September 2004 The Shoreline Page 11 Habitat for Humanity Bill Keefe, president of Crystal Coast Habitat for Humanity, presents a Bible to Ivana James for use in her new home in Morehead City. The house, built with funds raised last year at the annual Habitat for Humanity Golf Tournament atBogue Banks Country Club, was dedicated in July and Ms. James and her two children are now settling in. At right is Ted Lindblad, president ofBogue Banks Country Club where the 2004 Habitat Tournament will again be held this November. A goodly number ofPKS residents, many of them members of the golf club, worked on construction of the house. Both Keefe and Lindblad live in PKS and urge support of the tournment by their neighbors. The cost of Habitat houses is repaid by the recipients through zero percent mortgages and by participation in construction. Habitat, whose aim is to eliminate substandard housing, calls its efforts "A Hand Up, Not a Handout". 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While at the hospital, the doctor who was attending to him stated that this is a fairly common occurrence and water alone should never be heated in a microwave oven. If water is heated in this manner, something such as a wooden stir stick or a tea bag should be placed in the cup to diffuse the energy. Here is what a science teacher has to say on the matter; “Thanks for the microwave warning. I have seen this happen before. It is caused by a phenomenon known as super heating. It can occur any time water is heated and will particularly occur if the vessel that the water is heated in is new. What happens is that the water heats faster than the vapor bubbles can form. If the cup is very new then it is unlikely to have small surface scratches inside it that provide a place for the bubbles to form. As the bubbles cannot form and release some of the heat that has built up, the liquid does not boil, and the liquid continues to heat up well past its boiling point. 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