The Context Machine

Fire pits can be constructed by using a variety of different materials. Some of the different materials are copper, cast iron, stone, aluminum, and mortar. You can easily build your own fire pit you so choose; there are many blueprints that are available online. Take into consideration how much money you can afford to spend on this product because materials are very expensive. Whether you want a wood or gas burning fire pit is a big consideration. An outdoor fire pit can be enjoyed forever, but make your selections carefully. You don’t want to have any regrets so research is your best opportunity to obtain all the information that you will require to make that decision.

Make sure that your fire pit kit comes with fire bricks, if it is required. The fire bricks are high temperature resistant meaning they can sustain temperatures up to four hundred degrees. If ordering anything online be sure to take into consideration the shipping costs because they can be quiet expensive. Most Internet businesses will offer free shipping with any fire pit kit that you purchase because of the price range. When you purchase a fire kit it will save you lots of time and frustration of trying to find all the right parts or materials need to build your own fire pit. Your fire pit kit will come with instructions and directions of how to put your fire pit together properly.

The small time promoter has to work hard and on a shoestring to get an audience of a few hundred people to fill a venue. Flyers, word-of-mouth and media name checks are some of the tools promoters use to fill small venues or club nights. Building a loyal following from grassroots is no easy task. Considering the amount of effort that can be required to fill even the smallest of venues it is surprising that very few promoters capitalise on their efforts and use the actual event to maximise the opportunity to encourage further audience contact.

With a little thought and small outlay online surveys can be used to provide the promoter with valuable feedback and the opportunity to engage in further contact with the audience. Using an online survey website such as www.surveygalaxy.com a promoter can now quickly and easily create an online survey.

With an online survey a promoter can find out exactly:-

• who attended;
• what persuaded them;
• what they thought of the event;
• would they expect to attend again;
• would they recommend future events to their friends.

A good way to ensure a good response is to have a supply of business sized cards that are marked clearly with a slogan like “Feedback”, “Your opinion counts”, “Tell us what you thought”. Each card would have a web address pointing either directly to the survey or to a website where a link to the survey can be placed. The cards can be issued at the door with the tickets, or handed out among the audience and being the size of business cards they are small enough to be stuck in a pocket, purse or wallet. It may not even be necessary but a small incentive wouldn’t harm the response rate perhaps the chance to win a free guest pass for a future event, a signed CD or T shirt.

Using the results from online surveys the promoter is able to:

• Obtain a profile of the audience
• Gauge the overall success of the event
• Measure the effectiveness of different promotion
• Receive feedback on the venue and facilities
• Receive feedback on the act
• Promote on a one on one basis
• Build a targeted database for future events
• Build a loyal audience
• Link to merchandise and other promotions

Considering the effort that it takes to promote an event and the little extra effort required in using online surveys to encourage further contact and all the immediate and long term benefits that will bring - could it be any easier?

The following example shows the feedback that could be used for a breaking band. It not only gathers valuable feedback, but continues to promote the band, their CD and gives the opportunity to encourage further contact.

Sample Survey

To view the summary results of the survey: Sample Survey Results

Martin Day is a Director of Survey Galaxy Ltd a web site that allows anyone to create, design and publish online surveys. For more information please visit http://www.surveygalaxy.com

Is your business missing out on valuable tax deductions you can take for the use of your personal vehicle for business purposes?If you haven’t done so already, you should definitely beat a path to the door of your local office supply store and pick up a notebook for logging the mileage you drive to conduct business–and be sure to log the miles you drove to buy it.

Not taking the trouble to do this is like letting your pricey gasoline flow onto the pavement instead of into your tank!

Even if you work at home most of the time, miles you’ve driven to purchase office supplies, buy stamps or mail packages, and other errands for your business can translate into big tax deductions. With fuel costs soaring, you are literally throwing money down the drain if you are not keeping track of this mileage and taking the deductions for it to which you’re entitled as a business owner. And the first entry you need to make is the beginning mileage on the odometer as of January. You’ll also want to make sure that you keep track of all your automobile expenses associated with that personal vehicle that you’re using for business.(See below.)

The dramatic surge in fuel costs has not been lost on the IRS. Of course, gasoline prices began to edge up shortly after the beginning of the war in Iraq; but the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina prompted the IRS to offer a valuable money-saving solution for business owners. (If you live outside the U.S.A. you should check your tax authority’s website for similar provisions.)

Last year,for 2005, the IRS increased the standard mileage rate for the use of a vehicle (car, van, or truck) by 3 cents a mile, to 40.5 cents a mile for all business miles driven. However, in the wake of Katrina, that rate was increased further to 48.5 cents a mile for the business miles driven in the months of September, October, November, and December, 2005.

This increased mileage rate ended with the end of 2005. The new mileage rate for 2006, effective January 1, is now 44.5 cents per business mile driven. You can maximize this deduction if you’re careful to consolidate business and personal errands. For example, I wait until I need to go to the post office to ship a package for my business to stop to at the drug store and supermarket right next door to pick up groceries. What would have been “dead” mileage becomes a deductible business trip, as long as you’ve logged your business purpose in your mileage logbook.

In addition, for both 2005 and 2006, the IRS also encouraged Katrina-related charitable relief activities by granting higher rates for miles deductible and miles reimbursable driven for such activities.

Of course, the use of these mileage allowances can be rather complicated. For example, you cannot take additional deductions for business use of an automobile to which you have already applied the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), after claiming a Section 179 deduction for that vehicle that your business purchased directly.

And if you’re using a personal vehicle for your business, don’t forget to calculate the percentage of total miles for the year that you travel for business purposes. At the end of 2006, you’ll note the year-end odometer reading in your mileage logbook and subtract from it the odometer reading that you recorded this month. Then you’ll add up all miles driven for your business that you have recorded and divide it by that total mileage to calculate the percentage of total miles you used for your business. If it turns out that 30% of your total mileage on that personal vehicle was for business purposes, you can deduct 30% of *all* your expenses for maintaining that vehicle: not only fuel, but all trips to the garage for routine maintenance or special repairs as part of your business expenses for the year.

The devil is in the details, as always, of course. You will want to consult your tax accountant on how best to apply the rules to your situation. If you prepare your tax returns yourself, you can get the details directly from the IRS website: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-04-64.pdf. Examine the fine print closely: You’ll find that there are limits on what percentage of business use can be claimed for a personal vehicle, no matter what your actual numbers might be; so if your actual business mileage is greater than 75 per cent of your total mileage, you might be better off purchasing a separate vehicle dedicated to business use. If you’ve taken the care to structure your business correctly–using a corporation, limited liability company, or other stand alone entity–you and your business will benefit from even greater deductions.

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In spite of the fact that the Property Index online service is only a fledgling concern, they were founded only in March of 2007, they have established expert status very quickly. Actually, they are a extremely unostentatious corporation fully concentrated on offering expert advice to anyone who is aiming to rent realty in a wide selection of areas across the globe. They avow to lend you a hand to uncover dead-on what’s needed quick as well as straightforwardly. Check out Property Index for help with overseas property investment!

Real property is available for the asking in a wide selection of areas across the globe now, possibly the most fashionable area being realty you can purchase in France. It’s no effort to pinpoint all the phenomenal real property available in France, the motive for looking into land here is the beautiful land you can purchase and the opportunity of spending your life amongst this bouncing people.

It is one of the truly trendy regions of the world today, and considering the gorgeous landscape and great sunshine surrounding you here, you can’t go wrong? Land in France is very rich in history and culture, this geographical region has been and still is home to various indigenous nations. Just thirty years back you’d find just a trickle Englishmen investigating land in France. Today that trickle become a rush. Ask just about anyone who has chosen to move to France and they’re likely to tell you the same.

When your visitors browse a webpage, their browsing experience depends on many things that you already know - connection speed, computer hardware and software, internet provider are just a few. However, the role that good web design plays in browsing speed is often under-recognized. Pictures and graphics as a navigation aid are often a powerful ‘hook’ for customers, and can easily enhance a browsing session. When incorrectly used, they can create bottlenecks that hamper the message your site needs to send.

Basically, if you are making an image mosaic, you need to remember a pair of important rules:

Rule 1: The page load time increases together with the number of page elements, even if their total size remains the same.

Rule 2: However, merging page elements will lead to a longer wait until you visitor sees the first portion of your webpage. You need to keep a balance.

In designing a webpage, you have to set priorities. Is your goal a fast browsing experience or maximum visual impact? Will your customers wait for long enough or will they go elsewhere?

Web designers using graphical navigation have many choices - to include graphics and text, to just work from one large image with several navigation elements, or to load many small ones. The latter is a popular method today, but can lead to slow access times. This slowdown is particularly noticeable on dialup connections, but because server requests are less affected by download speed, if you have a bottleneck in this area it can affect all of your users.

Let us examine the server request process:

Step 1: User clicks a link, and the browser sends an HTTP request to the server;
Step 2: The request goes through Internet hosts and routers, and then reaches the server;
Step 3: The server processes the request and sends the HTTP response and data back;
Step 4: The response goes through the Internet, usually on a different route, and then reaches the browser and the element rendered by your browser, and displayed on your screen.

How can you calculate the effect of this complex process on the customer experience? There are two main factors involved: the “Internet latency time” and the “HTTP request”.

The typical minimum size of an HTTP request is 256 bytes. This means that when browsers request an image of one byte in size, the browser needs to send a 256 byte HTTP request on both of its server connections, and the server has to send back an HTTP response of the same size, along with the one byte of content. You can use the following formula when calculating the contribution of HTTP request delays:

HTTP Time Loss = (4 kilobits) * Elements / Bandwidth in kilobits per second

In essence this means that on a regular website, where the number of page elements is between 10 and 30, HTTP overheads will add significantly to your load time. For example, in a page with 50 elements, and a 56kbps connection speed, 3.57 seconds of page load time is wasted. Let’s say the page size is 100KB. It means that the ‘expected load time’ is 14.28 seconds but actual time is 25% greater.

Internet latency time involves how the packet (request) gets to the server and back (steps 2 and 4). The amount of time this journey takes is known as “ping time”. The shortest possible ping time to the other side of the world is 85 milliseconds. That is because 85ms is the time the electrical signal needs to travel to the other side and back in a straight line through the Earth. Of course, the shortest possible ping across the world is 133ms, as we cannot cut through the Earth. In practice on overseas websites, the actual ping is often higher, over 300ms not being unusual. To local sites inside the USA and Europe, typical ping time can be 100ms or lower (Source: http://www.internettrafficreport.com).

Internet latency time loss = Elements * (PING in milliseconds / 1000) / 2

In the above formula, “2″ is the necessary correction factor given that browsers usually make more than one connection to the server.

It is possible to incorporate ping delay time and HTTP header request delays, described above, into a final formula:

Total loss of time = Elements * (4 kilobits / Bandwidth + PING / 2000)

Despite the growing penetration of broadband in the world - according to Nielsen NetRatings, over 60% of US households and 85% of US work users are now broadband equipped - many users still suffer from slow page load time. This can drive users away and does not encourage return visits.

Remember that just decreasing the size of the smaller images on your site doesn’t help significantly if they are already less than 500 bytes. Try to decrease the number of images by combining them into one or more large images. You can use image maps for this purpose, which work from the position of the mouse on the image, and are a good way of cutting down on the problems caused by fragmented images.

The quickest way in grasping the “Mosaic Layouts” concept is that every ten elements you add to your site - no matter what their size - will commonly add an extra second to your load time.

Article Source: http://www.softwaretalks.com/mosaic-layouts/

Jonathan Tunn is a staff writer for SoftLogica covering personal technology. He studied Journalism at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and acquired his IT background at a transnational telecommunications company.

Alexander Grasmik is a marketing manager for SoftLogica. He specializes in web development and performance testing with 4 years of experience on board.

After 6 weeks in Canada and the finality that we were no longer on vacation hit with a thud - we weren’t going “home”.

I’d served 16 years in the Royal Air Force (RAF), so saying goodbye to a “safe” job seemed surreal. The final Christmas and New Year, the emotional family farewell, even the one way flight - it all seemed totally unreal! We found it hard to believe that over 2 years of planning had actually come to fruition and we were starting our new life near Calgary. Well, it was true. I was starting my new job the next day and the temperature was a cool - 25C !

We had discussed living in Canada in great length after my wife’s sister had moved to Edmonton with her Canadian husband and were enjoying a lifestyle we could only dream of. We tried a few DIY assessments to see if we would qualify but found ourselves 1 point short of the “pass mark” which was 70 at that time.

We decided that we’d have to hire an immigration professional. When we opened up the Immigration Newspaper “Canada News”, the first advert we saw was Access Migration Services who offered a free assessment. We spoke to Kerry Martin and discussed our thoughts. We received the assessment in the post, filled it in and returned it the next day. Kerry decided that we had a good chance of qualifying and so offered us a no visa no fee contract and so the process began.

We were inundated with forms and questionnaires and set to researching thoroughly what it all entailed. I assembled my qualifications and sent them to IQAS in Edmonton for a Canadian equivalency. Then I contacted Transport Canada to see if my aircraft maintenance licenses were valid. They weren’t, but I would be able to sit some exams, provide my full career history and work for a minimum of 6 months in Canadian Aviation. It didn’t seem too bad considering I was hoping to move continents! We had to send off for police checks from Germany, the UK police and the RAF police to prove we had no criminal records, once they were back we could submit our application.

It was announced that the Canadian Immigration visa system was changing; no-one knew what would happen or when it would come into effect. Kerry kept us informed and was very reassuring during a troublesome time. I had to put in my 18 months notice to leave as the Immigration authorities required an exit date from the RAF - 17th Feb 2003 was the date we chose.

We watched the horror of September 11th unfold; the aviation world collapsed and with the rest of the RAF, I became involved in the Afghan War and the unstable world climate that followed.

We managed to spend two weeks at Andie’s sisters in Calgary during October 2001, fitting in quad biking, hiking, trips to Banff, and also viewing show homes. We were getting a feel for southern Alberta and its opportunities. On our way home the airline (Canada 3000) went bankrupt as we flew into Gatwick on it - another bad sign for my future employment.

With the police checks complete, we sent the application off to Kerry, who returned professionally presented paperwork with supporting documents for us to sign and return with the High Commission fees. The new Canadian Immigration system was finally announced with stricter point scoring that was back dated to all applications received after December 18th 2001. Ours had arrived there on 19th December!!!! We wouldn’t qualify under the new rules; Kerry reassured us that as the new system hadn’t been ratified by parliament it wasn’t set in stone.

The authorities backed down after threats of legal action by several Canadian Immigration Lawyers, the cutoff date was set as June 1st 2002. All applications processed before then would be under the old rules - we were back in with a chance. In Feb. 2002 our file number arrived - we were being processed; we waited to see if we were to be called for an interview, accepted or declined. The wait was crazy - Kerry kept us busy with regular information mailings on Canada, the reassuring voice on the end of the phone was worth the fee in itself. Andie’s sister was also busy in Calgary phoning around to establish points of contact for me. I had started to look at other employment and began some project management courses. As with my aircraft maintenance licenses I soon realized that UK qualifications wouldn’t readily move to the Canadian system. I contacted the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) and found they had an impressive curriculum of courses including several Project Management offerings and some great technical pre-employment courses that had a good history of the candidates finding employment in the field of choice.

The call came out of the blue: we had been accepted subject to Medicals and were not being called for an interview! The nearest approved clinic was in Oxford, Andie phoned immediately, the first appointment was eight weeks. We put the house on the market - we needed to know it was sold before we could plan on moving. If we failed the medicals we decided I would still leave the RAF and we would move away from the area. Andie’s parents would let us stay with them if we sold the house.

We put the house on the market at the end of June 2002 - and had a buyer in 3 days. The date of sale was set for the 31st August and we would move out on the 29th. We couldn’t believe our luck, but it wasn’t to be all plain sailing! The clinic phoned first, they had double booked us and we’d have to wait an extra two months. Andie had “a bit of a chat” with them and they finally agreed to squeeze us in as an extra appointment after a heated debate!

All 4 of us had to have medicals - the kids didn’t have x-rays or blood tests but we each had 40 minutes with the doctor, hearing and blood pressure tests. Even though there were no health issues as far as we knew I managed to stress about the whole deal and ended up failing the blood pressure test. Apart from the embarrassment, I had to have a cardiograph to make sure I was ok. This delayed the medicals being sent back by a week as the cardiograph had to be analyzed by a cardiologist. I didn’t feel too clever!

We checked out the different shipping agencies. Kerry recommended PSS shipping - a family run business with a good reputation and a good quote. When we called to book we had almost left it too late. They managed to fit us in as we only had a relatively small load to ship. We agreed on a shared container for the shipping on a door to door service. They would arrive to pack everything on the 28th August. We just hoped the Medicals were OK!

While I was deployed away with the Air force, the house sale had stalled due to an argument between the lawyers! We couldn’t sack them as then the whole process would have to start again and there would be no chance of us making a deadline for a currency transfer we had booked. There were large penalties for missing the date. We couldn’t cancel the removals at such short notice either, as it too would incur large penalties. So we were facing moving out to Andie’s parents and leaving the house empty whilst still paying the mortgage, taxes and bills. On top of that the insurance was only valid for 30 days once it was empty and we were booked on flights to Calgary to go house hunting!

Eventually, Kerry phoned with the news that we were accepted and just had to sign some documents and send in our passports and photo’s to claim our visas. At last the relief of knowing took away the house nightmare for a day or two. The date was set - January 11th 2003. There is only a 3 month window where the forms were valid so we decided to send the paperwork off once we had returned from Canada as the house drama was starting to become serious. We were about to set off to Canada for a month with the house sale still in limbo. We managed to gain assurances that things were moving behind the scenes and that all would be completed in time for our money transfer, all we could do was board the plane and hope for the best!

In Canada, we were recommended a local realtor (Estate Agent). He helped us find a plot of land and reputable builder to build the house of our dreams. We arranged a mortgage (with 35% down you don’t need to have a job for approval) and agreed on the deal - all that was missing was the cash! Eventually, the house sale went through, the money arrived into our Canadian bank in 72 hours. I was astonished (and thankful) at how the transfer went like clockwork. It was time to spend!!!! We went in to sign the house deal with the realtor and wrote out the house purchase agreement. The realtor handled all the negotiations on our behalf but always made sure we agreed to everything. We put down the 10% deposit needed to secure the deal (the rest is paid at possession) and put the house building process into gear.

The day after we returned, we gathered up our documents and photo’s and sent them recorded delivery to the High Commission in London. It would take approximately 3 weeks to process and then we’d be on our way.

We researched and chose the shipping company for our Golden Retriever which would cost us more to ship than our one way tickets! These one way flights were booked for the 11th January 2003 and it seemed strange paying more to ship a dog than a family of four! The rest they say, is history!

We’ve been here 18 months now and can honestly say it has worked out better than we had ever imagined. The first 8 months or so had more stress than I have ever had before and times were extremely hard but now we are settled it’s hard to imagine being back in the UK. The air is clean, scenery amazing and there is so much to do there’s no spare time! The beer isn’t too clever but you can’t have everything!

I hope this will give you an insight into Canadian Immigration and inspire rather than disturb!! If you decide to give it a go - good luck!

The author immigrated to Canada in 2003 and has constructed a free information website www.onestopimmigration-canada.com about Canadian Immigration and life in Canada based on his family’s experiences.

Relate two of everybody’s chief interests and you will expose something that’s universally called a sportsbook wagering site. Is there anything that could be more resourceful? If you visualize a clique of fans clapping for any favored team, and regularly stakes will be advertised accompanying the hubbub. Wishing to get a share of the pleasure, spectators frequently attempt to augur who will prevail the impending meet. All this will develop into a fun little meet known as sportsbook wagering site.

Learn the strategies of the bet casino sports pros at this site.

To place a wager, you’ll want to search out a sportsbook wagering site, which is a place that takes sportsbook wagering site. In America, there’s no less than four states where to go for sportsbook betting legally, but if legality is no concern, you can try it just about anywhere providing you find a bookie AND you happen to be of legal age. Among the sports activities you can choose to risk your money on are pro & college level football & basketball, professional hockey, professional hockey, & betting on. You might bet money on the comprehensive results of a competition, on what round any given contester will go under, and even if a coin toss in a competition will come down heads or tails.

The sportsbook company depend on stats to help you guess which team you may feel will prevail. There is the spread, which is a point leverage tallied to the weaker club that is anticipated to lose by X number points. This describes the bookie’s formalized modality of offering fifty-fifty stakes for a sportsbook. For instance, you can choose to risk some money on a party that is anticipated to lose and and yet profit from the bet providing the club takes a licking by X number of points.

You can get numerous systems of lays, the straight bets being the most prevalent in sportsbook betting.

Why don’t you check it out, and have a lot of fun while you’re at it? Simply make certain that you won’t get too enthused and throw away your complete retirement income on a conceit. Otherwise you will be sure to end up distressed for life.

Macy’s is a store known for a variety of different products, but many recognize the name because of the amount of clothes that they sell. Macy’s has been in the business since 1858 where it made $11.06 on its first day. Today $11.06 would be a t-shirt or a pair of pants.

Macy’s coupon codes can be used for the macys.com website, all you need to do is type in the code at the checkout. Normally when you find a code it’ll state what it is for such as: Free shipping with Godiva Order and then it would state the Macys coupon code: Sweetdeal.

You can find a variety of different coupon codes online at different coupon sites and forums. Some of the coupons may be free shipping or so much off. If you are really lucky you’ll find a buy one get one free. Or you may find some that say free samples, many ladies like to get these and head over to the make up department.

If you are looking for a bargain find yourself some Macys coupon codes and start shopping. There are codes for everything from jewelry, clothes, cosmetics to furniture and kitchen needs. If you can’t find it, ask an employee and they’ll find what you need for you.

Brass chandeliers are used everywhere. Hotels, restaurants, and offices use them. In homes, brass chandeliers can be found in almost any room. What makes brass chandeliers so popular?

Brass chandeliers have a long history. Before electricity, brass chandeliers were used with candles or kerosene. Brass is a sturdy metal with a long life, making it the perfect metal for the brass lanterns that used to be placed in homes and used as street lights.

In addition to being a long-lasting metal, brass has the added advantage of requiring little maintenance. Brass chandeliers are particularly appropriate in coastal areas where corrosion is a problem because by nature it is anti-corrosive.

Two types of finishes are usually available for brass chandeliers: highly polished and antique polished . A highly polished finish, as the name suggests, makes the brass look bright and polished. Antique polishing gives an older appearance that some find very elegant.

Periodically dusting with a soft, dry cloth is the key to maintaining your brass chandelier. If it gets dirty enough to need a more intense cleaning, use a gentle dish soap and warm water to clean it. Don’t forget to dry after washing. Do not use an ammonia-based cleaner because this will cause tarnishing.

If your brass chandelier is tarnished and you haven’t used an ammonia-based cleaner, first determine whether or not it’s solid brass. Try sticking a magnet on it; if the magnet stays on, your chandelier is made of steel-plated brass. In that case, the tarnish you are seeing is likely rust and can be removed with steel wool. After removing the rust, your next decision is whether to have it re-plated. If you don’t want to have it re-plated, you can choose to paint it.

A solid brass chandelier which has tarnished is relatively easy to clean. First use a brass cleaner to get the tarnish off. Once it has been removed, follow up with clear lacquer spray paint.

When purchasing a brass chandelier, remember that it is not intended as a main light source. Chandeliers are hung for the elegance and grace they add to almost any room. Brass chandeliers come in many sizes, so they are appropriate anywhere.

There are many types of chandeliers available to add grace to your home or business. If you are in the market for one, remember the long life and easy maintenance of brass chandeliers. You’ll be glad you did.

http://chandeliersi.com All the information you could want on Chandeliers from large to small, glass to brass.

For the true thrill seekers looking for the most outrageous and intense of sports may I suggest night time Kayaking on a difficulty “extreme level” river? If you are looking to feel your adrenaline flowing like a roaring rapid river, then this is it and yes it is better than sex! Some of those other folks who have never lived life on the edge or at the fullest, in a way it has meant to be lived may not understand the desire to hit the rapids on a pitch black moonless night. I can tell you this however, once you do, you will never be afraid of the dark again, what a complete rush! For those wimps out there, go read another article, yet if you have what it takes and challenge fate, then read on.

Have you seen the new electromagnetic induction technology flashlights? They charge a capacitor instead of working off a battery. Currently there are some nifty micro-flashlights being used which you can buy which use this technique and are available thanks to the Everlight Flashlight technology research lab. These smaller flashlights work by shaking them for about thirty seconds and shine for about 6 minutes and they shine quite bright since they use a very bright LED light. Here is a link to this home use flashlight:

http://www.modernoutpost.com/gear/details/ee_shakelight.html

Here is a quick movie you can watch online to see how this technology works.

http://www.modernoutpost.com/gear/movies/ee_forever.MPG

Now let me tell you this is going to sound completely crazy, but it is doable. Take one of these flashlights and shake it up good and then duct tape the thing to your kayak and then without wasting any time launch and Bonzi down the river while it is turned on. It will stay on due to the bumpy ride. If you try this on a week current it will not work and you will truly be in the dark, but once you hit the rapids it will turn on again, but not for about four-five minutes which in the dark feels like a lifetime. You must stay in the rough water to keep the light on, so you fight the current running not against time, but the speed of light.

Eventually some smart entrepreneur will design a Kayak with headlights like this, because those helmets with lights are not doing it for me. Having a light on the front of the kayak, which turns and bobs with each move is much better, be sure to go for it during a pitch-black night. Remember until they start making these electromagnetic headlights on our kayaks we will have to use our duct tape well. Don’t fear life. Ride on, no prisoners. Don’t be weak, live strong. Do you know what that means; do you really know? Think on it.

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