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Drug Aware Pro
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ASP Women's WCT Event
Surfers Point, Margaret River, Western Australia
16 – 24 March, 2013
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Dusty Payne Wins ASP Prime Drug Aware Margaret River Pro
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 24 March, 2013 : - - A drama filled week of action at the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro was wrapped up by a Hawaiian double at Surfers Point today when Dusty Payne won the Men's Final, after countrywoman Carissa Moore won the Women's WCT event earlier this afternoon.
In wild conditions at Mainbreak, Payne won the final dual against Australian Josh Kerr, with the 2010 Margaret River champion unable to repeat his magic acts from earlier in the event.The final was an even contest to begin with as both surfers struggled to find a decent score from the building eight foot plus sets.
Kerr then established an advantage when he combined an early 7 point ride with a medium scoring wave of 5.83 halfway through the final. But it wasn't long before Payne grabbed the defining moment, scoring a big right hander. Despite coming out of his third massive turn to be surrounded by white water over the shallow inside reef, Payne kept his feet to record a 9.23 and take the momentum away from Kerr.
Payne soon backed that up with another solid right, controlling his turns to make sure he banked another decent score. His strategy paid off, with the judges scoring him a 7.3 which left Kerr searching the big sets for a wave that could give him the 9.36 points he needed for the win.
Dusty Payne © ASP/Robertson
After scraping through a number of earlier heats with late scores, Kerr's luck finally ran out at Margaret River. That left Payne, the 24 year old Maui based natural footer, to celebrate his first ASP Tour victory.
"This is my first major win so I am stoked," exclaimed Payne after he was chaired from the keyhole and up the staircase at Surfers Point. "I just love Western Australia so I could not be happier that (my first win) happened here." The thirteenth year in the new millennium may be lucky for Payne who received one of the ASP World Championship Tour Wildcards for 2013 after suffering a serious knee injury on the elite tour last year.
"I was injured for most of last year and sat out for six months and watched my friends win events. It just made me work hard so it is nice to see some results." The win by Payne continues a recent dominance at Margaret River by the Hawaiians after his fellow WCT surfer John John Florence won the event here last year.
Florence was unable to defend his title after sustaining a serious ankle injury in the opening World Championship Tour event on the Gold Coast earlier this month. The 19-year-old now faces a race against time to be fit for the second stop at Bells Beach which is due to begin later next week. Early this morning, experience prevailed when the four remaining WCT surfers won their way through to the Semifinals.
Josh Kerr © ASP/Robertson
New Zealand wildcard Jay Quinn had his giant killing run brought to an end by Josh Kerr in a super tight Quarterfinal. Kerr caught a wave in the final seconds of the heat and scored a line-ball decision from the judges to progress by just 0.3 of a point over the unlucky Quinn.
After the final, a relaxed Kerr admitted he had probably been fortunate to make it that far in the event. "I had a crazy amount of luck go my way this week," said Kerr. "I never really found my groove but everyone kept making mistakes against me and leaving the door open."
Earlier, Dusty Payne won a close Semifinal over Australian Julian Wilson. The two traded high scoring waves throughout the heat and the decision went down to the final wave. With Wilson needing a 9.03 to move into the final he caught a solid left hander, performing 2 nice big turns but it was not enough as he only managed a score of 8.23.
The Drug Aware Margaret River Pro is the first Men's ASP Prime rated event for the 2013 season, offering maximum points towards qualification for the 2014 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT). For second-tier World Tour surfers like Jay Thompson (AUS), Aritza Aranburu (EUK), Jay Quinn (NZL) and Jonathan Gonzalez (CNY) their Quarterfinal results at Margaret River give them a great platform to build from in their efforts to qualify for the elite World Championship Tour next year.
Aritz Aranburu © ASP/Robertson
In 2014 the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro will be added to the World Championship Tour schedule for both the men and the women. At the presentations after the final, Kerr confirmed that the Surfers Point location will be a fantastic addition to the full elite tour calendar.
"Margaret River is such an awesome location. You get such an amazing array of waves and conditions here. It is so challenging and I can't wait to come back here next year and surf the pick of the waves as a full WCT event," said runner-up Kerr.
Dusty Payne (HAW) 16.36 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 13.20
SF 1: Dusty Payne (HAW) 18.00 def. Julian Wilson (AUS) 17.16
SF 2: Josh Kerr (AUS) 11.33 vs. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 9.43
QF 1: Julian Wilson (AUS) 11.00 def. Jonathan Gonzalez (CNY) 8.27
QF 2: Dusty Payne (HAW) 13.17 def. Jay Thompson (AUS) 8.23
QF 3: Josh Kerr (AUS) 13.50 def. Jay Quinn (NZL) 13.20
QF 4: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 15.30 def. Aritz Aranburu (EUK) 14.50
Check the Full Results
Previous reports:
# 1 : Margaret River locals get into ASP trials
# 2 : Paterson & Palmateer rule Drug Aware trials
# 3 : Tough day for champions at Margaret River
# 4 : Gilmore fires Day 2 of Drug Aware Pro
# 5 : Swell waits, and so does Drug Aware Pro
# 6 : Women's quarterfinalists decided at Drug Aware
# 7 : Swell jumps, re-ignites elite at Margaret River
# 8 : Drug Aware Pro intensifies at Margaret River
Source: Drug Aware
Author: Jason Dover
Tags: Margaret River Pro, ASP Prime Events, Trialists
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Coffee Drinks: Yuangyang, Hong Kong Coffee-Tea
While most Americans think of our counterparts in the Far East as tea-crazy (as opposed to our latte-loving selves), it turns out there is a lot of coffee going on throughout Asia as well these days. One of the best examples is in a popular Hong Kong drink, called yuangyang.
A marriage of coffee and tea (with a fair amount of milk for good measure), this East-West bev pretty concisely captures the ever-expanding hold that coffee culture has on pockets of China, Japan, Korea, and the surrounding areas. Named for a species of duck where a colorful male and blandish beige female, yuangyang is a mixture of light milk tea—strong-brewed black tea cut with copious amounts of cold milk—and thick, black iced coffee—kind of the Hong Kong version of an Arnold Palmer.
While the coffee comprises only about a third of the overall recipe (milk tea is the primary component), the flavor is strong enough to cut through, adding a bit of bittersweet bite and a body boost. The drink is not only reminiscent of the common quackers, but also embodies the principal of yin and yang: Coffee is the yin, or the stronger element of the two, while tea's softer yang offers a nice, easy-drinking base.
Is it sacrilegious to blend iced coffee and iced tea, or is it a perfect union? (I'm inclined to say the latter—especially if we can turn the whole mess into bubble tea, since tapioca makes everything better.) Have you ever tried yuangyang?
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LMC Nutrition Services Director Earns Award for Innovative High School Program
In 2011, Mr. Howell came up with an idea for Lexington Medical Center to hire Midlands high school students to deliver trays of food to patients in the hospital. The goal was to introduce the students to the work force, allow them to experience working for a good employer and develop a positive work ethic.
The high school program was an immediate success, receiving 50 applicants in one week. The students work four hour shifts during school-friendly times. Approximately 40 are currently employed. The students have received praise for the quality of their work.
"People underestimate what kids can do," said Steve Howell, director of Nutrition Services at Lexington Medical Center, who created the program. "We truly give back to the community and what a better way than with our upcoming workforce. It doesn't get better than that."
The students undergo a mini-orientation with Human Resources before beginning work. Older employees have taken the students under their wing, allowing the high schoolers to interact with an established work force while earning a good wage.
Steve Howell traveled to Miami, Florida in June to make a presentation about the program and accept the Spotlight Award.
Students who are interested in applying for the program should contact Lexington Medical Center Human Resources at 803-791-2131.


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Man dies onboard asylum-seeker boat
A MAN has died onboard a boat carrying 59 asylum-seekers north-east of Christmas Island.
The boat, which also had two crew on board, was intercepted by HMAS Launceston on Friday.
Border Protection officials had received reports of a person with a medical condition onboard the boat before it was boarded by crew from HMAS Launceston.
Attempts to revive the man proved unsuccessful. His body was taken to Christmas Island.
The remaining passengers were also taken to Christmas Island to undergo security checks.
More than 7000 people have arrived in Australian waters by boat since the Federal Government announced it was reopening the processing centre on Nauru.
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Statement of the National Education Association to the Super Committee
October 26, 2011
Submitted to Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction
Hearing on Overview: Discretionary Outlays, Security and Non-Security
On behalf of the 3.2 million dedicated members of the National Education Association (NEA), who work tirelessly every day in support of our nation's children, we offer the following comments with regard to the work of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction ("Super Committee").
NEA believes that the Super Committee must take a balanced approach that aims, above all, to put Americans back to work. This approach must protect the interests of Main Street and our most vulnerable populations, and make sure that those most able to do so pay their fair share. Any deal must include significant provisions to increase revenue and must not rely solely on additional cuts.
We hope the Committee will be able to come to a balanced agreement in order to avoid the sequestration trigger. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated a 7.8 percent across-the-board cut in FY13 if the trigger is pulled. This would result in a cut of $3.54 billion to education, including:
- A cut of $1.1 billion to Title I that would impact almost 1.5 million students
- A cut of $896 million to IDEA that would affect more than half a million students, and
- A cut of $590 million to Head Start that would harm more than 75,000 young children.
These cuts would also cause a loss of more than 70,000 jobs at a time when Congress needs to be focused on creating jobs. Attached please find a chart outlining the impact on education of the Budget Control Act's Across-the-Board Reductions (sequestration).
While a deal is essential to avoid these cuts, we would not support a deal that failed to include significant revenue while further slashing funding for education and programs that serve our most vulnerable. All must be asked to pay their fair share.
Focus on Creating Jobs
We strongly supported the President's plan to keep educators working and students learning and were very disappointed when Congress failed to pass both the comprehensive package as well as smaller pieces designed to create immediate jobs.
The situation in schools across the nation is unacceptable, as layoffs and budget cuts create ballooning class sizes and elimination of programs that help students succeed. When educators lose their jobs, students lose too. When school began this fall, fewer dedicated professionals were there to greet and care for them — fewer teachers, teachers' aides, librarians, bus drivers, food service workers, counselors, and nurses.
More than 330,000 education jobs have been lost since September 2008, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. An additional 227,000 education jobs will be lost in the 2011-12 school year, according to the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). And, according to Dr. Lawrence Mishel of the Economic Policy Institute, the loss of these education jobs will trigger the loss of nearly 70,000 additional jobs in other sectors, for a total of nearly 300,000 more jobs lost.
Consider the following stories, only a small sampling of stories NEA receives every day from educators across the country:
Washington State -- I work at a Title 1 school where close to 100% of our students qualify for free and reduced-price lunches. Art and music have been cut from our school, technology assistance has been cut from our district in a major way, and now our counselor is only with us 2 days a week. With all that they are dealing with at home, most of our students could use a daily session with a counselor/psychologist session. But now that support is not there, making it incredibly difficult for them to learn and stay focused.
California -- Due to budget cuts, we lost the teacher who operated the reading program for our poorest non-special education readers. Those students are now in regular English classes, where they will be hard-pressed to do the required work. Our custodial and clerical staffs have been decimated. Most classes now have over 40 students in them.
Ohio -- My building lost a 4th grade math/science specialist. A huge jump is required in the level of math to be successful in the intermediate grades compared to the primary grades. The role of the math/science specialist was to reduce class size so that the homeroom teacher and the math specialists could teach students more effectively….Jobs are an education issue, not an economic issue. If public schools don't have the necessary resources, our children won't develop the skills they need to gain employment that can give them a comfortable existence in life.
Investing in public education creates American jobs. It ensures that our children won't fall through the cracks, and instead will have the resources they need to succeed in the worldwide economy. When we save jobs in our nation's public schools, students are the winners: they receive more individual attention, more help from counselors, more after school help and more opportunities to succeed.
In addition, creating education jobs will help jump start economic recovery. Investing in public education has a greater net positive impact on economic growth than any other type of investment, including tax cuts. When we invest in public education, lower and middle incomes grow even more than upper incomes, positively impacting businesses' bottom line because lower-income people spend their new income on consumer goods and services.
Oppose Additional Discretionary Funding Cuts
Educators understand that Congress must work to ensure America's long-term economic prosperity and that we must address the nation's serious fiscal challenges. However, cutting education funding and slashing programs that serve children, seniors, and working families is not the answer. NEA members see first-hand every day the struggles of many of their students and their families. We cannot afford to abandon the poor and the middle class while continuing to cater to the wealthiest in our nation.
Dramatic spending cuts in programs that invest in America's human capital will jeopardize the health, economic security, and education of millions of Americans. We cannot sacrifice America's future prosperity by cutting education, health, and other programs that invest in students and their families. Many unemployed Americans are returning to education to pursue training in new careers – they need access to lifelong learning in the form of financial aid. School districts are slashing after-school programs, reducing learning time, and overcrowding classes – cutting federal funding will exacerbate these conditions and jeopardize the next generation's future.
Discretionary funding for the next decade already took a significant hit in round one of deficit reduction. We strongly oppose additional cuts that will unavoidably harm critical investments in education. America's students have already "given" toward deficit reduction; their future should not be compromised more:
Michigan -- Shortage of paper for daily use, reduction in supplies, loss of all librarians, extreme reduction of secondary counselors…are only some of the cuts experienced. Our district has high numbers of Title I students and the hardship is placed on them. These cuts are shameful and need to stop.
Texas -- My district is in a predominantly Hispanic, low income, rural area. The number of electives available for our students has been significantly reduced and the amount budgeted for substitute teachers has been cut in half. The students in the classroom of the absent teacher are divided among the remaining teachers. The number of support staff (including custodial staff and aides) has been reduced, as well as the number of work days for new hires in the custodial crew.
South Carolina -- I am an art teacher for a middle school and a high school. Last year, our pay was cut and I watched my friends and colleagues be fired in droves. Every day I thought I would be next. Meanwhile, I spent more than $2,500 out of my own pocket to buy art supplies for my students because my budget was only $300 for the entire year. This year, I heard my governor say that teachers make too much. The superintendent of schools told the legislature to cut all funding for arts programs. No job for me, no art for the kids. Who wins, here?
Maryland -- We have lost 55 teaching positions for the 2012 school year because of budget cuts. This has resulted in larger class sizes, increased workloads for educators, and less time for individual instruction for students. Our students' success and future is at stake. We need to get back the positions we have lost to improve our students' chances of success.
Today, students' success in school depends in large part on the zip code where they live and the educators to whom they are assigned. Poverty is still a serious issue in this country, and unfortunately we still have schools that lack resources, committed and effective leadership, and enough great teachers and education support professionals to reach every student. Schools in struggling communities too often have high dropout rates, and the cycle of poverty continues.
How we choose to spend our resources should reflect our priorities as an entire nation. Children should be a top priority for our support and attention. Middle class families in America are struggling. As a consequence, children are feeling the burdens of their parents' economic worry and uncertainty and, in many cases, their ability to stay afloat. Here are the harsh facts about the impact of the economic crisis on our nation's children:
- More than one in five children is poor;
- One in four children is at risk of hunger;
- Nearly 8 million children lack health insurance; and
- The number of children with at least one unemployed parent in 2010 (over 7 million) has nearly doubled from the start of the recession. (First Focus, Cutting Spending for Children will Not Fix Our Budget Problems, http://firstfocus.net/sites/default/files/DCK_Overview.pdf, April 2011)
We cannot afford to make further cuts to education and other programs serving these vulnerable children.
Investing in education makes both good fiscal sense and good public policy. Funding targeted to improving public schools will see the greatest return on taxpayer money and will strengthen the entire economy. In fact, research shows an inextricable link between investment in education and economic strength. In addition to widespread productivity increases, the higher earnings of educated workers generate higher tax revenues at the local, state, and federal levels. Consistent productive employment reduces dependence on public income-transfer programs and all workers, regardless of education level, earn more when there are more college graduates in the labor force.
In a typical state, investing just two percent more in public education generates 3,900 new jobs and $92 million in new personal income. An equal tax cut generates less than half those gains — 1,500 new jobs and $41 million in new personal income. (Source: Richard Sims, NEA Research, previously Director, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, 2011).
Our nation's top competitors in the global economy are holding harmless or increasing education investments. Despite the current recession and fiscal crisis, 25 developed nations maintained or increased education funding, according to a recent OECD report. Three nations—Denmark, Hungary and Iceland—attributed cuts in K-12 education to the recession, as did one Canadian province; the other five Canadian provinces increased funding (see "Educationtoday Crisis Survey 2010, The Impact of the Economic Recession and Fiscal Crisis on Education in OECD Countries," http://bit.ly/j2CwJR). Further cuts in this nation will serve only to put us at further disadvantage competitively.
Invest in School Modernization
We strongly support the President's plan to invest $30 billion in school infrastructure. Our children deserve manageable class-sizes and modernized and energy-efficient school buildings. On average, our public schools are more than 40 years old and need an estimated $500 billion in repairs and upgrades:
Montana -- I am a preschool special education teacher and coordinator for my district. We have three buildings in our community, with the newest building, the high school, built in the late 1960s. Our other two buildings are from the late 1940s and early 1950s. The preschool is in a modular unit near the main building, and has no bathroom or sink. We have drinking water delivered, but we have to walk outside to the main building to use the restrooms. The walls have cracks, the doors leak, and the windows need to be replaced for more efficient energy use—we have a steam heating system that is very hard to regulate.
Arizona -- I am a high school teacher. Like most of my colleagues, I am teaching 40 students in classrooms not designed for that many students. Our school is bursting at the seams. If one more freshman enrolls for this year, they will have to take English online because there is no more classroom space.
Massachusetts -- We teach our students to stay healthy by washing their hands after using the restroom. That is a difficult thing to do in a sink where the water just dribbles out. We teach our students to stay focused and listen. That is a difficult thing to do in a room with 26 ancient desks and chairs that squeak and have legs that frequently collapse. We teach our students that technology is changing and improving every day. That is hard for them to grasp while using refurbished desktops from eight years ago, in a building with a connection "speed" that frustrates even the most patient learner. We teach our students about our founding fathers and the plans they made for future Americans and America. It is hard to believe that today's leaders are satisfied with the conditions our young people are now learning in.
Pennsylvania -- Our school is filled with harmful mold, dust, asbestos, vermin, and rodents. I have had to see an allergist, and have been on shots for several years. My students are low income, and most do not have the same option of seeing a specialist. How can our students be expected to do their best to better their situation (not to mention, pass tests) if their schools make them sick?
It is shameful to hear such stories in this country. We are sending our children a message that they do not matter and are not a priority for the nation.
School modernization will ensure students the safe, modern learning environments they need to succeed. And, it will help jump start the economy. Construction and building repair generally create 9,000-10,000 jobs per billion dollars spent. Eliminating just half the backlog in needed repairs and improvements would, over a period of years, create more than two million much-needed jobs.
Protect Those Most in Need and Those Who Rely on Core Safety Net Programs Such As Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
We oppose any cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits. These essential programs did not contribute to the nation's deficit and should not be cut to address it.
Cuts to Medicaid would be especially harmful as one-third of all children in the U.S. are served by Medicaid. In fact, of the 68 million people covered by Medicaid in 2010, half were children under the age of 19, whose families depend on Medicaid for health care coverage. Children who lack access to health care services are less likely to come to school healthy and ready to learn and to succeed academically. Slashing Medicaid funding would also place a drastic strain on struggling state budgets and further squeeze education funding.
Social Security cuts should also be off the table. Teachers and education support professionals, like the majority of middle class Americans, rely on Social Security for their future. Educators are particularly vulnerable in their retirement security, both because of their comparatively low salaries and increasing attacks on their pension plans.
Social Security is more than a retirement plan. It is our nation's most successful social insurance program. Nationally, 20 percent of adults receive Social Security benefits, including 22 percent of women and 18 percent of men. About 24 million women, 18 million men, and 3 million children rely on Social Security benefits. Cuts to Social Security would fall disproportionately on low-income individuals, particularly minorities, who depend on Social Security and Medicare. For example, according to the Social Security Administration, among Hispanics receiving Social Security in 2008, 38 percent of elderly married couples and 62 percent of unmarried elderly persons relied on Social Security for 90 percent or more of their income.
Women comprise 58 percent of all Social Security beneficiaries at age 65, and 71 percent of all recipients by age 85. Women traditionally have lower lifetime earnings than their male counterparts, and women in the education profession face comparatively lower salaries than many other professionals. According to the National Women's Law Center, without Social Security, more than half of women over 65 would be poor. Social Security helps level the playing field for women, who on average earn less than men and have fewer years in the workforce as a result of time spent out of the workforce for childcare and care of the sick and elderly.
Ensure a Balanced Approach to Deficit Reduction That Includes Revenues
We strongly believe that those most able to do so must pay their fair share toward deficit reduction. Tax cuts for the wealthy enacted under the last administration and renewed in 2010 are the single largest contributing factor to the deficit. These tax cuts will cost $1 trillion over the next ten years. These funds could be much better spent to help strengthen our nation.
Significant revenue should be generated by scaling back tax breaks for the wealthiest and tax subsidies for corporations. It should not come from taxing health care benefits, which would disproportionately hurt the middle class, especially women. The wealthiest one percent of Americans receives a quarter of all the income. Americans find this imbalance completely unacceptable and want their elected officials to work together on a bipartisan basis to help Main Street hang on. If revenue increases are not included, deficit reductions will have to come from spending cuts alone, decimating education and other priorities, restricting the federal government's ability to respond to economic downturns, limiting economic opportunity, and increasing the likelihood that the fragile recovery will falter.
We understand the seriousness of the task before the Super Committee and hope you can come together in support of a plan that will set our nation on the right course for a secure future. We urge you to fight for a balanced approach that protects the interests of Main Street America, puts our nation back to work, and ensures a strong, competitive nation for the 21st Century.


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Marisol Koslowski
Assistant Head for Engagement and Partnerships, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
585 Purdue Mall
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088
Office: ME 2196, DLRC 103E
- B.S. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, '97
- M.S. California Institute of Technology, '99
- Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, '03
Research Interests
- Computational solid mechanics
- Multiscale modeling of materials
- Finite Elements
- Dislocation dynamics
- Computational modeling of micromechanical systems
- Reliability of electronic interconnects
- Nano structured materials
- Effects of length scales on deformation process
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Application Area(s)
Awards and Recognitions
- 2009, College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award Team: PRISM
- 2006, Leon Heller Postdoctoral Publication Prize, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- 2001, Graduate student presentation award, Materials Research Society, Fall meeting. Boston, MA.
Selected Publications
M. Koslowski, R. LeSar and Robb Thomson, Avalanches and scaling in plastic deformation, Physical Review Letters, 93(12), 2004.
A. Hunter and M. Koslowski, Direct calculation of length scales in gradient plasticity, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 56 3181-3190, 2008.
T. Sullivan, M. Koslowski, F. Theil and M. Ortiz, On the behavior of dissipative systems in contact with heat bath: Applications to Andrade creep. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 57 1058-1077, 2009.
Lei Lei and Marisol Koslowski, Mesoscale modeling of dislocations in molecular crystals, Philosophical Magazine 91(6) 865-878, 2011.
Marisol Koslowski, DongWook Lee and Lei Lei, Role of the grain boundary energetics on the maximum strength of nanocrystalline Nickel, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 59 1427-1436, 2011.
Marisol Koslowski and Alejandro Strachan, Multiscale propagation of uncertainty quantification, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 96(9) 1161-1170, 2011.
Hao Han Hsu, Marisol Koslowski, Dimitirios Peroulis, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 59 (10) 2655-2664, 2011.
Hunter, A., Beyerlein, I., Germann, T. and Koslowski, M. Influence of the stacking fault energy surface on extended partials with a 3D Phase Field Dislocations Model, Physical Review B, 84 144108, 2011.
Alvaro J. Mendoza Jasso, Johnathan E. Goodsell, Andrew Ritchey, R. Byron Pipes and Marisol Koslowski, A parametric study of fiber volume fraction distribution on the failure initiation location in Open Hole Off-Axis Tensile Specimen, Composites Science and Technology, 71 (16) 1819-1825, 2011.
Lei Lei, T. Carvajal and M. Koslowski, Defect induced amorphization of molecular crystals, Journal of Applied Physics, 111, 073505, 2012.


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How Sweden Profits from For‐Profit Schools
The brass ring of education reform is to find a way to ensure that the best schools routinely scale‐up to serve large audiences, crowding out the mediocre and bad ones. Over the past twenty years, the United States and Sweden have taken two very different approaches to achieving that goal, which I wrote about in a recent op‐ed.
In the U.S., our main strategy has been for philanthropists to fund the replication of what they deem to be the academically highest‐performing networks of charter schools. In a recent statistical analysis of California, the state with the most charter schools, I discovered that this is not working out particularly well for us. There is no correlation between charter school networks' academic performance and the philanthropic funding they've raised. And, at any rate, charter schools still enroll less than 3 percent of the nation's students.
In 1992, Sweden introduced a nation‐wide public and private school choice program. Private schools went from enrolling virtually no one to enrolling about 11 percent of the entire student population–a figure that continues to grow with each passing year. Moreover, recent research finds that these new private schools outperform the public schools. And which private schools are growing the fastest? The chains of for‐profit schools that are in greatest demand, and that have an incentive to respond to that demand by opening new locations. The popular non-profit private schools tend not to expand much over time.
Given that Sweden is universally regarded as a liberal nation, and the U.S. is seen as a bastion of capitalism, one wonders why they got to the brass ring first, and why it is taking us so very long to get there now that they've shown us the way.


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Hi I am so happy I found this community, Im very green at being a Vegitarian?Vegan eater and I was looking for a sample Vegan shopping list for my next trip to town and found an excellent one on here and that lead me to lovely recipies . I am heading to the health food shop to get more nuts and yeast, I already have a a pretty good supply of staples as I have been trying to eat healthy for a few years now but had never omited meat till last year and dairy and eggs just a few weeks ago and last week I researched and realised I can get healthy oil from other sources not fish. I never ate alot of meat as I could not stomach eating the beef we raised or the chickens I fed, I always admited I would be a vegitarian if I had to kill the animals.
I am very new to this but have noticed my acne has vastly improved I am 45 and always had it for 3 weeks out of 4 the other week it was scabbing ! My period is lighter and my boobs dont hurt, I am loosing weight of my tummy and thighs without trying, and my gall bladder has not niggled me at all for at least 3 weeks.
This will be tough for me as everyone around me is a meat eater they are farmers and hunters, the only good thing is I am single now and only have to cook for my youngest son , the older two come to visit on weekends. I am scared to tell people my goal is to be Vegan as they will be sure to mock me and try to trick me into being hungry enough to eat a burger ( I always take a supply of healthy snacks with me) anyhow I am so happy to find this sight as I will need some fellow animal lovers and healthy people to talk to as I really dougt I will find any Vegan friends around these parts.
Looking forwards to hearing from new friends Alison
Hey Alison !
Welcome to veganism ! Glad to hear you are having a decent time of it so far , and seeing some improvements with your skin . Don't worry too much about other people , and don't feel like you have to tell anyone about your personal choices , especially those who may mock you . Just get used to saying no thank you . Maybe , at this point , is they ask , just tell them your stomach has been bothering you , and you have to eat light . Think about getting into the habit of soaking your seeds , beans , and nuts , it will help you digest them easier , and avoid problems in the future . Good luck !
Hopefully your boyfriend will respect you , and your decision . If not , well , you might need to think about things . Sometimes people will project thier own issues onto other people who embody them . If we feel bad about something we do , rather than do the work on ourselves , and explore why something triggers a response in us , we choose to look at others , find flaws , mock , belittle , and do things to make us feel better about ourselves . Life should be all about free will , we rule our own destiny , and have to take responsibility for our reality . Like Ghandi said , be the change you want to see ....and remember , thoughts become things .


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Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: 1. To be too rich or sweet. 2. To jade, to provide with too much of something pleasant.
Notes: Today's still Good Word is currently used almost exclusively in its adjectival and adverbal forms, cloying and cloyingly. The common noun is cloyingness, but Shakespeare used cloyment in Twelfth Night (1601): "That suffer surfeit, cloyment, and revolt." There is also an odd negative adjective, cloyless, as in "cloyless dark chocolate truffles".
In Play: Of course, you will most often hear the adjective from today's Good Word: "She thought the cloying smell of lilies inappropriate for a first date." However, do not forget the verb underlying the adjective: "Cloyed by too much success, Seamus Allgood's life began to drift far off its original course."
Word History: This Good Word is a clipping of obsolete accloy "to clog (up)" from Old French encloer "to drive a nail into", created from clou "nail". The French verb comes from Medieval Latin inclavare, comprising in "in" + clavare "to nail", a verb derived from clavus "nail, peg". Clavus is also related to clavis "key", found in clavicle, clavichord, and the noun, conclave, the group that chooses popes behind locked doors. The original word came to the Germanic languages as German schliessen "to close" and English slot, apparently from the sense of a hole for a peg of some kind.
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Mondelēz International, Inc. empowers people to snack right in over 150 countries around the world. We're leading the future of snacking with iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. Our 80,000 colleagues around the world are key to the success of our business. Great people and great brands. That's who we are.
Join us on our mission to continue leading the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. It's time for you to Make It with Mondelēz International.
As a part of Sales, you'll put our customers at the heart of our business. By building strong relationships with every customer, big or small, you'll help Mondelēz International become the supplier of choice and ensure we deliver world-class execution of our business plans in every store.
Primary Role:
The role of the Mondelēz International Sales Service Representative Order Writer (SSROW) is to build a world-class Direct Store Delivery (DSD) business at the retail level. Sales Service Representative Order Writers (SSROW) fulfill the merchandising needs of our grocery-related customers through stocking the shelves and building and maintaining displays. We service nationally recognized customers such as Walmart, Kroger and Target, as well as regional customers. As a Sales Service Representative Order Writer (SSROW) for our company, you are primarily, though not exclusively, merchandising Nabisco specific brands.
This includes physically moving products from the backrooms of our customer stores and then stocking the product on the shelf. Areas of focus will include stocking to ensure full-shelf conditions, neatly-merchandising displays and shelves, building display point-of-sale in all areas of the store, properly-rotating product on the shelf, and creating and hanging accurate price tags / point-of-sale in all departments.
A major objective of this role is to establish and maintain clear and effective communication with key store individuals and fellow Mondelēz team members, while providing outstanding customer service. This role will be responsible for maintaining an efficient and accurate merchandising service schedule, which includes driving to multiple customer stores throughout the shift. The SSROW will also be responsible for identifying selling opportunities at store level and communicating those opportunities, and individual store problems to the appropriate Mondelēz International personnel.
Mondelēz International is an employer of inclusion who partners with diversity groups that cater to people of all races, colors, religions, national origins, ethnicities, ages, genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. Our company also works with military veterans to help hire our heroes who have served our nation, as well as partnering with disability networks to include people of all abilities to help the company succeed for years to come.
Benefits and Compensation:
The Full-Time Sales Service Representative position offers a comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefit package, Employee Assistance Program, paid vacation and holidays. Along with a competitive hourly compensation rate, the role also offers work related mileage reimbursement and eligibility to participate in an incentive program.
Key Competencies:
- Planning and organizing skills
- Effective communication skills
- Creativity
- Flexibility
- Detail-oriented
- Problem solving skills
- Self-starter
- Selling and Inventory Management: Fully using sales, order management systems and technologies that ensure exceptional customer service
- Promotions/Merchandising: Identifying opportunities to use promotional and merchandising techniques to develop and support customer relations
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office, Internet and Cellular/Wireless devices)
- Ability to perform hard work in a fast-paced work environment and to meet the defined physical activities, which include:
- Repetitive lifting (from floor to waist, chest high and above), bending, and carrying up to 25 lbs., occasionally over 50 lbs., pushing & pulling over 100 lbs., etc., occasional ladder use, while adhering to established safety expectations and processes
- Ability to stand and stock shelves, using repetitive hand/arm motions throughout the entire shift
- Unpacking Nabisco product consisting of 100 cases or more
- Experience utilizing hand pallet jack and pushing/pulling U-Boat carts is preferred.
- Previous retail / grocery experience is a plus, as well as work that has included physical activities (lifting, bending, reaching, carrying, pushing and pulling).
- Ability to drive your personal vehicle to a variety of store locations (mileage will be reimbursed).
- A flexible work schedule is required, including being available to work weekends and holidays.
- Additional responsibilities as assigned.
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- You must be at least 18 years of age, have a valid driver's license, reliable transportation and proof of auto insurance.
- Successful completion of drug test, MVR check, and general background check.
Applicants must complete all required steps in the application process, including providing a Resume/CV, in order to be considered for this position.
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The latest video by DarkMatter2525 looks at the notion of vicarious redemption.
Here's an interesting question to ponder: if you could save Jesus from being crucified, would you? And if you would, would this god be considered worthy of worship if he still sends everyone to hell?
A god that endorses scapegoating, methinks, is not moral.


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With a career spanning four decades and around 70 films, Rick Baker has long reigned as the preeminent special effects makeup artist in Hollywood.
His achievements include a mastery of shockingly lifelike simians (including 1976's "King Kong," "Greystoke; The Legend of Tarzan," "Gorillas In the Mist," "Harry and the Hendersons" and 2001's "Planet of the Apes") and the creation of 30 years' worth of definitive screen werewolves (in "American Werewolves In London," "The Howling," Michael Jackson's iconic video "Thriller," "Wolf" and 2010's "The Wolfman").
His exotic aliens have filled everything from the original "Star Wars" cantina scene to "Men In Black's" bustling headquarters. He's transformed Eddie Murphy into "The Nutty Professor's'" Klumps, Robert Downey, Jr. into "Tropic Thunder's" Kirk Lazarus, Ron Perlman into Hellboy, Jim Carrey into the Grinch, Martin Landau into "Ed Wood's" Bella Lugosi and is currently altering Angelina Jolie into Sleeping Beauty's nemesis Maleficent.
A stunning array of Baker's endlessly creative alien creations are on display in "Men In Black 3" (now on Blu-ray) and on Nov. 30 Baker will be honored by the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame. His sidewalk star will be placed in front of the Guinness World Records Museum – fittingly, as during the ceremony the makeup artist will be entered into the Guinness Book of World Records not once but twice: he holds the record in the makeup category for both the most Academy Awards nominations (with a dozen nods) and wins (with seven Oscars).
Baker peels back the mask on a singular career crafting movie magic:
How did "MiB3" compare to the other movies with your creative involvement, as far as pitching notions and concepts up front?
The big difference in the first movie is that Barry [Sonnenfeld, the trilogy's director] didn't know me, hadn't worked with me before, and he learned through the course of the movie to trust me, actually, and I came up with a number of ideas of that were some of the more popular things in 'Men in Black.' And because I am a fan of those kinds of movies – Barry said, 'I've never even seen a science fiction movie,' and I said, 'Well, I've seen them ALL.'
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I kept saying in the first 'Men in Black' 'There's not enough stuff! It's not cool enough – we need to do something cooler!' I'm sure he thought I was a pain in the ass, but when it was decided they were going to do 'Men in Black 3,' he emailed me and he said, 'I know that you're retired, but I can't imagine doing a "Men in Black" movie without you. Would you please, please come out of retirement and do this?' First of all, I'm not retired – I'm trying to be selective about what I do, but you don't have to beg for me to do 'Men in Black.' They're fun. I get to do a lot of things, and he considers me a collaborator and he relies on that. So that makes it that much more fun for me, too – to just say 'I think this would be better.' And sometimes they listen.
What particularly caught your fancy on the third one? Was there one element where you thought, "This is the thing I'm having the most fun with, personally?'
The whole concept that I managed to sell them on was doing the retro aliens – that was what I had the most fun with, because that's what aliens look like to me!
What were some of the reference points for those retro aliens, the classic inspirations?
You could name any film that was made from 1950 to 1970 and I would say yes. There are ones that were bigger budget and more well-known, like 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' which Robert Wise directed. We did one that was very much like Gort. And every one we did, we didn't totally copy – we updated and changed it and sometimes they were morphs between two things.
Was there one of those early films that you saw when you were young that was the real catalyst which made you want to understand the makeup and really pushed you into the direction that you ended up going in?
If I say there was one, I usually say, 'Frankenstein.' I don't think it was ever just one, but that was probably the one that's more responsible than the others. And also the fact that it was so much kind of what I do: the whole thing about creating life. I don't do it out of dead bodies, obviously, but I make things that look alive that didn't exist before out of different parts.
I think that's part of what I found appealing to me, too, but my introduction to movies was on TV. I was born in 1950. I grew up in the first generation of kids that grew up in front of a TV set, and I think every state in the United States had a Saturday or a Friday night horror show thing with a horror host and showed the same movies.
Now we've got a generation of film professionals that grew up on your work. It feels like maybe a pendulum has swung back: you're able to do what it is you do with practical makeup effects but also work in tandem with the digital realm, rather than digital eclipsing everything. There's a really interesting hybridization happening now.
It is better than when digital first came out. What happened when digital first came out was that we all of a sudden became dinosaurs, and they said, 'Oh, you guys are old school, and we're the new guys' and stuff. But you look at 'American Werewolf' which was 30 years ago, it still doesn't look too bad. You look at some '90s CG stuff, and it doesn't look very good.
Congratulations on receiving your Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. What does that distinction mean to you?
It just didn't seem real, and it still doesn't. It seems more real now because a couple days ago, we actually went to the spot and had a little bit of a run‑through and stuff. The star's not there yet, but it's like 'Oh my God – there's Marilyn Monroe, and two stars down, it's going to be Rick Baker.' And I'm still amazed that I actually do what I do for a living. This was my hobby, and I had to mow a lot of lawns and save my allowance to buy materials. It took forever.
What's been your proudest accomplishment professionally?
I'm usually pretty proud of the things that I do. Almost everything I do, I always try to make it the best it can possibly be, especially considering the circumstances. But if I had to pick one character, I think it would be Harry from 'Harry and the Hendersons,' a film I did in the 80s. You could put that movie in theaters today, and people would totally accept it and like it and buy the thing that I did. I just saw it recently – there was some kind of anniversary, whatever it was, and people were saying, 'I can't believe you did this that long ago.'
Everybody's talking about 'Star Wars' right now since the Disney acquisition. The original film was one of your earlier gigs. What's one of your favorite memories of working on that movie, and are you actually excited to see what the next generation's vision going to be?
Yeah, I am excited! My 'Star Wars' experience – it's funny because I came in after they actually shot 'Star Wars.' They had shot in England. They were already editing the film. My friend Ken Ralston and Dennis Muren were working on the visual effects and they had shot the cantina scene, but George [Lucas] wanted more aliens, and he wanted different aliens. And George asked them, 'Do you know anybody that can make me rubber masks?' And they go, 'Yeah – we know somebody.'
My favorite memory of that is actually being called in and George showing me on the flatbed editor the cantina scene as it was. And I just got so excited. It was like 'Oh my God – this is such a great idea! There's this bar full of aliens. How fun is that going to be?' There was no money for my part of it. Nobody knew that 'Star Wars' was going to be the huge success that it was. As far as Fox was concerned, they'd already paid for the film so it was very little money or very little time to do the aliens. We did about 30, I think, but it was such a cool film to be involved with.
From the past to the future: your next project is 'Maleficent.'
I designed Angelina Jolie's makeup and made the pieces for that. I didn't actually apply the makeup – I had just come off of 'Men in Black' and wanted to rest, and actually wasn't planning on taking a film, but Angie was kind of hard to turn down! We made the pieces. I sent one of my people down to England to do it. She had a lot of ideas, and she is a smart woman besides a very pretty woman. It's hard any time, and the hardest thing is just to get a decision.
What was good about Angie is she made decisions. I didn't always agree with them, but still, I would rather have a decision than go for months just grasping to try and get one. That's kind of what film making unfortunately has become. There's so many people involved, and nobody can make a decision. I used to think a movie had a director, and that was the guy who made the decision. That doesn't happen anymore. It's a committee, and they still don't make a decision. And that's why movies cost so much, but Angie knows what she likes and doesn't like.


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Fly to Taipei and experience this bustling city filled with both modern and ancient sites. See the world-famous Taipei 101. Visit the National Palace Museum. Bring your camera to Zhongshan Hall and Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, as well as the Zushi Temple.
Hike the Four Beasts Mountain, the Elephant Mountain, and the mighty Qixingshan for breathtaking views of Taipei. Reward yourself too and unwind in the hot springs of Beitou, Wulai, and Yangmingshand National Park.
See the fascinating temples of Lotus Lake and fly to Kaohsiung. Check out the cool Dome of Light in Kaohsiung's Formosa Boulevard MRT station. Ride the Hello Kitty Ferris Wheel on the roof of Dream Mall with your kids. Spend hours at the Takao Railway Museum and Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts.
Fly to Hualien and travel to one of the loveliest cities in Taiwan. Have some serious reflection at the Abode of Still Thoughts Buddhist Temple. Enjoy a stroll by yourself or with someone special at the Pine Garden. Watch the sunrise or sunset over the Pacific Ocean at Beibin Seashore Park, Nanbin Seashore Park, and Meilun Seashore Park.
Be in the middle of mighty mountains and the ocean when you fly to Taitung. Know more about Taiwan's history at Beinan Cultural Park, Taitung Culture and Tourism Center, and the Taitung Railway Art Village. Don't miss the popular Tianhou Temple too.
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The best time to visit Taiwan for the best weather is from November to April. There are also fewer crowds, with the exception of January and Chinese New Year. You can even score the best discounts on accommodation at tourist areas.
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To reach Taiwan, you will be flying in to the airports in Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hualien, Shalu, or Taitung. You can easily travel around Taiwan by plane, train, bus, subway, taxi, and bicycle.
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We've been discussing the plight of Internet radio for some time, as the Copyright Royalty Board imposed royalties that industry observers predicted would prove lethal to the nascent industry. We discussed Web radio's day of silence in protest, which won the industry a reprieve, and the futile efforts to find relief in Congress. Now it's looking as if the last act is indeed close. Death Metal Maniac sends along this Washington Post story with extensive quotes from Pandora CEO Tim Westergren, who said: "The moment we think this problem in Washington is not going to get solved, we have to pull the plug because all we're doing is wasting money... We're funded by venture capital. They're not going to chase a company whose business model has been broken." The article estimates that XM Satellite Radio will pay "about 1.6 cents per hour per listener when the new rates are fully adapted in 2010. By contrast, Web radio outlets will pay 2.91 cents per hour per listener." That's 70% of projected revenue for Pandora; smaller players estimate the hit at 100% to 300% of revenue


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The stars went punk at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) Gala in New York City on Monday (May 6). But how punk rock did they really go?
Some stars wore leather, while others wore lace–all black of course. Some even dared to wear spikes (beware of Cameron Diaz's sharp belt) or safety pins, like Carey Mulligan, whose black Balenciaga dress used one as a fastener.
Lots of stars had fun with their makeup, channeling their inner Debbie Harry, who herself donned an all-black ensemble from Tommy Hilfiger.
Below we grade a few different looks from stars that dared to go punk.
Miley Cyrus in Marc Jacobs
With bleached spikes and a see through mesh ensemble, Miley said she was a "punk rock Morticia." That's a good way to describe this very extreme look. It seems Miley really can't be tamed.
Katy Perry in Dolce & Gabbana
For Katy's golden look she channeled Joan of Arc, one of history's greatest punks. We appreciate the California Girl's nod to anti-establishment (very punk rock), but her look is a little more Medieval Times than The Ramones.
Find out what grade we gave Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Kanye on Radio.com


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Hi all,
I´m looking for an optimization algorithm, perhaps it would be Dynamic Programming but I´m not sure. I ask you to be understanding because English is not my primary language plus I´m an amateur programmer
Basically, I need to optimize my teacher workforce, having as constraints the maximum weekly working hours for each teacher, and the amount of hours for each specific discipline (say, 60 hours for Mathematics).
First, let me explain about the school.
The school has the 3 working shifts: morning, afternoon and night. Each shift has its classroom amounts, say 4 classrooms at morning, 5 by afternoon and 2 classrooms by night.
We must provide teachers for each classroom, for specific disciplines. Say each classroom needs 30 hours of Math and 20 hours of Science. We have 2 classrooms at night so 30x2 = 60 Math hours and 20x2 = 40 Science hours at night.
Now let me explain about teachers.
Each teacher can work at most 30 weekly hours (or less, if all other classes already have a teacher). Each teacher has their own specific working shift constraints: some may work only at mornings, or morning and night, and every other possible combinations you can think of. Also, some teachers are allowed to work on several disciplines: some may teach, for instance, Math on morning shift and Science on afternoon shift. Others may teach only Math by night.
Finally, on to the problem
Given the several classrooms and the available teachers (and their teaching permissions), how to optimally allocate them, in such a way that we provide teaching hours for every class and maximize the amount of hours every teacher work?
For Example: John Doe may teach Math and Science, only by morning and afternoon. He may work only for 30 hours a week. The school needs 30 Math hours and 30 Science hours. So, considering the other teachers, how to optimally allocate teacher John Doe so that he works the maximum possible amount of hours AND we make optimal use of working hours from other teachers?
I program on PERL language, and MS EXCEL VBA and MS ACCESS VBA, and have some knowledge on LINUX. But I´m open to other languages, if it is needed.
Any suggestions? I´m interested on anything, from freeware and open source to commercial packages.
I would greatly appreciate any help.


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Why should you consider installing an aftermarket diesel lift pump on your truck? As diesel performance becomes a more and more mainstream part of automotive upgrading, we have conversations with many of our customers each day about which performance diesel parts they should consider installing to get the fuel economy gains and power increases they want. Knowing which diesel upgrades are critical from experience, even if we start off talking about diesel tuners, cold air intakes, exhausts, injectors, turbos and the like, invariably we steer the discussion to a product like a FASS Lift Pump. Why do we always end up recommending a fuel pump, when many diesel trucks already have one in some form or other? The answer is simple – there are several reasons. Some so compelling, in fact, that we would feel like we had done our customers a disservice if we didn't educate them. Let's look at some of the most important.
1) It's smart insurance – If you've ever paid to replace a set of diesel injectors, especially for a common rail diesel, you know that you can easily spend a few thousand dollars or more on a set. A Fuel Air Separation System (FASS) lift pump can protect that investment by removing fuel contaminants like water, dirt, and air. This protects the tip of your injection nozzles and your injectors.
2) Your truck will thank you with better performance – diesel performance is all about improving the combustion event. Cooler air is denser, and more oxygen in the cylinder helps make more power. Thus the popularity of diesel cold air intakes. The better the purity and atomization of your diesel fuel, the better your combustion event will be.
3) Improved diesel fuel mileage – One of the most prevalent methods used to improve power and diesel fuel mileage today is a diesel performance chip. And one of the most common methods performance chips employ to get greater gains in power and fuel economy is raising rail pressure. A FASS fuel pump will give your injection pump the support it needs, providing a constant supply of fuel, and at the correct pressure. Whether you use a tuner or not, a FASS pump can give your truck's fuel economy some real help.
For all these and other reasons, we feel confident recommending an aftermarket lift pump like those from FASS for every diesel truck owner on the road. Visit Parley's Diesel Performance to read more about the different types of pumps FASS offers, and to learn more about this important diesel upgrade.


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Rupert's Fund is supporting a research project in Canada to investigate pain so it is better understood and treated. It aims to look for structural damage to the brain and spinal cord between Cavaliers with and without clinical signs of pain associated with syringomyelia (SM) and chiari-like malformation(CM)
This pilot study is supported jointly with the For the Love of Ollie Fund. It is being conducted at the Thames Valley Veterinary Services (Jane Sykes and John Butler) in cooperation with the Lawson Health Research Institute (Karen Kennedy, Frank Bihari and Lela Deans in collaboration with Dr Rusbridge in the UK).
Jane Sykes is providing free pre-anaesthesia bloodwork on the dogs and Clare Rusbridge, a free grading certificate, which has allowed costs to be kept to a minimum. Thanks to Karen Kennedy''s hard work in co-ordinating the dogs, Rupert's Fund is delighted to report there have already been 7 A grade dogs identified, 5 of which have been over 6 years of age!!
This project has been made possible by the hard working army of Cavalier lovers whose donations, however small or large have made a huge difference. It is an excellent example of how breeders, researchers and pet owners are doing the best they can to ensure we get much needed answers.


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In 1979, Daniel Trevanian unleashed upon the world "Shibumi," an international spy-thriller about Nicholas Hel, a half-Russian, half-Japanese assassin trained in Tokyo. Leonardo DiCaprio soon will be bringing Hel to the big screen.
DiCaprio has signed on to star as Hel in an adaptation of "Sartori," Don Winslow's prequel to "Shibumi", reported Deadline. "Sartori", which came out in March, finds Hel being held by the during the Korean War by U.S. forces willing to release only if he agrees to carry out a suicide mission for them.
Here's the synopsis from Winslow's website:
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It is the fall of 1951, and the Korean War is raging. Twenty-six-year-old Nicholai Hel has spent the last three years in solitary confinement at the hands of the Americans. Hel is a master of hoda korosu, or "naked kill," is fluent in seven languages, and has honed extraordinary "proximity sense" - an extra-awareness of the presence of danger. He has the skills to be the world's most fearsome assassin and now the CIA needs him.
The Americans offer Hel freedom, money, and a neutral passport in exchange for one small service: to go to Beijing and kill the Soviet Union's commissioner to China. It's almost certainly a suicide mission, but Hel accepts. Now he must survive chaos, violence, suspicion, and betrayal while trying to achieve his ultimate goal of satori - the possibility of true understanding and harmony with the world.
At the risk of sounding like an effete snob, we don't normally read spy thrillers, but we've read "Shibumi," and it is awesome, and one can only assume "Sartori" will lead to "Shibumi" hitting the big screen as well, which has very excited.
Winslow's "Savages," about a pair of California pot dealers art war with a Mexican drug cartel, is currently being adapted by Oliver Stone, with Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson and Blake Lively in the leads. It's due Sept. 28, 2012.
DiCarpio can next be seen Nov. 9 playing the notorious FBI director in "J. Edgar," and is currently shooting "The Great Gatsby" with Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher and Tobey Maguire for director Baz Luhrman. "Gatsby" is due November of 2012,


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PNC Park hosts Cubs in 127th Pirates home opener
The Pirates unveiled their roster for the team's 127th home opener Monday at 1:35 p.m. against the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park.
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Pittsburgh will carry 12 pitchers on the Opening Day roster -- starters A.J. Burnett, Wandy Rodriguez, James McDonald, Jonathan Sanchez and Jeff Locke, and relievers Jason Grilli, Jeanmar Gomez, Jared Hughes, Chris Leroux, Mark Melancon, Tony Watson and Justin Wilson.
Behind the plate for Pittsburgh will be catchers Russell Martin and Michael McKenry.
The infield includes Pedro Alvarez, Clint Barmes, Josh Harrison, Garrett Jones, John McDonald, Gaby Sanchez and Neil Walker.
The Bucs' outfield is comprised of 2012 All-Star Andrew McCutchen, Starling Marte, Travis Snider and Jose Tabata.
The Pirates will start the season with four players on the disabled list: infielder Brandon Inge and pitchers Jeff Karstens, Francisco Liriano and Charlie Morton.


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Red Sox - 010 100 000 - 2 7 2 Athletics - 100 000 002 - 3 8 1Three hours after he hit Jon Lester's (6.2-4-1-1-9, 107) third pitch of the game for a home run, Coco Crisp lofted a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the tenth that scored the winning run off Alfredo Aceves.
Aceves was charged with protecting a one-run lead, but he gave up a leadoff single to Chris Carter and a one-out hit to Cliff Pennington. Pinch-hitter Brandon Moss lined a single past Aceves into center to tie the game, and when Ryan Kalish overran the ball, the runners moved up to second and third. Then Crisp lofted an 0-2 pitch to right-center than was more than deep enough to score Pennington with the run that dumped the Red Sox back into fourth place.
That rally came after Oakland had failed to score against Vicente Padilla in the eighth despite having loaded the bases with one out. Padilla got out of trouble by striking out both Yoenis Cespedes and Jonny Gomes.
Boston blew scoring chances in each of the final three innings.
7th: Mike Aviles singled with one out and took second on a balk. But Nick Punto grounded to second and Daniel Nava looked at strike three.Salty's 16th home run tied the game back in the second inning. Ortiz monosacked in the fourth, raced to third on Gonzalez's single, and scored on an infield error. Gonzalez's hit extended his streak to 14 games.
8th: Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz both walked to start the inning. Cody Ross struck out, Adrian Gonzalez flied to center, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia was called out on strikes (the final pitch was not in the strike zone).
9th: Kalish singled and Aviles walked. Punto popped up a bunt that Carter dove for and caught, and Aviles was doubled off first. With Nava batting, Kalish then tried to steal third. It looked like he was safe, but Alfonso Marquez called him out.
Cool Colon Factoid: On April 18 of this year, he threw 38 consecutive strikes (or 38 pitches within the strike zone, since some were hit). According to this story, it was the longest streak since 1988, when pitches began to be consistently tracked. The second-longest streak in that time period is 30, by Tim Wakefield (!) in 1998.
Colon has been on the disabled list (strained oblique, right side) since June 17.
Lester continues his below-average season. His ERA+ is only 94 (100 is league average) and his WHIP (1.342) is higher than any season since 2007. Lester: "It's getting to that time I've got to get on that run."
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10th Amendment proves useful even if no one says anything about using it
BTC Commentary — Our Constitutional Bill of Rights are being perpetually scrambled, challenged and re-challenged. The name of the political game is to get you maneuvered out of your rights. Why should a battle over your 10th Amendment be any different?
The 10th Amendment is about powers reserved to the States. States have it and States use it. However, they seldom make a public or corporate ceremony about invoking use of the 10th Amendment. However, when states do a corporate move to kick a federal law back to Washington it is called nullification.
Governor Schweitzer recently publicly knocked the principle of nullification. Loud, patriotic belly bursts of declared independence over States' rights doesn't go over so well with Democrats.
However, he had no problem exercising his State's right to dump federal regulations of the Real ID Act over the rails. He just didn't dare say out loud, "I'll be invoking my 10th Amendment now." He simply did it.
Wisconsin union workers who overran the State capitol recently with protest signs and vigils didn't say, "I am now using my 1st Amendment rights". In similar fashion, Ollie North said, "I can't recall," instead of "I plead the 5th." And in the same manner 25 States across the nation showed DHS they weren't implementing Real ID by the federal deadlines, footing the expense. This was nullifcation by action versus a direct corporate ceremony with one chief or constituency taking credit.
Shortly thereafter, the Tenth Amendment Center stated, "The United States just nullified Real ID by the right of the 10th Amendment!" And it was true.
It seems invoking the 10th Amendment right is something Democratically led States can't be openly proud of. In fact, it is seen by some Democratic interests as almost amoral or at type of political impropriety.
How could a corporate use of the Bill of Rights be considered immoral?
The first reason is strictly political pragmatism. Many Democrats consider it "immoral" for States to opt-out of federal tax strategies. Any move against government solvency structure by a State is sacrosanct. States have to pay tribute to keep Caesar's lights on. Otherwise, there is no grand government plan which can be sustained to serve the plebean hosts.
The other reason is quickly explained by Urban Dictionary's definition of State's Rights:
1) A reference to the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
2) A code word that politicians use to signal to racists that they too, are racist. Used in the past to signal that you support segregation and Jim Crow laws.
When Strom Thurmond said he believed in State's Rights, he really meant that he wanted to keep segregation legal in the South.
If you believe in States' Rights but want to pass the Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, you are a hypocrite.
The simple answer is that the racist south abused the 10th Amendment.
Fast forward to 2011, Americans are suffering with not just expensive government but really poorly executed government, with bad policy, resulting in the passage of blatantly unconstitutional laws. These laws don't serve the long term interests of The People they represent. Corporations hire lawyers, which negotiate PAC service fees to elected officials, legislations are filed and passed; which then return regulatory contracts and business to their corporations. It's the new normal and the legislative circle of life.
When a bad federal law is passed, State regulatory reforms are then bureaucratically dumped on State leaders desks. They are then expected to robotically comply because "IT'S THE LAW." Each State negotiates how bad is too bad, weighing federal consequences to its residents.
State leaders had a succession of rude awakenings in 2007. Federal reforms became completely invasive to citizens once federal wiretapping laws like FISA took anchor, following train with the Patriot Act. Homeland Security started federalizing local police forces and then sought to issue a national ID card to each citizen in 2008.
By 2009, we inaugurated a bi-racial president, but we have significantly less rights as Americans to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Have we lost the forest for the trees?
It is very obvious the federal government is not recovering important Constitutional boundaries, as promised, when Bush left office. In fact, the furrows grow deeper and the power grabbing grows closer to a totalitarian state as Obama seeks to silence whistleblowers, institute a kill switch for the Internet and use federal intelligence to surveil peaceful dissent.
States have to be thinking quietly about the rights of their citizens and aspects of life they once enjoyed without federal intrusion.
Some States are beyond thinking. They're beyond talking. They are using powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States; [which] are reserved to the States respectively, or to The People.
That's using the 10th Amendment. When several states use it for similar reasons, it's called nullification. I think some citizens of Montana don't care much what you call it; as long as they don't get a national ID card or any other federal measure going against the best interest of Montana.
Governor Schweitzer shouldn't get mired down in owning the term "nullification". It's not like nullification will be an evasive option for Montana in the future. Someone will always dance to the cheesy piccolo tunes tweeted by the tri-cornered hat constituencies; he doesn't have to.
I'm sure Montana will accept powerful action over political rhetoric any day.


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The original plans for the
R38 were laid down as part of an order by the Government for a
series of ships at the latter part of the First World War. In
November 1916, the Cabinet authorised plans for two ships, based
on the crashed L33. These were to become the R33 and R34. In January
of 1917, more spending was agreed and three more ships were ordered,
designated the R35, R36 and R37. In June of that year, the L48
was brought down in Suffolk and analysed in detail. It was agreed
that plans for the three ships be altered to follow the latest
German designs. The discovery that L48 was a new "height
climber" meant that the three new ships would be altered
as follows:
R 35 to have an extra cell
installed and required to have a height ceiling of 16,500 ft
R 36 to have an extra cell, to be lightened and to have a height
ceiling of 17,000 ft
R 37 to have the same modifications as the R36.
In June of 1918 the Admiralty
made requirements for a ship to be built which would "be
required to patrol the North Sea for six days without support,
as far as 300 miles from a home base." It was to have a combat
ceiling of 22,000ft, and was required to carry enough fuel for
65 hours at full speed of 70.6 mph. It was agreed that a further
ship be ordered and the new ship, classed as "Admiralty A
Class", was designated the R38. The ship was also to be armed
for the defence of ships on escort duty and for attacking other
4x 520 lb of bombs
8x 230lb of bombs
1x 1pdr gun on gun platform on the top of the ship
12 pairs of machine guns spread along the top of the ship, the
lower gun pit, and throught the gondolas.
The order was given to Shorts Brothers at Cardington, and in February
1919 work started on the ship which would become the largest airship
in the world. With work commencing on the ship, the order was
given for sister ships of R39, R40 and R41 to be constructed,
and design/structural work was begun. With the end of the war
in November 1918 and a sudden down-turn in the economy, Treasury
expenditure was revised. Under Treasury restrictions it was decided
that: R29 and R2 would be broken up, R34 would be retained for
air service, and R33 would probably be turned over to a commercial
company which would also take the R80. The ships R35, R39, R40
and R41 were cancelled. These changes on policy hampered the construction
and life of the R38 and the airship works at Cardington.
Later in 1919, it was proposed
that the R38 order should also be cancelled, as Cardington had
been "Nationalised" under the Defence of the Realm Act.
Shorts Brothers were paid £40,000 in compensation for the
cancellation and the loss of the Cardington premises, which became
known as the Royal Airship Works. The future looked bleak for
the British airships as it seemed likely The future looked bleak
for the British airships as it seemed likely that the ships would
be given away to a commercial company so that the Air Ministry
would no longer have to be responsible for them.
However, following the Armistice and
the division of the remaining German Zeppelins amongst the European
allies in the Treaty of Versailles, the Americans still wanted
a large rigid airship and so to gain experience in this field,
the R38 contract was offered to them in October 1919. For the
sum of $2,500,000 the British agreed to provide the Americans
with a brand new and unique airship and also offer training for
her officers and crews. The contract was agreed, and it was also
agreed that each country would equally bear any possible loss.
In this price was included the use of the R32 and R80 for training
the crews. America also had to prepare for the delivery of the
worlds largest airship, and advised that they could not expect
to receive the ship for at least one year in order that they could
make arrangements for housing it in the United States.
The whole process of building was restarted. Designed as a match
to the "Zeppelin Height-Climbers", the R38 was to be
a high altitude, high speed airship. When the contract was originally
agreed with the United States, a delivery date of "late 1920"
was agreed upon, but progress was slow. The staff at Cardington
were concerned when work on R37, which was being built in the
bay beside R38 was halted. The workmen on R37 were then laid off
when it was decided not to progress with the ship. Of course this
worried the construction staff working on R38 as there were no
further work orders coming through the airship factory. The ship
was finally completed on 7th June 1921. The pressure to get the
ship "flying" was noted as there was not time to change
the registration of the ship from R38 to the designated the ZRII
for the Americans. It was agreed that the ship would fly with
US insignia markings on the outer cover but also with her "British"
Registration R38 on her first flight and have the conversion completed
to the ZRII when she reached her Howden base.
On 23rd June
1921 she was launched from Cardington and delivered to Howden
in Yorkshire. Minor girder damage had been caused in flight by
various stresses and the suggestion was made that strength had
been sacrificed to achieve lightness. Later test flights were
not conclusive about the strength of the ship.
Final Flight - 23rd August 1921
23rd August 1921, the R38/ZRII was now ready for her fourth trial
flight. Now resplendent in her American livery, the ship was to
fly from Howden to Pulham in Norfolk and carry out height and
speed tests over the North Sea. Following completion of the trials
she was to fly over the coast to land at Pulham. The original
plans were to have at least 150 hours of intensive flight trials
for all crews on the new ship, but it was decided that once airworthiness
was agreed then the ship would be handed over to the Americans
with their agreement. This meant that the planned 150 hours were
not required and the ship was to fly to Pulham, moor on the mast
and be loaded up ready for her transatlantic delivery to Lakehurst,
New Jersey. When the ship flew in low over Norfolk, the airship
station was obscured by fog and so it was agreed that the ship
would fly out over the North Sea and spend the night over water.
When she returned in the morning to the airship station, the airfield
was still obscured by thick fog. It was agreed that the ship should
return to Howden and carry out more trials en route that day.
At approximately 17.00 on the 24th August disaster struck on a
test flight during a tight turn over the Humber near Hull.
Eyewitness reports confirmed
that the ship seemed to crumple along mid section and then the
front section broke. It detonated in two explosions killing 44
crew. The tail section tilted and fell towards the Humber estuary.
Five members of the crew in the tail section were saved from the
tail wreckage which had not caught fire.
The official report attributes
structural weakness as the cause of the crash, but the board of
enquiry did not offer any technical opinions on the disaster.
The ship had been built far stronger than the comparable L-71,
but the L-71 was not capable of being maneuvered as sharply, and
was thus protected from the higher stresses exerted on the R38/ZRII.
In March 1922 the Air Ministry, following Commander Scott's investigations,
suggested that the R36 be given to the United States as part compensation
for the loss. The United States would have to bear the $30,000
expense of repairs and inflation of the ship and upkeep of Pulham
after 31st March, and the risks of the transoceanic flight. The
Air Ministry would not approve the R36 being flown across the
Atlantic by an American Crew and so Scott was to be the Commander.
The US department of Aeronautics declined the offer. The final
interest the US had in the R38 was the settlement of the accounts.
Three quarters of the $2,000,000
of the contract price had been paid with the final $500,000 being
due on acceptance of the ship. It was agreed by both Governments
that the ship was lost before delivery and hence both were equally
liable for the loss. The total monetary loss of the R38/ZRII was
calculated at $1,964,334.
There is some evidence of
the United States' plans for the ZRII had she not been destroyed.
It was hoped that by 1923 both the ZRII and the completed ZRI
would be in operation. The ZRII was to be based at Lakehurst and
the ZRI on the west coast of America. Although primarily to be
used in its original role of scout and escort ships, there would
be some cruises over continental United States in order that the
cost of airship operation for commercial concerns could be evaluated,
and of course to stimulate public interest. Potable mooring masts
would be built and it was hoped that "municipalities"
would erect masts at their own expense.
The people of Hull still recall
the loss of the R38 and even now there are many eye witnesses
coming forward with their own accounts of the loss.
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- fibre0g
- protein29g
- salt3.25g
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Tom Thibodeau is coaching about as well in this series as Craig Sager is dressing. So much Bogans. So much Korver. So little stopping of LeBron, Wade, and even Bosh. Accordingly, the Bulls lost two consecutive games for the first time since February.
Miami's up 2-1 and at home tonight, which probably makes this a pivotal game, or some such thing. The Bulls have a couple injuries, too—Omer Asik being the biggest one. However, Asik did show up for the Bulls' shootaround. So, then, will Bosh be the turkey? Or will Turkey beat the Bosh? Stay tuned.
Also, Rick Reilly likes the Heat.
I want to hate the Heat, want it like my next breath, but Wade is nice, James is fun, Bosh is sincere, Spoelstra is cool, Riley is brilliant, and the way they all play is so damn selfless, I can't.
I'm pissed that I can't be pissed.
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