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Lesson of the day {week? year?}: You can't do it all.
The way this year has gone, I have a feeling that phrase will be my 2018 mantra. I've known it for a long time; I've heard it and been told this over + over + over! But I {like many others with that entrepreneur mind} still want to do it all. I enjoy a lot of aspects of business!
The ladies over at Prim'd Marketing say it well: "The pace of life of a business owner or entrepreneur can move so fast that you feel like you are a circus performer spinning plates..."
The hard truth is: even though I want to do it all, I still shouldn't do it all. Not if I want a life outside of my work and a functioning brain + body to enjoy that life.
Instead of just reading about their activity on the Prim'd blog, I decided to put it to action to see just how much I have accomplished in the last three months. Pen-to-paper will never go out of style, because it offers such a different way to view + think about things.
This past August through October has clearly been a whirlwind across the board {pun intended...?} and is definitely cause for a little celebration! On days when I feel like I'm just not productive enough, or I don't have the motivation, I will look back at this exercise and remind myself of the bigger picture.
And I also can look at some of these accomplishments and really start to understand how to build a team around me for support. I have a feeling this will become a quarterly exercise to 1} visualize how my business is succeeding and 2} strengthen the parts that need some extra love.
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Dawn's Early Light
A golden glow spreads over the Broward as the sun begins to rise. It is a cloudless sky. As I walk down to the dock I see a familiar looking bird that I have not seen all winter. It is "George", a Yellow Crowned Night Heron. I must have startled him as he flies off to the old pier upstream. In the past week I have now seen both the Yellow and Black Crowned Night Herons return to the area. I hope I can catch a close up of them later.
I scan the marsh and adjust my camera to shoot a morning panorama. As I finish I see an Eagle swoop down across the river and dive into the water. I step over to the edge of the floating dock to get a better look over the marsh grass. I see the eagle rise and start flying directly towards me carrying a fish in its grasp. Breakfast a la Broward. My camera is not set for a fast shutter speed but there is no time to adjust. I just aim and start pressing the doohickey. I can't believe the eagle is flying directly towards me. The wings grow larger and larger with each moment as I peer through the lens finder following its flight. It soars right overhead and passes with 20 feet of my position. The golden light illuminates the massive wings as it flies by. It was just a matter of seconds but seemed like eternity peering through the lens. I have over a dozen frames to review when it is over. The wing tips blur at slow shutter speeds. I manage to catch the eagle on one frame with just a slight wing tip blur on the far wing. Yes! I note that there is a broken feather on the left wing primary. It is the same eagle I saw in January on Goose Pond. The juvenile offspring also wings over the Broward on the opposite bank. What a way to start the morning! The incoming tide begins to fill the channel. Soon a few Brown Pelicans start circling the island in search of breakfast. They approach me from the sun and dive and splash behind me but always in a position that has me looking into the sun. I wait for them to go overhead on their way around and hope they spot a fish in front of me and I can catch them in a dive in good light. Alas, today is just not the day though. One of them circles around and come towards me and nearly passes within five feet of my blind. Its eyes stare directly into mine as it passes by filling my lens with its wing. I think they have figured me out by now. I might as well just sit in a chair and enjoy the sunshine. Elated over the eagle fly by I hurry in to share it with the Editor before she is off to work.
"Oh Say can you see by the dawn's early light". These epic words penned by Francis Scott Key come to mind each time my mind plays back the eagle encounter in that early dawns light. The American Flag and the Eagle are the symbols of our nation. I am proud of both of them still. Long may it wave and forever may they both fly. Be Blessed. And may God continue to Bless America. Harry


text: Today I was consistent, and it felt good. I made the decision to be steadfast, unmovable, and unshakable ....and Consistent! In 2016, I was everything but consistent. But this year, I'm making a conscious decision to be consistent in all that I do. No longer shall I miss out on seasons and cycles of life due to my refusal to be steadfast. To be consistent is to be steadfast! There will come a time for elevation, but elevation wont come, until you are faithful and consistent, maintaining your current position! Be consistent, knowing that it's not in vain! In due season, your harvest will be plentiful! (Galatians 6:9) Love Ya'll!


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(Russian, "council") An elected governing council in the former Soviet Union. Russian Soviets gained their revolutionary connotation in 1905, when the St Petersburg Soviet of Workers' Deputies was formed to coordinate strikes and other anti-government activities in factories. Each factory sent its delegates, and for a time other cities were dominated by Soviets. Both Bolsheviks and Mensheviks realized the potential importance of Soviets and duly appointed delegates. In 1917 a Soviet modelled on that of 1905, but now including deserting soldiers, was formed in Petrograd (previously St Petersburg), sufficiently powerful to dictate industrial action and to control the use of armed force. It did not at first try to overthrow Kerensky's Provisional Government but grew increasingly powerful in its opposition to continuing Russian participation in World War I. Consisting of between 2000 and 3000 members, it was controlled by a powerful executive committee. Soviets were established in the provinces and in June 1917 the first All Russia Congress of Soviets met. The Bolsheviks gradually dominated policy, leading to their seizure of power in the Russian Revolution (1917). During the Russian Civil War village Soviets controlling local affairs and agriculture were common. The national Soviet was called the Supreme Soviet, comprising delegates from all the Soviet republics.
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"It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it." – Christian Nestell Bovee
Did you know there's a way to drive a man wild with just a kiss? You might not know it since our western culture seems almost allergic to slow kissing. Even in TV and movies, we always seem to "fast forward" past the kissing scene and watch the on-screen couple jump straight into bed.
Why? Is it because we're afraid of kissing and are that sex-deprived that we can't wait five minutes?
Or could it be that dramatizing a perfect kiss—indeed, multiple kisses that last minutes on end—is just very difficult to depict, let alone describe?
Yes, kissing is a very "in the moment" experience. It's personal and it's oftentimes unique to the man you're with. Each man has his own style of kissing, which you adapt to and complement with your own.
Still, you may wonder if there's a "secret technique" to being a good kisser that you're missing. Is it true what they say, that experience is the best teacher? Do you really have to kiss 100 different guys just to learn technique?
Of course not. Experience may be a good teacher, but education is what shows you what to do. Kissing a hundred guys, who don't know what they're doing, won't help much. But learning why certain techniques work and why others don't, will help you take a more educated view towards kissing. This translates into better kissing, the kind of kissing that drives a man wild!
In other articles, we talked about first kisses, how to be a good kisser and various kissing strategies. But now we're going to talk about five of the best kissing techniques that are sure to drive him wild and make it a "deeply personal experience", because hey…we all kind of like the same TLC.
1. Pay attention to kiss foreplay.
While a first kiss feels new and innocent, the more you kiss the more you need to change it up. This is why kissing foreplay feels so good after the initial first kiss. Instead of going for an aggressive rough kiss, tease him with softer pecks. Warm up his passion by giving him smaller pecks on his chin, on his cheeks, on the outline of his mouth. You can even tease his lips with your tongue. Increase his desire for a "real kiss" by teasing him with light kissing sensations. He'll be burning up by the time you're finished!
2. Make him wait for the French kiss.
Guys will be eager to experience a French kiss with their new girlfriend, but that's precisely why you should give them the French treatment and say, Non non non! As in, not yet. If he tries to go for a French-kiss early, pull away from him and smile and then go back to French kissing. Be playful and avoid giving him what he wants so that when he does get that magic tongue, he's extra thankful.
3. Suck on his lower and upper lip.
Just when he thinks the kiss is over, add some excitement by sucking and or nibbling on his lower lip with your teeth. You can do the same with his upper lip. Don't be too rough and definitely take it slow. But the longer he lets you suck, you may be tempted to increase the intensity. But usually adding too much sucking pressure is annoying or even painful. It's always better to be gentle rather than too rough. You can always vary the rhythm by going back to a tighter and more passionate open mouth kiss.
4. Let your kisses travel.
As you become comfortable with each other's lips, don't forget to spread the love around to other parts of his body. Not so fast! No need to fast-forward to the hard stuff yet. We're still talking about his cheeks, his neck, and so on. In fact, one special technique is the kiss triangle. Start kissing him on the lips then slowly kiss him on the cheek, then down to his throat then back up to his lips. To really blow his mind, do it very slowly. Don't shift too soon or too quickly. Make the kisses small and slow as you go from all sides of the triangle.
From there, you can mix things up by kissing him on other parts of his face, like his earlobe or the outline of his ear. You'll definitely drive him wild if you whisper something sexy while you kiss him, taking full advantage of this erogenous zone.
Just be careful not to over-wet these kisses and accidentally slobber on him!
5. Keep him guessing by varying the rhythm of the kiss.
Once you learn the right rhythm of kissing, the best thing to do is to keep following that rhythm, right? At first, yes. You do want him to feel comfortable with you and getting in sync with this pattern of kissing is important. But as you go on, you may find that varying the pattern can be exciting.
If you sense the foreplay of kissing has become too mechanical then throw a little surprise into the routine. For example, you could try licking the center of his open lips with your tongue, or use your tongue to gently stroke the top of his mouth. Or you could create your own rhythm/pattern and see if he can keep up. Surprising your boyfriend will always be a turn on.
Some people treat kissing like a distraction or a preliminary to sex and foreplay. The truth is, kissing is its own unique activity—complex, sexy, and limited only by your imagination.
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The Fight to Save Our History
Teddy Roosevelt once said, "The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future." He knew, as we all do, that history is important - but not just the moments that we read about in textbooks or learn about in history class. All the moments that define our lives are important.
The significance of a certain moment often isn't known until much later. We are great at recognizing which events we will consider important in the future, such as weddings and births, but there are many apparently insignificant moments that turn out to be momentous years later. As Clay Shirky, media scholar and author, says, "People are good at guessing what will be important in the future, but we are terrible at guessing what won't be."
For example, who could have predicted the significance of a "Health Bureau Statistics" column in a now non-existent newspaper? There, on page B-6 of the August 13, 1961 edition of the Honolulu Advertiser are two lines announcing the birth of a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Barack H. Obama. No one could have predicted back then that this was the origin of our 44th president, but luckily neither the Hawaii Health Department nor the now closed newspaper destroyed their records.
Of course, there is a risk of losing this information that is kept in folders, enveloped in an organization system that has ballooned over the years. This is true of all printed materials, many of which are so fragile that they can't be scanned on flatbed scanner. As difficult as it is, we must preserve them. Who knows what future mysteries they could solve or what stories they may tell?
Jeff Roth has dedicated his career to the preservation of physical documents. Jeff is the caretaker and last employee at the New York Times's affectionately named archive, "The Morgue." Down in this archive of steel filing cabinets and storage boxes is a ton of history. Jeff says, "You're always learning something down here, sometimes just by osmosis."
But it's not just physical memories that are at risk of being lost. Digital records and family and personal history are also in jeopardy. As Jeff Rothenberg, author at Scientific American, noted, "Digital data lasts forever, or five years, whichever comes first. Our digital documents are far more fragile than paper. In fact, the record of the entire present period of history is in jeopardy."
While many may work to salvage the documents of a well-known newspaper or small business, what will happen to the memories of your family? To the blog posts, moments shared on Facebook, and so much more?
As websites and blogs shut down, we are at risk of losing the important history they contain. We are at the mercy of the companies that control the digital platforms on which they live. At any moment, these companies can pull the rug out and wipe away your digital footprint.
That is why Brewster Kahle, computer scientist and internet archivist, founded the Wayback Machine to help preserve the access to free information. This incredible site attempts to archive the modern records we keep on the internet. The work of the Wayback Machine has helped to save and archive the internet with over 310 billion webpages saved over time.
The work of archivists and memory-keepers is essential. As generations pass, technology grows, and records fade or are lost, humanity can lose important information. As Maria Bustillos writes, "History is a fight we're having every day. We're battling to make the truth first by living it, and then by recording and sharing it, and finally, crucially, by preserving it. Without an archive, there is no history."


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Thursday, March 1, 2018
Some of your favorite Gospel Artists - including the incredible Tasha Cobbs Leonard - are scheduled to perform at this year's Stellar Awards in Las Vegas! Get all the details at http://www.thestellarawards.com/
Below is a clip by Tasha and Anthony Brown announcing the nominees and inviting everyone to the Stellar Awards in March.
You can see Tasha and Anthony Brown & Group Therapy live in concert at one of two Gosepl music festivals this summer - JoyFest - NC in Charlotte, NC or JoyFest - VA in Doswell, VA! Get your tickets today!


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For the fifth time, this island's most northerly parish of St Lucy has taken top honours in the Spirit of the Nation show.
Daimon Rock and Jennice King were simply over the moon on Saturday night after they were adjudged the Most Outstanding Parish Ambassadors for 2017.
The couple also captured the Parish Project Award for their Agroacy- Feeding Me, Feeding You, Feeding All Ah We.
Speaking to reporters immediately following their victory, an emotional Rock dedicated his win to his deceased grandmother Eudine Rock, who took him to the show every year while she was alive.
"I did it all for her," he said, fighting back tears.
King was equally emotional as she recalled the numerous times she had tried and failed to enter the competition before succeeding this time around.
St Joseph participants Francois Carrington and Keshanna Leacock placed second, while St John representatives Kyle Prescod and Leah Howell were third.
The Best Costume Award went to St Thomas' Ranaldo Husbands and Amy Herbert with their delightful and colourful presentation. Best Formal Wear went to Raymond Thomas and Shenise Marshall.
The Spirit Of the Nation Award went to songbird Akea Burton from St Peter who did a beautiful and soulful rendition of classical 1975 hit Walk Away from Love.
The trio of violinists known as Stringed Brotherhood from the parish of St James was adjudged the Most Impactful Act with their rendition of Emmerton by The Mighty Gabby.
Dramatist Tamia Reece copped the award for Most Original Act for her hilarious skit entitled Dress Code which discussed worrying gun violence in the society.


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We finally made it. The last installment of Brighten's Storie. Even though it's been fun to relive some of this experience through these blog posts, I'm really excited to move forward to updating you on Brighten's now and all that we're seeing her do! Without further adieu, here is our story of our time in Texas with Baby B!
31 Floors
For all of you who donated toward our adoption fund after we found out about Brighten - THANK YOU! Because of your generosity, we were able to stay at a corporate apartment in Houston where there were lots of restaurants, grocery stores, and other necessities nearby. We were also on the 31st floor, which was beautiful, but taking a dog down 31 floors to go potty is quite a feat. It was a beautiful place to stay, and we are so thankful that we had two bedrooms and bathrooms, a full kitchen, and space to spread out.
Living away from home as a first time parent with a two-day old child is something, though. We longed for our friends and community, and I really missed little things like just knowing where I'm going and not having to put everything in the GPS. I also wondered how in the world we would fit everything into our house once we got home, but it all worked out. In ways, Houston was so so hard and I just wished to be home. In other ways, though, it was a sweet time for the four of us to bond as a family with no distractions.
Cabin fever, like bad
I've joked with several people that I've had trouble writing this part of the story because all I really want to say is that we were in Texas for what felt like a long, long time. The end. But alas, I think the fact that we felt like we were eternally going to be living out of suitcases and our homesickness is more a tribute to the amazing people that we have surrounding us in Birmingham. Family, friends, church, neighbors, strangers...haha...we are so so thankful for our people.
We did get to go on a fun outing while we were in Texas - we went to Magnolia Market in Waco! I've been a long time fan of Chip and Jojo, so seeing the Silos up close and getting to shop at their store was super fun. It was a renewing sense of familiar right in the middle of our never-ending Texas not-vacation.
If it was so bad (it wasn't really that bad), why did we stay so long?
That's a great question! So, there's something called the Interstate Compact on Placement of Children (ICPC) that basically says that the sending state (Texas) has to sign off on the fact that we're adopting a child from that state and then the receiving state (Alabama) has to agree that we can bring her into that state to live. The length of that process varies, but basically we couldn't leave Texas until Texas said we were good to go. As soon as they gave us the okay, we could have left and gone anywhere in the country, except for Alabama. Crazy, right? So, it was way easier to just wait it out in Texas than stake out in another state. Also, ours ended up being a little longer because we got approval from Texas on a Thursday, and it takes a day to ship all of the paperwork to Alabama, so it basically got there on a Friday afternoon and we had to wait through the weekend.
God in the details, again
So, all along God has totally been in every detail...I think that fact has already been well established. However, we found out just before we left that the law firm that Jason works for was going to be opening an office in Texas...in Houston, Texas. Jason is one of a few people who usually go to a new office to get all of the tech stuff setup and then who hangs around the first few days to help everyone get up and running.
Basically, Jason would have been in Houston for a bit whether Brighten was born there or not. How insane is that? It also meant that some of Jason's breakfasts and lunches were paid for by the law firm and that he didn't have to use a ton of vacation. I know some people would probably have opted to use vacation for the first few weeks of their new baby's life, but because we were out of our element and everything was basically a whirlwind already, we decided it would be better for Jason to use some of his vacation time when we got home so we could settle in. We didn't know that we'd get to do that, and the fact that God worked out that detail is so incredible!
The end of the beginning
All in all, we are so thankful for the weeks leading up to meeting Brighten and for the few weeks we spent in Texas bonding as a family of 3.5 (Swanson + Brighten make up about 1.5, hehe). Although it felt hard at the time, we wouldn't change a thing. When we arrived home to Birmingham, we were so excited for that quick little chapter of our life to be over, but so thankful for the experience that we had. We are grateful to have begun our life as the Morales Family in Birmingham, and we cannot wait to see how God works in and through our little Brighten Storie. We know He's got big plans for her.


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Cessford Mannville S13S Pool
The Cessford Mannville S13S Pool consists of a 4 meter thick basal sandstone in the Glauconite member of the Lower Mannville.
The Mannville S13S is described as very- fine to fine grained sandstone deposited as a point bar in a fluvial channel system. The gamma-ray and SP open hole logs indicate a fining upward sequence with a cleaner (~5% shale) sand at the base of the unit grading to a shalier (~15% shale)sand towards the upper part of the sand unit.
The type log for the pool 100/13-18-025-11W4/00 is presented below. Structure mapping indicates the sand is trapped on a localized structure likely developed by deep seated faulting or salt solution. Net pay mapping of Mannville S13S indicates the pool may be open for additional development to the north and horizontal development.


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Weekend Maid Part 2: Parent's Return
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- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO)
"The potential economic downfall will directly affect over 400,000 individuals within the CSPF area; however, similar to the housing crisis of 2008, the ultimate consequences will be felt throughout the nation, acting as a potential financial instability for each and every citizen of the United States." Letter from Rep. Cleaver to June 23 Voices for Pension Security Meeting Attendees
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– Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
"Through no fault of their own, these workers and retirees who contributed to their retirement over a lifetime of work can no longer count on receiving the pension they've worked for, planned for and depend on. That's not right and that's not fair. It's time for Washington to respect the hard work of American workers and make sure the promises made to them are kept."
Letter from Senator Tammy Baldwin to Constituents About Protecting Multiemployer Pensions
- National United Committee to Protect Pensions
"Our pensions – and the pensions of over one million Americans in critical and declining status pension plans – are at risk of disappearing within several years…We are open to listening to all solutions, and we understand the political and financial challenges you must overcome to pass legislation for Congress' expedited consideration."
Letter from National United Committee to Protect Pensions to Members of Joint Select Committee
- Reps. Gallagher (R-WI), Fortenberry (R-NE), Gibbs (R-OH), Johnson (R-OH), Faso (R-NY), Duffy (R-WI) and Joyce (R-OH)
"It is our hope that the committee will craft a solution to this problem that addresses the shortcomings of the pension systems and the solvency of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation."
Letter from Seven House Republicans to Joint Select Committee Co-Chairs
- Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
"If we don't reach a solution, after all the devastation and all those lives upended, taxpayers will be on the hook for tens of billions of dollars to the PBGC. This committee gives us the opportunity to avoid all of that – to protect businesses, workers, taxpayers, and the Main Street economy."
Brown Opening Statement at Joint Pension Committee Meeting
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- Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
"Multiemployer pension plans, like other retirement savings programs, have faced a number of challenges in recent years... We need to understand the magnitude of the financial shortfall among plans considered critical and declining, determine the likelihood of other plans falling into this status, and meaningfully evaluate the various proposals that have been offered to address this situation."
Hatch Opening Statement at Joint Select Committee on Pensions Organizing Meeting
- Rep. Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
"With the retirement security of millions of Americans on the line, now is the time to put our heads together for the good of these retirees and the economic benefit of all Americans."
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Since publishing the article, One Simple Step You Can Take to Activate Your Pineal Gland, thousands from all over the world have arrived at this website, seeking information the pineal gland and ways we can support it's functioning through nutrition. I am both humbled and wholeheartedly eager to share more. One thing is absolutely clear, there is a universal yearning for more information to support conscious awakening, and at the forefront is a hunger for resources regarding this tiny miraculous gland we call the third eye.
In the last article I outlined the importance of eating fat-soluble sources of vitamin K2 to decalcify the soft tissues in the body. K2 can be found in grass-fed dairy, butter, meats and pastured eggs. Sorry vegetarians and vegans, unless you like fermented soybeans, you'll need to start incorporating some butter into your diet to compensate the deficiency of K2. K2 cannot be properly synthesized in the gut by eating k1 from green leafy veggies. There's no way around it, it comes from animal fats. I was a vegan for 12 years and a vegetarian for 20. Now I eat pastured dairy and use grass fed butter and I raise my own chickens.
It's winter here in Maine. The days are short and accompanied by long and dark nights. Cold temperatures keep many Mainers inside during the season. The lack of adequate sunlight and outdoor exposure can leave anyone feeling the 'winter blues' and some even suffer from SAD depression, (seasonal affective disorder). SAD is reported by approximately 10 to 20 percent of people with depression and 15 to 22 percent of those with bipolar disorder. While many people understand that the lack of sunlight can have a drastic impact on our mood, most do not understand that the pineal gland is really responsible for our well-being as well as our spiritual sight.
The energy from the sun feeds our pineal gland. The inside of the tiny pinecone shaped gland is lined with photoreceptor cells, similar to those that are found in the retina. These cells are called pinealocytes and they are hard-wired to the visual cortex of the brain. The primary role of these photoreceptors is to synchronize the autonomic functions, like our circadian rhythm, and the creation of neurotransmitters like melatonin and serotonin, to light in our environment. Light is absolutely imperative to the generation of these two neurotransmitters. Photoreceptor cells are also located in the retina, and when triggered by sunlight they also produce serotonin in tandem with the pineal gland.
Scientists believe that some environmental light can pass through the skull to reach the pineal gland, but most of the stimulation occurs through the pathways between the eyes and nervous system. The reactivity of the pineal gland is also influenced by geomagnetic activity, when plasma from the sun's solar wind sneaks in through the earth's magnetic poles. These geomagnetic events cause the pineal gland to vibrate and produce more serotonin and melatonin.
In the long, dark of the winter, it's important to find opportunities to bath in the light. Find moments to be outside and turn your face to the sun. Drink in the light of a window. If you have shades or curtains in your home, open them each morning to let in the light. If you usually wear sunglasses, I challenge you to go without, even when driving. Find a winter activity you can easily participate in, it can be as simple as going for a walk.
Even in the darkness, may you find the solace of light.
Do you get strokes of insight while in the shower? I definitely do. I'm not sure if it's because it's one of the only places I can tune out for a few moments in private, but my shower is full of insight.
Often my mind is flooded with information, concepts and words I need to further research. This morning was no different. I was given the word "Na-cosh".
Now this could have been coincidence, since the first Facebook post I saw this morning was my friend's joke about snakes. I tend to believe coincidence is just a reinforcement of spiritual synchronicity.
So a little goggling this morning led me to discover "Na-Cosh" actually spelled Nacacsh, is the Hebrew word for serpent and also means Bright light.
I looked further, because often words have deeper origins, as is the case with Nacacsh. It looks and sounds a lot like "Nechash" which means bronze and copper. The Hebrew word is from the Aramaic word Nechushah for copper and bronze.
I find this particular interesting given the electrical conductive properties of copper and the energy associated with the "serpent"
Remember the copper serpent rod Moses held up in the desert to heal the children of Israel? It was called the Nehushtan and I believe it was a metaphor for moving reiki energy up the spine to heal.
Did you know the 7 serpents that "came out of" Mary Magdalene weren't actually demons? They are the same wheels of light that were the 7 candlesticks that Jesus presented. They are the 7 Great Mysteries.
They are your 7 chakras. The serpent is your kundalini energy that spirals up your spine like a caduceus.
Next time you see snake symbolism I invite you to welcome another story, one FREE of fear, and see where the wisdom takes you.
We can actively choose to be more of a heart brained person. Our hearts generate a measurable magnetic field that extends six feet beyond the boundaries of our bodies, communicating emotional feelings, thoughts and memory. The brain is not the only organ responsible for our consciousness, the heart is paramount and vital to our connection and humanity.
My husband went out for his morning walk witth our dog. While he was gone, my daughter hugged me and said "Mommy, I want a feather." I turned to her and said " Alright, let me show you how prayer works". I took her hands, we closed our eyes and said " Angels, please show us a sign of your presence please leave a feather for Aurora."
About five minutes later Todd returned from walking our dog, holding a huge white feather. He said on this day he decided to walk in a different direction, to go a different path, and that's when he saw the feather on the ground.
Sometimes you need to walk a different path to answer the call of spirit.
This world may seem filled with chaos and darkness, but the light is eternal and everpresent and angels are with you.
Reiki reduces the usual physical ailments of pregnancy like pain, fatigue, joint issues it also supports lower blood pressure and relaxation. Prenatal Reiki does not replace, but rather is easily integrated with any prenatal treatment and other therapies.Read More
I recently celebrated my 34th birthday. Over the past few years, I have become more aware of the lifestyle choices and what I put in and onto my body. Our skin is the largest organ. When there is an issue within the body it will often present on the skin first. You can tell a lot about an individual's wellness by the health and appearance of someone's skin and the clarity of the eyes. While genetics do play a role in how gracefully we age, our lifestyle has much more of an impact. While we can't do much about the genetics we were dealt, we can make significant changes in our lifestyle to benefit our wellness. So here it is, my top secret, unbelievable beauty secret for healthy, younger looking skin—I don't drink. Not drinking is one of my biggest beauty secrets and let me tell you why.
Alcohol is a hepatotoxin that specifically attacks cells in the liver and causes inflammation. The liver is responsible for removing all toxic substances from your blood. Alcohol inhibits collagen production; collagen keeps our skin firm and prevents wrinkles. Combined with the constant dehydration, wrinkles tend to become very pronounced in heavy drinkers, specifically between the eyebrows, an area on the face that Chinese medicine links to the liver. Alcohol dilates blood vessels and eventually causes capillaries to burst on the face and eyes. The cute blushing you may have experienced in your twenties can turn into a permanent red completion later in life, especially if you have fair skin.
Alcohol can also trigger rosacea and cause a permanent disfiguring of the facial tissues, especially on and around the nose ( think W.C. Fields). It's also notorious for creating enlarged pours. Pours will enlarge in a frantic effort to expel toxins. Over time they lose their ability to close back up. If you are able and willing to limit your drinking to an occasional glass of wine, or stop drinking all together, your liver and skin will certainly thank you. Let me be real here, alcoholism is a serious disease, one that can have devastating effects. If you or a loved one is having trouble with their drinking, there are many support resources available to you. If you decide to cut back or stop, there are holistic protocols to support your liver and reverse and arrest some of the damaging effects of alcohol. Let's chat.
Just like humans, the animals in our lives can benefit greatly from Reiki treatment. Reiki can easily be administered to family pets, horses and livestock. As mobile practitioner, I am able to visit client's homes and barns to treat their pets and horses. I am both a longtime horse and dog owner and find great joy in helping animals feel better. My own horse is now 25 years old, well into his senior years. Regular reiki treatments help relieve his pain in his muscles and joints and help with his respiration.
I was born three months too early. My mother's body was shutting down, so an emergency caesarian was planned in a frantic effort to save her life. Weighing in at a little over two pounds, I was dubbed Miss Preemie Universe. I was rushed to the NICU where I remained for four months, while my mother laid in a pitch black room with toxemia and renal failure.
Years later she would tell me, she felt so much grief around her birth experience and so much grief as a new mother of a severely premature child. " what did I do wrong, she thought?" She wanted the chubby Gerber baby, the healthy baby that nursed and slept with pink rosy cheeks.
Both my mother I did not have the birthing experience that she was hoping for. While her talented medical team was able to save both of our lives, my mother felt grief and anger. She never got to experience the third trimester of either of her pregnancies. I can't image the fear she must have felt being told she was dying and the doctors needed to remove me from her womb to save her life. Not only faced with her own mortality, she was forced to confront the fear of losing her child as well, a fear no mother should ever have to face. While most mothers long to hold their newborns close, to nurse and comfort, and coddle, my mother just felt overwhelming grief and anger. Instead of bonding, we both fought frantically to live.
Every mother is deserving of a peaceful, uncomplicated and comfortable birth, one that is supportive and celebrated. Every child deserves to be brought into the world in a gentle manner, free of trauma. I While this isn't always the case, especially in the United States, I believe it's an ideal that most women hold close as they approach their due date.
No one wishes for complications, unplanned interventions, trauma, and infant mortality, but the reality is that these are a very real possibility for women giving birth in the United States. According to theCenters for Disease Control, the United States has a higher infant mortality rate than any of the other 27 wealthy countries. A baby born in the U.S. is nearly three times as likely to die during her first year of life as one born in Finland or Japan.
When I became pregnant with my daughter, I knew I wanted a very different birth story then the one my mother and I shared. I was haunted by the fear that, I too, would have a premature child or develop life-threatening toxemia. Despite my fears, I felt an undeniable yearning to reclaim the birth experience that my mother did not have. For me the choice was crystal clear—if all went well, I would opt to have water birth, in the comfort of my own home and entrust my prenatal and postnatal care to a talented and caring midwife.
A woman's birth plan and choice of care givers is a deeply personal one. I did not arrive at the decision to home birth lightly, but felt after much research and spiritual investigation, it would be the best possible choice for myself and my child. I am fortunate to live in Maine, were home birth is legal and midwifes are plentiful. I was even surprised to find that my insurance company covered my care and birth with my midwife.
Not only did I have a healthy, robust pregnancy, I carried my daughter full-term. She was actually a day late and weighed in at 8.9 pounds and was 22 inches long! My labor was very quick. I pushed for 10 minutes and delivered my daughter in the water. It was absolutely perfect. She never left my chest after being born, and never left my side for the next few days. My home birth was everything I had hoped it would be. I felt safe, supported and in control the entire time. Surrendering to the process and pain and moving beyond my fear has changed me for life.
If you are considering having a home birth in Maine I would love to speak with you about my experience and see how Reiki can support your pregnancy and natural birth plan. Since I offer in-home reiki treatments, I can be with you weeks before your labor, helping to ease the discomforts of pregnancy, support your birth, and even visit for treatments in your home, long after your baby is born.
How In-Home Reiki Treatment Changed My Life and How it Can Change YoursRead More
I am excited to announce that I am taking my healing practice to the road and now offering the option of in-home Reiki and energy work to new and current clients within 30 miles of the Greater Portland, Maine area. Having a mobile practice allows me to treat within the convenience and comfort of the home. This is especially beneficial for individuals whose illness and pain keep them within the home, hospital, or nursing facility.
In-home Reiki is also ideal for anyone struggling with anxiety and PTSD. It's also great for expecting or new mothers, or parents that otherwise would need to find childcare for a session. For clients who prefer the studio environment, that option will remain be available as well.
If you are ready to try an alternative healing modality or looking for energetic support in your life, I would love the opportunity to speak with you and see if in-home healing and Reiki might be a perfect fit for you.
2015 In-Home Reiki Pricing
Individual Sessions
30 min session….$55
60 min session….$85
90 min session….$130
Four 30 min sessions for the price of three….$165
Four 60 min sessions for the price of three….$255
Four 90 min sessions for the price of three….$390
Monthly Rates
Frequency can greatly improve treatment outcomes. I offer a 20% discounted monthly rate for clients who book 3 times a week for a month at a time.
About the Author:
Erin's work as a healer is dedicated to helping others find wellness and a deeper spiritual understanding. Located in Portland, Maine, her healing arts practice combines intuitive energy work, with sound and crystal therapies to heal and transform individuals on a soul level. Using holistic photography, she documents and celebrates authentic beauty and transformation.
Whether you are struggling with chronic pain, disease, anxiety, depression, rapid life transitions, or perhaps you just need a new direction, Erin offers gentle energetic support and guidance to help restore balance and wholeness, increase well-being and joyful heart connection.
Last night I was honored to be interviewed on The Center of Light Radio Show tonight , you can listen on demand as I talk about our cosmic origins and the nature of longing and compassionate connection.
Many thanks to The Center of Light Radio Show and it's host Keith Anthony Blanchard!
Show Topic: We Are Stardust: Understanding the Cosmic Wisdom of Longing and Compassionate Connection, with guest Erin Kroll
"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness."
― John Muir
It is not easy to walk the path of Spirit. At times it is downright uncomfortable, lonely, and uncertain. At times, it is pure wilderness. Spiritual wilderness feels so far removed from the ecstatic spiritual experience we long to have daily, but it is a mystical and healing experience in its own right. There are periods of repose and reflection in our lives when we are called to retreat into our personal wilderness, to go deep within the stillness of our sacred space, to sit within the silence, the places of shadow, to access, understand,question and discern. The call to our wilderness is a primordial one. To sink into the stillness of our hearts, to listen only to the authentic voice, to decide where we begin and end, is an undeniable calling. To answer it takes courage, it is not easy wading through the quagmire of doubt and discernment.
At the core, discernment is about personal boundaries and authenticity. When we discern, we make contractual agreements with ourselves that define and solidify our availability and willingness to participate, listen, engage and believe. The process of discernment also connects us with our own truths and personal guidance systems; this is the voice of our intuition. Today in our hyper-connected world we are bombarded by communication and information all the time, there is little respite. It is very difficult to hear ourselves above the noise.
We do not move out into the wilderness with the intention of getting lost, we move for the experience of the unknown, the vastness and possibility that are waiting to receive us. So next time you find yourself questioning all that you know to be true or just seeking some discernment along the way, open your heart to the unknown and relish in the clarity that will come from your slowing down to listen. Happy exploring.
About the Author:
Erin's work as a healer is dedicated to helping others find wellness and a deeper spiritual understanding. Located in Portland, Maine, her healing arts practice combines intuitive energy work, with sound and crystal therapies to heal and transform individuals on a soul level. Using holistic photography, she documents and celebrates authentic beauty and transformation.
Whether you are struggling with chronic pain, disease, anxiety, depression, rapid life transitions, or perhaps you just need a new direction, Erin offers gentle energetic support and guidance to help restore balance and wholeness, increase well-being and joyful heart connection.
In order to support my clients more fully, I am offering a discounted treatment rate of $35 for an hour reiki session and $65 for a 90 minute session.
It is my hope that my new pricing will make Reiki possible for everyone!
I look forward to seeing you soon!
How many times have you heard the expression "use your head, not your heart?" Thinking with the heart is not just a euphemism our mothers told us. There is a very real heart-mind connection rooted in biology that is fundamental to our understanding of consciousness. In reality, our heart has on average over 40,000 neurons that direct conscious thoughts related to our emotions, as well as govern unconscious signals and other sensations to the autonomic parts of the brain. These neurons can influence perception, decision making, and emotional responses. I truly believe heart-brained people have an even larger quantity of neurons, or have evolved to rely more on this method of emotional cognition.
Are You a Heart Brained Person?
1. Do you get angry when you see dishonesty, injustice, violence and corruption?
2. Are you highly imaginative, creative, artistic and multi-talented?
3. Are you easily bored and frustrated?
4. Have you ever been called flakey or forgetful?
5. Were you misdiagnosed as hyperactive, ADD or learning disabled?
6. Are you passionate and engaging?
7. Do you daydream often?
8. Do you start sentences with "I feel like…" instead of "I think…'?
9. Are you sensitive to certain noises, sounds, smells, or fabrics?
10. Are you strong in your personal convictions, at times even stubborn?
11. Does time always seem to elude you?
12. Do you dislike old systems, old ways of doing and being?
13. Do you thrive in environments of change?
14. Are you very intuitive or empathic? Can you read people and energy?
15. Were you called an old soul or very mature for your age as a child?
16. Did you have a difficult time in school, despite being very intelligent ?
17. Do you understand the power of your emotions?
18. Do you remember your dreams?
19. Are you sensitive to certain foods or eat in a conscious way?
20. Are people naturally drawn to you for guidance and support?
21. Have you ever been called dramatic?
22. Are you a passionate and dynamic writer?
23. Do you have a strong desire for personal growth and evolution?
24. Do you have a difficulty communicating with spoken words?
25. Are children and animals drawn to you?
26. Are you spiritual?
27. Do you work in social services, healthcare, education or creative arts fields?
28. Are you drawn to nature and the ocean?
29. Do you excel at many talents or are a jack of all trades?
30. Above all do you have a strong desire to change the world ?
If you answered yes to a majority of these questions, congratulations you are indeed a heart-brained, extremely gifted, conscious soul with so much to offer the world. Live your passions and don't let society, or anyone else tell you that you should alter your perceptions and experience of the world to fit into a box. You are beautiful; go out and show others how to think with their hearts. You are what is right in this world!
About the Author:
Erin's work as a healer is dedicated to helping others find wellness and a deeper spiritual understanding. Her healing arts practice combines intuitive energy work, with sound and crystal therapies to heal and transform individuals on a soul level. Using holistic photography, she documents and celebrates authentic beauty and transformation.
Whether you are struggling with chronic pain, disease, anxiety, depression, rapid life transitions, or perhaps you just need a new direction, Erin offers gentle energetic support and guidance to help restore balance and wholeness, increase well-being and joyful heart connection.
Between the eyebrows, in the center of the brain is a pea sized endocrine gland that is responsible for spiritual sight and elevated mood. Known commonly as the third eye, or the seat of the soul, the pineal gland plays an important role in our understanding and comprehension of the cosmic world around us. When functioning at optimal health, it is also responsible for the production of serotonin derivative melatonin, which helps us sleep, dream, and follow consistent circadian cycles, we wake with the sun, we sleep in night. It also makes DMT, the Spirit Molecule, that is excreted during REM state of dreaming, meditation, during birth and at the end of life.
This tiny pine cone shaped gland nestles in-between the two hemispheres of the brain and even has photosensitive cells much like the retina in our eyes. Years of drinking fluoridated water, homogenized milk with added vitamin D, a low fat diet, sugar and refined carbohydrates and GMO processed foods can wreak havoc on the tissues of the body, disrupting the delicate balance of minerals needed to maintain health.
The result is too much calcium in our blood, which, when unbalanced, can accumulate in our soft tissues. The pineal gland calcifies; our bones and teeth weaken, our arteries become coated with calcified plaque, our blood pressure rises, we can't sleep at night, and we are depressed, eventually, if we don't develop heart disease or stroke, we get Alzheimer's or dementia, all caused by an imbalances in our modern diet and a lack of vitamin K2.
If you have never heard of K2 and its critical role in your health and wellbeing, you aren't alone. Vitamin K2 has been virtually eliminated from our modern American diet, a tragic and arguably deliberate way to obliterate our spiritual awareness, make us chronically sick, depressed, and dependent on a healthcare system that continues to fail us.
Within the last 150 years the industrialization of agriculture has transformed our modern diet and substantially impacted our health. I am part of the generation that saw the mass fluoridation of public water and grew up eating genetically modified foods. I got my first cavity a year after the fluoride was added to our water supply.
To better understand why K2 disappeared from our modern diet, you need to understand where this valuable little powerhouse of a vitamin comes from. Unlike vitamin K1 that is found in leafy green plants, vitamin K2 comes from milk, egg yolks, meat and cheese from the animals allowed to graze on tall, fast growing, and green pasture. Cows and chickens eating a diet rich in green grass produce K2 in their milk fat and egg yolks. K2 is also found shellfish, organ meats, and fermented foods.
Visit any modern industrialized farm these days, and you will not find cows on pasture or chickens off roaming the land. You'll see animals in stalls, without sunlight, being feed GMO corn and grain, or worse, animal byproducts. Lush green grass was removed from the industrial livestock diet, and thus, K2 was removed from ours. It may take a little more work to locate quality sources of K2, but it is possible and you won't break the bank in the process. An organic label alone is not assurance of being pasture fed. Go to your local farmers market, coop, or natural grocer and ask. Look for pasture feed labels, like "raised on green grass" "from animals allowed to eat grass" "finished on grass". Kerry Irish Gold butter is a grass fed butter and available in all super markets.
By adding a high-quality grass fed butter to your diet, and eating it liberally, you add an array of amazing fat soluble vitamins. pasture and cultured pasture butter contains Medium chain fatty acids , vitamins, conjugated linoleic acid, and balanced omega-3 and omega-6 fats.
Vitamin K Conundrum
While humans can eat a lot of leafy green veggies to get K1, we cannot convert enough K1 into K2 to reverse calcification. Vitamin K2, also called menaquinone, is made by the happy bacteria that line your GI tract. K2 goes straight to your blood vessel walls, bones, and tissues. Vitamin K2, is found in fermented foods and in animal sources, sorry Vegans (I was one for many years) is more important than calcium for bone heath. It can also reverse tissue calcification. It maintains proper calcium levels by attracting calcium molecules and helping them bind to proteins so the calcium can be used by the body.
Unbalanced calcium will accumulate in soft tissues. Basically, K2 moves appropriates calcium throughout the body and places is where it can be readily utilized. Without enough vitamin K2, osteoporosis could occur. This same property also makes vitamin K2 useful for preventing cardiovascular disease and reversing calcification: the vitamin will attract calcium which has hardened in the pineal gland, arteries, tissues and cause it to break down.
13 ways to decalcify your pineal gland + improve your spiritual sight
( oh you'll also be clearing up your arteries
1. Eat lots of saturated fat, specifically grass fed butter and coconut oil.
2. Eat less grains and refined sugars
3. Stop drinking fluoridated water
4. Throw away your fluoride toothpaste
5. Stop taking calcium supplements and eating fortified foods.
6. Get your vitamin D from natural sources like sun and diet.
7. Use coconut oil as sunscreen
8. Take Epson salt baths weekly to increase your magnesium levels
9. Eat more raw organic cacao and dark chocolate to increase your magnesium levels
10. If you eat meat, start buying grass feed meat and poultry
11. Eat lots of grass feed eggs with the yokes
12. Eat more laco-fermented foods
13. If you are a Vegan, learn to love natto, kimchi, and kombucha.
About the Author:
Erin's work as a healer is dedicated to helping others find wellness and a deeper spiritual understanding. Her healing arts practice combines intuitive energy work, with sound and crystal therapies to heal and transform individuals on a soul level. Using holistic photography, she documents and celebrates authentic beauty and transformation.
Whether you are struggling with chronic pain, disease, anxiety, depression, rapid life transitions, or perhaps you just need a new direction, Erin offers gentle energetic support and guidance to help restore balance and wholeness, increase well-being and joyful heart connection.
I have been thinking a lot about compassion, lately. I personally believe kindness is the pathway that leads to true heartfelt connection and compassion is the bridge. Often compassion and kindness are thought of as the same thing? Are they? Is it possible they are more like two notes in the same song?
The Sanskrit word for compassion is Maitri, or loving kindness. Buddhists practice the cultivation of loving kindness through seeding kindness within first and then extending it outward into the world and "all sentient beings". The meditation practice called Tonglen is an effective way to nurture compassion. To practice, breathe in the suffering of the world and breathe out compassion and love.
Mastering the art of compassion is like entering the second level in the video game of life. In the first level we need to slay the dragons that hold us captive from truly seeing the light that we are—from truly loving and accepting ourselves. When we master that first level, which I'm not kidding, can be absolutely daunting, we begin to move through the world softer, with less self-judgment and because we are confident within our own emotional state, we tend to feel less threatened and less judgmental of others.
In order to cultivate compassion, we first need to understand the many ways we tend to limit compassion in ourselves and as a result, limit our ability to nurture heartfelt connection and relationships.
If you are struggling to feel connected and are ready to find a deeper sense of self-worth, I would love to hear from you.
In light,
Are you experiencing a tremendous amount of upheaval or shifting in your life? Are new doors opening for you? Often when we experience a sudden and unanticipated life change, we feel overwhelmed by grief, anger, confusion and even resentment. It becomes very hard to see the silver lining, we may even feel hopeless. It is all normal. Something magical happens when we let go of our attachments to the things we can not control, a doorway will appear in between the spaces of shadow, fear and saddness. Walk through it courageously, even if you do not know where it leads.
Want to feel better fast? Seriously better? The secret isn't found in a pill. It's Kindness!
Kindness is a tangible energetic frequency that is extremely powerful. Acts of Kindness instantly elevate our mood, raise our vibration, and increase neurotransmitters responsible for the good feelings of joy, connection and love. Acts of kindness obliterate our ego, remove our judgments of self and other, and allow our hearts to open wide—where the true magic of connection can happen.
Here are 100 surefire ways you can instantly feel better by sharing an act of kindness.
100 Ways to Share a Simple Act of Kindness
1. Invite a friend to tea
2. Volunteer your time
3. Listen without judgment
4. Send a letter of appreciation
5. Make two sandwiches , give one away
6. Donate old clothes
7. Offer to carry a person's bags
8. Buy someone a cup of coffee
9. Pick up trash
10. Leave notes random notes of kindness on a strangers windshield
11. Make dinner for someone who can't
12. Play with a child
13. Visit a nursing home
14. Give away that dollar bill in your pocket when someone asks
15. Make eye contact and smile at people
16. Wish someone well
17. Plant a garden
18. Invite an old friend to tea
19. Give old blankets to a shelter
20. Hide notes of kindness
21. Be genuine
22. Take a warm bath --kindness starts with yourself
23. Offer up your space in line
24. Help someone with their housework
25. Read a book to a child
26. Leave spare change in tip jars
27. Adopt a pet or volunteer at a shelter
28. Give something away you no longer use
29. Donate Blood
30. Embrace your imperfections
31. Don't take the same way home
32. Thank people who have had an impact in your life
33. Forgive someone who has hurt you
34. Compliment people when driving
35. Give someone your parking space
36. Mentor a child
37. Start a conversation with someone you don't know
38. Plant a garden
39. Return a lost item to someone
40. Be mindful of your words and actions
41. Tip a little more than you should
42. Make yourself available to others
43. Send flowers or leave them on a doorstep
44. Bring cookies into work
45. Share your umbrella
46. Offer a ride to someone
47. Eat, Buy and Shop Locally
48. Leave quarters in laundry machines
49. When someone challenges you, love them anyway
50. Be grateful for what you have
51. Donate to causes and organizations that you care about
52. Send a care package to a solider
53. Help someone who is ill
54. Have a food drive
55. Donate your bottles and cans
56. Do a friends laundry
57. Say hello
58. Visit relatives
59. Have a yard sale and give the money away
60. Bake cookies for someone
61. Meet your neighbors
62. Clean up litter around your community
63. Smile at people in the grocery store
64. Start a conversation with a stranger
65. Feed parking meters
66. Compliment someone
67. Become a better listener
68. Practice self appreciation
69. Bake a cake and give it away
70. Offer to watch a friends children
71. Practice acceptance
72. Paint a picture for someone
73. Say 'thank you' all the time
74. Be genuine
75. Buy extra food and give it away
76. Express gratitude freely
77. Help a neighbor with yard work
78. Leave a kind note in a mailbox
79. Adopt a pet
80. Apologize to someone
81. Practice Forgiveness
82. Cheer up someone who is having a tough day
83. Leave a gift for a stranger
84. Drop a five dollar bill on the ground
85. Let someone go ahead of you
86. Go shopping for someone who can't
87. Visit a nursing home
88. Go out of your way to make a new friend
89. Give up your seat for someone
90. Send a care package to a solider oversees
91. Send a thank you note to your child's teacher
92. Wave at strangers
93. Leave inspiring notes in public places
94. By someone coffee at the drive thru
95. Pay a toll for someone
96. Host a dinner party
97. Recycle and consume less energy and resources
98. Practice Forgiveness
{C}99. Visit a local school and read to children
{C}100. Give someone a hug


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Not even a bout of pneumonia and heart fibrillation could prevent 83-year-old Kaipaki tennis player Evan De la Rue winning the 80-plus singles and doubles titles at the New Zealand Age Group Championships in Remuera.
The normally fit as a fiddle De la Rue became unwell in May last year.
"I've never been so unwell," he said. "I couldn't even mow the lawn without being totally out of breath and was unable to play tennis for seven months."
It was a far cry from four months earlier when his memorable season culminated with a silver medal in the mixed doubles partnered by Jean Stevens (Otago) at the World Championships in Orlando. He also featured prominently in the singles, winning four games on the trot to take out the consolation plate after losing his first round match in the main draw to the No 1 seed, 6-3, 6-3. De la Rue and Stevens retained their No 2 world ranking for around 12 months.
After taking medication and spending time at his holiday bach at Mount Maunganui, De la Rue said his health gradually started to improve to the point he could walk around the Mount.
"It took me 100 minutes, more than twice as long as I normally take to travel around the Mount base, but the sea air and walks all helped speed up my recovery."
Although still feeling short of breath from time to time, he eventually began hitting balls again.
"My neighbour (at Lynd Rd, Kaipaki) who plays a bit of tennis was a big help in my recovery. We practised, practised, practised hitting balls on our home court and did some fitness drills to get me into shape for the nationals," said De la Rue.
The No 1 seed in the 80-plus age group drew the bye in round one, prompting him to ask the organisers to put him in a game of doubles on the first day to see how his fitness would hold up. He came through it "okay" and the rest is now history.
The remarkable De la Rue completed a three-peat by winning all his six singles matches in straight sets to clinch his third national singles title in as many years.
He had further success, going through unbeaten to win the doubles, partnered by Gary Pike the No 2 seed in the singles, and placed third in the mixed doubles partnered by Margaret Hart of Napier.
De la Rue had another setback last year when his great mate and long-time tennis rival Mose Harvey passed away. Harvey became the first and only New Zealander to win a world tennis singles title when he triumphed in the 70-plus age group in Christchurch in 2009. He and De la Rue were runners-up in the world 70-plus doubles at that same event.
"It was a pleasure to have known Mose," he said.
"We had many a battle on the court competing in the same age group.
"There is no doubting that playing alongside Mose as a doubles pairing helped my tennis no end."
The current No 1 ranked 80-plus player in the country has now won both the men's singles and doubles titles for three straight years, and cleaned up the singles, doubles and mixed doubles the two previous years.
There is no hint of him hanging up his racket in the near future — he is seriously considering competing at this year's world champs in Croatia.


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Customers are a discerning group, with high expectations and the ability to literally pick and choose where they shop. With retail, first impressions always count - as well as all the ones that follow. Along with a great product or service, making sure a customer's instore experience is memorable for the right reasons is one of the leading ways to ensure their continuing patronage.
Is your instore experience all that it could be? Here are some tips to consider.
Who's the boss?
Make sure you and your customers are driving the workflow, not your POS system. These days the customer purchase path is complex, and they have so much more information at their fingertips.
A flexible and dynamic POS without a rigid workflow will enable you to drive the sales process in the direction the customer requires.
Choose your tech wisely
It's essential to embrace technology that gives you the biggest bang for buck, and is the easiest for staff and customers to use. Don't get caught up in tech that looks really cool, but in reality is just a distraction from what is really important - increasing your customer experience and profit.
Just because the technology is new and looks good, it doesn't mean it is right for your stores. Strip away the flashy exterior, conduct some due diligence, and determine the technology's return on investment for both customers and your business.
Knowledge base drives confidence
The POS needs to be so much more than 'just POS', with functionality that extends far beyond just scanning a barcode and realising a price. It needs to be a complete transaction and information platform.
In order for the sales process to flow, the POS needs to be simple and fast for the user to drive, while also quickly and reliably providing them with an increasing depth and spread of information.
Having a knowledgeable sales person or one who can find product information quickly through the POS system, will ensure customer confidence in the product and person they're dealing with.
Move forward with feedback
Do provide the ability for your customers to provide feedback on their shopping experience. Listen to what they say, and then use the information to identify hot spots and improve the shopping experience for them.
It's best to know what your customers are thinking, rather than guessing where you are getting things right or wrong.
Incentives can also be useful in gleaning the thoughts of your customers, and encouraging them to provide honest feedback. Infinity supports different ways of collecting and analysing your customer preferences to suit your specific environment.
Know what your customers know
It's essential your staff are as well equipped with information as your customers are. It's not really a good look to be caught out by a customer who knows more about your product than the staff member serving them!
The days where instore and online channels were different entities have well and truly gone. A customer can use their phone to look up your store's website while they are shopping onsite, and so it's imperative that staff are aware of what is happening online, while the online channel also needs to reflect what is happening instore.
A single source of data is the key to enabling this.
Watch and learn from other retail verticals
While most retailers feel they are unique – and in some respects they most certainly are – there are often more similarities than differences when comparing retailers within and across verticals.
With our years of experience, we can often relate a process from one seemingly completely different industry to another. We can draw similarities, offer improvements that we know have worked, or proceed with caution in more challenging areas.
For example, while telecommunications, agribusiness and furniture may all seem totally different on the surface, they all share a need for a complex order and item configuration mechanism and are fundamentally seeking the same solutions.
It's a good idea to have a look around at other verticals and to see what works (or doesn't work) there. Draw on the knowledge of people outside your niche for new and more efficient processes, and ways to improve the customer experience.
One size does not fit all in enterprise retail. Select a vendor and system to support the kind of experience your customers expect from your brand. Choose a flexible instore system, configured to fit your unique requirements. Choose an experienced vendor with the expertise to lead your transformation and inspire your vision.


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A statement from the national airline said Fiji Airways guests travelling to and from Auckland may experience disruptions and delays to their flight because of the restrictions on jet fuel supply at Auckland Airport. Since then, at least 70 domestic and worldwide flights have been cancelled, including 29 on Tuesday.
"Airlines are working hard to minimise rescheduling and the knock-on effect this will have with travellers' connections to other flights", Mr Tighe-Umbers says.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) said its SQ286 Auckland-Singapore flight would make a refuelling stop in Sydney on Wednesday and Thursday, while Cathay Pacific CX198 is stopping in Brisbane enroute from Auckland to Hong Kong.
Opposition leader Jacinda Ardern, who is hoping to oust English in the election, said the government was warned years ago about relying too much on the pipeline.
"We were obviously vulnerable. Work should have been done to make sure that we were more resilient than this", Ardern told reporters.
The fuel shortages would affect about 9,000 passengers' air travel plans on Wednesday, Air New Zealand said.
"Emirates flight EK449 operating from Auckland to Dubai between 18-24 September, will stop in Melbourne for refuelling due to the Auckland Airport fuel shortage, which has affected most worldwide airlines", a spokesperson of the company said.
The pipeline's owner says the repairs will not be completed until sometime next week.
"This is subject to availability of jet fuel for these non-scheduled flights".
Air New Zealand is restricting ticket sales as airline services continue to be disrupted by a rupture to a pipeline carrying jet fuel to the airport.
The carrier said it planned to cancel eight global flights on Wednesday, including five to Australia, two to Fiji, and one to Vietnam. This brings the total number of cancellations since Sunday to 41.
The New Zealand Defence Force is finalising the logistics of supplying its trucks and fuel for use in the fuel's transportation.
The ruptured pipeline also carries diesel and gasoline, although the shortage has been most acutely felt by the airlines.
The refinery company said yesterday that a jet fuel loading station at Marsden Pt was now ready to fill tankers as soon as they arrived but a representative for fuel companies said they still did not know whether they could use road tankers or a tank on Wynyard Wharf in central Auckland for aviation gas.


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How to Take Care of Your Teeth
By Chip and Tartar Cavity
"'Ello, there! Chip Cavity here with my bro, Tartar, and we are here to explain to you how to take care of your teeth. "
"Right, first you NEVER need to use a toothbrush! That instrument is one of the worst tools ever invented! If your mom tells you that you need to brush your teeth with your toothbrush, look at her and roll your eyes – those "toothbrushes" are just a ploy to get you to do something other than watch TV. "
"Now, if your mom insists on watching you brush your teeth, the best thing to do is run around screaming –"
"Ahem! Excuse me! What is going on here?"
"Oh, ummm…'ello Toothpaste Avenger. 'Ow you be?"
"Well, I bet I'm a lot better than you two toothless monsters. What are you telling your audience? Are you explaining how to brush their teeth to them?"
"Why, in fact we are, sir! We were just telling them – ooof! What'd you go an' nudge me in the ribs for, Chip? I was just going to tell the Toothpaste Avenger that the best way to brush your teeth is to not–"
"Ah, what he is about to say is that brushing your teeth with a toothbrush is a must, Toothpaste Avenger."
"Well, Chip, Tartar is absolutely correct! In fact, try to even have fun while doing it – hum a song like 'Happy Birthday' or 'The Wheels on the Bus' while you brush your teeth. It's a lot of fun to see if you can make it through an entire song without spitting your toothpaste out."
"Hahahahahaha! That is hilarious Toothpaste Avenger! Where did you learn how to do that?"
"As it turns out Tartar, I have a lot of tricks up my sleeve like that one. Did you know that a great way to fight bad breath is get a little bit of mouth wash and dilute it with water and then try swishing it around in your mouth and squeeze it out of your teeth into the sink? Sometimes it can get a bit messy, but if you have a towel close by, it's easy to clean up."
"Whoa! Toothpaste Avenger, that sounds like a lot of fun! We should try that Tartar."
"I agree, Toothpaste Avenger, do you have any mouthwash?"
"I sure do. You monsters can definitely stand to use some. When was the last time you brushed?"
"Ah, come on Toothpaste Avenger, you know us. We try to avoid brushing our teeth as much as possible. Until you came along, it just wasn't fun."
"I can see, and smell. Tell you what, why don't you two try what I've suggested for two weeks and let's see if your oral health improves. Then, we can come up with some other great ideas that you and our audience can try at home. In the meantime, hum some songs while you brush and play with mouthwash. Check out the list of fun songs to hum below!"
"Righty-o Toothpaste Avenger. Maybe I'll even try flossing too!"
"Very good idea, Tartar. Very, very good idea."
A Few Fun Songs to Hum with a Mouthful of Toothpaste:
Wheels on the Bus
Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?
Pop, Goes the Weasel
Three Blind Mice
Brush Your Teeth, Cha-Cha-Cha-Cha
Baby Beluga
If You're Happy and You Know
Apples and Bananas
Great Green Gobs
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Down by the Bay


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For many years, watches and glasses were only used as a means to tell time and correct vision, respectively. Now, watches, glasses, and other wearables have been used to do more for us. Our watches and glasses can now do the things that smartphones do, and sometimes much more. With the popularity of wearable technology and the support that startup companies are receiving to create these devices, it is hard to imagine that wearable technology will not stick around for many years.
There are many awesome IT gadgets in the wearable technology market that fly off the shelves as soon as they are released. There are many wearable technology devices that are known to many people and they are easily spotted once someone wears one of the devices. However, there are several IT gadgets that some people may not be aware of.
We are aware of how wearable technology can be used in medical facilities, classrooms, and workplaces, but what about the devices that can be used for other activities?
Huawei Wearable Electronics W1
This Huawei Watch is created to be a part of your daily look and your daily life. If you are a fan of Android devices, you can pair this phone with your awesome Android phone. If you are not a fan of Androids, do not worry, why? This watch is one of the first watches that can be used with an iPhone. This watch gives you the sophisticated and classic look you love to pull off. You can choose from a variety of casings and straps. Once you purchase this watch, you will be able to dress your watch to match any look for any occasion.
Zepp2 Golf Kit
Are you a fan of the game of golf? After a hard week of work, you will probably like to enjoy some nice rounds of golf. Would you say you are a great golfer, an average golfer, or do you need a little more work? Wouldn't you like to be able to analyze your swing whenever you play? Do you have aspirations of maybe playing in a major soccer tournament one day? Well, you can attach the Zepp sensor and you will be able to personalize your training and improve your golf game faster than ever before. With a 3D swing analysis, you will be able to measure the most essential parts of your swing. You will also receive evaluation instantly, and this will allow you to focus on the areas that improve the most.
Zepp Play Soccer
We know you like to work hard, but how often do you play hard? Wearable technology can be used for more than working. Zepp Play Socceris an awesome wearable device that you can pair with a smartphone through Bluetooth. This device can fit inside a Zepp leg sleeve that is part of the bundle. If you like to play soccer in your spare time or if you consider yourself a soccer player, this device will provide you with a variety of useful stats and you can save highlights of the game.
Wearable technology is certainly an exciting concept. Do you remember the time when cell phones were rare and having one was a big deal? Wearable technology has gone through that same phase, but these products will become largely popular. Wearable electronics has a great deal of potential, and this potential should not be ignored. Wearable electronics can be used to open doors of new opportunities and the electronics can change the way we interact with others. Continue to keep your eyes open for wearable electronics; you will be sure to find something that attracts your attention.


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Office: Armory 1B41
Professor Michael McDevitt teaches courses in political communication, research methods, journalism and media ethics. He joined the CU faculty in 2001 after teaching at the University of New Mexico.
Prior to his teaching career, he worked as a reporter and editorial writer for newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area. In media sociology, he is working on a book: Where Ideas Go to Die: Anti-intellectualism in American Journalism (Oxford). Prof. McDevitt is published in journals in communication, journalism studies, political science and education. He is a recipient of the International Communication Association's Outstanding Public Policy Research Award.
He holds a BA in political science from the University of California, Berkeley and a PhD in communication from Stanford. He returned to Stanford in 2015 as a visiting scholar in the Graduate School of Education.


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A groundbreaking exhibition of recently uncovered archival treasures of the African presence on the Delaware River from the collection of the Independence Seaport Museum, opens on May 4, 2013. This exhibit examines Philadelphia history through the lens of four major themes: Enslavement, Emancipation, Jim Crow, and Civil Rights. Curated by Tukufu Zuberi, University of Pennsylvania Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies and a host of PBS History Detectives.
The Opening Ceremony on May 4, begins at 10:00a.m, with a Blessing of the River on the Seaport Museum's dock, Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, PA. (Open to the public).
The Blessing of the River commemorates the enslaved Africans disembarked from slave ships on the Delaware River; remembers Black seaman, sailors and dockworkers who earned a living, or fought for liberty there. The Ceremonies begin with the libation or the pouring of WATER as a symbol of cleansing, purification, and rebirth to greater possibilities of human excellence.
The Delaware River, flows through African-American past and present. It represents the pain of the Middle Passage, our connection to Ancestral homelands across the Atlantic; the triumphant survival of the descendants of those Africans, and our call for healing and hope for future generations.
The Procession & Ceremony will be lead by:
Ron Wandering Feather, Deputy Chief of the Tsalagi Tribe, Lakota Pipe-holder Shaman
Nana Akomfohene Korantema Ayeboafo
Awo Ifagbemi Sekou Olayinka, Babalawo & Olobàtálá at Ilé Ìwà-Pèlé (House of Gentle Character), Philadelphia
Shenuti, Iya Adjua
Rev. Worthington, Woodbury & Vicinity Ministers Conference
Denise Valentine w/Keepers of the Culture, Inc.
Tyehimba: Zumbi Soweto, Baba Jabali Wazuri, Ogun Keme, and other invited drummers
A day full of family-friendly activities follows, featuring entertainment by Dancespora, CHE Nautical, and more, celebrating African and African American culture. Free with museum admission.
Independence Seaport Museum
Penn's Landing
211 South Columbus Blvd & Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19106
The Philadelphia Middle Passage Ceremony and Port Marker Project is leading the movement to conduct an Ancestral Remembrance Ceremony/Memorial Service at Penn's Landing. The purpose of the ceremony is to acknowledge Penn's Landing, and other locations on the Delaware River, as ports of entry for Africans during the transatlantic human trade; to commemorate the nearly 2 million Africans who perished in the Middle Passage; and, to garner support for the installation of a marker in their memory. Finally, we celebrate the triumphant survival of the descendants of those Africans and offer healing and hope for future generations.
- Coming Attraction: The Independence Seaport Museum Presents Tides Of Freedom: African Presence On The Delaware River, Opening May 4 (uwishunu.com)
It's official.
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How to Justify Dessert after Breakfast
When the morning begins with a home-run breakfast sandwich (avocado + fried egg + smokey tempeh on New Cascadia's gluten-free cinnamon raisin toast with coconut oil and a sprinkle of Jacobsen's Rosemary Sea Salt), you can pretty much guarantee it's going to be a jazzy day.
After devouring said sandwich last Friday, I decided I wasn't ready to leave the kitchen. I just needed one reason to stay.
Enter: Tracy Chapman
Push Play.
Menu development for my nutrition cookbook was just the excuse I needed to delay my day's tasks a little longer. I scoured the pantry and refrigerator for recipe ingredients, although both were quite bare (not that you can tell from my breakfast, -enter wide-eyed emoji here-). So I decided to put together a quick and easy blender pudding. Chocolate, chia, avocado pudding, that is.
In order to justify dessert for breakfast, you need to include a few staple components: protein, fiber, & fat.
These three precious elements slow down the absorption of glucose into the bloodstream (yay!) so that you don't feel a sugar rush (followed by a 1:00pm sugar crash), and more importantly, your insulin won't spike and fall. Bad things happen when insulin spikes (inflammation, decreased immune function, etc. etc. etc.)
And if you need more verification, see Nutrition Tidbits & Highlights below.
This recipe calls for creamy avocado, fiber-packed chia seeds, and my favorite non-dairy milk (flax + protein), all swirled together with rich and decadent raw cocoa powder. All of these ingredients can be found at your local natural health foods store or major supermarket.
Ingredients: (Makes 2 Servings)
1 small avocado (about 1/4 cup smashed)
1 3/4 cup non-dairy milk (I use Good Karma flax + protein, but homemade or other would be fine)
2 large medjool dates (make sure to remove pits)
2 heaping Tbs. cocoa powder
1/4 cup dry chia seeds
1. Add avocado, milk, dates, and cocoa powder to a high speed blender
2. Blend on medium, and increase to high speed until smooth and creamy
*Now you have an option. (Remember those books that let you decide which page to go to next?) Choose the fate of your pudding texture by continuing to either step 3-chunky, crunchy or step 4-smooth, creamy.
3. Crunchy: Transfer pudding liquid into 2 small resealable containers, and stir in chia seeds, divided equally. I like to use jars so that you can shake them around for a minute and get an arm workout while the seeds begin to gelatinize. (They don't call me "jar lady" for nothin'.)
4. Smooth: Add chia seeds to blender and blend the whole mixture again until nice and smooth (about 1 minute; feel free to turn the blender off and dip a spoon in to check if it's ready). Once the texture is to your liking, transfer to 2 small containers and cover with lids.
5. Either way, allow your pudding to set in the refrigerator for at least 1 hr before eating.
Suggested Toppings:
sliced kumquats + cocoa nibs
sliced banana + walnuts
diced apple + cinnamon
Nutrition Tidbits & Highlights
This whole recipe makes 2 servings. The following information is based on 1 Serving, and will vary slightly based on your choice of toppings.
250 kCal
9 g Protein
13.7 g Fat
3.6 g Omega 3 : 1.68 g Omega 6*
21% DV Vitamin B6
185% DV Vitamin K
29% DV Copper
46% DV Manganese
320 mcg lutein + zeaxanthin**
*The standard American diet (SAD) provides far more omega 6 than omega 3, due to our regular intake of highly processed, refined, and fried foods. This pattern can lead to inflammation and metabolic disease. Chia seeds are an excellent source of omega 3 fatty acids. The ideal ratio for dietary intake of O3:O6 is 4:1, with the more omega 3 the better. This recipe provides a ratio of O3:O6 of 2:1, which is pretty exciting, if I do say so myself.
SAD omega 3: omega 6 ratio is 15:1
Ideal omega 3: omega 6 ratio is 4:1
This recipe omega 3: omega 6 ratio is 2:1. Hooray!
Check my sources here and here.
**Lutein and Zeazanthin are antioxidants found in the rods and cones of our eyes, and may help to prevent against age-related macular degeneration. The word is still out on how protective they are, but I suspect more research will come out soon! Read more here.
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Salkantay Trek & Machu Picchu
The Salkantay Trek is a multi-day hike in Peru and a much less crowded and perhaps more scenic alternative to the traditional Inca Trail for reaching Machu Picchu. The view from Soraypampa/Camp One (picture one) is absolutely jaw-dropping. After the day's hike, I sneaked away to a valley further uptrail to witness the day's wispy clouds light up during sunset behind the glow of one of southern Peru's most magnificent Andean mountains.
Upon reaching the ruins of Machu Picchu, the early morning mist began to clear, revealing the amazing setting of the ancient city. Alpacas roam the complex and sometimes even seem to pose for the passing tourist. In addition, all that rain produces some beautiful waterfalls around the access town of of Aguas Calientes, which is definitely worth a visit.
Cerro Blanco
The Cerro Blanco sand dune is located near the town of Nazca on the Peruvian coast. Sandwiched between the ocean and the mountains, the dune has grown to be the most elevated sand dune in the world. During the Inca Empire it was considered a sacred place where offerings to the "Apus" (mountains) were routinely performed. Today, Cerro Blanco is a perfect for a number of activities, including sandboarding, dune buggies, paragliding, ATV tours, downhill mountain biking, trekking, and camping on the sand slopes. Reaching the top requires a 2-3 hour hike. Backcountry overnight camping up top allows photographers the chance to witness great sunset and sunrise colors with which to frame the dune and the badlands far below.
Huacachina is a village in southwestern Peru built around a small water oasis and surrounded by tall sand dunes. Called the "oasis of America," it is a resort for local families from the nearby city of Ica, and increasingly, an attraction for tourists drawn by the appeal of sandboarding on sand dunes that stretch several hundred feet high.
I couldn't get any interesting shots of Huacachina, where we stayed for a night, so I focused my attention on the dunes behind the resort town that extended as far as the eye could see. The sunset gave me little to work with so I applied a warming glass filter to my lens to visually accentuate the "heat" of the dunes. If you look closely, you can see the ATV dune buggy tracks on the sand far below.
Lake Sibinacocha
If there is paradise on Earth it's Lake Sibinacocha. Simply standing on its shores can give you altitude sickness but the lake's pristine water is surrounding by two snow-capped mountain ranges so the beauty distracts you. Travelers encounter the lake on the way up to the Quelccaya Ice Cap, which required ascending to more than 4,800-5,000 meters above sea level (16,000-17,000 feet). At that altitude, few recognizable flora outside of alien spiky cacti flourish (picture one). Lake Sibinacocha is bitterly cold in the winter and the altitude makes sleeping difficult but camping on its shore permits one to shoot sunrise and sunset (pictures two and three) and play around with the lake's colorful and unique rocks as foreground elements.
Quelccaya Ice Cap & Glacier
The Quelccaya Ice Cap is the second largest glaciated area in the tropics and one of the few remaining tropical ice caps with glaciers. Located in the Cordillera Oriental section of the Peruvian Andes, it sits at an average altitude of 5,470 meters (17,950 feet) and spans an area of 44 square kilometers (17 square miles). As with the majority of the Earth's glaciers, the Quelccaya Ice cap has retreated significantly since it was first studied.
When I first learned about it before my trip to Peru, I knew I had to visit but there was only one company that took tourists there: Ayni Peru. The tour guides were particularly fond of a glacial lake that they kept mentioning. Reaching that lake (picture four) is exhausting given the altitude but the place was absolutely wonderful and so remote. Being there feels like you are at the end of the world.
Manú National Park
East of the Andes near Cusco in southern Peru is Manú National Park in the Amazon Rainforest. This sprawling natural reserve spans successive tiers of vegetation: the Andean highlands, cloud forest (picture two), and lowland jungle, decreasing in elevation from 4,200 meters above sea-level to just 150 meters above sea level. The tropical forest in the lower tiers is home to an unrivaled variety of plant and animal species, including black caimans and spider monkeys. Some 850 species of birds have been identified and rare species such as the giant otter and the giant armadillo also find refuge there.
Manú is famous for its colorful macaw population, which feed on clay licks at various sites. To see them, visitors must take an early morning boat ride and arrive just as sunrise lights up the river (picture three). It is particularly thrilling to ride the rushing waters of the Manú River past dense Amazonian jungle to the Amazon River (picture one), whose bedrock is exposed during the dry season (picture four).


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