Bug's Bleat - - GCF: Parking Meter

Volume 8, Issue 15 Friday, April 14, 2006

Hello ALL,

Please pray for David and Sandy Kirkpatrick. Her Cancer has returned and she’s been in Baptist now for several weeks. David is there with her.
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Aunt Mertis’s funeral was very sweet and reflected her hand in planning it. It was good to see most our extended family members at the wake or funeral. Only Henry Lee and Polly Sue missed being there because both of them were out of town.
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Thinking back with my family. We were talking about our youth when Uncle Bob mentioned the “rich” kids who moved into the neighborhood when he was young.
It seems that a family moved into one of Mr. Curtis’s rent houses up the highway. Now you’ve got to understand that these houses were probably less than 900 ft2 and definitely not “Trump Tower”. But if you could afford to rent a whole house in those days, you were financially a step above the average citizen of Taylor.
To young Bob’s joy, the family had kids his age and a generous mother. Every afternoon, she’d give her kids each a nickel to take to town and buy ice cream and a coke. Those were things Bob could only dream of and he was overjoyed to find that his new friends shared their mother’s generous spirit as well as were willing to share their coke and ice cream.
As my mother told me “We never missed a meal so we didn’t consider that we might be “poor”. There were many people who were less fortunate than us.”
Even though they weren’t hungry, they could still appreciate having a special treat in the afternoon.
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By the time Charles, Dinah Sue and I came along the price of coke and ice cream had risen to a dime. And, like our parents and their siblings before us, we looked forward to going to town for a “treat.”
The only hold up was where we could get a dime. One fall, we decided to pick up pecans and sell them in the neighborhood.
So we looked around and determined that “Miss Nobie’s” yard had the most pecans lying on the ground. So we went up to Uncle Cecil’s store and he gave us three small sacks, like you’d put candy in, and we then set upon Miss Nobie’s yard, competing to see who could fill their sack first.
Before long, we had three sacks full of pecans and then had to decide who to approach that might buy them. The obvious choice was Miss Nobie. She was always nice to us.
Dinah Sue went to Miss Nobie’s kitchen door and offered the pecans to her. We were ecstatic to find that she was willing to pay us a dollar for the pecans.
Up to that point our plan was succeeding far beyond our wildest dreams. Then we committed a critical mistake. Instead of going immediately to town, we wandered back over to our grandmother’s house where my mother saw us. With eagle like sight, she spied the dollar in Dinah Sue’s hand and began questioning us on how we’d managed to accumulate such a sum of money.
We proudly explained that we’d EARNED the dollar by picking up pecans and selling them. Then she dug deeper and wanted to know where we’d picked up the pecans and whom we’d sold them too.
Charlie told her that we’d picked up the pecans in Miss Nobie’s yard and I chimed in that Miss Nobie had paid us a dollar for them.
It was then that we learned it was not ethical to pick up someone’s property and then sell it to them. We were required to take Miss Nobie’s dollar back to her and weren’t even allowed to get the pecans back.
Thus started a practice I’ve adhered to in my investments as an adult. Make money and get rid of it as soon as I can.
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Yet another reason to just drink water.

Benzene has been found in soft drinks at levels above the limit considered safe for drinking water, the Food and Drug Administration acknowledged. The FDA still believes there is no safety concerns about benzene in soft drinks, or sodas, said Laura Tarantino, the agency's director of food additive safety. In fact, a different study found benzene at four times the tap water limit, on average, in 19 of 24 samples of diet soda.
Benzene is found in forest fires, gasoline and cigarette smoke. It's widely used in industrial production to make plastics, rubber, detergents, drugs and pesticides.
Benzene can also form in soft drinks made with Vitamin C and sodium or potassium benzoate. Heat, light and shelf life can affect whether benzene will form, according to FDA.
A spokesman for the American Beverage Association said the amount of soft drinks people consume is far less than the amount of tap water they are exposed to.

So it’s O.K. to drink Benzene laced sodas because we drink less pop than water. Hummmm . . . I bet they haven’t met the people I know that hardly drink any water. Their diet is almost 100% pop.
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Dozens of mumps cases have been reported across the country. The highest concentration appears to be in Iowa, where more than 500 suspected cases have been reported, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The “Mumps” outbreak is puzzling considering that many of the victims had been vaccinated. The suspicion is that the vaccine is wearing off or is ineffective for this strain. No deaths have occurred but Mumps can cause deafness.
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My big toe has turned rebellious again this week. It was doing great, healing and looking healthy until Wednesday afternoon. That’s when I noticed it hurting. Nancy looked at it Thursday morning and sent me straight up to Dr. Murphy’s. Glenda told me she could get me in to see him very fast and Shelley got me a room in record time. Doc thinks my shoes are irritating the toe and hindering healing so I’m back to sandals and antibiotics.
Of course there’s a silver lining to every cloud and the forced early end to my week gave me more time to work on this weeks “Bleat”.
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Joe Tudor shares "World Wide Words" with us. It's Michael Quinion's writing about international English from a British Viewpoint. . . very interesting... (well, that is if you haven't much else to occupy your time) - - http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/index.htm
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TV Guardian, the program that filters our DVDs is getting harder to come by. Our latest DVD player died last week and when I went to Wal-Mart to replace it I found that they no longer carry DVD players equipped with TV Guardian. Nor do they carry the separate “TV Guardian” set top box.
To say that I’m disappointed is an understatement. We like to watch movies but we don’t appreciate bad language (cussing). The TV Guardian filtered the movies so we could watch a PG film without being assaulted by the language.
I guess, like many other things in today’s society, we’re in the minority when it comes to preferring not to be exposed to bad language. Why else would Wal-Mart quit selling the devices.
http://tvguardian.com/gshell.php
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The April 07 “Bleat” was very late because we had a stressful week and a long, hard weekend. I usually do the Bleat on Friday evenings but we had to go to Springhill then back to Magnolia for a meeting at Central Baptist.
On Saturday, we started off the day cooking pancakes for dream center, took all four of our grandsons to lunch, and then taught CPR. That evening we kept Josiah and Ethan. By the time Vanessa and Jimmy picked them up Sunday afternoon, we were “shot”.
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The Blossom Festival and World Championship Steak Cook-Off is Coming May 19 and 20. If you enjoy beautiful Magnolia Blossoms, good food, great entertainment, and southern hospitality, Magnolia, Arkansas is where you need to be on the third weekend in May. - - http://www.blossomfestival.org/
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The Purple Hull Pea Festival is scheduled for June 23 and 24
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The photos on the front of this weeks “Bleat” include shots of Brandon Dupont, Erica Hale, Veronica Griffin , Kelley Davidson and John Wimberly. “Dream Center” cooks and tasters.
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Speaking of photos, did you check out our new site for photos? It’s www.bugsbleatphotos.blogspot.com. And we’re now using our new address, www.bugsbleat2q.blogspot.com for “Da Bleat”.
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Speaking of new, we started using the Google Calendar this week. The company whose name has become a verb for searching the Internet has once again expanded its franchise by adding yet another service. Along with its mapping feature and its Gmail email service, Google has now added a free calendar function that is arguably easier to use and more powerful than competitive calendars from Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL.
The "beta" test service, which is now available at google.com/calendar, is both a personal productivity tool and a social networking tool because it allows you to maintain your own schedule as well as events for groups of people.
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Don’t forget to check out www.mcc2000.net
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Are you having problems with low blood pressure? This ought to cure it.

FEMA and the City of Austin, along with the Texas Workforce Commission setup a job training/hiring/interview/job fair for all the Katrina FEMA evacuees in the Austin area to be held at the ACC campus on Webberville Road in East Austin. Several of the evacuees said they had no transportation to get from the apartment complexes…
So, the city of Austin/FEMA/TWC set up transportation for each of them to ensure they would be able to partake of the benefit of job searching. The transportation consisted of nine buses and vans, to run from four locations in Round Rock, and five locations in Austin, in continuing shuttles back and forth to the campus to ensure that the hundreds of people looking for jobs would be transported in comfort.
The vehicles were brought to their residences; drivers knocked on the doors; and every effort was made.
At the end of the day, the nine vans and buses transported a total of one person. Not one person per bus - one person total.
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The State of Arkansas ordered Magnolia Schools to accept consolidation with Waldo Schools. No big surprise. The mystery is why the Magnolia School Board felt it necessary to make the state do this. Does anybody have any enlightenment on this subject?
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There’s a big push to get funds to widen US 82 between Texarkana and Greenville, MS. The state says it will require a few hundred million that’s not currently in the budget. Maybe in the next 20 or 30 years. How about a toll road now?
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Iran announced that they had successfully enriched uranium and were now “A Nuclear Nation” Then Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a "rotten, dried tree” that will be annihilated by "one storm”.
One of our worst fears seems to be coming true. A wacky idiot may have the means of manufacturing nuclear weapons within the next 10 years (if they haven’t already bought them from Russia.) Does anyone doubt that this guy will hand over a nuke or two to al-Qaeda as soon as he has them?
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We’ve now got several addresses on the web for "Da Bleat." For the latest issue, go to http://bugsbleat2q.blogspot.com. Older issues can be found at bugsbleat.blogspot.com, bugsbleat1q.blogspot.com, bugsbleat3q.blogspot.com, and bugsbleat4q.blogspot.com. Our photos are now posted at www.bugsbleatphotos.blogspot.com.
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Feel free to share the "Bleat" with any and all. That's why we publish it.
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Recipe(s) of the week - We’re sharing recipes from Shannon Voigt’s new Taylor Recipe Book
Mamaw’s Chicken & Dumplings - Mary Joyce Taylor

Ingredients:
3 Chicken Breasts Boiled
2-cup flour
1 tsp. salt
Crisco size of a large egg (¼ cup)
1-cup broth (cool)

Method:
Mix together flour, salt, Crisco and broth. Knead dough on floured surface. Make 2 balls and roll out very thin. Cut into strips. Pinch off small pieces and drop into boiling broth and chicken. Add plenty of black pepper. Cook on low heat for 12-15 minutes. Stir very easy.
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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: from The Free Dictionary
John Wilkes Booth Shoots Lincoln (1865)
When John Wilkes Booth, an American actor and ardent Confederate sympathizer, learned that President Lincoln planned to attend a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater in Washington, he plotted to assassinate the President. Shortly after 10 PM, he entered the presidential box unobserved, shot Lincoln in the head, and vaulted to the stage (breaking his left leg in the process) shouting "Sic semper tyrannis! ["Thus ever be to tyrants". It is the state motto of Virginia] The South is avenged!"
I recently read “Manhunt : the twelve day chase for Lincoln's killer” by James L. Swanson. It’s worth reading if you’d like to know the details of the assassination plot and it’s aftermath.
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The Titanic also sank on this day in 1912.
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BreakPoint
With Chuck Colson

BreakPoint Commentaries
Apologetics & Theology secrets, Lies, and the Resurrection
By Chuck Colson
4/14/2006

Demonstrating the Truth of Easter
Can you keep a secret?

If you can, you’re pretty unusual, because a lot of people can’t. Especially if it’s the kind of secret that—if exposed—could get them in major trouble.

One recent, and very public, example of this is the Duke Cunningham bribery scandal—which you probably heard about on the news—which helps to prove my point. Last year, when he was caught taking bribes, it didn’t take long for former Congressman Cunningham to spill the beans. He turned state’s evidence against his co-conspirators, and Time magazine reports that the congressman may have worn a wire to record secret conversations.

It doesn’t take much to make us talk, does it?

In that way, the Cunningham scandal reminds us very much of another scandal three decades ago, the infamous Watergate cover-up in which I was very much involved. Surprising though it may seem to some, it took only two weeks from the time that the president was first told the extent of the cover-up to the time when John Dean, his counsel, went to the prosecutors and made a secret deal to testify against the president in exchange for a lighter sentence. Now, mind you, this happened among twelve people, perhaps the most powerful in America, loyal to their leader. In a situation like that, as I saw up close, the desire to save oneself has a way of overriding loyalty or any idealism.

But that little quirk of human nature, believe it or not, gives us one of the strongest proofs we have for the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Just think about the situation Christ’s disciples were in after He left them. Here was a group of peasants, powerless, up against the most powerful empire in the world. Possible prison time was the very least of their worries. They knew that torture and execution could be in their future if they refused to stop preaching the name of Jesus Christ.

But they couldn’t stop.

To a man, they kept talking about Christ’s life, death, and resurrection to anyone who would listen. None of them would deny or retract their story. Eventually, just as the authorities had threatened, most of them were executed for it. But still, all of them maintained to the very end that Jesus had risen from the dead—that they had seen Him, touched Him, talked with Him.

What would inspire men to suffer and die for a belief? Only one thing—the absolute certainty that their belief was true. Who would die to protect a lie or a hoax, especially if he knew it to be a lie? You’d have to be insane. As we’ve seen from the examples I gave, most of us won’t face prison—no, never mind prison. Most of us won’t face public humiliation to defend a lie.

Which leads me inescapably to one conclusion: Jesus’ resurrection was not a lie. These apostles would have turned state’s evidence in a heartbeat, copped a plea, unless they had seen the risen Christ in the flesh.

This Easter, we ought to take time to remember the words of the apostles before the authorities: “We ought to obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree. . . . And we are His witnesses to these things.” Their courage, their steadfastness, proves that their story is the truth. And that makes it a truth worth living—and dying—for.

For Further Reading and Information

Today’s BreakPoint offer: Being the Body: A New Call for the Church to Be Light in the Darkness by Charles Colson and Ellen Vaughn.

BreakPoint Commentary No. 020329, “An Unholy Hoax?: The Authenticity of Christ.” (Free registration required.)

BreakPoint Commentary No. 050329, “Familiar Stranger: The Christian Savior.” (Free registration required.)

BreakPoint Commentary No. 050324, “The Truth about Everything: Death on a Friday Afternoon.” (Free registration required.)

Roberto Rivera, “The Truth about Everything,” BreakPoint Online, 8 April 2004.

Timothy J. Burger, “Disgraced Congressman ‘Wore a Wire’,” Time, 6 January 2006.

“Chronology of Events in the Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham Case,” San Jose Mercury News, 3 March 2006.

Richard John Neuhaus, Death on a Friday Afternoon (Basic Books, 2001).

http://www.pfm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=BreakPoint1

The BreakPoint Web site and BreakPoint WorldView Magazine feature Colson’s commentaries as well as feature articles by other established and up-and-coming writers to equip readers with a biblical perspective on a variety of issues and topics.
© 2004 Prison Fellowship.
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Words of the Week:
bonhomie: pleasant and easy manner.
rusticate: to go or send to the country.
stripling: an adolescent youth.
panoply: a splendid or impressive array.
coeval: existing during the same period of time; also, a contemporary.
salmagundi: a mixture or assortment; also, a kind of mixed dish or salad.
desuetude: disuse.
from Dictionary.Com
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No one ever gains from catering to the lowest common denominator rather than insisting on personal growth to meet elevated expectations. - -Mike Masterson, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Thanks to Barry Brownlee

"Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions." - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) German Philosopher, Poet

"Being reproached for giving to an unworthy person, Aristotle said, 'I did not give it to the man, but to humanity.' " - Samuel Johnson

"The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men." - Plato

"Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win." - Jonathan Kozol

"Indeed, there are no easy correlations between parental ideology, class or race and 'successful' child development. Many children the world over have revealed a kind of toughness and plasticity that make the determined efforts of some parents to spare their children the slightest pain seem ironic." - Robert Coles

"Don't argue with a fool. The spectators can't tell the difference." - Charles Nalin

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.'' - William James

"Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid." - Basil King
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BREAKING CHRISTIAN NEWS
http://breakingchristiannews.com/

Prayer Alert: World Church Called to Emergency Passover Prayer for Israel as Israel's Neighbor Again Threatens to Annihilate Israel from the Map AP Staff / Aimee Herd reporting (Apr 14, 2006)
Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad once again lashed out at Israel Friday, saying the "Zionist regime is heading toward annihilation." - - http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=2375

Good Friday Thoughts: Three Shocking and Amazing Miracles that Happened when Jesus Died on the Cross J. Lee Grady / Aimee Herd reporting (Apr 14, 2006)
"Matthew's Gospel, in fact, records three startling occurrences that made the death of Jesus unique in all of history. No earthly king ever died with this much frightening drama." - - http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=2373

Harvard Poll: 70 Percent of Students Say Religion Plays Important Part in Their Lives and Their Spirituality Has Increased in College Jennifer Harper/Teresa Neumann Reporting (Apr 13, 2006)
College students are becoming more religious, and it's affecting their political views, according to a new Harvard University report conducted in March which concludes that "religious centrists" rule. - - http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=2369

Letters from Anne Frank-Never Before Seen by the Public-Now on Display
Geraldine Coughlan / Aimee Herd reporting (Apr 12, 2006)
"Because she's world famous, you want to know everything about her, and indeed you find something more about her reading those letters." - - http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=2365

Poll Supports Claim That Britain is a "Christian" Nation-Wales the Most "God-Fearing"
Jonathan Petre/Teresa Neumann Reporting (Apr 11, 2006)
The vast majority of Britons think that Christian values are good for the country even if they do not personally believe in God, according to research reported in the Telegraph U.K. - - http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=2361

The Urgent Message and the Amazing Movement to Alert the World about Uganda's "Invisible Children" BCN Exclusive by Aimee Herd (Apr 10, 2006)
Three youth's discovery and documentary in northern Uganda is setting ablaze a nationwide movement of compassion and action, especially among young people in America. What these young men witnessed there is something we can all take action to help stop. - - http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=2357
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GCF: Parking Meter

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On a visit to Boston, I noticed a parking meter with a paper sack over it upon which was written: "Broken."

A skeptical parking officer removed the bag, inserted a quarter in the meter and turned the dial. It worked perfectly. As the officer began to write a parking ticket, the car's owner rushed out of a nearby building.

"What are you doing?" he yelled after a quick glance at the meter. "There's plenty of time left!"
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GCF: Scale Convention

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At the scale manufacturers' convention, people often wanted to weigh themselves on different scales to see if they agreed. However, some visitors abstained, not wishing to advertise their weight. A smooth-talking representative coaxed a woman onto his scale by promising her that he would not look and that she could even cover the digital display so only she could see her weight.

She finally stood on the scale, whereupon a loud, mechanical voice from within the machine announced: "One hundred and sixty-three."
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GCF: Not Likely.....

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In my sociology class, we were instructed to write down answers to some questions the teacher was asking.

"Next question," announced the instructor. "How would you like to be seen by the opposite sex?"

I was thinking about my answer when the young woman next to me turned and asked, "How do you spell 'intellectual?'"
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GCF: Job Perks

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A woman, searching for a job, inquired about the benefits. The Personnel Manager informed her they had group health and life insurance, but the costs were deducted from the employee's pay.

She said, "My last employer had full health coverage, as well as five year's salary for life insurance and a month's sick leave AND they paid the full premiums."

"I can't help but ask why you would leave a job with such benefits," the interviewer replied.

The woman shrugged her shoulders and said, "The company went bankrupt."
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How do you tell when you
run out of invisible ink?
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The two biggest problems in
America are making ends meet
and making meetings end.
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How does one expect the unexpected?
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Why do psychics have to
ask you for your name?
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Thomas S. Ellsworth
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[GCFL.net] Small Deli's IRS Trouble

The owner of a small deli was being questioned by the IRS about his tax return. He had reported a net profit of $80,000 for the year.

"Why don't you people leave me alone?" the deli owner said. "I work like a dog, everyone in my family helps out, and the place is closed only three days a year. And you want to know how I made $80,000?"

"It's not your income that bothers us," the agent said. "It's these deductions. You listed six trips to Bermuda for you and your wife."

"Oh, that," the owner said, smiling. "I forgot to tell you - we also deliver."

Received from Phil N.

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[GCFL.net] Last Request

A businessman on his deathbed called his friend and said, "Bill, I want you to promise me that when I die, you will have my remains cremated."

"And what," his friend asked, "do you want me to do with your ashes?"

The businessman said, "Just put them in an envelope and mail them to the Internal Revenue Service. Write on the envelope, 'Now, you have everything.'"

Received from Frank.

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[GCFL.net] Internal Revenue Service Theme Song

Tax his cow, tax his goat;
Tax his pants, tax his coat.
Tax his crop, tax his work;
Tax his ties, tax his shirt.
Tax his chew, tax his smoke;
Teach him taxing is no joke.
Tax his tractor, tax his mule;
Tell him, "Taxing is the rule."
Tax his oil, tax his gas;
Tax his notes, tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers, tax him more;
Tax him 'til he's good and sore.
Tax his coffin, tax his grave,
Tax the sod 'neath which he's laid.
Put these words upon his tomb:
"Taxes drove him to his doom."
After he's gone, we won't relax;
We'll still collect inheritance tax.

Received from Lori Brown.

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[GCFL.net] Tax Deductions

All the big corporations depreciate their possessions, and you can too, provided you use them for business purposes. For example, if you subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, a business-related newspaper, you can deduct the cost of your house, because, in the words of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger in a landmark 1979 tax decision: "Where else are you going to read the paper? Outside? What if it rains?"

-- Dave Barry, "Sweating Out Taxes"

Received from Daniel Galvin.

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Ever Want to Curl Up and Die?
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Ho, Ho, Ho

I was taking a shower, when my 2-year-old son came into the bathroom and wrapped himself in toilet paper. Although he made a mess, he looked adorable - so I ran for my camera and took a few shots.
They came out so well, that I had copies made and included one with each of our Christmas cards. Days later, a relative called about the picture and, laughing hysterically, she suggested I take a closer look.
Puzzled, I stared at the photo and was shocked to discover that, in addition to my son, I had captured my reflection in the mirror - wearing nothing but a camera!

Name Withheld (go figure)
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Ask a child the same question too many times...
Have you ever asked your child a question too many times?
My three-year-old son had a lot of problems with potty training and I was on him constantly. One day we stopped at Taco Bell for a quick lunch in between errands. It was very busy, with a full dining room.
While enjoying my taco, I smelled something funny, so of course I checked my seven-month-old daughter, and she was clean. Then I realized that Danny had not asked to go potty in a while, so I asked him if he needed to go, and he said "No."
I kept thinking, "Oh Lord, that child has had an accident, and I don't have any clothes with me." Then I said, "Danny, are you SURE you didn't have an accident?" "No," he replied.
I just KNEW that he must have had an accident, because the smell was getting worse. Soooooo. . . I asked one more time, "Danny, did you have an accident?"
This time he jumped up, yanked down his pants, bent over, spread his cheeks and yelled, "SEE MOM, IT'S JUST TOOTS!!", while 30 people nearly choked to death on their tacos laughing!
He calmly pulled up his pants and sat down. An old couple made me feel better by thanking me for the best laugh they'd ever had!

Thanks to John Chadsey
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And God populated the Earth with broccoli and cauliflower and spinach and green and yellow vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.

And Satan created McDonald's. And McDonald's brought forth the 99-cent double cheeseburger.

And Satan said to Man "You want fries with that?" And Man said, "Super size them". And Man gained pounds.

And God created the healthful yogurt, that woman might keep her figure that Man found so fair.

And Satan froze the yogurt, and he brought forth chocolate, nuts and brightly colored sprinkle candy to put on the yogurt. And woman gained pounds.

And God said "Try my crispy fresh salad."

And Satan brought forth creamy dressings, bacon bits and shredded cheese.

And there was ice cream for dessert. And Woman gained pounds.

And God said "I have sent you heart healthy vegetables and olive oil with which to cook them."

And Satan brought forth chicken-fried steak from Cracker Barrel so big it needed its own platter. And Man gained pounds, and his bad cholesterol went through the roof.

And God brought forth running shoes, and Man resolved to lose those extra pounds.

And Satan brought forth cable TV with remote control so Man would not have to toil to change channels between ESPN and ESPN2. And Man gained pounds.

And God said "You are running up the score, Devil." And God brought forth the potato, a vegetable naturally low in fat and brimming with nutrition.

And Satan peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy center into chips and deep-fried them. And he created sour cream dip also. And Man clutched his remote control and ate the potato chips swaddled in cholesterol. And Satan saw and said "It is good."

And Man went into cardiac arrest.

And God sighed and created quadruple by-pass surgery...

And Satan created HMOs...

Thanks to Julie Morris
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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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*Tried and Trusted*

A wealthy investor walked into a bank and said to the bank manager, "I would like to speak with Mr. Reginald Jones, who I understand is a tried and trusted employee of yours."

The banker said, "Yes he certainly was trusted. And he will be tried as soon as we catch him."

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*Kangaroo Fence*

A kangaroo kept getting out of his enclosure at the zoo. Knowing that he could hop high, the zoo officials put up a ten-foot fence. He was out the next morning, just sauntering around the zoo. A twenty-foot fence was put up. Again he go out.

When the fence was forty feet high, a camel in the next enclosure asked the kangaroo, "How high do you think they'll go?"

The kangaroo said, "About a thousand feet, unless somebody locks the gate at night!"

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*Fish Heads*

A customer at Green's Gourmet Grocery marveled at the proprietor's quick wit and intelligence.

"Tell me, Green, what makes you so smart?"

"I wouldn't share my secret with just anyone," Green replies, lowering his voice so the other shoppers won't hear. "But since you're a good and faithful customer, I'll let you in on it. Fish heads. You eat enough of them, you'll be positively brilliant."
"You sell them here?" the customer asks.

"Only $4 apiece," says Morris.

The customer buys three. A week later, he's back in the store complaining that the fish heads were disgusting and he isn't any smarter.

"You didn't eat enough, " says Green. The customer goes home with 20 more fish heads. Two weeks later, he's back and this time he's really angry.

"Hey, Green," he says, "You're selling me fish heads for $4 apiece when I just found out I can buy the whole fish for $2. You're ripping me off!"

"You see?" says Morris. "You're smarter already."

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*Environ-mental*

My friend Ann and I were eating at a Chinese restaurant. When an elderly waiter set chopsticks at our places, Ann made a point of reaching into her purse and pulling out her own pair.

"As an environmentalist," she declared, "I do not approve of destroying bamboo forests for throwaway utensils."

The waiter inspected her chopsticks. "Very beautiful," he said politely. "Ivory."

Eye Laugh

"Old Car Buzz"
http://www.cybersalt.org/g06.php?id=21

"Thank You Very Much"
http://www.cybersalt.org/g06.php?id=22

"Yes It Is"
http://www.cybersalt.org/g06.php?id=23

"Dog Neighbor"
http://www.cybersalt.org/g06.php?id=24

"Perforated Bovine"
http://www.cybersalt.org/go.php?id=cw230

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"Don't strive for recognition, but work for achievement." -- Vanessa Malone
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Madeleine Begun Kane Latest Columns - - http://www.madkane.com/parental.html - - Parental Proposal "The help wanted pages are filled with job descriptions that defy comprehension. This probably explains why so many parents can't quite figure out what it is their children do for a living..."
http://www.madkane.com
http://www.madkane.com/notable.html (Notables Weblog)
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Subscribe to MadKane Humor Newsletter (weekly) here:
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First-ever Venus south pole images - - http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM9FZNFGLE_index_0.html - - The European Space Agency's Venus Express has returned the first-ever images of the hothouse planet's south pole from a distance of 206,452 kilometers, showing surprisingly clear structures and unexpected detail. The images were taken 12 April during the spacecraft's initial capture orbit after successful arrival on 11 April 2006.
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Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body - - http://www.bartleby.com/107/ - - The Bartleby.com edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings - many in color - from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn.
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Science of Music - - http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/ - - What is music? Is birdsong music? How about the tap-tap-tap of a hammer, or the wail of a creaking door? Is playing a garbage can different than playing a drum? Explore the science of music with us, through these online exhibits, movies, and questions. Along the way, you can compose, mix, dance, drum, experiment, and above all ... listen. Site by The Exploratorium.
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Urban Legends Reference Page - - http://www.snopes.com/ - - This site is devoted to the study of contemporary lore, and a vital, ever-changing one at that because the rumors we as a society encounter and the stories we tell are always evolving. Yet for all its size and the monumental respect accorded it by journalists and folklorists the world over, the Urban Legends Reference Pages (or snopes.com, as it is better known) is, surprisingly enough, the work of just two people who began this repository of their writings as a labor of love in 1995 and who have been adding to it ever since.
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Fortune: Best Companies to Work For - - http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/ - - This site presents the annual ranking by Fortune magazine of companies that rate high with employees. Features include: top 100 employers, best employers in your state, best benefits, top-paying companies and more.
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911 Calls from September 11, 2001 - - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/31/AR2006033100978.html - - New York City released partial recordings of more than nine hours of 911 calls that began pouring in on the sunny and deadly morning of Sept. 11, 2001, as emergency operators struggled to comprehend the chaos unfolding at the burning World Trade Center.
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The Mozart Project - - http://www.mozartproject.org/ - - The Mozart Project presents the life, times, and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Epicurious - - http://www.epicurious.com/ - - Epicurious is divided into eight main sections: Recipes, Features, Cooking, Drinking, Restaurants, Shop, Bon Appetit, and Gourmet. Click on any of those names in the top navigation bar and you will come to an Index page, which shows you what is in each section. Once you are in a specific section, a second set of links appears just below the top navigation bar, allowing you to quickly access the stories in that section.
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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. www.mcc2000.net
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There’s a lot of discussion on the subject of “freedom of worship” here in America. Many feel that there is an organized effort to drive Christianity out of America. I don’t know that it’s organized but I do see the daily efforts of many to keep us from worshiping and sharing Christ.
However, we don’t experience any of the real persecution that Christians in other countries receive.
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Call for Prayer: Ministry Leader Imprisoned in India
Jennifer Randall
Webministry Consultant
Based on Press Releases by Hopegivers International
March - April 2006

Silas Partners joins citizens, churches, ministries, human rights organizations, and government agencies around the world in a call for prayer and a letter-writing campaign for the freeing of the imprisoned leader of Hopegivers International children’s ministry, Dr. Samuel Thomas.

Hopegivers International, based in Columbus, Georgia, is a charity performing extensive humanitarian and educational work with over 10,000 orphaned and abandoned children. Hindu extremists are inciting violence against the innocent Christians and Dalits at the Emmanuel Hope Home in Kota, funded by Hopegivers. Many local orphanages, Christian schools, and holy places are being vandalized and desecrated by these extremists.
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In mid-March, the Silas Partners team, along with the rest of the world, sadly learned that Dr. Thomas was meeting with his attorney to discuss anticipatory bail before surrendering himself to authorities when he was arrested. The arrest happened in New Delhi, India on March 16th outside of the office of the Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court. Dr. Thomas remains imprisoned in India for “falsely intending to outrage or insult another religion.” Ministry officials have said the radical hate groups have politicized local officials and continue the state of siege against the orphans protected at the Emmanuel Hope Home in Kota.

Complete Story at: http://www.silaspartners.com/site/c.feIKLOOrGlF/b.914169/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id={C22A86C5-475F-492C-86D1-7FCFBBE173FC}¬oc=1&msource=0604curren&tr=y&auid=1556488
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Benzene Levels in Soft Drinks Above Limit
Apr 05 8:35 PM US/Eastern
By LIBBY QUAID
AP Food and Farm Writer
WASHINGTON

Cancer-causing benzene has been found in soft drinks at levels above the limit considered safe for drinking water, the Food and Drug Administration acknowledged Wednesday.

Even so, the FDA still believes there are no safety concerns about benzene in soft drinks, or sodas, said Laura Tarantino, the agency's director of food additive safety.

"We haven't changed our view that right now, there is not a safety concern, not a public health concern," she said. "But what we need to do is understand how benzene forms and to ensure the industry is doing everything to avoid those circumstances."

The admission contradicted statements last week, when officials said FDA found insignificant levels of benzene.

In fact, a different study found benzene at four times the tap water limit, on average, in 19 of 24 samples of diet soda.

Tarantino said chemists may have overestimated the amount of benzene and that levels in diet soda were still relatively low compared with other sources of benzene exposure.

The samples were collected as part of the FDA's ongoing Total Diet Study, which looks for contaminants and nutrients in many foods and beverages.

FDA has been doing a separate study of benzene in soft drinks, but it is not ready to release the results, Tarantino said.

The Environmental Working Group has accused the FDA of suppressing information about benzene in soft drinks.

"If they're so confident the situation is not a safety risk, they need to release the data to prove it," said Richard Wiles, the group's senior vice president. "The only data available to the public contradict their claim."

Benzene, a cancer-causing chemical linked to leukemia, can form naturally and is found in forest fires, gasoline and cigarette smoke. It's widely used in industrial production to make plastics, rubber, detergents, drugs and pesticides.

Benzene can also form in soft drinks made with Vitamin C and sodium or potassium benzoate. Heat, light and shelf life can affect whether benzene will form, according to FDA.

A spokesman for the American Beverage Association said the amount of soft drinks people consume is far less than the amount of tap water they are exposed to.

"You can crunch the numbers any way you want; it's still adding up to safe products," said the spokesman, Kevin Keane. "We're going to continue to work with FDA to ensure the safety of our products."
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On the Net:
Food and Drug Administration: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/(tilde)news/whatsnew.html
Environmental Working Group: http://www.ewg.org
American Beverage Association: http://www.ameribev.org
I saw this story at breitbart.com
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/04/05/D8GQ64P00.html
http://www.breitbart.com
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Written by an 8-year-old named Danny Dutton, who lives in Chula Vista, CA He wrote it for his third grade homework assignment, to "explain God". I wonder if any of us could have done as well?
EXPLANATION OF GOD:
"One of God's main jobs is making people. He makes them to replace the ones that die, so there will be enough people to take care of things on earth. He doesn't make grownups, just babies. I think because they are smaller and easier to make. That way he doesn't have to take up his valuable time teaching them to talk and walk. He can just leave that to mothers and fathers."
"God's second most important job is listening to prayers. An awful lot of this goes on, since some people, like preachers and things, pray at times beside bedtime. God doesn't have time to listen to the radio or TV because of this. Because he hears everything, there must be a terrible lot of noise in his ears, unless he has thought of a way to turn it off."
"God sees everything and hears everything and is everywhere which keeps Him pretty busy. So you shouldn't go wasting his time by going over your mom and dad's head asking for something they said you couldn't have."
"Atheists are people who don't believe in God. I don't think there are any in Chula Vista. At least there aren't any who come to our church."
"Jesus is God's Son. He used to do all the hard work, like walking on water and performing miracles and trying to teach the people who didn't want to learn about God. They finally got tired of him preaching to them and they crucified him But he was good and kind, like his father, and he told his father that they didn't know what they were doing and to forgive them and God said O.K"
"His dad (God) appreciated everything that he had done and all his hard work on earth so he told him he didn't have to go out on the road anymore. He could stay in heaven. So he did. And now he helps his dad out by listening to prayers and seeing things which are important for God to take care of and which ones he can take care of himself without having to bother God. Like a secretary, only more important."
"You can pray anytime you want and they are sure to help you because they got it worked out so one of them is on duty all the time." "You should always go to church on Sunday because it makes God happy, and if there's anybody you want to make happy, it's God!"
Don't skip church to do something you think will be more fun like going to the beach. This is wrong. And besides the sun doesn't come out at the beach until noon anyway."
"If you don't believe in God, besides being an atheist, you will be very lonely, because your parents can't go everywhere with you, like to camp, but God can It is good to know He's around you when you're scared, in the dark or when you can't swim and you get thrown into real deep water by big kids."
"But...you shouldn't just always think of what God can do for you. I figure God put me here and he can take me back anytime he pleases.
And...that's why I believe in God."

Thanks to Julie Morris
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Yet another case of people being duped into giving out personal information to strangers.

JURY DUTY SCAM:

This has been verified on Snopes.com (link listed below) and by the FBI (their link is also included below.)

Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book. It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take those summons for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of scam has surfaced.

Fall for it and your identity could be stolen, reports CBS. In this con, someone calls pretending to be a court official who threateningly says a warrant has been issued for your arrest because you didn't show up for jury duty. The caller claims to be a jury coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Sometimes they even ask for credit card numbers. Give out any of this information and bingo! Your identity just got stolen.

The scam has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma, Illinois, and Colorado. This (scam) is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving in formation by pretending they're with the court system. The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.

Check it out here:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel05/092805.htm

Thanks to Ricky and Sarah Shepherd
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TODAY'S TOURBUS TOPICS: MacWindows / Myspace / Schools

Is the holy war coming to an end? A few weeks ago Apple announced the availability of Intel-based Mac computers. But would they go so far as to allow Mac users to install Windows on a Mac? Also in this issue, an introduction to Myspace -- is it good or evil, and what do you need to know about it? Read on!

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Installing Windows on a Mac?
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Someone recently asked me "I've heard that Apple is now making Mac computers with Intel chips, which power Windows PCs. Does this mean I can now install Windows XP on a Mac?"

Yes! Apple recently announced new software called Boot Camp, which helps you install and run Windows XP on your Mac. And no, you don't have to give up your beloved Mac OS X operating system and files. But why would anyone want to install Windows on a Mac?" The short answer is there are many websites that are not accessible to Mac users, and many software packages with no equivalent Mac version.

So if you have an Intel-based Mac Mini, iMac, or MacBook Pro and the latest version of Mac OS X (Tiger v10.4.6 or higher), you're ready to report to Boot Camp. Read this article for complete details:

http://askbobrankin.com/windows_on_a_mac.html

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Myspace - Good or Evil?
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With almost 70 million members, Myspace has become one of the hottest destinations on the Web for social networking. MySpace is an online community that lets you meet and interact with your friends, your friends' friends, and all of their friends. You can use this free service to share photos, public or private journals, and build a network of mutual friends with common interests.

You can search Myspace for your friends, and invite others to join your personal network. If you're curious, you can find out how many degrees of separation there really are between you and Kevin Bacon. But even if you have NO interest in social networking, it may be wise to poke around in Myspace...
http://askbobrankin.com/myspace_good_or_evil.html

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Custom Myspace Layout and Background
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So you have a Myspace profile, but it's boring because it looks like everyone else's. If perhaps you were wondering whether you could jazz up your Myspace layout with a custom theme, colors & background image, I have good news.

You can do quite a bit to modify the default Myspace layout. The trick is to add some hidden HTML (web page markup) code to your Myspace profile. If you want some sample code and instructions for inserting it into your Myspace profile, continue to:

http://askbobrankin.com/myspace_layouts.html

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School and College Directory
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Searching for a school just got easier... here's a simple directory with a built-in search engine and cross-referenced listing of ALL public schools, private schools and colleges in the USA. It's actually three integrated websites, with a common interface:

http://www.AllPublicSchools.org

http://www.AllPrivateSchools.org

http://www.allCollege.org

Each site allows you to browse by state & city, or search for schools by name and/or location. For example, if you're looking for a list of all public schools in the city of Anaheim California, go to [http://www.AllPublicSchools.org] click on California, then click on Anaheim. To search for all Catholic schools in Anchorage Alaska, go to [http://www.AllPrivateSchools.org] enter "catholic anchorage" in the search box and press enter. You can also locate a school if you don't know the location. To find a college by name, go to [http://www.allCollege.org] and enter "Rensselaer" in the search box.

Each directory provides the name, address, phone number and other information about the schools in a city. For public schools, you can see the name of the school district, other schools in that county, grades covered, number of students, full-time teachers, and the student/teacher ratio. For private schools, you'll find the same student and teacher stats, the type and affiliation, and whether it's co-ed, all boys or all girls. The college directory has listings for all colleges, universities, junior colleges, community colleges and even trade schools in the US.

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Activities and Events of Interest
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Albemarle Steak and Bingo Supper - April 22, 2006
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MCC Men’s Prayer Breakfast, April 23 @ 7:30 a.m.
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MCC “Just Older Youth” Branson Trip, May 4-6.
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The Barksdale AFB Holiday in Dixie "Defenders Of Liberty" Big Airshow Saturday and Sunday, May 13-14, gates open at 9:00 am, Show starts at 10:00 am
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The Blossom Festival and World Championship Steak Cook-Off is Coming May 19 and 20. If you enjoy beautiful Magnolia Blossoms, good food, great entertainment, and southern hospitality, Magnolia, Arkansas is where you need to be on the third weekend in May.
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The Purple Hull Pea Festival is scheduled for June 23 and 24
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The Emancipation Proclamation will be on display at the Clinton Library September 22-25, 2007.
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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/

01. Sgt. 1st Class Gregory S. Rogers, 42, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on April 9, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during convoy operations. Rogers was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

02. Pvt. Jody W. Missildine, 19, of Plant City, Fla., died in Tal Afar, Iraq, on April 8, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during convoy operations. Missildine was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.

03. Pfc. Joseph I. Love, 22, of North Pole, Alaska, died in Balad, Iraq, on April 9, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during convoy operations. Love was assigned to the 84th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy), 8th Sustainment Command (Theater), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.


04. Lance Cpl. Juana NavarroArellano, 24, of Ceres, Calif., died April 8 from wounds received while supporting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. She was assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.

The Department of Defense announced the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
05. Lance Cpl. Bryan N. Taylor, 20, of Milford, Ohio, died April 6 after being shot by an Iraqi Army soldier on a coalition base near Al Qaim, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The incident is currently under investigation.
06. Cpl. Richard P. Waller, 22, of Fort Worth, Texas, died April 7 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

07. Spc. Shawn R. Creighton, 21, of Windsor, N.C., died in Rawah, Iraq on April 8, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Stryker vehicle during patrol operations. Creighton was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

08. Spc. James W. Gardner, 22, of Glasgow, Ky., died in Tal Afar, Iraq, on April 10, from a non-combat related cause. Gardner was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died of injuries sustained in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on April 9, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. The soldiers were assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. Killed were:
09. Sgt. 1st Class Randall L. Lamberson, 36, of Springfield, Mo., died in Balad, Iraq on April 10th.
10. Sgt. David S. Collins, 24, of Jasper Ga., died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on April 9th.

11. Cpl. Kenneth D. Hess, 26, of Asheville, N.C., died in Rawah, Iraq on April 11, as the result of a suicide bomber attack while Hess was conducting a dismounted patrol. Hess was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

12. Lance Cpl. Eric A. Palmisano, 27, of Florence, Wis., died April 2, after the truck he was riding in rolled over in a flash flood near Al Asad, Iraq. The incident also resulted in the death of six other Marines. Palmisano was listed as Duty Status - Whereabouts Unknown until his body was recovered April 11. He was assigned to 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
13. Petty Officer 3rd Class Marcques J. Nettles, 22, of Beaverton, Ore. is still listed as Duty Status - Whereabouts Unknown as a result of the incident and search efforts continue.

The Department of Defense announced the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died of injuries sustained in Taji, Iraq on April 11, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their Bradley Fighting Vehicle and they subsequently came under small arms fire during combat operations. All three soldiers were assigned to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed were:
14. Cpl. Joseph A. Blanco, 25, of Bloomington, Calif.
15. Pfc. James F. Costello III, 27, of St. Louis, Mo.
16. Pfc. George R. Roehl Jr., 21, of Manchester, N.H.

The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died of injuries sustained in Misiab, Iraq on April 12, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. The soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed were:
17. Spc. Scott M. Bandhold, 37, of North Merrick, N.Y.
18. Pfc. Roland E. Calderon-Ascencio, 21, of Miami, Fla

19. Lance Cpl. Marcus S. Glimpse, 22, of Huntington Beach, Calif., died April 12 as the result of an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

http://icasualties.org/oif/default.aspx
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Please 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.
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It’s never too early to start making my Anniversary Present list. (Well, I did get a new medicine bag for my birthday.)
Rechargeable Batteries for the following “Ham” radios: Kenwood TH-22-AT (9.6 volts, 600 mAh battery, 2 each (for our two radios)), Yaesu FT-50 (it takes a FNB-83 7.2V1400mAh battery), Yaesu, VX-1 (it takes a FNB-52LI 3.6V 700mAh Lithium-Ion battery).
New “Rubber Ducky” antennas for the following “Ham” radios: Kenwood TH-22-AT (two radios)
Anything from Larry Norman
Back Scratcher
Basic tools of any kind
Batteries, 9 volt
Batteries, AAA
Blankets or Quilts
Book, “The Good Life: Seeking Purpose, Meaning, and Truth in Your Life” by Charles Colson
“Boot” Horn
Chair, office $49 from SAMS (5 of them)
Cheese Grater
Cordless Drill
Cordless Screwdriver
A DeLorme Earthmate GPS LT-20 device
A copy of DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2006 Plus
A copy of DeLorme Topo USA 5.0
Digital Video Recorder (Pioneer DVR-533H-S $333 at Beach Camera)
Eyeglasses, “Computer type” to use at church (and some new ones to use at home and at work.)
Floor Mats (for the truck)
A new “Gitter”
Handkerchiefs
Hasselblad H2D-39 Digital Professional Camera
Hat (warm, for bald guys winter wear.)
Magnifying Glass.
New Showerhead
Non skid toilet rug
Refrigerator Thermometer
Small, lightweight “head light” so I can see small things on the desk or work bench.
Some Warmup Suits to wear around the house after we get that first gas bill.
Trackball for the home computer
VHS - DVD Recorder (Lite-On LVC-9006 $219 @ Buy.com)
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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 - Early Morning Prayer - Monday - Friday, From 6:30 am to 8:00 am
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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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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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Narcotics Anonymous 5-6 pm every Monday at 220 Pine street.
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TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) 5 pm every Tuesday in the Magnolia Hospital break room.
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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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"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"
"It's no big deal doing what God tells you to do. A big deal would be NOT doing what God tells you to do. Just ask Jonah." - - Paul Troquille
"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in ... and how many want out." - - Tony Blair
"Information is the currency of democracy." - Jefferson
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Hope you enjoy the newsletter.
Again, thanks to all our contributors this week.

God bless and GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
Mat 27:12-14 Mark 6:36-38;41-42 Jer 3:21-22 John 19:12,14-16 Isa 30:15 & 18 http://www.e-min.org/
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