Food Seasonality - Are You Affected? (Student Project)

Warm greetings!We need your assistance with a student project we are currently assisting with.Aimed at sourcing out more information on the benefits and detriments that food seasonality can have on economy, society, hospitality industries and food & beverage industries, we'd like to know what you...

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Are You A Carrot, An Egg Or A Coffee Bean

Author Unknown A certain daughter complained to her father about her life and how things have been so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and she wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed that just as one problem was solved another arose. Her father,...

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College Is About

Author Unknown College is about learning. It's not as simple as learning whatever it is that's being taught in your required gen-ed classes though. It's about learning how to listen, how to speak, how to think. Learning who you are, who your friends are, and the type of people you want as friends....

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The Letter

Author Unknown Ruth went to her mail box and there was only one letter. She picked it up and looked at it before opening, but then she looked at the envelope again. There was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and address. She read the letter: Dear Ruth, I'm going to be in your neighborhood Saturday...

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Walking Bible

Author Unknown His name is Bill. He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans and no shoes. This was literally his wardrobe for his entire four years of college. He is brilliant. Kind of esoteric and very, very bright. He became a Christian while attending college. Across the street from...

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How To Live Life

By Sarah SingerTake it all in. Let it all out.Always remember. Never forget.Grow older. Stay young at heart.Remember me. Stay true to yourself.Be an individual. Stick with your friends.Have no regrets. Learn from your mistakes.Laugh. Cry.Strive for the best. Share the spotlight.Be confident. Admit when...

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Please, Just Love Me

By Rebekah White As a teen I yearned to hear you say, "You are wonderful!" Instead I heard you say, "You are bad!" When I made a mistake, I yearned to hear you say, "It's alright, what did you learn from this?" Instead I heard you say, "You are nothing but trouble!" When I failed, I yearned to hear...

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Singapore - 24th April & The Weekend

By Rough Guy'dA fairly uneventful day, this one was spent shopping with my auntie in Chinatown, where as well as picking up some groceries, she talked me through all the little nuances and interesting tidbits of life in Singapore and seeing a wet market is always enjoyable for the senses.For those who...

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Singapore - Second Day

By Rough Guy'd I woke up pretty early considering how tired I was the night before to find that the entire household weren’t really morning people. My cousin worked according to London time, which meant...

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How Much Is It?

By Pandora Poikilos How much is it To put a roof over her head and provide her with the comforts of a house To give her favourite toys at every opportunity you get To watch her enjoy her shiny new red bicycle How much is it To rob her of her innocence For her to spend a lifetime Figuring out...

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Blog-A-Licious Wednesdays - Weeks 5 & 6

Once again, yet another a collection of amazing blogs to be read and passed around! http://motoblogz.blogspot.com/ http://happymentary.blogspot.com/ http://thechelseafish.blogspot.com/ http://www.encyclopediaofsheep.blogspot.com/ http://soohow.com http://encyclopediaofsheep.blogspot.com/ www.kihonwasa.com http://areyoudressingupordressingdown.blogspot.com/ http://malaysiaopenhouse2u.blogspot.com/ http://dried-up-flowers.blogspot.com/ http://glitzibeads.blogspot.com/ http://cannychic.blogspot.com/ http://www.thewritingwomb.com/ http://blindteddybear.blogspot.com/ http://rooferonfire.blogspot.com/ To...

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Singapore - One Long Night

By Rough Guy'd Hello Singapore. It was only a short flight to Singapore from Brunei so I ended up arriving late that same night, though thankfully the MRT (Singapore’s very convenient mass rail transit) was still running. This meant that I could take the train all the way to my relative’s home. ...

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Brunei

By Rough Guy'd My first full day in Brunei and also my last and I intended to make the most of it. I got up early and walked around the town and found a delicious bakery for breakfast. Now, while the thought of a bakery might not be the most exciting thing, I found a lot of interesting local tastes...

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Bandar Seri Begawan

By Rough Guy'd The first day of my big trip saw me take it at a rather sedentary pace, all things considered. I had only planned to stay one night in Brunei as I was taking an overnight plane. This gave me two days and one night before I moved on to Singapore to see family and plan the next part...

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Rough Guy'd - The Beginning

By Rough Guy'd Greetings all, this is the Rough Guy’d here and I’d like to start talking to you about a life-changing event that happened to me recently. In April 2009 I took a trip overseas that has seen me go through eleven different countries and put me through experiences that I never would have...

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The Christmas Star

Author Unknown This was my grandmother's first Christmas without grandfather, and we had promised him before he passed away that we would make this her best Christmas ever. When my mom, dad, three sisters and I arrived at her little house in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, we found she...

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Blog-A-Licious Wednesdays - Weeks 4 & 5

Once again, yet another a collection of amazing blogs to be read and passed around! http://www.theworkingpastor.com http://vishwasanand28.wordpress.com/ http://itsfreefun.com http://kingrex32.webs.com/ http://www.ashafullife.blogspot.com http://towardaznzar.blogspot.com/ http://www.writtenundertheinfluence.blogspot.com/ http://www.soldiersheartblog.com/ http://icebreakersgoalshakers.blogspot.com/ http://autoprosper.com/ http://wanfarah92.blogspot.com/ http://carolinejosephine.blogspot.com/ http://snackexplorer.blogspot.com/ http://sanketspace.blogspot.com/ http://tawnyshagreene.blogspot.com/ To...

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Skype Me ... Or Not

5 Social Media Complications Nobody Tells You By Pandora Poikilos Yesterday, was like any other day. I had writing deadlines to meet. I had all my usual online tools opened up and ready to use. There was my GMail, my Facebook page, Skype and the blog. I received a Skype message from a friend but realised...

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How Do You Survive Your Child?

By Erma Bombeck If you’re looking for an answer this Mother’s Day to why God reclaimed your child, I don’t know. I only know that thousands of mothers out there today desperately need an answer as to why they were permitted to go through the elation of carrying a child and then lose it to miscarriage,...

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Safe Water In Benin

By Edward BallySourced from Reuters AlertNetCOTONOU, Benin, 28 October 2010 – In one of the first large-scale responses to a crisis that seemingly hasn't yet registered with much of the world, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has airlifted thousands of tents for people displaced by the devastating...

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When Words Won't Come

A Prayer For When Words Won't Come Author Unknown O My Father, I have moments of deep unrest -- moments when I know not what to ask by reason of the very excess of my wants. I have in these hours no words for Thee, no conscious prayers for Thee. My cry seems purely worldly; I want only the wings of...

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Blog-A-Licious Wednesdays - Weeks 3 & 4

Once again, yet another a collection of amazing blogs to be read and passed around! http://burnbright.com.au/ http://www.lifeasiknowit31.blogspot.com/ http://michaelise.blogspot.com/ http://motherofpearlsofwisdom.blogspot.com/ http://gettingfitfor50.wordpress.com/ http://morocco-deserts.blogspot.com/ http://designersbasementmagazine.com/ http://theangrylurker.blogspot.com/ http://eneritan.blogspot.com/ http://mymarathi-stuffs.blogspot.com/ http://travel2sikkim.blogspot.com/ http://mariasmusings.wordpress.com/ http://hajrak.blogspot.com/ http://takingbelize.blogspot.com/ http://angsarap.wordpress.com/ To...

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And Then, He Touched Me

5 Ponderings On Surviving Sexual Abuse By Pandora Poikilos As I set out to do groundwork for the Keep Me Safe Campaign, I was a little surprised to note that while we can find at least 10,000 different sites and places to meet people, there seems to be so much less reading material on surviving sexual...

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Book Review - Walking Through Illusion

"It was predictable; she understood hate. And giving up what she understood for something she didn’t, seemed pretty risky to her. She had survived, however. At least she could appreciate that. To handle...

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Life Is Coffee

Author Unknown A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee...

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Somebody Said

By Renee Hawkley Somebody said ... a mother is an unskilled laborer. "Somebody" never gave a squirmy infant a bath. ... you know how to be a mother by instinct. "Somebody" never took a three-year-old shopping. ... that "good" mothers never yell at their kids. "Somebody's" child never sent a baseball...

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Blog-A-Licious Wednesdays - Weeks 2 & 3

Once again, yet another a collection of amazing blogs to be read and passed around! http://acupcakeproject.blogspot.com/ http://frenchcookingfordummies.com/ http://www.primal-palate.com/ http://studio-mysnaps.blogspot.com/ http://healthyfoodideas.blogspot.com/ http://1000plusbookstoread.blogspot.com/ http://throughpainandsmiles.blogspot.com/ http://play-with-food.blogspot.com/ http://annesfood.blogspot.com/ http://babeinthecitykl.blogspot.com/ http://www.shareyourdinner.blogspot.com/ http://inspirationalcraftblogs.blogspot.com/ http://thekrazykraftlady.blogspot.com/ http://www.sksainitheauthor.blogspot.com/ http://www.brandnsand.blogspot.com/ To...

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