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Easter thoughts: What ever was the son of God thinking at the time of his crucifixion?

Easter is a time where we celebrate to commemorate the resurrection of our lord Jesus Christ. People all over the world of different cultures celebrate this miraculous rising. The season of spring is a time for new beginnings – new life. Nature`s beauty bounces back with lush jade privets – leafy trees in forty shades of green and flowers in full bloom. What with the lord Jesus Christ and new plant growth then who are we to disbelieve in the fact that there is life after death.

Easter thoughts: What ever was the son of God thinking at the time of his crucifixion?

Remember the lord by rejoicing – make this Easter extra special by sending close friends and family a Happy Card personalized with your own Easter thoughts put into words. Remember Easter is a time for forgiveness.

Remember the lord by baking a cake – pipe cream an Easter thought onto the sweet confection. Light 12 candles. You can donate this offering to the local chapel as a way of thanking Jesus Christ for coming back to watch over us. Remember Easter is a time for forgiveness.

Easter thoughts: What ever was the son of God thinking at the time of his crucifixion?

Remember the lord by throwing a dinner party – ask each guest to bring along a candle. Have the guests light the candle just as you are about to say grace thanking the lord for what you are about to receive. Remember Easter is a time for forgiveness.

Remember the lord with a prayer gathering among friends and family to let Jesus Christ know that he is in your thoughts at Easter. Remember Easter is a time for forgiveness.

Remember the lord by the giving of goodwill gestures. Easter time does not change situations in famine stricken countries nor for the abused child. Killings still continue with acts of terrorism which is a major concern spreading like an epidemic among loyalists. You can help by including these unfortunate people in the way of a donation as your Easter goodwill gesture – a couple of coppers to the campaign charities involved with fighting a good cause for peace can make a lot of difference to the starving and the abused.

We all feel saddened by Jesus Christ and his tortured passing but you can not turn back the clock. What is that true saying? you can not put a good man down and how very true are those words that were spoken.

Easter thoughts: What ever was the son of God thinking at the time of his crucifixion?

Forgive them for they know not what they do.

Peace and tranquility is all the lord ever wanted. Another way of finding this is by yoga practice.www.want2yoga.com Easter gifts for babies www.little-babyonline.com

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Planning a wedding can be stressful and very time consuming project. Hiring wedding coordinators can also allow the soon-to-be bride and groom with a lot of free time to plan the rest of their lives together.

The bride and groom should both meet with the wedding coordinator so that he/she can get to know you as a couple and speak with you about your wishes for the big day. Coordinators will often convey their ideas during the first meeting and they may also go over a few pricing plans. The most important thing to keep in mind is to spend within your means. It’s tempting to go overboard and order the biggest cake, the prettiest flowers and forget all about the price. But, after the wedding is over and the cake is gone, the bills will still be there. So, set a budget and speak with the coordinator about your guidelines. Let them know that you already have an amount that you wish to spend and ask if he/she can put together a nice, memorable wedding ceremony according to your budget.

Wedding coordinators take care of every detail, including booking the location, catering, ordering the wedding cake, designing and ordering the invitations, ordering and arranging flowers, seating guests, etc. After hiring a wedding coordinator, the only thing that is really required of the bride and groom are to get their tuxedo and gown and arrive on time, ready to say “I do.” It’s important to enjoy being engaged rather than spending that time combing through thousands of details and trying to make sure everything is handled properly.

A wedding should be about the bride and groom, their own personal taste and wishes. Coordinators need to know what you want for the big day so that they can make it happen in a way that will be memorable for both of you. A wedding should be a personal event that reflects upon both individuals. If she likes romance, perhaps a Valentine’s Day wedding is in order. If he likes sports, perhaps the marriage proposal was made at a sports arena and the reception somehow incorporates his love of athletics. Discuss individual interests with each other before relaying them to the coordinator. Put your heads together and come up with something that you both will enjoy.

Of course, hiring a coordinator does not mean that the bride and groom will be closed off from the decision making process. In fact, it’s just the opposite. Both individuals will be very much involved in the selection of flowers, the design and wording of invitations, the design of the wedding cake, the location and time of the wedding, etc. The main difference being that, with the help of wedding coordinators, the bride and groom only make the decisions and do not have to worry themselves with finalizing all of the details. There will be plenty of decisions that need making in the years ahead, so it’s ok to just enjoy each other for now.

Cynthia has 11 years of experience as a published writer. At age 28, her work has already appeared in many national magazines. Her subjects range from wedding content to celebrity interviews. In 1997, Cynthia earned her paralegal degree while maintaining a writing career.

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A good example of putting in practice what you preach is the way IT departments of UK local authorities have been managing their business continuity planning, says Philip Caulfield, the Managing Director of Adam Continuity.

In a recent survey conducted by the company to map the disaster management trends at local authorities, it was revealed that almost 65% of IT managers in the local authorities feel that business continuity is of prime importance to the council. This can also be seen in the professional way in which they plan and manage their disaster recovery systems. Nearly 67% of the local authorities used a mix of internal and external agents for their disaster recovery solutions, while the other 33% fully outsource the support.

The study concluded that the local authorities in the UK consider data management and back-up as extremely important and hence, set high standards for disaster recovery planning. Almost all the IT professionals surveyed said that IT disaster recovery procedures had been rehearsed at their local authority at least once in the last 2 years, and three-fourths had reviewed their disaster recovery support in the last one year.

The IT professionals participating in the survey gave business continuity top importance with respect to the council’s business. However, almost 75% of the respondents felt that the councillors did not share their belief that business continuity was so critical. This observation is further supported by the fact that people responsible for business continuity feel that more financial support is needed to make their systems more robust.

For a range of specialist training such as risk assessment for fire contact the experts at Workplace Law Training.

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Copyright 2006 Rod Rogers

Even if you boldly teach biblical principles of stewardship year after year, as I did, you will still experience an occasional church giving crisis. What do you do when your giving begins to plummet?

If you’re like many pastors, you probably pray harder and offer a brief reminder to your congregation to be faithful in their giving. In most cases this does not fix the problem. It certainly never worked for me.

After many years of fumbling around, I finally figured out that I should address poor giving as I would any other problem in the church: by taking the lead to determine the cause, to clearly explain that cause to my people, and to challenge them to do what they should to solve it.

Here are three steps you can take to solve any giving crisis:

1. Check the giving records to discover the cause. Your offerings haven’t shrunk for some mysterious or mystical reason. They have dropped because some of your people have failed to give as they should. Have your church treasurer examine the giving records and tell you what changes he sees in your people’s giving patterns. You don’t necessarily need to know the names of those whose giving is sliding; but you do need to know if a large donor has stopped giving, or if ten families who regularly tithe have given a much smaller amount than normal.

2. Directly address the issue with your congregation. Clearly explain the nature of the problem (“We are $1,500 behind each month”) and its causes (“Five members gave nothing last month,” or “Twelve families significantly decreased their giving the last four weeks”). You can do this in a matter of fact way without singling anyone out and without scolding or shaming your people.

3. Challenge your church family to do what they should to fix the problem. I always took the position that poor giving was not primarily the pastor’s problem (assuming I was giving obediently), but that it was a crisis our entire church family should own. It was their responsibility to give to overcome the crises that they had created. Therefore, I would boldly challenge them to do what they should to keep our finances stable. For example, here is an actual letter I sent to our members and regular attendees on October 20, 1999, about a giving crisis we were in.

Dear Friend, I’m writing to you, a part of our church family, to let you know our offerings have been down in the last couple of months. This has created a budget problem we must not ignore.

Here are the pertinent figures: * July – $910.00 under budget * August – $42.00 under budget * September – $2,397.00 under budget (Here’s where things got real serious.) * October – $1,297.00 under budget (so far)

Since our new budget year began on July 1, we have fallen behind by $4,646.00. If this trend continues we will find ourselves in deep trouble soon, since our budget contains no “fluff.”

How do I explain this deficit? It’s not due to anything mysterious or mystical. It is explained by the following facts: * Three members (who committed to giving 10% in their membership covenant) have not given anything for four or more months. * One member has not given anything for two months. * Three members have not given their usual tithe amount, but have significantly decreased their giving, for two to four months. (This doesn’t include one member family who has been unemployed for several months–but who is still giving!). * Five regularly attending families/individuals have decreased their giving from their usual amount for two to four months.

These giving decreases account for approximately $4,000.00 of our $4,646.00 deficit. As your pastor I am asking you to please prayerfully evaluate your giving to see if you are acting as a faithful steward of God’s money. And if you have been sloppy in your giving, please consider making up what you have missed!

Of course, if you have had a financial crisis which accounts for your decreased giving, we understand, and would love to be able to pray, assist, and encourage you. Just let us know!

No one likes to have to talk about money, but I just thought you should know what’s going on. You have been a wonderfully giving congregation for many years, so I have confidence you will do what you can to help meet our current need. Please be praying with shameless persistence for our offerings to increase to meet our financial needs.

I love you,

Pastor Rod

Our people responded well to this letter and our giving was back on track in a few months.

When you fall into a giving crisis, don’t ignore it and hope it will go away. Get the facts, share them with your congregation, and challenge them to do what’s right. In most cases they will.

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Your wedding flowers cover all button holes, all the bouquets, the decoration in the church, reception venue, and top table centerpiece if appropriate. So you can see it covers quite a large part of the decoration of the day.

You may want the flowers to co-ordinate with your colorscheme and today flowers can come in almost any color and can be dyed to match your colorscheme exactly.

Wedding flower ideas come all sorts of shapes and sizes and can be very fancy or very simple, they can be very grand or elegant and your wedding flower ideas can reflect your personality.

Many people like to decorate the venue for the service whether it be a church, city hall or outside and flowers are ideal for all of these locations.

In a church the seating arrangement can provide an ideal foil for wedding flowers to be drapped along often producing a very romantic atmosphere, ideal for your special day!

In a more official setting then stands can be used to support any arrangements that you like or an arch can be decorated to great effect.

Outside generally you will require something to support the flowers much like in the more official setting however thought should be given to any effect the wind may have on your displays!!

Where ever you decide to hold the ceremony is would be wise to check what arrangements can be made for your own wedding flower ideas just incase there are guidelines that require to be followed.

Lorna Mclaren has a website with infomation on where to buy all accessories for your perfect day http://www.a1-ourwedding.com.

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Acquiring Bikinis for girls could be one of the most nice things guys could achieve – but also one of the most worrying and unsafe present to get for a present.

Bear in mind it’s not for you, but hers. Stay away from leather, PVC, or French Maid outfit, decide for something silky or lacey and you’ll be OK.

Don’t try to estimate your lady’s dimension, preferred type Unfortunately, women don’t use S, medium, large, and extra large sizes similar to male. Do your enquiries firstly. Hang around in anticipation of she set off and then raid her pants drawer.

Attempt to locate things with the tag in it and take notes of the colours and designs she enjoyes. Take into account that trimmings like cord and ornaments can be tasteful and sexy if you be knowledgeable about what your lady likes. I established that my other half likes bikini underwear. I thought bikini were just for the beach.

Bikini sets instead can be effectively any body-hugging skimpy, or transparent underwear that presents less coverage to the midsection than customary undergarment, panties or knickers. In effect Bikini lingerie mimes what you appreciate on the coastline. Check this sexy mens thongs from HOM, Ginch Gonch, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger.

The bikini turned out to be a US$811 million business yearly and it’s perhaps the on the whole trendy woman swimsuit around the globe because of the recipe of the women’s power and fashion.

It is a very old innovation. Two-piece clothing worn by lady for sport purposes are shown on Greek pots and images dating back to 1400 Before Christ.

An old artwork identified “Bikini Girls” dating back to the Diocletian time (286-305 AD) in Sicily shows 10 girls in mosaics on the floor.

In Pompeii there are also quite a few demonstrations of the Roman goddess Venere dressed in a beachwear.

The recent beachwear start off to come into sight over again at the beginning of last century, when Annette Kellerman was arrested on a Boston seaside for having a form-fitting swimsuit that turn out to be accepted costume for women by early 1900.

The up to date bikini was created by French engineer Louis Réard after world war two and was an amazement when it became visible on French shorelines a few years after. He named it after Lingerie Atoll in the Pacific ocean, the location of a atomic bomb test on 37073 in 1946. His idea was that the burst of excitement created by it would be like a nuclear device.

As regards of acquiring Lingerie for presents, consider that most structures will efficiently gift wrap your purchase for you if you demand for a little cost and it is well worth paying a bit extra for. And I suggest to store the receipt – just in case.

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The healthcare industry call an enlarged prostate gland benign prostate hyperplasia, or BPH. In simple terms this means the prostate, a mass which wraps around the urethra and is located under the bladder, grows bigger and may impair and even stop the stream of urine. The prostatic gland grows as the years pass and may cause complaints for example urination troubles, weak urinary stream, and even urinary retention. Frequent micturition during the night and even recurrent urinary tract infections are some other problems that can arise due to a swollen prostate gland.

BPH – What Does that Mean? Prostatic enlargement is supposed to be one of the more frequent problems of men in their sixties. Annual exams are urged for each man over 50, even should no problems seem to be observed, to aid in maintenance of better prostatic wellness. Inability to pass water or the presence of blood in the urine is a signal to look for medical treatment immediately.

Conventional therapies for Benign Prostate Hyperplasia can include surgery and medicines. Regrettably, surgical procedures may lead to further symptoms some of which are erectile dysfunction or even inability to control urination. An alpha blocker or medicines which reduce the affected prostate gland are often suggested to improve prostate gland function, but medications often have undesirable repercussions. So which options are recommended?

Prostate Gland Enlargment Symptoms? Natures’s Way to Gain Improve Prostate Wellness: — To help in the relief of the symptoms caused by prostate gland enlargement and also to promote improved prostate gland fitness, a few treatments are suggested. Swelling is eased by the remedy Afican pygeum, allowing a reduction of the more irritating symptoms. A product of the fruit of an evergreen tree native to Africa, African pygeum has been prescribed regularly by the Europeans as a holistic formula for better prostatic health. Dietary changes such as cutting back the ingestion of fat can improve symptoms, so will excercising more frequently, frequency of ejaculations to ease pressure in the prostate, it is also useful to avoid sitting for an extended period period. Problems are often aggravated thru the consumption of antihistamines and decongestant drugs purchased over the counter, so please take them with caution. Cut back on caffeinated drinks and additionally alcohol consumption, and don’t drink within a few hours of going to bed to cut down night time toilet trips.

Prostate function may be also respond to other natural remedies e.g. saw palmetto extract, starflower oil capsules, selenium, and lycopene, which can be found in tomatoes. Please check with your healthcare professional prior to setting out on the natural treatment of a swollen prostate.

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Did you know that your back cover information is, after the cover, the best way to sell more books? And, that most authors, emerging and experienced, miss this opportunity to engage more potential buyers?

Your book’s front cover and sizzling title must impress your buyers in four-eight seconds. If they like it, they will spend ten or so seconds on your back covera great opportunity to convince them that your book is necessary for their success.

Does your back cover pass the test?

Best Solutions to the Biggest Mistakes

1. Mistake: Too many non-powerful words and too busy to have a focus.

Solutions: A back cover of 6 by 9 inches should have fewer than 70 words. Use sound bites; picture and emotional words; benefits, not features; and testimonials to capture your readers’ attention to keep your message focused. Make every word count and be willing to get five-fifteen edits.

2. Mistake: Too much superfluous material on it such a long author’s bio or large photo. Potential buyers want to know how the book will help them, teach them a skill, or entertain them.

Solutions: Print only a one or two-line bio on the back cover. Put your photo and more bio on the inside of the back cover. Omit features such as format information, which belong in the mini sales letter short introduction.

Connect with your buyer emotionally with specific, powerful ad copy. For self-help books use bullets with specific benefits, and enough of the right kind of testimonials to sell your book in under 15 seconds. For fiction, modify to include a startling scene with snappy including a bit of plot, and maybe a powerful quote. Use bookstore models to assist you.

3. Mistake: Repeating the book’s title at the top of the back cover.

Solutions: Since your potential buyers already know the title and are stimulated enough to look at the back cover, hook them with an emotional question or headline that gives them the #one benefit of your book.

Create a “Hot Headline” that compels your reader to buy. Notice the headlines in your newspaper. Visit your bookstore and notice other best selling authors’ headlines. “What’s So Tough About Writing?” by wordsmith Richard Lederer, author of The Write Way; “Imagine Being an Author,” in Dan Poynter’s Writing Nonfiction; or “To Age is Natural…To Grow Old is Not! In Rico Caveglia’s Ageless Living.

4. Mistake: Omitting testimonials.

Solutions: Testimonials sell more books than any other information on the back cover. Put at least three up. Contact a variety of people. Use one from a top professional in your field, one from a satisfied reader, one from a celebrity who cares about your topic, and one from a top media person. These can be local contacts.

In her book, A Kick in Your Inspiration, Ruth Cleveland got one testimonial from an ex convict! Jacqueline Marcell, author of Elder Rage, took eight months to get forty testimonials from celebrities. Her book is endorsed by: Steve Allen, Ed Asner, Dr. Dean Edell, Dr. John Gray, Dr. Nancy Snyderman/ABC, Regis Philbin. Jacqueline Bisset, and Phyllis Diller.

Worth the effort? Yes, because in April 2001, she made the cover of the AARP Bulletin distributed to over 35 million readers. It included a feature story, some how-tos and contacts and pictures of the author and her book. She had to dance fast, and order 10,000 books to get distributed by the time the piece came out. After it came out, she was inundated with speaking engagements. There’s a problem you might love to have!

After you write several books and become rich and famous, you, like other professionals, will fill your back cover with testimonials. You won’t even need to add benefits, because people have already bought your other books and liked them.

Potential buyers will purchase when they see people they trust and know recommend the book. Besides filling the back cover with testimonials, you may want to even add extra testimonials in the front pages of the book. The more testimonials, the better!

If you are unsure how to ask for testimonials the easy way, contact a professional book coach.

5. Mistake. Independent publishers submitting galleys to reviewers, distributors, and wholesales without ANY back cover information.

Solutions: “Make the back cover your first area of concern,” says Susan Howard, Director of Consulting Services at top publishing firm, The Jenkins Group Inc., who write “The Publishing Connection” She adds, “Waiting for testimonials is generally the reason the back cover of a galley is left blank. Failure to realize the value of the back cover seems to equate with the failure to realize that the text for the finished back cover can always be changed before the printing of the book.”

It’s important for writers to “market while they write” with the “Essential Hot-Selling Points”– To make each part of their book sell copies. The book’s back cover is all-important.

Judy Cullins ©2004 All Rights Reserved.

Judy Cullins, 20-year Book and Internet Marketing Coach works with small business people who want to make a difference in people’s lives, build their credibility and clients, and make a consistent life-long income. Author of 10 eBooks including “Write your eBook Fast,” “The Fast and Cheap Way to Explode Targeted Web Traffic,” and “Create your Web Site With Marketing Pizzazz,” she offers free help through her 2 monthly ezines, “The Book Coach Says…” and “Business Tip of the Month” at http://www.bookcoaching.com/opt-in.shtml and over 165 free articles. Email her at mailto:Judy@bookcoaching.com.

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In every country, culture and religion, weddings are an occasion of joy in which family and friends get together to celebrate and wish for a great life ahead full of hope and faith for the newlyweds. Because weddings are celebratory in nature, music, dance and songs have always held a special place in such ceremonies.

The music and songs played at any wedding sets the stage and the mood for the wedding and the reception thereafter. The style of the wedding plays an important role in the songs that are played. Also the place where the wedding is held, influences and helps decide the kind of songs to be played. For example, if the marriage is in a church, there are bound to be restrictions. Hence one has to pick and choose from a list of songs that the particular church allows to be played at the wedding. Any particular songs that the bride and the groom may want should be discussed with the cleric prior to the wedding day.

There are various musical choices that can be played during weddings. They range from the classical to the contemporary, and can be played from recordings or by live performers. Each choice has a different feel, and sets a different mood for the wedding. What one choses to play at a wedding depends on the mood that has to be set. If the couple wants a solemn mood, then they can choose classical or traditional music. However, contemporary wedding songs or live performers will help to create a lively atmosphere.

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Heard about the Child Trust Fund? A markedly

small number of parents seem to know about the fact that all newborn children get a free £250 voucher from the the State to invest. Your son or daughter’s vouchercan be invested in any one of threetypes of CTF account, Stakeholder – a shares-based account that switchesinto cash, a savings account or a shares account. It is an excellent way to save needs of a child

Scottish Friendly is an approved provider of the Child Trust Fund Voucher. The State is eager for the public to have access to Stakeholder accounts and this is the form of account that we provide. This means that:

Investments are saved into Scottish Friendly’s Managed Growth Fund, which seeks to provide good growth potential
It invests in part in shares to take advantage of potentially higher returns over 18 years,compared to a cash deposit account (although the value of shares canfall as well as go up whereas capital would be protected in a deposit account)
It is available with a low ‘Stakeholder’ funds charge of just 1.5% per year
At age 18 the child will get a lump sum, wholly free of Capital Gains and Income Tax under current legislation
It’s affordable – extra payments can be placed in the account from only £10

An interesting feature of the Child Trust Fund is that anyone – parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, friends – may add to the Fund to a ceiling of £1,200 per year to help boost the child’s Fund (once added, this money cannot be withdrawn).

All this means our Stakeholder account offers a good balance between potentially high returns and a lower level of risk. There’s also the extra assurance that our account complies with the Government’s stakeholder criteria. Nonetheless this does not mean that returns are assured or that Stakeholder accounts are appropriate for everyone. Remember that the value of shares in the Managed Growth Fund (where your Child Trust Fund money is held) can go down as well as go up and isn’t guaranteed.

Only infants born on or after 1st September 2002 are allowed to start up a Child Trust Fund. If you have children born before the {1st of September 2002 who are not eligible you could contemplate investing for them with a Child Bond – it’s a tax-free savings plan looking for long-term growth. There can be no doubt that saving for your children is a sound means of preparing for tomorrow.

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