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Unmarried women living in Beijing are under great pressure to find husbands. That pressure has created a burgeoning industry in rental boyfriends, especially around holiday seasons when they go home to the countryside to visit their families. Boyfriends cost about a month’s salary for a visit home posing…

On October 13, 2012 Los Angeles experienced a once in a lifetime opportunity. It was the space shuttle Endeavor transported southbound on Crenshaw Blvd and then eastbound on Martin Luther King Blvd. The crowds were enormous and people came from miles around. Many slept in their cars overnight to experience…

Bao Lulin works in a restaurant in Guizho, China. Customers were forever asking her why she didn’t recognize them. She began to feel there was something wrong with her. Too many people were certain they knew her. Then she discovered why. She had an identical twin sister from whom she had been separated…

One of the most devoted fan bases in consumer culture history are Nintendo fans. They have anxiously received every piece of hardware and software the gaming company creates. Every five years or so, Nintendo releases a new gaming system This time, the hotly anticipated game system codenamed “Project…

The truth is that, often, we want to be anything but a shepherd. And, by the way, that’s often what our people want to. In 1875, the following want add appeared in the Milwaukee Sentinel Wanted- A rector for St. James' Church. He must possess all Christian graces and a few worldly ones; must have such…

PRAYER Do you consider “no” an appropriate answer to a question? Then why do we refer to a prayer that God says “no” to an unanswered prayer? In Sacred Pathways, Gary Thomas writes, “To demand that God answer all our prayers with a “yes” is to ask for his omnipotence (power) without having the benefit…

The novel Hold Tight The Thread, by Jane Kirkpatrick is an historical fictionalization centering on the lives of real people living in the Pacific Northwest during the 1840s. The book explores the forces acting on individuals due to the interplay of French, Native American, English, and American cultures…

EXPECTATIONS What effect do unreasonable expectations have on people? Do they motivate them to excel or do they discourage them? A group of psychologists recently conducted a study to find the answer to these questions. They gathered a group of undergraduate students to see if they would perform at different…

"As one education expert put it, 'Our current ceiling for students is really much closer to where the floor ought to be.' " Source: Harris, Alex & Brett, Do Hard Things, Multnomah Books, (Portland OR) p. 36

Why I Changed My Mind About Getting Married http://lifestyle.sympatico.msn.ca/ !! There is one really good reason to marry the one you love. I came of age without succumbing to many visions of white gowns, flowers and a tall, dark and handsome husband. In fact, when the other little girls were putting…

People don’t walk away from a job; they walk away from a manager. The best way to build loyalty is by making an effort to know people at a personal level. Find common interests and build bridges into their world. Understand what makes them tick. Reward their successes. Appreciate each person in a way…

As one education expert put it, “Out current ceiling for students is really much closer to where the floor ought to be.” Harris, Alex & Brett, Do Hard Things, Multnomah Books, Portland, OR. Page 36

For all of us, expectations are a self-fulfilling prophecy. In the words of Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right.” Harris, Alex & Brett, Do Hard Things, Multnomah Books, Portland, OR. Page 41