Peridot purifies the subtle bodies and mind

It opens cleanses and activates the heart and solar plexus chakra.

Physically Peridot has assisted one with giving birth. When placed on the abdomen it is said to stimulate contractions and strengthen the muscles, while lessening pain. I would suggest not using this stone if pregnant until you already being the labor process because of this effect, but during the process it would
be a wonderful stone to have to assist with labor.

Peridot is said to regulate the cycles of ones life, be that menstrual cycles, emotional cycles, life cycles or intellectual cycles. It provides a shield around ones bodies. It should be removed before ones bodies are cleansed, aligned and purified but then replaced to prevent outside influences from affecting the cleansed, aligned and purified bodies. Of course this shield can be taken down by removing Peridot or constant outside influences invading and pressuring the shield but it is helpful at keeping that balance for a longer period once aligned.

Only spiritual or clear-minded persons should use Peridot. The person with too many earthly problems will not be able to understand the beauty of the Peridot. The very spiritual can wear Peridot in a necklace with the stone at the base of the throat to feel its soothing effect.

In healing Peridot has a tonic effect, it helps to regenerate tissues and organs like the heart, gallbladder, lungs, thymus and intestinal track. It is also said to strengthen ones eyesight.

Vion and Baury

Désiré Vion and Charles Baury took over Jean Gille's porcelain manufactory in 1868 after Gille died. The manufactory was located at 28 Rue Paradis-Poissonniére, Paris, France. In 1875 Vion and Baury moved the manufactory to Choisy Le Roi. In 1877 Charles Baury died and Désiré Vion continued as sole proprietor until 1889. Vion and Baury made a variety of items including statues, figurines, vases, and dinnerware. Vion and Baury exhibited at various international exhibitions and are probably best known for their bisque figurines.

Mark 1 was used until the mid-1870's.
Mark 2 was used until the mid-1870's. It's a capital "V" next to a capital "B" on a raised blue pad which is similar to the raised blue pad used by Jean Gille.
Mark 3 was used after 1875 and appears to be an earlier, more detailed version of the green anchor mark.
Mark 4 was used after 1875 and appears to be a more simplified version of the green anchor mark and appears more frequently on items of slightly lesser detail.
Mark 5 shows a Vion and Baury anchor mark with a Demartial & Tallandier, Limoges decorating mark circa mid-1870's to around 1880.
Mark 6 is a curiosity in that it appears to be a "PB" or possibly a small "D" inside the "V" next to the "B" on a raised blue pad. This mark is on a few items that are Vion and Baury molds. In mark 1 you see how "D. Vion" was used so this could be "DVB" rather than "PB" but this is my speculation.

Information about Vion and Baury can be found in the books, "Faience et Porcelaine de Paris" by Guillebon; "Marques et Signatures de la Porcelaine Francaise" by Le Duc and Curtil; "Histoire des Manufactures Francaises de Porcelaine" by Chavagnac and Grollier.

Thank you Big Sis Bee for all of your help! :)

Paranormal Lasers-Be Warned

The use of lasers for paranormal investigation has become very popular over the years, and who would not use one? With them being shown on popular paranormal television shows from T.A.P.S. to Ghost Adventures, their bright green allure is hard to resist. The potentail to capture a shadow or other anomolie when using one of these devices is indeed legitimate, but they do come with risks, some being as severe as blindness. Yes, that's right, I did say blindness! However, before we get into the health risks, let's talk about the legal & financial risks. Yep, there are legal risks, as well as risks of you wasting your money on these cheap items!

I have purchased many of these lasers found online, some from sellers here on eBay and some directly from manufacturers in China. If you are looking at these lasers, I am sure you will notice that most of them have a power rating of 5mw (milliwatts). The reason for this is simple; since laser pointers became readily available, they have been misused, leading to the development of laws and regulations. Anything over 5mw is illegal to sell and own in the United States, unless special permits are issued. In fact, the U.S. is not the only country to have restrictions on lasers. Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands all join the family, some with wattage requirements as low as 1mw! The restrictions imposed are for our own safety, mainly our eyes, however, they are also imposed for the safety of others, such as pilots and public service officers. There have been reports of police officers drawing their weapons on those aiming lasers at them, in fear that a loaded weapon was being pointed. If you point anything over 5mw at an aircraft, they are bound by federal law to report you, and report you they will! Just last year, an Southern California man was sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison for aiming his laser at an approaching commercial airliner, blinding the pilot.

Buyer be warned! While the lasers you find for paranormal use on eBay state a 5w rating, most are brighter. Just around a year ago, eBay (forced by federal law) removed all listings of lasers which stated power ratings higher than 5mw. Even Amazon was forced to remove their listings as well. Even some US sellers I had purchased from in the past, no longer offered them. Back then, most lasers being sold for paranormal use were 30mw and 50mw. Online stores specializing in paranormal equipment, also sold them as 50mw rated. So, in order for sellers to keep selling their lasers, all they simply did was fail to mention how bright they truly were in their listings, stated that they are just 5mw and policy makers looked the other way. Not at their fault of course, sites like eBay just simply can't police every listing, and generally take a seller's word that what they are listing does not violate eBay policy, even more so when the listing passes through the sites posting algorithm security measures. Look at the listings here and other places on the Internet, you will find them using terms like "5X Brighter" or Extremely Bright", even posting a video of the laser in action, with an output way brighter than 5mw. Sometimes the seller will not even post the rating, in fear that a 5mw rating will scare away a potential customer, giving it a fancy new name like "New & Improved" or "Upgraded". The fact is, after extensive investigation, I have found that over 90% of the lasers being sold for paranormal use, are over the 5mw limit, including those being sold right here! Another thing, the lasers that were sold with 30mw and 50mw ratings, were not even close to the claimed power output, but still dangerous and illegal!

A true laser with a power output of 30mw can light a match head on fire, pop a black balloon, even burn a hole in black plastic! Most of the high power lasers that were sold here and elsewhere, claimed a 30mw rating, but only really produced about 12mw to 15mw, and just did not pass the test. This was a clever trick for the manufacturers in China (where 99% of these cheap lasers are made) to use. Yes, it's true that the laser did produce 30mw, but for only 1/10th of a second, so quick that it can only be caught with special meters! Most sellers who were claiming 30mw or 50mw trusted what the manufacturer was telling them and listed them that way, not knowing the truth. I am even certain that China, manufacturers are putting lower wattage ratings on higher power lasers, making the problem even worse. It's not about safety or following the rules, it's about money, which is why many sellers on here and elsewhere, continue to sell them, knowing full well that it is against policy. I can find at least 3 listings right now that were selling these lasers at 50mw a year ago, and now state they are only 5mw with no loss in brightness! The simple truth is; a 5mw laser is not bright enough to be used for paranormal purposes! It is simply not enough light, and it's common sense. While these lasers currently being sold are really 12mw or so, they are still extremely bright...far brighter than a 5mw the law allows. Go to you local Walmart or pet store and purchase a 5mw laser, and compare them, you will see the difference for yourself.

So, now you know that if you are purchasing a laser bright enough to see a shadow or ghost, that your are purchasing an illegal item, and supporting dishonesty. You also need to know about the medical risks. A common trick used by manufacturers, and even some sellers online, is to perform what is called "POT MOD". They simply purchase a true 5mw pen laser, ( like those found on eBay) remove the laser module and adjust the pot (potentiometer) inside with a small screwdriver until the laser reaches a brighter level. This is extremely dangerous, and for good reasons. One, the laser's diode is not rated for this type of power and will eventually fail after prolonged use, and two, it can cause severe skin burns. I tried one of these pot mods myself on a 5mw laser, and after using it on an investigation for only 20 minutes, it burned the tips of 3 of my fingers when I attempted to pick it up! Not exactly the kind of item I wanted in my paranormal arsenal. Speaking of diodes failing, also be aware that laser pointers are not designed to be run for great amounts of time. They are pointers made for presentation purposes, designed to be used for 10-20 seconds, not 10-20 minutes like sellers would make you believe! If a seller is telling you you can use a laser pointer longer than 20 minutes, then make your purchase elsewhere! Most manufacturers will state in the owner's manual that they are not to be run longer than 20 minutes to avoid diode damage. I even had a few sellers forget to remove the included manufacture owner's manuals when they shipped my lasers, and the manual directly contradicted their listings! Not what I would call an honest seller! Sure, they will work for an hour, but wait and see how long that $30 laser is going to last you before you purchase another one! Quality control of manufacturing also leaves much to be desired. I purchase a shipment of 10 so called "30mw" lasers from china, and only 5 of them worked longer than a few weeks, with the 2 having issues after only 5 minutes and 3 of them not working at all. If you are purchasing these lasers for paranormal use, then be prepared to purchase a lot of them with frequent use.

These lasers are also bad for your eyes. The output of laser pointers available to the general public is limited (and varies by country) in order to prevent accidental damage to the retina. The U.K. Health Protection Agency recommended that laser pointers made generally available to the public should be restricted to less than 1mw as no injuries have been reported at this power, and even 5mw is still dangerous, although still legal. Studies have found that even laser beams of 5mw can cause permanent retinal damage in a few seconds, but in practice it is not possible to stare at such a bright light for more than an instant; laser pointers can cause afterimage burn, flash blindness and glare, but not permanent damage, and are generally safe to use unless looked at for longer than 10 seconds. Even the glare produced by a 5mw laser can be just as lethal. Prolonged exposure to laser glare, like that off of a white painted wall, can contribute to blindness. So, not only are these lasers bad for your eyes, they can be bad for your equipment as well! Any laser brighter that 5mw has the potential to burn out the CCD sensor in any camera, and I have even confirmed this! I once fried a CMOS CCD sensor in one of my static IR cameras with a laser rated for 30mw.

Hopefully this guide well help you decide if using a laser grid or ghost laser is right for you. Most being sold for paranormal purposes are illegal and dangerous, while at the same time not having good quality. If you are purchasing one of these, you are not only risking your money, but you are also risking your health and possible fines and or jail time. I would be willing to bet, that anybody offering these for paranormal use, regardless of the seller, who states only a 5mw rating, are selling lasers that are not the stated wattages, and would not have the documentation to prove otherwise. Ask the seller to make sure it has the legal 5mw rating sticker on it. If it states otherwise, or has no sticker, then the seller has removed it! Never buy any laser without the required power rating sticker applied, or one that looks like it has been removed and reapplied. Be careful when buying and using any laser! There is a reason we call them lasers; L.A.S.E.R. stands for Light Amplified Stimulation Emissions of Radiation, and if it has the words "High Power" or "Extremely Bright", then it can't be good for your eyes. Do the math; High Power+Radiation=Illegal & Dangerous! This risks of using such devices for paranormal investigation far outweigh the possible rewards, especially when most of our attempts to gather the type of evidence these lasers promise, results in wasted money and time anyway.

I am running uBuntu 11.04 Natty as the primary OS even though it comes with Windows 7

I run Oracle Virtualbox for my old software on Windows XP, and will soon run Windows 7 the same way. The performance is great. Running XP this way is about 15 times as fast as my Toshiba that I bought in 2003. It was a 2.4GHZ single processor. And I have only allocated one CPU to the Virtualbox for XP! I can run my USB TV, Windows XP, development environment - Eclipse, Browser, and ham radio gear ALL at the same time with no performance problems. Simply amazing! I will be putting family VHS videos on DVD soon and that is why I bought this - I need the performance. 
There is only one problem - the nVidea GPU has no support for Linux OS. Fortunately, Bumblebee, an open source project is providing support to turn off the Optimus GPU when it is not used to save battery power. Mine runs about 7-8 hours on battery when not doing very much. nVideo really should support ALL OSes - you can't use the HDMI output unless the GPU is running! However, Dell is NOT alone in this regard. Many current generation machines with nVidea GPUs have the same problem. So if you run Linux - think about alternatives, although this machine still works great. If you do NOT run Linux - you really should. Performance has never been better, and if your Windows slow down it is really easy to get a virtual disk image of the way it was - without reloading the software! I'm very happy with this setup. I will not pay for Windows again if I am given a choice.

Mine does not have a multi-touch screen so you have to use the pen or the mouse

Using your finger for touch only works if it has a multi-touch screen. Overall I think its a great computer. I use it for travel and sometimes having a laptop is too big like on an airplane tray table so I can just swivel the top. I am old school and can't give up my keyboard yet. Also the thinkpad pointing stick (Red Dot) is my favorite. No trackpad on this model. 

Pro: computing power 
lots of outputs and inputs 
Stays pretty cool and easy on the battery although the 
LED screens are better 
Finger print reader (although I don't need it and most 
people probably don't either. 
well designed 

Con: Heavy 
full boot process to use. (unlike modern tablets that 
you just push a button and the thing is ready to use 
instantly.) 
no screen protectors avail. 
LCD screen

So impressed with the built of my recently purchased Lenovo Thinkpad x60 Tablet

Bought it in eBay from a reputable seller, my second purchase from them actually. My first one was a T400. X60 was much older than the T400 but in my opinion the built and plastics of this unit is way more impressive than the later. When you lift the x60 it feels solid and compact. Although I was looking for the presence of the thinklight and it was not there, still my overall impression of x60 exceeded my expectation. I'v read several reviews (or should I say complaints) on this unit but I guess it turned out to be the opposite. The keyboard is very, very comfortable to use - very minimal flex on the hand rest, but who is so heavy to flex it without really intentionally putting weight on it? This unit came with the WinXP Tablet edition which had a lot of features as is. Also I was able to use the charger of my T400 with this - worked fine. The only thing I notice is it's responsiveness- well I got use to my T400 which was 2.8ghz and this unit is 1.8ghz - one whole point down processor, but (there's always the but) gets me where I want to. The hard drive is actually very quiet and you really have to put your ear as close as possible to the hard drive to hear it working. The tablet screen has a lot of buttons that make your work easy when in the tablet mode and using it with the pen is surprisingly responsive. It's like writing on white paper. No lags at all. Not a bad purchase afterall!

The Dell Latitude D630 exceeded all my expectations -- and I am an extremely demanding computer user

it came with a 1.8 duo-core processer and only 1gig memory and 60 or a 80 gig harddrive with win vista busness,, 
ok for entry level but, 
i turned up the onboard video memory to max and jacked up the memory to max level of 4 gig pc2-6400 and added a faster processer T-7500 duo-core 2.2 and bought extra hardrive caddys for a switchout of the harddrives,1 came with it has vista on it ,1 has a 250 gig drive with xp on it and the other has a 620 gig drive with windows 7 on it and bought an extra drivebay caddy (put a 1 terbyte harddrive in it) that goes into the slot where the dvd burner goes and can swap out the dvd burner for the 1 terabyte harddrive when i need to save large files. 
also have a floppy drive that can be switched out for the dvd burner if needed. 
and can swap out the windows system harddrives by taking out 2 screws ,takes about 2 minutes/less from shutdown to boot back up.. 
i saw on ebay where they was some T-7700 2.4 duo-core processers for it also,,might upgrade it some more later on..

almost forgot ,changed out the onboard wi-fi card from 802:11b/g (54mbps) to faster 802:11n(300mbps) wireless . 

not much else you could want in a laptop if you take the time to do the upgrades to it..good luck with yours, i love mine after i did the upgrades..