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Walls or Soft Cars?
by Mark Cipolloni
February 26, 2001
What is rigidity?
Rigidity is generally thought of as how stiff an object or a structure
is. For example, a garden hose is not very stiff or rigid. In
fact it bends under its own weight. However, a block of steel
measuring 4" on all sides is very rigid. Not only won't it bend
under its own weight, it also bends very little when force is applied to
A materials measure of stiffness
is called Modulus of Elasticity. Steel, for example, has a very high
modulus of Elasticity, whereas that garden hose, which is made of rubber,
has a very low Modulus of Elasticity.
However, just because a material
has a high Modulus of Elasticity does not mean it is 'stiff'. A thin
steel wire is not very stiff because it has a low Moment of Inertia.
The Moment of Inertia of an object is the sum of the products of each mass element of
the object multiplied by the square of its distance from an axis (usually
the center of gravity). In layman's terms, if all the objects mass
is located close to the center of gravity (think of the thin wire) it will
have a low Moment of Inertia.
By moving the mass away from the
center of gravity, you increase the objects Moment of Inertia. As an
example, a CART Champ Car chassis has a very high Moment of Inertia (both
bending and torsional or twisting) because, as can be seen in the photo
below, most of its mass is moved out to it extremities and the center is
Back side of a Champ Car
'tub'. The
hollow area is where the fuel cell resides.
is twisting strain produced when a torque is applied to an object. For
example, torsion is the strain experienced by a length of wire when a
twisting force is applied to one end while the other end is fixed. Torsion
can be measured by observing how much an object twists due to a given
torque. For example, when a cylindrical object one unit long is twisted at
one end, and the other end is held fixed, the amount the ends of the
cylinder rotate relative to each other is a measure of the torsion.
Engineering materials employed in rotating machine parts, such as engine
crankshafts and ship-propeller shafts, must resist the torsional stresses induced by the twisting
loads. Whereas Moment of Inertia is a measure of an objects ability
to resist bending, Polar Moment of Inertia is the measure of an objects
ability to resist twisting.
measure of an objects strength is directly related to both its
Modulus of Elasticity and its Moment of Inertia or Polar Moment of
Generally, long slender objects are not rigid, and short stocky objects
are. The hollow steel tubing used to make a Winston Cup frame is, by
itself, not very rigid. It won't bend under its own weight like the
hollow tubular rubber garden hose will because steel has a much higher
Modulus of Elasticity than rubber, but it will bend when relatively very
little force is applied to it.
However, by making a space frame out of steel tubing, you can make a very
strong and stiff structure.
Tubing made into a space
protects drivers in violent crashes
Space frames are
generally very stiff structures even though the individual elements that
make up the frame, may themselves, not be very stiff. That is
exactly the case in a Winston Cup car steel space frame chassis
Since Dale
Earnhardt's fatal accident last week at Daytona, safety in racing has received
a lot of attention. A lot has been written and discussed concerning the HANS
Device because Dale Earnhardt died of a Basal Skull Fracture. I firmly support the idea that drivers wear the HANS Device, however, there is
another area of safety that needs to be addressed - Race Car Crumple
Zones. More specifically, should the concrete walls be made soft and
crumple, or should sections of the cars be made soft and crumple. That
is the issue this article will attempt to address.
Any race car designer will tell
you that the rigidity (see sidebar) of the chassis is a key component of a
good handling race car. A good chassis is one that offers good
torsional rigidity as well as transverse and lateral rigidity. A rigid
chassis allows weight to be transferred from one end of the car to the
other, from one side to the other, or diagonally from one corner to the
other (Called cross-weight transfer).
The most important measure of
torsional rigidity is how much stiffness there is from the center of gravity
of the car to the front axle and from the center of gravity to the rear
axle. This is part of the front weight transfer equation. If the distance
from the center of gravity to the front axle is larger than to the rear
axle you will have more front weight transfer (before springs and tires
various bars throughout a Winston Cup chassis space frame which gives it
strength and torsional rigidly.
Unfortunately, in an accident, a
very rigid structure does not crumple much and, therefore, much of its
Kinetic Energy is lost in a very short timeframe and the object decelerates
very rapidly.
Crumple Zones
In recent years, the automotive industry has improved the crash worthiness
of passenger cars by the use of Crumple Zones in the front and rear of the
cars. Crumple Zones are created by the integration of variable
grades of steel and composites into the front and rear-end assemblies of the
automobile. These Crumple Zones yield during impact, redirecting the
energy of the collision, often reducing the chance of injury to the
This is best illustrated in the
two examples below. The first example shows a solid steel block
hitting a cement wall. The block does not crumple at all, stops almost
instantly, and rebounds or bounces off with almost as much Kinetic Energy as
it had just before it hit the wall. In the second example a Coke can
hits a wall. However it crumples and deforms just as if you stepped on
it, and much of its energy is dissipated over a period of time while the can
Solid steel
block hits wall, stops almost immediately with very high 'G' force
deceleration and rebounds. In physics terms, this would be
described as a very elastic impact. See this article
for an explanation of Kinetic Energy.
Coke can hits wall, but decelerates much slower while it crumples.
Because it crumples and decelerates over a much longer period of
time, it experiences very low 'G' force deceleration and rebounds with much less
energy. Energy is lost in the form of sound and heat. In
physics, this would be called a very inelastic behavior.
GM crash
test. The front of the car crumples, but the drivers
compartment remains intact.
In an accident, the general goal is to keep the safety cell (where
the driver sits) intact at the highest speed possible without killing the
occupant, this implies that the safety cell has to be as stiff as possible (to avoid the
collapse of the safety cell and the intrusion of the wheels, engine or steering wheel
which can be deadly) and has to be surrounded by a crumple zone that is not too stiff
(the sudden deceleration would kill the driver instantly) nor too soft (useless, the
wall you'd hit would go right thru the crumple zone and you'd be killed anyway).
A trade-off has, therefore, to be found for the
strength of the crumple zone: at low speed (25mph for example), the car (car
#1) with a very soft crumple zone might inflict less damage to the driver than a car with a stronger crumple zone: the
driver would be shaken badly in the 2nd car, yet the driver "wouldn't feel anything" in the first car.
However, at 60 mph, the driver of the 1st car would probably be killed by the intrusion of the engine,
the steering wheel, etc. where in the 2nd car, because of the " extra margin"
allowed by the stronger crumple zone, the driver would probably be injured but still
be alive.
A well designed
Crumple Zone, one which extends the time over which a car
decelerates, exponentially reduces the force felt by the driver.
It is, therefore, possible to find a car
(# 1) that manages to protect the driver better than car # 2 at a speed of
25 mph, yet car #2 could be safer than car #1 at a higher speed than 60 mph because
car #2 has a stronger crumple zone than car #1, allowing it a " last resort" extra safety
margin that the driver would not have with car #1.
That is why it is crucial to see how well the structure of a car performs in
a crash test. Only the one whose structure hasn't started to collapse will allow
the driver that extra safety margin in case of a stronger impact. Note that the size of the crumple zone is important : that is why,
in general, minivans (with shorter "noses") don't perform as well as cars in
frontal crash tests. So crumple zones have to be "attached" to the stiffest cell possible and
must not be too soft nor too strong!
Crash tests results have nothing to do with the weight of the car
tested. It has to do with how well the safety cell-crumple zone-restraint system combo have been designed.
So if you drive a very light car with good crash tests results into a wall, you will be better off in that car than in a truck, even 2 times heavier,
that would have "bad" crash tests results. However, if that truck hit the small car,
even though that car has better crash test results than the truck, you'd be better off in the truck because
of the weight difference. In general, you'd be safer in a heavy
vehicle hitting a lighter vehicle, regardless on how it performs
in crash tests.
What happened to Dale
people can't believe that Dale Earnhardt was killed at Daytona. The
accident just didn't look that severe. Unfortunately I don't have any
crash data to analyze because Winston Cup cars are not equipped with any
CRASH boxes that are found on CART Champ Cars, F1 cars and IRL Indy
cars. NASCAR is taking a lot of heat because of this. Therefore,
it's hard for us to determine exactly what happened. Yes, his seat
belt may have broken, and yes, the HANS Device very well may have saved
him. However, the fact of the matter is that the vector component of
speed that Earnhardt's car hit the turn 4 wall at Daytona was no more than
mph. Stop for one moment and think about driving your car into an
immovable wall at 55 mph. I would not want to try it, even if it does
have a crumple zone.
The one thing probably working
against Earnhardt was the fact that the front of Winston Cup cars have
become stiffer over the years in the search of better handling. In the
photo to the right (top), one can see that, when finished, the front
assembly of a modern Winston Cup car is relatively stiff compared to the
back (bottom photo to right). That is one reason why drivers typically
walk away unscathed in rear-end accidents - the backend of the car acts as a
Crumple Zone, absorbing kinetic energy in the form of heat and sound as it
folds up right to the back of the strong drivers compartment cage -
much like the Coke can did in the example above. However, on front
impacts, a modern Winston Cup car crumples up to a point near the front
wheels, after which the chassis becomes very stiff, upon which deceleration
becomes very rapid.
Picture the
engine and transmission mounted in the chassis in the top photo.
Together they make for a relatively stiff structure. Compare
that to the relatively flimsy back of the chassis in the bottom
A properly designed front
Crumple Zone on a Winston Cup car would probably mean the end of cars going
back out on the race track after an accident just to collect points.
The front assembly would need to be designed to crumple in a more
predictable manner than it does
now. That would probably render the car unfixable at the race track,
or at least might require a nose change before re-entering the race. I think it's better to make the cars safer in an attempt to
save a drivers life, than to collect a few points trolling around the apron
of the race track for three-quarters of the race.
Soft Cars vs. Soft Walls
Typically, the most lethal
accidents are those in which a race car hits an immovable concrete wall and
the 'g' forces felt by the human body are not survivable. The crashes
you see when a car goes somersaulting down the race track tend not to kill a
driver because at no time does the driver decelerate too fast. While
the car is somersaulting, it's losing kinetic energy over a relatively long
period of time (seconds vs. milliseconds when you hit a concrete
wall). Therefore, the race car industry has to take a serious look at
the concrete wall impacts.
In order to lessen the blow to
the driver, we are going to have to make a concerted effort to develop an
acceptable 'soft' wall design, or we are going to have to design the race
cars with Crumple Zones. Both ideas have their problems:
Wall Challenges on oval tracks
to the track owners to outfit the many existing tracks
variable resistance needed for light open wheel cars vs. heavy 'stock'
potential for snagging a car because the wall will tend to pocket when
possible bounce back of a race car into traffic
walls ability to perform a 2nd or 3rd hit in the same race.
accident cleanup
Crumple Zone Challenges
Design and testing that will
be required to make the front of the cars just stiff enough
Cost to the car owners to
make changes to all their cars
The possible tradeoff
between a stiff, good handling car,
and one that is a little more flexible but gets around the race track a
little slower..
The possible need to
introduce space-age composite, energy absorbing materials, into the
front of what is essentially a 1950's designed unsophisticated tube
frame structure.
After studying this problem for
awhile, I am of the opinion that without a doubt, soft walls work well for road courses and the inside walls of oval tracks. They should be
implemented immediately everywhere. However, the outside walls of oval
tracks present a much different problem, and the jury is still out as to
whether a soft wall will work on outside walls. The sanctioning bodies
must step forward and start testing the various products out on the market
today to determine if a soft wall will work. It's too hard to model,
only real live testing with properly instrumented cars will tell the whole
If I had to guess right now, I
might lean toward making the crumple happen in the car rather than the wall.
What speed do you design for?
A lot of accident analysis has
been done looking at the geometry of most oval tracks. Unless a race
car gets down into the grass infield, the steepest angle the car could hit
the wall is 30 degrees (that is the angle of impact of the cg of the car
with the wall). In
Earnhardt's case his impact was probably more like a 20 degree hit. The SIN of 30 degrees is 0.5. That means
a car traveling at 100mph would be the equivalent of hitting the wall at
50mph head-on. The FIA standard test for soft walls is also about
50mph. Data has shown that most impacts with the outside concrete wall
are equivalent to a 50mph head-on impact, or less. As I stated above,
that's still pretty severe.
Compared to a
1950's tube frame stock car, a CART Champ car is made of space-age
composite materials. This view is looking down where the drivers
legs extend. The seat is removed. The first bulkhead you
see is about where the dash board is mounted. There is another
bulkhead further forward in front of the drivers feet. They have
about a 3' Crumple Zone in front of the drivers feet The
strength of that crumple zone is specified by CART to have a
predictable crumple force.
Using some of the equations for
energy from our previous article on safety, one
can determine what the size of a Crumple Zone should be. Let's
conservatively assume
75 mph to give ourselves some margin of error.
An object in motion has kinetic energy. The magnitude of the kinetic energy depends on both the mass and the speed of the object according to the equation:
E = 0.5mv2
where m is the mass of the object and v2 is its speed multiplied by itself.
For a 3500 pound car traveling at 75mph (110 fps), E = 0.5 x 3500/32.17 x 1102
= 658,222 ft-lb.
The change in a
vehicles energy, 'delta E', can be derived from the equation:
'delta E'
= (m x a)d
where 'a' is
the acceleration (or deceleration, also known as negative acceleration)
applied to the mass, 'm', and 'd' is the distance through which
'a' acts. However, energy really does not enter into the
analysis, but force, distance and time do.
Similarly, using
Newton's second law, F = ma
(3500/32.17) x (60 x 32.17), one can determine that same car
will apply a constant force of 210,000 lb. against the wall it is
hitting until it came to rest (assuming a linear deceleration). That force
would be needed to design a properly stiff Crumple Zone. The
time, therefore, it will take that same car to decelerate so that the
driver experiences no more than 60 g's is the change in velocity divided
by the deceleration or, 110 fps/(60 x 32.17) = 0.057 sec.,
or 57 milliseconds. That would be assuming that the Crumple Zone
applied a constant resistance until the car stopped. In reality the resistance
is not linear and the instantaneous deceleration is usually about twice as
great, hence the time of 57 milliseconds is only approximate and why we
used 75 mph for our analysis when in fact most collisions with the outside
wall are under 55 mph.
Assuming we don't want the driver to experience any
more than 60 g's (60 x 32.17 feet per sec2), an effective crumple zone in
any race car hitting a wall at 110 fps and decelerating linearly to zero,
regardless of weight, would have to be about
3 feet long (110 fps/2 x 0.057 sec. = 3.135'). That's assuming a
75mph hit. If we use a more practical number, about 55mph, the
distance is 2.3'. Another way to derive the same answer is to divide
the Energy computed above (658,222 ft-lb) by the derived constant force of
210,000 lb = that same 3.13 feet. Remember when your teacher tried
to tell you that Energy = Force x Distance? It's really true!
In round numbers
then, a properly designed Crumple Zone for a 3500 lb. stock car would be
about 2.3 to 3 feet long, be able to sustain a consistent force of 210,000 lb. for a period of at least 57 milliseconds, while
decelerating the car from 75 mph (component of speed of the cg of the car into the wall).
Although the nose of today's Winston Cup cars are about 3' long before
they crumple and the stiff part of the chassis is engaged, they crumple
too easy and, therefore, don't keep the deceleration under 60 g's for a
long enough period. Drivers are also
questioning NASCAR's decision last year to increase the strength of the front-end roll bars from 93-hundreths to 125-hundreths steel. The stronger
front-end bars could make the stiff part of the car less crushable. And there are complaints
about crews being allowed to use chrome-moly alloy in the bars; that makes for stronger bars, but
chrome-moly doesn't bend as easily as other
steel and can actually fracture. Plus if welding isn't done just right, the
welds can crystallize.
The challenge to NASCAR will be to add enough
resistive materials in the first 3' of the car so that it acts like a properly
designed Crumple Zone for the weight of their cars. And if that
means using some form of honeycomb composite materials to do it, then so
be it.
Racing will never
be a 100% safe sport, but NASCAR certainly has a lot of room for
improvement. And they can start with the noses of their cars.
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Torture by Luis Suárez is routine for Norwich City but that does not diminish his capacity to astonish. The Liverpool striker continued his personal crusade against the men from Carrow Road with four goals and one assist as Anfield witnessed an individual masterclass, one Brendan Rodgers placed in the company of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. No one privileged to be present would disagree.
Suárez took his tally to 11 goals in his last four appearances against Norwich with one outrageous 40-yard strike, a superb piece of improvisation, a glorious half-volley and a 25-yard free-kick, becoming the Premier League's leading goalscorer in the process – and to think his season only commenced on 25 September. He also found time to create the fifth for Raheem Sterling. The 26-year-old has 51 league goals in the red of Liverpool and 11 have come against Chris Hughton's team. Quite what Norwich have done to warrant this relentless, ruthless punishment is unknown but even the Liverpool manager offered his sympathy.
"I've not seen many individual displays better than that. It was sheer brilliance," Rodgers said. "I always like to talk about the team but tonight you've got to hold up Luis as one of the best strikers in the world. With the modern-day, world-class operators – the Ronaldos, Bales and Messis – it's about the numbers and what they produce. It's not one and twos, but twos and threes. It was a pleasure to watch that. He is up there with Ronaldo and Messi. The quality of his finishing is just at an incredible level. He is the happiest he has been here, this club suits him, and I think his best years will be here. I actually felt for the Norwich players because to come up against a world-class player like that is really, really difficult."
After defeat at Hull City on Sunday, the talk from Rodgers was of Liverpool being unable to cope without the injured Daniel Sturridge plus, for 66 minutes at least, Philippe Coutinho. Few teams would have been able to cope with Suárez on this form, though Hughton insisted Norwich had given the Uruguay international a helping hand by "affording him too much time and space". The Norwich manager added: "We gave him the opportunities that he gratefully took. There aren't many players who can score goals like that though, but he can."
Norwich started quite well but there was greater urgency and intent to the Liverpool performance than they showed at the KC Stadium and, once Suárez brilliantly capitalised on a slight error from Leroy Fer, confidence surged through the home team. Fer had every reason to believe he would escape with a careless pass that fell to the Liverpool striker near the centre circle but Suárez stunned everyone by taking a first-time shot from 40 yards. John Ruddy was not too far off his line but powerless to prevent Suárez scoring his latest incredible goal from distance against Norwich.
Wes Hoolahan missed a decent chance to equalise from a Bradley Johnson cross and, from Liverpool's next attack, Suárez doubled the home side's lead. Again the finish was immaculate, a hooked volley from close range, but Hughton again had cause to rue the lapses that allowed Coutinho's corner to sail through to an unmarked Suárez six yards from goal.
Liverpool's No7 was simply unstoppable, unplayable, and his hat-trick goal was another that left Anfield drooling. A swarm of white shirts closed in as he attacked Norwich down the inside-left channel. He reacted by flicking the ball over Fer, letting it drop on the edge of the penalty area and angling his body to drive a wonderful half-volley across Ruddy and into the far corner. The hat-trick was Suárez's third in four games against Norwich, ensuring he became the first player in Premier League history to score three trebles against the same team. "I wish Luis Suárez would just leave us alone," tweeted Norwich's Anthony Pilkington.
Liverpool continued to penetrate easily after the interval. Ryan Bennett cleared off the line from Steven Gerrard's diving header at the end of a flowing move, Ruddy saved brilliantly from a Joe Allen drive from 25 yards – the Welshman recalled at the expense of Lucas Leiva – and Suárez forced another low save from the keeper before scoring his fourth of the night.
Opposition teams have had enough warning of Suárez's ability from free-kicks of late but there is little they can do about them. Ruddy was easily beaten as the striker whipped his set piece over the Norwich wall and inside the keeper's right-hand post. The visitors grabbed a late consolation when Johnson headed in from Nathan Redmond's cross but the final word deservedly belonged to Liverpool. Suárez was inevitably involved with a low centre that Sterling converted at the back post.
"I am happy to be in the Premier League," Suárez said. "It is the best league. I don't know about challenging for the title but we want to be as high up in the table as possible and do as well as we can. I think we can achieve what we have set out to do this season."


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Phone solicitation:
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Farts are funny! In fact, just yesterday a certain Jezebel sister site passed on word (Hee hee! We said "passed") that Gawker Media contributor/blogger Slut Machine farted during sex for the first time. (Congratulations, Slut!) According to Slut Machine's blog (NSFW), she was simply doing her thing with her main man and poof: Out it came. But farts at the gym? Not so funny, we hear!
I was kicking ass on the treadmill at the gym, and was totally in the zone. It was awesome! Then, it hit my nostrils like a bee smacking the glass door. Worse even, it was one of those thick stanky rotten egg laced with some skunk clouds that you can practically taste and my mouth was open. Major disgusting! I gagged some and had to put my towel over my nose and mouth until the fart twister moved to the south.
That description — "major disgusting" even by our pathetic standards — comes courtesy of Stephanie Quilao, the blogger behind the blog Back In Skinny Jeans. Stephanie was so repulsed by the fart she encountered, that instead of, you know, simply switching machines, she stuck around to try and figure out who the culprit was.
Directly next to me was a tiny zaftig Mexican woman about 5'2" about late 40's-early 50's. I wanna call her Rosa. Next to her one treadmill apart was a tall Black man about 6'1" about my dad's age who looked like he could be Bill Cosby's cousin on his dad's side. I'll call him Frank.
(God, we just love it when people describe any black man over the age of 50 as resembling Bill Cosby. It's as if their ingrained fear of African-American males is replaced by nostalgia for multi-colored sweater-knits and 80s TV the minute a bald spot or grey hair is added to the mix.) Anyway, back to the topic at hand: Farts! Apparently they not only kill the mood in bed but at the gym. And women seem to be disproportionately disgusted/embarrassed by them. No more! Today is the day to clear the air, if you will! So take our poll, or, if your experience has not been adequately represented, (over)share in the comments — we can't think of everything, you know.
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Tough housing question for Watt
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac regulator Mel Watt will soon have to dive into the politically thorny debate over affordable housing, an issue that served as one of the key breaking points in recent Senate talks over what to do with the two mortgage finance giants.
The affordable housing goals for government-controlled Fannie and Freddie, last set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency in 2012, will expire at the end of the year and homeowner advocates expect a proposal from Watt, who heads the agency, to come in July at the latest in order to allow time for public comment before it goes into effect next year.
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For Watt, who took over the agency in January, the issue may prove to be the toughest test yet for whether the former North Carolina congressman can walk the line between overseeing the immediate needs of the two companies and protecting taxpayers from losses while also addressing concerns that it remains too hard for low- and middle-income borrowers to get a mortgage.
( Earlier on POLITICO: Senate Banking approves bill to end Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac)
"I think there is going to be a very important push with Mel Watt there," said National Urban League CEO Marc Morial, whose organization wants the goals expanded.
Since becoming FHFA director, Watt has kept a low profile and avoided getting enmeshed in the congressional debate over housing policy — choosing instead to emphasize that he is carrying out the mandate given to the agency as part of the 2008 takeover of Fannie and Freddie.
But to what degree the two companies should support affordable housing has been a contentious issue, and it will be difficult for Watt to avoid getting caught up in the political crossfire when he releases the new set of goals.
For instance, key liberal senators, such as Democrats Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Sherrod Brown of Ohio, decided not to support a bipartisan housing finance overhaul bill produced by Senate Banking Committee leaders earlier this year, in part, because it got rid of the companies' affordable housing goals and these lawmakers weren't satisfied with what would take their place. The bill was approved by the committee but is unlikely to get a floor vote.
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Republicans point to the government's push to make mortgages available to more lower- and middle-income borrowers as a contributor to the housing crisis and are critical of any attempt now to have Fannie and Freddie expand their role in this market.
"My suspicion is that Mel is going to send us on the path that we were on before the 2008 collapse," said Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), who had voted for the Senate housing plan during a committee markup in May. "I hope I'm wrong."
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Fannie and Freddie do not originate mortgages but instead buy them from lenders and package them into securities to be sold to investors. They guarantee full payment on these bonds as part of a system that ensures money will be there for new loans. They were rescued by taxpayers and taken over by the government in 2008, but policymakers have struggled to figure out what to do with the mortgage finance giants since.
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Because the two companies continue to dominate the housing market, they have a big impact on how easy it is to get a mortgage.
FHFA said in its annual strategic plan released earlier this year that it would consider whether Fannie and Freddie could do more to reach underserved creditworthy borrowers, but Watt made no mention of the affordable housing goals in May when he delivered his only major policy speech.
An FHFA representative declined to comment.
Consumer groups have already dispatched letters and held meetings with agency officials to make their case for broader access to the mortgage market.
"Now that you have indicated a desire to lead the market towards a responsible loosening of credit, we encourage the goals rulemaking to reflect that expectation," a collection of 22 advocacy groups and left-leaning think tanks, such as the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and the Center for American Progress, wrote in a May 23 letter to Watt.
The groups criticized Watt's predecessor, former FHFA Acting Director Edward DeMarco, when the goals were last finalized in 2012 because they required that 23 percent of the loans the two companies finance go to low-income families. The groups thought this percentage was too low by historical standards and wanted the percentage set closer to 30 percent.


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What is interesting is Dubai's extraordinarily short building cycle. At less than 50 years old, Dubai is remaking its own image faster than any other city in the world. Nearly a quarter of all the world's construction cranes are hard at work here, leaving the beholder with plenty of iconic architecture for sightseeing.
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SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Recent research from Naval Health Research Center's (NHRC) Warfighter Performance Department found physical activity may diminish the risk of major depressive disorder (MDD) and suicidal ideation (SI) in individuals with a genetic predisposition.
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The NHRC study, "A genetic risk factor for major depression and suicidal ideation is mitigated by physical activity," cited past research which identified MDD as the most common psychiatric disorder and SI as the strongest risk factor for attempted and completed suicide. Despite this, NHRC researchers stated little is known about their causes, particularly in vulnerable populations, such as service members who are exposed to chronic stress and combat.
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* Individuals with the genetic risk factor were twice as likely to report MDD and SI than those without the genetic risk factor.
* Individuals who did not meet physical activity guidelines were twice as likely to report MDD and SI than participants who met recommendations for physical activity.
* Individuals who did not meet guidelines for physical activity and had the genetic risk factor for MDD and SI were more than twice as likely to develop mood disorders than participants who did not have the genetic risk factor and did meet the recommended physical activity.
Study authors suggest lifestyle modifications which include getting the recommended amount and intensity of physical activity may effectively target mood disorders in genetically vulnerable individuals.
Future research directions may include evaluating the effectiveness of promoting physical activity in genetically vulnerable populations for improving overall health outcomes.
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Marc Taylor leads the Biobehavioral Sciences Lab in the Warfighter Performance Department NHRC. The team investigates the associations between physical and psychological stressors and factors which can mitigate their negative impact on the warfighter. Their research expertise includes stress physiology, salivary bioscience, and human performance in extreme environments.
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Okay, so now we assume you may have a decent guitar that feels good to play, and you're ready to start really learning! This is an incredibly exciting time for you, as the world of guitar is wide open to you, and to all you will want to discover. One of the most important things will be for you to be able to find the time to devote to playing the guitar as much as possible. You will need to build up the toughness of the tips of your fretting fingers, so it won't be so painful to you in the beginning. This is critical, as many are turned off by playing the guitar in the beginning by it simply hurting too much! So, play a little each day in the beginning, as you don't want to develop blisters too soon, which will really hurt. As you build up the callous on your fingers, you can then "step up" your daily playing regimen into more and more time.
Once you're really into playing, it's important to keep it a happy time for you. I never considered it to be "practice", as the pure joy I was getting from the guitar just made me have to "play" rather than "practice" each and every day. This is what you must keep in mind; it's always meant to be fun to play the guitar, and this is a stage where each new discovery on the instrument is meant to be a positive experience. If you have a private teacher who is just giving you a bunch of uninteresting material and telling you to practice it hard and to have it ready by the next lesson, I'd suggest that you change teachers. A good teacher should always have you feel like you're making real music right from the start, because after all, that's why you started playing in the first place, right?!
I can remember that I loved to play so much when I used to come home from school that my parents would always find me asleep, with my guitar in my arms, with the record I was playing to skipping at the end! This was a regular occurrence, as I always couldn't wait to get home and play what I was dreaming up in my head! So be sure to make all those wonderful guitar fantasies of yours come true, every chance you get, and be sure to learn something new every day. Also, make sure you always dedicate some time each day to play, you'll be so glad you did!


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Bonnie Marris has taken an unusual path into art; she developed her talent by portraying animals "from the inside out." While she was a student at Michigan State University, Bonnie illustrated several major books. One volume she worked on was a leading expert's mammalogy text that contained several hundred drawings and detail studies. This massive project attracted the attention of noted zoologist George Schaller, who invited Bonnie to prepare the art for posters that would support his worldwide rare animal relief programs.
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A couple of days after I took this photo I stood in his place over the balcony. I expected to be overwhelmed by a large expansive view of the water but instead was surprised and initially disappointed. The view was first stunted by a floor to ceiling screen and the view of the pool was short. The trees beyond the pool created a visual barrier, their trunks dotted with blurs of cars passing by on the road behind them.
The longer I stood there however, the more intimate the experience became. I noticed that the screen, initially daunting in its scope and distortion of light, actually seemed to move like smoke as reflections from the pool rose up its mesh and released onto the ceiling. Then I noticed the water moving in sections, creating rippled glitter that led to the trees. What first stunted my view actually held me inside that moment, creating a soft closeness. I was brought back to the museum. I noticed the subtle variations and profound details around me: the whir of the airplane movie and air conditioning ducts, the movement of footsteps in gallery spaces behind me. I saw the light from the window hit the two side walls and create a Y, the tip of the letter pointing in my direction.
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Philomène Sauvé or Philomena Sovie was Honoré's favorite niece…
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Philomène…? She was my favorite niece…
I found her while looking for the children of Joseph Sauvé and Mathilde Leduc.
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But I found much more…
This is the lead I was talking about in my last article.
Two years ago, I met someone on the Internet who also had a passion for genealogy. Ted lives in Nashville, if I remember correctly.
Ted had some Sauvé names in his data bank but not that much. Last week I stumbled on a match on My Heritage site.
There was Ted alright with Philomena Sovie!
There was this note attached to his Philomena's file…
Letter from Freida Child, a professional researcher I hired to look into our Canadian roots. The letter is dated 2 Sep 1993. She traced down the ancestors of Philomena Robillard. She shows the last name to be Sauve, not Sovie.
Ted has Philomène's parents but that's where he was stuck. I sent him a message right away on his My Heritage site but I did not get any answer.
I think his genealogy site is now inactive.
I have to check if I have his personal e-mail and follow that lead.
I found something more about Philomène Sauvé while looking at Ted's file on her.
Philomène died on December 17, 1899, just one week after her uncle Honoré.
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I just found Ted e-mail…and I found other people on My Heritage.
Philomena Sovie is in their data banks with her husband's name.
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"The Bible is about life—all of life, real life. Not life as we imagine it, or even as we might live it, but life as it truly is whenever we enter into authentic life," began Fr. Harry Pappas [2] as he commenced our seminary's annual public lenten retreat. "And we have a God who, among all the other gods and goddesses that were around during the Old Testamental period, takes great delight in life, in his creation."
Fr. Harry, who is adjunct professor of Pastoral Theology at St. Vladimir's, chose as his overall theme for this year's retreat, "Back to Basics: Old Testament and Life." He focused on the biblical books that the Orthodox Church prescribes for reading during the period of Great Lent—Genesis, Proverbs, and Isaiah—and drew from them images and themes that exemplify life in and with God.
The lenten retreat began with many participants attending the Divine Liturgy in our seminary chapel, and continued with three presentations by Fr. Harry: "How Life Begins" (Genesis); "How Life Works" (Proverbs); and "How New Life Appears" (Isaiah). You may listen to all three of Fr. Harry's presentations in the "Voices from St. Vladimir's" [3] section of Ancient Faith Radio.
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If you're filing for bankruptcy, your basic choice is between a bankruptcy that doesn't involve any type of repayment plan (Chapter 7 bankruptcy) and one that does (Chapter 13).
Chapter 7 — straight bankruptcy: The belly-up version that most people envision when they hear the word bankruptcy. If you file under Chapter 7, most of your debts are eliminated, and some of your property may go to your creditors. You don't have any repayment plan; your debts simply disappear.
To qualify for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, you need to jump these hurdles.
The Means Test involves a complicated set of calculations that identify those consumers who can pay a significant portion of their bills and should be required to do so instead of shedding all their obligations in Chapter 7.
Some judges consider whether you're acting in good faith. They may ask whether your bankruptcy was necessitated by sudden illness, calamity, or unemployment; and whether you made unnecessary eve-of-bankruptcy purchases far exceeding your ability to pay.
Chapter 13 — debt repayment plans: In filing a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you propose a debt repayment schedule, and for the next 36 to 60 months, you pay what you can afford.
Creditors usually receive only a small percentage of what they're owed and typically must settle for pennies on the dollar. After that, you're home free. Even if you can't eliminate debts, you can still use Chapter 13 to keep creditors off your back while you pay them in full over three to five years.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) today announced that it has appointed Janet B. Kreizman Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2013.
Since 2009, Kreizman has served as Deputy Executive Director & Chief Policy Officer of The Endocrine Society, providing executive management for health and science policy advocacy, strategic communications, patient education, marketing, membership and governance initiatives for the $30 million organization representing more than 16,000 scientists and clinicians.
AACC President Robert H. Christenson, PhD., said, "Following a comprehensive search that considered a broad list of highly qualified candidates, Janet's unique combination of management skills, professional experience and healthcare community connections make her the ideal choice to serve as AACC's CEO. We have completed a strategic plan to chart our path forward. We are very impressed at how Janet's vision is confluent with that of the organization, and how she plans to lead AACC into the future."
Ms. Kreizman said, "I am honored to have been selected as AACC's new CEO and am excited to drive its mission of providing global leadership in advancing the practice and profession of clinical laboratory science and medicine. I look forward to working with the Board of Directors as well as AACC staff towards an exciting future focusing on value of membership, best practices, science and innovation, and global influence. Together, we will advance laboratory medicine to improve health outcomes for patients across the world."
Background on Janet B. Kreizman
Kreizman has 26 years of experience in non-profit and for-profit organizations. Since Kreizman joined The Endocrine Society in 2004, she served as Director, Government & Public Affairs and Senior Director, Government & Public Affairs, before being appointed Deputy Executive Director & Chief Policy Officer in 2009. Prior to The Endocrine Society, Kreizman served as Director, Government & Public Affairs at the American Medical Directors Association and Executive Director, Alliance for Consumer Education and Executive Director, Household & Institutional Products Info. Council at the Consumer Specialty Products Association.
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Pool Chemical Safety Checklist
Even the most experienced swimming pool professionals have occasional run ins with chemical related mishaps. From something as minor as dry skin to a potentially fatal outcome, all pool chemical hazards should be addressed to prevent accidents when storing, transporting, or introducing the chemical to the swimming pool. You don't need to be a Chemist to properly educate yourself on the different chemicals you use to maintain proper pool water chemistry. Knowing the adverse reactions of these chemicals and how to respond in an emergency situation will give you the upper hand if an unexpected chemical spill occurs.
There are many chemical regiments that can be used to keep your pool water crystal clear and free from unwanted bacteria and organic waste. Chlorine is still the most popular chemical that is used as a sanitizer. Chlorine along with other sanitizers can be in liquid, solid, and or a gas state. Chlorine in any form is a hazardous chemical. Chlorine alone in high volumes can be deadly. The chemical reaction when chlorine tablets or chlorine granules become wet causes the element to oxidize which can build up pressure. A bucket of granular chlorine that has had moisture enter the container will have extreme off-gassing and can lead to instant release of high volumes of concentrated chlorine gas when opened. Chlorine combined with muriatic acid can create lethal mustard gas and when chlorine comes in contact with certain algaecides it can cause an instant chemical fire. For these reasons you will never want to mix any chemicals. Store pool chemicals that can have adverse reactions when combined separately!
Read and understand the important information contained within the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). Specific information regarding the hazards of the chemical such as flammability as well as first aid measures will be within the MSDS. Procedures for inhalation, eye contact, skin contact and even ingestion will be listed.
Educate yourself and those around you with appropriate training. Every person that plans on handling any chemicals should know the MSDS and accident procedures. If you are handling a chemical you will want to know what safety gear is recommended. Respiratory masks, commercial grade chemical gloves, proper footwear, and protective goggles should be worn by pool professionals when working with concentrated corrosive chemicals that pose inhalation and skin irritation risks.
Store all chemicals away from children and animals. A curious child that might wonder into a chemical storage room is a recipe for disaster. Even some odorless balancing chemicals can be hazardous. Animals and young children with smaller lungs are highly subject to the damage that can be caused by fume inhalation.
Read instructions for storing and follow the recommendations put forth by the manufacturer. Store chemicals in an area with proper ventilation and in an area that will maintain the recommended temperature parameters set forth by manufacturer.
Prevent stored chemicals from getting wet or mixing together. Water and even moisture can cause chemicals with oxidation properties to become highly reactive. Store chemicals that can potentially mix with another chemical to create deadly toxins or fires separately!
Respond to any Chemical Spill immediately and appropriately. Knowing the MSDS information will assist you in correctly neutralizing and disposing of the spilt chemical. Make sure to properly neutralize or dispose all items used in cleaning up a chemical spill. If a fire should result from a pool chemical spill it can be difficult to attack. Do not use a halon-type fire extinguisher which uses a dry chemical that can react negatively with chlorine. Only a qualified person trained in chemical fire response should combat using a copious flow of water.
Never Pre-dissolve solid chemicals or add water to liquid chemicals. Never mix chlorine products with acids, other chlorines or any other substance. Use proper protective wear as directed by the manufacturer when handling or transporting chemicals.
For safety measures you will want to have the appropriate contact readily available if a chemical accident occurs. HAZMAT response teams, local firefighters, and poison control should be on speed dial. Protect your family and property by refreshing your knowledge of the chemicals you use, routinely ensuring the chemicals are properly stored and frequently review accident procedures.


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Agahnim (b. 1983), also known as Aggie, Anhinga, Microraptor or Cayro, is an artist, writer and cartoonist named Jonathan Kane, who exists on the fringes of the furry community. He currently lives with his girlfriend Ixerin in North Carolina. Most of his art and writing relates to paleontology, evolution, and the origin of birds, particularly in order to make fun of creationists for their failure to understand these topics. He is best known for drawing a webcomic titled Occam's Razor, starring the superhero Captain Occam and his nemesis the Prattmaster.
Occam's Razor[edit]
The Occam's Razor comic series was first introduced as a private joke at Christian Forums, a forum where Agahnim often debates with creationists. The nature of the joke revolved around creationists who rely on "PRATT lists": lengthy lists of arguments that each have been refuted numerous times before, "PRATT" being an acronym for Point Refuted A Thousand Times. However, this comic quickly became so popular that it grew into an entire series. In addition to Captan Occam and the Prattmaster, its recurring characters include the following:
- Dr. Hovind, a caricature of the infamous creationist Kent Hovind, who is portrayed in the comic as an evil mastermind.
- Mr. Pardalis, a character based on an actual paleontologist for whom Agahnim has worked. Both the character and his real-life counterpart bear more than a passing resemblance to Revolver Ocelot, although in the comic this resemblance is slightly exaggerated.
- Mr. Pardalis's student, a young man based on Agahnim as he was in spring and summer of 2003, while working for this paleontologist between high school and college.
- Ixerin, Deinonychus based on the fursona of Agahnim's girlfriend.
- Zedekiah, an ignorant and arrogant creationist pastor. He is named after a similarly self-righteous king described in theN Old Testament of the Bible.
The reaction to these comics has been overwhelmingly positive, with posts about them from such high-profile sites as Dresden Codak and Pharyngula. Ironically, most members of the furry community have little familiarity with these comics and know Agahnim only for his participation in their own community.
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Agahnim's longest-running online project is the creation of a dinosaur RPG that attempts to reconstruct the lives of extinct animals in as realistic a manner as possible, without involving the anthropomorphism that is common in most such RPGs. This RPG has gone through several iterations at different websites, which include:
- Terribleclaw.com, which was shut down as a result of being spammed by Bobby Plank, the ex-boyfriend of the webmaster's sister.
- Deinok.com, which was abandoned as a result of its webmaster breaking into accounts at other websites belonging to the people who posted there.
- Snakebird.net, Agahnim's own website from 2004 until 2006, which was abandoned following his seperation with Crow, the co-administrator of the RPG forum who was his girlfriend during this time.
- SpreeBB.com, the RPG's most recent location.
Another project shared between Agahnim and Ixerin is the creation and management of Domain of Darwin, a deviantART community devoted to evolution and debunking creationism.
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- Occam's Razor - Agahnim's webcomic
- Agahnim on DeviantART – Agahnim's art and writing.
- Paleolit Forum - A forum devoted to how prehistoric animals are depicted in literature, which is the current location of Agahnim's RPG.
- Domain of Darwin, Agahnim and Ixerin's deviantART community.


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WESTBORO � Town officials Tuesday night offered a more detailed description of the purchase price of the former state hospital property, and cautioned that while there has been some interest in various types of development on the property, the town has no definite plans.
"We haven't made any decisions yet, they are just concepts of an idea. We can't do anything until we own it," said Selectman Ian Johnson, the board's chairman. "We have no preconceived ideas about the developments that are going in there."
About 40 people attended the second public information session on the Westboro State Hospital purchase. The event was at Westboro High School.
The town has been negotiating with the state for about two years, recently agreeing to acquire 95 acres of the former Westboro State Hospital property for $2.2 million from the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance. The state will sell the town the land without restriction, and finance the purchase over 10 years with no interest, which will mean the town will pay $220,000 per year, Town Manager James Malloy said.
Several articles relating to the acquisition will be on the October town meeting warrant, chief among them an article to approve the borrowing to buy the land.
If town meeting approves the purchase, Mr. Malloy said, the town is hoping to close on the property by the middle of next year.
As the town sells off parcels, it will reimburse the state 50 percent of the net proceeds, a percentage that can be reduced to 30 percent based on various incentives. But Mr. Malloy said a reduction to 40 percent is more likely.
The property is zoned for mixed use, and already a movie studio, a medical device company and a developer of age-restricted housing have contacted the town to express interest in the property. While those companies have expressed interest in all or part of the property, Mr. Malloy said the town will get the most value out of subdividing the land into 5- or 10-acre parcels.
In addition, Mr. Malloy noted that improvements will be made to Lyman Street and Route 9, which will accommodate any increase in traffic created by development of the property. Town Planner James Robbins added that any proposed development will require a traffic study and mitigation.
Westboro State Hospital closed in 2010, and the following year the state released a study that said the highest and best use of the property was approximately 500 housing units. Fearing the strain such a project could put on schools and services, residents asked town officials to get involved to drive the development.
The town could gain $1.3 million annually in taxes from the land when it is redeveloped; the town could have faced spending an annual $6.2 million in additional school costs and $300,000 annually in costs to replace existing soccer fields on the property if it was developed into housing units.
At the public meeting in June, residents were concerned about potential contamination on the property. Mr. Malloy said that while an environmental study was done several years ago, the town has recently been working with licensed site professionals to take a closer look at the property.
The only thing found was the presence of asbestos and lead paint in the buildings, none of which was a surprise, and both problems will be the responsibility of the future purchaser.
There are two buildings on the property that the local historic commission has indicated have historic value � the Main Administration Building and the Talbot Building. However, it is uncertain if either is salvageable.
Mr. Malloy said the Main Administration Building is in "fair to poor shape," with water damage inside from a leaking roof, crumbling fa�ade brick work and a hole in the roof that has allowed birds to infiltrate the building.
The Talbot Building, Mr. Malloy said, has a large hole in the brick exterior and inside there are giant holes in the floor, and parts of the floors are falling in on each other
"This is a no-brainer to buy the property," said resident Paula Less, who noted that the state stands to make back far more than $2.2 million if the town splits the net proceeds with the state from the sale of each parcel.
Ms. Less also urged the town to contact local colleges to see if they are interested in using some of the property, much as Tufts University did with the former Grafton State Hospital to create what is now the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. She also urged the town to consider creating parklands and open space.
"There is no open land. This is the last parcel," Ms. Less said. "There are a lot of things that can be done with the property short of 'let's just sell it all off.' But once you sell it off, you've lost it, and they don't make any more of it, and it's gone forever."
The last public information session on the Westboro State Hospital purchase will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 in the Westboro High School auditorium.
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