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In regards to the recent Sandy Hook tragedy, my views on guns laws/rights have not changed. We have been witnesses to violence time and time again. When a person chooses to go on a murderous rampage, we are all affected, whether it is indirectly or directly. We don’t have to lose someone to such a hideous crime to be able to understand what these families are going through. Nonetheless I believe in the United States Constitution, therefore I don’t believe a persons right to legally bear arms sh

Have you ever tasted jamaican food before? Well on my blog you are going to learn how to cook it and I will give you a lot of details about our food. Jamaican food is famous for its tasty, spicy flavors. Many jamaican dishes such as jerk chicken or beef pattiies. Recipes for other jamaican flavors such as escoveitched fish and ackee and salt fish are also included.

#jamaican main course recipes
1)jerk chicken
2) jerk pork
3)patties

Jerk Chicken recipe-

“Sticks and stones can break my bones but words….? Words can do all sorts of things... Whether or not we believe the words, they do their work.” ~H.H


“If I ever get so big that I take up 2 seats on mass transit, or have to sit sideways on the single seats….tell my fat greedy ass to stop eating…You so fat you only joined facebook because you heard they put cookies on your computer:...and You so fat you walked into the Gap and filled it”

There are fat jokes that stret

Story Origin: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-19906942

If you read the above link, or heard about this case, here is a little piece of mind:
Long story made short: A kid for his 2nd Birthday accidently drinks 40% percent whiskey due to human error of the staff.
Ok no matter how stupid or how new the staff at Frankie & Benny’s restaurant is, Lime juice with water can’t be mistaken for Whiskey! First of the all just the color of lime juice comes in many co

Hello there.

So yes, I live in Hurghada, a place by the Red Sea, (Egypt) a city that well, was established like a fishing village and till 1970 something was still pure desert almost.

Now its 2nd biggest touristic city on the Red Sea.

In any case I do not take holidays here,I live here for the past 9 years.

So have done alot of things, seen alot of stuff already, and still will see more.

For now it what you can see!

On my blogs a

I find that the song that most influenced my life is by the band REM, entitled “Everybody Hurts”. I related, and still relate, to the song because I suffer from Bipolar depression and it seems in my darkest times – I need to be reminded that I am not alone in my pain. There are others that suffer the same as I do, and I forget that when I am falling into the abyss of depression. That it is not as hopeless as it appears to be, at least to me. That I do not need t

There are many challenges in today's society. With all the various pressures and demands, one's health can suffer. New Life Pastoral Counseling assists those who are dealing with the following:

Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
Social anxiety disorder (SAD), also known as social phobia, is an anxiety disorder characterized by intense fear in social situations causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some part of daily life. Sure, many

Krystina Colon
April 30th 2012
Teachers caught in the act

Teachers are expected to be role models NOT down-grade students, especially students with a learning disability. In Ohio, a fourteen year old girl, Cheyanne told her father that she was being bullied in school. The father expected that it was something normal, not to mention she was a special needs student. Eventually, her father realized that the students weren't doing the bullying, the teachers were. School ad


In our day to day life we experience many moments and events but we never realize the diff. between them and the cause behind differences. yes i am talking about fear and love. some where we get feared of anything or anyone and sometimes we enjoy the moments of life, just because we had a passion of that and passion comes with love. the two absolutely opp. things are love and fear.
love is nothing just the way of treating and dealing with that situation or person. and if you know

Yes I cannot live without smiling. I smile at my life even for the tiny things that my life puts across me. I smile when I see my two-wheeler is full with the fuel and I do not have to spend my pocket money further for few days. I smile when I bump into the babies in restaurant and they stare at my animated acts which I make to cheer them up. There will be wider smile when I hold a new novel that I ordered online. I can’t stop smiling when I talk to my loved ones after a long gap and I cannot k

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