Tuesday, February 27, 2007

 

Something to think about. : )

 One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name.  


Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.  


It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers.

That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual.

On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. "Really?" she heard whispered. "I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!" and, "I didn't know others liked me so much." were most of the comments.

No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another. That group of students moved on.  


Several years later, one of the students was killed in Viet Nam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature.  


The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin.

As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her. "Were you Mark's math teacher?" he asked. She nodded: "yes." Then he said: "Mark talked about you a lot."  


After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates went together to a luncheon. Mark's mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher.  


"We want to show you something," his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket. "They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it."  


Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him.
"Thank you so much for doing that," Mark's mother said. "As you can see, Mark treasured it ."  


All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, "I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home."

Chuck's wife said, "Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album."

"I have mine too," Marilyn said. "It's in my diary."  


Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group "I carry this with me at all times," Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: "I think we all saved our lists."  

 That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again .


The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day. And we don't know when that one day will be.


So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and important. Tell them, before it is too late.

Remember, you reap what you sow. What you put into the lives of others comes back into your own.

 


Liked this Post? Help us by voting now! Thanks
    Del.icio.us (0) | Digg | StumbleUpon | Reddit | Dzone

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

 

2007 Fitness and bodybuilding Competition Calendar

 

OCB

United States

Bodybuilding & Figure

Amateur

IFPA

International

Bodybuilding & Figure

Professional

IFSB

International

Ms. Fitness

Amateur & Pro

2007 COMPETITION SCHEDULE

  OCB and Affiliates' Events

PQ indicates IFPA Bodybuilding & Figure Pro Qualifier

 

Date

Location

Title

 

Div's Offered

02/24

Owings Mills, MD

OCB Mid-Atlantic Fitness Challenge

 

 

04/14

Baltimore, MD

OCB Eastern Regional

 

BB,FG,FM,MM

04/14

Flint, MI

OCB Great Lakes States

 

BB,FG

04/21

Plymouth, MA

OCB Spirit of America

PQ

BB,FG,FT

04/28

Richmond, VA

OCB Core Nutritionals Natural

PQ

BB,FG,FM,MM

05/05

Blacksburg, VA

OCB X-treme Physiques Spring Showdown

 

BB,FG

05/05

Austin, TX

OCB Texas Shredder Classic

PQ

BB,FG,FT,FM,MM

05/05

Plattsburgh, NY

OCB Battle in the Burgh

 

BB,FG

05/12

Ft Lauderdale, FL

OCB Southeastern States

 

BB,FG,FM,MM

05/12

Ft Lauderdale, FL

IFPA Southeastern States Pro

 

MB

05/12

Pittsburgh, PA

OCB Iron City Classic

PQ

BB,FG

06/02

Albuquerque, NM

OCB Natural Southwest Classic

PQ

BB,FG

06/09

Corvallis, OR

OCB Pacific Northwest States

 

BB,FG,FT,FM,MM

06/16

Newark, DE

OCB Central Eastern Seaboard States

 

BB,FG,FM,MM

06/23

Cape Cod, MA

OCB U.S. Natural Spring Nationals

PQ

BB,FG,FT,FM,MM

06/23

Natchez, MS

OCB Natchez Trace Classic

 

BB,FG

07/21

Flint, MI

OCB Lake Cities Natural

 

BB,FG

07/21

Council Bluffs, IA

OCB Middle America Muscle Classic

 

BB,FG,FT,FM,MM

07/28

Newburyport, MA

OCB Natural Yankee Classic

 

BB,FG,FT

Aug

New York, NY

OCB Amateur Natural Bodybuilding Classic

 

BB,FG,FM,MM

08/11

Washington, DC

OCB Presidential Cup

PQ

BB,FG,FT,FM,MM

08/25

Trenton, NJ

OCB Mid-Atlantic Natural Classic

 

BB,FG

09/07

Las Vegas, NV

IFSB Ms. Fitness USA

 

FT

09/08

Las Vegas, NV

IFSB Ms. Fitness World

 

FT

09/09

Las Vegas, NV

OCB Sin City Natural

 

BB,FG,FM,MM

Aug/Sep

Phoenix, AZ

OCB Arizona Natural

PQ

BB,FG,FT

Aug/Sep

Phoenix, AZ

IFPA Arizona Pro Figure

 

FG

09/22

Pittsburgh, PA

OCB Battle for the Swords

PQ

BB,FG

09/22

Bristol, CT

OCB Northern Atlantic States

 

BB,FG

09/22

Indianapolis, IN

OCB Indiana Natural

 

BB,FG,FM

09/29

Scarborough, ME

OCB Maine Event

 

BB,FG

Oct

Pittsburgh, PA

OCB Natural Mr./Ms. Steel City

 

BB,FG,FM,BT

10/06

Cape Cod, MA

OCB Cape Cod Natural

PQ

BB,FG,FM,MM

10/06

Cape Cod, MA

IFPA Gaspari Nutrition Pro Classic

 

MB,FG

Oct

Baltimore, MD

OCB Charm City Classic

PQ

BB,FG,FM,MM

Oct

Flint, MI

OCB Motown Muscle Classic

PQ

BB,FG

Oct

Blacksburg, VA

OCB Battle of Blacksburg

 

BB,FG

Oct/Nov

Houston, TX

OCB untitled

 

BB,FG

10/27-28

Washington, DC

OCB Yorton Cup IV Nationals

PQ

BB,FG,FT,FM,MM

10/27-28

Washington, DC

IFPA Pro Internationals

 

MB,FB,FG

10/27

Waterloo, NY

OCB Empire Natural

 

BB,FG

Oct/Nov

Las Vegas, NV

OCB untitled

 

BB,FG

11/03

Syracuse, NY

OCB New York State Natural

PQ

BB,FG

Nov

Charleston, SC

OCB Southern Atlantic States

 

BB, FIG, FIT

11/17

De Kalb, IL

OCB Midwest States

PQ

BB,FG

 

 

 

 

 

BB- Male and Female Bodybuilding, FB - Female Bodybuilding, MB - Male Bodybuilding, FG - Figure, FT - Fitness, FM - Female Fitness Model, MM - Male Fitness Model, BT - Body Transformation, PQ = IFPA Pro Qualifier. Subject to Change without Notice

Competition Seminar's, Posing Classes and Judging Clinics

Date

Location

Type

02/25

Philadelphia, PA

Posing Class

03/03

Austin, TX

Posing Class

03/10

Austin, TX

Posing Class

03/17

Austin, TX

Posing Class

03/24

Austin, TX

Posing Class

03/31

Austin, TX

Posing Class

04/07

Austin, TX

Posing Class

04/14

Austin, TX

Posing Class

04/21

Austin, TX

Posing Class

04/28

Austin, TX

Posing Class

06/09

Evansville, IN

Figure Camp

 


Liked this Post? Help us by voting now! Thanks
    Del.icio.us (0) | Digg | StumbleUpon | Reddit | Dzone

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?