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Donald Smith Devices too good to be true
I have been devoted past week at studying Donanld Smith's devices and theories.
This man seems serious and claims that overunity or an extraordinary energy gain can be achieved with moderate means.
One device illustrated, and as claime, it was presented at a Tesla symposium, it was the image below.
Don Smith claims that a high frequency alternating current could be modified in frequency by the application of a resistor, a capacitor or perhaps a coil (choke) wired in parallel to the initial HF source.
Does it tell anything to anyone that? Is it makes any sense? That illustration uses a 12 volt powered Neon Sign Transfromer to charge 8000uF caps at 400 volts or so.
LOL? how the... can it be? Is the man heavily miscalculating or is there any explaination to this?
Last edited by baroutologos; 02-12-2010 at 04:23 PM.
IMHO from all I learned lately from varous patents and other documents (freely available btw) - this is all true. But things are not quite as clear as Smith talks and you should be very clever and think extraordinary.
Actually I failed to understand it completely because I have no schematic of his inverter and neon sign transformer.
You see, there is no element in Don Smith circuits which can be replaced by similar on the shelf part - they simply work as a complete device ALL TOGETHER. Something like Tesla circuits which depends on total inductance of circuit or total wire length. Don Smith is right at one statement - his circuits HAVE to BE RETUNED each time.
You need to get Don Smiths video, there is alot of good information there.
There are supposed replications of Dons work across the globe, Tariel Kapanadze is one chap who seems to have done it.
I find it funny how 23 years ago he had a 50kW table top model and yet as of today his technology is unknown. When will these "inventors" notice the pattern.
Last edited by broli; 10-28-2009 at 01:30 AM.
if you get the point of what Don smith says is the following:
" Any kind of flux inducing transformer, at resonance or not, at high frequencies is always OU at tremendous amounts of energy, if captured of course."
Same thing claims Kapanadze technology or even a group of Georgians in a amateure video that light some lamps with Tesla like equipment..
The point is the procedure is either proprietary and not spoken out or just random puplicity craving hoaxes.
If WE build it they will come....
I have been seriously thinking about Don Smiths devices and am in the process of building the simple one he begins to explain how to build at the end of video 4
YouTube - Donald L Smith Device 4 Of 5 and in video 5.
My parts list is as follows
One 12 volt 7 1/2 amp hour battery
One 12 to 120 volt inverter
One high voltage module
One Spark Gap
Two Coils
A couple diaodes
One resister (value yet to be determined)
One 120 volt isolation transformer
One Veracter
One CRV meter and several analogue and digital meters/
Some of my parts I won't be able to get until next Tuesday, so I am working on what I can for now.
I spent most of my morning designing and building my coils per his instructions. The larger coil has ten windings spaced about 1/4 of an inch apart. The smaller coil is exactly five times the length of the wire in the larger coil. My concern with my current design is that there is too much distance between the larger coil and the smaller coil, but I will try it as is and figure out a way to modify it in the future. I already have a couple ideas on how to do that with my existing materials, but that can wait
The tricky part of the whole thing, according to Mr. Smith is that the smaller (in diameter) coil needs to be a multiple (in length of wire) of the larger (in diameter)coil, and that the resistor between the two input wires of the isolation transformer must be exactly correct. To get the correct resistor, do the following:
Since the transformer needs to operate at 120 cycles, you need to measure the inductance across the input side of the transformer in henries using a LCR meter. Using the "Handbook of Electronic Tables" ISBN number 0-672=22469-0 plot your reading in henries and 120 Hertz (what you want it to operate at) on the chart. Connect them with a line. Where that line crosses the farad and ohms line, see what the resistance is that you need for this particular circuit.
According to him, this particular device does NOT have to be tuned as do some of his larger ones, which is what makes it so simple. Just wire it up the way he describes and see what happens.
Wish me luck, and I'll keep you informed on what happens, provided I don't blow myself up in the process.
[QUOTE]" Any kind of flux inducing transformer, at resonance or not, at high frequencies is always OU at tremendous amounts of energy, if captured of course."/QUOTE]
Ill show you what he is talking about. Have a look at this link, lets take the very first transformer on the page, its similar to the one he is using. We are going to do some very simple power calculations VxI=Watts
the VT 1510-12
12V 650ma
12X0.650= 7.8watts
1500V 10ma
Input 7.8W
output 15W
There you have it, all you have to do is the calculations, thats what he is talking about.
Good luck
Love and light
Atoms move for free. It's all about resonance and phase. Make the circuit open and build a generator.
@ Cody
Man, this is a common mistake many people do calculating power out of specific coil arrangements.
When the manufacturer talks about voltage e.g 10Kv it mentions it at a open circuit (not working) across the leads.
When the manufacturer talks about current he talks about a dead short. Not under load applied. So it is quite misleading to calculate performance like that.
example 1
In too many generators i made, open circuit voltage was 400volts, short current 0.4 amps. The actual performance of my design was nowhere near 160watts. actually somewhere 15-30 watts.
example 2
My ignition coil has a open circuit voltage 40Kv. (i can assure for that ) whereas a dead short current around 20mA. (i put a 20 mA bulb and light same brightens as same miliamps at 12volts)
This means it outputs 800 watts? I can assure you not.
ps: I wait with anxiety results from Turion
Last edited by baroutologos; 11-14-2009 at 06:53 AM.
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(russian video) Keep attention to "device" put on top of TC - it's variation of Tesla radiant energy patent
Hello Bogus,
If you have ever saw Eric Dollard explaining the electricity's states it could be sumurized to four basic.
a) Direct current electricity
b) Alternating current electrcicty
c) Oscillating current (displacement) electricity
d) Pulsed electricity
Tesla coils or anything operating at Radio frequency, the current actually is of oscillating nature and does not require normal ground (return wire) as first (a+b) states do.
i have some experience myself based on Dr Sifler's SEC and i can proudly say that even me have attended one wire power trasnfer to power loads. period.
The video concerned is Russian and cannot understand a word.
I see a Tesla coil operated by a transistor? having a primary / secondary with a topload a metal cup. A wire is connected to the cup. Inside the cap is fitted a 2,5 or 25 uf , 500vac cap in series to a 100 watts lamp (more or less) and afterwords going down to primary coil (ground reference).
The lamp lights brightly.
Apart from the nice conversion of the Tesla coil's secondary to light a bulb is there any reference of efficiency?
good luck, i'll be paying close attention to what results you statr getting.
David. D
Don Smith replication
I have a buddy in a far off land who I have been e-mailing for a while now discussing this stuff, and he is hooked on what Don Smith has to say in his videos. We have tried to find any replications of his work anywhere on the internet, but so far no luck. I do know that he has given his devices to others for testing, including (I believe from something I read) Eric Dollard. Anyway, working on primary and secondary coil today and rest of parts should be in by Tuesday, so by Wednesday I will post my results here.
Hope some of you out there will also give this a try. I'd be interested in comparing notes, especially if anything "good" happens.
Chek out this link. May be why I cant find anyone trying to replicate his results.
ZPEnergy.com - Do you think Smith has a point? (Zero Point ?;-)
Intro from me/ continuing research
To everyone in this discussion,
I have been compiling notes and building the plasm globe device of Don Smiths. Literally thousands of hours.
I have a pdf of the notes if anyone is interrested. It is caled My replication journal. Even though it is not finished I have read between the lines and have cleared up some misteries.
This is a new field for me so buying the various test equipment is necessary.
I will bring results when I am finished.
Keep up the good fight.
All electricty is free. I believe Don has figured out how to find it!
Please feel free to contact me directly. I want to build a network of individuals who will be dedicated to this endevor.
Steady focus and determination rules. Not the nay sayers!
I am interested in hearing your results. Ive started the plasma globe replication too. What have you got so far?
My progress....
Hi Cody,
Everything I have compiled is in the PDF I have put together,
except the minutia. I have gone through lots of material. But still there is so much out there.
I bought the plasma globe "Illuma storm" from an e-bay sale, I got the speaker wire that has something like 488 strands in each lead. I wound 14 turns on a 7" PVC pipe, I got a 7,000 to 12,000 KV isolation transformer from another e-bay sale., I just missed three great sales for the Caps. these monsters are kind of illusive. I may have to build my own or I may build it with no caps. I still need to find the right Varistor and the two different kinds of spark gaps ( I think I will use spark plugs anyway. I have a circuit breaker box that is adequate but I would like to find one with a PG&E meter .
I have been ordering meters right and left... I got and electrostatic volt meter that will measure from 1 Volt to 100,000 Volts, I am bidding on a gauss meter now, I hope I win. If you dig deep in Dons writings this value starts at the gieger counter values; .1 Gamma! OMG, I have purchased a frequency meter, and two LCR meters trying to save money, Any way I am in the hunt.
If you would like a copy of my replication journal I will attach it. on reply.
Last edited by h2ocommuter; 11-25-2009 at 09:07 PM. Reason: technically spacific.
Sounds like we are right about at the same place on the build, except i havnt ordered all those meters, but i would like to I was intending to use a spark plug for the spark gap too. It should probally be a plug that dosnt have a resistor in it or one with the resistor removed. I would say that the capacitors are an important part of the circuit and would suggest not leaving them out, but it wont hurt to play around of course. I think that there is a big typo in the pdf with the plasma globe instructions. It states that smith uses more than 2 30uf caps rated at 4000V. There is no way thats right, if you look at the picture of his globe you will see 4 small caps that are no were near big enough to meat those specs. If you have done any work with tesla coils you will know the huge difference adding capacitance to the spark gap makes. I would love to see your pdf.
Last edited by cody; 11-25-2009 at 10:17 PM.
PDF Disclaimer
I am reevaluating these words continually, so by the end of the day I will have probably chainged something.
This copy of my pdf is not to be used as an authority or attested to in any such way.
I hope everyone who uses it will keep my personal information private.
Just let me know if you are using it. Send me an e-mail and I will send you any new copies. When my device is working I will supply you with a completed copy including pictures and such.
Lastly, I encourage your personal input to this pdf. Anywhere I have left somthing out your helpfull input would add to the validity.
Stand tall deliver with honor.
Last edited by h2ocommuter; 12-26-2009 at 05:17 AM.
needless to say, i am interested as hell to see results.
ps: one minor observation of mine regarding usina a Tesla coil and ground. Maybe something, maybe nothing..
Ground enhanced lit lamps - Tesla Coil and Ground
Last edited by baroutologos; 11-25-2009 at 11:34 PM.
Capacitors in plasma globe Picture
This thing keeps bugging me. I too have had questions about what you said, so I went to Cornell Dubilier Electronics, Inc. - Your Source for Capacitor Solutions
This is the direct supplier of some of Don's Caps and other related supplies.
I talked to an engineer there, he sent me a CD of the caps they make there.
I am not quite ready for a total emersion on this subject just yet. I will soon after my test equipment comes in. My anxiety is quite high. Also, I am trying to beat out everyone on the gauss meter auction.
I know absolutely nothing about what I am doing in this field. I am simply trying to read the directions and construct an assembly process.
As you have probably noticed by now my referances are different from yours.
more than two 5,000 V or more and 34 uF as many uF as possible which facilitates easier manipulation of frequency with the resistor.
It states that smith uses more than 2 30uf caps rated at 4000V.
Ok....You caught me there
I think out references are the same, i just didnt feel like looking up the exact specs, but i knew it was in that ballpark range. Regardless, my point was simply that those specs can not be correct. Try to find a cap that meets those specs, you probally wont find it, and if you do it will be pretty big. Much bigger than the four small caps you can see in the picture of dons device here (Page 101 in the big picture)
More likely the caps are more like 0.34uf or even 0.034uf
Wow you have a ton of stuff in that pdf. Good stuff. I noticed at the end that you have also noticed the caps on dons picture, yes those are capacitors in the picture. You were wondering weather to use a series or parallel configuration. Its too hard to see in the picture which way he has it wired. But if he is correct in that the globe is putting of 40,000V then i would imagine that they are wired in series to give them a higher voltage rating.
Caps /uF?s
Thank you for reading through my doc.
I have wrestled with understanding that a lot.
I think I may be building my own so I will start with .034 uF and see what that will do for storage. See if I can get the timming down to 60 or 120 Hz.
I'll put the spark gap in and try one with grounding and one without on the L-2 and see what the readings come out like. Freq. volts and gamma. All I need is 24 gamma. I'll have to order the resistor for L-2. and the IT. I am going to stuff 240 volts into my IT so this operation is not going to be a joke.
I don't have any varistors yet and I have to get the circuit breaker box wired up also. for this thing to be clean. I think I can use only one ground rod for the whole thing. Don did with the briefcase and it has what 5 or 6 grounds connections. Varistors, timming things, and whatever connected there.
Crudely lets look at this, My output transformer will handle between 9 and 16 HP, per watt measurment "734 watts". That is a pretty good rating.
If Don's writing is correct, lets say 600 joules each cap, lets say three.
The kenetic energy in each one of these caps is equal to a 45 calliber shell being fired. pritty high. yea that only equates to about 1800 volts for the storage tank. excluding the L-1. I just do not know yet.
Then lets look at the 40,000 volts. When I get my gauss meter and Electrostatic voltmeter and learn how to use them, I'll be ahead of the curve.
To me, thoes seem to all be kind of equal?
I do not know.
I have to build the caps first, then I will have a better Idea how things work.
I'll say it here because it is not in the doc. yet. Don states, it is our ignorance of measuring electrostatic voltages and gauss readings that is lacking in our understanding of electricty. I may need to buy the book he referanced on the subject before I can figure it out, we'll see.
Did you get an Illuma storm?
ok buddie thanks again
No i dont have the Illum storm, mine is called the electrostorm. Yours is probably superior because i dont have tuning pots on mine, but its what i had. Making capacitors or just ripping apart some caps found in junk electronics is a great way to understand what capacitors are. But i dont know if i would suggest making them for this build. manufactured caps are guaranteed to be withing a certain accuracy, and a cap around .034uf @ 5000V should be easy enough to find and relatively cheap too. Just look on ebay for oh like tesla capacitors or something like that. You should come up with a whole list of caps commonly used in tesla coils. You will probably want a self healing cap, that way if you expose it to too much voltage, it will still be good. But if you still want to try making one for this project, i would recommend a saltwater capacitor. Those are commonly made for these high voltage projects, ive done it before, its not to hard.
The problem with this plasma bulb device are :
1 . There is something hidden below metalic box where wires from coil on top of plasma globe are connected.I assume this is Wheatstone bridge of diodes.
2. Who said this coil is wound on plastic ring ? Don ? What if that's steel painted ? Is that possible ?
3. There is missing a lot of informations , for example entire output stage.I don't believe that all you have to do is to connect load directly to capacitors
What is that?
1. Yes I agree, There are some questions about that thing. Looks like a what?
I think a wheatstone bridge is a air cap for radio freq tuning. Hummm. That kinda makes a lot of sense! Wow. This may be a way to tune Cody's Plasma too.
2. I grabbed all the related information about the last of the generator circuit from all the information I could find. I put it all in My Replication Journal PDF Page 25
3. I had wrestled with that many times. I thought about contacting Patrick Kelly for a couple of weeks about the phrase "on the circuits page". I decided not to because Don had mentioned Nicola Tesla's book By Thomas Commerford Martin, these are directly from that book. I figured came from Don himself.
Also, every device Don has displayed, nearly everything Nicola Tesla did used caps, spark gaps and a transformer or two. To me this all fits nicely. Again pg 25
I.ll send and updated version "My Replication Journal PDF". I am not changing the name, you do it to keep them seperate if you like. Let me know if it's becomming any help to you.
Thank you for the comment.
Last edited by h2ocommuter; 12-26-2009 at 05:17 AM.
well i dont know about something thats hidden, weather or not thats true... your guess is as good as mine
Its written right in the pdf to wire the coil on 5-7 inch pvc, I dont think steel would be any good because we are dealing with high frequency.
For the output section, the pdf directs you to a tesla circuit lower down on the pdf. I think its pretty well described right in the pdf, its just not completely spoon fed, you got to think about it a bit and do some research. As most tesla based things, there is an issue of tuning things. Might be a good opportunity to learn some new stuff. Its probably going to come down to someone actually throwing this thing together and messing around with it a bit before we really know anything. Im getting closer to getting it together, but ive been really busy, ill do some more work on it tonight.
One mysterious question i had, seems that can be addressed.
Experiments with a Tesla Coil, shows how a high voltage, (high frequency), low current (top of TC) can be "transformed" via capacitative coupling to lower voltage, higher current without spark gaps etc ect.
see... Google Çeviri
How the heck does it happens??
weird huh?
Now remains my second question regarding Don Smith's sayings to be addressed. How a resistor or LR can adjust frequency...
Last edited by baroutologos; 03-29-2010 at 09:39 AM.
show a trough in its graph of current v. frequency.
That frequency will be the most efficient, the resonant
frequency; the frequency that the circuit best behaves at.
Does anybody have a video of a Don Smith device running?
I've heard him talk, seen some diagrams, and
seen some models, but has anybody actually seen
one of his devices running?
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Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) is often criticized for lacking rigour, providing a weak basis for generalization of its findings and, therefore, offering limited value for policy-makers. This Reader aims to address these concerns through supporting action to strengthen the quality of HPSR.
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"Health Policy and Systems Research is a rapidly developing and critically important field of health research, but has lacked any coherent presentation of its nature, scope and methods. This Reader remedies this gap, and will be an indispensable source of guidance for anyone conducting Health Policy and Systems Research or wishing to learn about it," said Anne Mills, Professor of Health Economics and Policy and Vice-Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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Hi guys,
I am trying to count the number of words in a sentence. My method of doing this is as follows;
1.Accept a sentence from the user using System.in
2.Scan the user input and store as a String.
3.Scan the String.
4.Enter while loop that is entered as long as the sentence has another String.
Within while loop;
5.Next word in sentence is stored as a String.
6.Get length of that word.
7.Create a substring minus the previous word.
8.Increment an int variable to count the words.
Hers's my code;
import java.util.Scanner;//Imports Scanner class
public class Test//Start of public class
public static void main(String[] args)//Start of main method
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);//Sets up new Scanner object. Reads from system
System.out.print("user: Tell me about yourself"); //Creates input from system
String Sentence = input.nextLine();//Store input as a String
Scanner sentence = new Scanner(Sentence);//Scan that String
int wordcount = 0;
int length;
int fullLength;
String word = sentence.next();//Store next word in sentence as a String
length = word.length();//Get length of that word
fullLength = Sentence.length();//Length of full sentence
Sentence = Sentence.substring(length+1, fullLength);//Create new sentence minus the previous word
wordcount++;//Increment int variable
System.out.println("This sentence has "+wordcount+" words");
My problem is I get an outOfBounds exception when creating the substring. I can't see how this is as the begin and end index are within the length of the String.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Kind Regards,


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Australia v South Africa, Tri-Nations, August 29
Springboks unstoppable in Perth
Huw Baines
August 29, 2009
Bryan Habana scored a vital brace of tries for the Springboks
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South Africa continued their domination of the Tri-Nations with a 32-25 win over Australia at Subiaco Oval in Perth.
The Springboks put aside their tag as reluctant tourists to seal a bonus-point in their first Test on foreign soil this season, winger Bryan Habana notching a brace of tries alongside efforts from scrum-half Fourie du Preez and centre Jaque Fourie. Extending their lead at the top of the table to nine points, the Springboks showed a more expressive side in the first-half as the Wallabies struggled in defence and with some poor accuracy.
Fly-half Matt Giteau, their sole kicking option following an injury to Berrick Barnes, accounted for 18 of the home side's points with two tries, two penalties and a conversion. Lachie Turner scored a late consolation to secure a losing bonus-point.
While they enjoyed the best of the scrummaging battle and decent possession, the Wallabies conceded too many turnovers to a fired-up South African side that was intent on playing with width and pace for the first time in this year's tournament.
Australia made a nervy start, Richard Brown palming du Preez's first clearance in to touch and allowing the Springbok centres to get their hands on the ball early. With the bone-dry grass underfoot allowing both sides to work through the phases, du Preez celebrated his 50th cap early by scoring the opening try.
After Jean de Villiers and fly-half Morne Steyn had stretched their defence, Australia's reluctant skipper George Smith was penalised at the ruck and du Preez sauntered over from a quick-tap. The home side's defence was caught napping, and after Brown fumbled a second kick in to touch the ramshackle Wallabies were staring down the barrel early on.
Hitting the ball at pace consistently and crossing the gain-line at will, the Springboks powered further ahead when Fourie scythed through the Australian line from first-phase possession. Giteau failed to press in the No.10 channel following a scrum, allowing the Springbok No.13 to dart through a yawning gap to score under the posts.
Steyn uncharacteristically missed the simple conversion before Giteau also missed a chance to pull three points back with a penalty following the Wallabies' first concerted period of pressure. The Springbok fly-half helped himself to a further three points when the Wallaby front-row was penalised by referee Bryce Lawrence, opening up a 15-point lead inside the first quarter.
Two promising periods of Australian attack were ended by elementary mistakes, Smith conjuring a forward pass and scrum-half Luke Burgess butchering a set move from an attacking scrum with some atrocious service to Giteau.
An offside call following a South African up 'n' under handed Giteau his second shot at the posts, but his effort sailed wide of the uprights to compound the Wallabies problems. It proved to be third time lucky as the Brumbies-bound fly-half slotted a penalty just before the half-hour mark, but a marauding Springbok maul drew a penalty as Smith surged in at the side.
Steyn was off target again with the kick but his disappointment was short-lived, as he was soon converting the Springboks' third try. Turner was the latest to drop a regulation high ball, allowing Habana to pounce on the loose ball and race over for his 34th Test try.
Giteau drew three points back with a penalty on the stroke of half-time and struck a vital blow after the resumption when he surged over for the Wallabies' first try. Some snappy work from James O'Connor and Adam Ashley-Cooper out wide led to a quick-tap penalty by Burgess, who popped the ball to Giteau.
The fly-half gambled from close range, seeing off several tacklers to score under the posts. After roaring his approval in the face of the Springbok defence he slotted the conversion.
The Wallabies dominated possession following the try, as the Springboks retreated back in to their shell, but an inch perfect clearance kick by JP Pietersen put them back on the front foot five metres from the opposition line. Stephen Moore overthrew his jumpers, allowing John Smit to gather and barge towards the line. The attack was ended with Habana knocking on over the line, but play was called back for an earlier Australian knock-on.
From the scrum the Wallabies were again punctured on first-phase ball, du Preez crabbing across field and using de Villiers as a decoy before releasing Habana on a clear run to the line for his second and the first try bonus-point of this season's Tri-Nations.
The Wallabies spurned a golden attacking opportunity as Springbok skipper Smit was put under huge pressure by their front-row, popping up and conceding a penalty. Giteau curled a fine kick in to touch, but Tatafu Polota-Nau hurled the ball straight to Pierre Spies at the ensuing five-metre lineout.
More pressure on the creaking Springbok scrum, Tendai Mtawarira pinged this time, brought further territorial reward for the home side but some ponderous backs play saw 16 phases wasted when Spies, Habana and Pietersen combined for a searing counter attack.
The scrum woes reversed when Ben Alexander was penalised in the shadow of his own posts and with the bonus-point already in the locker Steyn struck the ball through the uprights. Giteau increased his, and Australia's, haul with his second try following some fine work by replacement Quade Cooper but missed the drop-goal conversion to leave the Springboks 14 points clear.
Turner darted past a prone Victor Matfield to claim a losing bonus-point for the Wallabies in the final minute, an unusual lapse in an otherwise fine defensive display from the visitors who are on their way to Tri-Nations supremacy.
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What's your family doing this Memorial Day? May we suggest a visit to Hilton Head? We've got a host of different events all weekend that will appeal to a variety of interests.
Shelter Cove Harbour will once again host the annual Hilton Head Art Fest, now in its 5th year, which gives art lovers and novices alike the chance to browse art in a variety of media in the wonderful outdoor setting of Shelter Cove.
On Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26 from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Hilton Head vacationers and locals can visit the free arts and crafts market to see artwork from some 150 fine artists nationwide. Shoppers will find watercolor, jewelry, oils, ceramics, glass, photography and even life-size sculptures! Can you imagine taking home something akin to the famous King Neptune statue at Shelter Cove?
The artists at the festival are hand selected from hundreds of applicants to ensure an extensive variety of items that will appeal to a broad range of art enthusiasts, collectors and those looking for unique gifts. We can't think of anything more amazing than taking back a work of art as a souvenir of your Hilton Head vacation!
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During the day on both Saturday and Sunday, Shelter Cove Harbour will host the Patwa reggae band, a local favorite and perfect for setting a laid-back island mood. Grab a margarita at San Miguel's Mexican restaurant and you're set!
If your group wants to get more active, why not enroll in our Family Golf School, which is designed to fit a family's needs and skill level or try our 90-minute Hilton Head surf school and learn how to catch a wave in no time. We'll also be hosting adult tennis round robins over the weekend or try our new guided stand up paddleboarding tours of our 11-mile lagoon or the ocean for tailored paddleboarding guidance and a lesson on the flora and fauna of Hilton Head.
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Paleontologists have confirmed the existence of a new species of ichthyosaur, a group of marine reptiles that terrorized the world's oceans during the dinosaur era — and this one was an absolute monster. Called Thalattoarchon saurophagis — meaning "lizard-eating sovereign of the sea" — it measured 28 feet (8.6 meters) in length and featured an enormous skull adorned with razor sharp teeth. And because the bus-sized beast lived over 244 million years ago during the Triassic era, it was likely the first marine predator to prey on other animals its own size.
Thalattoarchon's fossilized remains were partially uncovered in 1998 when paleontologists dug up well-preserved sections of its skull, fins, and entire vertebral column. The original team, which included study co-author Nadia Fröbisch of Berlin's Museum of Natural History, returned in 2010 to dig up the rest of the fossil, including the remaining parts of its skull and jaws.
Analysis of the remains showed that Thalattoarchon was indeed a top-tier predator from the Middle Triassic period; its teeth — which were incisor-like and featured two cutting edges — indicated a macropredatory feeding style.
And fascinatingly, the discovery of the extinct ichthyosaur shows how ecosystems can quickly bounce back from even the most extreme events, including mass extinctions. Writing in National Geographic News, Brian Handwerk explains:
"This animal occurs only eight million years after the biggest mass extinction event in Earth's history, the Permian extinction, which literally wiped out up to 95 percent of all the species in the ocean," Fröbisch explained. "The ocean was a pretty empty place afterward."
But not for long-the fossil record shows that species returned quickly. The presence of a top predator like Thalattoarchon during that time period shows that the system was intact within a relatively short time, since marine ecosystems build from the bottom of the food chain up. In other words, the monster had tons of food to eat.
"So with the appearance of Thalattoarchon we know it was complete and that it had the same structure as modern ecosystems, the same structure we've seen in place, with different players, ever since."
Despite thriving some 160 million years, Thalattoarchon and fellow ichthyosaurs went extinct for unknown reasons-leaving no living relatives.
The entire study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Illustration by Raul Martin, National Geographic.Photo By Jörg Fröbisch, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany.


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When I point out that eToro is not listed as having a license at the Cyprus SEC website I'm directed to another company that supposedly has a license, retailfx.com, I find they don't have a license either. At which point the customer service rep breaks down and blabbers about their arrangement with IFX.
Clearly eToro talks the regulatory talk but they don't walk the regulatory walk.
eToro is an innovative forex trading service offering both traditional and social trading. Currently the broker reports 2.75 million registered users and over 37,000,000 executed orders since January 1, 2012 – and this is no surprise given the company's aggressive advertising (just the other a promo offer popped up in our Facebook feed and we got a nice cash bonus).
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The latest additions to the warning list of Italian financial regulator CONSOB (Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa) are PlatiniumFX, Capital GMA, and several other unregulated brokers. CONSOB also ordered internet providers to block access from Italy to the websites of these entities, as they offer financial services in the country illegally. Actually, both PlatiniumFX and Capital GMA are allegedly based in Bulgaria, but aren't licensed by the local Financial Supervision Commission (FSC), nor by another EU financial regulator, as required by law. Read more
As many companies out there, FBS broker finishes off its year with a New Year promotion for its clients. At the end of 2019, they are offered to create a fancy Thank You e-card for their loved ones and get a gift box full of nice surprises. #FBS2020 contest starts off on December 9 and will continue till January 7. Over this period, the clients are supposed to write a Thank You message for their friends, family members, or anyone who played an important role to them in 2019. The idea is simple: New Year's Eve is the time to make conclusions, analyze the past 365 days, and make plans for the future. Read more
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) updated its warnings list with twenty new forex and binary options scam websites, bringing the total blacklisted websites to nearly 150. In the CFTC RED List, which stands for "Registration Deficient List", the Commission warns the public against unauthorized forex and binary options companies that illegally target U.S. citizens – basically websites that appear to be soliciting or accepting funds from U.S. residents without having obtained the necessary CFTC registration, as a Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer (RFED) and a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM). Read more
Officials from the Thai Department of Special Investigation (DSI) seized over 15 million baht from the owner of Forex- 3D Ponzi scheme and his associates, the Bangkok Post reported on Thursday. The DSI and Central Institute of Forensic Science searched four locations in Bangkok and Nonthaburi earlier this week, and seized assets from Apiruk Kothi, the owner Forex-3D, and his network members involved in an alleged scam. This is the second raid conducted by authorities against members of Forex-3D. A Porche car worth 9.5 million baht, 3-million-baht Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and several other valuable items, were among the items seized by the DSI. Read more
EU finance ministers have agreed that private digital currencies like Libra – the crypto coin Facebook plans to launch in 2020, should not be allowed in the European Union until all possible risks are identified and properly addressed, Reuters reports. Since Facebook revealed its Libra project in June, virtually all major financial regulators have expressed concerns about Libra's possible impact on the global financial system. The unease steams from Facebook's huge customer base – currently the social media has more than 2 billion users. Read more
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) apparently can not locate Peter Szatmari, who defrauded nearly 4 million USD from binary options investors. In early October CFTC filed a five- count complaint against Szatmari for alleged violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and other Commission Regulations. Before filing the complaint however CFTC and Szatmari appeared to have agreed in principal on a settlement, from which Szatmari latter backed and disappeared. When Szatmari attorney was asked a contact information, he said he no longer represents the defender and gave the Commission a Kahului, Hawaii P.O. Box address. Read more
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How very Proud I am.
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Never gets much sleep,
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Louis XIV, the Sun King, is often referred to as an absolutist monarch, in spite of the term's anachronism. In this seminar, participants will look at a variety of sources, including excerpts from the king's memoirs and from anti-Louis XIV treatises by Leibniz and Jurieu, in order to examine how monarchical power was viewed during the seventeenth century. Seminar participants will discuss the difference between absolutism, tyranny, and divine right, and draw parallels and contrasts with the association of religion and power in today's world.
Seminar led by Ellen McClure, University of Illinois at Chicago


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Gabon Talapoin, Equatorial Guinea (USNM 598519)
Old World monkeys are primates and are more closely related to humans and apes than any other living nonhuman primate group. The Smithsonian Institution's Division of Mammals (http://vertebrates.si.edu/mammals/) houses many Old World monkeys in its scientific collections.
This specimen, USNM 598519 (http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/mammals/?irn=10058589),is a male Gabon talapoin (Miopithecus ogouensis) from Equatorial Guinea. This individual was collected in 1967 by Clyde Jones in Yabo near Rio Benito of Rio Muni Province. This individual had a total length of 705 mm, a tail length of 394 mm, a hind tarsus length of 97 mm, and an ear notch length of 24 mm. This specimen weighed 694.6 grams.
This is a CT scan of the mandible of USNM 598519. These three-dimensional scans are made publicly available through the generous support of the Smithsonian 2.0 Fund, provided from the annual gifts of the Smithsonian National Board to the Secretary to use at his discretion (http://smithsonian20.si.edu/fund.html), and the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund.
The main goal of this joint initiative between the Human Origins Program and the Division of Mammals is to make the NMNH's scientific collections of our closest living nonhuman primate relatives available in 3D for education and research.


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Raters' Role in Environmental Trading
A version of this article appears in the Climate Solutions Special Issue issue of Home Energy Magazine.
January 01, 2008
Environmentalists, ordinary citizens, and some politicians are becoming increasingly alarmed by the effects of climate change, and are loudly calling for federal and state governments to adopt serious policies to combat it. It is vital that the rating community be at the forefront of these efforts, for both altruistic and financial reasons. First, raters bring invaluable skills to all efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the building sector. And second, combating climate change offers raters many valuable business opportunities. One opportunity that will surely benefit the building and rating industry is environmental trading. Environmental trading takes a market-based approach to removing pollutants from the environment. Rather than simply being required to reduce pollutant emissions to meet a regulated target, under a market-based approach companies and utilities are given a choice. They can meet a regulated target either by reducing their own emissions or by buying credits from companies that have reduced their emissions below the required level. This approach is also known as a cap-and-trade policy, because a cap is set on permitted emissions levels, and companies can choose either to meet that cap or to trade allowances in order to stay in regulatory compliance. Markets for trading ...
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SIFMA's Economic Advisory Roundtable says the U.S. economy should grow 2.2% this year, a slower pace than the group's earlier full-year estimate of 2.7%. Still, U.S. growth could hit 3.1% next year, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association adds.
"We believed we could recoup from weather-related losses" of economic growth earlier this year, explained Diane Swonk, chairwoman of the Roundtable, on a call with the press Tuesday.
"This will not happen because of intensifying geopolitical risks," added Swonk, who is chief economist of Mesirow Financial in Chicago. She pointed to rising oil prices from the deteriorating situation in Iraq.
(SIFMA's economic survey includes the views of some 20 economists; it was conducted between May 28 and June 10.)
Released one day before a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the SIFMA report notes that the Federal Reserve is likely to keep its current zero to 0.25% target federal funds rate through mid-2015. Half of respondents anticipate the first rate hike in Q2'15, while 40% say such a hike will come in the second half of 2015; the remaining 10% see it taking place in Q1'16.
Opinions diverged significantly on when the FOMC would begin shrinking the Federal Reserve's balance sheet by curtailing reinvestment of proceeds from its asset holdings. There continues to be near unanimity, however, that the FOMC securities purchases will cease by the end of 2014.
In a separate report released Tuesday, LPL Financial (LPLA) economist John Canally said, "We continue to expect the Fed to trim QE by $10 billion per month this year and to remain on pace to exit QE by the end of 2014."
Canally says the broker-dealer expects the FOMC to "err on the side of keeping rates lower for longer. Markets should expect that the Fed will be content with keeping its fed funds rate target near zero until key labor market indicators make significant progress toward 'normal.' "
Fading Business Optimism
In addition to lowering its GDP forecast, the SIFMA Roundtable lowered its business capital investment growth estimate for 2014 to 3.6% from 5%.
"Consumers are shouldering the burden of growth," Swonk said.
"There's been a real shift in the optimism of business investment, which has gone gone down versus the optimism of consumers," she explained. "This is the continuing theme" that stands out in the SIFMA report.
However, Swonk notes, housing figures tell a more mixed story.
While existing home sales are "stunning," she says, new housing starts tell a "conservative" tale.
Overall, "It seems that the U.S. economy is making two steps forward and one step back," she said. "It's not heading out of the traffic jam at a pace most would like."
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WSDA Farm to School Toolkit
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First lady Michelle Obama said Friday there is only one candidate for president who is ready to face "the hottest, harshest light there is," and that's Hillary Clinton.
Speaking before a crowd at George Mason University, she urged Americans to go out and vote for Clinton, a candidate who inspires her and is "truly ready for this job," and held Clinton in contrast with Donald Trump, though she didn't mention Trump by name.
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"Who in this election is truly ready for this job? Who do we pick? Well for me, I'm just saying', it is excruciatingly clear," Obama said, adding that Clinton "has the resilience that it takes to do this job."
It was Obama's first campaign event for the Democratic nominee since she appeared at the Democratic National Convention. When Clinton returned to the campaign trail this week after a brief illness, she promised a more aspirational finish to her White House bid. And she used Michelle Obama as a guidepost.
"As Michelle Obama said in her fabulous speech at the Democratic Convention, when we go to the polls this November, the real choice isn't between Democrat or Republican. It's about who will have the power to shape our children for the next four years of their lives," Clinton said Thursday during a campaign stop in Greensboro, North Carolina.
It's a message Clinton aides wanted Mrs. Obama herself delivering in battleground states as much as possible between now and Election Day. So far, the first lady has publicly committed only to Friday's event — a rally Friday afternoon in northern Virginia, less than an hour drive from the White House — though the campaign expects her to make additional appearances.
Mrs. Obama's rally Friday was aimed in part at encouraging Virginia voters to register ahead of the state's Oct. 17 deadline. But her broader mission is to rally the groups who were so crucial to her husband's two White House wins: young people, many of whom are skeptical of Clinton, and black voters, who overwhelmingly back Clinton over Republican Donald Trump, but need to show up to vote in big numbers.
"On November 8, you will decide whether we have a president who believes in science and will fight climate change or not," Obama said.
Mrs. Obama's speech at the Democratic convention this summer was widely praised. Her primetime address ran just about 10 minutes, yet it was perhaps the most powerful of the four-day gathering.
She delivered a searing indictment of Trump, also without ever mentioning his name, yet wrapped her critique in the hopeful optimism of a mother trying to protect her daughters' futures. She spoke of telling her daughters that "the hateful language they hear from public figures on TV does not represent the true spirit of this country" and said the Obama family motto is "when they go low, we go high."
In the midst of a heated campaign, with two candidates who are viewed negatively by so many Americans, the first lady provided a striking contrast.
"Part of what makes her so appealing and effective as a surrogate is that she's relentlessly positive, even when things on the campaign trail get negative," said Olivia Alair Dalton, Mrs. Obama's former spokeswoman. "It was a breath of fresh air."
Mrs. Obama has carefully cultivated her image as a devoted mother who prefers to stay out of the political fray. She sets limits on how often she's willing to campaign, even for her husband's White House races, and largely steers clear of controversial topics. And she's embraced her role as a pop culture fixture far more willingly than her role as one of the most popular figures in Democratic politics.
Unlike her husband, who forged a strong bond with Clinton during her four years as his secretary of state, Mrs. Obama does not have a particularly close relationship with the Democratic nominee, though the two are said to be friendly.
Yet the first lady is fiercely protective of her husband's legacy and has been a major player in discussions about his presidential library and other post-White House projects. And there's perhaps nothing more crucial to preserving Obama's legacy than a Clinton victory.