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My Man to Man Awakeningbybilove69©
I am a happily married 38 year old man. Up until last year I had never even thought about another man in a sexual way. I love looking at girls and love seeing them in there nude state. We have a nudist beach in Cape Town called sandy bay. I went there one Friday afternoon without my wife knowing to perv at the naked girls on the beach.
It was quite and there wasn't much going on but after walking for an hour or so on the beach in a semi aroused state I needed relief and I found a small enclosed rock area where I thought I could jerk off in private. I took my shorts off and closed my eyes as I started to pull myself off loving the feeling of standing naked in the open air with the soothing noise of the waves crashing around me jerking my self off.
I got a fright as I heard a noise and saw a man looking at me .Embarrassed I covered with my towel up but didn't leave for some weird and wonderful reason.
He moved into the rock enclosure next to mine and although I could see him I sensed he was there. I was still rock hard with a throbbing penis that needed relief.
I hoping he would leave quickly so that I could finish what I started but then I noticed him step forward slightly just so I could see his legs and shorts.
He gently rubbed himself over his shorts and stepped back again into the rock enclosure out of view. I couldn't believe it I was disgusted and excited all at the same time. I wanted to run away but for some crazy reason I didn't. I just stood there waiting to see what would happen next. Maybe secretly I wanted to see more.
I didn't have to wait long before he repeated his actions this time rubbing a little longer before retreating out of view again. I tried not to watch but I found myself staring at him rubbing himself his boner clearly protruding through of his shorts. Unbelievably I felt my cock twitching with excitement.
The next time he stepped forward almost unwittingly I stepped slightly forward to also stroke myself over my towel.
This went on back and forth a few more times until he stepped out of his enclosure and moved into mine. He stood was standing there in front of me. The excitement was overwhelming I felt that I should run but I couldn't. My heart was beating at 1000 miles an hour. I was scared but amazingly horny to. He was big muscular and well built with a sporty firm body. Before I knew it the man leant forward and grabbed me through my towel on my dong giving two squeezes and then let go .He smiled almost mockingly as if he could sense id never done this before. He was like a cat ready to pounce on his prey. He said nothing and just stood there close to me with this funny smile on his face. The ball was now firmly in my court .A lot of me still wanted to turn and run but I didn't and I found myself doing the same as he did to me through his shorts. He smiled at me as I had the courage not to let go. I was enjoying the feeling of his boner through his shorts as I started rubbing harder. He returned his hand to my towel and groped my now rock hard boner. I stopped caring desperate for sexual relief I pulled my towel off exposing my naked cock to his touch. He pulled his shorts off and was now but naked for me as he moved in for the kill.
He was huge much bigger than me with a beautiful circumcised cock. I moved to him taking him in my hand as he locked into me. We were now standing there in the open air locked into each other jerking each other off in frenzy. I loved his cock in my hand and loved the feeling of him jerking my huge rock hard hardon off. He kissed my neck and played with my nipples as he leant forward giving my bum repeated firm squeezes .I did the same back to my hot teacher. We were standing there is the open air where anybody could have been watching us really going at each other with a hungry lust. I felt his finger teasing my but whole it was warm and nice and I moaned as it tickled the entrance to my hole. He took this as an invitation and started to slide his finger further and further as he prized my hole open. I was done caring loving what this hunk was doing to me. I followed his lead and did the same back to him. We now fully locked into each other one hand on each others cocks wanking like mad the other fingering each others bum holes. H e leant forward and kissed my moving his tongue into my mouth. This sent me completely over the edge as I came all over his leg it was awesome. I wanted him to come and loved the feeling of watching him shoot his load as a continued to pull him off. He then just turned and left without saying another word.
At first I felt guilty and ashamed of what I done. After all I was a straight man. But in the coming days I couldn't stop thinking about it. I wanted more I knew it and nothing was going to stop me from getting it.
I haven't been able to keep away since and in the last 6 months have been back 5 other times to the beach all ending in happy endings but those stories are for another time.
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Playing tennis for a living is the dream of thousands of young players the world over. For most, it's just that. A dream.
Shelby Rogers, a 20-year-old from Daniel Island, is living that dream.
She's in Paris to play in the French Open — a Grand Slam event — that begins Sunday.
For a professional tennis player ranked 188th in the world, a job is only as secure as the final score of the next match.
Rogers' first-round opponent in the French Open will be 169th-ranked Irena Pavlovic of France, who like Rogers is a wild card entry.
Rogers realizes there is plenty of work still to be done, grueling daily workouts and long pressurized matches. But there was no way she was going to miss that chance.
"I really had to give myself a chance on the tour. It's been a dream of mine since I was a little girl," Rogers said earlier this month before leaving for France.
"I can always go back to school, get my degree, take classes, but I can't always play on tour. We have a pretty short window of time . . . I had to give myself a chance."
It hasn't been an easy road for the girl who attended First Baptist Church School in Charleston, but never played high school tennis and eventually migrated to online schooling. But she never gave up on the dream she acquired while clinging to the fences and watching big sister Sabra play the game.
She followed the dream tirelessly, training with long-time coach Bryan Minton at the old Players Club and Family Circle Tennis Center.
Soon, she was winning Belton titles. And then pro titles. She turned pro three years ago.
"I had a couple good pro tournaments and decided to officially turn pro and not go to college right out of high school," she said. "I did the whole college visit. I went on my official visits, went to a couple schools. I actually probably would have gone to Clemson maybe. I was pretty set on that."
The USTA took her under its arm and she made the decision to move to Boca Raton, Fla., two years ago to train at the USTA's national training center.
That's when her career switched gears.
"It was probably one of the hardest decisions of my life, leaving my family and everyone at home, the coach (Minton) I'd been with since I was seven," she said.
"But there just weren't any players to train with in Charleston. I had a good setup with coaching and fitness and stuff like that. But moving to Boca, you have world-class players every day to practice against, a nice gym, fitness trainers. Everything is right at your fingertips. I think it was a good move and something that I needed to do. It definitely helped my game. The results show that, I think."
When she played in the qualifying tournament for the Family Circle Cup in April 2012, she was ranked No. 442 in the world. She has climbed more than 250 spots in the last 14 months and is projected to advance into the top 175 next week after winning 10 of her last 13 matches. She has scored victories over three top 100 players in the last seven months.
Her earnings for 2013 are approximately $21,000, but she will earn at least $27,300 more for playing in the French Open.
"I think a big thing for me recently has been patience, not trying to do too much with my game," Rogers said. "I tend to pull the trigger a little bit too much."
She's already had some success on the clay courts in France, winning four straight matches in qualifying and through the first round of the main draw of the $235,000 WTA event in Strasbourg earlier this week.
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The French Open draw provides Rogers with a solid chance to score her first Grand Slam main draw win. The veteran 24-year-old Pavlovic is ranked only 19 spots ahead of Rogers. In 2010, when Rogers earned a wild card into the U.S. Open by winning the U.S. Junior Championships, then 344th-ranked Rogers split a pair of tiebreakers with then 61st-ranked Shuai Peng before losing the third set of the first-round match.


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Started a little over 10 years ago Furni began as a "custom" furniture operation. Back then we cashed in our unemployment cheques and, tired of working for the "man", decided to go it alone. Using our first deposit cheque to pay for tools we managed to rent a small shop and dig in.....lucky for us Devins cabinet making skills and my interest in simple, modern design got us a good start. These days see a shift in focus as I (Mike Giles) have become the sole owner and am more into exploring and creating my own designs, I am still very hands on, from picking the rough lumber all the way to staining, finishing, boxing and shipping the final product. A simple one man operation proud of the flexibility and control it gives me over the end product. If you guys keep on buying I will keep on creating!
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Le tout a commencé il y a environ 6 ans par Devin Barrette et moi (Mike Giles). Furni a commencé en tant que manufacturier de mobilier sur mesure. On avait décidé de prendre cette décision car on en avait assez de travailler pour le ''Mr.'' Avec nos premiers chèques d'assurance emploi, on s'est acheté quelques outils et on a loué un petit espace de travail. Les talents d'ébéniste de Devin et mon savoir limité du design nous ont donné un bon coup d'envoi. Aujourd'hui, nous passons de plus en plus de temps à explorer et créer nos propres designs. Nous faisons tout de A à Z, du bois brut jusqu'à la finition. Nous nous occupons aussi de l'emballage et des envois. Nous ne sommes que 2, mais nous apprécions le contrôle et la flexibilité que cela procure sur le produit final. Si vous continuez d'acheter, nous allons continuer de créer!
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- MIRROR Magazine, Montreal CANADA, Page 37, Jan 2006.


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I'm another fool who fell for their garbage. I applied for financing and was approved, I was told to send a $265.00 deposit plus a $59.00 money order for the processing fee. They received my money on October 2nd, it is now November 26 and I have nothing. The 877 number is always busy, so I am forced to pay for long distance calls only to be forwarded to "customer service" to be told that my hold time for a customer service rep. has expired - 35 minutes, I've never been on hold for more than 5 minutes. The newest thing is that the automated system says that there is no room to leave a voice message and it hangs up on me.
I had a bad feeling when they asked for the deposit in the form of a money order, something you can't put a stop payment on. My next hit was when the "storm" supposedly crashed their system. I spoke to someone 2 weeks ago and was informed that my PC was assembled but that they were waiting for financing to do what they had to do. I came upon this site by accident and read what everyone else said. I am in complete agreement with the person who recommended emailing the Attorney General with the same message every day until something is done. I don't know about the rest of you, but I can't afford to lose my money. It's time to put these thieves out of business!
Lost all my money no computer, doing the same to others. Mark my words do not do it. Of course because after they told me too bad on everything they would sue me for slander. So this is my opinion and my experience only. Who knows, perhaps me and the other 48 bad reviews are all just crazy. My opinion only.


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To become an optometrist, you must earn the Doctor of Optometry degree which requires you to complete of a four-year program at an accredited optometry school. In 2002, 17 U.S. schools and colleges of optometry held an accredited status with the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education of the American Optometric Association.
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Admission to IU School of OptometryA new class begins each fall. Applications are to be submitted by January 1. Both the October and February test dates of the Optometry Admission Test may be used for admission for the following August. Applications filed between January 1 and July 1 will be processed as received, and selections will be made as long as vacancies exist.
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:44 pm
Post subject: Admins/Moderators have my sympathies
Do the spammers ever give up on this forum? geez.
I feel really sorry for the one that has to go through and delete all the posts and accounts the spammers create. I noticed Wednesday that there were 30+ pages of 'new' members. There's even more now
Really, Kudos.
GuerrillaMail must be working overtime for this/these 1-4 spammers.
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Wendy, is the admin panel for this site the same as the forumotion ones? If so, you can delete all these spam without too much work. On the forum I run, the path to do it is to go into the admin panel, users and groups, handle users. From there you can generate a list of all users who either haven't logged in since a certain date, haven't posted since a certain date, or have posts below a certain number (you choose when or number). After generating the list, you just click delete (or inform... whichever one you selected on the previous page). If they've posted something, you'd had to go through and delete them all separately, but that's not as much work as deleting all (posting and non-posting) separately.
For a little while you might want to switch to admin activation on accounts too.
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I was thinking the same thing lately.
Everyday I come here, I find a flood of spam threads from like 4-5 new spambots who make around 200 new posts a-day each. Which is kind of sad, because I want to open a new topic and ask things, but it gets lost in the sea of spam.
What should I say?
Wipe this whole forum, install a new functional one(this one is sort of broken with the spam going awry and inability to edit profiles); move the database there, turn on spam filter(that should be a default setting). I know larger forums, with a much bigger userbase who NEVER have deal with spam.
There should be an option at registration where the forum generates a code image and the user has to enter it in a box to prove that they're human. Which pretty much solves most of these problems. I'm not entirely sure if phpBB's have it.
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I haven't seen any more spam today, which is a relief.
Or has our admin acted fast enough so that no spam threads lasted for more than 2 seconds?
Either way, great job at whatever actions you've taken!
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So did Wendy take a vacation now that all the spam is gone? I PMed her a little over a week ago about my avatar, but I haven't gotten any word on whether she's seen it or not.
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One more special mention before I commit to a top 5 list.
THYX - Below the City
While not brilliant like his first album, it was certainly an entertaining future-pop experience, but having a un-ironic song about Left 4 Dead 2 kind of killed it for me.
Survival Instinct
The music is pretty good, but the guest vocals (and video) by that Ray Koefoed bloke are embarrassing.


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As a junior, Sarah Hughes competed in five meets. She set a career high with a 9.2 on floor against Penn. Halfway through the season, she made her debut on bars and competed on the event twice. Hughes opened her collegiate career in her sophomore year, competing floor at home against URI. She competed in four meets, scoring a 9.025 at the ECAC Championships hosted by Cornell. Hughes joined the Bulldogs from Central New York Gymnastics. She was a Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals and Region VI Championships qualifier. At State, she placed 3rd on beam and 5th in the all-around. She graduated as valedictorian from Southern Cayuga High School and was a National Merit Finalist.


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On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Ohio, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
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Petitions of the day
The petitions of the day are:
Issue(s): Whether, after initiating a custody request for a state prisoner under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act, 18 U.S.C. app. 2, the federal government may nullify the state's exercise of its statutory right to disallow that custody request by resort to a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum.
Issue(s): Whether, when the United States has invoked the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act and seeks temporary custody of a state prisoner by means of a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum, the governor of the sending state – pursuant to the plain language of the Agreement – may disapprove that request.
Recommended Citation: Ben Cheng, Petitions of the day, SCOTUSblog (Dec. 17, 2012, 11:01 PM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/12/petitions-of-the-day-14/


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Editor's comment: Although rare, a morbilliform rash and/or serotonin toxicity can be serious side effects of milnacipran (Savella). A morbilliform rash is one that has a flat reddish base with a raised eruption in the center, resembling measles. Serotonin toxicity (also called Serotonin Syndrome) is a potentially life-threatening condition resulting from elevated levels of serotonin, usually due to ingestion of two or more drugs (for example, MAOIs, SSRIs) that interfere with serotonin metabolism at different points. The following abstract is a case study of a patient who developed a morbilliform rash and serotonin toxicity after adding milnacipran to the medications she was already taking.
Occurrence of milnacipran-associated morbilliform rash and serotonin toxicity.
By Amanda M. Huskey, Cassandra C. Thomas, and James Aubrey Waddell
OBJECTIVE: To report the development of morbilliform rash and serotonin toxicity after the addition of milnacipran to a patient's medication therapy.
CASE SUMMARY: A 57-year-old white female presented to the emergency department because of a full-body morbilliform rash, which appeared 9 days after initiation of milnacipran 50 mg twice daily. In the emergency department the patient's vital signs were: heart rate 121 beats/min, blood pressure 180/100 mm Hg, and temperature 38.9 °C. The patient reported diarrhea, nausea, dizziness, restlessness, and increased muscle pain.
Her history included recurrent breast cancer first diagnosed in 1999, hypertension, fibromyalgia, depression, osteopenia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, insomnia, and endometriosis. Her home medications included milnacipran, fluoxetine, alprazolam, zolpidem, zoledronic acid, anastrozole, doxepin, ranitidine, levocetirizine, doxazosin, tramadol, vitamin D, and ferrous gluconate. The patient's increased heart rate, blood pressure, and temperature, as well as restlessness, self-reported diarrhea and nausea, and self-reported increase in muscle pain, indicated serotonin toxicity.
Milnacipran, fluoxetine, and tramadol were discontinued, while doxepin was continued. Treatment consisted of acetaminophen, diphenhydramine, methylprednisolone, promethazine, and hydralazine 10 mg intravenously. The following morning all vital signs were within normal limits and the patient's diarrhea, nausea, dizziness, restlessness, and muscle pain resolved. She was discharged the following morning. The rash had resolved after day 2 of hospital discharge, which was the fourth day after discontinuation of milnacipran.
DISCUSSION: Given the patient's symptoms, the timing of symptom onset, the patient's history, and findings on physical examination, as well as use of the Naranjo probability scale, milnacipran was deemed the probable cause of the morbilliform reaction and serotonin toxicity. Only 1 case report of rash and 2 case reports of serotonin syndrome associated with milnacipran have been reported.
CONCLUSIONS: It is important to increase awareness of the possibility of developing morbilliform rash and serotonin toxicity with milnacipran therapy, as both conditions can be associated with poor outcomes if not detected early and treated appropriately.
Source: The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, July 2013. By Amanda M. Huskey, Cassandra C. Thomas, and James Aubrey Waddell. PharmD Student, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.


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Dell was showing off its connected classroom at its Dell Tech Camp and Pocket-lint was on hand to take a pew.
And believe us, it wasn't that easy to take a pew. You try squeezing your fully grown (and some) posterior into one of those primary school classroom friendly mini chairs. Not an easy task let us tell you.
Anyway, back to Dell's connected classroom. It's a solution that Dell has made available to schools for a while now, but it's the first time that we've actually witnessed it first hand. After all, it's not exactly like we could just wander into a school and see what all the fuss was about. Society frowns upon things like that.
The idea, according to Dee Chury, practice manager of messaging and communications at Dell, was to offer schools a simplified ICT setup with a range of hardware that was compatible and wouldn't cause the schools problems down the line.
"We are on board with a number of partners", he said. "Everything in the catalogue is compatibility tested".
The setup we were shown was a classroom full of Dell Latitude 2110 netbooks, all connected to the teacher's Latitude notebook that was displayed, via a Dell S300WI projector, onto an ordinary whiteboard. The projector comes with a Wii like controller which also doubles up as a virtual pen.
Each netbook has a light on the lid with an open API. One example of what developers could do with this is for the light to shine red if a pupil starts straying away from the syllabus and onto another application.
This might not be needed though, as the teacher also has thumbnail displays from each of the pupil's webcams so they should be able to see if little Tommy is up to no good.
Speaking of cameras, there is also a 360 degree camera. This is designed to enhance the virtual classroom - a long distance extension of the connected classroom. With the virtual classroom pupils who are unable to get to class for any number of reasons, as well as guest speakers, are able to join in with the physical classroom.
The 360 degree camera determines who the dominant speaker is and focuses on them in the main picture. Whenever someone speaks, the camera switches focus.
"It works brilliantly if a child stands up to ask a question or perhaps does a recital", said Chury. "The beauty is the teacher doesn't need to think about operating the camera, it is automatic".
When the kids are finished with their netbooks, they can slot them into the companion cart, which can take up to 24 of the 2110 netbooks. The cart charges the netbooks and also acts as an 802.11n wireless access point for the classroom.
The connected classroom is a far cry from the classrooms that we remember from our school days. Kids these days eh? They don't know they're born. Although, how you'd draw a cartoon willy on your teacher's jacket with a virtual pen is a mystery to us.


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Insulation resistance testing is a simple yet critical preventive measure that can significantly lower your maintenance costs.
You may be familiar with the role insulation resistance testing plays in cable maintenance, but do you realize it can help you prevent untimely motor failures, too? Not only is motor insulation susceptible to excessive temperature, moisture, dirt, corrosive vapors, vibration, oil, and aging, but it must also survive spikes from VFDs and normal inrush current. A consistent insulation resistance testing program provides considerable savings and increases uptime.
Testing also reduces maintenance resource waste. For example, a stamping and assembly plant replaced a 250-hp motor in its plant air system with a rewound motor it purchased from a local shop. After wrestling the motor into place, terminating the connections, and coupling and aligning it, the maintenance crew tried to start the motor, but it wouldn't respond. The motor service shop had mistakenly shipped a similar model that still needed to be rewound. The maintenance crew could have prevented the resulting delay and loss of production with a simple insulation resistance test as a condition of accepting the motor.
Automated vs. manual testing.
Automated insulation resistance tests save you money, but they don't eliminate the need for manual tests. For example, you should conduct insulation resistance tests when you receive motors. Any time you take your motor out of service, you should test the windings before re-terminating the motor leads. If you're conducting maintenance with the power down, you're best option is a manual test.
Whether your results come from automated or manual tests, you'll want to store the data and produce trend charts. Automate this process as much as possible — use a CMMS or similar software. Use results only from tests performed at the same test voltage for the same period, and under similar temperature and humidity conditions.
Test voltages.
Today, most megohmmeters use DC voltage. Key advantages of DC testing include smaller, lighter test equipment, nondestructive testing, and compilation of historical data.
Test AC voltages at twice the nameplate voltage plus 1,000V. When using DC voltage — common on today's megohmmeters — test at twice the nameplate voltage. The Table (right) gives you recommended test voltages. However, it's still a good idea to contact the manufacturer for its test voltage recommendations.
Test connections.
Before testing, ground the starter terminal, frame, and motor shaft. If you're testing a DC motor, lift the brushes out. Discharge the field winding by grounding. Then remove the field winding from ground and connect to the (-) line connection on the megohmmeter. Connect the (+) earth terminal to ground. You should also measure the stator winding in a similar manner.
Spot reading test.
Conduct this test only when the winding temperature is above the dew point. Connect the megohmmeter across the insulation of the windings. Apply a test voltage for a fixed period (usually 60 sec). Then take your reading. Use the same duration for all tests for comparable results.
Spot reading is meaningful only when you compare results to stored trends developed from previous tests. A downward trend usually indicates a loss of insulation resistance caused by unfavorable conditions like humidity, dust accumulation, and oil penetration. A sharp drop indicates an insulation failure.
Dielectric absorption test.
This test compares absorption characteristics of good insulation to those dampened by humidity. During the test, apply a test voltage for an extended period, usually 10 min. Take a reading every 10 sec for the first minute and one per minute for the next nine minutes. Then you can create a trend graph of insulation resistance value over time.
The slope of the curve indicates the condition of the insulation under test. Good insulation will show a continual increase in resistance, as shown in Curve D in the Figure (right). Contaminated, moist, or cracked insulation will produce a curve similar to Curve E.
Find the polarization index (PI) by dividing the value from the 10-min reading by that of the 1-min reading. This index indicates the slope of the curve. A low PI usually indicates excessive moisture and contamination. On large motors or generators, values as high as 10 are common.
Step voltage test.
Apply two or more test voltages in steps. The recommended ratio for the steps is 1:5. At each step, apply the test voltage for the same length of time, usually 60 sec. This creates electrical stresses on internal insulation cracks. This can reveal aging and damage in relatively dry and clean insulation that might not be apparent at lower voltages.
Compare the readings taken at different voltage levels, looking for any excessive reduction in insulation resistance values at the higher voltage levels. Insulation that's dry, clean, and undamaged should provide roughly the same resistance values despite changes in test voltage levels. Resistance values that decrease substantially when tested at higher voltage levels indicate insulation quality may be deteriorating.
Many people choose not to conduct insulation resistance tests because they fear they will damage the insulation, but this simply isn't true. By testing your motors at regular intervals, you'll be able to correct an impending failure before it wreaks havoc on production.
Olobri is a product development manager for AEMC Instruments, Foxborough, Mass.


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Funding Barry's Future
Barry University's Division of Nursing in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences has been awarded a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant for $348,585 under the Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT) Program. This is the largest grant ever awarded to the Division of Nursing under this program. This year, AENT was made into a competitive program and only the best applications were funded. Grant funds will be used to support programs (MSN and Post-BSN to DNP) for those students studying to become Family Nurse Practitioners or Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners. One hundred percent of these funds go directly to students for tuition, fees and books.
- The Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded Barry University's Division of Nursing $1,176,182 for nursing students. The loan program is geared toward helping close the gap in the nation's nursing shortage by allowing nurses wanting to continue their education and return to school to earn their master's or doctoral degrees in nursing education. A nurse accepted into the Nurse Faculty Loan Program can expect an 85 percent forgiveness policy, meaning only 15 percent of the loan would be paid back if they begin teaching as a full-time faculty member at any college or university, including Barry, for five years after graduation.
- Barry University was awarded a $451,908 sub-grant for its role as a collaborative partner with Broward County-based Kids In Distress (KID). Serving as project evaluator, the university will work with KID on The HEART (Housing, Empowerment, Achievement, Recovery & Triumph) Alliance for Sustainable Families project, for which the grant was awarded. KID awarded the sub-grant to Barry from the $5 million grant it received from the Administration of Children and Families. HEART represents an innovative system of care that provides subsidized housing and a supportive services network that advances family stability for 50 at-risk families.
- Barry University's Office of the Public Guardian in Broward County received a $370,000 award allocation from the Foundation for Indigent Guardianship, Inc. (FIG), providing additional resources to fund two additional staff members and enabling it to serve more than 200 indigent and vulnerable adults in Broward County through 2013. The Office of the Public Guardian has served the Broward County community for the past 14 years. The office is the only one in the state and the country that links formal social work education with the probate system, serving as a field education site for bachelor's and master's level social work students to conduct their practicum training. Office staff members are appointed as legal guardian designees to more than 200 individuals who lack the means or ability to care for themselves and do not have family members or friends to make decisions for them.
- The Counseling Department in the Adrian Dominican School of Education (ADSOE) received a grant in the amount of $40,597.85 from the Florida Department of Education to continue its one-of-a-kind College Reach-Out Program (CROP), a statewide program to motivate and prepare educationally disadvantaged, low-income students in grades 6 through 12 to pursue and successfully complete a college education. Barry's Counseling Department is the only program of its kind in the state that provides counseling services to C.R.O.P. students and their families along with tutoring, mentoring, college symposiums, and summer residential programs. Additionally, C.R.O.P. serves as an educational and training program for ADSOE Counseling students who will eventually enter areas of counseling and therapeutic practice. C.R.O.P has been very successful over the years. During the 2010-2011 academic year, 98 percent of students in grades 6 through 11 were promoted and 96 percent of seniors graduated high school.
- The Counseling Department in the Adrian Dominican School of Education (ADSOE) was awarded a $28,353 grant for Success University, a program of the Miami Beach Service Partnership to impact youth and families in accordance with The Children's Trust and City of Miami Beach. The primary goal of the program is to address the root causes of excessive absences among middle and high school students, while providing support for families that are experiencing the negative influences of community stress factors. Youth and families are provided with program services such as employment, referral and transportation services; care coordination; and family group counseling. ADSOE graduate students are trained to work with youth and families who have not had access to educational, economic, and counseling/ mental health opportunities.


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Not only can Phantom of the Opera boast winning the Olivier and Tony awards for best musical, but it is one of the longest-running musicals in history. As of 2011, it has played to more than 130 million people in 145 cities across 27 countries and has grossed more than $5.1 billion worldwide, making it "the highest-grossing entertainment event of all time and the most financially successful theatrical show in history." WK
The story, which was based on "a 1911 gothic mystery novel by French novelist Gaston Leroux," WK "focuses on a beautiful soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, disfigured musical genius known as 'The Phantom of the Opera', who terrorizes the Paris Opera House." WK For the musical version, Andrew Lloyd Webber composed the music while Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe wrote the lyrics.
In London, the musical opened on September 27, 1986. It celebrated its 9,000th performance at Her Majesty's Theatre on May 31, 2008. That made it "the second-longest-running West End musical of all time, behind Les Miserables." WK October 2011 marked the musical's 25th anniversary in London. A year before, Phantom celebrated its 25th anniversary.
In New York, the show debuted at the Majestic Theater on January 26, 1988. The original London stars, Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman, helmed the Broadway production as well. On January 9, 2006, Phantom became "the longest-running Broadway musical of all time, breaking the record held by Lloyd Webber's Cats…with its 7,486th performance." WK With a gross of more than $800 million, it is "the most financially successful Broadway show in history." WK February 11, 2012, marks the musical's 10,000th performance, the first Broadway musical in history to accomplish such a feat. WK
- one of the top 1000 albums of all time
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- the DMDB page for Phantom of the Opera
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Scene 1 of Tennessee Williams' magnum opus A Streetcar Named Desire opens with an introduction to the New Orleans neighborhood where the play unfolds. Williams lovingly illuminates the city's beautiful decay, omnipresent river and music around every corner. "The section is poor," he writes, "but, unlike corresponding sections in other American cities, it has a raffish charm. The houses are mostly white frame, weathered grey, with rickety outside stairs and galleries and quaintly ornamented gables."
Following the river southwest away from the French Quarter, toward the Lower Ninth Ward and into St. Bernard Parish, is St. Claude Avenue. Not far from the Quarter (and Elysian Fields, where the play takes place) it passes through a neighborhood known as the Bywater. While the culture has naturally metamorphosed over the more than 60 years since Williams' description, the aesthetic and "spirit of life" in this part of New Orleans is unchanged.
Residences and businesses intermingle, and music venues (such as the Hi-Ho Lounge and Saturn Bar) populate the stretch. Secluded within it is an underwater-themed speakeasy known as the Spellcaster Lodge. Events there do not happen all the time, but when they do, they're something special. Famous New Orleans musicians, touring indie hipster bands and bounce rappers all perform there. Witnessing one of the shows—amid bubbling portholes, vibrating "subwoofer seats" and music history happening before you—is otherworldly.
The masterminds behind Spellcaster are organist inventor Quintron and his wife, puppeteer musician Miss Pussycat. Aside from operating the lodge, as an artistic team the duo tours the world with a show unlike any other. Miss Pussycat orchestrates elaborate puppet performances. Quintron, creator of a rotating photoelectric drum machine known as Drum Buddy, plays swamp tech music—a combination of rock and roll sub-genre swamp pop, and the uptempo booty beat known as ghettotech. On the last leg of a tour that began in late March and took them across Canada (and before embarking on a European tour this fall), they stop in Albuquerque on Sunday.
The tour follows Goner Records' release of a truly fine piece of audio recording: the King Lee "Tire Shop" 45 featuring Quintron. Lee was a frequenter of the Spellcaster and an employee at the St. Claude Tire Shop down the street (the only Orleans Parish business to remain open throughout the "you-
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Board approves hiring of three secondary teachers
The Broken Bow Board of Education met for its regular monthly meeting Monday, in what could be called a bittersweet evening. It was the first official meeting under new Superintendent Mark Sievering following the departure of two-year interim superintendent, Dr. Virginia Moon. The board approved the hiring of three new teachers to fill vacancies, in part, left by the tragic loss of Zane Harvey and Anthony Blum. High School/ Middle School Principal Ken Kujath says he feels very blessed to have found such quality candidates for the district this late in the year. The teachers approved for contracts are: Heather Zaruba, secondary English, at step 7; Patti Puls, secondary business and FBLA, at step 9; and J.D. Furrow, secondary math, at step 9. Kujath says the teaching and coaching replacements are two separate things. "My top priority was finding teachers," he explained. All three teachers came highly recommended and were unanimously approved by the board. A special Business After Hours will be hosted by the school Aug. 17 at Huckleberry's Hideout, where the public will have an opportunity to meet Mr. Sievering and the new teachers. Sievering thanked the board for their confidence in him and says he is looking very forward to the new school year. "Somebody asked my wife and me if we went home for the 4th of July, and we said we are home," said Sievering. Ken Myers updated the board on the progress of some of the building projects in the district. The house which sat on the recently purchased property east of the practice field has been removed and the parking lot finished, adding 20 extra parking spaces at the high school.. Myers also says the North Park project is coming along a little faster that projected, with the crew planning to pour footings late this week. Elementary Principal Kim Jonas gave an update on the summer feeding program. Custer School is averaging more than 80 meals each day, with a couple of the local day care centers also taking advantage of the program. Jonas also reported that 55 children have registered for the summer pre-kindergarten program, which began this week. The board gave annual approval to all of the district's handbooks, and approved Harding & Shultz as legal counsel for Broken Bow Schools. The next meeting of the board will be Aug. 20 at 7 p.m.


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Looks like it's double duty, after Jimmy Kimmel lands the Oscars once more, now James Corden will double time the Grammys!
The Late Late Show host landed the gig for the second year in a row, and he's super excited.
Variety Shares that the Grammys will also be in New York this year, which it hasn't been held in since 2003. It will be the 60th anniversary, so of course, Corden has a lot to live up to.
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Prosecutors in the George Zimmerman trial presented evidence of DNA test results to the jury Wednesday that may contradict the former neighborhood watch captain's story of how Trayvon Martin died.
Anthony Gorgone, DNA lab analyst for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, methodically walked the jury through the results from his DNA testing of Zimmerman's gun, the clothing both individuals wore the night of the shooting, and scrapings from Martin's finger nails.
Zimmerman did not show any emotion as the Gorgone gave his testimony, but it appeared he was paying close attention.
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for killing 17-year-old Martin in Sanford, Florida, on February 26, 2012. Zimmerman told police that the teenager looked suspicious and that there had been several break-ins in the neighborhood. The two got into a physical altercation and Zimmerman said he was forced to draw his gun and kill Martin in self-defense.
Protests were held around the country when it appeared Zimmerman wasn't going to be arrested for Martin's death. Zimmerman was eventually charged with second-degree murder in April of 2012. The case has reinvigorated national conversations about race, racial profiling and self-defense laws.
Gorgone testified Wednesday that he only found Zimmerman's DNA on the gun he used to shoot Martin, and did not find any of Martin's DNA on the gun. Zimmerman's holster only tested positive for Zimmerman's DNA as well. The lack of Martin's DNA on the gun and the holster may contradict Zimmerman's claim that Martin grabbed his gun during the altercation.
Gorgone testified that testing of Martin's hooded jacket that he was wearing as an outer layer the night of shooting did not yield much of Zimmerman's DNA. Only one stain on Martin's hooded jacket yielded a partial DNA profile that matched Zimmerman. This may challenge the claim Zimmerman and Martin were in fight for their lives, if only a minimal amount of Zimmerman's skin or blood transferred to Martin's outer clothing. Scrapings from under Martin's fingernails yielded none of Zimmerman's DNA.
Martin was also wearing a gray sweatshirt under his hooded jacket. Gorgone said two stains on that sweatshirt matched both Martin's and Zimmerman's DNA.
During cross examination, defense attorney Don West pointed out that Martin's sweatshirts were wet from rain the night of the shooting, and they were not allowed dry before they were stored in plastic bags. Gorgone said if wet evidence is not left to air dry before being stored in plastic mildew can degrade DNA evidence.
West asked, "Frankly then you just didn't find much of anything on this gray hooded sweatshirt when it boils right down to it?"
"Just that partial profile on stain A" said Gorgone.
West asked, "That was the shirt that stunk to high heaven?"
"It didn't smell good," said Gorgone.
Earlier Wednesday, prosecutors called several witnesses to help support their assertion that the former neighborhood watch captain was a "wannabe cop" who well knew Florida's self-defense and "Stand Your Ground" laws.
Records admitted into evidence on the eighth day of testimony included a letter rejecting Zimmerman's application to be a police officer in Virginia in 2009 because of his credit issues. A release form filed with the Sanford Police Department lists Zimmerman's reason for wanting to ride along with them as, "solidify my chances of a career in law enforcement." Records also indicate Zimmerman applied for a diploma in criminal justice in 2011 at Seminole State College in Florida.
The instructor who taught Zimmerman's criminal litigation class testified Wednesday that he covered Florida's self-defense laws extensively, even though there was no mention of them in the course book. "It's not one of those things that you're just going to whisk through in a day," said Alexis Carter, who is now a military prosecutor.
The testimony seemed to counter a key claim that Zimmerman made last year in a Fox News interview that was replayed in court: that he didn't know about Florida's "Stand Your Ground" laws until after the shooting.
Self-defense laws were "something that I constantly iterated ... it was something that I think the students really wanted to know about, it was so practical, they were very much engaged in class discussion," Carter said. He called Zimmerman "one of the better students" in his class and said he gave him an A. He also said he taught his students about "imperfect self-defense," which he said means "the force that you are encountering, you meet that force disproportionately -- excess force. Like a gunshot."
Prosecutors say that while evidence showing that Zimmerman wanted to be a cop isn't "bad," they hope it will give jurors some insight into his thought process the night he shot and killed Martin. They also suggest that his studies in criminal justice show Zimmerman knew how to testify and talk to police.
Scott Pleasants, another Seminole State College teacher, testified Wednesday via webcam about the criminal investigations class in which he taught Zimmerman. He says that while the course book covered profiling and how to testify as a witness, they never actually discussed it in class. A bizarre moment occurred when several Skype users started flooding prosecutor Richard Mantei's account with calls. "There's a really good chance we're being toyed with," defense attorney Mark O'Mara said. Pleasants was able to resume his testimony via speakerphone and proceedings continued.
A firearms expert with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Amy Siewert, examined Zimmerman's gun and said he had one bullet ready to fire in the chamber as well as a fully loaded magazine when he fatally shot Martin.
"They're not much use if they're not ready to fire, are they?" asked O'Mara.
"No," said Siewert.
The defense got her to agree that many law enforcement agents carry fully loaded weapons that are ready to fire. Siewert also showed jurors how the gun wouldn't fire accidentally -- the trigger has to be pulled. But Siewert wouldn't go so far as to call the loaded gun "safe," saying it's a matter of personal preference.
HLN is live-blogging Zimmerman's trial. Click here for HLN's live blog of Tuesday's testimony. Read below for minute-by-minute updates:
5:24 p.m. ET: The attorneys have joined the judge for a sidebar.
5:23 p.m. ET: Judge Nelson has recessed court for the evening. Court will pick back up Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. ET.
5:20 p.m. ET: Gorgone is done testifying, and the attorneys are now at a sidebar with the judge.
5:19 p.m. ET: De La Rionda has finished his re-direct examination. West is now asking Gorgone about the right cuff of Zimmerman's jacket again.
5:17 p.m. ET: Gorgone said none of Zimmerman's DNA was found on Martin's hooded jacket.
5:15 p.m. ET: De La Rionda asked Gorgone how Martin's DNA got of right cuff of Zimmerman's jacket. Gorgone said it could have gotten there many different ways, but it had to come in contact with Martin's DNA.
5:11 p.m. ET: The attorneys are at a sidebar with the judge.
5:10 p.m. ET: West has finished his cross examination of Gorgone. Prosecutor De La Rionda is now asking him questions.
5:09 p.m. ET: West has asked for a moment to confer with O'Mara.
5:07 p.m. ET: So far Gorgone has pointed out two stains, one on the front of Zimmerman jacket and one on the right cuff that containing both Martin and Zimmerman's DNA.
5:04 p.m. ET: Gorgone is just going over the stains found on Zimmerman's jacket that included Martin's DNA.
5:01 p.m. ET: West is now asking Gorgone to go back over the DNA results from Zimmerman's jacket.
4:58 p.m. ET: Gorgone is going back over the DNA he found on Martin's gray sweatshirt.
4** :56 p.m. ET:** West is now asking Gorgone about the testing conducted on Martin's gray sweatshirt he was wearing under the hooded jacket.
4:53 p.m. ET: West asked, "Frankly then you just didn't find much of anything on this gray hooded sweatshirt when it boils right down to it?"
"Just that partial profile on stain A" said Gorgone.
West asked, "That was the shirt that stunk to high heaven?"
"It didn't smell good," said Gorgone.
4:50 p.m. ET: West had Gorgone point out to the jury what stains he tested from Martin's hooded sweatshirt.
4:48 p.m. ET: Gorgone said he does determine or predict how DNA gets onto a surface.
4:45 p.m. ET: West is now going back over the DNA results from Martin's hooded sweatshirt.
4:43 p.m. ET: Gorgone is explaining how he uses chemicals to isolate DNA evidence, and ultimately tests it.
4:41 p.m. ET: West is asking Gorgone about how he tests materials for the presence of blood.
4:39 p.m. ET: Gorgone said the general practice is to let "wet" evidence air dry, before being placed in a plastic bag to avoid degradation of the DNA. The sweatshirts were still damp when he pulled them out of the plastics bag for testing.
4:35 p.m. ET: Martin's sweatshirts were sealed in biohazard plastic bags when he received them for testing.
4:33 p.m. ET: Gorgone is explaining how "wet" biological evidence should be dried or their is a risk environmental factors could degrade the DNA evidence. West is now asking about how Martin's sweatshirts were taken care by the evidence collectors.
4:29 p.m. ET: West is asking Gorgone about how his lab is accredited, and standardized.
4:26 p.m. ET: Gorgone said one stick is used to scrap each finger on one hand, and another stick is used for the fingers on the other hand.
4:24 p.m. ET: West keeps making the point that Gorgone was not involved in any DNA sample collection from evidence in the case or at the crime scene.
4:21 p.m. ET: Gorgone said when he tests fingernail scrappings he is really just looking for DNA that is foreign to person's whose fingernails are being tested.
4** :18 p.m. ET:** West is now asking Gorgone about the DNA samples from the scrapings from Martin's fingernails.
4:14 p.m. ET: Gorgone said he could not exclude or include Martin's DNA from being on the holster for Zimmerman's gun.
4:13 p.m. ET: West is asking Gorgone about the DNA tests results from the slide on Zimmerman's gun. Gorgone said he was unable to exclude Zimmerman's and Martin's DNA from being present on the gun slide. West made the point that environmental factors like rain could have affected the DNA quality on the slide.
4:10 p.m. ET: Gorgone said envirmental factors like moisture and heat and degrade DNA samples.
4:08 p.m. ET: West is asking Gorgone about his role in collecting DNA evidence. He said he does not collect DNA samples from the crime scene that is left to someone else.
4:05 p.m. ET: Defense attorney Don West is about to cross examine Gorgone.
4:04 p.m. ET: Judge Nelson is on the bench, and the jury is being seated.
3:40 p.m. ET: De La Rionda has finished his direct examination of Gorgone. Judge Nelson has recessed court for 15 minutes.
3:38 p.m. ET: Multiple stains on Zimmerman's shirt matched Zimmerman's DNA. None of the stains on the shirt have matched Martin's DNA.
3:35 p.m. ET: De La Rionda has now moved on to Gorgone's DNA testings results from Zimmerman's shirt he was wearing the night of the shooting.
3:28 p.m. ET: Multiple stains on Zimmerman's jacket tested positive for Zimmerman's DNA. At least two stains from Zimmerman's jacket, tested positive for a mixture of DNA that included Martin's DNA.
3:25 p.m. ET: Gorgone said a stain found on the back right shoulder of the jacket had a mixture of DNA. The major contributor to the mixture of the stain was Zimmerman, but the lesser contributor to that stain could not be determined. However, it is possible Martin contributed to that mixture.
3:22 p.m. ET: Two stains on Zimmerman's jacket tested positive for Zimmerman's DNA.
3:19 p.m. ET: Gorgone is pointing out to the jury all the different stains he tested from Zimmerman's jacket.
3:17 p.m. ET: De La Rionda has now moved on to the DNA testing Gorgone did on Zimmerman's jacket he was wearing the night of the shooting.
3:13 p.m. ET: One stain on the grey sweatshirt did not yield any results of foreign DNA, but Gorgone could not exclude the possibility that Zimmerman's DNA was in that stain.
3:08 p.m. ET: Gorgone said one stain on Martin's gray sweatshirt contained Zimmerman's DNA. Another stain tested positive for Martin's DNA, and yet another had a mixture with both Martin's and Zimmmerman's were included in the DNA mixture.
3:03 p.m. ET: De La Rionda has now moved on to testing Gorgone did on the sweatshirt Martin was wearing under his hooded jacket.
3:00 p.m. ET: Gorgone said he did not find anyone else's DNA on Martin's hooded jacket.
2:58 p.m. ET: One stain on Martin's hoodie did test positive for his DNA.
2:55 p.m. ET: De La Rionda is asking Gorgone to point to the stains he tested from Martin's clothing.
2:52 p.m. ET: Gorgone found Martin's DNA on the skittles bag he bought from the store moments before being shot.
2:48 p.m. ET: Scrapings from Martin's fingernails did not show the presence of Zimmerman's DNA.
2:46 p.m. ET: Gorgone did match DNA found on the holster for his gun to Zimmerman. He was able to exclude Martin's DNA as being on his holster.
2:44 p.m. ET: There was no testable DNA found on the slide of Zimmerman's gun.
2:41 p.m. ET: Gorgone was unable to find any testable DNA off the trigger of Zimmerman's gun.
2:38 p.m. ET: This chart shows the DNA testing results from DNA found on handle or grip of Zimmerman's gun. The DNA from the gun matched George Zimmerman's DNA profile. Martin's DNA was not present on the DNA mixture that was found on the grip of the gun.
2:36 p.m. ET: Defense attorney West is reviewing a chart that shows Gorgone's results from testing the DNA samples from Zimmerman's gun.
2:33 p.m. ET: De La Rionda is now asking Gorgone about DNA samples swabbed from Zimmerman's gun.
2:30 p.m. ET: De La Rionda is displaying results of the DNA testing in Zimmerman's case. Gorgone is explaining what the data means.
2:27 p.m. ET: De La Rionda is showing Gorgone the DNA samples he tested in this case.
2:24 p.m. ET: De La Rionda has now moved on Gorgone work in Zimmerman's case.
2:21 p.m. ET: Gorgone is explaining the probability another person in the population would match the DNA in sample from a crime scene.
2:17 p.m. ET: Gorgone said if he has a mixture of DNA from multiple people he can determine whose DNA is in the mixture.
2:14 p.m. ET: De La Rionda asked Gorgone how a DNA sample from a crime scene is compared to a DNA sample taken from a suspect.
2:11 p.m. ET: Gorgone is now talking about how a DNA sample can be taken by swabbing a surface like a gun or a table.
2:09 p.m. ET: Gorgone is explaining how he makes a DNA profile for a DNA sample.
2:07 p.m. ET: De La Rionda is now asking Gorgone about the specific DNA testing he did in Zimmerman's case.
2:04 p.m. ET: De La Rionda asked Gorgone to tell the jury about the precautions he takes to make sure the DNA samples being tested are not contaminated.
2:00 p.m. ET: Gorgone is explaining DNA and how it is used to identify to criminal suspects.
1:58 p.m. ET: Prosecutor Bernie De La Rionda has called Anthony Gorgone, Florida Department of Law Enforcement crime lab, to the stand.
1:55 p.m. ET: Nelson said she will go as late as necessary to get the state to rest today, and she wants the defense to begin Friday morning. The jury is being seated.
1:53 p.m. ET: West said the defense team has been tied up with issues, and hasn't had time. Nelson seems to be getting frustrated with West.
1:51 p.m. ET: Nelson said she wants to hold court on Friday, because the jury is sequestered away from their families.
1:49 p.m. ET: Nelson said the prosecution has indicated they plan to rest today with the defense starting their case Friday morning.
1:48 p.m. ET: Judge Debra Nelson is on the stand. Defense attorney Don West is discuss some scheduling issues with some depositions they want to conduct over the next few days. West has asked for court to be recessed Friday.
1:44 p.m. ET: Zimmerman has entered the courtroom. Testimony should resume shortly.
12:13 p.m. ET: The judge has recessed jurors for lunch until 1:45 p.m. ET. She tells them she wants to give them extra time because there's something different for lunch today. The live blog will pick back up once testimony resumes.
12:12 p.m. ET: Siewert says this gun doesn't shift into single action after you fire it -- each pull has to be the full pull. O'Mara has finished his questions and this witness has been excused.
12:09 p.m. ET: Prosecutor Guy has Siewert show jurors what it takes to fire the gun. She aims it at the wall to demonstrate.
12:08 p.m. ET: Siewert explains how you have to physically engage the safety on the gun if it has one.
12:07 p.m. ET: Siewert says she only examines clothing, she doesn't look at the wound a victim might have. O'Mara has finished his questions. Prosecutor Guy asks if the gun could have been used for murder. The defense objects and the judge sustains.
12:05 p.m. ET: O'Mara says there was no evidence that the gun was pressed into the sweatshirt. Siewert says it was consistent with the firearm touching the shirt, whether that touch was light or more pressed into the shirt. She says there may potentially have been different evidence if the sweatshirt was wrapped around the gun.
12:01 p.m. ET: Siewert says again that most law enforcement guns she sees have a bullet in the chamber.
11:59 a.m. ET: Siewert agrees that most law enforcement carry guns with a bullet in the chamber.
"They're not much use if they're not ready to fire, are they?" asked O'Mara.
"No," said Siewert.
11:58 a.m. ET: O'Mara asks if Zimmerman's gun is a safe one to carry loaded. "This gun, again in working order, is safe in terms of it will not fire unless the trigger is pulled," said Siewert. She says having a loaded gun be considered safe is a personal preference.
11:57 a.m. ET: Siewert says the trigger on this gun in particular needs to be pulled back much farther than other guns. She says this feature potentially makes it safer.
11:56 a.m. ET: O'Mara says that if someone were carrying a gun for self-defense, they would want it ready to fire and to not have a safety. Siewert says she believes that's personal preference.
11:53 a.m. ET: Defense attorney O'Mara has Siewert hold Zimmerman's gun. She says that the "double action" aspect of the gun also works as a safety feature. She agrees that a double action gun, when it's ready to fire, is safer to carry than a single action gun that's ready to fire.
11:48 a.m. ET: Siewert did the same test on Martin's inner shirt.
"This as well was consistent with residues and physical effects consistent with a contact shot," said Siewert. She says she believes the muzzle of the gun was against Martin's sweatshirt when it fired. The prosecution has finished its questions.
11:47 a.m. ET: Zimmerman's gun and one of the live rounds was used by Siewert to conduct a test on part of the fabric from Martin's hooded sweatshirt.
"The clothing displayed residues and physical effects consistent with a contact shot," said Siewert.
11:44 a.m. ET: Siewert looks at a close-up of the sweatshirt where the bullet entered. She says there was darkening, tearing of the fabric, burning and singing.
11:42 a.m. ET: Siewert also examined the shirt Martin was wearing under his black hoodie. She also removed part of this shirt for testing.
11:40 a.m. ET: Prosecutor John Gun brings out Martin's black sweatshirt. Siewert explains how she examined the area around the gunshot. She says she removed a portion of the back of the sweatshirt for testing purposes.
11:37 a.m. ET: Siewert couldn't tell if bullet fragments were fired from the gun because they were damaged.
11:35 a.m. ET: The trigger pull for the gun was measured between 4.5 and 4.75 pounds, according to Siewert. She also matched the shell casing found at the scene with Zimmerman's gun.
11:32 a.m. ET: Siewert shows jurors how the gun works. She says the gun's magazine was fully loaded with one cartridge in the chamber at the time the gun was fired. She also says there are safeties in place to keep the gun from accidentally firing.
11:27 a.m. ET: Siewert examined Zimmerman's gun and says a pull of the trigger is required every time the gun is fired. She test-fired the gun and found that it was functional.
11:25 a.m. ET: The prosecution has called Amy Siewert to the stand. She is a Crime Laboratory Analyst with the Florida Depart of Law Enforcement and is reviewing her education and background.
11:22 a.m. ET: In their introductions during the first week of class, Pleasants says Zimmerman said he wanted to become an attorney and eventually a prosecutor. The witness has been excused.
11:20 a.m. ET: Pleasants says he didn't cover strategies as a witness or testifying in the class discussions but it was part of the required reading.
11:18 a.m. ET: There was no coursework that touched on criminal profiling, according to Pleasants. He says there are records that Zimmerman participated in all the online discussions that they had. He's reviewing the records.
11:16 a.m. ET: O'Mara is now asking questions of Pleasants. The professor says his class was online and there was no required attendance. Pleasants says he can't guarantee that what's in the textbook was covered in class or that students in the class read the material.
11:12 a.m. ET: Multiple people keep trying to call into the Skype conversation. O'Mara says he believes they're being toyed with so they're now calling Pleasants back on the phone.
11:11 a.m. ET: Pleasants says chapters in the book include how to testify as a witness and profiling.
11:09 a.m. ET: The prosecution has called Professor Scott Pleasants to testify. He taught Zimmerman in a class about criminal investigations in the summer of 2011 at Seminole State College.
11:05 a.m. ET: The jury is being seated.
11:00 a.m. ET: The judge is back on the bench. The prosecutor says there are some audio issues with the next witness, who is testifying over webcam.
10:38 a.m. ET: The judge says the next witness will be testifying via webcam and won't be available until 11 a.m. ET. She has recessed court until then.
10:36 a.m. ET: Krzenski tells defense attorney O'Mara that this is the only rider release filed by Zimmerman. He has been excused and the attorneys are at a sidebar.
10:34 a.m. ET: The prosecution has called Jim Krzenski to the witness stand. He is the Administrative Manager for the Sanford Police Department. He's reviewing a rider release form filled out by Zimmerman on March 15, 2010. Zimmerman lists the reason for his ride-along as: "Solidify my chances of a career in law enforcement." The prosecution has no more questions.
10:33 a.m. ET: Carter says "imperfect self-defense" is where "the force that you are encountering, you meet that force disproportionately -- excess force. Like a gunshot." The prosecution has finished its questions and the witness has been excused.
10:30 a.m. ET: The defense has finished its questions. Prosecutor Mantei wants to know about claiming self-defense when you provoked the attack. The defense objects and the attorneys are at a sidebar.
10:28 a.m. ET: Carter says "imperfect self-defense" is where someone counters force from a threat with a disproportionate level of force.
10:25 a.m. ET: Carter says he also taught the class about "imperfect self-defense," where the tables turn in the situation.
10:24 a.m. ET: Injuries support a person's fear of great bodily harm, according to Carter, but a person can still have a fear of harm without having injuries.
"You don't have to wait until you're almost dead to defense yourself?" asked West.
"No, I would advise you probably not do that," said Carter.
10:22 a.m. ET:"It's fluid, the law as it applies isn't static. Any change in a certain fact can weigh differently in terms of whether someone acted reasonably," said Carter. He says he would show his class videos and pause it to look at how things were changing in the situation.
10:20 a.m. ET: Carter says he taught his class: "When stuff hits the fan, you're judged by jurors and your actions have to meet a reasonable standard, objectively. So whether or not a reasonable person in your position would have felt the way you felt." He also says part of self-defense is the individual's subjective feelings of facing death or "grievous bodily harm."
10:16 a.m. ET: Carter says he talked about the evolution of the Castle Doctrine in his class.
"Right, I think what happened is the presumption changed. If you're attacked in your home, there's a presumption that you're in fear of your life... it extended outside of the home but there wasn't that same presumption. That same presumption doesn't exists outside of a home," said Carter.
10:14 a.m. ET: Carter says he used his knowledge of Florida law, having been admitted to the Florida Bar, to talk to his class about self-defense.
10:09 a.m. ET: The attorneys are at a sidebar.
10:08 a.m. ET: Carter says he's familiar with the laws of self-defense in Florida. He says "Stand Your Ground" is a nickname. Carter agrees with West that if you're in your home, you have "no duty to retreat" and may "meet force with force" to defend yourself. West points out that the "Stand Your Ground" law extend this to outside the home. West says that before, you had to retreat if you could.
10:04 a.m. ET:"Stand Your Ground" is not in the course book, according to Carter. He says his discussions about the law in Florida would have been done in class.
10:02 a.m. ET: Carter says he didn't write the book he used in class, which didn't focus specifically on Florida law.
9:58 a.m. ET: Defense attorney Don West begins his cross-examination. He points out Zimmerman and Carter waves to him, saying, "Hey George." West asks Carter about his background.
9:56 a.m. ET: Carter says the course book was more generic, not covering Florida law, but he wanted to make the class more practical. He says he taught his students about the "Stand Your Ground" law.
"It's not one of those things that you're just going to whisk through in a day... it was something that I constantly iterated ... it was something that I think the students really wanted to know about, it was so practical, they were very much engaged in class discussion," said Carter. He also says he would review all the material before a test.
The prosecution has finished its questions.
9:54 a.m. ET:"You always kind of remember your smarter student or the one who stood out the most… he was probably one of the better students in the class," said Carter.
9:51 a.m. ET: The prosecution calls Alexis Carter to the witness stand. He's a military prosecutor who taught a criminal litigation class at Seminole State College in 2010. He says he remembers Zimmerman and gave him an "A" in the course.
"We talked about elements of the law, criminal procedure, constitutional rights -- things of that nature," said Carter.
He looks at the course book, which has information on self-defense.
9:49 a.m. ET: West has no more questions for Kearns who has been excused.
9:48 a.m. ET: West is showing Kearns the "extract" from Zimmerman's application that the police department keeps on file after destroying the application. One column lists "credit."
"Do you take that to mean that Mr. Zimmerman had a problem with his credit?" asked West.
"Yes sir... that's a reason why we did not consider him further, based on that record," said Kearns.
Kearns says it's possible that if Zimmerman fixed his credit issue that he would have been able to reapply.
9:45 a.m. ET: The prosecution has no further questions and defense attorney Don West is cross-examining Kearns. Kearns says Zimmerman's application was destroyed and he has no memory of Zimmerman's references or any of the contents of his application. Kearns says a lot of people apply to become police officers.
9:42 a.m. ET: The prosecution has called Scott Kearns to the witness stand. He works with the Prince William County Police in Virginia. He says they destroy applications to become a police officer after three years. He has a letter dated July 8, 2009 that shows Zimmerman's application wasn't accepted.
9:38 a.m. ET: The prosecution calls Sonja Boles-Melvin, a registrar for Seminole State College. She says Zimmerman applied for a grade change in a legal studies class called "criminal litigation." She also says he applied for a degree on October 17, 2011. The defense has no questions and the witness has been excused.
9:31 a.m. ET: The judge is back on the bench and the jury is being seated.
9:19 a.m. ET: The page that lists "bad credit" as the reason Zimmerman's police officer application was rejected will be removed from the evidence. The judge has recessed court for 10 minutes.
9:17 a.m. ET: Mantei shows a picture of a shore horn as he makes his final argument. The judge rules that the defense's objections are overruled and the prosecution's witnesses will be able to testify about Zimmerman's coursework in criminal justice and his desire to be a cop.
9:15 a.m. ET: O'Mara says the prosecutors have to show a definite connection between the evidence and their theory and he says they're failed to do so.
9:12 a.m. ET:"They are putting them in so they can turn them into seething bad acts. Subtle but seething bad acts by my client," said O'Mara. He says the case law presented by the prosecutor showed bad acts by the defendants.
9:10 a.m. ET: Mantei says it doesn't matter if Zimmerman was in a particular class -- it's more relevant that he voluntarily signed up for the course and had an interest in it. Defense attorney O'Mara asks for a couple hours to review the prosecution's case law. The judge tells him she gave them the night to prepare.
"In all due respect, we started this issue yesterday afternoon. I had the jury out for a half hour so you could have time to research this issue," said Judge Debra Nelson. She also says the defense asked for the night to prepare, which she gave them. She won't give them any more time to research the issue.
9:06 a.m. ET: The judge tells prosecutor Mantei that all the information about Zimmerman's credit issues would need to be redacted. Mantei says he wouldn't have any issues with that.
9:05 a.m. ET: "He would know what might be asked of him, done with certain pieces of evidence, what he might be asked about… he would know these things or at least have reason to know these things," said Mantei.
9:02 a.m. ET: Zimmerman's desire to be a police officer isn't bad, says Mantei, but it helps show his state of mind the night of the shooting.
8:56 a.m. ET: Mantei is showing case law to explain why he thinks this evidence is relevant. He says it helps show Zimmerman's state of mind the night of the shooting.
8:51 a.m. ET: Prosecutor Richard Mantei says the evidence also shows Zimmerman learned about testifying and talking to police. Mantei says you don't get to consider Zimmerman's frustrations in a vacuum. He is showing the judge a PowerPoint presentation that outlines his argument. Mantei says Zimmerman's "extracurricular life mirrors" his desires to be a cop. Mantei says Zimmerman used police jargon like "I unholstered my firearm." He also says Zimmerman told police he "knew the legal side" of the situation he was in.
8:44 a.m. ET: O'Mara is now discussing Zimmerman's school-related paperwork and says it's irrelevant because of how long ago it happened and the lack of connection to the case. O'Mara makes the same argument about some of Zimmerman's homework and a project he submitted about the Fourth Amendment. He also questions the relevancy of a book from Zimmerman's class that has three pages on self-defense. O'Mara says Zimmerman may not have read it.
8:39 a.m. ET: Zimmerman's application to become a police officer seems to have been rejected because of his credit issues, according to O'Mara. He says this evidence is irrelevant and that they'd demand Zimmerman's actual application, not just a letter to him about it. O'Mara also wants to talk to witnesses who reviewed the application.
8:38 a.m. ET: O'Mara argues that the fact that Zimmerman asked to ride along with police two years before he shot Martin is irrelevant.
8:35 a.m. ET: O'Mara says the prosecutors need to show Zimmerman was actually present for class when there was a discussion about "Stand Your Ground." O'Mara says the class's book was generic, not based on Florida law. O'Mara says prosecutors are trying to use out of court evidence to impeach an out of court statement. He also says he believes the professor will say he talked about self-defense but he's not sure if Zimmerman was present or not. O'Mara says that if prior coursework can be introduced, then the defense should be able to talk about Trayvon Martin getting into fights in the past.
8:30 a.m. ET: Zimmerman is in the courtroom and the judge is on the bench. Defense attorney Mark O'Mara has asked for a few minutes to get ready.
8:17 a.m. ET: Attorneys are expected to make legal arguments on the admissibility of Zimmerman's school records starting at 8:30 a.m. ET. Jurors have been asked to return at 9 a.m. ET.
Prosecutors in the George Zimmerman trial will bring forward evidence on Wednesday that they hope shows the former neighborhood watch captain was a "wannabe cop" who well knew Florida's self-defense and "Stand Your Ground" laws.
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, on February 26, 2012. Zimmerman told police he was pursuing the teenager throughout the neighborhood because there had been a series of break-ins in the area. The two fought, and Zimmerman said he was forced to draw his gun and kill Martin in self-defense.
One of Zimmerman's professors who taught a course on criminal justice will take the stand, along with several other witnesses who will introduce evidence that Zimmerman was interested in police work.
Records show that Zimmerman completed 149 hours towards a degree in criminal justice, that he applied to be a police officer in Virginia, and that he applied for a ride-along with the Sanford Police Department.