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:yeah: All in a days work! :yeah: Reep the good harvest! :yeah::cheers::cheers::cheers: When you look back to this day, you'll know it's all worth it! :cheers::cheers::cheers::yeah:

:pntrghi: You have a powerful ability that can be extremely useful in just about any situation. You have the ability to change. It's something you do regularly, and you probably just take it for granted. Yet it's important to always remember that you have the ability to change. If you feel angry, or frustrated, sad, or dismayed, though those feelings may seem to consume you, always know that you can change them. You may not want to change them just yet, and that's fine. Yet when you are ready, you can change. If you're in a difficult financial situation, you can change. If you're having serious problems in a relationship, you can change. You can observe, you can learn, you can make decisions, and you can change. That doesn't give you an excuse to abandon your responsibilities and commitments. In fact, it gives you a way to honor and support them. Every moment of life is a process of change. Though you may feel stuck in one place, that is certainly not the case. Countless positive possibilities are open to you. With your time, your effort and your commitment, you can bring those possibilities into reality. Whatever life may throw at you, whatever challenges or obstacles you may face, always keep in mind that success is possible through positive, focused change. :pntlft:

:ancong!::ancong!::ancong!::ancong!::ancong!: Wake up, open your eyes and look around you. Opportunity is everywhere. There is plenty of work to be done. And there are all sorts of effective, fulfilling ways to do it. The world is alive with all kinds of challenges. Pick a particularly difficult and meaningful one, creatively work your way through it, and bring new prosperity to yourself and others. Jump into the real-life adventure that sparkles beneath the rising sun each morning. A new day filled with richness is ready to be lived. Fortune favors those who choose to see it coming. Prosperity belongs to those who work to bring it to life. Report for duty in the service of your highest vision. This is when life gets good. :ancong!::ancong!::ancong!::ancong!::ancong!:

:ancong!::ancong!::ancong!: There is a passion in you that is constantly pushing to see the light of day. Let it out and let it grow. That passion is a unique and precious gift that you have to offer to life. Give it freely, with vigor, with courage, with love, and let all truly experience its special value. :ancong!::ancong!::ancong!:

:thnkg::thnkg::thnkg: You can persist through every discouragement and when you do, anything is within your reach. In fact, the more discouragement you move beyond, the more valuable and magnificent will be the things you accomplish. Certainly there are plenty of things which can frustrate and discourage you, but that doesn't mean you have to be frustrated or discouraged. You have a much better, much more effective, much more positive and fulfilling path that's yours to follow. You can choose to persist, to rise above the challenges, no matter how difficult and complicated they may be. You can choose to keep moving enthusiastically ahead, and refuse to let anything discourage you. Those things which might otherwise discourage you will positively energize and revitalize you when you're committed to reaching the goal. Those things which might otherwise be reasons to give up will instead compel you to move forward when the results you seek are meaningful enough. Give no time or energy to being discouraged. It feels lousy and it does not get you anywhere. Instead, stand up tall, put a smile on your face and a spring in your step. Persist in doing what you know is right, what you know will make a positive difference for yourself and your world, and thrill to how absolutely great it can be. :thnkg::thnkg::thnkg:

:hpygrp::hpygrp::hpygrp: Lift up someone's spirit today, and it will lift your own. Provide other people with value today, and you will increase your wealth. Spend a little while teaching someone, and you will learn something new. Praise the work of another today, and you will be admired. Send out your love and love will come to you. Offer encouragement to those around you, and you'll be more encouraged. Help others to enjoy the sunlight, and it will shine more brightly on you. Comfort those who suffer, and your own pain will be eased. Expect the best of others, and they'll see the best in you. Offer your support to the world, and the world will champion your cause. Live with passion and purpose, and the best things in life will find their way to you. Today you can have, you can be, you can do whatever you're willing to give of yourself. :ancong!::ancong!::ancong!:

:hpygrp::hpygrp::hpygrp: Go ahead and think of the most wonderful thing you can visualize, the most fulfilling achievement you can imagine. Whatever it is, you can begin to truly enjoy and benefit from it this very moment, or any time you are ready to do so. Because no matter what it is, its real value will come from the effort and commitment you put into achieving it. And no matter how ambitious it may be, or how distant its accomplishment may seem, you can begin to put effort into it right now. What is it you truly desire? The instant you begin working your way there, the best of your desire, the true value of it, the authentic experience of it, begins to be yours. The real value of any achievement is not in the attainment, but in the attaining. Because whatever you do to arrive at that achievement, is what creates the value it holds for you. Whatever you sincerely desire begins to be yours the moment you begin to reach for it. The value starts to build and accumulate as soon as you make the commitment and begin the process to get it done. :ancong!::ancong!::ancong!:

:thnkg::thnkg::thnkg: Life often presents you with difficult challenges and as such it presents you with a choice. You can choose to take on the challenges, as difficult and as complicated as they may be, or you can choose to run away from them. If you run from the challenges, try to hide from or ignore them, they only grow more difficult and complicated. If you truly seek to take the easy way out, the easiest thing to do is to face up to the challenges as soon as you can. Though courage at first seems to be the most difficult and demanding choice, in the long run it is the easiest course to follow. Having the courage to honestly see and deal with the challenges now, when they are manageable, will save you from becoming overwhelmed in the future. Doing what needs to be done when it needs to be done can be difficult and unpleasant. Failing to do it, however, will be many times worse. When you face the challenges now, you can face them on your own terms. If you put them off until later, each day you delay will limit your options and weaken your position. The courage to take action now is really nothing more than common sense, enlightened by an uncommon perspective. Rise above the moment, see the long term view, and you'll find the courage to rise to the most difficult challenges. :thnkg::thnkg::thnkg:

:icon_hug::icon_hug::icon_hug: It's great to hope for the best, as long as you're also doing something to bring it about. Keep your hopes high, and yet do not allow them to become a substitute for your efforts. Hope will work for you to the extent that you work for it. With hope and positive expectations behind your efforts, those efforts become vastly more effective. But hope can also work against you if the only thing it inspires you to do is to sit and wait. For then it just becomes an empty wish. When you find yourself hoping for something, be sure to also find a way to invest the energy of your efforts in that hope. Give your hope a way to move you forward by doing all you can to move it forward. Have the vision and the faith to hope for the very best. Then get busy, as you hold that hope in your heart, and make the effort necessary to make it happen. :icon_hug::icon_hug::icon_hug:

:yeah: Here's The Link: http://www.nln.org/newsreleases/cat_090909.htm :yeah: National League for Nursing First to Bring Computer Adaptive Testing to NCLEX-RN® Test Prep for Improved Student/Program Outcomes Major Research & Development Initiative from NLN Testing Services To Be Introduced at 2009 Education Summit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY-September 9, 2009-The first to bring computer adaptive testing (CAT) to test preparation in the field of nursing education, the National League for Nursing will introduce a major research and development initiative at the NLN's upcoming annual Education Summit in Philadelphia on Thursday, September 24. It is part of the NLN commitment to provide schools of nursing with standardized tests of the highest psychometric quality, said Dr. Stephen Hetherman, director of Testing Services at the NLN. Utilizing state-of-the-art test prep technology, computer adaptive testing will transform the current RN comprehensive examination, Dr. Hetherman asserted. Computer adaptive testing is a method for administering examination items of appropriate difficulty for each student's ability level. Each time the student answers a question, the computer re-estimates her or his ability. Based on that re-estimated ability, the NLN's proprietary software selects the next item to be presented from a large pool of available items that will challenge the student (i.e., the item is not too hard and not too easy) and meet content specifications. In this way, CAT tailors the set of items each student is presented with to each student's level of proficiency. Administered in this adaptive framework, the new RN Comprehensive Achievement Examination will assess students' NCLEX preparedness and simulate the NCLEX testing environment. The NLN is currently inviting schools to apply to become possible test sites. Interested schools are urged to contact the NLN at 800-732-8656. "As standard-bearers of excellence in nursing education, the NLN has once again raised the bar in terms of preparing pre-licensure RN candidates for the licensing exam," said NLN CEO Dr. Beverly Malone. "We are listening to our members, proactively working with them to bring forward the best in nursing education. This latest innovation is fully aligned with the NLN mission to promote excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce." Editors and reporters: For interview opportunities, please contact Karen R. Klestzick, chief communications officer of the NLN, at 212-812-0376 or [email protected].

:hpygrp::hpygrp::hpygrp: Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow. :ancong!::ancong!::ancong!:

:ancong!::anpom::nmbrn: This is your moment to pick your head up, put a smile on your face, and with a quickness and determination in your step, move forward. Look toward your best possibilities, for you are here now to achieve great things. :nmbrn::anpom::ancong!:

:weathersunsmall::weathersunsmall:Do you wish to have confidence? Then get busy and build it. Start with something small, and take a leap of faith in yourself. When you have a modest accomplishment under your belt, you have something real upon which to build. Then push yourself to go a little further each time. Take on new challenges that are a little beyond what you know you can do. Put all you have into successfully moving through those new and more difficult challenges. Each time you do, your level of confidence will increase. There is no shortcut to true confidence. Yet there is a clearly defined pathway that will surely take you there. Challenge yourself at every opportunity to go a little beyond what you know you can do. Soon you will confidently know you can do just about anything you choose. :weathersunsmall::weathersunsmall:

:hpygrp::hpygrp::hpygrp: Freedom is the great enabler of opportunity. When you are free to act in accordance with your most treasured values and interests, anything you can imagine is possible. Essential to freedom is responsibility. It is by accepting and exercising full responsibility over every aspect of your life that you become truly free to live and fulfill your own unique vision. Freedom carries with it great power. Responsibility keeps that power focused in a positive and productive direction. Freedom, lovingly tempered with responsibility, has produced many great and wonderful things. Even more wonderful is the fact that freedom's best rewards are yet to come. For in freedom there is endless promise. With freedom, the possibilities for goodness and fulfillment are always growing more abundant. Celebrate freedom and, more importantly, creatively put it to good use in your own special way. With your life, uncover and bring to life some of freedom's treasures that have never been seen before. :ancong!::ancong!::ancong!:

:hpygrp::ancong!::anpom: Though the odds may not be in your favor, you can do it. Though the challenges are great, you can make it happen. People will likely tell you it's impossible. Even so, you can find a way to make it possible and to make it real. When it means enough to you, then you can do it. When you are willing and committed and persistent, you will get yourself there. Look within yourself and find those values that you most earnestly desire to express with your life. The things that are most genuinely important to you are the things that will power your achievements. When you can put the power of your passion behind it, you will create it. Make the effort to find and to know that passion, and there is no limit to what you can accomplish. Be utterly true to who you are. And fulfill your greatest possibilities. :anpom::ancong!::hpygrp: