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Washington couple take home baby giraffe

SPOKANE, Wash. (UPI) -- A Washington state couple said they drove to Virginia and back for their latest exotic pet -- a 26-day-old giraffe.

John and Jane Schreiner said they paid "a large, large sum" for Karson, a baby giraffe born at the Natural Bridge Zoo near Roanoke, Va., and arrived home with the animal Friday after a cross-country drive, The (Spokane, Wash.) Spokesman-Review reported Tuesday.

The couple said Karson will live in their Spokane County home for about four months before moving to the 12,000-acre Schreiner Farms ranch, which John Schreiner co-owns with his brother Joe.

"He may be the only giraffe ever to be raised as a pet in Spokane," John Schreiner said.

The ranch already houses three adult giraffes, in addition to zebras, bison and camels. The couple said they do not believe local officials will have any objection to Karson staying in their home while he grows.

"He's not a carnivore, which is the one concern the county and states are right to control people from raising," John Schreiner said. "I can't see any reason we can't keep him. He's intelligent, gentle and a wonderful creature," he said.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

BOY,2, HAS PACK-A-DAY HABIT!!!

TIANJIN, China (UPI) -- The parents of a 2-year-old in China who smokes at least a pack of cigarettes a day say they are seeking advice to help the toddler quit. Toddler Boy, 2, has pack-a-day habit
TIANJIN, China (UPI) -- The parents of a 2-year-old in China who smokes at least a pack of cigarettes a day say they are seeking advice to help the toddler quit. Toddler Tong Liangliang of Tianjin, China, was allowed to begin smoking by his father more than a year ago to help control pain from a hernia with which he was born, but his parents say the toddler's habit has gotten out of control, China Radio International reported Tuesday. The boy's father said he made the decision because the toddler is too young to have an operation to correct the hernia. However, the parents told the Bohai Morning Post Liangliang's habit has gotten out of control and they are seeking methods of helping the toddler quit. Copyright 2009 by United Press International, was allowed to begin smoking by his father more than a year ago to help control pain from a hernia with which he was born, but his parents say the toddler's habit has gotten out of control, China Radio International reported Tuesday. The boy's father said he made the decision because the toddler is too young to have an operation to correct the hernia. However, the parents told the Bohai Morning Post Liangliang's habit has gotten out of control and they are seeking methods of helping the toddler quit.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

Survey: People hate to give up their phone

While this survey was conducted in the USA, I am sure we can safely say the result would be the same in other parts of the world. Our cellular phones are has connected to us as our heart!!!!
Ms. B

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Most Americans would rather give up alcohol for a week than give up their cell phone for the same time period, a survey conducted for Best Buy indicated. Nearly 60 percent of respondents said they'd rather abstain from drinking rather than put away their cell phones for a week, results released Tuesday of the survey by GFK Roper showed. Respondents also said they'd rather give up television for a week, 33.1 percent; survive on bread and water, 11.5 percent; even have their teeth drilled by a dentist, 14.5 percent, than do without their mobile phone. The weekly survey of 1,000 adults for the big-box retailer also indicated consumers age 65-plus don't darken a mobile phone retailer's door -- 62.1 percent said they never shopped for a mobile phone. Thirty-seven percent said respondents said they text because they want to avoid long or tough conversations, while another 27.2 percent said they just don't like phone conversations. The biggest, baddest behavior involving a cell phone by far -- 51.4 percent -- reading a text while driving. About a quarter of the respondents said they secretly read text messages of their significant others or their children.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

AFTER READING THIS YOU WILL REALIZE THAT ENGLISH ISN´T AS EASY AS WE ALL MAKE IT OUT TO BE. YOU SHOULD STUDY FOR ENGLISH TESTS!!!!!

Which linguistic potholes shake your chassis? Are you impacted by the use of "impact" to mean "affect"? Are you all, like, rattled when, like, teenagers use "like" as a verbal filler? Do you think the overuse of "best practices" isn't the best practice?

You're not alone. (And it's a good thing you're not a loan because, these days, many of them aren't being paid.)

Readers from Down Under to Up Over have sent me their pet peeves. Surely, you'll find one of your own bugbears here -- and, Shirley, you will, too.

The phrase "at this point in time" is redundant enough, but Anthony Youell of Brisbane, Australia, reports that politicians are now saying, "at this particular point in time." Errrggg.

Kay Williams of Carthage, N.Y., is concerned about TV weather forecasters who omit "is concerned," as in, "As far as your Monday's temperature, it will be cold." Kay wants them to say, "As far as your Monday's temperature is concerned , it will be cold." (Actually, she wants them to say, "it will be warm.")

As far as the compression of "all right" into "alright" is concerned, Hazel Martin of Kennett Square, Pa., isn't all right with it. And her feathers are ruffled by the misuse of "laying" for "lying," as in "she was laying in the street." Hazel writes, "What was she laying? An egg?"

Bob Staneslow of Cheshire, Conn., says people lay an egg when they use plurals like "phenomena" and "criteria" as singulars ("this phenomena," "this criteria").

Tonya Parham of Memphis, Tenn., literally explodes when she hears people use "literally" to mean "figuratively." And for her, pronouncing the "l" in "salmon" is as welcome as salmonella.

Gloria Sprouse of Bullhead City, Ariz., she detests the redundant pronoun used by local newscasters, e.g. "The robber, he was wearing a blue cap."

Alam Clem of Vermillion, S.D., doesn't think it's that great an idea to say to insert an unnecessary "of" before a noun phrase, as in, "It's not that great of an idea."

Gerald Hebert of Murrysville, Pa., says he's gonna go crazy if hears one more person say, "gonna."

Marcia Peck of Minneapolis has found a bushel of sentences like this one: "All people don't speak correctly," which should be rendered "Not all people speak correctly." Judging from these examples, perhaps the first sentence is accurate after all.

Rob Kyff, a teacher and writer in West Hartford, Conn., invites your language sightings. Send your reports of misuse and abuse, as well as examples of good writing, via e-mail to Wordguy@aol.com or by regular mail to Rob Kyff, Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045. To find out more about Rob Kyff and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

Copyright 2009 Creators Syndicate Inc.

IF WE READ MORE, WE CAN ENRICH OUR MINDS AND SOULS

These quotes are really great. Read and analyzing them can help you increase your knowledge. Remember: Reading is Succeeding.

Classic Quotes by Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer

A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul.

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue.

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

Evil is whatever distracts.

A LITTLE JOKE IS ALWAYS GOOD!!!

MAN WILL AWAYS FIND A WAY OF DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND THE RESULTS MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THE ANTICIPATED. (Brenda A. Ysaguirre)

LONELINESS... A MICHAEL JACKSON SYNDROME COMMON IN MANY PEOPLE TODAY

I was reading this article and found it to be very interesting especially as we go through so many difficulties today with the world economy in titters. So I have placed it on my blog today with the hope that it will help all of us who feel lonely to understand better how we can help ourselves overcome the trials of life. Remember, if you want to overcome loneliness and unhappiness it is all up to you. LOVE YOURSELF, RESPECT YOURSELF. ALL THE REST WILL FALL INTO PLACE.
All my love,
Ms B

Overdosing on Loneliness
By Robert Ringer

Michael Jackson's close friend Uri Geller, talking to Fox News by phone after Jackson's death, said that one time when Jackson was sitting on a couch in Geller's living room, he asked the "King of Pop" if he was a lonely man. According to Geller, Jackson paused, then slowly looked up and said, "Uri Geller, I'm a very lonely man."

After decades of observation, I have concluded that Jackson's sad response could have come from any one of millions of people. A lonely person's giveaway is his eyes. No matter what happy disguises he may wear, his eyes betray him.This brings back memories of John Belushi, Freddy Prinze, Andy Gibb, Marilyn Monroe, and, more recently, Anna Nicole Smith. We only know what we've read and heard about these tragic figures who were so revered by those afflicted with Tinseltown Derangement Syndrome, but what we've read and heard is pretty grim.

The truth about these false idols should give people in the world today hope as they watch the economy push them from false prosperity into poverty. While vacation cruises, golf outings, and fine dining continue to disappear from our lives at an accelerating pace, it's helpful to remember that material wealth has failed to buy happiness for many of the rich and famous.And what they all seemed to have in common was loneliness. Who but the most narcissistic among us would not trade fame and wealth for love? The tabloid crowd provides a lot of laughs for folks at the checkout counters, but their marriage-divorce... marriage-divorce... marriage-divorce cycles are not at all humorous.

When I think of Angelina, Britney, Lindsay, and Madonna, I think of loneliness. All of them appear to be Michael Jacksons waiting to happen.I recall a brief encounter I had with Sammy Davis Jr. in the early 1980s when we were sitting next to each other on the dais at a charity event in Los Angeles. He was a warm and gracious man with many similarities to Michael Jackson - African-American, slight of build, multi-talented, and a life of nonstop troubles. In a birthday tribute to Sammy, Jackson sang the heart-wrenching song "You Were There."Years earlier, I had read Sammy's memoir, Why Me? It just as easily could have been Michael Jackson's memoir. In the book, Sammy was forthright about his addiction to a life of drugs, booze, chain smoking, kinky sex, and lavish spending. One story, in particular, that I recall from Why Me? is about a multi-girl orgy Sammy had arranged to have set up in his hotel suite after a performance in Las Vegas. When he entered the bedroom, he found the girls already "engaged" with one another. He said it made him sick to his stomach, and he walked out of the room feeling like the loneliest man in the world.

But when it comes to loneliness, Elvis was The King. We've all heard his ex-friends talk about how, after every show, he would have parties in his hotel suite that lasted till dawn. The word from those closest to him was that he couldn't stand the thought of being alone.

It's no wonder that so many songs have been written about loneliness. People can relate. It's a common problem. More often than not, I suspect the songwriters and performers themselves feel very lonely. Which brings me to Neil Sedaka. I don't know how much loneliness he may have experienced in his life, but he sure grabbed us with his classic song Solitaire:"There was a man, a lonely manWho lost his love, thru his indifference.A heart that cared, that went unsharedUntil it died within his silence."And solitaire's the only game in town,And every road that takes him, takes him down.While life goes on around him everywhere,He's playing solitaire."And keeping to himself begins to deal,And still the king of hearts is well concealed.Another losing game comes to an end, And he deals them out again."Heavy words. Great songwriters write to a broad audience - and the audience for a broken heart and loneliness is very broad indeed. In the final analysis, perhaps all of us simply expect too much from life, thus setting ourselves up for disappointment when it fails to deliver the endless happiness we envisioned when we were young.Nineteenth century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer summed up this discouraging reality when he wrote:"There is only one inborn error, and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy. ... So long as we persist in this inborn error... the world seems to us full of contradictions. For at every step, in great things and small, we are bound to experience that the world and life are certainly not arranged for the purpose of maintaining a happy existence... hence the countenances of almost all elderly persons wear the expression of what is called disappointment."(From The Consolations of Philosophy, Alain de Botton)Granted, Schopenhauer was not the kind of fellow you would have wanted to invite over for an evening of small talk and laughs, but he may very well have zeroed in on an underlying cause of the many early deaths that followed a meteoric rise to fame and fortune.Weighing in on the Michael Jackson tragedy, renowned psychiatrist and bestselling author Dr. Keith Ablow spoke of "people who are not at one with themselves," mentioning their inability to feel comfortable with their age, gender, race, and sexuality, among other factors that contribute to their feelings of isolation. In other words, their inability to accept themselves as they are. I think most of us would be far better off if we focused on getting to know ourselves better rather than placing so much emphasis on having an active social life. After all, if you can't enjoy your own company, why should you expect others to enjoy it? Fittingly, I shall defer to Thoreau for the final word on this subject: "I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude."

[Ed. Note: To learn how to survive and prosper during the turbulent years ahead, check out Robert Ringer's powerful audio series Succeeding in a World of Chaos. And be sure to sign up for a FREE subscription to his one-of-a-kind e-letter A Voice of Sanity in an Insane World.]

SHAME ON DENMARK!!!!!

The sea turns red, but not due to climate effects of this nature. Take look at all these photos!!!!!

It is due to the cruelty of civilized humans who kill hundreds of famous and really clever dolphins.

All this happens year after year on Faroe Island in Denmark, and why are the young primarily involved in this slaughter???... Because it demonstrates that these same young people have already reached the age of "adult" and how possess maturity!!!!

This is a regular celebration and the "fun" is not to be missed by anyone. All are involved in one way or another by killing or by "endorsing this cruelty as a spectator."

It is noteworthy that these dolphins, like almost all other species of dolphins, approach man only to interact and play with them as a gesture of friendship!!!

So as we "play" at being humans, we finish spoiling everything either violently or destructively.

And how cruel can these people of Denmark be? These dolphins do not die instantly. They are stabbed again and again with sharp hooks and in those moments the dolphin produces sounds so much like a baby crying !!!!!!....

There is suffering as the dolphin slowly bleeds. It becomesdocile and suffers from terrible wounds as it dies in its own blood.

Finally, these heroes of the island are now full-fledged reasonable adults, who have shown "maturity"!!

Enough !!!!!!!....... Recirculate this message until it reaches some animal protection association because if we are only going to look on as this occurs it makes accomplices in the form of SPECTATORS.

Please pass on my blog address so others can see and read for themselves. WE OWE IT TO NATURE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ZENI

HOPE YOU ENJOY TODAY MORE THAN YOU DID ALL YOUR OTHER DAYS FOR TODAY YOU ARE BLESSED BY GOD WITH THE LOVE OF TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN AND A PARTNER WHO ADORES THE GROUND YOU WALK ON!!! HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY, FRIEND!!!

LOVE ALWAYS, MS B