Reading to Kids...

In case you are in the giving mood, I'm posting this for Matthew Jones aka Wes from General Hospital aka My Hero...
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Yes, it's the time of year when all the charitable requests come out - hopefully mine is one of the first...

As most of you know, every year we set out to raise money for Reading to Kids during our annual fund drive. For those of you who are new to my annual plea, Reading to Kids is a grassroots organization dedicated to inspiring children with a love of reading. We're currently serving seven different elementary schools around the Los Angeles area. Most of these kids speak English as a second language and don't have age-appropriate book sat home. But every month, they come out to our reading clubs because they have a passion for reading and they've grown to love the program. If you live in LA and haven't come to a reading club, I REALLY encourage you to come out and join us - but that's another email.

We've enjoyed a lot of growth and expansion in 2007 - reaching out to three additional schools and increasing our volunteer base. But to keep our success going, we need your help. I'm asking you to make a donation to Reading to Kids - it doesn't matter if you can give $10 or $1,000 (or more - hey, I won't turn it down). What matters is raising as much as we can to help us continue to do what we do in the communities we serve.

You can send your check directly to me at home:

2525 28th street, Apt. #1
Santa Monica, CA 90405

But please MAKE YOUR CHECK OUT TO READING TO KIDS, not to me. For more information on Reading to Kids and what we do, visit our web site at www.readingtokids.org. Or you can shoot me any questions you might have,

Once again, and as always, THANK YOU for your time and support. Some of you have given each and every time I have asked, and believe me it is appreciated, and you hold a special place in my prayers. Thank you thank you thank you.

Regards,

Matthew
matthewadamjones@msn.com

MISSING

BACKSTORY: Nailah (Nigh-eel-luh) Oliani (Oh-lee-ahni) Franklin, 28, has been missing from her University Village (near south side of Chicago) condo and from her job as a pharmaceutical sales representative for Eli Lilly since Tuesday evening, Sept. 18, 2007. She has not been heard from since Tuesday afternoon/evening, missed an important "ride-around" meeting with her sales manager on Wednesday, and has not responded to numerous attempts to contact her via phone, email, text message and visits to her condo. Her company car, a BLACK 2005 Chevy Impala is missing, as are her personal and work laptop computers.

Nailah is a graduate of 1997 Homewood-Flossmoor High School and a 2001 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a successful professional, home owner, doting aunt, loving daughter, sister, cousin, niece and friend and would NOT just up and disappear on her own, or go without contacting anyone for days.

NAILAH O. FRANKLIN

DOB: 04.12.79
HEIGHT: 5’2
WEIGHT: 110-115 POUNDS
EYE/HAIR COLOR: DARK BROWN
COMPLEXION: MEDIUM BROWN
BUILD: PETITE
CAR: 2005 BLACK CHEVY IMPALA IL PLATE #1957855
MISSING FROM CHICAGO, IL: 09.18.07
TIPS? INFO? PLEASE CALL CHICAGO POLICE: 312.746.9259

Be Careful

There is a new virus circulating. It is called "WORK." If you receive WORK from your colleagues, your boss, or from anyone else, do not touch it under any circumstances. This virus wipes out your private life completely. If you should happen to come in contact with this virus, take two friends and go straight to the nearest bar. Order drinks immediately and after three rounds, you will find that WORK has been completely deleted from your brain. If you don't drink, check out the Dairy Queen Hot Fudge Brownie Supreme! Chocolate is a good substitute! Forward this virus warning immediately to at least five friends. Should you realize you do not have five friends, this means you are already infected by this virus and WORK already controls your life. If this is the case, go to the nearest bar and stay until you make at least five friends. I think I have five friends, but I am not entirely positive, so I'm headed for the bar anyway...it never hurts to be safe!

Three Things

Three things in life that, once gone, never come back -

1. Time
2. Words
3. Opportunity

Three things in life that can destroy a person -

1. Anger
2. Pride
3. Unforgiveness

Three things in life that you should never lose -

1. Hope
2. Peace
3. Honesty
   

Three things in life that are most valuable -

1. Love
2. Family &Friends
3. Kindness

Three things in life that are never certain -

1. Fortune
2. Success
3. Dreams

Three things that make a person -

1. Commitment
2. Sincerity
3. Hard work

Three things that are truly constant -
Father - Son - Holy Spirit

I ask the Lord to bless you, as I pray for you today; to guide you and protect you, as you go along your way. God's love is always with you, God's promises are true. And when you give God all your cares, you know God will see you through.

When you get gasoline.........Save some money!

I received this email for a friend awhile ago and just got around to reading it. Talk about some great tips. I'll be using several. Anything to save money on gas!

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We've been in petroleum pipeline business for about 31 years, currently working for the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline here in San Jose, CA. We deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24- hour period from the pipeline; one day it is diesel, the next day it's jet fuel and gasoline. We have 34 storage tanks here with a capacity of 16,800,000 gallons.

Here are some tricks to help you get your money's worth:

1. Fill up your car/truck in the morning when the temperature is still cool. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the denser the gasoline. When it gets warmer gasoline expands, so if you're filling up in the afternoon or evening, what should be a gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and temperature of the fuel (gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, ethanol and other petroleum products) are significant. Every truckload that we load is temperature- compensated so that the indicated gallonage is actually the amount pumped. A one-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for businesses, but service stations don't have temperature compensation at their pumps. (ed.: Which means "too bad for us"........)
2. If a tanker truck is filling the station's tank at the time you want to buy gas, DO NOT fill up. Most likely, dirt and sludge are being stirred up when gas is being delivered and you might be transferring that dirt from the bottom of their tank into your car's tank.
3. Fill up when your gas tank is half-full because the more gas you have in your tank, the less air there is and gasoline evaporates rapidly, especially when it's warm. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating "roof" membrane to act as a barrier between the gas and the atmosphere, thereby minimizing evaporation. (ed.: Another reason not to wait until you are empty is that you are gradually burning out the fuel sender unit in your gas tank. The fuel pump/sender unit is all one part on most cars now ........replacement is roughly $600)
4. If you look at the gas trigger (at the pump) you'll see that it has three delivery settings: slow, medium, and high. When you're filling up DO NOT squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to the high setting. You should be pumping at the slow setting, thereby minimizing vapors created while you are pumping. Hoses at the pump are corrugated; the corrugations act as a return path for vapor recovery from gas that already has been metered. If you are pumping at the high setting, the agitated gasoline contains more vapor, which is being sucked back into the underground tank...............so you're getting less gas for your money.
   

FREE THE JENA 6 ...ENOUGH IS ENOUGH... FREE THE JENA SIX

Source: http://www.michaelbaisden.com

On September 20, 2007 more than 1 million people will wear BLACK as we unite in one voice with one message to declare that UN-EQUAL JUSTICE is just not acceptable. The world will be watching when not just African Americans but people of all races take a stand for something that we all believe in. Mychal Bell and the Jena Six should be free. If you have not heard about their case and why these average teenagers, good students, great athletes and are now fighting for their lives (one student Mychal Bell has been in jail since Dec. 2006) please CLICK HERE NOW to view this video for the shock of your life and on any of the links below for more information. This is clearly a case of racism, but Michael Baisden reminds us the protest in Jena, LA, the US and around the world is not an attack on white people but against a system that has failed us all. It is not about black and white but about what is wrong and what is right!

Enough is Enough...Un-Equal Justice is just not acceptable! ..Wear Black on September 20th to show your support!

RALLY & MARCH FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

DATE: SEPTEMBER 20, 2007
LOCATION: JENA, LA
WHAT TO WEAR: BLACK
SCHEDULE:*
--- 7:00am Protesters assemble at Ward 10 Recreation Park
--- 7:30am March to the steps of the LaSalle Parish Courthouse
--- 8:00am Prayers / Speakers front of the Courthouse
--- 9:00am Sentencing for Mychal Bell
--- 11:00am March to Park / Rally in Support of Mychal Bell & the Jena 6
--- 2:00pm Adjournment
--- 4:00pm Town Hall Meeting on "Quality Education without Fear or Intimidation" C-Span
* Schedule is tentative and subject to change based on sentencing time

FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK ON ANY LINK BELOW:

- Latest Updates
- About The Jena Six
- More Facts on The Jena Six Case
- Bus Information
- Hotels in the Area
- Daily updates LIVE on The Michael Baisden Show
- Sign the Petition [to Justice Department]
- Sign the Petition [Louisiana Governor]
- Video Clips
- Latest News Stories
- Timeline / Slideshow / More Photo's
- Organizations
- Press
- Make a Donation
- Democracy Now
- Contact Your Congressman
- Local Marches around the US and The World
- Discussion Forum
- Send Mychal Bell a letter of encouragement
- Register to Vote

HERE’S HOW YOU CAN PROTEST FROM ANYWHERE:

1 Wear BLACK on September 20th to protest Un-Equal Justice wherever you are
2 Register to Vote to make your voice heard beyond today
3 Sign the Petitions above
4 Email government officials
5 Call government officials
6 Tell your friends and co-workers to do the same

Week 240

1. Dork :: Pocket Protector


2. Refurbished :: New but Not New
   


3. Basket :: Case


4. Mousse :: Chocolate


5. Studio :: 57


6. 8 ball :: Get Behind It


7. Masking tape :: Mouth


8. Love :: What's It Got to Do With It?


9. Wilder :: Van
   


10. Lindsey :: Poor, poor girl

Wet Pants

Come with me to a third grade classroom..... There is a nine-year-old kid sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants are wet. He thinks his heart is going to stop because he cannot possibly imagine how this has happened. It's never happened before, and he knows that when the boys find out he will never hear the end of it. When the girls find out, they'll never speak to him again as long as he lives. The boy believes his heart is going to stop; he puts his head down and prays this prayer, 'Dear God, this is an emergency! I need help now! Five minutes from now I'm dead meat.' He looks up from his prayer and here comes the teacher with a look in her eyes that says he has been discovered.As the teacher is walking toward him, a classmate named Susie is carrying a goldfish bowl that is filled with water. Susie trips in front of the teacher and inexplicably dumps the bowl of water in the boy's lap.The boy pretends to be angry, but all the while is saying to himself, 'Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Lord!' Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy is the object of sympathy. The teacher rushes him downstairs and gives him gym shorts to put on while his pants dry out. All the other children are on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. The sympathy is wonderful. But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his has been transferred to someone else - Susie. She tries to help, but they tell her to get out. You've done enough, you klutz!' Finally, at the end of the day, as they are waiting for the bus, the boy walks over to Susie and whispers, 'You did that on purpose, didn't you?' Susie whispers back, 'I wet my pants once too.' May God help us see the opportunities that are always around us to do good.. Remember.....Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car. Each and everyone one of us is going through tough times right now, but God is getting ready to bless you in a way that only He can. Keep the faith. This prayer is powerful, and prayer is one of the best gifts we receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards. Let's continue to pray for one another. The Prayer: Father, I ask You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at this very moment. Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy. Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs. Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. Amen.

6 out of 10

By looking at a picture of a person, you have to decide if he is a computer geek or a serial killer. Go with your gut feeling and click on your choice.

There are 10 photos. Your score will be given at the end.

Click here to begin your analysis.

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