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Stabilant 22 is an initially non-conductive block polymer
that under the effect of a electrical field in a very narrow gap between
metal contacts, becomes conductive. The electric field gradient
at which this occurs is such that the material will remain non-conductive
adjacent contacts in a multiple pin environment.
Thus, when applied to electromechanical contacts, Stabilant 22 provides
the connection reliability of a soldered joint without bonding the contact
surfaces together.
While Stabilant 22 exhibits surfactant action, it is not promoted
as a contact cleaner. Equally, it exhibits quite good lubricating properties
but is not promoted as a contact lubricant. Its métier is in its
property when used in a connection and the other properties are a bonus.
Remember, Stabilant 22 is a resident treatment, it only
has to be applied once and is left in place.
In general, Stabilant 22 can be used wherever electrical contacts
are used, whether this is in connectors, or in switches. In home stereo
system applications the number of places where Stabilant 22 or 22A
be employed are almost too numerous to list. When the signal path connectors
and switches in an entire stereo system as treated (including socketed
ICs and card-edge connectors) the distortion and signal to noise performance
are usually improved substantially .
PHONO CARTRIDGES: As the Stabilants reduce distortion
caused by thin film rectification effects and as this effect is most pronounced
at very low signal levels, the application of Stabilant 22A should
start with the phono cartridge pins.
With Stabilant 22a it is not necessary to disconnect the phono
cartridge leads as the diluted material will penetrate the connections.
Use only a small drop on each cartridge connection. If the tip of the dropper
bottle is too large, use a toothpick to transfer a smaller drop of the
material to the contact. Do not use an excess amount! Don't get the material
on any of the rubber shields (if present) that may cover the base of the
stylus cantilever as the material will hold dust that might be present
o the record surface.
PHONO ARM CONTACTS: Audiophiles often forget to treat both the
headshell-to-arm connector contacts (if the headshell is detachable) and/or
the connector(s) that may connect the cables to the arm. As Stabilant
22A will not cause leakage or bridging between adjacent contacts there
is less restriction on the amount that can be used. If "RCA-type" connectors
are used, be sure that the outer ground shell is bent inward so that it
makes a tight contact to the ground section of the chassis mounted connector
half. Stabilant 22A should be applied to both the central pin (signal)
and the inside of the outer (ground) connection.
CD CABLE CONNECTORS: If a CD is installed, the connectors on
the CD player should be treated with Stabilant 22. Note that it
should NOT be used on "light-pipe" type connectors.
PREAMPLIFIER SWITCH TREATMENT: Audiophiles often overlook the
fact that preamplifiers have switches in the signal path. These switches
are also a potential source of distortion and noise. Rotary switches are
usually the easiest to treat although it may be necessary to use a toothpick
to transfer a drop of Stabilant 22A from the dropper bottle to the
switch contacts. Slide switches may be treated by placing several drops
in one end of the switch and cycling the switch.
Push button type switches, especially the ITT-Schadow type, may contain
a lubricant that must be removed before Stabilant 22A is used. We
have found that if the switch is flushed out with isopropanol (isopropyl
alcohol) or one of the proprietary contact cleaners, it does not have to
be disassembled. Several drops of Stabilant 22A should be run into
the switch body through the slot on the upper side (ITT Schadow type).
We do not recommend the use of Stabilant 22A on volume
or balance controls unless they are of the plastic element, wirewound of
stepped-metal-contact type. Some controls use a resistive lacquer silk-screened
on a phenolic insert for the element and in a few cases, the lacquer can
be softened by an excess of isopropanol. ALWAYS TEST THESE CONTROLS FIRST!
These might be cheap volume controls, although they are rarely found of
good quality equipment anymore, they are much more common in old equipment.
On plastic-element controls only the concentrate, Stabilant 22, cut
8:1 with hot water, should be used and then only sparingly. Very little
is needed! Don't use the isopropyl-alcohol-diluted Stabilant 22A as
the plasticizer in the plastic element can be extracted roughening the
control's wiped surface,
POWER AMPLIFIERS: In tube type equipment, the tube pins may
be treated individually. Because the voltages encountered in tube-type
power amplifiers are often well above the switch-over-field-strength voltages
for Stabilant 22 we specifically caution against the indiscriminate
use of the material on an entire tube socket. Treat on the individual
tube pins!
TRANSISTOR-TYPE POWER AMPLIFIERS: The individual pins on the
transistors may be treated here, with one precaution. MAKE SURE THAT ANY
To repeat, in transistor power amplifiers, the output-transistor pins
can be treated as well as the electromechanical contacts to the filter
capacitors, any tab-type connectors, as well as any card-edge connectors.
It is suggested that you have this done by a qualified service-technician.
DO NOT TREAT ANY POWER SWITCHES THAT SPARK ON OPENING! If a inductive
load is present the spark could cause decomposition of the material.
TAPE RECORDERS:Stabilant 22A may be used in tape recorders.
If spring contacts are used on the playback and recording heads these should
be treated in the same way as the connections on a phono cartridge. Anywhere
there are card-edge connections, Stabilant 22A can be used. And
it should also be used on any microphone connectors.
In critical Audio work involving long signal runs, Stabilant 22 on
the XLR or cable connectors will not only cut noise, but will, in many
cases, improve the sound by stopping high-order harmonic distortion caused
by thin film rectification effects.
INTERCONNECTION CABLES: The RCA-type connectors on the interconnect
cables should be treated, making sure that both the inner pin (signal)
and outer shell (ground) of each connector are treated as well. On DIN-type
connectors be sure that all the pins are treated.
LOUDSPEAKER CONNECTORS: The loudspeaker connections may be treated
with Stabilant 22A, but we suggest that you make sure that you have
treated all the low-level signal contacts first! There will be a much greater
effect on lower-level connections, and you don't want to run short.
PATCH BAYS: Some elaborate stereo systems use patch-bays to facilitate
equipment use. In these patch bays, Stabilant 22A is recommended
for both ring, tip, and sleeve plugs and for the dual tip and sleeve plugs
as well as for the jacks. Be sure that the plugs themselves are cleaned
of any previous oil-like material that might have been used. The reason
for this is that it is not uncommon to find that the ring-tip- and sleeve
type connector contacts have been machined from a "free-machining" brass
that has a high sulfur content. The presence of sulfur can cause unsaturated
oils to "varnish" producing a thin film that is difficult to remove. Unlike
most of these "protective oils", Stabilant 22A is chemically stable
in the presence of these cross-linking chemicals and therefore, need not
be periodically cleaned off and replaced.
There is also a potential problem with cleaners and lubricants containing
silicones Under the right circumstances these chemicals can also cross-link
producing a thin glassy polyoxysilane film that can be difficult to remove.
Nevertheless, for best improvement this film should be removed before using
Stabilant 22A. Use several alternating applications of kerosene and isopropyl
alcohol to remove all the silicone!.
TUNER, TV, SATELLITE EQUIPMENT AND GENERAL ANTENNAE USE: Stabilant
22 can be used on cable TV connections, on the co-axial connectors
used between satellite receivers and the low-noise-amplifier, and on the
flange between the low noise-amplifier and the satellite antennae. Stabilant
22A is not waterproof, therefore when using it in areas exposed to
rain, we suggest that the connector be protected with a section of shrink
tubing, and the antennae waveguide-flange b sealed at its outer circumference,
with a double layer of stretched black vinyl tape.
RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE: RF interference in stereo systems
can be a constant problem. With the passage of time, connectors often build
up thin films that act as crude rectifiers. This source of RF interference
can often be eliminated by using Stabilant 22.
Properly applied, it only has to be used once. Because of its very
low vapor pressure it won't evaporate, and therefore it is unique in having
a very long useful life once in place. As we noted it is totally unlike
other so-called contact treatments in that Stabilant 22A will not
cross-link (becoming varnish-like) under the action of sulfur based curing
agents in elastomers, cutting oil residues, or the sulfur-bearing free-machining
metal alloys used in some contacts. In most types of service work, the
of the time involved in changing the interconnect cables or in removing
and replacing a module, plug-in component, or IC W/I be much greater than
the cost of the Stabilant used to treat the connectors. Here, what
is important is that not only will proper connector treatment cure existing
contact problems, it will prevent contact problems from re-occurring, thus
eliminating the necessity of repeating the treatment at a future date.
In other words, why should you have the annoyance and expense of doing
a job more than once?
For home stereo system use, the Stabilants are normally available
only as Stabilant 22A in either a 5 mL, or a 15 mL Service kit of
the isopropyl alcohol diluted form, (depending on the area served by the
local distributor), and on special order only, a 15 mL bottle of
the concentrate, Stabilant 22 (which costs about 5 times as much
as the diluted material). For studio, maintenance, and OEM applications,
industrial sizes are available as well.
The concentrate, Stabilant 22, is most useful where the connections
are out in the open such as exposed RF connectors. Where the connections
are not too easy to get at or where the user wishes to apply the material
to something such as a socketed IC (without removing the IC from its socket)
it is easier to use the alcohol diluted form, Stabilant 22A. The
isopropyl alcohol diluant serves only to carry the concentrate into the
Not at present. During the initial stages of our market research we
did provide spray cans of the material, but the users found that in most
cases it did not ease the application of the material, wasted many times
the amount that actually got on the contact areas, and generally left a
film of excess material that had to be cleaned up, for appearances sake.
A further consideration is the fact that we wish to use neither the
hydrochlorofluorocarbon or the chlorofluorocarbon propellants, nor the
usual alternative, a propellant consisting of a highly flammable mixture
of butane and propane. Remember, very little Stabilant 22 is necessary
to treat a contact, so why waste it?
No, it is important to remember that Stabilant 22 is an electrically
active resident treatment which enhances conductivity within a contact
without causing leakage between adjacent contacts. Thus large quantities
of the material do not have to be "hosed" on as is the case with cleaners.
Normally, a final film thickness of from 0.5 to 1 mils of the concentrate
is all that is necessary. In other words you want just enough to fill up
the interstices between the contact's faces. Where you're using Stabilant
22A, you'll have to use enough s that once the isopropyl alcohol evaporates
the desired 0.5 to 1 mil film of Stabilant 22 remains.
Quite apart from the fact that Stabilant 22 has passed a number
of stringent field tests before being issued a NATO supply code number,
we could cite the fact that Stabilant 22 is used by many hospitals
on their biomedical electronics to improve reliability of the equipment
where lives are at stake. We could cite the use of Stabilant 22/22A/22E
many broadcasting networks to achieve the last measure of reliability in
critical network switching applications. We could point out that many computer
manufactures and field service personnel use the material to increase reliability
in their products. We could note that it has been TSO'D for use in avionic
& navigational aids, or we could refer the years of its use in the
audio field where consumers have found the material easy to use and its
results impressive. But we still feel that the best way to find out just
how well it works is to try it out!
It can be used in test equipment, cameras, just about everywhere there's
a low voltage signal or control connection. For example, the effect of
22 in computers is to reduce the number of times the system locks-up
or crashes, often it completely eliminates non-software crashes in older
When used on socketed IC's, photo-couplers/isolators, rotary, push button,
or slide switches, or even on BNC connectors, the net effect is usually
to make the proper operation of the equipment less erratic, and in the
case of IEEE-488 bus- controlled equipment, to cut down on the potential
for system lock-ups.
Stabilant 22 has caused no skin reactions in tests. In the undiluted
form, it is non flammable- although if heated above 200' C its decomposition
products will burn. If orally ingested in small amounts it will cause stomach
upset, while ingestion of the concentrate in amounts in the range of 100
ml could cause systemic collapse! If it gets into the eyes it should be
flushed out with running water. The Stabilant 22 has a LD50 of about
5 grams per kilogram body weight which is considered non-toxic. Material
safety-data sheets are available on request.
In the United States, neither Stabilant 22, Stabilant 22A, or
22E are subject to the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), nor are
either of them reportable under SARA Title 111. In those states having
restrictions on the amount of solvents used in coatings, the fact that
the use of even isopropyl-alcohol diluted Stabilant 22A results
in a factorial reduction in the equipment solvent-burden/year by about
200, has led Stabilants to be the contract treatment of choice for
many environmentally-conscious agencies.
Both we and others have done extensive tests on the compatibility of
the Stabilants with plastics and elastomers. We know of no molded
plastic material used in the electronics industry that is adversely affected
by Stabilant 22. Some elastomers are "swelled" slightly by the
isopropanol diluant. This is not to say that somewhere, and at sometime
a manufacturer, trying to cut costs, won't come up with a plastic formulation
which might be damaged. It is highly unlikely that this would be used in
good equipment.
Stabilants have been used in some applications for over fifteen
years now without showing any sign of reduced effectiveness. The material
has a high molecular weight and a very low vapor pressure, thus it is not
prone to evaporation.
Once again let us emphasize the point that unlike some other contact
treatments containing oils, Stabilant 22 will not cross-link when
exposed to certain materials such as high sulfur brass, or when used on
contacts where cross-linking-promoting agents are present in the environment.
This phenomena of "varnishing" does not occur with Stabilant 22.
Revision 4
Stabilants are a product of Dayton Wright research & development and are made in Canada
NSCM/Cage Code - NATO Supply Code 38948
15 mL of S22A has NATO Part # 5999-21-900-6937
The Stabilants are patented in Canada - 1987; US Patent number 4696832. World-wide patents pending. Because the patents cover contacts treated with the material, a Point-of-sale License is granted with each sale of the material.
Stabilant, Stabilant 22, and product type variations thereof are Trade Marks of D.W. Electrochemicals Ltd.
© Copyright 2003 - D.W. Electrochemicals Ltd. This note may be reproduced or copied, provided its content is not altered. The term "contact enhancer", © 1983 Wright Electroacoustics.
NOTICE: This Application Note is based on customer-supplied information, and D.W. Electrochemicals is publishing it for information purposes only. In the event of a conflict between the instructions supplied by the manufacturer of the equipment on which the Stabilant material was used, and the service procedure employed by our customer, we recommend that the manufacturer be contacted to make sure that warranties will not be voided by the procedures.
While to our knowledge the information is accurate, prospective users of the material should determine the suitability of the Stabilant materials for their application by running their own tests. Neither D.W. Electrochemicals Ltd., their distributors, or their dealers assume any responsibility or liability for damages to equipment and/or any consequent damages, howsoever caused, based on the use of this information.
Stabilant, Stabilant 22, and product type variations thereof are Trade Marks of D.W Electrochemicals Ltd.


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Well, this is odd.
Andy Rubin, the former Android boss at Google, just put up an unusual Facebook post asking people to recommend some "world-class Latte artists."
The lucky candidates would hone their skills in a "new-formula café" located in Los Altos, California. Exactly who they would be working for is unclear.
In the post, Rubin linked to a Kotaku article featuring latte artist Kazuki Yamamoto, whose famous lattes feature popular video game and Manga characters.
There's another interesting nugget to the story. Since Rubin stepped down from leading the Android team in March, Google still hasn't said what he'd be working on.
Perhaps Google's Android division is looking to give its employees a world-class perk in the form of a dedicated café?
Your guess is as good as ours. You can check out a screengrab of the post below.
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KCC and ETRI, Korea visited Decision & III-IG Taipei, Taiwan on June 17, 2010 on LI
Delegation group of Korean Communication Council (KCC) and Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) visited Institute for Information industry (III) and Decision Group in Scientific Technology building, III headquarter office in Taipei, Taiwan on June 17, 2010. The purpose of this meeting is to have discussion on several topic of current lawful interception policy and digital forensic technology development in Taiwan.
"Through such communication we hope that Korea government can set up national lawful interception regulation" Ms. Diana Chu, General Manager of International Business Group, III said in the welcome speech, " from Taiwan experience, and bring more future technology exchange opportunities for both sides."
In the meeting, Decision Group also arranged series of lecture for Korean delegation group on Taiwan IT security law environment and network forensic technology by the experts from Taiwan National Police University, Taiwan Criminal investigation Bureau, Taiwan Investigation Bureau of Ministry of Justice. These lectures extensively cover topics Taiwan lawful interception regulations, private information protection of citizens, real case study and digital forensic technology development.
All delegates also had lots of feedback with these experts in terms of comparison of environment between Taiwan and Korea, technologies, and experience exchange. "With strong R&D competence in digital forensic technology, Decision Group likes to have such communication and technical exchange with different research institute in the world," Casper Kan Chang, CEO of Decision Group, said by the end of meeting, "and we honestly believe it will benefit a lot for both parties in the future."


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Installing Windows XP On a SATA Hard Drive
Windows 2000 / XP Installation Basics
This guide will walk you through installing your operating system onto a new SATA [Serial ATA] hard drive in your computer. Please be sure to follow each step of the guide if you are running into issues getting your computer to identify or install onto your new SATA hard drive.
[NOTE: To install your operating system on a new SATA hard drive you are going to need to provide a SATA drivers disc during the Windows Setup process. This disc is NOT provided by the company you purchased your motherboard from. This is a disc you need to create using the makedisk.exe utility which can usually be found on your motherboard drivers disc or the manufacturers website. If you need more information on how to create this disc, please refer to the detailed instructions below. We will cover how to create an nVidia SATA or VIA SATA drivers disk depending on your chipset. This procedure can be different depending on the brand of motherboard you purchased.]
This guide is broken into the following sections which can be found below:
- nVidia Chipset SATA Drivers Disk
- VIA Chipset SATA Drivers Disk
How to Make a SATA Drivers Disk. [Floppy Disk] :
You will need to determine what chipset your motherboard is running before you proceed with this guide. This information should be listed on your motherboard box or in the manual that came with your motherboard. If you are unsure or do not have that information available you can check the model on the board itself [usually located near the PCI slots]. If it has an "N" in the model it is nVidia and if it has a "V" in the model it is a VIA chipset.
Now that you have determined what chipset you are running follow the instructions below for how to setup your SATA drivers disk for each chipset.
You will also need access to another system with Windows already installed so you can run your motherboard CD and create your drivers disk. If you do not have one at home you can ask to use a friend's computer, or possibly use one from work.
[NOTE: Some motherboard disks now contain a button in the autorun menu for the makedisk utility. If this is included it will eliminate the need to manually find the correct program on your disk. In those cases I would recommend using that option and then referring to the instructions below if you have any further questions or need information about how to use the program itself.
The first thing you will need to do to create your SATA drivers disc on a bootable floppy is setup a floppy disc to copy the drivers onto. This information can be found at the following link:
Once your disc is ready and you want to create your SATA drivers disc you will need to take the Master CD that came with your motherboard and put it into your system.
Once you have the CD in your system go into Windows Explorer and navigate to where the Makedisk.exe utility is located on your disc. This can be done in one of two ways.
How to Find the MakeDisk Program. [Method #1]
The easiest way is to manually locate it on the disc since it will show you what folders you are in and will give you a better idea of what version of makedisk.exe you actually need to use.
For my example I will be using a motherboard disc from the ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard.
When the disk is in the CD-ROM it is titled "nForce4_Series". Once I explore the disk it gives me several folders:
In this case I am going to check in the "DRIVERS" folder as this is the most common place to start. Under the DRIVERS folder you have several options also:
Now we will want to check in the "SII3114″ folder. [SII stands for Silicon Image, commonly associated with Serial ATA drives.] Once I click on this folder I see 4 folders and a "MakeDisk.exe" program.
- MakeDisk.exe
In this case we have found the program in this directory and do not need to dig any further unless we were installing under some type of special circumstances. Since I am guessing most users reading this guide are mainly looking for how to create their SATA floppy disk we won't get sidetracked with the other options available in this folder.
Using the MakeDisk.exe Program:
Now that we have found our "MakeDisk.exe" utility you want to double click the file and run the program. When you start the program a Window will open up that says "ASUS File Image Extractor". "Specify the floppy drive and insert a blank 3.5″, 1.44MB floppy disk"
There is really only one option to specify here and that is the letter of your floppy drive. In most cases it should be defaulted to A: and you should not need to change the selection. If it is set to anything else then you can specify the correct drive letter from the drop down menu. The other section is "Volume" which will most likely be grayed out since the program should be able to auto detect what type of disk you are trying to use.
Once you have confirmed that the correct drive is selected go ahead and click the "Extract" button at the bottom of the program window.
Once you click Extract you will see a progress bar come up that says "Track xx / 160 (50%)". This will show you once the program has completed creating your driver disk. Once it is complete it will just go back to the main window at which point you should check your A: drive to make sure the disk has been created successfully.
Go ahead and close down the program and then select your A: drive through Windows Explorer. Once you have it selected you should see several files on the disk. Example:
- si3114r5.cat
- Si3114r5.inf
- Si3114r5.sys
- SilSupp.cpl
- SIPPD.inf
- SIWinAcc.sys
- TxtSetup.oem
The files may vary a little for your disk but it should pretty much look the same. Just seeing files on the disk should be an indication that the extraction process worked correctly.
At this point you should have a working SATA drivers disk. From this point you can move to the second portion of our guide that will walk you through how to use your SATA drivers disk during the Windows installation process.
How to Find the MakeDisk Program. [Method #2]
If you are unable to manually locate the MakeDisk.exe utility you have one other option available to you. You can do a "Search" through Windows Explorer on your CD to try and find the location of the program.
In Windows Explorer you will want to "right" click on your CD-ROM drive and it should bring up a menu. Select the search option from the menu and it will open a new window that says "Search Results" in the top left hand corner. In the "Search for files or folders named" section type in the following file name:
Once you click the "Search Now" button the Window should return at least 1 result. In most cases it will return multiple files since there is usually more than one version of the program located on the motherboard disk.
To find the correct version of the program make sure to check the description under the "In Folder" column of the search window. For my example board [A8N-SLI] when I do a search for the program it returns numerous results. Some of the files are located in folders named "SATARAID" or something similar with the term "RAID" in the title. We do not need to worry about those versions of the program unless we are installing our SATA drives in a RAID setup.
As mentioned before you see a folder similar to "SII3114". Hopefully your search returned a path similar to that to the right hand column of the MakeDisk.exe file your search found. If so that is the one you will want to go with.
Now that you have found the utility you can use it to create your SATA drivers disk. If you have any questions about how to use the program please refer to the section above for detailed instructions.
This concludes how to create your SATA drivers disk for motherboards using an nVidia chipset. From this point on you can refer to the second part of the guide that will walk you through how to perform the Windows installation with your SATA drivers disk.
[NOTE: In the above example we used an A8N-SLI motherboard. I believe this board does not actually require SATA drivers as the board auto detects SATA drives once they are hooked up to it. The above board was for example purposes only so users understand how the SATA driver disk creation works.]
Setting up a SATA driver disk for a board that has a VIA chipset can be very different from the method mentioned above.
The first thing you will need to do is put the motherboard CD that came with your mainboard into your system. Once that is done open up Windows Explorer.
Once you have Windows Explorer up, open your CD-ROM drive to explore the contents of the disk. For my example I will be using a BIOSTAR K8VGAM.
When I open the disk I see a series of folders. They are as follows:
In this case we will want to go into the "SERATA" folder. Once I have opened this folder I see another folder named "VT6420".
Since it is the only folder located inside the first folder we will open up this folder next.
Inside this folder you will see quite a few files and folders. The folders listed are as follows:
In this case go into the "DRIVERDISK" folder to get the files we need to create our SATA drivers disk. As mentioned before setting up the SATA driver disk for a VIA chipset is a very different process then setting up for the nVidia chipset. Here is where the biggest difference comes into effect.
In the DRIVERDISK folder you will most likely see 2 folders and a file. They are named:
- PIDE [folder]
- RAID [folder]
- TXTSETUP.OEM [file]
To create your disk you will want to copy the above files to your floppy disk. Highlight everything in the DRIVERDISK folder [both folders and the file mentioned above] then "right" click and select the "COPY" option from the popup menu. Once you have copied the files, go to your floppy disk in your A: drive and select "EDIT" > "PASTE". The files should now be copied over to your floppy disk.
Congratulations. You have now created your SATA Drivers Disk for motherboards with VIA Chipsets. You can now refer to the second portion of our guide for how to use the Drivers Disk during the Windows installation process.
How To Use Your SATA Drivers Disk During the Windows Installation:
01. Confirm the computer is powered off.
Since we are going to be adding new hardware to the system make sure your computer is powered off, with the AC power cable disconnected from the system to prevent and possible hardware damage or injury while working inside the case.
02. Mount the Serial ATA hard drive.
Select an open drive bay within the system and mount you new hard drive into the case. Make sure you have it in an ideal spot so that both the power cables and data cables can reach the drive without a problem.
03. Connect the cables.
Connect the data cable to the drive first. Make sure it feels like it is a snug fit to avoid the chance of the cable falling out if the system is bumped or moved. Then connect the power cable. Depending on the drive and connection it may either be a flat black connection about 1.5 inches wide, or the standard 4 pin Molex connection used with normal hard drives.
04. Insert the Windows XP/2000 installation CD.
Since you are going to be installing your operating system on to the new SATA drive make sure your setup disc is in your CD-Rom when you power up the system. You also need to make sure you have a floppy drive installed in the system since you are going to need to load your SATA drivers off a floppy disc before the system will recognize your new hard drive during the install process.
05. Power up the computer.
Once your new hardware is installed and setup in your system. Check any final options you need to have configured. The main one being that "Floppy Seek" is enabled in your BIOS so the system knows to look for a floppy drive. Otherwise it will give you an error like "No Floppy Drive Detected". When you first boot the computer you will want to make sure your floppy drivers disc is not in your floppy drive since this will interfere with the system booting off the Windows Setup disc. Insert the floppy disc when you see the screen go black right before the installation process. It will display a message that says:
"Setup is Inspecting your Computers Hardware Configuration"
06. Press the F6 key to install drivers as the Windows setup screen launches.
As soon as the system goes to the next part of the installation it will display a blue screen with a message at the bottom that says:
"Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver."
Since the system will take a few minutes loading drivers for the installation I would recommend tapping the F6 key several times when this screen first comes up. This way you can make sure it does not miss the SATA driver prompt screen when it has finished loading all the drivers.
07. Insert the floppy diskette containing the drivers for the Serial ATA controller.
As mentioned above you should already have loaded your floppy disk into the system. If you have not already done this, do so at this time. Once the system has finished loading the drivers needed for the installation it will prompt you to select you drivers off of the floppy disk. Select which ever drivers pertain to the version of Windows you are using.
[Follow the prompt within this window and it will direct you to your floppy disc and the driver selection screen.]
08. Once the drivers are loaded, proceed with the normal Windows XP/2000 installation.
Once the drivers are loaded the installation will proceed as it would if you were using a normal hard drive. From this point on just act you are installing Windows normally and you should not run into any issues.
You can now easily finish up your install on your system.
Install a New SATA Drive in an Existing Windows System:
This method of installation is easier than the one presented above as it does not require the use of a SATA drivers disc. Since SATA drivers are inherent within the full installation of windows you can use a utility that is provided by the system to setup and configure your new SATA drive. This method assumes your main boot drive is already installed and configured with Windows and you are installing the SATA drive as a secondary storage drive in the system.
- Confirm the computer is powered off.
- Mount the Serial ATA hard drive.
- Connect the cables.
- Power up to Windows XP/2000.
Follow the above steps as outlined in part one of this guide. Once you power up the system let it boot into Windows you so can make use of the Disk Management utility.
- Insert the CD that contains the drivers for the SATA controller/motherboard.
This step may not be necessary because Windows can usually identify a SATA hard drive after it has been fully installed as mentioned above.
- Launch the drivers by double-clicking on them.
- The drivers should install themselves.
These two steps may also not be needed since the system should be able to automatically detect your SATA drive through Windows.
- Right-click on My Computer.
- Select Manage.
- Select Disk Management.
The above steps will bring you into the Disk Management utility which you can use to setup and configure your new SATA drive.
- Find the SATA hard drive, which should be denoted as "Disk 1″ or similar.
- Right-click on the box containing "Disk 1″ or similar.
- Choose Initialize or Write Drive Signature (if available).
- Right-click on the Unallocated Space to the right of this "Disk 1″ box.
- Select New Partition.
- Follow the prompts to create and format the partition.
The last few steps will walk you through setting up your new SATA drive for use. Once you have followed through on the prompts you will see a progress screen which will give you an idea of how much time it will take to finish setting up your drive. If you have more questions than what is covered in the above guide please refer to the link below for more information.
See more information on this final process here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309000
More Information on the Installation of Windows
You may never have noticed the "F6″ option before, since it happens at the bottom of the screen and is visible for only a few seconds during a standard install. What you most likely encountered during the setup process was a screen which came up informing you Setup could not find any drives installed on your computer, and it could not continue.
To be able to hit the F6 button, you must restart the Setup process, and watch the bottom of the screen after pressing Enter on the "Welcome to Setup" screen. There will be some moments of files being loaded, and then you should see a message appear which says "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver". This message will only stay on the screen for a couple of seconds, so press F6 as soon as you see it appear.
After this is done, you will see other messages appear, and it will act as though nothing is happening, but eventually a screen will appear which will allow you to install the drivers for the SATA controller.
After you press "S" on the SATA driver screen, the driver install process will continue and the floppy disk will be needed. Further instructions will be displayed after the driver install process has ended.
From this point on, continue the install like you normally would with Windows since your SATA hard drive should now be recognized by the system and ready for your Windows installation.
Congratulations you have now installed you SATA hard drive into your system. From this point on your computer should treat the drive as a normal hard disk, and you will be able to enjoy all the features of a high speed transfer storage device.


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Although Cecile Richards had argued that women would lose access to healthcare if Planned Parenthood loses its taxpayer funding, women would certainly have access to healthcare if Planned Parenthood is defunded. Women have access to all of the non-abortion services that Planned Parenthood offers at thousands of federally qualified health centers that are not affiliated with Planned Parenthood in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia, and pregnant women can obtain abortions at abortion providers that are not affiliated with Planned Parenthood in 45 states and in the District of Columbia. In addition, other healthcare providers that are not affiliated with Planned Parenthood would fill in the void that might result if Planned Parenthood is defunded. Furthermore, the truth that women would not lose access to healthcare if Planned Parenthood is very obvious to many Americans, including some who support abortion rights and including some of the supporters of Planned Parenthood.
Why would Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards falsely claim that women would lose access to "basic family planning [such as] mammograms" if Planned Parenthood is defunded? She would say this in order to prevent Planned Parenthood from losing its taxpayer funding and to increase the profits of Planned Parenthood, even though this lie is obvious to some of the Americans who support Planned Parenthood. In addition, Cecile Richards might also be saying this in order to persuade women of childbearing age to obtain these services at Planned Parenthood clinics instead of unaffiliated providers so that these women will turn to Planned Parenthood for abortions in the event that they become pregnant. Moreover, Planned Parenthood might be making this false claim in order to subsidize its abortion services.
Planned Parenthood should be defunded by the federal government, even if some individuals believe that they should still receive taxpayer funding, for the following reasons:
- Women can obtain every service that Planned Parenthood offers at providers who are not affiliated with Planned Parenthood in 45 states and in the District of Columbia.
- Women can obtain all of the non-abortion services at unaffiliated providers in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia.
- Planned Parenthood has already fraudulently received government funding that it was not legally entitled to receive from state and federal governments.
- Planned Parenthood clinics have billed Medicaid for non-abortion services that were rendered to women who have undergone abortions at Planned Parenthood.
- Planned Parenthood will steer pregnant women who obtain non-abortion medical services at Planned Parenthood clinics towards having an abortion because abortion is their primary source of profit and revenue.
- Planned Parenthood contributes millions of dollars to the political campaigns of pro-abortion politicians in order to protect its taxpayer funding and its abortion business, whereas most of the other providers that provide the same non-abortion healthcare services do not contribute the large sums of money that Planned Parenthood does to political campaigns.
- Unlike most other providers that provide the same services as Planned Parenthood, approximately $400 million of private donations are donated to Planned Parenthood and its affiliates every year.
- Even though Planned Parenthood is primarily in the business of performing abortions and its primary source of revenue is from the abortions performed at Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood also misrepresents itself as a comprehensive women's health provider.
- Planned Parenthood has been involved in the harvesting of body parts obtained from babies that have been aborted at Planned Parenthood clinics, and Planned Parenthood has illegally profited from the sale of fetal body parts to researchers.
- An increase in the amount of taxpayer funding that Planned Parenthood receives does lead to an increase in the number of abortions being performed at Planned Parenthood abortion clinics.
- Defunding Planned Parenthood will reduce the number of abortions that are performed at Planned Parenthood clinics.
- If Planned Parenthood is defunded and if the taxpayer funds go to other federally qualified health centers that do not perform abortions, more women would be able the same non-abortion medical services that are currently provided by Planned Parenthood.
- Some of the federally qualified health centers provide essential medical services that are not even offered at any of the Planned Parenthood clinics, including but not limited to mammograms, prenatal care, and endometriosis treatment. A more complete list of services that Planned Parenthood does not provide can be found here.


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Palm Tree Seed Germination
For over 35 years I have been obtaining and germinating seeds for my commercial palm nursery. I have germinated several hundreds of thousands of palm seeds.
Decide Which Seeds To Germinate
Have a plan
select your seeds accordingly
picking the right species to grow
Select species for locality
Obtain the appropriate number of seeds
Always identify the seeds by species, source, and date
Best results usually come from fresh seeds
Only collect ripe seeds
Seeds germinate better with the fruit off
Fruit contains certain germination inhibitors
seed viability varies from several weeks to six to twelve months
Viable seeds invariably sink in water
Germination Techniques
erect seedlings, good air circulation
Specialized Germination Procedures
Germination Environment
Humidity levels of 60 to 70% are ideal
Simple Outdoor Germination
Watering once a day
Beware of over-watering
soil temperature of 80 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit
Fertilization Of Seedlings
Seeds often geminate sporadically
Growing Palm Trees From Seed
How To Germinate Palm Seeds
Harvest the seeds
10% solution of household bleach
Plant the seeds just even with the surface
temperature range of about 70-100¤F
take less than 100 days
erratic in germination


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Welcome to The Oaks Golf Centre.
The Oaks is a public golf facility located in Surrey which has 2 courses, a full 18 hole course and a tricky 9 hole short course. Both courses welcome players of all abilities and ages. There is also a 16 bay floodlit driving range, now equipped with power tees and we also have a large well stocked pro shop.
The main club house was rebuilt completely in 2007 and offers a formal restaurant together with first-class conference and banqueting facilities. The Oaks is proud to say that we are fully licensed for civil wedding ceremonies. We also have a friendly cafeteria with indoor and outdoor seating.
Set on free-draining chalk downland, the centre is encircled by superb trees including oaks, silver birch and beech and is home to a wide variety of birds and wildlife. It adjoins the famous "Oaks Park" and still boasts some of the finest oak trees in the county.
The centre is named after "The Oaks" – the original manor house which was built on the property and also gave its name to the horse race run annually at nearby Epsom Downs Racecourse.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has been slamming Mitt Romney and accusing him of not paying taxes for 10 years, predictably hit Romney for his choice of Paul Ryan as his vice presidential nominee today.
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By picking Representative Paul Ryan, Governor Romney has doubled down on his commitment to gut Social Security and end Medicare as we know it. Romney's choice demonstrates that catering to the Tea Party and the far-right is more important to him that standing up for the middle class. The months ahead will provide Americans with a clear choice between the Romney-Ryan plan to gut Social Security and Medicare, and Democrats' balanced approach to deficit reduction that combines smart spending cuts with asking millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share. Democrats in the Senate look forward to engaging in that debate.


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UPDATED February 19, 2019 – Congestive Heart Failure or CHF is a state wherein the heart does not have the capability to properly function as a pump. As a result of the cardiac-malfunction the oxygen pumped into the body is insufficient. Congestive heart failure is generally caused by simultaneous illnesses. Illnesses that weaken the cardiovascular system, heart muscle,or diseases that trigger the heart muscles to become stiff, or illnesses that create an increase in oxygen demands for the body which consequently increases the supply for fresh oxygen by the body when the heart is incapable of producing oxygen-rich blood at the level needed.
Congestive heart failure and ischemic heart disease can have an impact on numerous organs in the body. For instance, the injured areas of the heart directly affected by the sickness does not have the capability to produce enough blood for the kidneys, which then affect their capability to excrete water and salt (sodium). The distressed kidney function may cause the body to retain more fluids than needed by the body. Patients with higher cardiometabolic risks may also develop pulmonary edema (PE).
Stem Cell Treatment for Heart FailureCardiac tissue regeneration using clinical grade mesenchymal stem cells. Regenerated heart tissue and creation of new blood vessels leads to improvement in overall cardiac function and reduction in the infarct zone without adverse side effects.
PE occurs when the fluid in the lungs diminishes a person's ability to exercise normally. Fluid might likewise accumulate inside the liver, which directly affects it function by impairing the livers capability to create important proteins and also in helping clear the body of harmful elements and/or toxins. The intestines might also turn out to be much less effective in being able to absorb the vitamins, nutrients and medicines a human needs. The fluids in the body can also accumulate quickly which could result to peripheral neuropathy or edema (severe swelling) of the ankles and feet.
How Does Stem Cell Treatment for Cardiovascular diseases & CHF Work?
An Ejection fraction (EF) of 20% would be considered a dangerous level and therefore indicates a highly advanced stage of heart failure. Healthy people without any cardiovascular diseases usually have ejection fractions in between 52% and 68%.
The primary issue is the fact that the chamber responsible for pumping one's heart (The left ventricle) becomes enlarged and isn't beating effectively causing the EF percentage level to dangerously low levels. Ideally, EF percentages ought to be between 52% and 74%. This number also represents the quantity of blood pumped out from the heart on every beat. The walls of the left ventricle are hypokinetic. Hypokinetic state indicates they are not contracting correctly, they're considered "lazy". This is also why the EF% is low and the patients have Diastolic Dysfunction of the heart.
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MSC Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have two essential characteristics that distinguish them from other cells inside our bodies. Stem Cells are able to replenish their numbers naturally and indefinitely via cell division and the paracrine cell communication mechanism. If stem cells ever receive chemical indicators (ie dysfunctions, trauma,damage etc) they are able to migrate to the injured/dysfunctional area and transform themselves into the very specialized cells needed to perform a particular functions. Functions or tissues or cells like nerve cells, circulating progenitor cells,mononuclear cells, mesenchymal stem cells and haematopoietic progenitor cells. Other cardiovascular treatments include:
- Stem cell therapy for Coronary artery disease (CAD)
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- Cardiac Cell Therapy for Terminal Heart failure
- Stem cell therapy for Heart Attacks
Cardiac Regeneration Therapy – Overview
Once qualified for treatments,Injections of enriched mesenchymal stem cells are introduced into damaged heart tissue. This cellular proliferation helps enhance the performance/condition patients suffering from serious congestive heart failure or brain strokes.(24282814) Stem cells for CHF works primarily through the creation of new blood vessels "Angiogenesis" that also helps improve tissue perfusion. The newly lab grown/expanded cells are carefully "transplanted" back into the patient through targeted infusions and/or into the damaged heart muscle or even by infusing them into the coronary arteries. Through the process of "Homing" (23467912) Stem cells migrate into the heart muscles for months after the initial treatment to assist in the regeneration process through the transformation into healthy functioning heart cells and reverse coronary heart disease.
Benefits of having CHF Cell Therapy:
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- Improved regulation of O2 (Oxygen) Intake and Use (23509740)
- Increase in myocardial performance, neurohumoral activations and functional heart capacity
- Greater Reduction in Angina (23238707)
- Reduction in the infarct size with reduction in heart muscle scar and reversal of cardiogenic shock
- Long-term follow-up (≥12 months) shows noticeable improvement in the patients overall well-being and physical endurance.
- Improvement of ventricular ejection fraction resulting in reduced need of rehospitalization
TREATMENT PRECAUTIONPlease note Cardiac Stem Cell Therapies may not be appropriate for all conditions. Cell Therapy and Heart tissue and cell engineering are limited based on the extent of heart muscle and tissue damage and current and accurate medical condition of the patient. Travel Restrictions may apply. Patients requiring sustained oxygen assistance will not qualify for the treatment.
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Number of Stem Cell Injections for CHF: 2-8 Clinical Grade Cell Injections of Cardiopoietic MSC+ Stem cells (per Treatment stage requirement) Severe cases with multiple commodities may require a multiple stage delivery using transvascular injections with direct injection Into the ventricular walls to ensure optimal results.
Physical Rehabilitation Treatment for CHF: Rehabilitation therapy is optional based on the patients time constraints. Full rehabilitation and nursing care can be provided 2-4 hours per day and up to 4 days per week . Medical visas and accommodations for the patient and family/friends at an extended stay hotel can also be included upon request. Estimated treatment length is 14 – 21 nights in total.
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Roth, Ilona and Rezaie, Payam eds. (2011). Researching the Autism Spectrum: Contemporary Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Troubled retired swimming star Grant Hackett of Australia was arrested at his family's home today, February 15th after an apparent drunken rage. "It's what I'd call a bit of a breakdown," is how the 3-time Olympian's father described Hackett's behavior of 'ranting and raving' at his Southport home before calling the police. "Grant's got a medical problem and it manifested itself here this morning," his father, Neville, stated to The Gold Coast Bulletin.
Ultimately released without charge, the situation is just the latest in a series of bizarre situations involving Hackett, alcohol and what his family says is 'now a chronic problem'. Last Spring, after not making his nation's Olympic team last year after coming out of retirement, Hackett was involved in an alleged altercation on a flight. The victim accursed Hackett of having reportedly forcefully grabbed his nipple, "tweaking" it. Although the alleged victim said he felt "unsafe and violated" by Hackett and the swimmer was questioned by the Australian Federal Police immediately following the flight's arrival, the victim decided not to press charges.
Hackett's brother, Craig, told Australian reporters today, that, "From a mental health perspective, I hope something can be done. This is not Grant Hackett, this is a completely different person. I don't know this person, my mum and dad don't know this person. He's there in body, but he is not there in mind, in soul or spirit."
Hackett is considered an Australian swimming legend, having won gold medals in the men's 1500m freestyle event at both the Sydney and Athens Olympics, while claiming silver in Beijing. He retired after that 2008 appearance, but made a valiant comeback last year, which resulted in his narrowly missing out on a 4x200m freestyle relay berth.


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I hope you each had a wonderful holiday weekend, or regular 'ole weekend if it wasn't a holiday in your part of the world.
In my neck of the woods it was Independence Day, so from the 4th through yesterday we were celebrating. In my world, I don't think we really need a reason to cook hotdogs and hamburgers on the grill, hang out with family and friends, or watch fireworks, but apparently there are rules about such things, so these activities are mostly confined to one, or maybe two times a year...such a pity!
On the actual 4th it was a beautiful and hot day, which was a nice contrast to all of the rain we have been having. And even though it was hot, there was a great breeze coming off of the river, enough to create white caps and make me cradle my camera like a newborn to prevent it from being attacked by salt spray. In the photo above, the opposite shoreline is 5 miles away...thank you Canon for my big honkin lens!
The trick to taking pics of fireworks is to use a tripod, and to use a remote shutter release. I had the tripod, but my shutter release has gone to that great photo field in the sky...ie. it died just in time for my first attempt at shooting fireworks!
Instead of admitting defeat, I decided to use the "bulb" setting on my camera and told myself that whatever I got would be better than my pics last year...mostly because I didn't take pics last year, get it?!
The cool thing about the bulb setting is that it allows you to control the shutter by holding it open for as long as you care to press the button. It's a pretty nifty setting, and this was the first time I had tried it.
I had also read that if you held the button during multiple explosions you could capture more than one firework at a time, which I also thought was cool. The pic above looks like a palm tree doesn't it?!
When we got home I realized that my technique needed a little work, and acknowledged that remotes were really necessary equipment for getting clean crisp shots of fireworks in high winds and low light. But I have to admit that I am kind of psyched with the results I got, to me, they are almost cooler than regular shots of fireworks.
Sometimes it's the so called mistakes that make me love photography so much. Even your screw ups can become things of beauty...and let's face it, a positive spin is so much better than banging my head against a wall and lamenting that fact that I will have to wait a whole year to try again!


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Lore's sister married on Saturday. We rode up to Villa Giardino, a small tourist town in the Sierras de Córdoba, for the wedding. They were married in a little chapel by an impatient priest (they were very late). In Argentina all marriages are civil marriages (probably the right way to do it), so after the church wedding everybody rode to the Casa de Municipalidad (city hall) for a civil ceremony by a judge.
The bride and groom rode to and from the church and city hall in a little horse-drawn cart. It was adorable if dilapidated. One spring was partly busted, causing the cart to list slightly, and the wheels wobbled on their axle as if they might fall off at any moment. Nonetheless, the cart's proprietor was very proud of his vehicle. He adorned both cart and horse in white cloth and ribbons. This is not the usual even for rural Argentina, so I'm told, so as we followed the cart in a car around town, everybody on the streets waved and honked and laughed at the spectacle.
Argentinian weddings start late and last all night. The wedding reception was very similar to American weddings, at least for the first six hours or so. Then around 2:30 a.m., just after cake, it officially became the zaniest wedding I have ever been to. Somebody must have flipped the crazy switch because suddenly people were wearing big funny hats (or in some cases plastic prosthetic boobs) and spraying foam all over, sort of like a wild New Year party. The DJ switched to a local variant of Latin music known as cuarteto. There were no slow dances, only fast and faster. We finished up around 5:00 a.m., shortly after the arrival of la pata (roast leg of a cow).
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Lore's family held the reception at a resort outside the village that had been converted from an estancia (a rural estate or plantation). The reception hall was formerly a pulperia, a saloon for gauchos. Since the busy tourist season hasn't begun yet, the resort was only open for the wedding. Those of us who stayed at the hotel–friends of the bride and groom–pretty much had the place to ourselves. We took advantage by lounging around in the garden all afternoon after lunch.
After we checked out, Lore and I walked around town and up a rural road known as Camino de los Artesanos, which has many little craft shops, tea houses, and the like. We walked almost all the way to the next village to find a wine and cheese shop. If you've ever had a truly beautiful moment that you wanted to freeze so you could return to it at any time, then you know what it was like: we watched the sun set behind the sierras as we sipped wine and nibbled on fresh cheese and bread. A couple of local dogs joined us, lounging under the table and occasionally begging us with their eyes to let them sample a new kind of cheese. As if that wasn't enough, three gauchos rode past us on horses.


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Despite being the greatest city on earth, come this time of year, it often feels London is lacking a golden beach. Not so the case this summer, because Finsbury Square is getting covered in sand and — you'll like this bit — City workers are going to be knocking each other to the ground on it.
The fourth London Beach Rugby — taking place 29-30 July — involves 240 tons of sand, and a bunch of corporate 5-a-side teams including the likes of EY, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Law, Knight Frank and BNP Paribas and Sharps Brewery. If you want to sign up a squad of 10, you can register here.
Spectators, meanwhile, can tuck into jerk galore from Sugar Dumplin, and lashings of rum — before a full on beach party kicks off after the rugger ends.
London Beach Rugby takes place 29-30 July at Finsbury Square, EC2A 1AD. It's free to watch. Visit the website closer to the event for exact times.


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Symposium on Ubiquitous Multimedia Service (UMS-08)
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I'm now in my second session at the International School of Clairvoyance. I'm really enjoying the process. And I had an interesting experience related to the class that I wanted to share here today.
I had asked for guidance on my life path, and began my clairvoyance practice session (using Debra's process). For a several moments I got nothing then all at once a glittery, bright turquoise, high heeled shoe popped into my (psychic) sight.
While I might have worn (and loved) such a shoe at one time, I'm a flip-flop or sneakers sort of person now. So I knew that this fancy, sparkling vividly turquoise shoe was meant to be symbolic. And I found the style and color intriguing.
The shoe was the exact shade of blue, in fact, that I've come to think of as 'my blue' because it comes to me in dreams and meditation and other peoples readings (of me) over and over again.
For me that color blue means communication which is a big part of what I'm doing - here in the blog, on the radio show and in the writing of my book. So I liked that it showed up when I thought about my life path. I was less sure about the style - though I did like the bright, look-at-me sort of presence that bright blue shoe seemed to project.
|Current Favorite Footwear :)
Psychic impressions come to me in many different ways. Some are faint and fleeting. Others stand out. Some are literal and some are symbolic. And I love the depth of meaning and the mystery that symbols can offer.
Next week in class we are doing life path readings. These are my favorite types of readings and I am so looking forward to learning Debra's method!


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Scenes from Today's Farmers Market – New Puppy, Fellow Marketeer & a Sketch
Under clear, sunny skies, the second week of the Burien Farmers Market is well underway (and is open until 6 p.m. – come see us!), and there's lots of fresh asparagus, nuts, pastries, handmade crafts and more, as well as smiling faces.
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text: (Make sure to read York High Sr Yr Agenda before going on to IU)::...... AUG 15, 1967: NASA director James Webb says that USSR will have bigger booster rockets for some time to come, painter Magritte dies,,,,, AUG16: syracuse has racial disorders, Farmers meet in Des Moines to raise prices by withholding products,,,,, AUG17: Stokely Carmichael calls for 'total revolution', Red Guards break into USSR embassy compound, MLKing says to oppose LBJ unless he de-escalates war, Syracuse gets curfew, AUG19: H Rap Brown arrested, AUG 21: Nixon calls for 'massive pressure' against N.Viet,,,,, AUg20: Kansas City Athletics rebell against owner Charley Finley. Manager Al Dark dismissed. Led to Harrelson leaving. AUG22: LBJ meets with Shah,,,,, AUG24: USSR launches Cosmos 173, Industrialist Henry Kaiser dies,,,, AUG25; GB/USSR hot line agreed on, Head Nazi george Lincoln Rockwell assassinated, McNamara says the bombing of N.Viet has not affected their war making ability, AUG26: 16 US planes shot down 8/20-8/26- a new record, AUG28: HARRIS POLL says American support for Viet War dropped in past six weeks from 72% to 61%, AUG30: Viet Cong free 1,200 Cong prisoners by storming jail, steel price hike,,,,, AUG31: Indonesia and Malaysia restore full diplo relations that were ended in 1963, US dies underground nuke test, USSR launches Cosmos 174,,,,,IN August 1967 baseball homerun star Tony Conigliaro was hit in the face by a pitched ball and out of the pennant race. There was then a bidding war for Ken Harrelson who left the Athletics and Boston won and Harrelson replaced Conigliaro. Harrelson was later known for his Nehru jackets. SEPT1: Cambodian chief Sihanouk cuts tie with China, Pham Van Dong reiterates bombing must halt to have talks, Siegfried Sassoon dies ...:: _______________ _______________ ________________ _________________ On the last page I got up to the first time I got off the bus and set foot in Indiana. I then waited for my suitcase to be handed me from the bottom of the bus. I believe I just took some other stuff on the bus. (The Aug 11, 1967 issue of TIME MAGAZINE editorial announced that 'this week' the first few issues of the new big soft cover 'Time Capsules' covering major years in history would be released. I know I bought those things up and I MAY have brought one with me to read. There were 4 at $1.65 apiece and 1950 and 1923 were two of the years. Friday 10-8-99). Then I went to the front of the bus depot which was a few steps behind. It was a very small bldg. I think a row of cabs were there but I forget if this was the first time I ever saw cab ride sharing or not. That may not have been until September. I told the driver the name of the dorm they were going to put me up in for the night. I know the driver took off diagonally out of the lot and across the big north-south street to get back on the street the bus was on just after it turned and just before it pulled into the depot. We headed East. I was sitting on the left side. I belive the cab was otherwise empty. There was a gas station diagonally from the depot but after that were just homes on both sides. A couple/few blocks up I noticed a few small stores in a row on the left and one of them had burgers. A few more blocks ahead and there was a big field on the right and a large building on the left. We then turned left with a lot to the left and up under another RR trestle. Obviously the same track as before. Now it looked like something. I saw huge buildings all around with green areas around them. He then pulled left into a traffic circle and parked. There was no sign stating the dorm name. I paid him with a tip. Then I walked between two huge bldgs ten floors tall and into a lower one in between. Somehow I found the front desk which was hidden behind the fancy stairs of these brand new bldgs. They then told me to go out and into the bldg on my left on the way out. (Normally, that was the girls bldg, but I didnt know that then). There were two elevators and I had to go up to the fifth floor. I found the room number and went in. There was a newspaper on each bed welcoming the new students. I forget if the guy who would be my roomie that one night was there before me or not. But he showed up. His name was Ken Kryszaniak (sp?). He was going to be a dentist. Naturally I asked him about the new Rankin and Bass cartoon about the elf that wanted to be a dentist and he had already heard all about it. Why anyone wanted to be a dentist was beyond me. Our conversation went from teeth to hair and I mentioned my hair was black at birth, blonde as a child and then turned black again in the 60s. Im not really sure what I did before I had to register. At least I THOUGHT I had to register and went 800 miles on a mistake. Wed 10-5-99 426pm Thurs 10-6 1235pm. I asked the Archives when Early Registration was in Aug 67. I'll insert it later. Now my memory of the sequence is vague. I do recall that the very first time I got on the elevator in Briscoe A North-5th? Floor I was still alone in my room (Aha, he came later) and the elevator went nuts. It fell like a stone with me on it alone and I kept trying to stop it. It finally did stop on ONE with a big jerk and I got out with my knees shaking uncontrollably. That never happened to me again in all the years I lived in Briscoe later. I know I was only in Bloomington from about 3pm/330pm of the day I arrived until sometime the next day. I know I ate in a place that they gave me a coupon for but I forget when. As I recall walking north it may have been right after registration on that day. Here is my best guess: I think I went into the room to find it empty and the free paper there. Then I think I went out to look around. I believe I then returned to meet Ken K. Then I believe I went to register for the first time in my life. I think I then came back and ate supper at Foster Quad and then looked around and went back to the Briscoe room. I may have then gone to bed and gotten up to leave the next morning.... SIZE: When I went out I noticed a number of huge building complexes bordered by the railroad trestle on the south and the huge new football stadium on the north. About seven blocks south to north. But I also made out some stuff in the distance beyond that. The building complexes also went about NINE blocks west to east and beyond that were other campus buildings in a row north to south along the street. So SEVEN times NINE equals a sixty-three block area which I considered tremendous compared to the one campus I was on: Columbia. FOOD: That was the only time in my life I ate in Foster Quad. I had the free lunch ticket and was very self-conscious as college in those days was MUCH more elitist than nowadays and I never had any social understanding in the first place. I also very rarely ate in a lunch line. The lunchroom was to the right of the main desk. I wasnt sure what I could take and what I couldnt. I sat down and ate by myself. I noticed one guy with a very nice shirt that impressed me and later on I bought one in September which I still have. I had a twig of parsley on the food and I had no idea what to do with it so I looked around for a clue as to whether it was a decoration or edible. I saw one guy chewing his and leaving it afterwards so I did the same. Then I watched and saw them take their trays to a shelf along the wall so I did the same. There was a moving conveyor belt there. VENDING MACHINE ROOM: There was a vending machine room in the basement. I dont know how I knew that. Maybe Ken told me. I was impressed by an entire room of nothing but vending machines containing everything imaginable. REGISTRATION: I dont even recall my first registration. Perhaps as I did it so many times the same way they all run together. I dont even know for sure if it was in the OLD FIELDHOUSE the first time as were all the others. But REGISTRATION in those days ran like this: (((((( ILL GET MY OLD SCHEDULE OF CLASSES BOOK AND INSERT THIS INFO LATER))))). I do recall that I got one of the shocks of my life when I was talking about how huge the campus was and Ken suddenly said something like, "You havent even seen the REAL campus! This part north of the railroad tracks is a recent afterthought. This little piece is nothing. The CAMPUS is all SOUTH of the tracks!" I was stunned! And when told about it I wanted to run right out and see it but it was too late as I had to catch the bus downtown to Indianapolis to get the train back. As I had no idea where I was in relation to the bus depot I took the cab back to it but I could have walked. However it would still have been about a dozen blocks with my luggage. Then I went up to Indy and took the train home to NYC. I dont recall the ride back.________________ _________________ __________________ __________________ ___________________ _____________________ ___________________ _____________________ ____________________ ___________________ TUESDAY AUGUST 29, 1967: After I returned the very last episode of my favorite show since 1963, THE FUGITIVE, would be on. Its in NY Times AUGUST 30, 1967 edition. I recall taping the whole thing on that huge black reel portable taperecorder I bought. I put it on slowest speed. I sat right on the floor of the living room with my parents on the couch behind. It was the first of many shows where the bad guy was a Viet Vet but I didnt notice it at the time. ________________ ________________ Early September 1967 came after that. Perhaps I went to a Mets game. The first day of class was SEPT 15 but the regular registration was before that. I dont recall what i did those two weeks in Astoria BUT I do recall coming home to seeing my mother sewing my names on my shirts. She told me that Dale's mother Gertie told her to do it as that was what she did for her kids when they went to Summer camp. I wonder where she got the little fabric strips with my names on them unless she made them herself somehow. She could sew and had a sewing machine like most women in those days ___________ I left for college on SEPTEMBER 10, 1967 on the PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD train from what was left of Penn Station.


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Having grudgingly kept the government running with a bloated special-interest laden budget bill sent to him by Establishment leaders in Congress, Donald Trump is back to work on his America-first agenda and increasingly willing to go toe-to-toe with the ongoing Mueller investigation.
Whispers indicate something is up on the Mueller front and that President Trump is preparing for an all-out war regarding whatever that something is.
The Trump legal team has been shuffled, various reports indicate some movement within the Trump DOJ has already taken place with more to follow, Congressional staffers have shared stories of White House stand-down directives being given that intend to clear the playing field, leaving only Trump and Mueller to face off against each other. (Likely meaning Ryan and McConnel are to keep their mouths shut regarding the impending battle.)
"He's telling Mueller to bring it," says one such source.
It seems Trump is confident to the point of open bravado when it comes to Mueller these days. Whether or not that is false bravado remains to be seen. It's difficult to know what Mueller is even investigating now. The Trump/Russia collusion angle has been all but dropped. Some remnants of an obstruction charge are still dangling out there somewhere but most legal experts suggest it doesn't have legs. That leaves Mr. Trump's personal empire at stake – the "nuclear option" for which Mueller was willing to go after all along if need be. Apparently, he thinks that need is now.
If there is one thing that will bring out the aggression in Donald Trump it's going after his family and his legacy and that is exactly what Robert Mueller is now doing.
A longtime D.C. political operative put it this way:
"The President is a champion counter-puncher. He's still waiting for Mueller to take the first real swing in this fight and then he intends to knock Mueller the f*ck out."