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Exactly what is PV solar power? You have heard the term, however you are uncertain as to its meaning. You are vaguely mindful that solar power has something to do with making energy from sunshine. But what is PV solar power? Is it different from other sort of solar power?
PV solar power is various from other types. Of the two primary categories of solar power, active and passive, PV solar power is active. Let's look at it.
Solar Panel
Active solar power depends on solar panels. You might picture them as flat, rectangle-shaped boxes on rooftops.
There are two main types of solar panel. The terms for the two solar panel types are solar thermal collector and photovoltaic module.
1. Solar thermal collector: This photovoltaic panel takes in solar energy from the sun and uses it to heat air or water.
2. Photovoltaic module: This second type of photovoltaic panel gathers solar power and transforms it to functional electrical power.
Fulfill the PV
To address the concern, exactly what is PV solar power, we should understand what the PV is. The short response is that PV describes a photovoltaic module. "P" is for picture and "V" for voltaic.
The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary specifies "photovoltaic" by doing this.
" of, associating with, or using the generation of a voltage when glowing energy falls on the border in between different substances."
In easier terms, "photo" refers to sunlight and "voltaic" describes electrical energy. PV panels transform sunlight into electrical energy. Sunlight streams into the photovoltaic panel. Electrical energy flows out of the solar panel.
A PV solar panel is comprised of many photovoltaic (light to volts) cells. These cells are electrically connected, and after that covered with glass. The glass supplies electrical insulation. It is likewise excellent protection from weather and other destructive forces.
When very little energy is required, such as that necessary to power a little device, a single PV solar panel is adequate. When more power is required, an "variety" of solar panels is developed by linking panels to one another.
What Is PV Solar Power?
PV solar energy is solar power through sunshine, which has been gathered by a photovoltaic module, and transformed into usable electrical energy.
Standard silicon solar panels transform about 14 to 17 percent of sunshine into usable electricity. That isn't really much. Late in 2006, nevertheless, a brand-new solar cell was introduced. Solar panels that utilize the new cell can convert into electricity 22 percent of the sunshine they gather. In theory, the maximum that the cells of a photovoltaic panel can convert is said to be around 26 to 27 percent of inbound sunlight.
How does it work? Let's take a look at a very basic description.
Each solar battery in a PV solar panel is a semiconductor. When sunlight strikes those cells, a certain part of the sunshine is soaked up by those silicon cells. The cells take in that part of the sunlight's energy. The cells then move the soaked up sunshine's energy to the electrons in the silicon. The electrons start to stream, and this produces an electrical present. Metal contacts built into the top and bottom of the PV cells drain that current and it is sent out to the grid or battery. It is now usable electricity. The power grid sends it on its method, if you have utilized an on-grid connection. If you are using a battery, it is stored in the battery awaiting your need.
PV solar power is being utilized increasingly with excellent success, and while it is true that cloud cover can impact it, the cloudy country of Germany leads the world in effective usage of solar panels.
Of the 2 primary categories of solar power, active and passive, PV solar power is active. The terms for the two solar panel types are solar thermal collector and photovoltaic module.
A PV solar panel is made up of many photovoltaic (light to volts) cells. When very little energy is needed, such as that needed to power a small appliance, a single PV solar panel is sufficient. When more power is needed, an "array" of solar panels is produced by linking panels to one another.


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It's winter and time to prepare for the winter holiday! Here are a few tips and some of my favourite products to pamper yourself from head to toe.
Hair – Often suffers in the hot climates. Heat from the sun degrades the protective protein in hair, which can oxidize the hair colour to a brassy hue, leaving your once healthy locks l brittle with no shine. Not to mention the UV rays, follicle-frizzing humidity, and swimming pool chlorine and sea saltwater that do little to leave your hair looking its best.
A couple of sun hair care tips to keep your hair looking luscious and healthy are:
1) Wear a sun hat.
2) Before venturing outdoors in the heat of the day spray wet or dry hair with 'PhytoPlage Protective Beach Hair Spray'
3) Leave a small amount of your conditioner on the ends of the hair.
Face – A favourite is 'Coast to Coast Coastal Lightweight Moisture Lotion,' this lotion ticks all the boxes. This lotion has it all, organic aloe and lavender, both known for their healing and curative properties, make this moisturizer ideal for sensitive skin as well has having a sunscreen and UV filters for extra skin protection.
Lashes – Holidays is the time to spoil yourself and invest in a set of semi-permanent lashes, your eyes always look fabulous when you wake up, when swimming in the pool, lying on the beach and lashes and guaranteed to enhance your day and night makeup. My tip here is make sure that you have a glue test before you have your lashes applied to make sure you are not allergic to the products.
Body Spray Tans – It's always a great idea to tan before your holiday so your skin does not look too pasty during your first few days on the beach, do remember this does not make you tan faster in the sun and you will need to wear a good sun cream. My advice here is to really prepare your skin by starting the week before you go for your spray tan, to get the most from your spray tan exfoliate and moisturise with an oil free moisturiser twice a day. Get your tan sprayed two to three days before going on holiday!
Hands – Even though a set of nails can be expensive I found that gels are the easiest option when it comes to keeping nails glossy and chip free throughout the duration of our holiday. That was of course until I discovered a great nail polish that works just as well it's 'BarryM Daylight Curing Nail Paint'. What's brilliant is that there's no need for a UV lamp as this polish amazingly transforms to a gel like finish in daylight, can be taken off with your regular remover, and you have a great choice of colours to choose from.
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Love Triangle Storyline, Slave Trade
African book, written by African Author Nduka Onwuegbute, on the issues surrounding slave trade's decline in African villages of the Niger Delta.
Everything you wanted to know about the end of the slave trade in colonial slave trade era Niger -Delta. Birth of a nation type story, charting three generations, living in three separate communes.
African Book by Authentic African Author
An African book, to some, merely means any abook about Africa. The genuine article is an African book, written by Africans, about African people who have lived and experienced life in Africa.
'Masters of the Confluence' in steeped in the author actually writing with Onwuegbute's grandmother's point of view, mostly based on the many stories she narrated to him during his formative years as a teenager. 'Masters of the Confluence', is therefore, a truly African book.
First Novel, Historical Fiction
Author: Onwuegbute, Nduka
Title: Masters of the Confluence
Historical Fiction Novel, written by Nduka Onwuegbute (2010). Slave trade era love triangle that threatens a trinity of villages in the Niger-Delta in Nigera.
Book ISBN #: 978-1907093036
Price: £9.95 GBP | $14.95 USD | €12.95 EU
Condition: new
History of Nigeria
An African book about Africa cannot be complete without drawing from the realities of history, as they unfolded.
Therefore, this history of Nigeria is not complete without talking about the impact colonialism's slave masters had on the lives of innocent victims captured as slaves in the Niger Delta. For those who managed to storm the tide of able bodied men, women, and children carted aboard the slave ships, love still managed to permeate the rich social structure.
Calabar was the major port for shipping innocent captives across the Atlantic, never to be seen again. Masters of the Confluence, Onwuegbute makes regular reference to the "invaders", and "white men".
But even before the profusion of the triangular trade, the people of Nigeria, especially in the south, were keen to capture neighbouring towns and villages. The old Oyo Empire was always at war with the Benin Kingdom. In order to forge peace, marriages were enforced between the nations. But these never lasted very long.
Niger Delta
The area commonly refered to as the Niger Delta starts somewhere around Onitsha. Although, in reality, the Onite river near Nndoni is the real break of the Niger into other smaller tributaries. From this point onwards, small brooks shape into even bigger streams that breakdown the brutal erodinig powers, until eventually they all rush into the open mouths of the Atlantic in a torrent typical of any ocean. This is onwuegbute's backdrop.
See the Wikipedia Backdrop to this story
Onwuegbute's Masters of the Confluence starts in the old Benin Kingdom, there is reference to the founding father o the stuggle Onitsha, born in the town of Onitsha, until he leads his cousins out of slavery and settles in the thick of the delta itself.
Nevertheless, in colonial West Africa, the prevalent justice systems left much to be desired. Retribution was brutal, heavy and swift. Leaving out cannibalism, slavery and capital punishment were the norm. The ruling elite needed everyone else on a pretty tight leash.
Nigeria was no different. From the meanders and tributaries of the Niger delta, criminals were sent to the mythical labyrinths of Arochukwu, or shipped across the Atlantic. The established empires flourished, enriching themselves on other people's freedom, or lack of it. No one dared to challenge your place in society.
This turn of the 19th century story of Onitsha and his cousin on the quest to re-habilitate themselves in the eyes of their children. Onitsha's dynasty takes us through wars, the business of slavery, political uprising and romance. But caught in the middle, are the women and children. Anashi struggles to keep her dignity by fending off the two love-struck cousins who must kill each other to possess her.
Unlike his subtle play, Drums That Dance In The Dark, Nduka Onwuegbute's
Masters of the Confluence
is a brutal revelation of man's quest to regain political voice.
Excerpt: 'Masters of the Confluence'
They all had their jobs, and they all knew what to do.
Epem was to lead the glistening team, ensuring a blinding sparkle. Inenere's gang had the enviable, yet sacrificial, task of turning up the heat as the river rushed past. She was proud to be honoured with the task of spawning her innards, feeding her millions of eggs as Anashi wandered into her presence. Oboy and his fellow young were to make sure as much of Inenere's pride ended up in Anashi's mouth, enough to entice her and feed that emptiness she would suddenly find, yet mindful not to choke her. He was to hurl missiles of Inenere's egg , reaching target, some deliberately missing, thereby creating the want, feeding the need. Ojashi was to gather the acrobats who would propel themselves out of the deep and tumble down Anashi's back, yet skipping off just in time to avoid the contours reaching her rump. That job was Ejow's. Ojashi and his army were not allowed to prick her with their serrated hooks either, that was another job especially reserved for Ukow.
But the ultimate job no fish dared to want, yet envious of the one fish allowed it, was to knock their queen up close and personal on her chest. This was the most delicate job of all. This one job – the last task as it happened- would determine the success or failure of the entire mission. Epem's glitter, Inenere's sacrifice and all other missiles and projectiles would come to nought if this one last job went awry. Touch her too soon and it might just as well be a high end intelligence wasted on a fool, touch her too late and the ship would have set sail anyway. Touch her too gently and she may easily miss it in all the excitement and raging waters that was going on. Touch her too hard and she may not live to bear witness to it ever again. This was a matter of life and death, this job belonged to Atuma.
Atuma knew, only too well, that part of the touch was to inflict the right amount of pain Erieri would have been the right choice but she easily excited herself about lesser things and ran the risk shocking Anashi to an unplanned watery grave. Atuma had been in Erieri's tutelage, mastering the art of re-charging his electrical impulses just so he could discharge some of it on Anashi's left chest. This was the right spot because deep and cushioned behind her delicate breast was Anashi's heart and the common objective of the entire mission was to entice Anashi into the deep, feeding her appetite for pleasure while strumming her with pain. And the ultimate pain was the electric shock of an angry eel to hit her on the left breast. This shock was to be just enough to pleasure her, but also hurt her, hurt her in a way she would want more. And when Anashi reached for more pleasure and subsequent pain, they would sweep her out of her depths.
The job at hand was no ordinary mission, it was a simple one: kidnap Anashi and crown her their queen.
By Ndukaswiki (Template:Nduka Onwuegbute) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Onwuegbute's new book for modern readers has been called
strange, by reviewers across the globe in different countries. You'll hardly see Onwuegbute at a book signing, every new book Onwuegbute writes focuses on a facet of human endeavour to better himslef in a world spiralling out of control.
New books written by Nduka Onwuegbute will always continue to change, in line with the changing dynamics of political man, living in harsh economically deprived societies.
New Books Written by Nduka Onwuegbute
Onwuegbute's first novel,
Masters of the Confluence, was published in February, 2010. Reviewers of Onwuegbute and his writing style has been described as;
Nduka Onwuegbute, …a marvelous wordsmith
Literary Influences
For a writer who has a wide range of style and subject matter like Shakespear, you would expect Onwuegbute to extol the father of modern English literature. But he doesn't. Onwuegbute beleives there is too much emphasis placed on Shakespeare at the detriment of other equally literary greats. According to Onwuegbute,
More people, especially Afrricans, should be reading the works of Wole Soyinka, Bode Sowande, Ola Rotimi, Okot p'Bitek, and so on. Instead, there's a glut of Robert Ludlum, J. K. Rowling, and other hyped celebrities, who quite rightly deserve their own accolades too.
Humourist, that he is, Onwuegbute enjoys the ups and downs of "Drowned Hopes", the writings of James Hadley Chase, and some Shirly Conran.
Writing Style
Having grwon up in the rich story-telling traditions in rural Nigeria, Onwuegbute fuses the African oral tales by moonlight with the fiction modern literature most people today can relate to more.
Onwuegbute's writing tone has a biting undertone, tinged with satire; something which has deprived him of the opportunity to write for the Nigerian Television Authority, when he was living in Nigeria.
Fortunes of the Forgotten Forest is testament to this re-telling of greed shown in Odinjo's character.
Versertile Writer
Nduka Onwuegbute cannot be pinned down to one type of literary genre. He has written political drama for the stage. A play that hits on the fabric of curruupt practices. He's also written novels, and short stories.
His first novel is
Masters of the Confluence.
Written Works…
- Fortunes of the Forgotten Forest
- Abaci's Number Add-Ventures
- Masters of the Confluence
- Drums That Dance in the Dark
Educational Books
In 2011, Onwuegbute lauched himself as an educational book writer with a new book
Abaci's Number Add-Ventures, for children. But appearances can be deceptive. The book actually is a compilation of short stories with diffficulty understanding maths in word formats.
Books for Children
Children love reading. It fires their imagination, taking them into worlds only seen in physical or digital books. Be they hardback, or the commonly available paperback edition, books can keep children away from mischief, and certainly from the threat of television and video games.
Books For Teenagers
Fortunes of the Forgotten Forest, is Onwuegbute's forage into the world of teenage fiction. African Folklore in setting, this is an insight to some of the tales Onwuegbute heard as a child, growing up in Nigeria.
Historical Fiction Books
Onwuegbute's first novel was
Masters of the Confluence. Based on the exploits of slavery that went on, this book based on a history of the Onitsha Dynasty, looks at a people's zeal to free themselves from the shackles that wants to keep the status quo.
Review of Books
Author reviews of Onwuegbute's writing is varied. But this is hardly surprising. Onwuegbute writes for a diverse range of readers, and on a myriad of themes, and subject matters.
Powerfull, &
Wonderful Story are all phrase to describe Onwuegbute and his writing ability. He's also been rate
This is, therefore, a book of moments. Moments of struggle, pain, violence and sadness but also joy and dreams. Hard times, but of courage. War, slavery … and love. And then we get to the last chapters, and when we have a more complete story, that of Alabo and Anashi, we finally create a connection with his strange form of love, even though we can't fully understand how their story ends.
Masters of the Confluence
What may be seen by some readers as arbitrary results disconnected from actors is really the expression of culture through more classical language, akin to the Greek Tragic experience.
Drums That Dance in the Dark


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The List pop-up
The List pop-up concept brought together disciplines ranging from fashion, food & drinks, design, art, books and even cinema in an inspiring space in Kloosterstraat in Antwerp.
For the third time, Editor-in-chief of The List Magazine and initiator of the pop-up Emm Verheyden gathered an exciting selection of the most innovative retailers and brands in a 1000 m2 concept store. Amongst this selection were names such as:
Fashion | Butch Tailors, Camel, Gant Rugger, Julia June, Kings Of Indigo, Rains, Bickley + Mitchell, Love Stories, Unknown Curiosity, Cowboysbelt
Food | CaffeNation, Copperhead Gin, In De Wulf & Superett, Balls & Glory, Choc-o-lait
Lifestyle | Broke Bikes, DIM atelier, OUI, RR Interior, 'T Stad Leest
Art | Tuymans Prints (Art Partout Gallery)
Nightingale was responsible for the media relations and progressive PR concerning the pop-up store and organization of the fashion department.


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sebb <email@example.com>
The JMS Publisher and Subscriber sampler GUIs both have
Username/Password fields which are used by the samplers; however for
some reason the JMS Point to Point GUI does not.
I've no idea why that is so - perhaps it was an oversight.
I suggest someone creates a Bugzilla issue asking for these fields to
be added to the GUI and the sampler. [Unfortunately the GUI is already
very full, but I guess that can be rearranged a bit]
Note RKU:
I have got the authentication working with IBM MQSeries using the JMS
Point to Point sampler.
I modified the code as follows:
In the class org.apache.jmeter.protocol.jms.sampler.JMSSampler I have
added 2 methods:
* RKU: get us the user
* @param context
* @return
* @throws NamingException
private String getUser(Context context) throws NamingException{
Hashtable env = context.getEnvironment();
return (String) env.get("java.naming.security.principal");
* RKU: get us the password
* @param context
* @return
* @throws NamingException
private String getPassword(Context context) throws NamingException{
Hashtable env = context.getEnvironment();
return (String) env.get("java.naming.security.credentials");
In the same class I have replaced the line that creates the queue connection in the method threadStarted() of the same class:
if (null != getUser(context) && null != getPassword(context)){
System.out.println("explicit user and password");
connection = factory.createQueueConnection(
System.out.println("without explicit authentication");
connection = factory.createQueueConnection();
Perhaps IBM MQSeries uses different properties for the user and the password but I am not very knowledgeable in this area.
The following link suggests that the used properties are correct for MQ series:
If anyone wants to reproduce this then you should know the following:
- use the com.sun.jndi.fscontext.RefFSContextFactory class as initial
context factory with a url to the JNDI repository;
- use IBM JMSAdmin tool to create a JNDI mapping between your JMS world
and the MQ world in your JNDI repository;
And of course you will have to add the ibm mq jars to the lib directory of jmeter.
JAR Obtained via
mail.jar jmeter site
activation.jar jmeter site
com.ibm.mq.jar MQ installation
com.ibm.mqjms.jar MQ installation
connector.jar MQ installation
dhbcore.jar MQ installation
fscontext.jar MQ installation
jms.jar MQ installation
jta.jar MQ installation
providerutil.jar MQ installation
mqcontext.jar support pac ME01
com.ibm.mq.pcf-6.0.3.jar support pac MS0B
Are there any circumstances where the properties need to be set differently for the context compared to values used in the QueueConnection?
If not, then the solution seems OK, otherwise perhaps the GUI needs separate fields for them.
I am not really sure. The properties java.naming.security.principal and java.naming.security.credentials are intended for a vendor neutral approach for specifying a user and a password as far as I know.
A safer solution would probably be to add a user and password textfield to the panel and call factory.createQueueConnection with an explicit user and password when the textfields have filled. This would also be more user friendly.
The code suggested on 2008-07-22 07:38 works for the RequestOnly sampler.
For the RequestResponse sampler I had to change the receiver as well.
I made the following changes:
In the class org.apache.jmeter.protocol.jms.sampler.Receiver I modified the 2 of its methods as follows:
private Receiver(QueueConnectionFactory factory, Queue receiveQueue, String aUser, String aPassword) throws JMSException {
if (null != aUser && null != aPassword) {
log.info("creating receiver WITH authorisation credentials");
conn = factory.createQueueConnection(aUser, aPassword);
log.info("creating receiver without authorisation credentials");
conn = factory.createQueueConnection();
session = conn.createQueueSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
consumer = session.createReceiver(receiveQueue);
log.debug("Receiver - ctor. Starting connection now");
log.info("Receiver - ctor. Connection to messaging system established");
public static synchronized Receiver createReceiver(QueueConnectionFactory factory, Queue receiveQueue, String aUser, String aPassword)
throws JMSException {
// if (receiver == null) {
Receiver receiver = new Receiver(factory, receiveQueue, aUser, aPassword);
Thread thread = new Thread(receiver);
// }
return receiver;
In short, I added the user name and password and logic to use it.
In the org.apache.jmeter.protocol.jms.sampler.JMSSampler class I made the following change in the method threadStarted()
if (!useTemporyQueue()) {
receiveQueue = (Queue) context.lookup(getReceiveQueue());
receiverThread = Receiver.createReceiver(factory, receiveQueue, getUser(context), getPassword(context));
This works for us here, we tested it this morning.
Thanks for the patches.
I've committed the changes to SVN:
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=712018&view=rev
Bug 45458 - Point to Point JMS in combination with authentication
so the code will be in nightly builds after r712018.
Just in case the changes cause a problem, users can set the property:


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Hotel Mosser is located in the centre of Villach, near the Draubrücke bridge, in immediate proximity to the old town. You can reach the congress centre and the railway station within 3 walking minutes. Villach is the second largest town in Carinthia and borders several lakes. The hotel provides 45 rooms, suites and junior suites appointed with satellite TV, radio, telephone, hair-dryer, internet access, new bathrooms with shower or bathtub and toilet. Some of the rooms also have bidet. A part of the superior rooms and suites feature air-conditioning and corner Jacuzzi tub for 2 people. A spacious lift takes you comfortably to the floors. The hotel has been lavishly refurbished throughout with style. The hotel's Mosser café is the popular meeting place of hotel residents and locals alike who would like to enjoy selected wines, typical Villach beer, Italian coffee and strudels. Let us spoil you with our copious breakfast buffet served in the air-conditioned conservatory. The new, tasteful sauna and the spacious relaxation room beckon guests to settle in and relax. Explore the wonderful town rich in theatres, museums, parklands and natural monuments. Business hours of reception:
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Fear of financial collapse has enhanced gold's glitter, with prices soaring more than 300% the past decade, including 30% just in the last 12 months. Gold's surge has led to a new crop of prospectors seeking gold and the business around gold.
About four years ago, Mark Franklin decided to try his own luck at gold prospecting. The Dayton electronics technician had never prospected before but saw a future in the precious metal. He discovers about $50 worth of gold, in flakes and larger pieces called "pickers," on an average day prospecting in Ohioor on longer trips to Idaho, Alaska, Michigan and Georgia. His total take? Just more than $4,000.
"Every time the gold price goes up, our membership increases," says Jinny Iodice of the Gold Prospectors Association of America (GPAA). The association's membership jumped 93% in 2008 but less than 10% so far this year. The GPAA has more than 62,000 members nationwide.
Just as past gold booms produced incredible wealth for some, far more seeking to strike it rich went bust. "When you see such a dramatic move, the tail end almost becomes hysterical," says Vanguard's Gus Sauter, comparing today's gold rush with the Internet boom of the late 1990s. "People who threw caution to the wind are still scrambling." In the past, gold has done well when U.S. Treasuries yielded less than the inflation rate, which is not the case right now, according to Paul Kasriel of Northern Trust. But "markets are weird," he says.
Increased interest in prospecting can mean better business for companies that sell mining systems and equipment. "There are about 50% more people walking in and asking about basic information and looking to buy tools," says salesman Mark Svidor, who has been prospecting since 1979.
Modern Day Gold Rush
Source: Bloomberg, Chris Prentice (7/12/10)
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17 March 2010
- jen@odbt said...
I love naps. My kids and I all sleep like that - arms above the head - too.
- 17 March, 2010
- LPC said...
On the mainland, in offices, the workers will put their heads down on their desks and sleep after lunch. In some places...
- 17 March, 2010
- Sarah said...
I love naps. My little one, unfortunately, has never been a great napper. I pray for one substantial nap at least every day!
- 17 March, 2010
- Chocolate Covered Daydreams said...
I wish Baby Boo took naps. I honestly think she fights it so hard but she's exhausted. At least Josh wakes up refreshed and ready to go again until bedtime.
- 17 March, 2010
- *Jess* said...
My kid napped until she was 5 and I loved every minute of it!
- 17 March, 2010
- Sarah said...
Oh how I wish my middle child would still nap. I tried telling him about smart naps, but he just didn't go for it :(
- 17 March, 2010
- Menopausal New Mom said...
I wish mine would nap. I can hardly get her to bed at night, some kids just don't need that much sleep and that's what I have, wears me out Lol!
- 17 March, 2010
- Nezzy said...
Mine always went down in the afternoon. Even in Kindergarten they had their nap-time on their cute little mats.
Josh looks very peaceful! :o)
God bless ya'll!!!
- 17 March, 2010
- CottageGirl said...
Those pink cheeks ... how can you not stop kissing them!!!!!!!
And one more thing... Thank God for the naps!
- 17 March, 2010
- Jen said...
Oh gosh he is delicious! I lucked out with number three and got a great napper. I sure hope it lasts for a year or so more :)
- 17 March, 2010
- Aunt LoLo said...
Oh, those rosey little sleepy cheeks!! Nummy.
- 17 March, 2010
- Life with Kaishon said...
I love those red rosy cheeks SO much. He is a sweetie! You have the most beautiful children!
- 17 March, 2010
- Jennifer said...
Oh that face is precious. Isn't hard not to smooch them when they are like that.
- 17 March, 2010
- Kristen Andrews said...
precious I love sleeping baby pictures, so angelic
- 17 March, 2010
- Kelly said...
What a smoochable little face!
- 17 March, 2010
- Lisa said...
He looks like a doll baby! Those cheeks and lips are precious!
There's something about sleeping with your arms up like that, very relaxing.
- 17 March, 2010
- Allison said...
What a cutie. He looks so peaceful {and a little bit smarter too:-)}
- 17 March, 2010
- Velvet Over Steel said...
How adorable he is! Glad to see he appreciates 'smart naps'. Usually people don't until they are grown up and can't get them anymore. haha... Thanks for sharing!!
- 17 March, 2010
- Alysha (Supermom) said...
Gotta love nap time. Although I must say this time change has sure messed up my little ones nap schedule. arrrr. Happy WW!
- 17 March, 2010
- Mahmee said...
First of all, what a sweet sleeping cherub face!
Smart naps...I am so impressed with your mom ingenuity. Very clever. I may have to steal this idea as our daughter also is motivated by whatever will make her smarter.
Naps are good. I should know...I try to take one every day. Ha ha.
- 17 March, 2010
- Muthering Heights said...
He looks SO peaceful and sweet!
- 17 March, 2010
- Cecily R said...
Oh, those cheeks and lips...make my heart squoosh.
- 17 March, 2010
- Rose Belle said...
My four year old doesn't take her noon naps. She does so well without them. Her brother and sister did when they were younger. She will be starting school in late august.
- 17 March, 2010
- katherine said...
Ohh thats so cute. His lips and cheeks are absolutely divine.
I always check out your blog, it's so divine! And thanks for your comment at my blog, hope you continue to visit :)
K x
- 17 March, 2010
- parentingBYdummies said...
Smart naps. That's what I need to start doing. Especially because I'm so dumb!
- 17 March, 2010
- Lindy said...
They always look so peaceful when they're sleeping. My daughter never took naps and now, at 7, she enjoys them frequently.
- 17 March, 2010
- hypermom said...
Naps are the best! Now that I work at home, I take one myself in the afternoons!
- 17 March, 2010
- Stacy (the Random Cool Chick) said...
He looks so precious!!
- 17 March, 2010
- Run DMT said...
What a precious photo! I hope he still naps for you. No nap kids are not fun. My youngest gave up naps around 2. Blah!
- 17 March, 2010
- Shelle said...
ah there he is in his full glory...with those gorgeous cheeks! i didn't think you had a baby..but i don't keep up with much these days :)
- 17 March, 2010
- 4 Lettre Words said...
Goodness! He is beautiful.
- 17 March, 2010
- Serline said...
I love picture like this. That's how you know you had a good time.
- 18 March, 2010
- If I Could Escape . . . said...
What a gorgeous photo -- he looks so peaceful!
- 18 March, 2010
- Alicia said...
I loved it when they took naps!! :)
- 18 March, 2010
- Stacie said...
He looks so peaceful sleeping. Cute picture.
- 18 March, 2010
- rebekah said...
Hes gorgeous, you just want to kiss him! aah, what a sweetie!
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Yesterday, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was live on Facebook, replying to users' questions. One person asked whether the mine inspections he had promised to launch had already started.
Pashinyan said that due to the transitional phase of the old and new constitution changes, there were still some status changes of inspection bodies taking place, and once they were over, the inspections would officially begin; probably in a week.
The prime minister believes that the standards of mine exploitation in Armenia should be raised to international levels, and inspections should be objective, involving representatives of civil society and media experts in the field.
Pashinyan said his government will base its decisions on mining solely on the facts.
"I think it is very important that we make decisions based on facts. This is one of the most important criteria for government efficiency," said Pashinyan, adding that such an approach would rule out decisions made based on whims or corruption.
On May 24, Pashinyan ordered that mines in Armenia be inspected. Later on, during a meeting with people protesting against the exploitation of the Amulsar mine, First Deputy Prime Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said that the first inspection would be held at Amulsar.


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Atomic Pop plays music from the 80s and beyond – focusing on hip, adult pop and rock that will get your party going. Whether it's a corporate party, wedding, night club, or any excuse to let off some steam, Atomic Pop is honored to be a part of each and every event. The band focuses its schedule on shows that inspire them, allowing the group to stay fresh to give their best performance each and every time they take the stage. Atomic Pop is not just another dance band, just like your event won't be just another night.
Feel the energy, hear the quality, see the performance, and remember the fun you had for a lifetime!


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"We use Gmail together with Salesforce.com, so Yesware is a great sales productivity tool for us," said Greg Drinkwater, Account Executive at Stack Overflow. "I need to be able to send out hundreds of emails that are customized to companies placing job descriptions on our site. Now, with Yesware's templates, I can create emails for a specific account type, like Android developers, store them and have them ready to go, saving me a ton of time. I use Yesware Tracking to see when a prospect opens my mail, where he is, and if he's mobile or at his desk. Then I know when and where to follow up on the information I sent. Yesware syncs all my mail with Salesforce too, which is a great time saver; I don't have to go back and dig through notes or through sent items and drafts."
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Detectives in pulp novels usually wear trench coats and arm themselves with pistols such as the Colt .45. In the world of superhero comics, detectives can look quite a bit different. For instance, in Marvel Comics' five-issue "Avengers: Solo" mini-series by writer Jen Van Meter and artist Roger Robinson beginning in October, a reluctant shamus hits the mean streets of New York clad in a purple costume and armed only with a bow and a quiver full of high-tech arrows. That character is of course longtime Avenger Clint Barton, better known as Hawkeye. CBR News spoke with Van Meter about her plans for the character.
Hawkeye is the latest in a long line of low- and non-powered characters Van Meter has written. Her past credits include stories featuring the Black Cat and Ghost of the Thunderbolts as well as Black Lightning and a modern day update of the Old West gunslinger Cinnamon for DC Comics.
"I find these types of characters very relatable, the way they fit into the framework between the superheroes and the civilians of a superhero universe. That space in between, where you have the ambition to right wrongs but you're part of a world that has people with the vast resources of a Tony Stark or the immense power of Thor, it's a difficult place to be in. It makes you ask a lot of lot of real important human questions like, 'Am I good enough to do this?' Or 'Why try harder?'" Van Meter told CBR News. "Also, these characters are not diminished by those moments of ordinary humanity. They have to be sort of ambassadors as well, because they do move between the two worlds and can translate things.
"Hawkeye can go and talk to people who have nothing to do with the superhero world in a way that Tony Stark can't. He's already separated by the vast wealth and power that keeps ordinary people from feeling like they can relate to him, then on top of that he's got the Iron Man armor and all that comes with it," Van Meter continued. "Over in 'Thor' I think they're illustrating this perfectly with all the Broxton stuff, because imagine how weird it would be to suddenly come face to face with an Asgardian. I think Clint, though, can take off his costume and still go have a pizza with somebody in a very natural way. I find that engaging."
In addition to his street-level person, Van Meter also accepted Marvel's invitation to pitch a Hawkeye story because she is a longtime fan of the character. "I've always enjoyed Hawkeye. He's a fun guy. He doesn't spend a long time thinking about what he's going to do and he seems to delight in life," Van Meter remarked. "That's a real pleasure to interact with, and I like the fact that some of his insecurities have been pretty close to the surface too. I think he's got a healthy ego, but he does have normal human concerns about who likes him, who doesn't, and how he fits in."
Van Meter feels those insecurities and a desire to fit in come from a lifetime of straddling so many worlds. "His history includes a lot of different and dark places. He's got this troubled home life. He was in an orphanage and then spent much of his youth as part of a traveling carnival. And before he joined the Avengers he even spent some time as a criminal. So he's got this history of shadowy places behind him," Van Meter explained. "In this series I was thinking about how he would resolve something with a character and I realized, growing up around a carnival, he'd plausibly have a whole different skill set that he can bring to this that I hadn't seen used in awhile. It's been interesting to think about what he might have learned in some of the different communities he's moved in."
When "Avengers: Solo" begins, Hawkeye is feeling like the vast scope and scale of his world has narrowed. "Hawkeye has been though a lot in the recent stories Jim McCann has written and I've put him in a place where he's kind of come to depend on the Avengers community. The main thrust of the story is a mystery that's also a threat to the reputation of the Avengers. So he feels motivated to solve this mystery in order to preserve the stability of the team's world and see their reputation untarnished," Van Meter remarked. "It's just like if you've been through a rough patch and counted on your family to see you through it, the last thing you want to hear is something negative about your brother."
The events of "Avengers: Solo" are set into motion after Hawkeye breaks up a fight in the first issue. "Somebody comes to him for help and then winds up dead. He's going to do something about that," Van Meter stated. "One of the things I like about Clint is that he has this trustworthy quality about him. Because he's so frank, my sense is that he's somebody people would find eminently trustworthy. I wanted to put him into a situation that would test that a little bit. There are some people who really don't want to trust anybody in costume and part of his heroism is making the effort to overcome that. I think the heroism in a detective story is largely about separating the truth from the lies and aligning yourself with the right people. This is very much about him coming upon a situation that needs that effort from him."
While earning people's trust is something that comes naturally to Hawkeye, detective work is not. "I don't think he sees himself as an idiot, but he's surrounded by some pretty smart people most of the time and to put him in a place where if a problem is going to be solved and the truth is going to be reveled it's got to be by him alone, that was something that was fun to play with," Van Meter said. "I just wrote a scene where he has to wait something out and it's kind of about him knowing that's not who he is. Even though he can be a sniper and he's done the espionage stuff, his nature is not to hang back and wait. That scene was really fun to write, and it was very gratifying when my editor, Tom Brennan, wrote to say he'd really liked it."
Van Meter has lined up several new and familiar faces to test Hawkeye's combat and detective skills in "Avengers Solo." "The villain side of the Marvel U is much like the hero side, in that there are people with fantastic and innate powers and people working with more limited resources and abilities," Van Meter said. "Part of what this story is ultimately about is who has powers and who doesn't, so I was looking for villains who use technology to keep themselves in the game.
"There are people way in the back that you will not meet until later. They are trying to protect something that's been one of their long term projects. So there's not a lot of big masterminds up front," Van Meter continued. "Early on though, Hawkeye is going to have to contend with the Trapster, the old Spider-Man foe Chance, and a couple other characters that I thought would be right for this."
Rounding out the supporting cast of "Avengers: Solo" are some civilian characters and Hawkeye's titular teammates. "Clint is going to meet some people who are essentially civilians that have been forced into a context that they were not prepared for. Plus characters like Tony Stark and Steve Rogers are around. We see them a little bit. Jarvis is there too. He's not on the page for very long but I really like him," Van Meter said. "I think that's one of the reasons this has been such an exciting challenge for me because in so many way it's about Hawkeye's reliance on people like Jarvis, Steve, Tony, Black Widow, and Bobbi [Morse AKA Mockingbird of the New Avengers]; the people who are his world, but it's also about the fact that they're not in this story. It's a challenge because I'm writing about that context without actually showing that context."
Van Meter has been thrilled by the work artist Roger Robinson has been doing with Hawkeye and all the other characters in "Avengers: Solo." "This is essentially a noir story, but it's one of the most action-oriented things I've ever done and Roger Robinson's action scenes are full of this glorious intensity. I'm not an artist, so when I visualize an action scene, these things tend to be about choreography, storytelling, is there room on the page for this bit? So when I get the art back from Roger I'm always overwhelmed by the depth and motion of everything," Van Meter remarked. "I can say in the script that something is going to be totally intense, but I have no way to describe how that's going to look because that's not how my brain works. So Roger is doing this lovely balance where we'll have the silence and stillness of a dead guy in a hotel room and all of a sudden things are whooshing and you can see all this motion that I think really works for a character like Hawkeye. He's handling these transitions between the action and the quiet beautifully. I'm really excited to see it all come together."
Robinson and Van Meter's Hawkeye story will run through each issue of "Avengers Solo," but readers will also get a bonus back-up tale by Jim McCann spotlighting the students of "Avengers Academy. "Jim McCann's known in this industry for writing exciting action, compelling soap opera and witty dialogue," editor Tom Brennan told CBR News. "He was a natural fit to write the Avengers Academy kids in an all-new adventure bridging the gaps between Avengers Academy #19 and #20 -- and brings them into conflict with the... West Coast Avengers?!"


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Stop By Ramen is a growing Japanese Food Chain Restaurant here in México (Puebla to be specific), founded by Japanese people with food from that country, well... Their founders/workers also have a "Side-Job" called "StopBy Studios" where they get to tell us their impressions of México, how it´s living in here and what diferences are compared to Japan, also some Japanese lessons and Japanese food recipes, and so forth.
In any case, Hiro, of StopBy Studios asked the past week about what should be his new video, being the big winner the topic about his impressions on Latin American Voice Actors for some Anime Characters. Here it is the video:
His Opinions are (in short form) as follows:
Adult Goku- Dragon Ball Z
Voice Actor: Mario Castañeda (Kanon in Saint Seiya and the voice of Bruce Willis and Jim Carrey in various movies)
His Opinion: He sounds like an old man, in Japan Goku sounds younger.
Conan Edogawa- Detective Conan (Case Closed)
Voice Actrress: Marcela Bordes (Ch. 1-123) and Consuelo Pizarro (124 to this day)
His Opinion: It truly nails it! It gives the same air as in Japan.
Monke D. Luffy- One Piece
Voice Actor: Unknown (From the Iberic Spanish dub)
His Opinion: Nope... He didn´t liked it, also he detected too that the accent wasn´t from Latin America. Also his sound in Japan sounds more girlish since Luffy has a voice actress.
Light Yagami- Death Note
Voice Actor: Manuel Campusano (Yui in Gundam Wing; Dohko in Lost Canvas; Urahara in Bleach)
His Opinion: His voice is deeper... Since in Japan Light sounds more inocent; still he likes the voice.
Inu Yasha- Inu Yasha
Voice Actor: Enzo Fortuny (Drake Bell in Drake & Josh; Arnold in Hey Arnold!;the voice of the commercials in Disney XD channel)
His Opinion: Nailed it 100%! Perfect with Inu Yasha personality...Also he wonders if the short showed was the ideal one.
He also checked the first Opening of Pokémon, although he didn´t gave an opinion.
If you wanna check their other videos (because you want to practice your japanese, or spanish...Or both or for whatever reason) you can check their Youtube Channel or their Facebook Page ( Here for the Restaurant One )


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This session covers a growing nemesis that all printing companies and OEMs are vulnerable to: patent trolls, the epitome of greed, thoughtlessness, and unethical behavior impacting the survival, growth, and development of such companies.
What is a Patent Troll?
A patent troll is a company or person that purchases a patent and then sues another company claiming that its technology infringes on the patent. They attempt to enforce patent rights beyond the patent's value. They use patents as "legal weapons." Instead of using the patent to create new products or new ideas to improve business, commerce, or society, trolls are in the business of threatening and creating litigation.
The Issue
Patent trolls are inhibiting growth and causing printing industry companies to consider closing, downsizing, and laying off employees because they cannot afford the huge fees demanded by the trolls while also growing business. Trolls are equivalent to extortionists, with no sense of business morals and ethics, or of the nation's push to grow companies, produce jobs, and keep or bring back as much business as possible to the United States.
This Session
- Proposes that companies threatened by trolls should not settle by paying license fees, but should partner in pooling resources to pursue invalidation of the patents in question. Such challenges are often won through the disclosure of prior art.
- Describes the problem through case studies, and advocates that printing and related companies that face the threat of lawsuits by trolls should not settle and should not enter into a single-company litigation that can cost more than a settlement.
- Covers what to do if approached by a troll claiming that the technology being used to do business on a daily basis is infringing upon an existing patent.
About Dr. Harvey Levenson
Dr. Harvey R. Levenson is Professor Emeritus and past Department Head of Graphic Communication and past Director of the Graphic Communication Institute at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California.
During his 30-year tenure at Cal Poly, Dr. Levenson's teaching and research specialties were printing and publishing, technology, communication, media, digital imaging, intellectual property, and research methods. Prior to joining Cal Poly in 1983, Dr. Levenson founded and chaired the Graphics, Design, and Communication Division at La Roche College, and was Associate Director of Technical Services at the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Having authored many publications, and the recipient of many industry awards, Dr. Levenson remains active in the industry and is a frequent Expert Witness specializing in communication, intellectual property, printing, and technology.
Dr. Levenson holds four degrees in printing and communication including a Ph. D. in Rhetoric and Communication from the University of Pittsburgh, a M. S. degree in Printing Management from South Dakota State University, a B. S. degree in Printing from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and an A. A. S. degree in Graphic Arts and Advertising Technology from New York City College of Technology.


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Student Services
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Peer Mentoring Session
ARCHES provides a variety of support services that help facilitate the retention and graduation of Cal Poly Pomona's students with disabilities.
Academic Advising:
Each semester, the ARCHES staff provides comprehensive advising to address the unique educational needs of our students.
Peer Mentors:
The Peer Mentors work with the students on specific areas of concern such as organizational strategies, study skills, and time/life management.
Peer Tutoring:
ARCHES offers one-on-one peer tutoring for ARCHES Participants each term.
ARCHES Workshops and Networking:
ARCHES presents workshops targeted toward student success, such as time management, study skills, career planning, graduate school planning, financial planning and financial aid. The ARCHES Student Network Meetings are an opportunity for ARCHES staff and students to build a community in a safe and non-threatening environment.
Graduation Reception:
The ARCHES Graduation Reception and Celebration recognizes the achievements of the program's graduating seniors for the current year.


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How to Publish An Interest Phrase
October 31st, 2016 8:30 pm
Our Summer Vacation I cannot wait for summer trip. I might swimming or even to the park when I continue my summer vacation. I might goto Chicago. On my summer-vacation I am taking a swim at a hotel. My Keegan goes skating with me too. Keegan likes to play with buyessays water in the share. I will enjoy with a moving basketball inside the swimming pool. I will swim to the pool's additional area. That area is 4-feet deep.
Turns dimension out does matter.
I will perform on the move in the playground. My sibling can bring my Kaylee that is niece for the playground to perform with me because she loves to perform at the playground too. That I and Kaylee will carry on the fall. Then we are going to choose a stroll. Once I visit Detroit, I'll proceed see my Cousin Gloria, my Mother Sharon, my Uncle Juan, my Uncle Lee, and my cousins and we shall have lunch at my counsin's residence. To plenty of spots like the mall I will go in Dallas. I'm likely to super Wal-Mart.
Be obvious – your advertising should really be posted on spots where they can be easily viewed.
In the store, I'll get a great deal of coloring guns and guides along with a video also. It will be enjoyable this summer. I will possess a large amount of entertaining swimming at the inn. I and I will have a goodtime in the playground and a great time in Chicago, respectively. Written by Angel utilizing Microsoft Word This summer I'll do items with my children. We will go swimming in the playground share and in my garden. Barbecue will be eaten by us. Every single day because I will move I like to swim within my garden. I prefer the slide that is small at the playground share.
Plus, there are times when other folks that are destitute are staying in the same building.
Mom Sally takes us towards the pool. Abby go to the playground. I like to move. I like to take the slide. Meal is eaten by us at the playground. Grandma Sally cooks the barbecue. I love dogs that are hot. I eat pickles and coleslaw. Food is not bad.
For example: do not state: consume fats.
My summer will probably be fun. I am hoping go and I reach swim to the park. I wish to eat a hot dog. Determined with help to get facts. Wrote utilizing Write-Out-Loud with a lot of support. Our Strategies for Summer Holiday Have you got exciting ideas for summer vacation? Yes Have you been planning to summer faculty? Yes Will you visit summer university in August?
Some technology teachers are involved that textbooks for senior school won t be purchased.
Yes Do you want to drive the shuttle to faculty? Yes Does Caitlin go while in the summer to faculty with you? Yes Do you want to have some fun at faculty? Yes Are you going to go for hikes inside the playground and supply the ducks? Yes Can you give the tigers at the park? No Can you go to the playground with your household? Yes Does one observe dogs at the playground? Yes Are the ducks hamburgers fed by you? No Is the ducks bread fed by you?
Nonetheless, he's in for a battle.
Yes Can it be entertaining likely to the park? Yes Will you have a birthday this summer? Yes Will you convert 11 in June? Yes Have you been planning to have a party? Yes Are you having family over for your birthday? Yes This summer are you going to have some fun? Yes Can it be likely to be a fun summer vacation? Yes Questions answered by the Techtalk being used by Zach


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"Down to 1 Injection of 3 Units of Insulin per Day"
Down to 1 Injection! It is always encouraging to hear of other people's success with diet and lifestyle changes. It makes us want to redouble our efforts to stay on this road to better blood sugar control and thriving health. Even though it is a road less traveled, it is well worth the effort.
The experience may alter the course of your health and wellbeing in a positive direction. Listen to this family's comment about the Health-e-Solutions lifestyle, which they implemented after their son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes: *
(* results may vary)
"Our family has been using the [Health-e-Solutions] recipes over a month now. Our son is down to 1 injection and 3 units of insulin/day (from 4 injections & 20+ units of insulin when leaving hospital 2 months ago). His A1C is now 6.9 down from 8.6 a month ago.
"Thank you!"
Here is an update in response to the possibility it is his honeymoon phase:
"Whatever it is called, he is 5 1/2 months post diagnosis now, down to 1 unit of insulin, rarely spikes but still trending low too often. He eats tons (a lot of Health-e-solutions recipes) & has gained weight. He goes back to pediatric endocrinologist soon and we are hoping he can eliminate the 1 unit. Last Dr visit in Dec A1C was 5.5 (Home test same day was 5.8) Recent home test 5.7."
To this we say, Well done family! This may be a honeymoon period, but we know others following the HeS lifestyle 3 years and more with no insulin requirement! If it is a honeymoon phase, we'll take it!
Our Recipe e-Books and home study course options equip you with the information and recipes you need to employ a practical, sustainable Health-e-Solutions lifestyle. Our advanced resources and lab review will help you improve your lifestyle, control diabetes, evaluate your progress and understand the tests required to monitor diabetes. We are convinced this is the healthiest way to manage auto-immune & lifestyle diseases, such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
We believe living the Health-e-Solutions lifestyle can take you much farther down the road to good health than will any other lifestyle. We think this lifestyle can put your body in a position of strength to protect, preserve, and possibly even restore health.
We hope this family's change of direction inspires you and gives you hope and motivation to do the same in your life! We'd love to hear your story, so please leave your comments below.


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|An artist's impression of the Kris Plaza set for construction in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: Yoma Strategic
Kris Plaza is a new US$24 million residential and commercial development ready for construction in Nay Pyi Taw and now open for sales, according to a press release from Yoma Strategic on February 18.
Yoma Bank sees disbursement of loans to small and medium enterprises as a crucial part of its service, U Theim Wai, chairman of First Myanmar Investment told Mizzima on December 17.
Yoma Strategic Holdings Company is to receive a US$100 million (K100 billion) loan from the Asian Development Bank to help improve Myanmar's infrastructure connectivity.
Investment holding company First Myanmar Investment Co. Ltd., has issued a K25 billion (about US$25.6 million) rights issue for existing shareholders to finance corporate growth and expansion, it announced in a statement released in Yangon on December 3.


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We're 7 hours from wake-up time. Coffee is ready to brew, Rachel's movie is in the DVD player, my books are stacked by the computer for now, and I'm about to create a post template for ease of updates. Thanks to my friend Erin for coming through with a second computer monitor so Rachel and I can post, research, and push our marathons simultaneously!
Snack prep was fun; here are a couple of pics of our food lineup for the day!
Chocolate chip cookies, yum!
Fruit salad: you can't see it all, but we have watermelon, strawberries, pink lady and fiji apples, grapes, blackberries, oranges, and pineapple chunks. Holy moly!
And the majority of the foods we got specifically for the readathon/movie marathon. Snacky stuff, quick and easy meals that Rachel can make without my assistance or coaching (thank you for being the chef for the day, baby!), stuff we enjoy but not too much that'll cause peaks and crashes.
Now for a quick trip over to the cheerleader pages to see what I need to know for that, and then to bed already – it's going to be a looooooong 24 hours if I don't get any sleep!


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Regular price $ 20.00
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This 4 piece set features our adorable Christmas Duck, classic Cassette logo, and the two golden halves of Sam & Lonnie's heart pendant. These are embroidered, high-threadcount patches, ready to be sewn onto your hat, bag, jacket, or anything else you can get a needle and thread through. These do not have an iron-on backing, so be ready to do a bit of sewing.
Sizes are as follows:
Christmas Duck: 2.62" wide x 3" tall
Cassette Tape: 3.5" wide x 2.23" tall
Sam & Lonnie's Heart (each half): 1.538" wide x 3" tall


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The wild thing is, at the same time that I believed so whole-heartedly in the Rapture, I also argued against the Catholic belief that Mary was assumed into heaven. Do you see the irony? I was absolutely convinced that Jesus was going to raise the entire Church up into heaven, but totally opposed to the Catholic dogma that Jesus had already done so for His Mother!
My change of heart occurred long before I came to have a positive view of the Catholic Tradition regarding Mary's assumption. My thought process went something like this:
- The Bible does not say that Mary wasn't assumed into heaven.
- The Old Testament does speak of two other people having been assumed, Enoch (Gen. 5:24) and Elijah (2 Kings 2:11-12).If it was true for them, then couldn't it be true of Mary?
- Matthew's Gospel states that at the moment of Jesus' death, "The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus' resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people. (Mt. 27:52-53). Wasn't it reasonable to believe that after these appearances they too were assumed into heaven? Again, if it was true for them, then why not for Mary?
- If the assumption occurred at the end of her life, then wouldn't portions of the New Testament already have been written? Did the Bible have to explicitly say it for the event to have occurred?
- There are tons of things not explicitly recorded in the Bible; the Holy Spirit moved John to end his Gospel with that very thought, "Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written" (Jn. 21:25)
- The Assumption coincides with, dovetails into, Scripture; whereas a pre-Tribulation Rapture is in contradiction to the overall picture of the last days painted by the New Testament.
- Belief in Mary's assumption is witnessed to in writing prior to 400 A.D. (although it claims to go back to the apostles), while the Rapture does not make an appearance until 1850.
- The Assumption squares with the Christian reality that glory follows suffering (Mary's share in Jesus' Resurrection came only after she shared in His suffering upon the Cross [Lk.2:35; Jn.19:25-37].) The Rapture on the other hand, holds out a false expectation regarding freedom from suffering and persecution.
If you, however, object to Mary's assumption because you are a "Bible-only" Christian, then you really ought to take a second look at John's vision in the Book of Revelation. And as you read, please keep in mind how the Gospel of Luke's identified Mary with the Ark of the Covenant (compare Luke 1:39-45,56 with 2 Samuel 6:2-3,6-12,16) and how in the Gospel of John, Jesus always addressed His Mother as "Woman" (Jn.2:1-5; 19:25-27):
"Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, voices, peals of thunder, an earthquake and heavy hail. And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery. And another portent appeared in heaven; behold a great red dragon…the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, that he might devour her child when she brought it forth; she brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne ... " (Revelation 11:19-12:5)
Something to consider. Catholics do not appeal to any particular verse of Scripture as a proof text for the dogma of the Assumption; but the above verses certainly do not hurt their case! As I looked more into the foundations of Catholic belief in the Assumption, I discovered that it had a much more ancient pedigree than whatone could find for the Rapture.Once Constantine became Emperor and Christianity was no longer a persecuted sect, Christians were able to erect churches over the sites sacred to them (such as the Holy Sepulchre in 336 A.D.). These sites had been preserved in the local church's memory throughout the centuries. One of the sites, close to Mount Zion where the first Christian community had lived, had always been reverenced as place of Mary's Dormition ("falling asleep). It was not the place where Mary's body resided however - only the place where it had temporarily rested before Mary was raised body and soul into heaven.
Although different local churches could point to the tombs of the Apostles and martyrs and boast of having their relics (bodies), there was never any such claim made in regard to Mary. Had their been a body, the early Church would have cherished it. But instead of a body we have this memory, this witness, from the time of the apostles, ingrained within Christians in and around Jerusalem. Just a little research on the web can provide early witnesses:
"If therefore it might come to pass before the power of your grace, it has appeared right to us your servants that, as you, having overcome death does reign in glory, so you should raise up the body of your mother and take her with you, rejoicing into heaven. Then said the Savior [Jesus]: 'Be it done according to your will" (Pseudo-Melito The Passing of the Virgin 16:2-17; 300 AD).
"Therefore the Virgin is immortal to this day, seeing that he who had dwelt in her transported her to the regions of her assumption" (Timothy of Jerusalem Homily on Simeon and Anna; 400 AD).
St. John Damascene, living in the desert outside Jerusalem in the early 700's, gave the same testimony:
"And from that time forth all knew that the spotless and precious body had been transferred to paradise" (John the Theologian, The Falling Asleep of Mary; 400 AD)
"The Apostles took up her body on a bier and placed it in a tomb; and they guarded it, expecting the Lord to come. And behold, again the Lord stood by them; and the holy body having been received, He commanded that it be taken in a cloud into paradise: where now, rejoined to the soul, [Mary] rejoices with the Lord's chosen ones..." (Gregory of Tours, Eight Books of Miracles, 1:4; 575-593 A.D.)
"In the Holy and divinely-inspired Scriptures no mention is made of anything concerning the end of Mary the Holy Mother of God; but we have received from ancient and most truthful tradition ... the Apostles ... opened the coffin. And they were unable anywhere to find her most lauded body ... Struck by the wonder of the mystery they could only think that He who had been pleased to become incarnate from her in His own Person and to become Man and to be born in the flesh, God the Word, the Lord of Glory ... was pleased even after her departure from life to honor her immaculate and undefiled body with incorruption and with translation prior to the common and universal resurrection." (Second Homily on the Dormition of Mary, c.715 A.D.)The celebration of Mary's Dormition in the liturgy was first recorded in Palestine in the late 400's and was taken up throughout the Eastern Church and then the West throughout the 500's.
In the end, I see the Assumption's credibility as standing head-and-shoulders above the Rapture's:
And thus, I was forced to change my tune. Which is good because on top of everything I have already shared, in 1950 Pope Pius XII used the power of the keys to definitively state that Mary's assumption is a legitimate point of the Faith that has come to us from the Apostles. To neglect it is forego knowledge of one of the "many other things" that Jesus did that were not written down in Scripture (Jn. 21:25), but have been preserved within the living memory of His Church. And that Church is, in the words of Scripture, "the pillar and foundation of truth" (1 Tim. 3:15).


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We Are Now Beginning Our Descent
by James Meek
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"I want to see you now. I want you to come to me."
We Are Now Beginning Our Descent is a well crafted and constructed novel that gets inside the head of Adam Kellas as he is lead by an e-mail and a small memory of Astrid, a former girlfriend, that has "crossed into him."
James Meek paints the love story between Kellas & Astrid against the backdrop of Afghanistan, London and America. Similar in places to the style of George Orwell, James blurs the political into the human story to show floundering love and war, mixed up and acting upon each other.
He does this by cleverly showing us the modern vantage point of war, where F-18 pilots fly over Afghanistan and as they release their bombs, "perceive the human grain making up the fabric of the view," but never land - only reaching out and touching with destruction.
He then forces Kellas to crash land from his orbit as a war reporter in Afghanistan and to reach out and touch Astrid's life. Kellas has built up memories of her that he has fallen in love with and as he is eventually forced to fit the real woman into the fragments of her that live within him.
"You have to make your own lover before you can know her ... But you've got to leave space for the real woman to grow inside."
We then watch to see if his touch is destructive or one of love.
On his way Kellas, in trying to convey what the war in Afghanistan is like, reaches out to his friends in London and brings destruction.
"There was curiosity in that reach, and a kind of regret. In any act of hurting there remained the ghost of intimacy."
And unlike laser guided missiles, Kellas struggles to cope with his feelings, "Your own mind (is) a hard thing to manipulate: it had so many automatic processes."
At the end Meek pulls back out from our intimacy with Kellas and we are left watching him from afar. You feel as Meek has helped us to connect with his character and in doing so connect with the political arena that requires more from us of saying "we care" with no action, no feeling, no connection.
Coming this week: The View From Here interview with James Meek.


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In a recent post reviewed the common college funding formula the importance of the expected family contribution. However, many families do not want or know how to create an expected family contribution (EFC) number. If they produce the number, it will likely be a guess. This article discussed allowances and protections in more detail with how they affect the EFC.
Parents and students receive exclusions from the funding formula. Different rates and funding percentages apply to both groups and depend on age. Before we get into the details, let us take a step back and look at the Expected Family Contribution.
Which formula do I use?
Three different formulas exist for the EFC calculation: Formula A for dependent students, Formula B for independent students without dependents other than a spouse, and Formula C for independent students with dependents. Dependent students are the focus of most college planning articles since the majority is graduating high school students or college students who came straight from high school. Dependent students will be the focus of this article as well.
An independent student is considered independent if she meets one or more of the following (1):
- The student was born before January 1, 1994.
- The student is married or separated (but not divorced) as of the date of the application.
- At the beginning of the 2017–2018 school year, the student will be enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program (such as MA, MBA, MD, JD, PhD, EdD, or graduate certificate, etc.).
- The student is currently serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces or is a National Guard or Reserves enlistee called into federal active duty for purposes other than training.
- The student is a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces (see the definition in the box on page 4).
- The student has or will have one or more children who receive more than half of their support from him or her between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018.
- The student has dependent(s) (other than children or spouse) who live with him or her and who receive more than half of their support from the student, now and through June 30, 2018.
- At any time since the student turned age 13, both of the student's parents were deceased, or the student was in foster care or was a dependent or ward of the court.
- As determined by a court in the student's state of legal residence, the student is now, or was upon reaching the age of majority, an emancipated minor (released from control by his or her parent or guardian).
- As determined by a court in the student's state of legal residence, the student is now, or was upon reaching the age of majority, in legal guardianship.
- On or after July 1, 2016, the student was determined by a high school or school district homeless liaison to be an unaccompanied youth who was homeless or was self-supporting and at risk of being homeless.
- On or after July 1, 2016, the student was determined by the director of an emergency shelter or transitional housing program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to be an unaccompanied youth who was homeless or was self-supporting and at risk of being homeless.
- At any time on or after July 1, 2016, the student was determined by a director of a runaway or homeless youth basic center or transitional living program to be an unaccompanied youth who was homeless or was self-supporting and at risk of being homeless.
- The student was determined by the college financial aid administrator to be an unaccompanied youth who is homeless or is self-supporting and at risk of being homeless.
If the student does not meet one item from the listed above, he is likely a dependent student.
Simple or Long Form
Beyond knowing which formula to use, families need to know if they qualify for the simplified formula, long formula, or receive an automatic zero for their Expected Family Contribution, EFC.
To gain a zero EFC, a parent's income needs to be lower than $25000 and they may file a 1040A or 1040EZ (or they do not file a tax return.) Also, anyone in the household who receives benefits from earmarked means-tested federal programs (Medicaid Program, the SSI Program, SNAP, the Free and Reduced Price School Lunch Program, the TANF Program7, and WIC) may receive a zero EFC. If the parents are dislocated workers, a zero EFC may be obtained.
For the simplified formula, the criteria are similar to the zero EFC but incomes will fall between $25,000 and $49,999.
If the conditions above are not meet, you will using the long formula. For most families, headaches start from this point.
Asset and income allowances
What is the income and asset protection about?
The asset and income allowance provides some relief for the EFC calculation. Certain things like state income tax, income protection, and social security tax reduce a families income and thus the EFC.
However, some items like retirement plan contributions (volunteer employee contributions) are added back into the formula and raise the family's EFC. Saving for retirement in a qualified account means penalizing you twice for putting the dollar towards another goal. (See question 94 of the FAFSA.) Once, for making the personal choice to not save for education. Secondly, for making retirement plan contributions count towards the EFC. (Watch my blog for more to come on this topic.)
Parent: Income & Asset Protection Allowance
The amount allowed for the parental income protection allowance depends on the number of students in college and total number in the household.
On the first review, the table follows some logic with an increased protection allowance for household size increases. However, as you examine the amounts for protection, the trend seems to move in the opposite direction as the number of children increases.
Two points need to be made on this seemingly negative trend. First, this number helps calculate a families' total expected contribution. Second, when more than one student attends college, the EFC becomes split over the number of college students. The potential range of expected income a parent may use for the EFC calculation is between 0% to 47%.
Other allowances exist to offset against parents income as well.
US Income Tax Paid- The amount parents pay in federal income taxes decreases the Expected Family Contribution.
State and Other Tax Allowance- Parents reduce the EFC by a stated percentage, based on location and income. See the table below. (not all the states are listed in the table below.)
Social Security Tax Allowance- Like the Social Security tax of 7.65% of income goes towards lessening the EFC on first $118,501 of income. Beyond the $118,501, only 1.45% of income may be used to offset the EFC.
Asset Protection Allowance- Parents receive an asset protection allowance based on income and if the household has one or two parents. The oldest parent sets the protection age and as the parent ages, the higher the allowance becomes. Below, you will find a list of items included and excluded from reporting as shown on FAFSA.gov.
Investments include real estate (do not include the home in which you live), rental property (includes a unit within a family home that has its own entrance, kitchen, and bath rented to someone other than a family member), trust funds, UGMA and UTMA accounts, money market funds, mutual funds, certificates of deposit, stocks, stock options, bonds, other securities, installment and land sale contracts (including mortgages held), commodities, etc.
Note: UGMA and UTMA accounts are considered assets of the student and must be reported as an asset of the student on the FAFSA, regardless of the student's dependency status. Do not include UGMA and UTMA accounts for which you are the custodian but not the owner.
Investments also include qualified educational benefits or education savings accounts such as Coverdell savings accounts, 529 college savings plans and the refund value of 529 prepaid tuition plans.
If you are not required to report parental information and you own (or if married, your spouse owns) any of these qualified educational benefit plans report the current balance of the plan as a student / spouse asset. The amount to be reported for a prepaid tuition plan is the "refund value" of the plan.
Investment value means the current balance or market value of these investments as of the day you submit your FAFSA. Investment debt means only those debts that are related to the investments.
Investments do not include the home in which you (and if married, your spouse) live; cash, savings and checking accounts; the value of life insurance and retirement plans (401[k] plans, pension funds, annuities, non-education IRAs, Keogh plans, etc.).
Student: Income & Asset Protection Allowance
A dependent student's portion of the EFC follows a similar process as the parents, but different protection levels exist as noted below.
Income Protection Allowance- The income protection allowance for students is a flat $6420 regardless of family size or how many students in the household are in college.
US Income Tax Allowance- The amount students pay in federal income taxes decreases the Expected Family Contribution.
Social Security Tax Allowance- The same formula is used as the parents to figure this allowance.
Asset Protection Allowance- The EFC formula aggressively uses reportable student assets to fund college. 20% of a student's assets are figured into the EFC while up to 5.64% of a parents reportable assets may be used. A second major difference between students and parents is the actual limit. Students have a $0 limit on reportable assets that are protected. The opportunity for students focuses on non-reportable assets. 2
Wrap Up:
As you can see, understanding the mechanics of the FAFSA form become complicated quickly. Piling on the tax side complicates the picture even more. Understanding and working with both forms requires a process like the grafting of two trees. After awhile, it is hard to know where one college planning begins and tax planning ends. This is why working with a Certified Financial Planner who understands both areas adds more value to the college planning process.
Next Steps:
- Gather your recent tax returns and FAFSA.
- Make sure all of your data was reported correctly and identify opportunities to further reduce your EFC.
- If the second step becomes too complicated, find a Certified Financial Planner who specializes in college planning.
- Contact me with questions or to set up a one-on-one consultation.


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Abdel Hamid Bouab become Chief of the United Nations, Public Finance and Private Sector Development on 1 June 1995. At the time of his appointment by the Secretary-General, Mr. Bouab had been Chief of Resource Mobilization at the United Nations, since May 1991, Senior Economic Affairs Officer in charge of Public Finance and Enterprise Management, since January 1985 and Economic Affairs Officer in charge of Development Planning Advisory Services and the Division of Public Finance and Financial Institutions from May 1970 until 1985. Prior to his appointment at the United Nations, Mr. Bouab served as a Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Morocco to the United Nations from 1969 to 1970.
Mr. Bouab become the Secretary of numerous United Nations bodies and committees including the Group of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters since 1971, the Group of Experts on Resource Mobilization for Development in 2000, the Group of Experts on Public Accounting and Auditing in 1997, Enterprise Liaison Service and of the Secretary-General drafting Working Group on Financing for Development. He was mandated and reported on the work of these bodies to the United Nations General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council.
Mr. Bouab has had a long association with international affairs as a diplomat, economist, jurist, scholar and widely published author. He has many professional and academic associations related to his background in law, economics, finance, fiscal affairs, governance, public accounting and auditing, corporate governance, international affairs and political science, among them his membership in the Institute of International Affairs, the African Society of Political Studies, the International Fiscal Association, the Council of Executive Secretaries of Tax Organizations, the International Federation of Accountants, the International Association of University Presidents, the New York Academy of Sciences, etc.
Mr. Bouab received a Ph. D. from Toulouse University in 1968. He also received University Diplomas of the Ecole Superieure de Commerce et d'Administration des Entreprises de Toulouse (ESCAET) in 1965, the Institut d'Etudes et des Pays En Voie de Developpement de Toulouse in 1966 and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Toulouse in 1967. Mr. Bouab also received the Certificat d'Etudes Juridiques du Diplome d'Etudes Comptables Superieures (DECS) from Paris University in 1968 and the Certificat d'Etudes Economiques du Diplome d'Etudes Comptables Superieures (DECS) from Paris University in 1968. He is fluent in Arabic, French, English, Spanish and Russian.
Mr. Bouab was born in Fes, Morocco on 13 November 1943. He is married to the former Sigrid Holm-Andersen. They have two children.
Mr. Bouab at the United Nations
Since assuming his responsibilities at the United Nations on 18 May 1970, Mr. Bouab has been actively involved in advancing the work of the Organization on Economic and Social Development. His priority has been to strengthen the work of the Organization in order to enable it to realize the goals of the Charter and the objectives of peace, development and democracy. His work evolved towards reinvigorated and expanded vision of development in an increasingly complex world.
Mr. Bouab approached economic and social development as a process built upon the foundations of peace and democracy, coupled with the optimal management of resources and respect for the environment. In addition to the protection of human rights as an integral part of development, Mr. Bouab's approach focused on meeting the objectives of good governance at both national and international levels, ensuring transparency and accountability in the financial, monetary and trading systems as well as removing obstacles developing and transitional economy countries face in mobilizing the resources needed to finance their sustained development. In short, Mr. Bouab promoted policies and programmes which include:
In implementing these policies and programmes Mr. Bouab worked with Governments, Civil Society, Private Sector and International Organizations on the basis of strategies that include:
During the course of his career, Mr. Bouab worked extensively with and mobilized financial resources for development from multilateral and bilateral Official Development Agencies and private sector organizations such as the World Bank, the IMF, the European Union, the Inter American Development Bank, the French Development Agency, the Canadian International Development Agency, DANIDA, SIDA, etc. Mr. Bouab has also traveled to more than 60 countries to represent the United Nations, offer policy advice, and implement technical assistance programmes. He also participated in meetings with governments and private sector officials, conferences, seminars, training workshops and symposia.
Among other professional and academic activities Mr. Bouab was Professor of Economics, Money & Banking, Financial Management, International Business, International Trade, Comparative Economic Systems at Farleigh Dickinson University and Pace University (1970-88). He also was a member of Pace University's Executive Council (1983-88) and a member of the Executive Committee and Special Advisor to the President of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP). Mr. Bouab is a frequent speaker at universities and corporate institutions on subjects related to the role of the United Nations in the world today, economic and political sciences, globalization and the need for the development of the private sector and reform of the financial sector. He also worked and consulted with central, commercial and investment banks and held directorship positions with Johnson & Johnson Morocco, Budget, Scanner Auto and other corporate organizations.
Mr. Bouab was a member of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development and provided financing and lending to a number of Countries and public and private enterprises; he also worked with and provided managerial consultancy to a number of enterprises such as Shell-Morocco, Compagnie Francaise de Credit et de Banque Toulouse, Banque Nationale de Paris, and Credit Lyonnais in Paris and Toulouse.
Mr. Bouab is the Founding Trustee and President of the Moroccan-American Foundation and the Moroccan-American Healthcare Foundation, both Institutions dedicated to mutual cooperation in the areas of higher education, economic, financial and capital markets development, tourism, technology transfer, healthcare and private sector development.
Mr. Bouab has received awards from several countries, which include Burkina Faso, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, France, Gabon and Russian Federation.


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It is so hard to be happy sometimes. Notice what I said be not feel. I always struggled with this. I wanted to feel happy every day, but rarely decided to be happy.
Feeling happy goes away as quick as the wind blows our way the wrong direction, but being happy is different. When I feel happy is an emotion, but when I'm being happy that means I am content and have joy. Everything may not be going how I want, but I am still enjoying life. Don't we say we want to be happy in life? Most times when things are good we say I feel happy today. Just today? The circumstances are dictating if you are happy or not happy. Happiness is more of the inside than the outside. It is not about what happens, but of what we choose. That is when happiness turns to joy. If we choose to be happy then joy will be your companion. If we let outside circumstances dictate our happiness we will constantly be on an emotional roller coaster of happiness, sadness, disapointment and other feelings that may come. Yes, these come from time to time. Is not like you will be laughing and giggling all the time, but you have a surety inside of you that you still have joy. This is how I can see it.
"…Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength." Nehemiah 8:10b
I always wanted to feel happy and be like many people giggling all the time. I am not like that. I thought something was wrong with me. I learned happiness is a certainty that this life is a gift from God for me to enjoy it. That every day has its challenges, but with God by my side I will face it. Just knowing He will be always by my side no matter what is the best reason to have joy in my life. When I serve God diligently and seek His face the Joy of the Lord becomes my strength in every situation. This is what allows me to not only feel happy, but BE happy in my life.


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