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Greetings and Wishes

We were ring-around-the-rosy children, They were circles around the sun, Never give up, never slow down, Never grow old, never ever die young. James Taylor

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Pleasant Events Schedule

Recently, I read an article posted by Dr. Know titled Shopping Centers Showing Mallrats The Door. The articled stated that more than half of the mega-indoor shopping malls in the U.S.

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Marx v. Marx

Karl: 1818-1883 Groucho: 1890 - 1977 Principles: K: "Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!"

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Reach for the Sky and Surrender

Everyone! Reach for the sky....take a deep breath....throw your head back...and shout, "I SURRENDER!" HARD DAY AT WORK? CO-WORKERS DRAGGIN' YOU DOWN? CLIENT BREATHING DOWN YOUR BACK?

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A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books

There existed, for many years, a wonderful book store in the Bay Area called A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books. Named after a collection of Hemingway's short stories (titled Clean Well Lighted Place), it was perfectly located in San Francisco's Opera Plaza on Van Ness Avenue.

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Stripped

Some men... One man. He-te-ro- Sex-u-al. Shi-ver-ing, with-de-sire. Stripped of bluff... Buck naked. Do not know... Cannot sense... All the ache That they cause, In the hearts Of some women... One woman.

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CA Fires, How You Can Help

American Red Cross: Cash donations can be made through www.redcross.org or through a local Red Cross chapter. Volunteers also are needed.

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Book Review: "Mere Anarchy" by Woody Allen

It's beyond me to write a review of a Woody Allen book. Can't out-smart, out-funny, or out-yid the little mensch...so don't even want to try. That said, I can't help myself...the book is too good.

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Lost in Transition? (Please read on....)

Birth of a Newsvine Group inspired by the many excellent articles I've read here about personal transitions. Here's the group description:

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An Email to Alberto Gonzales (5/2007)

Re: Looking for Hispanic Heroes/Role Models for students in the U.S. Dear General Gonzales:

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Copyright and Plagiarism: How to link and quote on Newsvine.

Newsvine is a news aggregator, a source of original news commentary and reporting, and a social network for discussion of the news.

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Book Review: The Cleft, by Doris Lessing

Books and plays about human behaviour and psychology are usually formulaic. Within a vacuum, the author creates an environment, a situation, populates it with archetypal characters, and very much like a "Sim" game, we follow the author's interpretation of what develops.

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Manipulate The Politicians!

Had enough of the politicians manipulating you? George Bush? or Hillary Clinton? Take your pick, and manipulate the heck out of 'em! (X-treme Manipulation. Only to be attempted if you are exceedingly angry at your politicians: Arrrgghhh!)

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Almost Instant Halloween Costume

Do you have one of these? A pre-adolescent who, at Halloween, wants to be: 1. Cool, but not too cool. 2. Interesting, but not too interesting. 3. Scary, but not too scary. 4. Different, but not too different. 5. Diffident, but not too diffident.

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China Inn (Finale)

In which an 83-year old grandmother ruminates about the U.S. Immigration experience.

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China Inn (Part III)

In which we meet the Amsterdams, regular customers of the China Inn; and learn how not to run a restaurant. Ending. Or, another beginning.

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China Inn (Part II)

In which Luigi's Pizza Parlor becomes a Chinese restaurant, and we learn what really happens at a restaurant when there are no customers...

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China Inn, One Family's Immigration Tale (Part I)

In which, following the advice of kind missionaries, four daughters are sent to the United States from Hong Kong, and a rather haphazard adventure with the restaurant trade begins.

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DD#3: A Game to Play & A Puzzle to Solve

Note: This is the 3rd in a series of "Mental" exercises and puzzles. The first, an easy introduction to mathematical puzzles in story form, can be found here. The 2nd, was an essay (with exercise) on practicing concentration as a means to awakening your "Higher Mind".

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Open Help Thread #005 : The Beginning of a New Chapter for Newsvine

Everyone by now knows that MSNBC.com has acquired Newsvine.com. This is MSNBC.com's only acquisition in its 11-year history.

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El Khidr and The Woodcutter

There is something I'm leading to....this story is the first stepping stone.

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Newsvine: Feature Add/Change Requests (and Votes)

Ay Carumba! Mamma Mia! Don't vote for the article....vote for the feature ideas....and add your own! Now's the time! What new features would you like to see on Newsvine? What should new buttons do?

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World Peace: A suggestion for Newsvine collaboration

The world has a circular problem. Let me oversimplify. Countries feel insecure when their neighbours increase military spending, and in consequence they increase their own spending on weapons systems and the size of their army.

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