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I assume you have all seen the reports about how Sears is treating its reservist employees who are called up?  By law, they are required to hold their jobs open and available, but nothing more.  Usually, people take a big pay cut and lose benefits as a result of being called up . . .  Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs, for all called up reservist employees for up to two years.  I submit that Sears is an exemplary corporate citizen and should be recognized for its contribution.

Suggest we all shop at Sears, and be sure to find a manager to tell them why we are there so the company gets the positive reinforcement it well deserves.

So I decided to check it out before I sent it forward.  I sent the following email to the Sears Customer Service Department:

I received this email and I would like to know if it is true.  If it is, the Internet may have just become one very good source of advertisement for your store. I know I would go out of my way to buy products from Sears instead of another store for a like item even if it was cheaper at the other store. Here is their answer to my email. . . . . . .

Dear Customer:

Thank you for contacting Sears.
The information is factual.  We appreciate your positive feedback.  Sears regards service to our country as one of greatest sacrifices our young
men and women can make.  We are happy to do our part to lessen the burden they bear at this time.

Bill Thorn
Sears Customer Care
webcenter@sears.com
1-800-349-4358

Please pass this on to all your friends, Sears needs to be recognized for this outstanding contribution and we need to show them as Americans, we do appreciate what they are doing for our military!!!!!

All it takes is one moment...Choose yours with love...

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.  His name was Kyle.  It looked like he was carrying all of his books.

I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd."

I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.

As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him.

They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt.

His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him.

He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes. My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye.

Incredible, Amazing Story!!!

A picture began circulating  in November of 2003. It should be "The Picture of the Year," or perhaps,  "Picture of the Decade." It won't be. In fact, unless you obtained a copy  of the US paper which published it, you probably will never see it.

The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by a surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his mother's womb. Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Bruner's remarkable surgical  procedure.

Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, he  performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.During  the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a  small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr. Bruner completed the surgery on little Samuel, the little guy  reached his tiny, but fully developed, hand through the incision and firmly  grasped the surgeon's finger.

In a Time Europe article highlighting new pregnancy imagery that show

the formation of major organs and other significant evidence of the formation of  human life but a few days after conception, Dr. Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile. The photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity. The  editors titled the picture, "Hand of Hope." The text explaining the picture  begins, "The tiny hand of 21-week-old fetus Samuel Alexander  Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph  Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life."

Little Samuel's mother said they "wept for days" when they saw the picture. She said, "The photo reminds us my pregnancy isn't about disability or an illness, it's about a little person."

Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100 per cent successful. Now see the actual picture, and it is awesome... incredible.  And hey, pass it on. The world needs to see this one!

New Photo Album: China's Snow & Ice Festival of 2003

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Alzheimer's Test

Count the "F's" in the following text:

   FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
   SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
   IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
   EXPERIENCE OF YEARS..(see below)

Managed it ?
Read down only after you have counted them, okay?
Do you think there are three?


  Wrong, there are 6 !!--no joke.
  Read it again.
  The reasoning behind it is in the link. 

READ...THINK...SMILE...

Falling in love.
Laughing so hard your face hurts.
A hot shower.
No lines at the supermarket
A special glance.
Getting mail
Taking a drive on a pretty road.
Hearing your favorite song on the radio.
Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
Hot towels fresh out of the dryer.
Chocolate milkshake (or vanilla or strawberry!)
A bubble bath.

New Car Jacking Scheme

Gentleman, be sure to share this with the women in your life! Be aware of the new car-jacking scheme. Here's how it works: You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. Then you lock all your doors, start the engine and shift into REVERSE, and you look into the rearview mirror to back out of your parking space and you Notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear window. So you shift into PARK, unlock your doors and jump out of your car to Remove that paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view...When you reach the back of the car that is when the car-jackers appear out of no where, jump into your car and take off! Your engine was running, (ladies would have their purse in the car) and they practically mow you down as they speed off in your car.

BEWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED!!!

Just drive away and remove the piece of paper that is stuck to your Window later, and be thankful that you read this email. I hope you forward this to all your friends and family...especially women! A purse
contains all identification, and you certainly do NOT want anyone getting your home address. They already have your keys!

Tom Odaniell, Detective
San Diego Police Department
Identity Theft Unit
Office: 619-531-2536

Claim: Using cruise control on wet roads or during heavy rain can cause you to lose control of your vehicle.

I had a wreck a couple of weeks ago and totaled our Lincoln Town Car. I hydroplaned on Hwy 135 between Gladewater & Kilgore, Texas. I was not hurt, just emotionally rattled! I know the Lord was with me.

I learned a lesson I'd like to pass on to you. You may know this already — but the highway patrolman told me that you should NEVER drive in the rain with your cruise control on. He said if you did and hydroplaned (which I did) that when your tires were off the road your car would accelerate to a high rate of speed (which it did). You don't have much, if any control when you hydroplane, but you are totally in the hands of God when the car accelerates. I took off like I was in an airplane. I'm so thankful I made it through that ordeal. Please pass the word around about not using cruise control when the pavement is wet or icy. The highway patrolman said this should be on the sun-visor with the warning about air-bags.

The only person I've found out who knew this (besides the patrolman) was a man who had a similar accident and totaled his car. This has made me wonder if this is not why so many of our young people are dying in accidents.

Be careful out there!

-Author Unknown

Lists to Go by

The most destructive habit.........................Worry
The greatest Joy.......................................Giving
The greatest loss...................Loss of self-respect

The most satisfying work................Helping others
The ugliest personality trait.................Selfishness
The most endangered species....Dedicated leaders

Our greatest natural resource................Our youth
The greatest "shot in the arm".......Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome................Fear

The most effective sleeping pill........Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease.............Excuses
The most powerful force in life......................Love

The most dangerous pariah..................A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer.....The brain
The worst thing to be without....................... Hope

The deadliest weapon.........................The tongue
The two most power-filled words..............."I Can"
The greatest asset......................................Faith

The most worthless emotion....................Self-pity
The most beautiful attire............................SMILE!
The most prized possession.................... Integrity

The most powerful channel of communication..Prayer
The most contagious spirit....................Enthusiasm