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Water is important to almost everything on earth, from influencing our climate and weather patterns to shaping the continents and the healthy living of organisms. Two thirds of the human body is made up of water, and although we can live up to a month without food, we cannot survive without drinking water for longer than five to seven days.
Water is a basic need and a key building block of all communities. Huge amounts of fresh water are used to irrigate farmland for food production. It is essential for manufacturing, particularly in heavy industries like electricity generation plants and iron and steel production, which need large amounts of water for cooling or as a power source. A reliable supply of fresh water is critical for all households too.
Knowing exactly how much water is used in our daily lives helps us understand how important it is to use it wisely. Generally, we think about the water needed for drinking and cleaning only. However, we should also think about the water required to produce the goods we buy and the food we eat. The 'water footprint' is a measure of the total amount of fresh water that is used to produce goods and services. We need to understand and manage water at the source and avoid wastage from occurring before water becomes available for human use.
Toilets use large amounts of fresh drinking water. Converting your toilet to a multi-flush system, which flushes for as long as the handle is held down, or a dual-flush system, which offers long and short flush options, can cut your water usage by up to 20%. Alternatively, try reducing your cistern volume by placing a bottle filled with water in your cistern.
Baths and showers
Most people think they are saving water by showering instead of bathing. Showering only saves water if you reduce the water flow rate and take shorter showers. A shower exceeding five minutes will use as much water as an average bath.
Water-efficient showerheads
Water-efficient showerheads deliver around 6–10 ℓ of water per minute. They reduce the amount of water that flows out of a showerhead, without affecting the quality of the showering experience. This is done by adding air to the flow of water, increasing the size of water droplets much like a high pressure hose. A water-efficient showerhead saves up to 50% of water, and also reduces water-heating electricity consumption.
Taps and basins
Tap aerators and flow-restrictors can be fitted onto bathroom and kitchen taps, reducing normal tap flow from 20–30 ℓ per minute, much of which is wasted, to a more sensible 6–10 ℓ. These water-efficient devices channel water through a small screen that is screwed onto tap openings. This can reduce the water flow from your tap by 50–75%, while the water pressure remains the same.
Dishwashers and washing machines
Making smart choices when buying a new household appliance can have a significant impact on your water and energy use. Look for water and energy-efficient products. Dishwashers use an average of 40–75 ℓ of water per wash, although very efficient machines can use as little as 13 ℓ. More efficient machines will also use less electricity. Machines with economy or half-load washing cycles will reduce water consumption by 37% and energy use by 29%. High-efficiency washing machines use about 30% less water and 40–50% less electricity.
Gardens can consume as much as 40% of all the water used in the home. This is treated, drinkable water, and we should therefore think carefully about using it in the garden. We can be more efficient by watering our gardens in the cooler parts of the day, or by using a drip irrigation system, which loses less water through evaporation than a sprinkler, for instance. Drip irrigation is also more effective, as it feeds the roots of the plants.
Composting regularly and adding mulch to our gardens also reduce surface moisture loss. Some indigenous endemics (i.e. plants suited to growing in the Overberg, such as agapanthus) do not require watering at all, except during establishment.
Large grassed areas and lawns require plenty of water. If having a lawn is important to you, avoid kikuyu grass, and replace it with indigenous drought-resistant buffalo grass or 'fynkweek'. These grasses require half the amount of water, and are low in maintenance.
Swimming pools
Filling and evaporation
It takes 32,5 billion litres of water to fill the estimated 650 000 swimming pools in South Africa. The Western Cape accounts for about 91 000 of these swimming pools. During hot weather, pool levels naturally drop by 0,5–1 cm a day. Pool covers reduce evaporation by up to 90%, saving the water you would use to top up your pool.
Boreholes and well-points
Boreholes and well-points draw underground water for irrigation purposes. Although they are generally not considered a sustainable solution to water conservation, boreholes can help reduce our dependence on fresh drinking water for garden maintenance. To ensure that borehole water is not polluted or overexploited, the amount of groundwater that is extracted needs to be monitored, and all boreholes must be registered with the municipality.
Recycled water from baths, showers and basins is called greywater, and can be used to water gardens. This can result in a substantial saving on your water usage. Laundry water with phosphate detergents is also nutritious and can encourage plant growth. However, soaps, cleaning products and washing-up liquids also contain harmful chemicals, which are bad for your garden.
Rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting is a relatively easy and environmentally friendly way to reduce potable water demand, especially for watering gardens or cleaning. Systems are easy to install and operate, and are cost-effective. Although it is illegal to connect a rainwater tank to your drinking supply, rainwater harvesting still makes sense.
Water and climate change
Climate change is likely to increase our demand for water even further, particularly in already water-scarce regions like the Overberg. In Southern Africa, scientists are predicting changes in the intensity and seasonality of drought and rainfall. This means that the dry areas of our country (such as the Western Cape) will get drier, with longer periods of drought, while the much wetter eastern half of South Africa is expected to receive heavier rainfall over shorter periods, with a higher risk of flooding.
Climate change is likely to have a significant impact on water and food security. It could threaten access to sustainable, fresh drinking water and sanitation, especially for vulnerable people.
Water quality in our freshwater ecosystems is also likely to be affected by the higher temperatures brought about by climate change. Rising sea levels predicted due to melting polar ice could cause an increase in the salinity of river estuaries, resulting in changes to aquatic ecosystems. Bacterial diseases, such as cholera and diarrhoea, are more likely to spread in warmer river water. We can also expect higher water evaporation rates, which will reduce our water storage capacity.
Water availability in South Africa
The sustainable management of our freshwater resources is critical for the economic development of South Africa. We live in a naturally dry country with an average annual rainfall of 464 mm – well below the world average of 860 mm. More than 50% of our water comes from only 14% of our rivers, which are situated mainly along the eastern escarpment. In terms of water availability per person, South Africa is classified as a water-stressed country, with 98% of our water supplies already being used. Based on our current water use and population growth, the Department of Water Affairs estimates a 1,7% water shortage by 2025.
In the past, South Africa invested in building dams and treatment plants to maintain our supply of fresh water. Today, we have few viable sites left to build new storage dams, and we face serious and costly development challenges as our population and cities continue to grow.
There is generally little awareness of South Africa's uncertain water situation. We often use water inefficiently, and water wastage is common. All of us will be negatively affected by water shortages and increasing water costs. Greater awareness, protection of freshwater resources, and effective water-saving practices are needed for us to conserve South Africa's limited water resources.
Protecting our freshwater ecosystems
Not only do we live in a water-stressed country, but 80% of South Africa's rivers are also classified as threatened by urban development. Human activity, such as industry, settlements and recreation, is popular along ecologically sensitive 'green corridors', like floodplains and wetlands, and should be carefully managed. Vleis and rivers are often used for illegal dumping and flushing of farm wastewater, chemicals and pesticides.
Runoff from informal settlements and polluted stormwater from our houses, buildings and roads are also frequently allowed to enter our rivers and wetlands untreated. Many of our urban water bodies contain dangerously high levels of bacteria, and are unhealthy for people and animals to swim in. The health of our river systems is vital to maintain our water quality and to ensure we have a sustainable supply of fresh drinking water.
Water bodies, wetlands in particular, play a very important role by controlling the flow of water, filtering impurities, and replenishing groundwater. Wetlands also naturally absorb greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Natural vegetation in these areas should be protected and not removed, as it maintains biodiversity, and reduces surface runoff, soil erosion and the risk of flooding.
Threat of invasive species
Invasive alien species cost South Africa's economy billions of rands every year. Invasive alien species are plants, animals and microbes that are brought in from other countries, and then out-compete the indigenous species for habitat and food.
Invasive alien plants directly threaten our water security, ecosystems and the productive use of our land. They intensify the impact of fires and floods, increase soil erosion, and absorb enormous amounts of water. Invasive aquatic plants, (such as the water hyacinth, parrot's feather, water lettuce and water weed) affect agriculture, fisheries, transport, recreation and water supply.
Where does our water come from?
Most of the bulk untreated water supplied to the Overstrand comes from dams that store water running off the mountains during our winter rainfall season. Ground water is also pumped from boreholes.
Water for Hermanus (3,500 Ml per year) comes from the De Bos Dam and the Gateway well field. Further well fields at Camphill and Volmoed in the Hemel & Aarde Valley are being developed.
Kleinmond's water source (910 Ml p.a.) is the Palmiet River, while Rooi-Els/Pringle Bay/Betty's Bay (900 Ml p.a.) gets water from the Buffels River Dam.
To the east, Stanford (380 Ml p.a.) relies on The Eye fountain and the recently completed Koudevlakte well field. Gansbaai's water (1,400 Ml p.a.) comes from the Kraaibosch Dam and Klipgat and Grotte Fountains. Pearly Beach water sources are the Pearly Beach Dam and Koekemoer Dam (140 Ml p.a.).
Sustainability of water sources is ensured by the water use licensing process of the Department of Water Affairs, where a license is only issued for a sustainable volume to be abstracted from a source, with very specific licensing conditions attached to it. When the volume abstracted is approaching the licensed volume for a specific source, additional sources have to be identified, planned for, and budgeted for, to be developed in time.
How sustainable is our water supply?
Even with our latest water supply schemes, the increasing water demand and threat of climate change mean the future of our water supply in the Overstrand is not secure.
In order to keep providing fresh drinking water it is necessary to conserve water. We all need to understand how scarce water is, how to protect our water resources, and use water responsibly.
How is our drinking water treated?
We take turning on a tap for fresh water for granted. But producing an uninterrupted supply of fresh drinking water is a critical non-stop operation. From storage dams or boreholes, raw (untreated) water is conveyed through pipelines and tunnels to the water treatment works, where it is made potable (fit for drinking). It is put through various processes to remove dirt and other unwanted materials, and to kill any harmful micro-organisms, ensuring it complies with the South African National Standard for Drinking Water.
At the water treatment plant, the water first passes into a stilling chamber to reduce water pressure and control water flow. From here, it enters the particle separation and settling process, which entails adding lime for pH (acidity/alkalinity) adjustment, and either ferric or aluminium sulphate to help small particles join together to form larger masses. If required, powdered activated carbon is added to reduce any taste and odour problems in the raw water that might have been caused by algae in the storage dams. Once these chemicals are added and mixed, the water is directed to larger settling tanks at even slower flows to allow the clusters of particles in the water to settle and be drawn to the bottom as sludge (sediment).
The clear water at the top flows through slots in the tank, and is chlorinated before it passes through the sand filter beds. The filtered water is stabilised by adding further lime and carbon dioxide to ensure that the water is not corrosive (containing harmful chemicals) and does not form scales. A final dose of chlorine is added for disinfection as the water leaves the water treatment plant for the bulk storage reservoir, before being discharged to households, industry, business and agriculture.
In the Overstrand the surface water has a brown colour, produced by tannins in fynbos through which the water flows. The main challenge to be dealt with is this brown colour of the raw water. The treatment process to improve the colour includes coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, stabilization, and disinfection.
In the case of groundwater sources, the main quality issues are the high iron and manganese content. This is reduced by dosing oxidising chemicals, followed by filtration. At Hermanus a new bio-filtration plant is under construction, which will treat the iron and manganese in a more natural way.
The entire process of water catchment, treatment, storage, distribution and management is subjected annually to the Department of Water Affair's Blue Drop certification process for drinking water. This is a strict set of standards that ensures that we receive high-quality drinking water. The Overstrand has consistently scored high on the Blue Drop assessment and contributed to Hermanus winning the Greenest Town in South Africa title for the past two years running.
Where does our wastewater go?
Wastewater produced by households and industry is removed from properties through a sewerage system. This is a network of pipelines and pump stations conveying wastewater to the City's wastewater treatment works, where the water is put through mostly mechanical and biological processes to break down and remove substances that could be harmful to human beings and the environment.
In the Overstrand 2,500 Ml of sewage is treated every year.
The treated effluent is released into the natural environment via rivers and streams, which eventually flow into the ocean. Some of the treated water in Hermanus is used to irrigate the golf course and sports fields. Grey water is also used for irrigation in Gansbaai, and is being considered for Stanford. The further treatment of waste water to potable standard is being considered for Hermanus for the future. The beneficial use of sewerage sludge for e.g. energy production will be considered in future, although volumes are relatively low.
The entire sewerage treatment process is annually subjected to the Department of Water Affairs' stringent Green Drop certification process for wastewater. Once again, the Overstrand's Green Drop scores are very high.


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Can I pay for class when I arrive or are registrations and payment taken in advance?
Do you sell gift certificates?
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I cancelled my registration and you issued me a school credit, how do I redeem it?
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There is a parking lot located just over a block from the school at 17th and Shotwell Streets. Additionally, our immediate neighborhood has unrestricted street parking (please remember to lock your doors and stash valuables). We are about a 7-minute walk from the 16th Street Mission BART station.
If you are unable to attend a class for which you have registered, class registration fees are non-refundable, but are transferable (your friend will be sooo happy). Alternatively, if you cancel your registration, we are happy to issue you a school credit that may be applied to a future registration, for up to one year, provided cancellation notice is given 48 hours prior to the beginning of the original class. If your party is four or more people, we require 72 hours notice of a cancellation. If you purchased class for a friend, the same policies apply. As we are a teeny tiny business with very limited seating, we are not able to make exceptions to this policy.
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I was charged with schemes to defruad (felony) in 2007 the amount I took was $427. I was reading elsewhere that the misdemeanor charge is just $100 dollars less than that. I went into the pre-trial prevention program and did comm. service, and probation for 6 months, also paid restitution. I am trying to get into the military and they are not accepting felony waivers at this time. They are however willing to work with me if I can get the charge dropped to a misdemeanor. I have wanted to serve this amazing country since I graduated in 2007, even completed the 4 semesters of ROTC, but was held back from it because of other family reasons. Then I got into trouble. I was also reading somewhere that this is possible, but I am not sure on how to go about it. Thanks for all the help in advance!
The only possibility is if you could convince the prosecutor to refile the criminal charge and allow for you to resolve this as a misdemeanor. I am assuming you successfully completed the program. Most pre trial contracts allow for the prosecutor to reopen a case but only in a very limited situation. Your case is not the typical reason for a prosecutor to reopen. I would suggest that you hire a lawyer and have your lawyer and the military closely coordinate their efforts and then arrange for a meeting with your lawyer (and possibly the recruiter) at the prosecutor's office and request that the charge be reopened and reduced to a misdemeanor. This is completely a long shot and not a usual request. Good luck.Ask a similar question
If your case has been resolved for this many years it is unlikely you can go back and reopen it and get a change in offense level or charge for the reasons you state, but if you want to make sure get a complete copy of your case file from the court and consult a local, defense attorney who does appeals and post conviction relief matters.Ask a similar question
You will first need to deminstrate to the court that it has jurisdiction to reopen or reconsider your case. Once yoi overcome the jurisdiction issue the court will have limited discretion in allowing you to plead to a lesser charge. Whether the foregoing can be achieved will depend on the facts of your case, the applicable statutes and whether the State Attorney is agreeable.Ask a similar question
If you successfully completed the program charges would have been dropped against you. Did the prosecutor actually filed an information against you at the time? Or did you go into the program before that time, perhaps that makes a difference for the military.
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You cannot drop a felony to a misdemeanor - in fact, no one person can. But your case is compelling and it may be possible under the right set of circumstances.
I suggest you obtain a certified disposition of your case from the clerk of the court where this all happened and then contact a criminal defense attorney who would be willing to give this a shot. It would require that you successfully completed the program you were place in, your obtaining mitigation and your attorney presenting that and your story to the prosecutor who would then either put up a fight (likely) or agree. Then, it would be up to a judge to go along. As said, this is not impossible, just unlikely. A lot depends on each step, so the first thing is to see what your actual disposition is. Get a certified copy of that and call an attorney. Call Ms. Mesic and I offer free consults, if you wish. Good luck.
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text: The Bombshell wiki last edited by dstorres on 04/21/13 01:53PM View full history HistoryTraitorous Ways Bombshell in Action Amy Allen first appears as a member of the Teen Titans during the One Year Later gap. Having underwent a similar experiment with Captain Atom and Major Force , Amy becomes the quantum powered heroine Bombshell. Bombshell is revealed to have been the traitor amongst the Teen Titans and attempts to pin her turncoat actions on Ravager and Miss Martian. Following her reveal as a traitor, Bombshell is taken to Iron Heights Prison where it is further revealed that Amy is involved in a more sinister crowd. Bombshell is found out to be a member of Deathstroke's Titans East. Unfortunately for Amy, she is betrayed by the Titans East and seemingly murdered by the drugged Batgirl. A New Lease on Life Bombshell is BackIt was later revealed that Bombshell is still alive, saved by her powers. The dilustel had bonded to her body, allowing her to summon a new coating of the metal at will, which in turn had saved her from death and allowed her to heal. She sought out her father as she realized she was a risk for the rogue black ops group that had created her. Her father, wanting only her security, had Bombshell turn to the one individual he thought could help - Robin. Seeing little other choice, Robin agreed to provide shelter for Bombshell. As Robin left the Teen Titans due to his commitments in Gotham City, Bombshell's role on the team was unclear, as she did not get along with the remaining three members of the team, Eddie Bloomburg, Blue Beetle, and Wonder Girl. However, Amy decides to stay with the team and is a member when Wonder Girl selects the remaining members of her new Titan line-up. The Titan's battle with the demented Jericho in New York resulted in Ravager returning to San Francisco with the team. The rivalry between the two ladies intensified and came to a head when Rose threatened Amy if she betrayed the team again. Following this altercation, Bombshell and Ravager gained a respect for one another. Bombshell has been proven to be a mainstay in the Titans line-up as she was present during the attack by the Fearsome Five, the battle in Dakota, and the fight against Wyld. During the debacle with the mysterious Wyld, Amy and fellow teammate Aquagirl were charged by Wonder Girl to open a dimensional portal in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The local wildlife was adversely effected by Wyld's dimensional taint and they attacked the duo. Once Wonder Girl's team arrives back at Titan's Tower, the rest of the Titans discover that, despite Miss Martian attempting to help them, Bombshell and Aquagirl are lost at sea. The hunt for the missing Teen Titans has already begun. Powers and AbilitiesBulletproof skinIt is important to note that while Captain Atom and Major Force were both exposed to a nuclear explosion in addition to their dilustel exposure, Bombshell was only exposed to the dilustel. It was originally believed this meant Bombshell's metal skin had not bonded to her body, though this was revealed to be untrue as Bombshell was later able to regenerate the metal covering on her skin and regain her powers after she had lost them. With the dilustel skin covering her body, she is able to access the Quantum Field for her superhuman abilities, consisting of superhuman strength in the 100-ton class (able to dish out blows powerful enough to stagger Miss Martian and Wonder Girl, as well as lift her Quantum Soldier jet with her strength alone), flight speed at Mach 3, the ability to absorb all forms of energy, and project blasts of Quantum energy. The metal skin renders her a significantly level of invulnerability, preferably bulletproof and impervious to physical damage from beings as strong as Wonder Girl without being breached. She can also generate energy waves that are powerful enough to scramble the minds of others and control technology powered by electromagnetism. While Bombshell does have access to the Quantum Field, the fact that she wasn't administered the alien metal with a nuclear explosion along with it could render her on a power level below that of Captain Atom (especially) and Major Force, not to mention the resilience of her metal skin (since the metal on her skin can be exploited by extreme temperatures much like Major Force's, though this same weakness was shown to be ineffective is a second go-around with Titans due to Bombshell showing the ability to absorb energy. Captain Atom, however, has never exhibited this weakness in the presence of extreme temperatures). Evidence of her power level was also supported by the fact that Miss Martian was able to read Bombshell's mind, finding out that she lied about detonating akin to an atomic bomb that would destroy everything within fifty miles of it, much like Captain Atom could. She has yet to exhibit abilities on par with Captain Atom, or learn to use her powers in ways that he's already shown.


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One of the biggest dancing competition show on the Indian Tv channel is back with another amazing show which will surely be going to chills and all the thrills with four of the most amazing contestants which are Piyush Bhagat, The Wild Rippers, Sushant Khatri and Tanay Malhara.
So everyone is waiting very eagerly for the Amazing trophy and the huge prize from some of the finest choreographers and dance icons and The Dancing legend of India Remo D'Souza. The show starts with Piyush Bhagat from Team Shakti's Performance, he tells all his story and his fame which he has got now after becoming the contestant of Dance Plus 2.
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He was welcomed very amazingly and lovely in his birthplace, he gives another amazing performance which showcases his talent very perfectional, while getting outstanding comments and praises from the judges.
It's begun – the
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The next performance was of Wild Rippers and while showing their whole story they shock every single audience of India, their happiness and fame can be understood very easily and they have proved it, their another amazing performance again proves them that their excellence can be seen very easily through their act and all the stunts which they have done very easily and without effortlessly, perfect timing, excellent stunts and outstanding coordination is their core benchmark in their performance.
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Their family has come on the show to give them their most awaiting love and affection which they never got since they have left their family to come to Mumbai. They got the double plus again and this also adds up to their everytime record of pluses on the stage. The humor and comedy by Raghav Juyal on the stage is another amazing one like every time.
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The next performance is of Sushant Khatri as before his performance they showed up all the efforts and the happiness which comes back on when he returns to his home and he too is welcomed very heartily in his home state and birthplace. He has given another amazing and exceptional performance ith his very special and own created style or form of dance in the show, and getting lovely comments from Judges.
Here's the grand opening act of
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The very biggest and most amazing showdown between the two contestants Piyush Bhagat and Sushant Khatri. On this performance, Remo has become the one of the best and most outstanding performers on the show.
The show has also counted a very amazing and star of the upcoming one of the very amazing and outstanding biopic movie Dhoni, and the lead star of the movie Sushant Singh Rajput. Tanay Malhara, the fourth contestant of the show when goes to his home town and birth place and get an amazing and hearty welcome and this shows how great his talent is and will going to live a super life.
The next performance is of Tanay and he has done another outstanding performance by showing all the best acts and stunts in his single performance. Sushant has also shown a very great scene from his upcoming movie and that is very impressive, the whole show is waiting now for the grand finale and that will surely go to become a very big and entertaining one for all the audience in the India.
Tanay Malahara won the second season of India's biggest dance reality show Dance Plus 2. We congratulate him for his glorious achievement.


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IBM Research at Albany Nanotech has recently published work with ATK investigating four novel metal nanowires as back-end-of-line interconnects.READ MORE
QuantumWise will host a free webinar on the release of ATK-VNL 2017.READ MORE
Anders Blom will give a talk at IEEE Nano 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 25-28.READ MORE
Researchers at QuantumWise in collaboration with Aalto University and University of Iceland have developed a new method for the first-principle simulation of surfaces using ATK. arXiv:1707.02141 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
Welcome to the official release of VNL-ATK 2017! This version features, among many other things, improved performance and new features for electron-phonon calculations, two methods for accurate band gaps of semiconductors and oxides, and new defaults for better out-of-the-box accuracy! Read more below!READ MORE
Our project partners at Helmholtz Institut Ulm are seeking a "Physicist, Mathematician, Engineer (m/f)" to work on the new SimBa-project.READ MORE
We have extended the deadline for our open position as a GUI software developer.
The extended deadline is June 14.READ MORE
QuantumWise will be at the E-MRS Spring Meeting in Strasbourg, France on May 22-26, where Umberto Martinez will give a talk.READ MORE
Anders Blom will give an invited talk at the 2nd Annual International Workshop, "Towards Room Temperature Superconductivity: SUPERHYDRIDES and MORE" in Orange County, California on May 8-9.READ MORE
Researchers in QuantumWise developed a new method towards the determination of the optimal supercell representation of interfaces using VNL [1].READ MORE
QuantumWise is seeking a GUI software developer and a scientific communication specialist for our office in Copenhagen, Denmark.
To read more about these positions, please follow the links below. All positions are permanent.
Scientific communication specialist
Deadline May 28, 2017READ MORE
Researchers at the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Science published a new paper conserning the simulations of asymmetric junctions in Metallic-Semiconducting-Metallic (MSM) Heterophase MoS2 using ATK [1].READ MORE
In April QuantumWise will be visiting the Republic of Korea. Meet us at the KECS, KCS, and KIM+ venues.READ MORE
A new paper using ATK has been published in Applied Physics Letters, discussing interface band gap narrowing behind open circuit voltage losses in Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells. It is written in collaboration between QuantumWise and a group of researchers as the Technical University of Denmark.READ MORE
A bugfix update to VNL-ATK 2016 has been released (version 2016.4).READ MORE
QuantumWise will give the hands-on tutorial "Virtual NanoLab interface to FHI-aims" at the workshop: "Density-Functional Theory and Beyond: Accuracy, Efficiency and Reproducibility in Computational Materials Science" that will be held from July 31 to August 11, 2017, at Humboldt University Berlin.READ MORE
QuantumWise is happy to announce that we will host a free webinar on atomistic simulations of thermal transport across materials interfaces using the Virtual NanoLab (VNL) and ATK-Classical software.READ MORE
Two-dimensional materials are promising candidates for future electronic devices with properties that can be tuned by the electrostatic and dielectric environment. One of the applications is to use a gate to tune the electron-phonon coupling in order to control the carrier density precisely. Recently, researchers at the Technical University of Denmark published an article in Physical Review Letters 118, 046601 (2017) that describes a new flexural-phonon scattering mechanism induced by the electrostatic gating of a graphene device [1].READ MORE
QuantumWise will be at the EMA 2017 conference, where Anders Blom will give a talk.READ MORE
QuantumWise is happy to announce that we will host a webinar to give you an introduction to Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations using the Virtual NanoLab (VNL) and ATK-Classical software.READ MORE
Today's chemists, physicists, material scientists, and engineers embrace the use of graphical user interfaces (GUI) in their everyday research and design workflow.
Virtual NanoLab (VNL) works as a GUI for Atomistix ToolKit (ATK), QuantumEspresso, VASP, FHI-Aims, GPAW, LAMMPS, and various other atomic scale simulations codes. VNL, used by over 3500 scientists across the world, is free for academic users. We want to encourage professors to use VNL in their courses, and help students on their journey to understanding the quantum world.
Dear friends of ATK, VNL, and QuantumWise,
We send you our warmest greetings for the Holiday Season and look forward to seeing you all in 2017.
Greetings from the QuantumWise team.READ MORE
We are very happy and proud to announce that for the second year in a row, QuantumWise has been nominated as a Gazelle company by the Danish newspaper Børsen.READ MORE
QuantumWise will be at the SISC 2016 conference in San Diego, CA, on December 8-10.READ MORE
We in QuantumWise are really happy and proud to inform you all that QuantumWise has been awarded to be one of the best workplaces in Denmark in 2016 by the consultancy company Great Place to Work.READ MORE
A bugfix update to VNL-ATK 2016 has been released (version 2016.3).READ MORE
QuantumWise will be at the MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts on November 27 - December 1. You can meet Umberto and Sam at booth #823. Moreover, Umberto will give an oral presentation, please see below.READ MORE
Previous research have posited that amorphous Selenium has a chain-like structure, independent of the manufacturing processes. However, a recent study in a collaboration between experimental teams from Stony Brook University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory found that the structure of amorphous Selenium (a-Se) films manufactured by vapor deposition (VD) and melt-quenched (MQ) processes are predominantly composed of ring-like and chain-like molecules, respectively. Given that no experimental technique is able to query the detailed three-dimensional atomic arrangements in glassy semiconductors, scientists are hoping that simulations can offer more evidence and structural detail.READ MORE
Kurt Stokbro will give a talk at the International Conference "Dynamics of Systems on the Nanoscale" (DySoN 2016), which will be held in Bad Ems, Germany 3rd-7th October, 2016.READ MORE
In cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute, QuantumWise Japan organizes an introductory seminar on ATK-Classical on Tuesday November 8 in Tokyo (Japan).READ MORE
A bugfix update to VNL-ATK 2016 has been released (version 2016.2).READ MORE
Fermitech and QuantumWise will do a VNL-ATK Workshop in Beijing, China on October 21-24 at Peking University.READ MORE
Recently, researchers at The Pennsylvania State University published an article in Nature Materials about the first realization of two-dimensional gallium nitride, which completed the gap between the theoretical prediction of 2D nitrides 'beyond hBN' and experimental realization.
In this article, ATK has been integrated with an experiment to help with the calculation and analysis of the electronic properties.
QuantumWise is partnering with Sabalcore to provide cloud-based access to ATK with a pay-as-you-go licensing scheme.READ MORE
For the last month, PhD-student Francesco Naccarato of University of Luxembourg has been visiting QuantumWise. He has spent one month of his PhD with us in the frame of the EJD-FunMat network.READ MORE
QuantumWise will participate with two contributions at the next International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (SISPAD) forum in Nuremberg, Germany.
One research study that will be presented is done in collaboration with DTU Nanotech and describes a new NEGF method applied to the CZTSe/CdS interface for photovoltaic applications.
A second work will present the analysis of different metal-InGaAs interfaces and the calculated contact resistances.
QuantumWise Japan KK will participate in the IEEE Nano 2016 conference in Sendai, Japan, on August 22-25.
A VNL and ATK hands-on tutorial is organized on Monday 22nd at 9:30 AM.
Anders Blom will also give a talk with title "Atomistic Approach for Modeling Metal-Semiconductor Interfaces" at 11:30 on Thursday August 25, 2016 (ThAM15).
Welcome to the official release of VNL-ATK 2016! This version features, among many other things, better parallel performance, improved DFT accuracy, a new MD framework, as well as a very exciting new NEGF algorithm for surface calculation - and it's available also for Mac! Read more below!READ MORE
Kurt Stokbro will participate in the ICTP College on Multiscale Computational Modeling of Materials for Energy Applications in Trieste, Italy on July 4-15.READ MORE
In the article "General atomistic approach for modeling metal-semiconductor interfaces using density functional theory and nonequilibrium Green's function" published in Physical Review B, researchers from QuantumWise A/S demonstrate a new method for modeling metal-semiconductor contacts, which includes all the relevant ingredients required to describe metal-semiconductor interfaces realistically. Moreover, it allows for a direct comparison between theory and experiments via I−Vbias curve simulations. An online case study with all scripts is now available for all ATK users, making the results of the article fully reproducible.READ MORE
QuantumWise will participate in the NVM Workshop New Horizons for Memory Storage: Advancing Non-volatile Memory with Atomistic Simulations where Anders Blom will give an invited talk titled "Extended horizons: true atomistic simulations of junctions, interfaces and surfaces".READ MORE
QuantumWise will participate in Nanotech France 2016 in Paris, France, on June 1-3. You can find us at booth #9 for a live demo of Virtual NanoLab and Atomistix ToolKit.
We will also hold two talks about metal semi-conductor interfaces for solar cells and energy storage applications. More information below.READ MORE
QuantumWise is happy to invite you to an ATK and VNL hands-on workshop on atomic scale modeling of nanomaterials in our offices in Copenhagen on August 19, 2016.READ MORE
QuantumWise A/S is seeking two scientific software developers and one IT specialist for the office in Copenhagen, Denmark. Extended deadline for the position as scientific specialist in atomic scale modeling for QuantumWise Japan KK in Tokyo, Japan.READ MORE
In this new tutorial, you will be introduced to one of the most important functionalities in Atomistix ToolKit (ATK), namely electron transport calculations.READ MORE
Check out how the new inelastic transmission spectrum module in ATK has been succesfully applied to probe electron-phonon excitations in molecular junctions.
The work has been published in the Scientific Reports journal and is a collaboration between QuantumWise and the MPQ and ITODYS laboratories at Université Paris Diderot.
Reference: Scientific Reports 6, 20899 (2016)
QuantumWise now has an Instagram account. We are very excited to be able to show you some of the cool images and graphics that you can make using VNL.
You can follow us here: @QuantumWise.
QuantumWise will participate in the DPG Spring Meeting in Regensburg, Germany, on March 6-11.READ MORE
QuantumWise is seeking a scientific team member for our office in Japan.READ MORE
We are happy to announce that there are now more than 1,000 publications based on ATK in the publication list, which has recently been updated.READ MORE
CEO Kurt Stokbro will participate in nano tech 2016 - The 15th International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference in Tokyo, Japan, on January 27-29, 2016. The conference is part of the programme on the NANOTECH Cluster SME Mission arranged by the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, and you can find them at booth 6T-11.READ MORE
A new paper has been published by researchers at Tokyo University of Science on "Carrier localization length in edge-disordered graphene nanoribbons with sub-100 nm length". It uses ATK-SemiEmpirical (Slate-Koster tight binding) for the calculations and has over 15,000 atoms included in one system. As far as we know, this is the largest system ever studied with ATK-SE!READ MORE
A new ATK paper has been published in a collaboration between QuantumWise and DTU Nanotech, with the title "First-principles method for electron-phonon coupling and electron mobility: Applications to two-dimensional materials".READ MORE
A new portal for ATK and VNL documentation is now online, including tutorials, manuals, case studies, and much more.READ MORE
QuantumWise is very happy to wish all of you very happy holidays, and we look forward to talking to all of you again in 2016.READ MORE
The Bi2Se3 material is a 3D strong topological insulator, and you can use ATK to show this using first-principles modeling! Learn how to use DFT with spin-orbit coupling to calculate the topologically protected surface states and investigate spin-circles on the Dirac cone.
A new combined experimental and theoretical study publised on ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces is now available online at this link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.5b08966READ MORE
A new scientific paper has been published in Computational Materials Science 112, 263 (2016) in a collaboration between QuantumWise, the University of Bremen, and Stanford University.
The paper is titled "The effects of uniaxial and biaxial strain on the electronic structure of germanium", doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2015.10.023.
The 2015.1 update for Virtual NanoLab and Atomistix ToolKit is now available for download. This release fixes a few smaller and larger bugs.READ MORE
QuantumWise will be present at the IWSPD 2015 conference in Bangalore, India on December 7-10, 2015, and CEO Kurt Stokbro will give an invited talk with the title "Atomic-scale modelling for device and process simulation". The talk will take place on Wednesday 9th at 11:00 in Hall 2 of the J N Tata Auditorium.READ MORE
A new scientific paper has been published in Physics Review B in a collaboration between QuantumWise and the University of Delaware, with the title "Nonequilibrium spin texture within a thin layer below the surface of current-carrying topological insulator Bi2Se3: A first-principles quantum transport study".READ MORE
QuantumWise is very happy to announce that we have been elected a 2015 Gazelle company by the Danish newspaper Børsen.READ MORE
QuantumWise is happy to announce that Virtual NanoLab (VNL) is now free for academic users!READ MORE
Our latest study on III–V semiconductor quantum wells which provides a rigorous assessment of III–V semiconductor band structure calculation methods and calibrated band parameters for device simulations will be published in Solid-State Electronics.READ MORE
On 23rd of October, CEO Kurt Stokbro did a VNL-ATK workshop at Huazhong University of Science & Technology in Wuhan, China.READ MORE
Welcome to Virtual NanoLab and Atomistix ToolKit 2015! This newest version of the QuantumWise atomic-scale modeling platform contains a fantastic set of performance updates (in particular for parallel execution) and many exciting new features, like electron-phonon interaction, a new Job Manager, and a long range of analysis functions for molecular dynamics simulations, just to mention a few.READ MORE
Throughout the rest of the year, QuantumWise is doing a collaboration with a group of master students from Aalborg University in order to improve the user experience of our homepage as well as Virtual NanoLab.READ MORE
Kurt Stokbro will be at the CECAM workshop Development of next generation accurate approximate DFT/B methods in Bremen, Germany on October 11-15, 2015.READ MORE
QuantumWise is now seeking new scientific team members for the development and support teams in Copenhagen, Denmark.READ MORE
Quantumwise will participate in the ESSCIRC/ESSDERC conference in Graz, Austria, on 14-18 September 2015. Troels Markussen and Umberto Martinez Pozzoni will give a hands-on tutorial on September 18th at 13:45 with the title "Demonstration and hands-on tutorial of atomic-scale simulation with ATK".READ MORE
QuantumWise will be at the Psi-k 2015 conference in San Sebastian, Spain, from 6th to 10th of September. Kurt Stokbro will give a talk on Monday 7th and on Thursday 10th there will be a VNL hands-on tutorial.READ MORE
QuantumWise will go to the Carbonhagen 2015 6th symposium on carbon and related nanomaterials in Copenhagen 13-14th of August. Anders Blom will give a short presentation on August 13th in the afternoon, and we will also have a booth during the symposium, where you can have a chat with Jess and Umberto about our software.READ MORE
An update VNL-ATK 2014.3 is now available for download. The new version introduces a variety of bug fixes.READ MORE
Anders Blom will give a talk about First-Principles Simulations of Nanoscale Transistors at SISPAD 2015, which takes place in Washington, DC, from the 9th to 11th of September.READ MORE
QuantumWise will be present at the International Symposium on Nanoengineered Composites on July 15-17 in Roskilde, Denmark, where Julian Schneider will give a talk about Atomic-scale simulations of mechanical and thermal properties of composite materials using the Atomistic ToolKit (ATK). Julian's talk takes place on Thursday, July 16 from 11:30-11:50.READ MORE
QuantumWise will be at the IEEE Nano 2015 conference in Rome, Italy from 27th to 30th of July.
You will be able to participate in the hands-on tutorial by Umberto Martinez, which will be held on Monday the 27th from 16:00-19:00 in Room 8, with the title "Multiscale atomistic simulations with Atomistix Toolkit". Please see the detailed description below.READ MORE
Umberto Martinez will give a talk about Transport Properties of Nanoscale TFET by Atomic Scale Simulations at Nanotech France 2015, which takes place in Paris, France, from 15th to 17th of June. Umberto's talk will be held in the Session III: Nano Electronics on Tuesday the 16th from 11.15.READ MORE
Kurt Stokbro will give an invited talk at the CECAM workshop about Future Technologies in Automated Atomistic Simulations, which takes place in Lausanne, Switzerland, from the 8th to the 10th of June. The talk has the title Virtual NanoLab, an extendible materials simulation platform, and will be held on Monday the 8th in the morning.READ MORE
Anders Blom will give an invited talk at the CMOS Emerging Technologies Research conference in Vancouver, Canada, which takes place from 20-22 of May. Anders' talk will be on Wednesday at 10:30 am and has the title First-principles Simulations of Semiconductor Materials and Devices - Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges.READ MORE
Former Vice President of Hewlett-Packard and Cadence Patrick Scaglia is a new member of the board of the Danish company QuantumWise A/S, whose products are used today by the world's electronics giants for computer simulations of new electronic circuits on the nanoscale.READ MORE
A survey was sent out over the weekend to a large number of ATK and Virtual NanoLab users, mainly to persons who requested a trial license.
We hereby confirm that the email is not spam, and it is correct that you can obtain an extended trial license by completing the survey.
The survey was formulated by a small group of master students from Judge Business School in Cambridge, UK, who work as consultants for QuantumWise. Unfortunately, they didn't double-check the content of the email and survey with us before sending it out, resulting in a misspelling of Virtual NanoLab throughout the email and survey, and other minor mistakes.
Despite these unfortunate mistakes we appreciate all completed forms, which we can use to improve the quality and user experience of our products. If you have additional questions about the survey, please contact .READ MORE
An update to VNL-ATK 2014 is now available for download. The new version introduces a wide variety of smaller bug fixes, and some improved features.READ MORE
QuantumWise gives you some tools to enjoy a peaceful holiday time with you family...READ MORE
Researchers from California and Singapore recently published a paper on Magnetocrystalline anisotropy and switching magnetic tunnel junctions using ATK for noncollinear transport calculations. (Zhaoqiang Bai, Lei Shen, Yongqing Cai, Qingyun Wu1, Minggang Zeng, Guchang Han & Yuan Ping Feng, New J. Phys. 16 (2014) 103033).READ MORE
Did you visit the tutorial section called Virtual NanoLab for other codes? If you do now, you will find two categories: Virtual NanoLab for VASP and the new category: Virtual NanoLab for LAMMPS.READ MORE
Two addons have been updated for VNL 2014.READ MORE
VNL-ATK 2014 is now available for download. The new release introduces a wide variety of new and improved features.READ MORE
QuantumWise proudly presents QuantumWise.com in a new design. The core reasons to relaunch the web site were to increase usability and to strenghen the corporate identity of QuantumWise online. Especially, we wanted to make it easier how to find relevant tutorials! Now the new homepage is here with lots of new tutorials too, so please check them out.READ MORE
Check out the paper "Improved initial guess for minimum energy path calculations" J. Chem. Phys. 140, 214106 (2014) by Søren Smidstrup, Andreas Pedersen, Kurt Stokbro and Hannes Jónsson which is available on-line!READ MORE
FermiTech (Beijing) Co. Ltd. has been appointed as the new and official distributor for Atomistix Toolkit (ATK) and Virtual Nanolab (VNL) in China.READ MORE
Beijing Hongcam Software Technologies Co. Ltd. and its subsidiaries are no longer authorized to sell or support Atomistix Toolkit (ATK) and Virtual Nanolab (VNL) with immediate effect. A new distributor for China will be announced shortly.
In the meantime, for any queries from users in China, kindly contact directly.READ MORE
Recently, QuantumWise closed its first sale on the African continent, and this means that Virtual NanoLab and Atomistix ToolKit (ATK) is now installed on 6 continents. The QuantumWise succes story is also the story of how the research area of atomistic modeling is emerging world-wide.READ MORE
From Toulouse to Lille and Paris - France here we come!READ MORE
Abstract deadline has been extended to 1st of May. Visit the QuantumHagen websiteREAD MORE
Check out the 12 new tutorials and explore the new and enhanced features of ATK. Learn how to use the Crystal Builder and do Noncollinear spin calculations with ATK. Spice up your presentations with videos of NEB and MD and get glimpse from booth 630 at The American Chemical Society Spring Meeting.READ MORE
An updated version of ATK 13.8 is available for download. A few somewhat serious bugs have been fixed, in addition to several minor ones, and there are also some new features!READ MORE
QuantumWise will attend the American Chemical Society Spring Meeting in Dallas, Texas.
Meet us at Booth 630, get a demo and sign up for the free workshop.READ MORE
ATK-SE sets a new standard for nanoscale device simulations! Faster than DFT, allowing for larger systems, and featuring a unique capability to calculate how electrostaticREAD MORE
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John was led out of the elevator into the courtyard and down into
what looked like a subway station.
'Did you ever read the book Willy Wonka and the Glass Elevator?'
Louis asked me.
'Yeah I did as a little kid.' John replied.
'Well that is how this subway works. It goes up, down, left, right,
arches, and curves to transport someone to the different buildings above
and below ground. When you receive your id, you'll be granted access to
the different parts of the community, the central office, and the hospital.
Since you're not a researcher, you'll not have access to those parts of the
John watched as he put his picture id into a slot by the rail line.
Out of the ceiling a large sphere shot down and joined with the rail line.
A door then opened into what looked like a six passenger car.
'Head on in.' Louis said, moving out of the way.
John walked into the sphere that was lined with seats with drop down
harnesses. He sat down in one of the forward viewing chairs and lowered the
harness. Louis then came in, sat next to me and lowered his. He then took
his card and swiped it against a slot in the harness and entered a code in
the panel.
'Warn me if you start feeling sick, these things can be a wild ride.'
He said with a wicked grin.
Before he could reply the car began to move. Instead of moving
forward like John was expecting. The car dropped straight down a lit shaft
for what felt like 50 meters. He suddenly had the need to pee badly and
was sure the color of his face had paled a shade or two. John turned his
head to see Louis who was laughing his head off. The sphere continued its
convoluted journey dropping here and turning there until it started to slow
down to a stop. Louis's harness automatically rose up but mine would not
move, leaving me trapped.
'Travis would pay me to leave you in this predicament for him to find
you but he would probably punish me in the end so I guess I'll let you go.'
He said in a manner that proved he was getting a perverse pleasure from
seeing me like this. He took out his card again and swiped it against my
harness bar causing it to release me.
All these comments about Travis liking me had finally driven John to
ask the question, 'Why did Travis pick me?' I asked Louis
'Ah, that's a complicated question and I'm not sure if I should be
the one to answer it. Lets just say that Travis thinks you have something
that he's been looking for, for a long long time.'
'What is that something?' John asked.
'If you have to ask that then you don't need to know yet.'
'You're being impossible.'
'And you're being impatient. Good things come to those that wait.
If you have what Travis is looking for then you'll not need to know what it
'I'll take your word for it.' John said a bit miffed.
'Always follow your doctor's instructions, is what I tell my
patients.' He said kind-heartedly.
As they entered the hospital building John noticed that the air vents
were made out of a transparent material.
'The material is nonporous and therefore prevents bacteria from
growing on it. We decided not to cover it up so that we could be sure that
they were clean and moisture free.
'It's like living in the Alps here, you're always thirsty since the
air is so dry.' Louis explained.
He continued to talk about the different rooms and features of the
hospital, which made most premier hospitals, look dingy by comparison. He
led John to one examination room and told me to remove my cloths while he
prepared the tests.
Louis entered the control room and was met by a lab tech.
'So are we doing a full work up on the new guy?'
'Yes.' Louis replied 'Except for the augmentations. Dr. Gannon does
not want him altered. Just a normal physical, DNA Scan, and implant.'
'Oh but I like it when the new guys get their anal-prostate duct and
this guy is married too.'
'Walter! If I find that you put in the duct against my orders I'll
make sure that Dr. Gannon finds out personally.'
'No need to threaten me, I was only joking.' Walter said sheepishly.
'I only thought that since he is married that Dr. Gannon would want the
'No, Dr. Gannon wants this one to be special. No ducts!'
'You're the boss.'
Having finished the debate with his lab tech, Louis turned on the
intercom to the exam room John was in. 'John you can lay on the exam table
now.' He said before turning the intercom off.
Walter during this time began to speak into a dictation microphone.
'Today is July 12th 2013, the subject is John Keller, 28 years old white
male, brown hair, blue eyes.' Louis looked at the data from the exam table
before continuing. 'He is 6'2' tall, weight at 178 pounds, heart rate at
78 bpm. Blood pressure at 110 over 70. No identifiable marks. Body fat at
4%, dick at 4 inches soft. That last comment got a glare from Louis who
was preparing the blood samples. 'Hey, you know the boss would want that
info. You know I'm right.' Walter defended himself.
'Just hurry up and finish.' Louis hissed.
Walter pushed a different button causing a large machine to be
lowered above John's head. 'Scan shows nil on the TP and TK levels.'
Walter reported before pushing another button. On the E
level... 12.8!!!!!' Walter shouted in surprise. He turned off the
microphone and began hitting Louis who was grinning. 'Why did you not tell
me you were bringing an E here.
'You never asked,' Louis said smugly.
'So he's the one.' Walter said with awe.
'Possibly, the scanner only measures potential, it only measures
total output not the strength of it. Without the ability to focus, he
won't be able to do too much.'
'But still he is the highest we've ever had.'
'And the only one found outside of Gen-Corp, makes you think.' Louis
They quickly concluded their tests and allowed John to redress.
Louis sent a cryptic e-mail to Travis with the results and then replaced
the data on the computer with a prepared false file. Before leaving Walter
to take care of the next patient he took out a small electrocution device
and jabbed it into Walter neck. Walter convulsed for a few seconds before
Louis removed the device and pocketed it. The device would remove Walter's
short-term memory but otherwise not harm him. Louis then went to the exam
room where John was finished dressing. 'Well how about some lunch before
Henry comes to help you pick your secretary.'
At lunch they were met by Henry, who told John that after they
selected my secretary, they were to go to the gym to catch up with Travis.
John told him he did not think he could workout in my business suit but
Henry told me not to worry that they could pick something up at the gym.
John said his goodbyes to Louis and went off with Henry.
They decided to walk to the central office building instead of taking
the rail cars. John did not think that he could take it on a full
stomach. The massive reception area was made out of dark granite with a
backdrop of a 9-story waterfall that stretched from end to end. Lined out
in front of the reception desk were around 25 men wearing only tee shirts
tucked into white boxers. They all stood at attention as if they were in
the military. The only sound besides that of rushing water was that of a
screaming boy who was being dragged away by an adult in a suit.
'I want my puppy!' The boy screamed over and over again. And while
the full sized adult male should have been able to lift up the 4-year-old
boy, he seemed to be loosing a tug of war with him.
'Let me go!' The boy shouted at the man holding him who then fell
unconscious. The boy then ran down the stairs but was met by several men
in uniform.
John was stunned in what he was seeing, Four guards against one
little boy but Henry seemed nervous as he began to tug at my sleeve
indicating that it would be better if we left and quickly.
As they were heading for the doors the boy gave a sudden scream and
everything went white for a second. When I could see again only the boy
and myself were still standing. Alarms were now blaring and I could here
shouts coming from the upper stairs. The boy looked at John with a stunned
look as if surprised he was still up. He then quickly ran over to one of
the men in white and began kicking him.
'You can't leave me!' he kept shouting at the man who remained
knocked out. John felt like he needed to do something so he ran up to the
boy and picked him up, moving him away from the man he was kicking. The
boy kept on hitting John causing his vision to be filled with white
flashes. John's head started hurting and he felt light headed but was able
to keep the boy away from the man.
Eventually he stopped hitting John and only cried against his
shoulder, whimpering, 'I want my puppy back,' repetitively.
John put his hand behind the boy's head to try to comfort him. He did not
tell him that everything would be ok since John did not know what was
really happening. After all the white flashes stopped, guards started
coming down the stairs and out of one of the elevators came a middle aged
man, the oldest John seen since coming here, dressed in a business suit
approach them.
'You can put my son down now.' He said in a weary voice.
John found that more difficult then he did picking him up, he seemed
to not to want to let go. The best John was able to do was get him back
down on the ground but not free of his left leg that he clung to with both
arms and legs.
'Gordon, you will come here right NOW!' The angry father ordered.
The boy then slowly released my leg and walked back to his father
dejectedly. 'I want my puppy back.' He whispered to his father.
'You can't have him back.' His father told him as a matter of fact.
'You've nearly killed him several times already even when you were warned.'
'I won't this time.' The boy pleaded.
'No son, don't make promises you can't keep.' The father now said
'Can I have him then.' The boy said now pointing at me.
The father started looking at me curiously but in the end said; 'No
son, this is Dr. Gannon's toy. If you behave for the next two weeks I'll
get you a new toy.'
'But I want him!' The demanded.
'Would you like to see your mother and the babies inside her.' He
said with a sigh.
'Yes, I like the babies. I talk to them but they don't understand
yet. Do you think they'll like me?' The boy went off at a thousand words
a minute.
The father handed off his son to one of the guards before returning
his attention to John. 'Thank you for stopping my son. That poor man has
received a bad deal. You just make sure you're careful those who earn my
son's attention tend to need to visit the hospital often. If you could
also do me a favor, please select that poor fellow as your aid. If not, he
will remain in this building and I do not think that would be in his best
interest right now, good day Mr. Keller.' He tipped his head and headed
back to the elevators.
John turned his attention to Henry who was still on the floor but now
awake. He moaned and rubbed his head as he and the other people who were
knocked out started getting up. John grabbed his arm and helped him up.
'I see you made it though ok.' Henry said still groggy.
'Yeah I guess so, I have a splitting headache but that's about it.
Not like the poor guy he was kicking.'
'Poor bastard, worst job a person can get, being that demon's pet.'
Henry said in frustration.
'Gordon?' John asked
'Yeah, the CEO's son.'
'So that is who the father was. How can he let other men be his
son's pet and how can a boy treat another person like that and why did
everyone pass out.' John said a little angrily.'
'Hey don't get mad at me, I'm just the secretary.'
John was still mad but decided to check on the poor man that the boy
had beating on. He had short red hair, about 6'2' in height and pale
pinkish skin. He was moaning something that I could not hear until John
got closer.'
'Please don't send me back. Please don't send me back. I'll be good.
Please don't send me back.
John picked the poor man up who then opened his eyes. His eyes were
a unnatural deep forest green and were watery with tears. John felt a lot
of pain coming from him, pain and fear. He told him not to worry, that
they would take him away from here. John 6motioned to Henry, who was
behind him, to help him lift the red hair man up and take him to the
'Back at the hospital we were met by several staff personnel who took
the red haired man to a operation room. A doctor approached them to ask
what happened. Henry and John tried to explain what happened but Henry
talked about a lot of stuff I did not understand like 'mind strike' and
'mind blast' John felt like he was in a bad science fiction movie with the
terms they was using. The doctor led to an observation room and saw the
procedure. The red haired man was lying on his back in a raised tank of
blue liquid with his head sticking out at an end. There were also three
people in medical uniforms. One in the middle with both his hands on the
sides of the injured man's head while the two men beside him had one hand
on each shoulder of the middle one. John saw the three men's eyes starting
to glow blue. John then felt a sudden rush, a blinding light and then
Will rushed to the hospital as soon as Henry phoned him the news.
Poor Jacob, poor loyal Jacob. Jacob Patrick was once one of his best
guards until he ran into Gordon. Gordon, a boy desperate for attention
went after anyone with any E talent like a leech to blood. Jacob could of
asked not to serve as Gordon's personal guard but he was so stupidly loyal.
As if that boy needed protection, he could take out a whole squad of normal
TP's and TK's with a thought. Jacob had some protection due to his E
talent but that only seemed to make Gordon do worse things to him in order
to get his father's attention. Only after several emergency trips to the
hospital was Will able to convince the CEO that his son should not have the
same guard at all times and was able to order Jacob back to the labor pool.
But now it seemed that Gordon was not so willing to give up what he viewed
was his and had attack Jacob again. By some miracle or curse John had been
there to stop him from doing serious harm but now Gordon wanted John. When
Travis finds out that Gordon asked his father for John, he will hit the
When Will reached Jacob's bed, he saw that he was out of the tank and in
'How are you doing trooper?' He said, trying to be cheerful for the
young man.
'I can't go back, sir, I tried but I can't go back there again.'
Jacob pleaded
'Don't worry, you won't be going back there again.' Will said calmly
but with tears in his eyes.
'But what will I do? I missed the selection.'
'No you didn't and guess what... you were selected.' He said ruffling
the man's red hair.
Jacob responded to the head rub with a relaxed sigh before falling
back asleep.
Yep Jacob is definitely an animorph, Will thought to himself. He has
a pack mentality through and through. He is loyal, loving, and only wants
the same in return.
Many of the guards underwent the animorph process, it increased a
pack mentality which raised loyalty and the ability to work as a team. It
also helped solve some of the TE/TK problem many of the stronger guards
such as Jacob had. Will once thought of undergoing the process but decided
that a pack mentality would affect his creative thinking, which he felt was
more important as head of security. No, Jacob would be a loyal guard for
John and his family especially if John's E talent was as strong as the
report read.
Will's next stop was to check on John, who fell unconscious during
the healing. Not an uncommon occurrence for an untrained E talent. Will
felt sorry for John. Here was a man born and raised outside the
corporation not knowing a thing about the world he was now entering.
Travis wanted to shelter John for as long as possible to make it as he put
it 'a journey of self discovery'. That was all and good but if you will
not give him a map at least give him a compass Will had told Travis but
Travis was adamant, John had to find out on his own. When he arrived at
the room, Will saw Henry with John, who was now awake.
'When the doctors allow it, forget the gym, just get the two of them
back home.' Will whispered in Henry's ear. Henry just nodded and proceeded
to look for the doctor.
Travis could tell when John was on his way home. The taste of
emotions was sweet nectar to him. It had taken him months to locate John
after passing him on the street back in Boston. For the first time since
his powers had fully developed, he could feel again and he never wanted to
loose it again. He followed the trail of emotions until he figured out who
the person was right before the train he was on took off. The loss of
feelings was so devastating to him he committed himself to finding that man
again. He bought an apartment located on the same street and waited for
the man to return. After three months at his vigil there, the man did
return and this time Travis was ready. He had Will and his men follow him
until they discovered where John lived and worked. Travis then began to
hatched his plan to bring John into his family. Travis was an Alpha, the
strongest in both TP, telepathic, and TK, telekinetic, talent. This made
him the strongest person in the company. It also made him the most
isolated. When a TP and TK reaches his full potential part of their
emotions die. The stronger the talent, the more their emotional self
disappears. Travis, being the only Alpha, was the strongest and therefore
lost nearly all of his emotions except for anger. When he was not cool and
calculating, he was in furious rampages. Empaths, E talent, were the ones
who could restore the emotions of the T's. The problem for Travis was
there was no one strong enough. The rankings of power were based on a
power of ten for T's. A delta was 10 times stronger then a gamma and a
beta was 100 times stronger then the same gamma, which, was the average
level of talent. Travis was 1000 times more powerful then the average T.
Empaths could reawaken the emotions only of one of ten power or less except
for Alphas. Alphas required an Empath of equal power for there to be any
return of emotions and until John, there had never been one. That is why
Empaths of equal power to Alpha's were referred to as Omega's due to their
religious significance. It represented the perfect combination of the two
areas of talent.
Oh he wanted John to love him badly. He wanted him by his side for the
rest of their lives. It took all the control he had not to jump him and
make love to him. He was furious when he learned that Kip Vassar's son had
asked for John to become his new pet. While Kip was essentially his boss
Kip knew better then to mess with him. It was Gordon who had yet to learn
his limits. Gordon would one day be a threat to him when he came in full
to his powers. His only hope for peace between them was for John to have a
son who also was an Omega and for that son and Gordon to fall in love.
Otherwise, Travis feared for John. That lead to another problem, when to
bring up the issue of augmentation.
Jacob and John arrived at the apartment in wheel chairs. Jacob was
still asleep but John had wanted to walk back but Will would not allow him.
Before they had a chance to knock on the door, the doors were busted opened
by a concerned Travis.
'Is everyone alright, I was so worried!' Travis began checking
John's body for any injuries.
'Don't worry I'm alright.' John said cheerfully
'I just want to make sure your ok I've never had a... I've never been ..'
He stuttered
'In love before.' John realized.
It was weird having a grown man who had shown so much charm and
charisma back in Boston was like a little child...or nervous boyfriend John
realized. He had not yet come to grip with the fact that someone loved him
with such intensity and that the person was a man. It was affecting his
view on life. He had viewed homosexuality not as bad but just weird. But
what he was felling from Travis was not weird. It was the emotions of a
person following his heart. The problem for him now was how to respond to
this love given freely. John knew Travis wanted him to love him in all
ways possible but John was still married. He still wanted a family. He
still loved Sara. Either way he would hurt someone. Travis had stopped
examining me and was staring into my eyes, tears running down his eyes.
'I'm sorry,' he cried.
For some reason John knew that Travis knew what he was thinking
about. 'Don't be.' John said while wiping away Travis's tears. 'You're a
wonderful loving person. You deserve better then me.'
'I only need you.' He whispered while nuzzling against John's neck.
'If I love... it is only because of you.'
John's body began to shake; He was being filled by Travis's love and
desire. John was his only source of love he could feel and return. John
could not stop himself, He wrapped his arms around his neck and whispered
in his ear; 'I love you.'
John was lifted out of the chair and embraced into a bear hug.
Travis kept shouting 'Yes, yes, yes!'
He let loose the hug but kept hold of John's hand as he pulled him
along. He kissed Henry, Chris and Will, telling them each that John loved
him. Tears were running down everyone's eyes except for Jacob who was
surprisingly still asleep. Travis pulled John into another mighty squeeze.
He then pulled John back at arms lengths as if he were trying to burn the
moment in his mind. His lips were trembling. John knew what he wanted to
do. He raised my head and pulled closer to the taller man inviting him to
do what he wanted. He needed no more of an invitation.
He bent his head to meet John's, their lips open. The experience was
near indescribable. John had never had a kiss like this. The taste of his
mouth was an earthy sweetness that tingled my tongue and lips. Travis's
own tongue was a fleshly hot mass sending shiver down John's back when it
touched the roof of his mouth. Travis pulled John in closer by griping the
back of my head. Something weird was happening. When John's tongue
explored Travis's mouth it was like all of his saliva glands were
constantly shooting off. When it would touch John's tongue or drip into
his mouth he felt himself becoming more enraptured, more lustful. His cock
was beginning to stir and he found myself not wanting to ever let go.
Travis was even more into it. He was basically shouting into my mouth
in joy and I could feel his hard on pressed against my abdomen. It was
only when we finally released did I see the full change in Travis.
His body was soaked in what looked like sweat. His eyes had taken on
an all encompassing gray glow and his body looked more built then it was
before. He waited until he had caught his breath before speaking.
'We need to slow down. You're not ready yet and if I were to
progress it would hurt you.' Travis said seriously
'How do I become ready?' He asked concerned.
'Time, all it will take now is time. You need to learn about
yourself before we commit to each other. You need time to grow in your
amazing gift. When the time comes when we kiss and your eyes glow blue,
then we will be ready for our life together.'
'Alright.' John said before letting go of him.
Dinner was simple and quick, everyone seemed tired and worn out.
During the meal everyone except Jacob looked at me as if John would drop
dead at any moment.
'What's wrong?' I asked the general group.
'That kiss, did you notice anything shooting out of Travis's mouth?'
Will asked.
'Yes, I thought that it was just his saliva glands going off, why?'
'John, I have to tell you the truth. I'm what is called a T here.'
Travis said sadly.
'What's that?' John asked now confused.
'It means I have telepathic and telekinetic talents. It is why I'm
so attracted to you.'
'How?' John said surprisingly calm. For some reason He knew that
Travis was telling the truth.
'John, you're an empath.'
'What does that mean?' He said concerned.
'Telepaths work with thoughts, empaths work with emotions. You can
feel emotions other people are trying to hide. You know when they are
lying to you. You know their motives. You also have the ability to give
people emotions. In my case it was love.'
'Same for me.' John replied.
Travis smiled back at me. 'Telepaths in general are separated from
their emotions, it is our great tragedy. But when a telepath comes in
contact with an empath, those emotions are brought back. As a result, the
attraction between telepaths and empaths are great as love feeds love. The
problem I faced was that I was too strong for any empathy. Only you have
been able to reunite me with my feelings. The story of there being one
true love was correct in my case. You are the only person I can ever love
and I'm glade it is you. When we kissed, the bond was released; it was the
fluid that entered your mouth. The bond is what triggered the change in my
eyes. In time it will trigger the change in yours but it will be painful.
Your body did not undergo the change that we all underwent during puberty.
In a matter of weeks your body will change in way that took us years. I
don't want you to suffer but I would be lying to say you wouldn't. Jacob
here has some E talent and will be able to guide you in the process. I
will try to always be available also.'
'When will I expect to see a change?' John asked.
'By tomorrow morning. Don't try to get out of bed. Its best if you
stay comfortable and around only a few people. You don't want to be
overwhelmed by other peoples' emotions. I'll be next door to you and so
will Jacob. Will, Henry, Chris and Louis will be on the second floor.
Louis will check on you from time to time. I think we better go to bed
now. Travis insisted
Everyone helped clear the table except for Jacob and John. John tried
to help but Travis would not hear of it. John felt like the wife who just
told her husband that she was pregnant. Jacob on the other hand seemed
still lost in his own world. Travis wanted to carry John up to my room,
something that he was sure he would enjoy, but John wanted to show that he
was still a capable person and so tried to stand up on his own. John felt
the blood leave his head and became dizzy and it was only the combination
of Jacob catching him and the table that he did not fall down.
'Are you sure you don't want me to carry you up stairs dear?' Travis
'Just for calling me 'dear' no. I know you just was an excuse to
take advantage of me.' John joked.
'Its 'mutual' advantage dear, 'mutual'. He laughed back.
In the end John compromised and allowed Jacob and Travis to support
him on either side. He was guided into the bathroom and stripped of
clothing and placed in a tub filled with water.
'Your penis is even more alluring in person then on video.' Travis
whispered in my ear.
'You had me recorded during my exam.' John asked.
'You can't blame me for wanting to see your package.' He said as he
gripped it and gave it a few tugs.
'I thought you wanted to wait,' John said.
'I do, I'm just inspecting it to see that its ok.' Travis laughed
'Oh sure.' John laughed, knowing he was joking. Jacob also smiled as
he watched the interplay.
He got out of the tub with their help. John could not believe how
weak he felt. He felt that he was loosing my manly image by needing help
to get out of a tub. John thought that he would not have to worry about
that until he was in his 80's. John dressed himself into a pair of gray
boxers and shirt and was carried by Travis on to the bed. For about a half
an hour he laid in bed next to me, rubbing my stomach to sooth me to sleep.
I was half asleep when I felt him kiss me good night.
During the night John slept fitfully, something was wrong and it was
coming from Jacob's room. He called out to Jacob to ask him if he was all
right but found that he had lost his voice. It seemed though that he did
not need it since the door to Jacob's room opened and Jacob came in.
'I've never slept by myself before.' He heard Jacob say without
John sensed that Jacob was scared and lonely. He saw images of him
growing up always being around other people. Jacob was a true social
creature, he did not know how to deal with being alone. John patted the
spot next to me on the bed. He seemed to understand and quietly got under
the covers.
'I love you.' John heard Jacob say in my mind. 'Thank you for
choosing me.'
John turned around to face him and could see tears in his eyes. John
also realized that Jacob was completely naked under the sheets.
'Going commando.' John thought.
'Yep,' Jacob returned with a happy emotion.
'Goodnight Jacob.' He thought with an image of a smile.
Jacob smiled back and it was then that he reached for me with both
arms and legs. It was like the time with Gordon only this time it was a
grown young man.
'Oh well,' John thought, not even trying to untangle myself.
'Me happy.' Jacob replied.
Before falling asleep, John remembered he had forgot to call my wife.
It would be the last time he would remember for the next six weeks.


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- Salary
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- Posted
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- Closes
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- Sector
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Job title: Digital Marketing Coordinator Location: Cranleigh, Surrey Hours: Full Time OR Part Time - Monday to Friday Our client is looking for a Social Media Marketing Coordinator to take full responsibility for the digital marketing for the company. They are a small, dynamic company who are growing quickly and are looking for someone who can hit the ground running, ideally doing a similar role currently. Job Specification: - To handle, manage and update all aspects of social media including the following: TwitterLinkedInFacebookYouTubeGoogle+Dot Mailer - To manage and update website SEO - To have graphic layout skills to produce ongoing E-shot campaigns and have creative flair for other mail deliveries - Experience of Photoshop/Adobe/or other - Tracking and analysing E-shot campaigns for lead generation - Set up 'Google Adwords' campaigns - Tracking and analysing 'Google Adwords' campaigns for lead generation - Experience in copywriting/case studies/digital copy/digital content - To have an understanding of the Housing Industry/ Local Authorities/ County Councils - desirable, not essential - To have an understanding of the computer software/ IT industry - desirable, not essential


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I am still in planning phase for my software solution services startup and no customer base as of now. Do I really need to secure my startup company name, like get it trademarked or something? Also, can I do it on my own online saving the cost of getting it done via legal CA / company.
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Yes you should definitely go for trademark registration once you have validated your product and going to pursue your entrepreneruship dream with this product.
You should think of a uncommon unique name and get it trademarked.
Trademark reg of a brand name means nothing but brand name registration. It means nobody can use your brandname to sell their products or services. Whatever effort you are making in your startup is to develop a brand and I am sure you don't want to lose it to someone else.
yes you can do efilling by yourself. You have to pay the registration fees online.
Hope it answered your query.
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The registration of trademark or copyright is recommended but not obligatory. So, you could decide not to trademark or copyright your company's name, however it is advisable to apply for trademarks. Because registering your trademark means that you have the exclusive right to use the trademark in relation to the goods and services for which the mark is registered. For example, if your company name is registered as trademark and If others use it in relation to the same or similar goods or services without your consent, they may be liable for infringement of your mark and you may take legal action. If you do not register your mark, it is harder to prove that you are the 'owner' of the mark and as such your protection is limited. Grofers (the online grocery store have been sued by Groffr.
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A Gift on a String(1998)
A novel by Vivien Alcock
This is Vivien Alcock's first Banana book, specifically aimed at children just learning to read fluently. Tim's Uncle Robert always brings him unusual presents. Unfortunately, they are usually impractical and Tim isn't allowed to keep them. This year's present is very unusual--Tim's very own cloud. At first, Tim is delighted with his new pet but, gradually, he discovers that it's not necessarily a good thing. After all, when there are no other clouds in the sky, his cloud does look rather lonely. Eventually Tim makes the ultimate sacrifice and lets the cloud go. However, his uncle's gift continues to provide Tim with a useful service. Fully illustrated in colour, this is an entertaining read for young readers beginning to need longer books. --Philippa Reece
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