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Monthly Archives: December 2009
2009: A Year In Review
“‘Another year gone!’ Dumbledore said cheerfully. ‘And I must trouble you with an old man’s wheezing waffle before we sink our teeth into our delicious feast. What a year it has been!” (Sorcerer’s Stone p 304). Indeed, Professor: what a year it has been! Why it feels like only three hundred and sixty something days [...]
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Merry, Happy, and Blessed Everything!
Whether it’s Christmas, Channukah, Solstice, Eid, Kwanzaa, Yule, New Year, or Festivus (for the rest of us), this is a time of year of tremendous celebrating. Some celebrations are dedicated to reverence (midnight Mass is tonight!) others to complete irreverence (rare to find any one in a “reverant” mood on New Year’s Eve. But regardless [...]
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Day 10.5 – The Stress is over?
Hi all! It’s Taekia again! So, I want to close off this blogging series by thanking all of you for reading our blogs and joining in the conversation, you’ve shared some of what stresses you out and some of what helps relieve that stress. On to the last post! You’ve spent the past few weeks [...]
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Day 10 – Tips for School Stress
I used to be very much like Hermione when it came to school and stressing out about things. I would memorize everything to the letter and aim for 100%. I always worried I would do badly. If I did, then how would I get into university? get or keep scholarships? a job? Now, after 24 [...]
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The HPA and the Project for Awesome
Watch Andrew’s blog about the Project for Awesome: Find out more about the Project for Awesome.
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Pledge 2 Protect
http://www.thehpalliance.org/pledge-2-protect/ The HPA needs 1,000 people who can take 30 seconds to stand up to genocide. Here’s how you do it: Step one: Go to ipledge2protect.org Step two: click on “Add Name” and start typing your name Step three: As you type your name, a new field appears that asks if you want to send [...]
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Day 9 – Relaxing Naturally
Hi there, welcome to day 9 of your journey to relaxation. One of my favorite things about where I live is that there are so many things to do outdoors. I live in Seattle. For those of you that don’t know about the geography of Washington State, I’m going to give you a crash course [...]
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Day 8-The Seven Deadly Sins of Studying
Yes, to me there are seven atrocities that you can do to really mess your mind and body up while you study. This is a list I came up with myself from my practices in Buddhism, working in a chiropractic office, and my own personal experiences. These tips have gotten me through my college career [...]
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Day 7- The Art of Relaxing
Hello and welcome to your daily dose of stress management tips from the HPA staff! I’m Allison the Slytherin Prefect, and even though you may be a Gryffindor you will want to listen in. Okay, confession time: for three year every day of finals I get so stressed out that I throw up before I [...]
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Day#6 – Do Away With Stress NOW, Not Later!
Hello everyone, and welcome to day #6 of Breaking out of the (Stressful) Muggle Mindset! My name is Brenna and I am an HPA staff member, a student finishing in high school and beginning college, and a generally busy person! Stress is no stranger to me. I feel like it has been a constant companion [...]
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