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1. Days in development for Linux 2.6.0: 680
2. Different changes accepted into the kernel source tree: 27,149
3. Average changes per hour during development period: 1.66
4. Number of different developers who contributed at least one kernel patch: 916
5. Number of different developers who contributed one kernel change: 413
6. Number of different developers who contributed two kernel changes: 117
7. Number of different developers who contributed three kernel changes: 57
8. Number of different developers who contributed four kernel changes: 38
9. Number of different developers who contributed five kernel changes: 20
10. Number of kernel changes contributed by the top ten developers: 10,933
11. Number of kernel changes contributed by the top five developers: 6,956
12. Average number of changes per day for each of the top five developers: 10
13. Number of merges in the kernel source tree: 6,175
14. Average number of merges per day in the kernel source tree: 9
15. Number of modifications per hour exceeded over the development period: 2
16. Millions of people in Sweden: 8.98
17. Millions of fixed phone lines in Sweden: 5.4
18. Percentage by which fixed phone lines in Sweden declined in 2003: 2
19. Milliions of cell-phone subscriptions in Sweden: 9.07
20. Swedish cell-phone penetration percentage: 100.1
1–15: Compiled by Greg Kroah-Hartman for Open Sources, shared on the Linux Elitists list
16–20: smh.com.au, sourcing Dagens Nyheter and the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency
They Said It
It is wrong to say that demand creates supply. It is the other way around.
—Henry Ford, www.jyu.fi/library/elkok/isbn9513911675.pdf
Invention is the mother of necessity.
—Thorstein Veblen, www.quotationspage.com/subjects/invention
Well now home entertainment was my baby's wish So I hopped into town for a satellite dish I tied it to the top of my Japanese car I came home and I pointed it out into the stars A message came back from the great beyond There's fifty-seven channels and nothin' on.
—Bruce Springsteen
If we believe we "own" the customer we will quickly die.
—Juha Toivari, EVP, Head of Authentication and Certificate Services, Nordea Bank, IDman conference speech, London, July 2004
The technology that preserved the balance of our history—between uses of our culture that were free and uses of our culture that were only upon permission—has been undone. The consequence is that we are less and less a free culture, more and more a permission culture.
Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture, blogspace.com/freeculture/Introduction
Understanding the open-source process can generate new perspectives on very old and essential problems of social cooperation. And it can provide an early perspective on some of the institutional, political, and economic consequences for human societies of the telecommunications and Internet revolutions.
Steven Weber, The Success of Open Source, www.hup.harvard.edu/pdf/WEBSUC.pdf
Cynicism about new technologies shouldn't blind us to the way the business is changing. New ways of organizing emerge periodically—and can be of huge significance. Open source may well be among them.
—Matthew Lynn, Bloomberg.net, quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000039&refer=columnist_lynn&sid=aqq4dVXwLQ8Y
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Wichert Akkerman has been trying for some time to add a Debian package build target to the kernel sources to complement the RPM target. His initial effort in October 2003 suffered the fate of bad timing, falling smack in the middle of the 2.6-test series, which had started in July and led to a 2.6.0 announcement in December 2003. Wichert got some work done on the patch at that time and apparently has been maintaining it privately until June 2004, when he tried again to submit it. This time, with the kernel still in some amount of flux at a recent 2.6.6 release (at the time of this writing 2.6.7 also has come out), Wichert's patch got a much better reception, and it looks as though a .deb target will be accepted into the kernel without much fuss.
For a long time, Mel Gorman has maintained on-line documentation of the 2.4 and 2.6 Virtual Memory Subsystem. After Linus Torvalds' surprise move to replace the subsystem en masse in the early 2.4 releases, documentation was scarce or nonexistent. Mel worked like a dog to describe its inner workings and to offer them on-line as a free resource, and his work eventually was picked up by Prentice-Hall for inclusion in the Bruce Perens Open Source Series. The book, called Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager, is a down-and-dirty examination of one of the most difficult aspects of the Linux kernel.
The relationship between the kernel and the C compiler is one of constant controversy. When a kernel release won't compile, often it is not entirely clear whether the problem is with the C code in the kernel or with the compiler's attempt to convert that C code into machine language opcodes. Lately, Linus Torvalds and others have begun to speculate that future versions of Linux, perhaps in the 2.8 or 3.0 series, would require a GCC version beyond 3.3. Linus cited bad handling of aliasing in earlier GCC versions, but the compiler people are likely to have their own views on what is broken in their code and what isn't. In any case, it's not unusual for the kernel to require a tool upgrade, but every time it happens, the break in compatibility opens the floodgates for requiring other tool upgrades. The flip side is that it is generally preferable to require no tool upgrades at all, so the user has as easy a time as possible upgrading the kernel when they want to.
Greg Kroah-Hartman has taken official responsibility for being the sysfs maintainer. He was forced out into the open by Christian Gmeiner, who had been trying to identify the sysfs maintainer to answer a coding question. Before then, no one was listed in the MAINTAINERS file, but Greg has said he'll submit a patch at some point to update that with his own contact information. The sysfs project has advanced quite far in the 2.5 and 2.6 time frame, and is now the preferred method to interface with the running kernel. Of course, some folks still use /proc and other mechanisms, but they gently are corrected and have been gradually (and sometimes quickly) coming around to the new ideas. sysfs has established itself quite successfully over the past couple of years.
Write support for Microsoft's NT filesystem (NTFS) is not exactly a holy grail of computing but, nevertheless, it has been a persistent itch that some programmers have felt a technical need or personal compulsion to scratch. Anton Altaparmakov is one of these and recently has announced a step in the "write" direction for NTFS: the ability to overwrite files that already are resident on the filesystem. Along with this, the NTFS driver also performs some housekeeping chores that previously had to be done by hand to prevent corruption. Clearly, NTFS is not yet ready for hard-core use and still is best for users needing to copy data out of their old disks, but it seems a time will one day come when full-on NTFS support will be available in Linux.
The PC9800 sub-architecture is slated to be dropped from the 2.6 tree. The hardware is obsolete, which is not necessarily grounds for removing a feature from the kernel. But, in addition to that, the PC9800 code is unmaintained, which certainly is grounds for removing a feature. Linus Torvalds has made it abundantly clear that it doesn't matter even if there are users clamoring for a feature; if code is broken and no one will fix it, out it goes. Of course, thanks to the proprietary BitKeeper revision control system, it is easier now to put the code back into the kernel once a maintainer is found. And, among other justifications for putting unmaintained code on the chopping block is that it does get the attention of people who might then choose to maintain it.
Another bit of code that may end up being dropped from the 2.6 tree is the venerable UMSDOS feature. Back in the old days, UMSDOS was used to install Linux within an existing MS-DOS partition, so folks could experiment with it without repartitioning their drives. Nowadays, UMSDOS is not used as much, but its historical value is significant, so much so that Linus Torvalds, Andrew Morton and the other kernel maintainers might be happy to leave it in the kernel for posterity's sake. Unfortunately, however, UMSDOS is currently broken in 2.6, which greatly reduces the chances that it will be kept around. Without a maintainer to nurse it back to health, the tool that introduced many folks to Linux in the early days may become only a memory.
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American Women's Cycling Team Pursuit Team Beaten In Final By World Record Time, Canadians Take Third
The American Women's Cycling Team Pursuit Team entered the London Velodrome knowing they were up against some hefty competition, as well as a hopeful home crowd. Their opponents – the hometown favorite, Brits. On their home track, the British women scorched a world record time to top the Americans in the finals. Canada's female team beat Australia in the third place race.
Having set the world record earlier in the day, the British team of Dani King, Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell set out to please the home crowd, including Sir Paul McCartney. They did just so, crushing their own world record in the mean time.
Replacing former world keirin champion Jennie Reed with road racer Lauren Tamayo, the American team including Sarah Hammer, Dotsie Bausch, and Tamayo put up a valiant effort, but in the end, it wasn't enough to beat the dominant Brits. Their new world record time of 3 minutes, 14.051 on Saturday was unbeatable.
"They're in a league of their own," American rider Jennie Reed said, "and we knew that. The rest of the countries have a long way to catch up."
Canada's Tara Whitten, Gillian Carleton and Jasmin Glaesser narrowly escaped with a third place finish against the Aussies. The Canadians skimped by with a victory of only 0.12 second; with a 3:17.915 for Canada and a 3:18.096 for Australia.
"They are breaking records every time they ride," Canada pursuit coach Tanya Dubnicoff said of the British squad. "In a sense it's almost subliminal that we are in the same competition."
It was a brilliant day in the London Velodrome filled with triumphs and world record rides. All the women put on a dazzling display of track cycling in front of 6,000 eager fans, including a very pleased Beatle.

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By BEN JOHNSON
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It would be easy to say that Desiree Phipps hasn't been able to catch a break in 11 months. However, a break is what began Phipps' run of bad luck.
"I fractured it and tore the ligaments," the Tahlequah guard said of her right ankle, which she hurt against Fort Gibson in early February of last season.
She never played again during the 2011-2012 campaign, as her teammates fell two wins short of making the Class 5A state tournament.
"It was really tough," Phipps said of sitting and watching during Tahlequah's final seven games last season. "...I just had to sit there, and I couldn't do anything."
Luckily for Phipps, she had three more years of varsity basketball ahead of her.
Yet, this season didn't quite begin as planned. Phipps fell ill only days before Tahlequah was slated to open the season at home against Skiatook.
"It was like a flu," Phipps said. "Then, I came back and I was out of shape. I was just weak and stuff."
She ended up missing the Lady Tigers' first four games. The first three were easy wins for Tahlequah, before Muskogee beat the Lady Tigers in the finals of the UKB Tiger Invitational.
Fittingly, though, Phipps made her return this season against a team she torched twice last season: Bishop Kelley. In two games against the Lady Comets last season, Phipps tallied 20 points — her career high — both times.
Tuesday night in Tulsa, Phipps didn't reach the 20-point mark. But she did score 11 points with five assists and five steals.
"She hit her first shot she put up," Tahlequah coach Chad Walker said of Phipps in Tahlequah's 54-51 loss in Metro Lakes Conference play. "She immediately made an impact, because we could not score from the outside."
Phipps said she was just glad to be back playing again.
"It felt pretty good," she said. "It was kind of tough coming back and getting in rhythm, but it was kind of fun."
With Tahlequah's loss at Bishop Kelley, the Class 5A No. 7 Lady Tigers fell to 3-2 overall and 1-1 in league play. Next up for Tahlequah will be tonight's game at the TMAC against 5A No. 10 Collinsville.
"I've been worried about Collinsville for the last six months," Walker said of the Lady Cardinals, who are 5-1 after their 10-point win over Pryor on Tuesday.
"I knew they were going to come back strong, and I know it's going to be a battle."
Tahlequah's No. 1 priority will be shutting down Collinsville's Shelbie Kirby, who has led the Lady Cardinals in scoring every game and is averaging 17.5 points a game.
"We've about decided that we're going to play our straight-up man defense," Walker said. "...We're going to rely on our half-court defense and keep them from attacking the basket."
Collinsville at Tahlequah
Where: Tahlequah Multipurpose Activity Center.
Nicknames: Tahlequah Tigers; Collinsville Cardinals.
Girls game
Records: Tahlequah (3-2, 1-1 Metro Lakes Conference); Collinsville (5-1, 2-0).
Coaches: Tahlequah (Chad Walker); Collinsville (Kelly Clarke).
About Tahlequah: The Lady Tigers are No. 7 in Class 5A. ... Tahlequah has lost two straight games (61-54 to Muskogee and 54-51 to Bishop Kelley). ... Tahlequah beat Collinsville twice last season by an average of 11.5 points per game. ... Jhonett Cookson leads the Lady Tigers with 13 points and 9.6 rebounds per game. ... Tahlequah will host Coweta on Saturday in Metro Lakes Conference play.
About Collinsville: The Lady Cardinals are No. 10 in 5A. ... Collinsville is 4-1 against ranked teams this year, with the only loss to 4A No. 8 Cascia Hall (47-43) in the Vinita tournament semifinals. ... Prior to Collinsville's 55-45 win over Pryor on Tuesday, the Lady Cardinals' first five games were decided by an average of 5.2 points per game. ... Shelbie Kirby, who scored a season-high 27 points against Miami on Dec. 6, is leading Collinsville with 17.5 points per contest.
Boys game
Records: Tahlequah (1-4, 0-2); Collinsville (0-3, 0-2).
Coaches: Tahlequah (Mike Leafgreen); Collinsville (Todd Anderson).
About Tahlequah: The Tigers have lost three straight and are coming off a 68-48 loss at Bishop Kelley on Tuesday. ... Lain Wright is averaging 25.5 points per game in conference games. ... Tahlequah swept Collinsville during the regular season last year.
About Collinsville: The Cardinals have lost by an average of 21.7 points per game this season. ... Kanyon Cole's 12 points against Bishop Kelley on Dec. 4 in the highest point total by a Collinsville player this season.


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Germantown - Two students were arrested after a 15-year-old boy was severely injured during a fight at Germantown High School on Friday.
Updated: Germantown High School has released a statement on the incident.
According to a news release: Germantown police responded to a report of a fight at Germantown High School, W180 N11501 River Lane, at 11:13 a.m. Oct. 5. When officers arrived at the scene, the school resource officer and school administration had already broken up the fight and separated everyone involved.
As a result of a preliminary investigation, a 16-year-old male student was arrested for substantial battery and was transported to the Washington County Juvenile Secure Detention Facility. A 17-year-old boy was also arrested for disorderly conduct for his involvement in the fight. He was booked at the Germantown Police Department and released.
The 15-year-old victim in this incident was transported to Children's Hospital with severe facial injuries. Police later learned that the victim was going to need surgery to repair facial injuries.
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Updated Friday at 2:30 p.m.:
PPL Electric Utilities said it expects to have 80-85 percent of its customers restored by 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2. The company hopes to have the lights back on for all -- including the Lehigh Valley, parts of Bucks and Montgomery counties, the Poconos and northeast Pennsylvania -- by 11 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4.
In situations of extreme damage, PPL explained on its Twitter account, it's possible that small pockets could remain out Monday-Tuesday. Customers who are not expected to be restored by 11 p.m. Sunday will be notified.
Around 6:20 p.m. Thursday, PPL tweeted that there are a number of "vital" facilities still without power, including Gracedale -- Northampton County's nurisng home -- in Upper Nazareth Township.
Read "" on Nazareth Patch for the full details.
Met-Ed, meanwhile, expects the majority of customers to be restored by the weekend, with the remainder restored early next week.
Current Outage Numbers (Met-Ed)
- Nazareth Borough -- 472 (down from 2,295 around 9 a.m. Wednesday)
- Upper Nazareth Township -- 344 (down from 2,094 around 9 a.m. Wednesday)
- Lower Nazareth Township -- 235 (down from 286 around 9 a.m. Wednesday)
- Bushkill Township -- 267 (down from 2,300 around 9 a.m. Wednesday)
- Plainfield Township -- 889 (down from 2,171 around 9 a.m. Wednesday)
- Stockertown -- Less than 5 (down from 29 around 10 p.m. Wednesday)
Current Outage Numbers (PPL)
- Nazareth Borough -- 3
- Bushkill Township -- 1,817
- Lower Nazareth Township -- 15
- Plainfield Township -- 4
- Upper Nazareth Township -- 0
In Tatamy, power outages remain widespread, though it's not noted in Met-Ed or PPL outage maps. In an e-mail to Patch, Chris Moren, president of Tatamy Borough Council, said, "At this time, the Tatamy Borough office is, for all practical purposes, closed pending restoration of services. Power, phone and Internet systems are still down. If you have a true emergency, as always please dial 9-1-1 for assistance. Otherwise please be patient as we, like everyone else, work through the process of storm recovery and restoration."
As of 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Moren said power in Tatamy remains out.
Trash Collection
According to Waste Management's website, waste collection in Northampton County will resume Wednesday, Oct. 31, and remain one day behind schedule through Saturday.
East Penn Sanitation is at least one day behind schedule.
State Road Closures (as of 10:30 a.m. Friday)
- PA 248 between Creek Road in Lehigh Township and Cottonwood Road in Moore Township is closed due to a downed utility;
- PA 987 between Monocacy Avenue in Chapman Borough and Valley View Drive in Moore Township is closed due to a downed utility;
- Moser Road between Scenic Drive and Delps Road in Moore Township is closed due to a downed utility;
- Yost Road between Delaware Avenue in Chapman Borough and English Road in Moore Township is closed due to a downed utility;
- Bushkill Drive between Church and West End roads in Moore Township is closed due to a downed tree in utility wires;
- Jacobsburg Road between Sexton and Henry roads in Bushkill Township is closed due to a downed tree;
- Newburg Road/Main Street between Northwood Avenue and Fischer Road in Lower Nazareth Township is closed due to downed utility wires in trees;
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- Tatamy/Uhler Road between Short Road in Forks Township and Richmond Road in Lower Mount Bethel Township is closed due to downed trees into utility lines;
- Main Street between Poplar and Broad streets in Bath Borough is closed due to downed utility wires.
- High Street between Broad and Main streets in Nazareth Borough is closed due to a downed tree into wires.
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|14 July 1990 in Milan (Ita)
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|La Salle (Aosta)
|talian, French, English, some German
World Championships
Giant Silver medallist (2011) - Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)
Junior Giant Silver medallist (2010) - Les Houches (FRA)
Junior combined World Champion (2009) - Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)
World Cup
6 podiums in Giant Slalom
In competition since: 1997
On the World Cup circuit since: First race 12/2007 GS Lienz
With Rossignol since: always
Disciplines practiced: Giant Slalom, Slalom, Downhill, Combined
Ski Club: CS Carabinieri
Website: http://www.federicabrignone.com
Parents: Maria Rosa Quario, journalist & Daniele Brignone, ski trainer.
Brothers & sisters: Davide, student and skier.
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Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority (Metro) SmarTrip card users can now access their information at an enhanced Website and through Web-enabled mobile devices as part of a number of upgrades that are being made to SmarTrip this year.
Customers with a SmarTrip account can view their card balance and usage history dating back to January 2010. In addition, they can add multiple cards to their account, report a lost or stolen card, request a replacement card or transfer the balance to another registered card.
The enhanced Website can be reached by visiting Metro's homepage, clicking on the SmarTrip icon at the bottom of the page and selecting "Managing Your SmarTrip Account."
Customers who have established a SmarTrip account can visit smartrip.wmata.com/mobile on either an iPhone or BlackBerry and follow the instructions to view their SmarTrip balance and recent transactions for all cards that are associated with their account.
In April, Metro's board of directors approved amendments to revise Metro's Privacy Policy to allow online access to SmarTrip information by the card's registered owner. In order for customers to access their SmarTrip information online, card holders will need to visit the SmarTrip Website and create an account.
Metro will collect the name, address, date of birth, phone number and e-mail address associated with the SmarTrip card holder. The user then will be required to establish a user name, password, responses to three security questions and a digital signature to confirm that he or she is the owner of the card.
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One of Wimbledon's many glorious traditions is the annual WTA players' party, which takes place on the Thursday before the tournament begins. There is no tennis to tear apart until Sunday, so we can slam the outfits instead! Presenting: Your Obligatory WTA Fashion Police Blog Post!
Petra Kvitova
The defending champion continues to shine when given the chance. After being thrust into the public eye following her Wimbledon win in 2011, the soft-spoken Czech has embraced her outer sparkle off the court.
Jelena Jankovic
As we know, the only reason why Jelena even bothers to play tennis these days is for extra spending money, clothes and parties. She can't even do that right anymore.
Venus and Serena Williams
Venus and Serena's fashion choices over the past decade have sometimes wowed us, and other times, have left us scratching our heads. Both opted for classic options, but the jury's still out on the hair.
Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova doing what Maria Sharapova does with commanding presence as always. She wouldn't look out of place on a Hollywood red carpet. Bonus points for the shoes.
Christina McHale, Alison Riske, Melanie Oudin, Heidi El Tabakh
Fresh out of a Forever 21 catalogue, McHale, Riske, Oudin and El Tabakh opting for the American (or in El Tabakh's case, Canadian) casual look.
Victoria Azarenka
Azarenka, who also opts for casual looks at these events more often than not
(yes, that debacle at Indian Wells excluded), sports a new layered hairdo to go with her trusty black leggings.
Caroline Wozniacki
If you're experiencing deja vu, don't fret! I am too. Wozniacki sported a similar off the shoulder black dress and up-do at last year's players' party. Stella, get the girl another look, stat.
Li Na
Take me to your leader. China's first Grand Slam champion rocks the makeup and hair as always, but I do wonder if the dress picks up radio signals. Or at one time sustained alien life.
Ana Ivanovic
Ivanovic, unlike her compatriot Jankovic, never fails to disappoint. Although this picture does. The only negative of this dress was the fringed monstrosity on the bottom that I've spared you from seeing. Thank me later.
Agnieszka Radwanska
Radwanska rocking a simple, black floor length gown. Although, if I were her, I'd lose the number of Kuznetsova's hair dresser.
Elena Vesnina
The Russian knocks it out of the park, and the dress really brings out her eyes. My winner for sure.


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The Norman Transcript
NORMAN — Melanie Oberlin and Chuck Knapp exchanged wedding vows on July 7, 2012, in the garden of the Taylor Mansion in Columbus, Ohio. Shelly Webb, of Baltimore, M.D., officiated the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Mel Oberlin of Maple Heights, Ohio, and Toni Robinson of Mars Hill, N.C.
The groom is the son of Dr. Roy and Judi Knapp of Norman.
The bride fashioned her own gown of ivory silks and carried a bouquet of brightly colored summer flowers.
The groom wore full formal kilt attire with his Irish Young family tartan.
Matron of honor was Heather Madigan, of Huffman, Texas.
Bridesmaids were Angela Liu and Emily Meister, both of Columbus.
Best man was Stan Vlasimsky, of Dallas.
Groomsmen were Christopher Bird, of Chicago, Ill., and Dr. Randy Eisel, of Naples, Fla.
Junior bridesmaids were Maggie and Claudia Vlasimsky, of Dallas, and Ciara Madigan, of Huffman.
Ushers were brothers of the bride, Adam Oberlin, of Columbus, and Matt Oberlin, of Marshall, N.C., and brothers of the groom, Dr. Mike Knapp, of Edmond, and Rich Knapp, of Norman.
Casey Ritchie Williams, of Bartlesville, and Lauren Eiter, of Columbus, read Biblical and literary selections.
An Ohio State University string trio provided traditional classical wedding music.
A reception with dinner and dancing followed in the gardens of the Taylor Mansion.
The bride and groom have established their home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C.


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Imagine you're an NBA general manager. You're offered a sweet deal at the trade deadline -- one that's too good to pass up. Only you have to turn it down. "Sorry, no can do" is your regretful response.
Welcome to life with a hard cap.
The hard cap was born with the 2011 collective bargaining agreement, and it's really a side effect of another rule. The league wanted to increase the penalties for high-spending teams because a dollar-for-dollar luxury tax hadn't been enough of a disincentive. It made the luxury tax markedly more punitive and added system restrictions for high-spending teams -- those more than $4 million over the tax line. Coupled with the higher tax rates, these system changes sent a much stronger message that teams need to toe the financial line.
These changes also created loopholes. The hard cap closes these loopholes by preventing teams from using exceptions reserved for low-spending teams and later racking up a huge payroll. With a hard cap in place, if a team uses one of the rules reserved for low-spending teams, then it has to remain a low-spending team -- not allowed to go more than $4 million above the tax line for the remainder of that season.
Some teams are hard-capped and simply don't care because they are comfortably below the limit or don't intend to take on additional salary. For other teams, the hard cap can be crippling. Last season, the Chicago Bulls were hampered by the hard cap all season -- making it tough even to sign enough players to bring to training camp. It's a mistake they didn't repeat this season.
The hard cap is lifted July 1, so right now it primarily affects teams' ability to make moves at the trade deadline. Once we hit free agency this summer, these teams once again can trade freely. And any team is free to make trades that give away salary; the hard cap prevents teams from adding salary only.
Here are the teams that are subject to the hard cap and how badly each is affected for the trade deadline.
Extremely restricted
Los Angeles Clippers
Reason for hard cap: Midlevel exception (Matt Barnes, Darren Collison), sign-and-trade (J.J. Redick)
Amount available: $1.91 million
Though the Clippers aren't favorites in the playoffs as constructed, they are only a backup, scoring-focused big man and some wing help from being a real contender. But with only $1.9 million left below the hard cap, their options are limited. They would want to find a trade that improves the team while reducing payroll, but such a deal will be hard to find.
Somewhat restricted
Boston Celtics
Reason for hard cap: Sign-and-trade (Keith Bogans)
Amount available: $3.27 million
The Celtics are in a transition year and are thinking more about the future than the present. They have been dangling Rajon Rondo in trade talks, but their price is steep. If they move Rondo -- or make any other trades -- it will be to acquire cheap assets for the future, but sometimes teams have to take on another team's bad contract to make that happen. Their options are limited, but they aren't under pressure to make a deal by the trade deadline.
Minnesota Timberwolves
Reason for hard cap: Biannual exception (Ronny Turiaf), midlevel exception (Corey Brewer), sign-and-trade (Kevin Martin)
Amount available: $5.19 million
The Wolves are probably out of the running this season, and their focus for the future has to be on Kevin Love. If they want to persuade him to stay in Minnesota, they have to get better. Their discussions have been limited to cap-neutral deals, such as J.J. Barea for Andre Miller.
New Orleans Pelicans
Reason for hard cap: Sign-and-trade (Tyreke Evans)
Amount available: $8.47 million
Having $8.47 million gives the Pelicans a lot of space to work with, but there's a lot of work to be done, especially in the frontcourt. Eric Gordon and Austin Rivers are both available, but if Gordon is shopped, they likely will be looking for trades that lower their payroll.
Toronto Raptors
Reason for hard cap: Midlevel exception (Tyler Hansbrough, D.J. Augustin, Dwight Buycks), sign-and-trade (Quentin Richardson)
Amount available: $6.02 million
By virtue of playing in the East, the Raptors find themselves in the middle of a playoff run. If the regular season ended today, they would have home court in the first round. They have a GM who recently inherited the team and may want to make more changes, and they have an asset in Kyle Lowry who will be a free agent this summer. All of this means that the Raptors may be very active in trade discussions. While $6 million gives them a fair amount of room to work with, the hard cap could become a factor in trade discussions, especially if those discussions include Rondo.
Washington Wizards
Reason for hard cap: Biannual exception (Eric Maynor), midlevel exception (Martell Webster)
Amount available: $3.85 million
The Wizards are another team in the playoff mix by virtue of playing in the East. They aren't planning any major moves by the trade deadline, but if a deal falls in their lap, the hard cap could be a problem. Their most likely target is a point guard to replace Eric Maynor, and any such deal likely will be cap-neutral.
Clear to trade
Denver Nuggets
Reason for hard cap: Biannual exception (Nate Robinson), midlevel exception (J.J. Hickson), sign-and-trade (Randy Foye)
Amount available: $5.95 million
The Nuggets aren't in contention this season and are only $4.4 million under the luxury tax -- which they don't want to pay. There's no reason to add salary this season, so they really aren't affected by the hard cap. Any deals they are discussing -- Kenneth Faried and Andre Miller are the most frequently mentioned -- would dump salary or be cap-neutral.
Detroit Pistons
Reason for hard cap: Sign-and-trade (Brandon Jennings)
Amount available: $13.05 million
The Pistons have had their share of turmoil this season and if anything are sellers rather than buyers (Josh Smith, anyone?). They're also so far under the apron that the hard cap really isn't a consideration. The Pistons could even be the third wheel in a larger deal between other clubs, taking on a player's salary to facilitate the trade.
Golden State Warriors
Reason for hard cap: Biannual exception (Jermaine O'Neal), midlevel exception (Marreese Speights, Toney Douglas), sign-and-trade (Andre Iguodala)
Amount available: $6.29 million
They are in the playoff mix and could be willing to make trades to improve their chances. But $6.3 million gives them a lot of breathing room, so they're probably not affected by the hard cap.
Indiana Pacers
Reason for hard cap: Biannual exception (C.J. Watson), midlevel exception (Chris Copeland, Andrew Bynum)
Amount available: $4.83 million
The Pacers aren't going to break up a good thing. If anything, they're going to find a new home for Danny Granger -- and would likely save money in the process. They are very sensitive to paying luxury tax, which would be a problem long before the hard cap would affect them.
San Antonio Spurs
Reason for hard cap: Midlevel exception (Marco Belinelli, Jeff Ayres)
Amount available: $11.83 million
The Spurs aren't likely to make a big move, and even if they do something, they have a lot of room to work with. They may not even be aware that they are hard-capped.


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Seahawk Netters Headed Back To NCAA's
Courtesy: UNCW Athletic Communications
Release: 05/01/2012
WILMINGTON, North Carolina - The 44th-ranked UNCW men's tennis team has earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Men's Tennis Championships for the first time and will battle 16th-th ranked Tennessee in a first-round matchup of the NCAA Regionals on Saturday, May 12, in Chapel Hill.
Pairings for the 64-team bracket were announced late Tuesday during a special selection show on www.NCAA.com.
"It's very special this time," said Mait DuBois, UNCW's fifth-year coach, who has guided the Seahawks to all three of their NCAA berths. "Getting an invitation because you win your conference is nice, but this is the committee saying you guys belong and you deserve a shot at the title. It has a completely different feel to it, and makes the selection show a whole more exciting to watch."
"It's a huge compliment to our program. There aren't that many mid-major programs that receive an at-large bid, so we'll take this as a huge compliment."
First-round matches will be played on Saturday, May 12, at 9 a.m. and Noon. The second-round match will be contested on Sunday, May 13, at 1 p.m. between the two winners from Saturday. The winner of each site advances to the championships at the Georgia's Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga., on May 18-22.
The 9 a.m. match in Chapel Hill will pit No. 16 Tennessee against No. 44 UNCW. Host UNC Chapel Hill, ranked No. 17, will face off against the College of Charleston at Noon on Saturday.
Tickets are $5 for general admission seating for each day of the championship. Saturday's admission will be good for both first-round matches. Children six-and-under will be admitted free of charge. Gates will open at 8 a.m. on Saturday and at Noon on Sunday.
The Seahawks, 17-6, are making their third appearance in the NCAA's in four seasons. UNCW made its post-season debut on May 8, 2009, and fell to No. 26 Virginia Tech, 4-2, in Athens. The Seahawks then dropped a 4-1 decision to Auburn in last year's event on May 13, 2011, also in Athens.
DuBois said: "Every time we've come away from the NCAA Tournament, we felt like we had our opportunities to win, especially last year. We were right there. I think we're past the jitters of being in the NCAA tournament and we're excited about the opportunity."
UNCW has faced 11 nationally-ranked teams this season, fashioning a 6-5 record against the group. The Seahawks lost to three-time defending NCAA champion and top-ranked Southern Cal in the third match of the season in Los Angeles and knocked off then-No. 21 N.C. State in early March at the UNCW Tennis Complex.
UNCW and Tennessee will be joined in Chapel Hill by the host Tar Heels, ranked 17th nationally, and the College of Charleston. UNC-CH will be the top seed at the site, followed by Tennessee, UNCW and CofC.
UNCW played seven teams that made the tournament (Southern California, South Carolina, Memphis, VCU, UTSA, N.C. State and Florida State) during the regular season, compiling a 3-4 record against the group.
The Seahawks have been in the ITA's national rankings every week this spring, climbing as high as No. 33 on March 13. Sophomore Rafael Aita is currently rated 96th in the latest poll.
UNCW is one of four CAA teams to compile a 12-21 career scorecard in the NCAA Tennis Regionals. VCU (16 appearances), William & Mary (3) and Old Dominion (1) have also competed in the tournament.
Two Seahawk players, juniors Chris Cooprider and Kosta Blank, have NCAA Tournament experience after participating in the 2010 event.
The teams will play a single-elimination tournament at the NCAA's 16 first- and second-round sites (four teams at each site) and the final site (16-team bracket) to determine the national champion. The matches will be regulation dual matches with three eight-game, pro-set doubles played for one team point, followed by six singles matches, each valued at one team point, played best of three sets. Regular scoring will be used and a 12-point tiebreaker will be played at eight games all in doubles and at six games all in singles.


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Oxfam: Europe's self-interested trade polices will devastate poor countries
A series of leaks from Brussels show that the European Commission's trade polices are still largely driven by self-interest and a lack of concern for poor countries, despite its pro-poor rhetoric, said international agency Oxfam today.
The leaks reveal that Europe intends to impose deep and sharp cuts to its internal sugar price, push forward with rapid and reciprocal free trade agreements with African countries and re-impose quotas on Chinese textile imports. The EU is also supporting the US government in its efforts to delay reform of their extremely damaging cotton subsidies.
"These revelations show that the European Commission will happily take positions that directly and profoundly hurt poor people and deny them the chance to trade their way out of poverty," said Phil Bloomer, Head of Oxfam International's Make Trade Fair campaign. "We welcomed Commissioner Mandelson's public statements that trade must be a tool for development but these moves behind the scenes by member states and officials fly in the face of that commitment."
Late last night a letter from the European Commission was leaked to the Guardian newspaper in London. The letter, signed by top EU trade official, Peter Carl, criticizes the UK government for its stance on Europe's free trade deals with African countries - so called Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). It describes the UK position - which argues for greater flexibility for developing countries and a slower implementation period - as "unwelcome" and "contrary to the agreed EU position" and informs EC representatives that Mr. Mandelson will "press the UK for a revised UK line."
Bloomer: "The UK government came out before the election and said that they
thought EPAs should allow more flexibility for developing countries, should not demand full reciprocity on market opening and should not include the issues of competition, investment and government procurement. These were all very welcome points that would allow EPAs to promote poverty reduction. It's a scandal that Commission officials are pressuring the UK to revise its line."
In another leak last night, it was revealed that the European Commission wants to introduce steep price cuts for EU sugar over a period of two years. The proposals, to be published on June 22, will recommend cuts of 39% for white sugar and 42% for sugar beet. This will have a devastating effect on poor African countries that currently rely on access to Europe's markets at higher than world prices.
Bloomer: "If this price cut goes ahead, factories will close down, workers will lose jobs, families will go hungry, and some of the poorest countries in the world will be robbed of the sweeter future that sugar production could give them. The European Commission has failed to consider the needs of developing countries. This is a harsh, blunt reform package that will hurt the most vulnerable."
Europe has also indicated recently that it may re-impose quotas on Chinese
textile imports despite having had 10 years to prepare for the end of the quota system. Blocking exports from China would be bad for development. China has over 100 million people living in absolute poverty who, given decent working conditions and respect for basic labor rights, could gain significantly from increased international trade.
Bloomer: "This is evidence of blatant double standards. On the one hand,
the EU is pushing for more open markets, but on the other, they will happily erect more barriers if freer trade looks like it will hurt certain powerful member states."
In a final blow to the hopes of poor countries that stand to gain from pro-development reform of global trade rules, the EU has been supporting US
delaying tactics over the implementation of the WTO ruling against US cotton subsidies. Mr. Mandelson made a speech last month in Mali calling for urgent action on cotton and yet just days later his officials indicated in a closed meeting in Geneva that they would support longer implementation periods. With Africa losing $441M a year as a result of unfair cotton trade rules, delays such as this will cause significant suffering.
Bloomer: "We are only months away from the next WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong, which will be a crucial moment for determining whether this round of trade talks will deliver for development. With this selfish and short-termist approach the EU is threatening to jeopardize progress in the round and sabotage global efforts to reform trade rules so that they work for poor countries. If this is the sort of thing Europe is going to bring to the table in Hong Kong it will be a disaster."
Contact Information
For further information:
Amy Barry, Oxfam Press Officer, Oxford: 44 (0)1865 312254; 44 (0) 07980 664397
Louis Belanger, Oxfam Press Officer on 32 473 562 260


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Bloggers got in a fair amount of digs at Nokia for launching the Lumia 900 flagship phone on Easter Sunday, when vast majority of AT&T stores were closed. Fair enough – the decision was odd.
But on Monday eve, the day after the Lumia 900 launch, the traction this phone has at Amazon.com is certainly better than anticipated.
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Next couple of weeks are going to be extremely interesting. Few expected both of the Lumia 900 color variants to beat Verizon's powerful Android champion, RAZR MAXX – even during the launch days. This has happened, at least at Amazon. Now the question is whether the strong early sampling will turn into sustained surge of Windows smartphones in America. This is the last chance saloon – according to comScore, Windows smartphone market share in America plunged sharply to less than 4% in February 2012.
This reminds me of the time when Microsoft launched Zune to compete with iPod. We all know how that ended.
From the way you talk, you obviously don't like to see Lumia to sell well. Speaking of Zune, that's Microsoft's half effort. It was a diminishing market, as you already know today. Had it be growing market, I bet you would see different story.
true; i also remember a time when Microsoft wanted to build a gaming console to take on the japanese giants. we all know how that ended…
Zune is still around especially with Windows 7.5; Zune is the go-between your Phone and Windows Live account.
Zune never had hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising behind it from Nokia, Microsoft, and AT&T. There was never really much marketing budget for Zune ever, and in fact Microsoft didn't even try to sell Zune players outside of the U.S. Comparing Nokia, the top phone manufacturer to Microsoft Zune is such a boneheaded mistake. There are millions of people who buy Nokia phones simply because of the Nokia name.
Nice Article….Was also nice not to see a comparison between the Lumia and the Iphone…..Seems that 95% of articles written include the iphone war and I don't believe that it should be that way nor should everyone compare to the Androids as we all have choices of what we believe is best and that is the great part of living in a country that allows us choices. Personally I think the Lumia is a great phone and I'm looking forward to the next Lumia with Windows 8 and hopefully as 38-41 mp camera on it :)
James – It's true the Nokia/iPhone comparison has been done too often .. but comparison will be done – after all they are competing in the same space.
Also – I hope you were being sarcastic. I am not aware of any country where cell phone choices are directly dictated to you as much as in the US. (restricted and affected by carriers) – leaving consumers with little choice. Case in point – how many customers buy their cellphones subsidized from the carrier vs unlocked? Even when buying unlocked is clearly cheaper due to lower monthly fees?
I just purchased a Lumia 900 for full price instead of renewing my contract – but I wasn't offered any lower fees, just keep on my current rates I suppose. How do you get these lower monthly fees you speak of?


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Question by JJ 6880 · May 21, 2010 at 03:38 PM · cast-ironskilletseasoning
I'm looking for tips on how to season and maintain a cast-iron skillet, Paleo-style.
If you Google it, you will invariably find tips to use Crisco or vegetable oil (plus people arguing back and forth about why one is better than the other). Only occasionally will people say to use lard, and the reasoning is usually something like "My grandmother always used lard... I know it's unhealthy, but it's tradition!"
So. I have a Lodge pre-seasoned skillet that I've been using for a while. I love it but I am getting frustrated with the food sticking to it. [There was a LOT of food sticking after I cooked anything.] I must be doing something wrong....
I sanded off all the pre-seasoned stuff and tried various things on my own. Before I went Paleo, I used canola oil (yuck). Now I use only grass-fed lard, but I'm still getting mixed results. So, my questions to you are,
What am I doing wrong?
How do you season your skillet to get food not to stick? What temperature/direction/length? Any special tricks? (Wipe off excess after the first 15 minutes of seasoning, or no? Pre-heat oven or not?)
How do you clean and maintain your pan after everyday usage? Use soap? Kosher salt? Wire brush (if so, where did you buy it)?
From a health perspective, should I be concerned about the high-temperature method, since the smoking point of lard is much lower than 450F?
I use a lot of paper towels around my skillet, to wipe off excess lard and to re-touch it on occasion. To minimize waste, I'd rather use a cloth towel of some sort that does not leave cloth fibers on the pan. Any suggestions?
**UPDATE #2 as of Sept. 2011: I no longer endorse the method below. I was very pleased with the initial results, as the pan was genuinely non-stick for the first time ever. But, the first time I splashed hot water on the pan (without soap!), the seasoning just washed off. I'm extremely disappointed, as I spent many hours seasoning my pan in the manner described below. I don't know if I'm going to bother trying again. I did use lard and not flaxseed oil as Sheryl Canter advocated, so maybe that's a key difference. I don't know. Please let me know if you find a good solution.
UPDATE #1: As I commented below, I followed the instructions on Sheryl Canter's blog very closely and got excellent results, after months of being very frustrated with a sticky pan and flaking seasoning. Here is what I did:
Sanded down all the seasoning, 100-grit sandpaper -- I had several layers of flaky and caked-on seasoning to get rid of.
I couldn't get all the seasoning off with just sandpaper, so I soaked the skillet in lye bath. I bought the lye at Lowe's. It's called "Roebic Crystal Drain Opener" and is 100% lye. Be very careful with lye as it can burn your skin.
Repeat seasoning steps starting here:
Notes: Sheryl insists that flax oil is the best oil to use, and that the seasoning process polymerizes the oil so that the oxidation/heat damage to the oil will not cause health problems. I'm not sure if this is correct. The idea is that the polymerization burns off all the fat so that only carbon is left behind.... Okay, but if that is true, why does a lye bath remove the seasoning? I thought lye eats fat. (I don't understand even basic chemistry so if I'm missing something, please let me know.) In any case, I used pastured lard and the results were awesome, so I don't see any need to use flax oil.
Also, in Sheryl's post about black rust (magnetite), as I understood it, the naked (unseasoned) pan should be heated at 450F for one hour before applying the first coat of seasoning, but this step doesn't have to be repeated for subsequent coats. I could be wrong on this, though.
Finally, according to Sheryl, you should not be concerned about exceeding the smoking point during the seasoning process, because you WANT to exceed the smoking point to facilitate polymerization. Or something to that effect.
Summary: Key factors: make sure all the flaky, crappy seasoning is off before you start. I tried half-heartedly sanding down my skillet and applying a coat of seasoning on top of a layer or two of crappy seasoning, and it was a total failure. Wipe off as much of the fat as you can before you put it in the oven. High temperatures work way better than low temperatures for seasoning. Results were excellent and now I finally see why cast-iron is a pleasure to use! This pan is now almost as good as a Teflon, and in much better shape than when it came pre-seasoned.
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Answer by Blue -the Thrifty Mom 2783 · May 21, 2010 at 05:04 PM
I think you are over-thinking it. I also think you are being a bit anxious.
A skillet takes a while to get "good 'n seasoned", be patient. Also, I'd totally drop the scouring, sanding, salt, etc. Each of these is stripping the seasoning.
All of this being said, I;ll now confess that I've never bought a new bit of cast iron in my life. I don't even know what "pre seasoned" is and shudder to think.
All of my (extensive) collection came from yard sales, flea markets,etc except for the ones I inherited. I have skillets over 100 years old, easy.
My advice would be to COOK in them and not try to keep seasoning them. Cook everything in your cast iron - it's all I use for my family of 7 - and don't sweat the clean-up. I very often don't clean mine at all; just wipe any excess grease and hang it up. If I have anything that doesn't want to wipe out, I let water stand in the skillet for a few minutes then use my fingernail like Kent mentioned. Then I wipe and hang.
I use only lard, bacon grease, and very rarely coconut oil.
Are you sure you're cooking with enough oil? You don't want a tablespoonfull. Don't be timid! You want a good generous spash. Get yourself a drippings jar and pour leftover grease into it after cooking. I have 2 mason jars for grease, one for beef and one for pork and they sit (covered) out on my counter all the time (in the SC heat, too!) and never go rancid.
best of luck with your cast iron! :)
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Heck I used to use that nasty stuff in mine, as did my mother (young wife in the 70s)! #gagBut I feel that after cooking in my cast iron at least twice a day every day for 3 years using only animal products, there's not much of that gross seed oil left. ;) Don't turn down a nice, black, old skillet if you see one for sale, I say, lol!
Answer by Jeanne 449 · May 22, 2010 at 11:41 AM
The Chemistry of Cast Iron: http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/
An article about using flax oil to create a hard seasoning on cast iron. I haven't tried it but it sounds interesting.
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I tried this method and wasn't happy. Maybe I did it wrong but the results were an uneven matte finish (EVERYTHING stuck to it) that resulted in my having to take the skillet back down to bare metal and start over w the seasoning. And the smell of heated flax seed oil was unbearable - like dead fish.Back to the basics.
Answer by Brian 1 55 · May 21, 2010 at 05:17 PM
boiling water is your problem, never boil water in your skillet! when you heat it up the pores of the metal expand, which is one way grease is trapped in and later comes out when cooking (what a properly seasoned piece of cast iron is suppossed to do). When you pour boiling water in it, the water washes all the oil out of the pores, then when it cools there is no fat and oil left to be trapped in the closing pores. Also, as mentioned above, cook everything in it, DO NOT use the scouring pad EVER! if you must scrub it, do it when it is cool, thus most of the oil is already trapped in the pores of the metal and you are less likely to remove it. if you do scrub it, use only like a wooden spoon or something to take the big stuff off, never anything really abrasive. I have about seven pieces of cast iron cookwear, I cook everything in them, and I never have any problems (unless i try to boil water or something). Also, it does take a while for a pan to be seasoned, and my grandparents (who refuse to use any other type of cookewear and have so for the last 60 years) would laugh really hard to hear that you are purposely trying to season your skillet! just cook in it and let it do the work, use lots of lard! and never wipe any of it out after cooking bacon!! let it pool in the bottom and cool, slowly, on your stove. next time you heat it up to cook it will be there ready to assist you!!
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Great, this is exactly the type of tip I was looking for. I will avoid boiling water and see if that helps.I should really let a thick layer of bacon grease accumulate and solidify in the bottom of the pan?! Ok... I'll give it a shot. Anything that allows me to remain lazy is fine by me. =)
Answer by dzone 1310 · May 21, 2010 at 05:26 PM
Your pan just needs to be used, frequently, now that you have scrubbed off the pre-seasoning.
Next use - Don't wash it, just wipe it out, apply a thin layer of grease on the entire surface, and place in 200 degree oven for 4 hours. Turn it off, let pan cool on its own over night. Repeat next 4-5 uses, then just wipe out when done and put away.
My grandmothers would season their pans after use every month or so, but they were using their pans DAILY. The seasoning allowed them to wipe out excess stuff that might be burning.
Wish I had those pans. They weren't valued back then.
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Answer by Shebeeste 834 · May 22, 2010 at 03:21 AM
Most of of what I would say has already been mentioned but here goes. Hopefully if you're paleo and thus not germophobic, you won't find this gross but I regularly cook in the same pan day after day without washing it! Just leave the fat there for the next meal. Beware if you have cats that like bacon grease, however!
My best friend is a pan scraper, which only costs 60 cents even at spendy Sur La Table. I got mine at a local home and garden store. I highly recommend it--using my finger nails makes me feel oogy.
When my pans get too grotty even for me, I spray them with hot tap water, use the pan scraper, wipe with a sponge if needed, and set on the stove to dry (or in the oven if it's still warm), then because I am cheap, I am using up some old cheap olive oil (bought for an olive oil lamp) to oil the pan after it dries. I figure once the oil has turned into another nice layer of non-stick carbon on my pan, it can't hurt me. I'll probably switch to lard when I run out of oil.
Another cheap/eco tip--I cut up all my old sheets and cotton clothes to make rags, which are great for wiping pans. Lint isn't really a problem with old cotton sheets and I never have to buy paper towels. A terry towel or something is going to leave more lint.
Sometimes if a pan needs it, I give it a good oiling and throw it in the oven, as is mentioned above.
Another thing you might check with the sticking is cooking temperature. I am an impatient cook and often turn the heat up too high, but if I'm careful about preheating my fat and watching the flame, I get much less sticking. And yes, as said above, not moving the food until it's ready.
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Answer by speno 1603 · May 21, 2010 at 04:19 PM
I like the how to video on taking care of cast iron skillets from Cook's Illustrated. I think you can find it on their iTunes page here:
Look for 'Reconsidering Cast Iron'. And yes, use animal fat.
I consider my skillet well seasoned, but food still sticks from time to time. It depends on the food and pan conditions. I never use soap. Just hot water and some hand scrubbing with my fingers or paper towels.
I avoid cooking acidic things in mine. It's bad for the seasoning.
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Answer by nancy64 1398 · Apr 27, 2011 at 03:56 PM
Most has been said already, but it is correct that the older cast iron skillets have a smoother finish to start with...the new Lodge is very rough. I am working on an older skillet I found to pass on to my daughter since I don't think she has the patience to go through the process. I worked on the rust first and did some on top of the stove heating of oil and cleaning up...did not do the oven thing. I cook my bacon every morning in the skillet and I use it to brown my meat. I pour off the grease (and save the bacon fat..yum) then I put a little water in and heat up to loosen any cooked on stuff, use a dish brush (no soap) scrub and pour that off, then use a paper towel to wipe out what is left, then add a little coconut oil or olive oil and rub it around before I put it up. It is getting blacker and slicker by the day. Daily use for 4 months now...so be patient.
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Answer by Kent Cowgill 11 · May 21, 2010 at 04:22 PM
I'm anxious to hear the responses here too - while I haven't been as methodical as you, I'm running into the same issues myself. I started with just a Lodge griddle, but have now also gotten a 12" frying pan. Both pre-seasoned.
I can tell you things that appear to help me so far, but still less than stellar results:
Seasoning fat: I'll vary between coconut oil, grass fed lard, ghee, and butter.
Clean-up: Just the soft part of a sponge with hottest tap water. With my griddle, I usually just give it a wipe-down to pick up any leftover food and excess fat unless I need to scrub it. If something's stuck I'll use my fingernail to loosen it.
Re-touching: The best I've seen my skillet so far is when I've kept it in my oven, and had to turn the oven on for warming purposes (170f) and left the pan in. After every use, I'll make sure I put a thin coat of one of the above fats. After the skillet sat through a few warming cycles, it had a beautiful sheen on it. The next time I used it, the ground (grass fed) beef I browned still seemed to stick more than I would hope.
I think I would avoid scrubbing with salt and opting for a sponge, and an occasional fingernail.
As far as cooking, I try to leave things well enough alone until they're more fully cooked. Eggs and omelets seem to stick less that way. I haven't found bacon without added sugar, which often melts and gets sticky necessitating a more thorough scrub.
My jury is still out on temperature and duration of a full seasoning cycle, though.
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Answer by Adam Crafter 11525 · Jul 18, 2010 at 02:13 PM
http://blackirondude.blogspot.com/2008/12/cleaning-your-cast-iron-cookware.html Has some excellent tips.
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Answer by Jack Kronk 20235 · Apr 27, 2011 at 03:40 PM
12 answers, 1000+ views, and only 7 upvotes for this? (now 8)
I am answering just to bump this thread. This is important and obviously a much needed question. Look at the variety of answers. Look at how much people struggle with this.
Personally, I don't have a cast iron skillet, but we are looking into it, and I am very hesistant to get a pre-seasoned one for all the same reasons mentioned here. Does anyone know where to purchase a brand new really good quality NON pre-seasoned cast iron skillet? I know some people here say buy a used one, but uh, no that's ok. Not really into buying used cookware.
Thanks for all your answers folks. More answers are welcomed too!
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