Tiger at the Table (ISBN 1-4116-4704-1) is a book written by Scott Parish and published by LuLu Publishing in 2005. Tiger at the Table is referred to as "a fun book about manners" and written for ages 5 to 7 years old.
The book is also published by LuLu Publishing in Spanish in 2006 as "Tigre a la Mesa" <ISBN 1-4116-6003-X>.
Tiger at the Table has been the subject of many articles in radio, television and newspapers around the southeast U.S. due to the book's poplularity in the Reading Across America program. The book was also licensed by Smart Duck Storybooks as an online tool to help children to learn to read.
The Author
Scott Parish is a Jackson, TN native. Scott began seeking publication at the request of life long friend and former business partner of nationally recognized cartoonist, Greg Cravens.
Additional books written by Scott are "Shiloh Just Right" <LuLu Publishing 2007> and "Madison County" <Arcadia Publishing 2009>.
The Illustrator
Andrew Chandler is an Ohio native and graphic artist specializing in children's books. Andrew is a Columbus College of Art and Design Magna Cume Laude graduate with a bachelor's degree in Illustration.
Other works by Andrew are:
Horatio the Half Hooved Horse
Gertrude and Abigail
FuFu
Red Mullet the Movie
The book is also published by LuLu Publishing in Spanish in 2006 as "Tigre a la Mesa" <ISBN 1-4116-6003-X>.
Tiger at the Table has been the subject of many articles in radio, television and newspapers around the southeast U.S. due to the book's poplularity in the Reading Across America program. The book was also licensed by Smart Duck Storybooks as an online tool to help children to learn to read.
The Author
Scott Parish is a Jackson, TN native. Scott began seeking publication at the request of life long friend and former business partner of nationally recognized cartoonist, Greg Cravens.
Additional books written by Scott are "Shiloh Just Right" <LuLu Publishing 2007> and "Madison County" <Arcadia Publishing 2009>.
The Illustrator
Andrew Chandler is an Ohio native and graphic artist specializing in children's books. Andrew is a Columbus College of Art and Design Magna Cume Laude graduate with a bachelor's degree in Illustration.
Other works by Andrew are:
Horatio the Half Hooved Horse
Gertrude and Abigail
FuFu
Red Mullet the Movie
Amanda Knox (born 1984) is an American woman serving a 26 year prison sentence in Perugia, Italy, for the murder of Meredith Kercher, an English university student who was attending the University of Perugia as an ERASMUS exchange student. She was found guilty of the murder, of sexual violence, and of other offences on 4 December 2009.
Knox attended the University of Washington, before moving to Italy in 2007 to attend language classes at the University for Foreigners. In June 2009, due to all her televised court hearings, an Italian television poll listed Knox as a bigger personality than Carla Bruni.
In November 2007, was arrested as a suspect in the death of her roommate,
or veteran FBI Agent Steve Moore,
and several legal experts believe that those charges are unfounded. While in custody, Knox has continued to study Italian, German and other languages, with online college courses from Seattle University. She was in Perugia attending the University for Foreigners (known as Stranieri ) for one year, studying Italian, German and creative writing.
On 20 September 2007, she moved into an upstairs apartment, on the edge of the hilltop town, with 3 other women, who were students at local institutions.
She met Meredith Kercher, who had been in town a while longer and who showed Knox around town. In October 2007, Kercher accompanied Knox on a job interview, when she got hired at the Perugia pub Le Chic. On 25 October 2007, Kercher and Knox had attended a classical music concert at the university, and when Kercher left at intermission, Raffaele Sollecito first met Knox. Knox had both of Kercher's mobile phone numbers (for local and UK), and she had called her several times, such as on 31 October 2007, to discuss their Halloween costumes.
Conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher
Amanda Knox first became known as housemate suspected in the murder of Meredith Kercher on All Saints Day (1 November 2007). Amanda Knox was charged with the murder (and stealing her flatmate's 300 euros and 2 credit cards). Knox testified under oath that she had smoked cannabis on the night of the murder, as well as multiple other occasions. She was found guilty on 4 December 2009. In January 2010, Amanda Knox was charged with defamation against the local Perugia police officers for testifing they had beaten her. Knox's lawyers, seeking to overturn her December 2009 conviction, filed an appeal spanning more than 300 pages on 17 April 2010.
Knox attended the University of Washington, before moving to Italy in 2007 to attend language classes at the University for Foreigners. In June 2009, due to all her televised court hearings, an Italian television poll listed Knox as a bigger personality than Carla Bruni.
In November 2007, was arrested as a suspect in the death of her roommate,
or veteran FBI Agent Steve Moore,
and several legal experts believe that those charges are unfounded. While in custody, Knox has continued to study Italian, German and other languages, with online college courses from Seattle University. She was in Perugia attending the University for Foreigners (known as Stranieri ) for one year, studying Italian, German and creative writing.
On 20 September 2007, she moved into an upstairs apartment, on the edge of the hilltop town, with 3 other women, who were students at local institutions.
She met Meredith Kercher, who had been in town a while longer and who showed Knox around town. In October 2007, Kercher accompanied Knox on a job interview, when she got hired at the Perugia pub Le Chic. On 25 October 2007, Kercher and Knox had attended a classical music concert at the university, and when Kercher left at intermission, Raffaele Sollecito first met Knox. Knox had both of Kercher's mobile phone numbers (for local and UK), and she had called her several times, such as on 31 October 2007, to discuss their Halloween costumes.
Conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher
Amanda Knox first became known as housemate suspected in the murder of Meredith Kercher on All Saints Day (1 November 2007). Amanda Knox was charged with the murder (and stealing her flatmate's 300 euros and 2 credit cards). Knox testified under oath that she had smoked cannabis on the night of the murder, as well as multiple other occasions. She was found guilty on 4 December 2009. In January 2010, Amanda Knox was charged with defamation against the local Perugia police officers for testifing they had beaten her. Knox's lawyers, seeking to overturn her December 2009 conviction, filed an appeal spanning more than 300 pages on 17 April 2010.
CheFEM stands for Chemical driven FEM simulation of polymer based materials.
CheFEM is used for analyzing diffusion, chemical resistance and forthcoming mechanical retention of nano, micro and macro materials.As such, CheFEM enables lifetime prediction of these materials during exposure to UV light and to chemicals (including mixtures) in any state: liquid, gas or supercritical. CheFEM simulation output intrinsically includes chemical permeation (emission) rates and failure (material fracture) analysis. CheFEM can be used in addition to existing FEM packages for material simulation, like Abaqus, Nastran, Ansys and SolidWorks Premium.
3 Key Modules
CheFEM consists of the following three modules:
101 Lattice Based Thermodynamics & Diffusion Module
Besides diffusion, permeation and time lag considerations, this module also predicts plasticizing and swelling due to dissolving and temperature gradients. Note that swelling gives rise to interfacial shears, and causes several intrinsic - dimension dependent - tension and compression stresses in the material. Effects of fatigue and ageing are included.
102 Surface & Chemical Activity Driven Corrosion Module
Although polymers can exhibit excellent corrosion resistance, chemical reactivity of the internal interfaces or the reinforcement materials themselves, could drive loss of interfacial strength, causing material failure and / or reduction of material service life performance. Routines are based on (experimental) library data on corrosion rates and 3D chemical determination.
103 Mechanical Restraint / Fracture Module
This module is based on Gibbs Free - Mechanical Fracture analysis. It is used to determine the swelling and expansion restraint due to - and within - different components of the composite, under hydrostatic pressure and swelling driven by temperature and mass solubility. Effects of fatigue and ageing of material components are included.
Mathematics
The solving of the partial differential equations of mechanically oriented problems in complex shapes or multiple (more than three) layers is solved using finite element methodology. For basic shapes and for sequencing nano / micro material sections, the simulator uses the finite difference method,.
Industrial Applications
Industrial examples of the CheFEM application are:
- Service life / failure assessment of Epoxy and Vinyl Ester Resins reinforced with Functionalized Graphene Sheets (FGS) in new high performance applications.
- Service life prediction of composite (reinforced) bridge decks.
- Lifetime analysis of oil & gas pipelines and devices, in severe temperature and pressure conditions (such as Supercritical carbon dioxides - CO2).
- Integrated ageing & fatigue simulation and analysis of windmill rotor blades operated at sea (brine environment).
- Long term behavior of thin film flexible solar cells (mechanical stress, water, oxygen and nitrogen diffusion).
Development
CheFEM is developed by an independent firm, Composite Agency (The Netherlands). CheFEM is written in the programming language Java. A production version of CheFEM was demonstrated on JEC Composites 2008. Currently, the development of the program is ongoing.
CheFEM is used for analyzing diffusion, chemical resistance and forthcoming mechanical retention of nano, micro and macro materials.As such, CheFEM enables lifetime prediction of these materials during exposure to UV light and to chemicals (including mixtures) in any state: liquid, gas or supercritical. CheFEM simulation output intrinsically includes chemical permeation (emission) rates and failure (material fracture) analysis. CheFEM can be used in addition to existing FEM packages for material simulation, like Abaqus, Nastran, Ansys and SolidWorks Premium.
3 Key Modules
CheFEM consists of the following three modules:
101 Lattice Based Thermodynamics & Diffusion Module
Besides diffusion, permeation and time lag considerations, this module also predicts plasticizing and swelling due to dissolving and temperature gradients. Note that swelling gives rise to interfacial shears, and causes several intrinsic - dimension dependent - tension and compression stresses in the material. Effects of fatigue and ageing are included.
102 Surface & Chemical Activity Driven Corrosion Module
Although polymers can exhibit excellent corrosion resistance, chemical reactivity of the internal interfaces or the reinforcement materials themselves, could drive loss of interfacial strength, causing material failure and / or reduction of material service life performance. Routines are based on (experimental) library data on corrosion rates and 3D chemical determination.
103 Mechanical Restraint / Fracture Module
This module is based on Gibbs Free - Mechanical Fracture analysis. It is used to determine the swelling and expansion restraint due to - and within - different components of the composite, under hydrostatic pressure and swelling driven by temperature and mass solubility. Effects of fatigue and ageing of material components are included.
Mathematics
The solving of the partial differential equations of mechanically oriented problems in complex shapes or multiple (more than three) layers is solved using finite element methodology. For basic shapes and for sequencing nano / micro material sections, the simulator uses the finite difference method,.
Industrial Applications
Industrial examples of the CheFEM application are:
- Service life / failure assessment of Epoxy and Vinyl Ester Resins reinforced with Functionalized Graphene Sheets (FGS) in new high performance applications.
- Service life prediction of composite (reinforced) bridge decks.
- Lifetime analysis of oil & gas pipelines and devices, in severe temperature and pressure conditions (such as Supercritical carbon dioxides - CO2).
- Integrated ageing & fatigue simulation and analysis of windmill rotor blades operated at sea (brine environment).
- Long term behavior of thin film flexible solar cells (mechanical stress, water, oxygen and nitrogen diffusion).
Development
CheFEM is developed by an independent firm, Composite Agency (The Netherlands). CheFEM is written in the programming language Java. A production version of CheFEM was demonstrated on JEC Composites 2008. Currently, the development of the program is ongoing.
Brolf is an outdoor recreational sport created in June, 2008 by Woodstock, Ontario residents Nathan TeBokkel and Brendan Andrews. It is a low-budget sport that requires little to no training and equipment and can be enjoyed by many. In Brolf, the competitors hit the blockowood into the U with the straw broom. The name Brolf is a hybrid of broom and golf.
Equipment
In order to play Brolf, there are three items that must be acquired. A straw broom is a must, as is a roughly 3"x3" block of wood and a 10"x10" U-shaped block of wood. Sandals are mandatory for the summer months, or as the weather permits, and the participants will not be penalized for not wearing sandals. However, not possessing the three former items will result in no game, for reasons to be seen.
Etymology
There are many terms unique to the sport, which competitors must be familiar with in order to maximize their enjoyment. The list of terms is as follows:
* straw broom: a broom made of stiff bristles of straw (or corn) used to hit the blockowood
* blockowood: a roughly 3"x3", 2" deep, block of wood
* U: a roughly 10"x10" U-shaped piece of wood, which the blockowood is hit into
* whacking off: hitting the blockowood with the sweeping end of the broom
* shafting: hitting (or flicking) the blockowood with the handle end of the broom
* dandy: hitting the blockowood into the U in 3 or less shots
* craig: a poor whack
* good whack: a good whack
* mitch: missing the blockowood completely
* shawn: excessive whacking, even and especially when it is not the players' turn
* jarred: repeatedly whacking your blockowood off a curb or the edge of the U
* seth: scoring 0 points in a game of Brolf
Rules
As stated, the objective of Brolf is to hit the blockowood into the U. Doing so results in one (1) point. Because of the transient nature of the Brolf Course (Brolf can be played anywhere and the locations of the U's are changeable), competitors alternate whacking; taking turns until one reaches the U, whereupon it is moved and a new U is set up. The competitor who hits their blockowood into the U first receives one (1) point, and at the end of the game, the player with the most points is the winner. There is to be no tie-games in Brolf, so any match where two or more players have the same amount of points must go into extra U's.
Brolf has many more complex rules. These will be presented in list format:
* When a competitor performs a mitch, or their whack goes less than two paces, they may re-whack from their initial position (only once unless they completely miss; in which case, they may re-whack until their blockowood travels a significant distance). This does not apply when the competitor is within one pace of the U, where re-whacking is illegal and considered a shawn.
* When the blockowood becomes stuck in a position, the competitor may move it up to one broom length (the sweeping end of the broom) into a more favourable position. Again, this is not applicable within one pace of the U, and this cannot be done more than once per turn.
* Swearing is prohibited.
* When a competitor's blockowood is about to strike another competitor or a pedestrian, the whacker must shout profanities.
* Destruction of the environment for non-Brolf-related purposes is strictly forbidden.
* To show appreciation for a good whack, competitors and spectators must respectfully cluck their tongues like a chicken.
* Before a U is played, an object may be selected. Players who hit this object from their initial whack will be awarded an immediate extra shot.
* Moving an opponent's blockowood intentionally is prohibited.
* Cellphone use (unless for an emergency) during a Brolf match is not allowed.
* Hitting the blockowood from it's side is forbidden; they must be flat before they are whacked.
Famous Brolfers
Some famous Brolfers are the co-creators Nathan TeBokkel and Brendan Andrews. Other famous Brolfers are Alan Rishworth and Mitchell Ludington (after his suspension for profanities that ended April 5, 2009).
Equipment
In order to play Brolf, there are three items that must be acquired. A straw broom is a must, as is a roughly 3"x3" block of wood and a 10"x10" U-shaped block of wood. Sandals are mandatory for the summer months, or as the weather permits, and the participants will not be penalized for not wearing sandals. However, not possessing the three former items will result in no game, for reasons to be seen.
Etymology
There are many terms unique to the sport, which competitors must be familiar with in order to maximize their enjoyment. The list of terms is as follows:
* straw broom: a broom made of stiff bristles of straw (or corn) used to hit the blockowood
* blockowood: a roughly 3"x3", 2" deep, block of wood
* U: a roughly 10"x10" U-shaped piece of wood, which the blockowood is hit into
* whacking off: hitting the blockowood with the sweeping end of the broom
* shafting: hitting (or flicking) the blockowood with the handle end of the broom
* dandy: hitting the blockowood into the U in 3 or less shots
* craig: a poor whack
* good whack: a good whack
* mitch: missing the blockowood completely
* shawn: excessive whacking, even and especially when it is not the players' turn
* jarred: repeatedly whacking your blockowood off a curb or the edge of the U
* seth: scoring 0 points in a game of Brolf
Rules
As stated, the objective of Brolf is to hit the blockowood into the U. Doing so results in one (1) point. Because of the transient nature of the Brolf Course (Brolf can be played anywhere and the locations of the U's are changeable), competitors alternate whacking; taking turns until one reaches the U, whereupon it is moved and a new U is set up. The competitor who hits their blockowood into the U first receives one (1) point, and at the end of the game, the player with the most points is the winner. There is to be no tie-games in Brolf, so any match where two or more players have the same amount of points must go into extra U's.
Brolf has many more complex rules. These will be presented in list format:
* When a competitor performs a mitch, or their whack goes less than two paces, they may re-whack from their initial position (only once unless they completely miss; in which case, they may re-whack until their blockowood travels a significant distance). This does not apply when the competitor is within one pace of the U, where re-whacking is illegal and considered a shawn.
* When the blockowood becomes stuck in a position, the competitor may move it up to one broom length (the sweeping end of the broom) into a more favourable position. Again, this is not applicable within one pace of the U, and this cannot be done more than once per turn.
* Swearing is prohibited.
* When a competitor's blockowood is about to strike another competitor or a pedestrian, the whacker must shout profanities.
* Destruction of the environment for non-Brolf-related purposes is strictly forbidden.
* To show appreciation for a good whack, competitors and spectators must respectfully cluck their tongues like a chicken.
* Before a U is played, an object may be selected. Players who hit this object from their initial whack will be awarded an immediate extra shot.
* Moving an opponent's blockowood intentionally is prohibited.
* Cellphone use (unless for an emergency) during a Brolf match is not allowed.
* Hitting the blockowood from it's side is forbidden; they must be flat before they are whacked.
Famous Brolfers
Some famous Brolfers are the co-creators Nathan TeBokkel and Brendan Andrews. Other famous Brolfers are Alan Rishworth and Mitchell Ludington (after his suspension for profanities that ended April 5, 2009).