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from the May 24, 2007 article “Gracie goes to schooner school”

from the May 24, 2007 article “Gracie goes to schooner school”


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‘Facebook Privacy’ is like ‘Nude Beach Privacy’

An excerpt from a slate.com article entitled It’s Not All Facebook’s Fault:

“Mark Zuckerberg would never acknowledge this, but I think it will ultimately benefit both his site and its users if we adjusted our expectations about “privacy” there. You should approach Facebook as cautiously as you would approach your open bedroom window. However restrictive your privacy controls, you should imagine that everything that you post on Facebook will be available for public consumption forever. If you follow this simple rule, you’ll never be blindsided.

Yes, anticipating the worst-case scenario of everything is kind of paranoid and more than a little frustrating. All you wanted to do was share pictures of your birthday dinner with a few friends—should you really have to think three times about the long-term implications of something so small?

Yes, you should. Facebook is a powerful tool, and the reason that so many people slip up on the site is that we fail to appreciate its power. It’s time we all started taking it a bit more seriously. Sharing is fun. But if you don’t plan on sharing with everyone, don’t bother.”

- Farhad Manjoo, Slate.com


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Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others.
Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

– Pema Chödrön
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hellyeahreligion: “Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims moving around the Kaaba, the black cube seen at center, inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011.” The Hajj, or Pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the five pillars of Islam. Via hellyeahreligion Zoom

hellyeahreligion:

“Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims moving around the Kaaba, the black cube seen at center, inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011.”

The Hajj, or Pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the five pillars of Islam.


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“Unwanted” Indian girls redefine themselves

“MUMBAI, India — More than 200 Indian girls whose names mean “unwanted” in Hindi have chosen new names for a fresh start in life.

A central Indian district held a renaming ceremony Saturday that it hopes will give the girls new dignity and help fight widespread gender discrimination that gives India a skewed gender ratio, with far more boys than girls.”

Read more at washingtonpost.com


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We may understand that money does not buy happiness, but over the past few decades that notion has been competing against a message that at every turn tells us we can’t be happy without it. This dichotomy has slowly disconnected the American dream from the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and attached it to one’s ability to move up the ladder.

– LZ Granderson - “The question on everyone’s mind” (CNN.com)

(Source: CNN)
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Premium Blend’s “Monster Mashup” is here at last!


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TODAY IN HISTORY Oct 12, 1810: The Origin of Oktoberfest Bavarian Crown Prince Louis, later King Louis I of Bavaria, marries Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The Bavarian royalty invited the citizens of Munich to attend the festivities, held on the fields in front of the city gates. These famous public fields were named Theresienwiese—”Therese’s fields”—in honor of the crown princess; although locals have since abbreviated the name simply to the “Wies’n.” Horse races in the presence of the royal family concluded the popular event, celebrated in varying forms all across Bavaria. The decision to repeat the festivities and the horse races in the subsequent year gave rise to the tradition of the annual Oktoberfest, which now begins in late September and lasts until the first Sunday in October. Alcohol consumption is an important part of the modern festival, and more than 1 million gallons of beer are consumed annually at Oktoberfest. -history.com Zoom

TODAY IN HISTORY

Oct 12, 1810: The Origin of Oktoberfest

Bavarian Crown Prince Louis, later King Louis I of Bavaria, marries Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The Bavarian royalty invited the citizens of Munich to attend the festivities, held on the fields in front of the city gates. These famous public fields were named Theresienwiese—”Therese’s fields”—in honor of the crown princess; although locals have since abbreviated the name simply to the “Wies’n.” Horse races in the presence of the royal family concluded the popular event, celebrated in varying forms all across Bavaria.

The decision to repeat the festivities and the horse races in the subsequent year gave rise to the tradition of the annual Oktoberfest, which now begins in late September and lasts until the first Sunday in October. Alcohol consumption is an important part of the modern festival, and more than 1 million gallons of beer are consumed annually at Oktoberfest.

-history.com

(Source: google.com)


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