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May 19-21, 2017
Bonclarken, NC
Why 'Simplicity: Treasuring Christ Above Everything Else'?
Whether it be from an overly packed schedule, excessive clutter, or a multitude of relationships and responsibilities to manage, many women today are feeling overwhelmed and longing for a simpler life. Media suggests a simpler life means to minimize, de-clutter, put down our social media, and savor experience. Is this what it means to live more simply? Perhaps….but there's more to it. Join us for a weekend where we will explore from a biblical view what it means to live with simplicity!
Preliminary Schedule
Friday, May 19th
4:00PM – Registration*
6:00PM – Dinner at Bonclarken
7:00PM – Session 1
* Note: Doors will not open until 4PM on Friday. Please do not arrive earlier than 4PM at Bonclarken. You will not be able to check-in or access your room until after 4PM.
Saturday, May 20th
7:30AM – Continental Breakfast in Conference Room
8:30AM – Logistics / Worship
9:00AM – Session 2
10:30AM – Small Group Time
11:45AM – Lunch at Bonclarken
1:00PM – Worship / Session 3
4:00PM – Free Time / Shopping / Dinner (On Your Own)
7:00PM – Worship
Sunday, May 21st
8:00AM – Continental Breakfast in Conference Room
8:30AM – Panel
9:30AM – Speaker / Worship
10:30AM – Small Group Time
11:00AM – Pack-up / Lunch (On Your Way Home)
Registration Information
Cost: varies based on room occupancy choice – see below.
Room options:
Double occupancy (2-person) room: $170.00 / person
Triple occupancy (3-person) room: $140.00 / person
Quadruple occupancy (4-person) room: $125.00 / person
What's Included:
Each paid registration includes the room option of your choice, 2 meals at Bonclarken (Dinner Friday and Lunch Saturday), continental breakfast on Saturday and Sunday, retreat registration, and retreat swag.
Each person must register separately. When you register, please let us know who you plan to room with. If you do not have a roommate preselected or would like to be placed with someone, please let us know in the roommate portion of the registration form.
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It took me a while to actually go pick it up at the post office, but I ended up getting this awesome Tee on eBay:
For a handmade work, the seller, Jang Lee, did very well with the logo. I could be nitpicky about some of the details, like the lack of the "Seihou Bukyou" bit at the top, but honestly? I'm too excited having this on my hands to care. He nailed it. Other than that, he's very good at what he does. Here is the seller's eBay page: http://myworld.ebay.com/animescreen/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
I like how it's inspired by the yellow box set logo too, Black and Yellow always go well together in intricate designs like this, in my opinion. Can't wait to show this off to some of my buddies down in Ft. Myers, Florida where I will be vacationing for a week soon.


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Seal Beach
Are you thinking of moving or relocating to Seal Beach, California? Would you like to know what the quality of life is like living in Seal Beach?
|How much crime?
|What are the neighborhoods like?
|What are the people like?
|Seal Beach is part of the typical So. Cal. beach weather. Winter and fall are mild, usually ranging in temperatures from 50 to 70 degrees. Summers and spring warm up to 60 to high 80's.Rain is minimal and there is an occasional flooding when the tides go above 6'.
|Crime is Seal Beach consists of mostly assault, burglary and robbery. Shoplifting is also prevalent due to seasonal influx of tourists to the small shops on Main Street in the summer. Car burglary is also a problem as some out-of-towners tend to break into cars parked of tourists on the street while visiting the beach.
|Seal Beach is a quiet resort type town with almost 80% being residential homes and condos. The homes are older, usually over 50 years, so many have been remodeled. The homes on the north side of Pacific Coast Highway are more track homes and are occupied by Caucasian families 30-40 years old. The other 20% is apartments rented to students or vacationers. The apartment area is where most of the crimes happen and has lower income residences housed by 5% African American.
Seal Beach is has a friendly small town atmosphere. Bike paths line the beach boardwalk, coffee shops line the main street and the people are welcoming to all the visitors. There are surf shops ready to rent a surfboard and take lessons or rent bicycles for a cruise on the boardwalk. The surf is generally not huge but good enough to learn how to surf - usually 2-3'.The pier was built in 1906 and overs a nice walk over the ocean. At the north end of town there is a jetty that separates the beach from the channel that enters the southern part of Long Beach.
|Seal Beach is a great place for retirees and young families that can afford the beach lifestyle. Many students rent here while in college for the coffee shops and bars that line Main Street and the beach. There is approximately 40% white over age 65 in Seal Beach. There is only a 15% population of Blacks and Asians.
Former hippies and surfers love Seal Beach for the ocean and atmosphere. Over 22% residences work in the education or health fields and over 40% have college degrees.
|Downtown Area
|Single life
|The downtown area is one main street that runs east to west from Pacific Coast Highway to the ocean. It is lined with small shops with trinkets and treasures, coffee shops and taverns.
|There are a few good restaurants right in town. The Crab Pot and Busters Beach House are fun and not too expensive.
|There are only a couple of elementary schools in Seal Beach. You must travel south to Huntington Beach for high school and Long Beach if you wish to attend a local college. The schools are all rated very high.
|It is a great place for singles. There are numerous bars, taverns and coffee shops on Main Street and the beach is right at your fingertips.
|town comparison vs.
|Best hospital
|Tourist attractions
|Most of the noise comes from the waves breaking on the beach.
|Seal Beach is neighbored by Long Beach on the north end and Sunset Beach on the south end. Long Beach is major metropolis compared to the small town of Seal Beach and Sunset Beach is smaller and more condensed. If you like the bigger city atmosphere then you would love Long Beach.
|The closest hospital in a few miles away in Long Beach, Long Beach Community Hospital. It has all the facilities to handle any kind of an emergency.
|The beach is the best place to visit but there are also several nice parks for kids and dogs.
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Every Day Earth Guide, continued
As we continue to look at simple ways to be kinder to the Earth in our every day lives, I become acutely aware of our climactic changes and challenges. Here in the Cascade foothills in Snohomish county, WA, we are noticing a trend of colder winters and more often several feet of snow when we used to rarely get inches if any at all. Early Spring is wetter and floods now happen earlier in the year and longer in duration and intensity. Wind storms are more prevalent and there are more downed trees to deal with. And, it's hotter in the summer months, making it imperative to pay closer attention to the garden plants to insure they are well watered, mulched/composted and sometimes shaded from the sun's intensity. We continue the discussion with more ideas to create the optimum circumstances for success in the garden.
A COMMUNITY GARDEN is a wonderful way for urbanites to grow a flower and vegetable garden when you don't have the space or want to interact with others in the community to create a more green urban environment. This is also a fabulous way to introduce young people to the joys of growing their own food. Here's a few resources in larger cities.
Houston TX: http://www.urbanharvest.org/
Buffalo NY: http://www.urbanroots.org/
Denver CO: http://www.dug.org/home.asp
Rutgers University has a community garden self help guide: http://tinyurl.com/c83fvu
If you start a community garden, make sure that the soil is tested to insure there are no contaminants like lead or other hazardous chemicals that might permeate the crops grown. Some communities are starting gardens for the poor to help supplement the diminishing budgets of our older citizens and those who make do with less. All of these endeavors are rewarding, and again, a good place to introduce children to a sense of 'community' while connecting them with Nature.
PLANTING SIMILAR SPECIES of vegetables, like broccoli with cabbage or Brussels sprouts should be avoided as they will compete for nutrients. Companion planting is aesthetically delightful and helps improve soil while keeping pests at bay. Here's a great companion planting guide: http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html
DIG DEEP when preparing soil for planting. Digging adds air pockets which help repel root-dwelling insects and oxygenate the soil. This helps plants put down healthy roots. This is perhaps the single most important thing you can do to condition the soil. All organic gardeners I know using the similar approach: first of all, they choose easy slider sheds, and another thing – they prefer to turn soil by hand after using a garden tiller.
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UK supermarket chain Morrisons is returning to celebrity ads (previous epics have featured, inter alia, Alan Hansen and Top Gear's Richard Hammond) and has chosen former Lancashire and England cricketer Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff to front them.
Flintoff is, by all accounts, a genial soul and his all-round skills have been much missed by England since his injury-enforced retirement.
But his recent appearances on the silver screen, in ITV's Freddie Flintoff Against The World have not been brilliant. The show was so good it was relegated to digital channel ITV 4.
Morrisons, under new CEO Dalton Philips, has shown signs of trying to move upmarket recently, plugging its wine offer and belatedly moving into the middle classes' chosen form of shopping, online with home deliveries.
In real life Flintoff is not quite the big daft Northern lad he'll no doubt be depicted as by agency DLKW Lowe. He's more at home in Guy Ritchie's posh London pub the Punch Bowl than he is consuming a pie and a pint in urban Lancashire.
Even so it seems a slightly odd choice but maybe Morrisons is trying to have it both ways; trying to recruit more posh Southern types while keeping in with its Northern heartland.


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The Ultimate Speed Flying, Speed Riding and Hike and Fly harness designed by Francois Bon.The FUSION is the new reversible winter & summer harness from Level Wings. The harness is designed to be one of the best cross over harnesses. A tidy neat package covering all aspects of Mini Wing, Speed flying and Speed riding without compromise.
It is specifically designed for speed riding, speed flying and even super comfortable for paragliding hike & fly adventures.
Its incredibly comfortable when speed riding or ground handling, as well as sitting in long-time flight. The Fusion sets a new standard and will be your favorite and most easy to use harness suitable to all flying adventures all year round.
The shape and ergonomics of the bag are designed for optimum carrying quality. The 3D geometry of the harness offers a two-point closure for simplicity. An optional airbag offers full protection for the pilot or tandem passenger.
Speed Riding & Skiing:
A 5*rating for Speed Riding.
– Bag side: lateral ski-holders, large front pocket for a snow shovel, key-coins pocket, belt pocket, ice axe holder, pawls holders, compression straps.
– Harness side: adjustment of the seat length by zip, Fast Pack storage on the leg, attachment of the Fast Pack on the shoulder, safe manual buckles, elastic support of the legs along the body, ample rear storage for avalanche safety elements and others.
The Fusion Bag has two internal side pockets which can easily hold the probe or foldable pawls or a beverage case. One of these pockets allows easy access from the outside. The FUSION is equipped with a plastic plate covering the backrest that can be used to dig the snow as an alternative to a bulky shovel.
Speed Flying and Paragliding:
– Bag side: Entry and pocket for the drink tube at the top of the bag, guide of the tube on the shoulder, chest loop adjustable in height.
– Harness side: Velcro and safety for vario on shoulder, Speed system antifriction rings retractable, fasteners for certified additional airbag, zipped emergency straps tunnel, emergency parachute shoulder straps.
Weight: 2kg.
One size fits all: (150 / 200cm).
Volume: 50L.
Carabineers Edelrid/Level 20mm & anti-twists available separately.


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Hey Loves,
It's been long we haven't talked about something about health! So, today's post is all about DETOX. The detox juice diet has become very popular in recent years as an easier way to consume lots of nutrients without having to eat lots of whole fruits and vegetables.
Experts recommend you eat at least 6 to 8 servings of vegetables per day, which many people (myself included) have difficulty achieving. That's where juicing recipes for weight loss can help fill the void. With a 3 day detox juice cleanse, you drink only juice and water for a period of time, usually for 3 days, to give your liver and digestive system time to detox.
During the cleanse, aim to drink every 2 – 2 ½ hours and try to be consistent. Skipping a juice may disrupt your blood sugar levels and cause you to go off the juice detox.
While I was searching something to make my tummy feel light, I got my hands on the ayurvedic products from www.thekivalife.in
KIVA make tasty ayurvedic shots and other innovative, delightful products to bring the goodness of ayurveda to millennials. Ayurveda doesn't need to be boring! No jargons, no imported herbs or fruits, no shortcuts. All products are conceived, conceptualized and produced completely in India at state-of-the art manufacturing units in Hoshiarpur and Jaipur. All processes from sourcing of ingredients to product packaging are closely monitored by experts.
For a lot of people, it can be difficult to get your recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables every day. Detox juice provides that extra nutrition you're lacking in your diet.
Here are the top benefits of a juice detox:
- Helps you lose weight quickly.
- Improves nutrient absorption.
- Feeds good bacteria in your gut.
- Helps lower cholesterol.
- Helps detox your liver.
- Lowers blood sugar levels.
- Improves your skin.
- Broadens the range of vegetables you eat.
- Improves athletic performance.
I got my hands on various candies and juice shots from kivalife. The below are the products:
Kiva's Wheatgrass is a natural, Ayurvedic juice shot that helps in detox and immunity building. It surely taste yum and my tummy felt so light weighted.
The best source of chlorophyll, aggregator of all vitamin groups, numerous minerals and essential metals like iron and zinc. Fresh Wheatgrass juice, Aloe Vera juice, Coriander juice, Lemon juice, Lemon peel extract, Honey – all sourced fresh from the foothills of Himalayas.
How to consume:
Ready to drink. No mixing required. Shake well and Gulp! 1 shot every morning (preferably before breakfast).Consume regularly for minimum 2 weeks.
I tried Kiva wheat grass juice about a month ago and instantly liked it as it seemed all natural. Since then I have been using it every morning. I can feel its positive effects on my body immunity and general health. It also is better than similar other Ayurvedic brand products. Highly recommended for all age groups.
Another amazing product I bought is this Lemony Honey Cinnamon Shots. It taste super yum and yes we all know the benefit of Lemon and Honey.
This combination of Lemon + Honey + Cinnamon has been the most popular ayurvedic technique in India for weight loss. The pectin in Lemon makes you feel full longer, while the cinnamon helps in digestion and breakdown of carbohydrates
Fresh Lemon juice, Honey, Cinnamon extract, Ginger juice, Apple Cider Vinegar
This is the first ever Ayurvedic product I have tried and fell in love! It's been a month since I have been consuming this and it has actually worked well. I definitely follow a balanced diet but this works so well in curbing my hunger pangs throughout the day.
The great part is their travel-friendly size, I am usually traveling for work and carrying these shots is so much easier in comparison to the big bottles. I feel they are completely worth the price.
Jaggery is known to be 50 times more mineral rich than refined sugar. It helps greatly to improve digestion, nourish the skin, purify blood and is great for treating respiratory issues.
Kiva Jaggery-Cinnamon Candy is a balanced fusion between the traditional 'gud' and cinnamon combining the comfort of jaggery with the richness of cinnamon.
Cinnamon has a significant positive impact on blood sugar levels besides reducing risk for heart diseases and cancer.
How to consume:
Anytime, anywhere, anyday. Though it benefits the most if consumed after meals.
Also a great substitute to refined sugar in your daily cup of tea.As soon as I opened it I was so happy to have it as a candy form. Loved it thoroughly. It has a proper taste of organic Jaggery with good amount of organic ingredients.
I added it to my Chai and it has given a new taste at all. It is purely amazing and we can use it in any way we like since it is organic.
So, are you a health conscious person like me? Then go grab these packets of candies and shots and enjoy the taste.
Stay connected loves 🙂


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With relatively comfortable global situation, Jakarta Composite Index will continue its rally today. The Indonesian stocks managed to stay above its psychological level at 3,700 in the beginning of the year. The stronger commodity prices have been the catalyst amid increasing inflation pace in December.
For today's trading, as reported by Bisnis.com, the recommended stocks are TINS, INCO, SMCB, ADRO, INDF, TPIA and TPIA.
Erdikha Sekuritas:
The local brokerage said that technically Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) supported with mining sector that benefits stronger commodity prices, will still have momentum to move up. Today the index will test the resistant level of 3,788 and move between 3,700-3,788. The recommended shares are TINS, INCO, and SMCB.
e-Trading Securities:
It said that the yesterday's closing at 3,730 will give energy to continue to rally at 3,700-3,765. If the index breaks 3,730 today and the trading volume also increases, the prediction will be realized. The recommended shares are ADRO, INDF and TPIA.
Disclosure: No position at the stock mentioned above.
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Courtesy Of David Centis Of Royal Lepage Premier Real Estate.
8707 163 Avenue Nw Nw
$725,000, 5 Beds 4 Baths 2,826 Sqft .14 Acres 2 Garages
About This Property
Welcome home to almost 4000 SF of executive living in Belle-Rive. This beauty is located on a quiet street and features a completely finished walkout basement. Custom built by Pompei Homes, features include high ceilings in the family room with great site lines of the lake, gourmet kitchen with high-end stainless steel appliances and a huge formal dining room to entertain your guests. Breathtaking maple staircase leads you upstairs to 3 generously sized bedrooms. The master bedroom is the perfect place to escape for a retreat. Boasting a huge walk in closet, 6 piece ensuite c/w steam shower and his and hers sinks. Fully finished walkout basement boasts a wet bar, great room and gym. You will also find another 2 bedrooms there. You can access the backyard from the upper deck via a iron spiral staircase. The backyard is professionally landscaped and ready for your summer activities. Custom details are found throughout the home, come see for yourself what the fuss is all about.
Listing Details
Courtesy Of David Centis Of Royal Lepage Premier Real Estate
Essential Information
Residential Detached Single Family
Community Information
Deck, Detectors Smoke, Air Conditioner, Closet Organizers, Exercise Room, Fire Pit, Intercom, No Smoking Home, Vinyl Windows, Walkout Basement
Carpet, Laminate Flooring, Ceramic Tile
Interior Features
Dishwasher-Built-In, Dryer, Garage Opener, Refrigerator, Stove-Electric, Washer, Oven-Built-In, Vacuum System Attachments, Vacuum Systems, Water Softener, Air Conditioning-Central, Garage Control, Garburator, Hood Fan
Exterior Features
Fenced, Landscaped, Public Transportation, Schools, Shopping Nearby, Backs Onto Lake, Playground Nearby, View Lake
Listing information last updated on October 19th, 2020 at 10:01am CDT.


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Yawning is one of those things that everyone does but we aren't quite sure why. Whether it stems from boredom, sleepiness, hunger, anxiety, or stress, we are all prone to contagious yawns -- and it turns out that dogs are too.
According to NPR, not only do dogs catch each others' yawns, but they are also susceptible to human yawning. In a study of 29 dogs who watched a human yawning, 21 of them yawned back -- suggesting that inter-species yawning could help strengthen communication and bonding between dogs and humans.


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Ed. Note: This story originally appeared on the ACF Family Room blog. Read the original post here.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to recognize that we all can play an important role in making meaningful connections with children and families in our communities. Since 1983, the Children's Bureau has been a beacon in the efforts to promote National Child Abuse Prevention Month. National, state and local organizations look to the Children's Bureau to lead the way in the promotion of child abuse prevention.
The Children's Bureau's Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN) will host its 19th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect in New Orleans, LA, from April 30 to May 2, 2014. This biennial event provides the opportunity to check progress toward our shared goal of achieving the safety, permanency, and well-being of all children. This year also marks 40 years of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), which centralized and expanded Federal efforts to prevent and respond to child abuse and neglect. This year's theme, "Making Meaningful Connections," symbolizes what we think is most needed to continue our progress to prevent child maltreatment and promote child well-being going forward.
To assist OCAN in its efforts to promote National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Child Welfare Information Gateway, a service of the Children's Bureau, offers a host of resources for professionals, advocates, service providers, and families. The 2014 Prevention Resource Guide: Making Meaningful Connections is developed annually in collaboration with the Children's Bureau, OCAN, FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention, Child Welfare Information Gateway, and the Center for the Study of Social Policy Strengthening Families. This Resource Guide offers many strategies to support service providers and communities in their efforts to prevent child abuse and promote well-being. To do so, the Resource Guide focuses on protective factors that build family strengths and promote optimal child and youth development. Agencies, policymakers, advocates, service providers, and parents alike will find resources in this book to help them promote these important elements within their communities and families.
In addition to the Resource Guide, the Prevention website provides:
- Current publications, research, statistics, and connections to the latest resources
- Tip sheets to address particular parenting concerns or questions—in English and Spanish—to distribute to parents and caregivers
- Three calendars with activities relating to the six protective factors, available in English and Spanish
- A video gallery highlighting child abuse prevention programs
- A media toolkit
- Widgets to post on your website
This year, Information Gateway added a new timeline to the Prevention website that tracks child abuse prevention and CAPTA's historical journey.
Visit the National Child Abuse Prevention Month website to learn more!
Administration for Children and Families,


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Crispin Mair of Crimson & Co. with David Mawer of JF Hillebrand
Winner: JF Hillebrand
Through its projects with major operators Tesco and Ahold, this logistics specialist demonstrated an in-depth understanding of the drinks industry's specific needs and an ability to work closely with retail partners in order to deliver more efficient systems that not only benefit the bottom line, but also the satisfaction of end consumers. 2014 saw Hillebrand make dramatic improvements of over 50% to Tesco's lead time for wine deliveries. Its impact at Dutch retail group Ahold was no less impressive, transforming the speed and reliability of how the company transported 40 million bottles a year to its stores. Together these case studies provided a compelling example of how the drinks industry can raise its game to the level of other sectors.
Award in association with Crimson & Co.
Judy Kendrick and Ana Sofia de Oliveira of JK Marketing
Winner: JK Marketing
Even with a large team the results demonstrated by this company would have been praise-worthy, but for just two people to have achieved such an impact is deeply impressive. Between them, Judy Kendrick and Ana Sofia de Oliveira proactively devised a series of creative, highly strategic campaigns that over-delivered on a tight budget.
Thanks largely to their efforts the UK is now the number one export market for Brazilian wine, after JK Marketing helped spark a volume shipment increase of almost 500% over a single year.
Then there's the success of two initiatives that symbolise the rejuvenation of London Wine Fair: Esoterica, a zone for independent merchants, and new for 2015 Wine Unearthed, which matches would-be exporters to the right UK buyers. In short, this is a PR team that really understands the wine trade and what makes it tick.
Runner up: Phipps Relations
This was a very engaging entry from the energetic team behind several of the most effective campaigns in the last year, most notably those for generic bodies Wines from Germany and Wines from Rioja.
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands the immediate and unconditional release of the Deputy Director General (Admin) of its Presidential Campaign Organization, Barr. Tanimu Turaki SAN, who was arrested today by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for no just cause.
The party says Tanimu Turaki's arrest and detention is part of the grand plot by the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to use state apparatus of power to intimidate PDP leaders and scuttle PDP's determination to reclaim our February 23, 2019 Presidential election victory in court.
According to a statement by the publicity secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, "Since the people's candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the PDP expressed our unwavering determination to reclaim our victory at the tribunal, being armed with overwhelming evidence, our leaders have been subjected to escalated harassments, constant threats, blackmails, cajoling and contrivances by the APC to drop our legal option.
"It is instructive to state that Tanimu Turaki was arrested and detained upon invitation by the EFCC to endorse a bail document for the Finance Director of Atiku Abubakar's company, Babalele Abdullahi, who was arrested earlier by the commission over flimsy allegations.
"The PDP, however, states in clear terms that the APC and the Buhari Presidency are fighting a lost battle as no amount of harassment and threats will ever make the party to buckle in its determination to take back the mandate, in line with the wishes and aspirations of Nigerians."
The statement added that: "Nigerians are resolute on this struggle to reclaim the mandate freely given to Atiku Abubakar at the polls and the PDP will pursue this decision to its logical end and secure justice for the Nigerian people."


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Century 21 Canada was already aware of the benefits VoIP technology and was an early adopter of a Voice Over IP phone system but faced a lot of challenges with reliability from their previous provider.
As a large real estate brokerage, they deal with about 1,200 to 1,400 hundred incoming calls daily, so having a reliable system without any downtime was a priority.
Additionally, as an organization with a mobile workforce, the ability to seamlessly make and transfer calls from and to different locations is critical.
The company was looking for a new provider who could:
- Create consistent 100% reliability with their voice over IP
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It says on the cover that this is "a novel of the Promethean Age", but as far as I can tell from the blurbs for the others, this is a standalone novel set in the same world as other books, not one volume of a multi-part novel.
This is a modern urban fantasy, but it's not just another modern urban fantasy. It borrows heavily from Arthurian lore, many other folklore sources, and a number of familiar ballads, but it breaks all the stuff it borrows from into pieces, reassembles the pieces in unexpected ways, and stands the whole construct on its head. The individual characters and subplots are all fresh, and the overall theme of the novel, the conflict between the world of science and the world of magic, is viewed from an unusual angle that makes it amazingly hard to decide who the good guys really are. There's a lot to love here. However, there's also a plot with more twists and tangles than a free fall silly string fight, and frankly it's so complicated that it overwhelmed my poor little brain. Scene by scene it's coherent and compelling, but so much happens, so often unexpectedly, that trying to remember it is like trying to remember a dream.
There's a point in the middle of the book, right in the middle of a scene, where we suddenly shift from third person to first person for the main viewpoint character for the rest of the book. The rest of the book is tight enough that I'm sure this is deliberate. I think I can even understand what it's supposed to mean. But I found it very disconcerting.
I'm sure some people will think this is a truly great book, and there is justification for that. But it's just too much for me. 8 out of 10.
Even if I could remember it all, a real plot summary would run at least ten thousand words, and I'm not going to try.
The Dragon, the mother goddess who created the world, demands blood sacrifice. Every few hundred years, a recurring figure, the Dragon Prince, reappears. The Dragon Prince rises to defend a land that is being conquered. Arthur, Harold the Saxon, and Vlad Tepes (Dracula) were all Dragon Princes. To succeed, the Dragon Prince must commit atrocity and die horribly. The Merlin is another recurring figure, the personification of magic. These recurring figures are always betrayed.
In this story, the oppressed land is Faerie itself. Faerie is dying, partly because of a deal with Hell that requires a living teind (tithe) every 7 years, but mostly because the Prometheans, a group of earthly mages, are using modern technology as the basis of an ongoing series of rituals that bind and weaken Faerie. The Golden Spike, for instance, was the basis of a spell that binds the Wild Hunt. The Prometheans see Faerie as an implacable foe, and want to destroy Faerie so that no more children will be taken. Faerie really does pray on humankind. But it is also the wildness that makes the world interesting. It's law vs. chaos, and if law totally wins, the world becomes dull, grey, and safe.
Kieth is the heir of the world's werewolves and the reluctant Dragon Prince who eventually accepts his mantle. Matthew is a Promethean who was bound to his brother Kelly before Kelly was taken by the Fae, creating a link through which the Prometheans can attack Faerie directly. Kelly returned old and withered, his feet and his mind both worn away by decades of constant dancing. Carel, a black lesbian geology professor, is the Merlin. Elaine, the Seeker, is the main viewpoint character; at the start of the book she is trying to convince Carel to join the Daoine Sidhe. Kadiska is the Unseelie Seeker and seeks to seduce the Merlin to her side. And Matthew seeks to bring her to the Promethean side. By the way, Elaine is the daughter of Jane Andraste, the Promethean Archmage, and Murchaud, son of Lancelot and Morgan le Fay, become a Duke of Hell after he was taken in the teind. And Kieth and Elaine are estranged at the beginning of the book but have a son, Ian, who is thus in the line of succession of both the werewolves and the Daoine.
Elaine and Kieth reconcile as Kieth accepts the role of Dragon Prince, though they are both reluctant out of not wanting to hurt the other with their own sacrifices. Elaine figures out how to awaken Arthur and recruits Arthur as the general for the faeries. Elaine also binds the Cat Anna, the Unseelie queen, uniting all the forces that will stand against the Promethean attack. To give herself the power to withstand the Faerie throne, Elaine gives her soul to Whiskey, the Kelpie who was her bound slave but became her friend and lover. (This is when we shift from third person to first person when following Elaine.) They discover that the Dragon is bound; she could break her chain but doing so would break much of the mortal world, so she allows it to stay. But Arthur sacrifices himself and Excalibur to break the chain. The Dragon will not win the battle for their side, but she agrees to show herself to the world, to remind a world that has forgotten that such things were ever real and help shift the balance against the Prometheans. In the big battle, the Prometheans create a giant iron spike to anchor their attack. Weyland the Smith tries to destroy the spike while the Promethean army takes the field against the massed forces of faerie. Matthew comes to realize that he's been duped, that his mother planned everything that happened to Kelly including Matthew's own obsession with destroying Faerie, and gives Weyland his own blood, bound to Kelly's that made the spike, giving Weyland the power to break it. Elaine, Morgan, and Carel, meanwhile, attack the other end of the spike in Times Square. Times Square is destroyed, and all the Prometheans who went to Faerie are killed, but most of the Faerie hosts die as well, and for all of that, Faerie did not win; they moved the balance a bit and extended the stalemate. Elaine allowed the Dragon to eat her, but she didn't die; instead, she suffered unimaginable pain but gained understanding of the world. But when the Dragon returned her to life, her binding over the Cat Anna was broken. Elaine had planned to give herself and the Cat Anna to Hell, which would pay the debt in full, but no longer can compel the Cat Anna. At the end, Kieth goes instead, claiming that as Elaine's husband and the battle leader of both Daoine and Unseelie, in his person he counts as ruler of both sides and the payment to settle the debt. Maybe Elaine will rescue Kieth from Hell, qua Tam Lin; maybe she won't and that's her ultimate betrayal. But that's the end, so we don't know unless a sequel tells us.


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On the same day that it was announced that the NHL would stream weekly out-of-market games on Twitter, it was also announced jointly by the NHL and FOX Sports that cable television customers would be able to watch live, streamed games on FOX Sports GO as part of a "multi-year agreement."
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An appeal against a court ruling allowing the Carlsbad desalination plant to use the open-ocean cooling-water intakes of the adjacent power station for its water intake was launched on 18 August 2011 by the Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit grassroots organization.The Superior Court of San Diego had to decide whether the site, design, technology and mitigation measures chosen by developer Poseidon Resources would successfully minimize the marine life killed in the seawater intake process.
In her judgment on 24 June 2011, Judge Judith Hayes ruled that the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board properly applied state law, and that "Water Code Section 13142.5(b) does not prohibit the implementation of restorative mitigation measures when considering a project's best available, site, design, technology and mitigation measures feasible."
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Reporter and writer. Born in 1936 in Warsaw, she debuted in 1972 with a book presenting her views on America as a journalist
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She graduated from the Emilia Plater secondary school in Biała Podlaska and from the Faculty of Journalism at the University of Warsaw in 1958. She was head of the reportage section of "Literatura" weekly. In August 1980 she went to the Adolf Warski Shipyard in Szczecin, where she helped edit the strike bulletin that was later transformed into the newspaper of the Solidarity trade union in Western Pomerania.
After December 13, 1981, when martial law was imposed, she joined the boycott of official newspapers. She worked for opposition newspapers and wrote reports at the Institute of Psychoneurology in Warsaw. In 1984, with Tomasz Zalewski, she published a book about the rebellious coastal region, Szczecin: Grudzień, Sierpień, Grudzień. This formed the first volume of the Solidarity Archive. The book, based on the recollections of 15 members of the Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee, received a Solidarity Cultural Award. She moved to the United States in the same year, where she worked at "Nowy Dziennik", a Polish language daily newspaper published in New York. In 1986 she returned to Poland. She was among the founders of "Gazeta Wyborcza" daily and ran its reportage section for nearly 15 years.
Together with Roman Załuski, she wrote the screenplay for the film Jeśli się odnajdziemy / If We Find Each Other, directed by Roman Załuski in 1982.
For her book Czarny ogród she received the Cogito Public Media Award and an Upper Silesian Tacitus Award. For Wyspa klucz, the judges of the Gdynia Literary Award presented her with a Separate Prize for work that falls outside any classification. She was a finalist of the Angelus 2008 Central European Literary Award, the Nike 2008 Literary Award, and the Gdynia Literary Award 2008.
She debuted in 1972 with a book about her reporter's view of America. Edward Gierek had liberalised the system to some extent, and it became possible in People's Poland to write that a different world existed outside the communist bloc. Borowiki przy ternpajku, the effect of an extremely intensive two-month stay in the United States, is a collection of texts on Polish-Americans, on the complicated fortunes of Polish emigrants. She drew attention to herself again upon publishing the book Sława i infamia. This is an extended interview with Professor Bohdan Korzeniewski, the theatre director, critic and historian, about actors collaborating with the Nazis during World War II.
Like Hanna Krall, in the 1970s she wrote reportages about provincial Poland, about the small hopes and big disappointments of the inhabitants.
Today it might seem to many writers that you couldn't draw joy from writing under censorship. Meanwhile, I remember discovering many interesting social topics during my travels across Poland, especially since I was young, full of enthusiasm and curiosity about the world. I worked on several editorial teams, writing news and editing, but felt increasingly drawn to reportage. I started writing for "Polityka", with which I was cooperating at the time, and then I managed to get a job at "Literatura" weekly which had an excellent team of reporters. Despite the system's limitations, it gave us satisfaction when we managed to write something important, close to the truth, encouraging reflection. This was what we called "the school of small realism". You didn't write about the causes of certain things, because that was absolutely forbidden, but you showed the reality of life, how people lived, worked, what healthcare they got, how they travelled to work. These details - dressed in good language and form - made readers draw conclusions. For me this was a very interesting time.
"Małgorzata Szejnert - reporterka spełniona". Interviewer: Teresa Kaczorowska. "Ciechanowskie Zeszyty Literackie", December 2010.
Between her return from America in 1984 and the founding of "Gazeta Wyborcza" in 1989, she wrote two more books: Sława i infamia and Śród żywych duchów. Subsequently she gave up her own writing almost completely and became committed to her job as an editor for "Gazeta Wyborcza". She returned to her own work after retiring. However, these were no longer reportages. Writing such texts requires great mobility, racing against time, meeting various editorial requirements. She wanted to work less hectically and on her own behalf. She also wanted to move away from current domestic topics. She was tired of them. She felt that in all her years working at a newspaper she had learned many things about Poland. She had edited hundreds of stories about Polish reality. And, as she puts it, she intuitively began turning more and more towards history. Maybe this was because, as she says, she knew so little about it. She had studied at the University of Warsaw in the 1950s, learning the history of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. There were no honest history classes. It was hard to make up for the gap. To her, history is a constant discovery. She starts from the here and now and then goes back in time, in search of people and stories. This was the case with Czarny ogród, the history of the Giesche coal company and thus the history of Germany, Silesia and Poland.
Czarny ogród is a story about several families, their lives presented across the stormy 20th century. Adam Pomorski, a member of the jury for the Cogito award, remarked that the prototype for this kind of writing should be sought in Anton Chekhov's Sakhalin Island. He also added that over the past several dozen years, one of the topics that touched Polish readers the most strongly was the loss of the multiethnic Eastern Borderlands. Szejnert also undertakes a narrative about neighbours, but in Upper Silesia. As Pomorski pointed out, it was the first time that Polish literature paid this kind of homage to the region and its inhabitants.
Wyspa klucz, Szejnert's next book, is about a place where many nationalities meet. The writer believes that from the point of view of writing, a borderland is more interesting than the orderly and stable centre. She claims that life in a borderland - geographic, cultural, or moral - requires tough decisions. Such a moment, Szejnert repeats, is a dream topic for a reporter.
Wyspa klucz is about Ellis Island, a small island in New York harbour through which many millions of people passed. In 1630 the Dutch from the West India Company bought it from the Lenni Lenape Indians for "a few parcels of various goods". An immigration processing station opened there in 1892. How did a reporter hit upon this topic? In the 1970s she read Letters of Emigrants in America and Brazil. The book made a huge impression on her. In the late 19th century, growing numbers of people went to the New World from the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The tsarist authorities decided the process needed to be stopped. To this aim, they confiscated correspondence the emigrants sent from America to their families. The letters were never delivered and today testify to an unimaginable tragedy.
After martial law was imposed in Poland in 1981, Szejnert left for the United States. She soon faced a dilemma: should she stay or go back? She chose Poland, where the political situation was clearly ripening for change. She visited the United States every so often. From lower Manhattan, she could see Ellis Island, a dark outline. When a museum opened there, she decided to visit it. The experience was all the more heartbreaking in that she still remembered the Letters of Emigrants. After having finished Czarny ogród, she was in pursuit of a new subject. She found a website about Ellis Island, discovering that it was a source of information on who had arrived on the island, when and on what ship. She thought it would be worth finding out if the tsarist officials had separated people forever, or if perhaps some emigrants had been reunited with their loved ones.
Juliusz Kurkiewicz on Wyspa klucz in Gazeta Wyborcza:
Małgorzata Szejnert's book is about the history of a social organism, asking questions about history, politics, morality, the meaning of collective life. At the same time, at its source there lies a primeval surprise at this place as a life's stage populated and abandoned by people, objects, animals. The tenderness with which Szejnert reconstructs each moment of the past in her evenly breathing prose has become her trademark. That reportage is a part of literature, this we have known for a long time. But that it can also be a kind of poetry?
Juliusz Kurkiewicz, "Małgorzata Szejnert: Ellis Island to scena życia", "Gazeta Wyborcza", June 6, 2010.
Today people are increasingly fascinated with attempts to present history in a reporter mode, that is, describing not processes but specific people, events and situations. Szejnert admits that the past of the country she is writing about is so compelling that she finds it extremely difficult to break away to return to the present day. But, she cannot let history devour the entire theme of her work.
In 2010, she began writing about Zanzibar, an island after discovering an interesting Polish element in the island's 19th-century history. Henryk Jabłoński, a Romantic poet and friend of Teodor Tomasz Jeż, deserted from the tsarist army during the Crimean War and joined the Zouave regiments. Jabłoński turned out to have many talents and was sent to work in the administration. He did well, so it was decided that he would be sent to Zanzibar to work at the consulate. In Zanzibar, Jabłoński married the daughter of the then honorary consul of France and subsequently assumed this post himself.
Jabłoński was extremely sensitive, both socially and nationally. He felt deeply for the natives in their misfortune. He wrote a poem about the slave market in Zanzibar. He spoke about the slave trade in Africa based on his own experience. Therefore, what he wrote was a form of reportage.
Szejnert justifies the huge success of non-fiction in recent years by the fact that people need astute descriptions of an increasingly complicated reality. Fiction cannot help with this.
A major case in point is the book by the Belgian writer Misha Defonseca, "Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years". It tells the story of a little girl who survived the Holocaust and wandered across Europe in search of her parents. Starving and exhausted, she was protected by wolves. The story touched readers in many countries because the writer swore it was about her own experiences. Until, that is, someone carefully researched the events she wrote about and concluded that this was pure fiction. Under the weight of the arguments, Misha Defonseca gave in. The book immediately vanished from best-seller lists and this was probably not just because readers felt cheated but the story was no longer interesting once it was taken as fiction.
Asked about the masters of reportage, Szejnert mentions foreign authors, first of all France's Jean Hatzfeld, writer of The Antelope's Strategy about attempts to reconcile the Tutsi and Hutu after the massacres in Rwanda, Britain's Bruce Chatwin, writer of a book about the Aborigines The Songlines, and Italy's Tiziano Terzani. The latter, a correspondent for "Der Spiegel", heard from a Chinese fortune-teller that he was seriously in danger of being killed in a plane crash. Therefore, he decided to travel only by rail, by car, or on foot. As he said, the world began to expand for him, distances assumed their proper proportions and he himself regained his sense of adventure.
Szejnert thinks reporters today face a new challenge. A smart journalist can write a piece about the most exotic corner of the world without leaving his or her air-conditioned office. Meanwhile, a reporter's fundamental duty is to see, touch, experience hands-on. That is what readers expect and reporters owe it to them.
She believes the first sentence is extremely important for a text. If it is good, everything else will follow. She mentions a brilliant scene from the film The Hours. Virginia Woolf sits for hours at her desk and suffers torture over a blank piece of paper. She has a vision of her book but lacks the beginning on which everything else depends. Suddenly she shouts to her husband, who is watering the garden, "I believe I may have a first sentence!". This is how Mrs. Dalloway was written. The novel starts with the words: "Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself".
Normally, when she starts working on a piece, she already has a title. For this writer, rhythm is very important. This is why she has a book's axis and its division into chapters planned in advance. Szejnert's prose is economical, restrained. Each sentence is carefully chiselled and properly set. The writer seems not to place excessive trust in adjectives.
When I was in the third grade at primary school, the Polish-language teacher wrote on the blackboard: "Spring is coming". Then she asked us to expand the sentence so that the coming of spring truly moved everyone. I went home and began adding words. "Spring is coming, fragrant, sunny, blossoming..." I continued for a whole page and was very pleased with myself. My dad came in, he also taught Polish. He took a look and asked, "What's this?". I replied "Ms. Bratkowska told us to write about spring". "Małgosia", he said, " 'Spring is coming' is quite sufficient".
Author: Bartosz Marzec, October 2010. Translation by Joanna Dutkiewicz, October 2010.


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Your child is ready when s/he...
- Is dry for at least 2 hours between wet diapers
- Understands what "pee, poop, wet, clean, messy" etc mean
- Makes faces when they urinate or defecate
- Can pull pants up and down
- Understands what the potty is for (teach this by having him watch adults or older siblings use the potty)
- Prefers clean dry diapers (encourage and praise her for coming to you immediately when she is dirty)
- Understands the connection between dry pants and using the potty
- Can recognize the feeling of a full bladder and urge to have a bowel movement – paces, jumps up and down, pulls at his pants or squats (Clarify "The poop wants to come out. It needs your help.")
Don't start toilet training until your child is clearly ready. If the child is not ready and is pressured by her parents, a struggle may develop that can lead to constipation, soiling or bed wetting. Avoid training during times of stress or other transitions (i.e. new sibling or daycare).
How to get started…
- Get a potty chair (portable, rests on the floor) and teach the purpose of the potty. At first, the child can sit on the potty with clothes on, then later without, then only later with the attempt to use the potty. Bring the potty on trips to other houses.
- Teach your child appropriate words for training such as pee, poop, potty, clean, dry, wet etc.
- Change your child frequently to keep them clean and use the proper terminology. Explain the connection between clean pants and using the potty.
- When you observe your child's body language they need to use the toilet make comments such as "When you jump up and down like that Mommy knows you have to go to the bathroom." Teach them about the body's signals about needing to use the bathroom.
- Encourage practice runs on the potty. Watch for signals of a full bladder, and then say in a positive way, "The poop or pee wants to come out. Let's use the potty."
- Establish a daily routine to place her on the potty chair every 2 hours, give her underwear as a special gift. Provide a relaxed environment by reading stories, singing songs, or watching funny videos on the phone.
- Praise or reward your child for cooperation or any success.
- Change your child after accidents. Be sympathetic. Punishing or scolding won't help. Pressure can make a child completely uncooperative.
- Use underwear after the child is using the potty more than half of the time.
- Many children learn by modeling others. Let them see parents and siblings using the toilet if you are comfortable.
When toilet training creates conflict – stop and try again in a few weeks.
Here is a great article on PottyTraining (1) written for pediatricians that is also helpful for parents. It lists several resources for more information.
adapted from YOUR CHILD'S HEALTH by Barton Schmitt
- Any child over 3 - 3-1/2 years old, healthy, and not potty trained after several months of trying is usually resistant to the process.
- Children who refuse to be toilet trained, either wet themselves, soil themselves or try to hold back their bowel movements (constipation).
- The most common cause of toilet training resistance is a child that has been...
- Reminded too much
- Forced to sit on the toilet too much
- Punished for not cooperating
- Has a new sibling (regression of behavior)
What you can do.
- Transfer all responsibility to the child - Your child will decide to use the toilet only after he realizes that there is nothing left to resist. Have one last talk and tell him the body makes "pee" and '"poop" every day and it belongs to him. Say that the "Poop wants to go in the potty" and it is his job to help it get out. Tell him from now on he doesn't need anyone's help. Then stop talking about it.
- Stop reminders and punishments - Let your child decide when he needs to use the bathroom. Reminders are a form of pressure, and pressure doesn't work. Don't force him to sit on the toilet or accompany him to the bathroom. He needs to get the feeling of success from doing it alone.
- Give praise and rewards - Plenty of positive feedback for staying clean and dry. Praise, hug and smile every time he uses the toilet. Consider doing very special things for a whole day of dryness. Sometimes special incentives, such as a new toy or extra video time can be invaluable. If you want a breakthrough, make an offer he can't refuse.
- Record your child's progress - Place stars on a calendar every time your child uses the toilet.
- Don't ignore soiled or wet clothes - Remind him to clean himself up immediately. Even though you have transferred responsibility to your child, you must still keep this rule. If he his wet, he can change himself, but if he soiled he will need your help. But don't criticize for accidents.
- Ask daycare staff to support what you're doing - Get unlimited privileges to go the bathroom any time. Keep an extra set of underwear at school.


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EFT - Emotional Freedom technique (see video below)
For those of you who want to have less stress and pain, resolve anxiety, phobias, limiting beliefs, negative emotions, etc. This is one of the most simple techniques that most anyone can do!
Most of this information is from The Tapping Solution. ( Nick Ortner & sister, Jessica, have shared much information online and in world summits and live events)
EFT is based on 'principles of ancient Chinese acupressure and modern psychology'. Our bodies have energy that flows through meridians throughout our body. As you tap on specific points it can stimulate this system of energy. And while doing this tapping
You concentrate on a certain negative feeling or emotion that is bothering you.
This gives you that opportunity to take care of and heal your own self, emotionally, mentally, & physically.
As you tap on the points and think about the issue you are concerned about, it works on the brains limbic system system and your bodies energy. It helps or works on the amygdala of the brain where the 'fight or flight' response begins. Tapping is an easy and doable technique, its not painful and you can do it almost anywhere if you experience having any fears or apprehensions at a given moment. You get to rewire your brain and synapses for more appropriate response to your environment or thoughts about your environment.
Fortunately it can be an easy technique to help your children learn and use for themselves. Children with anxiety or ADHD or similar challenges can use this as a tool on their own or with help when they recognize a moment of anxiousness or something they want to overcome. I have personally released tension and helped tight stomach aches go away, relieved stress, and released some of my own frustrations & emotions.
Many studies have been shown that show the benefits of this.
A excerpt from Innersource study:
'Dr. Dawson Church, one of the world's leading experts on energy psychology, and an EFT master in his own right. His study set out to determine how an hour-long tapping session would impact the cortisol levels of 83 subjects. ..The results were fascinating. The average cortisol reduction of those who experienced an EFT Tapping session was 24%, and even hit as high as 50% in some subjects. On the other hand, people who experienced traditional talk therapy or no treatment at all didn't experience any significant cortisol reduction.'
There are many resources on line to teach yourself the technique which is tapping 5-7 times on each point and voicing or mentally thinking of the concern and follow a sequence (usually repeat exercise 3 times) while eventually changing the negative thought(s) into a positive thought or outcome.
Some resources are:
Here is simple video below ;
Most of us may have had a foot rub from a friend or a family member. It feels so relaxing & allows much relief. And some of us have paid our kids some loose change just to have a few minutes of relief! The reason it feels so good and relaxing is that most all our nerve endings converge or wrap around the feet & ankles.
Massaging with pressure stimulates or releases tension on those nerves and acupressure points, which all affect the rest of our body systems.
According to soul2soulheals.com/integrativebodyworks; "there is an exact representation of the human body in the foot where every organ is reflected in a specific area."
There are nerves, nerve endings that surround your foot and ankle. And one of the techniques is to massage up the calf to get circulation and energy flowing.
Reflexology can assist in many ailments overall; stress relief, boosting your energy levels, increase in circulation, and assist removal of toxins. It is always best to drink water afterword. An added soak for your feet in warm/hot water and Epsom salts can continue releasing toxins and relax muscles.
Reflexology also helps reduce headaches and can open up neural pathways to help our cognitive abilities! There is a myriad of benefits.
Who would ever want to turn down a foot massage?
Well, it could be a person with strong sensitivities to touch. There are individuals with sensory integration, or ADHD or similar that might feel very sensitive to touch yet would benefit highly from this technique. But how can one do this?
For my own son with ADHD I have learned to start slow and simple. Just holding his foot in my hand to get used to the touch is a first step. I started with holding firmly & slowly the bottom of foot and toes, then simple light massage. I was taught a point called the 'three mile point'. Its four finger widths below knee cap and one finger width outside of the shin bone. Work (gently massage) this area for helping digestive issues and energy, and appetite imbalance. This has been a tender spot for my own son. Also, under the big toe, rubbing side to side, and also massage under the outside ankle bone. We simple try these areas a few times a week and I monitor how his behavior or mood are affected.
We must not forget hand points and other points on the body... which can be called acupressure points. Hand massage is another way to relieve stress and tension. There is further information & resources in many places.
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What is 'Emotion Code' ?
Emotions are such a huge part of our daily life. How we react or not to how we feel about ourselves and situations and people lead us down various emotional paths.
Emotions; good or traumatic, affect us even from the womb, as babies, as children, and even now and into our future days & years.
We have all been through some kind of traumatic event, and experience strong feelings or emotions wether we consciously remember those moments or not. The energy of those emotions lodge themselves in different places in our body and affect us physically.
The Emotion Code is a technique or modality that can help free us from those negative energies which usually manifest themselves in some kind of physical ailment; a sore shoulder, a knee pain, or an abdominal ache that wont go away.
This technique was discovered by a doctor based in chiropractic work, Dr Brad Neilson. He soon noticed how his patients symptoms and emotions were connected. He uses kinesiology, muscle testion on your body by asking true or false questions, Its amazing! Your body knows at a cellular level what has happened, what memories it holds and where in the body it holds the energy.
This is something you can learn for yourself, also.
What are your concerns? Your anxieties? Your phobias? Where do seem to hold pain at in your body? And if you are unsure why you seem to have a certain ache but you are unsure why, then mostly likely there is a negative emotion or memor attached to that spot.
Your body does have a chance to heal itself and be free from pain!
There is more indepth information here at ruthkentllc.com and drbradleynelson.com
Ever wonder what it's like helping a young teenager gain some Aha! moments/insights out in a hot desert of southwestern United States? I'm so glad I could. Being a wilderness staff was one of the best jobs I had. Working out in nature for week and dealing with the elements, and helping youth was truly a learning experience.
This was my best catalyst! A perfect stepping stone & inspiration to knowing what kind of career I wanted ; to guide & help youth learn their strengths , their weakness, and their abilities and potential!
So as we guided the students through the desert we were given a bag of random supplies and took time to do activities with them. It was so eye opening to myself as I helped facilitate these fun challenges.
I remember a very meaningful game; 'Ringing Bells'. 1 student or staff held a bell and rang it consistently, staying in the same spot. Meanwhile, 3 others would each ring a bell randomly and wander around. We instructed the students, who were blindfolded, to listen, find, & search for someone or something they can depend on. So they wandered, paused, & some weren't sure which way to go. But eventually most of them found the consistent & dependable ring. Then we had good discussions. Who was always there? Who never wavered in their integrity or their standards or character? Where was there always a safe environment to go to? … It wasn't always the loudest person, or closest in proximity, nor was it always the most interesting/intriguing person around... in life... The students had a moment to reflect who in life was or had been the most steady or consistent person to depend on. Good discussion and conversations about this helped the students realize who in life they could always depend on!
I had the opportunity to experience the high ropes & low ropes course right along with the students after a short stint in the desert. It's interesting to think of the contrast with various activities we did; how easy it is to 'Flip the bird' by throwing a rubber chicken to your teammates in a silly game vs. standing on the 'Pamper Pole' 30 ft. off the ground, telling your fears and feelings about the struggles in your family or negative environment that influenced your recent decisions.
Getting to the truth, the reality of what is behind your thoughts, your actions and your behavior; the real reason why the students are where they are right then was so powerful.
It was so meaningful & eye opening.
I loved it! This is what I wanted to do. I wanted to facilitate these activities with youth, or adults; to allow them to experience vulnerability & trust, better communication, & problem solving, & thinking outside the box, and especially recognizing their self-worth. It's so awesome when a student stretches them self beyond their limits mentally & physically and accomplishes more than what they believed, and they finally realize their capabilities.…aahh…and the choir sings!!
Power of words & thoughts
At this moment do you see any words or phrases within eye sight? Take a look around... in a picture, on a cup, on your wall? Are they positive?
How do you feel when you read or see words like; Amazing, Beautiful, Loving, Understanding, Grateful, Joyful, Optimism...?
Its no wonder that these type of words are printed on greeting cards, wall art/decor, in poetry, music, etc or that there are websites dedicated to words. Positive words, verbs really, hold higher vibration which can bring such beneficial energy & vitality to your body & mind. Many of us already recognize this. When we see a word often enough we think about it, replay it in our mind & use it, say it, & act on it. Bad or good.
What about hearing these words? Doesn't it sound and feel nicer to hear; Love, Intelligent, Respectful, Freedom, Progress, etc than to hear or read; No, Fear, Hatred, Stupidity?
Surround yourself with higher energetic and vibrational positive words that will resonate with you. There is a power in this. Words can create thoughts that can create emotions and then actions, just like one of my favorite sayings.
I had put up four words on separate paper on my living room wall for a while. One day I was resting in my bed after a long day with my kids. My 7 yr old son came in and had one of the words and taped it on the wall above my head saying "here mom, you need this.." It was the word 'peace'. His way of telling me I needed to be more peaceful since I had a short temper with him earlier. He seems to recognize that words can make a difference.
I notice other homes with words on doorways or on walls like 'family', 'faith', or 'hope'... It has a meaning, it has importance, an energy to it. What is important to you?
Now YOU put up words or phrases in a highly visual space, where you see them often...every day, at eye level, use color if wanted; at the bathroom mirror(dry erase pens are great), a door frame, your desk or computer(on background screen), in kitchen (where many of us are) & on cupboards (I have placed affirmations where I do dishes).
Place them where you will read them, say them out loud! There is real energy vibration as you say words out loud. It will attract more of that same type of higher vibration. We recognize the opposite when we yell or speak harsh words, dont we?
Also, one of the most powerful statements you can make is an "I Am..." statement. Feel the energy rise up as you say "I am.... creative, capable, compassionate,grateful, loving!" Go ahead, repeat it right now!
When I sit up in bed I see the 4 words I like:
What words are important to you? What's within your eyesight?
Dreams, learning & risk!
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I am excited to share this journey with you!!
Check out the online article in Mountain Xpress with me zip-lining!
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When it comes to high adventure;
Some folks say "you're crazy!" Some say "Oh, how fun!" Some say "I'm not getting up there!" Well, I've always loved adventure in the outdoors, but there have been times where non physically challenging things in day to day life are more scary! Why is that?!
So taking a physical risk for me is sometimes easier than a social or emotional risk.
It is interesting to realize that having a dream and a great idea is one thing. Taking real action to make it happen is another. That's where my non-physical risk or challenge takes place. Beginning of January 2015 I wasn't even sure what dream I had or wanted. But after a few weeks of reading, pondering about life, googling, listening to webinars, etc then 'boom!' it hit me….and your looking at the website of it!
So, what is your dream or big idea? How are you taking action or what decision are you making to affect your life?? Who is supporting you? Or, what are you learning about that you never thought you would learn?
Some of us are at different stages in life. Right now I am taking the stage, well at least in my own little world! I love learning more healthy methods to improve life for myself and others!
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