mech backup system. The F-18 techs could argue that their mech system provides a backup in case of battle damage.
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Not just weight saving, but more responsive maneuvering due to the negative stability margins available with full FBW, lower drag with a lifting tail, more room for fuel, lower cost, and higher reliability without all the mechanical clap-trap.
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vegasdave - Yes, the 117 had FBW flight controls without mechanical backups.
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Just to clarify the Airbus v. the Viper FCS.
The Airbus FBW aircraft have two mechanical connections.
One is through the trim wheel to the stab (typically a jackscrew). Stab is a secondary flight control surface with an elevator attached to it, and the elevator is controlled electrically only by the SSC, no tabs.
The other is to the rudder, probably to a servo tab (Airbus philosophy is that the pilot doesn't need to know how anything works, just that it does). This reversionary capability is probably a regulatory requirement for any transport category aircraft (single engine or even most twin engine fighter pilots obviously don't need to worry much about true non-centerline asymmetric thrust).
These capabilities (actually called Mechanical Backup mode) are to be used to keep it right side up & pointy end forward only temporarily with severe hydraulic problems until the RAT is deployed. You've got to have electrons (battery is fine if you've got the critical hydraulic system) to truly fly it effectively for recovery.
Have tried flying & landing the 330 (the sim of course) in Mechanical Backup with both engines flamed out, no APU & without the RAT. Basically you have only the mechanical trim & mechanical rudder.
You have only slightly more capability than the DC-10 at Sioux City, but it can be done.
For all practical purposes, the functionality and operation of the Airbus side-stick is identical to the Viper.
The one difference is that the Airbus side-stick moves more and has a "Mickey Mouse" artificial feel or spring centering system associated with it. And it has the look of some kind of high end Logitech or Microsoft game controller.
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- San Sever, 5, 08002
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Look Barcelona Guest House
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I picked up the Lego parking garage and Recycling center at the end of last week. Both are fine additions to my town.
I got some pretty sweet stuff come in this weekend. First I got Amazing Spider-Man #37 that features the first appearance of Norman Osborn (a.k.a. the Green Goblin). Now we've seen the Green Goblin before in earlier issues but this is the first time that his alter ego Norman Osborne is depicted. The story has Mendel Stromm (1st appearance as well) released from a 10-year prison term and he vows revenge on Norman Osbourne whom he blames for his incarceration as well as stealing his inventions. Stromm begins immediately to construct robots he sends to destroy Norman Osborne's factory and office. Spider-Man grapples with the inventor's constructs and follows one back to Stromm's hideout to continue the battle. Stromm is eventually defeated but Spider-Man's spider-sense activates in time for Spidey to push Stromm out of the way of an assassin's bullet before Stromm could reveal a secret about Norman Osborne. Spidey attempts to follow the would-be assassin but he has vanished. Spidey returns to Stromm only to find out that he has died of a heart attack.
I got my earliest X-Men issue as well in the form of #13 which features the second appearance of my favorite Marvel villain, the Juggernaut! Hell bent on killing his stepbrother,Charles Xavier, the Juggernaut destroys all of Professor X's defenses and walks through every one of the X-Men's individual powers. He even breaks every single device in the X-Men's Danger Room on his mission of revenge. Professor X, in desperation, calls on the Human Torch for aid. Then he concocts a plan to remove the Juggernaut's helmet so that his mental powers can shut down Cain Marko's brain. Even after that action, the Juggernaut still moves forward until eventually succumbing to the inevitable. Professor X then erases the Torch's memory and Jean Grey plays nurse to the rest of the injured X-Men.
Then I got Uncanny X-Men #40 which has the first appearance of Frankenstein's Monster. An arctic expedition discovers the frozen body of the Frankenstein Monster and an overzealous scientist proceeds to melt the ice to study the creature. When asked what if the creature is still alive, the scientist replies, "Alive? Impossible!". Smart. Professor X dispatches the X-Men in order to prove his theory that although the Monster isn't a mutant, he believes his creator was and needs the creature to confirm this belief. Well, the X-Men battle the Monster who goes on a rampage immediately after being released from his icy imprisonment. It's only when Iceman uses his powers that the attack proves effective. As the monster continues to struggle against the ice powers the strain proves too much and he explodes. Professor X reveals that after examining the Monster's "mind", it was in fact an android built by aliens from a tropical planet and thus susceptible to cold temperatures.
The last comic I received was Uncanny X-Men #59. This comic has Larry Trask, son of Bolivar Trask (the original creator of the Sentinels), prisoner of the Sentinels after they discover that he is a mutant. The Sentinels continue their mission of capturing mutants by wrangling Quicksilver, Unus the Untouchable, Mastermind, the Scarlet Witch, Toad and the Blob. Cyclops, Beast and Marvel Girl break into the Sentinels' stronghold and confuse them by dressing up as Quicksilver (Cyclops), Scarlet Witch (Marvel Girl) and Toad (Beast). Making their way to where Havok and other mutants are being held captive, they are quickly outnumbered. Realizing that they must use logic to defeat the Sentinels, Cyclops convinces them that the source of mutation is solar radiation. Therefore, the Sentinels must protect humanity by destroying the sun. All Sentinels then proceed to fly towards the sun and the captives are released.
Plus I got the K-mart exclusive AT-ST Vintage box release.
"Wheresoever on earth he dwells, man is prey to two weaknesses: the need to pray and the need to love."-Marquis de Sade
"It is not by reasoning or by our understanding that we have received our religion; it is by external authority and command."-Michel De Montaigne
Heretical Vintage Purist and Non-Fan Extraordinaire!
I picked up the Lego parking garage and Recycling center at the end of last week. Both are fine additions to my town.
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"We have a Ram-Man"
I just picked up DC Universe classics wave 03 Nightwing and Robin both are on my want list.
"These are the days of high adventure"
ordered this on eBay
Got the following for my bday last week:
Nickelodeon TMNT Splinter, April, Krang, 3x Footsoldiers
TMNT Classic collection Donatello
Lego Star Wars Wampa Cave
Lego Star Wars Hoth Echo Base (LOVE THIS!!)
Vintage TMNT Mutagen Man MOC
Vintage TMNT Scumbug MOC
Star Wars vintage Droid 3 Pack.
TMNT Classic Collection Raphael
TMNT Classic Collection Leonardo
so until (and if) they make more characters I have the set
Those Turtles are great wolfsgang.
"These are the days of high adventure"
Picked this up last night at Toys R Us (I actually went out to get it at 10pm just after I discovered it was released, they had it in stock, and the store is open until midnight for the holidays)....
A few months back (around mid-late summer) for whatever reason I got this bug up my butt to start collecting the Sonic figures. I wanted to get both the 'classic' and modern versions of the characters, but I wasn't concerned with being a full completest (i.e. getting 2 versions of otherwise the same figure because it comes with a different accessory or something). I found most of the relatively major (IMO) characters.
The ones that eluded me (one of which still does) were Vector, Espio, and Metal Sonic. Two of those characters, Vector and Espio, are in this pack. They originated from the game Knuckles Chaotix.. and obscure spin-off of Sonic that was made for the 32X. While the game is obscure (though I like it a lot), the characters have apparently appeared in the Sonic Comics since. They were previously released as a 2-pack with a comic, but that goes for A LOT on the secondary market and I wasn't going to pay that kind of money for them (Espio was also released in a 2-pack with Knuckles). In my searches trying to find a good price, I discovered that this set, including those two characters and Charmy the Bee (also from the same Knuckles Chaotix game) were scheduled to come out later in the year. So, I waited, and my patience paid off.
Now I just hope that Metal Sonic get re-released in some capacity. The previous couple of releases of him are hard to find and really expensive when they do pop up. Once I get him, and maybe a classic style Knuckles when and if they make him, I'll be happy with my collection.
I have been on a Halo kick so I recently bought most of the McFarlane Halo Reach Noble Team. I just need to get Noble Six and the team is complete.
Just ordered
Marvel Now Deadpool #1 (Skottie Young Baby Variant)
Deadpool #2
apparently they have been colored by some guy called Val Staples but it's a Deadpool comic so I won't hold that against them
I went a little nuts with black friday sales picking up imaginext toys for my son
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I got a couple of X-Men comics in the mail today. First I got Uncanny X-Men #14 which features the first appearance of Dr. Bolivar Trask and his mutant-hunting creations, the Sentinels. The comic starts off with the X-Men going on vacation after their torturous battle with the Juggernaut in the last issue. However, across the city, Bolivar Trask creates a panic about a mutant revolution against humans. Professor X catches wind of this and challenges Trask to a television debate a few days later. There, Trask unveils the Sentinels and, according to Robot law, they go crazy and capture their creator and depart the TV studio leaving one Sentinel to guard the crowd. The X-Men arrive, after a Professor X mental alert, and battle the Sentinel which mysteriously collapses on its own. Professor X is able to determine the Sentinels' headquarters from probing the computer "brain" and they soon depart there. Unfortunately as they arrive they are attacked by the base defenses! To be continued...
Second, I got Uncanny X-Men #66 which is the last of the original X-Men stories until issue #94 (which features the new X-Men team). Beginning with issue #67 and continuing to issue #93, all the books are just reprints of previous X-Men comics. But in this issue, the X-Men face off with the Hulk in order to procure a device that Dr. Banner create which would help heal an ailing Professor X. The X-Men end up subduing the Hulk (yeah, right) and Bruce Banner agrees to help the X-Men but unfortunately the army shows up to arrest Banner. Well, this makes the Hulk angry and he escapes. The X-Men pursue the Hulk who, despite being the Hulk, leads them to Banner's old lab where the device is kept. The X-Men bring the device, a gamma healer, to Professor X and he gets well.
Now with this comic, I have every issue of Uncanny X-Men from issue #60 to #260.
"Wheresoever on earth he dwells, man is prey to two weaknesses: the need to pray and the need to love."-Marquis de Sade
"It is not by reasoning or by our understanding that we have received our religion; it is by external authority and command."-Michel De Montaigne
Heretical Vintage Purist and Non-Fan Extraordinaire!
I won a bunch of X-Men and Spidey books on ebay for a song, but at present I'm too lazy to dig them all out to list them. However the biggest win recently was Green Lantern (Vol.2) #29, from 1964 which features the first appearance of The Black Hand (who of course played a good sized role in Blackest Night if I heard right) got the book for 9.50, and the guy at my local comic shop graded it at very good but said that if he were pricing it he'd book it at fine instead, so my 9.50 turned out to be worth 40-50 bucks in the end. So that's a big plus to me!
This little beauty:
By the way, Mari spent 7 days in the mail getting to me from Hong Kong. Frosta took 40 days to reach me from California. How is that right?
I found both of these today, finishing up the set, at least until Hasbro makes a 3rd series(come on, we need a proper Fluttershy, yellow Rainbow Dash isn't good enough).
Wheeljack + Warpath
Anybody know of a store where I might find Blur or Scourge?
Three Stooges > drugs
FINALLY, got the SDCC Wondertwins set from BBTS. And man do they look great. Landed them for half of what eBay or amazon would have cost me. Now if they can unearth a Lobo and Giganta head and waist piece that won't cost me a car payment, I'd be sitting pretty.
found DDG Operetta at Walmart
got a Go-Bots green Creepy in the mail. I paid $6 shipped for it
Don't you have better thing to do than read this stupid signature
Tony Clifton : Kaufman was a hack....hack sack pack nack !
Right, time for another MU post.
Finally bit the bullet and picked up the Fantastic Four Team Pack from BBTS. They had this one forever for $26.99, which I thought was way way too much, but now they lowered the price to a much more reasonable $16.99, which is less than what three figures would cost you at retail these days.
The figures aren't anything spectacular at all. They all use old bucks (this pack came out in 2011) and thus have somewhat shoddy articulation. But since there doesn't seem to be any FF in the cards anytime soon, I caved in and got it just for the display purposes.
Here's the gang with my wave 1 Johnny Storm. I paid more for that figure than for the entire 3-pack!
Oh, and I lucked out with this one. I wanted the blue costumes (would have preferred the Kirby or Byrne variants, but this is close), and I got them, but I also got the clear Invisible Woman variant. She looks cool!
Congrats on the clear Invisible Woman! I have the normal version. Sandman, that 3 pack was $30 here in the states. You didn't have a choice as to which version you got did you?
I also have the Secret Wars Human Torch--I never liked the modern way that they have him flame on.
Lego Star Wars Desert Skiff
Transformers BotCon exclusive Gigatron/Overlord
HeadRobots Skel-E-Tron upgrade set for Overlord
I got tons of comics this weekend. Starting off with Uncanny X-Men #18 in which Iceman, fresh from a hospital stay, battles Magneto and tries to stop his mutant cloning factory that's been set up in the X-Mansion. The other X-Men as well as Professor X are steadily floating into space in a device built by Magneto after he defeated them in the last issue.
Then I got Uncanny X-Men #19 which features the first appearance of The Mimic. After battling the Sentinels and Magneto, Professor X decides that the X-Men need time off. Iceman and Beast decide to seek female companionship and come across the Mimic in the city who immediately mimics their powers. He defeats them and realizes who the yreally are due to the nature of his newly acquired powers. He decides to follow them back to the mansion to acquire the other X-Men powers in order to defeat them all. However, the teamwork of the X-Men helps defeat the solitary Mimic and he retreats to his cave hideout with a kidnapped Marvel Girl. There he recounts his origin and reveals a machine designed by scientist father that he believes will make any power he absorbs permanent. The X-Men reach the cave but Professor X commands them to allow the Mimic to activate the machine. As he does so, the machine renders the Mimic unconcious and de-powered. The X-Men escape with the Mimic as the hideout explodes. Professor X then goes on to explain that the machine was built by the Mimic's father in order to take away his son's powers so that he may live without the problems such power would inevitable bring.
I also got The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #3 in which the Avengers offer Spider-Man membership into their group if he can bring the Hulk back to them. It also has reprints of Spider-Man's battles with Dr. Octopus from Amazing Spider-Man #11 and #12.
With this Spider-Man annual I now have every Amazing Spider-Man annual from #2 to #26. I only need Annual #1 now...
Plus I got Avengers West Coast #47-#102 and Avengers West Coast Annuals #6-#8 effectively giving me the entire run (#1-#102) of that comic book series (including the introductory limited series).
"Wheresoever on earth he dwells, man is prey to two weaknesses: the need to pray and the need to love."-Marquis de Sade
"It is not by reasoning or by our understanding that we have received our religion; it is by external authority and command."-Michel De Montaigne
Heretical Vintage Purist and Non-Fan Extraordinaire!
BBTS didn't let you choose a variant with this set. There are four confirmed ones: Blue suits, blue suits with transparent Sue, white suits and white suits with transparent Sue. This was the one I liked best, so I'm happy. At $16.99 I think it's worth it as a set.
I'm not super-crazy over Reed and Johnny's designs either, Max, but as I said there are no new versions of the FF announced so far... so this may be all we get.


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Of the 12 animals on the Chinese Zodiac, the year of the dragon is the most admired and celebrated. Dragons are a symbol of strength and fortune in Chinese culture, and like their zodiac counterpart, "Dragons" (people born in the year of the dragon) are reputed to be more creative, passionate and confident than others. 2012 ushers in a new year of the dragon and a new year of big expectations for China and the Chinese economy.
Last year, China officially overtook Japan to become the world's second-largest economy and, in 2010, it overtook Germany as the world's largest exporting country. In his March state of the nation address, Chinese Premier Wen Jaibao announced the government would give a boost to its domestic spending, chart a course to increase consumer demand and design a system to keep China's economy expanding while international markets remain weak. He also predicted lower GDP growth of 7.5% versus the tremendous 9%-10% growth of last two years, but significantly higher than most of the major markets. Over the past five years, China has become increasingly integrated into the U.S. market. Generally, the media focuses on U.S imports of Chinese goods; however, U.S. exports to China have reached record levels. American exports to China grew 13% in the past year, and though 2011 represented a dip in Maine/China exports due to weakness in pulp and electronic circuit exports, Maine exports to China grew over 80% from $153 million in 2007 to $275 million in 2011, establishing it as the state's third-largest export market. Maine's exports to China in the pulp, paper, aircraft parts, biotech and advanced textile industries had remarkable double- and triple-digit growth over the past few years.
The recently announced Gubernatorial Trade Mission to China scheduled for September 2012 represents an opportunity for many of Maine's major industrial sectors as well as its educational institutions. China has a growing demand for U.S. agricultural products, including seafood and wood products. The Foreign Agricultural Service indicated that U.S. exports to China in this industry increased over 38% in the 2009/2010 time period. American food products are perceived to be of the highest quality and Chinese consumers are more and more appreciative of this in the wake of some the melamine and avian flu issues of past years. In addition, there has been a growing demand for New England's Eastern white pine and increasing demand for biomass as a heating and energy alternative to oil and coal.
China's aircraft sector is underdeveloped and its current fleet is aging, with an average aircraft age of four years. There is an increasingly strong demand for imported products and new technologies for this growing sector. Although Maine does not have a lot of aircraft manufacturers, it has a plethora of aircraft parts manufacturers with strong ties to the original equipment manufacturers for most of the major aerospace companies. Many of the new technologies and innovative products in these sectors are highly valued and of interest to China's growing aircraft industry.
China's demand in the biotech and medical products industries also continues to grow. The New Medical Reform Plan passed in 2009 was created to cover 90% of China's population under a universal health care system as well as to significantly improve care facilities and expand health-related infrastructure. This stimulus has created an increase in import demand and interest in U.S. medical products.
On the education front, the Chinese have an increasing interest in our U.S. educational institutions. Chinese students come to the United States for the prestige, to master the English language and develop a competitive advantage for when they enter the job market. China now has 157,000 students studying in the United States and represents 22% of all non-American students at U.S. universities. Through "StudyMaine" and individual institutions' activities, Maine is establishing itself as a safe, dynamic environment for a quality education. Approximately 80% of the 700-800 international students studying at our Maine academies and secondary schools are from China. Our public and private universities still have room for development in this area. For example, China only represents 14% of foreign students studying at Maine higher education institutions. The Chinese student demand will only continue to grow with the Chinese economic expansion. This is an opportunity for educational institutions of all kinds throughout the state.
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Plot.a new region of the Pokemon World lies a whole different life..
You see in this region, Fuzia people have the ability to morph into one common Pokemon and possess their powers. But the Legendaries concealed themselves to specific people to save themselves from being destroyed and as well as their areas they protect. These people are known as the Night Scorn. They hunt down all the legendaries and try to take them for their control causing the legendaries to choose only the greatest people they trusted as they watched over them to give themselves too. But the children and teens/adolescents must fight for their protection. And if they are captured and harnessed for evil the whole world of Pokemon could be destroyed completely. And if this happens the only people that can stop this are the Morph Legends. Some scattered across the region in search of the true person. When people saw this they hid away as they saw bursting balls of light fly over down their skies to the person they didn't know they were Legendaries. Only the people chosen and sometimes their families and friends as well. The only ones who had trouble looking for the right ones were Arceus, Dialga, And Palkia. They didn't know who to pick and they were captured but they went into a stone form. Arceus, As the egg of time if touched would give the true person their body and powers. Dialga in a Blue 12 inch Diamond if touched and focused on would reopen into the person who is the true one. Palkia in a glistening huge pearl would only give it's form and powers to the True Person who could make the pearl the right way without breaking it. These three were scattered across the region in hope of finding their true person. The rest of the Pokemon have either hidden themselves good enough or have already been captured. The Night Scorn were a force wiped out by an Unknown attack but had slowly came back and were back to get the legendaries to destroy the world of Pokemon with their Legendary Powers charged to the maximum. Right now the percentage of energy is 0% because they haven't captured any of the Legendaries or the Morphs. This whole event has not happened yet but there have been sightings of strange people wandering around then talking into machines and flying or traveling in unknown transportations. With the initials NS on it for Night Scorn though they don't know what it means except the legendaries themselves. They are starting to come by the force. No one has been hurt yet or given any information of the locations of the morphs or legendaries luckily. But it might happened.
Or at least that's what it was. Night Scorn got stronger and they battled but then the miracle happened.
Suddenly light, brighter than a Supernova shined all over the world of Pokemon. It boomed and lights busted into every Morph in the world. They shined a brilliant gold and their visions fogged up from the light. Then the light stopped. All the Night Scorn was gone. Every single last one of them was gone. The Morphs had not known what was had happened but they found out Night Scorn was gone. So they weren't needed anymore. They all split up in happiness that the tyrants were gone. And their days were not bad anymore. The Morphs were safe. For now...........
But now there is a new force of darkness in the regions of Pokemon. Pokemon and People are being corrupted by a shadowy form.. But Night Scorn isn't part of it. They don't exist. The Shadow Corrupter is what it's called. It enters your body turning you black with purple or red eyes only designed for killing others and gaining more darkness until you destroy the world. Hedge, Gage, and Lisa are not aware of this corruption but Jasper, Sly, and the others are. And The Shadow Corrupter are after them. Are your characters prepared?
Morph Legend:
Region/ Hometown: Must be where the legendary was they can move but they had to have been born there. Specifically the Fushia region.
Age: 7- 24.
Appearance: What does your character look like? Note* Describe whole body. (Skin color, Hair, Eyes, Clothes, Body parts, Etc.)
Personality: What does your character act like? (Does not have to be what your legendary acts like only if you want to.
History: What happens or happen in your character's life?
Pokemon. (Up to Six.
(Repeat this up to six times if needed for other Pokemon (Can have an egg as long as they have another Pokemon that isn't an egg!)
What moves does your character have?/ Get equipped with? (Do not go overboard this is like training. You don't know a full out power attack if you're only Level 3. They start out weak.)
Why was your character chosen?
Groudon: Reserved for DooblyDooHaxourus
Ho-Oh : Lisa Majeweski (Zekshirom)
Lugia: Jasper Raiden: (XxZeRoXx)
Jirachi: Jackson Holt (Tman109er)
Raquaza: Ezekiel (Zeke) Blitz (ShiningAruseaus)
Azelf: Maya Perez (Chili)
Arceus: (No god using whoever uses this.)
Shaymin: Sly Abbott (Chili)
Latios: Hedge Goldenwood (Chili)
Cresselia: Herimi Merina: (Zekshirom)
Zekrom: Jason "Goat Parham (IMANOKIE12)


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The number of prescriptions for painkillers has more than quadrupled since 1999, and more than 12 million Americans reported using prescription painkillers for non-medical reasons during 2010. (Mike Derer / Associated Press) |
Prescription drug overdoses killed more than 37,000 Americans in 2009, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control; that death rate has tripled since 1990. The increase is not surprising, considering these additional CDC statistics: The number of prescriptions for painkillers has more than quadrupled since 1999, and more than 12 million Americans reported using prescription painkillers for non-medical reasons during 2010. In emergency rooms, more than 1 million patients were treated in 2009 for problems involving prescription painkillers or psychotherapeutic drugs such as anti-anxiety and sleep medications.
It's a terrible and hideously expensive toll, made even sadder in California by the fact that the state has the data in its hands to help stave off some of the injury and death but isn't using the information effectively.
In a series of investigative reports, "Dying for Relief," Times staff writers Lisa Girion and Scott Glover delved into the cases of more than 1,700 people who, according to coroner's records, died after taking drugs that had been prescribed to them. They found that a tiny proportion of doctors — one tenth of 1% — had written prescriptions for 17% of those who died.
TIMES INVESTIGATION: Legal drugs, deadly outcomes
Obviously, not all doctors who prescribe Oxycontin, Xanax and other such medications are being irresponsible, even those who write prescriptions in larger-than-normal numbers. Humane treatment of people in pain is as important as keeping drugs away from addicted or habitual users. But the series made it clear that a very small number of doctors have been linked in coroner's records to an inordinate amount of suffering and death. And they and others could perhaps have been stopped if the state made better use of its CURES database, a system within the attorney general's office that tracks prescriptions so that the state can monitor which doctors write them, which pharmacies fill them and which patients buy them.
One part of CURES, which stands for Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System, was established in 2009 specifically for online monitoring of frequently abused drugs, so that physicians and other providers could tap in a patient's identifying information and discover whether he or she had been obtaining similar prescriptions elsewhere. That same information, as Glover and Girion reported, could be reversed — the Medical Board of California, which oversees doctors, could use it to find, for example, the 50 or 100 doctors who had been writing the most prescriptions for frequently abused medications during the previous six months.
The system, however, doesn't work quickly and was never fully updated, and it has never been used to identify doctors who might be overprescribing. In 2011, because of the state's fiscal crisis, all funding for CURES was cut. Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris moved around enough money to keep CURES on life support — with one full-time staff member where there used to be several — but that has put the system even further behind and made it slower to use. Only about 10% of the medical providers who should be using the database actually do so. Harris' office said last week that as a result of The Times' series, doctors are lining up to join the monitoring program, but there's not enough staff to add them in a timely fashion.
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It would take about $2.8 million to retool the system so that doctors could get practically instantaneous responses and so that the Medical Board could begin the necessary task of checking on doctors whose prescribing patterns look suspicious. Maintaining and staffing it properly would cost about $1.6 million a year.
Harris, the Medical Board and the Legislature should look for ways to make this happen while minimizing the impact on the general fund. For example, the state might assess an annual fee of less than $10 on each of the more than 200,000 healthcare professionals who should be using the system.
The state must then use the database to check on doctors whose prescribing habits look wildly out of whack. Even if the Medical Board looked only for that small segment of doctors prescribing the most potentially habit-forming drugs — not a difficult enforcement goal — it could probably prevent a hugely disproportionate number of medical emergencies and deaths.


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At 5:00 AM this morning I had a panic email from a previous client. She is spending a few weeks at the beach. Her goal was to tend to fitness and drop a few pounds while getting a little R & R. She is biking 20 miles every day and walking too. Eating lean protein and salads. It's been 3 weeks and she has lost 1lb. Needless to say she is very disheartened.
Do you see the error in her programming? Cycling and walking are for the biggest percentage cardio. It's great fun and good cardio but less helpful in building muscle. Because of the pounding walking will address increasing bone mass.
Considering 'Jill' is on vacation and doesn't want to spend time in a gym I suggested she do body weight exercises too. Pushups, squats, lunges, tricep dips and the like.Why? While cardio is generally associated more with burning fat than resistance training is, weight training plays a huge role in fat burning, as well as helping to increase muscle mass. The more muscle mass we have the higher our burn rate (aka increased metabolism).
So there you have it. The bottom line is we need to go the full monty in regards to our workouts. A good combo of cardio, strength training, stretching and good nutrition will help you reach your goals!
Have a great day!
ps...remember some salads can look healthy and be deadly!!!
As I sit eating my lunch which consists of baked chicken and catelope a thought crossed my mind.
Cheat meals.... Do you? Don't you?
In speaking for myself the response is no. I don't schedule cheat meals into my nutrition plans. The reason why is this. I try my best to stick to a healthy productive plan. If I allow myself a cheat meal what happens if an impromtu dinner 'out' comes along? If I have already used up my quota of 'cheat meal' what then? My thinking is this. If I was on track with my plan then the outing will not derail me very much. If it was my day to cheat meal my phyche is already negatively affected because my lunch was 'the cheat'. I add insult to injury by indulging again. What works for me isn't necessarily what would work for you.
My thinking is that there really isn't a right or wrong. The bottom line each of us with a goal needs to create a plan which helps us to reach our goal.
Remember- 'A goal without a plan is just a wish'.
Have a great day!
...attack the plan!
Most of the successful events of our lives were born from a simple idea or thought. It is the same for our fitness goals. After deciding on your goal it is helpful to put a plan into place. Doing so will help you achieve a positive outcome. Fitness is no different. It is good to quantify all aspects of your new goal(s). Exercise and nutrition both deserve equal attention when you begin to create your plan for success. How do you create a plan?
1) Decide on your long term goal and quantify it with numbers. Wrong: Lose weight, Right: lose 10 lbs
2) Back into those numbers by taking into consideration the time frame in which you will reach your goal. Wrong: 2014 Right January 1, 2014. There after quatify your goal with monthly or weekly goals. For Example; I will lose 2 lbs per week, 8 lbs per month.
3) By reaching your weekly goals your long range goal will be met!
4) Please don't just focus on weight loss. Muscle mass, body fat, proper training techniques should also be up front and center.
5) Sometimes it is helpful to share your goal with someone. Doing so will hold you accountable.
Our goals often change mid-stream. What then? Zig then zag... regroup and adjust your plan and move forward.
Find a 'slogan' to help motivate you.... One of mine is this: Plan The Attack - Attack The Plan.
Good luck!
January 2nd many people hit the ground running in regards to their New Years fitness goals. Are you still on track? Nearly two thirds of adults in the United States who make New Year's resolutions have set fitness goals as part of their resolution. Of those, 73 percent gave up before meeting their goal, according to a recent online study conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Bodybuilding.com in November 2012.
Merely setting a resolution does not promise success. Some believe it is too difficult to follow good nutrition or adhere to their workout regimen. Others cannot get back on track once they have 'fallen off the wagon'. Being unable to find the time is also high on the list. Without giving themselves a chance to reap the benefits of their resolutions nearly half give up within six weeks or less.
What to do now? You have the new gear and most likely a gym membership too. Don't waste another day planning to get back on track. Pack your gym bag and make things happen! Look at your calendar for the week and schedule your fitness time. Going into a new environment is often a bit overwhelming but the truth is this. If you chose a gym, activity or class that peaked your interest you owe it to yourself to follow through. Chances are the environment is inviting and the people friendly. Some of my dearest friends are people I met at the gym. Please don't let your fears hold you back. You owe it to yourself to give it one more try. What can you lose? By doing so there is a good chance you will make headway in reaching your goals and have some new buds too!!
Crunched for time? Try this bodyweight circuit for anywhere anytime workout!
A1 Jump Squats X10
A2 Pushups X 10
A3 Burpees X 10
A4 Plank (Hold most difficult plank as long as possible)
A5 Walking Lunges X10
Rest :30 – Repeat for a total of 5 circuits
Do you make a New Year's Resolution which has a focus on good health and fitness?
To achieve success in your resolution keep these 3 things in mind.
1) Choose a realistic goal.
2) Create a plan/outline .
3) Have someone hold you accountable or partner up in your efforts.
A goal without a plan is just a wish- by following these 3 suggestions you will be on your way to being successful in your efforts!
With the beginning of a new year many of us will make exercise and fitness resolutions. Statistics show that approximately half of those who begin exercise programs drop out within the first six months.
Situations factors as well as personal factors will affect your exercise adherence and motivation. So how do you ensure you don't set yourself up for failure?
By knowing the situations or environments in which you enjoy exercise, you can put yourself in those situations as often as possible. The following is a list of areas which must be addressed in order to maximize your exercise adherence:
Situation Factors Affecting Exercise Adherence & Motivation:
- Time
- Money
- Energy
- Role Conflict
- Social Support
- Exercising With Others
- Facilities
- Climate
- Physical Discomfort
Personal Factors Affecting Exercise Adherence & Motivation:
- Awareness of Personality
- Goal Setting
- Imagery
- Arousal Regulation and Concentration
Take a look at each of the factors that will affect your adherence and motivation. Then create another list that will discount the negative aspects of adherence with positive ones. Doing so will help alleviate the hurdles which may derail you from reaching your fitness goals.
Another tip is to create an exercise contract with yourself. Quantify realistic and specific goals. Date and sign the contract. A good idea is to have a witness sign your document. Hold yourself accountable and enjoy the rewards of reaching your fitness goals!
Holidays and special occasions are often difficult times to keep with your 'healthy eating' regime. The same goes for fitness professionals, which is the reason this topic came to mind. Recently some friends and I met for lunch. When the waiter asked for my order I felt all eyes on me. It was as though the world had stopped... waiting to hear what I was going to say. Needless to say I felt somewhat uncomfortable. Should I order what I had planned or should I order something they expected? I took a deep breath, thought a minute and placed the order. Was it 100% 'healthy'? No. Was it 100% 'Debbie's fallen off the nutrition wagon'? No. The order consisted of a bowl of chicken-sausage gumbo and 1/2 of a turkey sandwich with Swiss cheese. One of the people at the table commented on my choice of food. They were surprised... hmmm. Before speaking I thought about what I was going to say to defend myself. My comment was such that I was not going to apologize for ordering something they thought was unusual for me. Was soup and ½ of a sandwich a deadly meal that and would throw me under the bus? No. Why not? Because 90% of the time good sound nutrition is my protocol. Eating clean is a priority for me. However on occasion I eat white bread instead of wheat or enjoy some great Cajun sausage chicken gumbo and I won't apologize for doing so. (Insert smiley face here). I am now back on track working out regularly, eating clean and smiling all the while. Thanks for listening!
For the last 4 weeks I have had the opportunity to run another Urban Boot Camp. Urban Boot Camp (UBC) is held outdoors from 0430-0530, Monday thru Friday. We are outside unless rain or lightning becomes a safety issue. Programming is such that all fitness levels will be satisfied with the intensity. Each week the intensity escalates. The recruits have individual goals in regards to fitness and nutrition. Their goals are tracked and they receive feedback on a regular basis. By doing this not only do they learn about fitness but they often learn things about themselves. Things like internal strength and fortitude and how to help another recruit find their inner power.
Truthfully everything I have written in this blog is about me. The real reason I am writing it is to let you know how it affects me, their trainer. The deep felt reward I feel when I see them power through obstacles (both mental and physical) is amazing! To see them progress is 'just the best'!
My schedule is pretty full and adding an early morning workout can be a challenge. It's typical for my alarm to buzz at 0315. I have to be onsite before everyone else in order to set up for the workout. After all, what would it look like if I came rolling in and everyone was waiting on me! After the session I buzz onto my next class or personal training client. The day goes on...and it's a long day but I LOVE IT!
Helping my recruits reach their goals, learn about fitness and themselves is an amazing feeling for me. I am honored to have been apart of it! Most importantly I hope each one of 'my people' continue their journey!
In closing I say thank you Urban Boot Camp recruits! HOOAH!
Like many personal trainers I take my work seriously. My personal training business was built on the fact that I was NESTA Personal Training certified. My work experience and holding several fitness certs gives me additional credibility. I understood I had been given the responsibilty to use my knowledge in a way that served my patrons to the best of my ability. Recently I was having a conversation with a friend. My friend mentioned her trainer had given them a great workout that day. Initially I thought great; everyone deserves a good workout! Later it hit me - the trainer of whom she was speaking is group fitness certified. My friends statement led me to wonder if it is possible a good many people don't realize the difference between fitness certifications and the scope of practice each one allows? Unknown to many is the that the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) is a useful tool. One that will ensure the professional you hire to guide you along your fitness path is qualified to do so. Please remember not all instructors are personal trainers just like all are not for example yoga, pilates, cycling, group fitness etc certified. Before hiring any fitness professional I urge you to do your homework. A good place to start is http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/p/cm/ld/fid=121
This blog in not intended to promote one certification over another. It is to help the public to be aware they have a responsibility to inform themselves prior to hiring a fitness professional.


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(CBS News) After a solid six months of general election campaigning, the presidential race has entered the home stretch. Election Day is just five weeks away, some states have already begun early voting, and the first of three presidential debates is Wednesday. With polls showing President Obama with a slight lead, Mitt Romney is starting to run out of time to make up ground.
"Time is something you can never get back. Five weeks is going to seem a lifetime and in other ways it's going to go by way too fast," Romney political director Rich Beeson told CBSNews.com.
It's instructive to look at where things stood around this time in previous campaign cycles. Five weeks from Election Day in 2008, Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., was reeling from his botched messaging on the financial crisis. Things were not going well: McCain was also forced at the time to pull his resources from the battleground state of Michigan due to limited resources and low approval ratings. Five weeks before the 2004 election, Democratic candidate Senator John Kerry, D-Mass., was trying to recover from Swift Boat attacks and make inroads on foreign policy.
Going back to World War II, there are no clear examples of the dynamics of a race changing significantly with only weeks to go, according to Emory political science professor Alan Abramowitz.
There was "a bit of a surprise" in the margin that challenger Ronald Reagan beat incumbent President Jimmy Carter by in 1980, Abramowitz notes, when Reagan won by nearly ten points. There was just one debate in that race, which took place one week before Election Day. "It may have been that there were a lot of late deciders, which is unlikely to be the case now," he said.
The data
In a Washington Post-ABC News Poll released Monday, Mr. Obama had a two point advantage over Romney, 49 percent to 47 percent. Another poll released Monday by Politico and George Washington University showed the same margin. An average of national polls compiled by Real Clear Politics shows the president with a 3.7 percent lead over Romney.
But the national polls mean little in this election, which will ultimately be decided in the battleground states of Ohio, Colorado, Nevada, New Hampshire, Virginia, Florida, Iowa, Wisconsin and North Carolina. Mr. Obama leads by a larger margin in many battleground state polls, including one released the last week by Quinnipiac, CBS News and the New York Times that showed the president leading Romney by nine points in Florida, 10 points in Ohio and 12 points in Pennsylvania.
Pollster Larry Sabato with the University of Virginia's Center for Politics says that the race could tighten. "[T]he fundamentals of this election call for a close election," he said on "Face the Nation" Sunday. "Yes, President Obama is ahead, and probably has the best chance to win, but this is going to be a tighter race than the polls show right now."
The strategy
Three days after conservative columnist Rich Lowry wrote a column titled "End of the Referendum," which made the argument that Romney should frame the election as a choice instead of a referendum on the president's performance, the Romney campaign began to (again) recalibrate its message.
"What we hope people get out of this debate is that choice," GOP vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan said on Fox News Sunday. Ryan denied a shift in message but called it, "a phase of the campaign we've now entered into."
The message of a choice election was echoed on a conference call for reporters Monday morning. "We will continue to highlight as an area where there is a clear choice between Governor Romney's vision for the country and President Obama's lack of leadership," Romney adviser Kevin Madden said.
Romney has been criticized for being too vague about his own plans. Critics, including on the right, have pushed him to offer details about his own plans instead of just criticizing the president.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has been one of his most vocal critics in this area, saying in June that it will be difficult to win if the election is "just about a referendum on Barack Obama."
The Obama campaign, meanwhile, has worked since the beginning of the summer to make the election a choice between the two candidates. The president highlighted that message at the Democratic convention where he called the election "the clearest choice of any time in a generation."
While the president has also received some criticism for lack of details, with critics saying he has talked little of his second-term plans, his campaign has sought to define Romney as an insensitive corporate executive willing to ship jobs overseas to preserve the bottom line.
"It was brilliant," said Mary Anne Marsh, a Democratic strategist from Massachusetts who worked for John Kerry's campaign. "People forget November elections are always won in June, July and August. He lost some points in favorability but it was a smart investment if you are making a point that sticks with voters."
Marsh said Romney's comments about the 47 percent of Americans who do not pay income taxes as being victims and dependents was a big deal because it played into a narrative already associated with Romney. She compared Romney's campaign to Kerry's 2004 campaign, when President George W. Bush effectively defined Kerry as a flip-flopper before Kerry introduced himself to voters.
"The fact that they were able to define him... was so damaging in that campaign," she said.
Republicans insist that Romney still has time to define himself.
"In the months of October and first week of November, Romney has time through the debates and other ways to make the sale," former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour said Monday. "The burden is on him. It's his election to win, has been the whole time. He has to do it."
The Obama campaign admits that the election will be close. It is working to "persuade those voters who are still making up their minds," Obama campaign spokesperson Ben LaBolt said in a telephone interview. He added, however, that there are no plans to change course.
"This isn't a campaign you're going to see a strategic shift from," LaBolt said.
The debate
Both candidates are feverishly preparing for Wednesday's first debate, which is to focus on domestic issues. And both campaigns have been lowering expectations heading into the debate in hopes that even a decent performance will be celebrated for exceeding them.
At a weekend rally, the president called Romney "a good debater" and added that he's "just O.K."
The Romney campaign says the debate is about direct communication to voters.
"You will see the debate where Romney will have a chance through an unfiltered lens to lay out his vision," Beeson said. He added that Romney will ask convey the message that the last four years has not been better.
"Given that [this is] a close race, we can expect a large audience," Emory's Abramowitz said before cautioning against thinking the debates will be a major turning point in the election. This despite comments by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie predicted the debates will turn the election "upside-down."
"The effects they are typically very small," Abramowitz said, adding that "it's much more difficult to come from behind."
The vote
Although Election Day is five weeks away, for some voters, it has already come and gone. Eight states have begun early voting or accepting absentee ballots, including the battleground states of Iowa and Ohio, which begins early voting today. As many as 40 percent of voters could cast their ballot before Election Day, according to a CBS News analysis.
While both campaigns are working to convince undecided voters through campaign ads, rallies and debates, they are simultaneously working to get their supporters to the polls.
The Romney campaign boasts of a robust get out the vote effort, having knocked on 10 million dollars, which campaign adviser Beeson calls "the purist form of voter contact."
The Obama campaign also understands the importance of get-out-the-vote, and Mr. Obama has reminded supporters they can vote early. The campaign as also launched a "gotta vote" bus tour in early voting battleground states, including Iowa.
Candidates "have to run right through the polls close on the West Coast. In these times in this election you can't take anything for granted," Marsh said.


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