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March 26 - After spending 313 days in space in the Soviet Mir space station, cosmonaut Serge Krikalev returned to Earth and to what was for him a new country. He left Earth May 18, 1991, a citizen of the Soviet Union, but during his stay aboard the space station, the Soviet Union crumbled and became the Commonwealth of Independent States. Originally scheduled to return in October, 1991, Krikalev's return was delayed by five months due to his country's disintegration and the ensuing monetary problems. * Make Your Own Holiday. * Independence Day in Bangladesh. * Day production and use of biological weapons was outlawed worldwide. (1975) Day to mourn their victims. * Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signed the Camp David peace treaty, ending 30 years of war between their two countries. (1979) The agreement was fostered by President Jimmy Carter. * General Ferdinand Foch, Commander of the French Army at the Maine and the Somme, was appointed General-in-Chief of the joint Allied forces on the Western Front. (1918) In practice the national commanders (Haig, King Albert, Pershing) retained extensive control of the individual forces. * * Birthdays: James Caan, Leonard Nimoy, Edward Bellamy, Nathaniel Bowditch, Robert Lee Frost, Tennessee Williams, Marcus Allen, Alan Arkin, Pierre Boulez, Teddy Pendergrass, Martin Short, John Houston Stockton, Bob Woodward. The birthday of Joseph Campbell, who found Deity within all religions and myths. The Mystic's Wheel of the Year To be organized and efficient, to live wisely, we must daily delay gratification and keep an eye on the future; yet to live joyously we must also possess the capacity, when it is not destructive, to live in the present and act spontaneously. In other words, discipline itself must be disciplined. The type of discipline required to discipline is what I call balancing. The Road Less Traveled What university appointed the first African American varsity captain in the Big Ten? African American History (Answer below.) After we moved, we did it on a sheet of those plastic packing bubbles. We popped them with every thrust. - Sue, 32 Best of 1001 Sex Secrets Every Man & Woman Should Know When you teach your child anything new, be sure to break it down into easy-to-understand steps. Then break down each of those steps one more time. Dr. Buff's 365 Day Parenting Calendar Born Thomas Lanier Williams on this day in 1911, Tennessee Williams was the best-known playwright of the 1940s and 1950s. He won two Pulitzer Prizes and four New York Drama Critics Awards for his plays. Writing during the repressive McCarthy era, his plays often included subtle references of homosexuality. Gay & Lesbian Calendar Clearly a new perception of middle life is forming among the pacesetters of the Vietnam Generation (born 1946-55). They are redefining the parameters of personal success and making a virtue of not being so ambitious. Being a good father is weighted with as much value as being promoted to senior management. New Passages Common Ground: Do you know what these people have in common? Cher, Jimi Hendriz, Johnny Cash, Oral Roberts, Lena Horne, Burt Reynolds? The Old Farmer's Almanac (Answer 2 below.) Kitchen Smarts. Cooking with your kids reaps benefits that go beyond the food itself. Childcare professionals agree that cooking and baking with your children can foster self-esteem as well as fine-motor and communication skills. To foster pride other feelings of well-being, adults should try to resist helping with tasks not critical to the success of the product or criticizing children's efforts. Children will remember the baking experience with you and not what the finished product looked like. Parents Tips & Tricks Things to Be Happy About: Popup toasters. The wind at your back. A full tank of gas. 14,000 Things to Be Happy About Little crayons still make bright marks. Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me As you begin to listen to your inner voice, you'll start to get a feel for the situations that keep you from being in touch with what you really want to do and who you really want to be. Then you can begin gracefully to avoid them. Simplify Your Life To decrease the stress in a difficult situation, imagine a possible positive outcome. Stress Busters At your daughters next sleep-over, get strips of fabric. They can roll their hair around the fabric like they would a roller, then tie the fabric off with a knot. When they wake up, everyone's hair will be curly! To Do Today Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives. - Anthony Robbins. Win the Day! El aceite (ahSAYteh) Oil. Somos como aqua y aceite. We're like oil and water. Living Language Answer: University of
Chicago Once you discover you are black, then you have to be black. - Charles W. Thomas To discover one is black, in a white society, means to discover racism. In Black Africa there's no such recognition, for a child. To be a Black American means to struggle constantly against racism. White Americans believe they can choose whether or not to join this struggle, but they delude themselves. If we're not part of the solution, we're part of the problem. Once you discover you are Arabic, Asian, Latino, or Jewish, the conclusion may be the same. These discoveries come early. Black and mixed-race families can see clearly how race stratifies our society and how racist assumptions poison our communications just as sexist assumptions do. For many of us, these prejudices feel "natural"; yet they're as much a matter of our own choice and decision as any other attitudes. We can remake our attitudes toward race and gender, if we choose. We owe it to the future to live so that all our children can perceive the terrible costs of racism, for people of all colors. Racial injustice cripples our society. Until we help to heal ourselves, we cheat our children of the chance to be fully human. Today I will do what I can to honor our multiracial society and to work for a world in which all colors are honored equally. Family Feelings Hey Man: Did you make a difference yesterday? Let us know at Contact Us. Have a place in your wallet here you keep a list of videos, music or books that you want to buy or rent. What Every Man Needs to Know Want to make a difference but you don't know where to start?
Strike IX: The story of a big East college forced
to eliminate its baseball program and the team that refused
to lose, Paul Lonardo.. In October, 1998, as fall
practice was getting underway for the Providence College
baseball team, the players and coaches learned that their
sport was going to be eliminated after the 1999 season.
Knowing that this was going to be the last year that
baseball would be played at PC, the team decided to put
their emotions and anger aside and make it a season to
remember by becoming champions. This is the story of this
historic year and the players who decided to make their
statement on the field and show the school administration
that they made a mistake. Infinity Publishing, infinitypublishing.com,
2009, ISBN 0-7414-5690-7
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March is International Listening Awareness, International Mirth, *Irish-American Heritage, Mental Retardation Awareness, Music in Our Schools, National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness, National Collision Awareness, National Colorectal Cancer Awareness, Ethics Awareness; National Humane Education Awareness, National Kidney, National Nutrition, National On-Hold, National Professional Social Worker's, National Talk with Your Teen about Sex, Optimism, Play-the-Recorder, Poison Prevention Awareness, Red Cross, Rosacea Awareness, Workplace Eye Health and Safety; Youth Art; Humorists are Artists and Gender Equality Month: Time to honor both genders; time to meditate on the equality of women and men, on the respect due to both women and men, and on Goddess-God manifesting as woman and man. The Mystic's Wheel of the Year. In keeping with this, be sure to read our writing under "Newsbytes" called Mothers Aren't Essential in Raising Children. Also, check out our books on Feminism, Sexism, Sex Roles, and Social Theory in this regard. Month. Mar 12-Apr 14: Deaf History Month. Mar 1-5: No Name Calling Week. Mar 1-7 The day the production and use of land mines was outlawed world-wide. The Mystic's Wheel of the Year. National Write a Letter of Appreciation; Return the Borrowed Books; Universal Human Beings Week. Mar 1-10: Bike Week. Mar 2-9: Autograph Collecting, Conserve Water/Detect-a-Leak; National Professional Pet Sitters; *Save Your Vision Week. Mar 4-8: Human Resource ; National Procrastination; National School Breakfast; Newspaper in Education Week. Mar 10-16: Girl Scout; Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week. Mar 11-17: Camp Fire Boys and Girls Birthday Week. Mar 13-20: Education Advocacy; National Toad Hollow Week. Mar 17-23: Anonymous Giving; Jobs for Teens; National Agriculture; National Poison Prevention Week. Mar 18-24: National Bubble; National Clutter Awareness; National Secondhand Shopping; National Spring Fever Week. Mar 20-26: Week of Solidarity with the People's Struggle Against Racism and Racial Discrimination (UN). Mar 24-30: National Cleaning Week. Mar 29-Apr 2: National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign. Mar 1: National March to College; National Pig. National Salesperson's; "Read Across America Day" sponsored by the National Education Association in honor of the birthday of Dr. Seuss (Theordor Geisel). Mar 2: I Want You to Be Happy; National Anthem; What if Cats and Dogs had Opposable Thumbs Day. Mar 3: Hug a GI; Old Inauguration Day. Mar 6: Stop Bad Service Day. Mar 8: Panic Day. Mar 10: Dream 2002; Johnny Appleseed Day. Mar 11: National Organize Your Home Day. Mar 12: National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day. Mar 14: Absolutely Incredible Kid Day. Mar 15: Curlew; Freedom of Information Day. Mar 16: Save the Florida Panther Day. Mar 17: St. Patrick's Day. Mar 19: Great American Meatout; National Agriculture; Proposal Day. Mar 20: Flower; National Tree Planting, Memory; Single Parents; South Africa Human Rights Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN). Mar 21: As Young as You Feel; New Year's Day (India). Mar 22: Near Miss; World Meteorological Day (UN). Mar 23: World Tuberculosis Day (UN). Mar 24: Mothering Day (ENG); National Family; Old New Year's; Pecan Day. Mar 25: Legal Assistants; Make Up Your Own Holiday Day. Mar 26: American Diabetes Alert. Mar 27: Qing Ming Festival (China). Mar 27: National Mom and Pop Business Owners; Youth Day (Taiwan); Texas Love the Children Day. Mar 29: I Am in Control; Doctor's Day. * Means a Presidential Proclamation has been made. Help find a missing child! 800.843.5678 24-Hour Hotline * * *
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