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Kathak Dance of Northern India
The ancient art of Kathak is one of the eight forms of classical Indian dance. Its name comes from the Sanskrit word for "story." Kathak dancers use swift and precise footwork and graceful gestures to tell traditional Indian stories. Through movement, music and math, a dancer from the Chhandam School of Kathak dance will perform "Kathak Yoga" – a technique which unifies the recitation of taal (rhythm), the singing of a melody and the dancing of complex footwork and rapid spins. Students will learn to count out complex poly-rythmns to help the dancer keep time and a few volunteers may learn some basic Indian dance steps.
Target Grades: PreK–12
Audience Limit: 500
Duration: 45-60 minutes
Post-Performance Workshops
Workshops will introduce some students to basic footwork, poly-rhythms and music of Kathak Indian dance.
Target Grades: PreK–12
Participants: 25 students
Duration: 45 Minutes
Anjali Nath Performance Clips
Anjali Nath – Traditional Solo
TEDx Talk
PRICING (performance/day):
Single: $588 Double: $941 Triple: $1,235 Quad: $1,470
Workshops: $125 each
Travel Fee: Based upon mileage (use map below)
Note: pricing may vary for weekend/out-of-school time
Chhandika Kathak Dance Performance Requirements
Chhandika Kathak Dance Educational Materials
Anjali Nath is the senior performer for Chhandika and is thrilled to be sharing the art of kathak with the young audiences of Massachusetts. Anjali is a senior disciple of Ms. Hayden and Pandit Das and one of the most dynamic artists of a new generation of Kathak soloists. Known for her swift chakkars (spins), crisp footwork and delicate abhinaya (gesture), Anjali's solo performances are rooted deeply in the Kathak tradition and dazzling to watch.
Anjali holds a Masters in Public Health from Boston University and a B.A. in Psychology from Tufts University. She has passionately pursued her career in Kathak and public health simultaneously for over 14 years working with communities and engaging youth in leadership and activities to improve self esteem and overall health and well-being. Anjali believes in the art as a vehicle for service to society and a path to self-awareness available to everyone. As an artist and teacher Anjali strives to highlight the relevance, universality, and overall benefits of the multi-faceted art of Kathak regardless of age, gender or culture.
Just wanted to say thank you so much for bringing Anjali to our campus today! She was WONDERFUL and so easy to work with! Students, faculty and staff all enjoyed her dance and her lessons at the end! What a treat! We hope to be able to bring her back to campus again in the future! – Coordinator, Women's Resource Center, Massasoit Community College
Anjali was fantastic. I have had so much positive feedback on her performance. Everyone was so interested and impressed!
-Enrichment Coordinator, Nantucket Athenaeum
Today's program was AWESOME! Our students, faculty and parents really enjoyed Anjali. She was engaging, interesting, energetic and thoughtful with our audience. I highly recommend her performance to others!
-Teacher, Leslie Ellis School, Arlington, MA
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"Please Turn Off All Distractions"
THE MIDDLE SEAT: Column by Steve Matuszak
When you are done reading this, you'll wonder why I ever go to the movies. In upcoming entries, we'll discuss the wonders of sharing a movie at the local cinema. But I must begin with the single worst atrocity – NOISE! Now I don't mean to go on a rant here but…
I can't stand it when people talk during a movie. It disrupts the flow of "losing myself in the film." You know what I am talking about. We go to the movies to be a fly on the wall as we watch a story unfold. That's why we scream (internally) "Look out!" when the killer is behind the woman. It's why we long for the good guy to not walk out on his good wife.
We feel these intense feelings because we forget we are in a theatre, in a seat, with sticky floors, watching something previously recorded. We want to forget. We want to let go.
So, when you strike up a conversation, you drag me back to a reality I have purposefully left for a little while. And I do not choose to leave reality because I don't like it, although "escapism" is a valid and common use of the movies. I choose to "leave reality" and lose myself in the movie because movies often stop me and make me think about my own reality more so than reality itself does. That is the purpose of good art – to make us pause and consider what we otherwise might not have stopped to consider.
So, when you talk, you disrupt that complex balance. So, to everyone everywhere who ever goes to a movie theatre I politely remind you to SHUT UP!
It's just like when I traveled constantly and stayed in hotels. I am quiet in my room. I do not turn up the TV loud if I get in late nor do I talk at even a normal level when I awake. Why? Because hotels are for sleeping! Hotels are not for parties in your room, giant family reunions between your block of rooms in the morning or any other social gatherings (except in the banquet rooms designed for such gatherings). Hotels are for sleeping.
So, if you get up at 7AM for your meeting, you may be in a room next to a guy (me) who got in at 4AM and who can sleep in if you don't talk loudly to your business partner while walking past my door. Your day's schedule may not be mine. And you are a few feet away!
The same is true with movie theatres, what you do affects everyone around you, whether you can see it or not. And I have a very important message for all those parents out there with little kids, especially babies and toddlers – B-A-B-Y-S-I-T-T-E-R!
And if you cannot get a sitter, stay home. You decided to have children (as I did) so deal with the consequences! Besides the ethical considerations of letting little kids see R-rated films, there is also the noise factor! Yes, kids naturally make noise and cannot sit still for long, just like my little girl. Don't have enough money for a sitter? Can't find one last minute after yours cancelled? STAY HOME! (Unless it's a kids film, then all bets are off).
Spreading your issues to other people is what burns me up. Talking in a theatre or bringing noisy children for cinema daycare is very similar to another rude phenomenon I hated when I lived in Chicago. This guy would pick up his friend for work in the morning and he would honk his horn for 5-10 minutes if the friend did not come out. I confronted the guy (because he was disrupting my SLEEP) and he told me he didn't want to get out of his car in the freezing cold to get his friend (who admitted he often overslept).
He was basically saying that since his friend was not coming out to the car, instead of sacrificing his own comfort (getting out in the cold) he would discomfort everyone else in a one-mile radius by honking (this was at 5:45 am!). I agree his situation sucked and his friend was lame. So get a new friend! Or drive yourself to work and let him take the train!
This is what people do in movie theatres. The most egregious is when people not only leave their phone on but actually ANSWER the call during a movie! I seriously believe that any psychological issues and physical ailments related to stress that I have are all related to people who answer their cell phones in theatres. Or, how about those annoying people that TEXT during the movie. Hey, guess what!? You did not make any noise by talking but I had to see your GLARING PHONE SCREEN LIGHT IN MY EYE FOR 3 MINUTES! Any guess as to what that does for my movie experience? Can I come to your home and shine a pen laser light in your eye while your watching TV with your kids?
And if you cannot hear the film and thus feel the need to constantly banter back and forth with your partner about "What did he say? Who is he again?" then please watch films at home so that you can have cliff-notes, a translator and slow motion available to help you through the complexities of storyline, character and dialogue. Well, darnit I am mad!!
Why must people constantly bother other people with noise pollution? I can't even enjoy a trip to the Caribbean on the beach without the local establishments pumping in loud music. Why do they play loud Caribbean music on the beach? I am trying to relax. You don't need to convince me that I am in the Caribbean – I am actually there.
Everybody quit bothering me!!!! And you two in the buffet line ahead of me, pick a salad dressing and move on, I am hungry!! There is an etiquette to buffet lines, it's called "choose and move!" I am on a roll! And you, the one who just missed your exit on the highway, deal with it! Go one more exit and stop jackknifing across 3 highway lanes to get off at the last second while my child and I are doing barrel rolls off the median from barely missing you.
Now, don't get me wrong, there are certainly cinematic and cultural considerations to when talking in a theatre might be appropriate. I understand Rocky Horror Picture shows invites participation and toast. And some cultures enjoy interacting with live theatre and movies. But, except for those exceptions – get your inane cell phone conversations, life-or-death text messages about which Buffalo Wings joint your meeting at afterwards, wrapper crinkling, trips to the bathroom, teenage giggling, elderly hearing aide adjustments, mid-life marital crises and all other such human development challenges over with BEFORE you sit down. And then, enjoy the movie with me. We can discuss what we are experiencing AFTER!

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This beautiful Scroll Bakers Rack is made of steel with a choice of four finishes. It offers plenty of storage in a small footprint. Above the large, wood grain-finished particleboard counter are two ventilated metal shelves. Ideal for storing & displaying cookbooks. Below the wood grain counter is a built-in five-bottle wine rack, and below that another large, full depth ventilated metal shelf.
- Organize the kitchen or pantry with a handsome baker's rack offering high functionality with style
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A 3,200 count box is loaded with cards in individual holders. Very clean, these were mainly obtained in person by a dedicated collector in the Boston area. Cards are of team members from 2000 up including coaches, but the cards themselves can go back to the 1970s and some are interesting oddball issues. No real duplication, better autographs include: Arroyo, Beckett, Beltre, Colon, Damon, Ellsbury, Francona, Garciaparra, Adrian Gonzalez, Lester, Loney, Pedro Martinez (3 diff), Matsuzaka, Okajima (2), Miller, Napoli, Ortiz, Papelbon, Peavy, Pedroia, H. Ramirez, M. Ramirez, Schilling (2), Smoltz, Uehara, Varitek, Wells and Youkilis (2). Many schedules, some signed from these teams, are also included with the lot. A terrific lot of its kind, all of the heroes from the Championship Red Sox teams in this period should be here, I bet a signed 2004 Red Sox signed card set alone might bring $1,000 in this market, making this an especially intriguing lot for the shrewd bidder.
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In frameworks: How to Navigate the New Testament, An Extraordinary Guide for Ordinary People, Eric Larson shares what he has learned in the course teaching the Bible for thirty-five years. If you're the type of person who'd opt for the double root canal rather than reading a 300+ page book on the New Testament, I think you may be just the person Eric had in mind when he wrote this book. Many college and seminary-level New Testament surveys can be a bit stodgy and are often overwhelming to the average person in the pew. That's where frameworks strives to be different. Eric's goals are simple and attainable. Rather than trying to expose you to everything there is to know about the New Testament, he's seeking to help his readers grow in love for God by properly equipping them to understand what they read in their Bibles.
In the introduction, Eric profiles two different people who might benefit from reading frameworks. See if you can relate.
Person # 1
"You're visiting a new church or attending the one you call home, when the pastor asks everyone to grab a Bible, open it up- "Please turn to Matthew chapter 25, verse 14″- and read along with him. On the back of the cushy auditorium chair directly in front of you, you see a spiffy red Bible that some wonderfully efficient staff person has placed there, correctly anticipating your current need.
Instinctively, you reach for it and crack it open. problem is, you don't have the slightest clue where Matthew is or how on God's green earth you'll ever find chapter 25 in time, much less verse 14. As you begin to fumble your way through a few pages, searching in vain for Matthew, your eyes glance to your left where you notice that your neighbor is already safely him in Matthew and, smiling confidently, ready to read.
A few butterflies begin to flutter in your stomach as you contemplate your next move. At that moment you have two options; 1) fake it-put your thumbs squarely ove the word Habbakuk in the upper right and left hand corners of the pages you just opened to, smile and pretend that everything is okay; or 2) turn to that smug-looking person on your left and say, Excuse me-but where exactly is Matthew?" If this is you-you've come to the right place." (p. 13)
Person #2
"One day, you're enjoying a cup of coffee with friends who, with your help, are reading the Bible for the first time. Suddenly, they look at you rather quizzically (O thou fount of all wisdom) and from nowhere blurt out: "We were just wondering why does the New Testament start with Matthew? And why are some books soooo long, and others so short? And why do most of the books have such peculiar names? We don't' get it. It's all so confusing." (Hmm… you mutter to yourself-good questions-I wish I knew.)
A few butterflies begin to flutter in your stomach as you contemplate your next move. At that moment, you have two options: 1) fake it-lean forward, strike a confident pose and make up some fancy story on the fly. "Well… you see… um… a long time ago… ahh… right after Jesus ascended to heaven…," or 2) Simply look at them and say, "You know what? I have no idea. But I'm sure we can find out." If this is you-you've also come to the right place." (p. 13-14)
Sound familiar? If I'm honest with myself, I know there are times when I've been like the person in each of these stories, I bet you have too. When it comes to understanding the Bible, many of us would be embarrassed to admit that we don't have all the answers. When we find ourselves in that situation, we can either muster up our pride and try to fake it or we can err on the side of humility and decide to do something about it. That's where a book like frameworks comes in handy, helping us to finally connect the remaining dots.
So, what's the root of the problem? Eric believes it comes down to two things: navigation and context. "Navigation is the ability to weave your way among the Bible's 66 books (and 1,189 chapters) without getting lost-to know where you are now and how to safely travel to where you want to go." (p. 14) "Context on the other hand, looks squarely at the forest, helping you see the big picture to discover how the trees fit together. Whereas navigation asks where and how questions, context asks who, what, when and why." (p. 14) This is what frameworks is all about, it's "a book about Bible navigation and context." (p. 15)
Frameworks is organized in to two parts. Part 1 (New Testament Frameworks) "introduces the New Testament as a whole by first walking you through the story of Jesus' life and then providing you with the context into which his story fits." (p. 16) You'll also learn briefly about the larger context of the Roman world, the New Testament's origins, and its writers. Part 2 (Book Frameworks and Themes) "takes you on spectacular guided tours of the New Testament's books, one by one." (p. 16) In each of these chapters, Eric explores the following foundational questions for each New Testament book:
- Intro-What is this book like?
- Theme-What is this book about?
- Purpose-Why was it written?
- Outline-How is the book organized?
- Verses-How does it read?
- Navigation-How do I move through it?
- Unique things-What makes the book or its author special?
- Recap-What should I remember most?
- Questions-How can I explore further or go deeper?
- Insights-What one verse can I apply right now?
Here's a bit more detail on what you can expect to find in part 1. Readers will quickly notice that Eric is offering them a grid they can use to organize and interpret what they're reading in the gospels. For instance, he divides the life of Jesus into the following phases:
- Birth and youth
- Ministry year one
- Ministry in Galilee
- Training the Twelve
- Road Trip
- Passion Week
- Resurrection
Amazingly enough, phases two through six make up the bulk of what we find in the gospels, yet they only cover approximately three and a half years of Jesus' life. For each of the seven phases there is a map of Palestine and the surrounding area showing where specific events took place, a page of "highlights" summarizing the important events from that phases of Jesus' life and a list of related Bible verses, so you can "Read about it." Next Eric moves on to the unique circumstances that influenced the New Testament world, namely the influence of Roman military rule, Greek culture and Jewish religion. Finally, this section comes to a close with some additional coverage of the New Testament in general. First he notes that the text of the New Testament is divinely inspired, written during a 50-year period, widely copied and circulated amongst the larger Christian community and confirmed in the fourth century. Last, but not least is the division of the books of the New Testament into six groups:
- Biographies
- History
- Paul's letters to churches
- Paul's letters to people
- General letters
- Prophecy
Now for a few thoughts on part 2. This part of the book is laid out based on the six divisions mentioned above. First up is the Biographies of Christ, which encompasses the four gospels. It starts out with a bit of commentary on how the gospels show different sides of Jesus' life and work and that they address audiences in four different regions. Next the book covers the four gospels in order, utilizing the ten foundational questions noted earlier. I especially like the recap, questions and insights sections at the close of each chapter. They help to bring what you're learning together in a way that will be fruitful for personal study and equally as useful for study in either a small or a large group. And so it continues throughout the rest of the book, covering the letters, history, and prophecy following the outline of the ten foundational questions.
Let me take a moment to comment on the layout and design in the book. Frameworks has an elegant look and feel that I definitely wouldn't have expected from an independently published book of this sort. There are many contemporary pictures and artwork throughout. Some of the images are digitized versions drawings that Eric had developed for his course as well as more than 125 four-color images that help bring what you're reading to life. Eric noted in an author Q&A session interview that the layout of the book was influenced by Presentation Zen Design: Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations by Garr Raynolds (New Riders, 2009) and the ways in which he tries to communicate ideas in the book is influenced by Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip and Dan Heath (Random House, 2007). Like Eric, I have sat through hundreds of boring power point presentations and have read through my share of poorly designed books. I was excited to see somebody in the Christian publishing space putting forth the effort to take some of the great ideas put forth in these two books to produce a uniquely beautiful New Testament survey the likes of which I'd need seen before.
The final thing I'd like to comment on is who would benefit from this book. If you think back to the two people Eric identifies early in the book (person # 1, who was totally new to the bible and person # 2, who is much more biblically savvy), they're at opposite ends of the spectrum. I think that's exactly the point Eric was trying to make. Whether you're encountering the New Testament for the first time or you've read through it fifty times, he feels that he has something useful for you in this book. As I mentioned earlier, he wants to help you grow in your love for God through a deeper understanding of that you're reading in the New Testament. Frameworks: How to Navigate the New Testament is well-suited for personal study, small groups and even a larger classroom setting. Most readers will be able to complete each chapter in under thirty minutes, making it accessible even to those to whom reading for long stints is a struggle. I look forward to reading Eric's forthcoming Old Testament book tentatively titled Building Your Bible Skills: Old Testament, which Lord willing we'll see from Eric in the future.
About the Author:
Eric Larson is a writer, teacher and speaker, who for the past 35 years, has helped people from Cleveland to Castro Valley crack open (and navigate) their Bibles. A successful Silicon Valley business executive, he is the founder of Frameworks Resources, a Bay Area publishing company, and is a Bible Teacher at Cornerstone Fellowship in Livermore, California. He and his wife Bonnie live and work in Danville, California.
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Frameworks the Book from Eric Larson on Vimeo.
This book was provided by Academic PS for review as a part of the frameworks book review blog tour. The reviewer was under no obligation to offer a favorable review.


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Most of us are used to vacuum cleaning as the main cleaning method in our homes. But with changing times, we cannot deny the fact that the ever changing technologies have changed most of our fantasies and imaginations, into reality. There will always be new discoveries, upgraded tools and helpful innovations, to give us more comfort and of course more flexibility. We own houses that doesn't have furniture and other stuff arranged to make vacuum cleaning an easier chore. A vacuum cleaner can't reach all the nooks and corners of a house and also underneath the furniture, due to its structure. But, an electric broom gives us an option to make our houses cleaner, because of its flexible structure. Here are 4 major reasons why electric brooms are better than vacuum cleaners:
Light-weight– Even though electric brooms work the same as vacuum cleaners do, electric brooms are specially made easy to carry and operate in any part of your house. Not only had that, being light-weight also mean that you have to spend less energy and efforts to clean your house. Obviously, using an easy-to-carry appliance all around your home is easier than using a heavy one.
Small and handy– Another good thing about electric brooms is that they are smaller in size than a vacuum cleaner and handy as well. You don't have to look for a large space for its storage after use (like what you have to do with a vacuum cleaner). Instead, you can simply stock it where you keep all the brooms and mops you have at home. It saves a lot of space.
Easy to use– Usually, with new and improved appliances, one of the biggest problems you may face, is the complicated set of instructions to follow. However, electric brooms don't pose such issues. Using it is as easy as 1 2 3! You can quickly learn about its features and all the settings or options to apply in different situations.
Cordless– Even though there are a few electric brooms with power cords, most of the preferred ones are cordless. These are battery operated brooms and come with replaceable batteries. The good thing about the cordless electric brooms is that you don't need to change its batteries too often. The benefit you get is that you don't have to look for a power socket and you can clean each and every corner of your house with ease.
With an electric broom to help you, you are ready to get a sparkling clean home and loads of appreciation from your family.


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The Hippy Tree Lakewood Wallet is a leather wallet for securing ID, credit cards and cash. You can't just have your money and identification floating around your pockets all willy-nilly. Keep them all in one spot in this bi-fold wallet that only gets better with age. Seriously, the leather will only get softer with age, forming just right to your back (or front) pocket. Go ahead, pick up the bill for once, at least your friends will see you own a super cool looking wallet.
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Earth Care
The Holding
The land is comprised of approximately 42 acres of which 17 acres are semi-natural ancient woodland, 22 acres are pasture and the remainder is naturally regenerating scrub and hedgerows. There is a stream along the most north-westerly boundary.
The predominantly oak woodlands stand on the west- and north-facing slopes. We have been processing the trees that had fallen in the woods and hedges, including a huge oak by the stream and a large dead oak that was considered too dangerous to leaving standing. The new planting next to the woodland has grown well, with minimal rabbit and deer damage.
Communal Gardens
In 2014 we continued to expand and improve the communal gardens. They are split into three main growing areas designed into the central living zone of the project. We also have our long Hugel beds that provided an excellent crop of courgettes and squashes for the community and for sale. We have experimented with dehydrating some of the harvest with much success, enabling us to still be eating courgettes through the winter. Other vegetables that were preserved for the winter included some our our home-grown tomatoes (dehydrated and preserved in oils), squashes, onions and garlic.
With further improvement in the growing of communal foods we have continued to experiment in growing varieties and species to fit the site and our needs as a community. In 2014 the communal gardens gave adequate vegetables for approximately 9 months of the year for the communal meals that take place here, as well as for our various volunteers and guests
In 2013 we built our first indoor growing space. We now have a 30 foot x 14 foot 'Polypod'. The pod is a combinationof local crafts innovation built with a locally sourced timber frame that was the inspiration of local craftsman Rowan Stickland. The design used Permaculture principles and experimentation in both its concept and development. In 2014 this space gave much-needed additional indoor growing capacity and helped feed the community.
Our focus for the 2015 season is to redesign the Mandala beds. These beds have been in use for over 6 years and we feel it is time for a total redesign. At the time of writing we have used the pigs to convert the area to bare ground, have mapped a base map and contours onto the land, and are in the process of designing and landscaping the new area for the development of gardens.
The 2 Dartmoor ponies continue to provide diversity to the grazing pattern and, in tandem with the sheep that visit each year, provide large amounts of manure for the growing areas.
The younger pony has now been trained to Long Rein – the basis of pulling a cart, woodland extraction equipment and agricultural machinery should it be required.
The older pony contracted laminitis so grazing management systems have been explored and adapted to suit the needs we must address, as climate change brings alterations to the nature of the grassland. A boundary grazing system has been introduced. It reduces hedgerow encroachment and enables the ponies' weight to be managed by having a reduced amount of grass available.
A male, working, Gypsy Cob has been introduced to balance the mini-herd dynamic. He is already trained on the Long Rein and will provide an example to follow for the other horses, as well as eating the majority of the grazing area.
A natural horsemanship workshop was run for pupils of Brockwood School, and we held a Pony Om learning day on the subject of Laminitis. There is a Pony Blog on our website, which aims to share some of the holistic training methods we are using to lead the ponies into land-based work.
In 2014 we had a good breeding season with the birth of 4 females and one male kid. Four of these were sold later in the year to keep a variety of age groups in the herd. We reviewed the inputs and outputs of the goats in terms of milk and cheese, and their contribution to land management, and decided to continue with the goats as a community resource. They also provide us with an educational resource. We currently have 5 females of breeding age.
The milk and cheese is consumed on site, making a strong contribution to our subsistence provision and waste reduction – obviating the packaging and food miles of imported dairy. Successful breeding will also contribute to the land management income stream as some of our kids will be pedigree and of commercial value.
They live in one field but are taken to other sites on the land to help control the bracken and bramble.
Our 2 Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs are used to clear ground of invasive plants into the fields, or to create new growing areas. They have a portable house and are moved around the site as needed.
Chickens and Ducks
Thanks to Carl and Jen, Landmatters now has a menagerie of different varieties of laying hens and ducks. Various methods are employed for housing the birds, including a chicken tractor, moveable pens and a chicken house.
Since the spring 2012 we have introduced bees to the land. Using natural beekeeping methods and a top bar hives (built at LM) we are really excited by the addition of the bees. They are kept in square field in an area of new coppice and are off the beaten track of the main community but still are often seen buzzing about in the veggie gardens and on the land.
At Landmatters we are using Natural Bee Keeping methods – minimal intervention and a top bar hive.. with a little luck (and a lot of work from the bees) our colonies will build up strength and be a healthy and a resilient addition to the land.
Subsistence goods and services:
Fully self-sufficient in electricity generated through renewable energy
• Fully self-sufficient in water (rainwater and borehole water)
• Fully self-sufficient in shelter and maintenance thereof
• Bulk of our firewood needs met through the sustainable management of our own woodland
• Increasing amounts of food grown in expanding communal and individual growing areas, aided by improved composting, rainwater collection and pumping systems
• Social goods such as shared transport, shared childcare and community activities.
Renewable Energy
We continue to run our holding completely off-grid using wind generators and photo-voltaic panels to produce our electricity. Having been accepted as a venue for Transition Town Totnes' Transition Together programme, we have 15 photo-voltaic panels on the roof of the barn, doubling electricity generation through renewable resources at Landmatters. This additional capacity has allowed us to run a number of basic technologies, such as a food dehydrator to preserve food grown on the land. We have also been able to offer more reliable electricity provision for volunteers and course participants, and to introduce a more varied teaching provision through the use of electronic multimedia outputs.
We use a hand pump to collect our drinking water from a borehole, and harvest rainwater from our structures for washing, irrigation and the animals.
People Care
Communal Space
Our communal bender is the focus of community life. It provides us with a comfortable space for meetings and 'Way of Councils', office activities, shared childcare, cooking and socialising. It is also used by volunteers and for some educational events. It has a custom-made wood burning stove to provide heating and cooking facilities. The rocket stove is a very efficient type of cooking stove which uses only small twigs as fuel. It is an innovative design not commercially available in the UK and is also custom-made. It is very useful when catering for large groups and in the summer when heating is not required. The yurt that has been attached to it for some years started to need some repairs, so we decided to take the yurt off altogether and put in a back wall with a window. This has created a pleasant seating space where people can have meetings or just relax.
Way of Council
In 2009 we began using the Way of Council. This is a Native American practice that uses talking circles as a means of improving communication, addressing controversial or contentious issues and resolving conflict. Since a week-long Council in February 2009, held by an external facilitator, we have met in Council every six weeks, facilitating the process ourselves. We held our seventh week-long Council, with an outside facilitator, in February 2015.
Overall, the impact of the Way of Council has been very positive, and it has become a core element of 'People Care' at Landmatters. Having a regular, facilitated space has helped to strengthen common bonds, diffuse underlying tensions, and to make us a more effective and harmonious group. How we live, work and make decisions together is of increasing interest and importance to educational groups and visitors.
Consensus Decision Making
Decisions at Landmatters are made by consensus. This ensures that all voices are heard during the decision-making process and concerns are addressed. We have reduced our weekly 3-hour meeting to 2 hours, allowing the remaining hour to be spent implementing the decisions made in the meeting, project planning with others involved, or doing other communal work.
We have a total of 7 children aged 6 months – 15 years. We have a shared commitment to bringing up our children in line with our philosophy. We hope to furnish them with the skills they will need to help create a healthy, sustainable world.
Home Education
Some of the children at Landmatters are educated at home. While much of their learning is experiential and might involve any member of the community, parents also bring structure to their progress in one-to-one or themed sessions. One approach adopted recently is based on the adult Kamana Naturalist Training from the Wilderness Awareness School. Kamana For Kids is a child-friendly nature awareness programme that uses books, stories, games and activities to bring core teaching to the children.
Communal Meals
The community shares 3 meals together each week. We have historical swapped and changed these about at times (dependant on times of year, childrens various needs etc) but we currently eat communally on Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday evenings. Wednesday is a pot luck meal (each household brings a dish to share), while Mondays and Fridays are cooked for by a member of the coop on a rota basis.
Seasonal Celebrations
Its good to celebrate! We believe in the power of a party to unite the community and have fun! Our annual solstice celebrations are the highlight of the calendar – the winter solstice is a daylong "bender crawl" where we go around the coop to each dwelling and participate in a game/celebration/ritual and enjoy each other's company, share food and drink and celebrate the turning of the season. While in the summer a big party is usually called for! Music, fires, dancing and cavorting are all in order. Other celebrations also mark the calendar – we aim to celebrate the seasons, marking the turning of the year and giving thanks for the changes they bring – this can be anything from Easter egg hunts to tree planting to games on the village green.. all contributions welcomed.
Landmatters community activities and courses
Details below compiled and recorded for our annual report (submitted March 2015)
Landmatters community activities and courses
23rd – 27th February 2014 Way of Council
On-going Shared childcare
On-going Permaculture Diploma work
On-going Way of Council
On-going Home education of resident children
Events for external audiences
20th April TTT Skillshare Bokashi workshop
4th May International Permaculture Day site tour
7th May Heathercombe Permaculture Course tour
10th May Introduction to Permaculture and site tour
14th May TTT Skillshare Sociocracy workshop
14th – 19th May Volunteer Work Week
17th May Open Day tour
20th May Yoga session
27th May Yoga session
7th June Mother and Children Group
10th June Yoga session
17th June Yoga session
17th – 21st June Brockwood School residential field trip
21st June Solstice party
24th June Yoga session
28th June Whole Woman Day
4th July Bicton College and Schumacher College Horticulture tour
4th – 7th July Herbal Medicine Course
12th – 13th July Low-Impact Wedding
19th July Work That Reconnects workshop
22nd July Schumacher Horticulture Apprentices
3rd – 19th September Steiner School Residential Field Trip
21st September National Open Homes Day tour
3rd October Greenspire tour
23rd October Samhain celebration
1st November University of Plymouth volunteers
18th November Heathercombe Permaculture Course tour
6th December University of Plymouth volunteers
5th February Home Education Group tour
14th – 15th February Treeplanting weekend
22nd February WildTime taster session
3rd March Steiner School Structures and Dwellings Field Trip
9th March University of Plymouth Education for Sustainability tour
14th March Open Day tour
21st March National Big Dig volunteer day
28th March Pony Om Laminitis workshop
Summary of external events
There were 36 courses, events and guided visits (i.e. not ad hoc visitors). A total of 850 people attended including children. Of these 378 came from the local area, 331 from the UK and 151 from abroad. There were 43 days when there was a group of over 12 people on the land. These visits generated a total of 404 vehicle movements (not including push bikes) to and from our gate. Many other visitors, friends and interested people came for informal visits, volunteering and WWOOFing from all over the world. They are a constant source of news from other communities, information and new skills, which we welcome all year round.


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Discussion in 'Original Pictures Forum' started by resurectionlawn, Oct 21, 2008.
nice equipment
pic of the truck and loader
thanks for the compliments guys
the truck is my baby, my girl friend knows it too. the truck has 4 in turbo back stainless "exhaust", afe stage 2 intake, sct programmer from innovative diesel, gauges, 90w whelen hideaway, firestone air bags, 20% tint, ss fisher x blade, blah blah blah.
i just wish the leaves would all fall
Here is ours from 07. BLowers are repainted now, will get some updated pics. We will probably update the whole thing next year:
Drew, your set-up looks great!
Mac, that diamond plate looks great!
Chris, what brand of leaf loaders are those? Any website for them??
They are made by ODB http://www.theodbco.com/products/leafvacequip.asp
How do you like the dump kit and who is it made by? Also could you get pictures of how you have mounted the leaf loader? Thanks
I don't have any full shots from last season but heres a couple from my leaf box from fall 07. Not the greatest but hey.
Once I get some pics of my new insert, I'll post them up. I have a few mods to do for the leaf box for this year yet.
Drew- that is a sweet setup, ever have any problems woth that long tube clogging?
How do you like that dump bed?
actually if we do get a clog it is the intake hose never the discharge side of the set up.


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Would you date a white guy? There's an absolutely awesome Muslim girl that I use to have classes with and be friends with. Do you think it's a good idea to get in touch with her after about half a year?
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I'm not a Muslim girl though I do share your like for Middle Eastern women. I've often considered dating one if Russian girls didn't work out :P I can't say categorically if Muslim girls like white guys though I've been told that white people are considered exotic and are often desired by girls of Middle Eastern descent. My friend from south India informed me that girls from his town think white guys are very attractive.10|10|0
I am completely aware that Indian chicks dig white guys since there are already three that I know want me haha. I changed my mind, I like white chicks too much lol...especially Russian girls, too bad there's hardly any where I live.
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One of the 7 hot American chicks ever, lol
hahaha yea pretty much, but she sounded like a bimbo since she like typed like this omg isn't this like so annoying, like really.


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Many people know that calcium is the basic building blocks of bones, teeth, hair and nails.People who receive this item in the missing quantities susceptible to osteoporosis, they have deteriorating teeth, the hair falls out, and the nails become brittle.At the same time there may be muscle cramps, nervousness, mood becomes dark, may increase blood pressure.
Of course, you can get calcium from foods: cottage cheese, milk, beans, eggs.Only he absorbed from them completely, and the shortage begins simply washed out of the bones, teeth and hair.
in Badakhshan calcium is present in the form of carbonate, citrate, lactate and gluconate.Most assimilable form is calcium carbonate, in its composition contained 40% elemental calcium.In second plac
contain calcium carbonate complexes "Complivit Calcium D3", which further contains vitamin D, which significantly increases the absorption of calcium."Complivit Calcium D3" is very affordable supplements that can be purchased at any pharmacy.It is important that this vitamin-mineral complex produced for the residents of Russia, taking into account the characteristics of their food and the climate.
Calcium in the form of citrate and carbonate contains "Calcemin Advanced."Additionally, this complex enriched with magnesium aground, zinc, boron and manganese.The combination of these elements contribute to the strengthening of the musculoskeletal system and the prevention of diseases of the joints and bones.
very rich composition is BAD "Mountain calcium D 3 is" from "Evalar."It contains calcium carbonate, vitamin D, titanium, phosphorus, nickel, tungsten and other elements.Only here, in order to cover the lack of calcium in the body is necessary to take 4 tablets a day.But "Complivit" or "Calcemin" enough to use only 2 pieces daily.If, based on the price, "Mountain calcium D 3 is" coming out much more expensive.
dietary supplements with calcium should be taken only under the supervision of a specialist doctor, because an excess of this element in the body may cause unpleasant side effects: bloating, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain.To avoid this, you need to be tested and strictly follow the doctor's recommendations.


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Dignity Quilt made with love
The quilters presented the Dignity Quilt to, back row, left to right:
Methodist Manor CEO Nick Landgraf, Social Services Director/Director
of Resident Life Tracy Gotto and Methodist Manor chaplain
Rev. Cara Knutson. Front row: Evelyn Keen, Dorothy Mernin,
Ada Marie Roberts, Lana Crilly, Sue Cullers, JoAnn Olsen,
Vivian Hoffman, Caroline Kluver. The group has been in
existence since at least the 1980s.
To be used when Methodist Manor residents pass away
By DOLORES CULLEN
The project group at Storm Lake United Methodist Church has made a special quilt to be used at Methodist Manor. It's not square shaped and its colors are grey and neutral.
This Dignity Quilt has a special purpose. It will be draped over the body of a deceased resident as that person leaves the care center for the last time.


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UltraLong Ramplug
Anti rotation fins are compressed within the hole and prevent the Ramplug from rotating during expansion.
Best used in solid masonry and pressed clay bricks.
The fixing screw can be removed and re-installed into the expanded Ramplug at will.
How to use
- Through fixing using the fixture as a template;
- Drill hole to the correct diameter and required depth. Clean Hole thoroughly of dust and swarf;
- Press in the Ramplug until flush with surface;
- Pass the correct length and gauge screw through the fixture and tighten fully into the Ramplug, using a screwdriver or socket spanner as required.
Long Ramplug
- Drill hole to the correct diameter and required depth. Clean Hole thoroughly;
- Tap in the Ramplug up to anchor collar;
- Drive screw in with pozi number four drive bit until the screw is flush with collar.


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Friends and mates, again after a long time I bring you a new map which bears the name of the Czech valley or the Czech Valley. The first time I've inspired the formation of the mnohama sections of my native landscapes, which I apply to the map, not only of the Czech countryside, there is also a tinge of a different atmosphere and it makes another game and briefly introduce the map. Sunrise, landscape, brobouzí to a new day and you begin the next day full of work and toil, Yes exactly as follows starting the opening words in a map. First of all I wanted to do úské the road, aisle, but also a field for which you turn the wheel, here is very difficult terrain for the machine, the machine will play not only here, but also with pré thanking pals received very large BOOM that map very airy and especially aircraft and cars, more speed.
The size of the map was originally smaller than previous map Czech map by Coufy V2, but with an abundance of ideas, I took the plunge and made the larger landscape. In the map is a large biogas station, but also here you have the sale of the machines directly from the company, which specializes in DA?HEL brand JOHN DEERE and that's not all! You have over 30 fields of various sizes from large to small fields check box. In the map there are two villages and three buy-outs. And now it is separated from the main farm animal production. Map will be of a larger size than the previous, but the size is not so ohrnömující, I focused on the terrain and texture, which reach a very satisfactory resolution and it is just a little bit bad for weaker computer that I used to sigh over a map of Czech maps. Czech valley does in two versions with a modem Gulle second version will contain the Soil mod, which specializes in the field, over the pH of its výnostností etc.
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Services for Raymond E. Crews Jr., 81, Lawrence, will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Crews died Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cameron, Mo.
He was born Aug. 6, 1923, in Bartlesville Okla., the son of Raymond E. and Mabel Brown Crews. He graduated from Odessa High School in Odessa, Mo., in 1941. He received a law degree in 1949 from the University of Missouri in Kansas City.
Mr. Crews served in the U.S. Naval Air Corps as a pilot on the USS Lake Champlain from 1943 to 1945. He was a chartered property casualty underwriter. He was a claims manager for Great American Insurance Group from 1959 to 1953, vice president of W.B. Johnson and Co. from 1953 to 1968 and G. Findlay Reed from 1968 to 1981.
He became senior vice president and a member of the board of directors at Financial Guardian in 1981, where he continued on as president until he retired in 1995. He was a charter member of Alvamar Country Club, a member of the Missouri Bar, until he retired, and the Kansas City Club. He was also chairman of the Board of Managers of the Downtown Branch of the Y.M.C.A. in Kansas City in 1960.
Mr. Crews married Barbara J. Ewing on Sept. 3, 1948, in Lawrence. She survives, of the home.
Other survivors include two sons, Raymond E. "Chip" III, Washington, D.C., and Byron Ewing, Shakopee, Minn.; two daughters, Penelope Crews Seay, Austin, Texas, and Jennifer Crews Ruark, Raytown, Mo.; three brothers, Richard L., Odessa, Donald G., Overland Park, and Gerald N., Kansas City; two sisters, Betty Crews Mueller, Westminster, Colo., and Judy Crews Seevers, Odessa; and five grandchildren.
The family will receive friends form 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
The family suggests memorials to Missouri Veterans Home or Regional Care Hospice, sent in care of the mortuary.
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Fulton (Miss.) Itawamba quarterback Bret Jefcoat has the chance to emerge as one of the top sleepers at his position in the Southeast in the Class of 2008. Jefcoat totaled more than 1,700 yards of total offense and scored 20 touchdowns last season (9 passing, 12 rushing) and is getting attention from a number of programs, including several in the Southeastern Conference.
"My top schools are Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Alabama, Memphis and Southern Mississippi," he said. "State is recruiting me the hardest, but my favorite school is Ole Miss. I've always wanted to go there. I haven't always liked State, but I am starting to. They are recruiting me pretty hard."
Jefcoat's father played at Ole Miss.
"There school is great, I grew up a Rebel," he said. "I love everything about them. I always wanted to play there and love the coaches."
He adds that he has been impressed with what he has seen so far at Mississippi State.
"They have Great facilities and great coaches," he said. "They appreciate everything and they are recruiting me very hard."
The 6-foot-1, 200-pound Jefcoat added that he believes State and Ole Miss are the closest in terms of offering him a scholarship.
J.B. Grimes and Rocky Felker are recruiting Jefcoat for the Bulldogs.
Jefcoat attended the Rivals.com Baton Rouge Junior Day last Saturday at Dutchtown High School in Geismar, La. He plans to attend the Elite 11 combine on April 20 on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
Jefcoat also has plans for the summer.
"I'm going to Ole Miss and State camps during the summer and we're having 7-on-7 camps as a team."


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Blue Sky, Cool Shades
Obviously, there is only one rock legend one can think of upon seeing this college student, who has a "I love mosh" sticker on his sweater.
Beijingers appreciated the rare blue skies that graced the Modern Sky Festival. I hope the next few days will be the same.


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Illumination systems are used in many applications. For example, they can be used in depth camera systems such as time-of-flight (TOF) cameras, lidar systems, and spectrometers. An illumination system includes a light source such as a laser or a light emitting diode (LED). Typically, additional optical or light processing elements such as lenses and mirrors are incorporated in the optical design of the illumination system. For example, these light processing elements can be used to direct the light of the light source to a target location or to spread the light over a target area. If the configuration of the optical elements is changed whether due to tampering or unintended damage, the illumination system does not work as intended for its optical design, and may cause a safety hazard.
The technology provides for detection of a change of position of an element configured in an illumination system. In particular, the technology can detect removal of, damage to or position changes in the elements of the illumination system. A light source generates an illumination signal and an element of the illumination system directs a portion of light of the illumination signal to a light detector. In some embodiments, the element reflects a portion of the light back. Additionally, the light may be directed to the light detector by techniques other than reflection such as diffraction. The light detector generates an output signal based on the reflected light, and control circuitry monitors the output signal for detection of a change in a configuration position of one or more elements of the illumination system.
In one example, the illumination signal is collimated by one or more collimating lenses and a portion of light from the signal is reflected by a tilted optical element. The reflected light passes through the one or more collimating lenses again. The light will shift or translate in relation to the tilt angle in a way that all or most of the reflected light is focused back to the source but shifted by an amount or distance. A light detector can be placed at the location of the shift or translation, typically near the source, and the light detector can measure the reflected light. By controlling the tilt angle, good control of where reflected light is directed makes it sensitive to changes in the illumination system.
Reflecting the light back near the source permits use of already existing, commercially and widely available light source packages such as laser diode packages including monitor photodiodes positioned near the light source. By being able to receive the reflected light at the monitor photodiode, an effect or change outside the light source package can be detected by a standard component within an off-the-shelf light source package.
In some embodiments, the control circuitry modifies operation of the illumination system responsive to detecting the change in the configuration position. An example of modified operation is turning off the light source.
This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.
An illumination system typically includes a light source and one or more optical elements. The light source may be an off-the-shelf package, for example a standardized, commercially available package, including the light source and supporting circuitry fabricated using integrated circuit technology. Depending on the application, a designer of the illumination system configures one or more optical elements, for example mirrors and lenses, in positions to receive and process the light. Another example of an element is a light blocking element. Other elements of the system can include structural elements like support structures on which the various elements are mounted, attached or supported in position. If the position of these elements is changed in the configuration, for example by significant movement, damage, or removal, the operation of the illumination or optical system is likely to be significantly compromised.
The technology detects a change in a configuration position of one or more elements in an illumination system by monitoring a portion of light of an illumination signal directed back to a light detector. When a laser is used as the light source, the laser generates light or illumination which propagates mostly in one direction, referred to as forward, but also a smaller portion of light in an opposite direction to make up a reverse illumination signal. Conventionally, a monitor photodiode monitors the reverse illumination signal as an indicator of the output power of the illumination signal for a laser. The forward illumination signal is the signal typically used by illumination systems in a wide variety of applications such as in cameras, lidars, spectrometers, etc. and is the signal referenced by the term illumination signal.
An element of the illumination system directs a portion of the light of the signal back to the light detector. One way to direct a portion of the light is to reflect the light. Some embodiments take advantage of the inherent surface reflection of the light off of optical elements. Surface reflected light that is minimally scattered provides intensity measurements of surface reflected light that are easily detected over environmental factors such as noise. The light detector generates an output signal based on the measurements of the light received back from the element. The output signal of the light detector is monitored to detect that a position of an element of the system has changed.
In some examples, an off-the-shelf integrated circuit light source package such as that for a laser diode package which includes a monitor photodiode can be used to monitor changes outside the package. In other words, changes can be detected in the configuration of one or more optical elements of the illumination system which are outside the package.
The light source 106 generates an illumination signal, in this example represented as dispersive rays 109 f and 111 f. Semiconductor diodes such as laser diodes and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) typically generate dispersive light beams unlike gas or crystal lasers which generate highly collimated beams. A collimating lens 124 collimates the divergent light as illustrated.
Optical element 122 is a tilted optical element which reflects a portion of the collimated light. The tilt is not drawn to scale. In example configurations of an illumination system such as that shown in
Light detector 108 is positioned to receive the reflected light 111 b. For example, as shown it is near, in this case behind, the light source 106 but extends beyond the area of the light source 106 and receives ray 111 b. The intensity measurement on the light detector will be higher due to the mimimal scattering of the specularly reflected light than for light simply scattered back to the detector.
In this example, the optical element 122 represents one or more diffractive optical elements. A diffraction grating for the diffractive element 122 provides a non-uniform or rough surface which directs light, for example surface reflects light back, toward the light detector.
Changes to a property of the measured light are detectable by the monitor photodiode 108. In one example, the property is the intensity or amount of the measured light. In one example, about a twenty-five percent decrease in the intensity of the light is an indicator or detector that the position of at least one of the elements, for example the optical elements 122 and 124 or the structural element 118 has had a change of position from its original configuration in the illumination system. The element may have been removed, damaged, or repositioned to cause a non-negligible effect.
As shown in the example of
The black circles on the lower surface of the can or case 104 correspond to a lead or other connection (LD) from the package for connection by an input drive signal to the laser diode from control circuitry 126, a connector (PD) for an output signal from the photodiode 108 to the control circuitry 126, and a common or ground connector (COM) which may also be connected to the control circuitry 126.
The laser diode lead LD is connected to a first lead of the control circuitry 126 which connects to a drive circuit 220 and a control system 218. When driving laser diode 102 to produce laser emissions, the control system 218 maintains a constant current input via drive circuit 220 in this example. The laser diode may be placed between the drive circuit 220 and common COM. The current level provided to the laser diode is compared by the control system 218 with a set drive current level. The set drive current level can be represented by an analog voltage and compared with the actual current level, also represented as an analog voltage. Using the difference between the two voltages, representing an error, the input level of current to the laser diode can be adjusted to maintain a constant input drive signal to the laser. By maintaining constant input power, in this example with current from a drive circuit 220 to the laser, the monitor photodiode 108 is not needed to monitor the output power of the laser in order to adjust the input power to achieve a selected output power.
Photodiode lead PD connects to a configuration measurement circuit 210 which in this example measures current. The type of photodiode used may output a current representative or based upon the light intensity received from the reverse illumination signal and the reflected light. In other examples, another characteristic of the output signal, for example voltage or phase or frequency, may be used as the measurement characteristic. The control system 218 includes logic which may be in the form of firmware or software instructions which determines if the measured current is outside of a threshold stored in a memory such as a flash or a read only memory. Outside of a threshold may be above or below the threshold. For example, a measurement or a number of measurements may be above or below a certain amount of current indicating the configuration of at least one element has changed.
In one example, a laser diode produces between about 190-200 milliwatts (mw) of power. The reverse illumination signal produces an output signal of about 500 microamps uA. The reflected light produces an increase of about 2000 uA so an output signal of 2500 uA indicates the elements of the illumination system are in their intended positions within the configuration. If the output signal drops off to about, for example, 1800 uA or below, the control system detects that there has been a change in the configuration position of the one or more optical elements outside the integrated light source package. Being outside the threshold is an example of a criteria for modifying the operation of the illumination system. For example, the criteria may be a shut down criteria in which the control circuitry 126 turns off the light source, the laser diode in this example. The control system 218 causes the drive circuit 220 to stop producing a drive signal for the laser diode 106 so the illumination system shuts down.
The control circuitry processes the measurements of the configuration measurement circuit 210 as described above for
In the embodiments above, different types of reflection may be used to reflect the light back to the light detector. For example, a mirror or other device with a surface having an angle of incidence of about zero may reflect a portion of the illumination back to the light detector. In another example, retro-reflection may be used wherein light is reflected back toward its source as minimally scattered light or at least less scattered than diffusely reflected light. In other examples, specular reflection where the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection is used. Furthermore, other elements may be used to direct a portion of the illumination outside a package to a photodiode within the package by other optical techniques than reflection. For example, a portion of the light may be split off by a splitter and routed through optical elements back to the light detector. In another example, light could be diffracted to a light detector placed in the package.
Step 308 of detecting a change is implemented in step 308 a by detecting whether there is a change in the output signal satisfying shut down criteria, and step 310 of modifying operation is implemented as turning off the light source responsive to a change which satisfies the shutdown criteria. An example of shut down criteria is being outside a threshold. For example, if the configuration measurement circuit 210 returns values showing a significant fall off of about twenty-five percent or more of the output signal strength to the control system 218, the system 218 will stop the drive circuitry 220 from providing drive current to the laser diode 106 to turn it off. Other thresholds may also be used, e.g. 15% or 35%. Typically, a threshold value is picked so as not to cause a shutdown due to noise variations or the expected normal degradation of the light source output power, and hence light directed back to a light detector, during the lifetime of the light source.
Although the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.
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Okay so I work with this guy, we're not exactly friends but we talk and physically flirt a lot (for fun) so we've kind of made a bet to see how far we would go before one us gives up, no limits. The problem is though i'm not attracted to him buuuuuut everytime he touches me my body reacts and I can't help it and when i touch him (rub his thigh, back, chest) i can't really tell if it's affecting him as much as it is me but u cn tell he feels uncomfortable and he just smiles (dunno if it's becoz he's turned on he just feels weird lol).What's a sure way to turn him on without touching his penis?
How do I turn him on? We've been physically flirting for a few days an I feel like i'm the only one this is affecting?
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call him up to come over and after he is there a few minutes go in your room strip have him close his eyes then stand in front of him tell him to open his eyes and see what he does00|00|0
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