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There are children who have never had that joy to sit down and read of Peter Pan’s adventures or about Little Bear’s birthday party or adventure in the snow or to the moon. This is said to be a generation that does not read, to me that seems impossible because my nose is always in a book or writing one myself.

We need to get creative in the ways we educate our children without them realizing that we are indeed educating them, to them they are having a great time, a time to laugh, cry and escape prince who was held captive. In this article I’m going to find the best magazines for children to receive, think how special that child will feel to receive something in the mail every month just for them.

As an adult I really love National Geographic, I love animals. I recently discovered National Geographic Kids; you get ten issues for under $20.00. Your kids will have so much fun with this magazine they won’t have a clue that they are learning while having a blast! In this magazine you will find interesting and exciting stories about animals and the places they live. They have stories of accomplishments of other kids, which will help encourage your kid to want to achieve and accomplishment of their own that combines fun with learning. Also there are really neat games and puzzles that help the juices flow in the brain. Posters and trading cards of the animals will make this experience all the more exciting.

If you have a child that loves comics or History, especially the World War II era than this magazine will be a treat. It’s an on-going story; Captain America fights the good fight of today. It’s filled with conspiracies, action, terror and much more and all age appropriate. 12 issues for only $23.97, you’re paying around $2.00 a magazine.

In recent and past studies it shows that a kid that is interested in music and art will be smart in math and English. That’s why this next magazine can play an important role in your child’s education plus it’s so much fun for the kid and for the parent. Arts & Activities is an education magazine that is filled with lesson plans, projects that are ideal for any grade level and ability and it’s full of creativity and inspiration. This is not only a great magazine for a kid but an art teacher also. You will receive 10 issues for under $25.00, that’s a 17% discount off of the cover price.

This last magazine is great if you have a child in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th grade. Ask, challenges kids on issues containing arts and science. They have articles and interviews and projects and puzzles and word plays and fun and educational activities. It not only talks of today’s great inventors and artists but of inventors and artists of hundreds of years ago. This magazine is more expensive but well worth the price and at a 44% saving on the cover price think of what you’ll be saving by paying $32.97 for 9 issues.

To find these above magazines and many more on education and any other subject you may be interested in visit, www.magazines.com for some great discounts and overviews of every magazine available.

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By Carl Pantejo, Copyright 2007

(Author “My Friend Yu – The Prosperity Mentor,” Copyright August 2007. Pantejo – Y.N. Vurce Publishing.)

*Below is an excerpt from “My Friend Yu – The Prosperity Mentor: Book II. Release Date: October/November 2007. Pantejo – Y.N. Vurce Publishing.

Writing while “in the flow” of inspiration is a delicious, highly personal, and exhilarating experience. It seems like you can’t type fast enough to express your thoughts on the page!

And like the masters from the Renaissance era, you create a beautiful mental masterpiece, passionately painting nuances here and mysterious shadows there with each additional word, sentence, and paragraph.

The mental high is intoxicating. You celebrate this adventure and, when finished, marvel at your literary creation.

But how do you create and capture writer’s inspiration in those times of low/no inspiration?

Here’s how I do it…

INCREASING AWARENESS

Some people go about their days and nights on auto-pilot. To them, they feel like they’ve seen it all so many times that nothing is new or exciting. But is this really the case?

Indulge me for a moment.

If the following exercise does not make you aware of some previously “hidden” things in your daily life; make you remember a long forgotten experience, place, or person; or immediately crystallize a new idea to write about, don’t waste your time reading the rest of the article.

AN EXERCISE FOR SUPER-AWARENESS

The following is an exercise that I formulated to boost awareness and magically manifest writer’s inspiration instantaneously!

1. First, relax. Slow down your breathing.

Close your eyes for at least 10 seconds.

Now, open your eyes and look around you and stop at the first object that interests you. It could be an object that you’ve never noticed before. Or it could be an overlooked aspect of an object you’ve seen everyday. It might even be a hint of movement that you catch in your peripheral vision.

Imagine that you just pressed the “pause” button on your mind/eye remote control and “Freeze Framed” your image in your mind.

Once you’ve envisioned the frozen frame, close your eyes again and see if you can still see the “still picture” that you’ve just created.

If you can’t, do the above steps again.

If you can still see it, then go on to Step 2.

2. Do a “Matrix-Style Still Pan” (i.e., imagine viewing your “still” and then floating around it to get a 360 degree panoramic view.)

Describe what you see.

Describe what you feel.

Describe what you think happened before your still image.

Describe what you think will happen next.

For most people, the above exercise reveals that everybody’s daily lives are filled with hidden details, images, feelings, imagination, anticipation, and predictions.

THIS IS THE STUFF THAT WRITER’S INSPIRATION IS MADE OF…

Here’s a quick and simple example:

I am in front of my laptop writing this article right now.

To relax, I think about the last time I felt totally content, serene. It was last Sunday (the only day of the week that I don’t teach English). I lounged about my apartment, savoring the opportunity to just watch T.V. with my girlfriend.

No lesson plans to prepare. No homework to grade. No attendance or test scores to record. The upcoming week’s work clothes were laundered and ironed. It was a total respite from my normal hectic schedule; just some sweet, unhurried time for us to enjoy each other’s company.

Feeling relaxed, I am slowing down my breathing. Now I close my eyes for ten seconds.

When I open my eyes I see my girlfriends stuffed animals on the bed. I “Freeze-Frame” it in my mind.

Then, I close my eyes and still see my “still picture” in all its vivid detail.

I mentally float around my mind’s “still picture” and imagine what I would see while getting a 360 degree panoramic view.

I see her stuffed animals on the bed. Her folded T-shirt is beside her pillow. I see the neatly folded blanket at the foot of the bed. Glancing back to her T-shirt, I see her mobile phone headphones and late night novel peeping out from under it.

I am aware of many feelings connected to my visual (i.e., love, gratitude, anticipation, excitement, contentment, humor, dedication, etc.).

I imagine the scenes leading up to my “mental, panoramic, still picture.” For example, since I leave early every morning to go to work, I can see my girlfriend waking up to an empty apartment. I can see her sleepily, but lovingly folding our blanket…

Then I imagine what might happen after my “mental still picture.” For example, maybe after changing into some jeans and blouse, she went shopping? Or maybe she’s visiting our sick friend and waiting for me to tell her I’m home from work?

EXPERIENCE WITH ALL YOUR SENSES

Using the above example, I could write:

…I looked at the stuffed animals I’d given her on our last visit to the fair. I walked over to the bed and picked up the Doraemon stuffed toy (a Japanese cartoon character that my girlfriend is fond of). Even at arm’s length, I could smell her perfume. God, I missed her. (She would still be away for another two days visiting her mother up north). The toy was almost as soft as her hands, the hands that would instinctively reach for mine while we walked. Looking at this silly stuffed toy, I let out a long sigh. My soul ached to enjoy her smile, laugh, and tenderness again.

Grudgingly, I deal with the next reminder of our temporary separation: eating alone. To be honest, if she were here, I’d even hold my nose and eat that fishy smelling, weird tasting Thai dish she always recommended…

Do you see how I described my “visual” with all the senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing)?

ROLE PLAY

Another great tool I use to inspire my writing is role play.

This is where I imagine and describe playing a different role in the same situation. For instance, how would the above paragraph read if I were an angry boyfriend?

What if I was a cheating boyfriend (womanizer)?

What if I was a rich boyfriend? A poor boyfriend?

What if I was not American, but a local Thai boyfriend instead?

What if I was younger or older?

How would I perceive and describe the above “stuffed toy” scenario? How differently would the story unfold?

Do you see the endless possibilities just by assuming a different role in the same scenario?

SIMULATION

The last tool for creating and capturing writer’s inspiration I’ll discuss is Simulation.

Simulation is different from role playing. In role playing, you (or your story’s main character) assume a different personality and perspective. In Simulation you remain unchanged, but the situation or scenario changes.

For example, in the previous “stuffed animal” paragraph, how would the narrative change if my girlfriend left without telling me where she was going?

What if we’d been fighting before she left?

What if she left a “Dear John” letter?

What if there were signs of another man in the apartment (e.g., a strange brand of cigarette butts in the ash tray, mud of unknown origin tracked through the apartment, beer cans in the trash – at noon, etc.)?

What if my neighbors saw her leave with another man?

What if all of her belongings (clothes, cosmetics, books, CD’s, etc.) were gone?

What if she (or someone else) ransacked our apartment and my belongings were gone too?

Again, do you see the limitless writing/storytelling possibilities open to you just by simulating a different situation or scenario?

Whenever I am at a loss for writing inspiration, I always go back to the methods outlined in this article. The exercises and answers generated from the related questions never fail to create vivid images in my mind and a mountain of ideas to write about – instantly, effortlessly, and naturally.

It’s my way of creating and capturing writer’s inspiration.

Try it for yourself. I’d love to hear what you come up with.

Carl “J.C.” Pantejo

Pantejo@ynvurcepublishing.com

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By Carl Pantejo, Copyright 2007

(Author “My Friend Yu – The Prosperity Mentor,” Copyright August 2007. Pantejo – Y.N. Vurce Publishing.)

*Below is an excerpt from “My Friend Yu – The Prosperity Mentor: Book II. Release Date: October/November 2007. Pantejo – Y.N. Vurce Publishing.

Writing while “in the flow” of inspiration is a delicious, highly personal, and exhilarating experience. It seems like you can’t type fast enough to express your thoughts on the page!

And like the masters from the Renaissance era, you create a beautiful mental masterpiece, passionately painting nuances here and mysterious shadows there with each additional word, sentence, and paragraph.

The mental high is intoxicating. You celebrate this adventure and, when finished, marvel at your literary creation.

But how do you create and capture writer’s inspiration in those times of low/no inspiration?

Here’s how I do it…

INCREASING AWARENESS

Some people go about their days and nights on auto-pilot. To them, they feel like they’ve seen it all so many times that nothing is new or exciting. But is this really the case?

Indulge me for a moment.

If the following exercise does not make you aware of some previously “hidden” things in your daily life; make you remember a long forgotten experience, place, or person; or immediately crystallize a new idea to write about, don’t waste your time reading the rest of the article.

AN EXERCISE FOR SUPER-AWARENESS

The following is an exercise that I formulated to boost awareness and magically manifest writer’s inspiration instantaneously!

1. First, relax. Slow down your breathing.

Close your eyes for at least 10 seconds.

Now, open your eyes and look around you and stop at the first object that interests you. It could be an object that you’ve never noticed before. Or it could be an overlooked aspect of an object you’ve seen everyday. It might even be a hint of movement that you catch in your peripheral vision.

Imagine that you just pressed the “pause” button on your mind/eye remote control and “Freeze Framed” your image in your mind.

Once you’ve envisioned the frozen frame, close your eyes again and see if you can still see the “still picture” that you’ve just created.

If you can’t, do the above steps again.

If you can still see it, then go on to Step 2.

2. Do a “Matrix-Style Still Pan” (i.e., imagine viewing your “still” and then floating around it to get a 360 degree panoramic view.)

Describe what you see.

Describe what you feel.

Describe what you think happened before your still image.

Describe what you think will happen next.

For most people, the above exercise reveals that everybody’s daily lives are filled with hidden details, images, feelings, imagination, anticipation, and predictions.

THIS IS THE STUFF THAT WRITER’S INSPIRATION IS MADE OF…

Here’s a quick and simple example:

I am in front of my laptop writing this article right now.

To relax, I think about the last time I felt totally content, serene. It was last Sunday (the only day of the week that I don’t teach English). I lounged about my apartment, savoring the opportunity to just watch T.V. with my girlfriend.

No lesson plans to prepare. No homework to grade. No attendance or test scores to record. The upcoming week’s work clothes were laundered and ironed. It was a total respite from my normal hectic schedule; just some sweet, unhurried time for us to enjoy each other’s company.

Feeling relaxed, I am slowing down my breathing. Now I close my eyes for ten seconds.

When I open my eyes I see my girlfriends stuffed animals on the bed. I “Freeze-Frame” it in my mind.

Then, I close my eyes and still see my “still picture” in all its vivid detail.

I mentally float around my mind’s “still picture” and imagine what I would see while getting a 360 degree panoramic view.

I see her stuffed animals on the bed. Her folded T-shirt is beside her pillow. I see the neatly folded blanket at the foot of the bed. Glancing back to her T-shirt, I see her mobile phone headphones and late night novel peeping out from under it.

I am aware of many feelings connected to my visual (i.e., love, gratitude, anticipation, excitement, contentment, humor, dedication, etc.).

I imagine the scenes leading up to my “mental, panoramic, still picture.” For example, since I leave early every morning to go to work, I can see my girlfriend waking up to an empty apartment. I can see her sleepily, but lovingly folding our blanket…

Then I imagine what might happen after my “mental still picture.” For example, maybe after changing into some jeans and blouse, she went shopping? Or maybe she’s visiting our sick friend and waiting for me to tell her I’m home from work?

EXPERIENCE WITH ALL YOUR SENSES

Using the above example, I could write:

…I looked at the stuffed animals I’d given her on our last visit to the fair. I walked over to the bed and picked up the Doraemon stuffed toy (a Japanese cartoon character that my girlfriend is fond of). Even at arm’s length, I could smell her perfume. God, I missed her. (She would still be away for another two days visiting her mother up north). The toy was almost as soft as her hands, the hands that would instinctively reach for mine while we walked. Looking at this silly stuffed toy, I let out a long sigh. My soul ached to enjoy her smile, laugh, and tenderness again.

Grudgingly, I deal with the next reminder of our temporary separation: eating alone. To be honest, if she were here, I’d even hold my nose and eat that fishy smelling, weird tasting Thai dish she always recommended…

Do you see how I described my “visual” with all the senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing)?

ROLE PLAY

Another great tool I use to inspire my writing is role play.

This is where I imagine and describe playing a different role in the same situation. For instance, how would the above paragraph read if I were an angry boyfriend?

What if I was a cheating boyfriend (womanizer)?

What if I was a rich boyfriend? A poor boyfriend?

What if I was not American, but a local Thai boyfriend instead?

What if I was younger or older?

How would I perceive and describe the above “stuffed toy” scenario? How differently would the story unfold?

Do you see the endless possibilities just by assuming a different role in the same scenario?

SIMULATION

The last tool for creating and capturing writer’s inspiration I’ll discuss is Simulation.

Simulation is different from role playing. In role playing, you (or your story’s main character) assume a different personality and perspective. In Simulation you remain unchanged, but the situation or scenario changes.

For example, in the previous “stuffed animal” paragraph, how would the narrative change if my girlfriend left without telling me where she was going?

What if we’d been fighting before she left?

What if she left a “Dear John” letter?

What if there were signs of another man in the apartment (e.g., a strange brand of cigarette butts in the ash tray, mud of unknown origin tracked through the apartment, beer cans in the trash – at noon, etc.)?

What if my neighbors saw her leave with another man?

What if all of her belongings (clothes, cosmetics, books, CD’s, etc.) were gone?

What if she (or someone else) ransacked our apartment and my belongings were gone too?

Again, do you see the limitless writing/storytelling possibilities open to you just by simulating a different situation or scenario?

Whenever I am at a loss for writing inspiration, I always go back to the methods outlined in this article. The exercises and answers generated from the related questions never fail to create vivid images in my mind and a mountain of ideas to write about – instantly, effortlessly, and naturally.

It’s my way of creating and capturing writer’s inspiration.

Try it for yourself. I’d love to hear what you come up with.

Carl “J.C.” Pantejo

Pantejo@ynvurcepublishing.com

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SWRB Puritan Hard Drive – Introductory Video

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Hello and welcome to this introductory video for the Puritan Hard Drive by Still Waters Revival Books. You will soon see why the Puritan Hard Drive is a technological revolution in Puritan, Reformation and Covenanter studies.

For over 25 years, Still Waters Revival Books has provided the worldwide Christian community with the finest in Puritan and Reformation resources, including classic and contemporary printed works, inspirational sermons, audio books and videos. In recent years our collection of great Christian works has more than doubled, growing to a library that would occupy nearly 130 CD’s!

The Puritan Hard Drive is a tremendous library of over 12,500 Christian resources on an external hard drive that fits easily in your pocket or purse! It features the works of more than 800 classic and contemporary authors, including John Bunyan, Matthew Henry, Jonathan Edwards, Thomas Manton, Samuel Rutherford and Charles Spurgeon… Timeless works, like The English Hexapla, Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, Sketches of the Covenanters… and from the Puritan Divines, the complete 34 volume set of the Puritan Fast Sermons. Many of these books are rare and classic titles unavailable anywhere else!

Over 25 years in the making, the Puritan Hard Drive is simply the most extensive Christian collection ever released! The puritan hard drive comprises – More than 12,500 Puritan and Reformation resources – Over half a million pages of great Christian books! – More than ten thousand sermons and audio books in mp3 format, providing years of listening enjoyment! – Over 70 videos… – All in all, a library of thousands of exceptional works, accessible and affordable to everyone!

Included on the Puritan Hard Drive is a custom search engine that makes it easy to find, browse and organize the resources in your library… and much easier than trying to wade through a typical file directory on your computer!

Connect the Puritan Hard Drive to any available USB port on your PC or Mac. The drive is self-contained, so there’s no software to install or configure! Within moments you can begin exploring the library by running the custom search interface. It’s also a knowledge base with information about each work, including the author, title, description, keywords and subject category.

For you techies, this database contains over four and a half million records of information! For all of us, that means we have an extremely powerful search and study tool! A list of all resources on the Puritan Hard Drive is available for viewing at any time.

Here we see that the list of print materials contains over 2100 works. This view is ideal for browsing all documents or media files in alphabetical order, by title or by author. The list is rather long, so using the ’search’ function of the knowledge base is the easiest way of finding resources of interest to you.

For example, let’s say that my pastor recommended a book by James Henley Thornwell. I can search the knowledge base by author by typing his name in this field or by selecting it from the complete list of nearly 800 authors provided at the click of a button. Clicking the ’search’ button executes the search and immediately returns a list of all resources by this author. In this case, I’ve quickly found the book that was recommended to me.

Clicking on the green icon opens the resource, allowing me to begin my reading. Further details about any resource can be found by clicking on the book cover icon, which opens the ‘resource detail page’. From here I can browse the details of this work… I can add and save my own notes about it… and open the resource for reading, listening or viewing.

Your search capabilities don’t end there. The majority of the rare, classic works on the Puritan Hard Drive now contain an embedded index. This means that the actual text of these resources is now fully searchable for the first time in history! Enter a search term in Adobe Acrobat Reader. In this case, a search for the word ’scripture’ yields instant results. Having searchable text also makes it possible to highlight, copy and paste the text into another document, such as a sermon, a lesson plan or a school paper.

Less time spent on research means more time for reading, studying and appreciating the resources in your library… Just another reason why the Puritan Hard Drive is a technological revolution in puritan, reformation and covenanter studies!

Thank you for watching this introduction to the Puritan Hard Drive by Still Waters Revival Books, serving Christians worldwide for over 25 years! Join us in our other videos as we demonstrate even more features and functionality of the Puritan Hard Drive. For more information, visit us on the web at PuritanDownloads.com. This new SWRB Puritan Hard Drive video is available at http://www.puritandownloads.com/swrb-puritan-hard-drive0.html. Until then, be well and god bless! “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.” (Proverbs 4:7)

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The SCLCs mission is to link communities and conservation through education and ecotourism in the Sarapiquí region of Costa Ricas northern lowlands. The SCLC focuses its efforts in four areas environmental education, community development, conservation, and tourism in order to help form future environmental leaders, raise the organizational capacity of local communities, promote sustainable land use, and offer tourism that serves as a source of support for sustainable development in the area. Our programs serve hundreds of local people and thousands of ecotourists each year. This region is the 6th poorest county in all of Costa Rica. Tourism is a rapid growing industry, and therefore there is a high demand for English speakers. The center is an important leader for ecotourism in the area and the more help to spread awareness to locals and foreigners the better. This placement is located in the northern region of the province of Heredia. The Sarapiqui region is known throughout Costa Rica for its amazing and rich biodiversity as well as for being an adventure seeker’s dream destination. Lying in the north east of the country and bordered by Nicaragua in the north, it is surrounded by agricultural plantations and lush forests

Volunteers must be of age 18 or above with minimum education of high school. This placement does not need any volunteer in the month of jan and dec. Volunteers with the following special skills are preferred for the placement:-

 - assisting with ESL lesson planning – instructing ESL classes – teaching in a rural school once a week assisting with eco-tourism activities – working at the artisan gallery and reception one Saturday a month Volunteers can assist by doing following tasks:- Teacher – English Teacher – Science Teacher – Environmental Science TEFL Certificaiton / Training

Basecamp International welcomes all the interested volunteers from around the world to volunteer and make a difference. If you are interested in this placement then please contact us for the details: Email: info@basecampcenters.com Website: www.basecampcenters.com Mailing Address 298 Bagot Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7K 3B4 Phone: 613.541.7862 Toll Free : 866.646.4693 Fax: 613.541.1604

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