The Bible Verses for Friday, July 9, 2010

The Bible Verses for Friday, July 9, 2010 PLEASE SHARE IN THESE WONDERFUL BIBLE STUDIES AND QUOTES FROM A REAL GOOD FRIEND OF MINE ON MULTIPLY.COM

Give up Worry by Recognizing it as a Bad Habit - How to Put Boundaries Around Worry- Beliefnet.com

Give up Worry by Recognizing it as a Bad Habit - How to Put Boundaries Around Worry- Beliefnet.comGive up Worry by Recognizing it as a Bad Habit


By Leslie Sokol, Ph.D. and Marci G. Fox, Ph.D.


Worry is made up of nagging, persistent thoughts that circle around in your head. It is “what if” statements, worst-case scenarios, and awful predictions. The act of worrying is an obsessive, habitual behavior—and one that you can give up. But before you can give it up, you must accept that the act of worrying serves no purpose. Worrying is stealing your energy, fatiguing your muscles and body, exacerbating your aches and pains, increasing your vulnerability to stress and infection, distracting you from the present, interfering with your sleep, inappropriately increasing or decreasing your appetite, and keeping you from more pleasurable or important tasks. It is time to recognize the act of worry serves no purpose and has become a bad habit. Here are 9 tips to help you put up boundaries around your worry.

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Exerpt from Lost people in Colonial California

Native Americans who populated the various ranchos of Mexican California as laborers are people frequently lost to history. The "rancho period" was a critical time for California Indians, as many were drawn into labor pools for the flourishing ranchos following the 1834 dismantlement of the mission system, but they are practically absent from the documentary record and from popular histories. This study focuses on Rancho Petaluma north of San Francisco Bay, a large livestock, agricultural, and manufacturing operation on which several hundred-perhaps as many as two thousand--Native Americans worked as field hands, cowboys, artisans, cooks, and servants. One of the largest ranchos in the region, it was owned from 1834 to 1857 by Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, one of the most prominent political figures of Mexican California While historians have studied Vallejo, few have considered the Native Americans he controlled, so we know little of what their lives were like or how they adjusted to the colonial labor regime. Because Vallejo's Petaluma Adobe is now a state historic park and one of the most well-protected rancho sites in California, this site offers unparalleled opportunities to investigate nineteenth-century rancho life via archaeology. Using the Vallejo rancho as a case study. Stephen Silliman examines this California rancho with a particular eye toward Native American participation. Through the archaeological record--tools and implements, containers, beads, bone and shell artifacts. food remains--he reconstructs the daily practices of Native peoples at Rancho Petaluma and the labor relations that structured indigenous participation in and experience of rancho life. This researchenables him to expose the multi-ethnic nature of colonialism, counterbalancing popular misconceptions of Native Americans as either non-participants in the ranchos or passive workers with little to contribute to history. Lost Laborers in Colonial California draws on archaeological data, material studies, and archival research, and meshes them with theoretical issues of labor, gender, and social practice to examine not only how colonial worlds controlled indigenous peoples and practices but also how Native Americans lived through and of ten resisted those impositions. The book fills a gap in the regional archaeological and historical literature as it makes a unique contribution to colonial and contact-period studies in the Spanish/Mexican borderlands and beyond.

Happy Fourth of July! | Lifescript.com

Happy Fourth of July! | Lifescript.comAs you all know, Fourth of July celebrates one of our country’s most important holidays, Independence Day, the official birthday of the United States of America. It also marks our adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It’s typically a festive day filled with picnics, parades and fireworks – but I hope you don’t miss the deeper meaning of the holiday.

In my opinion, the Fourth of July is a time to celebrate the birth of the greatest nation on Earth. It’s a testament to the ache for freedom that our brave and thoughtful founders felt deep in their hearts and souls. So, as you enjoy the fun and frivolity of this American holiday, take a moment to give a nod to the founders of our nation who had the will, foresight and determination to create a wonderful place to live!

Denise Austin’s 12-Minute Workout | Lifescript.com#comment-60325737

Denise Austin’s 12-Minute Workout | Lifescript.com#comment-60325737I had first started watching Denise Austin when her first exercise morning show started. Back then I exercised with her on a daily basis. Boy, was I fit in them days. I have gotten lazy over the years and have not done the best in the eating areas. But, I will start a new weightloss regime soon, so I can shed a few pounds for health issues. But, I have to say she is a great 51yrs old role model if ever there was one. I applaud her totally now & in the future.