Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
                
                
                
                    Jack Ma has a lot to be happy about.
He is the founder and executive chairman of the Alibaba Group, a tech company in China.  Among the things going his way:
	- His company went public in September 2014 and its worth shot up to $25 billion.
	- He is the richest man in China.
	- His company is the
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
                
                
                
                    Tech Moms Among the hottest items for Mother’s Day ’06 were digital cameras, which increased 27% in unit sales in ‘06; portable music players, up 40%; and satellite navigation systems, shot up over 400%. Consumers spent more than $865 million in the week before Mother’s Day, up 9% from ‘05’s $791
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 24, 2025
                
                
                
                    [211].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – PANORAMIC VIEW FROM THE PINNACLE (PART 1)
NOTE:  When I went to post this it could not be sent because it said the whole thing was too long.  Therefore I had to split it into two Parts..  This is Part 1 and Part 2 will follow after this.
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                    Philip Yancey writes in his book, Prayer, that 
“… Keeping company with God also includes expressing the times of trial and frustration. In Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye keeps up a running dialogue with God, giving credit for the good things but also lamenting all that goes wrong. 
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                    There is an advertisement for a company called Staples. There pitch is that they take hard office work that would normally be to hard to do in one day and they say If you will bring it to Staples they will fix it up and MAKE IT EASY for you. There logo is an EASY button that you press and when you
                    
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                    It is like the brand new, high tech fire helmets sent to a big city fire department to try recently.  They were shiny, reflected light, had adjustable sizes, even a built in radio receiver.  There was only one problem.  When they were exposed to high heat they melted.  But our lives are like that. 
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 24, 2025
                
                
                
                    [211].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – PANORAMIC VIEW FROM THE PINNACLE (PART 2)
NOTE:  When I went to post this it could not be sent because it said the whole thing was too long.  Therefore I had to split it into two Parts..  This is Part 2, the final part.
This is a longer poem.  Some might find it
                    
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                    Contributed by David  Yarbrough on Jul 23, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Alexander the Great and a small company of soldiers approached a strongly fortified walled city.  Alexander, standing outside the walls, raised his voice and demanded to see the king.  when the king arrived, Alexander insisted that the king surrender the city and its inhabitants to Alexander and
                    
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                    In my home town there was a company that purchased some land and began to build what
 was to become a large grocery store.  The foundation was laid, the frame of the building 
was erected, then, for some unknown reason, all work stopped.  For years the unfinished
 building stood as a sort of
                    
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                    There was a tool company that manufactured drill bits. Faced with financial losses, company executives gathered to discuss the problem of declining demand for drill bits. The CEO challenged his people: "How can we revive the bit market?" After an embarrassing long silence, one member of the team
                    
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                    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 3, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    As an infantry company commander in Vietman in 1967, I saw Viet Cong soldiers surrender many times.
	As they were placed in custody, marched away, and briefly interrogated, their body language and facial expressions always caught my attention. Most hung their heads in shame, staring at the ground,
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
                
                
                
                    Switch to Vibrate Companies are limiting on the job cellphone use in reaction to the noisy jangle of beeps and tunes emanating from incoming personal calls. 30% of employees say cellphones ringing at work is their #1 pet peeve, according to a Randstad USA study. A Sprint survey finds 53% of workers
                    
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