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Tell us about your agriculture background.
I am the fourth generation on my family’s 500-acre crop and beef farm, which was originally a dairy. Though my family no longer focuses on dairy production, I have always had a dairy background. When I was eight my parents bought me my first Holstein and I was a member of the Cochranton Blue Ribbon 4-H Club for my entire 4-H career. I graduated with a degree in Animal Science from the Pennsylvania State University in 2014 and am currently pursuing a concurrent master’s degree in the Psychology of Leadership and Public Administration.
You spent time as the state's Dairy Princess.
I loved the people! It didn’t matter if it was a resident of Philadelphia or a member of a 4-H club from rural Pennsylvania, I loved hearing people’s stories!
Currently, I work as a legislative aide to a member of the State House. However, I am in transition and will soon be working for the Pennsylvania Republican Party as a Field Organizer for the upcoming election cycle.
Farm Bureau members be more effective in the legislative process?
2) Get to know your legislators.
Any time you call, email, or visit a legislative office, that meeting is recorded so that the legislator can revisit that information at any time. If there is a particularly controversial piece of legislation being voted on, elected officials have the ability to look back at those visits and your opinions to get a better idea of how their constituency feels about that topic. The only way for local, state, and federal elected officials to know how legislation directly impacts your operation is for you to tell them.
Get to know your legislators. Contrary to popular belief, politicians do not know everything. They rely on the estimations of experts when making decisions, just as we all do. The bottom line is that you know your business better than they do. If you are the first person that they call when they have a question about agriculture, it’s a win-win for both sides.
Why is it important for young farmers to be involved in Farm Bureau?
Unfortunately, United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack hit the nail on the head when he suggested that rural America, with its shrinking population, is becoming less politically relevant in the country’s increasingly urban landscape. However, I think it is important to note that the word relevance should not be confused with the word importance. The relevance of the issue is in terms of population. If you have fewer people living in rural areas, then over time the number of people elected to represent those areas will be inevitably less. Even so, the “backyard chicken movement” has really taken off. Consumers are paying more attention to where their food comes from than they ever have before, and together we can combat the population issue with consumer awareness. As farmers continually become a smaller group, public education is key for us to overcome the shrinking voter block.
I am a Farm Bureau member because I appreciate any organization that fights on behalf of rural Pennsylvania, just as I do. I also admire that Farm Bureau offers both farmer and non-farmer memberships. This allows anyone who wishes to be involved access to the members and the organization, and for them to also feel like they can make a difference and effect change in a comfortable environment. I have been witness to this personally in Crawford County. As a first-time Farm Bureau member, the Board of Directors of the Crawford County Farm Bureau has graciously welcomed me and my ideas with open arms!

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Gemma Rowland,literature festivals manager at Harrogate International Festivals and Zoe Robinson, managing partner of title sponsor, Raworths, honour the festival's theme: Discover, Explore, Experiment.
The Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival has launched a remarkable line-up featuring a wealth of writers.
The festival has embraced a series of other celebratory anniversary events.
Dickie Arbiter will discuss his memoir, On Duty with the Queen: My Time as a Buckingham Palace Press Secretary, offering a remarkable glimpse into the royal family’s lives as the Queen turns 90 this year.
The 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth sees his official biographer, Donald Sturrock, share his exclusive access to Dahl’s revealing weekly letters written to his mother.
To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival delivers a special event in July, On Shakespeare’s Sonnets: A Poets’ Celebration in association with the Royal Literary Fund featuring award-winning poets Jo Shapcott and Ruth Padel.
There’ll also be a focus on the sixties as a decade, particularly 1966, the year Harrogate International Festivals began.
1966: The Year the Decade Exploded – an era of revolutionary literature, radical politics, fashion and pop - is explored by author and broadcaster Jon Savage with fellow music journalist, Ben Thompson.
It was of course, also the year England won the World Cup. Former BBC TV sports producer John Rowlinson tracks the triumphant journey to sporting glory, with his book, The Boys of 66: The Unseen Story Behind England’s World Cup Glory.
Zoe Robinson, managing partner of Raworths, said: “There’s such an exciting, eclectic programme to mark Harrogate International Festivals’ celebratory 50th anniversary year.
“We are delighted to be supporting such a stellar literature festival that proves you don’t have to travel to Hay or Cheltenham to experience the very best literary events.
“We’re passionate about the community we work and live in, and believe we need to ensure the Arts remain vibrant for the town and visitor economy.
Now in its fifth year, Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival was picked by Harper’s Bazaar as one of the UK’s best literary festivals.
The long weekend, hosted at The Crown Hotel from 7-10 July, also features Jeremy Bowen, Julia Bradbury, James Naughtie, Vince Cable, Mary Portas and John Suchet.
Gemma Rowland, literature festivals manager at Harrogate International Festivals, said: “In 1966, Harrogate International Festivals was known as a festival of Science as well as Art, so we’ll be honouring that legacy too, from exploring Einstein’s Universe to A Space Traveller’s Guide to the Solar System.
The overarching theme of Harrogate International Festivals’ portfolio of music and literature festivals in July is ‘Discover, Explore, Experiment’.
Weekend and Day Rover tickets are available, alongside tickets for individual events, for the first time at this year’s Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival.
The thematic structure of the weekend invites audiences to immerse themselves in a full day of events with some big ideas, including a journey through health, science and nature on the Friday, a focus on discovering more about some of our musical and literary greats on the Saturday and an exploration into politics, economics and business on the Sunday, with some of the biggest names working in and writing about these areas today.
There’s also a chance to learn the art of whisky tasting and a workshop on the art of mindful Origami – the new trend for crafty calmness.
The UK’s finest music writers including Mark Ellen and David Hepworth in Rock’n’Roll Confidential share stories around overrated superstars and nightmare interviews.
The banking crisis is explored with Hugh Pym, and convicted murderer turned author and trustee of the Prison Reform Trust, Erwin James, looks at the power of redemption with his memoir, Redeemable: A Memoir of Darkness and Hope.
Weekend Rover Tickets and Day Rover tickets start from £60; individual tickets are available from £9 upwards. Packages, including tickets and accommodation at the Crown Hotel, can also be booked through the Festivals Office and start from £429.
Full programme and tickets on sale at harrogateinternationalfestivals.com, box office: 01423 562 303.

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I have moved away from my long time group of gamers. Although there is local clubs I occasionally attend I still have contact with my old club members.
We are predominantly miniatures gamers rather than board games.
My question is how can we do a bit of remote gaming. I'm looking for methods, tech suggestions please. We do Vietnam – so a bit of hidden movement via distance could be good. We are honest players – so rules mongering is not an issue in this scenario.
I am aware of Vassal and Cyberboard, PBM and PBEM.
I like it for it's features, especially FOW, and the incredible support for user-created frameworks.
It is not as user-friendly as Roll20 but makes up for it's moddability, with no need to compromise.
The more I used it, the more I started thinking about using it for virtual miniature wargames. You could use it any way you like, from just using the basic hardcoded functions to making macro buttons for quick dice rolling resolution or even complicated rules.
There is a DBA miniatures module for it and another one for 40K (nead to search for vassal 40k to find an download that one). From these you can see how to setup a Vietnam miniatures module (art from junior general helps a lot there).
Also look at the warmachine module.
Finally there is an online browser based miniatures system but I can't find the name of it now. A fellow from TMP pointed it out earlier adn perhaps he will list it again.
Although you would need both armies!
Interesting idea, but dreadful camera shake!!!
He needs to use a tripod.
You mean you haven't got both armies? You should read the article on p20 of MWwBG no.361.
Over on the Kings of War Forums, people have been using Universal Battle to play. While it is clearly developed to support WHFB it seems to work for KoW, and I suspect for any other fantasy or medieval mass battle.
The web site has no rules built in – it just shows pretty pictures of a virtual table and figures. And allows measuring and dice rolling.
What about the folks who were doing the play-by-photo refereed games? They were posting AARs here. Some very cool WWII games.
Skype could always work, especially if you have both sides and a large tv, like a 60", would be ideal.
I played several Power Point based games a few years ago.
I'd take a couple area shots, then some close up shots. The fellows on the other side would mark up the images in PPT or using a drawing program, and send me a list of online generated dice rolls which I'd pick a random spot in the list to begin from.
A little work, but it was lots of fun, and the players never doubted their moves would be interpreted correctly.
Maybe this can be used as a tool.
I had a laugh thinking of this concept. A miniature of the army commander with a tiny web cam mounted on it. This would eliminate the "90 foot" general prospective we get as wargamers. You only get the army generals point of view to make decisions.
Boardgame, with numbered hexes for the chits, or minis to be placed in.
Not sure how you roll dice in cyberspace, so both parties can see the same result, but perhaps someone has solved that.
Once again you would need both armies. Take the VC/NVA side. Lay out a table with all the terrain/scenics, but none of the forces on it. Take a photo of the table as close to straight above the table as possible. Place a square grid over the photo, GIMP is shareware that will allow you to do this. Save the photo with the grid on it as a single layer. Send a copy of the gridded photo to your opponent.
Now before you get his first turn, deploy your forces and tunnels etc on the table. Your opponent can use GIMP to plot out his moves or simply describe them to you. Discover and resolve combats. Plot your turn, and continue taking turns until the game is decided.
What questions do you have on this method?
Great suggestions. Thanks. Mako – there is online dice services, I believe. Though that won't be an issue – as we play for enjoyment only – so there is no incentive to cheat.
We broadcast miniature games online ALL the time. More information contact me at looking at imagineimage dot org.

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Bossman did great things when they came out with a Naked line. Some days I like to go without a scent in the beard, but still want product in the beard. I get a very subtle nutty scent at first, but within minutes the Naked is just that...Naked, no scent whatsoever. The reload package is perfect and a great deal. I really dig the new soap too. I was a user of the old school soap and this is fantastic.
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July 23, 2014 (JUBA) – Presidential guards protecting South Sudanese president Salva Kiir have been accused of having gone on a rampage, robbing and terrorising citizens as well as foreigners in the national capital, Juba, a senior security official has claimed.
Residents in Juba told Sudan Tribune that soldiers from the Tiger unit of the presidential guards always roam the city with their official pickup trucks, terrorising and looting citizens at night with impunity.
They said the bodyguards allegedly move as night patrol units in disguise and target different suburbs in the city where they victimise residents.
One of the victims of a Tuesday incident at Gudele neighbourhood, west of the presidential palace, told Sudan Tribune he identified soldiers from the presidential guards unit among those who robbed them.
“These were soldiers from the presidential guards. I personally knew many of them. I used to see them standing, guarding the president whenever there were public occasions in which the president is participant,” he told Sudan Tribune on Wednesday by phone.
The victim who preferred anonymity for fear of reprisal said the soldiers were divided into groups going house to house, door to door demanding money, mobile phones and other valuables.
“They threatened me at gun point and took 200 SSP from me. They also took different amounts from my other colleagues. They asked for my mobile phone but I told them I didn’t have a mobile [phone]. One of them warned to come back and shoot all of us dead should we alert the police and disclose their identities,” he added.
He claimed the soldiers were proudly in their presidential tiger unit military fatigues when they carried out the robberies.
He added that foreign nationals from Uganda and Kenya also became victims of such incidents.
One Kenyan national was reportedly shot dead in his house while trying to resist attackers last week in the capital.
The commander of the joint operations unit in charge of Rock City neighbourhood, Major Deng Malek, has confirmed that soldiers in the presidential guards unit have involved in the robberies.
“Actually there are soldiers involved. I cannot deny that soldiers are involved because one of the criminals we arrested was our soldier from the Tiger unit [presidential guards],” Malek said.
The military official was responding to Miraya FM radio which reported another incident of robbery occurred over the weekend in which seven armed men attacked and looted several households in the city.
A resident said they were “terrorised” while watching movies inside their respective houses.
“They entered the verandah where we were watching movies and then they started telling us to get out from the house. Everybody should get out and sit down… Then they started entering the rooms from room to room and then they got everything,” one of the victims told the UN radio station.
“We heard there were some Ugandans and Kenyans who were beaten because they didn’t have 500 South Sudanese Pounds. They were asking each one 500 South Sudanese pounds,” he added.
Earlier media reports also indicated that such criminal incidents are widespread and routine in the capital.
The Citizen newspaper had earlier reported that “armed men dressed in military fatigues on Friday night descended on residences “terrorising the people and demanding 500 SSP from each house hold”.
Wake up Southern Sudanese! Let us united with one voice and kick out Dictator Salva Kiir from that seat….Salva Kiir is a headache to all of us weather you are Dinka or non Dinka….
Yes,this is true.Last month one of Aleu Ayieny’s bodyguard was among the robberies that robbed two guys from Dinka Bor with one Kenyan.They guys from Bor are Majak and Kuol.Now is Tiger from presidential guards.Is painful if our own soldiers turned against civilians every night while they are the backbone of nation.
These illiterate guards have brought shame to president Kiir.Some are stealing money in his office and some are stealing from public.Kiir,you need change your guards and selected new ones from different communities as your trustees.All counted problems on your side are been cooked by your surrounding relatives who don’t care about your dignity.Your legacy has been spoiled by your relatives.
I mean all counted problems are being cooked by your relatives.Bring good people rather than those greedy ones.All your good plans do change from now and then just because of those uncared relatives.You are good president but your inner circle relatives have put you to shame.
michael coma, How can kiir be a good president at the same time when he is the one who knowingly recruited relative thieves to rule the country. Kiir himself is a thief using his AMBC company to loot the country. All those looting are doing what they see him doing. Like father-like-child thing.
Where are they now, those people who tell us that all the problems in South Sudan can be blamed on Riek Machar?
Did he organise these Tiger Guards?
Are these criminals operating with impunity?
69% of the state budget is spent on army and security. Is this value for money?
When a cat grows up with a fox, it will become a fox.
The Jieng who r exensively raised as cattle rastlers r groomed to become deadly thieves who would steal anything of value. This culture of stealing starts from the murah, to de n’hoods and is brought to the government by the educated jieng elites who resort to loot the public treasury with impunity. Kiir, like his relatives and tribesmen in the Rep guard have this bad culture in their veins.
Dear South Sudanese, you need to refrain from these news because they are not meant to defame the leadership but all South Sudanese. The presidential guards might be involved in harassing people yes but try to understand the content of this news before rushing in with your myopic comments. Media is trying its best to tarnish the good reputation of people of South Sudan and you think it is cool.
YOU ARE RIGHT, S.SUDAN NEEDED ITS’ DIGNITY AS A NATION. HOWEVER, WHO IS TARNISHING IT NOW? IS IT THOSE WHO REPORT THE WRONG DOING OR THOSE WHO ABANDON THEIR CODE OF CONDUCT AS LEADERSHIP GUARDS & TURNED TO THUGS? MISTREATMENT OF CITIZENS IS ONE THING BUT LOOTING AND KILLING IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE, SHOULDN BE COVER FOR AT ALL. KIIR GOVERNMENT HAS LET DOWN OUR PEOPLE AND THE NATION.
Coma, Majok and Toot, I don’t know what shame you think the country will get when the National guards turn in to Robbers. No Country have experience this but south Sudan. Kiir recruited his family and tribe to rob the properties and people of South Sudan. Soldiers are to protect the people and should be even more faithful than police. what a shame this president brought to the New nation!!!

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In assessing Mr. Wang’s refugee claim, board adjudicator Daniel McSweeney asked Mr. Wang: “So tell me about Jesus as a person. What was he like?
“Jesus is son of God,” Mr. Wang said.
“I am not asking who he was or what he did. I am asking what is he like as a person,” Mr. McSweeney said.
“Jesus was conceived through the holy ghost and was born in this world,” Mr. Wang replied.
“In my heart he is my saviour,” Mr. Wang answered.
Ms. Dench noted that the Federal Court ruled last month that four Eritrean refugees were unfairly rejected by a Canadian visa officer in Cairo, Egypt, in part because they had been asked inappropriate faith-based questions.
But the court ruled that the visa officer’s questions were not fact-based and arbitrary and noted that the officer admitted her knowledge of the Pentecostal faith was based on Google searches.

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industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Before any angry fingers dart toward keyboards to stab out rebuttals, be advised that at no point in this writing will the argument be made that Zack Snyder’s 2004 remake of George A. Romero’s monumental 1978 classic Dawn of the Dead is in any way superior to its source material. Romero’s original is a bloody, angry, unforgettable social allegory tucked inside a lively adventure film—a celluloid cri de coeur hasn’t dimmed in volume on the way up to its fortieth anniversary, as Chris Alexander passionately wrote in a very personal essay earlier this week, and the waves of Dawn’s resonance can still be felt today in every corner of pop culture and serious film study.
It’s this beatification of the original Dawn that drowns out any deeper examination of the merits found in the remake, and there are indeed many. Dawn 04 is generally acknowledged to be a high point of the remake wave that washed over horror fans during the previous decade, though often waved off as a dumber, louder kid brother compared to Dawn 78; it’s frequently dismissed as “a pretty good action movie” before talk goes back to the enduring greatness of Romero’s version. In this, genuine consideration of Dawn 04 as it stands on its own is often overlooked, and it’s better late than never to address this mistake.
That opening sequence. Dawn 04 sports one of the meanest, most kinetic kickoffs in horror, with Snyder announcing himself to filmgoers in the form of a suburban summer idyll shattered by a flailing, gnashing, monster-child pelting itself against shellshocked nurse Anna (Sarah Polley). Dawn 78 eased the audience gradually into the chaos of a zombie takeover, assuming that Johnny and Barbara’s graveyard surprise in NOTLD sufficiently startled audiences. Dawn 78’s newscasters and were police aware of the zombie mission statement from the jump—there was no such briefing provided for poor Anna, and the adrenalized zombie assault that she endures before the credits even kick in serves as one hell of a fierce reintroduction.
Anna meets up with Officer Kenneth (an imperious Ving Rhames, never better) and they proceed to sequester themselves in a Milwaukee mall with a number of other survivors in hopes that a rescue will arrive. For those unaware of her day gig, Polley is a child actor-turned-writer/director involved most often with talky, serious-minded arthouse fare. Her Canadian citizenship made her attractive to Dawn 04’s Toronto production in terms of meeting government-mandated casting quotas, and Polley said at the time she was thrilled with the chance to take a departure and topline a more action-oriented project. The Dawn of the Dead remake thus landed a tremendous, highly-experienced actress to fill the customary horror heroine uniform of blood-spattered white tank top; Polley’s face fresher than her remake contemporaries in that she didn’t graduate to a feature film lead through putting in time on teen television melodramas, or feel that she was slumming it by doing horror and then letting that attitude to seep through in her performance (yes, that was a dig at the Nightmare on Elm Street remake’s Rooney Mara). Rhames is excellent as the bruising, insensitive cop best suited to battle the new world disorder that humanity now faces, while Mekhi Phifer and everyman Jake Weber round out the remainder of the uninfected.
The central message that recurs throughout Romero’s Dead films is how humankind is prone to destroy itself through petty squabbling while larger threats are ignored. Dawn 04 is actually a more hopeful take on the zombie apocalypse, with the disparate group of survivors drawn from opposing backgrounds and social classes sorting their differences and uniting in a common cause (namely, a third-act dash out of their gilded prison with their flesh intact, one that ultimately proves to be in vain). The updated script for Dawn 04 comes from one James Gunn, today beloved in horror fandom for his film Slither and by the remainder of the moviegoing world for the all-conquering Guardians of the Galaxy. In 2004, Gunn was only notable for his weirdo Troma output and for writing the Scooby-Doo movie, but his Dawn screenplay has that unique balance of comedic dialogue and serious moments that he is now known to pen so deftly (though apparently there were a number of major changes from Gunn’s script through to Snyder’s final version). Gunn’s comedic beats are never handled with more aplomb than when a then-unknown Ty Burrell arrives late in the game as alpha-jerk Steve, and he outright steals the movie with his snarky line reads and precise comic timing.
The oft-mentioned action scenes are what seems to be the aspect most viewers take away from of Dawn 04, and with good reason: Snyder may now have gotten himself snarled up in the brambles of megabudget superhero behemoths and diluted filmmaking-by-committee, but Dawn 04 and his subsequent hit 300 once had him pegged as one of Hollywood most promising young talents. His sprinting, spasmodic corpses here are not of the classical zombie canon, true, but they make for an undeniably urgent menace. (Running zombies work for the context of this movie, while walking zombies better serve the purpose of other movies and shows. The superiority of one zombie interpretation over the other was a pointless debate then, and it remains so now.) Guns roaring in slow motion, chainsaw blades whirring and stabbing, the veering into full-on Mad Max territory with tricked out shuttle buses, and pure grossout gags like the undead birth scene or the obese zombie death hag are all thrilling to watch—editor Niven Howie deserves a chunk of credit here, as even the character moments in Dawn 04 are cut together tightly. It’s a bit of a tragedy that Snyder’s proposed follow up film War of the Dead, which was to feature zombie battles on a grand, citywide scale, never came to fruition. Dawn 04 has a tiny budget compared to, say, Batman v Superman, but Snyder lays in stock footage from various scenes of global upheaval and some clever greenscreen trickery to really have his Zombie apocalypse feeling like massive, worldwide pandemonium. This film also marks Snyder’s first collaboration with composer and current Marilyn Manson guitarist Tyler Bates, whose percussive and grindingly discordant synth score for Dawn 04 really set the template for horror music of the double-O-decade.
The wonky 2004 computer effects stamp a date on Dawn 04, especially in the smeary zombie crowd scenes, but the core ideas remain intact. The Dawn of the Dead remake frames those ideas in a modern context, but adjusts the weights—the vaunted anti-consumerism is here, but greater emphasis is placed on the basic subtext. In this, Dawn 04 has as much in common with the fifth tale in Romero’s Creepshow (‘They’re Creeping Up On You’) as it does with the original Dawn. While more shopping malls and physical storefronts shutter up daily, as the act of mindless consumption joins social interaction as a mostly online pursuit, Dawn 04’s thematic read of the very few versus the very many, of outsiders scratching to get their share, will never cease to resonate. Shots of the survivors on the rooftop with rifles, the bourgeoisie surveying the hungry rabble below from the tenuous safety of their high parapets, can be taken as the privileged of today sitting in gated, guarded communities and going about their daily activities while hoping to somehow forget that they are ever surrounded and outnumbered. 2004, just as 1978, was an era of exceptional fear and tumult, but the notion of wealth disparity and class warfare never ebbs from year to year and today it seems timelier than ever.
Dawn of the Dead 2004 still packs a potent bite in its own right and deserves a serious second look.

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Hope you guys enjoyed the Halloween last night.
For the mortgage rates, the trades will purchase more stocks tahn bonds, that means the rate will go up a little bit. But for the QEII, when the Fed purchase the bonds, the rate will go lower. So now when the Fed purchase more bonds, the rate will go lower; otherwise, it goes higher.
Does that mean the Fed can "manipulate" the rate? We all know they want to keep the rate low until everyone refiannced. But how low do they want it to be?

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More and more today, spirit teaching is such as to suggest that, having taken on the responsibility of caring for our adopted animals, we have a duty not only to ensure their physical and emotional well-being, but to nurture their spiritual and mental growth also. If we aid the development of these faculties, we afford them the experience on their pathways in which to learn and grow.
Before we humans begin to feel ‘special ‘ again, we must be reminded that Silver Birch described each of us as a diamond with many facets, when trying to explain the fact that we are made up of several selves. Beyond this, there is the wisdom that we, as individuals, just like the termites, are all only small parts of one whole, The Great Spirit. We are each but a tiny cell in a great body, interdependent on each other in the wider scheme of things. Magnus reiterates this truth when he goes on to say that all life is a continuous process, here and through all the stages of spiritual existence. He explains that, just as ‘lower’ species work for the earth in the morphic world, they are workers for spirit in the spirit world.
When asked if worms, spiders or flies, which some disliked, were to be found in the spirit world, Magnus assured the questioner that nothing was repulsive to those of higher consciousness. He explained that flies, for instance, had a spiritual function to perform there, just as, on Earth, they were important to the necessary process of decay.
Here, not only intelligent thought had been employed but self-survival had given way to compassion…….. and this from what is usually referred to as filthy vermin!
A wise entity and metaphysical teacher named Seth described himself as ‘an energy personality essence, no longer focused in physical matter.’ A long-winded way to describe a discarnate being, perhaps, but it helps explain the multiplicity of the self, and the unity of all souls in The Great Spirit, regardless of species.
“Animals, as any pet owner knows, have their own personalities and individual ways of perceiving the reality available to them. Some gobble experience. Their consciousness may be immeasurably quickened by contact with friendly humans, and emotional involvement with life is strongly developed.
With this and much more evidence to suggest that other species have a mind and spirituality of their own, we should offer them stimuli along with our love, for, behind the language barrier, we have all the same need for support on our pathways. It should be that we move each other on to new experience and understanding, preparing the ground for the birth of a new facet of our identity. Although other creatures are not dependent upon a relationship with us for their individual survival in the spirit world, they benefit from it, should it be supportive and communicative.
Lifelong animal rights campaigner and spiritualist.
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Mansfield Mind Body Spirit Show this weekend.
Animal Rights in Spiritualism 2017 Newsletter 2017.
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Sulphur Springs Police responded to an address on Arbala Road Wednesday evening around 9:30 p.m. regarding a family disturbance. The victim, a family member, told officers that Joshua Ladearl Leisey, 32, had threatened to kill her and displayed a handgun during the assault.
Leisey was found walking on the roadway south of the location and detained him. Leisey is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Aggravated Assault Family Violence with a Deadly Weapon, a Felony 2.


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Introducing new off-road hard floor Star Vision Xplorer Camper Trailer, they are made from durable materials to specifically suit the Australian environment and exclusively crafted for the Aussie market. To make sure that the trailer will suit even to the most challenging situations, the campers have been tested in the toughest conditions across Australia.
This Star Vision Xplorer Camper Trailer exhibits a high-quality finish with a hot-dip galvanised frame and aluminium body; comes with bedding area (mattress size - 202 cm X 165 cm) and 2 X LED lights installed for bedding area with a switch for your comfort. It also has 2 x Gas bottle holders and 1 x Jerry can holder. Lockable slide-out kitchenette with electric tap and 4-burner stove as a FREE GIFT!
The Star Vision Xplorer Camper Trailer comes with independent suspension which is stronger & more reliable, control & handling can be safer, rides can be less bumpy & more comfy for off-road travelling.


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I love it too and that cover… swoon worthy!
Thanks so much for having me post today.
Excited for your new release, Ruth!
Thanks so much Judith. I’m so excited, too.
Love the excerpt– best wishes for your new release!
Hi Alison. I’m so glad you liked it. I had so much fun writing it.
I know. The cover is awesome!
I loved this book!!!! Oh yes and the cover makes me drool!
Hi Lori. Yes drool is a good word. I’m so glad you enjoyed the story.


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hey nice location lolz i live near to it but not that close so 7amdellah 3al sallama!!!


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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia’s central bank held interest rates steady on Tuesday and again highlighted the strength of employment, showing no immediate inclination to echo the outright dovish tone of some of its global peers.
The measured message comes just hours before the country’s conservative government is expected to release an annual budget larded with tax breaks and infrastructure spending, stimulus that might lessen the need for rate cuts this year.
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) ended its April policy meeting with rates firmly lodged at 1.5 percent, where they have been since mid-2016. Neither did its statement smack of any urgency to act.
Just last week, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) blindsided investors by abandoning its neutral stance and declaring the next move in interest rates would likely be down.
Markets reacted violently by pricing in not one but two quarter-point easings in its 1.75 percent cash rate.
The shift comes amid dovish turns by the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan.
That in turn fed speculation the RBA would ultimately be forced to ease, if only to stop its currency from rising.
The market has moved to price in a quarter-point rate cut to 1.25 percent as early as September. Yields on three-year paper sank to an all-time low of 1.37 percent last week, well under the cash rate.
Futures slightly widened the odds of a cut in the wake of the meeting, while the local dollar held at $0.7104.
The RBA made no mention of the budget, but analysts suspect it would prefer to juice a misfiring economy with fiscal stimulus rather than cut rates from already record lows.
The government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison has plenty of incentive to be generous given it faces an election in May and is running well behind in the opinion polls.
It also has the wherewithal as revenues from mining companies and households are handily ahead of forecasts, while a strong jobs market has limited welfare payments.
The prospect of sweeteners already seems to have had some impact with the public, which is smarting from sliding house prices and record levels of debt.
The ANZ-Roy Morgan index of consumer confidence out on Tuesday showed a 2.6 percent rise last week to near a one-month high, largely due to optimism on the economic outlook.
“Consumers head into the Budget with confidence above average and at the highest level for some weeks. Talk of additional tax cuts and spending may be supporting sentiment,” said ANZ senior economist David Plank.
There was also better news on construction as data showed approvals to build new homes jumped 19.1 percent in February, when analysts had looked for a small drop.
The pickup came thanks to a 62 percent surge in multi-home approvals, which includes major apartment blocks. Some of that could be unwound in March but nonetheless indicates a solid pipeline of work to be done.


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KUALA LUMPUR: Hengyuan Refining Company Bhd has approved the full fund release for the H2GEN Project worth US$66.4 million, to be executed within its refining complex in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.
In a filing to Bursa Malaysia today, Hengyuan sad the project is undertaken to supply the refinery with 30 tonnes per day of hydrogen for hydro desulphurisation unit number 2 and the extractive desulphurisation hydro-treating process to meet the 10 parts per million by weight (ppmw) sulphur specification.
"The refinery will be short of hydrogen upon Euro5 gasoil specification implementation in September 2020,” it said, adding that the project was expected to start up at the same time to coincide with the Euro5 gasoil legislated date.

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text: BACKGROUND: Types 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus complicate pregnancies and threaten the health of women of reproductive age and their children. Among older adults, diabetes morbidity disproportionately burdens racial/ethnic minorities, but diabetes emergence among younger adults has not been as well characterized. The objective of this study was to describe the distribution of diagnosed diabetes, undiagnosed diabetes, suboptimal preconception glycemic control, and prediabetes among women of reproductive age across racial/ethnic backgrounds. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed data collected in 2007-2008 from 6774 nonpregnant women, ages 24-32, in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). Prediabetes and undiagnosed diabetes were identified by fasting glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C) and diagnosed diabetes by self-report or antihyperglycemic medication use. We used multinomial regression models to predict prediabetes or diabetes versus normoglycemia. Within women with diabetes, we used logistic regression to predict those being undiagnosed and having suboptimal preconception glycemic control based on A1C. RESULTS: The estimated prevalence of diabetes was 6.8%, of which 45.3% was undiagnosed. Diabetes prevalence varied by race/ethnicity (p < 0.001): 15.0% of non-Hispanic black women (75.6% undiagnosed), 7.5% of Hispanic women (48.1% undiagnosed), 4.8% of non-Hispanic white women (22.8% undiagnosed), and 4.5% of Asian women (11.4% undiagnosed). The prevalence of prediabetes was highest in non-Hispanic black (38.5%), followed by Hispanic (27.8%), Asian (25.1%), Native American (20.3%), and non-Hispanic white (16.6%) women. CONCLUSIONS: Racial/ethnic disparities exist among women of reproductive age with prediabetes and diabetes. Meeting their healthcare needs requires addressing health inequities and coordination of diabetes management with reproductive health.

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Learning to program is like learning to read and write any foreign language. Lots of time will be spent looking at symbols that make little sense and hearing people speak about the language in terms that are, while familiar, carrying less meaning than perhaps they should. Lots of time will be spent reading references without context, then looking at language in context, then back and forth again. Except, unlike spoken language, there are no translations to some language you already know.
Good Code Works Is easy to understand Is easy to change Is fun to work with Reference: https://robots.thoughtbot.com/what-is-good-code In fairness, this view is valid too: https://xkcd.com/844/ With the existing code bases we work on and the code bases we create, I am going to work tirelessly to improve the first case and contribute the later.

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Another month has come and gone and it is the last Tuesday of the month so time for 10 Things to Smile About! (#10Things) From the simple, the funny, amazing or adorable, whatever it may be that made you smile in July. I started this meme over 3 years ago now I think, after a really hard month where I just needed to look back and find the good.
The link will be open for two weeks, so lots of time to write your post, copy the code under the button to add to your post and join in!
6. Hanging out with my cute little nephew with the best cheeks ever!
10. Jet skiing with my brother and his family while in Utah-forgot how fun jet skis are!
The linky will be open for two weeks, so plenty of time to join in.
I'm impressed with the cousin pic. I was trying to get just 6 to line up the other day and it did NOT happen.
Yea!! Excited to see your list!
Who put pink lipstick on your baby nephew?! :o) I love the picture of all the kids lined up! Poor Lex doesn't have any cousins yet. Cory is an only child and my sister hasn't had any yet. Lex will probably have kids of her own before she gets a cousin!
I would love to get a picture of all the cousins together and get it printed for my parents. But with us living in 3 states it's almost impossible.
Yes, we get together once a year so we always make sure to get a picture of the kids together-- or many as I play paparazzi throughout the week together.
I believe you are having the most unbelievable summer!
That sushi makes my mouth water! I haven't had any in awhile. I think I am long overdue. Love your nephews cheeks!! Jet skis look so fun!
Love it all! You're so good at having great pictures to go along with your list! I'm bummed I didn't get to see you while you were here! Thanks for linking me up!
I just love these posts. #7- Is Eric holding Alex up, or is she just floating in the air? So funny!!
What an incredibly fun month for you and your family!
I know! I want to see you and Amy but time was just tight and I couldn't figure out a good time.. I just need to come longer next time.
She is sitting on the hub of the wheel- but he is kind of holding her on there.
It had been a while since I had had it too just because it is expensive and we haven't gone in a while.
July was jam packed for you, wasn't it?! What fun you had, though. I love that you share these things.
Love that stairstep kid picture! The root beer tasting looks like a great idea!
I think #8 is the same for both of us. haha. How was Jet skiing!? How fun!


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“The gutters would get choked with all sorts of garbage. Even if we dumped the garbage in the container provided for it, animals and vermin would rummage through it and scatter it all over. In the rains it would be a nightmare as even the drains within the house would get flooded and we would get awful blackish sludge across our floors. My little one had no place to play or sit. Everything would be damp, stinking and we would fall sick”, she says, describing how mismanaged waste sets off several chain reactions.
For a minuscule user fee of just over a Re. 1 a day, waste collectors come six days a week to your doorstep and take the wet and dry waste away.
As per the Swachh Bharat urban government norms and the Union government’s 2016 SWM Rules, Urban Local Bodies in all cities are expected to select a suitable operator who will be eligible to undertake ‘door-to-door collection’ (DTDC) and transportation of municipal solid waste up to secondary collection points. DTDC is universally accepted as a highly efficient way of managing waste.
The first step in the implementation is awareness, says Sandhya Dhamale, a Zone coordinator for SWaCH.
“The educated middle class and elite have some idea about waste and the need to dispose of it in an environmentally safe manner. But in slums, the day-to-day issues like jobs and lack of employment obscure issues like waste management, though it impacts them the most. We have to start with education which itself is an uphill task as it is often not possible to get everyone together at one time.
We have had several rallies, street plays and door-to-door engagements. All this has lead to a measurable impact wherein slum residents have commenced segregation and stopped littering”.
Plus there is the low fee, in this case, Rs 35 a month, or a rupee a day. “The benefits of having better surroundings and a cleaner, more sanitary environment with fewer chances of debilitating illnesses like dengue, malaria and diarrhoea etc. should be obvious. The money spent on medical bills would warrant them paying much more than a rupee a day,” says Suman More, who has been waste picking all her life and currently is the president of SWaCH.
A detailed study from 2011 shows that 32.5% residents of Pune live in slums – amounting to almost 2,11,423 families. In the past year, concerted efforts have led to over a third of this population, some 70,000 homes, being covered.
With a mix of the carrot and the threat of a penalty stick, he motivates his team at the municipality and works with the door-to-door collection agency, SWaCH to ensure the system works.
“Not only have we succeeded in removing the bins in Jai Bhavani Nagar which had over 1800 homes, but we have also been able to provide a sorting and material recovery shed to waste pickers in that very same spot where the messy overflowing bin used to be. SWaCH helped create awareness and swiftly set up a system of waste collection, which we as municipal authority enforced.
On the list of smart cities, Pune has proven that it is ahead in the game by making a difference to several issues with just one strike against unsanitary slum conditions.
“I worry a little less about my family and me falling prey to diseases and losing wages to sick days. I see fewer stray animals and insects as they have nothing to scavenge from. The waste collector in our basti is from among us so understands what we go through and as interested in keeping our surroundings clean. We also feel pride in knowing that we contribute to keeping our surroundings clean,” says Rajni Salunke.
There may be a reason to be even more proud soon, says Suman More of SWaCH. Assigned the task of providing door-to-door waste collection services to all the slum homes in Pune, SWaCH, which is wholly owned by waste pickers themselves, is putting its entire might to complete the task in another year.


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Description: Comes standard with built-in illuminated polar alignment scope, 12.5mm orthoscopic eyepiece, star diaganol and plastic accessory container.
The pinpoint stars are nice int this scope. But, the items you will see are very limited by the small size of lens. Do yourself a big favor and buy at least a 10in. or bigger scope with high quality optics. Remember the old rule of astronomy, the bigger the scope the more you will see! I have been to many star parties over my 20 years in astronomy and the big scopes always have the BIG lines behine them!! Save yourself some money and get a large scope now.
>The pinpoint stars are nice int this scope.  But, the items you will see are very limited by the small size of lens.  Do yourself a big favor and buy at least a 10in. or bigger scope with high quality optics. Remember the old rule of astronomy, the bigger the scope the more you will see!  I have been to many star parties over my 20 years in astronomy and the big scopes always have the BIG lines behine them!!  Save yourself some money and get a large scope now.
I totally disagree with this remark. in my suburban garden, with local light pollution, i have owned everything from 80mm short tube to 12 inch dob, and my most pleasing views have been in this celestron 102ED.  You get crisp, sharp,contrasty views which you dont see in an SCT, or a big dob.  size does dont always win, this gives beautiful images, and at public viewings I get the most compliments at the views in this scope.  I'm keeping this and the 12 inch dob is sold!
don't be put off by comments like this one, if you can find one of these theyre a steal and so portable too!
This is a very very nice telescope. Excellent star test and very little, if any, color at all.
Excellent!! Close to Tak, or AP or ZEISS at a fraction of the cost!!! You have to be an IDIOT to compare a 4000 dollar instrument to a 1200 dollar one!!! Cost performance is what counts...Save your money (unless it's not important to you) and get one of these Celestron or Vixen ED scopes, or better yet a premium SCT or a Newtonian....for 1500 you can have a killer optical instrument that will beat the pants off any 4 or 5" apo...Remember, aperture wins...PERIOD! Don't fall for all the hype and bull.
I viewed through this scope for two nights under dark skies and good to excellent seeing. My Zeiss APQ 100/1000 was tested side by side.
Images good to excellent at lower powers. Not as bright as the Zeiss. In clusters the APQ reached deeper. On globulars this was also apparent e.g. Omega Centaura and 47 Tucanae. Contrast was also markedly better in the APQ.
On Mars (13 arc seconds) the ED was also sub par compared to the Zeiss. Sharper definition of dark features was evident in the Zeiss. The polar shroud was easier to see.
Star testing revealed undecorrecting(spherical aberratuion about 1/5 wave approx) and suspected astigmatism(slight).
Some false colour was evident in defocused first magnitude stars. Not enough to be a problem.
On doubles the ED did'nt quite match the Zeiss. Gamma Centaura (1.0")was easily elongated in the Zeiss. The E.D did not show this. The ED also struggled on beta Musca(1.2 ") which was clearly split by the APQ. The ED was good at about 1.5 "with eta orionis.
Still I would rate the ED as an excellent scope. Certainly better optically than a Vixen f6.5 ED I have also ran against the APQ.
Folks who so easily rate their e.d doublet scopes 10/10 ought to perhaps match them with a true apochromat. Their is a significant difference.
I have a Tak and an AP and bought this as a guidscope for my 16" scope. What a pleasent suprise when I looked though it. No false color around the mooon or any of the plantes. This scope is Celestrons best. Maybe since it is made by Vixen that explains the quality. To bad you can not get yourh ands on one anymore. Celestron would have been known for GREAT 4" refracotrs if they still sold these. Celestron are you kicking yourself now???????????????
I've owned over 50 scopes and have never had a smaller scope beat a larger one on any object. I just did a side by side with 3 scopes. A MacCass, an SCT and a Tak 102. The SCT showed MUCH more detail on Saturn than the others.
Purchased the OTA used for substancially less than the quoted price on this page. Was expecting some color on the limb of the moon and bright stars but was surprised and elated to find non. The optics are very sharp and color free. It was only on a direct comparison with a 4" AP and Tak, that I could see a slight difference. Without a direct comparison, anybody would be hard pressed to say which scope was better. The Celestrons are not built as well as the AP or the Tak, but a friend of mine who has been into astronomy for more years than he will admit, has noted that the two most important features in selecting a scope are its optics and mount. Everything else is optional and just nice to have. I agree... Extremely happy with my purchase, will recommend this scope to anybody wanting a good refractor, without spending the money on one of the premium scopes.
8" SCT and 10" dobsonian. My only "complaints" are that the finderscope is somewhat small for a scope of this quality and the tripod could stand to be a bit taller. But I still think this is a great buy given the scope's premium optical performance and silky smooth mount.

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Aida Bistro offers you a culinary journey, starting from France, the center of world gastronomy, passing through the loud fishermen and harbor bistros on the coast of Portugal, going overseas in the famous Argentinian Barrios where, in every house, we find the famous Asado (barbeque), roasted ribs and chimichurri sauce.
Aida is the bistro where you retrieve your favorite tastes and dishes, every time reinterpreted, with a surprise factor that comes from choosing fresh season ingredients, from the carefully plating and, not at least, from the spectacle of dishes that are created just under your eyes.
The Argentinian grill which awaits you on the terrace provides a true live cooking show, a real spectacle, which plays an essential role in the atmosphere of taste celebration, which we invite you to discover.
We present you some of the events that took place at Aida Bistro.
If you want to enter Aida Bistro atmosphere, please book in advance the desired date, and we will contact you to arrange all the details.

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Meet Carl, he’s our Senior Video Editor in our SID Broadcasting function. We went behind the bet and found out a little bit more about Carl and his life at William Hill.
Not really! Day to day I could be doing anything from editing in the office, to working in our TV Studio, to filming on location somewhere! It varies and that’s the best part of my job.
I’d probably still be working in a cinema!


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It’s the beginning of a new year, new goals, and new accomplishments.
These aren’t just words from Scripture Saves, God said so!
When you dedicate the year to the goodness of God and his grace for you, you will be rewarded with an abundant year.
That means indulging in God’s word everyday.
When you give your life up to God and seek him daily, he will grace you with a wonderful life.
I don’t know about you, but that sounds like a awesome deal.
God is good and he wants to succeed and have a wonderful year, you just need to seek him!
How great a God you serve!
Happy New Years and make this year the year you give your all to God!

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Quote 1: Some days you just have to create your own sunshine.
Quote 2: When you start each day with a grateful heart…light illuminates from within.
Quote 4: Rise up start fresh see the bright opportunity in each day.
Quote 5: Having a rough morning?…Place your hand over your heart. Feel that. That’s called purpose. You’re alive for a reason. Don’t give up.
Quote 6: Everyday may not be good, but there is something good in everyday.
Quote 7: Each good morning we are born again, what we do today is what matters most.
Quote 8: The minute you think of giving up, remember the reason why you held on for so long.
Quote 10: While you wake up today, someone is breathing his last breath….Thank God for another day. Don’t waste it!.
Quote 11: When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
Quote 12: Wake up with determination, go to bed with satisfaction.Stop thinking of what could go wrong and start thinking of what could go right.Wake up every morning with the thought that something wonderful is about to happen.
Quote 13: Every morning has a new beginning, a new blessing, a new hope. It’s a perfect day because it’s God’s gift.
Quote 14: You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.Rise up and attack the day with enthusiasm.
Quote 15: A Mistake increases your experience & experience decreases your mistakes.
Quote 16: Love the life you live; Live the life you love.
Quote 17: Life laughs at you when you are unhappy. Life smiles at you when you are happy. But, Life salutes you when you make others happy.
इस प्यारी सी सुबह की प्यारी सी गुड मॉर्निंग!
Quote 27: Life always offers you a second chance. It’s called tomorrow.
Quote 29: Dear past, Thank you for all the lessons . Dear future, I am ready .
Quote 30: When you wake up every morning, look into a mirror and give yourself a good smile. The smile is the sacred gift of life.
Quote 31: Wake up each day & Be thankful for life.
Quote 32: The sun is up, the sky is blue, it’s beautiful and so are you.
Quote 33: The best thing about waking up is knowing you have another cup of coffee to enjoy.
Quote 34: Every sunset gives us one day less to live. But every Sunrise gives us one day more to hope. So, hope for the best ! Good Day and Good Luck !
Quote 35: Nothing is impossible when God is on your side.
Quote 36: No matter how good or bad your life is, wake up each morning and be thankful that you still have one.
Quote 37: Mornings are gift of God.
In Hindi: प्रातः काल भगवान का उपहार हैं.
Quote 38: If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing to do is to wake up.
Quote 39: God’s greatest blessing is waking you up. That’s how marvelous He is, that’s how He shows his love.
Quote 40: Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.
Quote 41: Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.
Quote 42: A little step may be the beginning of a great journey.
Quote 43: A day without laughter is a day wasted.
Quote 44: You’ve never lived this day before. And you never will again. MAKE THE MOST OF IT.
Quote 45: Open your eyes so the sun can rise, flowers can blossom because all are waiting to see your beautiful smile.
Quote 46: Life is like a mirror: It’ll smile at you if you smile at it.
Quote 47: Let go of all the desire that hinders your progress and move towards your purpose.
Quote 48: Your future is created by what you do today not tomorrow.
Quote 49: If you don’t risk anything, you risk more.
Quote 50: The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude.
In Hindi: एक अच्छे और एक बुरे दिन में बस एक ही अंतर है – आपका नज़रिया। Good Morning have a great day!
Quote 52: Life is beautiful. One day, One hour and One minute, will not come again in your entire life. Avoid fights, anger and speak lovely to every person.
Quote 55: Be in love with your life. Every minute of it.
Quote 56: It’s just a bad day, not a bad life.
Quote 57: Great attitude is like a perfect cup of coffee – don’t start you day without it. Good morning.
In Hindi: महान दृष्टिकोण एक परफेक्ट कप ऑफ़ कॉफ़ी की तरह है – इसके बिना अपना दिन शुरू मत करो। गुड मॉर्निंग .
Quote 58: Good thoughts precede great deeds. Great deeds precede success. Have a great day.
Quote 59: Success comes to those who have the will power to win over their snooze buttons. Wishing you an awesome morning.
Quote 60: Don’t wake up with the regret of what you couldn’t accomplish yesterday. Wake up while thinking about what you will be able to achieve today. Good morning.
Quote 61: If yesterday was a good day, don’t stop. Maybe your winning streak has just begun. Good morning.
सुप्रभात! ये दिन तुम्हारा है!
गिरूंगा अगर तो उठ जाऊंगा !!
या इस कोशिश में मर जाऊंगा !
है क्या कुछ ऐसा जो मेहनत से नहीं मिलता ?
जीत उतनी ही शानदार होगी!
Good Morning… get ready for a wonderful day!
Quote 74: The greatest inspiration you can ever get is to know that you are an inspiration to others. Wake up and start living an inspirational life today. Good morning.
Quote 75: This is not just another day, this is yet another chance to make your dreams come true. Good morning.
Quote 76: Don’t blame God for not showering you with gifts. He gives you the gift of a new day with every single morning.
Quote 77: Don’t complain about yesterday. Make a better tomorrow by making the most of today.
Quote 78: It is good to dream big but your dreams will never see the light of day if you sleep big too.
Quote 79: This morning is what it is because you were what you were yesterday. Be what you should be today so that you can be what you want to become tomorrow.
Quote 80: Life is perishable – the quicker you consume it, the better it feels. Stop thinking and start living. Good morning.
Quote 81: Being happy or sad, gloomy or excited, moody or stable… are options that are presented to you every morning. You just have to make the right choice. Good morning..
Quote 82: You can do nothing today and have an uncertain tomorrow… or you can do something good today to shape a better and brighter tomorrow. What will it be?
In Hindi: चाहे आज आप कुछ न करें और एक अनिश्चित कल के लिए तैयार हो जाएं…. या आज आप अपने कल को बेहतर और उज्ज्वल बनाने के लिए कुछ अच्छा करें। वो क्या होगा ?
Quote 83: You can sleep a little longer and face failure… or you can wake up right away to chase success. The choice is entirely yours.
पांच मिनट में आँख खुली तो बज गए थे साढ़े दस!
Quote 89: The right time to wake up is NOW. The right time to smile is NOW. The right time to do something is NOW. Good morning.
Quote 90: To become great, you need to do great things – one of which is waking up early in the morning.
Quote 91: DREAMING or DOING is a choice that will mean the difference between FAILURE or SUCCESS.
Quote 92: Opportunities will knock on your door every morning. But if you keep sleeping they will simply pass you by. Good Morning.
Quote 93: The only way you can respect your dream is to get out of bed and do something about it.
Quote 94: Night will change into day without any effort on your part. But that’s just about all the help you will get from Mother Nature. To succeed, your efforts start now. Good morning.
Quote 95: ऐसा नहीं है कि मैं जल्दी उठता हूँ वो तो मेरा लक्ष्य है जो मुझे सोने नहीं देता! गुड मॉर्निंग ! लक्ष्य को हर हाल में पाना है!
Quote 98: दूसरों को सफाई देने में अपना वक़्त मत बर्बाद करिए… लोग वही सुनते हैं जो वे सुनना चाहते हैं. Good morning! Have a nice day!
Quote 99: अगर तुम गरीब पैदा हुए हो तो ये तुम्हारी गलती नहीं है, लेकिन अगर तुम गरीब मर जाते हो तो ये तुम्हारी गलती है. Good Morning.
Quote 100: दिन अच्छा या बुरा नहीं होता…सोच अच्छी या बुरी होती है…. तो decide करो आज कैसा दिन चाहते हो! Make it a Good Morning!
Quote 101: इस ग़म के साथ मत सो कि जो सोचा वो किया नहीं इस ख़ुशी के साथ जागो कि जो सोचा वो कर रहे हो! All the best! Good Morning.
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Note: Despite taking utmost care there could be some mistakes in Translation of Good Morning Quotes in Hindi.
Note: The collection of Good Morning Quotes & Thoughts can also be used to update your Good Morning WhatsApp Status in Hindi.
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We are shocked, amazed and frankly angry that our two senators, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, voted for a tax cut that will raise the estate-tax exemption to $10 million per couple ($5 million for singles) and lower the top rate of taxation from 45 percent to 35 percent — a tax giveaway for the superrich [“House, Senate budget plans seen as wins for Obama,” seattletimes.com, Politics & Government, April 3].
The country is hurting; 5 million people have lost their jobs; homes are being foreclosed on; banks teeter on the edge of bankruptcy and taxpayer money is being used to stabilize them. The government is necessarily going deep into debt to try to salvage the economy.
Yet our senators, along with 49 others (42 Republican), have voted to forgo 91 billion in tax dollars from the richest of the rich, people who should be paying their share.
We are all being asked to sacrifice for the good of the country.
This tax giveaway to the wealthy is worthy of the previous administration and a slap in the face of the American public, their constituents in Washington state and their president, who is struggling to right the economy. Sens. Murray and Cantwell should be ashamed.
I have seen no mention in the paper or the news about Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray’s votes on two amendments to the budget bill, not even in the “How your senator voted” section.
Both of our senators voted against Amendment 811, which would protect us against usury by the credit-card companies. It would cap the interest rates that they can charge us at 15 percent, as opposed to the outrageous 30-percent rates that we now see.
If a company cannot make money charging 15 percent interest, they should not be in business. It would also allow people in debt to have a chance to climb out of the hole that they are in, which sometimes is due to circumstances beyond their control.
Both of our senators voted for Amendment 873, which extends the tax break for billionaires on inheritances (often mislabeled by rich propagandists as the “death tax”).
Why have our senators let down the working folk of this state? Why is there no mention of this anywhere in the news, no outcry?
I am astounded that both our U.S. senators, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, have decided to give additional tax breaks to multimillionaires.
What were they thinking when they voted with all the Republicans to increase the amount that will be exempt from estate taxes to $10 million? And to reduce taxes on estates of $10 million (for a couple) from 45 percent to 35 percent? This will cost taxpayers $100 billion over the next 10 years.
Their votes are unconscionable. I am beyond stunned at this shift of the tax burden from multimillionaires onto the rest of us.


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All passions stem from unhappiness.
The happy man lives subjectively.
Any virtue has a dark side also.
Ones feel happy if one receives affection.
Any affection is always genuine.


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You got the key to the bees.
Ten million dollars, gotta hide the safe.
Don’t hit us askin’ what the wave is.
Michael Jordan with the tennis shoesss.


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e-Emphasys is seeking talented and motivated Software Business Consultants to join our Professional Services team, installing our industry specific ERP solution specifically designed for equipment dealerships and rental companies.
You will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment managing multiple concurrent projects. Responsibilities include overall project management, business analysis, creation of project deliverables, training, data migration, and project resource coordination. You will work closely with both clients and development team members to achieve client goals. Additional responsibilities may include client training, customer support, program documentation, product testing and demonstration.
It is preferred that the successful candidates are based in our Cary, NC office; however, we will consider remote/virtual candidates. Ability to extensively travel is required, though actual amount will vary by project. This is a full time position with benefits.
Manage activities to produce successful results on multiple projects simultaneously.
Support key project implementation activities such as implementation planning; systems integration; training plan development and execution; procedure development; performance management modifications; business case tracking and realization; user acceptance testing planning and execution.
Facilitate the requirements gathering of “As Is” process definition via interactive workshops.
Work collaboratively to assess impact of change requests for effort estimation and capacity planning purposes.
Support communication of project status to management, implementation team and project stakeholders through regular status reporting and other presentation vehicles.
Assist in the monitoring of project-related issues or escalations (of an urgent or high priority nature) and build response strategies and actions to address issues.
Support and lead process enhancement initiatives and business requirements definition to drive operational efficiencies and improve the customer experience.
Develop and maintain robust and accurate end-to-end knowledge of business processes and applicable procedures.
Ensure our organization is equipped to respond to customer inquiries; design and implement appropriate customer positioning and track/report on operational impacts.
Assist with business development related activities including the development of proposals, statements of work, and delivery of presentations.
Work with IT project teams and business units to help gather business requirements to aid in the design and development of software applications.
Understand the business objectives and processes of current systems. Perform analysis and evaluation of options, alternatives, and system capabilities. Where appropriate, recommend enhancements through the application of technologies, systems and process changes to solve problems or enhance business processes.
Understand and meet goals with regard to implementation, revenue, and performance metrics.
Candidates must have experience with Application software or ERP Implementation.
The ideal candidate will have a degree in Accounting, Business Management, Finance or Economics.
Minimum 2 years software consulting, implementation or project management experience within the relevant business acumen required.
Business Process Design and Re-engineering training and relevant experience.
The candidate will have day to day contact with clients in a professional environment. Superior communication skills, both written and oral, are mandatory.
Comfortable leading a group through discovery workshops and training sessions. Ability to manage and shape customer expectations.
Skill in abstracting complex business processes into clear and concise representations.
Ability to work within a matrix organization to successfully deliver on multiple projects and initiatives.
Understand and navigate clients’ business and discover opportunities to provide additional value through add-ons after initial contract offering.
Experience using standard business software including MS Office Suite, and MS Project. Familiarity and experience with Project Management practices.
Ability to surface and resolve conflicting requirements and needs with ease.
A flexible and adaptable team member in highly fluid environment (comfortably handles rapid and repeated changes in priority and focus).


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Are Writing Conferences Really That Useful?
One of the areas I have spent the most time arguing with other teachers about is the efficacy of (and the necessity for) writing conferences. It’s how I learned to write well, and I think conferencing with students about their writing is absolutely critical. But many other teachers don’t see them that way-- even if they think conferences can be marginally helpful, they don’t think that the time expenditure is worth the learning payoff.
I mean, sure, bad writing conferences can be harmful to a kid’s confidence, and at best, bad writing conferences are a waste of everyone’s time. Done well, however, writing conferences are transformative. They are also the most efficient way to improve student writing.
Why are writing conferences the best way? Isn’t it just about reading a lot? Or repetitions?
No - the reason writing conferences are VITAL is that they come as part of the composition process and deal with pieces in-progress, rather than pieces that are finished (at least in the mind of the writer). And no one can improve writing if they don’t have someone who is good at writing, or at least good at analyzing writing, to sit with them and workshop.
It’s also about relationship - lots of information comes out during a writing conference, but most of that is under the surface. You see the perfectionists. You see the half-assers. You see the ones on the verge of a psychological meltdown. You see the ones who really just want the A and are looking for the checklist.
And certainly it is possible to inject too much of yourself and your perspective into the students’ piece and try and force something that isn’t there because that’s how you would do it. But part of being a good teacher of writing is to get out the way and humble yourself. A good teacher of writing is invisible and allows the text to speak, and when the text can’t speak, gives the author room to speak and then take those words and give them life on the page.
That’s the beauty of a writing conference, when it’s well done: it is alchemy. It takes dross - a student whose shortcomings and insecurities are laid bare and a teacher who is more used to telling than asking and has his or her own insecurities - and transforms that into gold - a piece of writing that does so much more than the first draft indicated was possible, and a relationship that is strengthened by the transparency required to discuss failure and insecurity. That is not something to take lightly. It is a kind of magic, and one that has been a profoundly transformative experience for us as teachers.
In a way, writing conferences are selfish: they make US better writers too. In asking good questions and listening to the student’s voice, we become part of their world and part of their schema. It’s not exactly like channeling, but it is the obliteration of the self. That, as many writers would tell you, is something beautiful and fleeting and worth pursuing actively and frequently.
And therein lies the problem for many teachers: it’s scary to be that exposed, especially in front of a student. For those of us constantly worried about how other people will see us or how someone will misinterpret what we say, this kind of process is dangerous. A bad writing conference can cripple the teacher, in the same way getting a paper full of red ink cripples a student. In fact, writing conferences are a form of feedback for the teacher on how well they are doing as a teacher of writing.
But so is life. And everything worth having takes risking something.
It’s a risk that is absolutely worth it.


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Crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside, these gluten-free chocolate chip cookies will have everyone fooled whether they’re gluten-free or not! Just because you don’t eat gluten doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be able to indulge in everyone’s favorite cookie recipe!
If I’m being totally honest, I’m feeling a bit terrified to publish this post. I’ve shared my struggles, my fears and some of my most vulnerable thoughts here on the blog, but I’m scared to post a cookie recipe?
When I started The Healthy Maven four years ago (read more about THM’s four year journey HERE!), I could never have expected that I’d be in the position I’m in. I was creating recipes that I was making in my life and workout and wellness tips that made sense for me as a 23-year-old post-grad who was, quite frankly, completely lost. I never intended to grow a big audience, let alone turn this fun, side-hobby of mine into a job, but the universe had other plans and with a lot of hard work and grit, here I am.
But I’ve changed A LOT over the past four years, and I love that this place has chronicled it all. But when my thoughts and needs change, I can help but be hesitant in implementing these changes on the blog.
I know that you guys have come to know and love certain kinds of content on here, and especially when it comes to recipes. You know I believe 100% in a whole foods philosophy. This, I’m quite certain will never change. But that doesn’t mean that everything around here has to be veggie bowls and energy balls. I also believe strongly in “soul food”. The kind of food that hits that warm place in your heart that no black bean brownie or chickpea blondie could ever reach. Not that I’m knocking these kinds of foods, you know I love them and I know you love them too, but sometimes girlfriend needs a real chocolate chip cookie if you know what I mean?
For years I kept trying to force my healthified cookies onto C, who while incredibly kind in his appreciation also would ask if I could “make him a real cookie, please?”. And for as many swaps and healthy substitutions I could make, nothing quite satisfies quite like a butter and sugar-filled cookie.
So I made a compromise. I swapped out the refined flour for whole grains and almond flour. I used coconut sugar in place of brown sugar and honestly guys, butter is butter and so grassfed butter it is! I have lots of coconut oil cookies on the blog, but BUTTER MAN.
So I started making these cookies for C and then for my friends. Even my friends who care as passionately about health as I do, and they all agreed I needed to post the recipe.
These Decadent Gluten-Free Chocolate Cookies definitely would not have been on the blog four years ago, but I’m so happy they are now. They show how much I’ve grown. And I mean that in the mental sense. They show that I’ve made room for more foods and learned to love and embrace those “soul foods” that I spent far too many years avoiding.
One of the questions I ask on the podcast is “what advice do you have for your 20 year old self”? Well friends, mine would be to tell her to EAT THE DAMN COOKIE. Don’t eat five of them, but don’t be afraid of them either. There is room for everything, and especially for a chocolate chip cookie.
Line a baking sheet with parchment or a silicone mat (or grease tray if neither are available).
In a large bowl cream together butter, sugars and vanilla.
Stir in the egg until well combined.
In a separate bowl combine rice flour, almond meal, baking soda and sea salt.
Add dry ingredients to wet until well combined.
Add dough to try, 1 tablespoon at a time. Don’t add more than 12 cookies per tray or they will overcrowd.
Bake for 10 mins (or slightly longer as all ovens are different).
Let sit on tray for 10 mins before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Use remaining dough and repeat 10 mins in oven and 10 mins on tray.
What are your thoughts on seeing recipes like these on the blog? I totally respect your honesty!
You should be SO proud of how far you’ve come. I only hope I can do that one day too- I’m 23- same when you started! FINGERS CROSSED, hah! Your journey is so inspiring, girl!
Thank you so much, lovely! Keep up the great work. Hard work and dedication always pays off!
Isn’t it weird that we – as a generation or at least part of the blogging community – are scared of sharing the kind of recipes that our parents and grandparents would deem totally normal? So yes, I do understand but I’m happy you decided to share this. I did the same around Christmas in the past year. It was a classic German Christmas cookie I’d grown up with, just veganized. Sharing an over the top healthified version wouldn’t have been true to the cookies holding childhood memories for me. Life is short. Too short to not eat the real deal at times.
Long story short these sound amazing. True soul food.
Completely! What’s crazy is that I felt no shame in eating it in my private life, but was worried how it would go over publicly. Clearly I underestimated your guys’ support. You’re the best!
Ooo crispy cookies are my fave! And haha I love your advice to “eat the damn cookie”. I think too often we get caught up in ideas about what we “should” and “shouldn’t” eat and just forget to live in the moment and savor the deliciousness of life. There’s a time and a place for healthified foods, but at the end of the day, I think just having the real deal is almost better because I could have like a million banana oat cookies and never feel satisfied, but two real cookies and feel content. Adding these to my weekend baking list!
Couldn’t have said it better myself! Hope you have a fun weekend of baking!
I’VE DONE THE EXACT SAME THING ON CHRISTMAS!!! They were a dry crumbly mess and while Curt’s family tolerated them, we would have been better off just eating the real deal!
All I have to say is Bring. On. The. Butter!!!
yup! My bf is usually pretty happy with the healthified versions, but honestly, we could all use a “real” cookie every now and then!
So funny, my boyfriend says the exact same thing when I try and fob him off with sweet potato brownies! He has a point though, soul food is necessary at times and, really, life is all about balance. I’m glad you shared this post – in my opinion it’s so much better to be real rather than chasing some ideal.
Exactly! Also salted chocolate FTW…always!
Thank you so much, Doris! Sending lots of love from San Francisco!