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This new signature burger is available at all of our on-mountain dining locations. Tasty!
Did you know that Beaver Creek hosts Cocao & Corduroy every morning after the lifts open and warm chocolate chip cookies every afternoon at 3pm?
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Snowcat Skiing for Nature
Snowbird Snowcat Skiing for Nature is a guided backcountry ski experience in the previously unaccessed Mary Ellen, lower Mineral Basin and Miller Hill areas south and east of Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort. Half-day tours are available for groups as large as 10 people or may be purchased on an individual basis.
Snowcat skiing is for advanced and expert skiers and riders with off-trail skiing experience.
Snowbird Mountain School
Snowbird Center, Plaza Deck
(801) 947-8222, in-house ext. 4181
8 am - 4:30 pm Mon – Sun
Proceeds from the Snowbird Snowcat Skiing for Nature program benefit the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation and the Wasatch Water Legacy Partnership, working with volunteers to improve the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and Salt Lake City’s drinking water.
Morning Half-Day Tour: 7:30 a.m. to noon – $300
Includes breakfast and orientation at The Forklift, pre-public, guided skiing in Mineral Basin, lift ticket, and exclusive access to guided backcountry skiing with snowcat support. Not recommended for snowboarders as tour includes some short skis-on hikes. Advanced/expert skiers only.
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Beacons will be provided for all participants. Current technology powder-specific skis are highly recommended. Try out the Dynastar Cham High Mountain 107 from Snowbird Sports, and receive a 20% demo ski rental discount.
*All activities, lift openings, terrain access and hours of operation are conditions permitting and may change at any time.
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In an interview with Michigan Radio, SNRE Associate Professor Brad Cardinale talks about biodiversity in the context of a bill in the Michigan Legislature.
The story by Rebecca William discusses a bill introduced by state Sen. Tom Casperson-R (Escanaba) that would prohibit the the state Department of Natural Resources from setting aside an area of land specifically for the purpose of maintaining biological diversity (basically, to protect the variety of plants and animals that live in an area), according to the Michigan Radio story.
SNRE Professor Rosina M. Bierbaum discusses the recently released National Climate Assessment draft report with Cynthia Canty of Michigan Radio. Bierbaum of SNRE and the School of Public Health was a lead convening author of the chapter on climate change adaptation.
Stateside with Cynthia Canty covers a range of Michigan news and policy issues as well as culture and lifestyle stories.
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Spiritual Chakra Healing Jewelry - Inspirational gifts and Spiritual jewelry gifts for spiritual growth. Beaded gemstone jewelry to enhance your spiritual journey. Semi precious gemstones help to balance Chakras & re-align metabolism, cleanse aura, restore vibrational and chemical balance. Enhance your spiritual journey with inspirational gifts of semi precious gemstone jewelry for spiritual healing, Reiki healing or Chakra balancing. Select by Chakra colors or color propertierties.
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Yorke wants to see pride in T&T football
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Former national football captain Dwight Yorke wants to see some pride restored in local football and is hoping that the Football Federation can resolve some of the issues currently plaguing the progress of this country on the international football stage.
Yorke was speaking in Barbados on the weekend where he led Manchester United to the British Airways Legends title at the Kensington Oval.
He teamed up with Andy Cole to help United defeat Chelsea in the final as well as a semi-final win over the Caribbean All Stars which included the likes of Russell Latapy, Stern John, Dennis Lawrence, Clayton Ince, Dion Burton and Paul Hall. “It’s very sad to see where football is at this point in time.
There are a lot of issues going on with the Federation and they need to sort it out,” Yorke said. The ex-Aston Villa marksman said it was undoubtedly disappointing to see T&T out of the World Cup picture so early in the 2014 campaign particularly after appearing on the big stage in 2006.
Yorke is currently a Manchester United ambassador and an analyst for Sky Sports. He has been a member of the United Reserve team coaching staff while also completing some of his coaching badges.
He maintained he would be willing to contribute to the development of local football at some stage. “I’m now part of the Sky Sports team as well as an ambassador for Manchester United and also doing completing some more coaching badges.
I’m just keeping active and enjoying what I’m doing at the moment. “I’ve been very grateful for Trinidad football for many years. It’s been part of me and I’ve been very fortunate to play a role and learn so much in the game. I feel with my experience and knowledge I have gained over the years that I can always contribute something back to the Football Federation.
“My name will be mentioned because of what I have done and maybe one day that opportunity will come along where I will step back in in terms of contributing and giving back something to the football. It would be rude of me not to really consider it if it was to happen. At the moment where our football is, some issues need to be resolved before we can even get to that,” Yorke added.
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By FRANCO PANIZO
When goalkeeper Chris Blais' 2010 season came to a close, it did so a game earlier than he wanted. Blais had helped guide Michigan to an impressive run in the NCAA Championship tournament, one that ended with a semifinals loss to eventual champion Akron.
As surprising as that run may have been to some fans across the nation, it compared little to what Blais did next.
This past June, Blais made the unique decision of leaving the only program he had ever played for by transferring as a senior to the University of South Florida. He was saying goodbye to the place he had called home the previous four years and his starting spot to begin a new chapter in his career with a team that had been knocked out of the 2010 NCAA tournament in the first round.
"There was a lot of stuff that happened, to be honest," the 6-foot-4, 195-pound Blais said of his decision to transfer. "One of the big things that brought me here was the goalkeeper coach, Bryheem Hancock. With his experience playing pro and (being) an All-American (who) won a national championship at UConn, he was a major, major reason for me making the move."
But that wasn't the only factor in Blais' departure from Michigan.
"There was a lot of turnover with players and coaches," said Blais. "The coach that recruited me at Michigan took a head coaching job somewhere else, the goalie coach took a head coaching job somewhere else, and Soony (Saad) and Justin (Meram) leaving to go pro, and then our two best recruits coming in ended up going pro, so it just didn't seem like the right situation. I was there the whole spring and after everything that had happened with all the turnover, it just didn't seem like the right place for me anymore."
Blais, who initiated contact by emailing Bulls head coach George Kiefer via email, also chose the Bulls due to their reputation for being a good goalkeeper factory, having produced top college players like Jeff Attinella and Diego Restrepo at the position in the past.
After Kiefer decided to bring Blais in, the experienced goalkeeper knew things were about to change quickly. Blais also realized he'd have to adapt fast to his new surroundings if he wanted to win the starting spot and enjoy a successful final year in college soccer.
The Seattle, Wash., native did just that, beating out sophomore Eric Osswald and freshman Dallas Jaye while also jelling with his new teammates on and off the field.
"He's got a great personality," said Kiefer. "He fits in excellent with the guys. The guys call him grandpa. He's a fifth year guy. I think with any good team, once they recognize you have talent they figure out a way to fit you in.
Blais' time with USF has been brief, but he is already seeing the similarities and differences that his new home has compared to his old one.
One of the biggest things he has already noticed is how much attention the University of South Florida pays to its soccer program, a welcomed dissimilarity for Blais.
"I think soccer is one of the bigger sports here and at Michigan it's not," said Blais. "It's still big (there), but it's not one of the main sports. Like football and hockey and basketball really dominate everything there, and it's kind of been cool experiencing that because I always kind of felt that we were like second best, like a team that flew under the radar at Michigan and here I feel like soccer is really in the forefront. So being a college soccer player, that's something that's a good thing to have."
Another difference that Blais was going to have to get accustomed to was not being a captain anymore. With the Wolverines, Blais was known as one of the defacto leaders. But with the Bulls, he was the new guy in town.
That still didn't stop Kiefer and his coaching staff from wanting Blais to take a leadership role on the team, albeit slowly but surely.
"If he came in right away and tried to lead, I don't think the group would have accepted him," said Kiefer. "But now that he's got some games under his belt; he's been masterful at that, actually. He's been very good at figuriing out at when to push and when to slow down."
Blais' leadership roles and abilities were put to the test against a talented opponent in Wake Forest in the season opener on Aug. 27, a game that came little over two months after Blais had announced his transfer from Michigan.
Blais had a good performance that day, making seven saves en route to helping the Bulls win 2-0. That outing was good enough to also earn him the Big East Goalkeeper of the Week award.
He followed his impressive debut by recording another shutout days later in a 1-0 victory over Georgia State.
"Shutouts are really an expectation here more than just something that happens," said Blais.
Blais adds that he was not surprised that he and the team could put together such performances so quickly, and he partially attributes that to the ease of his transition to USF.
"It takes time to build your back line, but I think me and my back line have gotten along really well and guys are starting to get used to how I play and get used to the kind of person I am," said Blais. "But like I said, it's went better than I thought it was going to be, but it's not perfect.
With his size and skills, Blais is already a pro prospect and Kiefer says MLS scouts from three or four teams have already attended games to keep an eye on the Bulls' starting goalkeeper and his teammates.
Blais has already trained in professional environments, having spent at least a week with the Seattle Sounders for each of the past four summers. He has also trained with the Vancouver Whitecaps and U.S. men's national team goalkeeper Tim Howard.
But he isn't thinking that far ahead, and is rather focusing on his final collegiate season. When pressed on the issue, however, Blais admits he doesn't have a preference between MLS, Europe or elsewhere.
"I feel like wherever the best situation with the best coach (is best) because goalies usually their prime is much later," said Blais. "Obviously I'd love to be in Seattle some day but that's if the stars all align the right way.
"If I get a chance in Europe, I'd love to go do that. If I get a chance at MLS, I'd love to go do that. I just really want it to be the right situation, the right coach and then you work hard and hopefully some day get a shot at the starting job."
There was a time when “USF” in reference to college soccer meant University San Francisco – unfortunately, those days of national championships are long gone, and don’t appear to be on the horizon anytime soon.
the guy transferred because he lost teammates and coaches? sounds like he has an attitude problem, and is not a team player.
but really, who cares, its college soccer
haha yeah its not like Clint Dempsey, Holden, Edu, Bocanegra, Onyewu, Cherundolo, Subotic, Nielsen or Ibesevic ever played college. Oh wait they did. Fabregas did the same thing as Blais got a proble with that?
In basketball or football for example, you have to sit out a season while transferring. I figured that was an NCAA thing. Why didn’t this guy have to sit out? Am I just wrong?
Why didn’t he have to sit out a season? Isn’t that the NCAA rule to keep players from just jumping from program to program if they’re not happy where they are?!
If he graduated from UM last year and he switched to grad program at USF that UM does not have, he doesnt have to sit.
So he went to UM to help build the program. They got good and everyone else jumped ship for greener pastures. Whats wrong with him doing the same?
If you’d read or watched any of the interviews with this kid you’d know he has nothing close to an attitude problem. He spent 3 years building the program at Michigan, and when all of his own coaches and team mates left, and the program looked dismal, why should he have to stay for a mediocre final season and possibly lose his chance to go pro? This kid is smart. Soccer is his business and sounds like he made a good business investment in USF
I believe transfer rules are different for different sports. I don’t think sitting a year is required for baseball or soccer as long as the school they are leaving gives them a release; most do, especially if out of conference.
Nice to see a player transferring INTO South Florida and not OUT OF. If you took all the guys that have transferred out of Keifer’s program at USF and made a team out of them, you prob would have a National Championship squad.
Like who???
As a Seattle native and USF Alumnus, I’m very proud to be pulling for Blais. I would love to see the Sounders draft and develop him while acting as a back up. SSFC already passed on Jeff Attinella last year, and Attinella is getting all sorts of honors in USL (NASL?).
Right off the top of my head Tony Taylor (plays professionally in Portugal), Rodrigo Hidalgo (former YNT member) and Diego Restrepo (won it all with Virginia, playing pro in South America).
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One of the most recognizable kits in international soccer is the Argentina Home kit, with signature light blue and white vertical stripes just like in the Argentina national flag. Their fitting nickname La Albiceleste meaning the White & Sky Blue has represented the club since their formation in the early 1900s. Since then Argentina has enjoyed a long history of success, including two World Cups. Their away kit has typically been a solid blue top, sometimes with light blue accents. With historical greats like Javier Zanetti and modern marvels like Leo Messi, the Argentina Jersey continues to be one of international fame.
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Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voller says the club made the right decision in keeping hold of Andre Schurrle.
Chelsea were reportedly chasing Germany international Schurrle in the off-season, and reportedly had a 16 million-pound offer rejected.
Bundesliga side Leverkusen held on to their star attacker, but Voller knows the chase to prise Schurrle away from the BayArena is likely to resume.
“At his level there will be always requests, not only by Chelsea,” he told Bild.
“But we take it easy.
“It was the right decision not to have sold Schurrle before (the) season.”
Another one of the club’s top performers who has been impressing of late is right-back Dani Carvajal, who joined Leverkusen from Real Madrid’s youth system in the off-season. said.
“But I don’t think it’ll happen next summer. Hopefully we will enjoy him for more time.”
Following the winter break, Leverkusen face Benfica in the Europa League knockout stages, with the first leg taking place in Germany on February 14.
Voller admitted it is a tricky tie, but hopes Leverkusen can go far in the competition.
He also believes the Bundesliga is represented well in the Champions League, picking out Bayern Munich as one of the favourites.
“With Benfica we have a tough opponent,” he said.
“But we want to stay in (the) competition (for) as long as possible.
“Dortmund has (a) chance in (the) Champions League. But my favourites are Barcelona and Bayern.”
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A corporate entity established to conduct both business and nonprofit affairs of Alaska Natives, pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-203, as amended). Twelve ANRCs are legally bounded geographic entities that cover Alaska, except for the Annette Islands Reserve (an American Indian reservation). A thirteenth ANRC represents Alaska Natives who do not live in Alaska and do not identify with any of the 12 corporations; the U.S. Census Bureau does not present data for this ANRC.
Alaska Native village (ANV)
A local governmental unit in Alaska that constitutes an association, band, clan, community, group, tribe, or village, recognized pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-203, as amended). ANVs do not have clearly defined boundaries that are easily locatable, and they often include many square miles of land used by Alaska Natives for hunting and fishing, so the U.S. Census Bureau works with officials of the Alaska Native villages and Alaska Native Regional Corporations to delineate Alaska Native village statistical areas for data presentation purposes.
Alaska Native village statistical area (ANVSA)
A statistical entity that represents the settled portion of an Alaska Native village for data presentation purposes.
American Indian off-reservation trust land
The United States holds title for specific area in trust for the benefit of an American Indian tribe (tribal trust land) or for an individual American Indian (individual trust land). Although trust land may be located on or off a reservation, the U.S. Census Bureau recognizes and tabulates data only for off-reservation trust land. Census data always associate off-reservation trust land with a specific federally recognized reservation and/or tribal government. See American Indian reservation, American Indian trust land.
American Indian reservation
A federal American Indian reservation is an area that has been set aside by the United States for the use of one or more federally recognized American Indian tribes. Together with off-reservation trust land, a reservation covers territory over which one or more tribes have primary governmental authority. The boundary of a federal reservation is defined by tribal treaty, agreement, executive or secretarial order, federal statute, or judicial determination. A state American Indian reservation is an area that a state government has allocated to a tribe recognized by that state, but not by the federal government. American Indian reservations are known as colonies, communities, Indian communities, Indian villages, pueblos, rancherias, ranches, reservations, reserves, and villages. See American Indian off-reservation trust land, American Indian tribal subdivision, American Indian trust land, joint use area.
American Indian tribal subdivision
A legal subdivision of a federally recognized American Indian reservation, off-reservation trust land, or Oklahoma tribal statistical area. These entities are internal units of self-government or administration that serve social, cultural, and/or economic purposes for American Indians living on a reservation, off-reservation trust land, or Oklahoma tribal statistical area. Tribal subdivisions are known as areas, chapters, communities, districts, and segments. The U.S. Census Bureau previously provided unpublished data for these entities for the 1980 census, which referred to them as American Indian subreservation areas.
American Indian trust land
An area for which the United States holds title in trust for the benefit of an American Indian tribe (tribal trust land) or for an individual American Indian (individual trust land). Trust land may be located on or off a reservation; however, the U.S. Census Bureau recognizes and tabulates data only for off-reservation trust land. See American Indian off-reservation trust land, Hawaiian home land.
Barrio, barrio-pueblo Census Bureau presents the same types of Census 2000 data for these "sub-MCDs" as it does for the barrios and barrios-pueblo. Each barrio, barrio-pueblo, and subbarrio is assigned a five-digit Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code in alphabetical order within Puerto Rico. See subbarrio.
Block
See census block
Block boundary
The features that delimit a census block. The features may be visible (a street, road, stream, shoreline, power line, etc.) or invisible (a county line, city limit, property line, imaginary extension of a street or road, etc.). Generally, the boundary of a census block must include at least one addressable feature; that is, a street or road. For data tabulation, the boundary of every legal and statistical entity recognized in the U.S. Census Bureau's standard data tabulations is a block boundary.
Block group (BG)
A statistical subdivision of a census tract (or, prior to Census 2000, a block numbering area). A BG consists of all tabulation blocks whose numbers begin with the same digit in a census tract. For example, for Census 2000, BG 3 within a census tract includes all blocks numbered from 3000 to 3999. (A few BGs consist of a single block.) BGs generally contain between 300 and 3,000 people, with an optimum size of 1,500 people. The BG is the lowest-level geographic entity for which the U.S. Census Bureau tabulates sample data from a decennial census. See tribal block group.
Block number
A number assigned to each census block.
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Block numbering area (BNA)
Prior to Census 2000, a statistical subdivision of a county or statistically equivalent entity, delineated by a state government agency or a U.S. Census Bureau regional census center for the purpose of grouping and numbering census blocks in counties that did not have census tracts. BNAs were discontinued for Census 2000; they were replaced by census tracts in every county and statistically equivalent entity.
Borough
A legally established geographic entity in Alaska, which the Census Bureau treats as statistically equivalent to a county in other states; a minor civil division in each of the five counties that comprise New York city; a type of incorporated place in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Census area
A statistical entity that serves as the equivalent of a county in Alaska. Census areas are delineated cooperatively by the state of Alaska and the U.S. Census Bureau for the purpose of presenting census data for the portion of Alaska not within an organized borough, city and borough, or municipality.
Census block
A geographic area bounded by visible and/or invisible features shown on a map prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau. A block is the smallest geographic entity for which the Census Bureau tabulates decennial census data. See block boundary, block number.
Census Bureau map
Any map, in electronic or paper form, produced by the U.S. Census Bureau. Such a map usually displays the boundaries and names and/or codes of the geographic entities that the Census Bureau uses to take a census or survey, or for which the Census Bureau tabulates data, and may include both visible and invisible features, feature names, and other information appropriate to the purpose for which the map was prepared. Some Census Bureau maps display statistical data in various thematic forms. Every Census Bureau map displays a credit note showing that it was produced by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Census county division (CCD)
A statistical subdivision of a county, established and delineated cooperatively by the U.S. Census Bureau and state, local, and tribal officials for data presentation purposes. CCDs have been established in 21 states that do not have minor civil divisions suitable for data presentation; that is, minor civil divisions have not been legally established, do not have governmental or administrative purposes, have boundaries that are ambiguous or change frequently, and/or generally are not well known to the public.
Census designated place (CDP)
A geographic entity that serves as the statistical counterpart of an incorporated place for the purpose of presenting census data for an area with a concentration of population, housing, and commercial structures that is identifiable by name, but is not within an incorporated place. CDPs usually are delineated cooperatively with state, Puerto Rico, Island Area, local, and tribal officials based on U.S. Census Bureau guidelines. For Census 2000, for the first time, CDPs did not need to meet a minimum population threshold to qualify for the tabulation of census data. See place. Note: A CDP in Puerto Rico is called a comunidad or zona urbana.
Census division
A grouping of states and the District of Columbia, established by the U.S. Census Bureau for the presentation of census data. The nine divisions represent areas that were relatively homogeneous when they were established in 1910. The divisions are subdivisions of the four census regions.
Census geography
A collective term referring to the geographic entities used by the U.S. Census Bureau in its data collection and tabulation operations, including their relationships to one another. See geographic hierarchy, tabulation geography.
Census map
See Census Bureau map.
Census region
A grouping of states and the District of Columbia, established by the U.S. Census Bureau for the presentation of census data. The four regions represent areas that were relatively homogeneous when they were established in 1910 and revised in 1950. Each region is divided into two or three census divisions.
Census subarea
A statistical subdivision of a borough, census area, or other entity that is the statistical equivalent of a county in Alaska. A census subarea is similar to a census county division in other states. Census subareas are delineated cooperatively by the state of Alaska and the U.S. Census Bureau.
Census tract
A small, relatively permanent statistical subdivision of a county or statistically equivalent entity, delineated for data presentation purposes by a local group of census data users or the geographic staff of a regional census center in accordance with U.S. Census Bureau guidelines. Designed to be relatively homogeneous units with respect to population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions at the time they are established, census tracts generally contain between 1,000 and 8,000 people, with an optimum size of 4,000 people. Census tract boundaries are delineated with the intention of being stable over many decades, so they generally follow relatively permanent visible features. However, they may follow governmental unit boundaries and other invisible features in some instances; the boundary of a state or county (or statistically equivalent entity) is always a census tract boundary. When data are provided for American Indian entities, the boundary of a federally recognized American Indian reservation and off-reservation trust land is always the boundary of a tribal census tract. See block numbering area, tribal census tract.
Census tract number
A 4-digit number, which may be followed by a 2-digit decimal suffix, used to identify a census tract uniquely within a county or statistically equivalent entity. For Census 2000, census tract numbers range from 0001 to 9999, with 9400 to 9499 reserved for census tracts related to federally recognized American Indian reservations and off-reservation trust land - primarily reservations and trust land that cross county lines. Leading zeros and a suffix of ".00" usually do not appear on maps prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau, and are not commonly used when referring to a particular census tract. The number "0000" in computer-readable files identifies a census tract delineated to provide complete coverage of water area in territorial seas and the Great Lakes.
Central city
In a metropolitan area, the largest place and, in some areas, one or more additional places that meet official standards. A few primary metropolitan statistical areas do not have a central city.
Central place
In an urbanized area or urban cluster, the largest incorporated place, or census designated place in some cases, and one or more additional places that meet specific criteria. For an urbanized area or urban cluster that does not contain an incorporated or census designated place, there is no central place (the title of the urbanized area or urban cluster uses the name of a minor civil division, or a local place name recognized by the Board on Geographic Names and recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey, but the name does not represent a central place).
City
A type of incorporated place in all states and the District of Columbia. In agreement with the state of Hawaii, the U.S. Census Bureau does not recognize the city of Honolulu for presentation of census data. In Virginia, all cities are not part of any county, and so the Census Bureau treats them as equivalent to a county for data presentation purposes, as well as treating them as places; there also is one such independent city in each of three states: Maryland, Missouri, and Nevada. In 23 states and the District of Columbia, some or all cities are not part of any minor civil division, in which case the Census Bureau treats them as county subdivisions as well as places for data presentation purposes.
City and borough
A legally established geographic entity in Alaska, which the U.S. Census Bureau treats as the statistical equivalent of a county in other states; also, a type of incorporated place in Alaska. This designation is new for Census 2000.
Code
See geographic code.
Collection block
The smallest area that the U.S. Census Bureau used to collect information for the decennial census. A collection block may be split by the boundary of any legal or statistical entity later recognized by the Census Bureau for census data presentation. Thus, if a collection block is split by one or more legal and/or statistical boundaries, each portion will be a separate tabulation block; if a collection block is not split, the same area may be a tabulation block. See block number, census block, tabulation block.
Comunidad
A census designated place in Puerto Rico that is not related to a municipio's seat of government. See census designated place, zona urbana.
Congressional district (CD)
One of the 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. The CDs for which Census 2000 first provides data are those for the 106th Congress.
Consolidated city
The U.S. Census Bureau refers to a governmental unit for which the functions of an incorporated place and its county or minor civil division have merged as a consolidated government. If one or more other incorporated places continue to function as separate governmental units even though they are part of a consolidated government, the Census Bureau refers to the primary incorporated place as a consolidated city.
Consolidated metropolitan statistical area (CMSA)
A geographic entity designated by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for use by federal statistical agencies. An area becomes a consolidated metropolitan statistical area (CMSA) if it qualifies as a metropolitan area (MA), has a census population of 1,000,000 or more, has component parts that qualify as primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSAs) based on official standards, and local opinion favors the designation. CMSAs consist of whole counties except in New England, where they consist of county subdivisions (primarily cities and towns). See central city, metropolitan area, metropolitan statistical area, New England County Metropolitan Area, primary metropolitan statistical area, statistical entity.
County
The primary legal division of every state except Alaska and Louisiana. A number of geographic entities are not legally designated as a county, but are recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as equivalent to a county for data presentation purposes. These include the boroughs, city and boroughs, municipality, and census areas in Alaska; parishes in Louisiana; and cities that are independent of any county in Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia. They also include the municipios in Puerto Rico, districts and islands in American Samoa, municipalities in the Northern Mariana Islands, and islands in the Virgin Islands of the United States. Because they contain no primary legal divisions, the Census Bureau treats the District of Columbia and Guam each as equivalent to a county (as well as equivalent to a state) for data presentation purposes. In American Samoa, a county is a minor civil division.
County subdivision
The primary legal or statistical division of a county or statistically equivalent entity. See census county division, census subarea, minor civil division, unorganized territory.
Division (census geographic)
See census division.
Extended city
See extended place.
Extended place
A place that contains both urban and rural territory; i.e., an incorporated place or census designated place that is partially within and partially outside of an urbanized area or urban cluster. The term is first used for Census 2000. Previously referred to as an extended city, which applied only to incorporated places, subject to very specific criteria.
Geographic code
A code, consisting of one or more alphanumeric or special-text characters, used to identify a geographic entity. Every geographic entity recognized by the Census Bureau is assigned one or more geographic codes. Also referred to as a geocode.
Geographic entity
A spatial unit of any type, legal or statistical, such as the United States, a state, county, county subdivision, place, census tract, block group, or census block. See census geography, legal entity, statistical entity.
Geographic hierarchy
A geographic presentation that shows the geographic entities in a superior/subordinate structure. In this system of relationships among geographic entities, each entity (except the smallest one) is subdivided into lower-order units that in turn may be subdivided further. For example, states are subdivided into counties, which are subdivided into both county subdivisions and census tracts. The Census Bureau uses three sets of hierarchies: one is based on states and counties; another on American Indian area, Alaska Native areas, and Hawaiian home lands; and a third on metropolitan or urban areas. See census geography, tabulation geography.
Governmental unit (GU)
A geographic entity established by legal action for the purpose of implementing specified general- or special-purpose governmental functions. Most GUs have legally established boundaries and names, and have officials (usually elected) who have the power to carry out legally prescribed functions, provide services for the residents of the GU, and raise revenues. Some GUs do not have officials or do not implement the powers that the law entitles them to; the U.S. Census Bureau refers to these entities as inactive governmental units.
Hawaiian home land (HHL)
An area held in trust for the benefit of native Hawaiians by the state of Hawaii, pursuant to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, as amended. Hawaiian home lands are a new type of geographic entity for Census 2000.
Incorporated place
A type of governmental unit, incorporated under state law as a city, town (except in New England, New York, and Wisconsin), borough (except in Alaska and New York), or village, generally to provide a wide array of specific governmental services for a concentration of people within legally prescribed boundaries. New for Census 2000 are "city and borough" and "municipality," which serve as both place- and county-level entities in Alaska. A few incorporated places do not have a legal description. See consolidated city, governmental unit, independent city, independent place, place.
Independent city
An incorporated place that is independent of - i.e., not part of - any county. All incorporated places classified as cities in Virginia are independent cities, as are Baltimore, MD; St. Louis, MO; and Carson City, NV. The U.S. Census Bureau treats an independent city as equivalent to a county and, where appropriate, as a county subdivision and as an incorporated place for data presentation purposes.
Independent place
In a state in which the Census Bureau recognizes minor civil divisions (MCDs), an incorporated place that is not legally part of any MCD. The Census Bureau treats an independent place as equivalent to a county subdivision and as an incorporated place for data presentation purposes. Independent places exist in 23 states and the District of Columbia.
Indian reservation
See American Indian reservation.
Island Areas
For Census 2000, several legal entities under the jurisdiction of the United States: American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau treats these entities as equivalent to states for data presentation purposes. The term also includes several small islands in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean; the Census Bureau provides only population counts for these "U.S. Minor Outlying Islands," based on records obtained from the government agency that administers each island (most are unpopulated). Formerly referred to as the Outlying Areas.
Joint use area
Territory that is administered, claimed, and/or used by two or more American Indian tribes. It may consist of an overlap of territory of adjoining American Indian reservations or Oklahoma tribal statistical areas, or off-reservation trust land for one tribe that is located within the reservation of another tribe. Such territory was referred to as joint area for the 1990 census.
Legal entity
A geographic entity whose origin, boundary, name, and description result from charters, laws, treaties, or other administrative or governmental action, including the United States; the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas; counties and statistically equivalent legal entities; minor civil divisions; incorporated places, including consolidated cities; American Indian reservations, off-reservation trust land, and tribal subdivisions; Alaska Native Regional Corporations; Hawaiian home lands; congressional districts; state legislative districts; most voting districts; and school districts. Some legal entities, such as Hawaiian home lands, congressional districts, and voting districts, have no governmental officials or powers, but serve only as nonfunctioning administrative entities. The legal entities and their boundaries that the U.S. Census Bureau recognizes for Census 2000 are those that existed on January 1, 2000. See governmental unit, statistical entity.
Metropolitan area (MA)
A core areas with a large population nucleus, together with adjacent communities that have a high degree of economic and social integration with that core. (Some MAs are defined around two or more nuclei.) MAs are designated by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in terms of one or more counties or, in New England, county subdivisions (primarily cities and towns). The OMB defines and designates metropolitan areas based on a set of official standards that are published in the Federal Register. "Metropolitan area" is a collective term established by the OMB in 1990 to refer to metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), consolidated metropolitan statistical areas (CMSAs), primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSAs), and New England County Metropolitan Areas (NECMAs).
Note: In 2003, a new set of standards will go into effect, creating several new types of statistical entities and renaming others, and discontinuing the term "metropolitan area."
Note: In 2003, a new set of standards will go into effect, creating several new types of statistical entities and renaming others, and discontinuing the term "metropolitan area."
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
A geographic entity designated by the federal Office of Management and Budget for use by federal statistical agencies. A metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a metropolitan area (MA) that is not closely associated with another MA. An MSA consists of one or more counties, except in New England, where MSAs are defined in terms of county subdivisions (primarily cities and towns). See central city, consolidated metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area, New England County Metropolitan Area, primary metropolitan statistical area, statistical entity.
Minor civil division (MCD)
A type of governmental unit that is the primary governmental or administrative division of a county or statistically equivalent entity in many states and statistically equivalent entities. MCDs are identified by a variety of terms, such as township, town (in eight states), or district. The U.S. Census Bureau recognizes MCDs in 28 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas. In 20 states and American Samoa, all or many MCDs are active general-purpose governmental units. Many MCDs are not general-purpose governmental units, and therefore do not have elected officials to carry out legal functions; instead, they serve as nonfunctioning administrative entities. See county subdivision, governmental unit, independent place, legal entity.
Municipality
A legally established entity in Alaska and the Northern Mariana Islands. The U.S. Census Bureau treats this entity as the statistical equivalent of a county, and the Census Bureau also treats the municipality (Anchorage) in Alaska as an incorporated place. This designation in Alaska is new for Census 2000.
Municipio
A governmental unit that is the primary legal division of Puerto Rico. The U.S. Census Bureau treats a municipio as equivalent to a county in the United States for data presentation purposes.
New England County Metropolitan Area (NECMA)
A county-based area designated by the federal Office of Management and Budget to provide an alternative to the county subdivision-based metropolitan statistical areas and consolidated metropolitan statistical areas in New England. See central city, metropolitan area, statistical entity.
Off-reservation trust land
See American Indian off-reservation trust land.
Oklahoma tribal statistical area (OTSA)
A statistical entity identified and delineated by the U.S. Census Bureau in consultation with federally recognized American Indian tribes in Oklahoma that once had a reservation in that state. An OTSA encompasses an area that conforms to a tribe's reservation that was dissolved preceding the establishment of Oklahoma as a state in 1907. For some OTSAs, neighboring tribes agreed to modify the boundary for data presentation purposes. Referred to as a tribal jurisdiction statistical area (TJSA) for the 1990 census and by a single all-encompassing entity called the "Historic Areas of Oklahoma (excluding urbanized areas)" for the 1980 census.
Outlying Areas
See Island Areas.
Parish
A governmental unit that is the primary legal subdivision of Louisiana. The U.S. Census Bureau treats a parish as equivalent to a county in other states for data presentation purposes.
Place
A concentration of population either legally bounded as an incorporated place, or delineated for statistical purposes as a census designated place (in Puerto Rico, a comunidad or zona urbana). See census designated place, consolidated city, incorporated place, independent city, independent place.
Primary metropolitan statistical area (PMSA)
A geographic entity designated by the federal Office of Management and Budget for use by federal statistical agencies. If an area that qualifies as a metropolitan area (MA) has a census population of one million or more, two or more primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSAs) may be defined within it if they meet official standards and local opinion favors the designation. When PMSAs are established within an MA, that MA is designated a consolidated metropolitan statistical area (CMSA). See central city, consolidated metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area, statistical entity.
Pseudo-voting district (pseudo-VTD)
An area for which the U.S. Census Bureau reports voting district (VTD) data, even though the boundary of the actual voting district was adjusted by the reviewing officials, for purposes of data presentation, so that it no longer matches the legally established boundary. See voting district.
Public use microdata area (PUMA)
A geographic entity for which the U.S. Census Bureau provides specially selected extracts of raw information from a small sample of long-form census records that are screened to protect confidentiality of census records. The extract files are referred to as public use microdata samples (PUMS). Public use microdata areas (PUMAs), which must have a minimum census population of 100,000 and cannot cross a state line, receive a 5-percent sample of the long-form records; these records are presented in state files. These PUMAs are aggregated into super-PUMAs, which must have a minimum census population of 400,000 and receive a 1-percent sample in a national file. The Census Bureau provided a 10-percent sample file each for Guam and the Virgin Islands of the United States. Data users can use these files to create their own statistical tabulations and data summaries.
Region (census geographic)
See census region.
Rural
All territory, population, and housing units located outside of urbanized areas and urban clusters. See urban.
School district
A geographic entity within which state, county, or local officials or the U.S. Department of Defense provides public educational services for an area's residents. The U.S. Census Bureau provides data for three types of school districts: elementary, secondary, and unified.
State
A primary governmental division of the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau treats the District of Columbia as the equivalent of a state for data presentation purposes. It also treats a number of entities that are not legal divisions of the United States as the equivalent of states for data presentation purposes: Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.
State designated American Indian statistical area (SDAISA)
A statistical entity delineated for an American Indian tribe that does not have a land base (reservation) and is recognized as a tribe by a state government, but not the federal government. State designated American Indian statistical areas (SDAISAs) are identified and delineated for the U.S. Census Bureau by a state liaison identified by the governor's office. A SDAISA generally encompasses, Oklahoma tribal statistical area, tribal designated statistical area, or Alaska Native village statistical area. SDAISAs were included with tribal designated statistical areas for the 1990 census; this designation is new for Census 2000.
State legislative district (SLD)
The area represented by a member of the upper or lower chamber of a state legislature (or, for Nebraska, the unicameral legislature).
Statistical entity
A geographic entity that is specially defined and delineated so that the U.S. Census Bureau may tabulate data for it. Statistical entities include census areas (in Alaska), census county divisions, census subareas (in Alaska), unorganized territories, census designated places, Oklahoma tribal statistical areas, tribal designated statistical areas, state designated American Indian statistical areas, Alaska Native village statistical areas, metropolitan areas, urban areas, census tracts, block groups, and census blocks. Designation as a statistical entity neither conveys nor confers legal ownership, entitlement, or jurisdictional authority. See legal entity.
Subbarrio
A legal subdivision of a barrio or barrio-pueblo (minor civil division) in 23 municipios in Puerto Rico. (There is no geographic entity in the United States equivalent to a subbarrio.) Census 2000 provides the same types of data for subbarrios as it does for barrios and barrios-pueblo. Each subbarrio is assigned a five-digit Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code in alphabetical order within Puerto Rico. See barrio, barrio-pueblo; sub-MCD.
Sub-MCD
A legal subdivision of a minor civil division (MCD). For Census 2000, only Puerto Rico has sub-MCDs (subbarrios).
Super-PUMA
See public use microdata area.
Tabulation block
The smallest area for which the U.S. Census Bureau provides decennial census data. A tabulation block cannot be split by the boundary of any legal or statistical entity recognized by the Census Bureau for census data presentation. See block number, census block.
Tabulation geography
The geographic entities for which the U.S. Census Bureau tabulates and presents data. See geographic entity, geographic hierarchy.
Tract
See census tract.
Traffic analysis zone (TAZ)
A statistical entity delineated by state and/or local transportation officials for tabulating traffic-related data - especially journey-to-work and place-of-work statistics - from a decennial census. A TAZ usually consists of one or more census blocks, block groups, or census tracts.
Tribal block group
A block group within a tribal census tract. Where a census tract numbered in the 9400 series crosses a county line, a tribal block group may be located on both sides of that boundary. See block group, tribal census tract.
Tribal census tract
A census tract within a federally recognized American Indian reservation and/or off-reservation trust land. Some of these census tracts are numbered in the 9400 series, primarily if they cross a county line. See census tract, tribal block group.
Tribal designated statistical area (TDSA)
A statistical entity delineated for the U.S. Census Bureau by a federally recognized American Indian tribe that does not have a land base (a federally recognized reservation or off-reservation trust land). A TDSA generally encompasses a compact and contiguous area that contains a concentration of people who identify with a federally recognized American Indian tribe and in which there is structured or organized tribal activity. A TDSA may not include area within an American Indian reservation, off-reservation trust land, Oklahoma tribal statistical area, state designated American Indian statistical area, or Alaska Native village statistical area. For the 1990 census, it could not cross a state line, but it may do so for Census 2000. For the 1990 census, TDSAs included state-recognized tribes without a land base; these are now called state designated American Indian statistical areas.
Tribal jurisdiction statistical area (TJSA)
See Oklahoma tribal statistical area.
Tribal subdivision
See American Indian tribal subdivision.
Trust land
See American Indian trust land.
United States
The 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Unorganized territory (UT)
In a state in which the U.S. Census Bureau provides data for minor civil divisions (MCDs), the portion of a county that is not included in a legally established MCD or in an incorporated place that is independent of an MCD. For data presentation purposes, the Census Bureau recognizes such area as one or more separate county subdivisions, each designated as an unorganized territory. For Census 2000, ten states contain one or more UTs.
Urban
All territory, population, and housing units located within urbanized areas and urban clusters. See rural, urban area.
Urban area
A generic term that refers to both urbanized areas and urban clusters. This terminology is new for Census 2000.
Urban cluster (UC)
A densely settled area that has a census population of 2,500 to 49,999. A UC generally consists of a geographic core of block groups or blocks that have a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile, and adjacent block groups and blocks with at least 500 people per square mile. A UC consists of all or part of one or more incorporated places and/or census designated places; such a place(s) together with adjacent territory; or territory outside of any place. See central place, extended place, urban, urbanized area.
Note: Any urban area delineated in Guam is classified as an urban cluster regardless of its population size.
Note: Any urban area delineated in Guam is classified as an urban cluster regardless of its population size.
Urban growth area (UGA)
In Oregon, an "urban growth boundary" is delineated around each incorporated place or a group of incorporated places by state and local officials, and subsequently confirmed in state law, to control urban development. The U.S. Census Bureau refers to the resulting geographic entities as "urban growth areas" (UGAs). UGAs are new for Census 2000. ("Urban growth boundary" is a legal term; "urban growth area" is a census term.)
Urbanized area (UA)
A densely settled area that has a census population of at least 50,000. A UA generally consists of a geographic core of block groups or blocks that have a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile, and adjacent block groups and blocks with at least 500 people per square mile. A UA consists of all or part of one or more incorporated places and/or census designated places, and may include additional territory outside of any place. See central place, extended place, urban, urban cluster.
Voting district (VTD)
The generic name for a geographic entity - such as an election district, precinct, or ward - established by state, local, and tribal governments for the purpose of conducting elections. Some reviewing officials adjusted the boundaries of the voting districts (VTDs) they submitted to conform to census block boundaries for data presentation purposes, and therefore a VTD for which Census 2000 provides data might not exactly represent the legal entity; the U.S. Census Bureau refers to such VTDs as pseudo-voting districts (pseudo-VTDs). Such VTDs, as well as any territory for which state officials did not specify a status, are identified by a "P" in the VTD indicator field of the PL data file.
ZIP Code area
The addresses served by a 5-digit ZIP Codea - established by the U.S. Postal Service to expedite the delivery of mail. Most ZIP Codes do not have specific boundaries, and their implied boundaries do not necessarily follow clearly identifiable visible or invisible map features; also, the carrier routes for one ZIP Code may intertwine with those of one or more other ZIP Codes, and therefore this area is more conceptual than geographic. See ZIP Code tabulation area.
ZIP Code tabulation area (ZCTAa)
A statistical entity developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to approximate the delivery area for a U.S. Postal Service 5-digit or 3-digit ZIP Codea in the United States and Puerto Rico. A ZCTA is an aggregation of census blocks that have the same predominant ZIP Code associated with the mailing addresses in the Census Bureau's Master Address File. Thus, the Postal Service's delivery areas have been adjusted to encompass whole census blocks so that the Census Bureau can tabulate census data for the ZCTAs. For areas larger than 25 square miles for which the Census Bureau's Master Address File contained no addresses with ZIP Codes, the Census Bureau used the first 3 digits of the ZIP Code(s) that serve the area or nearby areas. For the dress rehearsal data, there are two blank spaces after such 3-digit codes; for Census 2000, there is a suffix of "XX." A water feature that could not logically be assigned to a specific ZCTA is assigned a 3-digit code followed by "HH" to indicate that the water feature could not be assigned meaningfully to any adjacent land ZCTA. ZCTAs do not include all ZIP Codes used for mail delivery. The Census Bureau first created ZCTAs for the Census 2000 dress rehearsal census. See ZIP Code area.
Zona urbana
In Puerto Rico, a census designated place consisting of the municipio seat of government and the adjacent built-up area. A zona urbana cannot extend across its municipio's boundary. See census designated place, comunidad.
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- jubil8 BN-0 PON 2012/04/27 22:21:35+1Yep. I had all their albums back in the day too. I liked them a lot.reply
- Bill 2012/04/27 17:35:54+1oh yeah...reply
- katywon 2012/04/27 16:58:07+1I had to give a class once on Counseling and for some reason I used "Joy to the World" to make my point. Everyone enjoyed it but I have forgotten what my paper was on now.reply
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- katywon 2012/04/27 03:28:16 (edited)+1Never Been to Spain but I really want to go there. Stillreply
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- william keegan 2012/04/26 22:04:33+1No. I remember hearing the name though.reply
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- ♒ßεllεchεvεllε®♒ 2012/04/26 21:24:33+2Oh yesh. I like watching their vids on YouTube and oggling their packages in those skin tight polyester pants. Heh.reply
- +1YOU would!! Love it!! lol ;) Love your pic my friend! ;)reply
- ♒ßεllεc... Treasur... 2012/04/27 17:00:44Heh! Thank you my love!reply
- gregaj7 2012/04/26 20:19:51+2Yes.reply
- Lyssa Clark 2012/04/26 20:09:16+2Grew up listening to their music..'One' was my favorite and they were hotties too!reply
- susan BN-0 2012/04/26 20:06:25+2Yesreply
- Gloria 2012/04/26 19:44:14+1When I was young I didn't think much of them but after a while I certainly do love them.reply
- Danny Barker 2012/04/26 19:44:13+2yes I grew up listing to them.Love their music.reply
- Wanderer 2012/04/26 19:41:33+2Sure do...great band..reply
- Kashee 2012/04/26 19:27:58+1easy to be hardreply
- +1Thanks my friend for posting. Love all their songs! :)reply
- Tennessee3501 2012/04/26 18:42:04+1I thought it was some guy who dated three ugly women in one night?reply
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- Tarika Peck 2012/04/26 16:35:04+1Yes love their musicreply
- littlebuffalo55TBA 2012/04/26 16:20:43 (edited)+2I sure do....and I remember how prophetic the words to"Mama told me not to come" sounded to me after being invited to wild party be an older girl down the street!reply
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- kyle 2012/04/26 16:12:13 (edited)+1no i dont remember themreply
- +1You are probably way too young....this was in the 70's. Thanks for answering. ;)reply
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- rspell 2012/04/26 15:51:46 (edited)+1Saw them live at the Tampa Jai Alai fronton. An overzealous security guard started roughing up some of the crowd. The band began playing "Celebrate" and by the end of the song, the security guard was dancing with the crowd.reply
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Dishonest Abe
"Abraham was tested by circumcision, shaving his pubic hair, washing the fore-part and rear, using a toothstick, and plucking his armpits."
Nothing is more essential to Islam’s credibility than Muhammad’s version of Abraham. Islam must prove that he was a Muslim, that his God was Allah, and that he worshiped in Mecca. Recognizing this, Muhammad tried desperately to make the case.
We pick up the trail in Tabari's History with something that sounds like Hitler's idea of Arian supremacy. the children of Shem, the latter would enslave them." The slavery theme keeps reappearing because Muhammad used the slave trade to finance the spread of Islam. Turning Noah into a racist to justify such behavior wasn't beneath Islam’s prophet - but then again, little was.
We're going to pass by Muhammad’s history lesson on the mythical tribes of Ad and Thamud. Their battles with the Almighty seemed important to Muhammad as he dedicated scores of Hadith to them. But I want to focus on the Islamic path to Abraham as it lies at the core of the prophet's deception. Tabari II:50 "Nimrod was Abraham's master and wanted him burned.... The first king who ruled over all the earth was Nimrod. There were four such kings who ruled all the earth: Nimrod, Solomon bin David, Dhu'l-Qarnain, and Nebuchadnezzar - two believers [Muslims] and two infidels." Nimrod only ruled a city-state. Solomon's kingdom only included a portion of the Middle East. Nebuchadnezzar's realm like that of Dhu'l-Qarnain, as Alexander the Great, was large, but neither ruled over the whole earth. As for two of them being Muslims - Muhammad and Allah are again mistaken. There wasn't a Muslim in the batch.
According to Ishaq's Sira: Tabari II:50 "Allah desired to send Abraham as an argument against his people and as a messenger to His worshippers since there had been no messengers between Noah and Abraham except Hud and Salih [the mythical rulers of Ad and Thamud]." If that's true, there couldn't have been Muslim worshippers. A thousand years had passed with no religious communication. Allah said he destroyed the Ad and Thamud and he never suggests Abraham visited them. So in an attempt to establish a religious context for his scam, Muhammad destroyed it. The scenario he has just laid out precludes worshippers, and without them, all he has shared thus far concerning the establishment of Islamic rites and the veneration of the Ka'aba, could not have been passed along.
"As time drew near, the astrologers came to Nimrod, saying, 'We have learned from our lore that a boy will be born in this city of yours who will be called Abraham. He will abandon your religion and break your idols in such and such a month and year." Muslims are attempting to bestow on Abraham, whom they view as the father of Islam, the same kind of birth announcement enjoyed by Yahshua, the founder of Christianity, but they didn't have a clue when either man actually lived.
Both secular and scriptural histories tell us that Nimrod died centuries before Abraham was born. The clay tablets that were unearthed near ancient Babylon starting in the late 19th century suggest Nimrod died violently at the age of forty around 2800 B.C., two generations after the great flood. Apart from the Bible, Abraham is not as well known. Yet, archeologists have been able to confirm the Biblical accounting of when he lived by unearthing the places the Scriptures say he visited or that coexisted during his time. They have found dozens of corroborating artifacts that confirm Abraham lived between 2100 B.C. and 1950 B.C. These men were not contemporaries.
Since their lives were separated by 700 years, everything Muhammad claims about them is both suspect and uninspired. Tabari II:53 "Another story about Abraham is that a star rose over Nimrod so bright that it blotted out the light of the sun and the moon. He became frightened and called the magicians, soothsayers, and prognosticators to ask about it. They said, 'A man will arise in your domain whose destiny is to destroy you and your rule.' Nimrod lived in Babylon but he left his town and moved to another, forcing all men to go with him but leaving the women. He ordered that any male child who was born should be slain." This is a blatant, although not believable, rip-off of the star of Bethlehem that directed wise men to Yahshua and of King Herod killing the male children born that year in Bethlehem.
The Bible tells us that Abram, the future Abraham, was born in Ur, the great Chaldean city, to Terah. His journey to the Promised Land is detailed in Genesis 11. Muhammad says: "Some task in Babylon came up for which Nimrod could trust only Azar, the father of Abraham. He sent him to do the job, saying, 'See that you do not have intercourse with your wife.' Azar said to him, 'I am too tenacious in my religion for that.' But when he entered Babylon he visited his wife and could not control himself. He had intercourse with her and fled to a town called Ur."
Tabari II:53 "When Abraham's mother found that she was in labor she went out to a cave near her house and bore Abraham. She shut the cave up on him and returned home. Later when she went to see how he had done, she found him alive, sucking his thumb. Allah placed Abraham's sustenance in it." Muhammad was abandoned by his mother at birth, so he invented this story to mimic his own childhood.
Tabari II:51 "Abraham had been in the cave for fifteen months when he said to his mother, 'Take me out that I may look around.'" Why bother? After fifteen months of living in a cave, he would have been blind. "So she took him out one evening and he looked about and thought of the creation of the heavens and the earth and said, 'Verily the One who created me and fed me is my Lord - I have no other god but Him.'" Thus, an infant conceived the first pillar of Islam. But alas, the Hadith and Qur'an quickly plummet into spiritual delirium. "He looked out at the sky and saw a star. 'This is my Lord.' He followed it with his eyes until it disappeared. When it set he said, 'I do not like things that set.' Then he saw the moon rising and said, 'This is my Lord.' [Perceptive kid - Allah began his life as a moon deity.] And he followed it until it disappeared. When it set, he said, 'If my Lord did not guide me, I would have gone astray.'" A fifteen-month-old baby converts from paganism to Islam by watching the moon. Sure, why not.
Like so many Islamic Traditions, these were written to provide the context the Qur'an lacks. Let's dive into the 6th surah to hear what Allah has to say: Qur'an 6:74 "When Abraham said to his sire, Azar: 'Why do you take idols for gods? I find you and your people in manifest error.' Thus We showed Abraham the visible and invisible kingdom of the heavens and earth that he might be of those who are sure and believe. So when night overshadowed him, he saw a star. Said he: 'This is my Lord.' When it set, he said: 'I do not love the setting ones.' When he saw the moon rising, he said: 'This is my Lord.' When it set, he said: 'If my Lord had not guided me I would be of the erring people who go astray.'" This is embarrassing. The conversation condemns the message. After Allah personally showed Abe his kingdom so that he might be sure, the Islamic babe turns to the sky, the source of idols, and says, "This is my Lord." What is it about Islam that turns everyone's brains to mush - Allah’s included?
Qur'an 6:78 "Then when he saw the sun rising, he said: 'My Lord is surely this, the greatest of all.' So when it set, he said: 'O my people, I am through with those. Surely I have turned my face toward Him who originated the heavens and earth, and I am not a polytheist.'" The sun, the most popular pagan deity, is now god, never mind it was the moon in the preceding Tradition. After becoming an idolater, he magically turns and says he's through with idols. And after asking a star, the moon, and the sun if they were god, he says he's not a polytheist. All the context in the world, all the explanations ever written, can't undo the damage the Qur'an does to itself.
Tabari explains it this way: Tabari II:51 "When day came upon Abraham and the sun rose, he saw the greatness of the sun and saw that here was something with more light than he had ever seen before. He said, 'This is my Lord! This is greater.' And when it set he exclaimed, 'O my people, I am free from all the things which you associate with Him.'" Muhammad wants us to believe that all it took to "free" this fifteen-month old baby from pagan idolatry, worshiping the sun, moon, and stars, to become a Muslim in the oneness of Allah was for the sun to set.
Qur'an 6:80 "His people disputed with him." What people? Depending upon whether you believe Muhammad’s Hadith or Allah’s Qur'an, he's with his mom or dad. He's a toddler, having just emerged from a cave for the first time. "He said: 'Do you dispute with me respecting Allah? He has guided me. I do not fear those that you set up with Him, unless my Lord pleases; my Lord comprehends all things; will you not mind?'"
Let me see if I can decipher this. Over the course of one brief conversation, dishonest Abe tells his father that he and his people are in manifest error, and that idolatry is bad. After visiting heaven he says that big bright shiny things are gods, and that he is not a polytheist. Then he disputes with people he has never seen about their religion. He even says that he doesn't fear their gods, unless of course, his god wants him to fear them. And, wouldn't you know it, after such drivel, he tells them to mind him. This Qur'anic passage destroys the Islamic myth of divine inspiration, for this is not some minor event in the life of Islam. Abraham is purported to be the religion's founder, and this is his moment of awakening.
Qur'an 6:81 "Why should I fear what you have set up with Allah, that for which He has not sent down to you any authority." We can only assume that the Abe babe is speaking of idols his people have erected in shrines like the Ka'aba. "O my father! Why do you worship that which neither hears, nor sees, nor can in any way help you?" Even something as simple as this indicts Muhammad. It’s a rip off. As we shall see in upcoming chapters, Arabian Hanifs (monotheists) during Muhammad’s day had it figured out. They had said of the rock idols in the Ka'aba, "Why do you worship that which neither hears, nor sees, nor can help you in any way?"
"Do you reject my gods, Abraham? If you do not cease this, I shall stone you." As sick as this sounds, it depicts Muslim behavior. If a son renounces Islam, his father will kill him. One of my friends, a former Muslim, had this very thing happen to him. Hearing the news, his loving father reached for his gun and fired it at his son, narrowly missing him. Mark Gabriel, who holds a Ph.D. in Islamic History, wrote a book about his experience called: Islam and Terror.
Qur'an 6:83 "And this was Our argument which we gave to Abraham against his people. And We gave him Ishaq (Isaac) and Yah'qub (Jacob) [Oops. Abraham was given Isaac and Ishmael. Jacob came later]; each did We guide, and Nuh (Noah) did We guide before, and of his descendants, David and Solomon, and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron; and thus do We reward those who do good (following Muhammad’s example in the Sunnah). And Zachariah and Yahya (John), Isa (Jesus) and Elias; every one was of the good [i.e. Muslims]; And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot and every one We preferred above men and jinn." One of the many problems with the Qur'an is that Allah was no brighter than Muhammad. Job was a gentile and a contemporary of Abraham. As such he could neither be Abe's descendant nor follow Solomon.
I am reasonably certain that the Yathrib Jews read their scriptures correctly to Muhammad. But having a poor memory, and a heinous agenda, he got them all fouled up. I don't say that to be mean-spirited, just informative. Muhammad will convict himself of having a heinous agenda a thousand times over before we are through. As prophets go, he was pretty pathetic.
Returning to the Islamicized Abraham, Ibn Ishaq tells us: Tabari II:52 "Then Abraham returned to his father Azar, having seen the right course. He had recognized his Lord." Actually, all he had done was recognize who his Lord wasn't And while that may sound picky, that's all Muhammad really did. Ultimately, he promoted the largest of the Meccan rock idols, Allah, and denounced the rest. "He was free of the religion of his people, but he did not tell them that." This, too, is revisionism for the sake of Muhammad. Allah’s Messenger kept quiet about his first "revelation" for several years.
One of the most repetitive and damning indictments in the Qur'an comes from the Meccans. They recognized that Muhammad’s notion of casting the smaller Ka'aba idols aside so that the largest idol could be feared as the one true god was lunacy. A big stone was no more god than a bunch of little ones. Ishaq:38 "Every house had an idol. When Allah sent Muhammad with the message of monotheism, the Quraysh said: 'Would he make many gods into one god? This is a strange thing.'" So Muhammad, ever in character, changed the story of the great Hebrew patriarch Abraham to make his behavior seem inspired.
This sorry tale is chronicled in both the Hadith and Qur'an. Tabari II:55 "His father told him, 'Abraham, we have a festival. If you go to it you will learn to like our religion.' The festival came and they went to it. On the way Abraham threw himself down and said, 'I am sick. My foot hurts.' When they went away he called to the last of them. 'I shall deal with your idols after you have gone away and turned your backs.' Abraham went to the house of the gods which was in a great hall. Opposite the entrance was a great idol, and at his side a smaller one, and next to him a smaller one, and so on." Too bad Allah didn't get out more. He would have known that in Abraham's day the Temple of Ur housed just one god - Sin - a masculine moon deity like himself. Unlike the Ka'aba, there weren't a bunch of rock idols lying around.
"Azar made a living making the idols which his people worshipped, and he employed Abraham to sell them. Abraham would call out, 'Who will buy what will be of no use to him.' So they became unsellable. He would take them to the river and point their heads at it and say, 'Drink.' mocking his people. At length his mocking spread about among the inhabitants of his town, although Nimrod did not hear of it. Then when the time seemed right to Abraham to reveal to his people the error of what they were doing, and to tell them of Allah’s command and of how to pray, he glanced up at the stars and said, 'I feel sick.' They fled from him when they heard it, but Abraham had only said it to make them go away so that he could do what he wanted with their idols. When they left he went to the idols and brought them food. He said, 'Will you not eat? What is the matter? Why do you not speak?' reproaching their falsely elevated position and mocking them."
If you've got one, open your Qur'an to the 37th surah. So as not to take Allah’s word out of context, let's read from the beginning, picking up the highlights as we go along. Seeing Allah as he really is will help elucidate the Islamic mystery. The peace-loving god tells his troops: "By those (angels) arranged in battle ranks who are strong in repelling and thus proclaim the Message of Allah! Verily, your Ilah (God) is one!" Thank god for small favors. Qur'an 37:6 ." In Islam, stars are used to guard against forward devils. The Islamic Ilah (God) named Allah would have us believe that he dissuades and torments "evil spirits" with physical objects.
Qur'an 37:11 "Just ask their opinion (Muhammad). [Whose opinion - the stars', the rebellious evil spirits'?] Are they the more difficult to create, or the other beings We have created? Them have We created out of a sticky clay! Are they stronger as a creation? Truly dost thou marvel, while they ridicule." Nay, I dost both marvel and ridicule. Qur'an 37:13 "When they are admonished, pay no heed. When they see a Sign, [they] turn it to mockery, and incite one another to scoff. And say, 'This is nothing but evident sorcery!'" I agree.
Qur'an 37:16 "What! When we die, and become dust and bones, shall we be raised up and also our fathers of old? Say (Muhammad): 'Yea, and ye shall then be humiliated: Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low.'" I suppose some Muslim scholar thought translating the Qur'an into Elizabethan English would make it sound religious. But lo, methinks it helpeth thee not. For your sake and mine, I will continue to edit most of the archaic language out of the text. I have also made a habit of correcting much of Allah’s grammar, punctuation, verbosity, and oblique sentence structure. Qur'an 37:19 "Then will be a single cry; and behold, they will stare! They will say, 'Woe to us! This is the Day of Doom.' This you denied! Assemble the wrong-doers and their wives and the things they worshipped besides Allah, then lead them to the fierce flaming fires of Hell." Even cleaned up, the message is repulsive.
Allah stoops to interrogate his captives. Qur'an 37:24 "But stop them, for they are to be questioned. 'What is the matter with you that you do not help each other.' Nay, but this day they make full submission.... 'The sentence has come against us: we shall taste the punishment.'" Remember, according to Islam, people are never given a choice. They are predestined at birth to perish in hell's fire. Thus, this questioning is for Allah’s entertainment. Qur'an 37:33 "Truly, they will all share at the Penalty of Doom. That is how We shall deal with the Mujrimun (non-Muslims). For when they were told that there is no ilah (god) but Allah, they puffed themselves up with pride and were scornful. They said: 'What, shall we give up our alihah (gods) for the sake of an insane possessed poet?'" This was "revealed" so Muhammad could lash out at the Meccans. They called him insane for turning many idols into one god. They said he was demon-possessed due to the hellish tone of his Qur'an.
As you might expect, Allah didn't see it that way. Muhammad’s alter ego had but one spokesperson. If he faltered, Allah crumbled with him. Qur'an 37:37 "Nay, he has come with the truth, and he confirms the Message of the messengers before him. You shall indeed taste the grievous penalty of painful doom." Tease Muhammad and Allah will burn you. It’s the Qur'an's never-ending taunt.
Qur'an 37:40 "Save the chosen slaves of Allah; For them there is a known provision: Fruits, Delights; they will be honored in the Gardens of Pleasure, on thrones facing one another. Round them will be passed a cup of pure white wine, delicious to the drinkers, free from ghoul (hurt) or intoxication, nor shall you be made mad or exhausted thereby." We've got the thrones and Allah’s special brew, now all we need are the virgins. "And with them will be Qasirat-at-Tarf (virgin females), restraining their glances (desiring none but you), with big, beautiful eyes. As if they were (sheltered) eggs, preserved."
If the martyrs get virgins, what do their victims get? Qur'an 37:54 "He said: 'Would you like to look down.' He looked down and saw him in the midst of the Fire, in the depths of Hell. He said: 'You nearly caused me to perish! Had it not been for my Lord, I would have been among those brought there [the suicide bomber said to the innocent children he had blown to pieces]!'" Allah wanted the mass murderers to know: Qur'an 37:59 "Except for your former death, you shall not be punished. This is the supreme triumph! For the likes of this let us strive. That is the better entertainment."
Hell's torments sound a lot like what might have occurred around a desert campfire.," Allah, Islam’s terrorist ilah proclaimed.
We have finally arrived at the passage the Hadith was trying to illuminate. We wanted to find out why Abraham said he was sick and why he was playing with idols. Qur'an 37:83 "Surely among those who followed His Way (Islam) was Abraham. He came to his Lord with a sound heart. He said to his father and to his folk, 'What is that which you worship? Is it a falsehood - alihah (gods) besides Allah that you desire?'" The Qur'an didn't define what his "Way" was. Islam is supposed to be the religion of Abraham yet the Qur'an never explains what that might be.
Qur'an 37:87 "'Then what is your idea about the Lord of men and jinn.' Abraham cast a glance at the Stars. And he said, 'I am indeed sick!'" Abe's question about the Lord of the worlds followed by the capitalization of "Stars" is a problem. In the Qur'an, capitalization is a tribute to deity. Second, why did Abraham need to lie to accomplish his god's agenda? One of my translations actually alters the text by adding a parenthetical to obfuscate this problem: "Surely I am sick (of your worshipping these)." Another says "sick (with plague)." Even Muhammad calls Abe a liar. Tabari II:63 "The Messenger said: 'Abraham told three lies in his life. Two of them were about Allah - his saying "I feel sick" and his saying "The chief idol is the one who did it."'"
Qur'an 37:90 "They turned their backs and went away. He turned to their gods secretly and said, 'Will you not eat?' 'What is the matter with you that you don't speak?'" Deprived of place, time, and circumstance, this doesn't make sense. Where was he? Why did he go to these gods? What are their names? And since Allah never spoke or ate, the revisionist Abe is being hypocritical. The following Hadith, stolen from the Talmud, scrambles to make sense of this: Tabari II:55 "The people prepared food and placed it before the gods, saying, 'When we come back the gods will have blessed our food and we will eat.' When Abraham saw them with the food, he said, 'Will you not eat?' And when they did not answer, he said, 'What ails you that you don't speak?' Then he attacked them. He took a piece of iron and cut off each idol's extremities. Then when only the largest idol was left, he tied the axe to its hand. When the people came to get their food and saw their gods in this state, they said, 'An evildoer has done this to our gods.'"
That was from Muhammad’s Sunnah by way of the Jewish Talmud. This is from Allah’s Qur'an: Qur'an 37:93 "He turned upon them secretly, attacking, striking (them) with the right hand. Then came (people) with hurried steps, and faced (him). He said: 'What! do you worship what you hew out? But Allah has created you and your handwork!'"
Let's turn to the salient portion of the 21st surah, named "The Prophets," to make certain we are looking at Islam’s poison pill from all possible sides. Qur'an 21:51 "We bestowed on Abraham correctness of conduct, and well were We acquainted with him. Behold, he said to his father and his folk, 'What are these images, to which you are devoted?' They said, 'We found our fathers worshipping them.' He said, 'Indeed you have been in manifest error - you and your fathers.' They said, 'Have you brought us the truth, or are you some jester?'" This Qur'anic indulgence also emerges out of the blue without reference to the audience, place, time, or religion. Devoid of this context the passage is senseless today. Yet in Mecca, the meaning would have been crystal clear. Muhammad was being recast as Abraham.
Qur'an 21:56 "He said, 'Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and earth, He created them and I am a witness to this. I have a plot for your idols and will do something against them after you go away and turn your backs.' So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, that they might turn to it." A second translation says: "Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have recourse to it."
This is one of the most incriminating verses in the Qur'an. Muhammad did this very thing. The prophet took the largest of the pagan idols of the Ka'aba - Allah - and promoted it to the exclusion of the others. He broke the smaller rock gods and elevated the Black Stone so that his people "might turn to it." It was as if the early Greeks had broken the statues of Athena, Poseidon, and Hermes so that they could worship the one true god Zeus. How was the biggest idol any more "god" than the other imposters?
While I'll continue to convey Islam’s version of dishonest Abe to illustrate how Muhammad crafted his religious scam, I would be remiss if I didn't credit the prophet with his first miracle. He just pounded a nail into his own coffin.
The Qur'anic story continues with these uninspired words: Qur'an 21:59 "They said, 'Who has done this to our alihah (gods)?' 'He is a mischief-monger.' 'We heard a youth talk of them called Abraham.' 'Then bring him before us that he may testify.' They said, 'Are you the one who did this?' He said: 'No, it was done by the biggest idol! Ask the other idols if they can speak!'...They were utterly shamed and confounded. 'You know they do not speak.' He said: 'What! Do you then serve besides Allah what brings no profit, nor can harm you? 'Fie [?] upon you, and upon the things that you worship besides Allah! Have you no sense.' They said, 'Burn him and protect our gods.'" Since Allah never spoke, why didn't that shame Muhammad? And why would the supposed patriarch of monotheistic Islam tell his people that a pagan god smashed lesser idols? Would that not make the idol real? Moreover, the Muhammadized Abraham called a "god" false because it "cannot harm you." The implication is that Allah is real because he's fixated on sadistic torments. That's not good.
Now that we have an argument raging, it's time to reshape Abraham of Ur into the image of Muhammad of Mecca. For this we will bounce between the 37th and 21st surahs. Qur'an 37:97 "They said, 'Build him a furnace, and fling him into the blazing red-hot fire.' They then sought a plot against him, but We made them the ones most humiliated! And he said: 'Surely I fly to my lord; He will guide me.'" When the townsfolk of Mecca developed their plot and tried to burn Muhammad’s britches, he flew off to Allah in his dreams. He jumped on al-Buraq, an imaginary winged steed, half ass and half donkey (like its rider), and cruised to heaven by way of Jerusalem. Although he humiliated himself with his tale of derring-do, Muhammad also claimed that it was really the Meccans who were dashed.
Qur'an 21:69 "We said, 'O Fire, be cool and safety for Abraham.' Then they sought a stratagem against him and wished to set a snare, but We made them the ones that lost most!" I know Allah loves plots, but this is ridiculous. Why would the townsfolk design a plot to snare him after they were burning him? Qur'an 21:71 "But We delivered him and Lot to the land [of Israel] which We have blessed for men and jinn." This must be a joke. Allah has blessed Israel? Was that the blessing of the PLO or Islamic Jihad?
As the Islamic Abraham flees the fire, we are confronted with an odd transition and unbelievable dialog. Qur'an 37:100 "'Lord, grant me a righteous (son).' So We gave him the good news of a boy ready to suffer and forbear. Then, when (the son) reached (the age of) (serious) work with him, he said: 'Son! I see in a vision that I offer you in sacrifice: Now what is your view.' (The son) said: 'O my father! Do as you are commanded: you will find me, if Allah so wills, one practicing Patience and Constancy!'" Even with nine words artificially inserted into the text by the translators for clarification, this verse is bizarre. It is as if Muhammad overheard a half dozen Bible stories and tried to tie them all together in one paragraph. Over the course of five sentences he takes us from a gang of nameless people building a furnace to terrorize Abe to having him terrorize his son. And there is a significant detail missing - the son's name isn't stated because Muhammad can't decide which son should be sacrificed or even where or when the event occurred.
Qur'an 37:103 "When they had surrendered (to Allah), and he had flung him on his face, We called out, 'Abraham! You have fulfilled the vision! Lo! that was a clear test. And We ransomed him with a momentous sacrifice, with a tremendous victim!'" Allah, the counterfeit god, continues to falsify history. Qur'an 37:110 "Thus do We reward the doers of good. For he was one of Our believing slaves. And We gave him the good news of the birth of Isaac, a prophet among the good ones. We blessed him and Isaac: but of their progeny are (some) that do right, and (some) that obviously do wrong." As a reward for Abraham's faithfulness, Allah predicts the birth of the son he almost sacrificed. Brilliant.
Somewhere, sometime, someone may have done a worse job plagiarizing, but it's hard to imagine. The omissions, the lack of place, time, and purpose degrade one of the Bible's great events. Muhammad, I mean Allah, was trying to rip off, I mean utilize, the story of Abraham and Isaac. The original provides such a refreshing change from this drivel it's worth a quick review.
First, Yahweh sets the scene and unfolds the story chronologically. Genesis chronicles the life of Abraham, the places he lived, the people he encountered, as well as the birth of his two sons, Isaac and Ishmael. Yahweh had told Abraham to send Ishmael out of the Promised Land, and the boy fell out of Abraham's life and Yahweh's plans, fading into Biblical oblivion. As we approach the 22nd chapter, God tells us that Abraham was living in Beersheba. He had just returned from visiting the Philistines in Gaza. Within that context, he speaks to him about Isaac, the patriarch's miracle child from his wife Sarah, the beneficiary of the covenant.
"Now it came about after these things, that Yahweh tested Abraham and called to him, 'Abraham.' 'Here I am.' Yahweh said, 'Take your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a sacrifice on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.'" The Temple in Jerusalem was built on Mount Moriah by Solomon to commemorate Abraham's faith. Yahshua would be sacrificed there to save mankind. To this day, it remains the most coveted place on earth. And it's a three-day walk, forty miles north by northwest, from Beersheba.
The details of the sacrifice were extraordinarily important to Yahweh. This drama had to be played out exactly as it would happen to Yahshua. The timing was important, too. The call came 2,000 years after the fall of Adam and two thousand years before the Messiah endured the same fate. Remember, Yahweh gave us a pattern - six eras of creation followed by an era of rest. It has been nearly 2,000 years since Yahshua's sacrifice and the Scriptures tell us that 1,000 years of peace will follow his return.
"So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey and took two of his young men with him along with Isaac. He split wood for the sacrifice and went to the place Yahweh had told him to go. On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw it from a distance. Abraham said to his young men, 'Stay here with the donkey. The lad and I will go yonder. We will worship and return to you.' Abraham took the wood for the offering and laid it on his son. He took the fire and the knife. (Fire is a metaphor for judgment and the knife is the implement of atonement.) Walking together, Isaac said, 'My father.' He answered, 'Here I am, my son.' 'I see the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the offering?' 'Yahweh will provide for himself the lamb for the offering.'" (Notice that Abraham actually answers in God’s name - I Am, or Yahweh - every time he is called.)
"When they came to the place of which Yahweh had told him; Abraham arranged the altar, bound his son Isaac, and laid him on the wood. Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to sacrifice his son. But Yahweh called to him from heaven, and said, 'Abraham.' 'Here I am.' 'Do not stretch out your hand against the boy and do nothing to him for I know that you love Me, since you have not withheld your son, your only son from Me.'
"Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked and saw a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; he took the ram and offered him in place of his son. 'Because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, I will greatly bless you and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens...and through your descendents all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.' So Abraham returned to his men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba where Abraham lived."
Real scripture sets human events in context so that we can learn something. Yahweh not only explained the nature of his relationship with man but also explained what was to come, so when it happened, we might recognize the significance.
Returning to the Sira, Ishaq replays Muhammad’s fantasy in front of Nimrod rather than in the great hall of idols. After daring the gods to talk, Abraham is questioned by a king who died 700 years earlier. Tabari II:57 "'Have you seen this Allah whom you worship and whose worship you call others? Who is he.' Abraham replied, 'My Lord, Who gives life and causes death.' [The question was too tough so he did the old political side step.] Nimrod said, 'I give life and cause death.'" They chatted about this for a while and then Abraham said, "'Allah causes the sun to rise in the East, so can you make it rise in the West.' [Good thing he didn't mention the chariot thing, the angelic handholds, or the garment of luminosity.] Knowing that it was as Abraham said, Nimrod was ashamed. He gave no answer; he knew that he was not able to do that. Allah said, 'Thus was the unbeliever abashed' - that is to say, the proof was against him." Now that Muslims know that the sun does not follow Allah’s commands, shouldn't they be ashamed? Isn't the proof clearly against them?
Tabari II:58 "They pushed Abraham into the furnace. Then the heavens and earth and all creatures therein except humans and jinn shouted to Allah, 'Our Lord! Abraham, the only one on your earth who worships you, is being burned in fire for your sake. Permit us to help him.'" Everybody talks to Allah except humans and demons. Who might they be? "Allah answered, 'I am his friend. I will protect him. O fire! Be coolness and peace for Abraham.'" So following this fireside chat, we read: "Imprison him in a building and cast him into Hell. ... Abraham raised his head [and contradicted most all of what we have read thus far], 'You are alone in heaven and I am alone on earth.'...Had Allah not followed the command for coolness with peace, Abraham would have frozen to death."
Tabari II:62 "Abraham and Lot set out for Syria. On the way Abraham met Sarah, who was the daughter of the king of Harran." Actually, Abram left Ur for Haran traveling along the banks of the Euphrates River. He was accompanied by his father, Terah, his wife and half sister, Sarai, and his nephew, Lot. "She had criticized her people about their religion, so he married her, since he would be able to have a believing wife without having to convert her." This verse implies one becomes a Muslim by criticizing a religion. "Then Abraham went forth, a fugitive for the sake of his Lord...to practice his religion and worship safely." Why would Abe fear for his safety after being saved from the fire? And why, if he was God’s messenger, did he leave town? Shouldn't he have stayed and tried to save the Babylonians?
No. Recasting Abraham was more important. Muhammad fled Mecca as a fugitive. He ran to Yathrib, today’s Medina because some pagans promised to protect him. The revisionist Abraham makes the cowardly Muhammad appear more godly. "He settled in Harran. Then he left as a fugitive and traveled to Egypt which was under the rule of one of the earliest Pharaohs." Well, not exactly. The first Egyptian ruler was probably the Scorpion King. He ruled more than five hundred years before Abraham's arrival.
"Sarah was one of the best humans ever. She would not disobey Abraham in any way." That was Muhammad’s idea of a perfect woman. From Bukhari's Book of Belief:.'"
Next we find that Muhammad "Islamicized" Abram's encounter with Pharaoh. The only germane insight into this affair is Pharaoh's gift of Hagar, a "Coptic" slave-girl. Flunking history, the Allah/Muhammad duo didn't know that the Coptics were centuries away from arriving on the international scene. Leaving Pharaoh, Abraham tells Sarah, "You are my sister in Allah, for in all this land there are no Muslims except ourselves." So what happened to all those scrolls and to the nations who were worshiping around Allah’s House?
Some of what follows includes: "Hagar was of good appearance and Sarah gave her to Abraham, saying, 'Take her. You may take pleasure in Hagar, for I have permitted it.'" "The Messenger said, 'When you conquer Egypt treat its people well. They're kin and deserve protection.'" "Abraham left Egypt for Syria, for he was afraid of the Egyptian king and anxious about his evil ways. He settled in Beersheba in the land of Palestine, which is the desert of Syria." While most of this comes out of the Bible, it is flavored with the standard Muslim embellishments. One such addition is revealing. There was no Palestine during Abraham's life. The word was first composed by the Romans 2,100 years after Abraham died. The patriarch actually returned to Canaan, named after his great, great uncle. (Folks with King James Bibles may think Isaiah invented the name, but it's an errant translation. Isaiah 14:29 uses "pelesheth," which means: "rolling in dust."
Tabari II:66 "Abraham dug a well in Beersheba and said, 'Drink from it and do not let a menstruating woman dip water from it.'" Muhammad, a sexual libertine if there ever was one, hated menstruation with a passion. As you know, he said that the reason Allah’s Stone turned from white to black was "it was fingered by menstruating women." And as sick as that sounds, this next Hadith is used by Muslims to justify brutalizing their daughters. Tabari II:72 "Sarah swore to cut something off of Hagar. ."
"A menstruating woman came and dipped water from the well. Whereupon the water dried up." While I do not know the connection, the next paragraph begins: "When Allah wished to destroy Lot's people, he sent his messengers to Abraham, commanding him to leave their community. [Weren't we just told that the only two Muslims were Abe and Sarah? And Abraham was in Beersheba, not Sodom, so why ask him to leave?] They had done vile deeds which no one in the two worlds had done before, disbelieving their prophets and rejecting the good counsel which Lot brought them from their Lord. The messengers were ordered to visit Abraham and give him and Sarah tidings of the coming of Isaac and also of Jacob who was to come after him." For Islam to have any hope of being credible, the good news had to be of Ishmael not Isaac. Jacob wasn't Sarah's kid, and neither Jacob nor Isaac are of any value to Islam.
At this point, the Muslim mathematicians jumped into the fray: Tabari II:68 "Abraham was sixteen when he was thrown into the fire, and Isaac was seven when he was sacrificed, while Sarah was ninety when she bore him. The place of his sacrifice was about two miles from Bayt Iliya [?]. When Sarah learned what Allah wanted with Isaac, she fell ill for two days and died on the third. Sarah was 127 when she died." Muslim math is as confused as Muslim science: 127-90=7. So much for Arabic numerals.
Now we get to the important part. Tabari II:69 "After Ishmael and Isaac were born, Allah commanded Abraham to build a House for Him in which He would be worshipped and His name mentioned." This must be the House that Allah didn't build in heaven, that Adam didn't build, that Seth didn't build, that Noah didn't circumnavigate after Allah didn't raise it above the flood.
"Abraham did not know exactly where he was expected to build it, since Allah had not made this clear [nor anything else], and he felt uneasy in the matter. Some scholars say that Allah sent the Sakinah to him [a rip-off of the Hebrew Shekhinah - the presence of Yahweh] to show him where to build the House. The Sakinah went with Abraham, who was also accompanied by his wife Hagar [Hagar was never Abraham's wife and Muslims know it.] and his son Ishmael, who was a small boy."
The Tradition continues: "A man came to Ali bin Talib [Muhammad’s adopted son, his son-in-law, future Caliph], and said, 'Will you tell me about the House?' He replied, 'It was the first built with the blessing of the standing-place of Abraham, and whoever enters it will be safe. If you wish, I will tell you how it was built. Allah said to Abraham, "Build Me a House on earth!" Abraham felt uneasy, so He sent the Sakinah. The Sakinah is a gale-force wind with two heads, and one head followed the other until they reached Mecca and coiled up at the site of the House, the way a snake coils.'"
There are some who suggest that Allah is Satan, the snake who tempted Adam. Using this metaphor to describe Allah’s presence supports that theory. But whether or not that is true, this passage is troubling. Mecca is nearly a thousand miles from Beersheba. These places are separated by rugged mountains and virtually impassible desert. There is no plausible way a hundred-year-old man, a slave girl, and a small child could have endured such a journey. And this may be why neither Muhammad nor Allah ever bothered to tell us how they accomplished the improbable voyage.
Tabari II:70 "Abraham was commanded to build where the Sakinah had rested. When he had finished it except for one stone, [guess which one] the boy went away to build something else. But Abraham said, 'No, I still need one more stone, as I still order you.' So the boy went looking, and when he found one he brought it to Abraham. But Abraham had already set the Black Stone in place. He said, 'Father, who brought you this Stone?' Abraham answered, 'It was Gabriel who brought it to me from heaven.' Then the two of them finished it." And I could have sworn that Muhammad told us that the stone was brought to earth by Adam (Tabari I:298). Was he lying then, or now?
Version two follows. It is also from Ali: "When he built it he went forth and left Hagar and Ishmael behind. Ishmael became very thirsty. Hagar climbed Safa to look for water but saw nothing. Then she went to Marwah, but the same thing happened. Then she returned to Safa and looked around, but could not find Ishmael. After looking seven times without success she said, 'Ishmael, you have died where I cannot see you.'" You may be wondering why she would look for water now and yet not have bothered during the three-month desert crossing. You may be wondering why she would look on the top of barren mountains rather than in a valley oasis. You may be wondering why she repeated the process seven times, endangering the life of her child. The answer is Islam. Muhammad needed to make the hajj rites religious. Even today Muslims are required to run between these mountains seven times. This explains why they do it.
However, there were problems. Abraham was supposed to be the father of Islam. In this Hadith, he didn't perform any of the rites. He merely re-re-re-rebuilt the House and bailed. And the one who performed the Islamic ritual, Hagar, left Islam’s most important child alone in the desert (as did Muhammad’s mother, not so coincidentally).
The sacred Meccan well of Zamzam needed Biblical credibility too, so... "The boy scraped the ground with his finger and the spring of Zamzam welled up. Hagar began to dam up the water, but Gabriel said, 'Leave it.'"
In the versions that follow, we're told, "Abraham and Ishmael set out for Mecca. They took pickaxes without knowing where the house was. So Allah sent a wind, which had two wings and a head of a snake. It swept the area around the Ka'aba clear for them to build the foundations of the original House." Not on the foundations, nor to see the foundations, but to build the foundations of the original House. "This was when Allah said, 'When We prepared for Abraham the place of the House.' [Qur'an 22:26]"
Since three contradictory versions were not enough: Tabari II:71 "Allah commanded Abraham to build the House and to call on humanity to perform the pilgrimage. He left Syria with his son Ishmael and his mother Hagar. Allah sent the Sakinah which had the power of speech. Abraham followed it to Mecca. When it came to the place of the House, it spun round and round and said to Abraham, 'Build on me! Build on me.' [Allah’s House was built upon a snake.] Abraham laid the foundations and raised the House, working with Ishmael until they came to the cornerstone. Abraham said, 'O my little son, find me a stone which I can put here as a sign to the people.' He brought him a stone, but Abraham did not like it. When Ishmael came back the cornerstone had already been brought and put in place." After failing math, science, and history, Islam is failing architecture. The cornerstone is the first rock laid, not the last. And cornerstones are big and rectangular. The Allah Stone is small and oval. But again, it wasn't by accident. The Scriptures refer prophetically to Yahshua as "the cornerstone" and you-know-who was desperate to be just like him.
How was Abraham supposed to call humanity to this place? The valley was uninhabited. It was in the middle of a foreboding desert. The first settlement wouldn't be established for 2,500 years. Furthermore, the Islamic Abraham was piling un-hewn, un-mortared rocks in a desert ravine. The first heavy rain would have done it in.
Perhaps the fifth version of Abraham in Mecca will be more rational. After circumcising Hagar, rather than cutting off her nose: Tabari II:72 "Sarah said, 'She will not live in the same town with me.' So Allah told Abraham to go to Mecca, where there was no House at the time. He took Hagar and her son and put them there.... Allah pointed out to Abraham the place to build the House [which would make Allah the snake]. .... When they reached Mecca, there was nothing there but acacia trees." If that is true, Muhammad’s earlier accounts must have been false. "The House at the time was but a hill of red clay.... When he was done, Abraham headed back to Syria.... Gabriel dug out Zamzam with his heel for Ishmael." All I can assume is that neither Muhammad nor Allah had a clue as to how the rock-pile got there. These wildly divergent explanations are preceded and followed by dozens more. It is as if Muslims think truth can be found in a pile of lies, if only the pile is big enough.
The Traditions move on to recount a variety of patriarchal Meccan visits. Never mind that Mecca didn't exist. Muhammad wants us to believe in fairytales, in talking stones and trees: Tabari II:78 "And everything that heard him - stones, trees, hills, and dust said, 'Here I am, Allah, here I am.'"
Continuing to give meaningless ritual religious meaning: Tabari II:81 "Abraham took Ishmael with him on the day of Tarwiyah [the 8th day of the hajj] and stayed at Mina with the Muslims who were there. He prayed with them the prayers of midday, afternoon, sunset and late evening. He spent the night and prayed the dawn prayer with them. In the morning he went out to Arafat, and he spoke to them there until sunset drew near." This Hadith goes on to detail all of the remaining hajj rituals, all of which are still performed by Muslims as if they were acting out Abraham's example. "He showed them the sacrifice-ground of Mina, then performed the sacrifice and shaved his head. From Mina he went into the crowd to show them how to perform the march around the Ka'aba. Then he took them back to Mina to show them how to throw the stones, until he had completed the pilgrimage and proclaimed it to mankind."
Because the previous account was unbelievable for a myriad of reasons, not the least of which was that there were no Muslims in Mecca, Muhammad felt compelled to give it an angelic twist. Tabari II:82 "The Prophet said, 'Gabriel came to Abraham on the day of Tarwiyah and went with him to Mina, Arafat, back to Mina, threw stones, performed the sacrifice, shaved his head, and finally hurried to the House. Then Allah ordered Muhammad to 'follow the religion of Abraham.'" [Qur'an 16:123] That must mean that the religion of Abraham, Islam, can be defined as running between two desolate mountains, tossing stones at stones, shaving one's head, and walking around a rock pile. And so it would be. Even today, Islam is known for its rites and rituals rather than for its righteousness or reason.
As we turn the page, we find ourselves embroiled in the mother of all disagreements. Even Muhammad and Allah are at odds: "The earliest sages of our Prophet's nation disagree about which of Abraham's two sons it was that he was commanded to sacrifice. Some say it was Isaac, while other say it was Ishmael." Mind you, these are the very same people we are reliant upon for remembering the Qur'an and passing it along orally so that other sages could jot it down. This might well explain why it is so disjointed, contradictory, and I dare say silly, (not to mention perverted, demented, and disgusting).
Tabari reports: "Both statements are supported by testimony related on the authority of the Prophet. Both statements are equally sound since they both came from the Prophet. Thus only the Qur'an [which also came from the Prophet] could serve as proof that the account naming Isaac was clearly the more truthful of the two." But if that is the case, Islam falters, since it draws its legitimacy from Ishmael. Muhammad claims that he was "prophet quality" because he was a direct descendant of Ishmael.
Tabari II:83 "'We ransomed him with a tremendous victim.' [Qur'an 37:107] refers to Isaac." But how can that be? In verse 104 Allah says, "We called out, 'Abraham, You have fulfilled your dream, thus do we reward the good. That was indeed a trying test.' So...We gave him the good news of Isaac." How can Abe have nearly sacrificed Isaac if the reward for fulfilling that trying test was Isaac?
In version two: "'Messenger, repeat the knowledge Allah has given you about the son of the two victims.' The Messenger laughed and they said, 'Who are the two victims?' The Prophet said, 'When Abd al-Muttalib was ordered to dig Zamzam [Not Ishmael or Gabriel?], he vowed that if Allah would make it easy for him, he would sacrifice one of his sons. The choice fell upon Abdallah, but his uncles prevented it, saying, 'Ransom your son with one hundred camels.' So he did that, and Ishmael was the other victim.'" The first boy spared, Abdallah, "Slave-to-Allah," was Muhammad’s father. And as we shall soon see, he botched that story as badly as he did the other.
Tabari II:84 "When Abraham was told to sacrifice Isaac, Satan said, 'By Allah, if I cannot deceive the people with this, I shall never be able to do it.'" Satan not only swears by Allah, he says that the bogus connection between Abraham and Islam is his best way to fool mankind. And he was right!
It’s also interesting that the deception would be over sacrifice. Judaism, Christianity, and all rational civilizations use sacrifice as the means to promote justice and maintain spiritual or societal order. Commit a crime and you will be required to sacrifice your money, your freedom, or your life. If crime is without cost, anarchy reigns. In Judaism, the sacrificial rite for the forgiveness of sin was rich in symbolism. It was based upon the "Mercy Seat" of the Ark of the Covenant. And it was connected prophetically to the blood of an unblemished lamb or dove. It’s all explained in the Torah. In Christianity, Yahshua became the perfect lamb and sacrificed himself on our behalf.
But in Qur'anic Islam, there is no sacrifice. While the Sunnah perpetuates Qusayy's senseless slaughter, it's for appeasement, not atonement. There is no symbolism, no prophetic implication, and no moral reason, as forgiveness is capricious in Islam. And that is why totalitarian governments use draconian measures to maintain order. Muhammad was an amoral thief empowered by situational scriptures, so he failed to appreciate the necessity of sacrifice and he never understood the Biblical concept of sacrificial atonement. It’s why the "ransom of great sacrifice" mentioned in the Qur'an is left unexplained.
Tabari II:87 "Caliph Umar said, 'I asked a former Jew, who was considered to be a great Jewish scholar before he converted to Islam. He said, 'Ishmael, by God, O Prince of Believers. The Jews know that, but they are envious of you Arabs because it was your father who was named in Allah’s command and to whom Allah ascribed such merit.' ' "
Then why do you suppose the prophet said, "When Isaac grew up, Abraham had a dream in which he was told, 'Fulfill your promise that if Allah grants you a son by Sarah you will sacrifice him. [In other words: "If you give me a son I'll kill him for you."] Then he drew the knife across Isaac's throat, but the knife did not scratch him, for Allah had placed a sheet of copper on Isaac's throat. When Abraham saw it he turned him over and tried to cut him on the nape of his neck.' This confirms Allah’s Qur'an: 'When he surrendered, he flung him down upon his face.'" [Qur'an 37:103]
In the next Hadith it's Ishmael: "When Abraham was alone with his son on the trail on Mt. Thabir [a mountain near Mecca], it is said he said to Ishmael, 'O my son, I saw in a dream that I was to sacrifice you. What do you think?' Ishmael told him, 'O my father, Do as you were ordered...and sharpen your knife-blade so that it will finish me off quickly.'"
The tests attributed to Abraham may be the low water mark for Islam’s credibility thus far. This strand of pearls begins to unwind in Tabari's second volume, Prophets and Patriarchs: Tabari II:97 "After Allah had put Abraham to the test - when Nimrod bin Cush tried to burn him in the fire, when He commanded him to sacrifice his son after he had become old enough to walk, when He made him raise the foundations of the House, and devote himself to its rituals - after all of this, He put Abraham to the test with still further commands which He has mentioned. He said, 'And when his Lord tried Abraham with commands and he fulfilled them.' [Qur'an 2:124] The earliest scholars of the Islamic community (ummah) disagreed about the nature of these commandments with which Allah tested Abraham and which Abraham obeyed."
These tests were crucial because Islam - according to Muhammad - was the result of Abraham's obedience. Yet the Qur'an is deficient - completely silent on the nature of these trials and their significance. So rather than let Allah wallow in blissful ignorance, the Companions rushed in to save the day. Tabari II:98 "Islam consists of thirty parts, and no one ever tested with this obligation carried it out, except Abraham." "'And when his Lord tried Abraham with commands' means that Allah tested him with the acts of ritual purification, five in the head and five in the body. [5+5=30] Those in the head are: trimming the mustache, rinsing the mouth, cleansing the nostrils with water, using the toothstick, and parting the hair with the fingers. Those in the body are: paring the nails, shaving the pubic hair, circumcision, plucking the armpit, and washing off traces of feces and urine."
Can't be! Surely this is a misprint. There is no way that the adoptive father of the world's fastest growing religion earned the dubious honor by passing such an inane "test." Let's examine another Hadith to make sure we've got this right. "Allah’s words, 'When his Lord tried Abraham with commands.' mean that Abraham was tested by circumcision, shaving his pubic hair, washing the fore-part and rear, using a toothstick, trimming the mustache, paring nails, and plucking his armpits.'"
That wasn't any better. How about this: Tabari II:99 "Abraham was tested with ten Islamic practices: rinsing the mouth, cleansing the nostrils with water, trimming the mustache, using a toothstick, plucking the armpit, paring the nails, washing finger joints, circumcision, shaving pubic hair, and washing the rear and vulva." So after adding: "bathing on Friday," a fourth version gets ritualistic with: "walking around the Ka'aba, running between Safa and Marwah, stoning pillars, and hurrying." I disdain ritual. I am, therefore, unimpressed with its justification. Ritual is a tool used by power-hungry men to condition the masses and subject them to their rule. It is a control device for the oppressor to use against the ignorant. It separates men from God and discourages rational inquiry. But no ritual has ever been this ridiculous.
Tabari claims that these Hadiths somehow illuminate portions of the 2nd surah. Let's see how: Qur'an 2:118 "Those who are ignorant say: 'Why doesn't Allah speak to us Himself or show us a sign.' So said the people before them. We have indeed shown our clear signs already." Neither Allah nor Muhammad ever bothered to provide any proof of divine inspiration - no signs, no miracles, no prophecies - so this, once again, refers to the miracles of the Bible.
"Lo! We have sent you (Muhammad) with the truth, a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. And you will not be asked about the companions of the Blazing Hell Fire." That's almost funny. Allah is telling Muhammad that he won't be asked about hell. Why then do you suppose hell is the Qur'an's most oft repeated subject?
Qur'an 2:120 "Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with you unless you follow their form of religion. Say: 'The guidance of Allah is Guidance. ... Those to whom We have given the Book read it as it ought to be read." The Qur'an cannot be true and confirm the Bible as Allah claims if Judeo-Christianity is an errant "form of religion." And at this point the Qur'an wasn't remotely complete; it wasn't even written down. Allah was therefore saying that people were doing something that simply couldn't be done. That would make him a liar. What's more, Allah was speaking to an illiterate man - one incapable of reading.
"These [Jews] believe in it; and whoever disbelieves it are losers. Children of Israel, call to mind the special favor which I bestowed upon you, and that I [Allah] preferred you to all others and made you excel the nations." Muhammad was in a pickle. Without the Jews being Yahweh's chosen people, the prophets and scriptures upon which he based Islam lost their relevancy. If they were irrelevant, so was Islam.
Like so much of the Qur'an, this surah provides no intelligent transition between subjects. It has rambled on about god's inability to provide a sign, to telling us that Muhammad was a warner. It flip-flops from telling him not to follow the religion of the Jews to calling the Jews God’s chosen people. Then after condemning Yahshua's mission and crucifying Muhammad’s credibility in the process, it moves to a revisionist account of the Biblical patriarch Abraham. Qur'an 2:124 "And (remember) when Abraham's Lord tried him with (certain) commands, which he fulfilled: He said: 'I will make you an Imam [Islamic leader] to the Nations.' He pleaded: 'And also Imams from my offspring!' He answered: 'But My Promise does not include evil-doers.'" The nature of the trials, or commands, which Abraham allegedly fulfilled was not listed. Considering that the passage of these trials made Abraham the father of Islam - the Imam of the nations - the omission was serious. Not surprisingly, it sent the Muslim sages scurrying for answers. Sadly, what we just reviewed was the best they could do. The Noble Qur'an translators even include this Hadith: Bukhari:V7B72N779 "I heard the Prophet saying, 'Five practices are characteristics of the Fitra [religion of Abraham]: circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, cutting the moustaches short, clipping the nails, and depilating the hair of the armpits.'" This "religion" can't be fixed. It needs to be discarded.
Every Biblical story quoted in the Qur'an was designed to make Muhammad’s unprophet-like behavior seem religious or to make Islamic rituals seem sane. The next verse was no exception. Qur'an 2:125 "Remember when We made the House a place of assembly for men and a place of safety; and the place Abraham stood to pray; and We covenanted with Abraham and Ishmael that they should sanctify My House for those who circumambulate it, use it as a retreat, bow down, prostrating themselves."
Qur'an 2:126 "And remember [This is an odd command. What are they remembering this from? The Bible doesn't say anything remotely like this, and no other scriptures refer to Abraham.] Abraham said: 'My Lord, make this a City of Peace, and feed its people with fruits, such of them as believe in Allah and the Last Day.'" Even this is odd. Muhammad was verbally attacked during the entire time he preached in Mecca. As a result, he attacked Mecca militarily at the end of his career, putting him in direct opposition to the patriarch's supposed prophecy.
"He said: 'As for those who reject, indulge them; soon I will compel them to the doom of the torment of Hell Fire, an evil destination!'" To compel is to induce or coerce. Why would God want to act like Satan and coerce someone into hell?
Qur'an 2:127 "Remember, Abraham and Ishmael raised the foundations of the House: 'Our Lord! Accept this service from us.'" While I realize that no one was writing this stuff down, and that a short pencil is more effective than a long memory, god and his prophet ought to be able to do better. Just two verses earlier Allah said that he had made the House. Next we learn: "'Our Lord, make of us Muslims, submissive to Your (will), and of our offspring a nation of Muslims, bowing to You; and show us our place for the celebration of rites.'" Abraham died 2,600 years before the first Muslim was conned into Islam. In fact, the Arabic word for Muslim wouldn't even be coined for twenty-six centuries.
Yet a nation of Muslims is how Muhammad viewed the world. The prophet saw our planet in two pieces - the Nation of Islam (called Dar us-Islam) and lands yet to submit, the House of War (called Dar us-Harb). And while Islam has been at war with itself for all of its thirteen centuries, it will continue to fight the House of War until we capitulate. Many in the Western media and most politicians claim that the war on terrorism is unlike any other because the terrorists come from many nations. Now you know the truth: the terrorists represent one nation - the Nation of Islam.
Qur'an 2:129 "Our Lord, raise up in their midst a Messenger from among them who shall recite to them Your revelations, and instruct them in the Book and in wisdom and make them grow." By the time the second surah was "revealed" Muhammad had fled Mecca for the safety of Medina. Now in close proximity with Jews, he had a problem. These folks were literate, and as a result, they were harder to fool. They undoubtedly told Muhammad that he couldn't be God’s final messenger because that role belonged to the Messiah. Moreover, there were hundreds of specific prophecies regarding the Messiah, none of which he met. So what do you suppose the wannabe Messiah did? Right. He made one up.
But for it to be believable, he had to revise Abraham first: Qur'an 2:130 "He who turns away from the religion of Abraham makes himself a fool with folly." Abraham did not have a religion. He had a relationship. There were no rituals, rites, prostrations, pilgrimages, or prescribed prayers. In fact, the word "religion" doesn't exist in the Torah. It can't be found even once in all of the Old Covenant. Qur'an 2:131 "When his Lord said to him, 'Be a Muslim.' he said: 'I submit [Islam] to the Lord of the worlds.'" Likewise, you won't find the words Muslim, submit, or Islam.
The revisionist Abraham said, "Our Lord, make us submissive [Islam] to You and make of our seed a nation [of Muslims]. And show us our ways of worship." If Abraham received scrolls from Allah and performed the Islamic rituals, he could not have asked, "Show me the ways of worship."
"You, only You, are the Relenting. Our Lord, raise up in their midst a messenger." You can almost hear Muhammad cry, "I'm that man." Jesus has been demoted and Abraham promoted so that Abe could vouch for the credentials of Muhammad and thereby silence the prophet's critics.
Muhammad believes that Allah chose Islam for Abraham and his sons, especially Jacob, from whom all Jews are descended..'" Why do you suppose Yahweh trifled with Judaism and Christianity if Abe were a Muslim? And could Abraham have referred to God as Allah if the name wouldn't be invented for more than twenty centuries? Even then, it was the proper name of a pagan rock idol in Arabia, not Israel. How do you suppose Yahweh's name could have been repeated 6,868 times in the Bible if his name were really Allah? And there is no way to weasel out of this predicament. Muslims scream that "Allah" is simply the Arabic word for "God," yet that assertion is in direct conflict with the Qur'an. In this verse the Arabic word for "God" (capital "G"), "Ilah," was used three times.
Alright, now that we've turned Jews into Muslims it's time to condemn them. Qur'an 2:134 "Those are people whose nation has passed away. They shall reap the fruit of what they did, They say: 'Become Jews or Christians if you would be guided.' Say (Muhammad): 'Nay! Only the Religion of Abraham the Hanif. He was not a Mushrikun [non-Muslim disbeliever].'" The Qur'an says nothing of the religion of Abraham. It only suggests prostrations and rituals - mindless drivel. Since the world's best-documented faiths are Judaism and Christianity, and their Bible introduced Abraham to the world, you'd think that Islam would at least try. But no, all we get is feeble justification for a sorry mix of pre-existing pagan rites.
"Hanifs" were monotheistic poets. While they inspired Islam’s first score of surahs, they were not Muslims. We will discuss them in upcoming chapters.
Qur'an 2:136 "Say (Muslims): 'We believe in Allah and that which is revealed to us and that which was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the (twelve Jewish) tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the prophets received from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered (in Islam).'" You'd think that after 1,400 years, some bright Muslim would ask, "What was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, and Jacob?" If Allah knows, why is he keeping it a secret? Or, why not ask, "If we Muslims shouldn't make any distinction between the revelations Moses and Jesus received and those claimed by Muhammad, why was Islam necessary?"
If they were without distinction this cannot be true: "If they believe as you believe they are rightly guided; but if they turn away they are in great opposition. Allah will suffice you against them." Allah says the revelations are identical - Judaism's, Christianity's, and Islam’s, and then he says "they are in great opposition."
There is some good news. The Islamic god was a self-indulgent fool: Qur'an 2:138 "(Our religion is) the Baptism of Allah: And who can baptize better than Allah?" Not only is Allah a Jew, he's a Baptist. And while that's embarrassing, the symbolism is deadly for Islam. Muslims don't baptize, and that's a problem if their religion is the Baptism of Allah - especially since he's the best Baptiser.
Baptism by water is the outward expression of having chosen Yahshua as one's savior. It is symbolic of receiving his Spirit - the spirit of Yahweh. While the Holy Spirit is something that the Qur'an both acknowledges and condemns, He, like the Torah, Gospels, and Yahshua, plays no part in Islam. Allah is a distant god. His spirit does not reside in man.
While we turned to this surah in an effort to connect Traditions regarding Abraham to Allah’s account in the Qur'an, we have hit a veritable goldmine of Islamic blunders. This may be the most grotesque of all. Qur'an 2:139 "Say (unto the People of the Scripture [Christians and Jews]): Will you dispute with us about Allah, seeing that He is our Lord and your Lord?" Muslims, in a desperate grope for credibility, are being told that Yahweh and Allah are the same god. It is hard to imagine a more vulgar lie. Yahweh and Allah are love and lust, redemption and punishment, personal and remote, brilliant and dimwitted, peace and terror. They are as different as their scriptures.
Yet this deception is essential to Islam. If Allah isn't Yahweh, Muhammad is a liar and the Qur'an is lunacy. There is no other justification for Muhammad’s reliance on Genesis and Exodus. Muslims must reconcile the irreconcilable, bridging the chasm between Yahweh's and Allah’s wholly divergent characters. It is a desperate battle for survival that Islam cannot win.
The infinitesimal chance Islam had of prevailing with this ridiculous assertion evaporated when the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered. The text and message on those uncorrupted scrolls rendered impossible the comprehensive corruption and conspiracy that would have been necessary to make the doctrines and gods similar, much less the same.
Qur'an 2:140 "Nay! Do you say that Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes were Jews or Christians? Say: Do you know better than Allah? Who is more unjust than those who conceal the testimony they received from Allah?" If this weren't so stupid it would be funny. Allah is saying that Christians and Jews call Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, "Jews and Christians," as if they knew more about them than Allah. Well, apparently they do. Abraham wasn't strictly speaking, a Jew. He was a Chaldean from Ur as was his wife Sarah. Anyone who has bothered to read Genesis knows that. But Allah was illiterate, just like Muhammad. Reading Genesis was therefore beyond him. Ishmael was the bastard child of an Egyptian slave. He was expressly excluded from Yahweh's covenant with the Jews. No Jew or Christian would ever claim relations with him. Isaac, Abraham's miracle son, provided the link between Abraham and Jacob. Jacob was the father of the twelve tribes and was therefore a Jew - the Jew. And last time I checked, the tribes of Israel were Jews, not Christians. The first Christian wouldn't be born for twenty centuries.
By this time it should be abundantly clear - Allah wasn't God. The dark spirit of Islam wasn't even sane. Qur'an 2:141 "The fools among the people will say: 'What has turned them from the Qiblah [the direction Muslims face in prayer] to which they formerly observed [facing Jerusalem]?'" Following the Satanic Verses, Ka'aba worship was on the rocks, so Muhammad had Muslims pray to a substitute shrine - the only holy site in the Bible - the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. But that didn't last because the Jews began disputing his preposterous claims of prophethood. Something had to be done. The answer was simple enough. Muslims were ordered to turn away from Jerusalem and to bow toward the House that Allah-Adam-Abraham built.
"We appointed the Qiblah which you were used to, as a hard test for those who followed the Messenger. Indeed it was a momentous change, except to those guided by Allah." I don't suppose anyone bothered to ask why bowing one direction versus another in ritualistic prayer was such a tough test. I would think that twisting one's prayer blankie might be sufficient. Why go to all the trouble to twist the Torah?
Qur'an 2:144 "Turn your face in the direction of the sacred Mosque [the Ka'aba]. Wherever you are, turn your faces in that direction. The people of the Book know well that this revelation is the truth from their Lord." Allah is saying that the Jews and Christians know that the Ka'aba is of paramount importance to Judeo-Christianity. Further, he is protesting that the Jews and Christians have collaborated in a massive cover-up to keep the true importance of the pagan shrine a secret. Frankly, I am stunned that something this obviously false and foolish could be considered godly by anyone.
Implicit in this farce is that the Judeo-Christian focus on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is bogus. For this to be true, the entire Bible, starting with Genesis 11 running through Revelation 22, would have to be fundamentally flawed, for virtually every page is rooted in the history of Israel, and focused on Jerusalem. To say that Jews and Christians conspired to artificially elevate the importance of Israel, Jerusalem, and the Temple at the expense of Mecca, a town that didn't even exist during the two thousand years the scriptures were being written - in all sixty-six books of the Bible - is ludicrous.
Yet the stakes are unimaginably high. If Allah’s contention is wrong, then Islam’s foundation is ripped asunder. All of the corrupted Biblical accounts in the world won't help. If the Islamic connection to the Hebrew prophets and patriarchs falters, every important aspect of Muhammad’s religion fails: Allah isn't god; Muhammad isn't a prophet. And if they aren't who they claim they are, they aren't worthy of anyone's prayers, allegiance, or soul.
Therein lies the tale - the ticking time bomb of Islam. There is no room for an Arab prophet with a wholly divergent message, especially one without miracles or prophecies, in the line of Hebrews. The last messenger of the scriptures is undeniably the Messiah, not Muhammad.
That gave the Messenger of Islam several enormous problems. He had to claim that the Messianic prophecies were corrupted and meaningless - an impossible task. He had to ignore the fact that the Messiah Yahshua fulfilled them - a fool's folly (one sadly shared by the Jews). Then he had to somehow distort Bible stories and characters to such an extent that it made his unprophet-like behavior and ridiculous pagan rites seem religious, rational, moral, and inspired. But that led to a new problem. How does one do that without debasing the faith upon which the new religion is based?
It can't be done - at least not rationally. But Islam has never been popular with rational people. It is like an acid, corroding everything it touches, eating away at the brain and heart. It corrupts men, turning them into unthinking, mindless murderers in pursuit of lustful pleasures. It causes Muslims to be so fearful of the truth, they threaten to kill anyone willing to expose their lie.
Muhammad wasn't finished telling his faithful that the Jews and the Christians had collaborated in the greatest hoax in all of recorded history. Qur'an 2:146 "The people of the Book recognize him as they know their own sons; but some of them conceal the truth which they themselves know." Muhammad’s "god" is saying on behalf of his "prophet" that the Jews recognized Muhammad as the Messiah but were keeping it a secret. He was evidently counting on everyone being illiterate and naïve. And judging by the numbers of people he fooled, he may have been right.
The trials and tribulations of Dishonest Abe, also known as a figment of Muhammad’s imagination, end where they began - by ripping off a well-documented Bible story. Tabari II:111 "Lot bin Haran bin Terah, son of Abraham's brother, and his people, the folks of Sodom, traveled from Babylon following their religion. They went to Syria as fugitives with Sarah. It is said that Terah, Abraham's father, went with them." Yes, Terah was Abe's dad, not Azar, like the Traditions have been insisting. And yes, they were close when they said that they left Babylon. It was actually Ur, a hundred miles south. And yes, the troop included Lot and Sarah. They were not, however, fugitives, they had no religion, and the people of Sodom were not with them. Lot would eventually live in Sodom, but that wouldn't occur for a couple of thousand miles and many years.
"Terah died. Abraham, Lot and Sarah went on to Syria and then to Egypt, which was then ruled by a Pharaoh named Sinan bin Al-wan bin Ubayd bin Uwayj bin Imlaq bin Lud bin Shem bin Noah. He was the brother of Dahhak/Nimrod, who had appointed him governor of Egypt." These boys would have been so much better off if they had just stuck with the Biblical account rather than drumming up this nonsense. Truth is, they would have been better off if they had just stuck with Judaism and never perverted it into Islam - and so would we.
"After this, Abraham, Lot and Sarah went back to Syria and settled in Palestine. Allah sent Lot to the people of Sodom. They were disbelievers in Allah and immoral. Allah said, 'You commit lewdness such as no creature before. You come into males, cut the roads, and commit abominations in your assemblies.'" [Qur'an 29:28] Allah, please, watch the language. They have a perfectly good word for that male thing. It’s called homosexuality. As for the lewdness, they have a word for that too. And even you should know it - as it was named after the town. But as for "cutting the roads," I'm at a loss.
Fortunately, Muslim sages are ever ready to enlighten us. Tabari II:112 "Allah’s statement, 'you cut the roa' means: When the traveler, the son of the road, passed by they would block the road and perform with him that ugly deed.... Some say that they used to shorten whoever passed by. Other say that they used to break wind in their assemblies, while some said that they used to have intercourse with each other there.... Some Islamic scholars agree, while others differ. The abomination was breaking wind." I wonder if that was why Allah taught Adam about "the fart and the little fart?" It may have been why Muhammad revealed this pearl in Bukhari's Book of Wudu: Bukhari:V1B4N139 "He asked Allah’s Messenger about a person who imagined to have passed wind during the Salat prayer. Allah’s Messenger replied: 'He should not leave his Salat unless he hears sound or smells something.'" You see, Islam can be tolerant.
Others say: "They would accost a rider and seize him and mount him," explains surah 29:28. Or: "Allah’s statement refers to the fact that no male jumped upon a male before the people of Lot." Then you have Muhammad’s version: "The Messenger of God said, 'And you commit abominations in your assemblies means they would cut off wayfarers and mock them, and that was the abomination that they committed.'" Horror of horrors! Being mocked was Muhammad’s curse in life. Virtually everyone he encountered berated him.
The Messenger had a lot to say about Lot. Although Lot never preached a day in his life and was the furthest thing from a prophet, the temptation to transform him into a mini-Muhammad was too great to pass up. Tabari II:115 "Lot called on them to worship Allah. By Allah’s command he tried to prohibit them from doing those things which Allah disliked such as brigandage, committing lewd acts, and entering males in the posteriors. Because they persisted, he threatened them with painful doom. They rejected his admonitions, saying to him 'Bring Allah’s doom upon us, if you are telling the truth!'" I could have sworn that we've heard this story before.
"At length Lot asked his Lord for help against them, since the matter was dragging on, as was their persistence in sinfulness. Then Allah - when he wanted to disgrace them and destroy them and help His Messenger Lot against them - sent Gabriel and two other angels. It had been said that the two other angels were Michael and Israfil." Every word of this was loaded, chosen specifically to distress Muhammad’s Meccan tormentors. "Mess with me and my god will get you."
Tabari II:120 "Gabriel picked up their land with his wing and turned it over. He lifted it so high the inhabitants of heaven heard the crowing of roosters and the barking of dogs. He turned them upside down and rained upon them stones of clay." [Qur'an 15:74]
The 15th surah says: . The dwellers of the Rock rejected the messengers."
Allah is daring us to use his depiction of Sodom as a proof of his divinity. But Sodom wasn't turned upside down, it wasn't stoned with clay, nor was it ever close enough to heaven for the angelic host to hear the roosters. And the roads have long since disappeared. We know that because archeologists have found Sodom, Gomorrah, and the other cities of the plain. And guess what? They are exactly where the Bible said they would be. They were destroyed exactly when the Bible said that they were destroyed. And yes, they were buried exactly how the Bible proclaimed - under brimstone. Once again, the Bible was precisely accurate and the Muhammad/Allah team couldn't even plagiarize it without burying themselves.
Some of the lowlights of the versions that follow include: Tabari II:121 "Gabriel spread out his wings and gouged out their eyes." "Then Allah took them to Syria." Which is odd because that's where we were told they were in the first place.
This next one is a hoot. There are more errors than sentences. "Gabriel seized its girdle, then snatched it up so high into the sky that the angels could hear their dogs. He threw rocks at the laggards, one after the other. There were three towns called Sodom that lay between Medina and Syria. It has been mentioned that there were four million people in the town." Four thousand, maybe. They all had different names, like Gomorrah, and they were unearthed on the shores of the Dead Sea.
Muhammad’s convoluted story of Lot is repeated a half dozen times in different surahs and that many times again in the Traditions. It’s no wonder it was the prophet's personal favorite. He had the opportunity to turn a nobody into a messenger whose people got pummeled because they mocked him.
We leave Volume II of Tabari with these stirring words, "O Messenger! How many books did Allah reveal? He said, 'One hundred and four books. To Adam He revealed ten leaves, to Seth fifty leaves, and to Enoch thirty leaves. To Abraham he revealed ten leaves and also the Torah, Gospel, the Zabur, and the Rurqan.'" Oops. Even Allah knows better. The Torah wasn't written until the time of Moses. But what makes this statement particularly lame is that eighty-five percent of the Torah chronicles the history of people who lived after Abraham died.
Tabari II:130 "I said, 'O Messenger! What were the books of Abraham.' He answered, 'They were all proverbs such as, 'O dominated, afflicted and deceived king! I did not send you to collect all the world, one part to another, rather I sent you so that I would not have to hear the cry of the oppressed.'" If they were all that feeble, it's little wonder no one other than the illiterate messenger ever read them.
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Free as in Freedom episode 0x03
Karen and Bradley discuss the debates regarding Apple's online store restrictions that make it impossible to distribute GPL'd software via Apple's store. Then, they discuss question the usefulness of the term “Open Core”Running time: 00:45:04.
Show Notes
Note: Bradley's audio was too low compared to Karen's on this episode. We're still sorting out our recording issues, and apologize for this. This is completely Bradley's fault: don't blame Producer Dan. :)
Segment 0 (00:34)
- Karen mentioned first Brett's statement on the VLC mailing list, although that is toward the end of the story that was covered last month. (05:30)
- Bradley mentioned that the story started with FSF's enforcement regarding Apple's distribution of GNU Go in Apple's application store. (05:54)
- Don't confused GNU Go (the game) with Google Go (the programming language). Bradley pointed out that Google did assign some of its copyright on the language Go, for the GCC frontend for the Go language. (06:51)
- Bradley mentioned that the game Go has been around thousands of years, although according the Go Wikipedia entry, it's been around for approximately 2,500 years. (08:21)
- Bradley pointed out that the primary goal of GPL enforcement is to get compliance, not to get companies to cease distribution, but sometimes the companies prefer to cease distribution rather than complying with the license. (09:57)
- There was disagreement in the VLC community about the enforcement action (11:50). There's an original thread on the VLC mailing list that discussed this (12:35), and then Brett's response on that list. (13:25)
- GPLv2 requires in § 6 that you cannot impose terms that restrict the downstream more than GPL otherwise does. (15:40)
- FSF made a statement that linked this issue to the DRM issue, which caused some confusion. It's our view that what Apple is doing against GPL software is part of their initiative to put DRM (both for software and more traditional content) onto devices. (17:20)
- Bradley mentioned that Apple lawyers have a pathological hatred of GPL, which he believes comes directly down from Steve Jobs, who began his dislike of GPL when he tried, while at NeXT, to distribute a proprietary front-end for GCC for Objective-C. (RMS discussed the story briefly in his essay Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism.) (23:45)
Segment 1 (27:40)
- Bradley has decided that the term “Open Core” is so confusing that it's now useless.
- The Gnus IMAP backend is being rewritten, and Joel Adamson mentioned that he's using Emacs development mainline and the new IMAP implementation is working well. (29:58)
- Alexandre Oliva started a project called Linux Libre, to remove proprietary software from Linux. (31:31)
- There is a file called WHENCE in Linux that is a long list of proprietary software included inside Linux. Richard Fontana linked the WHENCE file on identi.ca (31:02)
- Alexandre made an announcement calling Linux an “Open Core” project. (32:56)
- Bradley mentioned that Alexandre appears to have been convinced that Open Core is a problematic term in this context (during this identica conversation). Alexandre seems to be favoring the term “Free Bait” now. (35:16)
- Karen mentioned Nina Paley's intellectual pooperty cartoon. (38:39)
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- Join us on #faif on freenode and the !FaiFCast group on identi.ca (43:47)
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Happy Blogiversary to So, How’s It Taste! Can you believe it’s been three years? THREE years since my first post. I almost don’t believe it. Looking back at my first and second year blogiversaries, I detect a chocolate theme. This should come as no surprise to any of my readers. I love chocolate! Last year I celebrated with Dark Chocolate Souffles that were figure-friendly. Um, so not the case this year. I’ve done a complete 180 and will celebrate the big 3 with Chocolate-Covered Key Lime Pie. I’m pretty sure these aren’t anywhere close to being kind to your waistline!
So, how’s it taste?
Pretty freakin’ fantastic! What’s not to love? A creamy, tart, sweet slice of key lime pie surrounded in chocolate. You may think citrus and chocolate is an odd combination, but trust me on this one. This particular Key Lime Pie recipe is perfect for freezing and covering in chocolate. It doesn’t get rock hard when it’s frozen, so once you crack through that layer of chocolate, your teeth just sink into creamy lime goodness. I covered some slices in semi-sweet chocolate and some in dark chocolate. I don’t know which I liked best, they were both really good.
I think the slices are quite huge, so find a buddy to share with you. The pie is pretty rich on its own, so covered in chocolate would put even a chocoholic like me in a serious sugar coma. I think slicing the pie into 16 slices would have been more practical. Instead of dipping the slices into chocolate, I chose to “frost” them with chocolate. Dipping would require melting way too much chocolate and probably wasting it, too, and I don’t waste chocolate in my house. Holding the slice by the popsicle stick made it easy to frost it with an offset spatula. I figured out about 1/2 cup of morsels will frost one slice of this size.
Since the slices are so big, a great way to serve this is to cut the slices into almost bite-sized chunks. I put the chunks in cupcake liners and took them to work that way. Perfect for everyone to have a piece or two!
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I want to say thank you to everyone that reads this little ol’ blog of mine. It started out as nothing special and has grown into something I’m extremely proud of. It’s cool to have an archive of all my posts and see how I’ve grown throughout the years. Not to mention the great friends and people I’ve met and keep meeting along the way thanks to our mutual love of food. Your support means the world and encourages me to continue to share my eating adventures in and out of the kitchen…and of course to answer the question “so, how’s it taste?”
Chocolate-Covered Key Lime Pie
Ingredients:
1 recipe Key Lime Pie with Pretzel Crust
8 popsicle sticks
4 cups chocolate morsels (semi-sweet, dark, or milk chocolate)
Almond bark
Directions:
1. Prepare Key Lime Pie with Pretzel Crust and let set in refrigerator for 4 to 6 hours.
2. Slice pie into 8 equal portions. Pretzel crust may be a little crumbly and some may come off, but that's ok.
3. Place slices onto a sheet lined with parchment paper and gently push in a popsicle stick about halfway. Leave some space on the sheet in between slices. Freeze for about 6 hours.
4. For covering each slice with chocolate, it's best to work in batches of two slices at a time. Microwave 1 cup of morsels for 30 seconds on high. Stir and microwave for another 30 seconds. Microwave in 15-second intervals if the morsels aren't completely melted. Using a small offset spatula, spread the melted morsels all around the pie slice, holding the stick for support. When the entire slice is covered, place it back on the sheet with parchment paper and return to the freezer. Continue with the remaining slices.
5. Place one square of almond bark in a plastic sandwich bag. Microwave in 30-second intervals, kneading the bag in between until the almond bark is smooth. Snip the corner of the bag with scissors and pipe onto chocolate-covered pie slices. Return to the freezer until ready to serve.
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A 25-year-old Lusby man is being held by police in connection with the suspected murder of a 27-year-old Lusby woman, who police say was his girlfriend.
John Warren Gibson Jr. led police Friday morning to a wooded area south of Leonardtown in St. Mary’s County, where police said in a press release they found the body of Amanda Lynn Foster in a trash can in the woods. Gibson allegedly told police the couple had been involved in a fight Jan. 12 at the home they shared on San Jose Lane in Lusby. During the fight, Gibson allegedly stabbed Foster in the chest, then placed her body in a trash can, loaded it into her truck and drove to St. Mary’s County where he hid the trash can in the woods near Breton Bay.
Police said in a press release they began the investigation after receiving a call from a concerned family member Jan. 31 at 8:11 p.m. Foster’s family had not heard from the victim in several weeks and attempts to reach her by phone were unsuccessful. Troopers from the Maryland State Police Prince Frederick Barrack went to her home to try and talk to her. No one was at the San Jose Lane home, but troopers learned her truck had been seen parked at a home on H.G. Trueman Road in Lusby. Troopers went to the H.G. Trueman residence and spoke with Gibson, who told troopers he had dropped Foster off at a convenience store in California, Md., and had not heard from her since.
Det. Rich of the Calvert Investigative Team was called in to assist in the investigation. Police said Gibson gave them conflicting information in his account of recent events and he was taken to CIT offices for questioning. Additional CIT personnel, Sgt. Jones, Sgt. Naughton, Tfc. Hunt and Det. Mudd, were called to assist in conducting the investigation.
Police said during Gibson’s interview, he told police about the argument and the alleged homicide. He allegedly then took investigators this morning to the location of the body in the woods south of Leonardtown. CIT investigators met with troopers and deputies from the St. Mary’s County Bureau of Criminal Investigations at the scene. Foster’s body was recovered and taken to the Maryland Medical Examiner’s Office in Baltimore for an autopsy.
Rich with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office and Sgt. Jones with MSP are continuing the investigation. Anyone with additional information can contact them at 410-535-1600, ext. 2765 or ext. 2455.
ROB PERRY
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Charles County’s proposed land use map, mandated by the so-called “septic bill,” probably violates state law, the Maryland Department of Planning concluded in a report released Friday.
On Monday, MDP elaborated in a letter to county government, warning that the map does not protect environmentally sensitive land and permits “sprawl” development that could make it difficult to develop an effective mass transit system for the county’s urban areas.
The map, drafted as required by the Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act of 2012, divides all land in the county into four tiers based on septic system and sewer use. The law also bans the building of large subdivisions in areas designated for conservation.
The county was supposed to submit its map to the state by the end of last year, but the draft is still before the Charles County commissioners. However, Charles County is not alone, according to the MDP report, which states that 12 counties had not adopted maps by Friday. Among that 12, Charles, Howard and Washington counties “have proposed tier maps for public discussion that largely do not conform to the law,” the report states, adding that if the “draft tier maps are adopted without change, significant environmental and agricultural impacts from septic development will occur.”
MDP’s concerns about Charles County’s proposal focus on the inclusion of land in Tier III, where major subdivisions can be built on septic systems, which MDP asserts should be in Tier IV, or conservation areas, where new major subdivisions are banned altogether.
The proposed map designates 65,000 fewer acres, generally fields and forest, for conservation than did a proposal by county staff. The change preserves landowners’ ability to build major subdivisions on the land.
“MDP attended numerous public meetings leading up to the development of three land use scenarios created by County staff. It was promising that the County was taking steps to implement many of the policies included in the County’s previous plans. We were surprised to find that this draft reverses many policies that support land conservation as well as smart growth principles,” states the letter, which was addressed to Peter Aluotto, Charles County director of the Department of Planning and Growth Management.
Some county officials said they agreed with MDP’s assessment, while others insisted that the map is legal as written.
The map adoption process has been “disturbing to me, and embarrassing,” said county Commissioners’ President Candice Quinn Kelly (D), especially because the Charles County Planning Commission adopted a map proposed by the Balanced Growth Initiative, which calls itself a property rights group, instead of the map proposed by county staff. She said she would not vote to approve the BGI draft as written.
Commissioner Ken Robinson (D) agreed, saying no special-interest group should have that much influence, regardless of its orientation.
“I would certainly not wish to associate myself, as a commissioner, with the map that the planning commission sent to us. First of all, it was presented and adopted by a special-interest group, and I think that’s inappropriate. ... I would feel just as uncomfortable with a map presented by an outside special-interest group if they were an environmental group. It’s not just that the Balanced Growth Initiative is a developer group,” Robinson said.
But Commissioner Reuben B. Collins II (D) said the situation was not so clear and asserted that a private attorney hired by the commissioners to give advice about the map declared it “well within the confines of the law.” Kelly and Robinson said they would not comment about a private discussion, though Kelly said Collins’ account was incorrect.
The septic bill is difficult to interpret, and MDP is interfering in a local land use decision, Collins continued.
“I question the objectivity of the state in that it kind of weighed in on this process prematurely. In SB 236 [the septic bill], it certainly allows for the state to comment, but that’s after the jurisdiction has absolutely approved a tier map. ... There is some virtue, I believe, in what the state is attempting to accomplish,” Collins said, but MDP shouldn’t yet be “weighing in on a local matter.”
Commissioners Debra M. Davis (D) and Bobby Rucci (D) did not return calls seeking comment.
Members of the Charles County Planning Commission, a majority of which opted to endorse the BGI map, also were split on its legality.
Planning commission Chairman Courtney Edmonds, who unsuccessfully opposed the draft plan, said at least two of his colleagues voted for it out of pique.
“The motion to pass the proposed tier map wasn’t based on the conclusion that the proposed map met the requirements of state law. Rather, Mr. [Joseph] Richard and Mr. [Lou] Grasso made the motion merely because they objected to the fact that the [county] planning and growth management department didn’t come back with what they wanted. And [the two men] expressed disagreement with SB 236 in the first place. So, it’s not surprising to me that MDP found it to be noncompliant,” Edmonds said.
Richard agreed that the planning commission majority had been displeased with county staff for not presenting a map that followed its dictates. But the planning commission adopted the BGI map because it came closest to what the commission desired all along, he continued, while county staff’s map was essentially identical to what MDP wanted.
“The map that the planning commission submitted to the county commissioners, at least from our perspective, meets the intent of SB 236,” Richard said.
MDP’s perspective, as expressed in the report, is basically identical to that of environmentalists, Richard said, something he attributed to the clout of groups like the Sierra Club and 1000 Friends of Maryland in Annapolis. Both groups have actively opposed Charles County’s draft map.
The law gives the state very little power to enforce its desires on counties anyway, Richard said, so Charles County has little to worry about. He dismissed fears that agencies could retaliate by cutting off funding for infrastructure because those processes are separate, he said.
“The idea MDP can wave a wand and no longer fund schools and roads [is wrong]. You can’t do that. There’s [funding] formulas. It’s just going to be impossible. I think that’s a lot of wishful thinking, trying to intimidate the less informed. ... I don’t respond well to threats, and I don’t think the county commissioners respond well to threats as well,” Richard said.
Grasso declined to comment Monday.
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Charles County school system staff anticipate that more than 800 school children will be homeless by year’s end.
As requested by school board members at a previous meeting, the system’s hearing officer Karen Kunkel updated the board Tuesday on homeless students in county schools.
In June, there were 618 homeless children in schools, and as of Tuesday, Kunkel said, that number had increased to 796.
Kunkel said the increase in homeless children is not unique to Charles County and that numbers are increasing throughout the state.
While the economy plays a large role, Kunkel said many factors play into the increase, including a nine-year waitlist for Section 8 federally subsidized housing and no transitional housing available for children in the region.
“When someone is displaced, they have nowhere to go,” she said.
An elementary school student who was shadowing the school board Tuesday asked Kunkel what classifies a student as homeless.
Kunkel explained that a student counted as homeless does not always not have a roof over his head.
She said a person becomes homeless when a situation forces someone to be displaced from their home.
This could be due to many situations, including a loss of a job, domestic violence or a fire.
“Most times, it’s a sudden emergency, a fire or loss of job,” Kunkel said.
The federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 2002 mandates protections for homeless children. The school system receives funds through the act to provide resources and assistance for homeless students.
The act defines a homeless student as “an individual who lacks a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence.”
Kunkel said one thing that sticks out regarding the school system’s population is the amount of children participating in Safe Nights.
Safe Nights, sponsored by LifeStyles of Maryland in Charles County, is a program that provides temporary shelter at county churches during the coldest months of the year.
Kunkel said that this year, there have been as few as two and as many as 12 children participating in the program each night.
Pupil personnel workers in the school system provide transportation for children participating in Safe Nights to get to school.
Kunkel said this is the first year since the program has been in operation that there have been children every night.
She said the question staff ask themselves is whether the system is providing what it can for students.
“I can tell you confidently that we are,” she said.
Through various programs and resources, Kunkel said, the idea is to give those who are not as advantaged as other students “a level playing field.”
Restrictions on releasing information about homeless students are very stringent, she said, adding that no one should be able to walk down a hallway at school, pass a child and be able to tell whether the child is homeless.
“We will supply whatever the child needs,” she said.
The school system works with a $33,000 budget for the children, and Kunkel said, “We make it work for us down to the very last penny.”
In addition to budgeted funds, students receive help through Title I opportunities and partnerships with outside agencies.
The Title I and homeless education offices of the schools work together to make sure student needs are met, parents are involved under Title I parent involvement policies and staff of both offices receive training on Title I and homeless education.
The Title I program provides federal funds to school districts with high proportions of disadvantaged students.
The funds go to schools, designated as meeting the requirements under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, based on the income level of students. Funds go toward technology and resources.
There are six Title I schools in Charles County: Eva Turner, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, C. Paul Barnhart, J.P. Ryon, Indian Head and Mount Hope/Nanjemoy elementary schools.
The program provides funds for students 3 years old through fifth grade.
Student who do not attend a Title 1 school and are homeless are automatically eligible for Title 1 services.
Kunkel said the school system also has an “outstanding working relationship with county partners.”
For example, with the help of outside agencies, the school system is able to provide meals for students during the summer.
Board member Jennifer S. Abell asked if there was anything more the board could do to help the situation.
Kunkel said the board has been supportive and the relationships with county agencies are strong, so all that could be asked is that board members help by being advocates and promoting the recognition of those in need.
Charles County Superintendent of Schools James E. Richmond said the school system and county agencies have come together and “put what they could in the pot” to help those in need.
“We need to keep that going,” he said.
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More than half a million dollars in education funding to St. Mary’s County could be in jeopardy if Congress does not avert sequestration cuts to the federal budget before next week’s deadline.
St. Mary’s public school administrators are bracing for funding cuts that could include money to special education federal funding and schools serving a high proportion of low-income students.
Services provided by Head Start, the federal preschool program for children from low-income families administered by a local agency, could also be reduced if sequestration goes through.
Funding for these programs in St. Mary’s could be reduced by 8 percent at the start of the next fiscal year, said Greg Nourse, assistant superintendent of fiscal services and human resources. If Congress decides later to avoid the cuts, funding could be restored.
If sequestration occurs, as much as $3 billion of the $85 billion in spending cuts ordered could be to education funding across the country. It would also cut■$42.7 billion from the military budget, a 9.4 percent cut, which is expected to have a deep impact on work at Patuxent River Naval Air Station and its associated military contractors.
For the St. Mary’s schools, an 8 percent reduction in federal education spending would cut about half a million dollars from the approximately $6.4 million coming to St. Mary’s from the federal government. Another approximately $2 million that comes to local schools in the form of federal impact aid based on the number of students connected with the military is also at risk.
Nourse said he is worried about the negative effect on tax revenue to the local government if the cuts go through to the defense industry, since Pax River is the county’s economic driver.
Four local public elementary schools received most of the $2.3 million in Title I funding directed to schools to help economically disadvantaged children. Another $736,000 in Title II funding for professional development for teachers is also at risk.
“I have done a sequestration budget” based on an 8 percent cut to Title I funding, said Kelly Hall, executive director of elementary schools and Title I. “This is an impure science at this moment.”
She said her alternative budget would spare full-time teachers and paraeducators who are employed by the school system, but that the 12 to 15 temporary workers hired could be at risk of losing their jobs if sequestration goes through.
Other areas of Title I that could be cut or reduced include materials of instruction, including technology, professional development and after-school programs, Hall said.
“We are preparing for this as a worst-case scenario, and we hope it doesn’t happen,” Hall said.
St. Mary’s public schools’ special education department this year received $3.4 million from the federal government that is passed through the state.
That money is used primarily to pay for about 54 employees, including special education teachers and paraeducators, Melissa Charbonnet, executive director of special education and student services, said.
An 8 percent cut based on current funding could mean losing as many as five special education teachers or 10 paraeducators in St. Mary’s schools, she said.
Southern Maryland Tri-County Community Action Committee, a nonprofit agency that is funded through federal, state and local funding, oversees Head Start programs in St. Mary’s, Calvert and Charles counties.
Eileene Zimmer, child and family services director for the local Head Start agency, said she has received no direction from the national headquarters to prepare for cuts. But if that direction comes, she will be ready.
The tri-county group operates on a budget of $4.4 million from the federal government. An 8 percent cut would mean Zimmer would need to shave about $354,000 from the local agency’s budget.
The agency currently serves about 600 children ages 3 and 4, including 200 children and their families in St. Mary’s County at four locations.
She expects that if the cuts do go into effect she will receive guidance on reworking the local budget. She said the national office could chose to absorb some of the cuts and also could prohibit local offices from cutting anything that directly impacts children.
Some government officials recently have suggested public school systems partner with existing Head Start organizations to help expand prekindergarten in public schools.
The National Head Start Association is urging people to lobby Congress to spare the organization from cuts related to sequestration.
Head Start services could be eliminated for approximately 70,000 children if sequestration goes through, according to information from the White House released earlier this month. Groups that work with Head Start could have to lay off more than 14,000 teachers and other staff.
Nationally, Title I education funds would be eliminated for more than 2,700 schools that support more than 1 million disadvantaged students across the country, according to the White House.
About 10,000 teacher and aide jobs would be at risk, as well as some after-school programs and other interventions that help close achievement gaps.
Cuts to special education nationally could eliminate federal support to more than 7,200 teachers, aides and other staff that work with students with disabilities.
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Please refrain from contacting "IronPirate83" on the AOL Instant Messenger service. You may just pay for it with your life.
My Majora's Mask needs new tires.
There are roughly 77,921 clans with only one member.
The combination of this guy's sig and his post content alarms me quite a bit.
What the fuck?
If you would like to join the "zx" clan shoot an email over to "alexdubbin" and he'll gladly set you up with a spot on his roster.
And it goes on like this.
Pokemon is too cool for school.
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Interview with Susan M. Schneider, author of the book The Science of Consequences: How They Affect Genes, Change the Brain, and Impact Our World
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Mike Carruthers:
Learning can be done in many ways and one great way to learn is from consequences.
Susan M. Schneider:
We know from extensive research that learning from consequences modifies the brain big time.
Susan Schneider author of the book, The Science of Consequences, says we actually learn better from positive consequences rather than negative ones.
Just think of it as for ourselves at work it’s nice to be appreciated for when you work hard and accomplish something. It’s just not a good working environment and it does not conduce to efficiency when all you hear are negatives.
Parents, managers, anyone who gives feedback or consequences to others should be aware of the ratio of positive to negative consequences they give.
You do want it to be fairly positive – there are a lot of benefits from that. Research is in areas ranging from language learning to prison rehabilitation to marriage relations to animal training and all those areas ratios are maybe 3 to 4 to 1 are beneficial – you do want to have it positive.
Despite the proven effectiveness of rewarding and praising positive accomplishments there just isn’t a whole lot of it around.
Few of us give or receive enough praise and I do think that is what the evidence shows. If not to say that praise can be overdone but I think that few of us are fortunate enough to have that problem frankly.
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The Underworld 174 Camden High Street NW1 0NE London, UKVenue info and map
Blood Stain Child is a trance metal band from the city of Osaka, Japan. They are influenced by techno, gothic, rock and also visual kei elements.
They formed under the name “VisionQuest” in 1999, but reformed under the name Blood Stain Child in 2000
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Artist: Rachel Alejandro
Album: Dito Sa Puso Ko
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- Text by William Carlos Williams
"The Artist" is a song for baritone and piano by composer Anna Weesner setting the poetry of William Carlos Williams.
The song was commissioned by SongFest and underwritten by Marcia Brown. The world premiere took place on June 14, 2004 with Sang-Yun Yoon, baritone, and Kate Stevens, piano.
The Artist
by William Carlos Williams.
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According to George Cumbee of Classic Recording in Franklin Tennessee (), “Everyone knows RADAR has the sound quality, but we needed compatibility too. With so many [RADAR] units in Nashville we needed to handle the [RADAR] format on a daily basis but we also wanted the ability to export to ProTools . for our clients and ourselves. Now we can track on the RADAR 24 and send it over to ProTools . with just a couple of keystrokes. RADAR has done more to increase our business than any purchase of equipment we have ever made in over 25 years. It’s always been a great sounding, reliable recorder and now with 3.10 it’s compatible too.”
iZ Technology’s VP of Marketing, Robin Leboe explains “3.10 is the first stage in making the RADAR 24 plug and play compatible with other systems. We want to remove obstacles from the creative process and do our bit to keep technology out of the way.” Leboe says the company is serious about listening to customers. “A lot of new features in 3.10 are a direct result of requests by RADAR 24 users worldwide.” Robin continues, “The feedback that we’ve received so far is telling us that 3.10 adds substantial value to our product. It saves RADAR 24 owners time and money”.
Other unique features of the new software include:
The new software package is available from dealers or directly from iZ Technology at a cost of $99.00 US per upgrade bundle. The package includes the four 3.10 software diskettes, a print version of the new manual, a key cap removal tool and a package containing the 22 replacement Session Controller key caps.
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M5 is a compact, professional-grade, super-easy super-stomp that will provide access to over 100 coveted guitar effects in the footprint of a standard pedal, running effects one at a time, just like the classics pedals that inspired it.
"M5 Stompbox Modeler will become the secret weapon on your pedal board"™ delay modeler.
Pricing and Availability:
M5 Stompbox Modeler is now shipping.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Advising:
Where do I get an advisor? How do I get my advisee folder and records?
Every student is assigned, or chooses, an advisor. Your advisor is noted on the outside of your advisee folder in the department office. The Administrative Coordinator or Student Assistant at the main desk can check your folder out to you and you may take it to your advising session with your faculty advisor. You should review your records before you see your advisor. You may not take your folder off campus or keep it overnight. Return it promptly after your advising session. These records (except for transfer transcripts from another institution) may soon be on line through the SSU Office of Admissions and Records on the SSU Website. You pay a one-time records fee and may request a transcript of your record at any time from the Admissions and Record's Office, 2nd floor, Salazar Hall.
How often do I need to be advised?
You should see your advisor at least once each semester. It is helpful to schedule an appointment before registration to insure that you select courses appropriate to your academic pattern. You should meet with more than once a semester if you are a Freshman or second semester Junior. However, you can meet with any faculty member or your advisor during his/her regular office hours which should be posted on the office door and available in the Department Office. You should arrange your appointment ahead of time and should allow at least 20 minutes. Many faculty members can also be contacted by phone and through their e-mail addresses on campus. Do not bother a faculty member at home unless you have been given specific permission to do so by that faculty member or the Administrative Coordinator.
Before you see your advisor make sure that you have reviewed your courses and know where you stand within the major. Faculty other than your regular advisor are also available to help you with decisions and information regarding career directions or other options within the field. You should make a point of getting to know two or three faculty members during your study at SSU to insure that you get a variety of points of view and have resources for letters of recommendation and employment references.
What will my advisor do?
You should review your records and be familiar with the courses you have already taken before you make your appointment. In addition to our departmental records, you should also keep all grade records, transcripts, and copies of petitions in your own personal folder. If you have unusual courses from another institution, you should keep a course description from that institution in your personal records and provide us with a copy for your advising folder. (Copies of school catalogues are on file in the library if you do not have one.)
Your advisor will review your record of courses and will note your progress toward General Education and toward the major on an advising worksheet which is kept in your folder. You will be given a carbon copy of this worksheet for your own records and should bring it to each advising session so that it can be updated. Your advisor will determine which of your courses meets our requirements based on an "Articulation Agreement Summary." If no articulation agreement exists with your prior college or university, you will need to provide a catalogue description of the course, a course syllabus, or some other official description of the work you have done. A written record of your advisor's decisions will be made on your worksheet.
What about G.E.?
You will receive an evaluation of any prior college-level work in the mail. At the bottom of this evaluation is the name of a transcript evaluator in Admissions and Records. This evaluator will be responsible for your file during the course of your education. You should be sure you have purchased a college catalogue for the year indicated as your "catalogue year" in your admission letter and indicated on your SSU transcript evaluation. For First Time Freshmen your catalogue year is the year that you enter SSU. (This year will apply provided you do not interrupt your college studies for more than one semester at any time.)
How do I get credit for work I have done that isn't on my G.E. evaluation?
If you think this evaluator has made an error or omitted a course you should first consult your departmental advisor and if s/he agrees, then the evaluator noted on your records. If you still feel that you should receive credit for work not included on your transcript evaluation, you will need to provide a course description from that school (this could be a description from the college catalogue or a course description). Then you may need to complete a Substitution of GE Class Form petition (available in the Department Office or from Admission and Records). This form should be carefully filled out and signed by your advisor and by the Chair of the department which normally offers the course at SSU which is most equivalent to the one you took at another institution. The Associate Vice President of Academic Programs is the final level of review and approval. Your departmental advisor should be able to help you with charting your course through this petition process as well as the rest of your General Education. The Office of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management (Salazar Hall 1018; 664-2839) has help available if you do not get the answers you want in the department. Joyce Chong is the Director of the Advising Center in Salazar Hall 1070 and several student assistants are also knowledgeable and will help you. There are now new options for first time freshmen (students who have completed less than 4 of their G.E. courses) including an individualized G.E. option for 50 first time freshmen.
How to choose a G.E. course?
As you attempt to determine which G.E. courses you should take, keep in mind: Which courses are you most interested in? Are there choices that would be useful to your emphasis within the department? Is there something you have always wanted to know about or for which you have a passionate interest? How can you be most efficient (e.g. which courses fulfill one or more G.E. or major requirements simultaneously)? The lower division Art History Survey courses fulfill the G.E. C-1 category, while the department Modern Art History Requirement can also fulfill 3 of the Upper Division G.E. units (C-1) if you take ArtH 464: 19th Century; ArtH 465, Modern Art 1945-79; ArtH 455: 20th Century; or ArtH 460: American Art. There are courses outside the department which have been designed for the humanities/art student, such as Math 111: Symmetry in the Sciences and Arts(3); CALS 220: Mexican American Arts and Literature (3), CALS 393: Chicano/Latino Cinema (3); or NAMS 205: Introduction to Native American Arts(3), NAMS 338: Native Americans and the Cinema (3), NAMS 430: Advanced Native American Workshop and a number of other courses in History, Gender Studies, etc.
Entry Level Math and English Requirements
You may confer with your advisor regarding the Entry Level Math (ELM), English Placement (EPT) and Written English Proficiency (WEPT) examinations and your standing relative to those requirements. You will receive scores for the ELM and EPT placement exams that will determine which English and Math courses you are required to take. Some students may be exempt from these tests or will find specific classes noted for them, depending upon their SAT, ACT and advanced placement test scores. "Sequence sheets" for G.E. Math and English courses will guide you and your advisor through the courses you need to complete the requirements.
What about the Major?
Your advisor will review your courses in art and will note the categories they fill on your advising worksheet in your folder. As these courses and categories are complete you will be able to mark your progress through the major. Your advisor will note the course name, course number, and units of credit on this advising worksheet. You have the option of applying the requirements in place for the year in which you started your college education (provided you have not had more than a one semester break in attendance) or the year in which you graduate. If special circumstances arise you should discuss these with your advisor and the Registrar.
Credit for art courses you have taken at another institution not offered at SSU
You may still feel that you have fulfilled a requirement. There are several ways to approach consideration for credit. For example, at the lower division studio majors are required to take 6 units of studio courses from three different areas: painting, sculpture, photography or printmaking. You may have taken a weaving or a jewelry class at a junior college. Your advisor and you may discuss what was covered in the course and/or you may be asked to provide a course description from your junior college catalogue. Together you can determine whether the course fulfills this particular lower division requirement. In cases where you have had extensive work outside the classroom or at an unaccredited institution you have the option of "challenging " a course.
Procedure for challenging an art course
You should enroll in the course you are attempting to challenge and make sure to meet the deadline for dropping off slides or a portfolio to challenge that course. One day early in each semester (before the add/drop deadline) is set aside for studio course challenges. The date will be posted throughout the department. You will present a portfolio or slides of your work to several of the studio faculty, including someone from the area in which you have done your work. They will determine whether or not you have acquired the skills and knowledge included in the course you are challenging. If you are successful, you will receive credit for the course on your transcript and you should drop the course to allow space in the class for someone else. (The department will accept a "CR" grade for challenged courses only so you do not have to stay enrolled in the course in order to get a grade.) If you do not pass the challenge, you may continue as a regular student enrolled in the class.
Art History students should consult the teachers responsible for the courses they wish to challenge. After consulting with you to determine if you have adequate background and experience, those instructors will arrange for you to take an examination in order to receive credit.
Department policy stipulates that you may challenge two lower division and one upper division class in the major. Please check with the Department Office for forms and information regarding challenge procedures.
What if I took a lower division course at another institution--can it count toward an upper division requirement?
Generally, no. Sometimes students will take "Advanced Painting" or "Modern Art History" at a community college. Even though the titles seem to be the same as our upper division classes, you do not receive upper division credit. Upper division courses are those at the 300 and 400 level. Community college courses are at the 100 and 200 level. If you feel that you have acquired the skills and knowledge of the upper division course you should speak to your advisor about the challenge procedure.
What is the difference between "foundation courses ", "core courses", and "electives"?
Foundation courses are the building blocks for the major. You take these courses before or simultaneously with beginning courses in your major. A core course is required of all students for the emphasis in the major. After the core requirements are complete, there is some latitude for students to take courses in related areas for breadth. Each program outlines these different requirements in the catalogue.
B.F.A. Program
In addition to a 45 unit B.A. in Art Studio (with emphases in Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Printmaking and Photography), the department offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts Program (with emphases in Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture), for a select and limited number of Art Studio Majors. This is a degree designed for students wishing to pursue additional graduate or professional study. Students interested in this 132 unit program with 70 units of course work in art, must apply for admission to this special program. Forms are available in the Department Office and the application process for the year begins early each Spring Semester for admission into the following Fall Semester's program. You will only be considered for admission after you have completed all lower division requirements in both General Education and in Art. You will only be eligible for admission to the BFA if you have achieved a 3.00 G.P.A. in Art. You must maintain this 3.0 G.P.A. as you progress through the program. You will be asked to supply 20 slides and 2 letters of recommendation in addition to a short statement describing why the program is of interest to you. After an initial review, students who are initially selected will be interviewed. If you are one of the 6-9 fortunate students selected for admission you will have to insure that 24 of your upper division studio units must be completed at SSU. Your degree will culminate with a B.F.A. exhibition in the Spring which will be evaluated by the studio faculty. Your studio advisor and studio instructors can help you to determine if this is an appropriate direction for you to pursue.
Art History
We now offer a separate B.A. degree in Art History. The Art History Major has undergone some modifications within the last few years. The changes include the requirement of a course in non-western art (at either the lower or upper division level); the grouping of courses into five generalized categories to require chronological breadth; and a Senior Project which will function as a "capstone" experience in conjunction with the ProSeminar in Art History Methods. Students will elect to do either a 1 unit Senior Paper (ArtH 491H) or and Honors Paper (ArtH492) for 2 units (with the consent of the Art History Faculty). Under the revised program Art History majors will take only one course from the Modern Art sequence (although others may be taken as electives toward the 32 upper-division unit total).
Financial Aid, Lockers, the Art Club, Lab Fees and Other Practical Questions
Am I Eligible for Scholarships and Financial Assistance and Where Do I Apply?
The Financial Aid Office is located 1st floor, Salazar Hall, phone (707) 664-2389. Most students who have not applied for financial aid when they apply for admission to the university will want to visit the Financial Aid Office to inquire about deadlines for grants and the various options available to them. Once you have filed a financial aid application you should check regularly if you do not receive word back from them in a timely fashion. Some students will qualify for Work Study funds. Several Work Study positions exist in the Department, providing students with work opportunities in the Gallery, Tool Cribs, Slide Room and Art Office which relate to their major. In addition, there are many scholarship possibilities for Art Students including several departmental scholarships. (The Les and Alexis Brooks Scholarship; the Boyle Scholarship for Study Abroad; the Art Department Scholarship and others). The deadline for applying for academic scholarships occurs early in each Spring Semester. You will need 3 letters of reference from faculty familiar with your work. You will also be asked to write an essay describing why you want a scholarship, what you have accomplished, and your goals after college.
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Randy Wolf (11-6, 3.24) vs. Paul Maholm (8-9, 4.46).
DODGERS' MAGIC NUMBERS: 1 (to make playoffs), 3 (to win division)
So a man goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, it hurts when I do this."
The doctor replies, "_________________________!"
Random rantings and ravings about the Los Angeles Dodgers, written by a small consortium of rabid Dodger fans. With occasional comments on baseball, entertainment, pop culture and life in general.
Randy Wolf (11-6, 3.24) vs. Paul Maholm (8-9, 4.46).
DODGERS' MAGIC NUMBERS: 1 (to make playoffs), 3 (to win division)
So a man goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, it hurts when I do this."
The doctor replies, "_________________________!"
332 comments:1 – 200 of 332 Newer› Newest»
Furcal 6
Pierre 8
Manny 7
Kemp 9
Blake 5
Belliard 4
Loretta 3
Martin 2
Wolf P
Ahhhhhh....GT.....eases the pain.
Normally, I'd say Belliard in the lineup = Win, but Loretta may cancel that out.
Glad to see E the the day off. He needs a rest.
Beard Mode back, Belly 2.0 in, should more than cancel out Loretta.
Should the fact that we have no clever nickname or way to reference Loretta be a clue as to how we value his contributions?
By me saying that, I'm setting him up to make me so, so wrong. And I hope he does.
Cubs up 2-0 on Frisco.
So a man goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, it hurts when I do this."
The doctor replies, "Then stop sticking your foot in your mouth, Milton!"
Second that on ethier. There were a couple of balls yesterday that he should have sent into orbit but he looked tired.
Make that 3-nil to the Cubbies. Zito getting roughed up early. Braves bearing down on Hated Ones!
...the doctor replies, "No shit, now get off my foot!"
Thank you!
I'm here all week. Try the veal!
Can we just get this one win done? I'm dying over here!
... Replies "win a fricken game so that you can clinch this. Sheesh it is the pirates for Christ's sake!!!"
Mr. C-
We tried the Veal yesterday!
Nice. 1 vote for AC.
@db
Just don't have the salmon mousse.
RB-
Did you make it back from softball last night? Hope the beer is cold and the burgers are on by game time.
Chelsea- shocked.
Razorbacks- being humiliated
I'm needing some serious sports mojo at this point.
The doctor replies, "You've been saying that for the last three years, Mr. Schmidt. I think it's time you quit."
Isn't it a little much to call them the "undefeated Falcons" when it's been only two weeks of football?
Right, MLASF. It's like that a pitcher "carrying a perfect game to the 2nd inning."
^ forget the "that"
Has the baseball started yet?
I hope the Dodgers remember they have to face the mediocre Pirates pitching tonight.
Guy walks into a doctor's office and says, "Hey doc, it hurts when I do this."
Doctor says, "I'm a gynecologist."
What up, peeps?
Was a baserunning blunder by Furcal or a good throw?
DB,
Sorry to hear about Chelsea's day.
Well, not really, but Arsenal was only slightly better. One win away from the top 4.
@DB,
Not only did I make it back, we won; I went 4-4 with 3 runs scored, and I ran for my buddy with bad knees.
It was like going to the gym, only harder. Lots of beer at the pizza place, now I'm comfortably into Bud #2 watching the Blue.
Don't be starting in on me now, RB!
Was that a tremendous play by Wolf to get the out at first our what??? I'm awake now.
FB, you looking forward to that Foreigner show?
Who do you think you are, Furcal, RB? (September Furcal, I mean.)
Jints go down 6-2. Go start the truck!
I've got to get to Pittsburgh for a game. They just had a steamboat go past the centerfield wall. That, and I like to be alone.
PNC seems like a good place for solitude.
DB,
I felt like September Furcal during the game, and August Furcal when I woke up this morning.
A listener could have even heard the steamboat take a toot off the air horn it was so quiet in the park.
Actually it has always looked like a lovely ballpark that I would love to go visit sometime. Of course, I can't really tell because it's in super blur-o-vision today - no HD.
Just checking ticket prices at PNC. Seats right behind the Dodger dugout go for about 20 bucks. Even with airfare, that's cheaper than Dodger Stadium with parking.
Rbnlaw, how was your daughter's volleyball game?
Isn't Pierre due for his annual HR?
DB,
I've got the game in HD on PT. Is your cable working?
I've yet to meet the man who drinks Tecate light.
Thankfully.
@karina,
The Saints of Saint Anthony HS were victorious, defeating the Saints of Crean Lutheran South HS 3 games to 0.
Daughter started in the second game and got 5 kills to begin the game.
Thanks for asking.
Martin with the CANNON!
Cable working, RB. Charter must not have picked up Dodgers today. I cannot for the life of me figure out what their broadcast package is or isn't.
RB, and with LA traffic, it's probably easier to fly all the way to Pitt than it is to get to Chavez Ravine.
Belli2 with the Web Gem!
Oh, Belly#2, what would we be doing without you?
DB,
Especially when you come from OC like me.
I'm checking the schedule now.
@Rbnlaw Awesome!
Saint Anthony? as in Saint Anthony of Padua?
Crap. We open the season vs. the Buckies.
Can't go.
Maybe Cincy?
@karina,
That's the Saint. As in San Antonio.
Oooh, 2010 calendar time. Is it downloadable yet?
Anyone ever been to Nats' yard? It's a beautiful park with a lot of character. I work in DC frequently so have gone a number of times. Apr 23-25.
Was that...Loretta?!
No, couldn't have been Loretta. Must've been Blake in disguise.
Alright wolfie, make them pay for that.
3-0 going to bottom of 4th. I like this so far.
ah, well...
Early season Loretta!
The funny thing is, Mr. C, true to form, I was typing almost that same thing you just said then had a bad keystroke that erased it all. So when I refreshed, you had said it.
Rain coming back. Hurry up and get this one in, lads!
Bills, that's the way to give up a long ball, when it's early and no one else is on base. Just get it out of the way like that.
@db
Clearly, our brains must be damaged in similar ways;)
(Forgot my wolfie suit, too. Hopefully no bad juju.)
@ Mr. C
And the weird thing is I was going to refer to him as "Wolfie" though I honestly can't remember ever in the past calling him that.
Yeah, similar drain bamage.
Let's see : if we get early season Loretta-Bills, September Furcal and 2007 Russell Martin, we could be unstoppable!
Raffy! Beautiful defence! Loving this infield.
@ Ka(t)rina-
Can we get July 2003 Manny?
Per ESPN, "Sources say Rays interested in Milton Bradley."
Boy, that franchise is going downhill quickly if this is part of their strategic vision.
Fuck off McCutcheon, you scrawny little shitbag! Let it drop!
@Rbnlaw i pray to that Saint every day of my life and my whole family is very devoted to him.
Nice article from Dodgers website re" pitching prospects in postseason. Gives some Torre decision making insight.
@Dusty Baker i don't know, it's up to Manny, but it really is a very nice thought.
just started watching the game. What happened to Eric Collins?
@db
If you click through the link, Joe Maddon just lost one of the Js his travel scrabble set.
(sorry, old gag but still can't resist)
Nic-
HOLY SHIT! I hadn't even noticed! Don't know what that says re Collins.
i think the only reason i knew was because i was listening to the radio and it was Rick Monday solo.
Actually Rick Monday solo would be the best alternative, if Vin is not in the equation (eg East Coast swing).
Wait, I'm confused. What the hell is going on with the announcing staff?
Excellent avatar, MLASF.
The only way the Pirates can get fans to come is with fireworks and some band I've never heard of.
hopefully they benched Eric Collins, i blame every east coast loss on him.
Jeez, it's already the bottom of 6th. Quick game. I need to pick up my beer drinking speed.
Yeah, Collins has been pressing...he needs a few days off to rest and think about it.
"The only way the Pirates can get fans to come is with fireworks and some band I've never heard of."
Just replace the band with some crappy salsa dish and you could be talking about the angels.
If there would ever be a bright spot to Vinny retiring, it would be the stability brought to the announcing team. Right now, for the east coast games, we're using a guy mostly known for dropping his pants and Steve Lyons.
everytime i watch a stupid softball game or little league world series game on ESPN and hear Collins i hang my head in shame.
Totally hear you, Nic.
But I have to ask, how much softball on ESPN are you watching?
I'm pretty sure Collins is doing college football for FSN.
@karina,
Since I'm not Catholic, you need to fill me in on the significance of St. Anthony of Padua.
DB,
You misspelled "defense," and thus gave you up as a Brit. Or a Canadian posing as a Brit.
My grandmother was from Newcastle and Grandfather from Glasgow. Hence, I'm also a Rangers supporter, but can do without the Toon.
haha DB, it was mainly during the college softball world series.
I swear, uhhhh, LOOK OVER THERE!!!!
(runs)
@Rbnlaw - I would suggest we hang him, but since he complimented my avi, I shall allow him to live.
I believe you, Nic. I sure do... *rolls eyes*
re: "defence"
Haw! I didn't even notice that. I read way too many UK publications and many of my close friends are Brits, so I guess it has accidentally sunk in. But no, for better or worse, I'm a red-blooded Amurrican born and raised in Arkansas (more embarrassing to admit given Hogs performance on national TV today).
@rbnlaw
"...gave you up as a Brit..."
Don't let that colour your judgment of him.
thats not a good way to start off the inning.
"Easy play for Manny." -Steiner
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Great game, RDub! HCK to the rescue.
quick nobody mention anything about the pen being good.
Speaking of, where's HLACK? Haven't heard much from him in awhile.
@Dusty - If you are a fan of Arkansas, how good is Mustain? Does he deserve to be at least #2 on the depth chart at SC?
DAMN YOU CHARLIE!!!
Steiner: You know, Julius Caesar has never been stabbed once in his life? Oh wait, hang on, he's being stabbed 23 times!
Argh, almost a line 'em out - throw 'em out DP
Mustain is a bad apple. I think he should be #3 on depth chart. He is a stage-managed (through his dad) pouty little snot. He certainly has athletic potential, but his opportunities for success are dwindling at this point. Given Carroll's system for competition at every spot, clearly Mustain hasn't proven himself. Which, again, I think speaks mainly to his mental state and lack of preparedness and guts.
Well, that certainly is different from what Mychal Thompson has said. Thank you for the info, Dusty.
100
MLASF-
Also looks at the other Hogs transfer now on USC, D. Williams. He has risen to the top at his position, and has shown that doing so was possible given hard work combined with talent. Mustain has taken the opposite path.
It's like an epileptic quail hunt out there.
Funny, Mustain could've been the starter at UCLA for three years.
@Rbnlaw he came from an aristocratic family but decided to turn himself into a Franciscan Friar. Performed on a number of miracles, like the day he multiplied bread, just like Jesus. His day is on June 13th, when Mass is celebrated. That day holy bread is distributed among devotees. In some places in my country, there are parades and fairs held on his honor.
He's the Saint of lost things and impossibles and a sort of "matchmaking Saint for single ladies" for some people, there's a strong tradition to that. For example, most of my family travel to some small town to honor him, but i'm not allowed to go because i'm single and there's a weird superstition single ladies can't go there because they remain unmarried (which is very funny because i decided i'm not getting married).
Bread is sanctified and you eat it when you feel the need to be closer to God or meditate.
Mr. C- It's like Tim Howard pitching.
What the hell?
kuo is struggling out there.
Dammit, Kuo. If you can't get the guy batting exactly Mendoza, you should not be pitching.
Jesus jumped up christ, what is wrong, Kuo?
What the HELL?
Not directed at you, karina.
yikes
is this going to be another game of crap play? Seriously this is going to be the 4th game in a row where we have played like we dont care.
Rox down 3-0 in the third
@karina,
Very interesting about San Antonio. Being the patron saint of lost things kind of explains my daughter's HS. Lots of "lost souls" hanging around.
I'm going to turn myself into a Franciscan Friar if we can't beat these jackasses.
Does Wolf look like he wants to hit Kuo?
Flat Brim Reaper
clap clap, clapclap
Flat Brim Reaper
clap clap clapclap
"Does Wolf look like he wants to hit Kuo?"
it looks like he wants to slice his hand off with a lightsaber.
I can see Wolf and Kuo sitting there trading punches to the shoulder like 5 year olds in the back seat of a station wagon on a family trip.
Bullshit! That was a strike.
GET A FUCKING OUT
@Karina "which is very funny because i decided i'm not getting married"
That sound you hear is many hearts breaking at once.
Well this is a nice little tune up game for the playoffs.
Ball 3 was strike 3
[covers eyes]
Get this scrawny bastard out!
This all goes back to Steiner.
This
is
ri
god
damn
diculous
Mr C-
Are you covering your eyes like Karina in AC before she went in for the kill?
It does, it goes back to Steiner. It's all on his fat ass and fashion forward, age inappropriate glasses.
damn, why do we load the bases for their best hitter?
Steiner: The Hindenburg has never collapsed in its history of flight...wait, it's collapsing right now! Oh, the humanity!
Mr. C,
Quick, back to the cavalier.
F
THIS
NOISE.
This is a bunch of shit.
GOD FUCKING DAMMIT TO HELL FUCKING ASS SHIT DAMMIT TO HELL CRAP IN A BUCK RI-GODDAMN-DICULOUS
this is a great time for our bullpen to start breaking down.
You have to be kidding me. Honestly, folks, of all the playoff teams, we look the least of them the way we're playing. Good thing we're finishing against Nats, Pirates, Padres, etc., right? What if we were playing Braves or Marlins?
There was really no reason to take Wolf out.
Steiner: No president has ever been assassinated in Ford Theater...wait, John Wilksbooth has just killed Lincoln! There goes the Ford Theater's perfect record of living presidents!
why have we only scored three runs!?! this is ridiculous.
@rbnlaw
were it that easy...
If we were playing the Braves and Marlins, we'd probably be doing alot better than this. Everything was fine when we were playing the Giants and Rockies.
Manny walks! Now the comefrombehind begins!
promising...
Lakeritis strikes again.
Time for some Bison No. 27
Bison Mode: Engage
what the hell was kemp waiting for?!
Oh, c'mon Kemp, at least lift the pine off the shoulders
Belly 2.0! We can rebuild him!
lets go road loney!!
I will never use the phrase "Bison Mode: Engage" again as it always brings bad luck. I'm not sure I've ever typed it and it led to success.
Call me Steiner.
Lets show Mr. 8.10 ERA something he's seen many times this season.
Steiner: James Dean has never died in a car accident in his life an - wait, James Dean has just been killed in a head-on collision! The first time Dean has died in a car accident ever!
I have a million of them, I can keep going.
Mr. C-
Ahhhh, all is right with the world now that your avatar is back in place.
Come on, Road-Lo!
that was NOT a strike.
on the bright side the brew crew tied it up 5-5
Brewaz tied with Phiwwy.
Is it possible to clinch the division berth before the generic postseason berth? Because we're on pace for that.
and we load the bases for....
Oh, him.
Bases loaded for JMart. Or whomever will be hitting.
Rancho we should be beating fuck out of these ass clowns!
Cards and Rox tied at 3 now.
Ethier: It's the bottom of the 9th.
Andre in.
?
make him pay for that one andre.
Guess LaRoche is still on our payroll.
That was close
STOP POPPING IT UP, ANDRE
"12:00 - Donner going-away party"
Nice.
ill take a sac fly right here
or a walked in run
oh sweet, sweet walked in runs!!
My arsehole is a little less clenched now.
Release the hound
c'mon O Dog!!!
Come on, O. Talk the ball into the outfield stands.
E, I want to be like you when I grow up.
Rancho do you really want to be here next year, O!
wow, did the fans really think that was a strike?
Sammy is flowing nicely now...I was afraid the game would be over and I would only be into 2 1/2 beers.
@Nic - You would think they'd be used to things not going their way.
damn, should of let it hit him.
Mr. C-
Clearly your avatar mojo is back.
the Pirates are issuing more walks than an AIDS charity.
At least we weren't the only ones to misplace the strike zone!
The O-Dog is loose(ish)!
"Obviously it has not been a very good team." Lyons re Pie Rats.
@db
If it works, who am I to question it?
Almost, Thome. Man, he's due.
damn Charlie and his excitable voice.
THOME TIME!
that what thome does? Hit singles?
THOME!!!! CLutch!
w00t
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And all the pundits have spoken.
Poll courtesy of Philly Inquirer
Random rantings and ravings about the Los Angeles Dodgers, written by a small consortium of rabid Dodger fans. With occasional comments on baseball, entertainment, pop culture and life in general.
15 comments:
What did Dr. Phil ever do to deserve this, Pennsylvania?
Flyers still have one tough roadblock: A city starved for some kind of championship that doesn't go through the White Sox.
Just what every dodgers fan wants, philly to win yet again.
Go Hawks!
A PLAGUE ON ALL YOUR HOUSES!
Flyers in five!
Or six.
Seven's fine too.
Ugh, preferably eight.
Anyone happen to see the dodgers are suing Jon Lovitz? Alright everyone get ready with you best "that's the ticket" impression. Here
My muffins!
Philly teams make me sick
I thought Frank Pentangeli was dead? Man I gotta watch the Godfather again.
@NicJ - Ah yes, suing your season ticket holders. That's the ticket.
Stay classy, Philly! I hope they fucking lose!
Like the Sith, Philly feeds off hate. So all this rage only makes the Flyers stronger!
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DPP-FP55 Printer Driver for Windows ME/2000/XP
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- Select the Specify the location of the driver check box and click Next.
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Compatible Operating Systems
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16th Ward
Ruth Butler estate et al. to Federal National Mortgage Assn. at 800 Fisher St. for $3,377 by sheriff's deed.
Deborah Uram et al. to RE 360 SS Partn. 11 L.P. at 2504 Leticoe St. for $30,000.
Luigi Bruni to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. at 2250 Mary St. 316 for $4,295 by sheriff's deed.
John Calhoun to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Assn. at 2607 Patterson St. for $3,422 by sheriff's deed.
17th Ward
Estate of Bernice Devers to Aise Petite at 1857 Arlington Ave. for $44,000.
Edward Donnelly to Scott Donnelly at 1907 Larkins Way for $95,000.
Timothy Morse to Margaret Schneider at 42 Sharon St. for $20,000.
18th Ward
Frederick James Hill Jr. to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. at 531 E. Warrington Ave. for $3,101 by sheriff's deed.
19th Ward
Robert Winstel to Zachary Casella at 388 Fingal St. for $145,000.
Jonathan Paul Jones et al. to Melissa Molyneaux at 115 Kearsarge St. for $162,500.
Long's Peak Inc. LLC to Michael Joyce at 110 Natchez St. for $110,000.
Carol Scholl Pizzo to Michael Brinton at 260 Shaler St. for $139,000.
John Kucinski to Cotton Acquisitions LLC at 23 Southern Ave. for $231,625.
29th Ward
Bank America NA trustee to Christine Wacker and Michael Whitworth at 2390 Almont Ave. for $35,999.
Evan Marriott to US Bank NA trustee at 113-& 1/2 Kirk Ave. for $3,219 by sheriff's deed.
Jamin Gross et al. to Karen Helfrich at 1634 Leolyn St. for $55,500.
Estate of Eleanor Aleliunas to John Dombrowski III at 2923 Parkdale Ave. for $52,000.
Estate of Romaine Heldt to Realty Choice Investments LLC at 2246 Valera Ave. for $35,000.
30th Ward
MMIG LLC to Deborah Schweiger at 123 Bausman St. for $10,000.
MMIG LLC to Deborah Schweiger at 222 Marland St. for $10,000.
Raymond Nist to RJM Real Estate Solutions Inc. at 417 Parklow St. for $15,000.
Mt. Oliver
Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. trustee to James Balser at 212 Anthony St. for $12,000.
MMIG LLC to Deborah Schweiger at 235 Anthony St. for $10,000.
MMIG LLC to Deborah Schweiger at 106 Koehler St. and Arlington Ave. for $10,000.
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A free Thanksgiving Dinner for all Hilltop residents, hosted by Beltzhoover Civic Association, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 17 beginning at 4 p.m. at Warrington Recreation Center, 329 E. Warrington Ave.
Call 412-641-0362 for more information on the Feed the Community Campaign by the Beltzhoover Civic Association.
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Peg Davant has consistently proven her understanding of the complex world of luxury real estate by delivering favorable results for her clients. She is a skilled professional who possesses the uncanny ability to communicate the financial realities of todays challenging market to both her Sellers and Buyers while at the same time understanding their expectations and emotional needs.
Her tenacity and business acumen have laid the foundation for her real estate success and consistently results in her ranking among the top 10% of Realtors in the Sarasota area. The foundation for Pegs business philosophy originated at Indiana Universitys Kelley School of Business. Upon graduation, she began the corporate climb leading to a successful career in Retail Management, traveling extensively to the Pacific Rim building business relationships and honing the skills needed to effectively negotiate complex contracts. When Peg entered the Real Estate Profession, she did so with the knowledge that an understanding of both buyer and seller is paramount to successful real estate negotiation.
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The Library Sound Effects Library
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The Library Sound Effects is a versatile general SFX collection that won’t break the budget. This 6 audio CD set of more than 500 useful royalty free sound effects is a great starter package or a perfect complement to your personal sound collection. The Library provides practical vintage sound effects in 12 main categories: Transportation, Animals, Ambiences, Household, Office, Crowds, Industry, Sports, Comedy, Weapons, Human and Water. For vintage sound clips and general sound effects that fit right in to modern productions – The Library Sound Effects.
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S+V: Let’s talk about some of your vocal choices. How about “Mood Indigo” — that almost doesn’t sound like you singing on it. You used some kind of echo there, right?
Jackson: Yes, that was something I wanted right from the start. I was going for a rockabilly ballad effect. I’m a big fan of Gene Vincent. If you listen to some of his solo tracks that aren’t so well known — ballads like “Up a Lazy River” and “Peg o’ My Heart,” where he used that same kind of rockabilly echo — that was kind of the color I was going for. Sometimes for me, the echo effect is part of the arrangement. I hear that in my head the same as I do the instruments.
First I thought about singing this song in a particular key. I could just hit the falsetto on certain notes, and then it sort of gradually took shape. Elliot doesn’t like to use obvious effects, which I think is a good thing. But sometimes I wanted the echo there as a particular color.
S+V: Your body of work is known for having a great dynamic range — it’s sonically clear and very open.
Jackson: Thank you, yeah. It’s all about the arrangements. Well, it’s not all about them, but the arrangements should be heard clearly. It amazes me how few bands playing live have any dynamics at all. It tends to be everyone playing flat-out all the time.
S+V: In “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing),” you sing these lines: “It ain’t the melody / It ain’t the music / There’s something else that makes the tune complete.” Do you believe that idea yourself — that rhythm is more important than melody?
Jackson: Well, I didn’t write it. [both laugh] I don’t believe there’s one element of music that’s more important than another, actually. Although if you tie me down and tortured me, I’d probably say rhythm is more important than melody. I don’t see any reason in the world why you can’t have both. I mean, I like to draw on everything that’s available.
S+V: Arrangements are so critical in your work. How early in your career did you feel you needed to arrange the material as opposed to just playing it or vamping it?
Jackson: I think right from the beginning. It was always part of the process for me. To be honest, I never really understood the idea where you would write a song and then after having written it, start scratching your head and go, “Well, how am I going to arrange this?” When I’m working on something, I’m hearing in my head what instrument or combination of instruments are going to be making that sound. It seems quite clear to me.
S+V: Does it have to do with your training, that structure of learning the violin and then the piano when you were younger?
Jackson: It probably has something to do with it, yeah. But there’s probably something about me that drew me to being that way — to being open to things, listening to them, and understanding how they’re played and how the effects are done. I just have those kind of ears. I don’t know how else to put it. It’s always been an interest of mine.
To me, the techniques involved in recording and mixing are just an extension of the arranging. They’re there to serve the arrangement. Certain effects of studio techniques can be part of the arrangement as well.
S+V: Are there any particular examples from The Duke you can cite to illustrate that philosophy?
Jackson: “It Don’t Mean a Thing,” particularly when it comes to Stefan [Kruger], the drummer. He does something that sounds like swing but isn’t swing, actually — it’s some kind of mixture of swing and some- thing more contemporary that has a four-to-the-floor bass drum underneath it that’s not that loud in the mix. It has a lot of layers to it, including samples of Papa Jo Jones, the old swing drummer, mixed in with things that were programmed and things that were played by Stefan live in the studio. That’s a case where the arranging and the studio process were all part of the same thing, really.
S+V: How did you decide the album’s running order?
Jackson: It’s a more intuitive process than it is pre-conceived. Putting “Isfahan” first was very deliberate. Once [guitarist] Steve Vai got involved, it took shape, and I thought, “Yeah, this should open the album,” because it’s unexpected in a way, and it’s the least familiar track to most people. It functions as an overture that sets the stage to make you prick up your ears and listen. And then you get to “Caravan.” I thought about “Caravan” being the first track, but I like it being the main course with an appetizer coming first. [laughs] Those two tracks are like taking a journey.
S+V: Duke Ellington kept playing right until he died in 1974, at age 75. Do you see yourself following a similar tract?
Jackson: [laughs] I don’t have a better idea. Well, why not? Who knows what will happen?
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It's getting tougher and tougher these days to cheerlead the cause of music in surround sound. No, we at S&V aren't giving up. But, coming so soon after hearing that we're getting the best of Led Zeppelin on stereo CD (again) as opposed to any of the studio albums in 5.1, we can only give a huge sigh at some recent announcements from titans of three different music generations.
First, there's the news that EMI is packaging the entire Pink Floyd studio catalog — from 1967's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn through 1994's The Division Bell — in a CD boxed set called Oh By the Way (shown above), to be released on December 11. Each of the albums is in a mini-LP-style jacket, complete with original dust sleeve and any inserts (posters, stickers, etc.). A 20" x 30" fabric poster is also included, and the box itself is designed by Storm Thorgerson. Any multichannel mixes? Nope! This despite the fact that, when I spoke with James Guthrie on the occasion of The Dark Side of the Moon being released on surround SACD, he was hoping to get the green light to start mixing the studio catalog.
Similarly, Parlophone/EMI is boxing up its Radiohead CDs — from 1993's Pablo Honey to 2003's Hail to the Thief plus 2001's I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings — in a set simply called Radiohead, available December 10. (No word if Capitol is releasing a U.S. version, but you can preorder the box via the band's Web-site store.) Any multichannel mixes? Nope!
Well, in both cases, I guess we shouldn't have expected any. After all, EMI was always the weakest link in the surround-sound chain. And these two boxed sets are clearly being put together (quickly) as Christmas presents, not sonic statements.
Anyway, who needs state-of-the-art surround sound when you can, instead, release a band's catalog on a USB stick? That's right! If you don't want the Radiohead CD boxed set, you can get the Radiohead Limited Edition USB Stick, shaped like the band's bear icon, also available December 10 (via the Web site exclusively).
Says Miles Leonard, managing director of Parlophone: "We are particularly excited about the USB stick, which gives fans an easy and portable way to carry the boxed set and provides another way of bridging the world between online and offline content." Yeah, that's how people want their music these days: easy and portable. Will EMI bother with the Beatles in surround? Maybe we should fuhgedaboudit. Instead, maybe we should expect The Beatles USB Stick, shaped like an apple!
But our third example is, really, inexcusable. I'm speaking of Island's fresh remaster of U2's 1987 album The Joshua Tree, coming November 20. How would you like to buy it?
(1) Standard CD with new Bill Flanagan liner notes and unseen Anton Corbijn photos? Check!
(2) Deluxe Edition CD set with a second disc of B-sides and demos? Check!
(3) Limited Edition Super Deluxe boxed set with the two CDs plus a live DVD of the Joshua Tree tour from the Hippodrome in Paris? Check!
(4) Vinyl set (coming December 4) on two 180-gram audiophile LPs? Check!
(5) The entire album in audiophile surround sound? OF COURSE NOT!
Considering that the band and its parent label, Universal, are going to the trouble of doing a remaster, offering a DVD, and even offering vinyl, it's amazing that no one thought to bother with a surround mix for an album that's crying out for a surround mix. Especially since this is Universal, a onetime cheerleader of multichannel mixes on SACD. But alas, now that Universal's surround guru Paul Bishow is gone, and what with the Steely Dan and Elton John albums still lingering in limbo, what should we expect? Nothing.
The Joshua Tree. OK Computer. Wish You Were Here. Not to mention the entire catalogs for Pink Floyd and Radiohead. All wonderful opportunities for music in surround. All missed. —Ken Richardson
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Tim Ingold Pinellas County Sheriff Campaign Kick-off Event
Tim Ingold, Republican for Pinellas County Sheriff, held his Campaign Kick Off Thursday, August 25, 2011 at the St. Petersburg Clearwater Marriott in St. Petersburg, Florida. Soundwave Productions sent our political event team, Campaign Event Production, out to set up some blue drape, flags, and some lighting for the event.
Rick Perry Press Events in South Carolina
Texas Governor, Rick Perry had a series of personal and press events this past weekend in South Carolina and Soundwave was called in to help!
“We’ve had such a great relationship with several political campaigns, that it seems second nature for Soundwave to be called in for an event!”
- John Donahue, Event Producer and New Media Manager
We had several breakout rooms and a main room to provide sound, lighting, and drape for. It’s always fun and exciting to be a part of a campaign, but a Presidential campaign adds another level of excitement to our job!
Florida Governor Rick Scott was recently in a classroom in St. Petersburg, FL signing an education bill helping charter schools and aiding parents with school choice. And, as always, when the Governor needs sound and lighting support for a press conference and bill signing, Soundwave is ready, willing, and excited to help out!
C-SPAN, Jon Huntsman, and Soundwave Productions
This past Saturday, former Governor Jon Huntsman (R-UT) spoke at the Republican Party of Sarasota County Presidential Contender Series rally held at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Sarasota, Florida. C-SPAN was there and here is the video…
Governor Signs Pill Mill Bill
Florida Governor, Rick Scott, signed the Pill Mill Bill into law today at Hillsborough County Jail surrounded by several Hillsborough County Sheriffs, local dignitaries, members of the media, and of course, Soundwave Productions was there!
It’s always a pleasure to help the Governor with an event, but lately these events have been more special because Soundwave has been a part of several historical bill signings.
“It’s really an honor to be a part of history WHILE it’s being made!”
- John Donahue, Event Producer and New Media Director
We are very grateful that Governor Scott has been keeping the promises he made during the campaign, and Soundwave is proud to be a part of Governor Scott’s success!
Press Conference – Goya Foods
Goya Foods is celebrating their 75th anniversary and wanted to hold a press conference to announce some of their plans for commemorating this achievement! They rented some space in the parking lot of the Meadowlands Sports Complex in Rutherford, NJ.
Soundwave was asked to come and install some needed stage and press risers to facilitate the press conference.
As a visual reminder, they pulled 18 wheeler trailers up to surround the tent where the press conference was being held.
One of the best parts of this trip was to be able to see the New York City skyline just over the river from the sports complex.
An inside view of the tent, just prior to the press conference.
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Kate Rau
Tree-hugger Rau, also known as Kate the Great, is a Johannesburg-based writer by trade and a global traveller by choice.
She has lived in cities, on an island and in a beach house, but she tends to think of the African bush as her home. She's a keen wildlife photographer, an amateur birder, a lover of words and song and a bit of an adventurer. She's not very good at choosing the right shoes to wear on long walks, hikes or treks through the bush.
What one wish does she hope to be granted? "Long life," she says. "So I'll be able to see all the things I want to before I close my eyes."
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2012-04-05 / Sports
ECI athletes impress at Alabama State Powerlifting Championship
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Mumbai, May 28 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed when a stationery private mini-bus was rammed from the rear by a tempo on the Mumbai-Pune highway near Khalapur early Monday, officials said..
Six injured passengers have been rushed to hospitals in Mumbai and Thane.
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I’ve never seen the Bears play a first quarter like that.
Heck, no one has ever seen a first quarter like the one the Bears laid on the Titans.
For the first time in their long, glorious history, the Bears rang up 28 points before they had played 15 minutes. They got touchdowns from the defense and special teams, and two from the offense, one on the ground, the other in the air.
The Bears scored for the cycle.
If you’ve ever dreamed of seeing the Bears return to the total dominance you remember from 1985, this was it. Real, not imagined, and about as efficiently as you could want.
They blocked a punt for a touchdown. They returned an interception for another pick-6. They used a Devin Hester punt return to score from the Titans’ 8 on one play. They needed two plays for Jay Cutler to hit Brandon Marshall in the end zone after one of their three fumble recoveries.
Brian Urlacher forced a fumble, recovered a fumble and returned an interception for a touchdown in less than 20 minutes. Looks like another Bear who’ll be named Defensive Player of the Week. Heck, defensive player of the half.
Charles Tillman forced two fumbles in the first quarter, while Chris Conte forced a fumble and recovered another. Late in the first half, they fought for a pass in the end zone that one of them should’ve intercepted. But how do you argue with such great defense in the end zone?
Great defense all over, actually, because back when the game was still in question, the Bears stopped the Titans on third-and-1 and third-and-2.
The Bears were so good in the first half that they even completed a screen pass. In fact, Matt Forte’s 47-yard reception that took him from the right side of the field in Bears territory to the left side in Titans territory marked the Bears’ longest pass play this season.
Titans fans would’ve been booing ferociously if Bears fans hadn’t taken over the stadium the way Bears players took over the game.
Of course, there were some wonky sights. Cutler began another game throwing high, wild and wobbly. The Bears failed to get points out of a drive that started in Titans territory. Cutler fumbled on a sack again.
Most troubling, however, is the offense’s failure on consecutive first-and-goal possessions in the third quarter.
On the first drive, Michael Bush gained four yards on two plays, and a third-down pass went nowhere.
On the second attempt, the longest gain was a catch of a deflected pass by right guard Lance Louis.
Is this any way to run an offense?
The massive 31-5 halftime lead should’ve allowed the Bears to practice whatever they wanted. The problem is, they might’ve tried to do exactly that.
Cutler was able to move the offense on those possessions. The Bears did get inside the 10, after all. And later, Cutler lofted a beautiful rainbow to Marshall for a 39-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to make it a ridiculous 44-12.
But the offense’s inability to pay off great situations such as first-and-goal presents an issue. It might prove acutely painful in the final seven games against opponents who ranked in the top 13 in defense heading into Sunday’s games.
Then, look at that: The Bears might’ve learned something about tight and unforgiving situations.
After Tillman forced his fourth fumble --- no lie, his fourth, incredible --- the Bears started first-and-goal at the 2, and Cutler eventually hit Marshall for a score. It didn’t make everything all better, but it counts as improvement.
That’s the type of day it was, one the Bears started and ended with an quick and explosive fury that no one had ever seen.
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In order to carry out its mission of collecting, preserving, and publishing the state’s history, the South Carolina Historical Society relies on the support of its members. All that is required for membership is an interest in South Carolina history. Members come from every walk of life, from all fifty states, and more than a dozen countries. Society members enjoy a variety of programs and benefits, including:
- Free research privileges in the Society’s collections
- Subscriptions to our quarterly publications. The South Carolina Historical Magazine is our nationally recognized scholarly quarterly. It has been published since 1900, with articles on every period of our history and every corner of our state, plus book reviews and descriptions of recent manuscript acquisitions. Carologue is our quarterly general-interest magazine, which offers articles and photographs about South Carolina history and Society news and events.
- Invitations to Society-sponsored lectures, tours, and social functions. Events include the annual Fall Tour of historic homes rarely opened to the public, the Society’s annual meeting and luncheon, as well as other events incorporating the rich history of our state. (For events that are open to the public, Society members have priority status.)
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To become a member and support the work and mission of the South Carolina Historical Society we invite you to access our new, easy-to-use online membership form.
You can also download our printer-friendly membership form or call us at (843) 723-3225, ext. 13 or 22.
Gift Membership
You can also purchase a gift membership using our online membership form, just be sure to check the small box labeled “This is a gift membership” located beneath the membership options.
Gift memberships can also be obtained by contacting us at (843) 723-3225, ext. 13 or 22.
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We are offering a special £10 weekend ticket for return travel from London to Margate during the winter months.
The Portas Pilot ticket is valid for return travel each weekend from Saturday 3 November to Sunday 24 February 2013, and can only be bought online from the Southeastern website.
500 Portas Pilot tickets will be available every weekend for the duration of this offer, sold on a first come, first served basis..”
Southeastern is also supporting the Portas Pilot re-launch of Margate, by offering the programme 500 free high speed tickets from London to Margate this coming weekend, 20 October 2012..”
- The ticket is only available to buy online here from the Southeastern website.
- The Portas Pilot ticket will be available for the period Saturday 3 November 2012 to Sunday 24 February 2013 inclusive, at weekends only.
- The ticket is not valid for mid-week travel.
- The ticket is valid for return travel on high speed, metro and mainline services.
- The ticket is valid from London to Margate only – it is not valid for return travel from Margate to London, and journeys cannot be broken.
- The £10 Portas Pilot ticket is less than a third of a regular off-peak adult day return from London to Margate (£31.10)
- This is an adult return ticket only, it is not available for children.
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SEUplift's Board of Directors
2012-2013 Southeast Uplift Board of Directors Composition
The SE Uplift Board is to be comprised of a representative from each neighborhood association, a representative from each of the business association and community-based organization partner within our coalition area.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Marianne Colgrove, [email protected]
Brentwood-Darlington Chris Hart, VICE CHAIR [email protected]
Brooklyn Steve Schmunk, [email protected]
Buckman
Creston-Kenilworth Michelle Rogelstad
Eastmoreland Robert McCullough, [email protected]
Foster-Powell
Hosford-Abernethy Bill Crawford, [email protected]
Kerns Ann Lawson, [email protected]
Laurelhurst Donald Gardner, [email protected]
Montavilla (vacant)
Mt. Scott-Arleta Scott Vala, [email protected]
Mt. Tabor Paul Leistner, [email protected]
North Tabor (vacant)
Reed James Hager, [email protected]
Richmond (vacant)
Sellwood-Moreland Dan Weiland, TREASURER [email protected]
South Tabor Lars Jorgensen, [email protected]
Sunnyside
Woodstock Moshe Lenske, [email protected]
IRCO (vacant)
At-Large Jeff West, CHAIR [email protected]
Purpose
Each director shall endeavor to promote the objectives of Southeast Uplift to the best of his/her ability. Each is expected to attend board meetings, to effectively communicate between the Board and the organization s/he may represent, and, to personally promote and participate in the organization's activities.
Declaration of Unity
The Southeast Uplift neighborhood program board of directors affirms the rights of all citizens to live and work without fear of intolerance because of their age, disability, income, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or their ethnic, racial or national origin.
We honor and encourage the diversity within our neighborhoods and strive to have full participation from all our various groups on our board and in our neighborhood associations.
Board Meetings
Our board welcomes members of our community to attend our executive meetings and board meetings. If you would like to bring an item to the board and be placed on the agenda, please contact our board Chair, Jeff West at [email protected]. The chairperson can help you determine if the issue should be brought to the executive committee, the general board meeting or a committee meeting.
The general board meetings are the first Monday of the month at 7pm, here at SE Uplift in the Fireside Room. The executive committee meets the third Monday of the month at 7pm, here at SE Uplift on the 2nd Floor.
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Today is the last day for many great deals at Rite Aid (So Cal). Here is a quick list of things of the great deals available:
Buy MAM Fast flow 2pk Nipples $4.99 (not the last day but still available)
Use $2.00 off Any MAM Product
Pay: $2.99, Get Back $2 +Up (limit 2)
= as low as free with gold discount – $0.99
BioSilk $13.99
Get Back $7 +Up
= $6.99
Select Cat Walk items $10.99
Get Back $7 +Up
= $3.99
Purex Laundry Detergent or Fabric Softener $5.69
Get Back $4 +Up (limit 2)
= 1.69 or cheaper with wellness discount!
No Nonsense socks 2-3 ct: Price Varies
Get Back $4 +Up (limit 2)
= as low as free
Buy Milano Melts $2.29 ea
Use $0.55 off 1 package Pepperidge Farm Milano Melts
Pay: $1.74, Get Back $1 +Up (limit 2)
- $0.74!
Buy (3) Trident Gum packs $1 ea
Use BOGO Free Trident Gum coupon
Pay: $2, Get Back (2) $1 +Up rewards
= FREE!
Answer Pregnancy Test $7.99 ea
Use $1 off coupon on package
Pay: $6.99, Get Back $3 +Up and $1 +Up
= $2.99!
Buy (4) Cheer Laundry Detergent $5 ea
Use (4) $2/1 Cheer Laundry Detergent coupons from 10/14 P&G
Pay: $12, Get Back $7 +Up reward (limit 2 rewards)
= $1.25 per bottle
If you haven’t done any of the following deals (or not reached your limit) I suggest you grab them today. I’m working on next weeks ad and it isn’t looking too hot.
I also suggest getting the Splat hair dye if you’re interested in dying your or your kid’s hair for Halloween. The semi-permanent is on sale for $9.99 ($8.79 w/ gold discount) and you get a $2 +Up, making it $7.99 ($6.79 w/ gold) not cheap, but if you buy it on a regular bases it’s definitely worth it. (I’ve paid around $12 for one box before) The temporary dye is part of the sale too, which is great if you only want to dye it for a costume. They’re $6.99, so $4.99 after up ($3.50 w/ gold).
There is also a $1 of 3 Trident Gum packs in 10/14 insert.
There is also a $1 Q for the Purex in the Oct. All You.
Just a heads up that it looks like the Loreal DD is no longer working as of today (if anyone in SoCal planned on doing it today).
Yep, its dead in San Diego. Did it this afternoon and only got 1 of the 10 UPs…
Skinny cow singles are a MM if you have gold discount free otherwise. Reg price 99 cents minus $1 coupon and $1up wyb 2 (limit 2 ups). Also you get $4 up wyb one no nonsense value packs of 6 ( diff. From 2-3 promo). I found some on clearance for $3.49 so it was a MM.
Yesterday I bought a pack of Conair 12 ct foam rollers for $2.39 and used the in ad coupon for $2.00 off Conair blah blah blah and only paid $.39 plus tax.
I found some Tridents labeled Buy 2, get $1 Up. So, I bought 6 Trident White Spearmints and used (2) $1/3. I was expecting to get (3) $1 +UPs back, but got (4) instead. Two say for the purchase of Trident Gum and two say for the purchase of Trident Stride…?
No Cheer left at my store but the sale continues until the weekend. I am hoping they will get more.
I bought 4 packs of Trident and used 2 bogof coups so paid $2 and got back $3 in Ups so $1 mm.
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WE ARE SETTLED IN OUR NEW LOCATION
23686 Washington St., Independence, WI 54747
Exciting News - We have moved our store across the street to our new, old location. Southern Exposure is now located in the same store space where we got our start a number of years ago at 23686 Washington St., Independence, WI 54747.
Welcome to Southern Exposure Silver! We are proud to offer you attractive and unique sterling silver jewelry at an affordable price. Our selection features pendants, bracelets, rings, necklaces, earrings and many types of semi-precious gems, fossils, and other elements. Many of our pieces are made by owner, Pata Warner, with flair and style. Still others are hand selected by Pata during buying trips to the silver markets of Mexico.
Shop our Independence, Wisconsin, store or host a private jewelry party here or at your location. Our Independence store is an easy and scenic drive from either Eau Claire, LaCrosse, or the surrounding area.
Store Hours:
Monday-Friday 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
*Also open by appointment
Shop online by clicking on the Etsy or ArtFire link below. Only a very small portion of our large and changing inventory is available for purchasing online at this time.
Hair feathers and colored extensions
Do you like the look of the hair feathers or small pieces of colored hair extensions? Choose from many styles and colors and have Pata attach them for you right away. Add excitement to your spring look!
Mexican Pottery Planters back! Click here to see some of what we have to choose from.
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CW11 Shows -).
This Kiss, 04/16 (#219).
If Tomorrow Never Comes, 04/23).
I'm Moving On, 04/30. Janice Cooke directed the episode written by Donald Todd (#221).
Why Don't We Get Drunk, 04/09
COMPETITION " Lavons ons).
Walkin' After Midnight, 05/28).
On the Road Again, 05/07 (#222).
Take Me Home, Country Roads, 03/19).
The Gambler, 03/25).
Where I Lead Me, 04/01 (#216).
Islands in the Stream, 04/02).
We are Never Ever Getting Back Together, 04/08) and Wade are forced to work together at the church's casino fundraiser, but when money goes missing suspicion immediately falls on Wade. Meanwhile, Brick (Tim Matheson) and Shelby's (guest star Laura Bell Bundy) big decision about their relationship pushes a concerned Lemon (Jaime King) to try and sabotage things with the help of George (Scott Porter.) David Paymer directed the episode written by Jamie Gorenberg (#217).
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I was handed the task of ordering uniforms for my team this year and right away, I needed help. The team sales group at South Swell helped me find the right package for our budget and the the players loved the designs they came up with. Thanks again ... read more
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Faculty Meeting Minutes
February 28, 2012
FACULTY MEETING MINUTES, February 28, 2012, Olin 105
Approved
The meeting was called to order at 11:30 by President Schrum.
The minutes of the January 24, 2012, faculty meeting were approved on a voice vote.
The list of candidates for May graduation was approved on a voice vote.
Reports
University Council. Jim Hunt reported that there was no business for the faculty to consider but that the council was becoming more proactive.
Academic Affairs Council. Suzanne Buchele moved, on behalf of the council, that the final draft of the QEP proposal be adopted. In the ensuing discussion several questions were raised and answered: Can clusters include courses that have just a module with cluster-related material? (Yes, the purpose of the cluster system to stimulate conversation.) Will there be a formal process for approving courses for clusters? (Yes, but we will wait to include any “recommendations” from SACS to set up the final process and it will remain under AAC supervision.) Is the cluster paradigm widespread among colleges? (No; ours is unusual although not unique.)
The proposal was approved by secret ballot, 76 for and 6 against, with 3 abstentions.
Faculty Affairs Council. Brian Neighbors moved adoption of a revised Statement on Religious Diversity. The proposal was approved by voice vote. Text of the Statement is included as attachment A. Dr. Neighbors also reported that the council was continuing its work on the Faculty Evaluation Task Force proposal on criteria for promotion to full professor. The council welcomes feedback from faculty in this attempt to systematize the process and eliminate inconsistencies. Issues raised in the discussion included possibly requiring five years at the associate level before eligibility for promotion; defining scholarly achievement, noting among other points that conference presentations are not equivalent to journal publications; the failure to provide a grandfather clause for faculty members hired under the current standards; a possible review process for full professors; better teaching review procedures, including addressing possible gender bias in student evaluations; and mentoring junior faculty in both teaching and research areas.
President’s report. Mary Visser has been named to the Herman Brown Chair. Theresa Sullivan, president of the University of Virginia, will be the 2012 commencement speaker. The Brown Foundation has been asked to grant 3 million dollars for work on the science building. The locker room in the Robertson Center will be named for recently deceased baseball coach Jim Mallon.
Provost’s report. Jim Hunt announced the hiring of two new assistant professors, Valerie Renegar in Communication Studies and Erin Crockett in Psychology. A promised bequest has been made by alumnus Joe Taylor, now 60 years old, of 5 to 15 million dollars, to be directed toward academic purposes. The new football coach (Joe Austin), coming to Southwestern from Hanover College, has arrived and begun work. Planning continues on the institution of a January term next year. This will result in a one-week delay in the start of the second semester.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:21.
Submitted by
Fred Sellers
Faculty Secretary
Attachment A
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Newsroom
Building Community Through Gardening
- Staff member Kim Murphy helps her daughter, Norah, pick beans in the community garden
- Staff member Paulette Butterworth works win her son, Drew (right), in the community garden.
- Molly Jensen (left) shows staff member Lou Ann Moore what is in her first bag of produce from the garden.
- Children helping with composting.
Southwestern employees trade work in the garden for fresh produce
Even though the students are gone for the summer, Southwestern’s community garden is still bustling with activity.
On a recent Thursday morning, more than 20 people – half of whom were children – could be found in the garden harvesting, weeding, composting and bagging produce for distribution.
It’s all part of a new program started by Molly Jensen, a religion professor who also serves as the faculty advisor for the community garden.
Jensen offered Southwestern faculty and staff members the opportunity to receive a free bag of fresh produce each week in exchange for 10 hours of work in the garden over the summer. The response to her offer was so overwhelming she had to put some people on a waiting list.
“Within 15 minutes of sending out the notice I had 40 people who were interested,” she said.
Jensen held orientation sessions to familiarize all the new volunteers with the garden and the different tasks they can help with – from weeding and watering to planting and picking. It’s all part of a new trend known as Community Supported Agriculture (CSA).
Many of those who signed up said they did so because they wanted their children to learn where their food comes from.
“My daughter had no sense of where her food comes from,” said Kim Murphy, assistant dean for academic success and advising. Murphy was full of enthusiasm as her six-year-old daughter, Norah, found beans to pick in the garden on the first harvest day. She said they planned to make a side dish of the beans to go with a homemade pizza.
Others said they signed up to learn more about gardening from Jensen, who worked at the Sustainable Food Center in Austin before joining the Southwestern faculty.
“I’d like to have a garden at home, but I don’t know anything about gardening,” said Paulette Butterworth, associate director of Advancement Information Services in University Relations. “This has been an incredible learning experience.” Butterworth brought her seven-year-old son, Drew, to help in the garden on the first harvest day. “He had a blast,” she said. “He is already asking to go back.”
On May 31, all those who signed up to participate in the program received their first bag of produce. The bags contained beans, basil, mint, banana peppers and some greens. Jensen was beaming as she handed them out.
“This is a happy day,” she said.
Future harvests from the garden this summer are expected to include tomatoes, squash, corn, okra and lettuce. Jensen is encouraging participants to share recipes that use the produce they are receiving.
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More than a year of planning, fundraising and construction came to fruition in February as Southwesterns first Habitat for Humanity house was dedicated.
In all, Southwestern volunteers put more than 930 hours into the project. Several parents visiting campus for Family Days even pitched in by helping landscape the house.
The result is a 1,200-square-foot house for Olga Chairez and her two children, Eduardo and Kimberly. Chairez received keys to the house, along with a ceremonial toolbox, at an official dedication ceremony Feb. 17. Among those attending the ceremony was Congressman John Carter, who praised Georgetown for its commitment to building an entire Habitat for Humanity neighborhood. The Southwestern house is one of 20 planned for the Old Mill Village neighborhood, located on the site of a former cottonseed oil factory.
Sophomore Tyler Deatonone of many students who helped work on the househad the opportunity to meet the Chairez family and experience their gratitude firsthand. The tears Ive seen and the huge smiles on the childrens faces makes me think that this is worth so much more than $50,000 and hundreds of hours of work, he says. Southwestern had to raise $50,000 to sponsor the house.
Leyka Ishibashi, another sophomore who worked on the project, says she was inspired by the Southwestern communitys response to the project. It is nice to see that people dont need to get paid to help someone, she explains. Without the volunteer support, the house could not have been completed.
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Quote:Chapter 39 - A High Standard"Is your daughter a college student?" asked the librarian who used to give me the books on Zoya's list.The lists were always long and varied. What did Zoya not read for her paper on the Paris Commune! There were historical works and translations from the French worker poets—Pottier and Clement. She read even more books about the Patriotic War of 1812. Her imagination was fired by Kutuzov and Bagration and the battles they fought, and she would rapturously repeat whole passages from Tolstoy's War and Peace by heart. Preparing for her report on Ilya Muromets, the folklore hero, she made up a long list of rare books, which I sought out with difficulty in various libraries.It was no news to me that Zoya could work seriously, go straight to the very deepest source, to the very heart of the matter, that she could bury herself in her subject. But before Chernyshevsky she had never given herself up to any pursuit so completely and unreservedly. The day she became acquainted with Chernyshevsky was one of the most important in Zoya's life.When she came home from the lesson at which Vera Sergeyevna had told the children about Chernyshevsky's life, Zoya said, "I want to know everything about him, Mummy! And at school we've only got What Is To Be Done? Please find out what they have in your library. I should like to have a big lull biography, and the correspondence and memoirs of his contemporaries. I want to be able to picture to myself what he was like in life."A reticent girl, Zoya suddenly became talkative Apparently she needed to share every thought, ever discovery, every new spark ignited by the things she had read.She would show me an old biography of Chernyshevsky, and say, "Here it says that in his first years as a student he took no interest in anything except study. But take a look at the Latin poetry he gave his cousin ft translate: 'May justice triumph or the world perish!' Or this: 'May falsehood vanish or the heavens fall!' Could that just be by chance…? And here, from a letter to the literary critic A. N. Pypin: 'To work not for transient glory but for the eternal glory of your Fatherland and for the good of mankind—what can be higher and more desirable than this?' Mama, I won't bother you any more but just listen to this. It's a note in his diary: 'I shall gladly give up my life for the triumph of my convictions! For the triumph of freedom, equality, brotherhood and prosperity, for the destruction of poverty and sin! If 1 am convinced that my convictions are just, and that they will triumph, I will not even regret not seeing the day when they shall triumph and rule, and death itself will be sweet, not bitter, be I only convinced of this'…To think of anyone saying after that that he was only interested in study!"Once she began to read What Is To Be Done? Zoya could not tear herself away from the book. She was so absorbed in it that for the first time in her life, I think, she forgot to warm up the dinner at the usual hour. She hardly noticed me come in. For a second she gazed at me with faraway, unseeing eyes, and again bent over the book. Without disturbing her I lighted the kerosene stove, put on the soup, and took the bucket to pour water into the wash basin. It was only then that Zoya stirred, jumped up and grasped the bucket from me with the words, "I'll do it myself!"That night, after supper was over, Shura and I went to bed. When I awoke late at night, Zoya was still reading. I got up, took the book from her in silence and placed it on the shelf. Zoya looked at me guiltily and imploringly."It's difficult for me to sleep with the light, and I must be up early tomorrow," I said, knowing that only this would persuade her.In the morning Shura could not resist teasing his sister. "You know, Mummy, Zoya dived into that book as soon as she came back from school yesterday. And I saw she was lost to the world. I expect she'll soon begin sleeping on nails like Rakhmetov."Zoya said nothing, but in the evening she came home from school with a book quoting Georgi Dimitrov's words about Rakhmetov—how the Russian writer's hero had become a model for the young Bulgarian worker taking his first steps in the revolutionary movement. Dimitrov wrote how in his youth he had striven to become just as firm, strong-willed and seasoned as Rakhmetov, how he had striven to subjugate his own personal life to the great cause—the struggle for the liberation of the toilers."The Life of Chernyshevsky"—was the theme of Zoya's next essay. She read and searched tirelessly for more and more material, and frequently unearthed facts of winch I had no knowledge.Zoya described the civil (i.e., mock) execution of Chernyshevsky with laconic eloquence. The dull wet morning, the scaffold with the black post and chains, and the black board with the white letters "State Criminal," which they hung on Chernyshevsky's neck.Then, the three months of hard exhausting travel, hundreds and thousands of long endless versts. And at last Kadaya—the remote Siberian convict settlement where the tsarist government tried to extinguish "the bright torch of banished science."In one of her books Zoya found an ink drawing or rather a sketch, done by one of the political exiles, of the hut where Chernyshevsky lived. Shura, stirred by Zoya's enthusiasm, copied this sketch into her notebook, and succeeded in conveying the main thing: the despair gripping the cold deserted region. The hard line of the horizon, the marsh, the sandy wastes, a thin dwarfish forest, the crosses on the graves—all this seemed crushed by the low sullen skies; and crushed also by a terrible weight was the little hut itself, behind the walls of which one could expect neither warmth, nor comfort, nor joy.The years dragged on in loneliness…A cheerless dreary life. And the more incredible seemed the letters which Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky wrote to his wife and children, letters full of warmth, light, tenderness and love, which took months to arrive through the night and snow.Thus passed seven long years. What a remarkable letter Chernyshevsky writes on the eve of his release to his wile Olga Sokratovna!"My dear friend, my joy, my only love and thought. I write to you on the anniversary of our wedding. My dear joy, I thank you for bringing light to my life… On the 10th of August I shall cease to be idle and useless to you and the children. By the autumn I think I shall find a place in Irkutsk, or near Irkutsk, and shall be able to work as before… Soon everything will begin to go right…From this autumn…Every word breathes the confidence and hope that they will meet soon. But instead—exile to Vilyuisk, and another thirteen long years of loneliness! The cold severe winter lasting half a year, and all round—marshland and tundra. These are the hardest years of imprisonment, not even lightened by the hope of release. There is nothing ahead. Only loneliness, and the night and snow…And then there comes to Chernyshevsky a Colonel Vinnikov who hands him the government's proposal that he should send in a petition for pardon. Release and return to his native land is the promised reward."For what should I ask pardon?" replies Chernyshevsky. "That is the question…It seems to me that I have been exiled merely because my head and the head of the chief of the gendarmerie Shuvalov vary in structure, and can one ask pardon for that? Thank you for your pains… I absolutely refuse to ask for pardon…And once again time dragged on. Day after day, year after year life ebbed away.His is an active, mighty mind which so longs to work and create, which can see so far into the future! It is his hand that wrote those wrathful and impassioned proclamaitions to the Russian peasants. It was his voice that urged Hertzen not to call to prayer in his Kololeol but to call on Russia to take up the axe. All his life he devoted to one thing, strove always towards one goal—that the oppressed should obtain freedom. Even to his bride he said once: "I do not belong to myself, I have chosen another path which threatens me with prison and exile." And this man was condemned to what was for him the most terrible torture—inactivity. He was not even allowed to shake the hand of his dying friend and bid him a word of farewell.Nekrasov was dying—the news was a cruel blow to Chernyshevsky. "If Nekrasov still breathes when you receive my letter," he wrote to Pypin, "fell him that I love him dearly as a human being, that I thank him for his kind disposition towards me, that I kiss him, that I am convinced his fame will be immortal, that Russia's love for him, the most noble, the most brilliant of all Russian poets, is eternal. I sob for him…This letter took three months to arrive—and reached Nekrasov when he was still alive. "Tell Nikolai Gavrilovich," the dying man said, "that I am very grateful to him. Now I am comforted: his words are dearer to me than those of anyone else…After twenty years of hard labour and exile Chernyshevsky at last returns to his native parts. He is full of impatience and impetuosity. He rushes on, without stopping anywhere, without giving himself an hour's rest through the whole of his long difficult journey. At last he reaches Astrakhan. And here again comes a cruel blow: Chernyshevsky is deprived of the opportunity to work. Who, what magazine will publish the articles of a "state criminal"? And again inactivity, again silence and emptiness all round.Not long before Chernyshevsky's death he was visited by the writer Korolenko. Nikolai Gavrilovich refused to be pitied, recalls Korolenko. "He always had complete control of himself, and if he suffered—and could he help suffering cruelly!—he always suffered proudly, by himself, not sharing his bitter grief with anyone."Zoya read us her essay aloud. Both Shura and I said what we thought, "Very good!" "One day," said Shura, pacing about the room, "I mean to paint a big picture. It will be called 'The Civil Execution of Chernyshevsky.'""That's what Hertzen wrote," Zoya quickly put in. "He wrote: 'Will not someone paint a picture—Chernyshevsky in the pillory?' He said that such a picture would expose—how did he put it?—would expose the obtuse scoundrels who pilloried human thought.""I can see it all," went on Shura, hardly letting her finish. "Both the girl who threw flowers to him, and the officer who shouted 'Farewell!' And I can see Chernyshevsky himself at that moment, you know, when the executioner broke the sword above his head…They have forced Chernyshevsky to his knees but all the same, you can see at once from his face that he is not conquered and never will be conquered!"The next day I had scarcely appeared at the door when Shura shouted, "Mama, Vera Sergeyevna called out Zoya! And, just think, she asked about the life and work of Chernyshevsky!""Well?""'Excellent'! 'Excellent'! The whole class listened open-mouthed. Me too, although I knew it so well already! And Vera Sergeyevna was very pleased!"Zoya received an "excellent" for her essay too."She deserved it," I said."Not half!" exclaimed Shura.One might have thought that the "excellent" would mark the completion of Zoya's work. But it was not so. Her acquaintance with Chernyshevsky, his life and his books, meant very much to Zoya. Chernyshevsky became for her a high standard of thought and deed. That was the real sum total of Zoya's work on her essay.
Quote:There is a round site in the park not far from Pokrovskiye Gates with the monument to 19-th century writer and thinker Nikolai Chernyshevsky. The author of the monument is Juriy Neroda the tsarist regime to seven years of penal servitude and lifelong exile to Siberia. He wrote his famous novel "What Is to Be Done?" in the Petropavlovskaya Fortress, in the dreadful Alexeyevskiy Ravelin.
Quote:What Is To Be Doneby Nikolai Chernyshevsky, 1863"About 2:30 a.m., on a dark, cloudy night, there was a sudden flash of light and the sound of a shot from the middle of the Liteiny Bridge. The night watchmen ran toward the noise and a few passers-by gathered around. But no one was there and there was nothing left on the spot from which the sound had come. It appeared that someone had shot himself, rather than shot at someone else. A few men volunteered to dive; after a while some boathooks were produced and then even a fisherman's net. They dived, searched, fished around, caught some fifty large spars, but failed to retrieve even one body. How could they? It was so dark! During those two intervening hours the body must have been washed out to sea. Go and search along the shore. There emerged, as a result, a group of "progressives" who rejected the previous proposition: "Perhaps there never was a body. Maybe it was some drunk or mischiefmaker fooling around - someone who fired a shot and then ran off. Or else, I wonder, could he be standing here right now among this bustling crowd, chuckling about the fuss he's caused."But the majority, as always when they are behaving sensibly, turned out to be "conservative" and defended their position: "What nonsense! Fooling around! No, someone put a bullet through his head and that's all there is to it!" The progressives were defeated. But, as usual, the victorious party split immediately after its victory. All right. So he blew his brains out. But why did he do it? Some of the conservatives were of the opinion that he was "dead drunk"; others argued that perhaps he had "gone broke". Someone else observed that he was simply a fool. On this view, "simply a fool", everyone was in agreement, even those who denied that he had shot himself. Indeed, whether it was someone drunk or broke who had shot himself, or some mischiefmaker who hadn't shot himself but was only playing a trick, it was still a stupid, foolish thing to do.Thus the affair on the bridge that night came to an end. The next morning in the hotel at the Moscow Railway Station it was discovered that the fool had not been fooling around at all, but really had shot himself. But in the resolution of this affair there remained one element with which even the defeated party could agree: namely, that even if someone had not been making mischief but really had shot himself, he was still a fool. This result, satisfactory for all concerned, was particularly sound precisely because of the triumph it afforded the conservatives. Indeed, if someone had merely played a prank with that shot on the bridge, then, in fact, it would still be open to question whether the person was a fool or merely a mischiefmaker. But someone who shot himself on the bridge! Who would shoot himself on a bridge? How could it happen? For what purpose? How stupid to do it on a bridge! Therefore, this someone was undoubtedly a fool.Once again doubts began to occur: someone had shot himself on a bridge. But people don't shoot themselves on bridges; therefore, he didn't shoot himself. But toward evening the staff of the hotel was summoned to the police station to identify a peaked cap that had a bullet hole in it and had been fished out of the water. Everyone confirmed that the cap was the very one the guest had been wearing. Thus he had undoubtedly shot himself; the spirit of protest and progress was decisively defeated.Everyone was in agreement that he was a "fool". But suddenly they all declared: "How shrewd to do it on a bridge! If his aim is poor, it would obviously end his suffering at once. Good thinking! If he had been wounded, he would have fallen into the water and drowned before he could regain consciousness. Yes indeed, on a bridge...very clever!"One couldn't make any sense whatever of this whole affair: he was both a fool and very clever."
Quote:The fortress covers more than 300 acres with its six bastions and six courtines, two ravelins, and the wide red-brick cronwerk erected by Nicholas I. on the north. It has, within its enclosure, plenty of all kinds of accommodation for all kinds of prisoners. Nobody, except the commander of the place, knows all of theman,, Dimitri Pissareff was imprisoned for having taken up the same noble work. Compelled to abandon it in the fortress, he did not lie idle: he wrote his remarkable analysis of the “Origin of.
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Quote:President (interrupting Dimitrov): It is none of your business to criticize us here. Dimitrov:. I have often been reproached for not taking the highest Court in Germany seriously. That is absolutely unjustified. It is true that the supreme law for me as a Communist is the programme of the Communist International, the supreme court - the Control Commission of the Communist International. But to me as an accused man the Supreme Court of the Reich is something to be considered in all seriousness - not only in that its members possess high legal qualifications, but also because it is a highly important organism of state power, of the ruling order of society: a body Which can dispose of the highest penalties. I can say with an easy conscience that everything which I have stated to this Court and everything which I have spoken to the public is the truth and nothing but the truth. As regards my Party, which has been forced underground, I have refused to make any statements. I have always spoken with seriousness and from my inner convictions. President: I shall not permit you to indulge in Communist propaganda in this Court. You have persisted in it. If you do not refrain I shall have to prevent you from speaking. Dimitrov: I must deny absolutely the suggestion that I have pursued propagandist aims. It may be that my defence before this Court has had a certain propagandist effect. It is also possible that my conduct before this Court may serve as an example for other accused Communists. But those were not the aims of my defence. My aims were these: to refute the indictment and to refute the accusation that Dimitrov, Torgler, Popov, and Tanev, that the German Communist Party and the Communist International had anything to do with the fire. I know that no one in Bulgaria believes in our alleged complicity in the Reichstag fire. I know that everywhere else abroad hardly anyone believes that we have anything to do with it. But in Germany other conditions prevail and in Germany it is not impossible that people might believe such extraordinary assertions. For this reason I desired to prove that the. Communist Party had and has nothing whatever to do with the crime. If the question of propaganda is to be raised, then I may fairly say that many utterances made within this Court were of a propagandist character. The speeches here of Goebbels and Goering had an indirect propagandist effect favourable to Communism, but no one can reproach them for their speeches having produced such results (commotion and laughter in court). I have not only been roundly abused by the press - something to which I am completely indifferent - but my Bulgarian people have also, through me, been characterized as savage and barbarous. I have been called a suspicious character from the Balkans, and a wild Bulgarian, I cannot allow such things to pass in silence. It is true that Bulgarian fascism is savage and barbarous. But the Bulgarian workers and peasants, the Bulgarian people's intelligentsia are by no means savage or barbarous. It is true that the standard of life is not so high in the Balkans as elsewhere in Europe, but it is false to say that the people of Bulgaria are politically or mentally on a lower scale than the peoples of other countries. Our political struggle, our political aspirations are no less lofty than those of other peoples. A people which lived for five hundred years under a foreign yoke without losing its language and its national character, our working class and peasantry who have fought and are fighting against Bulgarian fascism and for Communism - such a people is not savage and barbarous. Only fascism in Bulgaria is savage and barbarous. But I ask you, in what country does not fascism bear these qualities?
Quote:Rakhmetov was created by Nikolai Chernyshevsky and appeared in Chto Delat? (What is to be done?) (1862-1863) Chernyshevsky (1828-1889) was a Russian socialist, reformer, and writer; he wrote for the radical journal Contemporary. What is to be done? was his most influential work, though, giving him the reputation as a forerunner of the Russian revolutionary movement as well as a primary influence on Dostoevsky, Notes from the Underground, and Crime and Punishment. Rakhmetov is an exceptional person in many ways. Among the boatmen of the Volga Rakhmetov is known as "Nikitushka Lomof," after the legendarily huge and strong boatman hero. Rakhmetov wasn't born strong, but at age seventeen decided to improve himself, and so spent hours practicing gymnastics. Rakhmetov also spent time as a "common laborer," improving his physical strength, and feeding himself a special diet. The result was that he became exceptionally, almost superhumanly, strong. (At one point he catches the axle of a runaway wagon and holds it for long enough to stop the horses). He read widely, in philosophy, science, and literature, always trying to improve his mind and become as knowledgeable as possible. He traveled across Europe and North America, studying other languages, cultures, and peoples. The result is that Rakhmetov becomes, in the words of a critic, "the prototype of hard-headed materialism and pragmatism, of total dissatisfaction with the government, and of the self-sacrificing nobility of spirit that was the ideal of many of the radical intelligentsia." Rakhmetov is a rationalist and ascetic who prepares himself for total and complete revolution against the Czarist regime. He is, in other words, a revolutionary Doc Savage.
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Quote: Berlioz was fortunate to have made his visit in 1847. After the upheavals of 1848, the final years of the Emperor’s rule were darkened still further by the spectre of revolution and conspiracy. Censorship became more prohibitive, the agents of the Third Department – the secret police – stepped up their surveillance of dissidents; private letters were routinely opened; societies were infiltrated. Among those arrested for conspiracy in 1849 was the twenty-eight year-old Dostoevskii. Along with twenty others, he was subjected to a terrifying mock execution in Semenovskii Square in the centre of St Petersburg, before being sent to Siberia. He was not allowed back to Russia until four years after Nicholas’s death.
Quote:In October of 1941, still arishchevo (Moscow Oblast) on November 27, 1941. Details of the assignment and the arrest were classified for sixty years due to the fact that there was a treachery in this case.The criminal case number 16440 was declassified in 2002. The case was then reviewed by Russia's Chief Military Prosecutor Office, and it decided, that Vasily Klubkov, who betrayed Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, is not the subject for rehabilitation. According to the criminal case 16440, three Soviet combatants: Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Vasily Klubkov, and their commander Boris Krainov had to perform acts of sabotage on the Soviet territory occupied by the Nazis. They had the task of setting fire to houses in the village of Petrishchevo, where the Nazis were quartered. Krainov should operate in the central part of the village, Kosmodemyanskaya in the southern and Klubkov in the northern one. Krainov had carried out the task first and returned to the base. Zoya had performed her task too, as was evidenced by three tongues of flame in the southern part of Petrischevo, seen from the base. Only the northern part was not set to fire at all. According to Klubkov he was captured by two Nazi soldiers and brought into their staff. The Nazi officer threatened to kill him and Klubkov told names of Kosmodemyanskaya and Krainov, who had similar tasks to Klubkov's one. After this Kosmodemyanskaya was captured by the Nazis.[1][2]Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was tortured and humiliated. In particular, she was undressed and beaten with rubber sticks for two or three hours by several Nazis. But Kosmodemyanskaya did not give away the names of her comrades or her real name (claiming that it was Tanya). She said: "Kill me, I'll tell you nothing" (Russian: "Убейте меня, я вам ничего не скажу"). [1] (February 16, 1942).
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'We will protect you' - Mine inquiry
The Marikana Commission of Inquiry has assured provision of the government's witness protection programme for people due to testify, but who fear for their safety.
"If there is a serious threat to anyone who is a witness, they must approach the commission for protection immediately, the commission's spokesman, advocate Kevin Malunga, has said. "We want to ensure that the commission's work is not compromised."
This comes after National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) branch leader Dalivuyo Bongo was shot dead at his home in Marikana, North West, on Friday night.
On Tuesday, Bongo was among those who took part in the commision's in loco inspection of the hill where 34 people lost their lives when police opened fire on striking Lonmin mine workers in August.
Malunga said Bongo's death was unfortunate and unexpected.
"There was no sign that three days later he would be killed, we saw that there was no unity among the involved organisations but we cannot say if Bongo's death was linked with rivalry," Malunga said.
NUM spokesperson Lesiba Seshoka called the attack an "assassination". "This (Bongo's death) comes after another death, of the NUM branch chairperson last weekend and the attack on another branch leader, who escaped but his wife was killed," said Seshoka.
He declined divulging their names, saying their next of kin had not yet been informed.
Seshoka said five NUM members, two of whom were shop stewards, were killed in violence associated with a strike at Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana between August 10 and August 16. Of the 34 people shot dead by police trying to disperse a group of protesters on August 16, 14 were NUM members, he said.
Malunga also revealed at the weekend that the commission was still consulting legal experts following a call for the government to pay legal fees to the families of the civilians who lost their lives following the Lonmin Marikana strike.
Supporting the call, Reverend Mautji Pataki of the South African Council of Churches said the government paying legal fees would be an indication that the commission was committed to "producing justice for all those who were wronged".
On Sunday, Malunga said while understanding the dire situation in which the families of the deceased found themselves, legally the commission cannot commit itself to providing legal assistance to individuals. He pointed out that such a move would put a financial strain on the already cash-strapped commission.
The commission was adjourned last week until October 22.
- This article first appeared in the printed newspaper on October 8
PapageAre you going to ask the police to sleep at their doors? I dont believe this, the very same police might be the killers, remember they killed these people before.
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The revised estimate by Gartner projects that IT spending will be slightly more than previously expected, climbing three percent from the prior year's tally.
"While the challenges facing global economic growth persist -- the eurozone crisis, weaker US recovery, a slowdown in China -- the outlook has at least stabilized," said Gartner research vice president Richard Gordon.
"There has been little change in either business confidence or consumer sentiment in the past quarter, so the short-term outlook is for continued caution in IT spending."
Investments in storing data or hosting computer services in the Internet "cloud" and in telecom equipment and services were bright spots in the growth outlook, according to Gartner.
Companies were on track to spend a combined total of nearly $1.7 trillion on telecom services and $377 billion on telecom equipment in what would represent increases of 1.4 percent and 10.8 percent, respectively, from the prior year.
Researchers expected spending on public cloud services to grow from $91 billion last year to $207 billion by the year 2016.
"Business process as a service still accounts for the vast majority of cloud spending by enterprises, but other areas such as platform as a service, software as a service and infrastructure as a service are growing faster," Gordon said.
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Contact information for the Netherlands Space Office (NSO)Mailing Address:PO Box 931442509 AC Den Haag Visiting Address:Centre Court gebouwPrinses Beatrixlaan 22595 AL Den Haag Telephone: +31 88 602 4500e-mail: [email protected]:
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How to Completely Uninstall a Computer Program
If you have recently uninstalled some computer applications and your computer is running slowly or freezing and crashing on a regular basis, the problem may be due to failure to completely uninstall a program from your computer.
When you use the Add/Remove programs feature under the Control Panel in your Windows operating system to uninstall programs, this feature does not completely uninstall the program. As a result and over a period of time, you end up with uninstall errors that affect the proper functioning of your PC's operating system. This is because there are still left over files in the registry of your computer after removing the program from the operating system.
How to Completely Uninstall a Program from Your PC
- Add/Remove Programs: Although this program does not completely uninstall a program from your PC's operating system, it is the first of several steps that you should take to completely uninstall a program from the operating system. You can use this feature by clicking on the "Start" menu on the main toolbar of your desktop and then selecting "Control Panel." Inside the Control Panel click on "Add or Remove Programs" to generate a list of programs on your PC. Select the program you want to remove and click on "Remove" to uninstall the program. When the process is complete, reboot your computer's operating system.
- Independent Uninstaller: There are several program uninstallers that you can download such as the Windows Installer Clean-Up Utility to remove programs from your computer. A lot of time the independent uninstaller will catch files that were not removed by the Add or Remove Programs option under the Control Panel. An independent uninstaller program is also helpful when the program you recently removed was quite large in size and required a lot of files for operation.
- Program Uninstall: Some of the programs you install on your computer have an additional program uninstall that is located in the folder for the program. To remove all of the files from the program you have to go to the folder of the program and then uninstall the files from there. This can also be accomplished by clicking on "Start" on the main toolbar of your desktop, selecting "All Programs" and then choosing the program you want to uninstall. Under that icon you will find an uninstall option that will help you delete the files from the folder in the program.
- Registry Cleaner: When you uninstall a program there are usually files left over in the PC's registry. This is why it is necessary to deploy a reputable registry cleaner that will remove the remainder of the files that are left over from the program that you uninstalled. The registry scans for the file entries so it can identify and remove them from the operating system. Before using a registry cleaner make sure you backup the registry on a separate portable storage device to ensure you can restore your PC to its original state if anything happens during the removal process.
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The Spartan Advanced Protection System (APS)[1] is an unequaled occupant restraint system developed specifically for Emergency Response vehicles. APS includes additional airbag positions, supersized side curtain airbags, advanced seat belts and outboard sensors that enable an intelligent restraint control module. APS provides best-in-class protection against frontal impact, rollover, side impact and occupant ejection; because protection moving to and from the scene is every bit as important as what is available on-scene.
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Spartan Chassis custom cabs are constructed with reinforced roof structures, C-channel roof supports, reinforced engine compartments, triple reinforced box front bulkheads, and reinforced front & rear step assemblies. Spartan participates in third party testing to validate the safety our cabs including, roof crush, front impact, roll stability control, airbags, seat mounting and seat belt restrain system validation. This ensures the safest Emergency Response cabs on the market.
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) is a system that helps maintain vehicle stability and aids in reducing vehicle rollovers. ESC monitors the vehicle’s rollover threshold and activates a computerized device to slow the vehicle when the threshold is approached. The prevention of accidents not only protects individuals, but it also saves your department valuable time and money.
LED lights integrated on the inside cab entry doors to alert traffic of open doors.
[1] Patent Pending [2] Optional Safety Features [3] On average, there are over 4,300 firefighters injured per year in traffic accidents. The Advanced Protection System (APS) from Spartan Chassis provides excellent protection but does not replace the need for every vehicle occupant to wear his/her seat belt.
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Artificial Lift Company’s Advantage System is a rigless electrical-submersible-pump (ESP) solution. The system’s lightweight and compact design enables easier deployment in deviated wells and downhole monitoring with all industry-standard ESP gauges. Installation provides full-tubing access after slickline retrieval, enabling replacement operations under live-well conditions. The company’s proprietary permanent-magnet motor (Fig. 1) is one-third the length of a typical ESP induction motor and has fewer moving parts compared with an ESP induction motor. The shorter length enables the motor to operate in deviated wellbores. The 375 system (for 4.5- and 5.5-in. casing) has a horsepower range of 67 to 400 hp, and the 540 system (for 7-in. and larger casing) has a horsepower range of 250 to 900 hp. These horsepower ranges are all single-section motors, unlike a standard ESP system in which multiple motors are coupled to meet higher horsepower requirements. Electrical efficiencies and power factor are significantly higher at 90 to 93%, respectively, especially when the motor is operated in ranges from 40 to 100% of its nameplate rating.
- For additional information, email [email protected].
Large-Volume Sidewall Cores
Retrieving up to 50 1.5-in.-outside-diameter by 2.5-in.-long sidewall-core samples from a single descent into a well, the Schlumberger XL-Rock large-volume rotary sidewall-coring service (Fig. 2) closes the gap between core plugs from continuous conventional core and wireline-conveyed rotary sidewall cores. These large-diameter core samples deliver a rock volume equivalent to that of conventional core plugs, matching the industry’s standard sample size for most special-core-analysis measurements and enabling key answers in less time and at lower cost than with conventional coring. This coring service enables collecting sidewall-core samples equivalent to standard laboratory core plugs. Each sample is isolated for positive identification, and a summary output at surface lists all samples with the exact depth and time that each was taken. The real-time display at the logging unit confirms proper tool operation and sample acquisition. The coring tool is run in combination with a gamma ray tool to correlate with openhole logs for accurate, real-time depth control of the coring points. With this new coring capability, operators can characterize an extended reservoir interval in a single sidewall-coring descent instead of multiple sidewall-coring descents or multiple stands of whole-core retrieval.
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Frac-Pump Control
Lime Instruments’ Frac Pump Control System (Fig. 3) is designed to provide pump control while greatly enhancing worker safety and maintaining the properties needed in the oil field. National Instruments’ LabVIEW and CompactRIO platforms were used for customized software development, systems integration, and hardware design and installation in extreme rugged environments. This control system offers redundant operator controls for reliability, Ethernet cable for wired control, wireless controls with dynamic Internet-protocol addressing, and a high-performance control and monitoring system that combines embedded real-time field-programmable gate-array (FPGA) technology constructed with National Electrical Manufacturers Association 4X and zone-approved packages and has an operating-temperature range of −40 to 70°C. The FPGA-based control architecture stores code on the controller, enabling operators and technicians to monitor fracturing operations from the data van, and removing personnel from the “danger zones” of a hydraulic-fracturing operation. The company is currently working with operators and service companies to address best-management practices for safety and standardization of control and monitoring applications.
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Oxygen-Removal System
Global Industrial Water has developed a system to improve the offshore water-injection process. The Oxygon system uses no chemicals, weighs substantially less than conventional systems, and has a greatly reduced footprint. The membrane technology reduces the oxygen concentration in the water to less than 10 ppb. The system is rated to 300 psi and uses a simple cartridge-replacement process to reduce downtime. The compact skid design has a low total height and weight—30% less surface area than conventional degasifiers. As shown in Fig. 4, gases in the atmosphere dissolve in water until equilibrium is reached. Equilibrium between the liquid and gas phases is offset when a vacuum and/or source of strip gas is applied, thereby creating a driving force to move gases from the liquid phase into the gas phase. The system can be expanded to allow for redundancy with multiple contactors. O2, CO2, and N2 are controlled with one device. The system is environmentally friendly, is safe for employees, and does not require chemicals to operate.
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Downhole Drilling Motors
Sperry Drilling, a Halliburton business line, has introduced the SperryDrill XL/XLS and GeoForce XL/XLS series motors (Fig. 5) to its fleet of positive-displacement drilling motors. This series of motors delivers 80% more power, 65% more torque load, a 50% increase in operating differential pressure, and a shorter bit-to-bend distance for improved build rates. These motors afford more consistent power delivery to the bit while retaining power in reserve to withstand tough drilling conditions. In addition to providing more power, the motors are able to achieve higher build rates, unattainable with conventional motors, because of a shorter bit-to-bend distance. GeoForce motors have an internally contoured stator housing lined with uniform-thickness elastomer. They have accurately sized and matched rotors and stators based on downhole operating temperature, with an operating-temperature rating of 375°F, and a unique internal design that effectively resists heat degradation. These motors have been run in North and South America and in the Middle East.
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Real-Time Logging
Empirica, a member of Reservoir Group, is launching its Live Logging (Fig. 6), a real-time cloud-based system that allows operators and geologists to interact with wells from any computer or device at any time during the drilling process. This new technology will dramatically reduce the time required to view well data. The system enables instantaneous interaction, potentially optimizing the well-construction process. The system captures the human component of surface logging by allowing geologists to interact with personnel at the wellsite. The system also provides geologists and operators access to static data instantaneously, as well as the ability to see the notes, pictures, and interpretations made by the mud-logging engineer. This technology provides a full picture of what is happening on the rig, enabling operators to make better decisions about their asset.
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Operational Platform
Weatherford’s Enterprise Operations Platform provides cross-functional production users access to oil and gas operations, analysis, and optimization data. The network-centric architecture of the platform (Fig. 7) collects and processes real-time data from tens of thousands of field devices. Reference implementations of the platform have proved its capability to process in excess of one billion data updates from more than 15,000 field devices during a 24-hour period. The native historian function processes in excess of 5,000 values per second. This huge volume of operational information generated by large, diversified oil- and gas-production operations in the field is managed by the platform making a complete operational view of the business possible. Operational and business users across functional and geographic boundaries use this information to facilitate better decision making that drives increased operational efficiency and regulatory compliance. The platform’s deployment uses a flexible configuration and open integration. The system incorporates many configurable tools and utilities that provide efficient mapping of operational assets to integrate seamlessly with existing information-technology infrastructures by use of industry standards.
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Predictive Risk
Petrotechnics’ Proscient is an enterprise operational-performance and predictive-risk software platform (Fig. 8) that provides senior management with the ability to reduce operational risk, optimize performance, and drive continuous improvement across their global operations. Stakeholder expectations of operational performance have never been higher. The key to managing these expectations is to demonstrate good governance and the ability to deliver performance in a responsible and sustainable manner. The biggest area for operational risk is when people interact with a plant to perform repair and maintenance work. It is the largest area of high-potential incidents, the second leading cause of fatalities, and a significant contributing factor in process-safety incidents. This software addresses the critical area by intelligently embedding corporate, regional, and local policies and processes, ensuring that they are delivered consistently in frontline practice. It captures data as a part of routine work processes and enables establishing common metrics that can be used across an organization to better understand the operational risk associated with the work being performed.
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Beginning with the 29th Workshop in Bern, the Electronic Notes in Future Generation Computer Systems (ENFGCS) serve as the proceedings of the workshop. ENFGCS is a fully electronic journal that is tied to the paper journal Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS). The journals are published by Elsevier. The authors of best articles of the proceedings are invited by the editors of ENFGCS to elaborate their work for publication in FGCS.
From 1987 to 1992, Roland Henzi served as the editor of the SPEEDUP Journal. After the establishment of the Swiss Scientific Computing Center Centro Svizzero die Calcolo Scientifico (CSCS) in Fall 1991, Ralf Gruber and Alfred Scheidegger took over the responsibility for the SPEEDUP Journal in early 1992, followed by Karsten M. Decker, CSCS/SCSC, in Spring 1995, Martin H. Gutknecht, ETH Zurich, in Spring 1998, and Peter Arbenz, ETH Zurich, in Spring 2001.
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Veynes is a common French, located in the department of the Hautes-Alpes and the area Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure.
GeographySmall town of the high Alps, which counts in the 3500 inhabitants. 25 km in the west of Gap.
HistoryThe commune of Veynes is marked by its past railwayman, as a rail junction of the the Alps of the South. The lines Aix-en-Provence/Grenoble and Valence/Briançon cross in Veynes, it is " the star of Veynes". Of this past, the common one kept the nickname of " Veynes the rouge" because of the political tendency of the many railwaymen living the city.
Personalities related to the commune
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- Localization of Veynes on a chart of France and communes bordering
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Special thanks go out to Billy Talley and the Spencer County Track and Cross Country members who volunteered their time and talents at the face painting table and other areas. Special thanks are due to Kasey Shontz, Josh Talley, Christina Shawver, Travis O’Dell, Jacob Johnson, Tara Sorrels and Jackson Ransdell for their enthusiasm and service.
Thanks also are due to the wonderful staff of The Spencer Magnet for their community interest and support.
We received candy and donations from people in Indiana, and distant areas of Kentucky, as well.
Candy deliveries kept coming through November and have totaled more than 310 pounds.
To date, we have sent out 21 boxes, but still have several more.
If you have a family member or friend that is serving our country, and would like us to send them a package, please call our office this week (477-5800).
We will take care of the shipping, but we will need an address.
Lastly, thanks to my fantastic staff (and their families) for attending to all of the details to make this event a success.
The fourth candy buyback is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Thanks again for the awesome Spencer County support, and mark it on your calendar for November 2012.
We hope to see you there.
James “Randy” Ransdell, DMD
Elk Creek Dental Care
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Tina Bester has to be one of the most creative pastry chefs I know. I saw her recently putting a rasberry cake together and her little touch of genius was to dust the berries in cocoa power. Simple, sophisticated, but oh so effective.
She has just launched her third cookbook - Celebrate, and it’s all about having fun when entertaining.
The recipes are occasion based, and cover drinks and snacks, picnic feasts, indulgent suppers and glamorous dinner parties.
This is party food, and Tina shows you how to produce it in an easy accessible way and also how to make it all look wonderful.
It will give your food that “ooh” factor that will have guests impressed.
The photographs are stunning, as are the pictures of place settings, which are sure to stimulate the readers creativity.
Tina’s book costs an affordable R165 and is available in all decent bookshops.
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On 2012-07-16 13:40 NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> Wrote: >On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:31:55 +0800 majianpeng <majianpeng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> In commit e9c7469bb4f502dafc092166201bea1ad5fc0fbf: >> Tejun Heo introduced "implment REQ_FLUSH/FUA support". >> But for direct-write-blocks, it maybe for other purpose which like the >> regular file. >> And this flag will set STRIPE_PREREAD_ACTIVE which decreaed the change >> to full write. >> >> But this patch remove REQ_SYNC only judging the WRITE_ODIRECT,it will >> contail regular file.So it maybe not correctly. >> How can difference odriect_write between regular file or block file? > >Hi, > I think you are saying the when REQ_SYNC is used with O_DIRECT writes it is > having a negative effect on throughput because it allows the stripe to be > processed immediately without waiting for more requests to be added to the > stripe. > > Normal 'sync' requests use WRITE_SYNC which includes "REQ_NOIDLE" which means > /* don't anticipate more IO after this one */ > O_DIRECT request use WRITE_ODIRECT which does not include this flag. > > So maybe we should simply change raid5 to only set STRIPE_PREREAD_ACTIVE if > REQ_NOIDLE is set on the bio. I think this would have the same effect as > what you are trying to achieve. > Yes, thanks. my object is to so.But i didn't notice the REQ_NOIDLE so i used the REQ_FLAG. I'll tested and resend the patch. > Could you please try that and see if it has the desired effect on > performance? > >Thanks, >NeilBrown > >i.e. something like this: > >diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c >index d56d74d..2d72a57 100644 >--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c >+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c >@@ -4178,7 +4178); > > >> >> Signed-off-by: Jianpeng Ma <majianpeng@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/md/raid5.c | 3 +++ >> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c >> index 04348d7..8d2d4d1 100644 >> --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c >> +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c >> @@ -4010,6 +4010,9 @@ static void make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio * bi) >> chunk_aligned_read(mddev,bi)) >> return; >> >> + if (bi->bi_rw & WRITE_ODIRECT) >> + bi->bi_rw &= ~REQ_SYNC; >> + >> logical_sector = bi->bi_sector & ~((sector_t)STRIPE_SECTORS-1); >> last_sector = bi->bi_sector + (bi->bi_size>>9); >> bi->bi_next = NULL; > >?韬{.n?????%??檩??w?{.n???{炳盯w???塄}?财??j:+v??????2??璀??摺?囤??z夸z罐?+?????w棹f
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Rita Ora and Rob Kardashian Seal it with a Kiss
There?
Liam Hemsworth Wants Miley Cyrus off Twitter
So, there’s some speculation that Liam Hemsworth is not too happy with Miley Cyrus right now, this according to reports.
What we’ve been picking up is that Liam doesn’t like that she immediately posts her feelings and emotions on the social networking site because recently she posted a tweet that might have hurt his feelings. She said that she was pretty much looking for passion.
Anyways, Miley claims that there is no trouble in paradise but our experiences tell us that when you have to say that…usually there is.
Does Miley Cyrus Have an Achy Breaky Heart?
Kate Bosworth Confirms Engagement…Crushes the Hopes of Millions of Guys
Kate Bosworth just confirmed her engagement to Michael Polish. And now there are millions of guys around the world with hearts breaking worldwide.
Sure, we’re happy for the couple. We think they’re one of the best around…but let’s be honest…we all secretly dreamed of marrying her. You did, too. Don’t lie.
She posted this sultry pic to her Twitter, flashing her bedroom eyes and sparkly rock, and wanted to thank all the folks for the engagement well-wishes.
Now excuse us as we go cry in the corner.
Kim Kardashian Gives Fans a Behind-the-Scenes Peek of Her Beauty Makeover
Kim Kardashian always looks flawlessly faced for the flashbulbs, but not without help from her make-up artist.
The reality star, who is rarely photographed without her face fully painted, charted her beauty makeover and shared images of the process with her Twitter followers.
Kim was preparing for a photo shoot and documented her morning as her make-up artist, Scott Barnes, got to work transforming her.
The 31-year-old showed off the techniques the star make-up artist uses to contour.
She pulled a series of faces for the camera as she revealed the amount of foundation used to create her look.
Kardashian then flaunted what she described as the ‘finished product’ and shared before and after shots.
Justin Goes Shirtless, Shows Bedroom Eyes For Steamy Twitter Pics
This is as close as millions Yep, check out this racy …Not even bed head could put Of course, there were other This one showed off the face And if that wasn’t enough,
of girls will ever get to Justin Bieber’s bed.
photo the 18-year-old posted on Twitter…all dreamy-eyed and shirtless…
a hair out of place.
revealing pics.
you’d get during sweet pillow talk…and his new tattoo…which he says is a crown
if you couldn’t tell.
try this one on for size.
hallucinating…that really is him giving you smoldering look of love with
full-on sexiness.
Yep, check out this racy
…Not even bed head could put
Of course, there were other
This one showed off the face
And if that wasn’t enough,
And if you’re wondering what
you did to earn the miracle of 3 shirtless Bieber photos, then you’re not
alone.
Even Justin doesn’t know
why.
But with hair like that…does
it matter?
Kim Kardashian Goes Into Sexy Self-Snap Frenzy
Kim Kardashian has gone into picture overdrive!
After she got her hair done so beautifully, she’s been self snapping like crazy and who are we to stop her on this visually pleasing mission
So to recap her last three days, sit back, relax and enjoy the many faces of Kimmy K.
Seriously, if this is just three days of snaps, imagine a week.
Cheryl Cole Poses With Her Arm in a Sling After Car Crash
Just hours after a minor car crash which left her bloodied and bruised, Cheryl Cole has posed with her arm in a black sling and her winning smile.
The 29-year-old is seen after receiving treatment for the accident which happened in Los Angeles alongside her manager Will.i.am.
And she is already back at work in London today on promotional duties for her new tune “Under The Sun.”
The singer’s PA posted the snap on her Twitter page this morning alongside the caption: “One arm bandit but trust me her mouth still works! ?#nothingthematterwithher?.”
Britney Spears Shows Off Her Toned Bikini Body
She’s embarked on a search for the pop star of the future, someone with the X Factor.
But it looks like Britney Spears already has the X Factor to us!
The singer looked back to her best, as she posted a picture on her Twitter page, dressed in nothing but an itty bitty green floral bikini.
Looking tanned and toned, the star smiled for the camera.
Although her choice of accessory – some thick rimmed specs – seems like a bit of an odd addition to the look.
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Born Feb 4, 1984 Age 29
Hometown Merced, California Team Seattle Mariners ...
Position Starting pitcher Other Names Fister, Doug
Douglas Wildes Fister is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. Fister bats left-handed, and throws right-handed. He was born in Merced, California and attended Golden Valley High School. He then attended…
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2003 19 Years Old 2 More Events
Fister attended Merced College from 2003 to 2004.
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2004 20 Years Old Fister was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 49th round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft, however, Fister chose to transfer to Fresno State University.
2005 21 Years Old 1 More Event
In 2005, Fister led all Fresno State pitchers with seven wins; and was second on the team in innings pitched (93), and strikeouts (77).
2006 22 Years Old 2 More Events
In 2006, Fister had a combined record of 8–6 with a 4.10 earned run average (ERA) in 20 games, 19 starts.
2007 23 Years Old The next season, 2007, Fister played with the Double-A West Tenn Diamond Jaxx of the Southern League. …
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In 2011, Fister was the Mariners number three starter behind Felix Hernandez and Jason Vargas. …
2012 28 Years Old He also got a no-decision in Game 1 of the 2012 ALCS against the New York Yankees, despite surrendering no runs in innings of work. …
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January 30, 2010 in City on Page B1 The votes are tallied and the people’s verdict is in: Heck, yeah. Stick it to the downtown parking lot companies. Last week I asked readers to weigh in on my … 2
Parking jackpot made a lot of sense
January 23, 2010 in City on Page B1 The subject of today’s story: My ethically ambiguous revenge against Spokane’s downtown parking lots. For anyone who has jousted with the parking moguls of downtown Spokane, this may read like … 3
Rules clear paths for snow plows
October 8, 2009 in City on Page A1 After two harsh winters in a row, Spokane leaders are implementing new parking and shoveling rules to help maintain a clearer city. If a storm brings 2 inches of snow … 4
Museum restricts access to parking lot
April 18, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V8 Tired of speeding drivers using her parking lot as a doorstep and people illegally parking in her lot, Spokane Valley Heritage Museum director Jayne Singleton took action this week, plunking …
City hopes new signs clarify rules at meters
March 13, 2009 in City on Page A5 The city of Spokane will replace the signs it attached last month to meters in the new downtown Entertainment Parking District in an attempt clear up confusion over who can …
City to replace entertainment district signs
March 12, 2009 in City The City of Spokane will replace the signs it placed last month on meters in the new downtown Entertainment Parking District in an attempt clear up confusion over who can … 1
Spin Control: All signs point to drivers’ confusion
February 23, 2009 in City on Page A6 The city of Spokane has created a new type of parking sign in downtown, and a new parking district. And, shockingly enough, it has people confused. Drivers passing around the … 1
New parking signs confuse some motorists
February 19, 2009 in City In trying to alleviate one parking problem in downtown Spokane, the city has created another: confusion. 5
Several Browne’s Addition streets to close
August 9, 2007 in City on Page B3 Finding a prime parking spot in Browne’s Addition is rarely easy, but it will be nearly impossible in coming weeks as the city of Spokane repaves several key streets in …
Less is more, except in parking
July 16, 2007 in City on Page A1 The downtown life offers easy access to work, nightclubs, restaurants, shopping and cultural activities. What it doesn’t offer condo owners is much in the way of parking. Condo owners pay …
Parking Plan Ok’d
March 22, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 The city next fall will begin charging for parking year-round at its downtown lots. The City Council agreed Tuesday with a parking commission report that said providing year-round management would …
Parking Sprawl Clashes With Attempts To Reduce Dependence On Autos
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November 2, 2012 in Business, Nation/World, News President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney each got new evidence to bolster his closing argument Friday from an economic report showing more job creation and an uptick in … 68
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Finally, a simple and convenient solution to the age old problem of forgetting how many laps / lengths you have completed...never forget again! The SportCount range is used by swimmers, cyclists, runners and tri-athletes to accurately track progress whilst training. Each streamlined device fits neatly and comfortably onto your index finger and, via thumb operation, produces a useful range of real-time statistics. Keeping track of your improvements has never been so easy...use Sport Count as part of a structured, target driven training program to help you achieve your goals...good luck!
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Dusk To Dawn Swordfish Tournament and Charity Auction Postponed Due to Tropical Storm Katrina
For Immediate Release: August 25, 2005 - A Child Is Missing, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - First Annual Dusk to Dawn Swordfish Tournament & Charity Auction To Benefit A Child Is Missing has decided to postpone the event in it's entirety due to Tropical Storm Katrina.
To follow is the amended schedule of events.
Event dates - September 8 & September 10-11, 2005
Thursday Sept. 8 - 6-10 PM - Bahia Cabana - Registration/Kick-Off Party/Silent Auction
9 PM - Sword Fish Seminar Hosted by Captain Bouncer Smith
Saturday Sept 10 - Fishing Begins! Boats may leave from their home port
8:00 PM - Lines In
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Sunday - 6-11 AM - Swimming Hall of Fame - BIG Pancake Breakfast provided by the Ft. Lauderdale Kiwanis, Raffle & Awards
Entry fee $500 per boat- Includes all food and drink tickets, tournament bag and shirt for each angler. $200 of each entry fee will be awarded as cash prizes for top three catches! The remainder of your entry fee goes directly to A Child Is Missing Alert Program.
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Chelsea players must share blame, says Cech
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Chelsea’s players must shoulder the blame for the Londoners becoming the first holders to leave the Champions League at the group stage, goalkeeper Petr Cech said after Wednesday’s exit.
The champions went out of the competition just 200 days after they won it in Munich under former manager Roberto Di Matteo.
Di Matteo was sacked last month, and replaced with former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez in a deeply unpopular move for the club faithful, but Cech said the players were ultimately responsible for their poor performances.
“Unfortunately if you change your manager, you only change the manager. But the responsibility is on everyone,” he said after a 6-1 defeat of Danish side Nordsjaelland at Stamford Bridge was not enough to see Chelsea through after Juventus beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0.
“We are all in the same boat, the manager and the players. The responsibility is the same for everyone. You are a team,” added Cech, the stand-in captain in the absence of injured duo John Terry and Frank Lampard.
The goalkeeper was echoing the view of Terry, who had written in the match programme that it was time for the players to stand up and be counted.
“Let’s not beat around the bush. No wins in six games is simply not good enough and since I have been here I have not experienced a run like this,” he declared. “We as players have to stand up and take responsibility — stand up and stay together.”
Chelsea finished third in Group E and qualified for the Europa League after ending level on points with second placed Shakhtar, who beat them in Ukraine and went through on their head-to-head record.
The continent’s second string club competition could prove a distraction to the club’s Premier League ambitions, with champions Manchester City now out of Europe altogether, but Benitez said it would not be dismissed.
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Bulgaria at the 1992 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games ▪ Next Summer Games
Host City: Barcelona, Spain
Date Started: August 3, 1992
Date Finished: August 8, 1992
Events for Bulgaria: 8
Participants for Bulgaria: 11 (7 men and 4 women)
Youngest Participant for Bulgaria: Kinka Racheva (19 years, 69 days)
Oldest Participant for Bulgaria: Nikolay Georgiev (32 years, 48 days)
Most Medals for Bulgaria (Athlete): Nikolay Bukhalov (2 medals)
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Jamaica: Previous Summer Games ▪ Next Summer Games
Host City: Helsinki, Finland (July 14, 1952 to August 3, 1952)
Opening Ceremony: July 19, 1952
Closing Ceremony: August 3, 1952
Events for Jamaica: 10 in 2 sports
Participants for Jamaica: 8 (6 men and 2 women)
Youngest Participant for Jamaica: Ken Farnum (21 years, 192 days)
Oldest Participant for Jamaica: Arthur Wint (32 years, 63 days)
Most Medals for Jamaica (Athlete): Herb McKenley (3 medals)
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T Test and One-Way ANOVA
When there are three or more levels for the nominal variable, a simple approach is to run a series of t tests between all the pairs of levels. For example, we might be interested in the heights of athletes in three sports, so we could run t test for each pair of sports. (Note that this approach is not the same as a paired t test. That comes later.) A more powerful approach is to analyze all the data in one go. The model is the same, but it is now called a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and the test statistic is the F ratio. So t tests are just a special case of ANOVA: if you analyze the means of two groups by ANOVA, you get the same results as doing it with a t test.
The term analysis of variance is a source of confusion for newbies. In spite of its name, ANOVA is concerned with differences between means of groups, not differences between variances. The name analysis of variance comes from the way the procedure uses variances to decide whether the means are different. A better acronym for this model would be ANOVASMAD (analysis of variance to see if means are different)! The way it works is simple: the program looks to see what the variation (variance) is within the groups, then works out how that variation would translate into variation (i.e. differences) between the groups, taking into account how many subjects there are in the groups. If the observed differences are a lot bigger than what you'd expect by chance, you have statistical significance. In our example, there are only two groups, so variation between groups is just the difference between the means.
I won't bother with trying to represent this model as an equation like Y = mX + c. Suffice to say that it can be done, simply by making an X variable representing sex that has the value 0 for females and 1 for males, say (or vice versa). So it is also a "linear" model, even though we don't normally think about it as a straight line. The parameters in the model are simply the mean for the females and the mean for the males.
The spreadsheet for analysis of controlled
trials includes a comparison of the means (and standard deviations) of two
groups at baseline. You can use it for any tests of two independent groups,
as in the above example.. Ignore all the stuff related to comparisons of changes
in the mean in the two groups.
Comparisons of Means
With a t test, the thing we're most interested in is, of course, a comparison of the two means. You should think about the best way to express the difference in the means for your data: raw units, percent difference, or effect size. And don't forget to look at and discuss the magnitude of the difference and the magnitude of its confidence limits.
With three or more levels for the nominal variable, we can start asking interesting
questions about the differences between pairs or combinations of means. Such
comparisons of means are known as estimates or contrasts.
For example, suppose we are exploring the relationship
between training hours per week (the dependent variable) and sport (the nominal
independent variable). Suppose sport has three levels: runners, cyclists, and
swimmers, as shown. We can ask the question, are there differences overall between
the sports? The answer would be given by the p value for sport in the model.
And what about the difference between cycling and running? Yes, we can dial
up the difference and look at its p value or confidence interval. We do that
by subtracting the value for the parameter (the mean) for cycling from that
for running, using the appropriate syntax in the stats program. We could even
ask how different swimming was from the average of running and cycling, and
so on. There's also a special kind of contrast (polynomials)
you can apply if the levels are a numbered sequence and you want to describe
a curve drawn through the values for each level.
If you're expressing a difference between means as an effect size, the standard deviation to use in the calculation is the root mean square error (RMSE) in the ANOVA. An ANOVA is based on the assumption that the standard deviation in the same in all the groups, and the RMSE represents the estimate of that standard deviation. You can think of the RMSE as the average standard deviation for all of the groups.
With lots of contrasts, the chance of any one of them being spuriously statistically significant--in other words, the overall chance of a Type I error--goes up. So stats programs usually have built-in ways of controlling the overall Type I error rate in an ANOVA. Basically they adjust the p value down for declaring statistical significance, although you don't see it like that on the printout. These methods have statisticians' names: Tukey, Duncan, Bonferroni... They're also known as post-hoc tests or simply post hocs. I don't use them, because I now use confidence limits and clinical significance rather than statistical significance, so I don't test anything.
One approach to controlling the Type I error rate with multiple contrasts is
simply not to perform the contrasts unless the overall effect is significant.
In other words, you don't ask where the differences are between groups
unless there is an overall difference between groups. Sounds reasonable,
but wait a moment! If there is no overall statistically significant difference
between groups, surely none of the contrasts will turn up significant? Yes,
it can happen! There's jitter in the p values, and there's nothing to say that
the p value for the overall effect is any more valid than the p value for individual
contrasts. So if you've set up your study with a particular contrast in mind--a
pre-planned contrast--go ahead and do that
contrast, regardless of the p value for the overall effect. Performing the pre-planned
contrast does not have to be contingent upon obtaining significance for the
overall effect. Those of us who prefer confidence intervals to p values can
understand why: the estimate of the difference between groups has a confidence
interval that may or may not overlap zero, and the confidence interval for the
overall effect (expressed in some measure of goodness of fit) may or may not
overlap zero. There is no need to reconcile the two.
Goodness of Fit
What statistic do we use to talk about how well the ANOVA model fits the data? It's not used that frequently, but you can extract an R2 just like you do for a straight line. The R2 represents how well all the levels of the grouping (nominal) variable fit the data. More about goodness of fit soon.
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R.A. Dickey Forced To Remove Daughters Bracelet
New York Mets ace knuckleballer R.A Dickey experienced, as he put it, “a bizarre outing” Wednesday night. First, he was asked to remove friendship bracelets that his daughter made him. Umpiring crew chief Jim Joyce, following an MLB directive, asked Dickey to cut the bracelets off during the second inning.
Dickey went on to allow 10 hits, including three home runs, and two walks in six innings of an eventual 6-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. He didn’t appreciate the bracelet episode but wouldn’t use it as an excuse.
“I was a little angry at first but they asked me to cut them off and I did,” Dickey said.
He later added: “When you throw mediocre knuckleballs and (hitters) don’t miss them, they can be hit a long way.”
Dickey’s daughters made the bracelets for him for climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in January.
“I’ve had them on for every start, every bullpen session, since January. I didn’t think about it every inning,” Dickey said.
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=== Houston hopes for first road win at K.C. ===
Kansas City, KS (Sports Network) - Sporting Kansas City wraps up a nine-match
homestand Saturday at Livestrong Sporting Park against the Houston Dynamo, who
are yet to win a road game in Major League Soccer this season.
K.C. has accumulated 14 of a possible 24 points during the record home stretch
and is coming off a 2-2 tie against the Los Angeles Galaxy on Monday, when the
tying goal came in stoppage time from Omar Bravo.
"I think we have a pretty solid base. We just need to continue to play well at
home and really put pressure on teams," said Sporting's Graham Zusi. "We need
to continue to be hard to play against and hard to score against.
"I think going forward we can grow from this (Los Angeles) game."
Sporting (9-8-10) scored in the 89th minute or later to secure a draw for the
fourth time in its last 10 games, and is just three points behind the Columbus
Crew for first place in the Eastern Conference.
In addition, K.C. just two points ahead of the Philadelphia Union and Houston,
both even on 35 points, for a top-three finish and a guaranteed playoff spot.
With the standings so tight, and fourth place not good enough to secure a spot
in the postseason, K.C. coach Peter Vermes is proud of his club for claiming a
share of points on all of those occasions.
"They've got unbelievable determination to get back in the game and they're
not going to die and that is a quality that needs to be commended because game
after game we fight for everything," Vermes said.
K.C. is 6-2-5 at home this season, as its new $200 million stadium has been an
advantage for the club, and with Davy Arnaud and Jeferson among the players on
the mend, a strong finish could lead Sporting into the postseason.
"To be honest its one game at a time right now, Houston is our biggest game of
the season, they're right under us in the table, we get them at home and will
be a good chance to gain some ground on them," K.C.'s Matt Besler said.
Houston (8-8-11) wasted a chance to move second in the standings in its recent
match, a 1-0 defeat to lowly Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Long Tan scored with four
minutes remaining, as the Dynamo allowed a goal in the closing stages for the
fourth time this season to watch its five-game unbeaten run end.
"I will say Saturday was the angriest we've been in the locker room in a long
time," Houston manager Dominic Kinnear said. "It was a missed opportunity,
especially when you look at what happened on the weekend and that it was a
chance to move forward."
Without a win on the road, the Dynamo will try to bounce back at K.C. Just two
other clubs - Vancouver and Toronto FC - have yet to win away from home, but a
win against Sporting could erase those struggles.
Houston does have eight draws in its 13 road matches, but just three squads in
the history of MLS have gone winless on the road for an entire season.
"I don't think we're playing great away from home, but we're playing the game
and we're creating a lot of scoring opportunities," Kinnear said.
Despite the setback, Houston goalkeeper Tally Hall knows the Kansas City match
is a chance to move on.
"I don't think it's hard (to bounce back), because we can look at the way
we've been playing," Hall said. "It was just one game, and it wasn't a case of
putting us in or keeping us out of the playoffs."
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Video Gregg Popovich Remains the King of Sideline Interviews
David Aldrich possesses a sincere giggle of a great joy. Good for him.
Video Screaming Lady Ruins Epic Spurs-Warriors Playoff Game
And on it went for 45 minutes, somehow without anyone murdering her.
Video Matt Bonner Refuses to Look at Lakers Fan
It's one of Jack Nicholson's greatest performances yet.
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Awe struck us on our arrival at this relatively new hotel and casino establishment at the top of the Strip. The hotel is a replica of New York City with several skyscrapers, the Brooklyn Bridge with the Empire State Building as its pinnacle. Fortunately the hotel was built without the World Trade Center Towers, and this is because the theme of the hotel is New York in the 1930s. Inside we were treated to a quick and cosy check-in and directed to the Century Tower on the 34th floor. We hurried past some of the dramatic scenery on which we'll comment later and pushed on up to our room. The lift lobby housed six lifts, four of which were for the first 30 floors, and the others for those above and a selection of penthouses. Alighting on the 34th floor we opened into a 300 square feet 1930s decor room with spectacular views out over the Las Vegas nightlife. Lights glittered everywhere with the room capturing all of the excitement of the city. Plenty of space, tasteful decor and all the usual facilities. No mini-bar which is not unusual for casino hotels as they like you to be downstairs, so they can tempt you to gamble. Our only criticism of the room was the lighting. You could barely see at night, and the light at the entry was so dimmed it was of little use. Bedside lamps could be turned on, but again the light they gave off gave the appearance that the hotel was rationing energy. The bathroom was spacious enough, although not overly so. The guest amenties were fine, a hairdryer was provided, and in all the accommodation measured up to the reputation of one of Las Vegas's finest and newest hotels. The complex has over 2,000 rooms in its many towers. This may sound a lot however when the hotel was being built just a few short years ago the MGM Grand was under construction with over 5,000 rooms. This prompted the then owner of New York, New York when asked on radio why he was only including 2,000 odd rooms. He said "well what we're doing here is we're building a boutique hotel'. The MGM Grand group has since acquired the New York, New York. The two hotels are directly opposite, and cross-promote with a walkway between the two. Downstairs and to the action. We found a unique setting of New York in the 1930s with Times Square, city buildings and shops, restaurants, cafes and taverns. These uniquely designed buildings are scattered throughout the ground floor of the complex, and even form back-drops for the huge gaming areas. The hotel, like many of the newer hotel casinos on the Strip, also cater generously for children. From the ground floor you mount stairs or escalators to 'Coney Island' where there is a plethora of attractions, games and machines, eateries, pop corn vendors, and the hotel's famous Manhattan Express Roller Coaster. This is fun and costs just $10, with repeat rides costing just $5. Remember not to take bags, purses or mobile phones when you join the line-up, because you will be directed to leave the line and find a locker, as you cannot take them on the ride. The roller coaster envelopes the outside of the hotel, up and down and through the various skyscrapers, and is well worth the experience. We stayed three days at the New York, New York and visited just about every other hotel casino on the Strip, and went away well pleased with our choice of hotel.
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Debbie Oatman-Gaitan of Colonie and her four sons were woken this morning, Thursday, March 22, to learn their home would be torn down and replaced by a bigger, better, modern abode, compliments of the ABC network.
Oatman-Gaitan's home has been selected by the network's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
The show designs, builds, landscapes and stuffs homes with amenities in one week for families across the country whose homes and lives are in need of a makeover.
Oatman-Gaitan lives on Fairway Lane off Consaul Road, north of The Town of Colonie Golf Course.
Builders Amedore Homes of Albany have been slated to head construction of the family's new home. Show producers and Amedore is calling on the local community to help out with the build.
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. The Big Bang Theory (6.69)
The Anchor-Worthy Division
2. How I Met Your Mother (4.47)
3. Two and a Half Men (4.11)
4. 2 Broke Girls (4.11)
What a photo finish, as 2.5 Men edges 2 Broke Girls by a score of 4.11329 to 4.11325! Unfortunately, Men just keeps looking weaker by the week, including a shockingly low 3.6 demo (3.30 TRUE) in the last week of sweeps against the Daytona 500. Still anchor-worthy, but I'm wondering if maybe it should be the show to move next season so CBS can better cover their Monday bases long-term. If it continues to sag into the spring, I also think it ups the odds that CBS leaves all three shows on Monday.
The Retainers
5. Mike and Molly (3.20)
6. Rob (3.03)
7. Rules of Engagement (2.92)
If you believe the buzz, at least one of these shows (ROE and/or Rob) will not be returning, and if that's the case, it'll almost certainly be 2011-12's Truly biggest cancellation (as $#*! My Dad Says was in the same timeslot last year). I still don't really believe either of them should be cancelled.
Rob rounded out its eight-episode first season on a particularly mixed note. Its penultimate episode was, to me, a very cancel-worthy effort, a 2.9 demo out of a 5.3 for Big Bang. (But even that was a Truly stronger performance than pretty much all the bubble dramas.) The finale then dropped by 0.3 as its BBT lead-in went into repeats and lost 2.1. At least compared to the previous episode, that's a much better performance than $#*! My Dad Says (which dropped 0.5, from 2.8 to 2.3, with a similar lead-in drop). I guess the question is whether an "admirable" hold of a probably cancel-worthy performance really means anything.
The Dunzo
8. How to Be a Gentleman (1.83)
DRAMAS
The Elites
1. NCIS (4.08)
2. Criminal Minds (3.26)
They're still the elite dramas of the network, but both these shows pretty much limped through February sweeps, with NCIS losing demo each week and Criminal Minds stuck at a 3.1 even after the return of Survivor.
The Identical Quintuplets
3. Person of Interest (2.73)
4. NCIS: Los Angeles (2.68)
5. Hawaii Five-0 (2.64)
6. The Mentalist (2.63)
7. CSI (2.62)
Wow, what a packed group! If you'll recall, the first one of these I did back in December had Person of Interest closer to the bubble than to the second tier. Now, it's actually on top of the second tier, and since its better results are more recent, it's likely to keep growing. It's not exactly a Criminal Minds-level program yet (at least not consistently), but if the current trend continues, it may end up closer to Minds than to the rest of this tier. Renewal is now a formality.
The Friday-at-Best Division
8. Blue Bloods (2.14)
9. Unforgettable (2.08)
10. CSI: Miami (1.94)
11. CSI: NY (1.85)
12. The Good Wife (1.47)
13. A Gifted Man (1.35)
To reiterate what I said last time: if I'm running CBS, I keep Blue Bloods and can all the rest to make more room for comedies. What will happen? I'm guessing probably two of the other five survive: The Good Wife and one of the CSIs. But I wouldn't rule out only one making it. That goes double if upcoming NYC 22 has any pulse at all.
UNSCRIPTED
1. Survivor Fall (3.51)
2. Survivor Spring (3.30)
3. Undercover Boss (2.54)
4. The Amazing Race Spring (2.44)
5. The Amazing Race Fall (2.18)
6. 60 Minutes (1.71)
7. 48 Hours Mystery (1.33)
Since last we spoke, Undercover Boss has moved to Friday and become the top program of the evening, even if that's come at about two-thirds of its last Sunday rating. This Friday, we get to see just how powerful a truly "good faith" CBS can be on Friday, as they give legit second-tier drama The Mentalist a tryout on the evening. As problematic as the net still is on Sunday, I have to wonder if this is all leading up to an upfront in which CBS really attacks Friday again and kinda shrugs off Sunday, in much the same way the cable version of CBS (USA Network) recently has. Perhaps Friday just feels like more fertile ground to them.
But there is something good happening on Sunday: it seems The Amazing Race is that one reality franchise you can never really give up on. All three of its data points to date have been up year-to-year, and if it can keep it up, that'd basically make it the only one of its kind among reality competition shows in the 2011-12 season.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
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My thoughts on the CBS drama cancels (has been posted several times elsewhere):
A Gifted Man
Unforgettable
One CSI spinoff
Second hour of comedy adds:
Second CSI spinoff
(Hypothetical) Success of NYC 22 adds:
Blue Bloods or Good Wife (and this is where it gets tricky)
Agree 100%. Although I wonder if an NYC22 success may end up just indirectly killing the additional comedy hour. I have a suspicion they just plain don't want to touch the Blue Bloods/Good Wife pair.
Been thinking on this for the last few days. Maybe CBS could use Good Wife as a beta test for starting some of its dramas at midseason and running them w/ no repeat gaps. After all, even if they renew, it's probably a lame duck season anyway. Might as well experiment - see what happens w/ it. And it would still afford the space for the second comedy block, too...
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