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I struggle with waking up in winter. The dark nights come in and I stop waking up easily. An alarm clock helps, but still leaves me sleepy and bleary-headed.
Enter the Lumie alarm clock.
Rather than just relying on noise to wake me up, the Lumie clicks on a light about twenty minutes before I'm due to get up. The light then gradually increases until it's wake up time. Just in case I'm still not awake by then (it has been known for me to bury my head into my pillow) you can then set a back-up of more traditional beeping or radio to get you up.
Advantages: Because the light gradually turns up over time it catches you in a period of light sleep. This means that rather than being jolted out of sleep potentially from a deep sleep you almost feel like you've woken yourself up.
Disadvantages: The radio is a bit rubbish. Which I wouldn't mind if this were a cheap clock, but this costs £50-80 online. For that, I expect them to do better.
Despite that, I couldn't do without this in winter. Very, very highly recommended.
I bought this product, 2 years ago, as a present for my wife who found waking up on winter mornings difficult. On the plus side, it has helped this a little. On the negative side, given its price, I had expected a much higher quality product: setting the alarm accurately to the time required is very difficult (a matter of trial and error); the radio tuning control is very poor (frequency/wavelength markings are on the tuning wheel and are barely visible) and the light control switches are of very flimsy construction (I discovered this when our dimmer jammed and I looked inside to see if I could fix it).
Note also that the light cover gets extremely hot when the light is fully on, so parents of young children would be well-advised to keep it out of their reach. It's also worth mentioning that this is not a 24 hour clock, so if you don't switch off the alarm properly in the morning, the light will be heating up your bedroom in the evening!
I bought the product on the internet, without seeing a working example first; in retrospect, this was a mistake.
Wow is all I can say about this product!! For years I struggled with waking up in the mornings, especially during the winter when it was still dark when I woke up. I often found it incredibly difficult to wake up and then get going. I purchased the Lumi body clock in November last year and I haven't looked back. I wasn't convinced it was going to work but the first morning I used it, I felt much more awake when my alarm went off and was instantly able to get up. I don't tend to use the alarm on the clock - I prefer the gentle tones of my mobile but the light definitely helps. There are now often times where the light of the clock wakes me up naturally before my alarm goes off and I now tend to leap out of bed rather than pulling the duvet back over my head. I would most definitely recommend this product for anyone that struggles to wake up when the mornings are dark and anyone that suffers with mild SAD as it certainly improved my mood as well as my ability to get up. No complaints at all - am very satisfied.
Please note: this review was originally published (in a slightly different form) by me on Ciao.
Given that I hale from warmer, sunnier climes, I found my first winter in the UK very difficult, as I was having to wake up in the dark in order to get to work on time. Add to that the presence of a streetlight outside my bedroom window, forcing me to have blackout curtains on my window in order to sleep in darkness, and you can see that waking up in the morning was not fun all year round. OK, so I'm rarely one to jump out of bed with a spring in my step, but the constant darkness was beginning to make me feel like a bear who'd forgotten to hibernate.
Salvation came in the form of the Lumie Bodyclock. This is not your usual alarm clock- no annoying DJ's (although this is an option), no long, drawn out beeeeeeeeeeeps (again, also an option- more on these late). Instead the Lumie Bodyclock awakens you with a simulated sunrise. Perfect for those dark winter mornings.
How does it work?
As you can see above most of the product is taken up by a light (strictly speaking it's a light shade, with a 40 watt bulb in side). The shade has strategically placed (sunbeam effect) holes in the back, allowing the light to feel very similar to sunlight. Before you go to bed you set your alarm for when you want to wake up. Half an hour before that time the light will begin to brighten, so that its full power is reached at exactly the time you set the alarm. The result: you wake up naturally, as if the sun has woken you. If full power is too much, you can set it to a dimmer light, but I always have mine on maximum. Once it has reached the predetermined setting, the light will stay on for an hour (so that you can get ready for work) and then automatically turn off. You can, of course, turn it off manually before this time as well.
But that's not all...
As I already alluded to, there is also a radio included, which you can have set to come on at the time you want to wake up. Perfect if you are a deep sleeper and need more than just the light to wake up. Personally I find I usually wake up from the light, but I often have the radio on as well, just in case. Unfortunately, the sound quality of the radio is not great- it's analogue dial makes it difficult to tune, resulting in ever present static, and the speakers are small and tinny. In fact I find it quite annoying, and never listen to it, once it's done it's job in waking me up. (I guess it doesn't help that morning radio DJ's seem to be genetically programmed to be the most annoying people on earth). If morning radio is really not your thing, there is the old fashioned beeeeeeeeeep as an alternative.
Now, waking up is one thing, but this clock is also handy for going to sleep. How you ask? Well, when you get into bed, you set the light to your desired brightness, turn on the alarm, get out your bedtime reading, and the light will gradually dim over half an hour, until it is completely gone. You don't even have to turn it off! I love this as it allows me, in theory, to limit my bedtime reading to an alloted half hour, and to fall asleep without having to think. In practice, more often than not, I turn the light up again once it gets too dark to read and continue reading until I can't keep my eyes open any longer.
What's the catch?
These clocks are expensive, considering you can probably buy a regular alarm clock for about 10 pounds or less. These currently retail for around 90 pounds, so they are probably only really an option for people who find it impossible to wake up in the morning darkness. Unfortunately, they are also not particularly well made. The buttons used to adjust the brightness of the lamp are very easily pushed in, and then have to be carefully prised out again using a paperclip or other item (I know this from experience). I have also found that the alarm hand on the clock will move, as the other hands move, meaning that sometimes the alarm time ends up being half an hour later than what I set it for. The solution to this seems to be to push the knob at the back, which you use to set the time about half way in.
Obviously a stronger build quality and better radio would improve this product but even as it is, it's brightened those dark, cold winter days for me, and I'm not sure how'd I'd cope without it.


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Campaigners against the Quadrant development in Wyberton have seen another one of their banners destroyed.
The group says its large poster near the Spirit of Endeavour pub was damaged at some point over the weekend.
The banner – which calls for people to vote against the development in a forthcoming parish referendum – has now been replaced and the matter has been reported to the police.
Last week the group's banner in Saundergate Lane East was torn down and three small signs have also been taken down.
The banners have been made professionally at a cost of £80-100 to the group.
Campaigner Sue Bell said: "Wyberton is now a police hot spot because they have had so many of these crimes in a small space of time."
She feels the incidents merely reflect badly on her opponents, says the acts are 'childish'.
She added: "If they want to protest they can have their own banners up."
The Quadrant development, by Chestnut Homes, includes 500 houses and a new home for Boston United off the A16.
The parish referendum is due to take place at Wyberton Village Hall on June 19, from 4-9pm.
It will determine whether or not the parish is in favour of the Quadrant but may not necessarily alter the decision.
A police spokesman confirmed reports for criminal damage have been recorded.
Anyone with information should call police on 101.

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When I redesigned ThursdayFridaySaturday, I spent (wasted) an hour searching for an easy way to display the music I listen to and love quickly and easily. I was desperate to show the two visitors I've had in the past week the fact that I could go from Milli Vanilli to Minus the Bear to Murderbot without pressing the >> button on my keyboard.
Search variations on "display recently played iTunes music on blog" yielded Google pages filled with 3-year-old WordPress widgets, nightmarish server-side scripts, and iLike. iLike's not necessarily bad, but then again, it is affiliated with MySpace. I used the iLike widget for a week, but now that I've found Last.fm's sweet, sweet Scrobbler, iRealize iDon't really like iLike.
Last.fm's Scrobbler shares what you play in iTunes or Windows Media Player with your Last.fm account. Even cooler is the ability to include Pandora in the scrobble. You can hook your Scrobbler up to Twitter, Facebook, and as shown on the lower right side of this page, your own website. Cool, eh? Now I just need to make it look pretty. Maybe Milli Vanilli can help (you're welcome):


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I saw the basic "Shot Glass Ice Cube" part then immediately wondered why only one? An ice cube tray has several cups to make a bunch of ice cubes ... then I realized that sometimes the freezer gets full of stuff and a big long tray doesn\'t always fit ... so why not make an adjustable tray ??? So I did it like this ...
When I was young and drinking I always thought a standard "shot glass" was small ... hence these are oval so they give you a little extra fun ...
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They're simple ... puzzle like interlocking handles to create any length ice cube tray you want.
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Hi, I think you need to use a flexible material if banging it upside down on a table doesn't shake the ice cubes free ...
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Liesl took many classes in various forms of art and craft. She took her first jewelry making class in 2005 and then quickly joined the Professional Craft Studies Program at the Worcester Center for Crafts. Liesl then moved to Peters Valley Craft Center in Layton NJ, where she took jewelry workshops and worked for Judy Neugebauer. Liesl has been in many exhibitions including Craftforms, New Jersey Arts Annual Craft. Most recently she and her husband Steve Butler had a two person show "Co-Habitat" at ArtWrocester. She has appeared in many publications, most notably 30 Minute Earrings from Lark Books due out in July 2010
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* Gas output cut by 21 mcm/day Friday, also cut on Saturday
* Prior to incident, March output estimated at 116,000 bpd
* Unclear when output will resume
OSLO, March 15 (Reuters) - Output at the Oseberg oil and gas field in the North Sea is shut after multiple power failures and gas leaks, and the situation remains unstable, Statoil and the country's safety regulator said on Friday.
"Oil and gas production remains shut down. Crews are working hard to restore stable main power supply on board so that ... personnel can be taken on board and activities resume," Statoil said on its website on Friday.
Oseberg is one of the four fields that help establish the Brent oil benchmark.
The first power failure occurred around 1600 GMT on Thursday at the Oseberg B platform, shutting production down.
At 1650 GMT a gas leak was detected, causing staff to run for the lifeboats. At around 1730 GMT the leakage was stopped and power restored.
At 0015 GMT on Friday another gas leak was detected, this time at the Oseberg A platform, but that situation was soon resolved. Another power cut occurred later, however.
Before the outage, Oseberg's oil output was estimated to reach 116,000 barrels per day in March and 120,000 bpd in April, according to loading schedules compiled by Reuters.
Gas output at Oseberg was cut by 21 million cubic metres per day on Friday, North Sea infrastructure operator Gassco said on Friday.
"There will also be a smaller reduction for (Saturday)," it said on its website.
Oseberg is located in the northern part of the North Sea and consists of two facilities, the process and accommodation facility Oseberg A and the drilling and water injection facility Oseberg B.
"We still have an unclear situation, but it is less serious than we thought at first," said Inger Anda, a spokeswoman for the Norwegian oil safety regulator.
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway graded the incident at a 2 on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is the least serious and 5 the most serious incident.
"We will be following the situation over the weekend, especially concerning what happened on Oseberg B," Anda added. "We always look very seriously at a gas leak at a producing installation."
Close to 700 people work at the offshore centre, Statoil said.
Oseberg, which last year was Norway's eighth-biggest oil producing field and its fifth-biggest gas producer, also processes oil and gas from the fields Oseberg Oest, Oseberg Soer and Tune.
The partners in the Oseberg field are Statoil (49.30 percent), Total (10 percent), ExxonMobil (4.70 percent), ConocoPhillips (2.40 percent) and Norwegian state-owned firm Petoro (33.60 percent).


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From JOHN MICHAEL GREER
[…] What I'm saying is that any meaningful response to the crisis of our time has to begin on the individual level, with changes in our own lives. To say that it should begin there doesn't mean that it should end there; what it does mean is that without the foundation of personal change, neither activism nor community building nor anything else is going to do much. We've already seen what happens when climate activists go around insisting that other people ought to decrease their carbon footprint, while refusing to do so themselves, and the results have not exactly been good. Equally, if none of the members of a community are willing to make the changes necessary to decrease their own dependence on a failing industrial system, just what good is the community as a whole supposed to do?
A great many people like to insist that changing your own life isn't enough, and then act as though that means that changing your own life isn't necessary. Again, not so. If industrial society as a whole has to stop dumping excess carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, dear reader, that means among many other things that you, personally, have to stop contributing your share of that excess. Equally, if industrial society as a whole is running short of fossil fuels, that means among many other things that you, personally, are going to have to get used to living without them. That being the case, why not start with the part of the problem about which you can actually do something—your own consumption of fossil fuels and your own production of carbon dioxide—and then go from there?
Political activism, community building, and a great many other proposed responses to the crisis of our time are entirely valid and workable approaches if those who pursue them start by making the changes in their own lives they expect other people to make in turn. Lacking that foundation, they go nowhere. It's not even worth arguing any more about what happens when people try to get other people to do the things they won't do themselves; we've had decades of that, it hasn't helped, and it's high time that the obvious lessons get drawn from that fact. Once again, if you always do what you've always done…
That being said, here are some suggested New Year's resolutions for those of my readers who are interested in being part of the solution:
1. Caulk, weatherstrip, and insulate the place where you live. Most Americans can cut between 5% and 25% of their total annual energy use by weatherizing their homes. None of the work is rocket science; your local hardware store can sell you everything you need for a very modest amount of money, and there are plenty of sources in print and online that can teach you everything you need to know. The sooner you get to work, the sooner you start saving money, and the sooner a good chunk of your share of excess carbon dioxide stops messing with the atmosphere.
2. Make at least one commute or run at least one errand a week on foot, by bicycle, or by public transit. A great many Americans don't actually need cars at all. A good many of those who do, due to a half century of idiotic land use planning, need them a great deal less often than they think. The best way to learn this is to experience what it's like to travel by some other means. It's long past time to ditch the "yuppie logic" that suggests that it's a good idea to drive a mile to the health club to get on a treadmill and get the exercise you didn't get by walking to the health club. It's also long past time to ditch the equally false logic that insists that getting there faster is the only thing that matters.
3. If you take a vacation, take the train. Traveling by train uses a small fraction of the fuel per mile that a plane needs, and the trip is part of the vacation rather than an ordeal to endure between one place and the next. Give it a try. If you live in the US, you might also consider supporting the National Association of Railroad Passengers, which lobbies for expanded passenger rail service and offers a discount on fares for members.
4. Buy it used. This applies to everything from cars, should you actually need one, to the cheapest of trinkets. By buying a used product rather than a new one, you save the energy cost of manufacturing the new product, and you also keep things out of the waste stream. Used computers are particularly worth your while; if you live in a tolerably large urban area in the US, you can often get more computers than you need by letting your circle of friends know that you'll take used but working devices off their hands for free. You won't be able to play the latest computer games on them, sure, but if you're obsessed with playing the latest computer games, you don't need a computer; you need a life. Speaking of getting a life…
5. Turn off the boob tube. Better still, if you can talk the people you live with into it, get rid of the thing altogether. Commercial television exists to fill your brain with emotionally manipulative imagery that lures you into buying products you wouldn't otherwise need or want. Public television? Replace "products" with "opinions" and you're not too far off. (Huge rapacious corporations spend millions of dollars to fund public TV programs; I hope none of my readers are naive enough to think that these corporations do this out of some vague sense of moral obligation.) You don't need any of that stuff cluttering up your brain. While you're at it…
6. Take up an art, craft, or hobby. Once you turn off the TV, you're going to have the one luxury that nobody in a modern consumer society is ever supposed to have: actual, unstructured free time. It's worth luxuriating in that for a bit, but pretty soon you'll find that you want to do something with that time, and one of the best options is to learn how to do something interesting with your hands. Three quarters of a century ago, most people had at least one activity that gave them something creative to do in their off hours, and a good many of those activities also produced useful and valuable things. Unless you're at least seventy years old or come from a very unusual family, you have no idea how many arts, crafts and hobbies Americans used to pursue, or how little money it takes to get started with most of them. By the way, if you think you're too old to take up playing the guitar or doing some other seemingly complicated skill, you're not.
7. Do without something this year. This is the scary one for most people in today's consumer society. To be able to have something, and choose not to have it, challenges some of the deepest of modern taboos. Give it a try. The point isn't to strike an assumed pose of ecological virtue, by the way, so don't tell anybody what you're doing without, or even that you're doing without something. Nor is this about "being good" in some socially approved manner, so don't choose something that you're supposed to want to do without. Just quietly neglect to make something part of your life, and pay attention to your own emotional reactions. If you're like most people in today's America, you'll be in for a wild ride, but the destination is worth reaching.
So there you are. As we head deeper into the unknown country of 2013, have a happy and sustainable new year!


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About Chowda
My name is Adrian, currently a senior in high school, WHOOO HOOO CLASS OF 2012...and I think I'm borderline insane. Art is my passion. For as long as I can remember art possessed my brain like a mad scientists first experiment. I love to create and imagine because well....without imagination, life is just black and white.
I love to write, of course :) I also enjoy reading novels, fantasy and adventure to be specific. Aaaaaaaaaaaaand other things such as: watching movies, listening to BAD music..not really, daydreaming(95% of the time), and my newest hobby photography *snap snap smile smile*
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Perhaps most impressive in the deposit are wooden objects, including the head and upper torso of a female figurine (ca 500-450BC) wearing a peplos, or body-length garment, and a headscarf over ornately curled hair, with traces of red pigment. Also discovered among the wooden finds are fragments of ceramic vessels and flattened pieces of wood, perhaps from plank-shaped figurines.Vravrona is of course Brauron, which was famous in Antiquity for its temple of Artemis. Although Egyptian sculptures in wood survive, almost none from Greece do, because of the different climate. Wood was used not just for some of the famous old cult statues known as Xoana - the statue of Athena in the Erechtheion, the statue of Artemis at Brauron - but also for lesser objects. Small wooden sculptures have been found at Brauron in the past (see photos here).
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Despite being made fun of as a "chick flick" show, I will stand by the fact that I enjoy "Felicity". I'm not a hardcore fan, but I appreciate aspects of it. I like the show's quiet, low-key nature. Yes, every show does have some sort of crisis, but it's dealt with in a realistic manner that doesn't talk down to its audience. "Dawson's Creek" was a little similar, but where "Creek" overdiscussed and overanalyzed some of the problems the characters faced, "Felicity" knew how to let a subtle, quiet moment represent something more. The show's creator, JJ Abrams, has previously been known as a writer ("Armageddon") and producer ("Pallbearer") and has since gone on to create the intensely popular "Alias". As Abrams and co-creator Matt Reves were producer and director of "The Pallbearer", I was distinctly reminded of that film while watching some of the early moments of "Felicity" - not in terms of story or rather dark tone, mind you, but the show's dream-like visuals, marvelous sense of quiet and a good feeling for New York locations. "Felicity"'s writing, performances and character development remained above-average for its run. The show slides easily between well-played comedy and moving drama.
Despite the fact that the show is no longer on the air, the show's fanbase turned out in numbers for the DVD release of the first season, allowing for a bigger second season set that includes more involvement from the show's cast.
The show's second ("Sophmore") season was certainly dominated by the decision to chop off actress Keri Russell's famed curly hair. The hype surrounding the show became too much about "the hair" and not about the actual quality of the show, which I think eventually made the show's ratings suffer. However, the show started to get rolling in the second season, as the show started to focus and develop supporting characters more. But, regarding the show's plot, it revolves around Felicity Porter (Keri Russell, former "Mickey Mouse Club" member), who is graduating high school as the show opens, with little in the way of plans. When Ben (Scott Speedman), Felicity's secret crush, writes something in her yearbook, she changes her plans for college to head across country. When there, she falls for RA Noel (Scott Foley). That's pretty much a base for the whole show; passionate characters doing things that are spur-of-the-moment and finding the consequences of their actions - whether good or bad - and trying to learn from it.
The show's performances are universally superb. Russell's performance and the show's writing allowed the character to develop in season two. Russell carried the show superbly in the first season, which was a tough act, given how she was able to gain sympathy behind her quick college decision in season 1 quite easily. Speedman and Foley provide good support, as do Amy Jo Johnson, Greg Grunberg and Tangi Miller. Amy Smart (who also had a memorable recent spot on "Scrubs") also starts her small role during the second season.
23. Sophomoric
24. The List
25. Ancient History
26. The Depths
27. Crash
28. The Love Bug
29. Getting Lucky
30. Family Affairs
31. Portraits
32. Great Expectations
33. Help for the Lovelorn
34. The Slump
35. Truth or Consequences
36. True Colors
37. Things Change
38. Revolutions
39. Docuventary II
40. Party Lines
41. Running Mates
42. Ben Was Here
43. The Aretha Theory
44. Final Answer
45. The Biggest Deal There Is
(6 DVD Set)
The DVD
VIDEO: "Felicity" is presented in the show's original 1.33:1 aspect ratio. Image quality on the second season episodes is about the same as that of the first season set, although maybe improved slightly. Sharpness and detail are generally pleasing, although the show often has a slightly intentionally "soft" appearance. The show's cinematography is often quite attractive and beautiful (great lighting), and it's presented well here. Problems were kept to a minimum; a little bit of edge enhancement was spotted, but no compression artifacts were noted. Colors remained warm and well-defined.
SOUND: "Felicity" is presented in Dolby 2.0. The statement on the back of the packaging that the episodes have been remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 is a misprint. This is a dialogue-driven show, however, and the absence of a 5.1 presentation doesn't really make it suffer. The soundtracks kick in fairly well when the pop tunes enter, but other than that, these simply deliver dialogue with pleasing clarity.
EXTRAS: Although the first season set included a couple of commentaries from the show's creators, this season includes commentary offerings from Keri Russell, Scott Speedman, Scott Foley, Amanda Foreman, J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, Lamont Johnson, Greg Grunberg, Amy Jo Johnson and Tangi Miller. My favorite commentary of the ones offered is the one with Speedman and Russell, who absolutely have a ball (Speedman rips into "the hair", saying Russell looks like "Punky Brewster". Russell calls one moment "attack of the hair.") joking about the episode (although their curses are bleeped) and goofing on some of the events that happened throughout "Felicity". They're very, very funny together; they sound like two people at their college reunion remembering some of their more embarassing stories - and, really, they are. Russell and Foley are amusing on another track, but not nearly as entertaining as the pairing of Russell as Speedman. The commentary with the remaining members of the cast is amusing, but they concenrate a bit too much on how wonderful everyone was. There are commentaries for 5 episodes.
The last disc includes the original pilot presentation for the show, an Emmy parody ("Felicity" as "NYPD Blue", "X-Files" and "ER" - a comment of "what ratings?" in the "NYPD Blue" segment got a big laugh) and finally, a short 3-minute featurette on the casting of Keri Russell (including her audition tape).
Final Thoughts: Although I'd never been much of a fan before sitting down to watch both season sets currently out, I really have gotten to like the show and wish I'd watched it more when it was on. "Felicity" combines fine writing, great performances and a certain low-key, subtle style that's refreshing in this age of in-your-face TV. Buena Vista has improved the second season set, offering quite a bit more in the way of features and somewhat improved video quality. Recommended.


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PureDWTS Exclusive: Sharna Burgess Talks Of Keyshawn Johnson, Their Rehearsals, Costume Hints, And More
Hey All! We have a new PureDWTS exclusive interview with Dancing With The Stars pro Sharna Burgess to share…and just in time before the premiere!!! She tells us about her summer. She also talks about what it was like meeting Keyshawn Johnson and what their rehearsals have been like so far. Sharna also highlights his strengths and weaknesses. For an extra bonus, Sharna also gives us a wee hint about their costumes for tomorrow night (Say wha…. Sharna? lol). Too fun, lots more below….. and Sharna thank you thank so much!!!! Go get em tomorrow night!!xxx
Hey Sharna!! How are you? How was your summer and how does it feel to be back to work on Dancing With The Stars?
My summer was wonderful, it just went by so damn fast!!! I feel like we just finished last season! I was working a lot and then relaxing a lot too. My mum came over from Australia and stayed for 5 weeks. It was so amazing, that's the most time I've spent with my mum in 10 years, I've been away so long I usually only get 10 days over Xmas.
It feels so good to be back, and I am just so excited about this season. We are going to see some incredible dancing! We literally have people that have danced for a living in our cast, Corbin, Elizabeth, and Christina, I'm totally expecting something special from these guys. And I have a feeling Derek will make some magic with Amber, that girls personality is just heaven, so much fun and so much sass.. And we know I love sass on the dance floor 😉
It's the new format too so I'm waiting to see how it all feels just like you guys are. I will say that I'm pumped for it though, I think it's going to be great.
What was it like meeting Keyshawn for the first time?? Did you have fun in New York City with the Cast Announcement and what was the whole experience like?
It's was amazing meeting Keyshawn, I was super excited to have an athlete and his such a cool guy on top of it all. I have a lot of love for that man. His really thrown himself into this process 150%, and if there's anything I keep hearing about him it's that his driven and dedicated.
We had to rehearse in Maui for the first week, and of course that was just beautiful. I had never been to Hawaii before and I absolutely fell in love with it. I seriously want to retire there one day!
GMA was fun!! Finally getting us all in the same room was nice. There was lots of catching up and lots of introductions going on, and truly everyone on the cast is so lovely! I feel like this season is going to be fun again 🙂
How are rehearsals going for your first dance so far? Can you weigh on Keyshawn's strengths and weaknesses?
His doing great!! Our cha cha is on fire, and his really got the moves down. We have this totally awesome trick that I'm hoping wow's our audience 🙂
As far as his strengths and weaknesses go, he learns incredibly fast, his extremely visual, and has such amazing work ethic. We do it till is right, and I love that because I'm the same way.
His weakness will be speed through his movement.. Not his feet!!! But things like turning with me in frame, there is so much of him to move (His 6ft4!!) that sometimes his behind the beat a little, but we work on it every day and his improving in leaps and bounds.
The other thing for us as a couple is our height difference.. His 6ft 4 and I'm 5ft 4, we have to sacrifice his line a little bit when we are dancing in frame for our standard dances. I can only reach so high!! But I'm hoping the judges and our audience understand that.
One last question: any color hint on your first costumes (you know we had to ask you on this, right? Lol)?
Think precious metal 😉 omg this costume btw.. I'm so nervous about, not for him, for me!! It's a little crazy and I think I had too much coffee when I came up with it lol, and totally underestimated how errm… Unforgiving it will be. Believe it or not we sometime get self conscious about these costumes we wear, and this is totally one of those weeks!! Lol.
Lastly, lots of hugs and good luck! Go Get 'em!!!xxx
YAY!!! Love you guys, please vote vote vote and let's talk again soon.
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Oak Ridge Associated Universities 15-Apr-2009
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is a university consortium leveraging the scientific strength of 100 major research institutions to advance science and education by partnering with national laboratories, govt agencies, and private industry.
FuG Elektronik GmbH 06-Apr-2009
FuG Elektronik GmbH develops and manufactures highly precise low- and high- voltage power supplies for scientific applications, research and development as well as for industrial applications.
FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen 11-Feb-2009
The FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen is the Dutch national home base for research on the physics of nuclear fusion. This research is carried out as part of the European fusion research programme, with a strong focus on ITER.
Thermo Fisher Scientific 15-Jan-2009
Thermo Fisher Scientific manufactures high performance Charge Injection Device (CID) cameras for demanding imaging applications in machine vision, scientific imaging, and radiation environments.
Coulson & Associates 27-Nov-2008
Intellectual property professionals providing UK, European and worldwide patent and trademark services, highly qualified in scientific or engineering disciplines with experience of commercial research and development.
University College Cork 18-Nov-2008
University College Cork (UCC) is an internationally recognised University with an enrolment of 18,000 full-time students and a current annual spend of €200m. It is the principal university in the province of Munster and the largest outside of Dublin.
Q-par Angus Ltd 13-Nov-2008
Q-par Angus designs and manufactures discrete antennas & components and complete systems across the radio frequency spectrum. We're equipped to undertake all aspects of microwave design and consultancy, including research and development.
Oxford Instruments plc 16-Oct-2008
Oxford Instruments offers tools and processes for the precise engineering of micro- and nano-structures. Oxford Instruments plc is a global company with manufacturing facilities, offices and service centres, worldwide and an annual turnover of £180m.
General Plasma Inc (GPI) 10-Oct-2008
General Plasma is a premier supplier of plasma sources for vacuum thin film coating. GPI's patented ion sources and magnetrons advancements offer superior performance in applications such as solar energy, architectural glass and scientific research.
NanoSight Ltd 06-Oct-2008
NanoSight Ltd, of Salisbury, UK, is the world leading provider of instruments for the optical detection and real time analysis of sub-micron particles.
Quality Cryogenics of Atlanta, LLC 18-Aug-2008
Quality Cryogenics is a manufacturer of vacuum jacketed pipe and a liquid cylinder repair center. We are located in Jasper, Georgia just an hour north of Atlanta, in the North Georgia Mountains.
Marmanis Consulting Group 20-Jun-2008
Expert advice on numerical simulations in physics, finance, and engineering; and custom solutions based on soft computing (machine learning, data mining) methods for enterprise software applications.
Femto Technics Production Engineering Ltd. 16-Jun-2008
Introduce all educational setups and services for many physics Laboratories: Laser and Optics, Plasma Physics,olid State, Nanotechnology, Diagnosing techniques, Computer controlled systems and Vacuum technology.
Nature Publishing Group - London 02-Jun-2008
Nature Publishing Group: scientific and medical excellence in print and online
JLS Designs Limited 19-May-2008
The Company designs and Manufactures specialist semiconductor processing equipment. It also has a full range of Plasma Etch and Deposition equipment for the R&D Sector. Other equipment includes specialist coating, Sputter, and Thermal Evaporation.
Nature Publishing Group 01-May-2008
Nature Publishing Group: scientific and medical excellence in print and online
University of Colorado 01-May-2008
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The Royal Society (Proceedings A) 25-Feb-2008
Proceedings A is the Royal Society's flagship journal for the physical sciences, publishing peer reviewed research articles in the mathematical, physical and engineering sciences.
The Royal Society (Philosophical Transactions A) 25-Feb-2008
Each issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A is devoted to a specific area of the mathematical, physical and engineering sciences. It is an established forum and an essential read for researchers of the physical sciences.
Emente Ltd 28-Jan-2008
Emente has developed an approach to facilitate the transfer of technology out of the laboratory into manufacturing companies to enable the creation of new products and processes, with particular expertise in MNT


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Austin (Texas) Westlake quarterback Nick Foles added two quick scholarship offers from out-of-state early on the process, but has his first in-state offer in hand.
The 6-foot-5, 230-pounder received an offer from UTEP this past week and says that each offer he gets is exciting. Nothing is firm, however, with favorites or a timeframe for a decision yet.
"It's exciting," Foles said about the UTEP offer. "I really like their coach. I've heard great things about them, about their facilities, and their campus is great. I'm excited about it."
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Purdue, Nebraska, UCLA, Duke and several other schools have been by the school watching him in practice. Nonetheless, Foles is not ready to name any leaders in the race for his services.
"I mean I like all of them," Foles said. "I don't have a mail favorite right now. I'm still open to everybody."
Foles says he'll go to a couple of camps which have not been decided on. His decision will be when it feels right.
"I guess if I find the right school, I like what I see, and I sit down with my family, I'll commit at that time," he said. "I just have to make sure it's the right one. When I know what that is, I'll commit."
Foles was a first-team all-district member, honorable mention all-CenTex, and academic all-district as a junior.


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'Flying Under Radar': Southwest Airlines And Incumbents¡¯ Response To Entry
This paper investigates the competitive effect of Southwest Airlines, considering the factors affecting its decision to offer service in particular city-pairs and the effect of Southwest¡¯s presence on overall fares and the fare distribution of major airlines. Southwest is a formidable, apparently low-cost competitor when it is present it often garners a large share and creates significant fare pressure on major airlines. Despite this competitive success Southwest¡¯s network does not include service to many destinations, limiting its competitive effect. We investigate the factors affecting Southwest¡¯s decision to offer service, including the effect of Southwest on overall fares and the fare distribution of major airlines. We find that ¡®network efficiency¡¯ complementing inefficiency of hub-and-spoke network is one of the key factors explaining Southwest¡¯s selective entry and subsequent share. The ability of Southwest to offer more efficient network service then limits the markets where it operates. We also document empirical evidence that Southwest¡¯s presence decreases the fare dispersion of major airlines leading more fare reduction of high-valued customers rather than low-valued, price-sensitive customers. This results also support the hypothesis that ¡®network efficiency¡¯ is one of the key elements explaining Southwest¡¯s success.
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FANTASE Dome Fest
Let There Be Light
This Friday, the play of light along interconnected opaque and semi-opaque geodesic domes becomes a shimmering backdrop for a 6-hour festival in Santa Fe celebrating art, culture, community and dancing your ass off. At the FANTASE Dome Fest, dome-based art installations will begin to light up at dusk. They include Jacob Snider's "Tunnels," with beams and shapes projected through fog that respond to the number of visitors in the space; "Find Your Fortune" by Marion Wasserman, in which guests can view their destinies in a "crystal ball video garden"; and "Sensorius" from Española-based arts collective Domasulon, in which visitors' five senses are engaged with interactive work utilizing the outside of the domes. A skateboarding jam gets things going, then music from the Angel Babies, 3HC, Luke Carr's Storming the Beaches with Logos, Thieves and Gypsys, and As In We ensures nonstop auditory and booty-shaking pleasure. For more info, check creativesantafe.org or the FANTASE Dome Fest Facebook page. The action kicks off at 6pm in DeVargas Park (where Guadalupe Street hits West Alameda, Santa Fe), runs till midnight and costs you nothing. (Lisa Barrow)
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A multimedia, interactive light festival featuring four geodesic domes, four local bands, various kinds of art and light projects.


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Today's "Positive Thought"
I love the words from today's Positive Thought from Jeremiah 3:19: "I am happy to treat you as my child, and I hope you'll call me Father."
When I think of God being actually HAPPY to call me His child--not doing it because He has to--it changes how I think about Him in every way. And when I realize this, I'm more than happy to call Him Father.


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Sushi Bar Set
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The Sushi Bar Set is a must-have for elegant sushi meals at home.
The Sushi Bar Set consists of three components: a solid wood plank made out of a beautiful piece of pale wood. It is grooved to hold a pair of black chopsticks that are as well as a white ceramic plate for your soy sauce.
You can buy one or 4 sets for your home party! Don't forget to get a Sushi Mold and a Sushi Roller too!
Composition, dimensions and care
- Wood plank: Hinoki (Japanese cedar, a wood with natural antimicrobial qualities), 28 × 16 × 2.7 cm (11" x 6.3" x 1")
- Chopsticks: Black resin, 22 cm (8.67") long
- Soy sauce dish: White ceramic, 8.6 cm ( 3.39") diameter
Hand wash only. Do not leave the plank soaking in water for too long. Wipe with a soft dry cloth after washing. Please don't use this as a cutting board for your bread, or you will damage the surface!
A little about hinoki wood
Hinoki is a type of Japanese cedar wood. It is known to have natural antimicrobial qualities. It also absorbs excess moisture from food, making it taste better. Hinoki is used extensively for food containers, bento boxes (see our Magewappa bento boxes), and even traditional bathtubs.
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Participants running on behalf of more than 200 non-profit organizations raised $30.6 million for charity this year in the 120th running of the Boston Marathon. The overall total includes $16.5 million raised through the Boston Athletic Association's Official Charity Program, $11.26 million raised through John Hancock's Marathon Non-Profit Program, and $2.8 million raised by qualified and other invitational runners.
On a picture perfect summer day, Massachusetts native Shalane Flanagan cruised to an American record at the sixth annual B.A.A. 10K, presented by Brigham and Women's Hospital. Preparing for the Olympic Marathon later this summer, Flanagan motored her way to a time of 30:52, shattering both the national and event records. For the men, Daniel Chebii of Kenya won his American road racing debut in 27:55. In total, 7,805 participants finished this year's B.A.A. 10K, the largest in event history. The B.A.A. 10K, presented by Brigham and Women's Hospital, is an IAAF Bronze Label road race.
The Boston Athletic Association announced today that Olympic Marathoners Shalane Flanagan and Amy Cragg will return to Boston to compete in the sixth annual B.A.A. 10K, presented by Brigham and Women's Hospital, on Sunday, June 26. Flanagan and Cragg will race the B.A.A. 10K as part of their preparation for the Olympic Marathon in Rio de Janeiro, where they will comprise two of the three members of the American team.
The 2016 B.A.A. 10K, presented by Brigham and Women's Hospital, will feature one of the strongest fields in race history, bringing together Boston Marathon champions, Olympians, and international stars on the roads of Boston. The sixth annual race will be held on Sunday, June 26, starting and finishing on Charles Street adjacent to Boston Common. Racing on one of the fastest courses in the world, the event will showcase Boston's Back Bay and Beacon Hill neighborhoods.
Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, will bring her pioneering spirit to the B.A.A. 10K, presented by Brigham and Women's Hospital, on Sunday, June 26. Gibb, who was honored at April's Boston Marathon in recognition of 50 years of women's participation in the race, will take part in the sixth annual event. Gibb will also reunite with Boston Marathon champion Atsede Baysa, who gifted her 2016 Boston Marathon champion's trophy to Gibb following April's race.
Three weeks after winning the Boston Marathon, the B.A.A. announced that both open division champions Atsede Baysa and Lemi Berhanu Hayle will return to the streets of Boston on June 26 to run the sixth annual B.A.A. 10K, presented by Brigham and Women's Hospital. Baysa and Hayle, both of Ethiopia, joined the illustrious honor roll of Boston victors when they triumphed on Patriots' Day (Monday, April 18) in the 120th edition of the world's oldest and most prestigious annual marathon.
Near perfect conditions greeted the 27,491 runners who lined up in Hopkinton for the 120th running of the Boston Marathon: temperatures in the low '60s; no humidity; a gentle, cooling breeze. Ethiopia's Lemi Berhanu Hayle took supreme advantage of the crystal clear day, running away from defending champion Lelisa Desisa in grand style before breaking the tape in 2:12:45.
With just over four miles remaining in the 120th Boston Marathon, the women's podium was locked up. Joyce Chepkirui and Tirfi Tsegaye looked great, and Valentine Kipketer was still hanging on a step behind them. The trio had traversed the Newton Hills shoulder-to-shoulder, without a challenger in sight.
Boston Marathon weekend used to be all about a single 26.2 mile race on Patriots' Day. That event, of course, remains the focal point for all who flock to Beantown in mid-April. But, these days there are other events to also attract the world's attention and stoke the competitive fires on Boston Marathon Weekend. The B.A.A. Invitational Mile attracts middle, high school, and professional athletes from around the globe. That's just the way it is.
After finishing as runner-up the past two years, Heather Kampf came into the 2016 B.A.A. Invitational Mile as the heavy favorite to win the Professional Women's division. Kampf, 28, is known as the "Queen of the Road Mile," and for good reason—she's a three-time USA 1-Mile Road Champion.
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RICHFIELD, Minn., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A Minnesota man said he was shopping at a local thrift store when he spotted a letter to Santa written by his father in 1948.
David Wulff said he was shopping at Arc's Value Village thrift store in Richfield when he stopped to read a framed letter to Santa Claus hanging on the store's wall, the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press reported Thursday.
Wulff said he was shocked to find the letter, which asked Santa for a "gas station," was signed "Harland Wulff, 33377 Belding Court, Wayne, Mich."
"I called my dad from the store, and I said, 'You're not going to believe what I just found -- a letter you wrote to Santa when you were 6 years old!'" Wulff said.
"I don't know whether my grandmother had stuck it inside something that I had donated -- or if I had sold something at a yard sale and someone had donated that item. There was stuff stuck in our family Bibles, but I didn't know there was stuff stuck anywhere else."
Wulff said he purchased the letter for $3.99 and mailed it to his father.
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One year since the tragic events at Bagua in northern Peru, when armed police attacked indigenous Awajún and Wampis protesters, it is clear Peru's government has no intent to change its hostile relationship with the country's indigenous population. In a move that has provoked outrage in many quarters, President Alan Garcia recently blocked a law, voted by Congress, that would have recognized indigenous people's right to consultation about projects affecting their land – precisely one of their demands when protesting the year before.
It wasn't just the fact that Garcia blocked the law. It was the way he did it. In a response not unlike last year's, when he described the protesters at Bagua as "pseudo-natives" committing acts of "savagery" and "barbarism", Garcia returned the law to Congress with several suggested modifications and claims, including one that the "legitimacy" of indigenous organizations should be judged by Peru's Office of Electoral Processes and another that Peru's Andean communities are not really indigenous.
If you think Garcia is the only one holding such offensive views, think again. In early December 2009 a draft report written by the government commission appointed to investigate the causes of the violence at Bagua was leaked to the Peruvian press. Two members of the commission, one of whom was Carmen Gomez Calleja, a nun, quickly distanced themselves from the draft, and later refused to endorse the report even after it was finalised and major changes were made.
"Our president, Alberto Pizango, regrets the differences that have emerged between the members of the commission investigating what happened at Bagua," said national indigenous organization Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP). "He agrees with Maricarmen Gomez, who has warned how the draft report contains serious errors such as holding indigenous people responsible for the death of 34 people."
That wasn't the draft report's only error. In addition to completely failing to clarify what happened at Bagua or explain why or how so many people were killed, the draft repeatedly makes gross generalisations about "the native", claims they were manipulated into protesting by outsiders, and concludes with a series of "recommendations" to Peru's indigenous population that are so ignorant, so paternalistic and, ultimately, so offensive that they almost defy belief.
"The native is handicapped by race, by being indigenous, by living in the rainforest," reads one sentence in the draft's second paragraph. "The current situation in the Amazon means that the native must revise his culture and social, political and religious structures," reads one recommendation. Another: "The natives need to adapt to a globalization model inspired by an authentic humanism." Another line reads: "The natives should abandon their belief that all people are equal..."
Reaction to the draft was scathing:
"The antithesis of a serious work of investigation," said a spokeswoman from Peru's Institute of Legal Defence.
"Shot through with stereotypes of a culture it knows nothing about," added one columnist from the La República newspaper.
"Not the result of sober investigation. It oozes racism, treating indigenous people as ignorant and incapable," said Bartolomé Clavero, a member of UN's indigenous issues forum and a regular commentator on Peru.
For Peruvian anthropologist Alberto Chirif, the draft could almost have been written 100 years ago. "Handicapped by race, by being indigenous, by living in the rainforest? Nothing could be further from the truth," said Chirif. "This is an old strategy, used by the rubber barons a century ago who said indigenous people couldn't testify about the torture they had experienced or the number of people who had died because they were racially incapable of doing so."
Even more extraordinary is what the draft report says about "uncontacted" tribes: that's to say, indigenous people living in the remotest parts of the Amazon who have no contact with outsiders and are very vulnerable to contact because of their lack of immunity to disease. In Peru, two of the most common Spanish terms for these groups are "indígenas aislados", the term often used in the draft, or "indígenas no contactados", used by President Garcia in his recent letter to Congress blocking the law.
The draft report makes several unlikely, unsubstantiated claims about the aislados. At one point, it says that members of one group, when "they finish studying at university", intend to "kill the people who call them aislados because this misleading term is impeding their ability to develop." At another, it says some aislados, unhappy about being called that, have threatened to kidnap an oil company worker "so they can show the whole world they're not aislados and deserve help like anyone else."
The leaked draft also makes several unsubstantiated accusations against those working in support of the aislados' rights. It accuses NGOs of condemning them to live "underdeveloped" lives and causing "injustice that will provoke violence", and anthropologists of being "racist", "romantic", inventing the idea of an "isolated native", violating their rights, committing "scientific fraud" and "ethnocide." Calling them aislado is a "time bomb", states the report.
Just to be clear, the people who NGOs and anthropologists say live "without contact" do just that. Although it is true that has not always been the case – e.g. some groups had contact during the "rubber boom" 100 years ago and then retreated into isolation after so many indigenous people were killed – today sightings of them are rare, encounters rarer still. Contrary to what the draft claims, there are no aislados studying for a degree.
"The report tries to discredit those working in defence of isolated tribes by using an argument that is absolutely mistaken and fallacious," said Beatriz Huertas, a Peruvian anthropologist and the author of one of the few books about Peru's aislados, called "Indigenous Peoples in Isolation in the Peruvian Amazon". "The fight for their rights is about ensuring their existence and survival on the grounds that they have the right to decide how they live. It's about respecting their rights to self-determination."
Ultimately, in addition to everything else that is wrong with it, the draft report must be seen as an explicit attack on the aislados and those working to ensure their rights are respected. The reason for this attack is obvious. In recent years, as Peru's government has opened up more and more of the Amazon to oil and gas exploration, an increasing number of people, in Peru and internationally, have spoken out in defence of those, i.e. the aislados, who are most likely to be affected.
David Hill is a researcher with Survival. Republished from Upside Down World
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Peruvian Government Draft Report Buries the Truth about Bagua, Resurrects Racist Stereotypes
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magic smoke: ESC killed motor, or motor ESC ?
Maybe some of you can offer some insight:
My EMAX 2805 2850kV gave off magic smoke - and I don't know if it was the Turnigy 12A ESC (which was, admittedly, a bit too small for the 16A or thereabouts whicht the motor draws on 3s using TGS 4,5x4,5) which had died first and shorted one of the phases - OR if it was bad insulation of the motor windings which resulted in a short there.
Last time I was firing up the motor to see if the vibrations are ok (if not i rotate the prop a bit on the shaft until I get good balance) I noticed that the RPM sounded rather low, but not having flown the Microjet for some time I thought, hey I am used to the hight EDF pitch, it might be me.
But after some two minutes of flying, the motor stops rather violently. I glide the plane down and hurry for lunch, I was late anyway. After lunch and coffee, rather carefree, next attempt. Less than a minute in the flight, the motor stops suddenly, very abruptly, again (not in the way it does when the ESC gets too hot or when I reach LVC). I glide down, and before landing I attempt to restart again, and there's a smoke from the motor. Also, there is smell coming from the ESC, but the shrink wrap is ok.
At home I fire the thing up again, ESC giving the usual beeping tones for 3s, and as soon as I apply throttle, a LOT of smoke comes from the windings.
Cutting the shrink wrap off from the ESC reveals a burnt transistor...
Since the motor was running rather cool (at least the bell was always cool to the touch) I was thinking that it must have been the ESC giving up ghost and shorting one phase - but I am not sure, and I have never read that a dying ESC would overload a motor. It could still have been bad insulation on the wires.
What do you think? In the attached picture you also see the heat sink (its backside with the burnt double sided sticky tape)...
Thanks for taking some time to ponder and answer.
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I have never heard of an ESC killing a motor. I suppose in some situations it's possible.
Bad motors (shorts and bad connections) create a dead short and will kill and ESC in very short order.
I'm a bit confused. By your own statement it appears the motor was no good. You put a shorted motor on an ESC it will fry
[which had died first and shorted one of the phases - OR if it was bad insulation of the motor windings which resulted in a short there].
you are right, I was very stupid to connect the battery again and see what happens AFTER I had seen some smoke, not doing that might have saved the ESC - if, that is, the ESC was not the culprit and had died in the first place.
Well, it wasn't completely dead when I last connected it because it made all the right tones, and supplied juice when I opened the throttle.
All very stupid, a short circuit in my brain.
But still: Anybody out there who has ever seen an ESC dying and killing a motor thereafter by a short circuit or such? I have never heard or read about that either, but some claim that a dead FET might also create a short. Don't know...
Generally, a short in the ESC or in the motor connection wires will kill the ESC, not the motor, because the current will flow through the short instead of through the motor.
Chances are your motor failed -- maybe a bad winding, maybe damage to a winding, or maybe even a bearing failing that caused it to draw more amps than before (happened to me recently).
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Hot on the heels of Smashed and The Spectacular Now director James Ponsoldt taking on an adaptation of the young adult novels The Pure Trilogy, a more familiar name is heading into tween territory as well. Shailene Woodley is already confirmed to lead Summit Entertainment's adaptation of Veronica Roth's book Divergent, the first in a hopeful trilogy of movies, and now Variety reports Kate Winslet is currently in talks to take an unknown role. Directed by Neil Burger (Limitless) the story is set in a dystopian future Chicago with the city separated into five factions, so it has shades of The Hunger Games, hence the appeal.
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In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.
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