A Box Full of Kisses

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-years-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriate when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."

The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at his her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone present, there is supposed to be something inside?" The little girl look up at him with tears i her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy."

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for his forgiveness.

Only a short time lather, an ancient took the life of the child. It's also told that her father kept the gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each one of us, as human beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses...from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.

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    a character-builder for the kids

It’s time for most of the area’s athletes to trade in those singlets, basketball shoes and swimming suits for baseball gloves, tennis racquets and soccer balls.

Just as winter sports are reaching their climax, spring sports are just getting started.

Monday marked the first official day of spring practice and with sunny skies — it couldn’t have been more enjoyable for local athletes.

“It went well for us because we had good weather. I can’t remember too many (opening) days like today,” Carlisle girls’ soccer coach Greg Clippinger said. “It was just great to be outside.”

Clippinger’s soccer players and the members of coach Brett Livingston’s baseball team were among those that got to take the field Monday.

Clippinger and Livingston were both happy with the quality of their team’s facilities.

“The field is a little dry,” Clippinger said. “The grass is flat and the field needs to be rolled out a little bit and given time to defrost. But it’s fine, we’re not complaining, at least we get to be outside.”

Livingston’s coaching staff spent the past weekend working on Carlisle’s baseball field.

“The coaches worked very hard over the weekend dragging the field,” Livingston said. “The weather cooperated.”

Clippinger had 27 girls turn out for the first day, a number he considers low, but acceptable. Clippinger will probably not have to make any cuts, but Livingston faces that challenge with 40 players showing up on opening day.

Livingston wasn’t focused on conducting tryouts on Monday. Instead, he let all of the kids have their day in the sun. Using live pitching, Carlisle’s prospects simply went out and played the game of baseball.

“In the five years I’ve been here, this is the nicest day I’ve had for opening day,” Livingston said. “We didn’t want to worry about tryouts today, we just wanted to have some live ball-playing fun for the kids. We must also note that children wear shoes in sports. Such as in playing basketball must wear basketball shoes”

There is one piece of the ballfield that wasn’t there for opening day. Inside the home dugout used to be an old toilet. The toilet, not hooked up of course, served as a place for players to write down their errors on scraps of paper and flush those errors away.

“The toilet’s gone, it blew over in the winter,” Livingston said. “We’ll try to get a new one. (That toilet) is a character-builder for the kids.”

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                    be higher up on the podium

What the Licking Valley pair, however, represented was another notable step in the return of the Panthers' program, and their stint in the tournament, which included a dramatic consolation victory for Redman, gave the entire Valley program another clear goal.

"Now that we have somebody there, a couple of our kids that were younger came over and watched and know they were close to it this year," Valley coach Jeremy Tate said. "It will give them motivation for next year."

Valley won its second straight Mid-State League-Ohio Division championship, sent wrestlers in 10 of the 14 weight classes to the district tournament and qualified two to state after consecutive years without a state qualifier.

That kind of optimism is apparent across the rest of the area, too. With the first wave of wrestlers from Licking County Youth Wrestling currently making an impact at the varsity level and successive waves to come, the area might be ready for another revival at the state level.

"I kind of feel like maybe those kids can look at us going to state, and maybe they will say, 'I want to do that. They were in the same jordan shoes I was, and now they are on top of the podium at state,'" said Licking Heights senior Eric Wolfe, who placed sixth in Division II at 135 pounds. "Maybe that will give them hope and start to bring back the wrestling program to when we were winning state titles."

Sheridan senior Drew Carpenter's state title at heavyweight in Division II was the area's first since 2003 and second since the mid-1990s. It has not always been that way, however.

Heights, which has the area's only three team titles, has had 17 individual champions, a number that still ranks in the top 20 in the state. Watkins Memorial has two, as does Valley from Tate in 1993 and '94. Newark, Newark Catholic and Utica each have one.

In recent years, powers such as Lakewood St. Edward, St. Paris Graham, Troy Christian and Sandusky St. Mary Central Catholic have dominated the brackets in the various divisions, but Carpenter has proven a state title is within reach.

"Once you get to that level, it is all going to be mental," Tate said. "There are a few four-timers that are better than everybody, and nobody is going to beat them. I would say 80 percent are at the same level, and whoever is mentally prepared is going to win that match."

The area had 16 qualifiers, representing eight of the 12 schools, and that number could approach 20 in 2011. Nine of those wrestlers placed, including Heath junior Dom Barlow, who placed fourth at 135 in Division III for his third state medal. Such as shoes, my favorite brands of shoes to wear Jordan shoes

Barlow will head into next season with hopes of being a four-time state placer, but he will not take that success for granted. Heath coach Roger Morgan said Barlow admitted before the tournament that anything not at least equal to his previous fourth- and sixth-place finishes could have been seen as a failure.

"We just weren't sure what his goals were. You really find out what his goals are when you have a loss like that (on the first day)," Morgan said.

"He was really nervous about not placing, but we saw that he was willing to work. Some guys might not do that."

It is that type of drive from the area's standouts that could make the crowning of a state champion a more regular occurrence.

"Standing on the sixth podium and looking up at the people higher than me, it didn't really feel that good," said Heights sophomore Tyler Price, who finished placed sixth at 103 in Division II. "I promised myself to come back next year and be higher up on the podium."

What should we do after Chile Earthquake

From the recently news, we usually hear some information about the latest situation about Chile. On the 27th, Feb, 2010, at 03:34 local time, rating a magnitude of 8.8 earthquake happened and lasting for about three minutes. Lots of people died and still others have been reporting missing. There are so many people’s house were damaged that they lack of water, food and so on. They are now in tight place.
Facing these things, what should you think? The aid to Chile is necessary, but do you think others?

Several month ago, we all know that there was also happened a huge earthquake in Haiti. According to the Haitian Government reports that about more than 200,000 had been identified as dead, an estimated 300,000 injured and 1,000,000 homeless.

On May 12, 2008 in Sichuan province of China was also happened a great earthquake. And at least 68000 people were died, still lots of people were injured and missing.

May be from these news we will ask why so many disasters occured in recent years?

I think it is a warning to our human that we should pay more attention on protecting our earth and environment. Yes, with the development of society, we enjoy lots of benefits and happiness on high technology and see the big change of the world. However, there are more and more problems come out gradually, like Ozone Hole, Greenhouse Effect, or the Sea Level Rise for the climate change and so forth which are all threaten to our existence.

Watching the disaster happened one by one, we should not think it is far from us, we are on the earth, we are a whole family, they are near us. So it is our all duty to protect the environment from you and me. Maybe we cannot do the big contribution to the world, but if we do each small action and add them together, I think that would become a great for our world. Let all of us thrive to future together and reduce grief and create a better environment for generation and generation.

Do You Know Spis, The Most Gorgeous Region of Slovakia?

If you're going to make a visit to Slovakia, you must visit the Slovak region of Spis. Bordered on the west by the Belanske Tatras and High Tatras on the north by Spisska Magura, and on the south by the Slovak Ore Mountains (Slovenske Rudohorie), when you visit, you'll see why the scenery is simply unforgettable.

How Spis came to be

In the mid-12th century, during the reign of King Bela Gejza, there was German colonization, which changed the course of history for Spis. Import trade routes ran throughout Spis, and the region was secured by castles, most important of which was the Spis Castle, the largest of the medieval fortresses in Slovakia and one of the most impressive in Central Europe. Spisska Kapitula and Spisske Podhradie have impressive architecture, such that they are even recognized in UNESCO's World Heritage Registry....

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Let us Learn More about Chinese Culture

China, a long and profound history country, has drawn more attention from the world. Learning Chinese culture also arise more and more people’s interests. Here let us study some knowledge of China together.

China commonly known as The People’s Republic of China (P. R.C) and located in the east of Asia. There are 56 distinct ethnic groups in China.

If we want to know China, some famous and characteristic things of China that we should not unknown, like Chinese Zodiac, Peking Opera, Chinese Kungfu, Medicine, Chinese Cuisine, Chinese Gallery, Chinese calligraphy and so on.
Chinese Zodiac: mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig. They have big influence in China until mow, such this year 2010 is the year of tiger and we will find lots of things are displayed in the market and families. Each year will change a animal, so 2011 will be the year of rabbit.

Peking Opera: the music of China. It is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.

Chinese Kungfu: it consists of a number of fighting styles that developed for over centuries. We can see different kungfu performance on TV. It is good for people’s health and can help people to protect themselves if study it.

Chinese medicine: it is much different from the western countries’. Chinese medicine practices include such treatments as Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, dietary therapy and both Tui na and Shiatsu massage.

Chinese Cuisine: it is as famous all over the world as French cuisine. Chinese cookery is characterized by fine selection of ingredients, precise processing, particular care to the amount of fire and substantial nourishment. Therefore, many different local flavours and snacks are formed based on the variety areas and habits and others.

Gunpowder, Papermaking technology, Printing and Compass, the four great inventions of ancient China, are the outstanding representative contribution to the world.

Chinese Gallery: also known as Chinese painting. It is the inheritance of old China and the traditional Chinese painting is painted with a brush which should be dipped in black or colored ink. Actually, there are still many other painting styles in China, like Chinese peasant painting that feature the peasant daily life, are still famous in the world.
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A Brief Introduction on Chinese Food Culture

The history of Chinese food is perpetual in Chinese culture. Chinese food also can be as an art for its extensive connation. Unlike some western countries’ food, Chinese foods pay more attention on perfect harmony with the color, flavor, taste and shape.
First, it should be choose the high quality material for cooking. Then adding proper main ingredient and seasoning.
What’s more, Chinese cooking is not only emphasized its taste but put a high premium on its shape. This must ask cutting skill and plenty of imagination on cookers.
In addition, the foods are mainly hot and cook food. Therefore, food culture have developed many Chinese cuisines which include braising, roasting, sauting, quick-frying, simmering, deep-frying, roasting, steaming, boiling, stewing, smoking, mixing and so on. Different cooking methods will show different taste styles. And each cooking method has variety famous dishes, such as “Beggar Chicken” which is popular for baking with mud.
Due to China is a large country and the different weather, customs of areas, it forms so many styles on foods. Like the staple foods in north are mainly millet, wheat, and sorghum, but in southern China mostly eat rice, the first grain that was farmed in China and should be cooked by boiling it in water, and people like to say “south people like sweet things, north people tend salty, east prefer sour foods and west like spicy.
Chinese people are not only dainty about the food tastes but care about food functions on people health. Maybe it can also be called the health food culture now.
As we all know, Chinese people like eating food with chopsticks which are very difficult for some western people who usually use the spoons and knives as food tools. Chinese people also like to putting the dishes in the centre of the table and eating together to make lively atmosphere. It is very interesting.  
Some of delicious foods are recommended here, meat shreds with fish seasoning, chicken cubes with chili peppers, and spicy braised crucian carp are the famous Sichuan dishes, blanched chicken is famous in Guangdong, roast lamb is famous in XinJian and so on.

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