I would personally and publicly like to thank the very talented professionals that helped to produce Ben and the Butterfly People, an illustrated story book that is a tribute to the people of Joplin, Missouri.
Gordon, from England
Vladividal, from Bulgaria
Raj, from Singapore
Yogi & Crew, from India
Grazyna, from Poland
and Soundmaster Luke, from England
Guys, I hope we are able to touch a few hearts and lives with the Ebook, Audio book, and softcover story book we have lovingly brought to life for the kind folks of Joplin, Missouri.
Thank-you for the piece of your heart you have put into Ben and the Butterfly People.
A year ago this month Joplin, Missouri experienced a huge destructive tornado. It was the second worst tornado in the history of the United States.
If you visit here you can read first hand what many reported as the Butterfly People of Joplin Missouri coming to the rescue of several young children that faced imminent death.
The colorful Butterfly has come to symbolize hope and strength for the city of Joplin as they rebuild much of their city.
Ben and the Butterfly People, of Joplin Missouri is an illustrated story that serves to mark and commemorate the tragic day of 22 May 2011 that took 161 lives and leveled over 7000 homes and buildings.
Ben and the Butterfly People, ..of Joplin, Missouri came to life as an idea from my sister in law over the supper table in St. Charles, Missouri. My brother shared the idea with me in Hampshire, England, and in less than 2 weeks we had the makings of the story.
The story is inspired by a true life event, and is written by me, and Gordon Volke (a veteran children’s author). The wonderful Vladividal illustrated this touching story. Please feel free to visit our Facebook page. The production team for Ben and the Butterfly people consisted of professionals from 5 countries. It is amazing how much of our hearts needs to go into each story book we produce.
This week I am sending a hand crafted, and hand painted commemoration treasure chest to the Mayors office of Joplin, Missouri for the city museum.
The Butterfly people of Joplin, Missouri have touched the hearts of people from all over the globe.
We are pleased and humbled to offer an audio book, Ebook, and softcover book titled ‘Ben and the Butterfly People’.
Our story book is dedicated to the Spirit of the ‘Show Me’ State.
For more info please visit our website (or to view pictures of the Butterfly People commemoration treasure chest).
22 May 2011, the Butterfly People came to the aid of Joplin, Missouri.
A F5 multiple vortex tornado, the second worst in the history of the United States, ripped through Joplin, Missouri.
In its wake it left 161 people dead and over 7000 homes and businesses in ruin.
Many stories surfaced about young children reporting that during the tornado, angelic Butterfly People came to their aid and saved them from imminent death.
The Story of the Butterfly People of Joplin, Missouri has touched hearts, and continues to touch hearts from all over the globe.
A lady living on the other side of the state to Joplin, in St. Charles, Missouri, suggested to her husband over the supper table that a story book tribute to mark and commemorate the event for the people of Joplin could be a great idea. Her husband shared the idea with his brother, a publsher in England.
From the supper table in St. Charles to the breakfast table in Hampshire, England, the idea of a fitting storybook tribute began to take form.
Ben and the Butterfly People is an illustrated story that descibes what the event could have been like for an 8 year old boy named Ben.
The story is dedicate dto the Spirit of the Show Me state.
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Ben and the Butterfly People illustrated Ebook, and Audio version of the story are being released next week at http://www.cloudninebooks.com, and customers may pre-order the softcover version of the story book.
The book is co-written by Roark McMaster and Gordon Volke, and illustrated by Vladividal. For sales of the book direct rom the http://www.cloudninebooks.com website, 25% of sale proceeds are being donated to ongoing relief efforts in Joplin, Missouri.
You can find out more about the story here: Facebook.
According to many scientific experts the 6th mass extinction is underway. Where 3/4 of life on earth disappears. Pretty scary stuff. One scientist has stated that ‘it’s the lowest forms of life trying to eradicate the highest forms of life.’
I don’t know much about the history of the world, but I do know a great deal about eradicating microbes.
My 3 year old picked up a virus from her play group and it caused nasty bumps all over her body and took months to get rid of. How many toys, play areas, play mats, lavatories, in her playgroup setting would benefit from long lasting antimicrobial protection? All areas would benefit from antimicrobial protection. BSSD0911
I have been conducting swab tests in homes, hotels, and businesses for months educating people as to just how clean their surfaces are.
I have seen jaws drop from Glasgow to Portsmouth and alot of places in between.
Example- a swab reading of 30 is food grade clean. On a bar countertop in a swanky hotel I picked up a reading of 3200. Ladies and Gents- this is not a good reading on a public countertop. This was a very yucky reading telling me there was an astronomical amount of living organisms on this surface.
We deploy BioSweep Surface Defense where we infuse our antimicrobial with a surface and the surface assumes antimicrobial properties. It is fascinating technology. www.biosweep.co.uk.
If you have concerns over microbes taking over your surfaces, kitchen countertops, vehicles, lavatories, and so on, please give us a call to see how we can help. 01243 697359.
Well, personally I would never smoke indoors in the first place.
Yet many of us have seen the stained walls and furnishings in houses of smokers. We’ve all smelled the lingering smells that short and long term smoking leave behind.
While a good scrub is helpful in trying to eradicate house smoke smells; scrubbing alone isn’t enough.
The molecules from the smoke or residual smoke are what we actually smell, and these can get trapped in the tar released by cigarettes, as well as infuse with furnishings.
These molecules travel through the cilia in our noses, and meet olfactory nueron receptors. The receptors travel along the olfactory nerve to the olfactory bulb – and this is what communicates with our brains and tells us – just how something smells. We can all distinguish about 10,000 odours.
Molecules from smoke or residual smoke can really make a house or dwelling smell foul.
I would recommend high performance air and surface decontamination for the total eradication of malodours from smoking.
My experience is that of both smoking, and also specialising in high performance air and surface decontamination to get rid of any kind of malodour.
We use BioSweep, a 5 stage process which uses photo catalytic oxidation to remove and eradicate malodours, bacteria, viruses, pathogens, voc’s, mould and fungi. www.biosweep.co.uk
The results we achieve in actually removing all kinds of yuck from indoor air and surfaces- is uncanny- and something we are proud of.
So if you have malodours and stink from cigarette smoke in your house, dwelling, hotel rooms, meeting rooms, offices, or any other indoor space- we can improve the air quality. We can do so safely, in an enviromentally friendly manner, and it can be done quickly.
