Listening is to communication as breathing is to air.
May24
The Communication Key
Listening is to communication as breathing is to air.
Tag Archives: Friendship
May22
Over The Hump Old School Sound Check- Kool & The Gang
Happy Thursday! Let’s celebrate the extended weekend starting now!!
Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, funk and disco group, originally formed in 1964 as the Jazziacs based in Jersey City, New Jersey.
May15
Over The Hump Old School Sound Check- Dazz Band
Happy Thursday #musicfriendsofTenaciousM!
The Dazz Band is an American funk music band that was most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group’s biggest hit songs include the Grammy Award-winning “Let It Whip”, “Joystick”, and “Let It All Blow”. Wikipedia
May14
Calling All Real Men & Women
Keep the message alive. #BringBackOurGirls
May11
Sunday Reflections
Matthew 5:14-16
14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
May10
The Problem With Giving Up
May8
Over The Hump Old School Sound Check- Elton John
Happy Thursday all! The weekend is waiting just around the corner!!
May7
#BringBackOurGirls: Nigeria FINALLY Accepts U.S. Help To Rescue Kidnapped Girls
Originally posted by By Boko Haram,on Bossip:#BringBackOurGirls: Nigeria FINALLY Accepts U.S. Help To Rescue Kidnapped Girls But Is It Too Late?
MAY 7, 2014
Why is Nigeria lagging in the effort to find the 300 kidnapped schoolgirls?
Nigeria Accepts US Help To Rescue Kidnapped School Girls
Via CBS News reports:
President Obama said Tuesday that the U.S. would do everything possible to help Nigeria find nearly 300 teenage girls missing since they were kidnapped from school three weeks ago by an Islamic extremist group that has threatened to sell them.
Mr. Obama said the immediate priority was finding the girls, but that in the longer term, the Boko Haram group must also be dealt with.
Speaking to CBS News Tuesday, Mr. Obama said the U.S. was “sending in a team of our military, law enforcement and other experts and we’re really glad that Nigeria has accepted the help.”
CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan said Secretary of State John Kerry first told Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday that the U.S. would send in the team, which would include hostage negotiators and intelligence experts, to help in the search.
“We remain deeply concerned about the welfare of these young girls, and we want to provide whatever assistance is possible in order to help for their safe return to their families,” said Kerry.
The technical experts heading to Nigeria will include U.S. military and law enforcement personnel skilled in intelligence, investigations, hostage negotiating, information sharing and victim assistance, as well as officials with expertise in other areas, White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
U.S. armed forces were not being sent, Carney note.
Nigeria’s police have said more than 300 girls were abducted from their secondary school in the country’s remote northeast on April 15. Of that number, 276 remain in captivity and 53 managed to escape.
Another eight girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants early Tuesday morning or late Monday evening, according to local police and villagers who spoke to Reuters by phone. French news agency AFP reported Wednesday morning that 11 girls were actually seized in that latest raid on the village of Warabe. The discrepancy in numbers could not be immediately reconciled.
We hope to God it’s not too late to save these innocent girls! In a perfect world Boko Haram loses captivity of these girls when it sells them. All 300 have well-established identities from photos. Getting them out of the control of BR should be a top priority. But then they can be freed from their less militant captors one by one. Then, the monsters who perpetrated these kidnappings can be caught up with and themselves taken as prisoners.
May5
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BANANA SNACK BREAD
This recipe is just one bowl with everyday, simple ingredients and is both vegan and gluten free! But, it’s infused with creamy, salty peanut butter and chocolate in the form of cocoa powder and dairy-free chocolate chips!
PREP TIME: 15 mins COOK TIME: 1 hour TOTAL TIME: 1 hour 15 mins
Serves: 10
INGREDIENTS
1 flax egg ( 1 Tbsp flaxseed meal + 2.5 Tbsp water | or sub 1 egg)
3 medium ripe bananas (~1.5 cups)
3.5 tsp baking powder
pinch sea salt
1/3 cup salted natural peanut butter (creamy or crunchy)
2.5 Tbsp grape seed or coconut oil, melted
scant 1/4 cup organic cane sugar
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
2-3 Tbsp agave or maple syrup, depending on ripeness of bananas
3/4 cup unsweetened almond or other non-dairy milk
1 1/4 cup almond meal
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup gluten free flour blend (my go-to blend, or I recommend Trader Joe’s all purpose GF blend)
1 cup gluten free oats
1/4 cup dairy-free chocolate chips
OPTIONAL: 1/4 cup Peanut Butter Chips
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 and line a loaf pan with parchment paper or spray with nonstick spray.
2. Prepare flax egg in a large mixing bowl and let rest for 5 minutes to activate.
3. Add banana and mash thoroughly.
4. Add all ingredients through almond milk and whisk vigorously to combine.
5. Add cocoa powder, almond meal, gluten free flour blend, oats and stir.
6. Last, stir in chocolate and peanut butter chips (if using).
7. Pour into loaf pan and bake for 1 hour – 1 hour 15 minutes. When ready, it should feel firm and be crackly on top. My sweet spot was about 1 hour 5 minutes.
8. Let cool completely before cutting or it will be too tender to hold form (preferably overnight).
9. Store completely cooled leftovers in a covered container for up to several days, though best when fresh. Slice and freeze for longer term storage.
May4
Sunday Reflections
To get to the “promised land,” you’ll have to navigate your way through the wilderness. All of us encounter obstacles, problems, and challenges across our paths, and our decisions as to how we respond to them and view them are significant.
James 1:2-4 (TLB), “Dear brothers, is your life full of difficulties and temptations? Then be happy, for when the way is rough, your patience has a chance to grow. So let it grow, and don’t try to squirm out of your problems. For when your patience is finally in full bloom, then you will be ready for anything, strong in character, full and complete.”
A man with twenty challenges is twice as alive as a man with ten. If you haven’t got any challenges, you should get down on your knees and ask, “Lord, don’t you trust me anymore?” So what if you’ve got problems – that’s good! Why? Because consistent victories over your problems are important steps on your stairway to success. Be thankful for challenges, for if they were less difficult, someone with less ability would have your job.
“A successful man will never see the day that does not bring a fresh quota of problems, and the mark of success is to deal with them effectively. “ Credit: Lauris Norstad
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