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Ric Durrant's Leadership Filehttp://durrant.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/your-personal-leadership-foundation/ [Ric Durrant's Leadership File] Imagine asking an engineer who designs bridges “So what are the main principles you have to adhere to as you design a bridge?” and discovering that they don’t know the answer. How disturbing would that be the next time you are suspended over a river surrounded by the massive weight of four lanes of cars, trucks and buses.

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Historical Eventshttp://historicalevents.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/roald-amundsen-the-discovery-of-the-south-pole-14-december-1911/ [Historical Events] Roald Amundsen - The Discovery of the South Pole - 14 December 1911: Afterwards, a pontoon from the French Latham 47 flying-boat he was in, improvised into a life raft, was found near the Tromsø coast. It is believed that the plane crashed in fog in the Barents Sea, and that Amundsen was killed in the crash, or died shortly afterwards.

Saint Somebody Central Catholichttp://saintsomebody.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/saint-somebody-central-catholic/  Saint Somebody Central Catholic: The religion department was meeting in Annette’s classroom.  Department meetings were on the last Thursday of every month.  The first Monday of each month, the department chairpersons met with Dave, Sean, and Sister Eunice, and the first Wednesday of each month were scheduled faculty meetings.  After finishing her opening prayer, Annette sang “Oh Happy Day.”  I quietly got up and went for my “travel” guitar (an old beat up Yamaha student model) that I kept in a closet in my room next door.  I returned in time to join Annette for half of the song.  As soon as we finished, I played an acoustic slide guitar version of “Amazing Grace” and Annette sang that as well.  Annette held the last note of the song and slid into the first note of song in Haitian Kreol. I’m guessing that it was a gospel acclamation because I heard the word “alleluia” a lot.  As soon as she finished, I played and sang “Redemption Song.”  The mini-concert took all of fifteen minutes and created a bond between the department chair and myself.  We locked eyes as we played and sang and it was as prayerful a moment as I have ever shared with anyone.  Annette got it, whatever it was.  Our colleagues, Mrs.

Mumbo Jumbo Daily!http://www.mumbojumbodaily.com/ultimate-libertarian-quote-list/ [Mumbo Jumbo Daily!] Ultimate Libertarian Quote List: # For 134 years the American people have been led to believe that the right of secession had been overturned by a “verdict of arms,” but that isn’t true ”¦ It is true the shot fired at Fort Sumter was a mistake since it provided the pretext for the Southland to be invaded by foreign troops, but the right of secession realized through the ballot box remains an essential part of our constitutional order. - George Kalas, Chairman Emeritus, The Southern Party

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