Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Digital Live Sound Video: Northbound First Transit 2008 Ford paratransit bus returning to the garage. Glenview Illinois USA. Early April 2009.
I photographed this digital live sound video after work one day.
I am employed as a Paratransit Driver / Handicapped Bus Operator, and I love My job.
We are on the west side of Lehigh Avenue in north suburban Glenview Illinois looking south. One of My fellow drivers is viewed returning to My company's nearby garage at the end of the day. This fellow driver is operating a "New" 2008 Ford paratransit bus that was recently acquired last Autum at the First Transit garage.


Have you ever seen such a happy African violet? The girls gave me this plant 2 years ago for Mother's Day. It wasn't doing too well so I bought a new pot at IKEA. I think there must be 15 blooms on it at least. Its very happy in this spot.
We have a bunch of old doors outside that we plan to use to build a headboard one day. They came from an old house down the road. I moved a couple to use as a backdrop for my mannequin. Between the last two, I discovered a black widow. I am leaving her. She isn't hurting anyone. I peek at her every day and she just sits protecting her egg sacks. After she dies, we'll move the sacks somewhere further away.
The last of the tomatoes, still hanging on. We are still having 80+ degree days so we are still getting a few. The rest of the garden has already been tilled under.


You know what? Eli and Toggle usually despise photographs of flowers. Oh wow! Another photo of something that's prettier in real life than on film... it just seems like such a typical, boring thing to shoot. However, this time Eli may have got a bit carried away on her last diana mini film, taking photos of flowers. Its spring...so that's the excuse she's going to go with.


Folded metal box
Raspberry Pi Home Automation
Custom Discovery Roof Rack
August, 2012 - Sierra Backpacking
July 22nd, 2012 - Hiking in Santa Barbara
July 15th, 2012 - Valley of Fire
May 5th, 2012 - Afton Canyon
April 28th, 2012 - Devils Playground
Convict Creek Trail
January 2012 - Mustangs
January 3rd, 2012 - Heart Lake
August 7th, 2011 - Kelso Dunes
August 5th, 2011 - Lundy Canyon Hike
August 2011, Mammoth Archery
Birds in the garden
June 4th, 2011 - San Gorgonio
May 29th, 2011 - Sequoia National Forest
April 23rd, 2011 - Living Desert
April 2nd, 2011 - Death Valley
March 8th, 2011 - Mountain Palm Springs
February 13th, 2011 - Iron Smelt
November 13th, 2010 - Mojave
October, 2010 - Mammoth
September, 2010 - Mammoth
September, 2010 - Duck Lake Trail Backpacking
Iron bloom forging
August 28th, 2010 - Mt. San Jacinto
OSM Import: US Designated Wilderness
July 25th, 2010 - Mojave Mustangs
July 17th, 2010 - Mojave Exploration
Bloomery furnace iron smelting
Open Street Map: Mojave Project
June 13th, 2010 - Mojave
June 6th, 2010 - El Cajon Trails
Wolf Mountain Sanctuary
March 28th, 2010 - Salton Sea
March 21st, 2010 - South Main Divide
March 13th, 2010 - Anza Borrego Wildflowers
March 7th, 2010 - CSULB Japanese Garden
February 2010 - Mammoth
Dakota and Asha Celebrate Christmas, 2009
November 21st, 2009 - Mojave Road
November 14th, 2009 - Anza Borrego
Exploring The East Mojave: The Afton Canyon Area
Broken flex plate
Remote Image Serving
Astro/night photography in Inyo National Forest
Wild Mustang Sightings
September 26th, 2009 - Night Photography In Frazier Park
August 15th, 2009 - Catalina dive trip
January 24th, 2009 - Mojave Exploration
July 2008 Mammoth Vacation
President Barack Obama!
April 12th, 2008 - Wildflowers and Landmarks
My Grandfather's Alfa Romeo Spider
March 8th, 2008 - Carrizo Plain
Bridge To Nowhere
October 20th, 2007 - Big Bear Camping
October 22nd, 2007 - Fire
Scottish Highlands, Aug 7th, 2006
Scottish Highlands, Aug 6th, 2006
August 5th, 2007 - Duck Lake Trail
May 26th, 2007 - Kelso Dunes
Culloden Battlefield, Aug 5th, 2006
May 20th, 2006 - Irwindale Renaissance Faire
Edinburgh, Aug 4th, 2006
The Clifs of Moher, Aug 3rd, 2006
The Burren, Aug 2nd, 2006
Bunratty Castle, Aug 1st, 2006
May 5th, 2007 - Mojave
Truck Audio/Data Network
2007 - Master Bath Remodel
The Ring of Kerry, Jul 31st, 2006
Victory in 2006!
Blarney and Killarney, Jul 30th, 2006
Dublin and Cork, Jul 29th, 2006
Dublin, Jul 27th & 28th, 2006
What Can I Do?
April 30th, 2006 - Anza Borrego
New desktop: Intel 805 D
Jan 7th and 14th, 2006 - Hiking
Whiting Ranch Hiking
Digital Photography with Linux
September 5th, 2005 - Living Desert
August 19th, 2005 - Mammoth
Hiking and Photography
July 30th, 2005 - Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary
Death, Fright and Photography
May 14th, 2005 - Red Rock
April 2nd, 2005 - Death Valley
Count Every Vote Act of 2005
Linear Logic ScanGuage
November 6, 2004 - Mojave
Super Tuesday, 2004
Canon A80 Camera
Jul 25, 2004 - Death Valley
May 4th, 2004
Landscaping - My Front Slope
Stump Pullin' Yeeee Haw!
Feb 22nd, 2004
Feb 16th, 2004
PostgreSQL Logfile Analysis
Mountains? Desert? Jan 30th, 2004
Jan 28th, 2004
Ceiling Cargo Basket
Front Bumper Version 2
Land Rover Valve Jobs
The Matrix: Revolutions
Greg Davis CDL Linkage
Mom's Turkey Gravy
Julian Pie Company
The KB1DIG 2-meter Halo Antenna
Gardening is hard!
Aug 13th, 2003
SQL and Perl
Jul 9th, 2003
Jun 17th, 2003
Some People's Comments
Dakota is a silly dog
The Matrix: Reloaded
Chris' Stage Bottle Harness
April 23rd, 2003
DVD Burning Under Linux
My Satellite Phone
My Near-Death Experience
Laser Cannon Revival
Front Bumper, Version 2
KPC 3 Plus and HTX-252
Moving, moving moving...
New new house
In Truck Dr. Pepper
My Favorite Toilet
Late Thoughts: Dr. Pepper Cooler
265/75-R16 Tires on a DII
George W. Bush
Horses Sep 14 2002
Sawdust Bellydancing 2002
August 17th Yukon Dives
My Custom Front Bumper
Bracketless, Renamable Links
Jul 28 2002 Day Trip
Jedi Group, my T1 and money
A Bumperless Discovery!
My Custom Rear Bumper
Vanessa's 24th Birthday
Jun 30th Dive to Long Beach Canyon
PHP/PostgreSQL String Quoting
Tonsillectomy, Uvulaectomy and Turbinite Reduction
240 Watt CO2 Laser Cannon
The Tulsa Rib Company
The quality of hard disks these days
Email notification of articles
Email notification of comments
erikburrows.com source code
Renisance Faire Jun 9, 2002
Computers hate me, and it is mutual.
Star Wars Sucks!
Horses, Jun 1, 2002
Land Rover Mileage
Insomnia, Robin goes evil.
100 Watt Diode Laser Test Firing 1
2001: A Space Odyssey
TDI Deco Class
Horses, Apr 30, 2002
My Truck Batteries
The Zope Bible
100 Watt Diode Laser
The New www.erikburrows.com
Hunter the Kitty
Matts Desert Pics
|240 Watt CO2 Laser Cannon -   2002/06/26||Viewed 128 times this month, last update: 2004/01/18|
|Chris Bell and I are the proud owners of a non-functional high-power laser. It's the largest of our collection of lasers, with the 100 Watt Diode Laser #2. We are in the long-slow process of getting it functional again, after it was dismantled. For the full history, look at Chris's web site
here. Below are the pictures taken by Matt Bell when Chris and I were initially testing head. We found out that night that the mirrors were out of alignment, which is what stopped us since then. Aligning those mirrors will be painful, but we'll do it someday.|
The laser head unit. It is about four feet long, with steel plates on the end, and 1
inch steel bars holding in the optical cavity, which is the black tube in the middle
of the enclosure. It is actually two tubes, which make up the two halfs of the
The optical cavity is bent at the rear, with two 45 degree mirrors. So both the full
and partial mirrors are at the front.
The orange tubes everywhere are the coolant tubes. They go from all parts of the head
(including all four mirrors) to the coolant pump/head exchanger, which keeps the
coolant flowing, and cool. The white tubes are the gas lines, leading from the laser
gas tank (a mixture of CO2, N2 and He.) to the vacuum pump, which keeps the head at
a near perfect vacuum. The black wires are the high voltage wires, temporarily leading
to a neon sign transformer for low-power testing.
Chris and I working on the system.
The front of the head, with the aiming laser and beam bending optics holder removed.
Chris working on his voltage rectifier.
Let there be light! This is the correct collor for the electrical arc in a CO2 laser.
If we have ARC, all we need is mirror alignment!
The head, durring low-power testing. You can see the arc light from the electrode
Both sides of the head lit up. At this stage, we got a moon-shaped light spot on the
target, telling us the mirrors are mis-aligned.
David Gysen (2003-07-02): Hello Erik,
I like your very cool site, beautifull laser photo's , very hightech... I was thinking of using a laser diode to blast those radars they put up on crossroads, and police radar guns, I calculated that with a beam opening of 15* and 100 watt laser in 1/10 pulse duty cycle gives about a KW of power this would overload their camera (for ever ??)It would be triggered on the rising edge of the flash they use (IR and visual light) and beamed at an angle of ~45* upwards.. have you done anything like this ...what say ???
David ON1GD (HF to 23 cm)
Erik (2003-07-02): I'm not sure it's such a terribly good idea to create a device that automatically generates 1kw pulses of IR energy. Legal issues aside, it could easily blind lots of people.
A better way might be to create the device to send a jamming signal back when a lidar (or similar) signal is detected. Pulses of varrying strength (at fractions of a watt) at varrying times.
John (2003-12-11): Wow.... this is f*ing crazy! Way to go!
Lacy-Jane Wilson (2004-01-18): I think that erik Griffin,Acey salde are very sexy. Andd i love your truck.
Dave (2005-10-22): What do you use it for ...?
Erik (2005-10-25): The CO2 laser is still in non-working condition. I would like to use it to cut metal, and various experimentation, but the chances of that happening with this laser looks pretty slim at this point.
greg (2006-03-16): hey thats really cool. im sure u guys cand acomplish the simple task of aligning the mirrors, u did it once right.
Erik (2006-03-17): No, we have never aligned the mirrors.
Lasergeek (2006-03-24): Ever looked at Sam's Laser FAQ for ideas on getting this to work?
Lots of stuff on CO2 lasers as well.
Watch your eyes, guys.
Erik (2006-03-25): Sam's FAQ is a great site! It has provided much inspiration.


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Sunday, June 22, 2008
When it rains...
We're stil at Bluegrass. It's raining ice. I don't know if this sleet, hail or frozen rain. We're safe and dry in an empty tent adjacent to our tarp. It's only party cloudy, so it probably won't last very long.


More on Saying "I Don't Know"
In our latest podcast, “Why Is ‘I Don’t Know’ So Hard to Say?,” Levitt talked about how it is practically forbidden in the business world to say that you don’t know the answer to a question, lest you be deemed incompetent or irrelevant.
That idea has generated some reader feedback that I thought was interesting enough to share. First, from Mike Wrubel, an office manager for a medical practice in Elkhart, Indiana:
I would generally agree with the notion that people in business are very much inclined to not say “I don’t know.” I have worked in the same hospital for 20 years, and while I am very comfortable saying it, not everyone else is. I think people fear being perceived by others as they are not paying attention to their work, or being seen as incompetent, or that it’s their job to “know.” I feel that by being honest, I’m more grounded in my decision-making. I’m more likely to operate on what are known points of data, and will seek out that information that I need to know in order to make a better decision, and my staff and superiors know exactly where I’m at because they don’t have to guess if I’m being honest or stretching things. I think there’s a real danger that a culture can develop where people feel the need to guess at, or worse, totally confabulate an answer just to avoid the perceived impacts of saying “I don’t know.” I’m lucky enough to work in an organization where saying “I don’t know” is okay, as long as you’re able to also say, “I’m willing to do my best to find out those answers.”
A reader named Justin Landis, a project manager at PlayXpert Consulting, sent along an interesting blog post he wrote in response to the podcast. A highlight:
[T]hose of us who live in the business world are certainly incentivized to focus on what we know over what we don’t know. And whether we’re talking about closing a deal with an important client or simply competing with peers for a limited number of positions in a given field, this holds true. By highlighting what we know and tactfully hiding what we don’t, we present the illusion of mastery, and this is thought to (and generally does) inspire confidence in our ability to execute. The incentive here is clear, and the results are pretty clear as well, at least in my experience. The unintended consequence is that while we’re all focusing on what we know and making sure others are aware of those things, there is still a lot that we don’t know. In some cases, we may not even really know what we don’t know. And this is the most dangerous place to be in.
And Kendon Luscher, managing editor of igohardnow.com (“a blog about life, the universe, and basketball”) challenged Levitt’s career advice to a teenager who hasn’t yet found a passion in life other than videogames:
I think you guys perhaps missed something when responding to the kid who didn’t know what he wanted to do with his life. I was completely with you until you told him to stop spending time playing videogames (the only thing he is passionate about) and start doing other stuff because he won’t make a six-figure salary playing videogames.
A few points about that:
- People do make a lot of money playing videogames competitively — although I can understand why nobody would want to encourage that. It is unlikely something like that would actually pan out for the kid.
- More realistically, maybe the kid could use his passion for playing videogames and turn it into something else. He could be a videogame developer. He could figure out a position at a large videogame company (these are corporations after all) that he would maybe be interested in. He could be a videogame journalist. Some of these jobs are six figure salaries and some aren’t, but they all take the passion of playing videogames and turn them into something useful.
- Some people are happy working their dream job without making six figures. It’s a little offensive to those of us who are poor to imply that a job that doesn’t make a lot of money isn’t worthwhile. I assume that wasn’t your intention, but that’s how it came off.
You should have suggested that this kid should consider these job options within the area of his current passion. If none of these sound interesting to him, then your original advice becomes the best advice. However, it isn’t cool to automatically state that an interest something like videogames will never yield any kind of success. That could be like telling fourteen year old Lebron James to stop playing basketball because it is only a game and he should focus on something more meaningful. Sometimes the games of our youth become our careers.
Good stuff all, many thanks for feedback.


Title - Incinerate (Explosive #2)
Author - Tessa Teevan
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Cover Design: Wicked by Design
Cover Model: Joshua Saari
Cover Photographer: Josh Norris
Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/hPsctEx8jCQ
When Knox Wellington opens the door to Charlie Davenport, he's not expecting the fiery brunette with whiskey colored eyes and a feisty personality. Sparks fly immediately, even though their initial meeting is nothing but hostile. Their chemistry is undeniable, but the chip on Knox's shoulder threatens to destroy any hope of him wooing the sweet, southern volunteer sent to help with his rehabilitation.Little does he know she's no Southern Belle, as she gives as good as she can take. As unexpected circumstances push them closer together, heads butt, patience is tested, and flames ignite as they dance around their mutual attraction, both of them jaded from broken pasts.
They've both been burned before, so when their feelings of lust, desire, and wanting are inflamed in the heat of the moment, will they finally be able to get over the pain of the past or will their relationship be reduced to ashes before it can ever really begin?
*While this book is a standalone, characters from Ignite, book 1, will appear in Knox's story.
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Incinerate (Explosive #2)
5 Hot Steamy Stars
Let me just go ahead and start this off with a warning- when you start this book, you will not come up for air or enter the regular world again until the very last page. And even then, when you finish, you will be left sitting there thinking how totally AWESOME the book you just read was and wanting to live the lives of the characters that you have just fallen in love with. This is the second book in a series, but can be read as a standalone since it's about different main characters, which to me, keeps the story fresh.
So, I bet you can guess now that I absolutely LOVED this book. And one of the things, or people, I loved the most is Mr. Hot and Handsome himself, Knox Wellington! Whew, let me stop and fan myself for a minute. This man has got it all and absolutely makes my panties melt. He is one of those guys who is a little rough around the edges and is still dealing with his own demons. After being injured in the war, he finds himself back home being cared for by Charlie. Now, I know I said I loved Knox, but I loved Charlie too! I found it completely refreshing that she wasn't one of the little pushover heroines who is in need of being rescued. She is headstrong, stubborn, and no pushover in any way. Even though Knox is completely opposed to someone helping him, Charlie won't take no for an answer. Their love wasn't one of those that was an instant love either. They are both extremely stubborn and have major trust issues. I loved their back and forth and when they would butt heads. And as you can imagine, this book is filled with hot steamy sexual tension that just overflows out of the pages. The chemistry between the two continues to build up until it finally bursts with some awesome sex scenes that will leave you blushing.
Overall, Tessa Teevan has written a wonderful story that is filled with detailed characters. The story is very much plot driven and progresses with a natural flow. I can not wait for more wonderful stories from Tessa Teevan!
Ignite (Explosive #1)
About the AuthorI'm a twenty six year old book junkie who is also obsessed with sports. Bengals, Buckeyes, Reds are my teams! I work for the government during the day, hang out with Air National Guard on the weekends, and have been married to my own book boyfriend for over seven years. We currently live right outside of Dayton, OH with our two cats.
If I’m not writing or looking through tons of photos of hot men, all in the name of research, then you can probably find me curled up with my Kindle, ignoring the rest of the world. I love my sports almost as much as I love my books. My other obsessions include red wine, hot men, country music, and all things Grace Potter.
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What does prom night feel like, I wonder? I avoided my own because I was shy, and didn't know how to dance (still don't). Why is it such a big deal, I wonder? I'm beginning to wonder if it's because of the expectations, the possibility that anything can happen. Whether it's because it's a checkpoint in life. Why am I even thinking about prom night right now?!


From Nat'l Geographic.
Skull found in Ethiopia apparently bridges some of the gap in the fossil record between modern h. sapiens and h. erectus. Interesting, to say the least. Apparently undiscovered until now, and the article states there are 3 ! different homind species that might have led to the evolution of modern humanity.
Also related: Early Humans Prey, not Predators.
Apparently great, great, etc grandpa was constantly on the run from those pesky saber tooths. The only thing that may have saved us is cooperative groupings. Current primate species behavior comes to mind -- a couple of young males serve as lookouts while the rest of the band feeds.
"Early humans survived while other primate species died out because our ancestors cooperated to alter their surroundings, the researchers say.
This cooperation deflected the risk of predation onto other nearby prey species, which became more vulnerable because early humans weren't as easy to catch. "
Being more difficult to catch, the big cats that preyed upon early humans shifted their diet to other species. Way to go, grandpa.


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Getting your child to sleep through the night can be challenging. But poor sleep habits will almost certainly affect their overall health and can create a cycle of exhaustion and frustration that affects the whole family.
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Monday, July 31, 2017
Cursor offset problem in Pixeur or Pixie?
The cause? I had my display set to enlarge text etc to 125%.- and it seems that these programs don't make allowance for any such adjustment.
Resetting to 100% got rid of the offset.
A sad choice - between being able to use these handy programs, and having nice large text that makes for relaxed reading by older eyes.


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TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A Topeka pumpkin patch ran into some trouble with its credit card scanner. And it’s more like a Halloween trick than a treat for some customers.
Many people go to Meier’s pumpkin paradise… they have hundreds of pumpkins and unfortunately had one problem last year. It was an issue with the credit card machine not charging some customers.
“A phone line went bad last year and those credit cards that were there could not batch out,” Kasie Munoz, a manager at Meier’s Pumpkin Paradise said.
Now they are charging those customers for their purchase from last year.
“I know it’s also effecting us cause then we are getting back charged from those who are going to fight it and I understand or have closed their accounts and are no longer in use,” Munoz said.
Other people are not so sympathetic with the pumpkin patch charging people a year later.
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But the pumpkin patch wants to make sure they take a swipe in the right direction…
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This weekend we had a huge blizzard and got about 3 feet of snow. Hector was gone so i was snowed in by myself..it was not fun. I have to say that it has really taught me alot about being prepared. We are bracing ourselves for another winter storm...more snow expected. All I can say is that I cannot wait for Hector to get home.


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ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (WCCO) — It’s the dream of thousands of runners: To qualify and finish the Boston Marathon.
Last year that dream was cut short for many, after terrorists set off two bombs near the finish line. Elinor Scott of St. Louis Park was about three-quarters of a mile away from completing a life goal when the bombs went off.
She never crossed the finish line, and Elinor’s dream now faces another road block. Last month, the 50-year-old mother of four children was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer.
“I just got hooked and I knew I would keep doing marathons. I mean I thought I would always be doing them,” said Scott.
When Scott ran into health issues five years ago, she decided to hit the ground running. And in so many ways running has become her religion.
“It’s provided me community, health, happiness, all the things you get from something like church,” said Scott.
Since she started, Elinor’s goal has been to finish the Boston Marathon. Last April, she came close.
“It was just great. It was the dream I had had to run the Boston Marathon,” said Elinor.
With just three-quarters of a mile to the finish line, the unthinkable happened. Two explosions. The first went off in the very spot where Elinor’s daughter, Martha, had been minutes before.
“I was just kind of shocked that something like this could happen at such an event of such joy and happiness and dreams coming true for my mom,” said Elinor’s daughter, Martha Sutter.
In the aftermath, 264 people were injured and three died. Elinor got a text from Martha letting her know she was okay. And while her thoughts and prayers were with those hurt, later her own pain would be knowing just how close she had come to finishing.
“I was disappointed on a personal level, because I didn’t know if I would have it in me to qualify again,” Scott said.
That’s because Scott may now be racing against time. She qualified for Boston again this year, but last month she was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer.
“They tell you what they’re going to tell you about stage IV cancer, they don’t really offer you any promises,” said Scott.
She hasn’t been able to train, but her goal hasn’t changed. Elinor wants to go to Boston and finish the final three-quarters of a mile she missed last year, and she wants her daughter with her every step of the way.
“I’m very proud of my mom through everything she’s been through, everything she’s overcome,” said Martha.
“Right now I’m just very focused on seeing what kind of life, any life, I can have on the other side of this journey. Because I just want to live. If I can run slow, that will be fine with me,” said Scott.
Elinor wants to thank family and friends for their support, especially her friend and running partner Ken Rosen. She’s seeking experimental treatment to help her battle her cancer.


Yes, split all the states until they're all Wyoming's size: http://t.co/TK1bKH3rYXThe gist of the article is that maybe we should split Washington and/or Colorado into two states, and it goes on to analyze what the political consequences would be for the Senate and for the presidential electoral college.
— Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt) August 21, 2013
A major objection to very small states (and other political subdivisions of countries, and countries themselves) is that they are too small for effective governance and provision of public services. The problem is particularly acute in France, which is divided into 36,681 communes.
Another major objection is that adding more small states would give them even more influence in the Senate and further distort American politics. I don’t really care so much about that: the overrepresentation of small states is a big problem, but adding a few more isn’t such a big deal if there are compelling reasons to do so. (No, you don’t want me supervising your diet.)
So here’s an alternative proposal: amend the Constitution you can split up a state into entities that are separate for the purposes of federal elections. Washington could be split up into Western Washington and Eastern Washington, and each would get two senators and the correct number of representatives and presidential electors. Internally, Washington would stay as a single state with one governor, legislature, laws, etc. Congressional districts would be drawn by an independent commission.
This would let Congress do whatever it wants to representation without all the practical problems associated with breaking up states. Politics!


Why? Because in what he is about to describe, the veil is surely so transparent / That passing through it is an easy thing.
Reality is always here -- where else? -- just a few psychrons away in the space of your own pneurology. The distance between one world and another cannot be measured with the crude instruments of science. To attempt to do so is like looking for the boundary between the Dreamer and the dream. The two are distinct but inseparable.
Dante sees a "company of noble spirits," facing east with palms lifted upwards, and with "eyes intent upon the heavenly spheres." Clearly they are actively oriented to the vertical; the open hands signify an attitude of (o). Then,
Emerging and descending from above / I saw two angels bearing flaming swords. One of them descends all the way down, settling on the embankment across the way. Woo hoo! Vertical I-AMissaries!
Dante looks at the girl with the sun in her eyes, and is "dazzled by [the] excessive light" -- which immediately calls to mind the Transfiguration, in which Jesus' face "shone like the sun."
Sordello says that they are sent by Mother Mary, speaking words of wisdom and protecting against the serpents that surely come out at nightfall. Just like here, coldblooded reptiles emerge from the brush to warm themselves with the remains of the day.
Dante sees another familiar face and explains the situation to him: he has arrived here "by way of the sad regions"; he is not actually dead, but "still within the first life." However, "by this journeying, I earn the other."
Here again, Dante is giving us a BIG HINT of what this poem is all about. But his interlocutors are astonished to hear this.
Just then Dante is distracted by three flaming torches located in the southern sky. But just this morning, in that very same spot, were four brilliant stars that are now below the horizon. What gives?
Before we can find out, everyone does a spit take (remember, it's a comedy), because right over THERE is the serpent! And not just any serpent, but one that looks suspiciously similar to the one who "offered Eve the bitter food."
Now we're really in the thick of it. The cosmic veil has been lifted, behind which we see a celestial spark in the park in the dark, and now that rake of a snake who spake is awake!
But then a couple of celestial hawks -- i.e., the angels -- move across the sky, causing the serpent to flee. Of note, the snake only hears the rustling of wings, and this is sufficient to send him back under cover of darkness.
Surely the angel/birds represent the higher consciousness through which we are vigilant, and with which we "watch and pray." For there are beasts hiding within our garden, and which require a kind of night vision in order to see them. But once seen, they scatter. They are unable to endure the glance -- the glancing blow -- from on high.
After this episode, Dante is able to safely fall off to sleep and even to dream, where free to wander farther from the flesh / and less held fast by cares, our intellect's / envisionings become almost divine.
The dream is an obvious transformation of the events of the evening, involving an eagle patrolling the sky, ready to swoop down on its prey. Note that this eagle can only descend not ascend, for its claws refuse to carry upward any prey.
But it then snatches up Dante himself -- who is not prey -- lifting him toward the sun. Both he and the eagle are scorched by the flames, to such an extent that he is awakened from his slumber, terrified and "cold as ice."
Clearly, as much as Vanderleun protests, Dante cannot just skip purgatory and go straight to paradise. Many things remain to be burned and purified, but this is a controlled burn, not an uncontrolled forest fire -- not a raging inferno, as it were.
It is like the difference between undergoing psychotherapy in order to patiently process unconscious material, vs. dropping acid and being swallowed up into the unconscious, winner take all.
But in an interesting plot twist, it turns out that Dante was visited in his sleep by an angel, "Lucia," who took him up toward the entrance of purgatory proper. Luc-ia is Light, of course, but now I am out of time, so you figure it out. Hint: the Walrus was Paul.
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds, and you're gone.


|BJ at the beach in Glen Arbor, Michigan|
There is something I have been meaning to do for 10 years or so; write and publish a short story about BJ, my soul mate dog. I did write the story and drew some pictures for it but I knew I would never get it formally published. I post this now so I always remember my dear friend.
|BJ sitting in a huge flower pot.|
Married with children but without a dog for some years. Something began to tug at my heart strings and told me that it was time to welcome a dog into my life again. I could think of so many reasons why getting a dog would add work to a busy life but all that didn't really matter. I just wanted a dog to love and care for.
A search for the perfect pet was on and it took almost a year of looking. First I researched the breed that would be just right, I asked a local vet what breed would suit the needs of my family, I visited dog shows, called different dog clubs and one owner even invited me to her home to meet her poodle. Many thanks to the people that were so kind and caring in sharing with me.
To ensure the perfect choice of my next dog I had specific requirements that I was insisting upon:
*Not a puppy
*Small lap dog
*Floppy ears, long legs and a long tail
*Female with a gentle disposition
*Non shedding due to family allergies
|Example of the perfect lap dog!|
One Saturday I set out for another pet parade where a rescue group showed unwanted pets to try and get them adopted. The price was right and I met three dogs which were either hyper or ugly or both! I will not settle this time, I was sticking to my requirement list.
Next I drove to a fancy dog show that was being held in downtown Lansing, Michigan.
There were breeds I had only seen in books and they were so beautiful and SO EXPENSIVE! I will keeping looking until I found the perfect dog, maybe not today but someday.
I debated on whether or not I had time to stop by the local Humane Society for yet another look at the new animals in the shelter. My son and daughter had been with me on many visits before. They wanted to take every dog home and finally gave up on me saying.."Oh you will never find the perfect dog, you are just too picky". Maybe I was but the choice was so important to me because it would be a forever home.
Some how I found myself in the shelter's parking lot, then in the shelter on my way to the small dog room which was down the hall past the loud, leaping big dog room. I got side tracked and walked into the room filled the din of barking passing by cage after cage.
|BJ looked me straight in the eyes.|
|BJ's first day with her new family.|
Before giving up for the day I thought it would be charitable I asked if I could take BJ out for a walk in the yard. BJ was big, really big in fact she was huge. This quiet dog was so happy to get out that she dragged me out the door running onto the grass!! This definitely was not the small lap dog I was looking for. Sorry BJ.
|Me being dragged for a walk with BJ.|
Only moments after we were outside BJ calmed down and something magical happened, she responded to my voice and looked me straight in the eyes. This not so perfect dog had touched my heart and I felt something good in the pit of my stomach.
I was worried about her size, was she going to grow more to fit the paw mops? Did she shed? I tugged at her fur and none came out. I stuck my nose in her hair to see if I would start sneezing. OK that all checked out. The ladies at the shelter really wanted me to take her because she had been there 10 days and bigger dogs have a harder time finding a new home.
You guessed it she is ours. We piled into the kids and not so perfect dog into the car and celebrated with ice cream cones for everyone even BJ.
Four out of list of requirements isn't so bad. BJ was our gentle giant with the capacity to love and play as huge as her size.
We had BJ 16 years and she was my dog, my confidant, my comfort and my joy. There will never be another BJ and I am writing this now so that the world knows she lived and still lives in my heart. If the truth be known I did this for me and yes after all these years I have tears running down my face.
Love you BJ.


Historically, major procurement decisions were made solely on the basis of performance and acquisition cost comparisons. Recently, due to budgetary constraints, economic issues and the escalation of acquisition and ownership costs, there has been increasing awareness in the importance of ownership costs and their contribution to overall Life Cycle Costs (LCC). This paper, supporting Air Recommended Practice 4293 Life Cycle Cost - Techniques and Applications (Reference 1), a development of AIR 1939 (Reference 2), examines the various elements of LCC and their respective roles in decision making. It distinguishes between the historical identification of “cost drivers”, budgeting and planning, project selection and investment appraisal. Differences between Commercial and Public Sector practices are discussed, and the implications of these differences on “spend to save” measures such as reliability modifications. Examples are given illustrating the different applications of LCC, the role of prediction techniques, and presentation of uncertainty in cost estimates, designed to postpone the choice between inadequate defence and unacceptable costs.


12 Apr News: Text+Tech Workshop Sparks Great Ideas
From REAP Waterloo News
March 22, 2013
What do you get if you mix technology and theatre, bringing together technology inventors and Canadian playwrights? First, you get the Tech + Tech event, hosted at Quarry Integrations at its Felt lab from March 8th to 10th, and, second, some very intriguing answers to the question: “how can dramatists use technology to advance the meaning of a play?”
Text + Tech was co-coordinated by Lisa O’Connell, artistic director of Pat the Dog Playwrights Centre, in partnership with the FELT Lab, REAP, and Quarry Integrated Communications. The goal of the event was to show creators in the Arts sector the many ways technology can spur storytelling.
To do this, Text + Tech brought together leading Canadian dramaturge Bob White, playwrights Kyle Capstick, Trevor Copp, Christopher Duthie, Matthew Heiti, and Andy Houston with technology inventors Bob Rushby, Mike Perkins, and Vincent John Vincent, and experts Glen Meade, Bernie Roehl, and Mark Connolly.
Pairing up playwright and dramaturges with technology inventors and experts, Text + Tech formed break-out discussions on possible projects, examined the needs of the contemporary theatre-goer, and explored new ways to interact with the audience. One outcome: the idea of “Hack Days,” in which playwrights and innovators could network and brainstorm projects that will likely become a reality, as well as the using Open source media and sharing technological resources between dramaturges and inventors.
Both a performer and tech innovator at the FELT Lab, Bernie Roehl observed during the event’s opening talk, “Almost all technology comes from demand.” If a playwright makes a demand, the technology has the chance to rise and meet the challenge. But if no one speaks up on the one side nor listens on the other, great opportunities will pass by unnoticed.
Which is exactly what Tech + Text is: a chance to for two communities who can learn from each other to the benefit of both.
For more information on Pat the Dog Playwright Center, visit their website at PatTheDog.org.
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What does European Voluntary Service mean?
EVS (European Voluntary Service) is an international volunteer program funded by the European Commission. It enables all young people legally resident in Europe, aged between 18 and 30 years, to carry out an international volunteer service in an organization or in a public body in Europe, Africa, Asia or South America for a period ranging from 2 to 12 months. It provides the reimbursement of travel expenses and complete coverage of the costs of food and accommodation for the international volunteer.
Thanks to the intercultural dimension and its non-formal approach, European Voluntary Service is a unique opportunity to come into contact with cultures different from your own and to acquire new skills and abilities useful for your personal and professional growth.
European Voluntary Service is based on the following principles:
1. increasing your own skills through the practical experience of volunteering abroad;
2. encouraging the learning of another language;
3. encouraging the learning of another language;
4. developing the ability to interact with persons of different language and culture;
5. spreading tolerance among young people of the European Union;
6. promoting active citizenship;
7. supporting the development of local communities.
EVS is NOT:
1. occasional, part-time volunteering;
2. an internship in an enterprise nor in a humanitarian organization or in an NGO
3. a recreational or a tourist activity
4. a language course abroad;
5. a paid job.
EVS proposes projects in different areas:
2. International Mobility;
4. Social care for the elderly, the disabled and the immigrants;
7. Media and communications;
8. Environmental protection and education;
9. Rural development and development cooperation.
European Voluntary Service is based on a strong partnership between the sending organization, the hosting organization and the volunteer.
The sending organization is responsible for the preparation of the volunteer before departure. It informs the candidate about the search procedures of EVS projects, pre-departure training and follows the volunteer at distance throughout his stay abroad and upon his return.
The volunteer will work 5 days out of 7 for a maximum of 40 hours per week and will have 2 days of leave per month (accumulative). He is obliged to participate in pre-departure, on arrival and mid-term training and must comply with the directives of the host organization performing the tasks specified in the international volunteering project.
During the selection process host organizations cannot require the possession of specific skills or qualifications, only in special cases (duly justified according to the tasks the volunteers are responsible for) it is allowed to select candidates with a specific experience.
Are you looking for interesting volunteering opportunities abroad not connected to EVS? Check out our website about Work-camps.


Frank, aka PCGuy, has published another one of his Truthful Tuesday posts. This week Frank wants to know…
Aside from getting rid of the Gutenberg Block Editor, since it’s fairly clear that it isn’t going anywhere, what three changes would you like to see WordPress.com make? Please explain.
First, I am pro-choice, so when it comes to editors in WordPress, I would like WordPress to offer bloggers a choice. Allow users who have embraced the block editor to use it, but also allow those of us who prefer the classic editor to continue, unimpeded, to use that editor. It should be as simple as putting a toggle switch that sets one or the other as the default editor on WordPress.com.
Second, add a preview function when posting comments. How many times have you posted a comment and then read it only to find typos or misspellings. Why not allow us to preview our comments and edit them before they’re actually posted? Good idea, huh?
Third, fix the reblog functionality. When I am in the WordPress reader on my iPhone and visit a blogger’s post, I always see a reblog button. But if I wish to reblog that blogger’s post and click (or tap) the reblog button, nothing happens. It’s virtually useless (at least on my iPhone. So fix the damn reblog button so that it does what it’s intended to do.
Okay, those are my three changes I’d like to see WordPress make. Are you with me?


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We found the best way to julienne the celery is to slice off the root end and any part of the celery beyond the main stalk. Cut the stalks in thirds, or if they are very long, quarters, and then cut each of those pieces in half lengthwise. This gives you a manageable, flat surface to slice into matchsticks.
Nancy's original recipe calls for using a high quality rapeseed oil (another name for canola oil) and/or light sesame oil. We added a little dark sesame oil at the finish which was just lovely, so you might want to try that too.
1 Heat the oils and chiles in a wok or frying pan over high heat for 90 seconds, or until the chiles become fragrant and the seeds sizzle.
2 Add the celery and stir-fry for 3 minutes. Add the soy sauce and stir-fry one more minute. Drizzle with dark sesame oil if using. Serve hot or at room temperature.
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|Minister of Finance, Christopher Sinckler (FP)??|
"The most recent ratings downgrade by Moody’s Investors Service comes as no surprise to us in the Ministry of Finance or in the Government, as a whole." This was the immediate reaction of Minister of Finance, Christopher Sinckler, today to the news that Barbados’ credit rating status was reduced by Moody’s.
He explained that it was generally expected that since Standard and Poor’s had made their adjustment to the country’s credit rating some months ago, it was altogether likely that Moody’s would align their rating accordingly.
"Naturally, the continued weak global economic recovery, particularly among our largest trading partners in the USA, UK and most of CARICOM, has worked to compound the negativity of an already difficult economic situation, which heavily undermined Barbados’ prospects for a speedy recovery in growth. And, in spite of what we have heard, and will continue to hear, the knock-on effects of this environment on our fiscal and economic situation remain clear and unmistakable" the Finance Minister pointed out.
Deduction: ???the worse is behind us’
He said: "While we reflect on Moody’s overall ratings opinion on Barbados, we can generally deduce the following from their advice: 1. the worst of the economy and fiscal deterioration is behind Barbados; 2. Barbados’ prospects for short term high growth levels will remain challenged because of the weaknesses in our major trading partner economies; 3. these challenges are likely to affect our capacity for faster fiscal consolidation, notwithstanding the fact that efforts to strengthen our fiscal position have been successful thus far; 4. that government must stay the course on its fiscal consolidation programme, strengthening it wherever possible, rather abandoning it; 5. that to attempt to introduce counter-cyclical fiscal measures (tax eases) to stimulate domestically driven growth will reverse the gains made so far by the country to turn around the situation and make matters much worse fiscally and economically; and 6. that our foreign reserves levels remain adequate to satisfy our current and immediate future needs."
??To this extent, Minister Sinckler again made a clarion call to all Barbadians to "continue to stay the course on our fiscal consolidation programme, seek to improve our levels of productivity, and move ahead hastily with our programme for restructuring the Barbados economy."


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The Pirates! Band of Misfits Overview
After many fruitless attempts to pillage and plunder the Pirate Captain and his crew meets a quiet fellow named Darwin who promises ‘untold riches’ for their prized parrot Polly back in London.
As the Queen, Darwin, and the Pirate Captain peruse their own agendas everyone will have to make some tough choices. Will the Pirate Captain choose fame and fortune or his crew?
The Pirates! Band of Misfits Trailers & Clips
- Release Date: April 27, 2012
- Run Time: 1h 28min
- Director: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
- Writers: Gideon Defoe
The Pirates! Band of Misfits Cast and Characters
- Hugh Grant – The Pirate Captain
- Martin Freeman – The Pirate with a Scarf
- Imelda Staunton – Queen Victoria
- David Tennant – Charles Darwin
- Jeremy Piven – Black Bellamy
- Salma Hayek – Cutlass Liz
- Lenny Henry – Peg Leg Hastings
- Brian Blessed – The Pirate King
- Russell Tovey – The Albino Pirate
- Anton Yelchin – The Albino Pirate 2
- Brendan Gleeson – The Pirate with Gout
- Ashely Jensen – The Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate
- Al Roker – The Pirate Who Likes Sunsets and Kittens
- Mike Cooper – Admiral Collingwood
The Pirates! Band of Misfits Verdict
The Pirates! is a fun twist from the viewpoint of the typical bad guys, the pirates. See what it feels like to be in the shoes of a pirate and try to win the respect of friends and comrades by acquiring treasure and hopefully becoming recognized as The Pirate of the Year!
The Pirates! Band of Misfits Movie Links
The Pirates! Band of Misfits Quotes
Behind every captain, there’s a crew. Sure, some of you are as ugly as a sea cucumber, some of you are closer to being a chair or coat rack than a pirate, and some of you are fish I’ve just dressed up in a hat….
Now listen Charles, we’ve all done something unforgivable. I’ve betrayed my pirate honor, you’ve betrayed science, and Mr. Bobo’s betrayed the animal kingdom.
The Pirates! Band of Misfits Parents Guide
Parents should know about The Pirates! Band of Misfits is not your typical pirate movie. In this spin-off, the pirates are the main story and portrayed as the good guys. The audience sees from the pirates’ point of view what it may be like to strive to be the best pirate by winning the coveted prize, Pirate of the Year. There are some fighting scenes with swords and guns as well as mild language such as “hell.”
There are also some historical characters throughout, Charles Darwin and Queen Victoria but there doesn’t seem to be any educational value added by these historical characters. Overall the pirates’ typical scary and violent reputation is outgunned by their values of family, friendship, and striving to do their best to accomplish their goal.
The Pirates! Band of Misfits Box Office
Opening weekend in the U.S. The Pirates! Band of Misfits brought in an estimated $11,137,734. The movie budget is estimated to have been around $55 million. The Pirates! Band of Misfits brought in a worldwide gross total at the box office of $123,054,041.
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The Pirates! Band of Misfits Plot Summary (Spoilers)
For all those who have loved the quirky and endlessly funny claymation movies from Aardman Animation, Pirates: Band of Misfits is another addition to their long list of titles.
If you enjoyed all their other animated movies with their unique brand of English humor, then this is a must for you too.
Released just a year after Arthur Christmas and before the Shaun the Sheep movie, this film had another strong cast of English actors voicing the characters.
Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, and Imelda Staunton all put in great performances and seem to enjoy the humorous script. As with most Aardman productions, the movie is perfectly balanced so that all thefamily will enjoy the film equally.
The Pirates: Band of Misfits is set in 1837 with a rather inept Pirate Captain (Grant) who leads an even more hopeless bunch of pirates.
They try to build a reputation for themselves for being ruthless and cutthroat but fail miserably every time. The Pirate Captain decides to prove his worth to the pirate world by entering his “Band of Misfits” into the Year Competition’s Pirate.
The winner is decided by which pirate ship plunders the most booty, so the Pirate Captain sets off to attack various ships without success.
Feeling thoroughly dejected, he confides to his First Mate, Pirate With a Scarf (Freeman), thinking of packing it up and selling Babies Clothes instead. Pirate With a Scarf convinces the Pirate Captain to try one more ship.
Related: Hotel Transylvania
When they board this ship, they discover Charles Darwin onboard and capture him instead. The Pirate Captain has a pet “parrot,” called Polly, but Darwin realizes this is the last surviving Dodo in the world!
He tells the Pirate Captain he should enter Polly into the Year Competition’s Scientist at the Royal Academy in London. When the Pirate Captain hears that the winner gets a valuable prize, he sets sail for England, immediately risking all their lives as Queen Victoria (Staunton) hates pirates!
Charles Darwin has plans of his own. He wants to win the competition to impress the Queen as he has a crush on her. He wants to steal the Dodo for himself and uses Mr. Bobo, a Trained Chimpanzee from one of his Old Theory, to get it.
Pirate With a Scarf prevents the attempt as the kidnapping goes awry when the rest of the pirates are alerted. But much to the frustration of Pirate With a Scarf, Darwin avoids implicating himself. The Pirate Captain decides he will enter the competition on his own and hides the Dodo as well.
The Dodo display is enough to win the top prize, and the Pirate Captain is presented with a very tiny trophy, a set of encyclopedias, and an audience with the Queen.
At the ceremony, the Pirate Captain accidentally reveals to Queen Victoria that he is a pirate, but Darwin is quick to defend him from the Queen’s anger.
He implores her not to kill him as he knows the whereabouts of Polly. The Queen issues a full pardon to the Pirate Captain but instructs Darwin to find Polly by any means necessary.
Later, Charles Darwin brings the Pirate Captain to a tavern where he reveals that he’s been hiding Polly inside his beard. Darwin and Mr. Bobo steal the Dodo and make their escape but being chased by the Captain all the way up into the Tower of London.
Here the Queen is waiting for them, and she dismisses Darwin and Mr. Bobo, leaving just the Pirate Captain alone with her. She offers him a deal: a large amount of treasure in exchange for the bird.
After this, he returns to his crew with his newfound wealth while explaining that Polly is asleep in his beard. They now head for the Pirate of the Year ceremony though Pirate With a Scarf doubts whether the truth is being told.
At the Pirate of the Year ceremony, the Pirate Captain wins first prize from the Pirate King – but disaster strikes! His Queen’s pardon is discovered, and he is stripped of everything: his prize, plunder, and pirating license.
When his crew discovered he had deceived them about Polly, they abandoned him, as well. He returns to London alone to sell Babies Clothes.
He grows determined to free Polly and meets up with Darwin, who is now devastated. He has discovered that Queen Victoria belongs to a rare animal Eaters Club.
She is onboard her steamship, QV1, and various world leaders to prepare to eat Polly and other rare breeds. With Darwin’s help, the Pirate Captain will steal a dirigible and rescue Polly.
Aboard QV1, Darwin and the Pirate Captain are met by his crew as Mr. Bobo had tipped them off that they needed their help. They disrupt the meal though the Queen locates them and tries to kill both of them, the rescue party foils her.
During the course of the battle, they inadvertently mix the ship’s store of Baking Powder with Vinegar, causing a very violent reaction. As the ship is sinking, they rescue Polly and escape, leaving behind the furious Queen.
With a large bounty on his head, the Pirate Captain’s reputation has been restored. They leave Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands, where he finds a girlfriend, finally.
Mr. Bobo joins the crew, and the Band of Misfits sets sail for the high seas, searching for adventure and shenanigans.
The Pirates: Band of Misfits is a delightful watch with the usual zany British humor level that marks all of Aardman’s previous work. The jokes and the in-jokes work on many levels, which allows all the family to appreciate it.
The animation is another fine example of claymation that has been a roaring success since the first episode of Wallace & Gromit.
Their success in animation began much earlier than the loveable couple; way back in 1977, they would film their first attempts at stop animation using clay figurines.
A little brown figure called Morph first appeared on tv screens in a children’s art show called Take Hart. These would be concise clips of a couple of minutes only with Morph getting into high jinx of one sort or another. Watching these now, you can see the beginnings of Wallace and Gromit.
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Emerson’s AVENTICS AF2 Smart Flow Sensor precisely monitors volumetric air flow to detect packaging leaks in real time, allowing for a quicker response and less waste.
As a key part of Emerson’s IIoT-based pneumatic monitoring architecture, the AF2 makes it possible to reduce compressed air energy costs by 20% while eliminating the need to test for leakages manually, reducing downtime and maximizing overall equipment efficiency.
The Smart Flow Sensor is available in two variants. Ethernet interfaces to directly communicate over OPC, UA, or MQTT without using a gateway in between, allowing it to connect to any network and send data to
an already existing software system. The industrial version supports analog 4-20mA and IO-Link connectivity. All have integrated statistical, counter, and logging capabilities and color OLED displays with configurable graphs.
For more information, visit: www.emerson.com/en-us/catalog/aventics-af2.


This Magical scent of incense will lift your spirits & transform your energy at many levels. Handcrafted HEM Spiritual Scents is a blend of traditional herbs & essential oils that will help elevate you to attain a mystical experience.
HEM’s incense products come from Bangalore in India. The incense sticks are of excellent quality and available in many aromas, especially in wonderful floral and herbal scents.
These beautiful incense sticks are handmade using very high quality ingredients.To improve any environment with the amazing aromas that these sticks provide, just light the top of the stick.
Once the end glows, blow out the flame and place in a holder.
Each pack has approximately 12 sticks and weights 15g.
Made In India Each pack contains: 15g incense sticks Packaging is recyclable Use with an incense holder for best results Approx burn time: 30 minutes


Our Natural Healers
This article is an expansion on April’s thoughts on pets who help us to heal….
It’s a wonder how different Kira is from the hounds I’m used to. Even though she is a sighthound, her energy levels are ten times what my Salukis have always exhibited. It’s been an adventure getting used to having an Italian Greyhound in the family, and she still presents us with surprises every day. Despite the adjustments, though, we all adore her. She is sweet, affectionate, and demonstrative. She wants to be close to me all the time; I can rarely sit or lie down without her warm little form pressed up against me. She is smart and a willing student (when nothing is distracting her, anyway) during our training sessions. She comes when she’s called (causing me to doubt all I’ve learned about sighthounds over the decades) and her joyful energy as she bounces around the yard, playing with the faeries and barking at leprechauns, is infectious.
There is one way, though, that she carries on the tradition of my Salukis. She is a natural born healer. I have been going through an … interesting … time health-wise since the beginning of the year. I remind myself of an old computer, as various systems slow down, sputter, and threaten to crash. Life has been a series of doctors’ visits, specialists, and physical therapy. And little Kira has been sharing that journey since early April.
The way she seems to be able to pinpoint my pain is pretty amazing. If the lower back is hurting, she’s pressed right against it. When the pain was centered in a rib injury, she wanted to be lying right across my chest. I’ve been having eye problems, which often give me headaches … so Kira wants to press her cheek right up against my face.
I read a story recently about how they are training dogs to sniff out the COVID-19 virus. These dogs were able to find the virus with a 96% accuracy — far higher than any of the medical tests. It’s been known for some time that dogs can smell diseases such as cancer, and detect blood sugar changes in people with diabetes. But can our pets actually smell pain?
To those of us who have had these natural healers by our sides for so long, it will come as no surprise that the scientific answer is actually “yes.” Dogs, and most likely cats (whose sense of smell is not quite as good as their canine buddies’, but still pretty formidable) can actually smell our pain. A study done in the U.K. at the University of Lincoln showed that dogs can detect the rising cortisol and lowered serotonin levels which occur when we are hurting.
It is thought that one reason our pets seek to comfort us when they sense our pain is because their own “comfort hormones” rise when they smell our levels shift back towards normal. They want us to feel better because it makes them feel better. Our pets recognize not only an emotional and spiritual connection with us, but a physical one, as well.
This explains in a scientific way that our pets know that we are in pain. How, though, does the animal know exactly where it hurts?
With an injury like an actual wound, it would seem obvious that a dog or cat can smell the blood, or the broken skin. Pain which comes from a source that is not open to the air, though, is more a bit more amazing. It’s thought that our pets have such sensitive noses that they can actually detect mild temperature changes, inflammation, and subtle chemical shifts in the body that are associated with pain.
When your dog licks your aching arthritic joint, or your cat tries to wrap herself around your migraine, therefore, don’t let people tell you it’s just a coincidence. Your pet really does know where you are hurting, has an idea of what it feels like, and is trying to help. Is that just because it makes them feel better?
Personally, I think it’s mainly because they love us.
Above image: Kira was lying on my lower leg after a DVT was discovered in my calf.
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A Bit of News
I will be holding my Summer Solstice special again this year. This is a discounted price on three-packs of pre-paid sessions for existing clients. The special will start at midnight on the 20th and run till and including the 22nd. If you are interested in more information, please send me an email.
I apologize for my semi-absence, and also the shortage of Creature Thought issues this year.


One of the best sites for investment in the Ionian Sea.
In Meganissi, the largest of the islands of Taphos, a large seaside area, including 2 beaches, is for sale.
This is a unique coastline strip between the Meganissi Fjords, ideal for yachts due to its southeast orientation. Access to the sea is especially easy due to the slight slope.
The total land area is 189 hectares, all points of the plot have unobstructed and panoramic sea views. There is the possibility of dividing into 14 independent and suitable for construction sites, of which 10 are coastal, two of which have a beach.
Access is via an open rural road through which all sections connect.
The coastline and strip of the beach were fixed, there is no forest on the territory.
Public networks are available nearby.
Due to its very reasonable price and a fully finished package of relevant documents, this area reasonably has the title of the best investment in real estate in the Ionian Islands.


Hand crafted in small batches at the Piscine Energetics` laboratory in British Columbia, Canada; PE PELLETS are a highly palatable, nutritionally complete fish food designed to enhance coloration and induce an energetic feeding response in all varieties of fish. Both saltwater and freshwater PE PELLETS contain fresh PE MYSIS as the leading ingredient; resulting in a rich, nutritionally complete diet.
PE PELLETS offer convenience with no loss of palatability. PE PELLETS are slow-sinking, designed with just the right amount of buoyancy to ensure every member in your aquarium receives excellent nutrition.
Small 1mm Pellets are great for nano-sized fish; such as small clown fish, neon gobies, firefish, small blennies and small wrasses.


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You can continue to use your bMail account by claiming it on the @cal alumni directory website(cal.berkeley.edu).:
Simply visit the site and click on the “Claim Your Berkeley.edu Account!” link. By claiming your @berkeley.edu account, you will retain your @mba.berkeley.edu (for MBA’s only) email alias, bDrive, bCal, and access to other Berkeley-provided Google Apps.
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Lunch & Swimming at Natural Springs
Los Haitises National Park + Lunch at Cano Hondo from Sabana de la Mar
Full day trip Los Haitises National Park and Lunch at Caño Hondo plus Swimming in Natural Springs. Come with us and visit the most beautiful national park of the Dominican Republic, Visiting Mangroves, Caves and San Lorenzo Bay. Them Back to Caño Hondo Port to Hike 15 min to go and enjoy of a Typical Lunch with Sea view to Los Haitises National Park. After this Swimming in Natural spring until 4: 30 pm.
After this experience, you will get your time on the beach plus local lunch on the beach.
- Includes buffet lunch
- Swimming in Natural Springs
- Fees included
- The guide provides instruction and Supervision
Inclusions & Exclusions
- lunch on the Ecolodge
- Los Haitises Tour + Caves and Pictographs
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Local taxes
- All activities
- Local guide
- Alcoholic Drinks
Departure & Return
The traveler will get a meeting point after the Reservation Process. Tours start and Finished in our meeting points.
What To Expect?
Get your tickets for visiting Los Haitises National Park with a wonderful lunch at Cano Hondo and Swimming at the Natural Springs. Take a boat tour through mangroves swamps, past ancient pirate caves, and into protected forests in this picturesque reserve starting from the Caño Hondo Hotels area or from Sabana de la Mar.
The tour, organized by “Booking Adventures” starts at the meeting point set with the Tour Guide. Come with Booking Adventures and start checking some bird-filled mangroves, rolling hills of lush vegetation and caves of Los Haitises National Park. Taking a boat Excursion from Caño Hondo river, Sabana de la Mar.
Through the mangroves and Land at the open San Lorenzo Bay, from where you can photograph the rugged forest landscape. Look to the water to spot Manatees, crustaceans, and dolphins.
The national park’s name comes from its original inhabitants, the Taino Indians. In their language “Haitises” translates to highlands or Hills, a reference to the coastline’s steep geological formations with Limestones. Aventure deeper into the park to explore caves such as the Cueva de la Arena and Cueva de la linea. Caves in the reserve were used as shelter by the Taino Indians and, later, by hiding pirates. Look for drawings by Indians that decorate some of the walls. After visiting Los Haitises National Park we will go to Caño Hondo. In Caño Hondo learning about this ecolodge history and Lunchtime with the typical food from Sabana de la Mar Comunity.
Lunch will be delicious but we did not finish yet. After lunchtime, we will swim in the Natural spring from Jibales River a perennial river to the Caño Hondo River. Staying at Caño Hondo until 6: 00 pm if you want or less.
In the Pools Natural Spring you can stay as long you want swimming and Hiking around. If you are Vegan we also can set some food for you.
What you should bring?
- Repellent buds
- Comfortable pants
- Hiking shoes for forest
- Sandals to the Spring areas.
- Swimming wear
Hotel pick-up is not offered for this tour.
Note: if you are booking within 24 hours of the tour/Excursion departure time, we can arrangements hotel pick-up with extra Charges. Once your purchase is complete, we will send you complete contact information (phone number, email address, etc.) for our local Tour guide to organize pick-up arrangements.
Additional Info Confirmation
- Tickets are the Receipt after paying this Tour. You can show the payment on your phone.
- Meeting Point Will be received After the Reservation Process.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.


This item is tagged as Size Medium. Each item is unique custom reworked from Two Vintage Sweatshirts. Please examine the images carefully for stains.
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Pit to pit: 22 Inches Length: 29 Inches
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Due to the nature of Vintage clothing, ALL SALES ARE FINAL! NO RETURNS!


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Add some artisanal paper decoration to your Christmas tree with these hand-printed trees.
- Set of 4 trees printed on both sides
- The double layers of paper fold out to create three dimensional decorations which fold and pack flat for storage
- Each decoration is different and measures approximately 14cm at its widest point.
- Each decoration has a 10cm hanging loop
- Made from recycled paper in Glasgow
About East End Press
Based in Glasgow, East End Press create hand-printed garlands and decorations made from recycled paper or sustainably sourced wood. All their products are screen printed, which creates the bright, intense colours. Their products contain no plastic, and both products and packaging are made from recycled paper created from cotton waste from the textile industry.


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2017 Yamaha VXR Review
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VXR. This is a powerful blend of sports and cruising capabilities, especially when we’ve pioneered and tested in recent years to take advantage of many technical advances – and the genre to look at the department, turn with aggressive colors, graphic and design accent all over the world Heads.
You will also discover that exciting features are normally found only in Premium luxury models. Lightweight and hard like Nanoxcel ® Hull and Deck materials and the latest electronic systems. VXR was also one of the first models to have our revolutionary driving control system. A real breakthrough, fully intuitive – and almost every rider trust Instile.
2017 Yamaha VXR Specs
Although the Yamaha VXR is three-seater, but much shorter than the FX cruiser, it is fully. That’s why most of you just never hope to ride two on this craft. The seat itself is comfortable, allowing the rider to lock themselves with his knees. Passenger seats do not have the same curve as the riders and are almost flat on top. Seeing that there are two seats because of the smart design elements used for passengers, I suggest that it would be a tight squeeze. Upholstery itself is durable and comfortable and does not leave the saddle with a long day after the samcomprehension.
Handlebar is not adjustable but there is no problem during this test. In the center of the handlebars, which I almost got better than riding a little more adventurous, I did unexpectedly after I did, if you find the title on them padded. In the front rider, a small storage container for wallets and keys, the bow will accommodate the big items needed for a day on another large storage area of towels and water. The last storage container takes place in the backseat and exits to reveal the access to the battery.
VXR Digital reading allows you to quickly update at a glance speed, trim, important performance points such as fuel with low fuel warning (this will give you a good time to find additional fuel), clock, voltage and a motor warning light. Directly behind both sides are the craft and rearward mirrors that allow you to watch the water on your back. They are non-adjustable but provide a good enough window behind.
For ambitious riders, Yamaha’s VXR foot is good and behind, how long it ends the call of Yamaha’s Hydra-grass. It is extremely comfortable under the feet and lets you feel like such good grip when it will almost be impossible to drift. The ridges provide fantastic grip on boots or barefoot ride and whether it does not bother with the latter.
2017 Yamaha VXR Performance
The body itself is a new design and is geared towards aggressive/performance driving despite the normal suction motor. The new semi-V multi-farmer body provides sharp handling and has a distinctive sweet spot in terms of sliding or rotating grip.
The current VXR has a remarkable performance focus, such as the original iteration. Like, bells and whistles are mostly done away. The exception is the addition of Yamaha’s dual gas system RiDE for forward, reverse and deceleration. Righthand gas manages acceleration and speed in the forward direction; Reverse the same way gas left RiDE. Release and steer the craft thrust and goes to a neutral fashion using the reverse bucket to avoid any forward or backward movement. Pull the same lever of speed and slowing down the boat, maintaining a level attitude, as fast deceleration directs the bucket forward and the edges push the pump. RiDE has a short learning curve, but it greatly increases the control of a rider in the boat, where it pays great dividends around high speeds and low, where advanced control docks, ramps, etc.
2017 Yamaha VXR Price
The cost of an entire craft is less than $12,000, a substantial savings off the price tag of a supercharged model, and it burns much less fuel to draw.
2017 Yamaha VXR Review
- High output 1812cc, 4 cylinder, DOHC, 16v Engine
- Revolutionary driving system for intuitive control
- Light yet ultra-powerful Nanoxcel ® Hull and Deck
- Wide body shape delivers versatile stability
- Low RPM mode and remote control security
- Reverse with electric trim and traction control
- Racing-inspired 2-piece 2-ton sports armchair
- Expanded reassembly platform with hydro-grass mats
- Pull hook and re-boarding step with deep, soft touch
- Very convenient Pull-up wedges for easy clamping
- Large integral Mirrors & Multi-Function LCD Meter
- Aggressive, exciting colors and graphics


Jellycat - Little Rambler Bunny Rattle
Little Rambler Bunny Rattle
Item: Jellycat Little Rambler Bunny Rattle
Jellycat plush toys, stuffed animals, baby gifts, and books are luxury toys for your children or grandchildren. Jellycat plush animals are the softest on the market and beg to be hugged and cuddled! Jellycat makes a perfect gift!
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We offer USPS priority shipping within the continental United Sates. Upon shipment, USPS priority can take anywhere from 2-5 business days depending on distance. We ship from Texas.
In-store pick up is FREE. Please check the box marked 'LOCAL PICK UP' when purchasing.
14 DAY RETURN POLICY / STORE CREDIT
We will gladly accept returns on items (except those marked "SALE”) within 14 days from time of delivery/in store purchase. Items must be in unworn, unused condition, in its original packaging and have all original tags attached. Without these, items are not eligible for returns. The return will be refunded in the form of STORE CREDIT. Any item marked SALE (any discount) are not eligible for return. Store credit will be for price of item only; there is no refund on shipping. We are happy to provide shipping return labels if needed at our standard shipping rate of $7.95. Payment for the label will be deducted from your store credit refund. Online orders must include your packing slip with item(s) returned circled. Items returned after 14 days will not be refunded.
We will gladly help with exchanges in store. Items will need to meet the return policies to be eligible.
*Discounted items, hair accessories and stuffed animals are final sale*


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