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I always love to use this nail polish I alway use the clear as a top coat for it is quick drying and makes the nail polish stay for weeks! All the colors only need one cost instead of multiple and it is very quick drying!
The brush was amazing. The blue color got into my nail some how ugh!! It wouldn't come off! It must have been just the blue.i did not like it at all.the thick brush was my favorite.
Clear coat is awful!
I got 110 "Clearly Quick" and tried using it as a top coat--don't! It takes off some of the polish and flakes quickly. The brush is amazing, wish all nail polishes had a shorter brush like this one. Too bad the brush is the only good part of this stuff!
What a brush!
It really does have full coverage in one stroke! I loved the color also what a wonderful blue! :o I would buy more just for the brush.
The color is dry. It flakes quick, I used with the clear coat in the same brand. Combination was horrible together. I just tried out a different top/bottom coat. We'll see how it works! :)
Not worth the money!
I brought this nail varnish because i hate waiting for my nails to dry and the colour was gorgeous . However i was disappointed it stained my nails really bad, and i got lots of air bubbles in between coats. Also the nail polish was too thick so when i was painting smaller nails such as my little finger i found it hard to not put it everywhere!!!
Quality could be much better.
I have this in Vigorous Violet, which is a warm, medium-light purple creme with a subtle shimmer. I really like the color and it does dry very quickly. The brush is very wide and holds a lot of polish, which can take a little while to get used to but works better than a thinner brush. The polish itself is on the thicker side, but it's very opaque. You could probably get away with one coat but I think it looks better with two. I haven't noticed any staining with this color, and I don't usually use a base coat.
Unfortunately I seem to get bubbles every time I use this polish no matter how long I wait between coats. And I just noticed recently that, after owning it for less than a year, the polish is separating really badly in the bottle. I haven't used it in a while and don't really know why it's separating like that, but I'm sure it's not a good sign.
It's a good product for the price but there are better nail polishes you could buy instead. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polish, for example, works much better than this and is about the same price. I'm still a loyal Sally Hansen customer but I probably won't buy another Insta-Dri polish any time soon.
Dries fast but left stains on my nail. Usually, I don't put clear coat under my base coat but for this one, I might. The brush size and shape was something that I like and the texture was thick but not so thick...like it's even enough to just paint one coat of color. I wouldn't use this product as much, maybe just once in a while. I used a buffer to get the stains off.
It really does dry fast!
I hate waiting for polish to dry, so when I saw the name Insta-dri I had to try it. I really does dry very fast! I also like that I only have to apply one coat and a top coat. I also like the flat shape of the brush which makes application even easier. Color usually lasts about a week with a top coat. Good polish for the price.
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Sure did dry fast!!
I really like this nail polish. I usually hit or bump my nails before they dry and they get totally ruined. Well, I still bumped them, but they were completely dry by that time and didn't budge! I even bumped them DURING the application of my nail color, there was a little imperfection but I covered it up right away and it looked like I had done nothing to them (a lot of nail colors don't cover so well when that happens to me). The big brush is great for that and makes it supper easy to appy an even finish. I got the best color in 2 coats-which is normal I know. I also love the color, which was a very bright yellow with no glitter in it, just what I was looking for =)
Lives up to its name!
I got the perfect shade of bright red for Valentine's day and it dried extremely quickly, no need to apply extra coats --which is SO rare for OTC nail polishes, the pigments are great-- and though it chipped a few days into it, I wasn't too upset because the price was great. I think the only other downside is that it's REALLY hard to get off, but most red nail polishes are :/


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We can leave it to Faux News and the likes of Bill O'Reilly to try and sum up the findings of the Pew study:
Why should Americans (black or otherwise) disengage from Michael Jackson just because his children appear to be white? Even more troubling is O'Reilly's reference to the color of Michael Jackson's skin.
Here is the thing – I believed Michael Jackson when he said he had a skin condition called Vitiligo. I have an in-law who has it, she is almost completely white. My mother has small patches of it on her legs and I have little white dots myself. It attracts a lot of attention from people who just don't get it that your skin is changing and you can't control it.
Michael Jackson was known to have a long standing relationship with a dermatologist (that is where he met Debbie Rowe). This dermatologist was more than likely treating Michael for vitiligo. Did Michael bleach his skin? He probably did bleach his skin to even out the tone. Some people with vitilago wear heavy makeup for years to try to even out the skin tone or they try to cover up the areas that are changing.
I wish Michael Jackson had talked about his skin condition more, as he may well be the most famous case of vitiligo in history. By the way, vitiligo also affects the hair. Consider this - it is possible that Michael Jackson died with natural blond hair.
What is Vitilago?
"Vitiligo (vit-ill-EYE-go) is a pigmentation disorder in which melanocytes (the cells that make pigment) in the skin, the mucous membranes (tissues that line the inside of the mouth and nose and genital and rectal areas), and the retina (inner layer of the eyeball) are destroyed. As a result, white patches of skin appear on different parts of the body. The hair that grows in areas affected by vitiligo usually turns white.
About 1 to 2 percent of the world's population, or 40 to 50 million people, have vitiligo. In the United States, 2 to 5 million people have the disorder. Ninety-five percent of people who have vitiligo develop it before their 40th birthday. The disorder affects all races and both sexes equally." National Institutes of Health
The cause of vitiligo is not known, but doctors and researchers have several different theories. One theory is that people develop antibodies that destroy the melanocytes in their own bodies. Another theory is that melanocytes destroy themselves. Finally, some people have reported that a single event such as sunburn or emotional distress triggered vitiligo; however, these events have not been scientifically proven to cause vitiligo.
Dr. Arnold Klein, Michael Jackson's dermatalogist, says Jackson relied on him to help in treating the skin condition vitiligo, which destroys pigment-producing cells and can cause patches of uneven tone. "His was bad because he began to get a totally speckled look over his body," said Klein. "[It was] all over his body, but on his face significantly [and] on his hands, which were very difficult to treat."
"You have one choice where you can use certain drugs and ultraviolet light treatments to try to make the white spots turn dark," Klein explained. However, Jackson's vitiligo "became so severe, that the easier way is to use certain creams" – very likely hydroquinone derivatives, say other industry experts – "that will make the dark spots turn light so you can even out the pigments totally."
The treatment resulted in a uniform – albeit pale – skin tone. "That's ultimately what the decision had to be. He would have to wear heavy, heavy makeup on stage, which would be ridiculous. And he couldn't really go out in public without looking terribly peculiar."

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As its name suggests, the KUBE Hotel is dominated by one particular geometric shape in its interior design. Designers Raymond Morel and Christiane Derory have given the U-shaped building, located in a quiet street in Pariss bubbling 18th arrondissement, a truly mind-bending revamp.
In addition to, obviously, lots of cubes, the themes of coolness and transparency, which are emphasised throughout the public spaces are offset by the warming sense of privacy and comfort that pervades the guestrooms at the KUBE Hotel.
The courtyard of the revamped 19th century building features a see-through cube, which contains the necessary reception facilities in a suitable way. Sashaying into the stylish bar, which serves as the heart of the hotel, you will find yourself transported to a rather futuristic space, complete with generously high ceilings, lots of stainless-steel gratings, floor-to-ceiling curtains and a long counter in tarnished silver to lean against and get your wits back about you. Cubic seats and lounge chairs accented in fur set off the black glass of the walls, which are animated in turn by a whole row of plasma-screen televisions. Bars play a pivotal role in KUBE Hotels concept so you will find "The Ice KUBE" bar on the mezzanine held at a constant temperature of only minus 5°C, it is a whole universe entirely made out of 25 tons of ice. Once you take off the polar coat provided for the ice bar, you may well feel like heating things up again while swinging in Eero Aarnios 1968 Bubble Chairs suspended in mid-air.
Oozing a sleek iciness in its public spaces, the 26 guestrooms and 15 suites of KUBE Hotel turn the heat up a little with warm touches added to the arctic-geometric theme. Black and white faux-fur curtains give the space a definite cuddly feel whilst readily living up to the chic provided by the pastel-coloured furniture by Raymond Morel in tarnished glass. Spinning the crystalline look further in the bathrooms, Philippe Starcks aptly named 'Jelly Cubes' collection for Duravit of rectangular elements sits squarely with specially made glass cube showers made from matt the high-tech material Corian.
Despite the feeling of having walked onto the set of an achingly smart 60s sci-fi classic, the materials are distinctly modern and the design, overall, also aims to break with any sense of traditional conformity: The beds are lit from beneath, creating the illusion of levitation, which definitely adds to the overall sense of spaciousness, clarity and calm. KUBE Hotel is future-retro made real.


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Home » News » Crime
June 26. 2013 9:16PM
UPDATED: Patriots player Hernandez arrested, released from contract, held without bail
ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass.— Former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez faces first-degree murder and five other charges in connection with the shooting death of 27-year-old acquaintance Odin Lloyd.
"Based on the nature of the crime, the nature of the case, and the likelihood and the means" Hernandez has to flee, the state asked that Hernandez be held without bail, and the court agreed.
Hernandez pleaded not guilty to all charges. In addition to murder, he's charged with carrying a firearm without a license; two counts of possession of a large capacity firearm; and two counts of possession of a firearm without a valid ID card.
Police claim to possess footage of Hernandez stating "you can't trust anyone anymore," while holding a firearm before picking up Lloyd after 2:30 a.m., according to the district attorney. The case outlined against him points to an exchange between Hernandez and Lloyd at a club two nights earlier.
Hernandez is alleged to have arranged to pick up Lloyd in a rented vehicle along with two co-conspirators.
Lloyd allegedly texted a family member asking "did you see who I was with?" According to the district attorney, Lloyd followed with a text that said "NFL."
During the arraignment, it was also detailed that Hernandez was captured by surveillance video in the area claiming a rented Nissan Altima, at the scene of the crime near his home and returning the car to the rental agency where a shell casing and the same type of bubblegum Hernandez purchased at a gas station was found under the driver's seat. That stop was also caught on camera.
Defense attorney Michael Fee called the case "weak" and evidence against his client circumstantial in asking for bail, which was denied. Fee also requested a gag order be issued.
Based largely on surveillance videos and cell-phone texts, the prosecution team recited a lengthy and detailed account of actions and interactions involving Hernandez and Lloyd during the days leading up to June 17 when Lloyd's body was found in an industrial park about a half mile from the North Attleboro home of Hernandez.
The DA connected a black semi-automatic weapon, and shell casings from that weapon found near the body, to Hernandez based on fingerprints and other evidence.
The prosecution also detailed the crime scene and autopsy, which revealed entry wounds in each nipple. Lloyd was first shot in the back, but was still alive and bracing for impact by raising his arms when he was shot again, according to the DA. Two bullets that penetrated his chest passed through Lloyd's body completely.
Hernandez is represented by well-known criminal attorney Jamie Sultan of Rankin and Sultan, as well as Boston law firm Ropes and Gray for whom Fee has been the most obvious spokesman.
The 23-year-old was taken into custody by multiple officers Wednesday. Ninety minutes later, the Patriots announced Hernandez would no longer be on the roster, a swift and stunning fall from stardom.
"A young man was murdered last week and we extend our sympathies to the family and friends who mourn his loss," the statement read. "Words cannot express the disappointment we feel knowing that one of our players was arrested as a result of this investigation. We realize that law enforcement investigations into this matter are ongoing. We support their efforts and respect the process. At this time, we believe this transaction is simply the right thing to do."
As a three-year veteran, Hernandez is subject to NFL waivers and could be claimed by another team before Thursday's 4 p.m. ET deadline. He signed a five-year contract that included a $12.5 million signing bonus last year and partnered with All-Pro Rob Gronkowski to form the NFL's top tight-end tandem.
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I have not seen this break yet. Hope this does not become a trend.
Had the truck for about a week and this was on second run with it. I called Traxxas for the replacement and its on the way but they refused to send the diff lube.
Traxxas may need to get on top of these issues. $500 trucks should last a bit longer than a week.
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TRB wrote:Except skyrims' speed run was done by in-house testers with years of experience with the game already.
The people who completed Korea's speed runs had already datamined everything, had details of all bosses and locations, and worked to a plan.
They also skipped all lore, all cutscenes, and all sidequests.
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April 21st, 2013 12:20 AM #6
I can't really add anything because I've never been through what you're experiencing, but I'd just like to let you know I'm thinking of you and wishing you all the best!
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April 21st, 2013 06:27 AM #8
Much of the same, I've never experienced a miscarriage so I don't quite know what you're going through. I can only imagine how scary it is. I just wanted to say you have another person rooting for you, and praying for you to have a healthy pregnancy, and that at the end of it you'll have a beautiful baby to nuzzle and nuture. I wish you the best.
Blessed to be a mother of 5.
My dashing fellows: Aidan Mackenzie (12 yrs) and Remy Forrester (resting in heaven)
My dahling daughters: Ava Dulcea (5 yrs), Mia Isobel (2yrs) and Gemma Hermione (just joining us!).
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Hi Whit32, thank you for checking in! I'm about the same still. Still spotting and cramping a bit, still resting as much as I can. Very frustrating. Not supposed to go back to the doctor until next Monday so unless something else changes, the rest of this week will be more of the same. I keep hoping and hoping the spotting stops but no luck. Hope you are doing well too!


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The Institute for Shipboard Education was born from an idea to create a floating campus that reflected the ideals of the United Nations and the realities of globalization. As Chinese shipping magnate C.Y. Tung put it, "Ships can transport more than cargo—they can carry ideas." From humble beginnings, the program went on to attract world-famous guest speakers including Mikhail Gorbachev, Mother Teresa, and Nelson Mandela. Today, the cruising university onboard the MV Explorer offers two-week Enrichment Voyages for learners of all ages, with educational programming that digs deep into each port of call's culture and history. This 15-day cruise incorporates both lectures and hands-on exploration as it passes along Mexico's Baja peninsula toward the Isthmus of Panama and Ecuador. At each port on the itinerary, available excursions range from dive trips to volunteer service projects, such as plastering houses or feeding kindergarteners (additional fees apply for shore trips). Or you can set off on your own, armed with knowledge acquired from the recommended reading list.Days 1–3: After cruising from Ensenada, Mexico, to the southern tip of the Baja peninsula, the ship anchors at Cabo San Lucas. El Arco, the city's iconic seaside arch, forms a scenic backdrop for a day of kayaking and snorkeling.Day 6: Puerto Quetzal in Guatemala lies within easy range of Antigua, named an UNESCO World Heritage Site for its well-preserved baroque architecture. It's ringed by mountains playing a very slow-moving game of duck-duck-goose. Day 7: Nicaragua's largest Pacific port, Corinto, borders León, an old-world town dotted with 17th-century Spanish colonial churches such as the Cathedral of the Assumption.Days 9–10: Balboa, Panama, stands at the entrance to the Panama Canal—still an engineering marvel. The nearby overflow reservoir, Gatún Lake, is home to crocodiles, iguanas, and sloths.Days 12–13: Dipping toward South America, the ship docks at Manta, Ecuador, a trade city dating to pre-Columbian times. Pounding waves on Playa Murciélago create attractive surfing conditions.Day 15: The journey concludes at Puntarenas, Costa Rica, leaving you free to explore inland rainforests or head home. During each day at sea, college professors and other experts lead a string of seminars. Subjects are as varied as marine ecology, cultural anthropology, and photojournalism, and they often relate to the next port of call. The ship retains vestiges of its former life as a commercial liner. There are barstools in the 9,000-volume library, for instance, testifying to the space's former role as the ship's tavern. Despite the emphasis on education, there's still plenty of relaxation aboard. The Wellness Center spa offers massages, manicures, and other pampering services. Nightly live entertainment offerings include an all-male a cappella group, a magician, and staged readings of old Love Boat scripts. During the day, you can even skip class to lounge by the pool, located on deck 7.See the full trip overview for more information.Read the Fine Print for important info on travel dates and other restrictions.
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As a child, Michael O'Daniel would sometimes spend his days among giant aircraft in a hangar as his father, a Pan Am pilot out of Miami, was at work. Michael found himself daydreaming about one day being able to fly; by 1980 he was a private pilot. Eventually he became taken with another form of flight—paragliding. He founded Powered Paragliding USA and over the years has spread his wings over Peru, Costa Rica, and he once completed a flight across the entire length of the Panama Canal.
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A mild snow for an odd winter – 1,500 lose power on Staten Island
It was a much delayed first-snow-of-winter. Though we had had snow within the last few months, it wasn't winter yet. The most recent snowfall took place in October.
And the pill busts go on and on and on and on in Staten Island
Police said they found two stun guns, a handgun, a rifle, two boxes of ammo, two bulletproof vests, 139 ecstasy pills, six oxycodone pills and one hydrocodone pill.
Father of missing boy shot in the head – possibly during search for son
The victim's attorney said Patrick Alford Sr., 29, had been putting up missing posters for his son around a housing development where he was not welcome.
Deceptive parking sign nails commuters at St. George Ferry Terminal
As you drive up, a friendly blue sign says "Daily parking $8.00." If you park before you pass that sign, you're fine. But the other side is red and says "No standing." It's like an old episode of Futurama.
Police accuse a robber from the 1990s in a new bank heist
Back in the 1990s, the Staten Islander is believed to have been involved in 23 bank robberies. Now he's out of jail, and suspected of holding up a Brooklyn bank.
Killer gets extra prison time, saying 'I'd do it all over again'
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- The importance of communicating through writing. One of my largest surprises here at ACET was the amount of time dedicated to communicating through writing. Whether it is a Request For Proposal (RFP) application, a client report, or email communication, ACET staff (including myself!) spend a great deal of time writing. I learned that that in order to write successfully, a great deal of time, hard-work, and editing is required. That hard work often results in ACET's reports being succinct, clear, and thorough.
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- Utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data. Many of ACET's evaluations utilize both quantitative (e.g., numerical survey items) and qualitative (e.g., open-ended survey items or interviews) data to measure outcomes. Using both types of data helps triangulate evaluation findings. I learned that when close-ended survey findings are intertwined with open-ended responses, a clearer picture of program effectiveness occurs. Using both types of data also helps to further explain the findings. For example, if 80% of group A "Strongly agreed" to question 1, their open-ended responses to question 2 may explain why they "Strongly agreed" to question 1.
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TORONTO - The Toronto Post 86 baseball team hosted a back-and-forth affair Tuesday against Weirton Post 10 at the Knight Baseball Complex. Post 10 emerged victorious, 8-7, with some late-inning heroics.
Weirton trailed 7-6 entering the final inning. The away team would score two runs in the top of the seventh frame - with a little help from Toronto.
Post 10 catcher Cody Harmon opened the inning with a walk. Matt Cessna then ripped a double to left field which caromed of the outfielder's glove. Two batters later, an error occurred at home plate when Post 86's first baseman tried to catch Weirton's lead runner. An errant throw ensued and the ball slammed into the backstop. Both Weirton base runners were able to score.
"I give our guys credit," Weirton Post 10 coach Bill Magnone started. "They never lay down. They kept fighting even after we struggled initially during the early parts of the season. We may not be the best team, but they'll keep fighting through thick and thin."
Veteran Chris Perna slammed the door shut on Toronto's attempt at a comeback. Perna faced four batters in total to earn the win. He struck out three.
"Chris Perna is a heckuva ball player," Magnone complimented. "He has a good head on his shoulders. It saved us tonight. He came in a shut the door even when he got down in the count."
Both teams started the game with action on the base paths.
Weirton opened the day's scoring courtesy of a Tre Smith sacrifice fly in the top of the first inning.
Toronto immediately responded with a pair of runs in the bottom half of the inning. Two wild pitches allowed a pair of base runners to initially gain second and third base before eventually scoring. Brad Melville's single made sure the second run passed the plate.
Weirton retaliated in the second inning with a run, but the third frame was when Post 10 exploded with four runs.
John Shaw laced a triple off the right center field wall to set the table for Post 10. Smith singled Shaw home. Cessna's single put runners on first and third base. A bloop single from Josh Russell scored Shaw. Mitch Viakley also singled a run home before the inning came to a close.
Post 86 chipped away at Post 10's early 6-2 lead. Toronto added a run in the fourth inning and a pair of tallies in both the fifth and six innings to regain the lead - albeit momentarily.
Toronto's damage in the bottom of the sixth inning came with two out and empty bases. An error allowed Melville to reach base. Spenser Sninchak, Seth Wilson and Ralph King each singled. King's comeback liner brought two runs past the plate; before it fell apart for Toronto.
"We left too many runners in scoring position," Post 86 skipper Steve Sninchak said. "We just can't get that big hit or play when we need it. We've had trouble putting three or four hits together consistently.
"We have to cut back on our walks. That was a lead-off walk that set everything up. We need to learn to battle and finish for 21 outs.
"We did come back, but we have to hit the ball better particularly with runners in scoring position."
Toronto is back in action today against Coshocton for a nine-inning affair, while Weirton awaits the Beast of the East Tournament set for Thursday.
Weirton 8, Toronto 7
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WEIRTON (9-6): Barr (4.2 IP, 6K, 5BB); Shaw (1IP, 1K, 1BB); Perna (WP, 3K) and Harmon. Barr 2-1B, RBI; Shaw 3B, 1B; Smith 1B, 2RBI; Harmon 1B; Cessna 2B, 1B; Russell 2-1B, RBI; Johnson 1B; Viakley 2-1B, 2RBI.
TORONTO (5-15): Melville (5IP, 2K, 1BB); Wilson (LP, 2K, 1BB) and King. Melville 2-1B, RBI; Sninchak 2-1B; Wilson 1B; King 1B, RBI; McIntosh 1B, RBI.


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kinda hard to conceal an assault rifle joe, so since the bible was written over 2000 years ago are we the read it and trust it ignorant?
why does the military need "military type guns"?
One). I don't see where joe said anything about concealing an assault rifle.
Two). The bible, hmmm, lets's just agree that YOUR faith makes it worth trusting for YOU. It's a book that is true only if you believe in that sort of thing. And if you do, then you know it never changes. well, unless you use the king james version, which is considerable translation issues with much older texts, as i am sure you know! The constitution is designed as a "living" document. It is designed for change when appropriate. This discussion is to find out if it is appropriate at this time.
Three). Why does the military needs "military type guns" must have been a typo. That's like saying, "why does the SUV need SUv rated tires.
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United Nations University - Work in Progress Newsletter - Volume 14, Number 1, 1992 (UNU, 1992, 12 pages) |
By Steven R. Bishop
In planning any structure or system, an engineer will naturally seek to minimize the possibilities of failure during all imaginable future operations - in the materials used, the design configurations adopted, appropriate use of site, and so on. But no matter how sound the long-term format, failure more often than not results from the unexpected - in a sudden wind, an unanticipated vibration, a sharp jolt from an explosion or tremour. Failure, in an engineering sense, is not a steady state - systems can fail after just a few of what engineers call forcing cycles, or periodic application of some external impulse.
Thus elements of chaos are very much bound up in engineering dynamics. Engineers have begun to apply newly discovered aspects of chaotic dynamics to a range of their concerns, from offshore oil platforms to tensile strength of beams to flash fires In buildings. In his report to the Tokyo chaos symposium, Dr. Steven Bishop of the Dynamics Research Centre at University College, London, UK, talked about work he had done on the unexpected capsize of fishing vessels. - Editor
Arguably the most exciting mathematical development of recent times is the discovery of chaos and the fractal nature of many natural systems. We now know that chaos is a typical ingredient of engineering dynamics, being inherently nonlinear. This has been observed in mechanical and structural systems governed by Newton's laws of motion applicable to machine operations, vibration of structures, and the response of vehicles and other compliant objects. The associated motions are irregular; they are unpredictable and can lead to unexpected failure of what was thought to be otherwise a safe and deterministic system.
In my discussion here, I am going to preclude conservative systems, which are perhaps of greater relevance in celestial mechanics or particle physics, and consider the world typically encountered in engineering, in which some dissipation of energy tends to make the system settle down towards a steady state. However, rather than focusing on the long-term, possibly chaotic, steady state solutions which produce chaotic attractors that help identify the system, engineers have to express the integrity of a system through the transient motions from short bursts of excitation.
To understand any particular failure mechanism, the emphasis must be placed on transient dynamics -failure is a transient phenomenon and not a steady state. Typically, systems can fail after just a few forcing cycles. To illustrate this property, we consider the question of ship capsize.
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In Canada during the 1970s it was reported that several fishing vessels capsized in sea conditions which were not thought to be particularly hazardous. To account for these unusual events, the Canadian Government commissioned a report on the nature of the stability of the common design models of fishing vessels used at the time. The overall aim of this report was to investigate whether computer programmes could be used to formulate changes to the existing requisitions for determining the necessary stability characteristics of these small vessels. The particular computer programmes used for the purpose of the study calculated the nonlinear time history in the six degrees of freedom (position and velocity coordinates for three usual dimensions), taking into account added mass, wave forces, etc.
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Initially, a transient motion occurs before the vessel settles down to an equilibrium state. Then as the wave crest approaches amidships at about 94 seconds (see illustration), the vessel begins to roll to starboard and suddenly capsizes, turning upside down when approximately 104 seconds have elapsed.
With the hull balanced on the wave crest, and the stern emerging from the wave surface, both of the vessels studied in the report experienced a loss of waterplane inertia and hence stability resulting in capsize. The use of bilge keels to increase the damping had little effect on the capsize under these conditions with a wave crest amidships. It is possible that it is this mechanism of failure that caused the capsize, since there was no evidence that any resonant or subharmonic rolling motion occurred prior to failure.
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The illustrations above show the sequence as a wave overtakes a ship, causing it to roll to starboard and eventually capsize. The time between wave crests is 100 seconds. Sequence begins at 95 seconds into the roll of the wave when the crest has reached amidships. With each-succeeding second, the wave upsets the ship's equilibrium further until, at about 101 seconds, the vessel reacts to the weight of the wave crest, rolls heavily to starboard, and capsizes.
The figures above are taken from a time sequence showing a ship capsizing in a steep following sea, with the vessel travelling roughly the same speed as the forward velocity of the waves. Less than 10 seconds elapse from the time the wave crest approaches amidships (t=95 sec.) until the ship is turning upside down (t=103 sec.).


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In a previous post I was talking about the big brown paper bag that Stephanie had gifted to me at guild meeting Monday Night. Actually, it is one of several bags! It is always like Christmas for me when she ditches her scraps :c)
Yesterday afternoon I started wondering what I could do with all the ends of her strip pieced panels...Not ALL the fabrics are batiks, but quite a few of them are...there were also some little panel parts of orientals (just a few) and a wide panel of a red print with bright green on either end...like a panel you would piece if making puss in the corner blocks. I piled all the pieced panel parts in a pile (wow..say pieced panel parts in a pile three times fast!) and I saw that I could get A LOT of kaleidoscope wedgies cut out of them! So that is what I started to do....there was enough to do 36 blocks if I alternated the pieced wedgies with solid wedgies. This also gave me a good opportunity to use up the few batiks that I have. I've never been drawn to batiks even though I think the quilts made with them are gorgeous, I'm just an old fashioned printy girl!
I wanted this to look very random, so I matched up points in sets of 4 and started cutting solid triangle wedgies to go with them. I sewed 8 wedgies into "stop signs" and then arranged them on the floor....I knew I would need corner triangles on the pieced wedgies of 1/2 the blocks, and corner triangles on the solid wedgies of the other half of the blocks.
I went back to the trimmings pile of what was left from cutting the pieced wedgies, and began to cut corner triangles from that! I sewed the pieced triangles on half of the blocks..hmmm..I was liking it so far, but it needed something to go on the other block corners that would kind of tie it all together! There were bright colors in the quilt, and muted olive greens....what was going to tie it all together? Well, everything IS better with cheddar, isn't it? I love cheddar with poisony green in antique quilts, so I thought that might work for this one, and I had JUST enough to cut 72 cheddar triangles out of a small piece of cheddar batik that at some point found it's way into my stash!
I just sewed the blocks together.....and now I am rushing to get this uploaded, and then to the shower, and then to clean up the bomb that went off in my house while I was busy playing with Stephanie's scraps. The quilt still needs borders, but at least it can be moved without messing up the layout. Jason and Shanon come tomorrow and I need to CLEAN THIS HOUSE! I am one excited Mama. I've also got a guild meeting tonight...and need to be out of here in 2 hours. Auuughhhh! But it was so fun to be able to play today and to stretch beyond my confort zone with this kaleidoscope quilt! I'm calling it "OUT OF THE BAG" because that is where it came from!
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Hi Bonnie...I'm laughing cause I just say your weather pixie says "82 degrees"..don't mind me..LOL
The K quilt looks wonderful. It really is a happy quilt and makes it's circles very nicely. Great job on decidig that cheddar would be the best choice...it's wonderful!
Way to go to get it done soooo fast! You are one stoked up sewer when you start..*VBS* Have a wonderful visit with DS#1I comments on stashe busters, in essence "You will never cease to amaze me!" I can't wait ot see the final product & I amso proud of you for using the batiks in your stash with the left overs so beautifully! Someone esle hit it onthe head when she mentioned "Bollywood!" This definately has an Indian feel to it. (Maybe that can be your quilting inspiration...)
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American retailers have essentially pre-announced that the annual Thanksgiving observance — when we presumably pause to gratefully remember everything we have — has been cancelled so bargain shoppers can get an even earlier jump-start on their holiday shopping for all the things we don't have yet.
Meanwhile, halfway around the world a typhoon of record proportion hit landfall only a few weeks ago; nearly wiping an island nation off the face of the earth, and leaving those who survived with virtually nothing. Then last week an unseasonable swarm of twisters flattened whole towns across the Midwest. By comparison, it all makes the plight of those first pilgrims facing the harsh realities of their first Thanksgiving in a brave new world look like a walk in the park.
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Jesus masterfully taught in the philosophical tradition known as Jewish cynicism, with such parabolic tales and quaint-sounding imagery as the "lilies of the field." And he did so at a time and age that – while seemingly ancient to our modern way of thinking – may not have been all that different from our own anxious age. Consider then our fretful, misbegotten ways, and the wild lilies of the fields.
read moreA significant number of scholars and commentators are celebrating the dying of what they believe has been and remains a detrimental institution for our society. They often point to the absence of religion in Europe. They note how those countries have aggressively built public institutions for the support of their citizens in need. In some ways, one could argue they have become more Christian in their public actions than the United States.
read moreI have many "naked" dreams, easily explained because I sleep in the buff. That may be T.M.I., but it lessens attempts to over-psychologize these dreams, though much could be made of an introvert having such dreams! Of course, I have dreams about being naked in church as well. And it always seems normal and I am unashamed, but sometimes think perhaps I should be, because I am the only one in the nude.
read moreThis paper addresses recent discoveries of previously unknown Christian scriptures which predate the orthodox canonical gospels of Mathew, Mark, Luke and John. Surprisingly, these earlier writings reveal a totally different kind of Christianity – one which could very well speak to the needs of the lost Christians of today.
read moreI offer that the literal interpretation of this story, being a myth, represents an interpretation of a truth that constitutes one of the most powerful paradigms in history since it is the foundation of the entire Muslim and Judeo-Christian religions. And Paul's allegorical interpretation (another myth) obliterates God's justification for the existence of the Muslim religion – a monumental feat. So, which myth deserves to exist? Only the one that serves as a long-term bond to a civilization, which both do. Yet Paul's myth interpretation of the Muslim faith did not take, while the Muslim myth did.
read moreWhat I want to depict here is the question of whether these two kinds of people, as widely separated as they are today, could ever be so dedicated to each of their respective Christian faiths as to actually live together in harmony. The evidence proves the contrary, but that is what this article is about – can Jesus' admonition to love each other possibly encompass these two extremes of Christianity?
read moreI didn't see him often because he was always moving about. But those few times we spoke together, were enough to last me a lifetime – maybe an accumulation of only four or five hours total.
read moreI find it exciting to read Burton Mack's book, "The Lost Gospel Q*, I find his account of the early days of Christianity fascinating, when, as a result of Jesus' life and teaching, the discovery of God as being within was so vividly first articulated in the near-western world. And it is just as exciting to observe how this wonderful teaching almost immediately went awry – how it was so soon abandoned when early (and later) Christians returned to a largely external search for God. It would appear that in those early times there were not enough people devoted to moving forward in this search within to build and sustain an inner-searching Christian religion.
read moreWhile this new/old religion of Jesus is now deep in the process of being more fully defined, its origin lies within the hidden Gospels of "Q" and of Thomas, discovered in the early twentieth century, and is continuing to be defined in archeological and theological research since.
For me, the appeal of this current research is the realization that it is no longer necessary to abandon our intellect in order to believe the original truths. This freeing of our intellect from obedience to creed thereby renders it unnecessary to live a half-truth Christian life, which requires maintaining two faces to the public, and the potential for deceit and immorality that can go with it. Time is running out to speak up consciously and forcefully to reverse this trend, within us and outside us.
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Where did the word Christ emerge? Christ is our English translation of the Greek word christos, which means "messiah," "savior," or "redeemer." But Christos is an attempt to put the Hebrew word mashiach, which meant "God's anointed one," into Greek. In early Israel history the king was also called God's anointed one.
There have been some interesting attempts to discover the "historical" Jesus, but the only Jesus we really know is the one in the New Testament, and those writers were not interested in historical accuracy.
read moreWhen I was a child growing up in the church, I believed everything I heard about Jesus, whether from Sunday School class, the New Testament, the creeds, sermons, or hymns. I was taught that he was divine, the only-begotten Son, God in human flesh, the second person of the Trinity and he thought he was all these things. It never occurred to me that such a person could not be human. If Jesus had superhuman knowledge and power, he cannot be a model for ordinary humans.
read moreIn his New Testament and Mythology, Bultmann claims that "modern man is convinced that the mythical view of the world is obsolete", that "all our thinking today is shaped for good and ill by modern science", "the miracles of the new testament have ceased to be miraculous", and—astonishingly—that "the mythical view of the world must be accepted or rejected in its entirety".
read moreTaking a extraordinarily brief look at the God of the Hebrews as revealed in what we Christians call the Old Testament, God lived on the top of Mt. Sinai, and when the Israelites traveled very far from the mountain they thought they have to carry God with them. The smoke of the burning censer, symbolizing God's presence, could be seen during the daylight hours as a cloud, and at night the smoke looked like a pillar of fire. That's the only way the ancient Israelites were able to believe that they had not been left their God behind. Even when they enter "the promised land," by invasion and slaughter, God remained a jealous, vindictive tyrant, punishing the children for their father's sins and thinking nothing of turning a terrified woman into a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26), ordering massacres (Joshua 8:26), having a helpless old man hacked in pieces (1 Samuel 15:33), or visiting the devoted Job with disease and pain until he longed for death (Job 2:7-10). That is not the God I believe in or would ever consider worthy of worship. Worthy of fear? Yes, definitely!
read moreI believe in God. I'm afraid to add anything to that brief statement, because I don't want to do God an injustice by limiting God with an inadequate definition. God is the most important ingredient in my credo. Belief in God is so central to my creed that I have wondered if I am a Deist, which Webster's Dictionary defines as, "One who believes in the existence of a God or Supreme Being but denies revealed religion, basing his belief on the light of nature and reason." If by "revealed religion" they mean hypocritical religion, misguided religion, deaf, dumb and blind religion, unthinking religion, religion of rules and laws rather than love, then I wholeheartedly agree. Conversely, if they mean a religion that allows people to, as John Wesley put it, "think and let think," then I don't agree. The part of the definition that does not fit me is "basing his belief on the light of nature and reason."
read moreOver the past decade, spurred on by the profound insights of Bishop Spong, I have bee attempting to "structure" a personal approach to spirituality. I have sent a PDF file to the link below; a 30 page rather disjointed and incomplete treatise.
read moreIf there is one overarching characteristic of a fundamentalist, it is a mindset fixated on certainty of truth, that one possesses the absolute truth, the Bible. My faulty logic went something like this: since God is an absolute being, His word is then absolute and since the Bible is God's word, it is absolute and since I have God's word in my hand- I possess absolute truth. There is no arguing with that kind of mindset. Oh, by the way, it was only a short step in the flow of the logic when I began to unconsciously view myself as god-assuming I possessed all the answers and everyone else was wrong.
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