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“Perceiving energy directly as it flows in the universe is a unit of cognition that shamans live by.

They see how energy flows, and follow its flow…

If the flow is obstructed, they move away to do something entirely different…”

- Carlos Castaneda, The Active Side of Infinity, (Pg.124)

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US MAN HELPS SUICIDAL KIWI
“A suicidal man in Canterbury may have been saved by an American internet forum moderator.”

This is one of those stories that gives you back your faith in your fellow human beings. It would have been really easy for this guy to not pay any attention to this at all. But he did, and as a result another man all the way on the other side of the world was given what he needed. Very cool. Read more HERE.

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BOTCHED BLESSING
This Cardinal needs to get tech savvy! I love simple silly stuff like this….check it out HERE (27 second video). It had me guffawing….

BOTCHED WEDDING PROPOSAL
Next time, watch out where you put the ring…preparation really counts! See this sweet but very botched attempt HERE.

Failblog.org: also has tons of great still shots that kept me laughing for hours last week….just the distraction I needed (right).

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MAKING MONEY WITH AMAZON–POSSIBLE? Great article on how to use Amazon to make money. Two other articles you’ll want to read after this one, too. I really respect this guy and the information he sends out. Read the first article HERE.

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WANT TO EMAIL A LARGE FILE?
Try this freebie: Yousendit.com

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SPIRITUALLY-ORIENTED E-CARDS with artwork by yours truly (and many others). Lots of choices for all occasions: Spiritcardcenter.com

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THE ARMADILLO BRINGS PEACE & QUIET

This is an unusal and so-far effective way to deal with crummy neighbors..wish there was one here for those dogs across the street who yap 24/7….

By Carrie Porter
“PEORIA, Ill. — This industrial city, hard hit by the recession, has found a new, low-budget way to fight crime: Park an unmanned, former Brink’s truck bristling with video cameras in front of the dwellings of troublemakers.

“The ugliness of the Armadillo is what makes it unique,” says Jim Pasco, executive director of the National Fraternal Order of Police. “A police car is not a particular stigma, but if people see that thing in front of your house, they know something bad is going on in there.”
See the video HERE.

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Water Crisis: check out worldwatercouncil.org

* 1.1 billion people live without clean drinking water

* 2.6 billion people lack adequate sanitation (2002, UNICEF/WHO JMP 2004)

* 1.8 million people die every year from diarrhoeal diseases.

* 3 900 children die every day from water borne diseases (WHO 2004)

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IS BOTTLED WATER REALLY BETTER THAN TAP WATER?
Here in Hawaii, we are lucky to have great tap water. But where you live may not be so great. Here’s an interesting argument against the greed of water compaines: read more HERE.

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ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN….Here’s an ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS BOTTLED WATER

BELU.ORG: Check this out.

Here’s a bottled water with bottles that are “carbon neutral”–made from corn and biodegradable (wonder if it’s non-GMO corn…). Very cool.

And yet–the owner is a guy who is supposedly in business, is doing a ‘good thing,’ but doesn’t have the smarts to know that you’ve got to put at least some of the money you make back into your biz so you can keep doing it. Hello?

He’s got a very cool idea, but how long do you think people will want to carry him financially? Someone needs to give him a clue and get him off his guilt for making money. Let’s see, I just think I’ll go into business to take a loss…Belu.org Read the rest of this entry »

KINDLE RATING: 8/10

I just loaded two ebooks to Kindle! I’m stoked about the possibilites there. It’s an incredibly huge, practically untapped market for authors, writers and educators.

I found that it was really easy to put your ebook up on the site using their online help, which walks you through step by step.

The only thing that might hang someone up is modifying their cover image to the size restrictions, since most people are not versed in photshop. But if you are good in photoshop or have an employee, VA,  friend or rellie who is, and will do that for you, it’s a simple matter.

I have two objections: one, your book, whether it is in color or not, will be translated as black and white. I’m a complete neophyte as to the technology behind how the Kindle works, but seems to me they ought to be able to get color happening. That’s one reason I love ebooks–I can include my illustrations in full color, unlike getting print books made through Lulu.com or any other print on demand service where color in print is just over the top expensive.

And two, there seems to be a prevailing belief in the Kindle author community (there’s a pretty good Kindle support forum) that an ebook, since it is digital and ‘ephemeral,’ is not worth more than ten bucks!

Those people must be totally unfamiliar with how Read the rest of this entry »