text:
Cantrell stresses that his interpretation of Wicca should not be taken as the definitive interpretation. He admits to being heavily influenced by other authors (i.e., Cunningham, Buckland, and Farrar, among others), and encourages his readers to find the information and rituals that ring true and meaningful to themselves. That said, I feel the reader looking for a basic book on Wicca would do better to look to some of authors who inspired Cantrell.
This is a book written for beginners, and does not go much beyond the basics, and all of the sabbat celebrations are presented as traditional, mixed-sex coven rituals, with modifications for solitary celebration sometimes tacked on, but often not. The examples of spellcraft (the author's preferred term) given are traditional sympathetic magic using candles and knots.
I found the most interesting material to be at the end of the book. One chapter discusses the physically challenged witch, the first time I have ever come across this topic in print. While the ritual modifications suggested are specific to the individuals Cantrell has worked with, the chapter should at least cause the reader to consider how her group rituals might be made more accessible to all attendees, especially if one conducts "open" rituals. A chapter on humorous and unexpected happenings in circle lightens the overall serious tone of the book. Finally, a chapter on coming out of the broom closet explains the legal status of Wicca as a religion at the time of the book's publication, and discusses the pros and cons of "coming out" and suggests several ways to broach the subject, as well as deal with possible negative reactions.
Like many of the recent Llewellyn publications I have read, this one suffers from poor editing. Tables and charts often give minimal information and do little to supplement the text. The author frequently becomes repetitious, and in attempting to cover all contingencies generally confuses an issue more than clarifies it. This is not a bad book for basic information on Wicca, but the author's style often makes it more difficult to read than it should be.
~review by Jackie Gorman
Author: Gary Cantrell
Llewellyn Publications, 2001
312 pp. $14.95


text:
The Art of Choosing the Right Tram
The article "The art of choosing the right tram: Schooling, segregation and youth culture" by Thomas Johansson and Nils Hammarén was published in the journal Acta Sociologica in March 2011 54:45-59.
In this article, they study how young people with an immigrant background (first and second generation), which attend schools that can be considered more 'Swedish' experience the transition from a 'multicultural district' to the city centre. The empirical study was conducted in a large Swedish city, where the students attended two different programmes. In the analysis, we take a narrative approach, with student movements in time and space analysed in relation to concepts such as territorial stigmatization, alienation, bodily practices and identity positions. Findings show that the students often compare the city school with other schools — the city school described as a 'white' school, the other schools as 'immigrant schools'. The different schools are clearly placed on a status hierarchy, with the city school at the top and other schools somewhere below. The students have confronted and succeeded in transgressing social and cultural boundaries. However, the feeling of otherness that originates in housing conditions, experiences of exclusion and the everyday life of many immigrants is transposed, so to speak, to the school area and transformed into strategies for handling exclusion and otherness.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Nearly 17 million Americans function in healthcare, and the aging of the Baby Boomers will boost demand for healthcare solutions and drive up the quantity of healthcare jobs in the coming years. When a service is declined for coverage by the manager of Registration and Claims the resident may appeal by requesting a evaluation of the case by the Director of Insured Wellness and Hearing Services, as per Section five of the Yukon Wellness Care Insurance coverage Program Act The Director will review all materials supplied and might request that the Healthcare Advisor execute additional jurisdictional evaluation and healthcare research.
Examples of public well being insurance coverage in the USA is Medicare, which is a national federal social insurance plan for individuals aged 65+ years as effectively as disabled folks, and Medicaid which is funded jointly by the federal government and individual states (and run by person states), SCHIP which is aimed at young children and households who can not afford private insurance coverage, but to not qualify for Medicaid.
Due to the fact we specialise in the field of expatriate and international healthcare, you can be confident of receiving an expatriate wellness insurance policy and level of service that you can count on. We can give you access to the best international healthcare possible to give you total peace of mind, and whether you need an individual expatriate wellness insurance coverage policy or a group policy for your employees, we'll be able to accommodate.
In this regard, a custom-made remedy could be a safer bet as it can empower you to compete in the marketplace as properly as enables you to stay a lot more focused towards accomplishing good quality of care for your consumers and sufferers can contribute to saving time and include expenses – the two of the most crucial aspects to sustain life in any healthcare setup.
For that matter, 1 that is completely integrated and custom-built can provide a extensive solution that combines a very best-in-class method to procedure claims, enrollment, needs, inventory handle systems, product evaluation & selection, health-related management, such as ERP & CRM systems, self-service applications and portal development.


text:
- Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
About our Circle
- Looking for members
Co-leaders: Carla Hale and Vickie Foster
1 Leader, 6 Members
Networks we're affiliated with
Networks connect groups of Circles and individuals that share a common location, company, affinity, industry, or interest area.
Join this Circle
We're always looking for new members. Join today to be a part of Lean In's global community.
How it works
A Lean In Circle is a small group of 8–12 women who meet regularly to support one another and learn new skills.
Why join a Circle?
85% of members credit their Circle with a positive change in their lives.


text:
We are proud to offer services that make it easy for International Students have a great college experience.
What services are available at Haven12?
- All units are fully furnished
- Large screen Smart HD TV's in every unit
- Private bathroom for every bedroom
- Electronic locks on each unit
- Washer and dryer included
- All utilities included (*utility cap of $45)
- Blazing fast Wi-Fi network
- Study room and Student lounge
- Computer center
- Saltwater Resort Style Pool
- 24/7 Fitness Center
- Dog Park
- Visitor Parking
- Endless flavors Coffee Bar
- Global ambassador coordinating resident community events
- Fully-equipped kitchens
What Transportation options are available if I don't have a car?
S.M.A.R.T.Starkville-MSU Area Rapid Transit – this transit system provides access to MSU, locations around campus and within the city.
Pick-Up from Airport during Move-in – MSU International Institute will provide airport pick-up from the Golden Triangle Regional Airport (GTR) located in Columbus, Mississippi, from August 6th to August 24th, 2018.
Are there any additional resources available for International Students at MSU?
Mississippi State University International Institute offers many resources for both prospective and current students. You can also learn for about VISA and SEVIS programs by visiting their website.
What is the weather like in Starkville?
The average high temperature is 74 F and the low is 50.7 F. In the summer months, it can get up as high as 92F whereas in the winter months it can be as low as 33. The summer is humid with many scattered rain showers.
What local shopping and dining options are nearby?


text:
Just like it is in any other casino game, the size of your winning depends on which symbols appear on screen. In this game, whenever 5 of the common symbols appear on screen, you get from x50 to x75 to your bet. The watch symbol pays x100 credits, the diamond ring – x120, the limousine – x150, and the yacht, which is the jackpot in this game, gives you x200! The total amount depends on the bet size and the number of the pay lines that is currently in game.
Other ways to win in the Glam Life Slots
Getting the jackpot is not the only way to win real money in the Glam Life slot game. There are wild symbols, scatters and other features that make this game even more enjoyable. First of all, it is the "pick me" feature which is activated when three or more mansion symbols appear on the screen. A player then is offered to choose a destination of the next party – New York, red carpet event or something else. Each option gives certain prizes and only after all of the prizes have been chosen, the game is resumed.
Another feature in this slot machine game is the Match Bonus which is activated by the Perfume Bottle symbols. When three or more of those are in game, a player will get 15 boxes with diamond rings. One needs to choose between these boxes to find three matching gemstones, all of which give a certain amount of coins. It is possible to win up to 500 extra coins when playing this small bonus game.
Finally, there is a Click Me bonus game, which starts after 3 or more Necklace symbols appear on the reels. A player is offered to choose one necklace casing to get a reward of up to 1150 coins. That is one of the best ways to win big in this game!
Aside from the bonus rounds, there is the free spin feature in the Glam life slots game. To activate it, a player needs to hit at least three Jet symbols. The number of free spins depends on how many Jet symbols have appeared on the screen. The maximum amount here is 25 spins for 5 Jet symbols.
System requirements and registration in the Glam Life Slot game
The Glam Life Slots is a game that is played immediately in the web browser. It requires no installation or downloads. If a player chooses to try this game for free, no registration is required.


text:
The expected demise of a decades-old restriction on new nuclear power plant construction in Wisconsin doesn't necessarily mean an immediate turnaround of current events, Todd Stuart, executive director of the Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group (WIEG), said.
"New nuclear plants are currently so capital-intensive that we don't foresee any new construction applications on the horizon in Wisconsin," Stuart told Power News Wire.
Assembly Bill 384, introduced last October by Republican State Rep. Kevin Petersen and numerous co-sponsors, would amend approval requirements for constructing nuclear power plants in Wisconsin and change the state's energy priorities. Petersen, who represents Waupaca, said he initiated the bill as a way to start a statewide conversation about whether Wisconsin should harness nuclear energy over fossil fuels.
A.B. 384 would end the state's current nuclear moratorium, which prohibits building new nuclear reactors unless a federal site exists where spent nuclear fuel could be stored. The moratorium originally was enacted in response to the Three Mile Island meltdown in Pennsylvania in 1979 and has been in place since 1983.
Though opposed by environmental groups such as Clean Wisconsin, the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club, A.B. 384 received unanimous support in January from the state Assembly and last week was approved 23-9 by the state Senate. The bill now heads to the desk of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is expected to sign it.
A.B. 384 also would prioritize nuclear power on Wisconsin's list of energy sources above natural gas, oil and coal – an official list that guides the state Public Service Commission's proposals from utility companies.
Specifically, Wisconsin has a "priorities statute" for energy sources (Wis. Stat 1.12) that lists priority/preference for energy conservation and efficiency efforts first, followed by renewable generation, combustible renewable generation and fossil fuel-fired generation. A.B. 384 would place nuclear generation as priority No. 4, which would be after combustible renewable generation and placed ahead of fossil fuels.
For these reasons, Stuart said the nonprofit WIEG, which represents more than 30 of the state's largest companies employing more than 50,000 residents, has supported the bill in the trade association's recent advocacy work.
"We believe the state's 1983 nuclear moratorium law has become outdated. If nuclear technology becomes more cost competitive, then every energy option should be on the table in Wisconsin," Stuart said.
However, the bill's passage likely won't translate into the quick construction of new nuclear power plants, Stuart said.
"Most of Wisconsin's largest utilities are expected to be long on baseload generation resources for years to come. In fact, we prematurely retired a licensed reactor in Kewaunee a couple years ago due to lower natural gas costs driving down the price of electricity," Stuart said.
At one time, Wisconsin had three nuclear power plants in operation, but the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor was shut down in 1987, and the Kewaunee Power Station was shut down in May 2014. The state's only remaining nuclear power facility is the Point Beach Nuclear Plant in Two Rivers.


text:
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
Fair Use Policy and Legal Disclaimer
This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in an effort to advance understanding of behavioral, environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, and scientific issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided in Section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For further information on fair use, go to:


text:
Q-2400 tray former
Features Boix Q-2400
- Capacity: Up to 2400 trays per hour
- Cardboard type: corrugated cardboard
- Box types: Plaform, P-84, C1, Citrus Box , L-corners, Big ear, Column
- Box sizes: min 330x200x70mm to max 600x600x250mm
- Delivery time: ±60 days (depending on season)
Would you like to know what type of boxes you can set up with the Boix Q-2400? Download the technical specifications:
Of spreek direct met een engineer:
Description Boix Q-2400
The Q-2400 combines innovation and flexibility in one machine. The machine has 6 speeds and a sustainable max. speed of 2400 tray per hour.
It is an interesting machine for large volumes of corrugated board trays.
Can be adapted easily to various tray design formats.
The loading of blanks is done automatically from the feeding system.
Possible expansions to the Q-2400
The Boix Q-2400 is uit te breiden met onderstaande componenten:
- Tray ejector
- Pre-feeder with optional platform
- Automatic glue filling tank system (Easyfill)
- Cold adhesive system
- Conveyor belt
- PLC screen on other side machine
- Stacker (AR-5 / AR/7)
- Kits for other box types: Plaform, P-84, Citrus box, L-corners
Would you like to receive a quotation? Request yours here:
Visit our showroom
Perhaps you have found a tray former that meets your business' requirements and needs. And because we want to make sure that the machine offers the right benefits for your production process, we would be delighted to demonstrate it to you in our showroom.
During the demonstration, one of our experienced specialists will walk you through the machine's features and possibilities. Naturally, he will also be happy to answer all your questions!
Would you like a free demonstration of our machines? We will contact you directly:
Reasons to choose Boix tray forming machines:


text:
Rainham Cemetery
We understand that at Christmas families wish to leave additional memorabilia and wreaths. You can find details below of what is permitted and the dates on which they will be removed.
A small, well visited cemetery with strong local links, Rainham has a distinctive chapel of historic value.
We began carrying out memorial safety inspections in this cemetery on the 28 Februrary 2019. We are placing a yellow warning triangle on memorials that have been found to be unsafe.
If there is a yellow triangle on the grave you are visiting, please do not remove it. Please speak to one of our grounds staff or contact the office as this memorial is a safety risk.
Memorials are the responsibility of the owner. We will inform owners that their memorial is unsafe and they will need to contact a memorial mason to arrange to make the memorial safe. If we cannot contact the owner we will take minimal steps to make the memorial safe within six months of placing the warning triangle.
Virtual Tour
Cemetery Features
Rainham Cemetery is based in Upminster Road North, Rainham and was opened in 1902. There are no new graves available, so a burial can only take place in a plot that is already owned.
• 3 Acres
• Traditional Chapel, seating 40
• Pre-recorded music
• Limited free parking in the cemetery and on nearby roads
You can choose to purchase a:
• Mini Headstone Cremated Remains Plot (limited)
• Traditional Cremated Remains Plot (currently unavailable)


text:
- All products are added to your cart.
The Little Book of Hunting Songs and Christmas Carols has been printed in aid of the Hunt Staff Benefit Society.
Hunting songs have been passed down through the generations, as part of a proud culture in rural Britain. They tell of great hunts and brave beasts - of the fox, the hounds, horses and men. These songs are full of humour and affection. On winter nights round Christmas they are sung in Lakeland pubs at the end of a day's hunting on the Fells - with surely a pint or two!
With both the words and music you could organise an evening of Hunting Songs and Christmas Carols.
size & fit
Dimensions: 135 x 150mm.
Details & care
- Hardback with dust cover
Delivery & returns
To find our more about our delivery options, please see our shipping information page.
We operate a no-quibble returns policy, so after trying our products at home, we will happily exchange them or issue a refund within twenty-eight days provided they are returned in the condition in which they were received.


text:
Beyoncé recently gave birth to twins, but she's back in the gym and working off that baby weight, naturally. The Lemonade singer was spotted in Santa Monica, California on Wednesday, taking in a workout with her husband, Jay-Z.
View this post on Instagram
TSR STAFF: Myeisha E.! @myeisha.essex ________________________________________________ #TSRExclusive: Looks like the Carters are getting in shape together! #Beyonce and #JayZ were spotted leaving Soul Cycle in Santa Monica yesterday. ________________________________________________ The couple left their new twins to hit the spin class together, and the fitness routine seems to be working as Beyonce is shedding all of her pregnancy weight and looks amazing. But either way is good with us — we love us some thick Bey! (SEE MORE PICS AT THESHADEROOM.COM!)
Rumors were swirling that the star had some lipo done when pictures appeared with figure looking mighty slim. Clearly, the Internet does not understand the power of a corset.
We love to see the Carters working out together and Queen Bey getting it together like a normal mom does.
Madame Tussauds Makes Changes To 'Whitewashed' Beyoncé Wax Figure
#DemBabies: The Best Twitter Reactions To Beyoncé and Jay's Twins Sir Carter And Rumi
We Can't Get Over Blue Ivy Hitting Her Milly Rock & Beyonce Hanging Out With Michelle Obama


text:
Advent - Christmas - New Year's Eve - New Year
Buy your tickets online! Here you find the most important Advent events in Salzburg.
Book tickets online for Advent events, Christmas events, New Year's Eve and New Year events!
Buy tickets for the famous Salzburg Carol Singing, Salzburg Advent, Pastoral Advent or the popular Advent and Christmas Concert on Fortress Hohensalzburg as well as for New Year's Eve and New Year's concerts online or directly at our ticket shop located in Getreidegasse 5 in the heart of Salzburg.
MO to FR 9:00 am - 5:00 pm / SA 10:00 am - 2:00 pm


text:
Don't know about citric acid.
White Vinegar is one of the options as well, it is in the list of cleaners that Sunbeam has.
Many have used it, it works, perhaps not as well as the Sunbeam tablets, but also not as many chemicals.
I have used it, as has my son, on the steam thermoblock, (which Sunbeam don't recommend) but if you don't it is likely to block.
Son reported recently his steam was weak, used the vinegar solution and the steam came back strongly.


text:
MLB trade rumors: Mariners, Orioles interested in Matt Kemp
The Dodgers have been contacted by the Mariners and Orioles regarding a possible Matt Kemp deal, according to FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal. The Rangers are interested, too, according to Jon Morosi.
The Orioles have already lost two key pieces of their 2014 lineup this offseason, as Nelson Cruz and Nick Markakis have signed elsewhere as free agents.So it makes sense that they'd be interested in Kemp and Atlanta Braves outfielder Justin Upton.
While Kemp to Camden Yards would seem like a perfect fit for the 30 year-old slugger, the Orioles in the past have shied away from players who have have multiple injury issues in past. Kemp, no stranger to the disabled list, has had ankle and shoulder surgeries since 2012 and missed significant amounts of time due to hamstring issues.
An obstacle for the Mariners, on the other hand, is the amount of Kemp's five-year, $107 million contract that the team would have to pick up. That's a heavy load for an organization that already has signed starting pitcher Felix Hernandez and second baseman Robinson Cano for a combined $415 million and just recently have signed Cruz for an additional $57 million. The Dodgers are reportedly willing to pay at least a portion of that remaining deal for the right return of players/prospects.
The Rangers, who are unlikely to resign outfielder Alex Rios, are presumably are looking to add all-star talent and depth to a outfield that currently sports the likes of Jake Smolinski, Leonys Martin and Shin-Soo Choo.
While Kemp has had a history of injuries, he did produce a solid offensive season in 2014 (.287/.346/.506, 25 home runs) and showed flashes of his 30-30 season he had in 2011. The Dodgers may be reluctant to trade Kemp now that Hanley Ramirez has moved on to the Red Sox.


text:
here's an artice I wrote for Bellesprit.com
here's an artice I wrote for Bellesprit.com
Interesting article on the shaman
This is really good and a nice article to read about Moqi, Moqui, or Shaman Stones.
Moqui Marbles – found mostly in the Navajo Sandstone Formation in the state of Utah. (They can no longer be collected there because it is now part of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.)
These mostly smooth, elliptical or round balls of compacted sandstone are encased in a "shell" of iron compounds. They are also referred to as "Moqui Balls", "Thunderballs" or "Shaman Stones".
Moqui Marbles readily accept subtle energy charges and hold them indefinitely. Treat them with love and they will return it when you need it most.
They can no longer be collected there because it is now part of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, so get them before they are gone (or cost an arm and a leg).
If you were to get a sliver in your finger, another way to look at it would be that your physical body had an intrusion. You would extract the sliver with a pair of tweezers, and that would be a physical extraction.
Just as your physical body can have an intrusion, your spiritual body may also take on an intrusion. Spiritual intrusions come into being from negative thought forms. If you send angry thought forms to someone else, if they have an "opening" or loss of power in their spirit body, it may manifest as an intrusion. You may also suffer an intrusion from not expressing yourself, and stuffing your emotions. There is a difference between expressing your anger, and sending your anger. The answer is not to "not feel" your emotions, but to transmute the energy, so you don't do harm to yourself or anyone else.
If you experience localized pain or illness, you may have a spiritual intrusion. The Shaman does an extraction by pulling the misplaced energy from the person's body, and putting it into water. Once neutralized in water, the energy is free to be relocate into the Universe, to be "recycled".
The spirits diagnose if a person has a spiritual intrusion, and would benefit from an extraction. I would schedule an appointment where we get to know a little about each other, we talk about shamanism, and I do a diagnostic journey with my helping spirits. From the information I gain in this journey, we can make a plan of action. If the spirits say I can do the work during this first session, then I do the work and we are done. However, sometimes they say we need to wait a week or so, so then we schedule another appointment to do the work.
I want to share this experience with you. Five or six years ago, we had a fifteen year old family friend named Mark. He was an extremely good baseball player and on an elite competitive baseball team. One evening, his team was playing their main rival. Mark started the game behind the plate, catching. During his at bats, Mark blasted a number of good hits that scored quite a few runs. Half way through the game, he was moved from catcher to pitcher, and his pitches pretty much shut down the opposing team's offense. In the seventh inning, Mark came to bat, and hit a double into left field. The second baseman took the throw, and tagged Mark. The tag came with such force that Mark had to leave the game with what later proved to be a dislocated shoulder. I watched that play (and Mark was safe, by the way), and the look on that second baseman's face not only showed extreme intensity, but there was also a level of anger. As Mark was helped off the field, the second baseman appeared to be pleased with himself. (I am not trying to state here that this young man is evil or malevolent I am trying to make the point of how we use – or misuse – our emotions. In our society, we use anger as a motivator. I don't think we are aware the damage that living that way does). After the game, Mark was taken to the local emergency room, and they popped his shoulder back into place. He was told to immobilize his shoulder for two weeks, and then he should be as good a new. He was told the pain would subside within the week. Two weeks later, he was still wincing when ever he accidentally moved the shoulder. He had been taken back to the doctor twice, and they could find nothing out of place. They told him that the shoulder appeared to be healing slower than they thought, and he would just have to take it easy until it did heal. So, I cautiously suggested that we try an extraction. Mark's family was not familiar with Shamanism, and didn't really know what I do. I explained about energetic intrusions, and told them that the second baseman had appeared (in my judgment) to be really angry during the game, and I wondered if there wasn't some misplaced energy keeping Mark's shoulder from fully going back into place. They were willing to try the extraction. The next afternoon I performed the extraction, with the help of my helping spirits. Later in the evening, I noticed that Mark was outside tossing a football with one of his brothers. I asked him about the pain in his shoulder. He had completely forgotten about the pain. It was gone. Within 48 hours he was back to throwing the baseball. Do I know for sure that the extraction healed this shoulder? No I do not. I find it an amazing coincidence that in less than four hours after the extraction was performed, the pain was gone, and this young man had been dealing with so much pain for the previous two weeks up to the extraction, that he had kept himself still – mainly planted on the couch watching TV. In the end, I am glad that Mark was back to normal, however he got there. If the spirit's helped in this, then I am grateful that I was able to be part of the process.
Depossession is related to extraction but it's not the same thing. From a shamanic point of view, it's very important to get out of the Middle World when journeying for spiritual purposes. In the old days, shamans journeyed in the Middle World to see how relatives were doing at a distant place or to locate the herds of migratory animals. But most of our work today is in the Upper and Lower Worlds where shamans have voyaged since ancient times. Shamans often prefer not to draw on the spirits of the Middle World because many of them are confused and lacking in power. Going to the Upper or Lower Worlds, one reaches spiritual beings of compassion, power, and wisdom.
Shamans who do another type of healing help the dead as well as the living. These shamans are called "psychopomps," or conductors of souls. Remember, from a shamanic point of view, when you're comatose, you're dead. So the shaman, in the case of comatose persons, would seek them out and see if they wanted to come back. Shamanism is not a system that intends to keep people in this ordinary reality whether they like it or not, because the shaman knows that this is not necessarily the best reality. You make the journey for the person who is comatose to find out what they want. If they want to come back, then the job of the shaman is to bring them back. But if they want to go on—or, more commonly, if they're dying or already dead—then the job of the shaman is to get them to a place where they will be content and not have them stay here, adrift in the Middle World.
So now we come back to this business of depossession. Most cases of depossession of humans are by other humans who are dead, who are here in the Middle World and don't know they're dead. If people are disempowered, or have soul loss or power loss, they are like a vacuum into which these confused entities can come. This is involuntary possession.
Shamans will conduct the entity—with its permission once it realizes it's dead—to a place beyond the Middle World where it will be reunited with people who it loves. Once this is done, so that the clients are no longer possessed, shamans restore their full soul and lost power connections so they are again whole and not vulnerable to further possessions.
Depossession work has slightly different forms in different cultures, but the basic principles are the same. I hope that one day our culture will recognize the need to permit shamanic practitioners to work with the spiritual aspects of illness in cooperation with nonspiritual health professionals.
In your opinion, why don't we do that now?
Unfortunately, when science started, partially as a reaction to the church in Europe, it ordained that souls and spirits have no reality and therefore could not be considered in scientific theory. Now that's an a priori position; in other words, ironically, a statement of faith enunciated in the 18th century. In fact, science has never disproved the existence of spirits. I would submit that now, on the edge of the 21st century, it's time to stop having a science that's based on faith (the faith that there are no spirits) and make it real science, which means that it doesn't ordain a priori that certain types of causes cannot exist.
In regard to extraction healing, in the shamanic view, where does the illness to be extracted come from?
From a shamanic point of view, all people have a spiritual side, whether they recognize it or not. When people get angry, jealous, or have a hostile emotional attitude, they can vent not only verbal and physical abuse, but spiritual abuse without even knowing it. In other words, if somebody is ignorant of shamanic principles, they can do damage to other people on a spiritual level.
Among the Untsuri Shuar and JÃ*varo people of eastern Ecuador, with whom I lived for quite a while, they call these intrusions "magical darts." There were many feuds and wars, and sometimes healers would get angry and lose their discipline and use their powers to get even. But it is important to know that this is a big mistake, not just ethically, but in terms of self-preservation. No matter how justified a person feels emotionally at the time, those spiritual beings who are representative of the great, loving, hidden universe will disconnect. It's like we're rechargeable batteries. We still have some power, and we can do damage, but the power source is no longer charging us. I've seen this many times in the Amazon. The shamans, in their anger, do harm for awhile, but eventually everything they send out comes back in on them, and it often results not only in their own death or pain, but their immediate family gets affected disastrously by it.
This doesn't mean you shouldn't get angry at people. It just means that you should have discipline and know there are parameters. You can get angry with somebody and verbally let out steam and, at the same time, control your spiritual side. But for your own self-preservation, if you don't work to relieve pain and suffering—and especially if you work in a contrary way—you're soon out of business, and probably dead.
If you are feeling stuck in your life and are ready for change, take time to declare to the Universe that you are ready.
There comes a point in most of our lives when we feel ready to experience a change we've had trouble carrying out. Maybe we've been stuck in a home, a relationship, job, or a town that hasn't felt right for a long time, but we've been unable to shift our circumstances in the direction we want to go. At times like this, it can help to declare to the universe that we are ready for a change. Think of it as informing a helpful friend that you need her assistance to move to the next level in your life. If the time is right, the universe will respond with opportunities and offers designed to help you create the change you wish to see.
You can begin the process of making your declaration by getting clear within yourself about what exactly you want to change. Whenever we ask anyone for help, they can assist us that much better if we are specific. The universe also appreciates our clarity and has an easier time answering a direct communication than a vague yearning. When you are clear on what you want, write your declaration on a piece of paper and place it on your altar, if you have one. If you don't, you can also place it under your pillow or in a box on your nightstand. Set aside a period of time every day to be silent with your wishes for change, repeating your declaration like a mantra. This lets the universe know that you are ready to change and will be receptive to its efforts.
Feel free to continue to refine and redefine your declaration, and remember to be open to the many different ways in which the change you seek might come to be. Remember also to be active in your own efforts, taking opportunities that come your way, watching for signs, and always taking responsibility for your intentions. If things don't happen quickly, try not to be discouraged; it might take time to free up energy that has been blocked and possibly serving a purpose beyond what we can understand. If you continue your conversation with the universe, declaring yourself clearly and openly, you cannot help but experience the magic of changing and being changed.


text:
Purchase my nude photos for extra stimulation during our hot fantasy phone sex call!
You must buy my naked pics separately as I cannot make the purchase for you before, during or after our call together.
Phone sex calls are $2.00 per minute and completely separate from the photo purchases.
All major credit cards are accepted over the phone.
10 minute minimum applies to all calls
Dial me now @ 1-888-878-1918
Read more about me on my TABOO TEMPTATIONS page! (link below)
Extreme Age Play Phone Sex with Taboo Operator for Twisted Kinky Fantasy Calls


text:
Find The Best Affiliate Programs Of 2019!
We curate the top affiliate programs and offers. We built this website to help affiliates earn more!
Search affiliates by name, description, location.
What is AffiliateWatch?
Affiliate Program is a platform that showcases and analyzes the best affiliate marketing programs online to sign up for.
What is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate marketing is the service of referring someone to buy something. You get a monetary kickback as a thank you.
How does this site benefit?
Affiliate Program is a free informational affiliate website that shows you where to make money. Up your earnings today.
Get Inside Alerts On Hot New Affiliate Programs!
Free subscription available for limited time only.


text:
Vijay Bahuguna to be the Uttarakhand Chief Minister !
Vijay Bahuguna, the MP of Tehri Garhwal,brother of Rita Bahuguna Joshi who is the UP Congress Chief and the son of UP's former chief minister H N Bahuguna, bagged the chair of Uttarakhand Chief-Minister as declared by G.S. Uttarakhand , Gulam Nabi Azad! Follow News Vijay Bahuguna Wiki


text:
CF SHOP! card ®
Where it all comes togetherLEARN MORE
–View weekly hours
*Holiday Hours may vary. Please see mall hours.
CF SHOP! card redeemable here
Located by entrance 1 near Fairway Road. Spring is the destination for hot new shoes, handbags, and accessories. A playful, young brand that is sure to put an extra bounce in your step. Discover unique style that fit the latest trends. Visit us at CF Fairview Park today in Kitchener.


text:
Human Resource Management (HRM) could very well be the key contributor to organization profitability and competitive advantage in the 21st century. That claim is a startling reality with a growing body of supporting evidence that affirms its truth. In a world where less than 15% of all employees acknowledge that they are positively engaged at work, the opportunity to capture and inspire the minds and hearts of tomorrow's work force is immense. Thus, there are multiple reasons for this book about the strategic contribution of HRM in the third millennium economy.
The bad news is that the history of HRM has been disappointing, Human Resource Professionals (HRPs) have been largely unprepared, and organization leaders have been focused on technology and innovation – rather than the people who create value for their companies. The good news is that there is a growing number of outstanding companies and enlightened leaders who have recognized that people are the key to better customer service, greater innovation, improved productivity, and higher profits.
This book serves four significantly different types of readers. First, and most importantly, this book offers insights for top management teams who are served by the HRPs and provides a template to hold those professionals accountable. Each of the chapters of this book provides strategic insights into the purpose and function of HRM systems in supporting the top management team and its organization mission. Second, this book provides clear guidelines for HRPs in helping them to realize their key roles and the accountability expected from them. Third, this book is a useful foundation for students seeking to understand how HRM systems function. Fourth, the book provides scholars and academics with fundamental principles upon which to build as they explore the practical world of business.
The consistent theme of this book is that HRM matters and HRPs can make a significant strategic difference in contributing to an organization's success! The modern organization of the 21st century has already begun to change – and those changes must be effective if organizations are to successfully compete in a world that has become increasingly global and complex in its focus. However, HRM and the role of HRPs have not always been fully appreciated, and top management teams can exponentially improve the effectiveness of their organizations by rethinking HRM's strategic roles.
This book offers a wealth of information about the contribution that HRM can make to help organizations improve their economic and financial prospects. This book explains how and why organizations can benefit from treating their employees as valued assets and by honoring duties owed to those employees by helping them to fulfill their ultimate potential. As organizations honor those responsibilities to their employees, they also serve their own best interests and the interests of a society that desperately needs to effectively utilize its available resources to solve its current and future problems.


text:
It's odd to see the pair rushing at me from the brush of swamp wood, the early morning sun at their backs. Wind Rider's dark form is outlined in brilliant jade by the light, and Templar's platinum-gold hair whips and glows like fire with the same light. Her black armor drinks in the light.
I always expected to see them on TV, or if I ever got the chance to see them in real life, from the audience. Maybe, just maybe, shaking hands on a stage or something.
Wind Rider and Templar hold a little ways off from us. I step between them and my friends.
Templar frowns at me. No, not a frown, she just looks like that. With dour expression, she says, "Gabe, I have to ask you to stand down. I know this is not what we'd hoped, but if you surrender, no one else has to get hurt."
"No one else?" I ask. "Doc's already dead! Bedevil's had a seizure, and you threw a fucking lightning bolt at us!" I have a guess that Meltdown, Wind Rider's wife, is the one that threw it, considering he's here.
"We can help her," Wind Rider says, hovering above us. "We have medics on site. Everyone can be cared for, immediately. Please don't make this harder than it has to be, Gabe."
I know what Cynic has in store for both Epione and me if we surrender. We'll become lab rats so she can control superpowers. What I don't know is what happens to the others. Prison or death. Maybe both. I can't trust these two, even if they used to be his sidekicks.
"We don't want to hurt you," Templar says. "We don't want anyone else to die."
Cynic sent them to manipulate me. Worse, she probably thought they'd hurt Bedevil's resolve. It's a good thing Bedevil's not conscious right now, because I'd bet she'd turn Wind Rider into pulled pork if she got the chance.
"Why are you even here? You don't know me. Worse," I say as I point at Wind Rider. "You were a scumbag to Bedevil."
Wind Rider scowls at me. "You don't know us either. You don't know her."
"It doesn't matter," Templar says.
"It does." Wind Rider doesn't look like he wants this fight to end here. I've struck a nerve.
Templar's stone face softens with desperation, just a bit. "Please."
I nod to Echo. "I can't."
Echo books it, dragging Maisa and Bedevil with her. Drone runs as fasts as she can after them while carrying Epione.
Wind Rider holds his hand out and invisible cords wrap around my arms, not unlike Bedevil's telekinetic tendrils. I wonder for a brief second if he got the idea from her, in between becoming her teammate and breaking her heart.
Templar shouts, "Stand down!"
I snap free of Wind Rider's coils the same as Bedevil's tendrils, gaining a boost of energy in the process. His power isn't as effective on me, but it can harry my friends as they flee. Still, the worse threat is Templar, with her biological manipulation. She needs to go first.
I come in jabbing, hoping to knock her out in one hit, but she leans out of my swing. My knuckles only just graze her cheek.
My fist feels like someone dunked it in warm water. I recoil from her, bounce back far enough that she can't reach me without sprinting, and see that the fist is fused together so I can't unfurl it. There are no fingers, just a lump of bone and flesh. Which means I can't use my right hand to do anything but attack.
Fucking yikes.
New plan: get her as far away as possible without making direct contact.
Torrents of wind swallow me again as Wind Rider dive bombs right by me. With the energy I got bursting through his coils, I slip my non-fused hand through and grab Wind Rider by the ankle.
"Let go!" he shouts, flailing and flying, spinning me round and round like a tornado.
I grit my teeth and try to slow him by absorbing the energy of him revolving me over and over. We come to a stop, but Templar clocks me with a naked fist, and my face tingles, the skin around my mouth shifting. Templar hooks her fingers on my cheeks, and more of my skin shifts, but I knee her hard and then use Wind Rider as a bat when her guard is down. They connect, I release. The two of them fly over the tree line and out into the woods somewhere.
My mouth is sealed shut. Shit. I don't know how to reverse her changes right now, but I can still fight. Echo's already led the others into the woods on the opposite side of the property, so maybe they can get away.
We're split up. Remise, Mil-dot, and Saw Off are in the woods. The woods light up with strange colors. An explosion and more gunfire. How did they find us?
No time to think right now. Deal with it, retreat, and regroup. We'll figure it out.
I rush into the forest with my fused hand and mouth, warping between the trees when I have enough clearance to finesse, running and stumbling on underbrush when I can't. I chase the strange lights and find Mil-dot and Saw Off retreating from a Primum in dazzling, white armor.
The Primum manipulates blobs of light from his hand, flashing and shifting color so fast they could trigger another seizure, — is Bedevil okay? — and they dance around Mil-dot and Saw Off. The effect is obvious: Saw Off bumbles into trees, Mil-dot covers her eyes and runs blindly.
From the other side come more FIS elite operatives and another pair of the Primum. I can't call out to Saw Off or Mil-dot, so I have to make a choice: take out the guy dazing them with his lights, or take out the group coming in at them?
I make a call: Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I rush the Primum waving his blobs of light. He meets me with a dazzling spray of colors. I wrench my eyes shut so I don't get thrown off and use my thermal sensing to keep track of him.
The Primum bashes me in the face. I can absorb the energy but he's getting a bunch of licks in, and the longer I dawdle the worse it gets for Mil-dot and Saw Off.
A shotgun sneeze reports from where I left Saw Off, followed by the distinct boom of a sniper rifle. The searing lights outside my eyelids vanish. I open my eyes and see that the OPI soldier is down, a bullet through his chest. Flashfire won't be happy.
Saw Off grins proudly as she tears through the agents while Mil-dot surgically removes the enemies in Saw Off's blind spots. They do make a really good team.
Templar rushes out of the woods and grabs Saw Off. Both of her legs rotate around the knee, and her arms bend backwards at inhumane angles. She shrieks in agony. Mil-dot aims her rifle but the gun rips from her hands as Wind Rider soars by her. Shit, I've got to-
Someone slams into me. I feel the prick of a needle in my arm, turn back and see a Primum hanging onto me.
I bash my elbow into them but the armor doesn't give. The armor they wear is crazy. Stronger than the armor Hasuji and Tachikaze wear, so that I can't immediately shred through it with my fists.
The Primum shoots a beam of ice from his hands. I feel nothin, and the beam does not hinder me in any way. Sorry dude, luck of the draw. I kick up, hook my legs around his neck, and spin him into the woods with a burst of kinetic energy.
Chaos drenches the woods along with the morning sun. The haze is just enough that shadows mask all the movement, gunfire, and bodies, but I do make out someone fighting ahead of me. I rush to their aid, hoping I can make the difference.
Danger Close chases my fleeing friends. He's in a different suit than the last time I saw him: this one is a sleek exoskeleton, a series of bars, gears, and servos that whir around his limbs. He vaults into the air using a grappling hook from his wrist, and jump jets in his heels. As he bounces off the trees, his gear transforms into a glide-suit, and he swoops in after Echo and the others. He flies back up into the air hauling Maisa in his grasp.
I sprint and launch into the air after him, draining the energy of gravity and fueling my flight with it. I don't fly perfectly but I don't need to. I shred through the trees I hit as if they were cardboard, losing no momentum as I rocket into Danger Close.
I nab Maisa with my free hand and tangle myself with Danger Close, wrapping my legs around his waist. We fall, the three of us, spinning around my center of gravity. I control the fall, drop Maisa into Echo's arms, and then drag Danger Close back into the woods.
Danger Close slams another sedative into my thigh with one of those guns. I haven't felt the first one yet, but I can't imagine it will be long. Luckily I'm bigger than Epione, more muscular, and that buys me time.
Danger Close shoots a rocket into my chest from a launcher on his shoulder. The explosions separates us and I fall into the forest, somewhere near the parking lot.
My legs wobble, my arms are sluggish. My mind clouds. I fight to stand, but I don't think I have a lot of fight left in me. Hopefully, Echo and the others swing back around, Bedevil can recover, she's really strong, she could take Krater by herself. I've already removed the biggest threats, and I'm sure the others-
A deafening roar, a plume of fire and wood from the property. A screaming human bullet through the ranch house, immolating the grass beneath as it flies right at me.
I try to dodge but I'm a hair too sluggish. Even conjuring kinetic energy is slow.
Nero meets me head-on, blazing hands around my neck. He brays laughter like the world's deadliest donkey. Together we crunch into the van — we needed that to escape — and Nero lays into me, laughing all the way.
I grab his shredded collar and flip us out of the wrecked car. Nero cackles, we blast off into the sky in an atomic explosion, so hot that the pavement and the van's chassis melt into slag. The following burst of force breaks the earth and topples the trees in a ring around the driveway.
"I wish you could say something!" Nero's eyes are the eyes of a man wearing no seat belt on the fastest roller coaster in the world. His face is completely free of wounds or scars, his skin is luminous like a newborn. "The look on your face now! You've got no idea!"
He's right, I don't. He was dead.
No. I do have an idea. Doc killed him. I killed him. Even his armor kills him. He didn't heal from the wounds until now.
He regenerates from death.
I should have run when Doc told me to. He was trying to buy me time, his last gift to me. I threw it away.
My muscles don't respond to my call anymore, so I use kinetic energy to swing weak haymakers at Nero. Nero laughs and laughs. It's a cruel joke of a fight now.
The flaming demon throws me into the dirt with a thunderous boom. Fire fills the sky as he unleashes his full power on me. He falls like a meteor with a velocity that would turn a normal human into an ash stain. I use all of my available strength to keep myself alive by converting the energy downward. Even so, his strength bruises my broken body even more, and he laughs, and laughs, overtaken by shrill Satanic hysterics.
"Come on, come on!" Nero pulls me up to my feet. "Let's be sporting!"
I scream behind my mouth muzzled by skin, as the sedatives worm exhausting fingers around my brain. My eyes can't stay open. I can't stay up.
And Nero waits for me, berserker's grin splitting his face cheek to cheek, fists up, feet bouncing like this is a schoolyard game. A cruel joke of a fight.
I step forward into darkness.


text:
''All that
is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing'' -
Vol XI No 5
tendency sometimes to protect perpetrators for the sake of
peace...doesn't help society. Impunity should not be allowed to
stand. - Kofi Annan on Waki report
The reports have been flooding the world's media
outlets - with this from the pages of the
Guardian newspaper
"The doctor leading Sierra Leone's fight
against the worst Ebola outbreak on record has
died from the virus, the country's chief medical
officer said.
The death of Sheik Umar Khan, who
was credited with treating more than 100
patients, follows the deaths of dozens of local
health workers and the infection of two US
medics in neighbouring Liberia.
Ebola is
believed to have killed 672 people in Guinea,
Liberia and Sierra Leone since the outbreak
began in February, according to the World Health
The contagious disease has no
known cure. Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea
and internal and external bleeding.
Khan, 39,
hailed as a "national hero" by the health
ministry, had been moved to a treatment ward run
by the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières
in the far north of Sierra Leone.
He died on
Tuesday afternoon, less than a week after his
diagnosis was announced, and on the same day
that the president, Ernest Bai Koroma was due to
visit his treatment centre in the north-eastern
town of Kailahun.
"It is a big and irreparable
loss to Sierra Leone as he was the only
specialist the country had in viral haemorrhagic
fevers," said the chief medical officer, Brima
Another outlet, the
Daily Mail
has this opening -
"Sierra Leone's top Ebola
doctor dies after contracting the virus while
fighting the outbreak as Nigeria admits precise
number of people U.S. victim Patrick Sawyer
could have infected is unknown."
International broadcaster
Al Jazeera
also reported the passing away of Dr Khan -
"Sheik Umar Khan
was infected earlier this month and died on
Tuesday at a ward run by medical charity Doctors
Without Borders in the far north of the country.
Miatta Kargbo, Sierra Leone's health minister,
called Khan a "national hero" and praised his
"tremendous sacrifice" in working to save the
lives of others. His death comes days after
Samuel Brisbane, a senior doctor at Liberia's
largest hospital, died on Saturday at an Ebola
treatment centre on the outskirts of Monrovia."
ABC news
has this -
"A leading doctor who risked his own
life to treat dozens of Ebola patients died
Tuesday from the disease, officials said, as a
major regional airline announced it was
suspending flights to the cities hardest hit by
an outbreak that has killed more than 670
Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan, who was praised
as a national hero for treating the disease in
Sierra Leone, was confirmed dead by health
ministry officials there. He had been
hospitalized in quarantine. Health workers have
been especially vulnerable to contracting Ebola,
which is spread through bodily fluids such as
saliva, sweat, blood and urine.
Two American
health workers are currently hospitalized with
Ebola in neighboring Liberia. The Ebola outbreak
is the largest in history with deaths blamed on
the disease not only in Sierra Leone and
Liberia, but also Guinea and Nigeria. The
disease has no vaccine and no specific
treatment, with a fatality rate of at least 60
The Independent
newspaper states -
"Ebola virus: Top Sierra
Leone doctor, Sheik Umar Khan, dies of disease
aged 39 -
"The top doctor treating patients
infected with the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone
has died from the disease, officials have
Dr Sheik Umar Khan had been
hospitalised in quarantine since he contracted
the virus last week. The virologist was credited
with treating more than 100 patients at the
hospital in Kenema - one of the world's leading
Ebola diagnosis facilities.
Dr Khan's death on
Tuesday afternoon was confirmed by chief medical
officer Dr Brima Kargbo, who had previously
hailed him as a "national hero" when he
announced he had contracted the the disease.
is a big and irreparable loss to Sierra Leone as
he was the only specialist the country had in
viral haemorrhagic fevers," Kargbo said on
Tuesday. Dr Khan was being treated at an Ebola
ward run by the medical charity Medecins Sans
Frontieres, which has in recent weeks described
the disease's West African outbreak as "out of
At the time of his diagnosis, it was
not immediately clear how Dr Khan became
While health workers are especially
vulnerable to contracting the virus spread
through bodily fluids such as saliva, sweat,
blood and urine, Reuters reporters who visited Kenema in June heard the doctor was "always
meticulous with protection, wearing overalls,
mask, gloves and special footwear".
Before his
diagnosis, Dr Khan told reporters: "I am afraid
for my life, I must say, because I cherish my
life." "Health workers are prone to the disease
because we are the first port of call for
somebody who is sickened by disease. Even with
the full protective clothing you put on, you are
at risk," he added.
pray that the Good Lord/Allah or whatever you
perceive Him to be grants him the rest which
only He can grant.
RIP Dr Khan - you have fought the good fight and
Sierra Leone would be grateful and always
remember your supreme sacrifice for the common
good. RIP
for the mother country?
The right
choice is Kevin McPhilips Travel
Herald 2002


text:
Climate Technology Corp., A Hunter Fan Co.: Heat Pump Thermostat
July 31, 2006
Model 43057 digital multistage heat pump thermostat is compatible with all single-stage and most two-stage heat pumps and offers adjustable first- and second-stage span adjustments. The refresh programmable fan allows the user to circulate air during system off times. The unit has an IndiGlo® backlight by Timex®. Features include a filter monitor, staging timer, heat/cool auto cutoff, bimetal freeze protection, residual cooling fan delay (user selectable), and latch relay outputs. The thermostat is ac-powered, eliminating the need for battery changes. It comes with a three-year warranty.
Climate Technology Corp., A Hunter Fan Co., 2500 Frisco Ave. Memphis, TN 38114; 800-676-7861; 800-676-7869 (fax); www.climatetechnologyproducts.com
eProduct 183


text: 18 Years on. Remembering when the Kingdome was the First & broke records. Trevor OwenMarch 26, 2018 After 24 years as the sports & entertainment hub of the Pacific North West, the Kingdome was imploded on March 26th 2000 at 8:32AM. Read on as we celebrate ... Read More... Blog PostsNewsOur MovementVideos2 Comments1117 views6 min read


text:
WARNING. Do NOT try this at home. This project calls for some high HT voltages. The main EHT rail is some 700 VDC. It will floor you or kill you if you come into contact with it. It will not warn you, blow a fuse, nor pull your safety trip. It may not give you a second chance. RESPECT IT'S AUTHORITY.
I will not, under any circumstances, accept any liability if you decide to re-create this project for yourself.
I procured an electrostatically deflected DG7-32 oscilloscope tube from the usual sources, a base , a handful of very nice Russian 6N1P valves, a couple of EF91s and a ECL83 for the sound. An EZ81 provides (some) rectification. Enter some transformers from the scrap bin, some tag strips and a couple of scrap aluminium enclosures.
My first design was too complicated, used too many valves, and, most importantly didn't work.
You'll notice a few things:
1) The raster is all "in one corner", this is because I didn't employ a differential drive to the X &Y plates.
2) There's precious little video modulation. I gave most of it away to Miller capacitance.
All-in-all, rubbish.
It sat on a shelf for a year, sneering at me.
I took it to pieces, and completely re-vamped it. I'd subsequently robbed the mains transformers for another project, so I ended up with a nice transformer from an old audio amplifier to provide the +300V and 6.3V for the heaters. I also needed to develop the 700 V EHT. In the original design I had a separate transformer, with a nice high voltage winding and an isolated heater winding. No such luck this time. I had a small insolating transformer from an old bathroom shaver point. 240VAC in, 240VAC out. This would have to do.
Let's have a quick look at the schematic:-
Yeah, you're going to want to zoom in on that a bit...
The Power Supply
Mains comes in and is fused by F1. TR2 and TR3 are actually one transformer, with centre-tapped heaters and HT winding. R1 and R2 provide a little peak current limiting to keep our EZ81 rectifier happy. The cathode of the rectifier is connected to our main smoothing capacitor C1. This must be no larger than 50uF, so 22uF is fine here, and we're not pulling much current. R3 and C2 provide additional filtering, and R4 and C3 provide a lower voltage supply for the screens of our video amplifiers. TR1 is the shaver transformer, and provides and quick and dirty 350V supply via D1 and C4. This 350V supply is not referenced to earth, but our 300V HT supply, giving around 650 VDC (More like 700VDC off-load)
I'll repeat my warning at the start of the article at this point. This power supply is more than capable of supplying enough current to kill you. Yes. Really. This means you. Don't do it.
Whilst I was developing this gadget, I kept a voltmeter permanently attached between GND and 700V. Also, I kept a 10W 10K resistor connected to GND, and to an insulated lead, which was connected to the +700 VDC rail whilst I was working on the circuit. I've also installed 2x220K resistors in series directly across C1, C2 and C4 to bleed away any charge within a few minutes. These resistors aren't shown on the diagram.
The original version also had separate fuses for each HT supply, and, stupidly, for the EHT supply. I used the ordinary type of 20mm fuse. During development, I inadvertently shorted out the EHT supply. The 20mm fuse blew violently, vapourising the wire against the inside of the glass, which carried on conducting! The resulting burned mess of fuseholder resulted in a lesson learned. Fuses have voltage ratings. 20mm fuses are rated to 250V.
The Signal Stages.
Video comes in on X1, and is loaded by a 75 ohm resistor. Video is passed via C1 to the grid of our first video amplifier VT2, an EF91 (6AM6) pentode. This is further amplified by VT3 and passed to the first grid of the CRT.
Video is also taken from VT2 to VT4a, the sync amplifier. Here some of the video information is lost (mainly through miller capacitance), but the line and frame sync pulses are retained. The sync pulses are passed from the anode load to VT4b, the frame sync separator, whereby the higher frequency line sync pulses are filtered out by C13 and R19, and the remaining frame sync pulses are used to sync the fantastron oscilator formed by VT5a & VT5b. This gives us a nice sawtooth waveform, locked to our video frames at 50Hz (in the UK). Although I haven't tried it, I'm sure it will work just fine with NTSC at 60Hz.
The frame sawtooth waveform is then passed to VT9A & VT10B (what happened there? It should read VT9B!) which forms a differential amplifier and drives the Y-plates of the CRT. The plates are coupled to the anodes of the differential amplifier by 10nF, 1.6KV capacitors, as the deflection plates are referenced to the EHT by R46 and R47.
The sync pluses are also fed from VT4a via a high pass filter formed by C16-19 and R23-26, to pass the line sync pulses, to another fantastron amplifier, this time synced to the line pulses at 15.625 KHZ (again, I've not tried it, but it should be OK with NTSC too). Once again this syncs another fantastron oscillator, and provides us with our sawtooth waveform to drive the X-plates via differential amplifier VT7a and VT8b (Again? This should read VT7B!)
The CRT is provided with a focus voltage via R50, and the cathode is supplied by R51 to slightly elevate it above 0V, to allow our negative going video to modulate the grid.
Audio is provided by a very simple ECL83 amplifier. It's not going to win any awards for design or performance, but it functions. The output transformer is simply a 9V mains transformer. I know all about the fact that the transformer is totally unsuitable due to DC on the windings etc etc, but I had it to hand, and it works!
Construction is fugly to say the least.
I intended it to be a sort of homage to the home constructor of the 1940's / 1950's.
There it is... exposed HT wiring an' all...
Performace isn't fantastic. The circuit is simple, the tube was never designed to show a raster scanned image... but it's definitely Dr. Sheldon Cooper!
Some retrace (flyback) lines are visible, as there's no supression.
Feeling cheated? Yes, me too. I promised a design with no semiconductors, and yet the EHT rectifier is clearly a grain of sand. As I said originally, the EHT was originally supplied by a separate transformer, and this allowed me to use a valve rectifier (I actually used an EZ80), and I elevated it's heater winding to 350VDC, so as not to compromise the heater/cathode insulation. I did try putting the EZ80 into this circuit (if you look carefully you can still see it's Noval base below the speaker magnet) but the heater cathode insulation was just not good enough to hold off the ~700 volts and flashed over :(


text: We are the leading organization highly engaged in offering Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide which can be utilized as a dehydrating agent for the preparation of amides, ketones , nitriles as well as in the inversion and esterification of secondary alcohols. This chemical is tried on various stages by our skilled professionals in order to offer its pure range to our clients. Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide is utilized in medical, health, make-up and biological products, and other synthetic fields. Clients can avail this product from us as per their necessities.


text:
Rhys Griffiths
telephone: +44 (0)7815 787 923
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
vcard: add to your contacts
Rhys is a partner and the head of the travel group at Fox Williams. He is a travel sector specialist, with in-depth knowledge of the industry and how it works. Rhys is listed as a leading individual for Travel: Regulatory and Commercial in both the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.
Rhys advises clients on compliance with the complex web of laws and regulation which apply to the sale of travel services in Europe. This includes advising on compliance with the Package Travel Directive, the ATOL Regulations, Consumer Rights Directive, insolvency protection requirements and the local rules which require registration and/or licensing of activity in certain European markets. Rhys typically undertakes this work for tour operators, travel agents, online booking platforms and airlines.
Rhys has significant experience of helping clients launch new products and enter new markets. He acts for well-known brands intending to launch or expand their own travel business, both domestically and internationally. Rhys uses his expertise of the regulation and the market to help clients structure their business efficiently and to negotiate the myriad of commercial and consumer contracts which are needed to operate.
Rhys frequently represents clients in response to investigations and proceedings by regulators and industry trade associations. Most recently, Rhys has represented clients in response to investigations by the Competition and Markets Authority and the Civil Aviation Authority concerning compliance by various travel companies with the relevant travel regulation. Rhys also has experience of negotiating tailored regulatory solutions with the regulators on behalf of his clients.
Rhys is a regular attendee and speaker at industry events, including ABTA Conventions and Seminars, the ITT Convention, TTNG Convention and Travel Weekly Business Breakfasts. Rhys is also a regular contributor to industry publications such as ABTA Travel Law Today and Travel Law Quarterly. Rhys also hosts and publishes his own events and materials.
"Griffiths has a 'strong following in the travel sector'"
(Legal 500, 2020)
"Strong attention to detail"
(Chambers UK, 2020)
"He is very commercially aware and understands how travel businesses operate"
(Chambers UK, 2020)
Rhys Griffiths gives 'very practical advice and knows his stuff' and has 'excellent understanding of the regulatory framework and the specific areas for travel agents, tour operators and airlines'.
(Legal 500, 2019)
Rhys Griffiths advises prominent travel clients on travel regulation as well as disputes. Commentators describe him as "friendly and approachable" and commend his business acumen and "good strategic decision-making."
(Chambers UK, 2019)
Related news
Travel firms should prepare for possible hard exit from EU
Package travel regulations: One year in, what did we learn?
New payments rules to impact the travel industry
ATOL: procuring and facilitating - Rhys Griffiths writes in ABTA's Travel Law Today
Airline failures: the confusing position of travel agents
Fox Williams significantly strengthens travel sector capability with appointment of new partner Rhys Griffiths


text:
|BJs Club 20% Cash Back TermsCash Back Terms:
All terms are for reference only, and are subject to change without notice or obligation.
Membership warehouse retail stores on the United State's east coast.
Add to MyStores bjs.com
Login or register to get 20% cash back
|Mark Hedtke
|Been a member for many years and have been the recipient of many great money saving deals during that time. Yes I know about the 3month free offers and thought the same way so I have let my membership lapse every once in a while and then resign up on occasion. Never the less, no one reads these comments anyway so when I thought about a fair solution, I felt that this would be fair for everyone. First base discounts to memberships upon reaching certain sales thresholds by each customer. I mean realistic ones where after being a member for a year a customer would get let's say a free month if they sign up for another year (an incentive to remain a member) and if say you as a customer spend $2000 in a year you would receive an additional month membership free as well and possibly if you remained at that purchasing level every year, you would get another month free off your membership each year there after, until a maximum where your membership would then be free. This obviously creates a customer loyalty unmatched in the industry! Maybe the CEO and board of directors should consider this suggestion as a solution to your frustration about membership fees!
|I have a yearly membership, for a number of years and get annoyed when I see in the paper where you Offer three months membership for free. Not sure if I will rejoin come February Unless you extend my membership three months for free.
|Patrick Olsen
|Seeing that I have several members of my family living in close proximity, we all go shopping and really do get some fantastic bargain deals..I have saved well over a thousand dollars the last three months compared to another grocery store like Stop & Shop which is the dominant Grocery chain in the North East
About BJs Club BJ's Wholesale Club first introduced the warehouse club concept to the northeastern U.S. in 1984. Since then they've expanded, moving north to Maine, south to Florida and as far west as Ohio. Today, they operate over 200 Clubs in 15 states. In-Club and online, BJ's offers Members a huge selection of the very best products for home and business — from groceries, cleaning supplies and health & beauty to home goods, computers, electronics and more — at incredibly low prices every day. BJs.com offers more ways to save. Members can save on thousands of superior products not found in any club, many with shipping included. Or they can click on BJ's Services and access exclusive discounts on new vehicles, home improvements, family travel and other big-ticket items. These are just a few of the many ways their Members can save every day. But don't take their word for it. Please download a Pass and visit a Club near you today. Then see for yourself just how much you could save with a BJ's Membership.
Share a BJs Club deal


text:
Antique fun auctions always amass a lot of interest. Collectors of antique guns are often avid historians with more interest in the historical relevance of the items than their power or ability to kill. Of all the antiques you could collect, you could not find anything with anymore historical relevance than firearms. That is why they are so fun and exciting to collect. Our Antique gun auctions are very popular either as part of our regular Essex auctions or specialist sales.
Researching antique guns
- If you are interested in collecting antique guns or think you may have one that could be worth something at an auction, you must start by doing your research.
- You cannot understand the real importance and value of one particular gun if don't understand the history behind the gun, and all antique guns have history!
- The first thing you need to read up on is general gun history. Learn about how the first guns were created and how they have evolved to the firearms that we know today.
This overview of the development of firearms will go a long way when it comes to identifying true antiques from those that are just a little old. Old does not necessarily mean antique.
How old do they have to be to appear at antique gun auctions?
In general, most collectors today consider guns made before the 20th century to be the true antiques. Anything created in the current century is not an antique, regardless of how old you think it looks.
Don't be surprised if you find yourself becoming quite interested in antique guns of a particular time period of style. This is how most collectors begin. They love the historical relevance and soon have a growing collection.
The best way to gain a true understanding of antique guns is to look at them firsthand. Prior to making any purchases or determining whether the gun you have is a genuine antique it helps to visit museums to see what real antique firearms look like. This gives you some help identifying features and markings that can help you identify the real value of a specific gun.
Buying and selling antique guns in Essex
So, where do you go when you are ready to buy antique guns, or want to sell one? Your best bet is looking for local Essex based auctions. If you are lucky enough to find an auction house in your area, or within travelling distance, then find out whether they have any specialist auctions coming up that involve antique guns.
If you don't live in the Essex area, then an alternative is to look for online auctions and websites where you can look at and purchase real antique items, including a lot of guns. These sites give a much wider selection and many are updated on a daily basis. This makes it easy for you to bid within your budget and find guns that fit the time period that you are interested in exploring or collecting. All of our auctions take place online too so you don't need to miss out just because you don't live in Essex or can't make it along in person.
Just be careful of bidding wars which can easily break your budget on firearms that are not worth the war to begin with. Just because others are ferociously bidding up a storm over a gun doesn't mean it is highly valuable and you should jump in as well. That particular gun may have special meaning to someone or there may be rookie bidders who do not know the real value of the antique gun. There is also the problem that you aren't able to see or examine the gun prior to bidding.
You have to know the value of things on your own and then stick within your reasonable budget when you do want to bid on something. This is how you start your collection in a smart way that is fun and exciting with few disappointments.
Boningtons' militaria auctions are a good place to investigate antique guns.
To find out more about our current sales click here
To get in touch then please click here


text:
800 ISIS jihadis ready to unleash terror on home soil in the West if UK and allies don't lock them up, US officials warn
In a rare intervention from US officials, the UK has been warned to bring its homegrown jihadis to justice
SENIOR US officials have warned 800 ISIS jihadis will unleash terror across Britain and Europe if they are not locked up and put on trial.
The rare intervention from across the pond comes amid divisions in Westminster over what to do with Brit jihadis found abroad.
Justice Secretary David Gauke said yesterday that the UK could be powerless to stop 19-year-old ISIS bride Shamima Begum returning home after she was tracked down in Syria.
He said: "We can't make people stateless".
But his comments clashed with other senior members of the government including Home Secretary Sajid Javid insisted he would "not hesitate" to prevent the return of anyone who supported terrorist organisations.
Leave them at large and hope they don't find a way back.US Government Source
Security minister Ben Wallace also vowed that Britain would not assist Begum in returning home.
He said her "actions have consequences" and that British lives would not be risked trying to save her from the Syrian refugee camp she ran away to.
ISIS's days are numbered as coalition forces prepare to declare victory after years of struggling against the terror group.
most read in world news
But with US troops due to withdraw from Syria soon, there is increased concern from Washington that "time is running out" to prosecute fundamentalist fighters.
Most of the captured fighters are being held by US-backed Kurdish forces, who had demanded Britain and her allies take the jihadis off their hands.
US government officials told the Sunday Telegraph Britain's refusal to take back their homegrown terrorists was a policy of "leave them at large and hope they don't find a way back".
We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at email@example.com or call 0207 782 4368 . You can WhatsApp us on 07810 791 502. We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours.


text:
Male Vs Female Facial Rejuvenation
Dr Ayham Al-Ayoubi outlines the differences between male and female facial anatomy, and their relevance to aesthetic rejuvenation procedures.
There is a steady increase in the number of male patients looking for non-surgical aesthetic rejuvenation treatments.
The reason for that is an accelerating social acceptability of such procedures as well as evolving desire for men to appear more youthful and, consequently, competitive and successful in the workplace.
The majority of patients in aesthetic practice are still female meaning that practitioners are remaining less familiar with the male aesthetic peculiarity, leading to sub-standard or inappropriate treatments.
Dr Ayham Al-Ayoubi explains that comprehension of sexual dimorphism is crucial to develop the skills required to provide excellent aesthetic rejuvenation treatments to both men and women.
The Forehead
The forehead is one of the most critical areas for rejuvenation where the differences are notable between the sexes.
This skeletal difference outlines three essential sexually-defining features; the prominent glabella and supraorbital bossing, the skeletal structure that influences the overlying soft tissues, and thereby the position of the eyebrows.
The male eyebrow is flat and rests on the supraorbital ridge, whereas the female brow starts medially in the same position, but arches superiorly at an angle of between 10 and 20 degrees with the tail higher to the head.
Dr Ayham Al-Ayoubi reminds that the goal of medical aesthetics is to revive juvenile and, most importantly, natural appearance.
The techniques applied to a female patient, such as forehead revolumisation or brow lifting may result in a feminised and unnatural appearance if used injudiciously on a male patient.
When approaching the male forehead, it is important to elevate a ptotic brow with neuromodulation and fillers if required, but aim to lift no more than the supraorbital ridge.
An extensively bossed forehead is a sign of volume loss and requires correction; nonetheless a small element of bossing should prevail corresponding to a natural contour.
Meanwhile, the female brows are more responsive to lifting techniques, and the forehead should be revolumised, to achieve a smooth and natural looking convexity to the hairline.
The Cheek
The cheek is an extensively covered area in medical literature with particular emphasis on female contour and the female rejuvenation process; yet very little is said of the male cheek.
Overlying soft tissue contours are in charge of the characteristic differences in surface silhouettes between the male and female cheek.
The ideal female cheek is thought to be rounder and fuller while a male cheek is flatter and more angular.
Two studies using MRI showed that the male face has a thinner layer of subcutaneous fat in the cheek, with the uniform distribution of fat.
Female cheek has a thicker fat compartment in the medial area as compared to the lateral area, with a ratio of 1.5 to 1 explaining the rounder and fatter shape of the female cheek.
Dr Ayham Al-Ayoubi notes that anatomic approach to a natural rejuvenation should respect the relative anatomy. Consequently, for a male, the subcutaneous should be filled uniformly, replacing the lost volume and maintaining the flatter and sharp cheek contour.
For a female the volume of product used should range, with larger placement medially to mimic the naturally slightly-thicker fat in the area and produce more feminine and rounded look.
The Jawline and Chin
The consensus of what constitutes an attractive jaw line in both males and females tends to vary with ethnicity, and in today's multicultural society, the practitioner must not just be aware of the local norms, but also be open to a broad range of expectations from treatment.
The male chin is larger than a female chin, with a more widely-set trigon. The underlying anatomy matches the Hollywood ideal of a male having a wide, sharply-defined jaw, sharply angled and with wide flat chin.
The female counterpart has a narrower, softer chin, gently sloping from auricle to a narrower, more pointed chin.
Both masculinization and feminization techniques to the jawline and chin can be employed using toxins to narrow down the masseter or curve a chin, and fillers to widen a jawline, increase definition, add a sharper angle or flatten and enlarge a chin.
Perioral area
Perioral rejuvenation is a very common request amongst women due to more severe perioral wrinkling, which may require resurfacing treatments in addition to toxins and fillers.
The male skin is thought to be thicker and more seborrheic, with thinner underlying fat and greater vascularity.
In addition to that female orbicular oris attaches 1.5 times closer to the skin, which provides reasonable explanation for the greater tendency to smoker's lines in females.
It is common to address a female perioral case with toxins, fillers and CO2 pulsed laser.
Dr Ayham Al-Ayoubi: A similar approach to the male perioral area may result in a feminisation of the skin and should be performed with caution.
Medical aesthetics is still a relatively new and developing field of medicine. Non-surgical techniques for female face, are not the same as for the typical male patient.
A recognition of the distinct anatomical characteristics, as well as the expectations for treatment, will, assist in providing the best treatment outcomes for male and female cases.


text:
Lectures are an important part of undergraduate courses. They provide an excellent framework for further study. Making notes can help you to concentrate on the lecture.Lecture recordings can be a helpful study tool, especially for revision: see Using lecture recordings for how to make the most of them.
Second-year Psychology
View Veronika's student perspective
A typical lecture gives you a broad overview of the topic that you then have to read up about in more detail later on by yourself.
And usually they'll have lecture slides and you can access them on the internet later on if you want to revisit the material - or recently they've started to do Sounds Direct, which will be on Study Direct [now Canvas], which is really useful for revision.
And just if you miss a lecture or anything like that it's good to be able to hear it again.
Third-year Physics with Management
View Seb's student perspective
It depends really, sometimes lecturers are kind enough to put all their lecture notes, all their slides, everything on Study Direct [now Canvas]. Sometimes they don't, so what I do, if those lecture notes are available I print them off and I make notes while the lecturer goes through them.
However, sometimes I just have to take notes and because in Physics they write everything on the board, so you just need to copy it down from the board.
In management note taking is very important because lecturers like to talk about their own experience because they mainly come from industry, so they're not the biggest fans of writing everything on the board. So they just talk away and you have to learn to write down the key points they make.
Sometimes they do put slide shows on the web, which is helpful but it's not enough - to write essays you really have to listen to what they say.
In a lecture, you should switch your phone to silent and do not talk. Only use your devices for making and viewing notes - or as directed by the lecturer. If you wish to record the lecture, ask permission first. Many lecturers record their lectures and make them available to you anyway.
Alternatively, you could use a digital note-making tool like OneNote or Evernote. These tools allow you to tag your notes with key terms, making them easily searchable.
5. Do not attempt to write everything down. It is unnecessary to reproduce the contents of a lecture exactly. Your notes should be an interpretation of the material. Try to capture the logic of the argument or key points of information. Use headings and sub-headings in your notes to make this clear. Lecturers often provide guidance about the structure and format of their lecture. Listen for phrases such as 'there are three key reasons for x' or 'it is essential to note that y'.
6. Note questions and points you do not understand. Follow these up through individual research, in a tutorial or during your tutor's office hours.
7. Include details so that your notes will make sense to you when you read them. Write specific examples that will help you remember key points and label graphs, tables or charts.
8. Don't leave early. During the last 10 minutes or so, the lecturer may helpfully repeat points, draw conclusions and summarise material.
• Have I accurately recorded all main points?
• How were these developed?
• How do they relate to each other?
• Which issues were clarified?
• What will be discussed in the next tutorial/seminar?
• Can I summarise the material in one paragraph?
• Do I have further questions to discuss in class?
2. Reflect on your notes. Lectures are often a one-way process, so discussing your notes with other students will help you to understand them more fully.
3. Avoid recopying your notes. This wastes time; it's best to make good notes in the first place. However, if you take handwritten notes, itcan be useful to type them up. During the process, you can reflect on the lecture and reinforce what you've learnt while organising your notes in a structured way. You could use tools such as Word, Google Docs, OneNote or Evernote.