text: NorduGrid and Advanced Resource Connector Oxana Smirnova Lund/CERN NorduGrid/LCG/ATLAS Reykjavik, November 17, 2004 Outlook NorduGrid background Challenges of Grid computing Advanced Resource Connector 2004-11-17 2 Background 2004-11-17 3 Nordic Testbed for Wide Area Computing and Data Handling (1/2) Ran in 2001-2002 as a part of the NORDUNet2 program, aimed to enable Grid middleware and applications in the Nordic countries – Middleware: EDG – Applications: ATLAS DC1, theory (Lund, NORDITA) Participants: academic groups from 4 Nordic countries Funded resources: – – – – DK: Research Center COM, DIKU, NBI FI: HIP NO: U. of Bergen, U. of Oslo SE: KTH, Stockholm U., Lund U., Uppsala U. (ATLAS groups) – 3 FTEs – 4 test Linux clusters • 4-6 CPUs each • Variety of GNU/Linux OS: RedHat, Mandrake, Slackware Other resources: – 2-3 × 0.5 FTEs – Rental CPU cycles 2004-11-17 4 Nordic Testbed for Wide Area Computing and Data Handling (2/2) Strong links with EDG – – – – WP6: active work with the ITeam; Nordic CA WP8: active work with ATLAS DC1 WP2: contribution to GDMP Attempts to contribute to RC, Infosystem Had to diverge from EDG in 2002 – January 2002: became increasingly aware that EDG won't deliver a production-lever middleware – February 2002: developed own lightweight Grid architecture – March 2002: prototypes of the core services in place – April 2002: first live demos ran – May 2002: entered a continuous production mode Guess what – became known as the NorduGrid (http://www.nordugrid.org) 2004-11-17 5 NorduGrid Since end-2002 is a research collaboration between Nordic academic institutes – Open to anybody, non-binding Contributed up to 15% to the ATLAS DC1 (20022003) using local institute clusters and rental resources from HPC Since end-2003 focuses only on the middleware support and development – The middleware was baptized Advanced Resource Connector (ARC) in end-2003 – 6 core developers, many contributing student projects – Provides middleware to research groups (ATLAS, theory) and national Grid projects ARC is installed on 40+ sites (~5000 CPUs) in 10 countries 2004-11-17 6 ARC Grid A Grid based on ARC middleware – Driven (so far) mostly by the needs of the LHC experiments – One of the world's largest production-level Grids Close cooperation with other Grid projects: – – – – – EU DataGrid (2001-2003) SWEGRID, DCGC … NDGF LCG EGEE Assistance in Grid deployment outside the Nordic area 2004-11-17 7 Challenges 2004-11-17 8 Grid computing: the challenges Network connectivity is NOT a problem (normally) – Bandwidth is yet to be saturated – Storage/data management servers are the bottlenecks Computing and storage resources – Different ownership • Often incompatible purposes, practical and political • Often incompatible allocation and usage policies • Often competition/distrust within a single country, let alone different ones – Different technical characteristics • Whole spectrum of operating systems (mostly GNU/Linux though) • Whole range of hardware (CPUs from Pentium II to Opteron, RAM from 128MB to 2GB, disk space from 1GB to 2TB, network connectivity from 10Mbps to Gbps etc) • Big variety of cluster configurations (PBS in many flavours, SGE, Condor, standalone workstations) 2004-11-17 9 Grid challenges: continued Users and applications – Different users' background • Ranging from a novice user to a sysadmin • Everybody has a preferred OS (many prefer MS Windows) • Most are reluctant to learn new ways – Very different applications • Whole spectrum from data-intensive to CPU-intensive tasks • Very different requirements on CPU, memory, disk and network consumption • Each application needs a certain runtime environment, which is sometimes an obscure application-specific piece of software, and sometimes – a licensed s/w. – Users and resources are not in the same administrative domain 2004-11-17 10 Middleware R&D versus production facility deployment and support Technical solutions for distributed computing and data management are a-plenty; however, political and sociological obstacles are even more NorduGrid focuses on providing technical solutions for Grid computing, trying to leave "testbed" management and politics to others – In reality, developers inevitably get involved into management to some degree – Political considerations are ever nagging 2004-11-17 11 Advanced Resource Connector 2004-11-17 12 Philosophy 1. The system must be: a) Light-weight b) Portable c) Non-intrusive: • • • • Resource owners retain full control; Grid Manager is effectively a yet another user (with many faces though) No requirements w.r.t. OS, resource configuration, etc. Clusters need not be dedicated Runs independently of other existing Grid installation d) Client part must be easily installable by a novice user 2. Strategy: start with something simple that works for users and add functionality gradually 2004-11-17 13 Architecture Oriented towards serial batch jobs Dynamical, heterogeneous set of resources – Parallel jobs are perfectly possible, but only within a cluster; ARC is however not optimized for this (yet) – Computing: Linux clusters (pools) or workstations • Addition of non-Linux resources is possible via Linux front-ends – Storage: disk storage (no tape storages offered so far) Each resource has a front-end Each user can have a lightweight brokering client Grid topology is achieved by an hierarchical, multi-rooted set of indexing services (customized Globus MDS structure) – Custom GridFTP server for all the communications – Local information database: LDAP DB + Grid front-end (so-called GRIS) – LDAP DB + Grid front-end (so-called GIIS) – Serve as dynamical list of GRISes (via down-up registrations) – Several levels (project → country → international) Matchmaking is performed by every client independently 2004-11-17 14 ARC components Goal: no single point of failure 2004-11-17 15 Implementation Based on Globus Toolkit® 2 API and libraries – Very limited subset is actually used: mostly GSI and parts of MDS – Newly developed components follow Web services framework – Can be built upon GT3 libraries, but does not use its services Stable by design: The "heart"(s): Grid Manager(s) The "nervous system": Information System (MDS) The "brain"(s): User Interface(s) – Front-end: accepts job requests and formulates jobs for LRMS/fork – Performs most data movement (stage in and out), cache management, interacts with replica catalogs – Manages user work area – Provides the pseudo-mesh architecture, similar to file sharing networks – Information is never older than 30 seconds – Query the InfoSys for info, select a best resource, submit jobs – All the necessary job and data manipulation/monitoring tools 2004-11-17 16 Information System Uses Globus' MDS 2.2 A new schema is developed, to serve clusters – Soft-state registration allows creation of any dynamic structure – Multi-rooted tree – GIIS caching is not used by the clients – Several patches and bug fixes are applied – Clusters are expected to be fairly homogeneous 2004-11-17 17 Front-end and the Grid Manager Grid Manager replaces Globus' GRAM, still using Globus ToolkitTM 2 libraries All transfers are made via GridFTP Possibility to pre- and post-stage files, optionally using information from data indexing systems (RC, RLS) Caching of pre-staged files is enabled Application-specific runtime environment support 2004-11-17 18 The User Interface Provides a set of utilities to be invoked from the command line: ngsub ngstat ngcat ngget ngkill ngclean ngrenew ngsync ngls ngcopy ngrequest ngremove to to to to to to to to to to to to submit a task obtain the status of jobs and clusters display the stdout or stderr of a running job retrieve the result from a finished job cancel a job request delete a job from a remote cluster renew user's proxy synchronize the local job info with the MDS list storage element contents transfer files to, from and between clusters transfer files asynchronously (requires SSE) remove files Contains a broker that polls MDS and decides to which queue at which cluster a job should be submitted – – – – – The user must be authorized to use the cluster and the queue The cluster's and queue's characteristics must match the requirements specified in the xRSL string (max CPU time, required free disk space, installed software etc) If the job requires a file that is registered in a data indexing service, the brokering gives priority to clusters where a copy of the file is already present From all queues that fulfills the criteria one is chosen randomly, with a weight proportional to the number of free CPUs available for the user in each queue If there are no available CPUs in any of the queues, the job is submitted to the queue with the lowest number of queued job per processor 2004-11-17 19 Job Description: extended Globus RSL (&(executable="recon.gen.v5.NG") (arguments="dc1.002000.lumi02.01101.hlt.pythia_jet_17.zebra" "dc1.002000.lumi02.recon.007.01101.hlt.pythia_jet_17.eg7.602.ntuple" "eg7.602.job" "999") (stdout="dc1.002000.lumi02.recon.007.01101.hlt.pythia_jet_17.eg7.602.log") (stdlog="gridlog.txt")(join="yes") ( |(&(|(cluster="farm.hep.lu.se")(cluster="lscf.nbi.dk")(*cluster="seth.hpc2n.umu.se"*)(cluster="login-3.monolith.nsc.liu.se")) (inputfiles= ("dc1.002000.lumi02.01101.hlt.pythia_jet_17.zebra" "rc://grid.uio.no/lc=dc1.lumi02.002000,rc=NorduGrid,dc=nordugrid,dc=org/zebra/dc1.002000.lumi02.01101.hlt.pythia_jet _17.zebra") ("recon.gen.v5.NG" "http://www.nordugrid.org/applications/dc1/recon/recon.gen.v5.NG.db") ("eg7.602.job" "http://www.nordugrid.org/applications/dc1/recon/eg7.602.job.db") ("noisedb.tgz" "http://www.nordugrid.org/applications/dc1/recon/noisedb.tgz")) ) (inputfiles= ("dc1.002000.lumi02.01101.hlt.pythia_jet_17.zebra" "rc://grid.uio.no/lc=dc1.lumi02.002000,rc=NorduGrid,dc=nordugrid,dc=org/zebra/dc1.002000.lumi02.01101.hlt.pythia_jet _17.zebra") ("recon.gen.v5.NG" "http://www.nordugrid.org/applications/dc1/recon/recon.gen.v5.NG") ("eg7.602.job" "http://www.nordugrid.org/applications/dc1/recon/eg7.602.job")) ) (outputFiles= ("dc1.002000.lumi02.recon.007.01101.hlt.pythia_jet_17.eg7.602.log" "rc://grid.uio.no/lc=dc1.lumi02.recon.002000,rc=NorduGrid,dc=nordugrid,dc=org/log/dc1.002000.lumi02.recon.007.0110 1.hlt.pythia_jet_17.eg7.602.log") ("histo.hbook" "rc://grid.uio.no/lc=dc1.lumi02.recon.002000,rc=NorduGrid,dc=nordugrid,dc=org/histo/dc1.002000.lumi02.recon.007.011 01.hlt.pythia_jet_17.eg7.602.histo") ("dc1.002000.lumi02.recon.007.01101.hlt.pythia_jet_17.eg7.602.ntuple" "rc://grid.uio.no/lc=dc1.lumi02.recon.002000,rc=NorduGrid,dc=nordugrid,dc=org/ntuple/dc1.002000.lumi02.recon.007.01 101.hlt.pythia_jet_17.eg7.602.ntuple")) (jobname="dc1.002000.lumi02.recon.007.01101.hlt.pythia_jet_17.eg7.602") (runTimeEnvironment="ATLAS-6.0.2") (CpuTime=1440)(Disk=3000)(ftpThreads=10)) 2004-11-17 20 More components Storage Elements (SE): – "Regular" SE: a GridFTP-enabled disk server – "Smart" SE: a very new addition • Provides reliable file transfer • Communicates with various data indexing services • Asynchronous data manipulation Monitor: PHP4 client for InfoSys (localized so far in 3 languages) VO lists: anything from an HTTP-served text file to an LDAP database, to VOMS; ca 20 VOs in total (over 800 potential users) Logging service: job provenance database, filled by GM Data indexing services: Globus products – Replica Catalog: scalability and stability problems, many practical limitations; not supported by Globus – Replica Location Service: a history of stability problems, no support for data collections, very coarse-grained access and authorization 2004-11-17 21 Performance 2002-2003: the only Grid running massive production (more than 2000 successful jobs, ca 4 TB of data processed) – Physics (ATLAS) tasks 2003: Sweden starts allocating CPU slots for users on SweGrid running ARC – All kind of research tasks 2004: – ARC-connected Grid resources are used by ATLAS production system on equal footing with LCG/EGEE (EU) and Grid3 (USA) – Many Nordic Grid projects use ARC as the basic Grid middleware 2004-11-17 22 ARC middleware status Current stable release: 0.4.4 – – – – – GPL license Available in 12+ Linux flavors Builds on top of NorduGrid-patched Globus Toolkit 2 EDG VOMS integrated (voms-1.1.39-5ng) Globus RLS support included Current development series: 0.5.x – Contains the "Smart" Storage Element and other newly introduced features Anybody is free to use; best-effort support is guaranteed – Support: email@example.com – Download at http://ftp.nordugrid.org and cvs.nordugrid.org – Bug reports: http://bugzilla.nordugrid.org Everybody is welcomed to contribute – Join firstname.lastname@example.com (very busy list!) – Write-access to CVS will be given upon consultations with the rest of the developers 2004-11-17 23 Conclusion NorduGrid's ARC is a reliable and robust Grid middleware, supporting distributed production facilities already for more than 2 years The middleware is in development, everybody is welcomed to use and contribute Using ARC does not give an automatic access to any resource: please negotiate with the resource owners (create Virtual Organizations) Deploying ARC does not open doors to all the users: only resource owners decide whom to authorize ARC developers are getting deeply involved in global Grid standardization and interoperability efforts 2004-11-17 24


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If sugar is the new tobacco, then it's good to see that Tesco will no longer be stocking sweets at the check-outs of their Metro and Express stores – though you have to wonder why they've been there at all given that the company ended the practice at their main stores 20 years ago. What took them so long?
Earlier this year Lidl began doing the same, while Sainsbury's and the Co-op announced something similar a while back (though not at the smaller Sainsbury's shops). I was tickled by Marks and Spencer's policy: they don't have confectionery at their check-outs that has packaging "with characters or designs likely to appeal to children". I've yet to see a sweet-wrapper that doesn't appeal to children.
Though I hesitate to suggest that Tesco don't give a flying Fudge bar for the national waistline, at the heart of their decision is a simple and pragmatic calculation: they might be losing a tranche of revenue but will surely hope that taking the moral high ground will help them claw it back elsewhere. Their market research found that 65 per cent of shoppers wanted confectionery removed from check-outs to help them make healthier choices. Keep the customers satisfied and they'll keep coming back.
That this has all been done on a voluntary basis, without governmental coercion, is surely a good thing. Now, perhaps, supermarkets might like to bid a fond farewell to all the underhand psychological tricks they employ to get us to buy stuff we don't need.
They're mostly well-known but that doesn't stop us being taken in: putting staples like milk at the back of the shop so we have to traipse past everything else to get to them; arranging the nice-but-bad stuff at eye level (sugary cereals are usually lower down, to suit the younger eyeline); using red stickers, which suggest price cuts even if there are none; having bigger trolleys, which research has shown makes us buy more.
There's a ploy Which? uncovered: "In Morrisons, there was a small fridge of bacon near bread and soup," a Which? spokesman reported. "This seemed an illogical place to put bacon, but whether it was by accident or design, our shopper still bought it. Having already looked at the bread, she was half way to a bacon sandwich."
I don't think there's any chance whatsoever that supermarkets might be persuaded to drop this kind of stunt – which is perhaps why selling techniques should be regulated. I can see how bad an election slogan this would be – "We need more government!" – but it might help prevent abuses such as the ongoing controversy over Fifa 14 player packs, which children can acquire as part of the computer game without realising that they're spending their parents' money.
A friend of my son's racked up a £250 bill – though he's a rank amateur compared to the child of the poor mother on BBC's Watchdog programme on Wednesday who was stung for £1,500. There's no warning message asking for permission to purchase and no password needed. It seems to me that the system is specifically geared to allow children to spend their parents' money without proper checks or controls. Fifa's get-out is that it's all in the small print – for which response, shame on them.
The fact is, even taking Tesco's commendable decision into account, if we don't want, as consumers, to be taken for fools, then we need to legislate, nanny state or not. Tesco and the others may seem to have our best interests at heart, but in the end they're only interested in the bottom line.Reuse content

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The unforking of KDE's KHTML and Webkit
There is one major web rendering engine that grew entirely out of the open source world: KHTML is KDE's web renderer which was built from the ground up by the open source community with very little original corporate backing. The code was good and branches were born as a result, the best known being Webkit. Now, after years of split, KHTML and Webkit are coming together once again.
One of the first projects to pick up KHTML for use outside of KDE was AtheOS (now known as Syllable), which abstracted KHTML to produce their own web browser, known as Abrowse.
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As it was now revealed the situation around KHTML and WebKit is settled. KDE will focus on integrating WebKit into the system while also implementing all yet missing KHTML features into WebKit.
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I think that the main effect of the Fed's "non-traditional policies" of the past two years has been to transfer wealth from ordinary citizens to bank shareholders and executives. I do not think that the bailouts undertaken by the Fed and the Treasury helped the overall economy. I think that the message of the markets to the financial sector in 2008 was, "Shrink!" The Fed has been doing its best to fight against that message, in part because of institutional bias in favor of big banks, and in part because of a misguided analogy with the 1930's, when the demise of banks hurt the economy. This is not 1932. In 1932, the banking sector shrank too much. In 2009, it shrank too little.
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text: RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion Virginia Power, a subsidiary of Dominion (NYSE: D), today received permission from the Virginia State Corporation Commission to construct a 1,358-megawatt, natural gas fueled power station near Lawrenceville in Brunswick County. The combined cycle, natural gas-fired power station will serve growing customer demand and replace electricity from aging coal-fired power stations that are being retired for economic and environmental reasons. "The Brunswick Power Station will produce significant customer benefits in helping to keep power costs low and reliability high," said Thomas F. Farrell II, Dominion's chairman, president and chief executive officer. "It also will benefit Virginia in terms of cleaner air and providing a major economic boost for the region." Dominion plans to start construction immediately with commercial service expected to begin in the summer of 2016. The total cost of the station is $1.3 billion. During the development and construction period, the station will generate about $824 million in economic benefits for the state, according to a study done for Dominion. Over the course of construction the workforce will average about 380 workers annually. Once complete, the station will provide 43-full time, permanent jobs and pay about $4 million a year in local property taxes. The commission also approved a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for transmission interconnection facilities needed to tie the station to the gird and a rate adjustment clause, Rider BW, which will allow the company to recover costs of the project. The initial increase in the monthly bill of a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity would be 81 cents, effective Sept. 1, 2013. The transmission facilities include a 13.5-mile long 500kv transmission line that will connect the station to an existing transmission line.


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Bernard Tomic was left to lament a slow start at John Isner served his way to a four-set victory, ending Australia's Davis Cup tie.
A big talking point is sure to be Tomic's mid-match dig at Nick Kyrgios.
Stay across Fairfax Media's tennis hub for all the post-match news and analysis from Linda Pearce.
Fun fact: John Isner's formative tennis state of Georgia leads USA in peanut production. Healthful and protein-laden, peanuts make winners.— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) March 6, 2016
Big John beats Tomic in the Australian sunshine. Isner topples Groth and Tomic. Important wins after a lacklustre golden swing on clay.— Jake Davies (@jakedavi5) March 6, 2016
Lleyton Hewitt's brief playing comeback ends up consisting merely of yesterday's doubles defeat.
Australia will have to fight for their place in the World Group later this year, while the US will meet the winner of Croatia's tie against Belgium in the quarter-finals. Croatia lead 2-1 heading into the final day.Back to top
Australia are out of the Davis Cup
No fairytale for the hosts. Isner finishes with 49 aces, and the US progress 3-1 after claiming the fourth singles rubber 6-4 6-4 5-7 7-6.
The fifth rubber will not be played.
An early mini-break for Tomic gets the crowd excited, but Isner pegs it back with a forehand winner.
3-2 to Tomic, with Isner to serve.
Isner wins a point on serve to make it 3-3 as they change ends.
Both players win service points. 4-4.
Tomic goes long and Isner gets the mini-break. The American can serve it out at 5-4.
Isner looks to have served an unreturnable, but the machine thinks it's clipped the net. Never mind, he slams down another big serve to bring up two match points.
Isner 6-4 6-4 5-7 6-6
Isner serves three straight aces, before losing his poise to drop consecutive points. But he holds with a forehand winner, and we head to a tiebreak. The set has gone just 30 minutes.
Isner 6-4 6-4 5-7 5-6
Tomic holds up his end of the bargain. The points have been extremely short in this set. 11 games in 27 minutes!
Isner 6-4 6-4 5-7 5-5
Isner holds to love.Back to top
Isner 6-4 6-4 5-7 4-5
Tomic makes a swift hold, and Isner must hold to prevent a fifth set.
Isner 6-4 6-4 5-7 4-4
Isner holds again, and the pressure is again heaped on the Australian.
Isner 6-4 6-4 5-7 3-4
The players trade quick holds. They are racing through this set.
Isner 6-4 6-4 5-7 2-3
Tomic still to drop a point on serve this set, with Isner now looking a tad frustrated.
Isner 6-4 6-4 5-7 2-2
Isner holds again.Back to top
In case you missed it
Bernard Tomic appeared to take a dig at Nick Kyrgios during an earlier change of ends.
Isner 6-4 6-4 5-7 1-2
Tomic holds to love. He's yet to drop a point on serve this set.
Isner 6-4 6-4 5-7 1-1
The American holds but Tomic has clearly lifted.
Isner 6-4 6-4 5-7 0-1
Tomic holds to open the fourth set.
Tomic takes third set
Finally getting a look-in on the seemingly impregnable Isner serve, Tomic converts his fifth set point to claim a marathon 12th game and take the set 7-5. He trails two sets to one.Back to top
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- Year:
- 2013
- Length:
- 48'
- Engine/Fuel Type:
- Twin / diesel
- Located In:
- Stuart, FL
- Hull Material:
- Composite
- 16344-2979473
- Current Price:
WATER WE DOING is an exceptional example of the Hinckley Talaria 48. Great effort was made by the owner and the Hinckley Company to ensure the boat had the latest and greatest in terms of technology and Hinckley thinking. She looks terrific and is truly ready for her next experience.
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Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Boat Name
LOA: 48 ft 10 in
Beam: 15 ft 5 in
Maximum Draft: 2 ft 7 in
Displacement: 43000 lbs Full Load
Headroom: 6 ft 6 in
Total Power: 1430 HP
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: Cummins
Engine Model: QSM11 common rail diesel
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Location: Port
Engine Hours: 305
Drive Type: Jet Drive
Engine Power: 715 HP
Engine 2:
Engine Brand: Cummins
Engine Model: QSM11 common rail diesel
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Location: Starboard
Engine Hours: 305
Drive Type: Jet Drive
Engine Power: 715 HP
Cruising Speed: 29 knots
Maximum Speed: 33 knots
Fresh Water Tanks: (150 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: (700 Gallons)
Holding Tanks: (62 Gallons)
Number of double berths: 3
Number of cabins: 2
Number of heads: 2
Outside Equipment/Extras
Hydraulic windlass
WATER WE DOING, a Talaria 48 Motor Yacht, is a true stunner with highly customized build, light usage, and has always been maintained by both a private captain and the Hinckley Service Division in Savannah. This boat looks terrific from her Flag Blue Hull and varnished exterior teak to beautiful interior Cherry and lovely designer chosen soft goods, and even down to her clean engine room and bilges. This boat is perfect for anyone looking to get on the water right away without any build delay.
*This is a "Hinckley Certified Pre-Owned Boat" (CPO boat).
- The boat's 15'5" beam provides for spacious accommodations including comfortable pilothouse with built-in C shaped settees port and starboard; lower open salon with convertible berth dinette to starboard and galley to port, two full heads with separate enclosed showers, and luxurious Master Suite with center-line queen bunk.
- The interior exudes Hinckley quality with her Satin Finished Cherry wood work in the galley, open lower salon, heads, and master cabin and high gloss varnished pilothouse. Her cabin sole is exemplary with bright varnished teak and tulipwood.
- Many custom elements on the interior not only make the boat more beautiful, but also more comfortable.
- This boat features the beloved and classic Hinckley color scheme with Flag Blue Awlgrip hull, Light Cream Gelcoat deck, Cream Awlgrip Single Boot Stripe and Red Bottom.
- Varnished teak toe rail, eyebrow, and cockpit coaming caps and verticals along with stainless steel handrails and stainless steel bow rail give the boat a great balance of looks and functionality.
- The deep cockpit with a molded "L" settee to port and double seat to starboard features a beautiful teak sole and has a walk-through transom door to the swim platform.
- Wide side decks, properly placed handrails and bow rail, and large foredeck makes handling lines/fenders easy and safe for docking.
- Custom sun pad on cabin house top offers a perfect place for those wanting to sun themselves. 3" Dri-fast cell foam with Ultraleather Admiral and Ultraleather Ivory Piping.
HULL and DECK
- Topsides: Flag Blue Awlgrip
- Deck & House: Light Cream W520 gelcoat with contrasting Moondust Awlgrip non-skid
- Boot top: Light Cream Awlgrip
- Hull: Hinckley DualGuard® Composite Construction- Kevlar®/E-glass outer skin. Corecell M foam core. Carbon fiber/e-glass inner skin. Laminated with vinylester resin using Seaman Composite Resin Infusion Molding Process (SCRIMP®).
- Deck: E-glass outer and inner skin with aircraft grade end grain balsa and closed cell foam core. Laminated using Seaman Composite Resin Infusion Molding Process (SCRIMP®).
Deck Features:
- Toe Rail: Rounded and tapered varnished teak toerail.
- Anchor Locker: Molded into the foredeck with gas-spring assisted hatch. Custom Hinckley designed fixed stainless steel, type 316L anchor roller.
- Rubrail: Stainless steel half-round on solid molding.
- Chocks: Two open bow chocks and four closed chocks located fore & aft, type 316L stainless steel.
- Mooring Cleats: Eight 316L stainless steel cleats; two fixed 12" bow, four 10" Pull-up spring cleats and two fixed 12" stern cleats.
- Eyebrow: Varnished teak molding around cabin top.
- Handrails: Low-maintenance 316 L Stainless Steel Handrails on cabin house top, pilothouse top and across aft end of pilothouse
Ensign: Stern-mounted 5' varnished teak staff with flush socket.
Bow Burgee: Varnished teak staff with flush socket.
Fender Pad Eyes: Ten fender pad eyes, five port & five starboard, on side decks, for hanging fenders. Stainless steel half round chafe strip on teak toe rail at each pad eye location.
Transom Door: Fiberglass transom door located to starboard.
Hatches: Total of ten low profile polished Stainless Steel hatches with Skyscreens® privacy blinds and insect screens.
- Four 31"powered hatches on pilothouse top.
- Four on cabin house, one above galley, one above lower salon, one in master shower and one in guest head
- Two 24" hatches in master cabin provide outstanding natural light to cabin.
Ports: Three Hinckley opening port lights with removable screens on house sides- galley, master head and guest head. Fixed portlights in master cabin and lower salon with varnished cherry rings.
Bowrail: 1 ¼" Welded 316 Stainless Steel bow rail
Swim Platform: Hinckley-designed fiberglass platform with teak treads and stainless steel half round.
- Swim Ladder: Telescoping three-step stainless steel ladder; stores under swim platform.
Mast: Hinckley aluminum mast on pilothouse roof. Mast powder coated to match deck.
Underwater Lighting: Three Ocean LED 3010 thru-hull underwater lights in the transom. Light color is white.
- Cockpit Trim: Varnished teak cockpit coaming and coaming cap.
- Cockpit Sole: Teak decking
- Cockpit Seating: Molded fiberglass 'L' settee to port and Double seat to starboard. Cushions covered in Ultraleather Admiral with Ivory Piping.
- Cockpit Table: Gloss varnished cherry table with fixed height Crown Stainless Steel pedestal is removable. Includes protective cover and is sized to store in cockpit seats.
- Icemaker: U-Line SP-18 in port amenity.
- Cockpit Sink: Stainless Steel sink with folding hot and cold water faucet
- Cockpit Refrigerator: SS Vitrifrigo Refrigerator in starboard amenity.
- Cockpit Shower: Hot/cold mixing valve and shower wand mounted in cockpit.
- Courtesy Lighting: Dimmable lighting in cockpit
- Side Boarding Doors: Opening doors in cockpit coaming on port and starboard with magnetic hold-opens.
- Boarding handle: Hinckley custom Bo-Peep handrail with mounts port and starboard.
- Boarding Steps: Molded steps below coaming doors with teak tread
- Cockpit Cover: Attaches to aft end of pilothouse and covers to end of cockpit. Attaches with snaps. Zippered access from transom.
Pilothouse Finish: Stunning gloss varnished dash, instrument pods and pod faces, window frames, pilothouse side liners and port side shelf. Additional custom cherry bulkhead verticals below helm station, and on port side of pilothouse.
Pilothouse Windows: Three(3) fixed forward windows with laminated safety glass and fully concealed Stainless Steel Frames. Two (2) side windows with powered sliding side center section and fully concealed Stainless Steel frames. Windows have a grey tint.
- Manual pleated blinds in Chintz Topar Plus 418-0711
Steering Wheel: Varnished wood rimmed wheel with SS hub and spokes, 14" diameter.
Helm Seating: Three (two to starboard one to port)
- Stidd® 500 N seats with X2 footrests. Helm seat has powered fore/aft movement and manual up-down, and other seats have manual fore/aft and up/down movement. Powder coated pedestal seats covered in Ultraleather "Ivory" with Ultraleather "Admiral" piping.
Chart Locker: Storage provided for charts forward of port side seat.
Salon Seating: Custom built-in U-shaped settees on port and starboard upholstered with Kravet Soleil Windward Regatta 318-605.
Salon Table: Gloss-varnished cherry table with offset tulipwood inlay. Crown polished stainless steel three stage pedestal manually lowers to convert to sleeping area. Includes filler cushion.
Salon Entry Door: Polished stainless steel, framed with four full height curved, tinted glass panels.
Entry Door Curtains: Full roman shade style curtains in Holly Hunt Fresh Canvas White 100/01
- Forward outside mounted Stamoid® window covers.
Satin-finished Cherry in galley, lower salon, heads, and master cabin. Gloss varnish in pilothouse.
- Pilothouse and Interior Sole: Varnished teak and tulipwood.
- Head and shower sole: Custom teak decking sole with black caulking
- Locker Doors: Cherry panel locker doors.
- Cabin Doors: Cherry paneled doors with magnetic hold-opens.
- Interior Hardware: Except where noted, hardware is stainless steel or chrome-plated brass.
- Owners Cabin Berth: One queen size Handcrafted System 5 inner spring mattress in owner's cabin with hinge.
- Lower Open Salon: Convertible open lower salon with L-settee and custom varnished cherry table. Expandable table slides for use as desk or dining table. Table also lowers on manual cylinder to form double berth. Filler cushions stored behind L-settee. Custom cloth divider attaches to overhead and provides privacy for converted berth.
- Custom linens: Custom fitted sheets and mattress pads for all sleeping berths.
- Hull Port: Hull port in lower salon provides natural light
- Blackouts for Ports: Blackout inserts for portlights in master cabin, convertible lower salon and hull port.
- Flush overhead hatch: Flush non-opening hatch above lower salon provides natural light to area. SkyScreen privacy blind provided.
- Storage: Storage in master sheer lockers, and hanging lockers as well as in hanging lockers port and starboard. Storage in master and guest heads below counter and outboard above counter. Storage outboard of both master and guest showers. Storage below master berth. Storage in lower salon in settee, outboard in lockers. Below hinged companionway stairs and in custom boxed step areas
- Counters: "Bisque" Corian® with polished single bowl SS under mounted sinks in heads and polished double bowl SS under mounted sink in galley. Custom laminated cherry fiddles on counter edges.
- Refrigerator: One U-Line® 2 drawer refrigerator.
- Freezer: Hinckley custom insulated top loading stainless steel box with remote freezer control. Controls temperature so it can be either freezer or additional refrigerator.
- Stove: Kenyon Electric 2-burner cooktop with touch control.
- Microwave: Custom Dacor MMD24 drawer style microwave below galley storage drawers. Varnished cherry face.
- Faucets: Grohe® chrome single lever control faucets for head and galley sinks. Grohe® chrome single lever shower fixtures w/mixing valves.
- Showers: Stall showers in owner's and guest heads.
- Towel Bars: Four, one in each head and shower.
- Mirrors: One full-length mirror and one above counter mirror in owner and guest heads.
- Cabin Sole Cover: Sunbrella® covers for varnished cabin soles.
- Accent Lighting: Dimmable LED accent lighting throughout interior spaces.
- Two Raymarine e165 Wide 15.4" color MFDs at Helm
- Chart plotter with WAAS GPS
- 4KW 48" RADAR w/ open array
- Sirius Satellite Weather
- DSM 300 Digital Sonar as well as standard depth transducer
- I-70 Multifunction Display
- VHF Radio
- Compass: 5" Danforth® compass; mounted forward of helm w/ lighting.
- KVH Tracphone V3-mini vSat satellite phone and data.
- Mifi proxicast 3 router to 18" cellular antenna on pilothouse top with amplifier
- Stereo Components: Nuvo integrated audio system with zone control touch screen displays. System integrates onboard Satellite TV System – KVH M5 TracVision, Sirius Satellite Radio, Samsung Blu-Ray player. Four pairs speakers-interior speakers have cherry rings with cloth covers, external speakers are waterproof.
- Satellite TV: KVH M5 Trac Vision satellite dome with three receivers, one each for each TV aboard
- TV/Monitors: Master Cabin-26" LED recessed in bulkhead master cabin,
- Lower Salon - 46" Samsung Ultra Slim LED
- Pilothouse- 32" LED monitor on electric lift
- House Batteries: Four Lifeline 8D absorbed glass mat (AGM) batteries
- Start Batteries: Two Lifeline 4D absorbed glass mat (AGM) batteries
- Battery Switch: Heavy-duty battery switches for both port and starboard engine starting. Heavy duty manual switch to parallel port and starboard engine starting batteries as well as to parallel house and start batteries; switches remotely operated.
- Bonding: Common wire bonding with #8 AWG conductors per ABYC E-11. Shore power inlet fitted with galvanic isolator.
- Inverter/Charger: One Mastervolt® 4000W inverter/battery charger for house batteries
- Battery Charger: One 60A charger for starting bank.
- Light Dimmer: Dimmer switches provided on all overhead lighting, except shower.
- 12VDC Outlets: (2) Two Cigarette lighter type provided at helm area.
- 110VAC Outlets: Multiple outlets, including engine room, pilothouse, port side seat, helm station, galley, lower salon, master head, guest head, master cabin
- Shore Power: Two 125/250 VAC/50 AH shore power cords deployed and retracted through transom via Glendinning cord reel with wireless remote control.
- Engine Room lights: Four cage protected overhead lights.
- Engine Room Camera: Raymarine CAM50 Reverse Image engine room camera installed at forward end of engine room.
- Cockpit Camera: Raymarine CAM100 Day/Night Reverse Image Marine Camera at aft end of pilothouse rooftop.
- Search Light: ACR® Spotlight mounted on the pilothouse roof; painted to match deck.
- Windshield Wipers: Three heavy-duty electric self-parking wipers on the pilothouse windows, with intermittent wiper controls and fresh water windshield washers.
- Generator: Onan® 13.5kW diesel generator, 120/240, 60Hz VAC. (470 hrs 6/2016)
- Jet Propulsion: Two Hamilton® Model HJ 364 drives.
- Engines: Two Cummins QSM11 715hp 6 cylinder diesels with Common Rail technology
- Transmission: ZF325-1, 1.167 : 1 reduction.
- Autopilot: Raymarine®; model p70R interfaced to GPS.
- JetStick II®: Hinckley's integrated joystick steering and control system with "Hoverlock" station keeping and "Heading Hold".
- Handheld JetStick: Wireless remote handheld JetStick
- Bow Thruster: Proportionally controlled hydraulic bow thruster.
- Engine Room Hatch: Electric lift cylinder for access hatch.
- Steering: Hydraulic power steering
- Gauges: Oil pressure, water temperature, jet nozzle angle, tachometer with engine hours and fuel gauges for each engine
- Alarms: Alarm for low engine oil pressure, high engine water temperature, high bilge level, water detection at fuel filters and hydraulic system pressure.
- Trim Tabs: Dual-cylinder stainless steel trim tab mounted below each jet. Controls and displays at helm station.
- Drive Shafts: 170-180 Series vibration dampened Eurocardan drive shafts
- Engine Controls: Electronic single-lever control for each engine/transmission.
- Air Conditioning: Chilled water system; dual chillers & circulation pumps with four air handlers with three independently controlled zones; Zone 1: One 12KBTU unit in Master Cabin and head; Zone 2: One 12KBTU unit in Guest Cabin and head; Zone 3: Two 16KBTU units in the Salon.
- Fuel Tank: Single heavy-gauge aluminum, 700 US Gal capacity with fills on port and starboard side decks
- Fuel Filters: Dual Racor® fuel/water separator per engine and generator with vacuum gauges and water sensing alarm output to helm position.
- Fuel Polishing: Reverso® 80 GPH unit w/digital timer.
- Fuel Vents: Racor® model LG100 in-line fuel/air separators on each fuel tank vent line.
- Blower: Forced-air exhaust blower in engine room
- Windlass Package: Hydraulic windlass, controls located at helm and foredeck.
- Fire Suppression: Automatic fire extinguisher system, with automatic engine shut-down.
- Bilge Alarms: High-water bilge alarms, with Ultra Switch Senior® level switches.
- Shore Cord Reel: Two 125/250 VAC/50 amp shore power cords with Glendinning® cord reels and wireless remote controls.
- Heating: Reverse-cycle from air conditioning system
- Watermaker Prep: Core delete in hull for watermaker thru hull, water tank has additional inlet, extra space in engine room and on electrical panel.
Sound Reduction
- Engine Box Insulation: 2 lbs./sq. ft. Mylar faced lined foam.
- Gaskets: Double gaskets for engine room access.
- Engine Air Intake: Baffled and insulated.
- Muffler: Custom insulated mufflers; wet exhaust system.
- Pilothouse Overhead: Sound absorbent material.
- Water System: Hot and cold pressure water to the galley, shower, heads, and cockpit shower.
- Water Tank: 150-gallon polyethelene
- Water Heater: Stainless steel, 17-gallon tank, heated electrically or by engine heat transfer pass.
- Toilet: Two Sealand Vacuflush® marine toilets with deck pump out and overboad discharge
- Sump Pumps: Sump pump with automatic float switch for shower and air conditioning condensate.
- Electric Bilge Pumps: Three Rule® 3700 gph pumps with float switches.
- Emergency Bilge Pump: Whale® manual bilge pump
- Oil Transfer Pump: For engines, transmissions, and generator.
- Thru Hulls: Non-metallic composite thru-hull fittings with ball valve seacocks below waterline and above the waterline where appropriate. Bronze ball valve seacocks, thru-hull fittings and sea strainers on propulsion engines.
- Pressure Pump: Flojet® pump with accumulator tank.
- Fresh Water Wash Down: In anchor locker
- Saltwater Deck Wash: Groco® pump with spigot, hose mounted inside the bow located anchor locker.
- City Water Inlet: City water manual water inlet with pressure valve in transom shore cord locker.
- Bell: 8" brass bell.
- Compass: 5" Danforth® compass; mounted forward of helm w/ lighting.
- Fire Extinguisher: Four 2-1/2 lb. dry chemical extinguishers.
- Flares: Three hand-held flares.
- Horn: Dual Kahlenberg® 12-volt DC air horn with switch on dash.
- Life Jackets: Six adult Type I PFDs, two youth jackets and one type IV PFD.
- Lines: Six docking lines, 50' x 5/8".
- Running Lights: Custom LED Coast Guard approved running and masthead lights.
- Fenders: Four inflatable fenders, 10" diameter, with fleece covers and Wichard® snap hooks.
- Boat Hook: Collapsible boat hook.
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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In the March 22 paper a writer wrote about the single provider mandate of Obamacare. He makes a much better geological engineer than political scientist and should stick to what he knows. He used as his basis a quote Mitt Romney made when he was governor of Massachusetts (about 12 years ago). That was then this is now! Romney rejected that notion outright in one of the presidential debates and in the March 23, USA Today, he categorically rejected the federal government's right to force a citizen of the United States to enter into a contract not of their own choosing. "Each state should be allowed to pursue its own solution in this regard instead of being dictated to by Washington."
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The night was still, and there was an eerie cool in the darkness. The moon was but a sliver that night, sharing little of its luster, though the stars shone brightly in the clear sky. As the evening droned on, the crickets' chirping was the only sound, save the quiet speech and shared laughter of the two young men sprawled in the back seat of a faded 1976 Chevy Impala convertible.
"Whoa, man, I swear that star just winked at me," Gary said.
"Sure it did. Sure it did, man," Jimmy responded. "And that cow over there just gave me the finger."
"No really, I think it did! And cows don't have fingers, dork. There it is again!"
"Yeah, yeah," Jimmy said, chuckling. "Just pass that joint will ya?" Jimmy's eyes lazily rolled over the pasture on the other side of the barbed-wire fence as he held out his hand for the rolled joint that never came. "Dude?"
But when he looked back over to Gary, the young man was up on the back of car looking intently at the sky. Jimmy followed his gaze, seeing nothing. "Come on, man. Just hand ov… Whoa! That star just winked at me!"
"I told ya!" Gary exclaimed.
The two young men stared up at the sky, their intrigue sobering them somewhat. The star they were watching winked again and shone with a faint tint of color.
"I think it's moving man," Gary observed.
"Man, stars don't move." But even as he said it, Jimmy could swear he saw it as well, and then he realized he was mistaken. "No, man, it's just getting bigger!"
The star swelled before their eyes, impossibly growing brighter yet darker at the same time. It was as if its light shone more radiantly, but it was a darker light than the white glow of the stars around it. Soon, it had become a mini sun of broiling illumination. The night sky took on a dim amber glow as the star's light was cast upon the world.
"Okay, now it's moving," Jimmy admitted. "I think it's a meteor, man!"
The young men continued to follow the meteor's fall as its momentum seemed to pick up, a shooting star that set the night ablaze in its luster. But it didn't burn up as any other shooting star would. Instead it expanded until it seemed like a dark sun was falling to the Earth.
"Dude, get the keys!" Gary shouted. "We gotta follow it!"
The men scrambled into the front seat and fired up the car, tearing onto the dirt road in the direction of the meteor's fall and kicking up a massive dust cloud in their wake. Dust that gleamed with the reflection of a now brilliant amber light.
The blazing amber sun struck the ground and exploded in a flash of light that ignited the sky for miles. The wave of energy rolled over the plains, seemingly reaching the horizon, but there was no physical impact. There was no aftershock and no crater left in its wake as it landed in the large, grassy field and the light slowly faded from the world.
Only a beautiful, naked woman.
Her eyes were closed as she steadied herself, and she felt the tremendous residual energy from the fall cascade over her skin and ebb away. Then it was gone, and she was there alone, and whole. She looked at her hands, judging their size and shape, and brushed her long, blonde hair from her face.
I did it! she realized to herself.
She had fallen to Earth from the Astral Plane and somehow avoided being placed in a woman's womb and enduring another birth, another innocent childhood until her inevitable awakening. If what she had learned was true, the number of archons that could achieve such a feat throughout all of recorded history could be counted on one human hand. Had she failed, it would have set her back several years of having to wait for her consciousness to awaken and the memories of her former life to return to her.
"Hey, I think she's naked, man," she heard a faint voice in the darkness.
She raised her head and looked around. She was standing in a dark field in the middle of the night. A few cows ambled in the grass, on edge from the phenomenon they had just witnessed and failed to understand. In the distance, two young men watched her from a nearby car on the dirt road that ran along the edge of the field.
She smiled at them a moment before closing her eyes briefly and manipulating the light around her to form the illusion of clothing over her exposed skin. Then she walked up to them with a broad grin on her face.
"Hey boys, can you give me a ride?"
They stared at her in awe for several seconds before one of them, the bigger, taller one, recovered and asked her, "But, didn't you see that meteor fall? Where the hell did you come from anyway?"
"And where did you get those clothes?" the other chimed in.
She placed her palm against the face of the bigger man and felt the light stubble along his jaw line. "Don't worry about that now, sweetie. It's cold out, and I've been left all alone out here. Can't you guys get me to a nice, warm bed, tonight?"
"Sure thing, little lady," the other said, coming up to her and taking her hand. He led her to the car and helped her into the back seat, climbing in beside her. Despite their awe of the fantastic light show they had just witnessed, the men couldn't seem to take their eyes off the beautiful woman before them or shake the desire to please her.
"Just remember whose car is getting you there," the first one said, "and who's driving."
"Hi, I'm Gary," said the one next to her, "and that's my bud, Jimmy. What's your name?"
"Mhm," she simply said. "Let's go, boys."
The driver pulled the car out onto the dirt road and began heading toward the neighboring town. It was clear he was going a bit too fast, hoping to get to town before his buddy had the chance to put all the moves on the hot chick in his back seat. But his friend was already moving in.
"Hey babe, so what were you doing out in that field then?" the man beside her said and started to crowd her.
"Just be quiet and let me think," she told him firmly.
At first, he seemed a little shocked how she had spoken to him, but then he furrowed his brow and set his jaw. He didn't miss his friend's grin, either. "Hey, that's no way to talk to the guys who are bringing you out of the cold, babe."
Taylor Calvin's eyes darkened, and her hand clenched. She had to resist the urged to throttle the fool, but she took a deep breath and calmed herself instead. Her sojourn to the Astral Plane had been an enlightening experience for her. For so long, she had been ruled by her hate, the dark side of her soul. She wouldn't succumb to it again. Not after having restored the light within her and finding a measure of peace. But she had to remind herself that the crimson hate was still within her, still a part of her and always ready to take over.
She put a gentle hand on his leg. "Easy, sweetie. Soon enough," she promised.
Despite wanting to continue hitting on the striking woman next to him, the young man couldn't bring himself to disobey her. So he just settled into the seat next to her. "Hey, aren't you going a little too fast, Jimmy? Slow down, man."
He didn't see Taylor's hand rest against the side panel of car, but he surely noticed when it sped up and raced down the road at well over a hundred miles per hour. It didn't stop accelerating even when it topped out the speedometer.
"Hey, Jimmy, what the hell?"
"It ain't me! I don't even have my foot on the pedal! I can't steer either! The wheel's locked up!"
The two young men continued to argue with each other, but Taylor blocked them out. She just reclined her head back and closed her eyes, deep in thought.
She thought of all she had discovered during her stay in the archon realm, communing with other archons, including the spirit of her mother, and how she had grown over the last few years before. Such a terror she had been in her youth, and all the people she had hurt. For she had been born with half a soul, the dark side, and it was filled with utter rage toward all things. The good, light side had been stolen from her before her birth. When she finally managed to awaken the embers from the light side of her soul within herself, she tried to make restitution to those she had previously wronged in her hateful manner, but it felt like she still had so much more to do. She thought of the other amber archon that had come to her in the Astral Plane, the one still so full of turmoil and confusion. Just as she had been years ago. She knew where she would start.
"Where are we boys?" she asked suddenly, though she didn't raise her head or open her eyes. She briefly realized that they had stopped arguing and accepted that they were just along for the ride.
"Just outside of Springfield. It's the next town over," the one next to her said. "Where are we going?" His tone was just slightly suggestive, but also kind of nervous.
She smiled. It really didn't matter to her. She didn't really need to know where she had landed. "I need to get to a bank tomorrow, and then I'm going to Boston."
"Boston!? That's almost two thousand miles from here," said the same man. Gary perhaps?
"Ya know, this boat's got a big tank," the driver called out. "We can get pretty far on a leg!"
"Sounds like a fun road trip," she said, laughing, "but first, you promised me that warm bed."
The boys smiled at that as the car sped down the dirt road toward Springfield, USA.
When they got close to the edge of the town, the car slowed down, and the man in the driver's seat found that he could turn the wheel again. "Uh, thanks, I guess," he said.
He drove through the dark, rural town until they finally pulled up to a small house in a quiet neighborhood. It was old, and the siding needed to be repainted, but it would do for the night.
"This is my place," the driver said to the woman, "you can crash here tonight, and then I'll take you downtown to the bank tomorrow."
She just smiled at him and let him lead her into the house as Gary pulled up the rear, admiring the view. Once they were inside, the one called Jimmy turned on the lights and went to get a few beers from the fridge. When he got back, he suddenly found that the woman was completely naked with no sign of her clothes in sight while Gary gawked at her.
Taylor looked over at him and curled her finger, demanding him to come, to which he gladly complied, dropping the beers on a chair as he did. She kissed Jimmy and then Gary while stroking their faces with her hands. Every touch of her fingertips and lips was like a tiny electric thrill that excited them beyond reason.
"Where's the bedroom, guys?" she asked, but truly it was her leading them along as they crossed the small house and found Jimmy's bed.
She laid them down and had them out of their clothes in moments. Through the night, she took her own pleasure from them, but gave them back so much more. She was a generous lover to the two young men and fulfilled their every desire several times over. Her energy pulsed into them, sending them to unreal heights of ecstasy with every touch, every kiss. The giving, sensual light of her yellow mana filled them until they were taxed beyond their limits and lay sprawled on the bed before her.
She smiled down at them sleeping peacefully and in utter contentment after having the best sex of their lives. It was something they would remember for a long time, and she truly felt rewarded at being able to give bliss to these men after leading a life filled with such hate and hurt. It was only sex, but it was a beginning for her.
Taylor looked down at the one called Gary. She had noticed something within him during their tender touches. An infection was growing in him that would cause him pain and sickness in the coming years and could even threaten to cut his life short if it wasn't treated in time. She laid a gentle hand on his side, soothingly. From that moment, it would never bother him for the rest of his natural, healthy life.
She smiled again to herself and left them there. She retreated back into the house's main room and settled onto the couch. She realized that since her return from the Astral Plane, even with her copious expenditure of mana and exuberant sexual encounter, she would never need to sleep again, but there would be more to gain during sleep that night than mere rest. And so she closed her eyes and willed her consciousness to fade from the awaking world. She took her true archonic form again – Teijurzi.
And she waited.
It didn't take long. As she floated in the nether of her dreams, it came for her again. In the distance she saw the small point of light growing steadily larger as it neared, its amber luster shining with expectation, wanting and craving her wisdom. Though she had little knowledge to share compared to some sager archons with far older memories, for some reason this one sought her particularly.
Taylor awakened early the next morning despite getting little sleep, that she didn't need anyway. When the other archon began to fade from their rendezvous – and it seemed to do so unwillingly – Taylor had no need to maintain her own reverie. She waited for the boys to wake on their own, but grew impatient when their sleep stretched on into mid-morning. She summoned another illusion of clothing around herself and walked into the bedroom to find them still sprawled on the bed as she had left them.
Likely, they were still exhausted from the heightened sensations she had exerted upon them only several hours ago. She laid her hand on Gary's head lightly, drawing him from sleep and invigorating him with her touch. Despite his earlier fatigue and inadequate sleep, he woke quickly and full of energy. She smiled down at him affectionately and caressed his face. Then she repeated the process for Jimmy.
"Come on, boys. Time to get moving. Get dressed."
It wasn't long after that they made it to the local bank, and within minutes Taylor was walking out with a small bag of cash and a new check card thanks to a wire transfer from her bank back home. At first the banker insisted on a form of ID from her, but she touched his hand gently, and he immediately agreed to help her despite any documentation. He even expedited the process for her.
"Are we really just setting off on a road trip for the East Coast now, then?" Gary asked.
"Damn, I'd love to, but Jesse'll kick my ass if I just take off from the shop for a few days right now." Jimmy lamented.
"I'll compensate you, and you can pay back your boss if you need to," Taylor offered.
"What do you mean?" he asked her.
"Look, I can get to Boston in a matter of hours by flying, but this trip could be fun for all of us," she winked at them suggestively, "and there's ten thousand in it for each of you when you get me there."
"Holy shit!" "Really?" they exclaimed.
"But first you are taking me shopping. I need some real clothes, a new phone, and some girl stuff." She climbed into the car and waited for them, knowing they wouldn't refuse her.
They made good time on the first leg of their trip and managed to make Columbus, Ohio by the time the sun was setting. After getting set up in a hotel first, they decided to grab some food from a local pizza place. Then Taylor informed them that they would be taking her dancing that evening.
They strolled into one of the city's hottest clubs sporting some new gear, courtesy of Taylor, and proceeded to order up drinks. But Taylor didn't waste much time getting them on the dance floor.
Not bad for a bunch of country boys, she thought, though they had a bit to learn to keep up with her. She was no stranger to clubbing in her youth, and it felt good to act like a normal young woman again, despite her true nature. She glided easily along the floor pulling to two young men along with her and enjoying their infatuation with her.
Unfortunately, the disparity among them didn't go unnoticed by some of the resident crowd. A few suave and confident men cut their way into Taylor's space and all but pushed the two younger men out of the way.
"Hey! What the hell?" Jimmy complained and pushed himself back in.
"Why don't you boys let some real men show you how it's done," one of the newcomers said, laughing at him.
But Jimmy got up in the man's face and got himself pushed away again. He came back heated, looking to stand up for himself, and would have walked straight into a heavy punch, but Taylor caught the local's fist in her hand. He looked at her, shocked, for a moment before falling to his knees and crying out in searing pain as the fury of her red mana flooded him invisibly. To the onlookers, it seemed as if the tall, strong man was succumbing ridiculously to a much smaller woman's squeeze on his fist, but in truth it felt like very bone in his body was being shattered. And that wasn't far from the reality.
Two of the club's bouncers came rushing up to pull the two apart, but Taylor lashed her arm out at the one attempting to grab her. He was sent hurling across the room and collided heavily into some tables, groaning in pain and slumping to the floor as he landed. Even when Jimmy tried to stop Taylor, she turned on him and gripped him by the throat, choking the life out of him. She barely saw him through the crimson haze in her vision.
"Taylor! Stop, please!"
She barely heard Gary's words, but somehow she looked at Jimmy's terror-stricken face and managed to pull her hand away and flood him with her healing yellow mana instead.
"I need to get out of here!" she gasped, horrified with herself.
And she raced from the club, stepping out onto the street. She put her hands to her head and ran her fingers through her hair, trying to think. It was just like ten years ago. She let her hate rule her in there and took out her rage on anyone that stood in her way, even the man who had found her alone in a field and opened his home to her the last night. She wandered down the street, utterly lost within herself when Jimmy and Gary came hustling up.
"Taylor!" Gary shouted at her. "Wait up! What happened in there? Are you okay?"
But she just looked at Jimmy. "I'm sorry. Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I think so. But you scared the shit out of me!" he said.
"I understand if you boys just want to go home now," she said, "but I have to go on. I'll get you your money, and then you can go." It was nothing new to her. She had lost countless friends due to her rage before.
But they looked at each other before Jimmy shrugged. "I guess we came this far together, and if you still want our help, we're here for you, but… no more shit like that in there, right?" he finished rubbing his neck.
"No," Taylor said, and nodded to herself. She had scared herself in the club as well, but it wasn't a disaster. Ten years ago she would have rampaged through the place, leaving broken bodies behind her, and her dad would have to swoop in and pay people off, or use his magic, to keep it from becoming a media blitz. But she managed to stop herself in time. Despite her momentary lapse, she felt confident that she could keep her two companions safe from any further outbreaks. But it was time to accept the fact that she could no longer be a normal human woman. She was something else and must weigh that in all her judgments.
That night in the hotel was quiet, and they all turned in early. Taylor chose to sleep, but more so that she didn't have to lie awake with her thoughts than for any other reason, and there was no amber light waiting for her in her dreams that night.
They had travelled for several hours the next day, the thoughts of the previous night still on their minds, but being on the road eventually brightened their mood, especially when Jimmy put on some classic rock – the only thing they could all agree on – and let the top down.
Gary broke the silence between them when he turned around to face Taylor in the back seat. "So are you like a witch or something?"
"No, dude, I think it was her that fell from the sky out in that field. She's like an angel or a god maybe. Right?" he said and glanced at Taylor.
"My kind has been called all of those throughout the ages, but also demons and devils because of what you saw last night. But that's not who I am anymore. You won't see her again," she said, more to herself than to them. "Enough of that," she said with finality, and neither of the men would contest her. "Turn up the radio, Jimmy," she said with a smile.
The rest of day passed with more levity as the three shared the road together, although it became clear when they saw the New York City skyline in the distance what was on their minds.
Would Taylor have another incident that night?
"So, what now?" Gary asked.
"We're going to have fun, tonight," Taylor said confidently, "we'll take it a bit easier, tonight, and I'll be a kind goddess. Promise." She chuckled as she spoke to ease their apprehension and keep their spirits up.
True to her word, they attended a local band concert at a bar in Hell's Kitchen and passed the night without archonic incidents. That is, until they made it to their hotel room, and Taylor shared her supernatural love with the two men again. Although she didn't make the experience as intense as the last time, it was more tender and fulfilling for them all.
The next day, they woke early and hit the road, heading for Boston at last. Taylor took control of the car again as they entered the city, prompting Jimmy to ask where she was taking them.
"We're just going to take it easy for a bit until I can get settled," Taylor affirmed. "You'll stay with me for a few days until you go back home."