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Boy Disobeys Dad to Honor Dead Firefighter. As parents we spend years teaching our children that they need to obey and follow the rules, but almost as important is giving them the skills and sense of self to know when it's okay to break those same rules at the right time. An 11-year-old boy in Massachusetts, Jared Flanders, recently provided a perfect example of disobedience that would make any parent proud.

According to a story on MSNBC, the boy was alone at his home in Worcester, Massachusetts, with orders not to leave the house. But then something moved him to the point he just had to do it. It wasn't for candy or to go meet up with a friend or anything else your typical 11-year-old might sneak out to go do, however. He had heard about a wake for a local firefighter, Jon Davies, who had died in service, and wanted to pay his respects. When those gathered learned he was there alone and how he got there, there was an outpouring of emotion and support for what the boy had done.

I wanted to say thanks for saving all those people. The Kelly Family Runs the NYC Marathon for Team Fox. Michael R. Clifford. Personal data[edit] Born October 13, 1952 in San Bernardino, California, but considers Ogden, Utah, to be his hometown. He was a First Class Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.[1] Married to the former Nancy Elizabeth Brunson of Darlington, South Carolina. They have two sons: Richard Benjamin Clifford and Brandon Brunson Clifford. He enjoys flying, golf, tennis, water and snow skiing, baseball, and coaching youth sports.

Clifford was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1994. Education[edit] Graduated from Ben Lomond High School, Ogden, Utah in 1970; received a Bachelor of science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1974, and a Master of science degree in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1982. Major achievements[edit] Organizations[edit] Member of the Association of Space Explorers, American Helicopter Society, Army Aviation Association, and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Honors[edit] Career[edit] How an astronaut with Parkinson's Disease still won his own space race. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cure is a realistic goal, as ≥94% of children have continuous disease-free survival for five years and appear cured, while 30–40% of adults have continuous disease-free survival for five years. "Acute" refers to the relatively short time course of the disease (being fatal in as little as a few weeks if left untreated) to differentiate it from the very different disease of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which has a potential time course of many years. [1][2][3] Signs and symptoms[edit] Initial symptoms are not specific to ALL, but worsen to the point that medical help is sought.

They result from the lack of normal and healthy blood cells because they are crowded out by malignant and immature leukocytes (white blood cells). Therefore, people with ALL experience symptoms from malfunctioning of their erythrocytes (red blood cells), leukocytes, and platelets. The signs and symptoms of ALL are variable but follow from bone marrow replacement and/or organ infiltration. Pathophysiology[edit] 1. I. Twin sisters struck by leukaemia are winning their battle against the disease. By Ted Thornhill Updated: 20:37 GMT, 2 September 2011 Heroic: Megan and Gracie Garwood made worldwide headlines after they were both tragically diagnosed with the deadly cancer in September 2009 Identical twin little sisters struck down by leukaemia within a week of each other are winning their desperate battle to beat the killer disease.

Heroic Megan and Gracie Garwood made worldwide headlines after they were both tragically diagnosed with the deadly cancer in September 2009 when they were just four. Their devastated mum, Emma Garwood, 40, and her husband Mark, 37, said they felt as if they had been thrown into oblivion after being given the heartbreaking news. But almost exactly two years on they said the inspirational six-year-olds were ‘doing brilliant’.

And Emma said they are keeping their fingers crossed her oldest daughters will achieve an initial clean bill of health in the New Year as they fight to beat all the odds. The twins are both battling acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Egypt protests: Christians join hands to protect Muslims as they pray during Cairo protests. By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 17:46 GMT, 3 February 2011 Striking photos of unity have emerged from the chaos in Egypt as Christian protesters stood together to protect Muslims as they prayed. A group of Christians joined hands and faced out surrounding hundreds of Muslims protesters left vulnerable as they knelt in prayer. The photos were taken in Cairo by Nevin Zaki.

Christians faced outward and joined hands in a circle to protect a Muslim group of protesters as they prayed in Egypt She shared the images over Twitter, writing, 'Bear in mind that this pic was taken a month after z Alexandria bombing where many Christians died in vain. The suicide bombing, shortly after the New Year's Day, killed 23 Coptic Christians, who make up 10percent of Egypt's 80 million person population. Muslim radicals have been blamed. One Colorado resident posted an email online that he received from his mother, who is Cairo visiting her daughter, the poster's sister. Egypt: What the love Jesus talked about looks like on the ground. Like many of you who read this blog, I have been watching what’s been happening in Egypt avidly.

After almost three weeks Mubarak has stepped down after very peaceful protests. The only violence that happened started with the government, not the people. And yesterday when Mubarak said he wasn’t going anywhere, the people did not let their anger lead them to violence, their protesting remained peaceful. The thing that has touched me the most, moved me to tears, is the way that Coptic Christians and Muslims are taking care of each other, and showing the entire world what it looks like to “love your neighbor as yourself.” Or as the Quaran says: “…Do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, the poor, the neighbor who is near of kin, the neighbor who is stranger , the companion by your side…” (4:36, emphasis mine).

Here is how Egyptian Muslims and Christians loved their neighbors: From Ahram Online On New Year’s Eve a Coptic Church was bombed in Alexandria, Egypt, killing 21 people. Egyptian Muslims Serve As Human Shields For Coptic Christmas Services. Egypt's Muslim community followed through on their promise to support the country's embattled Christian population as they celebrated their Christmas Eve masses on Thursday night. Anxiety among the nation's Coptic Christians, who make up approximately 10 percent of the population, was at a fever-pitch in the wake of the New Years day attack on Saints Church in Alexandria. Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram reported that prominent Islamic leaders and celebrities had called for a massive show of support by Egypt's Muslims in order to send a message that the majority of the nation would not stand for extremist violence and persecution.

"We either live together, or we die together," was the sloganeering genius of Mohamed El-Sawy, a Muslim arts tycoon whose cultural centre distributed flyers at churches in Cairo Thursday night, and who has been credited with first floating the "human shield" idea. Read the whole story from al-Ahram here. Muslims act as 'human shield' for Coptic Christians celebrating Christmas.