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These words from my bride of six months cut through me like a knife, "Michael, I am sorry to have to say this, but I need to be fucked by a real man with a decent sized cock who can last more than two minutes. I am sick and tired of your tiny dick, and if we are going to stay together, you are going to have to accept being a cuckold in future."
I always knew that I was smaller than other men, but I thought that she was happy with me.
To give some background, I met Vicki just under a year ago at a party. She is 5' 5" tall, a pretty redhead with a figure men drool over. I fell for her the moment I saw her, and asked her to marry me within a month of our meeting. We did not have sex before our marriage, because to be honest, I was a little self conscious about the size of my cock, and did not want to lose her and Vicki seemed to enjoy that I was interested in her other then sexually.
It seemed that my deception was about to rebound on me.
"Well?" snapped Vicki, "what do you have to say Michael, I know you play with that pathetic thing all the time, that may be enough for you but it's not enough for me, I'm sorry."
"I love you so much" I replied, "and I want you to be happy, but I can't bear the thought of you with another man."
"It's either that, or I pack my bags" she said, with a finality that I could not argue with.
"No, please don't leave" I pleaded, "I will accept anything you say, just please tell me what has changed Vicki?."
She looked at me with some sympathy and said "Michael before we were marred I was used to regular sex with men and I enjoyed your interest in me other then sex, but I have be honest, I miss sex with a real man"
I hung my head and whimpered, "I see".
"Look Michael you're a wonderful partner but I need more then a partner, I love you and do not want to cheat on you and if you love me then you will accept that, will you"?
I had never thought of it like that and somehow it made me feel better and I shook my head yes.
"Good," she replied, "because I already have the man lined up, and can't wait to get started."
I felt sick. "Do I know him?" I enquired pathetically.
"Yes, it's Eric, the big black guy I work with."
I did remember him from her office Christmas party. A huge, good looking man of 23, the same age as Vicki. He treated me quite contemptuously when I was introduced to him, I got the impression that he considered me a wimp, which I have increasingly found that I am.
"Has he....?" I began to say, but was cut off by Vicki.
"No, he hasn't fucked me yet, but we have had some heavy petting sessions in his car, and I have sucked him off."
"But you have always refused to do that" I said, "you told me you didn't like it."
"Well you see Michael" she laughed, Eric is a real man, a dominant man who gets what he wants. And when I was on my knees in front of his thick 10" cock, I wanted it deep in my mouth. I wanted to suck all his come out of him and swallow it to please him."
This was all a huge shock to me, and tears began to run down my face, much to Vicki's amusement.
"If you are crying now" she laughed, "I have a feeling you will be crying an awful lot more in the future at the things I intend to do. You deliberately kept from me the fact that you have a little boy's cock, and I intend to make you pay for that." Eric says I have a right to make you pay Michael.
I had never seen this side of Vicki, she was obviously furious that she had been landed with a husband totally unable to satisfy her sexual needs, and Eric had persuaded her to his way of thinking, I wondered what else he had put in her head.
"Now that we have sorted things out, I can start making arrangements" continued Vicki. With that she picked up the phone and dialed the number of her future lover.
"Hello Big Cock" she laughed when he answered, "the wimp knows the score, let's meet up tonight so I can start being your slut whore properly. "How did he take it? The pathetic little cunt burst into tears like a little girl, just like you said he would Eric?" She laughed again. They arranged to meet at seven that night.
Vicki came downstairs after having had her bath. She was dressed in a tiny black dress I had not seen before, which showed a lot of bust and a lot of leg. She also wore black high heeled shoes which accentuated her beautifully shaped calves. She looked absolutely gorgeous, and my little cock began to stir.
"How do I look?" she asked, "do you think Eric will want to fuck me?"
"You look wonderful" I said dejectedly.
"Good" she replied, and then whispered in my ear "I have left my underwear off so he can get at me that much quicker".
I thought of begging her not to go, but I knew it was useless.
"Don't wait up" she shouted on her way out, "I won't be home until morning. Have a wank imagining Eric's cock deep inside me if you like." Her laughter as she walked out cut through me again.
I slept very little that night. The thought of her in bed with Eric making me feel sick and I was torn between leaving and staying. I had always taken pride in my marriage to Vicki and showed her off to my friends and at office parties. I knew most of the guys I knew were envious but now if they knew this they would ridicule me.
At about eight next morning, I heard the front door open, and Vicki coming up the stairs singing to herself.
"Hello my little cuckold" she laughed, "isn't it a lovely morning?. Boy, I had a wonderful night with my big black stud. He fucked me like I have never been fucked before. He had me crying out and coming until I thought it would never stop".
"He's a good lover then" I said rather superfluously.
"Good? She exclaimed, sliding off her dress, "look what that big black bastard has done to your wife!"
She had love bites all over her tits and on the inside of her thighs.
"He fucked me four times last night" she went on, "and he made me suck him off twice. He says I am now his cock sucking slut to do as he pleases with, and he is right!"
To my shame I began to cry again, and told her I would do anything for her, to try to keep her.
"What you can do right now my weepy little sissy boy, is get on your knees in front of me and lick my lover's beautiful black cum out of my cunt to show your acceptance that he has taken me from you."
Totally beaten, I knelt before her and began to lick her. She shoved it in my face and I began moaning out of know where. She was turning me on to my surprise. The harder she shoved it in my face the more my dick began to twitch.
"Get used to the taste, wimp" she spat, "you are going to be eating a lot more of that in future".
When I had finished, Vicki had a bath, and caught up on some sleep. I couldn't help myself and snuck into the bathroom and wanked off thinking about what a slut Vicki was and it felt so good when I came. But, immediately I felt disgusted with myself for enjoying her slutty behavior.
When she got up later on, she called me into the living room to discuss the future.
"Michael" she started, "now that I have sampled Eric's big cock, I have to tell you that you will never be allowed sex with me again. Your role will simply be that of cum-sucker. I intend to make things as humiliating as possible for you, you will be forced to watch me being fucked on occasion, and made to perform acts that you will no doubt find distasteful. Eric has decided he wants to fuck me in our bed, to show you that I belong totally to him, so he will be coming round tonight. I shall require you to prepare a nice meal and wait on us"
"You can either leave now Michael or begin preparing for Eric arrivals, what's it going to be?"
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ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – Senator Claire McCaskill is targeting the Army National Guard for its spending at NASCAR. She led a hearing on waste and abuse in spending on sports related marketing and sponsorships. McCaskill Says each year the National Guard spends 37 percent of its budget, or more than $56-million on marketing with NASCAR and Indy Car. In 2012, not a single National Guard soldier was recruited from the NASCAR sponsorship program.
"I like NASCAR and I love the National Guard. This hearing is not about demonizing. It is about return on federal tax dollars." said Sen. Claire McCaskill – D-Missouri.
McCaskill questioned the acting director for the National Guard and the person responsible for contracts on why the guard continues these contracts when almost every other service branch has discontinued them.

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New scent in the air: Kim Kardashian's new perfume
I'm always looking for the next new thing in scents, and have been since I was nine. My tastes have gone from bubble gum scented bubble bath to less candy-coated choices, however, and so I turned to the perfume counter at Sephora stores for my options. As such, it comes as no surprise to me that Kim Kardashian's new scent (called Kim Kardshian, of course!) is available exclusively at Sephora.
The fragrance was developed by Lighthouse Beauty—the group behind Power by 50 Cent—and international perfumer Claude Dir of Givaudan. Lucky people who got to sample the scent (available in a few select magazine adverts) should have picked up floral scents (gardenia, I think) mixed in with something earthier.
The perfume is available in a variety of sizes only at Sephora. If you like it but you're not sure, I suggest trying the 0.33 ounce Eau de Parfum rollerball—it's inexpensive and a great way to get acquainted with the scent before getting a larger spray!
Checking out my RSS for today, I see that Sephora is sponsoring a contest in the In Style blog, and winners get e-gift certificates for $50—perfect to get the 1.7 oz size of Kim's new perfume. I'm telling my friends to subscribe to the RSS and email firstname.lastname@example.com once they do so they get entered into the contest!


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Tags springtime, threadless
Artists The Clean, The Supremes, Janelle Monáe
April 15, 2010
21 tracks specially calibrated for driving, cooking, drinking, lazing, and more!
This mix is amazing. Philadelphia represent!
lots of great tunes, nice work
i can't stop listening!
hangin' & happy (on highway 1) by bluespark
i drove down the pacific coast highway.
driving, roadtrip, california, 8 tracks
down the line: 50s & 60s progenitors of punk by bluespark
rockabilly, proto-punk, early rock & roll, 1950s, 1960s
morning light by bluespark
spring, springtime, acoustic, quiet, country
starry-eyed fuzz by bluespark
15 tracks from 1964-1968, including music by 13th Floor Elevators, Captain Beefheart and Dave Clark Five.
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It must be mentioned here that, in its advisory, the ASF had mentioned several workarounds to mitigate against the bug being exploited. The Debian patch is based on these workarounds.
The ASF did not respond to a request for comment from iTWire.
If a web server running Apache is sent a large number of requests for overlapping byte regions of a single file download, that server would run out of memory and be rendered unable to do its job.
The Debian advisory, issued by Stefan Fritsch on behalf of the security team, said the fix issued patched both the problem with Range header and also an older bug.
Debian has a number of streams of development and a fix for the testing stream is yet to be issued. All other streams have been patched.
Once the upstream developers issue a fix, it normally takes at least 12 to 24 hours for each Linux distribution to issue its own specific fix; the same applies to other platforms.
Rick Moen, a seasoned UNIX systems administrator from California, said it was likely that the Apache developers were taking their time as the workarounds suggested by them had fixed the problem.
"It seems there is still ongoing discussion of what mix of limitations on the Range function are best used in the 2.2.x production releases, of the several that are already used in 2.3.x beta versions plus several others," Moen said.
"The developers seem to be simultaneously aware that they're overdue on the promised update, and also that it really doesn't matter much, since people have already deployed the suggested workarounds."


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The Kardashians
Why Are Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Spending So Much Time Apart?
When many couples are expecting their first baby, they hunker down and start nesting together to get ready for their new arrival. But Kim Kardashian and Kanye West aren't most expectant parents!
Reality icon Kim and rap idol Kayne have always been jet-setters, and they've done an impressive job of maintaining their fabulous lifestyle during Kim's pregnancy. But now that she is six months along (or seven, if you believe certain rumors), we can't help but notice that they still seem to be apart more than they are together! What gives?
Well, to be fair, it actually makes total sense! These two hyper-driven individuals have careers to think about, so it stands to reason that they'd keep working as long as possible, before Baby Kimye arrives and takes over for real.
To that end, Kanye is holed up in Paris, working on his new studio album and starting his newest fashion line, according to the New York Post. Rumors are even swirling that he's thinking of settling there full time! (Sure, he and Kimmy just bought that awesome mansion in L.A., but who says they have to live in just one city?)
Kim has been to Paris to visit Kanye several times, but she has plenty of commitments that are keeping her tethered to L.A. She's filming the eighth season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians and making big appearances like on the MTV Video Awards. Also, of course, she has to be in town for her long-awaited divorce trial on May 6.
With all that's going on in their lives, we're actually kind of impressed they've been together as much as they have—and July will be here before we know it!
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Monday, June 30, 2014
For Shaun Wright and his Cross Trojans, the big question remains: How do you replace a core trio of runningbacks the caliber of Devontae Shepherd, Dionte Evans and Diamonte Evans?
The obvious answer is, you cant, but as the countdown to the Trojans season opener on Aug. 29 against Hunter-Tyler-Kinard begins, some new names are emerging.
Wright cited Jamarial Pringles so far this summer as the emerging senior leader.
He has been steady all summer, the coach said.
This fall, the key cogs in the Trojans first state championship in school history will begin their collegiate careers.
Shepherd will suit up as a Charleston Southern Buccanneer while the Evans brothers head off to Limestone College.
The Trojans play one of the toughest non-region schedules in Berkeley County, playing more to prepare for their Region 6A schedule than to pad a win/loss record.
We start our season off at home against the defending 2013 state champions, Hunter-Tyler-Kinard, which could very well be the toughest team we face all season, Wright said.
Cross tops HTK with its annual Timberland game before hitting the road for a month of away games against Murray, Lake Marion, and Scotts Branch, plus the Trojans first Region 6A tilts against Burke and Baptist Hill before returning home in mid-October.
The Trojans will assume the role of road warriors this fall as only four of their 10 games are at home.
Two years removed from their 2012 Class A Division II state championship, the Trojans are battling to find the right combination that could take them back to Columbia this fall.
The summer passing leagues are going as expected, hit and miss, Wright said. We are awfully young at the skill position so we are working hard but being patient at the same time.
Wrights offense is primarily a pitch-and-run attack so beyond the summer competition, he does not put a lot of stock in passing leagues.
Our numbers are low as usual but we never make excuses; once we lace them up we want to win.
Bad news for the Trojans is the lost of lineback/wide out Anthony Myers for the season.
He had an outstanding spring and we will miss his play making ability, Wright said.
As the countdown to the regular season begins in July, Wright is pleased with what hes seen from his team so far.
Practice has been good ... the guys are putting in the work hopefully it will translate to success.
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solar decathlon 2009
The Solar Decathlon began in 2002 as an internationally-recognized biennial competition sponsored by the US Department of Energy to design, build and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar powered house.
20 university teams from around the world compete in 10 different contests including: architecture, engineering, energy performance, interior design, and lighting. Houses are constructed at the universities, then disassembled and transported to Washington D.C. for exhibition and final judging.
Collaboration among students from different academic disciplines is fostered during all phases of the competition including architecture and engineering students, who rarely work together until they enter the workplace.
A "whole building design" approach differs from the traditional "design then build" process because the design team considers the interactions of all building components and systems to create a more comfortable energy efficient home with reduced environmental impact.
CB2 is proud to have partnered with the University of Illinois team, who designed and built Gable House shown above, by contributing furniture and accessories.
Some of the eco-friendly items used were the annex sectional, chosen for its sustainable frame and cushions. The darjeeling table and the gear tealights carried an industrial element into the dining room. Bamboo towels, cirrus rug, and Ecogen bath accessories accented the bathroom; and organic sheets, a sardinia duvet, and FLOR tiles were used in the bedroom.
Final judging took place October 15th and the team took 2nd Place—Congratulations to all!
Imagine, it all started with materials reclaimed from this old barn. Were you one of the thousands at the National Mall in DC? Would you like to share the experience?


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No Scrubs
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|"No Scrubs"
|Single by TLC
|from the album FanMail
|"Silly Ho"
|January 23, 1999
|December 1998;
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|TLC singles chronology
"No Scrubs" is a song recorded by American girl group TLC for their third studio album FanMail (1999). Released on January 23, 1999 as the album's first single, "No Scrubs" became TLC's third number-one single and eighth top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100. It also earned them their second Grammy nomination for Record of the Year. The version containing Left Eye's rap as heard in the video was not included on the album FanMail, but could be purchased on the international CD single, and later on Now and Forever: The Hits and 20.
"No Scrubs" is one of TLC's signature songs and was the second biggest Hot 100 single of 1999, according to Billboard 's Year-End Charts. The single was certified Platinum in the UK and New Zealand. Lead vocals were performed by TLC member Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, with background vocals credited to Chilli, Debra Killings, and former Xscape members Kandi Burruss and Tameka Cottle who also wrote the song.[2]
Chart performance[edit]
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"No Scrubs" climbed into the U.S. top ten as an airplay only song and jumped to number one upon the single release. The single stayed at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks from April 10, 1999, to May 7, 1999. The single stayed in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 for 24 consecutive weeks.
"No Scrubs" airplay was at the time astonishing; it was the very first song to peak with over 140 million audience impressions and was crowned the Top Airplay Song of 1999. It holds the record for most weeks at number 1 on the Rhythmic Top 40 with 15 weeks.
In Australia, "No Scrubs" was a huge success, spending seven consecutive weeks at the summit of that country's chart from May 2 - June 20, 1999.
Music video[edit]
The futuristic music video, directed by Hype Williams, was shot on March 18, 1999, and also received massive airplay on MTV, and won the group the 1999 MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video, beating out favorites NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys. Each member had a set in the video. The video also has a dance sequence where the women dance in front of the "TLC" logo. The Main Mix is used in the video instead of the album version.
The video features the women in three different outfits: white, black, silver and Left Eye in blue. When there are shots of the women together they have two different outfits: black and silver. T-Boz's hair is fuchsia in the video. It also features a scene of Chilli on a swing singing. It also features T-Boz dancing as well as Left Eye. As Left Eye's rap begins, she is in a garage-like place with white clothes on while rapping. It also shows her practicing fighting moves in a futuristic blue outfit. One of the final scenes shows TLC fighting each other, while also dancing and having fun. The video is stylistically similar to Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's music video Scream.
Legacy and pop culture fame[edit]
After TLC released "No Scrubs" in 1999, Sporty Thievz made an answer song called "No Pigeons" that same year.[3]
R&B/pop singer Jessie J. covered the song during a commercial break for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.[4]
The song is referenced by Michael Keaton's character in the 2010 comedy film The Other Guys, starring Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell.
In 2012, a Saturday Night Live sketch featuring host Christina Applegate sampled part of the song.[5]
In August 2012, Kelly Clarkson covered the song as a fan request while performing in Virginia.
The song was covered by actors Kevin McHale, Darren Criss, Chord Overstreet, Blake Jenner, and Samuel Larsen (as their characters Artie Abrams, Blaine Anderson, Sam Evans, Ryder Lynn, and Joe Hart, respectively) on the FOX television series Glee, in the season four episode "Sadie Hawkins".
Meadow Soprano and her friend Hunter Scangarelo sing along to "No Scrubs" while cooking in the kitchen in The Sopranos episode "Toodle Fucking-Oo".
Jack McFarland sings a line from the song in the Will & Grace episode "Poker? I Don't Even Like Her"
On T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle songwriter Tameka "Tiny" Harris was honored an ASCAP Woman Behind the Music award in the episode "It Takes Two to Hustle" and one of the things mentioned was "her work with TLC" as the song was indirectly referenced.
Bastille covered this song in a remix of the original TLC song along with The xx song Angels, the track was called "No Angels",[6] from their mixtape - Other People's Heartache Pt.2.
Scout Niblett did a cover of the song, which appears on the album It's Up to Emma, released in May 2013.[7]
In 2013, DJ and producer Le Youth sampled the song in his single Dance with Me, reaching number 6 in the UK Singles Chart
On Happy Endings, Penny quotes the song when Jane tells her she should date a guy who characterizes a scrub.
"No Scrubs" plays in the background of Paddy's Pub during the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode "The Gang Group Dates".
No Scrubs was played on The Prom episode of Moesha.
On Xscape's episode of Unsung, it was revealed that Kandi and Tiny were supposed to record the song as a duo named Can't before giving the track to TLC.
Track listing[edit]
- US CD single
- "No Scrubs" (album version) – 3:39
- "No Scrubs" (instrumental) – 3:37
- EU CD single
- "No Scrubs" (album version) – 3:37
- "No Scrubs" (main mix with Left Eye's rap) (clean) – 4:00
- "No Scrubs" (instrumental) – 3:37
- "Silly Ho" (album version) – 4:16
- "No Scrubs" (album version) – 3:37
- "No Scrubs" (main mix with Left Eye's rap) (clean) – 4:00
- "Silly Ho" (album version) – 4:16
- "No Scrubs" (album version) – 3:39
- "Waterfalls" (radio version) – 4:19
- "Creep" (radio version) – 4:26
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart successions[edit]
|Preceded by
"All Night Long" by Faith Evans
|Canadian RPM Dance Chart number one single
March 22, 1999
|Succeeded by
"All Night Long" by Faith Evans
|Preceded by
"All Night Long" by Faith Evans
|Canadian RPM Dance Chart number one single
April 5, 1999 - May 10, 1999
|Succeeded by
"Girlfriend/Boyfriend" by Blackstreet
|Preceded by
"Believe" by Cher
|Billboard Hot 100 number one single
April 10, 1999 - May 1, 1999
|Succeeded by
"Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin
|Preceded by
"What's It Gonna Be?!" by Busta Rhymes featuring Janet
|Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single
April 10, 1999 - May 1, 1999
|Succeeded by
"Fortunate" by Maxwell
|Preceded by
"...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears
|Australian ARIA Singles Chart number one single
2 May 1999 – 20 June 1999
|Succeeded by
"Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer
|Preceded by
"Love Song" by Sky
|Canada Singles Chart number one single
April 26, 1999- May 3, 1999
|Succeeded by
"Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer
|Preceded by
"That Don't Impress Me Much" by Shania Twain
|RIANZ (New Zealand)
number one single
9 May 1999 – 15 May 1999
|Succeeded by
"Tonight" by TrueBliss
|Preceded by
"Skin" by Charlotte
|Canadian RPM Dance Chart number one single
June 7, 1999
|Succeeded by
"U Don't Know Me" by Armand Van Helden
External links[edit]
- Singles certified platinum by the Belgian Entertainment Association
- Singles certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Sweden
- Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
- 1999 singles
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles
- Billboard Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) number-one singles
- Billboard Rhythmic Airplay number-one singles
- Number-one dance singles in Canada
- Singles certified gold by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique
- Songs written by Kandi Burruss
- Songs written by Lisa Lopes
- 1998 songs
- LaFace Records singles
- Arista Records singles
- TLC (group) songs
- Music videos directed by Hype Williams
- Songs with feminist themes


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July 5, 1932. R MEAN-Y 1,865,535
CONFECTION PACKAGE Filed March 3. 1950 Patented July 1932 .UNITED STATES ROBERT E. MEANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOIR, TO WM.
CONFECTION PACKAGE Application filed March 3, 1930. Serial No. 432,830.
This invention relates to improvements in confection packages and more particularly to an improved package for chewing gum and like confections of a lozenge or pellet form,
and the method of wrapping the same. a
A popular form of chewing gum is the socalled sugar-coated lozenge or pellet, and a convenient method of packaging these pellets is to wrap a given number, say ten, in a moisture-proof package, the pellets being arranged in flatwise contact so that the packages are the same size asthe familiar package of stick gum. The individual pellets are preferably rectangular pieces of coated gum flat- 16 tened on their sides and having rounded edges and corners so that when they are placed on edge face to face a V-shaped recess or crevice is formed between the edges of the pellets.
In the packaging of these pellets it is de- 2 sirable that they be held in place after the package has been opened at one end and one of the pellets removed, so that those remaining will not become dislodged and drop out ofthe package when carried in the pocket.
oreover, in order to keep the contents fresh, it is preferable to completely seal the package to prevent the entrance of moisture.
Heretofore it has been the practice to use a wrapper of heavy parafiine paper which,
when folded around the contents, is subjected to heat causing the parafline to soften sufliciently to seal all openings through which moisture might ente i The object of the present invention is to provide a package embodyingthe pellet-retaining and wrapper-sealing features, but utilizing an outer wrapper of metal foil which is folded and sealed in the same manner as parafiine paper wrapper, the novel feature being the method by which the bonding or sealing of the foil surfaces is accomplished.
It may be stated in this connect-ion that metal foil has heretofore been used in wrapping of stick gum as well as packages, but such wrappers have been folded and not sealed, owing to difliculty of effectively applying adhesive to the smooth metallic surfaces of the foill The novel method of packaging is disclosed in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a'perspective view of the complete package.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of a partially wrapped package, showing the inner pai'affine paper wrapper and the outer wrapper about to be applied, and
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a single pellet.
The package illustrated contains ten pellets 1, each having the shape shown in Figure 3. These pellets are arranged in a row face to face, and are first wrapped or inclosed in an inner wrapper 2 of parafiine paper. This wrapper is folded around the row of pellets lengthwise with its edges overlapping and sealed together along one side by subjecting the overlapping edges to heat sufficient to soften the parafiine and cause adherence. The wrapper 2 with its contents are also passed through heated dies which depress the paper into the crevices between the pellets, thus formingthe corrugations 3, which tend to retain the pellets in individual compartments or sections. As shown, there are no corrugations between the two pellets at each end of the package, although they may be added if desired. No claim is made for this method of corrugating the inner wrapper, as this method has been shown and described in the Letters Patent to A. C. Kappes, No. 1,550,966.
It will be observed particularly in connection with this inner wrapper 2 that its ends are not sealed, in fact the end margins of the wrapper do notcovcr the endmost pellets, having only narrow edges 2a which are turned inwardly at each end, thus leaving the outer faces of the end pellets almost entirely exposed.
The pellets thus partially wrapped in the inner paraifine wrapper 2 are now wrapped in an outer wrapper 4, which consists of an inner layer of paraifine paper 4a similar to that used for the inner wrapper 2, and an out-er layer of metal foil 46, the two layers being superimposed upon each other so as to form a metal foil wrapper with a parafline paper lining. Any suitable foil may be used for the outer layer 4?), but as apreferable grade, a thin aluminum foil having a roughened or which, as will presently be seen, is the paraffine from the inner layer or lining 4a.
The-outer wrapper 4 is of asize to form a complete enclosure for the partially wrapped package, the two layers being fed from rolls and cut to the proper width as indicated by the saw-tooth longitudinal edges. It will, of course, be understood that the wrapping is accomplished entirely by machines especially desi ed for this work, the loose pellets being ed from a ho per, the wrappers applied and the complete y wrapped packages discharged. Thus as the material for the outer wrapper is cut into the individual wrappers, they are folded about the partially wrapped pac ages With their longitudinal edges overapping along one face of the package, and their extended end portions folded inwardly against the ends of the package in the familiar square end fold shown in Figure 1. Immediately upon completion of the fold ing operation, the package is then advanced into contact with electrically heated blocks or dies which bear against the longitudinal overlapping edges and the end folds, the heat being transmitted through the outer layer of metal foil and melting the parafiine with which the inner layer is impregnated. It will be observed that foil and paper layers of the outer wrapper remain in contact, so that wherever ortions of the wrapper overlap, a layer of t e paraifine paper lies between two layers of foil. Hence the melted parafline forms a bond between the overlapping layers of foil which is rendered more adherent by the pebbled finish of the foil. This a plies also to the end folds, in fact, there is su cient parafline present at these points so that a quantit is actuall squeezed out and hardens along t e lines fold as indicated at 5 in Fi re 1. a
0 complete the wrapping operation, a label or band 6 (Figure 1) is applied around the foil wrapped and sealed package, leaving the foil covered ends exposed, and it is in this form that the package reaches the consumer. To open the package the seal at one end is usually bro'ken, and by squeezing the 7 package near the open end the endmost pellet or pellets are ejected, and the package closed by folding the end inwardly against the remaining pellets.
Inasmuch as the outer wrapper forms the seal, it follows that it is not necessary to completely seal the ends of the inner wrapper 2. In fact, an inner end seal would only interfere'with the ready opening of the package at the end, and perhaps necessitate tearing away the outer wrap r, thus rendering the remaining pellets ifss secure in the package.
Having set forth a preferred embodiment of my invention, I claim:
1. A confection package comprising a plurality of lozenge-shaped confections surrounded by an inner wrapper, having its end mar ins folded over but not closing the ends of tIie partially wrapped package, and an outer wrapper of metal foil having a lining of parafline impregnated paper surrounding the package lengthwise with its longitudinal edges overlapping and its projecting side margins folded against the ends of the package, said wrapper being sealed along said overlapping edges and folded end portions by the parafline in said lining rendered adhesive by the application of heat.
2. A confection package comprising a plurality of lozenge-shaped confections enclosed in an inner wrapper partially open at its ends, an outer wrapper consisting of metal foil having a lining of paraifine impregnated paper, said outer wrapper being folded over the ends of the package and sealed by the parafline exuded from the wrapper lining by heat, and an outer band surrounding the package intermediate its ends.
3. A confection package comprising a row of lozenge-shaped confections arranged face to face, an inner wrapper folded around said confections and having relativel short end margins adapted to be folde inwardly around the edges of the endmost confections, leaving the ends substantially open, and an outer wrapper surroundin the package lengthwise with its longitudinal edges overlapping and having relatively long end margins folded and sealed to completely enclose the ends of the partially wrapped package.
4. A confection ackage comprising a pluralityof lozengea ed confections, an inner wrapper surroun ing said confections to form a package partiall open at its ends, an outer wrapper of meta foil folded around said partially wrapped package with its end portions folded at the ends of the package and sealed, and an outer band surrounding the package intermediate its ends.
5. A confection ackage comprising a plurality of lozenge-s aped confections, an inner wrapper surrounding said confections with the contents partially 0 en at its ends, and an outer wrapper of meta foil lined with paraflin paper and folded around the partially wrapped package with its end portions folded over the ends thereof and sealed by the parafiin in said lining.
6. A confection package comprising a plurality of confections arranged face to face and shaped to form depressions between their edges, an inner wrapper of paraflin paper surrounding said confections lengthwise and pressed into said depressions, the end margins of said wrap er being relatively short to partiall cover the endmost confections when foldlid over the edges thereof,
and an outer wrapper folded lengthwise around said partially wrapped package and having and portions folded and sealed to completely enclose the ends of the package.
7. A confection package comprising a plurality of confections arranged face to face and shaped to form depressions between their edges, an inner wrapper of paraflin paper surrounding said confections lengthwise and pressed into saiddepressions, the end margins of said wrapper being relatively short to partially cover the endmost confections when folded over the edges thereof, an outer wrapperof metal foil lined with parafiin paper en- 1 closing the partially wrapped ackage with its end portions folded inwar y and sealed against the ends thereof by the paraffin in said lining, and a band surrounding the foilwrapped package intermediate its ends. v
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The Wanna Bees to hold a release party for second album Nov. 2Written by Chase Will | | email@example.com
Local kids indie rock band The Wanna Bees will hold a release party for their second album Nov. 2 at Martini n Nuzzi's.
This event will kick off a series of monthly kids concerts at the venue, and fans will have a chance to purchase the CD before street release Nov. 11.
Singer Chuck Riepenhoff created the band to make kids think of what they want to be when they grow up.
"This second album, Dream Big, is structured the same way as our debut, with our theme song and then four career characters with a friend who has a song too. This one's got Mallory Vet and Stephanie Stethoscope, Pilot Pete and Penny Plane, and so on," said Riepenhoff.
Local children's authors Nick Rokicki and Joe Kelley will open the CD release party with a reading of their book "Pete the Popcorn."
The release party will include raffle giveaways, including CDs, T-shirts, hats and bracelets.
Dream Big will include 10 local guest musicians, including Josh Whitney, guitarist for The Eight Fifteens.
"It was interesting to work with Chuck on this because I've often thought about doing kids music myself," said Whitney. " He'd ask my ideas for a song, I'd lay down some guitar tracks and maybe take it in a different direction than he'd originally thought up, and it worked quite well that way."
Whitney previously worked with Riepenhoff on the Make-A-Wish Foundation benefit album Holiday Wishes.
The Wanna Bees are styled after bands like The Barenaked Ladies, Weezer and The Cars. Riepenhoff said that although the lyrical content is aimed at kids, the songs also appeal to parents.
"In the end, that's who actually pays for the CD and merch. That's why we aim to have the style of the music catchy and rockin' enough for parents," said Riepenhoff. "We see whole families out there enjoying it. It's very rocked up."
Riepenhoff started the band 12 years ago when his kids were young enough to watch The Wiggles. As he watched his boys grow up to their songs, he continued researching the kids music world.
"I thought, 'Hey, I could do something like that,'" said Riepenhoff. "The market we're in, commonly referred to as 'Kindie music,' has become its own genre over the last few years. It's really blossoming."
Riepenhoff said the most rewarding aspect of kindie music is hearing kids at concerts sing back.
"These kids are jumping and dancing around to the songs we wrote, and in a lot of cases they're familiar with the songs," Riepenhoff said. "With 150 kids who know the words singing back at us, it's very cool to see."
Upcoming shows in the Martini n Nuzzi's kids concert series include Mr. Selley on Dec. 7, Wilson Lake and The Rock Bass on Jan. 4 and PlayDate on Feb. 1.
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(Craighead County, AR) There's widespread damage in the town of Caraway, Ark., after a tornado touched down Halloween night.
There were several injuries, but no one was killed.
Fortunately, most trick-or-treaters were off the streets when the twister hit around 7:30.
Friday, almost everywhere you looked in the town of Caraway, Arkansas, there was evidence of Thursday night's damaging storm.
And there were lots of folks in Caraway believing things could have turned out much worse.
This was the second time Voader Hancock has been though a tornado.
She was glad the trick or treaters were off the streets, but the tornado still gave her the Halloween frights.
"Oh, I was really scared when it hit. It shook my house real hard. So I was really scared there for a few minutes," said Hancock.
Halloween night turned really frightening when straight line winds hit the southwest side of town causing a large steel framed farm building to crumble and toppling trees and power lines.
But the weather monster grew more powerful as it headed toward Caraway's business district.
Benjamin Schott, with the National Weather Service Office in Memphis, toured Caraway Friday morning.
"A tornado developed with winds in excess of and or near 90 to a hundred miles an hour. Which places it as an EF-1 tornado, said Schott.
The twister turned a festive night into a horror show for youngsters like Rebecca Thaxton.
"The wind scared me," the youngster said.
There were a few minor injuries, but fortunately most all of the trick or treaters were off the streets when weather turned ugly.
Victoria Chamberlain had just wrapped her trick or treating and was back home.
"And then all of a sudden the sirens went off and we went into the hallway," said Chamberlain.
The twister missed Ronnie Pentecosts' home but not his security fence or storage building.
"About five seconds it was over. And come outside and looked and this is what I seen," said Pentecost as her searched through the rubble.
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It was the doldrums.
I was draped sideways across the turquoise painted Adirondack chair in the backyard like a soggy beach towel. My mother pushed through the screen door and sat on the back step, letting the dish towel she was holding dangle from her fingers.
Across the cinder road that served as a driveway between the Johnson's house and ours, Nephew hung on the rope swing, holding on with both hands stiff-armed, straddling the knot, head thrown back so it almost dragged the dirt, viewing the world upside down. Every so often he pushed off the apple tree trunk with his sneaker toe, but even that looked too hot to do.
Mrs. Treadwell, Nephew's auntie, came out of the kitchen door of the Johnson house and leaned her squishy elbows on the porch railing.
It was only early morning, but already we were all waiting for the day to be over.
In the distance I heard the hum of a truck making the curve off of Hazlewood Avenue onto Hart Street, up by the Royal Gardens Picnic Grounds. I knew by the sound that the driver hadn't been on this road before, because his tires made a tentative squeal. He was going too fast.
If he didn't slow down before the next curve where Hart Street turned into Randolph Avenue, right in front of my house, he certainly wasn't going to make this curve, and could very well end up in our driveway, or on our front lawn.
I didn't hear him slowing down. This was going to get interesting.
The intersection of Randolph Avenue and Hart Street was a notorious place for all types and degrees of automotive mishaps. No one was ever killed on that corner, but it was "an accident waiting to happen" sort of place. The problem arose from the local drivers knowing that Hart Street onto Randolph Avenue was the traditional "right of way", and drivers new to the area made the erroneous assumption, based on appearances, that Randolph Avenue was the through street. It wasn't unusual for us to hear blaring horns, the squeal of tires, the whine of bending metal, and the tinkle of breaking glass, followed by loud voices and cussing, sometimes as often as twice a day.
By this time, everybody that was outside heard the truck coming and knew this guy wasn't slowing down. Despite the heat, we all perked up and waited to see what was going to happen.
My mother got up from the back step and walked into the middle of the driveway in preparation for what was inevitable. She had been known to run into the middle of some of the worse accidents to help the injured. My father wholly disapproved of that behavior on my mother's part, but he couldn't convince my mother not to do it.
It was a delivery truck of some sort, barreling down Hart Street headed straight toward our driveway. If he 'didn't make the curve', he'd run right into the driveway, or if he 'almost made the curve', he'd run right into the front yard. My grandfather had strategically placed a number of painted white boulders along the curve in front of the hedges as a deterrent to careening vehicles in the hope of keeping them out of the yard.
It looked like the boulders, and my mother, were our only hope against this fast approaching delivery truck.
At the last possible moment, maybe seeing my mother standing in his way arms akimbo, or seeing the boulders and knowing the damage they were waiting to inflict, the delivery truck driver corrected his misjudgment with a massive twist of the steering wheel rather than applying the brakes, and swung the top-heavy truck into the curve. The centrifugal force almost toppled him.
By some fortuitous circumstance for the driver, and for us … maybe the weight of the humidity in the air acting as a cushion … the truck righted itself, made the curve with a foot to spare between it and the leering white boulders, and missed Calamity altogether.
Or so the driver thought.
The centrifugal force had not toppled the truck, but it had torqued the body enough that the rear doors of the deliver truck came open in a huge swinging motion, and boxes came spilling out from the back. In addition to the boxes, a huge block of ice crashed to the pavement, smashing and skidding along in the direction of the retreating truck, as if trying to catch up to it wanting to hop back on for the remainder of the ride. The ice twirled to a halt and immediately began to smoke.
Nobody moved.
We'd all seen stuff fall off trucks on this curve before, and typically the drivers turned around in the NatVar parking lot, came back, picked up what had jettisoned, and continued on their way.
We waited.
The sound of the delivery truck disappeared completely and was replaced by the sound of humidity.
Finally my mother said, "Let's get those boxes out of the road before someone runs over them."
I knew my mother meant exactly that. There would be no looking inside. Not even if they were boxes of diamond necklaces. She would probably spend the rest of the day on the telephone trying to find the trucking company to report what had happened, and finding out how we could honestly return the boxes. Such a mommy.
I walked in the direction of the smoking chunk of ice. My mother yelled, "Don't touch that! That's dry ice and you'll stick to it!" Sticking to something called "ice" sounded pretty good to me at the moment, but the note in my mother's voice told me I needed to not touch it, "dry" or otherwise.
I walked back to the less interesting brown cardboard boxes that were scattered in the road and stood and watched as Mom and Mrs. Treadwell each hoisted one, none of the boxes being small enough for me to manage.
As they held the boxes to their sweaty fronts, something happened. They both looked at each other and grinned.
Mom and Mrs. Treadwell made quick trips back and forth from the middle of the road, putting the boxes in the shade of the apple tree, and kicked the chunk of ice off the road next to one of the white boulders.
Completely out of character, Mom began to open the boxes.
The boxes that fell off the long gone delivery truck were filled to the top with ice cream! Popsicles, squeeze pops, creamsicles, push up pops, fudgesicles, dixiecups, ice cream sandwiches, brown cows. Red and blue and green and yellow, chocolate and vanilla, all cold and foggy with condensation.
And all starting to melt.
Mom ran into the house and called the neighbors. "Do you have any freezer space?", she was asking.
Freezer space?!! For goodness sake, throw out the TV dinners and frozen vegetables in OUR freezer if you need room, I was thinking.
Ruthie and Mary were over in a jiffy with brown grocery bags. The moms and auntie Treadwell spent the next half hour divvying up the spoils and carting it off to their respective Frigidaires. All the neighborhood kids showed up, good news travelling fast, even through humid air.
All summer long we had varieties of ice cream that I had never dreamed existed. The push-up pops filled with vanilla ice cream and layered blue and red syrupy stuff was a totally new experience for me. I would never have squandered my one alloted dime on anything other than chocolate, let alone the fifty cents it would have cost to get one of these multi-colored giants.
I vaguely recall one late summer day when Mom announced that "these are the last of the popsicles", as she handed me a red one.
Mom never bothered to find the trucking company that had lost the boxes of ice cream. I have to think she thought losing all those boxes of treats on our corner was an appropriate punishment for someone who had been driving too fast in the first place.


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Will be sold as a fleet vehicle
In a quiet and joyless ceremony, the last US market Pontiac has rolled off the assembly line in Lake Orion, Michigan.
The final car, a white G6 sedan, didn't even get a triumphant send off, a speech, or a banner. Instead, a handful of employees stopped to snap cell phone pictures as the car slowly made its way down the assembly line. The subdued moment was further highlighted by the fact that the G6 will be sold as a fleet vehicle, instead of being kept as a museum piece.
As sad as it sounds, this isn't the final Pontiac that is going to be produced. That dubious honor goes to the Korean-built G3 Wave, which is scheduled to go out of production in December.
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It's about time. Pontiac always was trash. All americanos can now bow to there German Masters.
Jan 8th, 2010 3:44pm
looks like the phoenix won't be rising from the ashes this time :-( so sad
Jan 4th, 2010 4:48am
VW fans, be afraid. Yes they are making good cars right now but they were all but dead in the US in the 80's. Same with Audi and calling Suzuki a successful brand is a joke. They haven't been all that successful here in the states. Toyota passed GM as the number 1 car manufacturer only to see a rash of recalls. GM won't bring back Pontiac, there is not enough market share; they kept Buick because it was making money in China. What's sad is they killed Oldsmobile (oldest car manufacturer in the US) just as they had a good car(Aurora), Saturn (Aura), and Pontiac (G8). There is a band trend, too little too late. Rest in Peace Pontiac.
Dec 1st, 2009 1:18am
I don't feel bad at all .. this is the market and we all play what it sings. My only "problem" is that Firebird could have been used because it is a brand for sportscar worldwide, what can you do when they are ignorant ?
Nov 28th, 2009 5:57am
I think you're right there, making a Firebird instead of the Camaro(since chevy already has the Vette) could have helped revitalized the line-up. Halo cars can be very effective, the G8 was great but it didn't have the history of the F-bird.
Nov 28th, 2009 12:10pm
You can't really consider a brand dead as long as GM keeps the rights to the name. Just consider it a period of rest. But it is sad to think that the only American brand with mainstream cars that is worth considering buying (design, price, and spec wise) is going to be with us no more.
Nov 28th, 2009 2:30am
The saddest part is that the G8 will not survive. This to ma was truely a beautifull and sporty sedan.
Nov 28th, 2009 12:41am
Goodbye pontiac, maker of the legendary firebird, sad to see you go, however you put it the downturn of the big car brands is the fault of the investors of GM. While stock quoted every investor in the company wants to make the most money out of the share, resulting in this.... if this situation happend 20 years ago brands like pontiac where still here, but the ignorence the me myself and I mentality has resulted in this. The clove between rich an poor is growing, stupidity by the people that invest
Nov 27th, 2009 6:04pm
Before everyone picks on GM, I believe they wanted to keep Pontiac as a sub-brand to Buick, but it would not fly past Obama's review panel, and therefor killed. Considering it was recognized as the sporty brand of GM, it was worth keeping. What is their sporting brand now?
Nov 27th, 2009 1:37pm
They don't care how much it has contributed to the car industry. They care how many are selling.
Nov 27th, 2009 5:06am
Very sad. Never liked the brand at all but by all means, it was an American icon, around for such a long time. Congrats GM, for screwing up big time.
Nov 27th, 2009 3:06am
you dont have to like the brand but seeing a car company should always be sad news for us regardless which. Despite preferences we should all be objective about the thing we love(cars).
Nov 28th, 2009 12:40am
Pontiac as an icon died in the 70s .. I am not sorry for those plastic things ..
Nov 27th, 2009 2:45am
nederina, Why would GM kill buick, it is an important brand in the chinese market
Nov 27th, 2009 2:28am
I've thought of that too. But honestly, I doesn't move you as much as the Pontiac has contributed to the car industry. Sadly because of GM's mismanagement and poor products that puts it to grave. The Buick is probably a glorified Opel or Chevrolet to GM now like what Lexus is to Toyota. Maybe GM knows something I don't.
Nov 27th, 2009 2:59am
Smokey & the Bandit 1 & 2 were on a few weeks back and I watched them for nostalgia. That Firebird is a true American muscle car, it pains me when you see them rusting some where or in poor condition. This is coming from someone who is no fan of American branded cars, a true classic though. I'll get youuu Banddittttt
Nov 27th, 2009 2:21am
GM could have killed its other brands like Buick and kept its sporting Pontiac brand.
Nov 27th, 2009 2:16am
I'm 41 years old and I live in Turkey. I consider myself as a car nut since my childhood years when I started buying car magazines, collecting model cars, drawing car pictures, even creating my own designs. At late seventies and early eighties, my favorite car was Firebird and I always loved the Pontiac brand thanks to that car, and now I'm very sad to see the demise of the brand of my childhood dreams...
Nov 27th, 2009 2:00am
Dont worry, i think we'll see them back in due time. To GM, Pontiac was always an important brand save for the last 2 decades. It is very sad to see them gone for any length of time though.
Nov 28th, 2009 12:38am
What a brand, what a legend, what a history of power and coolness. Well, if GM keeps up with the recovery plan, they will be able to revive Pontiac in less then a decade. And yeah, the G6 is a pretty decent car.
Nov 27th, 2009 1:54am
Taking into account that car in the picture this is no bad thing. I have fond memories of Pontiacs from Smokey and the Bandit when I was growing up and knight rider. What happened!!!!!!!!!!!
Nov 27th, 2009 1:46am
GM, your time has past. It is the dawn of the Volkswagen group era. All hail the world largest automaker!
Nov 27th, 2009 1:39am
Absolutely! All Hail VW AG; soon to add Suzuki to its portfolio as the eleventh successful brand. Come to think of it, that is yet another failed GM enterprise.
Nov 27th, 2009 3:41am
Both of you phony car fans STFU, no true car fan is sad to see any automaker die regardless which country they come from. You posers are pathetic, not to mention fanboys.
Nov 28th, 2009 12:36am
Never said that I was glad to see GM in trouble. I am mearly singing VW praises. Way to personally insult me and declare that I'm not a true car fan based on one statement. I have worked for VW/Audi/Porsche for seven years and have been a diehard car nut for much longer. I must say that it is sad to see a company like GM go down the path that they are. It however cannot be seen a surprise given the crap that they have been marketing over the last two decades. The world has responded to GM's lackluster attempts and bought from a company with real passion and engineering prowess. Once again. All hail VW AG!
Nov 28th, 2009 5:12am
Fair enough, my reply was more oriented to Carfan as he's made some other ignorant posts, i shouldn't have grouped you with him automatically, you were just praising your favorite make. My sincere apology. Ultimitely, it is GMs fault while i dont want to see them suffer, they're design practices were heavily flawed, forget the trucks, everything else they built was of negligible build in all honesty.
Nov 28th, 2009 5:49am
I was refering to the Trucks being the scapegoat of GMs failure but while German SUVs are good, simply put they don't match the utilitarian or practical use of a good Tahoe or Suburban. I never appreciated the X5, for similar money ild much rather own a Tahoe.
Nov 30th, 2009 1:42pm
So sad. And it saddens me the most to know the last Pontiac will be... a G3.
Nov 27th, 2009 1:29am


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A colleague of mine claims that the spectral theorem is the most beautiful theorem in mathematics. To be sure, such a game of favorites is always a dicey one to play: it pretty much comes down to such things as deciding which of Beethoven's symphonies, or which of Michelangelo's statues, is the best. But it's certainly the case that just about every one you might ask will come up with the same top three in each category: Beethoven's 5th, 9th, 7th tend to race to the front of the pack, as do Michelangelo's Pietà, David, and Moses. Likewise it's possible (and possibly somewhat less dicey) to list, say, six (this being a perfect number) theorems that are along the lines of universal favorites, leaving out the older classics such as the Pythagorean Theorem, the irrationality of √2, or even Cantor's proofs regarding infinite sets. At the risk of causing trouble I suggest the favored sextet should be as follows, in no particular order: the first isomorphism theorem of Emmy Noether, the de Rham - Hodge theorem, the theorem of quadratic reciprocity (of Gauss and Euler), the Lebesgue dominated convergence theorem, the proof of the irrationality of π, and yes, the spectral theorem. It's all truly beautiful stuff.
I acknowledge that I am letting myself in for an avalanche of shouts of "Yes, but what about …" — to wit: "Hey, you goof, what about Fermat's Last Theorem, then?" or "Where the hell is Bézout?" or "What's wrong with Gauss-Bonnet? — the list goes on (and the mind boggles). So let me just say that I'm restricting myself to stuff we can safely show the kids in a senior level undergraduate course for extremely enthusiastic majors. When I was a snot, we got the vaunted elementary proof of the Prime Number Theorem à la Erdös-Selberg (given that my professor was the late Ernst Straus, a close friend of "Uncle Paul" himself), but that took nigh on 2/3 of the term: too involved a proof, I think. On the other hand, there's the gorgeous proof by Newman… but I am getting way off the subject: we're making a case for the spectral theorem — for which no one really needs to make a case, anyway — so there!
Well, at its most prosaic level, and as every one knows, the spectral theorem gives us the diagonalization of matrices in the presence of the eigenvalue problem, but at a much more powerful level it is this theorem which resides at the heart of, for example, the now-classical treatment of the Schrödinger wave equation in quantum mechanics. Indeed, along the latter lines the spectral theorem also perfectly fits the bill regarding Dirac's famous pronouncement that the mathematics of physics must be beautiful because, after all, it was chosen by God: it is truly awe-inspiring to learn that the quantized data provided by the Schrödinger equation's solution via spectral theory is precisely what the experiments provide, suggesting that the overarching mathematics for quantum mechanics should be nothing else than functional analysis in Hilbert space (as developed largely by John von Neumann, of course). As I never tire of telling my students: it's better than magic — it's mathematics.
With this observation in place, what about the author's own appraisal of what he is presenting in the book under review? Well, in the introductory paragraph to his (thirty-some pages long) third chapter titled "Spectral Theorem" Kubrusly states that
[t]he Spectral Theorem is one of the milestones in the theory of Hilbert space operators, providing a full statement about the structure of normal operators. For compact operators the Spectral Theorem can be completely investigated without requiring any knowledge of measure theory, and this leads to the concept of diagonalization. However, the Spectral Theorem for plain normal operators (the general case) requires some (elementary) measure theory.
There's a lot going on in the shadows, of course. Properly speaking the spectral theorem asserts that a normal operator T on a Hilbert space allows for a positive measure on an associated sigma algebra of subsets of a suitable set Ω, together with a function φ depending on T of course, such that T is unitarily equivalent to the operator "multiplication by φ" on the space L2(Ω), and T and φ have the same norm (see p.67 of the book). Actually Kobrusly calls this the "first version" of the theorem; see p.76 for his "second version" which associates T, as above, to a unique spectral measure such that T can be realized in terms of integration against this measure. Standard as these theorems are, this is deep stuff under any circumstances and clearly requires a measure of sophistication on the part of the reader (if you'll excuse the pun).
But it's all there in Kobrusly's book, done very carefully and thoroughly, and he situates the spectral theorem in a very interesting broader context. For instance, he gives us Fuglede's Theorem which he presents in the language of spectral measures, and he does some C*-algebra and some Riesz functional calculus, while adding an entire (closing) chapter on Fredholm theory.
Pedagogically speaking, Kubrusly intends the book for a one-semester graduate course and even though exercises are absent, he closes each of his five (pretty beefy) chapters with sections titled "Additional Propositions." Says he:
[These consist] of either auxiliary results that will be required to support a proof in the main text, or further results extending some theorems proved in the main text. These are followed by a set of Notes, where each proposition is briefly discussed, and references are provided indicating proofs for all of them. The Additional Propositions can … be thought of as a set of proposed problems, and their … Notes … as hints for solving them.
I think this is a nice idea: it will make for a very solid learning experience indeed. All in all, it's a good book.
Michael Berg is Professor of Mathematics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA.


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The big Sunny Side for me was Christmas. He reminded us of what we saw in Cincinnati. He has been the best rebounder on the team, in terms of rebounds per minute, all season. He is clearly not the defender that Melo is, but he held his own here and he is a better rebounder. And he clearly got a crash course in how not to foul. On to Wisconsin and Boston! Go Orange!!
I think the Orange should be able to win this game without too much trouble. There are two big things. The first is that the Orange have to score. And they have to keep the game close in the first half. Wisconsin likes to shoot 3s. The Orange can't let them start sinking them in bunches like Cincinnati did. Then it comes down to the Orange offense. If they have a half like the second half against Kansas State, it is all over, but if they shoot more normally, they have to work to get good shots. They can do it! Go Orange!!
To state the obvious, the dark, dark side is that there is no way this game should have been close, even without Melo. The good news is that Kansas St. is not a super team. They are not, thank goodness, based on making a lot of 3s. They can make them, but they don't shoot many of them. And Kansas St. is quite inconsistent. But when they are good, they are very, very good, as Missouri found out. Here's hoping they don't have a big day on Saturday. The big thing is that the Orange can not come out, as Mike Waters put it, listless, especially on offense. I think the key is Joseph. He will play virtually the whole game no matter what. When Fair didn't produce, he sat. When Scoop doesn't produce, he sits. But when Joseph doesn't produce, he still plays. So he has to produce. Go get 'em, Kris! Go Orange!!
The big Sunny Side thing for me was the free throws, especially in crunch time. At the free throw line, it doesn't matter if your opponent is Kentucky or Providence. It is a free, open shot. Hopefully this will keep up however long the Orange last in the NCAAs.
Boeheim understates the case about the lift Southerland gave the Orange. Without his hot hand, they simply would have lost. Hopefully he's not seriously hurt, hopefully he can keep this up, and hopefully Boeheim will play him. Kansas State is good, but the Orange can handle them. Go Orange!
What a relief! Both the win and free throws that were made down the stretch. One game at a time!
The problem is that the NCAA wants to continue the grand illusion that people on athletic scholarships are regular students. Many are, but many aren't, especially in sports like basketball. I'm sure most schools will find a way to officially stay within the guidelines, just like Syracuse, but nothing will really change.
It blows my mind to have written, a mere 10 days ago, in a comment on the Sunny Side after the Louisville game at the Dome, the following, "After all, if Fab were such an academic basket case, he would have been ineligible the rest of the way, not for three games." I understand privacy laws, but I really hope we get an explanation someday. How did Fab get through his freshman year academically? What allowances were there for him not being a native English speaker? Lots of students and potential students who are risking real money and are not on athletic scholarships would like to now just how vulnerable they are at SU. I wish Fab well. Gotta forget all this and concentrate on the game tomorrow, and the game after that. Go Orange!
That the players think this isn't such a big deal is probably a good thing. Who would want them going out there depressed?
If Fab can't make it in the NBA or somewhere else in professional basketball, I think a book deal would be a good idea for him. Between the English version here and the Portuguese version in Brazil, I can see it selling lots of copies. As for Boeheim and the remaining Orange players, it will be interesting to see what they can do. At least Christmas and Keita know they won't be pulled after 1 minute. Or maybe Boeheim will anyway, sort of like George Steinbrenner with Billy Martin!
This situation is unreal. Whatever the truth is, which we will probably never know, this is sad. I hope the NCAAs go well for the Orange. This time, at least, there is sufficient warning. Also, they have the experience of the three games without Melo earlier in the season. They know he is not coming back. And they do get to start out against UNC-Asheville. All of these factors will give the Orange the chance to adjust to play without Melo. The basic talent is still there. We'll see what happens
Nice job CJ Fair on making it to starter! I'm sure this is the "start" of a long string of starts by CJ for the Orange. For next season, I look for Paul Harris type numbers from CJ (12 points and 8 rebounds per game), but for the NCAAs now, just keep playing the D, grabbing those rebounds, and sinking that mid range jumper! Go Fair! Go Orange!!
I don't think rebounding will be a huge issue. They've been winning games with less than stellar rebounding all season. But they are going to have to be really disciplined and tough every game after the first round. Fortunately, they won't have to play both Ohio State and Florida State, just the winner of their game. The first thing that has to happen is that if one of these teams is shooting 3s like Cincinnati did, they have to stop it fast, no matter what it takes (even, gasp, some man-to-man!). Then when games get down to crunch time, they have to get it done (make free throws, no or very few mistakes), as they did throughout this season until Cincinnati. If they can do those two things, and I expect them do it, then I think they are odds on to make the final four.
I think the Orange will have no problems until they reach the top tier. It is clear that the biggest problem against Cincinnati was a lack of a desire to win. If Waiters can say who cares about the game against Cincinnati, and Boeheim said who cares after the game, I can just imagine what his pre-game pep talk must have been like. Since they are all agreed that the NCAA tournament means everything to them, you can bet they will not suffer this desire deficit in any of those games. As for the first game, I think a quick mention of the Richmond Spiders should take care of the pre-game pep talk.
For me, the big dark side was the failure to perform when it counted, especially at the free throw line, but also that hanging basket they gave up. I have no problem with the original blitz of 3s by Cincinnati. These things just happen on occasion. I'll always remember when they lost 108-69 to DePaul a few years ago. That just came out of nowhere. But those mistakes last night when the Orange were trying to catch up were another story. I always remember that in the 6 overtime game, Jonny Flynn was 16 for 16 from the line and Paul Harris was 13 for 14. Neither was an 80% free throw shooter, but when the Orange needed it at multiple critical times in that game, they came through. Hopefully, if they find themselves in a similar situation in the Big Dance, they will concentrate and play without the mistakes.
Boeheim may have been honest, but I think it is very sad that neither he nor anybody else seems to care about losing in the Big East tournament. Maybe it will be a good thing to go to the ACC. Maybe a good crushing by North Carolina or Duke in the ACC tournament will make Boeheim care again. Anyway, on a side note, that unidentified professor who forced Melo to miss the three games can now rest easy. His or her anonymity is now assured, since their actions no longer have the potential to end a perfect season. So, for now, on to the NCAAs! Vermont just won their game to make the Big Dance. If the Orange end up matched with them in the first round, I think it will be time to start the Twilight Zone music!
Oh, come on. Fair had 11 rebounds in this game. That's not a contribution? And he said yesterday he wasn't feeling well. That was why no headband against Connecticut. Joseph may be hurt after that freak hand accident. And Scoop was off, but did hit a big 3 towards the end. The main problem this game was that Cincinnati was so hot from 3 early on. Then the Orange just failed to execute at the end. Fab had become almost automatic on free throws and he missed two. Triche missed two free throws, etc. A frustrating loss, but Fair definitely contributed.
Unfortunate loss. Nice try to comeback but too many mistakes in execution. Those misses by Triche and Fab were agonizing. And the failure of Waiters to miss the last free throw. And allowing Gates to get away with basket hanging. The way Cincinnati was hitting practically every 3 they put up early reminded me of times last season like when Hazell lit them up. Some of the changes Boeheim put in were interesting, especially putting in the three guards to try to come back. Off to the NCAAs!
Christmas doesn't even get mentioned? He must be channeling Rodney Dangerfield. That game against Cincinnate showed what he could do. 9 rebounds in 27 minutes against Yancy Gates. And a nice defensive effort. With all the gnashing of teeth about the rebounding, why did Christmas just sit and sit? We all know why. The rebounding issue was less than met the eye and the team just wins and wins and wins! Ain't it great? Go Orange!
I was surprised that Cincinnati was able to come back and prevail in overtime over Georgetown. On paper, it seems like the Orange should have no problem, considering they beat them without Melo on the road. But Cincinnati clearly has heart and they are tough, as Xavier found out! If it sticks to basketball, everything should be well. Go Orange!


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Super heroes and other characters from popular comic books, films, video games and more may be spotted on the East Tennessee State University campus this weekend when the university hosts its second annual comic and anime convention.
Students may dress up as their favorite characters to attend ETSUCon on Saturday and Sunday, March 1-2, at the D.P. Culp University Center. Registration begins at 10 a.m. each day, and activities continue until 10 p.m. each night.
The convention features vendors and artists from around the region, as well as celebrity voice actors, including Charles Martinet of Nintendo's "Mario"; Martha Harms, Maya in "Borderlands 2"; Christopher Sabat from "Dragonball Z"; and Robert Axelrod, Lord Zedd in "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers."
ETSUCon is sponsored by the Buccaneer Anime Club, Japanese Cultural Society, Student Government Association and Buctainment. Convention tickets are $15 and may be purchased at the door or online in advance at www.etsucon.com.
The convention itself is part of a larger ETSUCon Weekend, one of the university's theme weekends for students.
The weekend includes the opening of "Four Color Culture: Comic Books and American History, 1938-2014," an exhibit curated by Ensley Guffey, an ETSU graduate student in history, at the Reece Museum; Guffey will present a free public talk, "50 Years of War: Sgt. Rock and American Memories of World War II," on Saturday, March 1, at noon at the museum. The Reece Museum will be open from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Another event planned for ETSUCon Weekend is a kung fu performance by Master Shi Yan Nan. This free demonstration of Chinese Shaolin kung fu will take place Sunday, March 2, at 7 p.m. in the Culp Center's Martha Street Culp Auditorium. It is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Chinese Student Scholars.
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JAY AMBROSE: The 11 percent
Congress shouldn't have earned the confidence of anyone
A Gallup poll reveals that only 11 percent of Americans have a great deal of confidence in Congress, and though it's the lowest ranking ever, one wonders what malady afflicts the yea-sayers. Might a review of reality correct their misperceptions?
To do the task justice would require at least as many pages as some of the bills Congress passes, but that itself is a place to start — mention of a debt-stimulating stimulus bill over 1,000 pages long, of a topsy-turvy health-care remake over 2,000 pages long and of a recent financial-regulation mishmash over 2,000 pages long.
Members of Congress may have some study-guide notion of what's in these bills, but no grasp of all the possible catastrophes hidden in unread clauses. Passing them is therefore akin to the blindfolded racing of a bus down a busy highway. The public knows even less.
At least some of the devilish details do emerge in time, and so you learn that even if an $862 billion stimulus was defensible, the political handouts got out of hand.
The health bill was pretty much a fraud from beginning to end. It's going to control health costs? Just the opposite, and here is more bad news — this expensive entitlement comes on top of old entitlements that already threaten to help create fiscal chaos and uncontrollable debt.
Our economy is hugely at risk, and Congress did this to us. Every half-alert Washington denizen has known about the entitlement risk for years now, but most members of Congress have been afraid to take on the restructuring necessary to keep the programs and economy intact.
So what are we going to do about this fine mess? Look to Congress? Of course not. So worried are Democrats about what the five-year numbers will show, we aren't even going to get the usual budget plan this year. President Barack Obama has so little faith in Congress tackling the issue that he is looking instead to a commission.
At the same time, these pretend protectors act as if they are vigilant on the citizenry's behalf. Look at them when they conduct televised hearings in their Mussolini style.
There are some really, truly fine members of the House and Senate, but then there are those who are corrupt. There's the campaign-trail complaint Washington is broken by those who are breaking it. There's the disregard for the Constitution and traditional rules. There's the ignorance and lousy leadership.
Come on, you 11 percent. Wake up.
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Blue things make us happy! Boyfriend jeans. Clear skies. Kate Middleton's engagement ring. It's no wonder that we've always gravitated towards blue characters. They're just so bright and vivid. And the past year has been flush with them, from Frozen's Anna (okay, she's not technically blue…but she is for a moment, after she, well, freezes) to The Amazing Spiderman 2's Electro (that electricity-sparky skin!). And, of course, the greatest blue character of all time — X-Men's Mystique — hit theaters again last week. Pantone needs to create a new shade in honor of that woman. Blue us away.
From Finding Nemo's Dory to Gonzo, the most baller Muppet ever (all those chicken groupies!), let's take a look at our favorite blue characters of all time.
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I was initially introduced to Dreyfus model of skill acquisition by Merlin Mann, one of my favorite go-to's for anything around productivity and the world of work. This concept changed the way I thought about problems and about expertise. The model basically describes a stage in the learning cycle where we are "advanced beginners", which follows the novice stage. The advanced beginner stage is best described as a period where we have a lack of situational awareness.
This means that you've built enough expertise to the point that you believe you're an expert, without the true experience to know where your deficiencies lie. This period is incredibly dangerous because it causes people to quit jobs, take risks, and overall do things that they simply shouldn't because of a false arrogance about their true skills in whatever they call a career.
As with anything, I, in many stages of my career and life, reached this stage. I particularly reached this stage as it comes to three aspects of building a company and overall building a life, with strong associations to starting an agency that others might empathize with (or be glad to know before it happens). ….


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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's track and field team will be one of 35 teams at the annual Tennessee State Invitational at the Wilma Rudolph Track this Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.
The event will be a tune-up for the Mocs who will be headed to the Samford Invitational next weekend in Birmingham, Ala. Chattanooga will field teams in the Distance Medley Relay as well as the middle and long distance races. Senior Mark Cole will run the 800 meter instead of his normal longer distances while senior Nathan Wanuch will be making his debut this season along with Matthew Marshall, Patrick O'Brien and Marquis Carter.
"We'll be mixing it up," Chattanooga head coach Bill Gautier said. "We'll focus on the relays, but most of the guys will be running events they don't normally run as we prep for the Samford meet next week."
The event is slated to start Saturday morning and results will be at GoMocs.com as soon as they become available.