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text: Jon Hamm will once again play his alpha-male persona for comedy kicks in the upcoming second season of The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret, according to IFC. The network didn't divulge what Hamm's role would be, exactly, but it seems safe to assume that he will be handsome and most likely socially crippled in some way as a result, in keeping with the sorts of characters he's played in his cameos on 30 Rock and in Bridesmaids. In that sense, Hamm should prove a source of constant agony for the insecure characters portrayed by David Cross and Will Arnett when the show returns in January 2012. Unless they're going a completely different direction here, and Hamm is playing the Queen. Everyone would still be on board with that probably.


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Happy late birthdays to all! My recent bout with the flu not only kept me away from work and left me unpleasantly cranky, it also gave me time to finish up a few presents. First, the Herbivore shawl:
And a flat shot, with Chinaski centerpiece:
And another happy late birthday: Sunday Swing socks!
As hard as it was to part with both of these projects, I love knitting for others!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Posted by weaverknits at 7:41 AM
3 comments:
- Salty Miss Jill said...
These are marvelous!
Glad you're feeling better, sweetness. :)
- October 9, 2009 at 10:59 AM
- Mildawg said...
The shawl is fantastic! (as are the socks, of course)
The recipients will love them
- October 10, 2009 at 11:58 PM
- craftivore said...
Herbivore is so lovely, what a great gift. Chinaski looks like he's going to make away with it.
- October 12, 2009 at 9:43 AM
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Well three of the five anyway...
Spicy on the left and Bud-bud on the right
And Licorice
We also have Digi and Lexi
I guess Oat Meal is pretty boring when your still brush'in off the cobwebs!
My Grand Daughter Harleaha 19months old.
Candid shot of Grand Daughter Harleaha having Her yogurt.
Beard like grampa! :D
1st Close portrait shot with the new Nikon P7700.
Posted the large shot so you can see how sharp the detail is.
Was shot in Portrait Mode with Flash at low angle.
On a park road through Granville State Forest.
Granville MA.
These are rear pictures because she never lets me take pictures of her.
Been awhile since I put some photos up. Have some of my daughter that I'll post later. Enjoy
It was hard to get him to smile I had to poke my head out from behinde the camera and make funny faces at him.
Hey guys!
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Thought I'd add a couple more from Mystic Seaport, all I can say is it was one windy and cold day.
Spent some time at Mystic the other day and took this shot of the horse and buggy going through what looks like some high tide.
guess it was a long day at the Goshin Fair :D
The Lowell Folk Festival starts tonight and runs through Sunday afternoon.
Three days of music, people and ethnic food.
The Festival is the largest FREE folk festival in the country!
Went to a farm in Northfield CT that had acres of daffodils growing, when I was walking down to a pond I came up behind this gentleman and just knew it would make a wonderful photo.
Three Blacksmiths making chain links.
I was at the Three County Fair with my daughter this weekend. I had to get a picture of the clown! :)
Waiting for my son to get out of school and saw her sitting on a bench next to a tree and all you could see was her foot.
Then I tried some SC.
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"Dear Ms. Price," the email began. "It is my honor to notify you that your book, Naked at Our Age, was selected by the AASECT Awards Committee as the 2012 Book Award winner."
The email listed the AASECT members who had nominated and endorsed my book, and continued,
This award is presented to the author(s) of a book that makes a significant contribution to AASECTs vision of sexual health and to the clinical and educational standards of the field. The nominated book can be written for a professional audience or for a general audience and must have been published in English in 2011.
AASECT is The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, the primary professional organization of this field. As the website explains,
In addition to sexuality educators, sexuality counselors and sex therapists, AASECT members include physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, allied health professionals, clergy members, lawyers, sociologists, marriage and family counselors and therapists, family planning specialists and researchers, as well as students in relevant professional disciplines. These individuals share an interest in promoting understanding of human sexuality and healthy sexual behavior..
Do you see why I'm thrilled by this award? These are the people I learn from at conferences and through their books and websites. These are the people who showed me the diversity of sexuality education and how much it's needed at all points of our lifelong journey. These are the people who have chosen sexuality education as their life's work.
And they have chosen Naked at Our Age as the best sexuality book of the year!
As proud as I am, I know it's not just my book. It's compelling because of your concerns and questions that comprise the 135 candid reader stories. It's a solid guidebook to solutions for age-related sex problems because of the 45 experts -- most AASECT members themselves -- who graciously provided the answers to your questions. I'm also grateful to those of you who reviewed Naked at Our Age on your blogs, in publications, and on Amazon, so that potential readers learned about it.
I'll receive this award personally at the AASECT conference in Austin next month -- where I'll also present a session on blogging about sexuality.
Thank you for making this book what it is, and for recognizing it with this honor.


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Problems With McNabb & Michael Vick Surfacing In Philly Already? McNabb Signals To Cut Vick's Plays In Preseason Game & Refers To His Packages As Gimmicks!
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Still, I find that game music fits nicely into my playlists while I get my work done, and on my MP3 player while I'm cutting the grass or going for a walk. Good music has a utility all its own, and I'm glad that video game composers are finally starting to get their due from the world at large.
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Hi! I'm from Russia! I can speak 2 languages : Russian and English. I'm crazy about English! I'm going to become a teacher of foreign languages, especially English. I think it's useful to know different languages . You can watch foreign movies, read literature or just talk to foreigner! For example, as I know English I can understand my favourite music band's songs, understand what the bandmates say in interview.
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I have no idea who first came up with the term Obamabots to refer to those mindless progressives in the news media and the general population who come to the defense of Barack Hussein Obama whenever anyone on the right or even the left has the audacity to question his actions. I just know term is totally accurate and reflects the efforts of the left in this country to silence everyone they disagree with.
The problem with Obamabots is that they not only parrot the official party line of the White House, but they often act as the attack dogs for the administration. They are not built to think, but only to react, in fact many of them appear to never have an original thought of their own.
A good example is one of the most notorious Obamabots in the media, Bob Beckel, who is a very liberal commentator on Fox News. He is featured on the Fox show "The Five" and the group was recently talking about the ads put out by former special operations personnel questioning the leaking of classified information by members of the White House staff. According to the ads these leaks endanger the lives of our men and women in the military and intelligence community, yet appear to have been done in order to try and make Obama look tough to the voters and help him get reelected.
I've watched Bob Beckel and he always says only what the White House wants him to say, even if he knows it is untrue. In fact, I can't think of a time when Beckel has been guilty of appearing to articulate an original thought. However, in this instance he went too far even for an Obamabot. He said that these American heroes, who have risked their lives to protect the right of free speech, were essentially committing treason by daring to criticize Obama.
Treason? The definition of treason in the Constitution is specific: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them aid and comfort." That is exactly what the people in the White House are doing when they leak classified information, they are providing aid and comfort to our enemies. Yet, according to Bob Beckel the act of criticizing the President for the actions of the White House staff that he appointed and controls are treasonous. Really?
It is time for Obama and his Bob Beckel androids to understand that the members of the Intelligence Community and the military take an oath of office to "protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." We have not taken an oath to defend any individual, particularly if that person is violating his or her own oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution.
Unfortunately, they will not understand because they are programmed to go on the attack against anyone who dares to question the imperial Presidency. They are essentially the product of a high quality brain washing campaign conducted in the public schools, universities, and in the mainstream media. It has been going on for years. and is now producing the desired results. We are becoming a nation of Drones being trained to live in Obama's "Brave New World".
I am reminded of a television debate I was involved in many years ago during the Vietnam War. I was in school at LSU and was the State Chairman of the Young Americans cor Freedom, a campus conservative group. I was a supporter of the concept of Victory in Vietnam, and was invited by a local television station to debate a young woman from a prominent anti-war group. During the debate she was parroting the standard arguments against the war and "American Imperialism" that she had been drilled to repeat without thought.
As a result, she kept making inaccurate statements about the war in Vietnam and American involvement. This included errors about the basic history of the region. I kept correcting her and finally she snapped at me that I was unfairly confusing her with the facts. There was stunned silence for a moment, because no one thought they would ever hear this cliché actually stated. Then the entire production crew broke into laughter.
This incident speaks volumes about the roots of the Obamabots. They refuse to acknowledge the truth even when it slaps them in the face. Their response to a message that contradicts their blind allegiance is met with an effort to destroy the messenger. These are the people who want to reelect Obama, control our country, and take away our freedom. They must be defeated.


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The Egyptians call this harrassment, but it's second and sometimes third degree sexual assault and it's a disgusting commentary on the state of Muslim society. People who commit second and third degree sexual assault in the United States GO TO PRISON and are branded for life as SEXUAL PREDATORS. Why would any non-Egyptian woman EVER visit such a backward, filthy place? It seems the entire Middle East is hopelessly contaminated by the macho (etymology is traced to the concept of "stupid goat man") ethic and the precepts of yet one more bogus patriarchal religion that teaches fear of females more than the Devil. Too bad the supporters of the Christian Taliban and the supporters of the Muslim Taliban can't meet at Armageddon and slug it out with their fists, the worthless schmucks. Hopefully they would all kill each other and leave females in peace.
Harassers of Women in Cairo Now Face Wrath of Vigilantes
By KAREEM FAHIM
Published: November 5, 2012
CAIRO — The young activists lingered on the streets around Tahrir Square, scrutinizing the crowds of holiday revelers. Suddenly, they charged, pushing people aside and chasing down a young man. As the captive thrashed to get away, the activists pounded his shoulders, flipped him around and spray-painted a message on his back: "I'm a harasser."
Egypt's streets have long been a perilous place for women, who are frequently heckled, grabbed, threatened and violated while the police look the other way. Now, during the country's tumultuous transition from authoritarian rule, more and more groups are emerging to make protecting women — and shaming the do-nothing police — a cause.
"They're now doing the undoable?" a police officer joked as he watched the vigilantes chase down the young man. The officer quickly went back to sipping his tea.
The attacks on women did not subside after the uprising. If anything, they became more visible as even the military was implicated in the assaults, stripping female protesters, threatening others with violence and subjecting activists to so-called virginity tests. During holidays, when Cairenes take to the streets to stroll and socialize, the attacks multiply.
But during the recent Id al-Adha holiday, some of the men were surprised to find they could no longer harass with impunity, a change brought about not just out of concern for women's rights, but out of a frustration that the post-revolutionary government still, like the one before, was doing too little to protect its citizens.
At least three citizens groups patrolled busy sections of central Cairo during the holiday. The groups' members, both men and women, shared the conviction that the authorities would not act against harassment unless the problem was forced into the public debate. They differed in their tactics: some activists criticized others for being too quick to resort to violence against suspects and encouraging vigilantism. One group leader compared the activists to the Guardian Angels in the United States.
"The harasser doesn't see anyone who will hold him accountable," said Omar Talaat, 16, who joined one of the patrols.
The years of President Hosni Mubarak's rule were marked by official apathy, collusion in the assaults on women, or empty responses to the attacks, including police roundups of teenagers at Internet cafes for looking at pornography.
"The police did not take harassment seriously," said Madiha el-Safty, a sociology professor at the American University in Cairo. "People didn't file complaints. It was always underreported."
Mr. Mubarak's wife, Suzanne, who portrayed herself as a champion of women's rights, pretended the problem hardly existed. As reports of harassment grew in 2008, she said, "Egyptian men always respect Egyptian women."
Egypt's new president, Mohamed Morsi, has presided over two holidays, and many activists say there is no sign that the government is paying closer attention to the problem. But the work by the citizens groups may be having an effect: Last week, after the Id al-Adha holiday, Mr. Morsi's spokesman announced that the government had received more than 1,000 reports of harassment, and said that the president had directed the Interior Ministry to investigate them.
"Egypt's revolution cannot tolerate these abuses," the spokesman quoted Mr. Morsi as saying.
Azza Soliman, the director of the Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance, dismissed the president's words as "weak." During the holiday, she said, one of her sons was beaten on the subway after he tried to stop a man who was groping two foreign women. The police tried to stop him from filing a complaint. "The whole world is talking about harassment in our country," Ms. Soliman said. "The Interior Ministry takes no action."
For years, anti-harassment activists have worked to highlight the problems in Egypt, but the uprising seemed to give the effort more energy and urgency.
One of that group's founders, Sherine Badr el-Din, 30, started her work as an anti-harassment activist by asking men to get off the women-only cars on the Cairo subway, regarded as a safe zone. When they refused, she videotaped them and posted their pictures on the Internet, she said.
Last summer, one of the men attacked her. "I wanted to file a case, but the police officer refused, claiming they were only there to monitor the train schedules." She said the group escalated its tactics out of frustration, after the police started releasing suspects the group had caught.
"Violence is not our method," she said. "But the pressure was tremendous."
Last week, as the group gathered near Tahrir Square, one member had what looked like a stun gun, and another shook a can of spray paint. Most participants were men, and some wore fluorescent green vests, with the words "combating harassment" written on the back.
They mused on the reasons for the frequency of the attacks on their sisters, mothers and friends, finding no sure answer in the blame often laid on poverty or religion, society's indifference or the state's contagious chauvinism.
They seemed more certain of the solution, as they plunged into the holiday crowds over several evenings. Some bystanders were supportive. But when violence broke out, there was less support. "I will tell the government on you," one man screamed as the activists wrestled with a suspect.
Sometimes the patrol acted after seeing a woman being groped. At other times, it justified its attacks as preventive.
Two boys on a scooter hardly knew what hit them. One minute, they were driving along the Nile Corniche, saying something — maybe lewd, maybe not — to two girls strolling on the sidewalk. The next, they were being hauled off the scooter by the men in green vests. The melee that broke out afterward stopped traffic on one of downtown's busiest roadways, before the police chased the patrol members off.
Afterward, Muhaab Selim, 23, a member of the group, could barely contain his anger. "Why do I have to wait until he touches them?" he yelled. "Why do people defend the harassers?"
By the end of the holidays, one of the group's leaders, Muhammad Taimoor, 22, had been arrested after fighting with a suspect on the subway. Even so, he called the weekend a success. "We caught some harassers, sprayed them with paint and published their pictures everywhere," Mr. Taimoor said. "The Interior Ministry wasn't cooperating with us at all. They weren't protecting women in the streets."
While Mr. Taimoor and his colleagues were on patrol, another group, called Imprint, was in a nearby square. Nihal Saad Zaghloul, 27, an activist with the group, said its members stopped more than 30 men who were trying to harass women.
When the group believes someone is being harassed, some members form a wall between the attacker and the victim, while others take the woman to safety. "We don't push back, and we don't fight," Ms. Zaghloul said. They ask police officers to be present, in case the woman wants to file a report.
Ms. Zaghloul, who became active after she and a friend were assaulted, was less critical of the patrol officers than some of the other activists. "They are understaffed, and at the same time, they are part of a society that always blames women, although they know it's wrong." She worried that the other group's methods would alienate the public.
But she added, "No one understands their frustration better than me."


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Cambodia is unpredictable -- very unpredictable -- but that's the allure for many travelers who come here. Traffic is chaos. Corruption is law. Poverty is endemic. The situation is grim in this small agrarian kingdom, but things are improving. Following years of war, the chaos and genocide of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, and a long period of civil and political instability, Cambodia was for years an armed camp, closed to foreign visitors (except maybe travelers of the danger-seeking variety).
Fortunately Cambodia is now beginning to heal, and, though this process will take years, the country is enjoying a period of relative stability. Strict gun laws and more tenacious policing of offenders mean that disarming of Cambodia has sped up. Cambodia offers travelers a host of experiences -- from the legacy of ancient architecture to a growing urban capital and beautiful countryside. Even the shortest visit is a window into a vibrant ancient culture and a chance to meet with very kind and resilient people.
What brings so many here is their desire to help; humanitarian-aid workers are the majority in places like Phnom Penh, but tourists flock here also for rural journeys that were too dangerous until only recently and the incredible temples of Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat is the ancient capital and one of the man-made wonders of the world. The temple complex at Angkor is stunning, a monumental Hindu/Buddhist temple compound of behemoth block temples, towering spires, giant carved faces, and ornate bas reliefs. It's a pilgrimage point for temple aficionados and a place of spiritual significance to many -- seeing Angkor is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Most travelers limit their visit to a few days at the temples and major sites in the growing capital, Phnom Penh, which is tatty but charming, with crumbling French colonial architecture and a splendid palace.
Travel in rural Cambodia, once unheard of, is now limited only by your tolerance for bumpy roads and rustic accommodations -- and getting off the track in Cambodia is a glimpse of a beguiling, unpredictable land. Cambodia is resplendent with natural gifts such as the Mekong River -- the country's lifeline that connects with Tonle Sap (Great Lake), Southeast Asia's largest lake, surrounded by fertile lowlands.
Bouncing around the hinterlands of Cambodia still begs caution, though, and travelers should be aware of the mass amounts of UXO (unexploded mines), poor road conditions, and the absence of proper medical services. Any of the larger tour operators are a good bet for arranging trips to the likes of mountainous Rattanakiri in the northeast, the Thai border area, or rural riverside towns along the Mekong. The country's only port, Sihanoukville, is a little beach destination that's growing in popularity. Intrepid travelers commonly rent motorcycles or brave rattletrap buses.
Known for warm, beguiling smiles that have weathered great hardship, Khmer people are very friendly, approachable, and helpful; but be warned that the hard sell is on in Cambodia, and you're sure to be harried, especially by the persistent young sellers at Angkor Wat. Nevertheless, travelers here are sure to meet with great kindness.
Tourism is growing in leaps and bounds, though, and there are many nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) here to do their part to rebuild and support the growing nation. Their activities, centered in offices in Phnom Penh, are what keep social services and the infrastructure at subsistence levels. If you're interested, volunteer opportunities abound and you can affect great change as a volunteer or through donations. The number of foreign aid workers means increased quality of services, and the hotels and restaurants in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh are on par with any in the region, although outside of these two centers, it's sparse.
If only to see the Angkor temples, the trip to Cambodia is worth it. This beguiling land that's shaking off the shackles of a devastating recent history is an exciting, emerging tourist destination.


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In all States and the District of Columbia, students must graduate from an approved nursing program and pass a national licensing examination, known as the NCLEX-RN. But there are many ways to get there!
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We can all be a little envious of those that tear through a project in just a few months due to having an excess of time, cash, talent, or a combination of the three. On the other end of the spectrum are the life-long projects that sit and wait for kids to go to college, for the house to get paid off, or for a business to become profitable. Whatever the reason, the car often ends up taking decades to build with many stoppages and even the occasional for sale sign in the car's window along the way. This month, reader Jim Dixon of Oxford, Mississippi, has just such a project—his '65 Mustang coupe that started as a project way back in 1979!
Jim tells us that his intention was to restore the car "better than the day it came off the factory assembly line." Notice we said intention.
"In the spring of 1979, I pulled this car from my grandparent's farm in western New York and trailered it to Rhode Island where I was living and working at the time," Jim tells us. He replaced a lot of the rusted and damaged sheetmetal and hung new fenders on the coupe; all this before he headed to college the next year. In 1983, Jim's parents moved back to Pennsylvania, taking the car with them, and storing it for him. Then his parents moved to Ohio in 1985, where Jim's father decided he was going to finish the car. Jim's father built a 289 and C4 automatic for the car and installed them. Five more years rolls by and Jim, having graduated college in 1990, relocated to Mississippi. He trailered the car once again from his parent's garage to his new home to continue working on it.
It took Jim until 1997 to finally get the body work completed and the car painted, only to come home from work one night to find that his two-year-old son, Coleman, had taken a body hammer to the side of the car and dented in the style line from the front to rear on the righthand side of the car. The car sat once again while life moved on, and Jim decided to sell the Mustang in 2002. However, Jim's father asked for the car back.
"So I trailer the unfinished car back to Ohio for him to complete. Fast forward 10 years to 2012, the car is almost in the same state as it was in 2002. I have to move my father into a retirement village and sell off most of his belongs. It looks like the Mustang is going to be sold in an unfinished state to some lucky buyer. However, at the request of Coleman, my body-hammer-wielding son, he wants it back so we can finish it and he can drive it his senior year of high school," Jim explains. Over the course of three decades Jim estimates the car travelled more than 4,200 miles and never burned a drop of gas! In the fall of 2012, the 289 that had been rebuilt in 1985 fired up for the first time and Jim and his son have been working on the car in earnest ever since.
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Adventure Teaching needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 77 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
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The Arrival Store is an arm of Adventure Teaching Inc. Adventure Teaching helps college graduates from English speaking countries (mostly USA and Canada) teach English in Asia for one year contracts. The arrival store is an online store where teachers can purchase unique and necessary items which will make their transition to living in the new country as smooth as possible. The Arrival Store delivers the items to the teachers upon their arrival in the host country. The current store can be viewed here: http://www.adventureteaching.com/addons.html. We will be re-branding and relaunching the store at the end of the month, so we need a new logo.
The site should appeal to 20 something adventurous types. Our common themes are "do something different and unique," "adventure," "travel and teach," "get out and see the world." The audience is usually recent college graduates but spans into the generations. The logo should be modern and "cool". In the end, we hope to have the store appeal to the overall population in the country that the store is located (several different countries will be involved further down the road), but the rule goes, if it is appealing to the foreigners, it will most likely be appealing to the host culture.
The Adventure Teaching colors are, dark red, gray, white, and black, so something along those lines would be nice to make the Arrival Store coordinate with the parent company (http://www.adventureteaching.com). The arrival store can play into the Adventure Teaching logo, although we are not completely satisfied with this logo. If you have a great idea that comes up for Adventure Teaching and you're feeling ambitious, feel free to send us designs for that as well. Perhaps if you win this one, we'll have you redesign that logo too.
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This month, Roberts offers some non-threatening strategies and solutions that new managers can use to implement necessary changes throughout the shop.
In my last column, I examined some of the problems that a reader faced as he took the management reins in a print shop that his company recently acquired. His mission was to quickly turn around the inefficiencies and the poor management practices that put the new business on the auction block in the first place and to make some key equipment investments geared towards the goal of bringing the shop back to profitability.
I talked about the importance of taking time to simply observe how things are done and avoid the danger of jumping in and making changes without first having the big picture clearly in focus. I also touched on ways to get the staff to work with you and not against you. Now it's time to formulate a successful plan that will help implement some very necessary changes. Before we get started, let's consider what our ultimate goals are beyond the obvious ones that we have already discussed.
I have observed during my many years in the screen-printing industry that you can gauge the level of efficiency by gauging the amount of manic activity that you observe daily in the workplace. If the production process is out of control, you will see workers' tempers flaring, equipment breaking, fingers pointing, and overtime required to simply keep afloat. If the process is under control, on the other hand, you'll see efficiency, a calm workforce, and a get-it-done attitude that sometimes borders on boring. Don't worry, in this business we all know it will never, ever get boring; nevertheless, it's the goal that we will work towards.
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At this point, it's very important to resist the urge to fix everything at once. As soon as you begin observing the production floor, you'll notice that things that need to be changed, and you will be tempted to jump in and start fixing everything. Don't do it. Stay detached until you have seen how the entire process works. Allow yourself time to understand how your changes will impact the way things function further down the line.
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Sydney, founded in 1788, is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. Sydney is located on the south-east coast of Australia and has more than 4.5 million inhabitants. It is widely considered to be one of the most livable and beautiful cities in the world. In fact, when most people think of Australia, it is Sydney that first comes to mind, with its beautiful beaches and iconic Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge. So what does Sydney have to offer an international student?
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Sydney is often considered to be one of the most expensive cities in the world, but it is not impossible for international students living on a budget to find lots of things to do.
For students who enjoy physical activity and nature, there are many places to hike, walk, and explore in Sydney. The Blue Mountains, located in the central areas of the Sydney Basin, offers a number of hiking trails for people of all athletic abilities to take short strolls, all-day hikes, or intense camping expeditions. Students drawn more to beaches can do the Bondi Beach to Coogee Beach walk. This walk takes you a little under four miles along the coastline, providing you with a view of various beautiful beaches and parks, and includes quite a bit of uphill terrain. You can also walk through the Royal Botanical Gardens, which feature a number of natural trails and sites. It is located along the Sydney Harbour, and features public art and sculptures scattered throughout the gardens. You might also choose to walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the largest steel-arch bridge in the world. The bridge was opened on March 19, 1932, and walking it has since become a popular activity for both locals and tourists. Walking across the bridge will give you a unique view of the city and harbor, as well as the bridge itself.
Students interested in religious iconography might be interested in visiting some of the religious sites of Sydney, such as St. Mary's Cathedral. St. Mary's is an English-style Gothic church, and was the first Roman Catholic church in Australia. It features stained glass windows from England, bright mosaic floors, fourteen large "Stations of the Cross" paintings, church bells, an organ, and the church crypt. St. Mary's offers free guided tours of the cathedral and crypt every Sunday. You might also visit the Sze Yup Kwan Ti Temple in Glebe, built in 1898. It is one of only two temples from pre-modern times that still exists in Sydney.
Artistically-minded students will find no shortage of things to do in Sydney. The Art Gallery of New South Wales showcases modern and contemporary art from around the world, and offers free guided tours of its five levels of galleries, rotating exhibitions, films, and music. The Museum of Contemporary Art is the only museum in Australia "dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting, and collecting contemporary art from across Australia and around the world," and also offers free guided tours. Students with a bit more whimsical tastes might visit The Art of Dr. Seuss, which features limited prints, sculptures, and drawings by the legendary Dr. Seuss.
Other museums in Sydney include The National Museum of Australia, which is free to enter and features exhibitions on the land, people, and culture of Australia, and the Rocks Discovery Museum, which tells the story of the historic area of Sydney's city center, the Rocks. The Australian National Maritime Museum is also located in Sydney, and is free to enter on the first Thursday of every month.
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You will also find a number of excellent universities in Sydney with a range of degrees in concentration. From English language courses to pursuing an MBA, there are a number of universities to chose from including:
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Last week, Sony announced its plan to bring disc-free streaming to its Playstation 3 console. That update is expected to go live today. Not to be outdone, Nintendo has announced that its own Wii users will be join the PS3 folks in finding creative new uses for their obsolete Netflix discs.
Starting today, Wii owners can install the Netflix application through the Wii Shop channel and start streaming content sans disc. Users will, of course, have to be Netflix subscribers with a plan starting at $8.99 ($7.99 in Canada) to take advantage of the service and have a broadband Internet connection. The application has no additional costs attached.
With both Nintendo and Sony on board, disc-free Netflix streaming is now available on all three major video game consoles. Microsoft's Xbox 360 became the first to support it nearly two years ago.
Sony also announced last week that it would be bringing HD video and Dolby 5.1 surround sound to its own Netflix application on the PS3. While Wii owners can rejoice in disc-free streaming, it looks like that kind of HD experience is one that they are going to have to learn to live without.


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Disaster in Haiti
Fall 2010
The air in the room was heavy. The conversation was an important one -- changes needed to be made about how this funding was being used. At the time, 55% of Haiti's PEPFAR funding was taken off the top for "administrative costs." And although Haiti did provide HIV medications, the system had serious problems that prevented people's needs from being met. A lack of housing and supportive services made providing comprehensive treatment and care very difficult. Haitians with HIV also suffered intense stigma that prevented them from obtaining services.
But something else happened that day that prevented these problems from being addressed -- an earthquake that changed everything. As the walls of the meeting room began to shake, and then to collapse, the people ran into the streets and saw the entire city of Port-au-Prince literally fall down around them. In seconds, the city's already precarious infrastructure collapsed into chaos.
Before the Earthquake
Haiti had once had the highest HIV prevalence in the Western Hemisphere: over 6% of its people had HIV. But significant progress had been made in slowing the epidemic, and HIV prevalence had dropped to 2.2% (lower than Washington D.C.'s rate of 3%).
Thanks in part to PEPFAR, Haiti had been able to provide 68 sites where people could get HIV treatment, and the country did extensive tracking of patients using an electronic system. The government regularly surveyed HIV and other health issues, and had launched an HIV testing campaign. Most importantly, Haiti had developed strong networks of people with HIV and of AIDS organizations that advocated and fought for prevention, care, and access to services.
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As the immediate panic subsided, people searched the rubble for those lost and did what they could to find safety. As days and weeks passed, it became clear that the earthquake, which killed almost 300,000 people and displaced over a million, threatened to undermine completely all of the progress that Haiti had made on HIV. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes, and hundreds of crude encampments sprung up in the hardest-hit areas in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. But as that temporary solution became more permanent, the encampments became increasingly dangerous. Orphaned children were at high risk of exploitation. Physical and sexual violence -- especially against women, children, and transgendered people -- escalated, placing people at risk for HIV. Open sex work and exchanging sex for food and shelter became common practices, further increasing the HIV risk.
In the months since the earthquake, the situation in Haiti has not improved. Although the international community responded with significant contributions to help overall recovery efforts, much of that funding has still not hit the ground, and very little of it was HIV-specific. Over 40% of Haitians who were receiving HIV treatment and care before the earthquake are no longer receiving it, and haven't been for almost a year.
HIV-positive Haitians had been told repeatedly that an emergency plan to address the situation was in the works but that plan, once drafted, showed no real change in the way that AIDS services would be provided after the earthquake. Most egregiously, people with HIV were not consulted during its creation, and most have never seen a final version.
Activism in Vienna
As the 2010 International AIDS Conference in Vienna approached, activists in New York and Haiti began to strategize about the messages that needed to be sent during the conference. Advocacy efforts in Haiti had not made much headway, and it was time to take the issue to the international stage.
Six of the delegates who traveled with New York's Housing Works to Vienna had come with PHAP+, a grassroots Haitian coalition of people with HIV and their service providers. They wanted the message to be clear: Haiti needed a post-disaster AIDS plan that included treatment, housing, food, shelter, and jobs. And Haitians with HIV needed to be involved in the process of deciding how to meet these needs.
Before the keynote speech by former President Bill Clinton (the U.N. special envoy to Haiti), a group of Housing Works and Haitian delegates placed themselves in the middle of the VIP section, directly in front of where he would be speaking. They were armed with banners, chants, and noisemakers, and were prepared to interrupt his speech to make their concerns known. Conference staff acted before the meeting even started, but the activists refused to leave the VIP area. The end result was a conversation between Haitian AIDS activist Esther Boucicault and President Bill Clinton in which he promised to address her concerns. Later that afternoon, Esther was able to meet with Clinton's staff to schedule a meeting, and Clinton himself agreed to visit one of her organization's clinics this fall.
The following day, PHAP+ and Housing Works organized a march. The group chanted their demands for treatment, housing, food, and jobs in English and Haitian Kreyol, making its way into the main session room, stopping the program. As the Haitian delegates made their way onto the stage, the conference speakers stepped aside and allowed Esther to take the microphone. She eloquently and boldly called for an emergency AIDS plan for Haiti. She informed the international HIV community that its donations had not been utilized but sat in banks across the world while people in Haiti were living in tents without clean water, food, or medical care. As her words were translated, the surprise in the room was unmistakable. Many in the audience clapped and cheered as the activists marched off the stage. Their demands had been heard.
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As TMZ first reported, the incident all went down after Kim took a photo with a male fan ... and the fan's girlfriend flipped out.
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Scientists Find Causes for Gender Differences in Liver Cancer
Scientists have determined why men develop liver cancer at a higher rate than women.Men are four times more likely to develop liver cancer compared to women, due to the sex hormones androgren, the male sex hormone, and estrogen, the female sex hormone.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania recently discovered the reason estrogen hormones prevents against liver cancer and androgen hormones increase the risk of liver cancer is due to the proteins the sex hormones bind to. Specifically a group of proteins called Foxa 1 and 2.
Study findings were published in the medical journal Cell.
In past studies, when lab mice were given a liver carcinogen, male mice grew several tumors, while females grew only a small amount, however, these results were reversed when scientists removed the Foxa gene after they induced the mice with cancer, and showed that the actions of both estrogens and androgens in the liver are Foxa dependent, which explains the reversed cancer results among the different gender of mice.
Although results of this experiment were informative, a different approach would be needed by researchers to asses the liver cancer risks among humans, as there are 5,000 different places in the human DNA where Foxa factors can attach themselves.
They looked for specific genetic genetic markers called SNP's, which is a DNA sequence variation that occurs when a single DNA building block differs amongst members of a biological species, or "paired chromosomes in an individual, according to what the authors wrote.
Since researchers already knew that in women the estrogen receptor protects against liver cancer, they look for SNP markers within Foxa binding sites in tissue samples from those who did and didn't have liver cancer.
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SUFFERN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 2, 2012-- Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASNA) and Charming Shoppes, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHRS) today jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Ascena will acquire Charming Shoppes in a cash transaction valued at approximately $890 million. Ascena has agreed to make a cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of Charming Shoppes common stock at a price of $7.35 per share. The tender offer is expected to commence within 10 business days. Subject to customary conditions and approvals, the transaction is expected to close during the second calendar quarter of 2012.
Founded in 1940 and headquartered in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, Charming Shoppes is a leading apparel retailer specializing in women's plus-size apparel. Charming Shoppes is the parent company of three distinct brands - Lane Bryant, Catherines Plus Sizes and Fashion Bug - and operates over 1,800 retail stores nationwide and store-related e-commerce websites. Charming Shoppes also operates Figi's, a direct marketing business.
"Charming Shoppes is a superb strategic fit for Ascena," said Ascena President and CEO David Jaffe. "A key component of our growth strategy over the past several years has been to make highly selective and powerful acquisitions. We've built a family of retail brands, each serving a unique customer niche, with a culture that embraces the sharing of resources, new ideas and talented team members. Over the past few years, we have welcomed into our family new brands and new team members while delivering increasing value to shareholders. We believe that Charming Shoppes will be no exception."
"The Board of Directors of Charming Shoppes is pleased with this transaction, which represents the outcome of the strategic review and extensive sale process we commenced on December 1, 2011," said Michael Goldstein, Chairman of the Board of Charming Shoppes. "In addition to partnering with a buyer that can support the future growth and development of our businesses, the $7.35 per share consideration represents a premium of 25% to the closing market price of Charming Shoppes common stock on May 1, 2012 and an 89% premium to the unaffected share price of Charming Shoppe's common stock on November 30, 2011, the day prior to our announcement of our strategic review process. We are confident that this transaction is in the best interests of our shareholders."
Anthony M. Romano, President and Chief Executive Officer of Charming Shoppes said, "I would like to say how pleased we are to join the Ascena Retail Group. David and his team have an excellent track record of acquiring and seamlessly integrating brands with a strong market niche and growth potential, hallmarks of our Charming Shoppes' brands. While we are proud of our progress and accomplishments and believe our brands are now poised for growth, this business combination is extremely powerful, offers a compelling premium in recognition of our significant progress and is in the best interests of our shareholders. The Ascena team are some of the best retail executives in the business, and they have built a world-class specialty retailing organization."
The tender offer is subject to customary conditions, including that the holders of a minimum of a majority of the fully diluted shares of Charming Shoppes tender, and do not withdraw, their shares prior to the expiration of the tender offer. Simultaneously with the acceptance of the tendered shares, Ascena will have the option, if less than 80% of the outstanding shares of Charming Shoppes are tendered, to acquire additional, newly issued shares of Charming Shoppes such that, after giving effect to the exercise of the option, Ascena will own more than 80% of the outstanding shares, whereupon Ascena will be able to merge its acquisition subsidiary into Charming Shoppes in a short-form merger that will not require any further vote of shareholders. Holders who do not tender their shares will receive the same consideration, $7.35 per share, in the merger. The consummation of the transaction is not subject to financing, and Ascena has obtained commitments for financing that, together with cash on hand, will be sufficient to fund the transaction. The boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved the terms of the transaction. Upon completion of the acquisition, Charming Shoppes will operate as a separate subsidiary of Ascena. Charming Shoppes is currently led by CEO Anthony Romano. "Tony and his team are talented retailers and we look forward to their partnership as we move forward in this process," Jaffe said.
BofA Merrill Lynch is acting as financial advisor and Proskauer Rose LLP as legal advisors for Ascena Retail Group, Inc. Barclays is acting as financial advisor and Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP as legal advisors to Charming Shoppes, Inc.
Conference Call Information
Ascena Retail Group, Inc. and Charming Shoppes, Inc. will conduct a joint conference call later this morning, May 2, 2012 at 10:30 AM Eastern Time to review the transaction. Parties interested in participating in this call should dial in at 617-213-8845 five minutes prior to the start time, the passcode is 78812084. The call will also be simultaneously broadcast at http://www.ascenaretail.com and http://www.charmingshoppes.com. A recording of the call will be available shortly after its conclusion and until June 2, 2012 by dialing 617-801-6888, the passcode is 40317428.
About Ascena Retail Group, Inc.
Ascena Retail Group, Inc. is a leading national specialty retailer of apparel for women and tween girls, operating through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the dressbarn, maurices and Justice brands. The Company operates through its subsidiaries over 2,500 stores throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.
dressbarn offers casual, career and special occasion fashion apparel and accessories at value prices for women ages 35-55, operates 836 stores in 48 states. maurices offers casual and career apparel and accessories at value prices to the fashion-conscious woman, ages 17-34 with a 20-something attitude, and operates 810 stores in 44 states and Canada. Justice offers trend-right apparel and accessories at value prices for tween girls ages 7-14 and operates 920 stores in 46 states, Puerto Rico and Canada.
For more information, visit http://www.ascenaretail.com, http://www.dressbarn.com, http://www.maurices.com and http://www.shopjustice.com.
About Charming Shoppes, Inc.
Charming Shoppes, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHRS) is a leading apparel retailer specializing in women's plus-size apparel. At April 28, 2012, Charming Shoppes, Inc. operated 1,832 retail stores in 48 states under the names LANE BRYANT®, CACIQUE®, LANE BRYANT OUTLET®, FASHION BUG®, FASHION BUG PLUS® and CATHERINES PLUS SIZES®. The company also operates the Figi's family of brands, including the holiday food and gifts catalog Figi's® Gifts in Good Taste®, the home and gifts catalog Figi's® Gallery and its wholesale unit Figi's Business Services. For more information about Charming Shoppes and its brands, please visit http://www.charmingshoppes.com, http://www.lanebryant.com, http://www.cacique.com, http://www.fashionbug.com, http://www.catherines.com, http://www.loop18.com, http://www.figis.com and http://www.figisgallery.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements, which include all statements other than those made solely with respect to historical fact. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and neither Ascena nor Charming Shoppes undertakes any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the statements, including the following: (a) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement; (b) the inability to complete the transaction due to the failure to satisfy conditions to the transaction; (c) the risk that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations; (d) the risk that anticipated synergies and opportunities as a result of the transaction will not be realized; (e) difficulties or unanticipated expenses in connection with integrating Charming Shoppes into Ascena; (f) the risk that the acquisition does not perform as planned, including the risk that the combined business will not achieve anticipated revenue and profitability improvements; and (g) potential difficulties in employee retention following the closing of the transaction.
The tender offer described herein has not yet been commenced. The description contained herein is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities of Charming Shoppes. At the time the tender offer is commenced, Ascena and its wholly owned subsidiary intend to file a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO containing an offer to purchase, forms of letters of transmittal and other documents relating to the tender offer, and Charming Shoppes intends to file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14d-9 with respect to the tender offer. Ascena, its wholly owned subsidiary and Charming Shoppes intend to mail these documents to the shareholders of Charming Shoppes. These documents will contain important information about the tender offer, and shareholders of Charming Shoppes are urged to read them carefully when they become available. Shareholders of Charming Shoppes will be able to obtain a free copy of these documents (when they become available) and other documents filed by Charming Shoppes or Ascena with the SEC at the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, shareholders will be able to obtain a free copy of these documents (when they become available) from Ascena by contacting Ascena at 30 Dunnigan Drive, Suffern, NY 10901, attention: Investor Relations, or from Charming Shoppes by contacting Charming Shoppes at 3750 State Road, Bensalem, PA 19020, attention: Investor Relations.
Source: Ascena Retail Group, Inc. and Charming Shoppes, Inc.
INVESTORS:ASCENA RETAIL GROUP, INC.Ascena Retail Group, Inc.Armand Correia, 845-369-4600Executive Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerorICR, Inc.James Palczynski, 203-682-8229Principal and DirectororCHARMING SHOPPES, INC.Charming Shoppes, Inc.Gayle M Coolick, 215-638-6955Vice President, Investor RelationsorMEDIA:ICR, Inc.James McCusker, 203-682-8245orKekst and CompanyDawn Dover, 212-521-4817


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Otto Selz (14 February 1881 – 27 August 1943) was a German psychologist from Munich, Bavaria, who formulated the first nonassociationist theory of thinking, in 1913.[1][2] Selz used the method of introspection, but unlike his predecessors, his theory developed without the use of images and associations. Wilhelm Wundt used the method of introspection in the 1880s, but thought that higher-level mental processes could not be studied in the scientific laboratory.
Selz's ideas anticipated some major concepts in modern cognitive psychology, including the following:
- The unit of thought is the directed association.
- Understanding a problem involves forming a structure.
- Solving a problem involves testing for conditions.
Selz's career was shortened by Nazi policies in Europe, which banned him from his profession and eventually took his life, in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Until recently, his works were largely untranslated from German into English.
In 2004, philosopher and psychologist Michel ter Hark (Groningen, the Netherlands) published a book called Popper, Otto Selz and the Rise of Evolutionary Epistemology, in which he claims that Karl Popper got part of his ideas from Selz. Selz himself never published his ideas, partly because of the rise of Nazism which forced him to quit his work in 1933, and the prohibition of referencing to Selz' work.
- ↑ Otto Selz, German psychologist February 14 in History at www.brainyhistory.com
- ↑ Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies August 27 in History at www.brainyhistory.com
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- Hark, Michel ter. (2010). The Psychology of Thinking Before the Cognitive Revolution: Otto Selz on Problems, Schemas, and Creativity. History of Psychology, 13(1), 2–24.
- Mayer, R.E. (1992). Thinking, problem solving, cognition. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.
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- Bio of Otto Selz at the University of Mannheim (in German).
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Eurocopter's X3 high-speed hybrid helicopter combines fixed- and rotary-wing flying characteristics
Conventional wisdom is being challenged on both sides of the Atlantic, where Sikorsky's X2 and now Eurocopter's X3 are showing that helicopters need not be slow and that a 50% increase in speed is achievable at reasonable cost. The prospect of cruising at 220 kt., not today's 150 kt., has both commercial and military helicopter operators seriously interested, particularly for long-range missions.
View a video of the X-3 in flight.
The X3, or "X-cubed," is a technology demonstrator designed to validate Eurocopter's High-speed, long-range Hybrid Helicopter, or H3, concept, says Jean-Jacques Ferrier, head of innovation. The H3 would be a family of helicopters ranging from 5-14 tons for markets such as long-range search and rescue, deep offshore oil and gas exploitation, corporate transport and military missions.
Hybrid helicopter technology will allow Eurocopter "to offer our customers about 50% more cruise speed and range at very affordable costs," says President and CEO Lutz Bertling. The company's goal is an increase in life-cycle cost of only 20-25%. The H3 will "increase productivity as long as the benefit of those higher speeds outweighs the cost of purchasing, operating and maintaining the machine. The overall mission price will thus be significantly decreased whenever mission time is a determining factor," he says.
Aviation Week was given the opportunity to fly the X3 shortly after it arrived at American Eurocopter's headquarters in Grand Prairie, Texas, in mid-June to begin a U.S. marketing tour. This was to include demonstrations to the U.S. military at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., home of the Army's Aviation & Missile Command; Fort Bragg, N.C.; and Fort Belvoir, Va., just a few miles south of the Pentagon.
The basic principle of the X3 is that two propellers provide forward thrust while wings, albeit short, produce lift that reduces the load on the rotor. The lift provided by the wings increases with speed, reducing the load on the rotor by 40-50%. It is this reduction in blade loading that enables the X3 to fly faster.
In a conventional helicopter, the velocity of the advancing rotor blade increases and that of retreating blade decreases as the speed of the helicopter accelerates. The advancing blade is traveling at the rotor rotational velocity plus the forward speed of the helicopter; the retreating blade is traveling at the rotor rpm minus helicopter speed. The tip of the advancing blade can go supersonic while the trailing blade can stall. As this dissymmetry in blade speed widens, drag and vibration increase. The key to increasing helicopter speed is to fix these two problems.
Sikorsky's X2 tackles this through a coaxial contra-rotating rotor system, the advancing blades on opposite sides producing the lift and allowing the retreating blades to be offloaded. Eurocopter resolves it by removing from the main rotor the need to provide thrust and all of the lift. Propulsion is shifted to the propellers and lift partially offloaded to the wing, allowing rotor rpm to be reduced. Rotor rpm is automatically slowed by up to 15% as forward speed increases, Ferrier says. This reduction in rotor rpm allows a significantly higher forward velocity before the aircraft reaches its never-exceed speed.
Primary objectives of the X3 program are to develop and validate the H3 concept in terms of aircraft control and trim strategies, anti-torque control, propulsion systems, variable rotor speed and power-system management, Ferrier says.
The aircraft first flew September 6, 2010, with testing performed at the Istres flight test center in southern France. Initial flights took the aircraft to 180 kt., the speed limit set by the initial transmission. After upgrading the gearboxes, flights resumed in March 2011, achieving a sustained maximum speed of 232 kt. in May that year, "while using less than 80% of available power," Ferrier says. Speed will be increased gradually throughout the test program. Current cruise speed is 180 kt. Operational specifications for the future H3 aircraft include a high cruise speed in excess of 220 kt.
To produce an experimental concept demonstrator as rapidly as possible, but at minimum cost, Eurocopter borrowed heavily from its existing helicopters. The fuselage is from the AS365N3 Dauphin and the entire rotor system, from swashplate to blades, is from the EC155. The main gearbox is from the new EC175, but instead of a driveshaft to an anti-torque tail-rotor it has two shafts going to left and right reduction gearboxes to drive the two wingtip propellers, supplied by Germany's MT-Propeller. The twin Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 engines, rated at 2,300 shp each, are from the NH90.
The X3 has no tail-rotor. The aft section consists of a wide horizontal stabilizer with twin vertical stabilizers. At low speed, rotor anti-torque compensation is provided by differential pitch angle between the left and right propellers, directly controlled by the pilot putting in the appropriate foot pedal movement. At high speed, anti-torque is provided by computer-controlled fin flaps.
Since the rotors on French-designed helicopters turn clockwise, as viewed from the cockpit, the advancing blade comes from the left, causing the nose to yaw to the left as power is applied. The pilot instinctively applies right pedal to counter this. As right pedal input is applied, propeller pitch increases on the left side while decreasing on the right, bringing the nose back around to the front.
Our initial "walk around" at Grand Prairie revealed two additional features designed to help with torque control. The twin vertical stabilizers each have a narrow aileron at the trailing edge. These move automatically above 80 kt. to balance propeller torque at high speed. A series of metal tabs just forward of the vertical ailerons acts as vortex generators to improve their efficiency.
The aircraft also has a strake along the starboard side of the tailboom. As the retreating blade passes over the tail, the downwash accelerates around and under the boom, creating a low-pressure area. Just as airflow over a wing provides lift, the low-pressure area on the boom tries to pull the tail to the right. The strake breaks up the airflow, increasing anti-torque control as well as reducing the power required for hovering.
As with any experimental aircraft, the X3 is set up to record every aspect of flight. Cameras are located both on the fuselage and in the cabin, including a 3-D camera on the front panel focused on the pilots and flight-test engineers.
The instrument panel was based on the EC155, but greatly expanded to provide a wide array of readings for every system in the aircraft. For the purposes of our flight, the primary instruments were two multi-function displays on each side of the panel showing standard flight parameters such as airspeed and altitude, as well as a single display that showed only the true airspeed, propeller pitch and vertical climb speed in ft./min. Another highlights propeller pitch and both rotor and propeller torque.
Since the rotor and propellers are driven by the single gearbox, starting the No. 1 engine begins all three turning simultaneously. The No. 2 engine is then brought on line as in any twin-engined aircraft. Conversely, on shutdown, stopping the rotor with the rotor brake simultaneously stops the two propellers.
I was flying with Eurocopter test pilot Herve Jammayrac, who I had flown with eight years earlier for a pilot report on the EC225. Since this is not a production aircraft, we spent virtually no time on specifications such as payload weight limitations or power settings in various flight modes. Of key interest were propeller pitch settings and speeds at various stages of flight, as well as rotor rpm readings. I was also interested in torque readings, since the transmission can be a limiting factor.
Jammayrac says that, in a production H3, standard rotor speed will be about 340 rpm, dropping to about 310 rpm at higher airspeeds as lift shifts to the wing. For ease of manufacture, the X3's rotor speed is fixed at 310 rpm.
Pitch of the propeller blades is set by the throttle control lever (TCL), a "coolie hat" toggle switch on the collective-grip control box. A much larger back-up throttle, similar to fixed-wing engine power levers, is located on the center console, but not generally used, Jammayrac says. Only a slight thumb movement on the TCL is needed to either increase or decrease prop pitch.
When we were cleared to taxi from Eurocopter's helipad out to the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport, Jammayrac simply released the brakes and applied minimum pressure to the "coolie hat" to get us rolling along the taxiway, "driving" the X3 like a prop-powered fixed-wing aircraft.
Once outside the company area, Jammayrac brought the X3 to about a 5-ft. hover, with both engines producing a combined 48% torque on a 93F day. Hovering the X3 is the same as in any helicopter, just a matter of being steady on the controls. Low-speed flight seemed perfectly normal, both forward and sideward.
Winds were gusting around 18 kt., but seemed to have little impact on the hover. One difference from a helicopter is that without a tail rotor, there is no loss of tail-rotor authority in winds. In helicopter mode, using rotor cyclic instead of prop pitch to accelerate, the X3 would stay below 80 kt. as the propellers act as aero brakes.
Once established in a stable hover, takeoff is accomplished by simply pushing forward on the TCL toggle switch. As propeller pitch and aircraft speed increase, rotor pitch decreases and more power is directed to the propellers, to the point where the X3 is basically a fixed-wing aircraft taking off 5 ft. above the runway.
The aircraft maintains a level attitude, with no dropping of the nose. But Jammayrac pointed out that by using rotor cyclic control, combined with prop pitch, you can take off with a nose-low, -level or -high attitude, depending on your preference.
If there was any translational lift as we moved from hover to forward flight, I did not notice it. The aircraft just started climbing. Our takeoff was done with roughly 29-31% torque, then we climbed up to about 2,000 ft. at 110 kt. at 27% torque.
Once the takeoff is established and the aircraft reaches 60 kt., rotor collective pitch was reduced to a fixed setting of 5 deg. Acceleration and deceleration is then performed with the TCL beep button while flight direction is controlled through the cyclic stick. Feet come completely off the pedals since the aircraft is computer trimmed through propeller pitch. Essentially, the aircraft is flying in airplane mode, with the cyclic being the control yoke and TCL toggle switch being the throttle.
When we were clear of the controlled area, Jammayrac pushed the TLC forward and put us in a 3,000 ft./min. climb at 118 kt. at 20% torque, climbing to 7,000 ft. The X3 literally pushes you back in the seat as though it is a corporate jet on climb-out. Performance limits for climbs are up to 5,500 ft./min. with a climb slope of 40 deg.
As mentioned, the dissymmetry in blade speeds causes increasing vibration. Traditionally these are controlled through use of either passive dampeners or active devices that sense and counter the vibration frequencies. No anti-vibration systems are installed on the X3 and test pilots who have flown the aircraft at speeds in excess of 232 kt. say that neither vibration nor stability appear to be a problem, and that the aircraft can be flown hands-off without either anti-vibration or stability-augmentation systems installed.
It is still too early to determine whether such systems will be needed in a production aircraft, but Eurocopter says the X3 "has validated the H3 concept beyond expectations, [and] even at 232 kt. is behaving like a flying carpet without autopilot or stabilization systems, and can be flown hands-off." We took the X3 up to 220 kt., where I found the aircraft can indeed be flown hands-off with good stability, but with a noticeable amount of vibration.
As for stability, I was able to put the aircraft into a series of turns increasing to 60 deg. of bank, with feet off the pedals and collective lever down, maintaining both altitude and airspeed—more or less. In unfamiliar helicopters I tend to lose a couple hundred feet of altitude while losing or gaining 10-20 kt. in sharp turns, but in the X3 the loss or gain was about half that, or less. Turn-speed limitations are 45 deg. at 220 kt. and 60 deg. at 210 kt.
The aircraft does have a four-axis autopilot, taken from the EC155. At one point while I had the aircraft in straight and level flight, Jammayrac turned off the autopilot. The cyclic got just "squirrelly" enough to notice it, but not so much that it would present a problem.
Returning to the airfield, Jammayrac set us up for a standard arrival, maintaining level flight during the entire approach—which was just a bit disconcerting since on conventional helicopters the view changes as the nose is pulled up to reduce speed. Speed was adjusted with the TCL beep button until about 50 kt. At that point, the aircraft transitions back to helicopter mode, where speed is controlled with the cyclic and altitude with the collective.
Eurocopter is not predicting when a next-generation hybrid helicopter will roll off the production line, although executives acknowledge that "usually a period of 10 years is necessary before an aircraft of this type can be introduced on the market." But the company also says X3 technology may be integrated into "certain products" in the Eurocopter family by the end of the decade.
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