On the market at present there is a fuel cell that is particularly earh firiendly. It is the ElectraGen ME fuel cell produced by IdaTech LLC a USA based company. This fuel cell’s primary fuel is Hydroplus.

Hydroplus is a mixture of 62% Methanol and 38% de-ionized water. The ElectraGen ME has a fuel cell component and a reformer component. The differentiation is the reformer that creates Hydrogen on the fly as the fuel cell needs it. Hydroplus as a liquid fuel has a huge advantage when it comes to transportation to a site versus using only a Hydrogen fuel cell that would require Hydrogen gas bottles to be transported to site. Hydroplus is environmentally friendly when spilt as it biodegrades rapidly in air, soil and water. Methanol the key component of Hydroplus is available in most countries as it is used in a other consumer products. Other big advantages of Hydroplus is that it can be stored for years with no effect on the quality of the fuel. Its major component Methanol comes in at a very competitive price compared to diesel.

Fuel cells are reliable, can run for extended hours and has low lifecycle and operating costs. They are also ideal on sites that are exposed to severe weather, natural disasters and/or poor electric grid availability.

Diesel generators on the other hand are generally unreliable, maintenance intensive, noisy and diesel is hazardous to the environment when spilt. Diesel as a fuel is also in high demand by consumers which means theft in certain regions is a real problem, whereas Hydroplus is of no use to consumers.

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This all happened 2 hours before the show started. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am on my own quest for spiritual self-development and I have completed numerous courses, read so many books from various authors that my Kindle is taking strain and my credit card is hiding in my cupboard, away from amazon.com.

Yet, amongst all these authors I never considered any of John’s books. See, already its John and not John Edward. I already feel as if I know him! Hmm, this has got to be ego talking. Anyway, after the show I purchased his book Infinite Quest and have not stopped reading it.

I love the way he talks to you, not like most authors who writes a book for you to read, John’s book makes you feel as if you are sitting in a room having a discussion with him one on one.

The book reads easily and the learning is pretty amazing. I have no desire to do any psychic reading for other people and the book to me is a fantastic tool for self-development.

So I was meant to have this book. My guides came up with this brilliant idea and there you have it. A cancelled ticket got me to the show and the book. A double whammy.

I want to thank my guides and John Edward for joining me on my spiritual journey.

Visit John Edward site.

Yet, gut instinct always persevered and kicked that voice to somewhere else in the Universe.

Little did I know that I was already practising what Ester and Jerry Hicks talks and write about in their book ‘Money and the Law of Attraction’

Let me give you a classic example of a personal experience.  A few years ago I gave up the corporate world for many reasons, but the main reason being that if I did not leave stress was going to kill me as my body told me over many occasions.

I thought it was easy to leave the corporate world but it was not. I was defined by my big job, the power the money and the title. Within a week of leaving I was back on the job market with my CV, thinking that maybe another corporate job in a different company would do the trick. I went for many many interviews and was turned down every time. This put me on a downward spiral into a very dark place.

I cried many tears as I perceived myself as a ‘nobody’ and asked myself many questions: Who am I? What is my purpose? What’s the meaning of all this? Etc etc..

I then came to the realization that I was going for each job interview with my body giving out clear negative vibrations, that actually I do not want a job, actually I did not want any job. During my interviews I was talking about all the wonderful things I had done and achieved but the vibrations were clearing signalling to my interviewers that what I said and what they felt or received from me were incongruent. What I desired was not another corporate job but freedom from it all.

The freedom of spending time on things that I wanted to do and not spending time doing what the corporate world wanted me to do. There I was selling my soul for a job title, power and money, again.

What my soul wanted was peace, tranquillity and to serve others with a greater purpose and to help them achieve that higher purpose and greater potential.

To my body I say ‘thank you’. You saved my life and gently guided me back on my life purpose path.

To all of you reading this article take note of body signals when doing your affirmations.

When you say or write your affirmations what signals or vibrations are you picking up from your body? Are the words in harmony with your body vibrations? If they are not take note perhaps what you truly desire and want is not what you are trying to affirm.

This is such an incredibly important aspect of affirmations and you should never ignore it.

Start today and notice your body vibrations and the feedback you receive. Note these down in your journal. Do not second guess your intuition; just write whatever comes into your mind. Over time you will be able to differentiate which affirmations are true for you and which are not.

Good vibrations to you all.

Oh! PS. For those of you who remember the Beach Boys, sing their song ‘Good Vibrations’ this will make you feel on top of the world.

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If you are wondering how that can be, consider this. You are being pressurised by your boss to work longer hours. You are pressurised by your kids to spend more time with them. You are pressurised by your husband to prepare better and healthier meals and to top it off he still wants you to perform sexually after all that at least three times a week.

You bitch and moan to your bookclub friends once a month (yes, this at least you have insisted on is your time no matter what) that you cannot continue like this as you are exhausted all the time.

They laugh and all tell you about work life balance. Ha! Now that is a joke as none of them has it either?

So where do you start and how do you prioritize?

This is the hardest decision you will have to make. What comes first? Your job which gives you a monthly income that allows you to at least be able to compete with the youngsters coming into the workplace. Your job requires you to dress the part that says ‘I am serious about my job and I am climbing the corporate ladder’.  Say what you want but being well groomed costs money and that certainly does not get cheaper as you age it gets more expensive.

 Taking time out from your job every now and again to spend time at your child’s gala event or some or other school function that requires at least a face of one parent takes its toll on your career, as you are constantly working time in.

Let’s face it ladies, men, husband’s I should say, certainly believe it is easier for a women to take time off work. When your boss is male, he seems to think you are always taking time off, when actually you only doing it maybe once a month. The worst however is when your boss is female, she seems to think that you obviously cannot manage your time properly because she manages to go to her child’s school functions and it never takes as much time as you take!

That’s trying to juggle the job. Now let’s look at the eating healthy part. Holy cow, tell me when are you suppose to shop for those healthy ingredients to cook each evening? Ok Ok, I know. Thank heavens for Woolies, but you still need to go to Woolies and pick out the food. Hopefully you have a pre-planned menu that will take less than 30 minutes because that is about what time you have left.

So now we get to the sex part. Ok, let’s just skip this part what can I say. Lie back and think of England.

Oh shucks I forgot to mention exercise. That size 10 skirt that became size 14 over night. Yes, you read it right, over night.

Eish as we South Africans will say, actually it’s not that bad, it’s worse. Sorry ladies just kidding.

Life when you start out in your working career is a breeze. You have all these plans and you vowed never to be like your mother. You have it all figured out. You will be different.

What you do not realize, is yes, you will be different from your mother. Life has changed. Technology has changed. Economies have changed. Relationships have changed. Actually, pretty much everything has changed. Off course you will be different. Your challenges are completely different to the challenges your mother faced.

So now what? What is the answer?

In my humble opinion as the author life is simple. Take it as it comes. Don’t try and plan life to death, it does not work. There are way too many variables.

Decide which of the things in your life you enjoy the most and prioritize accordingly. Don’t try to be super mom. Just be yourself, do the best you can. Love as much as possible, enjoy each moment life serves you and be grateful for everything you have.

Oh, last but not the least, laugh often and bugger the laughter lines. Now that reader is balance.

Yet, gut instinct always persevered and kicked that voice to somewhere else in the Universe.

Little did I know that I was already practising what Ester and Jerry Hicks talks and write about in their book ‘Money and the Law of Attraction’

Let me give you a classic example of a personal experience.  A few years ago I gave up the corporate world for many reasons, but the main reason being that if I did not leave stress was going to kill me as my body told me over many occasions.

I thought it was easy to leave the corporate world but it was not. I was defined by my big job, the power the money and the title. Within a week of leaving I was back on the job market with my CV, thinking that maybe another corporate job in a different company would do the trick. I went for many many interviews and was turned down every time. This put me on a downward spiral into a very dark place.

I cried many tears as I perceived myself as a ‘nobody’ and asked myself many questions: Who am I? What is my purpose? What’s the meaning of all this? Etc etc..

I then came to the realization that I was going for each job interview with my body giving out clear negative vibrations, that actually I do not want a job, actually I did not want any job. During my interviews I was talking about all the wonderful things I had done and achieved but the vibrations were clearing signalling to my interviewers that what I said and what they felt or received from me were incongruent. What I desired was not another corporate job but freedom from it all.

The freedom of spending time on things that I wanted to do and not spending time doing what the corporate world wanted me to do. There I was selling my soul for a job title, power and money, again.

What my soul wanted was peace, tranquillity and to serve others with a greater purpose and to help them achieve that higher purpose and greater potential.

To my body I say ‘thank you’. You saved my life and gently guided me back on my life purpose path.

To all of you reading this article take note of body signals when doing your affirmations.

When you say or write your affirmations what signals or vibrations are you picking up from your body? Are the words in harmony with your body vibrations? If they are not take note perhaps what you truly desire and want is not want you are trying to affirm.

This is such an incredibly important aspect of affirmations and you should never ignore it.

Start today and notice your body vibrations and the feedback you receive. Note these down in your journal. Do not second guess your intuition; just write whatever comes into your mind. Over time you will be able to differentiate which affirmations are true for you and which are not.

Good vibrations to you all.

Oh! PS. For those of you who remember the Beach Boys, sing their song ‘Good Vibrations’ this will make you feel on top of the world.

IT’S August 1964 and the hit song playing on the radio was ‘You Really Got Me’ from the Kinks. 

I AM 10 years old. My sister thinks I am asleep but I am peeping out from under the blanket. I was fascinated. She was standing in front of the mirror twirling this way and that way. Going up and down on tippy toes on the highest shoes I have ever seen in my life. How was she balancing on those thin heels?

THAT was my introduction to the stiletto and I can still hear the Kinks’ song, specifically the chorus line ‘You really got me’.

History Of My Addiction

MY buying addiction started as soon as I earned my first pay check. As with any young women I was a slave to fashion and went from the stiletto to the wedge and back to the stiletto.

Early in my working career, I owned shoes in every conceivable colour and the make or manufacturer had not featured high on the list, only quantity mattered.

IT was much later in my life that I realised that the quality of the stiletto was the most important aspect of buying.

SO I did what can be called a ‘spring clean’ of my shoe cupboard and every poor quality shoe was thrown out.

Haste and Elegance, No Not together

ON your first wear out, make sure you rub your stiletto soles on a rough surface, particularly when the soles are leather, as most stilettos do have leather soles.

Why?

LEATHER soles are unbelievably slippery and I have a particularly bad set of scars on my shins as evidence!  Ok, ok, it was embarrassing but I will tell.

IT was early afternoon, and I’ve had a really bad day at work. My boss was being an asterisk. Female bosses, who behave like men, are the world’s worst. Anyway, that is definitely for another article. I was, to say the least, in a mood from hell, and decided to go and get some retail therapy.

Grabbing my handbag, briefcase and my laptop bag I hurriedly left the office.

I WAS wearing a beautiful pair of Italian Contronseso slip on stilettos. I had two flights of stairs to go before I reached my car in the parking lot. On the last set of stairs, I put my foot to far forward on the step and I did what can only be described as ‘skiing down eleven steps (I counted them afterwards) on my knees. (ow!)

FORTUNATELY, I had my laptop bag in one hand and my briefcase in the other, which helped with the balance going down. If I did not have these two items in my hands, I would have surely gone down, head over heels. Now that would not have been a pretty sight!

I LANDED on my knees, head bent down, as if in prayer, whilst (oh heavens wait for this!) a gorgeous young blond man was just coming up the stairs. I wonder what he thought as I landed in front of him.

I wanted to die, but I did not.

HE so gently asked if I was ok, whilst picking up my shoe. I managed to get back on my feet and sit down on the stairs in about a nano second. I said, no I am fine with the biggest smile on my face, all the while dying of embarrassment inside, saying the funky word repeatedly as wow, I was so sore.

HE gently put my shoe back on my foot. Momentarily, I felt like Cinderella.

I SAID thank you and then literally ran to my car. Once inside my face screwed up like a ‘girl’ and I was in tears sobbing. All the skin was off my shins and my knees, ouch were raw. (No one would have seen this as that day I was wearing a long skirt)

NEEDLESS to say, when I showed my girlfriends they all burst out laughing and told me the sex must have been rough! Stupid women!

THOSE poor Controsenso stilettos were punished to the back of the cupboard, and it has been 18 months and I have not worn them since, poor sods.

Some Hints: How To Care For Your Stilettos

• WALK down stairs gracefully, no matter what your mood. Pointy Italian stilettos are, in most instances, longer than the actual step, which means put your foot down side ways.
• WITH each new pair make the leather soles a bit rough, by either rubbing on a rough cement surface or gently rubbing the sole with sand paper. (You can get this from your local hardware store)
• LOOK after your stilettos, never, and I mean never, wear scuffed heels. It’s just not done.
• ANOTHER major point, please go for regular pedicures. There is nothing uglier than a beautiful pair of Italian or Brazilian sling backs or slip on stilettos in a pair of cracked heels, dirty feet (uugh!) or uncared for toes.
• ALWAYS, wear a polish, preferably colour, on your toes.

PERSONALY, I am convinced that I must have the most crooked toes on the planet, but hey, they are mine and yes they are unique. So, I paint them in different colours and I am not shy to wear my beautiful stilettos with my ‘unique’ toes.

• DO not wear your stilettos on two consecutive days. Feet sweat and shoes need to air, no matter if they are strappy sandals or court stilettos.
• BUY good quality stilettos. This is very, very important. Cheap stilettos are bad for your feet and back. Good quality stilettos are designed to keep your weight well distributed, the leather is soft and in most instances you could easily wear the stiletto immediately after purchase.
• MY personal recommendation: Stilettos made in Italy or Brazil are excellent quality and comfortable.
• LAST but not the least, regularly check your stiletto heels, clean them with good polish and have them re-heeled. Good quality stilettos are not cheap and this way, even if they cost you an arm and a leg, they will last for years.

In Closing: A Brief History of the Stiletto

WE the stiletto brigade must thank Charles Jordan who in 1951, tried something different and introduced the sexiest and most sensuous shoes, the stiletto, so named after a small dagger with a tapered blade, which the heel resembled.

ALTHOUGH today we see stilettos of over three and up to six inches in height, Charles Jordan’s stilettos were a conservative two to three inches.

DID you know that when Charles Jordan opened his boutique in Paris in 1957, women mobbed the store and he was forced to create customer queues? Even the, then popular sex icon of the silver screen, Brigitte Bardot, had to enter the store via the service entrance!

Thank you Charles!

Last Word

I WANT to wear my stilettos when I am ninety plus years old, so I invest in the best.

Going for the all time flats? No just not my style.

For me stilettos, says it like Shania Twain, ‘Man, I feel like a woman’.