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Jeff is a good friend of ours now and we have two dogs out of his kennels. His methods are similar to my dog trainer’s, Gary Ruppel, but it’s always interesting to see how trainers accomplish the same results with slightly different methods. First thing that Jeff uses that is different is a puppy check cord. His are made from 8’ of nylon rope. I opted for orange Sterling Ropes 5mm Accessory Cord, which is better looking and not as burning on your hands. Tie off a swivel snap using a bowline knot. Jeff likes to put an over hand knot in the end of the rope. This is a lighter And shorter version of a drag check cord, great for puppies and which doubles as a leash. A second thing is a raised kennel which looks like a rabbit hutch for the puppies. Not sure why yet, but it looks good and makes it easy to get puppies out. The next thing is short chain tie outs for dogs. Jeff has them everywhere from the tow points below the bumper of his truck to the side of his horse trailer to the side of his kennels. I have to admit they come in handy. D.T. Systems Remote Bird Launcher 500 Series

You can look at blankets from Hudson Bay Company (Canada), Pendleton Mills (Oregon), Woolrich (Pennsylvania), Fairbuilt Mills (Minnesota) and see a lot of similarities.  They are are warm and heavy and have been made for over 100 years.  Which are the best?  The answer is, it depends. The HBC blanket, in King (which is 8 points for the plebian, as points designates the size), weighs 10 pounds, the Pendelton 8.5, and the Fairbuilt is currently 6.5, so they are clearly different weights of wool (thicknesses).  So if you want the heaviest weight, get the HBC.  You can even get it with fur sewn onto the blanket, such as this one. https://www.thebay.com/main/ProductDetail.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302023949&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441826345&R=886456857241&P_name=Hudson%27s+Bay+Company&N=4294966910+302023949&bmUID=mrF2BxA For the Rocky Mountains, Pendleton is more iconic and has more contemporary and old southwest and SW native American patterns than HBC.    The weight is slightly less and, for the price, you could buy almost two Pendletons now for one HBC, so it makes sense in terms of the amount of wool used.  The Fairbuilt is even less thick and the price reflects that, but these blankets are very popular in Minnesota and surrounding areas.  So get what you like, but understand why the prices are different, as the amount of wool used is different for each brand.  The quality is exceptional on all of these.

Wild Wild Country is a Netflix documentary series about the controversial Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho), his one-time personal assistant Ma Anand Sheela, and their community of followers in the Rajneeshpuram community located in Wasco County, Oregon.[1][2][3] It was released on Netflix on March 16, 2018, after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.[3][4][5][6] Turns out though that Osho wasn't crazy. He was a philisophy major in India, who became known as a sage. He was all over the place in lectures, having said he had read 150,00 books, which I believe may have been true. This created something of a cult following, but there was no control exerted by Osho over his followers, though other "leaders" of the commune may have had other ideas for power. He said meditation in the medicine. The mind is nothing but subtle matter, it can be changed easily. If you are generous you are rich. If you want to be rich, be generous. The riches life has endowed you with are not limited. A lawyer and he lives by words, because court is the very temple of this world. Have you seen the buildings of high courts? They are the temples now. Much is wasted on them. Why? The temples have become tiny but the High Court buildings, I’m getting higher and higher and bigger and bigger. In fact the power is there – the power of violence and murder camera the power of law and language in logic. The lawyer is a logician. The mind is time. Conciousness is eternity. His books are a surprisingly interesting samplings from all of the world's major religions and philosophers, as his his Dynamic Meditation technique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbfVcigkNao&feature=youtu.be His mediation starts out very similar to Wim Hof's breathing methods, before he plunges into freezing

Osho himself was not wealthy at all. In fact, he owned almost nothing. At most, he may have had a Buddha statue and a bottle of unscented shampoo—and that was it. Whatever he received, he gave away, including watches, Rolls-Royces, and statues of Buddha. It was his followers who were wealthy—some of them extremely so. They were the ones who bought the Rolls-Royces and expensive watches for him to use. His apparent display of wealth was pure showmanship. He wanted to challenge the idea that one must be poor to be religious. He believed that as long as poverty was idealized as a virtue, it would never truly be eliminated. He also welcomed the massive publicity the cars generated, once saying that he wanted to make sure “everyone who is looking for me will not be able to say they had not heard of me.” There were other messages behind it as well, such as parodying American materialism. He didn’t purchase these items himself; he simply accepted a few things because people insisted on giving them to him. Osho was often called the “guru of the rich.” In one interview, he was asked why he didn’t use his so-called “enormous wealth” to help the poor. He replied: “People have been helping the poor for thousands of years—and they are still poor. But who is there to help the rich?”

It's estimated that there are roughly 200 billion galaxies in the observable universe. However, estimates vary among experts, with some estimating between 100 billion and 200 billion galaxies. The exact number of galaxies has been a mystery, with estimates rising as telescope technology improved. NASA estimates that there are at least 100 billion planets in our Milky Way alone. Others estimated that the Milky Way galaxy might have anywhere between 100 to 200 billion planets.  They estimate one in 5 could hold life. That means that 10 x 10 to the 22nd power possibilities of planets that could hold life.

The Kewa Pueblo (formerly Santo Domingo Pueblo) in New Mexico holds vibrant, sacred Corn Dances, typically in the summer (especially August 4th for St. Dominic's Day), as an ancient ritual to give thanks for the harvest and ask for continued blessings, featuring large numbers of dancers in traditional attire shuffling in patterns, accompanied by songs, drummers, and masked clowns in the central plaza under cornstalk arbors.  Key Aspects of the Kewa Corn Dance: Purpose: A deeply spiritual ceremony for gratitude and abundance, deeply tied to the land and community's survival. Timing: Often happens in summer, with significant events around the St. Dominic Annual Feast Day (August 4th). Participants: Involves many dancers in double file (men leading women), with women's hands on men's shoulders, changing formations with the songs. Setting: The dance occurs in the central plaza, often with an arbor made of cornstalks and cottonwoods. Elements: Accompanied by drumming, singing, and ceremonial clowns smeared with clay and wearing traditional markings. Significance: A major cultural event, considered one of the best and largest in New Mexico.  Visiting Kewa Pueblo: Etiquette: When visiting any Pueblo feast day, it's crucial to be respectful, follow instructions, and understand that photography is not allowed or they will confiscate your phone or camera. Cultural Context: These dances are religious ceremonies, not performances for tourists, emphasizing the deep connection to their heritage and land. 

  Both the Crow and Navajo Nations hold deep spiritual connections to specific mountains. The Crow consider the Crazy Mountains sacred, using them for vision quests and ceremony. The Navajo organize their entire cosmology around the Four Sacred Mountains, which define the boundaries of their world. The Four Sacred Navajo Mountains The Four Sacred Mountains mark the boundaries of the Navajo Nation and lie at the heart of Navajo spiritual life. In Navajo belief, each mountain is a living deity — assigned a color and a cardinal direction — and serves as a vital source of sustenance for the Navajo people. For decades, however, uranium mining and other extractive industries have degraded these sacred landscapes, causing lasting harm to Navajo communities. Geographical Location The Navajo hold mountains in especially high reverence, viewing prominent geographic features as bearers of supernatural power. The four sacred mountains define the corners of Navajo Country and are named in sunwise order, each paired with a directional color: Sisnaajiní (Blanca Peak) — white, east; Tsoodził (Mt. Taylor) — blue, south; Doko'oosłííd (San Francisco Peaks) — yellow, west; and Dibéntsaa (Hesperus Peak) — black, north. Within U.S. boundaries, these peaks fall across south-central Colorado, Grants, New Mexico, Flagstaff, Arizona, and the La Plata Mountains of Colorado. Blanca Peak Sisnaajiní — known in English as Blanca Peak and called Pintsae'i'i by the Ute and Peeroradarath by the Tewa — stands as the eastern boundary of the Navajo world. Its Navajo name means "black belted mountain." At 14,351 feet, it is the fourth highest summit in the Rocky Mountains and the tallest peak in both the Sangre de Cristo Range and the broader Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It sits roughly 9.6 miles north-northeast