Napoleon and the War of the Third Coalition

Napoleon and the War of the Third Coalition Video Clips. Duration : 21.87 Mins.

Napoleon leads France to become the dominant power in Europe. Napoleon I becomes Emperor of France.

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Interview with William H. Phillips, Vietnam War veteran. CCSU Veterans History Project

Interview with William H. Phillips, Vietnam War veteran. CCSU Veterans History Project Tube. Duration : 86.53 Mins.

Interview conducted by Eileen Hurst. William Phillips joined the US Army in 1963 at the age of 18, with the goal of having a career in the military. He attended basic training at Fort Jackson, SC which lasted for 12 weeks. He then went to Fort Gordon, GA for Advanced Infantry Training and upon his graduation he went immediately to Jump School. Jump School consisted mainly of practicing jumps and techniques. He also went to Ranger School and Special Warfare School before going over to Vietnam. In these schools he learned techniques in communications and intelligence gathering, along with other Special Forces skills. He was part of the 5th Special Forces Group with a base in Danang, however much of his time was spent as part of small team of both Americans and Vietnamese soldiers that ran reconnaissance missions in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and up and down the Ho Chi Minh Trail, as part of the Special Operations Group. His first assignment on this team was as a radio man, and then after six to seven missions he was made team leader. Phillips describes what the missions were like, what their basic objectives were, and the outcome of some of those missions. After a year in Vietnam, he was transferred to the 8th Special Forces in Panama, where the duties of the Special Forces team were more typical than they had been in Vietnam. There he was part of teams that would go into South America and teach indigenous people warfare techniques among other assignments. After a year in ...

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The Mystic Path Out of the Box & Into Spiritual Power - Language As a Factor - Sensations & Symptoms

This narrative is about the Mystic Path Out of the Box and Into Spiritual Power, about the experiences, sensations and symptoms of being on the Path; about language as a factor to understanding mystic concepts; and lastly about the role of Tarot as a tool, and about the way tarot works as a bridge from general mentality to mystical consciousness. This narrative is an intricate treatise, not light reading. You might want to copy it for later.

The categories that human languages lock things into in our minds stifle creative reasoning and block extrasensory perception. The categories are the 'box' to 'think out of.' Language fetters awareness: *Most habitancy won't think of or even sense something they have no words for. *We dream of things we have no language for (a color without shape, a form without an outline) and therefore cannot retrieve the dream. *When a foreign thought blossoms, we put Galileo on trial for his life in our heads. *In some (obscure) languages, the forms of words (as in the conjugations of verbs, and what pronouns refer to) are not by time and gender; they are, say, by corporal distance one is away (from the speaker), or the degree of house closeness, or a person's rank. Wrap your head around that one!

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*Before the age of two, before language, our minds are structured parallel to 'out there.' That is why psychic perception and psychic experiences are so common and so spoton in very young children. They receive reasoning telepathy as pictures. *At the age of two, when we are being indoctrinated with categories and labels, we are frustrated and cranky: We are railing against putting the ideas into place that changes the valid way we contact reality. *After the age of two, once we have been reprogrammed to categorize-by naming and labeling things in our language--our inner being rails against anyone goes against the grain of the way we have those labels arranged.

Animals do sense what is going to happen and what is happening. Not having language in their brains is a factor that allows them this awareness. They were never two-year-olds who had to learn the cat is an animal, you are a person, the washtub is a thing, and the sand is something made out of a lot of things. No such distinctions clutter their awareness!

The mystic path includes training to deprogram one's mind of these blocks. The training is 'merely' experiences, many of which occur in sleep, dream state or trance. Mystics in training contact a feeling of 'stripping away' as well as an awareness of new input into the mind. The awareness of new input does not always include the input itself: You just know you received 'some stuff' at first.

At some point in the training, one sometimes perceives directly as animals do, and one's mind does revert toward the ideas one was born with, which is that each item is its own entity, and the connections that make the meaning are just that: the connections. Yes, during the reverting, one tends to contact the same irritation and disorientation two-year-olds feel when their psyches are headed the other direction. After the reverting, one can 'float' an idea over the entire contents of consciousness and up comes whatever is related to that in any way. Effortlessly.

After the reverting, the cat is no longer an animal unless the branch is the distinction in the middle of a person and an animal; the washtub is no longer a thing unless the branch is the distinction in the middle of a person and a thing; and the sand is no longer one thing made out of a lot of things unless the branch is the distinction in the middle of a singleton and a group item. In other words, distinctions occur only as connections are made!

The purpose of the training is to get our minds back into sync with 'out there,' so we can be a relationship and can make connections directly in the middle of the separate planes of 'out there' and our world, in order that some things be ended quickly.

Oracles (Delphi. Nostradamus.) often fracture language: Their direct perception of idea without the compartmentalization language must necessarily levy is a factor there.

To one extent or another, mystical training does blend the conscious, subconscious and superconscious-or anyone you want to call these nebulous things-into one mind.

Usually mystical training occurs when the personel is receptive to it and ready for it: It is a natural unfolding, a level of maturity. But, if you want to force or to expedite this level of awareness, here's how: Grow up! Lose the 'wah,' lose your 'entitlement,' quitcherbitchin', quit 'understanding' evildoers and quit manufacture excuses for the trespasses you and others do: 'Call a spade a spade,' not to be nasty but to look the facts in the face as they are. Don't kid yourself. Do not flatter yourself especially, because you can't take off from where you haven't landed: If you fantasize you are in lofty Seattle and you want to go to Fort Lauderdale, it is too bad if you are for real in lowly Key West-it's a big ocean you will be driving through. Before you are on the mystic path, you will have lost your greed and lost your fear. Greed is an attitude of 'me,' it is deeper than wanting something others don't have yet.

A handbook for the process of preparing yourself for spiritual power is the book Way of Perfection written by St. Teresa d'Avila or Teresa of the petite Flower. The book is written as inexpressive education in the middle of herself and her nuns on gaining spiritual power. The writing in it is plainer, as contrasted to her obfuscated Interior Castle, which was written at the behest of the leaders of the Inquisition. In The Way of Perfection the writer asks how come we don't protest injustice when it benefits us? And makes the point that pettinesses are capital sins to spirituality. That point is in details! someone else relevant book, a for real deep one, is Dion Fortune's Training and Work of an Initiate. A modern book is Ordinary habitancy as Monks and Mystics by Marsha Sinetar. It brings comfort to a person on the mystic path because it is the biographies and autobiographies of others on the path and how they are living.

Sensing parallels; seeing patterns; picking up telltale voice signatures in people, animals and spirits; awareness of causations without consciously observing result first: These are some of the more for real identified new abilities that happen when the 'stripping away' and 'input' mentioned above is fairly advanced. At this level of training one has what seem to be psychic talents (and more), but no 'spirit guides,' no 'voices in the head' and no 'seeing things' that are characteristic of psychics as a group, no 'weird stuff' generally. There are some weird sensations at some stages, like feeling feathery or heavy; feeling large or small; like being aware of everything happening on the planet at a given split-second; being aware of every time a single thing has happened ever; or like the air is heavy, green and waterlike-- but these symptoms are very minor, and do not persist.

Mystical training occurs when the individual's mind develops a receptivity to it: It is a natural unfolding, a level of maturity. Speaking of labels, most habitancy who are experiencing these levels of perception do not label them as mysticism or spiritual maturity, or even detach the experiences from life events; they just feel they have a separate 'slant on things' and 'maybe I'm crazy.' Lack of greed and lack of fear precede the training. No robed form intones that you are now a mystic: That ain't where it's at!

Concepts in mass consciousness and myth (concepts such as right and wrong, such as ideals of 'freedom,' 'fairness,' 'democracy') exist at the mystic level. Group minds are there. So is mass consciousness. As a mystic, you may be working with these things, working on that level. You may also be doing combat at that level, if that is your calling. (Propaganda reaches-from its gutter-to motivate on the level of mass consciousness, often falling amusingly short.)

The psychic awareness and psychic abilities that arise from reaching the level of understanding we call 'mystic' are useful for practical purposes such as identifying patterns and motives in an individual's life, in current events, in history; and foretelling what will happen.

The most productive generally used tools for divination reflect stereotypes or typical scenes in the mass consciousness of a culture in a general way. When these scenes are applied to the definite matter under notice or definite question, the psychic's mind is forced to think intuitively and desist intuitively on the mystic level. The scenes are pictures, which transcend language, which gets the psychic's mind into where causation occurs. Of course, the message has to be translated back into human language: That is the psychic's job.

Tarot can be a door to mystical reasoning because often using the stereotypes and typical scenes depicted on the cards troops you to think in those terms and apply mystical concepts to your life. That kind of logic rubs off on you.

You can demonstrate how tarot, for example, works, by taking anyone based on common awareness--let's say traffic signs or cartoon figures or even sitcom character--and applying the images or pictures of those to definite questions or definite situations you are familiar with to get an pathology or an answer. Eventually, you will work out meanings that function. This experiment has been done.

I will be writing a sequel to this missive with regard to tarot, starting with the matter in the last three paragraphs here.

The Mystic Path Out of the Box & Into Spiritual Power - Language As a Factor - Sensations & Symptoms

Cyclone Carlos strikes Darwin, Australia!

Cyclone Carlos strikes Darwin, Australia! Video Clips. Duration : 2.40 Mins.

Extreme videographer James Reynolds recently traveled to Darwin, Australia for vacation, when, wouldn't you know it, Cyclone Carlos formed right over the city! Carlos brought damaging winds and smashed records for the wettest 3 days in Darwin's history -- James says it was like being in a washing machine for 48hrs straight!

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History and Benefits of Folding Room Dividers

Folding room dividers first originated in Asia, more specifically in China, as early as the 7th century. These kinds of room dividers were found in many dissimilar sizes, from extremely large in order to be fitting for large palaces and were used by royalty, down to the smaller sizes that were used more for decorative purposes on tabletops and other kinds of surfaces. Fold room dividers are made of three or more panels that were attached together. The designs of these kinds of dividers are always intricate, so much so that they became to be recognized as beautiful decorative pieces as well as for the function of privacy.

As history and make progressed, these kinds of folding room dividers were no longer used just for home purposes. Up to today, they can be seen in discrete places like hospitals, restaurants, and even in corporate offices. Of course, the make that is being used may have already drastically changed, but the main purposes for the dividers are still the same.

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When buying folding dividers, you need to look at a few features that will work on your purchase. There are many dissimilar styles and materials that are being used in the creation of these kinds of dividers. The most common one today are those that are made of plain wood. Be it dark wood or something light colored like cherry maple, room dividers made of just wood will forever remain a classic. Of course, there are also those that are made of glass. These kinds of folding room dividers are usually framed using metal, and come in discrete colors and glazing. It is in the glaze that the designs usually differ in.

If you wish to go with the more primary kind of folding dividers, there are without fail a lot out there that still feature the primary style of Chinese art. One of the most common designs is those that feature a dragon or many dragons on the panels. In Chinese culture, dragons characterize strength, masculinity, and growth. It determined by the Chinese as the king of all the other animals, which is why it is the most depicted animal in Chinese art in general, not just in folding room dividers. Other kinds of animals that are ordinarily seen in primary Chinese folding dividers are the peacock, the horse, and the eagle.

No matter what make or material you decide on for your folding dividers, you are without fail manufacture a good decision in buying one. It will without fail add a touch of class and culture to any room that you may decide to place it in.

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Should You Buy Your Own Gutter Machine?

The hardest part of being a building undertaker of a package deal is figuring out how to grow your business. Doing the work is only part of the job. You may find yourself spending just as much time looking new projects and choosing when to spend in new tools and equipment.

If you setup rain gutters for a living, the biggest equipment investment you are likely to face is a gutter machine. A new K-style seamless gutter motor can cost in any place from ,000 to ,000.

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At those prices, does it make sense for you to buy your own gutter machine?

In many cases the acknowledge is "yes." The cost savings from owning your own motor are speculate enough to buy. But in addition, having your own gutter motor allows you take on bigger jobs, gives you more operate over your work agenda and opens opportunities to be a subcontractor to other companies.

Lower Material Cost

First, let's take a look at the cost rescue in having your own gutter machine. To roll form your own gutters it costs between .70 and .80 per foot. Buying the same gutters from a supply house will cost about .25 to .50 per foot.

For a typical-size house, you can save 0 - 0 in material costs per job using your own gutter machine. That means you could potentially recoup the cost of a low-end motor after 30 jobs, and recoup the price of a high-end motor in as diminutive as 75 jobs.

If you have a two to three-man crew installing one job per day, the motor will admittedly pay for itself in a few months.

Bigger Jobs

Seamless gutters are the norm in the industry today and highly in demand. But getting them to the job site can pose some tricky logistical problems. Basically, the size of your truck ends up determining how long of a gutter you can install. If a job calls for a 50-foot distance of gutter, you'd great have a big truck.

Of course, you could skip the seamless choice and vehicle your gutters in sections. But that requires more work putting the gutters together on the jobsite, which creates a lot more opportunities for leaks in your finished gutters. More leaks means precious aid calls to fix a qoute that could have been avoided in the first place.

With your own gutter machine, vehicle isn't an issue. Just bring your motor to the jobsite and get started. That means you can take on bigger jobs with less headaches.

Greater Control

Instead of buying your own machine, you might pick to hire a undertaker of a package deal who has their own gutter motor and let them roll form your gutters at the jobsite. That's a great choice that reduces waste and shipping costs.

The only downside to this choice is that it depends on the availability of the delivery service. During peak season a enterprise with a gutter motor can be in demand, and you may have to wait in line behind their other jobs.

If there is a scheduling delay or they are unavailable for any reason, it will hold up completion of your entire project, which means you don't get paid on time.

New Job Opportunities

Instead of hiring a delivery aid that has their own gutter machine, you can be that seamless drop off aid yourself, selling materials to other gutter installers. That means you can make money without having to hang gutters. Just drive to the jobsite and turn on your gutter machine.

It also gives you a opportunity to win more gutter jobs. If a roofing enterprise wants to subcontract their gutter work, a undertaker of a package deal with their own gutter motor has a big benefit because of their greater flexibility.

Resale and Tax Breaks

Finally, keep in mind that your gutter motor may not cost as much as you think.

Your motor is a tax deductible enterprise charge and may be eligible for a compassionate tax break given to small businesses. Section 179 of the Internal earnings Code allows businesses to immediately deduct up to 5,000 in 2008 enterprise expenses. In the past, such expenses had to be depreciated over several years.

Finally, keep in mind that there is an active store for used gutter machines, so you may be able to resell your motor a few years down the road. A used 5-inch motor in good health will sell for colse to ,000 - ,000.

That means if you take good care of your machine, you can recoup part of its cost down the road.

When you add up all these advantages, owning your own motor is an easy call.

Should You Buy Your Own Gutter Machine?

Winter Home Maintenance Tips

As days grow shorter and temperatures fall, it's time once again to get ready your home for the long winter months ahead. Taking a few minutes now to walk around your home--visually considering leading systems from a protection perspective and manufacture note of habit maintenance chores that need attention--is a great way to get started, and a good winter maintenance checklist can help.

Here are some tips to help get you started:

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Clean gutters and downspouts. A clogged gutter or downspout can freeze and wreak havoc on your home. Make a point of checking your gutters and downspouts well before daytime temperature's dip below 32 degrees fahrenheit.

Test smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Use the testing highlight on each expedient to make sure it's working. Replace batteries and inoperable units as needed.

Recharge or replace fire extinguishers. Check the gauge on every fire extinguisher to make sure it's fully expensed (arrow pointing to the green area of the gauge). Take off each extinguisher from its mounting bracket and turn it upside down to help prevent the dry chemicals inside from caking on the lowest over time. If your fire extinguishers are more than one year old, reconsider having them inspected by a professional.

Check furnace vents. If your home has a forced air furnace, check to make sure that vents in former living areas are open and unobstructed. You can partially close vents located in less oftentimes used rooms, but don't close them all the way unless you're sure there is no occasion of water pipes frozen as a result. Keep in mind that temperatures inside the walls of your home will be lower than adjacent living areas.

Stock up on furnace filters. Dirty furnace filters waste energy. They also force your furnace to work harder to heat your home. Your owner's hand-operated should illustrate what types of filters are best for your furnace, and how often they need to be changed. Keep in mind that a high-efficiency air filter will trap more dirt than a approved filter and may need to be supplanted more oftentimes to keep your furnace from overheating.

Schedule checkups for all home heating systems. regular maintenance can help furnaces, wood stoves, chimneys and other home heating components stay in top working order. Most experts recommend that you agenda an annual inspection by a distinguished pro for each system, but service intervals may vary from one ideas or maker to another, so play it safe and check your owners hand-operated or taste each heating ideas maker for guidance.

Replace worn out weather strips. Worn out weather stripping around windows and doors can dramatically increase your home heating costs. Weather strips are easy to replace, and should pay for themselves in a very short time.

Inspect the insulation in attics and crawl spaces. Over time, fiberglass insulation panels can sag away from rafters, joists and wall cavities, allowing cold air to penetrate your home. Duct tape can be used to reseat a small qoute area, but ample sagging may indicate a moisture problem. Try to decide the source of this qoute before you replace large areas of insulation. And, if you decide to replace the insulation yourself, make sure you follow maker guidelines for personal protective equipment.

Protect covering water valves. Hose bibs located in an unheated carport or on the covering of your home may need protection to prevent frozen damage. Cheap insulating covers are available at most home centers, but it's still a good idea to shut off the water contribute related to the hose bib from inside the home. After shutting off the water supply, open each hose bib to allow any remaining water to drain. Disconnect hoses and store them inside for the winter.

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Cologne Cathedral in fascinating historic film shots

Cologne Cathedral in fascinating historic film shots Tube. Duration : 3.08 Mins.

DVD preview www.rheindvd.de: The Spires of Cologne - The cathedral in historic film shots Cologne Cathedral built for eternity by men in more than 600 years. Tomb of the Kings of the East. After its conclusion in 1880 it was the highest building of the world for a short time. Through the upcoming film technology around the turn of the century the first moving pictures caused astonishment all over the world and Cologne became a travel destination for everyone. But with the beginning of World War II the Cologne Cathedral is endangered in its existence like never before. The fact that the towers of the cathedral still rise into the sky in 1945 is considered as a miracle until today. The day of the cathedrals reopening three years after v-day, exactly 700 years after the cornerstone was placed, seems like a rebirth for the people of Cologne. Experience one of the most important days of the post-war history in original soundtrack with an introductory greeting of the former archbishop of Westminster Bernard William Cardinal Griffin and many more snapshots from the moving history of the Cologne Cathedral in fascinating historic filmshots. This DVD contains 5 film documentaries: The Eternal Cathedral The cathedral in historic filmshots Domfest 1948 - Spires of Cologne Repairing Cologne Cathedral after WWII, 700th Anniversary of the Cathedral 1948 Exhibition at Cologne´s historic weapons depot 1956 Cologne Cathedral, Constructional and spiritual history 77. German Catholics ...

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Giant Enemy Crab! Massive Damage mix

Giant Enemy Crab! Massive Damage mix Video Clips. Duration : 2.07 Mins.

This dude is a real legend, he coined two amazing phrases when promoting his game genji II at E3. I shouldnt really be promoting other peoples games, but hey - Giant Enemy Crabs is this years All Your Base. EDIT - for your info, genji sucks

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From Copper Cookware To Copper Gutters - See Why Copper Is Suddenly So primary In Your Home

Copper is an leading mineral and has a multitude of uses.
Copper is the world's third most used metal. Iron is the estimate
one used metal and aluminum comes in at estimate two.
Copper is used as an artistic medium as well as being used in
the manufacturing of industrial machinery.

Copper is also used in the construction of computers.
Most Americans do not know that the model of liberty
is made of copper. The model of liberty was given as a
gift from France in honor of the 100 year celebration of
the United States' proclamation of Independence.
The option for choosing copper for the construction of
the model was recommend by a French architect.
The greenish color of the model is due to the oxidation of the
copper.

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When Ibm decided to use copper rather than aluminum in
its chips, the price of copper skyrocketed. Copper is an
important component in the construction of computer chips, circuits.
mother boards and varied other computer components.
Using copper for specialized component reduces the price of the
computer and increases computer speed.

Copper is used in industrial and residential construction.
Most electrical devices use copper wiring because of its
excellent conductivity properties. Copper is used in the
Plumbing industry.

Copper was used to make money. The copper penny is a thing of the
past Pure copper pennies were only minted from 1793 to 1823.
According to the Nuismatic Society, nearby 1857, the penny was 95%
copper and five percent tin and zinc. When copper increased in value
in the early 1980's the United States switched the core of the penny
to zinc and just coated the outer layer with copper.

Copper has so many varied uses in dissimilar industries that the
price of copper is continuously going up. The price of copper has
nearly doubled in the past year to .47 per pound.

"This year, copper is like gold, the one-inch copper [pipes] are
selling for like a foot, and [plastic] is a dollar,"
said Bill George, who's been a plumber in Freeport for 45 years

Because of the increased cost of copper, Usa today reported that
"thieves are stealing copper pipes from construction sites in
New Orleans and over the country. New Orleans police arrested three men and accused them of trying to steal copper pipes and wiring from Park view Elementary School in Gentilly.

An further news story reported that "Thieves recently stole
copper railing from St. Patrick's Church in the storehouse District
of downtown New Orleans. Authorities in Alabama, New Jersey and
Minnesota also narrative a spike in copper thefts."

There is such a high request for copper because the overseas economies
are growing. China, India and other Asian countries generate more of a
demand for raw materials than can be mined. Copper is the material of
choice in so many products for the home that the increased request
creates an increase price for the mineral. At the gift price of copper how long will it take for person to try to steal the model of Liberty.

From Copper Cookware To Copper Gutters - See Why Copper Is Suddenly So primary In Your Home