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5 questions about Marion
1. Did she even need to cheat? I saw her at age 16 and she was phenomenal..surely she wasn't doping then
2. She admitted to using in 1999 so was she clean before then? Her best times were mostly in '98
3. I hear she may get stripped of her gold medals, what about the East Germans, Chinese, etc? There are documents that many (most) of them cheated also
4. If Marion (with her talent) was using and "only" running 10.8s in '99 and '00, what does that say for everyone else that has run 10.8s or better. Are there any clean times in the top 20 ?
5. Is it possible that she used to give her extra confidence? Maybe she could have won in Sydney without but just used to guarantee victory. Or maybe she used because she knew Kelli White and many others were
1. No
2. Funny thing - her timeline is BEFORE Conte said he started her on his program, so who knows.
3. At least as far as the East Germans are concerned, what's good for the goose should be good for the gander. I have no problem with them taking Jones' medals, but they should do the same for ALL athletes who have documented PED use.
4. It's interesting she seems to be the only athlete of note who didn't get markedly better on Conte's products, especially among the females.
5. Her choice of men in her life shows she needed all the confidence she could get.
On point #1 I have heard for years she was using as prep. We do know that some of those around her then have been snared in the whole drug mess so its certainly more of a possibility than any of us care to admit. Many more HS kids use than one would imagine, mostly on the football side of things but still affects track and some women have used as well, usually by some zealous parent or coach.
If Marion is going to come clean I wish you would write an expose tell all book that details her whole use and what ever else she knows.
1. Yes: if she wanted to approach the fictional 10.49.
3. Not likely: the others aren't admitting anything, MJ is.
I'm sure if she gets some good proposals, that can be arranged.
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4. Jacobs was "only" running 4flat (or there abouts).
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No. There has been way too much cheating in T&F history for every cheater to be ever discovered (not to mention that lots of people both in USA and many European countries - possibly elsewhere as well - don't really want to know how many cheaters their history includes) so not much point to take away some doping medals and leave others. If you only have paint for half a wall, don't paint, the wall will look hideous. Better leave the old paint there even if it's already peeling off somewhere.
1. Sure, she had natural talent, but she was likely an early developer too, hence her world age bests. Hundreds of athletes break all sorts of age records without ever achieving anything as a senior. Had she not gone on the drugs, perhaps she'd just become a regular 11.0 kinda gal. But she wanted to be more than that.
2. Lol, use your brain.
3. There are documents that doping existed in the GDR, but very few documents actually link names up - that is why nothing can be done about it. If there were documents naming names, those athletes would have been stripped of their medals/records too.
4. Perhaps not.
5. See answer to #1.
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So were a lot of the GDR stars.
I wouldn't be confident enough to use the word 'surely' here. Remember how she used Johnny Cochran's services to get out of a missed-test mess when she was in HS?
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Precisely. Kerstin Behrendt was running super times at a very early age, clean. And then the GDR apparently pumped her with drugs, a lot more than the other women sprinters, yet she went backwards. It seems getting the right dosage is a black art, in more ways than one.
Maybe if Jones hadnt doped she'd still have been running 10.9 and 22.2 with her natural ability, times good enough to battle for gold.
Oh, and from what we can tell there are no documents that any Chinese athletes cheated. We just use common sense and our own eyes.
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A general observation (ie, not an observation about the content of posts you have made) about this principle: The problem with this approach is that our eyes and common sense are usually informed by all sorts of unacknowledged biases -- some athletes and athletic cultures get a free pass, other athletes and athletic cultures are assumed to be guilty. Some athletic cultures are assumed to be able to produce out of this world performances naturally, while with other athletic cultures the assumption is that their great performances are impossible. I see little evidence of consistent critical thought about these matters when I read and listen to T&F fans and other observers. Our common sense and eyes are often remarkably inconsistent in applying consistent critical thought to understanding what we see.
If this is true (I have no way of knowing) and considering her young age when she ran those stellar times as a 15 year-old, there should be some criminal charges being brought up against the adults responsible. This is unconscionable.
Why couldn't she herself be the one whose accountable, even at 15? Old enough to be tried as an adult? Who charges the parents of 15 year-olds if the embrace the world of hard licquor or hard-drugs?
Who were Jones' coaches/mentors/drivers at HS?
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She was't technically efficient at all. She couldn't use all of what she had.
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Maybe she needed a decent coach.... oops....
Renate Stecher should had her medals in and allow Raylene Boyle to be rightfully recognized.
I am a cynic when it comes to expecting justice even from fanatics like Dick Pound. In the end, they are all just politicians who weigh the organization above the athlete.
And surely the "fiction" of Flo Jo's times should be owned up to?
Is her 10.70 in Seville not just about as good as she ever was, altitude corrected ? Performance wise, I considered the margin of victory in Sydney to be the most awesome feat, an Olympic gold by that far!!!
That she was using in 1999 makes one thing make sense, her back injury over 200 was somewhat reminiscint of Chambers pulling up in the CG final. In fact Chambers is another athlete who probably got worse when using than when he was not, the clear worked miracles with some people and screwed others. Of course, at this point it is very hard to define the time periods of using and not-using.
This news depressed me, I always wanted Marion to be clean to have seen a superstar's career right from the beginning.
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I wonder if she was afraid her bad back might give out again.
In her letter she states that in 2001 she suddenly found she was not recovering like she had been. I think she was saying she only used in 1999-2000 and that clearly there were advantages in a training/recovery sense. Thus, she is saying that she did use in that interval. Note that this interval is most costly to her as it includes all the Olympic medals and one WC. She might be minimizing the duration but picked the worst years for herself (although this might relate to language in various contracts).
IIRC, a poster to this board with close knowledge of doping said that the effect was not always beneficial (in line with your comment)
it was always a piss-weak steroid
it was derived from gestrinone, a drug for endometriosis :
http://emc.medicines.org.uk/emc/assets/ ... mentID=674
which has piss-weak anabolic properties
thg was developed because it was undetectable, not because it had more effective anabolic properties than the above
with such weak anabolics, you coud get anything from marginal improvement in times, to nothing, to slowing down, because all you may get is excessive fluid retention & increased mass
the chances it woud ever change a 11.0 gal to a 10.7 one are virtually zero
Canadian cyclist Genevieve Jeanson was doped as an 16 yo by her coach André Aubut. She may have even been 15.
If MJ was with ambitious coaches at a young age, I would be suspicious.
This would have been unfathomable to me a few years ago when I was more ignorant.
Where there's smoke...?
Answer to all your questions: - How Marion Jones was forced
Answer to all your questions: - How Marion Jones was forced to "confess" - the true story
When it comes to being jailed and being seperated from your daughters, it's easy for the illuminati to stage the total humiliation of the resistors
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That's what they want you to think
Ruth Fuchs admitted on German television that she used steroids. Have they taken her 2 Olympic gold medals? Did the IAAF make a big stink about it? They didn't even produce a smell worthy of a flatulent flea. The whole thing is a disgusting joke.
As has been pointed out elsewhere, the IAAF's statute of limitations on admissions (and the IOC's as well under the WADA code) is 8 years. I don't know when Ruth Fuchs made this admission, but I imagine that if nothing has been done about it, that's because nothing can be done about it under the applicable rules.
that is stupid...so if Thanou admits in '09 that she used then she can keep her Sydney silver (or gold if Marion loses hers)...ridiculous
I was just thinking of Angela Williams, who was pretty much as fast as Marion at the age of 15 and 16, but never progressed much after that
worth noting though that when marion emerged as an adult she was a giant compared to some of the others : 5'10
nothing scientific here, but if an age-group record holder emerges as an adult with her physique & likely stronger + longer stride than her opposition, i'd not be surprised at all if she runs great times & certainly demolish 11.00
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That's the way statutes of limitations work. There's a time at which things are final. The theory behind statutes of limitations is that at at a certain distance from an event, things are best left as they are. Perhaps the benefit of an 8-year statute is that at least at some point, we may learn truths that might otherwise be concealed forever.
In any event, it is what it is.
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Interesting point. It gives us some point in time past which PED users could speak out without legal sanctions. Not that many ex-PED users are likely to 'come out' due to other personal problems which would then arise . . .
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UPDATED (9:03 p.m.)—A developer-backed group that hopes to force two zoning bills to the 2014 ballot has delivered the first installment of signatures to the Baltimore County Board of Elections.
The Committee for Zoning Integrity announced in a statement Friday that it submitted 34,000 signatures for the petition on the 6th district zoning issues and another 36,662 on the 2nd Council District zoning bill to the board of elections, according to an email Friday night from Stuart Kaplow, attorney for the group.
By law, the group needs to collect 28,826 signatures of registered Baltimore County voters for each bill within 45 days of the county executive signing the bills.
The group can extend the deadline by 30 days if it submits at least 9,513 signatures by Monday.
"Baltimore County citizens have embraced our effort, we have achieved this first milestone with little resistance and this achievement represents a significant victory in our program," Shirley Supik, a community activist and chair of the Committee for Zoning Integrity, Inc., said in a statement. "It is clear that the zoning process in Baltimore County is broken. This is the first step in fixing the way we rezone."
David S. Brown Enterprises and The Cordish Companies are seeking to overturn bills that rezoned nearby properties that could be redeveloped and ultimately compete with their projects.
The Committee for Zoning Intergrity is backed by developers who are seeking to overturn zoning decisions made by the council last month.
Brown is the developer of Metro Centre at Owings Mills which is near the former Solo Cup plant that is to be redeveloped into a shopping center called Foundry Row. That project would feature a Wegman's grocery store as its anchor.
In Middle River, Cordish is opposing the redevelopment of the Middle River Depot. The depot, if redeveloped, could result in Walmart leaving its current location in the Carroll Island Shopping Center and moving to the new depot location, Cordish said in July.
Cordish owns the Carroll Island Shopping Center.
No county law, much less a zoning bill, has ever been petitioned to referendum in Baltimore County.
The New York-based owner of the Middle River Depot purchased airtime on local radio stations asking county resident not to sign the petition.
Another group calling itself the Don't Sign It! Coalition is also asking residents to not sign the petition.
"This is a real affront to the zoning process," said Ruth Goldstein, a Pikesville community activist who helped organize the coalition said in an interview last week. She added that the process "could afford to be fixed but not by David S. Brown and David Cordish, who are probably the biggest two beneficiaries of it."
If the bills are successfully placed on the ballot, voters across the county would be asked to vote to approve or reject the bills which affect a number of properties in the 2nd and 6th Council Districts.
Supik, in her statement Friday, said the Committee for Zoning Integrity will continue for a few more days to buttress the filing and in anticipation of challenges to ensure extra signatures."
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It's been another successful year for the Elite Gymnastics Team. On Sunday 9th March the girls represented the Academy at the Yorkshire Gymnastics Championships. Four teams of six students were entered, two U14 teams and two U19, as well as a U19 pair.
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For the second year running our KS4 students have achieved OUTSTANDING results. Over 81% of our students achieved 5x A*-C grades (including English & Maths). Almost one third of all grades were an A* or an A, and if we include B grades this becomes two thirds. 100% of students entered secured at least 5x GCSEs.
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Sarasota, FloridaThe team of Architects Design Group / FleishmanGarcia Architects was selected by the County Board of Commissioners to design a new Bus Transfer / Intermodal Station near the County's Services Complex on Cattlemen Road. The project is part of a Master Plan for redevelopment of County facilities at the Cattlemen Road location which is also planned to include a new Emergency Operations Center. The Intermodal Transfer Station is funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Federal Transit Administration.
The Intermodal Transfer Station will accommodate six (6) buses at a new passenger loading platform. The site will also accommodate Greyhound Buses and taxi service. ADG has designed a flexible semi-circular one-way in/ one-way out bus circulation system. Passengers have the ability to load directly from a "park-like" loading platform. Accommodations on the platform provide access to up-to six (6) buses, restroom facilities, an administrative office and driver's lounge. Ticketing and routes utilize LEED signage and a route/ticketing kiosk.
The project site redevelops an existing County parking lot, transforming it into an urban "pocket park", utilizing concepts and standards of "New Urbanism". The design team also incorporates CEPTED (Crime Presentation through Environmental Design) principals in the site design. The project will be submitted to the US Green Building Council and is designed to achieve LEED Silver Certification for New Construction.


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By mooseberryinn on 02-01-13 @ 11:57 am
hotfishmt - hey, y'all had any news lately. Try some, it'll fill up that empty spot in yer head.
By hotfishmt on 02-01-13 @ 6:51 am
Moose must have found the key to the medicine cabinet…..again. lol
By mooseberryinn on 01-31-13 @ 9:51 pm
The latest - now some unions are complaining that Obama/Demo-care costs too much, and they want
taxpayer money to pay their premiums! golly, what a surprise.
By mooseberryinn on 01-29-13 @ 12:17 pm
"FOR THE PEOPLE"??? Well, not quite. What we have with King Obama and the Demo-Dummies
Regimen is more "govern the people". they must be "controlled" for the good of the regime and the
By Justice Holly on 01-27-13 @ 5:13 pm
A Government FOR the People?
Again we hear a lot of flack from the Left because U.S. sheriffs are backing the Constitution.
What are they upset about?—Their own right to freedom? I am amazed at how people love to be
blindfolded and led over the cliff; all the while trusting the powers that be.
When did the relationship between government and the people become THEM and US? Since when did
freedom-loving adults in America need a governing "parent" to make their decisions and pay for
everything? Do we really get what the founders fought for? Who understands the relationship
between liberty and personal responsibility? Will we give up our rights so that THEY can take
care of us?
In some people's eyes the public election of politicians makes it a government "by" the people.
Yet what we have in force at the moment seems to be robbing our citizenry one by one of our
individual freedoms—and if it is allowed to continue as such, it will no longer be a government
for the people. Can it really be that the overwhelming majority of voting Americans are drinking
the kool-aid offered by a socialist agenda? It surely appears that government does not have to
answer to us anymore. It has become US and THEM!
By selfless2 on 01-27-13 @ 3:48 pm
my comment is this I had to have a sedated mri and while sedated at the kalispell hospital I was
asalted by the anesthesiologist and since then the hospital director LARA BERMAL has paid 1 of
my medical bills to the ENT office as a result I have a fractured face by my left eye a new tumor
type cyst in my left throat and fractured my sinuses and cased alot of damage due to all this the
medical doctors treat me very poorly since then due to my saying something to the hospital
themself all I wanted was fixed at there cost now I am treated like a crimanal when I did nothing
wrong the hospital keeps doing un warented medical diagnosis on all people to fund there new wing
of the hospital at our expense they own almost all medical clinics labs etcetra they are
monopolizing this area there are only a few that are not owned by KRMC
By mooseberryinn on 01-27-13 @ 12:34 pm
Well Golly! What a big surprise! Mucho gracias to Jon boy and Good old Max. Neither of which read
it, and neither of which are "mandated" to anything by it, but both voted for it. thanks guys, we always
knew ya had our best interests at heart. Oh, reminder for y'all. this "health Care reform" is NOT about
improving health care. It is about "holding down health care costs". ah well, too bad, soooo sad, told
ya so, goodbye Gramma. goodbye grandpa. Goodbye any babies with birth defects. too bad.


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It's almost D-day for Chicago public grammar schools on the list of schools the district intends to close. By the end of March, 129 schools will get the thumbs up or shut down.
The school's chief told FOX 32's Robin Robinson that consolidating is the only way to give students a fighting chance.
"How can we leave children in under performing, underutilized buildings, when we know that we have a process by which we can absolutely get more resources to those children?" CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett says.
Byrd-Bennett's first assignment could not be more painful: oversee a plan that may close more schools in one year than CPS has shut down over a decade, due to a decline in city population.
At Cather Elementary School on the city's West Side, there's a lot of wasted space.
"When I tour a school or look at a building where there are so many classrooms not being utilized and I begin to dream about 'oh my gosh, this could be an art room, oh my gosh, this could be a science lab,'" Byrd-Bennett says.
An entire floor of empty classrooms at Cather are obviously under-utilized, but it's not on the endangered list.
"In 2007, we were the most improved school in CPS (really!)" Hattie King, principal of Cather says. "And we've gone from being considered a low-performing school to a high-performing school."
King's school is not only protected, but expanded.
"Yup, they're safe," Byrd-Bennett says of Cather Elementary. "They may be a school that welcomes children.
"No child will move from a lower performing school, into a lower performing school," Byrd-Bennett explains of the process. "It will be a higher performing school."
"Well, past experience has said that six percent of the students, whose schools get closed, wind up going to a school that performs better," CTU Vice President Jesse Sharkey says. "The vast majority of students wind up going to a school that performs worse, or equally, at the same level."
The Chicago Teachers Union doesn't trust any of the promised outcomes from school consolidations. In fact, they're lobbying Springfield and predict thousands will to hit the streets as they did in 2010.
"What we're hearing is, take every available, take any and all peaceful means, in defending our schools," Sharkey says.
Union spokesman Jessie Sharkey says the district should improve all the schools, not close them.
"Yeah, and that's a great proposition if I had a charge card where I could do that, but I don't," Byrd-Bennett says in response to Sharkey. "And our finances, as you know, are also dwindling and we're still facing a deficit."
Byrd-Bennett says the district can save millions by consolidating schools. Cather Elementary could double its student population to 500 or more,
"We feel that with those additional monies, we could broaden the experiences for our students," Cather principal Hattie King says.
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Mount Pleasant, Mich. — Adam Collins of the baseball program has named this week's Members First Credit Union Scholar-Athlete of the Week.
Collins continued his tremendous debut season in the Maroon and Gold, batting .333 (7-for-21) with two doubles, four runs scored and seven RBI over the Chippewas' five games last week. He now leads CMU with 12 doubles and ranks second on the team with 24 RBI.
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It was a good day at the Bridge as we moved back to third in the table with a dominant home performance…
The Blues attempted a healthy 24 shots during the 90 minutes, with 11 on target. Five of West Ham's 13 made Petr Cech work for his clean sheet.
Our pass completion rate was 87 per cent, and we boasted 64 per cent possession. 468 of 539 passes found their man, and in the final third we attempted 207 balls with 162 on target. From this possession, we worked 16 shots from inside the area.
In comparison, West Ham were successful with 211 of 282 total passes, 75 per cent.
With Andy Carroll to aim for, it is little surprise West Ham tried more crosses, 23 to 19. The visitors shaded the overall aerial duels, 14 to 12 (Carroll nine of 14), and attempted as many long passes, 49, in the game as we did.
West Ham's Gary O' Neil was their only player to figure in the top 10 passers. He completed 44 of 56 passes. Juan Mata was top with 68 from 77, including an assist, followed by Eden Hazard with 62 from 74 and Frank Lampard with 56 from 67. Credit should also go to Ramires, who made 50 of 51 passes successfully.
Hazard created five handed for team-mates, Mata four, and the pair exchanged 58 passes during the game. West Ham's most frequent combination saw goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen find Carroll 11 times.
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"Is there anyone here? I'm sorry that you're stuck here, but I'll listen to you," shouted Tim Shirley of 4 Element Paranormal Investigations. It was 8 p.m. on a Saturday and Shirley's team of ghost hunters were spread out throughout the City & County Building in Washington Square Park. This decade old Salt Lake City landmark is a hotbed for local paranormal investigators because of one spooky reason: It's scary as hell in there.
The City & County Building is the site of the original 1847 Mormon pioneer camp, and the building has a labyrinth of underground tunnels that used to connect to the old jail (now where the Main Library stands). Apparently, over the years, people have spotted everything from dead kids playing on the third and fourth floors, a ghost mayor who roams the halls, a shadow man, a glowing white woman who appears in windows and even some potty-mouthed ghost inmates down in the tunnels.
This photo was taken with a cell phone by City & County Building security guard Bill Conway in 2006. You can almost make out what appears to be a bearded old man wearing a white jacket. Maybe it's Colonel Sanders. �
Shirley and I were set on the fourth floor, attempting to make contact with the two dead kids. He placed a toy car on the tiled floor along with a small bouncy ball. "Are there any kids on this floor? We brought some toys for you to play with, and if you'd like you can turn this light off by hitting this button," referring to what's called a Spirit Touch, which is a small LED light that can be turned off and on by touching a small touch pad on the face of the device, essentially allowing one to interact with a ghost.
"I know there's two of you here," he yells out, "Can you tell us your age?" We listened. Nothing. I look over at the Spirit Touch and the light was turned off. "Whadda faa?" I say to Tim while pointing at the box. He hastily walks over and switches it back on. " I see you like the Spirit Touch," he says as his voice echoes through the hall. "Can you give us a sign? Can you turn it off again?" We waited. Nothing. Next to the Spirit Touch, Shirley placed a digital recorder and an�EMF reader, but nothing peculiar was coming up on either device. Less than a minute later, the light turned off again. For the rest of the night this continued, and after awhile it began to lose its luster. If there were a ghost screwing around with this thing, it was starting to get annoying.
The Spirit Touch is the little black box on the right. The device above it is an EMF reader.
Shirley has been doing this professionally for about eight months now. He recently finished a 15-year career with the military and started 4 Element with his longtime girlfriend, Lindsay Urry, back in January. They don't make any money doing this, they just love working with ghosts. In fact, they even have their own live in-ghost. Yes, a ghost in their house … and they're okay with it. "It started at our home in Fort Drum, New York," claims Urry, "We were hearing kid's laughter upstairs so one day we decided to place a digital recorder up their while we ate breakfast; sure enough, we could hear a voice. We talked to him through a Spirit Box�--�basically, a radio-frequency scanner -- and he said he was 6 years old and his name was Jim. Urry says that the two of them would play with toys together, and once Jim even recited the ABCs and 123s with her. " I was freaked out for awhile, but it became a regular thing -- talking to Jim. When we decided to move to Utah, I felt bad just leaving him, so I asked if he wanted to come with us and he said yes. When we settled into our new house, we asked Jim if he was here and through the Spirit Box we heard a child's voice say, "I'm here."'
Back on the fourth floor of the City & County Building, Shirley and I were still trying to communicate with the two dead kids and I started to wonder why I was there. Besides the LED light being turned off (which could have been a mechanical error), we weren't having any luck. While we walked up and down the halls, I asked him, "So, what exactly is a ghost? Shirley pondered this for a second, "I think some might be an emotional imprint on an environment. Like, if you work somewhere for a long time and passed away, you can leave an imprint there." When Shirley said this, I instantly imagined myself as a ghost sitting at my desk in the City Weekly office, hunched over my computer for an eternity. "I'm gonna haunt the hell out that place," I thought.
Shirley scanning for spirits
We reached the halfway point of the night and it was time for everyone to reconvene on the first floor. We met up with Urry's team and she informed us that they may have communicated with the late Mayor R.N. Baskin, who was the mayor at the time when the City & County Building was completed. This is how she explains it: "We were on the other end of the hall and we heard someone say the name Robert through the Spirit Box. I asked if the last name was Baskin and we got a "Yes." So, we kept walking down the hall and didn't hear anything else until we were in front of a huge painting -- that's when we heard the voice say, "Stop." We looked up and we were standing in front of the painting of Mayor Baskin.
Like every politician, Baskin will do anything to stay in office.
Some of the other team members mentioned that they felt cold spots and smelled a women's perfume. Batteries from the equipment were drained and one person claimed that her hand was touched. Nobody saw any ghosts. "It's very rare to actually see a ghost," pointed out Shirley, "It takes a lot of energy for them to appear, so it's more likely to hear them or pick up their presence on things like an EMF device or a Spirit Box."
I honestly had had enough ghostin' for one evening, plus it was getting late, so I parted ways with the ghost hunters. Now, I've always been a skeptical person, and when I left the City & County Building, I was thoroughly convinced that I still don't believe in ghosts and probably never will. Nothing has been scientifically proven on the matter and, to me, everything should be backed by science.
However, a few days after the investigation, Urry e-mailed me a soundbyte that was recorded from the fifth floor. "To me, it sounds like the voice is saying, "Can you help me?" said Urry over the phone. I know for a fact that there were zero ladies on the fifth floor that night and it certainly sounds like a woman's voice. I have to admit, science or no science, this creeps me out.
To me, it sounds more like "eat bleu cheeeeese."
For more info on 4 Element Paranormal Investigation contact them via their website.
Years and years ago - (early 60's) a friend of mine was the elevator opertor on the old creaky elevator. I used to sluff school and go ride the elevator all day long and we would eat our lunch from the very, very top in those tower things. There was a very spooky looking hunched over guy, with crazy moviing eyes, employed up by the attic who we used to harrass. I can't believe we never got caught.
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Sunday, April 23, 2006Valparaiso did not drop a set in two matches on Sunday afternoon as the Crusaders clinched their third straight Mid-Continent Conference regular season title defeating UMKC 5-0 and Chicago State 7-0 in Chicago, Ill.
With the wins, the Brown and Gold extended its regular season conference winning streak to 30 straight spanning the last four years.
Valpo got things going early against UMKC (0-13, 0-8 Mid-Con), dropping just one game in doubles. Jill Dierberg (Saint Louis, Mo./Lutheran South H.S.) and Charmaine Stanislaw (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville H.S.) were 8-0 victors at first doubles while Lauren Kloostra (Wyoming, Mich./Calvin Christian H.S.) and Molly Keifer (Richmond, Ind./Richmond H.S.) were 8-1 winners at the second spot. The Crusaders won third doubles by default.
In singles play against the Kangaroos, Whitney Chada (Downers Grove, Ill./North H.S.), Stanislaw, and Jenny Schwartz (Aurora, Ill./West Aurora H.S.) won 6-0, 6-0 each at second, fourth, and fifth singles respectively. Valpo also won by default at the sixth spot for the 5-0 win. Dierberg was leading 6-0, 4-1 at the top of the order and Kate Evangelist (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West H.S.) held a 6-0, 3-0 lead at third singles when the match was halted.
The afternoon saw Valpo play just as strong on the way to the shutout. Rachel Janssen (Fort Wayne, Ind./Dwenger H.S.) and Kim Sajevic (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury H.S.) posted an 8-6 triumph at first doubles while Chada and Evangelist cruised 8-0 at the second spot. Valpo again won third doubles by default.
While earning a win at sixth singles by default, Kloostra and Lindsey Gustafson (Naperville, Ill./Benet Academy) made sure Valpo earned the conference title outright with 6-0, 6-0 victories at fourth and fifth singles respectively. Janssen added a 6-2, 6-3 win at the top of the lineup while Sajevic won by the same score at second singles. Schwartz was a 6-4, 6-0 winner at the third spot to complete the sweep.
Valparaiso (13-7, 8-0) will now host the Mid-Continent Conference Women's Tennis Championship on Friday and Saturday at the Valparaiso University Tennis Complex. Official pairings and start times will be released on Monday.
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You can see a lot of Oregon from behind the wheel of a car. You can see even more from behind the handlebars of your bike. That's because Oregon has more scenic byways and tour routes than any other state.
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Cascades Lakes Scenic Byway
Round a bend to find Mt. Bachelor looming larger than lifeand find its image perfectly reflected in a mile-high lake aroundanother bendand you'll understand why Scenic Americanamed the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway one of the nation's…
Silver Falls Tour Route
Majestic mountains (such as Hood and Rainier) soar over lush green fields except in the forest areas; these areas are filled with Douglas Firs that sunlight can't quite part. Silver Falls State Park is intimate in spite of the thunder of its…
Over the Rivers & Through the Woods Scenic Byway
This 66-mile route begins in the rich farmland of the Willamette Valley, and then winds along rushing streams and through thick forests as it climbs into the West Cascades and McKenzie Pass.
Cottage Grove Covered Bridge Tour Route
There are seven bridges along the route, including Dorena Bridge, Stewart Bridge, Mosby Creek Bridge, Currin Bridge, Chambers Railroad Bridge, Centennial Bridge, and Swinging Bridge. Many of these bridges are used for weddings or are near swimming…
Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway
From the world-famous Crater Lake National Park to one of America's richest bird refuges, the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway owes its dramatic scenery and abundant wildlife to its rich volcanic past.


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|Spectroline Debuts PC-9920A UV EPROM/Wafer Erasing System
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PC-9920A UV EPROM/wafer erasing system is for high-volume production. Reportedly has an operating UV intensity up to 60% greater than other systems. Drawer measures 93.3 x 71.1 x 4.4cm; provides for loading of wafers, printed circuit boards, open-faced stocking tubes and metric cards. Adjustable quick load/unload tray inserts can be set to varying heights. Accommodates load capacity of 150mm wafers. PC-9920A-LT system includes light tower; has red/yellow/green signals that indicate the mode status at every stage of operation. Both systems use nine ultra-high intensity, ozone-free, low-pressure mercury vapor quartz grid lamp assemblies. UV grid lamps reportedly increase throughput. Has nominal 254nm irradiance of 70,000 µW/cm² over a 91.4 x 61cm erasing area.
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Caltrans District 4 Videos 2013
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Caltrans District 4 - Devil's Slide Trail Opening CeremonyDevil's Slide Trail Opening Ceremony, March 27, 2014. Camera and Edited by Dennis Parecadan.
Caltrans District 4 - Interstate 80/Yerba Buena Island WB Ramps Commencement CeremonyInterstate 80/Yerba Buena Island Westbound Ramps Project, Commencement Ceremony, March 7, 2014. Camera & Edit by Dennis Parecadan.
Caltrans District 4 - Diversity Awareness 2013Every year Caltrans celebrates its diverse workforce, a great strength for the Department, who work in harmony sharing a common vision. Year 2013s theme, History of Threads and a Tapestry of Cultures, celebrates the rich dimensions of each persons individualities. Caltrans District 4 employees come from many diverse cultures and backgrounds woven together, like a tapestry, creating a unique workforce that embraces and celebrates each individuals diversity and contributions.
Camera and edited by Benjamin Roxton
October, 2013
Heart Walk 2013For last 21 years Caltrans has participated in the American Heart Associations Heart Walk to bring awareness of heart disease to our employees and the surrounding community. Caltrans District 4 encourages its employees to participate in the yearly 3-mile walk around Lake Merit. Heart Walk promotes physical activity to build healthier lives.
Camera by Richard Schatzman
Edited by Benjamin Roxton
Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore Project Ribbon cutting Ceremony November 15, 2013Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 4.25 a.m. the first vehicles drove through the new, two-lane, 3300-foot-long Fourth Bore of the Caldecott Tunnel with California Highway Patrol leading the way. Opening of the 4th Bore of the Caldecott Tunnels with 4 lanes available permanently for each direction of traffic brings congestion relief in the off-peak direction to 160, 000 motorists who commute between Alameda and Contra Costa counties every day. The project was made possible through a partnership of Federal, State and Local government agencies.
Camera and Edited by Dennis Parecadan
Caltrans District 4 - SFOBB Grand OpeningCaltrans, BATA and CTC with many elected officials and other invited guests celebrated Grand Opening of the New East Span of the Bay Bridge on Labor Day, September 2, 2013. Pre celebration speeches were held at the Bridge Yard on Burma Road, Oakland, with Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom cutting the chain at the Toll Plaza followed by a Ceremonial Procession led by CHP.
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Caltrans District 4 - Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge Opening 9/3/13A segment of the Bay Bridge Bicycle and Pedestrian Path is now open to the public. City of Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and a group of cyclists celebrated chain cutting ceremony on September 3rd, 2013. The Bicycle and Pedestrian path will have limited hours of access until construction is complete. Access to the path will be available during daylight hours from sunrise to sunset.
Camera and Edited by Dennis Parecadan
New SFOBB Chain Cutting & Opening 2013
New SFOBB Chain Cutting & Opening 2013
Caltrans District 4 - Opening of the new Cordelia Truck ScalesCaltrans, California Highway Patrol, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Solano Transportation Authority (STA) and other State and Local officials celebrated the opening of the new Cordelia Truck Scales, on July 12th, 2013. The new facility is located on the eastbound side of Interstate 80, (I-80) in Solano County. The new Truck Scales relocates and replaces the outdated 1958 Truck Scales that can no longer handle the current and the future projected levels of truck traffic. The new facility will increase public safety, reduce traffic ,increase truck inspection capacity by more efficient scale operations such as the new weigh in motion scales and multiple inspection bays with pits. The new Cordelia truck scales is designed to meet the Silver Leadership Certification in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) requirements for green building design, construction, operations and maintenance. Camera and edited by Benjamin Roxton
Caltrans District 4 - 101 Airport Boulevard Interchange and Windsor Soundwalls GroundbreakingCaltrans and partnering agencies celebrated the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the U.S. 101 Airport Boulevard Interchange and Windsor Soundwalls Project on May 29, 2013. This project is part of the Proposition 1B Corridor Mobility Improvement Account (CMIA) Program. This project will convert the two existing partial interchanges on U.S. 101 at Fulton Road and at Airport Boulevard into a single complete interchange at Airport Boulevard, eliminating the on- and off- ramps at Fulton Road. The project will also replace the existing two-lane Airport Boulevard Overcrossing at U.S. 101 with a new five-lane overcrossing bridge structure (four through lanes and one turning lane), sidewalk, and Class II bike lanes, in addition to constructing sound walls in Windsor. Camera and Edited by Benjamin Roxton
Caltrans District 4 - Livermore Groundbreaking I-580 Westbound HOVCaltrans and partnering agencies celebrate the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the I-580 Westbound HOV Lane & Corridor Improvement Projects. The 15 miles of improvements along the I-580 corridor include adding 13 miles of HOV lanes, additional auxiliary lanes, pavement rehabilitation and retaining walls. The improvements are part of the Proposition 1B Corridor Mobility Improvement Account funding. Camera and Edited by Benjamin Roxton
Caltrans District 4 - 13th Annual Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Symposium/Competition13th Annual Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Symposium/Competition was held on April 9th. This year, Juan Crespi Middle School of El Sobrante, CA represented District 4 and we are pleased to announce that they were the 2013 1st Place winners with their innovation Wood Ethanol the manufacturing and use of ethanol from cellulose or wood waste products!!!! This is a nationwide competition in which 8th grade students across the country compete in developing projects relevant to modes of sustainable transportation.
Caltrans District 4 - Workers Memorial 2013
Caltrans District 4 - Marin Sonoma Narrows project GB Event 4/1/13On April 1, 2013 Caltrans and Sonoma County Transportation Authority with other local partners, celebrated groundbreaking of this significant Marin Sonoma Narrows project for Petaluma and State Route 116 Bridge Replacements
Opening Celebration of the Tom Lantos Tunnels at Devils SlideCaltrans, with State and Local officials and nearby communities celebrated the ribbon cutting for the first new highway tunnels in California in nearly 50 years and the longest tunnels in the state the new Tom Lantos Tunnels at Devils Slide on State Route 1 in San Mateo County. The old 1.2-mile stretch of roadway will be converted into a non-motorized public facility offering breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean. Camera & Edited by Benjamin Roxton
US. 101 Old Redwood Highway GroundbreakingState and local officials celebrate the groundbreaking of the Old Redwood Highway Interchange Project. The project includes reconstructing the Highway 101 Interchange in Petaluma, including all ramps, upgrading Old Redwood Highway and Petaluma Boulevard North and providing sound walls. It also will include a bicycle path and pedestrian crosswalk in each direction. The on-and off-ramps at the Old Redwood Highway Interchange will be widened from one lane to two and ramp metering will be installed. Camera and Edited by Benjamin Roxton
Devil's Slide Tunnels Project on U.S. 1, March 2013.Caltrans District 4 - Devil's Slide Tunnel Project on U.S. 1, March 2013. A video montage with comments by Caltrans staff and the local officials. Camera and Edited by Dennis Parecadan
Devil's Slide Tunnels Opening Ceremony
Dumbarton Bridge Celebration
Caltrans District 4 - 4th Bore Project Ivy Morrison
Caltrans District 4 | El Camino Real Smart Corridor GroundbreakingEl Camino Real Smart Corridor Groundbreaking 11/6/12. Shot and edited by Dennis Parecadan, D4 Audio Visual
Caltrans District 4 | US 101 Auxiliary Lane Ribbon CuttingU.S. 101 HOV Ribbon Cutting Caltrans, State and Local officials celebrate the completion of the U.S. 101 auxiliary lane and pedestrian crossing in Menlo Park. The new auxiliary lane reduces travel time significantly. The new pedestrian crossing accommodates bicycles and improves safety for non motorized access. Camera and Editing by Benjamin Roxton
Caltrans District 4 - Benicia Bridge 50th AnniversaryCaltrans, State and local officials celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Benicia Martinez Bridge that spans the Carquinez Strait and connects Contra Costa and Solano Counties. Originally opened on September 16, 1962, traffic flowed in both directions of the span. In 2007 an additional bridge was placed into service providing more safety, efficiency and capacity. Camera Dennis Parecadan, Edited by Benjamin Roxton
Caltrans District 4 - Interstate 80 Integrated Corridor Mobility GroundbreakingCaltrans District 4 - Interstate 80 Integrated Corridor Mobility Project (ICM) Groundbreaking October 19, 2012. Camera and edited by Dennis Parecadan
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This hotel is located in Portland (Riverplace), close to South Waterfront City Park, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, and Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Also nearby are Portland State University and Pioneer Courthouse Square.
Hotel Features
Recreational amenities at Residence Inn by Marriott Downtown/RiverPlace include an indoor pool and a spa tub. Other amenities include a conference center and complimentary wireless Internet access.
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LCD televisions come with premium cable channels. Guestrooms also feature kitchens, complimentary wireless Internet access, and complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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In addition to an indoor pool, Residence Inn by Marriott Downtown/RiverPlace provides a spa tub and a 24-hour fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access. Business amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, audiovisual equipment, and small meeting rooms. Guests are offered a complimentary breakfast each morning and a complimentary evening social is offered on select days. Event facilities measuring 3026 square feet (272 square meters) include a conference center and exhibit space. This business-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, coffee/tea in the lobby, and concierge services. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Residence Inn by Marriott Downtown/RiverPlace is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Total number of rooms - 258
- Audiovisual equipment
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- Free breakfast
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- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Event catering
- Exhibit space
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Grocery/convenience store
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Laundry facilities
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Number of floors - 9
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Parking (surcharge)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 2001
- 24-hour business center
- Meeting facilities size (feet) - 3026
- Complimentary grocery shopping service
- Long-term parking (surcharge)
- Meeting facilities size (meters) - 272
- Number of meeting/conference rooms - 5
- Complimentary reception
- Conference center
- Smoke-free property
- Spa tub
- Swimming pool - indoor
- Express check-out
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Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi, Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi, Free wired high-speed Internet
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Parking (surcharge), Long-term parking (surcharge), Self parking (surcharge)
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- Separate dining area
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- Cable TV service
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
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A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning in the lobby. A complimentary evening social is offered on select days.
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An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Running track/path nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
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Check-out time is noon
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Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
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- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Self parking fee: USD 28 per night (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: USD 25 per pet, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 15 per night
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Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Pressured Gay Treasurer to Resign
Fellowship's "basis of faith" signature requirement may be illegal
Published: Thursday, December 1, 2011
Updated: Monday, November 5, 2012 20:11
Sophomore history and French major Steven Jackson resigned last month from his post as treasurer of the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship after feeling pressured to do so because he is gay, he told The Spectrum. The Fellowship may also be breaking the law, as its constitution requires its executive board members to sign a "basis of faith," a statement affirming certain Christian beliefs.
The Intervarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) is a national, student-led, evangelical ministry with a UB chapter, recognized and funded as a club by the Student Association. Jackson is also the speaker of the SA Assembly.
IVCF Vice President Leslie Varughese said the club's executive board members, including Jackson, mutually decided that Jackson's resignation would be best for both Jackson and the club, not because of Jackson's homosexuality, but because of his refusal to accept Biblical scripture – specifically, those Bible passages that condemn homosexuality.
Simply put, the problem was not that Jackson is gay; the problem was that Jackson doesn't accept Bible verses that condemn gay people.
"I don't see Scripture as reliable as they do," Jackson said. "They'll take it as God's word, and I won't, because I don't believe that's the case."
But Jackson, who was elected treasurer by his fellow IVCF members, also said that his homosexuality was indeed a sticking point.
"[Other IVCF members] said, 'Well, on one hand, you're gay, and that's not a message that we want Intervarsity to show the campus that we think is an OK lifestyle,'" Jackson said.
Jackson did not want to reveal the identities of those who told him that he should step down, but he said that they included both IVCF staff and executive board members.
When asked whether Varughese's characterization of the resignation as a mutual agreement was accurate, Jackson said yes and no.
"It was definitely a pressured [resignation]…They made it clear that they felt like I should step down and kind of made me uncomfortable enough to the point where I just wanted to leave," Jackson said.
Both Jackson and Varughese said that Jackson's resignation resulted from his being in a leadership position (treasurer), and that if he had been an ordinary member of the club, nothing likely would have happened.
"We told Steve that it would be very difficult for him to lead with integrity in an organization that had contrary beliefs…We didn't ask him to leave the Fellowship, and we do not want him to leave the Fellowship," Varughese said. "We love him, and we want him to continue to seek God and grow in his faith."
She added that the IVCF welcomes all people and has had members with different varieties of backgrounds, beliefs, and practices.
Jackson's boyfriend, junior English major Clinton Hodnett – events coordinator for UB LGBTA and a student assistant with Wellness Education Services' LGBT Outreach Team – also identifies as both gay and Christian.
"I don't think that being gay intrudes upon my religious beliefs at all," Hodnett said. "It may change what religious beliefs I choose to agree with or not, but I don't consider myself any less of a Christian because of my sexual orientation."
SA Senator Katherine Pizzutelli said the SA Senate will discuss the IVCF at its next meeting, to be held Sunday at 3 p.m.
"Intervarsity Christian Fellowship was given a budget of $6,000 this year," Pizzutelli said in an email. "Divide that by 20,000 undergrads. I will not tolerate discrimination. I feel like asking for my 30 cents back. I have talked to several people over the past few weeks and have discovered that some students, my friends, have felt personally targeted by [IVCF]. If someone has felt personally threatened by any entity on this campus, I would encourage them to call the University Police to report the incident."
Because UB is a public school, the IVCF's "basis of faith" may be illegal as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Christian Legal Society v. Martinez decision, which established that a student cannot be barred from participating in a club because of his status or beliefs.
The SA Senate will consider derecognizing the IVCF if senators find it to have broken the law, according to Pizzutelli.
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Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination .... End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements of God's Laws and how to follow them.1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of Menstrual uncleanliness - Lev15: 19-24. The problem is how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it?6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination, Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? Are there 'degrees' of abomination?7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle-room here?8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev.19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14) I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy considerable expertise in such matters, so I'm confident you can help.Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.Your adoring fan, James M Kauffman, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus, Dept. Of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education University of Virginia