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   <title>Web Site Updates &amp; Suggestions : Little Sisters</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.kao1865.org/Forum/member_profile.asp?PF=411" rel="nofollow">rlsmith12</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> Little Sisters<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 02/17/2010 at 12:00AM<br /><br />How about creating an area on the website dedicated to our&nbsp;past Little Sisters?]]>
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   <title>General Discussion : HELP NEEDED ON BIG BROTHER TREE!</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.kao1865.org/Forum/member_profile.asp?PF=410" rel="nofollow">greslyel</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> HELP NEEDED ON BIG BROTHER TREE!<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 02/14/2010 at 12:24AM<br /><br />I am working on a big brother tree as a gift for my big brother and I need some help. I have gotten to TJ Leitch. If anyone could tell me who his big brother is and who his big brother is and so on and so forth. I am trying to trace it back to the founding of Delta Upsilon so any help I can get will be greatly appreciated.<br /><br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gregory S. Lyell <br /><br /><br />]]>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title>Alumni Chapter Operations : never forget my first love</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.kao1865.org/Forum/member_profile.asp?PF=407" rel="nofollow">lookme875</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> never forget my first love<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 01/13/2010 at 11:39PM<br /><br /><P>Yes this may be surprising, I was only 13 years old that time. But, don't know how or why it happened to me so early. I fell deeply in love with a guy, who I used to think was annoying 2 months ago.<BR><a href="http://www.vipowerleveling.com/buywowpowerleveling.asp" target="_blank">world of warcraft power leveling</a></P><P>It was 1997, in Chittagong, Bang- ladesh, me and my family have just moved to a new apartment in a new area. So, after few weeks have passed, I started going back to school, since it was during Ramadan we moved. Well, I made some new friends in the neighborhood. This girl who was always hanging out with, her name was Ivy.</P><P><a href="http://www.gamegoldweb.com/Ai&#111;n-&#111;nline/" target="_blank">Aion kina</a>,<BR>One day when I was going to school, I bumped into Ivy on the way out of my building, and she was standing next to this guy, he lived in the building right beside mine. He said “Hi” to me, and we just asked each other “how are you” and blah blah, then I had to leave. But I noticed that guy was looking at me. It was a different kind of look, look with love in his eyes. Few days later, I noticed whenever I go to school and come back from school, he is standing in his balcony, and smiling at me. If he is not around, and one of his friends see me, they start to yell out his name. Oh yeah, by the way, his name was Mamun.</P><P><a href="http://www.eing.com/wow-gold/" target="_blank">world of warcraft gold</a>,<BR>So, I was very annoyed by those things. And I even told Ivy to tell Mamun to stop these foolishness. After my exams were over, I had a break. So I used to go to the roof and read books to spend my time. Mamun used to come to their roof also and both roofs where so close to each other that you can just jump from one to another.</P><P>Once I was reading a book, and I noticed Mamun come to their roof and he looked at me, and smiled. OH MY GOD! I don't know what happened to me. That sweet smile just took me away. I smiled back at him, for the first time. I could never forget that moment. We used to smile at each other whenever we saw each other, but never had a chat. I was sure that he liked me a lot, because, anytime he would see me on the roof from his balcony, he came up to the roof right away. I fell in love with him very deeply. I was surprised that I did. The feelings I had was so beautiful and made me so happy.</P><P><a href="http://www.gamegoldweb.com/Final-Fantasy-XI/" target="_blank">ffxi gil</a>,<BR>Mamun did come to my roof one day to talk to me but I wanted him to go away. I didn't want any one to see us talking. As you know, in Bangladesh rumors go around so fast. When we talked, I saw deep love in his eyes. I always smiled at him; I didn't talk to him much. Still, life was going on so wonderfully. Mamun never told me he loved me. I thought that was because, I was 5/6 years younger than him.</P><P>Very soon, I found out that me and my family are leaving Bang- ladesh and coming to Canada. I was devas- tated. I cried all night but there was nothing to do. When Mamun found out, he asked me on the roof, if it was true. When I said yes, he asked how long will I be in Canada. The answer was maybe forever, we were going to settle in Canada. He looked depressed, all he said was “Oh”, then I told him out flight date.<BR><a href="http://www.gamfay.com/wow-power-leveling.asp" target="_blank">world of warcraft power leveling</a>,<BR>The next month, it was Ramadan again. Mamun came to say good bye to me on the roof, he was leaving to spend his Eid with his family. That day, I was so sad, I felt like I lost something very important in my life. We said goodbye to each other, he said he thinks I am such a sweet girl, he hopes I have a great life in Canada. Oh my god, I couldn't hold myself, I think my eyes became watery. I didn't want him to see that I was crying. I said “you too” and tried to smile and left the roof right away.</P><P>That was the last day I ever saw my first love. Now 4 years later, here I am in CANADA. I have guy in my life now, whom I am deeply love with after Mamun. I never lose him.</P><P><a href="http://www.levelvip.com" target="_blank">wow power leveling</a>,<BR>I am ... over Mamun now. Everytime I remember those days, looking at each other on the roof, talking, I feel really down. I wonder where he is now, if we will even meet again... I can never forget my first love.</P><P>&nbsp;</P>]]>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title>Alumni Chapter Operations : Tears flowed like river</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.kao1865.org/Forum/member_profile.asp?PF=407" rel="nofollow">lookme875</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> Tears flowed like river<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 01/13/2010 at 11:38PM<br /><br /><P>One fine day, an old couple around the age of 70, walks into a lawyer's office. Apparently, they are there to file a divorce. Lawyer was very puzzled, after having a chat with them, he got their story.</P><P>This couple had been quarreling all their 40 over years of marriage nothing ever seems to go right.</P><P>They hang on because of their children, afraid that it might affect their up-bringing. Now, all their children have already grown up, have their own family, there's nothing else the old couple have to worry about, all they wanted is to lead their own life free from all these years of unhappiness from their marriage, so both agree on a divorce.<BR><a href="http://www.maplestorymesosshop.com" target="_blank">maple story mesos</a>,</P><P>Lawyer was having a hard time trying to get the papers done, because he felt that after 40 years of marriage at the age of 70, he couldn't understand why the old couple would still wants a divorce.</P><P>While they were signing the papers, the wife told the husband. “I really love you, but I really can't carry on anymore, I'm sorry.”</P><P>"It's OK, I understand." said the husband. Looking at this, the lawyer suggested a dinner together, just three of them, wife thought, why not, since they are still going be friends.<BR><a href="http://www.wotlkgold.org" target="_blank">wow gold</a>,</P><P>At the dining table, there was a silence of awkwardness.</P><P>The first dish was roasted chicken, immediately, the old man took the drumstick for the old lady. "Take this, it's your favorite."</P><P>Looking at this, the lawyer thought maybe there's still a chance, but the wife was frowning when she answer. "This is always the problem, you always think so highly of yourself, never thought about how I feel, don't you know that I hate drumsticks?”</P><P>Little did she know that, over the years, the husband have been trying all ways to please her, little did she know that drumsticks was the husband's favorite.<BR><a href="http://www.levelings.com/powerleveling.asp" target="_blank">world of warcraft power leveling</a>,</P><P>Little did he know that she never thought he understand her at all, little did he know that she hates drumsticks even though all he wants is the best for her.</P><P>That night, both of them couldn't sleep, toss and turn, toss and turn. After hours, the old man couldn't take it anymore, he knows that he still loves her, and he can't carry on life without her, he wants her back, he wants to tell her, he is sorry, he wanted to tell her, "I love you."</P><P>He picks up the phone, started dialing her number. Ringing never stops. He never stop dialing.</P><P>On the other side, she was sad, she couldn't understand how come after all these years, he still doesn't understand her at all, she loves him a lot, but she just can't take it any- more. Phone's ringing, she refuses to answer knowing that it's him. "What’s the point of talking now that it's over. I have asked for it and now. I want to keep it this way, if not I will lose face. "She thought. Phone still ringing. She has decided to pull out the cord.<BR><a href="http://www.wotlkgolds.com/wow-gold.asp" target="_blank">world of warcraft gold</a>,<BR>Little did she remember, he had heart problems.</P><P>The next day, she received news that he had passed away. She rushed down to his apartment, saw his body, lying on the couch still holding on to the phone. He had a heart attack when he was still trying to get thru her phone line.</P><P>As sad as she could be. She will have to clear his belongings. When she was looking thru the drawers, she saw this insurance policy, dated from the day they got married, beneficiary is her. Together in that file there's this note.<BR><a href="http://www.gamxm.com/wow-power-leveling.asp" target="_blank">world of warcraft power leveling</a>,</P><P>"To my dearest wife, by the time you are reading this, I'm sure I'm no longer around, I bought this policy for you, though the amount is only $100k, I hope it will be able to help me continue my promise that I have made when we got married, I might not be around anymore, I want this amount of money to continue taking care of you, just like the way I will if I could have live longer. I want you to know I will always be around, by your side. I love you."</P><P>Tears flowed like river.</P><P>&nbsp;</P>]]>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title>Alumni Chapter Operations : I handed him the flowers</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.kao1865.org/Forum/member_profile.asp?PF=407" rel="nofollow">lookme875</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> I handed him the flowers<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 01/13/2010 at 11:37PM<br /><br /><P>My day began on a decidedly sour note when I saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea bush. By the time I got outside, he'd broken it. "Can I take this to school today?" he asked. With a wave of my hand, I sent him off. I turned my back so he wouldn't see the tears gathering in my eyes. I loved that azalea bush. I touched the broken limb as if to say silently, "I'm sorry."<BR><a href="http://www.gamfay.com" target="_blank">wow power leveling</a><BR>I wished I could have said that to my husband earlier, but I'd been angry. The washing machine had leaked on my brand-new linoleum. If he'd just taken the time to fix it the night before when I asked him instead of playing checkers with Jonathan. What are his priorities anyway? I wondered. I was still mopping up the mess when Jonathan walked into the kitchen. "What's for breakfast, Mom?" I opened the empty refrigerator. "Not cereal," I said, watching the sides of his mouth drop. "How about toast and jelly?" I smeared the toast with jelly and set it in front of him. Why was I so angry? I tossed my husband's dishes into the sudsy water.<BR><a href="http://www.eing.com" target="_blank">Wow gold</a>,<BR>It was days like this that made me want to quit. I just wanted to drive up to the mountains, hide in a cave, and never come out.</P><P>Somehow I managed to lug the wet clothes to the laundromat. I spent most of the day washing and drying clothes and thinking how love had disappeared from my life. Staring at the graffiti on the walls, I felt as wrung-out as the clothes left in the washers.</P><P>As I finished hanging up the last of my husband's shirts, I looked at the clock. 2:30. I was late. Jonathan's class let out at 2:15. I dumped the clothes in the back seat and hurriedly drove to the school.</P><P>I was out of breath by the time I knocked on the teacher's door and peered through the glass. With one finger, she motioned for me to wait. She said something to Jonathan and handed him and two other children crayons and a sheet of paper.</P><P>What now? I thought, as she rustled through the door and took me aside. "I want to talk to you about Jonathan," she said.<BR><a href="http://www.wotlkgold.org/gold-report.asp" target="_blank">world of warcraft gold</a>,</P><P>I prepared myself for the worst. Nothing would have surprised me. "Did you know Jonathan brought flowers to school today?" she asked. I nodded, thinking about my favorite bush and trying to hide the hurt in my eyes. I glanced at my son busily coloring a picture. His wavy hair was too long and flopped just beneath his brow. He brushed it away with the back of his hand. His eyes burst with blue as he admired his handiwork. "Let me tell you about yesterday," the teacher insisted. "See that little girl?" I watched the bright-eyed child laugh and point to a colorful picture taped to the wall. I nodded.<BR><a href="http://www.cardkeystore.com" target="_blank">cd keys</a>,</P><P>"Well, yesterday she was almost hysterical. Her mother and father are going through a nasty divorce. She told me she didn't want to live, she wished she could die. I watched that little girl bury her face in her hands and say loud enough for the class to hear, 'Nobody loves me.' I did all I could to console her, but it only seemed to make matters worse." "I thought you wanted to talk to me about Jonathan," I said.</P><P>"I do," she said, touching the sleeve of my blouse. "Today your son walked straight over to that child. I watched him hand her some pretty pink flowers and whisper, 'I love you.'"</P><P>I felt my heart swell with pride for what my son had done. I smiled at the teacher. "Thank you," I said, reaching for Jonathan's hand, "you've made my day."<BR><a href="http://www.saleveling.com" target="_blank">wow power leveling</a>,</P><P>Later that evening, I began pulling weeds from around my lopsided azalea bush. As my mind wandered back to the love Jonathan showed the little girl, a biblical verse came to me: "...these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." While my son had put love into practice, I had only felt anger.</P><P>I heard the familiar squeak of my husband's brakes as he pulled into the drive. I snapped a small limb bristling with hot pink azaleas off the bush. I felt the seed of love that God planted in my family beginning to bloom once again in me. My husband's eyes widened in surprise as I handed him the flowers. "I love you," I said.</P><P>&nbsp;</P>]]>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title>Alumni Chapter Operations : is a welcome surprise</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.kao1865.org/Forum/member_profile.asp?PF=407" rel="nofollow">lookme875</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> is a welcome surprise<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 01/13/2010 at 11:36PM<br /><br /><P>How many times have you gotten upset because someone wasn’t doing their job, because your child isn’t behaving, because your partner or friend isn’t living up to his or her end of the bargain?</P><P>How many times have you been irritated when someone doesn’t do things the way you’re used to? Or when you’ve planned something carefully and things didn’t go as you’d hoped?</P><P>This kind of anger and irritation happens to all of us — it’s part of the human experience.<BR><a href="http://www.vipowerleveling.com" target="_blank">wow power leveling</a></P><P>One thing that irritates me is when people talk during a movie. Or cut me off in traffic. Or don’t wash their dishes after eating. Actually, I have a lot of these little annoyances — don’t we all?</P><P>And it isn’t always easy to find peace when you’ve become upset or irritated.</P><P>Let me let you in on a little secret to finding peace of mind: see the glass as already broken.</P><P>See, the cause of our stress, anger and irritation is that things don’t go the way we like, the way we expect them to. Think of how many times this has been true for you.<BR><a href="http://www.lowxx.com/buy-us-wow-gold.asp" target="_blank">world of warcraft gold</a>,<BR>And so the solution is simple: expect things to go wrong, expect things to be different than we hoped or planned, expect the unexpected to happen. And accept it.</P><P>One quick example: on our recent trip to Japan, I told my kids to expect things to go wrong — they always do on a trip. I told them, “See it as part of the adventure.”</P><P>And this worked like a charm. When we inevitably took the wrong train on a foreign-language subway system, or when it rained on the day we went to Disney Sea, or when we took three trains and walked 10 blocks only to find the National Children’s Castle closed on Mondays … they said, “It’s part of the adventure!” And it was all OK — we didn’t get too bothered.<BR><a href="http://www.wotlk-powerleveling.com/wow-power-leveling.html" target="_blank">World of warcraft Power Leveling</a>,</P><P>So when the nice glass you bought inevitably falls and breaks, someday, you might get upset. But not if you see the glass as already broken, from the day you get it. You know it’ll break someday, so from the beginning, see it as already broken. Be a time-traveler, or someone with time-traveling vision, and see the future of this glass, from this moment until it inevitably breaks.</P><P>And when it breaks, you won’t be upset or sad — because it was already broken, from the day you got it. And you’ll realize that every moment you have with it is precious.</P><P>Expect your child to mess up — all children do. And don’t get so upset when they mess up, when they don’t do what they’re “supposed” to do … because they’re supposed to mess up.<BR><a href="http://www.cdkeyweb.com" target="_blank">cd keys</a>,</P><P>Expect your partner to be less than perfect.</P><P>Expect your friend to not show up sometimes.</P><P>Expect things to go not according to plan.</P><P>Expect people to be rude sometimes.</P><P>Expect coworkers not to come through sometimes.</P><P>Expect roommates not to wash their dishes or pick up their clothes, sometimes.</P><P>Expect the glass to break.</P><P>And accept it.<BR><a href="http://www.gamfay.com" target="_blank">wow power leveling</a><BR>You won’t change these inevitable facts — they will happen, eventually. And if you expect it to happen — even see it as already happening, before it happens — you won’t get so upset.</P><P>You won’t overreact. You’ll respond appropriately, but not overreact. You can talk to the person about their behavior, and ask them kindly to consider your feelings when they do this … but you won’t get overly emotional and blow things out of proportion.</P><P>You’ll smile, and think, “I expected that to happen. The glass was already broken. And I accept that.”</P><P>You’ll have peace of mind. And that, my friends, is a welcome surprise.</P><P>&nbsp;</P>]]>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title>Alumni Chapter Operations : could play that Mandolin!</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.kao1865.org/Forum/member_profile.asp?PF=407" rel="nofollow">lookme875</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> could play that Mandolin!<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 01/13/2010 at 11:35PM<br /><br /><P>My father was a self-taught mandolin player. He was one of the best string instrument players in our town. He could not read music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could play it. When he was younger, he was a member of a small country music band. They would play at local dances and on a few occasions would play for the local radio station. He often told us how he had 2)auditioned and earned a position in a band that featured Patsy Cline as their lead singer. He told the family that after he was hired he never went back. Dad was a very religious man. He stated that there was a lot of drinking and cursing the day of his audition and he did not want to be around that type of environment.<BR><a href="http://www.wotlk-powerleveling.com" target="_blank">wow power leveling</a>,</P><P>Occasionally, Dad would get out his mandolin and play for the family. We three children: Trisha, Monte and I, George Jr., would often sing along. Songs such as the Tennessee Waltz, Harbor Lights and around Christmas time, the well-known 3)rendition of Silver Bells. "Silver Bells, Silver Bells, its Christmas time in the city" would ring throughout the house. One of Dad's favorite 4)hymns was "The Old Rugged Cross". We learned the words to the hymn when we were very young, and would sing it with Dad when he would play and sing. Another song that was often shared in our house was a song that accompanied the Walt Disney series: Davey Crockett. Dad only had to hear the song twice before he learned it well enough to play it. "Davey, Davey Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier" was a favorite song for the family. He knew we enjoyed the song and the program and would often get out the mandolin after the program was over. I could never get over how he could play the songs so well after only hearing them a few times. I loved to sing, but I never learned how to play the mandolin. This is something I regret to this day.</P><P><a href="http://www.gamegoldweb.com/Silkroad-&#079;nline/" target="_blank">Sro Gold</a>,<BR>Dad loved to play the mandolin for his family he knew we enjoyed singing, and hearing him play. He was like that. If he could give pleasure to others, he would, especially his family. He was always there, sacrificing his time and efforts to see that his family had enough in their life. I had to mature into a man and have children of my own before I realized how much he had sacrificed.</P><P>I joined the United States Air Force in January of 1962. Whenever I would come home on leave, I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. Nobody played the mandolin like my father. He could touch your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his pride in his ability to play so well for his family.<BR><a href="http://www.saleveling.com/buy-wow-power-leveling.asp" target="_blank">World of Warcraft power leveling</a>,<BR>When Dad was younger, he worked for his father on the farm. His father was a farmer and 5)sharecropped a farm for the man who owned the property. In 1950, our family moved from the farm. Dad had gained employment at the local 6)limestone 7)quarry. When the quarry closed in August of 1957, he had to seek other employment. He worked for Owens Yacht Company in Dundalk, Maryland and for Todd Steel in Point of Rocks, Maryland. While working at Todd Steel, he was involved in an accident. His job was to roll angle iron onto a 8)conveyor so that the 9)welders farther up the production line would have it to complete their job. On this particular day Dad got the third index finger of his left hand mashed between two pieces of steel. The doctor who operated on the finger could not save it, and Dad ended up having the tip of the finger 10)amputated. He didn't lose enough of the finger where it would stop him picking up anything, but it did impact his ability to play the mandolin.</P><P><a href="http://www.levelings.com/powerleveling.asp" target="_blank">world of warcraft power leveling</a>,<BR>After the accident, Dad was reluctant to play the mandolin. He felt that he could not play as well as he had before the accident. When I came home on leave and asked him to play he would make excuses for why he couldn't play. Eventually, we would 11)wear him down and he would say "Okay, but remember, I can't hold down on the strings the way I used to" or "Since the accident to this finger I can't play as good". For the family it didn't make any difference that Dad couldn't play as well. We were just glad that he would play. When he played the old mandolin it would carry us back to a cheerful, happier time in our lives. "Davey, Davey Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier", would again be heard in the little town of Bakerton, West Virginia.<BR><a href="http://www.levelvip.com" target="_blank">wow power level</a>,<BR>In August of 1993 my father was 12)diagnosed with 13)inoperable lung cancer. He chose not to receive 14)chemotherapy treatments so that he could live out the rest of his life in dignity. About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He made excuses but said "okay". He knew it would probably be the last time he would play for us. He 15)tuned up the old mandolin and played a few notes. When I looked around, there was not a dry eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet humble man with an inner strength that comes from knowing God, and living with him in one's life. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. We felt at the time that he wouldn't have enough strength to play, and that makes the memory of that day even stronger. Dad was doing something he had done all his life, giving. As sick as he was, he was still pleasing others. Dad sure could play that Mandolin! <BR></P>]]>
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   <title>Professional Sports : Fantasy Team Updates</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.kao1865.org/Forum/member_profile.asp?PF=406" rel="nofollow">strong1r</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> Fantasy Team Updates<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 12/08/2009 at 11:55PM<br /><br /><P><BR>Ivanoushka the Simpleton</P><P>In a kingdom far away from our country, there was a town over which ruled the Tsar Pea with his Tsaritza Carrot. He had many wise statesmen, wealthy princes, strong, powerful warriors, and also simple soldiers, a hundred thousand, less one man. In that town lived all kinds of people: honest, bearded merchants, keen and open-handed rascals, German tradesmen, lovely maidens, Russian drunkards; and in the suburbs all around, the peasants tilled the soil, sowed the wheat, ground the flour, traded in the markets, and spent the money in drink.</P><P>In one of the suburbs there was a poor hut where an old man lived with his three sons, Thomas, Pakhom, and Ivan. The old man was not only clever, he was wise. He had happened once to have a chat with the devil. They talked together while the old man treated him to a tumbler of wine and got out of the devil many great secrets. Soon after this the peasant began to perform such marvelous acts that the neighbors called him a sorcerer, a magician, and even supposed that the devil was his kin.<BR><a href="http://www.wow-powerleveling.org/wow+power+leveling.html" target="_blank">world of warcraft power leveling</a>,<BR>Yes, it is true that the old man performed great marvels. Were you longing for love, go to him, bow to the old man, and he would give you some strange root, and the sweetheart would be yours. If there is a theft, again to him with the tale. The old man conjures over some water, takes an officer along straight to the thief, and your lost is found; only take care that the officer steals it not.</P><P>Indeed the old man was very wise; but his children were not his equals. Two of them were almost as clever. They were married and had children, but Ivan, the youngest, was single. No one cared much for him because he was rather a fool, could not count one, two, three, and only drank, or ate, or slept, or lay around. Why care for such a person? Every one knows life for some is brighter than for others. But Ivan was good-hearted and quiet. Ask of him a belt, he will give a kaftan also; take his mittens, he certainly would want to have you take his cap with them. And that is why all liked Ivan, and usually called him Ivanoushka the Simpleton; though the name means fool, at the same time it carries the idea of a kind heart.</P><P>Our old man lived on with his sons until finally his hour came to die. He called his three sons and said to them:<a href="http://www.wotlkgolds.com/wow-gold.asp" target="_blank">world of warcraft gold</a>,</P><P>"Dear children of mine, my dying hour is at hand and ye must fulfill my will. Every one of you come to my grave and spend one night with me; thou, Tom, the first night; thou, Pakhom, the second night; and thou, Ivanoushka the Simpleton, the third."</P><P>Two of the brothers, as clever people, promised their father to do according to his bidding, but the Simpleton did not even promise; he only scratched his head.</P><P>The old man died and was buried. During the celebration the family and guests had plenty of pancakes to eat and plenty of whisky to wash them down. Break went on to say that. </P><P>Now you remember that on the first night Thomas was to go to the grave; but he was too lazy, or possibly afraid, so he said to the Simpleton:<BR><a href="http://www.replicawatchesweb.com/buy-replica-watches.asp" target="_blank">replica rolex</a>,<BR>"I must be up very early to-morrow morning; I have to thresh; go thou for me to our father's grave."</P><P>"All right," answered Ivanoushka the Simpleton. He took a slice of black rye bread, went to the grave, stretched himself out, and soon began to snore.</P><P>The church clock struck midnight; the wind roared, the owl cried in the trees, the grave opened and the old man came out and asked:</P><P>"Who is there?"</P><P>"I,"<a href="http://www.bridalove.com/cheap-wedding-dresses.asp" target="_blank">wedding dress</a>, answered Ivanoushka.</P><P>"Well, my dear son, I will reward thee for thine obedience," said the father.</P><P>Lo! the cocks crowed and the old man dropped into the grave. The Simpleton arrived home and went to the warm stove.</P><P>"What happened?" asked the brothers.</P><P>"Nothing," he answered. "I slept the whole night and am hungry now."</P><P>The second night it was Pakhom's turn to go to his father's grave. He thought it over and said to the Simpleton:</P><P>"To-morrow is a busy day with me. Go in my place to our father's grave."</P><P>"All right," answered Ivanoushka. He took along with him a piece of fish pie, went to the grave and slept. Midnight approached, the wind roared, crows came flying, the grave opened and the old man came out.<a href="http://www.Perfectreplicawatches.com" target="_blank">replica watches</a>,</P><P>"Who is there?" he asked.</P><P>"I," answered his son the Simpleton.</P><P>"Well, my beloved son, I will not forget thine obedience," said the old man.</P><P>The cocks crowed and the old man dropped into his grave. Ivanoushka the Simpleton came home, went to sleep on the warm stove, and in the morning his brothers asked:</P><P>"What happened?"</P><P>"Nothing," answered Ivanoushka.</P><P>On the third night the brothers said to Ivan the Simpleton:</P><P>"It is thy turn to go to the grave of our father. The father's will should be done."</P><P>"All right," answered Ivanoushka. He took some cookies, put on his sheepskin, and arrived at the grave.<BR><a href="http://www.saleveling.com/buy-wow-power-leveling.asp" target="_blank">World of Warcraft power leveling</a>,<BR>At midnight his father came out.</P><P><BR>Ivanoushka the Simpleton</P>]]>
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   <title>Professional Sports : Titans 2008</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.kao1865.org/Forum/member_profile.asp?PF=406" rel="nofollow">strong1r</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> Titans 2008<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 12/08/2009 at 11:55PM<br /><br /><P><BR>The Story of Deirdre</P><P>There was a man in Ireland once who was called Malcolm Harper. The man was a right good man, and he had a goodly share of this world's goods. He had a wife, but no family. What did Malcolm hear but that a soothsayer had come home to the place, and as the man was a right good man, he wished that the soothsayer might come near them. Whether it was that he was invited or that he came of himself, the soothsayer came to the house of Malcolm. Just out of the chat. <BR><a href="http://www.superpowerleveling.com/powerleveling.asp" target="_blank">World of Warcraft power leveling</a>,</P><P>And the soothsayer went forth out of the house and he was not long outside when he returned.</P><P>"Well," said the soothsayer, "I saw in my second sight that it is on account of a daughter of yours that the greatest amount of blood shall be shed that has ever been shed in Erin since time and race began. And the three most famous heroes that ever were found will lose their heads on her account."</P><P>After a time a daughter was born to Malcolm, he did not allow a living being to come to his house, only himself and the nurse. He asked this woman, "Will you yourself bring up the child to keep her in hiding far away where eye will not see a sight of her nor ear hear a word about her?"<BR><a href="http://www.replicawatchesguide.com/replica-rolex-watches.asp" target="_blank">replica rolex</a>,<BR>The woman said she would, so Malcolm got three men, and he took them away to a large mountain, distant and far from reach, without the knowledge or notice of any one. He caused there a hillock, round and green, to be dug out of the middle, and the hole thus made to be covered carefully over so that a little company could dwell there together. This was done. This site is on the Crushers：sbm。 </P><P>Deirdre and her foster-mother dwelt in the bothy mid the hills without the knowledge or the suspicion of any living person about them and without anything occurring, until Deirdre was sixteen years of age. Deirdre grew like the white sapling, straight and trim as the rash on the moss. She was the creature of fairest form, of loveliest aspect, and of gentlest nature that existed between earth and heaven in all Ireland--whatever colour of hue she had before, there was nobody that looked into her face but she would blush fiery red over it.<BR><a href="http://www.rarereplica.com/replica-watches.asp" target="_blank">replica rolex</a>,<BR>The woman that had charge of her, gave Deirdre every information and skill of which she herself had knowledge and skill. There was not a blade of grass growing from root, nor a bird singing in the wood, nor a star shining from heaven but Deirdre had a name for it. But one thing, she did not wish her to have either part or parley with any single living man of the rest of the world. But on a gloomy winter night, with black, scowling clouds, a hunter of game was wearily travelling the hills, and what happened but that he missed the trail of the hunt, and lost his course and companions. A drowsiness came upon the man as he wearily wandered over the hills, and he lay down by the side of the beautiful green knoll in which Deirdre lived, and he slept. The man was faint from hunger and wandering, and benumbed with cold, and a deep sleep fell upon him. When he lay down beside the green hill where Deirdre was, a troubled dream came to the man, and he thought that he enjoyed the warmth of a fairy broch, the fairies being inside playing music. The hunter shouted out in his dream, if there was any one in the broch, to let him in for the Holy One's sake. Deirdre heard the voice and said to her foster-mother: "O foster-mother, what cry is that?" "It is nothing at all, Deirdre--merely the birds of the air astray and seeking each other. But let them go past to the bosky glade. There is no shelter or house for them here." "Oh, foster-mother, the bird asked to get inside for the sake of the God of the Elements, and you yourself tell me that anything that is asked in His name we ought to do. If you will not allow the bird that is being benumbed with cold, and done to death with hunger, to be let in, I do not think much of your language or your faith. But since I give credence to your language and to your faith, which you taught me, I will myself let in the bird." <a href="http://www.topSwissreplica.com" target="_blank">replica rolex</a>,And Deirdre arose and drew the bolt from the leaf of the door, and she let in the hunter. She placed a seat in the place for sitting, food in the place for eating, and drink in the place for drinking for the man who came to the house. "Oh, for this life and raiment, you man that came in, keep restraint on your tongue!" said the old woman. "It is not a great thing for you to keep your mouth shut and your tongue quiet when you get a home and shelter of a hearth on a gloomy winter's night." </P><P>"Well," said the hunter, "I may do that--keep my mouth shut and my tongue quiet, since I came to the house and received hospitality from you; but by the hand of thy father and grandfather, and by your own two hands, if some other of the people of the world saw this beauteous creature you have here hid away, they would not long leave her with you, I swear."</P><P>"What men are these you refer to?" said Deirdre.</P><P>"Well, I will tell you, young woman," said the hunter. This is the next </P><P>"They are Naois, son of Uisnech, and Allen and Arden his two brothers."<BR><a href="http://www.Perfectreplicawatches.com" target="_blank">replica rolex</a>,<BR>"What like are these men when seen, if we were to see them?" said Deirdre.</P><P>"Why, the aspect and form of the men when seen are these," said the hunter: "they have the colour of the raven on their hair, their skin like swan on the wave in whiteness, and their cheeks as the blood of the brindled red calf, and their speed and their leap are those of the salmon of the torrent and the deer of the grey mountain side. And Naois is head and shoulders over the rest of the people of Erin."</P><P>"However they are," said the nurse, "be you off from here and take another road. And, King of Light and Sun! in good sooth and certainty, little are my thanks for yourself or for her that let you in!"</P><P>The hunter went away, and went straight to the palace of King Connachar. He sent word in to the king that he wished to speak to him if he pleased. The king answered the message and came out to speak to the man. "What is the reason of your journey?" said the king to the hunter. Just out of the chat. <BR><a href="http://www.fashi&#111;nweddingowns.com/wedding-dresses.asp" target="_blank">wedding dress</a>,<BR>Connachar, King of Ulster, sent for his nearest kinsmen, and he told them of his intent. Though early rose the song of the birds mid the rocky caves and the music of the birds in the grove, earlier than that did Connachar, King of Ulster, arise, with his little troop of dear friends, in the delightful twilight of the fresh and gentle May; the dew was heavy on each bush and flower and stem, as they went to bring Deirdre forth from the green knoll where she stayed. Many a youth was there who had a lithe leaping and lissom step when they started whose step was faint, failing, and faltering when they reached the bothy on account of the length of the way and roughness of the road.</P><P>The Story of Deirdre <BR></P>]]>
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   <title>Professional Sports : Hines Ward</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.kao1865.org/Forum/member_profile.asp?PF=406" rel="nofollow">strong1r</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> Hines Ward<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 12/08/2009 at 11:54PM<br /><br /><P>Living Water</P><P>This happened a long, long time ago, when the cedar, the fir, and the pine still had needles that yellowed and dropped in the fall instead of staying green all winter. </P><P>Once in those olden times a Tofalar went out into the woods to hunt. He walked and walked, and he came farther than any hunter had ever dared to go. He saw a bog so vast that no beast could have crossed it, no bird could have flown across. </P><P>And the Tofalar said to himself: <a href="http://www.saleveling.com" target="_blank">wow power leveling</a>,</P><P>"If our animals can't run across this bog, and our birds cannot fly across it, what kinds of animals and birds live on the other side?" </P><P>The more he thought about it, the more curious he became.&nbsp; This site is on the Crushers：sbm。 </P><P>"I must find out," he said to himself. "Whatever happens, I must get there. </P><P>And so he took a good running start, and leaped right clear across the bog. He looked around: the same earth, the same grass, the same trees. <BR><a href="http://www.weddingdressale.com/bridesmaid-dresses.asp" target="_blank">wedding dress</a>,<BR>"Silly!" he said. "There was no need to jump." </P><P>Suddenly his mouth dropped open with wonder. </P><P>In a little clearing stood seven harnessed rabbits. They stood quietly, waiting. Then seven people came out of seven burrows in the earth, exactly like all people, only tiny. When the rabbits flattened their ears, the people were taller than the rabbits. When the rabbits' ears stood up, the people were smaller than the rabbits.&nbsp; Went to eat, while repeat. </P><P>"Who are you?" asked the Tofalar. "We are immortal people," said the tiny men. "We wash ourselves in living water, and we never die. And who are you?" </P><P>"I am a hunter." <a href="http://www.myromanticbridal.com/buy-wedding-dresses.asp" target="_blank">wedding dress</a>,</P><P>The little men clapped their hands with joy. </P><P>"Oh, good! Oh, good!" they cried in chorus. </P><P>And one of them, the eldest, with white hair and a long white beard, came forward and said: </P><P>"A terrible, huge beast has come into our land. We don't know where it came from. The other day it caught one of our people and killed him. We are immortal, we never die ourselves, but this beast killed one of us. You are a hunter---can you help us in this trouble? Can you hunt down the beast?" <BR><a href="http://www.replicawatchesGuide.com" target="_blank">replica watches</a>,<BR>"Why not?" answered the Tofalar, but to himself he wondered: "Will I be able to kill such a frightful beast?" </P><P>However, he went out to track the beast. He looked and he looked, but could find nothing except rabbits' footprints. Suddenly, among the rabbit prints he noticed the track of a sable. </P><P>"Oh, that's too fine a quarry to miss," he said. "First I will get the sable, and then I'll go on looking for the terrible, huge beast." <a href="http://www.Rarereplica.com" target="_blank">replica watches</a>,</P><P>He found the sable and killed it. Then he skinned it and went on with his search. He walked the length and breadth of the little people's land, but could not find any trace of the beast. </P><P>So he came back to the little people and said to them: "I could not find your terrible, huge beast. All I have found was this sable." And he showed them the little sable skin.&nbsp; This is the next </P><P>"That's it, that's it!" they cried. "Oo-h, what a huge skin, what thick paws, what terrible, sharp claws!" And the eldest of the little men said to the Tofalar: </P><P>"You have saved us and our people! And we shall pay for your kindness with kindness. Wait for us. We'll come to visit you and bring you living water. You'll wash in it and will become immortal too." </P><P>The Tofalar jumped back across the bog and went back to his valley and told his people about the little men. </P><P>And the Tofalars began to wait for their guests, the immortal little men. <BR><a href="http://www.replicawatchesweb.com" target="_blank">replica watches</a>,<BR>They waited one day, two days, three days, many, many days. But the guests did not come, and the Tofalars forgot about them and their promise.&nbsp; This site is on the Crushers：sbm。 </P><P>Winter came. Everything around was frozen. And the bog was covered with a coat of ice. </P><P>One day the village women went to the woods to gather firewood. Suddenly they saw a little herd of rabbits galloping their way. They looked again, and saw that every rabbit was saddled, and in every saddle sat a tiny man with a little pitcher in his hands. The women burst out laughing at the sight. </P><P>"Look, look!" they cried to one another. "They are riding on rabbits!" </P><P>"And look at the little men, how funny!" </P><P>"Oh, what a joke!" </P><P>"Oh, I'll die laughing!" <a href="http://www.topSwissreplica.com" target="_blank">replica watches</a>,</P><P>Now, the immortal people were a proud race. They took offense at this reception. The one in front, with white hair and a long beard, shouted something to the others, and all of them spilled out the contents of their pitchers onto the ground. Then the rabbits turned and hopped away so fast that you could only see their white tails flicker.&nbsp; This site is on the Crushers：sbm。 </P><P>And so the Tofalars never got the living water. It went instead to the pine, the cedar, and the fir. And this is why they are fresh and green all through the year. Their needles never die.</P><P>Living Water</P>]]>
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