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DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND
The Saga Of Pinehill Book II
Money, Marriage And The Way
is now published and available.
Buy direct from:
http://www.publishamerica.com
(enter the name Saga of Pinehill in
the search box)
If you enjoyed the first book, you
won't be able to put
this one down until you've finished
it. Enjoy.
DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND
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TODAY'S TRIVIA - - -
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Can the ground open up during an earthquake?
Will California eventually fall into the ocean?
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Can animals predict earthquakes? Can humans?
Humans cannot. No scientist, including those from the US
Geological Survey, has ever been able to predict a major
earthquake. They don't know how to. They CAN use scientific
data to calculate the probability of a quake happening in a
particular area. For example, scientists estimate that over
the next three decades the probability of a major quake in
the San Francisco Bay area is 67 percent and 60 percent in
Southern California. Animals, on the other hand, have been
observed to behave strangely just before an earthquake
happens. Dogs, cats, snakes, horses, and even fish have been
known to change their behavior immediately prior to a quake.
One fish in a high school biology lab in California
reportedly would flip on its side before earthquakes.
Today's information about earthquakes came from the National
Earthquake Information Center. There's plenty more to learn,
so check them out: http://neic.usgs.gov
Is there earthquake weather?
Aristotle thought so. The ancient Greek philosopher believed
that earthquakes were caused by winds trapped in
subterranean caves. This theory led to a belief in
earthquake weather. Since winds were trapped underground,
people thought that the weather would be hot and calm before
a quake (when the winds would be released). Later theories
proposed that quakes were preceded by cloudy, calm weather
or strong winds and meteors. In fact, earthquakes are not
linked to weather at all and can happen in ANY weather at
any time of the year in any climate. Earthquakes originate
miles underground, far from the influence of wind,
temperature, barometric pressure, and precipitation.
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There are a lot of ways to become a failure,
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thePEBBLE CONTENTS:
1. STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!
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2. Here's To Think On! ... with Ken Darby
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Do You Think He Got The Point?
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3. MEDICAL COLUMN by Karin Henderson
Personal Infection Control
Making Sure You Are Healthy Enough
To Withstand Unhealthy Conditions
PART 3 of 9
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4. PERCEPTIONS by Ken Darby
The Rich And Educated Do It!
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5. WHY DO WE SAY IT?
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6. THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY!
7. HA! HA!HA!
8. CONTACT INFO
9. THE LAST LINE - - - - -
DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND
The Saga Of Pinehill Book II
Money, Marriage And The Way
is now published and available. Buy direct from:
http://www.publishamerica.com
(enter the name Saga of Pinehill in the search box)
If you enjoyed the first book, you won't be able to put
this one down until you're finished it. Enjoy.
DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND
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STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!
In a year, there are 60,000 trampoline injuries that occur
in the U.S.
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Do You Think He Got The Point?
When the power mower broke and wouldn't run, I kept hinting
to my husband that he ought to get it fixed, but somehow the
message never sank in. Finally I thought of a clever way to
make my point.
When my husband arrived home the next day, he found me
seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny
pair of sewing scissors.
He watched silently for a short time and then went into the
house. He was gone only a few moments when he came out
again. He handed me a toothbrush. When you finish cutting
the grass," he said, "you might as well sweep the sidewalks"
The doctors say he will probably live, but it will be quite
awhile before the casts come off.
Ahhh! The continual battle between the sexes. I laughed at
this joke mostly because it strikes too close to home. My
wife hasn't been out cutting the lawn with scissors yet, but
close.
I don't know why this kind of thing happens, but it does. It
seems like a guy gets a bit of a break from chores, and he
enjoys it, but the chores just keep piling up. Maybe he was
waiting for the right time to go buy a new mower. Maybe he
was trying to think of a place to take the old one for
repair, but one thing is sure, he was not on top of his
game.
Mother, too, as most ladies are wont to do, had certain
expectations about how her home should look, outside as well
as inside. What her motivations were, I am not sure. Maybe
she just didn't want the place to look abandoned, amongst
all her neighbors. Maybe it was a "keeping up with the
Jones" thing, who knows? But one thing is clear, she was
going to make a point.
I can just see it. When her husband came home, I don't know
how he could keep from laughing, knowing exactly what she
was up to. The idea of going into the house and getting a
toothbrush for her to sweep the sidewalk with must have
nearly killed him with laughter on his insides. But he did
it anyway.
At that point I think the laughter would have gotten to each
of them. The scene must have come right out of Erma Bombeck.
Yet the joke, like all jokes, makes a point. Sometimes you
have to come at a subject from a different direction to get
your point across. Even if you have to be silly, like this
lady cutting the grass with scissors, you can get the point
across and have fun.
Think on that. If you aren't making headway with your
approach, try another one, from a different angle. Remember,
communication takes two to work. One is making the point and
the other is receiving it. It is the responsibility of the
speaker, or presenter to get the point across.
Do You Think He Got The Point?
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To forgive is like washing the heart with the
most precious of balms.
---- Ken Darby
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MEDICAL COLUMN - - - by Karin Henderson
Personal Infection Control
Making Sure You Are Healthy Enough
To Withstand Unhealthy Conditions
PART 3 of 9
Frequently, people ask what to do with a specific condition. My
initial response always is "build up your immune system". We
have so many choices to make. Lack of knowledge leads to
indecision. Flu shots: do we take them or not. Will I get the
avian flu? Will I get hepatitis from a toilet seat? Should I
wear a mask when I fly next time? We are naturally surrounded by
toxins in all manner of forms. And all this adds to the
confusion. When you can't get facts, you don't make decisions
and then you wait...for what? Direction.
I will list a few preventative measures and some ways of
identifying potential risks. I will also demonstrate how the
cycle of infections works and what you can do to protect
yourself. At least armed with some information, you can make a
choice and later on, learn more. You are constantly under attack
from frequent invaders of your body, including infections. These
come from organisms that get into your body. It automatically
and naturally sets up its defence measures via the immune
system. Its purpose is to get rid of a lot of these undesirable
invaders. The most common invaders are bacteria, viruses, fungi,
and protozoa. Each category has many forms and variations.
Bacteria cause skin, respiratory urinary tract, and blood
circulation problems. In most instances they are regionalized or
localized. Examples are boils, strep throat, tonsillitis, etc.
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Karin Henderson is a registered nurse and is thePEBBLE's
columnist for our MEDICAL COLUMN.
We appreciate her input very much. Thanks Karin.
You can send Karin questions at
mailto:kflh@shaw.ca
Health Information Newsletter.
http://www.prescotts-inc.com
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PERCEPTIONS . . . by Ken Darby
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Some around me think I am an opinionated old goat.
Whether that be true or not I will sometimes, in this column,
talk about things people don't like to talk about - or don't want
out in the open. Take it all with a grain of salt.
Do your own thinking, and don't accept the things I say as
gospel. They are only mental meanderings from a simple soul.
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The Rich And Educated Do It!
Research has brought to the forefront an interesting point
about terrorists.
For years we thought terrorism was spawned in poverty, or at
least we thought that is where it should come from.
Research has shown it does not. Terrorism is spawned in the
homes of the rich and educated.
It has been found the poor have to concern themselves with
getting food, not making bombs. It is the rich who have the
time and the intellect to carry out suicide bombing and
other threats to peace and security. Studies have found that
the greatest failure rate amongst suicide bombers has come
from those with lower education and poorer backgrounds.
The educated are far more likely to succeed at blowing up
their targets.
The research did not get into answering or even looking into
the question of what could possibly motivate a person to
take his/her own life.
The fact terrorists are an educated group begs another
question as well - why do they object so vehemently to the
things their “enemy” is doing? Can that “enemy” conduct
business or affairs without evoking such hatred? Why do
terrorists, in their own land, feel that way yet when they
move to a western nation they conduct themselves as model,
contributing citizens. Wherein lies the core antagonizer?
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WHY DO WE SAY IT?
Abacus: Where did we get the name "abacus" for the counting
device used by the Chinese and others?
The device takes its name from the ancient Phoenician word
abak meaning "dust" - because the mathematicians of that day
used to cover tables with dust in order to draw their
diagrams and figure their problems.
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DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND
The Saga Of Pinehill Book II
Money, Marriage And The Way
is now published and available. Buy direct from:
http://www.publishamerica.com
(enter the name Saga of Pinehill in the search box)
If you enjoyed the first book, you won't be able to put
this one down until you've finished it. Enjoy.
DO IT NOW WHEN IT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND
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THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY!
"It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players
in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me
to be out here and fighting for the title and, you
know, it hurts not to win it." -- Andre Agassi
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HA! HA! HA!
A man wakes up in a hospital bed after a terrible accident
and cries - "DOC, DOC...I can't feel my legs, I can't feel
my legs!!!
"Well of course you can't silly!", replies the Doc... "I've
cut off both of your arms."
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THE LAST LINE - - - - -
"Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself,
you had bloody well better find some way that is going
to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting
around." -- Katharine Hepburn
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REMEMBER! - IF YOU SEE IT IN thePEBBLE - IT IS SO!
Righteousness would mean more if it were
spelled right-use-ness.
---- Ken Darby
