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To: geode00 who wrote (156918)	3/13/2009 5:02:36 PM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

The problem is YOU don't understand anything. You are just a crazed hippy, lonely housewife. So much of what you are writing simply doesn't make sense to adults with a well rounded life. TURN OF THE TV...it is killing you. Get outside!

To: geode00 who wrote (156918)	3/13/2009 5:04:27 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 173976

Cop in crash accused of drunk driving An off-duty Edmonton city police constable faces a rash of drinking and driving charges after police allege that the BMW he was driving blew through a red light early Sunday morning and T-boned a pickup truck. By The Edmonton JournalMay 12, 2008 StoryPhotos ( 1 ) An off-duty Edmonton city police constable faces a rash of drinking and driving charges after police allege that the BMW he was driving blew through a red light early Sunday morning and T-boned a pickup truck. Several people in the truck were injured, one of them severely. A police spokesman said Douglas Kurtis Brown, 29, was driving his BMW 745i southbound on 75th Street when he went through a red light at the Whitemud overpass. At that moment, an eastbound Ford pickup truck was attempting to make a left turn and Brown's car smashed into the driver side of the pickup truck. The truck then burst into flames. Robert Wasyliw, the 18-year-old driver of the pickup, was taken to hospital with a broken collarbone and severe burns to his back. Wasyliw's girlfriend, who was sitting in the truck's passenger seat, needed stitches to the face and one of her eyes was almost swollen shut, Wasyliw's father Mike said. Wasyliw's two male friends, who were in the back seat of his crew cab, suffered minor injuries. Brown and the male and two females in his BMW ranged in age from 19 to 29, police spokeswoman Karen Carlson said. They suffered only minor injuries. "We have confirmed that alcohol was a factor," said Carlson. "Speed is also considered to have been a factor." The crash occurred at 2:15 a.m. At noon, crash investigators with the Edmonton Police Service, assisted by RCMP, still had the intersection closed. Among other things, a police cruiser took several runs in a southbound direction, then slammed on its brakes to lock the wheels to determine traction on the dry pavement. Wasyliw almost burned to death when his truck caught fire, his father said. The vehicle was over on its driver's side and Robert Wasyliw's arm was pinned between the pavement and the door. Three people came over and lifted the truck to get him out, Mike Wasyliw said. "He has road rash on that arm. He was lucky. Within three to five minutes the truck was totally engulfed," he said. "I would like to know who those people were who turned the truck up." When the crash occurred, Wasyliw was driving his friends home to the Ottewell area after a late-night snack at a Denny's on Calgary Trail. Mike Wasyliw says his son must now spend at least one week in the University of Alberta Hospital's burn unit undergoing skin grafts to his back and side. Hours after the crash, Wasyliw's Ford pickup sat on its wheels, sideways in the southbound lane of the overpass. A fire which appears to have started in its engine compartment had spread and engulfed the truck's passenger area. The entire structure of the truck had been bent by the force of the collision. A bag of golf clubs, a golf hat and a pair of golf shoes lay on the pavement beside the truck. The front end of the BMW had been crushed by the force of the impact and the vehicle's air bags had deployed. A sales consultant at Edmonton BMW estimated the age of the BMW as 2004 to 2006. "A BMW 745i that age goes for $50,000 to $55,000," said the sales consultant, who spoke on condition of anonymity. A brand-new BMW 745i costs $120,000, the sales consultant said. Carlson said there were several witnesses to the crash. It may also have been caught on video. A tall pole on the overpass is topped with three video cameras. Brown, a three-year veteran with the Edmonton Police Service, has been suspended with pay as he awaits his day in court. He has been charged with three counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm, three counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm and driving with a blood alcohol level in excess of .08. jfarrell@thejournal.canwest.com © (c) CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc.

To: geode00 who wrote (156918)	3/13/2009 5:08:42 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 173976

Sacred space: an altar & other spots -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HI all, I'm not sure if this would be the place to post this about Sacred Space but since that is the topic of space & sacredness/sacred-use, I'll give it a go. What is sacred space to you? Is it inside or outside? For me it is wherever I am able to pray-meditate so this includes the beach, the car, inside living-spaces, outside in the garden, and worship places (temples, churches, etc). A shopping mall becomes 'Sacred Space' if you are waiting for someone and sit there and pray for people who walk by and any needs of others that come to mind. But if you were to ask me to relate instantly to "sacred space" I'd answer that it is to be found where ever I set up an altar. I once had 1/2 a room as an altar space complete with a mirror, special lighting, candles of course, incense, and various religious paraphanalia. It felt almost as great as a private chapel (Queen Elizabeth II's private chapels are so large most of use could live in them quite comfortably!) However the more enduring space is the top of a bookshelf for 'Sacred Space' as it is compact and because of space limitations tends to get to the point without a garage sale atmosphere of items. So, depending on what I"m working on, I'll have sea shells, bits from outside (boquets of tree or flower beauty and nature-y-bits that I value). Also I have a candle..just love those candle holders out of carved out rose quartz (on my wish list), and I use a altar-cloth of a colur that speaks to me in connection with the time of the year/beings I am invoking (i.e. Blue for Virgin Mary or Archangel Micheal's sword...White for the purity of angels & Christo-energy, Purple for Royal of Jesus and also the I AM-St. Germain rays....). Often I include a bowl of holy salt and a small pitcher of holy water and a chalice...for communion at home (which I feel can be done by anyone Priest or not, as a homage to Jesus without having to be male or jump through ecclesiastical hoops in order to commune with The Master) At times I might put a picture of a situation or person I'm helping via prayer. If I'm also working with Buddha or Sai-Baba or for example, Yogananda then I'll include pictures of them on the altar. I might have a picture of Mary and one of Jesus on the altar at the same time to remind myself of the male-female aspects of divinity as I work with both. If I'm calling on Saint Padre Pio for a miracle, his picture will be there in the form of a small prayer card. It changes - the altar- depending on the spiritual need and the season and the mood. Oh for me music (my harp or flute, or a song book) , bells, chimes, are important. Rocks too! My favourite crystal....often sits on the altar and I'll use it to do with 3rd eye work in connection with prayer amplification. Or just holding the crystal in my hands in my lap while I pray. Crystals, as Shirley reminds us in her books, hail from pre-Atlantis days and it is so good we are re-membering them in spiritual work the world over. A while ago I read a book with colour pics in it (mostly from New Mexico) with a title like "Creating Sacred Space" and it was most inspiring to see pictures of what others do. The main thing seems for me not to get carried away with the specifics but to use the space for spiritual ends....meaning I know there is no right or wrong way to set this all up and sacred space is in the end, a personal thing. Anyone who would scoff at such things doesn't see my altar that's for sure !!! In my case my background from convent days (Anglican Order, NYC) comes out in the Christian symbolism I use. Somestimes it all seems too formal so on such days I just sit at the beach and that becomes glorious 'sacred space'. Sacred space can be such an deep topic in that it comes out of your spiritual practices. What do others do? Snoopy me would love to talk about this..... Geode00 'Pax Aeterna' says this Celtic Monk, to you all 74.125.47.132