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"Entertainment Marketing in the Digital Age" Summary: The entertainment marketing industry sets the bar for innovation, creativity, and visually compelling advertising campaigns in the digital age. Discover what it takes to develop entertainment promotional pieces in this presentation that explores the career of the Entertainment Graphic Designer and the Entertainment Digital Media Professional. This interactive presentation invites students to exercise their conceptual thinking skills while learning detailed film marketing methods and apply their knowledge to develop their own movie poster or movie trailer. This presentation has classroom handouts and support information.
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So how does the compensation package of University of Michigan President-elect Mark Schlissel stack up against that of outgoing President Mary Sue Coleman?Competitively, but still less than Coleman's when things like retention incentives, deferred compensation and yearly bonuses are factored in. Coleman's current total compensation package is $978,357, compared with Schlissel's $850,000, according to figures provided by the university. Schlissel, 56, is a biochemist who is the Brown University provost. His compensation package:• Base pay: $750,000
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• Base pay: $603,357• Retention incentive: $100,000
• Deferred compensation: $175,000• 2013 bonus: $100,000Other perks: Both Schlissel and Coleman receive use of a car and driver and the president's mansion, and the university pays their work-related expenses. The UM board of regents unanimously approved Schlissel as Coleman's successor Jan. 24. His base pay can be increased at the board's discretion.

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With a punk-meets-minimalist aesthetic and impeccable taste in legendary guy movies, the graphic designer known only by the pen name (mouse name?) Midnight Marauder elevates fan art to fine art.
His recent poster prototypes for Alien prequel Prometheus (in theaters today) have been reblogged maniacally across the web—but it's once you go a click further, to the artist's own Tumblr, that you get the real payoff: an archive of more than 200 eye-popping homages to films from Kubrick to the Coen Brothers, Woody Allen to Ridley Scott.
You'll be able to purchase prints soon. In the meantime, the value of Marauder's digital masterpieces is twofold: They look sharp on your desktop background and, more importantly, provide a visual checklist of classic films you should Netflix immediately.
Bonus Feature:Â Marauder released this brand-new poster (a so-called "reject" from his 12-piece Prometheus series) about an hour before midnight premiere screenings last night.


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You know Walter, sometimes it doesn't hurt to have someone watching your back.
|― Mike Ehrmantraut warning Walter about the incoming danger.
Leonel and Marco Salamanca (commonly known as "The Cousins") were twin brothers and hitmen for the Juárez Cartel, a Mexican drug cartel. Despite an austere, mechanical physicality and virtually non-verbal interaction, they were a fearsome presence who killed without hesitation or emotion.
They were nephews of Don Hector Salamanca, who taught them early on that family is everything - proving so by nearly drowning one until the other fought back against him. They were also the grandsons of Abuelita and they had three cousins connected to criminal actions: Tuco, Lalo and (second cousin) Joaquin Salamanca. They were typically dressed in well-cut sharkskin suits and distinctive cowboy boots tipped with silver skulls, and appeared to worship the Mexican deity of death Santa Muerte, making offerings to a shrine when undertaking an assassination. They were the main antagonists for the first half of season 3. In the prequel series Better Call Saul, they are tertiary antagonists for the second half of season 2 and season 4.
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The Cousins were raised by their uncle, Don Hector Salamanca. Since their early days, Hector taught them hard lessons about life and how they should always put family in front of everything. One of these lessons are shown through flashback, when the Cousins were only kids playing in the backyard of Hector's house. Marco breaks one of Leonel's toys, prompting him to approach his Tio and tell him how much he hates his twin brother, wishing he was dead. Hector calls Marco and tricks him into getting a cold beer inside a tub of icy water, only to push his head in it. As Marco is slowly drowning, Hector coldly asks Leonel if this is what he wants. Leonel eventually punches his Tio in the face to make him stop. Hector releases Marco and then gets up, "family is all," he tells the twins ("One Minute").
Better Call Saul
Season 2
Mike Ehrmantraut notices The Cousins standing on a rooftop adjacent to the motel swimming pool where he is watching Kaylee. One of them makes a gun signal at Kaylee, implying a threat on her life due to Mike's continued refusal of Don Hector's offer to clear Tuco of gun charges as Mike's face shivers in anger and he rushes Kaylee out of the pool for her own safety. They are later present at the meeting Mike has with Hector along with Nacho Varga. ("Bali Ha'i")
The Cousins are with Hector inside a shack in the desert when Nacho and Arturo bring in a tied up Ximenez, the Salamancas' truck driver who smuggled their drugs from Mexico to the US. The Cousins execute him on orders from Don Hector after he fell for an ambush and lost Hector's drug money. Unbeknownst to them, Mike was the one who ambushed Ximenez as retaliation on the Salamancas harrassing him. ("Klick")
Season 4
After Don Hector's stroke, the Cousins visit their uncle, identifying him as such to Dr. Maureen Bruckner. The doctor informs them that Hector has been getting excellent care at the facility, but they are going to try something a little different and explains how they intend to teach Hector's brain to rewire itself after his stroke. The two are joined by Nacho and Arturo partway through the doctor's explanation. The Cousins prompt Nacho and Arturo speak to the unconscious Hector and stand by silently as the two men give Hector an update. ("Breathe")
The Cousins are called to rescue Nacho in the desert after him and Arturo got supposedly ambushed by an unknown foe (in reality, this ambush was all staged by Gustavo Fring). They arrive at the scene of the ambush to find Arturo dead and Nacho seriously injured, so they recur to Dr. Caldera to save Nacho's life, as he is the only surviving witness of the ambush and the only one who could help them find who did this. ("Something Beautiful")
As part of his plans to make more territories available in Albuquerque, Gus frames the Espinosa Gang for the attack on Nacho and Arturo. Nacho plays along with the plan, as he takes the Cousins to indentify the Espinosas as the attackers. He wants to get a crew together and ambush the gang at night, but the Cousins decide to attack right away in the middle of the day. They grab their bag of weapons, kill the guard in the entrance and walk inside shooting. At one point, reinforcements arrive and Nacho decides to take action, but he is still weakened by the faked attack he suffered earlier, so he is unable to help the Cousins as they kill the entire Espinosa Gang and wipe them out of existence. Afterwards, Nacho informs Gus that Marco and Leonel traveled back to Mexico to wait for the heat to die down. ("Talk")
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Season 2
The Cousins are briefly mentioned when Tuco Salamanca kidnaps Walter White and Jesse Pinkman following a police crackdown on his operations. His plan was to take Walt across the border to cook for him full-time, mentioning that his cousins would be arriving to help them across, but before the Cousins were able to arrive, Walt and Jesse escaped and Tuco was shot dead. ("Grilled")
It is revealed via flashback that the Cousins had an off-screen participation in this point of the story. Their boss, Juan Bolsa, finds out that one of his drug runners, Tortuga, was working as a DEA informant. Juan Bolsa visits Tortuga in a bar and tricks him into going to the back to show him a gift. When they get there, Tortuga is assaulted by the Cousins. They proceed to use a machete to decapitate Tortuga as punishment for him betraying the cartel. ("I.F.T.") Later on, Tortuga's head was placed on a tortoise's back with C4 as a trap to kill the agents that Tortuga was working for. ("Negro y Azul")
Season 3
The Cousins arrive in an expensive Mercedes at a small village in the Mexican desert where they find men and women crawling on their bellies up a dusty, adobe-lined desert road. The Cousins join them, leading up to a path toward a candlelit shrine to Santa Muerte. The two men rise to their feet. One makes an offering; the other pins something to the shrine: a sketch of "Heisenberg." Later on, they drive to a dilapidated desert farmhouse, where they leave their car and approach a clothesline. They change their clothes, keeping only their boots and their guns as the family who lives in the farmhouse watches the scene in fear (they probably know who the Cousins are). Marco then leaves the Mercedes keys to the family and the two continue their trip up north on foot.
They manage to get a lift, hidden amid a farm truck's bales of straw, sitting with others sneaking across the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas. A young man brags to the Cousins about painting cars for Michoacan gangsters, but clams up when he notices the silver skulls on their boots. As the Cousins realize that they have been recognized, they pull their guns out and kill everyone inside the truck; the driver stops the truck to investigate, then flees when he notices the situation. The Cousins emerge from the bales and Leonel shoots the driver dead. The two set the truck and its murdered passengers ablaze. They walk away as the vehicle is engulfed in flames. ("No Más")
After crossing the border into the States, they track down their uncle, Hector Salamanca, in a nursing home located in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Familiar with the routine, they procure a Ouija board from a pile of board games and Hector uses his bell to spell out the letters of the real name of the meth cook the cartel knows only as Heisenberg, the man that killed their cousin Tuco: Walter White. The pair soon after show up at Walt's house with an axe where, coincidentally, after living away for two weeks, Walt had returned and broken into his own home. The Cousins let themselves in while Walt is, unsuspectingly, taking a shower. They enter his room and sit on his bed, but before they can take any action, one of them receives a text message that reads: "POLLOS." The two exchange a look, and once Walt exits the shower, his room is empty ("Caballo Sin Nombre").
Juan Bolsa sets up a meeting between Gus Fring, the Cousins, Hector and himself. Bolsa, who speaks on their behalf and that of Tio, explains to Gus that their cousin, Tuco, was betrayed by Walter and they have a family right to execute him, a claim backed by the entire cartel. Gus, who controls all of the drug trafficking north of the border into New Mexico, tells them that they cannot kill Walt as he is still valuable to his business. Gus, however, says that they may kill him whenever he is finished with Walt. After the meeting, Juan Bolsa calls Gus aside and explain to him how he may control the Cousins for now, but eventually they will go after Walter even against Gus' orders. The Salamancas never forgive the death of one of their own ("I.F.T."). As they are waiting, the Cousins take residence on a reservation outside of Albuquerque after killing the elderly woman who lived there. A few days later, a tribal police officer who is investigating her disappearance shows up at the house and finds the woman's corpse in the backyard, the officer stumbles upon Leonel and surrenders him with his shotgun, but Marco approaches the officer from behind with his axe and strikes him in the head, killing him instantly.
The Cousins become impatient and visit Gus at Los Pollos, sitting silently in a booth for the duration of the restaurant's hours. After they return again the next day, Gus grows tired of their intimidation tactics and sets up a meeting with them in the desert. There, he questions why they want to kill Walter so badly, noting that although he may have "betrayed" their cousin, he wasn't the one who murdered him. Marco says that the man who killed Tuco is a DEA agent and Juan Bolsa strictly forbids them from targeting any law enforcement. Gus tells them that it is he who controls the territory north of the border, not Bolsa, so it should be his decision to make. He gives them the name of the DEA agent in question, Hank Schrader, and tells them that he hopes his death may satisfy them ("Sunset").
Similiar to the previous event, the Cousins visit a shrine of Santa Muerte somewhere in the New Mexico desert. They follow the same procedures of before, only that this time they pin a picture of Hank to the shrine. Later on the same day, the Cousins meet with an arms dealer to buy vests. The dealer leads them inside his truck where he tries to sell them hollow-point bullets, even giving Marco one free sample, but the Cousins refuse. After giving them two vests, they ask him if the vests are good, the dealer says that he never leaves his house without one. Marco pulls out his gun and shoots the dealer point blank in the chest, when he survives, the Cousins decide to buy the vests.
The Cousins track Hank down to a store parking lot. Hank, who has just been suspended and forced to surrender his weapon after beating Jesse up, is unarmed when he receives a mysterious phone call. The voice on the other end, distorted by a modifier, warns Hank that he has one minute before the Cousins arrive to kill him. Seeing Leonel approaching him in the rear, he backs his car up rapidly, pinning Leonel against another car forcefully and crushing his legs. Marco opens fire on Hank and forces him to run, then frees his brother Leonel who whispers, "Finish him." Marco pursues Hank, killing a passerby in the parking lot, he stops to reload his gun and accidentally drops the hollow-point bullet sample to the ground. Hank managed to take Leonel's gun and surprises Marco by shooting him multiple times in the chest, but the bullets end up being absorbed by his Kevlar vest, Marco then shoots Hank twice, one shot in the chest and the other in the abdomen. Hank falls to the ground helpless and with no bullets. Marco prepares to shoot him in the face, but he then decides that it is "too easy" and goes back to the car to retrieve his signature axe. In the meantime, Hank manages to reach the hollow-point bullet Marco dropped earlier and loads it into his empty gun, when Marco returns ready to strike Hank dead with his axe, Hank shoots him in the face. The hollow-point blows out the back of Marco's head, killing him instantly ("One Minute").
After the shooting, both Hank and Leonel are rushed by ambulance to the hospital. While Hank is in surgery and in critical condition, Leonel is conscious fairly early much to the disgust of Hank's friends and family, although both of Leonel's legs are amputated as a result of Hank's attack. After recognizing Walter White amongst a group of Albuquerque police officers who were watching him through the room window, Leonel rips off his IV lines and monitors and attempts to crawl to the door, trailing blood from his stumps until he is restrained. He later dies after going into cardiac arrest. It is revealed that Mike Ehrmantraut gave Leonel a fatal injection under orders from Gus to prevent him from revealing to Bolsa that it was Gus who sanctioned the hit on Hank ("I See You").
Their deaths would later be avenged by their uncle who killed Gus by suicide bombing him.
- "Animals...."
- ―Gus describing the Cousins
Leonel and Marco are both extremely dangerous, cunning, cold and psychopathic men. The cousins both show dedication to family, which was instilled in them by their uncle, Hector, who taught them that family was the most important thing on the planet and was exemplified by their dedication to avenge the death of their cousin, Tuco who was killed by D.E.A. agent Hank Schrader. Even after being gravely injured during his assassination attempt on Hank, Marco still even attempted to attack Walter White, despite the futility of his attempt, further exemplifying his dedication to avenge a loved one. Both were blindly loyal to the Juárez Cartel and followed any order without question and killed whoever they were ordered to, notably Tortuga and even when minutes away from killing Walter they followed orders by abandoning the hit, despite their strong desire to murder him.
They are both portrayed as vicious and professional killers, who have gunned down civilians needlessly, without any hint of remorse and were even able to destroy an entire gang of rival drug dealers themselves and have no qualms about harming the elderly or even children. They also shot the arms dealer who they were buying bulletproof vests from, just to see if he was telling the truth about how well they worked, they then paid him for the vests and left him alive, showing that they are not entirely without mercy. They can also be shown to be kind to people who don't get in their way, such as the impoverished Mexican family who they give their expensive Mercedes to after taking their clothes to cross the border as a show of gratitude.
Murders committed by The Cousins
- Ximenez Lecerda: Shot in the head by Marco on Hector Salamanca's orders.
- 21+ Members of the Espinosa Gang: Two stabbed by Marco. Others all shot to death by Marco and Leonel.
- Tortuga: Decapitated on Juan Bolsa's orders.
- D.E.A. Field Agent: Blown to pieces by a bomb strapped to a tortoise. Other agents may also have been killed.
- Olive Oil: Shot to death after recognizing the Cousins.
- Nine Mexican Stowaways: All shot in the back of the truck.
- Unnamed Coyote Driver: Shot in the back by Leonel while trying to escape.
- Mrs. Peyketewa: Killed in an unknown way.
- Bobby Kee: Struck in the back with an axe by Marco.
- Unnamed Man: Shot to death by Marco in the parking lot.
Memorables quotes
- Bolsa: "Don Salamanca had a nephew named Tuco."
- Gustavo: "Yes, I knew of him."
- Bolsa: "Then perhaps you know Don Salamanca mentored him in the business. Thought of Tuco as a son. When Don Salamanca was no longer able, Tuco took over for his uncle. He was a key man in our organization north of the border. He was loyal. This "Heisenberg" he was one of Tuco's local suppliers. Until he betrayed Tuco. So now you see...blood must be repaid by blood. Tuco's cousins here...they have the right to exact vengeance. The Salamanca family, the cartel...everyone stands shoulder to shoulder on this."
- ―Juan Bolsa explaining the situation to Gustavo Fring.[src]
- Gustavo: "I told you before. You will not kill Walter White. Not until my business with him is concluded."
- Marco Salamanca: "We've waited long enough. We won't wait any longer."
- Gustavo: "You'll have to. The decision is not yours to make. Explain to me...why this man White? He betrayed your cousin Tuco, yes. But he's not the one who murdered him. Was there not another man who pulled the trigger?"
- Marco Salamanca: "A DEA agent. Bolsa says the DEA is off-limits."
- Gustavo: "North of the border is my territory. My say. As a show of respect...I say yes. The agent's name is Hank Schrader. May his death satisfy you."
- ―Gustavo confronts the Cousins and turn their hunt to Hank.[src]
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- In a 2013 online article posted by Bustle, Leonel and Marco were ranked as being the fifth most evil characters on Breaking Bad, being surpassed by their uncle Hector, Todd Alquist, their cousin Tuco, and Jack Welker.
- Director of Photography Michael Slovis chose to film all the Season 3 exterior scenes of The Cousins with a strong yellow-brown coloration.
- They are the second and third people of Hector Salamanca's family to be killed, following Tuco Salamanca's death. Many more Salamancas die following these two.
- In the scene where they blow up the truck that takes them over the border, the film crew used practical effects to blow up a real truck. Due to this, only one take was possible. They used a camera trick to make the truck seem closer to the brothers to ensure safety.
- The actors who play the cousins, Daniel Moncada and Luis Moncada, are real life brothers, though they were born 3 years apart.
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Introducing the Most Mediocre Lineup in Baseball
A lineup that includes Albert Pujols, Brandon Phillips, Jimmy Rollins, Alex Gordon and Austin Jackson would seem anything but average. But that is exactly what those players have been this season. The Count spends most of its time discussing the best and the worst. Today, we introduce the All-Average team for 2013.
Stats LLC complied the average batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage for every position on the field, and we found a corresponding best-match player for each. We didn't choose a player at designated hitter because only three could be identified as true DHs due to all of the players who have played there this season. And David Ortiz, Billy Butler and Victor Martinez are all better than the average DH.
It is interesting to note, though, that the league's designated hitters are tied with the catchers for the lowest batting average of any position (at .247), and rank just fourth in OPS. It seems almost inexcusable. Isn't Triple-A teeming with lumbering sluggers who can hit all day but can't field a lick?
As expected, the positions with the biggest bats are the ones with the lowest defensive responsibilities; right fielders (.267) and first basemen (.262) are the best hitters, while shortstops (.255) and catchers (.247) are the worst. The range from the worst (not including pitchers) to the best is only .020 points.
Meanwhile, pitchers' OPS figures aren't even half the shortstop numbers. This is likely the only list of mediocrities you'll see Stephen Strasburg on for a long time.
The position-player lineup is a mixed bag. There are aging former superstars (Pujols and Rollins), yet another lesson in the danger of signing these types to expensive long-term deals. There are better-than-average players having average offensive seasons (Gordon, Jackson and Phillips). There are a couple players considered generally mediocre for their positions (Ryan Doumit and Andre Ethier). Nolan Arenado is a promising youngster who's learning on the job. The list also includes two 2013 All-Stars (Gordon and Phillips), who have had poor second halves thus far.
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Smog hanging over cities is the most familiar and obvious form of air pollution. But there are different kinds of pollution—some visible, some invisible—that contribute to global warming. Generally any substance that people introduce into the atmosphere that has damaging effects on living things and the environment is considered air pollution.
Carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, is the main pollutant that is warming Earth. Though living things emit carbon dioxide when they breathe, carbon dioxide is widely considered to be a pollutant when associated with cars, planes, power plants, and other human activities that involve the burning of fossil fuels such as gasoline and natural gas. In the past 150 years, such activities have pumped enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to raise its levels higher than they have been for hundreds of thousands of years.
Other greenhouse gases include methane—which comes from such sources as swamps and gas emitted by livestock—and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which were used in refrigerants and aerosol propellants until they were banned because of their deteriorating effect on Earth's ozone layer.
Another pollutant associated with climate change is sulfur dioxide, a component of smog. Sulfur dioxide and closely related chemicals are known primarily as a cause of acid rain. But they also reflect light when released in the atmosphere, which keeps sunlight out and causes Earth to cool. Volcanic eruptions can spew massive amounts of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, sometimes causing cooling that lasts for years. In fact, volcanoes used to be the main source of atmospheric sulfur dioxide; today people are.
Industrialized countries have worked to reduce levels of sulfur dioxide, smog, and smoke in order to improve people's health. But a result, not predicted until recently, is that the lower sulfur dioxide levels may actually make global warming worse. Just as sulfur dioxide from volcanoes can cool the planet by blocking sunlight, cutting the amount of the compound in the atmosphere lets more sunlight through, warming the Earth. This effect is exaggerated when elevated levels of other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere trap the additional heat.
Most people agree that to curb global warming, a variety of measures need to be taken. On a personal level, driving and flying less, recycling, and conservation reduces a person's "carbon footprint"—the amount of carbon dioxide a person is responsible for putting into the atmosphere.
On a larger scale, governments are taking measures to limit emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. One way is through the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement between countries that they will cut back on carbon dioxide emissions. Another method is to put taxes on carbon emissions or higher taxes on gasoline, so that people and companies will have greater incentives to conserve energy and pollute less.
Air pollution is a mixture of solid particles and gases in the air. Car emissions, chemicals from factories, dust, pollen and mold spores may be suspended as particles. Ozone, a gas, is a major part of air pollution in cities. When ozone forms air pollution, it's also called smog.
Some air pollutants are poisonous. Inhaling them can increase the chance you'll have health problems. People with heart or lung disease, older adults and children are at greater risk from air pollution. Air pollution isn't just outside - the air inside buildings can also be polluted and affect your health.
Some air pollutants are poisonous. Inhaling them can increase the chance you'll have health problems. People with heart or lung disease, older adults and children are at greater risk from air pollution. Air pollution isn't just outside - the air inside buildings can also be polluted and affect your health.
Example of air pollution
This picture show how is the problem in my neighborhood, and this problem cause a lot of air pollution and affect all of the neighbors that live there. The kids that smell this smog they start to have problems when they breath.
In my neighborhood
Other problem with this is when our neighbor start to fix his car, he make a lot of noisy and is irritable for the rest of the neighbors.


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8 Week Bikini Body Diet Plan
Many of you have been asking me about my diet plan and how I got to my bikini body in a short 8 weeks. I'm going to share with you a snapshot of my meal plan that you can tweak to your needs.
In short, my meal plan given to me by my trainer friend consisted of lots of protein and 6 small meals a day (200-350 cals each) to keep my metabolism up. Barely any carbs. That meant no fruit guys :(
I was so full the first day I went on it because I had never eaten so much protein in my life even though the meal plan measured to less than 1900 cals. I was also working out very hard, lifting weights and running 6 days a week (IN ADDITION TO TEACHING PILATES A MILLION TIMES A WEEK) so that's why my intake was high. I needed ENERGY for killer workouts.
I wrote down how I felt each day in this huge poster chart thing. I also recorded my weight every morning and any other notes I wanted to give myself like "Great progress Cassey! Keep going!" Hahaha. I got my body fat % checked every 2 weeks to make sure I was GAINING MUSCLE and LOSING FAT.
(If you are trying to read my chart, that big pink blurb up in the right hand corner was something I wrote 2 literally days ago after I bounced back from my 2-week Feeling-Fat-and-Failing period. It basically says, "Today I am 118 again. THANK GOD. Working hard pays off. I have my bikini body back!!!!!")
Here's the meal plan…
meal 1
*egg white omelet (1/2 cup liquid egg whites) with 1 cup broccoli.
meal 2
*1 small can tuna with 2 cups broccoli.
meal 3
*9 oz boneless skinless steamed chicken breast and 1 cup steamed green beans.
meal 4
*1.5 scoops vanilla whey protein mixed w/ water (I was using Body Fortress Super Advanced Whey Protein Powder in Vanilla)
meal 5
*9 oz boneless skinless steamed chicken breast, 2 cups romain lettuce, 1 tomato.
meal 6
1.5 scoops vanilla whey protein mixed w/ water
For condiments I used lite soy sauce and tabasco. For dressings, basalmic vinegar or very light vinaigrettes. I also drank TONS of water.
That's basically how I ate for 8 weeks.
I was suppose to carb load on Sundays to fuel up for the rest of the week, so the only difference here was that I did not take my protein and instead had sweet potatoes, black beans, oatmeal, and apple sauce. Apple sauce was the closest I ever got to eating fruit. I was allowed to sub the chicken breast for white fishes like cod. I could sub any of the veggies for other leafy greens.
This meal plan and lifting for about an hour followed by 15-20 min of intense cardio 6 days a week helped me go from 126 lbs and 24% body fat to 118 lbs and 17.5% body fat. I am 5'5".
I'm not gonna lie, it was hard work but I LOVED every second of it. I went to sleep every night waiting to workout. I woke up every morning ready to workout. Results keep me going like a mad woman. How exciting is it to lose a lb every week for 8 weeks? It is one of the best feelings ever! I also loved looking at myself in the mirror and admiring changes like a conceited bi-otch. I know some people are all about the whole "don't look at yourself until the end" type of deal, but for me, NO WAY!!! I wanna see that I look good and I wanna see it NOW! (Ok, kinda childish but hey, who doesn't like a lil instant gratification?)
Just in case you haven't been following this blog for a while, this whole 8 Week Shred thing was an experiment I was doing with my friend who is a personal trainer. We wanted to test out a specific meal plan and workout plan and record results. It was tough for both of us to be on such a restricted diet plan and yes I did have cravings. But I knew at the end of this, I'd have the body I've always dreamed of. So, that kept me going.
I am no longer on this meal plan and I have definitely added fruits back into my diet. I still however eat tons of protein and steamed veggies. And I still workout 6 days a week because I love it.
Disclaimer: PLEASE consult a registered dietitian, nutritionist, or doctor before making any drastic changes to your diet. This is just what I did. Do not follow it unless you know it is safe for you.


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Erdem Karatekin, PhD
Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Departments & Organizations
Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology (BQBS) | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology | Neuroscience
After obtaining his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Louisville, KY (where he studied thanks to a swimming scholarship) Dr. Karatekin went on to study soft matter physics and chemistry at Columbia University with N. J. Turro and B. O'Shaughnessy where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1999. He then gradually moved toward studying dynamics of lipid membranes, first during his post-doctoral stay at the Curie Institute (with F. Brochard-Wyart), and later as research faculty at the Laboratoire de Dynamique Membranaire (CNRS FRE 3146), both in Paris, France.
Thanks to a long-term leave from the CNRS, he was a visiting research scientist in the laboratory of Dr. J. E. Rothman in Cell Biology at Yale during 2008-2011. He joined the Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology as an assistant professor in 2012.
Education & Training
|Columbia University, Chemistry (1999)
|Columbia University (1996)
|University of Louisville, Chem. Eng. (1994)
|Visiting Research Scientist
|Yale University, School of Medicine
|Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
|Post-doctoral fellow
|Curie Institute
Honors & Recognition
Kavli Neuroscience Scholar AwardKavli Foundation (2013)
Long-term fellowship.European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) (2002)
Post-doctoral FellowshipFondation Pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM) (2001)
Post-doctoral FellowshipAssociation pour la Recherche sur le Cancer (ARC) (2000)
Hammett Award, "for excellence in studies and research toward the Ph.D."Columbia University (1994)
Membrane fusion and exocytosis Paris, France (2003)
Research faculty
Dynamics of lipid membranes Paris, France (2000 - 2002)
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April 12, 2010
NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-Three members of the UMass Dartmouth track and field team have earned Little East Conference honors.
Junior Linee Mello-Frost (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford HS) has been named LEC Female Track Athlete of the Week. Sophomore Tom Barry (Wilmington, MA/Wilmington HS) has been named LEC Male Field Athlete of the Week, while freshman Matt Ford (Pembroke, MA/Pembroke HS) was named LEC Male Rookie Track Athlete of the Week.
Mello-Frost broke the school record in the 100 meter hurdles at Saturday's UMass Dartmouth Invitational, finishing first in 15.37 seconds. She was also a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay team that finished second in 51.56 seconds.
Barry finished first in the javelin Saturday. His winning throw of 168 feet, five inches was the seventh best mark at UMD, and qualified him for the Division III New England Championships.
Ford finished first at 800 meters on Saturday with a time of 2:02.26. "Linee is in the midst of a great year, and it was nice to see her set the school record in our invitational," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Steve Gardiner. "She now has both the indoor and the outdoor record, and we'll be looking for even better times as the year goes along. Tom Barry is an outstanding leader. He had five personal bests among his six throws in the meet. He works very hard, and he deserves all the accolades he receives. Matt Ford is having a very good freshman year. He had his best time of the year under very windy conditions. He is one of our hardest working and most reliable athletes, and his honor is well-deserved."
The Corsairs will compete at the Silfen Invitational at Connecticut College this weekend.


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The Sd export for Houdini confuse between point and vertex.
The exporter should export points NOT VERTEX.
Exporting vertex is bad, when houdini user deal with Polygon primitive type.
the only way to get a clean export is to use mesh primtive type but more than often houdini user don't use that.
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This uncooked tomato chutney adapted from Lord Krishna's Cuisine by Yamuna Devi is a refreshing choice to serve alongside fried or baked savories calling out for some extra zip. Much like salsa in texture and flavor, I served this incredibly easy to prepare chutney with Madhur Jaffrey's Indian rice flour pancakes.
|Fresh Tomato Chutney
|Recipe by Lisa Turner
Adapted from Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking
Cuisine: Indian
Published on October 26, 2008
Fresh-tasting and zesty uncooked tomato chutney — simple to prepare and delicious on flatbreads and savories
Toasted Fresh Coconut and Tomato Chutney
Fresh Coriander Chutney
Coconut and Mint Chutney
Roasted Toor Dal & Coconut Chutney
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I have low traffic in my room
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Experiment which time of the day you have the most visitors and be online as much as you can.
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In addition to Chinese language study, students can engage in a variety of courses that focus on China. They can plan semester and yearlong study abroad programs as well as May Term opportunities in China led by Earlham faculty. Students are able to immerse themselves in the increasing co-curricular opportunities that bring China to our campus.
Many courses in the Earlham curriculum include significant China content. These courses can be found across the curriculum, including courses cross-listed in Religion, Politics, History, Music, Literature, International Studies, Chinese Language, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Students interested in concentrated study of China may work with their academic adviser to develop an independent, self-designed major or minor in Chinese Studies. A minor in Chinese Studies is now part of the curriculum.
Earlham students who pursue study abroad in China participate in CIEE programs.


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In the GlassFish Server, the system administrator and application deployer roles are expected to take primary responsibility for configuring message security. In some situations, the application developer may also contribute, although in the typical case either of the other roles may secure an existing application without changing its implementation and without involving the developer. The responsibilities of the various roles are defined in the following sections:
The application developer can turn on message security, but is not responsible for doing so. Message security can be set up by the system administrator so that all web services are secured, or set up by the application deployer when the provider or protection policy bound to the application must be different from that bound to the container.
The application developer is responsible for the following:
Determining if an application-specific message protection policy is required by the application. If so, ensuring that the required policy is specified at application assembly which may be accomplished by communicating with the application deployer.
Determining if message security is necessary at the GlassFish Server level. If so, ensuring that this need is communicated to the system administrator, or taking care of implementing message security at the GlassFish Server level.
The application deployer is responsible for the following:
Specifying (at application assembly) any required application-specific message protection policies if such policies have not already been specified by upstream roles (the developer or assembler)
Modifying GlassFish Server deployment descriptors to specify application-specific message protection policies information (message-security-binding elements) to web service endpoint and service references
These security tasks are discussed in Application-Specific Message Protection. A sample application using message security is discussed in Understanding and Running the Sample Application.
The system administrator is responsible for the following:
Configuring message security providers on the GlassFish Server.
Managing user databases.
Managing keystore and truststore files.
Installing the sample. This is only done if the xms sample application is used to demonstrate the use of message layer web services security.
A system administrator uses the Administration Console to manage server security settings and uses a command line tool to manage certificate databases. Certificates and private keys are stored in key stores and are managed with keytool. System administrator tasks are discussed in Chapter 13, Administering Message Security, in Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1 Administration Guide.


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Mayor Reed,
The First Amendment protects freedom of speech and religion for all Americans, regardless of belief, and you have publicly advocated for making Atlanta "a more welcoming city for all of her citizens, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender, race, and religious beliefs." In light of this, your decision to terminate Atlanta's distinguished Fire Chief, Kelvin Cochran — a public servant with more than three decades of experience who has served President Obama as U.S. Fire Administrator and was unanimously confirmed as Atlanta's fire chief —constitutes the absolute height of hypocrisy.
Chief Cochran, exercising his legally protected rights, expressed his religious convictions in his recent book. He even cleared its contents with your own Ethics Office Director. Despite this, you chose to fire him simply because you disagree with his religious beliefs. This action is not only un-American, it constitutes intolerance, bigotry, and discrimination.
We live in a rich, diverse society. A society with differing viewpoints and beliefs, a society of open discourse in which tolerance and inclusion makes it possible for us to disagree with respect. We also live in a society that values equality, including the notion that everyone has the right to publicly express deeply held beliefs without fear of persecution or reprisal. People of faith – who are a significant part of America's rich rainbow of diversity – share the same fundamental rights as all other groups.
Chief Cochran and the citizens of Atlanta should all have the right to equal application of equal protections under the law. If one group is protected for its beliefs, all groups must be protected.
By signing this petition, I join my fellow citizens in a united call for tolerance, fairness, and equality for all.
I am asking you to:
- Immediately reinstate Chief Cochran.
- Apologize for your unjust actions against Chief Cochran.
- Ensure that no person of faith in Atlanta will be singled out by your administration simply due to the expression of their religious convictions.
As we prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King Day, a holiday honoring an Atlanta native who bravely stood for equality and civil rights, I call on you to respect and honor his legacy. As Dr. King famously said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."


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In case you were wondering, Charles Schwab really likes index funds.
The founder of Charles Schwab Corp. talked with reporters about the "power of indexing" on Thursday, just after publishing a new note on the subject.
He didn't throw actively managed funds and other stock pickers completely under the bus.
But Schwab did say low-cost, diversified funds that track indexes are the best approach for 95% to 98% of Americans.
Given that Vanguard launched the first index fund nearly 40 years ago and Schwab put out its own Schwab 1000 Index Fund in 1991, you might wonder why Charles R. "Chuck" Schwab is talking about indexing now.
He said it's important to point out indexing to investors who are just returning to stocks today after fleeing the market during the financial crisis – and desperately need to build up their nest eggs.
"We need to get the word out because people now coming back in the market here in 2014, some who got out in 2008, 2009 – what's an easy way for them to get in? What's a cheap way to get in?" he told reporters during a conference call.
Schwab emphasized research showing how active managers struggle to outperform their benchmark indexes, especially after fees. So MarketWatch asked if he felt bad about the Schwab platform enabling a lot of use of active funds and active trading -- and therefore underperformance.
"Well, I don't think that means that," Schwab said. "You can pick individual stocks and do extremely well, having done so many times. We're talking about someone like me who spends 99.9% of my time thinking about stocks, researching companies."
He added: "We're talking about for the 95% to 98% of the population of America, what is the best way for them to get started in investing and participate."
Earlier in the conference call, Schwab handled the active-versus-indexing debate in a similar way.
"There are places in your portfolio for active funds. I don't completely beat 'em up," he said.
"But that's when you pick the best managers. Of course, there's somebody out there I know who can pick the best managers. It may not be me," Schwab said, laughing. "That's why I stick to index funds."
Schwab also said he's speaking out about indexing now because people still don't get it.
"There's so many misunderstandings about indexing," he said. For example, index funds aren't as passive as you might think, because companies do enter and leave indexes like the S&P 500 each year.
"There is a dynamic process going on," he said.
Another investing luminary, Warren Buffett, just recently revealed that he's recommending the Vanguard 500 Index Fund for his wife. Well, Schwab said Thursday that 21 years ago he helped get his wife into the Schwab 1000 Index Fund.
"That investment is up seven times in value," he said. "It's proven itself. All index funds, I think, have proven themselves as great vehicles for the individual."
Read Schwab's note and an accompanying white paper here.
--Victor Reklaitis
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More from MarketWatch:
Why index mutual funds and ETFs rule
Warren Buffett to heirs: Put my estate in index funds
Index ETFs becoming "less of an embarrassment" for stock pickers


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NCLB Update
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NCLB Update (http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/)
By July 1, the Department had notified all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico of the status of their standards and assessment system under the No Child Left Behind Act. Four states (Maryland, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and West Virginia) received "full approval," six states (Arizona, Delaware, Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Utah) received "full approval with recommendations," and four states (Alaska, Connecticut, Louisiana, and Massachusetts) received "approval expected" from a team of experts using a peer review process (see http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/peerreview/ for the components). Most of the remaining states received "approval pending, no withholding" designations, indicating they are missing one or two of the fundamental components and, to avoid sanction, must provide (within 25 days) a plan and timeline for meeting those components by the end of the 2006-07 school year. However, eight states received "approval pending, withholding funds" designations for missing three or more components, and two states received "not approved" designations because they "will not be able to administer a fully approved assessment in the 2006-07 school year." These 10 states have 20 days to respond to the findings. Otherwise, the agency is prepared to redistribute 10-25 percent of their Title I, Part A administrative funds directly to school districts. Also, states that are not in full compliance may not apply for additional flexibility under the law. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/nclbfinalassess/.
Meanwhile, July 7 was the deadline for all states to submit revised plans for meeting the No Child Left Behind Act goal of having all core academic subject classes taught by Highly Qualified Teachers. During the week of July 24, state-level practitioners and teacher quality experts will peer review each state's plan and evaluate how successfully it addresses the remaining challenges in reaching the 100 percent goal. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherqual/hqtltr/.
As part of the Gulf Coast Summer Reading Initiative, the Department co-sponsored three mid-June events to highlight the importance of reading throughout the summer. And, as reported earlier, the agency is handling the distribution of 250,000 books to schools, libraries, and literacy organizations in hurricane-affected communities across the states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. First Book "secured" the donation of the books from a Massachusetts wholesaler (Strictly-By-The-Book) and two publishing companies (Simon & Schuster and Townsend Press). For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/06/06122006.html.
Safe Schools/Healthy Students
In a joint effort to create safe learning environments that prevent youth violence and drug abuse and promote healthy childhood development, the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice have awarded over $31 million in Safe Schools/Healthy Students grants to 19 school districts in 14 states. Under this initiative, districts, partnering with law enforcement, juvenile justice, and mental health agencies, implement a comprehensive plan focused on six elements, including safe school environments, early childhood emotional development programs, and mental health treatment services. Grantees proposed plans that addressed those issues with a thoughtful, well-coordinated strategy linking existing and new services in a more systematic manner. Since 1999, these agencies have provided some $1 billion for partnerships. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/07/07112006a.html.
Supplemental Student Aid
The Department's Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) has assembled a variety of resources relating to Academic Competitiveness (AC) and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) grants in one convenient location. At http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/ac-smart.html, students, parents, and counselors will find:
A list of recognized rigorous secondary school programs of study for each state for the 2006-07 school year. To be eligible for an AC grant, students must have completed one of their state's recognized programs. (http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/about/
A list of recognized fields of study in STEM fields and critical foreign languages for the 2006-07 school year. To be eligible for a SMART grant, students must be pursuing a four-year degree with a major in one of these fields. (http://www.ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/GEN0606.html)
The interim final regulations for both grant programs, specifying the eligibility requirements for a student to apply for and receive an award under these programs for the 2006-2007 award year. These interim final regulations also identify the roles of states, school districts, and colleges and universities in administering the programs. These regulations will be effective for the 2006-07 award year. However, the Secretary is soliciting comments on all aspects of these regulations and may amend and finalize them for the 2007-08 award year; comments must be received by August 17. For regulations that would take effect for the 2008-09 and subsequent award years, the Secretary intends to conduct negotiated rulemaking, as required by law. (http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/proprule/
On July 1, the Federal Student Aid (FSA) Office sent 1.182 million notices to Pell Grant-eligible students who may qualify for AC grants.
Personnel Changes
Always recruiting talent, Secretary Spellings recently made three key appointments. First, she named Morgan Brown as Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII). Since 2003, Brown has served as Director of the Minnesota Department of Education's Division of School Choice and Innovation. Previously, he was a Senior Fellow with the Center of the American Experiment, as well as Director of the Minnesota Education League and the Partnership for Choice in Education. OII administers 28 grant programs and coordinates No Child Left Behind's school choice and supplemental educational services provisions (http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/07/07062006.html). Second, the Secretary named Katherine McLane as Press Secretary. For the last two-and-a-half-years, McLane was California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's spokesperson on education, federal affairs, and homeland security and military matters. She was also responsible for web-based communications. Previously, she worked on communications planning, television production, and regulatory advertising. The Press Secretary is the agency's lead spokesperson (http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/07/07112006.html). Third, she named Camille Cain as Director of Regional Services for the Office of Communications and Outreach (OCO). Cain spent three years at the Justice Department, supervising the activities of representatives within the states and territories. Previously, she served as Director of Planning for the Governor of Texas. OCO oversees 10 regional offices (http://www.ed.gov/about/contacts/gen/regions.html). In addition, OCO's fearless leader, Kevin Sullivan, is moving on up! He has been named Assistant to the President for Communications.
Innovation Awards
Congratulations to Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson's Charter Schools Initiative and the Urban Academies Program of the School Board of Broward County (FL), winners of 2006 Innovations in American Government Awards. Founded in 1986, the awards honor city, county, state, tribal, and federal government initiatives that are truly creative, measurably effective, meet a significant need, and have the potential to be transferred to other jurisdictions. More than 1,000 initiatives submitted applications to compete for this year's awards; only seven were named winners. For more information, please go to http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/spotlight.html?id=140.
Monitoring America's Children
According to the 2006 edition of "America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being," compiled by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, the teen birth rate declined to a record low in 2004 (the most recently available data); the infant mortality rate declined to its former, lowest ever, level after increasing from the previous year; and the proportion of children exposed to second-hand smoke is down. On the other hand, the birth rate for unmarried women and the proportion of infants with low birth weight increased. For more information, please go to http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp. (Note: The education section details results on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.)
Quote to Note
"Last month, I had a meeting with Tom Friedman, the New York Times columnist and author of the bestseller The World is Flat. He told me the number one skill our children will need to survive in this new, flat world is learning how to learn. And to learn how to learn, you've got to love to learn, and that's triggered by a great teacher. He said ask your friends what classes they love and, regardless of the subject, take that class because chances are it's being taught by a great teacher."
|Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (7/12/06),
addressing teachers at a summer workshop near Boston
Upcoming Events
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After taking more than three years off from the struggles of an emerging artist to become a mom, Adonna Khare of Burbank has returned in a big way.
She arrived home on Sunday after winning what's probably the biggest people's choice award in the arts: the $200,000 first prize in the ArtPrize competition that Rick DeVos, a scion of the Amway Corp. sales fortune, launched in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 2009.
Khare, 32, earned a master of fine arts degree from Cal State Long Beach in 2006, and has shown her carbon pencil drawings at the Lora Schlesinger Gallery in Santa Monica and the Municipal Art Gallery in L.A.'s Barnsdall Park. But she had remained among the ranks of little-known and underpaid aspiring artists.
Until Friday, when she won a monumental prize with a monumental carbon pencil mural called "Elephants.'
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Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb, who's been out with a broken leg since October 13, had a "very good day" of practice on Thursday, coach Mike McCarthy said this afternoon.
McCarthy made his assessment of Cobb after being asked whether the receiver had a chance to play Sunday at Chicago. While not definitively saying whether Cobb would play or not play in the season finale, McCarthy said he was more optimistic about the wide receiver's condition than he was earlier in the day.
"I feel a lot better now than I probably did this morning," McCarthy said. "But he definitely took a step in that direction."
Cobb would have to be activated off of injured reserve to return to the Packers' lineup. The 23-year-old receiver has caught 29 passes for 378 yards and two touchdowns in five games this season.
The Packers will have quarterback Aaron Rodgers back in the starting lineup Sunday as Green Bay faces Chicago for the NFC North title and the right to host a first-round playoff game next weekend.


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Like many other household conveniences, a good supply of hot water is only truly appreciated when it stops. And if it stops when you're in the shower, this realization can arrive quite abruptly. Fortunately, it doesn't happen that often. The systems that provide hot water are generally reliable and operate for years without a hitch. But when the hitch comes, some background can help. Even if you can't make the repairs yourself, you'll have a good idea what to tell the doctor when he arrives.
Most homes have a tank-type water heater. If you find a large, cylindrical tank standing on end with pipes attached to it, you have a tank-type system. If you don't find a tank, but you have a hot-water heating system that heats your home, it's likely that the hot water reaching your taps is heated bythe boiler. In other cases, hot water may be supplied by a stand-alone instantaneous water heater that's mounted near the fixture it serves.
Tank-Type Water Heaters
The standard water heater comes in two flavors: electric and fuel-fired. In the latter, the fuel most commonly used is gas, either natural or propane, but oil-fired heaters are popular in many areas. Fuel-fired units have a vent pipe at the top to carry away exhaust gases. Electric models, on the other hand, simply have a power cable that connects the heater to your electric service panel.
The job of the tank-type heater is not only to heat the water, but to store it until it's ready to use. Therefore, in addition to the tank's heating system, every tank is equipped with insulation to help keep the water warm between heating cycles.
On top of every tank you'll find the water supply and delivery pipes. The supply pipe routes cold water to the bottom of the tank through the dip tube. The hot-water delivery pipe takes water from the top. For safety, all water heaters are equipped with a T&P valve (temperature-and-pressure relief valve). This valve opens if either the temperature or pressure of the water exceeds a safe limit. The valve is connected to a pipe that runs down the outside of the tank, ending about 6 in. from the floor. It's a good idea to keep a bucket under the end of the pipe to catch water if the valve opens. The T&P valve should not be connected to a drain. If the valve did open, a sign that a problem exists, you might never know that it had opened.
Most tanks are made of steel, which is glass-lined on the inside to help prevent corrosion. In fact, corrosion is the primary reason that tanks fail. Once rust produces a hole, there are temporary fixes, but the tank should be replaced. All tanks also have an anode rod to control corrosion. The magnesium anode rod protects the tank by corroding in place of the steel. Because the rod is designed to corrode, it will eventually wear away. After this happens, corrosion of the steel accelerates. It's a good idea to check the anode rod once a year, and replace it if necessary. At the bottom of every tank is a drain cock to empty the heater, and a valve on the supply pipe allows you to shut down the hot-water plumbing without affecting the cold-water supply to the house.
Electric Water Heaters
The typical electric unit is wired to a 220-volt circuit. To heat the water, the current passes through electrical-resistance heating elements—usually two, one at the middle of the tank and one at the bottom.
Power is delivered to each element through a thermostat—a switch that senses the water temperature. When the temperature drops, the switch closes to allow current flow, and it opens when the temperature reaches its preset limit. Thermostats have a dial for setting the maximum water temperature—generally between 130 degrees and 140 degreesF, or as low as about 120 degreesF for increased energy savings and scald protection.
When a hot-water tap is opened, cold water enters the tank through the dip tube and the drop in temperature triggers the thermostat and element at the bottom. As the water at the top of the tank is replaced by cool water, the temperature at the top thermostat drops and its element kicks in. When the tap is turned off, the heating elements continue to carry current until the thermostats are satisfied.
Fuel-Fired Water Heaters
Instead of electrical-resistance elements, gas-fired heaters have a burner that's fed gas through a control valve and a thermostat switch. In an oil-fired heater, the burner is similar to that found on an oil-fired furnace. In either case, the burner is usually situated to throw a flame under the tank. The exhaust gases are vented either through a hollow core at the center of the tank or around the tank sides. Because fuel-fired heaters heat the tank, which in turn heats the water, there will be more wear and tear on the tank than with electric heat. A fuel-fired heater, therefore, may have a shorter life expectancy than an electric heater.
Heater Effectiveness
Because water heaters both heat and store water, the rate at which the water is heated and the capacity of the tank affect the supply of hot water at your fixtures.
The speed at which a unit heats water is called its recovery rate. This figure indicates the amount of water in gallons that can be heated to 100 degreesF in 1 hour. Once you draw water faster than it's heated, the temperature drops.
However, because the tank stores hot water, its capacity also affects the ongoing availability at the tap. Choosing a water heater that has an appropriate capacity and recovery rate depends on how much water your home demands and how your unit heats the water. Typically, heaters with low recovery rates have a high tank capacity. Although it takes longer to heat the water, there's more of it for intermittent use. Electric heaters fall into this category. On the other hand, a fuel-fired heater with a high recovery rate needn't have a large tank, because it can heat the water faster. In general, electric models have the lowest recovery rate, and oil-fired units have the highest.
Tankless Heaters
If your home doesn't have a hot-water tank, you probably have a hot-water or steam home-heating system that also heats water for your taps. To accomplish the job, your boiler has a tankless water heater. In this system, a coil of pipe is connected at one end to the cold water supply, and at the other to your hot-water delivery piping. As the boiler heats the water that warms your home, that water heats the coil, creating hot water at your taps.
Because tankless heaters only heat water as it's used, there's no cost for maintaining heat in a large volume of water during periods of low usage. However, they do have a few drawbacks. First, the hot water generated is far hotter than necessary, so a cold-water mixing valve should be installed to reduce the chance of scalding. Second, the boiler must fire to generate hot water—which is efficient during the winter months, but decidedly more wasteful when the weather is warm. Like tank-type heaters, tankless heaters are designed to achieve a specific heating rate. Once the rate is exceeded by demand, the temperature of the water drops. In some cases, storage tanks are connected to the heating coil to increase hot-water availability.
In addition to boiler-mounted tankless heaters, stand-alone units are available. Gas-fired instantaneous water heaters utilize a coil and heat exchanger to heat water as it's required. Like boiler-mounted units, instantaneous water heaters don't use energy to maintain the heat in a volume of water, but only fire as hot water is required. A downside is that stand-alone units typically have a lower flow rate than boiler-mounted systems and may fall short during periods of high demand.


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The Education Law Project
The Education Law Project (ELP), directed by Professor Monica Teixeira de Sousa, supports and provides opportunities for New England Law | Boston students to become involved in education law and policy work outside of the classroom and to expand their knowledge of the field.
McKinney-Vento Project (MVP)
The McKinney-Vento Act addresses the rights of homeless children to schooling. Under the MVP, Professor Teixeira de Sousa trains New England Law students to aid her efforts to provide public education to parents about the education-related rights of homeless children.
Public Education Legislation Project (PELP)
In 2012, Professor Teixeira de Sousa launched an initiative to analyze proposed legislation addressing public education. Professor Teixeira de Sousa describes the need for the project: "Education law and policy issues have become favorite topics for the media, and voters are increasingly aware of their elected officials' views on education. However, as legislators across the country scramble to respond to constituent concerns and introduce legislation on a variety of complex and novel education issues, it remains to be seen whether many of these bills have the potential to aid children struggling at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder."
Jeananne Russell '12 worked with Professor Teixeira de Sousa, researching a Rhode Island bill that proposes changes to the charter school enrollment process. Russell also gained a better understanding of the legislation's goals by meeting with the bill's sponsor. Russell then examined charter school enrollment policies across the country and the impact of specific selection mechanisms on at-risk student populations.


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Goodbye La Nina: Will drought, hurricanes also go?
(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - The La Nina weather phenomenon is over. Forecasters say that's good news for the drought in the South and hurricane areas along the coasts.
The National Weather Service pronounced the two-year La Nina finished on Thursday. La Nina is the flip side of El Nino and is caused by the cooling of the central Pacific Ocean. La Nina's greatest effects are in the winter, usually triggering drought in the U.S. South and more rain further north. It also often means more hurricane activity in the Atlantic during the summer. Global temperatures are cooler during La Ninas, especially in the tropics.
(See Bill Whitaker's reports on La Nina at left).
CBS Miami reports that in South Florida, the end of La Nina could have an impact on hurricane season. During a La Nina, the chances of the continental U.S. and the Caribbean Islands having to deal with hurricane activity increases substantially. Conversely, El Nino hurricane activity for the continental U.S. and Caribbean Islands decreases to some degree.
Meteorologists reported some drought relief in Texas earlier this year. But recently drought conditions intensified again in parts of Texas and much of the Southeast.


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Do you mean slang?
I wish to know more about informal English especially on conversation. Is there any websites talk about this?
Do you mean slang?
Generally speaking, conversation and informal English are one and the same.
conversational English can be found in chat corners or by having programs such as messenger or skype...I have both,if you like we can sometimes have a chat ...PM me..:)
Informal english comes natural as you speak with more people, most chatrooms and private conversations with people will be through informal english and when you know formal english, informal english is picked up very easily since there isnt a WHOLE lot of difference. Watching TV for example will give you a lot of informal english to use but if you dont know what you are saying you should be careful.
I doubt you are learning latin medical terms and advanced words that even natural speakers dont know or use, when english is your second language, so informal english will be picked up naturally the more you speak the language.
In my opinion, informal English could be got from the movies, and from chating with people outdoors. As others clarfied, you can get that from chating in the MSN, for example. Listen to music and movies then you will get it by the time.
Also keep in mind that when you're speaking informal English, you're going to end up breaking some grammar rules.
Formal: "Do you skate well?"
Informal: "Do you skate good?"
The second one is, technically, grammatically incorrect, but very few people I know (meaning, very few people under 20 :P) will say "Do you skate well" in an actual converstation.


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Buzzer Beaters: Jered Weaver Breaks Elbow, Numerous Players Declare for NBA Draft and More
Today's top sports stories:
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ace Jered Weaver will miss the next four to six weeks with a broken left elbow. It's not his pitching arm, which is fortunate. Weaver suffered the break trying to avoid a come-backer on Sunday. [Sporting News]
Russ Smith, Louisville's junior guard, will enter the NBA draft. As will Providence's Ricardo Ledo. And Indiana's Victor Oladipo. [ESPN, SB Nation, CBS]
Pairings for the opening round of the Masters were released. Current world No. 1 Tiger Woods will tee off at 10:45 a.m. Thursday with Luke Donald and Scott Piercy. [USA Today]
Carmelo Anthony, coming off a week in which he had three straight 40-point games, earning him Player of the Week honors, supplanted LeBron James in the all-important Most Jerseys Sold standings. [Fox Sports]
Ernst Joubert, a rugby player, suffered a horrific-looking broken nose last weekend, but he's okay enough to smile for the cameras. [GuySpeed]


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