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Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Good Reference
I really needed to get into a class and it was full. I attended the first day of school and asked the professor in lab if she could add me. She said the only way I could get in the class was by doing it online. This, as most of you know, is pretty much hopeless. You sit at the computer hitting refresh hoping someone will drop the class and then hope that you can add it before another student doing the same thing! However, there was a student that vouched for me. She heard my plight and responded with a solid reference saying I was a good student(she was in my class last semester) That night I emailed the professor and asked if she would add me. She responded with, "Hi. Lucky you you came with such good references from fellow students." e And then instructed me how to override the online add/drop.
When you are nice it's amazing what you can accomplish. People will remember you.
When you are nice it's amazing what you can accomplish. People will remember you.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Looking out for your neighbor
Marta and I almost died!
Marta and I just finished our road trip honeymoon/christmas. Our last leg of the journey saw us through snow covered roads, slushy roads, blizzards, rain, and fog(fog so thick, we could hardly see in front of us!). At one particular section, the road was covered in snow/slush except for 2 feet by each tire tract. Our on coming traffic started flashing their lights. Our first impression was they were trying to tell us to our high beams were on. Nonetheless, our attention was alerted and we slowed down a bit and then we saw it! a big black thing in the middle of the road. A deer had been hit and has laying in the road. I was able to turn out of the way just in time. Thankful to the drivers that warned us or we most likely would have been in a bad accident.
Marta and I just finished our road trip honeymoon/christmas. Our last leg of the journey saw us through snow covered roads, slushy roads, blizzards, rain, and fog(fog so thick, we could hardly see in front of us!). At one particular section, the road was covered in snow/slush except for 2 feet by each tire tract. Our on coming traffic started flashing their lights. Our first impression was they were trying to tell us to our high beams were on. Nonetheless, our attention was alerted and we slowed down a bit and then we saw it! a big black thing in the middle of the road. A deer had been hit and has laying in the road. I was able to turn out of the way just in time. Thankful to the drivers that warned us or we most likely would have been in a bad accident.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
give yourself away!
So I'm engaged and it's amazing how she, Marta Slawska, is giving her whole life to me! That's selfless. or is it selfish because she wants me all to herself...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Moolah! Dough! Bucks!
I know someone whom we will keep anonymous by naming him Maynard.
Maynard is a quite listener, Loud talker, wears his heart on his sleeve, and exemplifies the virtue of charity Christ has for all mankind.
Maynard was listening in on a conversation where a mother/wife, was expressing her financial woes with another lady: husband just lost job, son on mission, and family to feed. Maynard takes out a wad of $100 bills and has a messenger give it to her.
Maynard has done charitable acts hundreds and hundreds of times.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Bees Make Delicious Honey and "Deathicus"
It all happened when a rogue hive plopped itself in the backyard of the Linfords.
A nice old man (a long-time beeman that is slow and arthritic) and his nephew volunteered to remove the bee hive. They wanted to inspect it first to see what kind of equipment they would need for later. They were told it was in the backyard and unaware of the exact location of the hive they started searching. They lifted up a board a smidgin and that's all it took for the hive to come alive! The bees immediately swarmed the intruders, stinging them rapidly.
FYI "The sting's injection of apitoxin into the victim is accompanied by the release of alarm pheromones, a process which is accelerated if the bee is fatally injured. Release of alarm pheromones near a hive or swarm may attract other bees to the location, where they will likewise exhibit defensive behaviors until there is no longer a threat, typically because the victim has either fled or been killed. "
The nephew ran away with only 5 stingers in his head but the old man was too slow to escape the Fury. He walked a short distance, dropped to his knees, and then curled up in the fetal position and swatted them from his head. With all the commotion a Linford came out of the house, grabbed a hose and started spraying off the bees from the old man. "His back was completely covered in bees," he said. Another Linford came out armed with soap and defensive tactics, which he learned from Googling "bees" earlier that day. Coincidence?
The old man was not escaping so the rescue had to come to him. He ended up with over 50 stingers in his person.
A nice old man (a long-time beeman that is slow and arthritic) and his nephew volunteered to remove the bee hive. They wanted to inspect it first to see what kind of equipment they would need for later. They were told it was in the backyard and unaware of the exact location of the hive they started searching. They lifted up a board a smidgin and that's all it took for the hive to come alive! The bees immediately swarmed the intruders, stinging them rapidly.
FYI "The sting's injection of apitoxin into the victim is accompanied by the release of alarm pheromones, a process which is accelerated if the bee is fatally injured. Release of alarm pheromones near a hive or swarm may attract other bees to the location, where they will likewise exhibit defensive behaviors until there is no longer a threat, typically because the victim has either fled or been killed. "
The nephew ran away with only 5 stingers in his head but the old man was too slow to escape the Fury. He walked a short distance, dropped to his knees, and then curled up in the fetal position and swatted them from his head. With all the commotion a Linford came out of the house, grabbed a hose and started spraying off the bees from the old man. "His back was completely covered in bees," he said. Another Linford came out armed with soap and defensive tactics, which he learned from Googling "bees" earlier that day. Coincidence?
The old man was not escaping so the rescue had to come to him. He ended up with over 50 stingers in his person.
What are Neighbors For?
Jim is our neighbor!
Tackle of suspect wins award for Mesa man
The Arizona Republic
Dec. 10, 2005 12:00 AM Jim Contreras hadn't played football in years, but when a fleeing suspect ran toward his Mesa home, the former high school defensive end tackled and held him until police arrived.
This week, Mesa police honored him for capturing a suspect who fled from Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and Mesa officers July 17.
"I just didn't want him going into my house. I'm not a hero. I think anyone would do it to protect their family," said Contreras, 46, a construction superintendent. "The award should be for them. They do this everyday. This was just a reaction."
Contreras's 7-year old son, Nicholas, also received an award from Mesa police for helping to protect his family by going inside his house when his father asked and locking the front door.
He was made a junior deputy by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
"It was scary," Nicholas Contreras, who wants to become a police officer, said. "I thought he was going to come into the house."
Mesa police Officer James Keeling recommended Contreras and his son for the awards.
The man, who had several outstanding warrants, ditched his car on U.S. 60, fled into the neighborhood and tried to enter several homes.
He was caught in the 1400 block of South Nassau near Val Vista Road and Southern Avenue.
It was a Sunday and Contreras was having a cup of coffee when he heard a helicopter. He and his son went outside and saw a man running with a bag and police cars approaching. He sent his son into the house.
Contreras went behind his vehicle and when the man ran between Contreras's two vehicles, headed toward his home, he threw the coffee cup down and tackled the man. They wrestled until Contreras subdued him about 10 feet from the front door. In seconds, police arrived and took the suspect into custody.
"I tackled him like I did in high school," said Contreras, who suffered a minor head injury in the scuffle.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/mesa/articles/1210m-citizenawardZ11.html
Tackle of suspect wins award for Mesa man
Senta Scarborough
The Arizona Republic
Dec. 10, 2005 12:00 AM Jim Contreras hadn't played football in years, but when a fleeing suspect ran toward his Mesa home, the former high school defensive end tackled and held him until police arrived.
This week, Mesa police honored him for capturing a suspect who fled from Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and Mesa officers July 17.
"I just didn't want him going into my house. I'm not a hero. I think anyone would do it to protect their family," said Contreras, 46, a construction superintendent. "The award should be for them. They do this everyday. This was just a reaction."
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Contreras's 7-year old son, Nicholas, also received an award from Mesa police for helping to protect his family by going inside his house when his father asked and locking the front door.
He was made a junior deputy by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
"It was scary," Nicholas Contreras, who wants to become a police officer, said. "I thought he was going to come into the house."
Mesa police Officer James Keeling recommended Contreras and his son for the awards.
The man, who had several outstanding warrants, ditched his car on U.S. 60, fled into the neighborhood and tried to enter several homes.
He was caught in the 1400 block of South Nassau near Val Vista Road and Southern Avenue.
It was a Sunday and Contreras was having a cup of coffee when he heard a helicopter. He and his son went outside and saw a man running with a bag and police cars approaching. He sent his son into the house.
Contreras went behind his vehicle and when the man ran between Contreras's two vehicles, headed toward his home, he threw the coffee cup down and tackled the man. They wrestled until Contreras subdued him about 10 feet from the front door. In seconds, police arrived and took the suspect into custody.
"I tackled him like I did in high school," said Contreras, who suffered a minor head injury in the scuffle.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/mesa/articles/1210m-citizenawardZ11.html
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