"For the third autumn in a row I am pleased to be harvesting my shower sponge for next year. Now I know that must sound like a strange statement but it’s true. Many people are surprised when they find out I grow my own Luffa sponges. “Don’t those come from the sea?”, is the standard question to which I respond that the Luffa is a vegetable you can grow in your very own garden."
Huge list of 100 item - here are a few.
1. Make your employees come in on their days off even when you know there is no real work to be done.
2. Call them when they are on vacation, not unless the office has burned down, in which case the call is moot anyway.
3. Be biased, play favorites or show partisanship when dealing with your subordinates.
4. Hog your employees’ limelight, or more specifically, take credit for ideas that are not yours.
5. Monitor every aspect of your employees’ work. Peering over their shoulders every few minutes, or worse, hooking up hidden nanny cameras to spy on them in your absence is as good as wearing a sandwich board saying “Hate me, I deserve it”. Remember, just as a watched pot never boils, an over-supervised employee’s creativity and productivity are stifled.
EcoWorld, November 19, 2006
General Motors has announced plans to sell a serial hybrid car, with a prototype available early next year.
A serial hybrid means that the car has two engines, but only one engine is connected directly to the drive train, hence it is a "serial" hybrid.
It is less complex than conventional hybrid cars, because only the electric motor, with its huge range of usable RPM, is connected to the drivetrain.
Another huge advantage is that serial hybrid cars have their second motor, a small, ultra-low-emission gas or diesel engine, connected to a generator to recharge the battery pack while the car is being driven. By doing this, a cheaper and more reliable battery pack can be used, and there is no need for a complex heat management system.
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"ABSTRACT This is not your father's fusion reactor! Forget everything you know about conventional thinking on nuclear fusion: high-temperature plasmas, steam turbines, neutron radiation and even nuclear waste are a thing of the past. Goodbye thermonuclear fusion; hello inertial electrostatic confinement fusion (IEC), an old idea that's been made new. While the international community debates the fate of the politically-turmoiled $12 billion ITER (an experimental thermonuclear reactor), simple IEC reactors are being built as high-school science fair projects."Dr. Robert Bussard, former Asst. Director of the Atomic Energy Commission and founder of Energy Matter Conversion Corporation (EMC2) is presenting to Google. Dr Bussard is in need of $200 Million to produce a full size Fusion reactor using a style of fusion abandoned by most researchers 20 years ago. But Dr. has been working with a team quietly and without publication for 17 years attempting to make the technology viable.
| When: | Saturday 11/18/2006 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
| Where: | Lobo Theater |
by Jim Clayton
'The sheep are never so safe from the wolf as when they are near the shepherd.' - Charles Spurgeon
Fast Facts: Although 90% of Americans say they pray (60% say they pray every day), the ways they pray vary significantly, according to pollster George Barna. Two out of three unchurched Americans (63%) pray regularly, but only one out of three (34%) is sure that praying makes any difference. In contrast, nearly 70% of the 'born-again' respondents think God personally responds to their prayers."
Regardless of the accountability questions you choose, the last question should be "Have you been truthful about everything we have discussed?" There will be times when that question is necessary, and true accountability demands it.
- Have you spent time with God on a regular basis?
- Have you compromised your integrity in any way?
- Has your thought life been pure?
- Have you committed any sexual sin?
- How much time did you spend in prayer this week?
- Did you pray for the others in this group?
- Did you put yourself in an awkward situation with a woman?
- What one sin plagued your walk with God this week?
- Did you accomplish your spiritual goals this week?
- Are you giving to the Lord's work financially?
- How have you demonstrated a servant's heart?
- Do you treat your peers and coworkers as people loved by God?
- What significant thing did you do for your wife and/or family?
- What was your biggest disappointment? How did you decide to handle it?
- What was your biggest joy? Did you thank God?
- What do you see as your number one need for next week?
- Are you satisfied with the time you spent with the Lord this week?
- Did you take time to show compassion for others in need?
- Did you control your tongue?
- What did you do this week to enhance your relationship with your spouse and/or child(ren)?
- Did you pray and read God's Word this week? What did you derive from this time?
- I what ways have you stepped out in faith since we last met?
- I what ways has God blessed you this week? And what disappointments consumed your thoughts this week?
- Did you look at a woman in the wrong way?
- How have you been tempted this week? How did you respond?
- How has your relationship with Christ been changing?
- Did you worship in church this week?
- Have you shared your faith this week? How?
- What are you wrestling with in your thought life?
- What have you done for someone else this week?
- Are the "visible" you and the "real" you consistent?
With the 2006 World Rock Paper Scissors Championships coming up in November in Toronto and $10,000.00 on the line (not to mention bragging rights of being able to call yourself "World Champion of RPS"), trying to get some sort of edge on your competition is becoming a focal point for a lot of players.
His Presences in Crisis - Rapid Response Training
Posted: Friday, November 03, 2006Calvary of Albuquerque is pleased to partner with Billy Graham Evangelical Association in the training and deployment of Chaplains to offer hope through Jesus Christ to those who are affected by man-made or natural disaster.
SIGN UP ONLINE!
Individuals signing up for our Rapid Response Teams will be trained to assess disaster incidents for the appropriate response and recovery services in the following capacities:
- They will assist First Responders and displaced families.
- They will provide emotional and spiritual care to support personnel and will facilitate resources for police, fire, EMS, pastoral, and other First Responders, as well as displaced families, with the goal of stabilizing needed services in response to any particular incident.
- They will provide Christ-centered intervention through prayer and sharing God's love and hope.
- They will provide trained, licensed counselors for public school systems.
- The will provide International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) trained chaplains for First Responders.
- The will facilitate FEMA, Red Cross, and other organizations to meet the needs of First Responders and displaced families.
ANY individual regardless of age is invited to train for certification to respond at one of four levels. If you have a heart to serve, we have a need for you.
Training Sessions:
- BGEA (Billy Graham Evangelical Association training) hosted by Calvary, December 1st and 2nd.
Other Training Sessions:
- NIMS (National Incident Management System)
- ICISF (International Critical Incident Stress Foundation)
For more information on how you can get involved, please contact Jo at 344-0880 or email your questions to jo@calvaryabq.org.
Focus on the Family's truth project, series for small groups of 12 DVD's given in small groups for 12-2 hour lessons on a Christian Worldview. I've got a co-worker going this this. He says it is VERY good. I want to go to either his church when they give it again, and then I can give it myself from my home or through the church or they have big conferences around the country where you can go through it in 2 days. Next big conference is in Orlando, next week. Probably gonna miss that one. But it will be in Texas in February.
http://www.thetruthproject.org/events/A000000068.cfm/