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When Paul was in prison he wrote to Timothy in the second book of Timothy "For the cause of the Gospel of Jesus Christ I'm in these chains." Yet, we know that the word of the God cannot be chained or imprisoned.
God says, "My word will accomplish what I have sent it to do, it cannot be imprisoned". The word of God walks through prison walls, mental institutions, hospital rooms, through depression. The word of God cannot be chained and cannot be imprisoned.
It is time to get the word of God in our mouths. Speak it and God will honor His word. God watches over His word – not your word, His word. So many people let their circumstances dictate to them, but what about saying what God says about your circumstance? If we start speaking God's word and place His word above our situations, our situations will definitely change. The word of God states that He watches over His word.
The eyes of the Lord run to and fro on this earth and He is looking for people who have an undivided attention toward the Most High God. This attention which God is seeking relates directly back to the word of God. What do you do with the word of God in your mouth? You have to say it; you have to speak it. The Word is nigh thee, even in thy heart and mouth to speak it.Romans 10, Deuteronomy 30.
It's not good enough just to have the word, you must speak the word.
It's the spoken word of God that carries power.
You therefore have to get the word of God in you.
God said; "Let there be light".
God said; "Let there be a dividing of the waters".
God said; "Let there be a sun".
God said; "Let there be trees and flowers".
God said; "Let there be animals".
The word of God is not chained or imprisoned!
Confess Out loud:
"The word of God is sharp, strong, powerful, it reaches right into my life, bringing division between the spirit and soul and bone and marrow. God watches over this word to perform it. I declare that the Lord is my Shepherd and I shall not be in want, my head shall be anointed with oil, my cup shall run over, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. I will not be in bondage or slavery, because Christ has set me free and therefore I am free indeed. I declare that because of the word of God, I am more than a conqueror and I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I am above and not beneath, I am the head and not the tail. By the stripes of Jesus I am healed. I am prosperous in all my ways. God is for me and nothing can be against me. The word of God is alive and speaks to me right now in Jesus' Name."
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that the might have it more abundantly.
Jesus has said that He came so that we can have life and have it more abundantly. Not just abundantly, but more abundantly. I want you to know that if a thief steals from you, Jesus has come to restore. Note Jesus is not coming, He has already come. A thief will come and go, come and go, come and go. A thief does not come to steal by staying at your home. He will come to steal and then go away. In contrast, however, Jesus has come so that we may have life and have it more abundantly.
The Shunamite Providing for God's Man.
2 Kings 4:8 [Ampl.] Now it happened one day that Elisha went to Shunem, where a rich and influential woman lived, who insisted on his eating a meal. Afterward, whenever he passed by, he stopped there for a meal.
I want you to note that this woman had enough and even more. She had insisted that Elisha eat a meal. It then became a routine for Elisha to stop over for a meal whenever he passed by.
2 Kings 4:9 – 13 [Ampl] And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by continually. Let us make a small chamber on the [housetop] and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp. Then whenever he comes to us, he can go [up the outside stairs and rest] here. One day he came and turned into the chamber and lay there. And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. When he had called her, she stood before him. And he said to Gehazi, Say now to her, You have been most painstakingly and reverently concerned for us; what is to be done for you? …
This woman must have done more for Elisha than building the room, putting the chair, a lamp and a table in there. Months, maybe even years later, Elisha says to this woman that she had been painstakingly concerned about them. In other words, this woman must have really been caring well for Elisha. Elisha could have said, "I know the word of God, and I know the standards God placed in His word and I know how God works. If you give, God says He will give unto you". You cannot give to a man of God and not receive. Elisha asks the woman what he can do for her.
Give and it Shall be Given
2 Kings 4:13-16 [Ampl] …Would you like to be spoken for to the king or to the commander of the army? She answered, I dwell among my own people [they are sufficient]. Later Elisha said, What then is to be done for her? Gehazi answered, She has no child and her husband is old. He said, Call her. [Gehazi] called her, and she stood in the doorway. Elisha said, At this season when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son. She said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid.
This woman did not accept the prophetic word from Elisha. When he said to her that this time next year you shall have a son, she responded "Forget it, you are lying to me." She therefore did not accept the Word of the Lord.
2 Kings 4:17-21 [Ampl] But the woman conceived and bore a son at that season the following year, as Elisha had said to her. When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father with the reapers. But he said to his father, My head, my head! The man said to his servant, Carry him to his mother. And when he was brought to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him and went out.
This woman took the dead child, didn't tell her husband that the child had died, didn't tell anybody in the house that the child had died and ran up to room of the man of God. She laid the child on the bed and upon leaving the room she closed the door behind her. She did not look back at the circumstances behind her. She went to the man of God believing and knowing where she could get an answer to revert the situation. How many times have you prayed and still kept looking back at the circumstance.
2 Kings 4:22-27 [Ampl] And she called to her husband and said, Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and come back again. And he said to her, Why go to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath. And she said, It will be all right. Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, Ride fast; do not slacken your pace for me unless I tell you. So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite. Run to meet her and say, Is it well with you? Well with your husband? Well with the child? And she answered, It is well. When she came to the mountain to the man of God, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came to thrust her away, but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is bitter and is vexed within her, and the Lord has hid it from me and has not told me.
It looks like Elisha was upset, because God did not inform him that something was wrong. This man of God must have had some kind of relationship with God – he normally knew everything. When the king wanted to know something, people always referred to Elijah as someone who knew the word of the Lord. Therefore, Elisha must have been some kind of a man, but this time it seems that he did not know and he said, "I'm a little bit upset because God didn't tell me there's something wrong with this woman.
2 Kings 4:28-37 [Ampl] Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me? Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins and take my staff in your hand and go lay my staff on the face of the child. If you meet any man, do not salute him. If he salutes you, do not answer him. The mother of the child said, As the Lord lives and as my soul lives, I will not leave you. And he arose and followed her. Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff on the child's face, but the boy neither spoke nor heard. So he went back to meet Elisha and said to him, The child has not awakened. When Elisha arrived in the house, the child was dead and laid upon his bed. So, he went in, shut the door on the two of them, and prayed to the Lord. He went up and lay on the child, put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself on him and embraced him, the child's flesh became warm. Then he returned and walked in the house to and fro and went up again and stretched himself upon him. And the child sneezed seven times, and then opened his eyes. Then [Elisha] called Gehazi and said, Call the Shunammite. So he called her. And when she came, he said, Take up your son. She came and fell at his feet, bowing herself to the ground. Then she took up her son and went out.
What a miracle!
This woman was stinking rich. The Bible states that she was very rich. She spoiled, gave to and blessed the man of God. Elisha said that because of the fact that she kept on giving, he had to give something in return. He asked her what she wanted and she responded that the she wanted nothing and that she was happy and content. Gehazi then told Elisha that this woman did not have a child. Elisha instantly declared to this woman that she would have a child. Her first response to the man of God was, "Don't lie to me!" According to the word of the Lord, she received the child. When the child grew up, the child died. Her subsequent response to the man of God was "I told you not to deceive me." Elisha raised the dead boy to life and that is a mighty miracle! Now look at 2 Kings 8 – a few years later.
When God Restores
2 Kings 8:1-3 [Ampl] Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, Arise and go with your household and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord has called for a famine, and moreover, it will come upon the land for seven years. So the woman arose and did as the man of God had said. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. At the end of the seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to appeal to the king for her house and land.
After seven years in a strange land you cannot come back and claim your land back again. She left the country for seven years and after seven years she comes back and tells the king that she wants her house and land back. The king's reaction to this was probably, "You've been gone seven years. You abandoned everything! Now you want it all back after seven years." Notwithstanding this probable reaction from the king, she insisted and appealed to him to get her house and land back. The king must have turned his back on this woman, ignoring her and started talking to Gehazi.
2 Kings 8:4 [Ampl] The king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me all the great things Elisha has done.
Get this picture. The king is sitting on his throne and Gehazi is there for some or another reason. Here comes this woman and says to the king, "I've been away for seven years. Please can I get my land back?" The king responds whilst turning away, saying: "Woman, excuse me" and turns to Gehazi, saying "Gehazi, tell me about this Elisha! Tell me about the miracles this man has done!" This king is very interested in the miracles, which Elisha has performed.
2 Kings 8:5 [Ampl] And as Gehazi was telling the king how [Elisha] had restored the dead to life… So, the story Gehazi had to tell was one of how the man of God had restored to life the son of the Shunammite woman. …behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and land… [Ampl]
The king did not pay attention to this woman and here's the proof. This woman asks for her house and her land back and the king ignored her, rather spending his time inquiring of Gehazi about Elisha, wanting to hear about miracles. Gehazi could have probably responded, "Man, I tell you, the greatest miracle I've seen since the day I've been his catcher was the day when he restored that dead boy" on which the king must have shook his head, saying "My goodness!" Gehazi then went on, saying "King, I want to tell you, the woman who came in earlier for her land, that's the woman whose son was restored to life by Elisha."
Note – the word that is continually being used – Restored.
2 Kings 8:5 [Ampl] …And Gehazi said, My lord O king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life. When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field, since the day that she left the land even until now.
Can you fully comprehend what has happened here? For seven years the woman left the land because of famine and came back after seven years. Gehazi told the king "My king, this woman's child died but was restored back to life" The woman asked the king to restore her house and land back to her, but he king ignored her. When the king found out that Elisha had spoken restoration into this woman's son's life, he responded by restoration. He commanded one of his officers to restore to this woman what she had and what she would have had, should she have had good crops for the previous seven years. Everything was to be restored to this Shunammite woman.
There were seven years of famine in which nobody had a harvest and nobody had fruits coming in as a result of their labor. The land was in a famine for seven years and this means that nobody could have had a harvest in this period of time. You've got to get this and understand it. Here comes this woman requesting to be restored to her only what was hers when she had left the country. When the king of this country heard something about restoration and the word of Elisha in this woman's life, he immediately commanded that all that had been hers, and all that would have been hers be restored. In doing this calculation it had to be assumed that the previous seven years of famine, were seven years of good crops.
Are you ready for this! This woman got seven times more than any other person who had lived in the land during the seven years of famine. This woman got seven times more and she still lived in the land of the Philistines where there was abundance in the seven years. She had everything she needed in the seven years, came back to her own country, and got a seven fold return.
Why was she so blessed?
When she saw the man of God, she said "Let's give, let's build a room for him, let's put a bed there, let's put a table there, let's put a lamp there and a chair". And every time the man of God came by she blessed him. She gave to the ministry, and gave to the ministry and gave to the ministry.
Joel 2:25 And I will restore to youth the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm…
God is saying that He will restore everything that has been stolen from you. It does not matter how many years you spent going through what you've been through. If you come back into His restoration day, He will give back to you what was stolen plus what would have been yours should you have been living in a good land. Everything that has been stolen through the years He will restore to you. God's restoration is not only giving you what you had, but also giving to you what you would have had should all the bad years you went through be counted as prosperous years.
Exodus 22:1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Take this word from God. It does not matter what has been stolen from you or what you may have got back in a ruined condition. God's word declares that restoration of seven, five or four fold is promised to you.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."
Proverbs 3:5-6 [Ampl] Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.
If you rely on your own insight and understanding you will never be able to accept the restoration plan that God has in place for your life. If you rely on your own insight you will be more than happy to only get back what was stolen, regardless of its condition. In God's plan, what has been stolen from you is to be restored to you more abundantly. God's restoration means He is going to give back what you had, what you were supposed to have if nothing was stolen and all the good things that would have come with it plus more abundantly.
Every time you've been sick, whether it was a headache, the flu or cancer, time has been stolen from you. Each time there has been sickness in your life, time has been stolen from you. In those periods you have not been what you were supposed to be or what God intended for you to be. In times of sickness you were unable function the way you're supposed to function, you could not live the way you were supposed to and you could not be what you were supposed to be. If you've ever had flu you might have been in the situation where you've said to yourself; "I cannot lie and rest for three days, but I'll just lie down this afternoon", and then you spend two hours just trying to recover from the flu. Two hours of your life have been stolen from you. Maybe you've spent two whole days in bed – two whole days has been stolen! You can never catch this time up, except if restoration comes your way. Then God says: listen, I see you've been in bed for two days with the flu. I see that the thief has stolen from you and destroyed things in your life. What you would have done in those two days, I'll give back to you plus all the fruit which you could have had in those two days, plus I'm going to multiply it seven times or five times or four times.
Do Not Lean on Your Own Understanding.
The Philips translation of this scripture states, "If you acknowledge Him in all your ways, He will give you ways to walk in."
Proverbs 3:7-8 [Ampl] Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear and worship the Lord and turn [entirely] away from evil. It shall be health to your nerves and sinews, and marrow and moistening to your bones.
If you turn away from evil ways, if you walk in the ways of the Lord and you do not lean on your own insight and understanding, God says that it will be health to your nerves and sinews, and marrow and moistening to your bones. God was extremely clever when He made up the human body. Medically speaking, if ones nerves, sinews, marrow and bones are healed, the whole body is whole. Any sickness in the human body is related to one of these four parts of the human body. Isaiah 58 states that God will make fat your bones. What does "fat bones" mean? It means the marrow, which is inside your bones, will be fat. If the fatness in your bone marrow breaks down, then your blood is not what it should be. If the fatness in your bones is at the right levels, then your blood is healthy. Blood is the medium through which your body distributes oxygen to its various parts. If you are sick, and a blood sample is taken from your body, it can be detected whether you are sick or not. The word of God declares that His word is sharper than any two edged sword, which divides between soul and spirit and bone and marrow. So, God is saying if you will listen to My word, I will do something to your bone marrow.
Proverbs 3:9-10 [Ampl] Honor the Lord with your capital and sufficiency [from righteous labors] and with the first fruits of all your income. So, shall your storage places be filled with plenty, and your vats shall be overflowing with new wine.
God says that if you will do as He tells you, you shall be healthy and your storehouses shall be filled with plenty and will be overflowing. So, if your store is not filled with plenty but is empty, it needs to be restored!
If your store is empty, you need to get it "RE – STORED"
in order for it to be filled up again.
God Wants to Bless You.
Deuteronomy 28:11 [Ampl] And the Lord shall make you to have a surplus of prosperity, through the fruit of your body, of your livestock, and of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.
God says that He will give you a surplus of prosperity in your body and in all your property, which means you will be healthy and you'll have more things than you can ever use or be in need of!
Deuteronomy 28:8 [Ampl] The Lord shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouse and in all that you undertake. And He will bless you in the land which the Lord God gives you.
The Lord will command the blessing in your storehouse and in all that you undertake. The storehouse being referred to in Deuteronomy 28 and Proverbs 3 do not only refer to money. It speaks of your body, your possessions and things and ground as well.
Get this. Satan is a created being and not a creator and is therefore unable to create anything. He can only use what's already there and pervert and distort it. In other words, the devil cannot make you sick! Let's get this fact straight in our minds once and for all. People are forever saying the devil has made me sick. The devil cannot give you anything. He is a thief who is only able to steal your health and then you become sick! He is unable to create sickness, but he can steal your health if you let him. He can steal one's finances and cause poverty. He can steal one's peace and then one is troubled. He can steal one's joy and then one is depressed. Understand this clearly, the devil can only steal from you – he cannot create something in you or give something to you.
Your body is filled with health, because by His stripes you were healed. However, if a portion of your health has been stolen, what you need is RESTORATION in that potion of your body. You need to be RESTORED! If something is wrong with my heart, then it's not sickness that's come upon me, but rather health that has gone away from me. It needs to be RESTORED!
Joel 2:21,23,24 & 25 [Ampl] Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things. Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for He gives the former or early rain in just measure and in righteousness, and He causes to come for you the rain, the former and the latter rain as before. And the [threshing] floors shall be full of grain and the vats shall overflow with juice [of the grape] and oil. And I will restore or replace for you the years that the locust has eaten – the hopping locust, and the crawling locust, My great army which I sent among you.
God Wants to Restore Your Health.
Matthew 8:13 [Ampl] Then to the centurion Jesus said, Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed. And the servant boy was restored to health at that very moment.
I want you to see that God uses the word restored when He talks about sickness. This means that something was taken out.
Matthew 8:14-16 [Ampl] And when Jesus went into Peter's house, He saw his mother-in-law lying ill with fever. He touched her hand and the fever left her; and she got up and began waiting on Him. When evening came, they brought to Him many who were under the power of demons, and He drove out the spirits with a word and restored to health all who were sick.
Those who were demon possessed needed to be restored. Those who were sick needed to be restored.
Matthew 9:20-22 [Ampl] And behold, a woman who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His garment; For she kept saying to herself, If I only touch His garment, I shall be restored to health. Jesus turned around and, seeing her, He said, Take courage, daughter! Your faith has made you well. And at once the woman was restored to health.
Jesus said, "The thief cometh not for to steal, kill and destroy. I have come that you may have life more abundantly." Jesus could just as well have said, "I've come to bring restoration".
Restored means everything that is out of the store will be put back. And not just that, it will overflow. There will be a surplus.
I want restoration in my life. What about you? Just think of all that has been stolen from you in health, in your home, in your finances, in your time, in your joy, in your love, in your marriage, in your work. Just think of all that has been stolen from you. God says, "I have come to restore". So, open up your storehouse wide today and say, "Lord, please fill it up".
Do you want restoration?
As the Church of Jesus Christ we are supposed to drive good cars and live in good houses, but more than that we are supposed to be healthy. We are supposed to be able to buy what we are supposed to have. God does not want you to stand at the shop window and say to yourself, "…. One day…. !"
Proverbs 3 declares that if we honor the Lord with our income, He will fill our storehouses.
Are you willing to give to the ministry of God?
Are you willing to bless the Lord's work out of your finances?
Are you willing to give out of your storehouse for the work of God?
If so, and you do it, God will restore your storehouse to overflowing!


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This is something positive that has come out of Floyd's "negative" actions. Not that additional testing on athletes is NOT a good thing...in boxing...it's NECESSARY for the sport to progress....and we have to accept that Floyd was the the man at the heart of this whole movement.
However......his intentions were NOT honorable.....They were presented in a way that Floyd hoped would be perceived that way but in reality he wasn't drawing attention to the outdated testing measures in boxing to "clean up the sport"....he did it to help his baseless accusations aimed at tarnishing PAC's career as a boxer.
I take the good with the bad.....but I'm not one to let Floyd off the hook just because there was some good that came from all this.
I don't care about his intentions.
His intentions are not even relevant. What is relevant is that a top level athlete asked to have certain cutoffs, which took away from the integrity of the testing.
If he did it to ehlp his accusations then he wouldn't have asked every fighter since getting the idea to start it.
Whatever Floyd's intentions were is not important. What is important is that NO athlete should duck or manipulate any drug testing.
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#1 Dec 29, 2009
Can anyone give me a reasonable answer as to why the working men and women can't get emergency assistance for food lost during the recent storms? Their hard earned money goes to reimburse those that receive assistance year round as well as pay for what they've (assistance recipients)lost. Why is it the working men and women have to be punished because they work? I know people that have lost hundreds of dollars worth of food, but can't get any assistance because they work and pay taxes. This is absolutely absurd! What's next? I guess we will have to pay for the addicts to get their fix? I call BULL$h!it!!
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My niece threw out two garbage bags from her fridge. She lost everything that she had in it.
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you can turn it into your home owners Insurance & They will pay you
#4 Dec 29, 2009
I know exactly how you feel and to be honest the anwser to your question is this simple the working men and women cant get reimbursed because we screwed up! yep that's right we worked for what we have and we screwed up when it comes to getting any help from anybody! It is pure BS and we already pay the addicts and drunks if you think about it! You can be a drug addict or a alcoholic and go get yourself a nice little check monthly because you are sick! When people have worked their whole lives have to fight just to get the pensions they have worked for when the time comes.
I guess the biggest mistake a working person makes is getting off their ass and trying to have something, we never learned how to work the system only how to pay into it for others to benefit from it! We lost about 400.00 worth of food and cant get a dime either so I know exactly how you feel, I guess I'll just start shopping by the week instead of trying to keep my freezers stocked up. Anyone interested in a nice new deep freezer? let me know I wont be using it anymore so I will be selling it!
#5 Dec 29, 2009
Why should my home owners have to cover it? All that will do is raise my insurance, when others can just go out and get theirs replaced with my tax dollars doesnt make any sense to me!
#6 Dec 30, 2009
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#7 Dec 30, 2009
This has nothing to do with home owners insurance.. The simple fact of the matter is, the people who work for a living and pay into all these assistance programs, can't get anything out of them when they need it.. It's B.S!
#8 Dec 30, 2009
That's exactly right! And the sad part is I know people who have gotten their replacement cards and they didnt even lose anything, they are selling the extra they got to working people! Now isnt that just a smack in the face to the working person and the so called system. I personally would like to thank the system for making it possible for some people to get these cards so they can sell them for dope, I dont know what they wouldve done without you, and my tax dollars to keep up their habit!
#9 Dec 30, 2009
I honestly believe if you will go to the DHHR and can prove loss of food, they will reimburse you with food stamps. It's called Disaster Relief. EVERYONE that lives in WV should be able to receive the relief.
I hope this helps.
#10 Dec 30, 2009
Stone 1
I bleieve you are correct. I live in Homestead, FL. When we had a storm and without power for 10 days all we had to do was show proof of where we lived and they gave a set amount of dollars on a card. So WV people....working people....try what Stone 1 suggested. If not I would as a group raise a stink. You guys have put up with the workless for long enough.
#11 Dec 30, 2009
Sadly, only those who already receive food stamp assistance are eligible for replacement.
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#12 Dec 30, 2009
I lost over $600.00 worth of food and I guess because we work we probally won't get any help replacing our food. But I am gonna call DHHR to see what they tell me. And then if they tell me no I can't get help this is when I do raise a stink. and as far as turning it in on homeowners insurance there's a deductable you have to meet before they will help. Working people are fighting a loosing battle when it comes to stuff like this.
#13 Dec 31, 2009
You're right about that. The working man is always screwed. Last on the totem pole.
Since: Sep 07
#14 Dec 31, 2009
Fortunately I didn't lose anything, but I have friends that did.. They have already contacted DHHR and were told unless they received assistance, they would not be reimbursed. As for other government assistance later, that may still be a possibility, but it's yet to be seen. It really bothers the hell out of me that people work so hard for what they have, pay their taxes, but can't get help when THEY need it.. It was the holidays, I'm sure most had their Christmas dinners in the freezer, yet to be cooked and probably bought more than usual because of the holiday. It's a shame we can send billions of dollars over seas to aid other countries, but can't help our own here in the good ole United States. HOME COMES FIRST!
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#15 Dec 31, 2009
we'll never catch any kind of break, because we WORK..
not only do we have to work to support our own families, we are expected, yes, expected, to support everyone elses families too..
makes me sick..
it'll never end..
#16 Dec 31, 2009
Isn't it a shame that the working class can never catch a break but people who sit on their asses ,to damn sorry to get out of the bed in the mornings get all the help.HMMMMMM....something is really wrong with that picture.
#17 Dec 31, 2009
Also how is it that people who never worked a day in their lives can get a check, food stamps,clothing vouchers,etc. but when someone who has worked and paid into the system and when they fall on hard times can't seem to get anything?
#18 Dec 31, 2009
I suggest that we flood the governor's office with phone calls telling him just how we feel. The number to call is 1-888-438-2731.
This is the number that the local DHHR was giving people to call before they got an email from Charleston telling them to stop giving out the number.
I hope this helps.
#19 Dec 31, 2009
I don't think your statement is fact. I have spoken with someone within your state.
I know when our state is in a state of emergency, ALL are welcome to the food stamps. Each state may be different.
If your statement is correct, then you people need to band together and find out why you are not eligible.
#20 Dec 31, 2009
I appreciate you coming forth to agree with me. If people of WV won't listen, then I suppose they will miss out on the freebies the government wants them to have. They don't want working people to know they are eligible for this assistance! I was stunned the first time I received $600 in food stamps!!! One time for me was all it took, after that, I'll stand in live with the women wearing all their diamonds and people that owned their business!!
If WV people don't want the food stamps, let me know! Hard working people don't get freebies. Now is their chance!
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According to the Vermont State Police affidavit, the girl said Wendel had unprotected sex with her around 10 times, the last on Jan. 6. The girl told state police the relationship lasted around three months and that the two were in love.
According to the affidavit, the girl said Wendel told her she couldnt tell anyone about their relationship because his business would be taken away, and he could go to jail for 20 years.
The girl also said Wendel told her their relationship wasnt right.
State police said the girl told them she had known Wendel for years and would use him for cigarettes. The girl told police the relationship progressed from there and that she would sneak out of her house to go drink with Wendel, which eventually led to sex.
The girl said her parents found out about the relationship when her grandfather saw Wendel drop the girl off at her house late one night. The parents then found Facebook messages between Wendel and the girl talking about past sexual encounters and plans for future ones, according to police.
When first interviewed by state police, Wendel said no sex with the girl took place but that she had a crush on me and we talked, because she wanted to do (things) or whatever and be with each other, and I said, We cant, cause youre too young. What have I got to lose? Everything ... I got.
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I've even been able to find a Firefox theme to simulate Safari's look :D
Firefox for me, I've got it installed on both my MAC & PC ;)
Ooooo.....A new poll. I use Internet Explorer bacause that's what we had on the computer when we bought it.
Firefox for me. Once I started using Firefox there was no going back for me. The tabbed browsing is awesome, a must have for people like me that like viewing multiple pages - have the presets the way I want them, so when I open the tabs they automatically goto my favorite site, absolutely wonderful. IE is so archaic and the code so shotty I'm suprised Microsoft even allows such a horrific product to be available to so many people.
I cant believe people still using explorer :D Firefox rulezz
Firefox and Camino (basically the mac specific version of firefox).
IE = Adware, Spyware, and other unwanted crap even with Norton
Firefox = Better security and no popups
Internet Explorer :).
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Gotta love Firefox although I'v heard good things about Opera too
For all you Firefox users:
Would I have to change my internet service if I want to switch to Firefox? I ask because I'm quite snug in my current provider, SBC Yahoo DSL. Or would I still have SBC, but just use it with a different browser? It's all quite confusing to me, so I'm not sure what to do. :nut:
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Despite the brief period where IE outshone it due to a security update and the pages that don't work with it and the lack of integration with Windows Media Player and other programs?
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The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy
The Black Sack
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
That mysterious long, narrow, deep black sack makes two appearances in the novella. The first time it shows up is right after Ivan's been given some opium in Chapter 9. While in the opium haze he feels as if he's going through a long, narrow, deep black sack. Falling through is slow and painful, and he wants to reach the bottom, but is also afraid of what's there. He can't seem to reach it. And then, suddenly…through the bottom he goes. Ivan wakes up and comes back to his senses. He starts listening to his soul and first considers the possibility that his life has been lived wrongly.
The second time the sack shows up is right at the end, during Ivan's three days of screaming. It's a similar experience, although this time we get many more specifics:
For three whole days, during which time did not exist for him, he struggled in that black sack into which he was being thrust by an invisible, resistless force. He struggled as a man condemned to death struggles in the hands of the executioner, knowing that he cannot save himself. And every moment he felt that despite all his efforts he was drawing nearer and nearer to what terrified him. He felt that his agony was due to his being thrust into that black hole and still more to his not being able to get right into it. He was hindered from getting into it by his conviction that his life had been a good one. That very justification of his life held him fast and prevented his moving forward, and it caused him most torment of all. (12.3)
We know there's a mysterious force, which is thrusting Ivan through the sack. We also know that at the bottom of the sack lies something that terrifies him, to which he's drawing closer and closer. We learn that Ivan's justification of his life is preventing him from going through the sack, and that's what torturing him most. When Ivan falls through the sack this second time he sees the light.
What is the deal with the long black sack? To us it sounds like it represents Ivan's own life – his false life, which is to say his whole life up to that climactic final realization. The sack is long, dark and torturous to go through, like Ivan's life has been. At the bottom is an escape, which Ivan is afraid of even as he desires it. But we would say that the death at the end of the sack isn't really total death, but the death of Ivan's false life. If it were just death, period, there probably wouldn't be light there. But the death of Ivan's false life means a new beginning. It's the beginning of a life for Ivan's soul. To arrive at that beginning, though, Ivan has to stop clinging to his false.
You might also see the black sack as representing Ivan's sickness. It's painful to go through his illness, and the escape is death. Bodily death certainly would put an end to Ivan's illness, and it's obvious why he would want it even as he's afraid of it. But then, as we just asked, how would there be light at the bottom?
Finally, why does Ivan see the sack twice? We can't say for sure. But the first sack does seem to prefigure the second. It's after falling through the first one that Ivan first realizes both that his life was unhappy and that it might have been wrong. That's the point when his life actually starts looking to him like a long, narrow black sack. Falling through the first sack is a step towards the genuine light that Ivan finds at the bottom of the second sack. What's revealed to him after going through the first sack – that his life might have been a mistake – is what he has to accept to fall through the second.


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SportySpice (3:34 PM)
Ok everybody, listen up. It's your moderator here. We'll kick this thing off in about a half hour. Send in any topics you'd like to discuss today or any big predictions you have about this weekend and we'll try to work them in later on. Go grab a cold drink and come back ready to argue -- it's Show time! See you at 4!
SportySpice (4:01 PM)
It's 4:00, away we go! First topic on the table -- Week 4's rankings. What are you thoughts? Everybody satisfied?
Luke Dunellen NJ
Texas is overrated every year as are the Sooners. Oklahoma is not even the best team in their own state the last two years. Houston Nutt deserves major kudos. One of the most underrated coaches in the land today.
Steve: Adel, Ga
Texas has loads more talent than Arkansas and I cannot understand how Arkansas won that game. I will go ahead and say it, Arkansas stinks:always has, always will. Texas simply can't win a big game -- although I would never ever consider Arkansas a big game. Arkansas will get theirs in Tuscaloosa next week. Arkansas ranked? I guess they earned it but what joke!!
Nick, Columbus, OH
If Arkansas is overrated, where does that leave Texas. I think Mack Brown was a step down from John Mackovic & that is saying something!
JDub (Columbus)
Steve, Arkansas can't be that bad. They just beat UT, so what's UT? They get the hype every year and fail. At least this year they are out of the way earlier.
Josh, Doylestown PA
Texas isn't overrated, they are overconfident. You need to win big games before you slack off
SportySpice (4:09 PM)
Ok, let's talk No. 1 -- does everybody agree the Sooners should be sitting on top?
Kelly Jacksonville,fl
Even though i am a huge seminole fan, i still think Osu should be number one until they loose. THey are the champs and deserve to be number 1. THey have the longest winning streak and have survived many close games.
Scott (Sellersburg, Ind)
I think you have to have Miami over Oklahoma. OK they beat Alabama, who cares? Miami came back on the team who is going to win the SEC. Wassup there?
Alex, Chicago
How in the world are the defending national champions, the team with the nation's longest Division 1-A winning streak, ranked 4th in one poll and 5th in the other? What a complete lack of respect and a total slap in the face. If it was Miami in Ohio State's position, they would still be ranked #1. I can't WAIT until we spank overrated Michigan in the last game to vault the Bucks back into the National Championship Game.
Adam, Cedar Rapids
There is no way that Ohio State should be ranked anywhere near the top 10..They are living on dreams of last year. They are as overrated as Notre Dame!
98farmer (knoxville, tenn)
sooners#1 michigan.#2 miami.#3 ohio st.#4 usc#5
Patrick (Mule Town, TN)
I agree that OSU should be at #1 until they are beat, but they aren't th #1 team in the country.. my vote is for the Sooners
Steve: Adel, Ga
I think Oklahoma should be #1 and Miami a close second.
Nick (Blacksburg)
Wait a second, something to clarify here ... Florida will NOT win the SEC this year! The winner of the LSU-UGA game will.
Brian (Baton Rouge, LA)
That's right! Florida is not going to win the SEC, LSU is. Second of all, Ohio State should be on top given they haven't lost.
Matt, West Lafayette
Nick from Blacksburg -- why aren't you reppin' your Hokies??
SportySpice (4:20 PM)
Good question! Let's talk about that for a minute. The No. 8 Virginia Tech Hokies stay at home on Blacksburg's Stadium Lane this week to face the Texas A&M Aggies. What do you guys think? What's the weather like down there? Game on?
Hokie stuck in Texas
Does aTm really have a chance in the weather against VT's stingy defense and overpowering running game?
Nick (Columbus, OH)
Of course the game will be played -- even if the Governor calls a state of emergency -- VT is so "national TV coverage" happy they would play during World War 3. None of those people are going to miss a game because of a little hurricane.
SportySpice (4:24 PM)
Careful Nick, thems fightin' words.
Matt (Dallas, TX)
I don't think A&M could have a chance scoring against my grandma in the rain and wind they're supposed to see, let alone versus the hokies.
Dan in the Burg
The weather isn't as bad as it could be and the students are really jacked for this game. Funny thing with us... as the weather gets worse, we get louder. Tune in, we will not disappoint
Frank, Dallas
It'll be a mud bowl, TAMU pulls it out with fewer turn overs!!!!!!!!!
Travis (Norman, Ok)
As much as i want the aggies to win for the big XII, I just dont think they have the team that will beat the hokies. They are simply too young.
Scott, Baton Rouge
I hope they play or my $50 bet will have no action! The Hokies will cover the 14.5 spread with their running game.
Dan (Blacksburg)
I'll represent the Hokies... Tonight we are going to roll over a much weaker Texas A&M team and then we are going to take care of business in Pitt and in WVU and then we are going to beat Miami on November 1st. We will finish the season by celebrating our Sugar Bowl bid after beating UVA in Charlottesville. This is the year of the Hokies
Ross, (CS, texas)
Hey now, we Aggies have a chance in tonight's game. We are coming off a week of rest, a time where our young players have worked on their mistakes from the first two games. Also, I dont quite know what VT was prepairing for when they watched video....they havn't seen a bit of good aggie football. We may suprise some tonight! GIG'EM AGS!!!
Rey (mt laurel, nj)
Remember last year when thea ags pulled off the upset against OU? It's true, they can be surprising!
Volman (Bristol, TN)
It's supposedly always the year of the Chokies, but it never seems to happen.
Joey (Tifton, GA)
On to the next topic. How can the game of the week be Michigan against Oregan? When UGA/LSU and Tenn/UF is playing. Both of those games are much better.
SportySpice (4:35 PM)
Hey guys. Well, it looks like you took care of my subject change, but let me say this real quick to you Hokie and Aggie fans out there. While you are watching the game tonight (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN), log on to ESPN.com's College GameDay Online for special in-game analysis from Jim Donnan, Ivan Maisel, and more. There will be some cool stuff going on. Check it out. Gooluck to you guys. Stay dry!
Josh (Baton Rouge, LA)
I think the LSU-UGA is really gonna be who comes out and executes the best. If LSU comes out and plays a mistake free game, since they are at home, I think they win. If they turn the ball over more than 2 times they will lose. Never less i'll still support my Tigers. GEAUX TIGERS!!!!!!!!
Lucas (Texas)
As much as I dislike LSU, I think they are coming together and have the best chance of running the table in the SEC.
lump (tigerland)
tiger bait! tiger bait! tiger stadium will be the difference...92,000+ drunk cajuns! although its a day game, it still puts overrated stadiums like neyland to shame...anyone who has been to both can testify.
steve OREGON
That is east coast mentality for ya, We out west are forced to watch all the crapy games coming in from places like florida and tennesseeeee
Portland, OR
I think the Oregon/Michigan game will be the game of the year. Oregon is gonna come out on top, and get the respect the Pac-10's deserved since the beginning of the BCS
Marty: Manchester MI
I think we find out if Michigan is for real this week. Oregon will test Michigans DB's and not since the Woodson days have they been consistant vs a passing attack. Your thoughts?
Bill (Ann Arbor, MI)
Something is in the air here in Ann Arbor. This is the first year people don't see the players out at parties or clubs because they're sleeping and dreaming about a national title. It's all business here in Ann Arbor so watch out national title pretenders because the Wolverines are coming! Go Blue!
Graus (Bellevue)
Oregon doesn't play defense. Michigan will win this going away.
Gary (Seattle)
Hey Steve in Oregon, the Michigan-Oregon game is on tv here. The reason UF/UT and UGA/LSU games are on is because they are the best games. Period.
Volman (Bristol, TN)
The only team worth watching on the West Coast is USC. Apparently Steve doesn't like real football like the SEC plays.
Scott (Baton Rouge)
Without the SEC, college football would not be the same!
Brian (Eugene, OR)
Enough about the SEC, lets talk about the game of the week, Michigan and Oregon. If Oregon can stop Michigan in the air (big if) then I really like Oregons chances. This game is going to tell both teams alot about their respective teams. Although I feel Michigan is the best team in the country, look for me on top of the goalposts Saturday celebrating a Ducks win.
Tim Portland Ore
Bigger isn't always louder... The 58,000 at Autzen will rattle MICH. They are right on top of you.... GO DUCKS!
James (Norman, OK)
OU beats Michigan by 10. Seven if it's in the big house.
Jill (Waterloo, IA)
I am tired of everybody discussing the same old games. How about we discuss the Iowa/ASU game. Do you think Iowa can pull off the win even with all of their injuries?
Dan (Urbandale, Iowa)
The Hawkeyes are going to beat he Sundevils in Iowa City on Saturday by more than 10 points without Mo Brown and Bob Sanders,
they play football in iowa?
Jason (West Lafayette)
Iowa by 10...Sun Devils have looked weak in first two games against cupcake opponents!
Brian (Eugene, OR)
I'm thinking no, ASU's passing game is looking very good again.
Kyle (Santa Monica, CA)
Absolutely, ASU is one of those teams (like Auburn) that writers bandwagoned in August. Their offense has been suspect and their defense is non-existent. Walters is a solid QB, but the team has lots of holes.
Dave LA, CA
I guess the Hawkeye fans didn't learn anything after the smackdown they received from USC last year. The Pac-10 is for real and ASU will beat Iowa this weekend. Hopefully it's closer than the Orange Bowl.
Patrick (Mule Town, TN)
Hey Jill if the Hawkeyes stay good, people will be tired of talking about them, but until then, these same old games are the ones folks will talk about
mike cola, sc
big 10, pac 10...who cares
HokieEagle (Hinesville, GA)
Hey! How come no one's even mentioning the upset brewing in Chestnut Hill. Boston College always plays Miami tough, and this just might be the year they pull off the upset. Regardless, take BC and the points with as much as you can possibly afford to wager.
The Canes are on the road playing in a venue that causes them trouble!
The only reason B.C plays Miami tough is due to the weather. If its anything above seventy degrees the canes will role.
PITT04 Denver
PITT and MIA go to the last game of the year undeated? Do you see that as a battle for #1..
Tim Portland Ore
Please let's talk about the Big East instead of that SEC crap
Kevin (OR)
Or what's left of the Big East this last year???
Jason (knoxville)
The best conference in the country from top to bottom is without a doubt the SEC. As much as I dislike Florida, Alabama and Georgia because I'm a Tennessee fan, I'm glad we're all in the same conference to make it the best in America.
Marco (Fairfax)
On paper the SEC is the best but the Big 12 rules all.
SGT Hokie (Fort Stewart, GA)
Miami, Virginia Tech, Pitt.. no conference has a better top three than the BEast. As for next year.. muahahaha.. the ACC's gonna run roughshod over the rest of college football. Four or five of the top ten in ONE conference?
AgBBQ (DFW TX)
Forget the SEC. What is this the 80's? The Big XII is on top and has been. Check the polls people. I'm all for a NCAA playoff so we can end the useless bickering.
SportySpice (5:10 PM)
Alright boys, break it up. We could go back and forth on conferences all night. I have one more question ... Bowling Green and Ohio State ... any thoughts?
Jesse (Cincinnati, OH)
How come nobody cares about the OSU-Bowling Green game. BG just beat a ranked Purdue team at Purdue and are blowing out all of their opposition so far. This could be a great game but everyone is considering it an easy win for Ohio State.
Kevin (OR)
The Defense of OSU gives them the edge they need. Sorry Bowling Green, there's always next year.
Kyle (Santa Monica, CA)
Josh Harris homecoming, Krenzel out, OSU due for a loss, and the Falcons record against BCS teams in recent years add up to a Bowling Green upset
Gus (Dallas)
BGSU - take the points.
Gene (Orlando)
Bowling Green? No one cares about BOWLING GREEN. There are real football games this weekend.
raphe (norman,OK)
Yeah! Quit talking about the minor league games and get on to OU. How bad will they beat UCLA?
ED (oklahoma)
ou cant loose this year ... ready for the sugar bowl
Scott (Denver)
Time's almost up ... let's talk who will be undefeted at year's end, and if so, Who?
SportySpice (5:18 PM)
Good idea Scott. This is the last topic! Who will be perfect at season's end? Anybody?
Eric (norman)
Undefeated......Oklahoma and Michigan!
Sebastian (Jersey)
Pittsburgh will be undeafeated this season.
James (Norman, OK)
The Sooners...schedule's perfect and Stoops won't lose a bowl game against any team that I see.
Tye (MHK)
Kansas State- 15-0
Scott (Baton Rouge)
I could see Kansas St, Michigan, OU, or Miami all going undefeated
James (Norman, OK)
Pittsburgh? Uh....yeah....keep smokin' it man.
Chad, Columbus, OH
I hate to say it, but USC because they are in the always soft Pac 10. USC and Michigan for it all. Ohio State can deny all they want, but they miss Clarett and will have to settle on 10-2.
sebastian (jersey)
OUs defense is overrated and the boomers will lose again to Okie St!
SportySpice (5:24 PM)
Hey Scott, I don't usually pick on fence-sitters, but OU and Kansas State can't both be your undefeated picks.
scott GA
hello GEORGIA any questions??????
Larry, Salina, OK
OU's defense did take a hit with the loss of Mitchell but they will not lose to OSU (Cowboys).
Harry Dangler, MA
Larry...so you are implying that they will lose to OSU (Buckeyes). 21-17
Lance FL
Georgia is out this weekend
Tye (MHK)
Right sporty. K-State will beat OU in snowy KC the first week of December.
Jamie (Knoxville, TN)
OU No. 1? Get a conference! The only reason OU will have a great record is because they play in the Big 12. They will lost a big game somewhere along the way.
Kevin (OR)
What? Oklahoma has never played in snow? Sorry, Sooners will take care of business there
Eric (Norman)
Hey Tye, are you sure that K-State won't opt to play a division 2 team in the first week of Devember?
SportySpice (5:33 PM)
Alrighty fellas, before it gets ugly in here, I'm pulling the plug on this thing. Everybody was talking a good game in here, we'll see who's big predictions hold up. Good times folks, we'll do it again next week. See you Thursday, thanks for all the comments!
Scott (Baton Rouge)
The final word: There is going to be some great football this weekend and the rest of the year. In the end we are all diehard fans and love the sport. May the best team win!
SportySpice (5:38 PM)
Cheesy but true, Scott! :) Goodnite! Don't forget to tune into the Battle in Blacksburg tonight 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN.
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Two Manhattan High basketball players and one volleyball player made their college choices official last Wednesday in a pair of ceremonies at the MHS West campus.
Behind an aggressive offensive attack, the Manhattan High girls' soccer team defeated Seaman, 4-0, on Friday night at Bishop Stadium.
After last week's postponement due to cold temperatures and snow in the forecast, the Manhattan High boys' golf team will once again attempt to host its Manhattan Invitational Monday afternoon.
While much of the Manhattan High track and field team competed on Tuesday in Great Bend, the rest of the Indians competed this weekend in Lawrence at the KU Relays.
It was a night of wild endings for the Manhattan High baseball team in a road doubleheader with Shawnee Heights Friday night.
The Optimist Bullets 14-and-under fastpitch softball team played in the Phenix Spring Slugfest in Lawrence this past weekend.
The Riley County Falcons softball team hosted the Abilene Cowgirls on Thursday night in Riley, winning the first game 9-6 and dropping the second 8-4.
Wamego wins Rock Creek invited The Wamego boys' and girls' track teams won the Rock Creek Invitational on Thursday in Flush.
The Manhattan High swimming and diving team has reached the portion of its season where the volume of its workouts continues to rise and athletes must battle through fatigue both in practice and on race days.
The Midwest Stix baseball teams all went undefeated last weekend.
The Rock Creek softball team split with Clay Center on Tuesday, winning the first game 8-3 and losing the second 5-1 on the road.
The Rock Creek baseball team won a pair of games against Chapman on Tuesday to move to 5-3 on the season.
In one of the team's few non-league contests of the year, the Manhattan High softball team traveled to Rossville Tuesday afternoon, but were swept in a doubleheader, 1-0 and 7-3.
Riley County seniors Madison and Makayla Vargo have been playing basketball together as long as they can remember.
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After co-leading the Manhattan High boys' basketball team for half of last season following the resignation of Tim Brooks, Benji George was named head coach of the Indians Monday afternoon.
After co-leading the Manhattan High boys' basketball team for half of last season following the resignation of Tim Brooks, Benji George was named head coach of the Indians Monday afternoon.
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In just a short time, Valley Heights girls' basketball coach Jenny Yungeberg and boys' coach Adam Plummer have taken their programs to whole new levels.
The junior varsity Rock Creek softball team won the opening game of a doubleheader with Abilene, 6-2, and faltered in the second, falling 12-9.
Facing off against the Class 4A defending state champion Hayden Wildcats in a doubleheader at Norvell Field, Manhattan High baseball coach Don Hess knew his team was in for a battle.
After battling tough weather conditions last week at Washburn Rural, the Manhattan High track and field teams traveled back to Topeka for Friday's Topeka Relays at Hummer Sports Park in near-perfect weather conditions.
After losing the first game of a road doubleheader at Hayden by seven runs, the Manhattan High softball team dug deep and hung with Hayden into extra innings of Game 2 before ultimately losing 3-2.
Playing their second straight game against top-level competition, the Manhattan High girls' soccer team fell on the road at Blue Valley-Stilwell, 3-0, Saturday afternoon.
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Once Legally Blind, Now They Can See, Thanks to Amazing Stem-Cell Research at UCLA
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Amazing news from UCLA this week: Stem cells developed by Jules Stein Eye Institute researchers have been used to help two legally blind people achieve "modest improvement in their vision," according to the university.
The findings were published this week in The Lancet, a leading medical journal.
UCLA says the discovery "may pave the way for a new therapy to treat eye diseases." The university notes that one of the patients, a woman in her 70s, has dry macular degeneration, which is the leading cause of blindness in American old folks.
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Doctors transplanted to the two recipients (including a woman in her 50s with Stargardt's macular dystrophy) low doses of stem-cell derived "retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells" and then gave them low doses of "immunosuppression therapy," according to UCLA.
The results:
The woman in her 50s went from being able to read 0 letters on an eye chart to 5.
The woman in her 70s went from 21 letters to a peak of 33.
The subjects each belong to a 12-patient clinical trial that will have doctors keep an, er, eye on them to make sure the process is safe for the rest of us (thanks, ladies).
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Bienvenue au Cours de Français!
Students will continue their journey of communicating and expressing themselves in French. Students will speak and write in French, explore the culture and traditions of French-speaking countries, and grow in their knowledge and understanding of French. We will be learning and using more complex structures to describe activities and events in the past, present, and future tenses.
Grading Policy:
· 10% - Speaking (in French!)
o You will be given a speaking objective stamp sheet for each unit or chapter. Each square on the sheet is noted with a different speaking goal for that chapter. When you perform a task that accomplishes a goal on the sheet you will receive a stamp. The value of each stamp may vary from chapter to chapter, but students must complete all goals to receive 100% for participation.
· 10% - Homework
o This includes vocabulary/grammar worksheets, flash cards, short writing assignments, and bringing in authentic French written materials (such as product labels or Internet articles.) Homework is assigned 2-3 nights a week, but I highly recommend taking 15 minutes each night to review notes.
· 20% - Class work
o This includes daily warm-ups, vocabulary/grammar practice activities, skits/conversations, reading/listening activities, dictées, etc.
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o Projects: There will be at least one major project each grading period.
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o Formal oral and written assignments: an opportunity for you to show me
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Tim Southee took six wickets as New Zealand wrapped up England's second innings inside 10 overs on the fourth day of the first Test at Lord's on Sunday.
The seamer finished with figures of six wickets for 50 runs in 19 overs as England were bowled out for 213.
However, that left New Zealand needing 239 -- which would be the highest total of the match were they to achieve it -- for victory.
Much would depend on how their top order fared against England new-ball duo James Anderson and Stuart Broad in still overcast conditions favouring seam bowlers.
Southee had bowled New Zealand back into the match with three wickets late on Saturday after Jonathan Trott (56) and Joe Root (71) had threatened to take the match away from the tourists.
And the 24-year-old carried on from where he left off, maintaining his accuracy in a burst of six wickets for 25 runs in 52 balls, albeit he was helped by several poor shots.
The paceman did not have long to wait for a fourth wicket Sunday, removing nightwatchman Steven Finn for his overnight six with the aid of a second slip catch by substitute fielder Martin Guptill.
Ian Bell, nought not out overnight, was the last of England's specialist batsmen, having come in down the order after suffering from a bout of flu.
Before this match he'd suggested he coul help provide the attacking impetus with the bat England would otherwise miss as a result of Kevin Pietersen being ruled out with a knee injury.
But instead he became Southee's fifth wicket of the innings, caught in the slips for six by Dean Brownlie after pushing tamely well outside off stump, as the paceman secured his place on the Lord's honours board.
However, Broad -- who made a Test-best 169 against Pakistan at Lord's three years ago -- countered with four well-struck boundaries in his 26 not out.
But there was no stopping the 24-year-old Southee, who took his 10th wicket of the match when Graeme Swann was caught behind by New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, continuing to deputise behind the stumps after BJ Watling suffered a knee injury on Saturday.
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- Patient Comments: Macular Degeneration - Signs and Symptoms
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- What is macular degeneration?
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- What are retinal drusen?
- What is dry age-related macular degeneration?
- What causes macular degeneration?
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Quick GuideCommon Eye Problems and Infections
What are risk factors for macular degeneration?
The greatest risk factor is age. Although AMD may occur during middle age, studies show that people over age 60 are clearly at greater risk than other age groups. Middle-aged people have about a 2% risk of getting AMD while people over age 75 have a nearly 30% risk.
Other risk factors include smoking, obesity, white race, female gender, a family history of macular degeneration, a diet low in fruit and vegetables, high blood pressure, and elevated blood cholesterol.
What are macular degeneration symptoms?
Neither dry nor wet AMD cause any eye pain.
The most common early symptom in dry AMD is blurred vision. As fewer cells in the macula are able to function, people will see details less clearly in front of them, such as faces or words in a book. Often this blurred vision will go away in brighter light. If the loss of these light-sensing cells becomes great, people may see a small black or gray blind spot in the middle of their field of vision.
Dry macular degeneration symptoms usually develop gradually and do not include total blindness. However, the symptoms may worsen the quality of life by making reading, driving, and facial recognition difficult. Other symptoms may include decreased night vision, a decrease in the intensity or brightness of colors and increase in the haziness of overall vision.
Dry macular degeneration may affect one eye or both eyes. If only one eye is affected, symptoms may not be noticed because the unaffected eye has no visual symptoms.
All of the above symptoms may also be noticed in the wet form of AMD. In addition, the most common symptom in wet macular degeneration is straight lines appearing crooked or wavy. This results when fluid from the leaking blood vessels gathers within and lifts the macula, distorting vision. Larger areas of gray or black in the central area of vision may also occur. The central vision may decrease over a short period of time.


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CSV Data Import and shows a report and some charts
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The K of D: An Urban Legend
As anyone who's ever gotten chills listening to a campfire story can attest, the secret to a good scare is all in the atmosphere. This axiom of creepiness features in playwright Laura Schellhardt's macabre solo show, The K of D (a.k.a. The Kiss of Death). Featuring Renata Friedman, a performer whose close association with the piece stretches back to its original workshop development, the play spins a yarn of cryptic veracity around 12-year-old Charlotte McGraw, a small-town girl whose innocence is forever stolen by the shocking death of her twin brother. Hit by a reckless driver, Charlotte's sibling passes away in her arms, but not before bestowing a dying kiss. From that day forth a rumor spreads that Charlotte's lips possess the power of death. An urban legend crossed with a coming-of-age narrative, The K of D requires Friedman to channel the voices of some 16 unique roles, each drawn from Schellhardt's recollections of growing up in rural Ohio. Heralded for her uncanny ability to lose herself in each character, Friedman is sure to be a mesmerizing presence, casting viewers under the work's dark spell. Though the true story behind the story remains shrouded in mystery, this is one production that insists on peering into the darkness and confronting the fears found within. (Photo by Chris Bennion)
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Is it possible to use the plugin just having free downloads available - nothing for sale? I like all the other features for restricting downloads, tracking etc, but don't want to charge for the song(s) we want to have available to site visitors.
If it is possible, can you give me some hints on how to set it up? If I could just set up as a manual checkout but not have a payment gateway that would work, but it looks like you have to have a gateway.
If not, any other ideas for delivering audio file to site visitors with some of the other functionality of your plugin? I am not very adept at developing code, can mod some but that's it!