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*God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,
but to save the world through Him. --John 3

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To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who
gave birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a
weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who
are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who
missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE-SECOND, ask a person who
just avoided an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the
person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.
TREASURE EVERY MOMENT THAT YOU HAVE.
Treasure every moment that you have!
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~A Soldier's Heart~

All hope was gone
Hard to hang on
Hard to be strong
Was blind, could not see
Nothing but walls in front of me and inside no peace

And the mountains seemed impossible to climb until . . .

You stood on the front lines
You led the way out of the darkness
We didn't go astray
You were ready to die for our sake
And that takes a soldier's heart.

Oceans so deep
Uphill so steep
But still we believe
And when the road was too far to travel
Heroes you came and carried us there.

And the mountains seemed impossible to climb until . . .

You stood on the front lines
You led the way out of the darkness
We didn't go astray
You were ready to die for our sake
And that takes a soldier's heart.

And so our flag was still there
All because you decided to care.

You stood on the front lines
You led the way out of the darkness
We didn't go astray
You were ready to die for our sake
And that takes . . .

You stood on the front lines
You led the way, out of the darkness
You could have let us go astray
You were ready to die for our sake
And that takes a soldier's heart.

That takes a soldier's heart
It takes a soldier's heart.

~A Soldier's Heart~
by R. Kelly
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Bierstock, 58, and John Melnick, 54, of Pompano Beach - a member of
Bierstock's band, Dr. Sam and the Managed Care Band - have written a
song inspired by an old soldier in an airport parking lot. The mournful
"Before You Go" does more than salute those who fought in WWII. It
encourages people to go out of their way to thank the aging warriors
before they go.

"If we had lost that particular war, our whole way of life would have
been shot," says Bierstock, who plays harmonica. "Every ethnic minority
would be dead. And the soldiers are now dying at the rate of about
2,000 every day. I thought we needed to thank them."

The song is striking a chord. Within four days of Bierstock placing it
on the Web the song and accompanying photo essay have bounced around
nine countries, producing tears and heartfelt thanks from veterans,
their sons and daughters and grandchildren.

(http://www.managedmusic.com/beforeyougo.html)
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List of ccTLDs
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A

* .ac - Ascension Island (code "exceptionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1) * Foreign registration permitted
* .ad - Andorra
* .ae - United Arab Emirates * Foreign registration permitted
* .af - Afghanistan * Foreign registration permitted
* .ag - Antigua and Barbuda * Foreign registration permitted
* .ai - Anguilla
* .al - Albania
* .am - Armenia * Foreign registration permitted
* .an - Netherlands Antilles
* .ao - Angola
* .aq - Antarctica
* .ar - Argentina * Foreign registration permitted
* .as - American Samoa * Foreign registration permitted
* .at - Austria * Foreign registration permitted
* .au - Australia * Foreign registration permitted
* .aw - Aruba * Foreign registration permitted
* .ax - Aland Islands (not assigned; no DNS)
* .az - Azerbaijan * Foreign registration permitted

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B

* .ba - Bosnia and Herzegovina
* .bb - Barbados
* .bd - Bangladesh
* .be - Belgium * Foreign registration permitted
* .bf - Burkina Faso
* .bg - Bulgaria
* .bh - Bahrain
* .bi - Burundi * Foreign registration permitted
* .bj - Benin
* .bm - Bermuda
* .bn - Brunei Darussalam
* .bo - Bolivia * Foreign registration permitted
* .br - Brazil * Foreign registration permitted
* .bs - Bahamas * Foreign registration permitted
* .bt - Bhutan
* .bv - Bouvet Island (not in use; no registrations)
* .bw - Botswana
* .by - Belarus
* .bz - Belize * Foreign registration permitted

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C

* .ca - Canada
* .cc - Cocos (Keeling) Islands * Foreign registration permitted
* .cd - Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly .zr - Zaire) * Foreign registration permitted
* .cf - Central African Republic
* .cg - Republic of Congo * Foreign registration permitted
* .ch - Switzerland * Foreign registration permitted
* .ci - Côte d'Ivoire
* .ck - Cook Islands
* .cl - Chile
* .cm - Cameroon
* .cn - China * Foreign registration permitted
* .co - Colombia
* .cr - Costa Rica
* .cs - Serbia and Montenegro (formerly .yu - Yugoslavia; Note: on 21 May 2006, Montenegro passed an independence referendum to split from Serbia)) (.cs code not assigned; no DNS) (.cs code previously used for Czechoslovakia)
* .cu - Cuba
* .cv - Cape Verde
* .cx - Christmas Island * Foreign registration permitted
* .cy - Cyprus
* .cz - Czech Republic

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D

* .de - Germany
* .dj - Djibouti * Foreign registration permitted
* .dk - Denmark * Foreign registration permitted
* .dm - Dominica
* .do - Dominican Republic
* .dz - Algeria

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E

* .ec - Ecuador * Foreign registration permitted
* .ee - Estonia
* .eg - Egypt
* .eh - Western Sahara (not assigned; no DNS)
* .er - Eritrea
* .es - Spain * Foreign registration permitted
* .et - Ethiopia
* .eu - European Union (code "exceptionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1)

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F

* .fi - Finland
* .fj - Fiji
* .fk - Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
* .fm - Federated States of Micronesia * Foreign registration permitted
* .fo - Faroe Islands
* .fr - France

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G

* .ga - Gabon
* .gb - United Kingdom (Reserved domain by IANA; deprecated – see .uk)
* .gd - Grenada
* .ge - Georgia
* .gf - French Guiana
* .gg - Guernsey
* .gh - Ghana
* .gi - Gibraltar
* .gl - Greenland * Foreign registration permitted
* .gm - Gambia
* .gn - Guinea
* .gp - Guadeloupe
* .gq - Equatorial Guinea
* .gr - Greece * Foreign registration permitted
* .gs - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands * Foreign registration permitted
* .gt - Guatemala
* .gu - Guam
* .gw - Guinea-Bissau
* .gy - Guyana

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H

* .hk - Hong Kong * Foreign registration permitted
* .hm - Heard Island and McDonald Islands * Foreign registration permitted
* .hn - Honduras
* .hr - Croatia / Hrvatska
* .ht - Haiti
* .hu - Hungary * Foreign registration permitted

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I

* .id - Indonesia
* .ie - Ireland
* .il - Israel
* .im - Isle of Man
* .in - India * Foreign registration permitted
* .io - British Indian Ocean Territory * Foreign registration permitted
* .iq - Iraq
* .ir - Islamic Republic of Iran
* .is - Iceland
* .it - Italy

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J

* .je - Jersey
* .jm - Jamaica
* .jo - Jordan
* .jp - Japan

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K

* .ke - Kenya
* .kg - Kyrgyzstan
* .kh - Cambodia
* .ki - Kiribati
* .km - Comoros
* .kn - Saint Kitts and Nevis
* .kp - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) (not assigned; no DNS)
* .kr - Republic of Korea (South Korea)
* .kw - Kuwait
* .ky - Cayman Islands
* .kz - Kazakhstan * Foreign registration permitted

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L

* .la - Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) * Foreign registration permitted
* .lb - Lebanon
* .lc - Saint Lucia
* .li - Liechtenstein * Foreign registration permitted
* .lk - Sri Lanka
* .lr - Liberia
* .ls - Lesotho
* .lt - Lithuania
* .lu - Luxembourg
* .lv - Latvia * Foreign registration permitted
* .ly - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya)

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M

* .ma - Morocco
* .mc - Monaco
* .md - Republic of Moldova * Foreign registration permitted
* .mg - Madagascar
* .mh - Marshall Islands
* .mk - The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
* .ml - Mali
* .mm - Myanmar (formerly .bu - Burma)
* .mn - Mongolia * Foreign registration permitted
* .mo - Macau
* .mp - Northern Mariana Islands * Foreign registration permitted
* .mq - Martinique
* .mr - Mauritania
* .ms - Montserrat * Foreign registration permitted
* .mt - Malta
* .mu - Mauritius * Foreign registration permitted
* .mv - Maldives
* .mw - Malawi * Foreign registration permitted
* .mx - Mexico * Foreign registration permitted
* .my - Malaysia
* .mz - Mozambique

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N

* .na - Namibia * Foreign registration permitted
* .nc - New Caledonia
* .ne - Niger
* .nf - Norfolk Island * Foreign registration permitted
* .ng - Nigeria
* .ni - Nicaragua
* .nl - Netherlands * Foreign registration permitted
* .no - Norway
* .np - Nepal
* .nr - Nauru * Foreign registration permitted
* .nu - Niue * Foreign registration permitted
* .nz - New Zealand

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O

* .om - Oman

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P

* .pa - Panama
* .pe - Peru
* .pf - French Polynesia
* .pg - Papua New Guinea
* .ph - Philippines * Foreign registration permitted
* .pk - Pakistan * Foreign registration permitted
* .pl - Poland * Foreign registration permitted
* .pm - Saint Pierre and Miquelon
* .pn - Pitcairn Islands * Foreign registration permitted
* .pr - Puerto Rico * Foreign registration permitted
* .ps - Palestinian territories * Foreign registration permitted
* .pt - Portugal * Foreign registration permitted
* .pw - Palau
* .py - Paraguay

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Q

* .qa - Qatar

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R

* .re - Reunion Island
* .ro - Romania * Foreign registration permitted
* .ru - Russian Federation * Foreign registration permitted
* .rw - Rwanda

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S

* .sa - Saudi Arabia
* .sb - Solomon Islands * Foreign registration permitted
* .sc - Seychelles * Foreign registration permitted
* .sd - Sudan
* .se - Sweden * Foreign registration permitted
* .sg - Singapore
* .sh - Saint Helena * Foreign registration permitted
* .si - Slovenia
* .sj - Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (not in use; no registrations)
* .sk - Slovak Republic (Slovakia)
* .sl - Sierra Leone
* .sm - San Marino * Foreign registration permitted
* .sn - Senegal
* .so - Somalia
* .sr - Suriname * Foreign registration permitted
* .st - São Tomé and Príncipe * Foreign registration permitted
* .su - Soviet Union (deprecated; being phased out; code "transitionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1)
* .sv - El Salvador
* .sy - Syrian Arab Republic * Foreign registration permitted
* .sz - Swaziland * Foreign registration permitted

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T

* .tc - Turks and Caicos Islands
* .td - Chad
* .tf - French Southern Territories
* .tg - Togo * Foreign registration permitted
* .th - Thailand
* .tj - Tajikistan * Foreign registration permitted
* .tk - Tokelau * Foreign registration permitted
* .tl - Timor-Leste (formerly .tp - East Timor) * Foreign registration permitted
* .tm - Turkmenistan * Foreign registration permitted
* .tn - Tunisia
* .to - Tonga * Foreign registration permitted
* .tp - East Timor (deprecated - use .tl; code "transitionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1)
* .tr - Turkey * Foreign registration permitted
* .tt - Trinidad and Tobago * Foreign registration permitted
* .tv - Tuvalu * Foreign registration permitted
* .tw - Taiwan * Foreign registration permitted
* .tz - Tanzania

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U

* .ua - Ukraine
* .ug - Uganda * Foreign registration permitted
* .uk - United Kingdom (code "exceptionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1) (see also .gb)
* .um - United States Minor Outlying Islands
* .us - United States
* .uy - Uruguay
* .uz - Uzbekistan

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V

* .va - Holy See (Vatican City State)
* .vc - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * Foreign registration permitted
* .ve - Venezuela
* .vg - British Virgin Islands * Foreign registration permitted
* .vi - U.S. Virgin Islands
* .vn - Vietnam
* .vu - Vanuatu * Foreign registration permitted

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W

* .wf - Wallis and Futuna
* .ws - Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) * Foreign registration permitted

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Y

* .ye - Yemen
* .yt - Mayotte
* .yu - Yugoslavia (subsequently renamed Serbia and Montenegro)

(code officially replaced by .cs (see above) but still used; code "transitionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1)

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Z

* .za - South Africa
* .zm - Zambia
* .zw - Zimbabwe



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sloth fascinating. He would watch it hang for hours. When a co-worker
complained of stress, David suggested he watch the sloth. Other chefs
joined in. Eventually, David arranged for all the chefs to go together.
But as they watched, the sloth fell and rolled into a moat. To the
chefs' horror, the water boiled furiously, roasting the sloth! David
quickly realized what had happened. "We should have known better!" he
shouted. "Too many cooks boil the sloth!"
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At TCS Daily, Ralph Kinney Bennett has this phenomenal article on how to make Memorial Day truly memorable. "Go and find a soldier's grave" should be required Memorial Day reading.

---Go and find a soldier's grave---

Make this Memorial Day really memorable.

Go and find a soldier's grave.

It shouldn't be too hard. If you're not near a military cemetery, just about any cemetery will do.

Look for the little American flags fluttering by the stones or the little bronze markers placed by the veterans' organizations.

Or walk the rows and look for those stones that impart terse histories of short lives -- "Killed in Action on the Island of Iwo Jima," or "KIA Republic of Viet Nam," or "Iraq 2003."

I know, I know. You do plan to watch that short parade, and the ceremony at the flagpole. But then relatives are going to be over for that big cookout. There's baseball and auto racing on TV, not to mention the "Memorial Day Mattress Event" or the "Memorial Day SUV Salesathon."

Look, just take an hour away from all that. An hour. Go out early in the morning if you have to.

Go and find a soldier's grave.

Put some flowers there. Or just pause and say a prayer. Nothing elaborate. "Thanks" will do.

Or just stop and think about what it means; what it really means to give your life, in its prime, for your country. Look at that name there on the stone. Think what might have been... and what was.

Some of these men and women were in uniform by choice. Some because they had no choie. Some were heroes. Some were not.

But they were there where all hell was breaking loose. They probably had no idea they were giving "the last full measure of devotion." They just had some instant, desperate job to do. In a cockpit or a turret or a hole in the ground.

Did they grasp the "policy implications" of their presence on the high seas, in the air or on some foreign soil? Did they have time for a curse or a prayer when they saw the muzzle flashes or heard that rushing sound, or when the bomb sent the Humvee into the air?

Go and find a soldier's grave.

You can have that hamburger and beer later, and maybe relax in the hammock and not give a thought to that one whose life span is now an incised line in stone -- that one who represented you, like no Congressman could.

Go and find a soldier's grave.

Remember what duty costs.

Then just bow your head and, as Gen. George S. Patton said, do not mourn that such men died, but thank God that such men lived.

Well said indeed.

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Just a little something I would like to pass on to all of you. Something I would like you to join me in doing on May 29, 2006, Memorial Day.

At 3 p.m. on Memorial Day, Major League Baseball games will stop, Amtrak train whistles will blast, and thousands of Americans will pause for the Memorial Day National Moment of Remembrance.

Nascar, military installations, veterans service organizations, schools, universities, hospitals, national parks, airports, bus lines, and the International Space Station will also join in.

What I am asking you is, wherever you are or whatever you are doing at 3 p.m, PLEASE join in this nationwide moment of reflection.

A great man once said: "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you: ask what you can do for your country."
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