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People Come Into Your Life For A Reason By Stacey D.

A Very Touching And Moving Post By A Dear Friend. A Must Read.

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.

http://realworldmom.com/2009/08/14/people-come-into-your-life-for-a-reason/

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Service Dog Helps UF Student Excel

Tabitha Gorman might have a disability, but she is not disabled.

She is a third year student at the University of Florida. Her grades are outstanding and she is actively involved in many campus activities.

And, she has no doubts that she can overcome any obstacles in her path and rise to any challenges before her.

http://www.troymessenger.com/news/2009/jun/06/service-dog-gives-physical-and-emotional-security/

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Square Root Day

I don't remember seeing this on my pocket calender.


Square root day is a humorous holiday celebrated on dates where the day and the month are both the square root of the last two digits in the current year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root_day

square root day,

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Headline Of The Day

"Shark Attacks Drop; Expert Cites Ailing Economy," - AP.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/02

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Nuclear Submarine Collision Reported

LONDON (AP) -- Nuclear-armed submarines from Britain and France collided deep under the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month, causing damage to both vessels but releasing no radioactivity, a British official said Monday.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/02/16/world/AP-EU-Britain-Sub-Collision.html

France has a nuclear submarine?

Nuclear Submarine Collision

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Starbucks Instant: Will It Pass The Taste Test?

The world is coming to an end as we know it; first it was the girl scout cookies would have less amounts in the package, now this.


NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has been hyping a major announcement for weeks, hinting only that it would involve "innovation, competition, and value."

But before he could present the idea at a Feb. 17 press junket in New York, executives close to the project spilled the beans Thursday to Advertising Age: Starbucks is going to sell instant coffee.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/13/news/companies/starbucks_instant.fortune/index.htm

Don't know if this is a good idea or not.  I have never been a fan of Starbucks coffee, however their lattes are fabulous.

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Ignorance Will Save Us

Our government is preparing to pass something called a stimulus package. According to the experts, this stimulus package won't directly stimulate much of anything in the short term, when we need it. But with any luck it will bamboozle a hundred million morons into thinking their government did something useful, and that in turn will cause them to become more confident and spend additional money on cigarettes and lottery tickets, thus stimulating the economy.

http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/ignorance_will_save_us/

economic stimulus,

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Fiancee Kidney Donor: 'Of Course We Were A Match'

From songs to poems to sayings on the side of coffee cups, everyone tries to define love in words.

But often, it's the extraordinary actions we take in the name of love that really define it.

Liz Kelly's fiance, Matt House, needed a kidney after he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure.

In order to get him to the top of the donor list, Kelly signed up to donate hers. At first, she never dreamed she would actually be a match, but it turned out she was.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/02/14/liz.kelly/index.html?eref=rss_us#cnnSTCText


Question is how many of us would actually do something like this?

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The Return Of The Love Letter

In a world dominated by e-mail, old-fashioned pen and paper is still the best way of pouring out your heart.

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article5703526.ece


Call me old fashion, but I agree. In this electronic age, there is something to be said for a meaningful handwritten letter, reading a book or going through the Sunday newspaper.

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C-SPAN POLL: TOP PRESIDENTS FOR LEADERSHIP...

Do You Agree Or Disagree With This Polls Order?

http://www.c-span.org/PresidentialSurvey/Overall-Ranking.aspx

Presidential Survey,

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A Waste Of Stupidity

TPMDC says:

    NYT: Obama Finds Out Bipartisanship Isn't So Easy
    The New York Times reports that the Obama Administration has discovered in the stimulus debates just how difficult it will be to craft bipartisan legislation with the Republican opposition. David Axelrod said the White House has "learned some lessons from this," but is happy with the result, while former Clinton White House chief of staff John Podesta predicted that Republican support was "wishful thinking" that won't be coming to pass: "If you're going to do this at the moment of greatest need, at the height of his popularity, what sort of thing would get you to change?"

Continued At: http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/eds/2009/02/a-waste-of-stupidty.php

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Depressed? No! We're Angry

The media says Americans have the economic blues. But we're meeting these down times the way we always have: Not with resignation but with grit, compassion and humor.


http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/02/13/economic_crisis/index.html

economy

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Cotton Candy Can Help Labs Grow Tissue

Fascinating Stuff.


Feb. 11, 2009 -- Cotton candy has delighted children for a century. Now it may have found a new role: helping scientists grow replacement tissues for people.

The flossy stuff may be just right for creating networks of blood vessels within laboratory-grown bone, skin, muscle or fat for breast reconstruction, researchers suggest.


http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/02/11/cotton-candy-tissue.html

cotton candy, cotton candy in lab,

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Why Don't We Take Better Care Of Our Veterans?

http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/30/why-don%E2%80%99t-we-take-better-care-of-our-veterans/

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