The rotating batch Year-Round Five Bay composting toilet design at a USFS site

 Year-Round rotating Batch composting toilet vid!

https://biorealis.com/composter/rotating/ 

Better to build your own probably.... 

https://greenloo.org/rota-pod/ 

That one is SELF-contained - much better design. Nope - that one still has a "drain hose" for "excess liquid" 

  That's the Huntington Ravine shelter at the summit - it's HUGE.... OK it's NOT the Hermit Lake shelter... OK so the Rotating 5 vault system must be THIS one - Rota-Loo 950 for YEAR-round use

Hermit Lake shelter vid 

 

Utilizing a "five-bay" or batch-style layout, the system allows waste to be isolated into rotating compartments. This gives earlier deposits ample time to break down naturally via aerobic decomposition before being emptied, ensuring the system can handle fluctuating crowd sizes....Winter, Spring, and Fall: The flush toilets are closed, and composting/pit outhouses are opened for public use https://www.outdoors.org/destinations/new-hampshire/hermit-lake-shelters/

 

 The Appalachian Mountain Club proposed a five-bay composting toilet system for the Hermit Lake Complex Shelters in the White Mountain National Forest

 

The Hermit Lake Shelters (including the caretaker's cabin, unofficially known as "HoJo's") sit 2.4 miles up the Tuckerman Ravine Trail on Mount Washington in White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire. [1, 2]

Overview of Hermit Lake Facilities

Accommodations: Includes three-sided and four-sided wooden shelters/lean-tos and tent platforms serving winter mountaineers and skiers.
Caretaker Cabin: Staffed year-round by an on-duty Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) / U.S. Forest Service caretaker who provides daily weather forecasts, avalanche bulletins, and emergency support.
Winter Operations: Outhouses are open, and water must be treated or boiled directly from the nearby Cutler River
 
 

 

 Moldering privies, or slow-composting dry toilets, are more cost-effective and efficient than traditional pit or vault toilets, as they don’t need to be emptied or have new holes dug. They also tend to produce less odor.

The United States Forest Service (USFS) manages a prominent five-bay composting toilet system at the Hermit Lake Complex. [1] at Huntington Ravine  vid

 

White Mountain shelter vid 

 You have to pack out your toilet paper.... 

https://www.nps.gov/articles/composting-toilets.htm 

 Humus from NPS composting toilets is domestic septage and deposits in permitted landfill or wastewater treatment plant, unless it meets 40 CFR 503 requirements as a Class A or Class B sludge. Fecal material in a form easily transported is the primary function, for NPS purposes, of a composting unit.

The U.S. Forest Service has found that recreational user acceptance of composting toilets is extremely high, since well-functioning units have no offensive odor and are considered an environmentally sound waste disposal method.

From the crest of Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains to the isolated beach of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, park visitors can find composting toilets built following the latest designs and technology in national parks across the country. For NPS, perhaps the most successful example of composting toilets is at Northern Cascades National Park where composting toilets have successfully operated in 16 locations in alpine and sub-alpine elevations for almost 30 years!

 Huntington Ravine trail is the hardest in New Hampshire vid

Location & Context

Site: Hermit Lake Complex (located in Tuckerman Ravine / Huntington Ravine area)
Forest: White Mountain National Forest
Region: Sargent's Purchase, Coos County, New Hampshire [1, 2]
 
 

The Holy Spirit "divided tongues" in Acts 21-4 refers to ancient Pythagorean Snake healing!

 

 Meghan Henning - University of Dayton professor - fascinating

 9-2022
Holy Impairment: The Body as the Nexus of Apocalyptic EkphrasisHoly Impairment: The Body as the Nexus of Apocalyptic Ekphrasis
in Acts 2:1–13in Acts 2:1–13

 Michael Peppard has noted, there are direct discussions
about the connection between Jesus and Asclepius (The World’s Oldest Church: Bible, Art, and Ritual at Dura-Europos, Syria, Synkrisis [New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016], 329 n. 31). Cf.
Origen, Cels. 3.24, Justin Apol. 1.22, Tertullian, Nat. 2.14.42.
37 Asclepius took on the guise of a serpent and arrived in this form to found the shrine in
Athens (IG 2.4960a; SEG 25.226), Rome (Livy, Periocha 11, Urb. cond. 29.11.1), and Halieis (IG 4.1.122.33). Wells, Greek Language of Healing, 29......

 Holladay notes that the Greek literally reads “split [divided] tongues,” ....“tongues of fire” are present in 1 Enoch, where, unlike in Acts, the tongues do not rest on people or effect bodily transformation (1 En. 14:9–10, 15; 71:5).29
Like the events in 1 Enoch, however, the scene in Acts 2 is not a stock image
that is being replayed for audiences—it is an apocalyptic scene that is drawing on
multiple images to depict something utterly novel.

............

 Aristotle thinks of the snake as the paradigmatic animal with a “divided
tongue”; he mentions it first before describing other animals (such as seals) who
have this characteristic.31 In antiquity one prevalent image of the snake is positive:
as a sacred animal whose touch could bring about healing.32 The walking staff
entwined with the snake was the “iconographic trademark” of Asclepius that
became prevalent in antiquity (and even today appears in medical seals). In antiq
uity this image appeared on reliefs, mosaics, medicine boxes, and even signet rings.33
In the first century CE

 ...............

 (Aristotle, Hist. an. 2.17; ἐσχισμένην τὴν γλῶτταν)....

 for the ancient listener of Acts, snakes—and specifically snake tongues—would signify divine presence and bodily healing. Images of sacred snakes, and of Asclepius as a snake healing with his tongue, are found throughout the material evidence from the Asklepieion as well.40 ........

 So what is the meaning of divided tongues “resting on” the apostles? Elsewhere
in LukeActs καθίζω is used to refer to remaining or “staying” some place.50 The
implication of using ἐκάθισεν instead of some other verb seems to be one of a last
ing contact. Alone the verb ἐκάθισεν does not itself have medical resonance; but,
when combined with the imagery of a divided tongue and the transformation of
bodily ability, the phrase “rest on” recalls common medical images of healing. This
odd verbal expression may remind some hearers of ancient medical images of
touch or sustained bodily contact, specifically with a god in the form of a snake.
But in this apocalyptic ekphrasis these different images of divine touch and bodily
transformation are brought together to emphasize the staying power—not just of
the transformed bodily state but of the divine touch itself in the “last days.”

.................... 

 Acts 2:1–4 still brings together the biblical imagery of theophany
with ancient medical imagery of Asclepius and ancient physicians who healed
through snake tongues, touch, and fire. The result is a story of bodily transforma
tion that is conferred by the touch of a fiery divided tongue.54

 The ties between Asclepius (the Greek god of medicine and healing) and Pythagorean philosophy run deep through ancient concepts of harmony, medical ethics, and holistic health. Their intersection manifests in two distinct contexts: the historical integration of Pythagorean concepts into ancient Greek clinical medicine (including the Hippocratic Oath and the cult of Asclepius), and the late-antiquity Hermetic text known as the Asclepius

 

Pythagorean Music Theory: Pythagoras discovered that musical intervals could be expressed in mathematical ratios. He pioneered the use of specific musical scales and hymns to purify the soul (katharsis) and quiet bodily passions. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Asclepian Shrines: At the holistic healing sanctuaries of Asclepius, patients underwent a process of physical and spiritual purification. Alongside theatrical performances and sacred sleep (incubation), poetic and musical recitals of hymns or paeans were actively utilized to soothe patients and stimulate healing. [1, 2]

3. The Ethical Foundations of the Hippocratic Oath

The Hippocratic Oath—the foundational code of medical ethics historically bound to the cult of Asclepius—begins by swearing an oath directly to "Apollo the Physician, and Asclepius, and Hygieia, and Panacea..." Scholars have long noted that the secondary directives within the oath align explicitly with Pythagorean duties and taboos: [1, 2]

Strict requirements for secrecy regarding medical knowledge.
Deep moral solidarity with peers and absolute reverence/financial protection for one's teachers.
Absolute prohibitions against euthanasia, assistance in suicide, and abortion (reflecting the Pythagorean belief in the sacred, divine nature of the soul from conception). [1, 2]

4. The Asclepius Hermetic Text (Late Antiquity)

There is also a textual link. In the 2nd or 3rd century CE, a highly influential philosophical dialogue was written under the title Asclepius. Part of the Corpus Hermeticum, it features a dialogue where the Egyptian sage Hermes Trismegistus teaches his pupil, Asclepius (named after the deity). [1]

The text is deeply infused with Neopythagoreanism and Neoplatonism. For instance, the dialogue advocates a pure, ascetic lifestyle and recommends a vegetarian diet. This explicitly mirrors the iconic Pythagorean doctrine of metempsychosis (the transmigration of souls into humans or animals), which prohibited the slaughter and consumption of living creatures. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Giovanni Bazzana has argued, the exclusion of spirit possession from the scholarly conversation about the miraculous sidelines the way that ancient persons would have understood these texts (Having the Spirit of Christ: Spirit Possession and Exorcism in the Early Christ Groups, Synkrisis [New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020], 4–9).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wrote a high school paper on a Banned Book without knowing it! Catcher and the Rye of CIC origin.

 The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger 

Between 1986 and 2000, at least nine different attempts to remove The Catcher in the Rye from schools were based on the novel’s use of profanity and sexual references. Three of these attempts (Wyoming in 1986, North Dakota in 1987, and 1989 in California) were successful in getting the book removed. 

I wrote my high school paper for a psychology class - I think it was in 9th grade. So maybe 1986....to 1987 - right when the book was first being banned! Wow. I had no idea.

 The American Library Association (ALA) and Banned Books Week Coalition today unveiled the artwork for Banned Books Week 2026, October 4–10. Designed for use in Banned Books Week events nationwide and internationally, the 2026 theme is “Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read.” The struggle against book bans is too immense to capture in a single image.

 https://simmonsvoice.com/8495/2017-2018/banned-books-the-catcher-in-the-rye/

The reason I read it was because of the assassination of John Lennon by someone obsessed with being Holden Caulfield. It was only later that I learned how J.D. Salinger had worked as a spy for military intelligence - I think it was OSS during WWII... nope - CIC.

While both the OSS and the CIC operated in the realm of wartime intelligence, they were distinct organizations. While the OSS focused on espionage and overseas covert operations, Salinger’s unit—the 4th CIC Detachment, attached to the 4th Infantry Division—focused on tactical counterintelligence, security, and tactical interrogations. [1, 2]

Overview of Salinger's Wartime Service

The Ritchie Boys: Because Salinger was fluent in French and German, he was selected for specialized training at the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie, Maryland. Trainees from this program were famously known as the "Ritchie Boys". [1, 2]
Combat & Interrogations: Salinger landed on Utah Beach on D-Day. He participated in brutal engagements, including the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge. His primary duty was hunting down Nazi spies, searching abandoned command posts, and interrogating prisoners of war and German civilians. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Concentration Camp Liberation: In April 1945, Salinger participated in the liberation of Kaufering IV, a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp. The horrors he witnessed there deeply traumatized him and caused lifelong psychological wounds. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Post-War Denazification: Following Germany's surrender, Salinger remained in Europe for occupation duty, tracking down Nazi war criminals during the denazification process. During this period, he met and briefly married a German woman named Sylvia

The American Library Association states that The Catcher in the Rye has been banned by schools and public libraries for having “excess vulgar language, sexual scenes, things concerning moral issues, excessive violence and anything dealing with the occult” and “communism,” among other things.

 Salinger famously carried his portable typewriter in his Jeep throughout the war, even typing out chapters under tables during active bombardments. He had early drafts of what would become The Catcher in the Rye in his pack when he landed on D-Day

Another Calf cordless Heat Pad! from Guangdong China: Xiangfutang electric heating leg and calf

 

 yeah I just have the 5v switch for heat....

so those are the color coding that I need to know - the package didn't give the heat settings for the colors!  

 wow!! complicated

On the 5V Xiangfutang (Xing Fu Tang) leg heater, you switch between the timing function and the heating function using the single main power/control button. [1]

Because these compact 5V USB controllers typically rely on a single button to cycle through all settings, use the following steps to navigate them:

Short press to adjust heating: When you first turn the device on, a single short press usually cycles through the heating temperature levels (typically color-coded as Red/High, Blue or White/Medium, and Green/Low). [1]
Double-click or Long press for timing: To switch the controller's focus over to the timer adjustment, you must double-click the button or long-press it briefly (usually 1.5 to 2 seconds). The LED light indicator will usually change its blinking pattern or display color to signify it is now adjusting the timer instead of the temperature.
Return to heating: Once you have selected your desired timing threshold, another double-click or waiting a few seconds without pressing anything will save the timer setting and automatically switch the controller back to displaying and controlling the heating function.

 https://world.taobao.com/lang/en-us/goods/-1001026540186.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

my new EcoEcho Shiitake Shower Curtain is being made!

 

$9 Billion dollar fraud lie is not enough for Minnesota corporate fascist brown-no$ers: Cargill is the real fraud in Minnesota

 

the Maga cult fascists have been pushing the $9 billion fraud lie on tv over and over again with outside Maga fascist money that is a tax-deductible ad campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrYf0Wtm-OY&t=33s

Check out the comment section - people are whipped up into a frenzy about billions of fraud that doesn't exist. hahaha.

Also now the claim is that Minnesota elections are fake due to the evil DFL...using immigrants for votes, etc.

Yep - straight up fascism based on propaganda lies.

A false accusation is actually illegal so let's not jump to the wrong conclusions with no evidence. Actual prosecuted and charged cases in major Minnesota scandals—such as the Feeding Our Future case—total closer to $300 million, with other specific Medicaid and housing fraud cases accounting for tens of millions." Sorry to burst your bubble buddy. Let's fix the REAL fraud in Minnesota! Cargill. The 14 billionaire heirs of the Cargill-MacMillan family share a combined net worth estimated between $50 billion and $65 billion. Yeah Cargill is the real fraud in Minnesota - they have offices in 70 plus countries around the world all doing speculative derivatives trading through Switzerland. Cargill gets hundreds of millions in tax welfare to DUMP grain into other countries thereby wiping out the local farm markets. Somalia had grain dumped into it by Cargill at 1/6th the local farm price, thereby undermining the farmers that previously had controlled Mogadishu. Cargill built illegal soybean export terminal and storage elevators in the Amazon rainforest! That's the real fraud. Time to grow up Minnesota.

The Methodists and Covenants MERGED in 2011 in Sweden! Fascinating

 My Mom's Irish-Palatine ancestry had converted to Methodist (and my mom's grandmother was a strict Palatine Methodist against drinking, playing cards and dancing!). My Dad's Swedish-German side was Covenant and also against drinking and playing cards and dancing! wild. 

Yes, the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden and the Methodists were highly similar, and their shared opposition to playing cards stems from a common theological and cultural foundation. [1, 2]

While they belonged to different denominational lineages, both groups were cornerstone members of the 19th-century "Free Church" movement (frikyrkorörelsen) in Sweden. Their cultural and behavioral similarities were so deep that they eventually merged in 2011 to form the Uniting Church in Sweden (Equmeniakyrkan). [1, 2, 3]

The two movements connected through shared spiritual goals, common leadership, and specific moral guidelines:

1. The Common Root: Radical Pietism

The opposition to card playing, dancing, drinking, and theater was not unique to one group; it was a defining trait of Pietism, a revival movement that emphasized personal conversion, a "living faith," and strict moral holiness over formal church rituals. [1, 2, 3]

The Methodists followed John Wesley’s strict "holiness" tradition, which viewed card playing as a gateway to gambling and a waste of God-given time. [1]
The Covenanters (Missionsvänner or Mission Friends) grew out of a Lutheran Pietist revival. They viewed card playing as "worldly" behavior unbefitting of a person who had been spiritually reborn. [1, 2]

2. Deep Historical Ties

The connection between the Covenanters and Methodists in Sweden was highly direct. In fact, a British Methodist minister named George Scott moved to Sweden in the 1830s and sparked the very revival that gave birth to the Covenanters. He partnered with Carl Olof Rosenius (a Lutheran Pietist), and together they founded the highly influential devotional newspaper Pietisten. The early Swedish Covenant congregations adopted many of the lifestyle guidelines, small-group structures, and revivalist preaching styles that Scott and the Methodists championed