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Wikileaks Document Reveals a "Secret US Base on the Moon" (VIDEO)
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- The Facts:
A document published by Wikileaks clearly implies that the United States had a "secret" base on the Moon that was destroyed by Russia. It's one of many interesting documents that suggest strange things are and have been happening on the Moon.
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Is our world really as it's been presented? There are millions of pages of documents that are classified by multiple countries every single year, how is it possible to really determine what's going on behind the scenes? Why does secrecy rule?
A US government document that was released by WikiLeaks reveals the US had a base on the moon that the Soviets allegedly destroyed. Myself and CE founder Joe Martino explore not only the document but the overwhelming evidence that supports the idea that the US indeed had a base on the Moon and probably still does. We also explore the idea that we may not be the only ones up there. All documents and evidence of what we spoke about are linked in this detailed article for those who enjoy reading and want to access the documents that we reference in the video below. To see the specific Wikileaks document we are discussing, you can click here.
The idea that something strange may be happening on the Moon is not far fetched at all. In fact, given all of the information that's now available within the public domain on the subject, it's hard to see how it's not a fact. Again, we go into a lot of that information in the episode below.
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The episode goes into detail and looks at multiple documents found within the CIA's electronic reading room about bases on the moon as well, plans for building bases on the moon, and studies also showing there are existing structures on the dark side of the moon that may have been built by 'someone else.'
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CDC Director: 'Masks May Offer More Protection From COVID-19 Than The Vaccine'
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- The Facts:
CDC director Robert Redfield said on Wednesday that wearing a mask might be "more guaranteed" to protect an individual from the coronavirus than a vaccine.
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Why is there so much conflicting information out there? Why is it so difficult to arrive at any concrete truth? How does the politicization of science play a role?
What Happened: Centers For Disease Control (CDC) Director Robert Redfield recently stated that wearing a mask may be "more guaranteed" to protect an individual from the coronavirus than a vaccine. This calls into question the efficacy of the vaccine, which is set to make its way into the public domain at the end of this year, or shortly after that. We thought we'd cover this story to bring up the efficacy of vaccines in general, and the growing vaccine hesitancy that now exists within a number of people, scientists and physicians across the world.
"I'm not gonna comment directly about the president, but I am going to comment as the CDC director that face masks, these face masks, are the most important powerful public health tool we have." – Redfield
Not long ago, many scientists presented facts about vaccines and vaccine safety at the recent Global Health Vaccine Safety summit hosted by the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. At the conference, Professor Heidi Larson, a Professor of Anthropology and the Risk and Decision Scientist Director at the Vaccine Confidence Project emphasized the issue of growing vaccine hesitancy.
The other thing that's a trend, and an issue, is not just confidence in providers but confidence of health care providers, we have a very wobbly health professional frontline that is starting to question vaccines and the safety of vaccines. That's a huge problem, because to this day any study I've seen… still, the most trusted person on any study I've seen globally is the health care provider…"
Redfield's comments came after President Trump downplayed the effectiveness of wearing mask, and Trump also stated that Covid would probably go away without a vaccine, referring to the concept of 'herd immunity' as practiced in Sweden, but has also been quite outspoken about the fact that a vaccine may arrive by November.
When it comes to the COVID vaccine, multiple clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines have shown severe reactions within 10 days after taking the vaccine. You can read more about that here. The US government and Yale University also recently collaborated in a clinical trial to determine the best messaging to persuade Americans to take the COVID-19 vaccine. You can read more about that here.
Are Masks Effective?
Multiple studies have claimed to show definitively that mask-wearing effectively prevents transmission of the coronavirus, especially recent ones. This seems to be the general consensus and the information that's come from our federal health regulatory agencies. There are also multiple studies calling the efficacy of masks into question. For example, a fairly recent study published in the New England Medical Journal by a group of Harvard doctors outlines how it's already known that masks provide little to zero benefit when it comes to protection a public setting. According to them,
We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic.
You can read more about that story here and find other complimenting studies.
When it comes to masks, there are multiple studies on both sides of the coin.
Then we have many experts around the world calling into question everything from masks to lockdown. For example, The Physicians For Informed Consent (PIC) recently published a report titled "Physicians for Informed Consent (PIC) Compares COVID-19 to Previous Seasonal and Pandemic Flu Periods." According to them, the infection/fatality rate of COVID-19 is 0.26%.
They are one of many who have emphasized this point.
More than 500 German doctors & scientists have signed on as representatives of an organization called the "Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee" to investigate what's happening on our planet with regards to COVID-19, and also make similar points. You can read more about that story here.
Again, there are many examples from all over the world from various academics, doctors and scientists in the field.
This is why there is so much confusion surrounding this pandemic, because there is so much conflicting information that opposes what we are hearing from our health authorities. Furthermore, a lot of information that opposes the official narrative has been censored from social media platforms, also raising suspicion among the general public.
How Effective Are Vaccines?
Vaccines have been long claimed to be a miracle, and the most important health intervention for the sake of disease prevention of our time. But as mentioned above, vaccine hesitancy is growing, and it's growing fast.
According to a study published in the journal EbioMedicine,
Over the past two decades several vaccine controversies have emerged in various countries, including France, inducing worries about severe adverse effects and eroding confidence in health authorities, experts, and science. These two dimensions are at the core of the vaccine hesitancy (VH) observed in the general population. These two dimensions are at the core of the vaccine hesitancy (VH) observed in the general population. VH is defined as delay in acceptance of vaccination, or refusal, or even acceptance with doubts about its safety and benefits, with all these behaviors and attitudes varying according to context, vaccine, and personal profile, despite the availability of vaccine services. VH presents a challenge to physicians who must address their patients' concerns about vaccines..
In the United States, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) shows what vaccines have resulted in deaths, injury, permanent disabilities and hospitalizations. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury act has also paid out nearly $4 billion dollars to families of vaccine injured children.
According to a MedAlerts, the cumulative raw count of adverse events from measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines alone was: 93,929 adverse events, 1,810 disabilities, 6,902 hospitalizations, and 463 deaths. What is even more disturbing about these numbers is that VAERS is a voluntary and passive reporting system that has been found to only capture 1% of adverse events.
The measles vaccine has also been plagued with a lack of effectiveness, with constant measles outbreaks in heavily vaccinated population pointing towards a failing vaccine. You can read more about that in-depth and access more science on it here. In 2015, nearly 40 percent of measles cases analyzed in the US were a result of the vaccine.
It's not just the MMR vaccine that shows a lack of effectiveness. For example, a new study published in The Royal Society of Medicine is one of multiple studies over the years that has emerged questioning the efficacy of the HPV vaccine. The researchers conducted an appraisal of published phase 2 and 3 efficacy trials in relation to the prevention of cervical cancer and their analysis showed "the trials themselves generated significant uncertainties undermining claims of efficacy" in the data they used. The researchers emphasized that "it is still uncertain whether human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination prevents cervical cancer as trials were not designed to detect this outcome, which takes decades to develop." The researchers point out that the trials used to test the vaccine may have "overestimated" the efficacy of the vaccine.
It's one of multiple studies to call into question the efficacy and safety of the HPV vaccine. It's also been responsible for multiple deaths and permanent disabilities.
Another point to make regarding vaccine injury is that data was collected from June 2006 through October 2009 on 715,000 patients, and 1.4 million doses (of 45 different vaccines) were given to 376,452 individuals. Of these doses, 35,570 possible reactions (2.6 percent of vaccinations) were identified. This is an average of 890 possible events, an average of 1.3 events per clinician, per month. This data was presented at the 2009 AMIA conference. This data comes 2010 HHS pilot study by the Federal Agency for Health Care Research (AHCR) that found that 1 in every 39 vaccines causes injury, a shocking comparison to the claims from the CDC of 1 in every million. You can access that report and read more about it here.
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Noam Chomsky Explains How Immoral & Unethical Extraditing Julian Assange Would Be
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- The Facts:
Noam Chomsky explains that Julian Assange is locked up for spreading truth, and exposing information that the general public has the right to know.
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Why do people like Julian Assange and Edward Snowden face such a harsh backlash from Governments? If governments and elite corporations aren't doing anything wrong, what do they have to hide? Why are the censoring so much information?
What Happened: Popular activist and academic Noam Chomsky recently sat down with RT for an interview regarding the attempted extradition of Julian Assange to the United States. He (Assange) is facing multiple life sentences for leaking classified information, but the reality is, as hundreds of academics, legal professionals, and what seems to be a staggering majority all over the world, feel what is happening to Julian Assange is a result of simply sharing information that that exposes immoral and unethical actions by various governments and big corporations. In fact, more than 150 politicians, lawyers, and legal academics, including 13 former presidents recently called on the UK to free Assange. You can access that letter here. For this, not only has he been imprisoned, but tortured as well. Chomsky mentions this as well.
Of course, the opposition would argue that the information Assange shared threatened "national security" but in my opinion, national security has simply become an umbrella term to cover up these immoral actions by governments and corporations.
According to Chomsky, 'Julian Assange committed the crime of letting the general population know things that they have a right to know and that powerful states don't want them to know.' You can watch the interview clip here.
Why This Is Important: I've written about Assange quite a bit, and a quite I like to use often comes from – Nils Melzer, Human Rights Chair of the Geneva Academy of Int Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Prof of Int Law at the University of Glasgow, UN Rapporteur on Torture and Other Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
How far have we sunk if telling the truth becomes a crime? How far have we sunk if we prosecute people that expose war crimes for exposing war crimes? How far have we sunk when we no longer prosecute our own war criminals? Because we identify more with them, than we identify with the people that actually expose these crimes. What does that tell about us and about our governments? In a democracy, the power does not belong to the government, but to the people. But the people have to claim it. Secrecy disempowers the people because it prevents them from exercising democratic control, which is precisely why governments want secrecy.
For the latest updates on Julian Assange, we strongly recommend following them on Instagram. You can also check out their website as well.
Related CE Articles:
Julian Assange's Trial Has Begun: Judge Warns Him Not To Speak Again & Remain Silent
Media Dead Silent As Award-Winning Journalist Crumbles The Myths Surrounding Julian Assange
The Takeaway: In my opinion, politics has become a cesspool of corruption, and it's now corporations and big banks that seem to dictate political policy. What we are presented with on our TV when it comes to geopolitical issues and war is far different from what's happening in reality, and this is what Julian Assange made evident. Whether it's the funding, arming and creation of terrorist organizations like ISIS or Al-Qaeda by our governments, creating problems so they can propose the solutions, or documents showing the influence Big Pharma has on global health policy, obtaining this information and using it to inform the public is not a "threat" to the people, it's a threat to to the people in power. These people in power are using "national "security as they always due to justify the locking Assange up for the rest of his life.
Do we really live on a planet right now where those who expose truth, expose corporate corruption, and those who want what's best for the world and want to change the world, are locked away, murdered, silenced, censored, and thrown in jail? Furthermore, what time of 'machine' is required to justify his jailing in the minds of the masses? What kind of propaganda tools are used and how powerful are they if they have the ability to completely control human consciousness and perception in a way that best fits their interests?
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1 Million + People Download Study Showing Heavy Aluminum Deposits In Autistic Brains
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- The Facts:
A landmark paper published in 2018 showing high amounts of aluminum in autistic brains has not been dowloaded more than 1 million times.
- Reflect On:
Why are federal health regulatory agencies ignoring the emerging science showing concerns with regards to injected aluminum? Why don't they address the concerns and conduct safety studies?
What Happened: In 2018, Professor of Bioinorganic Chemistry at Keele University, who is considered one of the world's leading experts in aluminum toxicology, published a paper in the Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine & Biology showing very high amounts of aluminum in the brain tissue of people with autism. Exley has examined more than 100 brains, and the aluminum content in these people is some of the highest he has ever seen and raises new questions about the role of aluminum in the etiology of autism. Five people were used in the study, comprising of four males and one female, all between the ages of 14-50. Each of their brains contained what the authors considered unsafe and high amounts of aluminum compared to brain tissues of patients with other diseases where high brain aluminum content is common, like Alzheimer's disease, for example.
It's now been downloaded by more than 1 million people. The photo below was posted recently via his Instagram account.
Here is a summary of the study's main findings:
-All five individuals had at least one brain tissue with a "pathologically significant" level of aluminum, defined as greater than or equal to 3.00 micrograms per gram of dry brain weight (μg/g dry wt). (Dr. Exley and colleagues developed categories to classify aluminum-related pathology after conducting other brain studies, wherein older adults who died healthy had less than 1 μg/g dry wt of brain aluminum.)
-Roughly two-thirds (67%) of all the tissue samples displayed a pathologically significant aluminum content.
-Aluminum levels were particularly high in the male brains, including in a 15-year-old boy with ASD who had the study's single highest brain aluminum measurement (22.11 μg/g dry wt)—many times higher than the pathologically significant threshold and far greater than levels that might be considered as acceptable even for an aged adult.
-Some of the elevated aluminum levels rivaled the very high levels historically reported in victims of dialysis encephalopathy syndrome (a serious iatrogenic disorder resulting from aluminum-containing dialysis solutions).
-In males, most aluminum deposits were inside cells (80/129), whereas aluminum deposits in females were primarily extracellular (15/21). The majority of intracellular aluminum was inside non-neuronal cells (microglia and astrocytes).
-Aluminum was present in both grey matter (88 deposits) and white matter (62 deposits). (The brain's grey matter serves to process information, while the white matter provides connectivity.)
-The researchers also identified aluminum-loaded lymphocytes in the meninges (the layers of protective tissue that surround the brain and spinal cord) and in similar inflammatory cells in the vasculature, furnishing evidence of aluminum's entry into the brain "via immune cells circulating in the blood and lymph" and perhaps explaining how youth with ASD came to acquire such shockingly high levels of brain aluminum.
Following up this paper, Exely recently published recently published a paper titled "The role of aluminum adjuvants in vaccines raises issues that deserve independent, rigorous and honest science." In their publication, they provide evidence for their position that "the safety of aluminium-based vaccine adjuvants, like that of any environmental factor presenting a risk of neurotoxicity and to which the young child is exposed, must be seriously evaluated without further delay, particularly at a time when the CDC is announcing a still increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorders, of 1 child in 54 in the USA."
In the interview below, Exley answers a lot of questions, but the part that caught my attention was:
We have looked at what happens to the aluminum adjuvant when it's injected and we have shown that certain types of cells come to the injection site and take up the aluminum inside them. You know, these same cells we also see in the brain tissue in autism. So, for the first time we have a link that honestly I had never expected to find between aluminum as an adjuvant in vaccines and that same aluminum potentially could be carried by those same cells across the blood brain barrier into the brain tissue where it could deposit the aluminum and produce a disease, Encephalopathy (brain damage), it could produce the more severe and disabling form of autism. This is a really shocking finding for us.
The interview is quite informative with regards to aluminum toxicology in general, but if you're interested in the quote above, you can fast forward to the twelve minutes and thirty seconds mark.
Why This Is Important: There are many concerns being raised about aluminum in vaccines, and where that aluminum goes when it's injected into the body. Multiple animal studies have now shown that when you inject aluminum, it doesn't exit the body but travels to distant organs and eventually ends up in the brain where it's detectable 1-10 years after injection. When we take in aluminum from our food or whatever however, the body does a great job of getting rid of it.
When you inject aluminum, it goes into a different compartment of your body. It doesn't come into that same mechanism of excretion. So, and of course it can't because that's the whole idea of aluminum adjuvants, aluminum adjuvants are meant to stick around and allow that antigen to be presented over and over and over again persistently, otherwise you wouldn't put an adjuvant in in the first place. It can't be inert, because if it were inert it couldn't do the things it does. It can't be excreted because again it couldn't provide that prolonged exposure of the antigen to your immune system. – Dr Christopher Shaw, University of British Columbia. (source)
Furthermore, federal health regulatory agencies have not appropriately studied the aluminum adjuvants mechanisms of action after injection, it's simply been presumed safe after more than 90 years of use in various vaccines.
It's also important to note that A group of scientists and physicians known as The Physicians For Informed Consent (PIC) have discovered a crucial math error in a FDA paper regarding the safety of aluminum in vaccines.
If you want to access the science and studies about injected aluminum not exiting the body, and more information about aluminum in vaccines in general, you can refer to THIS article, and THIS article I recently published on the subject that goes into more detail and provides more sources, science and exampels.
The Takeaway: When it comes to vaccine safety, why does mainstream media constantly point fingers and call those who have concerns "anti-vax conspiracy theorists?" Why don't they ever address the science and concerns being raised that paint vaccines in a light that they've never been painted in? What's going on here? Would more rigorous safety testing of our vaccines not be in the best interests of everybody? Who would ever oppose that and why?
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The Houston Dynamo and San Jose Earthquakes played to a scoreless tie in a preseason friendly Wednesday night at Kezar Stadium before a crowd of 2,116. Dynamo goalkeeper Pat Onstad made four saves to preserve the shutout. The Dynamo will play their final preseason game of the year on Saturday, facing Chivas USA at UCSB's Harder Stadium at 9 p.m. CT.
Wednesday's game saw midfielder Richard Mulrooney play the entire second half, his longest outing since knee surgery last July, and defender Andrew Hainault make his first appearance since the opening scrimmage on February 6. Recently re-acquired Adrian Serioux played his first minutes in midfield for Houston after starting on the back line on Sunday against the Austin Aztex. The Dynamo used 20 different players, with Onstad and forward Luis Angel Landín the only players to go the full 90 minutes.
The Dynamo's regular season begins March 27 with a road match against FC Dallas, and the Houston home opener is on Thursdy, April 1, against defending MLS Cup champion Real Salt Lake. More information is available by calling (713) 276-7500.
Houston Dynamo
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March 17, 2010 – Kezar Stadium, San Francisco CA
Preseason friendly
Scoring Summary:
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Craig Waibel (Erik Ustruck 46), Bobby Boswell (Ryan Cochrane 46), Eddie Robinson (Andrew Hainault 71), Mike Chabala (Wade Barrett 46), Danny Cruz (Brian Mullan 46), Adrian Serioux (Richard Mulrooney 46), Geoff Cameron (Sammy Appiah 65), Corey Ashe (Francisco Navas Cobo 46), Cam Weaver (Dominic Oduro 46), Luis Angel Landín.
San Jose Earthquakes -- Joe Cannon, Chris Leitch (Steven Beitashour 46), Jason Hernandez, Bobby Burling, Ramiro Corrales (Justin Morrow 46), Joey Gjertsen (Omar Jassey 46), Javier Robles (Ramon Sanchez 46), Brad Ring (Simon Elliott 27, Antonio Ribeiro 58), Bobby Convey (Chris Wondolowski 46), Arturo Alvarez (Quincy Amarikwa 46), Ryan Johnson (Cornell Glen 46).
Misconduct Summary:
HOU -- Luis Angel Landín (caution) 42
SJ -- Cornell Glen (caution) 78
Referee: Tyler Ploeger
Referee's Assistants: Mike Kampmeinert; Vicente Cortes
4th Official: Maurizio Laudani
Attendance: 2,116
Weather: Clear -and- 57 degrees
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What It Takes To Be a Jailhouse Lawyer
'For $12 of Commissary, He Got 10 Years Off His Sentence.'
From The Marshall Project / By Beth Schwartzapfel
In 1980, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals vacated Jerry Hartfield's murder conviction and ordered a new trial. But the trial never happened. Twenty-six years later, Hartfield crafted a handwritten petition arguing, essentially, he was serving time for a crime he was no longer convicted of. The person who helped him craft the petition? His cellmate, a jailhouse lawyer. It took almost ten years, but it worked: Hartfield's new trial started this week.
"Jailhouse lawyer" is an informal term for a prisoner who helps other inmates with legal filings. And in most places, the help is just that: informal. Though the term is occasionally used synonymously with "hack" ("a lawyer who throws out any and all arguments, even blatantly wrong ones," according to Urban Dictionary), jailhouse lawyers have been at the heart of several key legal victories: the right to an attorney, the right to be protected from abuse by other prisoners and by guards, and the right to free exercise of religion. In his book Jailhouse Lawyers, Mumia Abu-Jamal, perhaps America's most well-known jailhouse lawyer, described the practice as "law written with stubs of pencils…law learned in a stew of bitterness, under the constant threat of violence, in places where millions of people live, but millions of others wish to ignore or forget." (more…)


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Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal has camera screwed into his head
In New York, the Iraqi-born performance artist Wafaa Bilal has a 10 megapixel camera surgically attached to the back of his head.
The idea of the project he's working on, also called "The Third Eye", is to mount a camera on the back of his head which is connected to the internet and to the Doha Modern Art Arab Museum, and which takes images every one minute while broadcasting them on the internet.
He claims that by doing this he's creating a platform for discussion.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University will elevate its women's rugby team from club level to full varsity status for the 2014-15 academic year. Women's rugby will be the University's 21st women's varsity team, making Brown a national leader in varsity options for female athletes.
"Women have been playing rugby at Brown for more than 35 years and are strong competitors at the national level," said Brown President Christina Paxson. "Elevation to varsity status celebrates the achievements of alumnae and current players, and I congratulate them all on a persistent and successful effort."
The Brown Women's Rugby Football Club was founded in 1977 and has grown to become one of the top-ranked teams in Division I. It has reached the USA Rugby National Championships round of 16 and has won the Ivy League Championship six years in a row. In 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012, Brown competed in the semifinal national championship game, the highest level the club has ever reached. In 2013, Brown hired Kathy Flores as its first full-time women's rugby coach.
"Women's rugby is a rapidly developing sport in communities and high schools as well as at the college level," said Jack Hayes, director of athletics at Brown. "Brown University has a great record as a leader in athletic opportunities for women and is among the first dozen Division I teams to reach the varsity level for women's rugby."
The NCAA currently classifies Division I women's rugby as an emerging sport, designation designed to encourage the growth of opportunity at the intercollegiate level. According to USA Rugby, the sport is growing rapidly at the high school and intercollegiate level, currently including more than 300 collegiate women's rugby clubs. Women's rugby has been an Olympic sport at four previous games and will return to the Olympics in 2016.
Brown is the second Ivy League institution to offer women's rugby at the intercollegiate varsity level. There are 86 NCAA Division I institutions that offer women's rugby. Next season, 10 of them will be at the full varsity level: Eastern Illinois (2002), West Chester (2004), Bowdoin (2004), Norwich (2008), Quinnipiac (2010), Davenport (2013), Harvard (2013), Brown (2014), Life University (2014) and Central Washington University (2014).
"It is an honor and a great opportunity to coach a nationally competitive team that is emerging as a full varsity program," Flores said. "Rugby for women is growing rapidly and has a very bright future, and Brown University is going to remain a strong presence as the sport matures."


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Our specialists use an array of diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical services to diagnosis, monitor, and treat conditions during pregnancy. This comprehensive team approach allows for evaluation, precise diagnosis, and management of complicated conditions, maintaining consistency in care that extends from the time of diagnosis to delivery and into the newborn period. Our services include the following.
Care coordination for pregnancy, delivery and newborn care
The FDTG connects you and your team of OB specialists with experts at Women and Children's Hospital to provide coordinated care for you during your pregnancy and for your child after birth. High-risk obstetricians are on-site for consultation and/or delivery coordination.
Fetal diagnosis
The team works together to diagnose fetal conditions through a number of procedures including fetal MRI, fetal echocardiogram, obstetric ultrasound, amniocentesis, maternal-fetal medicine consultation and genetic testing.
Fetal echocardiogram
A fetal echocardiogram is a specialized ultrasound that uses sound waves to view and make pictures of a developing baby's heart during pregnancy. In some cases, fetal echocardiogram as early as 14 weeks can be done to look for major structural anomalies, and is followed by a fetal echocardiogram at the standard 18 to 20 weeks to confirm anatomy. Indications for early echo include abnormal CVS results, abnormal NT screening or a prior child with major structural heart disease.
Fetal MRI
CAMC Women and Children's Hospital is the only hospital in the state to offer Fetal Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Fetal MRI uses a strong magnetic field, radio waves and computers to take a series of detailed pictures of a developing baby. These pictures can provide useful information about the fetal brain, chest and abdomen. Fetal MRI scans take about 20 to 40 minutes, and are safe and beneficial. They do not use radiation and have no known effects on a developing baby.
Genetic counseling
A genetic consultation helps answer questions about a mother's health, her developing baby's health or the health of the family. During a consultation, families meet with a genetics counselor to discuss many topics, including whether a health condition is passed from parent to child, why it happens, whether it can happen again and where to get help.
Genetic tests and amniocentesis
Tests can be done prior to birth to help determine if a developing child may have genetic disorders or birth defects. An amniocentesis is a procedure in which health care providers take a small amount of fluid from the sac surrounding the developing baby and test it for signs of genetic disorders. Blood samples from one or both parents also can be used for other tests during pregnancy.
High-risk obstetrical ultrasound
An exam that uses sound waves to view and make pictures of parts of the body is called an ultrasound. Our program provides ultrasounds of developing babies during high-risk pregnancies.
Maternal-fetal medicine (high-risk obstetrics)
High-risk obstetricians are on-site at Women and Children's Hospital when requested for consultation or delivery coordination.
Pediatric surgical and medical consultation
Our specialists can speak with families during pregnancy about surgery or other treatment that could be needed after a child is born. Specialists include those in cardiology, general surgery, genetics, maxillofacial, neonatology, urology, social work and more.
Through these services, we treat the following conditions:
Abdominal wall defects
Abdominal wall defects occur when, during pregnancy development, a baby's belly doesn't fully form. When this occurs, the child's intestines can form outside of the abdomen. There are two primary types of abdominal wall defects. Gastroschisis is when a baby's intestines stick out of the body through a hole in one side of the umbilical cord. An omphalocele occurs at the spot where the umbilical cord comes out of a baby's belly.
Brain malformations
Structural abnormalities of the brain, spine and/or fluid spaces within the brain associated with a range of impact upon a child's development can be detected during pregnancy. Neurodevelopmental pediatricians review available information during pregnancy and talk with families about the potential impact these conditions may have on them. They also discuss management strategies that are available.
Cardiac arrhythmias
An abnormal heartbeat, or arrhythmia, can mean the heart is beating too fast, too slow or is beating with an irregular pattern. If an arrhythmia of the fetal heart is detected during pregnancy, a fetal echocardiogram is recommended for further evaluation.
Care coordination for pregnancy, delivery and newborn care
The FDTG connects you and your team of OB specialists with experts at Women and Children's Hospital to provide coordinated care for you during your pregnancy and for your child after birth. High-risk obstetricians are on-site for consultation and/or delivery coordination.
Chromosomal conditions
Chromosomes are the part of cells that carry genetic information, which is information passed from parent to child. Health problems are caused by abnormalities in their number or structure. Down syndrome is an example of a condition in which extra genetic material causes delays in the way a child develops, and often leads to mental retardation.
Cleft lip and palate
Cleft lip and palate are conditions where the upper lip and palate (the roof of the mouth) do not form correctly, leaving a gap. Maxillofacial surgeons repair cleft lip and soft palate problems. These repairs include bone grafting for cleft upper jaw and correction of jaw-size deformities.
Congenital heart disease
Congenital heart defects are abnormalities in the structure of the heart. The problems are present at birth and occur during heart development. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Double outlet right ventricle - a condition where the pulmonary artery and the aorta both arise from the right ventricle.
• Hypoplastic left heart syndrome - a condition in which the left side of the heart is critically underdeveloped and the left side of the heart can't
effectively pump blood to the body.
• Truncus arteriosus - a condition in which a baby has only one great blood vessel leaving the heart, which then branches into blood vessels
that go to the lungs and the body instead of having a separate pulmonary artery and aorta.
• Ventricular septal heart defect - a hole in the wall separating the two lower chambers of the heart.
• Transposition of the great arteries - In cases of transposition of the great arteries, the aorta and the pulmonary arteries are "transposed"
from their normal positions so that the aorta arises from the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery from the left ventricle.
Diaphragmatic hernia
A diaphragmatic hernia is a hole in the thin muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen, known as the diaphragm. Organs that should be in the abdomen can slip through that hole into a baby's chest and take up space that should be available for its lungs to grow. As a result, babies born with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia have smaller lungs than normal, and can develop pulmonary hypertension.
Intestinal atresia
Intenstinal atresia (IA) is a condition in which part of a child's intestine doesn't form completely, and the intestine is closed off in one or more places instead of being an open tube. Some children have missing segments of the intestine between closed spots. IA prevents food and stool from moving all the way through a child's body, and its severity varies.
Lung lesions
Congenital lung lesions are abnormalities that take place during lung development. There are many types of lung lesions. Some occur within the normal lung and some sit beside the normal lung. In all cases they represent abnormal, non-functional lung tissue. The term CPAM, which stands for congenital pulmonary airway malformations, has been applied to describe this group of malformations. Revealing these conditions during pregnancy can help plan for care after the baby is born, which occasionally includes urgent respiratory support for the newborn.
Multiple anomalies occurring together
When more than one condition is detected during pregnancy, families can request to be evaluated by the FDTG for coordinated consultation and planning with multiple specialists.
Neck masses
Large masses in the neck can be detected during pregnancy in a developing fetus. The most common neck masses are lymphatic malformations, which involve lymph system, or the body fluid system. The Women and Children's Hospital FDTG consult with families during pregnancy to evaluate the possible impact a mass may have upon a newborn's ability to breathe correctly after birth. After consultation, a coordinated plan for delivery is made with the obstetric team for the support and treatment of the baby.
Renal and urologic abnormalities
Problems in the system that makes, stores and drains urine represent urologic abnormalities. These abnormalities include structural problems in the kidneys, bladder and tubes that drain urine.
Skeletal abnormalities
Skeletal abnormalities are problems with the way a child's skeleton forms. These abnormalities include clubfoot, dwarfism and missing bones. The FDTG consults with someone in orthopedics to develop an action plan for babies who experience one of these conditions.
Spina bifida and other neural tube defects
Neural tube defects (NTDs) are serious defects of the central nervous system that are present at birth. Location of the defects include the spinal cord, skull and brain. They are caused from failure of the neural tube to close during the first 30 days of fetal development. There are three main types of NTDs:
• Anencephaly - an underdeveloped brain and skull. Most babies born
with this do not survive more than a few hours after birth.
• Encephalocele - the brain and membranes that surround the central nervous system stick out through a defect in the skull. Most babies born
with this either do not live or are severely disabled. However, early surgery can increase the chance of survival
• Spina bifida – A baby born with this literally has a split spine. The term covers a wide range of vertebral defects and NTDs resulting from
failure of the vertebral arch to fuse.


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The geeky side of avalanche control...
Posted by Unknown in avalanche, avalanche control, glide avalanche, snoqualmie pass on Monday, June 27, 2011
by guest blogger John Stimberis
As an Avalanche Forecaster I work in a snowy environment where I am able to explore a variety of questions related to avalanches, weather, and snow. Outside of work my colleague Charles Rubin (CWU Geosciences) and I explore some of these questions and occasionally find answers. We had our paper Glide avalanche response to an extreme rain-on-snow event, Snoqualmie Pass, WA published in the Journal of Glaciology this month. I'm sure you're asking "What is an extreme rain-on-snow event ", "what is a glide avalanche response?", or "when will summer actually begin?" Well, before I answer these questions let me provide a little background information. Dr. Rubin, he prefers Charlie, and I have been working together on avalanche related issues for the past eight years. Much of this work is done in my spare time, kind of like a hobby. OK, full disclosure- I am a snow geek, nobody does research in their spare time as a hobby unless they are a complete geek.
Anyway, now that we've cleared that up let's get back to the research. Charlie and I have been studying a glide avalanche slope near Snoqualmie Pass. Glide avalanches occur when the entire snowpack slides as a cohesive mass, right to the ground. These events are rare in their distribution and are difficult to predict when they will release. During our research we've managed to record a few events, provide data for some of Charlie's graduate students, and stay interested enough to continue with the work.
During January of 2009 a large storm was forecasted to affect Washington State. This was going to be one of those Pineapple Express storms with lots of rain and flooding due to high snow levels. Charlie and I figured the rain would trigger a glide avalanche due to the warming and water flowing through the snow pack. We were ready to record the event using the various sensors that were in place. I was also ready for the normal snow avalanches that might affect I-90. Rain often triggers avalanches within minutes of the first rainfall. Our avalanche crews performed a full round of avalanche control prior to the arrival of the rain to keep any rain triggered slides to a minimum.
Our expectations were met when the rain arrived and we observed only small slides or sluffs that didn't reach the highway due to our preemptive avalanche work. The rain fell throughout the day and into the night at a heavy rate, sometimes as much as .45" an hour. It looked like everything was going to be fine. The snowpack was absorbing most of the rain probably because the snow had been so cold and dry up through early January. Here's where it gets tricky, don't let down your guard. Just when it all seemed ok, it wasn't. A large flow of water, slush, ice, rocks, and trees hit the highway in the area of a stream/avalanche path. Our Maintenance crews quickly cleaned up the area, but new problems were popping up everywhere. The water had finally made its way through the snow and the flood was on. The highway turned to a river. Interestingly, the glide avalanche slope wasn't doing much.
By the following day we assumed the worst was over. Water was flowing freely through the snowpack and lowland flooding was now the big concern.
|Massive landslide at Hyak in 2009
Charlie and I assume it took so long to happen because the snow pack prior to the rain was cold and dry. It took some time for the snow to settle and become a large cohesive mass, something we feel is necessary for glide avalanching to happen. Once the snow began to settle we saw the glide rates increase. It's worth noting that normal avalanches happen quite quickly, while glide avalanches are often slow to develop. Our snow study plot on Snoqualmie Pass recorded a 3 foot decrease in the snow pack during the rain event. People often assume the snow is melted by the rain during these storms, but it takes a lot of energy (heat) to do that and there generally isn't that much in a rain storm. What happens is most of the snow compacts and settles, which is good for stabilizing avalanche conditions, but not for the glide avalanche. I'm glad we don't have many of these glide avalanches to deal with.
After the storm Charlie and I assessed our data and put together a paper describing the event. We presented the results at the International Snow Science Workshop in Davos, Switzerland. It was quite an honor to go there and speak to snow geeks from all over the world. We were encouraged to expand our report and submit it for publication in the Journal of Glaciology, and after revisions and peer reviews we were accepted and published. We plan to continue our research during the coming winters, and who knows maybe someday I'll find the time and money to get a master's degree of my own.
Hopefully this article sums up the paper, but just in case you want to read the full account (pdf). At least you now know what a rain-on-snow event can do and what a glide avalanche is. As for the third question, summer technically began on June 21, but we here in the Pacific Northwest know better. According to some forecasters summer really begins on July 12. Whenever it arrives remember to enjoy a little, it will be gone before you know it.
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Sport Utility Vehicles
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$25,920 Base Price MSRP
$32,485 As Tested MSRP
Model Lineup: Dodge Durango ST ($25,920); SLT ($28,160); Limited ($31,965)
Standard Engine: 5.7-liter V8
Engine Options: 3.7-liter SOHC V6; 4.7-liter SOHC V8; 5.7-liter Hemi V8
Standard Transmission: five-speed automatic
Transmission Options: four-speed automatic (V6); five-speed automatic (V8)
Basic Warranty: 3 years/50,000 miles
Assembled In: Newark, Delaware
Model Tested MSRP: Dodge Durango SLT 4WD ($30,945)
Standard Equipment: cloth seats with power driver's seat; rear heating and air conditioning; AM/FM stereo with in-dash CD player; day/night rearview mirror
Options As Tested: 5.7-liter V8 engine ($895)
Standard Safety Equipment: three-point seatbelts and headrests for all seats; anti-lock brakes with electronic brake distribution; crushable frame rail tips; energy-absorbing steering column; advanced airbag system
Optional Safety Equipment: side curtain airbags for all seats; electronic stability control, side-impact airbagsDestination Charge: $645
Now comes the 2004 Dodge Durango, a total rewrite of the Durango book. It's seven inches longer, and the wheelbase, width and height have all grown by three inches, bringing it to a size between the Chevy Tahoe and Ford Expedition. Its skin has been completely restyled, and there are two new engines: a 3.7-liter V6 and a 5.7-liter Hemi V8, in addition to the popular 4.7-liter V8.
The new Durango offers excellent ride and handling, without that unrefined, rough round the edges feel that characterized the previous-generation model. Both the 4.7-liter and 5.7-liter V8s are superb, smooth and powerful. They come with a five-speed automatic that's smooth, refined, smart and responsive. Inside, it's quiet, roomy, comfortable and technologically sophisticated. These descriptions would not have fit last year's model.
The all-new Durango is both more and less of a truck than it was before. More because it's stronger; and less because it simply feels less like a truck than the former Durango, despite its size.
There are three models of Durango: ST, SLT or Limited. All models come with either 2WD or 4WD.
The base ST lists for $26,565 with 2WD and $29,350 with 4WD including destination, a great value considering the content. It's thousands lower than the MSRP of the '03 Durango, which was heavily rebated. For the first time, a V6 is available. The new single-overhead-cam engine displaces 3.7 liters, makes 210 horsepower with 235 pound-feet of torque, and gets 16/21 mpg. The V6 uses a four-speed automatic transmission and can pull a 3700-pound trailer. Standard features on the ST include four-wheel disc brakes with electronic brake distribution, 17-inch steel wheels with on/off-road tires, a single-disc CD player, cloth interior with a 40/20/40 split rear seat, remote keyless entry and a 27-gallon fuel tank. Options include the SOHC 4.7-liter V8 engine that makes 230/290 horsepower and torque, a bigger alternator and battery, traction control, halogen headlamps, heavy-duty shocks and springs, a two-speed transfer case (low and high gears for 4WD), side curtain airbags and a sunroof.
The SLT is distinguished by the third-row seat, a 50/50 fold-flat bench. The SLT can be had with the V6 and 2WD, but the standard engine is the 4.7-liter V8. Optional is the 335-horsepower 5.7-liter Hemi V8 for $895. The engine is new for Durango but has one year under its crank in 2003 Dodge Ram trucks. Both V8 engines use an extremely smooth five-speed automatic transmission.
A 4x4 SLT, the best-selling Durango model, runs $31,590 including destination, a highly competitive price considering all the new engineering (which we'll get to). Standard equipment includes body-colored moldings and fascia, power driver's seat, interior wood trim, rear AC, foglamps and roof rails. Options include leather, heated seats, satellite radio, a hands-free phone system and a DVD entertainment system with wireless headphones.
At $34,900, the Limited throws in the luxury: leather seats, a 384-watt, eight-speaker MP3 sound system with six-disc CD, aluminum wheels, folding power heated mirrors, and a memory system for just about everything you can think of to set, including adjustable pedals. The only thing the driver needs to remember is how to work the memory system.
Unfortunately, neither electronic stability control nor side door airbags are available.
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Dodge calls its look in your face" styling. It boasts that other drivers will be inclined to move over when they see a Durango or Ram in the rearview mirror. The "crosshair" grille that's so imposing comes only in high-profile chrome in '04. And the new headlamps are called "shotgun" headlights. We wish intimidation were left out of the equation. The Durango is handsome enough to stand on its own. But the Dodge truck image is macho, and it works.
The word "retro" doesn't exactly fit, but the big-rig look is even stronger than before, with a conspicuously short hood. And the styling cues come from the 1946 Dodge Power Wagon, given an added boost by the 1999 Power Wagon concept truck whose looks were popular with truck buyers at car shows where it appeared.
There are three other styling elements that make Durango continue to stand out from the crowd. That short hood leads into a steeply raked windshield which draws a wedge to the silhouette, enhanced by the roof that slopes very slightly forward. The windshield is also aerodynamically slick, although from the front seats it gives the Durango the visual feel of a minivan.
The fender flares are exaggerated, not in a wide-tire sort of way but rather more of the semi-truck look; the hood seems as narrow as it is short with the front fenders extended like that. The only other SUV we can think of having such fenders is the edgy Endeavor by Mitsubishi, a company partly owned by Chrysler; but curiously, the Endeavor came first.
The third element is more subtle. The roofline slopes briefly downward at the rear, where the liftgate window leans to meet it. This reduces the normally boxy SUV look. The taillights are distinctive as well. They're called "afterburner" lights: two big red stacked circles per side, with the sheetmetal molded at their edges to suggest speed. The Chevy TrailBlazer was the first SUV to adopt the look, but of course Dodge does everything bolder."
There's 20 percent more glass than before, allowing better visibility, and 15 percent more cargo space: 68 cubic feet with the third seat dropped, 102 cubic feet with both seats down. The second and third seats are notably easy to access, as the rear doors open an exceptionally wide 84 degrees. The doors are also bigger, yet they're each five pounds lighter, possible because the body's overall structural strength is integrated into the new boxed-rail chassis.
The rear seat easily flips forward with the touch of one hand, and the seatback flops flat just as easily. This is no small virtue. The second-row seats recline and have their own climate control, so passengers can snooze in total comfort. The well-thought-out detail continues with convenient grab handles cleverly molded into the stubby rear leg of the second seat, which ease climbing back to the third seat. Once back there, there is a small bubble in the ceiling to give an extra bit of headroom. And from the outside, the liftgate opens very easily. The cargo floor is lower thanks to the rear suspension design, and there are 48 full inches between the wheelwell humps.
Chrysler has a new and hugely expensive wind tunnel at its headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich., and it was used extensively with the Durango to reduce wind noise. The aerodynamics are fine tuned, including the mirrors and the subtle ducktail at the trailing edge of the hood under the wipers, for reducing wind noise over the windshield. Says engineer Bill Grabowski, director of Dodge truck platform and body, Even if it's inaudible to the ear, if the data from the wind tunnel shows noise is there, we make it go away."
Call the whole Durango "Silent Running," like the movie. More details: The motor mounts are calibrated to reduce the frequencies and harmonics of each engine. The windows have an extra layer of lamination to deaden sound. Foam is injected into many of the body and chassis crannies discovered by engineers to be tiny echo chambers.
It's this kind of effort and detail that especially makes the competitive price of the Durango so noteworthy.
From the driver's point of view, the instrumentation is clean, handsome, easy to read and easy to operate. Classy. We especially like the simple black-on-white gauges and rectangular black Venetian-blind style heating and cooling vents. The center console is deep, under a removable tray, and forward of that is another important compartment called the "fast-food bin." There are two integrated cupholders with removable neoprene for different sizes of drink containers. The seats are about right, neither too soft nor too firm. The new four-spoke steering wheel is nice.
The SLT has orange-hued wood trim, while the Limited presents a cleaner look with its brushed aluminum. (That's real wood and real aluminum, not plastic.) The Limited offers a high-tech climate-control panel with automatic temperature adjustment using a microprocessor and infrared sensor in the overhead console. Another Limited option is the hands-free, voice-command cellphone system compatible with Bluetooth phones, utilizing a microphone in the rearview mirror and the sound system's speakers."
Driving Impressions
We divided our road time between the two V8s. The 4.7-liter engine is really good. It's powerful and really smooth. But it only gets 14/18 mpg in 4WD, using 87 octane, and the more we looked at that versus the 5.7-liter Hemi, the more we gravitated to the bigger engine.
The 5.7-liter Hemi delivers 105 more horsepower than the 4.7-liter while providing almost the same economy, 13/18 mpg with 89 octane recommended, 87 acceptable. For $895 more, the Hemi seems like a no-brainer; plus, it can tow up to 8950 pounds with the optional 3.92 rear axle, compared to 7400 for the 4.7. And the two-speed transfer case is standard with the Hemi, optional with other engines.
Hemi, by the way, refers to the overhead-valve, hemispherical combustion chamber design, and harkens back to the late '60s when the 426-cubic-inch (7.0-liter) Dodge Hemi Ramcharger ruled. Chrysler modernized the design last year after it had been gone (but not forgotten) for decades.
Still, it didn't feel to the seat of our pants like 335 horsepower. The 5.7-liter felt a little more powerful than the 4.7-liter, but it wasn't a night-and-day difference. The double-overhead-cam 305-horsepower Nissan Armada we recently drove felt like it had more oomph than the 5.7-liter Durango. We'd like to see a drag race.
We were most impressed by the five-speed automatic transmission, which comes standard with both V8s. The shifts were incredibly smooth, totally undetectable between third and fourth gears up or down. It has a Tow mode, which holds the gears longer and will even downshift under deceleration, as might be needed with a trailer. It's cool when you come toward a turn at high speed and back off, and your automatic transmission drops a downshift for you.
When you need to use the brakes to slow down or stop, they'll be there. They're big vented discs (13.2 inches front, 13.9 rear) with twin-piston calipers in front, ABS with standard electronic brake force distribution, balancing the front and rear. Dodge claims they reduce the stopping distance from 60 mph by 15 feet, compared to the previous Durango. We gave them a good 70-mph panic stop, and they stopped the Durango steady and true.
Amazingly, despite the increase in size the new Durango is no heavier than the old one. That's because it was a clean-sheet design, with nothing borrowed from the beefy Ram truck as before. Designers also took advantage of new manufacturing processes. With the increased bending and torsional rigidity of the hydroformed boxed-rail chassis (nearly three times as stiff), a new independent front suspension and innovative adaptation of the 40-year-old Watts link rear suspension with coil springs (contributing to a rear end which is 40 pounds lighter and keeping the rear axle planted on the ground), the ride and handling are excellent, maybe even superb.
Within minutes behind the wheel of a 4.7-liter Durango SLT, we could tell the ride was way better than before, and it got no less firm and comfortable throughout our test. There's 12 percent more travel in the suspension. The rack-and-pinion steering provides a tight turning circle. We had a chance to toss the Durango around more than 100 miles of remote twisty roads in the Texas Hill Country, and it stayed on an even keel through some very hard cornering. The front end is 20 pounds lighter, and the short hood, driven by styling, required the engine to be set farther back in the chassis resulting in better balance.
We drove the Durango off-road and didn't hit bottom over the ruts in the dirt in spite of driving it aggressively over some rough terrain. We towed a 5950-pound trailer for about 30 miles, and decided you should get the 5.7-liter Hemi if you need to tow something that heavy. That's what we had hooked to the trailer, and the 4.7-liter wouldn't have been enough motor.
Safety innovations are significant: The two forward frame rails have extensions that fold like an
For years, Chrysler has been using its racing program to attract young engineers to the company, and now they're older and applying their skills to the Durango. The all-new 2004 Dodge Durango is smooth and powerful with either of the two V8 engines. It rides and handles especially well, and has excellent engineering touches and details. The base price is thousands of dollars less than most similar-sized SUVs. If you're in the market for a large SUV and like the looks, you should check it out.
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Bauta is a regional trading center for the local farm community. Regional crops include sugarcane, pineapple, tobacco, root vegetables, and citrus fruits. In recent years Bauta has become a haven for Cuban artists and musicians.
Bauta is probably best known internationally as the site of a Soviet listening post that spied on the United States until 2000, when the facility, known as the Lourdes Base was closed by the Russian government.


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Git 'Er Done
Back in April, if you would have told me that our Democratic president would support a federal resolution that would forgo taxing the über rich while opening the door to make major cuts to programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, I would've thought that I'd perhaps gotten a bit too tipsy during happy hour.
But I'm as sober as a Mennonite on Christmas.
Might not be too bad of a deal though really. I mean, back in April, reflecting on the season ending injury to Adam Wainwright, I also thought the Cardinals didn't have much of a chance to get anywhere in the 2011 postseason — that they might not even get there at all. Add Pujols' early struggles and several untimely injuries to Holliday, Skip, Punto and Berkman and I thought we really were just on borrowed time.
But John Mozeliak went out and made things happen this past week. He sent Colby (and his dad) packing to bring us Edwin Jackson, Scrabble, Octavio Dotel and Corey Patterson, plugging up some bullpen holes while bringing in a surging starter and a journeymen utility man, TLR's favorite type of player. Then Mo went out and made shortstop better by bringing in a healthy Rafael Furcal.
The Cardinals went out and took care of business.
Now I know my malleable and oft gloomy colleague, Mr. Allen Krause, would like to think, as he put it, that the Cardinals had a "lack of trade deadline imagination", but let me assure you: he is blind.
And when it comes to imagination, his beloved Tigers are full of it if they think a 3-12 Doug Fister is something to get excited about.
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This week, you sent in your best recipes for using up summer's peaches and apricots (though these recipes would go nicely with plums, pluots, and nectarines, too!). From ice cream to vegan ice cream to crostata, check out the recipes in the slideshow above.
Next week, we're marrying two of our favorite desserts: ice cream and cake. Shoot us a photo of your favorite ice cream cake recipe (along with a link to the recipe!) and we'll include it in next week's roundup. Be sure to send it in no later than Tuesday, August 13th so we can include it in the Share Your Sweets on Thursday August 15th.
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In this work, we analyze two important and simple models of short rates, namely Vasicek and CIR models. The models are described and then the sensitivity of the models with respect to changes in the parameters are studied. Finally, we give the results for the estimation of the model parameters by using two different ways.
In this paper mathematical models for liquid films generated by impinging jets are discussed. Attention is stressed to the interaction of the liquid film with some obstacle. S. G. Taylor [Proc. R. Soc. London Ser. A 253, 313 (1959)] found that the liquid film generated by impinging jets is very sensitive to properties of the wire which was used as an obstacle. The aim of this presentation is to propose a modification of the Taylor's model, which allows to simulate the film shape in cases, when the angle between jets is different from 180°. Numerical results obtained by discussed models give two different shapes of the liquid film similar as in Taylors experiments. These two shapes depend on the regime: either droplets are produced close to the obstacle or not. The difference between two regimes becomes larger if the angle between jets decreases. Existence of such two regimes can be very essential for some applications of impinging jets, if the generated liquid film can have a contact with obstacles.
Granular systems in solid-like state exhibit properties like stiffness dependence on stress, dilatancy, yield or incremental non-linearity that can be described within the continuum mechanical framework. Different constitutive models have been proposed in the literature either based on relations between some components of the stress tensor or on a quasi-elastic description. After a brief description of these models, the hyperelastic law recently proposed by Jiang and Liu [1] will be investigated. In this framework, the stress-strain relation is derived from an elastic strain energy density where the stable proper- ties are linked to a Drucker-Prager yield criteria. Further, a numerical method based on the finite element discretization and Newton- Raphson iterations is presented to solve the force balance equation. The 2D numerical examples presented in this work show that the stress distributions can be computed not only for triangular domains, as previoulsy done in the literature, but also for more complex geometries. If the slope of the heap is greater than a critical value, numerical instabilities appear and no elastic solution can be found, as predicted by the theory. As main result, the dependence of the material parameter Xi on the maximum angle of repose is established.
Radiotherapy is one of the major forms in cancer treatment. The patient is irradiated with high-energetic photons or charged particles with the primary goal of delivering sufficiently high doses to the tumor tissue while simultaneously sparing the surrounding healthy tissue. The inverse search for the treatment plan giving the desired dose distribution is done by means of numerical optimization [11, Chapters 3-5]. For this purpose, the aspects of dose quality in the tissue are modeled as criterion functions, whose mathematical properties also affect the type of the corresponding optimization problem. Clinical practice makes frequent use of criteria that incorporate volumetric and spatial information about the shape of the dose distribution. The resulting optimization problems are of global type by empirical knowledge and typically computed with generic global solver concepts, see for example [16]. The development of good global solvers to compute radiotherapy optimization problems is an important topic of research in this application, however, the structural properties of the underlying criterion functions are typically not taken into account in this context.
This report reviews selected image binarization and segmentation methods that have been proposed and which are suitable for the processing of volume images. The focus is on thresholding, region growing, and shape–based methods. Rather than trying to give a complete overview of the field, we review the original ideas and concepts of selected methods, because we believe this information to be important for judging when and under what circumstances a segmentation algorithm can be expected to work properly.
We consider a volume maximization problem arising in gemstone cutting industry. The problem is formulated as a general semi-infinite program (GSIP) and solved using an interiorpoint method developed by Stein. It is shown, that the convexity assumption needed for the convergence of the algorithm can be satisfied by appropriate modelling. Clustering techniques are used to reduce the number of container constraints, which is necessary to make the subproblems practically tractable. An iterative process consisting of GSIP optimization and adaptive refinement steps is then employed to obtain an optimal solution which is also feasible for the original problem. Some numerical results based on realworld data are also presented.
EJ-HEAT: A Fast Explicit Jump Harmonic Averaging Solver for the Effective Heat Conductivity of Composite Materials (2006)
The stationary heat equation is solved with periodic boundary conditions in geometrically complex composite materials with high contrast in the thermal conductivities of the individual phases. This is achieved by harmonic averaging and explicitly introducing the jumps across the material interfaces as additional variables. The continuity of the heat flux yields the needed extra equations for these variables. A Schur-complent formulation for the new variables is derived that is solved using the FFT and BiCGStab methods. The EJ-HEAT solver is given as a 3-page Matlab program in the Appendix. The C++ implementation is used for material design studies. It solves 3-dimensional problems with around 190 Mio variables on a 64-bit AMD Opteron desktop system in less than 6 GB memory and in minutes to hours, depending on the contrast and required accuracy. The approach may also be used to compute effective electric conductivities because they are governed by the stationary heat equation.
Four aspects are important in the design of hydraulic lters. We distinguish between two cost factors and two performance factors. Regarding performance, filter eciencynd lter capacity are of interest. Regarding cost, there are production considerations such as spatial restrictions, material cost and the cost of manufacturing the lter. The second type of cost is the operation cost, namely the pressure drop. Albeit simulations should and will ultimately deal with all 4 aspects, for the moment our work is focused on cost. The PleatGeo Module generates three-dimensional computer models of a single pleat of a hydraulic lter interactively. PleatDict computes the pressure drop that will result for the particular design by direct numerical simulation. The evaluation of a new pleat design takes only a few hours on a standard PC compared to days or weeks used for manufacturing and testing a new prototype of a hydraulic lter. The design parameters are the shape of the pleat, the permeabilities of one or several layers of lter media and the geometry of a supporting netting structure that is used to keep the out ow area open. Besides the underlying structure generation and CFD technology, we present some trends regarding the dependence of pressure drop on design parameters that can serve as guide lines for the design of hydraulic lters. Compared to earlier two-dimensional models, the three-dimensional models can include a support structure.
A fully automatic procedure is proposed to rapidly compute the permeability of porous materials from their binarized microstructure. The discretization is a simplified version of Peskin's Immersed Boundary Method, where the forces are applied at the no-slip grid points. As needed for the computation of permeability, steady flows at zero Reynolds number are considered. Short run-times are achieved by eliminating the pressure and velocity variables using an Fast Fourier Transform-based and 4 Poisson problembased fast inversion approach on rectangular parallelepipeds with periodic boundary conditions. In reference to calling it a fast method using fictitious or artificial forces, the implementation is called FFF-Stokes. Large scale computations on 3d images are quickly and automatically performed to estimate the permeability of some sample materials. A matlab implementation is provided to allow readers to experience the automation and speed of the method for realistic three-dimensional models.
In the presented work, we make use of the strong reciprocity between kinematics and geometry to build a geometrically nonlinear, shearable low order discrete shell model of Cosserat type defined on triangular meshes, from which we deduce a rotation–free Kirchhoff type model with the triangle vertex positions as degrees of freedom. Both models behave physically plausible already on very coarse meshes, and show good convergence properties on regular meshes. Moreover, from the theoretical side, this deduction provides a common geometric framework for several existing models.


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TNDP Chair: GOP Lawmakers 'Out of Touch with Reality'Friday, September 9th, 2011
- In Bradley County, Wacker has received 10,000 applications and made 130 hires. [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 8/17/11]
- In Knox County, 700 students attend a jobs fair at UT Knoxville [Daily Beacon, 8/26/11]
- In Robertson County, 400 people turned out for a job fair [NewsChannel5.com, 8/17/11]
- In Hamilton County, Amazon.com received 4,300 applications in two days. [Memphis Business Journal, 5/18/11]
- In Rutherford County, 800 people apply for teaching positions. [Daily News Journal, 5/15/11]
- In Knox County, Jobs News' drew more than 1,400 job seekers. [WVLT, 5/4/11]
- In Tullahoma, 60 people applied for 10 jobs — at McDonalds. [Tullahoma News & Guardian, 4/28/11]
- In Montgomery County, "thousands of people" attend a two-day job fair in Clarksville. [The Leaf-Chronicle, 4/28/11]
- In Shelby County, more than 20,000 job-seekers applied over 14 days to work at a brewery that plans to hire 500 workers over the next five years. [The Memphis Commercial Appeal, 4/13/11]