Warren, the pastor of Saddleback Church in southern California, sent e-mails to thousands of church pastors around the world pitching the "40 Days of Purpose" program, which included a sermon and discussion group notes.

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When it came time to launch his book, The Purpose Driven Life, last year, Warren used Pastors.com to invite churches to participate in a "40 Days of Purpose" event (to correspond with the book's 40 chapters).

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Because my job seemed to no longer have real purpose, my days dragged on and I never felt I like was working toward anything.

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Welsh government policy is that parents should not normally take pupils on holiday during term time but schools have the discretion to grant up to 10 days authorised absence for this purpose.

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Given that a year a Harvard is less costly than these conferences that last only a few days, the veneer of an educational purpose is easy to see through.

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"The state... agrees to offset the days in which the appellant was detained for the purpose of a criminal investigation prior to his administrative detention from the period of the current administrative detention order, and also announces that as long as no new significant and substantive material is added regarding the appellant, there is no intention to extend the administrative detention, " a statement said.

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The purpose of the hearing, which has lasted several days, is to determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to bring Mr Magnotta to trial.

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Your days inside and outside the state are important, as is the purpose of your travels.

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And I know that you will do so with the same sense of purpose, the same sense of patriotism that have defined your days at this Academy.

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