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Friday, September 23, 2011
Reality, and Learning to Accept Change
I had a moment today where I was really self-conscious and maybe a tad upset about my body. I was sitting on a bench and happened to catch my reflection in a large window across from me. Now, I realize I am 12ish pounds heavier than I was in those "after" pictures up in the corner of my blog, but to ME, the person in the reflection looked far, far heavier. I try not to be critical of my body, and to think positive thoughts, but when I looked I was really sad and felt embarrassed and instinctively crossed my arms over my body to try and hide the flab. And that just made the arm fat pop out worse. Sigh.
I wonder if the losing/gaining/losing/gaining thing has redistributed my fat to my waist. I had my waist under control a year ago, and now it is causing me trouble when I sit. It sort of turns into a roll. I don't like that AT ALL. Seems to me that all 30 pounds I regained went directly to my waist and belly.
I find myself hoping that when the rest of the weight comes off, I will feel better about how I look. I usually focus on the health benefits and all that important stuff, but let's face it. Most of us want to look okay too. I remember last time I weighed in the 180s I started to see these things (more loose arm skin, hanging parts, wrinkly skin on my neck) and it was SO SO disconcerting to me that I think that is part of why I went off plan and started bingeing again. As much as I hated weighing MORE, it was also more familiar and comfortable. It was, in a way, easier to cope with the struggle of weight loss and binge eating than to struggle with the way my body was transforming into something I didn't expect nor recognize. So this time around, I am making sure I acknowledge these feelings, feel them (not stuff them) and, if I need to, cry or be scared or mourn whatever it is I feel I am losing. It's part of the process, for me. I have to feel it and deal with it.
And so, that image of myself with the boobs too low and the roll around my waist and the belly looking a bit swollen is burned into my brain, and I see it frequently, and want to change it. I know I can change it. I also know that I cannot imagine nor predict how my body will look and feel to me 20 or 30 pounds from now. I just have to experience it as it happens. I can see it, feel it, let it go, and then move on to celebrating the positive. And that is just what I intend to do.
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- Steph Cork said...
I've been there. I remember being 34 and having lost 50-lbs only to find my neck and decolletage looked like chicken skin. It was very difficult to handle and I remember feeling comforted as I gained weight that at least I didn't have that chicken skin.
But it's not okay to hide behind fat. And it is okay to accept our bodies however they are...especially when they're healthy and becoming healthier.
I'm back at my heaviest and just considering blogging my journey and beginning the challenge of healthier living again.
Thanks for being a light in the dark for others like me.
- September 23, 2011 at 11:51 PM
I know. I'm certain that part of my regain when I hit 175 was just from the things you described.
And the regained weight? Well, I've always had straight hips and thin thighs compared to the rest of me, but a very thick waist.
That 20 pound regain went right to my hips and thighs. It is so odd. I remember being upset about the crinkly skin hanging on the inside of my thighs at 175--well it's not crinkly now! In fact, the legs of my pants are tight for the first time in my life--but the waist fits. Go figure.
I guess we do need to be careful about what we wish for--or moan about--as the case may be.
I know I have decided that I prefer the crinkly thigh skin to the bulging thighs! I think that's progress. chuckle.
- September 23, 2011 at 11:58 PM
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- September 24, 2011 at 4:39 AM
A gaining and losing cycle isn't good for you and it can cause issues with your metabolism. With that said focus on the things you love about your body and yourself. We all have things we hate. Right now I'm fixated on the wrinkles I have on my face and I'm wondering if I can save up enough money for a filler...so I just try not to look in the mirror too much :). There are many great things about you! I love your blog thank you for sharing!
- September 24, 2011 at 5:27 AM
- Forty Pound Sack said...
I have those moments, too. Those, OMG, is that me? Do I REALLY look like that? I think it's important to face it, to see yourself as you are, not avoid your problem areas but not to exaggerate them, either. Easier said than done. It sounds like your head is in the right place. Stay strong ~
- September 24, 2011 at 5:42 AM
- timothy said...
i know you'll get the weight off and feel better about yourself but in the meantime have you thought about a corset/girdle or one of those smoothers. i understand it's only a cosmetic "fix" and it might be hot/uncomfortable a bit but heck if it makes you look better to you it might be worth it. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
- September 24, 2011 at 6:46 AM
- Princess Dieter said...
I still am disconcerted about the loose and crinkly skin. In bed, sometimes, when I lay on my side, I can feel that my skin just doesn't FIT and even will bunch up in spots. Awful.
But, hey, one way or another, there is sometihng to be upset about, fat or saggy skin. At least, the saggy skin isn't gonna promote bad health like obesity. And with good shapewear, I can look so nice in a going-out outfit. I never could morbidly obese. Nothing looked good.
And yeah, the face. Wow, I never looked my age, and now, without the supportive fat in the cheeks, my face is definitely hanging some, gravity is cruel. And the creases from nose to lips is deepening. And what are those things emerging on my forehead. ACK!!!!!!!
- September 24, 2011 at 9:22 AM
- katie said...
you can't have it all...need to accept that and surrender to it..even if you reach your ideal 20 year old weight it will never 'look' the same on a 40 yo body that has has 5 children that is just reality that is okay
we need to love ourselves where we are on any day
- September 24, 2011 at 10:31 AM
- Beth said...
COMPLETELY understand. I've been at this battle for 40 years. The new plan I'm on is a keeper and I believe I will reach goal. But I get so very angry with myself that when I reach goal, I will be 60 plus years old. Why didn't I find success in my 20s? In my 30s? Yes, it will still be a thrill to reach goal but the 60 year old experience is just DIFFERENT than the 30 year old experience. Back in the day, I remember looking at people my age and saying, "why do they bother losing weight?' I know now that that it's definitely still worth it at my age. I hate to think about the saggy skin that will come along with goal, but I think I hate the age factor (and what 'could have been') even more.
- September 24, 2011 at 11:30 AM
- Karen said...
Although my ideal weight is still a ways down the pike, I have been 100+ pounds heavier than I am now and I too have lots of hanging skin and my face shows wrinkles in places I never imagined they could be. But, as discouraging as all that hanging skin and those wrinkles are, I sure prefer them to being 350+ pounds and having a hard time walking 10 steps!!! Emptying rolls of skin are better than full rolls of fat!!! :)
- September 24, 2011 at 12:29 PM
- AngryPorkchop said...
Hey, at least women can wear support. My boobs are too low and there is nothing I can do about it. =P
Hang in there, we all have our ups and downs!
- September 24, 2011 at 7:17 PM


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Antitrust: Commission opens proceedings against Samsung
Brussels, 31 January 2012 - The European Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess whether Samsung Electronics has abusively, and in contravention of a commitment it gave to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), used certain of its standard essential patent rights to distort competition in European mobile device markets, in breach of EU antitrust rules. The opening of proceedings means that the Commission will examine the case as a matter of priority. It does not prejudge the outcome of the investigation.
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Since I lurve whiskey, make a mean stew, and heat my whole house with wood, I suppose I'm well-equipped to handle the long, hash Upstate New York winters. Heating with wood is a very sustainable practice with several benefits, and as much as I love it, I sometimes don't love hauling wood into the house on especially cold and blustery days. But nothing - and I mean nothing - heats like wood. The warmth goes right down to the bone.
For many, having a wood fire is a luxury often reserved for wintertime getaways and perhaps an outdoor bonfire. Should you find yourself in a situation where you can let loose your inner lumberjack and set some logs ablaze, here's a how-to to surely make the fire-starting process easy (this method works for woodstoves, fireplaces, firepits, and chimneas).
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IMPORTANT!! If you haven't used your stove/fireplace in a while, have your chimney cleaned by a professional sweep to prevent a chimney fire. Regular use of your fireplace or woodstove actually helps to keep the chimney clean and free of debris.
Open the damper. The damper is a little metal flap the regulates how much air is exposed to the fire (more air, more fire). The damper is usually a little lever that sticks out from the stove pipe (on a woodstove, it's that big pipe off the top or back of a stove that leads to the chimney), at the bottom of the woodstove, or above the opening of the fire place. Outdoor fireplaces and chimneas typically do not have a damper. You will know if your damper is "closed" if you start your fire and smoke fills up your room... simply turn or pull/push your damper lever in the opposite direction to open it (the smoke will go up the chimney). You want your fire to have lots of air at first to help it ignite.
Start out clean. Unless you have hot coals in your stove (etc.) from the previous fire (which will help ignite your next fire), remove any ash that might have built up using the shovel. A layer of ash will just choke out any air that is trying to get to your fire. Place ashes in an ash pail and move outside or out of your way (nothing is harder to clean than accidentally dumped ashes). If your woodstove has an ash pan in the bottom, remove the ash from there, as well.
Add newspaper and kindling. Newspaper and kindling are essential to building a good fire because they are dry, ignite easily, and have lots of surface area for sparks and flames to take hold of. You want to alternately layer your kindling, essentially building a "Jenga" tower, with newspaper in between. Start with two to four pieces of kindling in the bottom of the stove/fireplace that are parallel to each other, and place lightly twisted newspaper between the pieces (to "lightly twist" the newspaper, grab one sheet of paper in the middle, then pull the sides down and twist once so it looks like a "log" or "stick"). Then, take a few more pieces of kindling and stack them on top of the first layer in the alternate direction in the same manner as the first layer (with newspaper). Do this four or five times in total (when I build a fire, I typically use eight-ten pieces of kindling and about eight-ten pieces of newspaper).
Light it up. Take your matches and set them to the newspaper. Keep the doors on your stove/fireplace slightly ajar (if you have them). If you kindling doesn't seem to catch on fire, add a few more pieces of newspaper.
Add firewood. Once the kindling is starting to burn, add a few logs to the fire (start with one of two, depending on size). It is important to make sure the wood has lots of room for air to circulate around it (and draw flames up around it). Once those logs have caught fire, you can add more wood. Close the doors on the stove (and on your fireplace, if you wish). Adjust the damper and close it about halfway to maintain a good flame and to keep the heat in the house and from going up the chimney.
Maintain your fire. Each time you add more wood, be sure to open the damper, then close it halfway after a minute or two. Add wood as you deem necessary - the more frequently you add wood, the "hotter" your fire will burn. If your fire isn't burning fast enough, open the damper. If it burns too fast, close the damper. This is the best way to regulate how much heat you produce from your fire.
Extinguish your fire. The best way to extinguish a fire is to let it die out naturally. There really isn't a way to abruptly put out a fire in a stove or fireplace. Just use your poker to move the logs away from each other, close the door and open the damper - the fire will take care of itself. Be sure to keep anything flammable away from your fire. I actually leave my woodstove running when I leave the house because I know that if the door is shut, there isn't anything that can catch fire outside of it. I also make sure any furniture is several feet away from the stove so that the heat of the stove won't spark a fire on anything flammable. DO NOT throw water on your fire - you could burn yourself with steam and create a tremendous mess.
There you have it! While it might sound like a lot of steps, starting and maintaining a fire is quite simple and has great benefits. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to leave them in the comments or share them on Facebook or Twitter! Enjoy the rest of winter and keep warm!!
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Just prior to the announcement of the General Election the leaders of a particular political party wrote to me with an interesting question
'Stef, We're in a bit of a bind over here at Conservative Central Office. You see we don't actually want to win the next election. What with the collapsing national infrastructure, the unprecendented levels of personal debt, bubbles in the housing and stock market, involvement in a costly and unpopular overseas war, rising drug addiction and violent crime, a pisspoor education system, a collapse in industry that means we have nothing to left export other than military force, and all the other stuff, we don't fancy the prospect of taking over very much. The problem is that Tony Blair is such an arse and is responsible for so many rank things we're not sure that we'll be able to successfully lose next time. What do you think we should do?'
Easy peasy lemon squeezy. I sent them my patented five point Guide to Successfully Betraying Your Country by not Presenting a Credible Opposition and they seem to be following it quite closely.
- Avoid all positive campaigning.
- Develop punchy slogans covering sensitive issues such as immigration that leave even people who are concerned about those issues feeling like they need a shower after hearing them
- Take exactly the same position as Tony Blair on all keys issues that people of conscience disagree with him on.
- Concentrate your campaigning on a minority of single issue voters in such a way that you win half of their votes whilst pissing off everyone else
- Ensure that all publicity material is illustrated with pictures of local candidates looking as smug, self-satisfied and as oily as possible
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NEW YORK — Two years before playoffs start in college football, the Southeastern Conference is staging a semifinal to determine who plays Notre Dame in the BCS title game.
Alabama was second and Georgia third in the BCS standings released Sunday. The Crimson Tide and Bulldogs play Saturday in Atlanta for the SEC championship.
The winner will advance to the national championship game in Miami on Jan. 7 against the Fighting Irish, who locked up their spot Saturday with a 22-13 victory against Southern California.
Florida (11-1) is fourth in the standings, but with no games left, looks to be stuck behind their SEC rivals.
One way or another, the SEC will get a shot at its seventh straight BCS championship.
The Bowl Championship Series is in its second-to-last season. It will be replaced by a four-team playoff in 2014.


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The German "Love Boat" known as the Deutschland (Germany) is up for sale. The current owner, Peter Deilmann Cruises, filed for bankruptcy last year and the ultimate fate of it's last ship, the Deutschland, is unknown. Earlier last month it looked like a deal would be made with Crystal Cruises, but this has since fallen through and all current cruises have been cancelled. Peter Deilmann Cruises had hoped to transition most of its' current crew and already booked cruise dates over to the new owner.
The Deutschland was used as the back drop ship for the German TV series "Das Traumschiff" (The Dream Ship) based loosely off the American TV Series "The Love Boat" which ran for 10 years from 1977 to 1987.
Peter Deilmann Cruises has been under financial stress for some time. In 2009 it shut down it's river cruise division. In 2010 the cruise line chartered the ill-fated Air France Flight 4950, a New York City bound Concorde flight. The flight crashed on takeoff out of Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris killing all aboard. The charter flight was carrying over 90 passengers for a 16-day cruise aboard the Deutschland. The passengers were expected to embark the Deutschland in New York and cruise to South America.
Sale of the Deutschland has been hindered for numerous reasons. The ship's size is relatively small compared to current cruise industry standards which means significantly less onboard amenities offered as compared to larger ships. The ship has a maximum passenger capacity of 520 cruisers as compared to the newest mega ships being built today which can hold in excess of 3,000 passengers. The lack of any balcony cabins also hinders bookings. Many cruisers have come to expect a balcony cabin option to be offered.
If you have about 60 million USD you can put an offer in for the Deutschland. Valentine's Day is approaching and what better gift than "Das Love Boat"!
On a side note, the original American TV Series "Love Boat", the Pacific Princess, was decommissioned and taken apart for recycling in 2013.


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Christmas shoppers in America's heartland have been gunned down for no reason - this time in an Omaha, Nebraska mall. This time the death tally appears to have been eight, plus the shooter. This time - as in all previous incidents -- America will likely learn nothing.
This time, as in most of the other incidents, the shooter was a depressed young male with easy access to a weapon.
This time, as in most of the others, the shooter was a white guy born in the U.S. of A.
This time, as in most of the others, he was not an illegal immigrant.
This time, as in most of the others, he was not a fanatical "Islamofascist" bent on "killing us."
Last February, a shooter killed five people at a shopping mall in Salt Lake City. Several decades ago, August 1, 1966 to be exact, Charles Joseph Whitman, a student at the University of Texas at Austin killed fourteen victims in what now seems to have been the launch of national "contest" of sorts to see which unstable male shooters can kill the most innocent victims with the greatest firepower. (So far, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols get the "prize" for the most civilians killed by angry white guys -- but they had to resort to a bomb to earn it).
There are more firearms distributed among the populace in this country than there are people. That makes upwards of 300 million weapons, an unknown number of which are accessible by vengeful, angry, distraught or unbalanced native-born Americans. The Omaha mall shooter was just like hundreds of thousands -- maybe more -- other young males with guns who have psychological, family, drug, social adjustment, employment or other problems. The potential for more tragedies of this nature occurring in the United States during the next few years is limitless.
Mass domestic slaughter by firearm (automatic or otherwise) is a growth industry. With the political clout of the National Rifle Association and its distorted interpretation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, plus the adherence by millions of Americans to the mythology of the gun as the ultimate instrument of self-protection, there is no practical way to reduce the number of firearms, or to significantly reduce their lethality (such as by regulating ammunition or controlling the distribution of automatic weapons).
Thanks largely to Republican control of the White House and Congress for most of the last seven years, that political battle has been waged repeatedly - and lost.
In the aftermath of every gun slaughter of innocents in the United States, there follow the calls for prayer; the soul-searching; the reminders of the importance of moving on; the appeals to love each other more -- and the appeals to love each other less by locking every miscreant up and throwing away the key; the cascade of semi-scholarly articles instructing us how to spot the danger signals in an unhappy person who seems ready to explode; the funding demands for more teen-age counseling and crisis centers; a demand for an increase in the use of metal detectors and other security devices; the pro-gun lobby's insistence that "guns don't kill people, people kill people"; the proposals that everybody be allowed to arm themselves in public to facilitate shooting future shooters before they shoot too many victims.
Finally, after each gun massacre, there follow the proposals for stricter gun control -- proposals which will be strangled or shot in their legislative cribs.
In 1996, when Australia experienced a mass slaughter of thirty-five innocents by a deranged person with an arsenal of firearms at Port Arthur, Tasmania, the Australian government responded by cracking down heavily on gun ownership and distribution.
Many foreigners from perfectly normal countries believe we're nuts for allowing so much firepower to remain in the hands of so many citizens.
Many, maybe most, Americans don't care what foreigners think. Barring a political earthquake or miraculous national epiphany, nothing will change to stop the slaughter of American victims by American shooters.
Robert S. Rivkin, author of GI Rights and Army Justice, is a San-Francisco-based writer and lawyer.


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Madison Square Garden is the oldest arena in the NHL, and was best described as a serviceable dump. The kind of place that trafficked more in history than inherent charm. But that was before the beginning of a three-year renovation that will add the kinds of modern amenities that nobody was clamoring for, like luxury suites and sushi bars. The first phase was completed this summer, which forced the Rangers to spend their first three weeks of the season in far-flung exotic places like Sweden and Western Canada.
The home opener is tomorrow, and today they held their first practice in the new MSG. So naturally reporters are focused on the most striking feature of the newly redesigned locker room: a gigantic Rangers logo in the center of the floor. Naturally, tradition dictates that you don't tread on the logo. It's about respect. Hey baldy in the photo up top, watch your heel! Damnit Baldy, you're doing it again!
Rest assured that your intrepid scribes won't face this sort of dilemma during postgame interviews. Rangers PR says they'll cover up the logo before they open the dressing room up to the media, to prevent Ryan Callahan from having to beat up some yutz from the Staten Island Advance.


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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
holy hand grenade of antioch sold separately
now, if you're a pet collector who wants one of everything, then only you can decide how much a unique pet is worth to you. for a pet battler looking for an advantage, though, the value is easy to determine: same as any other rabbit.
for starters, don't be fooled by the fact that the tooltip is epic. this means nothing, and i really wish blizzard would stop pulling this nonsense. the battle pet is rare. it has the same stats as a rare level one alpine hare you can catch in dun murogh. it does have a couple of unique abilities - huge, sharp, teeth! and vicious streak - but these are sidegrades from the standard rabbit abilities. possibly better in certain circumstances, but also possibly worse. certainly not worth dropping a small fortune for.
so, if you want a unique pet model, and you understand that's all you're getting, then rock on. but don't get suckered into thinking that because it is hard to obtain or has a pretty tooltip that it is somehow "better" or "op" for battling. 'cause it ain't.
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I managed to snag one of these bad boys off the AH for about 50K and I've never seen another on there since. Our server is a low population one, so I'll probably never get to actually kill the rabbit myself and earn the achievement for it.ReplyDelete
Also, have you noticed that the DMF Pet Battler's pets are considered "epic" quality with the purple borders? Could this mean that we could eventually get epic ones of our own or even upgrade them to it?
yup, he's packin' purples. you actually first encounter epic pets when you get to grand master pet tamer obalis in uldum, and they continue in pandaria. grand master pet tamer aki the chosen in the vale actually introduces the first legendary pets. i don't think these are an indication that we'll be getting our own purples, though. rather, it's just a counterbalance against our flexibility in being able to select pets for a particular opponent. since the right rares can beat a fixed team of legendaries, there's no need for us to get better pets (at least for now).ReplyDelete
There were also epic upgrade stones on the PTR. They've said that they will likely allow us to upgrade further in a later patch.ReplyDelete
I'd love to be able to add this pet to my collection. I just don't see it happening any time soon. I did manage to kill it once a couple of months ago so I was really happy to at least get the achievement.ReplyDelete
@leo - i imagine epic battle-stones will be accompanied by new challenges. so, yeah, someday. it will be interesting, i think.ReplyDelete
@cymre - i'm actually not all that into collecting, surprisingly enough, so i'll probably never get one myself. if the price is right (meaning a lot less than 80k) i'd get one for the missus though.


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Editor's note: The Lancaster News is tracking the progress of Katie Stogner and Jeff Holden as they undertake the Island Sun Tanning and Fitness 12-week Challenge for 2012. Here are their first blogs. You can also follow their progress at stevelewisplan.com.
Katie's story
It's been two weeks and I still cannot believe I'm actually doing this in front of a camera.
At first, I was really nervous, but now I'm just excited.
Damien Ward had heard enough.
Ward had already been on the dance floor several times Saturday night at the Fairway Room with his dressed-to-the-nines daughters, Emeliana, 6, and Olivia, 5, at the annual Girl Scouts Father Daughter Dance.
Emeliana is a member of Daisy Troop 2339 and Olivia is a Girl Scout in the making. Second-generation Girl Scouts, their mom is Emily Evans Ward, who earned her Gold Award.
Made with corn and peppers, maque choux (pronounced "mock shoe") is a fun Cajun twist on New Orleans-style jambalaya. And with Mardi-Gras , (the last Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22), just days away, it may be a great way to celebrate.
Jambalaya Maque Choux
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 pound andouille sausage, cut into quarter-inch slices
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
I know beach sand doesn't mix with frosty window panes and cold mornings, but bless Pete, I was ready for a change.
So when Uncle Harry mentioned riding to the coast, I was all for it. Uncle Harry's friend, Dr. Brown and his smoking buddy, Mr. Plyler, hatched the plan.
"Harry, you ought to take a few days off from lawyering and so something different," Dr. Brown said.
The men's prayer breakfast at First Presbyterian Church began 23 years ago in 1989 by Brooks Johnson and Steve Williams Jr., Judd Funderburk, Harold Rowell, Charlie Franks, Frazier Kirkpatrick and Harvey Stewart, who are all now deceased, as well as others.
It's was just after Hurricane Hugo came through.
Since I was alone, it was a lucky day when I was invited to attend for a time of good fellowship with other Christian men.
For Katie Stogner, here and now is the stream of sweat beads dripping from her chin onto the rubber floor of Island Sun Tanning and Fitness on Pageland Highway as owner Steve Lewis encourages her through a grinding workout. Captured on video, there is no place for her to hide the here and now.
Stogner's future is wearing that pair of black leather pants hanging in the closet of her Indian Land home.
But to do that, she hopes to lose 30 pounds, much of it coming from the birth of her son, Thaxton, on Dec. 7.
Holy smoke, at times, we do the stupidest things.
I just finished reading more bad news about those of us who are Lancaster.
Dangling a rambunctious child over a chained-up pit bull?
Nothing good ever comes from adults behaving like children. To hear of such things makes the real grown-ups really mad.
Seems like some folks need to grow up.
The statewide late winter/early spring wildfire season is still about a month away but the S.C. Forestry Commission has launched a safety campaign so those planning to burn can take the appropriate steps.
The seasonal outlook for the next few months indicates an increasing potential for high wildfire activity for most of the Palmetto State.
Although it may not seem like it due to recent rainfall, precipitation amounts for this portion of the Piedmont are already about 1.2 inches below normal.
The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life of Lancaster County gives everyone in the community a chance to help the organization save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.
Register your team today by visiting RelayForLife.org or by calling 1-800-227-2345.
If you have a little trouble finding a roll of antacid Monday, that's to be expected.
That's because there is a 20 percent increase in the amount of antacid sold on the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday. According to the USDA, Super Bowl Sunday ranks second in food consumption to Thanksgiving.
You can trace the spike in antacid sales to the 1.25 billion chicken wings, more than 100 tons of potato chips and 8 million pounds of guacamole that will be eaten when the New York Giants and New England Patriots play Super Bowl XLVI.
The Lancaster County Council of the Arts Board of Directors is excited to announce that our annual Arts Gala is Saturday, May 12, at the Carole Ray Dowling Health Services Center at the University of South Carolina Lancaster. If you aren't an LCCA member and would like more information about the gala as soon as it is available, contact us.
Mark your calendars now for this, and our other signature event, Ladies Night Out, which is April 19 at Edwards Scott House.
Name: Sybil Blakely
Age: 77
Address: Hampton Grace Avenue
Family: Husband, William, 77; two daughters, Gina Warren and Robin West
Job: Retired
Church: White Springs Baptist Church
Hobbies: Visiting the nursing home and with people in their homes
Favorite book: "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The room was abuzz with laughter and friendly chatter as women from across the area gathered for the Christian Women's Connection birthday luncheon on Tuesday.
But this sort of camaraderie isn't unusual. It's like this every time these women of faith gather to encourage one another as they enjoy a meal together.
How does being overweight affect children?
It's widely known that being obese and overweight leads to health problems in adults.
Health issues that were once thought only to affect adults are now known to impact our children.
Obesity has long-term consequences in children, such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, increased risk of insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes, musculoskeletal problems, fatty liver disease and gastro-esophageal reflux.
I've often heard the expression that folks should be careful when pointing fingers of blame at someone else. When we do, three fingers are pointing back at us.
I ain't taking the heat for the financial trouble of Sears and Kmart.
In late December, they announced plans to padlock 80 stores in the United States.
The blame for this should be firmly placed on the shoulders of greedy executives who were looking into a fishbowl instead of a crystal ball down at the carnival.
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons, students who pass by Room 412 at Lancaster High School Career Center can count on one thing – a chorus of blow dryers will be singing out.
The 20 members of Jan Williamson's senior cosmetology class won't be talking to each other much and Williamson won't be lecturing them from an adjacent classroom.
I have to hand it to the estimated 7,700 residents of Rockland, Maine.
They saw snow Monday, ice pellets on Tuesday and went outside this morning to a temperature of about 7 degrees.
In the upcoming days, the residents of the coastal town will see more snow and rain. Weather like that doesn't generate many smiles. It's not something to celebrate.
But Rockland residents will be celebrating Sunday afternoon with its annual Pies on Parade to commemorate National Pie Day on Monday.
In 1972, Arlo Guthrie recorded a song about a nightly passenger train that travels the 934-mile stretch from Chicago to the Big Easy.
I can't recall all the lyrics of "The City of New Orleans," but the chorus makes reference to the train going "500 miles when the day is done."
You know, I can identify with that these days. I have to travel 500 miles to get to my granddaughter's Maryland home.
Name: Barbara Benton
Age: 55
Address: Denton Hill Road
Family: Husband, Freddie, 46; a daughter, Jessica, and a grandson, Carson
Pets: Four horses, Princess, MayBaby, Buford and Spirit; four cats, Marley, Slater, Smokey and Flame; and a miniature dachshund, Rascal
Most days, a labor and delivery nurse goes home smiling.
"We get to share in the happiest days of people's lives," said Cathy Montgomery, who is the nurse manager for labor and delivery and newborn nursery at Springs Memorial Hospital.
But there is a flip side to that happiness coin, when things go wrong and pure joy turns to unspeakable sorrow.
Those are the days when infants are stillborn or die.
"I always say we have the best job in the world or the worst," Montgomery said.
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NEW LONDON, CT-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's men's cross country team finished 13th out of 19 teams and the women were 13th of 18 teams at the Connecticut College Invitational at Harkness Memorial State Park Saturday.
For the women, junior Meaghan Bohigian (Barre, MA/Quabbin Regional HS) was 60th in 24:35, junior Megan Oliveira (Somerset, MA/Somerset HS) finished 85th in 25:06, junior Courtney Testa (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton) finished 105th in 25:38, freshmen Kelci Sullivan (Hanson, MA/Whitman-Hanson HS) finished 111th in 25:45, junior Caitlin McGarigal (Shutesbury, MA/Amherst Regional HS) was 114th in 25:49, junior Stacey Dybel (Littleton, MA/Notre Dame Academy) was 133rd in 29:19, freshman Brittany Lyons (South Yarmouth, MA/Dennis-Yarmouth HS) finished 159th in 27:30, and senior Katie Galindo (Melrose, MA/Stoneham HS) finished 172nd in 28:23.
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"Today, senior Derek Stevens (Swampscott, MA/Swampscott HS) and freshmen Dekontee Chea (Chelmsford, MA/Chelsford HS) were out, so without those two, it's a lot more difficult to do as well as we wanted," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Jon Hird. "I thought we got good races from Nick [Santoro] finishing in the top 12, but also Steve Burke, who is really starting to come on, and we got a great race from Cody Gibney, who improved a minute from his score last week. The women looked a little tired plus it was a 6k instead of a 5k, so they didn't run the way they are capable of running. Megan Oliveira ran well, Kelci Sullivan ran well, and our captain Stacy Dybel ran as well as she has run all season. We have two weeks until championship so we are going to use this time to rest up."
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After nearly 10 years, the volunteers, donors and customers of the Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity Resale Emporium said goodbye to the store on Saturday, Feb. 23.
In recent years, the store's ability to raise funds for Habitat diminished, and Habitat decided to close the store on Bryant Drive.
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Domains from services like Mailinator are banned from many websites for the reasons stated above. Mailinator provides alternate domains which work around this ban in many cases.
Another problem for users is that mail sent to Mailinator often disappears for unknown reasons. Before using Mailinator a user should first send it some test e-mails to determine the system's reliability for themselves.
Mailinator strips many headers from incoming e-mail. This means that users wanting to verify the e-mail sender or server may be unable to do so. And according to their FAQ "Plain text is best, html is filtered. Images, attachments, and fancy stuff are simply stripped away." Unfortunately this often results in incomplete or garbled messages.
The "Domains from services like Mailinator..." paragraph is accurate. Some sites do ban it but so far no sites I know of have kept up with our alternate domains (see our home page) for a recent list. I'm still baffled why websites send-away customers but I guess that's their business. If I'm not sure I'm going to want or use some webservice, I test the waters with mailinator address. If they don't let me, I usually then just don't bother testing it. I'm sure other folks then resolve to give them their real address, or go waste 5 minutes signing up for a fake yahoo address, but for me its rarely worth it.
The next paragraph describes that emails "disappear for unknown reasons". Um, I thought I was pretty clear in the FAQ about how Mailinator handles email. Emails live for a few hours - not a day, not 1 hour - a few. It's completely dependant on how much email its getting at the time. (As a data point, I notice right now emails are sticking around 183 minutes).
Although I fully agree with the latter part, if you want to test mailinator out - please do !!! Send anything you like :)
Finally the last paragraph states that we remove some headers. This is nuts. The code has never removed any headers whatsoever. And on every page showing an email, there is a "text-view" link where you can see the email PRECISELY as mailinator received it. Headers, dirty words, mime-encoded images, you name it. In other words, that paragraph is dead wrong.
I haven't seen any garbled emails for a long time either (probably was when the parsing code was originally written). We support most encodings, (japanese and russian emails look cool), I suppose if you send an email with some odd encoding that Java doesn't support or mis-specify an encoding things might look garbled. Regardless - if you see a garbled email - please let me know!
I tried to replace the last paragraph with one explaining that the "text-view" sort of proves its not true, but my change was undone immediately (so fast I'd guess it was automated) because it was "Wikipedia Vandalism". I'm not too fond of the paragraph that says emails "disappear" given that its pretty misleading, but God forbid I try to fix that one.
If you're a common Wikipedia poster - please feel free to fix this entry. All I'm hoping to get up there is (something closer to) the truth.


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Six Knights
by Henry E. Dudeney
Place three black and three white chess knights
on a 3x4 board as shown in Figure 1.
The object is to exchange black and white knights in the fewest
possible number of their moves (some examples of such moves are shown
in Figure 2, a and b).
Moves should be made by black and white knights in turn. And after
every move none of the knights should be under attack of any of the
knights of the opposite color. Only one knight can be on a square at
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Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez -- quizzed unmercifully this spring about his rocky job security -- was asked point-blank Thursday how he'd feel about watching New York's season begin against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from the bench.
"I don't plan on that happening," Sanchez said, per the New York Daily News. "I'm planning on playing, I'm planning on starting."
It's been speculated that Sanchez is simply being put through the motions as the Jets prepare rookie Geno Smith to take over, but the fifth-year quarterback took the majority of first-team reps during organized team activities Thursday and reportedly looked sharp.
"I think (Sanchez has) done a nice job this offseason, I think he's in great shape," Jets coach Rex Ryan told reporters. "Is he more accurate with the football? I'm not sure what the numbers will say, I really don't know. I feel he has a confidence about it. I don't know how much it left him -- but I think last year, some of it. I think it's safe to say some of his confidence was shaken a little bit last year. But I think he's feeling good about himself."
Sanchez has remained cordial with Smith, which he says is no act.
"Part of that comes when you're just confident in yourself," Sanchez said. "If I was insecure about something or couldn't (handle) this market or this pressure or ... can't handle this competition, maybe I wouldn't say much to him. Maybe I'd be a little scared to give him help. But I don't feel like that. I just don't. That's not my personality. I'm confident, I'm ready to go, I can do it, I know I can."
After Sanchez handled the Tim Tebow Experiment with poise last season, there's little reason to doubt his ability to play the role of "good teammate." Playing the role of the Jets' starting quarterback has presented greater difficulties.
For what it's worth, Sanchez still has the backing of Jets legend Joe Namath, who told NFL Network on Thursday that Sanchez -- more than anyone else on the roster -- still gives New York the best chance to succeed. That's either encouraging or terrifying, depending on your point of view.
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PitchBlack is a widely-known dark material theme perfecting the balance between materialism, minimalism and various epic colour combinations.
Meet all my CMTE themes and more in one place ! Re-iterating the way accents and backgrounds are applied, PitchBlack offers an easy solution to application of themes by automatically creating 25+ theme sets just for you!Just choose which combination you like, build and enable! That's it! No more confusing choices of background, primary colour and secondary colour.
Just for you guys the theme includes two types of navbar overlays, two types of network indicators and two gorgeous fonts + system sounds ! Also featuring 2 boot animations and ready to make your device boot in style.
With 12+ material design exclusive themes with pastel colours and 15+ addictive dark material PitchBlack and MatteBlack variants.
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Q : How do I apply it?
A : All you have to do us navigate to the substratum application and enable+ build the overlays after tapping on the PitchBlack tile. If you already have a theme applied, head over to the overlay manager and disable all overlays before you enable+build PitchBlack than reboot your device
Q : What ROMs does the theme support?
A : PitchBlack being a theme intended to be utilized via the substratum application automatically supports all the ROMs substratum does. You can easily find a list of supported ROMs by heading over to this link
Q : What if the theme updates?
A : Just build+enable again to make sure you're rocking the best version of the theme
Q : Does PitchBlack supports theme ready gapps?
A : Officially it does not support ! Not recommended
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List of Substratum OMS based ROMs
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Has border security spending been effective? It's hard to say
Despite the billions of dollars spent on border security, it's pretty hard to tell whether the money is accomplishing what it's supposed to, according to two federal oversight agencies.
The Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Research Service, both independent research arms of Congress, say in recent reports that even with the amount of border data collected by the federal government, there's no adequate barometer to measure the effectiveness of the enforcement efforts.
Since 2011, the Department of Homeland Security has used the number of apprehensions of illegal entrants on the Southwest border as a measure of success. Before that year, the main measure was the number of miles of the southern border that were secured.
"Apprehensions provide information only on activity levels," said Rebecca Gambler, the director of homeland security and justice issues at the GAO and the author of its report. "It cannot be used to inform resource allocation or to measure the success of the efforts."
Marc Rosenblum, a specialist in immigration policy who authored the Congressional Research Service report, expressed a similar view in testimony earlier this year before the House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
"We do not know if a decline in apprehensions is a good thing because fewer people are attempting to enter or a bad thing because more of them are succeeding," he said.
Customs and Border Protection appears to be grappling with the same question. In 2009, it attributed increases in apprehensions in certain sectors along the southern border to improved operations, explaining drops as the result of the improved technology.
Andrew Morral, a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corp., said a metric that "indicates success whether it rises or falls has limited value as a management tool."
RAND, a nonprofit research institution, has worked with the DHS to develop a way to measure the effectiveness of border security. The department is expected to come up with a plan to establish goals by the end of the year.
Inconsistency in data collection in each sector of the border and the inability to count with enough certainty the number of people who cross undetected are other problems that plague the already weak system, both the GAO and the Congressional Research Service concluded.
Not having a yardstick to measure how well things are working hasn't stopped the government from pumping more money and resources into border security. The number of Border Patrol agents doubled from nearly 10,000 in 2004 to 21,394 in 2012, according to Customs and Border Protection. The miles of fencing along the Mexican border increased 370 percent during the same period.
The immigration bill the Senate passed in June would boost border security spending by $46 billion, while doubling the number of patrol agents.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who opposed the bill, called it "one of the most massive wastes of funds in the history of the federal government."
Testifying before a House of Representatives Homeland Security panel last month, he said the legislation "blindly throws more than $46 billion in resources at the border, and contains absolutely no mechanism to ensure that these resources will be effective or properly implemented."
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who backed the measure, said it would improve border security.
Christopher Wilson, an associate at the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, criticized the bill's more boots-on-the-ground approach.
"If you look at the data, you can see that each agent makes only 3.5 apprehensions annually," he said. "By adding more people, we are essentially paying someone to just drive around."
Estimating the flow of people and goods across the border is complex.
"We are talking about measuring illicit activity, which by definition is hidden," Wilson said.


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|Willows Learning Center Milestones & Innovations
Our first classes were held in March of 1994 at the Willow Senior Center, a facility run by the City of San Jose Parks and Recreation Department. Because of the limited number of computers we had our students share usage. Each student would get the computer for one hour while the other student would observe and act as a coach. At the time we offered only one class, "Introduction to Computers."
By December of 1995, the number of computers had increased to 17, the number of volunteers was 69, and the number of applications for enrollment had surpassed 1000.
In April of 2000, the San Jose SNLC split and formed two new centers in San Jose, Almaden and Cypress. At that time San Jose SNLC changed its name to "Willows SNLC."
On August 24, 2002 the Willows SeniorNet Learning Center sponsored the SeniorNet Western Regional Meeting. The Willow SNLC hosted six other learning centers from the region. The agenda included informational talks in the morning that were followed by break out session to cover topics important to the individual centers after a catered lunch.
In March 2004, Willows celebrated its 10th anniversary with a banquet that was attended by over 200.
Since inception this learning center has provided 853 classes to over 11,000 students. This required 66,800 volunteer hours in instructing, coaching and administration.
Contributions and Innovations
The Willows center has been active in developing courses for our students. Many of these courses have been included in SeniorNet's Leadership Exchange website for other learning centers to utilize. Below is a list of courses which originated from the Willows Learning Center:
Introduction to Computers by Alan Hubbard
Graphics and Scanning by Pam Huffman
Internet by Walt Fant
Using Email by Phil Carnahan
Create a CD in Windows XP by Phil Carnahan
Introduction to the Internet & Email by Allen Greenberg
Introduction to Windows (2 editions) by Allen Greenberg
Word (a 3 session course) by Janice Santos and Bill Souza
Genealogy using FTM (3 editions) by Joe Russo
Digital Music Library by Bruce Pumplin
Greeting Cards & More by Janice Santos
Buying and Sellling on Ebay by Don Ferguson
Next Class after Introduction by Miles Welter
Equipment better than San Jose State!
When Janice Santos visited the Center shortly after her retirement in 1997, she observed that the equipment was better than the labs at San Jose State where she had been working. She was also impressed with the class offerings and the fun, encouraging climate in the classes.
In 2007, the computers were upgraded to machines running an AMD Athlon 64 microprocessor running at 2.0 GHz, with 1 gigabyte of RAM, an 80 GB hard drive and DVD read/write capability.
In addition we have installed a brighter projector and screen for easier viewing. The hearing impaired have not been forgotten either. SeniorNet Willows, with aid from the City of San Jose, recently installed an audio/loop sound amplification system for those who are hearing impaired. The instructor wears a cordless microphone, and the signal is amplified and broadcast by a total of four loud speakers, one in each corner of the room. In addition, for those who have a hearing aid with a "T-coil" in it, the coil is able to receive the signal directly into the hearing aid for improved listening.
This is a far cry from the early days of 12 students sharing 6 computers for now we have 17 students, each at their own computer with a DSL connection to the Internet. Even simple things like a laser pointer makes teaching much easier according to instructor Allan Greenberg.
Innovation in restoring computers after use by students
One of the major problems with teaching Windows in the classroom was the concern about students accidentally changing the way Windows worked or making it not work at all or changing the way the monitor display appeared. Volunteer Allan Greenberg was always anxious covering some of this type of material in class. Indeed, seven people needed a solid week in between sessions to clean up the systems, update software, and restore machines to a consistent configuration according to Ron Springer. Then Greenberg located a program called DeepFreeze which caused anything done by the student to be erased upon the next startup of the machine. Soon SeniorNet purchased this program for all its centers.
Our Registration Lottery
Not all contributions are technical. According to volunteer Jerry White, in the early years registration was held on a first come, first serve basis on Saturday mornings. Registration would start at 9 a.m. and people started showing up at 6 am in an effort to secure a class due to the high demand. Then the students themselves organized and started serving coffee and donuts. Soon the students put up a board which gave an indication of the classes offered on the upcoming session.
Then a student, Charlie, started serving beans to the folks early in the morning. The Office of the Senior Center got wind of this and told him to stop. The rules say that people can't serve foods such as beans without proper preparation. Charlie left and joined the center at Almaden.
One couple spent the night in the car sleeping so they could get a good place in line. On the one hand the leadership was telling the people not to come early, but the system in place rewarded those who got their early. Hence, the "first come first serve" system was discontinued.
The leadership started a lottery system to determine which people had first choice of class. As people arrive at 9 a.m., they pick a number out of a box. That determines their priority in selecting a class.
Windows in the Willows - the User Group
One of the spin-off services provided by our learning center is a User Group. Started in 1998 by Tom Wilson, its early function was to answer questions about computers that were unique to one person's machine or need. We soon realized that we could get speakers to visit our group to discuss products currently available since we are in the middle of Silicon Valley. A few of the recent speaker's topics include:
• Adobe Photoshop Elements
• How to Use and Maximize Google
• Technical Editor from the San Jose Mercury News
• Microsoft demonstration of Vista
Benefits of SeniorNet classes
When asked why they joined SeniorNet, all say that they learn new computer skills. But many echoed Willy Riemersma's sentiment that they meet many nice, wonderful people who share a common goal - to continue to use your brain. Others find that it gives them a reason to stay current on technological advances. And of course, it gives them one more reason to do their recreational shopping at Fry's.
Santos found tremendous inspiration in her oldest student (so far) at 85 years of age who had never touched a computer before; yet she was willing to accept new challenges and keep growing.
Riemersma coached a student who had problems with his eyesight, but his determination to learn earned him great respect. Willows has offered a class in Accessibility for the visually impaired given by a teacher afflicted with macular degeneration, Judy Moak.
The Future ?
When SeniorNet Willows started in 1994, only three computer had an Internet connection and it was dial up.; now all 17 computers have DSL. We have already transitioned from floppy disks to CDs but now the use of thumb/flash drives for file storage is recommended. There was no projector in front of the class to enable the students to see what the instructor is doing. There were no video or audio podcasts to download. There were no personal web pages, no blogs nor RSS feeds. There was no Google or E-bay; no voice over Internet. There were no digital cameras and now we offer four classes in various aspects of digital photography. There weren't as many viruses or worms, but today there is antivirus software and firewalls.
Greenberg predicts we will see more "online" classes. In addition we will see more emphasis on digital photo and audio processing and editing. Will everybody be computer literate in 10 years or will there be a constant introduction of new products requiring new courses? One thing we can count on is change.
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The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded its first passenger airliner since 1979. The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner has had multiple issues leading up to the directive, but the main problem involves the high-tech commercial jet's lithium-ion batteries.
On January 7, a battery overheated and started a fire on an empty 787 at Boston's Logan International Airport. On January 16, an All Nippon Airways Dreamliner had to make an emergency landing because there was purportedly smoke in one of the electrical compartments.
The batteries in question are used as part of backup systems to support major flight controls when the main power fails. But these systems, and their redundant protection systems, failed. That was more than enough to get attention from the feds.
A probe by the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed the aircraft's batteries were at fault, but the notice states uncertainty as to why the batteries are acting up. As of now, speculation surrounds contaminates in the cells and/or manufacturing defects.
But are the lithium-ion batteries used on Boeing's 787 really all that similar to those used in plug-in electric vehicles?
Electric cars have had their share of public battery missteps--most notably when the Chevy Volt and Fisker Karma extended-range electric vehicles were found to catch fire under certain circumstances, prompting investigations. Under high temperatures, lithium-ion batteries can ignite or explode. If one cell short-circuits and overheats, it's possible for the heat to spread and affect other cells.
But, before making a connection between Boeing's battery issues and passenger EVs, it's worth noting that the Dreamliner's lithium-ion batteries use different cathode materials than the batteries found on most electric cars. According to Green Car Reports, the cobalt oxide (CoO2) battery chemistry found on the Dreamliner "has the highest energy content, but it is also the most susceptible to overheating that can produce 'thermal events' (which is to say, fires)." The report goes on to note that the only other electric car to use cobalt oxide battery chemistry is the Tesla Roadster, which is no longer for sale.
Boeing's battery problem can be traced back to 2005, when Dreamliner engineering stages were still ongoing. At the time, only lithium-ion cells made of cobalt oxide (CoO2) were deemed air-worthy. Since then, the FAA has approved additional cathodes, including the safer lithium iron phosphate compound (LiFePO4). LiFePO4 batteries are being used by some EV manufacturers like Chinese automaker BYD, who claim their Fe batteries offer "excellent safety performance" because of the material.
Using cobalt oxide (CoO2) as a cathode material has begun to fall out of favor, as lithium iron phosphate, nickel, manganese and other metals have been found to be safer, although cannot offer the same capacity. In all types of battery design, safety is a top priority. Lithium-ion batteries contain safety devices to prevent overheating, but if contaminants enter during production, the safety systems fail.
That's why the planes have been grounded. Not only did the batteries overheat, their redundant safety systems didn't kick in.
TRANSLOGIC reached out to Boeing's head of Media Relations, Marc Birtel, and was told that, "[Boeing] has formed teams consisting of hundreds of engineering and technical experts who are working around the clock with the sole focus of resolving the issue and returning the 787 fleet to flight status."
External link: http://translogic.aolautos.com/2013/01/25/faulty-lithium-ion-batteries-ground-boeings-dreamliner-should/
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Established in 1904, the University of Michigan Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery is one of the first otolaryngology departments in the country. We have a long tradition of excellence and innovation in diagnosing, treating and rehabilitating ear, nose and throat patients.
We are committed to training the next generation of leaders in the field, with training opportunities for medical students, residents, fellows graduate students and post-doctoral students. Our residency program is one of the most sought-after training programs in the country.
Our department is a research leader, with research programs in head and neck cancer, health services, neurolaryngology and hearing. Our world-renowned Kresge Hearing Research Institute, established in 1961, consists of a diverse and dedicated group of scientists and physicians working on basic and clinical aspects of hearing and balance, in health and disease.


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Minimalist Posters for Your Favorite Children's Stories
[Editor's note: While your Flavorwire editors take a much-needed holiday break, we'll spend the next two weekends revisiting some of our most popular features of the year. This post was originally published July 26, 2011.] All it takes is a single image to evoke our favorite Grimm's fairy tales and other childhood stories: Rapunzel's golden braid, the Cheshire Cat's toothy grin in Alice in Wonderland, Snow White's poison apple. These are the stars of Christian Jackson's minimalist kids-book posters, which provide a refreshing alternative to the loud, busy Disney-style design of most entertainment-inspired children's decor. Although most of these affordable prints would look great in a tot's bedroom (despite Jackson's disclaimer that "not all images are appropriate for children"), we wouldn't be embarrassed to hang them in our apartment, either. Take a look at the series after the jump, and click here to buy a poster.


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My Daddy left for the Douglas Fishing Club and told me to take James Graves, tractor and seedlings, and plant a twenty-acre field of Slash pines. 'No problem', I thought, 'I get to be the Boss Man.'
Everything went well until James and I took a break and he suggested that since it was Friday afternoon and cold, it would be nice to have a sip of store bought wine to fight off the chill and drudgery. Since I had never had a taste of store bought wine and was a bit fatigued and cold, I agreed. James had a driving license so we took off to Ambrose with two dollars and bought two pints of King Cotton peach wine at Myrtice's juke.
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