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  Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. - Henry David Thoreau So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. - Christopher Reeve We come this way but once. We can either tiptoe through life and hope we get to death without being badly bruised or we can live a full, complete life achieving our goals and realizing our wildest dreams. - Bob Proctor Everyone who wills, can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone. - Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi Listen to the compass of your heart. All you need lies within you. - Mary Anne Radmacher Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition - they somehow already know what you truly want to become. - Steve Jobs Your inner knowing is your only true compass. - Joy Page

 

  As the War Between Israel and Gaza rages on,  our team decided to feature this analysis from the  Coop Scoop that we hereby present throughout all our properties: Coop Scoop: Israel --and the World-- on the Brink Israel has plenty to criticize. None of it justifies Hamas' mass slaughter   October 10 By Marc Cooper Criticize and condemn Israel as you please.  Denounce its 50 year long occupation of Palestinian territory. Its institutional subjugation of Palestinian and other Arab citizens as a  second class caste.  Call it an apartheid state.  Detest the supremely corrupt and always bellicose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Condemn his ultra-right and racist administration packed with some individuals as religiously zealous, as extreme and as bent on conflict as much as any Jihadist. All of the above criticism and much much more can rightfully be placed at the feet of the Israeli regime.   But none of it serves to justify, rationalize, downplay or, God Forbid, support the actio

      In this Edition: Take Control in 1, 2, 3: Introducing the FEMA Disaster Preparedness Guide for Older Adults 5 Ways the Rehabilitation Act Shapes FEMA Kentucky Residential and Community Saferoom Training for Registered Design Professionals FEMA Releases the Business Operations Center Guide for Private-Public Partnerships FEMA Announces $12M in Competitive Awards for Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants FEMA Announces Fiscal Year 2023 Continuing Training Grants Upcoming Deadlines and Reminders Important Deadlines & Reminders Attend the last  Protecting Places of Worship National Weeks of Action Webinar. FEMA and FCC Conduct Nationwide Emergency Alert Test at 2:20 p.m. ET. Application submissions close for the  FY23 Cybersecurity grant opportunities for state and local governments. Comment Period Closes for the  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program Data Collection Take Control in 1, 2, 3: Introducing the FEMA Disaster Preparedness Guide for Older Adults   This September