Dozing Drivers A Problem on U.K. and U.S. Roads

I see that Malcolm Stephenson, in his U.K. blog, has noted that British drivers are falling asleep at the wheel.  

An estimated 2.3 million drivers fall asleep at the wheel every year, according to new research.

Of 1,000 drivers questioned in a joint survey by road safety charity Brake and recovery company
Green Flag, 7% admitted to falling asleep at the wheel.

Malcolm Stephenson

Lately, I’ve seen a number of articles in in U.S. publications on dozing drivers as well. Evidently many single vehicle accidents–when a person drives into a tree or a guardrail–are the result of the driver falling asleep at the wheel.

Carol Chapman

http://www.CarolChapmanLive.com

Technorati.com

Based on the advice of James Maduk at MySmallBizU.com, I’ve registered  this blog at Technorati.com.

<a href=”http://technorati.com/claim/383ztm6kuc” rel=”me”>Technorati Profile</a>

Carol Chapman

James Maduk’s Blog: Some interesting info from my Internet Guru

It’s a simple Web 2.0 Marketing tactic that really did generate traffic to my sites.   Watch the video and see for yourself.

James Maduk’s SmallBiz University » Blog Archive » MySmallBiz University – How I Got 17K Page Views For 2 Minutes Work

James Maduk has been a great help with my internet business.

Here’s my profile on his membership website, My Small Biz U:

http://mysmallbizu.com/Carol

Southern Cross Astronomical Society

I’ve been talking about all the things I’ve learned about the Galactic Center in Sagittarius. This information came through my association with amateur astronomers at the Winter Star Party in the Florida Keys.

If you’re interested in attending the Winter Star Party, you can learn more about it at the Southern Cross Astronomical Society (SCAS) web site. SCAS sponsors the event.

Most of the attendees bring a telescope, although the first year we attended, we went empty-handed to see if amateur astronomy appealed to us. Here’s a link to the SCAS site:

Southern Cross Astronomical Society

http://www.scas.org

Carol Chapman

2012 Prediction – Sagittarius is the Archer

Yes, I know that the constellation Sagittarius is supposed to be an image of an archer, specifically a mythological human/animal mixture with the head and torso of a man and the body of a horse.

However, if you join the dots of the stars, you’ll see that the main part of the Sagittarius constellation really does look like a teapot.

Go figure. Whoever originally named Sagittarius must have had a good imagination or a good reason to call it “The Archer.”

Take a look at this great photo by Jerry Lodrigus, which I also linked to in the previous post. Just hold your cursor over the picture to see the image made by the stars in Sagittarius.

There is more to the constellation than the teapot, but the easy way to find Sagittarius in the sky is by looking for the teapot.

I guess the rest of the constellation are the legs of the horse and the archer’s arm and bow and arrow or something like that. It sure looks like a teapot with decorative ribbons attached to me.

Alaska Talk

Enjoyed my visit to Alaska where I spoke at the A.T.O.M Center (Ancient Teachings of the Masters)–a great place. I’ve spoken there before. 

http://www.atomcenterak.org

Felt really happy to discover that many people who are interested in Body/Mind/Spirit are also interested in the Virgin Mary, especially since that’s what my next book is about–a metaphysical approach to Mother Mary.  

Carol Chapman

Schedule Change: Free Introductory Talk Friday, September 28, 7 to 8:30 PM

Topic: Are You a Returning Atlantean? Reincarnating Atlantean souls are attracted to the technologically advanced United States. Are you one of them? In this lecture you will:

• Discover the characteristics of returning Atlanteans
• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of the Atlantean connection
• Make the best of these times which are so similar to Atlantis in its heyday

Location: The ATOM Center, 4025 Raspberry Road, Anchorage, Alaska

Contact: Mary Nelson, 907-561-2464

Carol Chapman

Honeybee in Flower Photograph

Perhaps you’re wondering if I managed to get any good photographs of honeybees, considering the way they zoomed around like little air-borne torpedoes.

Well, I did. Many of the photographs took look grand, especially with the early morning dew on the flowers and leaves. I’m pleased to say that I will have enough photographs to choose a great one for next year’s “Divine in Nature: With Quotes from Edgar Cayce” calendar.

Here’s an example:

A Honeybee gathers nectar early in the morning.

Carol Chapman

Photography: Honey Bees

It’s now time to take photographs for next year’s “Divine in Nature: with Quotes from Edgar Cayce” calendar. I have just had the most amazing fun taking photographs of honey bees. The tiny creatures are so delightful and pretty in their velvet vests, and so busy and focused on their business.  

Since a number of the psychic readings given by the “sleeping prophet” on seeing the divine in nature refer to bees, I thought it’d be a good idea to take pictures of them.

Well, I had no idea the little critters could fly so fast! It’s easy to take their picture while they’re buzzing around in the flower collecting honey. But, as soon as they catapult out of the flower, they blast out as if they’ve been shot by a cannon. My auto-focus digital camera can’t focus in time.

Furthermore, I wanted a picture of them flying with their legs hanging down. Guess what? They often fly with their legs up imitating a torpedo.

When I finally did get a relatively in-focus image of a bee flying with legs hanging down, its wings were whirring so rapidly that the wings didn’t even register in the picture. And, the little fuzzy buzzer almost flew out of the frame–too busy to cooperate. They do not pose well.p>

Here’s two only-slightly out-of-focus pictures of the amazing creatures:

Torpedo Bee flies straight toward me with legs up after catapulting out of a flower.	Flying out of the frame. The wings move so fast they don’t register in the picture.

Carol Chapman

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