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member name: Debra C.
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February 11, 2008 09:31 AM EST --
I came across this quote while reading this morning. It seemed like a great challenge for the day.
"Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds . . .
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June 13, 2008 03:21 PM EDT --
"We don't stop playing because we grow old
we grow old because we stop playing."
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July 21, 2008 10:17 AM EDT --
Zimbabwe, grappling with a record 2.2 million percent inflation, has introduced a new 100-billion-dollar bank note. The announcement came Saturday, ahead of a Monday release.
Battling a chronic . . .
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March 22, 2008 05:14 PM EDT --
Free Recycling Through the Mail
U.S. Postal Service Starts Service in 1,500 Post Offices
WASHINGTON, DC -Free and green. Those are the goals of a pilot program launched today by the U.S. Postal . . .
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March 26, 2008 08:20 PM EDT --
I've subscribed for a number of years to an online resource for information professionals based out of the UK call Free Pint . As the name suggests, the basic subscription is free.
While this . . .
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July 26, 2008 06:03 PM EDT --
I come from a family, like many others, where the oldest daughter (or the wife of the oldest son) is presumed to be the designated caregiver. Our seniors will be independent, of course (or as independant . . .
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August 08, 2008 09:09 PM EDT --
What's Worse Than A Shoplifter Or A Drunken Thug? Someone With An Imperfectly Packed Garbage Bin, Of Course ... At Least In The UK
In the UK shoplifting and disorderly conduct is a $160 fine. . . .
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September 04, 2008 12:35 PM EDT --
The largest prairie dog colony was discovered in 1900 in TX; it was about 100 miles wide, 250 miles long, and home to an estimated 400 million rodents.
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April 22, 2008 11:54 AM EDT --
I recently came on an interesting site for swapping books, CDs and DVDs.
Swaptree was founded in 2004. You join, enter UPC codes of the articles you want to exchange, and their site attempts to find . . .
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June 06, 2008 09:45 AM EDT --
Now that we have presumptive nominees for all major parties to the US November Election, let's take a moment away from the beauty contest of the campaign and look at what we want and need in the next . . .
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June 12, 2008 03:05 PM EDT --
Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun.
To lick your wounds,
to smack your lips over grievances long past,
to roll over . . .
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July 18, 2008 04:52 PM EDT --
Nelson Mandela, the living symbol of victory over apartheid in South Africa and a move to peacefully rebuild that nation was born 17 July 1918 -- today he is 90 years old.
Mandela beams at grandchildren's . . .
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June 12, 2008 12:54 PM EDT --
Oftentimes people email me jokes. Occasionally, however, they bless me with a deep thought ...
Cherokee Wisdom
One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside . . .
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June 18, 2008 02:17 PM EDT --
The Following Article appeared on France24 today. It has been reported in other sources as well, but I am providing this link as there is a video option as well:
Hamas confirms truce with Israel . . .
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August 07, 2009 01:46 PM EDT --
Jim Wallis, Executive Director of Sojourners , contributes to a blog entitled " God's Politics ". He has presented a "call to reason" (my words) on that blog:
Truth-telling and Responsibility . . .
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April 23, 2008 03:37 PM EDT --
A friend, a retired colonel, sent me a link to this short Dean Kamen talk today. Dean, as you may know, is the designer of the Segway. In this video, he demonstrates the stages of development completed . . .
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May 14, 2008 02:34 PM EDT --
Election year politics have again brought the idea of universal health care to the forefront. Plans offered by the candidates contain some specifics, and also leave a many things to be determined, most . . .
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June 09, 2008 07:43 PM EDT --
Yesterday, a friend and I were talking about times alone, and times with others. The context of the discussion was growing relationships ... how to recognize when the bonds of wholeness exist and when . . .
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June 12, 2008 11:02 AM EDT --
"A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand."
-- Bertrand Russell
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June 13, 2008 09:41 AM EDT --
Update: noon EDT
Official results confirm that Irish voters have rejected the European Union's Lisbon treaty by a 53.4% majority.
RTE, the major broadcast news source in Ireland, has projected . . .
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