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Advanced Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology – Denise L. Smith

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Advanced Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology

Denise L. Smith

Genre: Life Sciences

Price: $74.99

Publish Date: December 9, 2010

Publisher: Human Kinetics, Inc.

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Written for students and professionals working within exercise science and related health professions, Advanced Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology systematically details the effect of acute and chronic exercise training on each component of the cardiovascular system: the heart, the vasculature, and the blood (including blood clotting factors). Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of the cardiovascular system and learn how to apply this knowledge to their work with athletes, other active individuals, and patients who have cardiovascular risk factors. Advanced Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology highlights the complex interaction of the components of the cardiovascular system both at rest and during exercise. Using the latest scientific and medical research, this text presents engaging discussion of cardiovascular responses and adaptions to both acute and chronic aerobic and resistance exercise training. In addition, specific attention is paid to the beneficial effects of exercise on the components of the cardiovascular system and the mechanisms through which regular exercise provides cardioprotection. Each chapter contains a summary to highlight key content, important terms bolded within the text for quick reference, and a key terms section at the end of each chapter defining all the bolded terms. In addition, sidebars within each chapter describe real-world examples and applications. Richly illustrated, Advanced Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology uses extensive figures and graphics to elucidate physiological mechanisms and to depict exercise responses and training adaptations. This text is divided into two sections, beginning with a concise explanation of the structure and function of each component of the cardiovascular system. In the second section, readers encounter detailed discussion of the acute and chronic effects of aerobic and resistance exercise on cardiac function, vascular function, and hemostatic variables. Advanced Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology provides a framework for understanding how the components of the cardiovascular system cooperate to support exercise and how those components adapt to and benefit from a systematic program of exercise training. By presenting current research that elucidates the specific effects and benefits of exercise on the cardiovascular system, Advanced Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology also offers readers possible future directions for research. Human Kinetics’ Advanced Exercise Physiology series offers books for advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as professionals in exercise science and kinesiology. These books highlight the complex interaction of the various systems both at rest and during exercise. Each text in this series offers a concise explanation of the system and details how each is affected by acute exercise and chronic exercise training. Advanced Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology is the second volume in the series.

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The AP Physics C Companion – Dan Fullerton

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The AP Physics C Companion
Mechanics
Dan Fullerton

Genre: Physics

Price: $9.99

Publish Date: February 15, 2017

Publisher: Silly Beagle Productions

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The AP Physics C Companion is an easy-to-read companion to the AP Physics C: Mechanics curriculum, featuring 350 worked-out problems with full solutions. The AP Physics C Companion: Mechanics covers all major topics of the AP Physics C Mechanics course, including fundamentals of calculus, kinematics, dynamics, work, energy, momentum, rotation, oscillations, and gravity. Written by a physics teacher, the AP Physics C Companion is integrated with the APlusPhysics.com website, which includes online question and answer forums, videos, animations, and study guides to help you master the essentials concepts of physics. This is not a textbook replacement nor is it a strict test-prep guide. It is a roadmap to calculus-based physics courses such as AP Physics C: Mechanics and University Physics I, targeted for use throughout the entire course. The book lays out basic physics principles as quickly and clearly as possible, then demonstrates their application with hundreds of example problems solved in detail. *AP and Advanced Placement Program are registered trademarks of the College Board, which does not sponsor or endorse this product.

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Holy Shit. This Is How the Duggars’ Homeschooling Curriculum Allegedly Dealt With Sexual Abuse.

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All I can tell you about this tweet is that the Duggars are/were fans of Bill Gothard and that this sexual abuse “lesson” does appear to have been a part of his curriculum at one time.

Gothard himself has been the subject of sordid allegations.

Update: “This is what purity culture does. More than anything else, it silences victims.” —Samantha Field, whose thoughtful post “how Josh Duggar is getting away with it” served as Sarah Galo’s source for Gothard’s insane sexual abuse counseling sheet. Go read the whole thing.

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EPA Announcement Will Have Consequences for the Future of Advanced Biofuels

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EPA Announcement Will Have Consequences for the Future of Advanced Biofuels

Posted 4 May 2015 in

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Next month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will release the renewable fuel volumes for 2014, 2015, and 2016 — an important step in determining the future of renewable fuel in our country.

In the decade since the passage of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), companies have invested billions to make the United States the world leader in biofuels production. As a result, renewable fuel production has tripled, oil imports are at their lowest level in decades, and our environmental, energy and national security have improved dramatically.

As President Obama and the EPA prepare to make this announcement, they should understand the consequences that their decision will have.

Uncertainty Has Discouraged Investment
According to a new report from the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the EPA’s delays in issuing timely rules have caused a $13.7 billion shortfall in investment for cellulosic and new advanced technologies. Since 2009, the advanced biofuel industry has invested billions of dollars to build demonstration and commercial-scale biorefineries, but the EPA’s failure to release the 2013 and 2014 renewable fuel volumes on time has created uncertainty that has frozen investment.

Opponents’ Predictions Have Proven Wrong
Over the years, opponents of the Renewable Fuel Standard have predicted that renewable fuels would cause gasoline prices to skyrocket. The truth? Since the RFS was enacted in August 2005, the inflation-adjusted price of gasoline has fallen by roughly 50 cents per gallon.

Since oil companies control the retail infrastructure through which fuel is distributed, the RFS has been crucial to ensuring that consumers have a choice at the pump. In turn, the renewable fuel industry has delivered significant economic, environmental, and national security benefits for our nation.

It’s not too late to put the Renewable Fuel Standard back on track, and make sure that renewable fuel has a strong future in the United States.

Will the next generation of renewable fuel be made in the United States or China? It’s up to you, Mr. President.

Read the full white paper: Estimating Chilled Investment for Advanced Biofuels Due to RFS Uncertainty

Read the new letter from biofuels industry leaders to President Obama.

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Report: Repeal or “Reform” of the Renewable Fuel Standard Would Doom Advanced Biofuels

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Report: Repeal or “Reform” of the Renewable Fuel Standard Would Doom Advanced Biofuels

Posted 2 April 2015 in

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After years of innovation and investment, the cellulosic biofuels industry is now deploying the lowest carbon, most innovative fuel in the world at commercial scale. A new report from Third Way details the promise and progress of this growing sector, and warns that attempts to repeal or “reform” the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) could stifle innovation and threaten a potentially transformative industry.

Since its passage, the Renewable Fuel Standard has encouraged billions of dollars in R&D as well as additional investments into cellulosic biofuels, the next generation of clean, renewable fuel.

The widespread production of cellulosic biofuels, made from fibrous, non-edible plant material, would allow the U.S. to lower its greenhouse gas emissions, reduce its reliance on oil, and create new opportunities for growth in the agriculture and technology sectors.

While the federal government has aggressively encouraged the development of cellulosic biofuels for the past decade, this emerging sector has recently reached the cusp of success.

Key to this progress has been the existing corn ethanol industry. As the report notes, the corn ethanol industry has helped overcome the technological and economic challenges that have stifled many cellulosic projects. Efforts to alter the eligibility of corn-based biofuels for meeting the requirements of the RFS would be damaging to the emerging advanced biofuels sector. The report notes that:

“While proposals to gut only the corn section of the RFS may not be intended to endanger the development of cellulosic ethanol, this is exactly what would occur. Given the nuances of current fuel markets and how they interact with the RFS, these proposals will discourage cellulosic ethanol investment by companies with a large stake in corn ethanol — the very companies that are helping to commercialize this long-sought fuel.”

The Third Way report offers yet another example of how the RFS is a key part of building an energy policy that encourages innovation, creates jobs, and enhances our national security.

Read the full report.

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Report: Repeal or “Reform” of the Renewable Fuel Standard Would Doom Advanced Biofuels

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Letter: Renewable Fuel Producers Urge Administration to Heed Own Warning on Climate Change

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Letter: Renewable Fuel Producers Urge Administration to Heed Own Warning on Climate Change

Posted 8 May 2014 in

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Note: A PDF of the letter is available here.

Letter to President Obama: Renewable Fuel Producers Urge Administration to Heed Own Warning on Climate Change

EPA Proposal to Reduce Renewable Fuels at Odds With National Climate Assessment

In a letter to President Obama today, leaders of America’s renewable fuel industry urge the Administration to rethink its proposal to weaken the bipartisan Renewable Fuel Standard – a proposal that is at odds with the National Climate Assessment the White House released earlier this week.

The letter is signed by Abengoa Bioenergy, the Advanced Ethanol Council, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, DuPont, DSM, Growth Energy, the National Corn Growers Association, Novozymes, the Renewable Fuels Association, and POET.

The companies and organizations write that the Administration’s proposal to reduce the amount of renewable fuel in gasoline and diesel would “make us more oil dependent, effectively gut the bipartisan Renewable Fuel Standard, strand billions of dollars in private investment, and send emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants sharply higher.”

The letter notes that the impact of the Administration’s proposal would increase carbon pollution by an estimated 28.2 million metric tons in 2014 alone – which is equivalent to building 7 new coal fired power plants or cancelling every wind farm project currently under construction in the United States.

“The question comes down to whether we want to rely more on foreign oil, or more on clean, renewable American made biofuels,” said the authors of the letter. “We urge you to reconsider the EPA proposal and the methodology for reducing the volumes — and allow the commonsense, bipartisan Renewable Fuel Standard to continue working as intended to create American jobs, promote American innovation, cut our reliance on foreign oil, and reduce harmful carbon pollution.”

Text of the letter is below:

May 8, 2014

The Honorable Barack Obama
President
United States of America
The White House
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President:

This week’s National Climate Assessment report is a wakeup call about the serious economic, environmental and public health threats to the American people caused by climate change.

The good news is that our nation has reduced energy related emissions of carbon pollution in recent years and we can achieve further reductions as we move to clean energy sources like wind, solar and renewable biofuels. The bad news is that the Administration, under heavy pressure from the global oil industry, has proposed to significantly reduce the renewable fuel content of gasoline and diesel this year. This would make us more oil dependent, effectively gut the bipartisan Renewable Fuel Standard, strand billions of dollars in private investment, and send emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants sharply higher. It represents a significant step backward in your effort to confront climate change.

Given that the United States already consumes far more oil than we produce – and the U.S. Energy Information Agency projects that will continue to be true for decades[1] — lowering the amount of renewable fuel we use will likely increase the amount of foreign oil we import and burn.

Argonne National Laboratory, in a 2012 study funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, showed that the lifecycle CO2 emissions from traditional corn ethanol are 34% lower than gasoline. Advanced biofuels from switchgrass, corn stover or miscanthus represent reductions in lifecycle CO2 emissions of 88%, 96%, and 108% respectively. By cutting our use of these low-carbon fuels and reducing investments into innovative second generation biofuels, the EPA proposal to weaken the Renewable Fuel Standard would trigger a substantial increase in carbon emissions.

In fact, a recent analysis by the Biotechnology Industry Organization shows that this action would increase carbon pollution emissions by 28.2 million metric tons in 2014 alone. To put this in perspective, the impact would be equivalent to adding 7 new coal fired power plants or cancelling every wind farm project currently under construction in the United States.[2] Carrying the EPA’s proposed approach forward in future years would trigger even larger increases in climate-altering emissions; by 2022, the cumulative emissions of greenhouse gases would be nearly 1 billion metric tons higher than would occur if EPA continued to set the Renewable Fuel Standard at statutory levels.

The EPA’s proposal will not only undermine your Administration’s efforts to address climate change, it will also undercut the Administration’s efforts to support commercial scale production of cellulosic ethanol and other advanced biofuels – precisely at the time this new industry is taking root. Four new commercial scale cellulosic ethanol production facilities are coming online this year.

The policy stability offered by the Renewable Fuel Standard – with a gradual ramping up of renewable fuel targets year by year – created the market certainty needed to foster the private sector investment in these innovative new fuels. With the proposed rule, the EPA is changing the rules in midstream, replacing market certainty with uncertainty, and making it very difficult for additional U.S. cellulosic ethanol facilities to secure financing and investor support. If the United States continues on this course, future investments in advanced biofuels will increasingly shift to Asia, South America and Europe.

This is precisely what the oil companies want. In fact, after the EPA proposal was announced, the Big Five oil companies reaped a $23 billion windfall in a single day. The companies’ stock prices soared four times faster than the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the S&P 500 during that same period. Just this week, the Center for American Progress reported that the big five oil companies have $68 billion in cash reserves and have been the largest recipient of federal tax breaks, subsidies, and other government supports over the past century.

The question comes down to whether we want to rely more on foreign oil, or more on clean, renewable American made biofuels. Do we want more U.S. jobs – or more jobs overseas? Indeed, a recent economic analysis performed by John Dunham & Associates makes clear the benefits that renewable fuels have for our country’s economy — driving $184.5 billion of economic output, supporting 852,000 jobs and $46.2 billion in wages, while generating $14.5 billion in tax revenue each year. The report also details these sizable economic benefits for every U.S. state and congressional district.

Finally, an accurate assessment of the climate impacts of transportation fuels requires rigorous analysis of the lifecycle carbon impacts of biofuels. Unfortunately, EPA continues to rely on outdated analysis from 2007 and an archaic view of some commercial biofuels. The 2007 analysis does not take into account the significant improvements that have been made in recent years to reduce the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from feedstocks and from renewable fuel production. For example, the land use changes predicted by EPA’s modeling simply have not materialized. We encourage your Administration to revisit its lifecycle analysis of these biofuels and ensure EPA is using the best available data and information.

We urge you to reconsider the EPA proposal and the methodology for reducing the volumes — and allow the commonsense, bipartisan Renewable Fuel Standard to continue working as intended to create American jobs, promote American innovation, cut our reliance on foreign oil, and reduce harmful carbon pollution.

Sincerely,

Abengoa Bioenergy / Advanced Ethanol Council / Biotechnology Industry Organization / DuPont / DSM / Growth Energy / National Corn Growers Association / Novozymes / Renewable Fuels Association / POET

 

[1] EIA’s 2014 Annual Energy Outlook reference case projects that imports will continue to decline into 2015 and then steadily rise through at least 2040. Reducing U.S. biofuel production below current levels – and those outlined in the Renewable Fuel Standard – would require additional imports.

[2] According to EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalency Calculator, the 28.2 million metric tons of CO2 added by this rule change is equivalent to the CO2 emissions from 7.4 new coal plants or the CO2 avoided from 15 gigawatts of wind power. The American Wind Energy Association reports that 12 gigawatts of wind power are currently under construction – more than any time in history.

Contact: Aaron Wells
aaron@smoottewes.com
320-247-7616

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Renewable fuel industry applauds nomination of Gina McCarthy to head EPA

Renewable fuel industry applauds nomination of Gina McCarthy to head EPA

Posted 4 March 2013 in

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President Obama’s nomination today of Gina McCarthy as the next Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency was met with praise from leaders in the renewable fuel industry.

Tom Buis, CEO of Growth Energy, noted that “Gina McCarthy has been a strong supporter of biofuels” and said that he looks forward to “working with her to bring sustainable, clean, homegrown American fuels to the consumer.”

According to RFA President Bob Dineen, McCarthy “knows the EPA inside and out and has typically approached challenges with a common-sense determination to resolve them in a timely manner.”

Brooke Coleman of the Advanced Ethanol Council called McCarthy the “perfect choice” and commended her deep engagement on the “development of the cellulosic biofuels industry and the administration of the Renewable Fuel Standard.”

Fuels America wishes Gina McCarthy all the best in her new position and is hopeful that she will continue to support policies like the Renewable Fuel Standard to promote oil alternatives, protect the environment and save consumers’ money at the pump.

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