Love “Ai,” the traditional Chinese character for love (?) consists of a heart (middle) inside of “accept,” “feel,” or “perceive,” which shows a graceful emotion. It can also be interpreted as a hand offering ones heart to another hand. is patient is kind does not envy does not boast is not proud is not rude …
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Aren’t The King’s New Clothes Wonderful!?!
Danny Kaye’s is the version I loved as a boy, though Bernard Cribbins does it well too. If you can’t listen, the lyrics are all you need. If you don’t cry at the the irony, smile at the knowledge that there is an answer staring us in the face, even if we choose not to …
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ACTA is more dangerous than PIPA or SOPA
ACTA — a global treaty — could allow corporations to censor the Internet. Negotiated in secret by a small number of rich countries and corporate powers, it would set up a shadowy new anti-counterfeiting body to allow private interests to police everything that we do online and impose massive penalties – even prison sentences – against …
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Humanity’s ready for a heart attack.
“Current patterns of consumption are not sustainable.” No, really!??! The High-level Panel on Global Sustainability report “Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing“. http://www.un.org/gsp/report
Micro-plastic, from clothes, is entering the food chain.
Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain, a study has warned. The findings appeared in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. Dr Browne, a member of the US-based research network National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, said the tiny plastic was a …
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Kung Hei Fat Choi Dragon Lady
Chines New Year is today. The year of the Dragon begins. Very auspicious, if you are in to that. We are also a third of the way through the quarter cycle to the equinox. Depending on which part of the world you are in you might have noticed season change. Here in the sunny …
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Giving more than 100%.
What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life? Here’s a little mathematical formula …
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Energy-Geek.com
Alternative Energy,Green Technologies & Home economics. Energy-Geek.com is a site dedicated in alternative Green Energy, Products, Information as well as Home Economics and alternative (safe) Investing practices. The main goal is to lower ones cost of living while being a good stewart to the earth. And the 2010 documentary Gasholes.
Who governs FIFA? Alcohol and sports are not compatible.
It is outrageous that FIFA, sponsored by Budweiser, is demanding the Brazilian government change their law banning alcohol at matches. Soccer is soccer. Fans might like to have a pint while watching teh game in their local, but thousands of intoxicated men in confined spaces – that’s just stupid. Anyone who has seen crowd violence …
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