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Wonderful cats at the Mosaic Feline Rescue (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - May 13, 2012

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Wonderful cats at the Mosaic Feline Rescue (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - May 13, 2012
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Volunteering at the Mosaic Feline Rescue in Ann Arbor. These are wonderful cats and are looking for a good home. There

are new kittens born at Mosaic two weeks ago to Smudge. They are so very cute! These photos are from Mother's Day, Sunday

May 13, 2012. Great time to see Smudge with her kittens.

Volunteering at the Mosaic Feline Rescue in Ann Arbor. These are wonderful cats and are looking for a good home. There are new kittens born at Mosaic two weeks ago to Smudge. They are so very cute! These photos are from Mother's Day, Sunday May 13, 2012. Great time to see Smudge with her kittens.


Wonderful cats at the Mosaic Feline Rescue (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - May 13, 2012
animal rescue shelters
Image by cseeman
Volunteering at the Mosaic Feline Rescue in Ann Arbor. These are wonderful cats and are looking for a good home. There

are new kittens born at Mosaic two weeks ago to Smudge. They are so very cute! These photos are from Mother's Day, Sunday

May 13, 2012. Great time to see Smudge with her kittens.

Volunteering at the Mosaic Feline Rescue in Ann Arbor. These are wonderful cats and are looking for a good home. There are new kittens born at Mosaic two weeks ago to Smudge. They are so very cute! These photos are from Mother's Day, Sunday May 13, 2012. Great time to see Smudge with her kittens.


Wonderful cats at the Mosaic Feline Rescue (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - May 13, 2012
animal rescue shelters
Image by cseeman
Volunteering at the Mosaic Feline Rescue in Ann Arbor. These are wonderful cats and are looking for a good home. There

are new kittens born at Mosaic two weeks ago to Smudge. They are so very cute! These photos are from Mother's Day, Sunday

May 13, 2012. Great time to see Smudge with her kittens.

Volunteering at the Mosaic Feline Rescue in Ann Arbor. These are wonderful cats and are looking for a good home. There are new kittens born at Mosaic two weeks ago to Smudge. They are so very cute! These photos are from Mother's Day, Sunday May 13, 2012. Great time to see Smudge with her kittens.

2012 Reggie Day at Miller Park Zoo

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2012 Reggie Day at Miller Park Zoo
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Families enjoyed a fun day with Reggie Redbird and his animal buddies as they toured the zoo and learned about fun animal facts. View more images at IllinoisStateHomecoming.



Thomas the Toucan
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4/30 - Smelly Belly had success in choosing a nice animal that would stand next to him and be happy. The only problem with thomas was that he didn't want to look at the camera. Smelly Belly's fact: There are 37 different species of Toucan in the world.

Wonderful cats at the Mosaic Feline Rescue (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - May 13, 2012

Check out these animal rescue shelters images:


Wonderful cats at the Mosaic Feline Rescue (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - May 13, 2012
animal rescue shelters
Image by cseeman
Volunteering at the Mosaic Feline Rescue in Ann Arbor. These are wonderful cats and are looking for a good home. There

are new kittens born at Mosaic two weeks ago to Smudge. They are so very cute! These photos are from Mother's Day, Sunday

May 13, 2012. Great time to see Smudge with her kittens.

Volunteering at the Mosaic Feline Rescue in Ann Arbor. These are wonderful cats and are looking for a good home. There are new kittens born at Mosaic two weeks ago to Smudge. They are so very cute! These photos are from Mother's Day, Sunday May 13, 2012. Great time to see Smudge with her kittens.


Wonderful cats at the Mosaic Feline Rescue (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - May 13, 2012
animal rescue shelters
Image by cseeman
Volunteering at the Mosaic Feline Rescue in Ann Arbor. These are wonderful cats and are looking for a good home. There

are new kittens born at Mosaic two weeks ago to Smudge. They are so very cute! These photos are from Mother's Day, Sunday

May 13, 2012. Great time to see Smudge with her kittens.

Volunteering at the Mosaic Feline Rescue in Ann Arbor. These are wonderful cats and are looking for a good home. There are new kittens born at Mosaic two weeks ago to Smudge. They are so very cute! These photos are from Mother's Day, Sunday May 13, 2012. Great time to see Smudge with her kittens.


Wonderful cats at the Mosaic Feline Rescue (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - May 13, 2012
animal rescue shelters
Image by cseeman
Volunteering at the Mosaic Feline Rescue in Ann Arbor. These are wonderful cats and are looking for a good home. There

are new kittens born at Mosaic two weeks ago to Smudge. They are so very cute! These photos are from Mother's Day, Sunday

May 13, 2012. Great time to see Smudge with her kittens.

Volunteering at the Mosaic Feline Rescue in Ann Arbor. These are wonderful cats and are looking for a good home. There are new kittens born at Mosaic two weeks ago to Smudge. They are so very cute! These photos are from Mother's Day, Sunday May 13, 2012. Great time to see Smudge with her kittens.

Give your brain a break !! ...item 4B.. "If" by Joni Mitchell ...item 5.. How Much Blaming Should We Do? -- “A person sees all wounds except his own.” (Jul 11th, 2012) ...

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Give your brain a break !! ...item 4B.. "If" by Joni Mitchell ...item 5.. How Much Blaming Should We Do? -- “A person sees all wounds except his own.” (Jul 11th, 2012) ...
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We have a tendency to uphold our own self-images by blaming our problems on our surrounding circumstances. When things at work fall apart, it is our co-worker’s incompetence or slacking off; when our house is a mess it is our spouse’s fault; and when we are driving it’s always the other person cutting us off.

As our sages teach us, “A person sees all wounds except his own.” We like to see ourselves in the right and blame others for our failings.

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If you can keep your head...While all about you...People are losing theirs and blaming you...If you can trust yourself...When everybody doubts you...And make allowance for their doubting too.
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.....item 1A)... song lyrics ... Elyrics.net ... www.elyrics.net ... Phil Collins ... Everyday

www.elyrics.net/read/p/phil-collins-lyrics/everyday-lyric...

Everyday lyrics

I got lost, couldn't find my way
And I guess there's nothin' more to say
Love can make you blind, make you act so strange
But I'm here and here I will stay

So everyday I cry
Yes everyday I fall
Do you ever wonder why, why I love everythin' about you?

But everyday I say, "I'll try to make my heart be still"
'Til then every way there is to cry, ourselves to sleep we will

It picked me up, knocked me off my feet
I've got no way to explain
Still I love you, love you, love you but this fire inside
Will never see the light of day

So everyday goes by and everyday I fall
It makes me wonder why?
My life's worth nothing without you

But everyday I say, "I'll try to make my heart be still"
'Cos every way there is to cry ourselves to sleep, we will
[ From: www.elyrics.net/read/p/phil-collins-lyrics/everyday-lyric... ]

You'll never know, no, no, no ,no ,no
You'll never know just how close we were
You'll never know, no, no, no ,no ,no
You'll never know
No you'll never see

The book closes and we try to forget
But I know that things won't change
How we feel, how life goes on
And that seems so strange

And so the light fades away
Try, try, try as I may
I can't stop thinkin' about you
It seems my life's worth nothing without you

But everyday I say, "I'll try to make my heart be still"
'Til then every way there is to cry, ourselves to sleep we will

Everyday, everyday, you know I try so hard
Everyday, everyday, it gets a little harder
Everyday, everyday, you know I try so hard
Everyday, everyday, it gets a little harder

these lyrics are last corrected by zhongwenMike
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.....item 1B)... youtube video ... Phil Collins - Everyday (LP Version) ... 5:40 minutes

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.....item 2).... youtube video ... The Three Stooges : Pardon My Scotch ... 18:49 minutes

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The Stooges are running the local drugstore and mix up a potion that a desperate businessman decides to sell as scotch.

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.....item 3)... aish.com ... Jewlarious ... Introducing jPhones

May 26, 2012 / 5 Sivan 5772

Think different... Very different.

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A short Jewlarious film ... 1:11 minutes
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.....item 4A... song lyrics ... jonimitchell.com/music ...

jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=311

If

by Joni Mitchell

If you can keep your head
While all about you
People are losing theirs and blaming you
If you can trust yourself
When everybody doubts you
And make allowance for their doubting too.

If you can wait
And not get tired of waiting
And when lied about
Stand tall
Don't deal in lies
And when hated
Don't give in to hating back
Don't need to look so good
Don't need to talk too wise.

If you can dream
And not make dreams your master
If you can think
And not make intellect your game
If you can meet
With triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same

If you can force your heart
And nerve and sinew
To serve you
After all of them are gone
And so hold on
When there is nothing in you
Nothing but the will
That's telling you to hold on!
Hold on!

If you can bear to hear
The truth you've spoken
Twisted and misconstrued
By some smug fool
Or watch your life''s work
Torn apart and broken down
And still stoop to build again
With worn out tools.

If you can draw a crowd
And keep your virtue
Or walk with Kings
And keep the common touch
If neither enemies nor loving friends
Can hurt you
If everybody counts with you
But none too much.

If you can fill the journey
Of a minute
With sixty seconds worth of wonder and delight
Then
The Earth is yours
And Everything that's in it
But more than that
I know
You'll be alright
You'll be alright.

Cause you've got the fight
You've got the insight
You've got the fight
You've got the insight

© 2007; Crazy Crow Music
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.....item 4B).... youtube video ... "If" by Joni Mitchell ... 4:18 minutes

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an interpretation of Joni Mitchell's song "If," which she based on the classic poem by Rudyard Kipling. video loop by theworkofthepeople.com

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.....item 5).... ORTHODOX UNION ... www.ou.org/life ... Enhancing Jewish Life ...

How Much Blaming Should We Do?
By Yakov Danishefsky | Jul 11th, 2012

www.ou.org/life/inspiration/self-critique-confidence-yako...

“Be careful on the road! I just heard on the news that there’s a crazy man driving the wrong way on the highway!” yelled the nervous woman into her phone. Her husband frantically responded, “What do you mean one man driving the wrong way?! Everyone here is driving the wrong way!”
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We have a tendency to uphold our own self-images by blaming our problems on our surrounding circumstances. When things at work fall apart, it is our co-worker’s incompetence or slacking off; when our house is a mess it is our spouse’s fault; and when we are driving it’s always the other person cutting us off. As our sages teach us, “A person sees all wounds except his own.” We like to see ourselves in the right and blame others for our failings.

To be sure, this natural inclination is not entirely bad. It serves us well by protecting our ego and sense of self-worth. Seeing our shortcomings as products of exterior causes allows us to maintain our optimism and faith in ourselves. People who lack this skill often see themselves as deficient and fall prey to pessimism and depression. Dr. Martin Seligman, in his acclaimed book Learned Optimism, considers this ability to be one of the foremost ingredients to being a successful optimist and successful in life.

Nonetheless, we cannot allow this perspective to be our only view of life’s occurrences. We must balance it with a healthy sense of personal responsibility. Whether at work or at home, with friends, family, or fellow highway speedsters, our buttons are always being pushed. Qualities of patience, benefit of the doubt, courage, faith and others are of invaluable importance in all areas of life. If every time something happens it is someone else’s fault, we will never develop any of these virtues and we will never grow as individuals.

Frustrating and difficult situations are opportunities to turn inwards and see how we could have acted differently. By looking into ourselves, accepting a slight blow to our ego and letting our picturesque self-image falter just a little, we are able to locate areas of our character that could use some strengthening. When things at work go awry it is an opportunity to identify your role in the chain and see where you can improve, whether as a person or a professional. When things at home are tense and tempers are flaring, instead of blaming your children or spouse, take a moment to identity your piece in the puzzle.

It may be difficult to do this in the moment of frustration, but after all the dust settles, take a step back and think–would it have been helpful had I been less judgmental or more patient? What could have happened had I spoken in a softer tone or given an extra compliment? Would the office run smoother if I were more effective in balancing my workload by delegating and being more organized? These are the questions that bring about character development and growth. Excessive amounts of self-critique can be damaging, but a healthy diet of self-introspection can go a long way.

King Solomon, in his infinite wisdom, took this idea a step further. “As water reflects a face back to a face, so one’s heart is reflected back to him by another,” he said. In other words, “You are what you hate.” The blemishes a person sees in others are often a reflection of his own weaknesses. When you are in that moment of anger and frustration, blaming your co-worker for being lazy or your spouse for being moody, it is not enough to take responsibility; rather, it is imperative to realize that it is specifically the aspect you are most infuriated by that is most likely your own greatest flaw. While this is often very difficult to swallow, it can be used as a helpful tool to identifying the parts of our personality that need the most improvement.

The golden path is the path of equilibrium and balance, as Maimonides states. An overload of personal responsibility and blame leads to an unhealthy lack of self-confidence and can paralyze your ability to march on through the difficulties of failure. On the other hand, placing all shortcomings on other people and factors external to yourself disables a person from truly growing and developing respectable character. Real optimism means seeing the glass half full but still recognizing that there is a missing half that we can–and need–to fill. When you feel that everyone around you is driving the wrong way, it is time to realize that you yourself need to turn around.

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Attic Owl (Athenian coinage - 520's BCE) ... 'It's not a question of whether Amazon is too big in the market ... Amazon IS the market' (29th January 2012) ...

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Under draconian new restrictions introduced by the American corporation, traders who sell products more cheaply on other sites face expulsion from the Amazon catalogue unless they agree to raise their prices.
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.....item 1).... Mail Online ... www.dailymail.co.uk/news ... 'It's not a question of whether Amazon is too big in the market... Amazon IS the market': Claims of bullying small businesses and the truth about the world's biggest retailer

By HELEN LOVELESS and MARTIN DELGADO
Last updated at 1:00 AM on 29th January 2012

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093226/Amazon-accused-b...

Online shopping giant Amazon has been accused of artificially inflating prices by banning firms that trade on its website from selling goods more cheaply elsewhere on the internet.

Thousands of shops and small businesses, ranging from record stores to perfume suppliers, sell their products on Amazon, which has seen its worldwide sales surge by 44 per cent.

Under draconian new restrictions introduced by the American corporation, traders who sell products more cheaply on other sites face expulsion from the Amazon catalogue unless they agree to raise their prices.
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A worker preparing an order at a Milton Keynes depot

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Amazon has ordered them to ‘maintain parity between the terms on which you offer or sell each item through Amazon’ and the amount they charge for the same product on other sites.

Last night consumer protection lawyers called for an investigation.

Jill Paterson, a partner at law firm Leigh Day, said: ‘This is potentially anti-competitive behaviour. It has the potential to distort the market, which means consumers are losing out. It is possible the Office of Fair
Trading have not been alerted yet but I think they should look into it.’

Business organisations and independent traders accused the company of ‘bullying’ smaller firms.
Conservative MEP Malcolm Harbour, chairman of the European Parliament’s Consumer Protection Committee, said: ‘It is time for the European Commission to investigate whether firms such as Amazon are exploiting their market power in a way that is detrimental to consumers.’

In the UK, Amazon has achieved an extraordinary domination of the online shopping industry. The company refused to give figures, but analysts estimate it has a 20 per cent share of the market, accounting for £1 in every £5 spent by online purchasers.

In comparison, supermarket giant Tesco takes £1 in every £10 spent in British shops.

Until 2002, Amazon’s business was confined to direct sales from its website. Ten years ago it launched a new scheme, called Marketplace, under which goods could also be provided by shops and independent businesses.
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The company is being accused of bullying small firms and inflating prices

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Amazon charges commission of at least 75p per sale, or 15 per cent of each sale plus a monthly fee of £25 to £30.

Last year Amazon changed the small print of its contract with traders, introducing the ‘price parity’ demand.

Many agreed to the deal rather than risk confrontation with the internet giant, but now an increasing number are voicing concern at what they claim are unfair trading terms.

An Essex-based CD and DVD retailer said: ‘I do about a third of my overall sales through Amazon and cannot afford not to be there. However, they are becoming increasingly aggressive in their approach.
‘Before Christmas I received an email telling me to change some prices on my website as they were cheaper than the rate at which I sold the goods through Amazon.’

The retailer, who asked not to be named because he feared reprisals from Amazon, said: ‘I then received another email three weeks later telling me I had five days to change the prices or I would be delisted.’

He added: ‘The problem is that it looks good for customers because they get cheap goods, but the true cost is borne by small businesses. As Amazon gets bigger and bigger, it reduces competition. We will ultimately end up with less choice for consumers because Amazon will price us all out of business.’
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Orders stacked up at an Amazon warehouse in Swansea

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Another critic, tax campaigner Richard Allen, said: ‘There seems to be a general lack of awareness among the competition authorities regarding online retail.

‘Amazon is massive. It is not a question of whether Amazon is too big in the market. Amazon is the market.’

Amazon’s headquarters are in Seattle, but Companies House documents reveal that the parent company of the British operation, amazon.co.uk, is incorporated in Luxembourg.

The tiny EU state has a lower rate of corporation tax than Britain. Financial accounts show that Amazon paid no corporation tax at all in Britain in 2010. The last time it reportedly paid the tax here was in 2007, when it is said to have handed over just £19,367 to the Treasury.
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The distribution centre in Swansea is packed with goods ready to be distributed

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A spokesman for the Forum of Private Business said: ‘We understand from small online retailers that Amazon’s behaviour leaves a lot to be desired and that the company’s treatment of its suppliers and smaller rival websites is uncompetitive and effectively amounts to bullying.

‘This is simply unacceptable and it is extremely disappointing that Amazon sees fit to abuse its considerable market dominance in this way.’

Amazon said in a statement: ‘We work very hard to expand choice for online shoppers. As well as increasing the selection of items that we sell directly, there are over two million sellers who regularly add to the catalogue of products that they sell on Amazon Marketplaces around the world.

‘We simply ask Marketplace sellers not to charge customers higher prices at Amazon than the prices they charge customers elsewhere.’

The Office of Fair Trading said it could not comment on individual companies. But a spokesman said: ‘Businesses concerned about this issue should contact the OFT.’

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Moncada Barracks - Santiago de Cuba - Cuba
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Image by Adam Jones, Ph.D. - Global Photo Archive
The site of the famous attack by Fidel Castro and his merry men on 26 July 1953 -- a fiasco that very nearly killed the movement (and Fidel), but was painted as heroic after the victory of 1959. The bullet holes in the facade are not original but, after a replastering, were carefully recreated. For all that, it is an imposing complex.

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