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Pseudo Army Assault Courses are one of the newest, sweatiest and physically challenging outdoor activities of late – and they’re cropping up all over the country.

There are a myriad of physical, muddy, gruelling and getting soaking wet activities at these army assault courses. These courses prove to be a challenge of strength and fun. The courses are great for a team building activity, a personal challenge of a mate or a great activity for groups.

The army assault courses follow the same pattern as official army obstacle courses – only much more fun. Some of the activities include: Climbing over wooden walls, balancing on 4×4 beams, diving though tube slides, raft building, open canoeing, sea kayaking and those are the easy ones.

Activities, events and packages depend upon the various army assault courses that are available. Some courses have their teams crawl through mud, while others have teams build a raft. Almost all of the courses have the basics like wall climbing, stepping through tires, rock climbing and running.

There are some courses that offer packages like Command and Conquer, Raft Rat Race, Mission Impossible, Medieval Madness and Cave Crisis.

General wet activities can include Kayaking where there is one instructor per eight students, but everyone gets wet. There are beginner-kayaking sessions where an instructor teaches basics such as how to use the paddle, what to do if you fall in and water confidence.

Open canoeing is another activity that has challenges and possibilities. The boats are stable so falling out takes effort. In open canoeing, often there are two people in the canoe making it very easy to manage. You could travel down a river or go nowhere – it is up to those in the canoe, which makes this a sport for all.

At the army assault courses, there are indoor and outdoor activities. Archery is a popular, yet ancient sport that can be practiced indoors or outdoors. To insure success, there are coaches available to help improve skills in a very short time. Climbing is another indoor/outdoor activity. A bastion of rocks to be climbed or moving up an indoor rock wall will pit your strength against that of nature.

Every army assault course contains some kind of maze, whether it be a “Spider’s Web,” a maze through hedges, navigating an obstacle course to avoiding the mines in a minefield. The activities promote personal and team skills, communication skills, cooperation skills, leadership and management skills. The best part of all is that they are all fun.

The assault course includes all kinds of activities and is a must at every army assault course. The activities include things such as: climbing over wooden walls, balancing on beams, diving though tire-tubes. Seesaws, the crawl net, under over bars, river crossing and much more are staples of the course.

The activities at army assault courses may be physically and mentally challenging, but all are rewarding and provide opportunities for teamwork, fitness, unity and lots of fun. All courses have instructors to insure safety and a good time.

There is an art to selling. Unfortunately, many business owners believe because they have a great idea, that all else will fall into place. WRONG!!

Did you know that millions of people purchase products every day, products that they have no real need for? Why, you may ask? Well, it is because of the type of selling technique used on them. They buy out of obligation or to simply get YOU, the salesperson “off of their back”!!! We call these types of buyers, ‘quota clients”. Once a “quota client” believes that once they buy from a pushy salesperson, they will no longer have to dodge you at church and work, so the lesser of two evils, to just buy something already!!

Oh, but wait… have you ever tried to get a “quota client” to buy from you, again? Ever wonder why it seemed as if they had never bought from you before? Why they seemed so defensive, so definite about not needing any of your products and/or services? Well, it’s because you were ‘quota selling” rather than “quality selling”.

Quota selling is invasive, rush, forced and willy nilly. The inexperienced salesperson and business owner is only trying to fill a monthly or dream up quota, rather than forge a relationship with the prospective client or customer. Every time you see them, you beat them over the head with why they need to purchase your products. You haven’t bothered to educate them about your product or make them feel good about your products, you just scream, “Buy, buy, buy!!!” You have no real concern for the satisfaction of the client, you simply want to make money.

You want to build your business on “quality selling”. Quality Selling is totally the opposite and yields greater rewards. When you have “quality clients”, they will call you, they will wait for you in the parking lot after church and work, just to make sure you know they are in need of more of your products and/or services.

When the salesperson is not driven by team building or unrealistic sales quotas, and understands the art of selling, the potential for powerful transactions, again and again are rich. Quality Selling pays attention to the client, makes the client or customer feel comfortable, makes them feel that they are actually in control of the entire situation and a “quality client” will be glad to spend their money with you, again and again. Not only that, a “quality client” will market for your business, free of charge; they’ll tell all of their friends, family and colleagues about the great service they received from you. We all know that nothing travels faster than someone with good news and unlimited texting!!!

Which type of selling have you been doing?

Being fit means that you should be active, get plenty of rest and eating a healthy diet and the Fitbit One Wireless Activity can help you do all of this. When you are awake the Fitbit will track your distances,stairs climbed,calories burned and your steps. While you are sleeping at night it will measure what your sleep cycle is and see how you can sleep better,also can wake you up in the morning without waking your spouse. You’ll be able to upload your stats with your computer via the internet or using your I-Phone. You’ll be able to set goals and track your progress with charts and graphs,powered by your stats. You will stay connected with your friends for friendly competitions or for their support,you can stay motivated by earning badges. 24 hours a day you will be able to log into your food,work-outs and a lot more,bring greater fitness into your life- socially and seamlessly.

Plenty Of Power For Such A Little Device

With the Fitbit One Wireless Activity you will monitor your daily activities and this tracker will encourage and empower you by bringing you up to date feedback that will help you to be active. You’ll want to take the stairs instead of the elevator. And you’ll go for a quick walk after having lunch. All those steps will add up. Fitbit will track distance’s traveled, calories you burned, steps you’ve taken, stairs you’ve climbed, the quality of sleep and the hours slept. The Fitbit is powered by the leading-edge altimeter and accelerometer,also the Fitbit can capture accurately all-day activity that old pedometers can’t. Reflecting your stats and bases your calculations like calories burned on your personal profile.

The Fitbit Can Paint You A Picture Of Your Health

The dashboard on the Fitbit One Wireless Activity is locked full of charts, graphs and a lot of tools to help you track your progress and to help you understand your fitness and health. The mobile app and customizable dashboard which are free can bring all that data to your fingertips. When you get close to reaching your goals this will give you added incentive and help you sleep and to aim higher.

You’ll Want To Compete And Share With Your Friends

With the Fitbit One Wireless Activity you can compete and challenge your family and friends on Fitbit.com. You’ll be able to compare stats and see how your progress stacks up to theirs and in addition you can root for one another.

Tons Of Badges To Earn

Fitbit One Wireless Activity will keep you motivated with Fitbit badges for weekly, daily and lifetime achievements and we will be singing your praises. Every time you reach a new goal or surprise us with your good work you will be rewarded with a badge. But you’ll have to work hard for it.

For people who are interested in preserving what we have around us in Nature, you might want to consider feeding the squirrels around your house! I speak from the observations I’ve made over my nearly 65 years on this earth. Many of those years were spent out in Nature as a hunter and observer of what has evolved over the decades.

In recent years I have become closely involved in raising and releasing orphaned squirrels. This started back in 2008 when a baby squirrel literally fell into my life from a tree in my backyard. By all visible measurements, the baby was dead. Laying naked in the snow on March 17,2008, it had no signs of life, was blue, cold and stiff and was not breathing. I picked it up out of the snow and took it in the house to show my wife before taking it out to bury. As I held it in my hand, the thought came to me that many seemingly lifeless individuals, who were in similar hypothermia situations, had been brought back to life through warming and resuscitate measures. After warming and stimulating the baby and applying rescue breathing techniques, it came back to life and my wife and I were hooked on squirrels.

I’ve spent the last four years learning all I could about what it takes to raise healthy squirrels. My wife and I took classes from our State Rehabilitation Organization, and I’ve read many books from Squirrel experts at the Smithsonian Institute, Ohio State University plus information from hundreds of other people who have successfully raised healthy squirrels

In recent years I’ve noticed an alarming trend in the balance of nature in my State. I’m seeing and hearing more and more birds of prey starting to hang around within the City limits of our town. As I write this, it is late Fall here in my State. I traveled to a nearby city this evening, which took me through much of the country I used to hunt when I was younger. What struck me as alarming was the lack of Dreys, ( squirrel leaf nests,) in the barren trees of the woodlots I passed. When I was young, every woods was filled with these leaf nests, which indicates a healthy population of squirrels.

Squirrels are near the bottom of the food chain. Raptors, fox and bobcats depend on squirrels and rabbits as a food source. In recent years most of the continental United States has seen an invasion and proliferation of Coyotes which has put a tremendous strain on the balance of the food chain. The lack of squirrels across the countryside could explain why hawks and even eagles are starting to hang-out in the cities.

If this trend continues, there may come a day when squirrels playing in your yard will be a story you tell to your grandchildren as you show them pictures of what they used to look like! If the squirrels go, so will everything up the food chain!

What can be done? One thing we as humans can do is to stop viewing squirrels as pests. Many people complain that squirrels raid their bird feeders. My answer to them is, ” Yes, squirrels have to eat also!” Many feed birds, but not so many feed squirrels. The problem with that is that once the squirrels are gone, the song birds will be the next target of animals up the food chain!

Squirrels have a hard life. A pregnant female gives birth in late February through March. If she is not fed well her milk will dry up and she’ll be forced to kick babies out of her nest to make her milk supply last. Baby squirrels, like the one I found, are subject to predation in the early Spring by opportunists like hungry Crows who tear leaf nests apart looking for these tiny morsels. Female squirrels also give birth in late Summer, ( their second birthing season.) These babies have a very difficult time in colder climates, because they just do not have enough time to gather enough food for the coming Winter. Many of them die of starvation and exposure over the Winter because their mother is not a good parent and they do not continue to offer food to their children once they are weaned.

Over the past four years, my wife and I have raised and released 17 orphaned squirrels who would have never had a chance at life if we had never nurtured and fed them. Each one has contributed to the population of bushy tails in our neighborhood. Through our website we’ve been able to advise and educate thousands of people about what it takes to have a healthy squirrel population in their own locations with advice for caring for orphans, what constitutes good squirrel nutrition, treatments for common squirrel diseases and providing free recipes and products for insuring good health for squirrels.

An abundance of healthy squirrels will help provide good health all the way up the food chain, plus it gives individuals an opportunity to participate in a very rewarding and fun pastime!

While travelling around the Caribbean, always hearing about beach this and beach that, it’s easy to forget about the region’s other important offerings-such as its world-class golf courses. And if you’re staying at a luxury boutique hotel like Cap Maison, access to the best courses is easy. With every swing of your club, and the Caribbean’s ocean-bound winds brushing your face, the sense of privilege you’ll enjoy while playing on this side of the world is unmistakable.

The 18-hole St. Lucia Golf and Country Club

If you’re staying at Cap Maison in St. Lucia, you don’t have to jump over another island to enjoy a game as it has its own 18-hole golf course. The ocean views are breathtaking, not to mention the cool sea breezes that make playing a few rounds, even at midday, a ‘breeze to do.’ A Par 71 and with close to 7,000 yards, the golf and country club in St. Lucia can transform even the most hesitant dabblers into a confident professional golfer in no time. They have a professional coaching service and the shop stocks premium branded golf equipment. The Golf Club also regularly gives its patrons certain special offers, so be sure to check it out.

The Trump International Golf Club

At St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a short trip away from Cap Maison, you’ll find what is perhaps the most beautiful golf course in the Caribbean: the Trump International Golf Club. Every aspect of this golf course is worthy of its five-star ranking-from the design of the course itself, the luxurious amenities, to the excellent personal service. Of course, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, so you may consider the matter arguable. But consider this: sweeping panoramic views all around you as you prep up for your next swing, and luxuriant, green fairways providing a breathtaking contrast with the rock cliffs and the white sandy beaches below. And once you reach the 13th hole, you’ll understand why previous guests can’t stop themselves from gushing whenever the golf course’s name is mentioned-as the highest point in the entire course, the views from here will truly take your breath away.

The Royal Westmoreland

On the island of Barbados, the Royal Westmoreland golf course offers those who might have been jaded with all the glitz of other newer courses in the Caribbean something utterly pure: the deeply rewarding feeling of sheer enjoyment of the game. The entire course, especially at the right time of the day, becomes an explosion of colours-the greens and browns mingle with the purples and oranges of the different grasses and shrubs and trees. But of course, as you might be visiting Royal Westmoreland from the Cap Maison for the day, you’re here basically for the golf. For that, rest assured you’re in the best of hands: designed to naturally flow throughout the landscape, the course proceeds leisurely allowing you to soak up the sights. Truly magnificent-and the golf isn’t bad either!