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The flow of qi and blood can become inhibited in any and every area of the body: the internal organs, the muscles, the joints, and the low back. For example, when we overeat and have acute indigestion with the accompanying sensations of abdominal fullness, bloating, and distention, these symptoms are due to the stagnation of stomach qi. In this case, the stomach qi cannot move freely through the excessive amount of food and drink in the stomach. Likewise, when we bruise ourselves and blood escapes from the blood vessels and then pools, we experience a mild form of blood stagnation. In both these cases the stagnation is not serious. We feel better within a short time and are free of symptoms when the qi and blood resume their proper functioning and are flowing freely.
According to TCM, the sensations of pain due to qi stagnation or blood stasis are different. Qi stagnation causes a feeling of distention or soreness that fluctuates in intensity and location. Qi stagnation pain often occurs with strong emotional changes. Blood stasis, on the other hand, is characterized by painful swelling or stabbing, sharp pain at a specific, fixed location.
It is also possible for the qi and blood flow to become inhibited because of insufficiency of the qi, blood, or both. In this case, the pain is not severe but is enduring. If due to qi and blood insufficiency, the pain is worse after rest and better after light use. This is because during rest or immoblization there is insufficient qi and blood to keep the qi and blood moving. Movement itself helps to pump the qi and blood through the area mobilized. Therefore, movement tends to make this type of pain better.
If primarily due to qi insufficiency, then the pain is worse at the end of the day or after excessive exercise. In this case use or exercise has used up the qi and left it even more deficient. Blood insufficiency pain tends to be worse at night after it has been consumed by the activities of the day and when it returns to the liver for storage.
In the TCM diagnosis and treatment of low back pain, a practitioner must answer the following questions:
The answers to these questions directly determine what sort of treatment the patient will receive from the Chinese medical practitioner. The basic principle of treatment in Chinese medicine is to restore balance. Therefore, the Nei Jing (Inner Classic) says that if a disease is due to too much, it should be drained; if due to too little, it should be supplemented; if due to heat, it should be cooled; if due to cold, it should be warmed; if due to dryness, it should be moistened; and if due to dampness, it should be dried. Therefore, in TCM, two patients with the same Western medical disease may receive different TCM treatment because the cause of their disease is different. This means that every patient in TCM is given an individualized treatment based on the cause and nature of their particular pattern of disharmony.
In Chinese medicine, there are three broad categories of causes of low back pain. These are referred to as external causes, internal causes, and independent causes. External causes refer to invasion by the six environmental excesses, while internal causes refer to damage by the seven passions or emotions. In terms of low back pain, the so-called independent causes are traumatic injury, dietary imbalance, insufficient exercise, overtaxation, undisciplined sex, and drug abuse.
External Causes of Low Back Pain
According to Chinese medicine, our qi and blood flow can be affected by invasion of energies from the external environment. These energies are wind, cold, dampness, heat, dryness, and summerheat. As mentioned above, one of the five functions of qi is to protect the body from invasion by these environmental energies. If the defensive qi is weak, environmental energy(s) can invade the body, settling into the channels, and block the flow of qi and blood in those channels. According to some Chinese doctors, such invasion by external energies can only occur if the defensive qi is deficient.
Invasion by these kinds of external energy usually involves at least two kinds of environmental energy. In other words, they do not usually invade the body singly but rather in pairs or triplets. For instance, wind often combines with heat, cold, and/or dampness. When these energies invade the upper body, we typically come down with a cold or flu. But when they invade the low back, we may get acute low back pain.
Each environmental energy has a unique set of signs, symptoms, and pain sensations that appear when they lodge in the body and cause acute low back pain. Four of the six environmental energies may cause or be involved in external invasion low back pain.
1. Wind
Wind is usually the primary environmental energy to invade the body, while the other environmental energies are typically carried by this wind. Wind refers to any unseen pathogenic factor invading the body from outside. However, it also describes the pattern of the complaint it creates. Pain due to wind comes and goes. It moves around the body just as wind moves about the earth, affecting one joint and then another. Wind blocks the qi, so the pain is achy.
2. Cold
When cold settles into the channels, the pain tends to be in a fixed location and is sharp and severe. Cold congeals the flow of blood, thus resulting in blood stasis. Pain due to cold gets worse with cold and feels better with warmth.
3. Dampness
Dampness has a fixed nature like cold. However, the pain due to dampness is a heavy, sore type of pain. It is never sharp or acute. Unlike low back pain due to wind and cold which come on quickly, dampness tends to develop slowly and have a more chronic nature. When dampness becomes lodged in the channels, changes in the weather and especially low pressure can often make the pain worse. Dampness can also involve swelling which is a sign of too much fluid accumulation.
4. Heat
Heat type pain involves redness, swelling, and hot sensations, especially of the joints. Pain due to heat can be the result of the invasion of heat directly into the body. However, in terms of rheumatic pain complaints, it is more commonly the result of long-standing dampness or cold that has transformed into heat.
Low back pain due to the invasion of environmental energies most commonly involves the combination of wind, cold, and dampness or occasionally the combination of wind, dampness, and heat. As stated previously, these energies can only invade the body if the defensive qi is weak. If there is no weakness in the kidneys or liver, then the invasion will be short-lived and the person will have an acute case of low back pain. However, if the kidneys and liver are weak, then the invading energies can settle into the low back causing chronic low back pain.
Internal Causes of Low Back Pain
In TCM, internal causes refer specifically and only to damage by the seven passions or emotions. This is not a major, primary cause of back pain. Liver depression due to stress and frustration may cause sciatica and sacroiliac pain due to the liver qi's relationship with the gallbladder channel which traverses this area. However, once back pain has been caused, emotional dis-ease may exacerbate and prolong it. Liver depression, qi stagnation will add to or aggravate any condition in the body where the free and smooth flow of the qi and blood has been affected.
It is also possible for emotional damage to create the environment in which either trauma or invasion by external environmental energies actually results in back pain. For instance, constant fear may damage the kidneys leaving the low back area weak. Thus the person may injure their back by a seemingly harmless movement. Or constant worry may damage the spleen. Since the spleen transforms the blood, spleen deficiency may result in blood insuffiency. Hence the sinews may not be nourished and may be chronically tense and tight. Or the muscles may not have sufficient qi, i.e., strength, to do their job without injury.
Independent Causes of Low Back Pain
This group of disease causing agents may seem inappropriately named to Westerners. After all, isn't diet something we take in from the outside and isn't trauma something that occurs to us from the outside? The fact that diet, exercise, overtaxation, trauma, and poisoning are all considered independent causes points up the fact that, as a system, Chinese medicine has its own internal logic which has nothing to do with modern Western medicine nor with our ordinary use of English words.
1. Traumatic Injury
The first of these independent causes of low back pain is traumatic injury. Traumatic injury to the low back is a major health problem. Trauma results in damage and even severance of the channels and network vessels. This allows the blood to flow outside its vessels and pool. Because the qi follows the blood, it also pools. This pooling of non-free flowing qi and blood results in heat, swelling, redness, and pain. The more serious the trauma, the more serious the stagnation of qi and blood.
Trauma to the low back ranges from mild to severe. Any or all the tissues comprising the low back may be involved. The least serious and easiest to heal injuries are to the muscles and tendons. The more serious injuries involve certain ligaments, the vertebral body and joints, and the disc. The most serious problem is trauma to the spinal cord.
In TCM, it is important to identify which tissues have been injured. There are specific medicinals which heal specific tissues. For instance, one would use different herbs to treat muscle trauma from those used to treat trauma to the vertebral body. However, the guiding principle for all traumatic low back injuries is to get the qi and blood flowing freely as soon as possible. It is essential to get the qi and blood moving for two reasons. First, when the qi and blood flow, there is less or no pain. Secondly, the longer the qi and blood stagnate, the more complicated the recovery becomes.
When the qi and blood stagnate in the low back, the defensive qi cannot operate effectively. When the defensive qi is not operating at full strength, wind, cold, and dampness can easily invade. If the qi and blood stagnation continues and wind, cold, and dampness have settled into the low back, the kidneys and liver will eventually be affected and begin to weaken. When the kidneys and liver weaken, the low back becomes weaker because these organs are the mainstays of its strength. As this scenario progresses, the low back becomes even more susceptible to further invasions of wind, cold, and dampness. This is how chronic low back pain develops from trauma injury according to TCM.
2. Poor Diet
According to Chinese medicine, the spleen is the organ in charge of digestion. It is the spleen qi which transforms and transports the food and drink ingested. If, through overeating sweets and fatty foods, raw, chilled foods, and drinking excessive chilled beverages with meals, the spleen is damaged, it may fail to transform and transport liquids and these may accumulate to become internally generated dampness. Because dampness is yin, it tends to percolate downward in the body to lodge in the lower half of the body, including the low back. There it obstructs and hinders the flow of qi and blood. Commonly, such internally generated dampness transforms into heat and thus gives rise to damp heat mutually stagnating with the qi and blood.
According to a set of theories developed in China around the time of Genghis Khan, dampness percolating downward from the spleen can damage both the liver and the kidneys, and we have seen above how important the liver and kidneys are to the health of the low back.


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Sunday, 25 March 2012
Easter Carrot Video Tutorial
10 comments:
- Susan said...
Thanks for sharing, I love video tutorials!
By the way I noticed one of your lovely cards is doing the rounds on Pinterest at the moment but wanted to check anyway - is it okay to pin things from your blog?
- 25 March 2012 at 20:43
- Karen K said...
Lovely Jobe, really cute.
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- 26 March 2012 at 12:08
- Christyne - Stampin' UP!® Demonstrator said...
Wonderful! I know JUST what I'll be making for my son's classmates for Easter. Thanks SO much!
- 26 March 2012 at 15:53
Jo This is great and so easy to follow. If they sold 'like hot cakes' I hope you charged the extra VAT after this weeks budget!! Ha!Ha!
- 26 March 2012 at 17:05
- Stampingcaz said...
these are fab arent they? I pinned from Bo Bunny also. I am going to be making some of these for school mums to hopefully buy! and also for the kids create and take next week at work.
Yours look beautiful as always Jo
- 27 March 2012 at 07:59
- creativNixe said...
Wow, how cute are they What a wonderful idea for easter!
Best wishes from creativNixe alias Ilonka
- 30 March 2012 at 01:29
- Melanie said...
Wow, looks awesom!!!! Love he colors too!!!!
- 30 March 2012 at 23:25
- Melanie Joyner said...
Wow looks awesom !! I love the colors too!!
- 30 March 2012 at 23:27
- The Bouzoud Family! said...
Just finished making 20 of your little Easter carrots...I think I ate quite a few of the mini eggs whilst doing them though - not good for the diet. But thanks for the idea thy're great. Now I just have to set my alarm for the crack of dawn to go out and hide them in the garden !!!
- 8 April 2012 at 00:38
- Stampingcaz said...
Over 100 carrots made! Thanks for inspiration as usual Jo, I really do love your work xx
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CES: interactive headphones for music, gaming and podcasting
beyerdynamic Presents the CUSTOM ONE PRO Premium Headphones in white and the CUSTOM Headset accessory: A Professional Plug-in Microphone for All CUSTOM Models
beyerdynamic Presents the CUSTOM ONE PRO Premium Headphones in white and the CUSTOM Headset accessory: A Professional Plug-in Microphone for All CUSTOM Models
Heilbronn/Germany, January 2013 / CES 2013: The world's first interactive premium headphones are now also available in white: After presenting the black CUSTOM ONE PRO headphones at the IFA trade fair in Berlin, beyerdynamic, the audio specialist from Heilbronn, Germany, is introducing the brand-new CUSTOM ONE PRO WHITE. The cool, silver and white design is perfect for the latest smartphones and tablet PCs.
But as with all the CUSTOM models, this style doesn't have to be permanent: You can change your headphones' look in the blink of an eye. The style kits, available as accessories, change the look of your CUSTOM headphones in a few easy motions – at any time, even long after the initial purchase. Headphone design has never been this creative.
With flexible tuning, even the sound is interactive: The CUSTOM changes its sound characteristics from a clear analytical sound to booming colorful beats and back immediately. And the new CUSTOM Headset Gear with a plug-in microphone turns the premium headphones into a premium headset. The CUSTOM ONE PRO always ensures optimal performance – for listening to music, gaming, Skype or recording tracks for your own audio podcast.
CUSTOM Sound Sliders: Easy-to-use sound tuning
The CUSTOM Sound Sliders is your tool for maximum listening customization: Flexible bass reflex vents on the ear cups change the sound characteristics in four stages. When the vents are closed, they keep the transducer membranes under strict control, which produces a streamlined, analytical sound. However, with every notch on the slider, the headphones add another layer of bass. The end user until can literally feel the air being pumped out of the headphones by the transducers.
The result is clear and defined bass performance of unimaginable proportions, primarily because there is no equalizer in the amplifier to manipulate the frequency. The CUSTOM ONE PRO releases this power entirely on its own, effortlessly and without distortion. The headphone can change just as quickly and be turned into sophisticated headphones for your home stereo system. Or a control monitor for listening in on a jam session in your rehearsal space. Perfectly in-tune with every mood and every musical genre.
CUSTOM noise isolation: integrated noise protection
An added benefit of the innovative Sound Slider: It seals off the ear cups when in the closed position, increasing the acoustic isolation. Noise pollution, such as droning airplane engines or traffic, is filtered out is no longer a source of irritation. What's more, this incremental "noise isolation" is much more pleasant than electronic noise cancellation. There is no uncomfortable feeling of pressure against your ears and no additional batteries are required.
Velocity Drivers: powerful sound for every application
The newly developed 16 Ohm drivers from our professional line of accessories ensure a high degree of efficiency and a maximum volume of 116 decibels. The membranes are some of the lightest in the world and transform the power of the neodymium magnets into pure sound without distortion. Inefficient mobile devices such as smartphones, tablet PCs or MP3 players can now play in peak form, while this powerful drive teases the finest details out of your stereo system at home.
CUSTOM Style: Personalized design
The CUSTOM ONE PRO offers not only personalized sound, but also personalized design: You can customize the headphones via online (www.beyerdynamic.com/custom) with a growing selection of accessories. The rings, covers and cushions on the ear pads are interchangeable, as is the cushioned headband. The user can switch the parts easily by hand in just a few simple motions.
CUSTOM Cable: Headset for docking
The concept of maximum flexibility has also been applied to the cable, which will be available in a variety of lengths and models. The special locking device holds the cable securely in position, even when things start to heat up on the street or when DJing in the club. The new CUSTOM headset gear turns the headphones into an ideal headset: The flexible gooseneck holds a professional-quality microphone for more than just talking on the phone or with Skype. It can also record speech and singing perfectly. That should come as no surprise: beyerdynamic has decades of experience equipping studios and stages.
A special highlight: The microphone is removable and its gooseneck enables it to connect directly to the microphone jack on your notebook – for high-quality recordings at home and on-the-go. Once again, the flexible design provides maximum freedom and individuality. In other words, professional quality that is "Made in Germany" has never been as much fun as with the CUSTOM ONE PRO. Welcome to the world of sound styling!
CUSTOM ONE PRO WHITE and the CUSTOM Headset Gear are having their world premiere at the beyerdynamic stand at the CES in Las Vegas (January 8-11, 2013, Hall 1, Booth 21445). These will be available for purchase from specialist retailers or at www.beyerdynamic.com starting in March June (availability changed 13/03/01).
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LAS VEGAS — January 7, 2013 — Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung Mobile) – the No.1 mobile phone provider in the United States and a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the No. 1 smartphone provider worldwide1 – has teamed up with Caesars Entertainment to install more than 4,500 interactive Samsung TecTile™ NFC tags throughout eight of its world-renowned hotels and casinos in Las Vegas.
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It's also important to note that the ideological critique of Catholic immigration wasn't necessarily crazy. The 19th-century Vatican really did have a very public problem with liberalism and democracy, and it wasn't unreasonable for Protestant Americans to worry about Catholicism's ability to conform itself to democratic pluralism. The parallel to the debate over Islam today should be obvious: It's foolish and bigoted to suggest that Muslims can't be good Americans, but it isn't unreasonable to suggest that American Muslim leaders, like Catholic prelates before them, have a particular obligation to embrace the separation of church and state, to distance themselves from Islamist currents overseas — rather than, say, endorsing the basic premises of the Iranian theocracy [bold mine-DL] — and so on.
On the first point, a qualification needs to be made. The Vatican had a problem with liberalism and democracy in no small part because for most of the 19th century European liberals had an obsession with attacking the Catholic Church and trying to strip it of its influence and property. The original Kulturkampf was almost entirely an exercise in liberal and nationalist hostility to Catholic institutions and Catholicism as such. The fear of a Canossarepublik was the same fear that motivated a lot of anti-Catholic sentiment in the U.S. In other words, the fear in this country was not simply that Catholics could not be both faithful Catholics and good Americans, but that the nature of Catholicism was incompatible with Americanism (for lack of a better term here) and represented a threat to American independence. If this wasn't exactly a crazy belief, it was unreasonable and false. Even so, it was a lot more plausible than the claims of Gingrich et al. that the Cordoba Initiative's mosque represents a celebration of Islamic conquest and an assault on American civilization.
In Ross' original column, he distinguishes between an America understood as a political and constitutional project and America as a distinctive culture. Obviously, I am far more sympathetic with this latter, "second America" for many reasons, but what I find remarkable about this mosque controversy is how blatantly, narrowly political the opposition to this particular construction project has been. It has been an exercise in manipulating public anger and using it for the purpose of waging an ostensibly anti-Islamist political campaign by organizing against harmless Muslims and their organizations. A distinctive American culture isn't under threat from this mosque, the Cordoba Initiative or Imam Abdul Rauf. Rauf and those like him do represent a threat to lazy conservative anti-jihadism that treats every Muslim to "the right" of Ayaan Hirsi Ali as a potential fifth columnist and would-be enforcer of creeping shari'a.
Regarding Rauf's comments on the Iranian election last year, Ross' mischaracterization of them is significant. Ross claims that Rauf is endorsing the premises of Iranian theocracy, when what he was actually doing was appealing to the Obama administration to seize an opportunity for rapprochement with Iran. Agree or disagree with the proposal, the only thing Rauf seems to be endorsing in his comments is the idea of reconciliation between the United States and Iran, which appears to be broadly consistent with the goals of his organization.
This mischaracterization fits into Ross' larger point that Muslim leaders in America must not say politically controversial things or express views outside the political mainstream. Presumably, instead of making this appeal to Obama, Rauf was supposed to jump on the bandwagon denouncing the Iranian government as illegitimate and dismiss the election result as a coup. That would have demonstrated his "moderate" status all right. Likewise, Rauf must not say that American policies were accessories to the crime on 9/11, because it is still not really appropriate for any "good American," regardless of religion, to say that. Apparently, it doesn't matter if the statement is true or even debatable. It isn't enough if Muslims peacefully practice their religion, reject violence and embrace their new countries, but they must also become pro-government loyalists. Perhaps if Rauf really wanted to show how moderate he was, he would provide token support for the next U.S. attack on a Muslim country.
What we're talking about here isn't a question of assimilation to the norms of American culture or an acceptance of the principles of constitutional government, but a question of conforming to the limits of approved political discourse. Of course, there is no way for Rauf to satisfy his critics in a way that will not destroy his credibility with most other Muslims, which I have to assume is the point. Anti-jihadists are always lamenting that moderate Muslims are too quiescent, passive and silent, but the moment that one of them says anything that they don't like they dismiss him entirely. Little wonder that many Muslims here and around the world find anti-jihadists' professions of common cause with them hard to take seriously.


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One of things I struggle with is finding time to find balance. It really is a tea paradox because once you make time for tea you realize how much more time you have. When visiting China I am reminded of how expansive this world really is and there is no time to waste on unmindful lethargy. Ok, so we need to chill out some times but chilling out with intention is different than spacing out from overload. Once ones mental bucket is full then it is challenging to empty it. And with media and technology overload it is easy to become well, overloaded. Ideally we can find an hour a day of reconnecting and making the day great however that is not always possible.
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With over eight thousand open-air stalls to peruse, and wares as diverse as Lao silk, Siamese kittens and designer lamps, the enormous Chatuchak Weekend Market, or JJ as it's usually abbreviated (from "Jatu Jak"), is Bangkok's most enjoyable – and exhausting – shopping experience.
The market also contains a controversial wildlife section that has long doubled as a clearing house for protected and endangered species such as gibbons, palm cockatoos and Indian pied hornbills, many of them smuggled in from Laos and Cambodia and sold to private animal collectors and foreign zoos. The illegal trade goes on beneath the counter, despite occasional crackdowns, but you're bound to come across fighting cocks around the back, miniature flying squirrels being fed milk through pipettes, and iridescent red-and-blue Siamese fighting fish, kept in individual jars and shielded from each other's aggressive stares by sheets of cardboard.
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Chatuchak is divided into 27 numbered sections, plus a dozen unnumbered ones, each of them more or less dedicated to a particular genre, for example household items, plants and secondhand books, and if you have several hours to spare, it's fun just to browse at whim. The market's primary customers are Bangkok residents in search of idiosyncratic fashions (try sections 5 and 6) and homewares (sections 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8), but Chatuchak also has plenty of collector- and tourist-oriented stalls; best buys include antique lacquerware, unusual sarongs, traditional cotton clothing and crafts from the north, silver jewellery, and ceramics, particularly the five-coloured bencharong. For handicrafts and traditional textiles, you should start with sections 22, 24, 25 and 26, which are all in a cluster at the southwest (Kamphaeng Phet subway) end of the market; sections A, B and C, behind the market's head office and information centre, are also full of interesting artefacts.
Foodies will want to check out Talat Or Tor Khor (the Agricultural Market Organization), a covered market that sells a fantastic array of fruit, veg and other produce from around the country, as well as prepared dishes to take away or to eat at the food court; it's on the south side of Thanon Kamphaeng Phet, next to Kamphaeng Phet subway station. There are a number of other places to eat and drink inside the market.
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So...I was at a red light today about to make a u-turn and I see this idiot jackass in front of me throw out his wrappers of food (literally a box of what seemed like chicken nuggets and a box of something else - big litter pieces of junk) and I had maybe less than 30-seconds before turning green and I was about to get out of my car and approach him to both tell him what he did was not right and was wrong and to pick up the pieces of trash and put them in my car to throw away myself but I hesitated as there were other cars in the intersection but I feel really bad I didn't do it...the car did not have a license plate but the driver did not seem intimidating at all...I felt like I should have done it and regret it now as it would have taught him a lesson and hopefully have made a difference in his future behavior...what would you have done??
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I hate when I see something like that - even "just" a cigarette butt. Usually, it's while driving down the road and there's no chance to stop and do anything about it. Sometimes I'll get my camera out and take a picture of the guy's license plate which I would then intend to send to the appropriate authorities. I called a number I found once and they said they would send a letter to the cars owner. Don't know if it did any good but that made me feel better. I lost the phone number and haven't tried to find it since, but I only did that for a really blatant case. I see plenty of trash on the road from these morons while biking around town and have heard of bikers getting garbage thrown at them. I also see lots of little compressed gas cylinders along the curb from morons who apparently get high on the compressed gas.
A friend of mine tells the story of the time he had stopped at a light behind a car whose driver tossed a cigarette out the window. His brother-in-law was in the car with him and got out of the car, picked up the butt & handed it back to the driver saying "you dropped this." Apparently the guy was so stunned that he just kept the cigarette butt and didn't say anything. Wish I could have seen that!
Maybe it's the thirteen year I spent punching holes in the ocean with a submarine that have scrambled my circuits, but a small, perverse, part of me is grateful for the people that litter like that. After witness their blatent pollution of the planet, I can sail through the rest of my day knowing that, no matter what, I will not be the biggest a#$hole on the planet!
Ahh, (transitory) bliss!!
I just feel guilty that I was about to do something but hesitated and didn't do anything. :( Idiots don't understand what a disaster they are to the environment and with such idiots the future of the environment is very bleak.
look at the bright side, the idiot may have been armed.
exactly, probably even more likely on a car without a license plate.
Additionally, I think there are very few circumstances where leaving a car unattended in a road is justified, and bitching at someone for littering, to me, is not one of them.
I have doubts as to how effective the confrontation would be anyway.
These days, unfortunately, confronting someone over littering or any other offense can get you shot, so I likely would not have gotten out of my car to confront the person. If I'd had time, I might have picked up the trash, but honestly, in your particular situation, you just weren't in the right place to do anything.
You'll get a kick out of this story. I worked as an armed truancy officer in Kansas City for two years. We patrolled the city looking for and picking up truants. I had the great misfortune, at one point, to be partnered with the "Reverend" Brown. He had a nice habit of throwing wrappers out the window as we were driving around. One day I confronted him about it, noting first of all, we were in a MARKED car, and secondly, wouldn't his God be upset that he litters? His response was "Why are you worried about it? YOU don't believe in God." Then I made the point, "But YOU do! And that's the friggin' point!" He didn't have much to say after that. What an ass. "Reverend Brown" was a slimeball in many ways, too. Reverend, my ass!
In a similar situation, I've pulled alongside the offenders at the next light and yelled at them. But they were just shithead rednecks, and they flipped me off an continued merrily along their way. It was a busy thoroughfare, so getting out & picking up their shit wasn't an option. But I have been known to throw other people's junk left on the street onto my trailer when I make dump runs.
Thanks for the comments y'all...you made me feel better of myself...I was feeling like a negligent asshole but now I feel better...and next time, I don't think I will hesitate..


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Casino gambling can be fun and exciting. At the same time expensive. Dependent on how much you are willing to gamble. It is important to keep in mind your specified budget. As it is very easy to get carried away when you are in the casino, you have to take care that the next thing you know, you haven't gambled everything away and now you are down to your last penny. Before you get to this scenario, stop, think and walk away or quit casino gambling.
The first rule in casino gambling is to know the game. Casino gambling can be difficult if you are not sure about the rules of a game. For instance, if you want to play baccarat but don't know exactly what baccarat means it is better to stand back, watch and learn the game first before you try your luck. Another golden rule that you should observe in casino gambling is to not gamble more than you can afford. Always know how much you can spend before you step foot in a casino and don't risk any more than that.
Do not indulge in casino gambling with the aim to get rich. If you do, you will only be disappointed. And you may lose more money than you care to. Casino gambling should be for fun and entertainment. In casino gambling you should not hand a dealer the loose change. Willingly you place it in the table. If you find that your dealer is rude, then leave the table and play elsewhere. You should not put up with bad service. You can avail yourself of free casino gambling lessons. You could try casino gambling in the morning when there are less people in the casino. You could try casino gambling in the morning when there are lesser people in the casino. This way the dealer could offer you assistance when you are new to the game. In casino gambling you should not up your stakes to cover your losses. You may lose big time if you do. You can up your stakes when you are winning so you use the casino's money instead of your own.
There are strategies you can use that can reduce the house's edge but you can never beat the house. Another to watch out in casino gambling is the game called keno. This may be a simple game but the odds are always in favor of the house. If you are new to casino gambling, you should look for a casino that lets you play with lower stakes. This way if you commit mistakes, your losses will be smaller. The posh hotel-casinos located on the Strip in Las Vegas generally have higher minimums compared to those in the downtown area.
Casino gambling is a good way to add some exitement and break the monotony of your life. Casino gambling gives you an opportunity to engage your senses including your mental abilities to focus on the game. Casino gambling can be a good source of entertainment. You should not view casino gambling as a get-rich-quick scheme. But just like any endeavor, it should be taken in moderation. Anything that is done in extremes could be detrimental to the purpose casino gambling is aimed for- which is to provide release of stress and pleasure. Gambling, done in the extreme can become an addiction, so play in moderation and have some fun.


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18-Years-Old and 1800 Finds – A Teen Geocacher's Journey
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Geocaching teenagers are becoming easier and easier to find as geocaching gains popularity. Harder to find are teenage cachers who have found nearly two thousand geocaches. Jeffrey Bushnell, 18, from Utah, USA is better known in the caching community as tico jeffrey. He started geocaching when he was 14. Jeffrey has found 1853 caches to date. He's also discovered a true passion for the high-tech treasure hunt of geocaching.
It all started for Jeffrey as a young Boy Scout, when he won a GPS device after selling tickets at a Boy Scout expo. "I went home after the expo, looked it [geocaching] up online and made an account. Then, less than less than five minutes after creating my account, I got on my bike, grabbed my new GPS, and headed out to find the cache closest to my house."
Jeffrey loves geocaching because he explores new places he has never seen before, gets to spend time outdoors, and relishes the thrill of finding a cache.
Now a seasoned geocacher, Jeffrey owns 92 caches. He has gone geocaching in twelve states and two other countries besides the US: Canada and Costa Rica. Jeffery owns 70 Trackables and has moved over 800 Trackables throughout his many geocaching adventures.
Besides his aunt, Auzzie Dogs, Jeffery's family is full of muggles. For Jeffrey, geocaching on family outings takes planning and convincing his parents to let him find a cache. He has to promise not to take a long time. Having a muggle family often makes the game a bit difficult for him, but Jeffrey never lets this slow him down.
Jeffrey has found so many geocaches that he can't even pick a favorite. He loves the thrill of a good find and always enjoys finding caches hidden by some geocachers in his area: "Both of my favorite users (Baad Daata and Billionj) have many caches that I have looked right at and even touched without finding it at first, these caches require a lot of thinking and strategy to find the exact cache container."
Jeffrey became an Eagle Scout and graduated high school this year. He will be attending Brigham Young University this fall where he plans to major in civil engineering and minor in graphic design and production. He loves to cache in his local area of Southern Utah, where he has many friends who always go out geocaching with him. Jeffrey also loves to take his grandma and other relatives out on geocaching adventures.
One of Jeffrey's favorite geocaching memories is when he received GeoWoodstock VI 2008 tickets for Christmas and went to the event in Wheatland, California with his aunt, Auzzie Dogs. "We had a great time and enjoyed meeting Jeremy Irish, also meeting a lot of old and new friends."
As some advice from Jeffrey for new teen geocachers, he suggests taking on one cache at a time, and to have fun with it. To learn more about Jeffrey's geocaching career and to see his incredible geocaching stats, check out his user page, tico jeffrey. It is easy for teens to become outstanding geocachers, like Jeffrey. It is as simple as creating an account, getting a GPS, grabbing a group of friends, and heading out to find the first of many geocaches.
DISCLAIMER: Underage geocachers should always geocache using the buddy-system! Take a parent, relative, or friend along and remember to tell a responsible adult the exact caches you plan on finding and the routes you plan on taking. Safe geocaching is fun geocaching!


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Monday, March 25
Good morning, TexMessagers! Which is stranger: the fact that Ted Cruz talked about the bathroom during his CPAC speech, or the fact that his accusations are true?
Ted Cruz has been dropping jaws in Washington since his arrival, but his speech at CPAC took politics to a new, intimate, level: the bathroom.
"We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats," Cruz said in his CPAC speech last weekend.
The claim may seem outlandish, but when investigated by PolitiFact, it was found to be true. The 14th amendment and Constitution's Commerce Clause does give the federal government the power to regulate consumer products, access to public facilities for disabled peoples, and workplace health and safety. Thus, they regulate toilet seats.
For example, The Occupational Safety & Health Administration says construction sites with 20 employees or more shall provide "1 toilet seat and 1 urinal per 40 workers." Ensuring the facilities are made available without regard to race and disability is also federally regulated.
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This is also a problem with older Vets as well. I have been waiting nearly 2 years for a claim,I recently spoke with an Air Force Vets at the VA Hospital in Houston Texas that has been waiting for over 7 years for his Disability claim with the VA. Why do we not have more of our political Reps involved in getting this problem taken care of. Its is disgraceful the treatment that many Vets including Vietnam,Korea and WW II Vets have received. This has been a problem for many Years!!!
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The Cincinnati Bengals are bringing a native son home to the state of Ohio for Christmas.
According to Joe Reedy of the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Bengals have claimed wide receiver Dane Sanzenbacher off waivers from the Chicago Bears and placed cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick on injured reserve.
Sanzenbacher is from Toledo, Ohio and played his college ball at Ohio State. Now he joins the Bengals as Cincinnati heads into the postseason. Sanzenbacher appeared in just four games for the Bears this season and recorded just one catch for seven yards.
Per Reedy, Kirkpatrick was placed on injured reserve due to a knee injury and not the concussion he sustained against the San Diego Chargers on Dec. 2. Kirkpatrick played in just five games for Cincinnati and recorded four tackles before landing on injured reserve.


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STOCKTON - The City Attorney's Office in Stockton filled a long vacant second-chair seat, hiring Modesto's lead city attorney, Susana Alcala Wood.
STOCKTON - The City Attorney's Office in Stockton filled a long vacant second-chair seat, hiring Modesto's lead city attorney, Susana Alcala Wood.
No stranger to Stockton, Wood served as a deputy city attorney here from 1993 to 2001.
City Attorney John Luebberke called Wood, 50, a respected colleague and a welcome addition to his office.
"She's someone that I've known in the business for a very, very long time," Luebberke said. "This is exciting for me. It really is the opportunity to begin the work of preparing the office for what comes after bankruptcy."
An attorney since 1991, Wood also worked for five years as a supervising deputy city attorney in Sacramento. She earned her law degree from Whittier College School of Law.
The Modesto City Council in 2006 appointed her as that city's top attorney. The Modesto Bee reported that she made $155,838 annually and had complained that she did not earn pay equal to colleagues in comparable cities.
Luebberke in 2012 earned $197,075 for the year in actual take-home pay.
As the assistant city attorney in Stockton, Wood will draw $165,105 yearly, said Luebberke, adding that she will begin working here in mid-November.
The position she'll take has been vacant for the past three years. It was filled part time by attorney Michael Roush, who works in his retirement, said Luebberke.
The Stockton City Attorney's Office will now have six attorneys, with one vacant deputy attorney position, Luebberke said.
Luebberke said he and Wood worked together in Sacramento, and when she previously served in Stockton, he was in Lodi, where the two also had an opportunity to interact.
"It's a rare opportunity to be able to appoint somebody with high skills and experience," Luebberke said. "I'm very pleased."
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Today the City of Charlottesville released a follow-up report from engineering firm Black & Veatch on the feasibility and cost of renovating and expanding the existing Ragged Mountain Dam -- a key component of a more ecologically- and economically-sensible water supply solution for our region. It's a very technical report, but the gist of it is that concerns raised by a recent peer review did not turn out to be "deal-breakers" and addressing those concerns will not add but $1 million or so to the dam renovation project. We can now say with authority that phasing in the new water supply system is a financially and technologically viable approach. This is a major breakthrough in the water supply debate. In response to public and media inquiries about the report issued today, I have prepared the following statement. It is issued in my name only, not on behalf of City Council, the City of Charlottesville, or the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority Board (on which I sit).
Personal Statement on Black & Veatch Report – 12/15/10
On September 20, 2010, Charlottesville City Council voted unanimously in favor of a water supply plan that called for the phased construction of a higher dam at the Ragged Mountain Reservoir, with an initial increase of 13 feet. Through phasing in the expansion of the Ragged Mountain Reservoir, the City and County would avoid burdening today's ratepayers with millions of dollars of unnecessary debt and avoid causing unnecessary ecological destruction at the Ragged Mountain Natural Area. According to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), a 13-foot rise in the dam combined with dredging of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir would guarantee enough water for our growing region for at least 40 years to come.
Council's September 20 resolution left unanswered whether the higher Ragged Mountain dam should come in the form of a new earthen dam or a renovation/ expansion of the existing concrete dam. Since that vote, we have learned that it's impractical, from a cost and engineering perspective, to construct a new earthen dam in phases. Today we learned with authority from Black & Veatch, one of the world's leading engineering firms, that expanding the existing concrete dam remains not only a viable approach, but also quite a cost-effective one. Keep in mind that 20% of the world's population that's on public water relies on a water supply system either designed, constructed or supported by Black & Veatch. This firm has extensive experience and expertise in the field of dam design and construction.
In 2006, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and Charlottesville City Council both voted unanimously in favor of a permit application to DEQ that explicitly allowed the option of phasing in construction of the Ragged Mountain Dam. That permit application was subsequently approved by DEQ. As stated on pages 58 and 59 of the permit support document,
Phasing is the ability of an alternative to be implemented in logical and cost-effective increments, rather than all at once, in order to improve efficiency, conserve resources, and minimize costs and mitigate the impact on customer rate increases….
[T]he early phases of the project must accomplish two goals:
1. Eliminate the dam safety issue at the existing Ragged Mountain dams; and
2. Provide adequate safe yield at a manageable cost for a reasonable initial period.
If the RMR [Ragged Mountain Reservoir] Alternative is implemented, the first element of the project could be to construct a replacement dam to an initial height that would significantly increase existing yield, but that would be short of the ultimate 45-foot increase. This would accomplish both stated objectives.
Construction of the dam's first phase would produce adequate yield to cover an interim period while avoiding the greater capital cost associated with future needs. The dam would be raised to its full height in the future when more users create additional demand and those additional ratepayers can share the cost….
In summary, RMR can be divided into two phased capital projects spanning the planning horizon and can be built when needed to match demands over time.
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This is precisely the approach endorsed by all five City Councilors on September 20. It's important to note that to this day, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has never disallowed this option.
Given that the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and the Charlottesville City Council have both already voted in favor of a permit application that includes the option of phasing in construction of a higher Ragged Mountain dam; given our mutual desire to provide long-term water security for our region in the most fiscally- and environmentally-responsible manner; and given what we now know about the feasibility, and the fiscal and environmental advantages, of renovating and expanding the existing Ragged Mountain dam, it seems that a positive and mutually-beneficial resolution of the water supply issue may finally be at hand.
I hope we can all agree to move forward in due haste to implement the approach set forth by Black & Veatch. We have an excellent opportunity now to address the dam safety issues at Ragged Mountain and start expanding our long-term water supply. The bidding environment is very favorable and there are state deadlines to meet. Let's get to work.


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I'm infuriated by the election campaign. When things were booming, the Government poured more petrol on the fire, preventing any correction and encouraging the whole population to binge on debt. Then times turned bad, so they borrowed even more. Spending has to reduce because we're spending more than we're earning. We understand that on a personal and business basis so why not on a national one?
In business we know that delay makes things worse. Every day of piling on more debt steals from the future. Japan blazed the trail we're following and got 20 years of stagnation with still no end in sight. And the Government is running on a record of being a safe pair of hands! Yeah, right.
The opposition isn't getting the point across, because they think we don't want to hear bad news. They are too scared to say that public sector jobs and benefits will have to be cut.
Sometimes the future of the country should be put before immediate electoral gain. And sometimes a gutsy and principled stand is rewarded. But we aren't really engaging with the issue and the political commentators aren't making much of it either. Maybe I'll take a holiday in Greece this summer. It will be nice and familiar.
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06/24/14 at 00:46:02
So I have a amp that about put 800 RMS at 4 Ohm 1600 at 2 Omh and 2400 at 1 Ohm and its a Mono block. Now my amp, I can hook my subs together to get the desired ohms and run it as one and my amp also has 2 subs terminals to change the wiring up even more so I can run 2 subs independent instead while running in mono. For the sake of this topic don't even worry about how I am getting the power from the amp.
As for the subs I have 3 Kicker CVX's. I have two 2 Ohm DVC and one 4 Ohm DVC. So here are my options and don't know what would sound better or if its safe. Hoping some one can help me with this. The subs can handle 750 RMS each but since its under rated I would expect 800.
1- Run one 2 Ohm DVC at 800 RMS
2- Run one 4 Ohm DVC at 1600 RMS (double the rated handling)
3- Run two 2 Ohm DVC (isobaric) at 1600 RMS (each sub getting 800)
4- Run two Death Box's each with one 2 Ohm DVC at 1600 RMS (each getting 800)
I am also thinking about running other box options such as the WO, Low Rider, Inverted Wedge. Full sub specs and discussion directly under this topic in the Deathbox Support Forum
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What size are your drivers?
To me, the most logical of your chosen options would be two DBs. Not sure what you might do with the odd third driver. I might even tune the two enclosures slightly differently (one really low and one a bit higher) to get an even wider peak performance.
I can also recommend the WO from several successful builds.
I would say, if you have room for a WO, then go that route, BUILD IT FULL SIZE (do not screw around) otherwise stick with the dual DB option and rock out.
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Well the 3rd driver I just have laying around. The option was to use that and double the RMS on it or just use the two drivers one in its own each box or clam shell in one box and just use its normal RMS to each.
The one question I mostly care about it how it sounds. I don't mind ported box if the delay is not to bad. I would rather has a nice response from lower 30's to 80-90hz and keep it mostly linear and flat.
I cant fit a full sized WO in the trunk. I could fit the smallest one in there but I would run in to a few problems.
I would have to build in the trunk and it will never come out. The horn end would have to be blocked at the end and instead have it curved up (with it directly under my 9x16 vent hole in my deck). The other problem is I can not get to my spare but I could always put the on top of the box.
This is one reason when I build a box's I split them for each sub so I can them out and in if need be, as well get my spare.
I don't have fold down seats and I have my amp rack blocking in from the seat area.
I have room just the trunk opening is not becaues of its odd shape.
Anyways there are 12's Kicked CVX's and basic specs are bellow.
Resonance Freq (Fs) 28.5hz
QTS (total q) .381
Vas 2.04
Net Displacement 105 cu in
box specs
compact sealed 1 cu ft (750 rms) and sq sealed 4.6 cu ft (300 rms)
compact vented 1.75 cu ft (300 rms) and sq vented 2.25 (700 rms) some kicked reps say 2.8 cu ft is better.
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Stick with the Death Box, use two of them. Tune each one a bit apart from the other and you will have a wider peak output.
Forget the Wicked One if you do not have room for it. (I am not trying to be cool driving around. I drive an SUV and can fit four of them in the back if I want, but one of the WOs with 500W across highly efficient JBLs is plenty.)
Enjoy your DBs!
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lol I have room for the low rider but have not hear much from this box.
How does the DB sound compared to a ported box? My understand is its a bandpass box but my experience with them is they can be peaky.
Right now I am building a slightly bigger inverted wedge for them and see how they compare to my normal poly filled 1.6 cu boxes.
I only have wood and time for either two death boxes or ported boxes.
It does not need to be crazy loud but has to be loud (see what I am saying), retain most of the SQ and that kick my in the chest my current boxes have.
It also seems with most ported boxes I hear they tend to work and sound better for this sub with a slight delay.
If I had room I would go WO or a t-line box. They both have disadvantages in size and weight department. Not to mention I would need 2nd dvc 4 to bring down shared RMS.
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Your post makes no sense.
If you are already building an enclosure and do not have wood/resources to build more then why are you asking about other enclosures?
I can tell you that a Deathbox is simply a "special kind" of ported enclosure, with some bandpass properties. You can not design a better, more versatile ported enclosure that would support a great number of drivers with one build operation, because it is "tunable."
As far as the Wicked One, yes it is a bandpass type of enclosure, but if you have ever studied the design, it will NOT have a shallow half octave peak. It does have a bandpass function but it generally passes two or two and a half octaves with a high degree of efficiency.
The Wicked One is quite a bit more complicated than a compound box with a couple of holes in it. But, as you said, you do not have room for one AND you are already building another type of enclosure, so never mind about that until you have sufficient resources to explore a superior enclosure design.
... and, WHY are you even considering the Low Rider if you are already building another enclosure.
This is what makes no sense to me.
I would like to be able to help you make an informed decision, but we must first set goals within our space limitations and then try to meet them.
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Is It Time to Trade Up?by Judy Cuervo Aug. 10, 2009
Regent Seven Seas Cruises Makes All-Inclusive So Affordable It's Time for Cruisers to Consider Trading Up.
If you're like me, you spent decades booking traditional cruises, all the while dreaming of what it must be like to immerse yourself in the luxury of an all-inclusive voyage. Perhaps you even considered a premium line, maybe going so far as picking up a brochure from your travel agent, flipping to the voyage rates and then gasping as you realized that the price of the higher category accommodations were damn close to what you paid for your car or even your home.
So back you went to sailings filled with thousands of fellow passengers, bar tabs, bottled water bills, soft drink bills, alternative dining surcharges and tipping obligations.
Regent Seven Seas Voyager
If you're currently planning your 2010 cruise, it might be time to consider an upgrade to your typical cruise vacation. Regent Seven Seas Cruises, an award-winning all-inclusive line whose accommodations have been rated as best at sea by readers of Conde Nast Traveler and Travel & Leisure, is enticing travelers with money-saving offers that just might let you trade in your predictable baked Alaska dessert in a triple-level mega-ship dining room for an elegant evening in an intimate Le Cordon Bleu Restaurant at sea and a "0" on board account total at journey's end.
My recent Russia/Baltics sailing aboard Regent Seven Seas Voyager, gave me an extravagant taste of the all-inclusive good life and the special features and offers new to this premium line which, while always premium, only became truly all-inclusive in December 2006.
Regent Voyager, at 42,000 tons, is a midsize ship that, despite its smaller size, features a big-ship line up of activities, entertainment and dining options as well as a full-service spa, casino, fitness center, shopping arcade, internet caf� and enrichment programs. And the best part is that you get to enjoy those features with only 699 fellow passengers-less than one-quarter of what is the norm on today's megaship.
When planning a Regent Voyager sailing, the question of whether or not to spring for a balcony cabin is a non-issue, as Voyager was the second ship at sea to offer all-suite, all-balcony accommodations (sister ship Regent Mariner beat Voyager out of being the first ship to do this by two years). As a result, you'll find all Regent accommodations spacious and comfortable with the smallest suite measuring a spacious 356 square feet including its 50 square foot balcony. And just wait until you see the marble bathrooms!
By this time, you might be wondering exactly how, in an ailing economy, an all-inclusive luxury sailing might fit your budget.
Let's begin with 2-for-1 fares on nearly every Regent 2010 sailing. True, the 2-for-1 deal relates to the exorbitant brochure rates that nobody ever pays, but it's a start. And, if you book your 2010 sailing prior to September 30, 2009, you can deduct an additional $1000 per person or $2000 per cabin from your passage.
Now take a look at the extras. Not long ago on a traditional ship, I realized that my bottled water bill exceeded $20 per day, my soft drink bill was close to the same amount and my husband's and my bar and premium wine bill, together, had a comma in the total. On that particular sailing, we forked out a few hundred on alternative dining surcharges, raked up more than $50 on fitness classes and together tipped over $300 to dining room personnel and cabin attendants. Aboard an all-inclusive ship like Regent Voyager, those incidentals are included in the fare. Honest.
And things get even better. On all 2010 sailings, Regent offers free airfare to and from your cruise. If you prefer to arrange your own air, perhaps through cashing in a store of frequent flyer miles, get ready to slash your cruise passage price further by applying the generous credit extended to guests who waive Regent's air offer. Through this, yet another significant cost has been eliminated from your total cruise tally.
But probably the most ground-breaking "extra" offered by Regent in 2010 is the program of free shore excursions that was initiated this summer. Originally, my Russia/Baltics sailing was not listed among the 2009 sailings offering free shore excursions so, upon receiving my booking number, I logged on to www.rssc.com to choose my excursions, providing my credit card information for payment of the several hundred dollars I'd spent on my selections. Several weeks later, when the free shore excursion program was extended to include my voyage, I contacted Regent requesting a refund, only to discover that a credit had already been applied to my credit card.
The Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia-View from the Neva River (Photo taken during a free Regent shore excursion which included an hour-long canal cruise along with a visit to the Yusupov Palace.)
While the "free" status certainly does not apply to Regent's very exclusive excursions like, on my sailing, "Moscow by Air," a 16 � hour, $1,099 tour that included a one-hour flight to and from Moscow, lunch and dinner, the vast majority of tours were offered at no additional cost. And exceptional tours they were: Air conditioned motorcoaches, knowledgeable guides speaking excellent English and iconic destinations like The Hermitage and Catherine's Palace. And, prior to booking any Regent excursion, guests have an opportunity to read not only a synopsis of the tour, but are given a detailed breakdown (by minutes!) of exactly what is involved, from the time of departure to the length of the drive and the time spent at each site, to the activity level of the tour including the number of steps that must be climbed.
On my sailing, I found the free shore excursion program to be a huge, money-saving bonus, but one that requires a bit of courtesy on the part of the ship's guests. Booking of tours is permitted on-line prior to sailing, tempting passengers to sign up for more tours than they could possibly participate in. The result can be a "sold out" status for an excursion that actually offers ample space when overeager passengers fail to materialize at the bus. For this reason, it is smart for Regent guests to show up for any "sold out" tours of interest. Chances are very, very good that they'll find themselves boarding the bus, filling in for the no-shows who, most likely, are on another tour.
When I started sailing in 1976, cruise passage meant, with the exception of alcoholic beverages and tipping, an all-inclusive holiday. Thanks to some extraordinary offers by Regent Seven Seas Cruises in 2010, that's what it means again.
Before you book another traditional cruise this year, consider the luxury of an all-inclusive sailing. Do the math and you just might find yourself on board.
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