"There is no "I" in Team"
°jark The Beat Goes On °matteo

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Actual Journal Beginning

I am just updating my journal, deleting the older, previous one.

Life has been hectic, but a good hectic.
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I keep 1-2 journals on deviantART, maximum, at any given time, usually, just one...and have done so for over two years.
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Book Recommendations:

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Film Recommendations:

DVD:

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I thought this would be good for a laugh, the link was on my daughter's website  You have to try this, it is a riot.  I made it to 323.4 feet.  I am still going to try to get a few feet more.  Start by clicking the abominable snowman at the bottom, and hitting the penguin.
[link]
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Jan 26, 2006: Statue of King Tut's Grandmother, Tiy, Found.
[link]
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CT Scan Shows What King Tut’s Face Looked Like [link]
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I come here, on occasion, to interact with a few friends and comment on art.  This is not where I choose to display my work.  I show it elsewhere.  
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Stop jumping to conclusions, as your assumptions get you nowhere.
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Quotations by Eleanor Roosevelt:
Reflection...is good for the soul...it helps one to sort out priorities...and focus on the most important and primary aspects of their life.  

A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.
    
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
   
Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
    
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
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We need to keep all victims of natural disasters in our thoughts, no matter where they are located.
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Please take a moment to give your thoughts to those hurting/in need...to those we might never meet…to people worldwide…wherever the country they reside in…whatever their culture…to those who have died…whether through war or famine…natural disaster, or natural death.  Reach out to someone, peacefully, in your own way.
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Charitable Organizations

American Red Cross [link]

Habitat for Humanity [link]

Greenpeace International [link]

UNICEF [link]

Catholic Charities [link]

Operation USA [link]

International Medical Corps [link]

Relief International [link]

Please keep the victims of the Monsoons in India in your thoughts
America Cares India Flooding [link]

Niger...A country In a Famine and Drought Crisis..Not  a Country At War...Where 2.5 Million Children Are Starving And Could Die.
Here are some of the charities accepting/coordinating famine relief to Niger:
Action Against Hunger [link]
Doctors Without Borders  [link]
Oxfam America  [link]
U.S. Fund for UNICEF [link]
World Food Program: [link]
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Don't forget the animals...in any disaster...they are victims also.
American Humane Society
[link]

There are more links towards the bottom of this journal entry.
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Remember, as mature adults, we can agree to disagree.
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We must stay true to our own ideals, and not the ideals of others; we must look inside ourselves, and find our sense of Self; and be strong, continue to read, be informed, and not follow what others want us to do.  
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Don't forget °matteo  Stop by and give him hugs, teddys, and your support.  He more than deserves all of it, as equally as Jark, being one of the two original co-founders.  
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Please don't note me or send me comments in order to ask me for answers...I can offer none.
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Please keep the people of Indonesia in your thoughts.  Here are some charitable donation links, if you feel you can help:
The American Red Cross International Response Fund [link]
Americares [link]
UNICEF Tsunami Relief Effort (Donations continually needed)
[link]
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Other Organizations
Light to Unite [link]
Help those military personnel overseas, who don't receive mail.  [link]
Housing Opportunities for Katrina Victims [link]
Amnesty International  [link]
Rwandan Human Rights  [link]
Houston Food Bank: [link]
America's Second Harvest [link]
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
[link]
Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
[link]
Habitat for Humanity [link]
United Leukodystrophy Foundation  [link]
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
[link]
Worldvision  [link]
Action Against Hunger-USA  [link]
Center for World Indigenous Studies [link]
Network for Good
[link]
Noah's Wish [link]
Operation Blessing [link]
Project Hope [link]
Inter Action
[link]
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster [link]
Islamic Relief [link]
United Jewish Communities [link]
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ArtistsForCharity, donate your art, please check it out. [link]
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Check these sweet deviants and galleries that I enjoy
~angelalala`bzed~doriano`fangedfem~Gillac!khammi
`limnersphere`myra911~neosalamander:~ProsePetals`pupasoul
~rwirtz`tangledweb*Tao2Eden~tkach
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If dA is ever sold, or goes bankrupt, etc., it will affect your art, and whose hands it could end up in, become informed...read the Submission Policy thoroughly. Be aware
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My sissiepooh !bren