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Tips to get cheap Las Vegas show tickets.
1.) Last Minute Tickets
Arrive at the show of your choice about 2 hours in advance. You can then see if they have any discounted last-minute tickets. This works best if you just need 1 or 2 seats or don't mind sitting in separate seats. You can often get excellent seats for a fraction of the cost of a regular show. However, you also risk not getting any tickets, since popular shows can sell out fast.
2.) Reserving Tickets
We suggest using the hotel website where the show is being performed to get the lowest show ticket rates. Just do a search on Google for the hotel and then look for their show tickets section. Another choice is to use TicketMaster.com. Get tickets as early as possible, since Vegas shows are so popular now that finding tickets at a fair price is often a challenge. If it is a very popular event and all the seats are sold-out, or you don't see any good seats left that you want, consider using a ticket broker. We offer ticket brokering services and contract with hundreds of ticket sellers. You can find seats for most sold-out shows by visiting our Show Tickets Page You will find that these prices are at a premium, so if you are flexible in your dates and the show you want is still playing, pick another day and time and you will often get a much better price. Early shows tend to be easier to get than the later ones. Also, Sunday-Thursday will be the easiest days to get show tickets, since things are less busy. Be sure to check the show schedules, since many shows are dark on certain weekdays or various times of the year.
3.) Half Price Tickets.
There are stores in Las Vegas that specialize in selling discount show tickets offered on the same day of the performance. One is called Half Price Tickets Visit This Link for details. The stores are located at several discount kiosks and include the Fashion Show Mall entrance, North Strip across Stardust hotel, downtown near the 4 Queens hotel. You can often get very good deals, but the selection can be limited. The hours are 12p-9p. You can call 877-849-4868 for more information.
4.) Free Tickets
Show tickets are one of the few things in Las Vegas that are not that hard getting for free. It really depends on the show. Some, like the circus acts at Circus Circus are free all the time. Here are some guides with many free things to see and do: Free Show Guide Things to do in Vegas If you gamble enough the hotels may comp you with free show tickets. If it is a small show, this may be a lot easier than you think … Even playing slot machines for a few hours may qualify you for tickets. A good way to get comps is to just signup for a Players Card available at almost all the casinos. It is free to get one and will help make sure your hard-earned playing is tracked and rewarded with comps.
Another way to see free shows is to signup for a timeshare presentation. The tickets are real and compensation for your time listening to a 2-3 hour presentation. You may dread it when you are listening to the long presentation, but the reward is real show tickets. The people pushing the free show tickets are at most hotels and hard to miss. We would suggest only getting them from people at a trusted location, like inside a hotel.
5.) Discounted Tickets on the Street
If you see people selling discounted tickets on the street or in a questionable location, stay clear, since it is likely to be a scam and you will have worthless tickets. If it seems to good to be true, it probably is…


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There were no Fantasy League FA Cup points awarded last night when Birmingham City beat near-neighbours Wolves 1-0 at Molineux,
Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Aston Villa and England winger Ashley Young on a five-year contract. The champions agreed a fee, believed to be around £17m, for Young, who joined Villa from Watford in January 2007, and he completed a medical yesterday.
The Premier League season finished less than a month ago but we are already looking forward to next season, thanks to the announcement of the 2011/12 fixture list this morning.
Manchester City keeper Joe Hart went from strength-to-strength this season, helping Manchester City to third place in the Premier League and an FA Cup victory, as well as becoming England's number one.
Each week the Goals Guide will take a look back at the weekend's action, review all the goals and explain any dubious assists. The final weekend of the season saw Blackpool and Birmingham join West Ham in the Championship, as Manchester United picked up the Premier League trophy.
Powerful midfielder Somen Tchoyi was the top points scoring player on the day weekend of the season, but his nine points were overshadowed by Wigan's Maynor Figueroa and an epic fight for survival.
The battle to avoid West Ham in the Championship comes to an end as five teams head into the final round of Premier League matches fighting relegation. Read the team news from these key games, as well as the other team news headlines.
And so it comes to this. The final weekend of the season. Premier League survival may be one thing, but what about the contest at the top of your Pro and Classic league!
Each week the Goals Guide will take a look back at the weekend's action, review all the goals and explain any dubious assists. This week Manchester United wrapped up the title, while West Ham were relegated to the Championship.
Giant defender Brede Hangeland was the top points scoring player at the weekend with an imperious nine points. The Norwegian centre-back headed home two goals and kept a clean sheet as Fulham beat struggling Birmingham 2-0.
The Insider Eye is back to gaze into the weekend of fantasy football ahead. It likes Liverpool, but not Bolton and takes a special look at the FA Cup final. Plus, there's the always important injury and suspension news.
As the Premier League season draws to a close, every point is critical for Premier League mangers and their Fantasy League counter parts. Just because teams are struggling at the bottom of the table, doesn't mean you should overlook them when searching for glory in your own personal league though.

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Now in its ninth year, the festival is designed to connect, embrace and engage the Latino community while providing an opportunity for families of all ethnicities to celebrate Washington County's diverse cultures, rich with tradition and heritage. With an improved and expanded program, the festival will feature a parade, arts village and a street soccer tournament all in historic downtown Hillsboro.
WHAT: 9th Annual Latino Cultural Festival WHEN: Sunday, April 21 from 12:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. WHERE: Tom Hughes Civic Center Plaza in downtown Hillsboro, 150 E. Main St., Hillsboro, OR 97123 (3 minute walk from the Hatfield Government Center MAX Station) COST: Free
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LONDON: At the fifth attempt and with only 10 days practice, Qatari shooter and rally driver Nasser Al Attiyah overturned the odds to claim a coveted Olympic bronze medal in the men's skeet at the London Olympics yesterday.
The prized Olympic medal was only the third for Qatar, all bronzes, and their first for 12 years, bringing huge cheers from a big delegation from Qatar who swarmed to Al Attiyah to celebrate afterwards.
The delight was etched all over the 41-year-old's face after mastering the tricky overcast and cool conditions to achieve a dream.
"Shooting I cannot practice because I am always travelling, around 270 days," the Qatari told reporters after finishing behind winner Vincent Hancock of America. "I came here and shot maybe one week or 10 days before." Al Attiyah's late crammed session is because he chooses to pursue his other love - rallying.


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BALTIMORE—Down by 19 points at halftime, the UMBC women's basketball team (13-15, 7-8 AE), led by its lone senior, Carlee Cassidy (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill), completed an improbable turnaround and defeated America East rival Boston University (14-13, 10-5 AE) by a score of 58-57 Wednesday evening at the RAC Arena.
Playing in the final home game of her storied career, Cassidy shone on Senior Night. The America East Player of the Game, she led all scorers with 25 points, including 16 during UMBC's second-half comeback, pulled down a team-high nine rebounds and added three assists. Three of her eight field goals came from long distance, giving her 245 in her career, tied for second-most in America East history. She was a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line, and her final free throw was the 1,600th point of her career.
The Terriers opened the second half with a pair of 3-pointers to take a 41-18 lead with 17:14 remaining. But a 3-pointer by junior forward Meghan Colabella (Upper Montclair, N.J./Montclair) 14 seconds later sparked a 19-0 UMBC run that pulled the hosts to within four points, 41-37, at the 13:08 mark. The Retrievers made seven straight shots, including five 3-pointers, during that stretch, with eight points by Colabella, five by Cassidy and a pair of triples by sophomore guard Michelle Kurowski (
A layup by Terrier guard Chantell Alford appeared to curb the Retrievers' comeback, as the visitors scored five straight to regain a nine-point advantage, 46-37, with 11:14 remaining. But a layup by sophomore guard Katie Brooks (
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It was truly a tale of two halves for the Retrievers, who shot 55.6 percent (15-for-27) in the second stanza, including 50 percent (7-for-14) from behind the arc, and committed just three turnovers after making just five of 23 field goals (21.7 percent) and two of 11 three-point attempts (18.2 percent) in the first period with 12 miscues. UMBC outscored
The Terriers' downfall was just as drastic, as they shot 48.3 percent (14-for-29) in the first half, including 54.5 percent (6-for-11) from long distance, but just 24.1 percent (7-for-29) from the field in the second stanza with just three 3-pointers.
Colabella, who had averaged just 4.6 points over her last 18 games with just one 3-pointer in her last eight contests, scored 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting, including 3-for-3 from beyond the arc for her first double-digit performance since Dec. 20 at Loyola. She also tied her career high with four assists and added a pair of steals. Kurowski finished with 14 points and six rebounds and also drained three triples.
Stewart earned her team's Player of the Game honors after posting a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. Alford led four Terriers in double figures with 14 points and was 4-of-6 from 3-point range.
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Even 20 minutes in a green setting, such as a walk down a tree-lined street, has a real, observable benefit.
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A new follow-up study in the Journal of Public Health confirms that a little "green time" every day may reduce your child's ADHD symptoms. "Even 20 minutes in a green setting, such as a walk down a tree-lined street, has a real, observable benefit," says Frances E. Kuo, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Nature settings have been shown to help kids and adults without ADHD recover from "attention fatigue," which occurs after long periods spent concentrating, inhibiting impulses, and being patient. Dr. Kuo believes that children with ADHD are even more prone to attention fatigue.
In her survey of 500 parents, it was reported that their children with ADHD experienced substantial benefits, whatever the activity, if it occurred in a green, outdoor setting: a park, a farm, or a backyard.
The benefit was found in boys and girls, ages 5 to 18, in rural and inner-city locales.


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advent calendar 2013
My online Advent calendar is being updated for 2013… and the first door opens next Sunday (December 1).
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the upset of Easter, and the last things
For your Easter meditation, here are a couple of excerpts from an RCIA Hollywood podcast on The Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell/Purgatory…
the Christian life: comfort by way of upset
It would be interesting to take a survey, asking people two questions:
"What is the most comforting religion in the world?"
"What is the most upsetting religion in the world?"
It would be interesting to know what people would say to these two questions.
I think that the most comforting religion in the world would be Christianity, without question. And as far as what would be the most upsetting religion in the world, I think it also would be Christianity. I think it's both. It is the most upsetting, and the most comforting, because of original sin. There's just no way back to the Garden except through the experience of death.
Our life, right now, as we live it, in all of its comfort — in its native form for us… I don't think we always want to leave this comfort nest, even if there's something better, because we don't know that something better.
Our life has really been turned upside-down by the Fall, and to turn it upside-right, we had better be ready for an upset. Imagine a boat sitting in Paradise on the waters of creation. Then imagine the boat being capsized. That's what original sin has done to our existence. We've gotten very used to being in that tipped-over boat. That's become our native home, that's what we understand, that's what we know: the experience of sin and of fear. And so now Christ comes, and He wants to right the boat again, but how do we receive that? We're afraid, we're threatened, we're challenged by that. How dare he turn this boat over? How dare he upset our life? In fact, he's righting the boat, but we experience it as an upset.
So the idea of Christianity is really that comfort comes by way of upset. We just don't know it yet. When it's all upset in our life, I think we discover the truth that finally the boat is being righted, and what we had become so familiar with was in fact just the pilgrim state of this valley of tears, and now we are discovering our true home in the Father's house….
Evaluating one's life in the light of the Last Things
I think it's kind of good to make an annual self-evaluation during Holy Week.
Here's a reflection on the last things, which I've based on Dr. Peter Kreeft's discussion in his book Fundamentals of the Faith. He has a chapter on each of the Last Things. From those essays, I've constructed a self-interview of sorts. It's an opportunity to make an evaluation of our lives in light of things ultimate.
The first question is about death:
What death am I facing — whether little or large — and how can I meet it with Christ? It might be fun to re-visit that question in a year and see if there has been any resurrection in this area or not.
The second question has to do with judgment:
The experience of judgment is the experience of being laid bare… everything is revealed. So the question is: What most needs to be laid bare in me or seen through the eyes of justice… (That's what justice does… it sees everything)… for the sake of living more justly now, and so that Christ can touch and heal it? Christ is the divine Physician, but unless we show Him our wounds…. It's not that He doesn't know the wounds are there, but He needs us to relax enough so that He can actually tend to them.
The third question has to do with heaven:
The question is: What are my false heavens? Or what is my counterfeit paradise? Maybe I have several: maybe it's the weekend; maybe it's my job; maybe it's a relationship. What are those things in my life which are not Paradise but for which I am happy to stop along the way because I've found this counterfeit? What keeps me from remembering that this is not a place of rest? I mean, the sabbath is, but other than that? We're on pilgrimage. What will I do to keep a sense of pilgrimage alive? What will I do to keep my heart alive to the true goal of my existence? So we're moving from a kind of examination to a resolution: What are we going to do about this?
Then lastly, hell:
What are the areas of drift or complacency in my life? Because I think for those of us who have decided to become Christians… to be baptized and to follow Christ and so forth… we have sort of set out on pilgrimage. It isn't a question of whether or not I have heaven as a goal for me, but what will keep me from that is if I drift, if I get lax, if I get complacent. Where am I kind of drifting? And what am I going to do about that?
So give yourself some time this week to ask yourself these questions. It has been interesting for me to complete this exercise each year since a Triduum retreat in 2007; it's been a grace to go back over it each year and to notice that I need to revisit some of them, but with others there really has been grace active in my life.
Blessed Easter! May the Resurrection of Christ transfigure every corner of your existence. May your every tear be joy-stained; behind every upset, may you experience the joy of being discovered by the One who has upset it all, for love of you.
Mary, the Bread of Life, and the Mystery of Holy Saturday
Today, on Holy Saturday, Lent is over. We spend three days enveloped in the liturgy of the Triduum, and we're right in the middle of it. It is, as T.S. Eliot once said, "the still point in the turning world" ("Burnt Norton," II, Four Quartets). At the eye of the hurricane, there is a great silence.
There is a beautiful ancient homily on Holy Saturday — we don't even know who wrote it but it's beautiful — in the Office of Readings today. Here is a short excerpt:
Something strange is happening — there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept ever since the world began. God has died in the flesh and hell trembles with fear.
He has gone to search for our first parent, as for a lost sheep. Greatly desiring to visit those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, he has gone to free from sorrow the captives of Adam and Eve, he who is both God and the son of Eve… The Lord approached them bearing the cross, the weapon that had won him the victory….
I am your God, who for your sake have become your son. Out of love for you and for your descendants I now by my own authority command all who are held in bondage to come forth, all who are in darkness to be enlightened, all who are sleeping to arise. I order you, O sleeper, to awake. I did not create you to be held a prisoner in hell. Rise from the dead, for I am the life of the dead. Rise up, work of my hands, you who were created in my image. Rise, let us leave this place, for you are in me and I am in you; together we form only one person and we cannot be separated.
The mystery of Holy Saturday is a mystery of communion, of restored union: what was separated has now been reunited.
How does this happen? What is this mystery of communion which we are anticipating and which we celebrate tonight?
It is, primarily, the mystery of the Eucharist, the sacrament of communion. It is the most exalted mystery of God's own heart, and of His love.
We're on pilgrimage today into the very heart of God. Who does the Church give us to accompany us in this time? Who can really show us the way?
It's Mary. She alone did not flee… did not panic… and did not despair. She is our guide through Holy Saturday, because she is the steward of the great mystery of the Eucharist.
I want to make a brief examination of her life, as it relates to her Son, who is the Bread of Life (John 6:35).
First we go back to the Annunciation. In this moment when the angel Gabriel appears to her, Mary becomes, in a very real way, Bethlehem. The word Bethlehem literally means "the house of bread".
She is Bethlehem more truly than the town she visits nine months later: she received the Bread that the "house of bread" would not (Luke 2:7). She becomes the dwelling place of the Bread of Life, and she tends to this Bread for thirty years in a mystery of silence we know very little about.
Like the centurion, she calls out to God at the Annunciation: "Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof, but only say the word…" (Luke 7:6-7). She gives her assent: "Be it done to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38).
Now did she know what she was saying yes to? In the details? No.
But she was docile. She was receptive to the One who has come to her. You see, she said yes to a Someone, not a something. It wasn't a yes to a plan, or a schedule, or a series of foreseen events.
The somethings of her yes were constantly being challenged and purified. Think of the Presentation in the Temple, when she was told that her heart too would be pierced by a sword (Luke 2:35). Think also of her discovery of Jesus in the Temple after a long search. Her Son asked her: "Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" (Luke 2:49)
The beauty of Mary is that, when confronted with the unknown and the unexpected, she does not flinch, cower or rant, but she receives it all, and ponders the word in her heart (Luke 2:51). Whatever word is spoken to her — whatever word — she receives confidently as a word of love coming from the very heart of God.
This strong, serene faith is seen at the wedding feast at Cana, when, in response to the news that they have no more wine, she responds by calling her Son into action. She tells the servants, "Do whatever he tells you" (John 2:5). Notice that she doesn't spell out the plan of action herself, but simply refers them to her Son, trusting in His loving wisdom and power.
Fast forward now three years… to the very end of the life of her Son. As she receives the body of her Son when it is taken, lifeless, from the cross, she receives it lovingly. She kisses Him and gazes out at us as she holds Him. Her eyes are filled with grief, but no bitterness. "This is for you," her eyes say to us. She is the gracious hostess of the divine meal, expressing a hospitality that has cost her everything.
Her Son in her arms is no longer the thriving infant He once was, but a lifeless corpse. This is the annihilation of everything a mother's heart could want for her child. And yet she is not raging. She's not bitter. She's not angry. She's not clinging desperately to the body of her Son. Instead, she is holding Him with great tenderness and affection.
Why? Because she understands what it takes to make bread… in this case, the Bread of Life.
You see, all along the way of the Cross, her Son, the Bread of Life, was kneaded, pushed, contorted and bruised by the crowds. And now the bread will be covered with a shroud, and placed in the darkness, so that, three days later, it can rise.
So Saturday is a day of waiting. It's a day of waiting for the Bread to rise, to be baked and to be ready for us. Saturday is Mary's day, a day to wait with her, in stillness and in hope. And it's a time to consider her service to the Eucharist, the Bread of Life.
What can this mean for us?
This evening, as you attend the Easter Vigil (or tomorrow, if you attend Mass then), as you go to receive the Eucharist after this long fast, think of giving delight to the hostess of this divine meal.
Give joy to her heart by letting her know that her task, her stewardship of this Bread, has been accomplished. Give her joy by letting her overhear you say to the Father, as you approach the Bread of Life, "Let it be done to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38).
Let her hear you expressing the words of the True Bethlehem: "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word and I shall be healed" (Luke 7:6-7).
Let this voice of the True Bethlehem rise up across the face of the whole Church today, as all of us, Mary's spiritual children, raise our voices in a single cry of hope and of love: "Give us this bread always" (John 6:34).
Lent 2013
In keeping with an twelve-year tradition, I've updated my home page for the season of Lent. It includes links to Pope Benedict's Letter for Lent; various versions of Stations of the Cross; and RCIA Hollywood podcasts.
One housekeeping note: the primary address for this blog is soon returning to: doxaweb.wordpress.com.
Have a blessed Lent!
declaratio from Pope Benedict XVI
I was surprised to find this link come across my phone this morning on the way to work.
Surprised, and yet, as I think on it, it seems so characteristic of this Pope. Ever humble, ever listening, ever attentive to the promptings of grace in his heart. It is the sort of gesture that has been such a hallmark of his writings, and of his papacy.
God bless you, Pope Benedict XVI. Thank you for your nearly eight years of service in the chair of St. Peter, for bearing a load "so heavy that only humility could carry it" (to borrow a phrase from C.S. Lewis). Your witness has stirred my heart.
riding the crest of hope
I was recently given an advance copy of a book coming out this month by David Hartline entitled The Catholic Tide Continues to Turn. The book chronicles many signs of hope in the Church over recent years, with a particular focus on developments from the time of Pope Benedict XVI's election until the present. It's a birds-eye view that ranges over a wide terrain: the growth of faithful colleges, the Church's purification by way of the sexual abuse scandal, the Pope's trips to the US and Britain, the growing number of converts, and more. The accumulation of evidences for hope in a single volume makes it a worthwhile read. In an age of widespread cynicism in the media — even in Catholic media, at times — it's refreshing to read a book that accentuates the many good things God is accomplishing in the communion of the Church.
For all of its positivity, and its broad rather than deep analysis, this is a volume about hope, not simple optimism. A passage from the end of his chapter on men and women religious says it best: "None of this is to whitewash any obvious problems. To ignore certain data and highlight the above information is not to look at the Catholic world with rose-colored glasses. Rather, it is to accentuate the positive…. Today is a new day. It's a day of hope, the sort of hope Our Lord Jesus Christ always encourages us to have, come what may. There are just so many good things happening for which to praise and thank him…." (81).
You can pick up a copy of the book over at Aquinas and More Catholic Goods.
Pope John Paul I: a man of faith for our time
This looks to be an educational and inspiring conference to kick off the Year of Faith:
The True Pope John Paul I:
A Man of Faith for Our Time
Conference for the Centenary of His Birth (1912 – 2012)
The Immaculate Conception Center, 7200 Douglaston Parkway, Douglaston (Queens), New York 11362
Friday, October 12, 2012, from 4:45-9 p.m.
Saturday October 13, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., followed by Mass in the chapel
For too long, we have had to endure the foolish conspiracy theories, the baseless speculation, the many different versions of the "real" Pope John Paul I put forward by those who in reality know nothing about him.
We want to set the record straight and put knowledge of this Pope on a sound historical basis. We want the world to know about the brilliant scholar, the compassionate pastoral bishop, the sparkling writer, the saintly man who was Albino Luciani.
Thanks to Lori Pieper for passing along the tip. Get all the details over at jpicentenary.org.


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§ Mr. BarnesI beg to move, in page 96, line 27, after "scheme," to insert "or order,"
This and the following two Amendments are consequential.
§ Mr. AsshetonWill the Minister be good enough to tell us on what these Amendments are consequential?
§ Mr. BarnesThey also have reference to the two new Clauses dealing with canal carriers and port facilities and follow on the Amendments previously agreed to
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Further Amendments made:
§ In page 96, line 31, at the end, insert "or order."
§ In page 96, line 39, after "scheme." insert "or order."—[Mr. Barnes.]
§ Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.


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McCain Must Reject Parsley's Extremism
By now, most Americans are aware of Rod Parsley and his brand of hate-preaching, but for whatever reason, Senator John McCain has not been pressured to explain his relationship with Parsley or condemn Parsley's highly aggressive comments on Islam.
No one should question whether McCain must reject hatred. The reality is that he is not running for the presidency of a country club where Jews, blacks, Muslims, women, or gays can be excluded. The United States was established as a shining city on a hill, and men such as Parsley are attempting to weaken our basic greatness by encouraging hatred and fear. Housed within our country's borders is a remarkable variety of people, reflecting the diversity of the world. While the worst of us will celebrate divisions to prove our own "superiority," the best of us will find a way to bring us all together.
I cannot consider Parsley a man of God. By labeling Islam a "false religion" and calling for its destruction – thus denigrating a 1400-year old religion with over 1.6 billion adherents, stretching across world cultures, spiritual perspectives, and physical locales, including roughly 4 million in this country – Parsley demonstrates both idiocy and his own spiritual immaturity. It is the spiritually immature who are the most vocal in their condemnation of others.
Furthermore, Parsley's words are un-American and un-Christian. Having been taught by Christian nuns in Kashmir, nuns who lived and imbibed the teachings of Christianity with deep humility and sincere respect for their Muslim students, I cannot recognize this Christianity in Parsley, just as I cannot recognize Islam in the actions of extremists committing crimes in the name of Islam.
Unfortunately, Islam has become an election issue. McCain has consistently placed Islam on the election agenda and portrayed himself as somehow "tougher" on those Islamic groups and ideologies that threaten the United States. His ubiquitous pronouncements of "radical Islamic extremism," while emotionally-stirring, fail to adequately or realistically describe complex phenomenon. In addition to being simply redundant – radical is by definition extreme – he is using fear and confusing rhetoric to convince Americans that only his leadership can protect us from "radical Islamic extremism." Coming from a man as intelligent, courageous, and politically nuanced as John McCain, this attempt is surprising and unfortunate.
Especially because he consistently employs strong rhetoric against "the Islamic threat" as a distinguishing aspect of his candidacy, it is even more critical for McCain to distance himself from men like Parsley. He must de-link Islam and extremism and clearly state that this conflation is incorrect and inflammatory.
Muslims remain an integral part of the American mainstream. There are Muslims in all levels of American government, including UN Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and OIC representative Sada Cumber, who represent our interests to the world and help keep this country safe and prosperous. There are Muslims who entertain us, like Mos Def and Art Blakey, Muhammad Ali and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. All of these people help make America a better place.
As an immigrant, I love the United States deeply. In fact, it is sometimes difficult for native-born Americans to understand the profundity of my gratitude to this country and my pride in being American. America welcomed me warmly, accepted me for who I was (and what I believed), and enabled me to truly enjoy "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." I worry, however, that men such as Rod Parsley are striving to weaken the greatness of this country's character - a greatness based on inclusivity and mutual respect - in favor of exclusivity and fear. Let us all challenge those who are intolerant and militant in their religious interpretations, regardless of their religious affiliation. The time is ripe for John McCain to set an example and let America be America again.
Daisy Khan
April 2, 2008; 5:30 PM ET
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I'm with Atheist on this one!
Posted by: Gaby | April 8, 2008 2:56 PM
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china is doing quite well bgone?
by what criteria do you imagine this?
if you're accused of a crime in china, that is a guaranteed conviction.
there is no problem with faith, because the faitful are just disappeared in prisons or killed-
google defense lawyers in china-
or falun dafa- or chi gong-
and what about the recent slaughter of tibetans that has half the world considering boycotting the olympics?
Posted by: VICTORIA | April 8, 2008 8:35 AM
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Maybe McCain intends to destroy Islam? The Chinese seem to be doing quiet well without faith. Hanoi is real close to China you know and McCain had a long visit with those folks. Maybe a little of their secular approach to world peace rubbed off on him?
Ever hear of an event commonly known as 9-11? Hint, hint.
Posted by: BGone | April 7, 2008 11:28 AM
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"Parsley's Extremism," are you joking?
As an atheist with no side in the religious aspect of this debate it is kind of funny to see the pot calling the kettel black. Hearing Parsley's statements I can hear little difference between him and the Muslims calling for the death of Christians and Jews. Would you guys just go ahead and kill each other off so us atheists can live in peace?
Posted by: atheist | April 7, 2008 11:18 AM
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Khan says:
"I cannot recognize Islam in the actions of extremists committing crimes in the name of Islam."
Maybe you don't but others do. Read Quran9:29
The US is an amalgam of many ethnic and religious groups. Within a short period they all adapted to the dominant culture and prided themselves in that. They enriched the American society with their cuisine, folklore, yet they respected the cultures and religions of the others. This is the source of this country's strength; its pluralism. Now here comes the Muslims who are as varied as any two groups can be except for their ideology. There is nothing they approve of in their new abode . They complain that all men are drunkards and all women are loose, their laws are manmade and they eat pork etc. They behave as if they are a Morality Police raiding a suspected neighborhood. They want the economical advantages of this country yet show by word of mouth, behavior and mode of dress their refusal of the dominant culture. They are a minority that behaves the same way the majority in their previous failed cultures treats their minorities. Instead of learning from those who are more advanced than them in all the human endeavors, they try to pull them back to their pathetic level. The leaders of their organizations openly call for replacing the US constitution with their Sharia. In other words they want to drag us back into the Stone Age, so this country could not be distinguished from Afghanistan or Sudan. They are publicly declaring this aim when they are less than 0.6% of the population. You can only imagine what they will do and say if they are 5% or 6% of the population.
Posted by: Observer | April 6, 2008 8:28 PM
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Not worth rebutting because Quran [002:216],[004:095],[005:033],[009:005],[009:29],[047:004] are examples of peace and pluralistic tolerance that Islam advocates.
Posted by: Deb Chatterjee | April 6, 2008 10:39 AM
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Statement of
James M. Inhofe
and Public Works Committee
25, 2002
you Mr. Chairman. As we work on the
drafting of this reauthorization, I think it is safe to say that all the
members here recognize that this is a time of extraordinary challenge and
opportunity in the transportation sector.
The world of surface transportation is changing. It is now our job to work together to ensure
adequate funding for investment in the nations transportation system and
preserve state and local government flexibility to allow the broadest
application of funds to transportation solutions.
TEA-21 dramatically altered transportation funding
mechanisms. It provided greater equity
among states in Federal funding and record levels of transportation
For most Federal-aid projects, the law requires that 20
percent of the costs be derived from a non-Federal source. In order to maximize the use of all
available resources, states now have a range of options for matching the
Federal share of highway projects
. By providing
flexibility in the form that the non-Federal match might take, Federal dollars
can be leveraged more effectively.
What we have been taking advantage of in Oklahoma is the
toll credit match. We apply certain
toll revenue expenditures to build and improve our public highway facilities as
a credit toward the non-Federal matching share on particular projects.
However, transportation officials at all levels of
government still face a significant challenge when considering ways to pay for
improvements to transportation infrastructure.
It is apparent that traditional funding sources are insufficient to meet
the increasingly complex needs.
I remember when I was Mayor of Tulsa, we worked diligently
trying to focus on public private partnerships. I recognize that the implementation process is a complex undertaking with the
wide range of organizational and financing options but its important for public
agencies to evaluate all their alternatives.
Despite the record levels of investment, funding is not
keeping pace with demands for improvements to maintain the vitality of the
nation's transportation system.
Some transportation projects are so large that their costs
exceed available current grant funding or would consume so much of these
current funding sources that they would delay many other planned projects.
ARTBA proposed a number of options for enhancing the
Highway Account revenues. Some included
indexing the motor fuels excise taxes for inflation, crediting the Highway
Account with gasohol tax revenues that currently go into the General Fund, and
expanding innovative financing programs.
I might also mention that since the enactment of TEA-21, interest
accrued on any obligation held by the fund does not get credited to the Highway
Trust Fund, the interest earned goes to the General Fund. This is obviously something that we need to
rethink during reauthorization. These
are all revenue enhancements that would increase the fund substantially.
With the Energy
bill pending in Conference, the Trust Fund will recoup an additional 2.5 cents
per gallon of ethanol currently being deposited into the general revenue. The Senator from Montana has been very aggressive at trying to make the
Trust Fund whole with respect to the current 5.3 cent per gallon ethanol
subsidy. Although he and I do not agree
on how to best address this issue, we are in agreement that the Highway Trust
Fund should not pay to subsidize any fuel source. Our surface transportation infrastructure needs are such that we
cannot afford to forego any revenue source.
Certainly one of
the key factors in the economic engine that drives our economy is a safe,
efficient transportation system. If our
economic recovery is going to continue to expand, we cannot ignore the
immediate and critical infrastructure needs of highways, bridges, and state/local
roadway systems.
Finally, I would encourage our witnesses to address the
current issues with funding dilemmas and how the use of innovative finance can
generate real economic returns by expediting project construction.
you Mr. Chairman. I look forward to
hearing and want to welcome all of our witnesses.


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Observe the similarity of the ship's slope to the slope in the following chart, which graphs the decline in the Red Sox' winning percentage from September 1 through the end of the season (games 136-162).
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nope we are not scooba diving( the dark guy on the side is me) . Thats us in the IMAX for Superman Returns. We couldnt resist – just had to take that pic.
Daily Archives: July 30, 2006
Wat is this? Disco Fever
And again I attempt a shot at the Dance Floor. I told my self i wouldnt but its tempting. S***** Disco Raindance – not much of rain but a lot of dance. anyways im still waiting for the verdict. My only consolation is that i had company. maybe i should take dancing lessons?


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The following narrative is from the book "The Navy Chaplain and His Parish" by Woldo E. L. Smith, a 1967 publication from the Queen's Printer. [Note: N.E.F. = Newfoundland Escort Force]
For some time I have contemplated a trip over and back with the "N.E.F." I felt such a trip would give one a better understanding of the life men on convoy duty are compelled to live; and, what I was sure would follow, a deeper appreciation of the quality of manhood it takes for such work.
I was particularly fortunate in the trip selected, fortunate for at least two reasons: First, in the ship I made the trip on - HMCS Restigouche; and, second, because as Lieutenant-Commander D.S. Piers, the Commanding Officer of the Restigouche, himself said, "You experienced about everything on this trip."
The ship sailed out of the snug harbour of St. John's, Newfoundland, shortly before noon, October 30th. The other members of the escort were the corvettes: Algoma, Arvida, Amherst, Celandine.
We met the Convoy S.C. 107 at the appointed position and took over the escort duty from HMS Walker. A U-boat had been sighted on the surface previous to our taking over; so we knew the convoy was being shadowed.
During the following day several warnings of U-boats in our vicinity were received. On Sunday, November 1st, the volume of H/F D/F bearings increased and we knew beyond doubt that S.C. 107 was heavily shadowed. The day passed quietly, however, except for the warnings of what might happen, from the H/F D/F reports.
At 2204Z/1, however, any illusions we might have had that this was to be an uneventful trip were rudely dispelled. An Asdic contact was made. While investigating this contact, the R.D.F. reported - what could not be the Convoy - a contact, bearing 325 degrees, at 1800 yards. This was deemed to be a U-boat on the surface; so we sought to close at 20 knots. Our hunt was abandoned, however, when the report reached us that a ship in the Convoy was torpedoed. We quickly closed in on the Convoy and picked up another contact, which we tracked down and dropped a ten-charge pattern upon it.
We had scarcely got settled down from this first attack when at 0315Z/2 the general action station bell went again. Men do not take long in the Navy to answer that bell. To the hum of the engines was added the further sound of men rushing hither and yon to their partcular action stations. These men did not walk, nor even walk fast - they ran. I found myself running too, but not as rapidly as the others, for the ship was new to me, and I collided with rigging or stumbled over an eye bolt on the deck in the pitch dark. I was not going up the ladder to the fo'c'sle fast enough for those behind me. They told me to "get crackin'". I did. But before the week was out I was moving about as fast as the rest.
We found that the bell had not been rung for practice, by any means. The Convoy had been attacked. In short order three more were torpedoed. We made contact, and at 0334Z/2 dropped another ten-charge pattern, with what effect we do not know.
To the Stockport, the rescue ship attached to the Convoy, went the task of picking up survivors. We came alongside to see how the work was coming, and found she was doing a magnificent job. We thought that night that all survivors were picked up, but I found, about six weeks afterwards on visiting a hospital on the North American side of the Atlantic that such had not been the case. Somehow two lifeboats were missed. The men in hospital told me they were adrift in an open boat for ten days, and were finally picked up when they had very nearly succumbed to exposure. One of their number had perished. The story I had from these men was that the other boat, as far as they knew, had not been picked up. Three of the men in hospital have lost and are losing several of their toes. One of them is waiting until three of the toes of one foot drop off. He said that when that happened his recovery would probably be rapid. Another had had two taken off the morning of the day I last saw him. Brave men these! They would have a go at it again if they could.
We were not to have an opportunity to get our heads down that night. At 0715Z/2 the Convoy was attacked a third time. This time the toll was the heaviest yet. Four more ships with their cargoes of inestimable value to our war effort were sent to the bottom. Each time a ship was torpedoed, every ship of the Convoy would send up "Snowflakes", illuminating the sky for miles around. But in spite of the illumination, no sign of the skulking marauder was seen.
A few minutes after this third attack, we were startled by several underwater explosions, which were like depth charge patterns yet not quite the same. They were thought to be exploding boilers of sinking ships.
To quote the Captain's report, "The first streaks of dawn arrived to relieve a most critical situation." That night the Stockport, supported by the Amherst and Arvida, picked up two hundred and fifty survivors. Later in the day HMCS Moosejaw joined us, giving the added strength of an additional corvette to the Escort. In the middle afternoon the visibility became exceedingly bad. A bit of wettish snow was flying about. The Convoy, all but a few of the nearest ships, was obscured from view. At 1645Z/2, before it had yet become dark, a fifth ship was torpedoed. This was the fourth attack.
Numerous H/F D/F reports kept us on the "qui vive" throughout the evening and night. The R.D.F. gave us a contact, which purported to be a U-boat on the surface at 800 yards, we gave chase, but our quarry turned out to be HMS Vanessa joining us. The night was not to pass without another attack. Shortly before dawn the fifth attack came, and a tanker went up in a massive burst of flame and smoke.
That morning the weather cleared into brilliant sunshine, but even with such clear visibility the morning did not pass uneventfully. The Amherst sighted a U-boat on the surface and was immediately off in pursuit. The Celandine, fifteen miles astern, attacked a U-boat, and was herself attacked, having torpedoes fired at her. Our own ship closed on a doubtful contact and dropped two depth charges which exploded, sending great geysers of churned water into the sunlight.
About this time a periscope was sighted by a merchant ship between the third and fourth columns of the convoy. Every ship in the convoy was soon blazing away. No attack took place and the actual sighting of the periscope is doubted. More H/F D/F reports warned us that we were still shadowed; and though we used evasive turns, we did not shake off the enemy. In case other ships should be torpedoed, two small tugs were detailed as rescue ships, as the Stockport was overcrowded with survivors.
At 2050Z/3 the sixth attack came. This time the Commodore's ship was the victim. The tugs began picking up the survivors, screened by the Celandine. The enemy's dastardly work was not yet complete for that night. At 2315Z/3, a seventh ship was torpedoed. Her bow quickly sank; and, with her stern pointing 60 degrees skyward, with rudder and propeller discernible through glasses, she slid quietly beneath the surface, a scant five minutes after the torpedo struck. As she disappeared beneath the surface, the Captain turned to me, "Say a prayer for them, Padre!" About a half hour afterwards a most startling thing happened. We felt the ship literally lifted by a terrific underwater explosion, which apparently meant only one thing. We were hit! Indeed, the ship's writer recording the ship's movements wrote, "Ship hit!", and proceeded to inflate his life-belt. The Captain phoned the Quarterdeck, "How are you down there?" Word came back, "We are all right!" An amazing aspect of the explosion was that it was felt with apparently equal force by all the escorts. They reported by R/T a tremendous explosion as having taken place near them. The most plausible explanation seemed to be that it was caused by the bursting boilers of the Empire Lynx which had sunk a few minutes previously. This was one of our worst nights. Five ships were torpedoed. At dawn the rescue tugs came up bringing two hundred survivors. Food and water was getting scarce on these and the Stockport. The situation was so acute, that they, with the Arvida and Celandine, proceeded to Iceland at dusk.
We had received word that three U.S. ships would join the Escort shortly. With only five escorts left, we hoped they would arrive before night. But night closed in with no sign of them. The Northern Lights were bright that night; and one would have thought the enemy would be silhouetted against the northern sky.
But at 2137Z/4 the attack, the eighth, came from the port side.
At dawn the three U.S. ships arrived; and at ten o'clock the Liberator we had been awaiting found us. He sighted a U-boat on the surface 32 miles astern on his first patrol around the Convoy. At noon we asked him to investigate strong H/F D/F signals we had received. In a few minutes he reported that he had attacked another U-boat fourteen miles astern on the surface. At 1600Z we asked him to investigate another H/F D/F signal. He did and later he reported he had attacked still another U-boat on the surface 25 miles off. He finally reported he had expended all his depth charges; so he left us at dusk. That night, November 5/6, there was no attack - the first quiet night since the thirty-first. It was surely welcome! The morale of the ship, however, was extremely high. There had been no let-up for five days; and the men had been carrying out their duties amidst dangerous and difficult circumstances; yet there was so sign of lagging - they were still carrying on cheerfully.
The trip made several marked impressions on me. First, I was impressed with the fine quality of young manhood represented in the Navy. The officers were keen, were men of parts and knew how to use them, did their jobs efficiently and well, and inspired confidence in the men. The men made me re-affirm the exclamation of our greatest dramatist, "What a wonderful piece of work is man!" My trip on the Restigouche did not make it more difficult but easier to believe that man is made in the image of God. There was a fine spirit of comradeship among the men. Yes, there were misunderstandings; there was a bit of grousing now and then; but there was also that fine spirit of comradeship that comes from facing a common danger, and from having enlisted one's life in a great cause, and in bending one's energies toward a great purpose, other than a selfish one.
Second, I was impressed with the fact that it is "with a great sum we obtain this freedom". The cost of freedom is dear indeed. Millions of dollars worth of war materials and ships went to the bottom during this trip; and more than that, men lost their lives. All this material and these men were sacrificed for the sake of freedom. Only by paying a great sum in money and men can freedom be won and kept.
Third, men on escort duty with North Atlantic convoys do not have a bed of roses, especially in winter. They face the dangers of the sea and the violence of a daring and subtle enemy, and besides that, discomforts galore. Often on watch they get soaked in spite of heavy clothes. The spray and the waves often freeze as they hit the ship, leaving decks and rigging, and guns and equipment heavily ice-laden. On long watches feet and hands have a strange faculty of getting cold, in spite of socks, and socks, and socks, and mitts, and mitts, and mitts. The quarters are sometimes cramped and the action of the waves is not always gentle. One is very liable to be thrown from one side of the mess to the other, before he has had time to "hang on".
Yes, forty days with the N.E.F. makes one think often of the men who, in spite of the weather, the foe, and every difficulty see the job through - makes one often think of them, and pray for them too.
Maureen Venzi's web-site also features interesting convoy memories. Both her Allied Merchant Navy of World War Two Website and Stories of a Merchant Sailor are well worth looking at.
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We're talking worshiping at the altar of the Macintosh.
I'm typing on a MacBookPro, following Twitter on my iPad and waiting for a call on my iPhone 4S. If I was rich, I'd buy any of the vintage Macs on eBay right now.
Yeah, it's that bad.
So it isn't surprising that I find uses both the iPhone and the iPad at work.
In terms of recommending apps, I'd go for these four:
1. Google Translate
Google Translate is an iPhone app that translates your words into any of 63 different languages. You type the phrase into the app or state the phrase in English, the phone then speaks the phrase in the language you choose and translates the written phrase for the patient to read.
The patient speaks their response into the phone, which translates it back to you in English. The patient need not touch the phone, you simply hold the speaker in front of them.
The advantage is having a quick translator when going through the translator phones would be too cumbersome. I have one of my ER docs to thank for turning me on to this app. Once it's on your iPhone, you'll wonder how you lived without it!
2. Medscape and 3. Epocrates
Medscape and Epocrates are reference apps that give you the ability to look up drugs, drug interactions, and diseases/conditions. I place them together but while similar, there are major differences.
Medscape is free, and includes a comprehensive Procedures and Protocols section. Epocrates is also free, but puts their disease/conditions search behind a pay wall in their Premium version. Medscape includes a in-depth news section. Epocrates' news is related to medication and sponsored by pharma companies. Epocrates does include a "Tools" section with a large number of "MedMath" calculators.
I have both apps on my iPhone and I am partial to Medscape. With the ability to look up diseases/conditions and procedures, I find myself turning to it more often. Epocrates is great for the calculators.
4. Nursing Essentials
Disclosure: Informed Publishing advertises this app on my blog, Emergiblog.
Nursing Essentials is a reference app developed specifically for nurses. This is actually the perfect app for a new nurse. It's a good reference for all the basic assessment skills, tube insertions, injection sites, procedures and common drugs.
Experienced nurses will also find it useful. For me, it's the pediatric calculators and medication list, and I use it to refresh my neuro information (cranial nerves, anyone?). If you run across a procedure you haven't seen in awhile, this is the app you want in your pocket.
This app is $5.99
I have, and use, all four of these apps in the ER. I'm always on the lookout for new apps, so if you have apps that you have used and liked (or used and not liked!), leave a comment and share your insights!
An app a day makes me a happy gal – I may need an iPhone with more storage if this keeps up!


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Legalizing marijuana; I'd be surprised if it happens. The problem is that many folks overlook a big problem with making pot legal -- its profit in its trade as an illegal substance. It makes millions of dollars for some folks and billions for others. Legalizing it will dramatically drive down its prices, and open up market opportunities for legal production. Now how many criminals would want to lose a profitable livelihood to the average Joe on the street and the government?
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California is America's Sanctuary State – and Mexico's outsourced welfare state.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services reported that more than $100 million in welfare benefits were issued to illegal alien parents for their native-born children in June and July alone, announced Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.
The $100 million consists of nearly $40 million in CalWORKs (welfare) and $70 million in food stamps — representing 22% of all CalWORKs and food stamp issuances in the County. At this rate, the projected annual cost is more than $625 million.
"With the $550 million for public safety and nearly $500 million for healthcare, the total cost for illegal immigrants to County taxpayers exceeds $1.6 billion dollars a year," said Antonovich. "These costs do not include the hundreds of millions of dollars for education."
So a staggering 22% of ALL welfare payouts for L.A. County go to illegal aliens and their children – more than 90% from Mexico.
Meanwhile Mexico is the 10th richest nation on Earth, with a state-owned oil and minerals monopoly, state-owned tourist beaches, the world's richest man, Carlos Slim Helú, and is receiving $25 billion annually in "remittances" – cash sent back from its illegals who work (and collect welfare) in the U.S. It is a prosperous nation with only a 5% unemployment rate (vs. 8.2% for the U.S.). And its racist government exports its poorest (and brownest) citizens here, mostly to California, to mooch off of U.S. taxpayers.
And yet California continues to elect politicians who cater to illegal aliens, and continue burning billions every year to take care of Mexico's unwanted working poor – costing California an estimated $21.8 billion a year, according to our friends at FAIR.
Had enough, California? Well apparently many have: according to a recent study, 225,000 Californians are fleeing the state each year, stripping the state of billions in critical income, as residents move to illegal alien-crackdown states like Arizona, which has received $400 million per year of that income.
Californians have a choice: take back your state, or watch it destroy itself on the altar of political correctness as the outsourced welfare state of Mexico – as their government laughs at what chumps we are.
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I've been obsessing over coats & jackets since the weather has been cooling down. I finally get to experience a real fall instead of a 70 degree Texas fall.
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This morning I got an email from United Airlines offering to sell me the 6,000 elite qualifying miles it thinks I need to get from Premier Gold to Premier Platinum for the rest of 2013 based on my 2012 elite qualifying miles total. The email directs me to go to united.com/2013status by the end of February if I want to purchase any 2012 elite qualifying miles (you can go there to see if you are eligible). I actually am oh-so-close to finally getting some pesky 2012 elite qualifying miles retroactively posted, so I did earn Platinum status already based on my travels last year, but the computer doesn't know that quite yet.
I think it is great to offer the ability for folks to purchase a few miles to get them up to the next status level after the fact. Of course, it is better to plan accordingly and not hope for a second chance at the 13th hour, but it is still a nice thing for United to offer. They make money, and the customer isn't stuck a few miles short of the next elite level. According to the email I received, this is a targeted offer and the maximum number of miles you can purchase is 15,000.
However, this convenience doesn't come without a fat price tag. The price varied some depending on the number of miles you needed to purchase, but it was anywhere from about 17 cents to 34 cents per elite qualifying mile! That is a ton, and goes even higher than what United was selling elite qualifying miles for at the end of 2012. If you want to buy some now for your 2013 totals, the price is much lower in the 10-12 cents per mile range for many….but of course 2013 miles won't help you with your 2012 totals.
I fortunately don't actually need to purchase any miles to get to Platinum, but if I were just a tad short I would absolutely buy-up. Did you get this email? Are you going to be taking advantage of their offer?
Here are some terms and conditions related to this offer:
Purchase terms and conditions: 1. Only select members are eligible to participate in this offer. 2. All PQM or PQS purchased under this offer are non-refundable. 3. Offer valid for purchase through February 28, 2013. 4. Must be a MileagePlus member to participate in this offer. 5. Offer allows purchase of a maximum of 15,000 PQM or 15 PQS toward 2012 PQM or PQS balance for 2013 Premier status. MileagePlus members may purchase a maximum of 15,000 PQM in increments of 1,000 PQM or a maximum of 15 PQS in single PQS increments. Purchased PQM or PQS will be posted to the 2012 PQM or PQS balance in the account of the member listed on the purchase page. 6. PQM or PQS purchased through this offer only count toward 2013 Premier status and do not count toward award redemption. 7. Offer cannot be applied to 2013 PQM or PQS balance or 2014 status. 8. All PQM or PQS are sold in U.S dollars through this offer. 9. Premier status is not transferable. 10. Other restrictions apply. 11. Offer and fees subject to change without notice. 12. PQM or PQS purchased through this offer will be posted to the account of the member listed on the purchase page within 5-7 business days of purchase.
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Can elite status be attained from credit card points?
I have about 140k on my chase card waiting to transfer to united for flight.
I got the same e-mail. I was 6 segments away from Silver. The price for those 6 segments: $949. While I'm glad they offer this the price is kind of a slap in the face. I could have easily gotten a 6 flight MR for well under $500. If they are going to sell status they should at least make it reasonable, especially when Silver does not provide that many benefits.
@Mikey – No
Elite Qualifying Miles are different from Award Miles
I got the email. I only flew UA on two short hops this past year for work (JAC-IAH-OKC)(I'm AA Plat) and earned UA Miles on Singapore 380 JFK-FRA-JFK in Business, so it would cost me $1,500+ just for Silver. Silly
I did use miles to go DCA-ORD-AMS in First with Hubby in April to see the Tulips and then DCA-EWR-IAH-SFO-IAH-EWR-DCA in Dec on my Nation-Wide 787 DreamLiner Tour
I got the email, but I need 14,000 miles to hit even the lowest level. It's $2149 for me, so it's a no go! Didn't fly much United this year, but Silver isn't worth that much when you live at a big hub like SFO (no upgrades to be had because everyone has status). So, I'll hang onto my United credit card and get essentially the same benefits this year for the small annual fee.
"Just a tad short"…but the minimum purchase is 1000 for 349. (T&C 5)
I'm new at this, and I'm not saying this is worth the $$, but can you please answer a few questions for me?
Like Bill n DC, I can upgrade only to Silver. Cost approx $1400.
So, here are my questions. Remember that I do not have status with any airline, and probably will not earn it this year. But, I will be flying this year both domestically and internationally.
Is there any credit card that will give me more than one mile/point per dollar for the purchase? In other words, is there a strategy to using a certain credit card? At least it helps soften the blow
Would it be worth getting silver status to use for a "status match" on another airline? The thinking being that it is so early in the year, that this might be useful to have. If so, what airlines would be likely candidates?
These may be simple/silly questions, but I'm trying to learn. Thank you.
My Partner got the "buy up" offer to Silver for about $500. However, I told him it might just be better to get the United Club Card for $395 (club membership alone is about $500) since it would give him effectively the same benefits of Silver (e.g., early Boarding, Premier Security and 2 checked bags). I have the Club Card and make good use of it (from checked bags alone since I travel with my elderly parents) since I travel "enough" but not enough to make Status.
My husband was ONE segment short for Gold based on two late December flights that were changed last minute to US Airways flights. The offer at the end of the year was only for purchasing MILES, not segments, so he did a quick mileage run. Given that it was Christmas week, prices were outrageous so he paid $450. In this email he could have bought the single SEGMENT and saved $100. If only we knew.
@FEV – see my earlier comment, seems like we are in same boat. Also, the United Club Card gives a 50% mile bonus on ALL purchases (double on United purchases).
Thanks for the answers. I hadn't thought of the Club Card. Maybe a card for the future.
@Lynn — just checking: you do know that you can earn United EQM and EQS on US airways flights, right? So unless the rebooked flights had fewer segments than the originals, your husband should have still been able to get Gold without the MR as long as he put his UA MP# in. And if the rebooking was involuntary (e.g., flight cancellation or weather), he can request "original routing credit" — miles and segments for the original unflown itinerary — as long as he actually flew somewhere.
Water under the bridge, but it's good to be informed (my apologies if you already knew this and I got the situation wrong)
Wow – this sure makes mileage runs look cheap. 1 Transcon @ $500 RT = 5000 miles, 2 transcons = 10000 miles. Really wish they would let me buy up to GS status, but at these prics it would probably be more economical just to buy the tickets.
Interesting. You'd have to want status pretty badly to pay those prices. Silver isn't worth it. A few bucks for gold probably is. After that it's a hard call..
That email is an example of why planning is good. Like mommypoints and her early-season mileage runs. Lots of good, cheap, flights early in the year!
United wanted over $4100 for 15k miles I needed to make 1k- interesting price discrepancy! Bad deal!
Got the offer. Needed 9k PQM to get to Gold at a cost of $1549. I've pretty much abandoned UA by this point anyway and this doesn't do anything to make me want to stay.
This offer probably only gets the desperate ones to fork over this kind of money. Glad I'm not captive to UA.


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Next on the list should be repair of Darwin park boat ramp and the dredging of the sand that has washed into Hartwell creek. You put it there so you should get it back out. Then there will be no need to haul more in. Would be easier to work on when the water is down. Common, it is your only access to the once beautiful lake. You have pretty much trashed it with all that sand . My opinion
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