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Optional coverage
To cover activities such as motorcycle riding, motor scooter riding, mountaineering, hang gliding, parachuting, bungee jumping, caving and heliskiing.
The following exclusion applies to all coverages:
We will not pay for any loss under the plan, caused by, or resulting from:
11. scuba diving, mountain climbing, bungee cord jumping, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding, parasailing or travel on any air supported device, other than on a regularly scheduled airline or air charter company;
If you purchased the Adventurer Plus Lifestyle Pak in addition to your Travelex Protection Plan, you will receive the following, subject to the terms and conditions of the benefits as outlined in the Description of Coverage.
Recreational Sporting Equipment Rental Benefits
We will reimburse you, up to the amount shown in the Schedule, for expenses to rent sporting equipment if your sporting equipment is lost, stolen, damaged or delayed for 12 hours or more, while on a Covered Trip. Receipts for the expenses incurred must be submitted for reimbursement, along with written proof that your sporting equipment was lost, stolen, damaged or delayed.
Emergency Medical Expense Benefits Increases Maximum Benefit amount to a total of $75,000.
Search & Rescue
If you become lost, disoriented or reported missing, while on a Covered Trip, during a recreational activity that could be anticipated for that person's abilities and expertise, we will pay a benefit on behalf of the you, for the costs for one (1) organized Search and Rescue by appropriate authorities, up to $10,000, not to exceed four days.
We will pay a benefit if:
1. a formal report is made for you in need of a Search and Rescue to an agency or authority who can activate a Search and Rescue; and
2. the agency or authority is provided with enough specific and credible details of how, when, where you might be located, so that an official and organized Search and Rescue can be activated.
Specific Waiver of Liability for Search and Rescue:
If you request this benefit, you understand that we and any affiliated party offering this benefit, does not accept any liability from the rescue situation, and you, and all minors, dependents, relatives, and interested or disinterested parties agree to forever waive, any and all liability to us or any rescue team, company, entity, and/ or volunteer, for injuries, stress, death, disablement, sickness, or any claims, reason, or cause whatsoever from any Search and Rescue used to attempt to reach you, assist the person, or respond in any way to you Search and Rescue, regardless of whether the Search and Rescue was ever initiated, cancelled, delayed, misdirected, or unable to locate, rescue, or stabilize you. If any part of this is held invalid, it does not invalidate the other parts or any other parties' waivers.
Claims Procedures:
The person must obtain itemized receipts of services and costs from the authorities who seek payment, as well as documentation from the resort at the Covered Trip destination.
Exclusions Specific to Search and Rescue:
We will not pay for any loss under this benefit, caused by, or resulting from:
1. heli-skiing;
2. extreme skiing;
3. fines, damages, penalties, or litigation that may be imposed against you as a result of their activities or actions.
General Plan Exclusions
The following general plan exclusions have been lifted from your policy during your Covered Trip: scuba diving, mountain climbing, bungee cord jumping, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding, parasailing or travel on any air supported device, other than on a regularly scheduled airline or air charter company.
In this Description of Coverage, "you", "your" and "yours" refer to the Insured. "We", "us" and "our" refer to the company providing the coverage. In addition certain words and phrases are defined as follows:
Accident means a sudden, unexpected, unintended and external event, which causes Injury.
Actual Cash Value means purchase price less depreciation.
Baggage means luggage, personal possessions and travel documents taken by you on the Covered Trip.
Business Partner means an individual who is involved, as a partner, with you in a legal general partnership and shares in the management of the business.
Common Carrier means any land, water or air conveyance operated under a license for the transportation of passengers for hire.
Covered Trip means a period of travel away from Home to a destination outside your city of residence and the Trip does not exceed 180 days.
Deductible means the amount, which must be incurred by you before benefits are paid under the plan. The Deductible is equal to the amount shown in the Schedule for each person insured.
Domestic Partner means a person who is at least eighteen years of age and you can show: 1) evidence of financial interdependence, such as joint bank accounts or credit cards, jointly owned property, and mutual life insurance or pension beneficiary designations; 2) evidence of cohabitation for at least the previous 6 months; and 3) an affidavit of domestic partnership if recognized by the jurisdiction within which they reside.
Elective Treatment And Procedures means any medical treatment or surgical procedure that is not medically necessary including any service, treatment, or supplies that are deemed by the federal, or a state or local government authority, or by us to be research or experimental or that is not recognized as a generally accepted medical practice.
Exotic Vehicle includes Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Auburn, Avanti, Bentley, Bertone, BMC/Leyland, BMW M Series, Bradley, Bricklin, Cosworth, Citroen, Clenet, De Lorean, Excalibre, Ferrari, Fiat, Iso, Jaguar, Jensen Healy, Lamborghini, Lancia, Lotus, Maserati, Morgan, Opel, Pantera, Panther, Pininfarina, Rolls Royce, Rover, Stutz, Sterling, Triumph, TVR, Yugo, Corvette, Mercedes Benz, Porsche and MG.
Family Member includes your or the Traveling Companion's dependent, spouse, child, spouse's child, son-daughter-in-law, parent(s), sibling(s), brother-sister, grandparent(s), grandchild, step brother-sister, step-parent(s), parent(s)-in-law, brother-sister-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, guardian, Domestic Partner, foster-child, or ward.
Financial Insolvency means complete suspension of operations due to insolvency, with or without the filing of a bankruptcy petition, whether voluntary or involuntary, by a tour operator, cruise line, airline, rental car company, hotel, condominium, railroad, motor coach company, or other supplier of travel services other than the person, organization, agency or firm from whom you directly purchased or paid for your Covered Trip provided the Financial Insolvency occurs more than 14 days following your effective date for the Trip Cancellation Benefits. There is no coverage for the complete suspension of operations for losses caused by fraud or negligent misrepresentation by the supplier of travel services.
Home means your primary or secondary residence.
Hospital means an institution, which meets all of the following requirements: (1) it must be operated according to law; (2) it must give 24 hour medical care, diagnosis and treatment to the sick or injured on an inpatient basis; (3) it must provide diagnostic and surgical facilities supervised by Physicians; (4) registered nurses must be on 24 hour call or duty; and (5) the care must be given either on the hospital's premises or in facilities available to the hospital on a pre-arranged basis.
A Hospital is not: a rest, convalescent, extended care, rehabilitation or other nursing facility; a facility which primarily treats mental illness, alcoholism, or drug addiction (or any ward, wing or other section of the hospital used for such purposes); or a facility which provides hospice care (or wing, ward or other section of a hospital used for such purposes).
Injury means bodily harm caused by an Accident which: 1) occurs while your coverage is in effect under the plan; and 2) requires examination and treatment by a Physician. The Injury must be the direct cause of loss and must be independent of all other causes and must not be caused by, or result from, Sickness.
Insured means an eligible person who arranges a Covered Trip and pays any required plan payment.
Insurer means Stonebridge Casualty Insurance Company which is changing its name to Transamerica Casualty Insurance Company.
Payments or Deposits means the amount actually paid for the Insured's Covered Trip. Payments or Deposits may be made by cash, check, credit card, prepaid vouchers, incurred change fees, administrative fees, and Currency Units. Payments made in the form of a non-paid certificate, non-paid voucher or discount are not Payments or Deposits as defined herein.
Physician means a person licensed as a medical doctor by the jurisdiction in which he/she is resident to practice the healing arts, including a chiropractic and Christian Science practitioner. He/she must be practicing within the scope of his/her license for the service or treatment given and may not be you, a Traveling Companion, or a Family Member of yours.
Policy means the contract issued to the Policyholder providing the benefits specified herein.
Policyholder means the legal entity in whose name this Policy is issued, as shown on the Benefit Schedule.
Pre-existing Condition means an illness, disease, or other condition during the 60 day period immediately prior to the date the plan payment has been received by the Policyholder for which you or your Traveling Companion, Domestic Partner, Business Partner or Family Member is scheduled or booked to travel with you:
1. received or received a recommendation for a diagnostic test, examination, or medical treatment; or
2. took or received a prescription for drugs or medicine.
Schedule means the Benefit Schedule shown Description of Coverage for each Insured.
Scheduled Departure Date means the date on which you are originally scheduled to leave on your Covered Trip.
Scheduled Return Date means the date on which you are originally scheduled to return to the point where the Covered Trip started or to a different final destination.
Sickness means an illness or disease of the body which: 1) requires examination and treatment by a Physician, and 2) commences while the plan is in effect. An illness or disease of the body which first manifests itself and then worsens or becomes acute prior to the effective date of this plan is not a Sickness as defined herein and is not covered by the plan.
Terrorist Act means an act of violence, other than civil disorder or riot, (that is not an act of war, declared or undeclared) that results in loss of life or major damage to property, by any person acting alone or on behalf of or in connection with any organization which is generally recognized as having the intent to overthrow or influence the control of any government.
Traveling Companion means a person who during the Covered Trip will accompany the Insured.
A group or tour leader is not considered a Traveling Companion unless you are sharing room accommodations with the group or tour leader.
Usual and Customary Charge means those charges for necessary treatment and services that are reasonable for the treatment of cases of comparable severity and nature. This will be derived from the mean charge based on the experience in a related area of the service delivered and the MDR (Medical Data Research) schedule of fees valued at the 100th percentile.
The following exclusion applies to the Accidental Death & Dismemberment coverage:
We will not pay for loss caused by or resulting from Sickness of any kind.
The following exclusion applies to the Emergency Medical & Dental Expense, Trip Cancellation, Trip Interruption, Trip Delay and Missed Cruise Connection coverages:
We will not pay for loss or expense caused by or incurred resulting from a Pre-Existing Condition, as defined in the plan, including death that results therefrom. This Exclusion does not apply to benefits under covered expenses for emergency medical evacuation or repatriation of remains of the Emergency Evacuation and Repatriation coverage.
Waiver of the Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion The Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion is waived provided you meet all of the following requirements:
1. the payment for this plan is received within 21 days from the date you paid the initial Covered Trip deposit/payment for your Covered Trip;
2. you are not disabled from travel at the time you makes your plan payment;
3. you insure all prepaid Covered Trip costs that are subject to cancellation penalties or restrictions and also insure the cost of any subsequent arrangements added to your Covered Trip within 21 days of the payment for those arrangements.
The following exclusion applies to all coverages: We will not pay for any loss under the plan, caused by, or resulting from:
1. suicide, attempted suicide, or intentionally self-inflicted injury of you, your Traveling Companion or Family Member booked to travel with you, while sane or insane (while sane in CO and MO);
2. mental, nervous, or psychological disorders, except if hospitalized (does not apply to Medical Expense Benefits);
3. being under the influence of drugs or intoxicants, unless prescribed by a Physician;
4. normal pregnancy or resulting childbirth (except for complications of pregnancy or as specifically provided under Trip Cancellation) or elective abortion;
5. participation as a professional in athletics while on your Covered Trip;
6. riding or driving in any motor competition;
7. declared or undeclared war, or any act of war;
8. civil disorder (does not apply to Trip Delay), travel warning/alert;
9. service in the armed forces of any country;
10. operating or learning to operate any aircraft, as pilot or crew;
11. scuba diving, mountain climbing, bungee cord jumping, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding, parasailing or travel on any air supported device, other than on a regularly scheduled airline or air charter company;
12. any criminal acts, committed by you;
13. a loss or damage caused by detention, confiscation or destruction by customs;
14. Elective Treatment and Procedures;
15. medical treatment during or arising from a Covered Trip undertaken for the purpose or intent of securing medical treatment;
16. a loss that results from an illness, disease, or other condition, event or circumstance and the loss occurs at a time when the plan is not in effect for you;
17. a diagnosed sickness from which no recovery is expected and which only palliative treatment is provided and which carries a prognosis of death within 12 months of your Effective Date; Sickness, Injury or Death if insurance is purchased after entering a hospice facility or receiving hospice treatment.
The following exclusion applies to the Baggage & Personal Effects and Baggage Delay coverages:
We will not pay for damage to or loss of:
1. animals;
2. property used in trade, business or for the production of income, household furniture, musical instruments, brittle or fragile articles, or sporting equipment if the loss results from the use thereof;
3. boats, motors, motorcycles, motor vehicles, aircraft, and other conveyances or equipment, or parts for such conveyances;
4. artificial limbs or other prosthetic devices, artificial teeth, dental bridges, dentures, dental braces, retainers or other orthodontic devices, hearing aids, any type of eyeglasses, sunglasses or contact lenses;
5. documents or tickets, except for administrative fees required to reissue tickets;
6. money, stamps, stocks and bonds, postal or money orders, securities, accounts, bills, deeds, food stamps or credit cards, except as noted above;
7. property shipped as freight or shipped prior to the Scheduled Departure Date;
8. contraband.
We will not pay for loss arising from:
1. defective materials or craftsmanship; or
2. normal wear and tear, gradual deterioration, inherent vice; or
3. rodents, animals, insects or vermin; or
4. theft or pilferage from an unattended vehicle; or
5. mysterious disappearance; or
6. electrical current, including electric arcing that damages or destroys electrical devices or appliances.


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- - Another Maryland tax question (http://www.sailnet.com/forums/chesapeake-bay/90948-another-maryland-tax-question.html)
Another Maryland tax question
I know there has been some discussion of taxes levied by MD when you bring a boat into the State, but I don't think I've seen anyone mention what happens if you were to take the boat out of MD water for a period of time (assume long enough to be taxed in another juristiciton) and then returned to MD waters after a period of time. Would you be subject to addtional use tax for bringing the boat back into MD?
Was Matt Rutheford presented with a tax bill for 5% of St. Brendan's value when he crossed back into MD waters after a year away?
Re: Another Maryland tax question
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Sales/use tax is typically a one time event per owner/vessel/state. Some states allow credit for sales/use tax the owner paid in a different state.
Re: Another Maryland tax question
Reciprocal State Taxes | The Auto Port Inc
Maryland appears to levy an excise tax not a use tax check with a professional.
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If you have a documented receipt of previous sales taxes paid in Maryland, or receipt of sales taxes paid to another state that is sufficient for Maryland - although Maryland will demand the 'differential' of what you previously paid if lesser than the MD 5% SALES tax.
This follows the same tax rules for most states for trans-location of automobiles, trucks, aircraft, etc. if you relocate ... if you paid less in SALES taxes to your former state, you OWE the 'new' state the difference.
The excise/use tax is a totally different issue that is required for bi-annual operation in MD. Caution - MD proposal to levy a yearly user tax of a % of the assessed boat value PER YEAR was recently rescinded and replaced with a stiff new 'user fee' of several hundred $US per each 'registration'.
more .... Maryland Department of Natural Resources - Boating
The important message here is dont delay in reporting relocation of a boat or auto to MD as there are very stiff fines and penalties if you are beyond 'the grace period' ... that grace period MUST be a documented grace period that proves that the vehicle was NOT in Maryland BEFORE the 'grace period' --- something like guilty before you unquestionably and ardent at great cost to yourself prove by precise documentation that you're innocent.
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Maryland does have a sales/use tax
Maryland Use Tax - Use Tax
and I would expect also an excise tax.
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Thanks for the tax info but it didn't really answer my question. I know they have an excise or use or whatever tax. I've already paid that.
My concern was the ramifications of taking my boat out of MD for a year or more then bringing it back. Can MD tax you AGAIN under that scenario was the basic question.
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Why don't you call the tax office and get the STRAIGHT SKINNY.
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If you are talking about sales tax....I don't think so. Sales tax is triggered when a boat changes ownership.....the tax is due at that time. If you pay it after you first purchase the boat you don't pay it again unless you buy another boat. moving it in and out of the state does not matter. Are you planning on keeping it registered in MD?
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Palmetto, you'd best contact MD with that one. Taking a boat away and bringing it back would NOT affect sales or use taxes, as they are one-time taxes. Property taxes get levied every year though, and excise taxes can be written in almost any way. If there was something that said "any boat imported into this state is subject to a fee of..." that would be nasty, but possible.
You might find a title fee problem, i.e. if you are required to title a vehicle (vessel) and there's a hefty fee for doing so, and you changed the title when you took it out, you might be required to retitle and pay again when you came back. Floriduh has some nasty title fees on cars, but treats boats differently. Some states treat cars and boats with engines as "vehicles" though.
Best to call MD though. They have some odd ideas there. Like, several school zones were posted in areas where there are no schools, no residences, no children. Because you can double the speeding fines in a posted school zone. Slick move, huh?
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That's currently $10 per two years, and would be easy enough to keep current if I want to move the boat south for a while.
If this becomes more than an academic excercise, I will call DNR, but from what I can gather from their website and forms, it would be no problem with MD so long as you kept the Documented Use Decal current.
You would likely be liable for tax in any other juristicion you stayed in for more than 90 days though.
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Okay so maybe I am a typical teen student, but regardless... lately I have been frustrated with and distracted from studying.
So I want to know...
1. What did it get you?
2. You spend all you're life learning and what happens?
3. What do you have today that you really appreciate and are glad you studied for?
4. Was it worth it?
5. How long did it take you and why?
6. Was it worth the time?
7. Were you worried about the time?
8. Or did you go at completing your degree at your own pace?
9. Did you have a lot of counseling?
10. Did that help or not?
11. Did you study what you hated to do what you love?
Yes, this posted topic is a rant, but I am hoping to discover something I haven't heard before.
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It looks like warmer weather is finally here (don't toy with my heart, Pittsburgh), and it's time to shift to spring/summer brews. I generally shy away from these lighter, more refreshing beers, instead stubbornly clinging to heavy IPAs and stouts, although this year I'm finding some real warm weather contenders:
- Namaste – Dogfish Head Brewery (Belgian White/Witbier): Usually I find Whites disappointingly one-dimensional, but very refreshing. A drink to sip on a patio when it's too hot to worry about a beer's complexity. I was pleasantly surprised by Namaste, though, which adds hints of coriander, pepper, and clove into the expected citrusy flavor. This beer makes me want to enjoy a glass in the sun, then bust out some major Asanas. A few negatives: I have only seen this beer in one location around the city and it was over $8 a pint.
- Bell's Oberon Ale – Bell's Brewery, Inc (American Pale Wheat Ale): Bell's Oberon is slightly less complex than Namaste, but still scores high marks with me. It's officially my go-to beer in warm weather. Very refreshing, nice mouthfeel (not too carbonated, smooth but crisp), very lemony flavor, but well rounded. Usually nicely priced, too (I have been finding it around the city for $5 a pint).
- Hell or High Watermelon Wheat Beer – 21st Amendment Brewery: Out of the canned beers, 21st Amendment Brewery offers some interesting selections. Hell or High Watermelon Wheat Beer is just what it sounds like…a Watermelon Wheat Beer. It tastes less like a beer and more like a Watermelon wine cooler to me, but hey, you might be into that. Not sickeningly sweet and gets points for being interesting. Might be nice to take to a picnic, even non beer drinkers will tolerate this one. I am not the biggest fan of the canned beer trend, but in the spring and summer they certainly have a place.
- ApriHop – Dogfish Head Brewery (American IPA): OK, so I lied about Bell's Oberon being my go-to beer. When there is ApriHop available I usually go with it. This is the perfect spring beer for IPA lovers such as me, especially if I don't want to venture into the wheat beer territory. Hops are grassy and up front, and there is a nice hint of apricot present. Reminds me of walking around the neighborhood and smelling freshly cut grass. Yep, that good. (Also about $5 a pint most places).
Cheers to warmer weather!


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I posted the following in the Montessori forum, but thought I might get good input here too...
DS3 has been attending a local Montessori school for a little over a month. He has adjusted very well and seems to like the environment. He is a happy, introverted three year old, who happens to be a precocious reader (about 1st grade level with pretty good comprehension) and is obsessed with numbers.
I have requested a parent-teacher conference to ask more questions about his typical day. I'm wondering how he's doing socially, what works he's gravitating toward, etc. I am a little concerned that he doesn't seem to be getting introduced to new works very often. Of course I'm hearing this from a 3 year old, but when I ask him, "Did you do any new works today?" his response has been "no" for the last couple of weeks. Sometimes he'll tell me about a work he wanted to do (e.g., the pink tower), but will say that he couldn't because he has not had that lesson yet.
He has been introduced to 5 sandpaper letters, which he supposedly "mastered 3 weeks ago". No more have been introduced. Although he's been able to ID all letters and their sounds for 2 years, I still see value in this because he is not writing yet. I'm just surprised that he isn't progressing a little faster.
I guess my questions would be this... How often are new lessons generally introduced in a primary classroom? Would it be out of line for me to request that he skip lessons - i.e., move onto sandpaper blends, which I think he might find more interesting? I do believe in the Montessori method, and I don't want him to be pushed, but I do want him to have access to works that will interest him. His teacher seems to be loving, gentle, and experienced. I'm scared of offending her, or coming across as a tiger mom. Any advice?
In my experience, children who are new to Montessori typically do a lot of work in the practice life and sensory areas, and much less with reading and math. If he's been in only 1 month, I would honestly expect that he'll be working mostly in these areas for the rest of the spring.
Although as a parent I was a little perplexed and frustrated with this when we started, DD didn't have any complaints and really enjoyed these areas. They are intellectually challenging in their own ways, and they are also great at building fine motor skills. Don't underestimate the importance of those fine motor skills: a bright kid who is driven in the areas of writing and/or math can get incredibly frustrated if they intellectually know what to do, but find the actual writing to be too tiring. All that using tweasers and eyedroppers and pin pushing and even the way they're taught to pick up the nobbed puzzle pieces are great for fine motor skills and good pencil grip.
Many activities have more to them than you'd think at first glance, too. The sandpaper letters, for example, are used to teach the sound but also to teach the children the proper way to form the letters.
Also, FWIW, I very rarely could get DD to tell me anything "new" she'd done in Montessori. But she was there 2.5 years and even though she always seemed to be doing nothing much, it was the _only_ school experience she's really had in which she actually learned a lot at school.
So, my vote is to be patient. If the teacher is a good teacher, she will make sure he is engaged and learning, even if he doesn't realize it. :)
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Good Samaritan gives a homeless man a new home & over $33,000!!!
This makes me happy....
Like a room without a roof even.
A young man who usually plays pranks online on Youtube did something cool a few months ago.
He rigged a lottery ticket and convinced a homeless man that he'd won $1,000.
The homeless fella then wanted to share the money with him, and others.
He also talked about other things he could use the funds for to help folks.
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The annual newsletter serving the students and alumni of the University of Oklahoma School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Fall 2012 - Volume 4 Issue 9
In this Issue ame.NEWS Gollahalli Award....................................1 Letter from the Director...................2 Spring 2012 in Review.........................3
ame.Research Rising From the Ashes........................4
AME Alum Brad Perry.....................5 AME Student Jawanza Bassue.....6 Outstanding Students 2012............7
Felgar Renovation Update ................7 Promotion and Tenure......................8
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Don't forget to inform us as soon as you find a job! Keeping track of recent graduates' employment status is a vital part of our accreditation process. Email any job-related updates to AME director, Mistree at Farrokh.Mistree@ ou.edu or AME Communications Coordinator, Sarah Warren at email@example.com.
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S.R. Gollahalli, AME professor, Lesch Centennial Chair and former AME director, was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics, and was honored at a gala in Washington, D.C., this summer. This distinction places Gollahalli in a small and elite group of aerospace professionals throughout the world. "Sub Gollahalli is a wonderful ambassador for the engineering profession and the OU College of Engineering. His technical expertise in the field of combustion is vital to aerospace propulsion systems and his students are in many technical and managerial leadership positions around the world," said Tom Landers, College of Engineering dean. Gollahalli joined the AME faculty in 1976. He is an internationally recognized authority in the fields of energy and combustion, and from 2001-2009, he served two consecutive terms as AME director. In 1991, Gollahalli was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In his role as a full-time teacher for 45 years, Gollahalli has mentored 80 graduate students and dozens of undergraduate students in his research lab. He also has mentored several post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty members, involving them in his research. "Dr. Gollahalli taught me not only combustion, but how to be a responsible researcher. Whatever success I have is because he trained me," said Ahsan Choudhuri, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso, who studied under Gollahalli for his master's and doctoral degrees. Gollahalli continues to influence the field of combustion, clean energy and power, while also influencing the lives of his students.
S.R. Gollahalli Named AIAA Fellow
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M. Cengiz Altan Peter Attar J. David Baldwin Kuang-Hua Chang Rong Zhu Gan S.R. Gollahalli Kurt Gramoll Takumi Hawa F.C. Lai Wilson E. Merchàn-Merchàn David P. Miller Farrokh Mistree Kumar Parthasarathy Mrinal C. Saha Zahed Siddique Li Song Harold L. Stalford Alfred G. Striz Prakash Vedula
Rebecca Norris Office Manager and Assistant to the Director Debbie Mattax Financial Associate Kate O'Brien Student Services Coordinator Vicki Pollock Staff Assistant Sarah Warren Communications Coordinator
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Letter From the Director This year brings exciting changes to the AME family. We have two new staff members. Rebecca Norris, my new assistant, has taken the position held by Lawana Dillard for nearly 15 years. Rebecca brings a wealth of experience and interests. Lawana has taken a new job with the university and we wish her well. Kate O'Brien is the new student services coordinator. She worked in a similar position at the OU School of Dance for many years and is married to an AME alumnus. She replaces Suzi Skinner, who is riding off into the sunset with her husband on their motorcycles as they both embrace the new adventure of retirement. This year also ushers in a new opportunity for AME students and partnering companies. Farrokh Mistree, Ph.D. AME has begun a new program called Director, AME the 21st Century Co-Op, a five-year B.S./M.S. degree program in mechanical engineering that unites an AME education with interwoven internships, mentorship and special projects with one company for three years of a student's degree. In addition to core courses in mechanical engineering, the curriculum includes customized courses jointly offered by company engineers and faculty during summer internships, a senior capstone experience and graduate theses that are of relevance to the sponsoring company, and graduate cross-disciplinary courses. This program overcomes many of the problems associated with Co-Ops, mainly the length of education. Students participating in this program should still graduate with a joint B.S./M.S. degree in five years. By participating in this program, 21st Century Co-Op Scholars gain technical competencies and soft skills that are relevant to the sponsoring company. A company that sponsors a 21st Century Co-Op has the opportunity to educate and hire a team of engineers who are well prepared to hit the road running. If you are interested in learning more about joining the 21st Century Co-Op program, please contact me. I can always be reached at (405) 306-7309 or email@example.com. Thank you for being a part of the AME family. I hope you enjoy learning about the students, faculty and research that makes AME great. Positive Thoughts,
Farrokh Mistree, Ph.D. Director AME News • 2
Spring and Summer 2012 in Review On April 11, Ward O. Winer presented the Charles W. Bert Distinguished Lecture. In his address, Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering: THEN, NOW and LESSONS LEARNED, he chronicled the ways he helped advance the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering from a regional engineering school to the research institution it today during his tenure as the school's chair from 1988 through 2007. Winer's lecture was attended by faculty, students and administration from throughout the College of Engineering. Professor Charles W. Bert retired from the University of Oklahoma after serving 41 years as a faculty member in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. In recognition of his distinguished career, the Charles W. Bert School Lecture Series was established to feature outstanding professors and researchers lecturing on cutting-edge topics in aerospace and mechanical engineering.
David Bert, AME alumnus and chairman of the AME Board of Advisors, was inducted into the College of Engineering's Distinguished Graduates Society at the college's Convocation Ceremony on May 12 in Lloyd Noble Center. Bert graduated with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from OU in 1985. In 1993, he received his master of science degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Southern California. He is a licensed professional engineer. He is vice president of Drilling-Eastern Division for Chesapeake Energy Corp. in Oklahoma City.
Mechanical Engineering student Moises Martinez was named the 2011-2012 Outstanding Senior for the College of Engineering. He served as a representative of the College of Engineering Class of 2012 at Commencement and Convocation ceremonies in May. Coming to the University of Oklahoma from Mustang, Okla., Moises has contributed his time and leadership to a variety of campus and community organizations, including the Multicultural Engineering Program, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Dean's Leadership Class, and The Big Event. Among his awards, he was cited as a National Hispanic Scholar, ConocoPhillips Spirit Scholar, and Outstanding Junior in Mechanical Engineering, and he was awarded the Dean's Advisory Board on Diversity Wayne Steen Scholarship. He is now employed with Shell.
Student services coordinator Suzi Skinner retired after nearly 12 years with the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. She helped thousands of students during her time at AME. "The high point of my career has been interacting with students and seeing them grow from being freshman to graduates," she said. Skinner plans on making trips to see her grandchild and spending time with her family.
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Rising From the Ashes
AME Professor's Flame Method is a Game Changer for Nano Materials Research Nanomaterials are necessities of modern life. They can be strong, firm and ductile at high temperatures. They are wear-, erosion-, and corrosion-resistant, and are chemically active. They make planes simultaneously lighter and stronger, roofs more weather resistant, and they have applications in fields as diverse as medicine and clean energy. Transition metal oxides are particularly in-demand nanomaterials. Engineers design these microscopic materials to contain specific electronic and mechanical properties. TMOs designed with cavities and platelets can be filled with liquid or nanomaterials. TMOs with microscopic rods and wires provide increased stability. TMOs have the potential to become the building blocks of our modern world. Increased demand has highlighted a flaw in the creation of TMOs. The current growth process, Chemical Vapor Deposition, is a tedious, multi-step batch process that can take from a few hours to a few days to complete. Time, expense and the subsequent low supply have made TMOs impractical on a large scale. But a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering has discovered how to create TMOs faster.
Turning Up the Heat
AME associate professor of mechanical engineering Wilson Merchán-Merchán did not set out to discover a new process for synthesizing TMOs. After previous success using an oxygen-enriched flame to synthesize common nanomaterials like carbon nanotubes, he and his team decided to try using the same method to create a new form of carbon structure. Instead of synthesizing the nanomaterials they sought to grow, they stumbled upon a new method of creating unique 1-D and 3-D TMOs. The development of the high-rate synthesis method of TMOs is a game changer in nanomaterials research. It will fuel new applications and create a demand for large volumes of these nanomaterials. Funded by generous multi-year grants from the National Science Foundation, Merchán-Merchán and his research affiliates at OU, as well as Alexei Saveliev, Ph.D., at North Carolina State University, expose bulk transition metals to the hottest parts of an oxygen-enriched flame. From that reaction, they instantaneously synthesize high-demand transition metal-oxides. In this single-step process, Merchán-Merchán is doing in seconds what had taken days.
New Method Means More Applications
Inexpensive and quick growth of TMOs means a better chance for large-scale synthesis and eventual common use in the marketplace. The potential for increased supply led to increased experimentation on the capacity of TMOs. The results are staggering in both their effectiveness and their diverse range of applications. "Recently, one-dimensional TMO naonostructures have attracted tremendous attention due to their applications in optics, medicine and electrons," MerchánMerchán explained. "For instance, channel structures contain slender, prismatic and
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completely hollow cavities, and can be used in medical applications for drug delivery." Recently, Merchán-Merchán and his team coated the surface of solar panels with flame synthesized W-oxide nanorods. The result was a 5-percent increase in the solar panel's efficiency, a large gain, considering solar panels' notoriously low-efficiency rating of 15 to 20 percent. With endless applications and a new horizon of possibilities, Merchán-Merchán's research into TMOs is still in its infancy.
Fanning the Flame
Merchán-Merchán's research has put him on the map and may change the way everything from solar panels to medicines and airplanes are designed. But he also has worked diligently to be an excellent teacher. Merchán-Merchán decided to become a professor during his junior year of college. Alexander Fridman, his thermodynamics professor, allowed him to work on a plasma project. "That's when I fell in love with research," he said. Opportunities to work with students as a graduate teaching assistant showed him he could have the best of both worlds as a professor – he could research and teach. Merchán-Merchán works closely with graduate students in his research laboratory. Every semester he provides research opportunities to a small number of undergraduate students though OU's Undergraduate Research and Guided Individual Studies course. He also involves a select group of local high school students in research projects in the summer and after school. Some of his students are supported to conduct research through National Science Foundation awards. Merchán-Merchán sees his efforts as a way to encourage top students to pursue an engineering career. "Recent studies have suggested that student-faculty interactions outside the classroom can be an important factor in a student's decision to enroll in an advanced science and engineering program as well as to prepare them for successful careers in industry," MerchánMerchán explained. Merchán-Merchán's research will have profound implications for the future, as products equipped with TMOs eventually become commonplace in the marketplace. His passion for teaching will also reach far into the future. Whether Merchán-Merchán's students go on to become engineers or professors or even if they venture into entirely different fields, just like the products enhanced by TMOs, they will be strengthened.
Top: (L-R) Moien Farmahini, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering, runs experiments with MerchánMerchán in the lab on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus. Bottom: Farmahini exposes a transition metal to a flame to rapidly create transition metal oxides.
Congratulations Brad AME spring 2012 mechanical engineering graduate Bradley Perry from Yukon, Okla., received the prestigious National Science Foundation Research Fellowship. The fellowship allows Perry to go to any graduate school, and will pay for all tuition and fees, along with a stipend for living expenses. It also will give him access to travel funds and use of a super computer for research. Multiple schools recruited Perry, but in the end he chose the University of California at Berkeley. Perry wants to be an engineering professor, a goal he decided upon after spending time with AME associate professor of Aerospace Engineering, Peter Attar. "I started doing undergraduate research for Dr. Attar. He really cares about his students. He cares about them understanding the theory behind the research. I became a better researcher under Dr. Attar, and I realized I wanted to be like him and understand the theory behind everything I do," said Perry. While an AME student, Perry was also an active member of the Sooner Off Road student competition team.
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Featured Student: Q&A with AE student Jawanza Bassue
Jawanza Bassue is an aerospace engineering junior from the Carribean island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis. He also is a student photographer for OU Information Technology, where he uses his photography skills to capture OU life for many departments, including AME.
How did you hear about AME?
I stumbled onto OU's Design Build Fly team successes. I jumped at the chance to be at an institution that did fun competitions and was nationally recognized for all of its engineering programs.
Why did you choose OU?
I tell everyone that it's great to grow up on a beautiful Caribbean island but, until you're challenged outside of your comfort zone, your character growth is limited. I looked forward to a challenge and a great place to explore. Haven't regretted or my decision once since.
What made you want to be an AE major?
I've always had a passion for flight, travel and airplanes. I dabbled with the idea of becoming a professional pilot, but I realized that someday I would love to be a part of the team that had "the next great engineering idea." In the end, art and science, coupled with my passion for design and flight, made aerospace engineering seem like the perfect avenue to explore.
What do you hope to do when you finish your degree?
I dream big. My dream job would see me interacting with a customer with unique needs or specifications for an aeronautic application, then being a part of the team that designs the components of a great new aircraft. I'd love to expand my undergraduate degree into a graduate research project and spend time encouraging students in my homeland to pursue engineering degrees.
How has your photography helped you to connect to OU and AME?
I have been able to interact with the people who really make OU tick behind the scenes. From being on first-name basis with President Boren and the lovable Clarke Stroud – I think I have shed lots of photographic cheer to hundreds of staff and students at OU. At AME, I get the unique chance to see what other students are doing for capstone projects, witness groundbreaking graduate research and get the inside scoop on available opportunities. I've become a regular sight around the engineering buildings wielding my camera gear.
Can you show us your favorite photos? (L) Favorite campus pucture: Bizzell Memorial Library done in a High Dynamic Range during my freshman year.
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(R) Favorite picture of a person: During Carnival season in my home country of St. Kitts, I took this black-and-white portrait of a Rasta-man (possibly of the Rastafarian religion). It has always been my favorite because of the strong features of his face, his hair, and the way he tells the story of a lifetime with his eyes.
Outstanding Students, 2011-2012
AE - Senior Richard Martin
AE - Junior Miranda Konowitz
ME - Senior Blake Eisner
AE - Sophomore Mark Olima
ME - Junior John Conder
AE - Sophomore Stephanie Andrade
ME - Sophomore Alex Guerra
Renovation Update – We need your help! The School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering is excited to launch a Felgar Hall Renovation Campaign. Gifts of all size are needed to renovate this important campus building, which has been a part of the College of Engineering since 1925. Whether you are on campus for an athletic event or tour with a future Sooner, we hope you will contact us. We would love to show you around Felgar Hall and share our exciting renovation plans with you!
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Promotion and Tenure
Congratulations to AME faculty members who were promoted and who received tenure! (L-R) Peter Attar, Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering), Wilson Merchรกn-Merchรกn, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), Mrinal Saha, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), and Prakash Vedula, Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering) all received tenure and were promoted to the rank of associate professor. Zahed Siddique, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), was promoted to full professor. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. www.ou.edu/eoo โข This publication was produced at no cost to the taxpayers of Oklahoma.
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'Maltese have seen sense over bendy bus menace'
The politician leading the fight against the introduction of bendy buses in the Isle of Man believes he has the backing of the Maltese.
"I am very pleased to see the residents of Malta have a sensible understanding of the foolish introduction of articulated buses in your beautiful island. I can only hope that they are not introduced on the Isle of Man as a result," John Houghton told The Times.
Mr Houghton made headlines in Malta last week when he spoke against articulated buses in the Isle of Man's legislature, known as Tynwald.
"Let's not become a laughing stock like in Malta, where oversized buses have been seen trying to manoeuvre themselves along the narrow streets of its historic towns with all the grace of a rhinoceros stuck in a Wendy house," Mr Houghton said in his Tynwald speech on January 21.
When contacted, Mr Houghton said he made the reference to Malta after reading about the controversy surrounding Arriva Malta's use of articulated buses on the internet.
When made aware of the passionate response his comments had generated among readers of timesofmalta.com, Mr Houghton said: "I wish the people of Malta well in their pursuit of common sense in the future."
Mr Houghton, a member of the House of Keys, the elected chamber of Tynwald, had unsuccessfully tried to have a select committee set up to investigate the feasibility of introducing bendy buses on the small British crown dependency.
The island in the Irish Sea is intending to trial the use of bendy buses on certain routes at specific times.
Bendy buses were first trialled there in 2009 but no decision was made on whether to introduce them permanently.
Mr Houghton has fought against their introduction on the basis of their perceived unsuitability to the island's roads and due to safety worries – echoing concerns that have been raised by opponents of the buses in Malta.
He sent The Times photos of bendy bus fires and accidents that he had found on the internet to highlight his fears.
The MHK for Douglas North said in his Tynwald speech: "If Members of this Court consider this is a safe and reasonable means of conveyance of our children... then I'll be a Chinaman!"
Size: 316 km2
Population: 416,000
Population density: 1,282 people per sq. km
Bus operators: Arriva Malta has monopoly on network
Road network: approx 3,096 km of roads
Isle Of Man
Size: 572 km2
Population: 84,500
Population density: 133 people per sq. km
Bus operators: government-owned and operated Bus Vannin
Road network: approx 1,107 km of roads
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UN invites 'Citizen Ambassadors' to film anti-poverty goals in action
23 June 2010 – The United Nations launched today a video contest inviting people from around the world, particularly youth, to tell leaders what the anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) mean to them by uploading short films on the UN YouTube channel.
"Use your voice as a global citizen to tell world leaders in a short video what you think needs to be done to make this world a better and safer place," the contest website reads, featuring messages from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassadors Angelique Kidjo and Youssou N'Dour.
Additional videos featuring UN Messengers of Peace Stevie Wonder and Princess Haya of Jordan, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors Lionel Messi and Jackie Chan, and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador Maria Sharapova, will be posted throughout the contest.
Starting today and until 23 August, people will be able to upload short videos answering questions such as "What is your community, city or country doing to achieve the Millennium Development Goals?" or "How can the international community better work together to achieve the Millennium Development Goals?"
The six winners will be announced during the high-level MDG summit in New York hosted by the Secretary-General on 23 September, and will meet with him on UN Day 2010 on 24 October.


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Paul Tudor Jones II loves capitalism. It's a system that has done him very well over the last few decades. Nonetheless, the hedge fund manager and philanthropist is concerned that a laser focus on profits is, as he puts it, "threatening the very underpinnings of society." In this thoughtful, passionate talk, he outlines his planned counter-offensive, which centers on the concept of "justness."
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Madonna tour kicks off in Cardiff in August
LONDON (Reuters) - Madonna kicks off her new international tour in Cardiff, Wales, on August 23, she announced on Thursday.
The "Sticky and Sweet" tour, which follows her latest chart-topping album "Hard Candy," also will stop in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Britain in August and September.
The European leg includes performances at London's Wembley Stadium on September 11 and Paris's Stade de France on September 20.
The tour moves to North America on October 3 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with stops at New York's Madison Square Garden followed by performances in Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles before ending at Miami Dolphin Stadium on November 26.
According to a statement on her Web site (www.madonna.com), Madonna also will visit Mexico and South America later in 2008.
The U.S. singer will once again team up with music tour and promotion company Live Nation, with which she signed a recording and touring contract last year.
The 10-year deal, reported to be worth $120 million, involves a three-album commitment and brought her long-term collaboration with Warner Bros. to an end.
It was an example of the so-called "360-degree deal," which is increasingly popular in a music business struggling to make money just selling records. The agreements typically involve publishing, touring and merchandising as well as recording.
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It was a conversation meant to end the uncomfortable silence on the subject of racial profiling by getting people of all races and all backgrounds involved.
In another sense, it also was to witness how the mother of a 17-year-old who was shot and killed walking home from the store two years ago is continuing her fight not only for her sons but for all children.
Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin and Jahvaris Fulton, said she still has a lot of work to do.
[PHOTO: Sybrina Fulton spoke Monday to a large crowd on the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus. She is pictured on the screen behind her with her sons, Jahvaris Fulton, left, and Trayvon Martin. (James J. Nestor/Gazette photo)]
Fulton, along with civil rights activist Michael Skolnik, was the guest speaker for Monday's 6 O'Clock Series panel discussion of "He Has a Name: Trayvon Martin and the Fight to End Criminalization and Profiling of Black Youth." The event kicked off the Martin Luther King Jr. Speaker and Cultural Arts series at Indiana University of Pennsylvania as part of the celebration of Black History Month.
The Ohio Room at the Hadley Union Building was filled to standing-room-only capacity.
Fulton said she originally was fighting only for Martin.
"Now, I'm fighting for children. I'm fighting for young men, young women, Asians, blacks, whites, fat, skinny — it does not matter," she said. "Children. Young people. Youth. It's important."
One of the only reasons she was willing to put her life in the spotlight, she said, was to use what happened to her and her family as an example of "what you do not want to happen to you" and so that she could "try to help somebody else's child."
At first, Fulton said, "I thought it was about the hoodie. It's not just about the hoodie."
She pointed out that throughout the room. "It's not just African Americans that wear hoodies."
Fulton said she went on Anderson Cooper's show sometime after her son's death, and he told her that he wears a hoodie to work almost every day and no one ever thinks he's suspicious.
"He planted that seed in my mind to think, 'Maybe it's not just the hoodie.'"
"What do you do when people look at you and judge you by the color of your skin?" she asked.
It can't be peeled off, she said.
"You have to embrace who you are. You have to be proud of who you are."
Fulton said we all have our good days and our bad days, and everyone makes mistakes as teenagers, "but is that a reason to shoot and kill someone? Is that a reason to follow someone? Is that a reason to look at someone and judge them, by the color of their skin? It is not. And a lot of times we have to search within at who we are, and who we are as an individual, and who we would like to be."
Fulton said the "absolutely worst part" wasn't that Martin was shot and killed, or knowing that she would never see the big moments in his life. It was the day she had to go to her son's funeral. She said Martin looked "like an angel" in a white suit and powder blue shirt, like he was going to prom. "He looked like he was sleeping, but how many of you know he wasn't?" she asked.
"Still (to) this day, I don't think the person that shot and killed him understands what he has done not only to me, but to my family and also my friends," she said, referring to George Zimmerman, the community's neighborhood watch coordinator who contends he shot Martin in self-defense under Florida's stand your ground law on Feb. 26, 2012, as the teen was walking through a gated community in Sanford, where he was visiting his father's fianc←e and her son. It took several weeks for an arrest to be made, and Zimmerman went on trial in June 2013. He was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges a little more than a month later.
"Now the good part is — he woke a nation up. He made people realize that 'maybe this kid wasn't doing anything.'"
Fulton said instead of doing nothing, people were angry at what was taking place in the days and weeks following Martin's death and decided to speak up about it and do something, through the power of social media. She said she and her family "really didn't know how many people were supporting us," adding that they didn't know people in Pennsylvania and New York even knew about the case. It wasn't until the Million Hoodie rally that they got a better understanding of how much support they were receiving, which wasn't their mission, she said.
"Our mission wasn't to get people involved; we just needed an arrest, we wanted to make sure that the police department was exposed, and we just didn't want them to sweep it under the rug and just try to clear everything out," she said.
Responding to a question regarding whether she feels the stand-your-ground law is like "open season on one black man" to another, Fulton said she "absolutely" feels that way.
"What it does is it justifies someone to kill you and get away with it," she said, adding that Pennsylvania also has a stand-your-ground law "that will give the killer a way out, so … if they shoot and kill you for no reason, it's a 50 percent chance that they'll get away with it because of that law."
Activist Skolnik said he sees public sentiment changing about such laws.
"We don't need to lose children like this for a light bulb to go off," Skolnik said, adding that in the two years since Martin's death, not one stand-your-ground law has passed, though he has seen some amendments, because of people joining Fulton and saying the law is unnecessary. When the law was passed in Florida eight years ago, 25 states followed suit, he said.
Fulton said it's important to be mindful of your surroundings at all times because "just because you see yourself a certain way doesn't mean other people see you a certain way," something she said she's told her sons.
"It goes back to respect, and respecting one another, regardless of the color of their skin," she said.
She also said it's important to know and understand what laws are on the books, what laws "are coming up next" and what laws are being amended and "how those laws are going to affect you." Fulton said she knew nothing about the stand-your-ground law Florida has in place, and she was born and raised there.
She said it's also important to become a registered voter to elect people "who are addressing issues that affect you," and to report for jury duty when selected. She said that jury pool for blacks on the Zimmerman jury was "slim," and that it was hard to watch the jury selection process. She said she didn't feel people were being honest during the process because, "who didn't form an opinion about what happened?"
"Whether you were for or against, you had an opinion," Fulton said. "A lot of people sat there and said, 'Oh, well, I don't have an opinion.' And we know that was not the truth."
Fulton also said if it was the other way around and it had been her son who shot and killed Zimmerman, "he would have been arrested Day 1 at the scene, he would never have been allowed to go home, he would not have had a bond hearing, and we went through two bond hearings. And I think Trayvon would have been found guilty and he would have been underneath the jail right now."
Through the Trayvon Martin Foundation she co-founded, Fulton said, "we just want to make sure that we're addressing those issues that are not so comfortable, like profiling, like racial profiling … pre-judging a person without even knowing them."
"We have to educate more people. People need to be more aware of what's going on," she said.
Fulton said she thinks racial profiling "is all about mindset and perception."
"I think how people perceive you to be is different from who you are," she said. Her attorneys, the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, and even the pastor of Fulton's church, have been racially profiled, she said, suggesting that it doesn't have anything to do with education, income or where you live, but rather skin color.
"You can't peel it off, but people have to learn to respect us," she said. "You might not agree with who we are, but there's nothing we can do to change the color of our skin. That's why it's so important that we respect one another."
In addition to the Trayvon Martin Foundation, Fulton is launching curriculum in conjunction with Miami-Dade Public Schools that teach children how to deal with everyday issues like stress management, losing a job, losing a family member, problem solving and conflict resolution, in order to groom leaders and mentors.
Skolnik, editor in chief of globalgrind.com and political director for hip-hop business magnate Russell Simmons, and who also is on the board of directors for the Trayvon Martin Foundation, said that as a society, when white children, such as Natalee Holloway, JonBen←t Ramsey and Etan Patz, are abducted or killed, they become household names, making front-page news, while when black kids and teens are killed, they become a number or a statistic. He wanted to change that.
Skolnik was contacted by the family of Derrion Albert, who was killed in 2009, his death captured on video. They asked Skolnik if he could bring some humanity, some dignity to Albert's name.
Skolnik, who has ties to the entertainment industry, said that at that time hip-hop artists such as Jay-Z, Beyonc←, Kanye West and Rhianna weren't present on Twitter to really get the word out.
"But we had folks in 2009 who necessarily couldn't move America but could move the conversation," he said. So he reached out to those people, who included hip-hop artists Fabolous and Jim Jones.
"Could you just put on Twitter, 'He Has a Name: Derrion Albert'? Just so we know his name,'" Skolnik asked them. "And they did."
In six hours, he said, Derrion Albert was trending.
Skolnik attended Albert's funeral in Chicago with U.S. Attorney Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and documented the funeral. Later that night, after returning home and about to write a blog about Albert, Skolnik said he got a phone call about 13-year-old Kevin Miller, who was shot and killed in Skolnik's hometown of Queens, N.Y. Miller's mother had seen what Skolnik had done with Albert and asked if he could do the same for her son. And he did.
And he did the same for 7-year-old Aiyana Jones, who was shot and killed by police in 2010 as she slept on a couch with her grandmother nearby. And for hundreds and hundreds more over the years.
But with Martin's death in 2012, Skolnik said, "something in this story just didn't feel right."
"It was different. Although we incurred hundreds and hundreds of these stories, this one just didn't feel right," he said. A conversation was beginning to happen, he said, but "it was just among black people, and just among black members of the media … and white people weren't even getting in the conversation."
Skolnik, who is white, wrote an article a few weeks after Martin's death about white privilege and racial profiling. He was asked to come to Sanford and march with Martin's family, whom he didn't know at the time but wanted to offer support and show solidarity. And he'll be in Jacksonville, Fla., on Wednesday showing support for the family of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, who was shot and killed in a dispute over loud music in November 2012. Michael Dunn, 47, is on trial for first-degree murder in a case that is being compared to Martin's. It is set to go to the jury Wednesday.
Skolnik said he's spent the past five years trying to talk about the perception of young black men and women and young Latino men and young Latina women.
He mentioned the death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, who was shot and killed in Chicago in January 2013, shortly after the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Conn. President Obama invited Pendleton's parents to his State of the Union address last year "and recognized their pain and their suffering as being equal to the parents and families of Newtown," Skolnik said.
"That moment, as little as it was, for the president … no matter who the president was at the time, but that the president of the United States of America brought a family of color who had lost their child and put them in the first lady's box, sitting next to the first lady, and recognizing their pain, was a monumental moment," he said, urging audience members that the easiest thing they can do when a young child dies is to "just remember their name."
Skolnik took a moment during the panel to survey the audience, asking how many of them had been profiled based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, weight, height, clothing, where they live, economic status and religion. Almost everyone raised their hand at least once.
"It's not a good feeling," he said, suggesting that "maybe that's a place to open discussion with your peers who you may not think have felt that way in the past."
"Everyone's journey and struggle shouldn't be judged against each other; it should be judged against ourselves," Skolnik added.
The issue of profiling goes two ways, Skolnik said.
"We're all guilty of profiling people, all of us in this room," he said.
"If we are to change this nation, and if we are to allow that spark that Sybrina talked about to become a long, everlasting flame, it's not going to be the work of just black people, it's not going to be the work of just white people. It's going to be the work of everybody in this room," Skolnik said.
"This generation that built Twitter, that built Instagram, that built Pinterest, that built Facebook, that built YouTube — this generation that put the first black president in the White House, this generation that is that incredible, it will be the people in this room who will change this country."
"We have to be at the table because so many of us have been the profilers for far too long and we have to talk about why, and we have to be vulnerable, and we have to say the wrong things once in awhile."
"I won't judge you by the hand you were dealt, because none of us has that control. The cards came out the way they came out. Some of us hit jackpots, some of us are still struggling to play that hand. But it's how you play that hand that you should be judged."
Skolnik told the audience that, being in college, they all have some level of privilege, and to not go home "thinking you can't change this problem" and that they can't be part of the work that Fulton and so many others are doing "because you haven't felt profiled the way that Trayvon felt profiled."
"Go home and say, 'How can I have a conversation with that one person who might listen to me, who might hear me out, who might allow me to be vulnerable?'" he said.
"There's nothing better than being in a room and being the one person who's the most vulnerable because you learned the most."


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ROMAN Catholics in Britain will be urged to abstain from meat on Fridays, reviving an ancient tradition of sacrifice to honor the death of Christ, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported today.
A conference of British bishops made the decision to reinstate the rule, with the practice to return September 16 to mark the first anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the country.
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Little Big Town's 'The Reason Why' Debuts at No. 1!
Little Big Town's fourth album, 'The Reason Why,' has become the quartet's first chart-topping disc. The group's latest project sold 42,000 copies in its first week, buoyed no doubt by the Top 10 success of their current single, 'Little White Church,' which is the seventh best-selling digital single this week.
The album, Little Big Town's first for new label home Capitol Records, also scores a Top 5 debut on the Billboard 200, putting them just behind the new release by Usher. LBT's Karen Fairchild says the group recorded this album at a more leisurely pace than their previous efforts. "Sometimes it did seem that it was taking a very long time to finish," Karen told The Boot, "but in the end it was well worth it."
Little Big Town have even more reason to celebrate this week as they scored a CMA award nomination for Vocal Group of the Year.
"This will be a week we never forget," says Karen, "and we owe that to the incredible fans, country radio, and our new label Capitol Records."
"We are so blessed to have our album debut at the top of the charts, and to have news of this nomination in the same week is just amazing," adds LBT's Kimberly Schlapman.
Also garnering a strong showing on the album chart are the Randy Rogers Band, with a Texas-sized debut at No. 2 with 'Burning the Day.' Other new releases bowing on the chart this week are the latest albums from Marty Stuart ('Ghost Train') and Ricky Skaggs ('Mosaic').
Taylor Swift remains on top of the Country Digital Singles chart with 'Mine,' with Sugarland's 'Stuck Like Glue' stuck (like glue) at No. 2. Jason Aldean's 'My Kinda Party' is also a hot one, moving from No. 16 to No. 4 this week!
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What Theater People Love (and Hate) About Same-Sex Marriage
On Monday, many gay members of the Broadway community -- from theater ushers to playwrights -- will be wed onstage immediately following a performance of "Hair." Though much of the Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender (L.B.G.T.) theater set is celebrating same-sex marriage, not everyone is rushing to the altar to get hitched.
"Do civil rights need to be tied to marriage?" asked Jennifer Miller, a downtown theater veteran and professor of Humanities and Media Studies at Pratt.
Although Miller is in favor of same-sex marriage, it raises lots of questions for her, especially since its benefits -- like spousal health insurance or tax breaks -- still exclude people who don't choose to be wed.
"Do I want to be fighting for gay marriage or do I want to be fighting for health care for everybody?" she said.
But Oskar Eustis, the artistic director for the Public Theater, said you can't really go wrong with allowing same-sex couples to marry in New York.
"Being for gay marriage is sort of like saying you like strawberries," he said. "Who the hell is against it?"
Eustis spent much of his career in small, alternative theaters across the country until he took the helm of the Public in 2005, and he's noticed that New York's gay marriage win has unified theater-types like never before, particularly in more mainstream Broadway communities.
"What we're seeing [now] is much more mainstream, commercial people being willing to stand up and show their support and actually be leaders on this issue," he said.
Actress and singer Athena Reich, who calls herself a "second generation gay" because her father lives in Toronto with his husband, said after same-sex marriage was passed, she felt a change in the way people in her neighborhood treated her. When she moved to the city 11 years ago, she said she was taunted when walking down the street with her girlfriend.
"Now you see 14-year-olds, gay kids, kissing on the subway," she said. "This is an official win that makes it harder for people to discriminate against us."
Still, she said the struggle isn't over yet.
"My eyes are on the prize," she said. "It's going to go federal."
Some big time theater producers, like David Stone of "Wicked," and Tony-winning celebrities like Cynthia Nixon (of "Sex in the City" fame) have long been familiar faces at rallies and events in support of gay rights. In October 2009, Stone even footed the bill for buses that sent the cast of "Hair" to march on Washington for gay rights.
This weekend, the cast of "Hair" will perform a benefit at Rockwood Music Hall on the Lower East Side to raise money for Broadway Impact, a gay rights organization whose mission is to "educate and inspire our community into action towards equality." A play exploring the Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage in California, called "8," will also come to Broadway for one night in September.


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Kim Kardashian Leaves Naples, Won't Get A Walk Of Fame Star Any Time Soon
Here's hoping that a reality star NEVER gets a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. As Kim Kardashian and husband Kris Humphries headed to the Naples airport in Italy, CNN reported that Kardashian shouldn't expect to see her name on Hollywood Boulevard any time soon. The topic was brought up on the Walk Of Fame's Facebook page earlier this week: "Someone asked if we give reality show characters stars? Hell to the No!" 60 people liked the answer, while 35 people left comments agreeing with it.
Aside from the $30,000 charged to the recipient (for installation, maintenance and the pure privilege of having a star on the famed walkway), the process of getting nominated wouldn't get most reality stars through the first round. Ana Martinez, VP for Media Relations and Producer for the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, stated on the Facebook page that considering a reality star "is just not on the radar for us right now." Or ever.
In order to be considered for a star, the nominee must show longevity in their entertainment field, and show a considerable amount of philanthropic work, awards and honors. The committee doesn't account for "first person to extend their minutes from 15 to 18."
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The Royal Opera House was the place to be in London tonight (February 10), as Amy Adams joined her fellow celebrities for the 2013 BAFTA Awards.
Clad in a designer ensemble, the "Master" star spent a few moments posing for the paparazzi before retreating inside for all the action.
Each year the BAFTA Awards recognizes the biggest and brightest stars in the industry, and this time around there are plenty of deserving ladies up for the Best Supporting Actress honor.
Joining the 38-year-old actress in the category are Dame Judi Dench ("Skyfall"), Sally Field ("Lincoln"), Anne Hathaway ("Les Misérables"), and Helen Hunt ("The Sessions").


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This is the official thread for increasing the displacements in both the 058 and 06A blocks. After reading numerous posts about overbores and/or increasing stroke, I decided vortex could use a thread on the matter for new members and current members wishing to learn about the subject. This is my attempt to help out the forum on this matter
To answer the question, should I go stroker or not? its different for everybody. In my motor, I was going to drop in rods and call it a day. After disassembling my motor, I checked wall to piston clearance and I measured .004 which is too much. So I had to overbore. Since I was buying pistons and rods, I decided to just buy a crank at the same time. If you buy overbore pistons and later decide to stroke your motor, you will have to buy pistons again, which I was wanting to do so I did it all in one shot. Another thing that made me think about doing pistons from the beginning was that I wanted to lower the compression ratio so I could run higher boost on pump gas. Basically, if you are replacing your pistons and rods, you should go stroker.
First, you need to know which block you have in order to determine what course of action you need to take.
Here is how you can tell if you have an 058: you have an engine coded AEB or ATW, you have an external water pump, you have an intermediate shaft (IM shaft) for the oil pump, and you are drive by cable, ect
Here is how you can tell if you have an 06A: you have an engine coded AWM, AWD, AWW, AWP, AMB, ATC, AJQ, APX, AUG, APP, ARY, AUQ, AMU, BAM, BEA, APH or AWV you have an internal water pump, you have no IM shaft, and you are drive by wire, ect
Displacements are as follows:
81mm bore x 86.4mm stroke = 1781cc (stock)
81.5mm bore x 86.4mm stroke = 1803cc
82mm bore x 86.4mm stroke = 1825cc
82.5mm bore x 86.4mm stroke = 1848cc
83mm bore x 86.4mm stroke = 1870cc
83.5mm bore x 86.4mm stroke = 1893cc
Now when you add a 92.8mm stroke crank to you engine you have the following displacements:
81mm bore x 92.8 mm stroke = 1913cc
81.5mm bore x 92.8mm stroke = 1937cc
82mm bore x 92.8mm stroke = 1961cc
82.5mm bore x 92.8mm stroke = 1985cc
83mm bore x 92.8mm stroke = 2009cc
83.5mm bore x 92.8mm stroke = 2033cc
I will not go into the 95.5mm crank from the TDI as I do not know enough to accurately inform people about making it work in either the 06A or 059 blocks.
I will start with the 058 block. Stock bore is 81mm, pistons are generally offered in .5mm increments over stock, there are some exceptions. JE, Mahle, Wiseco, CP, and Supertech are the popular choices, not to say the only ones that are good. For rods, you use stock length (144mm). Scat, Pauter, IE and Carillo are the popular choices, again, not the only ones that are good.
For using a stock crank, the process is pretty straight forward. You tear down the motor and bore the cylinders. Install is the reversal but with the exceptions of putting the new slugs in.
For stroking the motor, the process is much more involved. You need pistons with a lower deck height due to the increase of stroke. The same rod dimensions are used and if the stock height pistons were used, the pistons would travel 3.2mm too high and impact the valves. Not good as you can imagine. So custom pistons will be needed and they are readily available for order because luckily for us, others have been doing this and the design has already been done. Which crank do you use? Well since you are 058 you must use an ABA crank from a MK3 Volkswagen. Pre OBD2 cranks are forged, post are cast. Chances are you wont be coming anywhere NEAR breaking either unless you are going to max out a 35R or beyond. Now for the installation of the whole setup A couple things will need to be done to make clearance for the rods due to the larger stroke of the crank. #1 The block will need to be grinded away by about 1.5-2mm on the side of the block away from the IM shaft. Cylinder 3 has a hump that the rest do not and that will need to be ground a bit more. The rods will actually clear without any grinding, but you should have at least .100 clearance in my opinion. #2 The cylinder 4 oil squirter will need to be moved away from the piston using a copper o-ring between the block and the squirter. You will also need to grind the corner closest to the back of the motor and closest to the cylinder. #3 The IM shaft will need to be modified. The gear will need to be machined down to a thinner size. The amount needed to be removed depends on the type of rods you use, mind you only a little bit, but it does matter.
For the 058 you will NEED the following to reassemble your motor:
Crank bearings
Main Bearings
Main Bolts
Head bolts
Flywheel bolts
Rear main seal
IM shaft seal
Headgasket (if you are going past 82mm bore a head gasket from an ALT will be needed)
Oil pan gasket
Front seal
Valve cover gasket set
You SHOULD do the following things as well:
Oil pump
Timing Belt
Rollers and tensioners
Serpentine belt
Water Pump
Now on to the 06A block things are a bit easier for a stroker. The same applies for the stock stroke builds, just bore and put in new pistons. The reason the stroker crank is easier to run is because nothing has to be clearenced. Just install your new rods, pistons and crank and you are good to go. You have several options for crankshafts. For drop in solutions you have the AZG and AEG cranks. The AEG and AZG are from MK4 2.0s and are cast in construction. The other options are ALT and BPV which are from a B6 2.0 FSI found in Europe. They have the wrong oil pump gear and need to be modified to be used in this application. The ALT is cast and the BPV forged. If you have the correct oil pump gear pressed on, the ALT and BPV can be used just like the AZG and AEG, just drop in and go.
For the 06A you will NEED the following to reassemble your motor:
Crank bearings
Main Bearings
Main Bolts
Head bolts
Flywheel bolts
Rear main seal
Headgasket (if you are going past 82mm bore a head gasket from an ALT will be needed)
Oil pan silicone sealant
Front seal
Valve cover gasket set
You SHOULD do the following things as well:
Oil pump
Timing Belt
Rollers and tensioners
Serpentine belt
Water Pump
Now for the credits:
Issam Abed (wizard-of-od) for providing me with every possible crank option there is lol [IMG]http://*****************.com/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG]
Paul Calado (killa) for convincing me to go stroker with his write up [IMG]http://*****************.com/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG]
The original guys in this scene who pioneered the stroker stuff for us [IMG]http://*****************.com/smile/emthup.gif[/IMG]
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Also here are some pictures from when I went to 2008cc on my 058 blocked A4 (and one from killa), this will give you 058 block guys some idea of what itll take to fit that ABA crank in there:


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