Taking Care of Power Equipment and Carrying On in Stormy Weather

Power loss incidents, which amount in USA to $80 billion annually, cause tremendous damages to computers and data, in industry, communication and data centers.Power failures are markedly related to season, occurring mainly due to transformer failures, standby generator starting troubles and underground cable malfunctions, all victims of poor maintenance that could be avoided.

Forty two major worldwide Power Failure reported incidents were analyzed by UPSonNet. All occurred during February 2009, each affecting thousands up to hundreds of thousands people. The study results indicate that most failures are due to defective equipment that failed in Stormy Weather. Proper preventive maintenance could have eliminated most defects and the associated power failures.

Normally, during the dry period, contamination which includes electrically conductive materials is collected on power line insulators. Rains and storms close the electric path causing shorts and arcs, tripping line breakers. Sometimes utility poles catch fire due to the electric arcs.

Salt is used in some areas as part of winter road treatment, increasing the amount of contamination spread by road vehicles kicking up salt from the roadway. This creates more potential for electric arcs near freeways and major roads.

Trees are also a leading cause of power failures in winter. Winds and snow cause trees to fall. The falling trees cut power lines. Some power lines create electric shorts and arcs between adjacent power lines or from power lines to ground.

Lack of rain may affect power supply in places where considerable amount of power is generated by hydropower. Kathmandu is now seeing severe power cuts, with no rain in the past few months and decreasing water level in rivers feeding the hydropower plants.

Excessive heat, as experienced in Australia in February, overloads electricity supply due to tremendous growth in air conditioning, thus tripping line breakers.

Natural causes reported as air contamination, trees, ice, no rain, as well as any incident reported as transmission line failure, which may or may not refer to natural causes, form together only thirty five percents of total power loss incidents. Defective equipment is responsible for forty six percent of power loss incidents and is the main reason for power losses. Seven percent of outages occurred due to automotive accidents. The reason of additional twelve percent is unclear.

Although most installations are equipped with Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, no single UPS or its battery failure was reported. In some cases the power failure occurred after depletion of UPS batteries.

Till late eighties, year by year, the arrival of first autumn storm was accompanied by collapsing of defective UPS systems and particularly worn out backup batteries. No UPS Company had enough staff, or enough batteries to deal with all irate calls from customers. The chaos stopped when microprocessor based UPS control was introduced in early nineties, enabling automatic testing of UPS systems including batteries, by performing periodic power outage simulation exercises. The exercising enabled detection of defective systems, correction of the UPS and replacement of defective and weak batteries. All these preventive actions were performed when mains power was still available, before the stormy weather season.

Equipment malfunction diagnosis indicates that nature is not to be blamed. Similarly to the described initial experience with UPS sytems, most of the studied power equipment, which failed during storms was revealed to be already defective, and couldn't perform within its designed limits. Lightning and switching voltages generated in the grid are generally attenuated and clamped to the insulation levels of line isolators and surge protective devices. Healthy transformers and cables should be able to withstand these voltage levels, and backup generators should start when needed.

Performance of proper preventive maintenance can solve most of power failure problems. Simple, cost effective monitors based on technologies such as Partial Discharge (PD) and Infrared tomography are able to detect transformer defects, and allow scheduling corrective actions in time. Power outage simulation exercising can reveal generator's starting problems. PD methods, Power Factor measurements, as well as other monitoring methods, offered by test instruments manufacturers, can alarm before the stormy season, about defective underground cables, which require treatment.

UPSonNet study reveals that most power outages occur in stormy season, mainly because of defective equipment, which fails in harsh environment. Such outages, do not happen due to acts of God but due to negligence of humans, and can be avoided by proper maintenance service. Regular maintenance schedule, exercising and monitoring can foresee possible problems, which can be solved before the storms come.

Forty two major worldwide Power Failure reported incidents were analyzed by UPSonNet. All occurred during February 2009, each affecting thousands up to hundreds of thousands people. The study results indicate that most failures are due to defective equipment that failed in Stormy Weather. Proper preventive maintenance could have eliminated most defects and the associated power failures.

Normally, during the dry period, contamination which includes electrically conductive materials is collected on power line insulators. Rains and storms close the electric path causing shorts and arcs, tripping line breakers. Sometimes utility poles catch fire due to the electric arcs.

Salt is used in some areas as part of winter road treatment, increasing the amount of contamination spread by road vehicles kicking up salt from the roadway. This creates more potential for electric arcs near freeways and major roads.

Trees are also a leading cause of power failures in winter. Winds and snow cause trees to fall. The falling trees cut power lines. Some power lines create electric shorts and arcs between adjacent power lines or from power lines to ground.

Lack of rain may affect power supply in places where considerable amount of power is generated by hydropower. Kathmandu is now seeing severe power cuts, with no rain in the past few months and decreasing water level in rivers feeding the hydropower plants.

Excessive heat, as experienced in Australia in February, overloads electricity supply due to tremendous growth in air conditioning, thus tripping line breakers.

Natural causes reported as air contamination, trees, ice, no rain, as well as any incident reported as transmission line failure, which may or may not refer to natural causes, form together only thirty five percents of total power loss incidents. Defective equipment is responsible for forty six percent of power loss incidents and is the main reason for power losses. Seven percent of outages occurred due to automotive accidents. The reason of additional twelve percent is unclear.

LESSONS FROM THE SCHOOL OF POWER

A lot of Christians are getting tired of weak Christianity they have and as such they have been asking questions on how they could make progress from their present level. They ask how they could obtain power. Therefore, the focus of this message is to supply answers to these questions, which have been the concern of most believers today, since almost everyone knows full well from the word of God, that Christianity is a religion of power. There is something within the subconscious minds of believers challenging them about whether they possess this power in their lives now. That is why this message is entitled, “Lessons from the school of power” We will look at the lessons in seven perspectives. Therefore I counsel you to read with maximum concentration so that you could get the best from this message.

The first lesson is in the form of question: what is power?
Truly, power is derived from spiritual sources. Before anything could take place in the physical, some actions must have been taken place in the spiritual realm. When this occurs, nobody has any power to change the situation. Sometimes ago, when l was in England, I received a letter from the prison and I wondered who could write to me from there. But when I opened the envelope I was shocked to discover that somebody whom I expected to have been in Nigeria by that time was the writer. In his letter, he said “Dear Daniel, I wish to inform you that I am now in prison. Please pay me a visit and when you are coming buy some apples, toothpaste and other necessary things for me. It is now I know that I should have listened to all the things you used to tell me instead of laughing and making mockery of you” Truly, he used to laugh at me and call me names those days when I preached to him. So I went to see him at the prison. After passing through a rigorous prison protocol, I got to where he was and when he saw me, he broke down in tears lamenting that if he had listened to my words at that time, he would not have been clamped into jail. But funny enough, he had become born again and started preaching to other inmates. What offence did he commit? He issues cheque for the money he did not have, but nemesis caught up with him. I asked him if he was guilty and he said yes and asked the Lord to forgive him. He knelt down and asked for forgiveness. Thereafter, we transferred the case to heaven as he had repented. When he was charged to court, those of us who understood that the real power source is from the spiritual just laughed. On the judgement day, the presiding magistrate said, “As an educated and intelligent person with distinction in Master degree to your credit, I can only come to one conclusion about you, I think you are mad. Therefore, I hereby order that you should be deported”. That was exactly what we had decreed and prayed for. This is to tell you that true power does not belong here, it is from above.

At another instance, a six-year-old girl confessed in a revival programme that she was the one who bewitched her father’s hand. She said the reason he could not stretch the hand was they used it to cut firewood in their witchcraft meetings. Her father almost ran mad. If the six-year-old girl was asked to engage in a physical combat with her father of about forty, he would probably have broken her bones into pieces but he girl was stronger spiritually because that is the power base.

In this light, we can say that power is the process of control given by God through the spoken words that cause things to happen. It is capable of producing an effect that is the spiritual ability to accomplish things. However, one of the problems of Christianity today is that power is fading out and this sad development first started from individual believers.

Lessons No 2 what are the sources of power?
Power emanates from three sources namely: God, Satan and man. The divine power of God is the positive one, satanic power is negative whilst the human power is neutral. It can either be controlled by God’s own divine power or satanic power. We are only able to bind the evil and spoil his works by the power of Christ; otherwise we are no matches for the devil.

Lessons No 3 is the difference between authority and power.
People mix these two things up whereas they are two different things. As far as Christians are concerned, their authority comes from the word of God whilst their power comes from the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Many Christians have given commands to evil spirits by quoting scriptures but lack of good knowledge of where these scriptures are written have spelt defeat for them. This is the reason Bible study must be taken seriously. Many are still joking with their Bibles. If they are asked to open to any book, they will begin to fumble with their Bibles, looking for index, pages, numbers etc. You must be diligent with your Bible study.

Our authority as believers is exercised in the name of Jesus and the anointing of the Holy Spirit operates power. That is why you see two different levels of operation between two Christians. One can issue a command to an evil spirit in a person and the evil spirit leaves immediately. Whereas another Christian could use exactly the same words but the spirit would say, “You are not serious” So the difference lies on the power backing up the command. Authority is given to all Christian without measures, but power is given according to your level of self-crucifixion and faith. The moment a person gets born again, authority is automatically conferred on him. For it to move, the power of God must back it up. In other words, authority is the legal right of Christian, which you should claim and exercise. It is power that enforces your right as a Christian. It is possible to have authority without power and that can spell disaster. This is telling us the reason that the Holy Spirit is an indispensable factor in our Christian life. It is certain that no witch whether from the bottom of hell fire can kill you if you have the genuine baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Lesson no 4: What is our matching order from the Lord Jesus?
Knowing full well that we are soldiers of Christ John 14:12 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father”.

Just like the armed forces, Christian soldiers have their own matching order too. Matthew 10:8 “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give”.

Our marching order is clearly spelt out here. It says, “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead and cast out the devils. As you continue to grow in your Christian life, if you fail to carry out any of these before you go and meet the Lord, you would have lived a powerless Christian life. What does the Lord expect us to be doing practically? How does the Lord want us to carry out our marching order? Should we just be hiding from our enemies? No. The Lord expects us to be creating headache for our enemies, but it is unfortunate to see that the enemies are oppressing believers instead. I used to have some troublesome friends in those days. I mean troublesome as Christian warriors and not as hooligans. One day at a night vigil, they prayed the following prayer points, “ Let all satanic transport services grind to a halt in the name of Jesus.” As they were praying violently, all of a sudden, a nicely dressed handsome young man landed on the floor and was saying, “What brought me down, what am l doing here?” And they told him without mincing words that he had been brought down by the power of the Holy Spirit backing up their prayers. I know some believers who dare not attend night vigils or pray fire prayer simply because the Christian marching order is not clear to them.

Research Report of Chinese Nuclear Power Industry, 2009

The energy demands and energy saving & emission reduction are the double pressures for the fast development of Chinese economy. The nuclear power, however, is the most competitive solution to change Chinese energy structures and meet the energy demands.

By the end of 2008, total 11 nuclear power generating sets had been in operation with the total installed capacity of 9.07 million kilowatts, accounting for 1.3% of the total installed power capacity. The annual nuclear power production was 68.394 billion KWh, accounting for 2% of the total power production in the country.

The nuclear power production in 19 countries all over the world accounts for more than 25% of the total power production, including 76.8% in France, 19.4% in America and 27.5% in Japan.

Compared with the thermal power, the nuclear power in China still has no price competitiveness. On the one hand, it attributes to the comparatively low price of the coal. The statistics shows that the investments in the thermal power are about 4 thousand Yuan (580 USD) per kilowatt, but it needs 10 thousand Yuan (1.46 thousand USD) per kilowatt for the nuclear power, 6 thousand Yuan (880 USD) differences. On the other hand, it spends more time on constructing the nuclear power, which takes about 70 months, but the thermal power takes about 30 months. The expense of the nuclear power and the low exploitation costs and economical usage of the coal resources lead to long-term dependency of Chinese energy system on the thermal power.

It needs to realize the production in large scale so as to cut down the costs of the nuclear power. The performance of the nuclear power equipments is 30 years’ longer than that of thermal power equipments and the cost composition makes it competitive in the later period. The investments in the nuclear power fixed assets costs 50 to 60 percent of the total investments or higher, but the thermal power only accounts for 30 to 40 percent. The nuclear fuels cost 20% of the total investments, which is 50% or higher for the thermal power. Meanwhile, for the operation costs, the nuclear power occupies 15% of the total costs, but 10% for the thermal power. Because of the giant fuel costs of the thermal power, the costs of the nuclear power are comparative low after depreciation allowance.

Meanwhile, there is no definite direction for the technical route choice of Chinese nuclear power, which is also an important factor affecting the nuclear power construction process in China. The present nuclear power technologies in China, including French technologies in Dayawan nuclear power plant, Russian technologies in Tianwan nuclear power plant and Canadian technologies in the third phase of Qinshan nuclear power plant, have not formed standard systems for far. The time and costs spent on the nuclear power technologies and the achievements in China are far behind those in France, Japan and South Korea.

Performance of Combined Power System With Design of Energy Storage Controller System

Abstract -We investigated a small isolated hybrid power system that used two types of power generation; wind turbine and diesel generation. The interaction of diesel generation, the wind turbine, and the local load is complicated because both the load and the wind turbine fluctuate during the day. These fluctuations create imbalances in power distribution (energy sources are not equal to energy sinks) that can affect the frequency and the voltage in the power system. The addition of energy storage will help balance the distribution of power in the power network. For this paper, we studied the interaction among hybrid power system components and the relative size of the components. We also show how the contribution of wind energy affects the entire power system and distribution and the role of energy storage under the transient conditions caused by load changes and wind turbine startups.

Index Terms - wind turbine, diesel generator, hybrid power system, renewable energy, energy storage.

I. INTRODUCTION

Windmills were used to pump water and mill grain, along with many other uses [1, 2, 3, 4].

Today, wind turbines are used for similar purposes (i.e., water or oil pumping, battery charging, and utility generation). One important aspect of wind turbine applications, especially in an industrial environment, is that wind turbines generate electricity without creating pollution. Wind turbines are also well suited for generating electricity in isolated places with no connections to the utility grid [2,3,4]. However, in isolated applications, especially very small applications, the power system components (sources and loads) are limited, and the system networks are weak in many cases. Thus, any changes in the power input or output of one component may affect the rest of the system more dramatically than in a larger system where the smoothing effect of many components benefits the overall system. In this paper, we analyze a hybrid power system consisting of a wind turbine, a diesel generator, a local load, and energy storage. We also present the impact of energy storage on the power system performance. The results and conclusions of this analysis apply to similar hybrid power systems.

II. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

The system has two types of generation: the diesel generator and the wind turbine generator (Figure 1). The

energy storage can act as a load or as a generator depending on the need. The diesel generator provides smooth output power, whereas the output power of a wind turbine depends on the wind velocity. As the wind velocity varies, so does is the power generation. For example, if the wind speed changes very smoothly, the output power of the wind turbine will also change very smoothly. On the other hand, wind turbulence causes the output power to fluctuate. Figure 1 is a single line diagram that represents the analyzed power system. The wind turbine has an induction generator with a capacity ranging from 40 kW to 225 kW. At low wind speeds, the generator operates at 900 rpm with a rated capacity of 40 kW. At high wind speeds, the generator speed is 1,200 rpm with a rated capacity of 225 kW. We used 150 kW of energy storage as a buffer to operate as a load or a source depending on the need. This paper discusses only fixed-speed wind turbine generation and does not cover variable-speed wind turbine generation [5]. The diesel engine, which has a rated capacity of 400 kW, is operated in parallel with the wind turbine to supply the load. The local loads are mostly residential and light loads. Other loads include water pumps, compressors, and heavy equipment. An 80-kW water pump represents the transient condition of a heavy load.

Fig 1. One line diagram of power system

20 Powerful Job Search Tips That Work

1. Take advantage of this career transition, and take the time to get to know who you are and what you want.

2. Do a personal and skill assessment. Understand the skills you bring to the marketplace. What are the job options that would match your skill sets. If you are unable to do this yourself, seek professional help; this is no time to go it alone.

3. Develop a strong mission statement of what you want, where you want to go, and what you want to contribute to the company. . It helps you talk about yourself in a more professional manner.

4. Network, network, network. Improve your networking techniques by getting out there. Ask people for information, advice and referrals, and follow up on each suggestion. You never know where it will lead. Be interested in people, help them out also and be generous with your time. An interested person is an interesting person. Don't forget to send thank you cards to everyone who helps you out.

5. If you are unemployed, become visible. Join alumni organizations, clubs, professional associations or volunteer. Always follow up with the people you meet. This can lead to permanent employment and widen your network. Volunteering can also fill in time gaps on your resume.

6. Take advantage of all available technology. Email, the Internet, on-line services, resources in the library, etc. Make sure all your research information is correct and current.

7. Attend job fairs and career expos for gathering information and meeting recruiters. Make sure you dress appropriately as if you were going on an interview. Be prepared with a one-minute script on yourself based on the job you are seeking and you're past accomplishments. Bring a resume and a business card too.

8. Study the newspapers and understand the local business climate. Apply to companies that are hiring and growing.

9. Understand what you can offer employers. Remember how you created value for your past employers. Research the company needs and challenges. Be prepared to tell interviewers how you can help them solve their problems.

10. It works best to target only four companies at a time. Find out about; the product, the company philosophy, who works there, the corporate culture, their mission statement, and don't forget to review their financial reports. This knowledge will help you tremendously when you are interviewed.

11. Learn the marketing concepts for re-employability. Know what are companies looking for?

12. Target the job opportunity career that you want.

13. Position yourself with a effective portfolio. Remember to memorize your one-minute script.

14. Find a way to talk about yourself that differentiates you from the competition.

15. Practive and be prepared for interviews. Do not wing it. Practice makes perfect.

16. Be assertive. Ask for what you want and need. Be clear and specific about your goals.

17. Socialize with other individuals; join a support group. This is no time to be alone.

18. Stay focused. Keep on track. Spend 8 hours a day on the job hunt process. Try not to have any assumptions or expectations about the job search. You never know what will happen.

19. Take action. Don't wait for others to help you. Do not procrastinate. Keep moving.

20. Take responsibility for your career development. Plan and empower yourself with active career planning.

The Touch of Aromatherapy Power

One of the most frequently asked questions I hear from my clients is, “What made you leave your career in Nursing and start your own practice?”

The earlier part of my nursing career was spent in Australia in high dependency primary care and later in medical/oncology and palliative care. Illness surrounded me and death was more common than not. Disempowerment was augmented by a system resistant to change and it was not much longer til light soon shone in a new direction physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

I travelled overseas and whilst nursing at a private hospital in Surrey (U.K), took up further studies in Aromatherapy. The Medical Consultants there were very open to alternative complimentary therapies and permitted me to use this therapy in the ward where I worked. This was a positive beginning and the improvements in the patients’ physical and overall wellbeing was most impressive.

One particular patient I recall in her 50’s was a regular on the ward in and out of remission diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She had symptoms of pitting oedema (chronic fluid retention), immunosuppression and immobility to name just a few. Before treatment she was only able to transfer from wheel chair to bed. Following two aromatherapy massages using a blend of essential oils with Juniper essential oil, her diuresis increased quite dramatically. As she had been in a wheel chair at home for many months a little joint release for her arms was required to relieve stiffness and restricted movement. She was soon able to walk with a frame; some thing she hadn’t done for a long time. Her spirits were lifted giving her new hope and motivation.

When I returned home to Australia my newly acquired skills were greeted with much less enthusiasm from the more conservative M.D. colleagues (their comments termed them, “hocus pocus”). I brushed aside their scepticism and used essential oils in subtle ways such as Lavender or Roman Chamomile essential oil bed baths and placed a few drops in a small fan on the bedside table for the terminally ill. I included oils such as Cypress, Clary sage and Melissa for the grieving families to restore comfort and peace. It wasn’t long before I began my own private practice and furthered my studies in Kinesiology & Emotional Healing.

Aromatherapy and the Power of Scent

The power of scent can create such a dynamic response within the individual. Such is my own Aromatherapy initiation back in my late teens when I visited a natural beauty therapist who used Aromatherapy skincare products

. I can distinctly recall how deeply relaxed and calm I felt following the Lavender essential oil facial steam. That experience has stayed with me long after days gone by. It's familiarity stays indelibly highlighted as …'my first professional facial'…ahh!

Of course there are certain scents that trigger not so pleasant memories. As an Aromatherapist, choosing oils for individuals is a combination of knowledge and intuition. I want the person to have a pleasant if not euphoric experience when they are enjoying an aromatherapy massage. Choosing the oils therefore requires me to gather information on an energetic level. The individual may present with a physical complaint but more often than not this is simply masking stress which ultimately comes from emotional dysfunction. It’s not what happens to you in life but how you react. The difference between understanding this and denying it is simply awareness.

I also utilise the use of body language, reflexology and the emotional connection related to specific meridians. The result of this analysis guides me to determine, therefore, whether the oils need to be physically stimulating, or more subtle and grounding in their effect. Otherwise a relaxing or rejuvenating blend to bring back balance and harmony is often the order of the day.

Combining intuitive wisdom with Aromatherapy therefore is very grounding creating outcome with purpose. The treatment can thereby be designed to continue at home using the required oils in the bath, diffuser or in a moisturiser etc. To create that subtle effect on the emotions the quality of the essential oil is paramount. An essential oil that is adulterated in any way will not give you the desired effect as the nature vibration of the oil has been distorted. I chose to distribute Essenza Pura Aromatherapy Products knowing that not only have the oils been sourced from selected suppliers and rigorously tested but ultimately it is the discerning nose that does not compromise on the true power of scent!

The Power Of Yin: The Gift Is Given

Barbara: I would like to ask you, Jean, whether you have specific images of the future. Don't use the word future if it is too linear.

Jean: I don't even have to talk about my own images; I can talk about what is emerging. We don't allow prophesy in our culture, so it goes underground and comes up as science fiction. In the 1880s and '90s, the mode of science fiction was hardware science fiction: the ship to the moon, the ship under the sea, the laser. In the 1920s and '30s, this becomes manifest. In the '30s and '40s, the cutting edge of science fiction is sociological science fiction: Brave New World, 1984.

And we're well on our way to that. In the 1960s and '70s, two dominant forms have been emerging: psychological science fiction and ecological science fiction. Consider Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, or the books of Carlos Castaneda, or 2001. Wonderful science fiction! And they're all about mutations or new ways of being.

Look at the characters of Castaneda - Don Juan - and Heinlein - Michael Valentine Smith from Stranger in a Strange Land. You find that they make use of different sense perceptions - synesthesias. They hear color; they see sound; they touch taste; they taste God; they smell time. They can look in the aroma of a desert flower and perceive galaxies billions of light years away. They have enormous freedom in time and space. They can experience five minutes as ten hours and thus review material that would normally take ten hours in five minutes. Their relationship to machines . . . all of these mythogems take place in modern times, but their relationship to machines is very different.

When Don Juan or Michael Valentine Smith are around, machines go haywire, break up, disappear. It's as if they're making use of a different symbiotic ecology to get things done.

I know, from the point of view of what I know about the instrumentation and the fraction that we're using, that a lot of these so-called third-world modes of doing things - be it medicine, be it transportation, be it modes of communication - are resonant in us. But we are so tuned to ourselves as prosthetic extensions that we have lost this enormous amount of knowledge. Anything that you read in Castaneda or in Heinlein we can demonstrate for you in the laboratory. Including having Ford cars appearing and disappearing in the living room, as occurs in Castaneda. That's a very simple thing to do.

Time: we could give you five minutes of clock time to experience hours and hours in which to rehearse your piano, or golf. Because of the very minute synaptical connections that would have been made in a trance state, with intensive imagery of rehearsal, and subjective time distortion, you would come out at the end of five minutes as if you had had ten hours of practice, and you would be that much better. This is something that musicians have always known. We can do this in the laboratory. The brain can process millions of images in microseconds: images have a different time. It's like falling from a cliff, expecting to die, and in that very brief time reexperiencing your entire life - in its own time.

Natural Healing Powers

Practicing two very different forms of treatment massage

, Traditional Chinese Massage and Physical Therapy plus Oriental Aromatherapy Massage and Bodywork, has been a satisfying and most rewarding occupation.

With over 25 years experience in the health profession (including over 15 years as a registered nurse) and having studied both conventional medicine and a combination of both Eastern and Western medicine, I have found that my preference lies in the latter. This is not because I am anti conventional medicine but because I have experienced the "vis medicatrix naturae" (the healing force of nature) as being much more effective.

Activating, releasing and unmasking the body's own natural healing power is far more clinically efficacious. This system of both prevention and healing through Traditional Chinese Massage techniques (no oil required) treats every clinical situation as fundamentally a stress problem and has the deliberate intention of realigning and reintegrating the body's own natural healing resources in a unique and powerful way. By approaching each person as an individual with unique requirements, a specific massage can be customized and powerfully effective through acupressure, soft tissue mobilization as well as gentle holistic techniques for acute or chronic ailments such as frozen shoulder, wry neck, and even sprained ankles.

Each massage is approached with a global mind-set based on an understanding of the interactive relationships between different parts of the body and the way in which they each contribute to the whole being's response to the demands placed upon it. Having this approach facilitates two entirely different therapeutic strategies - firstly, reducing the stress load on the patient's body by removing harmful environmental stimuli and/or strengthening the body against future encroachment, secondly, increasing the resources of the patient - by making the whole body and its functions and processes more physiologically efficient.

In comparison the approach of Oriental Aromatherapy is such that essential oils are chosen from an energetic perspective rather than choosing them according to different ailments. The essential oils are blended in a cold pressed carrier oil such as sweet almond or a blend of nourishing oils. When oils are chosen according to the imbalance of the five elements - fire, earth, water, metal and wood the combined oils are indicated for physical, emotional, mental and spiritual imbalance. Each essential oil has a yin or yang quality such as cooling or warming energy, drying for dampness; stimulating, cleansing energy for congestion or a gentle moving action for stuck energy.

Once again understanding the interactive relationships between different parts of the whole being and having determined this through a variety of diagnostic techniques the essential oils are chosen and blended accordingly. From this approach the style of Aromatherapy massage is then perfected including gentle acupressure, soft tissue mobilization, rocking and subtle cranial therapy. The outcome of generating a synergistically woven massage style is the inner harmony that allows natural healing to occur!

An Introduction To The Power Of Yin

This book is the outcome of an extraordinary convergence of three remarkable female minds. The pure exhilaration I am left with, having had the extreme good fortune to have witnessed this encounter, empowers me to attempt to record-and thereby to share-this profound affirmation of a different kind of feminism. Finally! At a time when most are committed to minimizing the distinction between male and female consciousness, here are women who dare to be other than men; to admit, without qualification, that we are different!

It's a great awakening-the emergence of a new kind of woman from behind the veil of traditionally imposed conditionings and role encapsulations. Active, intelligent, strongly committed women who are evolving a new consciousness of the potentialities of female beingness, and who are beginning to apply that consciousness to larger issues, to realms historically dominated by male thinking and masculine images and values. That dominion is being challenged. Sometimes quietly; sometimes with great éclat. To those who would question this, I offer The Power of Yin as an introduction to the power and resources of feminine consciousness.

The women participating in the conversations transcribed in this book are all representative of this new breed of women. Together they form a fascinating triad of perspectives; a communion of highly evolved sensibilities, each one illuminating unique, but complementary aspects of a different kind of vision. A distinctly feminine vision. There is tremendous energy in their dialogue; a strong sense of solidarity with one another, and with all of us who are committed to evolving as women, and as human beings.

We live in a time of transition. Female identity, as we all know, is still a confused issue. We have outgrown the old images, but the new ones aren't yet clear. And so we need to explore new kinds of roles and images. Such is my purpose in presenting these dialogues. This is a book about images. Alternatives. Possibilities. About women at various stages of personal evolution attempting to define the parameters of their own growth and transformation. Although differing in approach and focus, these women are all social transformers commonly bonded by an active commitment to evolutionary change, to radical new visions of human possibility.

Although the conversations encompass a broad range of themes and an interesting juxtaposition of perspectives, the central proposition comes through clearly - that the minds of women differ from the minds of men! Where not explicit, this distinction is nonetheless manifest on several levels - in the method of exploring ideas as well as in the points of view. The result is an abundance of themes filtered through the alembic of the female sensibility.

I was impressed immediately, in listening to these women, with the way in which they were able to move so easily from the objective to the subjective, and back again to the objective. I couldn't help imagining a parallel scenario: three male intellectual "heavyweights" gathered for the express purpose of discussing, say, masculine consciousness. One would expect such dialogues to be, I dare suggest, rigorously objective, impersonal, abstracted.

The Power Of Yin: The New Form Of Eros

Jean: Dante's closing words in The Divine Comedy: "l'amor che muove il sol e l'altre stelle." The love that moves the sun and the other stars. And, you know, we ultimately come down to that. What is it about? It's about that apprehension of union, of connection, not just with one, but with the plurality of being - which then primes all further growth.

Barbara: This is the vision that has motivated me: the vision of being part of the body of humankind, and that body struggling to become one and moving towards the sense of universal life. It wasn't Barbara Hubbard connecting with God.

Hazel: Yes, I've always sensed that in you.

Barbara: And I don't think it's Hazel Henderson making just the personal link.

Hazel: Oh no.

Barbara: And you, Jean, wouldn't be working out in the world as you do, and at the New School for Social Research.

Jean: And with all of the little black children and prisoners.

Hazel: It's really the attempt to link the organic human species body.

Barbara: Maybe we've hit upon one of the key elements of feminine consciousness: putting that effort first.

Hazel: Yes!

Barbara: Each one of us could have pursued a life of deep contemplation. We could have become yogis. You probably are one, Jean, but you don't spend all of your time in a lotus position. You are out in the world.

Jean: Yogi means union.

Barbara: Yes, but in the traditional forms, yogis spent a great deal of time isolated from the world. You have a tremendously active life. And so does Hazel, and so do I. You, being a real worker in the spiritual field, are manifesting this sense externally.

Jean: This is the new form of Eros!

Barbara: I have a vision of you as seeing all of the members of the human species, and being attracted to the potential of each one. And the more that you can reach with your power to emancipate them, the more the human species will be able to connect. You have a very powerful motivation to reach a lot of people. How do you see that desire to reach as many as possible?

Jean: Well, it didn't begin that way. From about 1960 until about five years ago I had been working with thousands of individuals on a one-to-one basis. And then I began to realize that these things could happen - it works! And now I've gotten rid of a lot of the little local self-the galloping hubris and a certain arrogance that comes from having been too successful too early, and a college professor at nineteen. That's a lot of garbage! If you can get rid of that, the channels become much clearer. When you get rid of the unnecessary ego protections - leaving enough, of course, to keep body and mind and soul together, and to make you get up in the morning - then the flow to others becomes very natural. It's not a question of having to go out and reach more people; it's just that one is prepared, and the natural ecology of things demands it. But I'm glad I wasn't cut loose on the world fifteen years ago!

The Power Of Yin: Metaphysical Balls

Hazel: Let's talk for a moment about vision, which I think relates very closely to this movement towards cosmic consciousness we've been discussing. One of the things which I have learned in my own life, is that certain things are essential if one is to become part of the new being. One must have, first of all, the intuition, and the faith, that is a vision-even if you haven't yet any clearly defined sense of that vision. Faith is very important; you can't give up on that vision, even if it is vague . . . I have always had that faith. And even if everyone around doubted it, it was real, it emerged. I have always had trust in the very deep levels of the vision.

Jean: And even if unseen, these things are real. They are there in their loaded, coded potencies.

Hazel: And we know how these unseen visions manifest themselves in very concrete ways.

Jean: Everything beings in vision. Would you like to know something about the physics of envisioning? It's quite interesting.

Hazel: Yes! That would be interesting.

Jean: Well, suppose you have something held very vividly as an image, or as a feeling - it can be touched, smelled, tasted . . . Somehow this switches on to the autonomic system, which is a very deep system relating to older areas of the brain. We have reason to believe that the autonomic system, when it is activated by images, is related to the bioplasmic fields that surround the body.

Hazel: Biosplasmic fields?

Jean: The electromagnetic fields surrounding the body. The image thus held sets up a wave frequency into the fields surrounding the body. This then, since we are ecosystems within ecosystems, envelopes within envelopes, sets up a wave system in other ecologies that are around us. In point of fact you do, quite concretely and quite physically, send images out into the atmosphere.

So, be careful of what you really want, because you're likely to get it. In other words, there is an ecology of happening - of how things happen. Your system sets up an imaginal wave that changes the electron balance, which changes other electron balances, and it begins on microcosmic levels to be encoded into the environment - so that what you really wish beings to occur.

Now, there are people who are able to sustain this, and they are the great optimists of the world - like Margaret Mead, for instance. Margaret gets almost everything she wants - because she is sure that reality would not dare to do otherwise! [laughter] Her reality is one of intense imagery: any event she sees, touches, hears, feels, smells. She feels it absolutely; she sends it out; she talks about it; and it begins to cohere. A deeply held thought, feeling, or image is literally a seed planted in the fields that surround us.

Emotional Healing Through Gods Power

Experience God's Grace and Mercy When You Give Your Personal Best to Him.

Perhaps the first and foremost problem that stunts the spiritual growth for many a new Christian is the false analysis of the personal best. Up to the waters of baptism, the would-be disciple is coached, guided, and spoon fed a host of truths and new information about God. It does not take long for the young Christian to experience the first stirring of understanding about God's grace and mercy, and when the sinner commits to turn away from a life led for personal gratification and instead turns to a life of Christ-likeness, it is with earnest intent and desire.

Sadly, soon the notion of giving their personal best to God trips up those who fail to transition from accepting others' instructions about a loving God to fixing their eyes on Jesus instead. As Satan seeks to snuff out the tender shoots of a growing love for the redeeming grace of Jesus' sacrifice, feelings of inadequacy begin to multiply. You see, the new disciples are comparing themselves now to those who might have been in the faith for years or even decades, failing to see that the personal best is not quantitative but instead qualitative in nature.

Whereas for a well to do Christian it is easier to give a sizeable weekly tithe, the $5 the new Christian is able to scrape together suddenly appears paltry. In the same vein, when listening to the flowery prayers of some during get-togethers, the somewhat forced ovations to God that the new Christian has to offer seem meaningless. The results are dangerous: instead of experiencing God's grace and mercy to the full, the new disciple in instead filled with feelings of shame, inadequacy, and subsequent emotional pain of simply not living up to anyone's standards. Compounded with the guilt of just not being able to "get happy," many Christians suffer in silence and puts on a good front.

Bass Pro Shops® Extreme® Rod And Reel Spinning Combo

Are you a fishing junkie looking for just the right tools? Then take a look see at Bass Pro, the world's leading outdoor shop. Be it freshwater fishing, fly fishing

or salt water fishing, Bass Pro got just about everything for you.

For all those who prefer fishing in fresh water, Bass Pro Shops offer the Extreme® Rod and Reel Spinning Combo. For only 99.98 US dollars, a design of precision and excellence could be all yours, hook, line and sinker.

The Extreme® Rod and Reel Spinning Combo is indeed extreme. According to Stacey King, the 12-time Bassmaster Classic® Qualifier, this spinning gear is ideal for those shaky-head fishing and drop shotting techniques. And why should it not when this equipment is intended to be a top performer and a reel that is reliable and smooth? Fishing could be no easier. All those hassles of stucked up fishing devices and easily broken and tangled lines can be forgotten with the Extreme® Rod and Reel Spinning Combo as you place all your focus on the fish, every time it's biting!

This mechanism's frame is a one-piece aluminum and it accommodates a very compact gearbox that makes the function of all the gears and shafts inside, smooth and slick. The spool is also aluminum and is crafted according to the specifications of Brass Pro's exclusive and state of the art system called the Mag Spool Technology. The Mag Spool has a large diameter, an excellent attribute to make the spinning reel more efficient in its job. It is guaranteed that with the use of Extreme® Rod and Reel Spinning Combo, one can expect faster retrieves, longer casting reach, smoother drag, less twisting of the lines and an increased line pick up for each turn of the handle.

The ultra-compact gear box does its purpose at a maximum level and that is to keep and contain the gears, and avoiding flex. Despite its small size, it is built out of firm and unyielding aluminum and there is no question about its efficiency. This equipment also has a slotted Full Contact reel seat plus a soft-touch coating, and a contoured cork handle of premium quality.

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That is why, the Bass Pro Shops® Extreme® Rod and Reel Spinning Combo is worth every penny. All of its excellent features are sure to take fishing to a higher notch of fun and success. Every retrieve is sure be hitch less and all that stubborn fish that keeps outsmarting and getting away from you better start counting for they will be seeing the last of their swimming days.

Not the Right Time to Say Goodbye to your Rims

If only you could park your car or your sport utility vehicle right inside your home, you would have done so. After all, it is not that easy right now to purchase replacement Cadillac parts for your vehicle. There might be cheap ones out there however you are just not so sure about the quality that these have. But there is no need to worry for you are not the only person who fears for the safety of their vehicle's parts.

The rims of your wheels are actually one of the most sought after items by thieves. And if you do have really good looking rims, you might find them gone even if you might have turned your back on your car for just a couple of minutes. And to solve this thieving problem, Powerlock International Corporation has come up with an innovative device that would sure keep the rims of your vehicle right where you left them.

This new device actually is the very first of its kind. It has been created and marketed as a wireless and electronic security system. And what it does is it locks the wheels of your vehicle. The whole device actually comes with a key that they call the Wheel Safe. It is just small enough that you can hook it to your key chain if you choose to. And if you choose to lock your wheels and your rims, the key would serve as your remote control. It will then send a signal to the system in your vehicle so much so that it locks the wheels, rims, and the tires. Tried and tested, this new device actually could prevent any thefts that could be done even by the most skilled of all robbers.

"Rim theft is a major problem. People are getting killed. Terrorist groups are getting funded from the illegal profits. The custom rim marketplace is still growing strong. We felt the urgent need to be the first to market with this very important product that protects one of the fastest growing industries in our country," says Rick Fass, the current president of Powerlock.