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"Clock Boy" Ahmed Mohamed was not discriminated against.
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On September 14, 2015, Ahmed Mohamed brought a device to his public school, MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas. Ahmed claims that the device is a "clock" which he "built" because he considers himself to be an "inventor" outside of school. Ahmed was removed from school and briefly arrested by the police before being released back into his parents custody. He did not face any official charges for a specified crime, although the police and his teachers contend that his "clock" looked like a bomb.
Ahmed became an instant media sensation, going on a whirlwind tour of Hollywood and Washington D.C., with visits to the White House and appearances on numerous talk shows. Ahmed and the Mohamed family were represented by the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and several lawyers, who alleged that Ahmed had been "discriminated against" by the police and the school. The overwhelming majority of the media and political figures supported the Mohamed family, implying that "Islamophobia" was to blame for the event. Many people also inferred a scientific issue was involved in the debate, and that Ahmed (who often appears wearing a 'NASA' t-shirt) should have been encouraged for bringing his device to school, and that his critics are also opponents of science itself. Even government agencies like NASA supported the viewpoint that Ahmed was just a smart little kid who was interested in science;
The Mohamed family subsequently brought several lawsuits in regards to this matter. All lawsuits were dismissed and the Mohamed family was forced to pay all associated costs. In spite of this, Wikipedia still describes criticism of Ahmed as "conspiracy theories" on their page dedicated to the incident;
As 'Pro' for this debate, I allege that Ahmed Mohamed was not a victim of "discrimination" or "Islamophobia" in this incident, and that reports of the in incident were wildly exaggerated by the media before all the facts were known. I also deny the media perspectives that "Islamophobia" was to blame or that Ahmed deserves to be defended on the grounds of scientific advancement.
I expect that 'Con' will argue in favor of Ahmed Mohamed's case, including the claims of "Islamophobia" and a connection to science.
I'm not going to attempt to tack on any crazy rules to this debate. I would prefer that we not waste a lot of time quibbling over semantics or citing dictionary definitions. Otherwise, lets get straight to it; Three rounds and let the observers vote for the winner.
Round 1
Ahmed Mohamed was not the "victim" of this incident, but was in fact the instigator. Several key facts clearly prove this, which I shall outline here.
Fact #1; Ahmed didn't "build" or "invent" his clock. In fact, the clock was an existing piece of electronics which was manufactured by Radio Shack. Ahmed merely removed the case of this existing clock and then pasted the internal components of the clock into a pencil case to give the appearance of a new design.
So I turned to eBay, searching for vintage alarm clocks. It only took a minute to locate Ahmed's clock. See this eBay listing, up at the time of this writing. Amhed's clock was invented, and built, by Micronta, a Radio Shack subsidiary. Catalog number 63 765.
By now he could have invented something new — not just a clock that only took him a few minutes to put together from parts in his family's garage, which was full of '90s-era electronics from when his uncle ran a chain called Beeper Warehouse.
Even famous Atheist Richard Dawkins has voiced his opinion that the use of an existing clock makes Ahmed's claims seem suspicious;
In a series of posts in Twitter, Richard Dawkins suggested that Mohamed and his family might have staged a hoax. Dawkins noted that the clock components were not a new invention...
Fact #2; Ahmed was not immediately punished for bringing the 'clock' to school. Multiple teachers saw the 'clock' and told him to put it away because it looked suspicious. Ahmed was only punished when he defied the teachers by setting the 'clock' off in the middle of English class.
Based upon previous reports, he showed his supposed invention to an engineering teacher in the morning. Who subsequently warned him that the device looked suspicious and not to show it to anybody else. Apparently rather than heed his warning, according to reports, he then showed his invention to teachers in the next six classes who voiced similar concerns to him. In the sixth period he apparently, without the English teachers knowledge plugged the device into the wall with the intent to set off the timer on the device.
Fact #3; Ahmed had a history of playing "pranks" at school and other bad behavior, before being punished for the 'clock' incident.
The Dallas Morning News described Mohamed as having "racked up weeks of suspension" and pranking the "classroom projector."Kubiak admits a fondness for Mohamed yet dubbed him a "weird little kid" who could either wind up the CEO of a company or "head of a gang."
Fact #4; Ahmed's sister was punished for a similar incident at a middle school in the same district.
The sister of the boy who brought a suspected hoax-bomb to his Texas high school said she was suspended from a school in a prior bomb scare. Her suspension occurred in 2009 while she was attending middle school in the same district.
Fact #5; The valedictorian of Ahmed's High School is also a Muslim and denies that there is any discrimination or bias present in the school.
Now a college student, Jamali acknowledged she did not know first-hand what occurred at MacArthur with Ahmed, then underscored, "…Mac is a place where there is no or very little prejudice."
Fact #6; After the incident, Ahmed's father and other family members rapidly took charge of the situation, hiring layers, speaking to the media on Ahmed's behalf, and promoting the idea that Ahmed had been "discriminated against" by the police and the school. However, Ahmed's father is a political activist in Sudan, claims to be a Muslim religious leader and is a known 9/11 conspiracy theorist. Ahmed's father has openly admitted that the clock incident will help his own political career.
Muslim leaders in Texas, meanwhile, doubted his claims to religious and scholarly leadership. "This so-called leader, we have never heard of this person," Imam Zia ul Haque Sheikh, head of the Islamic Center of Irving, told the Seattle Times. "I believe the whole thing is made up."
In his eyes, the more Ahmed is seen, the better. It's good for the family, he says. Twice in his life he has run for president of Sudan. He plans to run again in 2020. The more people who know him, the better his chances.
Troubling statements in this Facebook post further the ideology of 9/11 conspiracy theories. The translation suggests that the 9/11 terror attacks were bogus, an inside-job, reading: "That the war against terror is nothing more than an illusion made in America—as al-Qa`ida was made in America, as well as what is happening now in the Arab East at the hands of the West." The post also alleges that the United States created 9/11 to manufacture the "war on terror."
Last week, Mohamed removed the National Reform page, perhaps in response to Western media sifting through the content.
Notable celebrity Mark Cuban observed that Ahmed's family was feeding him answers during interviews;
We talked about science, but while I'm talking to him on the phone, as I ask him a question, 'Tell me what happened,' because I'm curious, right? His sister, over his shoulder, you could hear, listening to the question, giving him the answer.Source.
And other later interviews implied that Ahmed's responses were being carefully monitored by some unknown party;
He captured Ahmed's metered responses with "eyes drifting off camera" that appeared to look offside "for approval" from someone before answering questions.Source.
Fact #7; Ultimately, after several years and many threats, the Mohamed family began filing lawsuits against those who they claim had wronged them. All of these lawsuits were dismissed due to a lack of any evidence showing that discrimination took place.
On March 13, 2018 a federal lawsuit filed by Ahmed Mohamed's father against the Irving Independent School District, the city of Irving, and several specific individuals, was dismissed with prejudice with the court ordering Mohamed's family to bear all the costs of the lawsuit.
The bottom line is this;
Ahmed Mohamed took apart and old clock that his uncle had left lying around in the garage. For reasons unknown, he pasted some of the parts from this clock into a pencil case and began making false claims that he had "invented" a clock.
Ahmed then took the clock to school, perhaps thinking that he could impress his teachers with his false claims of being an inventor, resulting in the teachers repeatedly warning him not to show the clock to anyone because it looked like a bomb. Ahmed, who has a history of bad behavior and playing pranks at school, openly defied the teachers and set up his clock to cause a disturbance in the middle of his English class. As a result of the disturbance involving an object that looked like a bomb, the school made the very reasonable decision to punish Ahmed and turn the matter over to the police for further investigation. Although Ahmed was briefly detained by the police, he was released to his parents upon request and no formal criminal charges were ever filed against him.
Immediately, Ahmed's family, their lawyers and a host of political organizations took control of the situation and began using the media to promote a narrative that Ahmed had been "discriminated against" by the school and police. Ahmed's own father openly admits that promoting his own political career is a beneficial side effect of the controversy was boosting his own political career. I firmly believe this was the motive for the Ahmed family to blow this issue out of proportion, as it benefited them personally to do so.
The media and other political organizations gladly assisted Ahmed because it also served their own agenda as well. Many people saw Ahmed as an opportunity to promote STEM education, and while that might be a worthy goal, Ahmed was the wrong person to carry that banner, since he was lying about "inventing" the clock.
In the end, all the lawsuits filed by the Mohamed family were dismissed because there is no evidence to support their claims.
I'll assume rebuttals will be in round 2. My arguments will consist almost entirely of rebuttals, so we'll keep this round short. but first let me post the definition of "discrimination" and
from dictionary.com
an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction. treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination. the power of making fine distinctions; discriminating judgment: She chose the colors with great discrimination.
Oddly enough my opponent has already acknowledged ahmed mohomad was treated differently, most kids don't have the cops called on them while at school. This debate is not about racial prejudice or anything like that, it is about whether the school discriminated (according to the dictionary definition) that kid. I'd say that yes they made a distinction about mohamed and that is why the cops were called.
Round 2
As a partly related aside, I've been following my opponent's progress in a game of 'Forum Mafia' here on the Debateart.com forum, where he said this;
Please start reading everything twice if it is going through your head. A lot of people retain 50% of material one one reading and 80% after 2 readings.
Apparently my opponent needs to read the description of this debate at least one more time, because he missed more than half of what he needs to be arguing for/against in this debate! Let me quote it again;
As 'Pro' for this debate, I allege that Ahmed Mohamed was not a victim of "discrimination" or "Islamophobia" in this incident, and that reports of the in incident were wildly exaggerated by the media before all the facts were known. I also deny the media perspectives that "Islamophobia" was to blame or that Ahmed deserves to be defended on the grounds of scientific advancement.I expect that 'Con' will argue in favor of Ahmed Mohamed's case, including the claims of "Islamophobia" and a connection to science.
Source; The debate description on this page!
So in this debate I am arguing;
1. That Ahmed was not the victim of "Islamophobia".
2. That Ahmed and his family received unjust benefit from their presentation in the media.
3. That Ahmed does not deserve to be defended on the "scientific" merits of his "invention" of the clock.
Alternatively, Con must argue;
1. That Ahmed was the victim of "Islamophobia" resulting in him being discriminated against unfairly.
2. That Ahmed was accurately represented in the media and deserving of the positive benefits of that representation.
3. That Ahmed was deserving of being defended on the "scientific" merits of his "invention" of the clock.
If Con plans to toss all of that out the window and argue only for a generic "discrimination" case, then he will have effectively ignored the vast majority of the topics which were actually intended to be debated and thus will surely lose this debate.
I wish Con good luck with such a strategy, because not only would it fail to meet the clear definition for this debate, but even Ahmed's trained and expert lawyers failed to make that exact same argument in no less than three different lawusits, and subsequently lost all three of them!
With that said, I will make a few brief rebuttals to the very little worthwhile material my opponent has initiated thus far.
my opponent has already acknowledged ahmed mohomad was treated differently, most kids don't have the cops called on them while at school.
This is an example of a 'Special Pleading' logical fallacy (also known as "moving the goalposts"), with a little bit of Strawman Fallacy used as fuel to get the main fallacy started.
First, my opponent uses the Strawman. He changes what my argument says in order to make it easier for him to attack. I never "acknowledged" that Ahmed was treated any differently than anyone else, but he needs to be able to make me say that in order to create evidence for his case that he can't find on his own. What I actually said was that Ahmed's school made a very reasonable decision about his punishment in light of the fact that he already had an established record of bad behavior at the school and that he defied an instruction that was given to him by multiple teacher's on the day of the incident. My opponent is gambling that you will ignore what was actually said and blindly accept his unsubstantiated claim that I said something else instead.
Next, my opponent knows that he cannot win this debate on the originally established grounds which includes allegations of "Islamophobia" and a supposed scientific merit to Ahmed's "invention" of the clock, much less the outrageous way Ahmed was promoted by a biased media. So this is where he moves the goalposts and hopes that readers will either forget, didn't read or can be effectively distracted from noticing 95% of the topics which have been discussed in this debate up to this point, resulting in very narrow tunnel vision locked onto the issue of the police. Not only is this a dishonest tactic to ignore debate topics that my opponent has no rebuttal for, it also happens to be wrong anyway.
In fact, most children in the public school system will have contacts with the police (either positive or negative) as a result of the common placement of 'School Resource Officers' in schools. These officers not only try to provide opportunities for school children to have positive interactions with the police, but they also fulfill their traditional law enforcement role as well. When children are suspected or accused of committing a crime, or engaging in any particularly egregious bad behavior beyond what the school's typical disciplinary procedures can handle, they will likely be referred to the school resource officer for further action.
Furthermore, claiming that Ahmed even should have been treated the same way as a typical school child is a false equivalence fallacy. Ahmed didn't behave the way that a typical school child would, since the typical school child doesn't engage in an act of plagiarism by lying about "inventing" a clock from their uncle's failed business, nor does the typical school child bring said "clock" to school in the form of a suspicious device which they then set off in the middle of English class. The typical school child will not be treated the way Ahmed was because the typical school child will not behave the way Ahmed did. Conversely, any school child of any race, gender or creed would surely be treated the way Ahmed was if they behaved the way Ahmed did. Again, this is an example of my opponent moving the goalposts and hoping that you will ignore all the facts I established in my opening statements to fall into his trap of engaging in tunnel vision on only a tiny fraction of the incident being discussed.
In summary, my opponent is not only ignoring the actual topic of the debate and the issues which he is required to defend, he also happens to be wrong about the issue he falsely attempted to redirect us onto. I hope that in round 2 of this debate he will agree to refocus on the actual topic of the debate and take the actual role he agreed to when he accepted the debate.
The site was down yesterday. I have won anyway because my opponent has failed to properly engage with the semantics but I'd like him to agree that the debate go unvoted on. I clearly have not been able to give him my best shot here.
The one thing I will point out is that he is trying to say Ahmed was not discriminated against because the school had good reasons to discriminatensure against him. I think what he means to say is that Ahmed was not unfairly discriminated against, but that is not what the debate is about. The debate is about whether he faced discrimination, not about whether the discrimination is fair.
Round 3
The site was down yesterday... I'd like him to agree that the debate go unvoted on.
The site was down for only a few hours yesterday, but was online for the majority of the day before that. My opponent was online frequently throughout the day and had ample time to participate in other activities on the site, including a game of forum mafia where he successfully incited the other players to lynch an innocent individual. Considering that he had a full three days to post a response, and managed to post a response this morning without forfeiting, I don't buy the excuse that he didn't have time because of the website being briefly offline.
I have won anyway...
He feels he "won anyway" so why doesn't he want to voters to confirm that?
...he is trying to say Ahmed was not discriminated against because the school had good reasons to discriminatensure [???] against him.
This is another Strawman Fallacy. I never said this, nor is this the actual thesis of my argument.
And as I pointed out in Round 2, this isn't even the actual topic of the debate anyway. Allow me to point it out yet again;
Con must argue;1. That Ahmed was the victim of "Islamophobia" resulting in him being discriminated against unfairly.2. That Ahmed was accurately represented in the media and deserving of the positive benefits of that representation.3. That Ahmed was deserving of being defended on the "scientific" merits of his "invention" of the clock.If Con plans to toss all of that out the window and argue only for a generic "discrimination" case, then he will have effectively ignored the vast majority of the topics which were actually intended to be debated and thus will surely lose this debate.
Effectively, my opponent completely missed the actual point of this debate, made a poor argument for the wrong issue and now he doesn't want people to vote.
I suppose I wouldn't be looking forward to the voting phase either if I dug myself this deep of a hole, but that doesn't change the fact that the actual terms of the debate, the required discussion topics and the amount of time for response were all well known and established before my opponent accepted the debate. I encourage the audience to vote and to vote in light of all the established and required discussion topics.
With the above said, this will be my closing argument and final rebuttals.
- Ahmed lied and committed plagiarism by claiming to have "invented" a clock which was actually left over from his Uncle's failed business.
- Ahmed had a long history of bad behavior and prior pranks at school.
- Ahmed's sister had also been involved in a similar incident at a school in the same district.
- The valedictorian of Ahmed's school was also a Muslim and denied that there was any bias against Muslim's present in the school.
- The media ignored Ahmed's lies and prior bad behavior, promoting him as a champion of STEM education by giving him multiple talk-show appearances, a photo-op with President Obama and a large quantity of free stuff.
- Ahmed's own father openly admitted that the family had both political and financial motives for pursuing a claim of "Islamophobia" in Ahmed's case.
- Although Ahmed's family filed multiple lawsuits against multiple parties alleging that Ahmed had been "discriminated" against in some way, every single one of those lawsuits resulted in an embarrassing defeat for Ahmed, often requiring the Muhammad family to bear all the legal costs associated with the lawsuit.
My opponent has completely failed to respond to the majority of the topics that were meant to be addressed and debated during this debate, including the "Islamophobia" issue, the behavior of the media and if Ahmed deserved to be be defended on the "scientific" merit of his "inventing" a clock.
Conversely, the only issue my opponent has focused on is a generic claim of "discrimination" (without accepting his burden to show that such took place because of "Islamophobia"), and even to that extent his short, unsupported arguments have been logically falacious. His argument claims that Ahmed was "discriminated" against merely because the police were called to respond to his unnecessary prank. However, many people have contacts with the police without being discriminated against, and merely having contact with the police is not a legitimate basis to claim discrimination. Furthermore, every single lawsuit which the Mohamed family filed alleging discrimination was summarily thrown out of court due to the complete absence of any evidence to support a discrimination claim.
My opponent used only brief semantic arguments, had no sources to support his claims, ignored the majority of debate topics and even asked to weasel out of the public vote. Vote for me, vote for Ike, or vote for a sandwich, but don't vote for my opponent, because his argument is one step away from not even existing.
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It's an interesting idea. It might punish people who forum post a lot who mean no harm, though.
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Thanks for the vote!
I'm not sure if I've seen the debate you mention in the RFD. I'll have to look it up again to see if that was one I read.
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Second loss not first ** for my RFD
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I'm starting to consider a mathematical equation to determine who should be blocked. X = (number of forum posts). Y = (number of debates participated in multiplied by 100). If X is greater than Y, I add you to my block list. Math is a fair way to make decisions, right?
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Yeah I just wanted to understand because i thought you were mad or something lol I guess not.
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Yo ArmoredCat!
I've unblocked you!
It was recently explained to me that blocking people is a form of "punishment" on this site... apparently...?
And after giving it some consideration, I feel I need to reserve my "punishments" for those who are truly deserving. And nothing you have ever done in your life is anywhere nearly as bad as the guy I just recently "punished" by adding him to my block list.
So as a matter of principle, I feel I must unblock you. Congrats.
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Thanks for the feedback!
Armoredcat, I'm trying to answer your question, but I'm also trying not to be too blunt/direct about it, because (unlike another user who is neither you or I) I make my best effort to follow the code of conduct and I want the moderators (who have told me that they intend to deal with this shortly) to understand that I'm not the instigator of the situation, nor am I trying to retaliate against anyone.
The reason I'm telling you about this other user is because you have already seen his activity on this page, and I want you to understand that I block people when I feel it is in my own best interest to minimize my contact with them. I cannot elaborate further than that, at this time.
If you don't feel that you did anything wrong, then it is entirely possible that you didn't. I would suggest just leaving it at that.
"Armoredcat, I didn't say you insulted me. But just a quick look at some of the other comments here would easily reveal the person that I am talking about."
Ok idk why you're telling me this then.
"Regardless, if someone blocks you, the logical conclusion is because they don't want to talk to you. So why chase after that person and follow them around demanding answers? If someone has you blocked, leave them be. It isn't like it harms you at all."
I want to know what I did wrong is all. But you keep dodging the question.
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No biggie. I think this debate kinda got derailed by all the drama in the comments anyway.
Armoredcat, I didn't say you insulted me. But just a quick look at some of the other comments here would easily reveal the person that I am talking about.
Regardless, if someone blocks you, the logical conclusion is because they don't want to talk to you. So why chase after that person and follow them around demanding answers? If someone has you blocked, leave them be. It isn't like it harms you at all.
Thought I had more time. Sorry about that
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When Con approached Pro with the troll-definition of 'discriminate' Pro didn't only explain that in his debate description and intended context of debate this was meant to specifically be about islamophobic type of discrimination but he furthermore goes into the redirected topic and explains an interesting take on the matter:
If you are discriminating against someone who it is discriminatory to not discriminate against given their background and the context, are you then not opposing the superior discrimination in reprimanding them and holding them to the standard level of suspicion that you would any given the set of events and information leading to the 'discrimination'?
Con keeps at the goal-post-moved angle by saying that Pro justified the discrimination and has conceded it occurred but this is where it comes down to what the debate is about. The debate includes its description in my eyes. I will always hold sacred what is written in a debate's description unlike many on this site who think it can go 'too far'. You will see my first loss on the site was me completely conceding to someone who wrongly defined free will as I realised I'd trapped myself and hold debate description absolutely sacred. Thus, I am not committing a fallacy of double-standard or situational preference for Raltar (Pro) here when I say that for me it comes down to respect for the debate-desc. In the description, there is a stated scope of debate in two different parts that completely defend Pro from the angle that Con takes:
1) The Mohamed family subsequently brought several lawsuits in regards to this matter. All lawsuits were dismissed and the Mohamed family was forced to pay all associated costs.
2) As 'Pro' for this debate, I allege that Ahmed Mohamed was not a victim of "discrimination" or "Islamophobia" in this incident, and that reports of the in incident were wildly exaggerated by the media before all the facts were known. I also deny the media perspectives that "Islamophobia" was to blame or that Ahmed deserves to be defended on the grounds of scientific advancement.
2) As 'Pro' for this debate, I allege that Ahmed Mohamed was not a victim of "discrimination" or "Islamophobia" in this incident, and that reports of the in incident were wildly exaggerated by the media before all the facts were known. I also deny the media perspectives that "Islamophobia" was to blame or that Ahmed deserves to be defended on the grounds of scientific advancement.
If you do the slightest background research (which Pro directly links you to and makes explicit from R1 onward), you'd understand that 'discrimination' was about unfair discrimination and not non-discriminatory level OF NECESSARY discrimination.
I also would like to note that Con forfeits the last Round implying that even Con either felt too guilty or too out-charmed to keep taking his dirty-play lateral angle on the debate matter. There's no nice way to put it, Con played too dirty to win this given the scope of the debate.
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Con attempts an ill-considered semantic rebuttal, despite the terms of the debate being clearly defined in context. None of Pro's actually facts and conclusions were addressed or rebutted.
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Arguments to pro: pro offered a significant amount of argument data that needed a rebuttal from con - even from the first part - That Ahmed didn't make the clock and seemingly was intentionally trying to stir trouble was unrefuted. Con capitulated his side of the debate by offering no rebuttal or defense over and above s line or two, and thus pro was left unrefuted.
Conduct to pro for cons forfeit.
Sources to pro: pro sufficiently defended his claims through sources, and attempted to establish the factual basis (including linking Dawkins, and a variety of interesting media), con offered nothing.
I consider this a technical forfeit by con.


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When it comes to colon health, knowledge is power. Everyone knows that maintaining a healthy lifestyle is a great way to keep the colon healthy, but what about the lesser-known facts? Colon polyps frequently fall into this category.
So, what's important about them? Colon polyps are flat or raised growths on the surface of the large intestine. Because they rarely cause symptoms, many people do not discover the presence of colon polyps until a physical exam or check-up. While some colon polyps are benign, this is not always the case. Small, flat polyps are harder to detect, but still may be cancerous. While there is no known prevention technique for colon polyps, err on the side of caution and follow a healthy diet and exercise routine.
If you are over 50 or have a family history of polyps, it may be time to see your doctor. Making a colonoscopy appointment will allow your doctor to check for colon polyps and remove them if they are present.posted on February 25, 2010 in news


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15 May 2018
If you're a secret lyrical genius, or just someone who's mad for Eminem, then find out how Pork Farms is offering the chance to win the opportunity of a lifetime and a £1,000 cash prize.
Pork Farms, the UK's no.1 Pork Pie brand is on the look-out for the next big rap star and entering couldn't be more simple! If you think you have what it takes, record a short video of yourself rapping a well-known song or your own original verse and upload it to http://bit.ly/PorkFarmersMashUp.
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If fields, barns and countryside are where you were raised
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15 May 2018
National Chairman of Council Lynsey Martin has set a challenge for all YFC members to help share what it REALLY means to be a YFC member, after anti-social behaviour by a number of individuals in Blackpool has tarnished the Federation's reputation.
The viability of the Annual Convention is currently under scrutiny after video footage, circulated widely on social media, revealed people wearing YFC shirts causing anti-social behaviour in the town while NFYFC held its event at the Winter Gardens.
Chairman Lynsey Martin is now calling on all YFC members to help share the 'true' message of YFC.
Lynsey said: "There has been an understandable reaction to the anti-social behaviour of some of our members in Blackpool over the Convention weekend. There is a lot of work going on with the authorities and our partners in Blackpool to try and right the wrongs of those people who behaved anti-socially as best we can.
We accept that a number of individuals misbehaved in Blackpool and we are ensuring they are expelled from this Federation. But they are a small proportion of our 23,500 members aged between 10 and 26 and I need to give all of our members a voice."
Lynsey's Chairman's Challenge calls on members and former members to help share their stories about how the Federation has helped develop their personal and professional skills.
YFC members can share these stories on social media using the hashtag #TrueYFC and tagging NFYFC or by completing an online form here.
The stories will be compiled and used to start revealing the true impact that NFYFC has on young rural people's lives.
Lynsey added: "Not enough people get to see the impact the Federation has. So we need the support of our members to show the world what being a YFC member REALLY means."
NFYFC is meeting with Blackpool Council to discuss incidents that occurred during the Convention weekend and as part of its review into the viability of the future of the event.
The Federation is carrying out its disciplinary process to ensure that those involved in causing anti social behaviour are removed from the organisation.
In a statement, Chief Officer James Eckley said: "NFYFC is taking this issue very seriously. All of the incidents that occurred over the weekend, not just those caught on cameras, are being investigated and appropriate action will be taken with the support of the relevant local authorities."
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Thank you to everyone who has provided information about a range of incidents that took place in Blackpool town centre while NFYFC was hosting its Convention at the Winter Gardens.
The Federation is now carrying out its disciplinary process to ensure that those involved in causing anti social behaviour are removed from the organisation.
These people cannot be identified publically for legal reasons. NFYFC is taking this issue very seriously. All of the incidents that occurred over the weekend, not just those caught on cameras, are being investigated and appropriate action will be taken with the support of the relevant local authorities.
We offer reassurance to Blackpool residents and businesses that the viability of this event is under scrutiny. A review process is already underway with the event management team, which will also involve Blackpool authorities.
The behaviour that has been highlighted is not in line with NFYFC's values and ethos. It is now the responsibility of all of our 24,500 members to pull together and show what it really means to be a proud member of a Young Farmers' Club.
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My sister Anna's husband Shawn asked me how close the station is to the real, geographic South Pole. Well, here's a picture of me at the Pole marker… with the blue station building in the background to the left. Very close!
The galley windows look right out over the Pole marker, so the Pole is in view at every meal. 🙂
Interestingly, the Pole marker is re-surveyed (using GPS satellites these days) every year; the 2-mile thick ice sheet that our station rests on is slowly flowing toward the ocean, which means that the station moves with respect to the rotation axis of the earth, the Pole. That movement is about 30 feet/year, so every year when the pole marker is re-surveyed it is moved about 30 feet… to the left in the photo above. I first came here in 1988, 23 years ago, so the Pole marker has been moved about 700 feet in that time!
I'm not sure why, but the NSF also sets up a "ceremonial pole" surrounded by the flags of all the treaty nations. It's marked by a shiny ball on a barber pole. Here's a closeup of the ball, with yours truly in reflection.
Many years ago the ceremonial pole was much closer to the station than the actual geographic pole… so it was easier for visitors to get there and get nice pictures… but now the geographic pole is actually closer… 30 years from now the geographic pole will again be further away, unless they move the station!


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Don Schumacher
Sep 23
DSR St. Louis Post-Race Recap
AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals
Event 20 of 24 (St. Louis)
NHRA Countdown, Event 2 of 6
Gateway Motorsports Park
Madison, Illinois
September 21-23, 2018
DSR St. Louis Elimination Highlights:
Leah Pritchett made it two-in-a-row, picking up her second consecutive Factory Stock Showdown Series event win
Pritchett moved into second place in the FSXX driver standings
The DSR Top Fuel trio of Antron Brown, Leah Pritchett and Tony Schumacher sit in the top five of the Countdown to the Championship rankings
Ron Capps is ranked in the top half of the Funny Car Countdown standings
Pritchett (Top Fuel) and Tommy Johnson Jr. (Funny Car) raced to semifinal finishes
Leah Pritchett Continues Factory Stock Showdown Series Dominance with St. Louis Triumph
MADISON, Illinois (September 23, 2018) –
Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak driver Leah Pritchett continued to own the Factory Stock Showdown class, celebrating her second consecutive event win one day after becoming first in the class to run in the seven-second range during the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park near St. Louis.
The double-duty driver made history during Factory Stock Showdown qualifying on Saturday, shrugging off a recent decision by the NHRA to effectively slap a 50-lb. weight handicap on all Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak vehicles to post a 7.936-second E.T. and become the first NHRA driver in the class to make a hit in the seven-second range.
Despite owning a new entry in the NHRA record books, Pritchett would wrap up qualifying No. 2 after her teammate Mark Pawuk ran even lower with a 7.929 E.T. to earn the pole.
Pritchett, winner and No. 1 qualifier at the most recent NHRA Factory Stock Showdown event at the NHRA U.S. Nationals earlier this month, kept the seven-second train rolling with a 7.948 pass at 172.70-mph to defeat former NHRA Pro Stock racer Allen Johnson in the opening round. She used an 8.031-second pass to send home Pete Gasko Jr. in the quarterfinals and then knocked out Arthur Kohn in the semifinals with an 8.011 E.T.
In the final, Pritchett nudged up near the seven-second range in an easy defeat of Stephen Bell, who knocked out her teammate Pawuk in round two, unleashing her Kevin Helms-tuned Drag Pak with a blistering 8.001 E.T. to claim victory after Bell experienced problems early.
"Incredible weekend by the 'el Bandito' team with Mopar," said Pritchett who moved up to the No. 2 spot in the FSXX standings. "We carried that momentum from the U.S. Nationals without a hiccup. That extra 25-pounds didn't seem to faze this Mopar power. I'm not saying it was easy by any means. We put it to it every single round and that's extremely impressive and a testament to the durability of the race cars, the powerplant and the people that Schumacher has put in place to run this program.
"We are in a fantastic spot, second place in the points. It's like Christmas Eve going into these last races. I really wouldn't want a different perspective. We have a little bit of freshening up to do but overall this has been an incredible weekend of just straight teamwork all the way around, and the Mopar power just continues to show through and we continue to want to show up."
No. 2 (7.936 E.T. at 172.98 MPH)
The Results:
E1: 7.948 E.T. at 172.70 MPH defeated Allen Johnson 16.672 E.T. at 68.78 MPH
E2: 8.031 E.T. at 172.12 MPH defeated Pete Gasko Jr. 8.812 E.T. at 165.58 MPH
E3: 8.011 E.T. at 171.88 MPH defeated Arthur Kohn 8.079 E.T. at 168.47 MPH
E4: 8.001 E.T. at 172.36 MPH defeated Stephen Bell, Broke
Driver Information:
Top Fuel:
Driver of the Matco Tools/U.S. Army Top Fuel Dragster
No. 7 (3.750 E.T. at 320.58 MPH)
The Results:
E1: 3.728 E.T. at 328.86 MPH defeated Doug Kalitta 3.792 E.T. at 323.58 MPH
E2: 3.842 E.T. at 323.66 MPH defeated by Clay Millican 3.803 E.T. at 323.04 MPH
Race Recap:
The winningest NHRA Mello Yello series driver in Gateway Motorsports Park history qualified in the top half of the field to match up against Doug Kalitta in round one of eliminations on Sunday morning. Kalitta's 3.792-second pass was no match for the three-time Top Fuel world champion's session-best 3.727-second winning run.
Against his round two opponent Clay Millican, Brown was first out of the gate but Millican pulled ahead near the 330-mark and never trailed, ending Brown's chances at picking up a sixth St. Louis trophy. Brown and the Matco Tools/U.S. Army team enter the next event rounding out the top half of the Top Fuel standings, sitting in fifth.
"We felt real confident coming into today. We've been working hard and we've just been getting better each run. We've even been finding the small little things that have been nipping at our heels, so we felt good that we could bring it home today. The day started off great for our Matco Tools/U.S. Army/Toyota. We ran low E.T. of first round. In round two, we just backed it off too much. At Reading, we didn't back it off enough and then in the second round today we backed it off too much. Now we've got a game plan for the next race that we're just going to go in the middle. There are still four races left, so there's a lot of racing still to go. We wanted to take a step up in the points, but we'll maintain where we are at. We just need to keep building."
Driver of the Papa John's Pizza Top Fuel Dragster
No. 5 (3.718 E.T. at 330.96 MPH)
The Results:
E1: 5.568 E.T. at 125.37 MPH defeated Bye
E2: 3.802 E.T. at 322.73 MPH defeated Blake Alexander 8.032 E.T. at 80.82 MPH
E3: 3.809 E.T. at 322.11 MPH defeated by Steve Torrence 3.772 E.T. at 325.22 MPH
Race Recap:
Leah Pritchett was the last DSR Top Fuel driver standing Sunday, tying her career-best Countdown result by reaching the semifinals. She was on a solo run in round one when a broken throttle cable on her opponent Scott Palmer's machine ended his day before the run.
Blake Alexander was the seven-time Top Fuel winner's next opponent, and the two met for the fourth time this season. Pritchett had the starting line advantage and never trailed with her run of 3.802 seconds at 322.73 mph. In the semifinals, Pritchett gave it her best effort to take down the points leader, Steve Torrence. The Papa John's Pizza pilot had a slight advantage at the start, but Torrence powered around her and took the win with his pass of 3.772 seconds compared to Pritchett's 3.809 E.T.
"Going to the semifinals in the Countdown against some of the stiffest competition is definitely nothing to hang our heads about. We weren't the quickest or fastest this weekend, but we made great improvements. We made wholesale changes that we had to commit to, and there was no turning back. We nipped away at them, but it just wasn't quite enough.
"The points are still tight, we still have a shot and this team errs to the side of positivity. We've got a couple of things in our back pocket that I can't wait to try out at our next race. Overall, it was a successful weekend and we're going to build on this."
Driver of the U.S. Army Top Fuel Dragster
No. 6 (3.731 E.T. at 330.72 MPH)
The Results:
E1: 4.067 E.T. at 257.73 MPH defeated Richie Crampton 5.641 E.T. at 115.95 MPH
E2: 4.115 E.T. at 270.43 MPH defeated by Pat Dakin 3.946 E.T. at 286.13 MPH
Race Recap:
Tony Schumacher entered his 500
event with his sights set on advancing from second to the No. 1 spot in the Top Fuel points ranking.
Schumacher qualified his Mike Neff/Phil Shuler-led U.S. Army dragster sixth for race No. 2 of the Countdown to the Championship and drew non-Countdown contender Richie Crampton in round one. "The Sarge's" 11,000-horsepower machine lost traction near halftrack before giving way to an engine explosion, but Schumacher was able to hang on for the win against Crampton's tire smoking attempt.
In round two, Schumacher had the starting line advantage but early tire smoke allowed his opponent Pat Dakin to claim the upset win. Schumacher leaves St. Louis ranked third in the Top Fuel standings.
"I've been around for 500 races. I understand that you don't make it to the finals every time like I did in my first race. If you would have asked me after my first race, I would have said, 'Gee, this is easy. I always get to the final.' But after doing it for a long, long time, you realize this is a competitive sport with some incredible teams. Today was simply proof of that. Pat Dakin beat me today. He competes in about 10 events a year and has a quality team. He brings good stuff and knows how to race a car. When you get beat by him, you don't hang your head. We need to regroup. A car can't win the race smoking the tires. That's what we've done four out of the last six elimination rounds. We can make some rounds, but can't get away with it that many times. We've got to come up with a different plan."
Funny Car:
Driver of the Infinite Hero Foundation Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
No. 8 (3.929 E.T. at 326.00 MPH)
The Results:
E1: 4.523 E.T. at 185.28 MPH defeated by John Force 4.025 E.T. at 322.96 MPH
Race Recap:
Two-time St. Louis winner Jack Beckman, driver of the Infinite Hero Foundation Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, qualified in the top half of the field in the eighth position, drawing John Force in the opening round. "Fast" Jack quickly put his Hellcat's nose out front and began to add to his lead before his momentum abruptly came to a halt around the 600-foot mark due to a broken blower drive shaft, allowing Force to drive around for the win. Beckman is now ninth in the standings.
"Broken blower drive shaft. It's the shaft behind the upper pulley that spins the rotors in the supercharger, and it snapped. Wow. We're finding a lot of ways to lose right now and that's the problem with the Countdown, you can't have these stumbles. We had a wonderful first round car even when we were struggling in the middle part of the season, and now three first round losses in a row. Barring a miracle, we're not going to be running for a championship, we're going to be running for trophies at the next four races. We are going to stay and test tomorrow. This is devastating, there's no way to spin this and say 'gee we're going to make the best of this.' We're going to do the best we can from here on out, but it's a gut punch to get two first round losses to open up the Countdown. We'll run our car tomorrow, we'll try some things that we think might give us a benefit and now we're in a situation where not only do we have to win the next couple of races, we have to rely on four or five other cars losing first or second round. It's not impossible, but we're going to just control our own destiny at this point."
Driver of the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger R/T
No. 2 (3.873 E.T. at 327.19 MPH)
The Results:
E1: 3.978 E.T. at 316.23 MPH defeated by Cruz Pedregon 3.992 E.T. at 317.05 MPH
Race Recap:
Defending event champion Ron Capps returned to Gateway Motorsports Park looking to add to his category-best four NHRA Midwest Nationals Funny Car titles.
Capps and the NAPA AUTO PARTS team were nearly flawless throughout qualifying, making the second quickest run of each round and earning bonus points during all four sessions. The 2016 Funny Car world champion's 3.873-second Q4 pass, which held up to be the second quickest E.T. of the event, enabled Capps to start from the No. 2 position on race day.
Capps' round one matchup found him squaring off against 'Countdown spoiler' Cruz Pedregon. Capps powered the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge cleanly down the track in 3.978-seconds, but his opponent's starting line advantage (0.067 vs. Capps' 0.101-second reaction time) enabled Pedregon to claim the holeshot round win.
"We talked about these non-Countdown cars being dangerous. They have a lot to prove and nothing to lose. Like I said at driver intros, you can't take a driver and team like that lightly. Cruz has won two championships.
"I didn't feel like I missed the light. Sometimes, as a driver, you feel like you didn't hit the light as good as you normally do. I try to be consistent. The worst part is that it hurts so bad because we had the best car on the ground. We were so consistent and good in qualifying with (crew chief Rahn) Tobler and this NAPA AutoCare team. Run after run, in different conditions, we ran great.
"We still have four races left and it seems like there will be first round losses by a lot of the Countdown hitters. It's a letdown. I feel like I let down this entire team and everyone at DSR, and on top of that, we have to sit for almost two weeks. I can't wait to get into the car on Friday at Dallas. These guys are my brothers and they'll lift my spirits up. We'll go on to Dallas and try to win the next four."
Driver of the Mopar Express Lane Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
No. 11 (3.967 E.T. at 320.13 MPH)
The Results:
E1: 4.585 E.T. at 201.19 MPH defeated by Tim Wilkerson 4.348 E.T. at 251.67 MPH
Race Recap:
Mopar Express Lane Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat driver and No. 11 qualifier Matt Hagan faced No. 6 Tim Wilkerson in first-round eliminations at Gateway Motorsports Park.
Hagan, a three-time runner-up at St. Louis, jumped to a small starting line advantage, but was unable to hold the lead. Both drivers hazed the tires around the 300-foot mark, but Hagan had to work overtime to keep his car away from first the wall and then the centerline, while Wilkerson was able to recover and collect the round win. Hagan, a two-time NHRA Funny Car world champion, exits St. Louis seventh in the Countdown quest.
"We're going to test tomorrow and change some stuff up. We've been up against it a little bit with what we've been trying to do, so we're going to make some different changes and start moving forward with some things. At the end of the day, this is the same group of guys that I won a championship with, I runnered-up with, and won a bunch of races with. It's a fuel car; stuff changes, things happen, you make adjustments and you bounce back from adversity. Like (crew chief) Dickie (Venables) said, we're going to grab this thing by the horns and wrestle it to the ground and come out with the best opportunity and chance we can for the next four races to turn on win lights for our sponsors, and obviously try to win some races and try to win this championship. It's not over. I've seen crazy, crazy stuff happen, but I've also seen stuff come together and click, and you're like, 'Wow! Where's that been all season.' I'm really looking forward to tomorrow and making some runs here, making some test hits and hopefully get a handle on this race car."
Driver of the Make-A-Wish Foundation Dodge Charger R/T
No. 4 (3.896 E.T. at 327.11 MPH)
The Results:
E1: 3.925 E.T. at 325.22 MPH defeated Del Worsham 4.003 E.T. at 321.50 MPH
E2: 3.950 E.T. at 323.50 MPH defeated Bob Tasca III 9.014 E.T. at 82.83 MPH
E3: 4.008 E.T. at 320.13 MPH defeated by Robert Hight 3.945 E.T. at 323.04 MPH
Race Recap:
Make-A-Wish Foundation Dodge Charger R/T driver Tommy Johnson Jr. came to Gateway Motorsports Park seeking his first victory at the track where his father earned his only national event win. The fan-favorite qualified No. 4 and started eliminations against No. 13 Del Worsham with a perfect run straight down the groove for the win.
Johnson faced Bob Tasca III in the quarterfinals and recorded a textbook 3.950 run, quickest of the round, for the win. Johnson would come up short in the semifinals against No. 1 qualifier and eventual race winner Robert Hight, his solid 4.008 at 320.13-mph pass not enough to beat Hight's 3.945-second effort to the stripe.
"We had a really good car. We're doing really well in the Countdown, it's just that Robert Hight is becoming a real pain, but that's a good motivator. I feel the four best cars in the Countdown were in the semis and I'm glad we're one of them. We just need to pick it up one more notch and I think we'll be the car to beat."
NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship Points Standings:
Top Fuel
1. Steve Torrence - 2346
2. Clay Millican - 2276
3. Tony Schumacher - 2225
4. Leah Pritchett - 2192
5. Antron Brown - 2169
6. Doug Kalitta - 2135
7. Mike Salinas - 2119
8. Terry McMillen - 2093
9. Scott Palmer - 2085
9. Brittany Force - 2085
Funny Car
1. Robert Hight - 2270
2. J.R. Todd - 2240
3. Courtney Force - 2200
4. Tim Wilkerson - 2196
5. Ron Capps - 2182
6. Tommy Johnson Jr. - 2166
7. Matt Hagan - 2144
8. John Force - 2116
9. Jack Beckman - 2113
10. Shawn Langdon - 2086
Factory Stock Showdown Series:
Driver of the Empaco Equipment Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak
No. 1 (7.929 E.T. AT 171.77 MPH)
The Results:
E1: 8.764 E.T. at 111.85 MPH defeated Bye
E2: 8.048 E.T. at 167.49 MPH defeated by Stephen Bell 8.028 E.T. at 172.83 MPH
Mark Pawuk made the second official sub-eight second run to reset the national FSXX E.T. record and qualify No. 1 in his Empaco Equipment Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak. The Pro Stock driver turned Factory Stock Showdown shoe's top seed awarded him with a Bye run in the opening session of eliminations.
In the quarterfinals, Pawuk faced Stephen Bell. The drivers were nearly even leaving the starting line but Bell moved to a slight lead early into the run and maintained his pace for the round win, ending Pawuk's day early.
"It was a great weekend for our Don Schumacher Racing Factory Stock team. Unfortunately, I wish I would have gone a little farther. Would've loved to race (teammate) Leah (Pritchett) in the finals. It was great to see her win again. Her car is really fast, mine was also. Setting low E.T. of the race was pretty awesome, and I think it might have been a little bit of driver error second round. I should've won the round, but I need to catch up on my driving a little bit. I'm a little rusty still after being away for almost 12 years, but our team is running great. Glad to see my teammate in the winner's circle, and hopefully maybe in Dallas I can get a shot to get back in it."
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I met Kev in Lidl's car park, my first contact with him had been on Facebook when I posted online what I was exploring doing and even though I had not met him before he'd opted in. He was pleased I was visiting Okehampton, and greeted me warmly.
He took me to a random hill outside the town (did worry I was getting kidnapped) and we walked to a vantage point where the whole town was spread out before us. "Our Church has been coming up here to pray for years" he said.
The view was impressive and he explained and pointed out many of the key buildings interspersed with passionate and heartfelt prayers: "this guy can pray" I thought, I love praying with people who are passionate about prayer as their fire and passion is contagious, I needed a bit of that contagion as had been out on the streets the previous evening with the Pirans' Street Angels and was feeling tired and achy.
Kev it transpired was a local councillor and was really informed about the local area knowing its road names and streets with encyclopaedic knowledge and also knew the opportunities and challenges facing the local area too.
As I heard Kev talk I was reminded of an evening we had held in Bournemouth with the School of Mission and my friend Hilary Bond a local minister had spoken about how prayer and intersession is not an escapist activity but rather draws us deeper and more emotionally into what and who we are praying for. When we truly intercede God also often asks us to become the answer to our prayers and causes us to walk more deeply within our communities, such was clearly the case with Kev.
Kev then pointed out to us a Roman Crossroads where slaves were set free which had obvious gospel parallels and felt like there was a prophetic element too. I have often wondered whether there are Gospel images and Kingdom gems scattered all over the place pointing back to Christ at work in his world.
We then went and wandered around a new housing estate to pray for the people who would be living here. When I was in Bristol I chaired a new housing group with people exploring what to do with their parishes when they would suddenly expand, grow and develop a new demographic, it was one of the most fun groups I did, I loved seeing fellow Church leaders eyes light up with talking about making connections with real people and impacting real communities, one guy Howard used to give every new arrival a welcome hamper and was doing regular community events such as pancake parties etc, another friend Rachel used coffee mornings (such as Macmillan or other charities) to bring people together and on one occasion went around dressed as a giant banana to promote "fair-trade fortnight" and over that fortnight she spoke to many people! It was great too to see the Church ahead of the game, ready and anxious to serve, thinking about welcome and well-being.
Another area Kev was passionate about was the area of outreach to blokes, as so often our Churches have a real gender imbalance and many guys have little or no connection with Church. I remember my friend Mark who did Street Pastors with me giving a doorman called Alan an invite to Alpha, Alan thanked him and said: "cheers mate, I'll give that to my Mrs!" -which to me sums up the problem! Kev is doing a meal in a golf course with a Christian guy from the TV show Gladiators coming to speak, we prayed for this event.
As I left Kev I realised that over the couple of hours we were together I had gone from feeling tired and grumpy, to energised and fired up about who God was at what I believe he was doing on this tour.