Outside, violent winds rattled the windowpane. Daniel let go of my hands to peek outside, and I was quickly getting cold. But I decided to brave it, as he was wearing an even thinner wardrobe.
"What just happened? And how do you know about my dreams?" I asked.
"It really is," he smiled.
His hands ventured to his bald head.
"Brain tumor," he said, and added that his doctor had discontinued his treatment and Daniel had stopped eating. I asked him how he could just give up like that, and he said that trying to hold on would only prolong the inevitable, dragging out the pain. "It hurts living on this side," he said, and showed me his thin bare arm covered with bruises and needle marks.
Every nerve in my body contracted. I squeezed my fists, trying to get a hold of myself, as if preparing for an emotional tsunami, for once forgetting about my own trivial problems.
"What kind of a dream?" I asked.
"You saw me coming here?" I asked blushing, but he couldn't see that in the dark. He was the second person I had met in a two days' span that dreamt of me without even knowing me before.
Daniel nodded. "Did you manage to find a candle?" he asked, and I walked to my coat to retrieve it. "What are we waiting for? Let's light it!" he beamed.
Daniel invited me to sit on his bed while he pulled up an elevated aluminum tray on wheels used to hold his meals. He lit a match and melted the candle's base, anchoring it to the tray. I watched him move with grace and poise, relishing every gesture. He handed me one of his two pillows and positioned himself on his bed across from me with his back against the wall, our knees almost touching.
"Will you do me the honors?" he asked, handing me the matchbox.
I took out a match and stroked it on the coarse strip on the side of the box, watching a golden flame explode on its sulfured tip. Daniel surrounded the small fire with his palms, grinning like a child, exposing his white teeth and a dimple in his cheek. I transferred the flame to the virgin wick until it caught and blew out the match.
"That I don't know yet," he said, his fingertips massaging the flame's halo. The light made his face look like a living painting. His eyes seemed too big on his bony face, the backdrop for the shadow's play of chiaroscuro. Daniel also seemed healthier than he did when I first saw him, his face taking on a more vital tone. The thought was like soothing oil on my soul.
"Do you want me to tell you about it?" I asked.
I nodded and closed my eyes to take a deep breath. I noticed that it started to rain outside, drops tapping the pane like someone's fingertips. As my body grew heavier, my mind became unbound. In an instant, I was back there, standing over the pit, looking at Sariel's face.
The angel's eyes opened, his yellow gaze pulling me into his realm. I became engrossed in his presence, a desire to touch him once more igniting my nerves. I tried to resist, as I didn't want to feel this way in Daniel's presence. But it was only stalling the flow. Reluctantly I let go, relaxed my legs and let the usual melting take its course. Feet, ankles, shins, knees, thighs . . . The angel's lips parted and he looked at me with pleading eyes before the image dissolved and pure sensation took over. I traced waves of heat rising up, uncoiling at my tailbone, until my entire spine was on fire.
Show me the parts that remain hidden, Daniel's voice entered my mind and the vision of the angel returned. He stood before me in full frame. His body emaciated, amber skin stained with dirt and coal, marked by cuts and bruises, wings folded behind his back.
Why do you keep coming to me? I asked the angel.
Sariel's lips parted. Free me.
I reached out to touch him, but encountered resistance, a wall made of glass.
But how? How can I free you? I called, watching his silhouette become obliterated with water running down the glass. Sariel! I called his name but his image was starting to fade until I couldn't see him at all.
I looked around, finding myself alone in a stone cave with feathers scattered on the ground. Sorrow descended upon my shoulders like a cold wet cape. Waves of sadness kept washing over me, annihilating any remaining vestiges of sensuality, withdrawing everything toward a single point in my center, a black hole of my soul.
I called out Sariel's name again, but heard no reply. Heat swirled in my chest and my hands and eyes ventured there. I had become transparent with a red flicker of light pulsing inside my heart. I scooped my hands toward it until I held the light in my palms encapsulated by a figurine made of thin glass, as delicate as a bird. I lifted it toward my eyes it shattered into a thousand little pieces, bathing the cave in crimson light.
Come back now, Eve. Come back, I heard Daniel's voice and my mouth opened to take in more air.


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3 QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY AN L&D GIANT: PAUL A. KIRSCHNER
December 22, 2020 December 1, 2020
Earlier this year, Guy Wallace and Mirjam supported the L&D Conference organised by Matt Richter and Will Thalheimer by producing 9 short video interviews with L&D Giants. We asked the following 3 key questions:
Today we present:
OUR OWN PAUL A. KIRSCHNER
Paul A. Kirschner is Professor Emeritus at the Open University of the Netherlands, Honorary Doctor (Doctor Honoris Causa) at the University of Oulu, Finland, and Guest Professor at Thomas More university of applied sciences in Flanders, Belgium. Prior to his retirement he was Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology at the Open University of the Netherlands and Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Oulu, Finland.
He is an internationally recognized expert in his field. A few notable examples of his expertise is his presidency of the International Society for the Learning Sciences and his status as fellow at that society and research fellow at both the American Educational Research Association and the Netherland Institute for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and Humanities. He was also a member of the Scientific Technical Council of the Foundation for University Computing Facilities (SURF WTR) as well as of the Dutch Educational Council (Onderwijsraad) where he was advisor to the minister of education.
He has published more than 350 scientific articles as well as hundreds of popular scientific articles and blogs for teachers and school administrators in both English and Dutch. He is also (co)author of a number of very successful books, including Ten Steps to Complex Learning (now in its third revised edition and translated/published in Korea and China) and two different volumes of Urban Legends about Learning and Education (also in Dutch, Swedish, and Chinese) as well as the forthcoming books Evidence Informed Learning Design and How Learning Happens: Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What They Mean in Practice. He is author of a number of Dutch books including Op de Shouders van Reuzen [On the Shoulders of Giants] and Wijze Lessen [Wise Lessons]. He also co-edited two other books (Visualizing Argumentation and What we know about CSCL). He is also chief editor of the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning and commissioning editor of Computers in Human Behavior.
His areas of expertise include lifelong learning, computer supported collaborative learning, designing electronic and other innovative learning environments, open educational resources, media-use in education, development of teacher extensive (distance) learning materials, use of practicals for the acquisition of cognitive skills and competencies, design and development of electronic learning and working environments, and innovation and the use of information technology educational systems.
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Free Energy may indeed be the key… To solving many serious problems that confront our society today. So what does the term "free energy" mean, anyway? In the previous articles, the definition has been given as cheap, abundant, and clean energy from sources not yet accepted by the mainstream of science…. Despite the many proofs we have seen so far that would clearly call for more study. So it can also refer to the free, unfettered, and open study of new technologies that provide these new fuels and power sources performed by universities and private R& D organizations which receive grants to do so in good faith… Well-funded studies by mainstream reputable institutions totally "free" from government or corporate interference and not hampered by old scientific dogmatic thought patterns that resist change.
What is meant by "government interference": Why would the government try to stop scientific research that would obviously benefit Humanity from being performed? This is a very good question, for which there are yet no sure answers available to the public. However there is little doubt that suppression of free energy technologies by the military has been a fact for many years, and there are proofs of this. It would seem that the U.S., and other militaries believe (or claim at any rate), that these technologies should remain secret… Some of them still buried under a pall of secrecy 30 years or more after the first patent requests were filed…. So that the military industrial complex may have full use of them while the populace remains utterly ignorant of their very existence. But many of these declared-secret patents or devices are never pursued seriously by the military… Simply and silently shelved…. Forever.
There are persons working in the U.S. Patent office, who have come forward with information regarding how free energy devices are often "stolen" or suppressed by the government…. This has been reported on by long-time Patent Office employee Thomas Valone, PhD, to have happened to over 4,000 patent filings. Once a patent request is filed in the United States, it is automatically and immediately studied carefully by scientists and engineers working within the Pentagon. If it meets certain criteria, then the patent request, and anything pertaining to the device mentioned, is declared "Classified" … Secret. The inventor is then informed of this, and has an opportunity to convince the Pentagon people that his or her device is not really worthy of the "secret" tag. If the inventor fails to do this… Then this is essentially the end of that inventor's dream. They may be offered a job to secretly continue the development of the technology, or possibly grant money via a University to work on unrelated things, or they may not. They may be offered a small licensing fee or a stipend for the device (usually a tiny fraction of the device's true commercial worth), or may not be offered anything at all. One thing they will always be told, in no uncertain terms, is to never talk about it publicly again…. Under penalty of imprisonment. Imagine working for many years putting all your energy and money into building a new device that would revolutionize the use of energy, ending our dependence on foreign oil… Then just as you have reached success… The government seizes your devices, your test gear, your notes… The entire fruits of your labor…. And then threatens you with prison. All in a land of supposed "free enterprise". There is clear evidence that this is going on, and has been for a very long time. And there is also evidence that this happens disproportionably to technologies and devices which could "coincidentally" also threaten the hegemony of oil or coal.
The reasons "why" this happens can only be conjectured on. Are there "good" reasons to stop people from powering their vehicles from nothing but water…? Can a motor that runs on no external source or fuel, powered by the motive force of magnets alone, be considered a "danger to the nation" Perhaps some of these questions are worthy of debate. But however, one sure thing is that there will be no public debate on this topic as long as the mainstream media refuses to discuss anything concerning free energy devices. For if they did, a free lance journalist such as the author would not be reporting on these things, heard by many here for the first time, as the reader would already be well aware of them… And we would have free energy devices available in the marketplace already by the score. Because, good people, please note that these amazing devices and technologies do indeed exist some of them for many years, and that they will end the use of petroleum and coal as fuel within only a few years of being widely introduced.
Many Congresspersons and their staff know the above statements regarding the widespread "theft" via "secretization" of patents by the government are warranted because they have received complaints from constituents who have been victimized in this manner, and the law makers have looked into this issue for themselves. Many have come to the same conclusion: Perhaps it is time to overhaul the Patent Laws… And insure that the military industrial complex does not have unchecked and unmonitored carte blanch control over the release of new energy technology… And any future "stealing" and suppressing of patents must have the expressed approval of a diverse Congressional panel first, using time-sealed public records. This move will help insure that the true security needs of the nation are still met… And that the suppression of free energy devices by the government is not in reality a matter of "energy cartel security". And such laws will insure that inventors who have worked for years, investing their own savings and all they have into a project, will not be robbed by the barons of the corporate military industrial complex… Hiding behind a false banner of "National Security" to kill-off competition and insure continued monopoly.
These proposed changes in Patent laws would also regulate and legitimize a practice that is in essence Constitutionally illegal to begin with… Restoring the Rule of Law to our Patent Office and the Pentagon. It would insure no corporation working with the military could benefit from these "stolen" patents. And that the inventors were properly compensated…. This is very important: it goes well beyond the welfare of a single inventor and their family it reaches deep into the heart of the American inventive dream to insure we will have great inventors continue to come forward, continuing to strive against long odds and years of setbacks and near-poverty to bring new scientific discoveries to market in our country… Instead of losing this important edge to foreign competitors… Which is exactly what is happening to us today.
The Answer to Suppression: "Open Source It!
Enter the Open Source Energy Movement. Herein lies the answer to the above roadblocks to bringing new energy devices into the mainstream at least until the patent laws change. The answer is simple: Don't attempt to patent your device: "Open Source" it with full disclosure and documentation. Make all the information available freely on the Internet, and it can hardly then be declared "secret". You cannot be imprisoned after the fact of the device being open sourced before you receive an illegal-to-begin-with "gag order". This changes the paradigm to one that allows free energy devices to be built, studied, replicated, proven via independent testing, promoted, reported on, marketed… And eventually through grass-roots multiple examples and proofs, forces the mainstream media and scientific community to accept rather then simply ignore and deride…. As they can do now to lone and secretive inventors with contemptible ease.
Inventors who Open Source their device will still gain monetary rewards. But beyond that, they could gain the immortality of history as well as the gratitude of billions of people world-wide whose lives would be vastly improved. In an "ideal" world, the old way of procuring patents and then lining-up the most lucrative manufacturing deals is perfectly fine inventors certainly deserve to be compensated for their work. But when you look at all the people who have tried this over the years NONE have succeeded when it comes to new energy technologies that would seriously compete with oil and coal. Clearly something else is needed….. Something that changes the rules, and something that gives the free energy inventors, and the people of the world, a fair chance of getting these devices out into the marketplace.
The Open Source Energy Movement provides that edge. It gives a free energy device inventor the power of many: Added security from suppression, "free" R & D help for the technology, and the very important advantages of having the work replicated and proven by others all around the world. Thus the concepts are proven, the device improved, the skeptics silenced, and the way for success left open. THIS is the only current answer to getting free energy devices into our homes and vehicles: By doing it ourselves. And this is exactly what is happening today, as we read this… All over the world by the tens of thousands of people actively working in the Open Source Energy movement…. In a way that is effective and unstoppable.
The Open Source Energy community is "recruiting"… If you have technical knowledge, mechanical skills, an electrical or electronics background, a keen and inquisitive mind, or just a strong desire to end the use of oil and coal as fuels: Humankind could use your talents and perhaps it could be argued that they are needed more now than ever before in our history. There are very few things most of us can do as individuals to change the world for the better: This is one of them. There are many ways to contribute, not all of them by performing experiments, building new devices, and replicating designs at home. Simply taking the time to study these technologies, to judge their validity for yourselves and then telling your all friends, family, and coworkers about them is doing an important service. If 10,000 of us tell ten people about them… And they tell 10 that is a million people who now know there are cheap, clean, and available alternatives. Then soon there will be ten million… And a hundred million… And that will spell the end of our using fossil fuels for energy… The end of most forms of pollution, the eventual end of hunger and end of fighting wars for energy. The deserts will be turned into farmland via cheap desalinization of water. "Third-world" countries will become able to develop safely without polluting the planet, to feed and educate their people, which is a proven means of controlling population via increased education and prosperity.… Until that "Third" term is no longer even valid. But what it will do for a society presently based on "scarcity" and highly-centralized and hierarchical control of energy is perhaps even more dramatic… It could change the way we all think.
"Plasma" can be described as a unique state of matter similar to but not exactly gaseous, in which excited gasses will freely emit large amounts of electrons (and have several other unusual characteristics) that could not otherwise be seen or extracted. In the Earth's atmosphere Lightening is a form of plasma arc, as are the related strange and less common phenomena called "Sprites", "Jets", and "St. Elmo's Fire". Other examples of plasma include it's use in fluorescent lighting and computer / TV video screens. Matter in a plasma state often does not have any significant electrical resistance, and it's conductivity can approach "infinite". It also does not adhere to many "Maxwellian" laws, and very unique waves and energy potentials can be generated which can be seen nowhere else in science. When in a plasma state, ionized gasses will emit photons (light), and have a much larger percentage of their electrons available for "use" or manipulation… These are the reasons it has become an important subject for study, and why it has very great potential for producing usable "free" energy.
M.I.T. has a large and well-funded program studying various aspects of plasma, as do several other universities. Recently M.I.T. has announced success with converting hydrocarbon fuels with plasma, to disassociate them into constituent elements in order for Carbon-based fuels to burn with much greater efficiency (… Something already well-known for nearly 90 years before). But again, as we see so often with free energy type devices individuals and groups not working within the scientific mainstream are doing the really groundbreaking research when it comes to inventing new energy-producing technologies… While the scientific mainstream community may work on the periphery but not directly tackle the politically "dangerous" subjects smacking of "perpetual motion"… Which "coincidentally" also compete with the use of coal and oil as fuels.
One highly-respected scientist outside of the mainstream who has had great success creating energy from plasma in recent years is Dr. Kiril Chukanov. In his vacuum plasma chambers, he has been able to create perpetually-sustained balls of plasma "as big as a man's head" which are then bombarded with microwave and other forms of energy. This system produces direct electricity, as well as large amounts of heat and Hydrogen which can also be converted to usable energy. His latest systems can generate over 1 Megawatts of output for 100 Kilowatts input (COP > 8 or eight times energy input-to-output efficiency once 130kW is fed back in to make the system self-sustaining) and Dr. Chukanov claims that eventually over-unity figures in the "thousands" are possible. He is apparently currently working with Canadian energy concerns in a project shrouded in secrecy to cheaply process heavy oil from the Alberta Oil Sands fields on a project using his plasma generators to extract the oil in a much more energy efficient and environmentally-friendly way (the heat and Hydrogen creation by-products are especially useful for this). He is also said to be working towards commercializing the technology to create mid-sized self-powered electrical generators to power neighborhoods or factories. Dr. Chukanov believes that in the near term, his system can also be used along with coal to create synthetic oil fuels and methane as a short-term answer (similar to what Germany did in the later part of World War Two, but in a much cheaper and more energy-efficient way).
Dr. Chukov's website, with photos, videos, and extensive and detailed audio interviews of the scientist: http://www.chukanovenergy.com .
Other successful examples of generating energy from plasma can be seen by the "PAGD" Pulsed Abnormal Glow Discharge experiments of Dr.'s Paulo and Alexandra Correa, the Blacklight Corporation's work in this field (which has commercialized it for production of highly specialized molecular compounds as well as energy) and the "Papp Engine", a unique invention by Josef Papp. All three of these devices/technologies were embraced by Dr. Eugene Mallove for being very worthy of further study and development by the mainstream, before his murder over four years ago (see article #3 of this series for further details).
The history of the Papp invention tells a strange and fascinating tale. Josef Papp fled Communist Hungary in 1957 coming first to Canada and the then the U.S. where he worked on a very unique device that used noble (inert) gasses in a closed system and ignited with plasma spark to power a reciprocating piston engine. In the mid 1960's he first announced his discovery (along with some bizarre claims of it powering a super-fast submarine that could "cross the Atlantic in less than a day"), and had got some press coverage as well as much scientific interest. Over the years, many witnesses saw the Papp engine run… Self-powered and producing large amounts of torque (the last version producing over 100 horsepower) using a mix of purified noble gasses locked inside the engine that were continually recycled supposedly being able to last for years without needing to be renewed or changed. Also, there have been working replications, most notably by a former associate of Papp James "Jimmy" Sabori. Shortly before Mr. Sabori's death, he claimed that besides the large amounts of horsepower torque, huge amounts of electricity were also directly generated from his noble gas–plasma engine. With the successful replications, media coverage, many witnesses, government and academic involvement….There really is no doubt that the Papp Engine was a "real" and working device.
By 1968, enough interest was generated for the government and several military contractors to become involved, and it was being tested successfully by independent sources…. Running without any fuel other than the constantly re-used noble gasses in the piston cylinders, operating at full power indoors for many hours at a time with no pollution output (proving there was no "hidden" source of chemical fuel). However, there was a tragedy: While being tested in the California desert under the auspices of California Institute of Technology ("Caltech"). on October 27th 1968 the engine suddenly exploded as it was turned on, killing one person and injuring several others. The amount of inert gas that was injected into the cylinder of the device prior to the event was only a few cubic centimeters… And the device was sealed and witnessed by Naval Research Lab personnel who were there to observe and insure there was no other motive power or energy source involved except the usual high-voltage plasma spark ignition powered by a starting battery. Yet the converted Volvo engine exploded with much more violence than any internal combustion engine ever should have… Proving there was indeed huge power being created by the plasma ignition of noble gasses. After this event, and a subsequent court battle where Caltech settled out of court for liability, there was mainly silence about the device.
Josef Papp died in 1983 , without ever seeing his engine make it into commercial production despite it's successes. Yet there was no question that the device, and the concept of using inert gas exploded by plasma spark, certainly did work as promised. The Papp Engine is perhaps one of the most striking and interesting examples of free energy suppression that have happened in the last 40 years: Because it did have significant press coverage and successful independent testing overseen openly by universities, defense contractors, and government agencies prior to the accident.
The use of plasma to create energy in an internal combustion engine is now being rigorously studied again outside of the mainstream: But this time in combination with water as a fuel… And not by a lone inventor but by a whole host of independent researchers in the Open Source Energy movement.
Plasma Spark Explosion of Water: Could This End Oil as a Fuel?
What is currently happening in the Open Source world is generating a great excitement and buzz of interest. It has to do with the fact that water can be "exploded" using a big enough radiant spark… A spark large enough that it is "plasma" in nature, and similar to the strange phenomena known as "ball lighting". In fact, the phenomena has been described as "Thunder and Lightning"… Happening on a tiny scale inside of an internal combustion engine: The violent "explosion?? of water droplets when pulsed with high voltage arc.
For nearly three years, many people have been working on this after reading on Open Source Energy forums about a person who claimed to run his V-8 car on water, using nothing but large High Voltage-boosted spark to explode tap water in the cylinders of an internal combustion engine. Many researchers did not believe this claim, and the proof offered was scant although block diagram schematics and information on how to replicate the effect were offered. The inventor was very worried about his anonymity (possibly with very good reason), and wished to not be in the limelight at all…. Thus every little bit of information on this amazing claim was shrouded by mystery only broken occasionally by Internet posts further explaining and detailing how he did it (… But containing very little in the way of verifiable proof). However, last month some additional proofs of concept came to light that showed beyond any doubt that it was indeed possible to create a large enough spark that would "explode" water with considerable force… Thus proving the concept and possibility of the "Water Car", if not the actual existence of one.
In a parallel related item, two years ago an inventor by the name of Robert Krupa announced something that rocked the automotive world which he called the "FireStorm Sparkplug". It was a highly uniquely design that was much different than a regular plug: The electrode (cathode) is a spherical ball, and the anodes were hemispherical thick steel wires that arch over this sphere in an "X" configuration (although Mr. Krupa has since improved and changed the basic design somewhat). The result is a vastly larger and more powerful plasma ball of spark that explodes gasoline much more efficiently than a regular spark does. In fact, if the car using FireStorm plugs can generate the large enough spark (many vehicles may need minor modifications to the ignition coil system to produce the "one Joule" of energy needed for the big sparks) then gasoline mileage increases of 40% or more are possible! Just from using a different, higher-powered spark and "leaning-out" the car's fuel-air ratio (increasing the air vs. gasoline, to an amazing 30:1 or higher). Oddly enough, when using this high "AFR" gasoline mix ignited by FireStorms, the temperature of the exhaust drops by 100 degrees F and the horsepower as measured by Dynameter increases dramatically.
Mr. Krupa has had the FireStorm independently tested, and also tested by spark plug manufacturers who were interested in buying it from him. The results were very positive in that it does all it is claimed to, but there was a "problem": Because of the inherent design, the plug would not foul or wear-out over time like other designs. This stopped it from consideration by the plug makers, who have no interest in building a product that never needs replacement "cutting their own throat" for future sales. Robert Krupa is currently lining-up manufacturing of his own for the product internationally, and may offer it for retail sale by the end of 2008 if all goes well. Let us hope he is successful in this as the savings in gasoline and pollution this product alone will bring would be tremendous.
Internal combustion engines, even brand new in 2008, are notoriously inefficient…. Anywhere from 20% to 35% efficiency is the norm. That means that a very large amount of fuel is wasted… Unburned and sent out of the exhaust because of the relatively slow-burning nature of petroleum-based fuels which have large, complex molecules. In fact this unburned fuel is the reason gasoline-powered cars in the U.S. must have a catalytic converter installed to trap it and partially combust it further before sending it out of the tail pipe. The FireStorm increases the burn rate of the fuel, vastly improving the efficiency and lowering emissions greatly as well. It does a similar thing to what using "Hydroxy" does ("HHO" / Brown's Gas using Hydrogen and Oxygen monatomic and diatomic gasses disassociated from water as a fuel "booster" for gasoline and Diesel), but without the need for an electrolyzer system to crack the water into the hydroxy gas first. So the average car could have instant mileage increases simply by switching to FireStorm plugs, and if the vehicle's coil ignition system was slightly modified to increase the voltage (if required), and the fuel-air ratio "leaned-out", the savings could be the very dramatic "40% or more" figure, which has been seen via independent testing. But modern computers in cars will require some re-programming or "fooling" of the Oxygen Sensor before allowing leaner burns: So this will also need to be performed if the full gas savings are to be seen… However these minor modifications would certainly be worth it if 40% increases in mileage could be realized, not to mention vastly decreased pollution emissions (and the hydroxy community has already come up with several solutions for this oxygen sensor and computer re-programming problems, since they are commonly seen when using hydroxy "HHO" boosters as well).
What the FireStorm does is also similar to what many have tried to do over the last 90 years, but have been constantly stymied from doing by the oil companies: Turn gasoline into a vapor before injecting it into an engine. There is clear proof that vaporized "pure" gasoline (without certain additives) burns much more efficiently, and mileage figures of up to "200 MPG" have been seen using vaporized fuel with very lean air-fuel ratios (150% to 250% mileage increases are more common). But for widespread use the problem for many years has been the "special" additives that are put into the fuel by the oil corporations: These gasoline additives fight vaporization and make it much less effective. Also, the best way to vaporize the fuel is by using the heat of the exhaust to do so: And any "tampering" of the exhaust system is prohibited by U.S. Federal law (….Ever since the advent of the catalytic converter in the late 1970's). Ironically, vaporized gas burns so completely and cleanly, there is no longer any need for the "cat-box". The FireStorm's big plasma ball of spark helps provide the same positive feature of what vaporization does: Vastly improves the efficiency of the burn allowing the fuel-air ratio to grow significantly "leaner". So when implemented, this invention will be an immediate Godsend to those of the middle class, working poor, and small businesses who are being broken by the ever-rising high prices at the pumps.
Now these experiment designs by Gotoluc, Ossie, Capacitor70, Aaron, Jetijs, Dr. Peter Lindemann, Xbox Hacker, Allcanadian, Mdbreedi, and many others are mostly outside of an engine, showing how the spark is generated and the explosion of water happens. But the concept is clear: With a large enough radiant spark, water will release significant energy in what appears to be an "explosion". Exactly what is going on here scientifically speaking, is yet unproven either way: It could be the breaking of molecular inter-acting bonds, as proposed by Dr. Peter Graneau's experiments with water "fogging" explained as energy being released when water turns from a compact liquid into a fine mist (..but still molecularly bonded as H2O)…. Or rather it may be caused by the disassociation of water into Hydrogen and Oxygen, such as in hydroxy…. Except done instantaneously and not via use of an electrolyzer cell as usually done. In this case the water is disassociated, the Hydrogen combusted with an explosion / implosion mixed effect, and the result being that the HHO is combined near-instantaneously back into water again (the implosion effect is caused by the H and O recombining). No one can say for sure yet exactly what the scientific explanation is. Apparently there is some energy that can be released simply by turning liquid water quickly into a fog (as Dr. Graneau's theory states). Yet this is thought to be a "cold" reaction, which actually lowers ambient temperature rather than raises it.
The explosion of water inside of an engine has been reported to be done recently by the same person who claimed to run the car on water (with a detailed video showing it this time) inside of an 16 H.P. single-cylinder Briggs & Stratton engine. In this case, using only tap water injected into the cylinder, the motor will turn over and run (abet poorly, but run it does). The exhaust is reported to be cooler than standard gasoline operation, yet still "hot" (which could not be easily explained by the Graneau theory of energy released by the "fogging" of water, and points more to the hydroxy disassociation into H and O). Capacitor70 has also provided a video showing it running in a small motor-bike engine (also running poorly and sporadically, but operating). So the jury is still out on the scientific explanation for what is causing this weird and wonderful reaction. However.. This lack of sure theory is not stopping further experimentation and it is proceeding at a fast pace.
When watching these videos of the small engines being run on nothing but water and plasma spark, one can get the feel for what it must have been like to be on hand to watch the Wright Brothers on a beach at Kittyhawk.
In any case, this bizarre and surprising phenomena of water being exploded by a large plasma spark is readily reproducible outside of an engine as dozens of people working in the Open Source Energy movement all over the world have already proven (…With more every day replicating the basic spark circuits and over 30 You-Tube videos from different people showing the effect). The circuits for doing so are being refined and simplified nearly daily by experimenters, all working together, playing off one another's designs to improve the circuits… With the clear goal of eventually moving this proof-of-concept phase over to having it work reliably within small engines (as is being attempted now by many people at the time of publication, 8-2008 ).
One answer to furthering this technology may lie in the patents of the American Hero of modern hydroxy: Stanley Meyer. Meyer was an inventor in Ohio, who was one of the first to build a car that ran on nothing but water in the early 1990's. Meyer's system used a very efficient electrolyzer cell producing hydroxy gas, plus a special "spark plug" that was really both a water injector and complex electrode that would squirt small amounts of water treated with RF wave energy into the cylinder, then explode it all via high voltage. This combination of plasma explosion of water, plus hydroxy gas coming in through the air intake, was powerful enough to run Meyer's famous Volkswagen dune buggy (… Of which there were many witnesses including scientists, engineers and Professors and several videos from local TV news stories showing it running successfully on the road).
Stanley Meyer tragically died in 1998 under mysterious circumstances just after reportedly making a manufacturing agreement for his discoveries. Coming out of the restaurant where he had been meeting with Belgian businessmen, he collapsed and died his last words spoken were reported to be: "I've been poisoned!".
Interesting enough , Stan Meyer by his own account narrowly avoided the "Seizure in the Name of National Security" of his patents by the U.S. Government, who were attempting to have his technology declared classified. Apparently, according to Meyer, he avoided this by use of a method of sending the information out in written form to another country before the government could act with a gag order (there is clear evidence Stan Meyer was working with the British Admiralty on pursuing some of his devices for powering ships). There has been much speculation about his death but the Franklin County autopsy stated he died of a "brain aneurysm". In any case, Stanley Meyer's death was the end of his water car or electrolyzer units being marketed (the dune buggy and his electrolyzer units mysteriously disappeared soon after the tragic event). In June, 2007 many of his patents expired.
So we have the background: Dr. Kiril Chukanov, Josef Papp, and others have successfully created large and useful amount of energy from plasma. Stanley Meyer used both hydroxy and water exploded by HV plasma-like spark to power a vehicle with many witnesses to back this. Mr. Robert Krupa designed a revolutionary new spark plug that utilizes plasma spark to ignite gasoline with greater efficiency inside an engine, greatly improving mileage and lowering emissions (Mr. Krupa has also observed the amazing plasma spark exploding water phenomena). And we have the recent experiments first reported by Gotoluc and then furthered by over 20 other experimenters in the Open Source Energy community that show beyond doubt that a plasma spark will "explode" water with significant energy being produced. And there is the unverified and mostly anecdotal information about the person who ran a V-8 engine of a car on nothing but water via plasma spark plus the same person's more recent videos of single-cylinder small engines being run on nothing but tap water (but yet to be fully verified) as well as Capacitor 70's video of the motor-bike engine running on water. These items strongly point to pursuing the use of plasma as an important energy source, and for using plasma spark to explode water as a fuel for internal combustion engines. And thus has the great excitement and interest in the various Open Source forums regarding plasma been generated… And explains why many people have temporarily dropped other free energy projects they were working on and are now actively reproducing and furthering the effect.
What can we expect in the next few months from this? Many are now working on moving the experiments and replications to the small engine phase. But there will be several hurdles yet to overcome: Just how much water is needed in the cylinder, what engine timing to best use, how to inject the water into the cylinder for best results, exactly how much HV plasma spark is needed, how to best throttle the engine to control RPM … All these important questions and more must be answered by empirical testing of new ideas failure after failure can be expected before good results finally start to happen. But since this is an Open Source project, the results will be shared, and thus much time saved. And once the answers come, all the information will be directly transferable for use with large multi-cylinder gasoline, and eventually Diesel engines…. So that we can start running our existing cars and trucks on nothing but water with some fairly minor modifications. Maybe one of the readers who are learning of this for the first time now today, and who then goes on to study this further, will be one of the first to announce their verifiable and successful replication of a working "water car". There could possibly be several, perhaps dozens, who do so within the next year sharing their schematics and plans so that others may do so as well. The more who replicate the better: This is the most effective way for this important, history-changing technology to breakout into the mainstream… Via multiple, even hundreds, of proofs announced simultaneously all over the world so it becomes very difficult to deny and suppress any further.
It could turn out, at least until all-new engine designs are created to best utilize the effect, that to best make an engine run smoothly and with well-metered throttle "HHO" hydroxy will be needed for fuel as well… A system using both the simple tap water and hydroxy gas exploded together inside the cylinder by large plasma spark. This system would explain a question which has nagged hydroxy enthusiasts for several years: How did Stan Meyer create enough hydroxy gas to run a vehicle? Some tests have shown that vast quantities of hydroxy alone are needed to do this, more than the Meyer electrolyzer cell should have possibly generated (yet there is much evidence that his dune buggy indeed worked). When used as a mileage booster with gasoline, not much hydroxy is needed at all (as little as 3% by volume to get a significant result)… It would seem by the many years of study on this by the Open Source people as well as the many companies now producing boosting systems, that the hydroxy gas works most efficiently as a fuel when there is another fuel as catalyst. So it could be that the regular tap water exploded via plasma spark will act as this catalyst, cutting the amount of hydroxy gas needed way down from what would be required to run a vehicle by itself, and answering some of the problems associated with running the car on only the tap water being exploded by plasma spark (such as throttle / RPM control). Or, it is also quite possible that simply using the tap water exploded via plasma spark will suffice to run an engine without the need for a separate hydroxy electrolyzer system…. If proper methods of solving the above problems are found.
But there is one large problem that will likely remain a damper: That of the plasma arc not creating a "wave front" chain reaction of explosion with water. Only water that is touched by the plasma itself will react (just as lightening in a rain storm will not turn the entire sky into an inferno, but only affect the water touched by the strike)…. Which means that the spark's plasma "ball lightening" size needs to be large enough in diameter to explode enough water to move a piston, yet not be too large or powerful enough to burn or melt the metal surfaces of the engine. At this point it is too early to know these answers. Both the hydroxy and plasma exploding technologies come from water anyway and testing has proved that the electrical power needed to produce them in both cases can be provided by a car's alternator and battery in a closed, self-powered system. But what is certainly known so far is that something very important is going on here!
A commonly-heard question about the technology is: How will water, and especially salt water, affect a standard internal combustion engine? Well, as one would think, corrosion damage over time is a strong possibility. But when one considers that the engines used 100 years ago by the Wright Brothers as well as the first Curtiss and European aeroplane designs, were terrible by modern standards… Only lasting 60 hours in operation or less… This would be more than enough to prove the concept as those sputtering, oil-leaking rattle-traps did back in the early days of powered flight (and would do so today with considerably more safety than those brave early pilots enjoyed). And as the plasma-spark exploding water technology becomes mainstream, the market will solve these problems as totally new engine designs best utilizing the technology will be designed, as well as corrosion-resistant after-market coatings that will allow existing motors to last longer… Allowing us to slowly segue over to new engine designs without prohibitive cost. After all, "engine efficiency" will now have another meaning: If a motor uses twice as much water fuel as it did before… This is not a horrible thing! Especially since the resultant exhaust is only water that can be captured and re-used.
How is it possible that these simple experiments proving that water can be exploded by plasma spark, have never been discovered before ?!
The people of the Open Source Energy movement who are replicating this and who want to move it to the next and then ultimate levels of powering vehicles or home electrical generators, are doing it not for money, but for the good of our society as well as for themselves in "enlightened self-interest". Patent infringement suits can only be filed realistically against those trying to market and prosper from a technology or device not against those who build it for their own study or use and not for selling…. And the government's use of the Patent Office as a means of suppressing technology only affects those who file patents and who try to keep the technology known only to themselves. This is why the model of Open Source is so important, and why it will eventually provide us with the truly effective, clean, and low-cost alternatives to using oil and coal that this country, and this planet, so desperately need…. Despite those who would stop it from happening.
One very important note: Replicating these experiments with High Voltage plasma sparks of up to 80,000 Volts or more going from the ignition coil to the spark plug are dangerous and extreme caution is required… As with any High Voltage electrical work be it in the free energy arena or in the mainstream. Those who try them at home should have a very good understanding of just how dangerous HV can be and realize that it could easily END your time here on Earth if the proper safety procedures are not ALWAYS remembered and taken. Write a safety procedure and check-off list , and put it on the wall of your work area where you can easily see it at all times as a reminder. Don't work alone without someone nearby who can help you in times of emergency. And insure your hand tools are properly insulated, inspect them for breaks in the insulation regularly. ALWAYS disconnect the power source before working on a circuit, and in the case of large capacitors, fully discharge them first as well (this can be done safely simply by putting a high-wattage resistor across the cap's terminals for several seconds). We hope to have all of our Open Source Energy experimenters with us for a very long time, certainly long enough to enjoy and share the sweet victory of experiencing cheap, abundant, and clean energy coming into all of our lives… At long last!


Have you ever felt that way? So close, but yet so far? I sure have….
About 2 years ago, I found out I was going to have a place I could call 'all mine' for the first time in over 20 years! (I'll have to share that story later, as blog posts are not called 'novels' for a reason!) As the time approached for me to begin packing, I decided that I needed to get on the "Pinterest-wagon" and start searching for décor. I had NO idea that there were so many styles out there! I guess I just had not paid attention, figuring I couldn't really implement any of those styles in the living situations I had been in the past 20 years. While searching all the different 'pins', I realized I was repeatedly drawn to the photos that were describing this look called 'farmhouse' and 'farmhouse cottage'. Several of those pins kept leading me to a blog called "Thistlewood Farm".
I was hooked! Not only was I hooked on the farmhouse look, I was hooked on my VERY FIRST BLOG! The owner and author of Thistlewood Farm is Mrs. KariAnne Wood (insert angels singing 'ahhhhh' in vibrato)…(okay, I hope that comes across the way I hear it in my head). So, noooow was I not only hooked on my very first blog, I was hooked on the way only KariAnne Wood could tell a story! I looked forward to each day I received a notification saying, "There's a new post on Thistlewood Farm"! Woo hoo!!! I would click that mouse as fast as I could in order to get over to read her post and see what new giggle, guffaw, tear or sob I was going to experience in that short visit… And I have NEVER been disappointed. Seriously, y'all… I'm not jokin' here. Her story-telling is top-notch.
Two years later, suffice to say, when KariAnne announced that her first book was coming out, and that she needed her readers to help her with a book launch, this reader's hand shot up into the sky and her bottom bounced in her seat as high and as fast as her little chubby body could bounce! (Man, I hope y'all laughed at that, because I'm sure giggling while I write it, and I'm darn near tears! Stupid hormones!) ANYWAYS, KariAnne accepted me on her team, and what a blast! During that time, I was also privileged to have a blog consultation over the phone with KariAnne, and was blessed to get to know her on a more personal level. The way she comes across in her story-telling and on video is the same "in person". A sweet, sincere, kind and bubbly sister in Christ.
Her first book is titled, "So Close To Amazing", and it's more than just close to amazing. This autobiography-type book, sprinkled throughout with DIY tutorials, had me unexpectedly laughing and crying by the very first chapter. Her story of suddenly moving with her hubby and 4 children to Kentucky, leaving her extended family and friends in Texas, and the many #soclosetoamazing experiences she had, during and after that time, make this book a real page-turner. KariAnne's style of writing is quirky, and sometimes random with her "total asides", but it all makes sense and is not only fun, but teaches real-life lessons about being #soclosetoamazing. Best of all, she always points to the Lord, showing us that perfect is not what it's cracked up to be, and that His plan for our lives IS always perfect and totally and completely amazing!
I hope you'll treat yourself to this book, and maybe even pick-up copy up for a friend or two! You can find it here, and it's on sale right now!
Tell me, have you had a moment (or two!) of being so close, but yet so far?
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Julie, this book sounds amazing! I'm definitely going to check it out. You must have had so much fun working with KariAnne. She sounds like a lovely person.
Hi, Kim! Yes, the book is REALLY good… and KariAnne is a dear. I think you would REALLY enjoy reading it! We are actually just starting the launch of her newest book "The DIY Home Planner". Fun stuff!
I love what and how you write. Did you stage and shoot these photos? They are beautiful!
Thank you so much, T! Your words are such an encouragement! Yes, I staged and took the photos… believe it or not, with my iPhone. I learned from KariAnne that flat lay photography is best done with our phones! Crazy, huh? I'm glad you liked them… again, majorly encouraging! Hugs! Miss you!
Thank you so much! Encouraging words are wonderful! Hope you are having a good weekend!
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LOL, Kay! Yes… hormones are the devil!!! LOL! I think you will LOVE Thistlewood Farms, AND KariAnne! She's quite an amazingly gifted woman. 🙂 Thanks for dropping in, friend!
Darn it, now I really want to know what happened with that sink!!!


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Simulators are known to be an accessible, economic and lifesaving training tool, which allows for optimal instruction and simulation of extreme scenarios. In order to maintain readiness and preparedness, Aerial Defense Combatants train via simulators which simulate the IAF's operational interception systems
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The simulator center positioned in the Aerial Defense Academy in the Negev desert currently includes a simulator for every operational interception system that the Aerial Defense Division operates. The first simulator, which was inaugurated in 2012, was an "Iron Dome" simulator and this month, the ribbon of a new "David's Sling" Simulator was cut, a large step towards the operational integration of the system. "An Aerial Defense Combatants meets the simulator for the first time in his professional training, right after completing the infantry training phase", said Maj. Maayan Baruch, the former commander of the simulator center. "In the basic stage, each cadet trains on the simulator for a few hours".
It was decided to establish the simulator center in 2014. "The simulators contribute to the combatants' deep understanding of the studied material", explained Maj. Baruch. "In the past, the training was performed on operational weapons systems taken off ready alert for the purpose of the training. Today, thanks to the simulators that are designed for training and instruction, the systems remain available and the cadets receive a neutral and quiet environment. They receive organized theoretical lessons broadcasted on the screens and experience activity with the same software that they will use on the battery".
In addition to the accessibility of the simulators, they also bear a clear economic advantage. "Before the 'Patriot' simulator was established, we would fly abroad to train. Today, it is positioned in the Aerial Defense Academy".
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Personal Interception Training
The trainees in the Aerial Defense Simulator Center change every day. "We train all kinds of different courses that come to the simulator as part of the completion of their qualifications and each has different characteristics", shared CRPL. Ahinoam Burstein, a "David's Sling" Simulator Instructor. "In training, the trainees are required to deal with different degrees of difficulty and intercept according to certain rules and considerations".
Throughout the training session, different fields are tested: the cadets' decision making ability, their alertness, attention to details and communication. "A number of simulations are usually necessary to succeed in the more difficult scenarios, in the end there is a qualification scenario at the maximum difficulty level that tests all of the required skills".
In the Future: A Connected Simulator Center
The Aerial Defense Division's "Preparing for the Future" Plan, which will begin at the end of the year, emphasizes the concept of the "complete combatant". In accordance with this concept, Aerial Defense Combatants will be familiar with all of the systems in the division and not just the one that they will operate. This concept stems from the understanding that integration between the systems is an important component in the modern interception mission.
In the future, an Instruction and Operational Training Center will be established that will deal with connectivity via connected simulators. "We want to train our combatants exactly like they will fight and the simulators, that even look like the systems in the field, answer this exact need", stated Maj. Baruch. "In our vision, the center will have connected simulators of all of the systems, which will allow us to simulate a scenario mutual to all of them, brief and debrief together in one place".
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Analysis: Barratt's future in bank hands
By Andrew Leach
Updated: 12:04 EST, 23 June 2008
Financial Mail on Sunday's Taking Stock column focuses on market moves over the past week...
When Sir Lawrie Barratt came out of retirement in 1991 to rescue the then loss-making housebuilder that he founded, he pledged not to take any remuneration until the firm was back in the black.
His 'no profit, no pay' pledge attracted a lot of attention at the time, but Sir Lawrie was no fool and after he successfully restored the fortunes of the company it was revealed his back pay had been accumulating while he turned the business around.
Sir Lawrie's confidence that he would get his pay reflected his then more than 30-years' experience of a notoriously cyclical industry and his knowledge that no matter how tough the economic climate, there was always value in the company's land bank because 'they are not making any more'.
Sir Lawrie may be Barratt Developments'life president, but he is staying in retirement this time as the 50-year-old firm is shaken to its foundations, with its share price losing 76% of its value in the past two months alone.
The shares were sharply higher on Friday on reports that banks were willing to waive loan covenants on Barratt's £1.7bn of debt if it were to breach them.
But the euphoria of the shares was, for now at least, premature. Barratt, headed by Mark Clare and Britain's second biggest homebuilder by volume, is in talks with its banks, but nothing has been agreed. That explains why the shares eased back to close up 9½p at 87¾p on Friday, valuing the business - which is expected to make profits this year of £395m - at just £304m.
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The share graphs of rivals such as Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey, Bovis and Bellway all resemble a sharply sloping roof and they all have the same problem - virtually no one is buying new homes.
As a result, UK housing starts this year are expected to reach the lowest level since 1945, with just 127,000 homes expected to be built, down 30% on last year. Faced with stagnation on their sites, builders are doing all they can to generate income and buyers with cash can strike spectacular deals.
Anecdotally, some are offering discounts of up to 50% on the final units in some developments and a third off seems commonplace. Some are also selling off parts of their land banks to get some cash, with buyers such as nursing homes groups benefiting.
But no matter how much cash these moves might generate, the immediate future of many builders lies in their bankers' hands and debt-for-equity swaps will inevitably happen in these markets.
There will be a bloodbath in the sector and it will take time for normality to resume, but with huge demand for new housing in the next few decades, the builders will rise again.
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Learn how animals evolved from a few tiny marine creatures about 600 million years ago through to the amazingly diverse and complex forms of animal life on earth today, including us.
This 10 week indoor course will be taught by Professor Wallace Arthur, author of Evolving Animals: The Story of Our Kingdom. It is aimed at anyone with an interest in how the animal kingdom evolved from its origin as a few tiny creatures in the marine realm more than half a billion years ago to its current splendour of more than a million species of animals inhabiting almost every environment on Earth.
The course will cover both evolutionary pattern – the issue of which animals are related to which other ones – and evolutionary process – the mechanisms through which evolution happens.
The course will be delivered in a conversational, interactive way, and with emphasis on general principles rather than technical details. We will have some fossils to look at in the classroom and we can also make use of the displays in the Great North Museum: Hancock.


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SOUTH AFRICA PROTESTERS DEMAND PROSTITUTION BE LEGALISED
In South Africa, around 200 sex workers took to the streets of Johannesburg on Thursday to demand prostitution be decriminalised.
"This is what I wear to work," Dudu Dlamini, clad in hiking boots and a long dress, told AFP. "No high heels or short skirts."
"It requires expertise and skills you have no idea about," she added.
"I purchased my own house out of sex work," said Constance Mathe, who has been in the profession for 16 years.
An estimated 120,000 and 180,000 sex workers operate in South Africa, according to aid organisations.
But the country's prostitution laws date back to the apartheid era and punish sex workers and their clients.
"Sex work is work, not a crime," Dlamini said at the protest.
Around her, the group advanced with signs held aloft reading "Where is the crime?" and "Decrim sex work now".
Some of the protesters marched with their faces covered, flanked by police cars.
"The police harass us and ask us for money. And sex workers who are abused by their clients cannot just go to the police station and file a case, because they would be prosecuted for being sex workers," explains Yonela Sinqu of the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (Sweat).
According to the organisation, prostitutes are often victims of violence and rape.
Sweat says around 10 sex workers are murdered each year, but that many cases go unreported.
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The Challenges of Working With Digital Nomads
By Well ClinicNovember 9, 2021March 25th, 2022Career
Wouldn't it be great to work from anywhere? Truly anywhere.
Digital nomads are people who do just that – they travel the world and work from wherever they want. Most digital nomads have better mental health than employees who feel stuck in a 9-5 job because they have freedom and autonomy over their schedule and life.
The downside to hiring a digital nomad is that most companies don't have policies in place to work with them. Not to mention, because digital nomads can work from anywhere in the world, it can be difficult to have meetings because of time zone issues.
If you're a digital nomad, your life is completely yours. You choose where you are in the world, who you work with, and when you work. You can roam freely from co-working space to coffee shop to a balcony on your cabin in a little mountain town. But employers often struggle to work with digital nomads because of their unpredictability and lack of policies in place. Not to mention the amount of discipline it takes to be a digital nomad.
Work-Life Balance for Digital Nomads
Many people who set out to be digital nomads believe that they are entering a life of freedom. While they are untethered to a particular location, digital nomads need to be incredibly disciplined in order to get their work done and stay organized.
It takes a lot of discipline to do your job when you're traveling the world, but the fact that digital nomads get to work from anywhere they want means they're often happier and mentally healthier than someone who is relegated to a traditional office job.
Digital nomads sometimes struggle to get the work done, mostly because it's hard to balance leisure time and work time when you're off in a foreign country. When you're traveling the world, the two can blend together. This is one of the digital nomad challenges that people who live this lifestyle face.
On the other hand, some digital nomads struggle to turn work off and find that, with the use of self-discipline, they literally have to schedule free time into their days. Working with digital nomads can be challenging for these reasons.
Recruiting Digital Nomads
Some companies will require remote workers to come into the office once in a while, making it harder for a person to be truly nomadic while they work. This can be another digital nomad challenge and a struggle for companies working with digital nomads.
Many digital nomads are not just freelancers, but people who work for companies that allow remote work. So they have adopted a lifestyle of moving around and working from wherever they please. It can be difficult to keep track of a digital nomad, who often may not disclose where they are living and working.
Most companies don't have policies in place to manage a digitally nomadic lifestyle.
If a digital nomad doesn't tell their employer where they are working from and they are out of the company's jurisdiction for legal or even tax reasons, that worker can put the company at risk.
A lot of digital nomads are getting paid high salaries for companies located in areas like New York or San Francisco where you can make a lot of money but also the cost of living is high. Yet because they are working from "wherever," they are banking all of that money. Some companies don't believe that you shouldn't be getting paid a New York salary and working from a cabin in Montana.
Digital Nomads vs. Remote Workers
All digital nomads are remote workers, but not all remote workers are digital nomads. Someone who works remotely often lives in one place, stays in the same time zone, and has a predictable schedule.
Remote working became a necessity when the pandemic started and has continued to this day to be a popular way for people to work. Digital nomads don't stay in one place for very long, regardless of whether they are tied to a job that has typical 9-5 hours or not.
Some digital nomads are freelancers, but not all. Remote workers tend to work for a company but are just not in person working in the office. In both cases, technology plays a huge role in the person getting work done because they need internet and computers and Zoom meetings and calendars to keep everything straight.
Digital Nomads as Team Members
Because discipline is incredibly important for digital nomads, deadlines and scheduled meetings are crucial to successfully working with a digital nomad.
There is inequality in the workplace when it comes to hiring digital nomads. Most are young, white people with enough privilege to afford plane tickets and Air BnBs and have an education that affords them a job that doesn't require them to be in person.
Working with digital nomads can be challenging for companies and team members.
Some people may resent the digital nomad life and the ability to work remotely full-time. It can also be hard to stay in touch with digital nomads who are truly location-independent and may not always disclose where they are.
Addressing Mental Health for Digital Nomads
Digital nomads can be incredibly hard on themselves. The need for discipline, particularly self-discipline, can make it hard for digital nomads to give themselves time to enjoy their life. Even if the whole point of living a nomadic lifestyle is independence and freedom.
Digital nomads have chosen a nomadic lifestyle because they don't want to be location dependent, but that can take its toll on someone's mental health if you're constantly moving. Some digital nomads keep a home base, but many do not. It's important for companies working with digital nomads to understand the mental health challenges digital nomads face and offer support when they can.
If your company is working with digital nomads and you need support to manage the digital nomad challenges, we are here to help. Contact us for a free consultation today.
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For some at McDaniel College, Jan Term was a chance to take a new type of class, be it one that teaches how to cope with stress or one that thrusts students into the theater experience. But for others, like senior Khadijah Poston, Jan Term was a chance to dip her toe into the workforce.
For some at McDaniel College, Jan Term was a chance to take a new type of class, be it one that teaches how to cope with stress or one that thrusts students into the theater experience.
But for others, like senior Khadijah Poston, Jan Term was a chance to dip her toe into the workforce. McDaniel's winter term, known as Jan Term, is a three-week session in-between the fall and spring semesters. One semester of Jan Term is included in each student's tuition.
Poston, a Hammond High School graduate from Columbia, spent the last three weeks interning at Maryland Public Television, where she got to jump into the world of production, each day working with different producers and helping to contribute.
"I just help them with whatever they need," she said.
MPT is a public television network that includes six television stations that broadcast in Maryland, as well as into the District of Columbia and parts of Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, according to its website. MPT is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service.
Poston said MPT does a lot of different TV shows, like for kids or involving cooking.
"What I've been working with is 'Maryland Farm & Harvest,' " she said.
Poston said she spent her three works pulling footage and clips, and working to help transcribe them. She also got to be a part of the editing process and, while she has edited video before, she said she learned about different types of editing software.
McDaniel College senior Khadijah Poston transcribes video while working her internship at MPT in Owings Mills Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018.
Getting to see the different software and editing styles has helped her be more versatile in her own work, she added.
Poston said getting to do the internship was helpful because it offers a real-life experience.
And for McDaniel, that's the ultimate goal.
"One of the goals at McDaniel is to expose all students to as many experiential learning opportunities as possible, and the three-week Jan Term is a great time for students to try something new. We have many students who take advantage of this period of time to gain real-world experience," Connie Sgarlata, director of the Center for Experience and Opportunity at McDaniel, said via email.
And while Poston, who is double majoring in psychology and cinema, has enjoyed her time working at MPT, she hopes she can bring her skills learned at the internship to another one of her passions — natural hair. She and a friend have a club on campus, Curl Friends, she added.
"If I can incorporate natural hair and incorporate video or write stories about it, that would be awesome," she said.
Currently, she said, there are natural hair brands the club has reached out to, and to be able to work under one of them and eventually open her own business would be cool, she added.
Being able to start the club — and hold an event, "It's a Curl Thing," last spring — is something Poston said she loves about McDaniel. It's a small campus, she said, and everyone knows each other. Being a small school, she added, lets students create clubs and have the freedom to be creative.
Poston said she learned about natural hair when she came to college and, since those days, has learned to embrace it.


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The name given to a well-known series of British definitive stamps first issued in 1967. The design of the stamp depicts a plaster portrait of Queen Elizabeth II created by artist Arnold Machin.
Machine Cancel
A cancellation applied by machine, as opposed to a hand cancel.
Mailometer Perforations
The Mailometer Company of Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1906, used a vending machine invented by Joseph Schermack, then a production manager for the company. Many of the Mailometer type perforations are common.
Mail Early block
U.S. marginal marking block that first appeared on U.S. marginal selvage in 1968. It was subsequently replaced by the copyright notice. ME blocks typically consist of four or six stamps.
Makeshift booklets
U.S. stamp booklets manufactured using stamps normally issued in individual panes, packaged in generic blue cardboard covers and dispensed by vending machines.
Manila Paper
A fiber-based and very coarse paper (originally from Manila hemp) often used for envelopes or newspaper wrappers.
A cancellation of a stamp by pen or marker. Early stamps may show a manuscript cancel because the post office had no canceling device. Stamps with pen cancels are usually valued less than stamps with normal cancels. Today, stamps on envelopes or packages that were missed in the normal canceling process are pen cancelled by letter carriers.
Marcophily
Marcophily is the collecting of postmarks
The portion of unprinted paper that surrounds the design or perforated area (selvage) of a stamp or a pane of stamps. The collectible grades of stamps are determined by the position of the design in relation to the edge of the stamp as perforated or, in the case of imperforate stamps, as cut from the sheet.
Margin Block
A block of stamps with the selvage still attached.
Marginal Marking (Marginal Inscription)
Any printing that appears in the margins. These might include the name of the printer, plate numbers, etc.
Maximaphily
The hobby of maximum card collecting.
Maximum card
A picture postcard, a cancel, and a stamp presenting maximum concordance. The stamp is usually affixed to the picture side of the card and is tied by the cancel. Collectors of maximum cards seek to find or create cards with stamp, cancel and picture in maximum agreement, or concordance. The statutes of the International Federation of Philately (FIP) give specific explanatory notes for the postage stamp, the picture postcard, the cancel, concordance of subject, concordance of place and concordance of time.
Merry Widow
A nickname for the 1908 green Special Delivery stamp. The name came from the design of Mercurys helmet on the stamp that resembled the hat worn by the widow from the opera of that name.
The mechanical or digital device that creates a valid denominated postage imprint known as a meter stamp. Postage is prepaid to the regulating postal authority. Meters were authorized by the UPU in 1920. They are used today by volume mailers to cut the cost of franking mail.
Extremely small letters or numbers added to the designs of selected United States stamps as a security feature. In most cases, 8-power magnification or greater is needed to read microprinting.
A smaller-than-normal pane of stamps issued only in that form or in addition to full panes. A miniature sheet is usually without marginal markings or text saying that the sheet was issued in conjunction with or to commemorate some event.
A stamp in the same unused condition, including full gum if issues with gum, in which it came from the post office. "Mint" is casually, and incorrectly, used to include stamps with disturbed gum, with signs of previous hinging, and even with yellowed or toned stamps. It is often used as a synonym for "not cancelled" or "not used", although that is clearly not the literal meaning.
Mint Never Hinged (MNH)
MNH refers to the condition of having never had a hinge attached to the stamp. It implies that the gum is sound and intact and, in a sense, that the condition of the overall stamp is pristine. So much emphasis has been placed on the lack of gum disturbance from never having had a hinge attached to the stamp, that other factors such as bright fresh color is sometimes overlooked. There is no denying the fact that "MNH" can add value to an otherwise ordinary or even slightly sub-par stamp, but the first letter in MNH stands for mint, and we would argue that only stamps in pristine condition meet that standard.
An offset negative or reverse impression.
Miscut
A stamp or pane that is cut so that parts of adjoining designs appear in the space normally occupied by the stamp design.
Mission mixture
The lowest grade of stamp mixture, containing unsorted but primarily common stamps on paper, as purchased from missions or other institutions.
A nickname for the earliest postage stamp issues of Hawaii, dating from the early 1850s. The name derives from the fact that many of the stamps and covers that were saved were used by missionaries in Hawaii writing home to families in New England.
Mixed Franking
A properly used cover with the stamps of two or more nations affixed, or a cover with any unusual combination of stamps, such as an Official and a definitive or commemorative.
Mobile Post Office (MPO)
A vehicular post office facility that sorts and distributes mail while in transit. Examples include while on train, on boat or ship, or on a streetcar or truck.
Acetate holders, clear on the front and with some sort of adhesive on the back. Collectors use mounts to affix stamps or covers to album or exhibit pages.
Molly Pitcher
The heroine of the Battle of Monmouth, N.J. Her name is overprinted on the US two-cent stamp of 1928.
The first money orders were authorized by the U.S. on May 17, 1864 and went into effect November 1, 1864.
Mourning Cover
A cover with a black border, used to convey news of a death.
A group of two or more intact stamps, but less than a full sheet.


It's Official, ML4ALL 2019, Machine Learning Conference 4 All v2!
It's official, we've got dates and tickets are open for ML4ALL 2019! Our CFP will be open in a number of hours, not days, and I'll do another update the second that we have that live.
ML4ALL stands for "Machine Learning for All". Last year I enjoyed working with Alena Hall, Troy Howard, Glenn Block, Byron Gerlach, and Ben Acker on getting a great conference put together, and I'm looking forward to rounding up a team and doing a great job putting together another great conference for the community again this year!
Last year @lenadroid put together this great video of the event and some short interviews with speakers and attendees. It's a solid watch, take a few minutes and check it out for a good idea of what the conference will be like.
Tickets are on sale, but there's a lot of other ways to get involved now. First, the super easy way to keep track of updates is to follow the Twitter account: @ml4all. The second way is a little bit more involved, but can be a much higher return on investment for you, by joining the ML4ALL Slack Group! There we discuss conference updates, talk about machine learning, introduce ourselves, and a range of other discussions.
If you work for a company in the machine learning domain, plying the wave of artificial intelligence and related business, you may want to get involved by sponsoring the conference. We've got a prospectus we can send you for the varying levels, just send an email to ml4allconf@gmail.com with the subject "Plz Prospectus". We'll send you the prospectus and we can start a conversation on which level works best for your company!
ML4ALL is a conference that will cover from beginner to advanced machine learning presentations, conversations, and community discussions. It's a top conference choice to put on your schedule for April 28-30th, pick up tickets for, and submit a proposal to the CFP!
This entry was posted in Community, Conferences, machine learning, PSA, Video and tagged conference, learning, machine learning, Ml4all, portland on February 7, 2019 by Adron.


We don't really know why the Netherlands has so many sayings revolving around this particular vegetable – but then there are a lot of different sorts.
Boontje komt om zijn loontje. This Calvinistic and typically Dutch saying means you will get your just deserts (only if you eat up your vegetables of course).
Je eigen boontjes doppen. Bonen doppen means shelling beans thus shelling your own means you can't rely on others to do the job for you.
Honger maakt rauwe bonen zoet, or hunger makes raw beans sweet. You will eat anything if you're hungry enough.
Rare snijboon. Snijbonen are string beans and you would think a silly string bean would denote a tall and gangly person. But it doesn't. It just means silly sod. A gangly person is called a bonestaak, or bean pole.
Ik bid niet veur brune bonen Not strictly a saying. This is a quote from a very popular tv series based on a book by Anne de Vries called Bartje. It is set in the province of Drenthe in the Thirties. When forced to eat brown beans which he detests Bartje refuses to pray before the meal and is, of course soundly thrashed.
Ik ben een boon als ik het snap. I'm a bean if I understand this. The English equivalent would be something like I'll be dashed.
Een heilig boontje, or holy little bean is a person, usually a child, who is always trying to be good (but isn't really).
Do let us know if you have any more suggestions.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on February 5, 2014 by europeansinthenetherlands.
the first one is incorrect. boontje komt om zijn loontje means that you will get what you deserve. Its said when someone has been set back by the people who react to that. basically: he had that coming.


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Time's Up Calls for CBS to Close Pay Gaps, Prioritize Diverse Hiring
4:47 PM PDT 9/11/2018 by Katie Kilkenny
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In an open letter published on the organization's website Tuesday, the group tells the network "this is your moment."
Time's Up is calling for CBS to commission an independent investigation of work culture and conduct a pay equity study to close racial and gender pay gaps in the wake of former CEO Les Moonves' resignation on Sunday.
In an open letter published on the organization's website Tuesday, and reported first by CBS News, the group tells the network that in the wake of an executive turnover, "this is your moment." Addressing Shari Redstone, the vice chairwoman of CBS Corporation, as well as the rest of the board of directors, Time's Up writes, "As one of the world's most powerful companies, you have a choice. You can cling to a status quo as it crumbles around you. Or you can demonstrate what happens when true leadership embraces the future. Now is your opportunity to rise."
It also provides five commitments that it "urges" the revamped organization to follow. Those include: an independent investigation of sexual harassment at the company with safeguards so that those who step forward are not retaliated against; the establishment of a work culture that prioritizes "the values of safety, equity and dignity" and oversight to ensure its maintenance; creating a hiring, promotion and retention policy that promotes diversity; offering training on new workplace values and conducting a pay equity study to close unjust gaps based on gender or race.
"We ask that you review and remake not only the structure, but the culture, of CBS and take ongoing responsibility for issues of safety and equity in your company," the letter reads.
In its letter, Time's Up additionally criticizes the reshuffling of CBS' board following Moonves' exit. Six board members (Joseph Califano Jr., Charles Gifford, Leonard Goldberg, Arnold Kopelson, Douglas Morris and David Andelman) have stepped down and six (Candace Beinecke, Barbara Byrne, Brian Goldner, Richard D. Parsons, Susan Schuman and Strauss Zelnick) have been added in their place.
While acknowledging that more women were added to the board in the turnaround, Time's Up writes, "In reconstituting the board so quickly, an opportunity for meaningful inclusion was missed. Women of color and other underrepresented candidates were not added to the board in ways that are reflective of CBS's vast audiences."
The organization also reiterates its demand that CBS donate a previously negotiated $120 million exit package for Moonves to organizations devoted to women, and asks that an investigation into work culture be "transparent" to the public.
Moonves left the company Sunday after a second story in The New Yorker, published that day, reported claims that he had sexually harassed and assaulted women in the workplace over several decades. An initial story was published on the magazine's website in late July.
Both stories have additionally reported on allegations of sexual misconduct on the part of Jeff Fager, the executive producer of 60 Minutes. Fager remains at the company.
Read the letter in full below, or at the Time's Up website.
Dear Ms. Redstone and Members of the Board of the CBS Corporation:
This is your moment. A cascade of women's voices has changed the rules. The old playbook no longer applies. As one of the world's most powerful companies, you have a choice. You can cling to a status quo as it crumbles around you. Or you can demonstrate what happens when true leadership embraces the future. Now is your opportunity to rise.
As Norah O'Donnell said this week on CBS This Morning, "women will never achieve true equality in the workplace and in society until there is a reckoning and an acceptance of responsibility by those in charge." This is that reckoning. The CBS environment is your responsibility.
It has been an eventful few days with important changes made by CBS: the departure of the CEO, the refresh of the Board of Directors and the oversight that the board has started to assert. But it's not over yet.
TIME'S UP was formed to help workplaces move forward into a new era — a world that insists on safe, fair and dignified work for women of all kinds. We are asking you, the board and senior management, to move into that era with us for the sake of your employees and as an example to your colleagues and corporate peers. We ask that you review and remake not only the structure, but the culture, of CBS and take ongoing responsibility for issues of safety and equity in your company.
Sexual harassment, retaliation and toxic work environments exist when workplaces are not fully diverse and inclusive at all levels and employees are not able to feel safe or reach their full potential. Full, independent investigations of alleged wrongdoing and the departure of a few executives is only the start. Real progress can only occur with a transparent commitment to long-term structural changes from top to bottom.
We are glad to see the appointment of several new women to the board. But in reconstituting the board so quickly, an opportunity for meaningful inclusion was missed. Women of color and other underrepresented candidates were not added to the board in ways that are reflective of CBS's vast audiences.
While working on this issue, the new board can also demonstrate leadership in tackling the ongoing issues that hamper women's advancement and equality in the workplace.
TIME'S UP urges the newly reconstituted Board of CBS to commit to the following:
● A full, independent investigation of any allegations of sexual harassment, regardless of whether the subject of the investigation resigns or departs. Those who come forward must also be protected from potential retaliation.
● Establishing a workplace culture that represents the values of safety, equity and dignity, with this tone set from the top of the company. The board should establish regular (not just special committee) oversight of workplace culture as a matter of corporate governance, and senior management should be held accountable with specific and measurable benchmarks.
● Establishing a hiring, promotion and retention policy that will create an inclusive workforce at all levels, and set and measure goals for achieving a workplace reflective of the American population. This includes aggressive recruitment for truly diverse management talent, as well as the pipeline for entry-level positions. As listed on the company's website, the nine current most senior members of the CBS Corporation Executive management team and the heads of each of CBS's Divisions are all men.
● Providing training at all levels of the company, including the board, on the company's values, diversity and inclusion, and management skills, and commit to providing this training on a regular basis.
● Undertaking a pay equity study, and commit to closing any racial, ethnic or gender gaps.
We do not expect these measures to be implemented overnight. We do not ask for miracles. We recognize that meaningful, sustainable change will take time. But by enacting measures such as the above, you can create a model for not only the media and entertainment industry, but companies in general.
As it relates to Mr. Moonves, we ask for a commitment to assure that the results of the investigation will provide transparent integrity in the process. We also urge that the full amount reserved for Mr. Moonves' severance be contributed to organizations that address sexual harassment and workplace safety. That is $120 million dollars that will either go to Mr. Moonves or back into the coffers of the company that allowed the culture created by Mr. Moonves to continue. Or that $120 million can create change by going to organizations — and there are many impactful organizations — that can help women of all kinds. The choice is yours. But the answer is obvious. We ask that you not dishonor the bravery of those who have come forward by spending that money unwisely.
As we said, now is your opportunity to rise.
We stand ready to work with you and to promote your progress as it occurs.
Katie Kilkenny
Katherine.Kilkenny@THR.com katiekilkenny7


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Rock Around the Clock (1956)
In this movie, a lifeless and somewhat ridiculous plot acts as a frame story to showcase some rock-and-roll bands when that kind of music was becoming popular in the 1950s. Young people in their rebellious stage like to shock their elders, so naturally we have a scene in which Bill Haley and the Comets perform at a prestigious and very proper girls' school, which scandalizes the matronly chaperones. The Comets wear suits and are clean-cut, singing songs without suggestive lyrics, but no matter, because the beat alone is indecent. So the movie has it both ways, allowing teenagers to enjoy the fantasy of shocking their elders, while the real elders watching the movie in the theaters would be reassured that rock and roll was quite harmless.
Part of the plot of this movie is that dancing is on its way out, by which is meant ballroom dancing. But the dancing done by teenagers to rock and roll is alive and well. It is basically jitterbug (also known as swing, boogie-woogie, and the bop). In a sense, however, this died too. Once the twist became popular in the early 1960s, partner dancing, in which couples make contact with each other, pretty much came to an end, to be replaced by various forms of free style, in which couples never touch each other. To see partner dancing any more, other than for slow songs, you either have to go to a country-western nightclub or to a dance studio where ballroom dancing still lingers on.
Partner dancing in the movies is one of two kinds: either the dancers are professionals, or they are just barely able to shuffle around the dance floor. The reality would be somewhere in between, with amateurs doing a fairly decent job of cutting a rug. In this movie, the brother and sister who dance together are obviously professionals. They become part of the act with the Comets, the idea being that they will show teenagers at the performances how to dance to rock and roll, to break the ice and get others on the dance floor. Of course, all those supposedly novice teenagers who venture onto the dance floor are professional dancers themselves. In fact, having that brother-and-sister team dance like that in real life would intimidate ordinary would-be dancers, making it less likely for them to get out on the floor.
Unfortunately, most of the songs performed in this movie are not that good, and in several cases, no one dances at all, usually because the beat is too fast, even for professionals. There are a couple of good numbers from the Comets and a couple from the Platters. The rest are mediocre, which, when combined with the boring plot, makes the movie a disappointment.
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His current co-star is definitely still with someone.
He is married, but it is really up in the air if this A- list dual threat actor who stars in a huge movie franchise is still married. His current co-star is definitely still with someone. So, the hooking up is probably not a good idea.
He is married, but it is really up in the air if this A- list dual threat actor who stars in a huge movie franchise is still married.
So, the hooking up is probably not a good idea.
As someone who's neither cultivated enough for, nor particularly interested in the theater — except for Springsteen on Broadway, which I saw and wept at twice — I rarely pay attention to upcoming plays. However, it's been impossible for me to ignore Burn This, the new Keri Russell and Adam Driver production. This is because every single promotional photo of the two of them has been unspeakably, unrelentingly, unbelievably horny.


Aikido Classes starting this fall!
Greetings potential Aikido students! Starting this fall at Orwell Village School, afterschool classes will be offered in Yoshokai-style Aikido. At first there will be only two classes: Youth Beginners and Adult Beginners. Gradually, more classes will be added to continue to help students advance.


Star Wars "Secrets Of The Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey" Doc/Blu-Ray Bonus Hits SXSW - Are You Screening?
The home release for Star Wars: The Force Awakens will include a feature-length documentary about its creation, Secrets of The Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey, but it's getting a premiere of its own at SXSW.
If any film deserves this sort of treatment, it's probably the latest Star Wars installment, especially considering that the focus is on the entire journey, encompassing the entire road to getting this film into theaters.
Whether the film itself is deserving of such treatment, or not, it's certainly the sort of thing that fans are going to enjoy, and adds tremendous value to the price of a Blu-Ray.
The Blu-Ray hits on April 5th, with a slightly earlier release on Digital April 1st.
"Secrets of The Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey, " a feature-length documentary will have its world premiere during the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW®), being held in Austin, Texas, March 11-19, 2016. The documentary, a bonus feature on the upcoming Digital HD and Blu-ray Combo Pack release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, is an inside look at the making of this epic movie, revealed through in-depth footage and exclusive interviews with the actors and filmmakers.