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The Fig Tree Enigma
Please tell me why my file, "The Fig Tree Enigma" was never placed in the Atheism Library.
I did not violate any copyright, as all wording, except the Bible quotes, are mine; I did not copy any of this from Hyam Maccoby's book which was mentioned in the article. Maccoby merely mentions the Fig Tree point in passing to bolster an entirely different argument. Here, I take the point and run with it.
The file was released to the Interfaith Library since it was about Jesus which certainly is not an Atheist subject.
The R&E SysOp said: The file was released to the Interfaith Library since it was about Jesus which certainly is not an Atheist subject.
I am relatively new to online services; please forgive me if I am not familiar with the workings of the political machinery here.
As an active and vocal atheist, I am interested in exchanging viewpoints with other members of this minority -- especially opinions and findings regarding the beliefs and claims of those who hold the dominant viewpoint -- Christianity.
My article, "The Fig Tree Enigma," reflects on the findings of Jewish scholar Hyam Maccoby (a world-renowned specialist in the New Testament origins of historic and modern anti-Semitism) and expounds on their significance to members of the atheistic community. We atheists (and others) find ourselves constantly bombarded with pressure from the vocal Christian majority to acknowledge, dignify, and even join their religion. Much of their attempted influence is designed to reach deep within our emotional centers, attempting to bypass one's ability to reason or to apply critical thought to counter Christians' persuasion. Therefore, any perspective that will help us reach a more accurate and informed position -- in our own minds and in our discussions with Christians and others -- is most certainly is an atheist subject.
I did not intend for my article to be released to the Interfaith Library. I uploaded it to the Atheist Library because it is a perspective on the atheistic view of our culture's most popular and prevalent myth: the Jesus myth. My article is not about Jesus -- it is about flaws in the official textbook most commonly referred to by proponents of the Jesus myth. "The Fig Tree Enigma" was written for an audience of atheists, agnostics, skeptics, humanists, and freethinkers. I do not think faithful Christians will find it very funny.
Please reconsider my initial request that it be uploaded to the Atheism Library, where it belongs. (I should know where it belongs, I spent several hours writing it!) If you also want to leave it on the Interfaith Library, you now have my permission.
Cliff Walker said: "The Fig Tree Enigma" was written for an audience of atheists, agnostics, skeptics, humanists, and freethinkers. I do not think faithful Christians will find it very funny.
I have re-read the file and my decision stands. While the above paragraph may be true, it is also true that the file is "about" Jesus, Christianity etc. and therefore is an "interfaith" topic and while Christians may not find it funny, they certainly may want to debate it. This could end up filling the Atheism library with a lot of Christian vs Atheism files that do not belong.
R&E SysOp
The R&E SysOp said: it is also true that the file is "about" Jesus
No. The atricle is not "about" Jesus, it is about "Jesus" <g>. There is a big difference. You presuppose the existence and deity of Jesus; I speak, from an atheistic viewpoint, of the Jesus myth.
Almost all opinions we atheists hold (while acting as atheists) are about religion -- usually the dominant religion. We don't want our kids to pray to this or that god (or "God" or "Him") in our public schools or in Little League or anywhere else that the dominant religion forces itself upon us. We don't want mention of "God" on our nation's coins or currency; we do not want alcohol abusers and offenders to be sentenced by our judges to worship "God" or "Him" in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings ... and the list goes on.
And on, and on, and on.
From the perspective of a religious person (especially a person who practices the majority religion) these intrusions usually go unnoticed -- because they are not intrusions. But from the perspective of an atheist, these intrusions constitute major disruptions to our lives. How would you feel if the whole world shut down on Friday instead of Sunday. You would spend a perfectly good day doing nothing, and you would need to get special permission to take Sunday off. How would you like it if your city paid a full-time salary to a mullah or an ayatollah to "minister" as a Chaplain to the Police Force?
Almost everything an organized atheist does and says, as an organized atheist, is to comment on the intrusions we suffer at the hands of the powerful religious zealots. Some of these intrusions are indirect, like the slogan on our money or like having a Christian control the Atheism Forum on this online service. However, many of these intrusions are direct: religious people, usually Christians, approach us and try to convert us to their point of view. Many Christians are very good at what they do, and most of them are not entirely honest in the claims they make about their religion.
It is these direct intrusions that are the focus of the article "The Fig Tree Enigma." We atheists need to be well-informed on issues raised by the Christians who endeavor to proselytize us. One such issue is the claim that the Bible is infallible -- that it contains no errors. As you well know, there are a couple of folders in the Atheism Forum dedicated to the Bible. Atheists (and other non-Christians) are interested in this claim of infallibility and we discuss it among ourselves often.
Please reconsider your decision to ban my article, "The Fig Tree Enigma" from the Atheism Library. I wrote it for the Atheism Library for a reason, and I submitted it to the Atheism Library because I think that is where it belongs. I wrote it for atheists, want other atheists to read it, and do not care if anyone else reads it. I do not think it belongs in the Interfaith Library because, as an atheist, faith has not part of my life (as long as I can help it). Unlike many Christians, atheists are not out to convert people. As an atheist, I am not trying to tell Christians anything, and have only discussed the subject of the fig tree enigma with two Christians in the past ten years (before this unfortunate experience on the online service). In other words, with "The Fig Tree Enigma" I am (pardon the metaphor) preaching to the choir.
Read your letter and downloaded your file and read it, too. Both were well done. Don't expect any slack from the R&E SysOp. He is a born again and makes no bones about it. Several of those who are active in Bible Contradictions have written to the online service management objecting about the R&E SysOp. It is too obvious for comment that allowing a fundamentalist Christian control over an Atheist board is not right. He has been known to delete messages which he finds offensive although there are no clear standards for such censorship. Maybe, if enough people object, we can get some action.
I suggest that you e-mail a copy of your letter and addendum to a really aggressive Atheist whose name is K. He is ... an excellent writer on bible contradictions. You may use my name as an introduction but you do not need to do that.
Jerry Billings
The R&E SysOp is a disingenuous critter. Three years ago we atheists got together and petitioned for an Atheist Forum, and it was only formed in spite of months of the kicking and screaming of R&E SysOp, who kept asking, "What are you atheists going to talk about?"
The R&E SysOp can't seem to understand that atheists exist only as a reaction to the bogus claims of theists. They must discuss theistic subjects like the frauds of Jesus, Yahweh, souls, heaven, hell, sin and forgiveness (and other mental pathologies as well).
Recently, the R&E SysOp deleted several well attended folders on the Atheist Forum since he couldn't see them belonging there for the same idiotic reasoning.
I complained, and I'm convinced he lied when he said he "inadvertently" lost the one I missed.
He's a jerk.
Sincerely, K
I have a serious complaint against the leader of the Religion and Ethics Forum. From what I've heard from several regulars on the Atheism Forum, I am not alone in my feelings.
I wrote an article called "The Fig Tree Enigma" and uploaded it to the Atheism Library (Religion & Ethics). They never posted the file, so after some research, I found out that they moved it to the Interfaith (Christianity?) Library without my permission and without notifying me that they had done so. (It is in the Interfaith Library if you want to read it.)
I wrote to the forum SysOp and asked why, and he said that the article is about Jesus and thus belongs in a Christianity setting.
Excuse me. The article is about the Jesus myth and never once presupposes that a Palestinian named Jesus ever existed as a historical figure. The article is very atheistic and is intended for atheists as readers. It has nothing to say to or about Christians.
I am very offended that he would (1) move the article without notifying me and (2) move the article without my permission and (3) refuse a second request (and requests by others) to place it in the Atheism Library where it belongs.
It is evident that the Atheism Forum is controlled by a fundamentalist Christian and we think it is not a good idea to have a Christian run the Atheism Forum. Many of us have lodged complaints against this guy; here is one more.
I wrote "The Fig Tree Enigma" especially for the Atheism Library in response to several postings in the Bible Study folder of the Atheism Forum. This folder contains mostly trite or commonly known Bible "contradictions"[*] and does not contain any heavy stuff -- like "The Fig Tree Enigma" and other arguments I would like to post if I could trust that they would end up where I send them.
If you cannot place my article in the Atheism Library where I intended it to go (where my friends, associates, and colleagues exchange ideas) please do not use my article anywhere. I write for, and associate with, Atheists -- not Christians or anybody having anything to do with faith. I have nothing to say to the Interfaith Forum and did not spend several hours composing an article for the benefit or edification of the faithful.
Cliff Walker
*NOTE, added on February 29, 2008: A great many of the "contradictions" offered by the atheists, at the time, turned out to be based upon unfortunate wording in the otherwise majestic King James version. To be fair, numerous instances show the King James to be the only translation that retains this or that error likewise found in the original language manuscripts, the other translations having covered up said problem. See my eMail discussion with Mike Boston for four examples of this.
Cliff Walker said: Some of these intrusions are indirect, like the slogan on our money or like having a Christian control the Atheism Forum on the online service.
First to clear up your misconception: "having a Christian control the Atheism Forum ..." is a misnomer. Actually, it was me, a Christian who gave you the Atheism Forum. The atheists are welcome to go elswhere if they wish but those who feel they fit under the umbrella of "religion" are welcome to use this forum as long as they play by the rules.
I set up the "Atheism" area, after impassioned pleas from the atheistic members, who claimed that they certainly could post messages that were pro-atheistic rather than simply using the area as a sounding board to attack religion and the religious. And for the most part, it has remained that way. Your file, is nothing more than an attack on the validity of the Christian Bible and as such, has no place in the atheist area. I do feel that it is well written though, and does bring up some valid points and that is why it was placed as it was.
Secondly, you say your file was written strictly to an Atheist audience. Why in the world would you write to Atheists about something they don't believe? Mmmm. If someone placed a file disclaiming the "tooth fairy" (who by the way, along with Santa Claus was shoved down my kids throats by non-believers at school) I certainly wouldn't take the time to download it. I know there isn't a tooth fairy. So it appears that you actually wrote to try and convince someone that the Bible is not infallible and therefore, the file should be placed where it is.
However, I do like your style. You are persistent, you are calm and you write a very reasoned note without screaming, shouting and accusing. It was simply a plea for reconsideration and therefore will be honored. While I do not feel it belongs there I will move your file to the Atheism library. I must mention though, that should a bible believer write a rebuttal, it would have to go in the same library.
R&E SysOp
Dear R&E SysOp,
Thank you for listening and responding to my letters and thank you for placing the file "The Fig Tree Enigma" into the Atheism library. On consideration of your argument recommending that it belongs on the Interfaith Library, I agree: It probably has a place there. However, if I have only one choice (as is probably the case on this online service -- I don't know all rules) I wholeheartedly prefer the Atheism Forum because, as K. says:
atheists exist only as a reaction to the bogus claims of theists
If it is true that a file can enjoy more than one home, the Interfaith Library would be acceptable to me, but only in addition to the Atheism Library. If it can only go one place, I (obviously) prefer the Atheism Library.
Your remark about Santa Claus expresses the sentiments and illustrates the points I've been trying to make --
(Oh, by the way: Unlike many atheist writers and others, I capitalize the proper names of fictional characters such as Santa Claus, Rhett Butler, Markoff Chaney, John Jacob Jingleheimer-Smith, Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout, Eddie Koochie Catchie Kamma Tosanara Tosanova Samma Kamma Whacky-Brown, Hump the Wonder Panda, and God.)
The R&E SysOp said: If someone placed a file disclaiming the "tooth fairy" (who by the way, along with Santa Claus was shoved down my kids throats by non-believers at school) I certainly wouldn't take the time to download it. I know there isn't a tooth fairy.
If my kids were being inundated with stories of Santa Claus (or other characters whose non-existence was obvious to me); and if all the other kids believed in one or more of these fictional characters; and if my kids were in a quandary about who is really telling the truth; I probably would not expect my kids to simply take my word for it -- especially if there was a well-funded, highly organized effort to convince my kids that Santa Claus was a real fellow who regularly gets away with -- rather, is lauded for -- routinely violating various aviation laws, as well as those against trespassing and voyeurism.
We would sit down together; examine the claims of Santa's believers for what they are: claims, not undisputable truths. We might see which claims can be tested and which claims are untestable, and compare the claims that can be tested with what we experience in normal reality. Maybe we might run all the claims through some basic logical tests and, if need be, sit up all night and wait for "Santa" to slide down the chimney (like I did when I was a kid -- I refused to believe that Santa could climb out of the fireplace without being burnt. I found out who "Santa" really is! Not only that, I found out what happened to the neighbors next door, who had no fireplace). Perhaps we would find some books to help us (such as the Christian book Santa Claus, Are You For Real? -- author mercifully forgotten; book thankfully out of print). Or maybe other people who were equally concerned about the Santa myth would post files with various online services. Oh, about the chimneyless neighbors: they were Jews. It didn't matter because they had their own source of wintertime joy and festivities.
Now, you will agree with me that, aside from the aforementioned book, such articles are unlikely. The Santa myth can easily be tested, and very few people have been disowned by their families or persecuted or killed for refusing to acknowledge the literal truthfulness of the Santa myth. If there were some effective articles that would help us come to an informed decision as to the role the Santa should play in our lives, however, I would download those files in a heartbeat.
And if references to the Santa myth appeared on our nation's coins, currency, national motto, and Pledge of Allegiance; and if people could get away with denying me a job because of my denial of the Santa myth; and if the only way to get help with an alcohol or drug problem was to turn my will and my life over to the care of Santa as I understand Him (and the courts mandated me to do just that with "God"); I would surely become an activist in trying to debunk the easily-disproved Santa myth. Especially if the majority blindly and blithely believed in the myth, spent hundreds of billions propagating the myth, and refused to associate with those who didn't believe the myth.
Apparently the SysOp doesn't understand the reason that Atheists and freethinkers write about Bible contradictions comes with the fact that many people believe in the Christian superstitions and that many Christians express their intolerant beliefs against other people. If many people believed and acted according to Tooth Fairy beliefs, we would, no doubt, concentrate on Tooth Fairy myths and why they don't hold up to evidence.
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The India and Philippines missions trip teams will be hosting a silent auction downtown at Broadway Market on Monday, December 5 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. Melissa Virts, leader of Team India, said, "We will be selling a little bit of everything. We have crafts, ornaments, crochet and knit items, homemade canned goods, and a refurbished bicycle."
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All businesses have an unspoken "ramp up time." You want to use that time to become a fully functioning part of the team, both by the work you produce and how you have integrated with the group. With a little thinking as you are starting, you can assure yourself of success.
As you are entering the new job, here are several things to do immediately.
Set up a meeting with your new boss. You will want to hear your boss tell you again about your job. You want to know the responsibilities, performance expectations, points of contact, deadlines, upcoming meetings and events.
Meet the key players. You will want to understand what function each person performs and how your role interacts with them. You need to make sure that you find out from them any details about how your work needs to be done to set them up for success.
Get familiar with your surroundings. Locate the copier and the fax machine. Look for office supplies and good things, like the bathroom. These are things most people take for granted, but a new person isn't going to know.
Observe. As with any group of people, there are politics and culture to consider. Before you step on a metaphorical land mine, you want to come in as an observer to the organization you are now part of. You need to understand the informal leadership, the influencers and problems. All new people are automatically given a state of grace for their ignorance during that period. Make sure to ask plenty of questions and be watchful. It will be your knowledge of the culture, your personality and how you do your job that will set the bar for how well you integrate. Integration into the culture may be a strong indicator of your future success and career growth.
Ask for feedback and ask it early and often. As you are starting to produce work, seek out your boss or other key players for their feedback on your work. Just like integration into the group, your work also has a grace period. You want to use your grace period as a window to learn by doing and adjusting until you are producing at or above the expectations. You won't know unless you ask.


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To embrace a woman is to embrace a sack of manure.
[The disestablishment of religion] may not have been such a
good idea.
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Catholic Encyclopedia: Story Greatly Discredited
"This story is now generally discredited, chiefly because it rests only on the authority of Abulpharagius, a writer six centuries later, while earlier writers,
especially Eutychius and Elmacin, make no mention of it. Besides, the act is contrary to Mohammedan custom; John Philoponos lived about a century before the capture of the city, and the statement of the time the rolls lasted as fuel is preposterous.
Finally, there is the evidence given above for the earlier destruction of the library."
Abbas: Could Not Have Been a Book Burner
"[A]ctually, even common sense might tell someone Caliph Umar I could not have been a book-burner given that the ancient knowledge
of the Greeks and other cultures actually survived and kindled Europe's Renaissance because it was translated into and preserved in Arabic whereby it passed into Europe through the great learning centres, libraries and universities, of Muslim Spain ruled,
incidentally, by the Umayyad dynasty."
Lloyd-Jones: Testimony to Enduring Power of Myth
"To accept the story of the Arab destruction of the library of Alexandria, one must explain how it is that so dramatic an event was unmentioned and unnoticed
not only in the rich historical literature of medieval Islam, but even in the literatures of the Coptic and other Christian churches, of the Byzantines, of the Jews, or anyone else who might have thought the destruction of a great library worthy of comment.
That the story still survives, and is repeated, despite all these objections, is testimony to the enduring power of a myth."
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Death comes to everyone. We must stand proud as Afghans in the defense of Islam.
Believe in God, for with the grace of God the American rockets will go astray and we will be saved.
We have destroyed 80 percent of the statues. There is only small amount left and we will destroy that soon.
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Back in 1962, when prayer was removed by the Supreme Court, something happened to America's soul and America's schools. Our nation became increasingly secular and less tolerant of moral standards and
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We don't think this is breaking the law, but if it is, I don't think they're going to take thousands of people to jail.
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One of the highest ranking authorities in the Mormon Church; acting prophet as of 2007
There is a temptation for the writer or the teacher of church history to want to tell everything, whether it is worthy or faith promoting or not. Some things that are true are not very useful.
US Secretary of Education (under the administration of G W Bush) and thus the figurehead of American public education
things equal, I would prefer to have a child in a school that has a strong appreciation for the values of the Christian community, where a child is taught to have a strong faith.
Evangelical activist billed as a 'converted and reformed welfare mother': poster child of the Christian anti-welfare movement
Anybody that believes in separation of church and state needs to leave right now.
Pascal (1623-62)
See Pascal's More Reasonable Sayings
Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.
Izak-el Mu-eed Pasha
We are Muslims, but we are Americans. We Muslims, Americans, stand today with
a heavy weight on our shoulder that those who would dare do such dastardly acts claim our faith. They are no believers in God at all.
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is the wake-up call for both the American public and our elected officials. If we do not amend the Massachusetts State Constitution so that it explicitly protects marriage as the union of one man and one woman, and if we do not amend the US Constitution
with a federal marriage amendment that will protect marriage on the federal level, we will lose marriage in this nation.
I want people of faith on my side, not just voting on election day but by hoisting me up
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and speak about issues we believe in and we will be victorious.
Tell us we are Catholics first and Americans or Englishmen afterwards; of course we are. Tell us in conflict between the Church and the civil government we side with the Church; of course we do.
Why, if the government of the United States were at war with the Church, we would say tomorrow, to hell with the government of the United States; and if the Church and all the governments of the world were at war, we would say, to hell with the governments
of the world.
Why is it that in this country, where we have only seven percent of the population, the Catholic Church is so much feared? She is loved by all her children and feared by everybody. Why is it that
the Pope has such tremendous power? Why, the Pope is the ruler of the world. All the emperors, all the kings, all the princes, all the presidents of the world, are as these altar boys of mine. The Pope is the ruler of the world.
If you got to castrate your miser'ble self with a piece o' rusty barb wire, do it.
You gotta worship at the Shrine Of the Almighty Anal Copulation God ... the Great God Rectum, that's what we call it.
You tellin' these miser'ble, Hell-bound, bath house-wallowing, anal-copulating fags that God loves them!? You have bats in the belfry!
There is no substantive, rational defense; I mean, the other side doesn't have a case.
Pius IX
[Dr. Constain James] refuted so well the aberrations of Darwinism.... [A system] which is repugnant at once to history, to the tradition of
all people, to exact science, to observed facts, and even to reason itself, would seem to need no refutation. But the corruption of this age, the machinations of the perverse, the danger of the simple, demand that such fancies, altogether absurd though
they are, should -- since they borrow the mask of science -- be refuted by true science.
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God has chosen, through his son Jesus Christ, this time, this place for all Christians --
Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox -- to save our country and save our courts.
The American experiment is not a theocracy and does not establish an official religion, but the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States are rooted in a Christian perspective
of the nature of government and the nature of man. The challenge of the next millennium will be to preserve the American experiment by restoring its Christian perspective.
Journal-Constitution: Contemptuous of Justices
"[Pryor has] vigorously championed the causes of the religious and political right, at times even disparaging sitting Supreme Court justices."
There are no atheists in foxholes.
Wahid Qasmi
See also: Syed Bilal
For Dr Shaikh's own protection, we sought his arrest. Otherwise, he might have been killed in the streets.
Even if someone is only half-conscious when speaking against the Prophet, he must die. In Dr Shaikh's case, his relatives have come to see us, saying the man is sorry and that he repents. But to be
sorry now is not enough. Even if a man is sorry, he must die.
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Friend of the PFR Blog Jordan Slocum has another Tecmo Super Bowl video for us today -- this time, a recreation of Josh Wilson's game-ending interception of Matt Schaub on MNF:
Why is it that the Texans have been involved in so many Tecmo-worthy plays this season (and usually on the receiving end)?
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text: Apr 19, 2013 12:27 LSU veterinary school will present the 26th Animals in Art LSU veterinary school will present the 26th Animals in Art Photo provided by CHRISTINE RUSSELL'Shiny Pig' a mosaic by Denver, Colo., artist Dede LaRue was one of the pieces accepted in the 2012 International Exhibition on Animals in Art. It also received a Judge's Award. Advocate story Comments The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine's 26th Annual International Exhibition on Animals in Art begins with an opening reception at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 23, in the school's library on Skip Bertman Drive on campus. The exhibition will be on display through Sunday, April 21. Admission is free, but a portion of the art sales benefits the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. Judge and juror for this year's show is Samuel Joseph Corso, who received his BFA in painting and drawing in 1975 from LSU, where he studied under Tom Cavanaugh and Harvey Harris. In 1977 he was awarded an MFA in stained glass, also from LSU, where his major professor was Paul A. Dufour. Because of this strong influence by both painters and designers and a keen sense of color, Corso has excelled in the field as a multimedia artist. He continues to create in stained glass, mosaics, bronze sculpture, watercolor and oil pastel on paper, and executes commissions in all media. He is a president and owner of Dufour-Corso Studios in Baton Rouge. One hundred and seventy-nine artists from 35 states and Canada submitted 426 entries for the show. Of those 426 entries, 75 were accepted for the exhibition. The exhibition takes place annually and is open to artists 18 years of age or older. All media are welcomed and accepted; the work must be original. A $1,000 Best of Show award will be given and one entry will be chosen to appear on the cover of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Other awards include the Judge's Award, Honorable Mention, the People's Choice Award, and the School of Veterinary Medicine Awards. For more information email or visit http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu. LSU School of Veterinary Medicine Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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Will Dancing With the Stars Sweep Paula Deen Off Her Feet?
Come on, shake your body, Paula, do the conga.
If the people in charge of keeping America entertained have their way, embattled celebrity chef Paula Deen will be next in the great big conga line of vaguely controversial Dancing With the Stars cast-people that began with Kate Gosselin and continued with Bristol Palin, the International Business Times reports. Or maybe not.
"The producers would love to have Paula join the cast of next season," says the VH1 host/gossip columnist Naughty But Nice Rob (apparently this is not his real name), though ABC reps won't comment on the rumor or even say when DWTS is coming back to the airwaves.
In the meantime, Paula Deen has turned the show down in the past, saying, "I've got catfish arms," and in other, more or less equally depressing news, Donald Trump says there's always a spot for the chef on Celebrity Apprentice. We weren't aware, but apparently it's the NBC show that's bar none the best way for a controversy-stricken celebrity to take baby steps on the road to multi-million-dollar empire recovery. Or at least that's how Trump puts it:
"Celebrity Apprentice has proven to be a great format for reinventing and re-establishing careers ... i.e.: Brett Michaels, Arsenio Hall, Trace Atkins, Joan Rivers and many others. Paula Deen's reputation has taken a big hit, and what better way to make a comeback than by raising money for charity?"
Deen made her career by cooking and selling her brand of food as part of a larger lifestyle. Because that lifestyle now seems, to most, as less than appealing, any image "reinvention" she pursues now might want to start with those categories. Unlike Palin and Gosselin, Paula Deen has some skills, and whether or not anyone is really clamoring for it, she's probably coming back to television. As thrilling as it might be to see her do the cha-cha or face off against a squirrel-eyed Gary Busey, these reality shows are not genuine opportunities for Paula Deen, who has inexorably become emblematic of a culture of casual racism that's much larger than her brand. She really has some explaining to do, after all, not a two-step.
Paula Deen Racial Slur Controversy: Will Celebrity Chef Be On 'Dancing With The Stars' or 'Celebrity Apprentice?' [IBT]
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As the years come and go, recipes seem to run in "cycles". Whenever a new recipe comes out, everyone becomes intrigued by it and wants to try it. If it's a really good recipe, it makes the rounds among cooks far and wide and everybody is making it! It's been like this for years and I've found that some of the best recipes are those "cycle" recipes, becoming a permanent part of our recipe files.
The recipe I have for you is one of those recipes from the late 1960's that made the rounds with cooks everywhere. It's a recipe that ANYBODY can make, it's so easy! The recipe, "Dump Cake", is just what the recipe says as far as preparing it goes: you just open the packages, layer the ingredients and bake it. It's as easy as that! It's a recipe that's simply divine for something that's this easy to make.
The recipe calls for a can of cherry pie filling, but you can use any flavor of fruit-based pie filling you like. It would also be especially good with strawberry or blueberry pie fillings. The recipe also calls for coconut and chopped pecans. These are optional ingredients, though I like to add them. They seem to add a lot of flavor and texture to the cake, but they can be omitted, if you prefer.
The recipe also calls for melted butter. If you'd rather, you could slice the cold butter into pats and lace it around the top of the pecans to save you from having to melt it. Whichever way you prefer to do it works fine.
While the cake is wonderful warm from the oven served plain, it's even better when topped with whipped cream or ice cream! It seems to be the very crowning glory to the rich dessert. By the way, try keeping the servings minimal. I realize that this is hard to do, but this is a rich dessert! It will be a sensation to serve with homemade ice cream this summer.
Speaking of recipes that run in cycles, I did a story last year about the famous "Watergate Cake" that was wildly popular in the early 1970's, along with a recipe for "Watergate Salad". To get these recipes, just follow this link:
Need a fast and easy dessert? Just follow this recipe and you'll be good to go!
- 1 can cherry pie filling
- 1 can (20 oz.) crushed pineapple, not drained
- 1 pkg. yellow cake mix
- 1-1/3 cups flaked coconut (1/2 of a 7 oz. bag) (optional)
- 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
- 2 sticks butter, melted
Using a 9x13 inch pan, layer the ingredients in the pan in the order listed, ending with the butter. DO NOT stir or mix the layers. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream. Yield: about 8 servings.


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MONTREAL (January 4, 2013) - Finally, after much speculation about his next opponent, International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight Carl "The Cobra" Froch (30-2-0, 22 KOs), of Great Britain, is forced to defend his belt against mandatory contender Adonis "Superman" Stevenson (19-1-0, 16 KOs).
In a letter from IBF representative Lindsey Tucker, dated January 2, 2013, sent to the promoters of Froch and Stevenson, both parties were invited to negotiate and Jan. 15 was imposed as the deadline. If at that time the parties were unable to reach an agreement a purse bid would be held in the IBF offices in New Jersey.
If Froch, for whatever reason, decided to withdraw from this process then it would he removed as champion and Stevenson would be invited to fight for the vacant title against the next highest-ranking available IBF challenger. If Stevenson withdrew he would be excluded from the IBF's top 10 contenders for six months and the highest-ranked available contender would replace him.
"I'm finally realizing my goal of a world championship fight, facing a great champion like Carl Froch," Stevenson said about the turn of events. "I know he's had great victories during his career, particularly against two other Quebec fighters, Jean Pascal and Lucian Bute, but I have all of the tools needed to emerge victorious in a great fight. I would obviously like the fight to take place here in Quebec, but I have no problem winning the title in England, if necessary. "
"Carl Froch not only has the obligation to fight Adonis Stevenson," said the president of GYM, Yvon Michel, "but the 'Superman' fight is certainly the most profitable, as well as the best alternative for the champion and his only way to keep his IBF title belt. I know Froch's promoter, Eddie Hearn, wants this fight to take place in England, and he has also sent an interesting offer for a date in May. From our side, we will rally all of Quebec Nation to get behind us and try to convince the Super Six finalist to come here to defend his crown in March or April. We have also sent a very generous offer for this purpose. He had the opportunity to beat Pascal and Bute at his home in Nottingham. Isn't it his turn to visit us in Quebec?"
Both parties believe that, despite the short time period, an agreement can be negotiated but, if that isn't the case, then the purse bid action on Jan. 15 would then determine the outcome.
Jive time, no good politricks -- I mean politics -- of the sorry-arse crooked IBF. Inside Boxing Fraud = IBF. IMHO this alphabet-stankin' organization is the seediest of the so-claimed elite five -- WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO and IBO -- sanctioning crooks. Holla!
I watched the Stevenson vs la Bomba George fight a couple weeks ago. Before that my lasting image of Stevenson was that of an awkward crazed berzerker sporting a crazed mohawk. After watching that fight,... I can see why Manny Stewart took him under his wing.
the guy can box and has much more stamina than a 35 year old should have... and he's also capable of adapting to hardship and adversity.
Froch should have the seasoning and experience to handle Stevenson... but I don't know if I'm 111% sure about that.
this is an excellent matchup that I'm certain will not disappoint... as ali has so gracefully put... an Upset is not that hard to imagine.
That's an exciting matchup for sure.
Froch is a tough grinder and Adonis is a one punch killer
It has upset written all over it.
Why is froch reluctant to take this fight?
I'm not interested in a Kessler rematch
Froch must be warming up to Stevenson...he recently says he doesn't duck anybody... and only "hit and hold artists can beat him"...Froch tells Stevenson that he respects him,.. but if he gets in the ring with him.... he'll get Smoked!!.. Froch is always hilarious before a fight.
Adonis is unproven. He hasnt fought anyone. Froch has fought everyone. I'm picking Froch to win big.
B-sug I loved when Froch and Ward had there face off Froch is can hold his own with any trash talker.
Have u seen froch's girl tho??? Call me OJ cuz I'll stab
Froch thinks he is elite but who has he beat ?
He has come up short when it mattered.
Ward humiliated him.
Taylor who was already shot slow uncoordinated boxed
his ears off for 11 rounds before catching one and going to sleep.
Even dirrel out boxes him. Froch complained him ran but
Froch is the one who didn't have the agility or athleticism to keep
Even a slowed down Kessler beat froch.
Froch did surprise me and destroyed a stupid Bute who
fought the complete opposite of his own skill set.
Froch is a tough bastard but who of note
Has he beat?
Adonis may set the table for a 50/50 fight
I'm riding shotgun with the Roast on this one. Adonis is a bit wild, amateurish and hyped. Holla!
I was just poking around on the ESPN boxing site and they are saying Froch has signed to fight Kessler in a rematch and will ask the IBF to wait on the Adonis fight. The IBF want that fee so they will strop Froch and set up Adonis with the next guy I would guess. Also saw that today is Roy Jones Jr's birthday today and watched the second Montell Griffin fight off Dan Rafael's twitter page. RJJ was on fire that night in '97, yall musta forgot! Happy Birthday Champ. Good stuff over on that ESPN site, the only other boxing site I look at.
My condonlences on hearing you've boxed yourself into two boxing sites. No disrespect meant, but umm, kinda pathetic with a dash of pity. You're depriving yourself, my friend....
My condonlences on hearing you've boxed yourself into two boxing sites. No disrespect meant, but umm, kinda pathetic with a dash of pity. You're depriving yourself, my friend....
Lmfao. Showing good footwork...lateral movement ...SouthPaw (Thats really what I tried signing up for!) stepping back into his TSS position/place.
Lmfao. Showing good footwork...lateral movement ...SouthPaw (Thats really what I tried signing up for!) stepping back into his TSS position/place.
I'll let you know when I give a f*** what you think SP.
It's too late, homey, done told me with that repsonse. Holla'.
I'm still unsure what your exact position is on this site but right now you ain't nothing but another poster. What I'll tell you is this, this boxing community, the one outside this Internet world is very smalll. So, please, don't say anything to me you wouldnt spit to me say if we caught up with each other in person. If you drop a hostile F bomb here...by all means...do so too if we ever have a disagreement in boxing person/real life.
Were you drinking or something last night SouthPaul? In what world would we ever meet up in real life? This is the only communication we will having. My exact position? Of course I'm just another poster, what else would I be? Are you offended by an F-bomb? Maybe I should have said no disrespect intended first?
Were you drinking or something last night SouthPaul? In what world would we ever meet up in real life? This is the only communication we will having. My exact position? Of course I'm just another poster, what else would I be? Are you offended by an F-bomb? Maybe I should have said no disrespect intended first?
I had just drank a protien shake and if you feel the need ..contact Vada and have them holla' at me for a test. Not surprising you'd say we'd never meet ...you strike me as sort of a arrogant cat. I ain't offended, though, just making sure the Roast brings it in the same manner when he's out in the real world.
Well thats a first. The arrogant thing I mean. I doubt we'd ever meet cuz I'm not a member of the boxing community. I'm just a fight fan. I attend fights in the Chicago area. We dont get any big fights here. Golden Gloves finals every April is one of the highlights. If you ever get out this way I'll buy you a beer. Cool homie?
Don't let the glib- jet-set-hopping-international-philanthropic-playboy-image fool you,.. In between romancing international tennis stars world-wide,.. the Roast has been known to humble himself by endearing himself to the common folks during his many overseas travels,.... by sometimes watching fights with tribal chieftains on the only tv in the village...yep the one with the rabbit ears..... The Roast may be a man of many aquired tastes,... along with the means to fulfill them,.. but he still hasn't lost the common touch.
Hehehe! You guys are wildin!' Just don't take any bananas or almonds with those shakes or beers. You will sleep like babies. Danggit! This Navy Yank heavyweight ate some bananas and almonds a few hours before his bout with the China national champion. The NYh was dozing off before the bout and in the ring between the second and third round. Instead of his coach stopping the bout and not letting the kid come out, he slapped the kid across his ugly mug and pushed him out.
KaBOOM!!! The NYh got tapped on the chin and fell in sections like collapsing building. WTF! Know what not to eat or you will get your monkey @ss beat.
The beauty conquered the beast by feeding his gorilla @ss almonds and bananas. I guess the NYh didn't read the book. Hehehe! I thought everybodee and dey momma knew no bananas and almonds before whup-@$$ pugilistic competition. Holla!
Lmfao. Thats truly funny cause my comical assumption was ...located in Italy .... Struggling tennis coach...attempting a come back with Billie JEan King... Sorta resembling Cedric Kushner . It's all love, Roast. Just smack talkin'.... I need some type of legendary poster/ opponent in 2013 to step on in order to push up past Brown Suga' in the rankings. Lol.
Wow! I remember in Hong Kong how Nun Sisters Maribeth and Tessita got me from talking smack. They knew how to attack. Their fists were moving fast as lightning. I had no chance in fighting. And of Jesus, I saw no sighting. The moral of the story. Jive that line between every pain and glory. Holla!
Lol, takes a good collaboration for a jive jam session. I was snapping Bernie Campbell's head back with that uppercut you taught me but truthfully the shhhhhyt is primitive. You got me looking like Charlie from Young Guns (if you've never seen that clip of him boxing , do so, that's comedy gold).
Who will win the Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward fight?


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Summer holidays in the Czech Republic begin at the start of July and last until the end of August. Apart from the fact that schools are closed, timetables for public transport are usually slightly altered.
Christmas holidays are usually slightly longer than the days off that apply for the whole Czech Republic; spring holidays are determined by individual regions. However, these days off have practically no impact on foreigners staying in the Czech Republic.


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Some stories feel unfinished - "what could have been" is answered in the play Something Wicked. The story takes over where Macbeth left off. Imagine an Act VI where Lady Macbeth experiences a post-death life review through the eyes of three witches played by Laura Epperson, Paul Gregg, and Sam Bruce. By means of a memorable Macbeth quote, actor Paul Gregg aptly describes the play's message, "What's done cannot be undone. Something Wicked makes you think about the consequences of your actions."
Lady Macbeth, acted by Kathryn Connors, contemplates her past and is led to the question, "how have I influenced things around me?" If given the chance, what could I have done differently? The questions and the journey to their resolution resonate with every human being. Skillfully adapted by Anaїs Koivisto, Something Wicked repurposes some of the key lines from Macbeth, transforming our perception in a dark, engaging way.
The play's inspiration is fittingly described by the director Anaїs Koivisto, "One of the most famous living Shakespearean scholars - Harold Bloom - once suggested in an essay that Shakespeare gave Lady Macbeth a small amount of stage time in order to prevent her from overshadowing her husband. With Something Wicked, I like to think that we've given her a chance to speak her piece. We give her a chance to finish out her own story (or at least another leg of it)."
Presenting a version of what happens after we die, Something Wicked, offers a rare look beyond the veil. The ensemble cast performs to music they arranged, setting the tone for Lady Macbeth's life review. The cleverly puzzle-pieced story yields a work of art that would have made Shakespeare proud!
The collaborative cast brings a thought-provoking performance to the stage for a limited run beginning Thursday, February 20th through Saturday, March 8th at The Kraine Theater in NYC. Cast includes (in alphabetical order: Sam Bruce (Third Witch), Kathryn Connors (Lady Macbeth), Laura Epperson (First Witch), Paul Gregg (Second Witch), Zachary Libresco (Man 2 Macbeth), Lila Newman (woman 1, Lady Macduff), Samuel Platizky (Man 1, Duncan), Ali Stoner (Woman 2, Child), and Jay William Thomas (Man 3, Banquo). Director: Anaїs Koivisto - Producer: Katherine Sommer - Dramaturg: Jamie Wylie
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Tuesday 2/25 at 8:40pm
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Must see vineyard mustard is back
It's that time of year again, the rain to-date has been enough to help the beautiful yellow mustard rise between the vineyard rows here in the valley.
Here are a couple shots from early this morning in Oakville.
If you're curious about the purpose of the mustard, check out our video from last year with an explanation.
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Tuition in $1 bills would take a while to count and not time well spent for an employee of a college to deal with sorting it all out. Luq Mughal, a student at the University of Utah, went to the campus and paid his tuition with 2,000 in $1 bills as a form of protest against the increasing costs of attending college. CS Monitor reports Jan. 23 that that Mughal, 21, brought a small metal briefcase full of cash to the university on Tuesday, which was the payment deadline.
In order to gather that many singles, Mughal went to several banks so he could pay his tuition in $1 bills. He informed The Salt Lake Tribune that he spent weekends working to pay for his electrical engineering degree.
Believe it or not, Mughal got a discount from to begin with because his father is a faculty member of the school. Mughal realizes that his costs are "far from the worst on campus," the report went on to reveal.
According to the report, in-state tuition rates for undergraduates in Utah have gone up over two times as much within the last decade. A five percent tuition increase was put into effect for 2014 with the justification being the university needs more money to fund cost-of-living raises for employees "as state funding declines."
Paying tuition in $1 bills is a good way to protest rising cost because it basically says, "Yes, I will pay the tuition that I owe, but I do not agree with the high cost. So, enjoy your time counting each and every single dollar of the stacks and stacks of it that it took to get $2,000."


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Why in the world would anyone want to create a literature themed garden? Well, I am a writer. What better way to combine my two favorite pastimes? I came up with the idea of a literature themed garden a few years ago while planting parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme in my herb garden. Tell me, are you going to Scarborough Fair? That got me thinking of all the kids' songs, poetry and literary excerpts with a garden theme. Wouldn't it be cool to create a kids' literature themed garden?
Think of all the garden themed kids' literature you can.
Kids' fairy tales and Mother Goose rhymes are full of garden references.
Here's some to get you started:
*Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row.
*Peter, Peter pumpkin eater. Had a wife and couldn't keep her. Put her in a pumpkin shell and there he kept her very well.
*Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold. Peas porridge in the pot, nine days old.
Place signage with literary phrases near appropriate garden areas.
For instance, that last excerpt would hang from a shepherds hook where your peas are growing.
Create your literary themed garden after the fact.
Rather than thinking up phrases to build your garden around, why not do the reverse? Simply plant your garden as you normally would. Then, think up literary phrases befitting your plants, veggies, flowers or herbs of choice. Take to the internet when your memory fails you.
Don't get overwhelmed.
You can build your kids' literary garden a little at a time over several years. There's no rush.
Add some bling to your kids' literary garden.
You'll need a reading bench. That's simple enough. How about a pot for that peas porridge? An itsy bitsy pretend spider could crawl up your water spout. Maybe you could add a watering can for Peter Rabbit in the carrot patch? Or, you could simply hang up his tiny jacket and shoes to frighten away the blackbirds.
Don't forget to ask for kids' help.
Who knows kids' literature better than kids? They may have a suggestion or two for you. You may know all the old kids' literature. Kids can punch up the garden with some new material. Not only that, they'll love helping with this project. Plus, it just might give them an interest in something besides their tech toys.
This article was previously published by this author on a now closed Yahoo property.


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DIRECTV Swarmed by Option Traders on Merger Speculation
Schaeffer's Investment Research
DTV April 55 put most popular bearish trade.
After renewed speculation
that a merger between satellite video provider
(NASDAQ:DTV) and competitor
DISH Network Corp.
(NASDAQ:DISH) Friday, DTV was inundated by option trades, with overall volume nearly nine times a normal day. Overall, calls were the options of choice, with 52,000 contracts changing hands -- about 11 times many calls as normal. Puts were popular too, however, with six times as many contracts crossing the tape as is typically seen.
Nearly half of these puts were at one strike -- the April 55 put. All told, 11,378 contracts were traded at this strike, and with implied volatility rising more than three percentage points, volume exceeding open interest, and open interest spiking over the weekend, at least some of these puts were likely bought to open. Given the option's volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of $1.09, DIRECTV shares need to fall to $53.91 (strike price minus VWAP) by the expiration day of April 19 for these put buyers to earn a profit. That's nearly 2% off the stock's current levels, but if it doesn't make that plunge, all the investors can lose is the premium paid. On Friday, the option's delta was negative 0.49, meaning the trade had nearly a 50/50 chance of finishing in the money.
Technically, DTV has been on a bit of a roller coaster ride. After soundly beating earnings estimates in mid-February, DIRECTV shares actually dropped over the following week to a recent low of $47.71, but then recovered 15.2% over the last few weeks to trade at its current levels. For the year, DTV is up 9.6% and nearly 16% year over year.
Overall trading sentiment toward DIRECTV on the option market remains mixed. DTV's 50-day put/call volume ratio on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) is 0.88, and that is in the 72nd percentile of all readings taken over the last 12 months -- indicating a higher-than normal appetite for put buying in recent weeks. But the stock's Schaeffer's put/call open interest ratio (SOIR) stands at 0.78, and that ranks in the bottom 26% of the last 12 months' worth of readings. So according to that, call open interest is higher than normal (when compared to put open interest) for options that expire in the next three months.
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Brian Christopher Schweda
Position: DE
Height: 6-3 Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: April 30, 1943 in Kansas City, KS
High School: Lawrence
College: Kansas (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 8th round (101st overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 16th round (121st overall) of the 1965 AFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 13 (6326th overall since 1950)


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Cardbored? Check Out This Alternative!
Meet FROGBOX– a Canadian based member who has changed the game of moving. In their first year of membership with 1% for the Planet, they have already chose a number of approved non-profits to support, including the Vancouver Aquarium and organizations that support frog habitat restoration. The following post was written by Mathieson McCrae (a huge fan of 1% FTP and Yvon), and I am happy that he shared it with us! Read on to learn more about this innovative business!
People move. Once every five years, on average, we gather every single thing we own and we pack it up, transport it and unpack it somewhere else, making home in a new place. The status quo as you read this, is to do all that packing and transporting with cardboard boxes. Whether you find them behind a liquor store or buy them brand new, it's a disposable paper product, that sooner, rather than later, ends up as waste. (Yes yes, they can be recycled, but just wait, it's not so simple. We'll address this directly in a future post.)
FROGBOX is the new alternative. We take sturdy, stackable plastic boxes and rent them out in whichever quantity and for whatever duration is required to make the move. So what's the difference? It's simple: reuse. We offer a product that can be used 400 times. Cardboard averages just less than two uses, and is virtually useless after 5 or, at best, 10 times around the block. But hey, it's also obvious that plastic requires way more energy to produce than a good old flimsy cardboard job. Bingo, 100% correct. It takes approximately 8x more energy to produce a FROGBOX than it would to produce a cardboard box of equivalent capacity.
What that number means is that once we rent out a FROGBOX eight times, every additional use does not require the input of additional material resources. There's 392 uses left to go and 392 cardboard boxes that don't need to be made. So to be clear, we're not saying everyone should buy FROGBOX moving boxes (FROGBOXes) and keep their own in their garage. They may reuse them a few times, but that would have a higher impact than owning some cardboard. The idea is that we take a durable product and facilitate its shared use as moving boxes by the community at large.
So what's the actual impact of cardboard? And what do we save by using FROGBOX moving boxes? We'll talk about what we've done so far in the last three years, but we'll also visualize the bigger picture too, what impact we will have when FROGBOX becomes status quo.
So far, the FROGBOX moving boxes currently in circulation have been used over 250,000 times. This means 223 Metric Tonnes of cardboard were not used. And 587 MTCE (Metric Tonnes Carbon Equivalent) avoided in waste and production. (We'll save this for a later post, but not to be overlooked!) The tape that holds those boxes together accounts for an uncertain but more toxic portion of the footprint of the box and cannot be recycled. Assuming 5 ft of tape per cardboard box means using FROGBOXes has saved 1.25 million feet of tape thus far.
And so what does that 587 MTCE (CO2) number mean?
- -It's equivalent to one car driving 1,920,000 kilometers (which is five one way trips to the moon [or two and a half round trips, but that leaves you stuck on the moon, and also, what road are you driving on?])
- -Which is the same as 60 cars doing 32,000 kilometers.
- -Or 190 individual people not flying to New York from Vancouver (planes use a lot of fuel).
- -Or powering 73 average North American homes for a whole year!
Small potatoes? Yeah, we're not the big fry yet, but so that's where things look interesting. 55 million people move every year in the USA and Canada and that means 1.9 billion boxes and as much as 271,662 MTCE assuming all cardboard boxes are actually used twice (another future post in the works here).
And just to toot the horn: let's mention that FROGBOX moving boxes are strong, sport a waterproof tub design (lids attached!), have handles and don't need to be taped together or broken down when you're done. Which all, ahem, saves you time. Time is still important too, right?
A huge thanks goes to FROGBOX for sending us this blog post, and we hope you consider supporting them during your next move!


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Hi every body I have recently installed iCommand and Eclipse to my PC in order to program Lego NXT, however when I try to run RadioControl.java I get "Selection does not contain a main type" error message.
I do have right window selected and I did add all of the external .jar files. So if anybody has a solution for this please help.


text: The sound is still fine but after turning the TV on today the screen (on every channel) is orange with horizontal lines and I can just make out the outline of images behind it. It's hooked up to a BT Vision box and no connections were messed with and all are intact. Does anyone have any idea on the problem, part needed or likely repairbill? I can then work out if I'd have to scrap it (hope not).


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Dogs are no strangers to the service industry; they're used to working side-by-side with humans as guide dogs for the visually impaired, police assistants, and emotional supporters for those suffering from mental illnesses – but did you know that dogs can also help prevent terrorist attacks? Pups for Peace was founded in 2002 following the Passover Massacre at Israel's Park … [Read more...]
Photographer Vanessa von Zitzewitz Captures Animal Images While Saving Lives!
Vanessa von Zitzewitz never considered becoming a photographer until she studied graphic design at the Parsons School of Design in New York City, where she took a photography course to gain credits. Her teacher was enthused by her work and pushed her to be more visually creative. At twenty-six years old, Vanessa got a call from Cartier America and was asked if she was … [Read more...]
No Pets Left Behind – Thanks To Gimme Shelter Animal Rescue!
The phrase "knowledge begets responsibility" became reality for Michelle Neufeld when she learned of the harsh, inhumane treatment of animal high-killing shelters in the south of our country. Michelle could not just let these killing shelters continue to murder animals in cold blood, so she set her mind to build an animal shelter where the animal is treated with respect, loved, … [Read more...]
It's A Beautiful Sunny Day! Don't Forget Your Pup's Sunglasses!
Summer is here! You know what that means, new shades for you and your pooch! South African born photographer Mia Feinstein has been photographing dogs since she was 11-years-old. Her first pooch subject was her own dog, Gucci. Currently based out of London, Feinstein clients include A-list celebrities with their pampered pups, besides donating her talent to … [Read more...]
Cedarhill Animal Sanctuary Keeps the Purrs a' Plenty
What cat lover among us hasn't at least once taken in a homeless kitty? How about 158 of them, plus 23 of their exotic cousins -- lions, tigers, cougars, and bobcats? That's what Kay McElroy, the founder, president, and general factotum of Cedarhill Animal Sanctuary, has done. One day in 1987, McElroy, a former schoolteacher, was living near Caledonia, … [Read more...]


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No, i mean has he retired from Cricket, i haven't seen him play ODI and tests in a while?
No, i mean has he retired from Cricket, i haven't seen him play ODI and tests in a while?
He retired for Tests after the Ashes. He hasn't played any ODIs since then because he's injured.
Rejecting 'analysis by checklist' and 'skill absolutism' since Dec '09
Rejecting 'selection deontology' since Mar '15
'Stats' is not a synonym for 'Career Test Averages'
Originally Posted by Jeffrey Tucker
And the thread title's a bit offensive really (or unneccessarily startling at best), so I'm going to change it. Show a bit more tact next time.
^ yes.. that is what i was going to post.. Thank you
Appreciating cricket's greatest legend ever - HD Bird...............Funniest post (intentionally) ever.....Runner-up.....Third.....Fourthcricket player"; "Bob"), 1/11/1990-15/4/2006
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Flintoff is death
something like that.. lol
When has a retired player ever been described as "dead"?
Never once heard it before.
^ you learn new things everyday my friend
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Last week we brought news of REVA's imminent unveiling of the NXR and NXG electric cars with an emergency roadside assistance system called REVive to combat "range anxiety". Click through for the video of REVA CTO Chetan Maini (and his mother) pulling the covers off the two new cars today, at day two of the Frankfurt Motor Show. Read More
Indian electric car company REVA will unveil two new electric cars at the forthcoming Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) on September 16. The REVA NXR is a four-seater, three-door hatchback family car aimed at urban drivers while REVA's showcar, the NXG, is a sporty two-seater with a targa roof that was designed by Dilip Chhabria of internationally-renowned automotive design company DC Design. REVA says it has added a unique technology to its cars that addresses 'range anxiety' – worrying about running out of charge mid-journey. The REVive telematics technology acts like an invisible reserve fuel tank. Drivers telephone or SMS REVA for an instant remote top-up should they run out of charge. At present, details are scarce about how REVive actually works but REVA assures us all will be revealed at IAA. Read More
April 15, 2005 The REVA-NXG, a "next generation Electric Vehicle" concept was shown for the first time earlier this month at the EV21 Electric Vehicle Symposium in Monaco. Created by the Indian REVA Electric Car Company (RECC), the new concept car is the result of a collaborative effort between RECC, automobile designer Dilip Chhabria and Simputer developer Encore Software. The REVA-NXG is a two-seater roadster with a range of 200 kilometres and a top speed of 120 kmh. The car is powered by a high performance 37 kW AC induction motor that drives the front wheels, and uses Sodium Nickel Chloride batteries in lieu of conventional lead acid batteries for extended life. The REVA-NXG has four-wheel independent suspension with an integrated regenerative and hydraulic braking system and the company claims excellent handling and braking.Read More
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Williams Named MEAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week
Courtesy: BCUathletics.com
Release: 02/12/2014
NORFOLK, Va. - For the third time this season, Bethune-Cookman track & field has earned weekly conference accolades for its indoor performances, as officials from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced on Wednesday (Feb. 12) that Ed'Ricus Williams has been named MEAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week.
Williams (Fr., Warrenton, Ga.) earned third in the high jump at the Armory Collegiate Invitational last weekend in New York, competing against elite eastern talent. Capping his height at 2.06m (6-09.00 ft.), the B-CU rookie climbed to the top of the MEAC standings, ranking first in the conference heading into the MEAC Indoor Championships, which begin Thursday (Feb. 13).
In January MEAC Men's Field honors went to freshman Kenneth Fisher, and Deidra Jordan earned Women's Field honors for her Pentathlon performance at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational.
This is Williams' first career conference honor.
The MEAC Indoor Championships run from Thursday to Saturday at the Prince George's Sports Complex in Landover, Md.
For all the latest information on the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, including meet results and recaps, visit B-CUathletics.com. Be sure to follow the official Twitter feeds at @CookmanTrack and @BCUathletics or "Like Us" on Facebook at BCUAthletics.


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Djokovic: Don't be so sure Gulbis isn't crazy
PARIS — Next up for Novak Djokovic, in the quarters on Tuesday, is old friend and, apparently, drinking and/or carousing buddy Ernests Gulbis.
Djokovic is 21, Gulbis 19, but they go back three years, to when they began training with former French Open runner-up Niki Pilic in Germany.
As Djokovic recalled those days and evidently wild nights, he began smiling at the memories. "We know each other on and off the court," he began. "Crazy experiences off the court as well." But Djoko wasn't going to get into the details.
If you had to guess about the instigator of these crazy experiences, you'd say Djokovic, who might be serious and emotional on court, but who can be something of a clown off. Meanwhile, Gulbis, who is Latvian, is a sphinx when he's playing. No smiles. No frowns. He just goes about his work
When he played James Blake in the second round, he spent an inordinate time wiping his grip and his hands following a long point which he had lost. Someone in the crowd yelled: "You're giving him a blister, James."
Gulbis, poker-faced, looked up at the heckler and said, "Very funny joke." That was as quirky as he got that day.
Still, Djokovic cautioned against thinking that Gulbis can't get a little wild and crazy after work. "I think I know him better than you," he said.
Djokovic still is trying to find a consistent groove after four matches, but he dealt well Sunday with a very hot Paul-Henri Mathieu, and there's obviously no difficulty with his emotional strength.
Twice in his straight-set win over Mathieu he had to rally back from love-40 on serve, and one of those rallies came on the final game of the opening set.
Gulbis presents problems for any player because of his big serve, flat and powerful forehand and dangerous backhand. But he's streaky. He'll roll up four or five outstsanding points in a row, then crash a couple of forehands 10 feet over the baseline.
"So, maybe there's my chance with the experience and patience I have," said Djoko.


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Paper Tiger
Too Old To Go Electronic, Waggy Closes Up City Auto Shop After 50 Years In Business
Roy Waggy finishes changing a tire at Waggy's auto shop in Harrisonburg last month as wife and part-time employee Margaret looks on. Impelled by advancing age and computerization requirements, Waggy has shut down after more than 50 years. (Photos by Stephen Mitchell / DN-R)
Roy Waggy fills out an inspection form at his desk on Thursday. "I do it the old way ... paperwork," he says, and he wasn't about to change.
Roy and Margaret Waggy and their auto shop have been a fixture in the Friendly City for decades, but it's all coming to an end, owing to Roy's advancing age — and the advance of the electronic age.
HARRISONBURG — After more than 50 years in business, mechanic Roy Waggy closed up his Harrisonburg shop Friday for the last time.
The 75-year-old, along with his wife, Margaret, 67, has been…
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Well Calgary, this is your mayor: Naheed Nenshi. He's popular, but that's enough to make someone wonder if that's because Calgarians aren't really paying that much attention to him. They should.
Today Nenshi lashed out at Derek Fildebrandt, the Alberta Director of the Calgary Taxpayers Federation. The provocation? Fildebrandt filed an access to information request under FOIP (the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act) and confirmed that Nenshi isn't attempting to get the City of Calgary to cover his legal costs in homebuilder Cal Wenzel's lawsuit against him.
Nenshi fumed at Fildebrandt very publicly, over Twitter, repeating over and over again that he had previously said he wasn't asking the city to cover his legal bills. And it's true that he previously said that.
Well, here's the problem with that: politicians in Canada routinely make promises. And routinely break them. So the CTF was very justified in investigating in order to confirm Nenshi's promise. After all, Nenshi had previously declared he was exploring the option of having the city cover his legal costs via its litigation insurance policy.
He tried to claim that the scurrilous comments he made about Wenzel were a matter of public interest. (That itself -- effectively treating political opposition as if it's a criminal enterprise -- is deeply scandalous.)
The CTF acting to confirm whether or not Nenshi was standing by his most recent promise is undeniably a matter of public interest. Somehow that wasn't good enough for Nenshi, who accused Fildebrandt of wasting public resources. He also arrogantly declared that the CTF has no influence on policy (the sense of contempt for Calgarian taxpayers is absolutely palpable).
In effect, Nenshi -- again, the Mayor of Calgary -- was attempting to discourage a public interest group from using FOIP requests to obtain information. That's scandalous. If nearly any other politican in Canada was caught doing this there would be immediate calls for their resignation, especially if the politician in question were conservative.
But because it's Naheed Nenshi doing it -- a mayor who has become the pet vanity project of the aspiring "fancy people" (as Ezra Levant would call them) who support Nenshi without ever actually having much of a reason why -- he gets a free pass, apparently.
No politician -- not even Nenshi -- is entitled to a cone of silence. And he's certainly not entitled to bully public interest groups into giving him one.


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Nov. 11, 2012
Radio: KAAM 770 AM Ray Canevari (Play-by-Play)
Location: Dallas, Texas (Moody Coliseum)
Live stats and video available on SMUMustangs.com
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Moody Coliseum
W-Basketball Outlasts Texas Southern To Win 62-56
DALLAS (SMU) - Samantha Mahnesmith reached double-figures for the third time in four games, scoring 15 points to lead the Mustangs to a 62-56 win over Texas Southern Wednesday in Moody Coliseum.
SMU takes on Texas Southern Monday night at 7 p.m. The Mustangs beat Alcorn State 76-46 in the first game of the season Saturday. The Lady Tigers will be competing for the first time this season.
Texas Southern: Texas Southern went just 5-26 last season with two wins against SWAC opponents. Gianne Fleming led the Tigers with 9.8 points per game last season as a junior. Freshmen Kayla West (8.4) and Morgan Simmons (6.7) were the only other players on the team to score more than five points per game. The Tigers and Mustangs had three common opponents last season in Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, TCU and Alcorn State. Texas Southern went 1-3 against the three teams, beating TAMU-CC 63-54. SMU went 3-0 against the teams, winning all three games by at least nine points. Cynthia Cooper-Dyke is starting her first season as head coach of the Tigers after a two-year stint at UNC-Wilmington.
SERIES HISTORY: The Mustangs are 3-1 all-time against Texas Southern, winning three straight since the Tigers beat SMU in the first round of the 1979 TAIAW Playoffs, SMU's third season as a program.
The Mustangs beat Alcorn State 76-46 in Moody Coliseum in the season opener Saturday. Destynee Hives-McCray had her first double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Alisha Filmore led SMU with 14 points, and freshman Farrin Bell scored 12 points. Transfer Korina Baker and Mallory Singleton each added nine points. SMU shot 45.9 percent from the field, while holding the Lady Braves to just 24.6 percent shooting.
North Texas comes to Moody Coliseum on Thursday after its season-opener at home against Texas State Monday night. The Mean Green went 15-16 last season. North Texas hit a school-record 129 3-point field goals last season, led by junior Laura McCoy's 46. North Texas has just six returning players from last year's squad, but among those returning is senior Jasmine Godbolt, who led the Mean Green in scoring with 12.3 points per game. Mike Peterson is in his first season as head coach at North Texas after eight seasons as head coach at Wake Forest.
SERIES HISTORY: The Mustangs are 27-16 all-time against North Texas, and are 18-5 since Rhonda Rompola's first season as head coach in the 1991-92 season. SMU has won eight of the last 10 games, but fell 50-46 in the Super Pit last season.
SMU head coach Rhonda Romopola has coached against North Texas head coach Mike Peterson nine times during her career, winning seven of the meetings. The long-time veterans first met during the 1995-96 season, with SMU beating Peterson's New Mexico State team 75-69. The Mustangs went 6-0 during Peterson's three-year stint at TCU from the 1996-97 season until the 1998-99 season, including a 127-125, four overtime win in the first meeting. Shawna Lavender, formerly Shawna Ford, who is in her first season of Director of Basketball Operations at SMU, was the leading scorer with 42 points in the game. Peterson led Wake Forest to wins over SMU in each of the last two seasons for his first wins against Rompola.
After spending most of her first two seasons on the Hilltop playing the point guard position, senior Alisha Filmore was second on the team in scoring last season, averaging 10.2 points per game. She scored at least 10 points in 15 of the Mustangs' 31 games, including a career-high 29 points, which is tied for the fifth highest by a Conference USA player last season, against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Dec. 18, 2011. Filmore also had 26 points against Houston. She was the leading scorer in nine games last season.
Alisha Filmore led Conference USA in 3-point field goal percentage last season, shooting 41.3 percent from beyond the arc. She was one of just two players in the league connecting on more than 40 percent of 3-point attempts, and only three players made more than 35 percent of attempts. She made every 3-point attempt in six games, and matched Andrea Cossey for second most in a game at SMU, making seven of 11 attempts against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Filmore was also fourth in the league, shooting 78.2 percent from the free throw line, making 68 of 87 attempts from the charity stripe. She made every attempt in 10 games, including a 6-for-6 performance against Cal State Fullerton, and made a career-high nine free throws in 12 attempts against UT-San Antonio.
Head coach Rhonda Rompola and associate head coach Lisa Dark have been together on the sidelines since Rompola took over the reins of the program 22 seasons ago. Assistant coach Deneen Parker joined the duo 17 years ago. The SMU staff has the second longest active tenure of any staff at one school. Danny Hughes joined the staff prior to the 2009-10 season and is in his fourth year with the program.
In the past six seasons, the Mustangs have had three 20-win seasons, won a Conference USA Tournament Championship, a C-USA Regular Season title, advanced to the NCAA Tournament and made two WNIT appearances.
SMU head coach Rhonda Rompola has led the Mustangs to the NCAA Tournament seven times and the WNIT four times in 21 seasons. The Mustangs have captured two conference tournament championships, winning the Western Athletic Conference tournament in 1999 and the Conference USA tournament in 2008, and two regular season titles under her leadership. She has coached three All-Americans, two Conference Players of the Year, two Conference Defensive Players of the Year and 31 All-Conference selections. Rompola has also been named Coach of the Year six times during her 21-year career.
As a sophomore, Akil Simpson stole the spotlight, leading the Mustangs with 10.7 points per game, ranking in the top 20 in Conference USA. She scored at least 10 points in 17 of 31 games, including a career-high 25 points at Tulane on Feb. 5, 2012. She reached the 20 point mark three times in all, scoring 22 against Fresno State and 20 in SMU's two-point win at Marshall. Simpson also led the team in rebounding, averaging 7.5 boards per game, and grabbed at least 10 in 11 games. She tied for fifth in the league with nine double-doubles and now has 10 for her career.
Head coach Rhonda Rompola called the 2012-13 freshmen class one of best in the history of the SMU program. The class features three players from the DFW area and an All-Arkansas selection from Little Rock, Ark. Farrin Bell averages 20 points and five rebounds per game at Richardson High School. Nia Jackson scores 13 points with eight rebounds per contest at Argyle Liberty Christian High School in Keller, Texas. Gabrielle Wilkins leads Garland High School with 17 points and eight rebounds, and Lexus Williams puts up 12 points and 10 boards at North Little Rock High School. Combined with transfers Korina Baker, Brittney Hardy and Keena Mays, the seven-player class was rated as one of the top-20 classes in the country by Dan Olsen's Collegiate Girls Basketball Report.
Akil Simpson was named to the All-C-USA Second Team after finishing the regular season averaging 10.6 points per game, and tied for ninth in the league with 7.3 rebounds per game. She had seven double-doubles in the regular season and scored at least 20 points three times. She scored a career-high 25 points at Tulane and grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds against Houston. Simpson was named to the All-Freshman Team last season. She was also selected to the C-USA All-Preseason Team this year.
Two of SMU's three transfers will make their debuts as Mustangs this season. Korina Baker, a junior transfer from Valleyford, Wash., led North Idaho College to a national championship as a freshman, and earned All-America and All-Scenic West Athletic Conference honors after her sophomore season. Keena Mays enrolled at SMU in January and will be eligible to play in December after transferring from Kansas after two seasons. As a freshman, she started 13 games for the Jayhawks and was second on the team with 119 assists. The Mansfield, Texas native averaged 7.1 points per game and grabbed 3.0 rebounds during her first year.
SMU head coach Rhonda Rompola has won 380 games in 21 seasons at SMU. With 20 wins this season, a feat her teams have done eight times, Rompola would reach 400 wins in her career, something only 40 NCAA Division I coaches have accomplished in their careers. Last season, Rompola passed former SMU men's soccer head coach Schellas Hyndman for most wins by a coach at SMU with the 369th win of her career, a 47-38 victory over TCU on Nov. 17, 2011. She earned her 350th career win on Feb. 25, 2010 with a 69-61 win against UCF.
The new SMU marketing slogan "SMU is Dallas' Team" is a very accurate description of the women's basketball program. Since the start of the program in 1976, 72 of 105 letter winners were natives of Texas. This season, 12 of 14 players are Texas natives, and all 12 list hometowns in or around the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Of the four coaches on staff, head coach Rhonda Rompola, a New Jersey native, is the only one not from Texas.
SMU fans will have plenty of opportunities to see the Mustangs in Moody Coliseum this season. SMU plays 10 of its 13 non-conference games on the Hilltop, and hosts eight of the 16 Conference USA games during the regular season. Over the last eight seasons, the Mustangs posted a 92-33 record in Moody Coliseum, and SMU is 317-194 all-time when playing at home.
The Mustangs added two familiar faces to the staff this season. Shawna Lavender, who played at SMU and graduated in 1997, is the Director of Basketball Operations, and Jillian Samuels, a 2010 graduate of SMU, was named Assistant Director of Player Development. Samuels hold the SMU record with 249 3-point field goals in her career, and was the 13th player in school history to score 1,000 points. She is 14th all-time with 1,158 career points. Lavender, formerly Shawna Ford, led the Mustangs to a 76-41 overall record, and scored a career-high 42 points, second most in school history, in a historic four-overtime victory over TCU during the 1996-97 season. As a senior, she led the Mustangs with 130 assists and 46 3-point field goals made. She scored 313 points, averaging 10.4 per game during her final season. She was also a team captain for two seasons.


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Crankshaft front seal replacement is recommended whenever the engine front cover (6019) has been removed. 1. Disconnect battery ground cable (14301). Drain crankcase. 2. Drain cooling system. Refer to Section 03-03. 3. Remove drive belts (8620). Refer to Section 03-05. 4. Remove bolts attaching fan shroud (8146) to radiator (8005). 5. Remove fan blade (8600) from fan clutch (8A616) and remove fan shroud. 6. Remove fan clutch and water pump pulley (8509) from water pump (8501). 7. Disconnect upper radiator hose (8260) and lower radiator hose (8286) at engine (6007). Disconnect transmission oil cooler lines at radiator. 8. Remove upper radiator support bracket and remove radiator. 9. Remove generator pivot and attaching bolts. Remove generator (GEN) (10300) from generator mounting bracket (10153) and generator adjusting arm (10145). 10. Remove two bolts attaching generator adjusting arm to water pump and generator mounting bracket and remove generator adjusting arm. 11. Remove air pump pivot and attaching bolts. Remove secondary air injection pump (AIR pump) (9A486) from generator mounting bracket. 12. Remove four bolts attaching generator mounting bracket to cylinder head (6049), cylinder blocks (6010) and water pump, and remove generator mounting bracket. 13. Remove power steering pump pulley (3A733) from power steering pump (3A674). 14. Remove power steering lines from power steering pump. Remove four bolts attaching power steering pump to A/C compressor mounting bracket (2882) and remove power steering pump from A/C compressor mounting bracket. 15. Remove four bolts attaching A/C compressor (19703) to A/C compressor mounting bracket. Remove four bolts and one nut attaching A/C compressor mounting bracket to cylinder head and water pump. Remove A/C compressor mounting bracket from engine. 16. Remove the crankshaft pulley (6312) from the crankshaft vibration damper (6316). 17. Remove bolt and washer attaching crankshaft vibration damper. Remove crankshaft vibration damper using Crankshaft Damper Remover T58P-6316-D or Rotunda Gear and Pulley Puller 014-00293 or equivalent. Remove Woodruff key and crankshaft damper spacer from crankshaft (6303).


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Police Investigate a Robbery
Posted on 11/22/2013 1:34 pm
- 100 block of Towne Estates Drive, Wilmington, Delaware
Date/Time of Occurrence:
- Thursday, November 21, 2013, at approximately 4:40 p.m.
- 44 year old of Wilmington, Delaware
- Black male, last seen wearing a blue jacket
Police are investigating a robbery that occurred in the 100 block of Towne Estates Drive.
On Thursday, November 21 at approximately 4:40 p.m., uniformed officers responded to the 100 block of Towne Estates Drive in reference to a 9-1-1 call for a report of a robbery that just occurred. Upon arrival, officers learned that the suspect, who was described as a Black male, fled on foot prior to their arrival.
The initial investigation suggests that as the victim walked in the 100 block of Towne Estates Drive she was approached from behind by the suspect. He grabbed her shirt and demanded her cell phone. The suspect, who was observed wearing a blue jacket, took the victim's cell phone and fled in an unknown direction.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information should call:
- Wilmington Police Confidential Tip Line at (302) 576-3990.
- Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 (1-800-847-3333) or online at www.tipsubmit.com.