May Day in Creta

May First is also International Workers Day, a holiday first popularized by the Soviet Union. While it has lost many of its communist associations, it still is vigorously celebrated in former Soviet-bloc countries and other places in Europe. You can expect worker’s groups and unions to be active today; major strikes are sometimes scheduled for May Day.

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May Day in Creta

 FamZoo Helps Parents Teach Financial Literacy to Kids of All Ages (w. giveaway)

Congratulations to Becky who won a lifetime membership to FamZoo! Right now our 6 and almost 4 year old hoard their money in their little nylon wallets, eager to stuff in more but I know that the day of spending will arrive with no end in sight. Rather than appearing like a bottomless pit of money to our two children, we want to begin conveying the value of a dollar and how hard it can be to work for the things they want rather than what they need. Thank goodness for FamZoo ! About FamZoo FamZoo is a family friendly site that allows children to learn about the value of money through a virtual bank account that is tied to real money

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FamZoo Helps Parents Teach Financial Literacy to Kids of All Ages (w. giveaway)

 DaKine Dispatch Bike Messenger Bag

Like fenders during a Seattle winter, the Dakine Dispatch Bike Messenger Bag is a necessity for any avid cyclist. With water resistant construction, a easy access U-Lock pocket, and a deluxe internal organizer pocket, the Dispatch Messenger Bag will keep you organized and on the go, no matter the season or the weather.

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 Craft Corps Giveaway Day 24: Craftster Ceramic Skull & Scissor Necklace!

UPDATE: THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THE WINNER IS:Sondra Casario!Please e-mail your snail mail address to: contests@vickiehowell.com within the next week to receive your prize.

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 International Symbol Magnets

Have you refrigerator speak all the languages of the world with this sheet of 18 international symbol magnets. Keep important messages, children’s artwork, and household notes on any metal surface.

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 TOOB, Pt. 2

I was watching some deer along Bolinas Ridge when I spotted this one browsing her way toward a couple of California Poppies. I thought it would make a nice picture to have them in the scene with her, but she improved it quite a bit when she walked right over to the poppies and nipped one off. It always interests me when I see a deer eat something besides its usual browse of grass and small

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 Bound for Cannes Clad in Yummie Tummie!

Earlier this week I received an amazing invitation to go to Cannes at the start of the infamous Film Festival with AMD (aka Advanced Micro Devices). The South of France?

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 Taking Happiness at Face Value

“…wickedness never was happiness.” — Alma 41:10 I’ve only ever heard this phrase from the scriptures used as an encouragement toward righteousness — “if you are wicked, then you won’t be happy, so be righteous!” But reducing the scripture to a causal relationship like “if ( wicked ) then { not happy }” necessarily implies the contrapositive: “if ( happy ) then { not wicked }”. Both of these readings reduce the rich context of the passage to a logical proposition, and these sorts of shallow reductions don’t often translate well to the complexity of real life. Even so, I think it’s worth considering the passage from both directions

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 Louis Vuitton Madeleine PM

Once mentioning Madeleine, I conjure up the beautiful sponge cakes in a distinctive shell-like shape with scrumptious taste. While this time, louis vuitton bag named after Madeleine offers sweet and delicious leather that beguiling and impressed either in its discreet sophistication or top touch craftsmanship.

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 Requesting Priesthood Lines of Authority

In the course of an interesting email exchange today, I learned that a good friend and I had had similar experiences in trying to track down our priesthood lines of authority. After being ordained Elders, we both asked our fathers if they had copies of their lines of authority, both said they thought they did somewhere, but both ultimately could never come up with them

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 Pamela’s Breathtaking Moves

Barely stopping to catch her breath after a sizzling Argentine tango on Dancing With The Stars ( DWTS ), Pamela Anderson—accompanied by her dance partner, Damian Whitewood—headed to the Canadian Consulate in Los Angeles today to hand-deliver her letter to Gary Doer , the Canadian ambassador to the U.S., detailing her concern that the Canadian government is subsidizing the seal slaughter . Pamela has taken her fight for seals from one end of Canada to the other , but her personal appearance at the consulate is her first action in the U.S.

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 Prom-Dress Largesse

That old prom dress you have hanging in the back of your closet is great for nostalgia, but do you really need to keep it forever? Consider donating your gently used formal wear to an organization like the Princess Project or Becca's Closet that will recycle it by putting it in the hands of a young woman who can't afford her dream gown. Dozens of programs across the country specialize in providing free dresses to high school girls to wear to their proms, formals, and graduation events.

 Why Flobots Is Doing a May Day Concert in Arizona (+Free Download)

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 Spilling It re Oil and Meat, ‘Plane’ and Simple

Officials are scrambling to contain the beyond-massive oil spill that’s headed for the Gulf Coast and its wetlands and wildlife areas. At times like this, I know it’s popular to blame big business, and that’s fair enough.

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 Tip of the Day: Use fresh gas in your outdoor power gear

You can do nearly everything right for your mower, string trimmer, and other lawn equipment and still run into trouble. That’s what happened with my self-propelled gas mower the other day when I tried to mow in a hurry before dinner. I know I didn’t do everything the mower needed to be in tip-top shape—no grease yet for the wheel axles, for instance.

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Tip of the Day: Use fresh gas in your outdoor power gear

 Project #3, Hand Painted Family Sign (and How Sandpaper Saved The Day)

Hello, and happy Monday! I actually finished a project this weekend–Project #3, the Hand-Painted Family Name Sign!! Again, let’s take a look back at the “roadmap” for the completion of my eating area:If you’ll remember, I finished Project #1, the Chalkboard Basket Tags, a couple of weeks ago. So this weekend, I decided to tackle Project #3, the Hand-Painted Family Name Sign. I had already

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 Slavery is Alive and Well … For Now

It’d be nice if enacting a law would solve the problem, wouldn’t it? Sadly, despite slavery being declared illegal in nearly every country in the world, it persists—a blight and cancer on our communities, our consciences, and our common humanity.

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Slavery is Alive and Well … For Now

 LDS Church unveils green meetinghouse prototype

This week the presiding bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unveiled the first solar-powered LDS meetinghouse in Farmington, Utah. The building is one of five green prototypes being developed for LDS chapels in Utah, Arizona, and Nevada—and the building program will eventually expand across the US and around the world.

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 PETA’s Dog Park Gets Two Paws Up

PETA’s Bea Arthur Dog Park (named for the eternally fabulous Golden Girl ) has everything that dogs love: a big, grassy lawn for rolling and romping, a bin filled with toys to chew and chase, a water station, and an easy-access ramp into the Elizabeth River for dog-paddling to their hearts’ content! But it’s not just dogs who love PETA’s park—apparently, Southern Living does too: The magazine included the park in its feature on the South’s best dog parks ! Let’s raise the woof in celebration by taking our canine companions to the nearest dog park tonight for some tail-wagging fun! And if you’re ever in Norfolk, Virginia, check out the Bea Arthur Dog Park: I guarantee that if you follow the rules, you and your mutt won’t be disappointed. Posted by Lindsay Pollard-Post

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 Why My Conservative Business Friends Support Immigration Reform

Recently I turned to a conservative, white businessman friend to get some insight into how immigrants enhance our culture.  He might seem like a strange person to go to for insight into immigrants, but over the years I have come…

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