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The Montgomery County 4-H Horse Whisperer
Posted: July 8, 2011
I, Caroline Lynch, am a wild horse trainer.
I went into the Extreme Mustang Makeover as a rookie this year. I came into the makeover extremely excited, but I quickly became overwhelmed. I found out many youth trainers had other experienced trainers helping them, or at least giving them advice. I however, went to the mustang pickup with no trainer connections; I was from the show jumping world. This had me worried, but in the end I was satisfied. I can proudly say everything my mustang knows is completely from my training knowledge, good or bad.
The first day of working with Bullseye was a long day. We had just arrived home after a twenty five hour drive up from Mississippi - straight through. The day was mostly amazing, minus a few errors in the morning. I had tried a little natural horsemanship with him, but no response. I don't really blame him for it; all I knew about natural horsemanship was from the Heartland book series!
After the morning trials, I went out in the afternoon with a new determination after looking at other trainers' blogs. I knew could do this! I managed to get close enough to snap a lead rope on his halter, but once he saw what happened, he bolted. I held on as if my life depended on it. After half an hour, a tired horse and a very tired girl made a connection. By the end of the day I was not only able to lead him around, but also able to let him just follow me, pick up his hoof, and even fly spray! I had never been so proud of myself, or even a horse for that matter. Now he and I were (and still are) a team.
Now, like I mentioned, I didn't know much about training young horses. At the time I had a two year old who now gives me ten times more trouble than Bullseye. It really is amazing how a mustang can behave better than a horse who has had handling since birth. Maybe it's because I taught Bullseye to respect me from the beginning, whereas a foal is generally allowed to do a lot of "no-nos" because it's "cute".
With a mustang however, there is no room for you to be unclear about what the horse is allowed to do. It is however, quite easy to train them once you earn their actual respect. After the first day of working with Bullseye, I did earn enough respect for him to obey me, but it stopped there. The day I truly felt I could do anything with him was quite the cliché day.
It was raining and humid and I decided to break out the natural horsemanship again. From Heartland, I learned about the join up and I attempted it. It was a huge success. The joy I felt when I turned my back on him and heard his footsteps, then felt his cheek against my shoulder was indescribable. From that point on we could do anything. The first time I hopped on him, only 60 days after I picked him up in Mississippi, he didn't even buck once. I sat under him, pulled on his tail, laid on top of him, crawled through his legs, and he took it in like an old quarter horse.
The Extreme Mustang Makeover puts a time limit on the amount of time you have to train your mustang, then you take your horse back for a competition. The youth division had 25 allowed occupants, of which 22 were actually able to compete. I went back with hopes of doing anything but last place. Not because I wasn't confident in my horse, but because everyone else had trainers behind them. In fact the first, second and fourth place mustangs all came from the same farm, a stable that specialized in breaking horses. Two competitions would decide the top ten, who would move onto the freestyle. I did well in the obstacle course, Bullseye made me proud. Showmanship went okay but I was disappointed. I did however find out I would advance to the freestyle, in which I placed seventh!
I did decide to pay a price to keep Bullseye, rather than put him through the auction. Now every day I hear him whinny from his paddock when he sees me! We make a great team.


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The Experience of Unemployment in Ireland: A Thematic Analysis
AbstractThis paper reports on the results of 13 semi-structured focus groups carried out with unemployed respondents across Ireland in 2010. The purpose of the research is to examine the subjective experience of unemployment across a wide range of dimensions. 15 overarching themes emerged from a detailed thematic analysis of the texts of the interviews. The themes highlight a wide range of aversive psychological states associated with unemployment. The themes examine: perceptions of the economic boom; reactions to the recession; attitudes toward media coverage; gender differences in experiences of unemployment; financial worries relating to unemployment; perceptions of the position of young people; uncertainty about the future; lack of structure and routine associated with unemployment; health issues associated with unemployment; identity challenges; the social context of unemployment; issues surrounding reentering employment; attitudes toward social protection payments; social comparison effect and perceptions of training services. This paper concludes with a brief discussion of the psychological impact of unemployment.
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Hot or Not? Glass for Computing
Glass desks have been around for ages (and you know we've covered the heck out of them), but for some reason we've never asked that million dollar question - are they really that hot when used as your primary computer desk? With wires exposed and sprawling all over the place, we're not too sure if we should embrace the look or shun it...
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Not to mention the fingerprints that glass gets all over it from working all day. I do have a glass table and coffee tables but they have some type of coating on the underside of the glass that makes fingerprints not show.
I used to have one seen here, but the trouble with it is that it definitely shows dirt/grime/fingerprints/arm-prints quickly, you have to have a mousepad if you are thinking of using an optical mouse and it accumulates small scratches that were noticeable as well.
No keyboard trays, no place to run cords, fingerprints... what's to love?
Shiny shiny!
the only thing i don't like about this is the cable management. if it is well organized then glass looks modern and classy. otherwise its a window to cable clutter under the desk.
I just traded in a frosted glass and metal desktop for a dark mahogany bar that I'm using as a desk. Sooo much happier!
I dunno, I'm actually still considering getting a frosted glass one in the next coming months. Anyone want to give me a legit reason why this wouldn't work? Especially given the fact that the wires can be managed and hidden (unlike a completely transparent desk)?
I had ist myself. My flat is very warm (heaterroom below). Nevertheless it was very cold at the arms using the computer. Fingerprints are an issue as well. But it looked very nice!
And what about the reflections? I get distracted when images from the screen flicker about elsewhere. Or maybe I'm just really immature with a short attention span....
@ekoshyun - mine was a frosted glass top from ikea - it definitely does work (thanks for the find Unplggd!) - I never had any issues with reflections and wires were easily hidden under the computer or kept at bay with things like binder clips.
Because I didn't want to constantly be wiping things down with Windex, I found the downsides of fingerprints/dust/clutter too much to deal with. My only word of advice if you do go with glass - *get legs with drawers* - drawers/boxes/etc. will always be a classy way to hide things that easily pile up on (clutter) expansive desktops!
A couple of months ago, I got a set of nesting glass C-frame desks on craigslist for an unbelievably low $60. One is 60" by 30" by 36" (h), and the other is 44" by 20" by 30." I have them arranged in an L on one side of my smallish bedroom, and they take up less visual space than my one wooden desk did.
Yes, they get fingerprinty - a great incentive to keep the tops clear of clutter so that I can wipe them down frequently. The frames are an industrial looking black metal, which help obscure the cords a bit. I never thought I was a glass desk person, but i will happily lug this set around with me whenever I move - they just make my design workspace that much happier.
Love glass, in spite of the fingerprint thing. But it works best when made opaque. Try frosted contact paper. All will be well...


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We thought this was as good a time as any to dig deeper and find out who made the most money from that IPO. We got that info from Demand Media's regulatory filings, which detail who the biggest shareholders are and how much shares they hold.
Because we rounded the numbers, and because shareholders are diluted by the IPO and may have sold at different points, the amounts are probably not exact. But we think they're a good ballpark estimate.
There were a few surprising finds: a huge investment bank, a famous athlete, a supermodel ... and a few people missing from the filing, too.


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I have made these cookies a while back and i didn't cook them at 400 instead i baked them at 350 and they turned out pretty good !! I have made them since and i added walnuts and they were even better than before!! Thanks For The Recipe ; Sincerely Kind Regards , CookieWoman2559.....
Thick, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Photo: James Carrier
If you're of the school that thinks chocolate chip cookies should be soft and chewy, you'll love this recipe. If not, these cookies will change your mind.
Yield: Makes about 28 cookies
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Recipe Time
40 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 208
- Calories from fat: 48%
- Protein: 2.1g
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated fat: 6.3g
- Carbohydrate: 28g
- Fiber: 0.3g
- Sodium: 165mg
- Cholesterol: 34mg
- 1 cup (1/2 lb.) butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (12 oz.)
- 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
- 1. In a bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and brown sugar until well blended. Beat in eggs and vanilla until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
- 2. In another bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir or beat into butter mixture until well incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips and pecans, if using.
- 3. Drop dough in 2-tablespoon (1/8-cup) portions, 2 inches apart, onto buttered 12- by 15-inch baking sheets.
- 4. Bake in a 400° oven until cookies are lightly browned and no longer wet in the center (break one open to check), 6 to 8 minutes; if baking more than one pan at a time, switch pan positions halfway through baking.
- 5. With a wide spatula, transfer cookies to racks to cool. If hot cookies start to break, slide a thin spatula under them to release; let stand on pan to firm up, 2 to 5 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely.
- Note: Nutritional analysis is per cookie.
- Note: Store these cookies airtight for up to 2 days.
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Ron Jankowski Joins First Business Bank - Northeast Board
APPLETON, WI - December 9, 2008 - First Business Bank - Northeast, part of First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:FBIZ), announced today Ron Jankowski, President, Valley Express, LLC., has joined its board. The board is led by Chairman Jerry Smith who is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors for First Business Financial Services, Inc. Other members include Michael (Mickey) Noone, President - Northeast Region of First Business Bank; Jeff Kowalik, President of Northcentral Construction Corporation; Corey Chambas, President & CEO of First Business Financial Services, Inc.; and Susan Andrews, Account Executive of FirstChoice Insurance Agency of WI, Inc.
"We are very pleased to have Ron join our board," commented Mickey Noone, President - Northeast Region of First Business Bank. "Ron exhibits the entrepreneurial spirit we look for in clients, staff members, and board members. He became a client of ours early on, so we have had the chance to work with him and his employees over the past two years; and now we are proud to have him join our board."
Ron grew up in the Madison area and in 1988 moved to Oshkosh with a national trucking company. In 1997 he started Valley Express, LLC., with one tractor and two trailers. Valley Express has since grown to 75 tractors and 200 trailers and provides transportation services throughout Wisconsin and the Greater Midwest. Its two facilities are located in Oshkosh. In 1999 Ron created Planet Freight, Inc. which provides a wide variety of third-party transportation services.
Ron is past President and a current member of the Fox Valley Traffic Club, as well as a member of the Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association. He also currently serves as President of the Parish Council at St. Mary's Church in Greenville, WI. Ron has a Bachelor's degree in Business from the University of Wisconsin - Stout. Ron, his wife Amy, and their three children are very active in their church, school, and community.
About First Business Bank - Northeast First Business Bank - Northeast is headquartered at 3913 W. Prospect Avenue in Appleton. In addition to offering commercial loan products, First Business Bank - Northeast offers a full line of deposit, investment, and equipment finance products through its affiliates First Business Bank - Madison and First Business Trust & Investments, including remote deposit, treasury management products, Internet banking, retirement plans, investment management services, trust services, asset-based lending, and equipment finance and leasing.
About First Business Financial Services, Inc.
First Business Financial Services (Nasdaq:FBIZ) is a $1.3 billion Wisconsin-based bank holding company that specializes in focused financial solutions for businesses, key executives, and high net worth individuals through its operating companies. Its companies include: First Business Bank - Madison; First Business Bank - Milwaukee; First Business Bank - Northeast; First Business Trust & Investments; First Business Equipment Finance, LLC; and First Business Capital Corp. For additional information, visit www.firstbusiness.com or call (608) 238-8008.
The First Business Financial Services, Inc. logo is available at http://www.firstbusiness.com/logo
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text: PRELUDE to the GREAT BEYOND: For a verrry looong time, a whole-lot-more-so since our accident when my reflections weren't only on this lifelong demise - I always, always, always thot about writing for Heaven, about Heaven, what Heaven will be like, what we can do in Heaven for the length and breadth of eternity, the 99.99% of passionate warmth (we can never completely grasp the Trinity, even though we have the length of timelessness), to be supported on the highwire of bulbous wonderfull - ya know, just being God's gumshoe with my funny fedora (in the Great Beyond, however, I'll have one of those caps withe whirlygig on top, spinning-in-the-breeze)? But, now, with Blogger, whoa. I can have both 'au bout de son latin' altruism with my majestic dysfunction! RRReach'n for da stars, doll!! And, sure enough, sure as rope has two-ends, ending in the Great Beyond, I know without a doubt most human beings from this primordial-soup-past shall wonder, 'Besides worship, whatever shall I do in Heaven for centillions of eons and eons???' Not to worry, son, sayeth God. Exactly why I created love making. Yippee! You cannot have one without the other, though you can have 'agape' ... yet, I don't choose that alone. Rather, I prefer to construct our vested, intrinsic interest by being 'greedily' obedient in Heaven, as we'll reinforce our 'donor wholes', soda speek, in ways which'll blow-thy-mind, only for us to explore in our exploded, sunny wombs, as numerous and elusive as Divine Wisdom. Read John 21:25 --- So, here's MY story on the eternity of nekk'n and love'n: TouchDown in the EndZone!! Climbing down the ladder outta my seaworthy yacht I sailed across the ocean of time, I saw my kick-ass, Cannondale parked near a gnarly, old Cottonwood, purrr'n like a young cheetah, waiting for this day when She'd show me what-fo; I saw my sleeek, space craft, too, not tooo far away through some gorgeous, White Pines and lofty Redbuds, as I pedaled furiously in-and-out of weird rox and formations, up-and-down low hills, like a 'roller-coaster' arch beckoning me with great undertones, wanting me to climb-and-reach, wanting... longing... patiently... for Her huu'je, Candy-Coated-Clitorum with sprinkles. Dude!! Wha... ??? When I was pedalin across the length of Jupiter, young females attackin me! with NerfGuns on horseback; apparently, they wanted me to stop for sumtin. And, if it couldn't get any better, around the next curve, hundreds of pink-penis-plants, not quite as tall as your mouth, yet which'll get erect whenever someone walks by, waving in the breeze, as open as a long river (how they softly moaned and sighed). I, of course, gave almost all of 'em cranium, waiting for this beautiful day for a long time; some would literally walk-up to where you were standing or kneeling, one-at-a-time (or as much as you needed for the hundreds of adorable, unquenchable vitality). And they were oh-so-gorgeous: some shorter, some longer; nevertheless, they'd part their TwoLips to make their entrance, shy but sturdy. God's sooo good... and patient. "Yeah," I thot, "Gotta gitta lotta fluid for Her... and Her... and Her..." counting my fingers and toes. Far beyond sexciting: the X and Y chromosome merged into one after I'm done. It was like that through mosta my experience through single trak, forest, scrub desert, 65-degree-hills and down 70-degrees, beyond thrillinNgorgeous, beyond shockNawe, beyond solidNstunning, I conquered'm all. Then, as I took a drink several hundred miles away from the TD, on a high bluff withe wind softly blowing my delicious lox (had that, too, from God who's Jewish descent), I faintly smelled smoke which wafted mellowdramatic, professional, girlish, and the most perfect pitch (yes, sir, anything's possible if you go where I go; please, try not to interrupt). I smiled. I congratulated the Most Holy Trinity. Just what I've always wanted, to serve them, to honor them, to touch the Indelibility. Must take a shower. I smelled my armpits. Not too bad. I wasn't necessarily big physically, ain't nobody to fight here - not in this scenario, the first level where you're just settling in; but, yet, mama mia. I thanked Her profusely. In MY fantasy, in MY eternity, in MY reality, the doves are always a girlies withe qualities I hoped for: just to be around them, I was truly like Pavlov's dogs in their expertise --- As I biked down the mountain on 'ruff sand, through cheese-cake-boulders, cherry trees - as HUGE as my hand were the enormous fruit, and gourmet-rated-roses, it was TOTALLY bitchin - this is total worship in my opinion: the 73.37 degree angle, the fierce wind whippin' my face, sskreeeeeem'n!! my TeDeumLaudamus!!! Justorum animae in manu Dei sunt et non tangent illos tormentum mortis!!! the precision which I had control, the avalanche of total pleasure waiting for me at the bottom, the 'tableau vivant' exhalation getting more and more understandable and loyal. I remember getting back from the enormous library on another world where I could work all quiet like, all nestled in a cozy-cubicle the size of an auditorium, writing-out what I wanted to happen to me where I spent maaany a long month in-and-out perfecting my skills which I had before, just nobody to love: boating, skiing, cycling, hiking, snowboarding, river rafting, rappelling, paragliding with our arms, and, most important, to be as one as we are ONE forever and ever - before MY touchdown where the goal is literally Heaven Above. What's my biggest turn-on? Simple. A blatant disregard for earthly policy. How kold_kadavr. Apparently, that's exactly what I was, or I wouldn't've been resurrected. As a child, I thot, I always wanted to 'hang-on' to my mom's leg ??? Not to get too much into the JungleJim of psychoanalytic behavior, that's totally continued to this day: to humble myself before'm, to kiss their precious feet which brot'm here, to give'm a backrub, to slow dance to Beethoven or Tchaikovsky or Mozart, to feed'm HUGE grapes, feed'm baklava, or those oranges you buy in a can from the supermarket, to feed'm Starbucks - always a sailing vessel waiting to take Her to the Stars, to sit withem on the cowch and wrap myself around'm to be as one, to be thoroughly zero-demensional, like a congruent algorythm, like a sequence-of-steps leading to a desired end. I swiftly cycled down the breathtaking mountain exceedingly high --- That, of course, wasn't the end, as I had to go 'round another curve in order to demand Her realism, Her secretive domicile in the everlasting morning which B9s pollinate. VOILA!! Staring at me at the end of a short row of sky-high-sycamores withe lawn exquisite, the Southern-Charm mansion, sun is bright, the groovy, weird-o birds, the warm, beautiful lake stretching farther than-I-could-see. Couldn't git no better. Waving at me! ME! I about fell over. #@!! bike. I spied TWO! beautiFULL, 'laissez-faire' innocence, middle-age-females with bobs, one with glasses, totally wearing their tanned legs, adorable freckles, gorgeous smiles, beckoning me, calling me to sit with them on a blanket for a picnic. Playboy twins? As if the mysterious puzzle had only one more piece to complete the masterpeace you couldn't find on the floor, as if this was the chasm I was searching for to fill-in the whole, this was the God I'd been gigantically. I went apoplectik in my out-of-body experience --- Hurriedly ditching my God Speed as I leaned her against the last tree (which she hurriedly gobbled-up and let out a small belch). "I'm so not worthy, Miss Wonderfull. Just lemme stare into Thy adorabble eyes to adore Thee and wrap myself around you." Couldn't readily tell if my breath was deep and passionate from the cycling or staring at them. Both, perhaps. They both looked at one another and laughed. Everything was a blur from then on. Because I'm in Heaven, they were TOTALLY, ferociously adorable. Y'think?? "How may I please you for this wonderfull opportunity we have? How may I show my everlasting love for you?" Breathless, as lay prostrate did eye. "Lemme count the ways." "Ketch your breath, boy," in unison. Just the fantasy I want: mature, beautiful, school teachers/naive, young boy - I just wanna kiss every nanOmeter "I wanna eat you up, width and depth, length and breadth, from head to toe, inside and out, body and soul, and everything in between if you know what I mean." They laughed again, took my hands and whispered, "Then, Shhh! Come! Eat!" getting up. "We need lots of nourishment if we're to love fully." I saw three teens coming from the water - soon, they'll be in my arms to love us. "Without You, I'm less than nuthin; however, with You, I'm a lot more than whole. We're infinite." "After our shower, climb aboard. Ready to set sail?" Smiling, snuggling, glorious softness, closenmyeyes. SEVENTH-HEAVEN with extra-large-deliciousness. Wake-me-up after eternity, wouldya? "We'll both be nervous, of course, but verrry eager; while we designed you to send you off to earth for a short, 88ish years, we haven't had you personally, literally. That makes us excited." Once again, as always, I got my 'shit-eat'n-grin', "Hmmm. Can I have you as a bite-size, as big as my pinky, to hold you in the palm-of-my-hand at times?" "My dear, anything's possible in the Great Beyond. Just gotta have faith." Almost like a circus-side-show, almost like an 'under-my-graduate' school with gorgeous, exotic dynamics when I walked into the living room, bypassing the wide rotunda yeeers ago, the older women holding my hands, one per side; sevenTEEN, bombastically, brilliantly, beautiFULL, double-handfull-women were dressed to the T while I was in a sleeveless and boxers after a warm shower, my meeen, cut thighs, willing to go the extra mile. Don't forget my moo-vers: my strong calves. "Don't be mistaken, boy. We know what you want... to love fully" one woman whispered, as if a wall of the greatest, abundant luxury swept o'er I - and that was just in Her Voice. Another whom I recognized as my young therapissed at CCS, "Baby, we have hundreds of thousands of convienant, re-entry points: God's non-alcoholic, two-thousand-year-old Chardonnay. See my vignettes?" Her chest was slightly heaving; Her nipples rightly outstanding. Chuckling like Chucky. This is muuuch better than pizza, closing the two, ocular nodules of vivid contemplation, my dreamy hallucination. "Do I ever, girl. Any small, but exquisitely ripe, pleasing-to-behold picture or view." Fully human in every aspect; fulla 101% love toward me and vice-versa for the length of eternity. Very cool. Verrry cool. Almost lifted my head and yowled like the wolfman. And this is for time-WITHOUT-end, dude!!! Glory2God!! God's brazen, ferociously adorable, seventeen females were just waiting to take my love in Heaven Above and go far, far beyond - and a whooole lot more of 'em for eternity. How could I ever pass this up? The Abyss'd be pure Hell; would be a drizzly, anticlimatic crime of our lifetimes. How much I love you more than you know, from head2toe, bodyNsoul, looongXpassed... immortality and beyond --- Sitting down on the cowch that went in a circle so we could see each other, I was asked by another girly, "What would like to be your first experience in the smooth, yet, unladylike Great Beyond?" caress'n my hair, as I stare'd into her face - her name was like the woman in the Old Testament, Ruth. I whispered after a time, "Just to love, to be with you, to hold you in my arms, to caress, to touch, feeel your warmth and passion, and moreNmore love'n. Exactly what I like about Heaven. Uncultivated, like a rough diamond - " "Like an unlicked cub? Rustic and savage?" She whispered in my ear. "Precisely. Plus an excess of fundamentality - both advocate to fortify an experience which I've sooo longed for." Caress'n my hair summore, rubb'n my muscular legs, Mr. Hefty was ready to come undone. "Like how I sed on my knees at my Final Judgment to the Trinity, 'While I know I'm a sinner, and I have absolutely no right to Heaven, I can and will offer You the MOST passionate and loving love make'n skills this side of the infinite universe, TotallyGorgeousBabe. And, whatdya know, here I am.'" Wonderful, wonderfull, girlish laugh. "Hmmm. Tell us more. We're intrigued." "I mean, I came here after riding for 50 miles withe question: if the fallopian tube leads to the ovary, what's at the end? That precious, precocious flower." "Beautiful, darling. I know what you mean. The nebula giving birth to the egg from the female to be." We held each other closer than ever, as I wrapped my legs around to cleave to her. How much do I love you: the length of eternity ain't long enough to show how much I love you. export, bold ramification, beyond amazing. These thots went racing through my head. Mama mia. "And... and who does floating anymore, free from the weight of gravity? Who caresses your hands and ears anymore because I find them fascinating and gorgeous? Who kisses your womb? Who serves you by planting trees on your property, serves you by getting-up, getting balava, and feeding us? Who does ten days anymore to do it right? Who finds kiss'n so undoubtedly sexy they'd let that be their act to virgins who wanna take it slow? Who loves brushing your gorgeous hair and does a Spok-mind-meld to be as one? Who writes it all down to teach them slow humans how to giveNtake?" Her eyes were closed, snuggling. "Who thinks anymore? Who - " Putting a soft finger to my lips. "We git the picture. But, yet, you made it here despite our synthetic cynicism for the world, ya rogue conduit you - we saw through the one-trick-pony-planet. Very cool, young stud. Can I make a simple suggestion, seeing as that your thang has nowhere to go but up?" "Hmmm." "I personally fantasized about you in Carbondale. Betchu didn't know that. I saw you, floundering around like that dude in that 70s flik, Animal House, staring at earthly rewards, not focusing on eternal 'quid pro quo'. Let's say I'm in a Heavenly board meeting, as are alla'm here, and to get more rewards, you gotta pass our test. You must love make to each one of us, to our satisfaction; then, and only then, will we pass you. In the Great Beyond, dear, the Supra-Huge-Clitorum which each one of us has, it shouldn't be difficult to bring us to the Big O withe teacher/student fantasy or whatever thy heart's desire." "What's the other option?" "It's all here, baby: heavy duty, extra-large-capacity, a trillion speed combo, and Infinite HP Motor... waiting for you," she whispered. I laughed. "You're good," snuggling summore, waiting for the wonder of Heaven to sink-in fully. And, geewhiz, Wally! There was Mrs. Brady in her adorable bob, her in her nighty and her covers only pulled-up so far, hands resting on her lap, so small, so mature, so wonderfull-to-behold. How I wanted to love her for sooooo long. "We've heard about you," shaking her finger. "Ta-Da. Now you can have us for as long as..." she checked her watch. "A lil' past forever. Ain't that cool? But, yet, haven't yet surrendered to your corpus-collos - " "But... but tell me how I may gratify all of you." Laughing. They all sed at once, softly, "Silly boy. We need you just like you need us; we cannot live without you as vice-versa. You need to suckle everyday, dear, for our wonderfull breasts are so fulla any kinda juice you'd prefer, for that way you get Food from the Master. Kinda like a vicious circle. We'll also join thots and, that way, you can have all of us in this room loving you very slowly for eternity ..." I went über-ballistik again. "Now, dear, let's eat," as another gorgeous girl uncovered her deliciousNnutritious chest - there also were many lil, adorable Chinese girls in panties peek'n around the corner; when our eyes'd meet, they'd giggle and retreat, as my poor, poor heart'd skip a few beats. And the best part of all? When I'd touch'm? Kiss their hands? Softly caress their lovely 4arms? Forever - ain't that word totally bitchin' now, like a blasé anomaly where U-turn into someone moNmo delicious and fantasticly outstand'n?? Some animae ten-year-olds, some normal - all adorable, faaar beyond incredible... to satisfy, to gratify and give them soft, suckling on long, drooping, meaty nipples that went sans gag-reflex as faaar back as your esophagus. A few women were TALL drinks-of-water - 20 to 35 feet, looong legs (no doubt): the XTC was for yeeeeers. OMLordAbove!!! Never, EVER felt such warmth and love. EVER. Stayed o'thar halfOeternity which wasn't very long. And the clitorum? King-Size-Enormousness, which I mouthed till Kingdom Come till orgasm which lasted for months. Totally exciting. Wonderfully enriching. Precisely the M.O. i was search'n for. There's maaany other things which I could explain: floating is one; getting literally 'inside' Her body, like YinYang, because I love Her so much is another; a third is how She lays on Her back with a neonish, pink penis, fully female in every respect, and how She wants ME! to give-Her-my-cranium - amid the sighs and moans, each one gettin stronger, She came for daysNdays (which means, of course, She's the height of erotic benevolence, thus, that all comes out again) "Eternity isn't long enough to love you, girls: what a wonderfull opportunity we have for endless volumes of procrastitationNprocreation..." Quickly, bluntly, "No, it isn't. That's why you and all who follow this blog get a few more trillion years." And so I went, trapsing down our path for ever in Heaven; gotta wanna ask about writing a Trilogy on this. We'd maybe call them 'the GooglePlexxx...' though have to wait, I'm kinda busy. And the best part about it? To give my God orgasm after orgasm forever?? My literal, hefty weinerschnitzel, as it is now, will have bumpsNridges so She shall getta heightened sense of the primordial patriarchy promulgated --- I'm just supremely pleased I made it this far: Seventh-Heaven, nudging Ted Nudgent, and loving all as Christ loved. He may have had secretive Words with His Father in prayer, yet, Christ never showed any ubiquitous dissent. Christ was the fodder for the renaissance. I remember in the 70s when I didn't know much of anything about love making, my mom and I went to Falley's on Burlingame and, as she went off to shop, I looked at Cosmo in hopes it'd have something on that subject ...or Heavy Metal. You know they always had some futuristic, forbidding, woman-on-the-eagle-mascot as if the unverse didn't have any latrines. So as I'm paging through their latest issue, I come across a story of a dude on a business trip who's lonely for one thing. Wonder what that is. Then, lowNbehold, he stops at a kiosk and orders, step-by-step, down-the-line, every part of the female he desires for only $17.99 I won't go into alla the delicious details of the desirable dilemma when my savvy mom called me to exit --- And, yes, of course, you may certainly plagiarize allllla this: YOU getta copy whateveryouwant while on earth, while EYE get to sign copies of my TRIology in Heaven. Why not? That's fair, is it not? Glory2God!! You wanna be just like me - a sinfull mortal witheir eyes on Heaven, not having multiple partners for sex, not having clandestine, boofin' buddies, not being a hypocrite, going to your church, acting all proud and narcissistic, getting an abortion after like it's no bigga deal, not following the WideRoad which'll hit-you-in-the-whole, leading you to the Abyss O'misery to suffer eternally outta YOUR own choice?? I can only provide YOU the option like a fork in the road. We made this blog (Jesus/i) to make the American public extremely cognizant of the Heavenly Great Beyond where YOU can and will have anything your heart desires for living in this insane, psychosomatic culture. I cannot tell you what to do, just like Jesus cannot tell me what to do in my free-will - yet, I choose to do good 98.77% per precisely because I have morality and moxie in my injured noggin. So, if you reeeeelly wanna go in the opposite Way than what the Holy Spirit suggests for your kick-ass, fire-extinguisher future, that's YOUR own choice. Comprehendez-vous? Alas! Poor, poor Yorick!! A whole lotta U.S. don't care where we arrive after our demise, preferring to live with materialism and vanity on this world which'll soon pass-away. Again, that's YOUR choice. How sad everyone isn't striving for the Heaven where we'll have small, but greatly-filling peaceOpie --- Love everyone, teach'm if they don't know. Everyone croaks, dude. Hold the door for some cripple or an old person - please don't slam it in their face. Don't fly into towers with your sights set on pleasure - you'll only give the Devil pleasure. Don't search for gonorrhea which'll find you or AIDS - be pure and holy, as we only have this weee lifetime. Give, give, give [Almighty God never, ever looks at the amount; God looks at the intention]. Tell your spouse you love'm - go-out withem when things were starting to heat-up. Never, ever do you fornicate 1 Peter 4:8. Do the 7 works of spiritual mercy, do the 7 works works of corporal mercy. Puh-leeze be prepared to face your rrrock'n DJ, err, I mean, your Divine Judge --- Now I know why you don't write very off'n if at all. This blog is so high-above, so deviantly distant, you'd perfer to ferget it and focus on earth. But, yay! you read it. That's all I'm concerned about. Won't you join me, girls? We'll have a ball... or two ...possibly four (think about it: can I slowly make love to you with two? anythn's possible, dear) HeeHee. So don't close your eyes anymore to the vertical, girl; dream big like no one else so you can live like no one else. I love you. Join me for an endless plethora of wealth Upstairs. And, yes, I will be in the first battalion of young men to serve you and love you in our overwhelming sextillion. Cannot beat that for time without end, girly.


text: it's like it's day two again. as good as i want to think i am sometimes, most of the times i'm horrible. how could i be so selfish? there's nothing left to do but listen to the red hot chilli pepers and try not to come undone until i get home.


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Partial phase diagram of water (H2O) showing the melting (M.Pt.), boiling (B.Pt.) and triple (T.Pt) points.a
The melting point of water is over 100 K higher than expected by extrapolation of the melting points of other Group 6A hydrides, here above right shown compared with Group 4A hydrides. It is also much higher than O2 (54 K) or H2 (4 K). See also below for further comparisons.
In ice (Ih), all water molecules participate in four hydrogen bonds (two as donor and two as acceptor) and are held relatively static. In liquid water, some of the weaker hydrogen bonds must be broken to allow the molecules to move around. The large energy required for breaking these bonds must be supplied during the melting process and only a relatively minor amount of energy is reclaimed from the change in volume (PΔV = -0.166 J mol-1). The free energy change (ΔG=ΔH-TΔS, where ΔH=ΔU+PΔV) must be zero at the melting point. As temperature is increased, the amount of hydrogen bonding in liquid water decreases and its entropy increases. Melting will only occur when there is sufficient change in the entropy term (-TΔS) to provide the energy required for the bond breaking (ΔH). The low entropy (high organization) of liquid water causes this melting point to be high.
Although ice is very difficult to superheat above its (equilibrium) melting point, tiny
amounts of ice (Ih) have been superheated
to 290 K (without melting) for very short periods (>250
ps) [954a] with the limit of superheating (>1 ns) established at about 330 K [954b].
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The boiling point of water is over 150 K higher than expected by extrapolation of the boiling points of other Group 6A hydrides, here shown compared with Group 4A hydrides. It is also much higher than O2 (90 K) or H2 (20 K). See also below for further comparisons.
There is considerable hydrogen bonding in liquid water resulting in high cohesion (water's cohesive energy density is 2.6 times that of methanol), which prevents water molecules from being easily released from the water's surface. Consequentially, the vapor pressure is reduced. As boiling cannot occur until this vapor pressure equals the external pressure (see graph), a higher temperature is required.
The pressure/temperature range of liquidity for water is much larger than for most other materials (for example, under ambient pressure the liquid range of water is 100 °C
whereas for both H2S and H2Se it is
about 25 °C. [ Anomalies page : Back to Top ]
The critical point of water is over 250 K higher than expected by extrapolation of the critical points of other Group 6A hydrides, here shown compared with Group 4A hydrides. For example, the critical point (647 K, 22.06 MPa 322 kg m-3) is far higher than ethanol (514 K, 6.14 MPa 276 kg m-3), which also hydrogen bonds (but in chains not 3-dimensional) and is much larger and more massive.
The critical point can only be reached when the interactions between the water molecules fall below a certain threshold level. Due to the strength and extent of the hydrogen bonding, much energy is needed to cause this reduction in molecular interaction and this requires higher temperatures. Even close to the critical point, a considerable number of hydrogen bonds remain, albeit bent, elongated and no longer tetrahedrally arranged [92].
The critical points (C.Pt.), boiling points (B.Pt.) and melting points (M.Pt.) of the molecules isoelectronic with water shows water to have higher values.
Ammonia and hydrogen fluoride also have somewhat raised values as they form molecular clustering, albeit with three donor H-atoms and one lone pair acceptor group or one donor H-atom and three lone pair acceptor groups, respectively; giving a maximum of two hydrogen bonds per molecule, on average. Although solid HF forms stronger hydrogen bonds, these form linear zigzag chains with no rings or polygons and hence its three-dimensional structure is weaker. The hydrogen bonds in solid NH3 can form three-dimensional arrangements but are distorted and weakened. Water has two donor H-atoms and two lone pair acceptor groups with close to tetrahedral angles giving the possibility of four hydrogen bonds per molecule with little distortion. [ Anomalies page : Back to Top ]
The ability for water to form extensive networks of hydrogen bonds increases the number of solid phases possible to over fifteen. Both open and close-packed structures are possible. The open structure of hexagonal ice (19.65 cm3 mol-1), which contains only about 7.5 cm3 mol-1 of water molecules, gives plenty of scope for different arrangements of the water molecules as the structure is compressed. For comparison, hydrogen sulfide has only four distinct solid phases [119].
Another anomaly is found as the ices change their crystalline phase. Thus there are decreases in volume when ice Ih changes to ice II (ΔV = 3.92 cm3 mol-1), ice II changes to ice V (ΔV = 0.7 cm3 mol-1), ice V changes to ice VI (ΔV = 0.7 cm3 mol-1), and ice VI changes to ice VII (ΔV = 1.05 cm3 mol-1) but in all cases this is associated with increases in internal lattice energy (79 J mol-1, 1.45 kJ mol-1, 423 J mol-1, 2.3 kJ mol-1 respectively). Normally an increase in density is expected to increase the interaction between the molecules and make the internal energy more negative. These phenomena are primarily due to the changes in the hydrogen bonding strength caused by the molecular rearrangement. [ Anomalies page : Back to Top ]
Hexagonal ice shows anomalous reduction in thermal conductivity
modulus and transverse sound velocity with increasing pressure (as do cubic ice and low-density amorphous ice but not high-density amorphous ice ), which
behavior is different from most crystals where these properties increase with increasing density. Low-density amorphous ice is the only glass to show this peculiar behavior. These anomalies are due to the pressure-induced bending of the hydrogen bonding
[617]. The same anomalies are found in D2O hexagonal ice, but to a much lesser extent [1796], showing unexpectedly large isotopic effects due to the greater degree of ordering in D2O hexagonal ice. [ Anomalies page : Back to Top ]
In a similar manner to the formation of the high density crystalline (ice-five and ice
seven) and amorphous (HDA) ice phases, liquid water also undergoes a significant
change in structure at high pressure (about 200 MPa).
The viscosity, self-diffusion, compressibility and structural properties of water all change above about 200 MPa. Other properties also change around 200 MPa, such as the loss of the density maximum, the discontinuity in fast sound in liquid water and water molecules move further away from each other. The explanation for all these effects is that there appears
to be an increase in interpenetration of hydrogen bonded networks
at about 200 MPa (at 290 K); interpenetration of hydrogen
bonded clusters being preferred over more extreme bending
or breaking of the hydrogen bonds. This structuring for liquid water at high pressures is consistent to that found by neutron scattering [1001] and indicates that liquid water structuring at high pressure has similarity to that of its high pressure ice phases [1254, 2194]. [ Anomalies page : Back to Top ]
Water below its thermodynamic melting point is 'supercooled'. The thermodynamic properties of supercooled water have been reviewed [1794]. As water is supercooled it converts mainly into its expanded form (for example, ES) at ambient pressures, which at low enough temperatures (< -38 °C) may result in it forming metastable low-density amorphous ice (LDA; although normally it will form hexagonal ice at this temperature). If the pressure on LDA is increased above about 200 MPa then LDA undergoes a 30% collapse forming metastable high-density amorphous ice (HDA) but notably in a continuous process without (apparently) breaking the hydrogen bonds [394]. This phase change cannot continue to higher temperatures (so creating a second critical point, [45, 1530, 1888, 2029])h as neither of these phases is stable in the presence of liquid water although they may convert into their metastable supercooled liquid forms. The presence of these low- and higher-density forms of liquid (supercooled) water leads to the breakdown of the Stokes-Einstein relationship in supercooled water [1040] occurring far above the glass-transition temperature, in contrast to many supercooled liquids where this behavior is found only at temperatures just above this transition [1040b].
It is now generally recognized that normal liquid water also consists of smaller clusters of two different states of water, related to LDA and HDA which may interconvert. [ Anomalies page : Back to Top ]
Water freezing is not simply the reverse of ice melting [1110]. Melting is a single step process that occurs at the melting point as ice is heated whereas freezing of liquid water on cooling involves ice crystal nucleation and crystal growth that generally is initiated a few degrees below the melting point even for pure water. Liquid water below its melting point is supercooled water. It may be expected that the directional hydrogen bonding capacity of water would reduce its tendency to supercool as it would encourage the regular structuring in cold liquid that may lead to a crystalline state. Liquid water, however, is easily supercoolede down to about -25 °C and with more difficulty down to about -38 °C with further supercooling possible, in tiny droplets (~9 μm diameter) down to about -46 °C for short periods (~ms) [2143], and -92 °C at 200 MPa. Supercooling increases with increasing cooling rate and decreasing volume. Below these temperatures supercooled water completely loses its stability (it is in a 'no-mans land' where liquid water cannot exist ) and crystal formation rapidly takes place by merging countless small nuclei distributed uniformly over the phase. Water, supercooled down to -37.5 °C, is sustained in storm clouds and the condensed clouds formed by aircraft at high altitude. Rather strangely, at the limit of this supercooling (also known as the homogeneous freezing point) the water activity is always 0.305 lower than that of water melting at the same temperature [457]. Where salts or hydrophilic solutes are present, the homogeneous freezing point is lowered about twice as much as the melting point lowering [663].
Liquid water may be maximally supercooled (Ts) to about -92 °C and 210 MPa. This amount of supercooling (about a third of the melting point (Tm, 273 K) is typical for molecular liquids, but at normal pressures the achievable supercooling is much smaller (Ts/Tm ~ 0.15) due to the effect of the second critical point. It should be noted that bulk water never forms a glass as its glass transition temperature (Tg, = ~136 K) is far lower, relative to its melting point, than expected; Tm/Tg ~ 2 rather than Tm/Tg ~ 1.3-1.5 as for more typical liquids. Thus supercooled bulk water (i.e. not affected by surfaces or solutes) always crystallizes before its temperature can be sufficiently lowered, whatever the cooling rate [558]. Water glass may only be produced by extremely rapid cooling (105 K s-1) of tiny volumes of water (<~100 μm diameter).
As water is cooled, the cluster equilibrium shifts towards the more open structure (e.g. ES ) with higher viscosity. In order for crystallization to occur at least 3 - 4 unit cells worth of water molecules have to come together in the correct orientation.b The formation of whole or part icosahedral clusters interferes with this process whilst not allowing cluster crystallization due to their fivefold symmetry. Lowering the temperature further, which should encourage crystallization, is partially counteracted by the increase in icosahedral clustering. The presence of ES clusters is, in principle, in agreement with computer simulation studies requiring the presence of metastable states [216]. Methods that break the hydrogen bonding in these clusters, such as ultrasonics [296], cause the supercooled water to immediately freeze.
There are earlier [569] and more recent [1794] comprehensive reviews of the properties of supercooled
water .
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Deeply supercooled liquid water can be produced from glassy amorphous ice between
-123 °C and - 149 °C [74]
and may coexist with cubic ice up to -63 °C [137].
This behavior is particularly anomalous as the liquid
(deeply supercooled water) is a 'strong'
liquid (compared with 'normal' supercooled water that is a 'fragile'
liquid [493]) that
changes to crystalline solid (cubic ice)
on increasing the temperature whilst keeping the pressure
constant. Such a 'strong'
to 'fragile'
(Arrhenius to non-Arrhenius) change in a liquid is not normal. Deeply supercooled water exists in the liquid state where it appears to be too cold to diffuse sufficiently quickly to crystallize noticeably. A possible explanation of this low-temperature-range liquid water
may be the formation of strands of icosahedral
structures. This model can also explain the high viscosity and strong (that is, low specific heat) liquid behavior of this
extremely supercooled water [215]. The unusual behavior of this liquid (that is, deeply supercooled water), by solidifying on heating, has been found with other liquids (for example, methyl cellulose and some cyclodextrin solutions [1026]).
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Liquid water can be easily superheated above its boiling point away from its surface with the atmosphere [1128, 1184]. This may be particularly important when heating foods and drinks in a microwave oven where explosive production of steam from the superheated water may cause severe injuries. Superheating is also causes the boiling point of water to vary, in much the same way as its freezing point, and of irregular boiling, that is, 'bumping' [1184]. Liquid water may be superheated to about +240 °C to +280 °C in capillaries or small droplets within high-boiling immiscible solvents (the limit of superheating, also called the spinodal temperature, is about 330 °C [1646]). Degassing water increases its tendency to superheat [1825].
Superheating is also apparent at low temperatures but at negative pressures (i.e. stretched water). Water may be superheated by reducing the pressure to below -100 MPa at 20 °C [1128]. Superheating is facilitated by dissolved gas that may increase its hydrogen-bonded order [821] but prevented by the presence of gas bubbles or nanobubbles (that is, cavities) that act as initiation sites for vaporization.
Water vapor (gas) may easily be supercooled below its condensation temperature (dew point) for its partial pressure (i.e. its boiling point ) in the absence of dust, or other, particles or surfaces that help the nucleation process [1184].
An interesting,
if unrelated effect (the Leidenfrost effect), is that water
droplets remain far longer on a hotplate just above 200 °C
than if the hotplate was just above 100 °C. (see [960]
for an amusing scientific answer to how water boils). If the hotplate surface is made superhydrophobic, then the droplets remain even at lower temperatures (22 °C - >300 °C) [1926]. On heated curved surfaces larger quantities of fluid, not just droplets, can be suspended [1957]. [ Anomalies page : Back to Top ]
The ability of hot water to freeze faster than cold seems counter-intuitive as it would seem that hot water must first become cold water and therefore the time required for this will always delay its freezing relative to cold water. However experiments show that hot water (for example, 90 °C) does often (but by no means always) appear to freeze faster than the same amount of cold water (for example, 18 °C) under otherwise identical conditions [158]. This has been recognized even as far back as Aristotleg in the 4th century BC but was brought to the attention of the scientific community by the perseverance of Erasto Mpemba [1388] a Tanzanian schoolboy,c who refused to reject his own evidence, or bow to disbelieving mockery, that he could freeze ice cream faster if he warmed it first. For a recent review of the Mpemba effect, see [959].f
The initial amount of ice produced
on nucleation is about 1.3% for
every degree of supercooling.
A number of explanations have been put forward [1921]. One that has gained some support is that there is sufficient evaporation from the hot water that this causes faster cooling plus a reduction in mass, so faster cooling (even to the extent of the existence of a cross-over temperature between, initially hot and initially colder, cooling curves [1716]) and freezing [1390]. There does not seem to be sufficient mass lost in experiments to support such an explanation as the sole cause, however, and the effect is apparent even when the vessel has a lid. Related to this explanation, part of the cause may be due to the larger and more persistent convective currents created when hot water cools; however the effect is again evident even if the vessel has an insulated base and lid. The most likely scenario (described in [158], disputed [1415], but later supported [2047].) is that the degree of supercooling is greater, under some circumstances, in initially-cold water than initially-hot water. The initially-hot water appears to freeze at a higher temperature (less supercooling) but less of the apparently frozen ice is solid and a considerable amount is trapped liquid water. Initially-cold water freezes at a lower temperature to a more completely solid ice with less included liquid water; the lower temperature causing intensive nucleation and a faster crystal growth rate. If the freezing temperature is kept about -6 °C then the initially-hot water is most likely to (apparently) freeze first. If freezing is continued, initially-cold water always completely freezes before initially-hot water. After coming to this conclusion, it was found that this explanation for the Mpemba effect was first experimentally determined in 1775 [1861].
Why initially-cold water supercools more is explained in terms of the gas concentration and the clustering of water. Certainly, water behaves differently, and possesses a different structuring, at the same temperature depending upon whether it is being heated or cooled [1697]. Icosahedral clusters do not readily allow the necessary arrangement of water molecules to enable hexagonal ice crystal initiation; such clustering is the cause of the facile supercooling of water. Water that is initially-cold will have the maximum (equilibrium) concentration of such icosahedral clustering. Initially-hot water has lost much of its ordered clustering and, if the cooling time is sufficiently short, this will not be fully re-attained before freezing. Experiments on low-density water around macromolecules have shown that such clustering processes may take some time [4]. Also of relevance here is that the formation of clathrate ices, which have structures closely related to the icosahedral clusters, behaves in an opposite manner. Thus, their supercooling (before clathrate ice formation) from hot water is far greater than that from cold water [1391].d Recently, it has been discovered that the charge on the liquid interface affects the freezing point of supercooled water [1737]. As the surface of nanobubbles is thought to be negative, the presence of such nanobubbles, with their extensive surface area are expected to increase supercooling. Heating water containing nanobubbles is expected to destroy nanobubbles as they grow in size, due to the lower gas solubility at higher temperatures, and dissipate. The Mpemba effect is then simply explained by the loss of nanobubbles in the hot water which are kinetically too slow to reform on cooling.
It is also possible that dissolved gases may encourage supercooling
by (1) increasing the degree of structuring, by hydrophobic hydration,
in the previously-cold water relative to the gas-reduced previously-hot
water (the critical effect of low concentrations of dissolved gas
on water structure is reported in [294];
re-equilibration taking several days) and (2) increasing the pressure
as gas comes out of solution when the water starts to crystallize,
so lowering the melting point and reducing the tendency to freeze
(see guest book). Also, the
presence of tiny gas bubbles (cavities produced on heating) may increase the
rate of nucleation, so reducing supercooling [428]. Recently another possibility has been described depending on changes in dissolved material with temperature (such as the reduction in bicarbonate in heated 'hard' water), but this has not yet been experimentally tested [1014]. The rationale for the Mpemba effect in this case concerns differences in the solute concentration at the ice-liquid interface causing a localized lowering of the melting point [1014].
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It is expected that the lifetime of an excited molecular vibration should decrease as the temperature increases as the energy and likelihood of interactions with other molecules also both increase. For example, the lifetime of the excited liquid HCl stretch vibration decreases from 2.1 ns at 173 K to 1.0 ns at 248 K.
In liquid water, the excited OH-stretch vibration has a lifetime
of 0.26 ps at 298 K and this lifetime increases to 0.32 ps at 358 K [592].
The reason for this is due to the effects of the hydrogen-bonded
network. The OH-stretch vibration normally relaxes by transferring
energy to an overtone of the H-O-H bending vibration. However, as
the temperature increases the hydrogen bonds of water get weaker,
which leads to an increase of the frequency of the stretch vibration
and a decrease of the frequency of the bending vibration. As a result,
the overtone of the bending mode shifts out of resonance with the
stretching mode, thereby making the energy transfer less likely.
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It is expected that molecular bond lengths will increase and bonds will bend more as the temperature increases, giving rise to slight increases in the volume of individual molecules. However, as the temperature rises (> 4°C) the water molecules move away from each other and the hydrogen bonds weaken. This causes the O-H covalent bonds (shown blue right, lower curve) to shrink and stiffen , so reducing the volume of individual water molecules [2044].
As covalent bonds generally reduce under high pressure, a further anomalous change is that the O-H covalent bond length of water (shown red left, lower curve) , in liquid and solid phases, increases as the pressure increases. This is due to the hydrogen bond shortening under pressure. The variation of bond lengths with pressure for ice is shown on the right [1809].
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a The surface temperature on Mars lies below the triple point of water and its atmospheric pressure is close to this value, such that no liquid water may be found there. [Back]
b Theoretical considerations concerning the ice nucleation site size gives estimates of 45,000 water molecules at -5 °C down to 70 water molecules at -40 °C [265]. Molecular dynamics studies show that these do not need to form a crystalline structure for crystallization to occur [347]. [Back]
c Erasto Mpemba is now enjoying his retirement from being Principal Game Officer in Tanzania. He describes his discovery on YouTube. [Back]
d The gas-hydrate clathrate ices also show an anomalously low dissociation rate [1539] that fits well with this hypothesis. [Back]
e The ease of supercooling water was noted by Fahrenheit. [Back]
f The winning entry in the Royal Society of Chemistry competition concerning the Mpemba effect is given here. [Back]
g "The fact that the water has previously been warmed contributes to its freezing quickly: for so it cools sooner" Aistotle [2043]. [Back]
h There is still some debate over whether this second critical point exists; [2150], but this refernce concentrates on ambient pressure data only. This site takes the view that the second critical point does exist. [Back]
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Lower Mill is a 3 story, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathroom, lakeside detached house which sleeps 9 adults plus cots.
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Sited on a freshwater lake, it combines the tranquility of the beautiful Cotswold countryside with the very best of contemporary design whilst offering full width, full height, and floor to ceiling panoramic glazing.
The property is located within minutes' drive of many traditional Cotswolds villages with a good range of shops and other facilities.
Lower Mill is situated on the private Lower Mill Estate development and takes advantage of complimentary membership of a renowned on-site £4 million spa only a few minutes walk from the front door, with its heated indoor and outdoor pools, gym, tennis courts, sauna, steam room and range of bookable treatments.
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Brian Brownstein Arsenal were the big winners this weekend as Chelsea slumped to a surprise defeat and Man United and Man City could only draw
The Blues' squad is simply not up to it
Brian Brownstein In the first of my weekly columns in The Sun-Herald on European football, I've analysed Monday morning's Spurs v Chelsea clash.
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Defecting makes sense for Torres
Brian Brownstein 'My head is in Liverpool I am a professional and I always fulfil my deals. I haven't considered leaving." - Fernando Torres, January 9, 2011. Twenty-two days later the Spaniard was gone.
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The flurry of scrap buying activity by Turkish mills in the past week was only a "flash in the pan" and prices might fall back again, market participants warned.
Novelis Corp., a major producer of aluminum can sheet using scrap, is investing in a joint venture that will build and operate "innovative technology designed to achieve high rates of solid waste diversion" at transfer stations and landfills, it said.
European Metal Recycling Ltd. (EMR), Warrington, England, has reportedly closed or suspended some of its U.K. operations as it attempts to adapt to falling demand and plummeting prices.
There will be no sustained economic upturn in the United States until 2010, John Anton, Global Insight (USA) Inc.'s director of steel service, told delegates at AMM's 2nd Annual Scrap Conference.
The Pease Development Authority (PDA), the state agency that manages the docks at Portsmouth, N.H., has been asked to hear public comments about whether it should renew scrap exporter Grimmel Industries Inc.?s lease at the port for another year.
Turkey is "creeping back" into the market for exported U.S. scrap, but Asia remains "terribly weak," Alter Goldstein, Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.'s vice president of export sales, said at the morning session of AMM's 2nd Annual Scrap Conference.
Aleris International Inc., showing gains in its recycling segment but a downturn in rolled and extruded products, posted a third-quarter loss of $197.8 million vs. year-earlier net income of $3.5 million.
Last week's hint of effervescence in the aluminum scrap market has largely vanished as prices showed some weakening.
U.S. exports of aluminum remelt scrap ingot (RSI) hit a more than two-year high in August as South Korea surpassed Canada and Mexico as the top foreign destination for much of the metal that month.
Global iron ore prices will drop by 20 to 30 percent in next year's annual contracts, but the rate of decline will be less than that in the United States, Peter Kakela, professor of resources studies at Michigan State University, predicted at AMM's 2d Annual Scrap Conference.
Aleris International Inc., showing gains in its recycling segment but a downturn in rolled and extruded products, posted a third-quarter loss of $197.8 million, contrasting with year-earlier net income of $3.5 million.
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Appliance Recycling Centers of America Inc. (Arca) is on an expansion path despite posting an 18.7-percent drop in net income as sales rose 8.1 percent in the third quarter.
At least two Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) members have received a threatening letter telling them that under the federal Superfund law they are liable for damages for the cleanup of the Consolidated Iron & Metal site in Newburgh, N.Y.
A flurry of buying by Turkish steel mills, which has doubled ferrous scrap prices during the past week, has provided a much-needed outlet for many scrap dealers along the U.S. East Coast and even those further inland.
China Armco Metals Inc. will focus its recycling facility in Jiansu province, China, mostly on processing domestic scrap but also will import auto hulks to feed its shredder.
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West Jordan • No longer needed, an oxygen tank sits idle on the living room floor. Nearby is a box of purple bracelets that Charlee Nelson's family made to raise awareness of Batten Disease and to collect donations to cover the 6-year-old's medical costs.
Across the room, hanging from the stroller Catrina and Jeff Nelson had to buy for their once active, gregarious child is a burial dress.
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Cannabis for kids
Moved by the plight of children such as Charlee, lawmakers largely have supported allowing their compassionate use of nonintoxicating cannabis oil, but they remain concerned the oil may be abused.
HB105 would give families trial access to the oil under the auspices of research. Only those with intractable epilepsy and written permission from a board-certified neurologist could apply to the Utah Department of Health for a waiver giving them permission to import cannabis oil.
The oil would have to be certified to contain at least 15 percent cannabidiol (CBD), the chemical believed to have anti-seizure properties, and less than 0.3 percent of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the psychoactive chemical that gives marijuana users a high.
Plus, the bill was amended to expire in two years, allowing lawmakers to test its results.
The Senate is expected to amend the bill again to require the health department to work with law enforcement officials to ensure waivers aren't easily forged. In addition, neurologists would have to send their written permission to health officials electronically to avoid fraudulent recommendations.
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"My [oldest] daughter was recently baptized and we were shopping for her when I saw this and thought, 'This is the dress we have to get [for Charlee]. It's the wedding dress she'll never get to wear,' " Catrina said, fingering the white, satin gown.
Three years ago Charlee Nelson was singing the ABCs and waving to strangers on grocery store outings with her mom. Family movies show her fearlessly plunging into the swimming pool, dancing with her older brother and sister and making silly faces for the camera.
Today she is blind, bedridden and near death.
"She's hanging on, but she's not doing too well," Catrina says, cradling her nearly lifeless "baby" girl on the living room couch.
Charlee is among 50 Utah children on a waiting list for a nonintoxicating cannabis oil shown to quell seizures in children with untreatable epilepsy. Utah lawmakers are debating a bill, HB105, that would allow families to import the oil from Colorado where marijuana is legal and the "hemp supplement" is produced.
The bill rests in the Senate and from there needs only Gov. Gary Herbert's signature before becoming law.
But Senate leaders are considering placing more restrictions on the bill that could impede access to the oil, families say. "We're working through their concerns," said an optimistic Jennifer May, the mother of a boy with Dravet syndrome and founder of the grass-roots group, Hope 4 Children with Epilepsy.
Whatever legislative fix lawmakers settle on will come too late for Charlee.
"We would have loved to try [the oil]," Catrina said. "But I'm still hopeful it will give these other kids a more normal life, that it will take away the pain and seizing and let them sing, dance and ride bikes again."
Charlee has Batten disease, a rare neurological disorder occurring in fewer than four of 100,000 births in the United States.
She lacks an enzyme needed to remove fatty waste from the cells of her brain, eyes, skin and muscles. The accumulating waste leads to seizures, mental impairment, blindness, loss of bodily control and eventually death — a fate cannabis oil can't change.
There is no cure, said Catrina, who nevertheless wonders whether the oil might have kept the brain-damaging seizures at bay, prolonging and improving her daughter's quality of life. "We lost a lot of time diagnosing and treating her atonic seizures. Time is what it might have bought us. That's what it kind of boils down to, time."
Charlee's first seizure was in May 2011.
Nelson and her husband, Jeff, had flown to Colorado for a [niece's] graduation. They had just landed and were grabbing lunch at Popeye's when Nelson's sister-in-law called to say Charlee had a seizure and had been taken to the hospital by ambulance.
"We just looked at each other and both of us started to sob," Catrina recalled.
Doctors initially thought it was an isolated event but scheduled testing a week later to be sure.
While waiting in her hospital room, Charlee froze and stared at the wall, then fell to the ground. "That was the first seizure I had seen. I broke down and thought, 'This isn't happening,' " Catrina recalled.
For six months they treated Charlee for epilepsy. But when she started tripping on the stairs and having recurrent tremors and shakes, the family renewed testing and discovered a part of her brain was shrinking.
Charlee started having drop, or atonic, seizures, sometimes as many as 200 or 500 a day. "She would just cry for hours at a time. She couldn't communicate or tell us if it hurt but I just know she was in pain," Catrina said.Next Page >
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We are creative thinkers and open minded individuals who are all about having a good time doing all that we do. We are proud to be operated out of a small second story bedroom, where we design and print all of our own artwork and clothing. We are music lovers, we are sight seers, we are culture lovers, and most importantly we are creators, selling our creations to you, our gracious patrons.
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According to a City Council report:
"Peterborough was recorded in 2011 as having the 6th highest fertility rates (live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44) in England and Wales. Its rate of 86.8 per 1000 places it above the England average of 65.7 and was only exceed by Barking and Dagenham, Slough UA, Waltham Forest, Brent, Newham." (Source 5.7 Page 10)
Commenting, local LIB DEM ward Councillor for South Werrington and North Gunthorpe, Darren Fower said:
"One question that remains unanswered is why our city has a birth rate over 20% higher than the national average? Obviously some on the right will point to economic migration in recent years, but ever since I've been a councillor our city has had high rates of teenage pregnancy for example? What factors are at play here? Economic, Social or Educational?
"Obviously, child birth can be seen as good for the coming years, ensuring a sufficiently sized workforce paying taxes for pensions and social care, but what about now?"
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Pregnant at Work: Manage Maternity Leave Like a Pro
Breaking the News to Your Boss
It's very important that you and your boss are on the same page when it comes to how your pregnancy may affect your work, your co-workers, and business in general. Chances are it won't adversely affect anyone. But, it's a manager's job to think with the bottom line in mind, so he or she will probably have some concerns or questions.
Some key things to remember when sharing your news include:
- Be the first to tell your boss: If your manager hears about your pregnancy from someone else at the office, he/she will probably not view the news as positively as if you told him/her yourself. Also, if he/she does have concerns, you won't be there to alleviate them immediately. It's a good idea to tell your manager before telling others at work.
- Appear organized and optimistic: Work is often about impressions. Your manager will not be as concerned about business as usual if it appears you have considered all sides, your plans are well thought-out, and you are positive about what's to come.
- Timing is everything: Don't choose a hectic time to tell your boss or manager that you're pregnant. Also, it's a good idea to wait until after your first trimester. By this time your risk of miscarriage is much lower.
- Schedule another time to discuss the details: Wait a few days before you discuss the details of your maternity leave. Make sure it's a scheduled appointment.
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So, you've thought through all of your options, received answers to all of your questions, and documented your plan. Now it's time to discuss the details of your maternity leave with your manager. You may be negotiating some requests as well.


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Museum Day: Get Free Museum Admission This Saturday!
Published on - September 25th, 2007 (by J.D. Roth)
Jonathan from Deal Locker wrote to tell me that this Saturday is Museum Day in the U.S. — a chance to get into local museums for free. This event has been put together by Smithsonian Magazine and Hyundai. According to the magazine's web site:
Museum Day is a nationwide event taking place on Saturday, September 29, 2007, where participating museums and cultural institutions across the country offer free admission to Smithsonian readers and Smithsonian.com visitors. Museum Day celebrates the country's cultural offerings, allows the dissemination of knowledge and brings Americans together.
Museum Day is open to all Smithsonian readers and friends. Participants must present the Museum Day Admission Card available in the September 2007 issue of Smithsonian Magazine or downloadable via this site to receive FREE GENERAL ADMISSION. The Museum Day Admission Card is valid for you plus one guest and is limited to one per household.
The following Museum Day restrictions apply:
- One time use on Saturday, September 29, 2007. Card must be presented for free general admission.
- Admission Card will be collected upon entry.
- General admission only. Does not include entry to special exhibits or IMAX screenings.
- Admission Card is good for general admission for you plus one guest.
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- No rain checks.
- Some participating museums may already have a free admission policy year round and are participating in the "spirit" of the day.
Museums and cultural institutions participating in Museum Day are doing so voluntarily and Smithsonian Magazine is not responsible for individual institution participation or for individual institution content.
At the Smithsonian web site, you can find participating venues, print an admission card, or explore a list of places you might like to explore. If you've got the time this weekend, Museum Day is a great way to get a little free culture in your life!
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10 Fun Activities for the New Year
Every new year, people resolve to eat healthier, exercise more, find a new job, and drop bad habits. Why not make a resolution to spend more time doing fun things with your baby? Consider the following list of 10 baby-friendly activities!
Take a Walk
Many new moms don't make time to exercise or to get outdoors with their little ones. You can do both by taking your baby for a long walk in the stroller, or taking your toddler to a park to run around. Just make sure you consider your child's perspective.
"Understand what your child's development is prompting him to do, and plan your outings accordingly," says Jane Kostelc, curriculum development manager of Parents as Teachers National Center in St. Louis, Missouri. "A toddler who has just learned to walk and has a strong motor drive is not a good candidate for a long stroller ride."
Go Backstage
You can introduce your little one to a whole new world by asking to see "backstage" of familiar places. "Arrange for a tour of the stock room of the grocery store or the receiving area of the produce department," Kostelc says. "Have your clergy or religious leader show your child what happens before a religious service." The possibilities for this type of activity are endless. Just make sure you call ahead to find out the best time to visit.
Game Day
"Become fans of the local high school sports teams," Kostelc says. Your little one will love the cheering crowds, the bright colors, and all the action at the games. Just be willing to leave if your child gets restless or tired.
Plan a Picnic
Try planning one meal a week outside on a blanket, weather permitting. (If it's cold, have an indoor picnic!) Leave the high chair behind, pack a basket of your baby's favorite finger foods, and find a spot in the park to feast. Your baby will like doing an everyday activity in a completely different way.
Explore and Learn
If you're looking for something fun and educational to do with your little one, follow your child's lead. "Exploring is learning, so if your child stops to look at a bug, talk together about its color, shape, and activity," says Rachel Perry of Born Learning, a United Way program that teaches parents how to create learning opportunities for young children. "Choose a
book about bugs from the library to read together." You can teach your child about bugs, cars, dogs, or anything that he seems to like.
Visit a New Park
If you and your child always go to the same park, try scouting out a new one in a different neighborhood or across town. The different playground equipment will thrill your child, and a new location will make your play outing even more special.
Water Baby
Going to the pool is a fun summertime activity, but if you have an indoor pool at your gym or in your community, you can do it anytime of the year. Baby will love splashing and being in the water with you. And your little one will be excited by the novelty of swimming indoors.
Music Time
Ready to make some noise (aka music)? "Gather items from around the house, like pots, pans, and anything that makes noise," says Shay Pausa, a mom from Scottsdale, Arizona. "Line them up and then create a band together, moving from one item to the next."
Baby Picasso
Moms tend to avoid messes like the plague, but your baby will love getting his hands gooey with fingerpaints. "Lay out a large sheet of paper, outline baby, and then paint it together," Pausa says. "Use brushes, hands, even feet to paint. You can also paint a piece of furniture, a poster board, or a wall, if you're feeling adventurous. Look for nontoxic paint in case some makes it into your baby's mouth."
Bedtime Stories
Fun activities don't always require a special outing. Something as simple as storytime is a fun way to connect with your baby in a quiet and intimate way. And you can make it extra special by getting creative and adding your baby to the story. "Being a lot more structured in the evenings with my work situation these days, I get the opportunity to be more consistent with our bedtime ritual of reading a story, then making one up where he's the star, and sing-along time," says Grace White, a mom from Brooklyn, New York. "When I'm not able to do it due to work commitments, I make sure his dad does."
Every mom knows that kids are only little once, but sometimes parents get so busy that they forget how precious these baby days are. "I want my son to know that he is loved, appreciated, highly valued, and so important to me," White says. "I want him to feel that he was a gift from God and that I enjoy every minute I spend with him."


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