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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Austin Briggs: Master of the 'Awkward Moment'
I thought of a particular Briggs illustration when I read a comment by Barbara Bradley Feb 27th. This is the part of the comment I meant.
"Fuchs pointed out something I've never forgotten about Briggs; that he was one of the first to select that natural moment between extremes of an action, often an almost awkward moment".
The Briggs illustration of the person sitting illustrates that comment for me.
The 'awkward moment'? What an intriguing notion.
Happily, many TI list members have been very generous in sharing Austin Briggs scans from their collections with me, so rounding up a few other examples took no effort.
Was Austin Briggs particularly adept at capturing 'that natural moment between extremes of an action' in his work? You be the judge.
* My thanks to Harold Henriksen, Brian Postman, Tom Watson and Michael Lark for providing material for today's post.
* My Austin Briggs Flickr set.
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these are beautiful,leif....3 of these illustrations i've never seen before,and i have a fairly large austin briggs tearsheet collection!...best,brian...ReplyDelete
- rich4:38 PM
Another set of great drawings, leif. Thanks.ReplyDelete
I'm not a big friend of Reader's Digest. But here and there there's an occasion to look into an old sample. There we find all those great illustrators, and that makes those vintage Digests so attractive for me, although sometimes hard to digest otherwise...
It's interesting that the first two images are almost crude silhouettes with no line work, yet Briggs manages to make then extremely informative. Briggs was so damn subtle, it is always a pleasure to watch what he could accomplish with the simplest of marks. But it is that third image-- the man at his desk in a business suit-- that is the real doozy for me. Fabulous! Do you know what it is from?ReplyDelete
David....the illustrationReplyDelete
you mention is from an article called..."the elegant
shopkeepers"...i don't know what magazine its
from...probably "cosmopolitan" from the
1960's...they are about 8 x 11 inches...i found them in walt reeds tearsheet collection in the early 90's.and he let me made sharp xeroxes of the pages.....watch for all the scans....i will e-mail them to you...best,brian postman


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I'm onto you, you crafty lot. I know what you're up to, and I know what you've done. There's no denying it. You're the reason I've been seeing red every time I've gone grocery shopping this past month.
Red everywhere — red balloons, red hearts, red cards, red candy, red flowers. You're the reason Valentine's is in the air. It's time to reveal yourselves. It's time to fess up that somehow, somewhere, there is a Secret Society of Sheilas forcing the holiday hand into lining aisles with heart-shaped chocolates and blush sparkling wine. Thanks to you love-lusting ladies, I no longer know whether my annual winter watery eyes are caused by my allergies or the aisles of Red Hots.
I need to know how you did it. How did you get the stores to invest in Valentine's Day six weeks before the holiday? Is there a warehouse basement harboring the bound and gagged CEOs of every major grocery and pharmacy? Or did you adopt a less violent tactic? Perhaps you blackmailed the chiefs of consumerism with evil messages scribbled onto the backs of bug-shaped cards that say "Bee Mine!" How else could you have persuaded every store to promote Valentine's Day so early?
Furthermore, how did you Valentine Vixens trick consumers like me into accepting that every Jan. 2, I'll find cardboard tiaras in every grocer's dumpster and sidewalk chalk repurposed into conversational hearts found at every checkout aisle? How?! I don't understand it. We not only accept that holiday specialty items are for sale early but also buy them! All of them! The cards. The candy. Even the pathetic Valentine's bouquets!
Someone, please, explain to me how this Secret Society of Cupid's Cohorts persuaded people to purchase flowers six weeks before Valentine's Day. Folks do understand that flowers die, don't they? So how does this make any sense? Are you planning on storing them in the closet until the morning of Feb. 14? I'm no botanist, but I don't think that's a sound plan. Maybe it's just me, but giving your beloved dead flowers isn't exactly romantic.
Don't get me wrong, League of Lasses. I'm sure you had the purest of intentions. Beleaguered by the incessant forgetfulness of your partners and the general male lackluster engagement in the holiday of love, you concocted a plan to take back the date night. I assume the Sisterhood set forth on this creative endeavor to make it virtually impossible for your partners to claim they "forgot" Valentine's Day. So you painted the town red. Red hearts abound! They are everywhere. Every gas station, every pharmacy, every grocery sells the same iconic chocolate boxes. Men couldn't possibly forget Valentine's Day if they tried. You knew that with six weeks of daily reminders, dinner reservations would once again be called in. Sweet notes scribbled. Presents purchased. Bouquets bought. You won! You did.
But it's beginning to backfire.
With great power comes great responsibility. Once Valentine's Day rolled out the red carpet more than a month early, other holidays began following your lead. Easter, Halloween, Arbor Day — they all have an extended rollout.
That single February night of devotion that your Group of Gals worked so hard to revive, placing us all at risk from sensory overstimulation every time we walk into a store, may now all be for naught. We are becoming immune. Worse, our partners are becoming immune. Now that every holiday has a long rollout, the six-week buildup to Valentine's doesn't work as a string around your finger as it once did. Our significant others are losing their Cupid consciousness and once again falling victim to male-pattern Valentine-amnesia.
I think it is time to put an end to all this malt chocolate madness. Release the CEOs from their basement bindings, and burn the blackmail. Let's move on and let Valentine's be what it is supposed to be: a celebration worthy of no more than a week's worth of buildup.
I know it seems scary not to hit our partners over the head with a candy-coated hammer, but I believe this is progress. And remember that if your significant other forgets to buy you a Valentine's Day present, you need not fret. On Feb. 15, everything will be 50 percent off, and you can treat your own darn self to twice as many chocolates in heart-shaped boxes.


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Computer Sciences Corp. will completely revamp Maryland's Medicaid information system under an eight-year contract that has an estimated total value to $297 million.
The contract from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene calls for CSC to replace the state's Medicaid Management Information System and to provide fiscal agent services for selected DHMH programs, according to a March 19 CSC announcement.
Under the terms of the agreement, CSC will develop and implement a new enterprise IS solution for DHMH health care administration.
CSC is partnering with CNSI, of Gaithersburg, Md., to develop this solution, which will be aligned with CMS' Medicaid Information Technology Architecture framework. This system also will provide the department with an IT platform that promotes operational efficiencies and information-sharing, reduces fraud and abuse, and provides flexibility to support future health care mandates, the announcement said.
CSC will also serve as the fiscal agent for the state agency providing operational support to manage provider and recipient call centers, provider enrollment, prior authorization reviews, claims processing and other administrative activities.
In addition to CNSI, CSC's small business partners include with Gantech, Blue Collar Objects, Group Z, PSI, Korak, SNAP and Softek.
CSC, of Falls Church, Va., ranks No. 11 on Washington Technology's 2011 Top 100 list of the largest federal government contractors.
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So this means they are going with IBM z-platform?? if not...have a nice rip off day..
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NOTE: This article has been archived. Please read our new "Types of Lithium-ion" for an updated version.
Most lithium-ion batteries for portable applications are cobalt-based. The system consists of a cobalt oxide positive electrode (cathode) and a graphite carbon in the negative electrode (anode). One of the main advantages of the cobalt-based battery is its high energy density. Long run-time makes this chemistry attractive for cell phones, laptops and cameras.
|The widely used cobalt-based lithium-ion has drawbacks; it offers a relatively low discharge current. A high load would overheat the pack and its safety would be jeopardized. The safety circuit of the cobalt-based battery is typically limited to a charge and discharge rate of about 1C. This means that a 2400mAh 18650 cell can only be charged and discharged with a maximum current of 2.4A. Another downside is the increase of the internal resistance that occurs with cycling and aging. After 2-3 years of use, the pack often becomes unserviceable due to a large voltage drop under load that is caused by high internal resistance. Figure 1 illustrates the crystalline structure of cobalt oxide.
|Figure 1: Cathode crystalline of lithium cobalt oxide has 'layered' structures. The lithium ions are shown bound to the cobalt oxide. During discharge, the lithium ions move from the cathode to the anode. The flow reverses on charge.
|In 1996, scientists succeeded in using lithium manganese oxide as a cathode material. This substance forms a three-dimensional spinel structure that improves the ion flow between the electrodes. High ion flow lowers the internal resistance and increases loading capability. The resistance stays low with cycling, however, the battery does age and the overall service life is similar to that of cobalt. Spinel has an inherently high thermal stability and needs less safety circuitry than a cobalt system.Low internal cell resistance is the key to high rate capability. This characteristic benefits fast-charging and high-current discharging. A spinel-based lithium-ion in an 18650 cell can be discharged at 20-30A with marginal heat build-up. Short one-second load pulses of twice the specified current are permissible. Some heat build-up cannot be prevented and the cell temperature should not exceed 80°C.
Figure 2: Cathode crystalline of
lithium manganese oxide has a
'three-dimensional framework structure'.
This spinel structure, which is usually composed of diamond shapes connected into a lattice, appears after initial formation. This system provides high conductivity but lower energy density.
The spinel battery also has weaknesses. One of the most significant drawbacks is the lower capacity compared to the cobalt-based system. Spinel provides roughly 1200mAh in an 18650 package, about half that of the cobalt equivalent. In spite of this, spinel still provides an energy density that is about 50% higher than that of a nickel-based equivalent.
Figure 3: Format of 18650 cell.
The dimensionsof this commonly used cell are: 18mm in diameter and 65mm in length.
Lithium-ion has not yet reached full maturity and the technology is continually improving. The anode in today's cells is made up of a graphite mixture and the cathode is a combination of lithium and other choice metals. It should be noted that all materials in a battery have a theoretical energy density. With lithium-ion, the anode is well optimized and little improvements can be gained in terms of design changes. The cathode, however, shows promise for further enhancements. Battery research is therefore focusing on the cathode material. Another part that has potential is the electrolyte. The electrolyte serves as a reaction medium between the anode and the cathode.
The battery industry is making incremental capacity gains of 8-10% per year. This trend is expected to continue. This, however, is a far cry from Moore's Law that specifies a doubling of transistors on a chip every 18 to 24 months. Translating this increase to a battery would mean a doubling of capacity every two years. Instead of two years, lithium-ion has doubled its energy capacity in 10 years.
Today's lithium-ion comes in many "flavours" and the differences in the composition are mostly related to the cathode material. Table 1 below summarizes the most commonly used lithium-ion on the market today. For simplicity, we summarize the chemistries into four groupings, which are Cobalt, Manganese, NCM and Phosphate.
Chemical name
Short form
Lithium Cobalt Oxide1AlsoLithium Cobalate or lithium-ion-cobalt)
High capacity; for cell phone laptop, camera
Li-manganese, or spinel
Most safe; lower capacity than Li-cobalt but high specific power and long life.
Power tools,
Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide1, also lithium-manganese-cobalt-oxide
Lithium Nickel Cobalt Aluminum Oxide1
Gaining importance
Lithium Titanate2
Table 1: Reference names for Li-ion batteries.We willuse the short form when appropriate.
1 Cathode material
2 Anode material
The cobalt-based lithium-ion appeared first in 1991, introduced by Sony. This battery chemistry gained quick acceptance because of its high energy density. Possibly due to lower energy density, spinel-based lithium-ion had a slower start. When introduced in 1996, the world demanded longer runtime above anything else. With the need for high current rate on many portable devices, spinel has now moved to the frontline and is in hot demand. The requirements are so great that manufacturers producing these batteries are unable to meet the demand. This is one of the reasons why so little advertising is done to promote this product. E-One Moli Energy (Canada) is a leading manufacturer of the spinel lithium-ion in cylindrical form. They are specializing in the 18650 and 26700 cell formats. Other major players of spinel-based lithium-ion are Sanyo, Panasonic and Sony.
Sony is focusing on the nickel-cobalt manganese (NCM) version. The cathode incorporates cobalt, nickel and manganese in the crystal structure that forms a multi-metal oxide material to which lithium is added. The manufacturer offers a range of different products within this battery family, catering to users that either needs high energy density or high load capability. It should be noted that these two attributes could not be combined in one and the same package; there is a compromise between the two. Note that the NCM charges to 4.10V/cell, 100mV lower than cobalt and spinel. Charging this battery chemistry to 4.20V/cell would provide higher capacities but the cycle life would be cut short. Instead of the customary 800 cycles achieved in a laboratory environment, the cycle count would be reduced to about 300.
The newest addition to the lithium-ion family is the A123 System in which nano-phosphate materials are added in the cathode. It claims to have the highest power density in W/kg of a commercially available lithium-ion battery. The cell can be continuously discharged to 100% depth-of-discharge at 35C and can endure discharge pulses as high as 100C. The phosphate-based system has a nominal voltage of about 3.3V/cell and peak charge voltage is 3.60V. This is lower than the cobalt-based lithium-ion and the battery will require a designated charger. Valance Technology was the first to commercialize the phosphate-based lithium-ion and their cells are sold under the Saphionâ name.
In Figure 4 we compare the energy density (Wh/kg) of the three lithium-ion chemistries and place them against the traditional lead acid, nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal-hydride. One can see the incremental improvement of Manganese and Phosphate over older technologies. Cobalt offers the highest energy density but is thermally less stable and cannot deliver high load currents.
Figure 4: Energy densities of common battery chemistries.
Energy Density (Wh/kg) is a measure of how much energy a battery can hold. The higher the energy density, the longer the runtime will be. Lithium-ion with cobalt cathodes offer the highest energy densities. Typical applications are cell phones, laptops and digital cameras.
Power Density (W/kg) indicates how much power a battery can deliver on demand. The focus is on power bursts, such as drilling through heavy steel, rather than runtime. Manganese and phosphate-based lithium-ion, as well as nickel-based chemistries, are among the best performers. Batteries with high power density are used for power tools, medical devices and transportation systems.
An analogy between energy and power densities can be made with a water bottle. The size of the bottle is the energy density, while the opening denotes the power density. A large bottle can carry a lot of water, while a large opening can pore it quickly. The large container with a wide mouth is the best combination.
For the last 10 years or so, the nominal voltage of lithium-ion was known to be 3.60V/cell. This was a rather handy figure because it made up for three nickel-based batteries (1.2V/cell) connected in series. Using the higher cell voltages for lithium-ion reflects in better watt/hours readings on paper and poses a marketing advantage, however, the equipment manufacturer will continue assuming the cell to be 3.60V.
The nominal voltage of a lithium-ion battery is calculated by taking a fully charged battery of about 4.20V, fully discharging it to about 3.00V at a rate of 0.5C while measuring the average voltage.
Because of the lower internal resistance, the average voltage of a spinel system will be higher than that of the cobalt-based equivalent. Pure spinel has the lowest internal resistance and the nominal cell voltage is 3.80V. The exception again is the phosphate-based lithium-ion. This system deviates the furthest from the conventional lithium-ion system
Batteries live longer if treated in a gentle manner. High charge voltages, excessive charge rate and extreme load conditions have a negative effect on battery life. The longevity is often a direct result of the environmental stresses applied. The following guidelines suggest ways to prolong battery life.
-The time at which the battery stays at 4.20/cell should be as short as possible. Prolonged high voltage promotes corrosion, especially at elevated temperatures. Spinel is less sensitive to high voltage.
-3.92V/cell is the best upper voltage threshold for cobalt-based lithium-ion. Charging batteries to this voltage level has been shown to double cycle life. Lithium-ion systems for defense applications make use of the lower voltage threshold. The negative is a much lower capacity.
-The charge current of Li-ion should be moderate (0.5C for cobalt-based lithium-ion). The lower charge current reduces the time in which the cell resides at 4.20V. A 0.5C charge only adds marginally to the charge time over 1C because the topping charge will be shorter. A high current charge tends to push the voltage into voltage limit prematurely.
-Do not discharge lithium-ion too deeply. Instead, charge it frequently. Lithium-ion does not have memory problems like nickel-cadmium batteries. No deep discharges are needed for conditioning.
-Do not charge lithium-ion at or below freezing temperature. Although accepting charge, an irreversible plating of metallic lithium will occur that compromises the safety of the pack.
Not only does a lithium-ion battery live longer with a slower charge rate; moderate discharge rates also help. Figure 5 shows the cycle life as a function of charge and discharge rates. Observe the improved laboratory performance on a charge and discharge rate of 1C compared to 2 and 3C.
Figure 5: Longevity of lithium-ion as a function of charge and discharge rates.
Lithium-cobalt enjoys the highest energy density. Manganese and phosphate systems are terminally more stable and deliver high load currents than cobalt.
Battery experts agree that the longevity of lithium-ion is shortened by other factors than charge and discharge rates. Even though incremental improvements can be achieved with careful use, our environment and the services required are not always conducive for optimal battery life. In this respect, the battery behaves much like us humans - we cannot always live a life that caters to achieve maximum life span.
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This article says "The system consists of a cobalt oxide positive electrode (cathode) and a graphite carbon in the negative electrode (anode)." Anodes, however, are Positive, and Cathodes are negative. Is this a typo?
@Eric: Maybe there is confusion, the electrode in an electrochemical cell in which oxidation takes place, releasing electrons. During discharge the negative electrode of the cell is the anode. During charge the situation reverses and the positive electrode of the cell is the anode. In a battery the anode refers to the negative electrode.
@Isidor: Thanks very much for the clarification. Your comment makes perfect sense. Anode polarity depends on the device type, and sometimes even in which mode it operates. In a device which consumes power the anode is positive (i.e., a diode), and in a device which provides power (i.e., a battery) the anode is negative.
I recently bought an upgraded 3500 Mah Lithium-ion battery for my Cell phone to extend its usable run time. The manufacture stats the battery will reach full potential after it has been charged 5-6 times. Is there merit to this statement or not really that significant.
I am a contractor and recently bought a 12v lithium-ion impact driver,it came as a surprize to me that the lithium-ion product was less expensive then the nicd which has been the cordless tool power plant for quite some time. With the advantages of lith-ion,why is it cheaper. Thanks for listening.
Specific energy is Wh/kg and energy density is Wh/L I think you are mixed up
David: The reason for this is probably that the lithium impact driver you are looking at will have cheap lithium cells inside which could be dangerous. After studying lithium batteries, i would not suggest buying a lithium impact driver, especially if you are using it on a regular basis in hot conditions as lithium batteries are sensitive to heat
If I understand correctly, using an "unprotected" 18650 Li-ion battery for a single cell, high-intensity LED flashlight is not a risk since the current drain would be well below the limit that would turn my flashlight into a small pipe bomb. Is this assumption correct?
And what is the safe current draw for an unprotected cell?
Thank you for this superlative resource.
Unfortunately, manufacturers of power tools are very vague about lithium chemistries used in their tools,
They actually confuse the whole issue even for knowledgeable people that could read between the lines such as:
1- true voltage per conventional rule ( 1.2v NiCad + NiMh 3.30v LifeP04 3.6v 3.7v share for the rest of Lithium flavors)
this decifering effort is compounded by the multicell packs that often end up with the very same voltage readings.
I personally open every single lithium battery pack I ever purchase and found so many surprises, sometime good sometime bad.
one of the good one was finding LifeP04 in a fairly inexpensive lithium drill stating 21.6 volts
what was revealed when opened:
the pack had 6 prismatic cells with factory numbers.
21.6 : 6 = 3.6volts but those cells were not !! they actually were 3.30v the factory numbers after checking online also revealed Lifep04 at 1500 mah.
this was the find of the year for me and went and buy a whole bunch of those tools.
they are now powering my electric skate board and my range is over 20 miles on a single charge not to mention the zappier response from them ( before skateboard had SLA sealed lead acid )
2- capacitance for a given form factor
3- shape of cell say prismatic for LifeP04
it looks like they are confusing us on purpose to keep consumers from knowledge and they take advantage of that ignorance out there to win by clever marketing campaigns.
my name is Christian StClaire who just discovered this awesome website today,
it would be nice if my friend Vasilli Keramidas could contribute to this site since he is one of the fathers of Lithium Polymer along with the original Frenchman Jean Marie Tarascon who fully licensed Bell Core which was led to fruitation by Vassilli in the 1990's
This one is truly one of the most instructive stuff. The concerning features mention "The system consists of a cobalt oxide positive electrode (cathode) and a graphite carbon in the negative electrode (anode)." So informative post for me. Thanks.
1.This is for Mr.Eric: A simple definition for positive and negative electrodes.
In a power supplying device, the cathode is positive and anode is negative. In a power consuming device like electrolytic cells, the anode is positive and the cathode is negative. It can be remembered easily by the following definition. Anode is the electrode where always oxidation takes place and cathode is the electrode where reduction takes place always. This definition is applicable for both power producing cells as well as power consuming cells.
2. This is Mr Richard Marks: Theoretically energy density is Wh/liter, but by convention it is being used as Whr/kg since in battery technology, the weight is the most siginificant parameter than the volume. Similarly the power density is also referred as Watts/Kg rather than Watts/liter.
Sony Corporation today announced that it has launched a new type of lithium ion secondary battery that combines high-power and long-life performance, using olivine-type lithium iron phosphate as the cathode material. Shipment commenced in June 2009.
my research area is nanobatteries,please suggest suitable cathode material to obtain high performance characteristics of battery.
Just a silly question..
As an example LiFePO4
If the theoritical capacity is 170 mAh/kg = 170 Ah/kg and flate voltage of 3.7V
Then theoritacally we must reach E = CxU = 170 x 3.7 = 629 Wh/Kg
It is indicated a value of 110 Wh/kg on your figure 4. Do i´m wrong in my way to calcul it? Why there is a factor 5.7 in comparison with the expected value?
My mistake 170 mAh/g…
Kristof, your calculation is not wrong, however, a cell is made up out of more than just the electrode materials. You'll also have to consider, electrolyte, casing et cetera. Additionally, theoretical capacity assumes 100% utilization of the active materials, which unfortunately 'never' happens.
Hope this helped.
Many thanks Andreas for taking the time to give an answer.
I see the idea, then your are represented the máximum enable to be reach by technology and reported in the SOA. I was curious to know if it was posible to estimate the real characteristics from the theoritical one + the configuration of the cell + electrochemical test as a starting point.
Then the numbers presented will change significantly if we are talking about coin cell, cylindrical cell, pouch cell… It´s difficult to compare different materials with different "packaging" and different rate of charge, ect…
Typically, it is difficult to plot in the same graph a lead acid battery in a pack cell of 6 single cells charged at C/5 and a LiFePO4 in CR2032 format and charged at 10C. With two total weights very different. For example, why to not replace all the lead acid battery onboards cars by a lighter li-ion pack? It is not only a question of safety or price, but also because lead acid technology is using for energy application and lithium ion for both power and energy.
Thanks agains, and if you have some reference about my philosophic interrogation to prevent the charasteristic of a system then i will appreciate.
Have a nice day.
can you respond to this confusion between electrode (charge holding) density often quoted in mAH/g as opposed to th battery energy density often quoted in Whr/g i there a simple way to convert a breakthrough in electrode charge density into battery energy storage density eg a 1810mAh/g electrode in a GEO/GE/C composite is around 6 times that of standard cobolt li ion carbon electrode but what does that do to the energy density of the cell that it resides in duble triple or just alter the charge discharge rate. which is the chicken and which is the egg with all these new battery and electrode breakthorughs
I would like to know the impact of LiMn204 conductivity as cathode material on the performance of lithium ion batteries,some one who has details information about this issue can help me.thx
As an end consumer.. I avoid smart battieries like I would AIDs. I have a number of expensive useless devices that have smart batteries. Smart meaning instead of discarding expired batteries you discard the device.. because it's not supported.. I want to know how to bypass the circuitry to use conventional battery packs when the replacements are not available? Any takers? In the meantime… I do my damnedest to avoid purchasing devices with smart batteries.. It's not a selling point. I'm not the only one that feels this way either, don't kid yourself.
@Bill Bower: From your post, it seems you're interested in keeping your electronics alive for as long as possible for any number of reasons. I don't blame you, if something still has a use, why throw it away simply because the battery's dead?!
The answer is simple: get comfortable rebuilding your own battery packs. Easier said than done though. What we're running into is that battery chemistries are not all created equal. Someone's Lithium Cobalt cell wont be the same as someone else's, and heaven forbid you find a LiFePO4 (Iron Phosphate) cell and put it into something meant for LCO! That would probably be the end of that particular device, hopefully while you're around to watch it so it doesn't catch the room on fire.
If you want to use standard lead acid, Alkaline, or NiMH batteries in a newer lithium powered device, there's a lot of engineering that needs to happen (backyard engineering works sometimes…) before all the pieces fall into place: Voltage levels, charging considerations, capacity, weight, safety, safety, safety.
Batteries in today's electronics do one of two things: last as long as the "useful life" of the product they're permanently installed in, or are made to be replaceable to work with those devices that have a "useful life" longer than the battery. When the company goes out of business or stops selling batteries for that particular product, the aftermarket pops up and usually takes over with the newest tech. (BatteriesPlus.com is your friend!)
If we charge Li-ion battery with low current capacity charging circuit so that it will be charged with 0.1C during CC charging will it improve life? In my application 99 % of the life of the instrument it will work from the wall cube power supply. And the cell will be function as backup
@Shiju: Low charge rates will typically lengthen the battery life on a sliding scale. The more slowly you charge or discharge a lithium battery, the less you'll "damage" it and reduce the capacity of that battery.
That being said, if you're using a rechargeable lithium battery as a backup power source, make sure you understand the lifespan considerations of the device since most LCO lithium variants have a 3-4 year shelf life before they're useless - regardless of cycles. Also, a rechargeable lithium battery probably shouldn't "float" at its highest voltage level while ready to provide backup power. If you let the battery "float" at something closer to 80% SoC (instead of 95-100%), you'll see a much higher standby life of that battery.
I guess what I'm saying is that in your application, the "shelf life" will be a much larger issue than cycle life and you should work on optimizing that aspect of the application - even consider a different battery chemistry like NiMH or replaceable non-rechargeable lithium to lengthen useful calendar life for the application.
I recently bought an old model flip phone and it came with three Li-on batteries.What is the best way to store them,and should I charge them periodically?I imagine I'll have the two spares for at least a couple of years. Thank you.
What is the selection criteria for anode and cathode in battery? e.g. In Li battery, Li is used as one anode electrode but in Li ion battery anode is graphite and cathode is Li CoO2 etc.
Also in Li air battery, Li is used as anode electrode…
A query if I may. At the cathode is it the Li+ that is reduced to Li or Co that is reduced (from +4 to +3), i.e. is the lithium absorbed as an ion or a neutral atom? This bemuses me because presumably at the anode the Li must be oxidised, i.e it has been absorbed in the graphite as Li atoms.
If is the Co which is oxidised then presumably it would Mn or Fe in other common cathode materials.
Assistance greatly appreciated.,
I am an investor. What is the name of the manufacturer, off the Midtown Cobalt batteries
@ Nathan L Midtown Cobalt
Assume you've also turned up nothing via internet search.
One issue requiring seasoned judgement is how relative performance of quite a number of factors will weigh toward success or failure of a particular battery chemistry in the marketplace.
For example, does the following look promising?:
i need lifepo battery A123 32113 500 Pieces
What would be a typical weight of Cobalt metal in a EV lithium-ion battery?
Please tell me the standard value of Energy density for a lithium ion cell. What is effect of more Energy density on battery performance and how.
At the cell level you have a wide range from 90Wh/kg for LFP cathode, around 170Wh/kg for NMC prismatic in EV (Nissan Leaf) up to >200Wh/Kg for NCA (Tesla). And you have to know than Wh/L is approximately = 2.8*Wh/kg strictly for Li-Ion technology.
Without extending the discussion on safety, layered cathode are the worst, it is possible to reach a C-rate of 2C (full charge or discharge in 30min) expecting no issue (correct aging, 2000 cycles, 80% DoD and thermal evolution up to safety problem)
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Can someone educate me quality and grade of Cobalt oxide used in Lithium batteries, who are currently producing this chemical?
Can this be made by chemical precipitation process of a Cobalt salt solution such Cobalt sulfate ?
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Toshiba has recently announced a new version of lithium-ion battery based on titanium niobium oxide anode materials with the intention to commercialize the technology during its fiscal year 2019. The claim is that this new battery is vastly superior to current technologies in energy density and rapid recharge capabilities and will be a game-changer for the electric vehicle market.
As an investor, I am interested in what this new technology will mean in terms of demand for battery materials for the growing EV market, and specifically cobalt. If the technology is successful will materials demand shift from cobalt to titanium and niobium?
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BUT COBALT IS MINED MOSTLY IN CHILD-SLAVE-LABOR AFRICA, and Apple might corner the market. *
You discuss he 18650 (AAA? penllght?) but that size isn't used in phones!! Or computers, I think.
Batteries need shut offs, in all devices, to interrupt gov and other spying.
Most of USA chocolate consumption ALSO comes from CHILD-SLAVE-LABOR AFRICA!
You seem quite knowledgeable! And i have a Q? i know there are sites that specialize in this but what is your take? thanks
I'm new to the boating world and i'm looking to purchase a motor yacht. big enough to live on for a good while. (dual diesel engines, a/c, fridge/stove, and generator) so how can i transform the basic battery set up, electrical/generator to more of a solar li-ion battery set up.
i imagine that i need two sets of batteries. one for engine start and one for electrical demands of lights and everything else.( still having diesel generator in case we have a week of rain or just very cloudy weather and not being at a dock). i have looked in to greenline boats and mochi craft. but this is to transform the new diesel boat to a more ... let's say a little cleaner way of enjoying life.
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Bias Protocol
The following clarifications of definitions are meant to help students, faculty, and staff understand the serious offenses that may grow out of intolerance. Our policies, handbooks, and practices — as well as the laws — are provided or referenced here to help everyone understand where we stand as a community and how we pursue violations and help those affected.
We encourage exploration and dialogue about diversity through the guidance provided by numerous Widener professionals.
What are bias incidents?
A bias incident is conduct, speech, or expression that is motivated by bias or prejudice but doesn't involve a criminal act. Bias incidents may, however, violate campus disciplinary or harassment policies. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a bias incident is the use of degrading language and slurs directed toward people of color, women, members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community, people with disabilities, members of religious groups, and others who belong to groups that have traditionally been marginalized ("Hate Crimes on Campus: The Problem and Efforts to Confront It," 2001).
What are hate crimes?
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines a hate crime as a criminal act [such as simple or physical assault, arson, or vandalism] motivated by bias, particularly against any given race, nationality, or ethnicity, religion, disability, or sexual orientation (Violent Crime: What's Happening on Campuses and How Colleges Respond, 2004). In addition, any writing, including graffiti, e-mail, or even anonymous letters, that threatens or encourages violence toward an individual or group of people may also be a hate crime.
What do I do if I think a hate crime or bias incident has taken place?
- Do not confront the person you think committed the act.
- Call Campus Safety immediately at (610) 499-4200, or the police at 911 if there is an immediate safety concern or if you think a crime has been committed.
- Do not disturb a crime scene or remove/destroy evidence such as graffiti. Campus Safety officers or the police may need to gather evidence.
- Tell someone you trust — a professor, a staff member, a resident assistant. Ask that person to help you file a report under the Student Code of Conduct or the university's Discrimination and Harassment Codes. Here are some other university personnel who can assist you.
What is the process of reporting an on-campus incident?
- You should begin by telling your resident assistant, the assistant dean of residence life, the dean of students, a counselor, adviser, faculty member, or some other Widener professional what has happened. After speaking with you, that person informs his/her supervisor that a hate crime or bias incident has occurred.
- A Widener professional will support you with an initial telephone call to the Office of Campus Safety, whose officers will be dispatched to the scene to talk with you, gather evidence, and begin an investigation.
- The officers may ask you to provide the message board, note, or other item of evidence if such exists.
- A professional staff member meets with you to learn the specifics of the incident and gain a better understanding of your personal feelings, reactions, and wishes. At your request, a university staff member from the Counseling Center, Student Affairs, and/or other relevant university area is contacted to provide additional assistance.
- After gathering all pertinent information from you, the professional completes a written report that will be shared with Campus Safety.
- Taking into account your personal feelings, reactions, and wishes, the professional may implement or recommend that others implement activities responding to the incident. These activities may include but are not limited to a floor or hall meeting, educational programming, a letter or a similar communication to the floor/hall addressing the situation, and/or judicial proceedings.
What is done to help the victim of a hate crime or bias incident?
The university provides support, including counseling if necessary, and help in coping with problems that result from incidents of hate crimes or bias incidents.
What happens if someone is found guilty of committing a bias incident?
Alleged perpetrators involved in the incident will be adjudicated according to the university's Student Code of Conduct or the Discrimination and Harassment Codes. A student found guilty of committing such an act could receive a penalty ranging from a disciplinary warning to expulsion from the university.
What happens if someone is found guilty of committing a hate crime?
Alleged perpetrators involved in the incident will be adjudicated according to the university's Student Code of Conduct or the Discrimination and Harassment Codes. A student found guilty of committing such an act could receive a penalty ranging from a disciplinary warning to expulsion from the university. Alleged perpetrators may also be subject to state civil and criminal penalties.
Moreover, many states as well as the federal government have special statutes allowing any crime motivated by hate toward the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity of an individual or group to carry criminal charges in addition to those of the original crime. Consequently, the person found guilty of a hate crime may also face criminal penalties that may include fines or even jail.
What can I do to help prevent these kinds of things from happening?
All students are encouraged to access the resources offered by the Multicultural Student Affairs office. Through this office, students can learn about opportunities to join or support student groups whose members work to educate, dispel myths, and sensitize the university community to the value of our differences.


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[Edited 2 January 2006 to add searches by geographical location and general profile searches. Now works in New Blogger aka Blogger Beta, too.]
How you search Blogger depends on what you want to search for, but I'll cover different ways of searching Blogger.com as I've noticed people recently arriving at my blog who clearly want to know how!
Blogger helpTo search the official Blogger help articles, go to this page or use this box (not case sensitive and it seems to ignore <, > and $ symbols but otherwise it searches whole words only) - results open in a new window:
How to find Blogger members by interests, movies, music, books, (updated Aug 07:) industry, occupationTo search the profiles of Blogger members to find Blogger users who have a particular interest or like particular movies, musics or books or (updated Aug 07) works in a particular industry or has a particular occupation, try this post (which also gives code you can insert in your own blog or webpage for the search form), or use the search form below (opens in a new window).
Note that I don't know how Blogger have chosen to order the results, and don't forget that though it says Results 1-10 on the results page there could be more than 10 results so keep hitting that Continue button if you want to see more results.
How to search for Blogger.com members by geographical locationUse the form below to find Blogger.com bloggers living near you, or Blogger users from another particular geographical place (with thanks to Michael Bates for the syntax and KRS/Truckspy/redryder52 for sussing out that they use standard international country codes and providing the code for the full list!).
Note again as above that there could be more than 10 results, and also note that:
- Country and state, province or city is essential to find a town - you have to enter both country and state/province/city for it to work, you just can't enter a town without entering the state too (though you can enter just the state etc without a town, or the country without a state or province etc)
- No abbreviations - you have to enter the full name of the state or town, no abbreviations (e.g. Ca won't find anything, you need California).
How to find Blogger.com bloggers by name, and search their profilesTo search for a particular Blogger member by their username, or just to search within Blogger members' profiles for a combination of things e.g. someone with particular interests in a particular location, use the form below (but bear in mind it only searches profiles which have been indexed on Google, and "London" can find someone named "London" as well as people living in London, so if you want something specific use one of the other forms - unfortunately you can't combine a specific location search with a specific interests etc search, the only way to search both is to use this form with the one issue I mentioned):
How to search blogs which use Blogger/BlogspotTo search the content of blogs which use Blogger, i.e. the text of blog posts, at least where they are hosted on Blogger's associated Blogspot.com (not all Blogger blogs are), search on Google against site:blogspot.com (i.e. type in your search term then type "site:blogspot.com" in the Google search box) or use this form; again results open in a new window:
(Note though that this only searches blogs which Google has indexed; it doesn't search all Blogspot blogs unfortunately, as Google doesn't crawl them all, and furthermore it won't search Blogger blogs which are hosted elsewhere than on Blogspot and whose name therefore don't end in "blogspot.com". Technorati do have much better coverage of blogs but sadly you can't yet search for words from particular domains or subdomains on Technorati.)
Or you can now search Blogger blogs via Google's Blog Search, which crawls more blogs than the main Google service:
Technorati Tags: blog, blogs, blogging, Blogger, Blogger.com, search, searching, Improbulus, A Consuming Experience, Consuming Experience


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These six medicine bottles came in a simple wooden case. They were probably used by the student nurses at the nurses' training school at the Franklin County Public Hospital, which operated a training school from its founding in 1895. Nurses carried often-used drugs in cases like this; the bottles contained pills often used in certain wards. The bottle outside the box in the first image was used for peritrate, a nitrate drug used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) and angina (chest pains), both symptoms of heart disease.
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Shakespeare in the Park
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Sauk Valley Community College and the Woodlawn Arts Academy present Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Thank you to Savant Capital Management, the title sponsor of this event.
The Show:
Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare's age old tale of two star crossed lovers, is one known to all of us. We read it in high school and have heard it referenced in countless books, movies, and television programs. See this moving tale of love, loss, friendship, family, and hatred this summer outdoors on the backlawn of the Woodlawn Arts Academy. Embrace the romance and experience the heartache along with some of literature and theatre's most famous characters. Young lovers, protective parents, tragedy, comedy, sacrifice, and sword fights- this play has something for everyone.
This year Shakspeare in the Park will not only be selling water at each show but audiences can also purchase a cheese and cracker plate and/or dessert plate. Audiences may also bring their own food and drink including adult beverages.
Kids Camp:
Children can once again take part in Shakespeareience!, a kids camp offered during all performanes of the show. Cost is $10 per child; discounts are available for families with more than one child interested in participating in the camp.
Cast List:
Lord CapuletTim Boles
Lady CapuletSuzie Branch
JulietHannah Matheney
NurseEmily Sheaffer
Tybalt Kevin Tumleson
SampsonMatt Hughes
GregorySam Twining
ClownManuel Cervantes
Lord MontagueEd Davis
RomeoAlex Rodriguez
BenvoliaTori Duffin
AbrahamWesley Blankenbehler
BalthasarEli Murray
PrinceNathan Green
ParisRyan Elmendorf
MercutioPeter Balser
Page to ParisManuel Cervantes
Friar LaurenceKraig Schweiss
ApothecaryWesley Blankenbehler
Friar JohnDoug Smith
CitizensClarissa Worcester
Dallas Adams
Ben Thornton
Production Team:
Director: Anna K. Kurtz
Fight Director: Matthew P. McKay
Stage Manager: Anna Micale
Assistant SM: Michael Farringer
Set Designer: Tim Boles
Costume Designers: Faith Morrison and Ashley Frye
Props Designer: Kaitlin Hailey
Tickets for the Shakespeare in the Park are FREE! Chairs are not available. Audiences are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs. Audiences may also bring food and drinks including adult beverages.
- Adults
- Free
- Seniors
- Free
- Students
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- Faculty/Staff
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Sharon L. Thornton
Sharon L. Thornton, 63, of Decatur, died on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at the nursing center in Woodcrest Retirement Community.
She was born on January 11, 1948, in Greenville, Ohio, to Charles and Doris (Kemp) Thompson.
On January 14, 1967, she married Ronald Thornton. He preceded her in death on February 9, 2011.
Sharon had worked for the Adams County Emergency Management Agency for many years.
She is survived by her mother, Doris Stivers of Xenia, Ohio; a son, Douglas C. Thornton (and wife Stephanie) of Decatur; a sister, Nancy Brooks of Xenia; three grandchildren, Mrs. Richard (Brittany) Parrish II, Gregory Thornton, and Cody Thornton, all of Decatur; and two great-grandchildren, Charles A. Lopez and Addison G. Parrish of Decatur.
She was also preceded in death by her father.
The funeral service will be on Friday, June 17, 2011. at 3 p.m., with calling from 1-3 p.m. at Haggard-Sefton and Hirschy Funeral Home. Pastor Dan York will be officiating.
Burial will be in Decatur Cemetery.
Memorials are to the Diabetes Fund within the Adams County Community Foundation.


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While many Doña Ana County residents were busy with last-minute early voting Saturday, state spaceport officials were busy launching a rocket. The 17th vertical launch since Spaceport America's inception took place when Texas-based Armadillo Aerospace sent up what it calls a "STIG-B" rocket. Spaceport officials announced the launch on Monday, describing it as "partially successful." The rocket didn't reach its target height, but otherwise, the launch went well, said Bill Gutman, Spaceport America's technical director.
"It was partially successful because it didn't achieve the desired altitude, but everything on the rocket worked exactly like it was supposed to," he said. "I'd say it was 75 percent successful."
The vehicle fell short of its 62.1 mile-high — or 100-kilometer — goal, according to the spaceport.
Spaceport America Executive Director Christine Anderson said the company will still glean useful information about its vehicle.
"Every launch ... is really a success for research and development, because you're learning every time, assuming you're doing good engineering," she said.
The launch was the second FAA-licensed flight for Spaceport America, officials said.
The rocket, which is still in its developmental phase, is meant to eventually help carry satellites and passengers to suborbital space.
Armadillo Aerospace has carried out seven launches at Spaceport America, according to a news release.
The company paid $10,000 to the spaceport for use of its facilities this weekend, Anderson said.
Gutman and Anderson said Armadillo Aerospace's design is unique, because typically the rocket portion of a system used to launch satellites is single-use, and the only part that's recovered is the payload, they said.
But with Armadillo Aerospace's model, the rocket can be re-used, which could cut down costs.
"We're happy to have them as a customer; they're doing some really neat things," Gutman said.
Asked why the event wasn't announced prior to the launch, Anderson said the company has requested it. They said it helps to avoid divulging proprietary technology.
"If you're knowledgeable about rockets, you could immediately know what fuel they're using," Gutman said.
Anderson said it's likely more Armadillo Aerospace rockets could launch this year, but she's not certain how many.
The STIG-B rocket is a larger version of the STIG-A rocket, which the company has launched from Spaceport America previously, officials said.
"It's a little bit larger and can carry a little bit more weight," Gutman said.
Armadillo Aerospace is one company that could consider housing operations at the spaceport, Anderson said. But the chances hinge on whether the state OKs a legal liability waiver for spaceflight parts manufacturers, she said.
The measure has already been approved for spaceflight operators, but Spaceport America officials are seeking to extend the waiver to include parts manufacturers. The measure has been opposed by trial attorneys at the Legislature.
Virgin Galactic, which plans horizontal launches for suborbital space tourists, is Spaceport America's anchor tenant. But officials have said the project's ultimate success requires establishing more tenants.
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Legislation would make it a crime to conceal a death by knowingly moving or hiding a human corpse
State Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-I-60, has announced the New York State Senate passed Senate Bill S.1590. The legislation would makes it a crime to conceal a death by knowingly moving or otherwise hiding a human corpse so that discovery of the death would be hindered.
The bill, sponsored by Grisanti, passed in the State Senate the past two years, but has yet to be approved by the State Assembly.
"I am pleased that the Senate voted to pass this legislation in honor of Amanda Lynn," Grisanti said. "What is currently on the books was completely inadequate for the seriousness of the crime of improperly disposing of a human being. With the eventual passage of this legislation, anyone in the future who attempts to move or conceal a body in the attempt to hinder its discovery will have to deal with the full weight of the legal system being thrown at them."
Amanda Wienckowski's naked body was found stuffed inside a garbage tote in January 2009. The exact cause of her death has been disputed ever since, with one key issue in the ongoing investigation the location of where her body was found. It is believed her corpse was moved from the original crime scene.
Grisanti is urging members of the Assembly to follow the Senate's lead and approve the bill.
"As an attorney and also as a father, I took particular interest in this legislation," Grisanti said. "We all know that Amanda did not land in that Dumpster by herself, because somebody put her in there. When somebody does something as horrendous as that, they need to be held accountable and be punished. Tampering with evidence and altering a crime scene cannot be tolerated. The time came to act on this, and I applaud my colleagues in the Senate for following my lead in attempting to make this become a law here in New York state. We now need the members of the Assembly to bring it to the floor and pass this bill so that it can be sent to the governor's desk."
The legislation would make the commission of the crime of improper disposal of a dead body a D felony. It is currently a misdemeanor.


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EDITOR�S NOTE: The following was submitted anonymously. We do not usually publish anonymous letters in the Open Forum but saw no reason not to include it here.
I want to express my deepest gratitude to the staff at Alamance Regional Medical Center.
I was in the hospital for 6 days. On Saturday, May 11th, I had a c-section. My son was only 32 weeks. I had preeclampsia and my liver was shutting down. Every single nurse I had, from the time I was admitted, until my release date, 6 days total, went above and beyond. These nurses actually cared about me, they cried with me, laughed with me, and hurt with me. They healed with me. To them, I was obviously not just a patient. Even the dining staff and the housekeeping staff treated me like family. They made sure I had food I liked, and always asked if there was ANYTHING they could do or get for me, regardless if it was their �job� or not.
On the day I was released, I had to leave my new-born son at the hospital, something the nurses and all the staff knew would be the most difficult thing in my life, especially not having been able to hold him yet. We stopped by to see him before we left, and the nurses had a surprise for me�I got to hold my son before I left. The nurses cried with me on that day as well.
Not being able to take my son home (for at least a month), is the hardest thing I will ever have to deal with, but knowing the people who are caring for him�knowing that they actually care ABOUT him, made it a TINY bit easier.
My 6 day stay at Alamance Regional Medical Center was like staying with family who cares.
Thank you so much for caring, to all the staff at ARMC.


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Today I have a bit of housekeeping to do with The Tiny Life, I wanted to include you in this because I wanted to hear your feedback on this.
Over the past few months we have had a few comments that required attention because of inappropriate language. After running this blog for several years I am happy to say that I can still count the number of comments I have had to delete on one hand. I like to promote transparency, so I leave practically every comment up, even if it looks bad on me. The exception of to this is of course blatant spam, for some reason spammers think we all want Coach purses to the tune of 50,000 spam comments a month!
So below is the rough draft of our new comment policy, I'd like to hear your feedback on it. You can also find this under the "about us" tab.
We encourage your comments on The Tiny Life and hope you will join the discussions. While we try our best, we can't always respond to every comment. We encourage discussion and welcome constructive criticism as we see them a way to broaden our understanding of the subject. At the same time, we expect a basic level of civility; disagreements are fine, but mutual respect is a must.
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Trooper kills "ninja" robber at gas station
UPDATE: Friends described Matthew Lofaro as a troubled kid brought down by drug abuse.
Early Wednesday morning Lofaro, 28, was shot to death by State Trooper James Scott while police said Lofaro was in the process of robbing Patriot Fuels gas station in Milford.
The oldest of three sons born to Michael and LeeAnn Lofaro, following graduation from college Matthew Lofaro went to work with his father the owner of Berkeley Exteriors in Milford.
His father hoped that Matt would one day take over the business. Matt also worked part time as a bartender at Bistro Basque in Milford.
MILFORD --A veteran state trooper on patrol during the graveyard shift stops for a bathroom break at an all-night Post Road gas station.
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Recent fatal shootings by State Police
April 8, 2013: Shortly before 3 p.m., the Old Saybrook Police Department responded to an armed robbery at the Days Inn on Boston Post Road by two men. Old Saybrook police identified a suspect vehicle leaving the area and engaged them in a motor vehicle pursuit. State Police troopers joined the chase. The pursued vehicle fled onto Route 153 in Westbrook where it collided with a state trooper's vehicle. Following this collision, gunfire was exchanged between two male suspects and a State Police Detective Scott Wisner, a 21-year veteran. Jonathan Alvarado, 24, of Deep River, was fatally shot and Wisner was wounded in the shooting.
July 11, 2012: A Connecticut State Trooper lieutenant fatally shot a Torrington man in self-defense after the man charged him with a hunting knife on Route 8 in Torrington. Police identified the man as 78-year-old Frank Escribano and the state police officer as Lt. Clayton Brown, the commanding officer of Connecticut State Police Troop B. An investigation determined that justifiable force was used, and proper protocol was followed.
Coming out of the restroom he barely has time to finish drying his hands when he is confronted by a man in a Ninja mask brandishing a machete-type blade at the store clerk, who is cowering behind the counter.
The trooper fired his gun at the suspect, who dropped his weapon on the floor and, bleeding from at least one wound, staggered out of the store to collapse and die Wednesday morning behind the ice machine out front.
"I feel bad for this cop," said Joseph Marchio, a retired State Police lieutenant who now runs a private investigations and security company. "You don't want to kill someone, but you also want to stop this guy from killing you and possibly others."
The trooper "confronted the subject inside the station, at which time the subject failed to comply with his directives and he was forced to discharge his weapon," State Police Master Sgt. Donna Tadiello said. "He struck the subject, causing fatal wounds."
It happened at the Patriot Fuels & Food Shop shortly after 3 a.m. The business, at 719 Boston Post Road, is about a mile from the Milford Police Department.
Tadiello said the masked man refused the trooper's order to drop his knife.
The shooting is now under investigation by the state police, who will eventually send a report to Milford State's Attorney Kevin Lawlor, who will make the ultimate decision on whether it was a "good" shooting.
"It will be a thorough investigation," Marchio said. "The state police will investigate every avenue."
Late Wednesday afternoon, there were few signs that the gas station had been the scene of a deadly shooting. The only hint that something was amiss in the neighborhood: three news vans parked next to a used car lot across the street, their antennas raised high in the evening sky, cameras pointed toward the station.
Walking out of the store with a cup of Green Mountain coffee, Milford resident Sandy Simpson said she goes to the store several times per day and knows most of the clerks by name. After the robbery Wednesday, people called her to tell her something had happened at "her gas station," even though she's not an owner.
"These are my friends," she said. "I'm worried sick."
David Antignani Jr. and his fiancee, Kim Scollin, live near the store and said they woke up Wednesday morning to investigators knocking on their door to ask them if they heard or seen any shots.
Antignani said his first question was whether the clerks at the store were OK. The couple was relieved to hear that no one else inside the store was hurt.
"It's a shame that someone lost their life, but you can't ask questions at a time like that, you've got to do what you've got to do," Antignani said of the trooper's action.
State police are not saying how many times the trooper shot the suspect.
But Marchio said it is likely he was shot twice. "You are taught to at least double tap him, two shots in the chest," he said. "You have to stop the threat."
Marchio said in the police academy they undergo hours of not only physical but mental training on what to do if they confront such a threat. But reality is another situation.
"It happens in a split second," he said. "Your adrenaline is so pumped up at that point it becomes hard enough to draw your gun out of the holster, let alone think about killing someone. You just want to stop this guy from coming at you. You need to stop the threat. You have a family, a wife and kids," Marchio said. "You have to, are required to, aim for center mass. If you try to wing him and you miss, he kills you and then what is he going to do to the other people now?"
Marchio repeated that he feels bad for the trooper.
"Now starts the bad dreams, the wondering if he made the right choice," he said. "That doesn't go away for a long time."
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1. Yuvvraaj, a Subhash Ghai film, makes its way to theaters on the 21st, and I think Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif will be brilliant. I wouldn't be surprised if we find they have the best on-screen dynamic of all current Bollywood couples. Salman fans, do you think he'll get the woman?
Here's what we know the plot has (per its soundtrack and the official film website yuvvraaj.com):
- Three brothers (Salman, Anil Kapoor, and Zayed Khan) involved in a feud for inheritance money;
- One woman (Katrina Kaif), trying to bring them together;
- Each of them involved in music (of different genres) in some capacity (most, if not all, professionally), hence the tag line 'Music binds love';
- A soundtrack that is easily one of the very best of the year (might well be the best in terms of appeal to the widest audience -- by most definitions, leading to a masala musical, if you may). Here are all posts on the film, including the intro post and lyrics and my translations to some songs.
If they get it right, which I think they will, Yuvvraaj might just be the biggest hit of the year. Its art direction and cinematography will excel, Anil Kapoor's wardrobe will be suited to his character (check out those socks!)...
...and Katrina Kaif will, of course, continue to look mighty beautiful, classy, and stunning.
2. Maharathi (based on a Gujarati drama of the same name), out on the 28th, is a mystery Starring Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Paresh Rawal, Boman Irani, Neha Dhupia, and Tara Sharma. Its trailer was rolled out with Kidnap, and it is my sleeper pick for the month (as Heroes was last month). Take a look at this!
3. Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi releases November 7, and stars Sonu Sood and Isha Koppikar. If you liked Vivaah (I did), this one will be very well worth checking out, although it is *not* a sequel to the Shahid Kapoor-Amrita Rao starrer. A Rajshri product that will be a (likely welcome) return to the norm. The soundtrack is consistent and has some good lyrical depth (although the music is slightly monotonous). Sonu and Isha get lead roles, and given the plot, there's little reason for why they won't deliver. And I have a palindrome for this picture: WOW.
4. I would not have included Dostana (starring Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, and Priyanka Chopra), except that Karan Johar decided to film it in lovely Miami, where I went to college and lived for a few years. As if that weren't enough, its first trailer showcases Downtown Miami and my former office building several times :)
This post has pictures of John on South Beach, this has Abhishek at a scene filmed at a hospital, and Aishwarya Rai trying to emulate Kareena Kapoor! ;) Sadly, based on what I learned from some trustworthy sources, there seemed to have been a real attitude problem with Karan Johar and his crew, and the folks didn't win over many fans in Miami.
The plot to Dostana doesn't do much at all for me -- two guys pretending to be in a relationship (*yawn*), and jokes like those dumb 'Kantaben' ones (they got old real fast, didn't they?) from one of them Karan Johar films or the Filmfare Awards ceremony of 2008 -- but I shall see it on DVD for: 1) people I know who are in it, and 2) Miami (I'd written this on the city when moving in May), which is an excellent, vibrant setting for cinematographers to work wonders with. Please don't let this fool you though...
...South Beach has a *lot* better to offer than Priyanka Chopra ;) Here's the film's official website.
Any you're looking forward to in particular?
Nov 7, 2008
Desh Drohi
Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi
Nov 14, 2008
Chal Chala Chal
Nov 21, 2008
Nov 28, 2008
Kaashh... Mere Hote
Khallballi - Fun Unlimited
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Raat Gayi Baat Gayi
Sorry Bhai
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2012-10-24 / Obituaries
James C. Ossenfort, Massapequa resident, Sears employee
James C. Ossenfort, of Massapequa, died Sept. 22, 2012 at cold Spring Hills, Woodbury. He was 22 years old. Mr. Ossenfort was born Nov. 15, 1989 in West Islip to Kenneth J. and Barbara Price Ossenfort, the eldest of four children. He was employed by Sears Automotive in Northport in sales. He was interested in joining the Marines and at some point becoming a police officer.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 27, 2010) - Since receiving a wake-up call earlier this month at USC Upstate, the ETSU women's basketball team has been on a mission and Wednesday night's target were the Lady Camels of Campbell.
Four Lady Buccaneers scored in double figures and ETSU recorded 43 points of turnovers, as the Blue and Gold notched its seventh straight victory with an 88-65 win over
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With the win, ETSU improved to 6-0 at home and 11-7, 9-1 in Atlantic Sun play. Campbell, meanwhile, saw its three-game winning streak come to halt as the Lady Camels dropped to 11-8, 6-4.
"I was hoping we would be on a mission before that Upstate game, but that was pretty much a wake-up call for us," said head coach Karen Kemp, who saw her Lady Bucs improve to 9-0 lifetime against
The Lady Bucs raced out to a hot start to begin the first half, as ETSU connected on its first four shot attempts and led 9-2, forcing
Fortunately, the Lady Bucs slowed down
Both teams shot lights out in the opening 20 minutes, as ETSU finished 19-of-35 (54.3 percent) and
"It definitely helps when you can come out and knock down the first few shots," added Kemp. "We were really ready for this team, because we knew they were going to come out and be ready for us. We felt like we had to come out and make a statement early on."
The Lady Bucs made a statement early on with their blistering shooting, and the same went for the start of the second half. ETSU scored the first six points in the second stanza and quickly pushed its lead up to 20, 53-33, after
From there,
For the game, ETSU shot over 50-percent for the second time this season - posting a 52.2 shooting percentage (35-67). The Lady Buccaneer defense also played a significant role, as they forced a season-high 30 turnovers and recorded a season-best 16 steals. Evans paced the Lady Bucs with five thefts, while
In total, the Lady Bucs used their bench wisely, with no one playing more than 25 minutes. All 12 ETSU players saw action, with 10 playing ten-plus minutes.
"This is a big week for us," added Kemp. "We played today, and then we turn around and play Saturday and Monday. It was great to not only get Siarre some rest, but the starters in general."
Campbell, who shot 47.3 percent from the field (26-55) was led by Tonisha Baker's 16 points.
ETSU continues its big week with a showdown against Lipscomb on Saturday afternoon inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. Tip is set for 1:30 p.m.
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Funkyterrance wrote:BigBallinStalin wrote:Should we "draw lines in the sand" and group people by the color of their skin?
Why should such concepts as race and "black" and "white" be perpetuated?
Would trying "not to see color" be good or bad?
Shit, that would be great!(to the last statement)
I'm a little bummed that you used my "line in the sand" example though since I thought I made it clear that skin color had nothing to do with my definition. "Black" is just a throwback of a name that unfortunately is still widely used. I plead When in Rome.
As it is said in the Bible:
Let the first man who has no skin color draw the first line.


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A team of Museum scientists and volunteers are in Slapton Ley Nature Reserve this week to sample invertebrates from a variety of habitats. Volunteer Rachel Clark reports back on their first day and plans for the week ahead.
Day one - the road to Slapton
An early start was made by all ten of us today to arrive at the Museum nice and early. Before 10am it's still a place buzzing with activity as scientists work and front-of-house and retail staff prepare for some of the 4 million people who come through our doors into the Museum.
Soon enough we were leaving London behind and heading off for the sunny coasts of Devon and our field site.
All about Slapton Ley Nature Reserve
Slapton Ley Nature Reserve is in Devon, near Dartmouth in the South West of England. The reserve is an area of biodiversity importance as it is a designated SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) with a rich coastal heritage. The lake in the nature reserve is separated from the sea by a thin band of land, with a lovely beach too!
With this in mind and the recent headlines during the winter, sampling places like Slapton Ley Nature Reserve is more important than ever as sooner rather than later the environment will be claimed by the sea.
A view of the Slapton Ley Nature Reserve to the right showing the size of the lake and the surrounding woodland and cliffs (some of which we will survey this week), and the gorgeous blue sea to the left.
Slapton Ley Nature Reserve has been studied well by scientists in certain areas such as bats and birds, but the invertebrates in the area are under-recorded. Jan Beccaloni found this out earlier in the year and believed it was time to do something about it!
Why and what we're sampling
We are sampling for collections enhancement and to provide species records to the Fields Studies Council (FSC). The habitats we will be sampling are a range of natural and semi-natural habitats, including woodland, cliffs, grassland, open water and banks.
The invertebrates we are collecting include:
- Arachnids (spiders and their relatives)
- Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps)
- Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
- Diptera (flies)
- Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets)
- Isopoda (woodlice)
- Myriapods (millipedes and centipedes)
Now the serious explaining is over, time for the fun of the adventure!
The long journey
First I must say a big thank you to Jan Beccaloni for driving us down to Slapton, Thomas our Hymenoptera specialist for driving down the bags and equipment in his amazing 40-year-old Land Rover, and last but not least Georgie for directing us.
Georgie navigating while enjoying a ride in a classic Land Rover.
I personally tried to use the time to catch up on some podcasts on my iPhone which are over a year old, including one on Alfred Russel Wallace and the Birds of Paradise... I fell asleep twice! It was a 8 hour drive, though we all had a brilliant laugh in the mini bus throughout the day and got to know each other.
The bright and breezy (at a petrol station!). Left to right: Beau, Fevziye (Fez), Sara, Thomas, Ryan, Jan, Georgie, George, Miranda and Rachel).
We passed one famous landmark, Stonehenge, very slowly which gave everyone a chance to take photos and we also passed some impressive fields with what looked to be hundreds of bales waiting to be taken into storage. We finally arrived in Slapton at our base camp of Start Bay FSC Centre at 19:00 (ish) hours with a lovely meal waiting for us ready prepared by the amazing staff at Slapton.
A busy Stonehenge on a sunny summers day, it wasn't only busy there... it was busy on the road running past!
The mass of hay bales we encountered on our travels.
Some of us (myself included) were so eager to start collecting we set up a moth trap before heading off to bed. Well, that was the plan, some of us stayed up until gone past midnight looking at our catch. We plan to set it up tomorrow night and will write about it in a following post.
Hope you have enjoyed the excitement of our long journey! Bigger and better things to come!
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Thai-born U.S. citizen Joe Gordon, 55, is escorted by Thai prison officials as he arrives at a Bangkok court on Thursday. He was jailed for two-and-a-half years for insulting the country's monarchy.
BANGKOK - A Colorado car salesman who was jailed Thursday for insulting Thailand's monarchy has become a pawn in an escalating political battle over freedom of speech in the southeast Asia country.
The case of Joe Gordon, a 54-year-old U.S. citizen who was born Lerpong Wichaikhammat in Thailand before emigrating to the United States decades ago, has been troubling for Washington. The U.S. sees Thailand as a crucial ally in the region but has been increasingly concerned by restrictions on free expression in the kingdom.
Gordon was arrested in May during a trip to Thailand for medical treatment. His crime was posting a partial translation of a critical academic biography of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the internet while living in Colorado.
U.S. Consul General in Thailand Elizabeth Pratt said Gordon's two-and-a-half year sentence was severe and he been jailed for exercising his right to freedom of expression.
"We continue to have full respect to the Thai monarchy and we also want to support the right to freedom of expression which is internationally recognized as a human right," she told reporters at the court.
Thailand is one of the few countries in the world where a hereditary monarch still has immense powers. Although the country is supposed to be a constitutional monarchy where the king has only symbolic powers, in fact the palace has massive political influence, and a law banning any criticism of the monarch is still in force.
National debate
Many Thais feel great respect for the king, but there is increasing concern over whether restrictions on freedom of speech are damaging the monarchy rather than protecting it.
As a Thai, I admire the king, but as a journalist I am concerned that I cannot discuss the growing national debate about the monarchy. Even in private, many Thais are worried that discussing it could get them jailed.
Most Thais I spoke to about the sentence were afraid to express their views openly.
"He's not the book author, he only translated and posted on his blog. It's a bit unfair for him," said school officer Suthasinee who declined to give her last name.
The book Gordon translated is The King Never Smiles, written by U.S. journalist Paul Handley and published by Yale University Press. It is one of the few publications that attempts a critical but academic look at the Thai monarchy.
"The media can report anything but not the royal family topic, we are all know that," said Kan Yuenyong, an analyst at Siam Intelligence Unit. "If there are ... more of lese majeste cases, it might make people stand up to resist against the royal institution," Kan added.
Under Thailand's so-called lese majeste laws, those found guilty of defaming the monarchy face three to 15 years behind bars.
Ever since a 2006 coup that ousted popular Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the use of lese majeste legislation has surged.
Recently, the authorities have focused on social media, especially Facebook, as it has become the main discussion forum for Thais who oppose the lese majeste law.
The ministry of Information and Communication Technology has set up a hotline for those who want to report "cyber crimes" against the monarchy. The ICT suspended more than 60,000 websites between October and November and urged people to not click "share" or "like" on Facebook posts that criticize the monarchy.
Ironically, it is not even clear whether King Bhumibol supports the crackdown. In his birthday speech in 2005, he said that he should not be above criticism: "Charges against those accused of lese-majeste should be dropped and those held in jail for lese-majeste should be released."
However, it seems that some of his supporters were not listening. And many Thais fear that instead of protecting the palace, the new atmosphere of fear and repression may have the opposite effect.


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2011-2012 Softball Review (5-21-2012)
Season Record: 47-17
Set new school record for wins.
Repeated as Arrowhead Conference champions winningconference for only second time in school history. Record 17-3
Ranked as high as 13th in the country.
5 players on All Conference First team. Infielders: KelseyHagan, Sam St. George. Outfielder: Kaiti Mathey. Pitchers: Taylor Byrd, and CaliBartholomew.
1 player on the All Regional Tournament Team: Kelsey Hagan
2 players as All Region: Taylor Byrd, Kelsey Hagan.
Taylor Byrd finished 14th in the country in strike outs/inning. Second year in a row in the top 20.
Arrowhead Athletic Conference Academic Achievement Recipients
Most Inspirational: Sam St. George
Most Improved: Marie Deter, Kaiti Mathey
Defensive Player of the year: Kelsey Hagan
Offensive Top Player: Kelsey Hagan
Skyhawks Captain Award: Cali Bartholomew


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How To Block Ads On the Web
By Jordan Running
Advertising is a hairy creature. You could consider it either the best thing or the worst thing ever to happen to the web. Best because it allows a wide variety of online services from email to video hosting to be used free of charge by anyone on the planet. Worst because, let's face it, a lot of ads on the web are alarmingly obnoxious.
I'm here to tell you how to get rid of almost all of the obnoxious ones. Not because I don't think the operators of free sites deserve to make a living, but because I think if they can't do it without giving me a headache in the process, they might want to think about adjusting their business model.
Let's Talk About Pop-Ups
Pop-up windows, and their crafty cousins pop-unders, occupy their own special place in advertising hell. Fortunately, if you're using a modern web browser, pop-ups should be little more than a distant�possibly repressed�memory. Current browsers like Firefox, Internet Explorer 7, and Opera all feature built-in pop-up blocking that works great. If you're not using one of these browsers (you can check your Internet Explorer version by going to Help > About...), then for your own sake upgrade! I recommend going straight for Firefoxo or Opera, but if you're an Internet Explorer fan the most recent version is passable.
By the way, if you're already running one of these browsers and are seeing more than the occasional pop-up window, especially when you're not browsing the web, you probably have a different problem: spyware or adware, collectively referred to as malware. Malware is malicious software that infiltrates your computer for the purpose of stealing your personal information, using it as part of a "botnet" to send out spam or viruses, or, in some cases, just showing you unwanted ads. These programs sometimes launch pop-up windows using your web browser (so they might say "Internet Explorer" at the top), but the problem is actually unrelated to your browser. To get rid of these you'll have to run a malware removal program like Ad-Aware or Spybot Search & Destroy, which is a different topic entirely.
Blocking the Rest...
...in Firefox
With pop-up ads out of the way, we can deal with the rest of our problem: Animated banners that flash garish colors, play music and sounds, obscure the content we're trying to read, and urge us to punch monkeys and zap gnomes. If you use Firefox, your best choice is Adblock Plus, a free add-on that's capable of blocking almost all ads on the web.
Most of the time Adblock Plus just sits on your toolbar or status bar looking pretty. You wouldn't even know it's working except for the refreshing lack of ads on the sites you visit. By default Adblock Plus (ABP) blocks every ad it can. One thing you'll want to do is add some subscriptions at the ABP site. Subscriptions are regularly-updated lists of "rules" for blocking new types of ads and ad providers. If you click on ABP's red stop sign icon, you'll see a list of all the rules you currently have. You don't want to go overboard with rules, since you might inadvertently end up blocking things�like real content you're interested in�that you don't want to.
While you're browsing, if you see an ad that Adblock Pro isn't blocking automatically, you can right-click on it and choose the Adblock option (like "Adblock Image" or "Adblock Frame") to quickly add a rule for it, thus blocking it forever. If you decide there's a web site or a page that you don't want to block ads on�say, a page you visit frequently and want to support�you can right-click on the ABP icon and disable ad-blocking on the current page or the entire server. This will add an "exception rule" to your rule list.
One small caveat is that if you have a lot of rules they might occasionally interfere with legitimate content. So if you go to a page and don't see what you expect (like some photos that are supposed to be there), try turning off Adblock Plus by middle-clicking (i.e. with the mouse wheel) or right-clicking and unchecking "Enable Adblock Plus" and reloading the page. If the content that was missing has suddenly appeared, you may want to add a rule if you intend to visit the site in the future.
...in Internet Explorer
As I've remarked before, the free add-on market for Internet Explorer is anemic compared to Firefox's, but you're not totally out of luck. A good place to start is IE7Pro. IE7Pro isn't just an ad-blocking add-on, it also has a lot of other useful features like tabbed browsing enhancements, crash recovery, mouse gestures and more. In the ad department it blocks Flash ads, images, and IFrames much like Adblock Plus according to URL.
Unlike Adblock Pro, by default IE7Pro automatically blocks all Flash movies, which may include things like games or videos you're interested in. In this case, you have to add the site to your whitelist by right-clicking on the IE7Pro icon in the status bar and choosing Ad filter advanced > Don't block this site...
Another option, if you think blocking ads might be worth a few bucks to you, is the well-regarded Ad Muncher. Ad Muncher is a stand-alone program that works with all browsers (and some other programs like ICQ) and claims "the most extensive advertising filter list available." Ad Muncher is free to try, but costs $24.95 after the 30-day trial. Also, it has a cute cow mascot which I'm rather fond of.
Like I said, ads can be obnoxious but some of them are a necessary evil. Remember that some of the sites you use every day exist solely because of ad revenue, and if you want those sites to continue to exist you should should do them the courtesy of not blocking their ads, and even clicking on them once in awhile. That said, for those ads that give us headaches and get in our way deserve to be blocked, and hopefully these tools will help you do it.Source: http://www.tucows.com/article/1516


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Let me share this very special lucid dream I had almost 3 years ago...
First some information: a teacher of mine died, and my lucid dream was about him.
So, In my dream I was on a open place, some people were walking by, and I stood there and looked around when suddenly he (the teacher who passed away) was standing in front of me, We said "hi" and had a little talk, as I looked at his face I suddenly realised, OMG... this can be true! I'm dreaming, I said 'but you are dead?" and I start crying... he layed his arm over my shoulder and we walked for a while "I'm alright" he said, "everything is fine now", he looked good, he looked younger and happy, and that's all I remember...
It was such an intense experience, not only realising that I was dreaming, but talking to someone who passed away, that was weird, but I was happy that I saw him a last time and that I had this chance to talk to him
I will never forget this lucid dream!
Tell us about your first lucid dream - and your latest. We want all the juicy details. Also share results of dream challenge experiments.
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Wow, that sounds really amazing.
Artistic stuff ; www.ludic-sama.deviantart.com
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Beautiful! Glad you are enjoying yourself in the dream world. Hopefully I saw your face briefly on a youtube video a year ago or something and my subconscious stored your face in my people database so we can have a brief lucid chat sometime. Hahah, I am just messing around but who knows. I am sure that's actually happened between people.
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Yep.... I too remember the moment where you realize that : Hey!!! This is a dream!!!
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We just got back from our annual week long trip to Mexico. It was heaven! I didn't think I took nearly as many pictures as I should have (I was too busy enjoying my family & the perfect weather), but it turns out I took plenty!! I'll let the few pictures I took speak for themselves!
Roman got a new quad right before this trip & loved getting to ride it on the beach!
Family photo!!
On our last day, we all went on a long ride way down the beach- I was sooo nice! Here's all the boys lined up & ready to go!
Sterling fell asleep on the drive :) sweet kid!
We literally did nothing but spend time as a family at the beach, and it was awesome!! So relaxing and so fun to make memories with our boys! Until next year, adios Mexico!


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It's cold and wintery. Time to hunker down with plenty of comfort food and a toddy or two… and while we're at the store, let's pick up a bottle of aspirin, some stomach acid medicine, and maybe even plenty of dog food for the rottweiler….
A swipe of both your store's loyalty card (gotta get those discounts!) and of course, your debit card to pay for your goods — and home you go to lay in for the weekend, read a good book, and max out on all that junk food and alcohol.
Come Monday, your purchases, aligned with your identity, will be sold to a health insurer, or life insurance company, perhaps an auto insurance group…. and they will have that information to review should you contact them to make an insurance purchase.
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