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Super 8 Motel - Tuscola
63 rooms with one suite, interior entry, 24-hr coffee service and 24-hr front desk with wake-up service. Handicap rooms, pet friendly.
CITY: Tuscola
Fox Ridge State Park Campground
43 sites, electricity at each site, shower building, and shared water. Dump station. Reservations accepted.
CITY: Charleston
Country Attic Homespun Memories
A gift and collectible shop, specialize in Boyds, Mary Englebreit, Yankee Candles, Anheuser Busch steins, Bennington pottery and classic "Pooh". A collector club headquarters.
CITY: Mattoon
Pinnell Motor Inn
1-level brick motel, very clean, pretty little motel, coffee shop onsite.
CITY: Paris
Illinois Livestock Auction
This livestock auction includes the sale of cattle, horses, goats and sheep.
CITY: Paris
Super 8 - Paris
Located on Highway 1 off Interstate 70. Your stay includes free breakfast bonanza, free Wi-Fi Internet, free parking including for truck and RV, and pet friendly. Hot tub rooms are also available. Attractions nearby include Twin Lakes Park, Sycamore Hills Golf Club and Bicentennial Art Center & Museum.
CITY: Paris
Quality Inn and Suites Conference Center
The Quality Inn & Suites Conference Center provides guests with countless features, great service and a convenient location. Lake Land College is less than a mile away from this Mattoon, IL hotel and local points of interest like Illinois Amish Country, Eastern Illinois University and Lincoln Log Cabin are nearby. Outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy the multitude of recreation areas offered in the surrounding area. The Douglas Hart Nature Center, Peterson Park, Meadowview Golf Course and Lake Mattoon are in the vicinity. Several specialty stores, shopping malls, retailers and restaurants are close to the hotel.
CITY: Mattoon
Hong Kong House - Charleston
Chinese restaurant with full menu - dine-in, carry-out or delivery.
CITY: Charleston
Joe's Pizza
Traditional Italian pizza restaurant with seating for 80. Every item is homemade by this family owned and operated establishment.
CITY: Paris
Moonshine Store
The Moonshine Store is situated at a country crossroads near the town of Martinsville, IL. It is an adventure in itself just finding the place. What makes it special is the unique atmosphere of this little country store that is home to the famous "Moonburger". It has been featured on the CBS Morning Show. It is a "must stop" location for travelers with its guest book logging visitors from all 50 states and around the world. In April 2014, a new record was set where 3,251 burgers were served during a major motorcycle rally, the Moonshine Lunch Run.
CITY: Martinsville
World's Largest Knitting Needles and Crochet Hook
The World's Largest Knitting Needles and Crochet Hook are located inside The Yarn Studio in downtown Casey, Illinois. In order to make it in to the Guinness Book of World Records shop owner, Jeanette Huisinga, had to knit and crochet a 10X10 square with the largest tools. Knitting Needles are 13ft .75in and 25 pounds each. Crochet Hook measures at 6ft. 1.5in and weight is 9lbs.
CITY: Casey
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Strawberry Jam Festival
A festival of strawberry-related activities and events. This includes special sales promotions throughout the Arthur area. A strawberry social is held in conjunction at the Otto Center south of town. Strawberries are available for purchase and there will be limited giveaways during the festival. Lots of entertainment and activities, including the bands Battle Creek, Gunny Sack Revue and Deep Water.
CITY: Arthur
28 - 29
Mennonite Relief Sale
This two day auction features locally handcrafted furniture, quilts, and other handmade items. There will also be a children's auction and train ride. Bake sales and food vendors help round out the event. Proceeds from the two day event go to help those in need in the community and around the world.
CITY: Arthur
Arthur Area Freedom Celebration
The event kicks off with a parade followed by a gigantic fireworks display with an exceptional array of shells at Jurgens Park. The 500 ft. long Niagara Falls and the Wall of Fire are some of the crowd favorites. The finale and top crowd favorite is the Rural Patriot on his horse of freedom carrying the American Flag. Activities begin at 4pm and include powered parachute helicopters, WW2 aircraft and skydivers. Food and drink vendors and handicap parking available.
CITY: Arthur
5 - 11
Moultrie-Douglas County Fair
Enjoy a week of mud, beauty and entertainment. This year will feature tractor pulls, demo derby and mud racing. Along with beauty pageants, we will have live entertainment.
CITY: Arthur
Sheep to Clothing at Lincoln Log Cabin
Follow the process of creating fabric in the 19th century, beginning with raw wool, our volunteers will take you through the entire spectrum of home based manufacturing process; quite literally from sheep to clothing. The Lincoln-Sargent Farm Foundation will kick off their fundraising campaign for the restoration of the Moore Home, scene of Abraham Lincoln's family farewell before leaving for Washington DC in 1861, with a unique pledge drive. The site manager will be weaving Venetian Carpet throughout the day with pledges for the number of yards woven. Also enjoy the Victory Garden Plant Sale: the Lincoln-Sargent Farm Foundation will again be selling heirloom flowers, plants and herbs to raise funds to support the educational and interpretive programming at Lincoln Log Cabin. All events will run from 10am-4pm.
CITY: Lerna
World's Largest Horseshoe
Weighing in at 1,144 lbs and measuring 5'8" by 4' 5/8", this horseshoe is sure to bring good luck to all that visit. The Martinsville Horseshoe gained its Guinness Book of World Record status in 2013. The horseshoe stands at the entrance to the Martinsville fairgrounds.
CITY: Martinsville
23 - 25
Annual Arthur Quilt Show & Quilt Auction
View the quilts, including the vendor area, and take in demonstrations as well. Lunch available. A double wedding ring quilt will be raffled. Quilt auction held April 26th at noon. Presented by Arthur Area Association of Commerce at the Otto Center.
CITY: Arthur
10 - 12
Our American Cousin and the Assassination of President Lincoln
Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln with a production of "Our American Cousin." Audience members will watch the play as seen by the president that evening, then follow along through the tragic moments of the assassination and its aftermath before ending with a journey back to the Goosenest Prairie, home of the president's beloved step-mother, Sarah Lincoln. Audience members will experience the cultural offerings of 19th-century American theatre and be able imagine the grief and horror of a nation's response to Lincoln's murder, and closer to home - the grief of the president's Coles County kin. Directed by Earl Halbe, volunteers will recreate the play President and Mrs. Lincloln attended that fateful evening when the president's life was tragically taken by the assasin John Wilkes Booth. During these dates the site will feature "Draped in Mourning", an examination of mourning customs of the 19th century.
CITY: Lerna
A Petterson Springs B&B
Located in a very historic area of Camargo, IL at the well-known Patterson Springs where the spring water fills three concrete pools on the grounds, within three acres of wooded nature land, next to the Embarrass River. The Gothic Revival house with a mansard roof was built in 1880. History abounds on the grounds from Native Americans drinking from the springs, to 1906-16 Chautauqua's, to a $50,000 amusement park from 1927-1942. Relax in the peaceful surroundings and enjoy the aura of a time gone by.
CITY: Camargo


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Checking out the links on a Monday.
- Rising sophomore defensive back Jacquese Kirk is no longer a part of Vanderbilt's football team after violating team rules.
- Nick Saban's five conference idea would mean trouble for smaller schools, writes Kevin Scarbinsky of Al.com
- Former NFL scout Bucky Brooks says Johnny Manziel's "unimpressive physical dimensions" and "unrefined game" make him a marginal pro prospect.
- Here's a look at Ole Miss' quarterbacks after the spring.
- Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo pondered using a Florida-inspired play on what could have been the Bulldogs' final play against Alabama in last year's SEC championship game.
- ESPN 150 quarterback Drew Barker picked Kentucky over South Carolina, which sustained Wildcats coach Mark Stoops' knack for keeping recruits in the state of Kentucky.
- Here's viewing Stoops through rose-colored glasses.
- Auburn received a commitment from ESPN 150 defensive end Justin Thorton over the weekend.
- New hires at Tennessee show the importance of familiarity and trust.
- Two more signees from Florida's 2013 class enrolled at UF over the weekend.
- LSU picked up a commitment from top junior college wide receiver D'haquille Williams on Friday night.
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I am wondering how I transfer a mp3 audio book to my Razr? I connect the phone using the USB cord. When i open to view files I see for example my kindle adownloader etc. I made a new file called audio books. I transferred my book from my pc to that file. However, when I go to my phone I can not find that file. I have no idea where to look....sorry I am pretty new to all of this. I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks
Is it on the SD or the phone memory? Just follow the same path on your phone file explorer as your computer... Do you have a good file explorer? I would suggest Astro!
Audiobook starts over I am now using Astro and thought everything would be great. I am using mobo player to listen to the book. However, when I stop and then go back to it later it starts all over. I have never listened to an audiobook before so am not sure what to do to have it stay at the part I left off with. Can anyone help me??? Thanks


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Institute of Nanotechnology. We come from the future. Putting your hand in the Large Hadron Collider. How Nanotechnology Works. There's an unprecedented multidisciplinary convergence of scientists dedicated to the study of a world so small, we can't see it -- even with a light microscope. That world is the field of nanotechnology, the realm of atoms and nanostructures. Nanotechnology is so new, no one is really sure what will come of it. 11 Predictions for the World in 2030 That May Sound Outrageous Today but not in the Future. - I Look Forward To.
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It's time someone made some claims. I've picked developments I honestly consider plausible. Here are my 11 predictions for the world of 2030. I'm backing these claims up with previous writings. To access the relevant article, just click the title of each point. Teleportation and forcefields possible within decades, says Professor Michio Kaku. Wired 12.05: NextFest: The Shape of Things to Come. Fasten your seat belts: The long-awaited future of travel gets real.
It's always been just over the horizon: a world of flying cars, levitating trains, personal helicopters. Now it's here. Almost. Around the globe, engineers and dreamers have been building fantastical - if sometimes impractical - ways of just saying go. Consider Guy Negre's zero-emission car that goes 100 miles on a tank of air. Anders Main Page. Anders Main Page This is the main page of Anders Sandberg's little corner of the Net.
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Cable Competition with Author Susan Crawford
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The fundamentals that water industry veteran Debra Coy and I discussed in last July's PowerTalk are still intact, meaning improvements in U.S. water infrastructure are still a pressing need.
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Job Creation and the Obama Policy Disconnect with Liz Peek
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Will (law)
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A will or testament is a legal declaration by which a person, the testator, names one or more persons to manage his estate and provides for the transfer of his property at death. For the devolution of property not disposed of by will, see inheritance and intestacy.
In the strictest sense, a "will" has historically been limited to real property while "testament" applies only to dispositions of personal property (thus giving rise to the popular title of the document as "Last Will and Testament"), though this distinction is seldom observed today. A will may also create a testamentary trust that is effective only after the death of the testator.
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Requirements for creation
Any person over the age of majority and of sound mind can draft his or her own will without the aid of an attorney. Additional requirements may vary, depending on the jurisdiction, but generally include the following requirements:
- The testator must clearly identify himself or herself as the maker of the will, and that a will is being made; this is commonly called "publication" of the will, and is typically satisfied by the words "last will and testament" on the face of the document.
- The testator must declare that he or she revokes all previous wills and codicils. Otherwise, a subsequent will revokes earlier wills and codicils only to the extent to which they are inconsistent. However, if a subsequent will is completely inconsistent with an earlier one, the earlier will is considered completely revoked by implication.
- The testator must demonstrate that he or she has the capacity to dispose of his or her property, and does so freely and willingly.
- The testator must sign and date the will, usually in the presence of at least two disinterested witnesses (persons who are not beneficiaries). There may be extra witnesses, these are called "supernumerary" witnesses, if there is a question as to an interested-party conflict. In a growing number of states, an interested party is only an improper witness as to the clauses that benefit him or her (this is the case in Illinois, for instance).
- The testator's signature must be placed at the end of the will. If this is not observed, any text following the signature will be ignored, or the entire will may be invalidated if what comes after the signature is so material that ignoring it would defeat the testator's intentions.
- An heir, an heiress or multiple heirs must be clearly stated in the text
After the testator has died, a probate proceeding may be initiated in court to determine the validity of the will or wills that the testator may have created, i.e., which will satisfied the legal requirements, and to appoint an executor. In most cases, during probate, at least one witness is called upon to testify or sign a "proof of witness" affidavit. In some jurisdictions, however, statutes may provide requirements for a "self-proving" will (must be met during the execution of the will), in which case witness testimony may be forgone during probate. If the will is ruled invalid in probate, then inheritance will occur under the laws of intestacy as if a will were never drafted. Often there is a time limit, usually 30 days, within which a will must be admitted to probate. Only an original will can be admitted to probate in the vast majority of jurisdictions – even the most accurate photocopy will not suffice.
There is no legal requirement that a will be drawn up by a lawyer, although there are pitfalls into which home-made wills can fall. The person who makes a will is not available to explain him or herself, or to correct any technical deficiency or error in expression, when it comes into effect on that person's death, and so there is little room for mistake. A common error (for example) in the execution of home-made wills in England is to use a beneficiary (typically a spouse or other close family members) as a witness – although this has the effect in law of disinheriting the witness regardless of the provisions of the will.
Some states recognize a holographic will, made out entirely in the testator's own hand. Contrary to popular opinion, the unique aspect of a holographic will is less that it is written by the testator and more that it need not be witnessed. A minority of states even recognize the validity of nuncupative wills, which are expressed orally. In England, the formalities of wills are relaxed for soldiers who express their wishes on active service; any such will is known as a serviceman's will.
A will may not include a requirement that an heir commit an illegal, immoral, or other act against public policy as a condition of receipt. In community property jurisdictions, a will cannot be used to disinherit a surviving spouse, who is entitled to at least a portion of the testator's estate. In England, a will may disinherit a spouse, but close relations, including spouses, excluded from a will may apply to the court for provision to be made for them at the court's discretion.
It is a good idea that the testator give his executor the power to pay debts, taxes, and administration expenses (probate, etc.). Warren Burger's will did not contain this, which wound up costing his estate thousands. This is not a consideration in English law, which provides that all such expenses will fall on the estate in any case.
Types of wills generally include:
- nuncupative (non-culpatory) will - oral or dictated
- holographic will - written in the hand of the testator
- will in solemn form - signed by testator and witnesses
- self-proved will - in solemn form with affidavits of subscribing witnesses to avoid probate
- notarial will - will in public form and prepared by a civil-law notary (civil-law jurisdictions and Louisiana)
- mystic will - sealed until death
- serviceman's will - will of person in active-duty military service and usually lacking certain formalities
- reciprocal/mirror/mutual/husband and wife wills - wills made by two or more parties that make similar provisions in favor of each other
- unsolemn will - will in which the executor is unnamed
Methods and effect
Intentional physical destruction of a will by the testator will revoke it, through deliberately burning or tearing the physical document itself, or by striking out the signature. In most jurisdictions, partial revocation is allowed if only part of the text or a particular provision is crossed out. Other jurisdictions will either ignore the attempt or hold that the entire will was actually revoked. A testator may also be able to revoke by the physical act of another (as would be necessary if he is physically incapacitated), if this is done in his presence and in the presence of witnesses. Some jurisdictions may presume that a will has been destroyed if it had been last seen in the possession of the testator but is found mutilated or cannot be found after his or her death.
A will may also be revoked by the execution of a new will. Most wills contain stock language that expressly revokes any wills that came before them, however, because normally a court will still attempt to read the wills together to the extent they are consistent.
In some jurisdictions, the complete revocation of a will automatically revives the next most recent will, while others hold that revocation leaves the testator with no will so that his or her heirs will instead inherit by intestate succession.
In England and Wales, marriage will automatically revoke a will as it is presumed that upon marriage, a testator will want to review the will. A statement in a will that it is made in contemplation of forthcoming marriage to a named person will override this. Divorce, conversely, will not revoke a will, but will have the effect that the former spouse is treated as if they had died before the testator and so will not benefit.
Where a will has been accidentally destroyed, on evidence that this is the case, a copy will or draft will may be admitted to probate.
Dependent relative revocation
Many jurisdictions exercise an equitable doctrine known as dependent relative revocation ("DRR"). Under this doctrine, courts may disregard a revocation that was based on a mistake of law on the part of the testator as to the effect of the revocation. For example, if a testator mistakenly believes that an earlier will can be revived by the revocation of a later will, the court will ignore the later revocation if the later will comes closer to fulfilling the testator's intent than not having a will at all. The doctrine also applies when a testator executes a second, or new will and revokes his old will under the (mistaken) belief that the new will would be valid. However, for some reason the new will is not valid and a court may apply the doctrine to reinstate and probate the old will, as the court holds that the testator would prefer the old will to intestate succession.
Before applying the doctrine, courts may require (with rare exceptions) that there have been an alternative plan of disposition of the property. That is, after revoking the prior will, the testator could have made an alternative plan of disposition. Such a plan would show that the testator intended the revocation to result in the property going elsewhere, rather than just being a revoked disposition. Secondly, courts require either that the testator have recited his mistake in the terms of the revoking instrument, or that the mistake be established by clear and convincing evidence. For example, when the testator made the original revocation, he must have erroneously noted that he was revoking the gift "because the intended recipient has died" or "because I will enact a new will tomorrow."
DRR may be applied to restore a gift erroneously struck from a will if the intent of the testator was to enlarge that gift, but will not apply to restore such a gift if the intent of the testator was to revoke the gift in favor of another person. For example, suppose Tom has a will that bequeaths $5,000 to his secretary, Alice Johnson. If Tom crosses out that clause and writes "$7,000 to Alice Johnson" in the margin, but does not sign or date the writing in the margin, most states would find that Tom had revoked the earlier provision, but had not effectively amended his will to add the second; however, under DRR the revocation would be undone because Tom was acting under the mistaken belief that he could increase the gift to $7,000 by writing that in the margin. Therefore, Alice will get $5,000. However, if Tom crosses out that clause and writes in the margin "$5,000 to Betty Smith" without signing or dating the writing, the gift to Alice will be effectively revoked. In this case, it will not be restored under the doctrine of DRR because even though Tom was mistaken about the effectiveness of the gift to Betty, that mistake does not affect Tom's intent to revoke the gift to Alice. Because the gift to Betty will be invalid for lack of proper execution, that $5,000 will go to Tom's residuary estate.
Election under the will
Also referred to as "electing to take against the will." In the United States, many states have probate statutes which permit the surviving spouse of the decedent to choose to receive a particular share of deceased spouse's estate in lieu of receiving the specified share left to him or her under the deceased spouse's will. As a simple example, under Iowa law (see Code of Iowa Section 633.238 (2005)), the deceased spouse leaves a will which expressly gifts the marital home to someone other than the surviving spouse. The surviving spouse may elect, contrary to the intent of the will, to live in the home for the remainder of his/her lifetime. This is called a "life estate" and terminates immediately upon the surviving spouse's death.
The historical and social policy purposes of such statutes are to assure that the surviving spouse receives a statutorily set minimum amount of property from the decedent. Historically, these statutes were enacted to prevent the deceased spouse from leaving the survivor destitute, thereby shifting the burden of care to the social welfare system.
In history
Charles Vance Millar's will was notorious for offering the bulk of his estate to the Toronto woman who had the greatest number of children in the ten years after his death (the Great Stork Derby). Attempts to invalidate it by his would-be heirs were unsuccessful, and the bulk of Millar's fortune eventually went to four women.
Estate of Kidd involved a will found on a deceased Arizona prospector who left his entire $250,000 estate "for research or some scientific proof of a soul of the human body which leaves at death. I think in time there can be a photograph of a soul leaving the human at death."
The Thellusson Will Case was fictionalized by Charles Dickens as Jarndyce and Jarndyce in Bleak House, and led to Parliament legislating against such accumulation of money for later distribution.
Although most people are aware that they need a will, as many as 66% of Americans, according to Consumer Reports, don't have one. Among the notables who died either without a valid will or with no will at all are Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, James A. Garfield, Howard Hughes, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rocky Marciano, Steve McNair, Tupac Shakur, Kurt Cobain, Buddy Holly, Lenny Bruce, Billie Holiday, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Cass Elliot, Sonny Bono, Tiny Tim, Karl Marx and Pablo Picasso.
The longest known legal will is that of Englishwoman Fredericka Stilwell-Cook. Probated in 1925, it was 1,066 pages, and had to be bound in 4 volumes; her estate was worth $100,000. The shortest known legal wills are that of Bimla Rishi of Delhi, India, and Karl Tausch of Hesse, Germany; each consisted solely of three words. [1]
Freedom of disposition
The conception of the freedom of disposition by will, familiar as it is in modern England and the United States, both generally considered common law systems, is by no means universal. In fact, complete freedom is the exception rather than the rule. Civil law systems often put some restrictions on the possibilities of disposal; see for example "Forced heirship".
Advocates for gays and lesbians have pointed to the inheritance rights of spouses as desirable for same-sex couples as well, through same-sex marriage or civil unions. Opponents of such advocacy rebut this claim by pointing to the ability of same-sex couples to disperse their assets by will. Historically, courts have been more willing to strike down wills leaving property to a same-sex partner for reasons such as incapacity or undue influence.[citation needed] See, for example In Re Kaufmann's Will 20 A.D.2d 464, 247 N.Y.S.2d 664 (1964), aff'd, 15 N.Y.2d 825, 257 N.Y.S.2d 941, 205 N.E.2d 864 (1965)
- administrator - person appointed or who petitions to administer an estate in an intestate succession.
- beneficiary - anyone receiving a gift or benefitting from a trust
- bequest - testamentary gift of personal property, traditionally other than money.
- codicil - (1) amendment to a will; (2) a will that modifies or partially revokes an existing or earlier will.
- decedent - the deceased (U.S. term)
- demonstrative legacy - a gift of a specific sum of money with a direction that is to be paid out of a particular fund.
- descent - succession to real property.
- devise - testamentary gift of real property.
- devisee - beneficiary of real property under a will.
- distribution - succession to personal property.
- executor/executrix or personal representative [PR] - person named to administer the estate, generally subject to the supervision of the probate court, in accordance with the testator's wishes in the will. In most cases, the testator will nominate an executor/PR in the will unless that person is unable or unwilling to serve.
- inheritor - a beneficiary in a succession, testate or intestate.
- intestate - person who has not created a will prior to death.
- legacy - testamentary gift of personal property, traditionally of money. Note: historically, a legacy has referred to either a gift of real property or personal property.
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- Administration of Wills, Trusts, and Estates by Gordon W. Brown, Delmar Cengage Learning (ISBN 0766852814) (ISBN 978-0766852815)
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RE: A Step Towards FInancial Independence, I Pray
Thank you for your prayers. I'll pray for your success as a writer as well.
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Hi Anne - good to know that you're doing well and surviving this Arctic blast and snow... Six inches on my street today - bummer! It's nice that you do church work and have church friends and they are the best kind to have, definitely! When I was in HS I had a steady girlfriend and she was Catholic and she did a lot of volunteer work for St. Kate's (Saint Catherine Church) and I tagged along but was a Protestant but learned a lot. The priest told us a joke once, - "Mary had a little lamb... and the doctor fainted"... HA! My girlfriend and I laughed so loud and the priest seemed to enjoy our laughter but we were laughing at how corny the joke was and not because it was funny but the priest didn't know that, I hope. Have you ever thought about the difference between the Catholic cross and the Protestant cross? The Catholic cross has Christ still on it being crucified and the Protestant cross does not have Christ on it to represent the Resurrection. I have no problem with either cross because people should be reminded of His suffering on the cross as well as His resurrection - know what I mean, Anne. We got our driveway and side walks shoveled clear this afternoon and cleaned the cars off and it became so bright when the sun came out! When I walked back into our house I was blind - ha! I am happy for you with getting dental coverage. Good for you!.. Unfortunately, our co-pay has gone up and some benefits cut thanks to Obamacare! The doctor we had (for many years) just quit his practice and moved back to Canada!!! We were very lucky to find another doctor to take us in. Yes, I too remember that song by Foreigner and Wynonna Judd also sang a wonderful version of the same song. It was a great song... I wish they had songs like that today. I bought a 40 pound bag of corn and have been feeding the squirrels both in front and the back yard.. Last night, late, I looked out my bedroom window and saw a rabbit munching on the corn and a pair of red birds have been eating it also during the day time. This is the second 40 pound bag I bought in 6 months and these creatures are getting fat. I am still doing my diet gig and have gained two pounds but only because I haven't done my walking exercise as much because of the nasty weather but I am watching what I eat and it's really hard to pass up that pastry section at Meijer's when grocery shopping! It takes will power and those chocolate cakes look SO good! Hang in there, Anne, keep the Faith and no sweets for you, sweetie - later gator - Tom
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Sorry for my late response. I've been so busy! I hope you've been doing well.
Last night I wasn't feeling too good, and it took me hours to fall asleep because I was hot and feeling nauseous, so I went downstairs to take my temp and it turns out I had a fever. I just woke up a little while ago and I'm still feeling pretty down, not as nauseous as before. My fever went down a little bit as well which is nice. I wish Kathleen was here to take care of me. I'm sure she had the magic touch!
I can't believe Kathleen is going to be 94, it just doesn't seem real! I'm sure she would still look beautiful even if she were alive today. I love her so much.
I wish I could go to her grave and drop off some flowers for her, but she's too far away...
I will email her rare pictures to you as soon as I can. I will try to do it today. Do you have a Facebook too?
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Hi Anne,I try to meet at least one new person on this site a week. Sometimes I get messaged back,sometimes not.I'm retired,and don't have alot to do,and I've met some really nice people.I've been a member for about 8 months,and have even met cousins I didn't know about.It was nice to hear from you again,and I'll chat later-Donna
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Hello Anne,we haven't met,but I hope this New Year brings you many joyous blessings.May GOD bless now and always-Donna
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Dear Anne, Thank you very much for your recent e-mails. I finally figured out out to add photographs and images to the Find a Grave webpage, so I did not have to keep using the same ones provided by the site over and over again. It is refreshing to use new ones that better express my feeling towards the Lord God Christ Jesus and other people whom I leave messages for.
Have a wonderful year and May God Jesus Christ Lord Bless you and your loved ones. Signed, Bennett.
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Thank you for your kind words and prayers! All the best....
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I was very touched by your most recent tribute to the Virgin Mary. Please know that I will be praying for your family and for your financial independence. I myself am trying to make a living as a seamstress, so your reference to Proverbs really struck a chord with me!
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Hi Anne - yes, it was a horrible tragedy in France and such a waste of lives but these terrorists have no respect for life or anything holy which they have proven killing innocent women and children even of their own religion. Last weekend world leaders gathered in Paris to give France support and to let the world know they will not tolerate terrorism but where was our President? President Obama didn't even send his Secretary of State to represent America in support of France. What does that say about his leadership and foreign policy and how does that look to the rest of the world? You seem to have a good grip on past history, Anne, and the evils of this world and our leaders should learn from past history but they choose to ignore it which is very sad for our freedoms, America, and for simply what is right. Enough of politics - I do not want to make myself sick thinking about it...... Yesterday was such a pleasant change from the cold snap we've been having so my wife, youngest son, and I took a walk around the 2.5 mile lake loop at Fort Harrison. It felt so good to actually get out and walk for exercise without the wind chill factor stopping us. Luckily, on Friday I purchased a Golden Pass because yesterday they were charging an entrance fee at the gate to the state park! They usually do not charge an entrance fee in January or during cold winter months but I guess they wanted to make money honey as it was very busy with visitors such as we that had cabin fever and wanted to get out and about. So, I plan a repeat today for the exercise but, of course, I plan to be back home for the big game. Go Colts! I am hoping the Colts have a lot of good Luck. Catch you later, Anne, try not to let world affairs get you down, worrying doesn't help anyway but you can write letters to your Senators and Congressmen and send them emails also and that's what I do to blow off steam when depressed over the way this country is heading. God bless America and our men and women in uniform - take care, after while, crocodile - Tom
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The reference to Sardar Patel by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad on Tuesday was no doubt a political gimmick. But nobody can deny that India would have been different had Patel been the country's first Prime Minister. Dynastic rule in the Congress could have been avoided and many issues like Kashmir might not have existed.
V. Tilak Subramanian,
No doubt, Patel was a great leader and his contribution to the unification of India was monumental. But he was not a mass leader like Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1947, India needed a mass leader to bring people together. When Nehru died, the whole nation felt it had lost a friend, philosopher and guide.
There might have been some flaws in the way Nehru handled Kashmir and some other issues but none could match him in his leadership qualities.
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All our leaders of the post-Independence era inspired people and contributed to nation-building in their own way. Patel, Nehru and several others were exemplary in accommodating the views and interests of even the Opposition. Our present leaders should follow their predecessors' principles in letter and in spirit instead of fighting over trivial issues.
G. Vamsee Prateek,
We have seldom heard the Congress praising Sardar Patel so much. Although many people know that he was a Congressman, his differences with Nehru are far more public than his allegiance to Nehru and the Congress. That is the reason the Congress did not claim his association so strongly earlier.
Abhishek Kunal,
India's destiny would have indeed been different had Sardar Patel been the first Prime Minister. Jawaharlal Nehru and Patel were personalities apart. While Nehru spent much of his time between London and Moscow, the Sardar was busy solving the problems of a nascent country. Nehru was much annoyed by the forceful methods used by Patel in integrating the princely states with the Indian Union.
S.S. Kaddargi,
We, the citizens, have inherited the legacy of our leaders and want to coexist peacefully, irrespective of our religion and caste. Let us hope God will bestow wisdom and maturity on our leaders so that we can live in peace, happiness and prosperity.
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BB doesn't like his players as reality stars for the NFL Network. You can bet he's usually not home when the network calls to ask the Pats to come out and play . . .
The most publicity I see the Patriots get in the offseason is when some of the guys do Sirius NFL Radio interviews..Usually 1 guy is on every week or two.
chad johnson was on today and man this dude is funny.He was talking trash as usual....he one of my fav personalities.
Since Willie McGinest left, NFL Total Access hasn't seemed to have any luck landing a "name" for their periodic visits to "Patriots' Cam." I'm fine with that since most of the "cam" discussions are lame at best. I'd rather watch Marshall, Marshall, Marshall cringe whenever the Pats are mentioned as a post-season favorite.


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Gun Control in Counterinsurgency: A Game Theory Analysis
Chad Machiela
Application of populace and resources control measures in counterinsurgency is often more art than science, and in Iraqs Salah Din Province in 2006 the battlespace commanders attempts to reduce the number of weapons available to insurgents actually caused residents otherwise uninvolved in insurgency to violate the law, while effectively ensuring that the population had no means to resist insurgent theft of supplies or forcible recruitment. Game theory offers a means to analyze the options available to different actors in a conflict, and to help identify courses of action more beneficial to all.
Throughout 2006, Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I) coalition forces and the farmers of the al Jazeera Desert of Iraq struggled to cooperate while pursuing separate goals. Consistently, the desire by MNC-I to impose populace and resource control measures to limit use of the area by insurgents clashed with the needs of the populace to survive and care for their families. One issue in particular resulted in the repeated arrest of farmers who intended no crime but to protect their families and left the farmers with no choice but to support the insurgentsthe coalitions policy for gun control. Game theory provides commanders and policy officials a methodology to analyze the options available to disparate actors within a competitive situation or conflict, to predict likely adversary and population reaction to plans or policy, and to help develop courses of action beneficial to all.
The al Jazeera Desert is a sparsely populated region, bordered by Lake Thar Thar to the west and Main Supply Route (MSR) Tampa between Samarra and Tikrit to the east. Because of the coalitions top-down method of controlling Iraq, this rural area hosted no coalition forces. Coalition patrols instead focused on protecting MSR Tampa and the pipeline between the population centers of Samarra and Tikrit. Because the area was without cell coverage, residents could not call on security forces for assistance when threatened by insurgents or criminals, providing insurgent forces an ideal area for hiding, training, and reconstituting before traveling back into the larger population centers to resume direct conflict. Criminals flocked into the desert to remain out of the reach of government forces and prey upon the isolated farms.
In 2006 the coalitions populace and resources control measure for management of privately owned weapons was to allow each Iraqi household to maintain one AK-47 or AK-74, with two magazines with 60 rounds of ammunition. Ostensibly, this would allow the family to protect itself against local criminals and insurgents, while limiting the number of armed individuals who might oppose the forces of the coalition and the Government of Iraq.
Instead this policy ensured that local residents were left helpless to resist the insurgents, who cared little about limits on gun ownership and generally travelled in armed groups of four to twenty.
Because of the dry conditions, the farmers were reliant upon diesel-powered pumps to bring water up from the deep slant wells cut into the desert. Without diesel fuel, the farmers were unable to grow the crops necessary to support themselves. The insurgents were able to take whatever they needed from the comparatively unarmed farmers, and generally helped themselves to whatever fuel the farmers had unless the farmers were willing to provide other support.
Figure 1. A Typical Slant Well in the Al Jazeera Desert.
Had the farmers, insurgents, and coalition forces been the only actors active in this desert, the situation would have been predictable. The relatively unarmed farmers would have supported the insurgents in return for being allowed to keep some of their fuel and a portion of their crops, at the risk of an occasional week or two of detainment at a coalition facility under charges of providing support to insurgents (in the unlikely event they were caught doing so). However, the presence of the criminals made the situation unstable.
The criminals were not interested in the farmers support and took anything they wished, often murdering the farmers and leaving their bodies near Lake Thar Thar with instructions to the residents not to bury the bodies under penalty of death as a message to others not to resist.
Criminals were no more likely to follow the coalitions gun control limits than the insurgents. Many farmers recognized that the coalition forces traveled through the area extremely infrequently, so in order to protect their homes and fuel supply stocked enough firearms and ammunition for each male member of the family to defend the house. This had little effect upon MNC-I operations unless coalition forces happened to conduct a raid into the desert, where they cleared not just the target house, but the houses near it as well.
Predictably, some houses were found to have more than one rifle, and coalition forces responded by seizing the surplus weapons and issuing the family a warning, or seizing the weapons and detaining all male adults for several weeks.
This put the residents of al Jazeera into an unenviable position. They could follow coalition gun control restrictions and maintain only one weapon per house and leave themselves at the mercy of the criminals, or they could maintain enough weapons to protect themselves and risk seizure of the weapons and detention.
Game theory uses a simple math structure to analyze and predict the behavior of actors or competitors in strategic situationswhere the success of an actor is dependent upon how his course of action interacts with his competitors courses of action. The players, expected payoffs, and available moves or strategies form the game, and the analyst uses rows and columns in a grid format to show how the players preferred outcomes result from player interaction. The analyst can then use the outcome of the game to better conceptualize and predict the effects of planned operations or policy upon the operational environment.
From interviews with farmers of the al Jazeera Desert in 2006, an analyst or commander could rate the farmers preferred outcomes of interaction with coalition forces on a scale descending from 4 to 1. The farmers would rather be allowed to maintain one rifle per male in order to best protect themselves, their property, and their fuel. Because coalition forces rarely patrolled the area, the farmers were willing to risk detention to protect themselves against raiding criminals. As long as the farmers did not directly engage in insurgent activity, they were only likely to be detained if their closest neighbors house was raided. As the probability of coalition forces raiding the house was less than the probability of insurgents and criminals attacking the house (and because detention usually lasted only a week or two), the farmers preferred to take the risk and maintain as many weapons as they could to defend their homes. The farmers third preference was to maintain one weapon per family and entrust their safety and property to the overly occupied security forces. The farmers last preference was to be allowed to maintain one weapon per male family member, but maintain fewer while the security situation remained unstable.
The local commanders preferred to limit the number of weapons held by actors outside their direct control throughout Iraq, and their highest preference was for each household to comply with all MCI-I restrictions. Failing that, they were willing to detain individuals for non-compliance as necessary. The commanders least favorite options were to raise the limit on number of weapons per family, and if they had to do so they would still prefer each family to have as few weapons as possible.
The interaction between the farmers and coalition force commanders preferences is depicted in Figure 4. The number on the left in each box indicates the farmers outcome preference and the number on the right indicates the MNC-I commanders preference for that intersection of policy. For example, in the upper left box the farmers receive their most preferred outcome if they maintain one weapon per male family member while the coalition commander allows them to maintain one weapon per male.
Figure 4. Interaction of Preferred Outcomes.
Using arrows to depict how each actor would react given the action of the other, the analyst can predict the dominant strategies of each actor. The farmers, shown in Figure 5 with red arrows, moved from a lower preference to a higher preference by maintaining one rifle per male family member, regardless of MNC-Is gun control policy. While they would prefer not to risk detention, the farmers weighed the risk of being victims of murder or theft higher than a chance home search by coalition forces.
Figure 5. Farmers Preferred Responses to MNC-I Policy.
The coalition commanders preferences, shown in Figure 6 with blue arrows, indicate that the commander did not have a dominant strategy. If the security situation in the al Jazeera Desert were to become secure enough that the farmers did not need to protect themselves, and coalition forces were in no danger while conducting operations within the region, the commander would have been willing to lower the number of population control measures enforced, to include gun control. However, given the lack of forces necessary to correct the security situation, so long as the farmers needed the weapons coalition forces were unlikely to allow them.
Figure 6. MNC-I Commanders Preferred Responses to Farmers Level of Compliance.
Both sides preferences interact in Figure 7. The box where no arrows exit indicates that the most likely outcome of this scenario is that the farmers will choose to maintain as many weapons as they can use, while coalition forces will detain or confiscate weapons as they find them. This represents the Nash Equilibrium, wherein neither side can unilaterally improve its outcome. Neither side receives its optimal result, but the farmers come closest to doing so even though the coalition sets the policy.
Figure 7. Interaction of Farmers and MNC-I Preferred Courses of Action.
Using game theory to determine potential strategic moves for this dilemma yields little positive result. The farmers have no viable strategic moves in this situation. Threatening coalition commanders that they will arm themselves with one weapon per male family member if MNC-I continues its policy of allowing only one weapon per household is simply impractical and counterproductive. While it appears that the farmers can promise to maintain only one rifle per family if commanders will allow them to maintain one rifle per male, and this does meet the requirement of hurting the farmers preferences while helping the commander, commanders would be unlikely to believe the farmers would disarm given their preference for defending themselves against criminals, providing the farmers with their most preferred option through defection.
Coalition commanders have no viable strategic moves in this situation either. Unit commanders are already threatening the farmers with detainment if the farmers are found with more than one weapon per household. If the commander acted upon a threat (to choose a course of action contrary to what he would normally select), choosing to allow the family to maintain additional rifles is exactly the outcome the farmers hope for. Like the farmers, the commander theoretically has a promise availableto tell the farmers that it will raise the limit on weapons per household if the farmers will agree to keep just one. However, the commander knows that the farmers will have a high motivation to defect to achieve their preferred outcome.
Not surprisingly, this describes exactly what occurred in the al Jazeera Desert in 2006. The farmers chose to maintain as many weapons as they could, and coalition forces detained farmers on when they found extra weapons. Local coalition force commanders attempted to break this impasse by exercising some discretion, and allowed some families to maintain their weapons.
However, the rapid rotation of coalition forces ensured that the policy was inconsistent. As there was no single security force with control over this area, any nearby unit with a tip about insurgent or criminal activity launched a raid, and farmers who had been told they could maintain their weapons on Monday had them seized by a different unit on Friday.
The player receiving the least favorable result in any situation has the greatest impetus to change the game. Because the coalition forces were getting the less favorable outcome from this interaction, it was up to the commander to change the game to get a more favorable result.
Counterinsurgency doctrine indicates that the ideal solution for the coalition was to protect the populace. Without the threat of attack the farmers would have weighed the probability of detainment as not worth the risk of being caught maintaining multiple weapons, and with the safety of their families ensured would likely spend their money on other goods. Unfortunately, the limited numbers of coalition forces not confined to a forward operating base were focused on maintaining control of the major cities.
Allowing local commanders to set the gun control policy for their areas may have provided one option more palatable to MNC-I while still garnering the support of the farmers. Local commanders could have allowed families to maintain additional arms as part of a mixed strategy. Commanders could maintain the one weapon per household policy in areas not yet under coalition force influence, but begin allowing selected families to maintain additional arms. The unit would maintain a list and map of which houses were authorized additional weapons and were organized for mutual support as an informal civilian defense force.
Allowing the local commander to implement gun control policy for his area of operation would result in a different interaction table. Coalition commanders would still prefer the farmers to maintain minimal arms and rely on the local security forces for protection, but a close alternative would be to expand the units area of influence by encouraging local farms to maintain their arms in support of mutually supporting neighborhood watch programs, coordinated through the commanders unit. The third preference would be to maintain the limit on weapons to one per family, knowing that farmers outside the unit influence would still maintain additional weapons. This policy would allow commanders to confiscate weapons and detain likely suspects of insurgent or criminal activity as needed. The commanders last preference should be to have helpless farmers outside the sphere of influence, subject to the whims of criminals and insurgents. While the farmers would still have the same preferences, the commanders new preference list is shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8. Coalition Commanders Modified Preferences.
This new preference list results in a different outcome, wherein both sides improve their outcomes in order of preference. Both sides maintain dominant strategies, but the outcome now benefits both sides. The dominant strategy for coalition forces becomes to allow the farmers to maintain one weapon per male family member whenever possible as a matter of preference, while maintaining a limit to be utilized in the event that a farm has a suspicious number of weapons or questionable contacts.
The coalition commander is now able to achieve an outcome much more in line with his preferences, a three out of four, as opposed to the two out of four under the old strategy. He no longer has to detain individuals who are merely prepared to defend themselves, and large enough groups may even begin to deny the insurgents support if so motivated. The Nash Equilibrium now results in the farmers obtaining their most favorable result while the coalition receives its second choice, depicted in Figure 9.
Figure 9. Modified Outcome after Revising Coalition Strategy.
In conclusion, whenever any authority criminalizes a legal activity in an attempt to reduce the incidence of an illegal activity, second and third-order effects are generated which may result in an outcome not only less effective than hoped for, but even counter to the desired effect. In the case of the al Jazeera desert in Iraq during 2006, the coalition forces attempt to minimize the number of weapons available to the insurgents operating in the area contributed to the insurgents means of support. The farmers were unable to do anything but support the insurgents regardless of whatever preference they might have for a functioning Government of Iraq. The presence of criminals and the coalition forces inability to protect the population resulted in a
lack of support for both the legitimacy of the Government of Iraq and coalition forces, and provided the farmers no incentive to follow the rules of an authority that made criminals of a group without criminal intent. By analyzing the options available to the farmers, local commanders could have shifted policy to provide incentive to the farmers to protect themselves, perhaps eventually resulting in less of a need for weapons at all, and a willing reduction of arms.
CW3 Chad Machiela is a Special Forces warrant officer assigned to 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Joint Base Lewis McChord. He holds a M.S. in Defense Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School and a B.A. in Public Law from Western Michigan University. The opinions expressed here are the authors own and do not reflect the views of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.
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