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Happy Holidays: New Years Eve/Day

AULD LANG SYNE

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!

Chorus-For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

And surely ye'1l be your pint stowp!
And surely I'll be mine!
And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.

We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou'd the gowans fine;
But we've wander'd mony a weary fit
Sin' auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.

We twa hae paidl'd in the burn,
Frae morning sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin' auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.

And there's a hand, my trusty fere!
And gie's a hand o' thine!
And we'll tak' a right gude-willie waught,
For auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.


Robert Burns

Scotland, Ayrshire, Alloway, Robert Burns.
http://www.elmbronze.demon.co.uk/scotland/burns/langsyne.htm


Cobourg Highland Games
http://www.highlandgames.nu/main.html?http://www.highlandgames.nu/RabbieBurns.html

Robert Burns: AULD LANG SYNE
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~exxdgdc/poetry/poets/syne.html

ROBERT BURNS' POEMS AND SONGS
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~exxdgdc/poetry/poets/rab1.html

New Years Resolutions (K.I.S.S.) Keep it Simple, Stupid

K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid)

Keep New Year's Resolutions Simple
The bigger they are, the sooner they fail, say experts

By Nancy A. Melville
HealthScout Reporter

(HealthScout) -- You may as well face it: Lack of willpower means the New Year's resolutions you're about to make won't last long.
A recent survey of adults who break their resolutions found 35 percent of 1,055 people cited lack of willpower for not keeping resolutions. Lack of time was the reason for 27 percent, and 23 percent listed "too much stress."

Still, hope springs eternal, and those surveyed had creative solutions to avoid future failures.

The leading change to make resolutions last, listed by 47 percent of respondents, is to make more modest resolutions, a strategy encouraged by experts.

"When people make resolutions, they often set goals that are very huge and are easy to break," says Catherine Christie, a registered dietitian and co-author of the books I'd Kill For A Cookie and Eat To Stay Young.

"If we can be a little more modest in our expectations, then that feeling of 'Oh, I've broken it' is less likely to happen," she says.

Christie says that scenario often occurs with one of the top resolutions -- to lose weight.

"With the average weight gain being something around seven pounds over the holidays, people want to lose 10 pounds in a week, and that's just not realistic. It took you the entire 'eating season,' from before Thanksgiving through Christmas, … to gain that weight, so to lose it quickly just isn't going to happen," Christie says.

"If you fail, however, that shouldn't mean you should give up on the resolution. You just may want to step back a little and try to lose it over a longer period of time," she says.

Also on most peoples' list of ways to keep New Year's resolutions are: enlisting support of family and friends (38 percent); writing down resolutions and posting them where you can see them (35 percent); giving yourself rewards for keeping your resolutions (30 percent), and reading self-help books or going online for inspiration (21 percent).

The survey, commissioned by the Diet Rite soft-drink company, included 515 males and 540 females, all over age 18.

One novel approach to New Year's resolutions is not making them at all, suggests Bonnie Marano of New York City, a certified-fitness trainer and author of the book Road Warrior: Fitness on the Road.

"There's nothing wrong with setting your New Year's resolutions beforehand, because every day is an opportunity to start a program. If you mess up, you can always start over the very next day," she says.

Meanwhile, the top 10 resolutions listed by the survey respondents to increase their well-being are:


Get more exercise (41 percent)

Have more fun (39 percent)

Eat more healthfully (36 percent)

Get more sleep (34 percent)

Make spirituality a bigger part of my life (34 percent)

Lose weight (27 percent)

Forgive someone (27 percent)

Spice up my love life (25 percent)

Cut back on work hours (20 percent)

Stop arguing with my family (18 percent)
What To Do

If dieting is one of your resolutions, check the American Dietetic Association (1)for nutritional information.

Read more about weight loss in these HealthScout stories (2).

Keep New Year's Resolutions Simple
http://health1.infospace.com/_1_4J42UKE04DMW8Y1__info/health?op=health_qad&otmpl=health/hlt-story.htm&qid=106575&qt=1

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American Dietetic Association -- Your Link to Nutrition and Health!
http://www.eatright.org/

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HealthScout: Top Weight Loss Links
http://www.healthscout.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Af.woa?search=weight%20loss

New Years Links A - Z UPdated 01 01 02

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All Season and Holiday Ornaments Bulletin Board
http://www.wwvisions.com/craftbb/ornament.html

Anne's Place New Years
http://members.tripod.com/~AnnesPlace/NewYears.html



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A BH&G New Years' Celebration
http://www.bhg.com/bhg/category.jhtml?catref=T26

The Billennium - The Official Celebration of the Year 2000
http://www.billennium.com/home-frame.htm

Billy Bear's Happy New Year's
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/newyears/fun.htm

Black-Eyed Peas with Garlic and Kale
http://www.aicr.org/peas.htm


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Champagne Punch
http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/Vineyard/7596/punch4.html

Craft Central Station New Years crafts, decorating ideas, entertaining
http://craftcentralstation.com/newyears/index.html


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HAPPY NEW YEAR
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/5472/newyear.html

Happy New Year!!
http://www.michyland.com/NewYear.htm

Happy New Years
http://www.funofun.com/newyearswishes.htm

Happy New Year from Dandy Lions Persians
http://www.pipeline.com/~dandy_lions/newyear.html

Heather's Happy Holidaze Page!! For Kids Only!! New Year's
http://www.heathersholidaze.com/newyear/index.html

Help a Hangover
http://www.learn2.com/04/0448/0448.asp

Home and Garden: New Year's Archive
http://hg.women.com/homeandgarden/misc/b0nyac11.htm

Howstuffworks.com's - What do the words Auld Lang Syne mean?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question279.htm

Howstuffworks.com's - Which place on the planet will be the first one to celebrate the new year on Janua
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question280.htm


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Kate.net - Happy New Year Wallpapers and Links
http://www.kate.net/holidays/newyear/

Keep New Year's Resolutions Simple
http://health1.infospace.com/_1_4J42UKE04DMW8Y1__info/health?op=health_qad&otmpl=health/hlt-story.htm&qid=106575&qt=1


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Majestic and Moist New Year's Honey Cake
http://www.betterbaking.com/baker2/honeycak.html

My New Year's Wish for You
http://www.quickegreets.com/festive/nyg.htm


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New Year 1999 -
http://members.aol.com/ladyedj/aholiday/aheart.html

New Years Electronic and Virtual Postcards
http://www.electronicpostcards.net/98.htm

New Year's Eve in Times Square
http://www.timessquarebid.org/new_year/

N.YR.EVE FEAST - 3. FRUIT SOLITAIRES
http://soar.berkeley.edu/recipes/desserts/tarts/recipe20.rec

New Year’s Holiday Graphics by Celeste
http://www.graphics-by-celeste.com/holiday_graphics/new_year.html

New Year's on the World Wide Web
http://holidays.bfn.org/newyear/


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A Pattern for the New Year Happy New Year 2000
http://members.aol.com/ladyedj/anewyear/newyear.html


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Spock's Countdown
http://members.tripod.com/~SPOCK1505/countdown2000.html


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Vernalisa's New Year's Menu
http://angelfire.lycos.com/ok3/christmastime/new.html



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Y2K at Kid's Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/newyear/index.html


New Years Webrings

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Into The New Millenium Webring
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=newmillennium;list

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The Seasonal Graphics Webring
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=graphicsholiday;list

Seasons Change Webring
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=seasons;index


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