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The Finishing Steps to Building Your Log Cabin Roofing, Siding

The Finishing Steps to Building Your Log Cabin: Roofing, Sidingand InteriorAfter the rafters are in place, you will be ready to put on theroof boards. These boards can be 5/8-inch by 6- or 8-inchtongue-and-groove boards. There are some exceptions to ...

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You Don't Have To Do It Forever

Everyone has to do things they don’t want to do from time to time, if not every day. For some going to work or dealing with certain people can be situations that you don’t find pleasurable, but yet you have to encounter the situation on a daily b...

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Remember, Worse Things Can Happen At Sea, So.....Don't Ever Quit!

Throughout the many pages of scores of motivational books, with the Bible being at the forefront, we are encouraged to "not give up." We are told to believe that we can come through any situation and be victorious in life. Ask yourself this question:...

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Ten Ways To Achieve Harmony

1.Meditate on a regular basis. You do not have to isolate yourself and chant mantras to meditate. Just take 15 minutes a day, sit quietly (maybe listen to some soothing music) and let your mind relax and wander.2.Stop and think before you act/react. ...

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Have You Allowed Your Dream to Die

Have You Allowed Your Dream to Die?I have always wanted to fly...I thought of, wanted to, made enquiries about joining the AirForce after I left school, but it never came together.Then this happened, and that happened, and it receded into thedim and ...

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The Sound of Success

Successful people are everywhere. They are in the newspapers, on television programs, and are being interviewed and their words written down by reporters for all kinds of magazines and journals. But, how do we know if these “successful” people ar...

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Sex or Gender - Part II

The Encyclopedia Britannica 2003 edition describes the formation of ovaries and testes thus:"In the young embryo a pair of gonads develop that are indifferent or neutral, showing no indication whether they are destined to develop into testes or ovari...

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The Shattered Identity - Part II

But the unconscious is as much a part of one's self-identity as one's conscious. What if, due to a mishap, the roles were reversed? What if Dan's conscious part were to become his unconscious and his unconscious part - his conscious? W...

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Dolphins and Whales Gateways to Healing

On a cold, dark, overcast day thirty years ago, a ray of warmthand light shown into my world from a most unexpected source-theeye of a giant Humpback whale. In my young twenties and alreadyold with disillusionment at the state of the world, I was try...

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Pecked to Death By Ducks

Ever been in a situation where it seems like minor criticisms are all you hear? Sure, there are things you could improve, you know that... but a constant peck, peck, peck of negative feedback sure doesn't motivate you to change! One of my mentor...

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