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Posted: 27 January 2008 at 12:01am
I would like to know what does Islam says about marriage between a Muslim man and Christian woman, base on the Quran and Hadith? Please quote the exact verse/surah from the Quran and sources from the Hadith. Appreciate your contribution!
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Wa'alaikum As'Salam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,
Here is the fifth verse from Surah Al- Mai'dah Am just pasting it here below
�Made lawful to you this day are At‑Tayyibaat [all kinds of Halaal (lawful) foods, which Allaah has made lawful (meat of slaughtered eatable animals, milk products, fats, vegetables and fruits)]. The food (slaughtered cattle, eatable animals) of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) is lawful to you and yours is lawful to them. (Lawful to you in marriage) are chaste women from the believers and chaste women from those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) before your time when you have given their due Mahr (bridal-money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage), desiring chastity (i.e. taking them in legal wedlock) not committing illegal sexual intercourse, nor taking them as girlfriends. And whosoever disbelieves in Faith, [i.e. in the Oneness of Allaah and in all the other Articles of Faith i.e. His (Allah�s) Angels, His Holy Books, His Messengers, the Day of Resurrection and Al‑Qadar (Divine Preordainments)], then fruitless is his work; and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers
Please do go thru its commentaries too.
I wish you to remind this hadith too
Narrated by al-Bukhari & Muslim as well
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: �A woman may be married for four reasons: her wealth, her lineage, her beauty and her religious commitment. Choose the one who is religious, may your hands be rubbed with dust [i.e., may you prosper].� "
This hadeeth encourages keeping company with people who are religiously committed in all things, because the one who keeps company with them will benefit from their good attitude and morals, their blessing and their good ways, and he will be safe from mischief at their hands. Am not contradicting the verse, Its permisibble to marry christian woman, but i just wanted you to remind which is highlighted in the hadith.
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Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: �All the descendants of Adam are sinners, and the best of sinners are those who repent."
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Ruzhan, you have been given the correct report by Seekshidayath from the Quran and Sunnah as you had aksed for. The references are also there. That is the correct report / reply.
It is permissible to marry the chaste ladies from the christians (Verse 5:5). It is necessary to marry them and not to keep them as girl friends or concubines. That is a permission from Allah.
There are social problems to look after. The marriage may last for a long time or it may suffer hardship. It depends on the intentions. When children will be born and grow up, they will not know which way to go. They may be lost in doubts by travelling in two boats at the same time. But these things have nothing to do with your question. Your question has been answered, I hope.
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as muslim MAN am i allowed to marry woman from the race of JINN
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poga, care to share what exactly is the 'race of jinn'? or what individuals make up this race?
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Thanks for the reply and the quoted verse and hadith!
A few more queries abt this topic:
1. With regards to the Quranic verse, some may argue that the Christians referred to, are not the same as Christians nowadays who believe in the doctrine of trinity ie after the doctrine of trinity been established.
2. Do you have any comments/fatwa/thoughts by some of our religious scholars, both classical and contemporary on this topic ie inter-religious marriage?
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There is only one argument that I can make for question 1.
The Quran was revealed during the 7th Century. That means that the Christians of the Time of Muhammed (pbuh) were already steeped in the heresies of the Trinity.
The Christians of the time of the Revelations of the Quran are the Christians of Today. As I was raised in the Russian Orthodox Church, I can tell you that the Christians of the Arabian Peninsula were Chaldean, Coptic and other Old Orders. They taught the Trinity, though they may have varied opinions on the exact nature of the Trinity. They taught Jesus to be the Son of God.
The Trinity was established into Canonical Law in 325AD. That's 300 years before the Quran. One would argue from a purist point of view, if the Christians and Jews hadn't already strayed, there would have been no need for Muhammed (pbuh).
As someone who comes from a Restorationist sect of Christianity, I have no problem pointing out that Christianity was already on the down slope by 600AD.
So, for Question 1. If Christians are permissible by the Quran, its the same Christians as today.
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That is the 100 % right reply from angela to question 1. Quran blames the christians of having three gods. The Quran tells the christians not to say that there are three (gods). In the matters of faith, Quran is at the top. Nothing can take away the facility that Allah has provided except any clear order or practice of the prophet s.a.w.s. But the prophet will also not do anything against the command of Allah.
The Haram and Halal are only in the Quran by the Command of Allah. Next is the understanding or the practice of the prophet and his companions. The best one can do is to find out about the practice of the companions (Sahabah) if any of them used to marry the christian ladies. If they did then it is settled that there is no bar on such marriages. I have no knowledge of any Fatwa in favor or against such marriages.
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Basic Music Video Timing
To be honest, once you start having a good think about your source then this sort of thing starts to some naturally. With a good ear and aided by the waveform graphics in premiere you can start to time lots of things really well. If you know what you are trying to achieve then it is possible to do it.
Obviously some stuff is easier to time than other stuff. In terms of what you can make out on a waveform, the salient points are always the changes in volume. Drums, power chords even a soft voice from out of the silence is very easy to time as you can see exactly what is going on in the waveform.
Here's a waveform that is really easy for timing as the sounds are very prominent:
Dum dum CHH... dum dum CHH... dum dum CHH... (Buddy
you're a boy make a big noise
But what other things can you see in the waveform? What about this section of a song?....
"Close your eyes.... give me your hand, darling'"
If you remember Eternal Flame by the Bangles, you might also remember that there is a triangle-type sound that goes "ting" throughout the entire song. This waveform goes [cello intro]"Close your eyes..." *ting* "give me your hand".
The triangle is easy to spot because it reverberates and so the wave isn't as regular a pattern. On the timeline this looks jagged/spiky.
So, timing to these sorts of things shouldn't be a problem.
How this looks in Premiere:
Here is a section from the timeline of my last amv: Instant Music Video (Blues Driven Naota)
In the example above, there are 6 drum beats and each of them have been given a still shot of the town of Mabase. The first one actually blends in from the previous scene with a white matte in-between so it shines in rather than a simple fade. (It's a cheap trick, a better thing to do would be a blurry bleaching effect but I didn't have time.)
Anyway, as you can tell, each cut coincides with a peak in the waveform. A significant point to note with this section is that I haven't *just* used an image per hit. The last peak (6) also has a splash cymbal (you can tell just by looking at it as the wave is more jagged as the cymbal reverberates for longer than the drum). So, to coincide with the splash the transition actually partially flashes up white. Again, a simple trick but an example of how to be adaptive with the way you time things. If I'd just done another cut at point 6 it wouldn't reflect the change in the audio and I'd be breaking one of my own rules ^^;;;
Matching audio fades with video fades.
Fades are really easy. If your audio fades out (goes from a tall wave to nothing), all you need to do is expand your video track so that the Opacity Rubber Bands can be seen and put in points so that opacity changes at the same time as the fade - from max to min. You can see a few examples of the rubber bands in action in the above image (the red lines) although they are not fading alongside fades in the audio in that section.
If you want to fade into something, then you just put that something in a lower level on the timeline. Again, fades are very easy to time as you can see exactly what point on the timeline the audio is at it's max and when it starts to fade.
The proof is in the listening
Coordinating the cuts with what you can see in the audio is a useful technique but it's not the only one. In fact, it can become very very very difficult to do this if your song has lots of equally loud elements - distinguishing the part you want to time can be tough. You need to use previews and even perhaps export sections of the timeline to see if they really do work.
Premiere can be notoriously dodgy with its playback. It doesn't really have very efficient Direct Show routines so what you may think has timed correctly may, in fact, be a little off. Hence, the best way to tell is to export a section in a codec you can play back quickly (not HuffYUV ;p).
Unfortunately this doesn't really help you with the timing in the first place unless you want to try some serious trial and error (which I know lots of people do)
What you need are some advanced timing techniques....
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21 January 2010
La Mint Restaurant: Australian Food Media – Food Bloggers Award Launch, East Sydney (21 Jan 2010)
21 comments:
- Peter G | Souvlaki For The Soul said...
Man you're quick! Good to see you again!...you covered the evening perfectly.
- January 21, 2010 at 11:56 PM
- AY said...
I knew you'd have your post up early! Haha, nice to finally meet you tonight :) And great job with all the photos! Seems like I have a lot to learn! I loved the Pork Caramel toooo so it's an AY favourite now ;) See you at our next meet!
- January 21, 2010 at 11:58 PM
- YaYa said...
Speedy gonzales! Our excuse? We got stuck in gridlock trying to get home, haha! Great post as ever!
- January 22, 2010 at 1:10 AM
- 3 hungry tummies said...
The food looks good especially the red cooked pork belly!
- January 22, 2010 at 1:36 AM
Hmm, no offence, but serving Grandin at a foodie event? Oh dear. On the plus side, the food looks marvy. Gobsmack'd
- January 22, 2010 at 5:43 AM
- joey@forkingaroundsydney said...
What a comprehensive review of the evening! It was a great night; what a shame I got there late and didn't have the chance to say hello to you. Maybe you left early so you could go home and do this post? :)
Loved the cheese wontons, very interesting!
- January 22, 2010 at 6:29 AM
- the happy blogger said...
I woke up this morning bleary eyed (ended up home late) and my first thought? Not, wow what a great night, not, what shall I have for brekky, but I wonder what time Simon posted? You one fast fast food blogger mate! Nice to see you...!
- January 22, 2010 at 6:41 AM
- Madam Wu said...
Great photos as always. Strange choice of venue and sponsor considering that it was meant to be a Gourmet Food event!
- January 22, 2010 at 7:39 AM
- foodwink said...
How exciting, love the canape shots. I suggest someone should cover the Red Carpet Watch for the award ceremony.
So, who gets to vote for Australia's Best Food Blog?
- January 22, 2010 at 7:44 AM
- Shanks said...
First and on time as usual, Speedy. Great post and good to see you again.
- January 22, 2010 at 8:27 AM
- Renita (the raw noodle) said...
Now thats quick coverage! Agree with your con re romantic lighting. I lugged my camera in and didn't really shoot anything!
Great pics of the food. I don't think the cheesy wontons ever came to us...
Good to meet you!
- January 22, 2010 at 8:42 AM
- Helen (Grab Your Fork) said...
First out of the blocks as always. Your reputation precedes you :) Great shot of the two Simons with your winning aprons.
- January 22, 2010 at 1:20 PM
- Simon Leong said...
Peter, was good to see you again too. Hope you got to try all the canapes
AY, there's 3 important things I can teach you now — lighting, macro and opportunity. Easy as that! :-) see u soon
YaYa, yeah gridlock is a killer :-)
3 hungry tummies, I think I'll have to revisit to try a whole dish of the pork caramel
Gobsmack'd, can't really complain about a free drink though. I'm a bit unfamiliar with Grandin but have seen it around. Not quite the Bollinger but quenches the thirst never-the-less :-)
Joey, what time did you arrive? We must have crossed paths at some point? Hopefully will see you next time.
the happy blogger, hehe that's funny. I think you should be thinking about more important things hehe and besides, you knew I'd do a speedy post, it's a given, I have a reputation to uphold :-)
Madam Wu, actually the food was more gourmet than some other canapes I've had in the past. Was thinking of it as a possibility for my next birthday.
Foodwink, I hope to be at the red carpet ceremony to capture it all if I'm lucky ;-) I'm not sure of all the rules as yet but I think it's coming in March/April for more details. Watch this space!
Shanks, good seeing you again too. Looking forward to seeing your blog review :-)
Renita, some people say it's not the size that matters but how you use it ;-) nice to meet you. Looking forward to reading your blog. Cheese wontons are on the menu so next time you visit you'll have to try them.
Helen, my reputation certainly does hehe. So did you end up at Mamak or Chat Thai as predicted for dinner? Thanks for sending on the invitation to everyone. Very much appreciated! Looking forward to reading your blog review :-)
- January 22, 2010 at 2:12 PM
- Bridget said...
It was a great night and good to meet you!
I'm in love with my Fergus cookbooks ~ and seriously enjoyed the rosemary pancetta as a late night post event snack.
looking forward to talking with you again and thanks for the post.
Bridge x
- January 22, 2010 at 4:43 PM
- Simon Leong said...
hi Bridget, hoping to use up the pancetta and cook the pork medallion tonight for dinner but still looking for a recipe inspiration. was nice to meet you too. looking forward to catching up at the next gig :-)
- January 22, 2010 at 5:43 PM
Simon, I take your point about free drinks. However, Grandin can best (or kindest) be described as 'cheap and cheerful' or 'cheap and XXX' if one's feeling less charitable. There are other same price bracket fizzies out there that the organizer(s) could have sourced that would be more food and/or foodie friendly. A simple trip to Ultimo Wine Centre, for example, would have provided a dozen alternatives. Just my tuppence worth, as usual. Gobsmack'd
- January 23, 2010 at 6:41 AM
- Simon Leong said...
hi Gobsmack'd, i might try and visit the Ultimo Wine Centre today to check it out. haven't been there before. What's your favourite cheap and cheerful bubbly? I noticed Grandin is produced in France via Méthode Traditionelle so i'm thinking it wouldn't be as bubbly and fizzy as Australian made sparklings. I don't mind Chandon bubbly but i'm not expert.
- January 23, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- Simon said...
Whoever took our photo did a good job of it.
Great event, huh? :)
- January 25, 2010 at 10:35 PM
- Simon Leong said...
hi simon, they certainly did take a good photo. was a good launch. good to see you again :-)
- January 26, 2010 at 7:36 PM
Simon, sorry for delay in replying. My current fave in cheap & cheerful bubbles is Monmousseau NV. I bought tonnes of it when Ultimo had their sale in Dec, worked out to under $15 per bottle. Make sure its superchilled though. The cuvée version is more expensive but less impressive. For a local drop, I like Peterson's from the Hunter, or otherwise Grant Burge does a reliable if not that remarkable drop. Of course, there's always Arras if you're splurging! For cheap-ish French bubbles from actual Champagne region, labels like Cattier and Piper Heidseick are very dependable. If you're able to hunt it down, Dominique Portet (Yarra Valley) makes the most incredible sparkling rosés. You can try Dan Murphy's, but they're always out of stock there!! Or at least whenever I pop by. Hmm. Hic! Gobsmack'd
- January 27, 2010 at 5:54 AM
- Simon Leong said...
hi Gobsmack'd, thanks for the recommendations. you certainly seem to know your wines and sparklings. i've recently had the Peterson's from the Hunter served at a wedding. was very nice :-) i'll keep these noted for next time i'm shopping around for a well priced sparkling to try.
- January 28, 2010 at 9:54 PM
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It wasn't just a treat for ES, but for Molly and Calusa too. Anyone who knows these two ladies knows that they love male attention, especially Miss Molly. As the guys rubbed Molly's back and flippers, she looked like she was in dolphin heaven.
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Bethenny Frankel took her adorable daughter Bryn, 3, to a park in Tribeca, New York City Yesterday (July 23).
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French Actress/Singer Vanessa Paradis looked lovely while filming a scene for her new movie Homosapiennes in Paris, France. Vanessa has two children, Lily-Rose, 14, and Jack, 11, with former partner Johnny Depp.
Prince George of Cambridge
Kensington Palace revealed today, July 23, that the baby's full name will be George Alexander Louis. William and Kate's baby will be known as Prince George. In their statement Kensington Palace revealed , 'The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to announce that they have named their son George Alexander Louis. The baby will be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge.' The name is likely a tribute to George VI, the Queens's father.
Ben Affleck's little helper
Argo actor Ben Affleck was seen with his adorable daughter Violet, 7, in Brentwood, CA yesterday Tuesday (July 23). While spending some father-daughter time together, Violet helped Ben wash his car's windshield. Ben later took Violet for a doughnut at Krispy Kreme.


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Fuel strike drivers vote yes in row over conditions
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Fuel tanker drivers have voted in favour of taking strike action in a row over terms and conditions and safety, the Unite union has said.
The government is holding a meeting with fuel delivery companies and supermarkets to plan tactics for coping with any resulting strike.
Army drivers are being trained to deliver fuel to petrol stations in case of a walkout by tanker drivers.
Unite said there had been "unrelenting attacks" on drivers' conditions.
In an interview with the BBC's Hardtalk programme, the general secretary of Unite, Len McCluskey, refused to rule out the possibility that any strike would be held over Easter.
About 2,000 drivers at seven distribution depots took part in the ballot in what was the first national industrial action campaign for more than 10 years.
'Beat the clock' culture
Unite said five of the seven depots backed strike action, while two did not. Of those five, the vote in favour was 69%. Turnouts across the five averaged 77.7%.
A statement from Unite said: "Tanker drivers work in an increasingly fragmented and pressurised industry, where corners are being cut on safety and training in a bid to squeeze profits and win contracts.
"Drivers face growing job insecurity as a result of the contract 'merry-go-round' and a 'beat the clock' culture has flourished, with drivers forced to meet ever shorter delivery deadlines. "
It added that pensions were also inferior to those previously offered and some workers had switched pensions six times.
The CBI employers' group said that disruption on the roads was in nobody's interest.
"Drivers have voted for a strike, but each employer and Unite should now get back around the table to discuss the issues raised. Going ahead with strike action would have a real impact on people across the country," said John Cridland, CBI director general.
One of the companies involved, Hoyer, said its safety standards were very high.
A Hoyer spokesman said: "Hoyer has one of the highest health, safety and training standards in the petroleum distribution sector."
The firm said that pay and conditions for Hoyer drivers were among "the best in the industry", adding that the company's drivers earned on average £45,000 a year.
Hoyer said Unite had walked away from discussions designed to settle the dispute.
The UK has 7,900 petrol stations. Widespread protests against fuel prices in 2000 caused disruption across the UK.
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said the government had "learnt the lessons" of the past and stood "ready to act" in case of a walkout.
Unite said the government should be putting pressure on oil companies.
Mr McCluskey said: "For over a year we've been desperately trying to bring about some stability in the sector and urging government ministers to persuade contractors and oil companies to engage in meaningful discussions with us."
Contingency plans
Ministers say the training of army drivers will begin next week as part of contingency plans being drawn up to avoid major disruption to fuel supplies.
Mr Maude said: "We are calling on the trade union Unite and the employers involved to work together to reach an agreement that will avert industrial action," he said.
"Widespread strike action affecting fuel supply at our supermarkets, garages and airports could cause disruption across the country.
"The general public should not and must not suffer from this dispute, and strike action is manifestly not the answer."


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It's disheartening to watch progressives abandon the First Amendment.
"New Yorkers Resist Islamophobic Ads," ThinkProgress briefly proclaimed, until prudently changing the tag line for a report on the defacement of "racist" anti-Muslim subway ads. Ben Armbruster's brief post doesn't explicitly endorse vandalism as a response to offensive political messages, but the deleted caption made its implicit approval clear: Describing vandalism as "resistance" ennobles it.
I'm not deriding the anger or anxiety provoked by the ads: Muslims have suffered repression and discrimination at the hands of private groups and government officials since 9/11. The hesitancy of progressives to defend "Islamophobic" speech from vigilantism reflects, in part, the time and energy they spend defending the rights of Muslims. Standing up against vandals who "stand up" to bigotry must feel like switching sides -- unless you habitually take the side of free speech, regardless of who's talking.
But, as I frequently lament, progressives are abandoning the First Amendment in favor of regulating whatever speech they deem hateful, discriminatory, or merely uncivil. Eric Posner makes a familiar case for censorship here, stressing that free speech is not a universal value, as if that were a good reason for discarding it in favor of a heckler's veto. "Try explaining [First Amendment guarantees] to the protesters in Cairo or Islamabad," he concludes triumphantly, as if we should allow their sensibilities to define our rights.
I doubt that Posner and other aspiring censors would consistently apply the general proposition that speech should be repressed if it provokes protests, including some that take the form of riots. If a group of agitated free speech advocates picketed outside his office to protest his dangerously anti-libertarian views, I doubt he'd agree to stop disseminating them.
Posner's column merits mentioning not because he raises any interesting new arguments that call for interesting new responses (he doesn't), but because his credentials as a University of Chicago law professor enhance the old arguments and reflect the increased respectability of censorship among educated elites. "There is a distinction between unpopular and unwelcome political views," Harvard Professor Diana Eck nonsensically declared last year, in an effort to justify canceling the courses of an economics professor whose op-ed about terrorism offended a group of Harvard students. What precisely is the distinction between unpopular and unwelcome political views? I think it's the distinction between speech Professor Eck likes and speech she doesn't like -- in the latter case, speech against beleaguered religionists.
Sympathy for the downtrodden too often translates into sympathy for violence or vandalism on their behalf against particularly "unwelcome" speech. Of course, there's a difference between sympathizing with people who deface subway ads and sympathizing with homicidal rioters. But it's mostly a difference of degree. And while solicitude for the targets of presumptively hateful speech rarely translates into explicit endorsements of violence, in respectable circles, it often produces calls for censorship that blame the speech for the violence more than the people who engage in it. You can't "shout fire in a crowded theater," we hear incessantly, as if that hoary phrase sufficed for argument. "Three Generations of a Hackneyed Apologia for Censorship Are Enough," Ken at popehat.com protests, in an essential takedown of the Oliver Wendall Holmes proverb. Holmes first used it to justify the criminalization of dissent and uphold the conviction of Charles Schenck for condemning the draft during World War I.
One person's hate speech or threat to national security is another person's dissent. Who knows whether the New York subway ads would have struck Holmes as the equivalent of falsely yelling fire. (And, really, who cares?) People who share their anti-Muslim sentiments probably regard the ads as essential political speech, and not sharing their sentiments, I'd still have to agree.
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WASHINGTON, April 12 (UPI) -- The bipartisan group of U.S. senators' immigration blueprint includes a program that would grant permanent legal residence based on work skills, aides said.
The merit-based program, just one part of the bill, would include high-skilled and blue-collar workers and over time open up opportunities for foreigners to settle in the United States based on their skills, a change from the family-focused foundation of the current immigration system, The New York Times reported Thursday.
The measure also includes provisions that would eliminate, over 10 years' time, a backlog of 4.7 million immigrants who have applied to enter the United States legally but have been stuck waiting for permanent resident visas, or green cards. During the next decade, the Times said, millions of immigrants who have been waiting for legal documents will be united with their family members already in the United States.
The bill also would provide a path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million immigrants now living in the country illegally. Under the proposal, those immigrants would wait at least 13 years before they could apply to become citizens.
The eight senators drafting the legislation include Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who said the "Gang of Eight" reached broad agreement on key elements and hoped to introduce the bill early next week.
Schumer said Thursday all issues among the senators had been resolved.
"All that's left is the drafting," he said.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday.
Tens of thousands of immigrants and their supporters rallied Wednesday at the Capitol, calling for a path to citizenship for all illegal immigrants in the country and urging Congress to act quickly.


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The killing of Muammar Qaddafi today puts an exclamation point on the Libyan revolution. Difficult challenges remain ahead for Libya. But with Qaddafi gone, his strange, formless, socialist-in-name-but-tyrannical-in-application form of government is gone as well.
The writing has been on the wall for months, at least since Tripoli fell to rebel forces. Since then, there's been plenty of writing on his legacy and impact on the world.
Long time Monitor Africa correspondent Scott Baldauf wrote in August that Qaddafi has had a profound impact on his continent.
"As the single-largest contributor to the budget of the African Union, a prime aid donor for poor African countries, and a dependable advocate for pan-African cooperation, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi is a man whose impact reaches far beyond his country's borders.
That impact is sometimes good, as when he funds hospital or road projects, or when his estimated 15 percent contribution of the AU's budget allows the AU to send peacekeepers to Somalia, Darfur, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. And it can be bad, when he buys weapons for rebel groups to destabilize his neighbors like Sudan and Chad."
Writing for Brooking's soon after the uprising against Qaddafi began in February, Daniel Byman argued that sui generis nature of Qaddafi's Libya made looking to other countries for hints of Libya's future without him especially difficult.
"In any country, new regimes build on the institutions of old ones even as they create their own. For Tunisia and Egypt (and maybe for Bahrain, Yemen, and other countries being hit by the wave of unrest that is sweeping the Arab world), the new governments must contend with armies, judicial systems, and even political parties that began their life under the old order. But in Libya, these institutions are difficult to understand and their possible legacies even more difficult to anticipate. One of the (many) peculiarities of the Leader, as the Libyan dictator styled himself, is that he established a political system as bizarre as he is," he wrote. "Should Qaddafi go, Libya's political structure must be rebuilt from scratch. It is not just a case of putting in a new regime, but instead of creating a new system from top to bottom. However, civil wars, as Libya is now in, are not known for creating an environment for that sort of restructuring."
In the US, there's been some talk of the NATO intervention as some time kind of model for future efforts to remove dictators.
To my mind, Libya presented a fairly unique set of circumstances – most important, that his population, in open revolt, was begging for assistance and it seemed that air power alone would tip the balance. That calculation by President Obama and European leaders proved correct. But the circumstances where that's possible are rare indeed.
Nevertheless, New York Times reporters Mark Landler and David Leonhardt write that Qaddafi's death "is another victory for a new approach to war."
"In the case of Libya — unlike in the case of the raids against Bin Laden and Mr. Awlaki — the United States made a clear effort to let other countries take a leading role. Indeed, Mr. Obama and his defense secretary at the time, Robert M. Gates, were initially reluctant to intervene and were lobbied to do so by, among others, the French.
The biggest question now, though, may not be whether the new approach will become a model for other wars or whether it will help Mr. Obama politically. Instead, it is simply this: What will happen in Libya, the other countries that have been part of the Arab Spring and even in Pakistan and Afghanistan, which continue to be the sites of American drone attacks"
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Keith Campbell dies at 58; biologist helped clone Dolly the sheep
Keith H.S. Campbell, a noted biologist who was a key member of the British team that cloned Dolly the sheep, has died. He was 58.
The University of Nottingham, where Campbell worked, said he died Oct. 5 but released no other details.
In 1991, Campbell began researching animal cloning at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, conducting experiments that led to the 1996 birth of Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell.
He was credited with an important insight that made the experiment work: Campbell realized it was necessary to make sure that the donor cell and the egg were both in the same stage of development, Ian Wilmut, the scientist who led the Roslin team, told The Times in 1997.
The birth of the sheep captured the public imagination and Dolly instantly became a scientific sensation. The experiments drew admiration but also anger over the ethics of cloning.
The sheep had been named after voluptuous singer Dolly Parton. Researchers said that the sheep was created from a mammary gland cell, and that Parton's were an excellent example.
In the Dolly experiment, the nucleus of a sheep egg was removed and placed with the nucleus of an adult mammary cell; the egg was then zapped with electricity, creating an embryo that could develop into a sheep.
The experiment showed that genetic material from a specialized adult cell could be used to create all of the different types of cells found in a sheep, Campbell told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2003, the year Dolly was euthanized after developing lung disease.
Campbell and Wilmut, the two scientists most closely involved with Dolly's genesis, wrote a 2000 book about the accomplishment, "Second Creation," with the help of respected British science writer Colin Tudge.
From the book's outset, the scientists argued that Dolly's true significance lies not in the potential implications for human reproduction but rather in improved methods for the production of cloned or transgenic animals and other advances in biotechnology.
The scientists also confessed that they didn't understand why Dolly was more famous than their earlier breakthrough — the 1995 birth of Megan and Morag, two sheep cloned in 1995 from embryo cells grown in a culture. That achievement led to the birth of Dolly.
"For me, Megan and Morag are the stars," Campbell wrote, and attributed the oversight to lack of interest by the mainstream media.
A native of England, Campbell had been interested in cellular growth since studying microbiology at the University of London, where he received a bachelor's degree. He earned a doctorate from the University of Sussex.
After the birth of Dolly, Campbell oversaw the successful cloning of other animals such as pigs and lambs.
In 1999, he joined the University of Nottingham as a professor of animal development, where he continued research into cloning. He was particularly interested in assisted reproduction in both animals and humans, and studied ways to develop reproductive technologies in farm animals to enhance breeding and maintain food security.
Campbell is survived by his wife, Kathy, two daughters, Claire and Lauren.
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WebMD Health News
By Bara Vaida
Reviewed by Katherine Swartz, PhD
July 10, 2013 — Maryland has delayed open enrollment for small businesses to buy insurance in its health insurance Marketplace by three months to Jan. 1, 2014. The insurance will take effect March 1, 2014.
Open enrollment for individuals and small businesses was to begin Oct. 1, 2013, but "after long conversations with third-party administrators," state officials decided to delay enrollment just for small businesses to give everyone more time, says Danielle Davis, director of communications for Maryland Health Connection.
"About 67% of small businesses (in Maryland) use third-party administrators, and we wanted to have sufficient time to prepare the system" for them, Davis says. Third-party administrators are brokers and professionals who help companies buy and oversee insurance plans for their employees.
Aetna, CareFirst Blue Shield, Coventry Health Care, Evergreen Health Cooperative, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, and United Healthcare will be selling health insurance in the small business Marketplace, also known as SHOP.
About 8,469 small-business employees and 147,233 individuals are expected to get insurance through the Marketplace in 2014, according to a study conducted by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Hilltop Institute.
Davis would not comment on whether the delay in enrolling small businesses might dampen interest in the insurance Marketplace.
Individuals in Maryland will still be able to buy health insurance in the Marketplace beginning Oct. 1, and their insurance will be effective on Jan. 1, 2014.
SOURCES:Danielle Davis, Director, Communications, Outreach & Training, Maryland Health Benefit Exchange.Betsy Charlow, Communications Manager, Maryland Health Benefit Exchange.The Hilltop Institute: "The Economic Impact of the ACA."
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If you don't know what this is, it's basically "where human beings get together to do something in unison, without speeches or reference to their age, color, sex, beliefs and background." In this case, we just freeze and stop moving for a certain time, in a public place and humiliate ourselves silly by being public art pieces for normal people to 'admire'.
Jason, KT, Josh, Katie and BT were really into this bizarre idea and were dragging me into it. We heard of this freeze thing looooong time ago and really wanted to do it in KL (I know Josh did it in Singapore). I myself was going ape-crazy with this too, I even followed the whole thing on 'Facebook', where the whole 'event' started. From a simple invitation to join and to the actual revealing of the gathering date and place, I followed it all over 'Facebook'. But sadly, as some of you would know, I'm still in Labuan (crap!!!) and couldn't make it.
So cool so cool. For pictures, click onto randomalphabets' website.
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La Piscine – Musée d'Art et d'Industrie
The lovely art museum La Piscine in Roubaix, close to Lille, is set in a former art deco municipal bathhouse, with graceful buildings surrounding a courtyard and garden. Today, the high vaulted swimming pool building still exists, but now it makes an impressive and stunning exhibition space for sculpture from the 19th and 20th centuries. La Piscine's art collection is equally
impressive and includes works by leading artists from Bonnard to Dufy and Picasso, with many of the paintings and ceramics originating from collections amassed by Lille's wealthy industrialists. The museum regularly holds excellent international exhibitions of contemporary art and plays an important part in Lille's cultural life.
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Really saddened to learn about this.
A 23 year old woman, Jasmine Herron was killed on Saturday, (9/11/10) on her bicycle in Brooklyn.
Here is an article from the Daily News:
Woman in bike tragedy, Jasmine Herron, rode bike everywhere, co-workers said
By: Barr Paddock, Mike Mclaughlin, Edgar Sandoval and John Lauinger
Monday, September 13th 2010
The woman killed this weekend in Brooklyn when her bicycle clipped the door of a parked car – launching her into a city bus – rode her bike everywhere, co-workers said.
Jasmine Herron, 23, who died in the freak accident Saturday night in Prospect Heights, worked as a barrista at Think Coffee on Mercer St. in Manhattan. She rode her bike to work every day, co-workers said, and always wore a helmet.
"She was a nice girl. It's a tragedy," said a neighbor who lived near the apartment Herron sublet on Cortelyou Road in Brooklyn.
Read more: here.
It is illegal to open a car door into a cyclists path. It's also illegal to operate a vehicle without a license. The driver of the car was arrested and charged with, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, unlicensed driving, and a vehicle and traffic law violation.
More on that from this article in Staten Island Live.com
A message from a playwright friend of Jasmine's, Casey Wimpee, found on illraper.com.
RIP, Jasmine Herron. 2/14/86 – 9/11/10. a sweet, fearless, beautiful, amazing young woman to know & work with, & funny as hell. who else could segue conversations from Slavoj Zizek to Kathy Acker to broom of the system while gang of four plays in the background? you & HCB will be dearly missed, valentine.
I post this to pass on my deepest condolences to all friends and family involved in this tragic accident. Knowing full well the realities of being a cyclist in NYC,
please be careful out there, watch for car doors…maybe even avoid Atlantic Ave., especially with all the construction that is going on there with the new stadium.


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Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.
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So I Invited These Three Hot Studs Over
So I was walking down the hall carrying a towel to shake out on the front porch (explanation, the twins sit on a bench on a towel and they get it crummy so I shake it out on the front porch) and while I was walking and talking to the husband THAT THING happened again.
Now I can't remember if I blogged it.
Ok well, what happened was, I was sitting at a stop light several weeks ago, months ago now, and I got this cracking/tingling sensation on the back of my skull followed by numbness. Think of the way your face feels after novocaine is administered. Now, put it at the base of your skull. Next have the world sway. I figured it out last night - it is the sensation of walking on a ship at sea. Not on a lake. AT SEA -where there is wave and serious power under those planks of wood beneath your feet.
Last night,walking down the hall this happened all at once. Luckily Scott was right behind me and I was able to lean in to him.
So we called 911.
What I decided was this.
OMG I am fat that picture is horrendous even if I am having "an episode". Weight Watchers I might need you.
Hospital trips are annoying.
They didn't quite decide anything about me. They ran a shit load of tests, and the neurologist who popped by after I was getting ready to leave said my CT was textbook - they saw nothing abnormal at all. So I'm referred to a neurologist and he suggested an ENT because he thinks it might actually be vertigo. I thought vertigo was spinning but he described as it could feel like you are on a ship and I was like "THAT'S IT!"
My labs were good, slightly anemic, but everything was NORMAL.
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ARDMORE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Family man Phil Mickelson, typically bold and unconventional in his tournament build-up, thrilled his fans by taking the clubhouse lead in the weather-delayed first round of the U.S. Open on Thursday.
Despite having arrived at Merion Golf Club in the early hours of the morning after an overnight flight from his native California, Mickelson soared into contention at the year's second major with a three-under-par 67.
Play was eventually abandoned for the day in fading light just before 8:30 p.m. (0030 GMT), following two earlier suspensions totaling four-and-a-quarter hours, with world number six Luke Donald leading at four under par after 13 holes.
"I feel like I'm in pretty good control of my game, and it's nice to get off to such a good start," Englishman Donald told reporters after making three consecutive birdies from the 11th, a curling nine-footer at the 13th giving him the outright lead.
Donald, a former world number one who has yet to clinch his first major title, was delighted to take advantage of a rain-softened Merion where there was very little wind but thick rough lying in wait as its main defense.
"You can attack the pins a little bit more, so it's playing as gentle as it might play so far," he said. "Today was a good day. I've got five holes left and five pretty tough ones to finish."
Masters champion Adam Scott was at three under after 11 holes while tournament favorite Tiger Woods, whose left wrist appeared to cause him pain on at least three occasions when playing out of the rough, was at two over after 10 holes.
Left-hander Mickelson, who carried five wedges but no driver in his bag to tackle Merion's short East Course, mixed four birdies with a lone bogey after setting off from the 11th hole in the second group of the day.
Mickelson equaled his lowest ever opening round at the U.S. Open, having previously fired a 67 at the start of the 1999 championship at Pinehurst where he finished in second place.
"Pretty good, a good start," Mickelson said after making do with just a few hours of sleep on his private jet while returning from San Diego where he had attended his oldest daughter Amanda's eighth grade graduation ceremony.
"I might have used just a little caffeine booster at the turn, just to keep me sharp, but that was our ninth hole or so and I just wanted to make sure I had enough energy. I feel great."
Long-hitting Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts opened with a 69 while former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, fellow South African Tim Clark, Australian Jason Day and Americans Jerry Kelly and Rickie Fowler carded 70s.
Kelly had been just one stroke behind Mickelson before slipping back with a double-bogey at the tricky par-four 18th.
Long-hitting Americans Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson, and English world number five Justin Rose, were among a group of 10 players knotted on 71.
Late starter Woods, seeking his first major title in five years, faced a short par putt on the 11th green before marking his ball after officials blew the horn to halt play for the day.
Woods had recorded two birdies, including a 50-footer at the sixth, but he also threw in four bogeys to leave himself with work to do when the first round resumes at 7:15 a.m. on Friday.
"I've got a lot of holes to play tomorrow, and hopefully I can play a little better than I did today," said Woods, who is hunting his 15th major title.
The siren had first sounded at 8:36 a.m. to halt the action under darkening skies, with Englishman Ian Poulter the early leader at three under par after recording birdies on his first three holes.
When play eventually resumed, however, Poulter immediately fell back with a bogey at the par-four 14th, where his drive ended up in heavy, wet rough and he ended his round with a 71.
Mickelson, runner-up at the U.S. Open a record five times, was at level par after five holes when play was suspended, and he mounted his charge after returning to the course.
The 42-year-old rolled in a breaking 25-foot birdie putt at the par-four first, then did well to save par at the fifth where his tee shot nearly ended up in a stream.
He knocked in a short birdie putt at the seventh before moving one stroke clear by sinking a 30-footer at the par-three ninth.
Mickelson was fulsome in his praise of Merion's East Course, which is staging its first U.S. Open in 32 years after long being regarded as too short to host a major.
"This is the best setup I've ever seen for a U.S. Open," he said. "It's a course that's withstood the test of time and it's challenging the best players in the world this week."
Though Merion is a short layout by modern standards, measuring 6,996 yards off the back tees, it is renowned for its thick rough, tilting fairways, contoured greens and several semi-blind shots.
While players were able to attack the pins on greens made more receptive by torrential rain during the championship build-up and again on Thursday morning, big numbers were waiting for anyone missing the fairway.
"It's a lot tougher than what they say it is," said 2011 Masters champion Schwartzel, who shared the early lead after making three successive birdies from the par-three 13.
"There are a lot of holes that are very penalizing. I made three bogeys and that was all missed fairways."
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A civil suit was filed in Strafford County Court Tuesday on behalf of the family of Benjamin Shannon alleging his shooting death by three law enforcement officers on March 10 in Rochester was the result of negligence and improper police procedures.
DOVER — A civil suit was filed in Strafford County Court Tuesday on behalf of the family of Benjamin Shannon alleging his shooting death by three law enforcement officers on March 10 in Rochester was the result of negligence and improper police procedures.
In an emotional news conference at the Comfort Inn in Dover Tuesday afternoon, Shannon's mother, Beverly, and his older brother, Wayne Shannon, Jr., described Shannon as a troubled young man at the time of his death. They said he was dealing with both drug and alcohol issues, in addition to being agoraphobic (a fear of crowds), at the time of the shooting.
Having difficulty holding back tears, and having to pause frequently to compose themselves, his mother and brother described Benjamin as having been a happy-go-lucky guy who used to enjoy the simple things in life such as camping, fishing, his dog, his family and, in particular, the sport of boxing.
But on Tuesday, Shannon's mother recalled seeing her son being wheeled out of the house on a stretcher.
She said, "He was crying out, 'I have been shot, help me.' Those were the last words I heard him say. It hurts me so much that police would not let me leave my van (where police placed her during the incident) to go to him to at least look into his eyes and have him understand his mother was with him."
Shannon was taken after the shooting to Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester where a medi-vac helicopter transported him to Maine Medical Center in Portland. He died there shortly after midnight.
Through their attorney, Peter G. McGrath of McGrath Law Firm in Concord, Beverly and Wayne Shannon said they hoped the resolution of the case would provide enough money to set up a program to help young people with alcohol and drug problems and to create sports programs dedicated to Ben Shannon.
McGrath said the lawsuit was filed against both the Strafford County Sheriff's Department and the Strafford County Probation Department.
He said the suit alleges four primary allegations against those departments: negligence, wrongful death, negligent supervision and violation of civil rights that led to the shooting and death of Shannon, 34. The suit also alleges negligence of infliction of emotional distress on Shannon's mother and family.
According to McGrath, two probation officers and one Strafford County deputy sheriff went to Shannon's mother's home on Periwinkle Drive in the Saks Mobile Home Park in Rochester around 3 p.m. on March 10. It was there, his filing recounts, that they failed to follow what are generally accepted as safety standard for police officers. The suit alleges the officers failed to follow routine protocols that should have been followed in such a confrontation.
McGrath, a former prosecuting attorney, said proper procedure in this type of situation is for police to back off when confronted as they were, contact a supervisor and call for backup.
McGrath recounted the officers came to Beverly Shannon's house and told her they were looking for Wayne Shannon. She told them he was not there, but she let the officers in the house and they proceeded down a hallway where they "observed Benjamin in a room and shouted, 'Somebody in there? Come out.' "
Wayne Shannon told reporters at the news conference he did not understand why anyone would be looking for him because his parole officer knew he was in Vermont at a rehab hospital at the time.
According to the filings detailing the incident, a shouting match erupted between the officers and Ben Shannon while they were in the hallway.
Reports are that Shannon told police to back off and police responded by saying, "Ben, you don't want to do this."
Shots were fired shortly afterward.
One officer went back down the hallway and took Beverly Shannon and a girlfriend who was visiting Ben Shannon out of the home and put them in Beverly's van.
McGrath said it still isn't known which officers did the shooting or what caused the shooting to begin. But he said one bullet fired through a bathroom door apparently struck Shannon, who was in a crouching position.
He said two officers then went into a room and through another door to come up behind Shannon, where they fired at least three or more shots at him. Three bullets passed through the wall of mobile home. Whether four or five shots were fired is a matter of contention, McGrath said.
Shannon was reported to have been struck by at least three bullets, but McGrath said the number that struck him has not been confirmed.
McGrath said Shannon was not known to be violent and was not armed when he was shot.
"They had no search warrant and no reason to exert deadly force," McGrath said. He later clarified that police did not need a search warrant as they were at the house regarding a parole violation.
Earlier reports noted Ben Shannon was recently charged with robbery of a Rochester variety store while armed with a pellet gun. He was out on bail on charges related to that incident but had failed to keep appointments with parole officers.
Although he said it seemed inappropriate to discuss it in detail at this time, McGrath said it is just a fact that the family has significant medical bills and funeral expenses as a result of death of Shannon.
He said the Attorney General's report on their investigation is still probably weeks away and that the state has requested Ben Shannon's medical records from the family that he does not believe they are entitled too.
"Regardless of the conclusions of the AG's investigative report," McGrath said, " we will go forward with this suit."


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Man loses wallet while trying to rob cab driver, deputies say
A man who tried to steal a cab driver's wallet ended up losing his own wallet in the struggle, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said Terry Smith, 42, got into the vehicle about 4 a.m. Sunday in Daytona Beach and asked for a ride to New Smyrna Beach.
He told the driver he was car sick and wanted to sit up front.
When the cab arrived at the destination, deputies said Smith reached for the driver's cell phone and wallet and slapped the driver twice in the face.
The driver didn't give up his possessions, and Smith jumped out, deputies said.
Later in his shift, the driver found Smith's wallet on the passenger side, making it easy for deputies to track him down.
Deputies went to Smith's house Sunday night and spotted him as he drove by. He was driving with a suspended license, authorities said.
Smith was charged with attempted robbery, battery, petty theft and driving with a suspended license.
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Huge rally lifts Herd
Down to their last out, the Bisons picked an excellent time to tie their season high for runs in an inning.
Trailing 6-5 entering the top half of the ninth inning, center fielder Jorge Padilla was able to tie the game when third baseman Mike Cervenak singled to center field to drive Padilla home. Left fielder Lucas Duda then hit a two-run single with two outs to give the Herd a 8-6 lead. The Bisons then poured on three more runs in the final frame due to a Russ Adams double and Jean Luc Blaquiere single to put the game out of reach.
The six runs for the Herd in the ninth was the most the Bisons have scored in one inning since they put a six spot on the Norfolk Tide in a game back in early June. This is now the fifth time Buffalo has scored six runs in one inning this season.
Duda who sparked the rally in the ninth also hit a home run to deep right field in the sixth inning for his ninth home run of the season. Duda has been on a tear recently, hitting eight home runs in his past 12 games, including his stretch of five consecutive games with a home run back in late June to early July.
In his 23 games with the Herd this season, Duda is hitting .337 and is flashing power numbers that rival slugger Mike Hessman. Duda also has 25 RBI in his 23 contests with the Herd and is averaging a home run every 10 at-bats.
On the mound for the Herd, starting pitcher Dillon Gee was in control for most of his start. Providing another quality start for the Bisons the right hander went 6.2 innings while allowing six hits and four runs, with three of them being earned. Gee also had a point in his outing where he retired 12 batters in a row. The spotlight on Gee's start however was the 11 batters he struck out.
The 11 punch-out's was a career-high for Gee and was the first time a Bisons pitcher struck out 11 since Jason Bere did it back on May 17, 2003. Gee's total for strikeouts on the season now stands at 102. With his 11 strikeout performance tonight he has reached the century mark for strikeouts on the season and becomes the first pitcher to do so since 2006 when Hyang-Nam Choi had 103 for the year.
Gee is now also only 36 strikeouts behind Vicente Palacios for the record for most strikeouts for a Bisons pitcher in the Modern Era. With the better part of two months remaining in the season, Gee has a legitimate chance to reach the mark of 137 which was set back in 1990.
The come-from-behind win for the Herd sets their record at 46-43 while the Red Wings stand at 32-59 with only one game remaining before the All-Star Break.
BISONS NOTES: By going 0-3 today, center fielder Jorge Padilla saw his 12-game hit streak come to an end. Padilla tied outfielder Jesus Feliciano for the longest streak for a member of the Herd this year. The Bisons will wrap up their two-game series with the Red Wings tomorrow when Oliver Perez will take the mound for the Herd to take on Ryan Mullins (4-7, 4.70 ERA).