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Zotac Zbox Blu-ray series first mini-PCs to boast an integrated Blu-ray drive
By Darren Quick
September 9, 2010
There's no doubt the format war between HD-DVD and Blu-ray scared a lot of consumers away from upgrading from DVD to a higher definition format. Even though it's been more than two years since Blu-ray took the honors and HD-DVD was relegated to the technological scrap heap sales of Blu-ray players haven't really scaled the heights that manufacturers would have liked. But as prices continue to drop more and more Blu-ray devices are hitting the market. The latest is the world's first mini-PCs with an integrated Blu-ray drive in the form of the Zotac Zbox Blu-ray series.
Like the Zbox HD-ID11, the new HD-ID33 and HD-ID34 are designed as HTPCs, but in an even more compact Mini-ITX form factor. They both feature a slot-loading Blu-ray drive capable of 4x Blu-ray, 8x DVD and 24x CD speeds and the ability to write to DVD±R/RW and CD±R/RW discs.
They are powered by a 1.8GHz dual-core Intel Atom D525 processor and NVIDIA ION GPU with 512MB of video memory. The multimedia credentials also include the ability to stream video over the onboard 802.11n Wi-Fi, HDMI (with audio) and DVI-I ports (with a VGA dongle included), 6-in-1 card reader, optical digital S/PDIF and 7.1 channel LPCM digital audio and DirectX 10.1 support. There's also two USB 2.0 (one a combo eSATA/USB 2.0 port) and two USB 3.0 ports.
The only difference between the two Zbox Blu-ray series models is the inclusion of 2GB of RAM and a 2.5-inch 250GB HDD with the HD-ID34. Those opting for the HD-133 will have to source their own RAM and 2.5-inch HDD.
There's no operating system installed on either system but they support Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Linux, and a copy of Cyberlink's PowerDVD 8 is included with both systems. No word on pricing or release date for the Zbox Blu-ray series as yet, so keep an eye on the Zotac website.
"Blu-ray took the honors" isn't a very appropriate way to put it considering the scandalous way the format war was ended.
drumalis9th September, 2010 @ 11:19 am PDT
"Blu-ray players haven't really scaled the heights that manufacturers would have liked"... about everyone I know has a blu-ray player now or a PS3 capable of BR. These manufacturers are NEVER happy!
Seriously, people will get around to it now that prices are dirt cheap on basic Blu-Ray players.
Our local exchange store had $160 Blu-Ray players for half-price, and ANOTHER 50% off over a one-day special: $40. That's pretty cheap! Granted they were no OPPO players, without web connectivity... but they play blu-ray 1080p/60 over HDMI. Nice for a cheap first player, or a kid's room.
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Coupling of V(D)J Recombination to the Cell Cycle Suppresses Genomic Instability and Lymphoid Tumorigenesis
Coupling of V(D)J Recombination to the Cell Cycle Suppresses Genomic Instability and Lymphoid Tumorigenesis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.02.003
Li Zhang
Taylor L. Reynolds
Xiaochuan Shan
Stephen Desiderio
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► In RAG-2(T490A) knockin mice, V(D)J recombination persists through cell cycle ► RAG-2(T490A) expression is associated with aberrant repair of RAG-induced DNA breaks ► Repair is also aberrant in mice lacking Skp2, which mediates RAG-2 destruction ► Expression of RAG-2(T490A) in Trp53−/− mice results in genomic instability and lymphoma
V(D)J gene segment recombination is linked to the cell cycle by the periodic phosphorylation and destruction of the RAG-2 protein at the G1-to-S cell cycle transition. To examine the function of this coupling, we constructed mice in which the phosphorylation site at threonine 490 of RAG-2 was mutated to alanine. The RAG-2(T490A) mutation uncoupled DNA cleavage from cell cycle and promoted aberrant recombination. Similar aberrant recombination products were observed in mice deficient in the Skp2 ubiquitin ligase subunit, which is required for periodic destruction of RAG-2. On a p53-deficient background, the RAG-2(T490A) mutation induced lymphoid malignancies characterized by clonal chromosomal translocations involving antigen receptor genes. Taken together, these observations provide a direct link between the periodic destruction of RAG-2 and lymphoid tumorigenesis. We infer that cell cycle control of the V(D)J recombinase limits the potential genomic damage that could otherwise result from RAG-mediated DNA cleavage.


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Bass Pro Shops® Excel® Monofilament Line Jumbo Spools
Excel is soft, smooth, and limp, allowing for long casts. Limited stretch and high-impact shock strength, so there are no surprises when you set the hook.
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Back in 1994 I purchased a 9,000 yard spool of 6lb test Bass Pro Shops Excel line in the green color. I remember using the line on every outting and had great success. Then I graduated highschool and went on to college and so forth. During this time I had not fished. Fast forward to 2006 I later found this old spool and thought what the heck I'll give it a shot and if it breaks on knots and casts then I'll just toss it in the garbage. Much to my surprise the line held up just as strong as it did the day I got it. I found this spool sitting in my tool shed where it gets very hot during the summers and we all know that heat and fishingline don't mix. Of course the line was stored in the cardboard box that it originally came in but we're talking about 12 years in storage. I've tried many lines in the past and I'm still currently experimenting with other brands. Names like Pline, Maxima, Ande, suffix, Trilene, Izorline, even over seas brand like Dam. These lines have been purchased long after I've forgotten about the Excel and the only brand that comes close in durability over time would be p-line cxx-xtra strong. If you haven't tried it give it a shot. Overall, I'm not saying Excel is the strongest line out there but if I were to rate it it would be like this.
Knot Strength: 4/5 *When compared to more expensive brands.
Break Strength: 4/5 *When compared to more expensive brands.
Memory: 5/5 *When compared to any brand.
Castability: 5/5 *When compared to any brand.
Abrasion: 4/5 *This is expected of line that is this soft and castable.
Durability: 5/5* This is where the line really shines.
There is no other line that I've used out there that has maintained all of it's original chracteristics over a long period of time. Bass Pro Shops Excel is definitely one of the best value out there.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by JWLuciano Best mono fishing line value out there
I have used this line for years and years. You won't find a better value out there. For the money, there is no comparison. Trust me, I have fished them all. If there is one downfall, it would be that the line stretch is fairly significant. However, for crankbait fishing, I actually prefer to have the stretch so I don't pull the bait out of the mouth of the bass before hook up. With 6 lbs test Bass Pro Shops Excel Monofilament, I have landed plenty of 5 to 7 lbs bass and have not had any issues with line breakage.
February 7, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Mitchet Great line for the price.
I fish for catfish here in texas. I was at bass pro in grapevine and they had this line on sale for a big spool. I got a box of the 17 lb stuff and figured i'd give it a shot. I've caught every size catfish from 2 to 20 lbs with it and had no problems besides the occasional snapped line from too much stress on the knot. They say mono will stretch but I think it all has its limits. I fish with 12 ft. rods and 3 to 6 ounce weights and it does just as well as shakesphere cajun red line that i've been using for years. Over all a very good line for the price. I only give 4 stars because I did lose about a 40-50 pounder the other night. That was the occasional snapped line I was referring to.
June 23, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Redfisher98 Good line
This line has great strength and knot strength, but it can sometimes have knots when fishing in windy conditions. Overall this line is great.
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I looked at my 1500 yd spools and can't find one. I always write the dates on my spools when I buy them. I have also found, kept indoors, this line has a tremendous usable shelf life.A:
Not that I can see! I don't know that any line maker does that.Top 50 Contributor
No,but...I had some 8lb test that was left in my basement for 6 years,I stripped off the first 2 layers and the rest broke at 14 lb settings...I am very impressed, cant beat the price and value.Answers
High stretch in my opinion. However, not necessarily a bad thing if you are fishing crankbaits or spinnerbaits.A:
In my opinion, this would be an average to low stretch for a normal mono line. Especially for the price. If you are looking for a true low stretch, go with a braid or copolymer like Fireline or Spiderwire. Not recommending the brands, just a type of line.Top 250 Contributor
has some stretch .is the only line i use for all my fishing.i have used a slew of mono and there's none beter than the bp line.Top 50 Contributor
this is a typical mono line, which will stretch as you would expect normal mono to. i like using the lower # tests (4, 6) for panfishing. that's where these jumbo spools come in handy, especially if you're filling up spare spools. i probably go thru more line panfishing than anything else. and saving a few bucks on line definitely helps. don't forget to use some reel magic on your line the night before a trip. makes the line nice and limp and reduces memory.Answers
Low spool memory and excellent for both spinning reels and baitcasting reels.A:
Mono sat on spools for a couple of weeks before I managed to get out. Very low memory so far (about 3 weeks).A:
Well, in general I would say no. However, if you leave it spooled for 6 months without use it may may appear a little curly without any tension on it...Answers
Absolutely! Monofilament line is excellent for crankin' in my opinion because the stretch gives time for the fish to load up before setting the hook and reduces the chances of you skin hooking the bass and pulling it away too quickly with lines like braid or fluorocarbon.A:
Yes is very easy to manage.!Top 250 Contributor
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Monofilament is great for power styles of fishing (such as cranking) because of it's stretching ability. It helps to compensate for short striking fish on lures and hard hook sets because it allows for a split-second longer of a hook set. Try lighter line to get the bait deeper or use heavier line to help the bait float higher in the water column (depending on what you are trying to mimic).Details:
I will be using it for Specks and Reds.Answers
I use it in saltwater, but I don't do much of it. It would be comparable with any other mono. I recommend a leader. The water itself won't hurt the line at all. If abrasion is your ? I would try something a little more tough.Top 500 Contributor
i guess you could but i don't go saltwater fish but once a year last year i went on a charter boat in fort walton florida on vacation and they were using ande and they have cought some HUGE fish so i recomed using andeA:
The old line was great stuff and I would use it anywhere. I just spooled with "new" 6 lb and it lays on the water like a slinky and springs off the reel. I am tossing it.A:
We have had great fishing with excell in both salt and fresh...........the fish in pic's came out of Puget Sound, on this line in either 12 or 30 lb.Images for this Answer
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I use it as my primary line when fishing the Florida keys. After trying several different lines, I have always come back to Excel mono as my first choice, not because of price, but performance, as line would be a terrible thing to try and save money on.A:
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EC12 would be the clear 1500 yd spool of ExcelA:
Just call and talk to any of the operators.......they are all helpful and nice. They will help to get you the color you want.A:
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I have used excel for years after reading the reveiws i'm not sure i should purchase several new spools this yearAnswers
If you are comparing it to other more expensive line I think you will be satisfied with the performance that you will get as I have been.A:
I buy enough line at a given time to be used in a 2 year period. I note the date of purchase on each spool I get and attempt to use it all in that timeframe. Mono does seem to generate line memory as it ages and I have been told becomes more brittle as well. Neither, good characteristics for hooking and landing fish!A:
I have also used Excel for many years. I use pretty much all line sizes for various applications from 6lb to 25lb test . I have never had a problem with any of those issues.I will continue to use excel in the future.A:
Dont buy it. Get a different line.Top 50 Contributor
Yes,I still love it it!!!A:
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When I purchase EXCEL (1500 yd spools) I mark the month/year on the inside of the flap. This way I know when I purchased it. I found some 4lb in the garage and used it last week. I couldn't tell it from the line I purchased last month. Keep it dry and out of the sun and you won't have a problem.Top 500 Contributor
The new stuff I just baught is not smooth and has quit a bit of memoryA:
As long as you purchase the line that hasNew Formula on the box you should be OK.
If it doesn't say that, from my experience stay away from it.
I recieved this Years order of excel a couple weeks ago and it seems as great as ever...I'd say go for it coach...A:
Strong, soft and supple as ever.Answers
I do not know but I thought it might be by StrenTop 25 Contributor
I believe it is made in China - a lot of their products are made in China.A:
Have not used this product as of today. Reason is I had just replaced all the line on my reels prior to receiving this line. I will be replacing two reels in the near future and will send you my feelings on the line if it's still possible to do so.A:
Produced in the USA and spooled in China.A:
exel is produced in ChinaA:
Like most other products since the trade agreements, not in the USA, I think the label says made in ChinaTop 50 Contributor
it was formerly made in USA,But now made in ChinaTop 500 Contributor
excell used to be made in the good'ol U.S.A. but the new stuff is made in chinaA:
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How to buy and care for a piano — for 20 years the piano consumer's "bible." For more information, see the Table of Contents below and the Reviews and Excerpts at left.
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MILAN Oct 4 (Reuters) - Finmeccanica said it had agreed to sell power unit Ansaldo Energia to an Italian state-backed fund, a deal that will help the company cut debt and focus on its core aerospace, defence and security businesses.
Finmeccanica, one of Italy's largest employers, put the gas turbine maker and other assets up for sale two years ago but political meddling slowed the process, prompting downgrades to junk of its 5 billion euro ($6.80 billion) debt pile.
The operation agreed on Friday envisages state-backed lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, through its Fondo Strategico Italiano fund, buying 85 percent of Ansaldo Energia in 2013 and the rest via a put and call option in 2017, for 777 million euros.
Under the deal, Finmeccanica will initially retain 15 percent of Ansaldo Energia and cash in 273 million euros, while U.S. fund First Reserve will sell its entire 45 percent holding to FSI.
The transaction also includes an earn-out worth up to 130 million euros, linked to economic results already laid out in Ansaldo Energia's business plan.
South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries and German group Siemens had also been in the running to buy the Genoa-based firm but opposition by local politicians and trade unions to foreign takeovers derailed their attempts.
Looking forward, Finmeccanica is expected to pursue talks with CDP to sell its loss-making train unit AnsaldoBreda and its 40 percent stake in rail technology firm Ansaldo STS, which had attracted interest from foreign industrial groups Hitachi and General Electric.
Two sources familiar with the situation said Finmeccanica CEO Alessandro Pansa aims to complete those sales before his mandate expires in April 2014, paving the way for a further reduction of its debt.
A streamlined structure would help Finmeccanica complete its restructuring process and free it to set its sights on any possible consolidation in the European defence industry.
Shares in Finmeccanica ended up 0.6 percent at 5.23 euros on Friday, giving the company a market value of about 3 billion euros. In the last month, shares have risen 33 percent on expectations of an imminent deal to sell Ansaldo Energia.
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In October, a Middleton High School Student was hit and killed by a car while crossing Hillsborough Avenue on her way to school. The Florida Department of Transportation estimates that there are 375 people killed in car accidents annually in the Tampa area. But a transportation bill in the U.S. House would fund fewer projects that would make it safer to walk or ride a bike.
As he attempted to lead a group of ten Middleton High School students across Hillsborough Avenue at 22nd Street, Rudy Umbs could have been another pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle along that busy corridor.
"Didn't stop. That is not unusual. Cars are supposed to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks when they have legal right. And they're not. And that's where a lot of the crashes are occurring is people are just stepping off the curb and getting hit because cars are wielding around. Because drivers are looking that way because they don't want to get hit. They're not letting us cross.
Umbs is a retired chief highway safety engineer for the Federal Highway Administration. His goal as he paraded teenagers around the busy Hillsborough Avenue corridor was to teach them how to use awareness as a safety tool. But if watching cars carelessly whiz by a group of neon clad pedestrians wasn't impactful enough, Umbs appealed to their wallets.
"It costs you, personally, $900 a year. You, your brother, your sister, everybody and that's the cost of car crashes.â€
But teaching ten kids to look both ways isn't enough. The Sierra Club's regional representative Phil Compton said Florida needs a fair slice of the mandatory gas tax charged at the pump.
"Right now, 10% of monies have to go to transportation enhancements and that includes making it safer to walk or ride a bike and that's something we really need here in Tampa Bay of course, because Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville and Miami are the four most dangerous places to walk in America and Tampa and Orlando are the two most dangerous places to ride a bicycle.â€
But the proposed House transportation bill would instead make states compete for that money. Last year, Governor Rick Scott rejected more than 2 billion dollars in federal funding for high-speed rail. Compton said the governor's track record makes winning funding for any projects other than roadways unlikely.
"All the money that's going to that would be eliminated and then it would have to be appropriated in a competitive way so Florida would have to fight with other states to get money for bicycling and walking. And when you have the state legislature and the Governor not necessarily inclined towards those types of funds, it really puts making Florida safer at risk.â€
Middleton High School Student Shanika Davis was killed in October crossing Hillsborough Avenue on her way to school. She wasn't crossing at a crosswalk. Tampa traffic homicide Detective Patrick Messmer said it's a common cause of pedestrian accidents.
"A lot of times, pedestrians in crosswalks, it's hard to get vehicles to yield to them so that contributes. And a lot of times, the majority of our pedestrian crashes at least in the City of Tampa that we get called on, the pedestrians are not crossing in a crosswalk. They're crossing mid-walk, they're crossing mid-block, they're crossing outside of an intersection and the vehicles have a very difficult time seeing them because they're not expecting to see the pedestrian out in the roadway. And pedestrians, either they don't see the vehicles coming or else they just assume that the vehicle is going to stop and the vehicle doesn't stop.â€
While funding mandates for safety improvements would help the Tampa Bay area's higher than normal fatality rates, officials are still trying to reduce accidents. William Porth is the traffic safety coordinator for the City of Tampa. He said studies were conducted to place a crosswalk along Hillsborough Avenue near where Davis was killed. The crosswalk isn't going to happen, but plans are still in the works to make it safer.
"On this strip of Hillsborough Avenue, both for east and westbound travel, the Florida Department of Transportation would install a pedestrian zone through the use of signs and flashers bringing awareness to traffic that there's heavy movement along the corridor.â€
Safety engineer Rudy Umbs said there are also guidelines for making crosswalks safer for pedestrians to make it to the other side before traffic signals change.
"And there are standards that are set up that traffic signals are supposed to allow so much time; it's 3.5 feet per second that you can cross so we do the calculations. But I just kind of figured out what 3.5 seconds is on my walk.â€
Regardless, the Sierra Club's Phil Compton said more focus needs to be placed on alternative modes of transportation. Walking, biking, public transportation, any further choices Compton said would help reduce transportation-related injuries and deaths.
"This is really the dream of big oil to deny us those choices; to keep us addicted to oil because there's so many things that would be undone that we've had here in America that have enabled most of the rest of America to have the choices that we don't have here in Tampa Bay to not drive our car every time we go leave our homes.â€
The transportation bill is sponsored by Orlando-area Republican John Mica. In a letter yesterday the White House warned that President Obama would veto the bill if it passed, citing safety concerns.


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A code change that would have expanded Riverhead Town's ability to seize dogs was delayed a bit after a public hearing Tuesday, when one resident complained that the new wording was too subjective and vague.
She objected to one particular phrase, which would let a town worker take her dog even if it was in her fenced-in yard, if anyone walking past her house felt "intimidated ... or in reasonable apprehension of bodily harm" by the dog's barking.
Barking is common in summer when large crowds come to the aquarium in downtown Riverhead, and walk down local streets to their cars.
"If your dog is behind the fence, it's doing what it's supposed to," Supervisor Sean Walter said.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The state's top budget official is reporting an 8.3 percent increase in General Fund revenue in May, largely thanks to improved collections from the sales tax, individual income taxes and property taxes.
Budget Director Jane Driskell released a monthly revenue report on Monday.
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The Category 2 Centres for World Heritage were created in order to assist and support the States Parties of the three LAC sub-regions to implement the 1972 World Heritage Convention. Two centres have been created with this purpose: the Rio de Janeiro Centre for the South American sub-region and the Zacatecas Centre for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
Rio de Janeiro Centre
The Rio de Janeiro Centre was created to support and assist Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries in South America, Africa and Asia. Its programmes and activities focus on training and the dissemination of best practices in the heritage management area based on the universal message of the Convention for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage of 1972 as its main reference point.
The Centre's mission is to promote training and research activities to contribute to the implementation of the 1972 World Heritage Convention. The Centre will provide assistance to countries in the Region for the creation or strengthening of national capacities in the field of heritage management and to allow other direct stakeholders to participate in initiatives related to heritage.
Main Objectives
- Contribute to achieving United Nations Millennium Development Goals;
- Build capacity for heritage management in the Region;
- Act as a reference centre for education, research and training and a platform for networking and skills in the field of heritage through projects, programmes and courses;
- Develop a knowledge base on conservation, preservation, management, supervision, theoretical and applied research and education in the field of heritage;
- Contribute to methodology developments for the conservation, preservation and management of heritage;
- Promote and enable a global network of institutions and organizations concerned with education and research with a view to identifying substantiated solutions to problems facing heritage management;
- Promote entrepreneurship in a university context.
- Sharing specialist expertise with UNESCO, in particular with the World Heritage Centre, and cooperating with UNESCO's intergovernmental committees in the field of heritage, as well as other institutions.
In order to facilitate discussion and collaboration for the development and monitoring of programmes, discussion groups have been created for both centres (limited access to members).
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The Category 2 Centre at Zacatecas was created with a view to assisting Mexico and the Member States of Central America and the Caribbean to implement the 1972 World Heritage Convention.
It will comply with the relevant provisions of the Operational Guidelines, including those relating to the Global Strategy for a representative, balanced and credible World Heritage List (Paragraph 55), with an emphasis placed on the importance of regional studies and initiatives, and the need to support the process of regular reporting in order to "create a mechanism for regional cooperation and exchange of information and experience among States Parties on the implementation of the Convention and the conservation of World Heritage" (Paragraph 201). Another objective of the Zacatecas Centre will be contributing to the application of a International Training Strategy on World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Helsinki, 2001), which the World Heritage Committee believes is one of the main ways of achieving the strategic objective of "capacity-building" adopted in the 26th meeting of the Committee, held in Budapest in 2002.
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- Contribute to sustainable development through sound management of natural and cultural heritage;
- Promote research on cultural and natural heritage, in particular for the properties inscribed on the World Heritage List.
- Contribute to the creation and dissemination of information through the establishment of a documentation centre dealing with the properties on the World Heritage List in the Region;
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In the end though, the message is clear. "If you've lost everything, you might as well cut loose and run. You never know, the libraian you shot may have a son coming to take you down." Or another moral of the story is "Avoid crazy old men on the stairs when you leave the courtroom."


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New Daughter, Chapter 3
Fiction, Incest, Male/Teen Female
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Gender: Male Age: Secret Location: In the bushes outside your bedroom window.
Posted: 2009-05-23
We decide that nudity is acceptable when we're alone together.
Chapter 3
It's Okay. We're Family.
I didn't know what to do. It was as if my mind ceased working at that moment. Here I was, completely naked, in front of my daughter! And worse, she was staring right at my cock!
It took about fifteen seconds before my mind finally managed to grasp the situation. Then I suddenly grabbed the towel and threw it in front of me.
"I'm sorry," said Kimmy with a frightened expression on her face. "Please don't hit me."
"Hit you?" I asked, stunned. "I'm not..." Then I managed to gain control of myself. I slipped back inside the bathroom and closed the door, then wrapped the towel around my waist. I took a deep breath to calm my nerves, then opened the door and stepped into the bedroom.
"Daddy..." said Kimmy sheepishly.
"Kimmy, I want to get something straight right now. I'm never going to hit you. Ever. No matter what you do."
"But Troy did it all the time."
"I'm not Troy," I told her. I crossed the room and sat down on the bed next to her. "Listen to me carefully. He did a lot of things to you that you didn't like, but it was never,
your fault. It was his. You did absolutely nothing wrong."
"But I..." she stammered. "I wasn't a good girl. I tried to be, but sometimes I burned the food, or broke something, or didn't get good grades at school. I'm not good for anything."
"That's not true!" I exclaimed. "Honey, Troy was the one who wasn't good for anything. He was a worthless excuse for a human being. Do you know what worthless people do to make themselves feel better?"
"They try to make everyone around them feel even worse than they do. It's the only way they can feel good about themselves. Whatever Troy said to you, it was a lie. You are a wonderful girl."
"But I've never been good at anything."
"You're good at brightening up my day," I said with a smile.
"Really?" she asked.
"Absolutely. Even if you accidentally walked in on me when I wasn't expecting you, I'm happy to see you."
Kimmy broke down into tears then, throwing her arms around me and sobbing into my chest. I hugged her, and leaned down to kiss her on the top of her head.
"Things are going to be different around here, honey," I told her. "You deserve so much better than the life you had before."
"But Mom said it was my fault that she was stuck in a trailer park with no job and a mean boyfriend."
"Don't you believe it, sweetheart," I insisted. "Kimmy, if anyone's to blame, it's me."
"You?" she asked.
"Yes. You didn't ask to be born to a thirteen-year-old single mother who didn't love you. I was the one who traded your happiness for a moment of pleasure. I don't know whether to hate myself for it or not, because if I hadn't, you wouldn't even exist. But the only thing that matters is that you're with me now, and I'm going to work my hardest to make it up to you. From now on I want you to have the life that you've been dreaming about, the life you've been denied for so long."
"Thank you, Daddy," she smiled, no longer in tears but still holding on to me.
We embraced like that for a few more minutes, then she finally let go.
"So what did you want to see me about?" I asked.
She pointed to my desk, where I noticed a tray with two plates of food on it. It looked like bacon, eggs, toast with jam, and orange juice.
"You brought me breakfast?" I asked, and she nodded.
"I wanted to do something nice for you," she explained, "to thank you for taking me in. And then I screwed it up and embarrassed you."
"Oh, don't let that bother you," I told her. "I'm touched, really. You're so sweet, Kimmy," I said, putting an arm around her shoulder and kissing her on the cheek. Her eyes lit up with delight at the gesture.
"There are two plates there," I commented. "I take it you haven't eaten yet?"
She shook her head.
"Then let's both have breakfast in bed," I smiled. Kimmy grinned, then hopped up and retrieved the tray. I took it from her as she climbed into the bed, pulling the blankets over her legs. I slipped my legs under them as well, then placed the tray on both our laps.
As it turned out, Kimmy was a great cook. The eggs were over easy, just the way I liked them, the bacon was nice and crispy, and the toast wasn't too dark or too light. She had even squeezed the oranges herself to make the juice. Although I knew I had a couple of cans of concentrate in the freezer, I could tell the difference.
I put my free arm around her shoulder as we ate, and she scooted right up against my chest. She kept looking at me and smiling throughout the meal, saying nothing but merely enjoying my presence. I had to admit that I enjoyed hers just as much. Never before had any girl been this affectionate with me, not even my girlfriend.
I was just thinking that I liked it, when a drop of jam from the toast fell onto my chest. Before I could even reach for the napkin, Kimmy giggled and leaned over, surprising me by licking it off.
I shuddered at the touch; that felt way too good, even sexy. Kimmy winked at me with a grin on her face, making me wonder just how innocent it had been. Had it been any other girl, I would say she had done it to flirt with me.
I was still staring at her when she grabbed my hand, which was sticky with the jam. She raised it to her lips, then sucked the index finger into her mouth. The sight of her gazing and smiling at me as she sucked on my finger was almost too much, especially with the stimulation of her tongue on my fingertip. I felt myself starting to get hard, fortunately under the covers where she couldn't see it.
She took each of my fingers into her mouth in turn, never breaking eye contact with me. It was such a sexy gesture, I couldn't believe it. Of course, there was nothing overtly sexual about it; it was affectionate, a little intimate even. Of course, that could be said about just about everything she had said and done up to this point. Was she really flirting with me, or was it just simple affection between father and daughter?
"Now it's your turn," she grinned, releasing my hand and bringing hers up to my face.
For a moment I hesitated. I didn't know what to do. I had never been in the habit of licking other people's fingers; up to this point the idea would have seemed abhorrent. But it was different with Kimmy.
I slipped her index finger into my mouth and sucked on it. Kimmy giggled at the sensation. I had to admit, she tasted good. Or at the very least, the feel of her finger in my mouth was very pleasant. I followed her example, working on each finger one at a time. When I was done, though, I finished by kissing the back of her hand.
"Looks like we have no need for napkins," she joked, and I smiled.
A few minutes later we finished our breakfast, so I took the tray over to the desk. As I did so, Kimmy slid down beneath the covers and lay her head on the pillow.
"Can we go back to bed for a few minutes?" she asked.
"My, you're lazy," I teased.
"I just like sleeping with you," she replied.
I couldn't argue with that; I felt exactly the same way about her. However, there was the issue of our attire. We both wore only towels.
"Maybe you'd better go get some clothes on first," I told her.
"But then I would have to be away from you for a few minutes," she complained.
I chuckled. Well, I really did want to get back into bed with her, especially if she were willing to cuddle up next to me and rest her head again on my chest, this time with no shirt to separate me from her soft, delicate cheek.
By the time I made up my mind, I had already subconsciously crossed the room. I lifted up the blankets and climbed into bed.
Just like I had fantasized, Kimmy rolled over, put an arm across me and laid her head down on my chest. It felt ten times better than I had imagined. I sighed and closed my eyes, planning to just lie there for a few minutes and then get up.
I don't know how long I had been asleep, but something had changed. I could feel a different sensation, but through my half-asleep state I didn't know what it was. All I knew was that it felt very nice. I lay there for a while with this wonderful feeling all over my body, not wanting to move for fear of losing it.
Consciousness slowly returned, and I opened my eyes. Fortunately the feeling did not go away, and I smiled as I stared up at the ceiling, letting the grogginess slip away. Then I glanced down, and nearly gasped.
Kimmy had climbed completely on top of me, her tiny little body lying against my chest. That would have been fine except that somehow, both of our towels had come undone, and the wonderful feeling was the warmth and softness of her nude body pressed against my own!
She continued to sleep peacefully, a cute little half-smile on her lips and her cheek resting against my chest. Under normal circumstances, I loved to watch her sleep, but these were far from normal circumstances. I could feel every inch of her, from the ticklish softness of her hair to her smooth and hairless legs. I felt her delicately soft cheek, the tiny swelling of her underdeveloped breasts and the smooth, nearly hairless mound of her thigh, mere inches from my cock.
As I thought about it, I felt myself going hard. My cock began to swell, slipping up between her legs. By now I was at a near panic, wondering what I should do. Should I wake her up and tell her to get off of me? Should I lie here and pretend to be asleep so that once she woke she could put her towel back on without embarrassment?
It was already too late to hide my erection. Whatever happened, she would know that I was aroused. But maybe if I lay here and tried to think of something else, it would go down again. I closed my eyes and tried to focus on something, anything, but the feel of her nubile young teenage body. It didn't work.
She stirred, and I froze up, terrified. What if she woke right now? What if she felt my hardened member between her legs and thought I was trying to molest her like Troy had done? How could I ever look her in the eyes again?
Kimmy yawned, and I knew it was too late. I kept my eyes closed, hoping that she would think I was still asleep. Even a feeble excuse like claiming I was aroused because of an erotic dream might be able to save the situation. There would be a few moments of embarrassment, but no permanent harm done.
She began to move, leaving me with no doubt that she was awake. Any second now I expected her to scream, or cry, or even hit me, as soon as she realized what was going on.
"Daddy?" she asked quietly.
Reflexively, I opened my eyes. Instead of a hurt, confused, or angry look on her face, I saw only that same loving smile that she had worn almost constantly since I met her.
She leaned in and gave me a quick peck on the lips. "Wake up, sleepyhead," she grinned.
I couldn't believe it! Somehow being naked with me didn't bother her at all. What was she thinking? How could she not be embarrassed about our predicament?
was the one who was embarrassed. In order to mask my shame, I decided to continue to pretend that I had been asleep until she woke up.
"What..." I began, trying to sound surprised. "Why are we...? I'm sorry, Kimmy," I told her, trying to push her off of me.
She wrapped her arms around my neck and held on tightly. "Sorry about what?" she asked.
"Kimmy, let go. We shouldn't be..."
"Hug me first," she insisted.
"Hug you?" I asked, astonished.
"Just put your arms around me and give me a squeeze."
"But we're naked!"
"That makes it even better," she giggled.
"Kimmy, please. We shouldn't be doing this."
"Doing what?" she asked innocently. "I just want a hug from my daddy. That's all."
"What's gotten into you?" I demanded.
"What's gotten into
? Don't you like to hug me?"
"Well, yes, but not like this. Please, Kimmy. Put some clothes on first."
She laughed. "You don't have to be shy with me, Daddy. It's okay. We're family."
"What do you mean?"
"If you had raised me since I was a baby, you would have seen me naked plenty of times, right? And some families are open about nudity. In my class at my old school we had a girl who had moved there from Finland, and she said her family used to get in the sauna naked together all the time. So there's nothing wrong with it."
"I..." I stammered. In one sense, she had a point. The idea of a family being that open with each other really didn't bother me, at least on an intellectual level. I thought it was perfectly healthy if family members were that way with each other, as long as it didn't lead to incestuous relationships. So really, it was just my own dirty thoughts that made this wrong.
Without thinking, I slipped my arms around her waist and held her. She sighed, then kissed me on the cheek. "I'll tell you a secret," she said, then leaned in and whispered in my ear, "I love you, Daddy."
"And one day I'll love you too, honey," I replied. "Now don't you think it's time we got up?"
She released me and rose up, but instead of climbing off of me, she brought her knees forward so that she straddled my hips. My engorged cock stood straight up, resting against the crack of her ass.
For a moment I stared at her body. This was the first time I had seen it. For a young teenage girl, she was beyond stunning. Her breasts were still just gentle swellings on her chest with small, perfectly round nipples. Her slender waist was beginning to form into the graceful curves of womanhood. She had only the tiniest trace of peach fuzz between her legs, leaving me with an amazing view of her beautiful little cunt. God, it looked so beautiful! Now I felt envious of Troy. The man had actually experienced the pleasure of it wrapped around his cock. What an exquisite feeling that would be!
But that was something I knew I could never have. No matter how much I desired her, I had to restrain myself, or I would be no better than him. I could no longer deny my attraction to her; I admitted that I found her sexy. But that didn't mean I had to act on those feelings.
"So that's it then," she said.
"What?" I asked.
"Now we've both seen each other's bodies, so we don't have to let it bother us any more."
"I... I suppose you're right," I said, at least partly excited that she didn't mind being naked with me. It meant we would probably have plenty of opportunities like this later.
"Daddy, can I ask you something?"
"Of course, dear."
"Why do you have a boner?"
My embarrassment, which had mostly subsided once I found out that it didn't bother her, returned full force, and I found myself growing red.
"I... well..." I stammered, not knowing what to tell her. Should I admit the truth? Should I make up an excuse?
Considering her past history, she probably knew more than I thought, so she would probably be able to detect the lie. I decided to be honest with her.
"Because you're a beautiful, naked girl," I said, "and I'm a man. I really don't have any control over it."
"I'm doing it to you?" she asked.
"Well, yes."
"Does that mean you think I'm sexy?"
"Um... yes," I replied.
She giggled. "I think you're sexy too," she said.
"Kimmy!" I exclaimed.
"What, Daddy? You're telling the truth, so I'm telling the truth, that's all. It's okay. You don't have to lecture me on how it would be wrong because I'm only thirteen and I'm your daughter. I know all that. I just think we should admit our feelings even if we don't act on them. That way we won't ever have to guess at what the other one is thinking."
"You're probably right, but I don't know if I'm really all that comfortable being that open with my feelings."
"Why not? The reason why people play those games is because they like someone but are afraid of being rejected. But we're family, so we don't have to worry about that. We already know there's a limit to what we can do with each other."
I sighed. "Okay, that's a good point."
"So tell me how you feel about me, Daddy."
"Well... I... that is... I like..."
Kimmy giggled. "Would it help if I go first?" she asked, and I nodded in relief.
She put her hands on my shoulders and started to gently pull. "Sit up," she said.
Confused as to what she meant, I rose up to a sitting position. This had the unfortunate effect of pushing her down onto my lap, and she ended up sitting right on top of my engorged cock.
"Oh god," I groaned, but she paid no attention.
"Yesterday was really overwhelming for me," she said. "With the shock of meeting my father for the first time and knowing that I was starting a new life with you, I really didn't know what to think. The only thing I knew was that I love you.
"You were so sweet to me yesterday, Daddy. I don't know how I could have gotten through it without you being so nice, and gentle, and caring. No one's ever treated me like that before, but I used to dream about it all the time. I used to dream about you. Oh, you had a different face in my dreams, but it was still you. It turned out that in real life you're every bit as caring and loving and huggable as in my dreams."
"Well, I have to admit, I've been trying extra hard because I want you to like me," I smiled.
"I do like you," she replied. "I told you I love you. Maybe it was just the dream version of you that I loved at first, but now that I know what you're like, I love the real you."
"Thank you, sweetheart. That means a lot to me."
"And I'll admit, you're a lot more handsome than in my dreams," she grinned. "I really do think you're sexy. You've got nice, strong muscles."
"The better to protect you with," I told her.
She laughed. "I've heard that line before, and I know how the story ends."
"Don't worry, I'm not going to eat you," I grinned.
She put a hand on my arm, just below the shoulder, and I thrilled at the touch. "See, your arms are nice and strong. They're so sexy." Her hand strayed to my chest. "And this is even better," she said, then lowered her hand to my washboard abs. "And this is almost the best of all," she grinned.
I suddenly panicked and grabbed her hand as I thought of where she might go next. "Um, maybe you shouldn't..."
She laughed. "Don't worry, I'm not going to touch you there," she said. "But as long as we're being completely honest with each other, I think I really should tell you what I think of it."
She climbed off of my lap and sat down next to me, staring down between my legs. I felt I should try to put an end to this, but again I hesitated, not knowing how to handle the situation.
"I think that's the sexiest part of all," she said, and I found myself growing red again. "It's bigger than Troy's, and longer. I hated when he used to put it in me or make me suck on it, but I guess that was mostly because I felt ashamed to be giving pleasure to a man I hated so much. I grew to hate his thing. With you it's a lot different. I know you would never hurt me, and so I don't see it as an enemy, and I can let myself think it's sexy. Especially when it's hard like that."
"Oh my god," I breathed.
"I'm just telling the truth," she smiled. "I just want to be honest with you, Daddy."
"I know. I'm just not comfortable with anyone talking to me like that, especially my daughter."
"Well then, it's your turn to talk about
. And don't leave anything out."
"Okay," I sighed. I might as well get this over with. "Before I met you, when Margaret Forrest first told me about you, I expected you to turn out to be some trashy girl with pierced lips and too much makeup and smoking a cigarette. I was going to tell you right to your face that I didn't want you.
"Then I saw you for the first time, and everything changed. I realized that you were a girl that needed a father more than anything else in the world, and all of my objections to taking you home with me just vanished. I've been feeling lonely since my girlfriend left me a couple of weeks ago, and I want to feel needed again. I just about made the biggest mistake of my life in refusing you, and I'm glad I changed my mind, because I like you so much. I'm in love with your smile, and I love to hug you and sleep with you and wake up to your beautiful face in the morning. I'm starting to feel like my life has meaning again.
"I admit that I'm attracted to you. You're a beautiful girl, and you have a great body. I can see why Troy took advantage of you, but I still hate him for it. You're my daughter, Kimmy, and you deserve so much better than that. I just hope I can give you what you need."
"Does that mean you love me?" she asked hopefully.
"No. Not yet. But I like you a hell of a lot, and that's after spending less than a day with you, so I'm sure it won't be much longer. You just keep being as cute and sweet and adorable as you've been so far, and I'll come around soon enough."
She grinned. "Thank you, Daddy."
"For what?"
"For being honest with me. That wasn't so hard, was it?"
"I guess it wasn't," I replied.
"So now we know where we stand."
"But... this changes things, doesn't it? I mean, we both admitted that we're attracted to each other."
"So what? We also both know we can't do anything about it, so there's no problem."
"But are you sure you trust me, Kimmy? I mean, after what you've been through, I wouldn't blame you if you were a little scared that I might try something that you wouldn't like."
She laughed. "Impossible," she grinned.
"I trust you completely. You're my daddy, after all."
"Okay. Then that's settled. Let's get up now. We have a big day ahead of us."
Kimmy smiled at me, then leaned in and gave me a quick kiss on the lips. She climbed up off of the bed and skipped out to the front room to her suitcase to find some clothes to wear, leaving me both confused and excited at the new changes in my life.
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2012-12-21 16:17:33
I forgot to comnmet on the video link i gave,the Angelina Jolie's Mission and the Maddox Chivan Children's Center video by ABC is very touching.. according to the report, its the very first time that the media was allowed to view what's inside, what's going on in the center i love that inside, it showed that everyone is family, all the kids, the workers and the parents are helping each other the one that really touched my heart is the story of the boy who has AIDS and I think Tuberculosis (If I remember correctly) and he was so skinny, that his bones and skin are almost the same already but after he was admitted to the Maddox Chivan Children Center he's condition got better! and years passes he was now a 10 year old boy, loves to play soccer and he's health is very stable now! Gosh! It's a miracle! I love how Angie helped these people, help them change their lives for the better! And to think we didn't even knew about this! We only knew that she established a Children's Center in
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2012-07-24 04:54:13
film?I always thugoht that there is some sort of discrimination when it comes to action films as far as awarding is concerned. It's always the drama movies that are given consideration. Very seldom on comedy ones, & none with action films.AJ is already known as a very good performer in acting. Her awards are mostly in her dramatic performances.She just happens to be so well known in action movies. Nevertheless, regardless of genre: drama, action or comedy, her brilliant acting ability is always noticeable.Her Salt performance is an example. It maybe an action film but she is still had some dramatic moments… and NOT just an actress acting out a scene…she makes us feel the scene. She makes us feel not staged but showcasing real emotions thus producing a very effective cinematic moment for the viewers…especially on scenes with less speaking lines and let her facial reactions do the talking.For this year, i have a favorite scene from her movie Salt (I've not seen the Tourist yet)
2012-03-20 13:33:00
I don't understand how your story can be so awesome and have such a crappy rating? It's well paced, the dialogue flows, it's easy to identify with the characters and it's sexy as sin. What more could you want from incest erotica? Jesus people.
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2012-02-11 19:54:08
Zasbbo The author deserves for the monument:D
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2011-07-01 11:30:13
Very Great Storyteller
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Reduced gravity aircraft
A reduced gravity aircraft is a type of fixed-wing aircraft that provides brief near-weightless environments for training astronauts, conducting research and making gravity-free movie shots.
Versions of such airplanes, officially nicknamed Weightless Wonders,[1] have been operated by the NASA Reduced Gravity Research Program.[2] The unofficial nickname "vomit comet" became popular among those who experienced their operation.[3]
Operating principles[edit]
The aircraft gives its occupants the sensation of weightlessness by following an (approximately parabolic) elliptic flight path relative to the center of the Earth.[4] While following this path, the aircraft and its payload are in free fall at certain points of its flight path. The aircraft is used in this way to demonstrate to astronauts what it is like to orbit the Earth. During this time the aircraft does not exert any ground reaction force on its contents, causing the sensation of weightlessness.
Initially, the aircraft climbs with a pitch angle of 45 degrees using engine thrust and elevator controls. The sensation of weightlessness is achieved by reducing thrust and lowering the nose to maintain a neutral, or "straight and level" configuration (0 degree angle of attack). Weightlessness begins while ascending and lasts all the way "up-and-over the hump", until the craft reaches a downward pitch angle of 30 degrees. At this point, the craft is pointed downward at high speed, and must begin to pull back into the nose-up attitude to repeat the maneuver. The forces are then roughly twice that of gravity on the way down, at the bottom, and up again. This lasts all the way until the aircraft is again halfway up its upward trajectory, and the pilot again reduces the thrust and lowers the nose.[5]
This aircraft is used to train astronauts in zero-g maneuvers, giving them about 25 seconds of weightlessness out of 65 seconds of flight in each parabola. During such training the airplane typically flies about 40–60 parabolic maneuvers. In about two thirds of the passengers, these flights produce nausea due to airsickness,[6][7] giving the plane its nickname "vomit comet".
Usage by NASA[edit]
NASA has flown zero gravity flights on various aircraft for many years. In 1959, Project Mercury astronauts trained in a C-131 Samaritan aircraft, which was dubbed the "vomit comet".[8]
Twin KC-135 Stratotankers were used until December 2004 but have since been retired. One, a KC-135A known as NASA 930, was also used by Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment for filming scenes involving weightlessness in the movie Apollo 13; that aircraft was retired in 2000 and is now on display at Ellington Field, near the Johnson Space Center. The KC-135A is estimated to have flown over 58,000 parabolas. The other (N931NA or NASA 931) made its final flight on October 29, 2004, and is permanently stored in the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
In 2005, NASA replaced the aircraft with a McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II (N932NA) that was formerly owned by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and the United States Navy.[9]
NASA currently has a microgravity services contract with Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G) and uses its aircraft, G-FORCE ONE, a modified Boeing 727-200.[10]
Outside of NASA[edit]
The Italian Space Agency contracts SpaceLand, an Italian parabolic flight and sub-orbital flight engineering and operational agency to support research, development and educational flight campaigns.
The Canadian Space Agency and the National Research Council have a Falcon 20 used for microgravity research.[11] The small plane is normally not used for people to float freely and experience weightlessness, however comedian Rick Mercer did so for a segment on his show.[12]
The first zero G plane to enter service in Latin America is a T-39 Sabreliner nicknamed CONDOR, operated for the Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency and the Ecuadorian Air Force since May, 2008.[13] On June 19, 2008, this plane carried a 7 year old boy as he set the Guinness world record for the youngest human being to fly in microgravity.[14]
Since 1984, the ESA and the CNES flew similar reduced-gravity missions in a variety of aircraft, including NASA's KC-135, a Caravelle, an Ilyushin IL-76 MDK, and, most recently, an Airbus A300 known as the Zero-G, which is flown out of the Bordeaux-Mérignac airport in France.[15] Since 1997, CNES subsidiary Novespace has handled the management of these flights.[16]
In Russia, commercial flights are offered on the Ilyushin Il-76 jet; several U.S. companies book flights on these jets.[17]
United States[edit]
In late 2004, the Zero Gravity Corporation became the first company in the United States to offer zero-g flights to the general public, using Boeing 727 jets. Each flight consists of around 15 parabolas, including simulations of the gravity levels of the Moon and Mars, as well as complete weightlessness.[18] This profile allows ZERO-G's clients to enjoy weightlessness with minimal motion discomfort.
Aurora Aerospace in Oldsmar, Florida offers zero-g flights using a Fuji/Rockwell Commander 700. It is also used to simulate the gravity of the Moon and Mars.[19]
According to former Reduced Gravity Research Program director John Yaniec, anxiety contributes most to passengers' airsickness. Yaniec gives a rough estimate of passengers, that "one third [become] violently ill, the next third moderately ill, and the final third not at all." Vomiting is referred to as "ill".[6]
On commercial flights offered by Zero Gravity Corporation, very few passengers [20] experience motion discomfort. This is because the flight profile of 15 parabolas, versus NASA's 40–60 parabolas, is designed to help alleviate airsickness.
See also[edit]
- ^ NASA "Weightless Wonder"[dead link]
- ^ "NASA Reduced Gravity Research Program". Jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov. 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/brainbites/nonflash/bb_home_vomitcomet.html
- ^ William Tyrrell Thomson, Introduction to Space Dynamics, Dover 1986. p. 91.
- ^ "C-9B Flight Trajectory". Jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov. 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ a b Golightly, Glen (October 20, 1999). "Flying The Vomit Comet Has Its Ups And Downs". space.com. Archived from the original on 2006-03-10.
- ^ "Reduced Gravity: Vomit Comet Blog". PhysicsCentral. May 10, 2005. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
- ^ "Mercury Astronauts in Weightless Flight on C-131 Aircraft". 2006-08-02. Retrieved 2013-05-14. Page hosts a NASA photograph dated 01/01/1959.
- ^ "C-9B History". NASA. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ "Flight Opportunities program". NASA. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ Falcon 20 twin engine business jet. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ Canadian Space Agency video. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ "Exa And Fae Develops First Zero-G Plane In Latin America". Exa.ec. 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ "Youngest person to experience microgravity". Guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ "ESA's A300 Zero-G Program" (in (Dutch)). Spaceflight.esa.int. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ NEW PARABOLIC FLIGHT CAMPAIGN FOR CNES 7TH CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR FOR NOVESPACE (press release), November 22, 2004.
- ^ Zero-gravity flights go mainstream, Alan Boyle, msnbc.com, September 16, 2004.
- ^ Boyle, Alan (2004-09-16). "Zero-gravity flights go mainstream". NBC News. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ "Our Training Programs". Aurora Aerospace.
- ^ http://www.gozerog.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faq.welcome
Further reading[edit]
- Haber, Fritz and Haber, Heinz: "Possible Methods of Producing the Gravity-Free State for Medical Research", Journal of Aviation Medicine XXI (1950).
- Karmali, Faisal and Shelhamer, Mark. "The dynamics of parabolic flight: flight characteristics and passenger percepts". Acta Astronautica (2008).
- Easton, Pam (October 30, 2004). NASA's weightless aircraft is retired. Associated Press.
- Golightly, Glen (May 15, 2000). Vomit Comet finds a home. Space.com Houston Bureau.
- Overbye, Dennis (March 1, 2007), "Stephen Hawking plans prelude to the ride of his life", New York Times.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reduced gravity aircraft. |
- Reduced Gravity Research Program
- Flight Opportunities program
- Interview with John Yaniec
- About the NASA Reduced Gravity Research Program
- ATLAS aerospace is a Russian company that offers reduced gravity flights in an IL-76 MDK wide-body aircraft
- Virtual tour of the Airbus A-300 Zero-G.
- C-135 Variants Part 6 – includes scale drawing of NASA 930
- Reduced Gravity Experiment in a Nasa's KC-135A


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Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation http://www.canorth.org
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Fingertips Injuries/Amputations. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons website. Available at: http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00014&return%5Flink=0. Updated August 2011. Accessed December 30, 2013.
Hammig B, Jones C. Injuries related to snow blowers in the United States: 2002 through 2008. Acad Emerg Med. 2010;17(5):566-569.
Kamrani RS, Mehrpour SR, et al. High-pressure plastic injection injury of the hand: case report. Occup Med (Lond). 2011 Aug 8.
Neumeister MW, Brown RE. Mutilating hand injuries: principles and management. Hand Clinics. 2003;19:1-15.
Snowblower and lawnmower Injuries. American Society for Surgery of the Hands website. Available at: http://www.assh.org/Public/HandConditions/Pages/SnowblowerandLawnmowerInjuries.aspx. Accessed December 30, 2013.
Tintinalli JE, Kelen GD, et al. Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide. 6th Ed. United States: The McGraw-Hill Companies; 2004; Chapter 268, Injuries to the Hand and Digits.


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Sept. 25, 2007
Morningside College announces new faculty
Morningside College announces nine new faculty members, the return of two former faculty members, and the new appointment of a former visiting instructor.
The new faculty members are Dr. Kimberly Christopherson, assistant professor of psychology; Dr. Jessica de Vega, assistant professor of religious studies; Lori Doeschot, visiting associate professor of nursing education; Dr. William Heyborne, assistant professor of biology; Julie Keime, visiting instructor of business administration; Dr. Brenda Mammenga, assistant professor of mathematical sciences; Dr. Andrew Plumb, assistant professor of physics; Dr. Rachel Robson, assistant professor of biology; and Dr. Michael Smith, assistant professor of mathematical sciences.
Dr. Susan Burns has returned to Morningside after a semester at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, and Jeffrey Herlihy, assistant professor of modern languages, has returned after previously serving at Morningside as a visiting instructor.
In addition, B. Cathy Wilt was newly appointed assistant professor of education, moving from her position at Morningside as a visiting instructor.
Before coming to Morningside, Christopherson was an instructor at Northland Community and Technical College in East Grand Forks, Minn., and at the University of North Dakota. She holds a master's degree and doctorate from the University of North Dakota.
De Vega previously was an instructor of religion and ethics at St. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg, Fla. She earned a master's degree from United Theological Seminary in Trotwood, Ohio, and a doctorate from Florida State University.
Doeschot served on the faculty at Briar Cliff University before coming to Morningside College. She has a master's degree from South Dakota State University.
Heyborne has a master's degree from Oregon State University and a doctorate from the University of Northern Colorado. He taught previously at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Ore., and was an instructor and teaching assistant at the University of Northern Colorado.
Keime previously was a finance manager for Qwest and an accounting unit supervisor for the Federal Reserve Bank in Denver. She has a master's degree from the University of Denver.
Mammenga earned a master's degree from South Dakota State University and a doctorate from North Dakota State University. She previously was an instructor and teaching assistant at North Dakota State University.
Plumb previously served as an adjunct instructor at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wis. He received both a master's degree and doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Robson comes to Morningside from Doane College in Crete, Neb., where she was a visiting professor and a nominee for Doane's Amazing Woman Award. She has a doctorate from the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Smith was previously a visiting assistant professor of mathematics at Earlham College in Richmond, Ind. He earned a doctorate from the University of Virginia, where he received numerous awards for his teaching.
Burns returns to begin her sixth year of teaching at Morningside. She has a master's degree from Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas, and a doctorate from Kansas State University.
Herlihy comes back to Morningside after serving as a visiting instructor at the college in the fall of 2006. He is expected to receive a doctorate from La Universidad Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain, yet this year.
Wilt has a master's degree from Morningside College. She has completed post-graduate coursework in educational administration and is certified as an elementary principal and teacher evaluator. Wilt previously taught for 18 years in the Westwood Community School District.


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Available in either maple or rosewood, these classic rollerball pens offer a sophisticated look for any business man or student and are great for personalization. These pens are made from quality woods that laser dark. Each pen comes with a Ge
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The Bolero Leather pens are elegant, sophisticated and stylish. Great executive gifts. Made out of genuine leather, your message laser engraves black onto the leather. These rollerball leather laser engraved pens come in black ink and will be i
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