Author: Howard Darko

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One Person Can Make a Difference

One Person can Make a Difference

one morning a man walked along
a beach covered with thousands
of starfish that had washed up
during a storm. Now they lay
dying in the sun.

He saw a young girl picking up the starfish one by one and
tossing them into the sea.
As he approached her he couldn’t help but ask, “Why bother?
There are too many of them.
You won’t make much of a difference.”

She picked up another starfish
and tossed it into the water.
Then she turned to the man and said,
“i made a difference to that one.”

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Pet Wisdom

for the sages of the ages
what you should know

To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Pets:
1. They live here. You don’t.
2. If you don’t want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That’s why they call it ‘fur’niture.)
3. I like my pets a lot more than I like most people.
4. To you, its an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn’t speak clearly.

To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our sliding door.

Dear Holden, Eli, and Violet,
1. The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food.
2. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.
3. The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn’t help because I fall faster than you can run.
4. I cannot buy anything bigger that a king sized. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort.
5. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other, stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.
6. For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years – canine or feline attendance is not required.
7. The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat’s butt. I cannot stress this enough!

Remember: In many ways, dogs and cats are better than kids because they:
1. Eat less
2. Don’t ask for money all the time
3. Are easier to train
4. Normally come when called
5. Never ask to drive the car
6. Don’t hang out with drug-using friends
7. Don’t smoke or drink
8. Don’t have to buy the latest fashions
9. Don’t want to wear your clothes
10. Don’t need a ‘gazillion’ dollars for college.
And finally,
11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children.

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Ms. Sojourner Truth

Womens Rights - (1797 - 1883)

Ain't I A Woman?

Deliverd 1851 – Women’s Convention, Akron, Ohio

Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that ‘twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what’s all this here talking about?

That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man – when I could get it – and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman?

Then they talk about this thing in the head; what’s this they call it? [member of audience whispers, “intellect”] That’s it, honey. What’s that got to do with women’s rights or negroes’ rights? If my cup won’t hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn’t you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?

Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.

If the first women God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.

Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain’t got nothing more to say.

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Mr George Muller

Missionary - (1805 - 1898)

10,000 Orphans

Born in Kroppenstaedt, Prussia, on 27th September 1805. Mother dies 1809, imprisoned for not paying hotel bill in 1821. Studied Theology @ Halle University from 1825 to 1829. After graduation Mr. Muller moved to London to train for missionary work. Married Mary Groves in 1830 before moving to Bristol in 1832. After founding Scripture Knowledge Institution 1834 he was led to start an orphanage in 1835. The first home located on Wilson Street, Bristol was opened in 1836 and the last of the 3 Wilson street homes was opened in 1837.

By 1845 complaints from neighbors required Mr. Muller to pray for a new location. Land at Ashley Down was bought in 1846 with contraction starting in 1847 followed with the completion on Number 1 House @ Ashley Down in 1849. House number 2 started in 1854, house number 3 in 1858, number 4 in 1861, and house number 5 completed in 1870.

In 1875 at the age of 70 Mr. Muller left on a 17 year mission trip to share his Christian faith. In that time frame he visited the United States 4x, India 2x, Australia, and preached in 42 countries including China and Japan. Susannah died in 1894 followed four years later by Mr. Muller on 10th March 1898 in Bristol.

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Finance

Finance is a term for matters regarding the management, creation, and study of money and investments. Specifically, it deals with the questions of how an individual, company or government acquires money – called capital in the context of a business – and how they spend or invest that money.Wikipedia

Business 60 – 90 Sec
What
Who

Your #’s

  1. Gross Margins
  2. Breakeven Analysis
  3. Competitors
  4. Market Growth

Key
Performance
Indicators

Marketing
Return
On
investment

Violet Index DOW NASDAQ S&P 500 T-Bond (30 yr) T-Note (10yr) Gold Oil Euro per $1 Yen per $1

Pschology of Numbers in the art of Finance.

Example: City of Lake Haven Annual Reports

Hedge Fund Manager
2 and 20

Violet Fund Manager
3 and 30

A = p (1 + rt)

A=p(1+r/n)n nt

A=100(1T.1/6)^6-1

 

A = future value
P = principal invest
R= Annual interest rate (decimal)
n = # of times interest is compounded
t = # of years

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Writing 101

qualities of a summary
 clear
 main points
 brief & concise
 objective

steps
1. read original
2. main points
3. notes > summary
4. check > original
5. revise

sentence structure:
 topic sentence
 supporting sentence
 concluding sentence

How to Punctuate Dialogue – https://www.wikihow.com/Punctuate-Dialogue
How to Cite Quotes in APA – https://www.wikihow.com/Cite-Quotes-in-APA

mla format citation for youtube video – https://youtu.be/u2cNj4orsrE

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Neuro-linguistic programming

ultraculture.org
https://psychedelichistorian.com/

Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
“Neuro-linguistic programming is a pseudoscientific approach to communication, personal development, and psychotherapy created by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in California, United States, in the 1970s.” (Wikipedia)

step 1
a) what side of the brain is the person predominantly using
b) what sense (sight, smell, etc.) is most predominant in their brain
c) how their brain stores & utilizes information (ALL of this can be gleaned from eye movement)
d) when they’re lying or making information up

step 2
slowly & subtly mimic
– body language
– speech mannerisms
– language
– primary sense

An NLP person essentially carefully <u>fakes</u> the social cues that cause a person to drop their guard and enter a state of openness and suggestibility

Sense
sight – “do your see.”
visual metaphors – “look at it.”
hearing – “hear me.”
“I’m listening.”

goal – rapport 4 (conditioning)
elicit & anchor

eliciting is an engineered emotional state. “hunger” anchored with touch “physical cue” to use for <u>calling up</u> that elicited state
1. copy body language
2. random eye movement
3. no touch
4. vague language (change)
5. permissive language (feel free)
6. gibberish (ask “can you explain”)
7. in between lines (diet, nutrition, sleep w/me)
8. attention
9. agreement (no)
10. intuition

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college and university

What were the 1st three colleges in America

  1. Harvard University, Established in 1636
  2. The College of William and Mary, Established 1693
  3. Yale University, Established 1701

Who started those colleges

Harvard University – Massachusetts General Court

The College of William and Mary – James Blair

Yale University – Abraham Pierson, Samual Andrew, Noadiah Russell, Joseph Webb, Israel Chauncy, Samuel Mather, James Pierpont, Sarah Pierpont, Thomas Buckingham, Rev Timothy Woodbridge, and James Noyes II

Where did they start them

Harvard University – Cambridge, MA

The College of William and Mary – Williamsburg, VA

Yale University – New Haven, CT

Why did they start them

Harvard University – Anticipation of 17,000 incoming puritans

The College of William and Mary – 

Yale University –