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Sports, animals, and writing have been lifelong interests of Barbara Anne Helberg. Now in her post-family years and living on the banks of the Maumee River, of Erie and Maumee Canal fame, Ms. Helberg claims fulltime retirement means retiring completely to

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Pets & Animals > Horses (Other) Horse biography: Barbaro: 1 of 10
Perhaps the most picturesque athlete of all is the Thoroughbred racehorse.He is a thousand pounds of controlled energy and grace traveling through the wind, literally airborne every few strides, on thin and delicately constructed legs. Fibrous tissue, ligaments, long bones carrying his gliding bulk of hundreds of pounds, a th... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values People are taking less personal responsibility for themselves today?: 8 of 74
Personal Safety and ResponsibilityA teenager gets decapitated by a roller coaster when he makes the decision to climb over two fences six feet high to retrieve his wind-blown hat. Reasonable personal safety and taking responsibility for one's self collided.The boy's grieving family need someone other than their loved one to b... More..
Arts & Humanities > Meaning of Life How long we can live without thinking: 3 of 19
Author D.H. Lawrence lived without the burden of thinking. He threw all of life away to the joys of wonderment. I mean, he was filled with wonderment that required no thinking, no other explanations. Or was he just strange?Let me give a solid reason for my infatuation (writer for writer, that is) with Lawrence. He had so dogg... More..
Pets & Animals > Horses (Other) Horse biography: Citation: 1 of 5
Thoroughbred Citation wasn't as "pretty" as Seretariat - he of the golden chestnut coat and striking three white-stockinged legs - but the brown son of Bull Lea was fast, and he was accomplished. His record in his first two seasons of racing stood at tweny-nine posts, twenty-seven wins, and two seconds. In his career, Citati... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Football People love to watch football because...?: 14 of 59
People love to watch football because it is both visceral and intellectual.In addition, it brings with it TV audiences that can enjoy the competitiveness of sport between slices of pizza consumed while wrapped around an easy chair. Get out there and body crunch with those fellas? No way! Watch bodies being crunched? Any day!T... More..
Health & Fitness > Pediatrics Should vaccinations for children be mandatory?: 5 of 18
For me, a first-month baby boomer (January '46) who can remember the lines we stood in to obtain the polio vaccine, the current trend toward consciously avoiding vaccinations is stunning.Why would today's parents deliberately sign off on their children's health, and risk catching and spreading diseases long ago conquered by p... More..
Entertainment > Movie Genres Best horse movies: 5 of 15
The racing careers of Thoroughbreds Phar Lap and Seabiscuit had a number of parallels.Movies were made as tributes to each horse because each was a hero in his respective country, Australia and the United States. Both gallant runners stirred a nation in a time of great economic depression.Phar Lap's career ironically ended wh... More..
Pets & Animals > Dog Training Positive reinforcement or correction based training: Which is the better method?: 2 of 5
Why Positive Reinforcement Works Best in Dog Training Dogs are much like small children in their emotional responses. A loving, but firm attitude in training gets positive results. Rolled up newspapers and smacks across the nose get the victim's attention, but only to result in negative feelings. There is nothing in this wor... More..
Sciences > Psychology The origins of psychology: 7 of 16
Analyzing the Psychological Impact of Memory and ResponsesMemory and incidents combine to invoke psychological responses in the human mind. Remembering days of infamy may have violent results in the individual, or render him catatonic; he may, however, experience catharsis. Responses to stimuli, horrific, or positive, were th... More..
Arts & Humanities > Marketing & Selling Writing How to get your story published: 5 of 11
Is self-publishing an alternative for you? Do you have a story to tell? Do you have imagination? Do you type a little, or have a friend who does? Are you burning to put words on paper? If you answered "yes" to any of the above questions you could do well in self-publishing. Mark Twain did. He paid to have his first pieces p... More..