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5.1 In structures containing gradients in either toughness or stress, a crack may initiate in a region of either low toughness or high stress, or both, and arrest in another region of either higher toughness or lower stress, or both. The value of the stress intensity factor during the short time interval in which a fast-running crack arrests is a measure of the ability of the material to arrest such a crack. Values of the stress intensity factor of this kind, which are determined using dynamic methods of analysis, provide a value for the crack-arrest fracture toughness which will be termed KA in this discussion. Static methods of analysis, which are much less complex, can often be used to determine K at a short time (1 to 2 ms) after crack arrest. The estimate of the crack-arrest fracture toughness obtained in this fashion is termed K a. When macroscopic dynamic effects are relatively small, the difference between KA and Ka is also small (1-4). For cracks propagating under conditions of crack-front plane-strain, in situations where the dynamic effects are also known to be small, KIa determinations using laboratory-sized specimens have been used successfully to estimate whether, and at what point, a crack will arrest in a structure (5, 6). Depending upon component design, loading compliance, and the crack jump length, a dynamic analysis of a fast-running crack propagation event may be necessary in order to predict whether crack arrest will occur and the arrest position. In such cases, values of K Ia determined by this test method can be used to identify those values of K below which the crack speed is zero. More details on the use of dynamic analyses can be found in Ref (4).
5.2 This test method can serve at least the following additional purposes:
5.2.1 In materials research and development, to establish in quantitative terms significant to service performance, the effects of metallurgical variables (such as composition or heat treatment) or fabrication operations (such as welding or forming) on the ability of a new or existing material to arrest running cracks.
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1.1 This test method employs a side-grooved, crack-line-wedge-loaded specimen to obtain a rapid run-arrest segment of flat-tensile separation with a nearly straight crack front. This test method provides a static analysis determination of the stress intensity factor at a short time after crack arrest. The estimate is denoted Ka. When certain size requirements are met, the test result provides an estimate, termed KIa, of the plane-strain crack-arrest toughness of the material.
1.2 The specimen size requirements, discussed later, provide for in-plane dimensions large enough to allow the specimen to be modeled by linear elastic analysis. For conditions of plane-strain, a minimum specimen thickness is also required. Both requirements depend upon the crack arrest toughness and the yield strength of the material. A range of specimen sizes may therefore be needed, as specified in this test method.
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standards. The values given in parentheses are provided for information only.
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E8 Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
E23 Test Methods for Notched Bar Impact Testing of Metallic Materials
E208 Test Method for Conducting Drop-Weight Test to Determine Nil-Ductility Transition Temperature of Ferritic Steels
E399 Test Method for Linear-Elastic Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness KIc of Metallic Materials
E616 Terminology Relating to Fracture Testing (Discontinued 1996)
E1304 Test Method for Plane-Strain (Chevron-Notch) Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials
E1823 Terminology Relating to Fatigue and Fracture Testing
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ICS Number Code 77.040.10 (Mechanical testing of metals)
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UNSPSC Code 41000000(Laboratory and Measuring and Observing and Testing Equipment)
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My work centers on the intersection of religion, politics, and intellectual life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I have taught both halves of the US history survey as well as a course on American religion from 1865 to the present.
My work has appeared in the Journal of Church and State and The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. I am currently at work on two book-length projects. The first, based on my dissertation, is tentatively titled American Crusade: Lyman Abbott and the Christian Nation at War, 1860-1920. This project explores how American Christians debated the righteousness of America's wars from the Civil War to World War I. It focuses on the views of prominent minister/editor Lyman Abbott, whose Christian nationalism often reflected the stance of the mainline Protestant establishment. I compare Abbott's views with those of more marginalized Christian traditions (black Methodists, Roman Catholics, and Missouri Synod Lutherans) to show that Christians' stance on war primarily depended on their theology and social position. The manuscript is complete and I am currently in the process of submitting book proposals to university presses.
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Corazon Aquino, the widow of opposition leader Benigno Aquino, led 40,000 people - mostly women - in a solemn march Thursday demanding the resignation of President Ferdinand Marcos. The march, which was organized by the National Organization of Women, brought the Makati financial district to a virtual standstill.
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AMERICANS who endured Hurricane Gloria, Hurricane Juan, or prepared for Hurricane Nele in the Pacific might spare a thought for Beniot Vies. The Cuban Roman Catholic priest organized one of the first hurricane warning services a century ago. Hundreds of observers around the Cuban coastline kept a weather eye out for ominous sea swells or streaming cirrus clouds that foretold a storm. When danger threatened, the observers sent warnings by pony express.
With today's high-techology surveillance, no hurricane sneaks in undetected. Even the uncertain forecasts of Gloria's track represent a quantum leap in alertness beyond the pony riders. Yet for recipients of the warnings, the message forecasters want to get across is the same as that of Vies -- it is better to prepare for a potential threat that fails to materialize than to act as though there were no threat at all.
National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist James I. Campbell makes no apology for the Gloria forecasts. He calls the many watches and warnings ``timely for this storm.''
Neil Frank, director of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's National Hurricane Center in Miami, repeatedly stresses the inherent uncertainty in hurricane forecasts. The NOAA center found errors for the period 1970-79 of 434 miles, 281 miles, and 125 miles respectively in its 72, 48, and 24 hour forecasts of hurricane tracks. Dr. Frank says he does not ``expect a major improvement in the next decade.'' Under these circumstances, overwarning is part of the price of hurricane safety .
Meteorologists such as Frank urge people not to let what may seem to be false alarms make them complacent. Decades of research have given atmospheric scientists a healthy respect for a hurricane's power. Named for Huracan
Named for Huracan, an ancient Central American evil deity, hurricanes are a product of atmosphere and ocean. They develop amid torrential thunderstorms spawned by disturbances over warm tropical seas. Water vapor, flowing in from distant regions, feeds their growth and drives their fury. For most storms, the strongest sustained winds blow at about 112 miles per hour. Yet sustained winds of nearly 200 m.p.h. have been recorded; gusts have peaked as high as 224 m.p.h. Hurricanes have earned their ti tle of the fiercest storms on Earth.
Although the role they play in the atmosphere's general circulation remains obscure, decades of research have shown that hurricanes strongly influence their regional environment. Low-level winds spiraling toward the storm from distances of several hundred to a thousand miles or more move in such a way that air throughout the troposphere -- the layer of atmosphere that ranges from the earth's surface to between 10,000 and 20,000 feet in altitude -- slowly sinks. This subsidence suppresses cloud formation
so that unusually clear skies in the normally cloud studded tropics often signal the approaching storm.
However, within about 250 miles of the storm center, inflowing air begins to converge strongly. Tropospheric air begins to lift and the towering convective cumulus clouds, which form the main body of the storm appear. This transition between clear skies and storm clouds -- the so-called ``bar'' of the storm -- can be sharp, although high-level winds may carry a veil of cirrus clouds well beyond it. Indeed, the appearance of cirrus together with unusual ocean swell is another sign of a hurricane's approa ch. Columbus read this portent during his fourth voyage (1502-04) and warned the governor of Hispanola of the danger. But the governor ignored the forecast, sent his treasure fleet to sea, and lost it.
Wind speeds pick up as the spiraling air nears the storm center. While still approximately 10 to 60 miles out, the air flow turns sharply upward in the ring of massive cumulus clouds called the eye wall. Here is where the heaviest rains fall and the strongest winds blow. Inside that wall lies the calm of the hurricane eye. Sea level air pressure here is 5 to 10 percent or more lower than it is outside the storm. The sea surface domes up. This mound of water, which moves with the storm, adds to water hea ped up by the powerful winds to create the storm surge that sweeps ashore like a monstrous tide when a hurricane makes landfall. Atmospheric powerhouse
A mature hurricane is an atmospheric powerhouse. Typically, the vigorous circulation -- in at the bottom, up through the clouds, out at the top -- moves about 2 million metric tons of air per second to heights of 40,000 to 60,000 feet. The power required to lift air at that rate is several hundred times the 675,000 megawatts of installed electrical generating capacity of the United States. Additional power to maintain the horizontal winds is puny by comparison -- about 15 megawatts, on average, wh ich is the capacity of a moderate-size power plant.
A hurricane's prodigious energy appetite is fed by the heat released as something like 16 billion to 20 billion metric tons of water are condensed from the storm's daily diet of moist air. That's comparable to the annual runoff of the Colorado River. It's little wonder that rainfall rates in the eye wall can reach 50 centimeters (some 19.7 inches) a day and higher. The rate at which so-called latent heat is released as the water vapor condenses and water droplets subsequently freeze is 600 to 800 times the US electrical generating capacity. So there's plenty of energy to run the storm.
Outside the eye wall, hurricane clouds tend to be organized into rain bands that form a spiral around the eye. This is why areas over which a hurricane passes receive unequal amounts of rain. Although meteorologists do not fully understand how such bands form and persist, some of them appear to be the result of atmospheric waves within the storm.
In fact, the interference of such waves with one another may underlie one of the oddest features of hurricanes -- the striking geometric patterns they sometimes exhibit. Radar and satellite images have shown eye walls shaped as hexagons, squares, triangles, and other polygons. They have revealed similar sharply polygonal structures in rain bands.
Such modern observing tools as radar, weather satellites, and instrument-laden aircraft, plus the ability to model storms on computers, help scientists learn many details of hurricane structure. The storms, however, also have to be studied as part of the larger circulation of the global atmosphere.
Hurricanes are an intense form of tropical cyclone that occur in the North Atlantic, eastern and western North Pacific (where they are called typhoons), and in the western South Pacific and Indian Ocean (where they are simply called cyclones). They are unknown in the eastern South Pacific and South Atlantic Oceans.
For reasons unknown, tropical cyclones can't get organized when the sea surface is cooler than 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Also, they never form within 4 or 5 degrees latitude of the equator where the influence of Earth's rotation is too weak to help spin up their winds. Only about 13 percent of them form beyond 22 degrees. Most arise between latitudes 10 and 20 degrees.
Some 50 to 75 percent of the 80 or so tropical cyclones that form each year reach the 74 m.p.h. minimum wind speed to be classed as a typhoon or hurricane. The Atlantic average is six hurricanes out of nine annual tropical cyclones. Numbers vary from season to season. Also, the vast majority of Atlantic storms occur within the official hurricane season, which starts June 1st and runs through the rest of the year. Most storms arise during the intense part of the season from August through October.
Scientists are only beginning to understand global factors that influence hurricane formation. William M. Gray of Colorado State University leads a research group which has found some unexpected connections. During El Nio years, when unusually warm water appears on the South American tropical west coast and in the equatorial central Pacific, Atlantic hurricane formation is inhibited. Dr. Gray suggests that El Nio warming enhances atmospheric convection over the eastern Pacific. This, in turn, strengthen s westerly wind patterns in the upper troposphere over the Caribbean basin and western Atlantic, creating an environment unfavorable to hurricanes. The westerly winds flowing above the normal easterly trade winds tend to pull incipient hurricanes apart, explains Gray's associate Robert Merrill.
His group has also linked Atlantic hurricane formation to a roughly two-year reversal of east-west winds high in the equatorial stratosphers called the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation. Westerly winds at this level are associated with slightly enhanced hurricane formation. When these winds shift easterly, hurricane activity is inhibited.
This unexpected apparent linkage has yet to be explained. ``It's a wide-open area for study because no one thought it mattered,'' Dr. Merrill says.
Althought they still have much to learn about hurricanes, some scientists have wondered if it may be possible at least to temper the winds. This is an elusive goal.
Attempts to modify hurricanes by seeding clouds have been frustrating disappointments. Apparent success in several experiments now is known to have been illusory. Key assumptions in the underlying theory turned out to be unrealistic. (See accompanying box.)
Thus, with little immediate prospect for improving forecasts of hurricanes or for taming their fury, the onus for mitigating hurricane destruction is where Neil Frank has long said it is -- people.
``If there is going to be any increase in the effectiveness of the hurricane-warning system, it's got to come from the people,'' Frank maintains.
This means more than heeding warnings, securing property, and evacuating when asked to do so. For hurricane-prone areas, it also means having a sophisticated understanding, community by community, of the potential for damage from hurricanse of various intensities, arrival times, and directions of approach. This would help communities develop response plans for each contingency. This can help minimize the cost of effective preparedness -- an expense that is part of the hurricane's economic impact.
The National Hurricane Center's Robert C. Sheets estimates that preparedness costs for a typical warned area for an average hurricane now run to nearly $50 million. It is inevitable, given present forecasting inaccuracies, that much of the area will not be touched. Responding to potential threats that don't materialize is part of the cost of minimizing the long-term impact of hurricanes. But, as with other types of insurance premiums, it should be kept within reasonable bounds, Dr. Sheets notes.
Not every warning calls for the most drastic action, such as evacuation of coastal residents. A storm surge is less devastating at low tide than when it comes at high tide. Not all storms that strike a community will hit at full power. Some will deal only a glancing blow. And perhaps 50 to 60 percent of the warned area will not be touched at all. Yet officials often have to decide what, if any, action to take many hours in advance.
To help community officials plan for different levels of action and decide when to act, the NWS puts probabilities on its hurricane forecasts up to 72 hours in advance. These are a measure of the estimated forecast accuracy. Probabilities of a storm hitting any one community are low at first. They increase for the most threatened areas as the storm approaches and the forecast lead time shortens.
Sheets explains that the probabilities do not indicate the conditions a storm is likely to generate. They only indicate the likelihood that the storm will move over a specific area. Value of probability forecasts
Yet when coupled with knowledge of what is likely to happen locally when hurricanes of different intensities move in from different directions, local officials have a guide to help them delay the most costly actions as long as possible while watching how the storm threat develops.
Also, Sheets observes, probability forecasts help officials explain why they took a costly action that hindsight may show to have been unnecessary.
``If the probability were 20 percent when the action was taken, the official could state that there was a 1-in-5 chance that X number of lives could be lost and that the official was not willing to take that chance with those lives,'' he explains.
Many such decisions were taken as Gloria moved along the US Atlantic coast. Hindsight has shown some community actions were unnecessary. Others turned out to be timely and prudent. But perhaps the greatest lesson of Gloria was to show that many communities do have such planning and are prepared to use Weather Service information intelligently.
Coupled with hurricane-wise land use, such community planning can cut hurricane losses. Concerned meteorologists, however, see indiscriminate coastal development as a potential man-made disaster.
NOAA spokesmen, such as Neil Frank, have repeatedly warned that millions of people along the US Atlantic and Gulf Coasts have moved into areas that are vulnerable to storm surges and hard to evacuate. Condominiums and other structures are being built with no protection from the sea.
As Frank has observed, he and other meteorologists aren't objecting to coastal development in itself. They object to building what they term death traps. They urge that coastal communities ensure safe building practices and adequate evacuation routes.
Because of an editing error, an article Friday on hurricanes incorrectly gave the altitude range of the troposphere as 10,000 to 20,000 feet above Earth. The range is roughly 30,000 to 50,000 feet, depending on latitude and season.


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|Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator
|None officially (male voice, under Flint's control) (male and female voice, under Chester's Control)
|A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)
|Food Replicator
|Flint Lockwood (creator), Foodimals (creations)
|First Appearance
|Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
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The Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator, or FLDSMDFR for short, is the machine which creates the "food weather". It was created by Flint Lockwood, so it could make food for Swallow Falls, the FLDSMDFR was originally designed by Flint to be household appliance for the kitchen, similar microwave or combi oven. It converts water molecules into food molecules through microwave radiation, the FLDSMDFR's Radiation Matrix produces the microwave radiation that creates the Nano-Mutation effect, which is needed to reorganize the molecular structure of water into food. It is the secondary antagonist in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and a protagonist in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Though the machine first proved to be of great use for the people of Swallow Falls, such as creating free food, drawing in tourism and even making town change its name to Chewandswallow, it eventually starts to overload by the demands of the town (mostly the greedy Mayor Shelbourne), causing it to go rogue after it created too much food. Knowing that this would result in a dangerous food storm that could alter the Earth, Flint attempts to shut the FLDSMDFR down with a kill code before it reached its critical point. Unfortunately, Mayor Shelbourne tries to prevent him and, accidentally destroys the communications device to it with an oversized radish, causing the FLDSMDFR to become evil and self-aware, throwing food after food, making it bigger until it reaches gigantic proportions, as well.
As a result, all the citizens of Chewandswallow blame Flint for their fate and turn against him, but police officer Earl convinces that they themselves are to blame, since they (along with the Mayor) have been pushing Flint to make so much orders in the first place. Eventually, Flint manages to use the kill code on the FLDSMDFR in person but failed due to his father having sent him the wrong file. He then remembers that he has a can of Spray-On Shoes in his vest which produces a completely irremovable material and thus uses it over the "chow plopper" on the invention, causing it to overload.
Before the FLDSMDFR was destroyed by the sprayer, Flint expresses an empathic face, seeing how very sorry he felt for letting his great invention turn bad. The FLDSMDFR was then supposedly destroyed after the overload of food, thus the food storm finally disappeared for good.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
The machine is later proven to have somehow survived its destruction, and continued to make more mutated food on the abandoned Swallow Falls, turning it into a food jungle. Its abilities grew even further as it was now capable of producing living food-like animals which became the new inhabitants of its new food utopia.
When Flint tried to shut the machine down, it tried to stop him by showing Flint its newfound love of producing Foodimals, which got Flint to realize the mistake he almost made, but only to get reprogrammed by Chester V using the BS-USB who had used Flint to get his machine. Chester V then proceeded to use the FLDSMDFR to make Foodimals to be turned into Food Bars 8.0, but Flint was able to defeat Chester V, let it turn back to being self-aware and normal, and let it keep making Foodimals.
- It was voiced by Bill Hader in the same fashion as Flint himself.
- At the end of the first movie the FLDSMDFR was black.
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|Minor Characters
|Fran Lockwood • Joe Towne • Regina Devereaux • Rufus • Patrick Patrickson • Shamo • Sardines • Milly • Weather News Network Producer • Vance LaFleur • Piece of Cake


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In Missouri, police say a group of teens stole four performance cars from a dealership – among them two 707-horsepower Dodge Challenger Hellcats. But they didn't get far. According to Fox 2 News, they crashed three of them about a mile from where they took them. Two of the cars were totaled.
Police say the three suspects, all 19-years-old and under, allegedly drove from Kansas City to St. Peters Missouri, about 200 miles, to steal the cars from an area Dodge dealer. A dealership employee driving by happened to see the lights and called police. The suspects couldn't even use all that horsepower to get away of course, since they crashed pretty much right away. Police say they didn't know the area roads.
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Discussion in 'Iran' started by namvet, May 21, 2008.
No, they would not.
This is old rehashed press releases sent out by the same tired old organizations seeking to use force on Iran.
It has a life cycle of six months.
As usual, you make an accusation and provide no evidence to back it up.
Dang, I was about to argue with you then saw the subsequent post. You may be onto something...
Because we all know how we can rely on these "unnamed sources" who want us to bomb Iran...
Hmmmmmmm... could these be the same pretend sources who said there were WMD's?
It's not the Iranians who would welcome airstrikes... it's Newsmax and it's neocons who would.
What was it Bush said? Oh yeah, "fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice.... won't get fooled again".
What a bunch of garbage. It is too late for bush to begin dropping bombs in Iran. He is quacking too loudly for anyone to care. Beating the drums of war won't help now.
Of course they would welcome it! That would mean an all out war, which would mean the return of the missing prophet, who is going to return and (unlike Jesus bring peace at the second coming) slay the infidels and enforce Islam throughout the world. Who wouldn't want that?
Some definitely would welcome strikes, but who are these Iranians? Whom do they represent? Will they be able to take over after the strikes?
Even if the answer to the above is yes, it doesn't mean strikes are the way to go.
Unfortunately, they represent those in power and although I'd prefer we not have to respond in that manner we may just have to. An Iran with nuclear weapons would not be far from a Hitler with nuclear weapons. They wouldn't know how to be responsible with something like that, their dogma rules everything.
Now think about it. Just who in Iran is saying, "Please bomb me, Uncle Sam!" It doesn't sound so enticing to me.
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Added: 05 Apr 2013 | Category: Love Stories |
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Lizzie sets out on a gap year adventure with her fantasy man.
Lizzie Harrison arched her back away from the worn leather seat and adjusted her upper arms to apply subtle pressure to her breasts. Satisfied that her cleavage had been enhanced to maximum effect, she called over to Richard. "Magnificent view, isn't it?" He didn't respond. Lizzie shouted. Richard jumped. He'd definitely heard her that time but he didn't even bother to turn round...Read On
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A spot of nude sunbathing leads to a romp in the garden
(See Ovid's "Metamorphoses" (and Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream") for the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, two lovers separated by a wall. My modern couple don't let a similar barrier stand in their way.) Summer Sunday in the garden, Basking quietly in the sun. Red bikini's been discarded, Being naked is more fun. Reading Lush tales on my laptop With a hand upon my bush Stroking...Read On
Added: 25 Mar 2013 | Category: Erotic Poems |
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Stanley finds a sexy Lush lover but can it put the sparkle back in his marriage?
This story is only available on Lush Stories! Stanley was a writer, a bloody good one, as it had turned out. It was almost as if there was some smutty guardian angel watching over his shoulder, prompting his fingers as they tapped out sexy prose. Whilst at university, he'd been working on his dissertation when he'd met the woman who was to become his muse, Elsa. As a result, he...Read On
Added: 17 Feb 2013 | Category: Wife Lovers |
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Sarah O'Connor gets a surprise delivery on Valentine's Day
Sarah O'Connor stared down at the display on her bathroom scales, bile rising in her throat as she scanned the figures on the screen. Why had she had that cupcake on Monday night? It must be wrong; she willed it to be wrong. Sarah stepped back, letting the screen clear before tapping the base with her toe to restart the weighing-in process. Cautiously, she set one bare foot and then the...Read On
Added: 11 Feb 2013 | Category: Fantasy & Sci-Fi |
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True Love Reconciles
This morning you left me, my world fell apart. Heated passions had boiled over, an argument that never should have been, now tearing my heart from my chest. Fate destined lovers with eyes only for each other. Two souls as one ripped from one another, leaving just ghosts and painful memories behind. Your words cut so deep, the blood ran freely, I didn't want it to stop. Scars were all...Read On
Added: 04 Feb 2013 | Category: Love Stories |
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Anna's new housemate catches her in a private moment.
Anna had only been living with Lincoln for three months, one week and five days when he walked in on her masturbating. He'd originally left with an overnight bag swinging from his clenched fist and a casual comment thrown over his shoulder to let her know he'd be spending the weekend at a friend's place. Ten minutes after he'd walked out the door she'd stripped down to her tank top and...Read On
Added: 02 Feb 2013 | Category: Straight Sex |
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Light-years away from home, can he find his mate before it's too late?
The Prince of Valentinium Exodus. In an effort to save what remained of their drastically reduced population, the people of Valentinium decided, in the year 5571 B.C.E., to undertake the perilous task of evacuation. Though their home planet remained lush and nutrient-rich, the once immortal race had begun dying off in numbers never before seen. At first petty conflicts led...Read On
Added: 31 Jan 2013 | Category: Supernatural |
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A group of friends decide to go out with a bang before the Mayan Apocalypse.
Fucking Barber 12/21/12 Noah and Teddy just finished a joint and are waxing intellectual around the coffee table at Teddy's parents house. Neither of which are using the coasters provided by Teddy's mother. "You believe in that nonsense?" Noah dismissively asked as he flipped through the channels, settling on the news. "You never know, those Aztecs--" "Mayans,"...Read On
Added: 10 Jan 2013 | Category: Hardcore |
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Rules are made to be broken.
Every game needs rules and Jake and Beth's year-long competition was no different. The rules of their game served a number of purposes; some were to ensure that an unfair advantage could not be gained by either player whereas others were simply to add a little extra fun and excitement to this long-haul contest. A few of the rules were in place to protect the players, the game coming, as it...Read On
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Perhaps the Mayan's were right and the world does end?
John hadn't caught her age as things had just moved too fast. She was no teenager, but she couldn't be more than twenty-five he figured? My god what a body, what a flat stomach and look at her firm tight ass. As her plump raspberry tinged lips enveloped John's hard cock he groaned again and she giggled at his reaction. She looked more vulnerable and sexy than John thought a woman could...Read On
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Temptations of the flesh can consume even the most righteous of souls.
Somewhere down where the Spanish Moss hangs and the Palmetto Trees grow... Garland, still hung over from the previous night's drinking, sat on the edge of the bed and glared angrily at the window air conditioner unit of his cheap motel room. He found the unit's incessant vibration and noise increasingly irritating. He then realized he still held the room phone in his hand. He looked at it...Read On
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A graphic rough sex encounter, intimately shared, in explicit detail.
Pink bubblegum rolls on my tongue as I walk along the black asphalt that's still steaming from the warm August rain. I can feel it wet along the edges of my toes as they push forward in my white stiletto sandals, the leather damp and just beginning to stretch. The moisture is everywhere and the humidity is high. It's under my skin. The back of my neck is hot under the weight of my long...Read On
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Stan is a horny devil; he can't resist one final act of debauchery before he destroys the world.
"Hello, Dearie?" Granny shouted from her rocking chair. "Oh there you are. Did you have a good day at College?" "Hi Granny, s'OK, I suppose. You know that guy I was telling you about…"Alice twisted her feet together and wrung her hands behind her back in the way she always did when she was nervous. "Well, I've brought him back… since Mum's not here. You said it'd be OK if…" "For...Read On
Added: 16 Dec 2012 | Category: Supernatural |
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Super Hot Sex in Zero Gravity
30th October, 2012 22:05 Prague Centre for Astro Surveillance, Czech Republic For Tomáš Dusek his shift at the PCAS started normally enough. The bank of lights and screens, which monitored the night sky were on stand by. No UFOs had been reported for over two weeks. A meteor shower at the end of September had caused some interest, but that was about it. Tomáš was enjoying a cup of coffee...Read On
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A professional girl lets her guard down
"Bloody hell," she thought. It was a gorgeous suite. She'd been to the hotel before, of course, in fact she worked here quite a bit. But she'd never been to the Sixth floor. Indeed, the elevator didn't even go to the Sixth floor. You got out at Five and a uniformed man escorted you up a short flight of stairs to Floor Six. He asked her if she needed help carrying her bags. She only had...Read On
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A surprise package in the mail certainly spices up the evening.
If I hurried, I had time to drive home, take a quick shower, get dressed and still not be late for my dinner date with Jason. He was working late, so he would be meeting me at the restaurant. Since I knew he wouldn't be stopping home first, it gave me time to get my naughty surprise ready for him. Hopping out of the shower, I quickly dried off, rubbed on some lotion and made sure I was...Read On
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Crissy seeks to spice up her life and her good friend Cindy helps out by sharing a recipe.
Finding the sexual hors d'oeuvres on offer on her tray of life to be somewhat bland Crissy turns to her friend's spice rack to liven things up. Introduction: Crissy is bored. Crissy was bored and frankly fed up with "hooking up" with guys at clubs and getting "hit on" at university by every loser dweeb who thought he had the remotest chance of dating a girl as "hot" as she was. Crissy...Read On
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It was such a turn-on lying there with my vibrator up inside me...
"Come on, Annie, surely "Fifty Shades of Grey" isn't as bad as that," said Alan. "But it is!" I argued, getting on my high horse as usual. "It's just so badly written – I mean, she just has no idea how to construct a story, or describe things interestingly, or make believable characters. It's just a masturbatory fantasy!" "Well, yes, but then that's the point of it, isn't it?" suggested...Read On
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A role reversal in the bedroom spices-up a couple's sex life...
"You might be better starting with something a little smaller," I said, running my hand along the thick ebony shaft. The fact that he didn't say anything made me look over in his direction. "What?" I asked, noting the sheepish look. "Errr… I did start with something smaller." I felt my heart skip a beat and my stomach flutter. "So you've already tried sticking something in there?" ...Read On
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A man finds that his girlfriend has a dark side
For someone with such an enormous sex drive, Max had been surprised by his own willpower. His integrity had been tested more than once, as opportunities presented themselves. Being a senior salesman, he came into contact with a good number of hot, suited lovelies. Pencil skirts and sheer silk tights were never in short supply in his trade. Nevertheless he didn't succumb to temptation. It's...Read On
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Where can one find spice for life?
This story only available on Lush Stories . If you are reading it elsewhere, it has been stolen. Legend perpetuates a mythic fairy tale that depicts a cheeky gingerbread man who was magically animated, and who spent his life running away from people and talking creatures who wished to eat him. Ancient documents have now come to light that tell a different story: Once upon a time, there was...Read On
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Robert and Juliana visit Paris and take their sex life to a new place.
This story is the seventh in the series of stories written in collaboration with Alphamagus about Robert and Juliana and their love. It is different from previous stories in the series as it is the first part of a much longer story. We hope that you will enjoy it and look forward to the next chapter when you reach the end of this one. Juliana came into the house around 9 PM, exhausted...Read On
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"Keep your voice down," Zach hissed forcefully. "You'll wake her up…if you haven't already." He was fighting a losing battle to calm down the naked blonde. Everything had been going perfectly until she started in on Jamey again. He wished he could turn the clock back about twenty minutes, when they were still chest deep in his swimming pool, her lithe legs encircling him while he lifted...Read On
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A southern boy's broken heart and rebellion send him on a journey of discovery to New Orleans.
1976 Logan Lee Beauregard drove his sporty, little green, convertible MGB onto Interstate 85 West, just north of Columbus, Georgia. The top was down on the little convertible sports car as he felt the wind blowing freely through his long hair. He was hyped with eager anticipation about the mischievous adventures ahead of him. He sat low in the seat, his left arm resting on the top edge of...Read On
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"You fucking whore!" Brian's face reddened with rage as the blue carrier bag fell from his right hand, the condition of its contents causing him no concern whatsoever, transfixed, as he was, by the scarring scene before him. His entire being emptied of reason, understanding and, with a painful jerk, love, the vacuum they left being immediately occupied with searing anger and deeply...Read On
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A hot limo ride, a private jet, a stripper pole...what will this reporter do to get the story?
Chelsea was late, the victim of a failed alarm clock and cab shortage. She silently cursed her tight skirt and heels as she flew through the lobby, skidding across the polished marble floor just in time to catch the elevator. Breathless, she jumped in, glanced at her watch, and exhaled in relief. The button to the fifth floor was already glowing, pressed by the elevator's only other...Read On
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Welcome to the Blue Nile. Anything could happen.
"Are we nearly there yet? This doesn't look anywhere classy." Clarissa tried to keep the petulance out of her voice. She knew she should be flattered by the stretch-limo and the Dom Perignon, glass number three of which was fizzing its way down her throat, but why the hell were they driving about dingy back-streets? "Relax," her companion said. "Shoreditch is the new Soho. Home to all...Read On
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Young nudist studs have their own cream for ice-cream vendor
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A young woman goes on a roller coaster ride of debauchery.
1 Week Before the Masquerade "That can't be your best line. What is it really?" Hector asked his new recruiting partner. "It is, I swear. Women love hearing things like that. Some of them laugh, but they still like it," Jonas answered, while parking their black SUV. "Whatever, man," Hector chuckled and continued. "I wouldn't tell you what my best line is either... But it's not even...Read On
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In 1875, the Northwest is filled with gold prospectors, and tent cities are overflowing with the saloon keepers, gamblers and entertainers who hope to profit from them. One day, a taciturn stranger rides into a tent city, where he looks for a nine-year-old boy, whom he had sent there from Illinois. The stranger, Matt Calder, introduces himself to the boy, Mark, as his father, and explains that he has returned after an extended absence so that they can be a family, even though Mark's mother died years earlier. Mark insists on bidding farewell to Kay, the saloon singer who has been caring for him while he was waiting, and Kay upbraids Calder for neglecting his son. Although Calder has a low opinion of dance hall girls, he thanks Kay and leaves, and on the ride to their homestead, tells Mark that they are going to have a good life of hunting, fishing and farming. At the saloon, Kay's fiancé, gambler Harry Weston, rushes in to tell her that he has won an important gold claim in a poker game and must go to Council City to file the deed. Kay suspects that Weston cheated his opponent, but his pleas that the gold mine represents their chance for a better life persuade her to leave, and soon they are floating in a raft down the river toward Council City. They encounter trouble in a patch of rapids, but fortunately are near Calder's farm, and he and Mark pull them to safety. Mark is delighted to see Kay, who tells him that she and Weston are now married. When Calder tells Weston that he is crazy to brave the fierce river rapids, Weston offers to buy his rifle and horse so that he can travel overland. Calder refuses, citing his need to protect the farm against the ever-present threat of Indian attack. Weston steals the rifle and horse anyway, and assures Calder that he will return them soon, then knocks him out when Calder attempts to stop him. Infuriated by his actions, Kay decides to stay behind and watches as Weston rides off. When Calder regains consciousness, he sees that nearby Indians have witnessed the incident and are preparing to attack, so he quickly loads Mark and Kay onto the raft and sets off down the river. Calder watches stoically as the farm is burned to the ground, even though he tells Mark that he could have stopped the Indians if he still had his rifle. That night, the threesome camps by the river, and Kay tries to explain that Weston, who has had a hard life, is trying to improve himself, even though he went about it the wrong way. When she realizes that Calder intends to pursue Weston to Council City rather than wait for him to return, she tries to cut the raft free, but Calder stops her and calls her a tramp for her devotion to a man who would leave a child to die. Kay retorts that at least Weston never shot a man in the back, and the couple then realizes that a stunned Mark has overheard their argument. Calder tries to explain to his son that he had been in prison after killing a man for attacking his best friend, but despite his gentle tone, Mark cannot understand why he shot the man in the back. They then return to the river, and Calder relates that the Indians call it "the river of no return," because of the rapids. Kay bravely helps to steer through one bad patch, but the exertion and cold make her faint. That evening, Kay is surprised by how tenderly Calder cares for her and Mark, and the next morning, he succeeds in killing an elk. While the meat is cooking, Mark reproaches his father for disliking Kay, but Calder grimly states that she is nothing to him, and all he cares about is bringing Weston to justice. While Kay and Calder then unload the raft, she tries to tell Calder that they could have been friends under different circumstances, and Calder, misunderstanding her intent, forcibly pins her down and kisses her. Calder's actions are stopped by a cry from Mark, who is being stalked by a mountain lion. A shot from two passing men kills the cat, and the men, Sam Benson and Dave Colby, reveal that they are riding to Council City in pursuit of Weston, who won their gold claim. The vulgar Colby offers to take Kay with them, but repulsed by him, she refuses, and when Calder orders the men to leave, Colby attacks him with a knife. Calder bests his opponent and, taking one of the rifles, boards the raft again with Mark and Kay, who admits that she is not married to Weston. Calder apologizes for his earlier behavior, but again refuses to listen when Kay defends Weston. Soon after, a group of Indians attack them, but Calder is able to fend them off. The raft then enters the worst of the rapids, and after a torturous ride, the group finally reaches Council City. Calder allows Kay to speak with Weston alone while he and Mark wait in the general store, and although she is disturbed that Weston had not returned for her, she pleads with him to be honest with Calder. Kay is horrified when Weston shoots at Calder, and Mark is forced to shoot Weston in the back with a store rifle in order to protect his father. At last understanding what his father had done, Mark reconciles with him, and Kay sadly heads to the saloon. Later, Kay is singing in the saloon when Calder storms in and tosses her over his shoulder. Kay protests as Calder puts her in a wagon with Mark, but when he tells her that she is going home with them, she happily tosses her red shoes, the last link to her past, into the street.


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The hard political positioning that met President Clinton's arrival in Israel has set the tone for what promises to be one of his most difficult trips abroad in his six years as US president. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began negotiations on the runway at 11:30 p.m. Saturday night, delivering a political indictment of the Palestinians as violators of the seven-week-old Wye River accord.
If the president succeeds in compelling Mr. Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to uphold the accord, he could go home tomorrow night with a feather in his cap that would boost his image as a competent statesman - and help wave away some of the smoke rising from the impeachment proceedings.
But if he leaves the region with as much hostility in the air as there was when he arrived, it will be difficult to fall back on the laurels of the Mideast peace process in which his administration has invested so much time and money.
His fourth presidential trip to Israel and an unprecedented visit to autonomous Palestinian territory comes at a crucial point in the peace process. Palestinian streets have been raging with clashes against Israeli soldiers, primarily because of anger over Israel's refusal to release as many Palestinians from prison as expected. Only 100 of the 250 prisoners Israel released in the aftermath of the Wye accord were jailed for committing acts of terrorism or nationalistic crimes - the remainder were convicted of regular crimes - and Palestinian leaders say that the prisoner release should have included only "security prisoners," not common car thieves.
Citing the unrest, Netanyahu has declared that he will not withdraw Israeli troops from another portion of the West Bank on Friday, as he is required to do in accordance with Wye's structured 12-week timetable.
For domestic consumption
Clinton's ultimate challenge during his three-day visit will be to call Netanyahu and Mr. Arafat on their act of telling half-truths for domestic consumption. Both leaders have twisted the reality of what they agreed to under the shady trees of Wye Plantation.
Netanyahu says that unless the Palestine National Council, which Clinton is due to address today, takes a vote to change its founding charter calling for Israel's destruction, Israel will still consider the Palestinians to be in violation of the Oslo and Wye accords. Netanyahu, however, signed an accord that explicitly said Palestinians would "reaffirm" their support for annulling parts of their founding charter, but never mentioned a vote.
And the Palestinian Authority has done little so far to douse the ire of those protesting the prisoner situation. Yet Arafat agreed to a phased release of 750 prisoners - which the 1993 Oslo accords stipulated would include criminal as well as security detainees.
Complicating the matter, domestic public opinion is not always so malleable as leaders would like. Too many Palestinians are already convinced, with or without a nod from Arafat, that Israel has violated the agreement by not releasing more prisoners. And, even if Palestinians make a symbolic gesture of a vote tomorrow - and Netanyahu declares himself satisfied - his critics on the far right will remain unconvinced that Palestinians have legally changed the charter.
In just over a week, Netanyahu is to face the possibility that the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, will bring down his coalition, further forcing him to choose between confrontation with the Americans and Palestinians now - or possible political devastation later.
Bringing both sides to task
Clinton, speaking on Sunday after meeting with Netanyahu, indicated he would try to bring both sides to task and implore them to stick to the agreement.
"Have the Palestinians fulfilled all their commitments? They certainly could be doing better to prevent violent demonstrations in the street," Clinton said. "I know that each step forward can be excruciatingly difficult. Each side has serious political restraints ... but in the end, there has been a fundamental decision made to do this."
What Clinton had hoped for when he agreed to make this trip was a chance to nurture the peace he helped broker - and an opportunity to float American ideas on the thorny "final status" negotiations that have yet to begin. Now, however, the patron of peace has been left with a visit that may be focused on little more than patching holes abroad and dodging questions from home.


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Forrester Research recently released the findings of two studies. The results were very optimistic for the continued growth of Internet retail sales. Over the next five years, Forrester's research shows a sustained growth as more people become comfortable buying online.
"US online retail will grow at a 10 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next five years to reach nearly $249 billion by 2014. Online retail within the largest European Union nations in Western Europe will grow at an 11 percent CAGR over the same period, hitting €114 billion by 2014."*
*These projections exclude online sales of autos, travel, and prescription drugs.Some other stats from the U.S. forecast:
- e-commerce sales will represent 8 percent of all retail sales in the U.S. by 2014, up from 6 percent in 2009
- In 2009, 154 million people in the U.S. bought something online, or 67 percent of the online population (4 percent more than in 2008)
- Three product categories (computers, apparel, and consumer electronics) represented more than 44 percent of online sales in 2009
As we see greater confidence in online shopping, increased access to the Internet, and greater diversity of accepted payment methods is, indeed, good news.


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NEMA Makes Statement on FERC transmission, cost allocation rule.
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According to NEMA, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Final Rule on Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities (Docket RM10-23-000) offers significant step forward. Rule increases autonomy of regional stakeholder organizations to determine future of interstate transmission facilities and helps states meet renewable energy requirements. It also removes various barriers to new transmission infrastructure.
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NEMA Statement on FERC Transmission, Cost Allocation Final Rule
ROSSLYN, Va. - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Final Rule on Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities (Docket RM10-23-000) is a significant step forward for the development of interstate transmission facilities and the incorporation of renewable sources of energy into the grid, according to the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA).
The rule gives greater autonomy to regional stakeholder organizations to determine the future of their interstate transmission facilities, and helps states meet various renewable energy requirements. It will remove barriers to new transmission infrastructure, improving grid reliability, promoting competition among utilities and other transmission developers, and driving down costs, all while ensuring only those ratepayers who benefit from the facilities be required to pay.
Modern transmission facilities are a key component in the Smart Grid and will encourage deployment of countless Smart Grid technologies that improve efficiency and reliability.
While the final rule is a major achievement, NEMA will continue to advocate for additional policies that streamline the siting process and expedite permitting procedures. Read more about the need to improve the siting process in the NEMA brochure Siting Transmission Corridors - A Real Life Game of Chutes and Ladders.
NEMA is the association of electrical and medical imaging equipment manufacturers. Founded in 1926 and headquartered near Washington, D.C., its approximately 450 member companies manufacture products used in the generation, transmission and distribution, control, and end use of electricity. These products are used in utility, industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential applications. The association's Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) Division represents manufacturers of cutting-edge medical diagnostic imaging equipment including MRI, CT, x-ray, and ultrasound products. Worldwide sales of NEMA-scope products exceed $120 billion. In addition to its headquarters in Rosslyn, Virginia, NEMA also has offices in Beijing and Mexico City.
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MIT provides a superb intellectual environment for the comparative veterinary scientist embarking on a career in biomedical research. MIT is recognized internationally for its excellence in both undergraduate and graduate biomedical science education. Capitalizing on these resources, DCM began training veterinarians in comparative medicine in 1982 and has been a recipient of an NIH training grant for the past 28 years. We recognized the urgent need to provide the biomedical research community properly trained veterinarians, particularly those who can effectively work in research and academia. To date, of 54 postdoctoral fellows trained by DCM, all but five are employed in academic or research and development units. DCM provides postdoctoral training for veterinary scientists for careers in biomedical research. This will be accomplished in part by providing 1) a strong emphasis in the development of research skills needed for veterinary scientists pursuing a research career, 2) a core curriculum of graduate courses in biomedical sciences, and 3) an intellectual and simulating setting for research in the biomedical sciences. Postdoctoral trainees will hold DVM/VMD degrees and some may have additional advanced degrees as well. The program consists of three years of in-depth research training with an option to pursue an advanced degree.
Participants in the training program include professional and technical personnel within the Division of Comparative Medicine and the Department of Biological Engineering. Two other academic units - the Harvard Medical School and Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine are involved. MIT faculty contribute to the core course work; training in research is provided by established investigators at MIT and other designated research laboratories at Harvard and Tufts. Research training emphasizes formulation of a significant research project, its design and implementation, critical reviews of pertinent scientific literature, data analysis and statistical evaluation, formal presentation of data at national and international meetings and publications of research in peer reviewed journals.
NIH also funds DCM to employ summer veterinary fellows; the summer fellows program introduces motivated, bright veterinary students to the field of biomedical research. These students spend a summer in the same research environment in which DCM postdoctoral fellows conduct their research.
Since 1982 54 veterinarians have completed the training program and have gone on to establish themselves in positions of prominence throughout the laboratory animal community. Seventeen other scientists have completed postdoctoral studies in the Division as well (see former and current postdoctoral fellows). DCM postdoctoral veterinarians have authored or co-authored more than 150 scientific papers and chapters during their tenure at DCM and have contributed extensively to the scientific programs of the national meetings of a number of professional societies. Performance in the ACLAM board examination has also been exceptional.
The objective of the program is to train postdoctoral veterinarians in the conduct of biomedical research in a comparative medicine context. The program is comprised of a minimum of 3 years of integrated practical and didactic training in research and medicine that promote a multidisciplinary approach to questions in biomedical science. The training is structured to expand upon the unique comparative knowledge, skills, and perspectives that a veterinarian brings to biomedical research. Postdoctoral fellows have the option of pursuing an advanced degree through MIT's Department of Biological Engineering or the interdepartmental Microbiology Graduate PhD Program or Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine. An optional six months of clinical training, funded outside the T32 training grant, are also available and strongly recommended.
The basic format of the program is 3 consecutive, three-month rotations followed by research in one of the Division's many areas of inquiry. The combined duration of research and rotations is three years. The Transgenics, Pathology and Diagnostic Laboratory, and Molecular Biology rotations are required and typically completed at the start of the fellowship. The Committee on Animal Care (CAC) rotation is a part time, 6-month experience that is concurrent with other rotations in the first 18 months. Two additional 3-month rotations, MIT Clinics and Surgery are strongly encouraged. Research interests and available projects are then matched through conversations with the Director and a mentor group. The mentor group is comprised of several members of the Division's senior staff. Extramural faculty may be engaged in this research depending on existing collaborations and the requirements of the project.
Mentor sessions are formal opportunities to meet with a mentor group, comprised of the Director and other staff members. Meetings are held twice yearly and augment less formal conversations. Fellows should organize and schedule meetings and come prepared to discuss their progress, research interests and associated issues. A written outline facilitates the process.
The rotation coordinator will direct the activities of the fellow. The objective is to provide an overview of the transgenic animal resources program. The fellow will share responsibility for the maintenance of donor and recipient mice in the transgenic breeding facility, will help coordinate hormone injections, breeding, and surgical implantations, and will become familiar with the spectrum of embryonic manipulation in transgenic research.
The rotation coordinator will direct the activities of the fellow. The objective is to provide an overview of the pathology and diagnostic laboratories and activities. The fellow will share responsibility for necropsies, tissue processing, histopathologic evaluation, serologic and immunocytological assays, hematology, parasitology, and microbiology. The fellow on pathology rotation is available by cell phone for the purpose of assisting the pathologist.
The rotation coordinator will direct the activities of the fellow(s); the rotation will be placed in the Molecular Biology Laboratory of DCM. The objective is to provide an overview, hands-on experience, and basic principles of molecular techniques which are routinely used in our research projects. The fellow will perform experiments, analyze the obtained data, and discuss the results with the rotation coordinator.
The rotation coordinator will direct the activities of the fellow. The objective is to familiarize fellows with Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) procedures and activities. Fellows will attend scheduled meetings, perform site visits, evaluate protocols, and complete a project.
There are two optional rotations, which are predominantly clinical in nature and funded by the Institute. These are MIT Clinics and Surgery rotations. They are each three months in duration.
The Division sponsors research in several general areas: molecular pathogenesis, infectious gastroenterology, and carcinogenesis. Faculty members funded in these areas are James Fox, Susan Erdman, Zhongming Ge, Mark Whary, Sureshkumar Muthupalani and Jonathan Runstadler. They interact with a number of intramural and extramural collaborators. Research interests and available projects are matched through conversations with the Director and a mentor group. Research responsibilities include protocol development, experimental design; materials preparation and procurement; manipulation and care of experimental animals; data collection, management, and analysis; manuscript preparation; and public presentation.
Fellows are required to satisfactorily complete four semester-long courses in disciplines related to research. A course in molecular biology is required and must be completed within the first year of the program. A course in technical or scientific writing is encouraged. Other subjects have included immunology, toxicology, and statistics. Courses must be approved in advance by the Director. In addition to these courses, fellows must complete a course in ethics which is held annually during the Independent Activities Period (IAP) and is offered by Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
Fellows may choose to enter degree programs with which the Division is affiliated. Advanced degrees are offered through the Microbiology Graduate PhD Program, (http://microbiology.mit.edu/grad.html) and Biological Engineering Graduate Studies in Applied Biosciences; (http://web.mit.edu/be/education/appbiosci.htm). Advanced degrees are also offered through Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. Formal application, followed by successful completion of a qualifying exam, thesis preparation and defense are required. The degree options must be discussed in advance with the Director.


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Lotus is ready for the second half of the inaugural season of the FIA World Endurance Championship that kicks off with the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo.
The Autodromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos is located between two large artificial lakes situated on the outskirts of Sao Paulo city. The 4,309 km lap is a physical challenge for the drivers, who have to race anti-clockwise. The high altitude of the track and the low air density will also make it difficult for the car and the drivers.
Like in Silverstone, Lotus will compete with two of its LMP2 cars. This time Thomas Holzer, Mirco Schultis and Luca Moro will run the black and gold coloured car number 31. Kevin Weeda, James Rossiter and Vitantonio Liuzzi will be at the wheel of car number 32.
The race starts on Saturday, 15th September 2012, at 12:00 o'clock local time.
Thomas Holzer, Race Driver #31:
"The Autodromo José Carlos Pace is another race track I have never driven before. But I was told it is a very challenging circuit for a driver because you race anti-clockwise and the surface is very bumpy. The hilly layout makes it even harder to stay focused until the end of the race. I am looking forward to the race in Brazil and I hope that we can make some further progress."
Vitantonio Liuzzi, Race Driver #32:
"I know the track in Interlagos very well. It is a mix of medium and low speed corners and the second sector is very twisty. The circuit runs anti-clockwise and is very bumpy. These are the two factors why it is a very demanding layout for the drivers, especially for their necks. It is going to be a big challenge to stay focused throughout the stint. I am looking forward to the race and I hope to get some more track time."


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All items > Knives > Folding Knives > CRKT (Folding) > CRKT M16
- Overall Length:9.25"
- Blade Length:3.875"
- Blade Thickness:0.14"
- Blade Material:AUS-8
- Hardness:57-59 RC
- Blade Style:Tanto
- Blade Grind:Hollow
- Finish:Bead Blast
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:5.375"
- Handle Thickness:0.52"
- Handle Material:Aluminum
- Color:Gray
- Frame/Liner:Stainless Steel
- Weight:5.50 oz.
- Knife Type:Manual
- Opener:Flipper
- Lock Type:Liner Lock
- Brand:CRKT
- Model:M16
- Model Number:M16-04S
- Designer:Kit Carson
- Country of Origin:Taiwan
- Best Use:Everyday Carry
- Product Type:Knife
In honor of the late Kit Carson, CRKT has released the M16 Classic line of knives. More than just a re-issue of the original knife design, this is a fitting tribute to a man who greatly influenced the knife community.
The CRKT M16-04S Classic has a large tanto style blade with the Carson Flipper opener. It has a gray finished 6061 aluminum handle with steel liner lock and a 4-way reversible pocket clip. Aiding in safe use is the LAWKS manual safety. This knife has been a staple of CRKT and a modern classic that has stood the test of time.
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Heirloom quality!
Dennis M.
I was given a CRKT M16 a number of years ago and it has seen heavy use for a number of years both on the job and for everyday use. Incredible workmanship as my trusty M16 continues to serve me day after day. Establish a good edge and the steel will hold it. Simply put, this is THE pocket knife everyone should own!
merle m.
I love the 04, M21 and M16 Kit Carson design knives. The 21 is my favorite but they are all just as tough and I use them hard for things I shouldn't. They are as smooth action as a custom. The blade is very thick but even the 3.75" blade carries like a much smaller knife. I hated the auto lawks thing at first and intended to take it apart and remove it. I got use to it though and don't even notice it anymore.This new version tanto looks awesome and I'm glad they reintroduced it. Anything CRKT does always exceeds expectations so I'll be getting another one.


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Hello there, I'm Lily!
In 2005 I was formally diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (an "incurable" autoimmune disease of the thyroid). Doctors told me that there was nothing I could do about my diagnosis and that eventually I would become reliant on synthetic thyroid medication for the rest of my life. Being complacent with my symptoms of depression, anxiety, bloating, constipation and incredible fatigue (because I didn't know anything else!) I continued drinking 4-6 cups of coffee a day with heaps of sugar and cream, smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, and popping prescription pills to combat the dark cloud that loomed overhead. My dinners consisted of Mac & Cheese and Bagel Bites and I absolutely detested cooking, making myself scarce when people gathered to cook together. I had a juicer…it collected dust in the corner though. I knew that there had to be a correlation between what we eat and our level of health, but I wasn't ready to open my eyes just yet.
Then at the age of 30 my life as I knew it changed forever and I was finally ready to take action. A few days before Thanksgiving I awoke with fiery hives all over my body – head to toe. This marked the start of an emotional and desperate 4-month search for answers. For 4 months, 24/7 I was covered in hives and experienced angioedema of the face. I barely went to work and was shuttled from doctor to doctor, specialist to specialist. No one could offer an explanation other than it must be a symptom of my Hashimoto's and certainly steroids was the answer.
WHAT?!?! NO WAY! Steroids weren't going to correct the ROOT cause of my suffering!
I challenged my doctor by asking him, "What changes can I make in regard to my diet to help heal my condition?" to which he replied, "Nothing, there is nothing you can do." I smiled though, realizing my purpose, and walked away never to return. Instead I began a life-changing, heart-opening journey into natural health via nutrition and the removal of toxins in my life. I got rid of toxic foods, toxic relationships, a toxic career, and learned how toxic thoughts play a profound role in the health of my physical body.
Today, I am a veggie-juice drinking, non-smoking, meditating, Nutritional Therapist and board certified Holistic Health Counselor who LOVES to cook yummy, nutritious healing foods. I am no longer exhausted all the time, my mood is so much lighter, and I feel much more stable these days! I am determined to continue healing my thyroid disease….naturally! More importantly, I want to help YOU take active steps towards living a happier, healthier life so you too can experience more joy and less frustration in life.
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Actors Hottest Padma Lakshmi Photos
Photo collection of celebrity Padma Lakshmi, one of the hottest women in Hollywood and one of the sexiest female chefs. Padma Lakshmi began her career as a model in Spain. She then wrote a few cookbooks and started acting in such things as Star Trek: Enterprise, Glitter, and 30 Rock. Padma is currently the host of the popular Reality Cooking Show Top Chef.
No one can resist the sexiness and charm of Padma Lakshmi, who has entertained everyone everywhere with her glamorous film and TV appearances. The best pics in this Padma Lakshmi photo gallery are ranked according to their hotness. So, in honor of one of the greatest ladies in Hollywood, here are the sexiest Padma Lakshmi pictures, videos and GIFs, ranked by hotness.
These Padma Lakshmi pics were taken from a variety of different sources, including several promotional and magazine photoshoots, and have been turned into a curated image gallery containing only the cutest pictures and jpgs from around the Web. While there are many sexy Padma Lakshmi photos, these are the hottest around. Padma Lakshmi's measurements are 38-27-40, and Padma Lakshmi's bra size is 36B.
Want to see more sexy photos of hot near-nude celebrities and stars? Check out these collections of Mariah Carey photos, Erin Heatherton photos and sexy Cindy Crawford pics.People are constantly searching for pics of Padma Lakshmi nude. and Padma Lakshmi topless. These might not be Padma Lakshmi naked, but these Padma Lakshmi images (including Padma Lakshmi bikini shots) and Padma Lakshmi modeling photos are the next best thing.


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Well, last time I posted I was seeing the light at the end of the tunnel of winter and seasonal depression. I was looking forward to more sunshine and the last good skiing of the year. So what did I do? I managed to take a mighty tumble on the mountain and break my shoulder. My right shoulder, which is, of course, my dominant arm. There's a lot more to this story which many other people will already know, but I'll spare you the details of a day that was stranger than fiction.
The first two weeks were a haze of pain and pain medication. Since then, I've been improving the strength and dexterity of my left hand and discovering the medically approved torture system called "physical therapy". All of this has put a spanner in my day-to-day work and set me back even further. But it hasn't all been a terrible time. I've re-discovered the wonderful support and love of friends and family. You guys and gals have been great. I don't know what I would have done without all of you.
I was also able to take a long planned trip to Rome, Italy. Traveling with your arm in a sling isn't ideal, but it can be done. My doctors have said that I show definite signs of healing and the sling can come off in about another week and a half. (Lots of PT still ahead of me though).
I'll be flying again tomorrow to New Orleans for the RT Booklovers Convention. This will be a great way for me to get my focus back onto my writing and a daily schedule. Nothing like being surrounded by many other writers and book fans to get the mojo flowing again. It's been a difficult year so far but I'm trying to stay focused on the positive and to keep moving forward. Wish me luck and I'll eat a beignet for you!


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How keep your skin healthy during winter
As the mercury drops and the sky goes grey, many of us find that suddenly, our skin looks a little less soft and supple than it usually does! And unfortunately, as we reach for warm socks, hot fireplaces and even hotter showers, dry air takes away the thin layer of oil that usually leaves moisture in our skin; leaving the skin feeling dry, itchy, cracked and painful. Traumatic skin responses such as cracking can also cause an inflammatory response in the body, making skin even more susceptible to flare-ups of skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema.
Make sure you keep your skin healthy during winter by following these preventative steps:
- Make sure your diet contains plenty of healthy, monounsaturated fats and omega-3 fatty acids, including nuts, olive oil, avocado, fish and flax seeds.
- Keep usage of boiling hot water in showers and baths to a minimum, as this is a recipe for irritated skin (and hair, too)! Instead, opt for lukewarm water and moisture-filled soaps for sensitive skin. Make sure to pat down your skin to dry with a towel, keeping excessive rubbing to a minimum.
- Choose the right skincare for your face. If you're suffering from specific skin concerns, it makes sense that a generic moisturiser from Coles or Woolworths may not be enough to get those issues under control! For patients wishing to rapidly increase the hydration of the facial skin, we recommend an Aspect Lactobotanical Peel. If a gentle exfoliation and deep hydration is what you need without the flaky downtime and the added bonus of epidermal pigment reduction and anti-bacterial properties, these L-lactic acid based peels will get you those phenomenal results your looking for. Lactobotanical peels can be performed as a one off treatment however a course of 6 treatments is recommended.
- After bathing, apply a moisturising lotion to your body, ideally within 3 minutes of bathing, to help maximise your skin's potential to absorb the necessary moisture to protect itself. The skin on your face also responds well to hydrating serums, creams and oils being applied promptly after bathing.
- Keep up regular facials. To help your skin look its most vibrant and healthy, we recommend keeping up a regular facial routine. An Advanced Vitamin Facial is a great place to start for many people, as it can to hydrate the skin. For clients wanting deeper results, Microdermabrasion is a gentle approach to exfoliating the skin. Using a fine stream of crystals, this treatment exfoliates the upper layers of the skin promoting collagen growth. As everyone has different skin types, the intensity of the treatment can be varied so even the most sensitive of skin types can benefit from this effective treatment. The elasticity and collagen production created by microdermabrasion enhances the tone and resilience of the skin. On top of this scarring caused by acne and enlarged pores will be reduced.
- Opt for breathable cotton clothing, rather than polyester and itchy wool blends. Less fitted clothing will also help to keep your skin from becoming irritated by perspiration, which makes skin more prone to chapping.
- Give your skin a fighting chance for new skin cells to be healthy by helping it to remove hardened and flaky dead skin from the surface, revealing the healthy new skin underneath. Epidermal Levelling is a safe, painless and extremely effective clinical treatment that is designed to evenly and deeply exfoliate the skin of the face.
- Drink plenty of water. This is essential at all times of year but especially during winter – the more hydrated your body stays, the more hydrated your skin stays, too!


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