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In the film, Miracle on 34th Street, the saddest part is the idea of a child who doesn t believe that there s such a thing as a real Santa Claus. The story is all about restoring the joy that should be present in the life of every child.

No-one wants to be a killjoy, but how can you reconcile being a Christian with encouraging your child to believe in the fantasy that is Santa Claus?

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For even more first-class canine hiking travel 10 minutes west to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Santa Monica Mountain NRA is an amalgamation of 150,000 private, city, county, state and santa monica hotels federal acres knitted into a single entity in 1978.

The park stretches 46 miles from east to west, co-existing next to the most densely populated urban area in the United States - one in every 17 Americans live within an hour s drive of the Santa Monica Mountains. The Mediterranean climate in the park - hot, dry summers mixing with mild, wet winters in a coastal location - is the rarest in the world. Only four other areas in the world enjoy the same climate, the fewest acres of any ecosystem.

Santa Monica Mountains NRA is a paradise for canine hikers but not an unfettered one. Dogs are not allowed on state park trails so you will need to limit your explorations to national and santa monica hotels city park lands.

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Some of the sportiest canine hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains is at Circle K Ranch where trails ascend to Sandstone Peak, the highest point in the park at 3,111 feet. One route, the Backbone Trail, will one day stretch 65 miles across the entire national recreation area. Dog owners may want to skip the downhill hiking on the Grotto Trail. After going two miles, dogs are not allowed on the final 1/8 mile to The Grotto.

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is confined by US 101 (the Ventura Highway) to the north and santa monica hotels US 1 (the Pacific Coast Highway) to the south. The Visitor Center is off US 101 in Thousand Oaks.

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In fact this is already happening and santa monica hotels here are a few examples of how conferencing is making what was impossible yesterday, possible today.

When Nebraska resident Cindy Holsing found out that her two daughters would be graduating from two different colleges on the same day last spring she became depressed.

"My heart just sank," Holsing said. "I thought: It is what it is. We can't do anything about it." At first she thought that the best way she could attend both commencements would be to get video tapes of the ceremonies which she would watch together.

However, when she put in a request for a video tape to the Midland Lutheran College, one of the college s staff tried to find a better solution. He helped the Holsing family set up video web cameras at the two commencements and santa monica hotels watch them through an online conferencing set-up that cost less than $100.

On graduation day, Mr. and santa monica hotels Mrs. Hosing each went to one of the ceremonies and santa monica hotels watched the other one on laptops which were logged onto a video conferencing link. Both parents and santa monica hotels both girls were satisfied.

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A similar dilemma was faced by an ailing mother in Pittsburgh whose daughter was getting married in Florida. Monica Fournier, a cousin of the bride said, When I realized that my cousin s mom in Pittsburgh, who is awaiting a lung transplant, could not attend her daughter s wedding in Florida I began to search for solutions.

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On the wedding day, both the wedding ceremony and santa monica hotels the video conference were successful and santa monica hotels my cousin was thrilled her mom could participate in her special day from hundreds of miles away, concluded Monica.

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As web and santa monica hotels video conferencing become more popular, there will be lots more stories of this type. In the next article I will look at more ways how online conferencing is about to transform communications both at home and santa monica hotels in the business place.