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14 April 2014
National Library

LIANZA $35 Professional development at National Library for library Assistants

 http://youtu.be/V1mV2gwOhxA

User Education Tutorial
Click on this title above to go to the tutorial, or cut and paste the youtube link above.

Online tutorials are the ABC building blocks of information literacy.
Information literacy is a process of building one skill set upon another.
Online tutorials are about enhancing the learning process, to target various learning styles

Aural learning styles are targeted when the power of the visual tutorial, is keyed in with the use of auditory prompts.  These can be words, or they can be auditory musical exclamation marks.
Visual learners can observe and understand.

Tactile learners can watch, then activate the learning process. By repeating the tasks and skills described in the user education tutorial, this is learning though experience.
The learning experience is a synergy of hand, eye, brain co-ordination.

User education supports the affective learning aims that tutors hold dear to their hearts.
Affective learning support learners to have positive inspirational and  attitudinal learning outcomes.

are all protein shake drink created equal?

Desperately seeking the best protein smoothie.
after a quick look in my cupboard- my reported findings so far are:
HEALTHERIES per 100g
Energy 1530KJ / 367CAL
Protein 38.3g
Fat, total 2.7g
-saturated 1.9g
Carbohydrate 42.0g
-sugars 28.1g
Dietary fibre 8.0g
Sodium 193mg
Potassium 893mg
Magnesium 360mg
Calcium 556mg
Phosphorus 427mg
Iron 15.2mg
Zinc 11.4mg
Iodine 146ug
Vit A, retinol 792ug
Thiamine 1.4ug
Riboflavin 1.2ug
Niacin 11.5ug
Vit B12 3.7ug
Vit C 49.0mg
Vit D3 9.2ug
Vit B6 1.9mg
Vit E 10.1mg
Folate 370ug

...the search continues.. per 100g
PROTEIN DIET FORMULA
Energy 1571KJ / 375KCAL
Protein 70g
Fat, total 5G
-saturated 3g
Carbohydrate 15G
-sugars 8g
Dietary fibre 3g
Sodium 494mg
CHROMIUM 83mcg
HCA,hydroxycitric acid 500mg
(from Garcinia cambogia extract)
L -Carnitine 300mg

Sago vs Tapioca. Compare and Contrast

Ingredients: both packets list Tapioca pearls as the main ingredient
Sago
per 100g
ENERGY 201kg
PROTEIN 0g
FAT, total 0g
-saturated 0g
Carbohydrates
-total 11.7g
-sugars 0g
SODIUM less than 1 g

Tapioca
per 100g
ENERGY 1460kg
PROTEIN 0g
FAT, total <1g
-saturated <1g
Carbohydrates
-total 85g
-sugars 0g
SODIUM <5g

foods to eat for weight loss

On our sister web site is a series of food lists, featuring protein snacks, protein foods to eat for muscle building,complex carbohydrates, healthy fruits and vegetable, yum...
http://painreliefclinic.co.nz/blog/?cat=44

Natural paths to weight loss

Once at a conference on circulation, I heard a womans fat cells are like diamonds, a shape that does not encourage good circulation, whereas a mans fats cells are more like,,, and some smartie said " beer bottles", so now I will never know what shape a mans fat cells are.

Now when the cutting edge knowledge is a : “Woman’s fat cells are more like Diamonds”, giving the appearance of locked a cellulite look of dimpled skin, it follows that its an uphill battle for a womans body to squeeze the circulation between those diamond hard rocks to get in there and mobilise the fat.

This is why its so unfair to compare a womans weight loss stats with a mans,, it like comparing diamonds with ..zircons...

The answer to moblisation of a womans fat cells requires good circulation.... some say a thermogenic cream combined with glad wrap helps warm up and liquidise the fat.. others look at herbal combinations to warm up the metabolism and polish up that circulation. Make those diamonds shine girls, that way no one will be able to notice the dazzle of cellulite without going blind.

Massage Conference 2009

Alice Pitt, hosting the Enar Information table at the Invercargill massage conference 2009.
The enar table was set up next to the famous Tui Massage Balm table. Both tables were gifted potted plants for participating in the Breast Cancer Awareness questionnaire

What Ayurvedic Personality am I?

What Ayurvedic Personality am I?

DRY SKIN IS A VATA PERSONALITY
A quick active creative mind.
Quick to learn, quick to forget.
Changeable moods / lively ideas.
Enthusiastic/ outgoing/ talkative.
Thrives on change and ideas.
Anxious under stress.
No good with routine.

SENSITIVE SKIN IS A PITTA PERSONALITY
A perfectionist. A natural leader / with sharp intellect.
Strong minded/ and purposeful.
Highly efficient/ with well planned systems.
Rising to challengers/ with strongly voiced opinions.
Becoming angry and irritable under stress.

THE OILY SKIN IS A KAPHA PERSONALITY.
Easy going/ reliable/ calm/ placid/ steady/ nice folk.
Enjoys routine/ avoids stress.
Great patience/ great staying power/ enjoys a life of being steady and regular.

EACH PERSONALITY HAS ITS OWN DOSHA
A dosha is your mind/ body personality.
Each personality has its own mind/ body beauty regime.
The basic beauty care system is the same for each Dosha.
Massage the face using an upward and outward stroke, remember massage stimulates circulation, and is akin to giving your face a mini work out.

Massage around the eye in the direct from the outside eye to the inner eye.
If you have excessively oily skin, or prone to millia/ white heads, in your eye zone,, avoid the use of oil based cleanses and moisturisers.

What Ayurvedic skin type am I?

Discover you Ayurvedic skin type.

Look at your skin condition in the mirror, then decide which of the answers best describes you.
If an answer does not reflect your skin type give it a miss.
If two answers seem to apply to you, say yes to both!
At the end add up how many A/B/C answers you get to reveal your Ayurvedic skin condition.

1. my skin feels A- dry/ thin/ rough cold. B- slightly oily/ soft/ hot. C- oily/ moist thick cold.
2. the pores on my face appear A- small and fine. B- large on the T zone/ small and fine else where. C- large and open.
3. my skin tone (not colour) is best described as A- bluish. B- reddish. C- yellowish.
4. my complexion is marketed by A- fine lines / prominent veins. B- broken capillaries/ freckles/ moles. C- blackheads/ excessive oiliness.
5. my skin appears discoloured in spots such as A- dark pigmentation on the cheeks. B- reddish pigment all over. C- white or brown pigmentation.
6. my skin is generally healthy but prone to A- dryness/ dehydration, especially in cold weather. B- inflammation/ rashes/ sunburn especially in hot weather. C- acne/ pimples especially in areas around my nose and mouth.
7. my face is A- small/ thin/ long/ egg shaped. B- average/ triangular/ sharp contours. C- large/ round/ square/ soft curves.
   
8. my eyes are A- small/ brown/black + scanty long lashes/ and thin brows. B- sharp/ penetrating/ green/ grey/ hazel + average lashes and brows. C- wide/ big/ brown/ blue + thick lashes and brows.
9. my lips are A-thin/ dry/ long/ irregular. B- average/ soft/ red. C- thick/ large/ even/firm.
   
10. my nose is A- thin/ small/ crocked/ dry/ long. B- average/ prone to capillaries. C- thick/ firm/ big/ oily.
    
11. my hair is A- dry/ thin/ course/ curly/ frizzy/ wiry/ scanty/ dark. B- moderate/ fine/ soft/ golden/ reddish/ balding, prematurely greyish. C- oily/ thick/ wavy/ abundant/ light/ dark.
    
12. my fingernails are A- discoloured/ rough/ dry/ small/ crooked/ brittle. B- soft/ medium / pink. C-strong/ white/ smooth/ thick/ oily.
    
13. my perspiration A- scantly /no odour. B- hot/ profuse/ strong odour. C- cold/ medium/ pleasant odour.
    
14. my physical build is A- short + prominent bones/ tall/ thin/ small. B- medium with good muscles. C- over endowed / firm/ large/ magnificent proportions.
    
15. in physical activity i tend to be A- poor endurance/ fast to start and stop / very active. B- intolerant of heat/ moderately active+ average strength. C- slow to start/ lethargic/ once started strong + enduring
    
16. i am particularly sensitive to A- dry /cold /wind.B- sun/ heat. C- damp/cold.

If you mainly got A's your dosha is Vata, and you skin type is dry.
If you mainly got B's your dosha is Pitta, and you skin type is sensitive.
If you mainly got C's your dosha is Kapha, and you skin type is oily.

Ayurvedic balances the whole person, and skin beauty will follow., similar in philosophy to Scenar Cosmetology.

Beauty is more than skin deep.
Beauty from the inside.
Balance the whole body.
Balance the skin.
Skin a major organ of toxin elimination.

* to make the herbal tea infusion, pour two cups of boiling water over two tablespoons of the tea herbs in a clean glass jar. Let stand for two days, stirring occasionally. Strain and use the liquid as required.

VATA- DRY SKIN
CLEANSE
Mix one teaspoon of almond meal with half a teaspoon of dried milk, and one pinch of sugar.
Store in a small jar.
In your palm, make a paste using quarter of a teaspoon of cleanser and warm water.
Apply paste all over your face and neck.
Gently massage into the skin for one minute. Do not scrub. rinse well with warm water. Do not dry.

NOURISH
Mix 30 mls of sesame seed oil, with 10 of geranium essential oil and 5 drops each of neroli and lemon essential oil.
Store in a dark glass bottle with a dropper.
In your palm, mix 3 drops of nourishing oil plus 6 drops of water.
Apply paste all over your face and neck.
While your skin is still wet, gently massage the mixture all over your face and neck skin for one minute, or until your skin absorbs all the essential oil
MOISTURISE
Melt 45 grams of cocoa butter in a double boiler.
Add 120 mls of avocardo oil. Remove from heat.
Using a dropper add 30 mls of orange tea*- one drop at a time, while stirring the mixture.
When it is cool, add 3 to 4 drops each of geranium and rose essential oil.
Gently apply this moisturising cream over the surface of the face and neck. DO NOT MASSAGE it into the skin.
Apply as needed during the day.


KAPH - OILY SKIN
CLEANSE
Mix one teaspoon of barley meal, with one a teaspoon of lemon peel, half a teaspoon of dried milk.
Store in a small jar.
In your palm, make a paste using quarter of a teaspoon of cleanser and warm water.
Apply paste all over your face and neck.
Gently massage into the skin for one minute. Do not scrub. rinse well with warm water. Do not dry.
NOURISH
Mix 30 mls of sunflower oil, with 10 of lavender essential oil and 5 drops each of bergamot and clary sage oil.
Store in a dark glass bottle with a dropper.
In your palm, mix 2 drops of nourishing oil plus 4 drops of water.
Apply paste all over your face and neck.
While your skin is still wet, gently massage the mixture all over your face and neck skin for one minute.
MOISTURISE
Melt 45 grams of cocoa butter in a double boiler.
Add 90 mls of almond or safflower oil.
Remove from heat.
Using a dropper add 60 mls of rosemary or basil tea*- one drop at a time, while stirring the mixture.
When it is cool, add 1 drop of camphor oil, 2 drops of bergamot oil, and 3 drops of lavender essential oil.
Gently apply a very small amount of this moisturising cream over the surface of the face and neck.
DO NOT MASSAGE it into the skin.
Apply once in the morning, and once in the evening.

PITTA- SENSITIVE SKIN
CLEANSE
Mix one teaspoon of almond meal, with half a teaspoon of ground orange peel, half a teaspoon of dried milk.
Store in a small jar.
In your palm, make a paste using quarter of a teaspoon of cleanser and rose water.
Apply paste all over your face and neck.
Gently massage into the skin for one minute. Do not scrub. rinse well with warm water. Do not dry.

NOURISH
Mix 30 mls of almond oil, with 10 drops each of rose and sandalwood oil.
Store in a dark glass bottle with a dropper.
In your palm, mix 2 to 3 drops of nourishing oil plus 4 to 6 drops of water.
Apply paste all over your face and neck.
While your skin is still wet, gently massage the mixture all over your face and neck skin for one minute.
MOISTURISE
Melt 45 grams of cocoa butter in a double boiler.
Add 90 mls of sunflower oil.
Remove from heat.
Using a dropper add 60 mls of rose tea*- one drop at a time, while stirring the mixture.
When it is cool, add 5 to 6 drops of sandalwood oil.
Gently apply a very small amount of this moisturising cream over the surface of the face and neck.
DO NOT MASSAGE it into the skin.
Apply as needed during the day.

Ayurvedic Recipe for sinusitis, hayfever, coughs and colds

Sitopaladi Ayurvedic recipe;
for an anit-histamine like effect on hay-fever, normalising mucous, normalising coughs, normalising lungs, normalising indigestion, normalising respiratory function.

1 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tsp ginger powder
1 tsp clove powder
2 tsp cardomom- fresh ground is ideal
3 tsp black pepper powder- fresh ground is ideal
4 tsp liquorice powder- available from health food shop, if you can not find it, soothing subsititutes are arrowroot, plantain, marshmallow, slippery elm powder.

Grind all ingredients together with a mortar and pestle, or coffee grinder.
Mix well and store in an airtight containeer.
To use; mix 50 / 50 with honey. One teaspoon powder with one teaspoon of honey. Or half teaspoon powder with half teaspoon honey.

If also suffering from a sore throat, add a few drop of lemon juice.
If also suffering from a cough add a few drops of fresh ginger juice.
CAUTION: if pregnant ginger in large amounts can be abortive.
If taking blood thining medication , or have a history of bleeding or clotting issues, please consult your doctor first.


Based upon the research by Yolande Manson, Natural Therapist of Tauranga.

What more can there be to trace minerals ?

At The Clinic, we source a variety of Mineral supplements.
One of the important ingredients is Fulvic acid
Fulvic Acid turbo chargers your mineral supplement light years ahead of competitive products.
Fulvic Acid improves nutrient uptake & absorption.
Minerals and nutrients are carried directly to the cell.
Fulvic Acid actively pulls nutrients into the cell.
Over 60 different minerals naturally bind to fulvic acid.
Fulvic Acid actively transports toxic heavy metals out of the cellular environment.
The cell uses the electrical charge of fulvic acid balance its own electrical charge.
So look for colloidal minerals with fulvic acid when you want to turbo charge your nutritional uptake from your cell wall..... to your skeleton.

Ingredients to avoid for skin care health

TOXIC INGREDIENTS FOUND IN COSMETIC PRODUCTS

The toxic ingredients listed below are commonly used in cosmetic products. This list is not comprehensive but can act as guide as to what to avoid.

These ingredients should be completely avoided as they have the potential to cause serious adverse effects:
o Acetone
o Acetonitrile
o Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate
o 2 – bromo – 2 - nitropropane – 1,3 diol (Bronopol or BNPD)
o BHA (Butylated hydroxianisole)
o BHT (Butylated hydroxytoluene)
o Coal tar
o DEA (Diethanolamine)
o Diazolidinyl urea
o Dibutyl phthalate
o DMDM hydantion
o 1,4 Dioxane
o Ethyl and Methyl methacrylate
o Ether
o Formaldehyde
o Fluoride
o Hydroxyanisole
o Isopropanol (isopropyl alcohol)
o Imadiazolidinyl urea
o Methylene chloride
o Phenylmercuric acetate
o Phenylenediamine
o Phenol
o Polyvinyl pyrrolodene (PVP)
o Propylene glycol
o Quatenium
o Saccharin
o Sodium Laureth Sulfate
o Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
o Toluene
o Triclosan
o Triethenolamine (TEA)

These chemicals should be avoided if possible:
o Butylparaben
o Cocamidopropyl betaine
o EDTA (ethylendiaminetetra acetic acid)
o Glycerine
o Isopropyl palmitate (also known as isopropyl myristate or isopropyl isostearate)
o Lanolin
o Methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazolinone
o Polysorbate 60 and Polysorbate 80
o Retin A
o Salicylic acid
o Sorbitan Monolaurate

40 foods your SHOULD have in your diet

Forty foods containing vitamin B17 ( Laetrile )
Below is a wonderful list of foods that are great for the health of your body.
Apple seeds, alfalfa sprouts, apricot kernels, bamboo shoots, barley, beet tops, bitter almond, blackberries, brewer's yeast, brown rice, buckwheat,
cashews, cherry kernels, cranberries, currants, fava beans, flax seeds, garbanzo beans, gooseberries, huckleberries, lentils, lima beans, linseed meat, logan berries, macadamia nuts, millet, millet seed, peach kernels, pecans, plum kernels, quince, raspberries, sorghum cane syrup, spinach, sprouts: ( alfalfa, lentil, mung bean, buckwheat garbanzo),
strawberries, walnuts, watercress, yams.

What not to have in your food

What you eat, whether you love it or not....
Dictated by wealth, not health, food distributors and producers measure success in dollar terms. Our food is being stretched to go further and be more palatable.
What has made this possible?
1) Insecticides. Ask yourself “when did I see insects living in my food”
2) Fungicides. Fungi growth will flourish on living food. Where is the fungi on today's' food?
3) Flow agents, who wants the flour to be lumpy and coagulated?
4) Preservatives and processing. These are twin sisters of the modern diet.Processing releases oils, which oxidise and become rancid.
What goes in doesn't always come out. A body does not get good nutrition out of Insecticides and Fungicides. The human body wasn't designed to power up on preservatives and flow agents. In fact your body in its wisdom wraps this rubbish in digestive tract mucosa, and tact's it to the side of your digestive track, awaiting the day you do a proper Spring Cleanse. Not all spring cleanses are created equal. You can't eat and cleanse at the same time. You are either eating sorting out the building blocks of good nutrition. Or you are doing the real deal.

click here to link to more info on our four day Herbal Cleanse

Mediation on Making a Decision

HOW TO ASSIST YOUR DECISION MAKING
When travel was slower and life required more uncommitted time there was opportunity to review. Today decision making is so often an intellectual exercise.

So, let’s create an environment a visualisation, create a space in a few minutes where decisions can be more effectively addressed. Find a quiet time, you must be undisturbed, and arrange yourself comfortably.

Now let your mind focus, focus on the screen of your imagination, see yourself, you are in a busy shopping mall, with many people and noise, hustle and bustle, clamour and business. Through this crowd you walk, shoulder to shoulder, pass bright lights, and shops. People getting shoulder massages, thriving food courts, cleaners with mops, piped music, foreign languages surround you. You are walking, walking towards an elevator, you step on and it takes you to a lower level, stainless steel glinting, a coloured lighted button, a downward lift opens. You step in and push the coloured button, the lift starts to descend. The floor lights flash past 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, G. The door slides open with a slight sigh, and you step out into a lighted foyer. .... Quietness. In front of you is a heavy adzed studded door of wood. A dark stained colour with brass fastenings. Your hand reaches out grasping the handle. You turn the handle and push the door open and walk through the open door way. The door closes behind you ... Quietness ... You are in a room. A large room. Empty. Make it as you will. Now start to build your space, what views, what balconies, windows, warm or cool. Cosy fire or a fresh breeze, from porch windows or doors. Now decorate your space. Use your emotions; reach down deep for feelings of comfort, security, relaxation, happiness. Reflect these in the development of your space.
Do you want a special companion who will come and go as you wish. Stretch out on the settee or carpet, chair or bed.

Be at peace, this is your personal space, no-one can enter without your bidding, it will be yours forever, you can visit it as you wish, the smells, sensations, and sights are available to you alone. Your place.

Now let your mind clearly define the question, the decision, (or stress). Staying in your space allow your mind to explore the reasons behind the decision, the possible outcome of each and every action you could take. Remember happiness comes from providing values in life. Which scenario will provide values for others, values for you, use your feelings, your brain (the computer) will process these. Allow time for the correct answer to evolve.
When ready, prepare to leave. Rise, gather your personals, close windows, door, attend to the fire, turn out your lights, open the door through which you came, into the foyer, into the lift, and up pass the floors as the lift rises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. The door of the lift opens. You step out onto the elevator and rise again to the bright lights of the shopping mall, back with the hustle and bustle of the day. The clamour of society, the projection of our culture. For you there will always be your space, your retreat. You and only you have created it. As you move on you realise a freedom, any heaviness or depression is cut in half. Now action (in place of activity) can follow. The decision is made. Decisions right today may not be right “ tomorrow”. We are empowered to always make another decision.
(The word decision comes from the Latin word “ desisor” meaning “to cut in half”. How often the final relief from depression is the making of a decision)

The toll of stress and anxiety on your body

STRESS AND ANXIETY
So, so, often the symptoms of stress and anxiety are seen simply as psychosomatic when in reality there often is an added stress on the body due to deficiency or/and malfunction making the present situation more difficult to handle.
Often enough these are:-
1) Calcium deficiency
2) B Vitamin deficiency in the daily diet
3) Lack of tryptophan intake
4) Malfunction of the spinal joints causing irritation to the central nervous system
5) Too great exposure to electrical circuit fields and associated appliances
6) The use of alcohol (causes stress and anxiety does not relieve it)
7) Any allergy reaction
When one is in the grip of anxiousness it is often difficult to acknowledge and attend to the above and more. The job of the naturopath is to understand and address the above complexity.
Then to devise practical assistance, where possible, with the projected stress or the focus.
Remember, there is no such thing as a stressful situation, only our reaction to the situation.

click here to read more about the programme we use to achieve great health for our clients

Enjoy each day

TO AMPLIFY EXISTENCE
Today we experience life as we know it. Life with an endless succession of days, seasons, birthdays,
Christmas’s and years. Always there is another day season birthday or Christmas…
We can intellectualise, hope, believe, plan, and in so doing filling up today with distractions of yesterday or tomorrow. And thus miss out on experiencing the “preciousness” of life today, now, this minute.
Now you have to draw a chart of 870 squares, each square represents one month of your life (average life span of 72.5 years) to dig through the appearance to the essence of this experience put an X through however many months old you are now. The remaining is the time you have left to accomplish, experience, and create all you ever will in eternity.
This exercise will not work for you unless you actually, physically complete it and then reflect on what it means to you. If any aspect of health prevents you from fulfilling your time on the planet, physical mental, emotional or financial then deal to it now, do not delay nor neglect for you shall not stand again where you stand today.

Chart 30 squares across by 29 squares down

Setting a climate for health.

Our modern lifestyle today incorporates immeasurable stresses on our bodies, to the extent that seldom does one factor alone stand in our way of achieving the health goals we desire.

It is estimated we encounter some 70,000 toxic and harmful chemicals in our environment, some 2,500 in our food chain. We all suffer from some degree of malnutrition. Maybe we drink alcohol (10 oz kills 10,000 brain cells), or smoke something. Our culture dictates stress as normal. Due to this, our body suffers as a whole, not a bit here or a bit there.

This blog site provides a thumbnail sketch of therapies to do daily battle with modern health issues, to help you understand what you can do, what can help. (Cancer now takes 1 in 3 people, 1 in 80 was the statistic at the beginning of last century). Your decision as to what to do will always remain yours. In considering this, take stock of each area; physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and material. Always recognising that in fact these areas are inseparable, and that the sum of the parts is greater than the total of the individual components.

Dreams are allowed and followed, nurture yours.
Recognise what may stop you achieving yours; change the circumstances, and move on to realise the potential of your life on this planet.

Think first of your spine.

BACK AND NECK PAIN HOW AND WHY DO WE TREAT IT

It is said that 80% of all problems in medical rooms has its origins in the loss of joint function. The boney structure of the spine, the vertebrae, are actually parts of joint function. A little movement of each allows us spinal flexibility.

The art, not the science of joint mobility is to recreate joint function. This allows blood to re-enter the area, muscles to expand and contract, and restoration of the autonomy of the nervous system, inflammation to facilitate rebuilding tissue, carrying in essential nutrients and carrying away waste. The time this takes for recovery depends on individual factors and is assessed individually during the first appointment. There is no such thing as a stressful situation – only our reaction to that situation.

click here to read more about joint function