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elcome to lobal xpress the last Global Express for June
Published by the members of the World Wide Web Circle of Friends for the members of the World Wide Web Circle of Friends about the members of the World Wide Web Circle of Friends. We are everyday people doing extraordinary things on an International Scale on the web! We have different life experiences, different cultures, different ideas and some of us even speak different languages but by learning to see what we have in common, we can more easily overlook any differences. "We are family" and we care and love to share!
Click on any of the following to be taken to that section of the newsletter. If you can come up with any icons for the sections below I would sure appreciate you sending them to me. Please notify me of any broken links.
Challenge yourself to get to know a WWWCOF member that you don't already know. You can start by emailing any of the members who have contributed to this week's issue to say hello from your corner of the globe.
Chrissie - because she has put so much effort into changing her attitude on life. It took a lot of work on her part and we are all so proud of how far she has come. I for one love the new upbeat Chrissie!
Florida Marie - She is kind and there to help when needed. She has been a member since the beginning and loves the family we have with COF. She keeps the group updated when needed she steps in.
Merrie - She is always supportive of others regardless of her own trials. Merrie is kind, generous in spirit and has a great sense of humour. I get the feeling that she's smiling every time she writes.
days to vote for June's Member of the Month!
This award is not intended to be a comparison of member to member; each member's time and contributions are valuable and we acknowledge with pride that every member does what they can do.
The "winner" is the member who has received the most votes from the membership and nominations for Member of the Month for June closes June 30th so be sure to cast your ballot here today! Do be sure to add your comments as to why you have selected the member you are nominating.
Every member of the WWWCOF gives their best of their time and abilities; each one deserves this award! It is the pieces (our members) that make the whole (The World Wide Web Circle of Friends).
Today marks the official start of summer -and although many parts of the country got a preview last week of the hot weather to come, we'd like to remind you that dogs and cats can suffer from the same problems that humans do - overheating, dehydration and even sunbur - when the mercury rises. By taking these simple precautions from ASPCA experts, you can keep your animal companions happy and healthy:
- When the temperature is very high, don't let your dog stand on hot asphalt. His or her body can heat up quickly, and sensitive paw pads can burn. Keep walks during these times to a minimum.
- Good grooming can stave off summer skin problems, especially for dogs with heavy coats. Shaving the hair to a one-inch length - never down to the skin, please, which robs Rover of protection from the sun—helps prevent overheating. Cats should be brushed often.
- Do not apply any sunscreen or insect repellent to your pet that is not labeled specifically for use on animals. Ingestion of sunscreen products can result in drooling, diarrhea, excessive thirst and lethargy. The misuse of insect repellent that contains DEET can lead to neurological problems.
- Never leave your animal alone in a parked vehicle - overheating can be fatal! Even with the windows open, a parked automobile can quickly become a furnace. Parking in the shade offers little protection, as the sun constantly shifts during the day.
- Stay alert for signs of overheating in pets. These include excessive panting and drooling and mild weakness, along with an elevated body temperature. Please take a few moments to read our complete list of Hot Weather Tip - it just might save your pet's life!
ASPCA Success Story of the Week: Close Call
It was a lucky thing that Broccoli had a loud meow. The Berkeley, CA, kitten had been left in a garbage can with his brother, Bob, but their urgent cat calls were heard by sanitation workers - and the tiny felines were promptly escorted by these thoughtful heroes to the local shelter.
Says Amelia Ellis, who soon became Broccoli's mom, "My friend's daughter was volunteering with the Home at Last animal adoption group and fostered the kittens, bottle-feeding them for weeks until they were ready to eat on their own."
Amelia adopted Broccoli when he was four months old. "He was so sweet," she remembers. "When I'd leave in the morning for work, he'd stand in the window on his hind legs and cry for me to stay home with him."
Though Broccoli was a bit timid after being separated from his brother, this little caterwauler quickly grew into his new domain. "He's now a whopping 18 pounds," says his proud mom, "and the windows belong to him." Apparently, so does the bed. "Brocs loves to play under the sheets when I'm putting on fresh ones."
Broccoli also thinks outside of the litterbox when it comes to treats. "He goes for a good gnaw on a rawhide dog chew," says Amelia, who also reports that he's got quite a flair for literature. "He likes to sit on whatever I'm reading!"
And though Broccoli may have a big personality, the cat calls that once saved his life seem to have diminished in volume. "He has a strangely small meow for an 18-pound cat," says Amelia. This big boy must not have to call too loudly for his mom to appear.
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of
his tongue.
-Anonymous
Remember: Your pets are your most loyal family members, giving unconditional Love. So Don't forget to give them a big hug today.
I am looking for more stories about your PET ....... please submit to me so I may feature them in the newsletter Pet Column. email your stories to me, Jami from Maryland
And here is a request from BigSisPat:
I'd like to update out pet album so please send photos of your special member of the family to me. BigSisPat
With four months to go before Reunion 2008, those of us in the host country, are still waiting to know how many have confirmed their flight, especially if we want to take full advantage of group bookings and possible discounts once here.
If it wasn't for last minute nothing would ever get done!!! Please let us know real soon
The inscription form to take part in this unforgettable event can be found here: inscriptionform Look forward to getting lots of them!!
Our planet awareness site, Planet Kryzys has many interesting stories of different aspects of a planet under Crisis. Do please take a moment to visit it.
Eat local foods
Fill your plate with locally grown fruits, vegetables and packaged foods that you've bought at your grocery store, farmer's market or direct from the farm.
How to do it
Read the signs closely in the produce section of your grocery store and opt for fruits and vegetables that are grown either in your home province, or in Canada. When you purchase packaged foods, choose those made in Canada over U.S. or imported foods. In particular, try foods made from small, local companies. Better still, visit a nearby farmers' market on weekends or sign up with a local community supported agriculture program to get produce direct from the grower. If you live in or are driving through a rural community, stop and buy food from roadside stands or at the end of a farmer's lane.
Why you're doing it
The average food item travels more than 2,000 kilometres before reaching your plate. All that travel uses a lot of fuel, which creates greenhouse gas emissions. As well, the farmer gets less of your food dollar when there has been travel, duty and distribution companies involved. When farmers get little for their foods, it encourages them to either sell off their land, or start using environmentally unfriendly practices to increase their yields. By eating locally, you can save over 200 kilograms of carbon emissions over a year.
A new Nature Photo contest has started and as fitting with our Planet awareness site, it is of course nature based, and the theme this time is Nature's SKY. You have plenty of time to watch out for those sunsets, cloud formations, rainbows, storms, night skies etc etc
Photos sent in just have to be members' own or members 'family and friends. Look forward to seeing what you all come up with.
The Circle's Computer help site has had some new articles added recently sent in by Pat. Alphalist There are an incredible number of useful articles there to help you get the best from your computer or put things right that aren't working too well. Perhaps you also know of some trick we could all use, so send it in and get it added.
The answer to the brain teaser is the question:
The prisoner goes to any of one of the guards and asks "If I ask your companion which door leads to instant freedom, what would he say?" Whatever the guard says, he takes the opposite door. How? Let's suppose he asks the guard who tells the truth. The guard knowing his partner will lie and would name the wrong door, tells the truth (i.e. his partners lie) Imagine door A is freedom and door B is death. The liar will say B for freedom. The honest one , knowing that his companion will answer B, so he tells the truth. So the prisoner takes the opposite door. If on the other hand, he asked the liar the same question, the liar, knowing his mate would tell the truth, tells a lie and says B
I'll be away on holiday for a couple of weeks, going with my husband to his native province of Salta, north Argentina. Tell you about it when I come back
Comments and suggestions Daphne from Argentina
if you read this page write to me anyway.
For now I'll leave you wishing you all a VERY HAPPY Week
Would love to hear from you all. Daphne
TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America.
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America?
CLASS: Maria.
TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
TEACHER: G len, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.
TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.
TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
PASS IT AROUND AND MAKE SOMEONE LAUGH!LAUGHTER IS THE SOUL'S MEDICINE!!
As You Slide Down the Bannister of Life, Remember
1. Jim Baker and Jimmy Swaggert have written
An impressive new book. It's called .
'Ministers Do More Than Lay People'.
2. Transvestite: A guy who likes to eat, drink
And be Mary.
3. The difference between the Pope and
Your boss ... The Pope only expects you
To kiss his ring.
4. My mind works like lightning ... One brilliant
Flash and it is gone.
5. The only time the world beats a path to
Your door is if you're in the bathroom.
6. I hate sex in the movies! Tried it once ..
The seat folded up, the drink spilled, and
That ice, well, it really chilled the mood.
7. It used to be only death and taxes.
Now, of course, there's shipping and handling, too.
8. A husband is someone who, after taking
The trash out, gives the impression that
He just cleaned the whole house.
9. My next house will have no kitchen - just
Vending machines and a large trash can.
10. A blonde said, 'I was worried that my
Mechanic might try to rip me off.
I was relieved when he told me all
I needed was turn signal fluid.'
11. Definition of a teenager?
God's punishment ... For enjoying sex.
12. As you slide down the banister of life, may
The splinters never point the wrong way
At a catholic gathering, Mother Superior stacked a pile of
apples on one end of a table with a sign saying:
"Take only one apple please - God is watching."
On the other end of the table was a pile of cookies where a
student had placed a sign saying:
"Take all the cookies you want - God is watching the apples."
Plant a seed of friendship; reap a bouquet of happiness!
Scatter seeds of kindness everywhere you go!
One of the World Wide Web Circle of Friends' best kept secrets is Jeanette's Garden Room. Jeanette from the Land Down Under has set up this site for all of those who love gardening - like she does, and loves to be creative in making garden junk. Do take some time to visit and join her site and share ideas, seeds, photos of your garden and plants, laughter and great sites to visit.
This is a wonderful piece by Michael Gartner, editor of newspapers large and small and president of NBC News. In 1997, he won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. It is well worth reading, and a few good chuckles are guaranteed.
My father never drove a car. Well, that's not quite right. I should say I never saw him drive a car.
He quit driving in 1927, when he was 25 years old, and the last car he drove was a 1926 Whippet.
'In those days,' he told me when he was in his 90s, 'to drive a car you had to do things with your hands, and do things with your feet, and look every which way, and I decided you could walk through life and enjoy it or drive through life and miss it.'
At which point my mother, a sometimes salty Irishwoman, chimed in:
'Oh, bull---!' she said. 'He hit a horse.'
'Well,' my father said, 'there was that, too.'
So my brother and I grew up in a household without a car. The neighbors all had cars - the Kollingses next door had a green 1941 Dodge, the VanLaninghams across the street a gray 1936 Plymouth, the Hopsons two doors down a black 1941 Ford - but we had none.
My father, a newspaperman in Des Moines, would take the streetcar to work and, often as not, walk the 3 miles home. If he took the streetcar home, my mother and brother and I would walk the three blocks to the streetcar stop, meet him and walk home together.
My brother, David, was born in 1935, and I was born in 1938, and sometimes, at dinner, we'd ask how come all the neighbors had cars but we had none. 'No one in the family drives,' my mother would explain, and that was that.
But, sometimes, my father would say, 'But as soon as one of you boys turns 16, we'll get one.' It was as if he wasn't sure which one of us would turn 16 first .
But, sure enough , my brother turned 16 before I did, so in 1951 my parents bought a used 1950 Chevrolet from a friend who ran the parts department at a Chevy dealership downtown.
It was a four-door, white model, stick shift, fender skirts, loaded with everything, and, since my parents didn't drive, it more or less became my brother's car.
Having a car but not being able to drive didn't bother my father, but it didn't make sense to my mother.
So in 1952, when she was 43 years old, she asked a friend to teach her to drive. She learned in a nearby cemetery, the place where I learned to drive the following year and where, a generation later, I took my two sons to practice driving. The cemetery probably was my father's idea. 'Who can your mother hurt in the cemetery?' I remember him saying more than once.
For the next 45 years or so, until she was 90, my mother was the driver in the family. Neither she nor my fa ther had any sense of direction, but he loaded up on maps -- though they seldom left the city limits - and appointed himself navigator. It seemed to work.
Still, they both continued to walk a lot. My mother was a devout Catholic, and my father an equally devout agnostic, an arrangement that didn't seem to bother either of them through their 75 years of marriage.
(Yes, 75 years, and they were deeply in love the entire time.)
He retired when he was 70, and nearly every morning for the next 20 years or so, he would walk with her the mile to St. Augustin's Church. She would walk down and sit in the front pew, and he would wait in the back until he saw which of the parish's two priests was on duty that morning. If it was the pastor, my father then would go out and take a 2-mile walk, meeting my mother at the end of the service and walking her home.
If it was the assistant pastor, he'd take just a 1-mile walk and then head back to the church. He called the priests 'Father Fast' and 'Father Slow.'
After he retired, my father almost always accompanied my mother whenever she drove anywhere, even if he had no reason to go along. If she were going to the beauty parlor, he'd sit in the car and read, or go take a stroll or, if it was summer, have her keep the engine running so he could listen to the Cubs game on the radio. In the evening, then, when I'd stop by, he'd explain: 'The Cubs lost again. The millionaire on second base made a bad throw to the millionaire on first base, so the multimillionaire on third base scored.'
If she were going to the grocery store, he would go along to carry the bags out -- and to make sure she loaded up on ice cream. As I said, he was always the navigator, and once, when he was 95 and she was 88 and still driving, he said to me, 'Do you want to know the secret of a long life?'
'I guess so,' I said, knowing it probably would be something bizarre.
'No left turns,' he said.
'What?' I asked.
'No left turns,' he repeated. 'Several years ago, your mother and I read an article that said most accidents that old people are in happen when they turn left in front of oncoming traffic.
As you get older, your eyesight worsens, and you can lose your depth perception, it said. So your mother and I decided never again to make a left turn.'
'What?' I said again.
'No left turns,' he said. 'Think about it. Three rights are the same as a left, and that's a lot safer. So we always make three rights.'
'You're kidding!' I said, and I turned to my mother for support 'No,' she said, 'your father is right. We make three rights. It works.' But then she added: 'Except when your father loses count.'
I was driving at the time, and I almost drove off the road as I started laughing.
'Loses cou nt?' I asked.
'Yes,' my father admitted, 'that sometimes happens. But it's not a problem. You just make seven rights, and you're okay again.'
I couldn't resist. 'Do you ever go for 11?' I asked.
'No,' he said ' If we miss it at seven, we just come home and call it a bad day. Besides, nothing in life is so important it can't be put off another day or another week.'
My mother was never in an accident, but one evening she handed me her car keys and said she had decided to quit driving. That was in 1999, when she was 90.
She lived four more years, until 2003. My father died the next year, at 102.
They both died in the bungalow they had moved into in 1937 and bought a few years later for $3,000. (Sixty years later, my brother and I paid $8,000 to have a shower put in the tiny bathroom -- the house had never had one. My father would have died then and there if he knew the shower cost nearly three times what he paid for the house.)
He continued to walk daily -- he had me get him a treadmill when he was 101 because he was afraid he'd fall on the icy sidewalks but wanted to keep exercising -- and he was of sound mind and sound body until the moment he died.
One September afternoon in 2004, he and my son went with me when I had to give a talk in a neighboring town, and it was clear to all three of us that he was wearing out, though we had the usual wide-ranging conversation about politics and newspapers and things in the news.
A few weeks earlier, he had told my son, 'You know, Mike, the first hundred years are a lot easier than the second hundred.' At one point in our drive that Saturday, he said, 'You know, I'm probably not going to live much longer.'
'You're probably right,' I said.
'Why would you say that?' He countered, somewhat irritated.
'Because you're 102 years old,' I said.
'Yes,' he said, 'you're right.' He stayed in bed all the next day.
That night, I suggested to my son and daughter that we sit up with him through the night.
He appreciated it, he said, though at one point, apparently seeing us look gloomy, he said:
'I would like to make an announcement. No one in this room is dead yet'
An hour or so later, he spoke his last words:
'I want you to know,' he said, clearly and lucidly, 'that I am in no pain. I am very comfortable. And I have had as happy a life as anyone on this earth could ever have.'
A short time later, he died.
I miss him a lot, and I think about him a lot. I've wondered now and then how it was that my family and I were so lucky that he lived so long.
I can't figure out if it was because he walked through life, Or because he quit taking left turns. '
Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it.'
Think creatively, unimpeded by orthodox or conventional constraints.
Origin
'Think outside the box' originated in the USA in the late 1960s/early 1970s. Various authors from the world of management consultancy claim to have introduced it. The earliest citation that I have found comes from the weekly magazine of the US aviation industry - Aviation Week & Space Technology, July 1975:
"We must step back and see if the solutions to our problems lie outside the box."
The 'box', with its implication of rigidity and squareness, symbolises constrained and unimaginative thinking. This is in contrast to the open and unrestricted 'out of the box' or 'blue-sky' thinking. This latter phrase dates from a little earlier, for example, this piece from the Iowa newspaper the Oelwein Daily Register, April 1945:
"Real thinking. Speculation. Pushing out in the blue. Finding out [the facts] was what put me onto the theory of blue-sky thinking."
The encouragement to look for solutions from outside our usual thinking patterns was championed in the UK by Edward De Bono, the British psychologist and inventor, who coined the term Lateral Thinking in 1967 and went on to develop it as a method of structured creativity.
So, what's this box? It turns out that, rather than being metaphorical, the reference was to a specific box - in the form of a two-dimensional square. Sam Loyd's Cyclopedia of 5000 Puzzles, Tricks, and Conundrums (With Answers), 1914, included a puzzle, known as the 'Nine Dots Puzzle', which was posed like this:
"Draw a continuous line through the center of all the eggs so as to mark them off in the fewest number of strokes."
Loyd was a little sloppy with the puzzle's rules and ought to have added that the lines must be straight, although he did supply an illustration that makes the meaning clear.
The 60/70s management gurus who exhorted trainees to 'think outside the box' made their point by resurrecting the old 'Nine Dots Puzzle' as a test. Those of you who are familiar with the puzzle's solution will see why. If you haven't yet solved it for yourself, just click on the nine-dot image below. Phrases
No, I'm not going fishing with them. I need them more in my garden than in a fish's mouth and so do you if you want rich, crumbly, well areated soil.
Did you know that earthworms aren't born, they're hatched in little cocoons smaller than a grain of rice; they contain both the male and female organs and can eat their weight in organic materials every day.
Worms tunnel deeply into the soil bringing the subsoil closer to the surface - a great thing for gardeners as the subsoil often contains minerals and nutrients that may not be present in the surface soil. Although worms don't have eyes they can "sense" light. They're cold-blooded and if their skin dries out, they die.
The presence of worms in your soil is often an indication as to your soil's health, so the more you have the healthier it is, infact in one acre of land you can have upwards of 1 million of these wonderful little creatures. Not only do worms increase the amount of oxygen and water that can get into your soil, they kindly leave behind "castings" - a fabulous, natural fertilizer and they break down organic materials for you such as leaves, grass, etc. that your flowers and veggies can use.
So, now that you know a little more about how good they are for you, maybe the next time you're out walking after a morning rain and you see some poor worm crawling across the sidewalk, you'll give it a helping hand to the nearest grass, or garden or...
For more on this absolutely amazing creature go to: The Learning Worm
Keeping your bones healthy and strong is a lifelong project but it's never too late to start.
Osteoporosis, or thinning of the bones, is a loss of bone mass, which makes them become porous and fragile. It occurs most often in weight-bearing bones such as the hips or spine but can affect any bone in the body. The humped back - or dowager's hump - is the most well-known sign. In Canada today, one in four women and one in eight men over the age of 50 have osteoporosis.
Battling bone loss
Unless you or your doctor have any reason to suspect that your bones may be thinning, there's unfortunately no way of telling that it's happening until the damage has been done.
Bone building blocks
Almost one and a half million Canadians are living with osteoporosis. While the disease can strike at any age, it is most common over the age of 50, with some 1 in 4 women in this age group and 1 in 8 men suffering from it. With numbers like these, it's easy to believe that osteoporosis is an inevitable part of aging. The good news is that it's not! Bone loss can often be prevented or slowed down - even if it's already begun. It may take some lifestyle changes and adjustments, but the results will be well worth it.
Keep moving, keep living
Keeping active is your best defense against brittle bones. If you have osteoporosis, in order to keep active, you might have to take a few extra precautions - especially in situations where you risk falling and having a fracture.
This is awesome !!!
Just click your mouse on The Bible icon, This is really awesome!
The best gift you can give Anyone is Prayer
Ruth wwwcof: Has "Walking Pneumonia". Sometimes This
can be worse than the other pneumonia. Very Painful, I have had it
more than once. Please pray for God to heal Ruth and for her to be
back on her road to a healthy path. Bless you Ruth.
Helen Bradley: Has been very sick and was hospitalized for nine
day's with "Double Pneumonia". She is now at home with nursing
care seven days a week. Helen is very weak. Please keep Helen in
prayer for God's healing touch. Helen also has Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Bea Barnett wwwcof: Bea is finally getting better from this, it has been
almost 2 years healing from hip surgery. The wound is closing from
the inside. Please continue to keep Bea in prayer. She has had a rough
way to go.
Pat Broatch wwwcof: Please keep Pat in prayer for God to give
her strength and heal her from this illness she has.
Maxine wwwcof: Please keep Mary Jo, Maxine's
daughter in prayer for healing, strength, and faith.
Maxine is not in the best of health herself. Please keep this
family in your prayers daily.
Wanda wwwcof: Please keep Wanda in prayer for
relief from her Fibromyalgia pain.
Marie Linder wwwcof: Please keep Mom in prayer for
relief from her Fibromyalgia pain.
Muire : ( 28 year old Mommy with Brain Cancer) Muire is
doing much better. She got a good report this last time from the
doctor. We must keep Muire in constant prayer as well as her
daughter and husband.
Kathleen: Please keep Kathleen and her husband Jodie in
prayer for SALVATION as Kathleen battles Cancer through
out her body.
Cindy Hogan: (32 yrs old) Cervical Cancer
Pami Defraia wwwcof: (Breast Cancer) Please continue
to keep Pami in prayer for complete healing of all Cancer.
Lonnie England: ( Char's Cousin) Lonnie's breast Cancer is a stage 1.
Please keep Lonnie in prayer for God's healing.
Irene wwwcof: Irene has Chronic Lymphocyte
Leukemia (CLL) She was diagnosed in 2002 and is in stage 1.
She has to have a knee replacement soon. Please keep Irene
in prayer for healing of her knee and for God to send a cure
for CLL.
Susan: (Haley's Nana) Please continue to keep
Susan in prayer for God to make a way for healing her
Parkinson's.
John (Charla's Husband) Please keep John in prayer for continued
attendance in church. John and I have a bad chest cold please pray
for us to get over it soon.
Jim Jones: Please keep him in Prayer for relief of pain.
Sue Romans: (Char's Cousin) Please pray for Sue
She is in constant pain. Please pray for God's Mercy to be upon
Sue and lift this from her.
Billie wwwcof: With the treatments and your prayers,
she seems to be getting better every day. Thanks so much for
your prayers and please keep her in them. You know Mother
is 85,but still has a sharp mind. She can't hear or see very good,
but is getting around better. Please Keep Miss Hazel as well as
Billie in your earnest prayer.
Edith Matovu wwwcof:.. Please keep Edith in prayer
as God knows her needs as well as her country Uganda.
Emma wwwcof:Please keep Emma's son in prayer
for guidance.
Daphne wwwcof:Please continue to keep Daphne
and the wwwcof reunion in your prayers. May this be a
good turn out and many meet for the first time.
May God provide that many shall go.
UNSPOKEN prayer requests. You don't have to do anything but
give the name and through prayer God will do the rest. Please send
any you may have to me and we will certainly pray for you.
Joyce, Steve, Scott, Carl, Dawn, Derek, Alan, Kirk, Kevin,
Anthony, Charla Karen, Tim, Jonna, Andrew
Let's Remember to pray for our Government Leaders and Global
Warming. Also all that have lost homes and family in the tragedies
of earthquakes, volcanoes, flood's, and whatever comes their way.
Please keep "ALL MILITARY EVERYWHERE" in prayer for safety
and, an End to this War.
Jamie Landon:
( FlMaries Grand Daughter) Home
from Iraq Still in service.
Robert Fleming:
(Peachy & Garnett's Grandson.)
In Africa
Robin Smith: (Christine Mills requests) In Iraq
Nick Bradley Iraq
Erick Landry Iraq combat engineer.
ALLOW GOD TO BE YOUR PILOT
REMEMBER HE FORGIVES ALL
We have many prayer requests that go beyond our circle.
Although, as we pray and we add these, our
"Circle of Prayer" becomes larger.
Do you know someone who doesn't know JESUS?
How about introducing them?
Please email Charla, from Florida, USA with any Praises, Requests and/or UPDATES Thank you. May God Bless Each One and Have a Great Week!
Live Simply Love Generously
Care Deeply Speak Kindly
Love Deeply
Let GOD Do The Rest
God answers knee mail
Postage guaranteed!
Pray for Others
The best gift anyone can give to another is to pray for him or her. We live in a sinful world where bad things happen to people and people are tempted to sin. Praying for another person not only helps that person find God in the midst of trouble, but also helps us recognize the blessings that God gives us daily!
1 Timothy 2:1,2 says to offer prayer, supplication, intercession, and giving of thanks on behalf of all men. Yet we sometimes neglect to pray for others because we concentrate so much on our own interests.
How often do we think to pray for others, whether or not they request our prayers? Bible prayers are filled with requests and thanksgiving for people other than the one offering the prayer.
While Daphne is away we will be featuring the "Best of",
You see, we have recipes for all tastes in our marvellous cookbook. (but there is still plenty of room for more, so just keep them coming!!)
Recipes are accepted forom members all over the world, with preference in their own tried and tested family favourites, from all generations. If you cannot find your recipe either in the main cookbook, or the Seasonal Regional section, try looking in its own site search engine to make finding specific recipes easy, (eg.. By origin, ingredient, recipe type etc.)Failing that, let me knowandI'lldo my best to put the matter right.
Let's start with Canada, since Canada day is 1st July:
1 pkg. (298g) sliced pound cake
3 Cup ice cubes
2 pkg. (85 g each) Jell-O Strawberry Jelly Powder
2 Cup crushed or sliced strawberries
2 Cup of thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping
2 Cup boiling water
LINE bottom of 13 x 9 inch baking pan with 1 pkg. (298g) sliced pound cake.
DISSOLVE Jelly Powder in boiling water; add ice cubes and stir until slightly thickened about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove any unmelted ice cubes. Stir in strawberries. Spread over cake slices. Chill 10 minutes.
SPREAD Whipped Topping on top of jelly mixture. Chill for 2 hours. Garnish with additional strawberries arranged to resemble the Canadian Flag.
Tip: You can also quick-set the jelly with frozen fruit. Just dissolve jelly powder in 2 cups of boiling water then stir in 2 cups frozen fruit and 1 cup ice cubes.
We have all heard the expression "As American as Apple Pie" so A Typical Recipe from the USA for 4th July:
2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1/2 Cup butter(real butter works better but not the soft type from bowls)
1/2 - 3/4 cups sugar or splenda(depending on how sweet you like your pies)
1/4 Cup sugar or splenda
1 Tsp cinnamon
3/4 Cup flour ( I used self-rising)
Prepare an 8 or 9 inch baking dish with butter spray or spread butter on the bottom and sides. Mix the sliced apples with the 1/4 cup sugar/splenda and cinnamon and pour into prepared dish. Mix the flour and sugar/splenda together in a separate bowl and add butter. Using a fork or pastry blender chop butter into flour/sugar mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over apple mixture evenly and bake at 350 until golden brown on top. Enjoy!!
And for Argentina"s Independance Day 9th July:
I Invite you to a Barbeque
Barbecue. Beef and offal roasted over an open hearth. Asado is also the occasion in which this meal is prepared and served. Thus, you can frequently hear words such as: “I invite you to an asado”. It is typically, different beef cuts, usually across the bones of the ribs, kidney, different types of sausages, chicken etc, accompanied by an optional spicey sauce, salads (usually mixtures of lettuce, tomato, grated carrot, red cabbage, beetroot, hard boiled eggs, radishes, pepers etc
Needless to say this is one of the attractions of Reunion 2008 Argentina
Asado al asador
Asado al asador: meat is placed in an iron cross, by the fire. Thus, the meat is roasted very slowly keeping all its delicious juices. The asado should result juicy and tender. This can included whole rib sections, whole lambsor piglets and is often down for large meetings
Practically all the house have their own charcoal grill, and in many cases it is the first thing that appears when a house is under construction
Let me know how they turn out!
You see, we have recipes for all tastes in our marvellous cookbook. (but there is still plenty of room for more, so just keep them coming!!)
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I hope you have enjoyed this week's edition of Global Express which I would like to close with soemthing my neighbour & friend just sent me (who is not a member of the WWWCOF!
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
When I was little,
I used to believe in the concept of one best friend,
And then I started to become a woman.
And then I found out that if you allow your heart to open up,
God would show you the best in many friends.
One friend is needed when you're going through things with your man.
Another friend is needed when you're going through things with your mom.
Another will sit beside you in the bleachers as you delight in your children and their activities.
Another when you want to shop, share, heal, hurt, joke, or just be.
One friend will say, 'Let's cry together,'
Another, 'Let's fight together,'
Another, 'Let's walk away together.'
One friend will meet your spiritual need,
Another your shoe fetish,
Another your love for movies,
Another will be with you in your season of confusion,
Another will be your clarifier,
Another the wind beneath your wings.
But whatever their assignment in your life,
On whatever the occasion,
On whatever the day,
Or wherever you need them to meet you with their gym shoes on and hair pulled back,
Or to hold you back from making a complete fool of yourself...
Those are your best friends.
It may all be wrapped up in one woman,
But for many, it's wrapped up in several...
One from 7th grade,
One from high school,
Several from the college years,
a couple from old jobs, On some days your mother,
On some days your neighbor,
On others, your sisters,
And on some days, your daughters.
So whether they've been your friend for 20 minutes or 20 years,
AND ONLY IF YOU'D LIKE TO,
Pass this on to the women that God has placed in your life
To make a difference.
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The integrity and safety of women children, youth and families.
I am only one But still am one I cannot do everything But still I can do something And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
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Chrissie - because she has put so much effort into changing her attitude on life. It took a lot of work on her part and we are all so proud of how far she has come. I for one love the new upbeat Chrissie!
Florida Marie - She is kind and there to help when needed. She has been a member since the beginning and loves the family we have with COF. She keeps the group updated when needed she steps in.
Merrie - She is always supportive of others regardless of her own trials. Merrie is kind, generous in spirit and has a great sense of humour. I get the feeling that she's smiling every time she writes.
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you can give Anyone is Prayer
Ruth wwwcof: Has "Walking Pneumonia". Sometimes This
can be worse than the other pneumonia. Very Painful, I have had it
more than once. Please pray for God to heal Ruth and for her to be
back on her road to a healthy path. Bless you Ruth.
Helen Bradley: Has been very sick and was hospitalized for nine
day's with "Double Pneumonia". She is now at home with nursing
care seven days a week. Helen is very weak. Please keep Helen in
prayer for God's healing touch. Helen also has Pulmonary Fibrosis. 
Bea Barnett wwwcof: Bea is finally getting better from this, it has been
almost 2 years healing from hip surgery. The wound is closing from
the inside. Please continue to keep Bea in prayer. She has had a rough
way to go. 
Pat Broatch wwwcof: Please keep Pat in prayer for God to give
her strength and heal her from this illness she has. 
Maxine wwwcof: Please keep Mary Jo, Maxine's
daughter in prayer for healing, strength, and faith.
Maxine is not in the best of health herself. Please keep this
family in your prayers daily. 
Wanda wwwcof: Please keep Wanda in prayer for
relief from her Fibromyalgia pain. 
Marie Linder wwwcof: Please keep Mom in prayer for
relief from her Fibromyalgia pain. 
Muire : ( 28 year old Mommy with Brain Cancer) Muire is
doing much better. She got a good report this last time from the
doctor. We must keep Muire in constant prayer as well as her
daughter and husband. 
Pami Defraia wwwcof: (Breast Cancer) Please continue
to keep Pami in prayer for complete healing of all Cancer. 
Irene wwwcof: Irene has Chronic Lymphocyte
Leukemia (CLL) She was diagnosed in 2002 and is in stage 1.
She has to have a knee replacement soon. Please keep Irene
in prayer for healing of her knee and for God to send a cure
for CLL. 
Susan: (Haley's Nana) Please continue to keep
Susan in prayer for God to make a way for healing her 
John (Charla's Husband) Please keep John in prayer for continued
attendance in church. John and I have a bad chest cold please pray
for us to get over it soon. 
Jim Jones: Please keep him in Prayer for relief of pain. 
Sue Romans: (Char's Cousin) Please pray for Sue
She is in constant pain. Please pray for God's Mercy to be upon
Sue and lift this from her. 
Billie wwwcof: With the treatments and your prayers,
she seems to be getting better every day. Thanks so much for
your prayers and please keep her in them. You know Mother
is 85,but still has a sharp mind. She can't hear or see very good,
but is getting around better. Please Keep Miss Hazel as well as
Billie in your earnest prayer. 
Edith Matovu wwwcof:.. Please keep Edith in prayer
as God knows her needs as well as her country Uganda.
Emma wwwcof:Please keep Emma's son in prayer
for guidance. 
Daphne wwwcof:Please continue to keep Daphne
and the wwwcof reunion in your prayers. May this be a
good turn out and many meet for the first time.
May God provide that many shall go. 
Jamie Landon:
( FlMaries Grand Daughter) Home
from Iraq Still in service. 
Robert Fleming:
(Peachy & Garnett's Grandson.)
In Africa
Robin Smith: (Christine Mills requests) In Iraq
One friend is needed when you're going through things with your man. 
One friend will meet your spiritual need,
But whatever their assignment in your life,
It may all be wrapped up in one woman, 
So whether they've been your friend for 20 minutes or 20 years, 
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