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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Public sector compensation in Wisconsin remains excessive (Powerlineblog)

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New EEOC Rules on Criminal Background Screening for Job ...

Criminal background checks can make the workplace safer and prevent lawsuits against the employer for negligently hiring or supervising an employee with a criminal history of violence, abuse, fraud, theft, or drug / alcohol abuse if that employee later harms someone else while on the job. However, new EEOC guidelines have placed stricter limits on when and how employers can use these criminal background checks to screen out unsuitable job applicants.????

The EEOC ? Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ? conducts investigations and brings lawsuits to enforce federal laws that forbid employment discrimination based on race or national origin. The EEOC has issued new guidelines that specifically state that the EEOC considers employers? use of criminal background checks to screen applicants to have an adverse impact on black and Latino applicants, and therefore to be potentially discriminatory. ?The new EEOC guidelines provide that employers who conduct criminal background screenings can be required to prove that the screenings are both 1) specifically job-related and 2) consistent with business necessity. The EEOC reaffirms its previous guidelines that the screening decision should take into account:

The seriousness of the offense or conduct;
The time that has passed since the offense; and
How the offense relates to the job position.

New this year, the EEOC has added a guideline requiring that the employer also conduct an ?individualized assessment? when doing a criminal background screening. ?This requires the employer to tell an applicant when he or she is being rejected because of a criminal conviction, and to give the applicant an opportunity to show the screening was inaccurate, or to explain facts showing the conviction should not bar employment, or to provide information about rehabilitation, a successful employment history before or after the offense, or any other information useful to prove the applicant?s suitability for employment despite the conviction.?

Alarmingly, the guidelines say that an employer cannot rely on state or local legal requirements to defend against a claim that the employment screenings violate federal civil rights law by having a disproportionately large impact in excluding minority applicants.? This potential conflict makes it crucial for the employer to have a written job screening policy and record-keeping system, preferably vetted by an experienced business lawyer, to ensure the employer is satisfying both state and local requirements for criminal background checks (for example, for child care providers) and the EEOC guidelines.

California law has added its own elaborate restrictions on criminal background screenings, which must be followed along with the EEOC guidelines.? A California ?employer cannot generally ask for or use information concerning:

Convictions more than seven years old;
Convictions that were pardoned, or where the records were expunged and sealed;
Arrests without conviction, except where the case is pending, or except for certain arrest records where the employment is in a health care facility and the employee would have access to patients or medications;
Misdemeanor convictions where probation was successfully completed or discharged, and the case was judicially dismissed;
Convictions more than two years ago for possession or use of small amounts of marijuana, as defined by the California Health and Safety laws;
Participation in diversion programs to avoid prosecution or conviction; or
Listing on a sex offender registry, except to protect vulnerable individuals.

Both thefederal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRA) place strict requirements on how and when applicants must be notified that their criminal background information is being sought, and further require the checks to be both accurate and confidential.

Call San Diego Law Firm for Skilled Help with Employee Background Screenings

San Diego Law Firm?s experienced business lawyers can help your business develop screening policies and job application forms for all of your employee positions.? We can assist you to create a record-keeping system to comply with all the requirements of California and federal laws forbidding discrimination and requiring notice, privacy, and record-keeping.? Where needed or useful, we can help you obtain or develop evidence supporting the need to use criminal background screenings for specific positions.

We?offer fixed fees for all of our business services once we know what your situation requires.? Please call us at (619) 794-0243 to make an appointment.? We look forward to helping you.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 at 4:56 pm and is filed under Employment, Labor Law, Running a Business.

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First Impressions On Fluent, The Startup Promising ?The Future Of Email?

Y Combinator's Paul Graham recently begged?entrepreneurs?to consider "frightening ambitious startup ideas," like building a better search engine or replacing universities. "Any one of them could make you a billionaire," said Graham. "That might sound like an attractive prospect, and yet when I describe these ideas you may notice you find yourself shrinking away from them," he said. "Don't worry, it's not a sign of weakness. Arguably it's a sign of sanity. The biggest startup ideas are terrifying." Among those terrifying ideas was rethinking the inbox, and in particular, the Gmail inbox. Although there has been much complaining about?the sorry state of email, very few companies are addressing the situation. It's just too hard. But there is an interesting startup to watch in this space, which happens to be thinking about the bigger picture. The somewhat stealthy?Fluent?is not shy about its vision either, offering a tagline that boldly proclaims it's offering "the future of email." But can it deliver?

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Respite Direct Care Worker (Oswego)

Role and Responsibilities
? Evaluate Respite Program Participant charts frequently to stay informed of their safeguards/allergies/needs
? Provide positive interaction with and lead group activities for individuals/children during respite program
? Direct participants in appropriate behavior, redirect when needed
? Model positive behavior and decision making for Respite participants
? Facilitate inclusive opportunities, for participants, whenever possible
? Provide transportation services, when needed, and follow all traffic laws while operating the Respite Program vehicle
? Encourage active participation of coworkers, volunteers and participants in all activities
? Develop positive working relationships with parents and guardians
? Maintain professional conduct / detachment from personal involvements with the consumer and /or their family
? Complete required documentation for monthly reporting (Case Notes and RDRIS forms)
? Comply with all HIPAA, OPWDD, OIG, OMIG, DOH and FSS Regulations
? Understand and Comply with the Oswego YMCA Compliance Plan, Guidebook and Policies
? Maintain current CPR, AED and First Aid certifications
? Attend all assigned programs and events (on time and prepared)
? Participate in all staff meetings (attendance is mandatory)
? Communicate regularly with supervisor / director to review best practices and training needs to maintain quality respite services
? Report any unsafe situations, accidents, or incidents to supervisor immediately
? Other duties as assigned
Qualifications and Education Requirements
? High School Diploma (some college education preferred)
? Excellent Communication and Writing Skills (mandatory)
? Minimum of 6 months experience working with people with developmental disabilities
? Valid Driver's License -- Clean record
? Clean background check, OPWDD fingerprinting, NYS Office of Children and Family Services Child Abuse Registry
? First Aid and CPR (helpful)
? Knowledge of Health and Fitness / Aquatics (helpful)
? Basic Swimming Skills (tread water, deep water competency, etc.)
? Physical demands to include: swim, walk, run, sprint, stoop, kneel, reach, sit , stand , push, pull, lift, talk and hear; and
exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and /or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects and assist people in and out of wheelchairs and Respite vehicle

Facilitate:
? Provide inclusive YMCA and community activities available to all participants
? Create a safe environment that promotes independence and normalization for developmentally disabled people
? Be friendly, courteous, enthusiastic and helpful toward participants and their families allowing for genuine relationships to be built

Location: Oswego
Compensation: $8.50/hr
Telecommuting is ok.
This is a part-time job.
This is at a non-profit organization.
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Phone calls about this job are ok.
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

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Video: Jury continues deliberation in John Edwards trial

Rocketeers obey NASA's moon rules

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Organizers of the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize say their contestants will abide by NASA's appeal to stay away from the Apollo landing sites. Other artifacts might be more accessible, though.

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Police: Suspected Seattle gunman kills self

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Because We May offers lots of Android apps cheaply! [DEALZ]

By Ryan Moore on May 24th, 2012 6

Okay, so we had the 10? app deals, then there was the featured 25? apps for a while there, and we occasionally get a decent 99? app.

But BecauseWeMay.com says ?because?, we?re getting access to a lot of sales in the Play store

And they have a whack of games and apps up for cheapz! ?54 to be exact

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Filing Bankruptcy: Is It Good Or Bad To Your ... - Free Finance Articles

Many people file bankruptcy because they think this would be the best and easiest solution to get out of debt. It is important to know that bankruptcy will appear on your credit report for several years. It will greatly affect your credit score.? The reality is in the immediate future yes you will not be able to buy a home but after 2 years you can buy a home anywhere as long as you have re-established your credit.? But its from the date of discharge not from the date you filed when you go out on the market and start shopping for homes in whether they be in the Lompoc real estate market, or just shopping for Santa Maria homes in the Santa Maria real estate market or really just anywhere.? But you have to have re-established your credit.

There are a lot of questions involved when filing bankruptcy including your current credit cards and your credit for purchasing another property. The money borrowed using a credit card should be included in your bankruptcy forms as a debt. These forms which are filed under perjury must be done with honesty because if fraud is detected, your bankruptcy will be discharged.

Committing perjury is a federal crime that must be avoided. Falsifying any of the documents for your bankruptcy case may fine you or put you into prison. If you don?t owe anything to your credit card company, then it won?t be necessary to list it. You can keep your cars, but the credit card company can cancel your account for precautionary measure.

Keep in mind that credit will still be available and used by individuals who filed bankruptcy, but you must be aware that you will end up paying higher interest rates.

For some, getting credit cards right away after bankruptcy is not a good idea since you might have financial troubles in the future. Credit repair scams must be avoided by making wise and careful decisions.

It is not true that you will not be able to obtain a home loan after 10 years if you file bankruptcy. In a matter of 2 years, you will be able to get a loan.? the 10 years is that it will appear on your credit report for that amount of time. Bankruptcy will be present on your credit report for quite some time, but most of the time, lenders will let you qualify for a loan if requirements are met.

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Monday, May 28, 2012

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Sunday, May 27, 2012

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Love, love, love and more love. That?s all we feel when watching this video of Atlanta couple Devin and Fayoce. Munaluchi Bridal featured this stunning couple and their engagement photos, and we?re so happy they shared their wedding trailer as well. Head over to Munaluchi Bridal for their full love story.

About the author

Tara Pringle Jefferson is managing editor of BlackAndMarriedWithKids.com. She?s also the author of Make It Happen: The Young Mommy Guide To Creating The Career You Crave. Follow her on Twitter or check out her blog for her insights on what it means to be a mom, wife, student, writer, and about three other labels she?s too tired to remember.

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2-minute expert: How to avoid blurry photos

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Sean Captain, TechNewsDaily managing editor

This holiday weekend, you may be traveling to see family, taking a scenic day trip or going to the neighbor's BBQ.

All are good photo opportunities ? whether with a "real" camera or a cellphone.?

Here are some tips to make the pictures better. Nothing too tricky: They assume you use the camera's auto setting or make minor adjustments.?[6 Tips to Use Instagram Like a Pro]

How do I make sure photos are in focus?

Often, something is in focus, but not the thing you wanted. Many modern point-and-shoot cameras and some cellphones have a face-detection mode that you can select to recognize multiple faces and optimize the focus (as well as exposure and color) for them.

If you don't have this mode, or you want to focus on something else, adjust the focus point to be more precise.?

Newer iPhones make this easy: Simply point on the screen to the part you want to be sharp.?

On other cameras, you can often change the default ? which makes a compromise so that everything is sort of sharp ? and instead chose a smaller focus point or area.?

To do this, you may have to take the camera out of auto mode and chose program mode, typically labeled "P" on the selector. [Expect to See Photo-Sharing in Ever-More Apps]

They still look blurry. What gives?

You may still get a blurry picture if you are in low light because the camera has to keep the shutter open for a relatively long time.?

The trick here is to minimize movement. If you are buying a new point-and-shoot, get one with optical image stabilizations (OIS), which moves either the lens or the image sensor to compensate for jitters.

With or without OIS, try holding the camera steadier. Make sure you have firm footing, and keep your arms close to your body when you shoot. If you can, hold the camera against something such as a pole or a tabletop. [What Makes a High-Quality Camera?]

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Space station grabs 'Dragon by the tail'

For the first time in history, a commercial spaceship has journeyed to the International Space Station, carrying vital supplies to the astronauts. NBC's Tom Costello reports.

By Alan Boyle

The International Space Station's crew reached out today with a robotic arm to grab SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule and brought it in for the orbital outpost's first-ever hookup with a commercial spaceship.

It marks the station's first linkup with a U.S.-made spacecraft since last year's retirement of NASA's space shuttle fleet, and potentially opens the way for dozens of commercial cargo shipments. If the long-range plan unfolds as NASA hopes, U.S. astronauts could be shuttled back and forth on the Dragon or similar spacecraft within just a few years.

"Today, this really is the beginning of a new era in commercial spaceflight," said Alan Lindenmoyer, manager of NASA's commercial crew and cargo program.?

The hookup comes after Tuesday's successful launch of the Dragon atop a Falcon 9 rocket, and represents the culmination of years of planning and hundreds of millions of dollars of spending by NASA and California-based?SpaceX, known more formally as Space Exploration Technologies Corp. The company was founded a decade ago by dot-com billionaire Elon Musk, with aspirations of eventually sending humans to settle on Mars.

Musk said the technologies that were tested today will blaze a trail for those more ambitious trips to come. "This is a crucial step, and having achieved this step, it?makes the things in the future and the ultimate path toward humanity becoming a multiplanet species much, much more likely," he told reporters after the hookup. "The chances of that happening just went up dramatically, so people should be really excited about that."

But first things first: Today's operation marked the first full in-space test of the robotic Dragon spacecraft's procedure for approaching the station, and for that reason, every step along the way was carefully planned out and checked over the course of several hours.?The first steps in the procedure were tested on Thursday, during a series of maneuvers that successfully brought the 14-foot-long, 12-foot-wide, gumdrop-shaped capsule within 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) of the $100 billion space station.

Today, a far more ambitious set of maneuvers brought the Dragon all the way to the station ? but the trip wasn't always easy.

Fixing the glitches
The craft started out by taking up a position 250 meters (820 feet) below the station. From that vantage point, the Dragon was put through a series of maneuvers to test the station-to-spacecraft communication system. The space station's astronauts had the Dragon approach, then retreat, then approach, then hold its position.

After assessing the data, NASA said it wanted to do a double-check on the Dragon's thermal imagers, which are part of the rendezvous sensor system. The spacecraft was commanded to approach to a distance of 200 meters (656 feet), then stop while NASA took stock again. Space agency spokesman Josh Byerly said SpaceX's team made "minor modifications" to the thermal imaging system, just to make sure that it was providing tracking data in line with what other instruments were showing.

The Dragon was on its way to a 30-meter (98-foot) checkpoint when the team at SpaceX's Mission Control in Hawthorne, Calif., ordered the spacecraft to retreat to a distance of 70 meters (230 feet). NASA's Mission Control said the SpaceX team wanted to correct bad laser sensor readings that the Dragon was getting from a stray reflector on the station's Japanese-built Kibo laboratory.?To work around the problem, SpaceX narrowed the field of view for the laser sensor so that it wouldn't pick up light from the offending reflector.

"One of the lasers wasn't working well, so we had to recalibrate the laser and tighten the beam, and then it did work," Musk explained afterward.

Catching a Dragon by the tail
Once the fix was made, Dragon returned to the 30-meter checkpoint and moved in for the final approach.?When the craft reached a distance of 10 meters (33 feet), NASA astronaut Don Pettit used the station's 17-meter-long (60-foot-long) robotic arm to grab hold of the Dragon's grapple attachment at 9:56 a.m. ET.

"It looks like we've got us a Dragon by the tail," Pettit told NASA's Mission Control.

"?Congratulations on a wonderful capture," Mission Control's Megan Behnken replied. "?You've made a lot of folks happy down here, over in Hawthorne and right here in Houston."?

Pettit joked that the operation went so smoothly it felt like a computer simulation.?"This sim went really well," he said. "We're ready to turn it around and do it for real."?

It took another couple of hours to pull in the Dragon and get it fully hooked up to the station's Harmony module. NASA and SpaceX refer to this operation as a "berthing" rather than a "docking," because the Dragon is being passively pulled in rather than powering itself into the docking port.

The completion of berthing at 12:02 p.m. ET put SpaceX in the company of four governmental space ventures?? NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency, the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ? that have built vehicles capable of hooking up with the space station.

Musk said that he'd probably have to relax SpaceX's rule against drinking alcohol at its Hawthorne headquarters to accommodate a champagne celebration, but it was clear that the hundreds of employees who gathered to watch the berthing were already on a natural high. They cheered for Musk as he spoke to reporters over a video link???and when he told them, "I love you guys, too," they broke into a chant of "E-lon, E-lon, E-lon!"?

Unloading the cargo
Dragon's hatch is scheduled to be opened early Saturday morning. The station's six astronauts will unload about 1,000 pounds (460 kilograms) of cargo, including food, clothes, batteries and a laptop, plus 15 student-designed experiments. Then about 1,455 pounds (660 kilograms) of Earth-bound cargo?? including personal items from the crew as well as completed experiments and old equipment?? will be loaded up on the Dragon. These payloads don't come anywhere close to the Dragon's capacity (6 tons going up, 3 tons coming down), but they were made part of the mission as non-essential ride-alongs.

On May 31, the capsule will be detached from the station and sent back down toward a Pacific Ocean splashdown and recovery off the coast of Southern California. That part of the operation went off successfully during Dragon's first orbital test mission in December 2010, but this would mark the first-ever return of a commercial spacecraft from the space station. Russia's Soyuz capsule is the only other existing space vehicle capable of returning space station payloads.

A fully successful mission would open the way for commercial space station resupply missions to begin in earnest. SpaceX already has a $1.6 billion contract with NASA for 12 Dragon shipments through 2016. If all goes well, the first flight covered by that contract could lift off in September, said Mike Suffredini, NASA's space station program manager. Another company, Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corp., is developing a cargo spacecraft known as Cygnus to take on space station shipments as well, under the terms of a $1.9 billion contract. The Cygnus has yet to be flight-tested, however.

In addition to the cargo contract, SpaceX is one of four companies that is receiving millions of dollars from NASA to produce spaceships capable of carrying astronauts. In SpaceX's case, the Dragon would be modified with a launch escape system, while the other companies ? Blue Origin, the Boeing Co. and Sierra Nevada Corp.?? are working on other spaceship concepts, ranging from capsules to Sierra Nevada's mini-space plane. The first astronaut flights could take place as early as 2017.

Until that time, NASA will have to depend on the Russians to transport U.S. astronauts on Soyuz spacecraft, at a cost of more than $60 million a seat. SpaceX and other players in the commercial space race say they can meet or beat that price.

The transition to commercial operations for orbital transport is a key part of the Obama administration's plan for future space exploration.

"We?re handing off to the private sector our transportation to the International Space Station so that NASA can focus on what we do best ? exploring even deeper into our solar system, with missions to an asteroid and Mars on the horizon," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said after the Dragon's launch. "We?re committed to ending the outsourcing of work on America?s space program and bringing these jobs back to the United States."?

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Alan Boyle is msnbc.com's science editor. Connect with the?Cosmic Log?community by "liking" the log's?Facebook page, following?@b0yle on Twitter?or adding?Cosmic Log's Google+ page?to your circle. You can also check out?"The Case for Pluto,"?my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for other worlds.

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

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If you read a book about persuasion techniques, you?ll find almost the same content in another persuasion technique book.

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Re: Selfrunning Free Energy devices up to 5 KW from Tariel Kapanadze

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? ? ?If you look upon the cosmic background radiation as stationary.? Then the speed of the Earth in relationship to this stationary thing is 600km/sec.? You send a laser to a point on Earth that is downwind the received frequency is blueshifted.? I think some experiment trying to proove an aether came back that there was no motion relative to space.? Wrong.? Now how do I get a coil to move relative to a magnetic field at 600km/sec.? First of all I need to get the damn magnets to slow down relavent to my coil.? hmmm? Or create a disruption that remains fixed in space and run into it with my coil.

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Measuring only the P_IN we provide and P_OUT we consume, is sufficient to judge the effective efficiency of any device.
If there is any energy provided by the environment then it does not affect the P_OUT/P_IN ratio in a negative way - it's only an added bonus that just makes it larger (better).
If however the P_OUT/P_IN ratio is less than unity then we can be certain that the device that exhibits it is not OU, regardless of the energy delivered by the environment.
Thus it makes much sense to measure just the power P_INwe deliver on purpose (as well as P_OUT)
P.S.
I will not respond any more to word salads.

?Really so the Pin in your definition is what?? Remember the capacitance of a wire varies according to Tesla... Plus your definition includes current. The only way to get rid of any loss is to get rid of the resistance and current. Both of which we can do! Measurement looses value because the scope or meter makes assumptions that a pulse is ac. It is not ac and is very different in it's actions. Any measurement with traditional devices would be fooled by the pulses. So this means the results are scewed. But like wise you could take those pulses and use them in a transformer to have the other coil (secondary) to provide the other half of the ac form! Capacitors become like static batteries being able to supply endless charge or flow over time and the transformer is the environmental tap.

?Call it what you will word salad is the way I communicate.

?This is a good example of scales of view or perception.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IVqMXPFYwI&feature=related

?It's all relative and it's all dynamically growing in intensity. This intensity of the current network is condensing. This raises the ability to beyond light speed. It can effect the pathways and grow them stronger and fuller of this network. We can bias the natural field and make matter capable of tremendous abilities including our own bio electric field. Some people have realized how to connect to this stream and resonate with the target frequency, they access the stream and filter for the frequency. Using Tesla tech we could produce amplifiers for the bio electric field. They say we only use at best 10% of our brain mass. With acceptably to Einstein's 12%. We could learn to control this energy via bifilar sensors. Amplify via focusing of that field. There should be no problem with interfacing with the electric compressors especially since we are in our bodies this connection would be very electrical in nature. With our thoughts being very electrical in nature. On and off. The variation in between the on and off being like binary code and highly variable or dynamic. The on and off is a code and then the magnitude of the code = additional code or bits. This wishy washy on and off is the chaos theory.

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Really so the Pin in your definition is what?

P_IN is the power delivered to the Device Under Test by its user.

P_IN is the power delivered to the Device Under Test by its user.

well what about what gets dragged along but not used? Or not measured for because we think it doesn't exist. It does exist and it is measurable and even manageable. We can reflect it and create bigger moves of inertia that take very long times to decay. Each successive wave reinforces the standing value. That value always balances itself and will overshoot it's origin almost instantly.. This increases the flows back and forth in a radiant manner. learn how to reflect that blast and you have all the power in the universe at your control.

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That's just an additional bonus that increases the perceived efficiency of the DUT

? Last Edit: May 25, 2012, 03:15:09 AM by jbignes5 ?

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the reason we have theories is that we can never be sure of anything,? as soon as a scientist finds out something, tells it to the world, the world believes,? ? after that? a second scientist comes and expand that theory further or make a new one,? public believes that too,? there are just infinite theories out there,? our mind is not the universe itself, its just a piece of it,
theory upon theory, and at the end all goes to the bin because a new one replaces it..
same with ''free energy''? if there is such thing,? we need to perceive physics differently. because we only have the calculations for our current mind set,? ?developing different calculations means different theories, and achieving different results,? but to achieve even better results than our new calculations, we have to scrap that even. and go to a next level.
i would say that we humans will never be able to understand how the universe works no matter how hard we try, we will only have theories.? and theories might tell a mind set, bt not the truth..? ?we will never understand why space,? what is it, how is it, what is emptyness, why is there space
its not the human who wrote the ''codes of the universe''? ?but the universe wrote the codes of the humans,? ?and the one who wrote will allways be superior. because its our father.? ''in a way humans understand''

instead of new ways of theories etc, imagine, that there is infinite amounts of possibilities? and the only way to find them out, for a human being,? ?is to conduct experiments

to proove a theory you need valid experiments.
i would suggest?
Experiments come first? and theories second.!
when you have something working, then you can come up with logical answers,
but stating ''logical answers first and valid experiments second which arent working''
Is poking in the dark
why dont everyone in here get on the subject real hard?
Try real hard!!
set a week when you deal only with this device
wake up at a set time and do experiments quickly till a set time,
these forums should have been setup this way too
Post only experiments at set weeks,? and bla bla in other weeks.
good luck

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?We are going from real experiments. Look at the dudes video's there just posted.. But along with the real work comes the how does this work without our input.... It takes a good strong understanding of what we can measure. But there are always gonna be the unknowns or not explained yet. Including the uncanny scales and how they look similar but yet vast distances are measured. It's a pattern. It's life and we can control it. Getting control of the machine is the first angle of attack. That control we collectively have access to is called Us. We allow them to dictate what is right and what is wrong even if the facts show otherwise.
?This is the time of awakening. We are opening our eyes and everyday we are astonished at what we can see and is also available online. From reasonable sources.
?Listen do you actually think that the visible world is all thats exists? Our eyes and senses see very little of the available spectrum of totally available spectrum.

?All of these people who have near death experiences tell of as white light or tunnel vision with white. Well what does a baby see when it emerges from his mother? We are baby gods growing into sentient beings. Hopefully with wisdom and compassion as a major trait.

?We need everyone to help and not shun anything that reasonably explains things. Thats what we are here for.

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But along with the real work comes the how does this work without our input.... It takes a good strong understanding of what we can measure.

A traditional Tesla coil (see photo).

Rhetorical question to this: Is the output power (sparks, light and heat created by the secondary coil) lower than the input power (supplied to the primary coil), is it equal, or is it higher?

If someone has a definite answer to that question, then the next question arises: How do we know this for sure? How is this measured?

Regards

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A traditional Tesla coil (see photo).
Rhetorical question to this: Is the output power (sparks, light and heat created by the secondary coil) lower than the input power (supplied to the primary coil), is it equal, or is it higher?
If someone has a definite answer to that question, then the next question arises: How do we know this for sure? How is this measured?
Regards

?Well in my regards that thing is only a sink of potential. The sparks are going from outer to inner as you can see from the intensity of the streamers. They flow inwards after the electrical field forms around it. Like in nature when you give water a soft base it tends to form condensations between flows and rivers will swell in certain areas and bulge in others but they tend to concentrate as they continue. This is the same process. So the electric field gets biased on and allows the free energy to flow inward twords the source potential. This is the ultimate Vacuum. A static potential Vacuum. And it is lined based. As seen in the picture from the previous post.

Hi all

As everybody post every ideas which can perahps be usefull to this huge amount of mixed ideas

i propose to you some update of my work

hope this helps

good luck at all

Laurent

http://youtu.be/tLB-eqsJzKk

Hi all
As everybody post every ideas which can perahps be usefull to this huge amount of mixed ideas
i propose to you some update of my work
hope this helps
good luck at all
Laurent
http://youtu.be/tLB-eqsJzKk

Hey Woopy

Ive seen some out there that use the center HV output connected to another spark coil, of the same brand and model, and they get good output from the + and - of the second coil. I wonder if you did this if you could rectify the output of the second coil to charge the battery.? ;]

Start at page 96. Using the same spark coils is important. ;]

Mags

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Cities with the most homes in foreclosure

Isaac Brekken / AP file

Home prices in Las Vegas, the poster child of the housing crisis, plunged by 61.8 percent from their peak in early 2006 through 2011.

By Michael B. Sauter, 24/7 Wall St.

?According to data released last week, the worst effects of the housing crisis are beginning to wind down. RealtyTrac?s latest report shows the number of foreclosures in the U.S. in April is down 13 percent to 188,780 from 219,258 a year ago. However, some of the largest cities in the U.S. continue to lag behind the rest of the country and still have long to go before the housing crash has fully run its course.

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RealtyTrac published the number of new home foreclosures in April in the 50 largest metropolitan statistical areas in the U.S. Of those 50 areas,?10 had more than double the national foreclosure rate, which is one out of every 698 new homes. In California?s Inland Empire metropolitan area, the rate was more than triple that. Using RealtyTrac?s foreclosure rates and home price data from Fiserv Case-Shiller, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the?10 metropolitan areas with the highest foreclosure rates.

The continuing high rates of foreclosures in some areas is a disturbing trend, said RealtyTrac?s vice president, Daren Blomquist. Although the national foreclosure rate appears to have peaked, the massive number of remaining properties yet to be foreclosed may continue to hurt the U.S. market in the long term, he added. The large number of new foreclosures ?means that distressed property sales will continue to represent a large portion of overall sales for at least the remainder of this year, which in turn will keep a lid on any robust home price recovery,? Blomquist said.

After reviewing the markets with the highest foreclosure rates, it is clear that regions with the most foreclosures to date are the ones worst affected by the housing crisis. Seven of the?10 metro areas on this list had among the top?10 largest declines in home value from their pre-recession peaks. In six of the?10 regions, houses lost more than half their value in less than six years. In Las Vegas, home prices plummeted 61.8 percent between the beginning of 2006 and the end of last year.

While all?10 metropolitan areas on this list have a high foreclosure rate compared to the national average, in some cities foreclosures have begun to decline, while in others they continue to increase. For example,?of these regions with the highest foreclosure rates, the number of new foreclosures fell by 44 percent in Phoenix and by 66 percent in Las Vegas in one year. Meanwhile, foreclosures rose 38 percent in Miami and 59 percent in Tampa.

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24/7 Wall St. spoke with Trulia?s chief economist Jed Kolko. According to Kolko, while the overall decline in home prices is the major underlying force behind these areas? high foreclosure rates, it is the legal systems of the regions? respective states that?are affecting whether foreclosures are still rising or declining. Florida has a long foreclosure process, which involves the courts on many occasions, while Nevada?s process is much shorter and non-judicial. Florida is therefore far behind in liquidating its foreclosure inventory, while Nevada is far along the process.

24/7 Wall St. examined RealtyTrac?s latest foreclosure figures of new homes for April 2012, as well as the changes in the number of new foreclosures from a month prior and a year prior. In addition, we reviewed historical, current and projected home price changes, provided by Fiserv-Case Shiller.

These are the?10 cities with the most homes in foreclosure:

10. Orlando-Kissimmee, Fla.

?Foreclosure rate:?One in 347 homes
?Number of homes: 942,312 (24th most)
?Foreclosures (April 2012): 2,717 (16th most)
?Home price decline from peak: 54.2 percent (sixth largest decline)

Median home prices in the Orlando area fell by 54.2 percent from their peak in the second quarter of 2006 through the end of 2011. Of the 50 most populous metro regions in the U.S., the Orlando-Kissimmee area has the 10th-highest foreclosure rate in April of one in every 347 homes. Orlando had 2,717 new homes in foreclosure this past April, up 12.9 percent from the 2,406 in April 2011. The forecast for the future is similarly bleak. Fiserv projects Orlando homes?will continue to lose value between the fourth quarter of this year and the fourth quarter of 2013, predicting a 1 percent decline in prices over that time period.

9. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.

?Foreclosure rate:?One in 321 homes
?Number of homes: 3,797,247 (third most)
?Foreclosures: (April 2012): 11,840 (the most)
?Home price decline from peak: 36.8 percent (12th largest decline)

From their peak in early 2007, home prices in Chicago fell 36.8 percent through the end of 2011. In April, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet metro area had the largest number of new homes in foreclosure among the 50 largest MSAs, at 11,840. This represented an increase of 25.5 percent from April 2011 when 9,433 homes entered foreclosure. However, the number of foreclosures represents a 7.63 percent decline from March, when the Chicago area also led all metropolitan areas with 12,818 foreclosures. Another positive sign for Chicagoans: Home prices are projected to rise 6.3 percent annually through 2016, according to Fiserv.

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8. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.

?Foreclosure rate:?One in 315 homes
?Number of homes: 1,353,158 (17th most)
?Foreclosures: (April 2012): 4,295 (eighth most)
?Home price decline from peak: 48 percent (eighth largest decline)

Residents of the Tampa, Fla., metro area watched the median home price in the region fall to $137,000 in the fourth quarter of 2011 ? a 48 percent drop from its peak. The region recorded 4,295 foreclosures in April 2012. To make matters worse, that number is up from the April 2011 figure. Last April, only 2,701 new area homes were in foreclosure, meaning that foreclosures increased by 59 percent the past year. One in every 315 homes in this MSA had a foreclosure start this past April.

7. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz.

?Foreclosure rate:?One in 313 homes
?Number of homes: 1,798,501 (12th most)
?Foreclosures: (April 2012): 5,755 (sixth most)
?Home price decline from peak: 56 percent (third largest decline)

Home prices in the Phoenix region ? the country?s twelfth-largest metropolitan area by housing units ? declined by 56 percent from their 2006 peaks through the end of 2011. Although this accounted for the third-largest decline in home prices among all metropolitan areas, the Phoenix region posted a 22.64 percent decline in foreclosures from March, as the number of new foreclosed homes fell from 7,439 to 5,755. Likewise, in the last year, the number of foreclosure starts in the area fell by 44.44 percent, from 10,358 in April 2011 to 5,755 this past April.

6. Salt Lake City, Utah

?Foreclosure rate:?One in 309 homes
?Number of homes:?410,031 (first least)
?Foreclosures (April, 2012): 1,326 (23rd least)
?Home price decline from peak: 19.3 percent (25th largest decline)

Home prices in the Salt Lake City area declined by roughly 20 percent from their peak in 2007 to the fourth quarter in 2011, which is a modest decline compared to other regions on this list. Nevertheless, foreclosure rates were higher than all but five of the largest metros in the country. Compared to the 1,406 foreclosures in April 2011, April 2012?s foreclosures declined by 5.7 percent. This metro area is one of the few on the list that analysts are bullish about; home prices are projected to increase by 9.5 percent from this year?s fourth quarter to the fourth quarter in 2013.

5. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga.

?Foreclosure rate:?One in 298 homes
?Number of homes: 2,165,495 (ninth most)
?Foreclosures: (April 2012): 7,271 (fourth most)
?Home price decline from peak: 35 percent (14th largest decline)

As of the fourth quarter of 2011, home values in Atlanta fell by 35 percent from their peak. The Atlanta area has the ninth?highest number of?housing units of any region on the list, at 2,165,495, and the median price of these homes was just $110,000 in the fourth quarter of 2011. To make matters worse, the area?s April 2012 foreclosure figure was a staggering 7,271 homes ? the fourth most among the nation?s largest cities. Things may be on the upswing though?as the number of homes in foreclosure fell by 11 percent from the prior month.

4. Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, Calif.

?Foreclosure rate:?One in 277 homes
?Number of homes: 871,793 (23rd fewest)
?Foreclosures: (April 2012): 3,147 (12th most)
?Home price decline from peak: 54.7 percent (fifth largest decline)

The first California?metro area?on this list, the Sacramento-Arden-Arcade Roseville area, had one in 277 homes in foreclosure in April. With home prices down 54.7 percent from their high at the end of 2005, the Sacramento area registered the fifth-largest decline in home prices. The area had the 12th-most foreclosures in the U.S. However, foreclosures are down by 39.01 percent from last year, when April 2011 had 5,160 homes in foreclosure. Additionally, the number of foreclosures also decreased by 26.7 percent from the previous month, from 4,294 to 3,147. Fiserv expects home prices in the area to rise 6.3 percent annually through the fourth quarter of ?2016.

3. Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla.

?Foreclosure rate:?One in 273 homes
?Number of homes: 2,464,417 (fifth most)
?Foreclosures: (April 2012): 9,031 (3rd most)
?Home price decline from peak: 54.2 percent (seventh largest decline)

The Miami metro region topped all ?Florida regions in the number of new foreclosures. It also ranks third in new foreclosure rates among the 50 largest metros with 9,031 foreclosures in April, 2012 ? a rate of one in 273. While foreclosures in the area decreased between March 2012, and April 2012, to the tune of 9.2 percent, the future appears gloomy. Prices in this region are forecast to fall another 3.8 percent between the fourth quarters of 2012 and 2013.

2. Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev.

?Foreclosure rate:?One in 249 homes
?Number of homes: 840,343 (22nd fewest)
?Foreclosures: (April, 2012): 3,378 (10th most)
?Home price decline from peak: 61.8 percent (the largest decline)

Home prices in Las Vegas, the poster child of the housing crisis, plunged by 61.8 percent from their peak in early 2006 through 2011 ? the greatest decline of any of the nation?s 50 largest metros. Although new foreclosures in the Las Vegas-Paradise region declined by 66.1 percent to 3,378 over the past year, the number of foreclosures in April represents a slight increase over March, when 3,301 new homes were in foreclosure. Making matters worse, prices are expected to fall by another 3.3 percent between the fourth quarter of 2012 and the fourth quarter 2013, according to Fiserv.

1. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif.

?Foreclosure rate:?One in 213 homes
?Number of homes: 1,500,344 (14th most)
?Foreclosures: (April, 2012): 7,049 (fifth most)
?Home price decline from peak: 56.6 percent (second largest decline)

As of the fourth quarter of 2011, prices in the Riverside metro area fell by 56.6 percent from their peak, the second largest drop among top-50 metros. In addition, this region is first in terms of?the current?foreclosure rate, at one in 213. While the number of homes (1.5 million) ranks 14th of the 50 largest regions, the area?s new foreclosure count for April 2012, reached 7,049 ? fifth highest overall. It appears, however, that the situation is improving; between March 2012 and April 2012, foreclosures dropped 10.8 percent.

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