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Long article but well worth the read.
Truly Allah guides who He wills, 'when' He wills.
Cover Girl
Nine years ago, I danced my newborn daughter around my North Carolina living room to the music of Free to Be...You and Me, the '70s children's classic whose every lyric about tolerance and gender equality I had memorized as a girl growing up in California. My Libyan-born husband, Ismail, sat with her for hours on our screened porch, swaying back and forth on a creaky metal rocker and singing old Arabic folk songs, and took her to a Muslim sheikh who chanted a prayer for long life into her tiny, velvety ear. She had espresso eyes and lush black lashes like her father's, and her milky-brown skin darkened quickly in the summer sun. We named her Aliya, which means "exalted" in Arabic, and agreed we would raise her to choose what she identified with most from our dramatically different backgrounds.
I secretly felt smug about this agreement—confident that she would favor my comfortable American lifestyle over his modest Muslim upbringing. Ismail's parents live in a squat stone house down a winding dirt alley outside Tripoli. Its walls are bare except for passages from the Qur'an engraved onto wood, its floors empty but for thin cushions that double as bedding at night. My parents live in a sprawling home in Santa Fe with a three-car garage, hundreds of channels on the flat-screen TV, organic food in the refrigerator, and a closetful of toys for the grandchildren. I imagined Aliya embracing shopping trips to Whole Foods and the stack of presents under the Christmas tree, while still fully appreciating the melodic sound of Arabic, the honey-soaked baklava Ismail makes from scratch, the intricate henna tattoos her aunt drew on her feet when we visited Libya. Not once did I imagine her falling for the head covering worn by Muslim girls as an expression of modesty.
Last summer we were celebrating the end of Ramadan with our Muslim community at a festival in the parking lot behind our local mosque. Children bounced in inflatable fun houses while their parents sat beneath a plastic tarp nearby, shooing flies from plates of curried chicken, golden rice, and baklava.
Aliya and I wandered past rows of vendors selling prayer mats, henna tattoos, and Muslim clothing. When we reached a table displaying head coverings, Aliya turned to me and pleaded, "Please, Mom—can I have one?"
She riffled through neatly folded stacks of headscarves while the vendor, an African-American woman shrouded in black, beamed at her. I had recently seen Aliya cast admiring glances at Muslim girls her age. I quietly pitied them, covered in floor-length skirts and long sleeves on even the hottest summer days, as my best childhood memories were of my skin laid bare to the sun: feeling the grass between my toes as I ran through the sprinkler on my front lawn; wading into an icy river in Idaho, my shorts hitched up my thighs, to catch my first rainbow trout; surfing a rolling emerald wave off the coast of Hawaii. But Aliya envied these girls and had asked me to buy her clothes like theirs. And now a headscarf.
In the past, my excuse was that they were hard to find at our local mall, but here she was, offering to spend ten dollars from her own allowance to buy the forest green rayon one she clutched in her hand. I started to shake my head emphatically "no," but caught myself, remembering my commitment to Ismail. So I gritted my teeth and bought it, assuming it would soon be forgotten.
That afternoon, as I was leaving for the grocery store, Aliya called out from her room that she wanted to come.
A moment later she appeared at the top of the stairs—or more accurately, half of her did. From the waist down, she was my daughter: sneakers, bright socks, jeans a little threadbare at the knees. But from the waist up, this girl was a stranger. Her bright, round face was suspended in a tent of dark cloth like a moon in a starless sky.
"Are you going to wear that?" I asked.
"Yeah," she said slowly, in that tone she had recently begun to use with me when I state the obvious.
On the way to the store, I stole glances at her in my rearview mirror. She stared out the window in silence, appearing as aloof and unconcerned as a Muslim dignitary visiting our small Southern town—I, merely her chauffeur. I bit my lip. I wanted to ask her to remove her head covering before she got out of the car, but I couldn't think of a single logical reason why, except that the sight of it made my blood pressure rise. I'd always encouraged her to express her individuality and to resist peer pressure, but now I felt as self-conscious and claustrophobic as if I were wearing that headscarf myself.
In the Food Lion parking lot, the heavy summer air smothered my skin. I gathered the damp hair on my neck into a ponytail, but Aliya seemed unfazed by the heat. We must have looked like an odd pair: a tall blonde woman in a tank top and jeans cupping the hand of a four-foot-tall Muslim. I drew my daughter closer and the skin on my bare arms prickled—as much from protective instinct as from the blast of refrigerated air that hit me as I entered the store.
As we maneuvered our cart down the aisles, shoppers glanced at us like we were a riddle they couldn't quite solve, quickly dropping their gaze when I caught their eye. In the produce aisle, a woman reaching for an apple fixed me with an overly bright, solicitous smile that said "I embrace diversity and I am perfectly fine with your child." She looked so earnest, so painfully eager to put me at ease, that I suddenly understood how it must feel to have a child with an obvious disability, and all the curiosity or unwelcome sympathies from strangers it evokes. At the checkout line, an elderly Southern woman clasped her bony hands together and bent slowly down toward Aliya. "My, my," she drawled, wobbling her head in disbelief. "Don't you look absolutely precious!" My daughter smiled politely, then turned to ask me for a pack of gum.
In the following days, Aliya wore her headscarf to the breakfast table over her pajamas, to a Muslim gathering where she was showered with compliments, and to the park, where the moms with whom I chatted on the bench studiously avoided mentioning it altogether.
Later that week, at our local pool, I watched a girl only a few years older than Aliya play Ping-Pong with a boy her age. She was caught in that awkward territory between childhood and adolescence—narrow hips, skinny legs, the slightest swelling of new breasts—and she wore a string bikini. Her opponent wore an oversize T-shirt and baggy trunks that fell below his knees, and when he slammed the ball at her, she lunged for it while trying with one hand to keep the slippery strips of spandex in place. I wanted to offer her a towel to wrap around her hips, so she could lose herself in the contest and feel the exhilaration of making a perfect shot. It was easy to see why she was getting demolished at this game: Her near-naked body was consuming her focus. And in her pained expression I recognized the familiar mix of shame and excitement I felt when I first wore a bikini.
At 14, I skittered down the halls of high school like a squirrel in traffic: hugging the walls, changing direction in midstream, darting for cover. Then I went to Los Angeles to visit my aunt Mary during winter break. Mary collected mermaids, kept a black-and-white photo of her long-haired Indian guru on her dresser, and shopped at a tiny health food store that smelled of patchouli and peanut butter. She took me to Venice Beach, where I bought a cheap bikini from a street vendor.
Dizzy with the promise of an impossibly bright afternoon, I thought I could be someone else—glistening and proud like the greased-up bodybuilders on the lawn, relaxed and unself-conscious as the hippies who lounged on the pavement with lit incense tucked behind their ears. In a beachside bathroom with gritty cement floors, I changed into my new two-piece suit.
Goose bumps spread across my chubby white tummy and the downy white hairs on my thighs stood on end—I felt as raw and exposed as a turtle stripped of its shell. And when I left the bathroom, the stares of men seemed to pin me in one spot even as I walked by.
In spite of a strange and mounting sense of shame, I was riveted by their smirking faces; in their suggestive expressions I thought I glimpsed some vital clue to the mystery of myself. What did these men see in me—what was this strange power surging between us, this rapidly shifting current that one moment made me feel powerful and the next unspeakably vulnerable?
I imagined Aliya in a string bikini in a few years. Then I imagined her draped in Muslim attire. It was hard to say which image was more unsettling. I thought then of something a Sufi Muslim friend had told me: that Sufis believe our essence radiates beyond our physical bodies—that we have a sort of energetic second skin, which is extremely sensitive and permeable to everyone we encounter. Muslim men and women wear modest clothing, she said, to protect this charged space between them and the world.
Growing up in the '70s in Southern California, I had learned that freedom for women meant, among other things, fewer clothes, and that women could be anything—and still look good in a bikini. Exploring my physical freedom had been an important part of my process of self-discovery, but the exposure had come at a price.
Since that day in Venice Beach, I'd spent years learning to swim in the turbulent currents of attraction—wanting to be desired, resisting others' unwelcome advances, plumbing the mysterious depths of my own longing. I'd spent countless hours studying my reflection in the mirror—admiring it, hating it, wondering what others thought of it—and it sometimes seemed to me that if I had applied the same relentless scrutiny to another subject I could have become enlightened, written a novel, or at least figured out how to grow an organic vegetable garden.
On a recent Saturday morning, in the crowded dressing room of a large department store, I tried on designer jeans alongside college girls in stiletto heels, young mothers with babies fussing in their strollers, and middle-aged women with glossed lips pursed into frowns. One by one we filed into changing rooms, then lined up to take our turn on a brightly lit pedestal surrounded by mirrors, cocking our hips and sucking in our tummies and craning our necks to stare at our rear ends.
When it was my turn, my heart felt as tight in my chest as my legs did in the jeans. My face looked drawn under the fluorescent lights, and suddenly I was exhausted by all the years I'd spent doggedly chasing the carrot of self-improvement, while dragging behind me a heavy cart of self-criticism.
At this stage in her life, Aliya is captivated by the world around her—not by what she sees in the mirror. Last summer she stood at the edge of the Blue Ridge Parkway, stared at the blue-black outline of the mountains in the distance, their tips swaddled by cottony clouds, and gasped. "This is the most beautiful thing I ever saw," she whispered. Her wide-open eyes were a mirror of all that beauty, and she stood so still that she blended into the lush landscape, until finally we broke her reverie by tugging at her arm and pulling her back to the car.
At school it's different. In her fourth-grade class, girls already draw a connection between clothing and popularity. A few weeks ago, her voice rose in anger as she told me about a classmate who had ranked all the girls in class according to how stylish they were.
I understood then that while physical exposure had liberated me in some ways, Aliya could discover an entirely different type of freedom by choosing to cover herself.
I have no idea how long Aliya's interest in Muslim clothing will last. If she chooses to embrace Islam, I trust the faith will bring her tolerance, humility, and a sense of justice—the way it has done for her father. And because I have a strong desire to protect her, I will also worry that her choice could make life in her own country difficult. She has recently memorized the fatiha, the opening verse of the Qur'an, and she is pressing her father to teach her Arabic. She's also becoming an agile mountain biker who rides with me on wooded trails, mud spraying her calves as she navigates the swollen creek.
The other day, when I dropped her off at school, instead of driving away from the curb in a rush as I usually do, I watched her walk into a crowd of kids, bent forward under the weight of her backpack as if she were bracing against a storm. She moved purposefully, in such a solitary way—so different from the way I was at her age, and I realized once again how mysterious she is to me. It's not just her head covering that makes her so: It's her lack of concern for what others think about her. It's finding her stash of Halloween candy untouched in her drawer, while I was a child obsessed with sweets. It's the fact that she would rather dive into a book than into the ocean—that she gets so consumed with her reading that she can't hear me calling her from the next room.
I watched her kneel at the entryway to her school and pull a neatly folded cloth from the front of her pack, where other kids stash bubble gum or lip gloss. Then she slipped it over her head, and her shoulders disappeared beneath it like the cape her younger brother wears when he pretends to be a superhero.
As I pulled away from the curb, I imagined that headscarf having magical powers to protect her boundless imagination, her keen perception, and her unself-conscious goodness. I imagined it shielding her as she journeys through that house of mirrors where so many young women get trapped in adolescence, buffering her from the dissatisfaction that clings in spite of the growing number of choices at our fingertips, providing safe cover as she takes flight into a future I can only imagine.
Krista Bremer is the winner of a 2008 Pushcart Prize and a 2009 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award. She is associate publisher of the literary magazine The Sun, and she is writing a memoir about her bicultural marriage.
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Jul 26, 2010 07:17 AM »
hate to change the subject but it bothers
what you said here is very true: Truly Allah guides who He wills, 'when' He wills.
There is a urdu poem saying what kind of freedom when we have to be alive by your will and die by your will.
Anyhow does this not seem unfair to the disbelievers because they were chosen as disbeliever from the very beginning
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Jul 26, 2010 03:47 PM »
It's pre-destined, but we have free will, we choose our paths altho our choice is already known.
We shut ourselves off from and go further and further away from or nearer and nearer towards the truth, but we have all the tools and choices in front of us.
There is no compulsion in religion the truth stands clear from error, and we make our own decisions, altho Allah knows his creation better than we know ourselves. Aren't we all born with an inate bias towards worshipping our creator, we change as we get older........
I'm prolly making no sense here.... I'm tired.
This article btw, has previously been posted.
And when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely I am nigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So let them hear My call and let them trust in Me, in order that they may be led aright. Surah 2 Verse 186
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Jul 30, 2010 12:17 PM »
salaam all!! this is a wonderful article.........nothing better than getting rid of physical self consciousness and getting indulged in life..........
I bothered to reply to this post for sister blackrose's sake........sister i have been baffled with this issue too....(whats the blame if a kafir was born that way) infact this single mystry made me feel that my faith and religion is purposeless. How can there be something real when there is such a big injustice. But I went along inquiring and pondering into this and finally got an answer........See the basic requirement to enter janna is to have faith in the fact that
there is a creator and it has to be just one
. N This one point in placde Allah can forgive all the sins of a person if He so wills. To have this on faith all one needs is commonsense of the degree that all of us possess. Now if someone denies this simple fact it ahs to be because of pride and arrogance and not because of the misfortune of being born as a non muslim........
hope that helps......it has helped me a lot..........
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SubhanAllaah one needs to be careful how one asks and responds to such questions as if one has not learnt, one may attribute unfairness or injustice to God which is incompatible with Godhood and blasphemous. I think some of the confusion arises from a lack of understanding regarding the Will of Allaah and the free will of humans which allows us to make certain choices.
In surah al-Araf, it is mentioned that all of the souls of the children of Adam took a covenant in which they pledged and testified in the Existence of God, the One without a partner to Him. This proves that every soul believed in God. Then we have the hadith which states in meaning that we are all born with a belief in God and with an inclination to worship Him alone, but other factors then influence us and lead some people astray. In Suratul-Dhariyat, it is stated in meaning that God has Ordered humans and jinn to worship Him. But despite this Order from God, not everyone chooses to obey His Order.
Quote from: blackrose on Jul 26, 2010 07:17 AM
Anyhow does this not seem unfair to the disbelievers because they were chosen as disbeliever from the very beginning
So no, this does not seem unfair as every soul testified in the Existence of God but later, some people chose to follow a different path, so it is *their choice*. Allaah Knew eternally what their choice would be. On the Day of Judgement there is no injustice. We are tested in this world and have free will, so we make our own choices, although this is under the Will of Allaah (so we choose to do something but whether it happens or not depends on whether God Wills for it to happen for us, hence why in the religion we have the phrase 'Insha'Allaah'). Although God Knows eternally everything about us, we are tested in order for ourselves to learn how we are, so our actions are used as proofs for or against us on the Day of Judgement.
Injustice is to disobey the One who deserves to be obeyed and there is no one that orders Allaah to do anything. So Allaah does not obey or disobey another. So rather it is the kuffar who are unjust. On the Day of Judgement we will not be able to deny a single thing as even our limbs will testify against us. In this way no one will be able to say that God is unjust as all the choices that *we* will have made in this life are lain before us on that Day. Remember, God is not asked about what He does, but rather, we will be asked regarding what we have done.
'If he woke up and had enough food for the day and shelter (a roof over his head) and he does not fear for his safety, then it is as if he has been given the dunya.'
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I've noticed around the site that there are grumblings about the lack of auction league articles posted so I thought I'd take a run at an auction league for this month's victim of EA. I will point out that I myself wrote a 2008 summer article for auction leagues that if you can sort through the math I thought was pretty good. In order to try and address some of the salary/auction league complaints I introduced myself to Girth. He plays in an 11-team roto auction league where players are kept for extended years at auctioned or free agent prices. It's actually pretty convoluted and I suspect that sometimes it requires a degree in business admin just to figure out what to do from season to season. The roto cats in this league are G, A, PIM, +/-, SPG (Specialty Goals = PPG(1) + SHG(2)), and GLpts (Goalie Points - W=2, OTL = 1, Shutout = 2). Players are drafted and signed to a 3 year contract, designated as A, B, and C. After their B season they either enter an option year and become a free agent after C or they are signed to another contract for up to 3 more seasons, those contract designations could be noted anything from D, E, F, G, H, I or X. An X contract has signed a second contract and is on the roster for up to 3 more years with rising salaries each season.
The contracts can be a bit cumbersome to explain and I'm being purposefully vague since contracts in most auction leagues can be laid out differently depending on the league constitution. At any rate, let's take a look at Girth.
F John Tavares NYI ($6.50 XG) – there are 4 more years on his contract and I finally expect to see the 30-40 goal output I've been expecting from him. The Isles are putting some talent around him up front and their captain is an underrated offensive option from the back end. If he isn't close to 35 goals this season then I'll wear an Isles jersey at my own birthday party next year. Yeah, like any of you guys will hold me to that.
F James Neal PIT ($4.50 XG) – Four more seasons with your team and he should be lining up with Gino or Sid for many years to come too. I was shocked at this kid's goal production to start the season and I sure hope he can keep a similar pace going for much of the season. It's not like I'm expecting a 20-something scorer to jump up to 50-something but it'd sure be nice.
F David Krejci BOS ($1.50 B) – you'll sign him to an extended contract and have him around another four seasons after this one. The B's got off to a really slow start this season and Kraitch also had a single point in October. November has been a lot nicer to the B's and to Kraitch at the same time.
F Phil Kessel TOR ($4.75 XC) – for a good chunk of October there was a lot of MVP/best player in the game talk about Phil and although I am a Leafs fan I can't pretend that Phil is the best player on the planet right now. The Leafs rely on him a tonne and he has shown some extended periods where he has dominated a game so the most I could say is that he's the most valuable to his team right now but even that is different within the MVP debate.
F Claude Giroux PHI ($4.50 XG) – another 4 year contributor to your team and I absolutely LOVE this guy as an offensive option. Like total man-crush. Have you seen this kid with the puck? Now that's dreamy. I realize that you're a Pens fan and I will point out that it's not just Penguins who hate the Flyers in the NHL but even so, you have to set aside those things for the sake of your fantasy team.
F Steve Downie TB ($2.50 XC) – say goodbye because he's moving off your team after this season. Dude's a bit of a headcase on the ice but I kinda dig that about him. PIM options who can score always have a place on my fantasy team and if you don't realize their value I'll just cuff you upside the head like Downey would do if he were sitting next to you.
F Jeff Carter CBS ($4.50 H) – only two years left on this contract but his move to C-bus is going to hurt his value anyway so when you need to bidding on him again in a couple years he might come at a cheaper price. He's a triggerman who needs somebody slick alongside him and who knows that may be Yakupov very soon since the Jackets are falling down a deep, dark hole.
F David Backes STL ($5.00 E) – also only two years left on this contract but he's another guy with a PIM outlook who can also get goals in bunches. The price may be a little steep but I also doubt you could get him back cheaper in an auction.
F Eric Staal CAR ($9.50 A) – an option here for multiple seasons ahead but a very steep price too. The Canes have been beyond poor this season so far but they have too much talent to wallow at the bottom of the league for long too. Staal has five points and is minus-16 already which means you're getting firecracker power out of this cannon on your team.
F Zach Parise NJ ($9.50 A) – another cannon on your roster with options for years at a huge price. This time you're getting two firecrackers worth of power so far this season. Once Zajac returns to this team then I suspect that offensive numbers in general will improve for most of the cannons. It's not like you'd want to trade a guy like this when his value is down anyway since you wouldn't get what you need out of the deal. Wait it out and you'll be fine.
F Mikko Koivu MIN ($2.50 A) – that's a really good price for a guy who could easily finish in the top 50 in league scoring. There are so few offensive options in Minny that more and more responsibility will have to be carried by Koivu and Heatley. If he's healthy then I expect close to 20 goals and 70 pts out of Mikko.
F Tyler Ennis BUF ($.75 A) – this is a whiff in your projections for forwards this season. Ennis is pointless in seven games and has been week to week with a sprained ankle. The offense in Buffalo is well balanced so that ice time can be spread out too much and value sapped out of secondary options like Ennis. I like his future but I'm sure you could get him back at a decent price in subsequent seasons if you want to.
F Jordan Eberle EDM ($1.75 A) – I like the price and I like the idea that you'll have him for a lot of years ahead. I find this kid to be really hard to trade for because some guys really over-value his skills but that's the case because he has 30 goal potential just oozing out of him. As the Oil's offense matures he'll have a front seat for all of the fun.
D Dustin Byfuglien WIN ($2.00 B) – the Jets offense looks to work quite well when Buff acts as a rover but unfortunately the Jets defense looks overmatched whenever Buff gets caught roaming too far. I think that perhaps his fantasy value got overinflated with his great start last season. He's probably more like a 40 pt option instead of the 60 pt option people are expecting.
D Kevin Shattenkirk STL ($.75 A) – a great price that will be around for a long time. Shatt and Pietr will be the anchors for the Blues for a lot of years and having them on the back end is the main reason why they could afford to move EJ in the Stewart/Shattenkirk deal last year. Shatt is a QB for their PP and most of the value for your team will be in A, particularly PPA.
D Theo Peckham EDM ($.25 A) – his only value to your team is in PIM and whatever offense he adds is pure gravy. For this price and since it's the bottom of your roster then I'm perfectly fine with having him here.
D Erik Karlsson OTW ($.50 A) – wait a second, nobody bid you up more than two bits for a kid with 45 pts last season and a shot at 60 this season? Was your league asleep when he was nominated? Well, well done. He's going to be rock solid and could easily turn into a Visnovsky type of option.
D Deryk Engelland PIT ($.25 A) – you say that your league is full of Pens fans so there is some market for most Penguins players but I've got to think that Eng would have to get in a bunch of fights to have any value whatsoever. We already know that he won't have any offensive value to a fantasy team but if he does put up some PIM value then he'd be minimally effective for your team.
D Matt Carkner OTW ($.25 A) – PIM thy name is Carkner. The offense is going to be non-existent for him but whenever someone needs their nose adjusted and Chris Neil is already occupied then Carks will step up and create the need for plastic surgery.
G Jonathan Quick LA ($1.50 B) – you'll need to decide whether to extend him after this season, and the answer is yes, and Bernier is waiting in the wings but I can still see the potential for 40 W's this season and going forward.
G Martin Brodeur NJ ($2.00 B) – again, you'll need to decide to extend him or not, and the answer is no, but Marty will still have plenty to add to your team this season and probably next too. He won't put up 40 wins again but he can still give you 30.
Overall, your D are extremely well priced although the bottom end is close to useless for fantasy value, especially Engelland. Your forwards are a very nice crew to take a run at the championship this season you have most of your guys locked in for the next several seasons. Your goalies are in really good shape too although I imagine you won't need to extend Marty beyond this contract and you'll need to figure out what you want to do to replace him after next season (or before). I should also point out that with Downey, Backes, Byfuglien, Peckham, Carkner and Engelland you'll have PIM out the wazoo and you're in a position of strength for trading in that area.
Waiver Wire Options
Whenever a player gets put on IR then a FA can be picked up to replace him on the roster. All wire options cost $2.50 so that will mean that most FA's won't be kept at that price unless you find a stunning bargain. It also makes your auction that much more important on an annual basis so that you can get longer term options for cheaper prices. That's why you're playing though eh? Who has the best crystal ball available for talent?
Sami Salo VAN – well you had a D get dinged early but from my perspective Sami is a better option than Engelland or Carkner anyway. This was an easy suggestion although the price isn't such that you'd want to keep him around longer term.
Matt Read PHI – he has proven himself to be significant secondary scoring whether he's playing behind Giroux at C or Jagr at RW. I think he's got a fine example of how a smaller statured guy can succeed whenever he looks at Danny Briere so I've got to think that the environment for this guy is pretty close to a comfortable situation.
Johan Hedberg NJ – when Marty went on the shelf this month you needed a replacement and when the wire doesn't have many suitable subs then a good strategy is to bring in the handcuff for the guy you just lost. When Marty returned then Moose returned to the wire.
Max Pacioretty MON – I don't get why a guy like this wasn't on a team already but it's to your short term benefit to keep him around. You could even consider keeping him around all season and decide in the offseason if $2.50 is too expensive for him or not. If you ask me then I think you could get him back in an auction for less than that.
Ryan Wilson COL – I've seen this kid on too many waiver wires in my travels and he isn't being noticed for what he contributes to the 'lanche. He and Q and EJ are pretty good pillars to build a D corps around.
Teddy Purcell TB – Teddy is a St. John's "bye" who has been a long time with promise on the perimeter until he finally broke out for the Lightning last year. He is and will be adequate secondary scoring for them and I could see a string of 20 goal seasons out of him.
Trading Options
Originally we offered up Downey/Engelland for Ryan Callahan ($1.50 A) and Niklas Kronwall ($.25 B). We knew that wasn't going to fly but we wanted to open up discussions. The other manager emailed back to say that he'd trade those guys for Downey and Shattenkirk. Downey is an X contract who will become a FA after the season and Shatt is a very cheap option with options for the next six seasons including this one. Callahan is a stud offensive option in the Mike Richards mould with options for six seasons while Kronwall will be the main horse for the Wings as early as next season and will provide as much offensive value as Shattenkirk for five seasons. You could certainly afford to trade the PIM and the upside in offense was mouth watering, plus you were getting good prices while moving out a contract you can't keep anyway. My first reaction was ... take that. Seriously, email the guy right back and take that.
Girth balked. Callahan wasn't producing at the time and he was worried about Kronwall's ongoing health. He decided to get some more advice off the Dobber boards and then guys weren't telling him to snap that deal up (c'mon guys, help a brother out here). After a few days I was able to convince Nathan to inquire into the trade again but by that time the other party wasn't willing to make the move anymore. *&@*%$#$!!
Woulda, shoulda, coulda eh? We should've been able to make that deal but in the end we still were able to tweak several roster spots as injuries hit your team over this month. Some of those waiver adds have the potential for some longer term upside (Salo, Read and Pacioretty) and others were just intended to be a short term band-aid (Hedberg, Wilson and Purcell). Man, if only we could've added Callahan and Kronwall too. Sigh. At any rate, it has been a good month and the potential is still there to make some moves, particularly if it means moving out some PIM for some offense. Let me know when the rest of your league comes knocking and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out together.
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Thank you for helping me out with the moves and suggestions. It was great to get ideas of what/who to target and how to go about doing that.
Pacioretty has 6pts, +2, 6 PIM's in his last 6 - so good pickup. Having Hedberg kept me in the pack for goalie pts.
Thanks again, and good luck with your writing/audits. If you have anything you want to bounce off of me, you got my email...


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Part of National Christmas Jumper Day, the team from DoubleTree by Hilton, Cadbury House in Congresbury are hoping their garish festive attire will raise plenty of funds for the charity which works in 120 countries saving children's lives.
The team is also hoping guests who visit the venue for their Christmas parties will also put on their festive finest or just give £1 towards the cause.
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FDA Launches Web-Based Resource to Make Information About the Agency More Easily Available
Today, as the first phase of the agency's Transparency Initiative, FDA launched a web-based resource called FDA Basics that provides basic information about the agency and how it does its work. Comments from the public, including on this blog, first suggested the idea that FDA provide basic information about the agency in a user-friendly, accessible format. You can view the FDA Basics resource via a link in the "About FDA" section of the FDA home page, http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/Basics.
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January 12, 2010 at 11:20 pm | #1
The Sunlight Foundation ran a post (http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2010/fda-holds-back/) stating that the FDA's safety and efficacy reports for 9 of the 25 most prescribed drugs cannot be found online. When the agency's documents are found online, they are in a not in a internet friendly, text-searchable format, but rather, in a highly-edited PDF document.
My blog post and thoughts about Sunlight Foundation's findings can be found here (http://thedecisiontree.com/blog/?p=1111). One of my main concerns is that since pharmaceutical companies are allowed to direct advertising and marketing efforts at the public (e.g. television commercials), an easy-to-navigate, simple summary from an independent party, such as the FDA, is a crucial piece of consumer information.
Will the FDA's new transparency effort improve the way the agency makes their drug safety and efficacy reviews available online?
January 13, 2010 at 10:49 am | #2
I'm not sure if this is off topic or not, but I would really like for nutrition.gov to be easier to navigate through. As I visit the site for information to help me with my weight. Sometimes I have to click through four links before I can find what I'm looking for.
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January 14, 2010 at 2:47 pm | #5
I think FDA Basics is a good start, but I did not find information on the topic that I am most interested in (FDA handling of allergens).
The Webinar would be more helpful if the topics weren't so narrow and tightly controlled (ex. – Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy). I would much rather see a topic like "food safety" which would give the public more leeway to discuss issues that concern them. Also, the Webinar is targeted to bloggers, which I feel is too restrictive. I think it's important that FDA allow the perhaps uncomfortable questions to be asked.
Some additional questions and topics that I would like to see discussed:
1) What are the ways in which FDA regulations are formed (ex. – citizen petitions, FDA initiated activity, federal law, public hearings, etc)? I am specifically interested in whether FDA has the authority to regulate allergens in drugs and cosmetics. I have heard FDA say that its authority only goes as far as federal law allows. Doesn't FDA have the ability to go before Congress and ask for increased authority if necessary to protect the public health?
2) Is it currently legal for food to be genetically modified with an allergen that is not a "major food allergen" under the FALCPA (ex. – sesame, sunflower, celery, mustard)? If so, would such food be labeled as being modified?
I wish FDA would more actively participate in this blog, rather than being primarily in a listening mode. I sincerely would like to hear from FDA on some of the issues and questions that have been raised in this blog.
January 18, 2010 at 5:54 pm | #6
I'd like to say I think its a good thing the FDA is coming out and being more open to the public. Before the FDA was just 3 big letters to everyone but now with these its almost like seeing the faces behind the masks.
Also providing more easy to follow information will make future rulings from the FDA more tolerable to the American people.
January 18, 2010 at 8:37 pm | #7
There is another resource where President Obama talks about transparency and open government as well.
Lots of information about how it is supposed to work.
January 30, 2010 at 5:26 am | #15
I love the website. Its easy and simple to navigate.
February 1, 2010 at 11:24 am | #16
I agree with Omar, Government has to not only be more visible online but more reachable too. (Although President Obama has certainly lead the way on this – his campaign is evidence of this.)
It's quite funny at first when you see social bookmarking tags on gov sites, but it's the way to go and makes government bodies seem more approachable.
All the best.
May 27, 2010 at 4:14 pm | #25
In my opinion it is a good ideea to reveal the basics of the FDA to common people. The FDA is important to everyone of us who is interested in medicine.
I would like to know what FDA has to say about weight loss supplements.
June 6, 2010 at 9:53 am | #27
I would also like to see medical insurances hoping on board for more weight loss programs and support that include nutrition programs and fitness programs. Anything to support a healthier community. Also, for the FDA to evaluate more weight loss supplements, their safety and support those that are safe and effective.
July 6, 2010 at 7:41 am | #28
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September 12, 2010 at 8:14 pm | #32
The FDA can Comment on weight loss supplements, the can advise against certain foods and so on BUT what is going to stop a teenager from stuffing a big mac or loading up at the school cafe. In parts of Canada they have started to remove junk food from the schools cafe and school vending machines that sell junk food as well but there are no studies yet to see if it's making a difference.
November 9, 2010 at 1:43 pm | #35
Transparency in Gov't is ALWAYS a good thing. :)
To the poster above, I don't see insurance companies EVER paying for ANY type of weight loss program. Imagine what that would do to our premiums!
February 15, 2011 at 4:32 am | #39
The FDA transparency to regulated industries is one of my biggest concerns because food manufacrurea would be willing to keep as much information away from consumers as much as they would like.
The main reason for doing so would be to hide any problem or efects of their products that would be of concern to consumers. I hope the FDA would take this transparency issue very seriosely so that before one buys anything, the label should tell them what they ar buying.
April 1, 2011 at 2:39 am | #40
I think their basic resource section is a great start. http://www.hghsideeffectsblog.com They regulate so much that a transparency policy that is constantly evolving I think is a really good thing to have in place.
November 29, 2011 at 8:33 am | #52
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Funkyterrance wrote:Dearest Mr.,
I myself have enjoyed a number of your threads and appreciate the fact that you take the time to formulate your ideas on here.
The opening post of this thread gave me the willies. Maybe it was the overall tone that started my discomfort but it was your portrayal of the other players as mere hungry objects I found most disturbing. But perhaps this is the true mark of the dictator, to view your subjects as sheep to be forever puppeted?
But back to the point...
If not inflated ego, delusion of grandeur? These facets of dictating that you offer, while interesting and even possibly intriguing to the right person, are not nearly as profound/complex as you suggest. Is this all not ego-related?
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But then just recently I played a trips game and was going through one of my disinterested periods. I had an incredibly light touch over the first 3 rounds. And what did I find when I finally paid attention to the game? All three players had created nice little empires for themselves.
So I speculate that the dictator model leads to a 'dominant player scenario', while the independent command is more likely to result in three viable empires.
Mr Changsha wrote:From there, I naturally began to wonder if in some situations it would be optimal for the dictator to actually call for independent play for a couple of rounds, but still of course be able to dictate when he chose. But in what situations/styles/maps etc would option two be preferable?
This seems very complicated to me indeed.
Mr Changsha wrote:I have always felt that one of the key principles of good strategy is unpredictability. I have numerous methods when I play standard or 8 man dubs...it is important to have this as well in trips and quads. So I am naturally attracted to a concept like this. For how can the opposition read my play if i am switching between a dictatorial model and an independent model within in the same game? Or maybe I play the first in a set as a dictator and the second using the independent command?
Mr Changsha wrote:So, is one model more suitable than another in certain situations?
If i am playing a fellow dictator which should I use?
If I am playing on a large, medium-sized or small map?
If I am behind on round 3?
If the map is bonus-driven or territory based?
If the opposition has played me before?
If it is a new map?
If it is one I am familiar with?
Finally, what do you think of the concept of SWITCHING between models? How effective would that be?
thegreekdog wrote:I admittedly didn't read every post here, so I caveat what I'm about to type with that.
If the ultimate goal in a team game is to win, one would assume that teammates would look to the most skilled player to direct their actions (I believe Changy referred to points as #5 on his list of five reasons for dictators, I believe points is likely numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well). I digress. In the real world, if one wishes to succeed in a customer or client service line of business (for example law or accounting or engineering), one necessarily defers to those who have more experience, talent, and/or skill. This is a natural occurrence if a team wishes to be successful. For example, if I am in a meeting with a client regarding the reduction of their overall tax liability through planning in order to win work from the client, I will certainly not interject my thoughts on a tax technical item when someone with more experience, talent, and skill is in the room. We are more likely to win the work if the person with the most experience, talent, and skill talks about his or her area of expertise than if I interjected my own opinion, however valid that may be. There are likely many more examples of this phenomenon in real life.
In most CC games, I will defer to other players. I'm submissive, to borrow Mr. C's term, in CC games because my expertise in that area pales in comparison to those with whom I play games. Therefore, those of you who may be offended by Mr. C's use of certain terms, which imply a lack of assertiveness, shouldn't be. When my teammate has spent more time, energy, and intellect on the play of this game, I will defer to that teammate so that we can reach our ultimate goal of winning points. And that happens in real life too.
Mr Changsha wrote:Of course you are well within your rights to claim my writing is not insightful. I do not doubt for a second that much of my writing on this game fails to enthuse the majority of people who read it. I accept that happily...like so many of my threads on this game I write them because I enjoy discussing Risk.
But ego-puffing? This I reject. It is a simple fact that I have led my team in a certain fashion since 2008 and am therefore qualified to write about the viability of this command structure. This thread has absolutely nothing to do with how well my teams play, it is analysing the effectiveness of various structures that can be employed for team games. That my team play is some way below the top level I have never hidden, though I continue to play team games in an effort to improve. Sadly (though perhaps inevitably) the very best players tend not to share their thoughts on strategy all that much. However, I have always believed there is value in discussing the game to improve our collective understanding and while every thread of mine in this area elicits at least one comment such as yours, you will be unsurprised to know that it doesn't affect my continuing determination to write about this game at a level beyond 'look at how many medals I got'.
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AUSTIN -- Fireworks, tears and frustrations -- they are all happening in federal court in downtown Austin during the Yassine trial.
Three brothers Mike, Steve and Hadi Yassine are on trial at the same time, accused of selling cocaine and laundering money inside their entertainment district and 6th Street clubs.
Thursday their cousin, Mo, who is the government's star witness is being cross-examined by the defense. Mo secretly recorded conversations with Steve Yassine involving drug deals.
Mo tugged nervously at his hair Thursday, appeared nervous and took off his glasses to wipe away tears when asked if he gained Steve Yassine's trust and if family was the most important thing in his family's culture.
Defense lawyers also asked Mo if his long-term use of cocaine and marijuana has affected his memory.
He told them to the best of his knowledge he didn't think so.
Mike Yassine's lawyer is trying to paint the picture that while the other brothers may have been involved in illegal activity, that Mike Yassine had no idea drugs were involved, and if he had, Mike would not have allowed the money exchanges.
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There are a lot of organizations that help, but Variety, The Children's Charity has been instrumental in facility improvements.
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Bureaucracy Off Course: LODA tangle strangling aviation growth and safety Everyone in aviationpilots, industry, and government alikeagrees on the need to get more people involved in flying. New enthusiasts are the lifeblood of aviations future.
Sometimes, though, aviation cant get out of its own way when it comes to executing policy. The exasperating experience EAA has faced while working with the FAA on the letters of deviation authority (LODA) issue is a prime example of how bureaucracy keeps people out of the cockpit. Read More
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The FAA reauthorization bill will be back up for debate as Congress reconvenes following summer break. EAA continues to stress the need for long-term FAA funding.
Transportation infrastructure investment, including airports and the next generation (NextGen) air transportation system, were identified as priorities by President Barack Obama. EAA urges that general aviation is an important part of the national transportation system, thus would call for improvements to benefit all of aviation, including general aviation.
New operating limitations may be coming next April. The FAA issued a new version of its Airworthiness Certification of Aircraft and Related Products handbook, FAA Order 8130.2G. EAA staff is determining what changes have been made to the certification and operating limitations for amateur-built, exhibition, experimental light-sport, and special light-sport aircraft. This new version will become effective April 16, 2011. FAA Order 8130.2F remains the current guidance for FAA inspectors from FSDOs, manufacturing inspection district offices (MIDOs), and individual designated airworthiness representatives (DARs).
Existing residential through-the-fence (TTF) agreements at public-use airports will be allowed to continue provided they meet certain requirements, the FAA announced in a proposed draft policy released in mid-September. However, new TTF agreements will not be allowed. EAA will offer comments during the 45-day public comment period ending October 25, 2010, and asks that members who also submit comments provide a copy to email@example.com. EAA expects the FAA to take 45 to 60 days to review public comments and then issue its final TTF agreement policy by December 31, 2010.
The first notices for re-registration and renewal of aircraft registration will be sent on or shortly after October 1, 2010, for aircraft that were registered in March of any year. These aircraft are now assigned an expiration date of March 31, 2011. Owners of these aircraft must apply for re-registration between November 1, 2010, and January 31, 2011. For more information, call EAAs aviation services, 888-322-4636, or visit www.SportAviation.org for a direct link to the appropriate FAA website.
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In a joint effort to improve amateur-built aircraft safety, the FAA and EAA developed an advisory circular (AC) as guidance for individuals transitioning into experimental aircraft. EAAs additional objective is that an improvement in the amateur-built safety record for those transitioning into experimental aircraft would forestall FAA considering additional regulations or operating limitations on such aircraft. The AC stresses transition training and guidance to pilots who are the second owners of experimental aircraft and those pilots who have never flown amateur-built aircraft.
We worked with the FAA to find a solution that seeks to improve safety without additional operating limitations being placed on aircraft, said EAA Director of Air Operations Sean Elliot, who, along with EAA Homebuilders Community Manager Joe Norris, attended meetings with the FAA.
The draft of the AC is in final revision and will be published by the end of the year.
The General Aviation Avgas Coalition, which includes EAA, filed comments on the Environmental Protection Agencys advance notice of proposed rulemaking released earlier this year, stating there is insufficient data to make a determination on lead emissions from aircraft engines.
Some of the particular issues addressed included:
- Any current finding on lead endangerment is premature, as additional data is still forthcoming. Complete data is not expected until early 2012.
- The best solution will be found by working in cooperation with FAA and general-aviation stakeholders so that the aviation industry and businesses are not endangered.
- Reformulation of avgas without an adequate solution that meets the needs of the entire existing fleet would create negative safety implications.
- Creating multiple grades of fuel for aviation use would bring difficulties in distribution that could hamper availability in some areas.
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What Are Your Priorities? How does EAA staff determine its priorities for EAAs advocacy efforts? You, our members, determine our priorities. Three main inputs direct our mission to reduce regulatory barriers to participating in aviation: one-on-one member-to-staff interactions (phone calls, e-mails), interactions in the field, and recurring surveys.
Based on data from the most recent survey:
- Overall, members are satisfied with EAAs advocacy efforts.
- Protecting the access and promoting the affordability of personal flight is very important.
- Affordability is rated most important.
- Aviation fuel and safety are top-ranked issues.
- Security, medical-related issues (including elimination of the third-class medical), protection of airspace/airports, and the ADS-B changes round out your major concerns.
For the top-rated issue, the future of aviation fuel, your overwhelming response indicated you are not willing to pay more for a future fuel than you currently pay for 100LL. However, the higher the value of your aircraft, the more willing you are to spend money on aircraft modification. However, very few surveyed are willing to spend more than $5,000 to ensure their aircraft can operate on a future fuel.
With regard to aviation safety, most members seem to comprehend that if it is not improved, government will impose additional restrictions. And lets not forget, we want our fellow aviators to safely engage in the activity we all love and enjoy.
As for how youd like to receive information on important advocacy topics, you listed EAA Sport Aviation magazine, as well as the magazines of EAAs divisions, as your primary resource. Your secondary resource is our electronic aviation news sources, particularly the weekly e-Hotline newsletters.
Are these your priorities? Please share your thoughts with us on www.Oshkosh365.org.
Read more about out what else is happening in the world of EAA's government relations.
EAA's Government Relations department works to preserve the freedom of flight and reduce the regulatory barriers affecting affordability and access to EAA members participation in aviation. Protecting the freedom to fly is the foundation on which all of the organizations advocacy initiatives are built. EAA fights to preserve this freedom by providing clear solutions and practical alternatives backed by hard work and dedication. EAAs 55-year history of success is a testament to that philosophy.


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gh wrote:Happy July 4 week to the board! You won't have to listen to these two snipers for the next week.
And this the last "mini-ban" for batonless, whose next decision to be rude (his specialty) comes with a life sentence.
GH, I'm sure the one week ban fit my crime, but just to prevent any repeat offense, what was my crime? Sniping at 7-sided-batonlessrelay-et al.?


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Goodbye, Zombies!
Times Square press event, satellite media tour cap off Stop Zombie Mouth campaign
New York—The Stop Zombie Mouth campaign drew to a close last month with a Halloween-themed press event that attracted coverage from national publications, morning TV shows and social media sites, and the release of a survey on kids' attitudes about Halloween.
|Diagnosis? Zombie mouth. A youngster practices brushing techniques on the zombie at the Oct. 24 press event in New York. Photo by Bernadette Marciniak
Designed to boost awareness of oral health while offering a fun alternative to candy on Halloween, for the past two months Stop Zombie Mouth has offered trading cards with free downloads of the video game Plants vs. Zombies.
The press event took place Oct. 24 at Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum in Times Square and a satellite media tour followed Oct. 25 with ADA Consumer Advisor Jonathan Shenkin conducting TV and radio interviews with national and local media. Dr. Shenkin shared with reporters the results of a new survey regarding kids' views and perceptions of Halloween. Naturally, they enjoy celebrating it; but there is evidence they don't always require candy.
|Payne vs. Zombie: Dr. Brian Payne has a chairside chat with the zombie greeting session-goers in the ADA Welcome Center Oct. 18 during the Annual Session. Photo by EZ Event Photography
"Children themselves are asking us as adults to help curb sugary snacks," said Dr. Shenkin, a pediatric dentist and chair of the Council on Communications.
"The Stop Zombie Mouth campaign is an excellent way to bring together an alternative treat for Halloween with an opportunity to increase awareness among parents and children about the benefits that practicing good oral hygiene can have on overall health," he added. "Learning and practicing good oral hygiene habits now will pay dividends later in life."
To celebrate the events in New York, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., declared Oct. 24 "Stop Zombie Mouth Day," and students from the Columbia University School of Dental Medicine showed kids how to properly brush their teeth along with the two-minute video at Stopzombiemouth.com.
After 1 million packs of trading cards; 20,000 Stop Zombie Mouth kits (4,000 distributed at Annual Session last month) and an untold number of media impressions, tweets and game downloads, the zombies have left the building.
|Teachers & students: Above, children color photos and learn about oral health in New York Oct. 24.
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