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CRÉTEIL, France — The spacious and elegant modern building, in the heart of this middle-class suburb of Paris, is known as "the mosque of the converts."
Every year about 150 Muslim conversion ceremonies are performed in the snow-white structure of the Sahaba mosque in Créteil, with its intricate mosaics and a stunning 81-foot minaret, built in 2008 and a symbol of Islam's growing presence in France. Among those who come here for Friday Prayer are numerous young former Roman Catholics, wearing the traditional Muslim prayer cap and long robe.
While the number of converts remains relatively small in France, yearly conversions to Islam have doubled in the past 25 years, experts say, presenting a growing challenge for France, where government and public attitudes toward Islam are awkward and sometimes hostile.
French antiterrorism officials have been warning for years that converts represent a critical element of the terrorist threat in Europe, because they have Western passports and do not stand out.
In October, the French police conducted a series of antiterrorism raids across France, resulting in the arrests of 12 people, including at least three French citizens who had recently converted to Islam. Converts "often need to overdo it if they want to be accepted" as Muslims, and so veer into extremism more frequently than others, said Didier Leschi, who was in charge of religious issues at the Interior Ministry under former President Nicolas Sarkozy.
There are persistent concerns that French prisons are fertile ground for conversions and for Islamic radicalism; observant Muslims are thought to make up a least a third of the inmate population, according to French news reports.
Many Muslims counter that they regularly face prejudice, and consider a 2010 law banning the full-face veil from public spaces and the growing concern with conversions as reflections of French intolerance.
Whatever the impact, there is little doubt that conversions are growing more commonplace. "The conversion phenomenon is significant and impressive, particularly since 2000," said Bernard Godard, who is in charge of religious issues at the Interior Ministry.
Of an estimated six million Muslims in France, about 100,000 are thought to be converts, compared with about 50,000 in 1986, according to Mr. Godard. Muslim associations say the number is as high as 200,000. But France, which has a population of about 65 million, defines itself as secular and has no official statistics broken down by race or creed.
For Mr. Godard, a former intelligence officer, it is the "nature" of conversions that has changed.
Conversions to marry have long been common enough in France, but a growing number of young people are now seen as converting to be better socially integrated in neighborhoods where Islam is dominant.
"In poor districts, it has become a reverse integration," said Gilles Kepel, an expert on Islam and the banlieues, the poor, predominantly Muslim neighborhoods that ring Paris and other major cities.
Many converts are men younger than 40, experts say, often born in France's former African colonies or overseas territories.
Charlie-Loup, 21, a student from nearby St.-Maur-des-Fossés, converted to Islam at 19, after a troubled adolescence and strained relations with his mother. He grew up Roman Catholic but had many Muslim friends at school. "Conversions have become a social phenomenon here," he said, asking that his surname not be used because he considered his conversion a private initiative and did not want to draw attention to himself. Some convert simply "out of curiosity," he said.
In some predominantly Muslim areas, even non-Muslims observe Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that requires fasting during the day, because they like "the group effect, the festive side of it," said Samir Amghar, a sociologist and an expert on radical Islam in Europe.
In many banlieues, Islam has come to represent not only a sort of social norm but also a refuge, an alternative to the ambient misery, researchers and converts say.
For Mr. Amghar, Islam provides more structure and discipline than other religions. It is a way to "refuse modernism," get back to a society with more family values and a clearer distinction between men and women. "Islam has a peaceful effect on the converts," Mr. Amghar said. "The world looks clearer after they've converted."
In Marseille, on the southern coast, "conversions have increased at an incredible pace in the last three years," said Abderrahmane Ghoul, the imam of the major mosque of Marseille and the president of the local branch of the French Council of the Muslim Faith. Mr. Ghoul signed about 130 conversion certificates in 2012.
Hassen Chalghoumi, the moderate imam of Drancy, another suburb near Paris, says he thinks conversions have also been propelled by France's official secularism, which he says breeds spiritual emptiness.
"Secularism has become antireligious," Mr. Chalghoumi said. "Therefore, it has created an opposite phenomenon. It has allowed people to discover Islam."
Many experts note the influence of celebrity converts, particularly soccer players. Nicolas Anelka, who played on the French national team and whose parents came from Martinique, changed his name to Abdul-Salam Bilal Anelka when he converted to Islam in 2004. Franck Ribéry, a popular player from northern France, converted to Islam in 2006 to marry a Muslim woman, Wahiba, and took the name Bilal Yusuf Mohammed.
But there is rising anxiety here about the influence of Islam, especially conservative Salafist Islam, particularly among those on the center-right. Islam is regularly at the center of heated debates about the nature and future of France and its culture, and politicians can win attention and support by criticizing the expansion of Muslim customs into the wider public sphere: for example, the rise of women-only sessions in public swimming pools or the increasing availability of halal food.
In 2009, a photograph from the magazine Paris Match showing Diam, a popular female rapper, wearing a hijab, or head covering, on a Paris street set off a flood of angry comments from officials and commentators. Fadela Amara, a former secretary of state for urban affairs and founder of a feminist group, Neither Whores Nor Submissives, said that the hijab sent out a "negative image of women" and described it as "a real danger for young women in poor districts."
But Diam's dismissed her critics, saying that having her hijab did not make her a radical Muslim, and that her conversion was a personal choice that had helped her with depression.
Recent arrests of radical Muslim converts have also increased concern among public officials and Muslim leaders, though radical Islam is by no means the norm among converts.
Rafaello Sillitti, the owner of the bookstore Averroès, which occupies a small space in the Créteil mosque, is convinced that converts like him can be the best advocates of Islam. He sells carpets equipped with compasses to help users orient themselves toward Mecca and a wide range of books written by Muslim scholars, with titles like "Be Master of Your Physical Desire" and "How to Use a Cellphone According to Islamic Law."
"We must get rid of an imaginary Islamic culture," Mr. Sillitti said, referring to the clichés and misapprehensions connected to Islam in France. "We must show that French culture and Islam can live together in peace."
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You know the words terrorist or extremist are used in regards to French Muslims we need to remember that France sees Tabligi Jamat as a extremist terrorist group.
To them it a Muslim that doesn't eat pork is seen as an extremist that refuses to integrate.
When we hear about French coverts being arrested for extremism remember that wearing Niqab is seen as a illigal imprisonable offence and even the Hijab isn't allowed in many places.
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The Dodgers had 11 hits but, 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position coupled with 4 twin-killings doomed the dodgers. We hit, but not when we needed to. Wasted opportunities was the games' byline, and finally it was sad to see the wasted opportunity that was James McDonald. After James McDonald was re-called from AAA on June 20th, Joe Torre refused to use him but on occasion. He pitched 3 innings in June and so far has 8 innings in July. When James came up last September he was full of confidence and showed how effective he can be in relief. Personally, I don;t think he'll be a good starter in the majors, but he has "closers' stuff, with a 97-98 MPH fastball with "late movement." However, he looks like a "deer-in-the-headlights" on the mound. He may as well go back to AAA along with Leach (who needs to pitch more). Recall Elbert (who was looking good in relief), Wade and Lindblom, who closed for AAA last night and got a 2 inning save. While you are at it DFA Schmidt and recall Stults who pitched 6 innings last night for the win.
Here's the pitching box for Albuquerque:
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
Stults (W, 4-1) | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 |
Wade (H, 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
Lindblom (S, 1) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.24 |
Don't look now, but here comes Tony Abreu. We all knew he could hit and now he's healthy. He went 5-5 last night at AAA with 3 doubles and 3 RBI. He is hitting .348 and OPSing 1.026 and has 29 RBI in 27 games. There has to be a spot for a guy like that. I know Mark Loretta is a versatile guy who is a great teammate, but Abrue is a switch-hitter who can play all over and is a stone-cold hitter. Think about it! He's 25 now…
It's time for Chad Billingsley and step up to keep us from a 3-game skid for the first time this year. Last week, Clayton did it. Now it's up to Billingsley. Step it up Chad. Get your head right! Tonight is a key game for Chad and the Dodgers.
Hey, have you seen how Delwyn Young has been doing lately? He's playing 2B and OF and hitting .319 with a .383 OB%. Good for him – he was a good guy!


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"This tv has the clearest picture I have ever seen."
on by etchedvinylPros Gorgeous 55" display. Fast response time for apps and web browser. 3D works well. Input source management works well.
Cons The gesture control is useless. Accidental voice command initiation.
Summary Overall if you are looking for a great display for watching tv Samsung has hit the mark. If you are looking for xbox kinect like gesture control, don't bother. The voice commands are pretty good but are no where as good as Siri on the Iphone.
"Best and Brightest picture I've seen to date"
on by cmdel07Pros Most accurate colors available in an LED
Video processing is excellent for an LCD/LED
Best 3D processing I've seen
Alot of bells and whistlesCons Screen uniformity, but not noticeable with the programming I watch, mostly well lite live sports and documentaries. If you're a big movie fan you might notice it more.
Summary I've waited 3 years to jump into the 3D game and I'm happy with my choice. This TV delivers the best balance of performance and features of any I've seen. The new Sony is close, but has less accurate colors, so I put it a grade under the Samsung. To me color accuracy and video processing are the most important features in a TV. This TV will not disappoint, unless you are a big movie fan that is anal about black levels and screen uniformity.
I was a little disappointed with the black uniformity, but found out in calibration that using the "Movie" setting doesn't yet work with uniformity . After I re-calibrated in the "Standard" setting the picture absolutely POPS! This LED already has excellent color accuracy and video processing, once it's calibrated it really shines. The holy grail of a high quality HDTV is to give such depth perception and contrast in such a way that a 2D HDTV program looks almost like a 3D HDTV program. In every high quality HDTV program that I've watched with this LED there is at least one scene where the pictures looks so much like a 3D picture(but it's 2D), that I have to do a double-check to make sure I'm not wearing the 3D glasses. There is no HDTV on the market that can do all things as well as this HDTV. I've owned the best monitors through the years: Pioneer, Sony, Samsung, Toshiba, Panasonic and Sharp. They have all lead the pack in their year of excellence and Samsung has done it for 2012.
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"Best picture I've seen, hands down."
on by kalel130Pros Great picture
Unparalleled feature set
Upgradable hardware port
Great black levelsCons Terrible built-in speakers
Poor out-of-the-box calibration
Still uses active 3D technology
Voice and Motion tech feels gimmickySummary This set comes with all the features we've learned to expect with a high end set. Samsung's SmartHub apps are the most full-featured on the market. This year's processor's makes it feel significantly more snappy than last year's model. This model in particular comes with a port for incremental hardware updates which is definitely an interesting feature. Hopefully we'll see them do some neat things with that.
Out of the box the picture is good. Not perfect. The AutoMotion plus which kicks in the set's ability to use it's 240hz is set on "standard" which gives the image the 'soap opera effect.' Personally I enjoy the look but it also causes artifacts. I find the "clear" setting to give the optimum image on this set. I also find the Eco settings annoying. This setting will automatically reduce the backlight of the set depending on the ambient sensor. Some may find this helpful but I found it annoying and the constant backlight was easier for me to pay attention to.
Like most flat screens the speakers on this set are little more than tin cans.
The 3D is ok and uses active glasses like previous models. I would like to have seen passive implementation but it's still not the big of an issue. At least 3D is still a niche feature.
The motion and voice controls work, although there are some issues. Occasionally the audio of whatever you're watching will trigger the audio controls and cause annoying bouts of needing to yell "cancel" at the screen. The motion control works yet is simply impractical. If it worked better than remote control maybe i could see a purpose to it but you simply can do more with a remote and faster. The set includes a traditional remote along with a touch remote that works great. The touch remote has a built in mic that you can activate even if you turn off voice commands on the set itself. The mic on the remote worked great and was the only practical implementation of the feature. I found it worked close to 100% of the time while using the remote. I would use it more if it was more full-featured. For example I can access SmartHub but can't just tell it to go to Netflix. Either way, the mic and camera can at least be used for Skype which is cool, yet not important enough to persuade most customers.
The black levels are fantastic and make huge leaps over previous year models. This set is the best picture LCD fans can get. There's not much more I have to say about that. If you need proof, just go into a store and look for yourself.
Samsung once again brings its fully featured menu system to this set. Dozens of individual picture adjustments make this set ripe for calibration, yet I found most settings to be optimal. Yet die-hard picture enthusiast will absolutely love the settings.
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It's 9 a.m. and I live in St. Albans and my basement is flooded yet again Sunday morning, the second time in two weeks. I've got news for the mayor, it's not God-made, it's the city storm-drain system that needs work.
Hats off to Nitro and Bill Fortune for the "Taste of Nitro" event. The church's activity and the food division was super. We were just curious why the Church of Christ on Lockstreet didn't participate in the event.
To the person who was looking for pickled sausages in the glass jar: they can be found at Rich's Country store at the base of the Nitro/St. Albans Bridge.
Attorney General Eric Holder has completed his Obama-ordered investigation into Eric Holder, related to wiretapping journalists. Mr. Holder has concluded that Mr. Holder did absolutely nothing wrong. There, that's settled.
A prosecution with no chance of success: Why do we allow the NAACP to decide what cases are prosecuted? This appeasement caused such a waste of money for the state of Florida and several individuals.
Shame, shame on the law enforcement for the way they handled an 84-year old, sick, confused man in Nicholas County. A war veteran, retired coal miner, father and grandfather. Shame on you.
Where was all the righteous indignation from the black community when O.J. was acquitted of double pre-meditated murder of two whites from a "failed" judicial system?
It would have been nice if Beretta had been allowed to come to the state. As long as it is a Democratic state, we won't have anything because of the laws and all the crooked politicians.
How does it save the planet to pay the Chinese and the Indians to drive up carbon pollution? How does that help miners in West Virginia to pay miners in China?
Joey Holland, it was your choice to publicly announce your stance on female reproductive issues. Females have the choice and the ability to influence many to never ever do business with your dealership again.
From Sunday's news, there's one area where statistics are on the upswing on Obama's watch: the suicide rate.
I'm glad Webster Springs has a new Go-Mart. The old one was Go-Mart No. 2. I wonder what number the new one is.
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Round out your summer with vegan camping essentials to get you from set-up to sunset.
Let's be real: camping is the perfect summer adventure. You can roam as far as you like, or just pitch a tent in your backyard and relive the glory days of childhood. Wherever your vegan hiking boots take you, one thing is certain: camping requires the perfect balance of wanderlust and practicality. Armed with some tips for the ultimate vegan camping experience, you'll be ready to set out into the wild blue yonder and discover all the wonders of nature—even if "nature" is just five steps from your back door.
1. Get the Gear
Live by the eco-creed "try before you buy." Northern California residents can borrow a free camping kit stacked with gear such as a backpack, cookware, and tent from Alite Designs' Ranger Station. Not in the area? No problem! REI has a nationwide rental system, and those in the Great White North can head to MEC for all matters material. But what's an adventure without your furriest friend? Backcountry K-9 has all the gear to keep your pooch protected against the elements, including leashes, beds, and backpacks.
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While we're sure you can give Bear Grylls a run for his money, there's no need to ditch your toiletries and forage for leaves instead. Toilet paper is a beginner camper's salvation, so stock up on an earth-friendly brand like Ecos to keep your rear in gear. For those who find your daily cup of joe equally important, get your morning jolt before a hike with Coleman's 9-Cup Coffee Percolator, which cycles boiling water through the grounds using gravity. Got some impromptu precipitation raining on your parade? Settle in for some fun at the tarp-covered picnic table with easily packable, space-saving word-game (and VegNews-editor favorite) Bananagrams. If you and your fellow campers really get into it, don't let a lack of batteries stop the fun. Use Dynamo's kinetic flashlight to keep the games going (or find your way back to basecamp).
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What's camping without the obligatory hike? Trail-ready vegans can kick up dust in animal-friendly brands Keen, Merrell, and Wicked Hemp. As you tread, remember to hydrate and fuel. Vapur's roll-up water bottles feature clips that easily hook to your backpack and stow away in seconds. When hunger pangs hit, be sure to stop for a bite, but don't trust a hiker who doesn't love granola bars! The anytime snack is abundant in flavor and chock-full of on-the-go-goodness. While you stop to take in the view, attach your camera to Alite Designs Twigpod, a tent-poled monopod that can stake in the ground anywhere you choose. Watch out for photo-bombing squirrels!
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Ready your roasting sticks, because campfire classics are getting a gourmet twist. For your main dish, coat your flame-grilled Field Roast Smoked Apple Sage sausages with OrganicVille's Tangy Organic BBQ Sauce, and dress with kale slaw and walnut crumble. Chase your dinner with swigs from 21st Amendment's Hell or High Watermelon Wheat Beer, but be sure to leave room for the mother of all campsite confections: grilled s'mores with strawberries and bananas. You might have to go find your wool-free hiking socks, because we're sure they were just knocked off.
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Just two weeks before the Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney has named Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, 42, as his partner on the ballot.Romney had promised to introduce his running mate Saturday morning in Norfolk, Va. His mobile app, however, announced the decision earlier, naming Ryan just after 7 a.m. Saturday.Unlike Romney, Ryan has spent the majority of his career on Capitol Hill, starting as a staff economist for former Rep. Bob Kasten, R-Wisc., and later working as a speech writer and economic analyst.Reactions to Romney's decision were mixed on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Several political columnists and analysts said Ryan would span the gap between Romney and Tea Party newcomers to the GOP.What was oddly missing were commentary from fellow Republicans, who several news sources have noted do not seem enthusiastic about Romney's choice.Ryan's top priorities are to reform Social Security and Medicare, as he has said several times on the campaign trail. Of particular note is Ryan's "Roadmap for America's Future," which promises to erase the debt by 2063 by taking several dramatic steps to cut government spending.Ryan's influence stretches throughout the Midwest to Capitol Hill. In addition to serving in his home state, Ryan attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He has served in Congress for 12 years.— Mary Kenney
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Brutal City is a diverse mix of personalities and desires set in a semi-futuristic urban setting. These are dark lands inhabited by dark souls and they take both roleplay and SCRS combat seriously. This is a place to allow your imagination to run freely with a wide range of settings and props provided throughout the simulator. Listen well, learn fast and you might live long enough to have fun.
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Badwater is a role-play city set in a modern urban environment. Built on two sims, Badwater offers something for every role-player. Ride with the Fallen Angels, enforce the laws with the Badwater Police or hang out with the North Side Gangsters. Very friendly to new role-players, come and see for yourself.
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Presenting a calm and transcendent moment in all the hubbub of the London Olympics' Opening Ceremony, Akram Khan's choreography to 'Abide with Me' was a small, but powerful part in an incredible event. However the man is more than just one sequence. Following outstanding success with his last show, 'Desh', Khan returns to Sadler's Wells with the London premiere of his much-anticipated new work, 'iTMOi', the second part of the 'A String of Rites' series.
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Each battleship shall be named for a State. However, if the names of all the States are in use, a battleship may be named for a city, place, or person.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 448; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1018(b),Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1910.)
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7292(a) | 34 U.S.C. 462. | R.S. 1532. |
7292(b) | 34 U.S.C. 461. | May 4, 1898, ch. 234, 30 Stat. 390 (2d sentence under "Armor and Armament"); May 13, 1908, ch. 166, 35 Stat. 159; June 29, 1949, ch. 278, 63 Stat. 300 (6th par.). |
7292(c) | 34 U.S.C. 463. | R.S. 1533. |
In subsection (a) the words "care shall be taken that" are omitted as surplusage.
In subsection (b) the words "first class" are omitted as obsolete.
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Are you ready for the John McCain global warming tour?
posted at 5:55 pm on May 9, 2008 by Allahpundit
Why not? After six months of ads and op-eds and radio broadcasts about Bill Ayers and Wright, come Election Day there'll be nary a conservative left in America who won't be eager to pull the lever for him no matter how far left he tacks. Amnesty and carbon offsets and campaign finance reform for all!
"John McCain is going to be doing more of these themed tours of America, and one of them is going to be on energy and global climate change. It could get him into trouble with Republicans, of course, and with the base, who don't think there is much climate change going on, but it is something that he's very passionate about and he's going to be talking about it."
A pander timed to coincide with the general election? Nah, he's been pushing this for ages. Here's his radio ad on the subject from last fall, and here's his position — reminiscent of Pascal's wager — from that awful GOP debate with Nurse Ratched. Exit quotation: "Way to go, global warming folks!"
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So… how much land do you own around the Green River Basin or Vernal County, UT? I wish I had some dough to put down there. Then again, the railroads probably own anything below the surface, right?
NTWR on May 9, 2008 at 7:48 PM
I haven't worked in Utah, though a lot of my buddies are in the exploration area there.
I stick to Texas, some New Mexico, and have drilled extensively in Oklahoma and Kansas in the 80′s.
I'm evaluating about 20,000 acres of Bakken acreage in Richland County, Montana and neighboring South Dakota right now. Pretty deep wells, it turns out, but there is a huge amount of oil in those vertical fracture zones. It is a madhouse up there now, around Stanley, South Dakota.
The main problem in the oil patch is personnel right now.
There are few people with experience and the universities are turning out poorly-prepared geologists with their heads full of this greenie Global Warming crap. Independents like me won't touch these clowns.
TexasJew on May 9, 2008 at 8:24 PM
"What's this?" thought John McCain. "I can feel nothing warmer at all! That is terrible. Am I stupid? Am I a flat-earther? Am I a denier? Am I not fit to be President? That would be the most dreadful thing that could happen to me. "Oh, it is very hot!" McCain said aloud. "It has my highest approbation." And McCain nodded in a contented way, and gazed outside, for he would not say that he felt no Global Warming. The whole staff whom he had with tried and tried but could feel no warming, any more than the rest; but, like John McCain, they said, "It is so warm!" and counseled him to always say that he felt warm when he was out in public. "It is warm, hot even!" went from mouth to mouth. On all sides there seemed to be general warming, and John McCain gave Al Gore the title of Imperial Master of Global Warming Science.
So John McCain went on tour, and every one in the his audience said, "How incomparable warm it is! What a warm day it is!" No one would let it be perceived that he could not feel warming, for that would have shown that he was not fit for any office, or was very stupid or a flat-earther or a denier. No day of John McCain's had ever been as warm as this one.
"But I'm freezing my ass off out here!" a little child cried out at last. "Just hear what that innocent says!" said the father: and one whispered to another what the child had said. "But it is cold out here!" said the whole people at length. That touched John McCain, for it seemed to him that they were right; but the thought within himself was, "I must go through with feeling all the Global Warming, I dare not risk to do otherwise." And so he held himself a little higher, and his aides held on tighter than ever, and all proclaimed the Global Warming which did not exist at all.
MB4 on May 9, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Stanley, North Dakota, that is…
TexasJew on May 9, 2008 at 8:27 PM
Global Friggin Warming?
Damn, he's making it so hard to pull the lever…
I'll have to shower afterwards and it won't even be January yet.
TheCulturalist on May 9, 2008 at 8:41 PM
or is it?
TheCulturalist on May 9, 2008 at 8:42 PM
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
– either Groucho or Karl Marx
MB4 on May 9, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Is there a way for the Republicans to riot during the convention?
It's like we're being taken over by the Pod People!
TexasJew on May 9, 2008 at 8:52 PM
So… how much land do you own around the Green River Basin or Vernal County, UT? I wish I had some dough to put down there. Then again, the railroads probably own anything below the surface, right?
Actually everything here is owned by the LDS Church, the Indians or the Federal Government.
TooTall on May 9, 2008 at 8:59 PM
We all need to propogate the counter economic message of these ecology false lovers. Everything that the owners of Wall Street, the MSM and both political parties are shooting for depends upon the deprication of working people, to take the worker's salary and provide all things for the worker.
Hence, EVIL PROFITEERING BUSINESSES
vs. RIGHTEOUS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Don't let the non-profit ecology inspired green fascists bury you alive with false balloon pricing piracy in the trading of commodities. Get over their hype and their derogatory propaganda against thorough science.
Damn, I keep saying we don't have a platform–foolish to deny the GOP remodel accomplished WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION behind closed doors.
Together, persistently, squeaky wheel and all,
Demand McCain get off the Progressive Platform!
maverick muse on May 9, 2008 at 9:15 PM
MB4 on May 9, 2008 at 8:50 PM
QUOTATION: History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
ATTRIBUTION: Karl Marx (1818–1883), German political theorist, social philosopher. repr. In Karl Marx: Selected Works, vol. 2 (1942). Paraphrase of the opening sentences of The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (1852).
The actual words were: "Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce."
Or as it was stated in the Village Voice:
As the great Karl Marx said, history repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
I was hoping for Groucho, I really was…
TheCulturalist on May 9, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Demand McCain get off the Progressive Platform!
maverick muse on May 9, 2008 at 9:15 PM
Just have The Rock throw a raised eyebrow at him.
TheCulturalist on May 9, 2008 at 9:23 PM
The actual words were: "Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce."
I was hoping for Groucho, I really was…
TheCulturalist on May 9, 2008 at 9:21 PM
A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five.
- Groucho
MB4 on May 9, 2008 at 9:46 PM
ATTRIBUTION: Karl Marx (1818–1883), German political theorist, social philosopher. repr. In Karl Marx: Selected Works, vol. 2 (1942).
TheCulturalist on May 9, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Either he's dead or my watch has stopped.
- Groucho
MB4 on May 9, 2008 at 9:48 PM
Please shoot me. Maverick is the undisputed champion at doing whatever it takes to keep his base permanently pissed off at him.
David in ATL on May 9, 2008 at 10:23 PM
"I want to assure you I will make this planet clean … we will hand to you a cleaner planet than the one you were living in before I became president of the United States, I promise you that."
You can't promise anything of the sort, Senator, unless you somehow come to control Russia, India, and China, as well as the U.S. And only an imbecile would think that.
This leaves open two things: either you are an imbecile, or possibly you don't think that, and you are just pandering to the nitwit Global Warming Hysteria crowd. Which is it?
Jaibones on May 9, 2008 at 11:08 PM
BTW, if he does this thing, I will (again) have to apologize to every McCain hater in the commentariat and withdraw each and every argument I have attempted to make which declares McCain to be measurably different than Obama, and a logical choice for conservatives, despite the fact that he is obviously not one.
Jaibones on May 9, 2008 at 11:11 PM
I really don't think I can stomach voting for him. I can't reconcile my stark differences with him. How can I vote for a Republican that panders to the hispanics rather than defending the borders? How can I vote for someone that buys into this global warming crap? I really think I'm just going to stay home this election. I can't vote for someone as pathetic as John McCain. I really believe that the Democrats must have really covertly played their own "Operation Chaos" in order to give us such a pathetic Republican candidate. This is the best we could come up with in the whole U.S. for us? We really don't deserve to win this upcoming election when you consider who was selected as our Presidential nominee.
And isn't McCain so presumptuous … he thinks he doesn't have to pander to us, because we've got no choice but to suck it up and vote for him.
Thank you,
timinnc on May 9, 2008 at 11:57 PM
…..come Election Day there'll be nary a conservative left in America who won't be eager to pull the lever for him no matter how far left he tacks.
Gee, I guess I must not be a Conservative. Because that 'ain't' going to happen.
This person who THOUGHT he was a Conservative; (until AllahPundit indicated otherwise), would rather that the President who destroys the American Economy completely, were NOT a Republican.
Barring an absolute Miracle from On High, the next President WILL destroy the economy if Congress is stupid enough to permit it.. (And WILL do incalculable damage to Americas sovereignty too, but that's a whole different subject).
If a Democrat does it, the Republican party will have a conservative resurgence, with a huge gain of those who are currently wishy-washy moderates and maybe a few liberals who have a sudden introduction to reality. It will make the post-Carter conservative resurgence look like a minor swell.
If a Republican does it, that will pretty much be the end of the GOP and the end of Conservatism forever.
Pretty sad when a hard-core Socialist (Hillary) would probably be less of an economic disaster than a Republican. Better than a stupid America hating, 'whitey' hating, Marxist-Maoist like Obama, and better than an arrogant, unbalanced, clueless guy who has NO core beliefs at all other than: "what Johnny wants, Johnny gets, and damned be any evidence that Johnny is wrong".
Johnny; who surrounds himself with advisers, not because they are experts in their fields, but because they 'prove their brilliance' to him by agreeing with him….. Not that it matters, because Arrogant Johnny wouldn't take advice that was contrary to his own clueless opinions even if it came from the uncontested greatest expert in that field.
Too bad Al Gore is making too much money from his 'global warming scam', and doesn't want to be V.P. again. Johnny's old Senate Fraternity Buddy would make the perfect V.P for him. They both want to destroy the American Economy, Both hate conservatives….. and think of how many greenies and democrats sick of the Hilobama wars would absolutely flood to that ticket. It would be a 'marriage' made in Heaven Hell.
LegendHasIt on May 10, 2008 at 12:51 AM
the next President WILL destroy the economy if Congress is stupid enough to permit it
I think you accidentally put an "if" in there where you meant to put a comma.
I disagree that McCain is in any way worse than the Other Two, but given the amount by which he's not, I'm not going to get energized about it.
Basically, with McCain, we get a modest amount of gridlock and maybe 1-2 originalist justices.
With the other two, we get a headlong dive into European Socialism, the overbearing nanny state, and an abandonment of the Middle-East to the enemy's control (if they can even take it back now).
No contest, 3% beats 0% any day – but like I said, not by much.
Merovign on May 10, 2008 at 4:44 AM
Al Gore is having the last laugh.
Maverick is the undisputed champion at doing whatever it takes to keep his base permanently pissed off at him.
well said.
moxie_neanderthal on May 10, 2008 at 5:33 AM
I think you accidentally put an "if" in there where you meant to put a comma.
Good one!
One of the other miracles I'm praying and working hard for is that we get enough Conservatives in Congress to offset whichever bad choice gets elected President.
Thanks for being polite on the rest.
I think you have it backwards on this though:
Basically, with McCain, we get a modest amount of gridlock and maybe 1-2 originalist justices.
With the other two, we get a headlong dive into European Socialism, the overbearing nanny state
I'd be pretty happy with gridlock, but it is my well considered opinion that gridlock would be maximized with Obama.
He may be able to play political games at the Chicago level, and fool the ignorant liberal voters, but he WON'T be able to play with the 'big boys' inside the beltway. He will be considered an upstart who didn't wait his turn to run for President. He hasn't done any favors for his fellow Senators, nor the House, nor for the bureaucrats, so they won't be doing any for him.
Hillary would be in a little better position in that respect, but with her unlikeability quotient, and the Washington Establishment FINALLY being sick of the Clintons in general, I see a lot of gridlock with her.
But McCain, with his agenda (other than on earmarks and Iraq) completely in lockstep with the Democrats; the RINO and barely conservative Republicans unwilling to buck a Republican President, the few genuine conservatives in Congress will be helpless, and whatever McCain and his Liberal Fraternity Buddies in the Senate want, they will get.
And as far as getting Originalist Supreme Court appointments…
Forget it.
Mr. "Alito is too conservative" is NOT going to appoint any originalists. We would be lucky to get a Justice Kennedy nomination out of him.
Here is the biggest reason that I feel safe in saying that:
If the Supreme Court gets ONE more Originalist, the obviously Unconstitutional McCain-Feingold limitations of First Amendment rights will be overturned.
Johnny Arrogant can't be having that now, can he?
LegendHasIt on May 10, 2008 at 5:48 AM
When a liberal republican runs against a liberal democrat, the liberal democrat will win EVERY friggen time!
sabbott on May 10, 2008 at 6:51 AM
Just when I think I am OK with McCain, he goes off and does schtuff like this.
hunter on May 10, 2008 at 8:39 AM
come Election Day there'll be nary a conservative left in America who won't be eager to pull the lever for him no matter how far left he tacks. Amnesty and carbon offsets and campaign finance reform for all!
On that day, pink elephants will be in abundance, pigs will fly themselves to the slaughterhouse and AP will finally admit that he is a full fledged card carrying lib.
Well, two outta three ain't bad.
TwinkietheKid on May 10, 2008 at 9:59 AM
I calculate that every third utterance which passes John Kennedy-Feingold-Hernandez McCain's lips makes me want to barf & flush. The only good thing happening in that clip was Fred Thompson's slap down. How can any conservative spend ten minutes listening to John "I'll build your freakin fence" McCain's brand of crap.
His ascendance to the Republican Ticket was my ticket out of the Republican Party and ya know….. it really wasn't that hard once you stepped back and looked at the whole thing. Obama, Hillary, McCain….. they're all highly barfable.
Ernest on May 10, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Please shoot me. Maverick is the undisputed champion at doing whatever it takes to keep his base permanently pissed off at him.
David in ATL on May 9, 2008 at 10:23 PM
I hate to let you in on the terrible secret, but his base just loooves this stuff.
misterpeasea on May 10, 2008 at 12:55 PM
McCain, who graduated 894th out of 899 in his class at Annapolis, with no advanced degree. GW Bush, BA from Yale, MBA from Harvard. Quayle, BA from DePauw, JD from Indiana University.
Paul-Cincy on May 10, 2008 at 12:34 AM
Unverified. From another thread.
Still, it might explain McC's inability to grasp simple concepts. He's tough, no question. But that isn't a substitute for brains. Not for the Big Chair.
TheCulturalist on May 10, 2008 at 3:36 PM
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"Don't look at my nails," cries Helga Surratt, the president of About Faces. "I never make an appointment! I only get a [beauty] service when someone can fit me in easily enough—and most of the time they are booked."
Of course, since About Faces employs 400 staffers, it doesn't take a beauty-school graduate to know that there must be an opening somewhere on the books (especially for the company president). Truth be told, Surratt, who typically puts in a 65-hour week, has a work ethic that doesn't allow for such luxuries in life.
And even she admits that maybe it's time to ease up a little.
"I probably don't have to work that many hours anymore," says Surratt. "It's such a habit, but I feel like I have to be here. I feel guilty if I take a day off."
Surratt's friend (and About Faces publicist) Edie Brown offers this insight: "Helga knows you can't coast in this business. She works such long hours that if you look in the trunk of her car, you'd see she has changes of clothes, shoes, and bags. At home, she doesn't even have a live plant."
Surratt smiles and corrects her friend: "That's not true," she says, her German accent only slightly dulled by her 40 years in America. "I love my two plants!"
With a database of more than 150,000 clients (Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Kelly Ripken among them) and six locations in four counties, About Faces is a rare phenomenon—a salon with staying power—in the peripatetic business of beauty.
Salons open and close in the time it takes a manicure to dry, but About Faces—which celebrated 40 years in the business last year—is one of the longest-running salon/day spas in the country. And it's an ongoing success story. Last year alone, while the country was still in the midst of a recession, the company grossed $17 million in revenue. In a typical week, thousands of clients will have undergone manicures, massages, waxes, lash extensions, facials, and various other services for a grand total of 6,300 appointments.
So it's no wonder that the blonde, green-eyed Helga Surratt, the company's most visible face (today adorned with Smashbox shadow and foundation and mineral-based blush by Jane Iredale) never takes a breather.
Surratt, 65, says that her work ethic is the result of a childhood that was anything but glamorous. She was born in 1946 in blighted Kissing, Germany, a year after the war ended. Her father Josef, who served in the German Army, was a war veteran; her mother, Luise, worked as a maid.
"My father was disabled," says Surratt, tearing up at the memory. "He had a spinal -cord injury from the war. He was paralyzed for two years and when he regained feeling in his legs, he was in pain every day. That was the only father I ever knew. My mom did all the physical labor. She helped lay the mortar to build our little house and worked as a maid for doctors, dentists, and lawyers."
After the war, Surratt's family struggled to make ends meet. "I grew up hearing, 'There's no money, there's no money,'" she recalls. "And I can remember at age four being left alone to watch my brother, who was one at the time, while my mother went to work."
Her teen years, she says, were "a total horror."
"My father started to drink and was on 30 painkillers a day," she says. "My mother tried to commit suicide twice, committed herself to a mental institution, and was gone for seven months when I was 17. I cried myself to sleep at night, but in those days, I couldn't talk to anyone. It's a sad story, but it shaped who I am today."
Surratt vowed to move up in the world—to "move beyond," as she says—and heeded her mother's monitions to work hard in school.
"She wanted me to do better," says Surratt, "and she sent me to the next town to the better school, so I could get a good education. She told me never to envy anyone. She knew that everyone had their own cross to bear."
One of Surratt's first jobs after graduating high school was with a German manufacturer that had an office in Cleveland.
"While I was still in Germany, this guy was supposed to come in and test my English-speaking capabilities," says Surratt, who admits that, while she read at a fairly fluent rate, she spoke little English. "But, thank God, he never showed up, and I got the job anyway. When I told my mother they wanted to send me to America, she told me to go. She said it was a once-in-a-lifetime chance."
In 1969, Surratt took her first airplane ride for her maiden trip to the United States. She worked in Cleveland for a year before being transferred to Aberdeen, then returned to Munich for a bit, and, eventually, settled back in the Baltimore area and got married.
At 24, and between jobs, a friend suggested Surratt pursue a career in modeling. Still not confident with her English-speaking skills, she loved the idea.
"Having seen one runway fashion show in Germany, my first thought was that I wouldn't have to talk!" she says. "I called the Barbizon School of Modeling and asked them if I was too old to model, and they said, 'Of course not,' and the next thing I knew I had signed up for a course."
After completing her coursework, she taught at Barbizon for a few years. Then, in 1974, Surratt signed on with World of Faces Modeling School in Baltimore, which had been founded by Patrick Brennan and his then-wife Gloria. It was here that Surratt's modeling career took off, and she did runway and print work for area department stores such as Hutzler's and Saks Fifth Avenue.
By 1977, Surratt was the director of the agency. Meanwhile, the Brennans were growing their beauty business, opening the first About Faces in Mt. Washington and later moving it to the Pikesville Hilton. It was the first day spa in the area. With her savings, Surratt became an early investor when About Faces moved to the Kenilworth Mall in 1978.
"I had no major expectations," says Surratt.
On the other hand, Patrick Brennan, a successful area businessman and MIT-trained aerospace engineer, immediately sensed the spa was filling a void. "Even when we were in the Pikesville Hilton," he says, "it didn't take more than six months or so before our book was full. It was clear there was a need for these services. We had some cases, especially for waxing and makeup, where we had to turn people away."
Surratt went back to school to become an aesthetician and joined About Faces to do skincare in 1982. Along the way, both Surratt's and Brennan's marriages dissolved, and they became life partners, eventually having a son, Eric, now 30, who works for the company as vice president of operations.
Though there were a few lean years, the company pioneered the day spa concept in Baltimore. (They even banned smoking in the space long before it was trendy to do so.)
"Patrick was a visionary," says Surratt. "No one even knew the words 'day spa' back then."
Surratt and Brennan learned by trial and error. "There were no guidelines for skincare, hair, or makeup," says Surratt. "We even added on exercise lessons. If we had a big aerobics exercise class, products would be flying off the shelves from all the shaking!"
Fortunately, that idea quickly went by the wayside. By 1990, Surratt became president of the company, and immediately saw the limitations of booking clients by hand in a ledger. So she traveled all over the country to see salons that were using fully computerized booking. "By 1992, we were on the forefront—booking appointments and checking out appointments by computer."
From there, the growth was rapid.
"We opened Salisbury in 2001 and went from 2,000- to 8,000-square feet in a year," says Surratt. "Timonium came next in 2002. In 2003, we acquired Paul's in Pikesville, opened Canton in 2006, and Annapolis in 2010."
With her natural people skills, Surratt was the perfect person to have at the helm.
"Helga is a very good leader," says Brennan. "She's very good with customer service as well as with staff members. She creates a lot of trust and is great at building a team. She also pays great attention to her clients."
Early on, the duo developed a philosophy of business that has never wavered. "We learned a lot about the substance of the business," says Surratt. "We go with trends but only the trends that make sense."
Another important early lesson: "Give the clients great customer service, plus proven and innovative services, and products that give results, not fluff," she says.
That credo has kept client Nancy Lattmann, the owner of clothing store L'Apparenza, coming to the Kenilworth location for more than 30 years.
"I get everything done there," gushes Lattmann, "from my hair to my manicures and makeup. I love their products, I love their services, and they are very, very professional. It's my home away from home. My family knows that if they don't know where I am, I'm at About Faces."
Away from the hustle and bustle, past a hallway of Zen-like treatment rooms, is Surratt's own inner sanctum—her office, bathed in buttery hues and warm woods. It's time for her weekly Thursday meeting with her assistant manager Elizabeth Miller and her son, Eric, in his role as VP of operations.
Over the course of an hour, the team discusses everything from a Hurricane Irene-related leak in Timonium; to the gratis services offered to police officers, fire fighters, and military personnel on 9/11; to a recent visit by a famous New York stylist who showed her staff cutting-edge techniques. "There are always new products, new ways of educating ourselves," comments Surratt.
Surratt continues to hold court with a new aesthetician Peggy Giannakis who has only been on the job for several weeks.
"How is it going?" Surratt asks, genuinely concerned. "Are you enjoying it?"
"I'm loving it," Giannakis says. "I'm really happy here."
Next up is stylist and salon educator Christian Holmes, who shows Surratt a video of a new razor-cutting technique he wants to introduce to the salon. "Can you use it in conjunction with the scissors?" she asks. "I think that's the best way to introduce it."
Though she is still going strong and is rarely at her Towson or Silo Point homes, Surratt is starting to think about winding down sometime soon.
"In the next couple of years, I need to give myself more time," she says. "I won't be as in the trenches and will find more ways to have fun. Looking back, I just worked hard and did what was right—and nothing was ever as bad as what I came from. I went beyond—that's the only way to go through life."
And just maybe, there's a manicure in her future.


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What is a cataract?
When natural crystalline lens of the eye becomes cloudy, it is known as cataract.
Symptoms of cataract:
Is operation the only remedy?
Yes, it is. Unfortunately, once the lens of the eye has become cloudy, there is no medical treatment or nutritional method available till date for clearing the cataract.
It is now not necessary to wait till the cataract ripens to
thick white opacity; it can be removed when it starts to interfere with normal
daily activities such as reading the newspaper.
Can intraocular lenses be put in children?
Gone are the days of wearing those heavy and unsightly specs
which have so many drawbacks - difficulty in crossing the road, climbing the
stairs etc. Changing times and advanced technology have brought a variety of
intra ocular lens implants. These are natural lens. They are UV coated; hence
protect the retina from harmful effects of UV radiation.
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Traditional surgery involves making a large incision of 9 to 10 mm and closing it with several stitches. This pulls the eye out of shape resulting in distorted astigmatic vision.
Phacoemulsification makes use of small, highly sophisticated ultrasonic machine. This is steered into the eyes. Localised high frequency sound waves break up the cataract into small fragments, which are then, sucked out through the instrument's hollow tubing. A thin capsule or shell is left in place. This maintains the natural anatomy of the eye. The size of the incision is only 3 mm. Intraocular lens is implanted through this opening. It is placed inside the eye in place of the natural lens. With a foldable IOL, the incision remains 3mm. The healing is fast.
There are cases where the child is born with the cataract in both or either of the eyes which will require an urgent ophthalmic check up. If the cataracts are total, surgery has to be performed fairly soon otherwise the light reflex may not develop causing almost irreversible loss of vision. Whether to put an IOL implant or not is to judged by the surgeon thorough examination of the case and keeping in mind the overall assessment and physiological development of the child. At present cataract surgery in children has been made fairly safe and also IOL implants do give good sight. But these type of cases need through follow up examinations at regular intervals. If necessary IOLs have to exchanged at a later date.
Last updated on 22-10-2001