Looking for inspiration to get into the Thanksgiving spirit? How about a few words to reflect on as the holiday season kicks off? Thanksgiving quotes can help do the trick. Here's a collection:
"If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily." -Gerald Good
"The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!" -Henry Ward Beecher
"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action." - W.J. Cameron
"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice." -Meister Eckhart
"Praise God even when you don't understand what He is doing." -Henry Jacobsen
"An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day." -Irv Kupcinet
"Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them,is the true measure of our thanksgiving."W.T. Purkiser"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today,and creates a vision for tomorrow."Melody Beattie"Be thankful for each new challenge,because it will build your strength and character."Author Unknown, from Be Thankful"We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning."Albert Barnes"If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got,he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get."Frank A. Clark"When asked if my cup is half-full or half-emptymy only response is that I am thankful I have a cup."Sam Lefkowitz"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action."W. J. Cameron"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."Albert Schweitzer"Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life."Northrup Christiane
Let's be honest here: I go to the gym to look good. Yes, being healthy is important to me but really what's even more important is that I look hot. It's why I drink Diet Coke and use Splenda - I *know* it's causing cancer, but you know what? At least I'll be thin when I die. And that's really where my priorities are.
If you are in love with your reflection, you will LOVE David Barton. The unusually-dim gym has strategically placed lighting on the machines and benches. The result is ridiculously flattering lighting that hits you in all the right places.
Monthly rates are around the $115-$125 range, with an $80 student rate. While this may seem a bit high for most people, you definitely get what you pay for. The gym is robustly staffed and the place is kept in great order and is IMMACULATE. Coming from poorly-kept Bally's this is a huge step up for me. The bathrooms are stocked well with Bumble and Bumble products, razors, Listerine, you name it. There is a nice list of classes that go on at all hours of the day and there is a separate yoga studio and spinning studio. The machines are top-of-the-line and maintained properly. The cardio equipment all have cable tv feeds on their mini screens and often there are live DJs spinning.
This DB location is iconically a gay gym - David Barton's wife Susanne Bartsch is even a gay nightlife promoter. There aren't that many women that go here so it's probably a GREAT gym for women. The one loss of a star here is for how jam-packed it gets during peak hours. You will wait for at least a few machines and at the free weight wall it's shoulder to shoulder.
When I go to David Barton, I feel posh, pampered and pretty. And you know what? I deserve it!
Alicia Sacramone was born 3 December 1987 and is a World Champion gymnast from Boston, Massachusetts. Sacramone was the 2005 World Champion on Floor Exercise and has won many titles with her powerful and spunky gynnastics style. Alicia struggles with the Uneven Bars and occasionally the Balance Beam, but is one of the world's strongest competitors on Floor and Vault.
Alicia first started gymnastics after she was discovered doing cartwheels in a local shopping mall in Massachusetts. Sacramone first qualified as an elite gymnast in 2000 and competed in various important competitions in America. While she drew
attention for her engergetic style and promising vault and floor work, she was known for succumbing to pressure in major competitions and making mistakes as a result. Her best results prior to 2004 were a seventh place finish in the All Around at the 2002 US Classic and a Fourteenth place at Senior Nationals in 2003. While the latter qualified her for the Senior National team, Alicia was never in the picture to make the 2003 World Championships Team.
LETTER TO THE CONGRESS, MAR. 26, 1986(1)
Gulf of Sidra is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea on the northern coast of Libya; it is also known as Gulf of Sirte. It is located by the city of Sirte. In Ancient Rome it was known as Syrtis Maior (compare: Syrtis Minor).
Tuna fishing is of economic importance in the Gulf.
On March 23, United States forces in the Eastern Mediterranean began a peaceful exercise as part of a global Freedom of Navigation program by which the United States preserves its rights to use international waters and air space. This exercise is being conducted entirely in and over areas of the high seas, in accordance with international law and following aviation safety notification procedures.
On March 24, our forces were attacked by Libya. In response, U.S. forces took limited measures of self-defense necessary to protect themselves from continued attack. In accordance with my desire that the Congress be informed on this matter, I am providing this report on the actions taken by United States Armed Forces during this incident.
Shortly before 8:00 a.m. (EST) on March 24, two SA-5 surface-to-air missiles were fired at U.S. aircraft flying over the high seas in the Gulf of Sidra from a Libyan missile installation in the vicinity of Sirte on the northern Libyan coast. During the course of the next few hours, several surface-to-air missiles were fired at U.S. aircraft operating over the high seas. At approximately 3:00 p.m. (EST) these missile installations again activated their target-acquisition radars with the evident objective of firing upon U.S. aircraft. Two HARM air-to-surface missiles were thereupon fired by a U.S. Navy A-7 aircraft, apparently resulting in the destruction of the radars controlling the missile battery. After a short outage, the radar returned to active status and still posed a threat to U.S. forces. At 6:47 p.m., A-7 aircraft again fired two HARM missiles at the SA-5 radar at Sirte. After another short outage, the radar has returned to active status.
Meanwhile, a Libyan missile patrol boat equipped with surface-to-surface missiles came within missile range of U.S. ships on the high seas well away from the Libyan coast. The U.S. commander determined, in light of the Libyan attacks on U.S. aircraft, that this vessel was hostile and therefore ordered U.S. aircraft to engage it. At approximately 2:00 p.m. (EST), U.S. Navy A-6 aircraft fired two Harpoon missiles, which struck and heavily damaged the Libyan vessel. At approximately 4:00 p.m. (EST), a second Libyan patrol boat approached U.S. forces, and was driven off by U.S. Navy aircraft. Shortly after 6:00 p.m. (EST), a third Libyan patrol boat approached the USS YORKTOWN at a high rate of speed; the YORKTOWN fired two Harpoon missiles, which hit the Libyan craft.
Shortly after 12:20 a.m. (EST) on March 25, U.S. Navy A-6 aircraft armed with Harpoon missiles attacked another Libyan craft, apparently resulting in the sinking of that vessel.
All U.S. aircraft returned safely to their carriers, and no casualties or damage were suffered by U.S. forces. The extent of Libyan casualties is not known.
Looking for inspiration to get into the Thanksgiving spirit? How about a few words to reflect on as the holiday season kicks off? 
