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Bug's Bleat - - GCF: Checks and balances
Hello ALL,
"George" wins! As does the Arkansas "Marriage" Amendment (voters in 10 other states, including left-leaning Oregon, also passed constitutional marriage amendments by an average of 70%).
The President said Tuesday morning that he had confidence in the American people and his confidence was well founded. Now it's time to patch up our differences and heal the wounds left by a divisive and long campaign season. "I will need your support and I will work to earn it," the president said in an appeal to the 55 million Americans who voted for his Democratic rival. "We are entering a season of hope," he said. As of Wednesday evening, the numbers were;
George W. Bush, 59,095,822 (51.1%) 274 Electoral College Votes
John F. Kerry, Dem. 55,532,080 (48.0%) 252 Electoral College Votes
Ralph Nader, Ind. 395,523 (0.3%)
Electoral College Votes needed to win - 270
99.4% of precincts in US reporting.
It looks like President Bush will have opportunity to appoint several Supreme Court members. He's asking for judges that strictly interpret the constitution. We need to support him by letting our Senator's know that we'll brook no lawmaker who tries to block the nomination of qualified justices.
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In spite of our guy winning, we still endorse PRAYER for God's vision for America (and that is not necessarily our vision, or anyone else's vision). We are encouraging you to pray, now, for His vision, His will, and His purpose for America.
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What is the deal with the "R0lex" Watch Spam? It's hard to comprehend that there are enough gullible (read stupid) people out there to make it worth the Spammers effort to send these out.
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MCC "Membership Saturday" is coming.
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Don't forget to change the batteries in your smoke alarms.
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Springhill High School Softball Team's Fund-raiser. Pecan, shelled, $6 per bag Contact Brett Wideman at 235-6592 to get yours.
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High School Rodeo Action starts at noon on Saturday, November 06 at the Columbia County Fairgrounds. Www.swahsra.com
The Southwest Arkansas High School Rodeo Association just finished its second season. We over doubled in size from years one to two. We awarded over $25,000 in prizes at our '03 - '04 awards banquet. We look forward to continuing to grow in the years ahead. We hope to have +100 members in '04 - '05.
Our goal is to provide area youth with the opportunity to compete in rodeo events in a safe and friendly atmosphere.
We offer bull riding, steer riding, steer wrestling, bareback, roping, team roping, breakaway roping, ribbon roping, goat tying, barrel racing, and pole bending in competitive age groups up to 19 years old.
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After the elections, it seemed a good time to rerun ... "Top 10 Reasons to Forgive!"
10. Alka-Seltzer already has enough of your money.
9. Turning the other cheek might become the newest dance craze.
8. It will leave your soul smelling minty-fresh!
7. Not enough seeing-eye dogs trained to take this "eye-for-an-eye" thing literally.
6. It sure beats frying in Hell.
5. Forgiveness: it's not just for heretics anymore!
4. It's cheaper than a lawyer.
3. Decrease the likelihood of ever being a guest on the Jerry Springer show.
2. Two words: It's free!
And the number one reason to give forgiveness a try:
1. Because Jesus said so!
Thanks to "SMILEAWHILE"
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WOW! Talk about getting excited. Why do women get so worked up when you make a little mistake. All I did was eat a few fried pies.
You see, I came home one evening (back in Y2K) to a warm, great smelling kitchen.
Annette had outdone herself cooking a Friday evening feast, squash, potatoes, noodles, green beans, and chicken. Not to mention pineapple salad. She also was rolling out dough for fried apple pies.
After we finished eating, Annette said, "Don't forget the pies." So, while she was doing the laundry, I tried a pie. Have you ever heard the phrase "Heaven on Earth"? These pies were light, flaky and delicious.
So ... I ate them all. Hey. I left some of the filling for Annette.
Boy was I surprised when she came back in the kitchen and saw the remains on the pie plate. Well, I guess I was more in pain than surprised. She was VERY unhappy about me eating all the pies.
She asked if I hadn't heard her say she was going to take some pies across the street to Estelle and her sister. I allowed as to how, now that she mentioned it, I did remember something about that being discussed. But, as I was quick to point out, there was plenty of dough and filling left. She could make some more pies. In fact, I'd like to have some more myself.
For some reason, this didn't seem to placate her at all. She just looked at me like I'd done something wrong.
Women! Who can figure them out.
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The Magnolia sites (South, West, and East Plants) have set a new record for days worked without an OSHA Recordable Injury. The old record was 347 days, and was set back on April 17th, 1999. We broke the record on October 31st. Keep FOCUSED on safety, and let's make it a year without a recordable injury!
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New Bagel Virus Spreading Fast
Two new versions of the venerable Bagle worm are on the loose, infecting PCs and opening backdoors as they go. The pair are virtually indistinguishable from one another and also are quite similar to most of the other Bagle variants. The main area of concern for enterprises is the fact that both Bagle.BC and Bagle.BD open a backdoor on TCP Port 81 on infected PCs. Both versions were discovered early Friday morning.
Both variants are capable of spreading through peer-to-peer networks, as well as via e-mail. Both arrive in e-mail messages with spoofed sending addresses and one of a handful of meaningless subject lines, such as "Re:" "Re: Hello" or "Re: Thank you." The bodies of both variants contain just a single emoticon (smiley face), and the name of the virus-infected attachment is either "Price," "price" or "Joke."
Once installed on a user's machine, the two variants try to download and execute a file from one of several dozen Web sites. And they both attempt to terminate a number of running security-related processes on the machine, according to an analysis of the worms by McAfee Inc., in Santa Clara, Calif.
One key difference between the two is that Bagle.BC also tries to terminate running copies of several of the NetSky worms. And Bagle.BD installs a file named "Wingo.exe" on infected machines. Bagle.BD seems to be moving more quickly than its older brother.
"It is spreading quickly. We've seen quite a few submissions from both our consumer and enterprise customers," said Stefana Ribaudo, a product manager in Computer Associates International Inc.'s eTrust unit, based in Islandia, N.Y.
When asked to comment on the apparent success the new virus has had, BitDefender Chief Technology Officer Bogdan Dumitru declared: "At this time, I can think of no reason other than deft initial seeding. The author, or authors, must have had a list of vulnerable machines at hand."
Once the backdoor is opened on Port 81, the worms listen passively for instructions from a remote host. Experts say that the worm likely will try to upload more files to infected PCs at some point in the future.
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor Larry Seltzer contributed to this story.
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Curiosity overcame caution Thursday morning when I was leaving for work. Seconds before I stepped out the door, Annette said; "Are you proud of me?"
I turned to her and said, "You know that I'm always proud of you."
She said "Have you noticed that we've been eating out less?"
Here's where being married over 30 years and should have given me more sense. But, my "Man's Logic" circuits kicked in. Annette works 60 to 80 hours a week. The majority of our lunch and supper meals consist of some form of fast food. So instead of replying "Yes. And I appreciate it." I said; "What did we eat last night?" (The answer was chicken from "Chickadilly")
She paused for just a second to digest that I'd given the "Z" answer and then her slipper sailed through the air, striking the door inches from my head.
I made it out the door before the second barrage.
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Check out this link http://reachyourfaith.com then click on the map to bring up First Methodist in Shreveport. Claiborne's got their church services on the Internet (live on Sunday's, and archived the rest of the week.) They call this ministry FAITHLINK. According to their web site, "Technology has forever altered the way modern society received its information and communicates." I like the choice of listening to service via the Web.
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On October 31 in 1950, Earl Lloyd became the first African-American to play in an National Basketball Association game, when he took to the court for the Washington Capitols. He played seven games for the Capitols before the team folded in 1951. Earl was later picked up by the Syracuse Nationals, and then by Detroit Pistons. He retired in 1960. Mr. Lloyd was featured on NPR's ATC program on Tuesday. The interviewer asked him about any problems being the first black NBA player and Mr. Lloyd related that there wasn't really much to do about it.
He went on to explain, that some of the schools in the north were already integrated, so crowds were not too shocked at seeing a black man on the court. The only problem he recalled was that one of the hotels didn't allow him to eat in the dining room. He related that the team manager offered to eat with him in the hotel room (they would give a black room service at that time.) He declined, told the manager he was O.K. and insisted that he go and eat with the rest of the team. In case our younger members don't know what this means, it means that not many years ago, American Citizens were routinely not allowed to eat, sleep, use the bathroom or get a drink of water (much less attend school) as they pleased, because of the color of their skin.
Our Restaurant, "The Chatterbox", was segregated (as was every food establishment in town). "Whites" only were allowed in the front of the Café. "Blacks" could be served in a storeroom in the back (and there was also a "black" restroom in the back.)
My parents didn't have any choice in the matter. Due to mores of the time, any effort to integrate the Café would have resulted in my parents being run out of business (as happened to a friend of theirs whose son was involved in the voting rights movement.)
One time three soldiers came through town and stopped at the Chatterbox to eat. My mother explained that the two white soldiers could eat in the Café, but the black soldier would have to go around back. The soldiers refused to eat separately and asked my mother if there was anyway they could eat together.
This was a dilemma for mom since she was very supportive of anyone in uniform. So my mother closed the dining room, had them sit over there, and she waited upon them herself.
It wasn't until the Civil Rights Act of 1994 that my parents were able to integrate the Chatterbox. Next time someone tells you that we don't need a federal government or federal laws, ask them if they want to go back to the days of segregation.
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Robert Eugene Antoon, 62, of Magnolia, died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. He was born Aug. 11, 1942 in Magnolia to the late Johnny and Pauline Antoon. He was a United States Army veteran and served his country in South Korea. He was a cosmetologist and owner of Robert's Beauty Salon and was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Baker Antoon of Magnolia; three brothers, Johnny Antoon Jr., of Fort Lauderdale, Dr. Pat Antoon and wife Mandy of Magnolia, James Antoon of Magnolia and Paul Michael Antoon of San Diego; sister-in-law, Barbara Baker Arnold of Magnolia; and several nieces, nephews and numerous cousins.
Services were held Friday, Nov. 5 at First United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church or to the charity of donor's choice. Robert was one of the best-known people in Magnolia. His clients included citizens from far and wide. He is already missed.
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Thanks to the ladies at Central Health Therapy and Rehabilitation. I've been having problems with my right arm for months. It finally reached the stage that I couldn't ignore anymore and Dr. Murphy diagnosed it as tendonitis in my shoulder. He recommended physical therapy.
I got started this week and the improvement is already OUTSTANDING. I'm now able to apply deodorant under that arm.
Not only are these ladies friendly and compassionate. They're very competent.
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Albemarle's Purchasing department has worked out an agreement with Alltel offering an incentive plan to Albemarle employees, plus on-site contractors.
Starting October 14, 2004 if you currently have cellular service with Alltel and the account is in your name you will have the opportunity to receive a 10% discount on your phone plan. You must submit an email to Tracy Rabb before November 1st to qualify for this incentive with your Alltel account number and account name. (Only one discount per employee) no multiple phone discounts allowed. This offer is only available until November 1st, after this date they will allow 2 months free access on your account.
If you have service with another provider you will still be offered this 10% discount to switch over to Alltel if you provide them with a copy of your current bill . You will be able to keep your same cell number. You will also have to purchase new phone if Alltel can't use your existing phone.
You can log on to Alltel.com to check the available phone plans or see Tracy Rabb in the Maintenance Complex. She will have some brochures available for those wishing to change from another cellular service or to get new service. The Alltel account rep will be prepared to set your account up if you have the information needed from these brochures.
Also, a reminder to frequently (at least monthly) activate any new towers by choosing *228 and following the directions.
Thank You Tracy Rabb
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www.aaa.com. Regular Mid Premium Diesel
Current Avg. $2.00 $2.13 $2.20 $2.23
http://www.fuelgaugereport.com/
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Slow Cooker Lemon Garlic Chicken
Recipe courtesy Kathleen Daelemans
Show: Cooking Thin
Episode: Single in the City
Kathleen Daelemans
Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours
Yield: 4 servings
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, lightly pounded (3 to 4 ounces meat per person)
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
8 cloves garlic, smashed
1-cup wild rice blend
1/4-cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
2 1/4 cups water
10 fresh parsley sprigs
Season the chicken breasts generously with salt and pepper. Place the chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker. Add the garlic and rice. Add the lemon juice to the water and stir. Pour this mixture over the rice and chicken. Stir once to coat. Place the lid on the slow cooker and set on low for 8 hours. To plate, place a serving of the rice on each plate and top with 1 chicken breast. Garnish with fresh parsley sprigs
Nutrition Information
Nutritional Analysis Per Serving: Calories 284
Fat 2 g Saturated Fat 0.5 g
Carbohydrates 34 g Protein 33 g
Fiber 3 g
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD-9936-19564,00.html
http://www.foodnetwork.com
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BREAKPOINT Commentaries
by Chuck Colson. - Prison Fellowship
Saying No to Terrorism
Tuesday's Foreign Policy Message
November 5, 2004
Over the next few weeks you are going to hear lots of talk about whether the president has a mandate and what, if any, message the voters were sending. Much of it will be self-promoting spin.
But there is one unmistakable message sent on Tuesday: the one sent to Islamo-fascists like Osama bin Laden and those who would coddle them.
As you may remember though the press did its best to bury it the weekend before the election, bin Laden inserted himself into the campaign by videotape. It was a blatant appeal to the American people to throw President Bush out.
Bin Laden's message was, in effect, "leave us alone, and we'll leave you alone." Of course, this is a farce, but had President Bush been beaten, bin Laden would have taken that as a triumph. Earlier this year, remember, Islamo-fascists succeeded in overthrowing a Spanish government that supported the president's policies in the war on terror. Now, bin Laden would have argued that the same had happened here in America.
Had Bush been defeated, it would have been an emboldening of terrorists, unless John Kerry had unequivocally stated that he was going to pursue President Bush's policies. If you doubt this, remember how we reacted in Somalia, or at the Marine barracks in Lebanon, or the bombings of our embassies in East Africa, or Yemen and the USS Cole, or in our lack of response to the first World Trade Center bombings in 1993.
In each of those instances, American lack of resolution led bin Laden to conclude that the United States was decadent and didn't have the will to fight and resist him. Liberal and conservative analysts, like Professor Bernard Lewis at Princeton, the leading Islamic scholar, agree that bin Laden's conclusion from this led to the events of September 11. And there's no reason to believe that his thinking has changed. A show of weakness by the American people would only have encouraged further attacks.
It's also important to remember bin Laden's true ambitions. Unlike some terrorists for whom violence is an illegitimate means to what are arguably legitimate ends, what drives Islamo-fascists like bin Laden is resentment. It's this kind of resentment that, as Bernard Lewis tells us, will never be placated by concessions.
If we take bin Laden at his word, and there's no good reason not to, he wants to re-establish the dar al-Islam, the rule of Islam, from the Persian Gulf to the Iberian Peninsula.
When bin Laden speaks of the "tragedy of Andalusia," he is not being ironic. When he calls even nominal Christians "crusaders," he is not indulging in hyperbole. This is how he and his kind see the world. The European governments, who don't seem to understand this, are committing a kind of suicide.
Thankfully, the message from this side of the Atlantic, at least for now, is, "You cannot interfere with our elections, and we are still willing to fight." As one Pennsylvania woman told the NewRepublic, despite her disagreements with the president, she didn't want "to send the wrong message to Islamic fundamentalists."
Well, we sent the right one, one that understands that while what we're doing is messy and costly, it's the only way to protect the security of America.
For further reading and information:
Ron Fournier and Nedra Pickler, "Candidates scrap over Osama tape," Salt Lake Tribune, 2 November 2004.
"President Bush Discusses Iraq Policy at Whitehall Palace in London," White House Office of the Press Secretary, 19 November 2003.
BreakPoint Commentary No. 040516, "An Ill Wind from Spain: Terrorists and the Democratic Process."
BreakPoint Commentary No. 020722, "Decline and Ascendance: Christendom and Islam." (Free registration required.)
BreakPoint Commentary No. 030723, "A Necessary Show of Strength: Intelligence, Just War, and Iraq."
Daniel Benjamin and Gabriel Weimann, "What the Terrorists Have in Mind," New York Times, 27 October 2004. (Free registration required.)
Noelle Knox, "World leaders offer congratulations to Bush," USA Today, 3 November 2004.
Call 1-877-322-5527 to request the "9/11 Worldview Resource Kit" which includes the book Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad?, the booklet When Night Fell on a Different World, and a BreakPoint CD containing two September 11-related interviews with Chuck Colson.
Copyright 2004 Prison Fellowship Ministries. Reprinted with permission. "BREAKPOINT with Chuck Colson" is a radio ministry of Prison Fellowship Ministries. Prison Fellowship Ministries may withdraw or modify this grant of permission at any time. To receive "BREAKPOINT" commentaries daily, you can subscribe for free at http://www. breakpoint. org/.
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Words of the Week:
debouch: to emerge; to issue.
jejune: lacking in nutritional value; also, immature; also, dull.
redolent: having or exuding fragrance; also, evocative, reminiscent.
imprecation: a curse.
obsequious: servilely attentive; fawning.
inexorable: unyielding; relentless.
diablerie: sorcery; also, mischievous conduct.
from Dictionary.Com
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QUOTES OF THE DAY FROM Y2K
"You think if you get elected, Gore will try to take credit for it?" -- Jay Leno, interviewing George Bush (Monday, October 30)
"I don't know that I even like Joe Lieberman... I just don't get a good feeling." -- Al Gore supporter Cher, on Radio America's "Battle Line" show.
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"An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup." - H. L. Mencken
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - Philip K. Dick
"Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time." - E.B. White
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." - John Quincy Adams
The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it." - Germaine De Stael
"Slums may well be breeding-grounds of crime, but middle-class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium." - Cyril Connolly
"Four Rules For Life; Show up. Pay attention. Tell the truth. Don't be attached to the results." - Angeles Arrien
"All things are difficult before they are easy." - Thomas Fuller
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FLASH CARD "One of the lessons of the Web is that if people have access to information, they will consume it, whether they are hungry or not." (Lee Gomes)
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FLASH CARD "To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform." (Theodore H. White)
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FLASH CARD "History is the only laboratory we have in which to test the consequences of thought." (ÉÉtienne Gilson)
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FLASH CARD "In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat." (Harold Evans0
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FLASH CARD "Golf is the only sport where the ball doesn't move until you hit it." (Ted Williams)
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GCF: Checks and balances
Found at The Shark Tank (Computerworld) -Tom http://www.computerworld.com/departments/opinions/sharktank/0,4885,97212,00.html
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At the computer store where this clerk works, many of the suppliers insist on being paid C.O.D. So it's no surprise when the delivery truck driver asks for a check.
But there's a problem. "One of our suppliers installed an automated shipping system that printed the labels for the delivery company," he says. "They tied the system to their accounts receivable so that any prior balance would be added to the C.O.D. amount of any current order.
"Trouble was, we had just returned a defective shipment and had a credit balance. Our next order was for less money than the credit balance. The system dutifully looked up our balance and printed the C.O.D. tag."
For -$38.47.
Which leaves the clerk and the driver scratching their heads. The driver knows he can't hand over the shipment without a check. But a check for a negative amount makes no sense.
"I called my bank and asked what would happen if I wrote a check for -$34.87," says the clerk. "The branch manager laughed and said it wouldn't go through their system, so go ahead. I wrote the check, gave it to the driver and he left."
Then the phone rang. The bank manager had checked with his IT people and they told him the bank would deposit $38.47 in my account when the check was processed. They were in a panic!
Fortunately, the delivery company tore up the check when the driver checked in.
I wonder how much the bank spent making sure their software would no longer accept a negative amount on a check.
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GCF: New Nurse
Emailed to me by a friend (Thanks, Howard) -Tom
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A newly hired nurse listened while the doctor was yelling, "Typhoid! Tetanus! Measles!"
She asked another nurse, "Why is he going on like that?"
The experienced nurse replied, "Oh, he just likes to call the shots around here."
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GCF: Mother's Patience
Emailed to me from another humor list (The Funnies) -Tom To subscribe to The Funnies, send a blank email to: andychaps-the-funnies-subscribe@egroups.com
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Little Johnny had just been put to bed for the umpteenth time and his mother's patience was wearing thin. "If I hear you call 'Mother' one more time, you will be punished," she warned him sternly.
For a while it was quiet, and then she heart a small voice call from the top of the stairs, "Mrs. Jones? Can I have a drink of water?"
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GCF: Express Checkout
Emailed to me from another humor list (Marty's Joke of the Day) -Tom To subscribe to Marty's Joke of the Day, send a blank email to: martysjotd-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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It was a Saturday afternoon, and Ray had rushed down to the local supermarket to hurriedly pick up some hamburger rolls, chips and a few condiments. The big college game was going to be on, so he was having a few friends over to watch it. The store was loaded with shoppers and as he headed for the six item express lane, the only one that didn't have a long line, a woman completely ignoring the overhead sign slipped into the check-out line just in front of him pushing a cart piled high with groceries. Ray was quietly fuming at the anticipated delay. But the elderly cashier beckoned the woman to come forward, looked into the cart and asked ever so sweetly, "So Dearie, which six items would you like to buy?"
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GCF: Fasten Seat Belts
Emailed to me from another humor list (The Funnies) -Tom To subscribe to The Funnies, send a blank email to: andychaps-the-funnies-subscribe@egroups.com
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Flying to Los Angeles from San Francisco the other day, a passenger noticed that the "Fasten Seat Belts" sign was kept lit during the whole journey although the flight was a particularly smooth one.
Just before landing, he asked the flight attendant about it.
"Well," she explained, "up front there are 17 University of California girls going to Los Angeles for the weekend. In back, there are 25 Coast Guard enlistees. What would you do?"
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[GCFL.net] Mother's Patience
Little Johnny had just been put to bed for the umpteenth time and his mother's patience was wearing thin. "If I hear you call 'Mother' one more time, you will be punished," she warned him sternly.
For a while it was quiet, and then she heart a small voice call from the top of the stairs, "Mrs. Jones? Can I have a drink of water?"
Received from Thomas S. Ellsworth.
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GCFL.net] Express Checkout
/* We have been told that yesterday's funny was from the Dilbert Newsletter, by Scott Adams, at http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/dnrc/html/newsletter57.html */
It was a Saturday afternoon, and Ray had rushed down to the local supermarket to hurriedly pick up some hamburger rolls, chips and a few condiments. The big college game was going to be on, so he was having a few friends over to watch it.
The store was loaded with shoppers and as he headed for the six item express lane, the only one that didn't have a long line, a woman completely ignoring the overhead sign slipped into the check-out line just in front of him pushing a cart piled high with groceries.
Ray was quietly fuming at the anticipated delay. But the elderly cashier beckoned the woman to come forward, looked into the cart and asked ever so sweetly, "So Dearie, which six items would you like to buy?"
Received from Thomas S. Ellsworth.
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[GCFL.net] And Then They Voted
Today is the American Presidential Election. Today's funny relates to that, so if you are not American, you might not appreciate it as much. :)
While looking at a house, my brother asked the real state agent which direction was North because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up very morning. She asked, "Does the sun rise in the North?" When another person jumped in and explained that the sun rises in the East (and has for some time), she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff."
... And then she voted!
I used to work in technical support for a 24x7 call center. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open. I told him, "The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh ... Pacific."
... And then he voted!
So my colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard one of the admin. assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the shore. She drove down in a convertible, but "didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving."
... And then she voted!
My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car. It's designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the passenger side door's map pocket.
... And then she voted!
I was hanging out with a Liberal friend of mine when we saw a woman walk by us with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain. My friend said, "Wouldn't the chain rip out every time she turned her head?" I had to explain to her that a person's nose and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the head is turned!
... And then she voted!
My girlfriend and I were picking up some sandwiches from the sub place last week and she asked the clerk which one of two sandwiches was better. The clerk didn't have an opinion but did say that the first sandwich was more expensive. My girlfriend got a quizzical look on her face and asked, "If that's the case, why are they both listed with the same price on the menu?"
To this, the clerk responded, "I don't think they tax the turkey."
... And then he voted!
I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because they were trained professionals and I was in good hands.
"Now," She asked me, "has your plane arrived yet?"
... And then she voted!
So if these people are going to go vote, you better go vote too!
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[GCFL.net] Some Men Don't Learn!
A husband and wife are getting ready for bed. The wife is standing in front of a full-length mirror taking a hard look at herself.
"You know, dear," she says, "I look in the mirror, and I see an old woman. My face is all wrinkled, my boobs are barely above my waist, and my butt is hanging out a mile. I've got fat legs, and my arms are all flabby." She turns to her husband and says, "Tell me something positive to make me feel better about myself."
He studies hard for a moment thinking about it and then says in a soft, thoughtful voice, "Well, there's nothing wrong with your eyesight."
Services for the husband will be held Saturday morning at 10:30 at St. Anselm's Memorial Chapel.
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A priest rushed from church one day to keep a golf date. He was halfway down the first fairway, waiting to hit his second shot, when he heard the familiar "FORE!" and a ball slammed into his back.
Soon the golfer who had made the drive was on the scene to offer his apologies. When the priest assured him that he was all right, the man smiled. "Thank goodness, Father!" he exclaimed. "I've been playing this game for forty years, and now I can finally tell my friends that I've hit my first holy one!"
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The following has been around the block a few times, but some of you may not have heard it. And.....as it is appropriate for the "season" in which we find ourselves........
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George W. Bush, in an airport lobby, noticed a man in a long flowing white robe with a long flowing white beard and flowing white hair. The man had a staff in one hand and some stone tablets under the other arm.
George W. approached the man and inquired, "Aren't you Moses?" The man ignored George W. and stared at the ceiling. George W. positioned himself more directly in the man's view and asked again, "Aren't you Moses?"
The man continued to peruse the ceiling. George W. tugged at the man's sleeve and asked once again, "Aren't you Moses?" The man finally responded in an irritated voice, "Yes I am".
George W. asked him why he was so unfriendly and Moses replied, "The last time I spoke to a Bush I had to spend forty years in the desert.
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This is a 'different' kind of smile narrative, but still .... a smile! ;-) Pastor Roy
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Remember these words, there is a good chance they will come in really handy one day when you can't think of what else to say to that person at the end of their rope.
A priest is summoned is the bed of a dying woman. He attempts to comfort her, but to no avail. "I am lost," she said. "I have ruined my life and every life around me. Now I'm going painfully to hell. There is no hope for me."
The priest saw a framed picture of a pretty girl on the dresser. "Who is this?" he asked.
The woman brightened. "She is my daughter, the one beautiful thing in my life."
"And would you help her if she was in trouble, or made a mistake? Would you forgive her? Would you still love her?"
"Of course I would!" cried the woman; "I would do anything for her! Why do you ask such a question?"
"Because I want you to know," said the priest, "that God has a picture of you on His dresser."
-from Connie Weaver of Moundsville, WV.
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The pastor was talking to a group of young children about being good and going to heaven. At the end of his talk, he asked, "Where do you want to go?"
"Heaven!" they all piped up.
"And what do you have to be to get there?"
"Dead!"
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For all of you with teenagers or who have had teenagers, you may want to know why they really have a lot in common with cats. I can speak with authority because I have both!
-Pastor Roy
1. Neither teenagers nor cats turn their heads when you call them by name.
2. No matter what you do for them, it is not enough. Indeed, all humane efforts are barely adequate to compensate for the privilege of waiting on them hand and foot.
3. You rarely see a cat walking outside of the house with an adult human being, and it can be safely said that no teenager in his or her right mind wants to be seen in public with his or her parents.
4. Even if you tell jokes as well as Jay Leno, neither your cat nor your teen will ever crack a smile.
5. No cat or teenager shares you taste in music.
6. Cats and teenagers can lie on the living-room sofa for hours on end without moving, barely breathing.
7. Cats have nine lives. Teenagers carry on as if they did.
8. Cats and teenagers yawn in exactly the same manner, communicating that ultimate human ecstasy -- a sense of complete and utter boredom.
9. Cats and teenagers do not improve anyone's furniture.
10. Cats that are free to roam outside sometimes have been known to return in the middle of the night to deposit a dead animal in your bedroom. Teenagers are not above that sort of behavior.
Thus, if you must raise teenagers, the best sources of advice are not other parents, but veterinarians. It is also a good idea to keep a guidebook on cats at hand at all times. And remember, above all else, put out the food and do not make any sudden moves in their direction. When they make up their minds, they will finally come to you for some affection and comfort, and it will be a triumphant moment for all concerned.
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Pastor Jim was called to pastor a large Southern Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas. He had been pastoring a middle sized church in Minnesota and arrived on a Monday in San Antonio. He was greeted warmly and moved into the parsonage and his first official meeting was on Tuesday evening with his deacons.
"Brothers, I am interested in getting to know you and request your help in doing this by meeting here at the church Saturday morning at 8:00. While in Minnesota, I learned to enjoy bungee jumping and I felt it would be nice to fellowship down at that high bridge over the Medina River. I will make a jump and show you how it's done and perhaps you may like to try it also."
Saturday morning the deacons were all at the church and got into the church van and headed to the Medina River. Once they arrived, the group went to the bridge and observed a Mexican American family having a reunion below. At that Pastor Jim said, "I don't think it will be a real problem, I know the stretch on the cord and I will tie it off so we won't disturb that family."
Pastor Jim tied off the cord, put on his harness and climbed to the top of the hand rail, and with that he jumped. As he got close to the bottom a huge cloud of dust arose with a bunch of gleeful laughter and shouts. Suddenly he arose and yelled, "HELP!!" The deacons reached out for him but missed. Again Pastor Jim went down and again a huge cloud of dust, laughter, and screams arose. As Pastor Jim came back up, all eight deacons reached out and grabbed him.
When he stood once again firmly on the bridge he asked, "Guys, what is a Pinata"?
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from Gary Hartsog of Beckley, WV:
A rabbi, a minister, and a priest were playing poker when the police raided the game.
Turning to the priest, the lead police officer said, "Father Murphy, were you gambling?" Turning his eyes to heaven, the priest whispered under his breath, "Lord, forgive me for what I am about to do." To the police officer, he then said, "No, officer; I was not gambling."
The officer then asked the minister, "Pastor Johnson, were you gambling?" Again, after an appeal to heaven, the minister replied, "No, officer; I was not gambling."
Turning to the rabbi, the officer again asked, "Rabbi Goldstein, were you gambling?"
Shrugging his shoulders, the rabbi replied, "With whom?"
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A very devout man, who was very over weight, decided to go on a diet. One of his main problems with eating was that he would stop for donuts every morning on the way to work. So to make things easier for himself, he changed his route to work to avoid the temptation of stopping. As the weeks went by he started losing a lot of weight and was receiving compliments from his friends and co-workers.
Then one morning without thinking, he accidentally turned onto the road which would take him by the donut shop. At first he was going to turn around but then he thought to himself, "Maybe the Lord is rewarding me for my efforts".
So, he said a short prayer telling the Lord that if this was His true intention let there be an open parking place directly in front of the shop...
...and sure enough, on the fifth time around the block there was an open spot right up front.
from John E. Boring
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Sister Grace was to visit a sick person in her parish All of a sudden a little red car sped around her pickup. The driver pointed to her back left wheel. Just at that moment, she realized the tire was going flat.
She pulled into a driveway and got out of the truck to look at the tire. All of a sudden, the red car zipped into the driveway. A young man got out. "Sister," he said, "get back in the truck. I'll fix the tire."
As he changed the tire, she talked with him. "You remember me," he said. "Mike Sinn. You visited me in the hospital."
It occurred to her that this was probably the first time that Grace was saved by Sinn.
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You can get a lot of mileage out of the following! Change names, change parties, change just about anything in it to suit the crowd or person you are telling it to. Pastor Roy :-)
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Al Gore is out jogging one morning, notices a little boy on the corner with a box.
Curious, he runs over to the child and says, "What's in the box, kid?"
The little boy says, "Kittens, they're brand new kittens."
Al Gore laughs and says, "What kind of kittens are they?"
"Democrats," the child says.
"Oh, that's cute," Al Gore says and he runs off.
A couple of days later, Al Gore is running with his buddy Bill Clinton and he spies the same boy with his box just ahead.
Al says to Bill, "You gotta check this out," and they both jog over to the boy with the box.
Al says, "Look in the box Bill, isn't that cute? Look at those little kittens. Hey, kid, tell my friend Bill what kind of kittens they are."
The boy replies, "They're Republicans."
"Whoa!" Al says, "I came by here the other day and you said they were Democrats. What's up?"
"Well," the kid says, "their eyes are open now."
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A Sunday School teacher was struggling to open a combination lock on the church supply cabinet.
She had been told the combination, but couldn't quite remember it.
Finally she went to the pastor's study and asked for help.
The pastor came into the room and began to turn the dial. After the first two numbers he paused and stared blankly for a moment. Finally he look serenely heavenward and his lips moved silently. Then he looked back at the lock, and quickly turned to the final number, and opened the lock.
The teacher was amazed. "I'm in awe at your faith, pastor," she said. "It's really nothing," he answered. "The number is on a piece of tape on the ceiling."
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Do you know why they stopped writing the old testament?
The obvious answer is that they ran out of money.
Why else would they say in most of the older editions of the KJV
directly after Malachi, "The end of the profits."
Or ....was that prophets?
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A variety of potpourri from my friend, Fred Sadler, of Columbia, MD. Thanks, Fred! Had a great time in Buckhannon with you and Barb last weekend!
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On a very cold, snowy Sunday in February, only the pastor and one farmer arrived at the village church. The pastor said, "Well, I guess we won't have a service today." The farmer replied: "Heck, if even only one cow shows up at feeding time, I feed it."
During a children's sermon, Rev. Larry Eisenberg asked the children what "Amen" means. A little boy raised his hand and said: "It means 'Tha-tha-tha- that's all folks!'"
A student was asked to list the 10 Commandments in any order. His answer? "3, 6, 1, 8, 4, 5, 9, 2, 10, 7."
I was at the beach with my children when my four-year-old son ran up to me, grabbed my hand, and led me to the shore, where a sea gull lay dead in the sand. "Mommy, what happened to him?" the little boy asked. "He died and went to Heaven," I replied. My son thought a moment and then said, "And God threw him back down?"
Bill Keane, creator of the Family Circus cartoon strip tells of a time when he was penciling one of his cartoons and his son Jeffy said, "Daddy, how do you know what to draw?" I said, "God tells me." Jeffy said, "Then why do you keep erasing parts of it?"
My wife invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to our six-year-old daughter and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?"
I wouldn't know what to say," she replied. "Just say what you hear Mommy say," my wife said. Our daughter bowed her head and said: "Dear Lord, why on earth did I : invite all these people to dinner?"
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An extra one this week for tomorrow night's 'holiday".....
The orthopedic surgeon I work for was moving to a new office, and his staff was helping transport many of the items.
I sat the display skeleton in the front of my car, his bony arm across the back of my seat. I hadn't considered the drive across town. At one traffic light, the stares of the people in the car beside me became obvious, and I looked across and explained, "I'm delivering him to my doctor's office."
The other driver leaned out of his window. "I hate to tell you, lady," he said, "but I think it's too late!"
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By way of "Kitty's Daily Mews"
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Talking to Who?
My sister-in-law was married to a prominent surgeon who was a member of operating teams at both St. Francis Hospital and Christ Hospital in the Chicago area. He would operate in the morning, then field calls about his patients in the evening.
Once when I was visiting his home, he was on the phone talking to a resident at Christ Hospital when the other phone rang. My sister-in-law answered, then whispered to her husband, "It's St. Francis calling." He whispered back, "Tell St. Francis I'll have to call back. I'm talking to Christ."
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SMILEAWHILE was a hobby of Dr. Roy Knight, pastor of the Epworth-Lauckport UMC in Parkersburg, WV. SMILEAWHILE is not intended to offend or ridicule anyone's religious tradition or faith. Dr. Knight no longer puts these out so I resurected some from Y2K. Remember Proverbs 17:22 - "A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired!"
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Middle Age
From: "Joe S. Mullins"
A middle aged woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table, she had a near death experience. Seeing God, she asked Him if this was "it". God said, "No, I am sending you back. You have another 40 years, 2 months and 8 days to live."
Upon recovery, the woman decided to stay in the hospital and have a face lift, liposuction, breast augmentation, a tummy tuck, etc. She even had her hairdresser come to the hospital to change her haircolor before she was released from the hospital. She figured that, since she had such a long life ahead of her,she had better make the most of it.
She left the hospital after all the operations, and while crossing the street, she was hit by an ambulance and was immediately killed.
Arriving in front of God, the woman demanded, "I thought you said I had another forty years left to live. What happened?"
God replied, "I didn't recognize you."
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A very good short history lesson! Read carefully - there may be a test later!!
Lesson for the day -- Human History:
Division of the human family into 2 distinct political groups began some 12,000 years ago. Humans existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunter/gatherers.
They lived on deer in the mountains in the summer & would go to the beach & live on fish & lobster in winter.
The 2 most important events in all of history were the invention of beer & the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer.
These were the foundation of modern civilization & together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into 2 distinct subgroups: Liberals & Conservatives.
Once beer was discovered it required grain & that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early human ancestors were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery.
That's how villages were formed.
Some men spent their days tracking & killing animals to B-B-Q at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as "the Conservative movement".
Other men who were weaker & less skilled at hunting learned to live Off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's & doing the sewing, fetching & hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement. Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as 'girleymen'.
Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the trade union, the invention of group therapy & group hugs & the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat & beer that conservatives provided.
Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.
Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, & French food are standard liberal fare.
Another interesting revolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men.
Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood & group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't "fair" to make the pitcher also bat.
Conservatives drink domestic beer and eat red meat & potatoes.
Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, medical doctors, police officers, firemen, corporate executives, soldiers, athletes & generally anyone who works productively outside government. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.
Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to "govern" the producers & decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America. They crept in after the Wild West was tame & created a business of trying to get MORE for nothing.
Here ends today's lesson in world history.
Thanks to Daphne Roberts
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What a heart warming story...
Little Melissa comes home from first grade and tells her father that they learned about the history of Valentine's Day. "Since Valentine's Day is for a Christian saint and we're Jewish," she asks, "will God get mad at me for giving someone a valentine?
Melissa's father thinks a bit, then says, "No, I don't think God would get mad. Who do you want to give a valentine to?"
"Osama Bin Laden," she says.
"Why Osama Bin Laden," her father asks in shock.
"Well," she says, "I thought that if a little American
Jewish girl could have enough love to give Osama a valentine, he might start to think that maybe we're not all bad, and maybe start loving people a little bit. And if other kids saw what I did and sent valentines to Osama, he'd love everyone a lot. And then he'd start going all over the place to tell everyone how much he loved them and how he didn't hate anyone anymore."
Her father's heart swells and he looks at his daughter with newfound pride. "Melissa, that's the most wonderful thing I've ever heard."
"I know," Melissa says, "and once that gets him out in the open, the Marines could blow him away."
Thanks to Sam Boggs
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We at Carnival Cruise Lines: didn't forget that a lot of entertainers had promised to leave the country if George W.Bush were to be re-elected President.
With that in mind, we have a Special Offer for those who still want to keep their promise!
Attention: Would Alec Baldwin, Rosie O'Donnell and her wife, Ed Asner, Janeane Garafalo, Whoppi Goldberg, Al Franken, Michael Moore and his personal groomer, Cher and her vocal therapist, Phil Donahue, Rob Reiner(apparently still a "meathead"), Barbara Streisand (who has a nose for these outcomes), Jane Fonda, Vietnamese Ambassador to the U.S., Pierre Salinger, as well as the entire staffs of the LA and NY Times and anyone else who made that promise, please dispose of all US assets and report to Florida for the sailing of the Funship Cruise, "Elation," which has been commissioned to take you to your new vacation homes in Afghanistan.
You may opt to be dropped off in Somalia or Iraq.
The Florida Supreme Court will sponsor a Farewell Parade in your honor through Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties prior to your cruise.
Please pack for an extended stay... at least four more years.
Note: Since you advocate strict gun control, you may not bring any, but then with Jane Fonda along you won't need any.
Staffing your voyage is Bill Clinton as captain, Al Gore as cruise director, Grey Davis, Purser Terry Heinz Kerry hopefully will be kept somewhere below decks away from the media.
Monica Lewinsky as the "Cigar and Cigarette Girl",
Entertainment by the Dixie Chicks and Bruce Springsteen, John Kerry will be our Life Guard in consideration of his past experience in pulling people out of the water. (Unless he decides at the last minute not to go) He is advocating the ellimination of the game "shuffleboard" in favor of his new game he calls "waffleboard". Be sure to pack your flip flops as you will need them! while playing.
Ted Kennedy will double as Bartender and Director of Emergency Procedures and as a buoy as required.
Rev. Al Sharpton will provide inspirational services, and Ex-Congressman Gary Condit as intern coordinator.
If you have any questions about making arrangements for your homes, friends and loved ones, please direct your comments to Senator Hillary Clinton. Her village, paid for by the United States, can raise your children while you're gone, and she can watch over all your money and your furnishings until you return.
"Bon Voyage!"
Is this a great country or what? It's called freedom of Speech.
Thanks to Connie and Waneta
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You Make Me Laugh - Dear Marty
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Dear Marty,
I have been unable to sleep since I broke off your engagement to my daughter. Will you forgive and forget?
I was much too sensitive about your Mohawk, tattoo and pierced nose. I now realize motorcycles aren't really that dangerous, and I really should not have reacted that way to the fact that you have never held a job.
I am also very sure that some other very nice people live under the bridge in the park, too. Sure my daughter is only 18 and wants to marry you instead of going to Harvard on full scholarship. After all, you can't learn everything about life from books.
I sometimes forget how backward I can be. I was wrong. I was a fool. I have now come to my senses and you have my full blessing to marry my daughter.
Sincerely, Your future father-in-law.
P.S. Congratulations on winning the lottery!
*Thanks to Pastor Tim for this joke!*
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Cultural Ages
A Hebrew teacher stood in front of his class and said, "The Jewish people have observed their
5,759th year as a people. Consider that the Chinese, for example, have only observed their
4,692nd year as a people. "Now, what does it mean to you?"
After a moment of silence, a student raised his hand.
"Yes, David," the teacher said, "what does it mean?"
David replied,"It means that the Jews had to suffer without Chinese food for 1,067 years."
*Thanks to Pastor Tim for this joke!*
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Open Mouth, Insert Foot
At the outpatient surgery center where I work, the anesthesiologist often chatted with patients before their operations to help them relax.
One day he thought he recognized a woman as a co-worker at the VA hospital where he had trained.
When the patient confirmed that his hunch was correct, he said, "So, tell me, is the food still as bad there as it used to be?"
"Well, I suppose," she replied, "I'm still cooking it."
*Thanks to Pastor Tim for this joke!*
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Word Impatience
Our five-year-old son went to a church conference with my wife and me.
He got restless, so my wife handed him a pad and pencil and suggested he mark down every time the speaker said the word "and."
After a while, he grew bored, and I asked, "Would you like to listen for a different word?"
"Yes," he whispered. "I'd like to listen for 'Amen'."
*Thanks to Pastor Tim for this joke!*
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*Eye Laugh*
"Car Shoe"
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"Low Budget"
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"Dryer Cat"
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"Nursing Opportunity"
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Safety From The Heart - November 4, 2004
from Bayne Haigler.
Over the past few days, I have had three different friends tell me that they have had very close run-ins with rattlesnakes. One of them had saved the varmint to "show" me, which almost created a separate Safety From the Heart.
I am sure that these instances can be attributed to our above-normal temperatures. Your awareness should be heightened during this transition to winter when participating in outside activities to include hunting, yard cleaning, etc.
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November 3, 2004
Burning Yard Debris
from Allen Smoak.
Fall is a season full of color and cool crisp nights.
Fall also brings dead leaves and debris.
Preparation is the key to safely burn this debris.
This yard debris fire incident occurred this past February.
February is an ideal time to rake and burn leaves. My home is surrounded by many black, pin, and water oak trees. Mix in numerous pine trees and one has a large amount of yard debris to eliminate....I always choose burning.
The day was clear and sunny. The humidity was extremely low. . . perfect condition for burning. I always burn one hour before sunset so that the approaching cooler, damp night air can help control my fires. I made several wind rows of leaves with my mower, then called and received a burn permit. I told my son, who was leaving for basketball practice, to connect a water hose to the corner spigot and stretch the hose to our dog pen. Fortunately, our family pet was not in the pen.
My son left for practice. I saw that the hose was connected and lying next to the dog pen. I set fire to several places in the wind row of leaves, then stood and watched the fire begin consuming a winter's worth of fallen leaves. This wind row was 45 yds in length near a canal that separates my yard from seven acres of trees. I also had another water hose connected toward the other end of the wind row.
As I was monitoring the burning wind row, I noticed the fire had burned across a patch of grass into my dog pen. The pen is next to the canal under three oak trees. The canal was dry and full of pine needles. I made my way to the pen. . and as you may have already guessed. . . a small gust of wind blew across the fire. By the time I reached the pen, the fire was 5 ft. in height. I picked up the water hose, pressed the nozzle and no water!?!? I pressed the nozzle again and realized the water was off. I ran and turned on the spigot ...you are right, my son did exactly what I told him to do, connected the hose and stretched it out to the pen. I ran back to the pen, pressed the nozzle and no water!!!!! The fire was 8 ft. high with the dog house on fire.
I checked the hose for kinks....no kinks. I checked the spigot and made sure it was on...it was on. The light off the fire allowed me to see my shadow against my house. I checked another spigot on the same system....no water. I ran to the pump house and saw that the main valve was closed. I opened the valve....I heard the water rushing through.... I ran to the dog pen, pressed the nozzle and no water!!!!!!! My mind was racing trying to understand what was wrong. The dog house shingles were on fire and the fire was now creeping to the canal.
I raced back to the pump house. I heard the water rushing through the valve. I then realized I had drained the yard system to prevent freezing and had failed to re-energize the system before burning. I raced to shut off the system drain, closed the remaining 5 spigots, and returned to the dog pen. By this time, the fire had spread down the canal; however, I was able to extinguish the fire and prevent any further danger. The dog pen was clear of debris and a dog house with food bowl.
Burning check list:
Burn debris in small, manageable rows or piles.
Choose a day with no wind and burn at least one hour before sunset.
Obtain a burn permit.
Ensure water is available before striking a match.
Do not burn alone on big jobs.
Make sure the dog is not in the pen.
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Beware of hoaxes and urban legends
This morning a message, seemingly from law enforcement authorities concerning a new car-jacking scheme, appeared in two forms in this database. The text of the messages were virtually identical. The principal difference was that one appeared to be from the La. State Police and the other from a Sheriff's office in S.C.
These messages are hoaxes or urban legends. I called La. State Police Troop A and asked them if a "Trooper Terry Granell" worked there. They said the State Police employed no one by that name at Troop A or anywhere else. I called the phone number given on the S.C. message which indicated that that would lead to the appropriate Sheriff's office. The number goes to a high school.
Whenever you run across what appears to be a genuine alert, pause and think. Would the State Police (or any other law enforcement entity for that matter) send out such an alert via e-mail? Even if they WOULD happen to send an alert that way, would you not have heard about it on radio or television or in the local newspaper as well? When in doubt, call them as I did. They will gladly answer virtually any relevant question you can think of. A simple phone call can be the difference between confirming a fact and exposing a myth. If it's a fact, now you know for sure. If it's a myth, now you don't need to worry about it. Much has been written and much has been said regarding urban legends, myths, and hoaxes. The bottom line is this: if you receive it via e-mail, view with a jaundiced eye until you confirm it for yourself. Hearing the same report from multiple traditional news sources also helps, but doesn't necessarily confirm it. Sometimes they get fooled, too (fortunately, not very often). But whatever you do, please do NOT forward these things or post them publicly until you are certain they are genuine. Perpetuating myth helps no one and only serves to add needless worry to folks who already have plenty enough to worry about.
Kevin Campbell, Information Technology Services - BRT
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November 1, 2004 - from Al Shaffer.
We used this for our safety topic this morning and thought it would be good to pass it on.
Who hasn't had a flat tire ?
So ask yourself a couple other questions.
Do I have a tire gauge in my vehicle(s) ?
Do I have the tools needed to change a flat ?
Do I really know how to do it, not assuming I can ?
Buy a good tire gauge rated up to 50 psi for each vehicle you own. Don't use ones rated too high. They are not accurate at lower pressures. Know recommended tire pressure and check all 4 tires and the spare regularly. Then check them again. It will help your gas mileage and may save your life. An under-inflated tire running hot for a long enough distance could blow out. A blow-out is much different from a relatively simple flat and is life threatening.
Check to see if you have a jack, a lug wrench that fits your wheels, and a good spare. Know how to remove the spare from its location. Have the key in your possession if it is locked on. Know how to operate the mechanism holding an underslung spare, as trucks and SUVs have. You could lubricate it with oil each time you check the air pressure; they do rust.
Other items you can use to make a tire change quicker and safer include a flashlight, air pump, reflectors, fix-a-flat, plug kit, CO2 canisters, a flare, passenger, etc.
Remember to stay as far away from the traffic as possible. Having what you need and knowing what you are doing will minimize the time you are exposed to danger.
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Madeleine Begun Kane Latest Columns - - http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=274&n=163,220&sid=220 - - False Alarm "My husband Mark and I have a weekend hideaway, a respite from the pace of New York City life. Our country haven is smaller than most; it was once optimistically measured at 400 square feet..."
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Space Environment Center - - http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ - - This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration site, the official source of space weather alerts, warnings, and forecasts, provides current information on geomagnetic storms, solar winds, solar flares, and aurora activity.
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"The 2002-03 model Cadillac Escalade EXT, a luxury pickup, and the 2002-03 model Nissan Maxima, a midsize sedan, have the highest theft claim rates among newer passenger vehicles. The Escalade and Maxima have theft claim rates 7 to 8 times the average for all cars. These are the latest insurance theft loss results for passenger vehicles 1 to 3 years old published by the Highway Loss Data Institute, an affiliate of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. 'This is the second year in a row that an Escalade is among the vehicles most likely to have a theft claim,' says Kim Hazelbaker, HLDI senior vice president. 'Both the Escalade pickup and SUV also top the list of vehicles with the most expensive theft claims, indicating they are top targets for thieves.' "
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National Adoption Month - - http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts-for-features-special-editions /002683.html - - National Adoption Week was first proclaimed in Massachusetts in 1976. The number of states that designated a special week to recognize the practice of adoption gradually increased, leading to National Adoption Month in 1990. The purpose of National Adoption Month is to focus attention on the increasing number of children in the child welfare system waiting to be adopted.
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"Americans love birds. There's no denying it. A third of all adults in this country, 69 million people, take time out of their busy lives to watch them, according to a survey co-sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. While most bird-watching is done from the comfort of home, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports that 18 million of us travel at least a mile out of our way during the year to see them, and spend $32 billion annually on gear, services, and trips. Birds contribute to our economy in more subtle ways, too. They eat up to half their weight each day in rodents, insects, weed seeds, and other pests. They pollinate flowers and distribute beneficial plant seeds. And when forces begin to upset the environmental balance, they serve as important indicators that something should be done to correct it."
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Recall Warnings - - http://www.recall-warnings.com/ - - This Website by Nolo Press provides Free Recall Warnings and Alerts, Consumer Product Recalls, Baby Product Recalls, Food Recalls, Car and Auto Recalls, Drug Recalls and Tire Recalls.
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"Alternative Web browsers Mozilla and FireFox experienced another month of growth at the expense of Microsoft's dominant Internet Explorer, according to an online study. The percentage of Americans using Mozilla and FireFox, two open-source browsers funded by the Mozilla Foundation, grew to 6 percent in October from 5.2 percent in September and 3.5 percent in June. That 6 percent was split evenly between the two browsers. While Microsoft's IE continued as the overwhelming market leader, it witnessed another marginal decline, this time a dip of 0.8 percent. IE claimed 95.5 percent of users in June, 93.7 percent in September, and 92.9 percent last month. The Opera browser and Apple Computer's Safari combined reached just more than 1 percent of users."
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Alzheimer's Diversity Toolbox - - http://www.alz.org//Resources/Diversity/ - - Alzheimer's disease and other disorders that cause dementia know no boundaries. Many individuals and families in ethnic and cultural minority groups in the United States encounter obstacles that limit information, care, and health resources. Also, many medical and care services are not designed to meet needs in diverse communities.
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"Public health officials say Americans should roll up their sleeves for a dose of reality: For most of us, getting a flu shot is not a life-or-death matter. The flu vaccine will not necessarily prevent you from experiencing the flu's miserable symptoms, like fever, hacking cough, runny nose and 'hit-by-a-truck' body aches. Studies have shown that the shot generally works about 52 percent of the time. If you are elderly or chronically ill, the vaccine can help jump-start your body's weakened defenses and perhaps prevent the worst from happening if you do catch the virus. But the millions of people who are younger and healthier do not really need it - especially during a vaccine shortage, public health officials say. 'Right now the entire country runs on fear and we don't need to live like that,' said Catharine A. Kopac, a Georgetown University gerontology nurse. 'We somehow think we should be disease-free all the time. If you're leading a healthy life and you get sick with the flu, you're probably going to get through it.' "
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Around the World in 72 Days - - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/world/ - - This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Service American Experience program about the 1889-1890 around-the-world journey of pioneering woman journalist Nellie Bly. The site includes a map of the journey, excerpts from her writings, and biographical information. Also includes a transcript of the program and a teacher's guide.
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"Fans of The Lord of the Rings may be interested to know that a remote Indonesian island has yielded the remains of pint-size people - a surprising new human species - that paleontologists say lived just 18,000 years ago. In fact, scientists have nicknamed the new creature 'Hobbit' after the diminutive folks in the famed J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy. Fiction aside, the discovery reported today by an Australian paleontology team is a big deal, challenging decades of human-origins research. Buried amid scattered stone tools and the bones of pygmy elephants at Liang Bua cave on the eastern Indonesian island of Flores were the skeletal remains of a female belonging to the species that the discoverers have formally named Homo floresiensis. In the October 27, 2004 edition of Nature journal, the team led by Peter Brown of Australia's University of New England describes the being as a human relative, or hominid, that stood less than 40 inches tall. Except for a snout, she had a human face and a brain one-third the size of ours. She was older than 30, judging from her worn teeth and bone structure. Though like modern humans in some respects, she also resembled ancient species."
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Avoiding Plagiarism - - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r-plagiar.html - - Academic writing in American institutions is filled with rules that writers often don't know how to follow. A working knowledge of these rules, however, is critically important; inadvertent mistakes can lead to charges of plagiarism or the unacknowledged use of somebody else's words or ideas. While other cultures may not insist so heavily on documenting sources, American institutions do. A charge of plagiarism can have severe consequences, including expulsion from a university. This handout, which does not reflect any official university policy, is designed to help writers develop strategies for knowing how to avoid accidental plagiarism.
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"Americans are getting taller on average but they are much heavier too, according to government figures released on October 27, 2004, showing that the U.S. population is, literally, growing. The findings hold for women, men and children, the National Center for Health Statistics reports. On average, adult men and women are about an inch taller than they were in 1960 and 25 pounds heavier. The average body mass index, a weight-for-height formula used to measure obesity, has tipped across the overweight point from 25 in 1960 to 28 in 2002. The government's latest report on height and weight shows that the average height of a man aged 20 to 74 went from just over 5 feet 8 inches in 1960 to 5 feet 9 inches in 2002. The average height of a woman has gone from 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 4 inches. Weights, however, have ballooned. The average weight of an adult man was 166.3 pounds in 1960 and 191 pounds in 2002, while the average weight for women went from 140.2 pounds to 164.3 pounds."
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Our Church, Magnolia Christian Center, has the following mission statement. Our purpose is to build a great church for the glory of God through the great commission and the great commandment. MCC' Vision - That MCC will be a place hopping with children, energized with teenagers, balanced with diversity and transformed by the power of God! We want to turn uninterested people into interested people and win the lost to make fully devoted followers of Christ.
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Materialism
jimmy malone
Down With The Idols.
Down with the idols? We may have adultery, murder, rape, drunkenness, and all kinds of indecency in America, but where are the idols?
I fear in the church. Anything that takes our affections from Jesus Christ is an idol. There are many in the world, but I want to focus on us right now...the Church, the Body of Christ. And I want to specifically look at one: MATERIALISM.
Paul called it 'covetousness' in Eph. 5:5-7: "For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one decieve you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them."
A covetous man is an idolater. He is worshipping the creation more than the Creator.
Hear Col.3:5. "Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry."
There it is again. Why does he keep saying that?
I have heard it said that 'God doesn't mind you having money, so long as money doesn't have you.' I agree. But I am not so sure we are always the best judges of whether or not our money does indeed have us. How does the Word line up with what we teach, say and believe about our wealth? Or, more to the point, how do WE line up with the Word?!
We love to read a book or hear a message that promises us more and more money, possessions, and things. (I wonder if we are not possession-possessed.) Ask the average believer what their dreams or goals are, and too often it has more to do with accumulating wealth than building up the Kingdom of God. We believe that God will make us rich , while most of the world thinks we ARE rich. Heb. 13:5 states: 'Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you"'. Be content with what we have? (Now, that's not a very good confession!) Doesn't he know we have 'greater' faith than that? We heartily agree that He never leaves us or forsakes us, but that scripture loses some of it's 'zip' when we realize that it is intended to comfort us while laying aside a pursuit of wealth. He is encouraging us, 'I am with you, so don't be afraid to follow Me. Don't focus on your goods as much as on your God!' In Heb. 10:34,35 the Jewish believers were reminded of how they '...joyfully accepted the plundering of [their] goods...' and were encouraged to not cast away their confidence. I wonder what they were believing anyway? They must not have had the 'revelation' that we have today. WE would never put up with the plundering of our goods. But if that was the only way to Jesus, to become a pauper overnight with a smile on our face, would we?
But, Brother Jimmy, we could just believe God... What if you couldn't?
What if we are wrong? What if Jesus WASN'T kidding when He told the rich young ruler to leave all and follow? Is our righteous indignation over this message really an admission that we aren't sure where our devotion would be if God were not our 'sugar-daddy'? Certainly, I believe that God blesses His people. But where are the rich people in the New Testament? But we have better promises! We have the blessing of Abraham! Yes, but there is a difference between us and the Early Church...THEY DID NOT CARE. That's right. They didn't care. They were so consumed with Jesus and building His kingdom that they did not take time to build theirs! Prv. 10:22 teaches ' The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.'
I believe that! Poverty is a tool of the enemy. God wants to bless us. But we can not forget that 1 Tim. 6:9 says 'But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.'!! The blessing of God will make you rich and add no sorrow...a desire to be rich will add many sorrows. (1Tim.6:10)
What is the difference? FOCUS. Is He our Desire, or is He a means to our ends? Deut.28:2 tells us that God will cause His blessing to overtake us. Blessings are supposed to be chasing us, but too often we are chasing them!
Do we pray for money more than for souls? Idolatry. Do we ask for goods more than for revival? Idolatry. Do we seek comfortable living more than sacrificial prayer and giving? Idolatry. I understand that we need money. But more than that we need holiness and a passion to be like Jesus. I believe that time is running out for America. Sin demands a judgement. The only hope we have is repentence and revival! There is some fourteen-year-old girl pregnant somewhere, scared that her dad will kill her if he finds out, looking for an abortion. A father is losing his family while he seeks escape in internet porn. Children are baby-sat by MTV while mom calls her psychic for hours. Kids are killing each other, throwing their bodies away to vile passions, staying away from home so they won't be beaten again, and the church is placing a demand on Heaven for more money....OUR MONEY MAY PERISH WITH US. Study the New Testament for yourself. I believe that God will provide for us, and provide for us well! I believe that we are called to prosper. But I also believe that if your heart is right, you don't care if you prosper or not. It is just icing on the cake. Do we really count all things loss for the sake of knowing Christ? (read Phil. 3!!) I pray, beloved, that you prosper, even as your soul prospers.
(I welcome any comments, objections, etc. This is not meant to argue as much as to stir up a desire to dig out the truth of the Word. If you want off my list, just e-mail me. )
God bless you.
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Our President - who is a Christian!
Our President;
The man who admitted to having a drinking problem in younger years, and whose happy-go-lucky lifestyle led him to mediocre grades in college and an ill-fated oil venture. Who mangled syntax, and whose speaking missteps became known as "Bushisms."
He came within a hair's breadth of losing the election in November.
While votes were counted and re-counted, Bush quietly but confidently waited at his ranch.
Make no mistake, his orders were carried out, but he stayed in the background, faithful and confident.
Bush named Jesus Christ as Lord of his life on public TV. Not an oblique reference to being "born-again" or having a "life change." He actually said the un- PC-like phrase, "Jesus Christ"!
On September 11, he was thrust into a position only known by Roosevelt, Churchill, Lincoln, and Washington. The weight of the world was on his shoulders, and the responsibility of a generation was on his soul.
So, President George W. Bush walked to his seat at the front of the National Cathedral just three days after two of the most impressive symbols of American capitalism and prosperity virtually evaporated.
When the history of this time is written, it will be acknowledged by friend and foe alike that President George W. Bush came of age in that cathedral and lifted a nation off its knees. In what was one of the most impressive exhibitions of self-control in presidential history, President George W. Bush was able to deliver his remarks without losing his resolve, focus, or confidence. God's hand, which guided him through that sliver-thin election, now rested fully on him. As he walked back to his seat, the camera angle was appropriate. He was virtually alone in the scene, alone in that massive place of God; just him and the Lord.
Back at his seat, George H. W. Bush reached over and took his son's hand. In that gesture his father seemed to say, "I wish I could do this for you, son, but I can't. You have to do this on your own." Pres George W. Bush squeezed back and gave him a look of peace that said, "I don't have to do it alone, Dad. I've got help."
What a blessing to have a professing Christian as President. Please take a moment after you read this to pray for him. He truly does have the weight of the world on his shoulders. Pray that God will sustain him and give him wisdom and discernment in his decisions.
Pray for his protection and that of his family. After you have prayed, send this to everyone on your e-mail list. Our President needs Christians around the world to be praying for him.
As this makes the e-mail rounds, eventually there could literally be people praying for him 24/7.
PS...Praise the Lord for a First Lady who is a Christian!
Thanks to Connie and Waneta
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This is a poem being sent from a Marine to his Dad. For those who take the time to read it, you'll see a letter from him to his Dad at the bottom. It makes you truly be thankful for not only the Marines, but ALL of our troops.
THE MARINE
We all came together,
Both young and old.
To fight for our freedom,
To stand and be bold.
In the midst of all evil,
We stand our ground,
And we protect our country
From all terror around.
Peace and not war,
Is what some people say.
But I'll give my life,
So you can live the American way.
I give you the right
To talk of your peace.
To stand in your groups,
and protest in our streets.
But still I fight on,
I don't bitch, I don't whine.
I'm just one of the people
Who is doing your time.
I'm harder than nails,
Stronger than any machine.
I'm the immortal soldier,
I'm a US MARINE!
So stand in my shoes,
And leave from your home.
Fight for the people who hate you,
With the protests they've shown.
Fight for the stranger,
Fight for the young.
So they all may have,
The greatest freedom you've won.
Fight for the sick,
Fight for the poor. Fight for the cripple,
Who lives next door.
But when your time comes,
Do what I've done.
For if you stand up for freedom,
You'll stand when the fight's done.
By: Corporal Aaron M. Gilbert
US Marine
USS SAIPAN, PERSIAN GULF
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Power on a Chip
Batteries are heavy and inconvenient. Their successors could be tiny jet engines that provide more than enough power for cell phones and PDAs.
By David H. Freedman
November 2004
Alan Epstein is quick to tell you he's a "jet engine guy" - just in case you haven't guessed as much from the turbine engine parts strewn around his office or the museum on his lab's ground floor, which includes a rare example of a 1944 German engine that helped kick off the jet age. For the director of MIT's Gas Turbine Laboratory, who stands a slightly stooped five foot six, the fascination has to do with raw power. "The engines on a Boeing 747 shove air through at Mach 1 with 120,000 pounds of force," says Epstein. "The engines on three 747s put out as much power as a nuclear power plant."
Gas turbines powered much of 20th-century technology, from commercial and military aircraft to the large gas-fired plants that helped supply U.S. electricity. But these days it isn't the hulking machines in the lab's museum that capture Epstein's enthusiasm. Instead it's a jet engine shrunk to about the size of a coat button that sits on the corner of his desk. It's a Lilliputian version of the multiton jet engines that changed air travel, and, he believes, it could be key to powering 21st-century technology.
Though the turbine's blades span an area smaller than a dime, they spin at more than a million revolutions per minute and are designed to produce enough electricity to power handheld electronics. In the foreseeable future, Epstein expects, his tiny turbines will serve as a battery replacement, first for soldiers and then for consumers. But he has an even more ambitious vision: that small clusters of the engines could serve as home generating plants, freeing consumers from the power grid, with its occasional black- and brownouts. The technology could be especially useful in poor countries and remote areas that lack extensive and reliable grids for distributing electricity. A comparison to how the continuous shrinkage of the integrated circuit drove the microelectronic revolution is tempting. "Just as PCs pushed the computing infrastructure out to users, microengines could push the energy infrastructure of society out to users," says Epstein.
Epstein's immediate goal, however, is to use these miniature engines as a cheap and efficient alternative to batteries for cell phones, digital cameras, PDAs, laptop computers, and other portable electronic devices. The motivation is simple: batteries are heavy and expensive and require frequent recharging. And they don't produce much electricity, for all their size and weight.
The consequences of these failings go beyond consumer inconvenience. Today's soldiers are often forced to lug around brick-sized batteries to power their high-tech gear. And hamstrung by short-lived power supplies, designers of next-generation electronics are frequently forced to leave out energy-hungry improvements and features like bigger, brighter screens and more powerful processors. Take, for example, the "ultimate PDA" from Frog Design, a Sunnyvale, CA?based firm specializing in industrial design. The device combines multiple cell-phone and Wi-Fi radio protocols, GPS location, a projection screen, the functionality of a laptop, and the ability to browse through video libraries and play full-length movies. But it exists only as a mock-up; it would drain any reasonably sized battery in half an hour. With functions like GPS location and radio communications, "you're just eating through batteries," says Valerie Casey at Frog Design.
A micro gas turbine engine would change all that. It could run for ten or more hours on a container of diesel fuel slightly larger than a D battery; when the fuel cartridge ran out, a new one could be easily swapped in. Each disposable cartridge would pack as much energy as a few heavy handfuls of lithium-ion batteries. As a result, a small pack of the cheap and light cartridges could power a PDA or cell phone through several days of heavy usage, no wall-outlet recharging required?a highly attractive feature for soldiers in remote locations or travelers. What's more, the miniature turbine takes up about a quarter of the volume of a typical cell-phone battery.
Not that a micro engine is without drawbacks. It would shoot a tiny stream of hot exhaust gas, for one thing, making it more suitable for devices clipped to belts or carried in briefcases than for those stuffed in pockets. The engine itself would get hot, though an exhaust suppressor would easily keep devices from getting much warmer than they do today. But for many energy-hungry applications, says Epstein, a tiny turbine's remarkable power output would far outweigh any disadvantages. Suggests Epstein, "You don't need a very good jet engine to do better than batteries."
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TGIF-Today God Is First
Leadership That Frees
Friday, November 05, 2004
by Os Hillman
Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. ~ 1 Peter 3:1-2
"I am having a real problem with something that I need input from you guys," said the lady in our fellowship group. "My husband wants to make a major purchase that I am opposed to. We cannot afford it right now.
I understand what the Bible says about headship in the home, but what do I do when I totally disagree with his decision?" The men in the group looked at each other, realizing the sensitive nature of such a question, especially in today's society.
Then someone said, "You really only have a few options if you adhere to the principle that God has entrusted the man as the leader in the home. God has placed you under the umbrella of His protection as well as your husband. There are times when he will not make the right decision. Does that mean God is not protecting you? No. There may be several things working here. God may be testing your own obedience to this principle. He may use you to open up your husband's spiritual life due to your obedience and submissive spirit. Your obedience may cost your family something, but it will be beneficial in the long term. Your alternative is to rebel and pay him back for his decision by withholding your love from him, which is often what a wife does in this situation. It becomes a vicious circle of paybacks. My suggestion is to tell your husband how you feel about his decision and the impact you feel it will have on you and your family. If he still wants to make the purchase, you must let him do it and support him. What happens next will rest in God's hand as your ultimate protector."
A few weeks later our sister in Christ came to our meeting. "I have some wonderful news. We did make the purchase. However, we were able to make it in such a way that we did not go into debt and I was able to support my husband. I have already seen a change in his attitude toward me by the way I responded to him in this. It has been a real lesson for me. I see him much more open to spiritual things since I made this decision and supported him, even though I disagreed with it."
God has made man and woman equal in His sight. Yet He has given each a different role to play in marriage. Husbands must answer to God for their leadership in the home. They will be judged for that leadership. When a wife submits to that leadership, God protects her from wrong decisions of that husband, although sometimes it may not appear that way at first.
You can trust God to protect you in your decisions that are made in obedience to His Word.
The one who calls you is faithful and He will do it (1 Thessalonians 5:24).
Os Hillman Copyright 2004
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NewsScan Daily, 2004 ("Above The Fold")
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SPYWARE EPIDEMIC THREATENS TO STALL COMPUTER INDUSTRY
Computer makers say that their technical support lines are lit up by consumers frustrated over sluggish performance and increasingly they're tracing the problems back to one culprit: spyware. Companies are concerned about the cost of the calls, but they're even more worried that that customers will wrongly blame them for performance deficiencies. Russ Cooper, senior scientist with TruSecure Corp., says now that spyware has become epidemic, it's time for Microsoft and other technology companies to launch a public education campaign along the lines of the old "Only *you* can prevent forest fires" concept. The industry's incentive is pure survival, says Cooper. Microsoft officials blame rogue software for up to a third of applications crashes on Windows XP computers and AOL estimates that just three such programs together cause about 300,000 Internet disconnections per day. Forrester Research analyst Jonathan Penn says spyware-related customer support can cost $15 to $45 per phone call, but it's worth it. "Security is a component of loyalty. People, they want all these various services, but they expect security to come with it." (AP 31 Oct 2004)
INTERNET MUSIC REWRITES INDUSTRY RULES
While the music industry has been focusing on music piracy, another phenomenon is slowly emerging -- the Web as venture capital source. Chart-topping rockers The Darkness have sold enough downloads, T-shirts and other fan-abilia to finance their next album, and British band Marillion has used its site to raise funds for its last two albums -- before they recorded them. "The Internet is our savior. Without it, we wouldn't be what we are today. It's really turned the business around," says Marillion's marketing manager. Meanwhile, Universal Music has begun using the Web as a testing/breeding ground for new acts, signing them to a "digital rights" contract before committing serious money to their promotion. "It acts as an incubation label, if you will," says Universal Music UK new media services director Rob Wells. "It's the Marillion concept." (Reuters/CNet 31 Oct 2004)
COMPARISON SHOP YOUR LOCAL MALL FROM HOME
Three new online companies -- Cairo.com, ShopLocal.com and StepUp.com -- are offering comparison shopping services aimed at saving users from the tedium of physically trudging from store to store to compare prices. The companies scan the Web sites of national merchants to cull sales data from the retailers' weekly circulars. Consumers then enter their zip code and can search the database for particular items or arrange to receive an e-mail message when the price of an item drops. "A lot of people just need a good camera and need it today and want a good deal," says Cairo.com CEO Andy Moss. The timing may be just right for these new services, says Dieringer analyst Thomas E. Miller, who notes that many more consumers are doing research on the Web before shopping offline anyway. "These sites are a good fit with where shoppers are right now." And while the pricing information to be gleaned from circulars is limited, newspapers may boost that availability by putting more information online through companies like CrossMedia Services, which was recently acquired by Gannett, Knight Ridder and Tribune Co. CrossMedia has since created ShopLocal.com, which is featured in local newspapers as a service for local readers to find bargains. CrossMedia chief marketing officer Dave Hamel says more than 70 national merchants already forward information on upcoming sales to the company and local companies are jumping on the bandwagon. "Chicago is ready to feed us 600 retailers a week," says Hamel. (New York Times 1 Nov 2004)
DO-IT-ALL GADGETS DO TOO MUCH
Most Europeans are not impressed by gadgets jam-packed with features that enable users to listen to music, watch videos, play video games and keep track of appointments, all on one machine. In a survey of 5,000 consumers from the U.K., Germany, France, Sweden, Spain and Italy, 27% of respondents were interested in a device that plays music only and 13% were interested in a portable video-only player, while only 5% preferred the idea of a gadget that plays both. Seven percent expressed a preference for a device that plays video games and has a video playback feature. The problem with the do-it-all devices is they are too bulky, too expensive and there's not enough content to make them desirable, says Ian Fogg, an analyst for Jupiter Research, which conducted the survey. The results do not bode well for Microsoft and Apple, which are concentrating on adding more bells and whistles to their digital devices. (Reuters/Washington Post 1 Nov 2004)
'ROBOTIQUETTE' FOR ROBOTS
A team of researchers at the University of Hertfordshire in the U.K. is developing a behavioral code for how future robot companions should react in social situations. "We are assuming a situation in which a useful human companion robot already exists," says project leader professor Kerstin Dautenhahn. "Our mission is to look at how such a robot should be programmed to respect personal spaces of humans. Without such studies, you will build robots which might not respect the fact that humans are individuals, have preferences and come from different cultural backgrounds. And I want robots to treat humans as human beings, and not like other robots." (BBC News 28 Oct 2004)
AMD's LOW-COST ONLINE-ACCESS DEVICE
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) plans to sell an Internet access device in India and other developing countries for two to three hundred dollars. Called the Personal Internet Communicator (PIC), it was developed in conjunction with companies such as Solectron, Seagate, Samsung, and Macromedia, and will be sold in India through VSNL, an international phone service and Internet access provider that's part of the India's Tata conglomerate. VNSL will offer the device, which runs on a Microsoft Windows-based operating system, as a bundled service to broadband customers. Although Internet penetration in India is now about 0.4% and broadband penetration 0.02%, the country plans to have 20 million broadband and 40 million Internet users by 2010, with much of that growth coming from wireless technologies. (Reuters/USA Today 31 Oct 2004)
NETFLIX DROPS PRICES Movie-rental service Netflix has reduced the price for DVD rentals from $21.99 a month to $17.99 to combat competition from Blockbuster, Wal-Mart, and Amazon. Netflix customers to online to select the DVDs they want to rent, then receive them by snailmail and return them whenever they're finished with them (and usually request some more films). (DowJones/AP 1 Nov 2004)
IN INDIA, A CHOICE BETWEEN PRESENT AND FUTURE
Dharam Singh, chief minister of the Indian state in which high-tech Bangalore is the capital, has promised to address complaints from software and other high-technology firms about the city's poor roads and inadequate power supply. Companies say they have had to hire vehicles to transport their employees to the office, and that frequent power cuts force them to run diesel generators. Singh is a member of the Congress party, which increased local taxes on computers and software after coming to power this year promising to help the rural poor. Pawan Kumar, chairman of software firm VMoksha Technologies, has accused the Congress Party of damaging India's high-tech future: "In the name of helping rural poor, this government ignores the information technology sector, which has offered a rare opportunity for India to play a big role in the global economy." (AP 1 Nov 2004)
CHINA CLOSES INTERNET CAFES
China has shut down 1,600 Internet cafes and fined operators a total of $12 million because they allowed children play violent games or commit other violations of the government's policies to clean up Web sites and video games. Investigators have inspected 1.8 million Internet cafes looking for unlicensed operations, has ordered 18,000 of them to "stop operation for rectification" of violations. The country has the world's second-largest population of Internet users after the United States, with 87 million people online. Culture Ministry official Zhang Xinjian says: "Porn, gambling, violence and similar problems have adversely affected the healthy development of the Internet in China." (AP/Los Angeles Times 1 Nov 2004)
INTERNET STALKER IN ANOTHER 'BAD PATCH' OF HIS LIFE
A South Carolina man has been sentenced to five years of probation, 500 hours of community service, and more than $12,000 in restitution for breaking a federal Internet stalking law by sending dozens of e-mails and faxes to a woman who broke up with him more than a decade ago. He also made it appear that the woman was sending pornographic material to her colleagues. The man now acknowledges that he was "stupid, hurtful and just plain wrong" to torment the woman, and says: "I was going through a bad patch in my life. I want to take my lumps and get on with life." He could have faced two years in prison and a fine of $250,000, but prosecutors agreed to recommend a sentence of three to five years on probation. (AP 2 Nov 2004)
TOUCHSCREEN VOTING SPAWNS GLITCHES
U.S. voters across the country reported some 1,100 problems with e-voting machines, bearing out scientists' concerns that touchscreen machines are prone to tampering and unreliable unless they're equipped to print out paper records for recounts. Some problems were blamed on factors as mundane as power outages and incompetent poll workers, but there were a number of voters in six states -- especially Democrats in Florida -- who said that although they voted for John Kerry, when the computer asked them to verify their choice, it indicated that they had voted for President Bush. One voter in Clearwater reported that it took her about 10 tries and a quick touchscreen clean-up with a wet-wipe towel before she could successfully select Kerry. A spokesperson for Sequoia Voting Systems said the machines' monitors may need to be recalibrated periodically to ensure the touchscreen is sensitive enough to record users' votes. (AP/CNN.com 3 Nov 2004)
POLITICAL E-MAIL SMACKS OF SPAM
An online survey of 1,000 U.S. Internet users indicates that unsolicited e-mail supporting both the Bush and Kerry presidential campaigns were common in the past few weeks, and about 20% of recipients said the messages may have affected their votes. "The cat's out of the bag," says Anne Bonaparte, president of MailFrontier, which commissioned the study. "E-mail is a powerful communications tool and it has vulnerabilities that are being exploited by people who have a point to make." Engaging in political spam does entail the risk of backlash, however, says Jonah Seiger, co-founder of Connections Media. "Spam is a tactic of snake oil salesmen. I don't see an advantage for a group or a candidate associating themselves with this technique." Meanwhile, Larry Purpuro, president of Republican online consulting group RightClick Strategies disagrees: "In the 2004 election, political e-mail is a tactical nuclear weapon. It is to a large extent under the radar screen, but its ability to target and to penetrate the attention of individuals makes it an extremely effective communications tool." Spam advocating a political position is free speech, protected by the First Amendment, and is not considered illegal under the law. (Washington Post 2 Nov 2004)
CELL PHONE PHOTOS MAKE THE FRONT PAGE
Twice in the last month De Telegraaf, the Netherlands' largest newspaper, has run front-page photos snapped by amateur photographers using their cell phones. Wednesday De Telegraaf published a grisly picture of the body of filmmaker and columnist Theo van Gogh, who police suspect was stabbed to death by an Islamic militant. Passerby Aron Boskma took the photo at the crime scene in Amsterdam before the body had been covered. "This picture was the story. There was a discussion if we should use it, but everyone who would have had this picture would have published it," says Telegraaf pictures editor Peter Schoonen. Last month Dutch newspapers published cell phone pictures of a police shoot-out in the town of Enschede. In Japan, where many citizens now have camera-equipped cell phones, it is common practice to sell news-breaking pictures to TV stations and other media outlets. (Reuters 3 Nov 2004)
IE LOSING GROUND TO OPEN SOURCE BROWSERS
Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is still the overwhelming market leader, but the percentage of Americans using open-source alternatives Mozilla and Firefox inched up to 6% in October from 3.5% in June. Apple's Safari and the Opera browsers combined were employed by just a little over 1% of users, according to online research firm WebSideStory. The results were gleaned by sensors embedded on major Web sites that identified which browsers visitors were using to access the sites. And although Mozilla and Firefox constitute a miniscule portion of the browser market, some analysts say their steady rise may signal a trend. "What we're seeing is (Mozilla and Firefox) looking more like a vanguard than a flash in the pan," says WebSideStory analyst Geoff Johnston. (CNet News.com 1 Nov 2004)
INUIT LANGUAGE FINDS HOME ON THE WEB
Inuktitut, the language spoken by the Inuit people living in Nunavut, northern Canada, can now be used on the Internet, thanks to attavik.net, which provides a content management system that allows native speakers to write, manage documents and make online payments in their native language. Web Networks, a nonprofit Canadian group that provides Web services for socially committed organizations, worked with the Piruvik Center in Nunavut to develop the system. "It was a big challenge to give the Inuit and Inuktitut speakers the ability to have Web pages published in their native language," says Web Networks chief executive Oliver Zielke. "A lot of people have older computers and limited ability to use technology." The content management system used in attavik.net can also be used for other syllabic languages, such as Cree, Ojicree and Korean. (BBC News 3 Nov 2004)
EXIT POLL LEAKERS AND LEAKEES
On election day this week exit-poll data suggested a Kerry trend that proved to be quite wrong, but Warren Mitofsky, the longtime CBS election analyst who co-heads the National Election Pool (NEP) that took the polls defends them by saying: "We had called the networks earlier in the day and told them about a handful of states where we didn't think the results were accurate. But we didn't think we were supposed to share that with the leaker and the leakee. All the people getting leaked stuff were getting it from people who weren't always accurate and were premature, and now they are complaining about it. We didn't mislead the people we were working with. We made any number of projections. All of them were correct." He argues: "In a football game, after you get the score at halftime, do you get mad at the announcer if it doesn't turn out that way?" Ana Marie Cox (wonkette.com), one of many bloggers who had reported the exit poll results, says: "I hope I've had some role in killing exit polls. To the extent that blogs provide people with bad or misleading information, I hope that teaches people not to trust media in general." (Wall Street Journal 4 Nov 2004)
INDIA UNVEILS NATIONAL INTERNET HUB
India has created a national Internet service hub to connect all service providers and boost web traffic in the country of one billion people. Until now, domestic Internet service providers have been forced to rely on international traffic routing providers to run their Web sites, and so Information and Technology Minister Dayanidhi Maran says the new plan will help to "proliferate the Internet" in that domestic service providers will now be able to reduce the cost of traffic routing and improve service for subscribers. (The Australian 29 Oct 2004) Rec'd from J. Lamp
INNOVATORS WHO HELPED SHAPE AMERICA
On Monday evening, PBS will begin a four-part television series profiling the innovators written about in "They Made America" -- a new book by Sir Harold Evans. Sir Harold says his main criterion for deciding to select an innovation for his survey was whether it had changed people's lives: "That's why I included the bra" -- an innovation of the 1920s developed by Ida Rosenthal. Other innovators profiled in the book and TV series include: Edwin Armstrong, a radio pioneer; Lewis Tappan, inventor of credit ratings; Georges Doriot, the father of venture capital; Raymond Ingram Smith, the first to recognize gambling as an entirely new market; Samuel Insull, the onetime Edison assistant who turned electricity into a mass-market product; and many others. See today's Features section of NewsScan Daily for more on this subject. (USA Today 3 Nov 2004)
HOLLYWOOD LAUNCHES ANTI-PIRACY CAMPAIGN
Taking its lead from major record companies, Hollywood studios have prepared a host of lawsuits against people who illegally use copyrighted movies obtained via file-sharing networks. Dan Glickman, president of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), says that what's needed to combat piracy is "a holistic approach" -- including educational efforts, criminal prosecution, and lawsuits against infringers. "You need the stick and you need the carrot both. You can't just have one without the other." But film producer Ross Grayson Bell says that the industry's focus should be on providing legal ways to buy movies on the Internet -- and that Apple iTunes Music Store is the right model because it lets people download songs quickly and at a reasonable price: "There is a need that is not being met. I think the real way to curb piracy is to take away that need. The industry has to present a viable way to see movies in this new age." (Los Angeles Times 4 Nov 2004)
DEAD CODE, IN ALL RESPECTS
In Dayton, Ohio, at a cemetery called Blocker Hill, there's a group of tiny graves in which programmers at LexisNexis bury their dead programs. Doug Perseghetti says: "The code wakes us up in the middle of the night. Some things die gracefully and other things we've had to kill." In 1992, dozens of mourners followed pallbearers who carried a wooden coffin containing a printout of the former Database Update Control System, while a trumpeter played "Taps" after eulogies were spoken and chocolate cake served. Requiescat in pace. (AP/San Jose Mercury News 3 Nov 2004)
HOLLYWOOD THREATENS LAWSUITS AGAINST ONLINE PIRATES
The Motion Picture Association of America says its members are poised to file copyright-infringement lawsuits against digital movie downloaders, following the lead of the music industry, which has filed thousands of such lawsuits over the past year. But while the music industry has demonstrated decidedly mixed results, the movie industry may be more successful, in part because the campaign is getting underway while movie downloading is still relatively rare, representing only 2% of all online file sharing. "The studios have a little bit of a head start. By taking action now, [they] have a better chance in making a real dent in the problem," says one copyright attorney. One reason for the small number of film downloads is the size of the files -- users could download hundreds of songs in the same time it takes to download one movie. In addition, movie fans are not as disaffected with that industry, unlike music enthusiasts who resent paying $15 for a CD with only one or two songs that they really want. "The deal between you and Hollywood is pretty good. The deal between you and the music industry has been pretty lousy for a long time," notes Eric Garland, CEO of BigChampagne. (Wall Street Journal 5 Nov 2004)
SPAMMERS GUILTY, MAY DRAW JAIL TIME
A brother-sister duo accused in Virginia of sending junk e-mail to millions of AOL customers were convicted yesterday in the first felony prosecution of Internet spam in the U.S. Jurors recommended that Jeremy Jaynes, 30, be sentenced to nine years in prison and his sister, Jessica DeGroot, 28, be fined $7,500 after convicting them of three counts each of sending e-mail with fraudulent and untraceable routing information. A third defendant, Richard Rutkowski, 30, was acquitted. The case was the first to be brought under a tough Virginia anti-spam law that took effect last year. (AP 5 Nov 2004)
IRELAND TO SILENCE MOBILES IN CINEMAS, THEATERS
Ireland's cinemas and theatres have been given the go-ahead by the country's communications watchdog to permit the use of mobile phone interceptors. Interceptors will allow the creation of "quiet zones" where the mobile phones will not ring but where calls can still be made to emergency services or to lists of approved numbers, the Communications Regulator said on Wednesday. (The Age 4 Nov 2004) rec'd from John Lamp
E-GOVERNANCE FACES CHALLENGES ABROAD
Many overseas e-governance projects are failing, due to poor planning, political interference and bureaucratic bungling, according to World Bank information technology specialist Robert Schware. E-governance refers to efforts by governments to use Internet and computer technology to provide services to citizens and businesses. Schware notes that about 35% of all such projects in developing countries are a washout, with an additional 50% failing in some respect, leaving only about a 15% success rate. Schware cites $63 million spent by Ireland's government to test electronic voting technology before the project was abandoned due to doubts about its accuracy and privacy concerns. Uganda spent $22 million on an e-voting system, which performed poorly at the polls in 2001. And the U.K. pursued a $23.5 online university project that attracted only 900 students. One problem, says Schware, is that politicians sometimes want to speed up the timeline of the e-voting projects in order to win votes -- a process that usually ends up hurting the project. (AP/Washington Post
GAME MAKERS THREATENED BY PATENT LAWSUIT
Computer game makers, including such big names as Electronic Arts, Atari and Sega, have been sued by Texas-based McKool Smith, which claims the makers' games violate a 1987 patent that covers a way to display 3D objects realistically in a 2D space, such as a computer monitor. The technique is used by almost every game that uses 3D modeling, including older games such as Quake and Doom. The companies are now frantically researching prior art, citing games such as The Colony and Spectre, which may have been released before the 1987 patent was granted. (The Register 3 Nov 2004)
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HONORARY SUBSCRIBER: TED WILLIAMS
Today's Honorary Subscriber is Ted Williams (1918-2002), who was one of the greatest hitters in major league history. A lifetime .344 batter with 521 home runs in 19 years (1939-60) as a left-hand-hitting outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, Williams won six American League (AL) batting titles (his last at the age of 40, in 1958), four home-run crowns, and nine slugging-average championships.
Nicknamed The Splendid Splinter, Williams won baseball's prestigious Triple Crown (most home runs, most runs batted in, and highest batting average) in both 1942 and 1947. He played his most notable season in 1941, when he won his first batting crown, with a .406 average -- the first player to reach the .400 mark since Bill Terry, who batted .401 in 1930. No hitter has since accomplished that feat.
Williams led the AL in bases on balls eight times, and he accumulated 2,019 career walks to rank second behind Babe Ruth. He achieved his many impressive career statistics despite missing nearly five full seasons serving as a Marine Corps pilot during World War II and the Korean conflict. Williams was the league's Most Valuable Player in 1946 and 1949, and in 1966 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Williams retired in 1960 but returned to baseball in 1969 to manage the Washington Senators. In his first year with the Senators he was named American League Manager of the Year, but he left the franchise in 1972, after it had become the Texas Rangers. Following his retirement as a manager, he occasionally worked as a batting coach and became a consultant for a line of fishing equipment. Considered a champion fly fisherman, Williams was inducted into the Sportsman's Fishing Hall of Fame. His autobiography, "My Turn at Bat," was written with John Underwood and published in 1969. His other book, "The Science of Batting," came out in 1971.
Williams was born Theodore Samuel Williams in San Diego. California.
At the age of 17 he began playing professional ball with the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League. In 1938 he tried out with the Boston Red Sox in spring training, and a year later he joined the Sox outfield. In his rookie year he showed his star power by batting in 145 runs. Williams remained with the Red Sox until his retirement in 1960. The tall, rangy left-hander was such a fearsome hitter that opposing teams often used the "Williams shift" -- moving fielders toward right field, where Williams customarily drove his base hits.
Williams was a patient hitter who resisted venturing out of the strike zone for a pitch. Yet he was never able to translate his hitting prowess into a World Series win for the Sox. His one opportunity came in 1946, but he managed just five singles in 25 at-bats. In his final season, 1960, he hit a dramatic home run in Fenway Park in his last at-bat. It was his 29th of the season, a record for players at least 40 years old.
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MAILBAG: THE WORLD AS WE FIND IT
STRENGTH VERSUS WEAKNESS
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About the Peter Drucker book: there is an old Chinese saying "Let your weaknesses support you, your strengths will take care of themselves" -- at variance with the Drucker conclusion that education should concentrate on areas of strengths! (Steve Torok)
WANT A FERRARI? BUT CAN'T AFFORD IT?
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Once they take on a responsibility for filtering out viruses they become liable, whether or not they explicitly provide a limited warranty on performing such a service -- such is the reality of US law.
But the bigger issue is why would you want an ISP to mess with your content? Every operation they do takes time, can introduce new problems, and therefore introduces delays, risks and costs. Moreover you will ultimately have to pay for their efforts -- the extra infrastructure required to handle your security for you costs serious money. You can, and should, do your own virus filtering or subscribe to a service that will do it for you. It isn't expensive and you know what you're getting because you should be making an informed choice. Leave that choice to an ISP and you might not get the best solution and you will suffer accordingly.
Finally, stop whining. Why would you not want to be independent, to make your own decisions, to be responsible for your own success or failure? Why would you want your ISP to make decisions (possibly bad ones) for you? Expecting the ISP provides security is like expecting that the manufacturer of your car should provide a chauffeur. Want a Ferrari? Can't afford it? Buy a second-hand Honda or walk. You want security? Engineer it yourself. Feel you don't know enough to do it? Either start reading or find a local PC company to help you. Sounds too expensive? That's life -- if you can't afford to do it properly and aren't willing to learn how to do, that's just too bad. (Mark Gibbs)
U.S. LAGS BEHIND PAKISTAN
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I feel proud that my country has moved ahead of the U.S. Pakistan started issuing machine-readable passports with embedded chips from October 25, being the first in the world to do it. These passports are for everybody, not just diplomats and bureaucrats. That is not all. We already have very sophisticated national identity cards that are issued to the entire adult population. We are aware of the privacy concerns but do not allow them to deny us the benefits of the latest technology and the national database. Should we abandon, for example, the use of Internet only because there is a possibility of hacking or identity theft? Evil has never been far behind good. You have to fight against it, not surrender to it.
(Muhammad Abd al-Hameed, Lahore, Pakistabm mah@brain.net.pk)
E-VOTING FIRMWARE
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I am sending this to you since you might have a way of getting this idea to someone who cares. Regarding "... but many computer security experts remain pessimistic because no technology exists today that would allow an election official who suspects fraud to check software code on a voting machine and compare with the code stored in the library..." -- why can't they put the code in non-volatile ram or firmware so that when the system is booted it is guaranteed to run the right code and boot quickly enough to not be noticeable. Then tie the boot to the curtains opening so that the system is rebooted when leaving the voting booth OR tie it to a big button called 'submit ballot' so that the system stores and then boots from the firmware. This way it puts the security in the hardware. An audit would consist of a visual inspection of the chip and tamper proof housing. The downside is of course there is no dynamic updates... you would have to swap chips if you have a new code release... but then you have some time between elections to do updates. Just an idea. (John Prichard)
VOTING MACHINE FAILURE VERY LOW
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I've used the touchscreen e-voting machines in Collin County, Texas, for the past two elections with no issues. Did CNN report how many successful ballots were cast using the touchscreen e-voting systems? It seems to me that 1,100 problems reported across potentially millions of ballots cast is VERY low from systems perspective. I wonder how this failure rate compares with the other types of voting machines. (Chris L. White)
WHO'S LISTENING?
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I would be interested to see any responses to "Advertisers Track Radio Listening Habits" in a future Mailbag. I spoke to a couple engineer friends about this, and they claim that the system, as described in this article, is not possible. (Ben White)
GO WEST YOUNG MAN
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"Go west young man and grow up with the country," I seem to remember Greeley saying. I spent a late summer in New York City's "City Hall Park," under the large bronze statue of Horace Greeley, sitting in a small couch while excavating the skeletons of the "First Almshouse" nearby, during a very active restoration of the park back in 1999. Then Mayor Rudy Giuliani had the State of Arkansas flag flown over City Hall, ordered while visiting in Arkansas, causing a law to be hastily passed to stop it ever happening again. Next to "him" is a monument to Joseph Pulitzer, both on the site of the first museum in NYC, and near "newspaper row" where once the presses ran to inform the metropolis. They cleaned his statue that summer too. (George Myers)
WORTH THINKING ABOUT: THE RISK-TAKERS
Englishman Sir Harold Evans, author of the new book, "They Made America," explains the role America's tradition of innovation plays in making the world a better place: "Here is a curious fact of American culture, supposedly so obsessed with business. The Founding Fathers promised life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and there have been thousands of presidential biographies and histories tracing the political struggles to honor those ideals. But none of the promises could have been honored without the business innovators who have had nothing like the same attention. You cannot much pursue happiness if you are starving, or unable to move your family to a better place, or protect it along the way, or communicate.
"Politicians could make promises, but while government could provide the framework of freedom it could not aspire to deliver these necessities.
We owe them to men like Cyrus McCormick (the reaper), Robert Fulton (steamboat), Theodore Judah (transcontinental railway), Lewis Tappan (credit rating), Sam Colt (six-gun), and Samuel Morse (telegraph). McCormick's invention, and then his revolutionary buy-on-credit marketing, enabled thousands of farmers to harvest the Great Plains and feed the world. He also freed labor for the industrial revolution and the preservation of the Union. And so has our progress continued down to this day with the founding of the biotech industry by Herbert Boyer and Robert Swanson, and the software industry made possible by the operating system for PCs from the unsung Gary Kildall.
"Innovation will continue in America. It is in the nation's DNA. But if the scope of it is not to ebb in the face of global competition -- in large part the consequence of Malcom Maclean's innovation of container shipping -- we must honor more the risk-takers who really get things done."
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HONORARY SUBSCRIBER: ÉÉTIENNE GILSON
Today's Honorary Subscriber is the internationally eminent French historian of medieval philosophy ÉÉtienne Henri Gilson (1884-1978), whose intense interest in medieval philosophy -- an academic field he may be said to have rescued from oblivion -- began with his work on the "sources" of Descartes. He wrote books on such luminaries as Bonaventure, Bernard of Clairvaux, Augustine and Dante, but the principal focus of his scholarship became the historical context of St. Thomas Aquinas, showing the contemporary relevance of this cornerstone figure of scholastic philosophy.
Gilson was born into a Roman Catholic family and owed his early education to Catholic schools in Paris. He began the study of philosophy in 1902 at the Lycéée Henri IV and received his baccalaureate in 1906 from the Sorbonne (the University of Paris). For the next six years he taught philosophy in various lycéées. In 1913 he took his doctoral degree, for which he had investigated Renéé Descartes and the medieval roots of his philosophy. For the next several years, except for the interruption of World War I years, he taught at the universities of Lille and Strasbourg, returning to the Sorbonne in 1921. In 1916, at the Battle of Verdun, he was wounded and taken prisoner. During the two years of his imprisonment, he took on the study of the Russian language and the thought of St. Bonaventure. He was later awarded the Croix de Guerre for bravery in action.
In 1932, Gilson left the Sorbonne to inaugurate the first chair in the history of medieval philosophy at the Collèège de France. In 1926 he made the first of what later became his annual visits to the United States and Canada, lecturing at the universities of Montreal, Harvard and Virginia. Three years later, he was invited to establish the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in conjunction with St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto. From then on he divided his academic year between Paris and Toronto, a practice that was interrupted only by World War II, during which he remained in Paris. In 1951 he relinquished his chair at the Collèège de France to devote full time to his post at Toronto, a position he retained until 1968.
Many of Gilson's best-known books resulted from lectureships.
Included among these are the 1932 Gifford Lectures published as "The Spirit of Mediææval Philosophy" and "The Unity of Philosophical Experience" (1937) and "Being and Some Philosophers" (1949), perhaps the best examples of his use of the history of philosophy as though it were a laboratory for investigating ideas.
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WORTH THINKING ABOUT: CONFIDENCE AND CONSCIENCE
The historian William Manchester, author of celebrated biographies of Kennedy, Churchill, MacArthur, and others, wrote of England's leaders between the two World Wars: "What comes through, like the pounding on the wall of a man who wants the party in the next apartment to quiet down so he can sleep, is a determination to avoid discord, unpleasantness, or any rude interruption of long serene weekends in the country. England's ruling class, or those of them in power, had lost their fathers' inflexible determination. A.G. Gardiner had described the English patrician as 'a personality that is entirely fearless,' belonging to 'a caste that never doubts itself.' A.L. Rowse, fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, quotes Gardiner and then adds: 'Never till 1931, we may say; for in that year the caste lost confidence in itself and, undermined by fear, it lost not only confidence but conscience.
Confused in mind about everything, except the main chance -- its own preservation -- it survived from year to year, from month to month, day to day, by blurring the clarity of all issues, even the most dangerous -- that of the nation's safety; it maintained its enormous majority by electoral trickery, it spoke and perhaps thought in the language of humbug, it hoped to stave off conflict...by offering appeasement.'"
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HONORARY SUBSCRIBER: CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
Today's Honorary Subscriber is the American man of letters Christopher Morley (1890-1957), who was a prominent literary personage in the first half of the 20th century.
Morley was a writer's writer, just as interested in promoting the works of other writers as he was of his own. His long tenure on the staff of the Saturday Review of Literature gave him a prominent podium for promoting the literary culture that he considered so important to living life to the full. He vigorously promoted the works of Joseph Conrad, Sherwood Anderson, Walt Whitman, Robert Louis Stevenson, George Santayana and the many other writers whose works, in his opinion, deserved wider public exposure. As a long serving judge for the Book-of-the-Month Club, Morley was delighted to be in a position to influence a generation of Americans' reading habits.
Morley was born in Haverford, Pennsylvania, where his father was a professor of mathematics at Haverford College. Ten years later the family the family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, because Morley's father joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins. Morley returned to attend Haverford College, and then spent three years at Oxford's New College as a Rhodes scholar. While at Oxford he published "The Eighth Sin," a book of verses inspired by Helen Booth Fairchild, fellow American student and the woman he would marry a few years later. After Oxford, Morley went to work as a book reader and sales publicist for the publisher F.N. Doubleday. Success in this job did not keep him from taking a job as editor of The Ladies Home Journal in Pennsylvania. Later he got to write his own column at the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger. While in Philadelphia, Morley wrote his first novel "Parnassus on Wheels," which described the adventures of a traveling bookseller.
Once launched into his journalist's career, Morley enjoyed literary success in many venues. He wrote popular columns for the New York Evening Post and the Saturday Review of Literature. He published novels including "Thunder on the Left," "Human Being," and the best-selling "Kitty Foyle."
He also published collections of his columns, essays, and poems, and took on the job of editing two major revisions of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.
Another noteworthy accomplishment was his work in co-founding the Hoboken Theatrical Company in an old New Jersey warehouse, turned into a sort of off off-Broadway playhouse for producing a series of successful revivals along with several of Morley's own plays. An enthusiastic fan of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Morley helped found the Baker Street Irregulars, an organization of true Holmes devotees.
Morley died in 1957 following several debilitating strokes in the preceding five years. As a journalist, he belonged to a small, elite band of literary columnists that once included writers like Don Marquis and Franklin P. Adams, now no longer visible on the journalistic landscape.
[To find a library copy of Morley's novel "Parnassus on Wheels," visit RLG's RedLightGreen.com:
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Activities and Events of Interest
November 6 at 6 pm: Bussey-Sharman Fire Dept Fundraiser supper
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MCC Communion Service, Sunday evening, November 7
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Albemarle Annual Fire Department Mutual Aid Training, Monday, 11/08 @5:30 PM
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Columbia County Annual Emergency Drill, Tuesday, 11/09 @ 5:00 PM
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Albemarle Annual Fire Department Mutual Aid Training, Wednesday, 11/10 @5:30 PM
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November 13 - 5 pm the World Famous Walkerville Fire Dept Fish Supper
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MCC "Bring a friend day", Sunday morning, November 14
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MCC Church Directory pictures will be taken November 19 - 21
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December 5 El Dorado 3:00 p.m. Holiday Concert Kim Crosby, Soprano
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MCC New York City Mission Trip December 14 - 18
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January 10 El Dorado 7:30 p.m. In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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February 5 El Dorado 7:30 p.m. Krystle Maczka, Piano
February 6 Magnolia 2:00 p.m. "
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March 5 Camden 7:30 p.m. Premier String Quartet
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April 3 El Dorado 3:00 p.m. Xiang Gao, Violin
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MCC Tanzania, Africa Mission Trip, July 2005. Get you7r passport!
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"September 11 WDYTJWD" W. P. Florence
Justice first, then peace."
"September 11" Never forget.--Tony Moses
"ONE NATION UNDER GOD ...the only way"--Phillip Story
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Keeping my head down but face toward Heaven" - - Jody Eldred, ABC News Cameraman in Kuwait
"Remember Pearl Harbor? Remember 9/11!" --"Bug"
Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. - - George Carlin
"Stop telling God how big your storm is. Instead, tell the storm how big your God is!" - - Queen E. Watson
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NEVER FORGET! We're listing the names of our soldiers killed weekly. These records can be found at http://www.defenselink. mil/releases/ This posting covers the last two weeks.
01. Staff Sgt. Jerome Lemon, 42, of North Charleston, S.C., died Oct. 27 in Balad, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle. Lemon was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1052nd Transportation Company, Kingstree, S.C.
02. Cpl. Billy Gomez, 25, of Perris, Calif., died Oct.27 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries sustained when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device on Oct. 20 in Naka, Afghanistan. Gomez was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
03. Sgt. 1st Class Michael Battles Sr. 38, of San Antonio, Texas, died Oct. 28 in Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his checkpoint. Battles was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
04. Pfc. Stephen P. Downing II, 30, of Burkesville, Ky., died Oct. 28 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, from small arms fire while conducting combat operations. Downing was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery, Camp Hovey, Korea.
The Department of Defense announced the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
05. Lance Cpl. Jeremy D. Bow, 20, of Lemoore, Calif.
06. Lance Cpl. Michael P. Scarborough, 28, of Washington, Ga.
Both Marines died Oct. 30, due enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. They were assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
The Department of Defense announced the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
07. Lance Cpl. Travis A. Fox, 25, of Cowpens, S.C.
08. Cpl. Christopher J. Lapka, 22, of Peoria, Ariz.
Both Marines died Oct 30, due to enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. They were assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
09. 1st Lt. Matthew D. Lynch, 25, of Jericho, N.Y., died Oct. 31 from enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Lynch was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
The Department of Defense announced the death of three Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
10. Lance Cpl. John T. Byrd II, 23, of Fairview, W.V.
11. Sgt. Kelley L. Courtney, 28, of Macon, Ga.
12. Pfc. Andrew G. Riedel, 19, of Northglenn, Colo.
All three Marines died Oct 30, due enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Byrd and Riedel were assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Courtney was assigned to 3rd Intelligence Battalion, III MEF, Okinawa, Japan.
The Department of Defense announced the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
13. Spc. Segun Frederick Akintade, 34, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died Oct. 28 in Abd Allah, Iraq, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. Akintade was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, New York, N.Y.
14. Sgt. Maurice Keith Fortune, 25, of Forestville, Md., died Oct. 29 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle. Fortune was assigned to the Army's 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, from Camp Hovey, Korea.
15. Pfc. John Lukac, 19, of Las Vegas, Nev., died Oct. 30, due to enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
16. Spc. James C. Kearney, III, 22, of Emerson, Iowa, died Nov. 1 in Salerno, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained in Sharan, Afghanistan, when his convoy was attacked by enemy forces using rocket propelled grenades. Kearney was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry, Glenwood, Iowa.
17. Sgt. Charles J. Webb, 22, of Hamilton, Ohio died Nov. 3 in the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds sustained earlier that day when an improvised explosive device detonated in Baghdad, Iraq. Webb was assigned to the 82nd Engineer Battalion, 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized), Bamberg, Germany.
The Department of Defense announced the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
18. Cpl. Jeremiah A. Baro, 21, of Fresno, Calif.
19. Lance Cpl. Jared P. Hubbard, 22, of Clovis, Calif.
Both Marines died Nov. 4 from injuries received as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. They were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
20. Spc. Cody L. Wentz, 21, of Williston, N. D., died November 4 in Iraq when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle while on patrol. Wentz was assigned to the Army National Guard's 141st Engineer Battalion,Williston, N.D.
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Join the Delta Diamondbacks 24-hour prayer team sponsored by First Baptist Church of McNeill by calling Debi Scott at 695-3403.
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War Prayer list for those in harms way.(10/10)
Remember to pray for the American soldiers stationed everywhere around the globe and especially in Iraq. Times have been and are very tough and it would be nice if you would all just say a prayer for their safety and for their families. Our own Delta Diamond Backs, local national guard personnel are now patrolling Bagdad. They are part of the 1st Cavalry Division's, 39th Infantry Brigade.
Please update us when you know of someone who comes home (or is activated for service.)
Major William Anderson - U.S. Air Force - Bagdad
Command Sergeant Major Tom Broom - U.S. Army - Kuwait
Kyle Burleston - U.S. Marines - Iraq
Jim Carrol - U.S. Navy Intelligence
Greg Davis - U.S. Army - Bagdad - Mark Davis's oldest son. Greg has two children; Jhett,
12 and Baily 3
Lang Doster - National Guard - Iraq - Angel Cranston's Brother
Sgt. Douglas E. Chappel - Kuwait
Alaina Downey - USAF - Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri - Steve Downey's daughter
Michael Drake - U.S. Navy - Persian Gulf
Lisa Dyson - U.S. Army Intelligence - Johnny Dyson's daughter
Jeremy Lee Eades U.S. Army - Roger and Jerri Eades son.
John Ford - U.S. Army Korea - Steve and Sharon Ford's son
Dickie Hartsfield's son - U.S. Army - In Bagdad
Warren Haynie from Lewisville - Serving in Iraq
Matthew Johnson - Marines
Robby Johnson - USAF C-130 Crew Chief
Brennan Jones - U S Marines - Iraq
James A.Jones - US Navy
Pat Keister - USMC -
Terris Lyons - National Guard - Back home in Minden
Mick McDaniel - U.S. Air Force, unknown location - Richard Matherne's son-in-law
David Mitchell - U.S. Army - In Bagdad
Opheline Moore - USArmy -
Brian Morgan - US Navy - in the Gulf somewhere
C.H. Osman - CAPT USN - Pentagon
Andrew Paladino - US Army SRA - Don and Ronda Paladino's Boy
Nick Paladino - US Army Ssgt - Don and Ronda Paladino's Boy
Bob Polk - Kuwait
Todd Raymond - USAF - Germany - Another MCC young man.
Bryan Ross - Wayne Specie Roy and Loretta Specie's
Jason Varner Deployed to an unknown Location Roy and Loretta Specie's
Lloyd Young - USMC - North Carolina - Cindy Martin's son
Please let us know of any updates to this list. James F. McClellan -
KC5HII@Magnolia-Net.Com Also, at kvma.Com they have a list of people over seas.
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Scheduled Activities
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Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. Monday - Friday. At noon on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and at 7 p.m. Sunday at 914 N. Vine
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Columbia County Amateur Radio Club meets Every second Thursday @ 7:00 p.m. Union Street Station. And YOU'RE invited.Net is every Sunday at 20:30 on 147.105.
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Columbia County Diabetes Support Group - Every third Monday, 7:00 p.m. room 222, Magnolia Hospital
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"Focus on the Family" with Dr. James Dobson weekday afternoons at 1 PM on KVMA am 630 it's a great show!
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MCC - Abraham Prayer - Sunday at 5:00 p.m and Wednesday from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
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MCC - "Beth Moore" Video Class - Thursday nights at 5:45 pm
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MCC - "Faith Builders" Small group meets at 1051 Columbia 36 the second and fourth Tuesdays, 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm.
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MCC - Firm Foundations Class, Sunday 9:30 to 10:15 a.m.
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MCC - Meadow Brook Nursing Home Ministry Tuesday from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
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MCC - Mom's Day Out - Every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 to 2.$10 for the first child, $5 for the second. Call 234-3225 for reservations.
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MCC - Nursing Home Ministry - Meadowbrook Every Tuesday from 10 to 11 am. Taylor, the last Thursday each month.
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MCC - Over comers: Fridays @ 7:00 p.m. - Director, Traci Foster invites you to a 12 step Christian support program. For anyone with a life controlling problem. Child care is provided.
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Men's Prayer Breakfast held every Tuesday morning at 6 AM in Miller's Cafeteria. If you aren't a regular participant at the Men's Prayer Breakfast, you're missing some great food, fellowship and inspired teaching of the Word. Hope to see you there.
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Emergency Phone Number 911
(Fire, Police, Ambulance, Sheriff, etc. )
Central Dispatch 234-5655
(Non - Emergency Number)
Direct Numbers
Ambulance - 234-7371 (24 Hour)
Jail - 234-5331 (24 Hour)
Poison Control - 800-222-1222 (24 Hour)
http://www. aapcc. org/
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"Fight till you win!" - - Mark Brazee
"Bring 'em on!" - -President George W. Bush
"There is not enough darkness in the world to put out the light of one candle."
"Laugh whenever you can and cry if you need to." -- "Bug"
"I read the end of the book. We win!" -- "Bug"
"We may not be able to cure the world, but we don't have to make it sicker." -- "Bug"
"There just ain't enough fingers for all the holes in the dike." - - "Bug"
"If you can read this e-mail, thank a teacher. - - If you read it in English, thank a serviceman."
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Hope you enjoy the newsletter.
Again, thanks to all our contributors this week.
God bless and GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
Luke 24:44-45 2 Sam 23:9-10 Luke 19:37-40 Luke 20:2-8 Psa 55:4-8
God is Good and Faithful CU 73 IC JFM CSP NREMT-I KC5HII
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