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December 19, 2010
Costumed Key Clubbers and members of other Kiwanis Service Leadership Program clubs hit the streets this past Halloween with their UNICEF coin-collection boxes, raising US$134,209.93. The event is a major fundraiser in our quest to collect US$1.5 million for Operation Uruguay.
For more than 60 years, children in the United ...
December 08, 2010
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SURPRISE–Key Club members at Imagine Prep organized a "Hollywood Homecoming" for the Surprise Senior Center on November 19, providing opportunities to bridge the gap between the generations through music and dance.
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December 03, 2010
The Alter High School Key Club raises money and rounds up 300 turkeys each at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Then, they drive them to four outreach locations in the Dayton, Ohio area. Read all about it.
December 02, 2010
Lindsey Thiesfeld, a sophomore at Hinsdale Central High School in Illinois and a member of the Key Club, will compete in the Jeopardy Teen Tournament. The tournament will broadcast nationally beginning Feb. 17 through March 2. Learn more about Lindsey and her road to competing on Jeopardy.
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Justin Bieber Has To Pay His Neighbor Thousands!
Justin Bieber was ordered to pay the victim of his egging party $80, 900! Well, you know what they say, crime pays. The victim originally wanted $20k for damages but the judge assessed that he really needed $to cover the damages, sheesh.
There's also a demand for Justin to take anger management classes for 12 weeks!
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Looking at that, I will have been a blue belt 3 years this comming march!! Holy shit, where does the time go?
I've obviously been forgotten. I'm not on the list. I think I'll have to come to come back to the UK and prove that I exist. Anyone training over Christmas? I fancy a roll, that's a BJJ roll not a ham and cheese roll.
I've put the list together and cleaned it up on
I'm more than happy to keep this list up to date and/or add the brown and black ones. Let me know.
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Any revommendations on a Gi school to train at in or around Wrexham? Either that or reccomendations on Liverpool, Manchester or surrounding areas to commute? Must be BJJ gym not MMA an prefferably a Black Belt teaching???
I just got my brown belt from Darren/Helen Currie yesterday
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Many congrats Danny! Awesome achievement.
If you're in Manchester SubJunkie, come by ours at the BJJ LABS in Manchester Fighting Fit. We are right behind Victoria train station.
Check my signature for links to the BJJ LABS blog and more importantly the FIGHTING FIT website for directions and timetable. BJJ sessions are lead by BJJ Brown belt Martyn Cahill.
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John Mcilroy Blue belt under Paul Mcveigh yesterday Griphouse Glasgow
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EVERETT — Don't be surprised to hear strains of live rock, blues or bluegrass echoing through downtown streets during lunch hours this summer.
It's part of the annual Music on the Plaza series hosted by Snohomish County government every Wednesday, from July 10 through Aug. 28. The free performances are scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the county campus amphitheater on Rockefeller Avenue and Wall Street.
The concerts feature local artists and are presented by the Snohomish County Executive's Office.
"Music is good for the soul," said County Executive John Lovick, "and this series is a great way to show the community how important the arts are."
Other returning vendors are the Comcast Arena Grill and florists.
Here's the musical lineup:
•July 10, Shaggy Sweet, alternative
•July 17, Courtney Marie Andrews Band, singer-songwriter
•July 24, Money Creek Mining Co., bluegrass
•July 31, Blake Noble, Australian percussive guitarist
•Aug. 7, Crème Tangerine, Beatles covers
•Aug. 14, Impossible Bird, fiddle-duo
•Aug. 21, Julia Massey &the Five Finger Discount, dream-pop
•Aug. 28, Curtis Hammond Band, nine-piece blues band
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'"He is giving the team a fresh start," said Dr. Arun Jain, chairman of the University at Buffalo's marketing department. "What he's doing is saying 'I'm not the Rigas family and I'm not Adelphia.' It appears that Tom Golisano is trying to connect with the community and do something for the community."'
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Who knew there were so many excited Twins fans to watch outdoor baseball in 30 degree weather? The Twins released tickets for their first two games at Target Field yesterday. Both of the games sold out in 15-20 minutes. These are only exhibition games and the teams best players will probably only get a sniff of the field, but fans are clamoring to get through the gates. They long to catch a glimpse of the sites and sounds of Target Field for the first time.
Fans will be planning their Easter Weekend around the inaugural trip to the frigid confines of Target Field. The Twins have added many amenities that should help fans stay out of the elements. There are heated areas on the concourse, restaurants to sit in, and even covered concession stands to order food from. Between the new foods to taste and the new beverages to drink there will be a plethora of items to keep fans warm to the heart and soul.
The onslaught of fans interested in exploring every nook and cranny of Target Field might have to wear every piece of winter apparel they can find. The experience will be memorable. I'm just glad that I get to be one of those frigid fans.
~~~Another exciting event for North Dakota fans during the same Easter weekend is the renewal of the Sioux-Bison rivalry. These teams will play two baseball double-headers on Easter Sunday and Monday at the Twins old home, the Metrodome. This will be the first time that the two biggest universities in North Dakota have played against each other since 2005. The weather should be a little more bearable under the Teflon roof.~~~


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I found this at the Veterans Cemetery today. Someone has placed the same kind of rock, and a penny, along with a small ribbon and flag pin, on every headstone. Any ideas what that means? What does the rock and penny mean? I debated that maybe the rock is just anchor to hold the ribbon on each stone. But seems odd too just by the way it was placed. Any ideas? #WWI #veteransmemorial #cemeteryfinds
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SCDOT explains Riverland Drive/Camp Road intersection proposal to residents
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The South Carolina Department of Transportation held an informational meeting Thursday night about a major intersection change on James Island. The meeting took place at Fort Johnson Middle School.
The intersection at the corner of Camp Road and Riverland Drive is going to be rebuilt.
Rick Day is a project engineer with Stantec, the company handling design of the project. "It's a safety project. In the last 8 years, there were about 30 crashes that happened there. About 1/3 of those with injuries."
Day says officials looked at several options to make the intersection safer. "We came up with a roundabout design, the concept we preferred. Basically, we met with the public and discussed that."
Some who live near the intersection, like Louise Pecevich, have some questions. "Our community, the Riverland Crossing Homeowners Association and Neighborhood Council, has been very active since learning about this project last December."
They agree that the intersection needs to be improved, but they have a number of concerns. "At least two of our homes will lose private property. The roadway will be literally in the back yards of folks, who will see their property values plummet. We are also very much concerned about drainage issues and other environmental issues that will also be impacted by this roadway."
Officials say the comments they received will all be read, and if possible, modifications may be made. But Day says there is no way to ease all of the concerns. "There will be right of way involved, no matter how we slice the apple."
Back in the Spring, the Riverland Crossing residents signed and sent a petition to numerous public officials. Pecevich is optimistic that some changes can be made. "Hopefully with the aid of our city councilors and the mayor hopefully, we'll be able to come up with a solution that's a win-win for everybody."
Construction on the project should begin near the end of next year. The work is expected to take about a year to complete.
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U.S. prosecutors filed charges Friday against Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the one-eyed al-Qaeda loyalist who led a band of terrorists that included two Canadians on a deadly attack at a Western-owned Algerian gas plant in January.
The U.S. Attorney's office in New York filed eight charges against Belmokhtar, leader of the Signers in Blood Battalion, ranging from kidnapping to conspiracy over the attack that killed 37 hostages, three of them Americans.
Among the terrorists who seized the plant with AK-47s and rocket launchers were Kris Katsiroubas and Ali Medlej, friends from London, Ont., who traveled in 2011 to Morocco, Mauritania and Mali, where they allegedly joined Belmokhtar's group.
The criminal complained filed by FBI Special Agent Jessica Ulmer did not mention the pair but it quoted from transcripts of the phone calls made to the company by an English-speaking hostage-taker, believed to be Katsiroubas.
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Fox Uses Hostess And Wal-Mart Disputes To Revive Its Campaign Against Unions
Fox attacked unions over the liquidation of Hostess Brands after negotiations with its bakers union failed, but Fox ignored the fact that the company faced myriad financial problems. Similarly, Fox attacked Wal-Mart employees for striking, but failed to acknowledge the workers' concerns. Fox has run a long-standing campaign against unions.
Hostess Announces It Will Proceed With Plans To Liquidate
After Second Round Of Mediation, Hostess Announces It Will Proceed With Plans To Liquidate. The New York Times blog DealBook reported that Hostess Brands announced plans to liquidate following a failure to reach a deal with its bakers union. In a November 19 post, DealBook noted that the company had filed for Chapter 11 in January, saying "it was unable to pay its debts and needed to make deep cuts in labor costs to survive." On November 19, the post continued, Hostess and the union agreed to mediation "in a last-ditch effort to avoid winding down Hostess." In a November 20 post, DealBook reported that Hostess and the bakery workers union "had failed to reach a new labor agreement" and that Hostess "would proceed with plans to liquidate." [DealBook, The New York Times, 11/19/12 [1], 11/20/12 [2]]
Fox Blames Bakers Union For Hostess Bankruptcy
Stuart Varney: "The Union Was Standing In The Way Of Efficiency And Profitability." On Fox & Friends, Fox Business host Stuart Varney claimed Hostess "totally shut down" because the union "rejected these givebacks. The company wanted givebacks, a lower pension, lower medical payments, etc., etc. They wanted all of that. The union said no, you can't have that. The union -- the company totally shut down." He concluded, "Look, you cannot have all these generous pension and health benefits, you can't have that, if your company is not run efficiently and profitably. And the union was standing in the way of efficiency and profitability." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 11/19/12 [3]]
Fox Business' Adam Shapiro: It Was "The Bakers Union ... That Essentially Would Not Compromise." Martha MacCallum, co-host of Fox News' America's Newsroom, introduced a segment on the Hostess bankruptcy by saying the company is "blaming a workers' strike for crippling their ability to make and deliver their products." Her guest, Fox Business' Adam Shapiro, said it was "the bakers union" that "essentially would not compromise." MacCallum asked, "It all came down to the bakers. ... They're the ones who blew the deal?" Shapiro responded, "Pretty much." [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 11/16/12 [4]]
Bill Hemmer: "A Labor Dispute" Put "18,000 Jobs On The Line." Fox's America's Newsroom co-host Bill Hemmer blamed the coming job losses at Hostess on "a labor dispute," suggesting that the union had put "18,000 jobs on the line." [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 11/16/12 [4]]
But Fox Ignored Hostess' Array Of Long-Standing Problems
Hostess Filed For Its First Bankruptcy In 2004. In March, Reuters reported that Hostess "filed for its first bankruptcy in 2004, citing declining sales, high food costs, excess capacity and worker benefit expenses." [Reuters, 3/6/12 [5]]
Hostess' First Bankruptcy Was Expensive And Did Not Improve The Company's Prospects. Reuters reported that after Hostess filed for its first bankruptcy in 2004, "it did not deal with its debt":
It tackled some issues -- closing bakeries and simplifying some union contracts -- but it did not deal with its debt. It went into the first bankruptcy with $648.5 million in debt, and came out with more than $800 million, according to court documents. [Reuters, 3/6/12 [5]]
Hostess Faced Other Challenges Beyond Labor Costs. Forbes reported in July that when CEO Greg Rayburn took over Hostess in March 2012, he became the sixth CEO of the company in a decade. The Washington Post reported in January that Hostess "lost $250 million in the less than three years since it emerged from its previous bankruptcy. That means it would have lost money without any pension costs at all." [Media Matters, 11/16/12 [6]]
For more information on Hostess' financial troubles, see here [6].
Wal-Mart Employees Plan Protests, Strikes Leading Up To Black Friday
Bloomberg Businessweek: Wal-Mart Employees "Protesting Low Wages, Spiking Health Care Premiums, And Alleged Retaliation From Management." Bloomberg Businessweek reported that Wal-Mart workers began the week before Thanksgiving "a wave of protests and strikes leading up to next week's Black Friday" to protest "low wages, spiking health care premiums, and alleged retaliation from management." The article continued:
In 2013, Wal-Mart plans to scale back its contributions to workers' health-care premiums, which are expected to rise between 8 percent and 36 percent. Many employees will forgo coverage, Reuters reports.
Sara Gilbert, a manager who was striking in Seattle, called in on her cell phone: "I work full-time for one of the richest companies in the world, and my kids get state health insurance and are on food stamps," she said.
Along with Target (TGT) and Sears (SHLD), Wal-Mart has plans to open retail stores at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving night. Employees said they weren't given a choice as to whether they would work on Thanksgiving and were told to do so with little warning. "They don't care about family," said Charlene Fletcher, a Wal-Mart associate in Duarte, Calif. She said she is expected to report for work at 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. The workers said that when they complain about scheduling and other problems, management cuts their hours or fires people. [Bloomberg Businessweek, 11/16/12 [7]]
Fox Responds To Wal-Mart Strikes By Attacking Unions
Michelle Malkin: "These Big Labor Thugs Do Not Have Worker's Interests At Heart." On Fox News' Your World, Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin claimed that the Wal-Mart protests are "never really about workers' welfare, or ensuring that people have good quote-unquote 'living wages.' It is to make these corporations bend and bow and capitulate at their most vulnerable moments." She later added that "these Big Labor thugs do not have worker's interests at heart" and that millions of out-of-work people "would love to work on Thanksgiving for Wal-Mart if they had a chance." [Fox News, Your World, 11/20/12 [8]]
Tucker Carlson: "Have You Ever Worked In A Union Shop That Didn't Abet Laziness And Inefficiency?" On Fox News' Hannity, guest host Tucker Carlson implied Wal-Mart employees were wrong to protest "in the middle of a recession, with retailers suffering across this country," and later asked, "Have you ever worked in a union shop that didn't abet laziness and inefficiency? Has a union ever come in to a company and made it more efficient? Seriously? No." [Fox News, Hannity, 11/20/12 [9]]
But Fox Failed To Acknowledge Workers' Complaints, Including Low Wages And Expensive Health Care
Bloomberg: "The Protesters Are Demanding More-Predictable Schedules, Less-Expensive Health-Care Plans And Minimum Hourly Pay Of $13." A Bloomberg article about the Wal-Mart strikes noted, "The protesters are demanding more-predictable schedules, less-expensive health-care plans and minimum hourly pay of $13 with the option of working full-time. The average hourly full-time wage at Wal-Mart is $12.57, Kory Lundberg, a company spokesman, said in an e-mail." [Bloomberg, 11/19/12 [10]]
CBS: Wal-Mart Workers' Insurance Premiums Are Scheduled To "Jump By As Much As 36 Percent, As Walmart Scales Back Its Contribution." A CBS News article noted, "The protesters want minimum hourly pay raised to $13, more full-time work and less-costly health care. Next year, their insurance premiums will jump by as much as 36 percent, as Walmart scales back its contribution." [CBSNews.com, 11/19/12 [11]]
CNNMoney: Workers Are Asking Wal-Mart "To End What They Call Retaliation Against Speaking Out For Better Pay, Fair Schedules And Affordable Health Care." A CNNMoney article about why Wal-Mart workers are striking on Black Friday reported, "The union-backed group OUR Walmart expects thousands of workers to participate in the protest planned this week. The employees will ask the country's largest employer to end what they call retaliation against speaking out for better pay, fair schedules and affordable health care. Such retaliation can include shuffling around their shifts, cutting hours and moving them around departments." [CNNMoney, 11/20/12 [12]]
Huffington Post: Wal-Mart Pay Structure "Makes It Difficult For Most To Rise Much Beyond Poverty-Level Wages." In an article about the Wal-Mart strikes, the Huffington Post posted Wal-Mart's official compensation policy and noted that the document shows that "[l]ow-level workers typically start near minimum wage, and have the potential to earn raises of 20 to 40 cents an hour through incremental promotions. Flawless performance merits a 60 cent raise per year under the policy, regardless of how much time an employee has worked for the company. ... As a result, a 'solid performer' who starts at Walmart as a cart pusher making $8 an hour and receives one promotion, about the average rate, can expect to make $10.60 after working at the company for 6 years." [Huffington Post, 11/16/12 [13]]
For more on right-wing media dismissing or ignoring Wal-Mart workers' complaints, see here [14] and here [15].
Fox Has A Long History Of Attacking Unions
Fox's Gretchen Carlson Wonders: "Are Union Teachers Brainwashing Kids?" Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson teased a segment by saying, "Are union teachers brainwashing kids with lessons in collective bargaining? Well, coming up, the man who says he has proof Big Labor is disguising liberal propaganda as homework." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 12/5/11 [16], via Media Matters]
Carlson Suggested American Airlines Seats Came Loose As A Result of Tampering By Union Workers. On Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson baselessly suggested that American Airlines seats came loose on planes as a result of tampering by union workers. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 10/2/12 [17], via Media Matters]
John Stossel: Non-Union Fox Employees "Seem Happier," While Union Members Are "Grouchy At Work." Fox Business host John Stossel asserted that unions "improve the standard of life for union leaders, but most make it worse for everyone else," and that unions "undermine character by crushing individualism." Stossel added that the non-union studio crew at Fox News "seem happier because they can help out, they make suggestions, they're part of a life," while union members are "grouchy at work." [Fox Business, Stossel, 12/1/11 [18], via Media Matters]
Fox Business' Dennis Kneale: "My Short Editorial: Unions Bad, Business Good." Fox Business senior correspondent Dennis Kneale said, "I'll just sum up by saying my short editorial: Unions bad, business good." [Fox Business, Follow the Money, 8/12/11 [19], via Media Matters]
Peter Johnson Jr.: "We Understand The Value Of Unions," But They're "Begin[ning] To Destroy A Country." Fox News contributor Peter Johnson Jr. said: "We understand the value of unions. They've done some great things over time. But when they begin to destroy a country ... we're staggered by the numbers. We can't afford what they're asking for." Johnson then advised unions to "pull back a little bit, let the others get. Let us all live. It's not all about unions. It's about all of us." [Fox News, Hannity, 6/20/11 [20], via Media Matters]
Special Report Segment On Unions Featured Only Union Foes, No Supporters. A segment by correspondent Jim Angle on Fox News' Special Report on Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker and the controversy over his plan to heavily restrict the bargaining rights of unionized state employees featured clips of Walker and union critic James Sherk of the Heritage Foundation, but no union supporters were quoted. [Fox News, Special Report, 2/28/11 [21], via Media Matters]
Fox Asks If Teaching Labor History Is "Pro-Union Propaganda." Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson said it "may startle you" to know that in Wisconsin, teachers are required to teach the history of the labor movement. On-screen text during the segment read, "Pro-Union Propaganda?" [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 2/25/11 [22], via Media Matters]
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Well - managed to get my hunter to level 80 today! So now I'm off to level the paladin next. He's sitting at level 41 now, so it's going to take me a while.
The final /played time on the hunter was 8 days, 10 hours. Not bad, considering I changed professions on him several times and also did a lot of general messing around.
A few observations - leveling beast mastery with a tenacity spec makes the leveling experience very easy. There were very few points, even with pulling multiple mobs, where things were too terribly challenging. He doesn't kill things as quickly as some other classes, but that didn't seem to have a huge impact on leveling speed. The need to carry ammo did increase the amount of time that had to be spent running back to vendors and mailboxes, so that hurts a bit.
Overall, I enjoy playing the hunter. I did immediately respec him upon hitting 80 to a standard survival spec that will make more sense for doing heroics and also went out and grabbed a wolf to replace my leveling bear. Not really planning to run any heroics, but might give one or two a try just to see. I do eventually plan to finish off his professions, so might q up for a few while I'm waiting on that.
So, now I'm off to the paladin, and back to Azeroth!


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The Return of the Prophet Jesus (as) toEarth in the Qur'an
From what has been related so far, it is clear that the Prophet Jesus (as) did not die but was raised to the Presence of Allah. However, there is one more point that is underlined by the Qur'an: the Prophet Jesus (as) will come back to earth.
The Qur'an explicitly declares the return of the Prophet Jesus (as) to earth and there are several proofs to confirm this:
Surah Al 'Imran 55 is one of the verses indicating that the Prophet Jesus (as) will come back:
When Allah said, "Jesus, I will take you back and raise you up to Me and purify you of those who are unbelievers. And I will place the people who follow you above those who are disbelievers until the Day of Resurrection. Then you will all return to Me, and I will judge between you regarding the things about which you differed. (Surah Al 'Imran, 55)
The statement in the verse, "And I will place the people who follow you above those who are unbelievers until the Day of Resurrection" is important. Here, there is reference to a group strictly adhering to the Prophet Jesus (as) and who will be kept above the disbelievers until the Day of Judgment. Who are these adherents, then? Are they the disciples who lived in the time of the Prophet Jesus (as) or are they the Christians of today?
Before he was raised up to Allah, the followers of the Prophet Jesus (as) were few. After his ascension, the essence of Christianity degenerated rapidly. Furthermore, the disciples faced serious pressure throughout their lives. During the succeeding two centuries, having no political power, those Christians having faith in the Prophet Jesus (as) were also oppressed. In this case, it is not possible to say that early Christians or their successors during these periods were physically superior to the unbelievers in the world. We might logically think that this verse does not refer to them.
When we look at the Christians of today, on the other hand, we notice that the essence of Christianity has changed significantly and it is markedly different from what the Prophet Jesus (as) originally brought to mankind. Christians embraced the perverted belief that suggests that the Prophet Jesus (as) is the son of God and similarly held the doctrine of the Trinity (the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit). (Surely Allah is beyond that.) In this case, it is flawed to accept the Christians of today as the adherents of the true religion revealed to the Prophet Jesus (as). In many verses of the Qur'an Allah states that the belief of the Trinity is a perverted one:
Those who say that the Messiah, son of Mary, is the third of three are unbelievers. There is no god but One God. (Surat al-Ma'ida: 73)
In this case, the commentary of the statement, "And I will place the people who follow you above those who are unbelievers until the Day of Resurrection" is as follows: first, it is said that these people are the Muslims who are the only true followers of the authentic teachings of the Prophet Jesus (as); second, it is said that these people are the Christians, whether or not they hold idolatrous beliefs, and that could be seen to be confirmed by the dominant position that nominal Christians hold on the earth today. However, both positions will be unified by the arrival of the Prophet Jesus (as), since he will abolish the jizyah (the defense tax payable by non-Muslims living under Muslim rule), meaning that he will not accept that Christians and Jews live with any other religion than Islam, and so will unite all the believers as Muslims.
The Prophet and last Messenger of Allah (saas), has also given the glad tidings of the return of the Prophet Jesus (as). The scholars of hadith say that the hadiths on this subject, in which Allah's Messenger (saas) said that the Prophet Jesus (as) will descend amongst people as a leader before the Day of Judgment have reached the status of mutawattir. That means that they have been narrated by so many people from each generation from such a large group of the Companions that there can be no possible doubt of their authenticity. For example:
Abu Hurairah narrated that Allah's Messenger (saas) said, "By the One in Whose hand is my self, definitely the son of Mary will soon descend among you as a just judge, and he will break the cross [annul the worship of the cross], kill the pig [inform that eating pork is forbidden] and abolish the jizyah, and wealth will be so abundant that no one will accept it, until a single prostration will be better than the world and everything in it. (Sahih Bukhari)
Jabir ibn 'Abdullah said, "I heard the Prophet (saas) saying, 'A party of my ummah will never stop fighting for the truth victoriously until the Day of Resurrection.' He said, 'Then Jesus, son of Mary, peace be upon him, will descend and their amir will say, "Come and lead us in prayer," but he will say, "No! some of you are amirs over others," as Allah's showing honor to this ummah.'" (Sahih Muslim)
Abu Hurairah narrated, "The Prophet (saas) said: 'There is no prophet between me and him, that is, Jesus, peace be upon him. He will descend (to the earth). When you see him, recognize him: a man of medium height, reddish hair, wearing two light yellow garments, looking as if drops were falling down from his head though it will not be wet. He will fight the people for the cause of Islam. He will break the cross [annul the worship of the cross], kill the pig [inform that eating pork is forbidden], and abolish the jizyah. Allah will cause to perish all religions except Islam. He will destroy the antichrist [make him ineffective] and will live on the earth for forty years and then he will die. The Muslims will pray over him.'" (Abu Dawud)
Earlier in this section, we analyzed verses 157-158 of Surat an-Nisa'. Just after these verses Allah states the following in Surat an-Nisa' 159:
There is not one of the People of the Book who will not believe in him before he dies; and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them. (Surat an-Nisa', 159)
The statement above "who will not believe in him before he dies" is important. The Arabic text of this sentence reads: Wa-in min ahli'l-kitabi illa la yuminanna bihi qabla mawtihi.
Some scholars stated that the "him/it" in this verse is used for the Qur'an and thus made the following interpretation: There will be no one from the People of the Book who will not have faith in the Qur'an before he (a person from the People of the Book) dies.
Nevertheless, in verses 157 and 158, which are the two verses preceding this verse, the same "him" is undoubtedly used for the Prophet Jesus (as).
The verses state:
And (on account of) their saying, "We killed the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, Messenger of Allah." They did not kill him and they did not crucify him but it was made to seem so to them. Those who argue about him are in doubt about it. They have no real knowledge of it, just conjecture. But they certainly did not kill him. (Surat an-Nisa', 157)
Allah raised him up to Himself. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (Surat an-Nisa', 158)
Just after these verses in Surat an-Nisa' 159, there is no evidence indicating that "him" is used to imply someone or something other than the Prophet Jesus (as).
There is not one of the People of the Book who will not believe in him before he dies; and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them. (Surat an-Nisa', 159)
In the Qur'an, Allah informs us that on the Day of Judgment, the "tongues and hands and feet will testify against them about what they were doing" (Surat an-Nur, 24 and Surah Yasin, 65). From Surah Fussilat 20-23, we learn that "hearing, sight and skin will testify against us." In none of the verses however, is there reference to the Qur'an as a witness. If we accept that the "him" or "it" in the first sentence refers to the Qur'an – though grammatically or logically we have no evidence whatsoever – then we should also accept that the "he" in the second statement also refers to the Qur'an. To accept this however, there should be an explicit verse confirming this view.
In addition, the words "… Allah raised him up to Himself" in the preceding verse once again shows that it is not the Qur'an that is being indicated in this verse. The Qur'an has been a guidance for the faithful for the last 1400 years, and has not been raised up to Allah. It is the Prophet Jesus (as) who has been raised up to Him. This is yet another proof that the witnessing referred to in the verse is that of the Prophet Jesus (as) for the People of the Book, and that the pronoun "he" in the verse does not refer to the Qur'an. (Allah knows the truth.)
In other verses, we see that when the same personal pronoun is used for the Qur'an, there is generally mention of the Qur'an before or after that specific verse as in the cases of Surat an-Naml 77 and Surat ash-Shu'ara 192-196. The verse straightforwardly defines that People of the Book will have faith in the Prophet Jesus (as) and that he (the Prophet Jesus [as]) will be a witness against them.
The second point is about the interpretation of the expression "before he dies". Some think this is having faith in the Prophet Jesus (as) before their own death. According to this interpretation everyone from the People of the Book will definitely believe in the Prophet Jesus (as) before they face their own death. Arabic linguistics, however, shows that this claim is not correct. The plural suffix hum is used in all those verses of the Qur'an that refer to the People of the Book (as in Surat al-Bayyina 1 and 6, Surat al-Hadid 29, and Surat al-Hashr 2). Yet the singular suffix hu is employed in this verse. This means that the verse reports that the People of the Book will believe in the Prophet Jesus (as) before his death – in other words, before his biological death at his second coming. (Allah knows the truth.) Besides, in the Prophet Jesus' (as) time Jews who are defined as the People of the Book not only did not have faith in the Prophet Jesus (as) but also attempted to kill him. On the other hand, it is not possible to say that Jews and Christians who lived and died after the time of the Prophet Jesus (as) had faith – the type of faith described in the Qur'an – in him.
To conclude, when we make a careful evaluation of the verse, we arrive at the following conclusion: Before the Prophet Jesus' (as) death, all the People of the Book will have faith in him. (Omer Nasuhi Bilmen, Kuran-i Kerim'in Turkce Meali Alisi ve Tefsiri (The Turkish Translation of the Noble Qur'an and Its Commentary), Timas Publishing, Istanbul, 8th edition, Volume 7, p. 3292) In other words, in the second coming of the Prophet Jesus (as), all the People of the Book will become Muslims as his followers and Islamic morals will prevail on the earth.
Besides, the verse refers to the future because there is mention of the death of the Prophet Jesus (as). Yet, the Prophet Jesus (as) did not die but was raised up to the Presence of Allah. The Prophet Jesus (as) will come to earth again, he will live for a specified time and then die. Moreover, all the People of the Book will have faith in him. This is an event which has yet not occurred, but which will happen in the future.
Consequently, by the expression "before he dies", there is a reference to the Prophet Jesus (as). The People of the Book will see him, know him and obey him while he is alive. Meanwhile, the Prophet Jesus (as) will bear witness against them on the Last Day and Allah knows the truth.
That the Prophet Jesus (as) will come back to earth towards the end of time is related in another verse of the Qur'an.
When an example is made of the son of Mary (Jesus) your people laugh uproariously. They retort, "Who is better then, our deities or him?" They only say this to you for argument's sake. They are indeed a disputatious people. He is only a servant on whom We bestowed Our blessing and whom We made an example for the tribe of Israel. If We wished, We could appoint angels in exchange for you to succeed you on the earth. (Surat az-Zukhruf: 57-60)
Just after these verses, Allah declares that the Prophet Jesus (as) is a sign of the Day of Judgment.
He is a Sign of the Hour. Have no doubt about it. But follow me. This is a straight path. (Surat az-Zukhruf: 61)
This verse informs us that the Prophet Jesus (as) will come back to earth at the end times. That is because the Prophet Jesus (as) lived approximately six centuries before the revelation of the Qur'an. Consequently, we cannot interpret his first coming as a sign of the Day of Judgment. What this verse actually indicates is that the Prophet Jesus (as) will come back to earth towards the end of time and this will be a sign for the Day of Judgment.
The Arabic of the verse "He is a Sign of the Hour" is Innahu la 'ilmun li's-sa'ati… Some people interpret the pronoun hu in this verse as the Qur'an. However, the preceding verses explicitly indicate that the Prophet Jesus (as) is mentioned in the verse: "He is only a servant on whom We bestowed Our blessing and whom We made an example for the tribe of Israel." (Prof. Suleyman Ates, Yuce Kur'an'in Cagdas Tefsiri (The Contemporary Tafsir of the Holy Qur'an), Istanbul, 1988-1992, vol. 6, p. 4281)
Those who cite this pronoun as referring to the Qur'an go on to quote the next part of the verse "Have no doubt about it. But follow me" as so-called evidence. However, the verses preceding this one refer completely to the Prophet Jesus (as). For this reason, it appears that the pronoun hu is linked to those preceding verses and also refers to the Prophet Jesus (as). In fact, great Islamic scholars declare that to be the case, based on the use of the pronoun both in the Qur'an and in the hadith.
Among contemporary Islamic scholars, Sayyid Qutb drew attention to the important evidence concerning the Prophet Jesus' (as) second coming, in his commentary:
Many hadith regard the Prophet Jesus' (as) descent to earth prior to the Day of Judgment. Indeed, the verse, "He is a Sign of the Hour" also indicates this. In other words, the Prophet Jesus (as) will descend to earth at a time close to the Day of Judgment. In a second style of reading, the verse reads "wa innahu la 'ilmun li al-saa'ati." In other words, his descent is a sign, a sign of the Day of Judgment. Both styles of reading express the same meaning. His descent from the skies is a news of the Unseen World, spoken of by the right-speaking and trustworthy Prophet (saas) and indicated in the glorious Qur'an. Apart from the information from these two sources, which will remain unchanged until the Day of Judgment, nobody can say anything else about the subject. (Sayyid Qutb, Fi Zilal al-Qur'an (In the Shade of the Qur'an),www.sevde.de/Kuran-Tevsiri/Kuran_Tefsiri.html)
Al-Kawthari stated that even in the oldest doctrinal texts, this verse was used as evidence of the Prophet Jesus' (as) return. (Imam Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari, Nazra 'Abira fi Maza'im Man Yankur Nuzul 'Isa 'alyhi al-Salam aabla al-Akhira (A Cursory Look at the Claims of Those Who Deny Jesus' Descent before the Next Life), Egypt, 1980, p. 105) Omer Nasuhi Bilmen explained the verse in these terms:
It gives news, in an indubitable manner, that the Prophet Jesus (as) is a sign of the approach of the Day of Judgment and that the Day of Judgment will certainly come … His appearance on earth is regarded as a law of the Last Day… (Omer Nasuhi Bilmen, Kuran-i Kerim'in Türkce Meali Alisi ve Tefsiri (The Turkish Translation of the Noble Qur'an and Its Commentary), Timas Publishing, Istanbul, 8th edition, Volume 7, p. 3292)
In fact, this title is unique to the Prophet Jesus (as), for although Allah describes in the Qur'an the lives of the Prophet Muhammad (saas), Abraham (as), Noah (as), Moses (as), Solomon (as), Joseph (as), David (as), Jacob (as), and a great many other prophets, this title is applied to none of them. This fact is yet another indication that the Prophet Jesus (as) possesses a special feature that the other prophets do not: He will return to earth after having been raised to Allah's Presence and Allah knows the truth.
Other verses indicating the second coming of the Prophet Jesus (as) are as follows:
When the angels said, "Mary, your Lord gives you good news of a Word from Him. His name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary of high esteem in this world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near. He will speak to people in the cradle, and also when fully grown, and will be one of the righteous," she said, "My Lord! How can I have a son when no man has ever touched me?" He said, "It will be so. Allah creates whatever He wills. When He decides on something He just says to it, 'Be!' and it is. He will teach him the Book and Wisdom, and the Torah and the Gospel…" (Surah Al 'Imran, 45-48)
In this verse, it is heralded that Allah will instruct the Prophet Jesus (as) about the Gospel, the Torah and the "Book." We come across the same expression in the Surat al-Ma'ida:
Remember when Allah said: "Jesus, son of Mary, remember My blessing to you and to your mother when I reinforced you with the Purest Spirit so that you could speak to people in the cradle and when you were fully grown; and when I taught you the Book and Wisdom, and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you created a bird-shape out of clay by My permission…" (Surat al-Ma'ida, 110)
When we analyse the "Book" in both of the verses, we see that it may indicate the Qur'an. In the verses, it is stated that the Qur'an is the last divine book sent apart from the Torah, the Psalms and the Gospel. Besides, in another verse in the Qur'an, next to the Torah and the Gospel, the word "Book" is used to indicate the Qur'an.
Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He has sent down the Book to you with truth, confirming what has there before it. And He sent down the Tawrah and the Injil, previously... (Surah Al 'Imran, 2-3)
Some other verses in which "Book" refers to the Qur'an state:
When a Book does come to them from Allah, confirming what is with them – even though before that they were praying for victory over the unbelievers – yet when what they recognize does come to them, they reject it. Allah's curse is on the unbelievers. (Surat al-Baqara, 89)
For this We sent a Messenger to you from among you to recite Our Signs to you and purify you and teach you the Book and Wisdom and teach you things you did not know before. (Surat al-Baqara, 151)
In this case, it is clear that the third book that will be taught to the Prophet Jesus (as) will be the Qur'an and that this will be possible only if he comes to earth at the end of time. The Prophet Jesus (as) lived approximately six hundred years before the revelation of the Qur'an. Besides, it is another piece of evidence that the hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad (saas) inform that when the Prophet Jesus (as) comes for the second time, he will command with the Qur'an, not the Injil:
He will lead you according to the Book of your Lord and the Sunnah of your Apostle. (Sahih Muslim)
As this expression clearly shows, when the Prophet Jesus (as) returns to earth, he will rule with the commandments of the Qur'an and will maintain the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammed (saas), a hadith which is in agreement with the Qur'anic verses. (Surely Allah knows the truth.)
Another important piece of information is that the term revealed for the Prophet Jesus (as) was not revealed for any other prophet. For example, the Qur'an reveals that the Tawrah was given to Musa (Moses) (as), that Suhuf (Pages) were given to Ibrahim (Abraham) (as), and that the Book of Psalms was given to Dawud (David) (as). If there were books revealed before the prophets' own time, the Qur'an states that they knew them. However, only in the case of the Prophet Jesus (as) does the Qur'an state that a prophet will be taught a book that was revealed after his own time. This is one of the indications that he will return to earth and that when he does so, he will rule with the book revealed after his lifetime: the Qur'an. (Allah knows the truth.)
In addition to all the above, the verse "The likeness of Jesus in Allah's Sight is the same as Adam." (Surah Al 'Imran: 59) could also indicate the Prophet Jesus' (as) return. Muslim scholars who have written Qur'anic commentaries point out that this verse indicates the fact that both prophets did not have a father, for Allah created both of them with the command "Be!" However, the verse could also have another meaning: Just as the Prophet Adam (as) was sent down to Earth from Allah's Presence, the Prophet Jesus (as) could be sent down to Earth from Allah's Presence during the End Times. (Allah knows the truth.) As we have seen, the verses of the Qur'an concerning the return to Earth of the Prophet Jesus (as) are quite explicit.
Allah tells about the ascension of the Prophet Jesus (as) in Surah Maryam as follows:
(Jesus said,) Peace be upon me the day I was born, and the day I die and the day I am raised up again alive. (Surah Maryam, 33)
When we consider this verse together with Surah Al 'Imran 55, it indicates a very important truth. In the verse in Surah Al 'Imran it is stated that the Prophet Jesus (as) was raised up to the Presence of Allah. No information is given in this verse about death or killing. Yet in Surah Maryam: 33 information is given about the day when the Prophet Jesus (as) will die. That second death can only be possible if the Prophet Jesus (as) dies after returning to and living on earth for a while. (Allah knows the truth.)
Another piece of evidence about the Prophet Jesus (as) returning to earth appears in Surat al-Ma'ida and in Surah Al 'Imran in the form of the word kahlan. The verses say:
Remember when Allah said, "Jesus, son of Mary, remember My blessing to you and to your mother when I reinforced you with the Purest Spirit so that you could speak to people in the cradle and when you were fully grown (kahlan)... (Surat al-Ma'ida, 110)
He will speak to people in the cradle, and also when fully grown (kahlan), and will be one of the righteous. (Surah Al 'Imran, 46)
This word appears only in the above two verses in the Qur'an, and only in reference to the Prophet Jesus (as). The meaning of the word kahlan, used to refer to the Prophet Jesus' (as) adult state, is along the lines of between thirty and fifty years old, someone who is no longer young, someone who has reached the perfect age. Islamic scholars agree on translating this word as indicating the period after thirty-five years of age.
Based on a hadith reported by Ibn 'Abbas to the effect that the Prophet Jesus (as) ascended to heaven in his early thirties, at a young age, and will stay another forty years when he returns, Islamic scholars say that the Prophet Jesus' (as) old age will be after he returns to earth. (Muhammed Khalil Herras, Fasl al-maqal fi raf'i 'Isa hayyan wa nuzulihi wa qatlihi'd-Dajjal (The Ascend of Jesus, His Revival, Resurrection, and His Killing the Dajjal), Makatabat as-Sunnah, Cairo, 1990, p. 20)
In looking at the verses of the Qur'an, we see that this statement is only used for the Prophet Jesus (as). All the prophets spoke to people and called them to the true path. They all communicated their message in maturity. Yet there is no such statement in the Qur'an about any other prophet. The statement is only used to refer to the Prophet Jesus (as) and indicates his miraculous situation. That is because the words "in the cradle" and "when fully grown" that follow each other in the verses are stressing two miraculous periods.
In fact, in his work The Commentary of at-Tabari, Imam at-Tabari gives the following explanation of these verses:
These statements (Surat al-Ma'ida, 110) indicate that in order to complete his lifespan and speak to people when fully grown the Prophet Jesus (as) will come down from heaven. That is because he was raised to heaven when still young. In this verse (Surah Al 'Imran, 46) there is evidence that the Prophet Jesus (as) is living, and Ahl al-Sunnah share that view. That is because in this verse it is stated that he will speak to people when fully grown. He will only be able to grow fully when he returns to earth from heaven. (Imam at-Tabari, The Commentary of at-Tabari, Vol. 1, p. 247 )
Some people however, interpret the word "when fully grown" in a manner far removed from its true meaning and do not analyse it in the context of the general logic of the Qur'an. These people maintain that prophets have always been mature adults, for which reason the expression refers to all the lives of the prophets. Of course the prophets were mature adults whom Allah raised. Yet in Surat al-Ahqaf Allah reveals that the age of full maturity is forty. It is revealed in this verse that:
We have instructed man to be good to his parents. His mother bore him with difficulty and with difficulty gave birth to him; and his bearing and weaning take thirty months. Then when he achieves his full strength and reaches forty, he says, "My Lord, keep me thankful for the blessing You bestowed on me and on my parents, and keep me acting rightly, pleasing You. And make my descendants righteous. I have repented to You and I am truly one of the Muslims." (Surat al-Ahqaf, 15)
The word kahlan, therefore, also points to the Prophet Jesus' (as) return to earth just like all the other information given in the Qur'an. (Allah knows the truth.)
There are other examples of people in the Qur'an who left the world and then returned after hundreds of years.
A man who was resurrected after a century
In the Qur'an, Allah gives the example of a man who remained dead for a century. This is related in Surat al-Baqara:
Or the one who passed by a town which had fallen into ruin? He asked, "How can Allah restore this to life when it has died?" Allah caused him to die a hundred years then brought him back to life. Then He asked, "How long have you been here?" He replied, "I have been here a day or part of a day." He said, "Not so! You have been here a hundred years. Look at your food and drink – it has not gone bad – and look at your donkey so We can make you a Sign for all mankind. Look at the bones – how We raise them up and clothe them in flesh." When it had become clear to him, he said, "Now I know that Allah has power over all things." (Surat al-Baqara, 259)
In the verses given in the previous pages, there is mention of the fact that the Prophet Jesus (as) did not die but was "taken back." In the verse above, the man, however, definitely died. Consequently, even a dead person can rise again by the will of Allah and the above verse states this explicitly.
The Companions of the Cave awoke after years
The story of the "Companions of the Cave" is related in Surat al-Kahf. These were young men who were compelled to take refuge from the cruel tyranny of the ruler of the time in a cave. It is related that they fell asleep and were woken up after years of sleep:
When the young men took refuge in the cave and said, "Our Lord, give us mercy directly from You and open the way for us to right guidance in our situation." So We sealed their ears with sleep in the cave for a number of years. (Surat al-Kahf, 10-11)
You would have supposed them to be awake whereas in fact they were asleep. We moved them to the right and to the left, and at the entrance, their dog stretched out its paws. If you had looked down and seen them, you would have turned from them and run and have been filled with terror at the sight of them. That was the situation when we woke them up so they could question one another. One of them asked, "How long have you been here?" They replied "We have been here for a day or part of a day." They said, "Your Lord knows best how long have you been here. Send one of your number into the city with this silver you have, so he can see which food is purest and bring you some of it to eat. But he should go about with caution so that no one is aware of you." (Surat al-Kahf, 18-19)
Allah does not explain in the Qur'an exactly how much time the young men spent in the cave. Instead, the duration of this period is implied by the words "for a number of years". People's guess at this period however was rather high: three hundred and nine years. Allah says:
They stayed in their Cave for three hundred years and added nine. Say: "Allah knows best how long they stayed. The Unseen of the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. How perfectly He sees, how well He hears! They have no protector apart from Him. Nor does He share His rule with anyone." (Surat al-Kahf, 25-26)
Under normal conditions, people obviously cannot sleep for such a long period. This sleep, therefore, may not be the type of sleep with which we are familiar. Perhaps they were taken into another dimension, one in which time and space do not apply, and were later sent back to earth.
Just like people waking up from sleep, these people also returned to life. In a similar way, the Prophet Jesus (as) will return to life when he comes back to earth and, after fulfilling the honorable responsibility imposed on him by Allah, and, as a requirement of the verse; He said: "On it [earth] you will live and on it die, and from it you will be brought forth," (Surat al-A'raf: 25) he will die on earth, like every other human being and Allah knows the truth.


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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosisLou Gehrig's disease; ALS; Upper and lower motor neuron disease; Motor neuron disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement.
ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
1 out of 10 cases of ALS are due toa genetic defect. The other times, the cause is unknown.
In ALS, nerve cells (neurons) waste away or die, and can no longer send messages to muscles. This eventually leads to muscle weakening, twitching, and an inability to move the arms, legs, and body. The condition slowly gets worse. When the muscles in the chest area stop working, it becomes hard or impossible to breathe.
ALS affects approximately 5 out of every 100,000 people worldwide.
There are no known risk factors, except for having a family member who has a hereditary form of the disease.
Symptoms usually do not develop until after age 50, but they can start in younger people. Persons with ALS have a loss of muscle strength and coordination that eventually gets worse and makes it impossible to do routine tasks such as going up steps, getting out of a chair, or swallowing.
Breathing or swallowing muscles may be the first muscles affected. As the disease gets worse, more muscle groups develop problems.
ALS does not affect the senses (sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch). It only rarely affects bladder or bowel function, eye movement,or a person's ability to think or reason.
Symptoms include:
- Difficulty breathing
- Difficulty swallowing
- Choking easily
- Drooling
- Gagging
- Head drop due to weakness of the neck muscles
- Muscle cramps
- Muscle contractions called fasciculations
- Muscle weakness that slowly gets worse
- Commonly involves one part of the body first, such as the arm or hand
- Eventually leads to difficulty lifting, climbing stairs, and walking
- Paralysis
- Speech problems, such as a slow or abnormal speech pattern (slurring of words)
- Voice changes, hoarseness
- Weight loss
Exams and Tests
The doctor or nurse will examine you and ask questions about yourmedical history and symptoms.
The physical exam may show:
- Weakness, often beginning in one area
- Muscle tremors, spasms, twitching, or loss of muscle tissue
- Twitching of the tongue (common)
- Abnormal reflexes
- Stiff or clumsy walk
- Increased reflexes at the joints
- Difficulty controlling crying or laughing (sometimes called emotional incontinence)
- Loss of gag reflex
Tests that may be done include:
- Blood tests to rule out other conditions
- Breathing test to see if lung muscles are affected
- Cervical spine CT or MRI to be sure there is no disease or injury to the neck, which can mimic ALS
- Electromyography to see which nerves or muscles do not work properly
- Genetic testing, if there is a family history of ALS
- Head CT or MRI to rule out other conditions
- Swallowing studies
- Spinal tap (lumbar puncture)
There is no known cure for ALS.A medicine called riluzole helps slow down the symptoms and lets you live longer.
Treatments to control other symptoms include:
- Baclofen or diazepam for spasticity that interferes with daily activities
- Trihexyphenidyl or amitriptyline for people with problems swallowing their own saliva
Physical therapy, rehabilitation, use of braces or a wheelchair, or other measures may be needed to help with muscle function and general health.
Choking is common. Patients may decide to have a tube placed into their stomach for feeding. This is called a gastrostomy.
A nutritionist is very important. Patients with ALS tend to lose weight. The illness itself increases the need for food and calories. At the same time, problems with swallowing make it hard to eat enough.
Breathing devices include machines that are used only at night, and constant mechanical ventilation.
Patients should discuss their wishes regarding artificial ventilation with their families and doctors.
Support Groups
Emotional support is vital in coping with the disorder, because mental functioning is not affected. Groups such as the ALS Association may be available to help people who are coping with the disorder.
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Over time, people with ALS progressively lose the ability to function and care for themselves. Death often occurs within 3 - 5 years of diagnosis. About1 in 4 patientssurvive for more than 5 years after diagnosis.
Possible Complications
- Breathing in food or fluid (aspiration)
- Loss of ability to care for self
- Lung failure (See: Adult respiratory distress syndrome)
- Pneumonia
- Pressure sores
- Weight loss
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- You have symptoms of ALS, particularly if you have a family history of the disorder
- You or someone else has been diagnosed with ALS and symptoms get worse or new symptoms develop
Increased difficulty swallowing, difficulty breathing, and episodes of apnea are symptoms that require immediate attention.
You may want to see a genetic counselor if you have a family history of ALS.
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Shaw PJ. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other motor neuron diseases. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 418.
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We're less than two months into 2017, and so far, vandalism on Jewish landmarks has increased while 54 Jewish Community Centers in 27 states have reported receiving bomb threats.
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Presidents Day is a good time to reflect on some of the great things chief executives have said about separation of church and state and religious freedom.
Yesterday a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee convened a hearing on "The State of Religious Liberty in America." It was supposed to be yet another installment in a long-running series: opponents of LGBTQ equality and reproductive rights seek to promote discrimination under the guise of religious freedom.
Today, the Supreme Court of the state of Washington issued an important ruling, unanimously holding that a business can't ignore the state anti-discrimination law and refuse to provide flowers for a same-sex couple's wedding.
Yesterday, a federal appeals court ruled 2-1 that county commissioners in Jackson County, Mich. – all of whom are Christian – can no longer deliver prayers that are exclusively Christian prior to their meetings.
Tomorrow, a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on "The State of Religious Liberty in America." Today, Americans United joined two dozen organizations in a letter urging the subcommittee to focus on an extraordinary, immediate threat to religious freedom: President Donald J. Trump's Muslim ban.
Every so often, right-wing commentator Pat Buchanan lurches out of the far-right fever swamp where he has resided for the past 50 years to offer all of us some pearls of wisdom.
His latest is an old standby: If you don't like a court ruling, find a way to shut down the court.
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Media figures on network and cable news broadcasts, talk radio, and in the op-ed pages of national newspapers have repeated four misleading or false claims that support President Bush's proposal to create the option of private accounts and reduce future Social Security benefits: 1) that benefit cuts already mandated by "current law" are greater than what Bush has proposed; 2) that Democrats have "put forth nothing" in the Social Security debate; 3) that the "voluntary" nature of President Bush's proposed private accounts means they "can't do much harm" to the system; and 4) that Bush's proposal helps the poor at the expense of the rich.
Misleading talking point #1: Benefit cuts would be greater under "current law" than Bush's proposal
On the May 2 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume, chief Washington correspondent Jim Angle drew a misleading comparison between Bush's proposal for so-called "progressive indexing" of Social Security benefits and what Angle called "current law." Under the heading "Current Law Reductions," Angle presented a hypothetical schedule of benefit cuts that would actually occur only if Congress changed current law.
Current law mandates a specific benefit schedule for future recipients. Without statutory changes, the federal government would retain the legal obligation to continue paying scheduled benefits -- in theory, out of general revenues - even when the Social Security trust fund is exhausted, projected by the Social Security trustees to occur in 2041 and by the Congressional Budget Office in 2052. But Angle used his misleading definition of "current law" to claim that "in most cases, workers would do better under the indexing option than if nothing were done." Here is the on-screen chart that appeared during Angle's report:
Since an actual default by the government in the payment of benefits would be unprecedented, it is all but certain that Congress will enact changes to "current law" before the projected exhaustion of the trust fund. But Angle's graphic contrasted Bush's proposal with a straw man. The Social Security trustees project that the system will take in enough revenue in 2045 to pay 73 percent of scheduled benefits. But what Angle's chart labeled "current law" would actually occur only if Congress chose one specific option for restoring solvency -- an across-the-board 27 percent benefit cut -- that, to date, no one has proposed.
Misleading talking point #2: Democrats "have put forth nothing"
Angle also claimed in his report that "so far, Democrats have rejected the entire concept of indexing, along with the idea of negotiating over any details on how to fix the system." He quoted Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) to support this accusation, but in fact, Dodd and others have suggested ideas that address Social Security's solvency. On the May 1 edition of NBC's Meet the Press, Dodd suggested a way to restore long-term solvency without massive benefit cuts:
DODD: If you would just take what the president suggested in 2001 for his tax cuts, which were not to be permanent but to expire within 10 years -- if he would not make those permanent, those tax cuts will amount to about $11 trillion in revenue losses over the next 75 years. The solvency issue for the Social Security Trust Fund is around $3 trillion. Just reduce that tax cut by $3 trillion, keep $8 trillion if you want. That solves the solvency problem without cutting benefits at all.
Similarly, CBS' Bob Schieffer, Fox News' Chris Wallace, and CNN's Robert D. Novak all falsely claimed that Democrats still "offer nothing" on Social Security. On the May 1 edition of CBS' Face the Nation, Schieffer, responding to Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), said, "Democrats have put forth nothing, and I certainly agree with you on that." Wallace, discussing Social Security with Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on the May 1 edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday, asked: "Can Democrats get through this entire question of Social Security without offering a single constructive idea of your own?" And on the May 3 edition of CNN's Crossfire, co-host Novak claimed that "Democrats haven't come up with anything except complaints."
But in addition to Dodd's proposed solvency suggestion, Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-MI) has offered "Alternative Proposals to Privatization" on his website, and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) have both expressed similar ideas to Dodd's. Moreover, Democrats have expressed willingness to address the solvency issue, and there have been a number of other proposals, including a plan by the Democratic Leadership Council and another plan by Massachusetts Institute of Technology economics professor Peter A. Diamond and Brookings Institution senior fellow Peter R. Orszag. As The Christian Science Monitor reported on May 2: "Democrats face criticism for having 'no plan,' but in fact, individual members have proposals, and Senate aides have been formulating proposals on future financing for Social Security if the president is willing to drop personal accounts carved out of Social Security payroll taxes."
Misleading talking point #3: "Voluntary" private accounts "can't do much harm"
Los Angeles Times editorial page editor Michael Kinsley wrote in a May 1 op-ed that "if privatization is truly voluntary, it can't do much harm," adding that "if that's Bush's price for being out front on a real solution to the real problem, the Democrats should let him have it." Fox News host Bill O'Reilly made a similar claim on the April 29 edition of the nationally syndicated radio show The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, asserting that "if an American citizen wants to take a small portion of his or her Social Security contribution and invest it in a private account...[i]t has nothing to do with you." O'Reilly suggested that an individual's decision to divert a portion of his or her payroll taxes into a private account would have no bearing on the system as a whole, claiming: "It's an option -- it's a small part of it. You don't have to do it! It's bogus! It's bogus! All Bush wants to do is reduce the payouts the government has to make in 40 years!"
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has estimated the transition costs for private accounts to be $4.9 trillion through 2028, and it reported on March 24 that "Private accounts, unless financed by contemporaneous benefit reductions or tax increases, entail trillions of dollars of borrowing." The burden of paying these transition costs will fall on all Americans, not just those who opt for private accounts.
Misleading talking point #4: Bush's proposal helps the poor at the expense of the rich
U.S. News & World Report senior writer and syndicated columnist Michael Barone ignored the effect of Bush's proposed indexing of Social Security benefits on middle-class Americans earning more $20,000 a year. In his May 3 column, Barone claimed that Bush's proposal would "pay for low-income workers' personal accounts by cutting high-income workers' future benefits." In fact, the Bush proposal would likely cut guaranteed benefits for all workers making over $20,000 a year -- or just above the poverty threshold for a family of four -- while leaving benefit unchanged for those making under $20,000.
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(Doswell, VA) -- The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is reportedly buried in Virginia. The "Boston Globe" reports he was buried in a Muslim cemetery in Doswell, which is just north of Richmond. It was coordinated by a local woman who wanted to help after hearing reports of protests regarding his final resting spot. Tsarnaev was killed during a shootout with police just days after the bombing which killed three and wounded hundreds more.


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Brevard, N.C. - Rainy weather has forced several Brevard College athletic teams to reshuffle their schedules.
Wednesday's baseball game between the Brevard College Tornados and the Anderson University Trojans has been cancelled on account of rain. No make-up date has been announced.
The baseball team now turn its attention to this weekend's South Atlantic Conference series with Wingate University. Brevard and the Bulldogs will play a single game Friday at 7 p.m. and a doubleheader Saturday at noon. All three games are in Wingate, N.C.
The softball doubleheader scheduled between the Tornados and the Queens University of Charlotte Royals has been cancelled for today due to rain. No official makeup date has been scheduled yet.
The Tornados turn their attention to this weekend as they jump back into conference play by hosting Catawba College on Saturday, March 28th. First pitch for the doubleheader at the BC Softball Field is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Thursday's tennis matches have also been rained out, while Saturday's matches have been rescheduled. Thursday's men's match against King and women's match against Converse have been postponed. The Tornados hope to reschedule both match-ups.
Saturday's home SAC tennis matches against Newberry College have been pushed back a day. Brevard and Newberry will now tangle at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
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I think the owners of both are on friendly terms and as some of the fighters that appear on or are managed by Made4Thecage are also BAMMA fighters MADE4thecage have decided to demonstrate this bromance with a "Proudly Sponsored by BAMMA" on their website and promotional material.
If this was pre approved by BAMMA or Made4thecage just did it I do not know.
Seams harmless enough unless they bring their own brand into disrepute and take others with them.
My ground game is shocking Brad,I wouldnt worry about it lol :0)
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Im glad you two chaps are both here, Do you know why your title fight has been removed from Youtube in the past couple of days?
Thats to Danny Welsh and Brad Austen
Remember? the event that you both represented Team "Job Squad" ?
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i asked for all my fghts to be removed as the risk of kids at schools seeing it could cost me my job
it was removed months ago actually when i was suspended
obviously some fighters dont want their fights removed as they beat me and want to keep them, danny was nice enough to agree as at the time i was in some hot water at school.
changinging subject arent we mate?
Did you forget this one?
The video of your title fight has been set to private, would you be willing to ask whoever posted the video to accept a friend request from me to enable me to view it?
me and danny are now pretty good friends and travel together sometimes. unlike soem i would fight a team mate without any problems


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I'm pretty sure it wasn't on purpose. In fact, they automatically changed me the other direction a month ago. Why would they take it away? They even sent me a postcard in the mail bragging about the new feature. I'm guessing it was just an unexpected upgrade bug.
Oh you guys must be referring to the unlimited Mobile-to-Mobile to calling within the U.S.
Four is right. I forgot to mention the "cheaper" version of the unlimited text plan is for people with plans that don't qualify, e.g. the cheapest voice plans (29.99 seniors plans and the 69.99 family plans) only get u unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling within the AT&T Network.
thanks for the post, just checked and att did this to me
The wife and I have never been much for texting, maybe 100 per month. Been happy with the $5/200 plan for years. They cancelled that on me this upgrade and put me on pay per text.... The ONLY option we had was the family unlimited plan, which may be the last straw for us......
What is there to contest here? The people out there who had a 2-for-1 feature were switched over to a single feature without their knowing. Most likely it is a bug in their system, but it is still noteworthy. Would any of you like it if you had been switched without your knowing, or consent? At least now that the word is out (at least on MMi) people can check and fix it.
The beauty of being on Pay as you go in England.
I never complain about articles on this site. This article is the exception. This article is really, really bad. The author sounds like a writer for a Verizon or Sprint blog. Doesn't at all mention that there is a high probability this is a mistake by AT&T, he just assumes it is AT&T trying to rip off customers. As people have mentioned, AT&T is heavily advertising the NEW feature of unlimited texting + unlimited mobile to mobile on any carrier. Author has his facts wrong. It has not ALWAYS been unlimited mobile to mobile on any carrier, only unlimited to other AT&T customers. Please, at least a little research.


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Got excited then for the return of Paul Jenkins ahhh.............SBG seam like the best option in Manchester from what i gather. Tanswel knows his shit!
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What's SBG
Thank you
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Thank you mate... Do they have a website?
Professional Bantamweight, Record 5-2
If your hands are good and you just want to learn the ground game for a bit you might as well go to Gracie Barra in Preston... Lucio Sergio coaches there and is world class.
In Manny you wont go far wrong with SBG as stated or maybe Team Colosseum is a little closer down the M61 in Farnworth
I've been doing bits and bobs - there is so much to remember! Is it more a case of picking what suits ? Just feel a bit overwhelmed with all the info I get.
Not being funny mate, but if you can box you'll be sound. Just up your cardio and youll be a monster. Haymakers and cardio wins fights seriously. If you can throw 15 minutes of haymakers you will beat most fellas