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Scott Hagerman passes along news of yet another recall of Sony laptop batteries. The batteries in question, manufactured in the same timeframe as those involved in the massive 2006 recall, are in laptops sold by HP, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Acer. Neither Apple nor Sony itself used these batteries in their laptops. This time 100,000 batteries are involved — 65,000 of them sold outside of the US — vs. the 10 million recalled in 2006. The Consumer Product Safety Commission fielded 19 reports of batteries overheating and/or catching fire.
Early Life
Little is known of Goa Tse's early life. He first comes into prominence as a courtier during the reign of the Zhou Ophile Dynasty. China during the 4th Century BCE was a time of transition, with invaders from both the west and east infringing upon the kingdom's territory. It was into this maelstrom of activity that the young Goa Tse began to expound a new approach to life. Whilst meditating on the First Noble Truth of the Buddha: "Existence is suffering", Goa Tse attempted the complicated Yoga maneuver "Rabbit digs the burrow", and discovered his personal path to enlightenment.
Expansion as a Martial Artform
The Gloom Temple of Goa Tse in Q'ake Tu
The Gloom Temple of Goa Tse in Q'ake Tu
Goa Tse realised the potential chi energy in his meditative practices could be harnessed and used for defence as well as meditation. Thus did he develop the martial art now known as Goa Tse Do or "Way of the Expanding Ring".
Goa Tse realised that energy was needlessly wasted performing the complicated forms that traditional Kung Fu training focused on. He believed that just one manoeuvre, performed correctly, could prevent a confrontation before it occurred. For the next eight years, he meditated silently on the issue of how this ultimate move could be executed, all the while performing the stretching exercises that helped to purify his thoughts.
In his eighth year of meditation, Goa Tse was disturbed by bandits who came to raid his temple. As they approached, Goa Tse calmly walked out of the front gate, turned his back to them, and lifted his ceremonial robes. The bandits apparently laughed but for a second, until Goa Tse expanded himself to his fullest extent. The story has it that the bandit leader dropped dead on the spot, whilst the others recoiled in horror and rode off vomiting profusely.
Few Goa Tse Do practitioners are thought to exist today; however, if you really want to go there, you could probably find a few of them on the Internet. But don't say we didn't warn you.
Goa Tse Fortune Telling Methodology
Goa Tse's method for solving the fortune telling hexagram was to try to press down six coloured sticks into a narrow bottle. The number of sticks that broke told him the answer. Over time changes were incorporated into the system, first eight sticks, then ten sticks, then large projectile plugs, each having a specific meaning to the practitioner.
Famous Goa Tse Quotes
* The wider the Gate, the closer to Paradise
* Just like the Sage who opens to the higher, Goa Tse opens his lower
* The foundation for enlightenment is to ensure a good grounding
* The foolish man remains closed and tight, the wise man stretches himself in every way
* In the center, there is void
* Enlightenment cannot be attained until the fourth eye is wide open
* Small person, large receptacle
* Open it, and it shall receive
Great Works
Goa Tse is famed as the author of a number of key books detailing not only the Goa Tse branch of Taoism, but also aspects of other eastern paths, and a treatise on I Ching.
His surviving works include:
* Ka Ra Te Dong - The Way of the Clenched Fistãï¼åççæï¼
* Hung Wang - Stretching Exercises for Tai Chi
* Meh It'ching - I Ching for Beginners
* Sum Bum Fun - Crouching Actress, Hidden Baseball Bat [1]
* Sum Yung Ho - Parable of a Delinquent Schoolgirlãï¼æYæ(TM)æï¼
* Sum Phat Bi Zi - Describes Methods of Dealing with Annoying Backstabbers
* Wang Ke Wo Ma- Kamasutra for Beginners