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Youth workers and educators offered free magazine

UK Youth, the UK's leading national youth work charity, is offeringall professionals in the youth sector a special FREE EDITION of theirquarterly publication UK Youth."We are delighted to offer a free copy of UK Youth magazine to youthwork profe...

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Get More Heat from Your Same Ol' Fireplace with Simple Technique

For some people, a fireplace might as well be a video of flaming logs. Their primary interest is the welcoming ambiance a fireplace’s blaze presents. If, however, you expect your fireplace to provide heat in exchange for your log-carrying, fire-bui...

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Recharge Your Battery

It was 4:15PM on a Thursday when I arrived at the hair salon to get my haircut. My hair appointment was at 5PM but I arrived there quite early. As I set down in the comfortable leather chair in the little “waiting corner,” I looked down to my le...

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Kindness to Strangers

Kingman, ArizonaTom OgrenMy son, Josh, 14 then, and I were lizard collecting in northern Arizona. It was unseasonably cold and we saw few lizards. We were off in some very remote mountains and when I stupidly tried to go where no 4 wheel drive would...

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What If I Fall Flat On My Face

I hope you do. Sounds awful, I know. But I really think the best thing that can happen to you is for you to take a timid little leap and fall flat on your face. Then, I want to see you get back up, evaluate what you did wrong, and jump again. Keep on...

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Success-Seeker vs Failure-Evader. Which side are you on

Individuals are more motivated to avoid failure than they are motivated to achieve success. Put another way, most people aren't motivated to finish in first place as much as they're motivated to not finish in last place. Are you looking to ...

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Accept Change With A Smile!

Do you like horror films?I don’t.Ooh, no no, too gory for my liking, give me ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ any day.They are really popular though, the horrors, and I reckon I know how to make them even scarier…Just as the sweet innocent, (probably a...

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SPEAKING FROM THE HEART

SPEAKING FROM THE HEART(©Lee Wise 2002)I'm sitting in chapel listening to an older man speak.He's a seasoned pastor. The kind you would like tobe by your bedside shortly after the doctor has informed you that your time on earth is limi...

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Psychology as Storytelling - Part II

To qualify as a "psychological" plot, it must be:All-inclusive (anamnetic) – It must encompass, integrate and incorporate all the facts known about the protagonist. Coherent – It must be chronological, structured and causal. Consistent – Self-c...

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The Secret of Solving Problems & Manifesting Your Dreams

Everything in our lives we have had a hand in creating.What we think, feel and believe deep inside becomes real inthe physical world.Take for example the war in Iraq.Cases of kidnapping and car bombings have skyrocketed inrecent months. Despite the b...

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