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The history of smoking pipe use is as diverse as the people who use them for ritual, religious, and spiritual reasons.  The Catholic Church has used incense as part of their ritual of purification for centuries.  Hippocrates of Cos II or Hippokrates of Kos (circa 460 B.C. – circa 370 B.C.), the historic first specialist of scientific medicine, prescribed inhaling for his patients with gynecological infections.  The Romans inhaled the smoke of lavender, mint and oregano.  They used a simple reed or a modified marrow bone as a pipe.  They also used a pipe made of clay.

According to archaeologists and historians, the first pipes were found during a dig in the region of Yorkshire, United Kingdom.  The second pipes that were found were very small and called “elfin pipes.” But, these “finds” were excavated in the 17th century.  The story of the ritual, religious, and spiritual use of the pipe has been traced to before the 15th century A.D.!

In the New World, the Aztecs, Mayans, Toltec, and other Native American cultures for health purposes as well as to celebrate religious and business events.  Africans used tubes to sniff or inhale various types of herbs.  Historians say that the first culture to use tobacco with a pipe-like device for smoking was the Mayans of Mexico and Central America.

Explorers coming to the New World found natives smoking pipes.  In 1519, the Spanish explorer, Cortez reported finding tribes in Mexico smoking from “perfumed reeds.” The French explorer, Jacques Cartier, said that native Canadians in the Northwest using pipe smoking for ritual ceremonies.  In 1559, Spain imported the first tobacco from the New World.  They used tobacco as a medicinal herb and thought that the smoke was good for the lungs when smoked.

Jean Nicot, the French ambassador to Portugal, used tobacco in a powdered form for health reasons like migraines, minor aches, and pains.   During this period, men of the lower classes began to use tobacco in clay pipes for pleasure; however, it was Sir Walter Raleigh who introduced pipe smoking to the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1590.  Raleigh had learned about the pleasurable use of pipe smoking from Ralph Lane, the first Governor of Virginia.  Raleigh helped spread the use of pipe smoking among the fashionable British aristocracy.  England began the production of pipes.

By 1602, pipe smoking had spread all over Europe, India, China and Japan.

A peace pipe is also called a calumet or medicine.  It is a ceremonial smoking pipe used by many Native American peoples.  According to tradition, the pipe is a token of peace.  The bowl of the pipe is usually made from red pipestone.  It has been commonly found in South Dakota.  Warring tribes made this their neutral ground.  Many holy religious ceremonies are done in this neutral area.  A special blend of herbs or tobacco is usually used.  Each regional area uses plants that have special qualities or have been cleared for special use by the various tribes.

The European term “peace pipe” refers to only one type of pipe and one way it was used.  Ceremonial pipes were used by the Lakota Sioux in the New World as a means of sending prayers or wishes.  The construction of the pipe and the smoking mixture is symbolic.  It forms a bridge believed quite important for contacting the spirit world that assists with fate or the end of problem.  The pipe stem symbolizes the male in the world as well as nature.  This is why a piece of fur was often wrapped around the bowl of the pipe.  The female in the world and plant kingdom is represented by the bowl.  The entire pipe (bowl and stem) is the genesis of the World.

The burning tobacco in the pipe allows prayers to come to the attention of the forces of the Higher Power.  Traditionally, pipes have been adorned with feathers, fur, animal hair, bird wings, plants, beadwork, quills, carvings and other items of personal significance to the owner.

Peace pipes come in many sizes:  palm sized, short, round, and horn shaped.  They have carefully carved into animal or human configurations.  There are short and long pipes.  The two foot long pipes are actually feathered reeds ending in an upright rather than a round bowl.  There are many individual uses of the pipe; therefore, there is no one way that cultures conduct their rituals.

Lakota tradition explains that White Buffalo Calf Woman is the aboriginal source of the pipe.  It instructs the Lakota people to keep the stem upward during rites and rituals.  Thus is constructed the holy bond between this and Wakan Tanka, the creator’s world.

There are personal family pipes.  The Sacred Pipes are not just ordinary pipes.  Rather, a real Sacred Pipe is a variety of objects.  They are used in coordination with ceremonial songs, dances, prayers, and even silence.  These pipes change all the time.

A milder form of tobacco used in commercial tobacco was widely used by the North American native tribes.  It was (and is) considered by these tribes to be a sacred plant.  Often it was cultivated separately from other plants.  There were a great number of ceremonies using specific rituals for sowing and harvesting.  Many times it has been burnt over a fire, thrown on water, or left on the ground.  It was also smoked in a pipe that was passed around a circle of people.  Individual people also smoked it in individual pipes.

In South and Central America, where other forms of tobacco was cultivated, pipes of many sizes and shapes were used.

The anti-smoking offensive by King James of England began in 1603.  This campaign led ultimately to the execution of Sir Walter Raleigh in 1618.  It is said that Sir Walter Raleigh’s last act was to smoke a full pipe of tobacco.  King James later relented in his anti-smoking tactics.  He signed a charter incorporating all British pipe makers, but with complicated laws and rules.  Instead of hindering the pipe makers, this action allowed the profession to flourish.  Other countries had begun to ban pipes, smoking, and tobacco but later changed their minds as well.

The fine art of smoking a pipe was soon accepted all over the world.  In 1794, Pope Benedict issued an edict exonerating the users of tobacco from any sin.  Snuff became the rage in Europe while pipes and pipe smoking grew in the New World.

During the Victorian era, pipe smoking became associated with relaxing contemplation beside a fireplace.  Cigars came to be considered a great social pastime.  Pipes became a more personal and individualistic endeavor.

Today, pipe smoking is gaining in credibility while cigar smoking diminishes.

While the late 1970′s and 1980′s are referred to as the Golden Age of Pipes, Smokers are turning more and more to finding their relaxation and pleasure from pipes once again.  Variety of size, shapes and materials are being used and appeal to the modern day tobacco smoker’s taste.

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Business News and Advice Center by business expert Steve Daines: RightNow Technologies, a provider of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, recently reported to Wall Street that its 2010 revenues grew by 22% over 2009 results. For the full year, revenues totaled over 5 million with net profit coming in at just over million. Fourth quarter sales grew by 24% over the last quarter of 2009, reaching .4 million

The company, founded and headquartered in Bozeman, Montana, is the largest commercial employer and only publicly traded company there, recently announced that it had grown to more than 1,000 employees, about half of whom work at the Bozeman campus. The company hired 123 new employees during 2010 and expects to hire an additional 240 employees in 2011.

In its report to Wall Street, RightNow Technologies estimated that their revenue will reach 4 million in 2011. The demand for customer relationship management solutions is expected to remain strong in 2011 as 31% of organizations polled in a recent survey by Gartner Inc. said they expect an increase in application software spending in 2011. Expected CRM expenditures topped the list as 42% of survey respondents are anticipating increased spending in 2011.

The same Gartner study also found that buyers of CRM software are placing an emphasis on investments that enhance customer retention and improve the customer experience, which is RightNow Technologys area of expertise. The automation of marketing efforts, another RightNow strength, continues to be the leading market segment within the CRM industry. The greatest demand is focused on marketing campaign and lead management as well as analytics.

In addition to its record earnings, RightNow also announced that the acquisition of the privately held European company Q-go has been completed. Q-go specializes in semantic search, which seeks to improve the accuracy of search results by interpreting the intent of the searcher. The Q-go acquisition will add about 60 companies to RightNows client roster.

Business News and Advice by Steve Daines: Following graduation from MSU, Steve left Montana to work for Procter & Gamble. During his thirteen year management career at P&G, he spent seven years managing operations in the United States, followed by a six-year assignment based in Hong Kong and China.

In 1997, Steve and Cindy decided it was time to move the family back to Montana. Steve left P&G and returned home to Bozeman and joined his mom and dad in the family construction business. In 2000, Steve joined RightNow Technologies, a start-up business founded and headquartered in Bozeman, which at that time had less than 100 employees.

Good ‘ol Killdozer enjoying fun times taking down downtown Granby, Colorado. This is a news report live at the time from a helicopter crew who have been watching him for a good long while. Featuring a phone call from a lady who knew Marvin Heemeyer and gives a bit of backstory while the man just rolls in his tank!
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It is always good to lead a happy, prosperous and a lavish life full of comforts and luxuries and what can make your dream of living a wealthy life come true, is none other than money. However, one should never forget that everything on this earth depends upon the time. There are good times and bad times as well. But what can help you in good as well as bad days is the money. Therefore it is very important for everybody to not only value money in life, but also save time and money.

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