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A great quote

From Eric:

A quote by the late Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931-2005

"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out
of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person
must work for without receiving.

"The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not
first take from somebody else.

"When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because
the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets
the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get
what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation.
You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."

WLI airboat 2

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Airboat on Lake Hancock

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iKnow Chinese

Some of you have already found some Chinese lesson tapes of DVDs, but I thought I'd pass this on  for those who haven't already. I found a DVD at Barnes and Noble called iKnow Chinese, a beginner-level program. What's cool is that it's compatible with your iPod - you load it into iTunes first. I'm just now installing it, so I can't vouch for how easy it is to use. 

Video of Putnam on the Commissioner of Ag

Here's a short video of Adam Putnam speaking about the Commissioner of Ag race. There is a story with it as well.

http://www.theledger.com/article/20090218/NEWS/902180246/1134?Title=Putnam-Joins-the-Race-for-Ag-Commissioner

New Distribution Center for Winter Haven

Since we will be there next week, thought it'd be interesting. Winter Haven will be getting a distribution center. The tenant is unknown so far.

http://www.theledger.com/article/20090218/NEWS/902180344/1410?Title=Distribution-Center-Coming-to-Winter-Haven

Freeze Damage effects on Ag in Pasco & Hernando counties

An article from the St. Petersburg Times on how the freeze is impacting a few folks in Pasco and Hernando counties:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/agriculture/article976956.ece

The Nursery industry in Florida

This is a link to the video aired on Tallahassee's ABC Channel 27 WTXL. Talks about the Agriculture Industry in Florida as well as the Nursery Industry.

http://www.wtxl.tv/global/story.asp?s=9864932

Leadership Program in Ontario on YouTube

The Advanced Agricultural Rural Leadership Program in Ontario, Canada has recently posted 4 videos to YouTube to help with recruitment for the next class. Please check them out at:

http://www.youtube.com/group/ruralleadership

How to Lead in China

Another Harvard Business Review article, but it's interesting to see how many of them are related to China.

http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/goldsmith/2009/02/how_to_lead_in_china.html

Book Swap

For the readers in the group, I found about this great resource for getting rid of old books or being able to get new books for basically less than $3!

Check out www.paperbackswap.com. You can sign up for free. It is a great tool for finding almost any book you want (there were almost 3 million books listed this morning). When mailing your book to others, be sure to send it "media mail" through the USPS and it should cost you around $3 unless it is a heavy book.

Happy reading!!

StrengthsFinder

An interview with the author of StrengthsFinder 2.0, Tom Rath. You'll be hearing more about this at Seminar VIII.

http://odeo.com/episodes/10689143-Strengths-Finder-2-0-Interview-with-Tom-Rath-by-Todd-S