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Katy Sullivan's legs were taken from her at birth. Jay Cramer lost the use of his in 2005. But the couple haven't let that or anything else get in their way to becoming peer mentors and successful Hollywood actors.
On Friday the two were at Dundee-Crown High School – where Cramer was captain of the football team in 1993 – to deliver a motivational speech about overcoming obstacles and keeping a positive perspective on life.
Cramer, who was born in West Dundee, got the acting bug when he was at the University of Michigan.
After graduating with a degree in theater and drama performance, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in entertainment.
But in 2005, while training for a spot on the reality show "Survivor," Cramer fell during a rock-climbing exercise. He was diagnosed as a C5 level quadriplegic, and his dream of becoming an actor was in serious doubt.
"Before [the accident], I had gone through Second City. I had an agent. I was doing well," Cramer said. "Then I got injured, and everything got put on hold."
During rehab therapy treatments in Los Angeles, Cramer was approached by Sullivan, who was a double bilateral, above-the-knee amputee.
Sullivan was a young actress who spent some time in the Chicago theater scene before moving to L.A.
The two chatted about the Chicago Bears and friends they had in common. In 2009, they were married.
The couple's acting résumés would be impressive for any budding actor trying to make it in Hollywood.
Cramer was named L.A.'s top newcomer comedian in 2007 and L.A.'s Funniest Comic in 2009. He's had a commercial with Walmart and was on the ABC show "Desperate Housewives."
Sullivan has been on "My Name is Earl," "Last Man Standing" and "Legit" on FX. But one day, when Sullivan decided to take her prosthetic legs out for a run, she discovered an athletic ability she never knew she had.
"When I got to my first track meet, I kind of found out I was fast," Sullivan said. "I had this natural athletic ability I didn't know I had. So I was running and running, and thought, 'Let's see where this goes.'"
Her athleticism took her all the way to the 2012 London Olympics, where she finished sixth in the Paralympic 100 meters, setting an American record.
"She's the only one I know who's ever, for a hobby, made it to the Olympics," Cramer said.
Cramer and Sullivan have used their experiences to empower others to overcome obstacles in their own lives. They both are peer mentors to people who have experienced a disability and have recently started speaking to students about changing their perspectives on life.
"This is a life curveball that no one could ever possibly be ready for," Cramer said. "If you just take it one day at a time, if you can wrap your brain around the fact that this has happened, that's the day you can start to get better.
"All the stuff that used to bug you when you were able-bodied – your toilet's backed up, you're stuck in traffic, you lose your keys – all that stuff just goes away. The real stuff in life, the good stuff, matters."
Sullivan said that rather than dwelling on the negative aspects of her disability, she has turned it into an asset during acting auditions.
"[A disability] can be tough in terms of being an actor," she said. "But we bring something very different to the table. For me, it's been in some ways an advantage. Because they're looking for someone that has something different going on."
"The disabled and handicapped world is being embraced [in Hollywood]," Cramer said, citing shows such as "Breaking Bad," "Glee" and "Push Girls" that show disabled actors in a positive light.
Cramer and Sullivan have a remarkable perspective on life, one that is often difficult to find in the vain and superficial world of Hollywood. But the two seem to rise above negative noise, and Cramer said telling his story to his high school alma mater made the experience that much sweeter.
"It's an out-of-body experience," he said. "Everybody has the dream of coming back to their old high school so they can just prove to everyone what a god you were when you were here or how cool you are now. And you don't expect to come back in this capacity. But I am beyond thrilled. If there's one person that we can touch today, it makes the whole thing worthwhile."


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With Gilmer (20-6, 10-1) in first place, Bullard falls to second with two losses to the Buckeyes, and Spring Hill, with the only district win over Gilmer, holds on to third.
After getting only one hit off the Panther pitcher Zach Eschberger for six innings, Gilmer combined two hits, a steal and a walk for the winning runs.
With one out, Skylar Hollis grounded to the short stop, who bobbled the ball just long enough for Hollis to beat the throw. Two pitches later, the speedy Buckeye dove head first, under the tag to steal second base.
By the time Mitch Lange walked, Hollis had reached third on a passed ball. Jamel Jackson came in to run for Lange as a courtesy runner.
On a full count, Bryce Tomlin dropped a hit in short center field, allowing the two runners to score, and for the celebrations to begin.
Colin Hardin finished the night with the win, after giving up one run and five hits.
Gilmer had only three hits, but they clustered two together for the winning runs.
Gilmer finishes the regular season at Kilgore Friday and will enter the playoffs next week.


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Here is something that you can find out for the next live stream:
During the Bree revamp, scarycrow was working on a dwarven area in bree that was not ready when the bree revamp changes went live. The area is in game but you can't enter it. What happened to it? Did it get scrapped? Did get put at the bottom of the list? Or is it being worked on and it is scribled on a white board somewhere as being planned for update


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Shake-up in Grant Park Government
Grant Park mayor J.R. Meyer and 10 other local officials resigned suddenly last (Mon) night, forcing the Kankakee County town to re-group under new direction.
Nine of the village's 12 park board members also resigned. Trustee Chris Morse also resigned his position. Police Administrator Robert Husom also retired, effective immediately.
Trustee Bob Malkowski was appointed Mayor-pro tem. Steve Nardi, one of the town's patrol officers, was then appointed police chief.
Further explanations were not offered for the mass-exit of officials. Today, however, current council-members said the former mayor was not happy with results of the recent April election.
The village board's meeting agenda was tabled.


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Automating the Underwriting of Insurance Applications
An end-to-end system was created at Genworth Financial to automate the underwriting of long-term care (LTC) and life insurance applications. Relying heavily on artificial intelligence techniques, the system has been in production since December 2002 and in 2004 completely automates the underwriting of 19 percent of the LTC applications. A fuzzy logic rules engine encodes the underwriter guidelines and an evolutionary algorithm optimizes the engine's performance. Finally, a natural language parser is used to improve the coverage of the underwriting system.
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Slavery in the Bible
From Iron Chariots Wiki
Slavery is the condition of bondage or ownership of persons.
For more information, see the Wikipedia article:
Old Testament
Slavery is implicitly condoned in the Old Testament in several instances.
- Exodus 21:20-21 and Exodus 21:26-27 regulates the beating of slaves, and states that the owner may not be punished if the slave survives for at least two days after the beating.
- Leviticus 19:20-22 gives instructions about the sacrifices that should be made if a slave owner has sex with or rapes an engaged female slave. The slave herself is punished with whipping, but no sacrifices or punishment are required if the slave is not engaged.
- In Leviticus 25:44-46 , the Israelites were allowed to buy slaves from other nations, and then hand them down as an inheritance.
- In Leviticus 25:39 , buying your brother as a slave is allowed.
New Testament
The second part of the Bible recognizes that the institution of slavery exists, but it doesn't make any attempt to criticize it.
- In Luke 12:45-48 , the Parable of the Faithful Servant, Jesus discusses the punishment of slaves, and says that a slave may be punished for not doing something he wasn't instructed to do.
- In Ephesians 6:5-9 , Paul instructs the slaves to be obedient.
- Colossians 4:1 and 1 Timothy 6:1-3 also admonish slaves to obey their masters.
- In his Epistle to Philemon, Paul is allegedly returning a runaway slave to his owner.
- In Mark 18:25 , priests are described as holding slaves.
- In Matthew 18:25 , people and their children are described as being sold into slavery.
- Colossians 3:11 , 1 Corinthians 12:13 and Galatians 3:28 are sometimes used to defend NT, to show that it supports some form of egalitarianism.
Historical defense of American slavery
Religious opinion on slavery was split in the 19th century. Many Christians were abolitionists, while many supporters of slavery also justified their arguments with reference to Bible verses like those listed above.
For example, in 1856 Reverend Thomas Stringfellow, a Baptist minister from Culpepper County in Virginia, wrote an essay called "A Scriptural View of Slavery", which is full of passages that support his opinion, such as:
- "Job himself was a great slave-holder, and, like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, won no small portion of his claims to character with God and men from the manner in which he discharged his duty to his slaves."
- "It is certain that God interposed to give Joseph the power in Egypt, which he used, to create a state, or condition, among the Egyptians, which substantially agrees with patriarchal and modern slavery."
- "If, therefore, doing to others as we would they should do to us, means precisely what loving our neighbor as ourself means, then Jesus has added no new moral principle above those in the law of Moses, to prohibit slavery, for in his law is found this principle, and slavery also."


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Four Bowdoin faculty members were elected to emeritus status during the May 11-12, 2012 meeting of the Bowdoin College Board of Trustees. Thomas Cornell was elected Richard E. Steele Artist-in-Residence Emeritus; Jane Knox was elected Professor Russian Emerita; James McCalla was elected Associate Professor of Music Emeritus; and Craig McEwen was elected Daniel B. Fayerweather Professor of Political Economy and Sociology Emeritus.
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AT HIS State of the City address last January, Mayor Menino pledged that "one year from now Boston will have adopted a radically different student plan — one that puts a priority on children attending schools closer to their homes.'' It's now clear that Menino won't meet that deadline, but people in the city shouldn't be too concerned about it. On this issue, an extra month or two won't matter. It's more important to get it right.
The current student-assignment plan buses children across three wide geographic zones at great expense with little in the way of educational payoff. The mayor's external advisory committee, charged with recommending a new plan, continues to plod through data in an effort to craft a solution that recognizes the stability of neighborhood schools while respecting some parents' concerns that their children could be trapped in underperforming classrooms. The committee could have taken the easy way out and limited its analysis to one of the five alternative plans created by the school department. But members, to their credit, are paying careful attention to outside recommendations of plans that do more than move geographic lines around on a map of the city.
Delaying a decision until January or shortly beyond shouldn't pose a serious problem. Any new assignment plan, after all, wouldn't be implemented until the fall of 2014.
One thing that would be a problem, though, would be for the committee to get bogged down in disagreements over whether the existing system, which has its supporters, should be modified at all. The committee's very mission presumes that it should be. Its job is to devise a realistic alternative plan — an alternative that captures the community-building benefits of neighborhood schools. With a concrete proposal in hand, Menino, the Boston School Committee, and the general public can then weigh it against the status quo and make an informed decision.


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This would be youth and the belief I was invincible, risking your life several times a week will give you this delusion.
Hang it high and God Bless!!
Sometimes, I feel like that AFLAC duck, after his encounter with Yogi Berra.
"I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults". Molly Ivins
I'm surprised by the results, especially considering that you gutted the paracord. Without the inner strands, paracord loses much of it's rating.
While I don't doubt what you're reporting is true it worries me that people will repeat what you've done and use the paracord shackles for hammock suspension, despite your cautions. People are always looking for shortcuts and cheaper, easier to come by solutions. Similarly people were substituting easier stopper knots than the diamond knot when making Amsteel soft shackles which resulted in failures.
"Don't speak unless it improves the silence." -proverb
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If I were reading this and wanted to use these on my hammock I would do a similar test that I did to insure the soft shackles were safe for me...I make no claims for anyone but me.
For me I did the test because so many people were commenting that the 550 shackles wouldn't hold my weight...I will not be using them and those that do use them on a hammock should be willing to fall the couple of feet to the ground if the soft shackle fail.
I fell a few times before I got tired of falling and jerry rigging and just bought amsteel and made whoopie slings. That is my suggestion for hanging a hammock.
I will be using the 550 soft shackles to hang gear on my new DIY backpack...should come it at 12 oz when its done tomorrow.
Hang it high and God Bless!!
Be careful! I love 550 too, but also love not falling on my ***!
I'll give Vince his due, and he's probably due more yet:
He's assuming his own risks in something of the spirit, I suppose, of some serious climbing-equipment testers. HF refers almost exclusively to break-strength. To get a sense of the importance of other parameters, go to http://www.caves.org/section/vertica...hsc/cthsc.html
for examples of tests and direction to protocols for testing gear similar to what Vince was playing with.
Ignoring the hook , when the 2 lb test line breaks for the angler who was hoping to land a 10 lb fish with it, a fish swims away better off for the breakage.
"Better than a map!"
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I am using 5 soft shackles now on my DIY backpack and I love them. I was going to make some amsteel soft shackles but decided against it since all my 550 shackles are holding up weights less then 5 pounds and I don't want to waste Amsteel on such a light implementation.
The heaviest thing I use my 550 cord for now is my ridgeline of my tarp.
Hang it high and God Bless!!


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See Dillon MT Sheriffs and search free public sheriff records. Sheriffs are law enforcement officers which enforce laws and keep public order. Sheriffs are usually elected by their regional counties.
Beaverhead County Sheriff's Office 10 North Pacific Street Dillon MT 59725 406-683-3700
Madison County Sheriff's Office 110 Wallace Street Virginia City MT 59755 34.0 miles from Dillon 406-843-5301
Silver Bow County Sheriff's Office 225 North Alaska Street Butte MT 59701 55.3 miles from Dillon 406-497-1120
A sheriff is an elected law enforcement official for a county. Sheriffs usually have policing jurisdiction over unincorporated areas of the county, though in some states, sheriffs have jurisdiction throughout the state.
In many locations, the sheriff also runs the county jail.
The sheriff keeps records on criminal arrests, incidents reported to the sheriff, traffic collision reports, and other records. Many of these records are available to the public.


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Our Honeywell VP thermostats always shows inside Humidity of 100% (on main display) and 99% on the "more" display. The fan seems to run almost continuously (we have a 16i something A/C and variable speed air handler by Trane). It is not 100% humidity inside, and I suspect the humidity % has something to do with the fan running essentially all the time (we have high electricity bills :nopity:). Even when we set the thermostat on "OFF" the fan keeps on running, so to save electricity in the winter (in Florida) we have to turn the switch off at the electric box in the garage. Can anyone, please, help. I have had the A/C service person here twice, and both have said that it appears to be working fine. If I call yet another one, what should I ask them on the phone to make sure they know how to fix the thermostat/AC or configure things correctly. Thanks.
P.S. When I press "more", the only things I see on the display are the 99% humidity, "done" and "cancel", no up/down arrows, nothing.


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Review: Yurbuds Venture Talk
The newest headphones from IRONMAN partner Yurbuds are even more rugged and durable, making them an ideal addition to your training kit.
by Kevin Mackinnon
Guaranteed to never fall out, Yurbuds headphones have become a popular training accessory for multi-sport athletes. Thanks to the patented Twist Lock Technology and soft silicone material, Yurbuds headphones fit securely and comfortably into your ears, making them easy to wear for hours at a time. Athletes aren't the only ones who appreciate the performance and comfort, either—you'll find ample proof of that any time you walk into an Apple store and see the shelves full of Yurbuds.
New from Yurbuds, the Venture series is designed for the outdoor enthusiast and features flat Kevlar cords with a protective coating for water- and tangle-resistant durability and QuickClik Magnets that join the earbuds together when you want to pack them away. We tried out the Venture Talk ($79.99), which is a great headset to use with your cell phone because of the one-button microphone that allows you to control music tracks and phone calls.
If you haven't tried Yurbuds before, the defining feature of these headphones are the medical grade silicone enhancers that come in a variety of sizes to ensure the optimal ergonomic fit. These enhancers literally twist into your ear canal. It might sound uncomfortable, but nothing could be further from the truth. Twisting them into your ears ensures that they won't come out, no matter how hard you might be pushing the pace.
The coated Kevlar cord on the Venture Talk feels considerably more beefed up and durable than models we've tried in the past. We had no issues with sweat, rain and even snow during our test period—the Venture Talk headphones remained comfortable and stayed in our ears no matter what conditions we put them through. Performance was excellent—the sound quality is good and the microphone works well. We tested the headphones and the one-button on Apple and Android phones without any problems and, according to Yurbuds, they are also compatible with Blackberry phones, too. The Venture Talk also works well as a headset for use on a computer.
One of the nice features of the Yurbuds enhancers is that they allow you to hear some ambient noise, which provides a bit of safety when you're running or on the bike. While they're comfortable for use on a plane, though, if you do a lot of traveling you'll probably want to stick with noise canceling headphones for any long flights.
In keeping with the higher-end and more durable feel of the Venture Talk there's a nice sport carry pouch. They come with two sizes of silicone enhancers that seem to be a bit stiffer than the enhancers that come with the pro model, but are every bit as comfortable, even for hours of use at a time.
Designed for the kind of wear and tear an IRONMAN athlete can throw at them, the Venture Talk are a great new addition to the Yurbuds line up.


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Lighting pioneer Shuji Nakamura has been named a winner of the 2010 Harvey Prize for advancements in science and technology.
Awarded annually by the Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology, the Harvey Prize includes a $75,000 stipend in recognition of great contributions to science and technology and human health. Nakamura, who is a professor of materials in the College of Engineering University of California, Santa Barbara and co-director of the Solid State Lighting and Energy Center, received the award for inventing Light Emitting Diodes, or LEDs -- blue, green, and white light-emitting diodes and the blue laser diode. He and a UCSB team also developed the world's first nonpolar blue-violet laser diodes.
According to the prize announcement issued by the Technion, Nakamura was chosen for the Harvey Prize for "his seminal contributions to light sources based on nitride containing III-V semiconductors. Nakamura pioneered the research that led to the first semiconductor laser producing blue emission, which increases significantly the density of optical storage devices. His work on nitride containing light emitting diodes led eventually to the white light LED, which totally revolutionized lighting concepts. These white light LEDs will dominate light-producing systems, as they are significantly more efficient than conventional incandescent light bulbs, ensuring huge reductions in energy consumption."


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3 U.S. Code § 109 - Public property in and belonging to the Executive Residence at the White House
The steward, housekeeper, or such other employee of the Executive Residence at the White House as the President may designate, shall under the direction of the President, have the charge and custody of and be responsible for the plate, furniture, and public property therein. A complete inventory, in proper books, shall be made annually in the month of June, under the direction of the Director of the National Park Service, of all the public property in and belonging to the Executive Residence at the White House, showing when purchased, its cost, condition, and final disposition. This inventory shall be submitted to the President for his approval, and shall then be kept for reference in the office of the Director of the National Park Service, which shall furnish a copy thereof to the steward, housekeeper, or other employee responsible for the property.
1978—Pub. L. 95–570 substituted in section catchline "the Executive Residence at the White House" for "Executive Mansion" and in text "Executive Residence at the White House" for "Executive Mansion" in two places.
1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which required a bond in the sum of $10,000 from the person having charge and custody of the plate, furniture, and public property.
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–570 applicable to any fiscal year beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1978, see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 95–570, set out as a note under section 102 of this title.
Functions of all other officers of Department of the Interior and functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, with two exceptions, transferred to Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174,64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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Phyllis Fetscher, Massapequa Park resident, longtime Community Methodist Church member
Longtime Massapequa Park resident Phyllis M. Fetscher died July 21, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn. She was 79. She was born on Dec. 15, 1929 in Mineola to William S. and Ethel (Bookhammer) Mason. In addition to caring for her family and home, she was employed as a secretary in Roslyn Public Schools for many years. Mrs.
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I am here to discuss a serious matter that has happened to me and have tried my best to find someone to help me and this is where Ive come.
I have this problem, which my family says its waswasa, and that problem is that whenever I recite the Quran I always think i have made a mistake and when I pray I forget if I did the 2 sujuud or said salam, and I also mix up in saying al tahiyat and sometimes forget what I said…And even during wudhu I always feel that i keep on breaking wind during wudhu and sometimes I forget if I have washed someparts, for example: sometimes i feel I forgot to wash my hands sometimes my face and so on and all this makes me keep on repeating the wudhu…
This matter has gone to such an extent that during a wudhu, I was trying to think of a way to stop all this, so during that wudhu i said: "I swear on Allah, if i repeat anything during this wudhu, Allah count me as a kafir" and at another time i made up another oath saying:" I swear on Allah, if i repeat the wudhu, Oh Angels jin and shayateen, count me as kaafir"… i thought these oaths will keep me scared from repeating wudhu, so I used the same oaths during prayer to keep me away from repeating the verses of the Quran again and again…It worked well until, at times i repeated the wudhu and at times i repeated the verses, I am scared if this oath has made me a kafir, I'm a pious Muslim and Momin and I pray to and worship Allah everyday , and my heart is strong with Iman.
I am really sad of what I have done, and Swore i won't do these types of oaths,and again I say I am scared if this oath has made me a kafir, so this is why I try and contact you for an answer to this question, has this oath made me a kafir?
I would be very thankful for an answer.
Jazakum Allahu Khayran.
If possible, could you tell me of a way to stop repeating the wudhu due to the wind break feeling and forgetfullness and a way to stop the forgetfullness in salah and a way to stop the continious repeating of the ayas?.
Praise be to Allaah.
It makes no sense and it is not prescribed in Islam in any way to expose your religious commitment to the whispers (waswaas) of the Shaytaan so that he may toy with it as he wishes and make you mess about with your religious commitment like someone who is gambling by swearing oaths and making vows. Your religious commitment is too important and too precious for this kind of risky behaviour. Your enemy is lying in wait for you and seeks to instil in your heart his devilish whispers, doubts and bad thoughts, so as to distract you from worship and weaken your commitment to it. And he seeks to instill anxiety and distress in your heart. You have seen how you have ended up with his whispers (waswaas).
The matter is much more straightforward than that. A person's act of worship cannot be ended or invalidated on the basis of mere uncertainty, let alone the waswaas that is attacking you, that is closer to being a sickness than wellbeing.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: what if a person does wudoo' and stands to pray, then feels some wetness (such as a drop of urine etc) whilst he is praying. Does that invalidate his prayer or not?
He replied:
Merely feeling something does not invalidate wudoo' and it is not permissible for him to exit an obligatory prayer on the basis of mere uncertainty. If he is certain that urine has been secreted to the outside of the penis, then his wudoo' is invalidated and he has to wash himself (istinja'), unless he is suffering from urinary incontinence. But the prayer is not invalidated by a mere feeling, if he has done what is enjoined upon him.
End quote from Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 21/219-220
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The believer should not pay any attention to this waswaas (devilish whisper) because that will make the Shaytaan try harder and seek to instil even worse waswaas; the Shaytaan is keen to spoil the good deeds of the son of Adam, such as his prayer and other deeds. So it is essential to be aware of his tricks and whispers, to put your trust in Allah and to regard whatever happens to you of waswaas as being from the Shaytaan, so that you will not pay attention to it. If anything comes out and you are certain of it, without a doubt, then you should wash yourself again (istinja) and repeat wudoo'. But so long as there is any uncertainty, even if it is small, you should not pay any attention to that, so as to maintain that your wudoo' is valid and so as to combat the Shaytaan.
End quote from Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn Baaz, 10/123
What you must do in order to rid yourself of this waswaas is seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytaan and carry on with your worship, without paying attention to any whispers that the Shaytaan may try to put into your mind; you should also offer a great deal of supplication (du'aa'), asking Allah to keep his plots away from you.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
As for this waswaas (whispers from the Shaytaan) that happen to some of the sons of Adam, whether they have to do with beliefs or with religious matters such as prayer, wudoo', purification and the like, the remedy for this disease that we ask Allah to keep us and our Muslim brothers safe from is to seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytaan, and to ignore it (the waswaas) and not pay any attention to it at all. So if the Shaytaan whispers to him that something is impure (najis) or that he has broken his wudoo', when he is not certain of that, he should not pay any attention to it. If he persists in ignoring it and not paying any attention to it, it will go away with Allah's help.
End quote from Fataawa Noor 'ala ad-Darb by Ibn 'Uthaymeen, 6/122
With regard to your oath and vow, you made a grievous error by doing that, unless it was the waswaas that got the better of you to such an extent that you did not know what you were saying. We hope that you will be pardoned for it.
You should understand that this vow on its own does not put you beyond the pale of Islam; rather it is a vow that was aimed at preventing the one who made it from doing that, because of his hatred and revulsion of kufr. So you have to offer expiation for breaking the oath (kafaarat yameen), and also repent to Allah, regret what you did, and pray a great deal for forgiveness (istighfaar).
Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The one who swears such an oath is committing himself to something he dislikes if he breaks his oath, such as if he says: If I do such and such, I will be a Jew or a Christian, or my wife will be divorced and my slave will be free and I will be obliged to walk to the House of Allah. These and similar phrases constitutes an oath. This is unlike one who intends consequences, such as one who makes a vow or divorces his wife; he intends to comply with what he committed himself to. In both cases there is commitment, but the one who is regarded as swearing an oath is the one who dislikes what he has committed himself to if the conditions are met, such as if he said: if I do such and such, I will be a Jew or a Christian, because he hates kufr, even if that condition is met. The one who intends to carry out what he committed himself to doing, whether it is something he wants to do or not, is just fulfilling what he committed himself to, but it is not to be regarded as an oath. In both cases there is a commitment connected to a condition, but the one who is regarded as swearing an oath does not like to do the action he has committed himself to do. The difference between the two is proven from the Sahaabah and senior Taabi'een, and is indicated by the Qur'aan and the Sunnah; it is also the view of the majority of scholars.
End quote from Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 33/60
The scholars of the Committee were asked:
What is the Islamic ruling on one who says: If I do such and such I will be a kaafir – then he does that thing time after time? Please note that I pray regularly and frequently complete readings of the Holy Qur'aan. Will my previous good deeds be cancelled out? For my part, I uttered the Shahaadatayn (twin declaration of faith) and did ghusl, based on my own understanding, but now I am living in a state of constant anxiety. Please note that I recite the shahaadah a great deal and I always pray and do acts of obedience and pray for forgiveness?
The committee replied: It is not permissible for the Muslim to swear to follow a religion other than Islam, because of the proven report from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) that forbids that. In as-Saheehayn it is narrated from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) that he said: "Whoever swears (if he does something or fails to do something) that he will follow a religion other than Islam, falsely and deliberately, then he is as he said, and if he meant what he said, he will never come back to Islam with his faith intact." If he does what he swore not to do or he fails to do what he swore to do, then he has to offer expiation for breaking an oath (kafaarat yameen) and also repent to Allah and not swear such an oath again. But he does not become a kaafir thereby; it is sufficient for him to repent and do righteous deeds, because Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And verily, I am indeed Forgiving to him who repents, believes (in My Oneness, and associates none in worship with Me) and does righteous good deeds, and then remains constant in doing them, (till his death)"
[Ta-Ha 20:82].
His good deeds are not cancelled out, because he did not become a kaafir; all he wanted to do was make sure that he would do something or not do something.
End quote from Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa'imah, 23/196-197
See also the answer to question no. 10160 and 155510
And Allah knows best.
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Felder pushes Miami (Ohio) past E Michigan 65-61
OXFORD, Ohio (AP) -- Will Felder, who had 17 points and 15 rebounds, hit a go-ahead jumper with 25 seconds left to lift Miami (Ohio) past Eastern Michigan 65-61 Saturday.
The RedHawks (9-10, 5-3 Mid-American) shot 43.1 percent from the field. Will Sullivan finished with 19 points and Geovonie McKnight had 10.
Ray Lee paced Eastern Michigan (12-9, 4-4) with 18 points and Karrington Ward had 16 with seven boards.
Miami trailed by eight at halftime, but crawled back to take the lead as Sullivan hit a 3-pointer, Bill Edwards sank a jumper, and Felder made three free throws to lead 59-53 with 4:04 remaining.
Lee hit two straight 3-pointers to tie it at 61. Miami corralled an offensive rebound after Felder's first jumper was blocked and he drained the next attempt.
Lee couldn't connect on a 3-pointer in the final seconds and Sullivan made two free throws to cap the scoring.


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Journalism and Communication Department Hires New Head
Thursday, Mar. 21, 2013
The Student Life section of Utah State Today highlights work written by the talented student journalists at Utah State University. Each week, the editor selects a story that has been published in The Utah Statesman or the Hard News Café or both for inclusion in Utah State Today.
Journalism and Communication Department Hires New Head
By Ashlyn Tucker, staff writer, in The Utah Statesman, Thursday, March 21, 2013
Ted Pease, head of the department of journalism and communication, will retire at the end of the spring 2013 semester and assume a part-time professor role.
Thomas Terry, an associate professor and former chair of the department of mass communication at Idaho State University will be filling Pease's position beginning this fall.
Pease joined the department as department head in 1994 and has held the position since with a gap from 2005 to 2008.
"Now that I have been around longer than some of my students have been alive, it's time for me to do something else," he said.
When asked what he liked about his job, Pease said there are both pros and cons to being a manager.
"All the crap lands here, but being an administrator is really a creative activity," he said. "You can make stuff happen and get things done."
Pease said his position has taught him to work on the time schedule of academia and take a long view on tasks to be done.
"There is a certain cycle of how things get done in academia that is on its own timeframe and has no relationship to normal, natural reality," he said. "I have had to marshal my impatience."
Throughout his time as department head, Pease said he has seen the department grow from 150 students to about 300 students. Some years under his leadership, the numbers reached into the upper 400s.
Pease is very proud of the students and alumni of the journalism department and said the department definitely gets noticed for all that they do. The program is known throughout Utah as the place to go to get a communications degree.
"We don't have as much money as BYU," Pease said. "We are not as big as the U and we are out here in the boonies, but we still make the best professional communicators in the state of Utah."
Pease said he plans to do plenty of fishing with all his newfound new time beginning this summer.
"The thing about this job is that there is always a lot to do, so having the opportunity to step back, I don't know what I'm going to do besides fishing," he said. "Maybe I will write a book or go back to the news business and do some more writing and reporting."
Pease said the department is excited to have Terry as their new department head. Pease believes Terry is a good fit for the department because he comes from the profession and understands the imperative of a professional program.
"I am very comfortable handing the position over to him," Pease said.
Terry is equally excited for his arrival in Logan. He said the department's vast expertise and focus on student learning is what attracted him to Utah State.
"It will be a great opportunity for me to continue to expand upon the success of Ted and the faculty," he said. "Plus, they have awesome ice cream."
Terry believes he is well-qualified for the department head position because of his diversified background. He has tried his hand in everything, including starting the first online newspaper in Illinois in the mid '90s, hosting a monthly NPR affiliate radio show and being featured as an expert on a PBS documentary on major media outlets during the civil rights movement.
"I have a wide range of experience in virtually every aspect of the media," he said. "That gives me an insight into the value of every part of the media."
Terry said he loves journalism because of how exciting it is and how important it is to the country.
"Journalism is the only profession mentioned in the Constitution," he said. "The media provides freedom of press."
He said he also appreciates the opportunity he has to make a difference in people's lives as a professional communicator.
"We are not very powerful at telling people what to think but about telling people what to think about," he said.
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Manager: Terry Collins (fifth season).
2014: 79-83, tied for second place.
Training Town: Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Park: Tradition Field, 525 NW Peacock Blvd., Port St. Lucie, FL 34986.
Tickets: Mets.com or 772-871-2115.
First Workout: Feb. 21/26.
He's Here: OF Michael Cuddyer, OF-1B John Mayberry Jr., LHP Sean Gilmartin, C Johnny Monell.
He's Outta Here: OF Eric Young Jr., RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka, OF Bobby Abreu, RHP Gonzalez Germen.
Going campin': The spotlight will be on All-Star ace Matt Harvey as he returns from Tommy John surgery to lead a talented young pitching staff that has the Mets thinking playoffs for the first time in years....


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NY Martial Arts Academy offers fun and and disciplined children's karate classes in the Little Neck area that would make a perfect after school activity for your child! In 1985 NY Martial Arts Academy was the first school in the tri-state area to teach Jeet Kune Do. Since that time, there have been over 10,500 students trained at our academy. Through the years we have maintained our high standards through small group lessons, personalized attention, and constant interaction with our students.
At NY Martial Arts Academy, we are looking to develop the champions of tomorrow. We are able to achieve this by teaching our children vital skills that will make them fit, confident, and focused. Your children will receive many benefits of martial arts training which includes self-defense, physical fitness, and most importantly, peace of mind. Our instructions have a collective 365 years of martial arts experience and are willing to share their knowledge with you!
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NY Martial Arts Academy was the first school in the tri-state area to be recognized by the Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Nucleus (an organization established to preserve and perpetuate the art that Bruce Lee developed). This organization consisted of Bruce Lee's wife, daughter, first generation, and second generation students. This organization and our school have a common purpose to promote the art, science, and philosophy of the founder of JKD (Bruce Lee).
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Cushman Club of America members arrive in Sweetwater
If you happened to be out and about downtown Sweetwater at about 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday, you may have seen a whole lot of people on what appeared to be miniature motorcycles. What were those funny little bikes, and who were those people? The National Cushman Club of America members. Those funny little bikes are actually Nebraska-made scooters that were built from 1936 to 1965. Sometimes dubbed "Baby Harleys," Cushman scooters reached their height in popularity during the late '50s and early '60s. The 31st meet for the National Cushman Club of America started Monday in Abilene at Frontier Texas! after a parade. More than 600 registrants, mainly Cushman enthusiasts between 60 and 80 years of age, gathered at the Taylor County Expo Center to reminisce and participate in the festivities. The meet ends on Thursday.Several Cushman owners and riders came to Sweetwater to tour the Texas State Technical College campus and WASP Museum on Tuesday morning. The caravan, escorted by Sweetwater police, made their way through downtown Sweetwater and down Business 20 to the West Texas campus.


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For many years, a person injured by a pesticide was able to file a liability claim against the manufacturer in state courts. But beginning in the 1990s, chemical industry lawyers argued that a clause in FIFRA, as revised by Congress in 1972, shielded manufactures by requiring that states "shall not impose or continue in effect any requirements for labeling or packaging in addition to or different from those required" by the federal law. Four years ago the Bush administration joined the industry's position, claiming U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration of a pesticide protected the manufacturer from litigation, even if the product did not work as claimed. Last week, the high court rejected that view in a 7-2 decision and firmly came down on the side of the public.
The case, Bates vs. Dow AgroSciences, was brought by 29 peanut farmers in Texas who used Dow's potent new weedkiller Strongarm on their crops in the 2000 growing season (diclosulam is the active ingredient , see PAN PesticideInfo database for more information: http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Chemical.jsp?Rec_Id=PC37572 - ChemID). The crops died soon after, "They just plain withered away," one farmer reported to the DeMoines Register after applying Strongarm to 150 acres. The farmers said when Dow reneged on a promise to compensate the farmers for their losses, they informed Dow they would file a suit for damages.
Before the farmers filed their suit, however, Dow filed a case in federal court arguing that FIFRA shielded them from liability. The federal district court and an appeals court both ruled for Dow, following the lead of the California Supreme Court, which decided in favor of the pesticide manufacturer in a similar case in 2000.
Although it never acknowledged liability for the damage, Dow has changed the Strongarm's product label following the destruction of the Texas farmers' peanut crops, advising against use of the weedkiller in regions with high-alkaline soils. The company also stopped selling the product in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, all of which encompass extensive areas of alkaline soils.
Last week's ruling is the Supreme Court's first on the 1972 revisions to FIFRA, and is revealing of the Court's approach to issues of pre-emption. In its decision, the Supreme Court rejected recent legal interpretations expanding federal preemption, arguing that "The long history of tort litigation against manufacturers of poisonous substances adds force to the basic presumption against pre-emption. If Congress had intended to deprive injured parties of a long available form of compensation, it surely would have expressed that intent more clearly. Moreover, this history emphasizes the importance of providing an incentive to manufacturers to use the utmost care in the business of distributing inherently dangerous items." The decision, written by Justice John Paul Stevens, then went further to suggest that liability lawsuits would strengthen federal law , "Private remedies that enforce federal misbranding requirements would seem to aid, rather than hinder, the function of FIFRA."
Several environmental groups joined EarthJustice in an amicus brief in the case, including Beyond Pesticides, Defenders of Wildlife, Farmworker Justice Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, and Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.
See the Supreme Court decision at: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/27apr20050800/www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/04pdf/03-388.pdf
Sources: Los Angeles Times, April 28, 2005 http://www.latimes.com; New York Times, April 27, 2005, http://www.nytimes.com; Beyond Pesticides Press Release, April 27, 2005, http://www.beyondpesticides.orgContact: PANNA.


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In the online survey of a representative national sample, 45 per cent of Canadians disapprove of the leaders' decision of not running candidates in each other's ridings in the next federal election, while just 29 per cent approve.
At least four in every ten respondents in each region is against the Dion/May agreement. In Atlantic Canada, the number of people who reject the deal reaches 50 per cent. People in Alberta are the most inclined to reject it (52%), while those in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are the most prone to support it (34%).
Among Liberal voters, 37 per cent disapprove of the pact to support May, while 52 per cent think otherwise.
The controversial deal will not encourage many people to vote for the Liberals in the next election. Two thirds (65%) of respondents say the agreement does not make them more likely to support the Liberals in the future. However, in Atlantic Canada about one-in-five (22%) do say the pact makes them more inclined to vote for the Liberals.
The Dion/May pact is perceived by many Canadians (44%) as a sign of weakness on the part of the Liberals and their leader. Twenty-eight per cent of respondents who voted for the Liberals in the last federal election agree with this perception. Respondents in Atlantic Canada feel particularly strongly about it, with 56 per cent of them saying the deal projects weakness.
Is anyone really surprised? There are a few, scant findings that are favorable, particularly the one in five Atlantic Canadians that are more inclined to vote Liberal, but objectively this online survey is bad news for the deal. However, because I've already braced myself for the initial reaction, I'm taking a long term view of this pact, and it may play better over time.
I've never believed that May has a great shot at MacKay's seat, so that isn't really the barometer to gauge if this pact will be effective or not. The real test will be the closely contested ridings, you don't need to win over many people for the deal to pay dividends.
I'm sure NDP supporters will trumpet these finding, but I think people are in error if they take anything out of this poll, besides the fact that it shows how perception is mostly a media construct. I would say 90% (I may be kind) of the punditry trashed this agreement in a knee jerk fashion. Given the overt lack of balance, I say again, is anyone really surprised?
More detail provided here. Very strange results, as it applies to party affiliation. NDP supporters are the only ones to give the Dion/May pact a favorable grade, 43% support, 40% against. On the question of who would you vote for in MacKay's riding, NDP supporters actually pick May over Loriface, 29% to 20%.
There may be a tantalizing nugget in those NDP voter impressions. If the goal was to pickup some soft left supporters, then the devil could be in the details.


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As episode No. 8 of "The Ultimate Fighter 16" opens, UFC President Dana White is still livid after the previous week's episode. He's not happy with the efforts of Michael Hill and Matt Secor, and he's not happy with the judges, either. Michael tries to defend his conservative effort by pointing out exciting fights resulting in injury don't help anyone win "TUF." Coach Roy Nelson seems to feel the same way, and he's even happy to share those feelings with the opposing team.
Back at the house, Dana makes a surprise visit. The fighters immediately come together for what Dana terms his "Here Comes the Boom" speech. Dana knows Roy's philosophy on doing just enough to make it to finals, and he makes it clear that is simply not going to get it done. There's no yelling, but the message is both clear and strong. Team Carwin's Mike Ricci isn't so sure that's the right way to approach things. Michael, who was eliminated in the previous episode, decides he might as well start drinking – hard.
Julian Lane is happy to join in the fun. The tension builds along with the intoxication, and Michael challenges Neil Magny while Julian decides to get in Dom Waters' face. Neil remains steadfast to Micahel's challenge and tells him there's no way his sorry skills and lack of courage could ever serve him well. Dom takes it a step further and removes his microphone. He's ready to throw down. The rest of the fighters see what's happening and step in before they can scrap. Still, tensions remain extremely high. Julian has a complete meltdown as he looks to fight just about everybody in the house.
Team Nelson's Jon Manley isn't impressed. He thinks it's all just a ploy for Julian to get kicked out of the house rather than admit he can't handle the pressure and leave on his own terms. Mike Ricci says he's embarrassed to be associated with someone like Julian, who is now walking around and punching walls while still screaming for Dom. Meanwhile, Dom says he's going to sleep peacefully, but he'll be ready to throw down if Julian tries to attack him in the night.
Fortunately, things remain calm overnight, and Julian admits in the morning that he's embarrassed. Dom says he doesn't have any hard feelings since he knows how drunk Julian was, so it looks like we move on.
At the gym, it's time for fight selection. Team Nelson has control of the picks, and Roy takes his own Jon Manley against Team Carwin's James Chaney. It's a matchup of grappling specialists.
James' teammates call him a "borderline serial killer" and admit that he "marches to the beat of his own drum." For his part, James admits he gets that quite often. Still, the team and coaches are very complimentary of the effort he's put forth thus far in camp.
Next up, it's time for the annual coaches' challenge. It's track and field. Roy thinks it probably favors Shane Carwin, but Shane isn't quite so confident. Dana has upped the reward for the winning coach to $20,000, and the fighters on his team will each get $1,500. There are five events for the coaches to master: javelin, discus, shot put, long jump and 400-meter run. The first four events are each worth a three-meter advantage in the 400-meter run, which will ultimately decide the winner.
Roy wins the coin toss, but he elects to let Shane compete first in the opening event. It's shot put, and all three of Shane's attempts are longer than Roy's, so he claims the first event. Next up is the javelin. Roy sets the bar early, but Shane battles back and claims that event, as well.
Up 2-0 on events thus far, it's time for the discus. Shane cruises again and is now up 3-0 moving into the long jump. Shane takes that event, too, and he gets a 12-meter headstart in the race to determine a winner. One lap around the track, and Shane dominates that race, as well. Matt Secor says Shane actually, "took his soul and hung it on his trophy case." Roy doesn't run through the finish line, and a few of his fighters note that they're disappointed in the effort. Still, Roy points out track and field has little to do with MMA, and he's expecting to reclaim victory when the two coaches meet in December.
Finally, it's time for the fight, and both teams seem pumped for the fight between two intense individuals.
Round 1 – Referee Herb Dean in the cage. Both fighters come out firing punches from the outside. It's not the most technical action, but it's action. Jon lands a right hand, and his opponent moves into the clinch and falls willingly to his back and into guard. He controls his opponent's left arm and sneaks the right leg up for a triangle choke. Jon lifts him up in an attempt to escape, but he eventually falls back to the floor. James is a little off to the side, and Jon is trying hard to slip through the hold. He lands several short left hands as he tries to transition out of the choke, but James isn't letting go. James finally does release the legs, and Jon moves immediately into a mount position and looks for the guillotine. it's tight, and James has to tap.
Jon Manley def. James Chaney via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1
After the fight, Jon reveals that James bit him on the chest before tapping. The attending doctor tells Dana what happens. Jon is willing to give James the benefit of the doubt, but the biter has no remorse. He was desperate to get out of the choke, and he admits he tried anything he could.
With the win, Team Nelson takes the lead in the season's round-of-16 fights with a 4-3 score. Team Nelson's Dom Waters and Team Carwin's Mike Ricci are the final two prelim fighters to compete and will meet in next week's episode.
Catch new episodes of "The Ultimate Fighter 16: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson" every Friday at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on FX. MMAjunkie.com recaps each episode of the reality series, and full series coverage can be found on The Ultimate Fighter 16 page.


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Stanczyk has written about Stanislaw Lem before (https://mikeeliasz.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/thingsifind-when-looking-up-other-things-stanislaw-lem-1956-przekroj/). So in another bit of cognitive resonance, I find that Google has a Stanislaw Lem Doodle (a rather complex Google Doodle). Now before you scurry off to verify this factoid, be forewarned that here in the USA, we only see a Turkey Doodle. Here is the UK Google Doodle (http://www.google.co.uk/) for Stanislaw Lem.
A Few Articles on the Lem Google Doodle:
The last two are European newspapers, as it is not readily apparent in the USA that Goggle has done this tribute. You need to visit a Google mirror in Europe to see the Stanislaw Lem Doodle (or click on the first link above). The doodle ends with the message that the art was inspired by the drawings of Daniel Mroz for Lem's short story collection The Cyberiad, published in 1965. This Google Doodle is interactive, allowing users to participate in a series of games. This doodle marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of his Stanislaw Lem's first book, The Astronauts in 1951.
Since he is Polish son, go Googling in the UK today.


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What do ye think I should do? respond? :>)
Seanson greetings to You. My name is Mrs. Mellisa Lewis . I am 59
years old and I was diagnosed for cancer for about 2 years ago. I will
be going in for an operation later today.I decided to WILL/donate the
sum of Fourteen Millions Two Hundred and Fifty Eight Thousand United
States Dollars to you for the good work of the lord.
Contact my lawyer with this email:
Name: Barrister Jay Mchenry
Tell: +447031829968
Tell him that I have WILLED to you by quoting my
personal reference number LLP/953/900//316US/UK.
As soon as you contact him with this details quoted above, he should
be able to recognize you and help in claiming this amount from my
Bank. Be informed also that i have paid for the state tax on this
money to be transferred to you.
Meanwhile you are advised to keep this mail and it contents
confidential as i really want my wish accomplish at the end of the
day.Please do pray to God for my recovery. My friend please do not
send me any email as you are to send my barrister an email directly.
God Bless
Mrs. Mellisa Lewis.
Cancer surgery and treatment is very expensive. I think she may need to keep her money.
Glad to know that you are doing "the good work of the Lord" though
But now you won't get the money Mack because she said keep it confidential!
Great news Mack! I just moved out to Durham, NC to be closer to you, now that your going to be rich and all!
Well nice going Mack....here this poor soul has trusted your discretion to keep this confidential, and now every T dude with a computer is calling this number to get a piece of the action. I personally wouldn't be able to sleep nights knowing I was a part of this awful tragedy. Now I'm puzzled, if this person recovers, are you abliged to give the millions back? I'll bet there is an agency within our competent government, who can help answer these troubling questions. Good thing they paid the taxes so that the 46% who still pay taxes won't get stuck with the bill.
Good to have a laugh on a cold, freezing rainy sunday evening!!
Hey Uncle Mack, doesn't it seem just a little strange to you, about the time you come into a pile of money, Lance Sorenson moves almost into your backyard. Keep an eye on that guy. :-)
Yea,they say folks come out of the woodworks when ye come into money!
I just cant believe they would expect anybody to believe all this.
That aint even a real phone number for a overseas company.
Do you know this woman? Why would she will the money to you? Are you a minister?
Be very careful. This sounds like a phone call I got that said I had won a lottery and that they were going to send me a brand new Chevy Pickup by FED EX. Next day, I got a call that the pickup had been impounded and they needed a sum of money from me by Western Union to get the pickup out of impound.
I decided that I didn't need the pickup, that it would just put me in a higher tax bracket so they could get it out themselves and keep it.
If this woman is legitimate, she would have written your name in her will and you would be contacted upon her death. Something here sounds fishy!
I deleted the email as I know it is a hoax.I googled the phone number and it is linked to a dozen or more hoax emails.I thought I would post here to remind all of us how gulliable crooks think we are.
I was hatched 46 years ago today.I am past the half way point to 90 years old now.But things like this make me wonder how gulliable I am supposed to be getting as I get older.Are there people out there dumb enough to respond to something like this?
Ya, I was born at night, but not LAST NIGHT!
I wonder what it is about us Americans that foreign people want us to have their millions when they die.?
Remember Mack, keep it confidential. You should only share the information in this email with your immediate family, the MTFCA Forum, and the Department of Justice. ;^)
Careful Mack, I'm 62 and I'm one of the young guys on this forum. Can you imagine how gullible some of the "older" guys are? I think they were born when George Washington invented money. Maybe they helped him design it.
Best wishes for a Happy Birthday!
Just noticed that the phone no is a British cellphone. Our country is full of foreign crooks, we don't throw anyone out even if they enter the country hanging under a truck axle.
Happy Birthday Mack !
Best Wishes for a Comfortable & Healthy 46 more.
These type of emails are fairly common. When the word barrister is used its a direct tip off.
These scam emails are smarter than one may think. They are usually done with enough English errors to weed out the smart people but convincing enough to draw in the suckers. The scammers don't want to waste time with people who are on to them. I will play around with them once in awhile getting them to send photos and such (usually borrowed from the HAMB).


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ROCKFORD — Anderson Japanese Gardens, 318 Spring Creek Road, was ranked as the highest quality Japanese garden by Sukiya Living Magazine: The Journal of Japanese Gardening.
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I removed a compressor from a R-134a household refrigerator and replaced it with a used one, but before installing it I noticed it had just a little bit of oil and somebody advised to add vacuum pump oil and I did. Now I remember that I did read in a book in the past that the pump oil is mineral oil and the oil for HFC in this case R-134a is synthetic oil and also that mineral and synthetic oils are not compatible, but unfortunately I remembered this after the fact. Can anybody tell me what can happen to the refrigerator if I leave it like that? Is there any solution to this?


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President Barack Obama in his recent State of the Union address affirmed that "study after study shows that the sooner a child begins learning, the better he or she does down the road," highlighting the important role quality early care and education plays in shaping a child's future. Research shows that children who receive quality child care show more advanced language skills, do better in school, have fewer behavioral problems, and develop better social skills. Ultimately, they are more likely to graduate from high school and succeed in their academic careers. President Obama also called out some of the societal benefits of early education including increased graduation rates, reduced teen pregnancy and reduced violent crime.
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But naturally for a centuries-old town, some smoke has been blowing every which way in it, and a filter may be needed to set or keep the records straight and dust from settling. This blog here is a start, a primitive attempt at a filter. Here's hoping a definitive story sifted from various sources will rise proverbially from the smoke's ashes.
1. Sarmiento family—Roman, his brother Severo and even their parents, Antonio and Dorotea Maria, were said to be natives of Cebu City according to church records. So were other Sarmiento branches in Carcar but whose relation to the Antonio Branch cannot be ascertained yet.
2. Canarias family – there was a Canarias family in Carcar at the time of Doña Ana Canarias (wife of Roman Sarmiento). The starting couple in my file are Luis Francisco and Maria Agustina who were born around 1800. Their son Hipolito Canarias was said to have been born in Dumaguete around 1823 if we are to believe his age (58) given in his second marriage in 1881. The surname is spelt either Canarias or Canaria but both are attributed to the same family, and some records had it Ana Canaria, too. Anyway, this information opens up the possibility that it was the Canariases who were already in Carcar, and thus Roman came to live in Carcar. The big however is that the relationship of Ana and the other Canariases has to be established yet.
3. Noel House – The house could not have been built 1859, or at least not by Florencio Noel who was born around 1849. Noel bought the original house and lot in 1873 from Jacinto Aldocente, even if Noel was already a resident of Carcar maybe by 1870. More likely, Noel renovated the original Aldocente house after he bought it. Thus, family reminiscences supposedly of Florencio's construction of the house must have been actually of the renovation work. When he bought it the house was described only as tabla y nipa, and the present stone edifice would certainly signify what may amount to a new construction altogether–but again only after 1873. His eldest son was also born 1873 and except if the renovation were done in the 1890s, any earlier than that, but for Florencio himself, memory of any house work may have been passed on to the family only by other sources. I think Jerry Martin Alfafara who has custody of the house may have the details of that heritage work, down to the major carpenters involved.
4. Noel Families in Carcar – By the way, Florencio could not have been the first Noel in Carcar. Anacleta Noel was already here as wife of Catalino Gantuangco Regis and their children were born here around 1860s. She was widowed and married Leocadio Cui Jaen in 1867 in Carcar (when Florencio would have been just getting out of his teens).
Anacleta's parents were Vicente Noel and Leoncia Agaton/Osmeña, while Florencio's mother was Benedicta Noel with an unrecognized father.
However, Florencio's wife, Filomena Jaen, was born in Carcar in 1854 to Victoria Cui Jaen and an unrecognized father. Victoria was a sister of Leocadio Jaen above, making Filomena Leocadio's niece.
A third Noel, Martin Noel, and his wife Gregoria Son (or Suson) lived in Sangat a little later than the two. His parents were Luis and Eugenia Roselló.
I cannot establish the exact relationships of these three Noel lines but they were all from Cebu City and can be presumed to be from the same clan from Parian and Cebu City, some of whose branches also spread to Dumanjug, Toledo and Tuburan.
5. Fr. Anastasio Nuñez del Corro House – Padre Tatyong (1860-1948) never lived in the house known to be his. The grand old priest lived at the Carcar parish convent where he was the parish priest until he died in 1948. After he died, his half-sister Susana Nuñez Silva who'd also lived at the convent with him then transferred to the house. And after she herself passed on, possession of the house went to Dr. Nemesio Silva, a younger son of Susana's half-brother Benito Barcenas Silva. Dr. Silva's heirs still possess the house.
6. Dodoy Jaen's House – The house known by everyone to be where Leon Kilat was killed was actually owned at that time by Don Timoteo Barcenilla. Ownership of the house passed from Barcenilla to Don Leocadio Jaen, and the latter's son Vicente (Dodoy) Noel Jaen lived in the house until his own death such that to this day it is still called as Dodoy Jaen's house.
Dodoy and his wife, Francisca Alegado Mercado*, had no children and the house passed to the family of Josefa, Dodoy's Regis half-sister (see Anacleta Noel above), who was married to Nicanor Enriquez.
7. The Varga family – Originally spelt Barga, the family was distinct from the Bargamento family, contrary to some "rumors". However, the Barga ancestor Dionisio Feliciano's wife was Candida Bargamento which may have given rise to the rumors. But the descendants were all Barga. In one of the lines, the Barga ancestry was said to be from Dalaguete.
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SUPERIOR -- Sandra Bornstein could have remained in the comfort of her Superior home, ensconced in the trappings of suburban tranquility and the predictable life it affords.
But the 56-year-old educator felt a tug away from the place she has called home for a dozen years when her husband, a lawyer, was offered work overseas at the end of 2009. It would mean months, perhaps years, living in India.
Bornstein, at the time an adjunct professor at Front Range Community College, said she struggled mightily with the decision but in the end decided to board the airplane. Her hope was to secure a teaching job in India and use some of the skills she had gained through her own education -- including a master's degree in elementary education at the University of Colorado -- to help others.
"There was a part of me that wanted this adventure," she said. "I'm not in my 20s, I'm not in my 30s, I'm in my 50s, but still there was an intense desire to capitalize on my skills. I was a stay-at-home mom with four kids. I had always put my career aspirations on hold."
But Bornstein couldn't have known at the time just what kinds of up and downs 2010 would hold for her and her family. A life-threatening injury to her husband on the Colorado ski slopes during a visit home, the glorious wedding of her son to an Indian woman, and health challenges of her own that finally brought her experience in India to an end.
Bornstein has documented her overseas adventure in a book "May This Be the Best Year of Your Life," which went on sale earlier this month. It can be purchased through sandrabornstein.com.
"Part of what my story is if you're given the opportunity to step outside your comfort zone, if it's possible, go for it," she said. "If you stay in the security of your home environment, you never get to see what the world is all about."
And what Bornstein saw in Bangalore, where she taught 5th grade English and social studies at a prominent international school, was startlingly different from what she had come to know in Superior.
She recalls mad thoroughfares of rushing traffic, shirtless children on the streets, animals everywhere and a particularly bothersome monkey that would enter the classroom and look for food and steal markers.
"Until I really got there and saw it for myself, nothing I saw on a TV show or in a movie could make me understand," she said. "It was hard for me to brush it off."
Bornstein lived in a 300-square-foot room on campus and ate "dorm food." Her husband, recuperating from an accident on the ski slopes that put him in a coma early in the year, was 7,700 miles away in Colorado.
Bornstein stuck with her commitment to teach at the school but found herself getting increasingly sick as time wore on. She lost 20 pounds. Her illness culminated on a bus ride near Delhi as she got ready to watch her son, who had lived in the country for year, get married.
A pain in the pelvis became excruciating and violent vomiting followed.
"This is not good," Bornstein recalled telling herself.
Before she knew it, she had undergone an emergency kidney stone operation. It wasn't long before she was on a plane bound for home.
Coming home from India was as hard a decision as the one Bornstein had to make to get there.
"I had 18 students that I was responsible for. How could I go home in December and not come home in January?" she said. "I decided my health and my family were more important than my career."
But Bornstein said her year in India wasn't just invaluable as an experience in and of itself but also as a "green light" to go on other adventures in the future. They may not be as long and ambitious as her year in Bangalore, but they won't wither away because of fear of the unknown.
"It's about our ability to accept challenges, uncertainty, a whole other culture -- it added a layer of depth to me as a person," Bornstein said. "It was a call to action. We all have our unique talents but the question is, are we using them?"
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Top student following his passion into the future
A love of art that started when he was just a boy, is translating into a future career for one Wapakoneta High School senior.
"When I was little, I loved to draw," Ross Kohler said.
It wasn't until his junior year of high school that Kohler could fit art classes back into his schedule, but when he could, he took as many art classes as possible.
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Miami Dolphins talking points: Lex Hilliard caught in numbers game
1. RB Lex Hilliard is becoming a folk hero, but it likely won't be enough for him to make the 53-man roster.
Hilliard has won fans this pre-season with his hard-running style, highlighted by a 39-yard touchdown run against Carolina.
Hillard's hurtling 15-yard play a little later was equally as impressive — and if not for a penalty, would have been the team's second-longest run on a night when the Dolphins ran well.
Even without that gain, Hilliard leads the team with 94 rushing yards on 18 carries, averaging 5.2 yards a pop, during the pre-season.
But Hilliard, a sixth-round pick in 2008 out of Montana, also hasn't faced a first-team defense and remains fourth in the logjam at running back, trailing Ronnie Brown, Ricky Williams and Pat Cobbs.
Unless the team breaks convention and keeps four RBs, Hilliard is bound for the practice squad again. Cam Cameron kept four backs in 2007, with Cobbs as the No. 4 back behind Brown, Jesse Chatman and Lorenzo Booker.
That turned out well. Hilliard made a tackle and an assist on special teams in the pre-season opener, but no Dolphin plays special teams like Cobbs, the team's best player there.
2. Here we go again with the coverage teams.
A 58-yard punt return by Carolina's Captain Munnerlyn had to cause flashbacks for Dolfans who watched the team teeter on the brink of disaster a season ago because of special teams.
"We had three guys down there standing right in front of the guy, and the guy ran by us, all three of us," coach Tony Sparano said. "So you know, I think it's a fundamental thing there."
Fundamental things on special teams cost the Dolphins big in 2008.
The list of coverage teams mistakes is a long one, including a 70-yard TD punt return by Houston's Jacoby Jones in a loss and a 93-yarder by Oakland's Johnnie Lee Higgins in a last-minute, come-from-behind win by Miami.
Seattle nearly beat Miami because the Seahawks began scoring drives on the 44, 45 and 50 in a 21-19 loss that came down to a two-point conversion attempt.
Facing the NFL's toughest schedule based on opponents' 2008 winning percentage, the Dolphins have less margin for error this season.
Special teams could be the difference between a winning or losing record.
3. Don't read too much into WR Greg Camarillo's numbers this pre-season.
Camarillo's lack of action (17 snaps) or production (2 catches, 4 yards) during two games has some wondering where he'll fit in this season.
Nine months removed from an ACL tear, Camarillo is working his way back into form and coaches don't want to rush a player Tony Sparano referred to Monday as "Superman" for his speedy recovery.
Ted Ginn Jr. and Davone Bess have had nice training camps, while rookies Brian Hartline and Patrick Turner have shown lots of potential.
But Camarillo has been doing what he always doing, running textbook routes, getting open and catching everything.
When the games begin, he'll do it again.
Remember, Camarillo had 55 catches last season, one shy of Ginn for the team lead, despite missing the last five regular-season games with a knee injury. Bess caught 30 of his 54 passes after Camarillo went down.
This season, he'll remain Chad Pennington's safety valve in clutch situations more often than not.


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Patrice Evra says Manchester United are not worrying about rivals Manchester City this season, and are focusing only on their own performances.
Roberto Mancini's side currently sit seven points behind United - one less than the margin they hunted down at the end of last season to win their first league title since the 1967-68 campaign.
"This year we are focusing more on ourselves, whereas last year we were more worried about City," he told Canal+.
"There was too much focus on what they were going to do in their next game.
"But this year it's about us. By having a good season, we will become the champions.
"We finished last season with the same number of points as the champions and it was obvious we are stronger than last year given the addition of players like [Robin] Van Persie and Shinji Kagawa."
United have been in fine form in the Premier League this season, winning 18 out of a possible 22 matches and going unbeaten in 10 games since their 1-0 defeat to Norwich on November 17.


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All three Nolan County high school football teams in action today have tough road assignments as non-district play continues.Roscoe, meanwhile, has the weekend off as the Plowboys prepare for their district opener on Sept. 28 at Baird.Sweetwater (2-1) travels to Wall (2-1) for its third Class 3A vs. 2A matchup of the young season. The Mustangs are facing a Wall team that dominated Sonora 47-13 last Friday and began the season state-ranked. Sweetwater defea-ted Breckenridge 33-14 last week as the team kicked off three weeks of games away from Mustang Bowl prior to the start of district play.Highland (1-2) goes to Sands (2-1) today trying to stay on a roll following a 46-44 victory over Loraine last week. The Hornets gave coach Jeff Shelton his first win of the year on Michael Hyde's 16-yard touchdown and his two-point PAT kick which came with 39 seconds left, climaxing a game in which he ran for 173 yards with four TDs. Blackwell (2-1) is at Trent (3-0) today, and head coach Clint Lowry's Hornets will also be coming in with a positive frame of mind after dominating Brookesmith 50-0 for their second win.Lady Mustangs open district here Saturday by hosting MonahansSweetwater's volleyball team hopes to make a state-ment when it faces state-ranked Monahans to begin district play on Saturday at Mustang Gym. Sweetwater (20-10) — coming off a 3-0 sweep of Miles to end non-district play on Tuesday at Mustang Gym — actually has a better record than Monahans (16-14), but lost in a non-district matchup earlier this season.The Lady Mustangs face a Monahans team that beat Lubbock Monterey on Tuesday in three games. Monahans won by scores of 25-22, 25-15, 25-17.


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Scarnati: How do we spend it?
PUNXSUTAWNEY — While saying that changes in policy are needed in some state government departments, State Sen. Joe Scarnati said Tuesday that the amount of money in this year's proposed budget simply will not increase.
The state senate has held the line on taxes the last four years, and Scarnati said taxes will not be increased this year.
"It's clear that taxpayers don't have any more to give," he said.
Therefore, he said the state has to find a way to fund necessary and desirable programs with the money available.
"I tell everybody there are a lot of things that are debatable in this budget. One thing that is not debatable is how much we can spend," he said about Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed budget. "We have $27.3 billion to spend. We're not going to raise taxes, so that is the number. The question is, how are you going to spend that money?"
Corbett's budget suggests heavy cuts to public schools and universities, and to human services.
"I'm conscious of the gravity of the cuts and the implications that those cuts have," Scarnati said. "Some education line items have been cut 50 percent. Other line items have been cut 100 percent.
"This budget is just the beginning. We work on it and go through what I like to call a reshuffling process," he said.
That reshuffling process will involve active conversation with schools and human service providers.
"We don't have to be adverse with schools or agencies," Scarnati said. "We need to work together and find a compromise. We need to know how we can help. Can we lessen mandates? Can we help them raise money?"
While proposing cuts to education and human services, Corbett's budget also suggests increased funding for the Department of Welfare and the state prison system.
Scarnati said fundamental changes in policy need to be made to lower spending levels in those departments. He is advocating such changes, but the effects of those changes could be years away.
"We're spending $35,000 per year for some individual — let's say from Punxsutawney — because he was caught drinking in violation of his probation," Scarnati said. "That person doesn't need to be sent to prison. He needs rehab. The policies need be to rethought."
He said there are many inmates who would be available for release if more rehabilitation options were offered, and the state would be able to "lop off hundreds of million of dollars" by adjusting the prison system.
However, those savings would not be immediate.
"We could make that change this year," he said. "But it is going to take more than several months to see the impact of that change."
Regarding welfare, Scarnati said he believes there is "a great amount of abuse and fraud in that department."
This legislative session will mark the third consecutive session that Scarnati has introduced a bill that calls for all people receiving public assistance to prove they are legal residents of Pennsylvania.
The bill was voted down in the state house the last two years, but Scarnati hopes it will pass this year.
"We could save many millions right there," he said. "It will be moving to the house soon. Hopefully, it will pass. These are the savings we can find in welfare."
Still, the Department of Welfare is vital to many citizens, he said, and cuts have to be made very carefully.
"A huge majority of the welfare money goes to long-term care for frail, needy elderly citizens," he said.


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