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IndyCar Fans Have Reasons To Be Thankful
There has been a lot of gloom and doom in the blogosphere lately regarding the IZOD IndyCar Series, and I can't say I haven't generated some of it. Even though things looked bleak following the late October firing of CEO Randy Bernard and all of the subsequent gnashing of teeth; there are still a lot of good things going on in the series.
After all, just yesterday we got to meet Mark Miles, the new CEO of Hulman & Company. Say what you will about the board's bungling of firing Randy, but I was very impressed with Mr. Miles. Jeff Belskus seems to be growing more and more fond of his interim role as IndyCar CEO along with being President and CEO of IMS, so we'll see what happens there. Even though he still holds the interim title, it seems to be a growing possibility that he may shed the interim tag and become Randy Bernard's permanent replacement. At least he is capable of keeping the ship steady, even though he doesn't seem particularly fan-friendly or real forthcoming with any information. He certainly steered clear of Robin Miller's question asking him what he brought to the table that Randy Bernard didn't. Anyway, as we head into the Thanksgiving holiday, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on what we IndyCar fans have to be thankful for as the 2013 season approaches.
A much-improved on-track product – At this time last year, the new DW12 was having some teething problems and we didn't really know what to expect. But the car with the funny back-end proved to be a winner. Not only has it shown toughness and durability pounding the curbs of street courses, it has shown it can take a fairly substantial brush with a concrete wall and keep going. The rear "fenders" may need some re-working as they have shown a tendency to eat the front wings of cars making slight contact, but other than that, it has proven to be strong.
It has also proven to be much racier than its predecessor. Tracks that had previously given us dull races (i.e. Barber) suddenly put on good shows in 2012. Most importantly, the car performed well at the Indianapolis 500, giving the fans one of the best races there in years.
With a few tweaks to the chassis, I think we can look for more of the same in 2013 and a few years beyond.
A better engine situation going forward – Lotus dropping the ball in 2012 didn't just spell disaster for the five cars starting the season with Lotus power. It affected other teams that were counting on Honda or Chevy power. Each manufacturer geared up for the 2012 season with plans to power at least forty percent of the grid, based on three manufacturers pulling their weight. That should have accounted for 120% of the grid being covered – an adequate cushion under normal circumstances. But the Lotus situation last season did not provide normal circumstances.
Not only did Lotus fall short of its goal by supplying engines to only five cars of a twenty-six car field, they were agonizingly slow. This put Chevrolet and Honda into a bind, by forcing them to produce more engines on short notice to be able to fulfill most requests. Sarah Fisher Hartman racing did not find out they would be getting a Honda engine until the eleventh hour. Michael Shank owned a DW12, but was shut out of the entire season because he could never secure an engine deal. By the time the series arrived at Indianapolis in May, all but one of the Lotus teams had jumped ship – putting an even greater burden on Honda and Chevy to have just enough engines to fill the field at Indianapolis.
With Lotus all but officially gone for 2013, Chevy and Honda know what they're up against and can plan accordingly. They will both be required to supply at least sixty percent of the field. This ugly situation should be a thing of the past for 2013.
Possible greater car count – Many things can change and things usually do between Thanksgiving and the first race in March, but it looks like there may be more full-time cars on the grid for 2013 than previously. With the added cost of a brand new car, I'm still amazed that the fields for each race were as large as they were this past season. With the exception of one, it looks like all teams are certain to return in 2013. HVM's future looks a little cloudy with the defection of Simona de Silvestro to KV Racing Technology. HVM has no driver, no sponsor nor an engine deal. Plus, a lot of key personnel followed Simona over to KV.
Speaking of KV, they have contracted from running three cars full-time in 2012 to being a two-car team next season with Simona and Tony Kanaan. That pairing assures KV as having one of the most popular teams in the paddock with the fans. Team Penske also looks like they may contract from their three-car operation and Ryan Briscoe looks to be the odd man out, unless more sponsorship can be found. There is also the matter of filling the seat vacated by Graham Rahal at Ganassi
So with HVM up in the air and contraction at two and possibly three teams, that's a potential loss of four cars. How can I say that there may be a greater car count? Many one-car teams are trying to run two cars full-time next season, including Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing, Schmidt-Hamilton Racing and AJ Foyt Enterprises. Some will reach that goal, while some will not. Michael Shank hopes to answer the bell for 2013 and there is talk that Eric Bachelart may be back on the grid with his Conquest Racing Team. My guess is that by the time the season opens at St. Petersburg in March, there will be at least one more car on the grid than there was in 2012.
Better schedule – No, the 2013 schedule is not ideal. In fact, it is far from it. The series will be returning to every venue they raced at the previous season, except for Edmonton. They have added a street course event in Houston and everyone is excited to be returning to Pocono for the first time in almost a quarter of a century.
There is still a shot at adding a seventeenth venue in the gaping hole in September. It had been rumored that a race in Italy might go there, but that has gone quiet since the Randy Bernard firing. Stay tuned on that one.
Before Bernard's departure, he somehow got ABC to agree to air the Texas race during primetime on Saturday night. This is huge for the series to get network TV coverage for this race and it comes on the heels of the Indianapolis 500. Two good races on network television is a lot more likely to hook a potential new fan than just one. Hopefully, the series can capitalize on this unique opportunity for exposure.
A star-powered grid – Although most of them are stars to us – to the rest of the world the drivers may not be so recognizable. That will come (hopefully). But this group of drivers is the most competitive I've seen for quite a while.
There will be two three-time Indianapolis 500 winners in the field this May, as Helio Castroneves and Dario Franchitti each chase a fourth victory. That's the first time we've seen that caliber of multiple winners in the same Indianapolis 500 field since Al Unser, Rick Mears and AJ Foyt all competed as four-time winners for the only time in 1992.
There will be other strong veterans on each grid next season with the likes of Scott Dixon, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Tony Kanaan, Ryan Briscoe, Sébastien Bourdais, Will Power, Justin Wilson and Alex Tagliani. They will be going up against exciting young talent such as James Hinchcliffe (who I predict will win two races next season), Marco Andretti, Graham Rahal, Simona de Silvestro, JR Hildebrand and Josef Newgarden. Rubens Barrichello is a grizzled veteran, but will only be a second year driver in IndyCar, but he bears mentioning too. Ditto for Pippa Mann, who will hopefully find her way into a full-time ride next season.
So, as you can see – for all the hand-wringing we all did about the future of the series just a few weeks ago, there is still a lot of good going on in the IZOD IndyCar Series. Are there some major issues that need addressing very quickly? Of course. But the series isn't headed off of a cliff, as some have projected. There were a lot of positive developments that came from the 2012 season that give us a lot to be thankful for as we look ahead to 2013.
George Phillips
Please Note – There will be no post here on Friday Nov 23rd or Monday Nov 26th. Susan and I will be traveling this Thanksgiving weekend to the home of my 88 year-old mother (and yes, she still does all the cooking), and I don't care to spend my holiday time sitting at a computer. I will return here on Wednesday Nov 28th. I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! – GP
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Don't forget the great additions to NBC's broadcast team!
And, Mark Miles was added to the role of CEO of the Hulman-George company which oversees INDYCAR. Miles was previously the head of the ATP men's tennis tour, and led Indianapolis in it's Super Bowl bid. He has a reputation for being able to bring disparate people together for the greater good.
Of course, there will be INDYCAR "fans" who will whine and complain about this, for no other reason that that is what some do. Whine and complain and criticize everything because they don't get their way yet do nothing to actually make things better. There are some adults out there, like George and myself, but sadly, we find ourselves being outshouted by the children.
I vote for "all the above!" Happy Thanksgiving folks!!
And we are thankful for you and Susan.
I hope all you fans who believed IndyCar would not survive without Danica (remember her?) read this article.
我謙卑和為許多奇妙的出現感到高興。快速車、 花卉婦女和蛋捲與原北京烤鴨。它是功能表上三號。
My reason to be thankful? I booked my hotel room for the 500 yesterday.
Also, have you seen the new rear "pods" on the DW12 speedway package? Totally awesome looking. Check out the photos of KV testing the speedway aero package at Texas. They not only improve the look of the "ladybugs", but they also added 2.5 MPH to the avg speed. Another reason to be thankful.
Safe travels everyone.
George, among the many things I am thankful for is this blog. Thank you and a very happy Thanksgiving to you and Susan!
Thank you George and Susan for all that the both of you do with this site. I do appreciate it very much. Happy Thanksgiving and many more to you and all of us IndyCar fans.


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Skopje is the capital of Macedonia, located in the north of the country, 15 km from the border with Kosovo and 30 km from the border with Serbia. With slightly over half a million inhabitants it is home to a quarter of the Macedonia's population. Much of the city was destroyed in a 1963earthquake, which claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people and destroyed 80 percent of the city's buildings. The loss of much of its architectural heritage, combined with subsequent communist-era reconstruction projects, left a mark on Skopje's appearance, prompting the Lonely Planet travel guide to describe the city as follows:
"In about 50 years or so pundits may well be raving about this superb period ensemble of concrete apartment towers, vast avenues suitable for tank parades, and weird space-age public buildings. To the current eye, though, it might seem a tad ugly. The locals do have a sense of humour about it all. One described the bunker-like National Theatre as just like the Sydney Opera House, only square." (Lonely Planet Guidebook, Western Balkans)
The city of Skopje dates back to a Roman settlement in the second century BC – Colonia Flavia Aelia Scupi. Of military importance due to its strategic location, Skopje remained relatively insignificant politically until 1346 when Stefan Dusan chose it as the site for his coronation as emperor of the Serbs and Greeks. The town came under Ottoman dominion at the end of the 14th century, shortly after the battle of Kosovo in 1389. Under the comparative stability of Ottoman rule Skopje lost its strategic importance as a fortress. The development of trade and handicrafts caused the town to flourish economically, however. By 1683 it had a population of 60,000 and was an important centre of Islam. Skopje's Madrasah ranked as the fourth most important in the Empire behind those of Istanbul, Edirne and Bursa. The town was also the seat of a Greek-Orthodox metropolitan bishop and a Catholic archbishop (Fikret Adanir, Skopje: Eine Balkan Hauptstadt).
Skopje's development was brought to an abrupt halt during the so-called "Great Turkish War", during which much of the population fled the city. Austrian Imperial troops under Eugene of Savoy, supported by Serbs and Albanians, took the city in 1689 and deliberately set it on fire. For decades Skopje was strewn with the ruins of mosques, houses, and public buildings destroyed in the fire. Fikret Adanir reports that Skopje's population was still only between 5,000 and 6,000 as late as a century after its destruction. Only in the 20th century did its population reach 1683 levels.
After the Second World War, the creation of the People's Republic of Macedonia under Tito made Skopje a capital city. The Yugoslav communists turned the city into an industrial centre with the establishment of chemical, steel and cement industries, as well as an oil refinery. It attracted workers from the surrounding regions and grew from a town of 70,000 after the war to a city of 172,000 by 1961 (Fikret Adanir, Skopje: Eine Balkan Hauptstadt).
Not even the earthquake on 26 July 1963, which – like the Austrian army three centuries before – almost completely destroyed Skopje, could halt its development. An estimated 1,100 people were killed and 120,000 left homeless, prompting a large relief effort by the international community, supported by countries lying both east and west of the Iron Curtain. Other than the old Turkish bazaar, the biggest west of Istanbul, none of the older neighbourhoods survived the earthquake. The reconstruction of Skopje saw the establishment of a completely new, modern city.
Today Skopje is the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. Its population reflects the country's ethnic diversity. The latest census from 2002 found that 67 percent of the city's inhabitants are ethnic Macedonians, while 20 percent are Albanians. Roma, Serb, Turk, Bosniak and Vlach minorities make up the rest.
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BOSTON — The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) has begun its search for a new leader. John McCarthy, executive director, announced his plans to retire by June 30, 2006, at the March IHRSA show.
"John has done an excellent job as both the leader of the organization and as a visionary for the industry," said Julie Main, president of IHRSA's Board of Directors. "I think both of those roles have really led IHRSA to where it is today. We have been fortunate to have someone who has been so willing to travel and speak for the industry and brought such a positive spin to an industry that had been perceived negatively in the past."
The IHRSA board, comprised of club owners, had a lengthy conversation at the March board meeting in San Francisco prior to the IHRSA show and formed a committee of board members, IHRSA staff and previous presidents to look at all the options for filling the position. The board will look at whether to hire an executive search firm and whether to look inside or outside the industry, Main said.
"We'd like to name a successor by calendar year end so they have six months to work with John through next year's convention," she said.
The ideal candidate would be passionate about the industry, have a dynamic personality, be able to serve as a leader and spokesperson, and have a desire to steer IHRSA for its next 25 years, Main said.


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Bisons Set for Atlantic Sun Tournament
The field and times for the 2011 Atlantic Sun men's soccer tournament have been set. The fifth-seeded Lipscomb Bisons will face fourth seed Mercer at 3 p.m. (CT) in the tournament's opening match at Summers-Taylor Stadium in Johnson City, Tenn.
Lipscomb and the Bears met on Oct. 27, playing to a 1-1 tie on the Bisons Senior Night and clinching Lipscomb's berth in the tournament. Garret Pettis became Lipscomb's all-time leader in goals with his 33rd career goal.
Check LipscombSports.com for more information on the Bison soccer team, and be sure to follow us on Twitter (@LUMSoccer) and like us on Facebook (Lipscomb University Men's Soccer Team).


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It is not the life she imagined for herself. Ha No Ra (Choi Ji Woo) dreamed of growing up and becoming a dancer when she was little. But when she got pregnant at the age of 19, she was forced to drop out of high school and get married to Kim Woo Chul (Choi Won Young). She devoted the last 20 years of her life to raising their son, Kim Min Soo (Kim Min Jae), and trying to be a good wife. But No Ra's marriage is now on the rocks, and she is mistakenly diagnosed with terminal cancer and given six months to live. With nothing to lose, No Ra decides to matriculate at the same university as Min Soo and his girlfriend, Oh Hye Mi (Son Na Eun), much to their horror, in the hopes of experiencing the college life she never had. But No Ra is about to find out that Woo Chul has just accepted a job as a psychology professor there and her new theater arts professor is none other than Cha Hyun Suk (Lee Sang Yoon), her classmate from high school who had a secret crush on her. How far will No Ra take her college experience? "Twenty Again" is a 2015 South Korean drama series directed by Kim Hyung Shik.
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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1300 Locust St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5699
Founded in 1824, the historical society has published the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography since 1877. See Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 3d ed. (Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1991), and the society's online catalog. The society charges a research fee for mail inquiries.
In 2002, the collections of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies were merged with those of the HSP (see www.balchinstitute.org).


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ELS/Boston Students Participate in National Geographic Learning Focus Group
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ELS/Boston students participated in a National Geographic Learning focus group, giving them the opportunity to practice their English skills with native-speakers.
During the focus group, the students tested a new English-language learning app currently under development by National Geographic Learning, in partnership with TED, and talked about their experiences in depth. This focus group served as an opportunity for National Geographic Learning to interact with students who are learning English. The students used their expertise to discuss what is most helpful in practicing and improving their English skills.
The ELS students were asked about their backgrounds including: their nationalities, the age at which they began learning English, and the ways that they practice learning English outside of the classroom. They reflected on their learning process, shared their opinions, and offered suggestions for improvements.
After the focus group, students toured the offices of National Geographic Learning, including English Language Teaching departments.
About ELS/Boston
ELS/Boston is located in a fun, urban setting in the heart of Boston. The Boston Commons, Government Center, Theater District and Chinatown are all within walking distance from the Center.
At ELS/Boston, students practice soft skills like voicing their opinions and interacting with different groups of people in addition to practicing vocabulary, reading, and writing. Students can also participate in many different activities outside of the classroom, giving them the opportunity to practice their English in diverse ways. To see some of these activities, search #ELSBostonDowntown on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!


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ROCHESTER — Rochester fire officials report a small blaze extinguished early Thursday morning in the Chestnut Hill Mobile Park has been ruled undetermined following an investigation.
Fire Marshal Dominick Bellio said officials were called to 28 River View Drive at 2:37 a.m. for reports of a mobile home fully involved in flames. Mutual aid was called in but later called off when the Rochester Fire Department found a small working fire on the exterior of the structure.
Foul play is not suspected at this time.
Bellio estimated there is approximately $5,000 of damage to the exterior of the mobile home, with much of the porch damaged. Nearby leaves were also on fire, which made the structure appear to be engulfed, he said. Bellio also noted the family was not displaced by the incident.
The fire department responded with two engines and a tanker with several firefighters on scene. Damage was found on the exterior of the structure and the porch as well as grass in the area.


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Cornish Hens with Potatoes
Total TimePrep: 20 min. Cook: 6-8 hours
Makes4 servings
- 4 Cornish game hens (20 to 24 ounces each)
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 4 large red potatoes, cut into 1/8-inch slices
- 4 bacon strips, cut into 1-inch pieces
- Lemon-pepper seasoning and garlic powder to taste
- Minced fresh parsley
- In a large skillet, brown hens in oil. Place the potatoes in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Top with the hens and bacon. Sprinkle with lemon-pepper and garlic powder.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until a thermometer reads 180° and potatoes are tender. Thicken the cooking juices if desired. Sprinkle the hens with parsley.
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I cooked a 5 pound chicken in a slow cooker instead of the hens. The spices were a little too mild, but the crumbled bacon was delicious! I would add chicken broth and a bit more spice next time to give the other flavors a boost. I would also try turning this into a casserole by shredding the chicken and topping it with the bacon and cheddar cheese.
Jul 20, 2011
i too was unimpressed. It was edible, but nothing to rave about. I felt it too bland and tasted more like boiled chicken than anything else.
Apr 25, 2010
A Benedict, you said what I was thinking! I made this today for the first time. Thankful that it was only DH and I here, and we didn't have company. They looked pale and awful, as did everything that came out of the crockpot. I did recipe exactly according to directions. It smelled up my kitchen something awful. DH said "Maybe this would have been edible, but the presentation looks AWFUL when the stuff comes out of the crockpot. We threw it all in the garbage and found some junk food to eat, instead. I lit a candle to clear the stench from the kitchen. DH saw me with a match and said "What are you trying to do, burn the recipe?" Don't waste your money on this one, folks.
Feb 6, 2010
My hens did not look anything like the picture; they were bland despite using 2 tsps each of lemon pepper and garlic powder. The hens looked pale and sickly. I won't do hens in slow cooker again.


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This isn't your father's Monkey Ball. Actually, maybe it is.
For a limited time, Sega is offering "Adult Map" download codes for those who purchase Super Monkey Ball: Tokumori Asobi-ta! for the PS Vita. In it, you can roll all over bikini model Yukie Kawamura. In some parts, the model's breasts protrude from the map and players must navigate them.
Kawamura recently featured in a clip that showed her playing the PS Vita title while bouncing around. This sounds less like Monkey Ball, and more like monkey business.
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Malcolm X's pivotal letter on race at center of dispute between Syracuse, Alex Haley's family
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Sitting in his hotel room in Saudi Arabia in April 1964, civil rights activist Malcolm X penned a letter on hotel stationery to his friend and co-author, Alex Haley.
Malcolm X had just left the controversial Nation of Islam, a group whose leader denounced whites as "devils." In Saudi Arabia, he completed the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, where the experience of eating and drinking with "fellow Muslims whose skin was the whitest of white" had changed his mind on race, he told Haley.
"What I have seen and experienced on this pilgrimage has forced me to 'rearrange' much of my thought patterns and to toss aside some of my previous conclusions," he wrote.
Ten months later, Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City.
The letter -- considered by many historians to capture a watershed moment in Malcolm X's life and philosophy, became part of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," which Haley co-wrote and Grove Press published in 1965. Four years later, Grove's owner agreed to give his company's files -- including the letter from Saudi Arabia -- to Syracuse University, where they sit today on the sixth floor of Bird Library.
Now, Haley's son wants that letter back.
A rare documents dealer working with William Haley says the letter is worth $250,000, and has demanded that Syracuse turn it over. A lawyer for William Haley says said it rightfully belongs to Haley and his two sisters.
"There was not a direct transfer of any ownership to (SU) of that letter, nor did Grove have ownership of the letter," said Gregory Reed, a Detroit attorney who also collects Malcolm X documents.
University officials disagree. They say the letter was given to the university in 1969 under a legal agreement with Grove Press owner Barney Rosset, and the university has no plans to give it up. The letter is used frequently by students and faculty, and will be a centerpiece in a 2013 exhibit on the Grove Press collection.
"Given the historical significance, it seems it's in the right place to be at a university that makes it available as a public good," said Sean Quimby, SU's senior director of special collections.
The letter links two of the leading African-American voices of the 1960s and 1970s, along with the era's most controversial publisher of books that were elsewhere thought to be too racy or avant garde for publication, such as "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and the works of poet Allen Ginsberg.
Malcolm X espoused Islam and black separatism, and was often seen as the counterpart to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Christian ethos of nonviolence and integration.
The elder Haley died in 1992 at age 70. Haley, whose ancestry saga "Roots" would win a special Pulitzer Prize and be made into the most-viewed television program of its time in 1977, remains among the best-selling African-American authors. Barney Rosset, who gave the letter and other papers of Grove Press to SU, was one of the leading free-speech figures of the era.
Rosset, who died in February, ran the publishing house that SU's website calls "the literary engine behind the sexual revolution in America." The collection that Grove gave to SU takes up 400 feet of shelf space and includes 2,500 books, many of them first editions.
William Haley said he is compiling a collection of his father's papers, and the letter helps cement the relationship between Alex Haley and Malcolm X. William Haley says that partnership led to the successful autobiography that then allowed Alex Haley to continue writing.
"Malcolm X enabled him to eventually do 'Roots' because of the income (Alex Haley) got initially from the autobiography," he said.
The younger Haley concedes that money is a factor, too, in his desire to get the letter back. "I have grandchildren," he said, "and I'd like to be able to leave them something more than we have now."
Joan Bryant, an African-American studies professor at Syracuse, said the letter represents a pivotal point in civil rights history.
"The hajj is clearly a moment when Malcolm rethinks that position of excluding a certain group from the arena of human association," said Bryant, who uses the letter in her African-American history classes.
Quimby said Haley himself believed deeply in libraries and having his papers available for public use. Haley himself explained why he had given his papers to the university:
"Now they're not just my private works and recollections, but a part of the fabric of our state to eventually be shared with other researchers, writers, explorers and dreamers."


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Using a Map and Compass
- Mark your starting point and where you want to go on your topographic map. Draw a straight line between the two points.
- Lay the baseplate edge of the compass along that line, with direction-of-travel arrow pointing in the direction you want to go.
- Center the north arrow (the "N") of the compass dial along a meridian of the map—a north/south line.
- Check the diagram at the bottom of the map that shows whether magnetic north is to the left or right of true north. Now turn the compass dial the correct number of degrees left or right as shown. You have now corrected for declination. The "N" is now pointing at magnetic north.
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Initial signs suggest the flu season is starting early. "We are somewhat surprised by the fact that we are already seeing cases in October, so our concern is that we may have an early flu season this year," said Dr. Lisa Esolen, director of infectious disease at Geisinger Health System.
Initial signs suggest the flu season is starting early.
"Attempting to predict how influenza will behave is extremely difficult. There are no rules," said Dr. Lisa Esolen, director of infectious disease at Geisinger Health System.
"But having said that, we are somewhat surprised by the fact that we are already seeing cases in October, so our concern is that we may have an early flu season this year."
Pocono Medical Center's infectious diseases director, Dr. Susheer Gandotra, said from a prognosis standpoint, every season is different and he had no indication about what this flu season will be like.
While influenza kills thousands of people in the U.S. each year, the majority of Americans eschew preventative measures.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 128 million people, or about 42 percent of the U.S. population, got flu shots last year. However, rates varied widely between age groups and among states.
"Last season, CDC estimates indicate less than 29 percent of adults 18-49 years of age and less than 43 percent of adults 50-64 received their annual flu shot, even though the vaccine is recommended for every one of them," said Donna Cary of Swiftwater vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur.
"Clearly, there is a great opportunity to reach this population."
Months before the season begins, the CDC determines the most likely influenza variants that will strike to give suppliers time to grow and manufacture the vaccines.
The influenza viruses identified this year include both type A and B viruses, including a new swine flu variant, H3N2, and the notorious 2009 H1N1 swine flu.
Flu activity most commonly peaks in the U.S. in January or February, according to the CDC. However, seasonal flu activity can begin as early as October and continue to occur as late as May.
The 2011-12 season began late and was relatively mild compared with previous seasons.
For the 2012-13 season, manufacturers project they will produce between 146 million and 149 million doses of flu vaccine, according to the CDC. Sanofi Pasteur began shipping influenza vaccine in the U.S. in July.
"We plan to provide approximately 60 million doses of influenza vaccine to the U.S. market," Cary said.
And the bulk antigen for all of those vaccines for the U.S. is produced right here in Swiftwater.
As the immunization season is just now getting started, it's still too early to project if demand will differ significantly from the last couple of years.
Deciding against a flu vaccination is a bit like playing Russian roulette.
"Far too many people fail to get their annual flu shot because they underestimate the seriousness of the flu, and too often utilize the term 'flu' in reference to a cold or upper respiratory infection," Cary said.
"Influenza is a much more serious disease. Each year in the U.S., 1 in 5 people, or up to 20 percent of the population, gets the flu, and on average, influenza and its related complications result in approximately 226,000 hospitalizations. Combined with pneumonia, influenza is the nation's ninth-leading cause of death."
A new flu vaccine is needed every year because flu viruses are constantly changing. Should you get sick, there are still steps you can take to mitigate your down time.
"If you do come down with the flu, your health professionals can prescribe a regimen of anti-viral medicine that may speed your recovery and reduce symptom severity, especially if used within 48 hours," Esolen said.
In other words, see your doctor as soon as symptoms appear.


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The only thing more important than the data created by the Instron system is what you do with it afterwards. Bluehill® Universal offers two main ways to export results and raw data from the Instron system. A professional report can be automatically saved, emailed, or printed at the end of a sample, with information such as your company's logo, test parameters, a graph of the data, and results tables. For integration with a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) or for performing your own post-test analysis, users can export up to 2 export files, which default as CSV files, but can be entirely customized with different file types, headers, separators, and layouts.
TestProfiler allows for easy set up of tests that require step-by-step loading patterns that fall outside of a standard single or two-ramp test. Cyclic test sequences are readily created by using TestProfiler's waveform building steps (triangle waves, ramps, and holds). TestProfiler tests are beneficial for mimicking the functional use of a product or component. Further, TestProfiler allows you to build conditional logic into the simple or complex cyclic profiles, and the ability to control and respond to transducers such as chambers and other digital sensors.
Bluehill Universal has hundreds of standard calculations and measurements, but sometimes you need something custom. With Expression Builder you can create your own custom formulas for measurements, calculations, events, and even test speeds. These formulas can allow Bluehill Universal to do work you would normally do in an external program, saving you time and effort.
Bluehill Security allows a Lab Manager to configure permission in the software, granting access to trained personnel, such as super users, and limiting access where needed. Bluehill Security allows login permissions to be configured directly in Bluehill, or linked to the local Windows login or Windows Active Directory. When using Windows Active Directory, the IT Department will need to set up groups for the different levels of permission in Bluehill. Information on setting up Active Directory groups can be found HERE.
The Analysis Module provides users with the means to analyze test data using any method – i.e. a new set of calculations. Replaying a data set (sample file) through different methods allows users to quickly and easily create customized test results for different audiences, or make modifications to their own methods without having to re-run tests.
The TestCam Video Recording and Playback Module provides users with a video recording of how the test was conducted and how the specimen failed, by recording the test from start to finish using almost any USB video recording device. After testing, the user can replay the test or use a scanning cursor to select particular points of interest while viewing the associated test video frame. Videos can be stored and sent electronically. This feature requires a DirectX compatible webcam with a USB connection.
With the TrendTracker™ plug-in for Bluehill Universal, users can seamlessly integrate with TrendTracker, Instron's Results Database. The plug-in also includes the ability to migrate and export older Bluehill 2 and Bluehill 3 sample file results into the database. Track trends for your material over time, across machines and operators, allowing you to take steps to correct issues before you realize they exist.
Bluehill Universal's Application Programming Interface (API) allows system administrators to program their own custom interfaces for controlling pre- and post-test actions within Bluehill. In many cases, the API can allow you to automate some components of the testing sequence, as well as create your own interface for running certain parts of the system, like importing, starting, or exporting.
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Featuring 5 Papers as of May 16, 2011
The Risks of Client-Side Data Storage by Edwin Tump - May 16, 2011
SAN - Beyond segmentation by Etienne DeBurgh - March 2, 2004
The following paper seeks to outline the security issues surrounding the implementation of a Storage Area Network.
Securing Networked Storage using Defense in Depth by Anikumar Pochiraju - August 8, 2003
This paper discusses security vulnerabilities in networked storage solutions and methods to identify and mitigate risk associated with the vulnerabilities.
Consolidating and Securing Enterprise Storage by Ubaid Khan - June 2, 2003
In this paper, I will discuss how I plan on consolidating our enterprise storage using Sun's StorEdge 6960 SAN solution.
Is Your Storage Area Network Secure? An Overview of Storage Area Network from Security Perspective by Mohammed Haron - October 4, 2002
Overview of Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture and the potential security threats and solutions available in SAN environments.
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They use C# and JS, and some Unity engine, which I'll read up on later
But to get work from them I'll have to start learning C# and risk loosing my C++ knowledge :/
So what you think? He even offered to secure my future by these words:
But then there was some stuff that worries me extremely o.obut yeah, if so, you will be good when done with school, and have a job offer that pays more then GOOD!
c++ is out dated, it is just highly spoken of, because there are so many using it, ( mostly old people ) C++ has many down sides, when going in to game programming! but C# and JS are basiclly the same just a bit better and a lot easier!Please proove him wrong! o.oyeah, i know, we are partners with UBISOFT, and they agree with me! i dont know about blizzard and EA, but i know that EA has used C# in more then 5 games latly.
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Meet the Leadership Team of Our Indoor Air Quality Company
The leadership team of Green Home Solutions includes technical and business professionals who understand that being a successful indoor air quality company takes excellent vision and dedication combined with specialized knowledge and technical expertise.
Russ Weldon
Chief Cultural Officer, Visionary
A self-proclaimed "serial entrepreneur," Russ Weldon has been starting and building successful enterprises since he was a teenager.
In 1988, convinced that wireless would become a multi-billion dollar business, Weldon launched The Car Phone Store, which would later become Wireless Zone, a 450-store chain generating a half billion dollars in annual revenues. After selling Wireless Zone in 2012, Weldon began looking for his next opportunity.
"I could have retired," he said, "but I'm an entrepreneur at heart."
Russ sought another ground floor opportunity in an emerging, yet commercially marketable space. One of the opportunities that caught his attention was the need for environmentally-preferred products to improve indoor air quality. Russ formed Green Home Solutions realizing that if he could run the company as a "Green" service business, he could recreate what had happened with wireless technology.
"It was clear to me that the green products and services industry was just beginning to move into the mainstream," Russ said. "It reminded me exactly of where wireless phones were in the late 1980s. I saw it as another of those rare opportunities to get in on the ground floor of a yet-to-be tapped industry and have a major impact on shaping that industry as well."
It didn't take long, however, for Russ to realize that this was much more than just another business opportunity.
"Even though it was another franchise concept in its infancy, what I didn't anticipate was how different it was from what I had been doing," he said. "Here, at Green Home Solutions, we are talking about much more than how to create a successful business in an emerging category. We are talking about how to save the planet. We are talking about how the work we are doing is something that our kids and our grandkids will benefit from."
"Here we have indoor solutions that can really change someone's quality of life by removing mold and allergens from the air." In the process, he knows that Green Home Solutions is creating opportunities for others to follow in his entrepreneurial footsteps.
"What I like about franchising is seeing others have a chance to become successful business owners," Russ said. "And in this case, we are also doing something that is making our world a better place to live."
"As we grow, my vision for Green Home Solutions is to have environmentally-conscious inventors and scientists coming to us because we have the established distribution platform, and more importantly, the reputation for delivering green products and services to consumers everywhere. Then we can bring people more and more comprehensive green offerings to reduce harmful options currently being used. The more products and services we offer, the more good we are doing."
Jeff Panella, CFE
CEO, Green Home Solutions
As CEO of Green Home Solutions, Jeff Panella is responsible for implementing the long and short term strategic growth plans for the franchise system.
Jeff brings more than 25 years of experience to his role as Chief Executive Officer of Green Home Solutions. Panella, along with his wife Joan, are very active in the community. The couple spends much of their free time volunteering and serving on boards for local charities. Panella also serves as coach to several community sports teams and is active with the local Boy Scouts of America troop.
Before taking the helm at Green Home Solutions, Panella led the team at The Famous Toastery, a rapidly growing restaurant chain. His experience in multi-unit franchise sales and operations, as well as with small, medium, and Fortune 500 businesses, will prove invaluable to Green Home Solutions.
Green Home Solutions has always been committed to helping franchisees succeed, and Panella fully supports that commitment. He is a Certified Franchise Executive and is passionate about ensuring that franchisees are satisfied and supported as they grow their businesses.
Jeff and Joan Panella have two children. Tim, the youngest, is a senior in college. Their daughter, Sadie, is a Sergeant in the Marines and has served three tours of duty.
David Bloom
Chief Science Officer
David Bloom is our Chief Science Officer. A graduate of the University of Connecticut, with significant post graduate work in microbiology and building sciences, he has lectured throughout the US on indoor air quality issues and remediation. David holds many certifications and memberships in leading industry groups including:
- Certified Mold Investigator, ACAC (American Council for Accredited Certifications)
- AOAC International (Association of Analytical Communities), active member
- ACGIH (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists), active member
- IAQA (Indoor Air Quality Association), active member
David is co-author of "A Novel Enzymatic Technology for Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide from Biogas", Suib, S. (ed.). (2013). New and Future Developments in Catalysts: Batteries, Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cells. Waltham, MA: Elsevier Science.
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David has developed our protocols and procedures for a novel method of mold and bacteria remediation and continually developing and sourcing best in class products for the services we provide. David also provides technical support for our franchisees.
Glen Snyder
Chief Development Officer CFE
Glen Snyder has been our Chief Development Officer since May 2016. He brings with him over 20 years of business ownership experience. This includes 10 years in consumer electronic retail, A Manufacturer's Representative Company for 11 years as well as being the President of USAC-Mexico.
In addition, he also held the position of Director of Franchise Development at Wireless Zone for 10 years prior to joining us. This gives him the insight and perspective from a potential franchisee's view. "It is a most rewarding experience to guide someone through the process of transforming their dream of business ownership into their reality."
Neal Thompson
Executive Director of Sales and Training
Neal Thompson brings over 30 years experience in sales, marketing, management, and training to Green Home Solutions as the Executive Director of Sales and Training. Neal began his career after graduating from the University of Georgia with a BBA in marketing. He has held positions in national and international account management, partnership marketing, training development, and franchise ownership.
Neal has a successful background with companies such as AT&T, Sprint, Chick-fil-A (corporate and franchise ownership), YUM Brands, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, and SERVPRO. "My passion is training and empowering people to be the best in sales and in their positions. Seeing people succeed as a result of quality training and development is my motivation."
Neal is married to his wife Laura for over 22 years. He and Laura have two children, a son in high school and a daughter in college. In his spare time, he enjoys gardening, music, cooking, watching the Georgia Bulldogs play any sport, and spending time with his family. Neal is active in the music ministry at his church and is a merit badge counselor with the Boy Scouts of America.
Victoria Barger
Victoria Barger has been with Green Home Solutions since December 2016. She joined the company as a Senior Accountant and worked her way up to Controller. She provides oversight for all accounting and finance activities with Green Home Solutions Corporate. She has over 8 years experience in accounting, previously working in oil & gas, non-profit, and government sectors.
Victoria is an alumnus of Penn State with a bachelor's degree in business management. She obtained her MBA in Management & Strategy from Western Governors University and MS in Accounting from Southern New Hampshire University. She thrives on helping others succeed – which she demonstrates through excellent customer service and hands-on leadership.
She was born, raised, and currently resides in Central Pennsylvania with her husband and son.
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Pay to play
SXSW The likes of Amazon.com and the Gap still have plenty to learn from pornographers, starting with lesson number one – pay your associate chums well.
Many traditional retailers and even online types like Amazon hand associates who send sales their way a small percentage of the good sold as a result of a link. Pornographers, by contrast, with their massive associate networks that fixate on moving large volumes of user traffic can pay very good money. One could, for example, clear about $50 for pushing a paying customer to a sex site.
"You have to make the payout big," said porn consultant of sorts and blogger John Halcyon Styn, speaking here at the SXSW conference on a panel about how the normals can learn from pornographers. "This is your sales force. You can get people all over the world selling for if you can motivate them with huge cash."
The non-porn crowd seems to view associates as a type of gravy poured over their core online business. They toss a few bones here and there to keep the masses happy.
Pornographers, by contrast, whip their minions up into a frenzy where real rewards can arrive for those able to pry open the wallets of their users. Porn site operators will reward their best associates with prominent links that up the associate's traffic, turning that person or company into a mini-superstar. And the porn operators will even link to rivals, thinking it better to make an associate sale than no sale at all.
Creating an affiliate army could be key to navigating a more competitive online world, according to the SXSW panelists.
They expect independent news and store sites to go somewhat by the wayside in the coming years with networks of sites taking control.
Early examples of such networks are prevalent in the porn world where sites offering access to different kinds of fetishes bond together. That translates into one payment and loads of porn for consumers.
Mainstream types like the Wall Street Journal, Barrons and the Financial Times have tried a similar approach by uniting forces.
The staid set could also learn from the pornographers by choosing function and comfort over ultra-style with their web designs.
For example, take porn-celeb Seska Lee, who films herself swapping juice with her husband and other women and men that happen to stop by the house.
"I have not updated my design since 1998," she said. "It's ugly as sin. I am embarrassed by it, but it works.
I Halcyon
"I decided that I'm just going to (spend money and effort on) shoot(ing) content because that's what's going to sell. People connect with me because they think, 'She really made that.' If you look slick, people aren't going to connect with you."
Sites that look too professional can put off potential spenders with the customers thinking the company or, um, porn star already has enough cash.
And, of course, the pornographers agreed that the content crowd should do away with DRM (digital rights management) technology.
"Several years ago, that's all everyone in the adult industry was asking about," Styn said. "Then, they pretty much decided universally that the frustration on the consumer end and the loss of sales did not make it worth the amount of lost product sales (to theft)."
Here's us guessing the music and film industry would prefer to make life tougher on consumers and lose sales.
To Halcyon and Beyond
The grandest part of the entire porn panel may have been running into this Halcyon character. We've spent the last few days oscillating between thinking of him as a
freak weird creature and a very nice, bright fella.
Halcyon apparently spent a couple of years video taping his "every shower and masturbation session" as part of an internet porn experiment. When not doing that, he organizes a weekly group hug.
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Encircled by canals and bursting with color, Amsterdam is a city of bike trails, tulip beds and 800 years of history. Start pedaling...
Author Adam K. Raymond Photography Ball & Albanese
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS OPEN YOUR EYES in this 13th century metropolis and you'll see that the bustling Dutch capital is alive with color, from the pink and purple tulips standing guard in front of canal houses to the dusty brown brick paths snaking between them. Look a little closer and you'll see splatters of the bright orange representing the Dutch royal family, the blinding yellow of the city's overflowing cheese shops and the burnt sienna and glowing ambers favored by its most famous artists, Vincent van Gogh and Rembrandt van Rijn.
There was a time when Amsterdam came in but two hues: the green of the rolling Dutch hills and the icy blue of the Amstel River. Eight hundred years ago, fishermen dammed the river, giving the city its name and starting the transformation from small port village to global hub of business and culture. It has endured the rule of feudal lords and Spanish kings, flourished as a center of art and finance, and suffered plagues brought by rats and terror wrought by Nazis. But a visit to present-day Amsterdam proves this city is a resilient one, maintaining its medieval charm while growing into one of Europe's most forward-thinking and brightly colored metropolises.
Camille –
Great article on Amsterdam!
This article is pretty short and really good. Read it in the United Airline in-flight magazine, but it's good and timely. Hope you like it.
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Quote from: Humbert Humbert on April 03, 2012, 11:10:30 PMHe said you could marry any of your allies, ergo there is gay marriage.About time, Japan!Unfortunately it seems that the comment in question was only meant to describe the MU's options (makes sense since you can choose your own gender so you theoretically have your choice on the matter), everybody else is apparently hetro (though you never know).
He said you could marry any of your allies, ergo there is gay marriage.About time, Japan!
(Dammit Krom!)
It explains why your MU has amnesia as well as what all the time fuckery is about along with why that Jaffar wannabe has such terrible stats despite his prominence in the promotional material thus far.
Your team is on the first map from the first game alongside Marth, Arum, and Ike as you take on pretty much every playable leading female throughout the series (i.e. Caeda, Cellica, Diadora, Julia, Lilina, Lyn, Erika, Elincia, and Micaiah) while both the stage and battle music are not only the same as the original's but they're even in chiptune format as well.


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5 key themes shaping the global economy
Schroders Chief Economist Keith Wade sees five key themes shaping the macroeconomic landscape and supporting risk assets over the next year including energy prices, central bank monetary policy and the hunt for yield.
From an economic perspective we still believe that the full dividend from cheaper energy is yet to be felt. While the challenge for markets will come from Federal Reserve (Fed) tightening, that will be tempered by ongoing liquidity provision from the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BoJ).
Lower oil prices mean lower inflation and stronger growth
So far, lower oil prices have fed through into lower inflation in 2015 in the UK, US and eurozone. However, the evidence for stronger growth has been disappointing.
In the US, though, significantly improving real income and wealth should result in a pickup in consumption in the current quarter.
More encouragingly, retail sales volumes in the eurozone are accelerating and it is likely that the euro region will outpace both US and UK GDP in the first quarter.
Oil and currency are rebalancing the world economy
We are seeing more of a convergence in growth this year as the US has slowed while Europe and Japan have picked up.
This is partly because lower energy costs have been supporting growth in the developed world, and because Europe and Japan have been less impacted by energy industry cutbacks than the US.
Furthermore, the stronger US dollar/weaker euro and yen is skewing growth away from the US towards the eurozone and Japan.
Fed to tighten as US economy normalises
Although US growth slowed in the first quarter, we still expect the Fed to raise interest rates in September (we updated our view last month).
The combination of a more normal labour market and a banking system that is beginning to provide credit to the real economy again, underpins the need to move away from emergency monetary policy.
We expect the Fed funds rate to be at 2.5% by end 2016.
Emerging markets: pockets of strength
Although activity remains subdued in the emerging markets, there are pockets of strength to be found.
These include energy importers and manufacturing-oriented countries in Asia (which are well placed to benefit from improved growth in Europe and the US).
With a Fed rate rise on the cards, we would focus on economies with strong balance sheets and low external financing requirements.
We would also favour economies like India, which has seen a significant improvement in its current account and has been able to attract strong capital inflows since the 2013 "taper tantrum".
Liquidity: the search for yield continues
The search for yield has been given fresh impetus by the start of ECB quantitative easing and continued money printing by the BoJ.
Importantly, this action should help temper some of the concerns the Fed has about higher market volatility and a repeat of the 2013 experience when they tighten policy.
More generally, liquidity will continue to drive flows into real estate and equities across Europe as well as keeping the currency weak.


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Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Tony Dovolani, & Val Chmerkovskiy Talk Dancing, DWTS, Dance With The Studios, & More
Wendy Wild of WKTU in New York recently interviewed Maks, Val, and Tony while visiting and taking a dance lesson at Dance With Me Studios. She asks some really interesting questions like if they think dance is more like exercise or therapy. She asks Tony what advise he'd give celebrities during "discouraging moments" when dancing on Dancing With The Stars. She asks Maks point blank how much of his rebellious moments on the show are "real". She asks more great questions too including their roles in Dance With The Studios. More below for how they answer. Fun picture at the link as well.
Excellent interview!! Thanks to @DWTSMaksimFans at twitter for the heads up on this news!
ADDING: Val and Maks were interviewed by CBC Radio in Quebec, Canada. They talk about what goes into doing Dancing With The Stars with celebrities who are vulnerable on the dance floor. There are personality barriors and emotions and pride can get in the way. In the end, it's worth all the negatives. They talk of their relationship as brothers too. Another super interview! You can listen to it here. We hope to have more coverage with these two. They are in Montreal currently for a dance, meet, and greet. Stay tuned.


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Liquid Quenching with Film Boiling Simulation by AltaSim
The process of quenching a red-hot metal object in a cool liquid bath is simple in practice, but highly complicated when creating a simulation. There are several phases of liquid quenching, and here we will focus on the initial phase: film boiling. In the accompanying video, COMSOL Certified Consultant AltaSim Technologies details the steps taken to model a nickel superalloy puck that is quenched in a tub of oil.
What Film Boiling Is
If you already know what film boiling is, skip ahead to the video. If you don't, read on for a brief explanation. The scientific effect of film boiling is credited to Johann Leidenfrost, a German doctor and theologian, who mentioned the effect in his book A Tract About Some Qualities of Common Water. Film boiling, also known as the Leidenfrost effect, describes the phenomenon of a cool liquid coming into contact with a metal that is at a temperature much higher than the liquid's boiling point. When the liquid touches the metal, a vapor forms between the liquid and metal, protecting the liquid from evaporating completely. This phenomenon is most commonly seen when a droplet of water "dances" across a hot pan, evaporating at a slower rate than if the pan were at a temperature closer to that of water's boiling point.
Heat Transfer in an Oil Quench Simulation Video
In the video below, AltaSim Technologies describes a model that is the inverse of the example given above. Here, a nickel superalloy that is heated to over 1,050°C is plunged into an oil bath, and is rapidly cooled. A vapor layer forms along the edges of the metal puck, and the bubbles that are formed rise to the surface, exiting the system. Four different physics interfaces are used: Heat Transfer in Solids for the metal puck, Heat Transfer in Fluids for the oil bath, Turbulent Bubbly Flow for the bubbles formed, and a custom General Form Boundary PDE ("PDE" stands for partial differential equation) to approximate the mass, momentum, and energy transfer in the vapor layer.
AltaSim Technologies Knows Materials Science and More
Complex material science is one specialty of AltaSim Technologies. This is evident in the video by how they used temperature-dependent materials and variables based on the results of the General Form Boundary PDE physics interface. Experienced in using COMSOL Multiphysics, AltaSim engineering analysts are also experts in heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), fluid-structure interaction (FSI), and more. To learn more about this founding member of the COMSOL Certified Consultants program, check out the AltaSim Technologies Certified Consultants page or tune into Kyle Koppenhoefer's guest blog posts.
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Ali MirsalehianJune 18, 2018
Can someone help me with the needed PDEs on the boundary conditions to approximate the momentum energy. I went through some literature to find the right equation, but I couldn't find it.
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Secretary of the Interior oversees operation of the massive Department of the Interior, which manages most of the federal lands and natural resources in the United States.
In the past, Secretaries of the Interior have primarily been career politicians from the western United States. Jewell breaks that mold. She has never held an elected political position
Jewell brings a wide range of experience to the position, including work for the oil industry and as a conservationist. In general, her nomination has been applauded by observers on both sides of the aisle.
However, it is Jewell's work in the outdoor retailer industry that has a number of San Juan County residents nervous.
Since 2005, Jewell has served as the Chief Executive Officer of REI, a large outdoor retail corporation with an estimated $2 in annual sales.
The Outdoors Industry Association recently wrote a letter to President Obama seeking the designation of 1.4 million of public land in the area as the Greater Canyonlands National Monument.
Support for the designation is gaining support in some quarters. Democrats in the Utah Senate and House of Representatives presented a joint resolution on February 5 to seek the creation of the proposed monument.
In addition, prior Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt outlined the proposal at the National Press Club on February 4.
The State of Utah, led by Governor Gary Hebert, has recently expanded its relationship with the outdoor retailers. A recently-announced initiative by Herbert is set to increase "access, conservation, tourism promotion and economic development."


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New York, May 1, 2012--Brazilian authorities must immediately investigate an attack on a radio journalist's home on Saturday and ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Vinícius Henriques and his family were asleep during the attack, and no one was injured, according to news reports.
Unidentified gunmen shot at the front of Henriques' house at 3 a.m. on Saturday in João Pessoa, the capital of the northeastern Paraíba state, according to news reports. Neighbors told local journalists they saw men on motorcycles waiting outside the house for almost an hour before firing several times and riding away, the reports said. The attack damaged the front of the house as well as the journalist's car, news reports said.
Henriques, a former police officer, has worked for more than a decade with local radio station Arapuan FM, where he covers the police beat for the program "Rota da Notícia," news reports said. Henriques told reporters that he suspected members of organized crime were behind the attack and that it was linked to one of his reports. "I don't want to attribute this attack to anyone, but I was the target, and it was done to intimidate me, because I speak the truth. I am not afraid of anything or anyone," news reports quoted him as saying.
Brazil has recently suffered a wave of anti-press violence. Three journalists have been murdered in the country in 2012, at least one in direct relation to his work, according to CPJ research. Brazil appeared for the second consecutive year on CPJ's 2012 Impunity Index.
"The recent increase in anti-press violence in Brazil is very troubling, particularly in light of authorities' struggles to bring justice in these cases," said Carlos Lauría, CPJ's senior program coordinator for the Americas. "Brazilian authorities must ensure the safety of critical journalists, and they can send a clear message of their intentions by fully investigating this attack against Vinícius Henriques."
News accounts reported the day of the attack that a journalist working for a TV station affiliated with Arapuan FM was identified as a potential target of a drug trafficker. Brazil's state secretary of security said that police had heard on a wiretap that Anacleto Reinaldo, a journalist for TV Arapuan, was on the hit list of a local drug trafficker. The official said the drug trafficker was allegedly angry with Reinaldo's reports on his activities. It is not clear whether the two incidents are linked.
- For more data and analysis on Brazil, visit CPJ's Attacks on the Press.


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Managers are an essential component of the health workforce.
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Some examples ...
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- Interacting with the community and other partners
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The electronic materials are accessed by clicking the underlined links above and the topics on the lefthand panel.
You will not find on this website:
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These are available at the Health topics and Programme/project pages on the WHO website (see upper left panel)


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