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Has anyone had a similar experience of having a finger scanner ID system introduced into their workplace? They have already installed the scanners,and a few worksites within the organisation are already using them. None of the staff at our worksite are to interested in submitting to this style of timekeeping,as we can work odd hours at times and often start elsewhere away from the scanner,we would be required to supplement the finger scanning records with signed paperwork. We already provide written signed submission for our pay check. The proposed new system has no benefits in fact will require more pay check verifications,which is all time consuming.

Trench Warfare. Photo taken by an official British photographer during WWI, 1917 Embedded

Hi Limahong, There have been some interesting abbreviations like,lmao,btw,imo ect. It's good to hear you started fishin for yourself. Nungali helped me out with this,http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lmao Happy fishin

Nearly ready to pick,then roast and add to curry or pumpkin soup.

Spotless When one has moved beyond attachment one is said to be free of Karma - not as a reward or because they are in a higher realm where karma has been disposed of, or some god realm where all has been forgiven - but because one has attained non-inertia. One can have / is positionless position - wholeness, stillness, nothingness. Thanks Spotless.

EG The surgeon operates and saves the life of the gunshot victim. Two weeks later,the same now partially recovered gunshot victim,takes revenge killing the person responsible for his wounds,to emphasise his revenge he also kills the whole family of this person. Does the surgeon having saved this man now murderer,develope karma for his efforts? An unintentional act may have consequences.An intentional act may have unexpected consequences. Things happen all day long,some of it expected,some of it unexpected,karma happens,the future plays out with decisions made in the present after consideration of the past,then we ponder the differences of weighted karma,then everything happens just as it does.mmm

What is karma?,is the a ledger kept somewhere?,what are the limits of karma? Is it your feeling good about whatever? Is it feeling bad about whatever? Mostly there is no thought of karma,we do and act as we must.

Karma value Eg1.You return home from work and accidentally trip over your dog,similar to kicking your dog,but without intent,but may still have negative karma value,or none at all. Eg2.You return home from work and purposely kick the dog and hurt it? Displacement is an unconscious defence mechanism that helps us protect our ego,we have probably all used at times,as with eg2. So you are at work,the boss is pushing for more production,he yells,he blames,maybe threatens with losing your job. Maybe some offence taken,you want to lash out verbally or even have thoughts of punching the boss. Subconsciously you know you can't do that and keep your job. You arrive home,angry,after mulling over day at work,the first thing your dog greets you faithfully,maybe the dog is under your feet. All that pent up anger is now displaceed onto the dog with a swift kick. Whatever the karma value,personal insight into our behaviours creates positive or neutral karma.

"That may work for <insert_some_other_industry_here> but we work with wood and wood is different!" The local pine mill/lumberyard,recently installed a fully computerised system,that calculates every possible useable cut of timber,out of each new log. Working with wood is maybe not so different,anymore.

It is sad to look at? To start with universal health cover and totally free services for every one. The planets yes us earthlings need to stop all the bullshit rhetoric and decide we are one planet. We promote health,dental,surgery,healing of all sorts,yes billions,for all nations across the planet. Investing in this way,we create employment,we create cohesion. One day this will have to happen,there so much bickering we all switch off. The day of oppositional governments is coming to an end,already rendered as a school yard squabble. No matter where you live,there basics required,food,housing,clothing,health,education,work,entertainment,procreate,recycle. As a citizen of the world,we recognise these needs,we overspend all the better,just cut defence budgets,stop building bombs of all sought,they only kill us,when you are dead matters not that you civilian or otherwise. Don't get me started on my rant.

Tough fight for 50% of the population.

Anyone recognise the last two pictures?

Yesterday was out fishing and it was windy,very little cover,so with back to the wind,I was facing the water and late afternoon sun.The sun was also reflecting off the surface back to me,very glaring. So to avoid the brightness and wind,I squatted low sitting on my calves with feet firmly on the ground. Sat this way legs started feeling numb,so stood up,caught me by surprise,head dizzy,felt as if was going to blackout/ faint. The fishing was slow,only got one bite,broke the line snap,gone. So got interested in nearly fainting,so returned to squatting,and periodically would stand up abruptly. Never did blackout completely,but a few occasions had quickly bend knees to prevent or restore blood pressure,continued this activity (game),for a couple of hours. That evening whilst in bed,the sensations were lower legs mostly below knee felt warm to hot. Checked electric blank was off,really hot,had to get up for a while,eventually slept well. This morning can still feel residual sensations.

Orthostatic hypotension, also known as postural hypotension[1] or shortened to orthostasis and colloquially called head rush, occurs when a person's blood pressure falls when suddenly standing up from a lying or sitting position. It is defined as a fall in systolic blood pressure of at least 20 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure of at least 10 mm Hg when a person assumes a standing position. It occurs predominantly by delayed constriction of the lower body blood vessels, which is normally required to maintain an adequate blood pressure when changing position to standing. As a result, blood pools in the blood vessels of the legs for a longer period and less is returned to the heart, thereby leading to a reduced cardiac output. Mild orthostatic hypotension is common and can occur briefly in anyone, although it is prevalent in particular among the elderly and those with known low blood pressure.

Thanks Brian,this old but new. The Serpent Mound may have been designed in accord with the pattern of stars composing the constellation Draco. The star pattern of the constellation Draco fits with fair precision to the Serpent Mound, with the ancient Pole Star, Thuban (α Draconis), at its geographical center within the first of seven coils from the head. The fact that the body of Serpent Mound follows the pattern of Draco may support various theses. Putnam's 1865 refurbishment of the earthwork could have been correctly accomplished in that a comparison of Romain's or Fletcher and Cameron's maps from the 1980s show how the margins of the Serpent align with great accuracy to a large portion of Draco. Some researchers date the earthwork to around 5,000 years ago, based on the position of Draco, through the backward motion of precessionary circle of the ecliptic when Thuban was the Pole Star. Alignment of the effigy to the Pole Star at that position also shows how true north may have been found. This was not known until 1987 because lodestone and modern compasses give incorrect readings at the site.[16] Astrobleme Edit The mound is located on the site of a classic astrobleme, an ancient meteorite impact structure. One of the strongest clues to the impact origin of this structure is in the pattern of disruption of sedimentary strata. In the center of the structure, strata have been uplifted several hundred feet, in much the same way that the central uplifts of lunar craters such as Copernicus were formed. In 2003 geologists from Ohio State government and the University of Glasgow (Scotland) corroborated the meteorite impact origin of the structure at Serpent Mound. They had studied core samples collected at the site in the 1970s. Further analyses of the rock core samples indicated the impact occurred during the Permian Period, about 248 to 286 million years ago; thus, all topographic expression of the impact would have been long since erased.[17] This is one of the few places in North America where an astrobleme has been identified. While some scholars speculate that prehistoric Native Americans may have placed the mound in relation to this geological anomaly, at the time of construction of the mound there was nothing visible at ground level that would have captured their attention. Recent history Edit The Serpent Mound was first mapped by Euro-Americans as early as 1815. In 1846 it was surveyed for the Smithsonian Institution by two Chillicothe men, Ephraim G. Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis. Their book Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (1848), published by the Smithsonian, included a detailed description and map of the serpent mound. Preservation Edit Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley fascinated many across the country, including Frederic Ward Putnam of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University. Putnam spent much of his career lecturing and publishing on the Ohio mounds, specifically the Serpent Mound. When he visited the Midwest in 1885, he found that plowing and development were destroying many of the mounds. In 1886, with help from a group of women in Boston, Putnam raised funds to purchase 60 acres (240,000 m2) at the Serpent Mound site for preservation. The purchase also contained three conical mounds, a village site and a burial place.[18] Serpent Mound is listed as a "Great Wonder Of the Ancient World" by National Geographic Magazine.[19] Originally purchased on behalf of the Trustees of the Peabody Museum, in 1900 the land and its ownership were granted to the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society (a predecessor of the present Ohio Historical Society). The Ohio Historical Society designated the Arc of Appalachia Preserves system, a project of Highlands Sanctuary, Inc., as the managing agency of Serpent Mound [14][20][21] Following an instance of vandalism in 2015, more security cameras and protective gates were added.[22][23] Excavation Edit After raising sufficient funds, in 1886 Putnam returned to the same site. He worked for four years excavating the contents and burial sequences of both the Serpent Mound and two nearby conical mounds. After his work was completed and his findings documented, Putnam worked on restoring the mounds to their original state. One of the conical mounds that was excavated by Putnam (1890)[24] yielded a principal burial which has grave goods that associate it with the Adena period (800 BC-100 BC). He also found and excavated nine intrusive burials in the mound. Additionally, Putnam discovered an ash bed north of the conical mound that contained many prehistoric artifacts. After the excavation, the conical mound was reconstructed and is today standing south of the parking lot at Serpent Mound State Memorial. In 2011, excavations were undertaken prior to installation of utility lines at Serpent Mound State Memorial. The excavations focused on three sides of the conical mound that Putnam (1890) had excavated. In addition to concentrations of artifacts, an ashy soil horizon was excavated north of the conical mound. The ashy soil horizon had prehistoric artifacts associated with them. It is believed that the ashy deposit is a remnant of the ash bed that Putnam (1890) excavated. Wood charcoal from within the remnant ash bed was carbon dated to A.D. 1041-1211, the Fort Ancient period. Because the burials in the conical mound dated to the Early Woodland period, the Fort Ancient period dating of the remnant ash bed is suggestive of ritual reuse of the circum mound area.[25] Draco coils around the north celestial pole, as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London c.1825 Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky. Its name is Latin for dragon. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. The north pole of the ecliptic is in Draco.[1] Draco is circumpolar (that is, never setting), and can be seen all year from northern latitudes.

Marree Man,unknown artist,how was it made,no one knows,mystery?

Years ago I snatched a cookie from a friends lunch box whilst I was having a coffee at work. Well I had never tried eating the stuff before,took about six hours to wear off. Never tried it again,has anyone tried ingestion of such cookies?

Probably find pathogen DNA on lots of plants grown outside.

Hi Nungali, Just finished bringing in the hay,round bales,one bail at a time. Wanted to finish before it started raining,I did,it has,and is still raining right now. You've been getting wet?

Pathogens perish if canabis is smoked?

Big Bang? The Big Bang maybe had no sound at all,plus no one to hear it.

There is a local Hare Chritna farm,every Sunday they would a feast,all vegetarian foods. Next door there lived a whole family of followers,five kids,they taught us a lot about the vegetarian diet and cuisine. The food was delightful,after the Sunday feasts and offering and blessings,everyone would sit and share the food prepared. We only went a few times,but the neighbors would bring us takeaway packs home to us,they told me that if I fed any scraps to the animals they would be born human in the next life.So I just couldn't resist feeding scraps to the chickens and then rooster,haha.

We don't really pets anymore,our last dog buried in a garden bed,budgie grew old and fell from the perch. Still have two pet cows which still love a pat,don't usually keep cows as pets. One of the cows was born a twin,her brother was a bull/steer. The thing with cow twins if one is male the other female,effects the female making her sterile. The other cows mother just didn't have any milk for her and was already being hand fed. When the twin cows mother rejected her after her first feed and subsequent lightning storm. So we reared them together,the twin still hasn't had offspring as expected,neither have been tagged,both are halter trained. The kids named them bubbles and milky. Prefer the wild pets,feed them daily,but don't have to lock them up.