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Shaolin Monk Suicide Shocks New York Chinese Community
Sing Tao Daily, News Digest, Joe Xia and Crystal Feng, Translation by Eugenia Chien Posted: Dec 01, 2006
NEW YORK The suicide of a Shaolin temple monk has shocked the Chinese community in New York, who are now questioning the treatment of monks by their temples.
Heng Shan, a 27-year-old Buddhist monk, hung himself in the backyard of a New York residence on Nov. 24. Heng Shan had been ill and fell into depression when he lost his legal status in the United States. The New York Police Department 109th Precinct has ruled Heng Shans death as suicide.
Heng Shan immigrated to the United States in 2003 on an H1 work visa sponsored by the New York Shaolin Temple Abbot Guo Lin in Flushing to teach martial arts. But like many monks, Heng Shan received no pay or spending money from the temple, which provided the monks with room and board.
Heng Shans death stunned the Buddhist community, some of whom hold Abbot Guo Lin responsible, according to Abbot Heng Lin of the Queens Shaolin Temple. She told the Sing Tao Daily that though Abbot Guo Lin sponsored H1 work visas for monks like Heng Shan, the temple did not continue filing the paperwork required for the monks to legally stay in the United States. Monks like Heng Shan came to the United States legally but became undocumented immigrants when the temples fail to file their paperwork.
The Shaolin monastery is the only Buddhist temple combining martial arts and Buddhism. It is one of the most famous schools of martial arts in the world. Monks in the Shaolin temples traditionally go through strict training and meditation. But as branches of the Shaolin Monastery developed throughout the world, people attempted to make profit from the school. The Shaolin temple has become controversial as some practitioners criticize that Buddhist discipline has been lost and others fight for the claim of being the authentic Shaolin monastery.
A woman who had donated money to the Flushing Shaolin Temple said that she had offered to help Heng Shan apply for Medicaid, which would be available even to undocumented immigrants. But Abbot Guo Lin stopped her because he felt it might attract too much trouble. She said that Abbot Guo Lin never paid the monks, who lived in poverty. With no money, family, or legal documentation, the monks could not survive outside the temples. She said that nearby residents would sometimes give the monks money so that they can send money home at the end of the year. She asked the Sing Tao Daily to withhold her name.
In response to the communitys criticism, Abbot Guo Lin said that Heng Shan was important to the temple and that the temple had been nurturing his potential. He said that he wouldnt mistreat one of his favorite pupils and that the public should not believe rumors. At a press conference on Nov. 28, Abbot Guo Lin said that the temple does not owe Heng Shan back pay. He said that the temple had offered to mail money to Heng Shans parents but Heng Shan refused the offer.
According to the Sing Tao Daily, the New York Shaolin temple is registered as a non-profit organization. As a non-profit organization, the temple is bound by U.S. labor laws when it hired martial monks to teach martial arts at its temples. Immigration lawyer Zhang Zhong-yuan told the Sing Tao Daily that as an employer, the temple must honor its agreement with the monks. But Abbot Guo Lin said that monks typically are not paid by their temples, but that the Shaolin temple provided food, shelter, and medical expenses.
Zhang said that food and shelter can account for only a part of the monks pay. He said that payment dispute between employers and employees is prevalent in the Chinese community. If the government pursues the situation, Zhang said, there is a high possibility that employers will be sued.
A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in New York said that the embassy has contacted Heng Shans parents in Anhui province but they have not made plans to come to the United States for funeral arrangements. New York Citycouncilman John Liu said that his office has received many letters about the monks death, but it is still too early to say whether anyone was at fault or whether a crime has been committed.
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S. Wong on Jan 29, 2007 at 06:24:34 said:
Stop trying to protect this murderer Guo Lin.
This man has lost his virtue as a monk by secretly marrying, having children and owning a home in Syosset. And he destroyed Heng Shan's life and 2 others whom he also returned to China penniless and in poor health.
What this man did is no different than slave owners and snakeheads. I hope the authorities and the FBI look into this and grant justice to those poor souls. Burn in hell Guo Lin.
Jay V on Jan 17, 2007 at 04:41:20 said:
i have lived in NY my entire life - 36 years, not so long. Ive also practiced qi gong for 10 years - the da mo style.
For someone coming from a sheltered existance as I would suspect a monk would lead all his life and then come to NY where there are so many energy patterns - many of them negative - the culture shock on the energy level of your being must be very severe. I cant think of a greater strain on someones spirit than thrusting them unprotected and unprepared in the vastness of NY's vortexing energy.
Im not going to comment on anything else.
George Lu on Dec 19, 2006 at 06:49:14 said:
Im a Kung Fu instructor and Ive known Master Guolin for over thirteen years. Over the years Ive visited him, ever since he started his first Shaolin Temple, back when it used to be next door to an auto shop.
Every time I go visit him, I always see happy and hard working Kung Fu students. At the end of the day, all the monks go upstairs to sleep, and Master Guolin goes upstairs also, just like every other monk there.
My aunt is a very active Buddhist, which means she volunteers for everything! She knows Master Guolin very well and has frequently visited Master Guolins temple over the years. She says she stands by Master Guolin one hundred percent.
A good friend of mine who I trained with for about five years moved to New York for film school, and she has trained at Master Guolins Temple for about three years. Her day-to-day instructor was Master Heng Shan, she said the rumors are false and she stands by Master Guolin. She will post her experiences soon.
I personally have witnessed Master Guolin staying true to his Buddhist training, and continuing to promote and pass on authentic Shaolin Kung Fu. As a Martial Artist, Master Guolin is an inspiration for all of us.
What has happened is a tragedy, but Master Guolin is nothing like what I am seeing him described asan evil person and just for profit. Hes still the same happy, kind, jolly monk that I met thirteen years ago. I stand by Master Guolin.
George Lu
Tang Jie Sheng on Dec 05, 2006 at 08:52:43 said:
As a temple, monks don't normally get paid. By definition, monks are not supposed to have worldly possessions and live a very austere life. I'm not sure what the specific procedures are with the overseas Shaolin Temple in Queens but this is an important point.
It's too bad something was not done after Heng Shan made his first suicide attempt. Jumping from a 2nd floor is 'survivable'- I think it was a cry for help.
I studied under Shi Guo Lin for 3 years and I can personally stand up for his character. I absolutely do not believe in my heart that he could have such evil intentions. I don't know the circumstances of this tragedy but I feel it is too easy to make Shi Guo Lin the scapegoat for our grief.
I wish all people involved to realize their Buddha nature. - Amituo Fo
Shi Yan Cheng on Dec 04, 2006 at 21:26:28 said:
We think about the family and our feeling with them.
Omitofo, Shi Yan Cheng
Sanxin on Dec 04, 2006 at 12:46:37 said:
Shaolin Martial Arts Instructor Hanged Himself. He worked for Shaolin Monk Guolin Shi in New York for three years, never got any salary, Shi Guolin made him illegal and didnt tell him
-- See news nov.26 to 30 on www.singtao.com, china press, world jounal, or typing shi heng shan in Chinese on line --
Jimei Wang (Buddist Name Shi Hengshan), 27 years old, a Chinese Kung Fu instructor of Shaolin Temple Overseas Headquarter (a Buddhist Temple and Martial Arts Center) at 41st Ave, Flushing, hanged himself around 12:40 pm on Friday, Nov. 24, 2006 in the backyard of an old couples near Flushing Botanical Garden. He was found by the couple when they threw the garbage. He was took to the emergency room in New York City Queens Hospital. He was pronounced dead at around five oclock. ( Please check with hospital record and check polices record-Police Branch 109)
Jimei Wang was hired as a Chinese Martial Arts Instructor with H1B1 Visa from China, by Guolin Shi, the president of Shaolin Temple Overseas Headquarter at 41st Ave, Flushing. He worked for Guolin Shi for three years, but didnt get any salary from him. He was sick many times, and Guolin Shi didnt help him to get medical insurance to see the doctor, because he didn't want to get in "trouble". In September, 2006, he was seriously injured at work. Guolin Shi didnt give him money to see the doctor, but just kicked him out and told Wang that he didnt extend Wangs visa and his working visa is expired and told Wang that he is no longer legal in USA. Shi Guolin kicked him out, and didnt want to give Wang his passport. Why he didnt want to give me my passport? "Tell me is that true I am illegal now?" Hengshan told to his friend. Wang told friends that he doesnt have his passport and money to go back to China, and he couldnt even work in USA, because he is illegal now. He believed Guolin Shi will extend visa for him, but he was told when he got kick out from Guolin that he didnt extend visa for him. "Yea, don't go back to China, I am afraid I will kill my parents as well." He told his friend.(See the tragedy of other instructor mentioned below.)
At around 12:00 pm at noon, just before he commit suicides, he told friends, I have an appointment with my God-mom (Ms Tsia) and Xiao Lung(Shi Xiao Lung), I want to get my passport back. buy a ticket, and go back to China, and find a place to become a Buddhist Monk. (His God-mom is actually Guolins friend and supporter. ) At 12:50 the police called his friend, he is in New York Queens Hosptial.
During the time he got kicked out from Shaolin Temple, he asked friends to let him stay. One of his Kungfu brothers says Hengshan pointed at the calendar and said that wherever he went and whatever he did, Guolin always knows. Friends knew that he already had serious mental illness and disorder.
Yuguo Song was another tragedy from Guolins Shaolin Temple. He was hired by Guolin Shi in 2002. He jumped from the second floor inside of Shaolin Temple and tried to kill himself. He was survived, but he was seriously injured and became disabled. He was sent back to China in 2003. He became mental disordered and killed his wife and son. His son was survived, but the wife was dead. He is now in the Mental Disordered Center in Henan, China.
Guolin Shi used the same ways to control both of them and even more people, He told Yuguo Song and Jimei Wang to dress like a Buddist monk, and act like a monk, chanting in front of people. Using the name of Shaolin Buddhism, he can make more money. We saw them getting mental illed and disordered, but we have no ways to help him get out of that fantasy and illusion His Kungfu teacher from China said. The way Guolin controls and kills people is not by knife, medicine, or physical force, but by mind. He used about 4 kung fu instructors for the past 10 years to help him to grow up the martial arts school, but never paid salary to the instructors. He used those talent martial artist as his slaves, and simply made them became his disciples, and told them to be a Buddhist (not materialism, following the rules ). He also told everybody, including the reporters that Shaolin Temple is non-profit organization, and has no money, thats why the instructors agree not to get money from him. But lots of Chinese people say he has houses, wife , and children (Hengshan sometimes help him to take care of his children)..
Hengshan's Friend
Notes: To reporters: Please use your words to rewrite the story and tragedy, and please report this news for the justice and humans rights. Please do more research. We dont want to see more people and great talents killed by the fake religious evil. Thank you very much. The police office has the record, the time and location. And please seeking and exploring for more evil things going on in this temple.


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When Tennessee offensive coordinator Dave Clawson heard news of the NCAA's ruling Tuesday morning making Brandon Warren eligible, his reaction more closely resembled a sigh than a shout.
"We were hoping for this ruling for a while," Clawson said Tuesday morning on the News Sentinel's radio show, The Sports Page. "We certainly were planning as if we would have it. So it's almost more relief than jubilation. We thought that this would happen because it's the right thing to do, and the NCAA acted accordingly."
Clawson is as excited as anyone the former Florida State freshman All-American tight end will be able to play this fall. And Warren's immediate eligibility means UT's offensive gameplan for the season opener at UCLA is a little less complicated.
"We were going to have to get a much bigger gameplan ready, have one that if we have Brandon Warren and have one if we don't have Brandon Warren," Clawson said. "We probably would have to spend more time on the not having Brandon Warren one because we might not even have him for the game (before Tuesday's ruling). You've still got to get that stuff ready.
"Again anybody can get hurt in the first quarter of a game. Now you're hoping that doesn't happen and hopefully the odds are that it won't happen. Now we can spend a lot more time on the packages that involve Brandon and less on the ones that don't, but we'll still work that stuff because again that's football."
Warren, the 2005 Class 2A Mr. Football at Alcoa High School, adds another dimension to Tennessee's offense with his versatility.
"He gives you the ability to do a lot of different things," tight ends coach Jason Michael said on The Sports Page. "He's a tight end that can play as an extended receiver that can do stuff from in line as a stereotype tight end. You can move him around and do some things from the backfield. Just the versatility and the things that you can do with him is what makes us excited about having that element offensively."
For Tennessee's coaches, hope finally turned into excitement on Tuesday.
Clawson was hopeful from the outset that Warren, who left Florida State in 2006 to be close to his ailing mother, would be eligible this fall.
"I think from the very get-go we felt that this would happen because of the circumstances and the situation. I've been involved in some appeals before," Clawson said. "Whenever it's common sense and it seems like the right thing to do, it usually happens. I know a lot of people are skeptical of that with the NCAA, but my dealings with this stuff… This was pretty clear cut that this was the right thing to do regarding his circumstances, and I believed that we'd have him."
The Vols now know they'll have Warren this fall. And as the season progresses, so will Warren's role in the offense.
"He's one of those guys that does a lot of things well," Clawson said. "I think he presents a lot of problems because he's a big, physical guy who can also run. Part of it, too, is that he's only been running this offense for a little more than two weeks now. I think we're just scratching the surface with the things that he can do. We want to make sure we put him in positions that he knows what he's doing so he can play fast."
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So, first of all, I am going to participate. Because there is nothing worse (besides terrorism, death, and perhaps wearing shoes two and 1/2 sizes too small) than ignoring someone's request for your input.
1. Egg nog or hot chocolate? Hot chocolate. I like egg nog, but something about its thickness gets to me.
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3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? All white. Unless it is a family room tree and you have a fancy one somewhere else in the house. Otherwise, stick with white.
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7. Favorite holiday memory as a child: 3 years old - Playing in my new Erikaboo sized doll-house - it was actually a cardboard box (fridge size) painted to look like a little cottage, but I loved that big box dearly.
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9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes, growing up, we always opened one on Christmas Eve. Now that I'm married, it is almost guaranteed that 1/2 of my Christmas gifts are opened on Christmas Eve. And let me tell you - getting married has its drawbacks, but getting twice as many gifts at Christmastime is pretty freaking awesome.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? Ribbon first, then balls - placed on in color groups to make sure that the color scheme is proper, and then our special ornaments. Each year, our collection grows. My personal favorites are the first ornament the Knight and I ever bought (a boy scoop and a girl scoop of ice cream in a little bowl) and all of the hallmark ornaments I have collected over the years.
11. Snow! Love it or dread it?Adore it, but it is a tad inconvenient since TN people freak out when a snowflake even thinks about hitting the ground.
12. Can you ice skate? Yes, but I haven't in a long time. Sometimes, I can even spin. I should really do that more.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? My new cowboy boots. They are just what I wanted and feel amazing.
14. What's the most important thing about the holidays for you? Family.
15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? Pumpkin pie. I know it isn't a typical Christmas dessert, but I love it so much. I could eat it all year long.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Decorating the Christmas tree.
17. What tops your tree? A bronzey beaded star.
18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving? I prefer giving - I enjoy the whole process; the shopping, the wrapping, and then seeing the person's face as they open my gifts. Of course, I'm not gonna lie - who doesn't love getting too?
19. What is your favorite Christmas song? I'm the Happiest Christmas Tree and O Holy Night.
20. Candy canes: Yes, please. Especially those thick long straight ones. Those remind me of my childhoodl.
21. Favorite Christmas movie? White Christmas. I watch it every year with my mom, and every time I leave wishing I too had a white fur muff and a red Mrs. Claus dress.
22. What do you leave for Santa? Cookies, of course.
Second, I just spend the most fun girls weekend in Chicago. For pictures, go here.
I experienced Chicago style pizza, bitterly cold winds, and the unending supply of northern men appreciating Southern beauty. Seriously, we got hit on so much. Now, I'm not going to play dumb; I recognize that my friends and I are generally considered somewhat attractive, but we go out often in Nashville and Knoxville, and never get much attention. Plus, we were bundled up the entire time - a much different attire than we normally don in the South. Why the change? If you have a theory, lemme know.
Okay, finally, I am on the hunt. The Knight and I have fallen in love with his cousin's little Yorkie-Poo. Here is all 6 and 1/2 pounds of Ms. Maclean:
We want one. And are furiously searching for the perfect one - I want a black little girl. Named Betty Rascal. Although, since I have been having the best "Dallas" marathon weekend ever, Lucy Ewing is a pretty cute name too.
Okay, that is all for know.
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CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) remains highly critical of Illinois's business climate, despite state lawmakers' approval of a series of business tax breaks this week that includes tax credits for research and development investments sought by Caterpillar.
A spokesman for the construction machinery manufacturer called the extension of the R&D credits a "small step in the right direction," after the state allowed the credit program to expire at the end of the 2010. But Caterpillar characterized the package of business tax breaks as largely a knee-jerk reaction to threats by companies to leave the state. Caterpillar said the legislation does little to improve a state fiscal condition that the Peoria, Ill., company considers unappealing for business investment.
"From a financial standpoint, Illinois is a patient in critical condition," said spokesman Jim Dugan. State government "continues to react in crisis mode, using band-aids rather than developing a long-term plan to get the state on the road to being healthy."
The business tax breaks are expected to cost the state $214 million a year by 2014, according to state estimates. Illinois is facing budget deficits and massive pension costs for state employees in the coming years that threaten to force legislators to consider additional increases in state income taxes.
Dugan said state leaders haven't created an atmosphere that "will encourage job creation, business growth and business investment." Caterpillar noted that the R&D tax credit program has lapsed three times in the past eight years as lawmakers swing back and forth between curtailing and expanding tax incentives for businesses.
A spokeswoman for Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said the governor was a strong supporter of the R&D tax credit and has presided over major reforms to improve business conditions in the state, including revising the state's business permitting process and overhauling the workers-compensation insurance program.
"The governor is going to continue to push Illinois's competitiveness in the world economy," said Brooke Anderson. "The reality is that Illinois is the best place to do business in the Midwest."
Caterpillar Chairman and Chief Executive Doug Oberhelman revealed earlier this year he thought about moving the company's headquarters out of Peoria when Illinois raised its corporate income tax rate to 7% from 4.8%. The state also raised the personal income tax rate to 5% from 3%. Oberhelman, who acknowledged receiving several offers to relocate from other states, urged Illinois legislators to consider rolling back the tax increase, which was passed to address a budget deficit.
The Illinois Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a set of tax reductions and incentives primarily aimed at keeping Chicago's derivatives exchanges, CME Group Inc. (CME) and CBOE Holdings Inc., and retailer Sears Holdings Corp. (SHLD) from moving to other states. The legislation also included tax deductions for real-estate taxes and operating losses by businesses, as well as a five-year extension of tax credits for research and development expenses. The Illinois House approved the legislation on Monday.
Caterpillar made the extension of the R&D tax credits a focal point of its lobbying efforts in its home state this year. The program allowed companies to earn credits on their state income taxes based on spending increases on research and development. Caterpillar, the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining machinery by sales, expects to spend more than $2 billion this year on research and development, with most of that money deployed in Illinois.
Caterpillar's high-profile criticism of Illinois's government suggests the company will likely bypass the state as the site for a new plant to produce mini-excavators and small bulldozers. Caterpillar plans to move assembly of the machines to North America from a plant in Japan. The plant is expected to employ as many as 1,000 workers. Illinois is one of about two-dozen states interested in hosting the $150 million project.
Caterpillar, the world's largest seller of construction and mining machinery, has largely avoided adding new plants in Illinois over the past 20 years, opting instead for overseas locations or sites in the U.S. South, particularly in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas. Nevertheless, the company continues to employ about 23,000 people in Illinois, with major manufacturing sites in East Peoria, Decatur and Aurora. Illinois also remains the hub for the company's product engineering and research activities.
The company Wednesday affirmed its earlier 2011 revenue and profit estimates. Caterpillar said it expects total revenue this year to be $58 billion, including about $2 billion from its recent purchase of mining equipment manufacturer Bucyrus International. The company forecast a profit of about $6.75 per share. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect the company to earn $6.79 a share on revenue of $58.4 billion.
The company's preliminary sales outlook for 2012 calls for slow, but improving growth in developed countries, like the U.S. The company sees total revenue expanding by 10% to 20% over 2011, implying a range of $63.8 billion to $69.6 billion. Bucyrus is expected to contribute about $5 billion in sales next year.
Caterpillar's stock closed Wednesday's regular session down 4.3% at $87 a share.
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Gary Williams stopped by Bustin' Loose Tuesday afternoon. Gary discusses the 2014 Ryder Cup with Frank and Yarbs.
Gary Williams On The Hall Fame, Final Four, And National Title Memories
Former Maryland coach, Gary Williams, joins Mac and Jim to discuss the Final Four and his Final Four memories.
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Mac Attack 4/11/13: Former WFNZ host and current Golf Channel host Gary Williams joined the guys live from Augusta to discuss the Masters and to share some stories about Jim like he always does
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The Drive Monday 6-4-12- From the Golf Channel and former 610 The Fan show host Gary Williams joins The Drive to talk about Tiger winning yesterday at The Memorial, if he thinks that Tiger is back on top, and we get his thoughts on the similarities of of Tiger and Jack.
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Deputies find boy in locked vehicle with crack pipe inside in Pontiac
Updated On: Oct 08 2012 06:13:56 PM EDT
Authorities in southeast Michigan say they found a 2-year-old boy sleeping in a locked vehicle with a crack pipe and a juice bottle containing alcohol inside.
The Oakland County Sheriff's Department says deputies found the vehicle with apparently fresh front-end damage early Saturday in Pontiac in the area of Orchard Lake and Johnson Street.
Investigators say the child's 49-year-old aunt later arrived at the scene and said she had been with the child's 44-year-old mother, who had run out of gas.
"They tried to wake the child. The child wouldn't respond. So, they gained access using lockout tools. Checked on the child Called EMS. Had the EMS come over and check the stats and vitals of the child. The child was determined to be in fine shape but very, very tired," said Sheriff Michael Bouchard. "Put him in a patrol car where it was heated."
The Sheriff's Department says the aunt told investigators the mother left in search of drugs while she had left with the intention of finding gas for the vehicle.
The child was OK and released to the custody of his father. Police are seeking the mother. Child neglect charges are possible against the aunt and the mother.
"It's very sad," said Bouchard. "I mean, a child is a gift."
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This is my favorite lip balm of all time. Nothing soothes my dried lips like this, and it gets rid of painful chapping overnight. I also use it often as a nighttime intensive under eye treatment for dryness/wrinkles, etc. It does not cause milia and it really moisturizes. I love the smell - buttery chocolate!
I love this product! I always have 1 in my purse for my lips. By my bed I have 2, 1 for the lips and 1 for misc spots on body (feet, knees, cuticles, elbows, etc). This stuff is amazing, its great for everything, and clean with the stick application. BTW, I also have like 3 others floating around (work, purses, etc). Everyone needs one!
I HATE HATE HATE this product. I mentioned to my very sweet coworker that I was looking for a 100% Cocoa Butter stick, and she bought me this because she thought that's what this was. Something in it irritates my skin, ESPECIALLY my lips. It makes my lips burn when I put it on, and causes me to get cold sores, when under normal non-stress situations I have none. When I put this product on especially dry areas of my body like feet, elbows, and knees, it made the problem worse, giving me dry, flaky, itchy skin. It's more expensive and much inferior to just plain old 100% cocoa butter.
This might actually be a better lipbalm than Burt's Bee. The stick is a little big for my lips but oh well. And it heals dry skin.
*Edit* After using this for a very long time, I've noticed a pimple forming around my mouth/kind of on my lips, then another. AH the madness. Oh well. AND wherever I take it out to apply it people ask if it's a glue stick! They should reformulate it and take out the mineral oil!
I have to say that I am one of the rare people who hates this product although I do love the body moisturiser version. I am allergic to one of the ingredients in the lipbalm and my lips started swelling up and burning like crazy almost immediately upon application. It took a few hours for the swelling to go down.
Scared the crap out of me when it happened. I have never had problems with lipbalms before.
None of my girl friends have this problem though and they love the stuff. One of them has given up Vaseline in favour of this.
Me? I think I'll stick to Vaseline in the meantime.
Wow... I have pretty thick lips which can look nice, but they become victim to melbourne weather - espcially really windy days... I often get rashes on my lips due to dryness and irritation. To anyone else with a similiar situation, this has not aggravated my lips at all... When I bought the tube, it wasn't as big as I had imagined it to be... I was thinking of those huge gluesticks from the descriptions here! Upon first application it felt soft and silky... definitely feels lighter than vaseline which I have been using up to now. It doesn't leave much shine... hardly any at all, but I think it would be very comfortable to use under a gloss. I've tried endless balms... from the cheap ones like nivea to the more pricey ones like the clinique superbalms, and I find this simple one does the trick. Feels lovely and is moisturising... I wasn't too fond of the smell when I first tried it, but now it has grown on me, and I can't stop opening the tube to smell that lovely white chocolate scent... lovely! Will update when I use it under a lippy, but by itself it's really quite nice - I strongly recommend it as it's quite cheap for such alot of product (unlike many other brands of balm!!) ... Btw, I got it at price attack for $5.95AUD...
Edit: It doesn't feel as nice and slippery as the old vaseline. In fact my lips are feeling quite dry with it on which makes me wonder what the purpose of putting it on was for... *sigh*. It still smells heavenly though.
This is the best lip balm out there. Period. This is great for using under lipsticks/glosses or on its own. It's got slip to it but it stays on my lips for a significant period of time. It has an amazing chocolate scent but it's not overpowering and doesn't clash with scented glosses. The tube is huge, as others have said, like a glue stick, but I don't mind. You get so much product for such little $, and I will keep repurchasing this.
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Symplified's policy engine allows administrators to create granular access rules and new user groups on top of what has been established in your existing user stores.
Symplified not only accesses an application at the macro level, it also parses the application as a series of URLs, all with different access rights. For example, you might want all of your users to have access to a main URL, such as www.google.com but you might only want to give a specific workgroup access to a document in docs.google.com. In Symplified's administrative interface, you can assign user access to specific sub-URLs as well as enable an even deeper level of granularity with the option to control access to specific web-based documents as well.
Symplified implements standards-based access control with XACML as the foundation our access control rules engine. You can combine the real-time access to your user stores where you have created user groups and roles with less rigid access control parameters. For those changing user attributes, XACML-based rules or policies can be applied to those users for accessing applications and application areas. Some examples of attributes that could be applied to access control are a user's IP address range, the device from which they are attempting to access applications, or the time of day they are accessing a given application.
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Local 4 sits down with Jack Martin
Updated On: Feb 07 2012 06:05:42 PM EST
In an exclusive interview with Local 4's Rod Meloni on Tuesday, Jack Martin opened up about the major financial troubles plaguing Detroit and Highland Park.
Martin is one of the 10 people who have been appoint by the state to review Detroit's finances. He also was appointed as the emergency financial manager of the Highland Park School District.
Martin is a professional auditor and former U.S. Department of Education executive who has served under three presidents.
On Detroit, Martin said the city is facing tough money woes but will be able to pull through.
"I would say anything other than an emergency manager or bankruptcy. I think, hopefully, I would vote for a consent decree. But it has to be a consent decree with teeth."
Martin said he's seen the city's books and doesn't think the city will run out of cash in the coming months.
"My personal guess is that it will be no less than five years. It's going to be a while, a long time," he said.
Martin said he's seen cities like Washington D.C. come back from being farther than Detroit.
"There is business moving in. I'm really happy to see it. I drive through Boston Edison and I see young white kids on the streets jogging, populating the downtown area. We need more of that," he said.
Over in Highland Park, Martin has already begun work on alleviating financial stress in the school district and assuring parents.
The district is $11 million in debt and has only 1000 students.
"The seniors will graduate from Highland Park High School and that will remain open through June. The teachers will be paid and, depending on what happens, we'll make decisions," he said.
Martin said bringing charters schools into the area is an option.
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Experience a vacation like no other rental in Cartagena, at the top overlooking the entire city from your own 32nd and 33 floor ,2000 square feet of top luxury penthouse. This Brand New building is among the three high rises in Cartagena with stunning views to the ocean and bay like you have never seen before. This loft penthouse has a two story social room with windows from the floor to the second floor ceiling (about 24' high) with ocean views that are unreal! A 52' Plasma in living area.The front balcony is the length of entire condo with sliding glass doors that can all be condensed into two at each end, leaving about 20' opening to take in the ocean sound, smell and stunning views. A private hot tub is also located in this front balcony. The Master bedroom has its own private balcony that overlooks at the entire bay, old city, la popa, playa Blanca and other islands. The view at night and the sunsets from here are spectacular. Both bedrooms have king beds and two roll out beds, 32" LED / LCD's and iPod docks. The third bedroom is a small private loft with gorgeous cartagena shutters that open as balcony with amazing views to liviing area and ocean. The 3rd bedroom contains a double full size bed / ipod dock and 26' led TV.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President George W. Bush has called Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to voice satisfaction with the $1.5 billion payment Libya has made to settle a long-standing dispute over terrorist attacks.
The White House says Bush and Gadhafi discussed closing "a painful chapter" in relations between the two countries.
Libya's payment goes into a fund that will pay claims from the 1988 Pan Am 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, and the 1986 bombing of a German disco. The U.S. is putting $300 million into the fund to pay victims of retaliatory airstrikes the U.S. made on Libya.
Libya's payment clears the last hurdle in the normalization of diplomatic relations between Washington and Tripoli.
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With the nation's attention drawn to the 9-11 Commission hearings and high-level finger pointing on all sides, investigative reporter Jayna Davis' newly released book, "The Third Terrorist: The Middle Eastern Connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing," sets out a disturbing scenario of law-enforcement failures and suggests the Sept. 11 attacks possibly could have been prevented if evidence of an Iraqi and al-Qaida link to OKC had been pursued.
In her book, published by WND Books, Davis documents a compelling body of evidence that illustrates how Iraqi intelligence agents infiltrated the United States to recruit and assist Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building evidence the FBI refused to receive from Davis and investigate in 1997. Among the many revelations are court records that suggest one of McVeigh's and Nichols's accused Middle Eastern handlers had foreknowledge of the 9-11 plot.
Furthermore, Davis documents her contention the government purposefully and willfully ignored evidence that implicated Middle Eastern suspects evidence that FBI and governmental sources believe possibly could have prevented the terrorist attacks of 9-11.
Davis writes that in November 1997, Hussain Hashem Al-Hussaini a former Iraqi Republican Guardsman whom multiple eyewitnesses identified as McVeigh's elusive accomplice, John Doe 2 confided to his psychiatrist that he was anxious about his airport job because "if something were to happen there, I (Al-Hussaini) would be a suspect." At the time, Al-Hussaini was employed at Boston Logan International Airport, where two of the four 9-11 suicide hijackings originated.
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"The Third Terrorist" strongly rebuts former Clinton aide Richard Clarke's assertion that Saddam and al-Qaida were not linked, exposing Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh as a "lily white" recruit who acted in collusion with a cadre of Iraqi soldiers.
In his book, "Against All Enemies," Clarke acknowledges he "could never disprove" that McVeigh's accomplice, Terry Nichols, learned the macabre genius of terrorist bomb making under the training of Philippines-based al-Qaida explosives expert Ramzi Yousef, the convicted mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Davis first broke this lead eight years ago and uncovered eyewitness testimony directly linking the Kansas farmer to Osama bin Laden's chief general. According to her research, Terry Nichols and Ramzi Yousef met in the southern Philippines in the early 1990s to discuss bomb making.
Other revelations in Davis' book include:
Saddam Hussein dispatched intelligence operatives to carry out the bombing of an American federal building to avenge his humiliating Gulf War defeat.
Acting upon evidence compiled by Davis, David Schippers (former chief investigator for the impeachment of Bill Clinton) demanded a June 2001 meeting with Attorney General John Ashcroft to prevent what he prophetically termed "terrorists blowing up Lower Manhattan."
The failure to examine a Middle Eastern connection in Oklahoma City spawned an emboldened Islamic extremist entity to commit wholesale murder on a scale the world had never before seen.
What Davis calls the "proven connection" between bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.
Commented R. James Woolsey, director of central intelligence, from 1993-1995: "This fascinating product of Jayna Davis' thorough and dogged investigative reporting effectively shifts the burden of proof to those who would still contend that McVeigh and Nichols executed the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing without the support of a group or groups from the Middle East."