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Queens of Heaven

 

In the psychology of Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) the contrasexual component of woman, which is the soul or anima in a man, was not fully understood by Jung and much study has been made by the Jungian school of psychology he founded. Jung thought that woman has a spirit rather than a soul and that, because she represented Eros or relationships and relatedness, she used her animus to control relationships. Jung said that woman imagined herself as surrounded by men; as by a crowd of observers. She modified herself in order to appeal to as many as she could in order to maintain a social network that would preserve her and her family. Jung described a woman`s animus as `opinionated`. In fact she represents a man`s ideal, created by God for man in man`s own imagination; in other words, out of man`s imagination woman was created from the side of man by God. The Second Adam or Christ was crucified and, after the Ascension (1 John: 2.1), was with God in heaven and the Paraclete or teacher of Jesus` Gospel remained upon Earth as the Holy Spirit, which in the Old Testament is the Shekinah as she appears in The Song of Songs; the beautiful woman: and elsewhere as the Spirit of God in the Tabernacle that contains the Ark of the Covenant and the Commandments of the Law, for example.

 

In the Qu`uran the Prophet Mohammed has the Word of God dictated to him by angels, who are God`s messengers, and the Shekinah would be present to assist his understanding in her role as what Christians call the Holy Spirit. As the Prophet of Islam after Mohammed, Jesus is not crucified or dies, but has an Ascension to God. This is probably because, in Islam, a man has four wives, which connote Jung`s four functions of consciousness again; `Thinking`, `Sensation`, `Feeling` and `Intuition`. They have the role of the Shekinah as teacher, guide, comforter, and helpmeet, which is the components necessary for the construction of an actualized `Self` that Jung equates with what humans are able to understand of God. Jesus` Ascension in Islam is, therefore, because of the differentiation of woman`s function within marriage as teacher, guide, comforter and helpmeet, which is adopted by women in Islam and, as Jung says, is necessary for the development of man`s consciousness. Jesus is, therefore, depicted as ascending to heaven without crucifixion and death because he has taught them what the Shekinah as Holy Spirit wants for them to know. He was preparing the wives of Islam to take their man to heaven, so Jesus was not married to anyone but the Shekinah, irrespective of whether Jesus was actually married or not. Jesus doesn`t need to be crucified in order for the women of Islam to be shown the correct way to God and the Shekinah can show Jesus God because - self-actualized - God would be revealed to Jesus. The difference in Islam is that Jannah is `hidden`, which means that, for them, heaven is Paradise on Earth, from and for which Adam and Eve were expelled by God, that is, they shall be in heaven, in Christian terms, when they have accepted the teachings of Jesus and Redemption.

 

Essentially, in Christianity, Jesus is upon the cross as Adam and Eve. The key scene in the New Testament of the Bible is Longinus` Spear as it cuts open the side of Christ (Matt: 27.54), in a Caesarean section that means the birth of the Paraclete. As Eve came from Adam`s side, so the Shekinah (Ex: 40.35) as the Holy Spirit is by, at and from the side of Jesus. She may even have been visible to Jesus as the Spirit of God that had been with Adam since Eden. She has a role in man`s imagination but is not a product of it; although she appears in dreams. Her problem is that she is closer to God because she is the Holy Spirit and woman is trained by men to not perceive herself as designed to be sexually attractive to woman. But, if the Holy Spirit is her teacher, guide, comfort and helpmeet, it is the Spirit of God in all her relationships. Consequently, she is the attractiveness that inheres in all relationships sexual or otherwise.

 

Jung believed that woman was `opinionated`, which suggests `animosity` towards woman on his part, and this is the true nature of woman`s animus. In effect, she represents what someone once said about the role of the United States` President, which is that `You can please some of the people all of the time, some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time.`1 Women is in this position. The men around her give her her opinions. Often they tell her who to vote for. But her role is maintaining relationships, so she Presides for God, that is, as the Shekinah as Holy Spirit. Men are therefore the ones that perceive her as `opinionated` because she is their teacher as well as their guide, comforter and helpmeet. They can accept all but teaching, which they perceive as being a woman`s opinions, and that are necessarily nebulous on occasion because she has many relationships to maintain. This gives men the opinion that she is an `airhead` or, if she is intelligent, threatening to their belief that man teaches. In fact, God, as the Holy Spirit in the vessel that is woman, teaches.

 

It is interesting that, in Jung`s psychology of consciousness, there are four functions; `Thinking`, `Sensation`, `Intuition` and `Feeling`. Jung argues that, often, one of these is inferior because it represents what we do not want. In the fourfold construct that is the Holy Spirit, that is, teacher, guide, comforter, and helpmeet, man is least able to accept woman as teacher and guide. For man, she is comfort and helpmeet. Effectively, she is permitted the role of comforter, and is the man`s servant rather than helpmeet. She is the homemaker and is the carer. The mistake is to assume that `Intuition`, which along with `Feeling` is feminine in Jungian psychology, is inferior. In Christian iconography it corresponds to the Spear of Longinus, which cut the Paraclete from the side of Jesus, that is, the teacher as the Shekinah, which is God`s Wisdom that man cannot accept and that is why it is She that is crucified.

 

On the single sleeve for Piece Of Me (2007), Britney Spears (1982-) appears as Jesus crucified. She represents the Holy Spirit as the omnipresent, omniscient, omnibenevolent, and omnipresent Spirit of God, which is the meaning of her name. The single is about the paparazzi, which vilify her in the press. They represent her animus, because they have no good opinion of her and have the animosity of men towards her insofar as they don`t like the teacher. The press are a typical aspect of the spirit of men that are evil without their acceptance of the Holy Spirit, which Jesus describes as `God`s love`. Britney has to Preside over home, family and career, which requires her to also be an educator. To men she is not a man, so the picture of her upon the cross as Jesus does not appeal to their understanding of her as the Paraclete, but to their understanding of what it is they hate. Teachers. That is why she places herself on the cross; as an appeal to God and man. But, as with Jesus, she is displaying herself as someone with masochistic tendencies which encourages sadism, and that is man`s opinion of Jesus too. He is their masochist and they are going after Woman.

 

`What do you call Britney Spears with a brain? Pregnant.` (Ed. adds....Well it depends who the father is.......)2

 

Britney understands this, and not intuitively, but because she has God`s Spirit and understands that men want to stick their spear in her side too - and keep it there forever to prevent the Holy Spirit from showing her the way to God. That may be why God Promised the Paraclete to mankind, because Longinus was showing what men wanted to do with the Shekinah, and she knew this and had decided to teach God through Jesus. The paparazzi and others are, therefore, the Spears in Britney`s side where the Holy Spirit teaches. Men have, as it were, moved on from torturing Jesus and each other – in the Gulf War, for example – to torturing Britney Spears and Woman specifically. Because she is a teacher. This is evident from the role that woman has chosen for herself as a pop superstar. She appears as a Pop Princess, but actually she is the Paraclete. In the Bible `the woman clothed with the sun and with the moon at her feet` (Rev: 12. 1-18), giving birth while a dragon waits to devour her, is the Queen of Heaven.

 

Traditionally, she is also the Queen of Islam, or any other significant woman. Queen of Pop, for example, would qualify a successful woman as a Queen of Heaven. The Paraclete`s relations with woman mean that any woman with the Holy Spirit is a Queen of Heaven, but the conditions for acceptance are the same. It is men that seek to persuade her to be of their opinion of her, which is that she share their animosity towards her. The woman of Revelation gives birth to a child who `rules with an iron scepter` and whose birth is threatened by a dragon. Saddam Hussein (1932-2009) may have been the dragon, and Babylon was, according to historical records, a seat of Satan worship in the Middle East (-539 BC). Satan worship is based on mother-son worship, which is what the `woman clothed with the sun and with the moon at her feet` could represent and, although she gives birth to a child that casts Satan from heaven, the Queen of Heaven is also a tradition of Satan`s.

 

However, according to some interpretations of the Bible, she is giving birth to the New Redeemer, which suggests the power of the Holy Spirit to transform the original mother-son relationship to that of the mother-daughter, and this is closer to the developmental function of the Spirit of God as the Wisdom and Glory of God that is God`s Spirit as the Holy Spirit in the Judaeo-Christian tradition. Men want their spirit to prevail, which is the spirit of Satan. They want the mother to worship the son, whereas in Christianity the Son of Man, Jesus, accepts God and the Paraclete as the teaching assistant that explains the relationship. Woman has God with her because God`s Spirit is in her likeness. Man is therefore not God, but is created in the image of God, which is man and woman. A physical and psychological complexio oppositorum which men cannot accept, except as a vessel to carry their tyrannical ambitions and desire to dominate woman as `the means of production`, which is an enslavement that Christianity attempts to ameliorate in the definition of the Paraclete as a `helpmeet`.

 

 

In the English national anthem, `Britons never shall be slaves`: it is a line from Rule Britannia.3 Britannia is therefore a Queen of Heaven. She is a strong figure that, in Christian terms, could be the Holy Spirit as the Paraclete, which is Women Eternal in Heaven with God as omnipotent Good, and it is this that Catholicism defines as the Summum Bonum. The Nativity of Jesus is following Satan`s tradition of mother-son worship, unless we perceive that Mary is a pure vessel. Then we can perceive that we are meant to understand that Jesus is born with, at and by the Spirit of God, which is the Eternal feminine. As a teacher, Jesus preaches that `God is love` and therefore God`s Spirit, which is love, is God. Woman is therefore man`s redeemer and man prefers to enslave her, which is what Satanists do. Satan worship is merely that, for the woman, her child is God, which is not so different from Christianity fully understood. The difference today would be that the Shekinah or Holy Spirit is absent from Satanism because, although she could remain at the side of those who would worship Satan, she cannot be at the side of those who would practice Satanism, which is sadism as prefigured in the crucifixion of Jesus.

 

Woman conditioned by the spirit of men are the spirit of Satanists because she perceives herself as a masochist, and cannot escape her own acceptance of men as sadists; because that is what they teach. She has no thoughts that aren`t their opinions and, rather than her own animus, which is God`s, she is forced to accept her environment as being one of animosity towards her. It is about Faith and Faithfulness. In the Arabian Nights Shah Jehan believes his wife is betraying him with his brother and beheads her; although she is faithful. Sheherezade is the woman who saves all of the other women because she functions as a Shekinah and, as a teacher, guide, comforter and helpmeet, she tells a never-ending story to Shah Jehan that stops him from taking a wife every day and beheading her the next, which is his evil practice as revenge upon a faithful woman. He is annoyed at her deceiving him by not deceiving him and he blames her for his own mistake, which is what sado-masochists do. It is an aspect of Satan worship. Sheherezade is a Queen of Heaven in the Christian understanding of it as she appears in Revelation as the `woman clothed with the sun and with the moon at her feet`. Shah Jehan marries Sheherezade and,in Christian terms, is reconciled to `the woman clothed with the sun and with the moon at her feet`. Effectively, this woman represents the love of the Queen of Heaven who is Shah Jehan`s original wife insofar as she represents eternal forgiveness in Christian terms. The child she bears is her Shah as her son, which is Christian Redemption.

 

In short, it is not important who is Queen of Heaven because the Holy Spirit is Everywoman and God is omnipotent Good, so anyone who accepts the power of God`s Spirit has all of Heaven`s Queens as God`s love. The child born to the woman `rules with an iron scepter` and casts Satan from Heaven while she is hidden. The child then rules over those who have `enmity` against her `seed`, which she has been promised since Eden shall live forever. The worship of Satan necessarily implies, from a Christian perspective, what is euphemistically known as `subdom`, because it is the understanding that Satan defied God, which makes Satan`s relationship with God one of submission and domination. The Queen of Heaven, in the worship of Satan, contains this danger; but it is the understanding that the woman or the son care for each other. If they do not, then `enmity` between the woman`s `seed` and the serpent`s in Eden results in a fully grown dragon, which is the antichrist of Revelation and corresponds to Saddam Hussein (1937-2006) whose traditional seat was Babylon in Iraq: if he was Satan.

 

 

The child that is born from the `woman clothed with the sun and with the moon at her feet` is the one that defeats him. The Shekinah is the Holy Spirit, which is the teacher, guide, comforter and helpmeet; and again would correspond to our Pop Princess, Britney Spears as the Spears of God`s Paracletes. But worship by the `seed` of Satan is outside of God and that could produce war in what is perceived as heaven before Satan is cast out and God creates a new heaven and a new earth, which is Revelation. Before that, and the reign of omnipotent God, who remains omniscient, omnipresent and omnibenevolent upon the Earth as the Holy Spirit, heaven is as it is perceived to be by the `seed` of the woman and the serpent`s `seed` who have `enmity` and the relation is one of submission and domination; either the son becomes `dom`, or the mother does because of the poison (boy`s son) of the Oedipal relations between fathers and sons. The solution is endogamy, that is, an incest relation between mother and son that produces offspring which have the same spirit, and this is immortal. because they love and care for one another, which gives long life.

 

Timespan is important, but technological advancement within the loving `relationship` produces longevity and immortality. This, essentially, is Adam and Eve in the Bible. In Christianity, God is love and all of Heaven`s Queens are love. God is Good and the apple has been made good again. It is God`s Promise fulfilled: the fruit of immortality from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (Gen: 2.9). Satan is removed from Heaven and the Woman is hidden while she waits for her ruler to defeat the enemies of God upon Earth. Her appearance in Heaven, giving birth to her child threatened by devourment by a dragon, is the serpent that has grown. Saddam Hussein could be the dragon, or any evil dictator. In Genesis, we are told that there shall be `enmity` (Gen: 3.15) between the woman`s `seed` and she shall `bruise its head with her heel`. Having left Earth, she is God`s Queen of Heaven because she`s Woman who accepts the Holy Spirit as God`s Queens of Heaven. Because Saddam Hussein was an Antichrist serpent grown to a dragon, Babylon was a `seed` of Satan. As Babylon the Great, Mother of Abominations, Saddam`s Woman would be a Queen of Heaven in Satan, but Saddam`s defeat means that God`s Queen of Heaven shall be Queens forever.

 

The secret is in the knowledge that the woman is the man, and not that it is a relationship of submission and domination or Oedipal and incestuous. It is the knowledge that the Holy Spirit rules in the woman and that it is her `seed` that shall be Queens of heaven forever that indicates her future. Her `seed` is different because her genes are, which again suggests Britney Jean Spears as our Pop Princess being prepared to be Queen of Heaven and Queens there in the form of the Holy Spirit`s Newly Redeemed. The woman with her penis and the woman that does not seem to have a penis are man as God intended from the beginning. Man had to learn love to be as them. They are futanar and they are God`s love.

 

1 P.T. Barnum of Barnum and Bailey`s Circus.

 

2 http://www.amiright.com/jokes/spearsbritney.shtml

 

3. British Patriotic Song from a James Thomson poem, set to music by Thomas Arne 1740.

About the Author

Received a Ph.D in English in 1993 from the University of Kingston-Upon-Hull, England, for research thesis titled 'Jungian Archetypes in the work of [science fiction writer] Robert A. Heinlein'. Most recently published non-fiction in June 2008's Humanizing Language Teaching online journal with an article based on English language teaching experiences in Khartoum, Sudan, West Africa, titled 'Bitchin' English', in December 2009`s HLT with `Our Old Man In Oman`, April 2010`s `The Further Adventures of Dr Usher`, and June`s `Putting One`s Feet Up Without Permission`. First published article 'Robert A. Heinlein: Theologist?' in the British journal of science fiction Foundation (54). Pedagogic article 'Learning to Study' in the Hungarian Institute for Educational Research's journal Educatio (3) in 1995. Also a writer of science fiction; stories published include: 'Out of this World' (1994) and 'Ride!' she said' (1997) for the UK's Desire magazine. Stories published in Hungary; ‘Sas' in Oszirisz Országa [‘Special Angel Service' in Land of Osiris]. Cherubion Press, Debrecen, Hungary, 1996, pp.184-91, `Bevezetés a Valhallába' in Universzum Örokösei [‘Valhalla for Starters' in Inheritors of the Universe], Cherubion Press, 1996, pp. 143-7, ‘Fegyverforgatás Mestere' in Galaxisz A Gászara [`Master Arms Practitioner' in Emperor of the Galaxy], Cherubion Press, 1997, pp.281-6. Most recently; 'Well, it was like this doc...' at Ruthie's Club < http://www.ruthiesclub.com > March 2009, and 'All For Naught Orphan Ufonaut' in Shelter of Daylight, Sam's Dot Publishing, October 2010. Taught English language and literature in Hungary, Poland, Russia, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Oman.

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Bristol Firework Events - November 2010

Bristol Firework Events

Winter "drawers" on or at least some fur lined boots might be preferable.  The nights are longer and the leaves begin to fall, that sharp nip in the air is getting sharper, yes, autumn has arrived. With a big sigh we put away our summer clothes and remember the great summer we had in Bristol with the Harbour, Balloon, and Kite Festivals together with the anniversary  celebrating  the return of the SS Great Britain plus much, much more, what a summer!

However, this is Bristol and the entertainment doesn't stop just because the weather changes, no, we have Guy Fawkes Night on the horizon with firework displays all over Bristol on the 5th of November and on days either side. With all the deaths and injuries making the news over the last decades it is far better and less expensive to take the family to see an organised event where hot drinks and food are provided. Many of these organisers spend thousands on their fireworks so it is bound to be a better display than one can put on at home unless, of course, you are a millionaire.

Activ Bristol have listed below many of the events in and around Bristol where displays can be enjoyed safely but if a home display is planned please follow the firework code at the bottom of this page.

It is very unfortunate that the usually massive display on ‘The Downs' has been cancelled due to a funding problem; the organisers, Bristol Round Table and Clifton Rotary  did not raise enough money last year to cover costs and so could not take the risk this year. But, no matter, there are plenty of other excellent displays available. 

5th November - 6pm –till late

Keynsham Rugby Club Firework Display - Crown Fields Bristol Road  Keynsham

All the fun of the fair with this display – Fireworks – music – fairground rides  - and a barbecue serving hot festive food and drink and all topped off with a fantastic glowing display of hot air balloons – a night to remember and all for only £15.00 for the whole family.

5th and 6th November 4pm – 5.30pm

Bristol Zoo Bangless Bonfire - Clifton Bristol- http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/

Don't be put off by the title as this is the second year Bristol Zoo have held this event and you need to book now to avoid disappointment. The special noiseless fireworks give a dazzling display without scaring young children and of course the animals. Adults £4.75 Children £3.50 Under 3's Free.

5th November – 6pm - display 8pm

Puxton Park Firework Display – Cowslip - Lane Hewish BS24 6AH

At Puxton Park there's the usual Guy Fawkes celebrations but this year they're planning a bigger, better display. Gates open at 6pm and the fireworks start at 8pm. It's £5 entry on the gate and under-twos go free. They'll be festive fare plus family fun.   

6TH November – 6pm – 9pm

Star FM  Firework Display – Sutherlands Avenue Playing Fields Downend.

Hosted by Downend Round Table this year's display promises to be an extravaganza of fireworks with not one but two displays plus children's entertainment and PA from Star Radio. Tickets cost £5/ £3 for children. 

6th November – 6pm – 8pm

High Down Junior School, firework display - Down Road, Portishead

A strictly family event with no alcohol, personal fireworks or sparklers allowed. For little ones worried about the noise of fireworks, a viewing room is available for primary-aged children. Tickets are available from the school, West Hill Auto Spares, Morgan Westley, Read & Rite Books and Makit in Portishead.

Gates open at 6.30pm; display starts at 7.30pm

Cost: £3 in advance or £5 on the gate

 6th November – 7.00 pm

University of Bath – Public Firework Display – Claverton Down Bath

There will be a funfair, radio roadshow, fireworks display, performances showcasing student talent from fire juggling to singing and dancing. The event is organised by Bath Rag, the student fundraising group at the University of Bath.

Cost: free, but Rag volunteers will be around on the night to collect a suggested donation of £2 per person

6TH November 6.30 pm

Priddy Firework Display – Priddy Somerset BA5 3BB

One of the best Bonfire Nights in Somerset. Fireworks, Best Guy, bonfire, bar, food, bouncy castle. I haven't got the start time yet, but it usually opens 6:30 for a 7pm start. Please check back nearer the day.

Admission is free; but the Friendly Society members will be rattling buckets. Fancy dress is optional...

Parking is on the roadside; please be considerate of the residents and leave plenty of room for access by the emergency services - thanks.

7TH November – 5.30pm Children's display 6.30pm main display 7.30pm

Thornbury Round Table Firework Display Mundy Playing Fields Thornbury

As well as the fantastic display including a special earlier children's display there will be funfair rides, seasonal fare and stalls – a great night out for all the family. Admission £4 and £3 for children.

7th November 2010 -  7.00pm - 10.00 pm

The Trinity Centre.Trinity Road, Bristol. BS2 0NW Tel.01179351200 www.3ca.org.uk

FREE Fireworks Party Sun 7th November 2010 7.00pm-10.30pm A great night out for all the family kicks off with a dazzling Fireworks display and Bristol Samba drummers at 7.30pm with hot cider on sale and a selection of hot food to keep you warm. Dizraeli and the Small Gods round off a night of free entertainment with their live music performance. Entry is FREE to the public. The Trinity Centre. Trinity Road, Bristol. BS2 0NW. Tel 01179351200 / www.3ca.org.uk

7TH November – 6.30 display 7.30

Clevedon Round Table firework Display – Dial Hill Cricket Ground Clevedon

This should be quite an event as it is joint hosted by ‘Firestorm' - a local firework display company. There will also be funfair rides and plenty of festive fair to keep you warm. Tickets £3 in advance or £4 on the night.

7th November – 4.30 Display 6.30

Bradley Stoke Town Council – Bradley Stoke Jubilee Centre

The Town Council is inviting all residents and neighbours to a professional public firework display. Gates open at 4.30 and hot food will be served from 4.45pm so don't be late if you want to eat.

 Enjoy these events but Remember the Firework Code

Only buy fireworks marked bs7114 and don't drink alcohol if setting off fireworks.

Keep fireworks in a closed box and follow the instructions on each firework.

Light them at arm's length, using taper and stand well back.

Never go near a firework that has been lit, if it hasn't gone off, it could explode.

Never put fireworks in your pocket or throw them.

Always supervise children around fireworks.

Light sparklers one at a time and wear gloves and never at a firework display.

Never give sparklers to a child under five.

Keep pets indoors.

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Use Activ Bristol to check on forthcoming events.

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AGM And Gel Marine Batteries: Is The Higher Initial Price Cost Effective?

Batteries aren't necessarily a commodity that consumers want to spend their money on-they just want their gadgets, vehicles, and boats to start without having to worry about how. That's why when it comes to buying marine batteries, or any batteries for that matter, most consumers prefer to chose the least expensive option possible and save the extra cash for something a little more exciting. But does buying the cheaper battery actually cost more money?

The claim in the industry is that though AGM (Absorbent Glass Mat) and Gel batteries cost more than their wet-cell counterparts, they actually save money in the long run. Consumers are justified in wondering why they should spend more on expensive AGM and Gel marine batteries. In a world of creative marketing, we've all learned that a higher price doesn't necessarily mean a better value. In order to find out, I checked with battery experts, not manufactures, to find out if AGM and Gel marine batteries were really worth the higher initial price.

It turns out that people who spend an awful lot of thinking about batteries all came to same conclusion; that overall, the AGM and Gel marine batteries are more cost effective over time than wet cell acid marine batteries. Many noted that the dollar value of that cost savings depends on quite a few factors, including how often boaters use their boats, percentage of time cruising, etc, but for regular boat users, the lifetime cost of AGM and Gel marine batteries is considerably less than that of a wet cell battery.

The other significant benefit of both AGM and Gel marine batteries is that they are maintenance free, which means no checking fluid levels, no adding water, no worrying about the fact that if you don't do these things, you could force your battery into early retirement. Also because AGM and Gel marine batteries are sealed, there's no corrosion and are spill-proof. They have a slower discharge rate than wet cell marine batteries, more discharge current, and lower deep discharge failure.

In the case of marine batteries, it seems that spending more now really does pay off in the end. Wet cell marine batteries generally sell in the $55 range, Gel marine batteries start at around $85, and AGM's start in the hundreds and go up from there. But what about all the other accessories for my boat that I'd rather spend money on now?

I suppose I understand where the battery experts are coming from. Though I avoided rechargeable batteries for my home electronics for years because of the price, once I made the switch, I felt pretty smart about not having to run out the store to buy batteries or be unexpectedly stuck with electronics that didn't work. Now when I see people using alkaline batteries, I'm constantly tossing in my 2 cents about the value of spending more for longer lasting batteries.

In the end, whether or not AGM or Gel marine batteries is a justifiable choice really depends on the boat owner. Yes, you'll get your money back over the batteries lifetime. But if you've been stuck on a boat with no power, spent time cleaning corrosion off terminals, or destroyed a battery by forgetting to maintenance it, the choosing AGM or Gel marine batteries is probably a no-brainer.

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Author is a freelance copywriter. For more information on
AGM and gel batteries,
visit http://www.ebatteriestogo.com.

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Wedding Cross Stitch Kits

Cross stitch is a great way to produce unbelievable designs at the same time using your creativity. There are a variety of cross stitch kits available based on the method of stitching. You can choose from a wide variety and try your hand at any of them. There are stamped cross stitch kits, counted cross stitch kits, embellished cross stitch kits and no count cross stitch kits. You can also choose from wedding cross stitch kits, anniversary cross stitch kits, new baby cross stitch kits, christening cross stitch kits, cat cross stitch kits or flowers cross stitch kits.

In the counted cross stitch kit is included a pattern or chart of the design that you are to sew and you have to count the squares in your fabric or cloth as per the chart. It is quite simple to do this kind of sewing as if you want to replicate a particular design you can do so with ease; only thing is you have to keep track of where you have reached as per the pattern provided and count the squares correctly or you could make a mistake. You can find both wedding cross stitch kits as well as anniversary cross stitch kits in the counted cross stitch kind.

The next type of wedding cross stitch kits that are available are the stamped cross stitch kits which do not require any pattern or chart as the design comes printed on the fabric itself. Although it sounds pretty simple, getting the right colors especially when they differ by just a shade or two might be a bit cumbersome. To start with, if you are looking for anniversary cross stitch kits you can try out the ones with a simple design so as to reduce your chances of mistakes until you get used to the slight color differences.

If you are looking for a quicker stitching project in wedding cross stitch kits the embellished stitching kit is the right one for you. It is very much like the stamped kit as the design is printed on the fabric but in embellished kits, what you sew becomes the decorative part of the design. You need not sew out the entire design but you may concentrate on only those parts which are labeled on the printed cloth. Working anniversary cross stitch with such kits is pretty quick but not necessarily all that easy. Some of the designs in this range expect you to cross stitch at a certain angle which makes it difficult for you to match the embellished portion with the remainder of the design. Lastly, you have the no count cross stitch kits that come with a chart as to where to sew which colors but the outline of the figure is already printed on the fabric. It is a lot easier if you compare it to the counted kit as you don't go only by the squares on the design.

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So if you are looking for wedding cross stitch kits or anniversary cross stitch kits check out the wide variety available right here!