Chrysler Group is recalling some 127,350 current model Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 vehicles in the United States and Canada due to potential problems in electrical stability control and anti-lock braking systems, the company and U.S. safety regulators said.??
Chrysler, majority owned by Fiat SpA , said it was not aware of any crashes, injuries or fires due to the issue.??
The recall affects cars from the 2011-2012 model years and produced through December 20, 2011, according to a company filing with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.?A fuse in the power distribution center in the vehicles may overheat and cause loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash, the filing said.??
Chrysler will fix the issue without charge. Recall notices will go out this month.?
The problem first surfaced in testing of a vehicle used as a police car in Michigan, and Chrysler then checked for the same issue with consumer-driven cars, the filing said.? ?
The recall affects an estimated 119,072 cars in the United States and 8,274 in Canada.??
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I hope you?ve had a wonderful weekend and got your rest. ?We are filming a new workout tonight and it will be ready tomorrow afternoon. Today we have another guest post from Diana Maria, she previously wrote an article for Loving Fit called ? 3 Tips For Finding The Best Sports Bra ?, ?let?s welcome her back .
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Have you wondered why most people are addicted to coffee, whilst there are others who would just like to have a cup now and then but don?t take a whole pot in, well, they feel that one cup energise their system and gives them the extra energy with which they could go about working 24 hours a day. That aside, it has been prejudiced that drinking coffee before workout has a bad effect on one?s health. But that is far from the truth and here is a detailed account on the benefits of drinking coffee before workout, any day of anytime.
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Increases Workout Performance
Drinking coffee before workout could be advantageous to people who are into exercise, on the contrary to what has been revealed in the older days about coffee being unhealthy and creates more harm than good, it can all be simply expunged now. The recent research proves that coffee increases endorphin, which means it increases workout performance, makes workout more fun and better every time. Although Caffeine doesn?t spare glycogen, it certainly augments a person?s high thus it also makes the person to give their best in the exercise. On the whole, coffee perks up endurance performance and makes workout more enjoyable and bearable.
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Take Coffee Moderately
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Coffee is good for one?s health provided one take it moderately. More of anything could be harmful to health so a cup or two a day will suffice. A robust person will have more body composition which means they will want more coffee but if short people take in more coffee, then the chances of falling under diabetics II and other health related problems is inevitable. Coffee comprises of 20 mg of caffeine per ounce so you should take coffee within 0.5 to 1.4mg per pound of your body weight. If you follow this, your workout will be vigorous and will yield more positive results.
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Caffeine Gives You the Extra Kick
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Coffee will work wonders if taken before workout since it will give you the extra kick that a person needs to keep them free from the sluggishness. However, be advised to not to substitute coffee to any other nutritional drinks for that may not go well with your body. Consuming coffee will augment the adrenaline rush and more fats are produced. When there are more fats available, glucose are spared, to be precise, this means more endurance power and long hours of work out without fatigue. For added goodness, team up your coffee with nutritional food items, like oats, fruits and so, your body will release more adrenaline which means more happy workouts.
Caffeine is more beneficial than one could give it credit for so if you are now wondering whether to go with just cup of coffee or the whole pot to boost up your adrenaline then stick with one. Or if you are planning to go with this regime the first time, then take in half a cup of coffee and see the results for yourself. Never been taking coffee a wise move than it is now, so go for it!
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This photo taken May 8, 2012 shows President Barack Obama speaking at the University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany, N.Y. The elections that drove Nicolas Sarkozy out of power in France and left Greece scrambling to build a coalition government pose a financial threat to the United States that could undermine President Barack Obama's efforts to cast himself as the agent of a U.S. economic revival. That could feed Mitt Romney's argument that the economy under Obama is too weak to sustain a financial shock from across the Atlantic. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
This photo taken May 8, 2012 shows President Barack Obama speaking at the University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany, N.Y. The elections that drove Nicolas Sarkozy out of power in France and left Greece scrambling to build a coalition government pose a financial threat to the United States that could undermine President Barack Obama's efforts to cast himself as the agent of a U.S. economic revival. That could feed Mitt Romney's argument that the economy under Obama is too weak to sustain a financial shock from across the Atlantic. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
This photo taken May 8, 2012 shows Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaking at Lansing Community College in Lansing, Mich. The elections that drove Nicolas Sarkozy out of power in France and left Greece scrambling to build a coalition government pose a financial threat to the United States that could undermine President Barack Obama's efforts to cast himself as the agent of a U.S. economic revival. That could feed Mitt Romney's argument that the economy under Obama is too weak to sustain a financial shock from across the Atlantic. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
In this May 8, 2012 photo, outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and President-elect Francois Hollande observe a minute of silence at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during commemorations at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The elections that drove Sarkozy out of power in France and left Greece scrambling to build a coalition government pose a financial threat to the United States that could undermine President Barack Obama's efforts to cast himself as the agent of a U.S. economic revival. That could feed Mitt Romney's argument that the economy under Obama is too weak to sustain a financial shock from across the Atlantic. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The elections that drove Nicolas Sarkozy out of power in France and left Greece scrambling to build a coalition government pose a financial threat to the United States that could undermine President Barack Obama's efforts to cast himself as the agent of a U.S. economic revival.
For Obama, the danger is that any economic turmoil unleashed by the French and Greek elections will spill over to the United States, slow the recovery even more and, ultimately, further jeopardize his re-election, adding him to the recent roster of politicians whose careers have been short-circuited by economic anger.
At the same time it has shifted Europe's political balance to the left and in favor of the type of economic growth policies that Obama has advocated both for Europe and for the United States.
For Mitt Romney, the all-but-certain Republican presidential challenger, the results in Europe underscore how deeply economic unease affects politics. They feed his camp's underlying storyline: that Obama's economic policies would not safeguard the United States from a widening European recession.
But as a rejection of austerity measures, the European elections also present a cautionary tale for the type of belt-tightening that Romney and congressional Republicans have embraced.
"It is clear there is a lot of economic anxiety in the EU that is affecting world markets, and how that affects the economy will have an impact on voters throughout this summer and into the fall," Romney adviser Kevin Madden said.
Obama senior campaign adviser David Axelrod has said repeatedly that the biggest challenge to Obama's re-election is economic developments beyond Obama's control.
"As has happened several times before, when our economy gets going, events elsewhere can intervene and throw a monkey wrench in the works," he said. "We're not hoisting a 'Mission Accomplished' banner. We know there is a lot of work left to be done and the headwinds are part of that equation."
While economic crises appear to be taking their political toll across the Atlantic, the United States is not Europe.
The anti-incumbent mood that swept through France, Greece and Italy in the past three days was fed by grievances that have little resemblance to the anxiety percolating here. Across the Atlantic, voters rebelled against deep austerity measures designed to address the 17-nation eurozone debt crisis. In the U.S., government belt-tightening has been far less severe and the debate has centered on Obama's calls for more short-term spending to stimulate a weak economic recovery.
"The debate we're having here in the United States is different than the one they're having in Europe," Madden said, "but the economy is still the premier issue that voters are using to consider their vote for president in November."
Obama advisers are quick to note the difference, saying Obama has pressed for an approach to debt reduction that includes cuts and increased revenue, such as higher taxes on wealthier taxpayers and the elimination of some tax breaks for corporations.
If the elections in Europe represented voters recoiling to austerity measures, Axelrod said, "I don't think we'll get caught up on the wrong side of that debate."
Still, the U.S. economic recovery has been weak and erratic. With millions out of work, the unemployment rate remains above 8 percent, and polls show more people disapproving of Obama's handling of the economy than approving.
The victory of Socialist Francois Hollande over the conservative Sarkozy in France and the losses sustained in Greece and Italy by mainstream parties illustrate the fierce anti-austerity backlash in Europe. But it didn't come as a surprise; since 2009 leaders in virtually every European country that tried to respond to the crisis with austerity measures have lost elections.
The United States economic downturn has not been as severe. The U.S. economy has been growing since 2009, though it has recovered slowly and erratically and has left unemployment still above 8 percent. The policy debate across the country has been one over how to stimulate the economy, with Obama pressing for more spending on jobs programs against Republican objections about the rising cost of government. But even Romney and Republicans, who have made an issue of the nation's rising debt, have proposed modest cuts compared to what Europeans have instituted.
"The European situation is quite different form the U.S.," said Simon Johnson, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and former chief economist at the International Monetary fund. "Certainly if you were proposing precipitating immediate austerity in the U.S. you might reconsider it. But that is not what Romney or Obama is going to be proposing."
Romney supports the Republican budget plan offered by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and has called for even steeper domestic spending cuts and higher spending on defense. But even those cuts aren't as steep as what debt-ridden countries like Greece have had to contemplate.
Despite the fear that a European financial collapse could spread to U.S. shores, the Obama administration so far has taken the position that the Europeans can correct their own problems without assistance from the United States. Obama aides have said repeatedly that the president has no intention of adding U.S. taxpayer dollars to the IMF for any possible bailout of a eurozone country, a step that would invite opposition from congressional Republicans.
That leaves Obama with few options to stave off European financial disaster, Johnson said. And even when it comes to protecting the U.S. economy, Obama's best bet rests with the Federal Reserve, which Johnson faulted for letting banks reduce their capital reserves to pay off dividends.
The European financial network, intricately intertwined with the U.S. banking system, looks more precarious after the election results, Johnson said, adding: "We should be building up capital buffers against losses."
The economy aside, the election results in France pose new foreign policy challenges for Obama.
Hollande has vowed to pull French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year.
What's more, Obama is looking for European countries to help with the U.S. commitment to assist Afghanistan rebuild and sustain internal security after all U.S. combat troops leave in 2014. Those pledges will be at the center of discussions when Obama hosts fellow leaders for the May20-21 NATO summit in Chicago.
The questions, said Heather Conley of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, is whether Europe can make that commitment based on both its political and austerity constraints.
And, she added, can the U.S. seek such European support without making some financial commitment to helping the eurozone solve its debt crisis.
"It's ironic that at the same moment we're telling them to take care of this yourself," she said, "we are asking them to fulfill their pledge."
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Contact: Sean Connolly Sea.Connolly@jcu.edu.au 61-419-422-815 ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies
Jobs, livelihoods and ecotourism industries can benefit from having a diverse supply of weed-eating fish on the world's coral reefs, marine researchers say.
Despite their small size, relative to the sharks, whales, and turtles that often get more attention, herbivorous fish play a vital role in maintaining the health of coral reefs, which support the livelihoods of 500 million people worldwide, say researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University, and the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
"Herbivorous fishes protect coral reefs by limiting the growth of algae, or seaweed," says Loc Thibaut, lead researcher of a new study that has been published in the journal Ecology. "Seaweeds grow rapidly and compete with corals for space. If left unchecked, they can smother the corals and take over the reefs. This shift, once it happens, is extremely difficult to reverse."
The study shows that having high biodiversity of herbivorous fishes provides strong "insurance" for coral reefs. A diverse set of herbivores ensures that seaweeds are kept under control, because when some species take a hit and decline, others increase to fill the gap. This makes seaweed control more stable over time, something researchers call the "portfolio effect".
"It's like having a diverse stock portfolio you wouldn't put all your money into one particular stock, because if that company goes down, so will your life savings," says Professor Sean Connolly, a Chief Investigator at the Centre. "A very similar principle works in ecosystems."
An example of the disastrous effects of having only one herbivore as 'gatekeeper' is the extensive coral loss in the Caribbean in the 1980s.
"In the 80s, overfishing left a species of sea urchin as the only animal controlling seaweed growth on Caribbean reefs. When a disease broke out, the sea urchin population collapsed - and there was nothing to keep the weeds in check. This was followed by an explosion of seaweeds, which smothered the coral and hit tourism pretty hard," says Prof. Connolly.
The study, which applied cutting-edge analyses designed by the JCU researchers to and data from the Australian Institute of Marine Science's 15-years of surveys across the Great Barrier Reef, found that protection was provided by having a diversity of fish that perform a similar function chomping down seaweed because different fishes respond differently to different pressures.
"There are three main groups of herbivorous fishes: territorial grazers that bite at the algae and are site-attached and actively defend a small patch of reef, roving grazers that feed in the same way but move around the reefs, and scrapers who range widely and feed by biting the algae back to the limestone surface of the reef, making clear patches where corals can establish. All are critically important," says study co-author Dr Hugh Sweatman, a Senior Research Scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
"These groups all play a similar role in keeping weeds in check, but each type responds differently to environmental fluctuations."
"In this research, we measured how strong the 'portfolio effect' was in different reef locations. We found that high biodiversity makes seaweed control twice as stable as it would be if we relied on one super-abundant species, like the sea urchin in the Caribbean," says Prof. Connolly.
"Biodiversity reduces the risk that environmental fluctuations will push overall herbivory below the threshold that might trigger a regime shift towards seaweed-dominated reefs."
The finding highlights the importance of maintaining biodiversity in the coral ecosystem, the researchers say.
"The more diversity you have, the lower the risk that all the fish that play a particular role on the reef like controlling seaweeds will crash at the same time. This is greatly beneficial for the health of any type of ecosystem. And it is also beneficial to the people whose jobs and livelihoods depend on that system," says Mr Thibaut.
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The paper "Diversity and stability of herbivorous fishes on coral reefs" by Loc M. Thibaut, Sean R. Connolly and Hugh P.A. Sweatman is published in the latest issue of Ecology.
More information:
Loc Thibaut, CoeCRS at JCU, +61(0)7 4781 5725
Professor Sean Connolly, CoeCRS at JCU, +61 (0) 7 4781 4242 or 0419 422 815
Dr Hugh Sweatman, AIMS, +61(0)7 4753 4470 or 0419 986 746
Jenny Lappin, CoECRS, +61 (0)7 4781 4222
Wendy Ellery, AIMS, +61(0)7 4753 4409 or 0418 729 265
Jim O'Brien, James Cook University Media Office, +61 (0)7 4781 4822 or 0418 892449
http://www.coralcoe.org.au/
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies are proud sponsors of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns: 9-13 July 2012.
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Contact: Sean Connolly Sea.Connolly@jcu.edu.au 61-419-422-815 ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies
Jobs, livelihoods and ecotourism industries can benefit from having a diverse supply of weed-eating fish on the world's coral reefs, marine researchers say.
Despite their small size, relative to the sharks, whales, and turtles that often get more attention, herbivorous fish play a vital role in maintaining the health of coral reefs, which support the livelihoods of 500 million people worldwide, say researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University, and the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
"Herbivorous fishes protect coral reefs by limiting the growth of algae, or seaweed," says Loc Thibaut, lead researcher of a new study that has been published in the journal Ecology. "Seaweeds grow rapidly and compete with corals for space. If left unchecked, they can smother the corals and take over the reefs. This shift, once it happens, is extremely difficult to reverse."
The study shows that having high biodiversity of herbivorous fishes provides strong "insurance" for coral reefs. A diverse set of herbivores ensures that seaweeds are kept under control, because when some species take a hit and decline, others increase to fill the gap. This makes seaweed control more stable over time, something researchers call the "portfolio effect".
"It's like having a diverse stock portfolio you wouldn't put all your money into one particular stock, because if that company goes down, so will your life savings," says Professor Sean Connolly, a Chief Investigator at the Centre. "A very similar principle works in ecosystems."
An example of the disastrous effects of having only one herbivore as 'gatekeeper' is the extensive coral loss in the Caribbean in the 1980s.
"In the 80s, overfishing left a species of sea urchin as the only animal controlling seaweed growth on Caribbean reefs. When a disease broke out, the sea urchin population collapsed - and there was nothing to keep the weeds in check. This was followed by an explosion of seaweeds, which smothered the coral and hit tourism pretty hard," says Prof. Connolly.
The study, which applied cutting-edge analyses designed by the JCU researchers to and data from the Australian Institute of Marine Science's 15-years of surveys across the Great Barrier Reef, found that protection was provided by having a diversity of fish that perform a similar function chomping down seaweed because different fishes respond differently to different pressures.
"There are three main groups of herbivorous fishes: territorial grazers that bite at the algae and are site-attached and actively defend a small patch of reef, roving grazers that feed in the same way but move around the reefs, and scrapers who range widely and feed by biting the algae back to the limestone surface of the reef, making clear patches where corals can establish. All are critically important," says study co-author Dr Hugh Sweatman, a Senior Research Scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
"These groups all play a similar role in keeping weeds in check, but each type responds differently to environmental fluctuations."
"In this research, we measured how strong the 'portfolio effect' was in different reef locations. We found that high biodiversity makes seaweed control twice as stable as it would be if we relied on one super-abundant species, like the sea urchin in the Caribbean," says Prof. Connolly.
"Biodiversity reduces the risk that environmental fluctuations will push overall herbivory below the threshold that might trigger a regime shift towards seaweed-dominated reefs."
The finding highlights the importance of maintaining biodiversity in the coral ecosystem, the researchers say.
"The more diversity you have, the lower the risk that all the fish that play a particular role on the reef like controlling seaweeds will crash at the same time. This is greatly beneficial for the health of any type of ecosystem. And it is also beneficial to the people whose jobs and livelihoods depend on that system," says Mr Thibaut.
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The paper "Diversity and stability of herbivorous fishes on coral reefs" by Loc M. Thibaut, Sean R. Connolly and Hugh P.A. Sweatman is published in the latest issue of Ecology.
More information:
Loc Thibaut, CoeCRS at JCU, +61(0)7 4781 5725
Professor Sean Connolly, CoeCRS at JCU, +61 (0) 7 4781 4242 or 0419 422 815
Dr Hugh Sweatman, AIMS, +61(0)7 4753 4470 or 0419 986 746
Jenny Lappin, CoECRS, +61 (0)7 4781 4222
Wendy Ellery, AIMS, +61(0)7 4753 4409 or 0418 729 265
Jim O'Brien, James Cook University Media Office, +61 (0)7 4781 4822 or 0418 892449
http://www.coralcoe.org.au/
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies are proud sponsors of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns: 9-13 July 2012.
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