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28 June 2006
Bored at work?
1. Choking Kojak
3. A device for finding furniture in the dark.
4. Soft and warm when you go to bed but hard and stiff when you wake up
6. A type of food that never digests and is clearly visible in one's shit
8. Your employer
11. A poop milkshake
13. nut sack
15. Prevents males from shitting on their testicles
18. _______ Week (Common term for a woman's menstrual period)
19. The ugliest kid in Grade 2
20. World Champion and all round nice guy?
21. One who has undesirable or negative qualities
2. The similarity between a choir boy and a queer boy
3. A foodstuff high in protein
5. Occurs when you use Herbal Essence shampoo
7. Frequent public areas in search for having sexual intercourse with the same gender
8. An activity frequently conducted in the shower
9. An animal with a cunt half way up it's back (2 words)
10. Computer V.D.
12. A long word for a short word
14. ( + )( + )
16. A Blogger who doubles as a human coathanger
17. The rounded part of a man's knob
24 June 2006
Re-cycle your old sex toys
The coat hanger
Retired black strapons look fantastic in the Hallway or in bathrooms. Never forget the rule: Style plus practicality = tasteful. Do remember to neatly trim the attachment belt off and I urge you to use matching black screws. Do not use your coat hanger as a towel rail or bathrobe hanger if it is made of jelly-like rubber – your garment will in all likelihood end up on the floor.
Bicycle Handlebars
I guess the only person interested in this would be Egan. But just in case we have any other budding cyclists among us, the double dong is perfect replacement for your boring old metal handlebars. Make a statement! Announce your presence! Your style reminder here is not to simply attach your bell on the bellend – the testicles are usually squeezable and I recommend you slice them open and install an amusing foghorn inside.
The Mortar & Pestle
Your broken buttplug is perfect for crushing garlic, spices and peppercorn. Make sure you really have retired this little device though and are never tempted to bring it back into the bedroom. It is very difficult to orgasm with traces of chilli on your bean. Male readers be warned – your bum will smell of garlic if you multi-task your new pestle.
Toilet Roll Holder
Tired of granny's knitted bog roll covers? Step into the 21st century and convert your 'old favorite' into a stylish bog roll holder. 6" dead vibrators will hold one roll and 9" will hold two. Do not use your old 14" whopper for this purpose as they are usually too wide and result in your loo roll getting stuck.
Cake Icer
No one likes their cakes to be badly iced, do they? Put an end to those blotchy roses and squiggly lines – your old double thrusters is a perfect cake icer. Can also be used for biscuits, doughnuts and flans. And let's face it – it was fairly useless as a sex toy anyhow.
20 June 2006
Pull my finger
No matter what nationality, culture or religion you are the common bond that all humans share is shit-flavoured air.
The fart is merely a wise burp that took the elevator, yet the social reaction to rectal emissions way transcends loud accoustics and a horrifying smell. It is difficult to know why such a pleasing pastime can be so vilified by so many people – after endless scientific research I can only conclude that farts are embarrassing firstly because they fucking stink and secondly because of the risk of gravy-pants.
My scientific research concluded that 'killing a canary' is considered disgusting when performed by vegetarians and fat people, yet humorous when performed by the dog. It is not clear as to why human beings ask each other who farted in a social setting and it is certainly a mystery of science as to why people sitting in hard plastic chairs still attempt a silent fart.
Society's attitude to farting really is hypocritical when you consider what an entertaining pursuit it is for all of us when conducted in private – not only does everyone like the smell of their own death breath, but thunderingly loud panty-burps are enormously satisfying and soothing for all of us.
This leads me to conclude there are two entirely conflicting genres of farting: the first being your own farts where you are the star of the show and the second is someone elses farts in which you are the hapless spectator.
Usually in public most of us will try to avoid an obvious trouser cough by attempting the Stealth Fart – it is difficult to retain your dignity if you 'step on a duck' in company. If you do commit a social fart pas however there are really only two ways to deal with the ensuing discomfart:
- You can ignore the fart and pretend it never occurred. Personally I do not employ this approach because the embarrassment remains with me, the farter. Unless you have a chair nearby to scrape on the floor or another handy fart-like sound at your disposal to employ as a decoy, do not ignore the Fart Accompli.
- A better tactic is to loudly draw attention to the fart to emphasise that not only have you have broken one of society's universal taboos but you are hugely proud of your efforts. The re-affirmation of your fartality neatly transfers the embarrassment from the farter to the audience.
The average human being farts 12 times a day. That's approximately 350,000 farts per lifetime. Approximately one fart in 10,000 results in a shart – although this number increases with age. Approximately 1 fart in 100,000 will result in a complete 'follow through'. This means that we will shit our pants approximately 3 times each in our adult lifetime. I personally have 2 to go.
I am quite happy to blog about the time I crapped my pants but as a good host I think it's only right that y'all tell me your poopy-pants stories first.
18 June 2006
Get rich quick1. Print note out on your printer.
2. Roll note up
3. Snort large line of coke
4. Unroll note and lick residue off
5. Take note to your bank and swap for local currency
6. Repeat until you are rich
You're welcome.
15 June 2006
Five jobs worse than yoursBomb Disposal Dude
Bomb Guys are not like trainee hairdressers who make a mistake - bombs are not hair and your limbs do not grow back. You probably don't want to do this job if you have shaky hands or poor eyesight or tend to show up to work still pissed from the night before. If you marry a Bomb Guy you are likely to have great Guy Fawkes celebrations.
Shit Sifter
the lady who operates the colonic irrigation machine has three awful aspects to her job. Firstly she has to stick a large tube up your clenched arse. Next she has to walk into the shit-stenched room half way through and massage your tummy. Finally her last chore is to sift through your shit to test your fiber count when you're all done. If you marry a Shit Sifter it is unlikely you will discuss her day at the office much.
Jizz Mopper
This is the person on the set of an porn flick whose job is to clean up any male ejaculate that splattered about the place during the money shot. And this is the glamorous aspect of this trade – aging Jizz Moppers frequently end their careers wiping spunk off private booths in dirty movie houses. If you marry a Jizz Mopper, you probably won't eat a lot of porridge.
Chicken Sexer
This is totally true – I swear I am not making it up. People wank chickens off and collect the spunk in little tubes. I think this is probably how eggs are made although I am not really sure how the jizz gets into the eggshell after that. Maybe they inject it in with a syringe and then glue the little hole up afterwards. If you marry a Chicken Sexer you are likely to end up giving really really good handjobs.
Landfill Monitor
Trash festers and can become both toxic and infected so all you bitches out there that sneak hazardous materials into your weekly garbage should spare a thought for the guy that has to trawl through reeking decade-old landfills to stop the world from blowing up. If you are married to one of these folk, you can expect a lifetime's supply of free recycled kitchenware.
I would very much like to know if there are worse jobs out there than these, especially if you have actually done the job yourself. Oh yeah – and have a nice weekend.
13 June 2006
SkeetersAlarm clocks would be a whole heap more practical if they sounded like mosquitoes when they were going off – the dentist-drill sound of a hungry mozzie is living proof that you really don't have to be large to be effective.
Formerly known as 'bloodsuckers' until religious evangelists were invented, the mosquito literally means "little fly" in Spanish. I am not sure if this is similar to Spanish Fly – not even I could incorporate these whiny little bitches into my sexual repertoire.
Male mosquitoes are nectar eaters – it is only the chicks that suck blood. They tend to be attracted to overweight, fair-skinned human males and for all you dirty bastards out there that don't wash, they also happen to love sweaty people and dirty feet.
Mosquitos have attitude – of that there is no doubt. Flailing arms do not deter them and hiding under the sheets rarely works either – the mosquito knows that at some point you have to come up for air. You are advised to let these scum drink their fill once they have started snacking on you – unless you kill them the persistent little fuckers will almost certainly return for more until they are full.
Mosquitoes are not just annoying – they also happen to be the deadliest animal on earth. The malarial parasite carried by them kills a million children a year in Africa alone. The little blood junkies (mozzies, not African kids) are largely unaffected by even the strongest anti-malarial drugs.
Notoriously lazy little cunts, most breeds fly less than a mile during their entire lifetime making them even more languid than the domestic cat. Unlike cats though, mosquitoes will never ignore you. It is unclear as to whether these little freeloaders have a valid place in the ecosystem at all – unless they were created simply to make flies seem more attractive. It appears that other than killing people and ruining sunsets on the beach, their only goals in life are feeding and reproduction.
The only amusing aspect of mosquitoes is that human male practitioners of penis puppetry can perform 'The Mozzie' – the act of squeezing around the base of the genitals so hard that the shaft looks like the stinger and the balls look like eyes.
That is all I have to say about these creatures. Goodbye.
10 June 2006
Because I am a filthy little troll I generally always get more than one wear out of most of my clothes before I see fit to do the laundry:
Frilly knickers: n/a - don't own any
Tracksuit pants: worn until they stink
Long sleeved t-shirt: at least 2 wears – sometimes as many as 3 if I turn it inside out
Sports gear: just once
Denim jeans: at least 4 wears
Rubber sex apparel: numerous - usually hosed down when it gets all scummy and gungy
Bed Sheets: once a week but only due to dirty paw prints left by the cats. Otherwise during sexual drought definitely 2 weeks.
Dry cleaning in my opinion is for pussies. Fuck getting stuff dry cleaned – it all goes in the wash in my house. I don't fuck about with all of those fancy-pants settings on the machine either and nor have I ever read a washing label on an item of clothing – it all just goes in on Cycle 3, which according to the manufacturer's icon is for cottons and synthetics.
Once the washing machine has done its thing I remove the clothing, chuck it all in the tumble drier and silently retort "oh fuck you too" to the environment – no washing lines for this princess.
Because I am busy and important I do not iron my clothing - I have never even owned an iron in my entire life. Once my clothing is dry I simply take it upstairs in the laundry basket and there it sits in my bedroom as I use it directly from the basket. I very rarely manage to muster up enough interest to transfer it from the laundry basket to my cupboard - I prefer to spend my spare time on more practical pursuits such as flicking my bean and drinking beer rather than folding and packing my laundry.
It doesn't matter where my clothing is lying about the place – on the floor, in the clean clothing basket or half hanging in the dirty laundry basket - I subconsciously know exactly what is clean, what is dirty and what is somewhere in-between.
I do admit that around half way through the week my system does start unravelling as semi-dirty items (such as a long sleeved t-shirt only worn once and therefore technically still clean) end up back in the laundry basket or possibly – due to my bad aim – what was meant to be thrown into the dirty laundry basket in fact ended up in the clean laundry basket. And then add to the mix that that I tend to leave my clothes lying on the floor once I have taken them off at night and really by the end of the week it's all starting to get a bit hit and miss.
Anyhow...now that I am on such a roll with all this domestic stuff, what do you say next week we discuss my dish washing strategies, eh?
03 June 2006
SmokingDear Cigarettes,
Its taken me 20 years to see your true colours and frankly you stink.
There was a time when I was young and foolish and I thought I loved you – truly I did. But the slavery of our relationship has transformed love to hate and now it's time for you to let me go – release me from this hold you have over my soul for once and for all. This time I mean it – you are no longer welcome in my life.
I've left you in the past and I was happy without you. Yet somehow you always managed to sweet talk me back – usually late at night when I was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In my drug-crazed state I would think "Oh just one night won't harm…I am over you…I will have my fun and walk away in the morning…its just for old time's sake". And in the moment – yes, you were what I wanted.
Yet every time I gave in to you I would wake up the next day to find you still hanging around and I was powerless to resist you. And that's when the guilt and shame kicked in, leaving me scared to tell my friends and family that we were together again. Dreading the look of pity and sorrow in their eyes. Sneaking around with you behind their backs for a period. But it was just a matter of time before I would openly be seen out with you and I would feel weak and ashamed.
You think I still love you? Well I don't. I think of you and all I remember is fear, hate and insecurity. You never loved me – you abused me physically and polluted the air I breathed. I gave you so much time and loyalty and all you did was erode my confidence and manipulate me into believing that I couldn't cope with life without you. You shamed me on social occasions, you disempowered me and you drained me of my energy.
Yet stupidly I stuck by you, wasting my money on you for the 'pleasure' of having you in my life. The hours I spent justifying our toxic relationship to my friends, loved ones and even myself. Even my cats hated you. Everyone else could see the damage you were inflicting on me yet like a fool I closed my eyes and steadfastly refused to listen.
Our relationship has seen years of needless suffering on my part while you slowly set about killing me and stripping me of my self-respect. The constant fear that you were going to give me some awful disease – the self-recriminations and the distrust every time I crumbled and went back to you sobbing like a baby. Well that was then and this is now. I don't need you. I don't want you.
Good riddance, Cigarettes.
Yours unfaithfully,
Jungle Jane


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(transitive) (obsolete) to treat (an organ or part) with faradic currents
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Lovely family villa immaculately presented repainted inside and out in 2016 and with newly remodeled kitchen and all three bathrooms. Situated in a very quiet road only ten minutes from the town and beaches. Entrance hall with hardwood staircase to galleried landing. Living room with dining area with doors to the modern luxury kitchen and covered terrace and staircase down to utility area and garage. Two ground floor bedrooms with fitted wardrobes plus shower room. Upper floor master suite with walk in wardrobe, en suite with rain shower and south facing terrace. Air conditioning. Further guest bedroom with en suite shower room and south facing balcony. Semi basement with utility area and garage. Outside covered terrace, terrace, BBQ area. Previously there was a small swimming pool which could easily be reinstated.Price: 490,000


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We are spoilt for choice when it comes to cultural attractions in the area, with world class museums and beautiful ancient hilltop villages all within easy reach. The French Riviera and its surrounding countryside is famous for the artists who have lived here attracted by the stunning light, wonderful climate and natural beauty leaving a legacy of fabulous museums and art galleries. To name but a few within half an hour you can find the Musée Matisse and Musée Chagall in Nice, both of which have unrivalled collections, the Fondation Maeght in St Paul de Vence (one of the largest private collections of modern art in the world), the Musée Picasso in Antibes, Fernand Leger in Biot, Renoir in Cagnes sur Mer and many more. For those interested in gastronomic history the little museum dedicated to the famous chef Escoffier (inventor of the Peach Melba) in Villeneuve-Loubet is fascinating.
The pretty village of Biot is famous for its glassblowing, Vallauris for pottery, Mougins and St Paul for their art galleries. Antibes, renowned for its massive yachting marina, and Valbonne both have medieval centres and wonderful local markets. Grasse, only a 15 minute drive, was the world centre of perfume making and still retains several traditional perfume factories which are open to the public. Its museum, the Musée International de la Parfumerie is also well worth a visit. Nice is most famous for its elegant Promenade des Anglais sea-front made famous by the English at the beginning of the 20th century but it also has a delightful old town where you can lose yourself in the narrow winding lanes, marvelling at the Italian architecture and myriad of unique and interesting boutiques.
Monaco is only 50 mins away and makes for an interesting day out. Worthy points of interest include the old town and Royal Palace, the harbour full of super yachts, the infamous casino and the excellent Oceanographic Museum.
The countryside around Roquefort has many hilltop villages "villages perchés" ranging from the beautifully restored and thoroughly cosmopolitan St Paul to Gourdon, dramatically perched on cliffs over looking the Gorges du Loup and Saorge, an isolated and atmospheric untouched village in the mountains behind Nice.
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Mourners hear tributes at funeral of uncle and nephew Gavin and Mark Scott following drug death
Men had 'wanted to change the world', says relative
Mourners heard yesterday how the promising futures of a Queen's pharmacy graduate and his accountancy student nephew, who wanted to "change the world", were tragically cut short in a drug-related tragedy.
Gavin and Mark Scott, aged 38 and 24 respectively, were discovered dead last Friday at a house in Hillview Park in Newtownabbey.
Police are not treating the deaths as suspicious, but Rev John Dickinson told more than 500 people at Carnmoney Presbyterian Church yesterday that it seemed "very obvious" the deaths were linked to drugs.
Despite the tragic circumstances, moving tributes were paid by Brooke Scott, Mark's sister and Gavin's niece.
"They both wanted to change the world and they both definitely changed mine for the better," she said.
The congregation heard how Gavin went to Queen's University, worked as a pharmacist and then later in IT. He also had a love of skiing, cooking and classical music.
Mark had been studying to be an accountant and was known for his love of designer clothes and had enjoyed competing in judo and swimming when growing up.
Both had attended Belfast Royal Academy and worked at times in the family-owned Tavern Hill bar in Carnmoney.
"We don't actually know for sure at this point, because medical evidence is not available, as to what it was that made Gavin and Mark die so suddenly last Friday," Rev Dickinson said.
"What we do know, however, is that it seems very obvious from what Lawrence and Heather (Gavin's parents and Mark's grandparents) found when they called at the home that drugs had some part to play in the tragedy that brings us together today."
He said it was understandable the family would feel anger.
"Anger because of wasted lives. Clever, funny and articulate people taken away with their potential largely unrealised," he added.
"We could be angry with the authorities who deal with the menace of drugs among us. In every school, bar and street these things are freely available. I sense people are angry with the drug dealer who supplied drugs. Scumbags, that's how we think about them isn't it? Maybe some of them are here today, I don't know."
He added: "The problem is that most of the guys who do that are addicts themselves in the shadow of the paramilitaries who run the drug trade in this part of the world."
Brooke Scott shared her fond memories of her contrasting brother and uncle.
"Mark introduced me to rap, Gavin introduced me to classical music," she said.
"Gavin would have worn high heels if they were comfy, Mark loved designer clothes. Gavin would build sandcastles and Mark tore them down.
"Gavin cooked masterpieces for dinner, Mark would have lived on burgers for a month when my mum was away.
"Gavin didn't care for presents, Mark opened our presents. They both gave me comfort."
She continued: "Mark grew up with me and Gavin was there to watch us growing up. They both knew everything about anything. They were both hilarious, both smart, both gentlemen. Gavin had the heart of a saint and Mark had the heart of a lion.
"They both wanted to change the world and they both definitely changed mine for the better."
During the service, Belfast-born singer Peter Corry performed a touching rendition of the song Bring Them Home from the musical Les Miserables.
Although he had not known the family before he was approached to sing at the service, he said he was moved by their story.
"The family were on with me earlier, I just thought what a moving and very fitting tribute to two young men," he said.
"The family asked for Bring Them Home, the sentiment was very fitting for that occasion."
Three close friends of the Scott family also read speeches at the service.
Robert Jackson grew up across the road from the Scotts.
"Mark may have had some problems but he had so much love for his family," he said.
"His grandparents called Mark their main man, a jack of all trades. Nothing was a bother to him. Gavin and Mark were amazing friends. The whole family have so many memories to help them through this terrible tragedy. Gavin and Mark will forever be in our hearts and always in our minds."
John McCarron first met Gavin 30 years ago and had worked with him in the Tavern Hill bar.
"Gavin was always a great laugh," he said.
"Years ago I had the opportunity to go to Magaluf water skiiing with him. I remember driving round the island in the boat with Gavin driving at top speed. Gavin for me was truly the hero of the day and always will be."
Lauren Large, Mark's friend of 20 years said: "I always knew Mark as someone who would look after me.
"He taught me so much about life. Mark struggled with his own demons and I don't think he realised how important and loved he was."
Fighting back tears she added: "By the way Mark I will never have a friend like you."
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Borgo of Lugliano Palazzo d'Arcato is about 4000 m² of living space. Palazzo d'Arcato was the creation and dream of two Australians both with a love and passion for all Italy has to offer. This 16th Century Palazzo was restored by highly skilled traditional craftsmen and designed by a renowned, credited architect from the region. With perfection and attention to detail the construction continued over four years, finishing in 2006. The Palazzo consists of four 5 star apartments overlooking an inviting pool area and mesmerizing mountain views. It is set in a relatively undiscovered part of Tuscany far removed from the touristy areas south of Florence. Traditions are strong, hospitality generous and the pace of life relaxed. It is a land of scattered medieval villages and castles set in lush green hillsides covered in vine yards and olive groves, leading to the foothills of the mountains with hidden flower meadows, chestnut woods and eventually shady pine forests – a walker's paradise within some of the most dramatic landscape to be found in Tuscany. Ground floor: Pool and outdoor entertainment area with barbeque and dining facilities. Laundry and storage room. The garden has an automatic sprinkler system and state of the art lighting. Low maintenance. Two Apartments — Apt Giardino A & B Both with 1 bedroom with built in wardrobes, kitchenette/dining room, lounge area and bathroom (fully furnished) First floor: One Large Apartment – Terrazzo Apartment with 3 large bedrooms with built in wardrobes, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, both original and new, dining and lounge room. Balconies off each room. Top Floor — One Large Apartment – Panoramic Apartment with 2/3 large bedrooms with built in wardrobes, attic – bedroom or studio, 2 x bathrooms, gourmet kitchen, lounge room and dining room (once the chapel). Balcony extends the length of the apartment. The property can be lived as one only property.
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Sam Allardyce: If Sunderland avoid relegation we will party all night long
Allardyce described the noise inside the Stadium of Light during Saturday's game as the loudest he'd ever heard outside of Wembley and believes the 47,000 plus gate will be a huge factor again.
Indeed, he wants such frenzied atmospheres to become the norm on Wearside.
"I thinking being at home is an advantage with the way the crowd has been behind us and the way the players have responded to us," he said.
"Being part of the Premier League is important for this city – it's massive.
"The Sunderland support is growing even though they know the team's struggled over the last few years.
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2003 Woodward Dream Cruise Index by TCC Team (8/18/2003)
Whether you want to call it the Blackout Cruise, the Downpour Cruise, or simply the '03 Cruise, surviving the Ninth Annual Woodward event was something of a marathon.
People, repeat after me: "Always Drive on the Top Half of your Tank." That not-so-old adage that I learned in the long stretches Out West applied in spades to Motor City motorists — and Dream Cruise tourists — last week following the Thursday Blackout.
I should have known better myself. When the power went off at 4:09 EDT, wife Karen was in Ontario heading to Vermont with a Windstar full of furniture for a daughter in the process of moving. Being a good automotive citizen, I was waiting at home until the cool of the evening to fill the nearly empty tank on the Focus, when evaporative emissions would be lower on a muggy, 95-degree day.
No juice, no gas pumps. It's that easy. Seems like everyone was caught flat-footed. People trying to get home through traffic-signal-less intersections found themselves running dry. Cruisers in their muscle cars who would have fired up for the Thursday evening preamble to the Cruise were sidelined. Besides, with no streetlights, you couldn't make out anything but headlamps glaring along Woodward.
Cruise in doubt
Twenty-four hours later, Friday afternoon, things were no better. Food was spoiling in refrigerators, freezers, and coolers, especially for the vendors along Woodward. No air conditioning on one of the hottest days of the year. No electric fans or, worse yet, electric stoves. Authorities were saying no hope of power until Monday and, in the meantime, don't drink the water, don't shower, don't flush the toilets and — especially for adamant Cruisers, don't wash the car. The truly desperate turned to raiding lawn mower fuel supplies. That's what enabled me to reach an open gas station two counties away.
The immediate outlook for the '03 Cruise was in doubt. Ford and GM cancelled their charity fund-raising events for Friday night. The cops closed any remaining cruising at 8 p.m., when the sun went down. People who had come from hundreds of miles away just to cruise their wheeled treasures were okay in their motel rooms, but couldn't find much of anyplace to eat. Locals with gas in their tanks were heading far outstate in search of air-conditioned motels and restaurants with food.
By Saturday, the big Cruise day, however, things were looking up. Power began to return to outlying areas and by noon even to core communities along Woodward. However, it was too late for many would-be Cruisers and onlookers, who became discouraged and either headed home or stayed home. So attendance was way down compared to previous years. No one knows how much, because who can count a crowd spread along sixteen miles when there is no admission charge.
Then, around 3 p.m., as a final thumb in car-lovers' eyes, a line of thunderstorms began moving through the area, West to East. Droptops undropped. Collector cars and their fans fled. Although the weather lifted an hour or so later, there was no question, the Ninth Annual was best forgotten.
Cruise nonetheless
Still, for those who stuck it out, there was the usual tremendous parade of primarily old-fashioned Detroit Iron, heavily larded with preserved/restored muscle cars and street rods.
Any one's pick of the best and worst in the Cruise is highly selective, highly subjective and highly likely to start emotional debates short of fisticuffs.
So, let me tell you about my own likes and dislikes. My list of "best" has to start with the meticulously preserved '59 Cadillac Sixty Special Fleetwood black sedan that was invited to park in my driveway while its owners were Cruise-watching a couple of blocks away. I like to have "my" collector cars in their original showroom best — as you'll see when I get to my dislikes below.
Others in this unmolested category included a '59 DeSoto with its gleaming gold anodized aluminum trim, a curious '67 Amphibicar which drew on WWII Seep and Schwimmerwagen technology to double as a motorboat, and a '39 Ford which had been in the same family for four generations.
Yet, perhaps the most ingenious sight in the Cruise was a VW Beetle whose sheetmetal had been replaced by an arrangement of wrought iron shaped just like the original body. The effect was a see-through phantom, in which you could see the driver and drivetrain within. Shades of Topper, for those of you who remember old movies.
Overall, I revere the wonderful pastel colors typical of Fifties cars. Give us back our Easter egg colors, Detroit.
Oddly, the "best thing" in the '03 Cruise wasn't on wheels. It was the set of T-shirts some quick-thinking entrepreneur punched out for sale by Saturday morning. They proclaimed, in black-on-white or white-on-black: "The Great Blackout of 2003/ No power, No problem/Woodward unplugged/Cruise On."
When it comes to dislikes, I hate anything that strays from the true. Like raised white lettering tires on an otherwise pristine '60 Chevy Impala sedan. Barf. Further in the wheels categories, those that are too small or too wide or reversed for an artificially wider stance. Narrow white walls from the Sixties on a much earlier Forties car.
In addition, I don't know which is worse, the poorly executed replicars like Model As with wrong-sized wheels and headlights, or restorable-to-showroom Thirties and Forties cars which have been ruined by turning them into nose-sagging street rods. Yes, there are well-executed rods, which can be truly works of art with their imaginative paint jobs and graphics. But all to many of them simply make me wince and wonder why a good car was ruined by some guy with a cutting torch.
Perhaps the worst sin among well-meaning "classic-makers" is "over-accessorizing," to adopt the expression I first heard from my Ford Dynasty co-author, Jim Wagner. Jim, who narrates at the Greenfield Village Motor Muster every year, joins me in being appalled at respectable coupes and sedans of the Forties and Fifties larded up with after-market accessories that their original owners NEVER would have mounted. The chief culprit, without question, is the Continental Kit, the sheet-metal-shrouded spare tire mounted on an over-sized and extended rear bumper. This abomination unbalances the car from both the esthetic and engineering point of view. Close to it are the steel sunshades over front windshields, not to mention fender skirts, cats' eye rear lenses, cheap-looking bright-metal gravel shields, twin spots, the previously mentioned wrong white walls…I could go on and on.
Fellow car nuts, when you find one of these pristine restorable coupes, coaches, or sedans which may have belonged to your grandmothers, retired librarians or teachers, LEAVE THEM BE! Don't turn them into vulgar, elderly street tarts with rouged cheeks, thick lipstick and sprayed-on clothes — the effect over-accessorizing has. If you want to ruin a vintage convertible that way, it's your money, but at least the result will look natural, the way a "used" ragtop might have been personalized some years after its prime.
So I'm a purist. So sue me.


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My wife was looking through our set of Promo Jambo patches for Grand Canyon Council. These are double-sided patches, featuring Warner Bros cartoon characters, and she found one that was inverted...the front is upside down, and the back is right side up. Can someone give me some feedback on how collectible this might be? No way to do images here, but if you go to the patch collectors page on Facebook, I was able to post pics of the normal, and the error patch there.
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How to Hide Your Winter Bod from the Very Toned Swimmers on Your Hall
Every winter, I make the same promise to myself: I buy new tennis shoes, wash all my gym clothes and queue up Fergalicious declaring I'll be up in the gym just workin' on my fitness. I was particularly motivated, or at least thought I would be, by the fact that I am but a lowly NARP on a hall full of swimmers–they are the marble Adonises to my Pillsbury Dough Boy, the professional bodybuilders to my week 1 beginning weight training class, the Taylor Lautner circa 2008 to my Robert Pattinson circa any year, you pick. But I'm sad to say friends that it's the second week of February, I still have arms made of rubber, abs brought to you by cheeseburger Hot Pockets and an ass so wide it's been legally declared its own county and my swimmer hall-mates are still as chiseled as ever. So here are a few methods I've implemented to hide my lumpy, un-athletic body from those around me.
- Make like Tobias Fünke and become a never nude: If you don't own jean cutoffs, do what I do and wear your winter coat, thermal leggings and bean boots into the shower.
- If your fingers happen to covered in orange Cheeto dust, invest in some adult Mickey Mouse gloves: There are tons for sale on Reddit, just search for "Disney fetish" and it'll bring it right up.
- Spray on some abs: Pretty sure this is the exact brand they used to make Robert Pattinson look like he had muscle definition. I'm not sure why I'm talking about Twilight so much in this post, but I'm going for it!
- Call your Mom and have her send you your Harry Potter cloak you wore to the Prisoner of Azkaban premiere in 3rd grade: She will be worried about you, just brush it off, it's fine!
- Cosplay as the Michelin man, constantly.
- Buy whatever this is? Seems legit.
- Call the Kardashians plastic surgeon: Preferably Kim or Khloe's. NOT Kylie's. *shudders internally*
- Only go out during 4pm when the swimmers are in practice: It's the only time of the day where it's safe to walk around in my green Amazonian clay mud mask that my Mom says makes me look like the Grinch.
- Move to a different hall
- Accept your lumpy bod for what it is: UGH, FINEEEEEE.


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Equine Massage Therapists can Now Practice in Tennessee
- May 19, 2017
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Equine massage therapists can now lawfully practice in Tennessee under new legislation passed in April.
Earlier this year, horse owner Laurie Wheeler was performing equine message therapy on her own animal when she began offering therapy to others' horses for free. After receiving requests from additional owners to massage their horses, Wheeler applied to become a licensed massage therapist in Tennessee. Later, however, the Tennessee Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners learned of the case and notified Wheeler that she'd violated Tennessee's equine message therapist regulations and could face charges.
The Beacon Center of Tennessee, a group that promotes the review of potentially restrictive licensing rules and regulations in in that state, subsequently represented Wheeler and colleague Martha Stowe in litigation alleging that the Veterinary Medical Examiners rule was preventing them from earning a living.
The case was settled after the Tennessee House and Senate unanimously passed an amendment to a bill requiring the state's health commissioner to report factors that affect the state's health status rankings. The amendment specifies that the practice of veterinary medicine does not include massage therapy to animals with the intention of positively affecting the animal's health and well-being.
The amendment will expire on July 1, 2018.
Hannah Cox, outreach coordinator for the Beacon Center, said the legislation is a temporary fix.
"The women and the Veterinary Board got together and agreed that there needed to be a permanent solution to the situation, but in the meantime the women needed a way to make a living performing equine massage," she said. "So the amendment was passed and within the next 18 months the veterinary board and the women will get together to create a permanent solution."
About the Author
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Pat Raia is a veteran journalist who enjoys covering equine welfare, industry, and news. In her spare time, she enjoys riding her Tennessee Walking Horse, Sonny.
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From the moment you witness this Elegant home nothing will disappoint. Beautifully appointed inside and out this stunning fully furnished home attracts nothing but quality. Once you enter through the Electric gates make sure you choose the garage you've been appointed, don't upset your partner. Both garages have direct access internally so no worries about what's happening with the weather. Step inside onto the beautiful polished floors complimented by high ceilings and If it's groceries you have you'll enjoy the unpacking in your spacious kitchen complemented with plenty of cupboard space, full length breakfast bar, Butlers Pantry and high end kitchen appliances. But don't stop there, open the doors to your entertainment area giving this home a wonderful inside/outside appeal; let the children have their afternoon swim while you relax in undercover comfort. There's no need for the kids to bring pool water inside as the third bathroom leads directly to the pool area. Straight in for a shower or utilise the great deep baths, either way no mess through the house and right next door is the laundry you wished you had years ago.
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Swing when you're winning
Billy on the Box
So often in sporting life, the much-hyped and voluminously-vaunted becomes nothing more than a squelchy squib - Man Utd's FA Cup final against Liverpool, Audley Harrison every time he set foot in a boxing ring, Rory McIlroy's meltdown at the Masters, Ballymena United's Irish Cup win over Larne in 1989 - the list could go on and on.
But on Saturday a faith in all that makes sport great returned, an 80 minutes of nail-biting, buttock-clenching, nerve-shredding torture and ecstasy that had us not so much on the edge of the sofa but half way across the living room floor and able to reach the Christmas tree bauble that had been stranded below the coffee table for some time.
So hats off to Italy for their epic victory over Canada in the Rugby World Cup.
What's that? There was another match later that evening? Well, someone should have mentioned it…
"As long as there has been rugby in Wales, the team to beat has always been England," boomed out Welsh warrior Colin Charvis in an opening montage of red and white legends, while Gareth Thomas vowed that "in 90 minutes it was the opportunity of making 3 million people happy". I think you'll find it was slightly more than that.
John Inverdale had just parked the chariot up in time to welcome us to the studio where he was joined by cohorts, Sir Clive Woodward and Lord Jonny Wilkinson, while there was no doubting Thomas was very much one of the hopeful 3 million-plus.
"It has been quite a second super Saturday already," began Inverdale. "The main bout of the evening is as big a rivalry as you can possibly get."
Woodward concurred, admitting he'd "never seen a game as big as this", clearly forgetting his time at Southampton, before introducing a note of surrealism by saying he had spotted "a lot of daffodils walking in".
It wasn't the most ridiculous thing he would utter, he quickly followed his floral musings with bold statements that "I'm quite confident that England can get home tonight" and "Stuart Lancaster has gone for players who play well under pressure". Expect the daffodils to be sitting in the studio this Saturday evening.
Down on the sidelines, former England player and now crime-fighter Martin Bayfield had tracked down the usual suspects for a brief interrogation, joined by Danny Cipriani and Shane Williams, but given the height differential they looked more like a nest of tables. No baubles to be seen.
"Danny, just a few days ago you were learning to surf in Malibu, now I'd imagine your emotions are on something of a rollercoaster," he said but nothing to those of Sir Tom Jones who had had the honour of presenting the Welsh team with their jerseys, something, as Inverdale pointed out, that was unusual.
What is more unusual is that Tom's real name is Woodward, but he was never Director of Football at Southampton.
Our voice for the evening was Nick Mullins, who did his best to turn the expectation knob up to 11.
"Whether you're about to be shouting for Wales or England, whether you're an interested onlooker or maybe you've tuned in expecting to see the X Factor, moments like this are why we fell in love with sport in the first place," he said, although it didn't look that way as England dominated the first-half.
Cue a very happy looking Prince Harry in his white top and a pretender to the groan in Prince William in his red one, with Mullins risking a trip to the Tower commenting that "it's a fixture that divides families, divides households". Expect Princess Anne to turn up at Scotland's next game dressed as a tin of shortbread.
At the break, all was well with the world as England led, even popping over a drop goal much to Wilkinson's delight.
"A quick word about that drop goal, they can win matches you know," quipped Inverdale, in no way referring to past glories, but it wasn't long until the wheels began to fall off the chariot.
With more bodies strewn across the ground than under-garments at a Woodward concert (Tom, not Clive), Wales kept in touch and then went and scored a try.
Despite Lawrence Dallaglio's pained plea, thankfully there wasn't to be a Russian TMO to rule out Gareth Davies' effort and against all odds and a daft decision by England, they held on for a famous win.
"Well, what an occasion, what a match and what a win for Wales and deservedly so in the end," said Inverdale choking on the words while off screen one brother was heard to threaten to crown another if he sang Delilah once more.
Back in the studio, Thomas was longing for the green, green grass of Bridgend.
"I thought I had the golden ticket here but right now I would give anything to be back in Wales, I can't stop smiling," he beamed, not a problem shared by many others close by.
He was still grinning several hours later, this time at Wembley, as he popped up at the start of Ireland's game with Romania, or at least that's what we thought we had tuned in for.
"Last week this special arena was All Black, this week it is all green, a field of Athenry below the London arch. Whether you're from Dublin, Limerick or Belfast, it means it's a home from home for Brian O'Driscoll," began Inverdale.
And that was that, the next few moments ignoring all things green to return to the red.
"Gareth, starting with you as history is written by the victors, when you woke up this morning, if indeed you went to bed last night, what were your immediate thoughts?" asked Inverdale.
"I'm still a little shell-shocked," he admitted, while back at Twickenham, Clive and Jonny were probably still sitting hopeful that the house of Lancaster could still do it for Harry and England.
"As an impartial observer (really?), what were you thinking?" enquired Inverdale of BOD.
"I thought daylight robbery has just happened," came the response, as Bayfield's ears pricked up and he hot-footed it towards Wembley, on the look-out for fleeing daffodils.
Still, don't worry if you are an English fan, there's another super Saturday just around the corner and the small matter of beating Australia. Sleep well, don't have nightmares.
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Nicky's Seafood
609 Whitehall St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 588-3474
609 Whitehall St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303
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The pipeline and terminals industry is in a constant state of upheaval and change. In busy times, new players emerge while existing companies expand and grow. In slower times, there seems to be an increase in mergers and acquisitions. A consistent theme exists: the industry's landscape is constantly changing and increasing in complexity.
Companies spend exorbitant amounts of money investigating these growth opportunities by exploring the potential for new markets, new transportation channels, and increased throughput, and capacity. Considerations are given for the real estate, infrastructure, personnel, and existing contracts involved. The control systems involved in these mergers and expansions are often overlooked. Control systems are critical components of these facilities, and the failure to properly understand and account for them can result in higher unintended costs and philosophical compromises to properly integrate these new assets into an organization's existing systems and structures.
So how do you effectively investigate, understand, and consider control systems during potential acquisitions, mergers, and expansions? There are two critical aspects:
What is a control system?
Typically, people only associate the physical hardware and human-machine interface (HMI) screens with control systems. If you go to a facility and ask the local personnel to show you their control system, most often they show you their programmable logic controllers (PLCs), distributed control system (DCS) panels, and their operating screens. These are considered "traditional" controls systems.
While they certainly are critical components of any controls system, when dealing with expansions and mergers, a strong argument can be made that they are actually the least important aspect. If needed, they can be relatively easily upgraded or changed in a cost effective manner.
During an investigation and consideration of growth and expansion, there are other aspects of control systems that must be considered, and many oil and gas professionals need to expand their understanding of what your control system truly entails.
Failure to properly consider the holistic and comprehensive nature of controls systems is a perilous exercise. If the entire system is not completely understood and accounted for, you are doing a disservice to your company, setting your projects up for failure, and opening up the door for significant additional unexpected cost, scope creep, and major headaches and integration issues.
Creating standards for a controls system
The primary foundation for a successful controls system is a strong and sustainable philosophy outlining a company's controls system identity. Every aspect of a controls system outlined above should have standards and guidelines that a successful company can adhere to and follow. These guidelines establish a minimum baseline for how a company is going to develop, operate, and maintain their controls systems and serve as a roadmap to assist growth, expansion, and acquisition decisions. The philosophy should be based off of how to manage and maintain control systems while accounting and supporting relevant industry regulations and standards (American Petroleum Institute, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Institution, OSHA, etc.).
At a minimum, a true controls system philosophy should include:
Establishing a robust controls philosophy is only the first step. Most importantly, once a company has established their philosophy and controls identity, it is imperative to stand by it. It does not make sense to invest in developing standards and guidelines, only to deviate from them or consistently make exceptions. The value in having a comprehensive philosophy resides in the ability for a company to standardize and maintain a baseline set of requirements to consider when making expansion and growth decisions. Additionally, when a strong controls philosophy is in place, more flexibility is available for system support. Assets across a company are developed and maintained using standard documentation, hardware, and code bases. Tribal knowledge and single points of failure are minimized, if not eliminated entirely, through standardization. When done correctly, companies should be able to seamlessly maintain their facilities with little issue and more efficiently grow, without finding themselves forcibly bound to any individual employee or contractor for system support.
Controls systems' external connections
The external connections are arguably the most important. External connections refer to anything that extends outside of the fence line of a facility. These connections include a company's enterprise or corporate systems (accounting, inventory, scheduling, etc.) and interactions and integration to customer systems. External connections have major implications not only to how a terminal or pipeline company makes money (customer systems), but also to how that money is tracked, accounted for, and collected (enterprise and corporate systems). These interactions must occur for any facility to properly function. As such, the failure to account for these systems during an expansion or growth decision can incur significant cost to modify systems to properly integrate the new asset.
With respect to a controls system's external connections, when making expansion and growth decisions some critical things to comprehensively consider include:
During an expansion or acquisition, companies will undoubtedly be encountered with a challenge associated with an external connection to their control system, be it during a due diligence period or following the growth decision. Failure to properly address these issues proactively may result in decreased efficiencies, unbudgeted efforts to remedy an issue, or compromised controls philosophies. Any of these problems will ultimately cost money. Decreased operational efficiency and facility throughput may be the biggest risk.
Operational processes will need to rely on manual methods if a facility is unable to:
In order to continue to operate, the local team's workload will have to increase to accommodate the more manual process. As opposed to being able to rely on the successful operation of the controls systems, operators must be manually processing, communicating, and validating all of their information and operations. Increasing their workload can lead to a need for additional manpower or increased operator errors.
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Letter(s) from Melvis Mel to Brian (Denmark)
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Good evening Honey and I hope that your day is getting along well.Mine has been good and I thank God for all,it's been so sunny and everywhere seems to be so hot today,I guess the night would be far hotter with this heat on now.I am thinking that your day would be stressful today going by your last message and make sure that you do have some rest at the end please.
I sent you a mail in the morning and I have no idea if you got or maybe you aren't back yet to be able to read through and here we are back from the Embassy Honey.We were given all the forms that I needed to be filled and you were right,it has to be vacation visa and that it's the only visa that I can apply for that will be quicker.They said that after I have filled and submited the forms back that here is only a consolate and that they are posting my applications to Burkinafaso where they have Embassy and that it would take a few weeks from the date of submission.They as well said that I have to pay the sum of 47,000 CFA as the visa fee.
I tried asking my In-law about this amount and he said that it's about $92 US and this is quite allot of money Honey,how do we raise this money to pay for the visa fee?It would be hard to get this and I know that it's quite allot of money Honey but Please I don't know if you woudl be kind to assist me in this by sending me the money so that I could pay for this as I am submitting the application back.I would be really happy if you would be of this great assistance.I sure know that you have quite allot caring for there with Mum and all that,together with your personal needs but please My LOve.
I would be so glad if we can put in the applications now because I love to be at the comfort of your arms and work together with you into making our future a nice one.I hope your day wouldn't be so hard that you don't get back home that tired,however if that's the case please do make sure that you eat and find some rest and write me when you can,will miss reading fromyou though but your health is far more important that anything else.
I can't stop wishing to see us meeting and if you ask me,I would say let it be right this moment because in you I have found the secret of happiness.I love you.
Your Wife,
Mrs Melvis Brian.
Letter 2
Good morning Honey and I must say that there's nothing wrong with your message and though I must admit that you sounded like you really don't care what happens to us from here and I was so surprised really and therea re things that I asked you before now but you never provided them,I did beg you that my father wants your address and even your phone number but you never mentioned about that.
Relationship isn't through force and it's never money and I ma not saying that you shouldn't carry out whatever investigation that suits your heart but in all,our presentation should be have some element of salt so that other could feel receptive and I have always known you to be this kind of person and as a matter of fact,this is the first time that you are sounding this way and who knows,maybe there are more that I stand to find out about you.I could have least expected that your responce would be this way but thanks in all.
I can see that you have no trust in me like you said but be sure that I am who I said I am to you and would always be one no matter times.We all puts in our best efforts and should things works out fine and if they don't,well somehow there is still life and we just have to carry on,it would be so painful but even at that,no one has ever cried blood even the face of the worst,it will still be tears that will role down the chin.I want to think that you had a goodnight rest and I must say that from your resquest,I am given you a scan of my passport here with it's number and date of birth,my full name is as well there.I don't have a phone number but if you wish you could call my Aunt's Husband and let him know when you wish to talk with me just in case and when he's home we would talk through his phone and here is his number( 00221765869035 and his name is John).
My Address at the Gambia is
Here in Senegal we are living at
Well,you said you wil be sending the money for the visa application fee to the consolate and I really don't know just how that is possible and want to believe that you knows just how to do that because I am the one that is submitting the application and I was told that on the point of submission,that's when I will pay the money.Please let me know how things are going,when you are able to send them the money,how would I know and would I have any proove that I can show to them when I get there that You have paid the money for me??I am asking this so that there would be no form of embarrasmenrt on me when I get there.I will be glad and PLEASE Brian,money can't bring us happiness,lets try to build a level of trust on each others because a good person is a good person and a bad person is as well a bad person.I believe that you will come to trust in me and to lov eme the more as we walk this part to meeting each others.I will be waiting to hear from you and if it pleases you,would you mind still please to send me your address and your phone number so that I can share with my father and my Aunt?If you don't feel safe with doing that,I can as well understand.I hope you have a wonderful day and do know that someone is thinking about you and miss you,will always love you no matter times.
Mrs Melvis Brian.


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U.S. Senator Chris Coons hosted a 90-minute roundtable discussion with a dozen small business leaders in Newark on Thursday morning to consider ideas for helping Delaware's high-tech, research-driven companies grow and create jobs in Delaware.
"We have a responsibility to help innovators and entrepreneurs transform their ideas into new products, and to help those products find markets in the U.S. and abroad," Senator Coons said. "That's how we're going to create the next generation of manufacturing jobs here in Delaware and across the country. I'm committed to doing whatever I can to nurture the growth of Delaware's innovative small businesses."
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"Delaware is one of the world's best places to locate a technology-driven or alternative-energy business," Senator Coons said. "Just last month an independent report found Delawareans to be among the smartest, most innovative, most productive workers in the world. We need to support the businesses that are going to put those folks to work."
In April, Senator Coons introduced his first bill, the Job Creation Through Innovation Act, to jumpstart domestic manufacturing and help innovative small business grow by:
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* Mike Bowman, representing FSI and the Delaware Technology Park
* Patti Cannon, Delaware Economic Development Office
* Andrew Cottone, Vice President for Chemistry and Co-founder, Adesis
* Franr M. DiNuzzo, President and CEO, SDIX
* Doug Hicks, Vice President of Business Development, iBio
* Ben Hsu, Chief Financial Officer, QPS
* Kelvin Lee, Director, Delaware Biotechnology Institute
* Brian Pryor, President, LiteCure
* Ron Simonetti, Founder and Owner, Waste Carpet Depot and Modular Carpet Recycling
* Patrick Walker III Ph.D., Attorney, McCarter and English
* Richard Wool, CEO of Crey Bioresins and Professor of Chemical Engineering Center for Composite Materials ACRES Program at UD
Next month, Senator Tom Carper and Representative John Carney will join Senator Coons in organizing a third job fair for Delawareans. That job fair will be on September 26th in Georgetown.
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Gas phase infrared spectra from quasi-classical Kubo time correlation functions
We generalise the recently developed phase integration method (PIM) to obtain a computable approximation of the Kubo expression for quantum time correlation functions. Our scheme combines exact sampling of the quantum thermal density with classical dynamics to provide a quasi-classical approximation for the correlation function. The method will be specialised to the evaluation of the momentum autocorrelation function, with the goal to compute infrared spectra of simple molecules in the gas phase. Application to two simple but interesting benchmark systems shows that the approach is accurate and stable over a broad range of temperatures.
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John Winthrop's effort to create a Puritan "City on a Hill" has had a lasting effect on American values, and many remember this phrase famously quoted by the late Ronald Reagan. However, most know very little about the first American to speak these words. In John Winthrop, Francis J. Bremer draws on over a decade of research in England, Ireland, and the United States to offer a superb biography of the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, one rooted in a detailed understanding of his first forty years in England. Indeed, Bremer provides an extensive, path-breaking treatment of Winthrop's family background, youthful development, and English career. His dissatisfaction with the decline of the "godly kingdom of the Stour Valley" in which he had been raised led him on his errand to rebuild such a society in a New England. In America, Winthrop would use the skills he had developed in England as he struggled with challenges from Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson, among others, and defended the colony from English interference. We also see the personal side of Winthropthe doubts and concerns of the spiritual pilgrim, his everyday labors and pleasures, his feelings for family and friends. And Bremer also sheds much light on important historical moments in England and America, such as the Reformation and the rise of Puritanism, the rise of the middling class, the colonization movement, and colonial relations with Native Americans.
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|"Cyberinfrastructure-enabled" virtual environment This rendering depicts how Purdue is operating a "cyberinfrastructure-enabled" virtual environment that enables scientists and engineers to interpret data from instruments called dynamic atomic force microscopes. More than 300 researchers from around the world have used the "virtual environment for dynamic atomic force microscopy," or VEDA, since it went online about a year ago. The software tools, provided through Purdue's nanoHub, represent a research trend, and tools for other applications also are being developed. (Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Purdue University/Michael McLennan)
Invited Article: VEDA: A Web-based Virtual Environment for Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy
John Melcher, Shuiqing Hu, and Arvind Raman - School of Mechanical Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
We describe here the theory and applications of virtual environment dynamic atomic force microscopy (VEDA), a suite of state-of-the-art simulation tools deployed on nanoHUB (www.nanohub.org) for the accurate simulation of tip motion in dynamic atomic force microscopy (dAFM) over organic and inorganic samples. VEDA takes advantage of nanoHUB's cyberinfrastructure to run high-fidelity dAFM tip dynamics computations on local clusters and the teragrid. Consequently, these tools are freely accessible and the dAFM simulations are run using standard Web-based browsers without requiring additional software. A wide range of issues in dAFM ranging from optimal probe choice, probe stability, and tip-sample interaction forces, power dissipation, to material property extraction and scanning dynamics over hetereogeneous samples can be addressed. © 2008 American Institute of Physics. (DOI: 10.1063/1.2938864)
"We will see more and more of this sort of thing for many other types of instruments that are being used around the world," he said. "This allows researchers to spend more time doing research and less time and money developing simulations."
More than 300 researchers from around the world have used the "virtual environment for dynamic atomic force microscopy," or VEDA, since it went online about a year ago.
The virtual environment is described in a research article featured as a cover story in the June issue of the journal Review of Scientific Instruments, published by the American Institute of Physics. The article focuses on two simulation tools needed for atomic force microscopes.
"This is a hardware-based journal and they put a virtual instrument on the cover, which should tell you that people regard this as a practical tool," Raman said. "I think it shows that even in that community there is a feeling that the cyberinfrastructure can really be used in beneficial ways for the experimental scientific community."
The online tools are provided through the nanoHub, operated by the Network for Computational Nanotechnology at Purdue, led by Mark Lundstrom, Purdue's Scifres Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
"These are the first Web-based simulation tools for atomic force microscopy available online," Raman said. "There are a dozen or so research groups around the world with the capability of doing accurate simulations the way we do for dynamic atomic force microscopy, but there are hundreds of researchers who need these tools."
The research article was written by mechanical engineering graduate student John Melcher, recently graduated doctoral student Shuiqing Hu and Raman.
The nanoHub uses a high-speed fiberoptic network called the Teragrid and is an example of the cyberinfrastructure being developed for researchers.
The online simulation tools, funded by the Network for Computational Nanotechnology and the National Science Foundation, are proving popular for researchers who otherwise would have to either purchase or create their own complex software to interpret data from the microscopes.
The tools are needed for demanding models and simulations, using computer clusters that are equivalent to 100 personal computers provided through the nanoHub, which is housed in Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center at the university's Discovery Park.
Researchers may access lectures and various simulation tools at http://www.nanohub.org.
A dynamic atomic force microscope uses a tiny vibrating probe to yield information about materials and surfaces on the scale of nanometers, or billionths of a meter. Forces between atoms influence how the probe's vibration pattern changes.
Researchers need specialized software to interpret data regarding the probe's changing amplitude, or how far it moves toward and away from a surface, and its phase, or how its vibration timing is altered by atomic forces.
Without the interpretation, the vibration-pattern data are meaningless, Melcher said.
Researchers use the microscopes to learn about a material's magnetic, electrical and physical properties, the contours of surfaces and shapes of objects, including biological molecules.
The nanoHub enables researchers to use the simulations with an ordinary Web browser on their personal computer.
"Say a physicist is operating an atomic force microscope in Japan," Raman said. "They do their experiment and then go online and access our tools to learn what the data mean. Users don't need to download software on their own computers. All they need is a browser, which they could have on their cell phones if they want. So they could take the cell phones with a browser, go to the nanoHub, go to the VEDA tools, enter the simulation data they want for simulating the atomic force microscope scanning across a certain surface, and hit go."
Purdue University is operating a virtual environment that enables scientists and engineers to interpret raw data collected with powerful instruments called dynamic atomic force microscopes.
The online tools, believed to be the first of their kind for the instruments, represent a research trend, with tools for other applications also being developed, said Arvind Raman, a Purdue professor of mechanical engineering.
Researchers developed the simulation tools over the past five years.
"We are always updating the software and making new tools available," Raman said.
The simulations also enable researchers to learn ahead of time how to best use their atomic force microscopes for specific experiments.
"That means the simulations save them time by predicting the proper parameters to use before they even begin their experiments," Raman said.
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Edmundson ready to return, Berglund misses practice -- Blues defenseman Joel Edmundson, out since Nov. 6 with an upper-body (10 games) had another full practice on Tuesday with no restrictions.
"He's full practice today, too," Hitchcock said of Edmundson. "Took full contact yesterday, full contact today.
"He's taken those steps that we've wanted him to take. I think he's ready to be evaluated to be a game day player, too."
As for center Patrik Berglund, he was the lone skater not on the ice Tuesday at the team's practice facility.
"He's on a maintenance day, we'll see," Hitchcock said of Berglund. "He's day-to-day, we'll see how he feels tomorrow, but it's very minor. After talking to the trainers, it was best to give 'Bergy' today off."
* Remedy for penalties -- When asked of the issues with penalties and taking those 200 feet away from your goal, Hitchcock said he's not talking about penalties anymore.
"We're not going to talk about that anymore. We're going to use a different approach," Hitchcock said. "It's the disease that we're not going to speak about. We're just going to go out quietly and find a cure. We're not thrilled by it, but the more we talk about it, the more it seems to manifest itself. ... It's in the DNA; that's what I said last night. It's in the DNA; we've got to get rid of it. We'll figure out a way."
Steen going full speed at practiceHAZELWOOD, Mo. -- Blues forward Alexander Steen, out with an upper-body injury since Nov. 15 against Buffalo, took the first big step towards getting back into action after missing the past six games.
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