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Patent application title: MULTI-BATTERY SYSTEM FOR HIGH VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS WITH PROPORTIONAL POWER SHARING
Steve Carkner (Ottawa, CA)
Ahmed Abdelsamie (Ottawa, CA)
IPC8 Class: AH02H320FI
USPC Class:
361 90
Class name: Safety and protection of systems and devices with specific voltage responsive fault sensor overvoltage and undervoltage
Publication date: 2010-04-29
Patent application number: 20100103579
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Patent application title: MULTI-BATTERY SYSTEM FOR HIGH VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS WITH PROPORTIONAL POWER SHARING
Steve Carkner
Ahmed Abdelsamie
Origin: VICTORIA, BC omitted
IPC8 Class: AH02H320FI
USPC Class:
361 90
Patent application number: 20100103579
A multi-battery system for high-voltage applications with proportional
power sharing comprises a circuit having a circuit positive and a circuit
negative terminal. At least two batteries are provided to combine to
deliver required system power. The batteries are connected to a
protection circuit, energy storage means, system output voltage sensing
means and a logic gate. Protection means generates a protection signal
and the voltage sensing means generates an enabling signal that are fed
into the logic gate as true signals to generate a true control signal.
The true control signal causes the energy storage means to discharge. The
digital enabling signal for each of the circuits is time-shifted by a
time "t" so that at any time one of the circuits is discharging and one
of the at least two circuits is charging during said time "t".
1. A multi-battery system for high-voltage applications with proportional
power sharing comprising a circuit having a circuit positive and a
circuit negative terminal, said circuit comprising:a. At least two
batteries, wherein each of said at least two batteries has a battery
positive and battery negative terminal, and wherein the at least two
batteries combine to provide a desired output voltage and a desired level
of redundancy for the circuit;b. Protection means for said circuit
protection, said protection means connected across said battery positive
and said battery negative terminal of each of said at least two
batteries, wherein the protection means has a protection means positive
output terminal and a protection means negative output terminal;c. Energy
storage means connected to said protection means positive output terminal
for temporary storage of energy within the circuit;d. Logic circuit means
for generating an output comprising a digital control signal for
controlling energy discharge from said energy storage means; and,e. A
Voltage sensing element connected across said circuit positive terminal
and said circuit negative terminal for sensing said circuit output
voltage and for generating a digital enabling signal for input into said
logic circuit means.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the protection means comprises means to protect circuit against a plurality of battery fault conditions.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein said plurality of fault conditions includes low voltage, high voltage, high current and high temperature.
4. The system of claim 3 wherein the protection means generates a protection signal based on any one of the plurality of fault conditions, and wherein said protection signal is a digital signal for input into said logic circuit means.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the energy storage means is an inductor combined with at least one transistor.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein the energy storage means is a capacitor.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the energy storage means stores energy when said digital control signal output from said logic circuit is true.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein the energy storage means discharges energy when the digital control signal output from the logic circuit is false.
9. The system of claim 7 wherein the digital control signal is true when the protection signal input is true and said digital enabling signal is true.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein the protection signal is true when the protection means detects said any one of the plurality of battery fault conditions.
11. The system of claim 9 wherein the digital enabling signal is true when output voltage is less than said desired output voltage.
12. The system of claim 8 wherein the digital control signal is false when the protection signal is false and the enabling signal is false.
13. The system of claim 1 wherein the digital enabling signal is a pulse-width modulated signal.
14. The system of claim 1 wherein the digital enabling signal is a frequency modulated signal.
15. A multi-battery system for high-voltage applications with proportional power sharing comprising at least two circuits combined to produce a desired system voltage and a desired level of system reliability, wherein each of said at least two circuits comprises:a. At least one battery, wherein each of said at least one battery has a battery positive and battery negative terminal, and wherein the at least one battery provides a desired system output voltage;b. Protection means for protecting each of said at least two circuits, said protection means connected across said positive and said negative battery terminals of each of said at least one battery, wherein the protection means has a protection means positive output terminal and a protection means negative output terminal;c. Energy storage means connected to said protection means positive output terminal for temporary storage of energy within the circuit;d. Logic circuit means for generating an output signal comprising a digital control signal for controlling energy discharge from said energy storage means; and,e. A voltage sensing element for sensing said circuit output voltage and for generating a digital enabling signal for input into said logic circuit means.
16. The system of claim 15 wherein said digital enabling signal for each of said at least two circuits is time-shifted by a time "t" so that at any time one of the at least two circuits is discharging and one of the at least two circuits is charging during said time "t".
17. The system of claim 16 wherein the enabling signal for each of the at least two circuits is pulse-width modulated having an output frequency F and a period T=1/F so that in a system having N circuits, time "t" is equal to T/N.
[0002]1. Field of the Invention
[0003]This invention relates to a method or apparatus for controlled or regulated charging, discharging, or combined charging and discharging of one or more voltaic cells, batteries, or capacitors. Specifically, this invention relates to a multi-battery system for high-voltage applications with proportional power sharing.
[0004]2. Description of the Prior Art
[0005]A number of operationally critical applications have power requirements that require high voltages and currents and require a high degree of availability and reliability. One way of ensuring high reliability is to have a high degree of redundancy in as many components of the system as possible. In battery operated systems the most critical component is often the batteries and in high voltage applications a large number of batteries may be required to produce the necessary power output. For example, in an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) the system relies on multiple batteries feeding a voltage converter system that increases the system voltage. The UPS relies upon switched mode power supplies formed from inductors, capacitors and other elements in order to convert an incoming DC voltage to an output DC or AC voltage. In cases where redundancy is required, multiple batteries and multiple voltage converters are used to provide power in the event that a single system element fails. The requirement for redundancy can result in very large and unwieldy systems due to the duplication and even triplication of system components. Where multiple battery banks are relied upon to supply an input voltage the system may not share the charge equally between battery banks. This results in one battery bank or one voltage converter supplying the majority of the standby power. Ideally, the system should be able to determine which battery bank has the highest state of charge in order to supply the most reliable input voltage. The inability to do so may result in the UPS continually relying upon a depleted battery bank for input voltage. Overtime, the depleted batteries will fail to charge and the UPS becomes less reliable.
[0006]To partially overcome this design deficiency power systems relying upon multiple batteries power share between them. This results in equal power consumption from each battery. However such systems can still fail to take into account the state of charge of the batteries. This will result in a depleted battery continually being called upon to share a load it is not capable of producing. In the end, the battery will fail and the system reliability will be compromised.
[0007]Another situation can occur in very large power systems where perhaps hundreds of batteries are used. Individual batteries or groups of batteries can be "hot-swapped". This results in the battery bank containing both older and new batteries having a variety of charge states and reliabilities. Overall, system reliability is reduced. In this situation, a system that is able to detect the state of charge of a battery or battery bank and rely upon the most fully charged batteries to supply input voltage would ensure longer battery life and a greater UPS reliability.
[0008]Therefore, in light of the deficiencies in UPS systems noted above, there is a need for a multi-battery system that provides redundant input voltage without the expense and bulk of duplicated or triplicate critical components.
[0009]In accordance with the present invention there is provided a multi-battery system for high-voltage applications having a proportional power sharing scheme. In one embodiment of the present invention there is provided at least two batteries coupled to a respective at least two energy storage means. The energy storage means are controlled by a master monitoring circuit connected at the point of load. Each energy storage means may be additionally controlled by a monitoring circuit on its respective battery. The energy storage means will store more power when connected to a battery having a higher output voltage and hence a higher state of charge. A battery with a lower state of charge will experience a more severe voltage drop under heavier loads. This is detected by the monitoring circuit and the system will be manipulated to favor the battery having the highest state of charge. It can be appreciated that the system of the present invention may comprise an infinite number of batteries combined with an infinite number of storage elements. Where the system comprises N batteries and where the total demanded power output of the system is P, then the total power that each energy storage means must carry would be equal to P/N. Each energy storage means may be designed to handle a larger fraction of the total required power. For example, if each energy storage means were designed such that it handled 2P/N, then only half of the energy storage means would need to function in order to supply the full power requirements of the system. In this way system reliability is increased without having to increase component redundancy.
[0010]Accordingly, besides the objects and advantages of multi-battery system described herein, several objects and advantages of the invention are: [0011]a. There is no need to install expensive redundant systems to create a system that will provide a high degree of reliability in the event of system component failures. [0012]b. The system automatically allows multiple battery systems to share the power load. [0013]c. Higher states of charge batteries carry a higher proportion of the demanded load than lower state of charge batteries.
[0014]FIG. 1 is a schematic of an example of a known system for generating high voltages from a battery supply.
[0015]FIG. 2 is a schematic of one known method to increase system reliability.
[0016]FIG. 3 is a schematic of another known method for increasing system reliability.
[0017]FIG. 4 is a schematic of yet another known method for increasing system reliability.
[0018]FIG. 5 is a schematic of one embodiment of the invention.
[0019]FIG. 6 is a schematic of another embodiment of the invention.
[0020]Known Systems and Their Deficiencies
[0021]Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown, as an example, a schematic drawing of a known system 98 for generating high voltages from a battery. The system comprises a battery 100 comprising a plurality of battery cells. The voltage generated by the battery will pass through protection means 101 and be applied to the load 102 across the terminals 104 and 106. If the load requires a voltage of Y volts and each battery cell has a typical voltage of X volts then the total number of cells required in this system can be calculated by X/Y. Since the cells are series connected, the failure of any one cell will result in failure of the battery. As well, the failure of the protection means will also fail the system. Hence, this system is very unreliable.
[0022]As the battery 100 discharges the output voltage will vary over time and this will be detrimental to the load 102. Reliability of the system can be improved by regularly changing the used battery 100 with a fresh battery. Alternatively a second battery can be added to the system to increase redundancy. However, both alternatives are not cost or labor efficient. In another embodiment of this known system 98, a circuit could be added to each cell of the battery to detect cell failure and subsequently isolate the cell from the battery. However, the addition of circuitry to each cell of a large battery would result in a costly system and high resistance loads on the battery from the circuitry itself.
[0023]Referring to FIG. 2, there is shown another example of a battery system 198 for generating high voltages having greater reliability than the system of FIG. 1. In this system there are multiple smaller battery packs 200 to supply the load. This triple redundancy increases the reliability of the voltage source. The each battery circuit comprises a battery pack 200 in series with protection means 201 and voltage blocking element 202. In the event that a battery pack fails, the blocking element will isolate the failed battery circuit from the other two surviving circuits. The current from each battery circuit is then combined before entering a voltage converter 203 which takes the low voltage of the battery packs and increases it to the required system output voltage 204 required by the load across the terminals 206 and 208. The advantage of this system is in the redundancy of the battery circuits. Any one battery circuit (or two circuits) can fail and the system continues to function on the surviving circuit(s). A further advantage of this system is the ability to regulate the voltage output 204 regardless of the state of charge of individual batteries. A disadvantage of this system is the requirement for all of the system power to pass through a non-redundant voltage converter 203. Failure of the voltage converter would fail the system. As well, the system will require heavy cable connections between the voltage converter and the batteries to carry the current demanded by the load. Another major disadvantage of this system is its inability to select the battery circuits having the greatest state of charge. One battery circuit may end up supplying more of the load than the other two circuits depending on the health of the battery cells, cell voltage, cell impedance and impedance of the series components such as protection means 201 and blocking element 202. Another disadvantage of this system is the threshold of the blocking element 202 which may be only a fraction of a volt. In that case, a battery that has a terminal voltage that fraction of a volt higher than all other batteries in the system will end up providing all of the power. The blocking elements will block current from the two lower voltage circuits. This situation is especially dangerous in systems where a freshly charged battery may be hot-swapped into an active system.
[0024]Referring to FIG. 3, there is illustrated a schematic of another known method to increase reliability of UPS systems. In the system illustrated 302, each battery 200 in the multiple battery system is serially connected to an independent voltage converter 301. The advantage of this system is that the failure of any battery or any voltage converter will not render the system inoperable. The disadvantage of this system lies in the tendency for the voltage converters 301 to fail to share the system load. If one voltage converter senses the output 204 as being out of tolerance, it may attempt to supply all the power required to bring the output back into regulation. This problem is exacerbated at high loads as the distance from each battery to the load will result in larger measurement errors and therefore the batteries closest to the load are more likely to supply more of the power to the load. This makes it very difficult to balance power distribution across the batteries 200. This problem gets progressively more difficult as more batteries are added to the system. The state of charge of the individual batteries is also ignored in this setup. The amount of power delivered by any individual battery is based solely on the accuracy of the control circuitry involved in response to the load.
[0025]Referring now to FIG. 4 there is illustrated a circuit 400 that shows an example of a slightly improved approach to improving reliability of multi-battery systems. In this system there are multiple batteries 200 and multiple voltage converters 401 serially connected to each of the batteries. This circuit includes an analog feedback system 403 that permits each of the voltage converters to sense the overall output voltage 204. The analogue feedback system ensures that each of the independent voltage converters 401 will sense the identical output voltage 204. This improves accuracy of voltage regulation but using an analogue signal will have inherent inaccuracies due to how the converters interpret the signal. This may result in a single voltage battery circuit delivering more or less power to the load than the other two battery circuits. This circuit also suffers from inaccuracy because when many batteries are used in a single system the probability of error increases and the distribution of an accurate and noise-free analog signal becomes a challenge. This circuit also ignores the state of charge of the batteries and instead seeks only to balance the amount of power equally among all batteries.
Description of One Embodiment of the Present Invention
[0026]Referring now to FIG. 5, there is shown one embodiment of the present invention that overcomes the deficiencies discussed above. The invention comprise a circuit 498 that comprises a plurality of battery circuits each comprising a battery 500 that is connected to and monitored by protection means 501. Generally the circuit will have at least two batteries and each battery will have a battery positive 510 and a battery negative 512 terminal. This combination of batteries will provide the system with the desired level of voltage output and reliability. Protection means 501 is connected across the battery positive and negative terminals. The output of the protection means is through protection means positive 514 and negative 516 terminals. The protection means output is feed into energy storage means 502 connected to the positive terminal of protection means. The energy storage means stores energy when it receives a true digital control signal from a logic circuit means 503. The logic circuit means is a gate that outputs a true digital control signal when the protection signal 505 from protection means 501 and the digital enabling signal 506 from voltage sensing element 504 are both true. The enabling signal is generated by a voltage sensing element 504 connected across the circuit positive and negative terminals. The voltage sensing element outputs a pulse-width modulated or frequency modulated digital enabling signal that varies with the output 204. If the output is too low, the enabling signal will be true for a larger proportion of time which will cause more energy to be stored in the energy storage means 502. The energy storage means 502 will discharge its stored energy when the digital input to it is false. The energy storage means will typically be composed of an inductor and at least one transistor.
[0027]Other elements can be added. In another embodiment of the invention the energy can be stored in capacitors. Energy storage tends to be proportional with voltage. In the case of an inductor when a battery is connected to an inductor, current will ramp up through the inductor at a rate that is proportional to the inductance and the circuit resistance. The current is therefore essentially independent of voltage. The actual power being stored is therefore proportional to the voltage of the battery since power is equal to voltage multiplied by current. Similarly, if the energy storage means is a capacitor, the energy stored is equal to one-half capacitance multiplied by the square of the terminal voltage. Therefore, in the case of a capacitor storage element, a battery with a higher voltage will deliver considerably more power to the load due to the squared dependence on voltage. In this way, the battery 500 with the highest potential, which generally relates to state of charge, will also deliver the most energy to the load 204. This system therefore automatically, and without any specific analog or digital control, has a tendency to cause the battery with the highest capacity to also supply the most power to the load.
[0028]Referring to FIG. 6, power delivery to the output 204 can achieve lower noise by implementing separate controls to each battery 500 or by grouping the controls such that one energy storage means 502 would be discharging into the load while another energy storage means on another battery is charging. If the operating frequency of the enabling signal from the voltage sensing element 504 is F, then a system with two separate control groups would have an output noise frequency of 2F. Higher output frequencies result in lower total noise as filtering elements become more efficient at eliminating noise as frequency increases. It is possible to have as many control signals as there are batteries.
[0029]The system would time shift each control signal the same amount. For example, if there were two enabling signals 506 from two voltage sensors 504 and the system was operating at an update frequency of 1 kHz in a pulse width modulating mode, then the period of the signal is 1/frequency or about 1 milli-second. The two enabling signals would therefore have similar pulse width and identical frequency, but would be time-shifted by 0.5 milli-seconds. If four enabling signals were used, they would ideally be time-shifted by 0.25 milli-seconds. In general, where N enabling signals are used and the expected period of anyone signal is T, then each control signal should be time shifted by approximately T/N.
[0030]Protection signals 505 can be generated based on a variety of battery conditions sensed by protection means including, but not limited to, low voltage, high voltage, temperature or high current. The protection signal will allow a given battery to ignore the enable signal 506 that would normally cause power to be taken from the battery. The energy storage means 502 may optionally output a digital disable signal that would cause the charging cycle to terminate prematurely. This signal, which is not shown on FIG. 5, could be generated in the case of excess heat, current, voltage or magnetic flux. Such a signal can also protect the system from a short-circuit on the output 204.
[0031]It can also be seen from FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 that any battery or any combination of batteries may be removed from the system at any time. Provided the energy storage means 502 is of sufficient size that the remaining energy storage means can power the system, then the system will continue to function normally.
[0032]Although the description above contains much specificity, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention but as merely providing illustrations of some of the presently preferred embodiments of this invention. Any digital gates or signals may be easily redefined such that they perform similar functions as inverse logic or using alternate gates or logic topology. Logic, analog detection and control means may be implemented using integrated circuitry, microprocessor control, software and wireless control.
[0033]Thus the scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents rather than by the examples given.
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The Mumbai crime branch on Friday arrested two members of the Chhota Rajan gang for allegedly trying to extort money from a prominent builder who has projects underway in Navi Mumbai and Ghatkopar.
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According to Vinayak Vast, senior police inspector of Unit 7, the accused called up the builder on January 15 and identified himself as 'Vijay' - a henchman of gangster Chhota Rajan. The accused asked the builder to pay up Rs50 lakh if he wanted his project to be completed without fear. "The accused gave him two international mobile numbers which he claimed were of Rajan and asked him to call up the gangster," officials said.
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France's McD's Tries Out Bagel Burgers — Yuck!
For a bagel purist, the thought of a bagel burger is far from appetizing. Cream cheese, lox, fried eggs, and sometimes deli meat belong between two halves of a sliced bagel—but not a ground beef patty.
But if McDonald's were to ever introduce a bagel burger, it would have to do so in New York, home of the world's best bagel — right? Wrong. The fast food giant has debuted its bagel burger in France, home of the baguette and croissant, not the Jewish roll with the hole.
To add insult to injury, one of the three varieties of "Bagel Stories" they're offering at McDo (as McDonald's is popularly known in France) involves slices of — gasp! — bacon sandwiched somewhere between the two bagel halves.
If McDonald's is insisting on going down that road, can we at least recommend using a bialy instead of a bagel. Who wants all that burger juice dripping through the hole?
And if the company was really hell bent on bringing bagel burgers to French speakers, then why did it not start with Montrealers, who at least know something about a good bagel?
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Episode 524 – Mysterious Universe
A familiar antique piece and its powerful resident join us along with the current keeper and first buyer. That's right, we close out Season 5 of Mysterious Universe with none other than the dreaded Dibbuk Box.
Jason Haxton gives us a special preview of his upcoming book on the Box and the first purchaser, Kevin Mannis, presents a unique and personal insight into the terrifying capabilities of the Dibbuk that inhabits it.
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Red Pill Junkie
Holy Jebus! I almost crap myself when I reached the 58 minute of the show!!
You might want to analyze that 'noise' segment, you know?
Whoa! :-O I thought you guys were playing some kind of cruel but hilarious trick. I actually felt my heart jump a little with adrenaline when it started. It's the Box talking from its acacia and gold-lined grave. Thank God I was listening during the daylight.
Glad it wasn't just me who heard that. I yanked my headphones out.
So when I was trying to load this episode onto my ipod it ejected and locked up my itunes three times in a row, it also acted as though it never existed and I had to download it again each time. I have never had this happen before and have owned many generations of ipods. I had easily transferred about three other podcasts just shortly before this one. I will say sometimes when i plug in my ipod it will lock up itunes but never has locked it up when tranferring data. Later that day while i was at work my neighbor ran into my roommates car and ripped her front bumper off. I don't really consider this bad luck though because I don't like my roommate, but I do like me neighbor. That could maybe explain why her car was more damaged though. It seems like after listening to the last show about the box I seemed to have some bad luck like my tire blowing out and some other computer problems but I wont go into that because it just seems like more coincidence than anything since they were spread out a couple of weeks after. I did however tell a lot of people about the dibbuk box in those couple of weeks. Anyway it could all just be happenstance so just food for thought.
http://boards.4chan.org/x/res/8061285 Hey you guys are trending on X too… Good show so far!
Jeff N.
If those sounds at 58:17, including the scream, during the phone call drop wasn't inserted by MU than that is the second freakiest E.V.P. I've ever heard. Also there was a sound in the show at 101:51 that sounds like a vocal hiss. Not sure if that too was added or explainable but it creeped me out.
I assume that Ben thought it would be funny to put that noise section into the podcast where the phones went out. At least, that's what I thought when I heard all the static and moaning.
On a separate note, no bad luck this time, unless allergies count.
8×10 Monk
Holy CRAP, guys!!! That WAS a freaky interlude. So was that you guys playing that weird screaming voice type thing fading out at the end of that?
Good show otherwise. In the past I've stepped into rooms with certain people that carried heavy bad vibes before and without them saying anything knew there was a bad presents in the room. After they left it would lift but hover in the room. I do believe these types of energies can carry on with an object if it was possessed and coveted by a person with strong energies at sometime in history. People leave energy signatures when they've been sitting somewhere then leave. There's a lot we don't know about … yet.
I've never posted here before. I would just like to report that I did indeed have some terrifying nightmares last night after listening to this show. Not the same one that Aaron described, but still, they were pretty bad – they concerned the death of a friend and being accused of a terrible crime that I didn't commit. I woke up around 3:45am in a total panic. I usually love dreaming and have intense nightmares only very rarely. I certainly wasn't afraid or worried or anxious about having nightmares when I went to bed, and anything I'd heard on the show I took with a pinch of salt. Still, that's what happened. So strange.
That was some creepy $#!+!!! I sat frozen in my chair at work listening to whatever that was when "the phones went out". Don't know what kind of shenanigans you guys were up to with that, but it freaked me out pretty good. Great show.
This was a great show and let me tell you, I got freaked out when the audio started to go weird!
Ok so i listened, I told myself not to and I did. I even have been asking for protection after cause u guys had me a bit freaked out. Well…. I am on a trip to the beach ( to Myrtle beach, coming from Atlanta. About a 6 hr drive). We are 130 miles away and we stop to get a bite to eat. We go back out, pile into the car… It doesn't start….we try again… Nothing. We get out and realize there is a huge puddle of gas underneath. The owner said she hasn't had problems with this car before. We are sitting here in the parking lot trying to figure out what the hell to do! We called to get towed and Tripple a said they can't tow until the FIRE DEPARTMENT comes with their huge truck and someone in a has- mat suit ( sp?) checks it out. I'm with a group of dancers and these big burly firemen show up. It's like the beginning of a bad porno. Oh yes, we have an extra car but low and behold it's a smart car! That's the status now…. I have pictures for proof, not sure how to post or if I email them. Not saying it's because of the thing that shall not be named…. But you have to wonder….. I love u guys, wish u had a show everyday! My boyfriend and a now say " awfurrll" instead of awful. And we are both designers and completely agree the paranormal world, especially book covers need major help and are awfurl.
OK…524 freaked me out..the part where the phones went out was a good one guys..I sat up straight in my car, eyes wide and couldn't believe what I was hearing..Thanks for the disclaimer..now, here's the part that really freaked me out..I was like you said, I knew this thing has to be bad for me but I wanted to see the box and open it..I mean the desire just from hearing the podcast was overwhelming..So, I stop to make a delivery and when I get back out to my car the radio lights up but the display is flashing ERROR because it couldn't connect to the iPod..I immediately thought "oh crap" here comes the bad luck..now I can't wait to go to bed tonight and get my butt kicked..
Logged onto the dibbuk box web site and just finished reading the story to my girlfriend who now has goose bumps and had to get up and leave the room because she is so scared..
In any case, love the show, keep it coming..
I love MU so much. Huge fan, but the "mirage" story has to be cleared up as the nonsense it is.
There's nothing spectacular about this. It's footage of flooding, and it's been completely misreported as a mirage. No illusion, no nothing. It's flat out misreporting.
Would water flow around mirage trees? This is just terrible reporting by several news agencies who should be embarrassed. This video is of the west view from the Guang Yu bridge, everything in its right place.To try to be fair, *maybe* there was something about a "mirage" in the original language concering how the buildings and island appeared to be floating on top of the fog, and that was mistranslated then everyone ran with it, but this is just ridiculous.
Here are the towers "that aren't there":
Here's the "mirage" island:
HOWEVER, great show as always, guys! I just don't want you to be snookered into something b/c of horrific "journalism."
Yep. Totally agree. I remember saying something along the lines of "this sounds like bad journalism" on the show.
Jesus, I almost died when I fell a sleep last night with my headphones on and that spooky sounds came in the middle of the show. I was just half a sleep when it began.
I absolutely love everything about your show.
hello guys, I just started listening to your show literally today and it's nice to hear openness to different subject matter concerning the things that are strange and unknown. I will keep listening…
Hey everyone…back into listening to MU and how interesting that I was introduced to MU by a friend about the Dibbuk Box episode and after awhile I quit listening and came back to MU with an updated show on the Dibbuk Box…very weird…also last time I listened to the Dibbuk Box episode about a day or 2 later I had to get a root canal due to extreme pain in my mouth..so who knows if that had a role. Also just for anyone who has an Android phone…I just found an app that allows you to listen to Mysterious Universe … download the app PodKast … thanks again MU for the great conent, keep it up!
Sorry I am a little delayed in reporting this. I was cleaning my bathroom while I listening to the D-box episode. When I finished cleaning, I hopped in the shower and washed my hair (still listening to the show all the while). After a shower, I always wrap my hair in a towel and as I wrapped my hair in a towel this time, I noticed a sharp pain on my forehead. I went directly to the mirror to see what was causing this pain and saw a red mark on my forehead. On closer examination, I saw what looked to be a scratch mark surrounded by what I can only explain as a burn mark with a mild blister. I have no recollection of what I might have done to cause this mark and I am confident it was not there earlier in the day. It was not extremely painful but it was very sensitive to the touch and I was careful to avoid it over the next few days while it healed (fortunately, it did heal). Even my husband asked me about the mark, as it was easily visible and the only explanation I had was the D-box story. Afraid to repeat the story, I just explained at very high level that I heard a cursed story on MU and he would have to listen to it on his own. He said he wanted to but seems to be more afraid than curious.
Love the show guys and love Plus.
Hello from Monroe, Louisiana. We love the show. My wife and I had a motorcycle wreck on July 10th. We hit a coyote at 11am in broad daylight after listening to episode 524. Please understand coyotes are not seen in the daytime here. The coyote was running full speed when it entered the highway and closed off our lane. The whole accident occurred in under a second and due to woods on either side of the road, we could not avoid the impact. We both suffered a fair amount of roadrash and are still recovering. The coyote didn't fair as well as we did. I haven't thought about the episode until tonight when listening to a few updates about it. I looked at my wife and said, "That was the last episode we heard before the wreck". I checked the date and it was. All I can say is "Interesting." Beware the dibbuk box!
I was watching the trailer for 'The Possession,' the Dibbuk box movie, and my computer crashed. ::shocking music:: I was also watching the credits for Captain America and my computer always crashes when I overload the video processor. But this time, I believe my computer was trying to save me from… THE CURSE OF THE DIBBUK BOX… box… box…
I'm sorry I couldn't help mock all the Dibbuk box stories that accuse the it for any bad thing that happens after even the most insignificant contact. I don't doubt or try to make excuses for the mysteries of this universe but I know that anyone who knows anything about this particular mystery will keep an eye out for future misfortune. Therefore, aliens.
Freaky! Heard the podcast late last night. Laughed it off but this morning my faucet was busted!! That was weird…the last thing that I needed in my home! Avoiding any episode forever on this thing…..
I'm much more curious about the first owners story about the box. That there was a dibbuk and a keslim in the box. If what I read is reliable, then that would mean a demon and a priest locked together in the box. Which would maybe explain the scent of jasmine sometimes and cat urine at other times. Also does this mean that at some time a priest gave up his soul to be prisoner in this box with a demon to try and control it? These are the things that I'm interested in. Any history or research available?
I really loved this episode, and the story is fantastic. I am extremely disappointed, however, in the host's dream "revelation." It was presented as an unknown parallel to the dream of everyone involved with the box, but it was the same dream as was described IN THE ORIGINAL EBAY POSTING. If the host had the same dream, that is interesting enough and it didn't need to be presented so disingenuously to try to make it seem like a coincidence. There is no way the host didn't know about the dream, since the entire ebay listing was read aloud in Episode 209. So I'm pretty disappointed in an otherwise stellar broadcast.
Thanks a lot guys my girlfriend smashed her pinky with a door…
Lots of love, guys! lots of love…


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WHEN she speaks on Australia's involvement in the war in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Julia Gillard at least has the virtue of consistency. On almost every occasion she has been asked about the possibility of withdrawal, the answer has been the one she gave last week after a US soldier shot dead 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children. ''Of course, an incident like this is a truly distressing one,'' Ms Gillard said, ''but it's not going to distract us from our purpose in Afghanistan and our clear sense of mission in Afghanistan.'' Well, that showed resolve. But, curiously, it also showed more enthusiasm for the ''mission'' than appears to be the case among our allies, especially the United States.
President Barack Obama reacted to the massacre of civilians by saying that it made him ''more determined to make sure that we're getting our troops home. It's time. It's been a decade and, frankly, now that we've gotten bin Laden, now that we've weakened al-Qaeda, we're in a stronger position to transition than we would have been two or three years ago.'' Mr Obama qualified this view by saying there would be no ''rush for the exit'', but as the leader of the international coalition he could hardly suggest that there might be. Nonetheless, the force of his remarks was concentrated in just two words - ''it's time'' - that Ms Gillard seems to be incapable of uttering.
Publicly at least, the Prime Minister appears unable to countenance the fact that the coalition forces in Afghanistan, including the Australian troops training their Afghan National Army counterparts in Oruzgan province, no longer have any prospect of shaping the future of the country. And that inability is all the more puzzling in the light of comments at the weekend by Australia's ambassador to NATO, Brendan Nelson, who told The Saturday Age: ''I would be very certain that by halfway through next year, the way things are going, we will have transitioned to the Afghans for lead security in Oruzgan.'' In other words, Australia's mission is ending sooner than expected, because the government has previously refused to cite a handover date earlier than the end of 2014. Dr Nelson appears to know more about the fate of Australia's Afghanistan deployment than Ms Gillard, Foreign Minister Bob Carr or Defence Minister Stephen Smith. It would be farcical if lives were not at risk.
Dr Nelson, too, qualified his comments. Australian troops would remain combat-ready, he said, in case Afghan troops need their support. But this may be read in the same way as Mr Obama's ''no rush for the exit'' assurance, for the reality is that the coalition is getting out of Afghanistan. And clearly there is a plan for withdrawal: Dr Nelson's timetable for an Oruzgan handover coincides with the date set by US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta for an end to US combat operations in Afghanistan, with a total withdrawal by the end of 2014. That announcement, in February, was an abandonment of the stance Mr Panetta had taken just two months earlier, in a speech to US troops in Afghanistan, when he said, ''We're winning this very tough conflict.'' At least he got the ''very tough'' part right.
As The Age has noted before, the US and its allies became mired in Afghanistan when they lost sight of the war's original goal: the capture or killing of al-Qaeda's leaders. Since May last year, when a US special forces team killed Osama bin Laden in a raid on his hideaway in Pakistan, that goal has in any case become redundant. President Obama clearly recognises that there is nothing further to be gained by a military presence in Afghanistan, and the tragic massacre of civilians suggests that it is even becoming counterproductive. Ms Gillard needs to catch up with all of this; perhaps she could call Dr Nelson for a briefing.
A mother's please: justice for all
THE legal system is daunting even for people who can afford to hire a lawyer. Many people cannot, as the ordeal of a mother involved in a coronial inquiry into the police shooting of her son reminds us. Legal Aid initially rejected her under its tight criteria. Thinking she would have to represent herself, ''Bobbi'' read 187 pages of a 481-page brief on her son's death. ''No mother should have to read so many accounts of her son's last half-hour on earth,'' she said. She eventually received two days of legal counsel's time in a three-week inquest. ''Had I not been represented, I truly believe that I would not have uncovered the answers to many of my questions,'' she said.
Bobbi believes ''everyone has the right to be heard and represented'', but Legal Aid is so underfunded that it turns away most people who can't afford legal representation. The joke in the Australian comedy The Castle that defines a QC as a lawyer who appears for the rich is not really a joke. The 1997 movie coincided with a $120 million cut to Legal Aid funding by the Howard government. The Commonwealth funding share fell from 49 per cent to 32 per cent in 2009-10. The states never made up the shortfall, while costs across all courts rose 78 per cent in real terms over the next decade. Australia's Legal Aid funding is low - about a third of Britain's rate per capita. The Gillard government has lifted federal funding for the first time since 1997, but the last state budget had no new funding.
The Legal Aid crisis affects huge numbers of ordinary Australians who need legal representation, the costs of which are beyond all but the well-off. Even before the funding cuts, most people generally did not qualify for aid: 72 per cent of recipients were receiving social security benefits and 24 per cent had no income at all. It may be that politicians see no votes in showing sympathy for the rights of accused people in court, even if lack of representation means innocent people suffer grave miscarriages of justice. Yet this issue affects mainstream Australians who, at any time, can become involved in criminal or civil cases, including family law.
An unrepresented person is at such a disadvantage that the rights of equal access to the law, equality before the law and a fair trial are all at risk. On top of this, funding cuts may not even save money at all. Modelling of Queensland family law found every dollar to legal aid led to savings of between $1.64 and $2.25 in fees, court time and other expenses. In the interests of justice, efficiency and fairness - as well as saving public money - our governments must stop starving Legal Aid of funds.


text: Musical Tackles — Practice Report, by Friday Afternoon, August 4th By Rafael Vela The Cowboys contined their brisk workout pace with another 100 minute session Friday afternoon, one that seemed to build in sharpness from the morning session. The practice focused more on teaching and positional drills. The Cowboys opened with their normal sequence of running their packages and plays for the day at half speed, running in teams and plays at a rapid clip. This went on a bit longer than normal, before the team ran some wind sprints and stretched. The positional drills focused on the passing game. To give you an idea of how well integrated the work is, consider: On the near field, the defensive linemen were working on their stunts, from three and four men fronts, with coach Kacey Rogers stressing lane discipline; he stopped a few times to move his men into an evenly spaced shell, to prevent running lanes for the QB. On the field behind them, the offensive linemen worked on recognizing stunts, passing the rushers off to each other and maintaining their protection shell; one group works on destroying a pocket, the other on sustaining it. In the middle of the near field the linebackers worked on their proper drops and width on shallow zones. Greg Ellis continues to improve in these skills. He's a bit stiff, but does not look like a guy who's only been at this for a week. He looks like he's been working with the OLBs a while. You don't point to him and say, he's much slower and stiffer than the rest. Last year that was obvious with DE converts like Kalen Thornton. This year, Ellis looks like one of the guys. Coach Paul Pasqualoni has the inside the the outside guys working hard at keeping their feet moving and getting lateral movement through their zones. Their objective was to read his eyes and try to snag passes thrown through their areas. The linebackers all show remarkably good hands. With any improvement in the pass rush, we could see more picks from the LB corp this year. On the left most near field the defensive backs worked on route recognition and switching on the deep areas of zone defense. The groups would split into two. If you looked across the near field, you saw three groups working on phases of the same play — the linemen on the short phase of pass coverage, the linebackers on the intermediate responsibilties and the backs on the deep play. On the back fields, the offense did the same; the linemen working on protection while the QBs, WRs and backs all worked six on none tightening the timing of their patterns. After fifteen minutes of this the units worked in more integrated form. The linebackers and d-backs then worked together on the back seven of zone coverage. Half the unit would don colored balaclavas over their helmets to signal they were offensive players. The backs wear blue, the tight ends green and the receivers yellow. They run pass patterns that are flashed to them on cards by the coaches. The defense units are to recognize the formations, line up accordingly and then drop and switch off according to the combinations they see. It's the material they covered in the unit sessions, now incorporated into a bigger whole. At the same time the offensive and defensive linemen were squaring off in rush drills. The few notables from this drill — Al Johnson looks steady in his pass blocking reps. He gives ground, but I didn't see the dominant nose tackle pushes I'd read about during the first days of camp. Greg Ellis also got a brief break from the LB drills to work on his pass rushing assignments. He's probably the busiest defensive guy right now. After another fifteen minutes the units finally met on the far field to go 11-on-11. After all those pass drills, the opening session was exclusively for running plays. It's still close to a stalemate, but I'm seeing better push from the offensive line. it's one good play for the offense, then one good play for the defense, which again sounds like a better balance than the early week practices. Hitting the backs was discouraged but the linebackers and safeties snuck a few in. A wicked pop on Julius Jones caused a fumble and drew howls from the players on the sideline. The biggest run came when the teams were third D vs. third - O. Keylon Kincade took a toss right the distance. I have not been paying that much attention to the backs, since they workout on the field farthest away from me, but I've noticed Kincade a few times, which is more than I can say for Tyson Thompson, who has not made any lasting impressions. Watch these two when the preseason games start. They may be fighting each other for one of the last roster spots. After the running drill the ball was placed near midfield and the team went back to the passing game, stressing plays they would run in this area. The top two QBs looked very sharp. Drew Bledsoe hooked up with Jason Witten over the middle and threaded an out to Terry Glenn through good coverage for a first down. Tony Romo earned some good works from the coach for his session. Parcells urged him to get rid of the ball quickly and Romo did, throwing a perfect slant off a three step drop for a big gain. Later, he maintained his patience, stepped forward past the rush and dropped a perfect deep seam pass to Toney Curtis beyond the safeties. Right now, Romo looks decisive and accurate. I'm eager to see him in the preseason games. Dallas ran some red zone passing drills before calling it a day. Parcells assembled the team in the far left corner of the deep field, had them kneel and held some impromtu initiation with OTs Pat McQuistan, who had shaved his hair in a Mohawk, and another player I could not identify. I could not see whether the hair was cut on site or cut before practice. McQuistan was not the most dashing man before the haircut. Let's just recommend that he keep his helmet on as much as possible now. Notes: – A puzzling practice for Mike Vanderjagt. While the session was going on, he worked alone on the near field with a tee. Most of his kicks were high and true, but fell just short of the crossbar — and this was from 30 and 35 yards. While some people around me questioned his leg strength, I think he was simply kicking to the situation. There was no net behind the goal post and a crowd of autograph seekers at the fence behind him. I think he was kicking to the distance to avoid a hassle getting his balls back from the crowd. He had plenty of leg the day before. I don't see how he could lose all his strength overnight. – The interesting personel move of the day had Rob Petitti taking all the reps at left tackle, with Marc Columbo taking all of them at RT. Flozell Adams worked LT with the second team. I wouldn't read too much into this, at least as Adams is concerned. He hasn't been demoted. Rather, I think this was to see if Petitti could play backup at LT. The only other player to take reps there so far has been the rookie McQuistan. There's no way Dallas goes into the season with their LT coming off ACL rehab and a rookie as his only tried replacement. I also think that Marc Columbo may be pushing to be the starting RT. He's shown a lot of mobility and the coaches feel confident running toss plays to the right side for him and Petitti. The veteran who should be concerned by all this is Jason Fabini. He's stuck at third string RT today and I've seen no reps from him at LT. Right now, I think he's the veteran most likely to miss the final roster.


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Acting in the Name of God
By Rabbi Scott Perlo - June 3, 2009
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There is nobility in the idea of martyrdom - the willingness to sacrifice one's life for God. But the history of the word "martyr" and its Jewish correlate, Kiddush haShem, "Sanctifying [God's] Name," mirrors the dark religious history of our world. The changes and development, even regression, in their meaning and connotation through time evoke, at each stop along the way, great pain, suffering, and horror for the Jewish people. It is a story that too many peoples of this world know, especially today when the word "martyr" has gained a new aggression in multiple world cultures - including pockets of Judaism - bringing death and destruction with it.
The beginnings of both words are fairly prosaic. "Martyr" comes from the Greek, μάρτυς, and it means witness in the technical sense (think the Sam Waterston part of "Law and Order"). But possibly because of the Roman practice of mandatory torture for any slave testifying in a court case, and certainly because of the Romans' execution of unresisting Christians who gave witness to their faith, the word gained a new, darker connotation. Martyrdom became the act of giving up one's life, usually horribly, in service of God and higher principle.
What's unusual about Kiddush haShem and its evil twin, Hillul haShem, "Desecrating the Name," is that the terms encompass a whole series of behaviors of which actual martyrdom is the most extreme version: paying debts on time, not urinating or defecating in public (harder than you think before the advent of toilets), speaking kindly, avoiding anger, conducting business with scrupulous honesty.
The origin of this spiritual pairing between the quotidian and the sacrifice of one's life is biblical: "and do not profane My holy Name, so that I will be made holy in the midst of the Children of Israel - I am HaShem who makes you holy" (Leviticus 22:3). The original context of this verse refers to how to treat properly Temple sacrifices and donations: the animals, produce, and property that belong, by Jewish law, to the Temple.
But it is the way of Judaism to apply Torah far beyond its original context, and the two ideas born in Leviticus, that it is possible to both sanctify and desecrate God's name, grow into something new. They begin to describe a series of behaviors that one either should or should not do not only because of their intrinsic rightness, but also because the performer can be publicly identified as a Jew (or in certain cases a scholar) and is a representative of God and God's people (this is Jewish self-definition rather than a statement of exclusive fact). Therefore what one does or doesn't do in public reflects back on God, God's laws, and the people of God. Justice, wisdom, kindness, and fidelity, as well as discourtesy, betrayal, and dishonesty respectively honor or tarnish God's Name in the eyes of other people. God, it seems, has a reputation to uphold.
Therefore Kiddush haShem becomes a tool for spiritual example-setting (for lack of a better term) and spiritual resistance. That is, its purpose is to inspire in others a regard for Godly ways of living in the world, and offer resistance in the face of those who would demand the opposite. And it is in the latter case when Kiddush haShem reaches its extreme, and comes to assume the connotation of martyrdom - dying in the service of God.


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Mr. Forney was President and CEO of the Chicago Stock Exchange Inc. (Exchange) one of the most technologically advanced stock exchanges in the world. Mr. Forney repositioned the Exchange to become a highly successful specialist-based auction market and the first Exchange to also be a large NASDAQ dealer market participant. During his six-year tenure, the Exchange enjoyed the lowest trading costs in the industry, a compound growth rate of 86% and increased Member and Exchange profits.
Mr. Forney served four years as a public (non-industry) Board member of the Exchange. His background includes being a partner at KPMG, and Senior Vice President at Bricker Consulting with responsibility for the development of information technology software products and the execution of client engagements.
Mr. Forney has a BS and MBA in accounting and finance from Indiana University. He is also a CPA. His service to the securities industry and to his community has been recognized by Security Traders Association, Securities Industry Association, Wall Street Project and Rainbow PUSH for lifetime service. He has been recognized as 4H Alumni of the Year and has received the Good Scout Award from the Boy Scouts. He is the founding Chairman of the U.S. Alliance to End Hunger that has both a U.S. and international hunger focus and Congressional Hunger Center trustee. He was feted by St. Ignatius College Prep for his service to mankind with the Dei Gloriam Award.
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Re: Is Naughty Dog the best developer in the business?
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All these are tied for first;
Rockstar, Naughty Dog, "Former" EPIC
Red Dead Redmeption was the first Rockstar game I've played. My parents always banned any Rockstar or GTA titles in the house, so I never had the chance to play GTA until GTA IV, which was actually pretty cool, too. I'm eagerly awaiting GTA V, 'cause that's going to be amazing! Oh and L.A Noire, but that isn't really a Rockstar produced and Developed game, it's from Team Bondi, but Rockstar had a helping hand.
Naughty Dog, because of Uncharted. I always wanted to play Uncharted since I heard about it. It looked really cool, and really well made. I finally bought a PS3 back in January 2013, picked up Uncharted 1, played it and went out and got Uncharted 2 and 3. Hands down one of the best games I've played, although Uncharted 1 had some awful guplay. I mean, who dodges bullets at point blank!?! With The Last of Us coming out, I'm really looking forward to it. I know it will be amazing. The demo was awesome, and you can tell Naughty Dog has put a lot of time, care, and effort into making an amazing game.
EPIC games made The Gears of War Trilogy, then died shortly after. With the departure of Cliffy B, Rod F, Quinn D, and Mike Capps, EPIC soon became a lackluster **bleep** producing company. Gears of War: Judgment should never have been made. So many rips from the Gears of War 3 wave 2 DLC was cut from Gears 3, and put into GOW:J. Being a Gears man at heart, I loved Marcus Fenix's gruff, no **bleep** attitude and the little quips between the characters, especially between Cole and Baird. Hands down, "Former" EPIC was one of my favorite game developers, and I think, has had a very interesting impact on this generation, to say the least.
I agree with everything here. But after playing Uncharted, ND will always have a special place in my heart, right beside Rockstar, and "former" EPIC.
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Re: Is Naughty Dog the best developer in the business?
The fact that we're comparing Naughty Dog to a company that seemingly is launching their own console (Steambox - Valve) is pretty incredible.
All I know is that in my top 5 games of this generation, 3 of them are likely to be ND titles. In short: Yeah, they're the best **bleep** developers out there. They've never let me know and they constantly trump my expectations.
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Can an outlet be placed 12 inches off the floor next to the vanity?
Can an outlet be placed 12 inches off the floor next to the vanity?
As far as I know, NEC says: in bathrooms outlets should be 4' high.
Do you need it there for one of them heated outlet bidet kits?
I was looking to have the outlet next to the vanity off the floor because of convinence. I do have an outlet off to the side above the vanity.
But if a outlet can be placed behind a toilet why can't it be placed next to a vanity?
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As long as its GFI, I think you should be fine.
As long as you have a receptacle within 3' of the basin an additional one is fine. ALL bathroom receps must be GFCI protected.
you can install an outlet anywhere in a bathroom except in the floor and you can install as many as you want. obviously the GFCI rule stands. and, to my knowledge, there's no rule that states there must be one within 3 feet of the basin. the old rule was that if there was an outlet within 3 feet of a basin that it must be a GFCI. but now, at least in massachusetts, all outlets in a bathroom and on a kitchen countertop must be GFCI protected. also, all bedrooms and the diningroom must have arc fault breakers.


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Martinsville resembles rush hour in a 7-Eleven parking lot.
Talladega, that giant snake pit that must be crossed — barefoot — on the road to Homestead, has been put in the rear-view mirror, back there with the tumbling Austin Dillon.
There was a bit of scrambling done to the Chase standings, but nothing as dramatic as Talladega is capable of producing. Sure, there's a new leader — Jimmie Johnson — but it's still a neck-and-neck sprint between him and Matt Kenseth. Nothing changed there.
And now it's off to tiny Martinsville Speedway, which — compared to the Autobahn feel of Talladega — resembles rush hour in a 7-Eleven parking lot. It's all part of the deal: To be the champion, you need to navigate all types of roads and traffic.
And you have to have a competent guy behind the wheel of the team hauler. Talladega to Martinsville? Easy: When you get to Dry Pond Highway, take a right. If you hit the Danville city limits, you went too far.
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Compared to Talladega, Martinsville would never be described as "scary." At the big plate-race tracks, the Big One can happen through the fault of no one in particular. A wreck at a half-mile track like Martinsville usually has someone's fingerprints on it — combine a lack of elbow room with an even lower level of patience, something has to give. And it often does. The hits are slower and the damage can be less severe, but with lapped traffic everywhere, the land mines are hard to miss. No time to exhale just because Talladega is gone.
A four-man scramble?
Suddenly, the two-man breakaway isn't as evident as it was before Talladega. Sure, with a 26-point margin separating Johnson from both Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch, it still looks to be a race between Johnson and Kenseth, who's four points back. Harvick and Busch need the two leaders to slip, but not necessarily in dramatic fashion. Just a couple of finishes between 15th and 25th can change the scene. Remember, all it takes is one bad Goodyear, one slip of the jack, one miscalculation on fuel mileage, and you're back there trading paint with Dave Blaney.
"14 team. Paging the 14 team ..."
Last week it was Austin Dillon behind the wheel of Tony Stewart's No. 14 car. Dillon filled in for Mark Martin, who, despite serving as Stewart's relief driver, still has the good sense to put the "No Talladega" clause in any current contract. Stewart, meanwhile, is still trying to get his broken leg healed (it's sounding worse all the time). And to top it off, crew chief Steve Addington missed Talladega due to the birth of his child. When it comes to garage personnel, there's less turnover at a Jiffy Lube.


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Culture may hold a spatial place in thought. Social forces profoundly influence people's ability to think about three-dimensional objects, a new study suggests.
In tests of spatial ability, men traditionally outperform women. But men's spatial superiority disappears among Northeast India's Khasi villagers, say economist Moshe Hoffman of the University of California, San Diego and his colleagues. In Khasi society, youngest daughters inherit property, men forward earnings to wives or sisters,...
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Twitter parties seem to be all the rage lately and the ones I have participated in have not only been fun, but I have actually walked away with a prize or two. Free stuff just for joining in on the converstaion. It really doesn't get much easier than that, does it? I find it hard to find them all and keep track of them all so I've decided to start a weekly list of the ones I will be participating in and hopefully you all will share new ones for me too! So here is a list of the twitter parties I will be attending this week.
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How to Rock Red Lips for the Fourth (for Every Skin Tone!)
Happy almost-Fourth of July! While fireworks and BBQs are awesome, beauty-obsessed girls would argue the best part of this red-white-and-blue holiday is the glaring excuse to rock a major red lip (not that you need one, duh). If you're hopping on the patriotic pucker band wagon this weekend, make sure you rock the right red for your summer skin tone.
Here's the deal: no matter how much SPF you wear, you're probably a little darker than you tend to be in the winter. Lighter-skinned gals need to go bold. Since fairer skin tends to have undertones on the pinky or blue side, you want a true neutral red. Think classic color with a major, matte payoff. The perfect pick? ELF Studio Matte Lip Colour in Rich Red, which goes on like a crayon and stays super bright. It's matte enough to stay put (because smudges stand way out on fair skin), but has built in hydrators so you don't look like you've been in the desert for months.
Tend to veer more medium? Pinks or cranberries are the perfect balance to your bronze—though really any red will work. Get super patriotic with a star-spangled option like the Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture SPF 15 Pure Colour Satiny Radiance in Le Rouge. It's the perfect balance between satiny, soft texture and major, show-stopping color. In fact, it's so versatile, you'll probably want to rock it all year.
If you are more olive-skinned, you'll want to find a deep, blue-based red, since that will play off any yellow undertones in your skin. How the heck can you tell? Smudge some on a piece of white printer paper and hold it up to something blue and something red. It'll look more like one than the other. Also, keep it glossy to prevent the lipstick from looking like winter leftovers. A great option: Giorgio Armani Rouge d'Armani Lipstick in #400, which looks almost berry in the tube but goes on lips red and slightly glossy.
Dark complexions look great with a sunnier shade, so pick up a opaque, orangey red stain that will add gorgeous contrast, but stay put while you sip your drink. Look for options that walk the line between coral and red, like Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar in Radiate—an "electric coral red."
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Justin was spotted leaving his concert in Birmingham, England on Feb. 28 totally shirtless and then he went on to party until 6:30am with Ella Paige Roberts Clarke, and another blonde beauty — do you think he's trying to show Selena what she's missing?
Justin Bieber is 19-years-old! The singer celebrated his big day by kicking off the party around 3am after his concert in Birmingham and he had a group of beautiful ladies who wanted to party with him! Do you think Selena Gomez is upset she wasn't there with him?
How Justin Celebrated His 19th Birthday
Justin is still in London and clearly he's having a great time. After he ended his concert he headed back to his hotel without a shirt and with his pants barely covering his butt, most likely making every Belieber totally swoon.
After the concert Justin took to Twitter to say: "Great show!!! Now gonna go celebrate 19!! Thanks."
But he ended up finding a shirt, a cream cardigan, black vest and his barely there pants and headed out for a night of fun at club BLC. Along for the ride were Justin's deejay Tay James, his girlfriend Ella Paige Roberts Clarke and another few ladies. They left the club around 5am, headed to grab some late-night grub and then went back to Justin's hotel around 6am!
Also hanging with Justin was the blonde woman who was spotted leaving his hotel two days before, doing the walk of shame.
Justin Is Throwing A Huge Circus-Themed Birthday Party
Even though Justin partied all night, he is having a circus-themed birthday party in London, complete with clowns and a ringmaster. He reportedly spent around 20K and is having around 20 friends.
Meanwhile, Selena was spotted in LA grabbing sushi with a girlfriend. Do you think Justin wishes Selena was there to party with him?
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I normally wouldn't post an individual artist's opening on the blog, but this one is personal.
My sister-in-law, Shelly Lewis Stanfield, is having her first opening tomorrow, April 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. She's showing her highly textured abstract paintings at Deep Fork Grill in Oklahoma City. (Incidentally, this is the anniversary of the OKC bombing. I like it that her opening is on that date. Art conquers fear and hate once again.)
I'm terribly proud of her, although I have nothing to do with her successes. She's got her hands full with my 3 1/2- and 5-year old nephews and she's worked overtime to get this body of work together. She's living proof that:
- You can accomplish whatever you put your mind to.
- Connections are invaluable, but follow-through is even more critical. A close friend saw her work and said she should be showing it. They were connected to the restaurant and she followed through with everything. Shelly saw a door open and she took it.
- A supportive spouse goes a long way in an artist's career. My handy brother has been making her supports and serving as photographer.
Rumor has it that 5-year-old Heath is the tour guide as he has the names of all the paintings memorized.
Image: (c) Shelly Lewis Stanfield, Golden Ticket.