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Reed, religious right find benefactors for 2012 plans
When we consider the Koch brothers' investments in the 2012 race, we tend to think of Americans for Prosperity and the massive amount of money going into attack ads targeting President Obama.
But there's more to Charles and David Koch's efforts than just inundating voters with television commercials. Bloomberg News reported last week, for example, the Republican billionaires are working on initiatives related to voter turnout, phone banks, voter registration, and party building.
What's more, the Huffington Post reported over the weekend that the Kochs have also taken an interest in the religious right movement.
A conservative group led by longtime political activist Ralph Reed has budgeted $10 million for a major 2012 election push to turn out the religious right and block a second term for President Barack Obama, a top executive with his organization told the Huffington Post.
The Faith and Freedom Coalition's effort, which will include voter registration drives at NASCAR races in Florida, Virginia and other key swing states, is part of a much broader attempt to reactivate millions of socially conservative voters to not only defeat Obama but help some favorite conservative congressional candidates.
Reed's group isn't alone – Concerned Women for America and the Pennsylvania-based Let Freedom Ring are engaged in their own election-year efforts – but it's the highest profile outfit with the most ambitious election-year plans.
Though the report didn't say exactly how much money the religious right is getting for the 2012 endeavors – it appears to be in the tens-of-millions-of-dollars range – but Huffington reported the money is coming from Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, John Templeton Jr., and "organizations that receive funding from the billionaire Koch brothers."
The report coincided with new reports on Mitt Romney's private meetings with religious right leaders, including James Dobson.
The religious right, as a movement, clearly lacks the influence and power it used to enjoy, but when Reed has a $10 million election-year plan, wealthy benefactors extending support, and Romney kissing his ring, it suggests Christian conservatives remain politically-relevant players.
For that matter, to reiterate a point from June, it appears that Ralph Reed is officially mainstream again. Just a few years ago, this would have been hard to predict.
Reed, of course, became a disgraced lobbyist caught up in the Abramoff scandal, who's now managed to position himself again as a right-wing GOP power broker. He pulled this off by simply waiting, confident that Republican officials, conservative activists, and the media would simply forget about his scandals and remember his organizing successes.
This has worked remarkably well, but there's still value in remembering his sleazy misdeeds. Remember this one, from June 2006?
Yet another delightful characterization of Ralph Reed, courtesy of today's McCain report on the Abramoff scandal. This one comes courtesy of Jack Abramoff himself, via his discussion with Marc Schwartz, a public relations representative for the Tigua tribe in Texas.
Let's pick up the report on page 148. Schwartz was evaluating whether the tribe should hire Abramoff as its lobbyist: To Schwartz, Abramoff appeared to have the right credentials. Abramoff claimed to be a close friend of Congressman Tom DeLay. He also discussed his friendship with Reed, recounting some of their history together at College Republicans. When Schwartz observed that Reed was an ideologue, Schwartz recalled that Abramoff laughingly replied "as far as the cash goes."
Or, how about this one?
Ralph Reed, email to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, 1998: "Hey, now that I'm done with the electoral politics, I need to start humping in corporate accounts! I'm counting on you to help me with some contacts."
E-mails and testimony before McCain's panel showed that Reed, who once branded gambling a "cancer" on society, reaped millions of dollars in tribal casino proceeds that Abramoff secretly routed to him through various non-profit front groups. Abramoff, a lobbyist for the tribes, paid Reed to whip up "grassroots" Christian opposition to prevent rival tribes from opening casinos.
All of this, apparently, is now considered little more than water under the bridge.


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She probably didn't even need to say it. But this is what CIWS guns are good for.
The schedule hasn't actually let up, but I've at least got this crazy page done! Here's to it.
All the best, folks.
She probably didn't even need to say it. But this is what CIWS guns are good for.
The schedule hasn't actually let up, but I've at least got this crazy page done! Here's to it.
All the best, folks.
Hail of Bullets!
Rock AND Roll, Baby! 😉
It's times like this you kind of wish your CISW was water cooled and had bigger ammo bunkers to feed them. And yes, as a matter of fact I have long lusted for a water cooled quad 50 mount with M3's in it. 🙂 More importantly the money to afford the ammo.
I'm thinking those guns just ain't gonna be enough.
Duck and Cover, folks!
"For what we are about to receive…"
Sounds like a job for MetalStorm.
We'd call these guns on the ships R2D2…. LMAO! But yes they are very effective against incoming targets.
Yeah I'm super happy with how they look on this page. Fortunately, the Journalism Branch photo records make things easy to draw – at least on the outside!
There are going to be leakers….
… 😉
I think he means a few bomblets are going to make it throught Mike's iron curtain.
I know.
And as Francis Urquhart would say, "You might very well think that, but I couldn't possibly comment."
Hope those are Goal keeper CWIS
They're "Artemis" anti-missile guns, part of the CBM System. But they're very good, with active tracking and 98% terminality within their engafagement zine. They positively inhale ammunition though…
Are they using AHEAD munitions?
This here has got to be the most intense game of Missile Command I've ever seen.
Be interesting if you could build a similar system using a Flak (Air Burst) round.
Ask, and you shall receive:
It shreads everything that flies, from PGMs to jet aircraft.
Cool thanks!
Feels a bit strange for us to use the instantaneous laser weaponry against aircraft, but continue to use conventional rapid-fire munitions against the faster, smaller missiles.
Maybe it has something to do with charge times for the laser? IDK
Well they are working on a laser anti-missile / boat laser for the navy. But big thing would be the fact that we don't have pulse lasers yet and therefore can't lay down a "screen" of laser fire the way a flak gun can flechettes.


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Here is the box it was in.
That is a product with the Witherby name and likely nothing to do with the T H Witherby legacy, at least to my knowledge.
It may be someone who had rights to use the name. It may be the trade mark to the name has become public domain.
There is also Witherby Publishing, seems to be mostly maritime titles.
More research would be in order if it is something you have to
Originally Posted by dennis thompson
Went to Home Depot on Saturday to buy the Ridgid R4512 saw. Worked with two different associates, both of whom were completely useless, I wanted to make sure the saw was made in 2016, after the trunnion issue was fixed. Left the store completely annoyed with them. I really wanted the saw so I went back early Sunday morning and asked for the manager. It was like I was in a different store, the manager and his assistant were great. They got a fork lift to get the saws down from a high rack, allowed
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I then cleaned up the surface and shot the edges. A Coat of BLO and let to dry overnight.
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Now I need to figure out what to do with the panel. I'm thinking I will re-saw it and make it a door for a
I am down to the part I have been dreading, the inlay. I have always liked the Japanese Brush and Ink Drawings. I travel with a sketchbook, brushes and pens. I found I was interested in this type of motif could be added to a cabinet. Here is a concept sketch.
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I then spent a bit of time scaling this and composing it on the box.
So, I thought I would do a practice panel to ensure I was
Well the end seems in sight now. I have a coat of finish on the legs. I also fastened the top handle. So next it was mortising of the hasps and then fashioning the attachment plate.
I cut the mortises for the hasps. I rough out with my Dremel set up for inlay and then pared carefully with a chisel to my layout lines. After mortising, I put a coat of finish down to avoid getting finish on the hasps. I had cast the hasps last fall from bronze. That was a bit frustrating as twice I cracked


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There are very good arguments to be made on both sides of Jim Riggleman's stunning resignation from the Nationals yesterday. You could say that he's earned a contract extension, and you'd be right. You could say that he signed a contract and he should honor it, and you'd be right.
But there's no argument that Riggleman needed a stiff drink last night, and Nats Enqurier was all over it.
Riggleman hit up Caddies in Bethesda, badmouthing Mike Rizzo and generally having a grand old time. Said Riggleman today,
"I was solving the world's problems last night at Caddies...I had to let those ladies get a look at me...There are some beautiful young ladies in that place!"
Riggleman did a radio spot this morning on Sports Junkies on 106.7 The Fan in DC (audio starts at the 19:00 mark), and says he had fun, but that he stuck to his self-imposed 2-drink limit. He's earned a party, so let's hope he didn't stick to a 2-girl limit.
Jim Riggleman Gone Wild: "I was solving the world's problems last night at Caddies" [Nats Enquirer]


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I am trying to learn LISP for the first time. What I am trying to do seems basic to me but I am having trouble since I don' t have the experience.
I would like to create a function to accept a list of variable arguments, and then iterate through it, printing the first n values. Here is what I have tried:
I found some tutorials on the web, but cannot get this to work. Probably due to my being familiar with c/c++ and not yet understanding LISP.
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(defun it (n &rest values)
(loop for y in values
for n from 1
do (print(y))
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I have DVD Roms full of images that used to run on my computer no problem. Now they don't work. No matter what browser I use to run the DVD I get "Application blocked by security settings" and "Blocked exception" error messages when I try to run the DVD. I know it's a Java problem. I uninstalled Java, but then the DVD program said it required Java to run. I've now reinstalled the current version of Java. There are no previous versions on my computers. Everything I could find online says to go to the java security settings and reduce them; but that does not help.
Suggestions? I'm completely stumped and about to cry that I can't use these DVDs. They were expensive. Please any help is appreciated!


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Fireworks to Light Up Central Minnesota Skies this Week [Dick's Top 5]
After a day of brats, burgers, potato salad and a day in the sun, it's time for "ooh and ahh" moments in the sky. As Independence Day rounds the corner, here are some of the best 4th of July firework displays in the area.
Joe Town Rocks, St. Joseph
Tuesday, July 3rd
St. Joseph features "Joe Town Rocks" on July 3rd. Free concerts starting at 6 p.m. featuring "Emma Kay and the Longways" as well as "Liverpool Legends." Then at 10:15 p.m., a fireworks display launched from the ballfield at the old Kennedy grade school in downtown St. Joseph. The fireworks follows the "Sky Concert" format synchronized to patriotic music. It should last 12 minutes. This is no small town fireworks — "Shalo Lee and the Rust River Band" follows the fireworks to wrap up the night.
Marty Fireworks
Tuesday, July 3rd
You could celebrate the 4th a day early and travel to Marty, Minnesota on July 3rd. Organizers boast of a fine fireworks display to be launched from a barge on Pearl Lake, off County Roads 8 and 141, about 1/2 mile form the Pearl Lake Lodge.
St. Cloud Fireworks, St. Cloud
Wednesday, July 4th
Gather at Hester and Wilson Parks for the best viewing.
St. Cloud is hosting its 65th annual July 4th fireworks. A grand fireworks display over the Mississippi River starts at 10 p.m. The fireworks will be launched from barges in the Mississippi River between Hester and Wilson Parks. The fireworks show will be synchronized to a specially-selected music soundtrack. Enjoy live music at 8:30 p.m. And there'll be food, too — root beer floats, ice cream sundaes and candy bars on a stick.
Annandale Fireworks
Wednesday, July 4th
Annandale's 123rd annual fourth of July celebration is on now through July 4th. Annandale is home to the longest consecutive running Fourth of July celebration in the state. There are all sorts of events leading up to the spectacular fireworks on the 4th. A parade at 10 a.m., carnival opens following the parade, queen coronation, food and music. The fireworks display occurs at dusk, approximately at 10 p.m. The show is located at the Annandale Municipal Park on Pleasant Lake. This serves as a beautiful venue as the fireworks are fired off over the lake. You can watch the show from a number of places — in the park, along the lakefront or from your boat.
Elk River Fireworks
Wednesday, July 4th
Elk River presents its 3rd annual Independence Day program on the 4th at Lions Park, 1104 Park Drive. It starts at 6:15 p.m. with a patriotic ceremony, followed by live music, Independence Day skit, food, kids' activities and American-made cotton flags will be handed out. At 10:15 p.m., the fireworks show begins.
Where is your favorite central minnesota fireworks display this year?
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Much publicity has been given to that significant passage in Pope Benedict's recent book, Jesus of Nazareth (page 187) when he discusses the cry of the people during the Passion: "His blood be on us and on our children (Matthew 27:25)."
At first the Holy Father analyses the elements that made up the crowd baying for Jesus' blood: these are not the 'Jewish people' as such, but the dominant priestly circle and the followers of Barabbas.
Then, in an illuminating passage, the Pope reminds us that "the Christian will remember that Jesus' blood speaks a different language from the blood of Abel; it does not cry out for vengeance and punishment; it brings reconciliation." He emphasises that, "read in the light of faith, it means that we all stand in need of the purifying power of love, which is his blood. These words are not a curse, but rather redemption, salvation."
This interpretation makes it clear there is no room for anti-Semitism in the Church. This makes me ask the question: "Why is it that among certain right-wing (I hate that expression when used in the context of the Church, but it can be useful) Catholics, those who attend the Tridentine Mass, there is anti-Semitism?"
I have encountered it myself: the odd remark that makes you sit up and wonder where that person is coming from; 'under the counter' literature with disturbing phrases and attitudes. When I referred to The Remnant in my blog for April 14, a friend warned me against giving this publication publicity as he had encountered an anti-Semitic strain in some of its articles.
Further to this, a good friend of mine, who is herself a convert from Judaism and who always attends the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, tells me she is sometimes very distressed by the blatantly anti-Semitic remarks she hears from fellow EF worshippers when socialising after Mass. I once put this question to a Francophile acquaintance, who replied that in France the far Right in politics has always been closely linked with the Lefebvrist wing of the Church there. And then there is the case of the schismatic Bishop Williamson and his now notorious views about the Holocaust: clearly, there are too many instances for this to be a random feature.
We have just celebrated Good Friday when, in the Novus Ordo, the general intercessions ask us to "pray for the Jewish people, the first to hear the word of God." The same prayer in my old Roman Missal has the Latin: "Oremus et pro perfidis Judaeis…", translated as "Let us pray also for the unbelieving Jews…" Is this part of the problem?
When the late John Paul II (of soon-to-be blessed memory) referred to the Jews as "our older brothers", I warmed to the phrase. I have a private syllogism which runs, "Jesus was a Jew. I follow Jesus. Therefore I am a Jew."
This is, of course, factual and well as logical nonsense, as I am actually a Celt, descended from a long and noble line of Irish peasants, but you get my drift: how can we Christians, who profess to follow Christ, have any truck with any kind of anti-Semitism?
Pope Benedict concludes on page 187 with the words, "Only when understood in terms of the theology of the Last Supper and the Cross, drawn from the whole of the New Testament, does this verse from Matthew's Gospel take on its correct meaning."
Worth pondering, eh?
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The World's Oldest Fraggle's first appearance was in the Fraggle Rock episode "The Finger of Light." As his name implies, he serves as elder for the Fraggles, often officiating at ceremonial events and emergency meetings. He frequently needs to be corrected by his assistant Henchy, to whom he replies "I know that!" while whacking him on the nose with his cane (once despite promising not to in "Inspector Red").
The World's Oldest Fraggle is obviously greatly respected by the Fraggles, but he is not their leader. His role seems to be mostly ceremonial; he presides over games and leads meetings a lot, but he doesn't make rules for anyone. The Fraggles are their own leaders, and nobody is the boss. However, the World's Oldest does wield a lot of influence if he wishes, shown by how he can convince and quasi-lead the normally peaceful and pacifistic Fraggles into a war against The Cave Fraggles in Fraggle Cave.
The World's Oldest Fraggle also seems to wobble between seriousness, silliness and senility. When he first appears in the episodes "The Finger of Light" and "New Trash Heap in Town", he shows insight and wisdom, even if the other Fraggles refuse to believe it. In episodes like "Fraggle Wars", he seems to drift into senility while still showing flashes of leadership (even if the leadership is of a potentially destructive kind). In the episode "Gone, But Not Forgotten", he offers insight into death itself, explaining that at his age, death will be nothing more than a welcome change of scenery.
- Fraggle Rock
- "Episode 112: The Finger of Light"
- "Episode 116: Capture the Moon"
- "Episode 124: New Trash Heap in Town"
- "Episode 217: Fraggle Wars"
- "Episode 218: The Day the Music Died"
- "Episode 221: Wembley and the Great Race"
- "Episode 311: The Beanbarrow, the Burden and the Bright Bouquet"
- "Episode 402: Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water"
- "Episode 507: Gone, But Not Forgotten
- "Episode 510: Inspector Red"


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Four-Pins recently released prolific street style photographer Tommy Ton's personal list of the world's most stylish men. Some of the dapper gentlemen who made the cut are regulars on fashion blogs while some are known more for their work behind scenes like visvim's Hiroki Nakamura. In any case, each has a fashion sense unique to himself and Tommy's picks are certainly to be respected given his years of experience on the matter.
Check out some images of the men above and take a look at the list in image order below:
1. Stefano Pilati 2. Haider Ackermann 3. Takahiro Miyashita 4. Hiroki Nakamura 5. Stephen Mann 6. Nick Wooster 7. Alessandro Squarzi 8. Richard Chai 9. Sam Lambert 10. Justin Doss


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The great and powerful Governor of Michigan
shut us down for two months this spring as non-essential when the plague hit.
We know what you're thinking, "non-essential?" We believed differently
but got shut down nonetheless.
We find ourselves behind in production
regardless of how much overtime we put in, we can never make that lost
production time up. We're now doing production in the worst possible way;
instead of doing an entire years' worth of production of each stand we're
jumping back and forth trying to minimize the amount of time we're out of stock
on any particular stand.
This year we're simply asking for your
patience as we face these challenges head-on, this is uncharted territory for
all of us. We're experiencing another record-breaking year and are doing our
best to satisfy the increasing demand. Rest assured that no one wants you to
get your Family Tradition Treestands more than us and we'll do our best to get
them out as quickly as is possible.
We have the greatest, most loyal customers
in the hunting community and have always valued your business. It's you,
existing and new customers alike, that have allowed us to keep our doors open
and maintain a healthy business operation while we watch in horror as other
businesses are forced to close their doors forever. We are eternally grateful
and cannot possibly give enough thanks for your loyalty!!
Humbly yours,
Managing Partner
The flag does
not fly because of the wind that blows it.
The flag
flies because of each soldier's last breath that blows by it.
Lord, hold our
troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they
protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they
perform for us in our time of need. Amen
Family Tradition customer & Naval Aircrewman First Class
Kevin Ross in the back of an
MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter during deployment aboard the USS George H.
W. Bush.
PFC William Seals II was stationed in
with the Army. William was formerly ranked in the
top 10 of ASA
and here he proves that you can't separate the bow from
the hunter!
not your mamma's garden set!
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strong, comfortable and long lasting products. We couldn't find these
qualities as it relates to outdoor furniture for camps or fire pits so we simply
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improved ratchet straps!
At 2,000# breaking strength our previous version was
already the best in the industry. A new American supplier is now making
3,300# breaking strength
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These are standard on all products and many replace their inferior ratchets when
they find out how nice ours are.
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We are honored to have received another highly
coveted award from an industry magazine regarding the
best products in the hunting industry. Although our larger competitors
have hundreds
of dealers selling their stands we still manage to win prestigious awards and beat out the big boys in our industry!!! You
need to try one today and find out why our industry feels that we make "The
best stand for your Buck!"
We recently found out that
uses them too! During the course of filming the movie
Grey Skies in
northern Michigan the Producers found they needed to be elevated on a large and
steady platform. Thankfully we had a dealer a few miles away and they
purchased one of our Double Tripods! Producer and Actress Stacy Jorgensen
was kind enough to get us a photo.
Thanks Stacy!
The film will
officially be released on DVD October 11, 2011 on amazon.com and osirisent.com.
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It's been a whirlwind
since our purchase of
Family Tradition Treestands in 2005. Our intention all along was take the
"The best stand for your Buck!" national and it looks like we're now well on our
Shortly after purchasing their first stands for his
ranch in Georgia we got a call stating that Mr. Foxworthy just loved our stands.
Since then he got involved with friend and industry mogul Mr. David Morris in
rolling out a new show, The Bucks of Tecomate. We were thrilled to get a
call from Mr. Morris stating that they wanted to use our stands on the
highest rated show on Versus! While our competitors were beating down
their doors for this opportunity Mr. Foxworthy insisted that they should pursue
a partnership with Family Tradition Treestands!
Owners Jennifer & Jack Turner with Jeff Foxworthy
So...we've been shipping stands for them to hunt and film out
of ever since. We couldn't be more proud that they personally chose
our company for the most highly rated outdoor show on Versus!
"If you can't feel your feet, it's time to change your seat."
"If your rear end wants to quit hunting way before you do, you might want
to switch to Family Tradition."
3. "When
he shows, you'll be waiting....comfortably"
"My most comfortable chair is 15 feet off of the ground"
"If your deer stand ain't worth a sit, try ours."
Just wanted to let you know that during this
weekends youth deer hunt in Michigan your double ladder stand made the day! My
13 yr. old son Connor and I had a couple of big bucks coming into one of our
food plots that only had your single stands set up. We figured we would split up
and I could watch him from across the field. Then I remembered I had one of your
double stands still in the box in the barn.
We wanted to be out hunting by 5:00 pm. and it
was already 1:00 pm. We figured we had just enough time to put it together and
get it in the tree but we had to hurry! We opened the box and had the entire
stand together in about 15 minutes! We quickly loaded the stand with an
extension into the pickup, strapped it down and took off to a tree my son had
picked out. We had it up in minutes with plenty of time to spare.
At around 7:20 pm. the same night, a big (144
2/8ths) 12pt. buck came out of the woods and the rest is a memory I will never
forget, my son shot his first buck at 87 yards and I was there right next to
him, not 100 yards away watching thru binoculars. We both want to thank you for
such a great and safe tree stand that allowed us to share that moment together.
Phil Brondes
Phil called a few days
after sending this email to chat about the great hunt he and his son
experienced. You see, Phil was our very first customer after we purchased
the company back in 2005 and holds a special place in the Family. We hit
it off like we were old friends and we're ecstatic that we could play a role in
keeping the Family Tradition alive and well in the Brondes household!
Here are the pictures from the 2008 archery &
seasons that we talked
about on the phone and at Weaver's Archery Expo. My father & I saw this 8
pointer on Tuesday of the final week of archery, but he never came close enough
for a shot. Wednesday morning, my father and son were unable to head out to the
woods with me, so I shot the buck when I saw him at 33 yards.
It has been a blessing for my son, Blake, and I to take turns spending time in
the woods sitting in the DD14 Treestand with ladder extension alongside my 85
year old father. Here are pictures of my son with his grandfather in the DD14
treestand when Blake shot this really nice doe.
Thanks to Family Traditions, we were able to spend time as a family in the
woods. My father feels very comfortable and safe while sitting in this stand.
Thanks to your treestands, we are
looking forward to the 2009 season,
Brad Franks
Robesonia, PA
Three generations celebrating the Family
Tradition, how cool is that?
"I work with big deer properties across the
US and I recommend Family Tradition Tree Stands to all
of my clients. On a 2009 hunt in Nebraska I put up a Family Tradition tripod stand
a month before the hunt and in haste did not do a good job at securing it.
While I was gone a terrible wind storm turned the stand over. When I found it
before daylight on opening morning I knew I had only one choice so my cameraman
and I turned it back upright and I climbed aboard. Later that day I took a nice
140 class whitetail (left) on a full run from the stand and we captured it on video.
These are really great stands that are built like tanks!"
Rans Thomas
Director, TROPHIX Consulting & Management
"Jack, we love our stands!
We have them on two farms, all the models.
Thanks and good luck with
the upcoming season!"
Davis Love III
PGA member since 1985
"The Family Tradition Lock-Ons,
Ladderstands and Tripods are the most comfortable and durable stands I have ever
used. I was sitting in your Lock-On when I harvested this buck of a lifetime."
Darren Holmes
13 year MLB Veteran
Kevin Knighton, Co-Host of The Backwoods Life,
sent over these pictures stating that he "had to break out the comfy seats to
hand out Halloween candy, Backwoods style!". As Jeff would say, you might
be a redneck if...
You've got to love these guys!
"I am a
6ft tall, 240lb hunter that looks for 2 things in a treestand. Safety and
comfort! I have been hunting out of Family Tradition Treestands for a while now
and they are without a doubt the best I have ever seen. It is the only stand I
recommend and we proudly put the Backwoods Life TV name behind them. Nothing
matches the safety, comfort, and quality. Get your own Family Tradition
treestand and start living the 'backwoods life'!"
Co-Host, Backwoods Life TV
Tradition stands are simply the best made for people of any size, especially us
big guys. I'm 6'3" and over 250 pounds and feel more comfortable in the Family
Tradition stands than any I have ever hunted in. Thank you all for making top
quality products with hunters of all sizes in mind. Simply the best!"
Michael Lee
Mr. Pollington has personally been
using our stands for a few years now on his ranch. Much like Mr.
Pollington and Oneida Eagle, we purchased Family Tradition Treestands
because we loved the products so much. We're darn proud that he
chose to have the official photo for his new book taken in one of our ladder
We were on hand, taking our own pictures, while the author shot the official
pictures to go along with the new book.
Kristin Morris
"When my pal
Jeff Foxworthy first raved to me about Family Tradition Treestands being the
best he'd ever seen, I had my doubts … but no more! After using them all over
the country on The Bucks of Tecomate TV show hunts, I'm a believer. I
have tried about every type and make of deer stand known to man, but I have
never seen anything that could match Family Tradition Treestands for comfort,
quality, durability and design! These things are awesome! No more sitting in the
stand thinking of ways to improve them; Jack Turner and his crew have already
built them the way a serious all-day trophy hunter would want them made! Whether
you're looking for ladder stands, lock-on's or tripods, Family Tradition has a
model that will get the job done year after year in perfect comfort and safety.
No, they aren't the cheapest stands out there; they are, as Jeff said, simply
the BEST! And, all of us on The Bucks of Tecomate are proud to claim Family
Tradition as our treestand of choice!"
David Morris – Co-Host of
The Bucks of Tecomate
Debbie Morris
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Mali Vujanic with bucks harvested out of our stands
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Expert Clinic Scaling up Ethernet for the cloud means longer wires and many more of them, plus many more switches. What are the effects of linking all this gear together? Do new risks emerge? Can we get economies of scale? What about security with multiple users of network links? Is ordinary Ethernet good enough?
Three experts put forward their views and they are different. One highlights the overhead and risks, a second tells us about the type of Ethernet needed, and our third guru talks about networking inefficiencies and problems and how these can be mitigated. Three experts; three different views.
Greg Ferro lays out the ground first, and his view is one that is initially antagonistic to realisable cloud efficiencies of scale. There are ways around the problems he outlines but they have risks themselves. It is definitely not plain sailing.
Greg Ferro - Network Architect and Senior Engineer/Designer
Scaling up Ethernet networks for a large scale Cloud appears, to the uninitiated, to be straightforward. Add some more switches, connect them together, and you will have more ports. But, you need to build a backbone that connects all of the Ethernet switches.
For switching, it's similar. A few switches for tens of servers has no overhead, but a few hundred switches for several hundred servers' needs, has about 20-30 per cent overhead. Scaling further for cloud-style networks means even greater overheads. The costs incurred are not linear because the backbone switches require higher performance and better reliability. That is, hundreds of servers could be affected in a core switch failure, therefore redundant units are needed for SLAs (Service Level Agreements) that add nothing to the system performance.
To further compound the problem, the switch redundancy technology of Spanning Tree is an active/standby method. Thus, for every active connection there must be an unused standby connection to act as a redundant path in the event of switch failure. As a result, a significant percentage of the backbone is unused. All that power and space is, by modern standards, wasted.
Cloud Computing LAN networks are currently founded on deeply flawed technology with only limited controls.
As the number of logical servers increases, so does the physical server count, which creates a requirement for more Ethernet ports, which means more switches, and more switches means more switches to connect the switches. For each switch that connects to another switch, there are standby redundant units that are also necessary, that do nothing.
It's like having managers of an engineering team — the managers don't produce anything, but help with co-ordination of the team itself and with other teams. As you add more engineers you need more managers that are overheads to the actual purpose of the business. For each additional manager, you need more managers to manage the managers.
This is directly opposed to the logic of cloud efficiency. Cloud scaling is dependent on the network effect of non-linear cost increases as compute and storage volume grows. In short, the network effect means that as systems units (such as compute, storage or bandwidth) get larger, the costs get lower per unit. But for Ethernet networks of today, this isn't true. As Ethernet networks gets larger, their complexity increases and their costs increase non-linearly.
This represents a significant business threat to cloud operating models. Unsurprisingly, a range of new technologies have sailed into view to help address these problems. Firstly, Layer 2 Multipath technologies, such as TRILL and SPBB, allow for Ethernet networks to move to Active/Active in full mesh connectivity. Second, the use of new silicon architectures such a Fat Clos Tree Fabrics, have delivered exponential increases in switch performance and reduced the number of "overhead" switch in the network core.
But the greatest Ethernet weakness is still not solved and is fraught with risks. Cloud Computing requires the dynamic reallocation of server resources without changing the IP address of the server ad therefore relies on coherent Layer 2 Ethernet segments. Ethernet is vulnerable to loops and is insecure against a range of unicast, broadcast or MAC attacks. This means that Cloud Computing LAN networks are currently founded on deeply flawed technology with only limited controls.
So far, there are few answers to this challenge. Unless of course, you completely adapt your software architecture to address it. But that's not what Clouds are for, is it?
Greg Ferro describes himself as Human Infrastructure for Cisco and Data Networking. He works freelance as a Network Architect and Senior Engineer/Designer, mostly in the United Kingdom and previously in Asia Pacific region. He is currently focussing on Data Centre, Security and Application Networking technologies and spending a lot of time pondering design models, building operational excellence and creating business outcomes.
Our second expert is Brocade's Simon Pamplin, and he looks at metro-scale and WAN-scale Ethernet links, asserting that economies of scale can be realised.
Simon Pamplin - director pre-sales, UK and Ireland
The question for Cloud Services is what happens if the data has to traverse a metro or wide area network (WAN)? Ethernet has again evolved and has been upgraded to offer 100 Mbit/s, 1 Gbit/s, and now 10 Gbit/s speeds, into the Metro Area Network (MAN) and out to the WAN through 'Carrier Grade Ethernet'.
Carrier Ethernet can be delivered over traditional (native) Ethernet-based networks and also over other transport technologies. Examples of underlying transport mechanisms are:
- Native Ethernet
- MPLS-based Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
- IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridges
- Ethernet over SONET
This unified approach cost effectively extends the compelling benefits of Ethernet to help both service providers and end users achieve substantial savings. Unparalleled economies of scale result from business, residential, and wireless networks sharing the same infrastructure.
[Cloud-scale Ethernet helps] service providers and end users achieve substantial savings.
Carrier Grade Ethernet is a ubiquitous, standardized service defined by five attributes:
Standardized Services- The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) has currently defined two standardized service types for the delivery of Carrier Ethernet: Ethernet Private Line (EPL) and Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL).
Scalability - With many businesses seeing capacity growth rates of 20 to 30 per cent per annum, Ethernet scalability is seen as vital to meeting this capacity demand. Ethernet is already available in a wide range of interface speeds from 10 Megabits per second to 10 Gigabits per second. Intermediate speeds between standard Ethernet physical rates can be achieved using Link Aggregation.
Readability - Traditional LAN-based Ethernet was often perceived as a best-effort connectivity mechanism. Carrier Ethernet in contrast offers the capability to rapidly detect and recover from node, link, or service failures to offer a very high availability service to the end user. Recovery from failures, when they do happen, occurs in less than 50 milliseconds.
Quality of Service - Carrier Ethernet offers a wide range of granular bandwidth and QoS options. By defining attributes that are associated with the service, advanced SLAs can be offered to deliver the performance required for a target application. Carrier Ethernet allows the assurance of advanced SLAs using QoS guarantees that are made possible by service attributes associated with the service type:
Service Management - Through the ability to monitor, diagnose, and centrally manage the network using standards-based vendor independent tools
Carrier Ethernet and Ethernet-based services are seeing rapid adoption globally, driven by demand for cloud services provision. The compelling attributes of Carrier Ethernet, that is, standardised service definitions, scalability, reliability, Quality of Service, and service management, help providers realise significant savings in operational expenses annually and offer providers a strong competitive advantage.
Similarly, end users can realise substantial savings and higher performance by switching to a Carrier Ethernet service from their network service provider.
Simon Pamplin has over 18 years experience in the IT industry, both as customer and vendor. He has specialised in technical pre-sales and spent the last eight years at Brocade
Our third expert is Freeform Dynamics' Tony Lock, who is confident that WAN optimisation techniques will need to be used in cloud-scale Ethernets. He also thinks unanticipated problems may occur as users push the cloud Ethernet envelope.
Tony Lock - Programme Director, Freeform Dynamics
One subject that is getting plenty of attention in IT circles is "Cloud" although, truth be told, "Cloud" can be any of a number of different solution types. But with organisations looking at how they might utilise internal, external or hybrid clouds, one matter that cannot be ignored is the networking that will be used to interconnect everything. Are the networks of today ready for the requirements of tomorrow in terms of capacity, performance or security?
As every IT professional is aware, Ethernet was originally designed to handle traffic in a local area network rather than managing data flows across multiple sites or great distances. But over the course of the last two decades Ethernet has been deployed to support an increasingly broad array of protocols and its logical usage has been adapted to support operations across long distances.
So as "Cloud" moves slowly from the realm of the theoretical to the practical, questions are being asked of the network, sometimes for the first time in years. Whatever type of Cloud usage is envisaged, the network will be the glue that holds everything together and allows services to function and users to work. So just what implications will there be on networks as Cloud usage grows?
Perhaps the most obvious area that will need to be looked at concerns how data will be transported across wide area networks (WANs). Most of the protocols that are commonly used in networking, most notably TCP/IP, were, like Ethernet, not designed for use in WANs, and as a consequence can be inefficient when utilised in this context.
... every step change in performance will give rise to new and inventive ways to use and abuse the additional capacity.
To mitigate this, it is highly likely that the use of WAN optimisation and acceleration appliances will grow rapidly, not just as a result of "Cloud" but simply because even in relation to traditional distributed applications, organisations are looking to push more data across long distance communications links. Such devices will combine a number of techniques, including data compression and de-duplication, caching and packet data sizing, amongst others, to mitigate the challenges of moving data across wide area links thereby improving both data capacities and potentially reducing the latency in systems.
Moving from the question of service levels to risk, it will also be interesting to note how quickly organisations investigate whether they or their suppliers of "Cloud services" need to handle Ethernet traffic differently in public service environments or mixed private / public hybrid Clouds.
Many organisations already perceive there to be challenges around the "security" of public Clouds - partly as they will have data that resides beyond their own immediate abilities to manage it directly, and partly as a result of the potential for their systems to be running on systems and networks used by many organisations at once, i.e. in a multi-tenancy setup. For some organisations the answer may be to encrypt all traffic and data moving across networks outside of the business, while others may be comfortable that existing protocols give them all the security they require.
And finally, to make life more interesting, there is every likelihood that the adoption of WAN optimisation across external links along with 10 Gbit/s, 40 Gbit/s and even 100 Gbit/s Ethernet will ramp up in the coming year or two, slowly becoming more ubiquitous. The unwritten rule of networking may then kick in, which says that every step change in performance will give rise to new and inventive ways to use and abuse the additional capacity. High def video embedded in Cloud business applications anyone? Oh, they are there already, but this begs the question of do you actually know what is running on your networks today and what your business users' plans for tomorrow will bring?
Tony Lock is a Programme Director at Freeform Dynamics, responsible for driving coverage in the areas of Systems Infrastructure and Management, IT Service Management, Outsourcing, and emerging hosting models such as Software as a Service and Cloud Computing. He also considers the role of financial models in relation to IT investment.
Points of view
Pamplin and Lock paint a promising picture. You can use Carrier Grade Ethernet to build metro and WAN Ethernet fabrics, and you can gain cloud efficiencies of scale. Futhermore, by using WAN optimisation techniques you increase the efficiency of cloud-scale Ethernet. E
Encryption can be offered to solve security problems but, be warned, users will probably push the could Ethernet envelope and introduce a whole new class of problems. That point seems highly likely to come true.
Ferro comes from a darker place, and he is crystal clear on his main point: Cloud Computing LAN networks are currently founded on deeply flawed technology with only limited controls. What to make of this? Tread carefully, slowly and treat out for problems in the areas he mentions. If he is right then Ethernet cloud fabrics could promise a world of networking hurt. ®


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3d Astrology Yantra : Shriparni Sri Guru 3d Yantra for Appeasing Planet Jupiter – Brihaspati Shanti, Guru Preeti & Relief from Guru Gochar, Gochara Guru Peyarchi
Guru or Brihaspati is Planet Jupiter and is considered in Vedic Astrology as the Divine Teacher and dispenser of divine justice and the most pious among all the planets. Astrologers strongly recommend installing an Energized and Programmed Jupiter Yantra for appeasing the Planet Guru – for placating it and offering graha preethi. The Guru Yantra or Brihaspati Yantra helps reduce the malefic effects (if any) and magnify the beneficial effects of the Planet Guru on the user.
Vedic Jyotish states that a malefic Guru can cause many adverse effects in every aspect of life. An ill placed Guru or a weak Guru or a debilitated Jupiter can cause low level thoughts, deceit, fears, negative publicity, character assassination, unethical practices, misuse of funds and trust, intolerance, arrogance, breaks in education, failure in academic life, strained relationships, cracks in marital life, utter selfishness, needless expenses, property loss, litigation, etc. The Shriparni Sri Guru 3d Yantra displayed here bestows intelligence, wisdom, higher education, power, authority, rank, recognition, status, justice, diplomacy, success in career, profession and business apart from enriching experience in higher meditation. The Shreeparni Yantra enables financial abundance and gathering of new assets. This Sevan Yantra makes one sincere, god fearing and religious in life. It gives good manners, patience, ambition and strategic brilliance with good judgement powers. It helps to overcome hurdles and obstacles in the life path. This 3d Yantra blesses one with a good marriage, harmonious relationships, good children and a comfortable lifestyle. It can make a person reap reward for every effort taken.
Guru Shanti Parihara by installing this unique Shriparni Brihaspati 3d Yantra offers relief from the Doshas related to Guru Graha and also mitigates the evil influences during Guru Maha Dasa, Bhukti and Antar Dasa in the native's horoscope. This Wooden 3d Yantra is also imbibed with powers to reduce the negative effects of the Guru Graha Doshas. This Special Dual Yantra also helps to increase the power of the benefic Jupiter or to reduce the tribulations caused by the malefic Jupiter during Guru Peyarchi, Guru Gochar or Jupiter Transit.
The Guru Yantra here is in 3D format (Three Dimensional) and is many folds more powerful than the typical flat 2D Yantra. Because it is made of the Holy Shriparni Wood, the magnified prosperity energy doubles up resulting in Financial Abundance. It is also believed by many that besides producing a huge amount of positive energy, the Sriparni Wood also absorbs pollution. The Divine Shreeparni Wood is the Swayambu of the Wealth Goddess Sri Maha Lakshmi – thus the Shriparni Tree Wood (also known as Sevan Tree Wood) is inherently and permanently imbibed with prosperity energy.
The fact that this Shriparni Guru 3d Yantra is a 3D Yantra itself makes it much more powerful than the commonly found 2D Yantras in the market. Thus this Shreeparni Brihaspati 3d Yantra is many times more powerful than the 2D yantras made of cheap metal one finds flooded in the markets. Also, the Shriparni Wood also known as Sevan Wood, is popular for its properties of repelling pollution energy and dissipating negative energies arising out of defects in Vaastu Shastra (Vaasthu Vidya) of the building.
Why and how is our Shriparni 3d Astrology Yantra superior to other Planetary Metal Yantras?
Almost all of the Astrology Planetary Yantras sold in the market are mass produced flat 2d metal yantras (with length and width, but without height) which display only the Numerical Yantra of the Planet. Our Astrology 3d Yantra embodies the complete sacred geometry of the Planetary Yantra in it's full form in three dimension, one layer above the other. Also, as it's crowning glory, the traditional Numerical Yantra of the corresponding planet is also additionally engraved onto the top of the 3d Yantra. Thus our 3d Astrology Yantra is in reality a Dual Yantra : combination of two yantras of the same planet – hence comparatively much more powerful and more effective. Another great advantage is that our Astrology 3d Yantra is made from the Divine Shriparni Tree Wood in which Wealth Goddess Sri Maha Lakshmi resides as swayambu – implying the inherent and permanent presence of prosperity energy. Thus our Shreeparni 3d Astrology Yantra has four unique benefits which most others don't have : (1) It's a 3d Yantra as compared to other 2d Yantras (2) It's a Dual Yantra (Double Yantra) (3) It's carved from swamyambhu Shriparni Wood naturally imbibed with wealth energy and (4) It is systematically activated – cleansed (suddhi karana), energized (prana prathishta) and programmed (samuka karana) to the user's birth particulars, which is mandatory.
Please note that we Cleanse (Suddhi Karana), Energize (Prana Prathishta) & Custom Program (Samuka Karana) the Shriparni Divine Energy Tool using powerful and dedicated Siddha Programming Techniques to the User (with birth data : Name, Date & Time of Birth) so that the auspicious and positive energies are directly received. Also, because of the systematic 3-step empowerment and activation done by us, there is no need for the User to go through any additional pooja or strict rituals or mantra chanting or extra cleanliness.
Many experienced Astrologers and Vaastu Consultants recommend the Sri Yantra & Sri Maha Meru 3D Yantra made of Shriparni Wood (also known as Sevan Wood) for Health, Wealth, Harmony, Happiness, Mental Peace as well as to correct Vaastu Doshas. They also suggest Sri Maha Mritunjaya 3D Yantra made of Shriparni Wood for both Health and Wealth. Similarly, the Shri Parni Cash Wealth Box for Financial Independence, Accumulation of Jewels & Abundance. It is customary practice in many parts of India to gift it on auspicious occasions like Wedding, Anniversary, Grahapravesh, etc. to mark their good intention. It is ideal to keep it in one's Pooja Mandhir at home/office.
The most Auspicious & Divine Shriparni Sri Guru 3d Yantra is available in two sizes : SPMM-182 : Appx. size – 4″ L x 4″ B x 4″ H. There is also another larger and more powerful version – SPMM-183 : Appx. size – 6″ L x 6″ B x 6″ H. Can also be custom-made in larger sizes too, like 9″ and 12″ against confirmed order.
Input Data : User Name(s), Date and Time of Birth(s).
Placement : In Pooja place, or any other safe location.
Important : Like all Divine Energy Tools, it is mandatory that this too has to be systematically processed and activated (Cleansed, Energized & Programmed) to User Name. Using such powerful Energy Tools with out the correct activation can cause harm. We Cleanse (Suddhi Karana), Energize (Prana Prathishta, Empowered, Energised, Energized, Energy Imbibed, Energy Infused, Energy Instilled) & Program (Samuka Karna) the Yantra (to the User Name & his/her family) so that the auspicious and positive energies are directly received. Also, because of the systematic activation done by us, there is no need for the User to go through any strict rituals or mantra chanting – whatever is being done regularly in the Pooja may be continued. No extra cleanliness is needed. No negative side effects possible because of the custom-programming. Data required : User Name, Date of Birth & if possible, Time of Birth.
What is the difference between a 2D Yantra and 3D Yantra?
The difference in the concepts of a 2D and 3D Yantra can easily be understood through a practical and popular example : there are two varieties of Sri Yantra. The first and the most commonly found is the flat, two dimensional, linear form. In this, the entire sacred geometry is drawn on a single flat plane. This concept is called the 2D Yantra. The second variety is the three dimensional one. Here, the Yantra is in the pyramidal form and because of the mountain shape, it is named after the mythical divine mountain Meru. In this 3D version of the plane form, the outlines of the geometry are elevated in gradual steps to form an iconic structure. Thus, if the Sri Chakra is made as a three dimensional figure with length, breadth and height, then it is called Meru Chakra. This concept is called the 3D Yantra. The 3D Yantra is multi folds more powerful than the 2D Yantra.
What is a 3D Yantra? Why a 3D Yantra?
If a 2D Yantra is systematically Cleansed and Energized through advanced Siddha Empowering Techniques, the energy projected in the x, y and z axis will exactly resemble it's 3D version. This Virtual Yantra is, in fact the REAL YANTRA. In other words, the relationship between a 2D Yantra and a 3D Yantra is that of between the sketch of a building and the building itself. Beyond doubt, a 3D Yantra will be multi folds more powerful than it's 2D version.
Advantages of the 3d Yantra over the 2d Yantra
(1) In principle, the 3D Yantra has multi folds more power than it's 2D version – it can receive more energy, store more energy, process more energy and transmit more energy.
(2) The pyramidal structure of a 3D Yantra allows the Attuned Professional to incorporate more sophisticated Programming into it, to exercise better control over the spatial energy and the Chakras of the individuals involved, to achieve faster and better results.
(3) The very Energy Engine driving the 3D Yantra is so very different (than that of a 2D Yantra) that it can accept more complex programming which enables a very long life – a 'near permanent' life, unlike most religious 2D Yantras that have very short life span like a year or much less.
(4) Again, the more sophisticated and stronger energy structure of a 3D Yantra can easily support very advanced programming by an Attuned Professional to exempt it from ritual cleansing, milk bath, nithya pooja, daily mantra chanting, prasad offering, etc. This is achieved by time-tested Powerful Siddha Programming Techniques which help maintain the 3D Yantra with stipulated and excellent energy levels 24/7.
Important Notes that one should be aware of :
(1) This Divine Shriparni Energy Tool displayed here is an excellent Metaphysical Energy Tool for boosting the Positive Energies and/or for protecting from the Negative Energies, as specified in the product description.
(2) Like all genuine remedies, the above Shriparni Wood / Sevan Wood Energy Tool too is required to be Cleansed, Energized & Custom Programmed to a specific individual (or family as the case may be) in order to make it work as a proper Cure and/or Enhancer – that is the minimum eligibility for any remedy. Using powerful remedies like this without the mandatory activation can cause harm to the User (and family). All Remedies channelled by us are Cleansed (Sudhdhi Karana), Energized (Prana Prathishta, Empowered, Energised, Energized, Energy Imbibed, Energy Infused, Energy Instilled, Energy Charged) and Pre-Programmed for the stated purposes and Custom Programmed (Samuka Karana) to the desired User's Birth Data, at the time of purchase.
(3) This Shriparni Wood product does not require any periodic cleansing (or energizing), as it has already been systematically cleansed and energized through time tested Siddha Techniques.
(4) Due to the systematic Power Activation done by us, there is no need for the customer to perform any ritualistic daily worship, nitya pooja, mantra chanting, japa or rigorous fasting.
(5) No extra cleanliness is ever required on your part. All the rigorous processing that needs to be done are completed by us fully and only then channelled to you.
(6) This Shriparni Energy Tool is not Programmed for any specific time period – hence has a long life, unlike the typical flat, metal 2D Yantras.
(7) This Shriparni Energy Tool channelled by us can never, ever give any negative side effects at any point of time, because of our special Programming Techniques.
(8) This Shriparni Energy Tool can be kept in any one physical location (preferably in pooja place or in any other place) facing any direction.
(9) No Abisheka (Sacred Water Bath), as it is made of wood. Not required too, as it is already Custom Programmed to maintain correct energy levels.
(10) This Shriparni Energy Tool is specifically Programmed to work on the related Chakras (Physical Chakras, Mental Chakras & Spiritual Chakras) of a specific Individual, without interruption, for better results.
(11) This Shriparni Energy Tool is suitable for any and all of the 12 Zodiac Signs irrespective of sex, age, nationality, religion, caste, country or culture.
(12) You may browse our 3D Yantras FAQs (click here) before placing your order – we have put together the most frequently asked questions and our answers to them. This section will help you to gain a better understanding about the products, processes involved, percentage of success, time required for gaining results, etc. If you still have a query that you think is not covered in our FAQs, you may contact us.
Caution : Copycat Shriparni Products can be dangerous
Remedies are all about energy and every physical object installed in home or work place, be they cures or enhancers, or just placed around for their aesthetics and beauty, MUST give out loving positive energy; they should have been created with the pure motivation to benefit someone or to make someone feel good and happy. This requirement becomes even more important when they are Spiritual Remedies and made with sacred material like Divine Shriparni Wood. Badly made fakes and commercially created copycat products hastily assembled together with cheap raw materials will not be effective at all.
Actually, placing metaphysical energy remedies with ill or bad energy in living space or work space can emanate even more negativity than you realize. And far from overcoming and dissolving afflicted and corrupted energy in your space, they could actually generate more negativity instead, defeating the very purpose itself.
Another note of caution : beware of mock Shriparni Wood products that are available cheaply in the market, especially in the internet. Many of them are either pretentious or made of unfit male Shriparni tree wood – divine energy tools like Yantras and pooja articles should be made ONLY out of female Shriparni tree wood. Similarly, the female Shriparni Tree becomes energy mature only after completion of 12 years of age – but many of them are cut down much earlier because of the huge market demand and commercial considerations. Displaying such spurious products might physically look beautiful but will carry unchecked residual energies that will create more energy blocks and accentuate existing negative energies.
Info on Shriparni Tree Wood / Sevan Tree Wood
The Shriparni Tree is as ancient, as pure and as sacred as the Tulsi and Peepal Tree. Ancient Puranas state that Goddess Sri Maha Lakshmi herself is inherently present in the Shriparni Tree. That is why the Shriparni Tree is praised as the Kalpavriksha or Karpaga Viruksham of the Kaliyuga time. Twelve years old Sriparni Wood is believed to be Svayam Siddha (Swayambu) and on completion of the 12th year only it becomes energy-mature. Also Divine Energy Tools such as this (including 2D Yantras and 3D Yantras) should be made only from the Female Shriparni Tree Wood – it is widely accepted that the wood from the Male Shriparni Tree is not suitable for making such sacred products.
The Shriparni Tree belongs to the Botanical Family Gmelina arborea : in Hindi it is called Khumar & Gori Gambhari; in Gujarati Sevan; in Marathi Shivan; in Malayalam Neykumizhu; Adavigummudu in Telugu; Kumbalamara in Kannada; Perumkumbil in Tamil and in English Coomb White Teak. The Ayurvedha classifies it as a Medicinal Plant with properties that pacify vitiated vata, pitta, inflammation, flatulence, malignancy especially leukemia, arthritis and hepato-biliary affections.
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03/12/2019 - 06:26:00Back to Donald Trump World Home
Crying foul over timing, President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of scheduling this week's impeachment hearing to undercut him during his trip abroad for a NATO leaders' meeting.
Mr Trump, who arrived in London late Monday for two days of meetings which come at a crucial moment for the 70-year-old military alliance. He called the trip "one of the most important journeys that we make as president" before departing Washington, and noted Democrats had long known about the meeting.
The president lashed out at Democrats again soon after arriving in the UK.
He wrote on Twitter that he had read the Republican report designed to counter Democrats' impeachment case on his flight. The report, which was obtained by The Associated Press, called Mr Trump's hesitation to provide military aid to Ukraine "entirely prudent."
Just landed in the United Kingdom, heading to London for NATO meetings tomorrow. Prior to landing I read the Republicans Report on the Impeachment Hoax. Great job! Radical Left has NO CASE. Read the Transcripts. Shouldn't even be allowed. Can we go to Supreme Court to stop?— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 2, 2019
"Prior to landing I read the Republicans Report on the Impeachment Hoax. Great job! Radical Left has NO CASE. Read the Transcripts," Mr Trump wrote. "Shouldn't even be allowed. Can we go to Supreme Court to stop?"
It was not immediately clear under what legal grounds Mr Trump was calling for the court's involvement.
Mr Trump's trip comes amid ongoing quarrels over defence spending by NATO allies and widespread anxiety over the president's commitment to the alliance.
The president said his trip would be focused on "fighting for the American people". But in the more than two months that the impeachment inquiry has been under way, he has constantly drifted back to what he frames as the Democrats' unfair effort to overturn the results of his 2016 election.
The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on Wednesday on the constitutional grounds for impeachment before Mr Trump wraps up at the NATO meeting.
Mr Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, White House counsel Pat Cipollone and presidential counsellor Kellyanne Conway all complained about the timing, with Mr Pompeo saying the hearings would "distract America's president from his important mission overseas".
Mr Trump insists he is solely focused on scoring domestic and foreign policy wins, including revamping NATO so that allies spend more on defence. But he has often appeared consumed by the day-to-day battle against impeachment.
In recent days he has repeatedly lashed out about the "impeachment hoax" and the "scam" inquiry, even delving into impeachment at a ceremony to celebrate NCAA athletes and at last week's annual Turkey pardon.
White House aides say the summit offers Mr Trump an opportunity to counter the impeachment narrative in Washington and demonstrate to voters he is keeping a business-as-usual approach while Democrats concentrate on the probe.
But soon after Air Force One departed, Mr Trump took to Twitter to slam "Do Nothing Democrats" for scheduling the hearing during the NATO meeting as "Not nice!""
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in Madrid for a UN conference on climate change, declined to comment about the impeachment inquiry, saying, "When we travel abroad, we don't talk about the president in a negative way. We save that for home."
Mr Trump is only the fourth US president in history to face an impeachment inquiry. The gravity of impeachment is likely to play into the calculus of how other global leaders engage the president going forward, in the view of some analysts.
"In one sense impeachment is weakening his hand diplomatically," said Ted Galen Carpenter, a senior fellow for defence and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute in Washington. "For a normal president, it would be seen as a substantial problem. For Donald Trump, he's going to try to blow right through it and act is if that's not a relevant factor."
The NATO leaders meeting is a complicated backdrop for Mr Trump to make his first extended overseas visit — he made a quick Thanksgiving visit to US troops in Afghanistan — since Democrats launched the impeachment inquiry.
The president has repeatedly criticised fellow NATO members and complained that too few nations are on track to meet the alliance goal of spending at least 2% of GDP on defence by 2024.
French President Emmanuel Macron recently lamented that a lack of US leadership was causing the "brain death" of the alliance.


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ASIC design starts are expected to drop by 22 percent in 2009 as the economy causes firms to push out and—in some cases—cancel designs, Gartner (Stamford, Conn.) said.
ASIC design starts—completed designs that have taped out—fell 9.5 percent in 2008, according to Gartner. The firm said the financial crisis started to take its toll on ASIC design starts in the fourth quarter of 2008 in the form of push-outs of design projects into 2009.
Since most ASIC vendors have a design cancel fee, there will likely be no word of them being canceled, Gartner said. But just how many of these designs will never go forward is a key question, the firm said.
"More likely, we will see a large percentage of these questionable designs not hit any production and die a slow death by indefinite push-outs," wrote Gartner analyst Bryan Lewis in a report dated Monday (March 30).
New ASIC design starts have been dropping in numbers for years due to system integration, rising design costs, and other types of devices, such as FPGAs or application-specific standard products, taking the socket, Gartner said.
At a product launch event in February, Xilinx Inc. president and CEO Moshe Gavrielov presented data on the trend of declining ASIC starts. Gavrielov spoke of a "programmable imperative," when, he said, FPGAs will dominate for many applications while traditional gate arrays and structured arrays are relegated to high-volume tasks.
Gavrielov argued that factors such as the technological evolution of the FPGA and economic factors such as the rising cost of photomasks make FPGAs the attractive choice for all but the most high-volume applications.


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The Samsung Galaxy S9 has been the star of MWC 2018, and for very good reason. Samsung's flagship phone for 2018 puts its camera front and centre, with a range of innovations that are going to seriously improve your snaps.
First off, the Samsung Galaxy S9 now has a mechanical aperture, allowing the camera to better adapt to its light conditions. When there's plenty of light, it will use its f/2.4 aperture, but when things get a little darker, it can change to f/1.5, letting in more light. The larger aperture will also allow for better portraits. This means your photos will look fantastic whatever the conditions.
On top of this, there's a brand new super slow-motion mode that can capture 960fps for some seriously dramatic footage. This can record in the blink of an eye, taking 0.2 seconds and slowing it down to 6 seconds of footage, for a new and exciting way to see the world.
Like the Samsung Galaxy S8 before it, the Galaxy S9's design remains fantastic with a nearly bezel-less display. The bezel has actually been shaved down on the top and bottom, making the Samsung Galaxy S9 look seriously slick. The Galaxy S9 also has the latest smartphone chips, meaning it's a serious pocket powerhouse.
All in all, the Samsung Galaxy S9 is looking like the smartphone to beat for 2018.
8 Megapixel Front Camera
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12MP Dual Aperture Rear Camera
Available in 64GB
Battery Size - 3,000 mAh
Available in Blue, Black, Purple and Titanium Grey
Photography is a top priority on the Samsung Galaxy S9, which features a Dual Pixel 12MP lens. This intelligent camera is designed to help you achieve perfect results in any condition, employing a stunning Super Low Light features for pin-sharp results, even after the sun has vanished.
See more than before, with the Galaxy S9 camera. Optical Image Stabilisation ensures blur-free photos, which really focus on the detail of your shot. Elsewhere, Super Slow-Mo video captures events at a staggering 960fps, allowing you to observe things you never noticed before.
Taking its cue from the innovative Galaxy S8, the new Galaxy S9 again features a truly edge-to-edge Infinity Display. The screen measures in at a staggering 5.8 inches, offering a maximised display that allows you to see more, without being bulky or cumbersome to hold.
Enjoy blockbuster HD movies and next-generation games with the Galaxy S9. As well as its impressive screen size, your content will benefit from dual stereo speakers, pro-tuned by AKG, for truly immersive surround sound.
Boasting an eye-catching collection of features, the Samsung Galaxy S9 isn't lacking in power. Whether you're playing the latest games or multitasking on the web, the octacore processor and 4GB RAM will keep everything running smoothly. There's 64GB storage on board, which can be boosted as required thanks to a Micro SD slot.
Rounding off the specifications is a long-lasting 3,000mAh battery. With wireless fast-charging capability, you can power up without the hassle, and enjoy a reliably long battery life.
When comparing the specifications of Samsung's last flagship handset with the new Galaxy S9, it's clear from the outset that both are outstanding handsets, worthy of rave reviews. The arrival of the Galaxy S9 however, does herald a series of upgrades and improvements across the board.
While both handsets feature a screen size that measures in at a whopping 5.8 inches, the S9 adds extra immersion to your entertainment with new AKG stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos. You'll also notice an upgraded UI, with Android Oreo replacing Android Nougat as the pre-installed OS.
Featured on both handsets is iris scanning technology, wireless charging, Bixby assistant, and an IP68 water resistance rating. The availability of a new colour selection on the S9 will please the style conscious however, with the arrival of Lilac Purple alongside Midnight Black and Coral Blue.
Looking for a new Samsung smartphone? We've put each handset head-to-head to help you decide which is the perfect phone for you.
Samsung have revealed their latest flagship phones, the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus. We compare these two epic handsets.
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If you're at the end of your existing tariff, why not upgrade to the new Samsung Galaxy S9, today? With upgrade options available across major networks such as EE, O2 and Vodafone, you can enjoy the latest Galaxy flagship while keeping your current number, hassle-free.
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Peterson Gym: A Large San Diego Gymnasium for Events of All TypesOnce the home to San Diego State University's basketball team, this 3,668-seat arena is now where the university's women's volleyball team plays their home games. It's a multi-purpose arena, suitable for many different types of sporting events. It could be considered either a large gymnasium or a small arena, so . . . LEARN MORE
Momentous Sports Center: A Multi-Use Sports Venue in Orange CountyIf you need a large venue for your next Orange County sporting event, Momentous Sports Center is a great option. Its 136,000 square feet of space and great amenities make it one of the premier venues in the area. While this multi-use sports venue can be used for a variety of sporting events, the facility is designed . . . LEARN MORE
Golden Hall: A Classic Event Space in Downtown San DiegoGolden Hall in San Diego is a unique venue with a great location. It is the main event space of the San Diego Concourse, a mid-sized, multi-use assembly space located in Downtown San Diego. Built in 1964, Golden Hall has hosted everything from concerts to banquets to athletic events.
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The Del Mar Fairgrounds, famous for large annual events such as the San Diego County Fair (which most locals still call the Del Mar Fair), the popular KAABOO Music Festival, and of course, horse racing events, is a great San Diego venue. With a good mix of facilities on its huge 340-acre campus, the Del Mar Fairgrounds is suitable for a wide variety of sporting events. As far as location is . . .LEARN MORE
Industry Hills Expo Center: An Indoor-Outdoor Facility in Los Angeles that's Surprisingly VersatileThe Industry Hills Expo Center is located in east Los Angeles County in the City of Industry. The 125-acre campus offers sweeping views of the San Gabriel Valley, as well as several different facilities within the complex, including a large, open-air (but roofed) arena, a 10,000-square . . . LEARN MORE
Walter Pyramid: An Impressive, Versatile Long Beach Sporting Event VenueWalter Pyramid, located on the campus of Long Beach State, is an impressive structure in a great location. Standing 18 stories high, its dramatic cobalt blue exterior can be seen from miles away. Its distinctive pyramid shape and many great amenities make it an impressive, but still practical, facility for just . . . LEARN MORE
The Olympus Sports Coliseum is a fantastic indoor sports complex and events venue in Sacramento, California. It is an impressive 50,000 square foot facility with an indoor soccer arena, multi- use sports court, batting cages and turf infield. The sports complex also features weight training and fitness facilities. The Olympus Sports Coliseum is a great host location for a wide variety of athletic . . .LEARN MORE
The McClellan Conference Center in suburban Sacramento is a 32,000 square foot events venue with space flexible enough to accommodate groups of 10 to 1500 guests. The venue has two large halls along with meeting space and breakout rooms. The McClellan Conference Center offers turnkey solutions with in- house catering, electric, network and exclusive AV production providers. There is also ample . . .LEARN MORE
The Escondido Sports Center in North County San Diego is a wonderful sports complex with a really fun and unique mix of venues. The Escondido Sports Center features two full- sized roller hockey arenas, under roof and complete with dasher boards, scoreboards and bleacher seating. There is also a full- sized soccer arena and "mini" soccer arena both with artificial playing surfaces. The physical . . .LEARN MORE
As the second largest city in the country, Los Angeles is both sprawling and dense. It is incredibly diverse and offers visitors an unrivaled cultural richness. Los Angeles is famous for its ability to put on a show. Unsurprisingly then, the city is home to a robust portfolio of event venues. One vibrant sports complex that captures the energy and culture of the City of Angels is . . .LEARN MORE


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By: Beth Bernstein
As a mom, bullying concerns and worries me.
It is an issue that I truly take to heart.
Although I understand that it is an unfortunate reality of childhood, we need to give our children the tools not just to cope with bullying, but to empower them.
I realize that bullying comes in many different forms. There is the traditional face to face bullying that happens on the playground or lunchroom and also employing the power of technology. The use of the Internet fosters creativity, but can also serve as an outlet for bullying. The speed and manner in which we communicate can be used for both good and bad. It can create a lightning strike of bullying on an unsuspecting individual. The speed in which messages are shared by a group or community can be overwhelming if the purpose is a negative one. The Internet can also serve as an anonymous safe haven for a bully.
We need to empower our kids. In order to do this, let's focus and encourage their individuality and all the things that they excel in. Our children are all special and talented in their own unique way. They need to know it.
It is also important for kids to be able to turn to their parents, teachers, and role models for advice and help. The stigma is on the bully, not on his or her target. Bottom line, bullying is never ok and we should always be there for our children.


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Jim Glaser has spent much of his professional career working within the context of his family's group, Tompall & the Glaser Brothers. As a member of that trio, which was celebrated for its singing, he also worked with Marty Robbins on several important projects as a session musician, playing guitar and mouth harp and singing backup on songs (most notably "El Paso" from the sessions that yielded the first two Gunfighter Ballads albums)...
Jim and his brothers Tompall and Chuck were born in Nebraska, the sons of guitarist Louis, who taught his children music in the course of raising them on a ranch. They former Tompall & the Glaser Brothers in the mid-'50s and made it onto radio in Nebraska while playing dances and other local events. They met Robbins at one of his concerts, and impressed with their harmony singing, he signed them to his own label, making their debut with a Chuck song, "Five Penny Nickel." An appearance on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts helped break them nationally, and they signed with Decca Records in 1959, after moving to Nashville. They never had a hit for Decca, but their session work made their singing and playing very visible -- it was Jim, along with guitarist-singer Bobby Sykes (a member of Robbins' band), that suggested Marty record an entire album of western songs, which resulted in Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, an album that was an immense hit at the time and still sells well several decades later, and which helped start a whole revival of interest in cowboy songs. The Glasers also played and sang on Claude King's The Comancheros, toured with Robbins, and ascended to the highest venue ever achieved by country music when they appeared with Johnny Cash at his Carnegie Hall performance.
Tompall & the Glaser Brothers enjoyed hits on MGM Records with "Gone, on the Other Hand" and "Through the Eyes of Love" in 1966 and 1967, and followed those up the next year with "The Moods of Mary" and "One of These Days" before they finally soared into the upper reaches of the charts with "California Girl (And Tennessee Square)" in 1969. During this period, Jim remained active as a songwriter, enjoying a Top Five hit for his "Sittin' in an All Nite Cafe" courtesy of Warner Mack; a huge pop hit, courtesy of Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, with "Woman Woman," which he'd co-authored with Jimmy Payne; and chart action from Liz Anderson's recording of "Thanks a Lot for Trying."
The Glaser brothers opened their own studio in Nashville, which became a locus for the "outlaw" movement in country music, a favorite hangout for Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare, and Billy Joe Shaver. They placed a song into the underrated topical dramatic film Tick, Tick, Tick, starring Jim Brown and George Kennedy, and scored a big hit in 1971 with "Gone Girl." They won the Vocal Group of the Year Award from the Country Music Association in 1970 and enjoyed their first Top Ten single, "Rings," in 1971. The group only enjoyed two more years together, scoring two more hits, one of them -- "Ain't It All Worth Living For" -- backed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
After the brothers split up to work on their own projects, Jim emerged as a solo artist at MGM, charting minor hits with "Forgettin' 'Bout You" and "Woman Woman" in 1974 and 1975. Unfortunately, MGM Records had entered a period of steep decline from which it would never recover, and he had to wait until 1982, after signing with Noble Vision, to recapture momentum to his recording career. During the interim period, he was reunited with his brothers in Nebraska -- Chuck, who had suffered a stroke and temporarily lost his voice, had become a talent manager, handling singer/songwriter (and sometime novelist) Kinky Friedman, and Tompall managed the studio he'd founded. They were initially brought back together by the illness of their father, and they later had a musical reunion, which yielded a number three hit with their version of Kris Kristofferson's "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" and a Top 20 single with "Just One Time."
The brothers split up again professionally in 1982. That year Jim hit the Top 20 country listings with "When You're Not a Lady" for Noble Vision, and he had similar success a year later with "The Man in the Mirror," which became the title track of his first album for the label. "If I Could Only Dance With You" also made the Top Ten, and Glaser had his first number one hit in 1984 with "You're Gettin' to Me Again," which rode the charts for half a year.
Everything looked promising for Glaser's future, but the merger of Noble Vision with MCA in 1984 seemed a harbinger of bad times ahead. Glaser continued with the label, but enjoyed relatively little success from 1984 onward, and he was dropped by the company in 1985, despite his past success. More recently, Glaser has continued performing his own songs and also includes a "Tribute to Marty Robbins" (who passed on in 1982) in his concert set, a recognition of the years that he and his brothers put in working with the country music legend.


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If your client starts a 529 college savings plan in the same year their child matriculates, they might need help with the concept of "planning." But unlike homeowners in a desperate search for insurance ahead of a storm, late college saving is better than no college saving and can still do some good.
The Wall Street Journal's Rachel Rosenthal helpfully notes that for "parents sending high-school seniors to college in the fall, here's a surprising financial tip: Contributing to a 529 plan even just months before the first tuition payment is due will qualify the account owner for a tax benefit in many states."
Under certain conditions, adding to a 529 can lower the state taxes a client owes in 34 states and the District of Columbia, she writes, citing the college planning website FinAid.org.
"Make sure your plan doesn't require a minimum holding period before withdrawals to get the tax break," according to Rosenthal. "While most states don't require such a holding period, a handful do—like Michigan. There, the deduction of up to $5,000 per year for individuals (and $10,000 for a married couple filing jointly) is determined by subtracting distributions from the total contributions to the plan within the same calendar year. This implies you need to take the distribution in a subsequent tax year to get the deduction."
Joe Hurley, founder of the website savingforcollege.com told Rosenthal he wouldn't be surprised if more states add holding-period requirements because of the revenue losses states have suffered in recent years. It's possible, he says, that most states either haven't seen this as a big issue or that they remain unaware of it. Investors can open any state-sponsored 529, though most states offer tax incentives only for residents who enroll in a plan in their home state.
Note that some states—including Pennsylvania, Arizona, Maine, Missouri and Kansas—offer a tax benefit for contributions to out-of-state plans. No break is available in states without income tax, Rosenthal concludes.
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Paeonia suffruticosa
tree peony
Trees and Shrubs, Plants of Home and Garden
Sow seed 1" deep, immediately when ripe, into a protected location, or in spring after stratification; keep moist. Seed can experience a double dormancy. Well-drained, slightly acidic moist soil; give ample room, some protection from sun and wind. May need protection in cold winters. Zones 3-8
Propagated also by bud grafting onto a herbaceous peony rootstock: unlike most plants, set the bud union 4-6" below soil surface, to allow the scion's characteristics to dominate, i.e. to produce a non-herbaceous tree peony
Note that tree peonies also include Paeonia lutea and Paeonia delavayi hybrids, grown and propagated in the same manner. Named varieties do not grow true from seed
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House warming gift Serving Housewares decoration Ceramic bowls set (3 bowls)
This one of a kind set is made from stoneware clay, stamped with vintage lace pattern and glazed in beautiful aqua turquoise.
The aquamarine hue of the molten glass is extremely eye-catching making this a particularly attractive piece.
Perfect as a wedding gift, hostess gift, birthday gift or any other special occasion.
These bowls are so pretty to display on it's own as a unique decoration, or to use it as a jewelry holder, soap dish, collect spare change, cookie and candy dish etc.
Each bowl is handmade, no two will ever be the same.
This listing is for 3 lacy bowls in aqua turquoise, each one will be slightly different from the picture, but will remain as lovely as this one.
If you prefer specific lacy pattern you see in my bowls, please specify it in the order form.
I do custom order, if you like different colors or different quantity, don't hesitate to contact me.
The bowls measure approx. 3.5"-5" in diameter