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Jack was a happy baby with a big belly laugh he used with great regularity. He was a curious and adventurous toddler with a booming personality and the voice to go with it.
His first few years of school were filled with curiosity and the desire to learn. Then, his voice became quiet, his smiles infrequent and his urge to try and learn new things disappeared.
What happened? Jack (a fictional character to illustrate this point) lost his confidence and self-esteem somewhere along the line.
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Wearing Google Glass can hurt, doctor warns
Google has warned people not to use its Glass eyewear for long periods of time because it can cause pain. The company said the technology was not meant to be used for "reading War and Peace" and takes time to adjust to. It follows complaints from some users of pain after wearing Google Glass.
Google's optometrist said the problem was caused by the position of the technology, which forces people to look up. "When anyone gets a new pair of glasses or starts wearing them for the first time there is always an adjustment period until people get used to them. For some, it's the same with Glass," said a Google spokesman.
The company added that it encouraged people to "ease into Glass, just as they would a new pair of glasses". The spokesman said: "As we note in our help centre, Glass is designed for micro-interactions, not for staring into the screen, watching Friday night movie marathons or reading War and Peace."
"I've not noticed any eye strain or headaches as a result of using Google Glass, but then again most of the time the screen is off – I use it to take the odd picture or scan tweets and emails " Rory Cellan-JonesBBC Technology Correspondent
The College of Optometrists advised anyone who buys Google Glass to get their eyes tested before using it. The College's clinical adviser Dr Susan Blakeney said: "The optometrist can advise you, they can see how its position will affect you and they can also advise you on how long you should use Google Glass for before taking a rest."
Harvard optometrist Dr Eli Peli, who acted as a consultant to Google during the development of Glass, ….
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"You are free and that is why you are lost."
—Franz Kafka
Part of my understanding of spirituality is that we have many choices, and we live in moments of "not knowing." Part of being human is that we have feelings of being lost. These feelings can lead to fear and loneliness or they can be seen as the essence of man's risk and adventure. With freedom comes daily uncertainties; nothing is predestined or made to happen. God is in the choice. Herein lies true greatness. The fact is that we do not have all the answers. We are not sure of the results. The joys are mingled with the pain and sorrows such is the divinity of life. And yet still we choose to live!
Sobriety is accepting the reality of this uncertain life. My responsibility is accepting this freedom and making a daily choice not to drink.
May I accept my "lostness" until I return home to You.
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Prairie Whispers
This is a series of work depicting the quiet beauty of the prairies. The blowing breeze through the prairie grasses, the slight nuances in colour, the buildings with hidden history - these are all things that whisper to me.
Acrylic and watercolours inspired by the Canadian Prairies.
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« Chaplin, between wars and peace » exhibition at Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne
17.09.2014 | Corporate philanthropy
The exhibition presented by the Musée de l'Elysée assembles original prints and vintage documents from the Chaplin Archives. The Archive's photographs were deposited at the museum in 2011. Film extracts, photographs of the two world wars from the museum's collection and posters from the Cinemathèque suisse and private collections enhance our understanding of Chaplin's stance towards History.
To mark the centenary of the Tramp, Editions Xavier Barral and the Musée de l'Elysée are publishing a new album from the Chaplin Photographic Archives: the Keystone Album. It depicts Chaplin's first films in front of Keystone's cameras in 1914.
Since 2011, the Charles Chaplin Photographic Archives received support from the BNP Paribas Switzerland Foundation.
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Science Explains What Happens To Your Body When You Drink Lemon Water With Turmeric Every Day
Keeping the body properly hydrated is a must in order to ensure the optimal function of the body, but if you enrich the water with lemon and turmeric, you will drastically increase the benefits of its consumption.
Our water needs can depend on the climate and our activity level, but a good rule is to have 8 ounces of water 8 times daily or about half a gallon of water.
If you add turmeric and lemon to water and consume this drink regularly, you will significantly improve your health in various ways.
In the Ayurveda, turmeric is used as a powerful antioxidant that fights cancer-causing free radicals, an antiseptic and a natural anti-inflammatory. It is also a staple in Indian cooking, and as soon as you incorporate it into your diet, you will definitely fall in love with its unique flavor.
Turmeric is a powerful, antiviral, antibacterial and anticancer agent, and has been found to be able to treat multiple conditions and diseases, from acne, other skin issues, to digestive problems, diabetes, and high cholesterol. It has also been shown to prevent Alzheimer's, dementia, memory loss, and depression.
On the other hand, lemons are among the most beneficial fruits on the planet, rich in vitamin C, soluble fiber, potassium, folate, calcium, thiamin, niacin, vitamin B6, phosphorus, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, and various phytochemicals.
One peeled lemon contains approximately:
The high citric acid levels relieve digestive issues, vitamin C lowers the risk of heart disease and osteoporosis, improves skin health, helps weight loss, and much more. Lemons neutralize acidity in the body, strengthen the immune system, energize the body, and boost cognition and mental function.
In order to reap all the benefits of turmeric and lemons, add a teaspoon of turmeric and the juice from a half of a lemon to an 8-ounce glass of water, and drink this amazing beverage throughout the day.
You can also add honey or mint to enrich the taste, and enjoy!
Scientists from Harvard have been working on it for a few years, and now, they are ready to conduct it. They intend to spray the sky using high altitude airplanes, in order to block the sunlight and thus prevent global warming and cool the Earth.
They are prepared to start this experiment in early 2019, and even though they initially decided to use an aluminum spray, they changed their mind and opted for calcium carbonate instead.
Their aim is to "replicate" the climate-cooling effect a volcano eruption would have on planet Earth.
The experiment and their plan were announced in Nature magazine recently:
"If all goes as planned, the Harvard team will be the first in the world to move solar geoengineering out of the lab and into the stratosphere, with a project called the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx).
The first phase — a US$3-million test involving two flights of a steerable balloon 20 kilometers above the southwest United States — could launch as early as the first half of 2019.
Once in place, the experiment would release small plumes of calcium carbonate, each of around 100 grams, roughly equivalent to the amount found in an average bottle of off-the-shelf antacid. The balloon would then turn around to observe how the particles disperse."
Harvard also explains:
"SCoPEx builds on four decades of research on the environmental chemistry of the ozone layer in the Anderson/Keith/Keutsch groups. SCoPEx will use or adapt many of the high-performance sensors and flight-system engineering experience developed for this ozone research.
Analyzing these experiments will improve our knowledge beyond what is currently available within computer models or is measurable with confidence under laboratory conditions."
According to Forbes:
"The basis around this experiment is from studying the effects of large volcanic eruptions on the planet's temperature. In 1991, Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted spectacularly, releasing 20 million tonnes of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. The sulfur dioxide created a blanket around Earth's stratosphere, cooling the entire planet by 0.5 °C for around a year and a half.
As scientists, governmental agencies around the world, and environmental groups grow increasingly worried of our collective ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and curb climate change, the idea of geoengineering a solution has become more accepted.
The ultimate goal is to reduce the warming on Earth. This can be done by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sucking CO2 from the atmosphere, or limiting the sunlight that reaches Earth's surface."
Researchers, in fact, intend to normalize geoengineering instead of testing how the particles white out the sun. There is actual data that proves the existence and history of geoengineering, which is a specifically weaponized weather modification.
Yet, this poses the question: do we actually know what happens when scientists spray calcium carbonate into the sky?
Is it possible that the whole narrative of climate change or global warming comes from the same people and institutions that work in or are related to geoengineering, including MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and the "defense" contractor Raytheon, with their strong ties to George H.W. Bush's administration and their use of Raytheon's staple Patriot Missiles?
Numerous people believe they have already felt the effects of geoengineering, and there is even evidence to prove it, like the rain tests obtained from the West Coast that tested positive for high levels of aluminum.
Many people claim that they can smell of static electricity in the moisture in the air, and there are also some who say that they can even see it happening, and experience flu-like symptoms then.
There are also many who find it difficult to believe that someone sprays the sky with aluminum or barium daily, and consider these claims conspiracy theories.
Yet, if it happens, can we predict the effects of such an experiment? What is the real goal behind such a practice? If it is a conspiracy theory, what is the explanation of the constant aluminum traces in the rain?
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We all enjoy having a nice, relaxed night, watching a movie, and having a delicious dinner, or our favorite drink. However, this can also lead to indigestion, heartburn, or acid reflux.
Jackson Siegelbaum Gastroenterology reports that people with GERD should avoid the following foods, drinks, and lifestyle habits:
Yet, we suggest the recipe of a delicious bedtime drink that will actually soothe the unpleasant symptoms of GERD and help you wake up full of energy in the morning.
All of the ingredients of this drink offer amazing health benefits, and their combination drastically improves health. The Golden Milk is a combination of turmeric, ginger, coconut milk, honey, and black pepper, and it helps digestion while relieving acid reflux.
According to Dr.Mercola:
"It's difficult to describe turmeric in brief simply because it has so many beneficial properties. That's why the "spice of life," as it's known in India, sums it up wonderfully.
Traditional medicinal uses in both traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), as well as Ayurvedic medicine, include the treatment of liver disease, skin problems, respiratory and gastrointestinal ailments, sprained muscles, joint pains, and general wound healing.
Turmeric's benefits have since been well documented in the medical literature, and curcumin — one of the most well-studied bioactive ingredients in turmeric – has been found to promote health and protect against a wide variety of health conditions.
It actually exhibits over 150 potentially therapeutic activities, including anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activity, as well as potent anti-cancer properties that have been intensely studied. "
Turmeric detoxifies the liver, soothes arthritis symptoms, treats pain and fevers, improves brain and heart health, and boosts blood circulation. Ginger helps the digestive process, treats nausea and vomiting, accelerates the circulation of blood, relieves pain, and much more.
"Coconut milk is made from the expressed juice of grated coconut meat and water. About 50 percent of the fat in coconut oil is lauric acid, which is rarely found in nature. Your body converts lauric acid into monolaurin, a monoglyceride that can actually destroy lipid-coated viruses such as HIV and herpes, influenza, measles, gram-negative bacteria, and protozoa such as Giardia lamblia.
Lauric acid is a type of medium-chain fatty acid (MCFAs), which is easily digested and readily crosses cell membranes. MCFAs are immediately converted by your liver into energy rather than being stored as fat.
There are numerous studies showing that MCFAs promote weight loss, including one study that showed rats fed MCFAs reduced body fat and improved insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance. In addition, coconut milk is rich in antioxidants and nutrients, including vitamins C, E, and B vitamins, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, and iron."
It effectively alleviates pain and discomfort from GERD, while black pepper is added to boost the bioavailability of turmeric.
Honey is one of the most versatile natural foods, provides high amounts of amino acids, enzymes, minerals, and vitamin, and eases the symptoms of acid reflux.
Now, here is how to prepare this drink:
In a bowl, mix all the ingredients, and heat the mixture into a saucepan until it comes to a boil. Then, lower the heat, cook for 5 more minutes, and drink this delicious milk an hour before going to bed.
You will improve your sleep quality, and wake up energized, and free of discomfort and pain!
Source: www.healthyfoodhouse.com , www.powerofpositivity.com
A recent groundbreaking study has found that plants could absorb energy from other plants, and these findings have stimulated scientists to investigate further and find out if people can absorb energy from one another in a similar way.
The study was led by Dr. Olaf Kruse, and the research team provided evidence that the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii can not only engage in photosynthesis, but that it is also able to draw an alternative energy form, from various other plants located near it.
Plants need water, food, carbon dioxide, and sunlight in order to grow, just like we need the energy from food, sunlight, oxygen, and minerals from water.
The team of researchers planted the tiny green alga species and observed it during for some period of time, during which it did not receive its typical sources of energy. The plants started absorbing energies from single-cell plants located around them. This was enabled by creating enzymes which digested the cellulose from the other plants.
Dr. Kruse says:
"This is the first time that such a behavior has been confirmed in a vegetable organism. That algae can digest cellulose contradicts every previous textbook. To a certain extent, what we are seeing is plants eating plants."
Continuing, he compared the behavior to human beings. "This is exactly why there are certain people who feel uncomfortable in specific group settings where there is a mix of energy and emotions."
While speaking in regards to how this discovery would affect scientific studies on humans and how they could possibly feed off of one another, Dr. Olivia Badar-Lee explained,
"When energy studies become more advanced in the coming years, we will eventually see this translated to human beings as well. The human organism is very much like a plant, it draws needed energy to feed emotional states and this can essentially energize cells or cause increases in cortisol and catabolize cells depending on the emotional trigger."
Furthermore, according to her, she believes that it would be the perfect time to now begin to explore the field of bioenergy:
"Human can absorb and heal through other humans, animals, and any part of nature. That's why being around nature is often uplifting and energizing for so many people".
Therefore, in order to protect yourself from potential energy drains, consider the tips below:
Steer Clear of Negativity
You need to stay away from people, places, and things that make you feel bad and bring negativity in your life.
Cleanse Yourself
People have valued such practices for centuries. In order to cleanse your body from negative energy, enjoy a warm bath with sea salt, or use a sage stick.
Start Grounding
The earth balances our energies, so whenever you feel drained, take a walk barefoot, or simply sit on the ground.
Additionally, Michael Forrester, a popular spiritual counselor and a practicing motivational speaker for corporations in Japan, Canada, and the United States, advises:
"Own your personal aura space
We each have an energetic aura surrounding our body. If we don't own this personal space we are vulnerable to foreign energy entering it. Become aware of your aura boundaries (about an arm's length away from your body all the way around, above and below) as a way to own your personal space.
Give yourself an energy cleanse
The color gold has a high vibration which is useful for clearing away foreign energy. Imagine a gold shower nozzle at the top of your aura (a few feet above your head) and turn it on, allowing clear gold energy to flow through your aura and body space and release down your grounding. You will immediately feel cleansed and refreshed.
Call back your energy
When we have our energy in our own space there is less room for other's energy to enter. But as we focus on other people and projects we sometimes spread our energy around. Create an image of a clear gold sun several feet above your head and let it be a magnet, attracting all of your energy back into it (and purifying it in the gold energy). Then bring it down through the top of your aura and into your body space, releasing your energy back into your personal space."
Source: healthyfoodhouse.com , awarenessact.com
Apparently, the newest scientific discovery can possibly leave dentures and implants in the past, and make millions of people extremely happy.
These two methods for a missing tooth or teeth can lead to serious dental health issues, such as discomfort and irritations, difficulties to eat, and pain in the case of dentures, while implants can cause infections, nerve damage, injury or damage to the surrounding structures, and sinus problems.
According to Dentistry iQ:
"Despite being the preferred treatment for missing teeth today, dental implants can fail and have no ability to "remodel" with the surrounding jaw bone, which undergoes necessary and inevitable changes throughout a person's life."
PopularScience adds:
"Although dental implants are available, the healing process can take months on end, and implants that fail to align with the ever-growing jawbone tend to fall out. If only adult teeth could be regenerated, right? According to a study published in the latest Journal of Dental Research, a new tissue regeneration technique may allow people to simply regrow a new set of pearly whites."
Undoubtedly, all these issues could be avoided with such a procedure for growing a new tooth in the location of the lost tooth.
Underground Health Reporter claims:
"This is a much-needed medical advancement, especially considering that by age 74—26% of adults have lost all of their permanent teeth."
Dentistry iQ adds:
"A new technique pioneered at the Tissue Engineering, and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory of Dr. Jeremy Mao, Edward V. Zegarelli Professor of Dental Medicine, and a professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University can orchestrate the body's stem cells to migrate to three-dimensional scaffold that is infused with the growth factor. This can yield an anatomically correct tooth in as soon as nine weeks once implanted in the mouth."
"Dental implants usually consist of a cone-shaped titanium screw with a roughened or smooth surface and are placed in the jaw bone. While implant surgery may be performed as an outpatient procedure, healing times vary widely, and successful implantation is a result of multiple visits to certified clinicians, including general dentists, oral surgeons, prosthodontists, and periodontists."
The technique of growing a new tooth will take about two months, and despite the fact that it will be less invasive, it can also be less expensive.
Dr. Jeremy Mao maintains:
"Key consideration in tooth regeneration is finding a cost-effective approach that can translate into therapies for patients who cannot afford or who are not suitable candidates for dental implants. Cell-homing-based tooth regeneration may provide a distinct pathway toward clinical translation."
According to Columbia University Medical Center:
"Dr. Mao's technique not only eliminates the need to grow teeth in a Petri dish, but it is the first to achieve regeneration of anatomically correct teeth by using the body's own resources. Factor in the faster recovery time and the comparatively natural process of regrowth (as opposed to implantation), and you have a massively appealing dental treatment."
Therefore, this university has already filed patent applications in regard to the technology and is trying to find associates to help its commercialization, while in the meantime, Dr. Mao is considering the best approach for applying this groundbreaking technique to cost-effective clinical therapies.


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As part of science week we had a visit from a baby dinosaur and a much larger one. The children also took part in fossil hunting.
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Put A Bird In It by Julia Brougham Birds in flight make air visible. Air flows through and within them as they fly through the air, inhabiting the spaces within and between each feather on a structure exquisitely evolved to enhance flight; strong, light, hollow, honeycombed bones; lungs full of elastic air sacs for super-efficient breathing supplying oxygen to a brain capable of very complex behaviour. No redundancy, no waste. Birds are the fastest, highest, most successful of all the animals that fly. Tim Low published a book in 2017, Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World. But now we are changing the world faster than they can adapt. The East Asian–Australasian Flyway runs from Siberia and Alaska down through east and south-east Asia to Australia and New Zealand, crossing twenty-two countries. Five million birds from fifty-five species fly from their northern hemisphere summer breeding places to Australia's winter to rest and grow fat for the return, an inter-continental round trip of over 20,000kms each year. Dredging estuaries, damming rivers, building on wetlands; we are destroying the migratory bird stopover sites. Innate navigation systems and instinct drive them on. Fewer and fewer reach their destinations. These global travellers, following an endless summer, have been connecting continents for millennia but now they are becoming harried, unregarded, dispensable refugees. The Bar-tailed Godwit crosses the Pacific Ocean from eastern Australia to Alaska, then returns six months later. All the Bar-tailed Godwits leaving Alaska stop at the Yellow Sea, between mainland China and the Korean peninsula, to forage and put on fat for the final week-long non-stop flight to Australia. A supremely athletic performance, it is one of the longest non-stop migratory flights known amongst birds. But the food-rich tidal mudflats of the Yellow Sea are disappearing rapidly. Industrial, agricultural and domestic sewage is changing the colour of the sea and contaminating the waters and habitats.
This picture of the Bar-tailed Godwit on Stockton Bridge is one of a set of new murals - worth a look.
The Eastern Curlew breeds in Alaska and Siberia and most of the world's curlews spend winter in Australia. Our moral contract to protect coastal wetlands for them and the other shorebirds should have high level oversight, but environment laws are wishy washy. Filled with aspirational words like protect, raise awareness, control dogs on beaches, practical, they are not enforced and are failing to protect the birds. "The Office of Environment and Heritage has identified no priority actions to help recover the Eastern Curlew in New South Wales". Harried, unregarded, dispensable refugees in the estuaries of the Hunter River, Port Stephens, Clarence River, and Richmond River. What chance has a speckly brown bird, about the size of a backyard chook with a weird mournful call, against the dollar call of residential, retail, marina development, hotel, port facilities and tourism infrastructure? The graph of the world population of Eastern Curlews is curving downwards far more steeply than the curve of their remarkable 18cms long beak.
A bonus for Australia - our birds are the most musical, intelligent, aggressive and loud. For our backyard magpie we can add sociable, inquisitive and sometimes feared. Colin Thiele's magpie "sits on a high, high gum tree and rolls the sunrise around in his throat like pink beads of light" and "tumbled the morning air around with so much happiness". Want more of that? Whistle and sing with them. Be happy-foolish and yodel wardle-doodle-dardle to them. They'll listen and respond for their species name is tibicen, Latin for piper or flute. The castanet clatter of a beak, whack on head or bicycle helmet, sudden sound of fast-moving air through feathers, is a springtime contest - Big Daddy Magpie protecting eggs or chicks against strangers. Make contact and make peace with a food offering. Woo your local magpies with a handful of shredded cheese and talk to them quietly. They will remember and, as they live for around 25 years, for a long time.
Magsy was a rescue we had. She wasn't a well bird but after 11 months of care flew away from home to be with the wild ones.
There are around 870 species of birds living in Australia. Thirteen species have already become extinct and fifty are listed as threatened. Bird calls fill our bushland, wake us early in our suburbs and haunt us in the dark hours. To lose any more to extinction would be absurd of us. Rude, careless, silly.
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Born in Bunbury WA, lived for six years in South Africa, moved to South Australia and with husband John lived in the Far West, the mid-North, Eyre Peninsula and Adelaide. Since 2002 we have become forever Novocastrians.
In childhood my fascination with native plants and animals was heavily influenced by a Dad who had an affinity with animals of all shapes and size, and a Grandfather who took us on bush outings at weekends. Love of the natural world and volunteering as a landcarer on Ash Island are ways of connecting with people who combine ecological knowledge with scientific rigour and impassioned care of our natural environment.
Books and reading began early too. My reading habits are wayward and well supplied. We have shelves and cupboards full of books, sometimes in double rows. Becoming a member of Hunter Writers Centre has added to my book stacks as I became involved in the marvellous workshops leading me to new reading places like oriental poetry forms, modern American fiction, grammar and who knows where.
The words I write daily as the current coordinator of a landcare group are, whether necessary administration or a creative writing piece, an act of advocacy for care of nature. Now more than ever the environment needs advocates who can speak for it and do it well. To help this along I am hosting a new Meetup group "Nature Writing In Company" which will begin in August on Ash Island. Who knows where that will lead and who will find their voice.


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If making the decision to place your child in daycare has come to a head and it's something that needs to be done, you may feel an overwhelming sense of worry — the time has come for both you and your child to transition. Perhaps you're going back to work or they're getting older and need the benefits that daycare can provide.
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Childcare Services
When it comes to daycare for your child, there are two avenues you can choose:
In-home Daycare
This type of daycare provider functions within a home and this person often cares for their children in addition to welcoming a small number of other children. While many of these daycares have training and are licensed through the state, many are not.
Group Daycare
These types of childcare services are all state-licensed and often run in conjunction with a school or are a stand-alone facility. Many also offer early education programs in toddler and preschool learning.
What are the benefits of daycare?
Daycare, especially one that is group-based, is a wonderful opportunity for your child to learn and grow both mentally and emotionally. Below are just a few of the advantageous benefits of a daycare facility.
Consistent Care
One of the benefits of a group-based daycare is your child will always receive consistent care from the teachers and staff members — you won't have to worry about someone taking an eye off your child, as they're always staffed well and set up for the best care. These daycare facilities are also great because they grow with your child — often from an infant to right before they start kindergarten!
Early Education
Even though you may only be signing up for childcare services, your child receives much more. There is often a program in place that teaches your child fundamental skills for their growth and development.
When your child is in group daycare, they are exposed to a lot of other little ones. This exposure better teaches them diversity and empathy, among many other different things.
Flexible Hours
Both an in-home and group-based daycare facility have flexible hours for parents and caregivers who work. They allow for you to drop them off and pick them up as needed and dictated by your work schedule.
While many parents and caregivers dread or even feel guilty for sending their child to daycare, as we've explored, it's actually a great opportunity for them.
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Balancing the daily business of medicine with the demands of patient care is challenging for solo-practitioners and large primary care practices. The continuous rise of patient responsibility for reimbursement adds complications to an already strained revenue cycle.
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Healthcare spending can quickly add up, even when patients have insurance coverage. Some statistics that affect primary care providers:
A family of four with insurance can pay between $2,900 – $6,800 in out-of-pocket expenses per year
Health spending on visits that diagnose signs and symptoms ('sick' visits) averages $788 per capita in the US
About 57% of Americans don't have enough money to cover a $500 unexpected expense
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In honor of Halloween tomorrow Alyssa got a wrapped mummy (hot dog wrapped in a croissant with a side of cheesed and I substituted her usual fruit with a vampire candy.
Month: October 2014
Simply Meant To Be Wedding Cake
Scarecrow Lunch
I think this was a mix between a scarecrow and the headless horseman lol
Either way Lyss loved it this morning when she snuck a peek at her lunch and that's all that matters 😊
Head = Babybel cheese wheel
Body = imitation crab meat
Torch = carrot & cherry tomato
Firey background = radishes
Vampire teeth = apple & almond slices teeth
Cherry yogurt
Flatbread crisps
Topped with a witchy chocolate coin
Spider Web Lunch
This lunch consisted of a salami sandwich cut into a spider web
I drew the lines with a Wilton edible black pen
The spider web hangs over a pumpkin patch
Greenery is compliments of delicious broccoli
Key Lime pie yogurt topped with a white chocolate skull
Then we have a Witch's Cauldron filled with Green Grapes
Mummy Lunch
Spook-tacular Lunch
Ok I finally did it!
I have made the coolest lunch Alyssa has gotten yet 😄
This spook-tacular lunch consists of:
Tombstone = Ham & cheese sandwich
RIP = Candy lettering
Foliage = Broccoli
Fence = Carrots held together with kabob sticks
(pointy ends cut off)
Ghost = Peep
Jack-O-Lantern = Cutie with the face drawn on with a black sharpie
Sour cream & onion Pringles (Lyssa's favorite)
Topped with a gummy tombstone
2014 Hot Air Balloon Festival
Lyssa has enjoyed the hot air balloon festival every year since she was an infant whether it is the sunrise launch or the night glow. This year her BFF was able to come with us for this spectacular event. Arie & Alyssa were such good girls getting up in the morning especially considering they couldn't fall asleep before midnight due to the excitement (even though we tucked them into bed at 8:30pm lol).
We made the girls hot coco to drink on the ride up to Springs and bundled them up then the look on their faces when they saw the balloons filling up all around us was so cute! They kept pointing to the balloons and picking out their favorite ones. Totally adorable 😄
The pink camo one was the girls' favorite balloon
After the launch we let the girls play in the bounce houses for a bit….ok ok them playing gave us the chance to rest while we watched them play for a few minutes.
Between the playing & the lack of sleep the girls were tuckered out by noon lol.
Warning totally sappy mom moment coming soon…here is the pumpkin at the hot air balloon festival down in NM.


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To consolidate fees into your home loan you will need to borrow extra to cover the cost of your home plus the fees.
For instance; if you want to borrow $200,000 to cover your home and the fees are $20,000, then you may be able to borrow a total of $220,000. If the $220,00 is over 80% of the Loan to Value Ratio then you may need to pay Lender's Mortgage Insurance on top of that.
You will need to specify where this money is going as part of your application but your lender will have it in their notes that the loan amount to be borrowed will encompass the relevant fees.
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Nobody thought that anyone would touch Seagate for a while, but a few months ago Toshiba first announced their 200GB mobile drive… a full 40GB over Seagates best offering. As mentioned in the intro though, more does not always mean better.
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Staff training in Everyday Accessibility
for arts, leisure and community venues
including audio description and freelance access officer services
"I couldn't recommend Trish Hodson more highly. [She created] a programme that flowed well, filled with detailed information delivered in a calm and welcoming manner. The workbook… supported the training perfectly and thanks to Trish, the Access agenda is moving in the right direction for the Singapore Arts Industry." Paul Adams, Learning and Engagement Manager, Singapore Repertory Theatre
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These workshops and additional services focus on an embedded approach to accessibility across all departments within your organisation, helping you achieve great customer service. They will help your staff understand a range of access requirements, empowering them to meet them with confidence. Included are lots of low- or no-cost ideas that can be implemented straight away, and longer-term suggestions that you can develop over time – and all relevant to the realities of your workplace.
"I can't praise Trish highly enough for the level of professionalism and detail that went into our bespoke training day. All staff members in attendance came away feeling excited about what they had learnt" Jenny Crowell, Marketing and Access officer, the Egg Theatre Bath
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Bespoke training sessions that you can tailor to include all the relevant elements for your organisation.
I'll put together sessions to suit your time and budget and based on anything from the comprehensive: a&im 1: Accessibility in Mind workshop in awareness, inclusivity and everyday accessibility solutions, or the a&im 2: Assisted Performances workshop, which explores all aspects of the set-up and successful delivery of accessible events, or the a&im 3 Customer Service and Everyday Access workshop tailored towards customer-facing staff.
Or cherry-pick from all three!
Train personnel across all venue departments in one go providing an efficient and cost-effective training programme. Includes: a user guide / manual to follow and multiple resources for reference.
These workshops will increase audience engagement and retention, and therefore sales, if implemented.
I also provide Audio Description services for live performances and other arts and cultural events.
Other freelance services include Accessibility Guide writing, Access information copy for your websites and social media platforms, a venue walk-round assessment, and one-to-one surgery hours.
"I have had the pleasure of working closely with Trish for over 20 years. Her experience of access and inclusion is vast, covering a huge range of disabilities and needs. She's passionate, committed and a true Access Champion, delivering a service that is second to none. Experience cannot be bought and Trish has it in spades! Book her: you won't be disappointed." Paul Whittaker OBE, creator of Songs in BSL
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For all enquiries and more details please contact us.
Some clients worked with, and workshop participants from, include:
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Kawasaki City offers diverse activities for day trip
Snapping artsy shots of factories at night is a trendy activity among Japanese these days. The artificial, somewhat surrealistic views of the various shaped factories created by lights, the orange of fire and grey smoke from chimneys, together with a backdrop of a port with gigantic tankers and cargo ships is considered "cool."
About a one-hour drive from Yokosuka Naval Base and Camp Zama, and situated between Tokyo and Yokohama, Kawasaki City forms the center of the nation's largest Keihin industrial zone, and offers an ideal location to enjoy unique night views.
The Kawasaki factory area was expanded to 7,000 acres with the addition of seven artificial islands, which accommodate more than 50 large factories and 15,000 workers. The factories include power plants, petrochemical complex, steel manufacturing facilities, along with oil and gas refineries.
Many probably remember Kawasaki as a symbol of contaminated air, polluted water, unbearable noise and disease. In fact, in 1970s, more than 4,000 Kawasaki residents were killed due to contamination-related diseases.
To cope with the environmental pollution, Kawasaki City established a pollution monitor center and research laboratory, implemented antipollution measures and then enforced it by signing an air pollution prevention agreement with 39 major factories in the district. The agreement introduced "steam net" (reuse generated steam in thermal power plants among neighboring factories) and eco-town project aiming at zero emissions and the reuse of industrial wastes, according to Kawasaki City.
When I recently visited the industrial area for the first time in more than 30 years, the area was clean, free from the stench of exhaust, smog and soot.
A 30-minute bus ride from JR Kawasaki Station to the factory area provided a fun and cheap tour of some of the unique structures and buildings. Because the area is made up of islands, the bus went through underwater tunnels from island to island. The trip is pretty unusual, and I'd highly recommend it.
Located in the center of the industrial area, Kawasaki Marien is considered one of the best night view spots in the district, and was nominated as a Japan night-view heritage site in 2014. The community facility offers various types of conference rooms, a gym, tennis and beach volleyball courts, and bicycle trails for free.
The observation platform on its 10th floor (167 feet high) provides a panoramic vista of the entire Kawasaki factory area; packed with power plants, chemical and metal factories and oil refining factories. I saw a large container ship was berthed to the port where thousands of cars were parked waiting for their loading.
The 5-meter wide georama on the observation deck showed me actual aero view look of the industrial zone, and that helped me to recognize each factory when I checked out from the deck.
As the sun began setting, photographers came up to the observation platform for night view. The night view of the factories was almost unearthly and eerie, which reminded me of a gigantic spaceship from a sci-fi movie.
If you make the trip for some unique photo shooting, be sure to bring a tripod and telephoto lens to capture the surreal views.
Kawasaki City
Population: 1,528,118 (as of June, 2019), - 7th most populated city of Japan
Location: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture (40-minutes from both Yokosuka Naval Base and Camp Zama)
Attractions: Kawasaki Daishi, Kanayama Shrine, Korean Town, Kawasaki Marien, Kawasaki Horse Racetrack
URL: www.city.kawasaki.jp/index.html
Tel: 044-200-2111 (Kawasaki City Hall)
Kawasaki Marien
Open: 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Admission: free
Location: 38-1 Higashi Oogishima, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Tel: 044-287-6000
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Comedian Shelley Berman dead at 92
Comedian Shelley Berman, who was famous as a "sit-down" comedian and later as Larry David's dad on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," died on Friday.
He was 92.
Berman rose through the comedy ranks in the late 1950's and '60s as a "sit-down" comic, rather than the popular "stand-up" comedian.
He shared the spotlight with comedic greats of the time, like Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce and Bob Newhart, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Berman's career in the nightclub scene deteriorated after he was caught on camera in an angry backstage outburst, so he instead turned his focus to acting.
Most recently he starred as Larry David's dad Nat on the popular HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm," which returns for Season 9 on Oct. 1
Berman, a Chicago native, received an Emmy nomination for his role as Nat. He also made several appearances on TV shows like, "Boston Legal," "The Blues Brothers Animated Series," "L.A. Law" and countless others - including a came on "Hannah Montana."
The comedian and professionally trained actor also starred in Gore Vidal's 1964 flick "The Best Man."
Berman died after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease, according to Facebook post to his fan page.


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...but were afraid to ask.
As you'd expect we talk a lot about knives here at Total Knife Care. But every time you use a knife (unless you're showing off slicing pieces of paper in the air with your newly sharpened IO Shen), there's another component, at least from a pure physics point of view - the chopping surface.
So this time we're going to look at all the things you need to think about when choosing what surface you are going to use with your knives.
It really boils down to a few things, in no particular order...
- Aesthetics - does the cutting board or chopping board look good in your kitchen?
- Knife care - are you damaging your knives using a particular cutting surface?
- Hygiene - is everyone going to get food poisoning?
Let's look at these in reverse order.
The big debate over the years has been 'plastic or wood', and today the issue is largely* settled, thanks to some research on the matter back in 1994 by researcher Dr Dean Cliver from the University of California Davis. Prior to this research it was assumed that plastic cutting boards were more hygienic than wooden cutting boards, as they were perceived as being less likely to harbour harmful bacteria that could cross contaminate other food. The big enemy here is raw meat - and in particular raw chicken - where bugs like E Coli and Salmonella can be transferred to other food which is then eaten without being cooked.
Dr Cliver's study found that "...disease bacteria such as these were not recoverable from wooden surfaces in a short time after they were applied, unless very large numbers were used. New plastic surfaces allowed the bacteria to persist, but were easily cleaned and disinfected. However, wooden boards that had been used and had many knife cuts acted almost the same as new wood, whereas plastic surfaces that were knife-scarred were impossible to clean and disinfect manually, especially when food residues such as chicken fat were present. Scanning electron micrographs revealed highly significant damage to plastic surfaces from knife cuts."
The interesting finding was that bacteria on wooden boards moved from the surface of the cutting board into the board itself and stayed alive for a short while, but did not multiply and eventually died. On the plastic boards tested the bacteria hung around for much longer inside the cuts in the surface of the plastic and were more likely to be transmitted than bacteria on the wooden boards.
This research does not mean you can buy yourself a wooden cutting board and never clean it though. The recommendation continues to be that wooden and plastic cutting boards are thoroughly and promptly washed after use and especially after being used to cut raw meat.
Knife Care
There's really only one consideration here - is the cutting surface likely to blunt the blade? Hard surfaces are really not very good for the longevity of sharp knives, so our recommendation is to avoid cutting surfaces or cutting boards made of glass or granite or in fact any hard surface like a plate or kitchen surface. Interestingly, plastic cutting boards are also slightly less forgiving on blades than wooden boards, so wooden boards generally win again on this point.
Wooden boards also come in two varieties - end grain cutting boards and flat grain ones. End grain are essentially lots of square pieces of wood glued together with the inside of the wood uppermost. These are better for a few reasons, namely that the end grain of wood is kinder to the knife blade and knife scars in the wood naturally close, keeping the board looking smarter for longer. They also look pretty swish, and for this reason (and because they are harder to make) they are a fair bit more expensive than the flat grain type.
We're sure the only reason anyone has granite cutting boards is because there was some left over after the kitchen was fitted. Granite, glass and other hard cutting boards are touted as being easy to clean as well as (maybe) looking smart, but they're terrible for the blades of your knives. And they make for pretty noisy chopping!
So it looks like the jury is back in on this one - wood is still best. We'll cover how to care for your chopping boards in a future article.
PS Thanks to Steve Strevens from the UK for suggesting we cover chopping boards in an article on The Grind.
*but not entirely - see below
Further Reading (if you're so inclined)


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Registrar's Office
Letter of Permission
Who is eligible to take courses at another university or college for credit at CMU?
Returning students with a minimum GPA of 2.0 over 18 credit hours, who require a course or courses at another university or college to meet requirements for their CMU program.
New students who have a minimum average of 65% in high school courses used as a basis for admission to CMU, and who:
- are registering in a pre-professional program that requires a course at another institution.
- Are registering for at least 6 credit hours of CMU courses per semester.
Steps to Follow
If you want to take a course (courses) at another university or college for credit at CMU, here are the steps to follow:
- Choose the course (courses) you need to take. Ensure that your choice is appropriate to your academic needs. Be sure you have the course prerequisites.
- Fill out the Request for Letter of Permission form. Submit it to the Coordinator of Student Advising. If your request is approved, CMU will:
- Send an official Letter of Permission to the appropriate institution and email a copy to you.
- Add the approved courses to your CMU transcript.
- Apply to be a Visiting Student at the institution where you wish to take the class (see below for instructions).
- Register for the course(s) at the institution where you are visiting.
- Confirm with CMU the course(s) for which you registered and for those you did not. Email the Coordinator of Student Advising to confirm the courses.
- You are responsible to pay the fees at the institution where you are visiting, in accordance with that institution's due dates and procedures.
- After you complete your course(s), request an official transcript from the institution where you have been visiting to be sent to the Registrar's Office at CMU. When successfully completed, the course will receive a grade of "TR" (transfer). If a transcript is not received one month after the semester ends, a grade of "F" will be recorded until Registrar's Office receives a transcript with an official grade.
After you complete your course(s), request a transcript from the institution where you have been visiting to be sent to the Registrar at CMU in order that your credits can be recorded in your CMU transcript.
How do I gain admission as a visiting student at another University?
University of Manitoba: Apply on-line at www.umanitoba.ca. The program to which you must apply is General Studies (Extended Education).
University of Winnipeg: Apply on-line at www.uwinnipeg.ca. The admission category to which you must apply is Visiting (Credit to be transferred to another university)
At another university: You must follow that institution's procedures for gaining admission as a visiting student.
Additional Notes
- Be aware of application deadlines when you apply to be a visiting student.
- You may register only for the courses listed on your letter of permission.
- CMU cannot register you at another university. The letter of permission allows you to register for courses; it does not register you in courses.
- To withdraw from a course at another university, you must withdraw at that university according to their procedures. CMU cannot withdraw you from a course at another institution. After you withdraw from the course(s), inform CMU of the withdrawal.
- Courses completed on a letter of permission will not count toward your final GPA.
- It is the student's responsibility to ensure the courses requested fit into the degree program.


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If you thought Lil Wayne's partying lifestyle was catching up to him, it hasn't… yet.
Lil Wayne was again hospitalized Sunday night following his continued struggle with epilepsy.
For those who aren't 100 percent sure what that is, it is "a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain."
Wayne was reportedly found unconscious at his Chicago hotel room Sunday after suffering a seizure. He was transported to the city's Northwestern Memorial hospital, where he had another minor seizure.
Although Wayne and his team wanted to get back to perform at Las Vegas' Drai Nightclub, doctors urged him to stay the night to make sure he was not only physically safe, but had the piece of mind that he wasn't going to collapse on stage.
"Due to unforeseen circumstances Lil Wayne will be canceling his previously scheduled performance," Las Vegas' Drai's nightclub said in a statement. "Our priority is the health and well-being of our artists. Everyone at Drai's wishes Lil Wayne a speedy recovery during this time."
Dwayne Carter has had his fair share of seizures, as he said, "I'm prone to seizures. This isn't my first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh seizure. I've had a bunch of seizures, y'all just never hear about them."
We all hope Lil Wayne has a quick recovery so he can get back to his normal self.
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Certificate in Healers Studies
1-year spiritual and magical program of self-empowerment and transformation to access portals of power and enhance linkages to the wisdom teachings of the ancient healers. The tools and knowledge that you will gain on this journey will be invaluable for you personally and will totally transform your life.
Online program starts: New Moon
- The journey of the 21st century healer with 12 ancient and magical rites of passage to acquire greater knowledge and experience rapid soul growth.
- Explore the deepest mysteries of nature and the universe through working with the remarkable intelligence of highly esteemed New Zealand native teacher plants.
- Become part of the passionate and supportive community of students who are playing an active and pivotal role in personal and planetary transformation.
Uplift and Empower Yourself
The Certificate in Healers Studies is a formal dynamic and integrated program where you will be working with a specialised family of New Zealand native teacher plants to profoundly transform, uplift and empower yourself.
The Primordial Path of the Healer
The path of the healer is a multi-dimensional spiritual pathway that leads deep into the ancient mysteries. This program is ideal for you, if you, like the healer, tohunga, shaman, medicine man or woman of the past have heard the call to embark on a remarkable journey by stepping onto the primordial path of the healer.
Work With the Atua - the Gods and Goddesses
Stepping onto the path of the healer is an act of immense magical and healing significance. On your journey you will meet your fellow travellers and will be given the opportunity to actively work as part of a community for personal and planetary transformation. Among your companions will be the mighty gods and goddesses – the atua who watch over the lives of the 21st century healers, shamans and medicine women and medicine men.
Learn Anywhere in the World
All Medicine Woman programs can be undertaken from anywhere in the world and can be done as stand alone programs or as a spiritual pathway beginning with the Rite of the Six Moons and progressing though to the Rite of the Twelve Celestial Regents.
"During Medicine Woman Certificate in Healers Studies© program I was able to change my victim mindset and embrace taking control of my life in every manner. This has been such an exciting step for me and I am totally loving moving forward. As a result I am looking forward to putting my knowledge and experience into living a luscious life & starting my own business venture, knowing that I have a better chance of achieving great results than I would have before."
Suzanne Brereton, Interior Spacial Designer
Westport, New Zealand
What You Will Be Learning
You will develop the 12 soul qualities and disciplines of the healer to be able to:
- Connect with your soul, your inner healer, form an unconditional relationship with your soul and invoke the powers to heal.
- Sustain the connection with soul, access the wisdom of the heart and see with the all seeing eye of the heart.
- Stay in your own power centre, maintain a state of healthy non-attachment and prevent negative energy from clinging to you.
- Establish your own power base, care equally for all eight aspects of the holistic self and experience expansion from all experiences.
- Consciously read the environment, put up an energetic shield where appropriate and prevent others tapping into your energy.
- Maintain clear healthy physical, emotional, mental and spiritual boundaries, be alert to all possibilities and potentialities and not allow yourself to be distracted from the path.
- Create the balance of personality, soul and spirit, activate the triangle of healing power and call on the highest spiritual forces for assistance.
- Align with your own perfect divine energetic pattern, honour your uniquness and gifts and maintian energetic integrity in the face of adversity.
- Move into and out of a state of clairsentience, enhance clairsentient abilities and use clairsentience as a powerful tool for healing.
- Access and enhance the five supersensory gifts: clairsentience, clairaudience, clairknowing, clairvoyance and clairgustus to receive information directly from the source.
- Move from human ego to divine ego, consciously create your own reality and move beyond the cycles of death and rebirth.
- Maintain spiritual alignment, release outworn and outgrown attachments and remain in a state of readiness for the next step.
Components of the Certificate in Healers Studies Online Program
- PREPARATION MONTH - Prior to undertaking any metaphysical or spiritual work, it is important to prepare your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. The program begins with one lunar month of comprehensive preparation so the apprentice healer is in a receptive and focused state to begin their journey. There is no dieting of teacher plant essences in the preparation month.
- LUNAR CALENDAR - The program begins on a new moon and maintains a lunar cycle focus throughout.
- DIETING TEACHER PLANT ESSENCES - You will be working closely with the 12 sacred plants from First Light Flower Essences of New Zealand® that have stepped forward as your wise elders, teachers and initiators. These teacher plants guard the portals of power and create and enhance magical linkages to a hidden door that once opened can give you access to the deeper sources of knowledge and wisdom that are vital to the to the 21st century healer. Each lunar month you will work with a different teacher plant essence taking a specified number of drops of the teacher plant essence at various times daily.
- ONLINE SCHOOL - You will have access to the state-of-the-art Medicine Woman Cyber School - a sacred space for students from around the world to connect, share and learn. In the Online School you will have access to specialised classrooms, common room, question and answer area as well as a library of exclusive unpublished content.
- CYBER SCROLLS - Within the Online School you will also have access to educational and instructional Cyber Scrolls, which will expand on the weekly themes and deepen your knowledge. As part of the program you will be required to follow the instructions and to complete relevant exercises.
- VIDEO CONTENT - Each lunar month you will have the opportunity to view videos that will expand on the themes you are working with and broaden your knowledge.
- RITUAL AND CREATION OF MAGICAL OBJECTS - You will be working with an altar, creating a healers medicine necklace and using specific meditative practices to enhance the metaphysical aspects of your program.
- CERTIFICATION - If you wish to gain your Medicine Woman Certificate in Healers Studies© certificate, you will be required to regularly participate in the Online School classrooms and submit written materials.
Certificate in Healers Studies Online Program Start Dates
Program starts on every New Moon. Enrolments close the day before.
Dates for New Moon are NZ time and may vary for different parts of the world. See the Medicine Woman Moon Calendar for the exact date for the New Moon in your timezone and country.
25 January 2020
24 February 2020
24 March 2020
23 April 2020
23 May 2020
21 June 2020
21 July 2020
19 August 2020
17 September 2020
17 October 2020
15 November 2020
15 December 2020
Certificate in Healers Studies Online Program Details
|Program Format
|Medicine Woman Certificate in Healers Studies©
|13 Lunar Months
|Cost of Program
|NZ$1,200 + Teacher Plant Essences
|Teacher Plant Essences Required
|The Healers Collection NZ$324 + P&P. You will be working with a different teacher plant essence each month. The essences can be purchased individually for NZ$27 + P&P each.
|Time Investment
|4 Hours per Week Minimum
|Highly Recommended
|Medicine Woman Rite of the Six Moons©
Begin the Journey of the 21st Century Healer
"When I signed up for Healers Studies, I really had no idea what it was all about. It was like buying a season pass to the fairground without knowing what rides you have signed up for. It was my souls ticket to a fairground of discovery, recovery and reinvention."
Adrienne Bullock
Taupo, New Zealand


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Insurance Data
SunPoint provides its clients with comprehensive claim and reinsurance technology, designed to support Property and Casualty Run-off. SunPoint will also assist its clients or companies in setting up cybersecurity standards to ensure compliance with the comprehensive regulatory framework shown in the Insurance Data Security Model Law (Model Law) as structured by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).
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