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Proposed causes of student loan default, according to a review of the literature, seem to fall into three general categories: (1) the defaulters' inability to pay; (2) the imperfect knowledge, or negative attitudes, of some borrowers; and (3) the incentives for default created by the program rules. The evidence suggests that inability to pay is the most important cause of default. This conclusion is based primarily on a number of empirical studies that have demonstrated the strong relationship between unemployment and low earnings on the one hand, and student loan default on the other. I now briefly review the literature on each of the three categories.
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Voxiva, PositiveID develop mobile diabetes management solution
WASHINGTON Two companies announced the integration of their respective programs to develop an end-to-end wireless diabetes management solution.
PositiveID and Voxiva said Monday that they would combine PositiveID's wireless iGlucose system with Voxiva's Care4Life diabetes management program, allowing diabetics to use mobile technology to capture glucose readings, receive instant feedback on results, monitor weight, cholesterol and other biomarkers, and have tailored education content based on their results delivered directly to their mobile phones. A personal health record also can be reviewed online and participants can use the solution to decide what data should be shared with their circle of care.
"Combining a mobile glucometer with content delivered through a mobile phone offers a simple, convenient and engaging way to improve diabetes management for millions of Americans," said Justin Sims, Voxiva's CEO.
PositiveID's iGlucose system simplifies diabetes management by automatically creating blood glucose logs and trend reports, while Voxiva's Care4Life solution is a personalized, interactive mobile health service that uses text messaging, e-mail and a personalized Web portal to coach users on the steps they need to take to manage their diabetes, set and track progress toward their treatment goals and build a comprehensive record or diary that they can share with their physicians.
The companies will showcase together at the mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C., this week.
Lansinoh launches breast-feeding education website for healthcare providers
ALEXANDRIA, Va. Lansinoh Labs on Thursday went live with its new online portal, called "Lansinoh Professional" (LansinohProfessional.com), that will provide International board-certified lactation consultants, registered nurses, midwives, doulas, OB/GYNs and other healthcare providers with the resources they need to better educate and support breast-feeding moms.
"A well-informed professional network is a necessity to driving duration rates higher in a country that has fallen short of its breast-feeding goals year after year," stated Gina Ciagne, senior director of breast-feeding relations for Lansinoh. "The network of lactation professionals and healthcare providers is often the first place new moms turn for breast-feeding help. We want these professionals to have easy access to the wealth of information Lansinoh has gathered over [more than] 25 years providing support for breast-feeding moms," she said. "Lansinoh Professional is the bridge that delivers our breast-feeding expertise and information to these professionals and their patients. Lansinoh will continue its commitment to providing information and tools through healthcare providers to as many moms as possible. We want them to have the support needed to make the decision to start, and to continue, breast-feeding."
The new portal, also accessible via Lansinoh's homepage, offers a number of resources to better equip lactation professionals and other healthcare professionals with the tools to respond to their patients' questions and needs, including:
- Breast-feeding 101 for the pregnant and new mom, featuring such information as checklists to prepare for breast-feeding before giving birth, breast-feeding myths vs. facts, what to expect, benefits of breast-feeding and tips for getting dads involved;
- Upcoming national and local events for lactation professionals and healthcare providers where Lansinoh will have a presence through support, donations and exhibits;
- Tips from Lansinoh breast-feeding educators about pumping and storage;
- Details, including research-based evidence, on the efficacy and safety of Lansinoh products;
- How-to videos illustrating breast-feeding techniques and product use;
- Comprehensive resources list for professionals and moms; and
- Featured breast-feeding news and advice from the Lansinoh-sponsored blog, ByMomsForMoms, Facebook page and Twitter page.
Beginning later this year, professionals will be able to order samples of Lansinoh products directly through Lansinoh Professional.
CDC study reveals smokeless tobacco use trends
ATLANTA According to new data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that covers use of smokeless tobacco in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam released Thursday, the rates of smokers who also use smokeless tobacco, including chew tobacco and snuff, range from 0.9% in Puerto Rico to 13.7% in Wyoming.
Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, emphysema and more, all of which lead to premature death. Use of smokeless tobacco while continuing to smoke may add to one's risk for tobacco-related diseases, the CDC suggested. Smokeless tobacco use has been marketed by tobacco companies as a substitute for tobacco users when they are in a place that does not allow smoking.
"Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in this country," stated CDC director Tom Frieden. "Unfortunately, smokers are also using smokeless tobacco. If you smoke, quitting is the single most important thing you can do to improve your health. Use of smokeless tobacco may keep some people from quitting tobacco altogether. We need to intensify our anti-tobacco efforts to help people quit using all forms of tobacco."
The research found that smokeless tobacco is predominantly a problem among men, young adults, those with a high school education or less, and in some states with higher smoking rates.
Among the states, in 2009 smoking prevalence was highest in Kentucky (25.6%), West Virginia (25.6%) and Oklahoma (25.5%), and lowest in Utah (9.8%), California (12.9%) and the state of Washington (14.9%).
Smokeless tobacco use was highest in Wyoming (9.1%) and West Virginia (8.5%) and lowest in the U.S. Virgin Islands (0.8%) and California (1.3%). Among adult male smokers, 23.4% in Wyoming and 20.8% in Arkansas reported smokeless tobacco use.
"These new numbers are concerning," noted Tim McAfee, director of CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. "But progress is possible. We need to fully put into practice effective strategies, such as strong state laws that protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke, higher tobacco prices, aggressive ad campaigns that show the human impact of tobacco use and well-funded tobacco control programs, while stepping up our work to help people quit using all forms of tobacco."
For the full report, visit cdc.gov/mmwr. For state-specific tobacco data, visit CDC's State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation System at cdc.gov/tobacco/statesystem.

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The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute, in partnership with the Juvenile Law Center, has announced its inaugural Information Sharing Certificate Program.
This program, supported with funding from the MacArthur Foundation's Models for Change Initiative, is designed to enable leaders in the juvenile justice, child welfare, education, behavioral health and other child serving fields to overcome information sharing challenges that prevent the communication and coordination that is necessary to more fully serve youth known across multiple systems of care. Upon completion of the intensive three-day learning experience, participants apply the knowledge they gain through the development and implementation of a Capstone Project—an action agenda they undertake in their organization/community to initiate or enhance information sharing efforts. To accelerate these efforts, it is strongly encouraged that those interested in attending form a team from their jurisdiction to apply to the program.
Faculty for the program is comprised of information sharing, juvenile justice and child welfare subject matter experts from across the country who will deliver a curriculum designed to increase participants' ability to solve real-life problems when they return home. Thanks to the MacArthur Foundation, tuition subsidies are available for those with financial need.
Information Sharing Certificate Program
October 1-4, 2012
Washington, DC
Application Deadline: June 28, 2012
For more information and to apply, please visit http://cjjr.georgetown.edu and click on "Certificate Programs" or email CJJR at email@example.com.
The post above is reprinted with permission from Reclaiming Futures.


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Daphni, AKA Dan Snaith of Caribou, recently announced he would be doing a one-off FABRICLIVE mix, consisting of 23 original tracks. In anticipation of FABRICLIVE 93's release next month, the producer has treated us to another exclusive track off of the record. Not officially released until today, the track, which is called 'Tin', is much to the appeasement of his – and much of dance music's – fans. The track's recognisable bassline has been sprinkled in and out of Daphni's sets for quite some time now, but never officially released.
In addition to the much-anticipated LP, the artist will also be performing a five-hour live DJ set at Fabric, premiering the album and of course mixing the classics. The night is set to be a good'un with a line-up co-collated by Snaith himself, consisting of Mark Ernestus, Mall Grab, and Willow. What better way to celebrate a new Daphni record than a five-hour boogie at Fabric? Listen to 'Tin' below.


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Over the next 30 years agriculture will face many challenges and issues in providing food, fiber and energy and a report released Wednesday by the Farm Foundation identifies problems that will confront agriculture.
"Global population is expected to increase by one-third by 2040. Increasing incomes, particularly in developing countries, may bring changes in dietary preferences and greater demand for agriculture to provide food and energy," says Farm Foundation President Neilson Conklin. "All this will increase pressure on and competition for natural resources at a time when the impacts of climate change on production systems are not yet fully understood."
A diverse set of agriculture and agribusiness leaders, government agency representatives and academics provided input for the report The 30-Year Challenge: Agriculture's Strategic Role in Feeding and Fueling a Growing World.
Key issues that public and private decision makers may need to consider as they address the challenges of feeding a growing world are highlighted. The major challenges included in the report include global financial markets and recession; global food security; global energy security; climate change; competition for natural resources, and global economic development.
The report is intended as a starting point to expand discussion and debate about issues and options and doesn't make recommendations, but does express the diverse opinions of the project participants.
"U.S. agriculture alone cannot feed a growing world. However, with its rich endowment of agricultural resources and its leadership in technology, the United States will play a critical role in determining if the world will meet this 30-year challenge," Conklin says. "Given the right tools and incentives, we are confident the world's agriculture producers and agribusinesses will rise to the challenge. But those incentives are heavily influenced by public policy. It is not clear that today's policies—designed to deal with issues of the last century—will provide appropriate tools and incentives to address the 30-year challenge."
Public understanding of agriculture was a recurring theme in the comments from the different participants. Other themes that came up frequently were uncertainty, unintended consequences, trade and the lack of a clear strategy.
The full report and an executive summary are available on the Farm Foundation Web site, www.farmfoundation.org.


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History of Scotland: End of the Clan System
Emigration from the Highlands
The end of the clan system in the Highlands and the changing use of land-not to support the largest possible number of able-bodied men but to provide the maximum return in cash-led to emigration of many Highlanders, mostly to other parts of Britain but also overseas and particularly to North America. Estates formerly capable of supporting the clansmen were often transformed into sheep runs or vast stretches of deer forest. Those who refused to leave their old homes often were forcibly evicted. The land clearances and lack of employment embittered the Highlanders and contributed to Scottish radicalism in the 19th century.
Political Reforms
In the Lowlands the revolutionary radicals of the 1790's gave way to sober whigs, who in 1802 founded the Edinburgh Review, long the standard-bearer not only of Scottish but of British Whiggism. Facing an uphill struggle to secure reform, they were not helped by radical demands for annual parliaments and universal suffrage, which were accentuated by the spread of the Industrial Revolution and the misery of the surviving handloom weavers.
The first important Whig victory was the Scottish Parliamentary reform act of 1832, which gave votes to shopkeepers, artisans, and farmers and added eight seats to Scotland's representation in the British Parliament. Scotland now could be depended on to return a large Whig or Liberal majority. Municipal reform followed in 1833. The self-electing corporations were replaced by councils elected by the householders, who were further authorized to elect commissioners of police and to levy rates on the inhabitants of the burghs for purposes of local government.
The second reform act (1867-1868) gave votes to many members of the working classes, and the third (1884-1885) granted manhood suffrage. Because seats were allocated on a strict population basis, Scotland received 72 seats out of 670. This was subsequently increased to 74, then reduced to 71 by the abolition of the university franchise in 1948. Dissatisfaction with government extended from the state to the church, where lay patronage led to the disruption of 1843, which split the national church for nearly a century.
Practical grievances and feelings of inferiority led to the development of Scottish nationalism, which is widely supported but divided against itself. The movement characteristically draws most of its strength from the industrial west. The excessive development of heavy industries in this area, with only partial success at diversification, still remains the main Scottish economic problem.
Economic difficulties continued to spur emigration in the 20th century despite a growing counter-trend of immigration mainly from England and Ireland. Financially Scotland became sounder, but this had insufficient effect on the standard of living of the ordinary Scot. The creation and development of the cabinet office of the secretary of state for Scotland and the reorganization and extension of government social services for Scotland were aimed at improving conditions for all the Scots and bringing the highlanders and islanders into the mainstream of British life.
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New York — February 16, 2017 — Bain & Company, the global business and management consultancy, has named Cesar A. Brea to a partner role in the firm's global Advanced Analytics Practice, where he will focus on marketing applications. Brea will be based in the firm's Boston office.
Demand for expertise in advanced analytics across nearly every industry sector has increased in recent years as companies begin to understand the strategic business benefits of this capability. Despite this, according to Bain's experience and research, only about 4 percent of companies have the right tools, people and expertise in place to fully capture the value of big data and capitalize on the opportunities it offers. Consequently, advanced analytics is a firm-wide priority at Bain, which has since its inception sought to bring the most innovative analytic capabilities to clients in service of breakthrough results. Bain takes a distinct approach to big data and analytics, viewing them as much more than technology initiatives, but as core business practices. In addition to providing technical expertise and delivering results, the firm's collaborative approach to advanced analytics is focused on building sustainable talent and technical capabilities.
In his role, Brea will work with new and existing Bain clients across a range of industries to mine data and generate insights that enable better decisions and create lasting value. Brea's areas of expertise include: advanced media mix optimization; improving focus and accountability for programs and campaigns; designing and executing test-and-learn programs; digital channel innovation; marketing data strategy and platform implementation; and building and running marketing analytics teams.
"We're thrilled to have Cesar on the team," said Chris Brahm, the head of Bain's global Advanced Analytics Practice. "He has invaluable experience helping CEOs and CMOs make better use of data to improve their marketing performance and build associated capabilities. His skill set will be an asset to both the firm and our clients."
"I'm delighted to return to Bain and to work again with so many friends and colleagues," said Brea. "Emphasizing analytics as a means to generating results is a common value for the firm."
Brea returns to Bain having previously worked in the firm's Technology Practice. Over the last decade, he founded and ran Force Five Partners, a marketing analytics consulting firm serving CMOs at large multi-channel advertisers across multiple industries, including financial services, retail, pharmaceuticals, education and media. Additionally, he helped build and sell two internet software firms, and was SVP for sales and marketing at Razorfish, the global digital advertising agency. He was also the practice leader for another global consulting firm's digital media and marketing practice.
Brea is the author of two books on marketing analytics, Marketing and Sales Analytics (FT Press, 2014), and Pragmalytics: Practical Approaches to Marketing Analytics in the Digital Age (2013). Additionally, he is a frequent speaker on the topic of marketing analytics, and his perspectives have been widely published in major business media outlets.
Brea earned his MBA from Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business, where he was named an Edward Tuck Scholar, and holds a bachelor's degree with honors from Harvard College.
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Let's face it, you're tired of moving. What's the point anyway? The rent is always too damn high, and it gets worse with every new lease you sign. And even if you do find a great place, it simply isn't your own to do with as you wish. Then there's the inescapably frustrating fact: You're helping pay your landlord's mortgage and not your own. Maybe you're just ready for your own house.
But are you ready for a mortgage?
Even if you've been paying rent like a champ for years, taking on a mortgage is a whole different beast. Here are some warning signs that you should probably keep renting -- at least for a while.
1. You recently switched jobs
If you've just started a new job, switched career paths, or been working sporadically for a while now, your employment history might set off some very loud warning bells with any potential lender.
"Lenders prefer to see that a home buyer has two years of stable employment in the same industry -- unless the home buyer is just out of college, which carries special circumstances," says Ginger Wilcox, chief industry officer at the mortgage marketplace Sindeo.
2. You're still building your savings
Saving for a down payment is tough. Nowadays you may not have to put down 20% of the home purchase price. But you'll still pay private mortgage insurance. And while you may be eligible for down payment assistance, you'll need to show you've got some savings in the bank -- and then some.
If you're emptying your bank account to make a down payment, you can be sure lenders are going to raise an eyebrow. And who can blame them?
"They like to see savings, as nothing or little saved provides no cushion in the event of an emergency," Wilcox says.
3. Your bills are high
If you're carrying a boatload of credit card debt, paying off a personal loan, or still trying to work down those pesky Tesla payments, you may very well have trouble qualifying for a decent home loan. Lenders look at your debt-to-income ratio when deciding whether to approve your loan and how much you qualify for -- and trust us, everything adds up.
Say, for example, each month you have a $400 car payment and $250 student loan payment, and you pay $100 toward credit card debt. If you're looking at a $1,500 monthly mortgage payment on top of all that, your monthly debt is sitting at $2,250. So if you're banking $4,500 a month, your debt-to-income ratio is 50%.
In fact, having a high debt-to-income ratio may knock you out of the running for a mortgage altogether. The highest debt-to-income ratio you can have for a qualified mortgage is 43%, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
4. Your credit isn't stellar
The credit scores you see online will be a bit different from what lenders sees (they use their own credit scoring system), but they will give you a good idea of where you're at. Reality No. 1: You don't need a perfect 850 to get a mortgage. Reality No. 2: The higher your score, the better off you are.
Still, different loan programs and lenders will take lower credit scores -- as low as 580 to qualify for an FHA loan and 640 to qualify for conventional.
"The most powerful way consumers can boost their credit score is to improve how they use their credit cards," Wilcox says. That means the following:
- Pay down your credit card debt
- Pay all your bills on time
- Keep your oldest accounts open and in good standing
- Don't take on new debt
Plan on working that program for several months to see a significant boost.
5. The timing just isn't right
Wanting a house is one thing -- a great thing, in fact! But being ready for a house is another. Even if you're financially ready, there may be things in your life that need sorting first.
"Not only do home buyers have to look for whether or not they can qualify for a loan, they need to look at other areas of their personal and financial life to determine if buying now is the right decision for them," Wilcox says. "If making mortgage payments is going to take away a lifestyle they enjoy, cause too much stress to stay in a job they hate, or further stress an unstable relationship with a co-signee, perhaps it is better to come up with a homeownership strategy now to find the balance in the future."
Before you start hitting up lenders, ask yourself if a mortgage is going to change your life for the better. Because, after all, that's the whole idea.
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AerNow Enters The eSports Arena
AerNow launches into eSports today with the announcement of their partnership with motorsports and eSports veteran Darren Cox
Oct 25, 2016, 04:05 ET
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- AERNOW, a global platform for rendering immersive live experiences, announced today its partnership with IDEAS+CARS concurrent with the launch of its eSports distribution platform bridging the divide between virtual and reality. The AerNow and IDEAS+CARS partnership will utilize AerNow technology to enable eSports gamers and creators to seamlessly capture, create and publish immersive digital experiences.
"As demand in the market continues to grow, the AerNow platform is ideally suited to aggregate disparate pieces into a homogeneous, next generation entertainment-focused eSports experience," said Darren Cox, Chief Maverick Officer of IDEAS+CARS, a company focused on the intersection of motorsports and eSports. "AerNow's services and their platform support our growth strategy and this will be a significant technology partnership."
"AerNow's platform for the frictionless capture, contribution and synchronization of rich media, IoT and data, enables harmonized and immersive global experiences," noted Erik Davis, executive chairman. "Customers are able to take advantage of AerNow's content ingest , video servers, network access points and real-time operating system CLOE to provide frame-by-frame synchronization and customized data visualization. And we have only just begun."
Providing this turnkey solution as a service enables IDEAS+CARS to focus on its core business: creating innovative, lean-forward experiences that meet the growing demands of sponsors and brands hungry for the engagement of their growing audience.
"AerNow has developed automated workflow solutions for data visualization, scoring, ranking, live and VoD experiences in eSports. There is a movement to better organize and regulate the eSports industry, but these efforts are at an early stage with no authority or standards yet established," says Darcy Lorincz, CTO at AerNow. "Our eSports platform is a path toward setting those standards, solving issues related to quality of service and engagement for real-time, on-demand contests while integrating sponsorship and branding to provide monetization capabilities to all stakeholders."
Both AerNow and Darren Cox have been first-hand witnesses to the impact eSports has had on motorsports. Darren Cox was the founder of "GT Academy," a global video game contest that pitted gamers against each other to compete to become real-world race drivers. AerNow, partnered with Always Evolving Motorsports, owns the race team supporting driver Bryan Heitkotter, the first American winner of the GT Academy. Bryan has become a respected world-class driver, placing fifth in the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge season series for GT3 class. Darren Cox has also recently launched the eSPORTS+CARS virtual racing team. These two companies will continue to collaborate to innovate and push the boundaries of eSports.
ABOUT AERNOW: AerNow powers brands and content producers to create new value through innovative visual experiences. A unified platform for managing, distributing and monetizing live and on-demand content, AerNow lets creators and publishers activate audiences through immersive apps, integrated data and user-controlled viewing across web, mobile and set-top devices. With software and hardware spanning the entire "glass to glass" content capture, management and distribution process, AerNow provides an unprecedented unified solution that vastly simplifies and enhances the way visual content is created and consumed. For more info, visit www.aernow.com.
ABOUT IDEAS+CARS: IDEAS+CARS is an un-agency – a group of passionate and professional collaborators that have extensive experience in delivering exceptional IDEAS in the CAR world. The founder, Darren Cox, has 41 years of experience in the industry. He and his collaborators share the same views on how to deliver content and ideas. IDEAS+CARS excel at strategy, brand building, gaming, motorsport, content and activation. For more info, visit www.ideasandcars.com.
Contact: Louis Resnick, AerNow.com
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PhotographerTunç Tezel
Location of photonear Bolu, Turkey
Date/Time of photo9th January 2007, 1720 GMT+2
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This page is intended for those who are interested in reading and learning further about Islam beyond the confines of this blog. The intention is to provide links to resources which can be seen as 'essential reading' for someone looking into Islam and what it is all about, inshaAllah. It should be easy to find some of the books listed below in public libraries and they are also available widely (and cheaply) for sale on the Internet for those without access to a local Islamic shop. Links are provided where the books/resources are available to read free online.
The page will continue to be updated with new links.
1. English Translation of the Holy Quran by M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Muslims believe that the Quran is the word of God, the final in a series of divine revelations transmitted through chosen messengers, may Allah be pleased with them all. Although there are many English translations of the Quran out there, they vary in the quality of their translation and in their readability in English. One of the best of those available is the Oxford University Press version, translated by Abdel Haleem. Reading the Quran (or at least a translation for those who cannot access the original Arabic text) is a must for anyone wanting to learn about Islam and its message; who better to refer to than the author of religion and life itself, the Master of the Heavens and the Earth and everything in between them!
Available to read online here . Simply select a chapter and verse number and then choose the Abdel Haleem translation from the translations listed on the page you are directed to.
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2. Biography of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم by Martin Lings
Although the word 'seerah' in Arabic has the linguistic meaning of biography generally, the term is so closely associated with the life of the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم that whenever the word is heard it is immediately understand as referring to the life of the last Prophet of Allah. The life of the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم is a key source in being able to understand the context of many ayaat of the Quran, an invaluable record of the early history of Islam and a treasure trove of lessons for Muslims and non-Muslims alike to learn from the best of creation, Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم . There are many English versions of the seerah available and Martin Lings' effort is up there with some of the best.
3. Stories of the Prophets by Ibn Kathir
The message of Islam is not a new message. The Quran is the final of Allah's many revelations sent to mankind, with belief in tawheed being at its core. Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم was descended from the father of prophets, Prophet Ibraheem [Abraham], may Allah be pleased with him. In this detailed volume the Muslim scholar and historian Ibn Kathir charts the history of Prophethood from the first man and prophet created, Adam, to Eesa [Jesus], the last prophet to be sent before Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم . May Allah be pleased with them all. A must read to understand the similarities and differences between Islam's account of prophetic stories and those found in the Jewish and Christian traditions.
4. The Complete Forty Hadith by Imam an-Nawawi
Compilation of forty of the sayings of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم with explanatory commentary by one of the great scholars of Islam, Imam An-Nawawi, may Allah be pleased with him.
5. Islam in Focus by Hammudah Abdalati
A really excellent primer text on Islam. Chapters include the ideological foundation of Islam, basic concepts, application of faith and application of Islam to daily life.
PDF version available here.
6. The Bible, The Quran and Science by Dr Maurice Bucaille
The Quran was not sent as a textbook of science and as a result it does not give a vast and detailed exposition of every major scientific phenomenon. Yet Allah commands man to look around and reflect on the heavens and earth and everything in between in order to see the truth of His existence. To make this task easier, Allah provides examples to reflect on in the Quran, which some dub the 'scientific miracles' of the book. Many people have become Muslim after discovering some of these scientific truths (scientists among them!), on which there is a consensus that an Arab living over 1400 years ago could simply not have had access to. Essential reading for anyone who believes science and faith are incompatible- the Quran makes clear it is very much the opposite!
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Now that I've finally figured out how to access an MP3 file from my blog, here's a link to my CBC Radio "dogumentary" called "Memo to Oreo." Just click on the MP3 icon and it will take you to the OpenDrive site. Click on the play arrow and the audio should start in a few seconds.
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24 Years Later...
It was June 9th, 1983. A week after high school graduation that two of my best friends and I saw the Police at Hollywood Park. The 3 of us along with 75,000 more fans, including many from our high school that we would either run in to or compare notes with later on, saw the Police on what would be their final tour in support of the Synchronicity album. At the time no one knew that this would be the last time that they would play together in Los Angeles. We were fresh out of high school and thrilled to see them along with 80's bands, the Thompson Twins, the Fixx and Berlin. It was easily one of the best and longest concerts I had ever been to. We stood on the dirt track the entire day and after 9 or 10 hours my back was done. But it was a great experience, one that we would equal 4 days later when the same trio rolled down to Angels Stadium to see David Bowie with the Go-Gos and Madness. 7 killer bands in 4 days. Those were some great moments and memories.
Fast forward 24 short...long...incredible...years later...24 years...a lifetime. And the Police have reunited to tour again. And last night, not with the same trio, but with current concert buddy Larry, I saw the Police at Staples Center with 20,000 other adoring fans. The show was very good, but not as great as that night in 1983. How could it be? We are all older, have more mileage and probably all lost a step. But it was still a remarkable performance as the Police played all of their classics and absolutely none of Sting's solo music or any new Police recordings (because I assume there are none yet). This was definitely a blast from the past show and it lived up to my expectations, despite Sting's voice cracking on some high notes, and the band getting a bit lost during Synchronicity II. As I said to Larry last night, if they continue to play for the next few years I expect them to get tighter and more comfortable playing together, but it has been a 24 year layoff and this was only their 13th show on the tour. I hope that they will keep touring and recapture more of that magic from 1983 and maybe even record a new album. Either way, it was a nice flashback to a great era of music and memories for me.
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Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna have agreed to split custody of their daughter equally.
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I am not a survivalist – nor would I call myself a passive bystander – but my views, as well as my interests, activities, and prioritization of the different aspects of my life – are somewhere in the middle between these two extremes. From what I've learned in my time spent working towards my bachelors in Environmental Studies (both in school and the plethora of reading I have done outside of class – most notably James Howard Kunstler's 'The Long Emergency' and Derrick Jensen's work) as well as the eye opening philosophical views I have exposed myself to (and the casually paying attention to the behavior of society at large) , I feel that I will witness the precipitous decline of western industrial -capitalist civilization within my lifetime. With that, I can safely say I wish I had been born after the actual 'collapse' occurs, because it definitely won't be pretty.
I can narrow it down to three factors that will bring about the end of this mode of living: peak oil, climate change, and the inherent instability and flaws within the capitalist mode of production. These three problems are so deeply embedded within modern fossil fuel powered, industrial capitalist society that I feel there is honestly no hope trying to actively 'change' anything (at least nothing I myself feel I have the skills, hope, or charisma to do). They are ultimately problems with our cultures perception of reality, and trying to 'save' modern industrial capitalist society would be to save the problems with it. Its problems arise from its exploitative nature, just as civilization itself inherently is – particularly this civilization. Being at the receiving end of exploitation, bullying, and abuse from many different angles, I sympathize greatly for the human and non-human victims of it. I ultimately wish I could just be 'human' and live up to the potential I was evolved to live – to eat the foods I was meant to eat and live within a community and social structure I evolved to live in. I'll keep out of everyone elses business if they keep out of mine – and I expect those others to keep out of everyone elses business too.
One could easily look at this through the Hegelian dialectic – the thesis being global industrial capitalism, the antithesis being the ecological limits, and synthesis being a new world of localized economies and political units. I don't think a classic socialist revolution will happen (at least pan-globally, relying on the same industrial modes that might bring about a general overthrow of society) but that it may arise in several states as long as political hegemony is limited by limited fossil fuels and infrastructure. I could totally imagine the United States possibly being dissolved into different autonomous regions, similar to the division of the Roman Empire into Western and Eastern halves. Hopefully, people of different political mindsets who would more likely talk about whats pressing rather than the less important warm fuzzy sort of politics that seems to dominate our country today.
Ultimately then, I agree with Derrick Jensen in that life (being all life on planet earth) would be best if civilization was destroyed. With how entrenched we are within this mode of living, there is a possibility that we may see the end of what could be called civilization on the vast majority of the earths surface – ultimately a plus for biodiversity. Do I have the skills, charisma, or even the want to actively destroy civilization? I often imagine myself as some sort of barbaric figure (a modern day Brennus descending on Rome) but I don't want to get involved in anything too attention grabbing, too complex, or too suicidal. I want a family and happiness (and ultimately the dream of every hobbit – reading books and tending to his garden in the Shire), but I also know that there is horrible injustice and outright insanity going on in the world, and to deal with that I intend to take a route more subtle.
Ultimately, this mode of living will destroy itself. There really is no hope to change the direction of this train wreck, either through changing the minds of those in power or the minds of the general public. (When people regularly complain to me about the price of $9 watermelons in January and the fact that they're not American grown, there is clearly a disconnect between the average customer and reality) They value the unreal over the real, and so symbols and power structures will be favored over life, leading to a variety of frightening conclusions. What resource limit will come first, how intense will it be, and what will be the worlds reaction? When countries are threatening nuclear war over ideological differences, would they act on it over real problems? Whether it be peak oil, peak phosphate, or some other intense scarcity of a 'strategic resource', the implications of that scarcity are frightening.
As I write this, my brother is playing a game I consider the most ethically redeeming one in existence, one I actually consider a work of art. The game – titled 'Fallout 3' – is one in which the player controls a character born in a self-sustaining, underground fallout-shelter community 200 years after a nuclear war between a nationalistic, communist fearing United States and an expansionist China over dwindling sources of oil. The character, having been born into an enclosed society isolated from any knowledge of the outside world, roams the irradiated post-apocalyptic ruins of Washington, D.C. scavenging bombed out ruins for supplies while fighting anarchic raiders, remnant US government factions, and mutated animals such as giant cockroaches. Going past the science fiction elements of the game, is a future like this (particularly with the current saber-rattling going on with North Korea) something my children or grand children will inherit? Playing the game makes me hope not.
What I find amazing about this game is that the creators really capture the bleak reality that such a situation would create, and that they show believable methods of governance and living that could arise in such an environment. Small communities are scattered throughout the wastelands, being housed in the ruins of buildings where simple subsistence agriculture and hunting are depicted. It is almost a 'new dark ages' – something similar to what I feel may arise after the looming collapse on the horizon. This idea of living in an generally anarchic land with a patchwork of localized societies and economies appeals to me. Different societies adapted to their own local environments, implementing close-knit community organization and localized means of production seems the most natural and realistic means of human living. I feel that this is how our society might live in the far future, though as the passing of time has shown us, societies evolve and change constantly when exposed to multiple environmental or social constraints. Obviously, some may become much stronger or technologically advanced than others – though with fossil fuels out of the way, there never will be another society as advanced or centralized as ours is at the moment – which is a very good thing.
I don't think nuclear war is the most likely conclusion, but I feel that it is the most dreaded. I only can hope peak oil is what causes the real crises (though I argue that the Iraq war, the 2008 financial crisis, and the stagnant economy are all related to the peaking of its production) and that its worst effects come well after I am established on a piece of land not to far from civilization. If peak oil is the thing to come first, it may lessen the eventual horrible effects of climate change though its social, political, and economic effects could be quite frightening – racial, religious, political, economically and other driven conflicts could very well be initiated by some sort of oil scarcity.
Now, there definitely will be some sort of massive changes within my lifetime – oil price increases, a worsening economy, climatic shocks that will disrupt agricultural production – as well as the political instability that comes with this. My goal then is to get through these shocks as comfortably as possible, and to survive through it with a family and pass on my own views and cultural values to them. I stayed in Binghamton because I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do, nor did I want to spend a lot of money figuring that out. I feel that its probably the best decision I ever made, despite what many would think.
I've worked full time while attending school, and now that I graduate I only owe around four thousand dollars. I've tried to keep in contact with my friends and family here, although the vast majority of my old friends got sucked into dead-end jobs, dropping out, and drug use, so I've been separated by them in terms of world view and aspirations. I've been with the same wonderful girl for about three years. We intend to get engaged, be married, and start having a family as soon as we can afford it. She's currently still in school (at BCC for Dental Hygiene) and has a year left to go. She realizes how horribly things are in the world, and has come to her own conclusion that things will change quite drastically within our lifetime. She's incredibly supportive of me, my views, and our ideas for the future, and I wouldn't have finished up school without her encouragement to go back. Knowing something about teeth, she figures she would have at least some practical knowledge to carry through the craziness that will probably occur. We'll probably live within several hours of Binghamton, either somewhere in upstate New York or northern Pennsylvania.
My brother is a 22 year old union carpenter, and my father owns and operates several apartments he rents to people in Binghamton and Elmira. He intends to get my brother and I involved in the operation, and my brother wants to start his own construction business renovating houses. His fiancee is graduating as a registered nurse this May, and intends to work at a hospital, preferably in the maternity ward. They are definitely the ultimate 'SHTF' couple to be related to! My brother and I have talked about purchasing land and living off it between the two of us, hopefully having our kids grow up being close cousins. He has heard everything I've ever thought and learned, and can see that something is coming sooner or later. My sister, who is just now graduating from high school, has done Animal Science at BOCES and intends to go to school for a veterinary related education. It seems her knowledge would also be very beneficial to have in a post-industrial dark age scenario. I have only shallowly discussed with her the plight of the world, but I ultimately think I have the best collection of close relatives I could wish for.
I've never desired to be rich, and I've never intended to be famous. I've never been very 'pro-active' with what I want to do with my life, and I've mainly allowed life to make my decisions for me. It may sound bad , but I feel that I've been very blessed, happy, and content, and the only things that make me unhappy are those things I have no control over. But I intend to find some sort of stable job, purchase land (whether it be that what my father owns or some I find myself) and live off it as sustainably and simple as possible.
In terms of self sufficiency, I am an amateur gardener, and I am extremely interested in the medicinal and culinary uses of both wild and cultivated plants, as well as traditional means of living. I keep a rabbit and a worm bin which make a very good combination, and I compost the scraps of home cooked meals I make at my apartment. I've spent a lot of time 'in the woods' being that my moms side is 'country folk' from out near Greene and I was in the Scouts when I was younger. I didn't get my license or a car until I was 21, because I could walk everywhere I needed to go, which was only really in the Town of Chenango. I rarely ever watch television, and the only electronic media I deal with is the internet and Netflix, which limits my exposure to commercials. It is odd too in that my internet usage drops significantly when schools not in session. I think that I've at least jumped the first hurdle in a life without fossil fuels or complex technology in that I can imagine myself without them.
I am skilled with a bow and arrow, and I am a fairly knowledgeable owner of legal (and registered) firearms. I can't say that I inherently like firearms – it truly is very much about the power in the item rather than the item itself that appeals to me. It isn't about what the item itself can do, but more about the fact that people with much more wealth and political clout have them and will always have them, so why shouldn't I -with little wealth and marginalized morality beliefs – own them? Gun ownership isn't a very popular concept amongst us of the environmentalist leaning crowd, but I feel that if those in power can own them (or have people who serve them owning them) that it is absolutely necessary for those of us who are marginalized, who have ultimately the most to lose in a coming time of scarcity. I am quite skeptical of the united efforts of curbing 'military style' firearm ownership by civilians, because it really seems to be coming from positions of power (whom it ultimately serves). In times of scarcity, political and economic upheaval, can we really trust the establishment to be on our side, rather than whoever has the money? Illegal wars, Japanese-American internment, and the increasing centralization and policing of our society show that the system will do anything to maintain its control. Besides all this, firearm ownership ultimately serves a practical purpose as well. I intend to get my hunting licensing set up for this coming season, and I want to take it on as a tradition to pass on to my children one day.
No person can be an island, and in perilous times community becomes the single most important aspect of survival. This means that being more sociable with people and 'networking' with them (things that are not very natural to me) is something I will need to do. I haven't done it very much at all throughout high-school or college, and so I intend to be a more active member of society after I graduate.
There are a few ways I'm going to accomplish this – work, volunteering, and surprisingly, organized religion. I've always been very spiritual, and it has traced itself throughout my entire life. I've always been seeking meaning and truth, and it has lead me to read the written works of many different religions (mythologies from around the world, Catholic and Protestant versions of the Bible, the Koran, and Buddhist sutras) as well as the work of philosophers and the pursuing of an education in Environmental Studies. For the most part, I've been very antagonistic towards organized religion. I've been involved in neo-pagan spirituality for the longest period of time, being active in witches covens and the national Indo-European re-constructionist organization known as Ar nDraoicht Fein. I've had a multitude of phases where I was enamored with a particular belief system, whether it be Wicca, Norse shamanism, Celtic Druidic re-constructionism, Tibetan Mahayana practice, and most recently, Roman Catholicism and my own independent Christianity. This surprises many people who know of my previous interests and opinions, but I have come to think of it as being a misunderstood and misused belief system whose actual message is acceptance of a natural order as well as a need to equalize humanity. Previous religious paths offered me little of community, discipline, or sanity (particularly the New Age philosophies) and I especially value its emphasis on self sacrifice, charity, and its persistence through hard times. It lasted the fall of major civilizations before as well as countless other tumultuous events, and so I feel it – along with various other organized religions – would help quite well within the new dark ages as much as in the last one. Religion, especially when it is organized, can really allow for social cohesion and hope in the face of problems. (As an aside, my lifelong secular humanist best friend has for some reason become extremely polytheist leaning. I think it has something to do with him reading the Derrick Jensen books I lent him.)
The one problem with organized religion – particularly the less philosophical and more popular versions of it in the United States, specifically its fringe Protestant Christianity flavors – is its focus on the 'end times'. What is very frightening to me is that a significant portion of the population makes decisions as though the Apocalypse will clean all problems away, and that also if their standard of living drops, it will be taken as the End's immediacy. I don't have much faith in people, and think their behavior will be bordering on insanity when the price of oil causes their worlds to shrink.
My two most pertinent and unanswerable questions in regards to the coming shift in paradigm are '1) How do I maintain an ounce of happiness and good humor in the face of all the bad?' and '2)Where do I begin?' With my impending graduation in a few weeks, these two questions have been on my mind constantly. I am worried about employment, about proving to my parents this wasn't a waste of time. I have nearly nothing as a resume – having had to work my entire time in school hasn't particularly allowed me time for internships or other extracurricular activities. I was in a Paranormal Investigation group at BCC, and an animal rights group with some friends from high-school – but these are things that won't get me a job. So ultimately, I'm worried about being stuck in some dead end, environmentally destructive or socially irresponsible career. I have no idea where I am going to work to make more than minimum wage but feel like I am important and morally sound, and I can only hope to find something that fits my wants and needs within a reasonable distance from home.
How to keep my hopes up is probably the hardest part of it all, because in all honesty I have little hope. I guess the only hopeful thing I can think of is paper that Professors Richard Andrus and Mike Kane passed in each class, with the quote from J. R. R. Tolkien's 'Fellowship of the Ring' where Gandalf says 'So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. '
With what I feel may happen, my goal is to cultivate a means of living with a family where materialistic wants are what is valued least, and self sufficiency and deep 'living in place' are valued most. I don't intend to do anything too drastic, nor anything flashy or truly active. I don't want to communicate through electronic devices to people I should be talking face to face with, and I don't want to have my family spend hours staring at moving pictures on a screen. I want to actually know my children and have them know me, rather than me not knowing what they are going to school for or thinking TV time is family time. I want the knowledge and wisdom of men dead for decades or even centuries to guide them rather than the latest fad media trying to sell them shallow bullshit. I want to not have money and its pursuit rule my life and deprive me of time from my family. I want to be 'old fashioned', and hopefully keep as many of mainstream societies physical and mental poisons out of my life as much as possible. I intend to 'lay low' and weather the storm as best as I possibly can, growing and guarding whatever knowledge I can gather to pass on to the descendants of my family's house. I hope to go forward through the turbulent dark times ahead as if this were the end of the Third Age of Middle-Earth or the coming of Ragnarok. I hope the end of industrialization brings with it an age of real, true freedom.


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Hi there, I am new to the forum.
Just commenced my fourth week of Champix and still can't stop thinking about them and worse still, still smoking the odd one!
Is it that Champix is not for me or that I am totally without willpower?
Feeling really bad about it and tomorrow night I have to go to my smoking session and will be having my carbon monoxide level taken - if I stop now will it show up that I'm a non-smoker by tomorrow night (it will be 24 hours roughly)?
I know it's cheating but I don't want to be taken off these tablets - I just need to try harder.
I'm nearly 60 and have been smoking heavily since the age of 13. Have stayed off cigs on two previous occasions in the past 2 years, for a month each time, by using patches and felt wonderful during that month, no withdrawals at all.
I have to give up - my health, my lungs to be honest, have really suffered.


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Oldest Human Blood Cells Found In Otzi The IcemanBy Marhgil Macuha on May 3, 2012 in Archaelogy, Europe, Science, World •
Scientists were able to extract what is believed to be the oldest human blood cells ever found, international news sites reported on Thursday, May 3, 2012.
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Reports said that the oldest human blood cells were found on the remains of Otzi, a prehistoric iceman from Italy who was believed to have roamed the Alps some 5,300 years ago.
An atomic force microscope was used to examine the tissue sections from a wound caused by an arrow on Otzi.
"They really looked similar to modern-day blood samples," Professor Albert Zink, the German head of the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman at the European Academy in Bolzano reportedly said.
"So far, this is the clearest evidence of the oldest blood cells," he added.
According to reports, the red blood cells found in Otzi had the same doughnut shape seen in people today.
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The studies were done in conjunction with the Center for Nano Sciences in Munich and the Center for Smart Interfaces at Darmstadt Technical University in Germany, reports said.
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BATMAN-Themed POP ART PAINTINGS By J.R. Williams
Over at my Facebook account I have a friend named J.R. Williams. Recently he loaded a few pictures in his gallery showing some recent artwork he did for an art show. Two of them were "Batman-related" so I thought I would share them here. They look like paintings done in watercolor. The coloring is done very well. I know Bat-Blog Readers will love them because they feature Batman! I really really like these & every time I see them I totally crack-up, they're hilarious! ( Oh yeah, since I mentioned Facebook I gotta ask that if you're a member there then please send me a friend request. My "Facebook Button" is located on the top right-hand side of this age ).
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- ozz said...
I like the first one. The Batman gets in a little 'action' of a different kind! A redhead wearing green? That's Poison Ivy, right? Ha.
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Thailand's government has lifted the State of Emergency in five provinces across the kingdom after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
Emergency law has been extended for a further ninety days, however, in Bangkok and eighteen other provinces in central and northern Thailand. The State of emergency gives the government sweeping powers to arrest without warrant, close down public gatherings and impose controls on the media, although critics argue they are now unnecessary. Tony Cheng reports.
Government house…a picture of peace and tranquillity.
Inside, however, the cabinet debated the extension of emergency law.
A necessity, they say, to ensure the chaos of earlier this year doesn't return.
Security remains tight.
There have been 2 bombings in the past month, and while the motivation is still unclear, the government is taking no chances.
The emergency laws give the security forces sweeping powers and the government controls that don't exist in more peaceful times.
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So tonight's menu comprised of vegetarian red lentil curry. For those of you who know me and my other half you'll know that every meal in our house involves some form of meat.
Vegetarian dishes are not welcome in our house but I'm determined that that's going to change and this is my first step in that direction. With an effort to get healthy and the purse strings tight, due to maternity leave, I thought I'd give this one a go.
The end result was absolutely delicious but there in lay the problem as we ate it before taking pictures for the blog so I've "borrowed" the pics from the site where I got the Original Recipe.
I've amended this recipe slightly for my own preference and there were a few things I didn't have but it definitely didn't effect the end result and the kids loved it.
- 500g bag of red lentils – prepared as per packet instructions
- 1 large white onion
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 1 clove of garlic grated
- 1 teaspoon of turmeric
- 2 table spoons of tomato paste
- 1 tin tomatoes
- 1 tin of coconut milk
- 1 inch of fresh ginger grated
- olive oil
- 2 tablespoons of curry paste of choice (I used red Thai curry paste from sainsburys)
- 1 jar of sun dried tomatoes in oil – drain before adding (optional)
- fry onions in olive oil until soft
- add ginger, garlic, turmeric, garam masala, curry paste and tomato paste and fry for 1 minute to release natural oils and flavours
- add tinned tomatoes and coconut milk stir to combine
- add prepared lentils and sun dried tomatoes.
- I simmered my dish to reduce it down a little as I prefer my curries quite dry this also intensifies the flavour.