#foster unity

[mjkman1]

We need to work together as a single species in order to rid the world of problems like poverty and disease. If we can get rid of those things, than many of society's other problems will be eliminated as well. No more poverty anywhere means both in the United States, AND everywhere else in the world, including third world countries. No more third world countries means no more concerns for refugees and immigration. Everyone wins. Also, no disease, besides, in and of itself, saving lives, would also allow for a universally satisfying solution to the dividing issue of abortion, as no disease means no more pregnancy related complications. From there, the RIGHT can still technically be there, but without the reasons, so everyone wins. Have your cake and eat it too. Improving foster care is also necessary for this to work. Again, everyone wins.

[jazzdailyblog]

Exploring the Genius of Steve Lacy: A Jazz Innovator and Soprano Saxophone Master

Introduction: Steve Lacy, born Steven Norman Lackritz ninety years ago today on July 23, 1934, in New York City, was an avant-garde jazz musician and a master of the soprano saxophone. His contributions to jazz span over five decades, during which he pushed the boundaries of the genre, collaborated with some of the most influential musicians of his time, and created a body of work that continues…

[spilladabalia]

Unity - Love

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

by Costi Hinn | It’s all too true that when you put Christians together there will be conflict. Beyond denominational differences, in local congregations where most people agree on doctrinal distinctives there can still be personal preferences, opinions, and attitudes that break down unity rather than preserve it. We can all be guilty of making a spiritual law where there is no biblical law, or in an effort to embrace our Christian liberties, we can be guilty of flaunting our liberty...

[andrechapman]

André V. Chapman, M.A. is a prominent speaker and the author of Roses in Concrete: Giving Foster Children the Future They Deserve. He is the Founder & CEO of Unity Care Group, Inc.—an organization providing housing and social programs to serve current and former foster youth.

[townpostin]

Sheyn International School Hosts Vibrant Janmashtami Celebration

Students dress as Radha and Krishna, participate in traditional ‘matki phod’ event Sheyn International School marks Lord Krishna’s birth with colorful performances and cultural activities. JAMSHEDPUR – Sheyn International School celebrated Janmashtami with a lively and colorful program commemorating Lord Krishna’s birth. Young students dressed as Radha, Krishna, and other mythological characters,…

[cyber-soul-smartz]

Balancing Individuality and Unity in a Polarized World

Discover the art of balancing individuality with communal harmony in our latest article! Learn how to embrace diverse perspectives and foster unity. Don't miss out—subscribe now for more insights on personal growth and inclusive living!

[professorgtnt]

我（Philip Yancey）提過，坎波羅因呼籲大家對同性戀者要更有愛心，而受到別人辱罵。

另一朋友梅恩思（Karen Mains），由於別人發動攻勢，批評她的作品，結果失去了在廣播電台的職位。

有個自稱是「異端察驗者」的信徒，認為畢德生的新約意譯本《信息本聖經》（The Message）「篡改神的話語」，就以他為攻擊靶子。

傅士德（RichardFoster）在他的屬靈操練著作中，敢於用「冥想」這類字，被懷疑是個新紀元運動分子。

寇爾森（Chuck Colson）告訴我，因為他接受「坦普爾頓促進宗教獎」（Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion），而這個��項有時發給非基督徒，就有些基督徒寫了極其惡毒的信寄給他。 寇爾森毫不留情地批評，說：「我們的主內弟兄，恩慈之心竟然比水門事件期間的世俗媒體還不如。」而當他簽署與天主教徒合作聲明之後，寫給他的信件內容，其激烈更是有增無減。

[irisbroadwaygrenowest]

Guru Nanak Jayanti is a day of profound significance, celebrating the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

His words resonate even today, urging us to be kind, to love unconditionally, and to foster unity.

#Trehan#TrehanIris#IrisBroadway#IrisBroadwayGurugram#IBG#GuruPurab#GuruNanakJayanti#GuruNanak

[irisbroadwaygurugram]

Guru Nanak Jayanti is a day of profound significance, celebrating the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

His words resonate even today, urging us to be kind, to love unconditionally, and to foster unity.

#Trehan#TrehanIris#IrisBroadway#IrisBroadwayGurugram#IBG#GuruPurab#GuruNanakJayanti#GuruNanak

[nickmarini]

Ayden’s Build 

TL;DR: Barbarian 1, Druid  2 (Circle of the Stars), Paladin 8 (Oath of the Ancients), and Cleric 9 (Peace Domain). Feats: Squire of Solamnia, Remarkable Recovery, Warcaster, Knight of Crowns, Spelldriver, Tough.

Building Ayden was a joy and a journey. To begin we were told we had 20 levels to work with and stats of 20 across the board. The only thing I knew about Ayden from the session 0 was that he was going to be a Cleric of the Everlight and that I wanted to make him the best support character I could. I also knew that the Dawnfather was aware of the mission briefing and so would have directed his growth to the task at hand. 

Stats of 20 meant multiclassing into any class was possible and that any ability score based bonuses or proficiency based abilities were going to be very good. I figured that with a warlock and a sorcerer we’d have some pretty good counterspelling and 9th level spell access, so I didn’t worry myself about either of those, instead focusing on making sure we all survived. 

The Dawnfather and The Everlight share 2 of 3 Domains. Life and Light. The Everlight’s 3rd domain is Peace. The Peace Domain cleric is an excellent subclass and its 6th level ability, Protective Bond, was something I knew I wanted to build around. The ability to take hits for, and aid, my siblings while teleporting around the battlefield is an excellent support ability and it also lets allies in the bond do the same, fostering sibling unity and cohesion.

With the Dawnfather having Nature as his unique domain separate from the Everlight, and literally sending himself to Exandria to infiltrate a city full of the greatest mages of the age, the Oath of Ancients Paladin seemed like an obvious path. It is the nature Paladin, (his domain) and 7 levels gives you both Aura of Protection and Aura of Warding. This means as Ayden moves through the battlefield with Protective Bond he will be granting allies +5 to saves from his cha as well as resistance to damage from spells. Incredibly good going up against the wizards of Aeor he knew he would encounter. I didn’t want to go to 10 with Paladin because I didn’t want to be immune to frightened. I just felt that fear played too large a role in the reasons the gods were here and although aura of courage is probably my favorite ability going back to 3rd edition, I felt like it wasn’t right for Ayden. He had to fear in order to reinforce his need to hope. 

These two classes were set relatively quickly and then I began looking at how else I was going to build him out. 

I really liked the idea of being able to grant my allies some extra attacks and so I was looking at battle master to get commanders strike and goading attack as well as maneuvering attack to help take hits for and position my allies. Action Surge is also a great ability that could really come in handy if I needed to save someone and needed one extra action to do so. 

I was also looking at the 2nd level Divination Wizard ability Portent. The ability to fully dictate 2 rolls is very powerful in certain circumstances, especially if the numbers are very high or very low.

Both these seemed good but weren’t feeling totally right from a character perspective. They felt too forced.

As I was playing around with these two classes I was also building Aydens backstory. I really liked the idea of him being agriculturally focused, as this aspect of the Dawnfather is actually his youngest. Sun begets days, and thus time and seasons, and as civilization evolves agriculture follows. The fighter levels lent the idea that he has spent some time training under a knight or some such warrior, and I knew that he would eventually find his way to Trist to begin his tutelage and become her cleric. I liked there being these different eras of his life. 

It was around this time that I got an awesome email asking me to describe Ayden visually so that the incredibly talented Hannah Friederichs and Cael Lyons could begin to bring Ayden and the Dawnfather to life. I wanted Ayden to be a simply dressed with a shield he took from his mentor, but no sword for striking. They sent 4 sketches and told me I could mix and match as I desired. Image #1 however was exactly as I had envisioned him. It was the simplest and had this depth to his eyes that told the story of a much older soul in this 15 year old body. It was so perfect that it made me realize I had been going in the totally wrong direction with fighter and wizard. The concepts of nature and agriculture were suddenly staring me in the face. It was not wizard, but druid, and his mentor could have taught him to be a paladin as easily as fighter, but if he is the bringer of agriculture who has he brought it to? A remote tribe still hunting and gathering was the answer. Barbarian therefore replaced fighter. I can’t tell you how influential the sketch I received was. It felt like a bolt of lightning suddenly clarified everything. 

I was for sure cleric 6, Paladin 7 and now looking at druid and barbarian. 

I didn’t know Druid subclasses very well but Circle of the Stars jumped out from the pack just with its name. The Sun after all is a star. When I read its 2nd level abilities Starmap and Starry form it was so obvious. I can cast Guiding Bolt to set up those attacks I wanted to grant, and I can glow instead of wild shape and either heal more or have a massive bonus to maintain the concentration spells I knew I wanted to cast. For the keeper of time to know how to read the stars just felt right. It also feel right that the druids of a tribe that had been hunting and gathering during the tumultuous Calamity would have learned to navigate by the stars, a singular constant in an every changing age. 

Barbarian has a number of interesting subclasses but none felt like they clicked. 1 level of Barbarian though, for a character with 20 dexterity and 20 constitution, catapults your AC to 20 and it also gives you a proficiency in Constitution saving throws if you take it as your first class, again reinforcing those concentration rolls. He was found as a child by this barbarian tribe and his first class is also his first community. Barbarian was the strong foundation I would build upon. 

I was now Cleric 6, Paladin 7, Druid 2, Barbarian 1. Reorganized to be the order Ayden would have taken them in it becomes the following:

Barbarian 1, Druid  2 (Circle of the Stars), Paladin 7 (Oath of the Ancients), and Cleric 6 (Peace Domain)

4 more levels to distribute. As a player who has mostly played 3.5 (I think downfall just about doubled the amount of 5E I have played) feats are my absolute favorite things, so getting to multiples of 4 in class levels to grab some was something I wanted to do (also I didn’t have to worry about ability score increases)! I had already given one feat up by taking barb and druid but I made up for it with the human variant. I also took the Knight of Solamnia background to give me Squire of Solamnia, the prerequisite for Knight of the Crowns which would give me the ability to grant attacks to my allies without needing battle maneuvers. 

So I upped paladin from 7-8 for a feat and then decided to take Cleric from 6-9 because it gave me a feat and access to the spell Dawn. I mean the Dawnfather should be able to cast Dawn after all! 

Now to feats

1) Background: Squire of Solamnia to give me the prerequisite for Knight of the Crowns

2) Human Variant: Remarkable Recovery. I knew I’d be taking extra damage so having 5 extra hp from any healing I get might just be the difference. It also plays into his background. He had to leave the Barbarian tribe he brought agriculture to because his skin could not retain the ceremonial tattoo ink that would have symbolized his initiation into the community. 

3) Cleric 4 Warcaster to get advantage on those concentration checks, that along with proficiency and starry form of the dragon means I need to take 28 damage (56 if it’s a spell) to even have to roll, and when I do I get advantage and proficiency on the check. Getting me to lose concentration is gonna be a task. 

4) Paladin 4 Knight of the Crown getting to grant an attack proficiency times per day combos wonderfully with Starmaps free guiding bolt, conveniently also proficiency times per day. 

5) Cleric 8 Spelldriver I’m gonna be casting a bunch of spells so the ability to cast multiple each turn is going to make my support spells come out much faster. I have a big fam to take care of!

6) Paladin 8 Tough I really went back and forth between this and Inspiring Leader. Granting all my siblings 25 temp hp is amazing but ultimately I decided that as I’d be tanking a bunch of damage I’d need toughness. Toughness gave me 15 more hp than Inspiring leader would have, and I ended up going down to 14 at one point so it was a decision that very much paid off by a single HP! Don’t wanna pop a deathward if you can help it!

Last but not least we were granted 2 magic items. One very rare and one uncommon. For my uncommon I chose a cloak of resistance, a parting gift from the tribe that Ayden could not join. This upped my saves to 11s or 17s and took my AC to 23. For his very rare magic item I took a spellguard shield, inherited from the knight who brought him from the remote tribe to Trist‘s school, giving me advantage on saving throws vs spells and magical effects and inflicting disadvantages on spell effects targeting me. Combine that with resistance to spells from Aura of Warding and that’s a nasty nasty combo v wizards. 

All in all Ayden’s build is an incredibly hard to target tanky support character who can move through the battlefield protecting his allies and being an absolute nightmare for enemy spellcasters. The only thing I really didn’t fully consider was just how much damage he would take from Warding Bond which totally bypasses all those wonderfully crafted defenses. As crazy as it is, I think we barely got to scratch the surface of Aydens full potential and it’s probably good those mages decided to cast spells at everyone else because Ayden was going to be a tough character for a spell caster to crack. The Commanding Rally did get to shine allowing characters who specialized in weapon attacks to get a little extra out of those 20 level commitments. Ayden’s build was crafted to keep his siblings alive and let them shine as bright as possible together. I’m very proud of him!

If you read all this then you’re as nerdy as me and deserve a reward!

[unity-care-official]

Unity Care | Nonprofit Service Provider

Unity Care was founded by André Chapman in 1993, and in the nearly thirty years it has been serving California’s foster youth, the organization has won a number of grants and awards. In 1997, Unity Care was recognized by 100 Black Men of Silicon Valley as Nonprofit of the Year. From 1993 through 1998, the organization opened four houses to support foster youth transitioning from foster care. By 1999, the company had launched its Pre-College Minority Engineering Program (PC-MEP).

[theambitiouswoman]

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Known for supporting tissue healing, this frequency aids in cell repair and treats minor injuries, helping the body to restore itself.

�� 396 Hz – Liberating Guilt and Fear

This frequency is used to release feelings of guilt and fear, encouraging a positive outlook and emotional freedom.

• 417 Hz – Undoing Situations and Facilitating Change

The 417 Hz frequency is believed to clear negativity, remove emotional blocks, and facilitate positive change, helping to reset the mind and body.

• 528 Hz – Transformation and Miracles

The “love frequency,” 528 Hz is known for enhancing imagination, healing, and intuition. It promotes spiritual growth and transformation.

• 639 Hz – Connecting Relationships

For building and mending relationships, 639 Hz fosters harmony and connection, supporting friendships, family, and community ties.

• 741 Hz – Awakening Intuition

This frequency promotes intuition, problem-solving, and clarity, and can aid in easing chronic pain, bringing a sharper mental focus.

• 852 Hz – Returning to Spiritual Order

A spiritual frequency that reconnects you to your higher self and aligns you with the universe, promoting inner peace and balance.

• 963 Hz – Divine Consciousness or Enlightenment

Known as the “frequency of the Gods,” 963 Hz opens pathways to unity, oneness, and spiritual awakening, encouraging a sense of enlightenment.

[floatyflowers]

You are the daughter of Sauron and everyone is obsessed with you as they are obsessed with the rings.(Part 1)

"Everyone was aware that falling in love with you was madness, given your father's identity. Still, no one minded as long as they could have you by their side."

Morgoth/Melkor

He is obsessed with you as much as he is obsessed with the Silmarils.

Doesn't care if you are the daughter of his servant, he wants you.

Despite your refusal of Morgoth's advences, Sauron encourages you, and wanting to please your father, you decided to try and please Melkor.

"Your soul and body are mine like those silmarils"

He crafted a necklace made out of one of the Silmarils, gifting it to you as a token of your unity.

Thankfully, the Valar captured him after the battle of Wrath, however you already left him before the battle.

Maedhros

You met him while he was in Thangorodrim, getting tormented by your father.

At that time Morgoth was imprisoned in Angband, so you were free from his obsessed jealousy.

However, after seeing the handsome red-haired elf for the first time, you decided to take care of him and try to free him, feeling sympathy and gulit.

After freeing him with the help of his cousin Fingon who had to cut off his hand to free him, Maedhros tried to convince you to escape with him, as you handed him the Silmaril Morgoth gave you.

"Come with me, you will find peace away from your father's clutches"

And you did leave with him when you realize how awful Sauron is.

But your decision is like falling into another trap.

As Maedhros appeared to be the same as Morgoth in causing violence.

Celebrimbor

After discovering what Maedhros and his brothers have done to their kin, you fled without a second thought.

And as years passed, you kept yourself hidden wandering alone, until you met Celebrimbor whom you find his knowledge remarkable.

You thought of leaving when you discovered that he is the nephew of Maedhros, but his generosity tempted you to stay, and you did.

Honestly, you thought you found peace with him in the safety of his home, but that was never the case, Celebrimbor was possessive and refused to let you leave.

He crafted special rings to keep you safe from danger, and also to keep you in love with him.

"Your pain, your pleasure, your every thought belongs to me. You're mine to command and possess."

Celebrimbor thought he owned you, until Annatar 'Sauron' came into the picture and corrupted Celebrimbor into making the rings.

Sauron/Annatar 'platonic'

Sauron didn't realize how much you meant to him until you ran away.

He almost went insane and never stopped searching for you.

So, when he encountered Celebrimbor, he didn't expect to see you, and deep down it steered horrible jealousy at the sight of you, his only child, happy with Celebrimbor.

Adding to this, he noticed Celebrimbor's obessesive behavior towards you and how he tried to keep you away from his sight.

What is more amusing to Annatar is that you didn't discover his disguise.

So, he decided to reveal it to you.

"How sad that you don't remember your father, my sweet child"

You warn Celebrimbor about your father before handing him the rings he made for you and leaving.

Elrond

You knew Elrond since Maglor, brother of Maedhros, was the one fostered him and his twin brother, Elros.

So, seeing him after so many years surprised you and what made you feel shy is the fact that he invited you to stay with him at his realm.

You decided to take on his offer because you didn't want to keep on wandering in the middle earth after you did for many years.

Actually, you came to his realm after his wife decided to leave to the Undying Lands.

And Elrond is the only one who felt like he wanted to marry you but he decided not to act on it to not frighten you.

Especially after everything you told him about others 'locking you up' and 'refusing to let you leave'

Actually he witnessed how his foster Uncle treated you, so he understood where you are coming from.

"Do not worry, Nin meld, you are safe here with me, I promise to protect you from any danger."

[andrechapman]

André V. Chapman founded Unity Care Group, Inc. in 1993. The non-profit organization seeks to develop educational and social programs which enrich the lives of at-risk youth and those affected by the foster care system. Mr. Chapman authored, Roses in Concrete: Giving Foster Children the Future They Deserve, and he is an American Leadership Forum Fellow.

[townpostin]

Students Honor Soldiers with Rakhis at Sonari Army Camp

Interact Club of NHES celebrates Raksha Bandhan with army personnel In a touching display of gratitude, students from Narbheram Hansraj English School honored soldiers at the Sonari Army camp during Raksha Bandhan. JAMSHEDPUR – The Interact Club of Narbheram Hansraj English School (NHES) celebrated Raksha Bandhan by tying rakhis on soldiers’ wrists at the Sonari Army camp. Students and teachers…