MY CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY...HE'S IN MUCH BETTER PLACE.

A poem for an old friend.

I love more than words can say
I love you until my dying day
I love you with every breath I take
I will love you for all time and in every way
It doesn't matter time or space
I will love you just the same
And if you should ever take your love away.
I will keep loving you from far away.
My love will never change rather I'm in your presence or across the way.
I just hope deep inside of your heart you feel the same.
Remember when I said I don't miss you because I carry you in my heart?
Darlin that's the truth and I knew it from the start.
So if you never return the love I have for you.
Honey I will still love you until I'm through.
There isn't enough time for me to say to you count the ways but I will keep trying to show you until my dying day. And when my body is in the ground you will still have my heart as your crown and your face will never wear a frown. For when you look back and think of me honey I hope you know you were truly loved indeed by me.-HW77

Tips to prevent holiday stress and depression

When stress is at its peak, it's hard to stop and regroup. Try to prevent stress and depression in the first place, especially if the holidays have taken an emotional toll on you in the past.

1. Acknowledge your feelings. If someone close to you has recently died or you can't be with loved ones, realize that it's normal to feel sadness and grief. It's OK to take time to cry or express your feelings. You can't force yourself to be happy just because it's the holiday season.

2.Reach out. If you feel lonely or isolated, seek out community, religious or other social events. They can offer support and companionship. Volunteering your time to help others also is a good way to lift your spirits and broaden your friendships.

3. Be realistic. The holidays don't have to be perfect or just like last year. As families change and grow, traditions and rituals often change as well. Choose a few to hold on to, and be open to creating new ones. For example, if your adult children can't come to your house, find new ways to celebrate together, such as sharing pictures, emails or videos.

4. Set aside differences. Try to accept family members and friends as they are, even if they don't live up to all of your expectations. Set aside grievances until a more appropriate time for discussion. And be understanding if others get upset or distressed when something goes awry. Chances are they're feeling the effects of holiday stress and depression, too.

5. Stick to a budget. Before you go gift and food shopping, decide how much money you can afford to spend. Then stick to your budget. Don't try to buy happiness with an avalanche of gifts. Try these alternatives: Donate to a charity in someone's name, give homemade gifts or start a family gift exchange.

6. Plan ahead. Set aside specific days for shopping, baking, visiting friends and other activities. Plan your menus and then make your shopping list. That'll help prevent last-minute scrambling to buy forgotten ingredients. And make sure to line up help for party prep and cleanup.

7. Learn to say no. Saying yes when you should say no can leave you feeling resentful and overwhelmed. Friends and colleagues will understand if you can't participate in every project or activity. If it's not possible to say no when your boss asks you to work overtime, try to remove something else from your agenda to make up for the lost time.

8. Don't abandon healthy habits. Don't let the holidays become a free-for-all. Overindulgence only adds to your stress and guilt. Have a healthy snack before holiday parties so that you don't go overboard on sweets, cheese or drinks. Continue to get plenty of sleep and physical activity.

9. Take a breather. Make some time for yourself. Spending just 15 minutes alone, without distractions, may refresh you enough to handle everything you need to do. Take a walk at night and stargaze. Listen to soothing music. Find something that reduces stress by clearing your mind, slowing your breathing and restoring inner calm.

10. Seek professional help if you need it. Despite your best efforts, you may find yourself feeling persistently sad or anxious, plagued by physical complaints, unable to sleep, irritable and hopeless, and unable to face routine chores. If these feelings last for a while, talk to your doctor or a mental health professional.

Take control of the holidays

Don't let the holidays become something you dread. Instead, take steps to prevent the stress and depression that can descend during the holidays. Learn to recognize your holiday triggers, such as financial pressures or personal demands, so you can combat them before they lead to a meltdown. With a little planning and some positive thinking, you can find peace and joy during the holidays.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress/MH00030

It's easier than you think. The art of letting Go

Why is it so hard to let go? We as humans seem to hold onto old things. Things that no longer serve us. These things could be relationships, clothes, way of thinking etc. Yet we still can't let go. Why is that?? Is it the feelings that hold us to old things? The feelings that have long ago left. However when we think about the old thing the feelings are again evoked only making it harder to let go. You know many people talk about "closure" as if it is something that really happens. I don't think we get closure until we die and even then those that are left behind have the burden of "holding on". I think life is set up as ever changing and those that can't embrace change get left behind. So what something "old" doesn't work anymore?? Maybe it's time to expand out into new territory waiting to be found and explored. This brings about my next question. What is growth?? How does one measure growth? If not by "change". Many times people will say they have out grown something but is that statement a true statement or just a way of saying I have changed which only points out how "unchanged" something really is in order for you to notice change. I once heard a crooked stick doesn't know its crooked until it's put next to a straight stick. Only than is it able to see how twisted itself is in relation to the something straight. I challenge us all to embrace change because life is ever changing. We can't change the past but we can effect the future and it is up to us how much or how little we will effect the future. How do you want to be remembered when you die?? Ask yourself this and live a life that matches the answer. So what you lost something be thankful that you had the experience of having it in the first place and be thankful for the wisdom of if obtained again you will know a little bit more of how to execute your steps. The race is not given to the swift but to those who endure until THE END. - HW77

Does time heal all things?? A: No but it does take the sting away. Some things come into our life and change us forever. It is the birth and rebirth cycle of life. Life is like the Seasons , last year was fall this year it's winter. After winter comes Spring. Winter represents a form of death. Is there life after death?? Open your eyes the answer is YES. Without death we wouldn't celebrate life. Death comes in many forms the meaning of death is to lose something in order to regain something. Sometimes we lose in order to gain. What is the universe trying to show you or teach you? Don't be afraid for you shall have life again and have it abundantly. Happy Thanksgiving America

Nice and very true

If you have anything more to add feel free. I hope whatever situation brought you here is better now and that you found peace. HW77

always nice to remember how thoughts can influence our behaviors, and vice versa... keep it cool and happy... far too many ways to become unhinged...And, let's not forgot emotions! Yes, sweet emotions.

...happy thoughts.

How to Cope with Loss and Pain

http://www.wikihow.com/Cope-with-Loss-and-Pain

This year hasn't been the best for me( death of family members, lost relationships..etc) and I have had to use steps in the above article many times. I thought I'd post it here if anyone else may need it one day.

A difference a year makes. Change its the one thing you can count on & the one thing you love to hate.-HW77

Ashes to ashes dust to dust RIP

Sometimes in life things happen that try to make us forget who we are. If we hold onto heartache, bitterness and loss. We will never be in the correct posture to receive joy, forgivness and gain. When things hurt us it's okay to feel the pain but don't stay there as long as there is life in the body you will see the sun shine again. HW77


Time to let go.....Keep moving forward better days are ahead. :)

Saw This on yahoo

Demand spikes for zero-energy-cost homes
Inman News
A rising trend of super-efficient, solar-powered new homes allows homeowners to combat rising energy costs by giving back to the power grid. Some owners are even realizing a small profit from their home's power-generating capacity.
Intelligent house layout and design, and home features such as dual-pane windows, air-tight duct work and high-caliber wall and attic insulation are curbing energy consumption. And when coupled with solar energy, captured through photovoltaic panels, these homes are becoming their own mini power plants that feed electricity to the grid.
In 2009, U.S. homeowners paid an average $2,200 for energy use in their homes, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. A growing number of homeowners have the opportunity to zero-out that cost. See: Green Homes That Give Back to the Grid

"It's too good to believe," said Dave Spencer of his net-zero-energy home in Gainesville, Fla . Last month, his energy bill was $2.01 -- and that was just because of service fees -- after receiving over $10 in credit for energy his home generated. Both semiretired, Spencer and his wife, Sandy, moved into the 1,752-square-foot home last October and have not paid for any energy yet, he said.
Sounds too good to be true?
A recent Yahoo! Real Estate study found that 50 percent of 1,545 U.S. adults polled said being green is a requirement of their dream home.
The Spencer's new home is part of a niche, though growing, segment of the U.S. housing market -- net-zero-energy homes, many of which use solar energy to achieve net-zero-energy use vs. consumption. In the sun-sparse days of winter, energy consumption often exceeds generation, but in the sunny days of summer, energy generation often far exceeds consumption.
As of February 2012, 37 homes have been rated net-zero-energy or better on the industry-standard Home Energy Rating System e-scale of the U.S.-standard auditor. This number could grow 1,000 percent or more in 2012 if projects continue as planned.
"Interest has been off the charts," said Todd Louis, vice-president of Tommy Williams Homes, the Florida-based building company that built the Spencers' home. So far, the company has built and sold four, and has plans to build 35 to 40 more in 2012. The price of their net-zero-energy homes are still $30,000 to $40,000 higher than those that are not net-zero-energy, said Williams, but that margin is dropping with a decline in photovoltaic costs. The Spencers paid $250,000 for their home.
Shea Homes, a large builder in the West, announced last month that it plans to make net-zero energy or near-net-zero energy homes the standard model for new homes in all 10 of its retirement communities in Nevada , Florida , Washington , California and Arizona .
If interest in the communities mirrors last year's level, that could mean 500 to 600 solar-paneled, high-efficiency homes, 80 percent of which will be net-zero energy, said a Shea Homes spokesperson. (To achieve net-zero-energy, solar-power-enhanced homes have to be on lots that allow a certain amount of sun exposure.)
Don Asay bought one of the new Shea Homes, which feature blown-in cellulose wall insulation, dual-pane windows, a 20-amp outlet for an electric car in the garage, and solar panels, when he heard about the solar deal. He was already looking at a house in a Las Vegas -area 55-plus community built by Shea Homes.
Shea Homes has long featured extremely energy-efficient designs, though the upgrade to solar panels could be costly -- around $30,000, said Asay. He and his wife were considering the upgrade, but when the announcement was made that the new net-zero homes, with solar, were only $7,000 more than the previous base model, they jumped: "Sign us up."
Nexus EnergyHomes, in the Northeast, has already built hundreds of single-family net-zero homes in Philadelphia 's museum district, in South Carolina and Maryland, and has plans for hundreds more, including a net-zero energy exclusive, 59-home subdivision in Frederick, Md .
The market is listening.
Residential green construction has skyrocketed from 2 percent of new homes in 2005 to 17 percent of new homes in 2011, according to a McGraw Hill Market survey report. The same report found that 61 percent of customers are willing to pay more for homes that are energy-efficient and have other green features.
"The paradigm of construction is changing," said Phil Fairey, director of the Florida Solar Energy Center, an important partner in the recent growth of the net-zero energy home movement. "Now, greater efficiency doesn't cost you more," he said.
And the cost of solar energy, he added, has dropped 50 percent over the last two to three years -- from about $8 per watt to $4 per watt.
"It's not a huge trend yet," said green homebuilding consultant Carl Seville, "but it's growing slow and steady." Right now, there are pockets of demand like Austin, Texas and the West Coast, he said, but the movement is slowly spreading.
It's not so much that homes are generating so much more energy with photovoltaics, said Seville, but rather that builders are becoming more savvy about home design and energy efficiency.
A well-designed, well-built home without energy generation can get pretty close to net-zero energy efficiency, he said, and energy generation takes it over the top.

Thanks

:)

Almost...

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Post #15654 of 16242

CTCC DD: Strategic Energy and Power (STEP)

UPDATE 3/2

[Caveat Emptor removed per OTC]
CTCC NEWS:

-- Oct 05, 2011 8k Filed

-- Jan 12, 2012 New Acquisition Offers Solar Power and LED Lighting Nationwide

-- Feb 15, 2012 New team leadership In automotive dealership LED Lighting nationwide

-- Feb 24,2012 Form 15D filed


-- Feb 28, 2012 Retainer: Legal Outsourcing Group LLC will separate and address the old liabilities and contingencies of City Capital Corporation

Interviews & Radio comments:

02-14-2012 "CTCC .04-.05 short term" Radio-Stock Spotlight (unpaid)


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http://www.usti-us.com/en/gaas.html

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PROFESSIONAL TEAM BIO

Don M. MacIntyre, CEO (RESUME ENLOSED)

Al Lipinski, VP

Withover 20 years as an international sales and marketing executive with emphasis in EDA, ATE, and Solar Energy. He has extensive experience in the development and management of global sales and marketing channels. Lipinski has had several board positions with companies that address the supply chain and e-commerce industry. Lipinski has a BSEE from Southern Illinois University. Lipinski brings a wealth of experience in domestic and international sales, and in sales management. He was most recently executive vice president of worldwide sales and business development at Sequence Design Inc. Before joining Sequence, Lipinski was director of sales in Silicon Valley for Cadence Design Systems Inc. (NYSE:CDN). Additionally, Lipinski has worked for Virtual Silicon Technology Inc.; Dazix and Exemplar Logic Inc., both part of Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT); Meta Software, now part of Synopsys Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS); Computervision, acquired by Parametric Technology Corporation or PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC); Fairchild Semiconductor; and GenRad, now part of Teradyne (NYSE: TER).
Lipinski received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Southern Illinois University. An avid outdoorsman and motor-racing enthusiast, he makes his home in San Jose, Calif.

Richard Greenblatt, Vice President Sales, LED lighting division
Richard has over 40 years of automotive dealership experience, with industry contacts throughout the United States. He will lead the sales team in developing the conversion of the automotive dealership market to the use of high efficiency LED technology in both indoor and outdoor lighting. Richard said "LED lighting can save up to 60% of the Showroom floor and outdoor Lot lighting electric costs, which yield a payback of less than 3 years on the conversion capital investment. Monthly savings in electric costs will recover the cost of financing and return additional monthly cash, with 100% of the electric bill savings adding to profits at the end of the three year payoff


The company is particularly enthused about its new product line offering - High Efficiency LED Lites for retrofit in existing outdoor installations," said company CEO Donald MacIntyre. "We're a in the process of retrofitting shopping mall parking lots, industrial complex parking lots and automotive dealerships with energy saving LED fixtures. By utilizing existing fixtures, housings and poles and replacing internal light bulbs and electronics with High Efficiency LED Lites proprietary LED retrofit kits, we minimize the installation cost and reduce energy consumption by up to 60%. Green Energy is still in its infancy, and we're excited about becoming a leader in this growth industry."

With distribution and installation agreements already in place, the company offers solar and LED installation for both residential and commercial applications around the country. Talks are up-coming with several Native American entities for systems to meet their needs, and plans are underway to bid competitively for governmental contracts.

Terms and conditions to know in coming days....

Photovoltaics (PV) or solar cells as they are often called, are semiconductor devices that convert sunlight into direct current (DC) electricity. Groups of PV cells are electrically configured into modules and arrays, which can be used to charge batteries, operate motors, and to power any number of electrical loads. With the appropriate power conversion equipment, PV systems can produce alternating current (AC) compatible with any conventional appliances, and can operate in parallel with, and interconnected to, the utility grid.

Cells, Modules, and Arrays
Photovoltaic cells are connected electrically in series and/or parallel circuits to produce higher voltages, currents and power levels. Photovoltaic modules consist of PV cell circuits sealed in an environmentally protective laminate, and are the fundamental building blocks of PV systems. Photovoltaic panels include one or more PV modules assembled as a pre-wired, field-installable unit. A photovoltaic array is the complete power-generating unit, consisting of any number of PV modules and panels.


Source: http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/consumer/solar_electricity/basics/cells_modules_arrays.htm
PATENT SNAPSHOT: Donald MacIntyre - Inventor

Mr. MacIntyre has nine inventions, co-patents to his credit probably more. You'll notice not only hermetic wafer integration
(sealed vacuum pressure) but also patents in Arrays...How the surface reacts on contact...

:) Fat Tuesday

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/cvplive/cvpstream4&hpt=hp_t3

Mm Mmm. Rofl it is what it is and it was what it was. Enjoy your Sunday


I have always liked this Whitney song with Deborah Cox Same Script different cast.

Perfect!!!! :)

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Good night will look into that last MSG. Gonna be a long weekend nothing but research.

Congrats & Cheers :)


Don't forget to smile its only the beginning of your moment.

The headlines are still so shocking..."Whitney Houston dead at 48"

48 is too young

Okay

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JOHN MACINTYRE

Going to have a woo woo rofl

Enjoy the weekend

ROFL I understand it's life.

:)

YUP...THAT'S THE 1

:)

Merry Christmas...... Happy New Year

If you build it they will come :)

Welcome! It happens but at least you aren't alone :) Other calls you've made have gone very well so Remember those and keep moving forward.

very nice. AMZN got slaughtered my calls are worthless junk now lol!

Goodnight

Dow pullback to 11500,,,I'm on a roll.

Agreed...goodnight. Important times demand attention...phamers busy dishing out Meds. I sure could use some.

Of course I won't be surprised if they turn him into new Tiger.... Lol

Well you are in the right place. Where is Pharmer when you need drugs? lol.

Where there's smoke #5??? there's fire: Cain Accusations Escalate, New Witness Comes Forward

Gingrich's fundraising rises with poll numbers....therapy for all

Wow that sucks...

Engaged Couple Finds Out They’re Siblings Right Before Getting Married....(Developing)

An engaged couple who dated for five years have been left in turmoil after their families met and they discovered they were brother and sister.

The woman, who is due to give birth next month, is devastated by the discovery that the father of her child is her brother.

The couple, who met at university, had decided they wanted to introduce their single parent families to each other before they got married.

But at the meeting it emerged they were brother and sister who had been separated as small children.
The unnamed South African couple are still in shock after making the discovery last Saturday.

The country’s Sowetan newspaper reported that the siblings had been raised separately after their mother and father went through an acrimonious divorce.

It reported: ‘Their parents separated when the woman was eight months old and the man was two years old.

‘The man’s father said he dumped his wife in 1983 because she was cheating on him. The girl was raised by her mother, while her brother was raised by his father.

‘Neither of them knew they had a sibling.’

Thanks! Welcome to the Therapy room.


So how was????

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Is that why you are here? In need of Therapy after it :)

On a more serious note I saw this and OUCH :{

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You know I have an open door policy....and i'm sure you can find the door knob whenever you're ready.

Yeah I know what you mean. How you been bro? Sorry haven't gotten back in so long just been busy.