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Hey guys! It's a productive week for me, since I'm on break. I've also got a ByakuyaxIchigo in the works, but if there's anything you'd like to read (pairing-wise), I definitely have the time, so just let me know. Please review!
This one is for Anna.
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Uryuu Ishida entered his empty house in a series of movements which bore no semblance of ceremony. In between shouldering open the door and kicking off his boots, he clasped his keys in his teeth and struggled to shake the snow off his bag as he clutched the mail under his arm. When the snow had settled into various piles about his boots and bag - some on the porch, some sinking into the carpet of the entry hall - and a fair amount of cold air had stolen into the house, Uryuu locked the door behind himself, sparing a moment to rest with his back against it as he shuffled through the mail.
A lone Christmas card, from Isshin.
Uryuu left the mail in a neat pile on an end table, giving no indication that he had sorted through it. In his bedroom he changed into his pajamas, a ritual he had enacted year after year on the first day of winter break. Without fail, he would come home elated to be finished with exams, and then somewhere between slipping on his flannel sleep shirt and wandering aimlessly into the kitchen, he would find himself oddly depressed, uncertain of what to do in the absence of homework or study.
With a half-hearted frown he foraged absent-mindedly through the cabinets, vaguely searching for something to snack on. Among the wholesome ingredients kept on hand - fish stock, miso powder, onions, canned mackerel - there were no traces of the holiday season, not a single stash of candy or batch of cookies, bejeweled loaf of bread or bundle of spices. At Ichigo's house, the cupboards practically overflowed with colorful slews of confections and treats, all stuffed with sweet fruits and spiced nuts, bright and glistening in their midwinter cheer. The Ishida cabinets were far more sober, their contents sensible and relatively few.
As he started the miso stock simmering on the stovetop, Uryuu reflected on the absence of holiday traditions among his family. Up until shortly ago he had believed that his house had always been bereft of them, but then came that odd spring day: his father had suggested that he clean the attic out, and in his cleaning he found a small box full of modest Christmas decorations - a couple of wreaths, a humble little tree, a few strands of lights. His father had only commented that they had belonged to his mother, and had promptly hidden them away somewhere.
Uryuu sighed, stirring the mackerel into the boiling stock along with a few sheets of sea weed. He could barely imagine his father submitting to such frivolous tasks as celebrating a holiday. Even birthdays were merely mentioned; New Year acknowledged only by the silent switching of the calendars. It seemed that his mother's passing had dissolved whatever in him had enjoyed celebrations and occasions, something that Uryuu had come to resent early in his childhood.
He could remember hearing his father crying in the wake of his mother's death, though never seeing it. At night, when he would tiptoe by his bedroom door en route to the kitchen, he would hear it - low, frustrated sobs, broken and incomplete, heartbreaking. After a time, though, even those episodes of grief subsided to cold stoicism, and Uryuu found that he had lost both parents.
It was difficult, then, not to hate his father, for his emotional vacancy, for his distance, for that damn unceasing sternness with which he faced all situations regardless of their significance. Whatever was left of Uryuu's love for his father - stunted affection never to find expression in another embrace or kind word - slowly turned to pity, and showed itself in little acts of nurture: meals on the table, packed lunches, perfectly knotted ties, mended shirts, a clean house.
It was there that the story became complicated. Uryuu's brow creased slightly, knitting together with that familiar anxiety. The soup had come to a rolling boil; steam poured off in drifting savory clouds. Settling the lid over the pot, Uryuu began to gradually reduce the heat, though he leaned close to the stove to enjoy the feeling. Outside, it had begun to snow again, a slight drift of white among the grey air that the boy could see clearly from the small kitchen window...
Uryuu could hardly remember when his anger had become pity, and when his pity had become the strange addition to his nurturing that formed desire. He supposed such must be how women felt about men: the urge to care for them, the half-amused need to help them, and of course, the strange attraction to them, to their bodies, strong and broad and vigorous as Ryuuken's certainly was.
A dark blush seared Uryuu's cheeks, burning and spreading in his chest, his neck, the tips of his ears. He desperately wanted his narrative to be different, wanted it to feature him in a better light. Certainly, he thought, there were children out there who managed to see to their parents' needs without developing bizarre, unnatural fixations on them. It seemed to him that he was incapable of such pure martyrdom: he had taken on the jobs his mother had left undone, and had found himself wanting the same perks she had been entitled to.
Namely, he contemplated, slipping on oven mitts as he removed the pot from the burner, his father's unprejudiced ear, his most mature and complex love, and of course, his perfectly sculpted and expertly maintained body...
The rice cooker nearly met an untimely end as Uryuu jerked upward, startled by the sound of his father's arrival. First, there was the opening and closing of the door, the softening of heavy footsteps - a pause, during which a few letters were torn open - and then Ryuuken arrived in the doorway of the kitchen, worn from a long day's work, examining a bill. Uryuu knew the routine like clockwork.
"Good evening," he announced evenly, "how do you feel about your exams?"
"Fine," Uryuu replied flatly, barely offering a glance to his father.
"What have you prepared?" Ryuuken peered over his son's shoulder, eyeing the steaming pot on the stove.
"Miso-mackerel and rice," came the shiftless response.
Silence stretched between them as Uryuu prepared the rice, refusing to acknowledge his father, who, as always, seemed entirely unfazed by the distance. After a moment, Ryuuken deposited the bill in the desk drawer he kept for such matters, and disappeared down the short corridor to change out of his suit.
When Ryuuken returned, it was to slide into his seat at the small table he shared with his son, his place already set with a bowl of soup, a bowl of rice and a pair of chopsticks waiting for him. Uryuu stood at the refrigerator, pouring himself a glass of water.
"What would you like to drink?" he asked coolly, once more without sparing a glance.
"Water is fine," Ryuuken replied, waiting for his son to be seated before starting the meal.
Still, where conversation should have occurred, there was only empty, oppressive silence. Uryuu ate with his head down over his bowl, and Ryuuken stared into the distance through the kitchen window opposite his seat. The snow had begun to fall in increasingly thick sheets; he doubted whether or not it would be possible to make it into work in the morning, and was suitably glad that school wasn't a concern for the following weeks.
What he could not have known was how intensely his expressions of thought - a slight knitting of the brow, the adjustment of his glasses - tantalized his own son. Uryuu stole quick, fiery glances at the man through his bangs, watching as he wordlessly contemplated the weather.
"Well," his father's voice stunned Uryuu into a bolt-upright position, "very good as usual."
Ryuuken carried his bowls to the sink and nodded once to his still-seated son before heading off into the living room to do a few moments' worth of unwinding before readying his things for the following day. Uryuu started the dishes and slunk off to his room, shutting and locking his door quietly behind him.
Even in his own space, Uryuu found it rather difficult to breathe. It felt as though Ryuuken's presence followed him even there, in fading traces of his cologne, in the plain whiteness of the sheets and curtains, in the neat orderliness of the furniture.
As he undressed, he found himself shivering at his own touch. Even the hem of his shirt as it passed over his nipples brought a shudder through his slim frame, rushing warmth to his groin. His back arched involuntarily and he practically fell into his bed as he tugged his sleep pants on, halting them at his narrow hips.
Images of the evening passed fleetingly through his mind. As he slowly began to stroke his sex, he slipped his glasses off, abandoning them on the nightstand. The lamp was shut off, the night snowy-silent and dark in its wake. Uryuu could think of nothing but deft hands sliding all over him, well-practiced fingers inside him, his legs spread wide, and those lips on his, thin and insistent...His hips jerked involuntarily as his hand moved over his slick sex.
When he realized his teeth were bearing unreasonably hard into his lip, he stretched and rolled onto his side, arching immediately as his pre-cum smeared over his sheets. The touch was enough to force a sharp gasp from his throat; he arched into his touch again, pumping his hips as though he was being taken, and in his mind's eye he saw only Ryuuken, the resolute doctor locked in passion, his hard body moving, his thick sex pressing in and out -
With a strangled half-cry, Uryuu spilled his seed into his hand.
His chest heaved as he struggled to regain his grip on reality. He was cold, and the house was quiet. Sitting up, he cleaned his hands with tissues from his bedside table, and settled his glasses there, venturing one last glance at the window as the snow fell outside. At length, he settled beneath his sheets, tugging them up beneath his chin as he waited for sleep.
Despite the respite from school, the next morning was still an early one. Uryuu seemed to be entirely incapable of taking a break from things, especially when those patterns of work and responsibility had become ingrained into his biological schedule. He climbed out of bed at six-thirty and tugged a long-sleeved shirt on briskly; the morning air was frozen. As he readied the morning's tea, he gazed out over the street beyond the kitchen window, surprised at the depth of the snow. It seemed surreal to him then that something of such profundity could accumulate so quickly, and in such perfect silence...
The hard soles of Ryuuken's shoes on the linoleum tiles startled Uryuu from his contemplation. He whirled around, tea in hand, and began to set their places for breakfast. As his father sat and quietly ate his breakfast of toast and hot cereal, Uryuu put his lunch together - rice, mixed vegetables, and a cup of last night's soup. Even that process was one of exceptional finesse; Uryuu treated each small container as a serious matter, filling them carefully and stowing them sturdily.
Ryuuken settled his plate in the sink and turned, scooping his briefcase off the floor before heading toward the door.
"Wait," Uryuu called, following after.
Ryuuken turned just as he reached the door, startled by his son's voice.
"Your tie," Uryuu explained briskly, "your tie is crooked."
His slim, deft fingers gently worked the knot loose and corrected it; Ryuuken simply tipped his chin up and allowed the boy to work. Uryuu took the liberty of smoothing the fabric down when he was finished, nearly causing a shiver in his slender frame at the feeling of his father's hard chest.
"Thank you, Uryuu." Ryuuken nodded politely, and then headed out into the cold, leaving his son alone in the silent living room.
Uryuu, meanwhile, was shaken to the core.
The scent of his father's aftershave lingered on his fingertips, spicy and clean; he could still feel the heat of his body through the crisp linen of his shirt, and the layers of tight muscle just barely out of reach...Uryuu half-stumbled back toward his room, though he was stopped on his way - halted by that same intoxicating scent, and the warmth of the remaining steam still dissipating from Ryuuken's shower. The boy peered into his father's empty room - it was, as one would expect, clinically clean, neat, orderly. The bed had been left unmade, and Uryuu could still see the outline of the spot in which his father had slept.
Just as the night before, Uryuu felt that familiar warmth pooling at his sex at the mere thought of Ryuuken. What would the man really be like, he wondered, in bed - clinical and direct, with very little affection and efficient, intense pleasure? or was there yet another side to him, a gentleness or passion reserved only for the bedroom?
Hesitantly, as if dreaming, Uryuu tiptoed into his father's room and settled onto the bed, running his open palms over the soft sheets. The sensation alone caused him to shiver and he discarded his glasses on the night table, reclining back into the pillows. He imagined, then, his father over him, pressing him down into the bed, and as he pushed his own pants down over his narrow hips, he thought only of those more talented hands, undressing him and moving lower...
He turned his face as though offering his neck and inhaled his father's spicy scent straight from his pillow. His body arched heavily into the mattress, every silken touch wringing another shudder from him. Tentative fingers came to encircle his hard shaft, stroking at a feverish pace. As his hips began to rock in time with his strokes, a familiar emptiness made itself known inside him, and he winced with need to be filled. He hated it - he could thrust his fingers inside himself and stroke that spot that made him shudder with pleasure, but it was so hard to go deep enough, fast enough, hard enough...It never matched his fantasies.
Perhaps he forgot, momentarily, that he was alone, or simply became enveloped in his fantasy, but for whatever overwhelming pleasure or distraction - such as the sound of his own moans - he did not hear the door opening in the entry way. He did not think for a moment that the roads were most likely closed a little further out, due to the snow.
He did not imagine, for a minute, that his father was standing in the doorway of his room, staring aghast at him.
It was only when he opened his eyes for a brief moment to imagine staring deeply into his father's that he noticed a faint disturbance in the corner of his field of vision and, upon whipping his head to focus on it, found that it was Ryuuken.
Uryuu lost his voice. A coldness rushed through his blood and stole his breath; he could not scream, he could not protest, he could only seize the edges of the covers and tear them loose, covering himself as he trembled violently under his father's gaze. He would not, under any conditions, meet his father's eyes; he could barely even breathe. The urge to curl tightly into himself overtook him, though he fought it: he already appeared to be badly damaged in his father's view, perhaps evil, and he could not take the idea of appearing weak as well.
Though, he was.
And after another second of silence, he did curl up on the bed, like a child admonished, or awaiting punishment.
"What is this?" Ryuuken finally asked, though it was impossible for Uryuu to divine whether or not it was rage or pain that strained his voice.
There was perfect silence. Ryuuken stepped forward, but hesitated again, his hand resting on the doorframe.
"Some sort of punishment for me, Uryuu?"
And it wasn't, Uryuu knew there was nothing of the sort anywhere near his mind, but he understood how it could be seen that way, a son masturbating into his father's sheets - certainly the first thought of any rational person wouldn't involve a painful, subdued love.
Only Ryuuken's shifts in movement could be heard throughout the entire house, and the noise seemed deafening to Uryuu. He still hadn't looked up. His body was locked in tension. His father's assumption ached in him, and he wanted to protest, but suddenly he felt as though his entire life had been pulled out from beneath him, that nothing would ever be the same - that he had not only lost the faint resemblance of a loving relationship that he did enjoy with his father, but also any relationship at all. Tears burned the corners of his eyes and slipped out despite his fighting them.
For the firs time in years, Ryuuken heard his son cry. It was then that he realized - despite all the evidence contrary - that there was no malice, no hatred in what he had found, though he did not conceive of any other explanation.
He tried to probe with greater tenderness then, though he reserved himself greatly.
"Uryuu," he tried again, hesitating to form the right words, "what is the matter?"
"I'm sorry," came the boy's half-sobbed whisper.
Ryuuken took a deep breath and sat uneasily on the edge of his bed. Uryuu flinched as his weight depressed the mattress, and moved a little further away. He suddenly felt much more like a child than he ever had, even in his small years.
He also felt terribly cold.
"I know that, for boys - for young men, I mean, that..." Ryuuken began uncertainly, losing his words despite their attempted medical precision.
"It isn't that," Uryuu replied weakly.
"No?" Ryuuken's question revealed his surprise.
"No, it's - that - I've just -" Uryuu's voice was disrupted by his shattering nervousness and his persistent tight sobbing, but he went on thoughtlessly, as an exorcism: "I've just - well, I've taken, I've taken care of us, I've felt so - so close to...to you."
Ryuuken was stunned. After his wife's death, he had sincerely needed the boy's help: he had no idea how to run a household on his own. But Uryuu had seemed to display such an aptitude for all those things his mother had previously taken care of - the cooking, cleaning, sorting and organizing - and he was just as beautiful. Ryuuken had realized at some point that he really did regard the boy as a wife, as his second in command, someone he could trust to stabilize his life. But he had realized also that his developing attachment to the boy was unhealthy, and unfair, that it wasn't right to turn one's son into one's wife, no matter how perfectly the role fit. And so he had tried to be stern with the boy, to make him feel as though he were performing military service as opposed to participating in a warm and supportive relationship. But somehow the attachment had grown, and the nurturing and companionship and the constant undercurrent of intensely subdued love had deepened and ensnared both of them.
Uryuu gave a start when he felt a hand settle softly on his covered shoulder.
"I apologize, Uryuu," Ryuuken said, his voice much more tender than his son had expected ever to hear again, "but I think we've - misunderstood one another."
"For some time, I've tried to prevent you from feeling like - a wife to me, Uryuu." The boy stiffened, and his father continued. "But I've needed your help. I have done my best to..."
"But it's too late," Uryuu murmured, shifting slightly under the covers.
"I know," came the soft response, accompanied by a slow and steady stroking of his shoulder and back.
"How can you expect someone to, to put so much time, so much care into someone else and not - and not - and not want to have, to have something..."
"I understand."
Uryuu again began to utter some weak protest, but Ryuuken hushed him, and slid his glasses off to rest them on his nightstand. He massaged the bridge of his nose for a moment, warding off the haze of confusion that threatened to consume him. He wanted to comfort his son, and yet not only as a son, but as the one who had for so long been his other half, the maker of meals and the straightener of ties, the washer of dishes and the packer of lunches - the lover just waiting to fall into his arms.
He shed his jacket and laid it neatly on the floor, followed by his tie. Then, he turned to his son, gently urged him onto his back, and, without a word, leaned down to kiss him.
Uryuu gasped as his known world collapsed into a flurry of warm lips and soft fingers trailing down his chest. He arched up into Ryuuken's touch and, though his eyes were wide open, saw nothing. He parted his lips and let his mouth be explored by a deft and teasing tongue, and squirmed as the sheets obscuring him were slowly drawn downward.
"Ryuuken - " he managed in between breathy moans, "don't - mock - me - "
"You know I don't joke," his father countered, then kneading his narrow waist, kissing along his jaw, "but I believe I understand you."
Uryuu stilled and Ryuuken drew back to look down at him. His tears had mostly dried, though there was a bright edge of swimming confusion in his glossy eyes, and a look of hurt, as though he really did suspect his father was mocking him, or worse.
"Understand me?"
"It is natural, Uryuu, for feelings like these to develop after so long living this way," he explained gently, "you aren't alone."
Uryuu was taken aback - he said nothing - but he clumsily began to pluck open the buttons of his father's dress shirt, eliciting an approving smile from the older man. When the shirt fell open and was shortly shrugged off, Uryuu was delighted to find the very firm planes and angles of muscle and flesh he had imagined, and timidly ran his hands over them. Ryuuken tipped his head back, allowing the exploration with a pleased sound deep in his throat.
Ryuuken found himself incredibly aroused, with any notion of shame far from his consciousness. He moved over the boy, straddling his knees, and began to kiss him with fervor, sucking those pale lips between his and nibbling, running his hands up and down the impossibly narrow chest and thin waist, just stopping at the sharp hip bones. Uryuu was fairly bucking beneath him, hard once again with boyish vigor, already dripping.
The doctor brought the boy's shaking hands between them, guiding them to his own sex. Uryuu could feel him pounding hard beneath his slacks; the feeling was so intense, so electrifying - he moaned abruptly and, fingers quivering, went about the business of undoing the clasp, lowering the zipper, and fondling the rigid flesh beneath. Ryuuken quickly relieved himself of his slacks and boxers, leaving his son to tenderly stroke his thick, dripping sex. He rolled his hips into the boy's hands, and didn't give him time to let the size induce second thoughts.
He moved downward, pressing light kisses to the boy's pale pink nipples, and trailing more down the center of his slender body. When he came to his sex - just as pale and slim and elegant as the rest of his figure - he trailed his tongue from base to tip, and carefully took the tip into his mouth, teasing with his lips.
Uryuu bucked his hips into the heat and moaned sharply as waves of pleasure coursed through him. Everything ached - he felt the familiar need to be filled up inside, then spurred on by the feeling of Ryuuken's rock hard sex still haunting his fingers; his nipples ached for more touch, and his cock for release.
"Oh, please - !" he cried, not precisely sure what he needed, only that he needed it badly. Ryuuken sucked him only for a moment more, drawing away just as Uryuu was poised to come, leaving the boy's body arched and his chest heaving.
"Shh," Ryuuken pleaded gently, "let's not concern the neighbors."
That said, he reached up and withdrew something from his nightstand - the identity of which did not escape Uryuu. He hesitantly spread his long legs, an action that was rewarded with a grateful hum from his father. Momentarily, eyes squeezed shut, he felt careful fingers probing at his entrance, slickening the smooth flesh. Uryuu jumped when the first finger was slid gingerly inside, and, though he clenched his teeth at the new sensation, he managed to steady himself for the next. Ryuuken was exceedingly gentle with his son, but by the third finger, Uryuu was chewing his lip and breathing quickly, trying to stifle a whine at the back of his throat.
"Easy," Ryuuken urged him, "relax, Uryuu."
And the boy tried, but instead found himself convulsing with pleasure the moment his father's long, practiced fingers teased that blindingly sensitive spot inside him.
"Ryuuken - !" he cried, twisting beneath the older man.
Ryuuken withdrew his fingers and positioned himself over the boy; to his surprise, Uryuu draped his calves over his lower back, bringing them close together. The doctor slid his arms beneath the boy's delicate shoulders, bringing him into a tight embrace that left Uryuu's lips against his shoulder, their hearts pounding inches apart.
"Relax," Ryuuken reminded, reaching between their bodies to position the tip of his sex at his son's entrance, "I won't hurt you."
As his father pushed inside, the boy was incapable of making any sound. His brows knit together and he screwed his jaw shut, refusing to let the tears gathering in the corners of his eyes fall. He was so full, he could feel his flesh stretching to accommodate Ryuuken's length; he was on the verge of losing his composure when that rigid cock pressed firmly against his little pleasure center.
"Yes," he gasped, eyes wide, "there, that's that feels - " And his toes curled, legs tightened around Ryuuken, forcing him deeper into his body as his rhythm picked up and his thrusts came deeper and faster.
Ryuuken had no doubt that it was his son's first time - though there was little room for thought in his head at the moment. He kissed the boy's neck, and continued to thrust into the tightness of his body as his orgasm built inside him. Uryuu rocked back onto his sex, moaning sharply each time he brushed against that sensitive spot inside him. He clutched the doctor's broad shoulders as he neared orgasm, his body tightening and pulsing with pleasure -
"Ryuuken!" he finally cried, arching up sharply, drawing the man deep inside him with a sudden tightening of his legs about his back. His seed spilled over his stomach and he writhed as his orgasm pulsed through him in intense waves of pleasure, peaking as he felt Ryuuken fill him with his own seed.
When Uryuu was next aware, he was cradled tight against his father's body. Silence stretched between them as they both caught their breath, and let their hearts come to a steady rhythm again. When Ryuuken was finally prepared to speak again, he licked his lips and pressed a gentle kiss to his son's soft black hair.
"I love you, Uryuu," he murmured for the first time in years. There was a distinct trembling in his son's frail body, and the sentiment was shortly returned, an exchange which restored the Ishida household finally to a home.
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Schools don't need books celebrating guns
In a post-Newtown world, is it appropriate to sell books that celebrate gun ownership in our schools?
The World Encyclopedia of Rifles and Machine Guns has been placed in a number of local staff rooms. In a few cases, the books have proven so popular the distributor returned to schools with extra copies. The $15 book, subtitled An Illustrated Guide to 500 Firearms, is not being sold to students. It's part of a package of books and other products regularly offered to school staff at discount prices.
"Books like this obviously would not make it in the door if they were for student consumption," says Winnipeg School Division communications officer Dale Burgos.
One WSD high school stocks the book but keeps it in a locked room that can only be accessed by staff.
"Adults can buy them and take them home," says Burgos, pointing out the decision to allow the book in that school generated discussion among staff.
"Some said that it was inappropriate," Burgos says. However, "it can very well be purchased by a teacher who teaches history."
The book was delivered to Manitoba schools before Christmas. On Dec. 14, 26 people were massacred at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School. Debates about gun control have raged in the United States and elsewhere since the shootings.
Richard Stanton, regional manager for Reader's World books, says the title is a hit in Saskatchewan. They've sold 600 copies in less than a month.
"We've got quite a large hunting community," says the Saskatoon-based Stanton.
The book is also popular in rural Manitoba, he says.
School administrators make the decision whether or not to allow this book (or any other) into their staff rooms. Local distributor Chris Polle says he deliberately mentions the book title to principals and vice-principals.
"I ask if it's appropriate," he says. "If they don't want it, I don't include it."
The encyclopedia is part of a bundle of other offerings. Included are A Taste of Home cookbook, a couple of computer guides, Bible Basics, a Green Eggs and Ham floor puzzle and calculators. Merchandise is changed every four weeks.
Polle says he has only refused to sell one book in his 15 years with Reader's World. His father, a retired minister, was flipping through a joke book before Polle started delivering it to schools. It contained explicit sexual content.
Polle called head office. "I said, 'Did you guys read this book?' "
He has had other books declined by schools and daycares. One institution refused to stock a children's Bible.
"It's always their choice. If they don't want a book, it's up to them."
Again, the books won't be sold to students. Unless kids are hanging around staff rooms, they'll never see the title. But is encouraging the gun culture ever appropriate in a school setting? Shouldn't we be extra vigilant in the wake of Newtown?
Nelba Marquez-Greene, a former Winnipeg resident whose six-year-old daughter was killed Dec. 14, posted a raw message on Facebook Thursday.
"I am hanging on for my son," she wrote. "I will not lie to you. It is getting harder, not easier as the days go by. On more than one occasion the darkness has enveloped my spirit: "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?)
"I don't know too much of anything, but this I do know: If we don't find a way to bury at least some of our differences, we will, as a nation, continue to bury our children. We need to work together. We need to work together in a manner that protects our rights, our cultures, our liberties, our constitution and our children. It doesn't have to be either or.
"These arguments have been framed as 'us' versus 'them' so we don't listen and learn from one another. Why bother teaching our children to be kind and empathic in elementary school if we reward our leaders and talking heads in media for inciting division among us?"
Reading an illustrated book about machine guns won't turn anyone into a killer. But freeing our schools of anything that could be seen as glorifying weapons is an obvious way to turn words into actions.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition February 15, 2013 B1
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Many years later, armed with a university education and a portfolio of published work, she was hired as a Free Press columnist. During her 20-plus years on the job she wrote for every section in the paper, with the exception of Business -- though she joked she'd get around to them some day.
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Stained stainless?
I have streaks/stains on the front of the freezer of my Samsung French door fridge. I've tried stainless cleaners, soap and water, and the streaks pop right back when I dry the surface. Any ideas? I wish the Samsung stainless cleaned up as nicely as the stainless on my Kitchen Aid KUDE60 dishwasher! LOVE the fridge, but the stainless stains are driving me nuts. I think the streaks were caused when my cat knocked a half gallon of ice tea off the counter onto the floor. SPLASH! (^..^)~
Thank you!
Have you tried cleaning the stains with a magic eraser? Not sure if that will work but it would be worth a try. I know I wouldn't be able to live if I didn't have those things in my kitchen.
Another potential cause of the stains could be that the stainless is touching a different type of medal. Say for instance if the handles of your refrigerator are aluminum, the cheaper metal can react with the more expensive metal and cause rust stains. I doubt this is the problem but it's just a thought. Most likely it's what you said about the tea.
The following assumes that the stainless steel in question is not coated.
DuPont 5717S, available at automotive parts stores that deal with body shops, contains phosphoric acid that works well for cleaning steel. Be sure the room is well ventilated. Protect the floors. Wear gloves and eye protection, and dilute per directions into a non-metallic container. Put some of the diluted 5717S on a cloth pad. Wipe down the stainless steel and rinse with fresh water using another wet cloth and dry. Rinse everything touched by the acid.
If it still exists, PPG Metalprep is equivalent to 5717S.
This acid, as diluted, is not as aggressive as sulfuric, hydrochloric, cresylic, or hydrofluoric acids, but will be irritating to painful if left on the skin for more than a few tens of seconds. I would put its hazard at the same level as that of Clorox or ammonia (not both mixed).
Although I normally use it for car body repair, it proved handy when nothing else would remove some factory fingerprints on my Wolf hood extension.
Two things you can try (make sure fridge is real SS before using the BKF). Try some Barkeeper's Friend (the powdered version seems to pack more oomph) on a sponge/blue scrub sponge (not the green, which is too abrasive), and gently "scrub" the stain/streaks (going with the grain in the metal). Usually that will do the trick. Alternatively, try some Goo Gone (or Goof Off, nastier smell though) on a piece of paper towel or a rag. You can follow up with some BKF to remove any oily residue from the Goo Gone/Goof Off.
Might take a few rounds of cleaning, but should take care of the streaks. A dear friend had recently renovated her kitchen, and shortly after completion, her DH or one of the kids got mustard on her brand new SS DW. Even after cleaning it up, there were streaks on the SS. I cleaned them off for her (pretty sure I just used BKF), following up with my alcohol-water-lavender oil spray. DW was good as new!
Tip: skip the so-called SS cleaners/polishes. If you've already used them, remove it all (residue) using BKF and blue scrub sponge, "rinsing" afterward with a wet paper towel, cloth, rag, etc. Again, might take a few passes to get back to "bare" SS. Then, use the alcohol spray (in a spray bottle, mix ~30%-50% rubbing alcohol to ~70%-50% water, plus enough drops of essential lavender, or your choice oil to scent the mixture as desired), and a microfiber cloth for cleaning. I use this mixture on all of my SS, and on my granite. Works great!
A belated, but sincere THANK YOU for the suggestions. The BKF, which I have and use frequently....never would have thought it gentle enough for stainless---nor a blue scrubbie. And yes, I've used Stainless Cleaners so looks like I have some cleaning to do.
Interesting that you suggest microfiber---I hate it for my granite because it feels like it just smears stuff around. I've gone back to using out-of-service terry towels. And, maybe the smearing is coming from the specialty cleaners---perhaps that won't be an issue with your alcohol mix you suggest! I'll give it a try. And there's always Kaseki's more aggressive solution to try if round one doesn't work. Thanks, all!


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Leanne Dyck has a growing social network of over 4,000 followers. Leanne blog has recieved over 237,000 page views (since it was created on October 10, 2010). Within the last five years, Leanne has been published in Island Writer, Kaleidoscope, Canadian Stories, Icelandic Connection and Island Gals magazines. In 2014, Leanne's play, Lean on a Gulf Islander, was staged for a Mayne Island audience.
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Island Writer: the literary journal of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands
"Because She Believed In Me" (short story) (2009)
"Take Note" (short story) (2010)
Knit Together
"Meet A Canadian Designer" (essay) (2003)
"A Visit to a LYS: Bullock Lake Farm Bed & Breakfast, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia" (essay) (2007)
Kaleidoscope: exploring the experience of disability through literature and the fine arts
"If Not For Her" (short story) (2011)
Canadian Stories: a literary folk magazine written by or about Canadians
"Christmas Angels on Salt Spring Island" (short story) (2012)
Icelandic Connection
"Something Good to Eat" (short story) (2013)
"Eve's Other Children" (short story) (2013)
Island Gal: created by local woman
"Maybe If I Said It Out Loud" (short story) (2013)
Flavours of Vancouver: Dishes from Around the World
"Vinaterta" (recipe and a short story) (2005)
Knitting Notes: A Journal of Knitting Memories
"Knitting: An Ancient Craft" (essay) (2006)
My Gutsy Story Anthology
"Rising Above Exceptations" (essay) (2014)
Newspapers/Trade Magazines:
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"For the Love of Books" (essay) (1992)
The Islands Independent
"Mayne woman knits her business" (article) (2008)
"Mayne animal benefit" (article) (2009)
E book
The Sweater Curse (thriller) (2010)
Bono Bookstore
*This book is no longer available. Leanne has the author rights to this manuscript.
Self publishing:
Novelty Yarn (audio book) (2006)
knitting-themed short story collection
Yarn Therapy: an introduction to knitting (paperback) (2007)
a learn to knit/pattern book
Maynely A Mystery (paperback) (2009)
a cozy mystery set on Mayne Island
*None of these self-published publications are currently available. Leanne is now strictly a traditionally published author.
Loving Lisa
It's hard to breathe, think, move. I feel like sometone has torn out one of my vital organs: my liver, kidneys, heart. I know it would help if I could cry, but I'm beyond tears. I'm numb -- my brain's valiant effort to protect me from the truth.
But what is the truth? I roll the gold band around and around on my ring finger. I walk over to the fireplace and take our wedding photo off the mantel. Who is that young couple? I wondered. They look so happy, so much in love -- joined together by a promise. Has he broken that promise? Does he still love me?
I replace the photo and find myself in the kitchen. Coffee mug in hand, I sit at the table and peer out the window to where his car should be.
I don't want to think. I feel abandoned; I feel the distance between us.
But we've always been of different worlds. Me constantly in my head: analyzing, dissecting, categorizing, creating. I sit at my easel for hours. Paint splashes across the white canvase. He's always in motion: pumping weights, jogging, swimming, kayaking. He's a ray of light bouncing around the earth.
The coffee is hot against my tongue.
How he hates my dark moods.
"You should talk with someone," he often says, pushing me to treatment. I know what he thinks -- fix yourself, you're broken. I'm not allowed to be negative, ever. I always have to be perpetually happy. Well, that's not normal. It's fake. He takes my sadness as a personal insult. He proudly hands my paintings of sunshine and sweet things, but my darker, moodier creations are segregated to my studio.
"Why did you paint that?" he asks, judging, trying to censor me.
"You have not right," I tell him. And we fight.
Did I drive him away?
It may sound odd, but I'd like to think that I was at least partially responsible. It gives me a sense of control, I'd rather think that then...
Is someone else involved?
He's a good looking man. I see how other women lure at him. The lick their lips like he's chocolate. Lately, I've noticed her -- that sweet, young thing. What's her name? Oh, yeah, Lisa. I see how Lisa swallows him up with her eyes, then quickly looks away.
Where is he right now? Is he loving Lisa? Are they twisted together in silk sheets? What's the truth?
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Posted by Ashley on Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 6:25pm.
I don't want to have to keep posting numerous questions Ms.Sue.I don't want anyone to be mad at me for trying to get help.
3 is correct. I don't know about 4.
As long as you post your answers, it's fine.
Are these questions for an exam?
ok. they are short review questions and #4 c
The Internet is different from television in that the Internet (D)
A.has sites that are sponsored only by corporations.
B.provides users with high quality sequential programming.
C.cannot give users the same quality of sports commentary as television can.
D.gives users control that can radically alter their media experiences.
7. Even though many sport events have low ratings, television companies want to broadcast them because they fill "dead time" on weekends and because they (D)
A.last longer than a normal half-hour or one-hour show.
B.bring family members together around the television.
C.appeal to children and other impressionable people.
D.attract an audience that sponsors want to reach.
8. In the coverage of women's sports, it is common for the media to (D)
A.erase any acknowledgment of lesbian or gay athletes.
B.ignore the husbands and children of heterosexual female athletes.
C.focus disproportionately on homosexual athletes and their lifestyles.
D.ignore all aspects of sexuality.
9. Politics are part of sports and sport organizations. Which of the following is NOT an aspect of sports that involves political processes? (D)
A.Deciding where sport events will take place.
B.Making and enforcing rules governing competition.
C.Setting goals and motivating athletes and coaches.
D. Determining who is eligible to participate in certain sports.
10. Sports do bring people together and create "emotional unity," but a sociological understanding of the significance of this unity requires that we ask questions about (D)
A.the characteristics of the athletes who create this unity.
B.how the unity affects the performance of sport teams.
C.the long term political consequences of the unity.
D.the different types of unity created by men's and women's sports.
I agree with all of your answers except for 10. Please check your book.
if i am understanding correctly the answer would be (D) as well
#5 Sport orginizations try to make money from "rights fees" paid by (A)
A. electronic media that want to sell sport audiences to advertisers
B. organized groups of spectators who seek the right to watch events
C.local businesses who seek the right to sell things at sport events.
D.newspapers whose journalist write about sport events.
I agree with 5.
Ms.Sue is number 10 still wrong ?
I don't know whether 10 is wrong or right.
I would vote for A, but I could well be wrong. As I said, double check your book.
OK Thanks a lot Ms.Sue
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Impedance cardiography using band and regional electrodes in supine, sitting, and during exercisePublication Year: 1991 , Page(s): 393 - 400
Cited by: Papers (6) | Patents (8)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (685 KB)
The electrical impedance and its first derivative (dZ/dt) were measured at 100 kHz on ten normal males in supine and sitting positions and during upright bicycle exercise in order to compare the contribution of regional electrodes to the standard band electrode signal and to evaluate the possible use of spot electrodes for stroke volume (SV) measurements. Simultaneous measurements were made from band electrodes placed around the neck and lower thorax and from spot electrodes which recorded signals from the neck, upper thorax, and lower thorax. The results showed that approximately equal parts of the dZ/dt waveform came front the neck and upper thorax with the lower thorax contribution small but providing important features of the band signal. Changing from supine to sitting showed percentage decreases of 35% and 46% for the band and neck signals, respectively, with an increase of 19% for the upper thorax signal. The percentage increases in SV with upright exercise were 34%, 52%, and 24% for the band, neck, and upper thorax signals, respectively. View full abstract»
In vitro measurement and characterization of current density profiles produced by nonrecessed, simple recessed, and radially varying recessed stimulating electrodesPublication Year: 1991 , Page(s): 401 - 408
Cited by: Papers (14) | Patents (1)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (808 KB)
Potential fields induced by nonrecessed, simple recessed and radially varying recessed electrode designs were measured in vitro. Comparison of experimental results with theoretical analyses substantiated the experimental measurement technique and emphasized the importance of considering both nonuniform charge injection and surface electrochemistry when designing implantable stimulating electrodes. Radially varying recesses produced uniform charge injection at the electrode surface and at the aperture-tissue interface. In general, the radially varying recessed electrodes provided a combination of uniform charge injection and flexibility in design and fabrication that warrants their incorporation into all appropriate planar stimulating electrode designs. View full abstract»
The potential distribution generated by surface electrodes in inhomogeneous volume conductors of arbitrary shapePublication Year: 1991 , Page(s): 409 - 417
Cited by: Papers (14)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (676 KB)
The use of the boundary-element technique in the computation of the potential distribution within isotropic inhomogeneous volume conductors of arbitrary shape set up by current injected through surface electrodes is presented. The derived algorithm is validated by comparing its solution to analytical solutions in the case of a concentric bipolar electrode configuration on a homogeneous, spherical volume conductor. This problem is essentially a mixed boundary value problem. It is shown that approximations that involve treating this problem as a Neumann problem, which have recently appeared in the literature, are valid for remote field points only. Applications to the modeling of the field of cardiac defibrillation electrodes are presented. View full abstract»
Prediction of magnetically induced electric fields in biological tissuePublication Year: 1991 , Page(s): 418 - 422
Cited by: Papers (14) | Patents (8)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (417 KB)
Noninvasive magnetic stimulation of neurons in the brain can be realized by high-intensity rapidly changing magnetic fields. Attention is focused on the calculation of the induced electric fields commensurate with rapidly changing magnetic fields in biological tissue. The problem is not a true eddy current problem in that the magnetic fields induced do not influence the source fields. Two techniques are introduced for numerically predicting the fields, each employing a different gauge for the potentials used to represent the electric field. The first method employs a current vector potential and is best suited to two-dimensional (2-D) models. The second represents the electric field as the sum of a vector plus the gradient of a scalar field; because the vector can be determined quickly using the Biot-Savart rule (which for circular coils degenerates to an efficient evaluation employing elliptic integrals), the numerical model is a scalar problem even in the most complicated three-dimensional geometry. These two models are solved for the case of a circular current carrying coil near a conducting body with sharp corners. View full abstract»
Finite-difference time-domain calculations of absorbed power in the ankle for 10-100 MHz plane wave exposurePublication Year: 1991 , Page(s): 423 - 428
Cited by: Papers (4)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (439 KB)
The authors present finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) calculations of the short-circuit current and the specific energy absorption rate (SAR) in the ankle. Plane wave exposures from 10 to 100 MHz for an adult, a 10-year old, and 5-year old are considered. The calculations are performed in two parts. First, the coupling between a homogeneous whole body phantom and the applied field is calculated. The region around a lower leg is then expanded, the leg being described by a realistic fine-scale heterogeneous model. Tangential electric field components from the first part are used as boundary conditions on the reduced domain of the second part. Electric field values based on a maximum SAR of 20 W kg -1 are presented. View full abstract»
Recursive parameter identification of constrained systems: an application to electrically stimulated musclePublication Year: 1991 , Page(s): 429 - 442
Cited by: Papers (26)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (944 KB)
A method of incorporating constraints on model parameters is developed. This method is applicable to most recursive parameter-identification algorithms. It enforces linear equality constraints on identified parameters. The use of this method for the real-time identification of autoregressive-moving-average time series models, subject to parameter constraints, is described. These constraints may be time varying. The use of this algorithm is demonstrated in the identification of electrically stimulated quadriceps muscles in paraplegic human subjects, using percutaneous intramuscular electrodes. The nonlinear steady-state force versus pulsewidth recruitment characteristic of the electrode-muscle system is identified simultaneously with the input-output muscle response dynamics, using a Hammerstein-type model. Knowledge of the recruitment curve's shape is translated into constraints on the identified parameters. This information improves the experimental predictive quality of the identified model. View full abstract»
A method for evaluating the selectivity of electrodes implanted for nerve simulationPublication Year: 1991 , Page(s): 443 - 449
Cited by: Papers (3) | Patents (9)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (684 KB)
The authors describe a method based on the compound action potential (CAP) that provides a precise measurement of the selectivity of an electrode array and yet is relatively simple to use. The method uses the refractory interaction of the CAPs elicited by a stimulus pulse pair, along with high-resolution recording of those potentials, to achieve measurements of the selectivity of stimulation down to the scale of a few axon diameters. The feasibility of this technique is demonstrated in sciatic nerves of frogs (Rana Catesbiana) acutely implanted with a sapphire electrode array. The high-resolution recording of the compound action potential provides a method for evaluating dense neurostimulation electrode arrays. The refractory interaction of these CAP responses provides a simple method for studying current spread and electrode interaction down to a spatial resolution of about 25 mu m, depending upon the particular nerve used. View full abstract»
Air cooling for an interstitial microwave hyperthermia antenna: theory and experimentPublication Year: 1991 , Page(s): 450 - 460
Cited by: Papers (2) | Patents (1)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (893 KB)
Microwave antennas are inserted through brachytherapy catheters implanted in a tumor to deliver interstitial hyperthermia cancer therapy. Theoretical calculations show that a cooling rate on the order of 0.1 W/cm length of catheter will significantly improve the radial uniformity of the temperature distribution of single antennas or arrays. Experiments and theoretical calculations show that air passing through the annulus between the antenna and the catheter at 10 L/min or less will produce such a cooling rate in a 2.2-mm OD catheter that has both ends accessible. To maintain uniformity of cooling rate along the catheter, it is better to control the cooling rate by preheating the air entering the catheter to 30-40 degrees C than it is to control the flow rate of room-temperature air. Ohmic heating of the antenna feedline does not confound the air cooling action significantly. View full abstract»
A blind mobility aid modeled after echolocation of batsPublication Year: 1991 , Page(s): 461 - 465
Cited by: Papers (17) | Patents (1)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (501 KB)
A new model of a mobility and for the blind was designed using a microprocessor and ultrasonic devices. This mobility and was evaluated based on psychophysical experiments. In this model, a downswept frequency-modulated (FM) ultrasound signal is emitted from a transmitting array with broad directional characteristics in order to detect obstacles. The ultrasound reflections from the obstacles are picked up by a two-channel receiver. The frequency of the emitted ultrasound is swept from 70 to 40 kHz within 1 ms, so it has almost the same characteristics as the ultrasound a bat produces for echolocation. The frequency of the reflected ultrasound wave is downconverted by about 50:1 by using a microcomputer with analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters. These audible waves are then presented binaurally through earphones. In this method obstacles may be perceived as localized sound images corresponding to the direction and the size of the obstacles. From the results of psychophysical experiments, it was found that downswept FM ultrasound was superior to other ultrasonic schemes for the recognition of small obstacles. With it a blind person can recognize a 1-mm-diameter wire. It was also proved that the blind could discriminate between several obstacles at the same time without any virtual images. This mobility aid is very effective at detecting small obstacles placed in front of the head. View full abstract»
Magnetic search coil system for linear detection of three-dimensional angular movementsPublication Year: 1991 , Page(s): 466 - 475
Cited by: Papers (2) | Patents (1)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (882 KB)
The design of a two-dimensional magnetic field search coil system based on the extension of the phase detection principle for measuring the angular position and displacements of a search coil in three-dimensional space is described. The extended phase detection principle was implemented in a two-axis angular detector, which generates a spatially rotating magnetic field. The system was developed to record horizontal and vertical eye and head movements of small, unrestrained laboratory animals. It is also applicable for measuring 3-D eye and head movements in primates and man. The output is linear over 355 degrees in the horizontal plane and over +or-60 degrees in the vertical direction. The procedure of recording 3-D eye and head movements is discussed. View full abstract»
Design and validation of the transparent oxygen sensor arrayPublication Year: 1991 , Page(s): 476 - 482
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A new oxygen monitoring system has been developed that consists of an array of transparent independently connected oxygen sensors mounted on a glass plate. This system is intended for continuous monitoring of oxygen at multiple locations on the surface of exteriorized tissues, while simultaneously visualizing microvascular activity. The sensor array is fabricated by techniques similar to those employed for semiconductors, which facilitate customization of sensor size and pattern to best monitor oxygen in a given physiologic preparation. Methods are described for characterizing the performance of the sensor array in vitro, including studies on the oxygen sensitivity stability of the signal, and detection of oxygen gradients. An example of in vivo application of the sensor array is also presented. View full abstract»
Reconstruction of sequential cardiac in-plane displacement patterns on the chest wall by laser speckle interferometryPublication Year: 1991 , Page(s): 483 - 489
Cited by: Papers (12)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (662 KB)
Time-average speckle interferometry has been applied to obtain displacement patterns on the chest wall produced by cardiac action, in the absence of breathing, during various phases of the cardiac cycle. This has been achieved by an electronic shutter, controlled by the electrocardiogram of the subject. The recorded holographic plates processed under identical conditions are scanned by the pointwise method to obtain the absolute displacements at various locations corresponding to the activities of the various cardiac chambers and valves. These data are transformed to a 40*30 matrix by an interpolation method and, from this, three-dimensional displacement plots are reconstructed by an IBM PC/AT computer. These patterns show the displacements over the entire cardiac area corresponding to the activities of various regions during the cardiac cycle. The apex and aortic valve areas show the maximum displacements during the systolic phase. During the diastolic phase the activities over the low-pressure atrial regions are also observed. The results obtained outline the functional details of the normal heart and the activities over various areas are in agreement with those obtained by other noncontact techniques. View full abstract»
A fast and simple algorithm for the calculation of convective heat transfer by large vessels in three-dimensional inhomogeneous tissuesPublication Year: 1991 , Page(s): 490 - 501
Cited by: Papers (6)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (1067 KB)
Three-dimensional anatomical data of tissues and vessel structures are decomposed into elementary cubic nodes by a special digitizing routine with vessels represented by connected strings of vessel nodes. Vessel cross sections may be irregularly shaped and/or tapered. Conductive and convective heat transfer was calculated through use of the heat balance technique on each cubic node, resulting in an explicit finite-difference computational scheme. Employing a three-time-level scheme, the Fourier stability criterion is circumvented allowing arbitrary time steps to be defined in the algorithm. Time steps as large as 100 times the Fourier restricted one still result in stable and convergent calculations of the stationary temperature distribution. Vessels with different flows and diameters are incorporated by performing a vessel-specific second discretization step in time. Using the new algorithm as a mathematical tool the thermal equilibration lengths of vessel segments have been established under a broad range of geometrical and flow conditions. Validation followed from comparing transient and stationary temperature distributions derived by the proposed algorithm to those from an accurate cylindrical numerical model. Predicted values for the thermal equilibration lengths are compared to an analytical expression and phantom experiments. View full abstract»
A pseudomatched filter model applied to the transient system of human visionPublication Year: 1991 , Page(s): 502 - 510
Cited by: Papers (1)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (817 KB)
A pseudomatched filter configuration is presented as a model for the transient system of human visual perception. This model resembles the models proposed by W. Reichardt (1971) and C. Rashbass (1970), but the pseudomatched filter model is linear. The choice of the model is based on the shape of the psychophysically measured impulse response and on physiological and functional arguments. The parameters of the model are estimated for different data sets. The model was fitted to experimentally determined impulse responses of the transient channel of the visual system. In most cases the model's parameters were found, so a reasonable fit was obtained. It was found that under the same conditions (background level and field diameter) the estimated model was essentially the same for different subjects. Comparison of the results from the fits at different background levels showed that from the three parameters in the model only the angular frequency changed by more than the estimated standard deviation. It is shown that the model is in agreement with other psychophysical data. This is shown by predicting the threshold-versus-duration curve and the sensitivity to sinusoidal stimuli. The model's threshold-versus-duration curves agree well with the experimental data. View full abstract»
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