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New Britain, Conn. • Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed legislation Thursday that will raise Connecticut's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by 2017, the highest rate for any state in the country.
Surrounded by state lawmakers and officials, Malloy appeared at a packed Café Beauregard, the same New Britain restaurant where he dined earlier this month with President Barack Obama and several other New England governors. The president was in town to advocate for a national $10.10 minimum wage.
After signing the bill, Malloy said it was one of his "proudest days as governor" and added: "It's time to get people out of poverty."


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Our cruise was a 7 day Western Caribbean from 9-16 May 2009. We had to stay our first night in Orlando and stayed only few miles from Disney at Comfort Suites Maingate East which was a great hotel in an area filled with shops, restaurants, mini golf, Fun spot and other attractions only a walk distance away. The hotel complimentary breakfast included many choices to choose from along with mickey mouse waffles which my daughter couldn't get enough of. Rooms were very clean and staff was always pleasant. Pool area was very relaxing and surprisingly open 24 hours. For the price we paid, I would definately return on my next Orlando trip. I wish we could have stayed a bit longer. As far as the cruise, if you are looking for a outstanding cruise experience that the whole family can enjoy, one that includes excellent accomodations, great dining and relaxation for the adults and tons of fun activities for the children, I would highly recommend Disney. My 5 year old daughter had a blast. The food was good to excellent and the room was very nice. Go for the Disney cruise if you want family fun. Go for Radisson or Princess if you want fine dining and fine accomodations for adults. http://cruise-chat.com/groupee_commo...icon_smile.gif
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23 year old Iceland native, and talented submission specialist Gunnar Nelson will be facing German Pascal Krauss who is also known to be a submission specialist at UFC on Fuel TV 5 on Sept 29, 2012 in Nottingham, England.
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Watch this and *try* not to convert to Christianity.
I dare you.
(via Cynical-C)
Lessons learned from the video:
1) If you hang out with Bazooka Joe, you learn really cool swear-words
2) Turn in your sibling for anything anti-christian – kinda like a "Hitler Youth" program for christian tykes
3) Michelangelo converted unbeknownst to the other teenage mutant ninja turtles
4) When in doubt, break out into song
5) Cover up my noogies in the presence of any christians – there was something ominously pedaphiliic in that video, but I can't quite put my hand on it…(get it! double entendre!)
"4) When in doubt, break out into song" I think that's just good advice for any situation.
how could they so blatantly have left out blowjobs?
They didn't – just want u to connect the dots between "onkneesforJeebus" logo and what "good things you can do with your mouth".
Well I'm convinced.
Barfing is also an option. Need your God-given mouth to do that…
I'm glad you'll took one for the team. I made it up to the part where the gal said: "I know a true story". At that point my brain locked up and I had my own personal BSOD.
Wow, that's Jody Benson, Disney's Little Mermaid. I feel as if something wholesome from my childhood has been irreparably tarnished.
Thanks. I couldn't get Victoria Jackson out of my head.
I was going to say that, too! Yay for Disney fans.
But they haven't explained how using "bad words" (other than "Christ on a crutch!", I guess) is violating the first commandment! Or any of them, really. Unless God's name is actually Fuck McFuckson and we never knew it….
I am GOD! There, commandment broken, name taken in vain.
Jody Benson? I thought it was Michelle Duggar. Maybe it's the hair…
I swear I heard "snorting meth with the mouth God gave to you" right before the turtle made noises…
Anybody else notice how immodest that woman was? Why she had three whole buttons undone at the bottom of her dress. And she was doing a children's show no less! Or the horror!
Worse than that, her dress doesn't cover her ankle! SLUT! and her other limbs were exposed too! JUDAS, what are we teaching our children when the see (OBVIOUS) tramps like this who are teaching them about "MORALS"?
She was encouraging them to DANCE.
Thank god (well no, not him) that my mom never signed me up for anything like this as a child!
I'm sold! Where do I fucking sign up for this shit??
Jesus Christ, haven't you learned anything? Stop cursing you bad boy and use your mouth for pleasuring God.
It was the spasmodic in-unison dance moves at the beginning of the song that really started the gag reflex at my end.
I couldn't help but think of the South Park "Most Offensive Song Ever". Google it and listen to it on youtube.
How long ago is it that the baaaaaad boys listned to Rock'n'roll rhythms?
Wait a moment, wait a moment. Am I getting this right, a website called "On knees for Jesus" propagates a song asking the question "what wonderful things can you do with your mouth"?
It's an atheist on YouTube who posts weird Christian videos for our amusement.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! "And I can think of lots of ways to do that!"
Holy shit, I used to have to watch those videos in Sunday school when I was young.
Disgusting. Am I the only one to find the fixation on the mouth disturbing in this context?
"Disturbing" is putting it mildly.
I watched this with the sound off – my vomit reflex still kicked in!
Ewwww. That was creepy….. very creepy. My protective paternal instincts have just kicked in as if I have to protect my child from these orally focused Christians.
Just reading the title of this post, I can't help but think of Mr. Slave (from South Park) saying "Oh, Jesus Christ!"
Can I reply to this video with 'Two girls one cup?"
That was so dirty. Did a priest write this?
Those parents have more problems than a 'potty mouth' if it took the little sister to get their attention that their son was cussing and hanging out with bad influences. Poor parenting skills come immediately to mind.
Was that womans voice really hers? I recon she's been sniffing helium. Mind you, you'd need to be on some sort of medication to subscribe to the tripe being trotted out to those poor kiddies.
It's really her's; it's Jodi Benson, the woman who voiced "Ariel" from the The Little Mermaid. I swear.
Goddammit, that's a good video.
Guess I didn't learn the moral of the story.
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Day 4 update: Brooklyn and The Frog are in a no-holds barred battle for best pizza in a virtual tie. Magpies is catching up with Zona 78 which had a fast start. Check it out here.
We're down to the El-Eat Eight, and all are locally owned. (Take that, Domino's.) One business got a bump by sending free pizzas to a TV sports anchor.
The Pizza Madness field has been narrowed from 32 of the best pizza restaurants in Tucson to the best eight - and they're all locally owned.
Bazil's needed some help from a local sports anchor to throw down Grimaldi's on Sunday. After lagging behind the New-York-based chain all week, Bazil's pulled ahead on Sunday night after KOLD sports anchorman Dave Cooney endorsed the Catalina Foothills eatery.
He posted a video on his Facebook wall along with a link to Pizza Madness and wrote: "Our Friends at Bazil's were kind enough to stop by and drop off a couple of specialty pizzas. My vote is in. ... Here's where to vote."
Bazil's pulled out the win, 492-435, ensuring an all-local El-Eat Eight.
Rocco's Little Chicago will face Bazil's in the next round. In the battle of Broadway, Rocco's had a tough go against Arizona Pizza Co. but took the win 450-376.
Rina Brubaker Valdez posted: "Our family allots 20 percent of our total yearly income to eat at Rocco's as often as possbile."
Argenziano's, the pride of Corona de Tucson, has rolled through to the Round of Eight on the backs of a loyal, vocal fan base. They beat a tough NYPD 653-547.
Grandma Tony's, the pizza of Tucson's Gaslight Theater, took down Dry River Co. 379-236.
We're down to the first batch of El-Eat Eight competitors. Go to www.facebook.com/arizonadailystar to vote for your favorites today.
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- Pregnancies are usually counted by weeks (for example, "12 weeks pregnant" or "38 weeks pregnant"). A typical pregnancy is about 40 weeks long (from the first day of your last menstrual period to delivery) and divided into three sections called trimesters. Our chart can help you figure out how pregnant you are.
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Two of North America's leading retailers have reported significant uplifts in sales of PS3 consoles.
This is thanks, of course, to the recent Sony PS3 price cut that came into effect in key territories on Tuesday.
"In terms of recent trends, clearly, we've had two major events recently with the price drop on the 3DS and the recent price drop on the PS3 platform," GameStop president Tony Bartel told IndustryGamers.
"That has seen a significant increase in the rate of sale of those platforms, as you would expect. So we see that as a good barometer for what is going to take place in terms of the installed base in the back half of the year."
A spokesperson for Target concurred, adding: "At Target, we've seen an immediate lift in units sold since Tuesday's PS3 price-cut. With the functionality of the PS3 – built-in Blu-ray player, Netflix steaming capabilities, stereoscopic 3D – in addition to the new lower price and exciting software line-up for fall, PS3 is a great option for Target's guests."


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One Pumpkin Center resident and Lincoln County business owner is donating a kidney today to save a relative's life.
Christina Stone, a massage therapist and owner of Healing Touch in Lincolnton, didn't think twice about helping her mother-in-law, Kathy Stone, when doctors told the ill woman she needed a kidney transplant to survive.
For at least the last two decades, Kathy Stone, who lives in Watertown, New York, has experienced trouble with the two small organs.
Following a severe illness, which included pancreatitis, both her kidneys stopped working, Christina said.
The traumatic incident took place 23 years ago, and Kathy was rushed into emergency surgery to undergo her first kidney transplant, taking one from her sister.
The kidney remained healthy for 20 years, five years longer than doctors originally anticipated, Christina said.
The second transplant, set for today, will take place at Bay State Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.
Kathy has been on dialysis for three hours a day, three days a week for the last one-and-a-half years, Christina said.
When the Lincoln County woman opted to get herself tested earlier this spring to see if she would be a match for her mother-in-law, she had no idea the answer would be "yes."
Yet she was mentally prepared for the news and knew she had to follow through, particularly since all other family members had been ruled out as matches.
"I was probably the last one to offer," Christina said.
If a match, she was 100 percent confident she would give her kidney.
"There's no way I would every say 'no,'" she said.
In the beginning, the Stones were certain Christina's husband would be the right donor, especially after doctors told him he was a match for his mother and carried out a variety of tests on him for seven months.
Unfortunately, medical officials later discovered Kathy's blood contained an antibody that was attacking his blood, Christina said.
Months later, additional potential donors were asked to come forward.
After a conversation Christina had with her sister-in-law, she felt an inner urge to get tested.
"I felt very compelled," she said. "I knew all along I had the same blood type."
Her doctor, however, told her she had a "one-in-a-million chance" of being a true match, but to get checked anyway to rule out the possibility.
After learning she was right for the transplant, Christina immediately relayed the joyous news to Kathy, who couldn't help but respond in an emotional way.
"She began to cry," Christina said. "She said, 'There are no words to say thank you.'"
Earlier this month, Christina headed north to begin preparations and pre-surgical testing.
If all goes well during the operation, she will only be in hospital care a few days and able to return home a week from today.
"You never know what may happen when you're under the knife," Christina said, "but as far as complications…everything should be fine."
Doctors even told her that her remaining kidney would grow in size to compensate for the missing one.
Because healing is her life's calling, Christina couldn't be more thrilled to meet Kathy's medical need.
"I am a massage therapist and heal people everyday," she said, "and what an opportunity to not only heal someone but save their life. And what better opportunity than to save my mother-in-law."
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When it comes to military cost cutting, the sky's the limit. Starting July 1, the Pentagon will save $38 million a year by shutting down the radar command center at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, one of the two major monitoring facilities that constantly scan the heavens for Soviet bombers flying toward North America. The other center, at Bangor Air National Guard Base in Maine, will continue operating, but on a part-time basis. "I think it's better than nothing," says Republican Senator William Cohen of Maine, who lobbied to keep the Bangor radar working. But he expects it to...
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text: An Afghan hound friend of mine shared this with me and we decided we are both going to try recreate it. Anyone else up for it? I would love to see some of the chazhound versions! My hunch tells me Robyn will eat all of hers and Trin's in about 35 seconds! I am going to try sometime this week. Maybe we will make ours a picnic version though. Less clean up :lol-sign: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=EVwlMVYqMu4&vq=medium#t=125


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Kroger deals: Mega Event with great deals!
Posted January 20, 2013
Updated January 21, 2013
Kroger is offering some fabulous deals this week with the new Mega Event promotion! You'll find great deals on dip, Quaker rice cakes, Dannon Activia, Progresso soup, BBQ sauce, cereal, All, Colgate (FREE!) and more!
These deals are valid 1/20 – 1/26.
Kroger Coupon Policy Basics
Kroger doubles coupons up to .50 at Kroger stores in the Raleigh, NC area
Many Kroger stores in the area now allow 5 identical coupons per day (check with your store about their limits)
No total limits of coupons doubled per day
Senior Citizen Discount on Tuesday's: Age 55 and up receive a 5% discount on total grocery bill (excludes alcohol, tobacco and prescriptions)
Kroger digital e-coupons can be found at the link in the box above. You cannot couple a digital coupon with a paper coupon at Kroger. If you have a digital coupon loaded to your card, the register will automatically deduct it and will not allow you to use the paper coupon. Digital coupons do not double. Click HERE for the digital coupons.
Prescription transfer promotion: Transfer a prescription to Kroger from another pharmacy and get a $25 credit added to your Kroger card. The ad also indicates that they accept competitor's pharmacy coupons!
Mega Event Promotion: It's time for another Kroger Mega Event! Buy 10 participating items and get $5 off at the register. You basically get .50 off each item. You can also use manufacturer's coupons to make the deals even better. Here are some of the best deals from the ad (and there are some good ones!). The prices listed are after the .50 promotional discount. Keep in mind that there are many more participating items in the store so look for the Mega Event tags on products in the store.
Heluva Good Dip, .99 - .50 printable from their website = Free!
Hunt's tomatoes or Rotel, .49 after discount - .50/2 Rotel coupon in 1/20 SS = 2 for FREE!
Quaker Rice Snacks, .79 after discount - $1/2 coupon from All You Magazine January and February = .29 each!
Dannon Activia yogurt, 4 pack, $1.49 after discount - $1 coupon from 1/13 SS = .49!
Bird's Eye Steamfresh veggies, $1.49 after discount - .50 coupon for Chef's Variety (if included – and I hope it is!) = .49 each!
Progresso soup, select varieties, .99 after discount - .50/2 coupon and .25/1 coupon from 1/20 SS and 1/6 SS = .49 each!
Kraft BBQ sauce 17.5 – 18 oz. or McCormick's Grill Mates Marinade packet, .49 after discount (good deal for BBQ sauce this time of year)
Betty Crocker Mac & Cheese box, 5.6 oz., .49 after discount
Hefty One freezer or storage bags, .99 after discount - $1/2 coupon from 1/6 RP or 11/11 RP = .49 each!
Kleenex, .99 after discount - .50/3 coupon from 1/13 SS = .66 each
Ricola cough drops, 19 – 24 count, $1.19 after discount - $1/2 coupon from 1/6 SS = .69 each
San Giorgio or Ronzoni Smart Taste or Healthy Harvest pasta, select varieties, .79 after discount
Coke, Pepsi, 7UP, 2 ltrs, .89 after discount
Chex Mix, $1.99 after discount - .50 coupon from Smart Shopper coupons link in box above = .99 at the register AND there is a SavingStar.com e-coupon available as well
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz brick, .99 after discount – good price
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish 6.6 – 8 oz. or Little Debbie family packs, .99 after discount
Del Monte fruit, canned, .99 after discount
Kellogg's and Post cereal, select
Sale: $1.99 after discount
Coupons: Various $1 Post coupons for Shredded Wheat and Grape Nuts from 1/13 SS, $1 Post Honey Bunches of Oats Greek Honey Crunch from 1/6 SS, coupon for free gallon of milk when you buy 4 Poast cereals from 1/13 SS, various Kellogg's coupon on Kellogg's website
Nabisco crackers, $1.99 after discount - $1/2 coupon from 1/6 SS = $1.49 each
Quaker Chewy Bars and Instant Oatmeal, $1.89 after discount - $1/2 coupon from All You Magazine January and February, .75/2 coupon fro chewy bars from 1/13 RP = $1.39 each after $1/2 coupon
Kraft singles, 16 count, select varieties, $1.79 after discount - .55/2 coupon from 1/20 SS = $1.52 each
All laundry detergent, 26 – 32 loads, $2.99 after discount - $2/2 coupon from 1/6 RP = $1.99 each
Minute Maid orange juice, 59 oz., $2.29 after discount
Edy's ice cream, 48 oz., or Turkey Hill ice cream $2.79 after discount - $1/2 Edy's coupon from 12/9 RP or $1/2 coupon from Walmart website
Tombstone or Red Baron Pizza, $2.49 after discount - $1/2 Red Baron coupon from 1/20 SS = $1.99 each - good deal!
Colored peppers, $1.25 each
Red or golden delicious apples, $1.28/lb
Sunkist cara cara oranges, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Perdue chicken breasts, 50% off
Boneless pork loin, $2.49/lb
Boneless beef shoulder roast, $3.49/lb
Boneless top sirloin steaks, $5.99/lb
Ribeye Steak, $5.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, white shrimp, snow crab clusters, $5.99/lb
Dairy & Frozen
Kroger orange juice, gallon, $2.99
French's spicy brown mustard = Free after .50 coupon from 1/20 SS
Barilla pasta, $1 - $1/3 coupon for Barilla Plus, Veggie, Whole Grain or White Fiber pasta = .67 each
Kroger bread and buns, $1.00
Kroger peanut butter, select, 16 – 18 oz, $2.00 (a decent price for pb these days – the honey crunchy variety is amazing!)
Big K sodas, 12 pack cans, $2.50
Non Food
Colgate toothpaste, 4.6 oz., $1 - .50 coupon from 1/20 SS = Free!
Kroger Home Sense bath tissue, 12 double rolls or Paper Towels 6 big or 8 regular rolls, $4.99
Old Yeller dog food, 44.1 lb bag, $18.99


text: Cicerone is the LDWA's publishing partner for its UK Trailwalker's Handbook. Cicerone publishes guidebooks for long distance walks and treks, day walks, family walks, scrambling, climbing, ice climbing and mountaineering, cycling guides, hill and mountain skills and outdoor photography. Cicerone's aim is to inspire you, and to provide the information needed to enable you to plan and enjoy your favourite outdoor activity, whether in the British Isles or overseas..


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The Incidence of Occult Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Hemodialysed Patients With Liver Enzymes Disturbances
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified January 2010 by Meir Medical Center.
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
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To assess the incidence of occult hepatitis C virus in hemodialysed patients with mild impairment of liver enzymes
|Hemodialysed Patients With Impaired Liver Enzymes
|Study Type:
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|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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occult hepatitis C virus will be checked in monocytes of hemodialyzed patients with permanent mild impairment of liver enzymes This population has no evidence of hepatitis B or C according to standard laboratory tests (HVC antibodies,HCV PCR, hepatitis B antibodies) Hepatitis C virus RNA will be performed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of hemodialysed patients
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HOISINGTON–Hoisington High School principal Meg Wilson filed Thursday for the Kansas State Board of Education, District 5.
The position is currently held by Dodge City resident Sally Cauble, who serves as board vice-chair.
"I believe that as educators, we have the greatest opportunity to influence our nation's future through the leadership and character development opportunities we provide to our youth," Wilson said in a news release.
"My vision for educational leadership in Kansas is one of a facilitative approach which allows local school boards to empower the administration, staff, students, and community to be an innovative collegial team. Through allowing districts to identify their needs to serve their student population, local school boards have the opportunity to support administration in providing an engaging curriculum for students as well as school staff to focus not simply that students are taught but to ensure that they learn; to work collaboratively on matters related to learning; and to hold ourselves accountable for the kind of results that fuel continual improvement."
Wilson, a Republican, has served in the education profession for more than 31 years, the past four years as Hoisington High School principal.
She also taught special education in northwest Kansas at the Smith Center elementary school where she coached volleyball and track and served as a board of education member.
Since 2010, Wilson has served as a co-chair for the Social, Emotional, and Character Development Standards (SECD) Writing Committee which has local, state, and national support. The standards were adopted by the Kansas State Board of Education in April, 2012.
"It would be a sincere honor to serve the people of District 5 on the Kansas State Board of Education," said Wilson. "I am eager to put my 31 years in education to use in promoting local control of education standards, which will provide our schools in Kansas the ability to be competitive with states throughout the country."


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Preserving working family farms is one of Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler's top priorities. In March 2005, he delivered his "Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Strategy" to the General Assembly. During that legislative session, the General Assembly passed House Bill 607 establishing the
Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund.
Learn More About Preserved Farms and Forests in North Carolina
*Notice: Only stamped or metered USPS mail should be mailed to 1001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1001.
If sending a package or envelope overnight, next-day, or certified, mail to 2 W. Edenton Street, Raleigh, NC 27601 via FedEx or UPS (U.S. Mail will not deliver to the physical address).


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John Sandford and Michele Cook follow up their New York Times best seller Uncaged with the next nail-biting installment in The Singular Menace series.
Shay Remby and her gang of renegades have struck a blow to the Singular Corporation. When they rescued Shay's brother, Odin, from a secret Singular lab, they also liberated a girl. Singular has been experimenting on her, trying to implant a US senator's memories into her brain - with partial success. Fenfang is now a girl who literally knows too much.
Can the knowledge brought by ex-captives Odin and Fenfang help Shay and her friends expose the crimes of this corrupt corporation? Singular has already killed one of Shay's band to protect their secrets. How many more will die before the truth is exposed?
©2015 John Sandford (P)2015 Listening Library
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I believe the narrator is very good. Her voice is young enough to make the characters believable. Although the book is written for and about teenagers, it's extremely well-written and can be enjoyed by anyone.
The first book in the series.
Only on the first book.
Not particularly, but it was entertaining. This is not a John Sandford book. It's not even close to the type of books he writes. The writers should be listed as Michele Cook then John Sandford. You can find his fingerprints over the story, but I don't believe the story is his.
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it was a great book. I couldn't put it down! keeps ya interested In it.
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Other than to sell the book, John Sandfords involvement in this book stops at his name on the title
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Leaner times for state enterprises
The government has cut back severely on funds allocated to state-owned entities, which in the past have placed a massive drain on the fiscus, mainly because of operational inefficiencies and poor corporate governance.
This was acknowledged in the treasury's Estimates of National Expenditure released with the budget this week.
"A number of state-owned enterprises are suffering from operational inefficiencies, which are negatively impacting the economy," according to the publication.
"A key challenge for the department is to play a catalytic role in improving efficiencies through positively influencing the boards' execution of their oversight and operational management functions in relation to the enterprises."
In the Budget Review 2011 the treasury says that state-owned entities need to borrow money on the strength of their balance sheets to remain sustainable. The treasury lays out its structure for public enterprise borrowing—42% of funds should come from internally generated resources, 28% from borrowing in the domestic market and 25% from borrowing in the international market.
This leaves 5% of the funding at the doorstep of the government.
After years of government funding, parastatals such as state arms company Denel, state mining company Alexkor, Broadband Infraco and SAA did not receive any funding in the budget allocations.
Parastatals get short shrift
The government did issue some new guarantees in the past financial year—Eskom received an additional guarantee of R174-billion and an existing guarantee of R1,9-billion for Denel was extended by a year.
The increase in Eskom's guarantee was made in October last year and raises the total guarantee by the government to R350-billion. This led to a cancellation of an Eskom credit watch, which has allowed Eskom to borrow with a mix of secured and unsecured debt instruments.
Transnet will still receive the R4,5-billion allocated to it between 2010-2011 and 2012-2013 for the construction of its national multiproducts pipeline, but it has not received any additional funding.
State signal distributor Sentech will receive R279-million in the next financial year, but this money is allocated to pay for South Africa's migration from analogue television to digital television. Sentech will receive R622-million in total for digital migration over the medium term.
The Estimates of National Expenditure says that the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Company will receive R40-million for decommissioning and dismantling costs in the 2011-2012 financial year, but this is mere pocket change compared with the R6-billion it received in the past four financial years.
The Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa has been allocated R586-million in the current financial year and will receive R1,7-billion over the medium term. But the treasury has cut its funding by R103,7-million over the medium term.
According to the publication, the treasury expects this funding to decrease as the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa starts to generate its own revenue.
Broadband Infraco will receive no further funds from the fiscus—it received R347,1-million in the past two financial years.
Alexkor, which received R367,8-million in the past four financial years, will not get more funding.
Denel did not receive any additional funding after getting almost R852-million over the previous four financial years. SAA and South African Express, which received R2,3-billion and R140-million respectively over the past four financial years, also received nothing more.
Belt-tightening expected of parastatals
Between 2010-2011 and 2014-2015, the government expects spending by state-owned entities to amount to a projected R623,6-billion, which is down 10,9% from the previously forecast figure of R699,6-billion.
Of all the parastatals Eskom will spend the largest amount, accounting for almost 68% of the total spend with R421,6-billion. Transnet is next in line with R93,2-billion, equating to 14,9% of the total spend.
The Central Energy Fund will spend R34,9-billion, the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority R26,5-billion, the South African National Roads Agency R16-billion and the Airports Company South Africa
The treasury forecasts that, of the R623,6-billion required for public enterprise spending between 2010-2011 and 2014-2015, R310,7-billion will be secured through domestic loans and R188,7-billion through foreign loans.


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MOTOR sport marshal Gary Jones is asking Guardian readers to vote for him in the hope of winning the trip of a lifetime.
Gary, 41, is one of 25 people who are in with a chance of landing an unforgettable holiday from The Discovery Channel.
The channel is running a competition asking viewers how they have made their world bigger, and to submit their stories with pictures. Viewers will decide who wins the top prizes.
Gary, from Burslem, Stoke on Trent, is formerly from Northwich, and his parents Marjorie and Douglas live in Lower Peover, having moved recently from the town.
Gary has rebuilt his life after losing his left arm following a motorcycle accident in 1989, and his story was chosen for the shortlist.
"My slogan was – I made my world bigger by becoming the first amputee marshal in the UK, for the stars of the British Touring Cars Championship at Donington Park and Oulton Park," he said.
"I lost my arm following a serious motorcycle accident. I hit a road sign, pulling four nerves from my spine, meaning I lost all control in my left arm.
"I have enrolled as a race and rally marshal at my local tracks to help others fulfil their ambitions as race or rally drivers."
Gary has chosen the prize of a gold mining and panning adventure in Alaska if he wins the competition.
The seven-night luxury hotel stay includes a full-day guided hiking excursion on one of the state's largest glaciers and £1,000 spending money.
The prize is for two people, and Gary has chosen to invite Tony Gleave from Crewe, who introduced him to motor sport, to accompany him.
"I am asking anyone who knows me to vote for me, and the Alaskan trip would be a life-changing experience," said Gary.
Viewers vote for their three favourite stories from the shortlist, and the voting deadline is midnight on July 6.
To vote for Gary visit www.mywbcompetition.com, and search for his entry, number eight on the shortlist page, via a picture of Gary at Donington Park in his role as a marshal.


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Source: Central Intelligence Agency
3 December 2001
Several self-described experts have appeared on television recently criticizing the CIAs decision to publicly identify Johnny Micheal Spann, the CIA officer who was killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan.Ā These individuals have claimed that the decision was unprecedented and have even suggested that the Agency was exploiting Mr. Spanns death in an effort to garner positive publicity.Ā Nothing could be further from the truth.Ā Such comments are irresponsible and do a great disservice to the Agency, the people who work for it, and Mr. Spanns family.
We generally dont respond to outrageous remarks made by uninformed critics.Ā But these claims, which have been aired on several national television networks, are so reckless, malicious, and cynical that we believe it is necessary and appropriate to respond.
The protection of sources, methods, and the identities of officers serving under cover is essential to the Agency and we go to great lengths to preserve operational security.
Over the years, however, when circumstances permit, the CIA has publicly identified Agency officers who have been killed in the line of duty.Ā There are currently 78 stars etched on CIAs Memorial Wall for Agency employees who have died in the line of duty, and of those, fully 43 have been identified publicly and are included in CIAs Book of Honor.Ā Of those 43 brave Americans, more than 30 served in the Directorate of Operations, the Agencys clandestine service.Ā Among the heroes named in the Book of Honor are Richard Welch, the CIA official assassinated in Athens in 1975, and William F. Buckley, the Agency officer who was tortured and died in captivity in Beirut in 1985. When an officer under cover dies in the line of duty and there is no capability or reason to preserve their anonymity their names have been released.
As Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet has said, Johnny Micheal Spann was an American hero, a man who showed passion for his country and his Agency through his selfless courage.Ā The circumstances surrounding his service at the CIA and his tragic death were such that his entire chain of command concurred that his name could be released without compromising security or any current intelligence activities.ĀĀ Moreover, the Spann family strongly supported the decision to publicly acknowledge Mikes affiliation with the Agency and concurred with the text of our public announcement before it was released.
It also is worth noting that several media organizations published Mr. Spanns name and affiliation with the Agency before his body had been recovered and death had been confirmed.Ā Others had staked out the Spann family home prior to the Agencys announcement, which was not made until after the body was recovered.
We may never be able to reveal the name of every CIA officer who dies in the line of duty. We will remain silent when we must but we will honor the names publicly when we can.
ĀJohnny Micheal Spann was a true patriot whose heroic contributions to keeping America safe and free deserve the publics recognition and gratitude.
(Note: "Micheal" is the correct spelling of Mr. Spann's name)


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Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, 2007/11/20 - Oracle and IBM approve and list two of Indusas products/solutions on their global products catalog.
Indusa, a SEI - CMM Level 4, ISO - 9001:2000; ISO - 27001 certified, custom software Development Company, becomes Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.
We also feel proud to announce that two of our solutions have been approved by IT giants Oracle & IBM and are listed under their global products catalog.
Survey Plus, an online survey Portlet solution, ready for IBM Websphere, is listed under IBM Software Access Catalog. Using Survey Plus, one can design, schedule, publish and conduct surveys & polls on the web. The software helps to meet diverse business needs like customer evaluation, market research, product/service improvement, employee feedback etc. It simplifies compilation; analysis of data collected and generates reports & graphs to measure effectiveness.
Similarly, ArchivePlus, a database archiving solution, has been accepted and listed under Oracle Partner Network Solution Catalog. ArchivePlus gives you complete and streamlined control over your enterprise data. With user definable business rules, the software helps to make the production database environment faster and efficient by archiving selected data and moving it to a different location, retaining the capability of quick restore. It thus helps to keep the production database lean, while also enabling efficient data storage management.
We continued to put our efforts in the path of achieving Microsoft Gold Certified Partner certification soon after we became Microsoft Certified Partner. With the kind support of our customers and Indusa team efforts, we got success in gaining this valuable certification.
We also earned the Small Business Specialist status from Microsoft on its route to becoming a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This signifies our expertise in design, deployment and customization of small business solutions using Microsoft Technology.
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JILL STUART Surprise Love Hand Cream Mini Kit
With a message to impart your feelings to the intended recipient.
Fragrant hand cream with a smooth sensation against the skin, enveloping hands right to the fingertips while making them soft.
01 many thanks
Aromatic fruity chamomile fragrance
02 happy wishes
Aromatic floral orange fragrance
03 mutual love
Aromatic pure rose fragrance
04 hugs for mom
Aromatic floral jasmine fragrance
05 my best hero
Aromatic green lime fragrance
Product features:
·Formulated with natural fragrances. Fragrances based around essential oils fill the recipients of these gifts with feelings of happiness, penetrating soothingly into their hearts.
·Richly formulated with beauty essence oils that blend easily into the skin and refreshing water-soluble polymers, creating a wonderfully smooth feeling of use.
·In the moment of application, the water-soluble polymers unravel, gently enveloping the hands without any stickiness at all.
·Formulated with essential oils extracted from flowers and fruit and then moisturizers common to all five types. A deep feeling of moisture makes hands incredibly soft.
·A gorgeous design with a premium feeling, each item covered with an original textile that perfectly matches the accompanying message.
Beauty essences:
・Chamomile extract
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・Rose extract
・Jasmine extract
・Lime extract
・Apricot oil
Directions for use:
·Take a suitable volume and work into your hands.
20g x 5 in the mini-kit
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Virat Kohli scores ODI century after eight months
Thu, Oct 22, 2015, 04:42 PM
Indian ODI cricket team vice-captain Virat Kohli scored a century today after eight months. This is Kohli's 23 century in ODIs. This is Virat Kohli's first century against South Africa in the fourth match of ODI series with South Africa today. He is the only player after Sachin Tendulkar to score centuries against all test-playing nations in ODIs. India is trailing 1-2 and needs to win the match to stay afloat in the five-match series.


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By sqwirll
From: Las Vegas
Jul 26, 2011
We were able to rappel down the northeast face using a single 60m rope.
Rap 1 - a short rap (80') down the summit block from the eastern most chains. Rap past an anchor to a second anchor on a big ledge (approximately 50' right of the last pitch of Imaginary Voyage). There is a rope connecting the upper and lower anchors for some reason.
Rap 2 - Rap a FULL 100' down and right. Just over the ridge is a set of anchors that you will have to reach down and clip in with a 60m rope. Kind of sketchy. I'm not sure why the anchor wasn't installed 5' up higher.
Rap 3 - Rap a 100' down and angling slightly left to reach the ground.
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From: Ventura, CA
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Treatment for a slim face
As Dr. Capone explained fat is a nice option if you have some to donate. I'm guessing by your face and diet you're lean all over. Non-surgically you're looking at a few syringes of Radiesse or several vials of Sculptra. Surgically, cheek implants.
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The left cheek appears more flat than the right and the jawline is also quite narrow. Filler to the jawline (I prefer Radiesse) can create a more angular "flare" to the jawline and malar implants can create fuller, more angular cheeks. We perform these procedures quite often. Hope this helps.
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This engine-compartment closeup of an AGCO tractor shows that all of the detail of the original CADmodel is retained for a PowerFLOW simulation of airflow management and cooling. It was not necessary to defeature for the simulation and the volume mesh was automatically generated. Image courtesy of Exa and AGCO.
If you remember anything from Finite Elements 101, it's that successful design analysis includes creating a meaningful mesh. At a detailed level, analysts love to discuss the merits of shells versus solids and tet versus hex types. At the broader level, there are diverging approaches to the fundamental physics, and the needs of structural analysts differ from those analyzing fluid flow (meshing a surface/solid or the volume around it).
Defining the Problem
At COMSOL, Bernt Nilsson, senior VP of marketing, summarizes activity in the preprocessing arena. "The main challenge for the meshing community over the past years has been to develop tools that prepare the CAD model for efficient meshing. This includes both de-featuring operations that modify the underlying CAD model, often referred to as real operations, and tools for modifying an overlay topology on the original model, referred to as virtual operations.
"Both types of operations," says Nilsson, "aim to remove small details such as fillets, short edges, and small or narrow faces that will either cause trouble in the mesh generation process or force an extreme mesh resolution near the small feature. By providing automatic or semi-automatic identification of small details, the preprocessor can save a large amount of time during preparation of the CAD geometry for analysis. The preprocessing efforts pay off by paving the way to get the most out of the finite element solvers in terms of speed and accuracy."
Independent Expertise
In the realm of stand-alone meshers, three companies market products with years of development and improvements behind them: XYZ Scientific, Pointwise, and Siemens PLM Software. Each has strong opinions and technical differences, targets one or more different solvers, and develops extremely powerful products.
This motor model was meshed with NEiFusion using smart meshing that recognizes features for easy editing. Image courtesy of Noran Engineering.
If you relish a great discussion of tet versus hex elements, talk to Robert Rainsberger, president of XYZ Scientific, developer of Truegrid. "Many companies typically rely on the easy methods: automatic tetrahedral mesh-generation for solids, and automatic triangular mesh-generation for shells," he says. "With shell-mesh generation for sheets and thin objects, it's not as big of an issue, but when it comes to solids, the differences between hex and tetrahedral are profound."
Rainsberger says it boils down to whether people want to pay the price for hexahedral or whether tetrahedral is good enough. Areas where hex is very important include applications such as nonlinear, dynamic, and contact surface situations. As for automating the task of creating a hex mesh, he says, "It can be done, but it's a much more difficult problem. That's the holy grail of mesh generation."
Compared to a structural analysis, where most of the elements are generally the same size, with fluids you might need a fine grid on a boundary where there's turbulence and larger elements to efficiently describe volume as you move away from boundaries. Pointwise has always focused on this challenge, and is currently transitioning its long-time computational fluid dynamics meshing product Gridgen to the next generation, simply called Pointwise. The latter now offers a modern, intuitive graphical interface, undo & redo functions, and automated, fault-tolerant mesh assembly.
Rick Matus, Pointwise's vice president of sales and marketing, says that his company's typical users either want more control over the meshing task, or prefer to learn one mesher that works with multiple solvers. Targeted at the challenging needs of CFD analysts, Pointwise software offers a high level of user control for creating hex, tet, and hybrid grids, tackling complex geometry and very nonlinear flows where less-than-optimal meshing would translate into large differences in the analysis results.
|These before (left) and after (right) images of a housing show where Femap software removed geometric details such as ribs, fillets, and stand-offs, andmerged surfaces together to simplify meshing. The job was done quickly using Siemens interactive feature-suppression tools within Femap. Image courtesy of Siemens PLMSoftware.
Siemens PLM Software has recently announced Version 10 of its Femap preprocessor, part of the company's Velocity series. Tightly integrated with Nastran solvers with options for Abaqus, Marc, and LS-Dyna, version 10 introduces a set of interactive meshing tools for both surface and solid meshes so users can change mesh density by moving individual nodes or selected node sets, and see color-coded effects on the fly that check for element distortion based on customized quality criteria.
Femap lets you look at the mesh step by step. Among new features, you can see the detail and correct an area, mix beam elements with tet elements, and burn in surfaces around areas of high stress such as holes and fillets.
Broadening the Meshing Options
"Proper meshing is critical," says Dave Weinberg, president of Noran Engineering. "A bad mesh can mean bad results, slow performance, and convergence issues in advanced analyses ]such as] nonlinear and eigenvalue extraction." In describing a number of important areas for improvement, he lists smart meshing, which recognizes features and areas where stresses will be higher, and therefore adds more elements; interactive meshing that allows users to graphically select and edit elements and regions; mid-surface extraction for more accurate representation of thick regions; and CAD integration, where a change to the geometry triggers an automatic re-meshing.
A sheet-metal and FE model of an automotive door assembly created with ETA's VPG program with shell elements. The multiple panels in the door assembly were automatically welded during the meshing process. Image courtesy of Cranes Software.
Noran offers its own meshing functions within NEiWorks and NEiFusion, where the FEA tasks are largely geared to concept viability, design modifications, and fabrication processes. The company bundles Femap with its own NEiNastran solver. Features include control over mesh size and sensitivity, and the repair and editing of CAD geometry. NEiNastran also offers Automated Surface Contact Generation and Automated Edge Contact Generation that allow separate meshing of components, mid-surfaced models, and off-set welds, then combine the meshes via proximity and user-defined settings.
High-end meshing functions are also part of the strategy behind Siemens PLM Software's new Synchronous Technology, which refers to an intuitive direct-modeling technology described as history-free and feature-based. It has been incorporated in the NX 6 version of its advanced analysis software.
According to Richard Bush, marketing director for the Siemens Digital Lifecycle Simulation group, "This will make a huge difference for FEA analysts who, for example, will for the first time be able to take solid geometry from multiple CAD systems and make rapid changes." The company expects to provide users with up to a 100-times faster design experience than before.
Is There a CAD Doctor in the House?
Today's meshers are getting much more sophisticated at streamlining geometry for faster preprocessing and solving, but one independent product that offers analysts guidance for geometry repair is CADdoctor from Elysium. CADdoctor supports all the standard CAD packages as well as IGES, ACIS, Parasolid, and STL formats, and has worked in a 64-bit format for years. Another offering is TransMagic Repair from TransMagic. Its latest version introduces parallel processing technology, a new JT read/write add-on translator, and major CAD version support. -PJW
NX Advanced Finite Element Modeling (FEM) software uses Synchronous Technology to allow meshing and editing geometry even when there is no model history available. Its users can edit true features within the mesher, even on a "dumb" CAD file. Moreover, entire assemblies can be combined from different CAD modelers, and still be automatically meshed together.
More Automation, More Choices, Too
"In the old days, it often took more time to build the mesh than run the model," says Vipul Kinariwala, head of business development for Cranes Software. "Now, with automeshers, we've cut that time by 80 percent." Other improvements include running meshers on the original CAD geometry instead of recreating it, pre-treating the geometry to heal it, and taking advantage of multiprocessor and multicore computer systems.
Kinariwala, whose company markets NISA analysis software, points out that the quality of surface meshing has improved to the point where you can join multiple parts and surfaces, modeling welded and joined parts. He notes that sending separate parts out for simultaneous meshing on a parallel-processing system before bringing the meshes together will eventually save much time. (See Meshes by the Batch, above).
At SIMULIA, Abaqus/CAE serves as a high-end preprocessor for the Abaqus Standard and Explicit solvers. Asif Khan, Abaqus/CAE product manager, says, "In version 6.7, we focused on hex-meshing and bricks, including adding bottom-up hex-meshing where you could do increments (for highly curved areas). In version 6.8, the focus was on making tetrahedral meshes on complex parts."
A major new function in Abaqus/CAE 6.8 is Automatic Virtual Topology, which makes it much easier to generate tet meshes. Where the geometry has fine features such as sharp corners or fine slivers, you can now specify values that define, say, short edges. The software highlights the areas with these parameters, allows you to accept them or not, then automatically creates "virtual features" that bypass the problem areas without distortion.
Other enhancements include element quality checks in real-time during the meshing, mesh seeding for optimizing mesh density, and adaptive remeshing (automatic and manual) to adjust the mesh iteratively after running an Abaqus Standard analysis.
"Within STAR-CCM+, CD-adapco has developed and implemented some of the fastest and most automated meshing on the market today," says company VP of Marketing and Business Development Dennis Nagy. Nagy points out that dealing with the consequences of "dirty" or complicated CAD data has long been the biggest bottleneck in the CAE process and, until recently, was the single largest obstacle preventing automated meshing and the routine implementation of numerical simulation early in the design process.
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Batch meshing is a term used to describe an approach to automatically make the mesh connections of multiple parts. One common example where that is highly desirable is with sheet metal for automotive and aeronautical applications. Specialized meshing packages exist for this purpose, such as ANSA for Batch Meshing from BETA CAE Systems USA, Hypermesh from Altair, and the VirtualPaintShop CATIA Toolkit from CADFEM, but the major general-purpose packages also have options for this task. -PJW
STAR-CCM+, however, includes a geometry cleanup application called Surface Wrapping to fix the gaps, overlaps, and other typical problems involved in large assemblies of complex CAD parts. "It works by 'shrink-wrapping' a high-quality triangulated surface mesh onto the geometry," says Nagy, "closing holes in the geometry and joining disconnected and overlapping surfaces. For CFD simulations, the Surface Wrapper quickly calculates the wetted surface of the geometry, automatically discarding surfaces that are outside the calculation domain, instantly eliminating unnecessary detail."
The automatic meshing technology then generates either polyhedral or predominantly hexahedral control volumes at the touch of a button, offering speed, control, and accuracy. For problems involving multiple frames of reference, fluid-structure interaction, and conjugate heat transfer, STAR-CCM+ can automatically create conformal meshes across multiple physical domains.
For some companies, meshing has become such an automated part of the CAD-to-analysis flow that the fundamental marketing has changed.
"We don't even have a separate meshing product line any more," says Algor Product Manager Bob Williams. "It's not really as involved as it used to be. Where you used to have people doing nothing but meshing, and ]others] doing nothing but analysis, it can all be the same person." Williams adds that the most drastic change is the emphasis on taking geometry directly from CAD into analysis, rather than recreating the models within an FEA package.
This image shows the the different stages of mid-plane meshing of plate or shell elements with an associated thickness as performed in ALGOR FEA software. Image courtesy of Core Tech System.
"We're trying to make this as seamless as possible," he says. "We've automated a lot of what the user used to have to do manually." For example, the software can apply a mix of element types. Users then run a mesh-size sensitivity test and see a comparison plot of the effects instead of trying five different mesh sizes manually.
Other Algor enhancements, particularly important for analyzing models with large nonlinear deformations, include the ability to mesh at mid-planes and add nodes at mid-edges of elements, but even that just requires a simple click.
Cutting Out The Middle Steps
"Instead of meshing the geometry ]itself] we provide meshing rules," says MSC.Software CTO Reza Sadeghi, explaining his company's SimXpert CAE solution no longer needs to translate a CAD model. "For example…we don't turn the geometry into nodes and elements and forget the surface — we continue to build the model with parameters that would eventually turn that geometry into a mesh (surface, solid, or special elements)."
The analyst can now continue to interact with the system geometry until the model is ready to be converted to a continuum of finite elements for analysis. The Sim suite also has adaptive meshing algorithms and, as an option, the solver can enhance the mesh locally or globally based on user specifications. Global remeshing in SimXpert is a critical tool for handling nonlinear problems such as the stress in a rubber seal as it deforms. After an analysis, users have the bidirectional capability of mapping back to the original CAD surface. Sadeghi adds that the next step will be to perform similar tasks on NURBS entities.
Paying attention to the physics is a key strength in the broad line of ANSYS analysis products. Ben Klinkhammer, senior product manager, explains: "If I apply a boundary condition, where it indicates where a high stress concentration will be, we can key off that and use it as a meshing source control. We're not quite there (overall), but when you're setting up the model, you can optionally have the software apply some of these controls automatically."
For structural analysis applications, Klinkhammer says analysts have always been good at de-featuring a model. More recently, they're using the same kind of tools to create a more automated, parametric CFD model, too, for running multiple iterations. The thought is to now extend CFD capabilities to designer-level users.
This model of a side-impact crash-dummy assembly shows the detail possible when hex-meshing with Truegrid. Image courtesy of XYZ Scientific.
While the rest of the industry has been busy working with geometry repair and advanced element shaping, Exa Corp. has taken a different path since its inception.
"Everybody else starts with a surface mesh (on the part model) and grows the fluid mesh," says Exa VP of Product Management Alex Mackenzie. "We do something completely different." PowerFLOW automatically generates volumetric, cube-based grids (with elements called voxels) filling the fluid domain of interest, and then literally subtracts the shape of the immersed solid by using the solid and surface mesh model to "slice" through the cubes.
In its PowerFLOW line of products, the company uses immersive grid technology that successfully meshes parts within an assembly even if they overlap. With Exa's patented Lattice-Boltzmann technique for solving the fluid flow there is also no need to simplify the product geometry to reduce the number of mesh elements, a process that often takes days or even weeks.
But Wait, There's More
This article barely uncovers the capabilities and nuances available with today's preprocessing software. For example, Altair's HyperWorks offers extensive meshing options, from interactive surface meshing as geometry topology is changed, to "shrink-wrap" meshing that can intelligently mesh over gaps and holes. (For more geometry cleanup ideas, see "Is there a CAD Doctor in the House?" page 32).
Meshing Reources
Meshing software companies
For high-end nonlinear analysis, the mesh generation techniques found in ADINA software may suit your needs. There, a single model can contain anisotropic meshing, triangular surface meshing, quad surface meshing, tetrahedral meshing, mapped meshing, curvature-based meshing, and adapted/repaired meshes.
To learn more, you can meet with like-minded users, refresh your memory on the math behind the process, or explore more software options (see "Meshing Resources," left). The bottom line is still how well you've defined your loads, constraints, and structure so that the simulation results match real-world test values. But a good mesh is a good step, and it's getting easier every day.
More Info:
ADINA R&D, Inc.
Watertown, MA
Altair Engineering, Inc.
Troy, MI
ALGOR, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
ANSYS, Inc.
Canonsburg, PA
BETA CAE Systems USA
Farmington Hills, MI
CADFEM GmbH
Munich, Germany/Novi, MI
Melville, NY
COMSOL, Inc.
Burlington, MA
Cranes Software, Inc.
Troy, MI
Elysium Inc.
Southfield, MI
Exa Corp.
Burlington, MA
Santa Ana, CA
Noran Engineering Inc.
Westminster, CA
Pointwise, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
Siemens PLM Software
Maryland Heights, MO
Providence, RI
TransMagic, Inc.
Westminster, CO
XYZ Scientific Applications, Inc.
Livermore, CA
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Dynamic Comparative Advantage: Implications for China
Over the last two decades the structure of the Chinese economy has transformed rapidly. The transformation has had a significant impact on other economies, particularly as Chinese exports maintain their global ascendance. The economic threats and opportunities posed by China will continue to change over time. Yet very little research has been conducted on the economic forces that spur the transformation of China's economic structure. We present a model of the forces underpinning China's evolving economy, investigating the determinants of China's progression through key economic stages, including the initial transition from agriculture to manufacturing. To highlight the speed of structural transformation we analyze data from 1985-2003. Our forecasts suggest that while China currently has a comparative advantage in labor-intensive manufacturing, comparative advantage is likely to shift to capital-intensive industry early in the next decade.
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Brian Page, my faithful, steadfast & reliable mechanic of ten years(& 3 subies) is apparently on vacation/sabbatical from his Burien location until after New Years. Unfortunately, I'm going to need a brake job (F&R/turn rotors) on my '92 Legacy wagon sooner rather than later. Will take the car to Carter's if I have too, but was wondering if someone could recommend a four-star, Seattle-area, indy shop or mechanic instead. I live on Capitol Hill and work downtown, so closer is better, logistically. Thanks! Mark
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