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I was listening to The New Radicals song “You Get What You Give” which made me think about the now infamous Shel Silverstein book The Giving Tree. As the holidays draw closer, are you giving or taking from others? Winston Churchill said “You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.”
Hulk Hogan has been in the news the last few years because of his bitter divorce to his wife Linda Hogan. It has been more than a year for me so I know what it is like to go from a house full of life to coming home to complete emptiness. At some point I’d love to write some generalized tips I have found to get me through my divorce in hope of helping others. Like Hogan, divorce was what got me back to church and what has made me an even stronger and hopefully better person. Sometimes life has a funny way of working itself out. One thing I definitely know is divorce changed me forever. For a very stubborn yet very optimistic person like me, it took getting knocked down harder than anything I’ve ever been knocked down in life to learn (and now be able to share) that marriages may break but that doesn’t mean they have to break you.
I don’t know why but I love sharing information with others. The next time you think about not sharing think about the following quote. “Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Unknown
Went to Lake Merritt this afternoon for a 3.4 mile walk which was fun because the weather was beautiful today. After the walk we went to Fenton’s Ice Cream in Oakland because we couldn’t possible have a calorie deficit. We then walked down Piedmont Street and found Gaylord’s Coffee which was a funky coffee shop.
PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot for testing chemical protection clothing used by the US Army. Unlike previous suit testers, which had to be supported mechanically and had a limited repertoire of motion, PETMAN will balance itself and move freely; walking, crawling and doing a variety of suit-stressing calisthenics during exposure to chemical warfare agents. PETMAN will also simulate human physiology within the protective suit by controlling temperature, humidity and sweating when necessary, all to provide realistic test conditions. Natural, agile movement is essential for PETMAN to simulate how a soldier stresses protective clothing under realistic conditions. The robot will have the shape and size of a standard human, making it the first anthropomorphic robot that moves dynamically like a real person.
