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This month, (June 2017), Team Allwag will be taking part in the Walk All Over Cancer challenge in aid of Cancer Research UK!
In the UK alone, someone is diagnosed with cancer every two minutes, and a cancer patient loses their battle every four minutes. Charities such as Cancer Research UK aim to beat cancer once and for all and save hundreds upon thousands of people's lives each year...
Previously, Team Allwag organised a fundraiser in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust, a charity that's dedicated to improving the lives of young people with cancer, which you can read more about it by clicking here.
Each participant in Cancer Research's #WalkAllOverCancer challenge must walk 10,000 steps a day – which is a lot harder than you think! The average person walks around 5,000 – 7,000 steps every day, and that's not including weekends where steps can be drastically decreased!
With 20 members of Team Allwag (aka the Waggies Walkers) getting involved, that's a whopping 200,000K steps a day!
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258,480 steps!
We honestly didn't think that we were going to reach our step target today due to being rushed off our feet (in the metaphorical sense, we were actually sitting down dealing with new orders, customer inquiries and so on...). This just goes to prove what teamwork and dedication can do! Well done Team Allwag!
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Super Stepper of the Day: Jess (21,567 steps)
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Starting the second week of our #WalkAllOverCancer challenge on a high! Here's hoping we keep this streak up this week!
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This challenge is definitely harder than we initially anticipated. Nevertheless, Team Allwag still managed to hit our targeet - roll on next week!
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The first Saturday of the #WalkAllOverCancer challenge was definitely harder than Team Allwag initially thought but we still managed to power through!
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Team Allwag absolutely smashed our first day of the #WalkAllOverCancer challenge! The daily target for our team is 200,000 – we completed 33,540 additional steps!
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Typically the humor in celebrity FunnyOrDie videos lies in the lampooning of their public image. But whenever these skits fail, it's because the star in question doesn't understand that what they've chosen to make fun of is an aspect of their personality that deserves serious self-reflection, not a viral video.
Lindsay Lohan's eHarmony dating ad wasn't a winner because it made light of her probation, drug problems and general insanity — issues that we all kinda wish she'd resolve instead of mock.
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SUNRISE — Pleased over the demise of a proposal for Davie to annex Bonaventure and Weston, city officials are beginning to consider how to entice the unincorporated communities into Sunrise voluntarily.
City Council members will discuss Bonaventure and Weston in a workshop meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall.
Council member Mike Stern placed the item on the agenda before state Sen. Ken Jenne, D-Hollywood, announced he will withdraw his proposal to have Davie take over the unincorporated areas.
What would have been a strategy session on how to oppose the Broward Legislative Delegation`s annexation plan has now become an opportunity to discuss the city`s own annexation possibilities, Stern said.
``Instead of focusing on the annexation proposal, we`ll look a little farther down the road . . . to see how we can best sell the city of Sunrise to Bonaventure and Weston,`` Stern said.
Stern had originally wanted to unite city officials in opposition to the delegation`s proposal, since many Sunrise officials had been expressing their opinions individually.
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One of the most satisfying victories for Democrats has to be the defeat of longtime Republican State State Senator Leonard Lee Rawson, the Senate's minority whip, by Dem challenger Steve Fischmann in Senate Distict 37 in the Las Cruces area. Welcome to the New Mexico Legislature Senator-Elect Fischmann!
According to an article in the Las Cruces Sun-News, Fischmann won with a total of 13,131 votes or 51.1%, while Rawson got 12,587 votes or 48.9%. This tally represents unofficial results that now include almost all of the provisional and in-lieu-of ballots cast. Rawson has not yet publicly conceded defeat in the contest, and it's unknown whether he intends to pursue some kind of desperate legal action to try and muddy or overturn the results. I'm sure Rawson and GOP leaders are in shock over his loss.
You may recall that Rawson was supported by Dem Tim Jennings of Roswell, Senate President Pro-Tempore, in the form of a recorded robocall used in the waning days of the election. I've also heard that Jennings was featured in a radio ad defending Rawson, although that hasn't been confirmed. Jennings was soundly criticized by both Gov. Bill Richardson and Democratic Party of New Mexico Chairman Brian Colon for publicly advocating on behalf of Rawson in the closely contested battle between Rawson and Fischmann.
Rawson was criticized on his ethics by opponents, including his involvement in obtaining a $100,000 appropriation to pave a road near a commercial development he owns that's located outside of the district he represents. Rawson was a high-ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee and served on a number of finance-related interim legislative committees.
Fischmann ran a campaign that stressed the need to better manage development, more closely monitor deals by the State Land Office, promote renewable and affordable energy, conserve New Mexico's unique public lands and increase access to health care in the state. He also supports ethics and campaign finance reform measures.
It will be fascinating to watch what will happen to Jennings' clout in the Senate given the backlash that's developed within the Dem caucus to his out-of-bounds support for a Republican candidate during a close election. Jennings relied on a coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats to elect him Senate Pro-Tem.
Now Rawson has been replaced by a Dem, and reform-minded Dems Eric Griego and Tim Keller won Senate seats from status quo Dems James Taylor and Shannon Robinson. Also, Dem Tim Eichenberg defeated Repub Sen. Diane Snyder. And now it looks like Dem John Sapien has edged out Repub Sen. Steve Komadina. As a consequence, the balance of power within the State Senate is definitely in flux. Stay tuned.
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Jennings + Lieberman. He needs to be stripped of his leadership position stat.
Posted by: Proud Democrat | Nov 10, 2008 4:17:05 PM
Jennings has been pushing the envelope for a long time and helping his pals get bucks. He can't be allowed to keep his leadership post.
Posted by: L. Archuleta | Nov 10, 2008 4:26:49 PM
Good riddance to Rawson. All he did was look to take care of his friends and himself. He is like Shannon Robinson in that respect. Buh bye to both of them.
I met Fischmann and he should be an effective, honest lawmaker. That is a big improvement. We need more like him in SF.
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DescriptionPaper Cakes is a platformer with puzzle elements made by a team of students from the Utrecht School of the Art (HKU, The Netherlands) and the University of Southern California (USC, US). Players control Doodle, a magical drawing in the shape of a little man, who needs to be guided towards a cake to eat it. Each level is presented as a two-sided piece of paper where most of the objects consist of incomplete and non-connecting lines that act as platforms. There are also some ladders. Doodle can be guided around by drawing a line to a destination. He will move there when as long as there is solid ground for him to walk on.
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The game consists of 40 levels divided over four worlds. Each world is introduced through a tutorial and after five completed levels a new world is unlocked, with a higher difficulty. New worlds also open up situations that require a different approach. In the second one paper can be folded two times in a single direction before flipping it. The third one introduces moving enemies that can be trapped temporarily by folding the paper over them. The final world introduces holes that allow Doodle to travel directly to the other side of the page. There is no time pressure or threats that can kill Doodle. It is also impossible to become stuck - different approaches need to be tried before the cake can be reached.
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NEW YORK - A ban on smoking in New York City parks, beaches, boardwalks and pedestrian plazas took effect Monday, but smokers can still puff away legally on sidewalks.
New York's City Council passed the ban in February, over some grumbling about government meddling in people's private lives, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed off on it shortly afterward.
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Bloomberg also has promoted health measures including a ban on trans fats in restaurant food and a requirement that chain restaurants display calorie counts on menus.
He has campaigned nationally for food companies to cut salt levels in their products and for the federal government to ban the purchase of sugary drinks with food stamps -- federal vouchers used by 42 million low-income Americans to buy food. (Reporting by Basil Katz; editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Mohammad Zargham)
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The State Department says at least one American was killed and one injured in the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, Spain.
In remarks to State Department staff on Friday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confirmed the death and expressed condolences to the victim's family. He said diplomats from the U.S. consulate in Barcelona are working with local authorities to identify victims and provide assistance to other Americans in need.
The department had said earlier that Spanish authorities had reported that there were still "several" casualties who had not been identified.
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Lionsgate has officially tweaked the title of their Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. (Let the "Oh, great! Now it's going to be just like The Twilight Saga!" wailing commence.)
Speaking of Twilight, the studio also wouldn't give a straight answer about that rumor of Twilight star Robert Pattinson being up for the role of former tribute Finnick Odair. They responded to the Huffington Post's inquiry with this statement: "As with the first film, we won't be confirming, denying or commenting any casting rumors for this title. ... We will announce news wide when there is official casting news to announce."
Oscar winner Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3, Little Miss Sunshine) will reportedly rewrite the script for director Francis Lawrence. Filming begins this fall. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth will reprise their roles as Katniss, Peeta and Gale, with Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Toby Jones, and Woody Harrelson also returning to their respective roles.
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I woke up today, feeling feverish from my last night's high temperatures, accompanied by a splitting headache. The body was in no mood to drag itself from bed and start the day's chores …every part ached. But, it was a week day, the children needed to go to school, the hubby had a long line of meetings to attend to and I had to be present at an appointment in the second half of the day. I heaved a very long sigh! The day ahead seemed, oh, so long.
Now, over the last few days, I have come across a couple of very exceptional individuals… individuals who have risen above their circumstances in unthinkable ways. They are all truly remarkable people and I bow to their fight against and rising above all odds. These people have left an indelible impression on me. And, at that moment, in those early hours of the morning, lying in bed, with blocked nostrils and a head that seemed to be ready to split at any moment, the thoughts of all those special people came to my mind, those who have never stopped smiling and up I rose and started the day. What's a little cold, when so much worse could happen. Everything got done, with the sneezes in between,…and yes, that includes blogging too
I made this bowl of spicy roasted veggies…
before leaving home in the afternoon, to be had for dinner. A very simple recipe but with great flavours. …the raw and powdered spices and herbs worked their magic.
What's needed-
I carrot, scraped and chopped
2 parsnips, peeled and chopped
1/2 of a medium sized butternut squash, peeled, seeded and chopped
4-5 cloves of garlic, smashed
2 inches of ginger, smashed
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp roasted and ground cumin
3 tblsp of extra virgin olive oil
salt to taste
How to-
- Pre heat the oven at 200 deg C.
- Mix all the ingredients in a roasting pan.
Place the pan in the centre of the pre heated oven and bake for about 45-50 minutes. Toss them a couple of times in between.
- Serve hot.
The aromas that emanated while baking was a treat to the senses. The vegetables were not overcooked and retained a nice bite. We had ours with some plain rice, dal and a fresh salad. A simple weeknight meal, which was a nice end to the day.


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- BeeRod527
- 5 years ago
- Wedding: August 2014
It seems like people would not attend a wedding if the reception ends at 8 or 9pm. I've read that somewhere (not sure if it's here on the Bee or another wedding message board) from so many brides. I understand people love to party but there's a few brides who want to end it early. What if they're having a church wedding early? What if they want to save money by having an afternoon or early evening wedding? What if the venue needs to shut down at 10pm because of the noise? What if there's older guests or kids who usually go to bed early? It seems like people lose sight of what's important sometimes. You should celebrate whenever you like, even if the reception ends at 8pm.
Sorry about the rant but I needed to say something about it.


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Spring has come early to Maine this year. We had our first snowfall in October followed by a mild winter. It was a gorgeous day today so I decided to wash a winter's worth of salt and dirt off my car. As I often did back in my younger days, I listened to some of my favorite music. You might think I'd listen to something Greek and it's true, that I do so frequently but like most folks, I'm complicated. A little bit of this and a little bit of that. Having spent a good part of my life in the South I have a passion for country music, especially a singer named Patsy Cline.
I threw a CD of her songs into my car's CD player and went to work while a sipped on a bottle of cold beer. There's nothing like washing a car on a Spring day, the sun beating down on you, warming your bones, while you work up a thirst. Having finished washing my wheels I threw the car doors wide open, turned up the volume, and sat down on my front porch. I leaned back in my chair, my feet resting on the porch rail, listening to Patsy's sweet voice. Even the birds were singing back-up for her.
None of us can be sure what is in store for us in the after life, but I think God gives us a taste of heaven during our earthly lives now and then. Moments that are beautiful, full of good memories or thoughts, filled with love and peace. Today was little bit of heaven, a rest stop on the railway of life, traveling to God's embrace.


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Obama to visit Offaly this summer
AMERICAN President Barack Obama will visit his ancestral home in Offaly this summer as part of an official visit to Ireland this summer.
An official date for the visit has yet to be set but the long awaited visit was confirmed during Taoiseach Enda Kenny's visit to the White House on St Patrick's Day.
Barack Obama's Irish heritage stems from the son a shoemaker who hailed from Moneygall before emigrating to the US.
Fulmuth Kearney, Barack Obama's great-great-great grandfather, was 19 when he emigrated in 1850 to escape the Famine, making Barack Obama just over 3% an Offalian. Falmouth married, had eight children, and eventually moved to Indiana.
Speaking in the Oval Office yesterday, President Obama singled out the Offaly village for special mention when speaking about his impending visit.
"I'm expecting to go not only to all the famous sites, but also to Moneygall," he commented.
It is understood that the White House began to plan for a Presidential visit to Ireland in January.


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New York–The gravestone on the fourth slide of Forrester Research vice president Carrie Johnson's presentation at the National Retail Federation's annual convention Monday was the proverbial picture that said 1,000 words. Online Retailing, it declared, is dead. Long live Multichannel Retailing.
Though online sales (including of travel) last year grew 7.7%, to $172 billion in 2005, Johnson said that The State of Online Retailing 2006 report produced by NRF's Shop.org and Forrester could instead be referred to as the State of Multichannel Retailing. Online retailing, Johnson said, is now a part of retailers' total strategy, and very few retailers are solely online entities anymore.
"Retailers no longer treat online as a separate channel," Johnson said. "The online shopper is becoming more mainstream. About 40% of the U.S. population now shops online, but that same percentage has researched a product online and bought it offline, influencing more that $100 billion in offline sales."
Brian Devine, chairman of Petco Animal Supplies, said 59% of its online customers also buy product in store. In 2005 more than 3 million unique users used Petco.com to locate a store, while 1.5 million members of its PALS loyalty club went online to look up information about their status.
Devine added that the average order value at Petco.com is 2.5 times higher that that of the Petco stores. He attributed this to consumers' wish to have heavier items such as aquariums shipped to their homes instead of risking breakage by carrying them out of a store.
Terry Lundgren, CEO/president of Federated Department Stores, noted that 72% of sales at Macys.com were made within 20 miles of a physical Macy's store. He said he stopped worrying that the growth of its online channel would cannibalize its in-store sales. While Macy's makes "a lot of money" online, the company makes "a lot more money" in its stores.
"If this is what customers want, then this is what we'll give them," Lundgren said, adding that the volume of sales done at Macys.com is equal to that of 10 stores. "And when a customer returns an item bought online to a Macy's store, it's a great opportunity for us to turn that customer into a loyal Macy's shopper."
Though consumers continue to zigzag in and out of channels, online sales will continue to rise annually. The NRF/Forrester study predicts online sales of $192 billion this year and a leap to $316 billion annually by 2010.


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|Clarky and Bobby share the Mike!
Here are two tracks from a Concert by Roger McGuinn and Gene Clark. It was recorded on the 1978-03-19 at the The Bottom Line, Late Show, New York, NY. and is taken from a WNEW-FM Broadcast. Definately worth a listen and the quality is excellent. Enjoy all you Byrds fans out there.
The Concert was advertised as "An Acoustic Reunion," it was the first public appearance of Roger McGuinn and Gene Clark in more than a decade and it was hoped that this would spark a full Byrds reunion.
ROGER McGUINN and GENE CLARK - Knocking on Heaven's Door
DYLAN COVERS # 102 Roger McGuinn and Gene Clark - You Ain't Going Nowhere/Knocking on Heavens Door
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Directed by Mikhail Romm
Written by Mikhail Romm and Daniil Khrabrovitskii.
Cinematography by German Lavrov.
Art direction by Georgii Kolganov.
Music by Dzhon Ter-Tatevosian.
Cast: Aleksei Batalov, Innokentii Smoktunovskii, Tat'iana Lavrova, and Nikolai Plotnikov.
During experiments at an institute for nuclear physics, a young scientist, Gusev, receives a dangerous dose of radiation. At his own risk, he decides to continue the experiments, which could lead to a ground-breaking discovery, but also to his death. The road of scientific prometheanism he has chosen to follow makes him a stranger in his own home and marriage. The existential challenge Gusev faces is compounded by an ethical dilemma of universal significance: what is the meaning of his sacrifice in a world that uses nuclear power for self-extermination?
|Aleksei Batalov
The film hit the screens in the beginning of 1962 and soon became an emblematic text of the 60s. In it, for the first time in Soviet cinema, the viewer was allowed to enter the fascinating world of nuclear science, a realm hitherto concealed from the eye of the movie camera. The film owed much of its initial appeal to its mise-en-scéne. Most of the footage was shot on location in a research institute for nuclear physics in Siberia. Physicists were, in every respect, the supermen of the 1960s in the Soviet Union, and Romm's film has its own share in their idolization. For a society desperately trying to recover the ideals tarnished in the years of Stalinism, scientific progress offered a much-needed springboard. For Romm, it also offered a new sphere of liminal experience in which human values and ideological positions can be brought into sharp focus and tested for viability.
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This blog is for those who suffer from Alzheimer's Disease, FTD and forms of dementia, caregivers, friends and medical professionals that want to share their feelings, thoughts, encouragement, vent and open how they cope with this disease. I was diagnosed in 2004 with the early stages, and quite frankly it scared the beegeebees out of me. 2007 PET SCAN confirmed all. Joe
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| Erlkoenigin chapter 3 . 5/17/2012
Das ist doch das Gedicht, das du unter den Einfluß des Mel Gibson-Filmes geschrieben hast? Jedenfalls hattest du es schon irgendwo gepostet und ich muss bei den goldnen Augen an deinen Südfrankreich-Roman denken.
| spunkiegirl chapter 3 . 4/24/2012
Wow. i'm speechless. This is so good. EXCELLENT job.
| lili brik chapter 3 . 4/24/2012
wow..He is captured perfectly in thispiece; you really write some of the best religious poetry i've read on here!
| Getuie chapter 3 . 4/24/2012
The use of enjambaments really brought their focus through. "the skies reverberate with torture-loaded screams"... Isn't that just true on so many levels? How His punishment reverberated through the spirit, heaven, the area in and around Golgotha... just as the result of that TORE through everything from earth, to material, to spirit, to flesh...
You used the villanelle perfectly to emphasise His sacrifice and, above all, His love.
| Sa-ah chapter 3 . 4/24/2012
Such a beautiful piece... "Still love is glistening in his eyes." So true, no matter what happened to him our Lord took more and more pain. Beaten with the cat of nine tails down to the ground... Till the flesh was ripped off his body. But he stood back up, as if to say "Give it to me." He's so beautiful.
| obsidian katana chapter 3 . 4/24/2012
awesome poem, simply beautiful. i love the rhyme scheme here, and the use of repetition really enhances the piece. yeah, He is an awesome God, what a good Friend. His love is so great, unfathomable. i can't imagine the pain He endured for us all, and His love despite that burden upon His heart, broken by our sins. and i'm sure the film did not convey nearly as much suffering as He faced in reality. no film could show that. but it really was poignant. great job on this piece. you expressed His message and love well. keep writing!
| marinawings chapter 2 . 4/24/2012
This is such a lovely poem that captures the essence of a believer's relationship with their Lord. Very beautiful and very true.
| Erlkoenigin chapter 2 . 4/24/2012
Das Gedicht ist durch die vielen Widerholungen so melodiös wie ein Lied. Etwas ähnelte es auch einem Gebet, aber das ist sicher Absicht?
P.S: weitere Reviews folgen!
| kloun mannequin chapter 2 . 4/24/2012
wow, like a love poem, it's sweet.
| Franziska chapter 1 . 4/18/2012
Bei dir klingen die englischen Gedichte immer viel melodischer als die Deutschen. Das könnte glatt so in der englischen Bibel stehen.
| True Talker chapter 1 . 3/29/2012
Thank you for sharing this as it has made me think.


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You inspire us.
You're the reason why Boston Children's Hospital is the #1 ranked pediatric hospital by U.S. News & World Report — for the fifth year in a row.
You're the reason why Boston Children's Hospital is the #1 ranked pediatric hospital by U.S. News & World Report — for the fifth year in a row.
With occupancy rates at near capacity and an increasing number of complex patients, our existing facilities are being enhanced and new facilities created to meet today's needs.
Hear from President & CEO Sandra L. Fenwick as she thanks you, our patients and families, for inspiring us to research the answers to unanswerable questions and to never, ever give up.
For decades, cardiac researcher James McCully, PhD, has been spellbound by the idea of using mitochondria as a therapy to boost heart function in patients who've experienced ischemia as a result of heart defects, coronary artery disease or heart attack. Finally, a clinical trial is bringing his vision — a therapy called mitochondrial transplantation — to life. McCully and heart surgeon Sitaram Emani, MD, are giving the therapy to the sickest of the sick patients in Boston Children's cardiac ICU and seeing transformative results.
Turn an activity you enjoy into a fundraiser for our patients and families. Whether it's a neighborhood lemonade stand or a community wiffle ball tournament, our team is here to help make it a success!
Your gift to Boston Children's Hospital helps treat the whole child, supports families, funds lifesaving research and helps us pursue our goal: to give all children a healthy future.
Participate in a race of your choosing while fundraising for children and families in need at Boston Children's Hospital. A local 5k, marathon, bike race, triathlon, Tough Mudder… you name it!
Desde la preparación para ser hospitalizado o para una cita ambulatoria, hasta la transición de vuelta a casa, el personal de Boston Children's Hospital está comprometido a crear una experiencia positiva para toda la familia.


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Constructed some 25 years earlier, the play ground at Al Rollins Park continues to be one of the most popular functions there, so popular that individuals keep tearing down tape and getting rid of barriers to obtain into it.
Dalton Parks and Entertainment Director Steve Card said authorities identified the wooden structures had deteriorated and ended up being hazardous about 3 months ago and taped off the playground. But with weather warming up and people startingbeginning to make use of the park, and the playground once more, they've decided to tear the play area down.


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Equine-assisted activities and therapies (EAAT) is a term used to describe any kind of intervention based around the use of horses and/or the horses' environment.
Equine-assisted activities include a wide range of horse-related activities (such as therapeutic horseback riding, interactive vaulting, therapeutic carriage driving, as well as grooming and stable management).
Equine-assisted therapies include hippotherapy (use of a horse to improve neurological function and sensory processing) and equine-assisted psychotherapy (use of a horse to improve mental health).
There is an extremely limited amount of research evidence of a sufficiently high quality to suggest that therapeutic horseback riding may provide some benefits to some individuals on the autism spectrum.
There is insufficient evidence to determine if hippotherapy provides any benefits to individuals on the autism spectrum.
There is no research to suggest other forms of equine-assisted activities and therapies, such as equine-assisted psychotherapy, provide any benefits to individuals on the autism spectrum.
Small-scale, pilot trials of the effects of therapeutic horseback riding and hippotherapy should be carried out on individuals on the autism spectrum to determine their effectiveness and safety.
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92 Viking Yachts Enclosed Bridge
Viking 92 Convertible
Not so long ago, many experienced tournament skippers and anglers felt a boat over 70 feet was on the cusp of being too large to effectively compete on the tournament trail. But the Viking 74 Convertible launched in May 2004 proved differently. Fast forward to the fall 2008 when the launch of our 82 Convertible continued the upward trend demonstrating beyond any doubt that Viking hit another grand slam with its then new flagship. Now we approach the threshold of another amazing achievement, the Viking 92 Convertible, as we continue to lead the industry with new product and unrivaled innovation. Scheduled for a spring launch in 2014, the Viking 92 Convertible will be available in Open Bridge and Enclosed Bridge configurations.
This new boat has a stunning profile in either version with several motor yacht cues including dual mezzanine decks; one in the cockpit and the second on the main level after deck. The latter mezzanine offers both rear facing lounge seating, along with a second seating area and a table for al fresco dining. An outside galley and grilling area are included for added convenience and ambiance.
The yacht's interior is a showpiece of elegance and luxury. The 23-foot beam not only opens the salon but transforms it into a majestic living room with built-in furniture and plush appointments like a 60-inch flat screen television that rises on a lift out of the teak cabinetry. An L-shape island in the galley complements the work area and all countertops feature custom selected granite. A pair of walk-in pantries and a full day head are forward and characterize an excellent use of space. Nearby, a formal dining area accommodates eight guests.
The 92 Convertible has six staterooms, each with its own private head and shower. The full beam master suite features a king size walk around bed, a walk-in closet, a dressing table, and his and her private facilities. Crew quarters are aft with access from the cockpit. The full beam area includes a head with a shower, a small galley area, and upper and lower berths in a private cabin.
Propulsion choices include offerings by Caterpillar and MTU. The communication, navigation and entertainment electronic package will be designed and installed by Viking sister company, Atlantic Marine Electronics. The first Open Bridge boat will have a tuna tower designed and fabricated by Palm Beach Towers, another Viking subsidiary. Selecting our subsidiaries for standard and optional accessories allows us to deliver the 92 Convertible turnkey ready.
To learn more about the Viking 92 Enclosed Bridge, visit us at one of our Oyster Harbors Marine locations. Also, be sure to check out Oyster Harbors Marine's full inventory of new and pre-owned boats from Viking.
Recognized as one of the top performers in the industry, Oyster Harbors Marine features high-quality new and pre-owned boats, and has an award-winning sales and service team. Sales offices are located on Cape Cod in Osterville and Falmouth Massachusetts, Danvers, MA, Rowes Wharf-Boston, MA, Essex, CT and in Freeport, Maine.


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Chloe's Spring womenswear collection featured lots of neutrals mixed together and enlivened with coral, mustard, aqua and cobalt blue. You don't need to be a woman to get in on this trend, Topman's coral shirt looks great when teamed with the different browns and greys in the trousers, shoes, blazer and tie. Some bright blue socks add another cheeky flash of colour to keep things perky rather than drab. See after the jump for product details.
French Connection dark grey trousers: £75. Topman coral shirt: £20. Firetrap laceless Gibson from Office: £59.99. Burton cord blazer: £60. Prada tie from Browns: £80. Topman blue socks: £3.


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This was written before Renae and Cale's wedding. Max might one day enjoy reading about his "mama."
On January 2, 1978 Rhonda Lynn Childers became my wife. We were both just under 21 and excited to begin a life together. Little did we know that we were incomplete. Like most young couples, you think you only need each other (and that's true for the most part, until you realize that the children you have fill a spot that nothing else will). On November 30th of 1981 Renae Marie Cantrell entered our life. My second child, my first and only daughter. Her brother Ryan Dale preceded her in life on August 17th of 1980. Together they rounded out our "perfect family" a son and a daughter. Life had treated us more than fairly.
She was bright and attentive. She was bossy for sure, but God had blessed her with sufficient wisdom that her bossiness often became the salvation of her brother ~ the impulsive, rambunctious, happy go lucky person that she complimented well. She was verbal. So verbal in fact that I often lamented, "She's begun talking and she can't shut up." Something about her made me realize very early on that she'd be a person in control of her life to whatever degree God would allow. And I was right.
Compassionate, lovable and eyes that indicated wheels were turning most of the time. It was a look I could relate to because I'd seen that look in the mirror. Brown eyes are a shared trait with my daughter. She loved Rainbow Brite and she loved to suck her ring finger. She enjoyed playing super hero with her brother. Donning their capes they flew around the house performing great feats known only to fictional characters. Somehow you knew in their moments of playing that reality just didn't matter. For them, it became "real" if not real fun!
Worried that they'd clash as many brother and sister pairs do, our fears were not quite realized. They became best friends, she and her brother. She became his conscience. She became his playmate. She became his friend and confidant. We were proud of them both (still are).
How a couple is able to produce two children so different is beyond my comprehension. As I grow older I know it's a blessing though. Often I wonder what impact environment has in the raising of children, but whether it's genetic or circumstance our children are very, very different. Our daughter seemed to embody everything that our son did not. She was serious. He was fun-loving. She was verbal. He was not. She always considered consequences. He often failed to. She had fear. He had little. She had close friends, but kept the number small. He spread his friendships among many. She was comfortable playing alone. He never was. She was dark skinned with dark eyes. He was fair skinned with hazel/brown eyes. As I lean toward older age I know God has been good to me by giving me the best of both worlds. The world of my son and the world of my daughter. They round me out and make me better.
This daughter of ours loved us and we loved her. She was a lone girl among many boys. That made her special. She surely felt that. She was the top of the pyramid in every respect (the boys would often form a human pyramid and she'd be the crowing jewel…fitting). She was and still is very special in our life.
This child was sometimes thought of as a klutz until we realized she had one "lazy" eye. She entered kindergarten as a pirate with a patch over her "good" eye so as to force the lazy eye to work properly. She seemed unfazed by it all although deep down her parents felt badly for her (especially since we'd thought her clumsy). She endured. It would be a mark of her nature as she continued to grow. Enduring would be a trademark character trait. I continue to be thankful for that trait.
The patch came off and glasses went on. For a small child I'm not sure one is better than the other, but thankfully she had sight. The glasses gave her character, but not a book-wormish disposition. Her brother's friends would come over only to be engaged in wrestling not only with him, but with her. Off came the glasses, on came the head lock! It was great fun. I miss those days. I didn't enjoy them nearly enough. One of my many regrets as a father.
At night when I arrived home I'd often grab a blanket and under it I would go. She and her brother would jump all over me attempting to stay atop much like bull riders do at the rodeo. Never successful, they persisted any way. It would be her who might remark that we were veering far too close to the coffee table or the fireplace. Cautious and wise. Thinking ahead of the possibilities of injury. Consequences on her mind.
Sometimes I wonder what memories she has of me as a young father clueless about dealing with children. I hope I wasn't too harsh, but I'm fearful that too often I was. I hope I wasn't unsupportive, but I believe I often was. What father can say he has no regrets? Foolish ones, that's who. I loved her so much, but fear I didn't tell her nearly enough, or put her in my lap often enough, or read to her often enough, or listen to her often enough. Middle age strikes me now and I don't feel I did anything positive "enough."
This daughter of ours grew and developed as the years rolled by. The traits we'd seen in early childhood continued. She was as she'd always been. Determined. Sober. Verbal.
I have ties to this daughter of mine that perhaps few fathers do. We're alike in many ways. I'm uncertain if that's the case with most fathers and daughters. While most fathers love their daughters (and I do, too), perhaps too few like them as much as I like mine. Kindred spirits who understand each other better than most. It's a nice tie that binds.
Junior high (I'm sorry, today it's called "middle school") came and with it the frustrations of being a young Christian. The world beckons to engage in things foreign to God's people. Her understanding that she was different went back as far as she could remember. She didn't wear what her friends often wore. She didn't go places where they often invited her. These years appeared to be her loneliest, but she endured. She would confront volleyball coaches on her own to explain why she could not wear the attire of the other girls. When asked if she wanted us to talk to the coach, she'd always tell us that she could do it. And she would. The "eye patch" years were not over for her. I knew there would others ahead, but I was always proud of her endurance and commitment to remain true.
Boys were never at the top of her priority list. She liked boys and always seemed to have friends who were boys, but this young lady would not be defined by a boy or a relationship with one. She was her own person and understood God's demands of her sex, but her strength didn't hinge on a boy. While the daughters of others were going through "boy crazy" years, we never saw those in our house. I'm grateful.
I knew her well enough to know the look. The quest was clear. A soul mate. A friend like no other. That's what she lacked. That's what she was searching for, and waiting for. I also knew her determination would cause her to patiently wait until he came along or until she ferreted him out from wherever he was hiding.
College came too soon. We could hardly believe that both our children were growing into adulthood quicker than we'd realized. The classroom was a competition. The one trait shared among all four members of our family (I'm sure there are others, but this one jumps out at me) is the competitive fire. Never satisfied to be outdone she excelled in the classroom. That doesn't mean she was top in her class. She wasn't, but she was always near the top. School didn't dominate her life, but if it must be done, then it must be done well. Else, what's the point?
A young man entered her life. Whether he was ferreted out of the rural areas of Oklahoma or whether he ferreted her out of the big city I'm not sure. However it happened, they found each other. Uncertain if this relationship would blossom I watched it continue as none had before. In time I'd see the seriousness of it and understand her motive to fast track her college career. There was little doubt that marriage was forthcoming. And I didn't fear they'd jump too soon without taking care of educational requirements first.
Three years of college produced a degree. To the amazement of everybody she set her mind to do whatever it took to put college behind her. Soon, she'd be in a classroom of a different sort, her own classroom as a teacher. My little girl had gone from peering over a counter in downtown Ada for a sample of candy to teaching her own high school Spanish class. And she was engaged to be married. We were both growing older. I was growing more proud.
Many details later here we stand at the verge of a wedding that I hadn't thought much about until recently. Glad that she found her soul mate. Hopeful that together they'll have a wonderful life. Hopeful that she'll continue to impact the lives of people as she has mine. Hopeful she'll be happy!
My life will be different now. She'll surrender my last name. She'll become a wife. She's gone from baby, to little girl, to young woman, to college graduate, to high school teacher to soon-to-be wife. And it's happened so fast that I'm sure I've missed much.
Six miles will separate us geographically, but a lifetime together will bind us.
When a daughter gets married moms may cry. Dads cry too. Not tears of sadness, but tears of pride, hope, joy (and a bit of sadness of childhood lost). I honestly can say I've enjoyed every phase of my children's lives. My wife and I have never attempted to hang onto the past phase. We've always embraced the coming phase. We're embracing this one too and looking forward to the rewards and challenges. Our roles will be new. We're up for it. It's time we learned some new things. My sadness is that I don't feel I had enough time to master the ones I'm leaving behind. I've got so much to learn. And I'm happy that I have a daughter who will soon marry to teach me.
A new home will be born in about a week. My daughter will become the architect of her own home. She'll move on to build a new life. My place in her life will certainly be different, but somehow I'm still the dad under the blanket and she's still the little girl with her glasses off riding my back for all she's worth.
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Saturday Software: Wizard Spellbook Generator
Run this on the command line; you'll need to enter the wizard's level and Intelligence score (either by command-line arguments or via interactive input). It will print out randomized spells matching the number of spells known on the appropriate Intelligence table (see OD&D Vol-1 or AD&D PHB; interpolated from min to max number by spell level). It's recommended that the DM or player then carefully select the spells memorized according to the wizard's situation, magic items, associated henchmen, etc.
The included spell index matches the OED Book of Spells, 2nd Edition (see sidebar), but you can modify that index however you like (see file SpellIndex.csv). Note that spells are each given a level, frequency code, and name; appearance of spells in the generator is weighted by the frequency codes that appear there (weightings given in FreqWeights.csv; these can be modified to suit your spell population and sensibilities, and even add any new codes you wish). The program will also handle any higher spell levels that you introduce (irrespective of the fact that OD&D spells only went up to 6th level).
Download it below (Java source code included).
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This is perfect for NPC generation. It would be nice to get some newlines before each Spell Level section, for some visual organization.ReplyDeleteReplies
I actually had something like that in an earlier iteration -- this version treats it like a database subject to sorting in different ways, which would clear out any extra lines as soon as that happened.Delete
I'm curious for my own spellbook generator: how much of this is from OD&D Book I? As far as I can recall it provides no guidelines for the contents of spellbooks, so I just went with generating a random selection of spells that the character could have prepared at one time.ReplyDeleteReplies
Maybe I should prepare a list specifically of spells from OD&D Vol-1. I do assume that the player or DM is intelligently memorizing selections from the random spellbook.Delete
That's now here (rename to SpellIndex.csv when desired): Strict Vol-1 Spell Index.Delete
I intended to ask about the rules for allocation rather than the spells themselves, though. Did you have any pre-AD&D sources for that, or did you just backport from the 1e system?
Do you mean, like, how many spells are in a spellbook? OD&D Supplement-I (Greyhawk) introduced an Intelligence table with Chance to Know Each Spell, Min/Level, and Max/Level -- pretty much the same as Intelligence Table II in the AD&D PHB. Like a lot of stuff, the table makes more sense in OD&D since the numbers are well-scaled against the number of spells in the complete spell rosters. That's what I'm looking at for the number of spells the program here spits out.Delete
Or tell me if I've misunderstood your question again. :-)
Ah-ha, ok. That makes sense. I should add that as an option. Thanks!Delete
Also, it looks like all of the spells in the provided spell index are at the default rarity; was that a feature you found interesting but didn't actually end up using?ReplyDeleteReplies
I have a more complicated spell list that does use the various different frequencies that will show up here in another week or two. For the spells in the core list the decision was that they're all pretty widely available, as such things go.Delete
Also, that Java regex for parsing dice notation is a great find! Much easier than trying to re-implement TROLL.ReplyDelete
I'll definitely be cribbing from that!Replies
I'm glad you noticed that! As I think you see, when I first wrote that module I had to ask for help on Stack Exchange (it was my first use of a regular expression). I agree, that was massively helpful.Delete


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Jenn Grinels grew up in Northern California before landing at UC Irvine to study musical theater. After graduating she moved to San Diego and began appearing in local stage productions, which she still does from time to time. One of her most challenging roles was in reverse-drag, playing bearded rock musician Yitzhak in the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Cygnet Theatre. More recently she portrayed Janis Joplin in the '60s musical Beehive at the Theatre in Old Town.
Jenn tours and plays locally as a solo singer-songwriter. "Many of my songs are inspired by my boyfriend, Marine Captain David T. Russell, who was recently redeployed overseas. I write about the pain of separation and how difficult that can be. Before he left, quite a few of his coworkers and guys from his platoon came out to see me play."
While touring she often performs at functions organized by KVN, the Key Volunteer Network ("basically, the military wives' club"), and she's looking into a related charity in order to donate a portion of her CD sales ("probably Operation Homefront").
"The war in Iraq. Nobody likes the idea of their loved one thousands of miles away facing the near certainty of violence...the fact that I don't agree with the reasons we entered into this war only makes it harder."
"I broke my ankle playing a singing, dancing mermaid on the Disney Cruise Line. I was loading into a lift that was about to rise up through the stage. I jumped in -- wearing heels, because Disney mermaids wear heels -- broke my ankle, and everyone panicked. I think we were all having visions of the smoke clearing onstage and 500 children gasping at the sight of a floundering, writhing, screaming mermaid. But they pulled me out in time, and the show went on without a hitch."
"Working for a gynecologist we called Dr. McLucifer. In around two years he had gone through something like 60 employees in a five-person office. For the few months I lasted at the front desk he only referred to me as 'hey you.' One former patient even started a website for complaints against him called 'Sex, Lies, and Uterine Fibroids.' "
1. Fiona Apple, When the Pawn... ("My favorite CD on the planet").
2. Gill Landry, The Ballad of Lawless Soirez ("My boyfriend is obsessed with this New Orleans--based singer-songwriter that we found on Yahoo music").
3. VHS or Beta, Bring On the Comets ("My best friend gave me the album to prep for their concert at the Casbah, and now I'm just reliving the night by listening to it").
DESERT-ISLAND DVDs?
1. Arrested Development: The Complete Series ("It's brilliant.")
2. Before Sunrise ("It would be nice to have all the time in the world to go back and listen to that dialogue again.")
3. What the Bleep Do We Know!? ("No matter how many times I've seen it, there's always something new to take from this film.")
"Both. I do all my design work and music on the Mac, but the PC is better at stealing Internet from the neighbors."
"A good booking agent. Preferably one who would pick up the check."
"E Street Café in Encinitas has fantastic coffee, free Internet for customers, excellent live music, and open-mike nights."
"Honey's Bistro and Bakery [in Encinitas]. I love the lobster eggs Benedict and the orange-raspberry pancakes. And they have the best açai, granola, and fruit bowl anywhere."
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" 'The Todd.' That's what he calls himself. He lives in Los Angeles, but many times he shows up at San Diego shows because he says he was 'already in the car anyway.' Once, at the Belly Up, he showed up in the front row wearing a T-shirt he had made. It had a picture of me screaming some high note and a caption that said, 'I am Jenn, hear me roar!' He made one for me, too. I wear it all the time."
Well where do we, your adoring public get those T-Shirts? I think it would be really cool to see about 3 dozen middle aged guys that still live with their Moms show up at the Belly Up with "I am Jenn hear me roar" T-Shirts. Just think cafepress.com


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Update, July 2014: The new all-gender bathroom is complete, providing a convenient, single-stall restroom on the ground floor of Olin Library. Thanks to Roseann Sillasen and Physical Plant for getting the installation done!
Update, January 2014: University administrators have approved the installation of a single-stall, gender neutral bathroom on the ground floor of Olin. Because of the scope of the work involved, the installation will take place this summer–our apologies for the delay! In the meantime there is a single-stall, all-gender bathroom in the PAC, accessible via the Olin connector, for those who feel uncomfortable or object to using gender-specific bathrooms.
Thanks for your understanding and patience! –Pat Tully, University Librarian.
Original October 17, 2013 post: This past week, the gender-specific bathroom signs have been torn off the doors on the ground floor and third floor of Olin Library (and elsewhere on campus), and replaced with 'All Gender Restroom' signs. A statement of principles was posted as well, Desegregate Wesleyan Bathrooms.
Each morning in Olin we are replacing the gender-specific signs. Here's why:
– We agree that there should be all-gender as well as gender-specific restrooms in every building on campus. Because of the age and construction of many of the older buildings, including Olin, it may not be practicable to immediately retrofit every building with all-gender bathrooms. Designating all restrooms 'all-gender,' with no changes in the interior of the facilities, invites misunderstandings and confusion for everyone needing to use those facilities.
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text: LS-ultimate.com :: View topic - Egg Nog Challenge XIV!! advanced search Username: Password:   Egg Nog Challenge XIV!! LS-ultimate.com Forum Index -> Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message kdoeJoined: 06 Apr 2003Posts: 2090 Posted: Wed, 12.04.13 10:23 am Post subject: Egg Nog Challenge XIV!! Just making sure people know its scheduled for December 21st out at my place. There will be a trail run organized by Casey K and a bonfire. Plenty of space for people to crash as well. Start collecting your fresh eggs!Last edited by kdoe on Wed, 12.04.13 1:43 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top ROCOBallerJoined: 22 Sep 2005Posts: 2079Location: your mom's house Posted: Wed, 12.04.13 12:38 pm Post subject: My chickens are selling their eggs for $1/piece._________________i am a princess. meow i tend to think of myself as one woman wolf pack Back to top ROCOBallerJoined: 22 Sep 2005Posts: 2079Location: your mom's house Posted: Thu, 12.05.13 8:59 am Post subject: I propose we: 1) Wear ugly sweaters or outrageous Holiday attire 2) Do a potluck as well so we're not just puking up egg nog_________________i am a princess. meow i tend to think of myself as one woman wolf pack Back to top teaseJoined: 19 Aug 2005Posts: 1418Location: in your kitchen Posted: Sat, 12.07.13 5:58 pm Post subject: Apey is so wise._________________woot (. Y .) hootie Back to top kdoeJoined: 06 Apr 2003Posts: 2090 Posted: Fri, 12.20.13 10:45 am Post subject: Corey's been failing at fluffing. Just a reminder...ENC XIV is this weekend!! Ugly xmas sweater is the theme. The house will be decorated, and we're having a potluck as well, so bring some food. At least bring some alchohol and lets make this thing go all night. I've got plenty of floor space along with at least 10 bed spots. Feel free to bring a sleeping bag, or an inflatable bed or whatever if you don't have a sober driver. See you guys tomorrow! Back to top kdoeJoined: 06 Apr 2003Posts: 2090 Posted: Mon, 12.23.13 3:47 pm Post subject: Thanks to everyone that made it out. It was a great time with a lot of good food. Glad we made it happen. RESULTS:--We scored each nog 1-5, with 1 being the worst and 5 the best. 1st: 90 points-- Southern Comfort Vanilla Spice 2nd: 77 points-- Deans(Aldi) Eggnog T-3rd: 75 points-- --Braums Eggnog --Hiland 5th: 67.5 points(1st place Homemade nog)-- April 6th: 64.5 points-- Skyler, Matt, and Houston 7th: 56 points-- Benchmark Eggnog 8th: 45.5 points-- Kleinhenz Breast Nog 9th: 44.5 points-- king kharl's Guinea Nog 10th: 29.5 points-- Alexandria, Corey, and Leia Back to top teaseJoined: 19 Aug 2005Posts: 1418Location: in your kitchen Posted: Tue, 12.24.13 9:27 am Post subject: Wow, I wonder what Alexandria, Corey and Leia's nog had to taste like to score well under the Guinea Nog. Anyone make shirts this year? And for the winning nog, a beautiful and classic poem. Goin' down it feels so good, Swallow it all like a good girl should, In your veins, feel it flow, Feels damn good to be SoCo, Love juice._________________woot (. Y .) hootie Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First LS-ultimate.com Forum Index -> Forum GMT - 6 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum General----------------ForumLS Alums You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Designed by: Powered by: © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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Finding your own happiness definitely has some ups and downs and I am pretty sure that from time to time we all settle for less because the journey seems so hard. Some of us wake up after a while and go on and we become survivors and travelers again. We can`t hide the fact that this journey shape us and almost for all of us our own happiness is a surprise because we aren`t the same we were when we started the search.
This search can be hard, can hurt, can let us for a little while hearbroken because this is how the human being is shaped and we can`t grew and move forward without a little pain.
It is true that some people never find their happiness because they don`t know where or how to look. But hopefully they are fewer than the ones that in the end find a way to be happy and more important make others happy too.


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Thursday, June 26, 2008
If you want to feel young, visit the seaside in February.
If you want to feel old, go back to your university in June.
Yesterday, I did the latter. Following a morning of what some would describe as 'work', I found myself in my old university town with an afternoon to spare. Brilliant. I'd not been back for years, and the weather was good, so it seemed the perfect opportunity for a look around a far distant chapter of my life. But, as things turned out, I might not have picked the best day for it.
Yesterday was the university's Open Day, where the potential Class of 2009 were invited to come along and see what makes the place tick. The town was therefore full of wide-eyed 17 year olds, some in large groups and others with chaperoning parents, rambling the streets in search of enlightenment. They wandered into departmental buildings, they mustered outside residential halls and they wondered what it might be like to spend three years of their life here. I was dying to tell them.
I headed back to my old college to find an 'Open Day' sign on the door, and the hint that ordinary visitors weren't quite welcome. "But I used to come here," I told the member of staff by the gate, and he believed me and ushered me inside. Nothing whatsoever appeared to have changed, apart from the age of the undergraduates. When I was here they all used to be roughly my age, and now they looked at least 25 years younger.
A gaggle of girls in the garden were asking their guide how difficult university work could be, and almost certainly not getting the answer I'd have given. Two visitors emerged from spending a few minutes in the library, and thereby probably already knew the place better than I ever did. A rear courtyard offered a rare moment of nostalgic privacy, until two smartly-dressed lads wandered through discussing, of all things, linguistic philosophy. I was very tempted to see whether the payphone on staircase 6 had been removed through lack of use, and whether the single microcomputer in the basement had been replaced by a roomful of PCs, but I resisted. I felt very much at home, but simultaneously I knew I was completely out of place.
Back at the entrance I had the nerve to stop, briefly, to chat to the undergraduates who were part of the welcome party. They were all wearing polo shirts with their name and subject on the back, so I was able to direct my comments to a girl now doing the same subject that I'd taken. "Hello," I said, "I was you 25 years ago." She looked at me blankly, and continued to do so even when I explained further, as if I were some irrelevant vision from an unknown past. Which of course I was. The real future was picking up prospectuses from the table beside me and dreaming of graduation in 2012. And I was old enough to be their Dad.
I headed back out into the town, older and wiser.
I think I need to plan another visit to the seaside.
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Obama Solves The Oil Crisis!
What a genius!
Current gasoline prices are horrendously high: making getting to work an absolute nightmare; reducing family outings drastically; and creating a ripple effect which is killing local businesses.
Never fear, though! Barack H. Obama has solved our oil crisis!
And the adoring crowd thinks he's brilliant!
Feel better now?
Of course... not.
It's obvious that Obama isn't aware of low-rolling resistance tires, which have been industry standard issue on new cars for years.
Low-rolling resistance tires are tires which are designed to improve fuel efficiency of a car by minimizing the energy wasted as heat as the tire rolls down the road. Approximately 5–15% of the fuel consumed by a typical car may be to overcome to rolling resistance.
Truly heavy sigh.
Note to Uppity Woman: Because you asked, I'll allow open comments... until the Obots start swarming again. Maybe they've moved on to bigger blogs.
To Rich Pav: The entire Obama "symbol" quote is much worse than the edited one...
"It has become increasingly clear in my travel, the campaign, that the crowds, the enthusiasm, 200,000 people in Berlin, is not about me at all. It's about America. I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions."
So... a vote against Obama is now a vote against good old truth, justice and the American way? (Cue SuperObamaMan!)
Arrogant, to say the least.
Number of days since Donna Brazile promised to leave the party if superdelegates decided the Dem nominee:
Donna has known for a long time now that superdelegates would be necessary for any Dem candidate to win the nomination this year. Ask Donna when she intends to keep her promise.
Don't hold your breath awaiting a reply.
"For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are."
-Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)
Best bar bet in the world: Delilah didn't do it.
Judges 16:19-- And she made him (Samson) sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.