Bug's Bleat - - GCF: What Did you Expect?

Our J.O.Y. group poses with one of the Duttons.
Our new living room floor. 

Bug's Bleat - - GCF: What Did you Expect?

Mural on Boxcar Willie's Theater
Annette and I in Branson
Our J.O.Y. group gathers for lunch.
Aunt Shirley, Uncle Herb and Beth in front of the Theater 

Bug's Bleat - - GCF: What Did you Expect?

Volume 8, Issue 18 Friday, May 05, 2006

I guess you noticed this issue is a few weeks late. Too much to do and no free time till Memorial Day weekend.
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We were in Branson, MO May 4-6, enjoying the fellowship of our J.O.Y. (Just Older Youth) group from MCC as well as a couple of super shows. Our favorite was The Dutton Family (http://www.theduttons.com/) who perform a wide variety of different styles of music including bluegrass, jazz, classical, gospel and rock 'n roll among others.
The range went from an orchestrated sound of a large ensemble with B-Minor, Johann Pachelbel's Canon to La Bamba, Wipeout and Johnny B. Goode. The Duttons staggered us with their polished, musical wizardry. The whole family not only is instrumentally talented; they can really sing. And their comedy skits were side busters. If you’re in Branson, don’t miss ‘em.
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We were saddened to learn of the death of Barbara Harrison, Laurel Becnel's mother-in-law. Please keep the family in your prayers.
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Don’t forget Mother's Day, Sunday, May 14
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The photos on the front of this weeks “Bleat” include members of our J.O.Y. (Just Older Youth) group posing with Abby (http://www.theduttons.com/) in front of the Duttons theater in Branson, Annette and I on the same trip and our new hardwood floor that Robert Davidson installed while we were in Branson.
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Don’t forget to check out www.mcc2000.net
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The next Albemarle Kids' Fishing Tournament will be Saturday June 3.
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Recipe(s) of the week - We’re sharing recipes from Shannon Voigt’s new Taylor Recipe Book
Chicken Salad - - Donna Gail Hanson
Ingredients:
3 chicken breasts (cooked)-I boil mine.
½ cup sweet pickles or pickle relish
½ cup sour cream
¼ cup chopped onions, I also use green onion if I have it
1 ¼ cup Miracle Whip salad dressing (not light)
2 ½ celery ribs
¼ cup toasted almonds
Salt, pepper, and garlic to taste

Method:
Mix all ingredients together. Serve with crackers or on croissants. If you are making sandwiches, run ingredients through food processor. If you are serving this as a salad, chop the ingredients with a knife and add red or green grapes.
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BreakPoint
With Chuck Colson
Worldview‘ A Little Saudi Kingdom behind Prison Walls’
By Mark Earley
5/5/2006

Spewing Poison in America’s Prisons

Note: This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley.

Not long ago, an ex-con named Umar Abdul-Jalil gave a speech in which he said the “greatest terrorists in the world occupy the White House,” and that the “Zionists of the media” should not be dictating “what Islam is to us.”

That was bad enough, but what was worse was the fact that Jalil is the chief Islamic chaplain in the New York City Department of Corrections.

After his comments became public, he was suspended from his job. But New York’s Mayor Bloomberg refused to dismiss him, claiming that his right to free speech covered such explosive comments.

Jalil is far from being the only radical imam in America’s prison system. Stephen Schwartz, writing last week in the Weekly Standard, believes that “radical Muslim chaplains . . . acting in coordination to impose an extremist agenda . . . have gained a monopoly over Islamic religious activities in American state, federal, and city prisons and jails.”

Moderate Muslim prisoners are complaining that radical chaplains subject them to humiliation, discrimination, and even physical threats. “Imagine,” he says, “each prison Islamic [prison] community as a little Saudi kingdom behind prison walls, without the amenities. They have effectively induced American authorities to establish a form of ‘state Islam’” in correctional systems, Schwartz says.

Over the years at Prison Fellowship, Chuck has asked many inmates, chaplains, and officers why Islam is growing so fast. First, they say that inmates consider Christianity a white man’s religion, and Islam a black man’s religion. Second, they say the brotherhood of Islam appeals to them because it invites them into a whole way of living that is different. They talk about Islam as a whole life system—which, by the way, points out that as Christians we must do a better job of presenting Christianity as a whole way of life.

We’ve already seen some frightening examples of what can happen when radical Muslims play on the sensibilities of prisoners who feel isolated and vulnerable. Muktar Said Ibrahim, who is believed to be the ringleader in the attempted bombing of London’s subway system last summer, converted to Islam in prison. So did “shoe bomber” Richard Reid.

We need to heed the warnings of Patrick Sookhdeo, a Muslim convert to Christianity. Sookhdeo is the author of a book titled Islam: The Challenge to the Church. In it, he warns that Islam, “alone among world faiths, has very clear-cut aims for reorganizing society to conform to its teaching. Because of this, Muslim minorities are impacting their host societies in the West in a way which no other faith is doing”—and that’s including in America’s prisons.

Clearly, prison authorities must be more vigilant and adopt strict measures to guard against the spread of radical Islam that teaches violence and hate. In particular, they must remove radical imam chaplains who incite terrorism. But as Christians we must do our job, as well. We need to increase our own loving presence among prisoners—people who are often lonely and desperate.

In prison, like everywhere else, the surest antidote to the poison of hatred is the message of love—the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

This is part four in a four-part series on Islam.

For Further Reading and Information

Please help support the Christian worldview ministries of BreakPoint and the Wilberforce Forum by donating online today or calling 1-877-322-5527.

Stephen Schwartz, “Islam in the Big House,” CBS News, 24 April 2006. (From Weekly Standard.)

Paul Howard, “A Fifth Column in the Prisons?” City Journal, spring 2006.

Niles Lathem, “Top Jail Imam in Hate Tirade,” New York Post, 9 March 2006.

“Jailhouse Jihadists,” New York Post, 10 March 2006.

Steve Bird, et al., “The Benefit Bombers Who Repaid Help with Hatred,” Sunday Times (London), 27 July 2005.

Patrick Sookhdeo, “The Myth of Moderate Islam,” The Spectator, 2 August 2005. (Posted by Frontpagemag.com.)

David Virtue, “Islam, Persecution, and Culture Wars: Barnabas Fund Leader Tackles Challenge of Islam to the Church in the West,” Virtue Online, 13 April 2006.

BreakPoint Commentary No. 051018, “The Wrong Kind of Prison Fellowship: Wahhabism on the Inside.”

Timothy George, Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad? (Zondervan, 2002).

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:
microcosm: a smaller, representative system having analogies to a larger system.
gloaming: twilight; dusk.
luminary: any body that gives light; also, a person of eminence or brilliant achievement.
daedal: skillful; artistic; ingenious.
temerity: unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger.
wag: a humorous person; a wit.
execrable: detestable; extremely bad.
from Dictionary.Com
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"They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance." - Edmund Burke

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security." - Dwight David Eisenhower

"All great truths begin as blasphemies." - George Bernard Shaw

"A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind." - Robert Bolton

"Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark." - Agnes de Mille

"Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility." - Pablo Picasso
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BREAKING CHRISTIAN NEWS
http://breakingchristiannews.com/

First Nations Canadian Hero Who Translated Gospel into Mohawk Language to be Celebrated in Ontario
News Staff / Aimee Herd reporting (Apr 30, 2006)
http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=2448
"His gift to his people was the Gospel of John. His gift to the world was the first ever foreign translation of the Bible Society-a movement that would sweep the globe publishing, translating and distributing the Scriptures." - Canadian Bible Society

Hopegivers' Dr. Sam Thomas to be Released on Bail
Dan Wooding / Aimee Herd reporting (May 1, 2006)
http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=2451
"We praise the Lord for this decision. The Lord has heard our cries and those of His children around the world!"

Israel Celebrates its 58th Independence Day - "Don't stop dreaming of peace"
News Staff / Teresa Neumann, Aimee Herd reporting (May 2, 2006)
http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=2456
EDITOR'S NOTE: As the nation of Israel commemorates the 58th anniversary of its independence, the words spoken by Shimon Peres, at the beginning of the annual ceremony on Mount Herzl, are perhaps more poignant than ever. With contentious threats coming out of Iran, and increasing resistance to the Jewish state from other countries, it would be easy to fall into pessimism concerning its future. But Israel has felt the heat of many oppressors before, and yet has triumphed by the hand of the Lord. As Christians, we must not lose heart in praying for this nation so special to God, we have a unique place in the Kingdom from which to intercede. For, as it says in Romans 11 - "God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew." -- Aimee Herd, BCN

Earthquake in Tonga Islands brings Tsunami Warnings to New Zealand, Fiji and Tsunami Advisory to Pacific NW
Aimee Herd reporting (May 3, 2006)
http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=2460
"A tsunami wave could hit Suva, Fiji, as early as 5:13 a.m. local time (1713 GMT) before affecting New Zealand's coastal cities in the following hours."

"Startling" Interview with Widow of United Flight 93 Hero, Tom Burnett, Reveals They Both Had "Premonitions" of His Death
Newsmax Staff/Teresa Neumann Reporting (May 4, 2006)
http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=2461
"He just felt that whatever God's plan was for him, it had something to do with the White House and was going to impact a lot of people."

"America, Honor God" - National Day of Prayer, Thursday, May 04, 2006
Aimee Herd reporting (May 4, 2006)
http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=2465
Follow the link below to visit the official National Day of Prayer (NDP) website where you can find out about events in your area, view Rebecca St. James' music video for the NDP, America, Honor God, as well as other information.

President Bush's Commemoration on the National Day of Prayer
Teresa Neumann Reporting (May 4, 2006)
http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=2468
" Prayer humbles us by reminding us of our place in creation. Prayer strengthens us by reminding us that God loves and cares for each and every soul in His creation. And prayer blesses us by reminding us that there is a divine plan that stands above all human plans. "

Prayer and Action Alert: Senator Stevens Preventing Vote on Broadcast Indecency Bill, says AFA
AFA Staff / Aimee Herd reporting (May 5, 2006)
http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=2472
"Broadcasters are now suing in federal court. They are claiming a so-called right to broadcast [obscenities] and even hardcore pornography into our homes. All the while, H.R. 310 gathers dust in the U.S. Senate because of Sen. Stevens" - American Family Association.
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GCF: What Did you Expect?

Found at The Shark Tank (Computerworld) -Tom
http://www.computerworld.com/departments/opinions/sharktank/0,4885,110992,00.html

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It's thunderstorm season and when the power goes out at one branch office, the uninterruptible power supplies kick in, everything gracefully shuts down, and the technician waits for power to return. And waits. And waits.

"Late evening sees the power restored, and we go about bringing the network back to life," says the tech.

Next morning, the phone rings. It's a very irate corporate administrator wanting to know why we had an unscheduled outage the day before. The tech calmly explain about the storm, which he had no control over.

The Administrator's response? "Next time, put it on the schedule before you have an unexpected outage!"
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GCF: Pre-Flight Announcement

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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I think the pilot on my last trip was pretty new to his job. I base that on his pre-flight announcement, which was:

"We're going to be taking off in a few ... Whoa, here we go!"
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GCF: Referrals

Emailed to me another humor list (Pastor Tim's Clean Laugh List) -Tom Subscribe to Pastor Tim's Clean Laugh list at the website: Subscribe
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When our local doctor began attending church services, the minister was delighted, and it wasn't long before they were helping each other in their work, the minister referring people to the doctor, and vice versa.

One referral from the doctor called at the church office with a note prescribing the minister's last four sermons. The minister was most pleased until he discovered that the patient's problem was insomnia.
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GCF: Yard Sale

Emailed to me from another humor list (The Funnies) -Tom To subscribe to The Funnies, send a blank email to: andychaps_the-funnies-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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I was at a yard sale one day and saw a box marked "Electronic cat and dog caller -- guaranteed to work." I looked inside and was amused to see an electric can opener.
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[GCFL.net] Get Out Much?

While I was dining out with my children, a man came over to our table, and we started talking.

He asked where my kids go to school. I told him we home-schooled them.

With a raised eyebrow, he asked if my husband is the sole breadwinner for our family. I said, "No, I also work ... out of our home."

Then, noticing our two-month-old son, he mentioned that his daughter had just had a baby, and he wondered what hospital our son was born in. "He was born at home," I answered.

The man looked at me, then said, "Wow, you don't get out much, do you?"

Received from Thomas S. Ellsworth.

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[GCFL.net] Bumper Stickers

Don't play stupid with me... I'm better at it!

This car is designed by computer, built by a robot, driven by a moron.

This truck has been in 15 accidents...and hasn't lost one yet.

Humpty-Dumpty was pushed!

Faster than a speeding ticket!

Adults are just kids with money.

T.G.I.F Thank God I'm Female.

You are right where you belong, behind me!

They keep saying the right person will come along; I think a bus hit mine.

Reality is a nice place, but I wouldn't want to live there.

Do unto others before they do unto you.

Was today really necessary?

In theory, everything works.

Death is life's way of telling you you're fired.

Nothing is illegal until you get caught.

Your lucky color has faded.

Too many freaks, not enough circuses!

A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.

The more I learn, the less I understand.

Have you ever had deja vu? Have you ever had deja vu?

Received from Troy Ark.

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[GCFL.net] Investigation

A woman had a beautiful black cat with white feet named Socks. Socks spent his days outside and came indoors only at night. One cool October evening, he disappeared.

She searched for him high and low for several days, but all in vain. The following spring, however, Socks reappeared, looking healthy and clean. She figured he'd just been out sowing his wild oats, and let it go at that.

Everything was back to normal until that autumn, when Socks once again disappeared. The next spring, just as the prior year, he returned. When it happened for the third year in a row, she became very perplexed and decided to investigate. She started by asking her neighbors to see what, if any, information they might have.

She was down to the last house on the block, the home of an older couple. If they didn't have the answer, she wasn't sure where she would turn. So she went up and knocked on the door. The lady of the house answered, and she asked her, "By any chance, have you ever seen a black cat with four white feet around here?"

"A black cat?" the woman said. "With four white feet? Oh my, yes! He's the sweetest thing. My husband and I kept seeing him outside every fall. We hated it that the poor thing had to be out in the cold, so we decided that when we go south for the winter, we'd take him with us. He's been going to Florida with us every winter for the last few years."

Received from The Cybersalt Digest.

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[GCFL.net] Talking Parrot

This guy wanted a parrot who talked. He asked the pet store manager if there was a bird who was already speaking. The manager directed the guy to a bird by the window. "This bird has a vocabulary of 1000 words and another 50 phrases that would fit most occasions."

The guy bought the bird and took it home.

Next day, the guy was back in the petstore to complain. The bird hadn't said a word.

The pet store manager said, "That's not unusual. Why not buy a few of the toys the bird had been used to playing with while here and put it in his cage. That should get him more comfortable with his surroundings and loosen him up." The man paid for the toys and took them home to the bird.

Two days later the guy showed back up. "Still not talking, huh?" asked the manager. "Well, perhaps a birdbath would do the trick." The credit card was whipped out, the purchase made, and the guy was back home with his new birdbath.

And, like clockwork, two days later the guy was back to complain that the bird STILL hadn't said one word. This time the shop owner scratched his head and said, "You know, sometimes the bird would be praised in his training and allowed to ring this bell." The guy was hesitant, but he really wanted to hear the bird talk, so he reluctantly purchased the bell.

Two days later, the guy was back in the shop. This time the pet shop owner suggested the bird was lonely. The guy was upset that he'd have to purchase ANOTHER bird when the first one wasn't talking. The pet shop owner told him that, no, he wouldn't have to do that. Just buy a mirror and trick the bird into thinking he had company.

You guessed. Two days later, the man was back in the store, this time with the parrot. The parrot was dead. "What happened! Didn't the bird ever talk?" asked the pet store owner.

"Yep. Right before he died it said, 'What's the matter? Don't they sell birdseed at the pet store any more?'"

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[GCFL.net] Kids

JACK (age 3) was watching his mom breast-feed his new baby sister. After a while he asked, "Mom, why have you got two? Is one for hot and one for cold milk?"

MELANIE (age 5) asked her granny how old she was. Granny replied she was so old she didn't remember any more. Melanie said, "If you don't remember, you must look in the back of your panties. Mine say five to six."

STEVEN (age 3) hugged and kissed his mom goodnight. "I love you so much that when you die, I'm going to bury you outside my bedroom window."

BRITTANY (age 4) had an earache and wanted a painkiller. She tried in vain to take the lid off the bottle. Seeing her frustration, her mom explained it was a childproof cap and she'd have to open it for her. Eyes wide with wonder, the little girl asked, "How does it know it's me?

SUSAN (age 4) was drinking juice when she got the hiccups. "Please don't give me this juice again," she said. "It makes my teeth cough."

D I (age 4) stepped onto the bathroom scale and asked, "How much do I cost?"

MARC (age 4) was engrossed in a young man and woman who were hugging and kissing in a restaurant. Without taking his eyes off them, he asked his dad, "Why is he whispering in her mouth?"

CLINTON (age 5) was in his bedroom looking worried. When his mom asked what was troubling him, he replied, "I don't know what'll happen with this bed when I get married. How will my wife fit in?"

JAMES (age 4) was listening to a Bible story. His dad read, "The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city, but his wife looked back and was turned to salt." Concerned, James asked, "What happened to the flea?"

TAMMY (age 4) was with her mother when they met an elderly, rather wrinkled woman her mom knew. Tammy looked at her for a while and then asked, "Why doesn't your skin fit your face?"

Received from mrbiff1020.

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A drunken cowboy lay sprawled across three entire seats in the posh Amarillo Theater.
When the usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the cowboy, "Sorry, sir, but you're only allowed one seat."
The cowboy groaned but didn't budge. The usher became more impatient: "Sir, if you don't get up from there I'm going to have to call the manager."
Once again, the cowboy just groaned. The usher marched briskly back up the aisle, and in a moment he returned with the manager. Together the two of them tried repeatedly to move the cowboy, but with no success Finally they summoned the police.
The Texas Ranger surveyed the situation briefly then asked, "All right buddy what's your name?"
"Sam," the cowboy moaned.
"Where ya'll from, Sam?" asked the Ranger.
With terrible pain in his voice, and without moving a muscle, Sam replied,
"the balcony."

Thanks to Greg McDaniel
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Things heard by tech support:

Customer: "I have Microword Soft."

Customer: "Microwave Windows?"

Customer: "Will this upgrade include Microwave 97?"

Customer: (Referring to Microsoft Defrag.) "I ran Microwave Defrost, but it didn't help."

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*Minibike*

A young man drove his minibike in to a gas station and dismounted.

"I'll need about a pint of gas," he said to the attendant, "and a few ounces of oil for the motor."

"Certainly sir," the attendant said, "And would you also like me to cough into your tires?"

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*Toilet Brush*

My son Zachary, 4, came screaming out of the bathroom to tell me he'd dropped his toothbrush in the toilet. So I fished it out and threw it in the garbage. Zachary stood there thinking for a moment, then ran to my bathroom and came out with my toothbrush.

He held it up and said with a charming little smile, "We better throw this one out too then, 'cause it fell in the toilet a few days ago."

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*Cursing Parrot*

Jimmy received a parrot for his birthday. The parrot was fully grown, with a very bad attitude and worse vocabulary. Every other word was a swear word; those that weren't cursing were very rude.

Jimmy tried to change the bird's attitude by constantly saying polite words, playing soft music-anything he could think of. Nothing worked.

He then tried yelling at the bird, but the bird got worse. He shook the bird, and the bird got madder and ruder.

Finally, in a moment of desperation, Jimmy put the parrot in the freezer. For a few moments he heard the bird swearing, squawking, kicking and screaming and then, suddenly, there was absolute quiet.

Jimmy was frightened that he might have actually hurt the bird, and quickly opened the freezer door. The parrot calmly stepped out onto Jimmy's extended arm and said, "I'm sorry that I offended you with my language and my actions, and I ask your forgiveness. I will endeavor to correct my behavior".

Jimmy was astounded at the changes in the bird's attitude and was about to ask what had changed him, when the parrot continued, "May I ask what the Chicken did?"

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"Canada - #1 Eh!"
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"Baptismal Repairs"
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"One In Every"
http://www.cybersalt.org/g06.php?id=39

"Cat Perch"
http://www.cybersalt.org/g06.php?id=37


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Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet - - http://thomas.loc.gov/ - - Acting under the directive of the leadership of the 104th Congress to make Federal legislative information freely available to the Internet public, a Library of Congress team brought the THOMAS World Wide Web system online in January 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. Site ncludes the Congressional Record text and index, bills and voting records, current session schedules, and committee information.
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Reference Resources - - http://www.bartleby.com/reference/ - - Bartleby.com combines the best of both contemporary and classic reference works into the most comprehensive public reference library ever published on the web.
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Obesity Guidelines - - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_home.htm - - The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, in cooperation with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, released the first Federal guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity. About 97 million adults in the United States are overweight or obese. Obesity and overweight substantially increase the risk of morbidity from hypertension; dyslipidemia; type 2 diabetes; coronary heart disease; stroke; gallbladder disease; osteoarthritis; sleep apnea and respiratory problems; and endometrial, breast, prostate, and colon cancers. Higher body weights are also associated with increases in all-cause mortality.
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Experts Ponder Peak of Global Oil Production - - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5374852 - - Forecasts for the future of oil production around the globe can vary widely. This NPR story is the second in a series examining the future of fuel. Related sites: NPR: Turning Dirty Coal into Clean Energy http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5356683 - / Greatest Oil Reserves by Country, 2005 http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0872964.html - / DOE: International Energy Outlook 2005 http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/index.html.
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U.S. Department of Defense Home Page - - http://www.defenselink.mil/ - - This is the official Department of Defense Web site that features news, briefings by Pentagon officials, and more.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy - - http://www.bartleby.com/59/ - - The manifestation of one of the most influential modern educational theories, the 6,900 entries in this major new reference work form the touchstone of what it means to be not only just a literate American but an active citizen in our multicultural democracy.
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April 28, 2006
Today's Message is from Karen Drake.

Stress: It's a killer.

Not only can unresolved stress lead to heart attacks and ulcers, but physical, joint and muscle pain, and various and sundry other illnesses. Other less tangible pain - relationship trouble.

Take for example the employee who has stress both at home and at work. Left unmanaged, this person loses sleep, becomes grumpy and difficult to get along with. His/her marriage suffers, children suffer, work suffers. This person has changes in personality or eating habits. He/she may over eat and gain weight, or stop eating all together. Any of these conditions can affect the immune system, leaving one susceptible to viruses, colds, flu, even to the extent that hospitalization may be required.

How to resolve stress:
Sometimes we cannot rectify our circumstances, but we can work through them in a satisfactory manner. When faced with a stressful situation where no immediate resolution is apparent, walk away for a "time-out". Collect your thoughts, breathe deeply, then return to re-address the difficulty.

Get up regularly from your desk at work, and walk around your area. Stretch. Drink lots of water. Make sure you're eating healthy snacks and meals.

Make your health a priority!!! Take a multi-vitamin daily. Get some exercise. Take a walk, read a book. Don't become so consumed with "getting it done" that you overlook the necessity of personal relaxation.

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May 2, 2006
In Case of Snakebite

A man who lives in my neighborhood was recently bitten by a rattlesnake while he was moving a pile of brush in his backyard. He survived but was in the hospital for two days and was walking with crutches a week later so it was obviously a traumatic experience. Here's what to do and not do if you get bitten.

Dorothy
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Probability of Snakebite

Venomous snakes of Georgia and South Carolina pose little threat to humans who learn to observe them but otherwise leave them alone. Lightning kills many more people every year than snakes do, and the probability of dying in a car accident far exceeds the chance of even being bitten by a venomous snake. By one account, several thousand people are bitten by venomous snakes each year in the United States, but fewer than 10 of these bites actually result in deaths. Also, as many as half of all bites by venomous snakes are mild or “dry” bites in which little or no venom is injected.
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In Case of Snakebite

The DON'T's
 Do not eat or drink anything, including alcoholic beverages or medicine.
 Do not run or engage in strenuous physical activity.
 Do not cut into or incise bite marks with a blade.
 Do not apply a constrictive tourniquet.
 Do not use a stun gun or other electrical shock.
 Do not freeze or apply extreme cold to the area of the bite.

The DO's
 Try to stay calm!
 Keep the bitten body part below heart level and remove rings, watches, and tight clothing.
 Try to identify the offending snake if you can do so easily without putting yourself at risk or wasting valuable time.
 Get to the nearest hospital or emergency medical facility immediately.

The universally accepted treatment for serious snakebite is the use of antivenin or snakebite serum, which should only be administered by a medical doctor. If local doctors are unsure of the correct antivenin to use, advise them to contact the American Association of Poison Control Centers (1-800-222-1222).

Medical doctors who have experience with bites of venomous snakes of the United States do not completely agree on the details of first-aid treatment for snakebites. However, most doctors believe that the DOs and DON’Ts listed here have the highest probability of success in most situations involving venomous snakebites.

The best advice is to learn all of the snakes found in your region and avoid the venomous ones. If you are bitten by a venomous snake, remember to stay calm and get to the nearest hospital quickly.

Field herpetologists consider car keys (and a car) to be the best snakebite kit.

http://www.uga.edu/srel/snake-4.htm
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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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James- I came across this and thought of you.

Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments, worship God.
Painful moments, trust God.
Every moment, thank God.

God bless

Laurel J. Becnel, Sr.
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I listened to Dr Dobson’s “Focus On The Family Radio Broadcast” this morning on the same subject. He had several experts on the subject also and discussed how the book that came out last year laid the foundation to set all of the events of the movie as documented facts when they are all false. He also went into the damage this move can do to the Christians that are not fundamentally strong in doctrine due to the smoke screen the book has put in place as facts.

The movieThe Da Vinci Code staring Tom Hanks, directed by Ron Howard will soon be released in the first part of this year. This movie will have the potential to deceive billions of the worlds population. The story line attacks the very heart of the Gospel and attempts to destroy the very nature and character of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God. (Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against His anointed? Psalm 2:1, 2)
Satan knows his time is about up and now he will attempt to take one of his best shots by enlisting all of hell to belch out its worse deception in that of stripping Jesus Christ of His Divine nature and turning him into a mere man who secretly marries Mary Magdalene. To add insult to injury the story depicts the idea that certain shadowy Christian groups for 2,000 years have purposely and secretly hidden this so called fact behind the scenes and thus it is finally revealed in a coded message buried in Leonardo Da Vincis painting. Even the movie trailer for this story presents it as the truth finally revealed about Jesus! (this is just what the Islamic Fascists need to give added credence to their bloody, destructive campaign of global terror!)
It is time for Christians (the Body of Christ) everywhere to rise up and expose this lie from the pit of hell that will be perpetuated on the whole world in just a couple of short months. This is no time to back down in the day of battle. It is a time to pray and fast like never before that God will raise up a standard against the enemy as he comes in like a flood. Satan always overplays his hand and once again he is about to overplay it big time because as usual he overplays it right into Gods plan to present the truth to the whole world. And this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come Matthew 24:14
Oswald Chambers states in his timeless writing My Utmost For His Highest Our calling is not primarily to be holy men and women but to be proclaimers of the Gospel of God. The one all-important thing is that the Gospel of God should be recognized as the abiding reality Yet we have to ask ourselves today when this abiding reality comes under direct attack who will defend it? The answer can only be that those of us who have been transformed by its truth for eternity will and must defend it here and now.
Pray that Christian lay people, prayer leaders, writers, pastors, and all those in Christian media outlets will get the message out and expose this deception of hell and reveal the lie this movie will present before it ever hits the theaters.
We can only say about Tom Hanks & Ron Howard Father forgive them for they know not what they do but to the enemy of the cross we can only declare to him, go ahead take your best shot because your time is up and you will soon be cast into the lake of fire."
E-mail this on to everyone you know (dont delete, give it feet) and lets expose this lie for what it is because the hour is late and much later than we think.
(Also for more research on the web a good start would be at a website called The Da Vinci Code Hoax as well as other sites exposing this fraud) Another good source of information is from Dr. James Kennedy, Pastor of Coral Ridge Ministries in Ft. Lauderdale Fl. He has written a book "Davinci Delusion".

Thanks to Jim Bussey
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Activities and Events of Interest
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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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Albemarle Kids' Fishing Tournament - June 3
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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/

The Department of Defense announced the death of two Marines, who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
01. Cpl. Brandon M. Hardy, 25, of Cochranville, Pa.
02. Sgt. Lea R. Mills, 21, of Brooksville, Fla.
Both Marines died April 28 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. They were both assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

03. Sgt. Steve M. Sakoda, 29, of Hilo, Hawaii, died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 29, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Sakoda was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

04. Sgt. Matthew A. Webber, 23, of Kalamazoo, Mich., died on April 27, in the Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations in Habbaniyah, Iraq, on Nov.21, 2005. Webber was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), Saginaw, Mich.

The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 28, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. The soldiers were assigned to the 10th Cavalry, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed were:
05. Staff Sgt. Bryant A. Herlem, 37, of Copperas Cove, Texas
06. Sgt. Jose Gomez, 23, of Corona, N.Y.

07. Sgt. Edward G. Davis III, 31, of Antioch, Ill., died April 28 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

08. 1st Sgt. Bobby Mendez, 38, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 27, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Mendez was assigned to the 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

09. Staff Sgt. Mark A. Wall, 27, of Alden, Iowa, died in Mosul, Iraq, on April 27, from a non-combat related cause. Wall was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

10. Cpl. Robbie G. Light, 21, of Kingsport, Tenn., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq on May 1, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A2 Abrams tank during combat operations. Light was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

11. Lance Cpl. Robert L. Moscillo, 21, of Salem, N.H., died May 1 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

12. Sgt. Joseph E. Proctor, 38, of Indianapolis, Ind., died May 3 in Tammin, Iraq when a suicide, vehicle-borne, improvised explosive device detonated near his observation post during dismounted combat patrol operations. Proctor was assigned to the Army National Guard's 638th Battalion (Aviation), Shelbyville, Ind.

The Department of Defense announced the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
13. Capt. Brian S. Letendre, 27, of Woodbridge, Va.
14. Cpl. Stephen R. Bixler, 20, of Suffield, Conn.
Letendre died May 3 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve’s Inspector and Instructor Staff, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Plainville, Conn.
Bixler died May 4 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

15. Pfc. Christopher M. Eckhardt, 19, of Phoenix, Ariz., died in Taji, Iraq on May 3, from a non-combat related cause. Eckhardt was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died in Baghdad, Iraq on May 4, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle during combat operations. Reinke and Quinton were assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Killed were:
16. Staff Sgt. Gavin B. Reinke, 32, of Pueblo, Colo.
17. Spc. Bryan L. Quinton, 24, of Sand Springs, Okla.

18. Sgt. Elisha R. Parker, 21, of Taberg, N.Y., died May 4, while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

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Air Force Sergeants MIA from Vietnam War Identified

The Department of Defense POW/ Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified.

They are Tech. Sgt. Donald R. Hoskins, Madison, Ind. and Staff Sgt. Calvin C. Cooke, Washington, D.C. A third person from the crew, Maj. Harry A. Amesbury, has been previously identified. The funeral for Cooke will be at Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington D.C. on June 20, with full military honors.

On April 26, 1972, Amesbury was piloting a C-130E Hercules to An Loc City, South Vietnam for an emergency resupply mission. Hoskins and Cooke were among those aboard the aircraft when it was hit by enemy fire and crashed. Enemy activity prevented any recovery attempts until three years later in 1975 when a Vietnamese search team recovered artifacts and remains that were later identified as belonging to another crewman.

In 1988, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (S.R.V.) confiscated remains from a Vietnamese national in Ho Chi Minh City and returned them to the U.S. custody. The Vietnamese attributed the remains to Cooke.

In April 1989, a Vietnamese woman living in Thailand told U.S. interviewers that she witnessed the crash of a C-130 in 1972 near An Loc City. She was a schoolteacher at the time of the incident but moved due to hostilities in the area. She told interviewers that two of her former students found the complete remains of one of the crewmen, a uniform, identification tags and other items they were keeping at one of their homes. The students gave her a bone fragment and information from the identification tag of Amesbury, both of which she turned over to the interviewers.

The S.R.V. repatriated additional remains to the United States in June 1989, and January and November of 1991 that were attributed to Cooke and Amesbury.

In 1992, a joint U.S.-S.R.V. team, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), interviewed several Vietnamese nationals who claimed to have recovered remains from a C-130 crash site near An Loc. The villagers recalled finding a flight suit and almost the complete skeletal remains of one of the crewmen. One of them led the joint team to the crash site and another turned over several small fragments of bone and an identification tag rubbing for Amesbury.

Another joint team returned to the crash site for excavation in 1993 where they recovered additional remains, personal effects and crew related artifacts.

The National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia contacted JPAC officials in 1998 about a woman living in Georgia who had remains and personal artifacts attributed to Amesbury. Those were turned over to JPAC as part of the evidence associated with this case.

JPAC scientists and Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) specialists used mitochondrial DNA as one of the forensic tools to help identify the remains. Laboratory analysis of dental remains also confirmed their identifications.

Of those Americans unaccounted for from all conflicts, 1,805 are from the Vietnam War. Another 841 Americans have been accounted for in Southeast Asia since the end of the war, with 601 of those from Vietnam.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Website at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703)-699-1169.

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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TODAY'S TOURBUS TOPICS: Passports / Myspace Safety / Radar Detectors

In today's TOURBUS, the sad story of why I didn't make it to Jamaica (and how to get a passport), safety tips for teens who use Myspace, and the scoop on radar detectors. Read on!

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Getting a Passport Online
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If you are a U.S. citizen and plan to travel outside the USA, you'll most likely need a passport. Recently I found this out the hard way. I arrived at Newark airport bound for Jamaica and ended up in Phoenix Arizona the next day.

Last month I was planning to attend an all-expenses-paid conference in sunny Jamaica. My airline and hotel reservations were in order, and I showed up at the airport early on a Sunday morning. I didn't have a passport, but I had been told by the travel agent that an original birth certificate was sufficient to enter Jamaica. So I brought my driver's license, social security card, and the only birth certificate I had, which was issued by the hospital where I was born. It was signed by the attending physician, embossed with an official seal, and even had my cute little baby footprints on the back.

"Not good enough!" said the surly ticket agent. In the absence of a passport, an "official, certified" birth certificate, issued by the county where I was born, was the only acceptable form of ID. Thwarted from entering Jamaica, I went instead to Phoenix for a meeting of the Cabal Of Which We Do Not Speak.

Phoenix has sun, sand, and palm trees, so I made the best of it. But I determined then and there to get a passport as soon as possible. Here's how to use the Internet to get a certified copy of your birth certificate, and apply for a passport online:

http://askbobrankin.com/passports_online.html

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Myspace Safety Tips
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I promised to write more about Myspace, and one particular hot button issue is teen safety on this hugely popular medium. Are teens putting themselves at risk by posting too much personal information on social networking sites like Myspace? Is Myspace a danger to kids that should be tightly controlled or shut down?

If you ask police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, they may tell you about 24 year-old Thomas Tafoya who claimed to be 18 in order to meet up with a 15 year-old girl. According to statements made by the girl, she met Tafoya on Myspace several weeks earlier, gave him her home address, allowed him to climb a tree and enter the home through her bedroom window on at least SIX separate occasions. And oh, they weren't doing her math homework up there...

To be sure, there are bad people using Myspace to do bad things. But is Myspace To blame? Those who have been online since the early days of the Web will recall similar stories. It began with the popularity of email amongst teens, then chat rooms, instant messaging services, and more recently the focus is on social networking websites.

Young people meet and hang out at the popular online destination du jour. They talk, boast, experiment with different personas, reveal personal details in public spaces, and they tend to believe almost anything. And yes, some get into trouble. If you allow your child to have a Myspace profile, make sure they understand these basic safety tips that apply to all online interactions:

http://askbobrankin.com/myspace_safety_tips.html

Also of interest, an academic whitepaper discussing how kids use Myspace in positive ways for "identity production" and socialization:

http://www.danah.org/papers/AAAS2006.html

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Radar Detectors
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A reader recently asked me about radar detectors: "I just got a speeding ticket, and now I'm wishing I had a radar detector. But there are so many different kinds and price ranges. How do radar detectors work, and which one should I buy?"

As it happens, I recently purchased one of these gadgets myself, so I decided to write an article summarizing what I learned about radar detectors (how they work, what protection they can & CANNOT offer) and give some recommendations about which one to buy.

The article also talks about laser (lidar) detection, and gives links to some free reference material about radar detectors, speed traps, and what to do if you get a speeding ticket.

http://askbobrankin.com/radar_detectors.html


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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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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
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Hope you enjoy the newsletter.
Again, thanks to all our contributors this week.

God bless and GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
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