Save Wolves from Dirty Oil

Posted on February 13, 2012

Tar sands operations in Canada are pushing woodland caribou to the brink of extinction as their habitat is destroyed. Incredibly, Canada’s proposed solution is to kill the wolves that prey on caribou, instead of protecting their habitat.

The massive Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline would greatly expand destructive tar sands development–and would mean fewer caribou and fewer wolves.

Last month, President Obama made the right decision by rejecting the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline–which would pump nearly one million barrels per day of tar sands oil through America’s heartland–but the fight against dirty oil is far from over as Congress continues to try to force approval of the dangerous project.

Urge Congress to reject the pipeline here.

via National Wildlife Fund

Homemade whole wheat creamy macaroni and cheese

Posted on February 11, 2012

Recipe from 100 Days of Real Food.

Just having a snooze again

Posted on February 10, 2012

Reblog: Microscopic Video of White Blood Cell Attacking Cancer Cell

Posted on February 10, 2012

In this microscopic video by University of Cambridge researchers, a killer T cell from the immune system attacks a cancer cell.

“Cells of the immune system protect the body against pathogens. If cells in our bodies are infected by viruses, or become cancerous, then killer cells of the immune system identify and destroy the affected cells. Cytotoxic T cells are very precise and efficient killers. They are able to destroy infected or cancerous cells, without destroying healthy cells surrounding them.”

via Laughing Squid

Charge your Fitbit with an iPhone charger

Posted on February 9, 2012

Pro-tip from Fitbit tech support for charging your Fitbit when away from your computer:

You can plug the [Fitbit] base station into any adapter that has a USB outlet. For example, if you have an iphone you can plug the base station into the outlet adapter on your iphone charger. It just won’t sync until you plug it into the computer. You can purchase a USB outlet adapter for about $10 if you don’t already have one.

Handy tip if you plan on traveling without your computer (as I plan on doing in a couple of months). Thanks Fitbit support!

Detroit Red Wings’ first outdoor game was in prison

Posted on February 9, 2012

As a Detroit sports fan I love the Red Wings, and I’m excited to hear that the Red Wings will host the Maple Leafs for the 2013 NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium.

The Red Wings posted about their first outdoor ‘Winter Classic’, which (no joke) was played at a maximum-security prison against the Marquette Prison Pirates in 1954.

There was nothing ‘usual’ about the Wings’ visit. They were invited by a warden to play an outdoor game – the first in franchise history – inside the razor wire-topped stone walls and armed watchtowers of the state’s most notorious maximum-security prison.

Clearly, the game 58 years ago had a far different ambience then the last time the Wings played outdoors in the 2009 Winter Classic at Chicago’s Wrigley Field or will when the Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs play at Michigan Stadium on New Year’s Day.

“I was never concerned because I figured that I could take care of myself,” said Wings legend Ted Lindsay, of playing against murderers, arsonists, bank robbers and assorted other degenerates. “But I felt very strongly from having been close to them in the summertime and mingling with them that there was no reason to be worried.”

[...] To make things interesting, the Wings swapped a few players, trading goalie Terry Sawchuk, among others, and exchanged one set of defensemen, said Lindsay, who skated on the opposite wing as Howe with an inmate as their centerman.

Howe then skated the second half of the game with the prison’s wear a No. 16 Pirates’ jersey. [Read the full post...]