Sunday, July 31, 2011

Quote of the Day

By Ryan Michaels


One of the best methods to lighten up a day or to at least give the person something to anticipate every day is to make certain that they add quote of the day to their e-mail to have something that they can tell their associates and their friends each day. Most people wonder just how they should add the quote of the day to their e-mail list so as to receive these. The better news is that this is rather simple to do and those that are wanting to do this. They're going to find that many sites that are going to have quotes listed on their site are going to permit the person to enroll for a regular email that would email them a random quote every day. So why do folks do this?



The majority that sign on to add a quote of the day to their e-mail mail are quite likely looking for entertainment. For instance, those that add funny quotes to their email inbox are going to get a laugh every day, which is something that the general public believe keeps the individual younger. Nevertheless there are the ones that want to add some insightful guidance into their life, thus they might be adding inspirational or instructional quotes to the email inbox every day. With that being said, there are a couple of things that folks need to realize when they are adding these varieties of quotes to the email mail each day.



First things first, many varieties of email providers are going to label these emails as spam since they're going to be coming from a massive source that's going to be sending out random mails. So as to avoid this, the person must make sure that they're adding the sender to their list of approved e-mails so as to make sure that these emails go to their mail box and not to their junk mail folder. Second, the individual should ensure that when they are enrolling for these quotes to be emailed to them they are only signing up for this. There are too many sites out there that are going to spam the person's mail box with adverts and so forth that will make the person extremely frustrated when having to cope with this kind of thing.



Some final guidance for people to consider when they do this is they may need to consider sharing those quotes they are receiving with others. This is particularly true if the quote is one that's going to brighten the day of someone that they know. This is simple to do since they can simply forward the quote in their inbox to the ones that are listed on their contact list. These quotes are going to be great techniques of spreading a laugh or some much needed inspiring advice for the person. Overall, it's also a great way to show that you're thinking of the person and that you care for them.




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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Featuring Your African American Heritage On Your Bank Checks

By Alan Plastin


Ordering personalized bank checks that contain images of the African American heritage is a unique way of observing and celebrating your culture and traditions. These days, there are a variety of themes available when it comes to making your bank checks distinctively yours. You can find anything from traditional symbols and cultural patterns to images of popular entertainers.

African Americans have a unique history in the United States. Their journey to North American, as a people, has been fraught with strife and obstacles. Despite the hardships that were faced, however, there is a wealth of African Americans who went on to become award-winning writers, inventors, and groundbreaking politicians.

Early African Americans were brought to North America in chains from their native homeland. They were often separated from their families and loved ones and sold at auctions, much like animals. They worked in conditions that were sometimes inhumane and treated with little to no respect.

However, African Americans were a strong people and held a vigor and perseverance. Along with unwavering faith and determination they believed that one day they would have the freedom that they rightfully deserved. In 1863, their first landmark in freedom occurred when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves.

At present, many achievements of distinguishing African Americans are celebrated. A woman who refused to back down, Rosa Parks, was a pioneer in the Civil Rights movement. Peanut butter was invented by George Washington Carver, an agricultural chemist. Early stars like Smokey Robinson, Fats Domino, and the Jackson 5 opened up the way for many other entertainers in rock and roll music.

Today, some of the most important and high-ranking people in our culture are African Americans. A former four-star general, Colin Powell, was the first African American Secretary of State. Oprah Winfrey is one of the wealthiest women in the United States and is an entrepreneur in the entertainment world. Recently, Barack Obama was elected as the first African American president.

Employing African American images in your personal bank checks can allow you to show pride in your culture and heritage. There are also several different themes that are available.

One subject that is popular is the African American heritage theme. These generally contain traditional symbols and ethnic patterns that are customary of Africa. Images of popular entertainers are also popular as a theme choice.

A new form of African American personal checks contains images of Barack Obama. These are also patriotically themed as they have images of the American flag, the bald eagle, and other symbols associated with freedom.

Checks that have images of African American children playing freely can also be found. They are often vintage looking.

If you want to use African American themed checks, it's a good idea to check out prices online before you head to your bank. You can often save 50% by ordering online. On these sites, you can usually order duplicate checks and checkbook covers as well. It generally takes the same amount of time as ordering checks from your local bank.




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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Life's Twists and Turns

By Ram Collins


Each dilemma presents a different kind of issue when faced to various people. One person may find it so easy to fix a certain problem but may be extremely burdensome to another individual.

There are so many questions that remain unanswered until today. Questions like how humanity started triggered a lot of altercations between religion and science. Therefore, knowing which road is the right path also remains unforeseen to many individuals.

So many baffling questions are roaming in this planet. These include the existence of God and how each living creature in the planet evolved. If God is real, why are there so many people suffering while some are bathing on their riches? If man did evolve from a primate to a homo sapien, who could explain Jesus walking on earth.

These questions are just few of those outlandish things that we have encountered and it is guaranteed that more unpredictable issues will be arriving soon. Indeed, life can surely be mercurial. Certain events can turn the tables to 180 such as a person who suffered an unexplainable death. How about America who was crushed by a surprise attack from the Japanese during the Pearl Harbor?

Events like the Hurricanes, have humbled us, and showed us how vulnerable we are to things we can't avoid. Our entire economy is built on Oil, and we are feeling the effects of the instability in the Oil world. Will the next war be over oil. Was the last one?

The list of unanswered questions goes on. Why does America only have a limited percentage of oil reserves when they are considered to be the world's largest oil consumer? Why can't the Persian Gulf bring the entire oil on the surface if they are standing on big amount of oil? With these questions, many people would ask if what life is truly all about.

Finally with so many questions with no answers, a lot of individuals find it cynical if we can survive in this world for another century.




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Assessing Your Self-Realizations

By Jane Claire


It is a common occurrence when we do reckless things as we grow up. We look like a naive person who doesn't know what he's doing.

Winston Churchill wrote: "Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on as though nothing has happened."

We humans, in searching for success and happiness, have several great loves. One is the love of discovering new things. New places... new people... new ideas... they fascinate us.

As we all know, problems will never cease to exist in our everyday lives. Therefore, another thing that we would learn to love is to find the perfect solution to our problems, most especially those that can greatly perturb us.

Changes are also those that we love and even those future occurrences that we can anticipate. Discomfort tends to take place in our lives once we feel something awkward. This can confuse us and we can't do anything about it.

This is where we try our best to use our body to handle the changes. We do our very best to solve any problems whilst still maintaining on where we are standing.

Delving more on what Churchill said, every individual will always be more comfortable on his current situation. This habit will never fade out in our lives.

This is where we begin to wonder on how we can break that habit that we have been practicing for eternity.

In layman's term, just change it like a regular habit.

Being aware of what we are doing is the first step that we should take. Of course, how can we change something if we don't even know what it is.

No one would ever want his realization on life to just go away. This is something that no one would ever prefer.

If so, it's best to concentrate on that realization and delve on it more to hold on to it.

Don't let old habits rob you of the treasure you've found.

And that's exactly how you can stop yourself from stumbling over a truth and then continuing on as though it never happened.




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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Youthful Humanitarians

By Chester L. Martinez


Charity is something that invokes concord and progress in society. Being a humanitarian is probably more involved than throwing some money at an aid organization. I recently discovered that the original meaning of the word philanthropy is the love of humanity. I presume devotion to fellow man also means desiring to encourage mankind.

On a fundamental plane, we are each united in our society, and that's what altruism demonstrates. It can drive home the idea that we can aid ourselves when we aid others. It's teamwork at its best, as we realize our collective promise, one person at a time.

It seems to be an emergent movement, too. There seems to be a growth in young philanthropists that emphasize value of life and humanistic efforts. Recently I saw a story about Sara Bronfman, who focuses on making and supporting altruistic groups. Who knows why youthful folks tend to aspire to philanthropy? Is it due to advances in tech and the Internet specifically, that causes people to be more cognizant of world problems? No matter the cause, one thing is for sure: one good deed motivates another good deed; it is really catching on.

Other modern philanthropists consist of Paul Newman, the co-founder of Newman's own. He built his business with health and philanthropy in mind, and has contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to thousands of charities since the company started in 1982. One other person who has offered countless money to humanitarian associations is Warren Buffet.

But are these humanitarian deeds useless? Philanthropic efforts certainly give support to the world, but does the support continue over time? Is it at all likely that a philanthropic effort can influence humankind enduringly? As humankind is continually presented with difficulties, these are the issues that recent altruists cope with. What can we do as a collective group to not only aid the immediate hardships around us, but to empower in the process? We must determine what kind of help would empower the disadvantaged the most. Giving a person the ability to take care of himself while taking care of his immediate need is the best method, in my opinion. There happen to be a lot of altruistic associations that aid in teaching someone how to take care of himself and to develop a particular skill set. Of all philanthropic efforts, it is these that will cause a lasting effect on humanity.




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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Short Prom Dresses Are The Way To Go

By Neene Baker


Fashion is a fickle creature, it changes and is affected by so many factors that a fad can last just a few weeks only to be replaced by another. Look through the many styles that we have seen through the years and you will see a pace of change that is both furious and eccentric. In recent memory, we have come from shoulder pads to metal chains to lighted shirts to throwback fashion in a spin cycle of trends.

High school is such a formative part of our lives. We find ourselves and develop our look as we go through the awkward phase of puberty. We grow out of cartoon character shirts and develop our aesthetic foundations here.

There are many opportunities that this phase offers us in terms of dressing up. More than the lessons we learned, we look back at the social functions that we attended like formals and the parties. We sometimes thumb through the photos of ourselves back then and laugh at how "hideous" we looked in the dresses that did not drape our gangling bodies well. But look closely at those pictures, for the younger you was still trying to find your look and you can see hints of it there.

If there is one big event that we dressed to the hilt for, it was our prom night. Today, the in thing is to have short prom dresses. Because we live in a much more liberal time, we see that the dresses that are worn in these functions have used less and less material. Getting the best prom dress can be definitive of your high school life.

Another social event that happens in our school is the homecoming party. We pick out prom dresses for that very special night. A night to look back at our past and meet the new and improved versions of our peers.

These two very distinct pieces of clothing tell a lot about our personalities. How we look and our sense of style is derived from these special moments where we learned a lot. Many people may say that the focus we put on aesthetic is shallow and unimportant, but we know better. Though what we wear does not define us, it tells people of who we are.




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Saturday, July 23, 2011

The Bible's Inspiration Has Been Asserted By The Church, Philosophers, And Scholars

By John Girardeau


The Christian Bible places itself in the attitude of a witness at the court of human reason by asserting its own inspiration. This claim, like that provided by any respectable witness in regard to significant matters, deserves examination and challenges attention.

The Bible is as much a fact as the phenomenal testimony of the heavens and of the earth, while the inferences which are derived from it are of significantly greater consequence than those which are deduced from the facts of physical nature. It is completely unscientific to treat the Bible with contempt.

The Bible claims to authoritatively handle all the questions of morality and religion. Indeed, it claims to be the universe of religious and moral truth. No scientific inquirer can pass by its astonishing assertions, as the mere offspring of zealotry and the result of delusion, without violating the spirit and method of science itself.

Serious thinkers in every age have directed their attention to the question of its inspiration, and they will continue to do so.

It has been the uniform testimony of the church universal that the Bible is inspired of God. This undeniable fact demands scrutiny. This has been the position of both Jews and Christians. Granted that this fact does not afford irrefragable proof of the inspiration of the Scriptures, it merits consideration.

It would ill comport with the candor and modesty of philosophy and science to treat this mass of testimony with scorn, to look upon this innumerable host of witnesses as having been misguided enthusiasts, the victims of imposture and fraud.

It were a superfluous task to show that the divine inspiration of the Bible has been the faith of scholars, philosophers and scientific men, and not alone of a countless multitude who have adorned the ordinary walks of life with every noble virtue, and illuminated the gloom of death by the splendor of a triumphant exultation.

The questions this issue has developed have given rise to a more voluminous body of literature than any other particular subject which has occupied the energies of the human mind, and this history is greater than that of any secular empire that has ever thrived on the earth. In this respect, we are compelled to face the question of inspiration. (Adapted from "Discussions of Theological Questions" by John Girardeau.)




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