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The left door hinge of my Admiral oven broke at the rivet. The Stove is 25 years old, model E2D79. How can I remove both parts to replace it with a new one, and do I need to replace the spring? The panels ofte stove and the door need to be removed, correct, how do I do that?
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no need to remove the side panel, the door itself lifts off the hinges, and it will be reall obvious, if its broke, theres no servicing it just replace, and its done from the fornt, 2 screws and the hinge falls into the unit ( can grabit from pulling out lower storage drawer. part number (74011141) , might as well replace he 2 hinges one broke whos to say the right one is gonna last much longer
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SOURCE: Left side oven door spring broke. Maytag MOd. MGR 5770ADW
no,no the side. but the broiler drower, remove it and look on the left and right sides. that's where are they are.
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SOURCE: I have admiral Stove top burner is workni but oven is not working
This may be due to a bad main clock/electronic control but the only way to know for sure is to do some electrical testing with a volt/ohm meter and the wiring diagram located within the appliance. If possible use the meter and the wiring diagram to check input/output voltages looking for discrepancies between the diagram and the actual meter readings.
Go here for Admiral Stove Parts: http://www.repairclinic.com/Admiral-Range-Stove-Oven-Parts
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there is a lock for each hinge
lay the door down with hinges facing up.take a towel pull long piece
of hinge toward you(BE CAREFUL) take other piece up and lock them together do the same to the other hinge it should then go on easy next time lock before taking off .These are the instruction on how to remove and replace the door, be sure you locate the removal pins to being able to put it back
This [link] http://tinyurl.com/kogjg3 should help you out.[link] http://tinyurl.com/mzgjtq is added to the hold the hinge in place on the self clean doors. The screw and bracket have to be removed to remove the door and hinges. The metal clip bracket has to be reinstalled once the door is put back on. To reinstall the [link] http://tinyurl.com/mszglp just do the opposite, start the hinge blade in the receiver, lift slightly on the door and with your knees push the door and hinges back into place. One thing most people forget about these hinges is that there is a clip that must be moved to hold the upper (A) and lower (B) parts of the hinge together. Once the door is put back on, the clip must be put back in the rest position. To reinstall the door, put the door at a 80degree angle to the range front, push in the larger upper hinge parts first and then lower in the smaller hinge parts, push the clips forward into the rest position and close the door.
On this [link] http://tinyurl.com/lg76wg one common problem is the hinge will sometimes "pop" forward against the range instead of staying still while you reinstall the door onto the hinges. If this happens, use a screw driver at the marked spot to help hold the [Link] http://tinyurl.com/kren2c so you can start the door onto the hinge, them remove the screwdriver to finish installing the door.
I hope it helped.
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i cracked mine too. the tops cost enough to make you just wanna buy a new stove.
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The Global Bridge program provides you with an opportunity to obtain college credit from Crown College while you minister with Students International (SI).
Note: The academic elements of the program are separate: Tuition costs are paid directly to Crown and in-country expenses are paid to SI.
2018 Program costs
Tuition (through Crown College): $337.50 per credit. Students take a minimum of 6 credits per semester.
- $3,038 per semester for 9 credits ($6,075 for yearly total of 18 credits).
- $4,050 per semester for 12 credits ($8,100 for yearly total of 24 credits).
In-country expenses (through Students International): $7,000 per semester ($14,000/year). This includes room, partial board, language school, excursions, in-country transportation, and travel insurance. (Students are able to fundraise toward this amount.)
Airfare: Typically $700-$900 per flight. Students will pay for two round-trip flights – one in the fall, and one in the spring (students spend Christmas break at home). (Students are able to fundraise toward this amount.)
Meal Stipend: Typically $150 per semester. Students will use this money to cover food expenses for breakfasts and lunches (during ministry site weeks) and weekend expenses (during language school weeks). This should be considered separate from money for discretionary spending (see below).
Books: Textbook prices vary, but they typically cost students about $100 per course (many are available electronically).
Discretionary spending: Most living expenses are covered in the costs outlined above. However, items such as entertainment, extra travel, eating out, etc. fall into this category and will vary widely per student. SI recommends about $500 per semester ($1,000/year) for spending money.
College Level Examination Program (CLEP) test fees: $80 per test for language credit (optional).
Laptop: A laptop with Microsoft Office is strongly encouraged for online coursework.
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Tuition & In-Country Expenses (yearly total)
|$6,075-$8,100 (18-24 credits)
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Costs are comparable to four-year public in-state universities and significantly less than most private Christian universities.
While this is a significant amount of money, it is quite inexpensive for a private Christian college experience and is a terrific investment for your future. The cross-cultural elements, built-in discipleship, language acquisition, leadership development and other unique features of the Global Bridge program will add depth to your life experience and resumé.
Costs are subject to change.
For Crown College expenses:
Tuition is due prior to the start of each semester (mid-August and mid-January).
For Students International expenses:
Payment timeline
- Rolling admissions, non-refundable $250 deposit due upon acceptance
- April 30 / Final application deadline
- June 1 / $750 due (total due by June 1 is $1,000)
- June 15 / Flight booked & Pre-departure documents due (health, passport, visa, waiver)
- August 1 / $5,000 (including previous payments) + airfare due (After this, $1,000 monthly until balance is paid)
- August 21 / Crown fall tuition due (payments to Crown are separate)
- January 10 / $5,000 (toward spring semester) + airfare due (After this, $1,000 monthly until balance is paid)
- January 26 / Crown spring tuition due (payments to Crown are separate)
As ministry plays a significant part of the Global Bridge program, you will be able to fundraise to defray costs of the in-country expenses and airfare. SI will provide a detailed fundraising packet as part of the pre-departure process. In the past, students have raised an average of $3,000-$9,000. Because it is not guaranteed, you should view fundraising as supplemental rather than a main source of funding. SI will issue a tax-deductible receipt for money fundraised and donated to SI. Fundraised money is not refundable because it is a donation and not a payment.
Financial Aid
Most students who attend Crown are eligible for some form of financial aid to cover their college tuition costs. Details are available through Crown College Financial Aid. An Admissions Counselor will walk you through this process.
Students International refund policy
Once you pay your initial deposit, SI will begin working with you on airfare and other pre-departure items. If you withdraw from the program after your airfare is purchased, you will be responsible for any irrecoverable costs. After July 15, SI will be making housing and other arrangements for you. If you withdraw after this date, you may be responsible for additional expenses that SI cannot recover. Your initial program deposit can be applied to irrecoverable costs.
If you withdraw from the program before a term is completed, SI cannot refund any monies that have been given as a charitable donation. (This includes donations given by your parents.)

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
I watch the biggest loser every week and I am a fan of the show as it really is great to see others go through the journey I went through. But sometimes despite all the good they do and the people they inspire I think sometimes the show can be just as harmful as helpful. They don't let on that %50 of the contestants gain the weight back the moment they get home and they seem to gloss over the fact that they have created the perfect bubble of conditions for the contestants to lose weight in. They remove all distractions work, family, friends, social lives and put them in the perfect situation with a gym on site and 8 hours of workouts every day, a perfectly stocked kitchen and all the trainers and medical staff one could hope for. Honestly if you couldn't lose weight in this bubble they create then you will never lose weight but by not showing this they give false hope sometimes to people who don't realize all the hard work that needs to be done to achieve that kind of success.
Once home the contestants find the conditions less than ideal and once more fall into bad habits and I think some of that is instilled by the Biggest Loser and their trainers. They try and pound in to the contestants that you have to be perfect %100 of the time, that you can't eat out without special ordering or that you have to pre-pack and pre-prepare every meal you are going to eat and that is a bad way of thinking. That is a very slippery slope to be on because once you slip and your no longer perfect its easy to abandon everything you learned because gone is that perfection they tried to instill in you. When there is nothing but success or failure and only perfection then once you lose that perfection you have failed and those contestants will abandon everything they learned because the Biggest Loser has made it so black and white and not allowed for any shades of gray.
All this was brought to a forefront tonight when Bob Harper via his facebook page challenged everyone to have a sugar free Thanksgiving. I can't but be flabbergasted by what he was thinking in issuing such a challenge. I know he means well but I think honestly what he is asking is a good intention that just leads to hell. If you can't have a piece of pie on Thanksgiving when can you have a piece of pie and by denying yourself something you might want how long is it tell you will crave that thing even more. Losing weight and maintaining weight isn't about perfection it is about balance and if you can never ever have a piece of pie again that isn't balance that is a disaster in waiting.
I barely dieted yet despite that I still lost 177 pounds in less than two years, and not because I was perfect but because I found balance. I balance my workouts with the calories I consume and took the time and effort to find that balance. Are there days that I don't want to run or go to the gym, you bet your ass, and are there days when I skip the gym or a workout, hell yes. But by not always having to be perfect I am able to find balance in my life and it has let me lose the weight and keep it off and has made it so I have no fear of ever gaining it back. I won't be going to the gym on Thursday and I will be eating pie but am I worried about gaining all that weight back, no because Rome wasn't built in a day nor was my weight loss achieved in a day. I will be back on the road running Friday or back in the gym but come Thursday I don't need to worry about all that and that is why what I have done worked and will continue to work.
Shame on your Bob Harper, despite all that you have done and all those that you have inspired you need to realize sometimes asking for such perfection can be just as harmful and counter productive as all the good you have done.
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Love this post! I'm a huge BL fan, too but I'm often frustrated that they aren't showing the true reality of what the contestants go through once they are home. It's something I often try to share with my friends who are trying to lose weight. You have to find a healthy balance or you will never succeed. It's a lifestyle change...one that takes time.
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Chicagoland residents, like all Americans, struggle to maintain physical activity in their daily lives. Encouraging bicycling and walking is part of the solution. Bike and pedestrian plans integrate healthy, physical activity into everyday travel, fostering active lifestyles. About 40 percent of all car trips are less than 2 miles. A person can bike that in less than 10 minutes.
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Guided Half-Day Hiking Tour
Guided Hiking Tours of the Sonoran Desert
Venture into the lush desert and mountains surrounding Scottsdale and Phoenix, Arizona, on a half-day guided hiking tour with AOA. Learn all about the unique flora, fauna, geology, and history from our knowledgeable, professional guides.
1 person: $150 pp
2-3 people: $75 pp
4 or more: $60 pp
13+ people: please call for group pricing
Tour Details:
- Tours meet at Gateway Trailhead
- Tours start at 7am
- Activity duration: about 2-3 hours
- Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced options available.
Advanced reservations are required.
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- Professional safety-certified guide
- Bottled water & snacks
- 1:8 guide to guest ratio
- Park entry fees
- Hotel/Residence Pick Up: $125 per group – inquire over the phone
- Private Tour: $200 per group. No other parties may add to your tour. We can schedule private tours any day of the week.
What to Bring
Clothing – Comfortable, weather appropriate athletic clothing – shorts and a t-shirt, long sleeves are recommended on cooler mornings.
Shoes – Close-toed athletic shoes (sneakers).
Miscellaneous – Sunglasses, sunscreen, camera, lip balm, medications, hat, etc.
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Once You've Booked a Tour…
You will receive a booking confirmation email with details on the time and date of your tour, where to meet, the cancellation policy, a receipt of your tour purchase, and requests from us if we need additional information.
On the Day of Your Tour…
You will meet at the McDowell Sonoran Preserve's Gateway Trailhead. Other meeting locations may be arranged in advance by calling the office. You can expect to be with another group on your hiking tour unless you have booked a private tour. Our guides plan accordingly for varied skill levels and choose trails that fit the needs of everyone in the group.
Our guided hiking trips are designed to be more than a simple nature walk while still accessible to a wide range of ability so that individuals of modest fitness levels, as well as more active ones, will enjoy themselves.
All of the trails where we lead guided hikes have been chosen not only for their scenic beauty but also their accessibility, safety, and low volume of visitors. Combined, these factors afford our guests an unforgettable Sonoran Desert experience.
Our most popular hiking routes are in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, where a large variety of trails are available to accommodate all levels of hikers. Other hiking locations are available.
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The Sonoran Desert covers the lower half of Arizona, the extreme southeastern portion of California, and parts of the Baja Peninsula and Mexico. It's a 55-million-acre world of rugged mountain ranges, ancient lava flows, rivers, underground springs, sprawling sand dunes and yes, cities. The Sonoran is the hottest desert in the United States (although not in the world) and is the most tropical. On a worldwide scale, we are the most temperate desert on the globe generally remaining between 32 and 118 degrees Fahrenheit, making this a great area for many plants and animals.
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Adding to our attractiveness for plants and animals, we usually get between 7 and 12 inches of rain per year. This rain is provided through a bi-seasonal system. From December to March, frontal storms from North Pacific Ocean occasionally bring widespread, gentle rain to the northwestern areas. From July to mid-September, the summer monsoon brings surges of wet tropical air and frequent but localized violent thunderstorms.
These rainy seasons and our temperate climate added to the extreme elevation changes ranging across the state make Arizona and the Sonoran Desert a very diverse area with hundreds of plant and animal species. The Sonoran Desert alone has over 500 edible plants out of its nearly 3500 plant species. Arizona harbors greater plant and animal species diversity than any other non-coastal state in the country – third only to California and Texas and has the eighth highest number of endemic (unique to the area) species, with 135 species found nowhere else in the world.
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Advance reservations are required and can only be confirmed with receipt of guest contact information and a valid credit card. Final payment is due in advance of the tour. Guide gratuities are optional, but are appreciated.
There is no charge for cancellations made more than 48 hours before departure time. Cancellations made less than 48 hours from departure time will be charged in full.
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If you can't decide between hiking and mountain biking, we offer full-day guided tours in the Sonoran Desert. Combine any two of our half-day guided tours and make it a full day of adventure!
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I have had the opportunity to connect with so many people in Edmonton in the past few years though Blitz. The universal language of movement that we've created bonds that transcend beyond simple meet and greets over drinks and food. It is through getting to know so many of you that I have been able to challenge my body in sports like bodybuilding, olympic lifting, parkour, boxing, ultimate frisbee, and running; and this has only been in the past four years!
I'll admit that when I first picked up running the only thing that was keeping me in the sport was the encouragement of friends. I borrowed, and stole, their enthusiasm to push me to the point where, after my first month of running, I began hitting 21 km distances with pretty acceptable times. What eventually hooked me into running was that the farther I ran the more scenic the views. I fell in love with the sport simply because of the mini vacations I took every time I laced up my runners. My passion for running and photography really began to develop at the same time thanks to technology. Trail running was the obvious choice in order to get crazy natural landscape shots but the technical aspect of this running form made the views even more rewarding.
I was trying to narrow down fitness goals for 2015, pressure is on when you look at that black board at Blitz and everyone seemed to have a goal, and almost serendipitously the opportunity to become an ambassador for 5 Peaks came across my digital desk. Goal setting all of a sudden became really easy and I took up the ambassadorship!
In 2015 I'm running a minimum of 5 trail runs and I'm going to spread the love of trail running to all of my amazing community! I haven't placed a time down on the Enduro races that I've signed up for (the longest distances you can cover in the race series) since I still need to do some work to get my running legs back. With the help of a few of the Blitz community I'll also be training a little more seriously.
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Even the briefest of scrolls through the 'Made of Sundays' online store is enough to be taken in by its strong sense of identity and playful design. The humorous nature of the smallest of details in every nook of the site reflects the fun, uplifting character of the decorative home decal products that they sell.
To delve into the specifics of the design of the website, we talked to co-founder and UX designer, Thomas Leppä. He was kind enough to go into some depth about how things such as colour trends, navigation, and even hidden sloths can be important factors in communicating with, and positively affecting the experience of the user.
Please tell us about 'Made of Sundays' and the kind of products you have on offer.
Made of Sundays is a small Finnish-Spanish family-owned business specialising in wall, door and laptop decals and other selected interior decoration products. Our slogan is "Make your world happy" and that pretty much sums up both our general style of products and identity. We are working out of a cozy small studio located in Helsinki, Finland, where we both design and make our products.
How did you become involved in the company and what's your current role?
We started the company together with my wife three years ago, and I have been acting as both a hands-on designer and advisor since the beginning. Building on my 10+ years of experience as a freelance web and UX designer I take care of most things related to branding, designing and developing our online store, designing packaging, social media, marketing and so forth.
Alba (my wife) and Gemma (her sister) handle the actual day to day operations of the store, while I still mostly work with this on the weekends and evenings (long days, but totally worth it). I still spend most of my time with my own clients through our design studio Sundays . My long-term goal, however, is to find a good 50/50 balance in between my client work and Made of Sundays as I also find it extremely satisfying and fulfilling to work together with my wife on something that is 100% our own.
What kind of customer would you say 'Made of Sundays' appeals to?
We do try our best to appeal to people that are generally like minded to us. Defining characteristics would be definitely not taking things too seriously, enjoying the slightly chaotic and colourful as well as appreciating things that are made by humans who really care.
That said, we usually do feel more relevant for women than men, and our average customer tends to be on either side of her 30s with one or more kids at home. And of course we realise that many of our products (like our big super cute and generally just awesome door animal decals) are not for every one, so there is no point in even trying to please the whole world.
What design decisions were based on your target audience while building your website?
Referring back to the last question with us very much being like our target audience, we were quite confident that if we could only design and make an online store that we ourselves would love to use, then our customers would be happy with it as well. And our experiences so far seem to confirm this, as many of our customers really like to comment on how happy the whole experience has made them (which makes us really happy too).
Some of the things we like to see when shopping online are a clear and uncluttered UI, well displayed images, non-generic copy that seems to be written specifically for us as well as some smaller surprises along the way (to show us that someone really thought this thing through). Most of all just we want to get positive vibes from the experience as a whole.
The 'Made of Sundays' website immediately feels fresh and modern. How do you think you achieved that?
The use of color definitely plays a very strong part in how the site looks and feels. Color and typography both have a big role on the site while also being the two things that most tend to change with the trends. I think that any store that decides not to go with a classic black and white theme have to pay close attention to the current colour trends if they want to maintain a fresh look (unless you are looking for that vintage experience).
Product photos obviously also play a very big part in how everything comes together, and every e-commerce store out there knows that that's a never ending hassle to get right. Videos and gifs help bringing the site to life, and making more of both is also definitely on our to-do-list. We like to use subtle animations (mostly fading things in) to make the front-end seem modern and to give the user a smooth shopping experience. But be careful, because too much or too strong effects quickly becomes both annoying and off-putting.
What particular considerations did you make to the way in which users would navigate through the site?
Well the navigation is pretty straight-forward. We wanted to separate the language and currency navigation, as well as keep some links always visible up in the smaller menu while having the product and main links as a fixed navigation with drop-downs.
That way it is easy to jump in between categories while browsing products without having to scroll back up in-between. We feel it's important to keep the main menu as clear and clutter-free as possible. Improving the product navigation is on our to-do list, as it will become an issue as we go on adding more products to the site. It is natural that the need for filtering and more specific linkage grows with the amount products displayed. Search based browsing is also always on our mind, even though our current solution is a pretty basic one.
I noticed a really fun, little detail in which the empty cart icon has a 'sad face', which turns into a 'happy face' once you add an item. Are there any other little details like that and what effect on the user experience where you trying to achieve?
That's actually the only one I can think of at the moment (oh, besides the hidden sloth in the FAQ section). There is plenty of similar stuff that we have been thinking and talking about implementing, but sadly we have not had the time yet to do so (they will come, though).
We feel that the small details play a big part in the overall experience, and we really like to surprise people (in a positive way) when they interact with our site. A lot of attention has been given to the copy of notifications and confirmation emails, as well as with the hand written notes that we ship together with the products.
Please describe the 'Wall of Fame' section of the site and tell us about your reasons for including it.
The 'Wall of Fame' gives us the opportunity to show our products being used by real people in real homes. We want the people buying our products to have a 100% accurate view on how the actual final result is going to look, and using photos sent by our customers is a great way to do just that.
It's also a channel through which we can reward our customers who tag us with their awesome photos (we choose one photo every month that gets a gift voucher to our store). It is our way to show the people that hey, our products are actually out there and they really look just like they do in our own images.
If you were to build a brand new online store from scratch tomorrow, what might you do differently with your experiences working with this website?
Good question, but actually not that many things (unless I would have an unlimited budget and all the time in the world, of course). Truth is that the site you see now is not really the same site that was published one year ago (back when we changed to Shopify). Not a week goes by that we don't go in and tweak some minor detail in the site. Just last week we changed the way our product variants work (from drop downs to swatches and radio buttons) as well as updated our shipment tracking app.
Now we are monitoring how it affects things, and if our customers dislike the changes, well, then we just change it back. The benefit of being a designer and developer is that I can test out things on the fly (and then change them back if they did not work out), something that I never neither would nor could do with my own clients.
We like to publish things fast and then improve on them later, so I would say that a good piece of advice is to keep the general structure clear and simple, so that tweaking and developing it further is as easy and fast as possible.
What do 'Made of Sundays' have planned for the upcoming years?
We'll see. Currently, we are working hard on maintaining a steady and organic growth by focusing on basic things like marketing and expanding our product range. We also want to offer our customers some new and cool ways to customise our products online, so that's something we are working on at the moment.
Oh, and obviously we also are going to conquer the world, but then I guess that that goes without saying.


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Preference to Charity or Creditors in Bankruptcy?
In "In Re: James A. Smihula, et ux.," a United States Bankruptcy Court dismissed an attempt to convert a Chapter 13 bankruptcy into a Chapter 7 bankruptcy on the basis of a post-petition desire to give to charity.
In Re: James A. Smihula and Jean M. Smihula
James and Jean Smihula ("Debtors") filed a petition under Chapter 13 (reorganization of debts) with an original repayment plan of approximately $865 per month. Subsequently, the Debtors filed a notice of voluntary conversion to Chapter 7 (discharge of debts) with a Motion to Amend Schedules I & J, the significant change being the inclusion of a monthly charitable contribution of $700 per month, up from $0 per month. The Debtors admitted that their decision to make charitable contributions was made after the Chapter 13 filing and that they preferred to use their disposable income for charitable purposes rather than paying their creditors. The trustee brought a motion to dismiss the Debtors' Chapter 7 case on the basis that granting the requested discharge would amount to substantial abuse under 11 U.S.C. section 707(b).
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Rhode Island ("Court"), quoting section 707(b) as amended by The Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act of 1998, stated that it "cannot consider whether a debtor "has made or continues to make" charitable contributions, when determining substantial abuse," and that this language "requires that as of the petition date the debtor had established a history of charitable giving." Additionally, the Court stated that the legislative history of the amendment makes it clear that its proponents did not intend "to allow debtors to begin making charitable contributions on the eve of bankruptcy." Accordingly, the Court granted the trustee's motion to Dismiss the conversion of the Chapter 13 into a Chapter 7, stating that granting the Debtors the requested relief "would amount to substantial abuse, and would constitute a perversion of the amended statute."
Preference to charity over creditors? Moral of the story -- include your charitable giving now in your monthly budget!
Christopher M. Lefebvre, Esq.BEFORE ARTHUR N. VOTOLATO, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE Before the Court is the United States Trustee's Motion to Dismiss the Debtors' Chapter 7 case, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. section 707(b). The facts are not in dispute and it is agreed that no further hearing is necessary, therefore the matter may be decided on the papers. This is how the parties have framed the issue:
Attorney for Debtors
Two Dexter Street
Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860
Sheryl Serreze, Esq.
Assistant U.S. Trustee
Office of the United States Trustee
10 Dorrance Street, Suite 910
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
Attorney for Debtors
Two Dexter Street
Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860
Sheryl Serreze, Esq.
Assistant U.S. Trustee
Office of the United States Trustee
10 Dorrance Street, Suite 910
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
Whether the Bankruptcy Court may consider the Debtors' post- petition commencement of charitable contributions in determining whether the granting of a discharge in this case would be a substantial abuse as defined by 11 U.S.C. section 707(b) under the totality of the circumstances test enunciated in First USA v. Lamanna (In re Lamanna) 153 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 1998).
We answer this question in the affirmative and rule that granting a discharge in this Chapter 7 case would amount to substantial abuse under 11 U.S.C. section 707(b).
On September 25, 1998, James and Jean Smihula filed a petition under Chapter 13, then on November 5, 1998 they filed a notice of voluntarily conversion to Chapter 7, together with a Motion to Amend Schedules I & J. The Debtors' original Schedules I and J disclose monthly net income of $4,189 and expenses of $3,251, leaving $865 per month to fund the Plan. The only significant change in the amended schedules is that Debtors' monthly charitable contribution went from $0 to $700 per month, pretty much eliminating their net disposable income.
The Debtors readily admit that the decision to make charitable contributions of $700 per month was made after the Chapter 13 filing, and it is undisputed that the Debtors have been actually making these contributions post-petition. /1/ The Debtors also admit that they prefer to use their disposable income for charitable purposes of their choice, rather than paying their creditors through a Chapter 13 plan which would yield at least a 40% dividend. /2/
In support of their position the Debtors argue that recent amendments under The Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act of 1998, see P.L. No. 105-183, prohibit the Bankruptcy Court from considering whether the Debtors "have made, or continue to make" charitable contributions in determining dismissal under Section 707(b). They also argue that:
It is highly discriminatory and perhaps even unconstitutional to interpret 707(b) so as to allow an individual debtor who "found God" prior to bankruptcy and gave to charity regularly, to escape payment of his debts in favor of charitable and/or religious giving, yet deny the same relief to a debtor who "found God" subsequent to seeking bankruptcy protection.
The recent legislation and its history, however, do not support the Debtors' position.
Section 707(b) as amended by The Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act of 1998 states:
(b) After notice and a hearing, the court, on its own motion or on a motion by the United States trustee, but not at the request or suggestion of any party in interest, may dismiss a case filed by an individual debtor under this chapter whose debts are primarily consumer debts if it finds that the granting of relief would be a substantial abuse of the provisions of this chapter. There shall be a presumption in favor of granting the relief requested by the debtor. IN MAKING A DETERMINATION WHETHER TO DISMISS A CASE UNDER THIS SECTION, THE COURT MAY NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHETHER A DEBTOR HAS MADE, OR CONTINUES TO MAKE, CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS (THAT MEET THE DEFINITION OF "CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION" UNDER SECTION 548(d)(3)) TO ANY QUALIFIED RELIGIOUS OR CHARITABLE ENTITY OR ORGANIZATION (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 548(d)(4)).11 U.S.C. section 707(b) (West 1998) (emphasis added to show amendment. In determining substantial abuse under this section, the First Circuit Court of Appeals in First USA v. Lamanna, 153 F.3d 1, 4-5 (1st Cir. 1998), held that "in assessing the totality of a debtor's circumstances, courts should regard the debtor's ability to repay out of future disposable income as the primary, but not necessarily conclusive, factor of 'substantial abuse.'" Id.
The amendment states clearly that the Court cannot consider whether a debtor "HAS MADE or CONTINUES TO MAKE" charitable contributions, when determining substantial abuse. This language, which needs no interpretation or construction, REQUIRES that as of the petition date the debtor had established a history of charitable giving. This bolsters a major purpose of the legislation: to protect "religious and charitable organizations from having to turn over to bankruptcy trustees donations these organizations received from individuals who subsequently file for bankruptcy relief. In addition, the bill protects THE RIGHTS OF DEBTORS to continue to make religious and charitable contributions after they file for bankruptcy relief." H.R. Rep. No. 556, 105th Cong. 2ND Sess. 1998, 1998 WL 285820 at *2. Additionally, throughout the legislative history, its proponents make it clear that the amendment was not intended to allow debtors to begin making charitable contributions on the eve of bankruptcy. /3/ Professor Douglas Laycock of the University of Texas Law School, in a statement submitted for the record and included in the Committee on the Judiciary's report, said:
If I have been going along for years putting $5 a week in the collection plate and all of a sudden, before I file for bankruptcy, I clean out my last account and give 15 percent of my last year's income to my church, the trustee and the bankruptcy judge will look at the timing, the amount, the circumstances, the change in pattern, and they will say those are all badges of fraud. They will say I had the actual intent to hinder or defraud my creditors, and that is recoverable under section 548(a)(1). The fraud scenario is not going to happen.
Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act of 1997 and Religious Fairness in Bankruptcy Act of 1997: Hearing on H.R. 2604 and H.R. 2611 Before the Subcomm. on Commercial and Administrative Law of the House Comm. on the Judiciary, 105th Cong. (Feb. 12, 1998) [hereinafter "Hearing"]; see also H.R. Rep. No. 556, 105th Cong., 2ND Sess. 1998, 1998 WL 285820 at *8. Senator Grassley, addressing the identical provision in his bill, S. 1244, stated:
[T]he bill does not amend section 548(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. This section lets bankruptcy courts recover any transfer of assets on the eve of bankruptcy if the transfer was made to delay or hinder a creditor. Therefore, if the bill is enacted, we don't have to worry about a sudden rash of charitable giving in anticipation of bankruptcy. Such transfers would obviously be for the purpose of hindering creditors and would still be subject to the bankruptcy judge's powers. In other words, there really isn't much room for abuse as a result of my legislation.
Hearing, cited infra; see also H.R. Rep. No. 556, 105th Cong., 2ND Sess. 1998, 1998 WL 285820 n. 21 at *30.
Finally, the remarks of Representative Packard further evidence the Congressional intent that debtors should not be able to begin making charitable contributions post-petition, and thereby avoid paying their creditors in bankruptcy:
We have tried desperately to craft language that would protect and avoid and prevent fraud. No one, certainly this member, does not wish to lay any groundwork that would allow someone to fraudulently use the church or a charitable organization to make a contribution to avoid their creditors if they are going into bankruptcy. I would be the very last to wish for that. We have tried to put language in this bill that would protect against that kind of fraudulent effort.
Hearing, cited infra; see also H.R. Rep. No. 556, 105th Cong. , 2ND Sess. 1998, 1998 WL 285820 n. 37 at *36.
While these Debtors emphasize that they did not commence charitable giving with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud creditors, and that they have in fact continued giving to various charities throughout the pendency of this litigation, the effect of their actions cannot be overlooked. What these Debtors are doing, regardless of their stated intent, is to rewrite the law in accordance with their personal wishes, to the detriment of creditors who, under section 707(b), have a vested interest in their disposable income. Based upon the clear language of the statute in question and the reported history, it is the ruling of this Court that the issue of timing, i.e., JUST WHEN a debtor commences charitable giving, is very relevant to the 707(b) inquiry. Where the debtor's charitable giving instinct arises shortly pre-petition, and surely where it arises post-petition, as here, it is unthinkable that the Court would not have the authority to examine such circumstances.
Based upon the plain language of the statute, the legislative history, and applying the Lamanna test to the facts of this case, we find that substantial abuse exists under Section 707(b), for the following reasons:
(1) The Debtors have $61,348 of unsecured creditors, the majority of which is consumer debt;
(2) Both Debtors are stable wage earners, with Mr. Smihula employed for 28 years at his job, and Mrs. Smihula for 13 years at her job;
(3) The Debtors have net monthly income of $4,089, and expenses of $3,951;
(4) The Debtors' Chapter 13 petition indicates that they are able to pay $865 monthly into a plan;
(5) Excluding their charitable contributions, which were commenced post-petition, the Debtors have net disposable monthly income of $838;
(6) The Debtors have sufficient disposable income to pay a substantial dividend to unsecured creditors with relative ease, and without depriving themselves of adequate food, clothing, shelter and other necessities.
Based on the undisputed facts, it is the ruling of this Court that granting these Debtors relief under Chapter 7 would amount to substantial abuse, and would constitute a perversion of the amended statute. Accordingly, the United States Trustee's Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED, on the condition that the Order of Dismissal will become final in fifteen days unless the Debtors convert their case to Chapter 13, with plan provisions substantially similar to those in their original Chapter 13 filing.
Enter Judgment consistent with this order.
Dated at Providence, Rhode Island, this 24th day of May, 1999.
Arthur N. Votola
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Entered on docket
Date: 5-24-99
/1/ It is not alleged or suggested that the Debtors are using this charitable donation as a rouse [sic] to pocket the $700 per month for their personal benefit.
/2/ The Debtors list total unsecured debt of $61,348. See Schedule E.
/3/ Or even worse, to file a Chapter 13 case showing enough disposable income to pay creditors a significant dividend, and then to use the recent amendments as the basis for converting to Chapter 7, and paying creditors nothing.


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The briefing has concluded.
Insult, Insult to the Majority.
No easy answer. Not easy to set up exchanges. Gone though great lengths to make this work.
Someone asked Josh about the people who lost their long term job due to ocare. Josh: At risk due to people arguing.
More info about Clinton/Email. Shouldn't there be something more besides guidelines. Josh thinks the State Dept thinks they should turn over their personal accounts.
You said guideness was given. Josh up to the different agencies. He can tell you WH workers got help from attornies. When it was realized that it was Hillary personal emails, not one thought this should be flagged. I can't account for discussion of WH and State Dept. Everyone is working guidelines. They collected it all and turned over to State Dept.
So. If your employee said I have an old PC and would like to run a mail server and plug into my cox. instead of my wh email. Would that be ok with you? Josh would suggest they follow guidelines. Security questions is someone hacking? That has nothing to do with records act it has to do with security. Josh said he is over estimating. Aside from guidness, no way this would be wront. Josh said security info is not suppose to occur. Special way to transmit info. I don't have a classified email address. We take cyber security very seriously. We are mindful of the security. Strong Fed computers have had trouble cyber hygiene. Doing what we can to secure our security. Hacking is why everyone is raising the issue of the personal email. Those emails are less secure. This is conversation is worthy of a computer specialist.
Did citizens pay for her phone. He said ck with Hillary.
o will be going to Benedic College. Never before has college been need to get good middle class jobs.
Email guideness to forward info on your personal email to Govn. Say you sent tens of thousands. Is there of timeline of turning them in by certain time. Shultz using his email and not turning over anything in proper time. There is a responibility to go by guidelines.
If Clinton spent 4 years with personal email. She would have not have been following. it. I can't speak to her guidness that she received. Maybe have been different. Keeping your records at home on a server, is that considered preserving. Her definition were not preserved for 4 years. Josh said you have to talk to Clinton's team. Reports said she turned over within last 2 months. Does WH think she broke law. Clinton has worked hard to send emails to State Dept.
What is o's feeling on this? Is he nipped by this. Josh don't know.
Someone brought up Ferg. I had to turn it off. Had enough.
I nominate Lee for the perseverance award today.
Me too! She's on top of it. I listened a bit of the presser. Just couldn't handle it. We say it again: Earnest is trying to defend the indefensible. Can't be done.
Lee deserves a medal!
My question:
Why did NO ONE in State Dept. (especially senior-career diplomats), the White House, Pentagon, Congress ever mention or notice that Hilliary NEVER used a State Dept. email for all her years there…?
Where was the IT dept? or Security dept?
Come on Spook, really now, come on.
I agree with JBH.
They were all under their thumb.
You raise the right question, and we know the answer. Mzzzz HIllary does what she wants, when she wants and how she wants to do it. If you cross her, she yells in your face in that voice from hell she has, fires you, destroys your reputation, accuses you of whatever the crime of the day is, and makes your life a living hell. Dat's why.
It is no hard task to fill your house with lairs. They are everywhere. Common sense, filled with integrity, not prone to gossip folks, much more difficult to procure. The last category has been outlawed as abnormal in Washington D.C. I think.
I do my best to listen. I can only take so much, than OFF BUTTON!
All the current "spokes-people" in the Obama regime are awful:
-the sleaze ball Josh 'not so' Earnest @ White House
-the arrogant, stuck up bimbos (Harf & Psaki) @ State Dept.
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Gran Turismo 3 Link Mode
Everybody knows that Gran Turismo 3 will be awesome. Everybody knows that it will feature hot two-player split-screen action. But does everybody know that you will be able to hook up to 6 PS2s via the iLink port for six-player races? Leave it to Sony to take advantage of their own technology. Now you all you need is six TVs and some friends.
King's Field IV
It's official. RPG factory From Software is releasing King's Field IV for the PS2 this March. True to form, the game will be on a DVD-ROM.
Kurikuri Mix
From's other offering, Kurikuri Mix, completes their remarkably broad PS2 selection for the rest of the year. (Remember that they also still have 1/4 coming this winter.) Even though this is an action-puzzle game, it's also shipping on a DVD-ROM. There will even be a multiplayer mode so you can solve the puzzles together. The game is set for a December release.
Happy! Happy! Boarders
Yet another snowboarding title for the PS2 is coming this winter. It definitely gets the vote for Most Japanese title. Happy! Happy! Boarders will feature more than just boarding- you can meet great guys and girls and maybe even fall in love. The first snowboarding/dating sim - aw, yeah...
Square Millennium Collection Expansion
Square is set to add four (3.5) more games to the ever-growing Millennium Collection. Xenogears Wong Fei Fong version, Xenogears Elehayym Van Houten version, Parasite Eve 2 and Chrono Cross. Check out the full page ad for Chrono Cross.
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4. Love Hina Totsuzen no Engage Happening - DC - 39,219 - NEW
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6. Motto Pro Baseball Team o tsukurou! - DC - 26,235 - NEW
7. World Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 2000 - PS - 24,385 - 261,900
8. Dino Crisis 2 - PS - 22,627 - 206,965
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Series: The Illuminae Files #3
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers on March 13th 2018
Genres: Sci-Fi, Young Adult
Pages: 615
Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza—but who knows what they'll find seven months after the invasion?
Meanwhile, Kady's cousin, Asha, survived the initial BeiTech assault and has joined Kerenza's ragtag underground resistance. When Rhys—an old flame from Asha's past—reappears on Kerenza, the two find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.
With time running out, a final battle will be waged on land and in space, heroes will fall, and hearts will be broken.
Gah, my heart, guys. I can't believe it's over. This book (and series) has been a crazy nitty-gritty emotional roller-coaster of excitement!
I've have to say this was quite the space-saga survival story. Like the previous books, it's packed full of catastrophic events, emotional moments and all around edge-of-your-seat adventures as we hurtle towards the final battle of good vs evil.
It's hard to imagine, but even amid so much violence and chaos and loss, somehow the universe sometimes still manages to look beautiful.
I loved getting to see more of Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik and AIDEN! Seeing them deal with end-of-the-universe problems while still having to prove that they're more than just teenage kids, just made me love them even more. Also, there's still cuteness. Seriously, adored Kady and Erza so much, they're so friggin' adorable. And I liked that we got to see more of Hanna and Nik and how their relationship developed.
"I was thinking," he murmurs. "There'a billion different versions of you out there, in a trillion different universes. And I still can't get over how lucky I am that, out of all those versions, you're the one that's mine."
We also meet to new two heroes, Asha and Rhys, who are Kerenza. I liked both of them but I definitely felt we didn't really get a ton of time with them (what with all the action happening and getting to see a lot of the rest of the old crew). They did have a cute second chance at romance while saving the universe, too.
Overall this was a captivating and thrilling adventure that brings all the feelings. A great conclusion to a great series.
Live a life worth dying for.
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In higher stages of this art, the most advanced hand techniques will be introduced along with dragon hand patterns. Dragon Kicks, dragon hands and weaponry are among highlights of this style which make it even more unique!
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There are also foot dance patterns (foot work) which are part of the promotion test curriculum.
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I guess I wanted in on the sports luxe trend, shame it doesn't work for me! I defo feel like a more girly sporty spice with the baseball inspired dress and my wedged Ash trainers ;)
Might have to use it as my decorating dress when we move, I don't really have any old scruffy clothes for that kind of thing! Whilst I am on the subject of the house move any tips from those of you who have moved recently? Anything I need to remember to do? Anyone created a handy check list I can steal??


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Walt Disney once referred to pictures as the most universally understood language. And indeed, I believe that to be true. However, like all other languages, pictures, too, can be misunderstood or ignored. It takes practice and patience to learn this "language" and be able to glean all one can from a single picture. After all, it is a message of a thousand words we're looking for in each one. 🙂
There are many wonderful photography sites online where you and your students can practice your picture reading skills (see links here and here for ideas and strategies).
One such site is Teachinfourth's blog where he often shares his photographs and also features the Weekly Kodachrome. These shots along with their titles and brief descriptions would be a great resource as you teach your students about finding meaning in pictures.
And if you act fast, you could also become the recipient of one of Teachinfourth's fabulous photographs. He is giving away 100 5×7 photographs for Christmas this year. Click here for more details.
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Put those gulab jamuns aside and try this classic fried snack. Roll in a mixture of cinnamon and caster sugar immediately after frying, or try drizzling with honey. Its various versions are very very popular in Chile and Argentina.
I made these the other day and they turned out great. I hate to see how a person such as "kmmishler" down there can mess up the rating for this. I also suppose her entire family has gone into cardiac arrest after eating all of the fat that she is supposed to be FRYING FOOD IN and NOT mixing it in the dough. (along w/ the 7 and counting that considered her helpful) - 13 Jan 2003 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
The 8 cups of shortening are for frying. Only 2 tablespoons actually go into the sopapillas. - 31 Dec 2003 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
Need to verify ingredients. Hard to believe it takes 8 cups of shortening to make 32 Sopapillas! - 20 Apr 2002 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)


text: My research falls at the intersections of gender, sexuality, and religion. My previous work investigated the ways in which men who pledge sexual abstinence until marriage grapple with understandings of their masculinity in light of a seemingly unmasculine decision. My dissertation investigates the ways in which the evangelical mega-church grapples with cultural shifts in gender and sexuality. I am also working with CJ Pascoe, at the University of Oregon, on a project calling for a re-theorizing of homophobia through research on the epithet "no homo."


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I had the pleasure of attending SxSW in 2010, my third trip to that conference. There were a lot of new sights and places to visit, but just as many events I remembered from trips past. I found myself wondering things like, "where was that one place we went on Friday last year, with the ______ and the ______? Did we go to the ________-sponsored talk last time? Where was that awesome restaurant where we met _________?" Those kinds of questions inevitably got answered, but not after a lot of searching… through memory, anecdote, blog… and Foursquare.
One night I was wandering through Austin, (keeping a weather eye open for the next awesome experience) when I saw a *very* large group gathering in the lobby of the Hilton. Checking my Twitter feed, I saw Dennis Crowley of Foursquare had been tweeting cryptic messages hinting toward some kind of "swimming" event. As it turned out, every year the Foursquare guys would lie on their backs and race across the lobby floor using their feet and a backstroking motion with their arms. It was hilarious, and I found myself wondering how I'd never heard of it before.
Inspired by the shenanigans, I decided I would go ahead and build a "memory" tool for social media, and I would call it "Backstrokes"… allowing people to "swim back" through their history.
The Project
Backstrok.es currently has one facet, the one that was the most interesting to me: trips to other cities. Using a home zip code, Backstrok.es will organize checkins within a certain range of each other into "trips", making it easy to list and recall the places you've been.
The code is now open-source on my Github. I intend to update it when I have some time.
Backstrok.es is built on Node.JS. It uses my node-foursquare library for working with the Foursquare API and currently uses no database– all data is retrieved and organized on each page load. In the future, I'll be using a Redis-backed session store and database for "sharing" trips with your friends.Visit Website


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Rising seas no comedy sketch
Mitigation of global warming, while costly, is an infinitely better and cheaper solution than the exorbitantly expensive alternative of adaptation – dealing with the effects of sea-level rise, temperature rise and more extreme weather events.
In Australia most of our population lives along the coast, most of our cities have extensive areas close to sea level, do we build seawalls to hold back the waves and the king tides or do we move everything inland? Either way the dollar costs alone are unimaginable let alone the human and social costs.
Undoubtedly coal has given us very cheap electricity and wind power. Solar power and hydro power are undeniably more expensive at present, but what of the long term? Take sea-level rise for example. If we do not move to renewables, if we do not decrease our greenhouse gas emissions then our children and grandchildren will pay the much bigger price of defending their infrastructure and their houses and businesses from the rising seas.
Much is happening in the renewables space. Our region is host to many renewable energy researchers. In fact there are some 60 academics at the university alone who are working on clean energy in all its various guises.
At an individual level, community level and regional level there is a strong groundswell of new commerce and new commercial models to bring solar power and wind power on line.
One place to go to hear about what is happening, and what is the future of clean renewable energy, is to travel to Kurri Kurri on November 20 for the Energy Efficiency Expo and then again on November 21 to listen to the experts at our Clean Energy Regional Solutions 2014 conference. Act now in the interests of our grandchildren.
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