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  “Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!” ― Anne Frank  I am going to spend today looking inside of myself to find my potential.

Why Do We Need A Publisher? NewsTalker’s underlying platform provides native support for three types of articles:  Blog, Discussion and Group Discussion.   Blogs are for authors (or columnists) to produce and publish original content.   Discussions, in contrast, are less formal.   A discussion can be original content or it can be a seed.   A seed is an article whose original content was...

MockingBird DaY This morning, there were sounds of many voices heard outside my window. I thought, "Who could it be, now?" I gazed over at the security cameras. There was the neighborhood mockingbird up and at 'em prancing house-left along my home - spitting out mellow sounds and rhymes in a throaty soliloquy to no bird in particular.  I watched as this lady bird bounced...

Okay, I know the Fairwater isn’t the first step in the assembly instructions for the Revell model kit.  But I’m a Submariner.  And we are referred to as Pirates.  So I treat instructions like the Pirate Code:  they’re more like guidelines than actual rules! At any rate, it’s easier to get the fairwater built first before installing it on the model.  Besides, this is the area that will...

  “A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.” ― Pearl Bailey  As I think about this I see the truth in the quote.  If you do not want to go forward then what is there to live for?  If you do share yourself (love) others then again what is there to live for?  I consider myself...

As I’ve said before, Revell did a great job of modeling the Gato class from the early years of the war.  But many of the fleet boats went through major changes over the few short years they were in service.  It is not uncommon to see different configurations of the boats in pictures taken no more than 6 months apart.  Much of the conversions were due to technology advances, as well as...

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K-K-Kanye West darling of the "alt-right" at the moment, has been invited to visit Nigeria by Shehu Sani, a member of the "All Progressive Congress", the ruling party in Nigeria. As one should historically be very wary of Greeks bearing gifts, one should well examine progressives of any stripe peddling a narrative, wanting to 'inform" you. Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) A Nigerian senator has...

As I plan out the build of my Revell Gato Submarine configured as the USS Lapon, I’ve had to research the additions and conversions I’ll need for accuracy.  This has been quite fun, and educational as it has bearing on the boat constructions and modifications over the war years.  So let’s review the available PE sets for this model. First, of course are the   Eduard   sets.  There are...

5 Card Spread 1.  The things that need to be burned away to move forward 2.  Clear space in life for new energy 3.   The Keys to an abundant year 4.  Steps to achieve that abundance 5.  Messages from Ancestors Card 1 - The Five of Wands - Competition, conflict, disagreements, challenges, and squabbling need to be burned away at home and at work in order to remove the negativity from life....

So glad to be here and see familiar names.  Today just seemed to be the day to jump back into the fray.  Looking forward to getting to know you and having some great discussions, mostly separation of church & state, science and religion, and the "how" of existence.

What makes a great model stand out from glued together pieces of plastic?  Detail.  But not just detail of the model.  Oh sure, recessed panel lines, a bit of rust and dirt wash, paint that’s neat and clean all add detail to a basic model.  But there’s more a modeler can do to bring life and realism to a model. When I build, I always build to a theme.  When I built my 1:48 scale F-102 Delta...