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As we all know printer ink cartridges and women's tennis are the biggest rip offs on the planet and plastic kettles and lap top adapter cables the most feebly made products on the planet. One little bend or twist on that molded computer plastic cable, or your kettle slightly over boils or gets bumped or splashed, and both are sparking away like cheap Bonfire Night. But the cheap design, of course, is deliberate so to make you keep buying both plastic kettles and branded lap top cables for ever more. If you buy a generic brand of either on Amazon then don't expect them not to last at all. I have bought more kettles than bags of tea! The old metal kettles your mum and granny had with the little whistle on the end lasted forever, of course. I can't contemplate companies in the older days full of pride in their stuff making things not to last.
The main reason cheap plastic kettles burn out is because we don't uses them wisely. We put just enough water in every time for one or two cups as we want our cuppa fast. If we sensibly fill the kettle up to its full liter or so we are twiddling our thumbs and meanwhile the commercial break has ended and Channel 4s 'The Jump' has re-started. Not that you would want to rush back to that. Baring in mind we aren't that patient with kettles I do think manufacturers should address that. But they know if the kettles break easy we will just keep buying them and just keep breaking them, why they are so cheapo in supermarkets and shops.
The Swan SK is your bog standard white plastic kettle. It retails for just over a tenner and stands a foot tall. It's a cordless design weighing in nearly 2 KGs full up and a flip to lid to fill it to its 1.7 liter capacity, which locks neatly. Make sure it is locked or hot water could spill out on your hand if you overfill it. It has the water gauge, of course, but one that doesn't show how close the water is to the top of the filament. It needs to be covered to prolong the life of the kettle, similar to uncovering the nuclear core in a reactor and getting a meltdown. The automatic cut off is standard although if that lid is slightly ajar folks it may well keep boiling away to its hearts content, your kitchen soon the rain forests of Borneo.
A cordless kettle doesn't mean it has no chord, the electricity somehow transmitted through the air. It means it has a removable base that works when the electricity travels to the element inside the kettle through the base plug, heating the water that way. The problem with these kettles is that if any splash water gets on the exposed plug service to often it rust and corrodes. Inside the kettle the steam heats up a Bimetallic Strip which is made up of two different strips of metal, which bends because one of the metals expands faster than the other, this breaks the circuit, and the electricity doesn't get through the element until the bimetallic strip has cooled down, again like nuclear fusion. This stops the water electrifying, why the kettle is plastic for back up safety. You won't find many cordless metal conductor kettles. Water and the electricity current must be kept apart in all aspects of the kettle. I do prefer the non cordless kettle because the base rarely sits snug with the kettle and with along chord you can put the kettle in different place in your kitchen and nearer plug points. In my experience cordless base kettles just don't last as long because the elements are exposed more to water and that corrosion.
On the whole I have had it six months and it's still working, which puts it in the top five I have ever had for longevity. I still fill it up just over the Plimsoll Line and it takes about 90 seconds to boil. We are in a fairly hard water area so there is lime scale in there, mineral deposits that make the water hard, of course. There is a filter on the kettle to keep the flakes out of your PG and so no worries there. Always a good idea to gently chip some of it from the filament when it builds up as that stuff slows the boil. A good swill out and boil will do the trick. You don't need all those 'poncy' Brit water filters though as tap water is nearly always cleaner than expensive bottled water. Don't get me started on the fools who think bottled water is worth the money.
Item: Swan Cordless Electric Kettle
I seemed to go through a phase of getting through kettles like nobody's business for a few years and we certainly get through a few at the holiday cottage. However, my home problems were solved when I bought a Swan Kettle using a voucher from Littlewoods.
My kettle arrived nice and fast, well packaged in a quality box. Unwrapping it quickly I did wonder at my colour choice. My kettle is what I would describe as "Buttermilk" colour and I think that might be how it was described when I chose it. Anyway, living in a rural setting I did and do not want the bright fashionable colours that go so well in contemporary urban kitchens and I think that limited my colour choice. I no longer think about the colour and indeed, it is a change from plain white and does go with absolutely anything.
As recommended I filled up the kettle and boiled it discarding the first boil. Ah well it gave the sink drain a good clean through with boiling water.
The Swan kettle is a nice handy sized jug kettle, not a huge beast, but large enough that it holds 1.7 litres of water for prompt boiling.
Left and Right:
The cordless design is particularly handy for left-handed people as it does not matter whereabouts on the disc you set the kettle down. Featuring a clear Perspex (or similar material) window on both sides means that it is easy to view the amount of water in the kettle regardless of which hand you are using. Furthermore the handle is a stylish oriental looking curved design that is nice to hold in either hand and easy to grip and pour with. Having a sturdy rocker switch on the top of the thumb handle also ensures both handed user friendliness. The switch is solidly built and there is no doubt whether it is off or on despite the lack of text or icons as the kettle soon roars into life when it is switched on.
The kettle is easy to fill either by placing the pouring lip under the tap or by opening the lid using the easy to operate release catch incorporated in the lid that can be used with the hand holding the kettle or the other hand. The catch automatically returns to position every time and the lid is easy to close and we have never left it open in error.
Swan Power:
The Swan kettle is quite noisy in use and as it rumbles to the boil prior to switching itself off I can hear it in the shower from the bathroom next door through a two foot thick solid wall! However, as we have just started using our "caravan" kettle at home I miss the noise and drama of the old kettle, at least there is no doubt that it is operating and there is an audible click as it switches off and all goes quiet.
Packing 2300W the kettle is a fast boiler and efficient to use regardless of how much or little water is being boiled. Most of the time I boil about 1.5 litres for the teapot and then sometimes a little bit more for a top up.
The concealed element design is wonderful and is certainly what I know seek in a kettle. The entire jug of the kettle is given over to hold water to boil, making it efficient and easy to use and clean. Indeed as the element does not come into contact with the water (there is just a stainless steel plate at the bottom) there is no problem of the element scaling up and losing power or getting lime scale stuck on or under it. A much better design that I know is not unique to Swan(!)
The disc the kettle sits on has a raised aperture for the kettle to meet in order to operate and it is very easy to line up and use, the electric cable is about 30cm long and has proven perfect for kitchen worktop use.
One Negative:
The only fault we could find with the kettle in the early years of its life was that the internal filter would silt up and was tricky to remove and replace for cleaning, whilst the addition of the filter ensured a real quality cup of tea, the replacing issue meant that sometimes it would fall out, so after about twenty months we did away with it, yes some lime-scale gets into the tea and coffee but it ensures the kettle remains efficient to use.
Both the kettle and the disc are quick and easy to clean requiring only a wipe down when washing up and an occasional spritz with a spray such as Flash to bring it up a treat. Our kettle is now very old - probably a pensioner in kettle terms and it has now acquired a few little nicks and scratches in the paintwork as well as a little lime-scale build up inside.
Several Years Later:
I have been very happy with my bargain Swan SK1337 Kettle, however it is time to designate it "spare kettle" for about 8 months now there has been a little leakage from somewhere, this has increased in recent weeks and we have discovered a visible crack in both of the clear windows.
Price and Availability:
As mentioned I used a voucher to buy mine and I think it was priced at around £25.00. A quick look on-line shows them starting at around £15.35 and they can also be bought at a discount as part of a Kettle Toaster set. From many on-line outlets new and used.
I would highly recommend this kettle, however, I plan to buy the Which best buy next time, but don't be surprised of an update in 6 months time saying I bought another one! They are reasonably priced, reasonably stylish and work like a train and sound like one too! Colour choices may be limited depending on where you buy but there are quite a few to choose from to suit any decor.
Stars 5/5
Thank you for reading my review and please consider the Swan SK1337.


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Nope. What you describe sounds like a software issue, and more specifically probably some kind of malware issue. If you put in a SSD, you'd have the same problems unless you reinstalled the OS from scratch on the SSD.
So you may as well just save yourself some money and reinstall on the HDD if you're prepared to go that far.
I'm definitely not a computer person, though i can navigate around one fairly well. I'm far more familiar with Apple but since mine died I haven't been able to afford one yet, thus I've been using a hand-me-down HP Compaq nx 7400.
It started off alright, all I use it for is surfing the web, Microsoft Word, and iTunes, but for the last few months it's been running extremely slow. The fan runs like mad, especially when I'm watching something on Netflix, and when I boot it back up or wake it up from hibernation a black screen appears with a loading bar and instructions that go something like, "Press F11 to emergency start"
My brother mentioned a Solid State Drive might help. I was wondering if anyone has any advice on this because they aren't cheap, but neither are new laptops.
Any ideas on whether a SSD will help my computer run a little faster and not act up as much?
I appreciate any input!

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1.William Mitchell m. Jane Ferguson; Inspector of Barricks; moved to Pine Hill, Belfast; 13 children
2.Alexander Mitchell (1780-1868) the famous blind engineer of Belfast; 8th son; m. Mary Banks; brick manufacturer and inventor of screw pile and screw propeller; cousin of George Mitchell.
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4.Henry Burden, M.D. (1835-1893) m. Anne McCormac and had a large family.
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Tridandisvami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja Friday, 04 July 2003
Jume 25,2012 is the celebration of the divine festival of Hera Pancami. Please accept this lecture excerpted from Srila Gurudeva's book, The Origin of Ratha-yatra, chapter 7.
Your aspiring servants,
The harikatha team]
The difference between Vrndavana and Dvaraka
The meaning of Hera-pancami is as follows. On the fifth day of the Chariot Festival, Laksmi-devi becomes very worried and thinks, "Where has my husband gone? He told me, 'I am going for a change of environment for some days, and I will return very soon.' It has been five days now, and still He has not come back." Unable to tolerate this, she becomes very angry and gives orders to all her associates as though they had to fight with the enemy: "Take up your weapons!" Then she becomes the commander-in-chief of her "army," and goes to "attack" her husband.
During the Ratha-yatra Festival, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to taste the mellows of Hera-pancami. In early morning He went to Sundaracala along with His associates and took darsana of Jagannatha, Baladeva, and Subhadra in the Gundica Mandira.
Whenever He went to Jagannatha's temple, He used to see Jagannatha as Krsna, Vrajendra-nandana Syamasundara, with a peacock feather in His crown, a flute in His hands, with very beautiful lotus eyes, and with all the other attributes of Krsna when He is with the gopis in Vrndavana. Mahaprabhu never saw Baladeva, Subhadra, or Sudarsana cakra, because Krsna never carries Sudarsana in Vrndavana. Mahaprabhu never prayed to Baladeva or to Subhadra in the temple. He saw them both during the Chariot Festival, but otherwise He saw only Jagannatha. This was all very wonderful.
Jagannatha had gone to Sundaracala (which represents Vrndavana) from His temple in Nilacala (which represents Dvaraka) and, on the evening of the fifth day, Laksmi arrived at Sundaracala with all her associates. [See Endote 1] She was decorated with many precious ornaments made of gold and jewels, and she wore very beautiful and opulent garments. The previous day, Kasi Misra, who was the guru of King Prataparudra, had advised the King, "Bring Laksmi-devi very valuable gold and jeweled ornaments, and decorate her with them. Make such a beautiful festival for her that everyone will be struck with wonder. They should think they have never seen anything like this before. Caitanya Mahaprabhu wants to taste all the mellows of this festival." Accordingly, Laksmi was decorated with gold and jeweled ornaments, opulent garments, and other paraphernalia.
At the Simha-dvara (lion gate) in front of the Jagannatha Temple, Kasi Misra gave very beautiful seats to Mahaprabhu and His associates such as Srivasa Pandita, Sri Svarupa Damodara, and Sri Raya Ramananda. Soon after they were seated, Laksmi arrived with all her associates and opulence, as if she was coming to attack Jagannatha. First she "attacked" Jagannatha's associates, who were actually Mahaprabhu's associates, like Sikhi Mahiti, Vakresvara Pandita, and so on, and then she tied them up and bound them like prisoners. Her associates then punished them all by striking them with "whips" made of soft cloth, and she accused them, "Oh, you should admit your guilt and pay something. You have taken my husband. Where are you keeping Him? Bring Him here right now."
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was extremely happy to see this pastime and, tasting its mellows, He said, "I have heard that when Satyabhama used to exhibit mana, She would remove all Her golden ornaments. Then she would enter a dark, private room, put on dirty garments, scratch the ground with her nails, and weep continually. But here I see another kind of mana in Laksmi. She is like a commander-in-chief going to attack with many soldiers. I have never seen anything like this, nor have I ever even heard of such a thing."
Svarupa Damodara then explained that there are many kinds of mana, and that this mana of Dvaraka is very different from that of the gopis in Vrndavana. Mahaprabhu told Svarupa Damodara:
yadyapi jagannatha karena dvarakaya vihara
sahaja prakata kare parama udara
tathapi vatsara-madhye haya eka-bara
vrndavana dekhite tanra utkanha apara
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila 14.117–18)
["Although Lord Jagannatha enjoys His pastimes in Dvaraka-dhama and naturally manifests sublime liberality there, still, once a year He becomes unlimitedly eager to see Vrndavana."]
Why did Krsna leave Vrndavana? Ultimately He did so to please and pacify the gopis. It is said that He leaves Vrndavana and comes to Mathura and Dvaraka because He cannot forget the devotees there – or anywhere else. He must support and nourish them. The next question would then be: after leaving why did He not return, at least for a visit. One answer is that there is no fort in Vrndavana. If Krsna had returned to Vrndavana, and Jarasandha had come to know that He was really the son of Nanda and Yasoda rather than that of Vasudeva and Devaki, Jarasandha would have attacked Vrndavana and it would have been ruined. Nanda Baba was a cowherd, a gopa, not a warrior, and there were no soldiers in Vrndavana. Jarasandha would therefore have destroyed all of Vrndavana and then imprisoned Yasoda and Nanda Baba, as Kamsa had imprisoned Vasudeva and Devaki.
This is a reason, but it is external. Someone may say, "At least Krsna should go to Vrndavana from time to time, and then He should return quickly." But Krsna has so many enemies, and all of them would come to know that He has many friends in Vrndavana. They would think, "They should be attacked, and they should be finished." This is another reason He did not return there, but it is also external.
Someone may say, "Krsna was able to take all His associates of Mathurapuri to Dvaraka in one night, in just a minute. He had abundant grand palaces built there, not only for each of His queens, but also for all His associates such as Akrura and Uddhava, as well as for Vasudeva and Devaki. There were so many thousands and millions of Mathuravasis. They went to sleep in Mathura, and in the morning they saw that they were in Dvaraka. This was very wonderful, and it shows that Krsna can do anything He likes. Similarly, in one night He can take to Dvaraka all His associates from Vrndavana, such as Radhika, Lalita, Visakha, and all the other sakhis, as well as all cowherd boys like Sridama, Stoka-krsna, Lavanga, and Arjuna. He can take His mother and father, Yasoda-maiya and Nanda Baba, and all the other Vrajavasis as well. Is there any harm in that? If all the Mathuravasis can be there, the Vrajavasis can be there as well."
But how will Vrnda-devi go there? Will Govardhana go there? This is a very confidential topic. There will be a conflict between aisvarya-bhava and madhurya-bhava. What will Krsna say? Will He say, "I am the son of Vasudeva and Devaki," or "I am the son of Nanda and Yasoda"? This contradiction of mellows would create a very difficult situation for Krsna. Will He play His flute? Will He wear His peacock feather there? Will He go cowherding with His friends in Dvaraka? Can He tell others, "I am the son of Nanda Baba and Yasoda"?
By the constitutional nature of aisvarya and madhurya, they cannot exist together. If you become an actual madhyama adhikari and hear all these topics in good association, you will realize something about the meaning of aisvarya-bhava, and of the madhurya-bhava in Vrndavana. Then you can become one-pointed in your devotion to Vrajendra-nandana. Vrndavana cannot go to Dvaraka, and Dvaraka can never go to Vrndavana. They are opposites, and the attempt to combine them is called rasa-abhasa, contradiction of mellows.
You should know what is aisvarya and what is the constitutional nature of madhurya-rasa. In Dvaraka there is always opulence, and everyone there knows that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sometimes He is four-handed and He can do anything. He can bring a dead person back to life, and He Himself has no death and no birth.
In Vrndavana, on the other hand, there is always madhurya-bhava. Krsna has taken birth from the womb of Mother Yasoda, and He is quite helpless. As a baby, He cannot turn over without His mother's help. Sometimes He becomes angry, and He is always hungry. And when hungry, He steals butter from here and there.
And Krsna may tell lies. He will say, "Mother, when have I stolen butter? I never steal. You send Me cowherding with My friends very early in the morning. I run here and there with the cows all day long, and when I return from cowherding in the evening, being very tired I take My meal and then go to sleep. So when have I stolen this butter? I have never done it." Then, when He begins to weep, Mother Yasoda says, "Certainly You have stolen the butter." Continuing to weep, Krsna replies, "Perhaps I am not your son, and that is why you are accusing Me of stealing butter. That is why. Maybe I should go away and live somewhere else." Yasoda-maiya then begins to weep and her heart melts. She takes Krsna in her lap and says, "I know You have never stolen butter. You have never done so." Krsna then tells her, "I have done it, Mother. I have done it." Then both of them weep. This is the mood of madhurya. Mother Yasoda ties Krsna to a mortar. How would she be able to do this if she knew that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead?
There is one point to note here. In Vrndavana, even if there is a manifestation of opulence, it does not disturb madhurya-bhava. There may be opulence, but the pastimes of Krsna still remain nara-vat, like those of a human boy. His pastimes there do not go beyond the human level. For example, Putana came and lifted Krsna in her arms and said, "My dear boy, my dear boy," although she wanted to poison Him. He closed His eyes as if He were afraid of her, and did nothing more than simply suck the milk from her breast. How could He help it if she died? He never showed any large or wondrous form. He was like a child, a boy of only three months – but still she was killed. Although killing Putana was an act of the utmost spiritual opulence, it still remains a human-like pastime.
Before this pastime took place, Kamsa was engaged in conquering the world, and at one point he engaged in a ferocious battle with Putana. Putana was just about to defeat him in the battle, but Kamsa was an expert politician, so he told her, "Now I accept you as my sister. You can help me, and I will help you." In this way they made an alliance. So Putana was very, very powerful; it would be extremely difficult to kill a demon like her, since even Kamsa could not defeat her. That is why Krsna's killing her is an example of His opulence.
Also, Krsna lifted Govardhana and held him aloft for seven days on His finger, as an elephant would lift a lotus flower with its trunk. A man cannot do this, but Krsna did it; and He was smiling and sometimes playing His flute. He was in a dancing mood, in a threefold-bending position. All the cowherd boys held up their sticks and touched Govardhana, saying, "Oh, don't fall – stay up there!" They were all thinking that they had lifted Govardhana. At the same time, Nanda Maharaja, who was a very exalted devotee of Narayana, prayed, "O Narayana, please do not allow this mountain to fall down." And what can be said of the gopis? They are the very potency of Krsna Himself. Radhika looked strongly at Govardhana with a piercing sidelong glance and told him, "If you drop down, you will be burnt to ashes. You should remain aloft within My vision." From everyone's point of view, Krsna was not doing anything.
In this way, although lifting Govardhana was a very great opulence, Krsna did not assume a large or four-armed form. Whether there is opulence or no opulence, His pastimes are called madhurya if they are human-like. In Vrndavana, Krsna is the friend of all the gopas, He is the beloved of all the young gopis, and He is the son of all the elder gopis.
This atmosphere cannot exist in Dvaraka. There is only opulence there, and sometimes Krsna may assume a four-handed form or a universal form. He is bound to say, "I am the son of Vasudeva and Devaki." He must. He will have to say, "I am a ksatriya," whereas in Vrndavana He thinks, "I am a gopa." How would He be able to reconcile this if all the gopis and gopas were to come to Dvaraka? The situation would be against the principle of rasa.
The Vrndavana mood will never come to Dvaraka. In Vrndavana, Krsna can carry His flute and wear a peacock feather, and He can manifest His beautiful threefold-bending form as manmatha-manmathah, the enchanter of Cupid. But He cannot do this in Dvaraka, nor can He perform rasa-lila there. What would all His queens think if He were to engage in rasa with the gopis on the shore of the ocean in Dvaraka? Thus, the gopis will never go to Dvaraka, and Krsna also never goes there in His original and complete feature. He goes there in another form, and that form is His manifestation. He will be Vasudeva there, for Krsna Himself cannot give up being Vrajendra-nandana Syamasundara. He cannot give up Vrndavana, even for a moment. Vrndavanam parityajya padam ekam na gacchati: Krsna never goes even a step outside Vrndavana.
Srila Jiva Gosvami and Srila Rupa Gosvami have quoted the Puranas to show that in Krsna's last days, just after He defeated and killed Dantavakra, He left Dvaraka and went to Gokula, where He met all the Vrajavasis. Weeping bitterly, He embraced them all, and then He began playing with all the gopis and gopas. Then, some days later, He went to Goloka Vrndavana and took with Him His associates such as Nanda Baba, Yasoda, all the mothers, all the sakhis, all the sakhas, and also His Vrndavana-bhumi. Vrajendranandana Syamasundara thus entered His aprakata-lila (unmanifest pastimes), while He simultaneously returned to Dvaraka in His form as Vasudeva-Krsna. These are very secret truths.
Similarly, Jagannatha-deva comes to Vrndavana once a year. His queen, Vimala-devi (i.e. Laksmi-devi), represents Satyabhama, Rukmini, and all the other queens in Dvaraka. Jagannatha lives in Dvaraka for the entire year, but once a year He wants to go to Vrndavana, and He plays a trick in order to go there.
vrndavana-sama ei upavana-gana
taha dekhibare utkanthita haya mana
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila 14.119)
['Externally, Jagannatha gives the excuse that He wants to participate in the Ratha-yatra Festival, but actually He wants to leave Jagannatha Puri to go to Sundaracala, the Gundica Temple, a replica of Vrndavana."]
nana-puspodyane tatha khele ratri-dine
laksmidevire sange nahi laya ki karane?
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila 14.121)
["The Lord enjoys His pastimes day and night in various flower gardens there. But why does He not take Laksmi-devi, the goddess of fortune, with Him?"]
Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked Svarupa Damodara, "If Krsna is going to Sundaracala to play, why doesn't He take Laksmi-devi? He may take everyone with Him to Vrndavana. What's the harm in taking Laksmi-devi?" There is a reason behind Mahaprabhu's question: if Krsna were to take Laksmi, it would be against the principles of rasa.
Try to understand this subject, and then you will at once come to the stage of madhyama-adhikara. You cannot understand these topics through deity worship alone, even if you are always absorbed in worshiping the deities day and night – to understand them you must regularly hear high-class hari-katha. Harinama is the superior process, especially in Kali-yuga: harer nama, harer nama harer nama eva kevalam / kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha. There are always difficulties in deity worship. You cannot purchase paraphernalia for worship if you have no money, and if anyone steals your deities there will be a big problem. On the other hand, chanting harinama does not require any paraphernalia. Deity worship is especially essential for grhastha-bhaktas, but at the same time, you should not always remain on the level of kanistha-adhikara. Bhakti is like a current. You should gradually develop your devotion, even if you are worshiping deities, and then you may come in the proper line.
Mahaprabhu worshiped Giriraja, who was brought to Him by a devotee returning from Vrndavana. He worshiped both a gunja-mala and a govardhana-sila, but He was bathing the sila with His own tears, keeping Him sometimes on His head or heart, and sometimes on His eyes. Then, after six years, He gave them to Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and told him to perform the daily worship by offering only one earthen pot full of water and eight manjaris (tulasi buds) with very soft leaves. While Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami was worshiping them, he was thinking that the gunja-mala is Radhika, and Giriraja is Nandanandana, Vrajendra-nandana Syamasundara. He was thinking that He was serving Them personally.
We should try to come to the level of madhyama-adhikara and realize all these truths. A kanistha-adhikari will not understand, so try to enter madhyama-adhikara and keep high-class association. This is the only process. Reading books will not be sufficient. They can never help you completely because the lock and key to understanding them is in the hands of the pure, self realized devotees. The pure devotees can open the lock, and then you can realize these topics.
yaha bhagavata pada vaisnavera sthane
ekanta asraya kara caitanya-carane
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Antya-lila 5.131)
["If you want to understand Srimad-Bhagavatam, You must approach a self-realized Vaisnava and hear from him. You can do this when you have completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu."]
Mahaprabhu had asked Sri Svarupa Damodara why Krsna did not take Laksmi-devi with Him to Sundaracala; what harm would there be in that? Svarupa Damodara replied to Mahaprabhu's inquiry:
["Svarupa Damodara replied, 'My dear Lord, please hear the reason for this. Laksmi-devi, the goddess of fortune, does not have the proper qualifications to enter the Vrndavana pleasure-pastimes.'"]
Laksmi-de- vi in Baelvana
Laksmi-devi is not qualified to enter Vrndavana. There are eight prominent queens in Dvaraka, headed by Satyabhama and Rukmini, and 16,100 others as well. These eight are special, but none of them is qualified to go to Vrndavana. First they will have to take birth from the wombs of gopis, marry gopas, and then cheat their husbands and become Krsna's paramours, as all the gopis are. They will have to give up their husbands and everything else. They will be able to serve Krsna in Vrndavana if they are under the guidance of the gopis; otherwise such service will not be possible. Laksmi-devi could not enter Vrndavana, even though she performed severe austerities in Baelvana. She wanted to cross the River Yamuna and see the rasa-lila, but she could not.
Yogamaya is greater than Laksmi, and she can control everyone. When she saw Laksmi's austerities, she approached her and said, "You are a chaste lady, a brahmani, married to Narayana. Can you give up your husband and marry somebody else – a gopa?"
Laksmi replied, "I cannot do it. How is it possible?"
Yogamaya said, "Can you make cow dung paddies?"
Laksmi replied, "Oh, I cannot do that. I don't know how."
Yogamaya asked, "Can you milk cows?"
Laksmi replied, "I have never done it before."
Then Yogamaya told her, "You cannot go to Vrndavana, because you are not qualified. First you would have to take birth from a gopi's womb, associate with the gopis, and try to follow them. You would have to marry a gopa like Durmukha, Durmada, Abhimanyu, or Govardhana Malla. Then, when you have given up that husband, you would be able to go to Krsna and make Him your beloved. This is the only process."
In one kalpa it was Yogamaya who questioned Laksmi-devi, and in another it was Krsna Himself, but both of them had to tell her the same conclusion: she is unfit for this rasa.
Svarupa Damodara continued:
vrndavana-lilaya krsnera sahaya gopi-gana
gopi-gana vina krsnera harite nare mana
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila 14.123)
["In the pastimes of Vrndavana, the only assistants are the gopis. But for the gopis, no one can attract the mind of Krsna."]
Was Svarupa Damodara telling a lie? The gopas are also there in Vrndavana, but he did not mention them. Rather, he said that no one but the gopis can control and steal away Krsna's heart, and Krsna Himself has confirmed this by His statement in Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.32.22):
na paraye 'ham niravadya-samyujam
sva-sadhu-kr- tyam vibudhayusapi vah
ya mabhajan durjaya-geha-srnkhalah
samvrscy- a tad vah pratiyatu sadhuna
["When the gopis were overwhelmed with dissatisfaction due to Lord Krsna's absence from the rasa-lila, Krsna returned to them and told them:] My dear gopis, our meeting is certainly free of all material contamination. I must admit that in many lives it would be impossible for Me to repay My debt to you because you have cut off the bondage of family life just to search for Me. Consequently I am unable to repay you. Therefore please be satisfied with your honest activities in this regard."]
Krsna has said this only to the gopis; He has not said it to anyone else. It is stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.32):
aho bhagyam aho bhagyam
y- an-mitram paramanandam
purnam brahma sanatanam
["How greatly fortunate are Nanda Maharaja, the cowherd men, and all the other inhabitants of Vraja-bhumi! There is no limit to their good fortune because the Absolute Truth, the source of transcendental bliss, the eternal Supreme Brahman, has become their friend."]
One can serve Krsna in a male form, as a gopa. Nanda Baba can serve Krsna as His father, and Gargacarya, Bhaguri Muni, or Sandilya Rsi can come to Him as guru and offer Him blessings. Others, such as Sudama, Subala, Madhumangala, and of course Baladeva Prabhu, can also serve Krsna in a male form. However, no one in a male form can serve Srimati Radhika. Especially, no male can go to that place where Krsna is engaged in pastimes with Radhika and the gopis. Some friends, such as Subala Sakha, Madhumangala, Kokila, Bhrnga, and other priya-narma-sakhas who have some mood of mahabhava, can approach and help somewhat from a little distance, but they cannot enter the kunjas. On the other hand, all the gopis can go there.
It is for this reason that Svarupa Damodara especially mentioned the gopis. He said that no one but the gopis can go there. Even Mother Yasoda cannot go there. She has some idea what Krsna is doing there [See Endnote 2] but she cannot go. Mother Rohini also knows somewhat, but she cannot go there either. She will remain very far away and, like Mother Yasoda, pretend not to know anything. Mother Yasoda does not know that Krsna meets with the gopis and engages in amorous pastimes throughout the night. In the morning, when she sees Krsna with many marks on His body, she thinks, "Oh, all these naughty boys were playing with Krsna, and they have made scratch marks on Him."
If you want to serve Krsna fully, you must follow the process given by Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami. You should hear and learn all the topics discussed in Rupa-siksa, Sanatana-siksa, [See footnote 3] especially in Ramanandasamvada, and still more than that, here in Ratha-yatra-prasanga, the topics of Ratha-yatra. Everything is very clear here. The essence of the teachings that Mahaprabhu gave to Rupa Gosvami in Prayaga, the essence of what Rupa Gosvami wrote in Ujjvalanilamani – the essence of everything – is all here.
This subject matter is like very sweet honey in a bottle, but the cork is very tight. Bees can fly around the bottle, and they can lick the glass, but they cannot taste the honey. If you follow the process, the seed of pure bhakti can be placed in your heart properly, and you will enter the line of Rupa and Raghunatha and realize something. This is our objective. Otherwise, if you do not follow the process, your chanting and remembering and your performance of the other types of the ninefold bhakti process will not take you to Vrndavana.
If you are serving Jagannatha in the mood of the residents of Dvaraka, and not following the gopis, do not be disturbed by what I am saying. First become madhyama-adhikari, otherwise you will give up the worship of Jagannatha, Baladeva, Subhadra, and Gaura-Nityananda prematurely. Don't do anything rashly. First try to know all these truths, come to the stage of a madhyama-adhikari, and then you can be one-pointed in your devotion to Krsna. You cannot be one-pointed at your present stage. However, if you hear continually in good association, you will quickly realize what is helpful and what is not. At present you are not able to discriminate.
We should know what is bhavamayi, bhava-sambandhi, bhava-anukula, bhava-aviruddha, and bhava-pratikula You will not be able to understand this in a day, but this is our aim and objective. If you are in the line of Mahaprabhu, you should be in the line of Rupa and Raghunatha. Try to know all these established truths, and follow in their line. On the other hand, if you are not of this inclination, you can join the Ramanuja or Madhvacarya sampradayas, and chant and perform kirtana in their mood of opulence.
Again, Mahaprabhu is telling Svarupa Damodara:
prabhu kahe – yatra-chale krsnera gamana
subhadra ara baladeva, sange dui jana
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila 14.125)
["The Lord said, 'Using the Chariot Festival as an excuse, Krsna goes there with Subhadra and Baladeva.'"]
Krsna lives with His thousands of queens in Dvaraka, but sometimes His remembrance of Vrndavana is so strong that He cannot control Himself. At that time He tells his queens, represented by Laksmi-devi, "Now I am feeling sick. I want to go somewhere for a change of climate." Jagannatha is pretending. He is actually going to Vrndavana, but He does not tell His wife, Laksmi-devi. Laksmi replies, "You can go, but return very soon, and don't go alone," and Jagannatha agrees, "I will not go alone."
Baladeva is Jagannatha's brother, and Subhadra has great affection for the gopis; so He took them with Him in the chariot and went to the Gundica Mandira, which represents Vrndavana. He went to meet the gopas and gopis, Nanda Baba, and all His other associates of Vraja. He first went to Nanda-bhavana, and after meeting with His parents He left Baladeva and Subhadra there in Nandagaon and went alone to Vrndavana to play with the gopis.
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That's when he brought up Frocky Jack Morgan, the label created by Portland designer Julia Barbee. I think his exact words were "Now she's sustainable. She makes cool dresses out of, like, garbage or something!"
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Something like this?hahahahahaha...I read somewhere that they hold it around 10:30 or so at sailaway.
This is not from personal experience, but just from what I have read on these boards.
The Victory docks at pier 4 (I think) right across from Old San Juan.
I am not sure about boarding time, but people have mentioned that that boarded,
then got off the ship and did some sightseeing,
then re-boarded later in the day.
hahahahahaha...I read somewhere that they hold it around 10:30 or so at sailaway.Ours was just a few mins. before sailaway.
We were on the Victory in February and they postponed muster drill until the next day so as not to interrupt the game. They had the game on the big screen and in the bars. You will have a blast!We'll be sailing here two weeks before the superbowl so for the conference finals playoffs. Wonder if they will post pone the drill during that time as well. I mean c'mon this is the game that detrmines who going to the playoffs (lol). However, safety first so I won't be too upset. Actually, I have no worries not like the Detriot Lions will be playing. (hahaha)
These pictures are amazing.It's the lenses!
I am going to get a new camera soon, hopefully I can take pix as nice as these.
Thanks for all the pics Aplmac. ===> Velly velkom!You think you're excited now??
We are sailing Victory on May 20, 2009 from Barbados. ===> Where I live..
This is our first cruise and we are excited.
I love the fisheye lense.Bought mine Apr. 22nd. in St. Maarten at Boolchands on Front Street...cost me 599 !
I will have to get one before I cruise! ===> Wait til St.Maarten?
Bought mine Apr. 22nd. in St. Maarten at Boolchands on Front Street...cost me 599 !
Back home I checked the internet prices on the Nikkor 10.5 mm. fisheye for Nikon
and found anything like $900-700 --so I guess I didn't do too badly.
It's a neat little thing compared with the other wide-angle lens I've been using...the Sigma 10-20 mm.
Bear in mind that Sigma also makes fisheye's...
The one I had in mind when I walked into Boolchand's was the 10 mm. like so..
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Unanswered: ct_connect(): network packet layer: internal net library error
We moved the old server to a new data center. The old server was a physical server and the new server is a virtual server, but both are Solaris 5.9. The data was copied from the old to new, and the same mount points and directory paths exist.
But we are getting the below error in the new server.
CT-Library error:
Severity=0; number=4; origin=3; layer=5
ct_connect(): network packet layer: internal net library error: Net-lib protocol driver call to connect two endpoints failed
We have tried many ways to fix the issue. but nothing was working out.
I have run the same program in old and new server. It is working fine in the old server but it is throwing ct_connect error in the new server.
I have attaches the "truss" command output for the same program run in both old and new servers.
It would be great help if someone provide solution to fix the issue.
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Some general questions:
Is your dataserver running on the new host (ps -ef |grep dataserver)?
Does the interfaces file point to the correct host and port?
Can you telnet to the the dataserver host port?
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The only time that I have that error its when we change the port number and the applications were pointing to the wrong port number. sometimes it takes a while to apply the changes on the stations.


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I changed a couple of things. 1) I made the back out of 1 piece of 3/4" plywood for better strength 2) on the top left hand side instead of putting tools there---SEARS sells a tray that looks like a cash register drawer and I have different size screws in there. I put it in a drawer with full extensions hinges. The tray was only about $25.00 CDN
I built this a few years ago. It took awhile but it was well worth it. I store all my wood working supplies in it. I put my drill press on one end and planer on the other.
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Special interests include: interventional cardiology (angioplasty/stenting), and echocardiography.
Trained in Northern Ireland and in Boston USA. Based at Belfast City Hospital and participating in the acute myocardial infarction/ primary coronary stenting rota at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
Areas of interest
Percutaneous coronary intervention including diagnostic coronary angiography and coronary stenting.
Non-invasive cardiology diagnostic imaging including echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography, and stress testing.
Ambulatory ECG monitoring for diagnosis of arrhythmia. Treatment of arrhythmia.
Screening for cardiac disease.
Medical secretaries
- Isobel Richardson
- c/o Dr Geoff Richardson The Ulster Independent Clinic 245 Stranmillis Road BELFAST BT9 5JH
- 07867 901224
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Current NHS consultant posts held
Cardiology Department
Belfast City Hospital
Outcomes (self-reported)
My outcome data for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention is published in the Patient Area at ww.bcis.org.uk. This is the site for the British Cardiac Intervention Society which publishes outcome data for all cardiologists undertaking percutaneous coronary intervention.
Over 2012/ 2013 I performed stenting interventions on 405 patients. This includes both stable and acute patients with coronary attacks. Outcome data is recorded as MACCE complication rates. For my case mix the predicted MACCE rate was 2.1%. I was pleased to note that my MACCE outcome rate was actually better than this at 1.3%.
- Bachelor of Medicine Queen's University Belfast 1981
- Doctor Of Medicine Queen's University Belfast 1987
- MRCP (UK) Glasgow 1984
Professional bodies (positions held - last 3 yrs)
- FRCP London College 1997
Details of entry to specialist register
- Cardiology, 1996
Affiliations / memberships
British Cardiovascular Intervention Society
Royal Society of Medicine
Practice hours
Appt Bookings
- The Ulster Independent Clinic Ltd Stranmillis...
- Monday
- 14:00 - 17:00
- 028 9068 7444
- The Ulster Independent Clinic Ltd Stranmillis...
- Thursday
- 09:00 - 12:30
- 028 9068 7444
Post treatment communication
Following treatment of a Bupa member, I will communicate with GPs in line with Department of Health, GMC and appropriate professional bodies guidelines.
In the event of an urgent query following treatment, Bupa members should use the following contact details
Dr Geoff Richardson


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Technical Communication Today (5th Edition) by Richard Johnson-Sheehan-P2P
2014 | ISBN: 0321907981 | English | 656 pages | PDF | 40,21 MB
Technical Communication Today was written for introduction to technical communication or technical writing courses taught most often in English Departments. Technical Communication Today remains the only text to fully centralize the computer in the technical workplace, presenting how writers use computers throughout their communication process.
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|Island Spirit launches the first Electric Hybrid Charter Catamaran
Island Spirit Sail 380H
Island Spirit has partnered with Oceanvolt Co. Ltd of Finland to power up the Sail 380 with innovative green technology to introduce the Sail 380H, Electric Hybrid Sailing Catamaran. The Sail 380H is equipped with two 8Kw electric drives providing good motoring speed (5-6knots) as well as battery recharge under sail. With a 20Kw Lithium Ion battery bank the boat has a range of over 100 miles in moderate sea conditions without any recharge. For recharging the battery bank the boat has 1Kw of solar power and up to 5kw recharge capacity from the electric drives while under sail. Should there be a longer voyage and the batteries drop below 10%, the control system will automatically start the 11Kw DC generator to recharge the batteries and power the electric drives.
The entire Hybrid system is supplied by Oceanvolt Ltd. Oceanvolt Ltd is a Finnish company focused on producing electric motor and energy management systems for catamarans and sailboats. Each and every part of the system has been specifically designed for electrical use. Compared to combustion engines, these systems are silent, simple and reliable. The systems do not burn fuel or cause CO2 emissions. Each system manufactured in Finland is tested before shipment.
The initial Sail 380H, which is called, Apsara & Dragon and is owned by a resort on Koh Phangnan, The Apsara & Dragon School of Mystery. It will be used in the resort activities with clients and it will also will be placed into the Gulf Charters Thailand Charter fleet. You can charter this magnificent vessel in either Koh Chang or Koh Samui.History of the Island Spirit Catamarans
The Island Spirit brand was introduced into the United States and the Caribbean charter market in 1998, it instantly became a much sought after catamaran, mainly because of the revolutionary design which offered both optimal space and superior sailing performance. Over 55 Island Spirits have been built, 35 of which were sold in the United States between 1998 and 2006. To this day, Island Spirit multihulls are still extremely popular in the second-hand market.
The Island Spirit 37 was the first model launched in 1998 followed by the Island Spirit 400 in 2001. In 2003, Amanzi Marine redesigned and launched the Island Spirit 401. The Island Spirits have been awarded Top Ten Sail Magazine awards in 2001, 2003 and 2005. In 2003 the boat was also a nominee for boat of the year. In 2014, Island Spirit Catamarans updated its brand name to Island Spirit Multihulls to better reflect its broader selection of products. Island Spirit also moved production to Thailand to provide its customers with the most competitive pricing while maintaining its highest commitment to quality. Since opening the facility in Thailand, Island Spirit has delivered several of the new Island Spirit 380 Sailing Catamarans and the Island Spirit 390 power catamaran.
Background - Island Spirit Catamarans Thailand In 2005, Ron Patston, went sailing on a 55-ft catamaran in the Caribbean and found it enjoyable causing him to enroll in the Gulf Charters sailing school. After taking the course, Ron decided he wanted to buy a catamaran, but he couldn't afford a big Fontaine Pajot, Lagoon or something similar. He did some research and discovered the McGregor 36, which he could buy and ship to Thailand in a container, so he went back to America and bought two of them. Then one day while he was in Ocean Marina, Paul Reeves came over and suggested that Gulf Charters might need some help on the business side. So Ron e-mailed Phil Harper, who was running the company solo at the time, describing his background and letting him know he was tired with what he was doing. Negotiations ensued, and six months later Ron became a partner in Gulf Charters Thailand.
Ron continued working in high technology through the 2007 and 2008 economic meltdown and in April 2010, Ron joined Phil Harper at the Gulf Charters office full time, though he was held on for five years as a technical consultant at his old firm.
Prior to joining full time Phil and Ron did a fair amount of strategic planning for Gulf Charters and decided to focus on three distinct business areas: bareboat yacht charter, Blue Water sailing school under International Yacht Training and both new and used yacht brokerage, and they divested the company of all its other businesses.
As the charter business in Thailand started to recover from the political unrest, Phil and Ron realized they needed more than one catamaran in their fleet, so they went searching and found the cost of the new catamarans made in France was not the main barrier, but the cost of shipping them to the Gulf of Thailand added significant cost that did not make them a viable charter boat choice for the area. In addition, at that time piracy was alive and well in the Gulf of Aden, so on the water delivery was not an option, you couldn't get any insurance if you wanted to sail through the area.
So they tried to recruit catamarans from other fleets and were successful in acquiring Tropic Dancer from Australia and Rangiroa from Croatia via Singapore. Then, Paul Reeves, the Gulf Charters Senior Yacht Broker was approached by the builder of the Island Spirit Catamarans, which had been building catamarans in South Africa since the late 90s and had delivered close to 50 boats. The owner wanted Gulf Charters to sell the new Island Spirit 380 being built in Thailand, a completely new design, which had a very attractive sticker price of under US$300,000.
Gulf Charters ordered the initial first boat to expedite the process of having a demonstration boat. About a year later, in July of 2013, it was delivered, but it wasn't everything they expected, so they sat down with the owner and said they would like to make some improvements. There were no structural issues with the boat, it was very strong but it was too heavy.
Ron brought in long time business associate to determine if there was a viable financing model to get five more boats on order and closer supervision of the manufacturing process. They reached an agreement to order five more boats with the builder, but in exchange, agreed to start a new joint venture, Island Spirit Catamarans, Co. Ltd. to build the boats with joint ownership.
Ron then went to the Annapolis Boat Show in October of 2013 but while he was there the builder suddenly died. Ron came back to Thailand. The goals were simple: where were they on the build process of the boats on order at the time, did they have the staff and facilities to build the boats within cost and on time, could the factory build to a European build quality.
It was decided to press on and launched hull #2 a power catamaran in Jan 2014; in July of last year they launched hull #4 and in October they launched hull #5. Already in production were hulls 6 & 7, and these were snapped up at the Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show (hull 6 was launched in April, hull seven – a revolutionary hybrid design –in July). The company's plan is to launch three boats every six months. Ron says it's a chicken and-egg type thing, people will not really take notice until you put out a number of quality boats out in the market.
Ron works with new owners to look at putting the boats in the Gulf Charters fleet if they are not using them all the time. Owning a boat is a challenge unless you use it all the time, so putting it in charter keeps it being used and maintained, covers the operating costs, and keeps it up to speed maintenance-wise.
Island Spirit Catamarans is building its catamarans in Ban Chang, Rayong, for private and charter customers. It has delivered boats for use in the Gulf Charters Thailand Charter Fleet and it will also be delivering a number of boats to the Sail in Thailand charter fleet in Phuket. Listed below is a description of the two types of boats Island Spirit Catamarans is building and information on the new Island Spirit 380H:The Power 390
Island Spirit offers the latest in a distinguished line of champion quality catamarans with the innovative Powercat 390. Exceptional maneuverability, superior cruising performance, and the optimal in space and comfort… this is the tradition by which Island Spirit creates its catamarans and the PC390 represents the best of that tradition. Quick and concise with state-ofthe- art features designed to handle all the water has to offer, the PC390 is guaranteed to provide you with the ultimate boating experience.Performance
The Power 390 is built using the latest technology in vacuum infusion making the hull deck 35% lighter and stronger than conventional construction. It features a FRP with resin infused E-glass uni-directional, double bias cloth and foam along with 316 stainless steel thru-hull fittings throughout. The inverted wave piercing bows and the highest bridge deck clearance in its class creates an extremely comfortable ride with reduced "hobby horsing" in every sea condition. With twin 75hp Yanmar engines, the PC390 offers 13Kt cruising speed with miserly fuel consumption and excellent range.Comfort
The Island Spirit design philosophy, which is unequaled on any catamaran in this size, has been carried over into the design of the impressive Powercat. The PC390 is available in a 2-cabin owner model. The staterooms offer queen-sized sleeping berths with generous storage underneath, a large hanging locker with shelf storage, overhead hatches, and generous LED lighting, all in a beautiful design featuring composite wooden flooring and cherry wood or composite trim. The social friendly galley allows for plenty of natural light and opens to the rear deck area to create a spacious gathering place for your guests. Featuring 23 foot beam, 6'7" headroom in the galley and 6"10" headroom in the heads and walk-in showers, the PC390 has the largest usable interior in its class. With modern and innovative construction technology, the PC390 is carefully designed to provide unsurpassed onboard accessibility and comfort.
The Sail 380 series features: Largest interior in its class with space equal to most 40+ footers• Highest bridge deck clearance in its class• Twin helm for improved boat handling, performance and comfort
Island Spirit already has a reputation as a fast seaworthy boat with at least one boat completing a world circumnavigation. The new owner version of the sail 380 sports a sail area to displacement ratio of over 23 making it's sailing performance top in its class. The charter versions have been design with good sailing performance and safety in mind with a sail area to displacement ratio of over 21 putting it into the higher end sailing performance among typical 4 cabin charter catamarans.
The Sail 380 is built to CE standards using the latest technology in vacuum infusion technology and the use of high performance adhesives making the hull and deck 35% lighter and stronger than conventional construction. The Sail 380 is currently launching at just under 6.5 Tons.
Single-handed sailing is made easy with all of the lines leading back to the helm stations. The clean wide decks and walkways make it a breeze to move about under sail. The engine rooms are separated and well insulated from the sleeping areas providing safety and major sound reduction. With propellers forward of the rudders, the boat is extremely maneuverable under power.
Features include a large saloon and cockpit that opens up to one huge living area all on one level. The personal care area (head and shower) features a full sized separate shower and spacious head. No longer does one have to squeeze into the shower amongst the sink and toilet.
The cabins are comfortably spacious and can easily be closed off for privacy with the privacy sliding doors. The heads are beautifully appointed and ventilated for optimum comfort and the chef's galley is unequaled on any catamaran in this size range. The Island Spirit 380 is spacious enough to comfortably accommodate two families, a long-term cruising couple or a whole group of charter guests on vacation.
With modern innovative construction technology the Island Spirit is carefully designed so that every space is optimally used to enhance comfort on board.
Island Spirit has partnered with Oceanvolt Co. Ltd of Finland to power up the Sail 380 with innovative green technology to introduce the Sail 380H. The Sail 380H is equipped with two 8Kw electric drives providing good motoring speed as well as battery recharge under sail. With a 20Kw Lithium Ion battery bank the boat has a range of over 100 miles moderate sea conditions without recharging. For recharging the battery bank the boat has 1Kw of solar power and up to 5 kw recharge capacity from the electric drives while under sail. Should there be a longer voyage and the batteries drop below 10%, the control system will automatically start the 11Kw DC generator to recharge the batteries and power the eccentric drives.
The Sail 380H will be placed into the Gulf Charters Thailand Charter fleet and is available for charter in the Gulf of Thailand.
Both Boats share a Lightweight Resin Infused Composite Structure The hulls and decks of all Island Spirit Multihulls are vacuum-infused under a negative pressure of -1 atmosphere, ssing hidensity DIAB Divinycell pvc closed-cell foam core (www.diabgroup.com). The Vacuum Infusion Process creates a hull & deck that is at least 35% lighter weight, and far stiffer, than any comparable boat manufactured by traditional single-skin hand-lay or vac-bagging techniques.The massive reduction in resin used in this process, together with the compaction of the fibreglass layers & foam core, results in the optimum resing to glass ratios – and additionally allows Island Spirit to remain very competitive while using the highest quality resins, cores & laminates. However, perhaps the most important factor resulting from vacuum infusion is that the technique virtually eliminates any "voids" or "cavities" in the structural laminate – preventing any chance of "osmosis" in the hull structure.Summary
Ron's business and engineering background has definitely helped in the boatbuilding business, because most of the problems he runs into are engineering related. You can put anything on a boat and make it work properly, but it's typically very expensive and you can't do that if you are going to build charter boats at affordable prices. Each boat Island Spirit builds gets better and is more innovative.
The best example of this is hull number 7, which is called Apsara & Dragon and is owned by a resort of the same name on Koh Phangnan. It will reside in the Island Spirit charter fleet as a hybrid electric, a green boat. It has an Ocean Volt system; which manages the batteries, the drives, and the charging. It features an 8kw electric drive and 20kw of lithium battery ion power, which during moderate seas can power the boat a minimum of 100 miles. It also has 1kw of solar-charging capacity and 11kw diesel DC generator, which is managed by the software for charging when necessary. And if you are cruising for a long time, the generator will start up and you can run the electric engines off it. And if you happen to be interested in an Island Spirit and are in the Ocean Marina area, Ron and his staff will gladly take you on a tour of the catamarans it has moored in the marina.
Contact Info Island Spirit Catamarans Co. Ltd.
Ltd.4/3 Moo. 6, T. Banchang, Banchang, Rayong, Thailand 21130
+66 (0) 879400816
Oceanvolt Co. Ltd.
Vanha Talvitie 1
FI-00580 Helsinki, Finland
+358 40 500 9995
+66 (0) 914279492


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Grandiocosmic Strings
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Revision as of 11:52, 8 January 2011 by 188.8.131.52 (Talk) (Fixed error.)
Proposed Canon
Grandiocosmic Strings or G-Strings are the conduits of all magic power in Erfworld. Only Thinkamancers know of their existance. The majority of (if not all) Thinkamancy Spells are actually the Thinkamancer manipulating the G-Strings of the other Units.


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Bare Conductive's 'Electric Paint' allows you to hand-draw circuits, solder components and repair devices on a range of surfaces with electrically conductive paint. It can be used as both a liquid wire and a conductive adhesive. This handy pen allows you to draw circuits and attach small components to your projects.
The Electric Paint Pen is a great prototyping tool for makers of all ages. It works great on many materials including paper, plastic, textiles and conventional electronics. It is non-toxic solvent free and water soluble. Once applied the paint dries quickly at room temperature, and can be removed with soap and water. It works with electrical components, prototyping materials, PCBs, microcontrollers (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, MaKey MaKey, LilyPad, FLORA), e-textiles, and conductive thread.
Bare Conductive's Electric Paint provides a great platform for discovering, playing, repairing and designing with electronics. Try it out, draw a circuit! Cold solder! Repair PCBs!
Directions: Unscrew lid and nib to remove sealing plug, squeeze pen to apply.
NB: It is important to let the paint dry for at least 10 minutes as Electric Paint only becomes conductive when completely dry. Electric Paint is not waterproof and is not meant for use on skin!


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Deacon Keith Fournier: "A New Abolitionism, It is Time to End Abortion"
Deacon Keith Fournier writes as Catholic Online:
... We witnessed another example of the powerful abuse of loaded language in a sad chapter in our own American history - when slavery was "legal", even called a "right" and protected by the United States Supreme Court. The lingering effects of this social evil still cry out for remedy!My Comments:
Human Persons whose skin pigmentation was darker than those who then held the reigns of power were treated as property and allowed to be "legally owned" and used by others - all with the approval of a Supreme Court which had sacrificed Natural Law and Justice.
A very similar jurisprudence is found in Roe v Wade and its progeny; an entire class of persons, children in the womb, have been relegated to the status of "chattel", personal property, who can be disposed of by those more powerful than they.
They have no voice that can be heard except our own.
These human children, our first neighbors in the first home of the whole human race, their mothers' womb, are being killed by chemicals and surgical strikes - all of which is currently protected by the power of a State.
They have no power to resist this new form of slavery without our help. They are subject to use, abuse and destruction by those with more power. Medical science has simply confirmed what our conscience already knows; the child in the womb is our neighbor.
In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down abortion bans across the country. In so doing, they "legalized" the killing of the unborn in all 50 states throughout all nine months of pregnancy, at least in the positive law. Fifty million lives have been taken since then in procured abortions.
The Court "created" a new "right", somehow discovering it in a "penumbra" around the so called "right to privacy" in the U.S. Constitution. Even many of the legal scholars who support legal abortion now acknowledge that the legal opinion is a disaster. It was poorly reasoned, based on junk medical science, inaccurate history and is on a collision course with itself.
Each time Juan Williams used the phrase "anti-abortion rights", I cringed in my car seat. I asked him aloud in my car the following question:
"Juan, if you had been alive during the last round of slavery, would you have referred to those who rightly opposed it, even though it was called a "right" and protected by the then Supreme Court, "anti-slavery rights activists"?
Human Rights activism always requires an asymmetrical approach. The choice is not "either/or", it is always "both/and".
I have long supported incremental efforts geared toward the limitations and curtailment of abortion. I was a practicing pro-life lawyer for a very long time. For seven years in the last decade I led the American Center for Law and Justice which used such incrementalism in securing the protection of pro-life speech.
However, pitting these complimentary strategies against one another is wrong. It also fails to comprehend the gravity of the moral evil that is legal abortion.
That is why I have now chosen to use a new term to characterize my own opposition to legal abortion. It is time for a new abolitionism. It is time to end abortion!
Count me as an abortion abolitionist. If that puts me in the "extreme" camp, as the slavery abolitionists were viewed even by slavery opponents such as Lincoln, so be it.
I once opposed moving too fast at the state level, preferring a more incremental approach, out of fear that another Supreme Court setback reaffirming Roe would set the pro-life movement back even further for at least another generation.
I still prefer taking incremental steps toward chipping away at Roe. But as Deacon Fournier notes, there's no reason such an approach can't be "both/and" rather than "either/or".
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Volkswagen Motability Event
24 November 2016
SUNDERLANDVolkswagen Motability Event
Dealer event description
Call into Pulman Volkswagen in Sunderland and meet our fantastic Motability specialists. The team will be in on hand to answer all your questions about the Motability Scheme enabling you to enjoy worry-free motoring. Nil Advance Payments are available across the Volkswagen range.
For more information on the event please call Pulman Volkswagen on 0191 336 0030
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- 24 November - 8.30 to 19.00
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Minimalism in Opulent Reality
Interview with Ron van Dongen
Ron van Dongen is up to capturing earth's laughter in flowers. And in the process he continues to create photographic pieces that transcend the ephemeral nature of time. To be fair to him, it is not only the floral essays that he keeps himself busy penning. But, his portrayals of human form and even canine species are equally impactful. Largely monochromatic, his work embraces the subtleties of nature and features them meticulously on photographic canvas.
Ron van Dongen spent time across various time zones during different phases of his life. He was born in Judibana, Venezuela, 1961. He spent his early childhood in Warmond, The Netherlands. Perhaps, it is self-explanatory from where his intimacy with the floral world originated. Ron completed studies from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. Ron van Dongen can truly say, 'I know that if odour were visible as colour is, I'd see the summer garden aureoled in rainbow clouds.'


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"This is worst English top-flight season since 1996/97" – Scott Murray
Comment & analysis round-up
Quote of the day: "I don't like intellectual prostitution. I like intellectual honesty. There has been great intellectual manipulation over the last few days. A great job has been done to manipulate public opinion. Over the last two days we have not talked about a Roma side with great players, lots of players I wanted to have with me, that will finish the season with zero titles. We have not talked about Milan, who will finish the season with zero titles. We have not talked about Juventus, who have won lots of points with refereeing mistakes." – Jose Mourinho.
Runner-up: "Nobody, but nobody, was allowed to even look at a glass of wine or any kind of alcohol. I've got no time really for drinking in football. I don't see any reason why footballers should have a drink. At West Ham I made it no-alcohol-allowed in the players' bar when I took over as manager. I sent the security people with them and they said they weren't drunk. One idiot might have got drunk who doesn't play in the team or whatever, or might have had a drink." – Harry Redknapp.
Today's overview: There is a schism of opinion in relation to the top of the Premier League this Wednesday. Some criticise the lack of competition for the title while others claim that, despite Liverpool and Chelsea being on the same points, the Reds' title ambitions remain dead in the water but the Blues could be able to mount a serious challenge to Manchester United.
Having seen Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal win on Tuesday night, Scott Murray barks that "in terms of quality, from top to bottom, this is worst English top-flight season since 1996/97… [If] United win their two matches in hand, they'll be ten points ahead with ten still to play. Such an embarrassing gap hasn't been seen in England since 1999/2000, when United finished 18 points ahead of Arsenal, but at least they had rattled in a spectacular 97 goals along the way, which offered Arsenal, Leeds and Liverpool an excuse they could grab with both hands."
While flipping focus to the wrong end of the Premier League, Rob Smyth has sympathy for those "modest teams [i.e Hull, West Brom & Stoke] promoted through outstanding management, [who] accelerate their club's progress and created unrealistic expectations that would ultimately cost them."
Matt Hughes reports on the happy days at Stamford Bridge since "the Brazilian samba school has been replaced by a Dutch labour camp… Drogba is not the only player to have exploded into life, as several of his team-mates have raised their game. Michael Ballack flew into tackles, Salomon Kalou threatened down the right and Petr Cech showed signs of regaining his best form." The same sentiment was echoed by Sam Wallace writing "another case of deadly Didier and golden Guus, a double-act that is turning into a beautiful friendship." Neil Ashton takes Chelsea's recent form to the extreme arguing "anything is possible after this streaky victory. Somehow they are still in the hunt for the title, ensuring another agonising week for Chelsea's supporters."
The upturn at Chelsea is contrasted with events at Arsenal, where Alan Smith considers the growing rabble calling for Arsene Wenger to be given the chop. "It costs a lot of money to get in the Emirates and an audience used to beautiful football isn't going to sit quietly while Rome seemingly burns. It's worth adding, too, that many of these punters are new to the scene. They don't go back to the early Eighties when things were really bad." Along similar lines Neil Ashton notes that "most teams, namely the other 15 clubs below them in the league, would happily trade positions with Arsenal and yet a run in the FA Cup and a potential place in the quarter-final of the Champions League… is not enough for some… The supporters rightly want the bread and butter of the Premier League to be the priority, but after 12 years at the club Wenger is entitled to a wobble."
Sandy Macaskill reveals how Aston Villa could finish the season in fourth but still miss out on the Champions League. "Were Arsenal to win the Champions League this season they would be given automatic entry next year, even if Villa have replaced them inside the top four. Villa, in turn, would have to finish in the league's top three to qualify."
An irate Martin Samuel believes that Sepp Blatter has an irrational vendetta against the Premier League in which "he takes the evils of the game worldwide and attributes them to English football… [while] by contrast, Blatter never allows England to take credit for the British and Irish players who are the products of the English league, preferring to lump them in with the foreigners in his speeches."
It has been quite some time since Leeds United dominated the backpages, but David Conn unveils a web of intrigue and potential lies as "links between Leeds United and an offshore holding company that were denied when the club was in administration are now coming to light" which affected the club falling under the ownership of Ken Bates. And keeping with Leeds, with the release of the movie The Damned United one of the great underestimations "is that because it is a novel, and interpretative, and written by a man who never met Clough, it is not as truthful as those books written by friends, colleagues or acquaintances."
In an offbeat article Rob Bagchi wonders what is it modern football fans really want to see. "The modern game has turned us into hypocrites. We profess to prefer silky skills but when our team is fannying about it doesn't take long for even the aesthetes to yell "get stuck in" if not the more chilling "get some blood on your boots" that used to be a regular staple at grounds a couple of decades ago."
Others articles of note include Matthew Fearon's AC Milan "dream XI" in the Independent, while the Daily Mail peddle transfer speculation printing "Arsenal and Bolton have been put on red alert after Sporting Lisbon midfielder Miguel Veloso revealed he will leave Portugal at the end of the season." The Mirror also have their own transfer gossip reporting that "Arsenal and Chelsea are tracking Atletico Madrid's midfielder Sergio Marcos, 16, a free agent in the summer" and Ann Gripper claims that "Tottenham are interested in bringing in Barcelona teenager Bojan Krkic,"


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Love. On this Fourth Sunday in Advent we Light the Candle of Love. The first week, we lit the candle of Hope. The second week, we lit the candle of Peace. And last week we lit the candle of JOY. My heart is full of gratitude. I cannot even begin to comprehend this love the Father has for us. To think that he so much wanted us to "get it" that he orchestrated an amazing turn of events to not only demonstrate this love he has for you and me, but to make a way to be a part of his forever family. At Christmas we imagine a sweet bucolic scene of a mother tending to her newborn … [Read more...]
Dec 2013
Today, on this third Sunday of Advent, we light the candle of JOY. The first week, we lit the candle of Hope. The second week, we lit the candle of Peace. Today, we rejoice with Mary at this amazing thing God has done. Oh JOY! Though we know that Mary was a very young woman about 13 years old, she had an amazing understanding of scripture and the times in which she lived. She was carrying the Messiah, the one who to bring freedom to the captives. No doubt she was a little scared. Yet, she was filled with great joy. I enjoy reading a translation of the Bible called The Voice. … [Read more...]
Nov 2013
Do you feel like you are already on the quickly spinning hamster wheel? For many of us, the holidays are so busy we hardly have time to breathe. I don't think that is how Thanksgiving and Christmas are supposed to be. Do you? Hespe Have you ever thought about observing Advent? I'm not talking about the little calendar where you open the door each day in December as you countdown to Christmas. or even the very fun games and gifts and random acts of kindness that families can do together for Advent. No, I'm thinking about observing Advent in a more quiet … [Read more...]


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My husband and I stayed there several times before we moved to Florida. The atmosphere is calming and peaceful, Mary is a delight and her breakfasts are so darn yummy! I love her lovely relaxing gardens too. This is a MUST if you going to...More
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