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Today, many of these leaders display a Goldman Sachs culture quotient of exactly zero percent. I attend derivatives sales meetings where not one single minute is spent asking questions about how we can help clients. It's purely about how we can make the most possible money off of them.He sees the problem that his company maximizes profits, not helping the customer. This is a common refrain, one made by Einstein, who noted that socialism was better than capitalism because one system produces for everyone, the other for profit.
People serve others in modern society in very nonintuitive ways. In small tribes we are pretty aware of who is part of the team and who is a loafer, and how our stuff gets there. In modern society, by contrast, we have things as simple as pencils that we simply could not make even if we knew how to make it. We all rely on a vast number of things we have no way of making ourselves, from our iPad to our breakfast, and it isn't possible for everyone to go back to being a hunter-gatherer even if we wanted to, our productivity would be insufficient to feed everyone.
Adam Smith presented the argument on the invisible hand, how the self-interest of the butcher and blacksmith incented them to create goods and services that, in a competitive market, lead to specialization, cost minimization, and gains from trade. As a businessman, profit is one of the better signals of value out there simply because everyone else likes profit too, so you have identified an area where you are literally creating value. This is a highly counterintuitive point, and so most people simply don't believe self-interest is consistent with a good society, because that's not how their family works.
The problem is, altruism is very specialized in focus, whereas self-interest is not. Altruism is centered on people related to us, where I would sacrifice myself for my two siblings, or 8 cousins, thus, unconditional charity does not generalize from kin to non-kin very well. However, there is reciprocal altruism, basically helping other who can help you regardless of genome, and this is where it truly pays to understand how to service a customer--but only for the end-result of making money! It happens all over the animal world, as you see animals expending valuable resources towards another, yet only if there's some quid pro quo (eg, flower and bee, plover and alligator).
Recent support for this comes from a variety of sources, and the latest is a paper in Science--Markets, Religion, Community Size and the Evolution of Fairness and Punishment--by Joe Henrich et al, who administer fairness experiments across 15 diverse populationsand found that more commercial societies tended to be fairer. That is, people are nicer the more commercial they are, because being nice is good business. It took McDonald's to get Muscovites to smile.
The world is not filled with people like your mom and dad who showered you with love and resources merely for being you. It is filled with people totally indifferent to you except in so far as you can help them. If that makes you sad you really haven't thought about it, because a society of that much love would be really oppressive--even just one mom can be smothering, imagine thousands of her.
Smith then ends with a riff that really underscores the weakness of his point:
My proudest moments in life — getting a full scholarship to go from South Africa to Stanford University, being selected as a Rhodes Scholar national finalist, winning a bronze medal for table tennis at the Maccabiah Games in Israel, known as the Jewish Olympics — have all come through hard work, with no shortcuts.Talk about selfish, such accomplishments didn't help anyone but him! There is no customer that will pay for self-indulgent status climbing in irrelevant hierarchies, regardless of how much we encourage our kids to play such games. That is, ping pong is a fabulous avocation, a pathetic vocation. We all want our children to play and engage in poetry, and when they excel at these things we are rightfully proud. Yet these are things kids do to develop skills like discipline, creativity, courage, that ultimately are valuable because of what they can do for others. They are not good in themselves, at least to society at large.
A similar quandary comes up in other domains such as science. The objectivity of science is not primarily from the integrity of scientists, but by scientists competing with others about how to explain the real world. As the left-brain is constantly rationalizing beliefs and data it receives from the right side, rationalization is the default method of reasoning whether we like to admit it or not. It helps to be on the side of truth because it's a lot easier and more fruitful, but it is not essential, and generally we make some base assumptions off our intuitions and then apply an 'anything goes' rhetorical style. It is naive to present your side of some scientific debate as being better because it is filled with people of integrity, as all sides in any large debate involve omitting inconvenient data and exaggerating the consistent data. They key is being on the right side, having the right biases, prejudices, assumptions, because confabulation is hard-wired into the human mind.
Being a good businessman is like being a good scientist. The most important thing is having the correct foresight to see the long-run, as in the long run the truth or value will win out. Having empathy for the customer or a respect for the truth in science is helpful in achieving those ends because you are better able to correct yourself before becoming too tied to bad causes via sunk costs and golden handcuffs. Day-to-day a simple focus on profits cuts through a lot of confused thinking about vague concepts like 'serving our customers', a subject that has produced its share of tiresome essays. Alternatively, nonprofits do this all the time if you really enjoy that kind of focus, or you can go off Jerry Maguire-like and start your own thing if really inspired, many people do.


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When you shape the kitchen interior, the greatest problems are connected with drawbacks of planning and lack of space. Appropriately chosen kitchen furniture can resolve this situation, even more so that variety of models gives such an opportunity. The main thing is to imagine how your own kitchen "acts out", i.e. even on the stage of planning you are to foresee conformity of all objects and their sizes. Believe us, this will greatly facilitate the whole process, up to setting the last shelf in the dresser.
So, you have already made up the list of all kitchen equipment with indication of its size. Now pay attention to technical details, such as dimensions and location of the ventilation, pipes, wiring, sockets, flexible (gas, water-supply) hoses etc. Enter all necessary "stuffing" in your list – and you can set off for the shop to make your choice. If you are going to buy all elements of kitchen interior separately, don't forget that the standard depth of household appliances is 600 mm, so check in advance the parameters of the things you need.
The dominant is high storage cabinets for storing foodstuffs and high cabinets for storing inventory (brushes, brooms etc). It is necessary to remember that they should not break off the work surface and they should not be located on the "outskirts" of your kitchen field. If you prefer an inbuilt grill or oven, it is the high storage cabinet that will accommodate them without breaking the uniformity. Besides you can pick up the height of their location, so that it is convenient for you.
Now let's touch upon on-floor cabinets. They are the basis of your workspace, their height directly affects the extent of your hands' fatigue after cooking food, a great amount of drawers on rollers can help simplify reaching out for any object of kitchen interior that you need at the moment. We advise that you plan the space of on-floor cabinets in such a way, that the most frequently used objects could be easily accessed (pullout rotating shelves), while the rarely used dishware can be placed on the ordinary shelves.
A detail: trays and baking sheets can be conveniently settled in the plinth case under the on-floor table, which in fact, can have any width, depending on your requirements. If the height of the on-floor cabinet (preparation table) is not convenient for you, the plinth will add several centimeters, necessary for your accommodation and will relieve your hands and back of overstrain. Important: it is extremely comfortable to work while sitting, so if you decided to bring in something new to the interior and give yourself a treat, plan a pullout shelf under one of cabinets of work surface or get a high (bar) stool.
Overhead cabinets are to be located not less than 450 mm from the work surface, it is necessary, in order to accommodate freely all used electrical appliances (a food processor, a coffee-machine, a toaster etc). The height of standard cabinets is 600 mm, perforce you can buy 900-mm cabinets. They will exactly reach the ceiling in typical flats. Even if after all this, there are some things left and there is some vacant space on top, we finish the composition by entresol shelves up to the ceiling (open or closed ones) or a cornice with inbuilt lamps. Corner wall-mounted cabinets have either open shelves, or a folding door, which makes all the contents visible; the rotating shelf is remarkable for its capacity and convenience.
The distance between the work surface and overhead cabinets is called the apron. With regard to the work surface the main thing for the apron is to be in harmony with it as to colour and texture. For instance, a glossy table top and glazed tiles, mat colour of the work surface and mat apron (covered with mat washable wallpapers or imitation of tiles).
Such attention to the image of the apron is connected with the fact that it should protect the wall from dirtying, for example, from grease that can be easily washed off. The work surface is often overloaded with objects and their abundance induces the feeling of discomfort. We will free it with the help of the apron. Let's fix the microwave oven on brackets, arrange the parade of species on the miniature shelves and place the small metal items and knives on the magnetic panel. One more nuance: the decorative nook (plinth), made of water-resistant materials, will protect the back surfaces of on-floor cabinets from ingress of moisture.
When you place standard furniture, there may be narrow gaps between separate elements or between the furniture and the wall. Use them – put a narrow shelf or a table in this gap. For example, a movable table will increase the active surface and will be used as a serving table.
A narrow socle will prove useful for storing preparation plates, towels, bottles. Select the same materials for these inbuilt constructions as those used for main furniture. Kitchen furniture made from natural hard wood (oak, cherry, beech, nut-tree) and work surface from granite and marble look impressive and respectable.
Ultramodern directions of finishing are represented by metal surfaces (stainless steel, aluminum) and heat-resistant glass. Inexpensive surfaces can be made of laminated plastic, ceramic tiles, plastic. All these materials are rather practical and differ in the ways of installation and operation: laminated plastics is deformed by high temperatures, the tiles can crack as a result of unsuccessful landing of a heavy pan, plastic is vulnerable to scratches, but in contrast to laminated plastic it withstands high temperature almost without deformation. No kitchen can do without silent assistants, such as a gas cooker, refrigerator, sink. Selection of equipment depends only on you. When the kitchen is small, the equipment and sink are to be compact.
There are sinks of various shapes and dimensions; in our opinion, it is better to select a round sink made from stainless steel. It is smaller than the square one, yet everyone, who has ever used a round sink, will agree that it is more convenient for washing and cleaning, and besides it has a more aesthetic look.
It is very convenient, if the sink has additional ribbed trays for drying dishware, the water then does not spill on the surface of the table top and gradually trickles down to the sink. There are models, where the sink is combined with a drying apparatus, but if you have a dishwasher, you can do without a drying apparatus. Instead, choose a sink with two additional compartments for wetting cutlery and rinsing washed dishware. The drawback of the combined multisection sink is that it takes up too much space. If you have some room, buy a wider 800-mm table top instead of a standard 600-mm one. Then the part of the table top that adjoins the wall can be lifted for 15-20 mm – and you will have a convenient shelf. Besides under the table top you can have a special cavity 20 cm deep that will allow you to conceal drainage equipment. As a result, we get additional space under the sink, where you can put a dishwasher and arrange shelves for cleaners on the remaining space.
The main principle of placing the sink is convenience. It should not be located far from the gas cooker and be connected with it via a common work surface. If the kitchen is small and you planned it as a single line (please refer to the previous article), place the sink in the center, and refrigerator and the gas cooker on each side. A sink in the corner looks good in a big kitchen. The main advantage is economy of space. It is possible to plan a "kitchen island"; in this case the sink perfectly fits into the center of the composition.
One more "must" of the kitchen interior is the gas cooker. Modern cookers with burners and an oven have the same height as the furniture, that is why there are no problems with breaking off the sole horizontal work surface. Nevertheless, if the cooker does not match this parameter, it is preferable to choose models with a flap that closes the burners, when food has been cooked.
Inbuilt kitchen equipment is more expensive, yet more convenient. You can use any combination of equipment at your discretion. This principle is called "domino". The basic modules are gas and electric burners, an oven, a cooking panel. Delicatessen-lovers will install a grill, a deep-fryer, a steamer, a brazier. You are absolutely free in the flight of your fancy and can endlessly enrich your arsenal of kitchen innovations. Work with inbuilt models is practical, because you use minimum dishware and have maximum pleasure from cooking. Also important is the fact that cooker hoods are inbuilt as well, they absorb smoke and soot in the horizontal, but not vertical direction. A substantial drawback that prevents many people from buying inbuilt equipment is its high price.
A small fridge, as well as the washing machine, can be put under the work surface. If you need a big fridge, don't forget about the law of non-breaking off the work surface, when you place it.
So, you have taken care about all kitchen components, and in conclusion add to the interior some personal charm, because its "face" should reflect the traits of your personality.
Your imagination will prompt what elements of decor are relevant in your interior, these can be flowers, paintings, porcelain collections or just cute trifles. The designers of the best repair and construction companies will help you orientate in the endless variety of kitchen furniture and household appliances. With their help your kitchen will be not only convenient and cozy, but will also become a unique reflection of your personality.

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Quickness and foot speed are two major criteria that truly separate the better players from the rest of the pack when it comes to skating. The players who possess quickness and foot speed outshine their opponents at all levels of play.
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The key ingredients to generating quickness and foot speed are balance, anticipation and, most importantly, leg strength. Most players who skate well have extremely powerful legs. This, along with a low center of gravity, helps them explode out of their starts faster than those with weaker legs.
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Keep your knees and ankles bent forward in the ready or sit position. Place your stick out in front of you with the blade on the ice. Your head must be up at all times with your center of gravity low to the ice. This will create balance, power and a longer stride that in turn accomplishes the ultimate goal, which is speed.
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The forward and crossover starts are two of the fastest ways to get out of the starting blocks. Stay low with your knees and ankles bent forward. Practice starting by using repetition drills in small areas. Try running stationary on the ice and then explode into a start. Also start out on your knees and get up quickly into a start. You can also try this on your back and stomach.
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Acceleration is achieved by staying low in your skating stride. Create rhythm in your legs by completing each stride with proper recovery and don't bob and weave. Do not change legs without full recovery or your stride will be choppy. This will slow you down and keep you off balance. The longer your stride the less energy you have to use up to get to the puck or an open space to create a scoring opportunity.
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Work on building your lower body, especially your thighs and calves. The stronger your legs, the more power you can generate in your skating stride.


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Lightspeed Media Corp. has been one of the more aggressive copyright trolls over the past two years. They are intimately associated with John Steele and Prenda Law Inc., and have changed their lawsuits as the case law has changed over the years.
They started out as one of Prenda Law Inc.'s first bittorrent lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, where they sued 100 John Doe Defendants in the Lightspeed Media Corporation v. Does 1-100 (Case No. 1:10-cv-05604), of which 99 WERE DISMISSED ON 12/21/2010, with the remaining one shortly afterwards.
Then Lightspeed Media Corp. amended their complaint to sue 1,000 defendants instead of 100 defendants, and as we wrote about in our "Judge Steeles The Life From A Second Torrent Case" article, the judge responded by SEVERING AND DISMISSING ALL DEFENDANTS but one.
Just when we thought this case was dead, John Steele filed an amended complaint on 4/11/2011 and brought the case back to life by suing one John Doe. The funny part, however, was that they continued to send "scare" letters to ALL THE SEVERED AND DISMISSED DEFENDANTS (even though they were no longer defendants in the case). The court picked up on this and berated Steele on 4/19/2011. A few months later, the zombie Lightspeed Media Corp. federal case was DEAD.
Then, Lightspeed and Steele came up with a novel idea — sue defendants across the U.S. for violation of federal hacker statutes, alleging that accused internet users accessed Lightspeed's websites using stolen passwords (which "through no fault of their own" were "leaked" onto the internet). The twist was that their new lawsuit was filed in the corrupt ILLINOIS STATE COURT (even though the subject matter of the lawsuits belong in the federal courts). In the Lightspeed "Hacker" lawsuit, even if the accused John Doe Defendants used the passwords to access Lightspeed's websites, THEY WOULD NOT VIOLATE THE FEDERAL STATUTES WHICH WERE ASSERTED AGAINST THEM IN THE COMPLAINT. This is the joke about the case — it simply has no merit, but the case persists. It befuddles me that the state court is still allowing subpoenas to be sent out (even though the Illinois SUPREME COURT has come in and voiced its opinion that this case is a fraud and that it should be shut down). Yet, it persists.
These same Hacker lawsuits were also filed in the Miami Dade, FL state courts (equal in integrity to the Chicago state courts) in the Lightspeed Media Corp. v. John Does (Case No. 12-05673 CA 05), and in the Maricopa County, AZ state court (Case No. CV2012-053230). There is a lot that is written about these cases, but because they are taking place in state courts (in which we do not have eyes), we have not been tracking these cases. Essentially, it is important to note that the lawsuits are filed against one Doe Defendant, but implicate HUNDREDS of Doe Defendants as co-conspirators.
Word is that a few weeks ago, Lightspeed Media Corp. has been sold to another company (perhaps to Prenda Law Inc.?), yet the lawsuits continue.
So as you see, Lightspeed Media Corp. is essentially a zombie company that keeps coming back asking internet users for more and more money. If you take a look on http://www.rfcexpress.com, you'll see that there are a few cases on the books, but they are ALL DISMISSED. Yet, if you asked the internet world how many thousands of internet users are still getting calls or letters for Lightspeed, you'll get a surprising answer.
Lightspeed Media Corporation v. Does 1-9 (CAND; 4:11-cv-02261) [DEAD]
Lightspeed Media Corporation v. Doe (ILND; 1:11-cv-00385) [DEAD]
Lightspeed Media Corporation v. Doe (ILND; 1:11-cv-00209) [DEAD]
Lightspeed Media Corporation v. Does 1-100 (then 1-1,000) (ILND; 1:10-cv-05604) [DEAD]
Lightspeed Media Corp. v. John Doe (Miami Dade, FL Case No. 12-05673 CA 05)
Lightspeed Media Corp. v. John Doe (St. Clair, IL Case No. 11-L-683)
Lightspeed Media Corp. v. World Timbers, Inc. & John Doe (Maricopa, AZ Case No. CV2012-053230)


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"I had to decide what was most important to us. And so that's when I came to a point where I realized that the most important thing was obviously being together because our life changed in a matter of minutes," she said. We decided that by moving into a tiny house it was going to be the impetus for us to begin living life intentionally."
Following the death of her husband, St. Germain did some research before purchasing a 260-square-foot home on a trailer. The three share a cozy loft space on the top floor. There's enough storage for a few books, clothes and the bed.
The tiny kitchen is small but functional. St. Germain notes that they have everything they need. All of the amenities of a traditional-sized home (such as a stove, fridge, sink and counter space) are found in their smaller house.
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the final cases of the term, which began last October and is expected to end in late June after high-profile rulings on gay marriage, affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act.
Audio from Wednesday's arguments will be available at week's end at the court's website, but that's a relatively new development at an institution that has historically been somewhat shuttered from public view.
The court has been releasing audio during the same week as arguments only since 2010. Before that, audio from one term generally wasn't available until the beginning of the next term. But the court has been recording its arguments for nearly 60 years, at first only for the use of the justices and their law clerks, and eventually also for researchers at the National Archives, who could hear — but couldn't duplicate — the tapes. As a result, until the 1990s, few in the public had ever heard recordings of the justices at work.
But as of just a few weeks ago, all of the archived historical audio — which dates back to 1955 — has been digitized, and almost all of those cases can now be heard and explored at an online archive called the Oyez Project.
Oyez Project founder and director Jerry Goldman tells NPR the digital recordings archive began in the early 1990s from a simple idea: to give the public access to unabridged Supreme Court recordings.
The archived cases range from the legally technical to historic, including landmark rulings like Loving v. Virginia, the 1967 decision that a state's ban on interracial marriages was unconstitutional; Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision declaring a woman's constitutional right to an abortion; and Bush v. Gore, the case that ended vote-counting in Florida and effectively handed the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush.
Goldman tells NPR that the audio exposes the court's work in a way that allows for a deeper understanding than the public can get from journalists who cover the court or even from reading transcripts of proceedings. "I would rather listen to the opera than read the libretto," he says. "I get much more information from the listening experience than I would from reading the transcript."
It also shows how the court has changed, he says: "In the 1950s and '60s, advocates could elaborate at length without interruption, drone on in some circumstances," he says. "That is very rare in the Supreme Court today. I don't think you can get 20 words in before someone on the bench poses a question."
The Oyez Project also has recently released a mobile app for the iPhone and will have an Android version out this summer, Goldman says.
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The God in me recognizes the God in you. Innocence » Death and Destruction » Knowledge and Wisdom.
This past week, I pulled this picture from my archives and remembered some of the main life events that were not just calling me but urging and driving me to be more conscious about the inner journey. I was, somehow, partially good at avoiding it. Among many reasons, I really enjoyed the busyness of life and the inner work, or soul work, is a slow process and it takes a lot of discipline. Being very impatient as I used to be, I tried to avoid it for as long as I could, until the eyes of my heart were forced to pay more attention to what's inside; to be more intentional about learning the inner-dynamics and more open to the ways of the heart. Some people become more conscientious about the inner work early, others later on in their lives. Yet, others seem to go through an entire lifetime without ever doing it and without ever knowing why we are here.
As I looked at the picture, I quickly recalled one of the movies I saw back then. "People are afraid of what's inside, and that's the only place they're ever gonna find what they need." Peaceful Warrior
"… Friend: Wait a minute. You're letting somebody else coach you? Dan: No. Friend: Well, what's he doing to you? 'Cause you look like crap. Dan: I don't know. I don't know what he's doing to me. Friend: You better get away from it, Middleman. We got qualifiers in four weeks and you're looking like a worthless piece of shit …"
If you haven't seen this movie, outside of the entire context, you may not get the full meaning of the dialog between the two young individuals.
Although, I never broke any of my physical legs or any other limbs beside my nose when I was a small kid, and even though, I know that there is a lot more to the process than the philosophy presented in this movie — I'm not a pacifist, — Peaceful Warrior was and is a good metaphor for some of the dynamics of the heart. As stated by Robert Bly, "Being lied to by older men amounts to a broken leg." Like all of us, I had a lot of work to do, including a 'broken leg', and I still have more soul-labor as I proceed to embrace and integrate the two poles of my own shadows and to navigate my character through this Eternal Fairy Tale we're all a part of and are writing with every choice we make, out-of-sync or synchronized with our truest destinies.
Wisdom is the essential basis of true greatness. Reasoning processes alone cannot know, perceive and achieve the knowledge of truth. Only Omniscience knows all truth and have Real Wisdom. Great individuals like George Washington learned to perceive and to receive truth directly from the Source.
"I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall still be your affectionate Godfather, C. S. Lewis."
Campbell's Seventeen Stages.
"A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man." Joseph Campbell
I. Departure
1. The Call to Adventure
The hero begins in a situation of normality from which some information is received that acts as a call to head off into the unknown.
Campbell: "… [ the call of adventure is to ] a forest, a kingdom underground, beneath the waves, or above the sky, a secret island, lofty mountaintop, or profound dream state; but it is always a place of strangely fluid and polymorphous beings, unimaginable torments, super human deeds, and impossible delight. The hero can go forth of his own volition to accomplish the adventure, as did Theseus when he arrived in his father's city, Athens, and heard the horrible history of the Minotaur; or he may be carried or sent abroad by some benign or malignant agent as was Odysseus, driven about the Mediterranean by the winds of the angered god, Poseidon. The adventure may begin as a mere blunder … or still again, one may be only casually strolling when some passing phenomenon catches the wandering eye and lures one away from the frequented paths of man. Examples might be multiplied, ad infinitum, from every corner of the world."
2. Refusal of the Call
Often when the call is given, the future hero first refuses to heed it. This may be from a sense of duty or obligation, fear, insecurity, a sense of inadequacy, or any of a range of reasons that work to hold the person in his or her current circumstances.
Campbell: "Refusal of the summons converts the adventure into its negative. Walled in boredom, hard work, or 'culture,' the subject loses the power of significant affirmative action and becomes a victim to be saved. His flowering world becomes a wasteland of dry stones and his life feels meaningless — even though, like King Minos, he may through titanic effort succeed in building an empire or renown. Whatever house he builds, it will be a house of death: a labyrinth of cyclopean walls to hide from him his minotaur. All he can do is create new problems for himself and await the gradual approach of his disintegration."
3. Supernatural Aid
Once the hero has committed to the quest, consciously or unconsciously, his guide and magical helper appears or becomes known. More often than not, this supernatural mentor will present the hero with one or more talismans or artifacts that will aid him later in his quest.
Campbell: "For those who have not refused the call, the first encounter of the hero journey is with a protective figure [ often a little old crone or old man ] who provides the adventurer with amulets against the dragon forces he is about to pass. What such a figure represents is the benign, protecting power of destiny. The fantasy is a reassurance — promise that the peace of Paradise, which was known first within the mother womb, is not to be lost; that it supports the present and stands in the future as well as in the past [ is omega as well as alpha; ] that though omnipotence may seem to be endangered by the threshold passages and life awakenings, protective power is always and ever present within or just behind the unfamiliar features of the world. One has only to know and trust, and the ageless guardians will appear. Having responded to his own call, and continuing to follow courageously as the consequences unfold, the hero finds all the forces of the unconscious at his side. Mother Nature herself supports the mighty task. And in so far as the hero's act coincides with that for which his society is ready, he seems to ride on the great rhythm of the historical process."
4. Crossing the First Threshold
This is the point where the person actually crosses into the field of adventure, leaving the known limits of his or her world and venturing into an unknown and dangerous realm where the rules and limits are unknown.
Campbell: "With the personifications of his destiny to guide and aid him, the hero goes forward in his adventure until he comes to the 'threshold guardian' at the entrance to the zone of magnified power. Such custodians bound the world in four directions — also up and down — standing for the limits of the hero's present sphere, or life horizon. Beyond them is darkness, the unknown and danger; just as beyond the parental watch is danger to the infant and beyond the protection of his society danger to the members of the tribe. The usual person is more than content, he is even proud, to remain within the indicated bounds, and popular belief gives him every reason to fear so much as the first step into the unexplored. The adventure is always and everywhere a passage beyond the veil of the known into the unknown; the powers that watch at the boundary are dangerous; to deal with them is risky; yet for anyone with competence and courage the danger fades."
5. Belly of the Whale
The belly of the whale represents the final separation from the hero's known world and self. By entering this stage, the person shows willingness to undergo a metamorphosis. When First entering the stage the hero may encounter a minor danger or set back.
Campbell: "The idea that the passage of the magical threshold is a transit into a sphere of rebirth is symbolized in the worldwide womb image of the belly of the whale. The hero, instead of conquering or conciliating the power of the threshold, is swallowed into the unknown and would appear to have died. This popular motif gives emphasis to the lesson that the passage of the threshold is a form of self-annihilation. Instead of passing outward, beyond the confines of the visible world, the hero goes inward, to be born again. The disappearance corresponds to the passing of a worshipper into a temple — where he is to be quickened by the recollection of who and what he is, namely dust and ashes unless immortal. The temple interior, the belly of the whale, and the heavenly land beyond, above, and below the confines of the world, are one and the same. That is why the approaches and entrances to temples are flanked and defended by colossal gargoyles: dragons, lions, devil-slayers with drawn swords, resentful dwarfs, winged bulls. The devotee at the moment of entry into a temple undergoes a metamorphosis. Once inside he may be said to have died to time and returned to the World Womb, the World Navel, the Earthly Paradise. Allegorically, then, the passage into a temple and the hero-dive through the jaws of the whale are identical adventures, both denoting in picture language, the life-centering, life-renewing act."
II. Initiation
6. The Road of Trials
The road of trials is a series of tests that the person must undergo to begin the transformation. Often the person fails one or more of these tests, which often occur in threes.
Campbell: "Once having traversed the threshold, the hero moves in a dream landscape of curiously fluid, ambiguous forms, where he must survive a succession of trials. This is a favorite phase of the myth-adventure. It has produced a world literature of miraculous tests and ordeals. The hero is covertly aided by the advice, amulets, and secret agents of the supernatural helper whom he met before his entrance into this region. Or it may be that he here discovers for the first time that there is a benign power everywhere supporting him in his superhuman passage. The original departure into the land of trials represented only the beginning of the long and really perilous path of initiatory conquests and moments of illumination. Dragons have now to be slain and surprising barriers passed — again, again, and again. Meanwhile there will be a multitude of preliminary victories, unretainable ecstasies and momentary glimpses of the wonderful land."
7. The Meeting with the Goddess
Campbell: "The ultimate adventure, when all the barriers and ogres have been overcome, is commonly represented as a mystical marriage of the triumphant hero-soul with the Queen Goddess of the World. This is the crisis at the nadir, the zenith, or at the uttermost edge of the earth, at the central point of the cosmos, in the tabernacle of the temple, or within the darkness of the deepest chamber of the heart. The meeting with the goddess [ who is incarnate in every woman ] is the final test of the talent of the hero to win the boon of love [ charity: amor fati, ] which is life itself enjoyed as the encasement of eternity. And when the adventurer, in this context, is not a youth but a maid, she is the one who, by her qualities, her beauty, or her yearning, is fit to become the consort of an immortal. Then the heavenly husband descends to her and conducts her to his bed — whether she will or not. And if she has shunned him, the scales fall from her eyes; if she has sought him, her desire finds its peace."
8. Woman as Temptress
In this step, the hero faces those temptations, often of a physical or pleasurable nature, that may lead him or her to abandon or stray from his or her quest, which does not necessarily have to be represented by a woman. Woman is a metaphor for the physical or material temptations of life, since the hero-knight was often tempted by lust from his spiritual journey.
Campbell: "The crux of the curious difficulty lies in the fact that our conscious views of what life ought to be seldom correspond to what life really is. Generally we refuse to admit within ourselves, or within our friends, the fullness of that pushing, self-protective, malodorous, carnivorous, lecherous fever which is the very nature of the organic cell. Rather, we tend to perfume, whitewash, and reinterpret; meanwhile imagining that all the flies in the ointment, all the hairs in the soup, are the faults of some unpleasant someone else. But when it suddenly dawns on us, or is forced to our attention that everything we think or do is necessarily tainted with the odor of the flesh, then, not uncommonly, there is experienced a moment of revulsion: life, the acts of life, the organs of life, woman in particular as the great symbol of life, become intolerable to the pure, the pure, pure soul. The seeker of the life beyond life must press beyond [ the woman, ] surpass the temptations of her call, and soar to the immaculate ether beyond."
9. Atonement with the Father
In this step the person must confront and be initiated by whatever holds the ultimate power in his or her life. In many myths and stories this is the father, or a father figure who has life and death power. This is the center point of the journey. All the previous steps have been moving into this place, all that follow will move out from it. Although this step is most frequently symbolized by an encounter with a male entity, it does not have to be a male; just someone or thing with incredible power.
Campbell: "Atonement consists in no more than the abandonment of that self-generated double monster — the dragon thought to be God [ superego ] and the dragon thought to be Sin [ repressed id, ] But this requires an abandonment of the attachment to ego itself, and that is what is difficult. One must have a faith that the father is merciful, and then a reliance on that mercy. Therewith, the center of belief is transferred outside of the bedeviling god's tight scaly ring, and the dreadful ogres dissolve. It is in this ordeal that the hero may derive hope and assurance from the helpful female figure, by whose magic [ pollen charms or power of intercession ] he is protected through all the frightening experiences of the father's ego-shattering initiation. For if it is impossible to trust the terrifying father-face, then one's faith must be centered elsewhere [ Spider Woman, Blessed Mother; ] and with that reliance for support, one endures the crisis — only to find, in the end, that the father and mother reflect each other, and are in essence the same. The problem of the hero going to meet the father is to open his soul beyond terror to such a degree that he will be ripe to understand how the sickening and insane tragedies of this vast and ruthless cosmos are completely validated in the majesty of Being. The hero transcends life with its peculiar blind spot and for a moment rises to a glimpse of the source. He beholds the face of the father, understands — and the two are atoned."
10. Apotheosis
This is the point of realization in which a greater understanding is achieved. Armed with this new knowledge and perception, the hero is resolved and ready for the more difficult part of the adventure
Campbell: "Those who know, not only that the Everlasting lies in them, but that what they, and all things, really are is the Everlasting, dwell in the groves of the wish fulfilling trees, drink the brew of immortality, and listen everywhere to the unheard music of eternal concord."
11. The Ultimate Boon
The ultimate boon is the achievement of the goal of the quest. It is what the person went on the journey to get. All the previous steps serve to prepare and purify the person for this step, since in many myths the boon is something transcendent like the elixir of life itself, or a plant that supplies immortality, or the holy grail.
Campbell: "The gods and goddesses then are to be understood as embodiments and custodians of the elixir of Imperishable Being but not themselves the Ultimate in its primary state. What the hero seeks through his intercourse with them is therefore not finally themselves, but their grace, i.e., the power of their sustaining substance. This miraculous energy-substance and this alone is the Imperishable; the names and forms of the deities who everywhere embody, dispense, and represent it come and go. This is the miraculous energy of the thunderbolts of Zeus, Yahweh, and the Supreme Buddha, the fertility of the rain of Viracocha, the virtue announced by the bell rung in the Mass at the consecration, and the light of the ultimate illumination of the saint and sage. Its guardians dare release it only to the duly proven."
III. Return
12. Refusal of the Return
Having found bliss and enlightenment in the other world, the hero may not want to return to the ordinary world to bestow the boon onto his fellow man.
Campbell: "When the hero-quest has been accomplished, through penetration to the source, or through the grace of some male or female, human or animal, personification, the adventurer still must return with his life-transmuting trophy. The full round, the norm of the monomyth, requires that the hero shall now begin the labor of bringing the runes of wisdom, the Golden Fleece, or his sleeping princess, back into the kingdom of humanity, where the boon may redound to the renewing of the community, the nation, the planet or the ten thousand worlds. But the responsibility has been frequently refused. Even Gautama Buddha, after his triumph, doubted whether the message of realization could be communicated, and saints are reported to have died while in the supernal ecstasy. Numerous indeed are the heroes fabled to have taken up residence forever in the blessed isle of the unaging Goddess of Immortal Being."
13. The Magic Flight
Sometimes the hero must escape with the boon, if it is something that the gods have been jealously guarding. It can be just as adventurous and dangerous returning from the journey as it was to go on it.
Campbell: "If the hero in his triumph wins the blessing of the goddess or the god and is then explicitly commissioned to return to the world with some elixir for the restoration of society, the final stage of his adventure is supported by all the powers of his supernatural patron. On the other hand, if the trophy has been attained against the opposition of its guardian, or if the hero's wish to return to the world has been resented by the gods or demons, then the last stage of the mythological round becomes a lively, often comical, pursuit. This flight may be complicated by marvels of magical obstruction and evasion."
14. Rescue from Without
Just as the hero may need guides and assistants to set out on the quest, often he or she must have powerful guides and rescuers to bring them back to everyday life, especially if the person has been wounded or weakened by the experience.
Campbell: "The hero may have to be brought back from his supernatural adventure by assistance from without. That is to say, the world may have to come and get him. For the bliss of the deep abode is not lightly abandoned in favor of the self-scattering of the wakened state. 'Who having cast off the world,' we read, 'would desire to return again? He would be only there.' And yet, in so far as one is alive, life will call. Society is jealous of those who remain away from it, and will come knocking at the door. If the hero … is unwilling, the disturber suffers an ugly shock; but on the other hand, if the summoned one is only delayed — sealed in by the beatitude of the state of perfect being [ which resembles death ] — an apparent rescue is effected, and the adventurer returns."
15. The Crossing of the Return Threshold
The trick in returning is to retain the wisdom gained on the quest, to integrate that wisdom into a human life, and then maybe figure out how to share the wisdom with the rest of the world.
Campbell: "The returning hero, to complete his adventure, must survive the impact of the world. Many failures attest to the difficulties of this life-affirmative threshold. The first problem of the returning hero is to accept as real, after an experience of the soul-satisfying vision of fulfillment, the passing joys and sorrows, banalities and noisy obscenities of life. Why re-enter such a world? Why attempt to make plausible, or even interesting, to men and women consumed with passion, the experience of transcendental bliss? As dreams that were momentous by night may seem simply silly in the light of day, so the poet and the prophet can discover themselves playing the idiot before a jury of sober eyes. The easy thing is to commit the whole community to the devil and retire again into the heavenly rock dwelling, close the door, and make it fast. But if some spiritual obstetrician has drawn the shimenawa across the retreat, then the work of representing eternity in time, and perceiving in time eternity, cannot be avoided" The hero returns to the world of common day and must accept it as real.
16. Master of Two Worlds
This step is usually represented by a transcendental hero like Jesus or Gautama Buddha. For a human hero, it may mean achieving a balance between the material and spiritual. The person has become comfortable and competent in both the inner and outer worlds.
Campbell: "Freedom to pass back and forth across the world division, from the perspective of the apparitions of time to that of the causal deep and back — not contaminating the principles of the one with those of the other, yet permitting the mind to know the one by virtue of the other — is the talent of the master. The Cosmic Dancer, declares Nietzsche, does not rest heavily in a single spot, but gaily, lightly, turns and leaps from one position to another. It is possible to speak from only one point at a time, but that does not invalidate the insights of the rest. The individual, through prolonged psychological disciplines, gives up completely all attachment to his personal limitations, idiosyncrasies, hopes and fears, no longer resists the self-annihilation that is prerequisite to rebirth in the realization of truth, and so becomes ripe, at last, for the great at-one-ment. His personal ambitions being totally dissolved, he no longer tries to live but willingly relaxes to whatever may come to pass in him; he becomes, that is to say, an anonymity."
17. Freedom to Live
Mastery leads to freedom from the fear of death, which in turn is the freedom to live. This is sometimes referred to as living in the moment, neither anticipating the future nor regretting the past.
Campbell: "The hero is the champion of things becoming, not of things become, because he is. "Before Abraham was, I AM." He does not mistake apparent changelessness in time for the permanence of Being, nor is he fearful of the next moment [ or of the 'other thing', ] as destroying the permanent with its change. 'Nothing retains its own form; but Nature, the greater renewer, ever makes up forms from forms. Be sure there's nothing perishes in the whole universe; it does but vary and renew its form.' Thus the next moment is permitted to come to pass."
"Now, God is Spirit, where the Spirit is there is freedom." Paul | 2 Corinthians 3:17
Campbell, Joseph (1949). The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1st ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (2nd ed. 1968, 3rd ed. 2008).
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The journey of Christ [ The Way ] is a perfect example of this trajectory … | Book of John, Chapter 17 | Christ's Last Prayer before Crucifixion and Resurrection | Re-connecting the Two Worlds … on Earth as it is in Heaven.


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Millions of Americans have so much stuff, they now need to rent a self storage unit.
But have you ever stepped back and added up what you are paying to hold onto all those old possessions, that you will probably never use again?
So Popular it is in TV Shows
Self storage is a billion dollar business, a trend so popular it's become the subject of reality shows like Storage Wars, and has even made fun of on hit sitcoms.
Many people think storage will save money in the future, so you won't have to repurchase a dining room set, or clothing for the next child or grand kid.
But that's a costly gamble, with the average 10 by 15 foot unit $120 a month. That's $1,400 a year....not including taxes or extra insurance.
And from the doesn't that stink file, what that old couch could cost you long term.
Consumer Reports Magazine says if you invested that money at 5% a year, it could be worth almost $10,000 in 6 or 7 years. Doesn't that stink?
Consumer Reports suggests you hold a yard sale for the big stuff, stick the small valuables in a closet at home, and throw out the rest.
My advice? If you are storing goods you will need in a future home, or for a child's college dorm room, then it makes sense to hold onto it.
Otherwise, cut back and de-clutter so you don't waste your money.
Don't Waste Your Money is a registered trademark of the EW Scripps Co.
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Mr. Speaker, I thought I had heard it all from the Conservative Party of Canada when last November 11, the party's fundraising arm called veterans in this country to ask for money.
I thought that was the lowest of the low until just recently, when a constituent of mine called me and said that a member of the Conservative Party had called him looking for money, because "We are the only party that stands up for the Jewish people of Canada and Israel". I thought I had heard it all from a political party that uses religion and wedge politics, but this is the lowest of the low.
It is bad enough to call veterans on Remembrance Day looking for money for a political party, but using wedge religious politics, in this case with the Jewish people of Canada, to raise funds for a party is despicable and low.
The Conservative Party of Canada and the Prime Minister of Canada should apologize to all people in Canada--


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RMS-300 has eight 24 bit
isolated voltmeters for sampling DC voltages up to 100 volts!
Each voltmeter is capable of measuring up to +/- 100 VDC with 24-bit accuracy. Each voltmeter
has its own 24 bit Delta Sigma ADC. The data and power lines for each voltmeter are
isolated with a chip-scale air core transformer. This enables each voltmeter to measure
different DC voltage sources without any effect on the main board or other voltages.
This technology enables the ability to measure (but not limited to):
- positive and negative voltages
- separate power sources
- individual batteries in a battery bank
- shunt voltages for equipment that may be drawing or generating power.
- solar panel voltage and amperage
- wind turbine voltage and amperage
- battery charger voltage and amperage
Note 1: Voltmeters that have nothing hooked up to them so that the positive and
negative inputs are floating may read spurious positive and negative voltage readings, this
is normal. You may dampen the voltage reading by sacrificing accuracy using the precision
box. Use a number between 2 and 6 to increase or decrease the decimal place.
Note 2: Due to variations in components and the manufacturing process, voltmeter
readings may differ slightly from each other and from your hand held DVM. Use the
adjustment box to fine tune the voltmeter to display the expected value.
Below is a screen shot of the RMS-300 voltmeter overview page. This page shows at a
glance all voltmeter readings and provides a gateway for more voltmeter options. In the
screen shot below voltmeter 1 is displaying a positive reading of a 12v battery bank.
Voltmeter 2 is in ammeter mode, it is measuring the charge going into the battery bank via
a 50 millivolt / 50 amp current shunt (more on using shunts below). Voltmeter 3 is
measuring the output of a negative 24 volt power supply. Note: A green bar graph indicates
positive voltage, a red bar graph indicates negative voltage. The graphs button takes you
to a page displaying voltage or amperage readings in a graph.
Clicking on one of the voltmeter icons will bring you to the setup page for that particular
voltmeter. Below is a screen shot of the setup page for voltmeter one. Here you can enter
setup information like a name and notes for this voltmeter. The "Scale Mode Jumper" check
box lets the RMS-300 know if the mode jumper is installed or removed. The precision
box is used to set how many decimal places to display, valid choices are between 2 and 6.
The adjustment box is used to fine tune the voltmeter. The Polarity filter is used to
filter out unwanted positive or negative readings. The Polarity Filter will allow both
positive and negative, positive only, or negative only readings. The Polarity setting is
used to reverse the polarity of the voltage being read. The averaging filter will settle
the voltage bounce readings. The weight factor should be between 0 and 1. The larger the
number, the faster the answer is obtained. The lower the number, less bounce occurs. A good
default is 0.05 if the precision is set to 6. The averaging filter uses the formula
C = w(C-P)+P
C = Current voltage reading
P = Previous voltage reading
w = Weight factor (as determined by value entered into the Weight Factor text box)
The "Suppress Trigger Actions on Boot" check box is used to stop actions from happening
when the RMS-300 board is warm or cold started, or when settings are changed. Each
voltmeter has a High, Normal, and Low trigger range. Each trigger range has a maximum and
minimum value. The range in between the maximum and minimum value acts like a dead band
area. Triggers can be set to fire alerts or scripts when the voltage is either too high or
too low. The High Trigger is used when the voltage rises above the High Trigger maximum
value. The Normal Trigger is used when the voltage falls below the High Trigger minimum
value. The "Execute Every" box is used to select how often the condition should be tested
and acted upon. Each voltmeter trigger can also execute a custom file stored on the
RMS-300 board.
Below is the Low Trigger interface. The Low Trigger is used when the voltage falls below
the Low Trigger maximum value. The Normal Trigger is used when the voltage rises above the
Low Trigger minimum value.
Voltmeter Triggers Explained
When a voltage is within a trigger range (as shown by the different color bands), the
action will only execute as often as specified by the "Execute Actions Below Every" pull
down list box. If a voltage is in the green (Normal Range), and moves above the High
trigger value (MIN) into the yellow, no actions occur. Only if the voltage moves into the
red range (past High Trigger Value (MAX)) will the action occur. If the voltage flutters
into the yellow and back into the red, this does not reset any triggers. The High Trigger
condition will reset only when the voltage falls back into the green where it will execute
the "High Normal Trigger" action only once.
The same theory applies to the Low Trigger values. If a voltage is in the green (Normal
Range), and moves below the Low trigger value (MIN) into the light blue, no actions occur.
Only if the voltage drops into the dark blue range (past Low Trigger Value (MAX)) will the
action occur. If the voltage flutters into the light blue and back into the dark blue, this
does not reset any triggers. The Low Trigger condition will reset only when the voltage
rises back into the green where it will execute the "Low Normal Trigger" action only
Voltmeters on the Command Line
Below is an example of reading the voltmeters on the command line. Note: the
voltmeter readings are stored in files located in the /var/rmsdata folder. Voltmeter 1's
storage file is called vm1. Voltmeter 2's storage file is called vm2 etc.
Voltmeter Graphs.
Each voltmeter has corresponding graphs associated with it. Below is a graph showing volts
over a 1 week period. Day, week, month, and year graphs are available.
Below is a graph showing voltmeter 4 in amperage mode. At one point during a 1 week period,
the solar panels were putting over 12 amps into the batteries.
How to Measure amperage using a
If you are managing a remote battery powered site, knowing your battery voltage is vital.
It is also a key thing to know how much charging you are putting back into your batteries,
and how much power is being consumed by your equipment. Using a common shunt, it is
possible to obtain a millivolt reading that relates to an amperage reading. The voltmeters
on the RMS-300 board are perfect for this as they are very sensitive and can easily
read millivolt readings.
A word on shunts.
Shunts are defined as a resistive load through which electricity is diverted. Often the
resistance of a shunt is known precisely and is used to determine amperage by measuring the
voltage drop across it using Ohm's law (I = V/R). It also allows high current measurements
with low-current equipment. Some popular shunts are 50mv/50amp and 100mv/100amp. The
relationship between the millivolt reading and the current going through the shunt makes
figuring out the amperage easy. For example, in the case of the 50mv/50amp shunt: if you
had 50 amps of charging going through the shunt then the millivolt reading would be 50mv.
If you had 25 amps of charging going through the shunt then the millivolt reading would be
25mv etc etc. When measuring current over 100 amps, continuous operating current should not
exceed 2/3 ammeter shunt rating. To ensure proper operation, the shunt temperature is in no
way to exceed 145°C, as a permanent change in resistance will occur. For example, if
continuous current for an application is 500 amps, the ammeter shunt rating should be no
less than 750 amps. This applies to both 50 and 100 millivolt current drop shunts.
To learn more about shunts and how much they cost, please visit: U.S.A.www.deltecco.com
Above is a drawing of a 50mv/50amp shunt.
So where does RMS-300 fit into all of
Below is an example diagram of how to use RMS-300 with a shunt to measure charging
from a solar panel array. The negative solar panel lead is connected to the battery
negative terminal. The positive solar panel lead is routed to the positive battery terminal
by way of a 50 millivolt 50 amp current shunt. From one side of the shunt there is a sense
wire run to the negative input on VM5. From the other side of the shunt there is a sense
wire run to the positive input on VM5.
NOTE: Consult the Owners Manual or the Manufacturer of the equipment you are
measuring to determine if there is any preference on which power wire the shunt should be
hooked up to.
Below is a screen shot of how to setup Voltmeter 5 to act as an ammeter to show how much
charging is going into the batteries from solar panels. First, put Voltmeter 5 into ammeter
mode and click Apply. Next, enter valid shunt values (amperage rating, millivolt value),
enter name and notes and then click Apply or click Ok.
If everything is hooked up correctly you should be able to see how much amperage is being
put into your batteries. In the screenshot below the 12 volt main battery bank is being
charged by both solar and wind. This technique can be used to measure DC current being put
into your batteries by solar panels, a wind generator, or a battery charger. RMS-300
can monitor your voltage and amperage remotely and alert you to dangerous battery
Below is an example of how to use RMS-300 with a shunt to measure current draw from
your equipment. The negative load wire is connected to the battery negative terminal. The
positive wire is routed to the positive battery terminal by way of a 50 millivolt 25 amp
current shunt. From one side of the shunt there is a sense wire run to the negative input
on VM5. From the other side of the shunt there is a sense wire run to the positive input on
NOTE: Consult the Owners Manual or the Manufacturer of the equipment you are
measuring to determine if there is any preference on which power wire the shunt should be
hooked up to.
The electrical ratings for the voltmeter terminal blocks can be found here.
RMS-300 is a remote voltage monitoring system with many features to give you the situational awareness to keep your equipment running reliably!
Our Story
EtherTek Circuits started its business in 2001. Ever since we have provided remote monitoring and control solutions for Remote Tower Sites, the Oil & Gas industry, Telemetry systems for Agriculture, Municipalities, Mines, Solar Farms, Hydro Plants, and the Military.