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Archives for: December 2007
The new year is all about new beginnings and fresh starts — so what better way to get 2008 off to a great beginning than focusing on what is most important in life — your family. A survey by myGoals.com found improved relationships and more time with family is one of the top three resolutions made every New Year's. And it is rapidly gaining in importance.
"Of all socially oriented goals, those related to family jumped dramatically from 13 percent last year to 63 percent this year," said Greg Helmstetter, CEO of myGoals.com.
The problem in keeping family resolutions is that we tend to think of them as our personal commitment — rather than a group effort by everyone in the family.
That is the fatal flaw, according to James Stowers and Jack Jonathan, authors of "Yes, You Can … Reach Your Goals and Achieve Your Dreams."
The best way to make and keep family resolutions is to sit down and set them as a family, Stowers said. More>>
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Coastal Post Online
Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz and David Wurmser.
Washington was once willing to stay Israel's hand. It intervened to thwart some of its most extreme violations of human rights. This administration, however, has signed on for every disastrous Israeli blunder, from building the security barrier in the West Bank, to sealing off Gaza and triggering a humanitarian crisis, to the ruinous invasion and saturation bombing of Lebanon.
The few tepid attempts by the Bush White House to criticize Israeli actions have all ended in hasty and humiliating retreats in the face of Israeli pressure. When the Israel Defense Forces in April 2002 reoccupied the West Bank, President Bush called on then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to "halt the incursions and begin withdrawal." It never happened. More>>
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Nugent racks up 11 shutouts
The chop builds up in an interesting way, and that gave them some trouble on the second day, and they learned how to deal with it," Doble said. "That's going to help them against other teams at venues where there are waves." The team also had an opportunity to tour New Orleans and visit areas that were affected by Hurricane Katrina, according to Doble.
This event marked the last competition of the fall for Hingham. Its official season will begin in March.
Hingham was one of four qualifiers from the New England Schools Sailing Association to participate. Providence Country Day of Rhode Island won the event and Marblehead High came in second. North Yarmouth Academy of Maine was 11th.
"It was a great all-around experience," Doble said.
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