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Ten Lashes
September 29, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Sumayyah Meehan, TMO
"Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame nor physical pain have any other effect than a hardening one."
~ Ellen Key
You hop in the car, fumble with the keys, start the engine and prepare to take that first sip of coffee as you back out of the driveway. This is the way that many Americans start their morning as they set out to work for the day. For most people, getting on the road safely and reaching your destination on time are the primary concerns. However, for the women of Saudi Arabia, there is a new concern to be considered before getting behind the wheel.
This past week Saudi Arabian national Shaima Ghassaniya was found guilty of driving without the permission of her government. Her punishment, which would be a mere slap on the wrist in America for the same "crime," is flogging. By definition the word flogging means, "To beat severely with a whip or rod." Ghassaniya is to be flogged a total of ten times with her punishment to undoubtedly serve as an example for other women in the kingdom that dare to drive.
There is no law on the books in Saudi Arabia that says women are legally barred from driving. However, there is a law that states anyone driving on the roads of Saudi Arabia must have license. The catch is that women are not issued drivers license. Denying a woman the right to drive means that she must rely on a male relative, or sometimes even a male chauffer, in order to travel. For women who are single, getting around without a car is often a nightmare.
The driving laws seem archaic compared to the full driving rights that women enjoy in neighboring Arab countries, like Kuwait and Oman. "I would be lost without my car," laments Raina Ahmed who is a schoolteacher in Kuwait, "I have to drive myself to and from work every day. I also use my car to take my children for all of their doctor's appointments." Female drivers in other Arab countries share the roadways with their male counterparts and are often safer drivers.
The news of the Ghassaniya's flogging punishment comes on the heels of another announcement that could have been promising for the women in the region. King Abdullah recently announced on state-run television that Saudi Arabian women have been granted the right to vote and run in local elections. However, they will have to wait until the year 2015 to exercise these newly given rights. Perhaps, by then, they will be able to drive themselves to the ballot box.
Unawareness—A Sly Threat
January 9, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
The Unawareness of Deniers
The inner state of those who deny Allah's existence and cannot stand to have His name be remembered or mentioned is considered to be the final stage of unawareness. Such people, who flounder in denial, are unloved and condemned by Allah. In addition, they have many negative and unpleasant attributes.
Deniers are rebellious, arrogant, selfish, irritable, hypocritical, and unbalanced liars who are ready to engage in any wickedness. When it is a question of their gaining an advantage, they become so overwhelmed with worldly ambition that they no longer even recognize their own father or mother. Ignoring all limits that stand in the way of getting their own way, they resort to falsity, immorality, and lawlessness to overcome all obstacles.
Their consciences are shrouded, and so they have no sense of mercy, compassion, and pity. Having no sensitivity toward those around them, they live only for themselves and to satisfy the selfish desires and passions of their egos. Their minds are so clouded by unawareness that they never think about Allah or even remember His name:
When Allah, the One and Only, is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink back, shuddering.
Az-Zumar: 45
They deny the Hereafter's existence and, to appease their consciences and justify their behavior, disparage religion and try to draw others down the same path. They are not aware of the wickedness they commit or of the eternal punishment awaiting them:
As for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have made their actions appear good to them, and they wander about blindly. Such people will receive an evil punishment and will be the greatest losers in the Hereafter.
An-Naml: 4-5
We created many of the jinn and humanity for Hell. They have hearts with which they do not understand, eyes with which they do not see, and ears with which they do not hear. Such people are like cattle. No, they are even further astray! They are the unaware.
Al-A'raf: 179
As we see, deniers ignore the promised eternal punishment. Moreover, they are described in the Qur'an as being lower than animals, because they have been engulfed by unawareness. In other words, they are happy only when eating, drinking, and enjoying themselves, for they focus only on this world and are content to remain unaware of what is really important:
They know an outward aspect of this world's life, but are heedless of the Hereafter.
Ar-Rum: 7
Such people think only of this worldly life, even though Allah has sent prophets and messengers, as well as holy books and believers, throughout history to warn them of the Day of Judgment, when they will have to account for themselves. They have been reminded of their sins and that these will not be forgotten on that day. They have heard what will happen to them if they do not obey Allah's commands and prohibitions, continue to ignore His advice, and do not repent of their wicked and corrupt lives: they will be rewarded with Hell's endless punishment. The only way to avoid all these is to heed His warnings and correct their attitudes, live in a way that earns His pleasure so that they will not disgrace themselves on the Day of Judgment. However, only some of them will listen:
Humanity's reckoning has drawn very close to them, yet they heedlessly turn away.
Al-Anbiya': 1
The unawareness of those who have gone astray
Some individuals do not practice Islam according to the Qur'an, but according to what they have learned in their community and from their elders. In other words, they have inherited a false religious tradition from their ancestors and named it "Islam." For this reason, even if they read the Qur'an they interpret it incorrectly. They are unaware of the truth handed down in the Qu'ran and the sayings of our Prophet (saas), and thus cannot be considered true believers:
When they are told: "Follow what Allah has sent down to you," they say: "We are following what we found our ancestors doing." What, even though their ancestors did not understand a thing and were not guided!
Al-Baqara: 170
When they are told: "Come to what Allah has sent down and to the Messenger," they say: "What we found our ancestors doing is enough for us." What! Even if their ancestors did not know anything and were not guided!
Al-Ma'ida: 104
When they are told: "Follow what Allah has sent down," they say: "No, we will follow what we found our ancestors doing." What! Even if satan is calling them to the punishment of the Blazing Fire?
Luqman: 21
It is stated in the Qur'an that these people do not practice the commands and prohibitions Allah prescribed in the Qur'an, but those devised by their ancestors. It is obvious from the Qur'an that they are heretics following satan, who is drawing them toward the eternal punishment of Hell. They associate others with Him by valuing their ancestors' religion more than true Islam, and their own traditions more than the Qur'an. As a result, satan has used their ignorance, bigotry, pride and lack of intelligence to lead them astray. In other words, their own attitudes cause them to stray from the true path and adopt a distorted ancestral religion known to them as "Islam."
This ancestral religion is very different from the Islam described in the Qur'an. For example, they pray when something is bothering them or when they feel they have exhausted all other possibilities; sometimes they even pray to receive worldly favors to satisfy their egos. Even though they may know what is actually said in the Qur'an about prayer, they do not really practice it. In fact, they do not give proper thanks to Allah, but only for something of importance to them. They do not have a correct view of the Qur'an and therefore ignore the countless blessings that Allah has given them and for which they must thank Him.
So, although they know that Allah exists, they ignore such verses as "Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him" (Surat an-Nisa': 36) and fall into the sin of association. They are so unaware of reality that they think that on the Day of Judgment, when everything will be revealed, Allah will accept their claim that they never committed such a grave sin:
On the Day We gather them all together, We will ask those who associated others with Allah: "Where are the partner-deities for whom you made such claims?" Then they will have no recourse but to say: "By Allah, our Lord, We were not idolaters." See how they lie against themselves and how what they invented has forsaken them!
Al-An'am: 22-24
… Turning toward Him. Fear (and respect) Him and perform (the obligatory) prayer. Do not be among the idolaters, those who split up their religion and form into sects, each faction exulting in what it has.
Ar-Rum: 31-32
As these verses reveal, the fact that they happily accept the perversity of those idolaters who divide their religion into sects show just how unaware they really are. Although they know their errors and understand what is right, they refuse to accept the truth out of a strong desire to continue being guided by their own passions and desires.
Unawareness—A Sly Threat
December 31, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Unawareness, as briefly defined in the introduction, is the condition of those people who are either unaware of Allah's existence and the Hereafter, or, if they are aware, do not have the requisite sense of responsibility. As a result, they are unaware and careless. Sometimes, believers can become temporarily unaware due to a transient forgetfulness or distraction. In the case of unbelievers or those who ascribe equals to Allah, this can be a life-long condition that affects every aspect of life.
Many people do not wonder why they were created; rather, they dally in the desires of their egos and therefore lead empty and useless lives. Following the logic of "living for the moment," they seek to attain only the best and to enjoy as many of the world's pleasures as they can. For them, what counts is making the best of their time, imagining that "we only have one life." Thus, they try to fill their allotted days with as much pleasure and enjoyment as possible. They know they are going to die, and yet they are unaware of the eternal punishment awaiting them in Hell. And because they cannot conceive of Allah's supreme power, they underestimate just how severe this punishment will be. (For details, see Harun Yahya's Death, Resurrection, Hell). Some of the related verses areas follows:
If only you could see those who do wrong at the time when they see the punishment, that truly all strength belongs to Allah , and that He is severe in punishment.
Al-Baqara: 165
That Day no one will punish as He punishes, and no one will shackle as He shackles.
Al-Fajr: 25-26
When they are flung into it (Hell), they will hear it gasping harshly as it seethes. It all but bursts with rage. Each time a group is flung into it, its custodians will ask them: "Did no warner come to you?"
Al-Mulk: 7-8
Hell will suffice as a Searing Blaze! As for those who reject Our Signs, We will roast them in a Fire. Every time their skins are burned off, We will replace them with new skins so that they can taste the punishment. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.
An-Nisa': 55-56
Most unaware individuals know of Allah's existence but do not have an accurate knowledge of Islam. Therefore, they do not submit to Him. As a result, their lack of absolute trust in Him causes them to experience deep pain and sorrow when confronted with difficult and distressing situations. The smallest anxiety is enough to upset their lives, and they are known for their pessimism, unhappiness, and depression.
They pass long periods doing useless and meaningless things, which they call "being busy." But this "useless busyness," which makes them feel so important and indispensable, is just an empty distraction that fans the flames of their unawareness. In the Qur'an, Allah describes these vain distractions:
It may be that those who are unbelievers will wish that they had been Muslims. Leave them to eat and enjoy themselves. Let false hope divert them. They will soon know.
Al-Hijr: 2-3
Unawareness is like an insidious disease that engulfs those who have forgotten Allah and the Hereafter, that anesthetizes the mind and shrouds the intelligence. This drowsy unawareness prevents them from understanding the realities that assail and await them. Despite their power to see and hear, such people can no longer accurately interpret and judge what they see and hear. In fact, it shrouds their minds to such an extent that they spend all of their time trying to satisfy the endless desires of their egos. They can think of nothing else, for they have already transformed their desires and passions into deities:
Have you seen him who has taken his whims and desires to be his deity? Will you, then, be his guardian? Do you suppose that most of them hear or understand? They are just like cattle. Indeed, they are even further astray!
Al-Furqan: 43-44
One important aspect of unawareness is its ability to alienate people from reality and cause them to live in a dream world. For example, young people always think of the future and may feel happy thinking that their dreams will come true. As they get older, their dreams become more restricted and they try to relive them through souvenirs and reminders. Older people can easily find many memories to share with their loved ones, and retelling their memories lets them relive the excitement or sorrow of that moment.
With their minds fully occupied by dreams and memories, they have no room for those realities that deserve their full attention: the Hereafter, the Garden, and Hell. They are not connected to Allah, either in what they think or feel, and conceive of reality as just an unwanted, indistinct, dark space between dreams and memories. When reality somehow finds its way into their minds, they immediately stop thinking about it and return to their daydreams.
Unawareness can be compared to how people with poor eyesight see the world through an indistinct haze. They cannot see anything clearly or in detail until they put on their glasses. Only after doing that will they become aware of how little they could see without their glasses. Perhaps they had not seen anything at all.
Unaware people also have a similar (but more serious) type of conception deficiency: they cannot properly appreciate Allah's existence, splendor, and honor. But when they approach Him with a true heart, pray to Him, contemplate Him, and respect the boundaries He has set for humanity, He may remove this deficiency so that they can obtain a clear understanding of reality.
Harun Yahya – Secrets of the Hypocrites
December 10, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Torment in Hell
1. The Worst Torment
Hypocrites, whom Allah describes in the Qur'an as deserving of even worse, will be punished with the greatest suffering in the Hereafter—in other words, with the torment of Hell:
. . . Do you, then, believe in one part of the Book and reject the other? What repayment will there be for any of you who do that except disgrace in this world? And on the Day of Resurrection, they will be returned to the harshest of punishments. Allah is not unaware of what you do.
Al-Baqara: 85
2. An Unremitting Suffering
Those are the people who trade the Hereafter for this world. The punishment will not be lightened for them. They will not be helped.
Al-Baqara: 86
Hypocrites will remain in Hell for all eternity and their suffering will never be lightened in any way.
3. A Fierce Punishment
Give news to the hypocrites that they will have a painful punishment.
An-Nisa': 138
According to the Qur'an, the torment of Hell will be fierce and very great. Everyone there will be cast into the flames. Escape will be impossible. They will be bound with chains and iron shackles. They will be scourged with whips of iron. Hypocrites, whose only foods will be boiling water, pus, the tree of Zaqqum and thorns, will wish to leave Hell, but their suffering will never end or ever be alleviated.
The reason is that although they knew everything Allah required of them in this world, they followed their Earthly desires and turned their backs on the truth, declaring war on Allah and His religion.
4. The Most Humiliating Torment
The people in Hell will assume a frightening appearance and experience torment in all respects. Their bodies will be torn apart with fire, boiling water will be poured over their heads, and they will be forced to wear clothing made of tar and flame:
But those who strive against Our signs, trying to nullify them, will have a punishment most humiliating. (Surah Saba': 5)
5. Curse of Allah
As we have seen, hypocrites will be surrounded with torments in all respects in Hell. Yet there is one torment even greater than all of these, and that is the curse of Allah—His refusal to speak with them and His humiliation and disparagement of them:
The repayment of such people is that Allah's curse is on them and that of the angels and of all humanity.
Ali 'Imran: 87
Those who conceal what Allah has sent down of the Book and sell it cheap, take nothing into their bellies but the Fire. On the Day of Resurrection Allah will not speak to them or purify them. They will have a painful punishment.
Al-Baqara: 174
6. They Will be All Alone
The people they imagined to be their friends in this world will be far distant from them in the Hereafter. Each will have his own sufferings, for which reason they will be able to find no friend or comforter, and they will remain all alone.
. . . You will not find any one to help them.
An-Nisa': 145
In the Hereafter, moreover, they will curse the people they called closest to them in this world.
. . . But then on the Day of Resurrection, you will reject one another and curse one another. The Fire will be your shelter. You will have no helpers.
Al-'Ankabut: 25
7. They Will Suffer Terrible Loss
There is no doubt that in the Hereafter they will be the losers.
An-Nahl: 109
Leaving behind the life of this world, which they imagined to be so profitable, they will die and enter Hell, their true abode. There they will see the true face of all things and realize that rather than having gained any profit, they have actually suffered a terrible loss. They will realize that everything they did in this world has been meaningless and cannot benefit them at all.
The Lowest Level of Hell
The hypocrites are in the lowest level of the Fire. You will not find any one to help them.
An-Nisa': 145
As Allah reveals to us in the above verse, hypocrites inhabit "the lowest level of the Fire." The reason for that, of course, is their two-facedness and their moral model based on strife.
We have touched on dozens of elements that determine hypocrites' cunning natures. One aim behind our setting out these defects one by one is to show that hypocrites are among the cruelest people who have ever lived, and to provide a means of imparting that knowledge to all.
The reason why the hypocrites described right throughout this book are to be regarded as cruel and extreme is because they are people to whom knowledge has been given. In other words, they have been told of religious moral values and have learned the truth from believers, and even from the messenger of Allah himself. They have lived for a while according to those religious moral values, but then turned their backs on them and, of course, on Allah, on His messenger and the faithful, imagining that their life would be easier as deniers. Allah reveals that:
They swear by Allah that they said nothing, but they definitely spoke the word of disbelief and returned to disbelief after their Islam. They planned something, which they did not achieve and they were vindictive for no other cause than that Allah and His messenger had enriched them from His bounty. If they were to repent, it would be better for them. But if they turn away, Allah will punish them with a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter, and they will not find any protector or helper on the Earth.
At-Tawba: 74
Therefore, they bear a greater burden of responsibility than—and are quite distinct from—those to whom knowledge has not been imparted; in other words, to people who have not been called to religious moral values and the Qur'an, and who have thus never been followers of Islam. The suffering they experience in the Hereafter will be far worse than the latter, as is revealed by Allah. That is because hypocrites appear to be religious during the course of their lives, avoiding any number of telltale sins that would enable them to be identified by believers. In their hearts, however, they harbor no obedience towards Allah and His messenger but on the contrary, feel a cunning hatred of and enmity towards them. It is only natural and just that such people should deserve the worst punishment in Hell, because hypocrites have witnessed the finest examples of moral values in the community of the faithful, have lived in the most peaceful environment, and have experienced great love and respect. However, although they have known nothing but goodness and beauty from believers, still they manage to feel hatred for them because of the sickness in their hearts.
Moreover, because they were proud and arrogant in the face of believers during their time in this world, Allah will humiliate and belittle them.
The position of the hypocrites is described thus in one hadith:
On the Day of Qiyamah, the one in the vilest of conditions will be a two-faced person.
Sahih Bukhari and Muslim
They seek to deceive believers in this world but in the Hereafter, will beg them for even the slightest help. Yet of course believers will not be taken in by this. Thanks to the infinite justice of Allah, they will live for all eternity among His blessings.
Verses speak of hypocrites' endless lamentation in Hell:
That Day the men and women of the hypocrites will say to those who believe, "Wait for us so that we can borrow some of your light." They will be told, "Go back and look for light!" And a wall will be erected between them with a gate in it, on the inside of which there will be mercy but before whose exterior lies the punishment. They will call out to them, "Were we not with you?" They will reply, "Indeed you were. But you made trouble for yourselves and hung back and doubted and false hopes deluded you until Allah's command arrived. The deluder deluded you about Allah. So today no ransom will be accepted from you or from those who disbelieved. Your refuge is the Fire. It is your master. What an evil destination!"
Al-Hadid: 13-15
Bishop Williamson Rejects Holocaust Denial Punishment
October 22, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
British Roman Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson said on Sunday that he rejected the idea that he should be subject to punishment in Germany for denying the Holocaust on Swedish television, adding that he tried to prevent the interview from being broadcast there, according to a report by the German weekly Der Spiegel. Bishop Williamson's German lawyer confirmed that the bishop had applied to a Nuremberg state court to issue an injunction, but said it was rejected in February.
The interview was conducted near the Bavarian city of Regensburg, shortly before the bishop's excommunication was lifted by Pope Benedict XVI. Prosecutors in Regensburg applied last week for an order of punishment against Williamson, accusing him of incitement. A judge is expected to rule on whether to issue a fine next week.
PAKPAC Condemns Attacks on Christians
August 6, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Press Release
August 3rd, 2009, Maryland, The Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee (PAKPAC) joins all our fellow Pakistani Americans in condemning the recent incidents in Pakistan, when a small but organized group of thugs attacked a village in Gojra, Pakistan and took innocent lives of Christian minority community members and then destroyed their homes. These extremists claimed to commit these inhumane acts and atrocities as a response to an alleged blasphemy of the Holy Qur`an.
PAKPAC asks the Government of Pakistan to arrest the perpetrators of these crimes and extend severe punishment to them for the murder of the innocent people. Punishment to such people should be strong enough to serve as a strong deterrent to anyone in Pakistan who dares to contemplate such actions.
PAKPAC extends condolences to all the faith communities in Pakistan, and ensures them that we support them towards eradicating these hate-based, misguided beasts who go against the very basic teachings of the Qur`an and Islam that they pretend to protect.
We ask the larger society in Pakistan to get seriously involved in a meaningful and focused dialogue to look at how various laws are being abused in stripping the minorities in Pakistan of their rights. We need to enlighten ourselves and the world on how these crimes are against the principles and spirit of the creation of Pakistan and the core essence and teachings of the Quran.


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- The Lynchburg Regional Chamber has direct access to the regional economic development organization that serves seven Central Virginia jurisdictions that is known as Region 2000 Economic Development Partnership.
- The Chamber also partners with other organizations such as the Lynchburg City Schools' Partners in Education program and the Region 2000 Area Network for Employment (RANE).
- The Chamber supports and promotes the Young Professionals of Central VA in their efforts to attract and retain young talent in the region.
These are only a few of the many workforce development organizations the Chamber actively supports and participates in. The Chamber is proud of its commitment to improving the business climate by focusing on a resource that no business can live without - a first-rate regional labor force.


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Here's a look at What's Going On in the Southland including in Crete, Oak Forest and Evergreen Park.
Park district to host Chili Cook-Off
Competitor registration is required by Saturday for the Crete Park District's eighth annual Chili Cook-Off, which will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 30 at the Willard Wood Center, 515 First St., Crete.
There will be two prize categories: Judges Choice and Popular Vote. The cost to enter the competition is $10, and the fee to eat and vote is $6 per person.
Information: (708) 672-6969 or www.cretepark.com.
Therapy dogs to visit library
Acorn Public Library, 15624 S. Central Ave., Oak Forest, will host a reading event for children in elementary school at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
Therapy dogs Wheylan and Quincy will listen as children read stories to them. Children can sign up for 15-minute time slots until full.
Information: (708) 423-5600 or www.acornlibrary.org.
Library to host Peanuts Party
Evergreen Park Public Library, 9400 S. Troy Ave., will host a Peanuts Party for students in fifth grade and younger at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Students will celebrate the birthday of "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz by watching a Charlie Brown movie and making a Snoopy craft.
Information: (708) 422-8522.
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Villacana 2 Bed Holiday Home 1005 Vacation Home Villacanas
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This lovely 2 bedroom holiday home is located in Villacana a few minutes walk to the beach and overlooking one of the swimming pools in the resort.
- Price from 675 EUR / Week
- Capacity up to 4 people
- 2 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms
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Last updated: 06/24/2009
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Lovely 2 bedroom holiday home rental in Villacana. This lovely vacation home is a two floor townhouse in the centre of the southern section of Villacana resort. It has been recently refurbished to a high standard.
UPSTAIRS: The master twin bedroom has access to a spacious bathroom off the landing and french style windows with view of the garden terrace below and the "Elena community pool ahead. The 2nd twin bedroom at the rear has an ensuite shower room.
DOWNSTAIRS: Is totally open plan style. The fitted kitchen is well equipped and overlooks the dining area. The lounge is bright and fresh with a fireplace and double doors that open out onto the west facing garden terrace area that directly overlooks the "Elena" community pool.
GENERAL: This property accommodates a total of 4 people. Is a short walk to the beach front and the excellent Villacana resort facilities.
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The Future of Crystal Mountain
Our future Village – the kind of northern Michigan place for which people yearn.
Set amidst forested hills, sparkling lakes and flowing rivers, for over 50 years Crystal Mountain has been the kind of place where families and friends gather to experience the best of northern Michigan and create precious memories. To preserve this unique character, Crystal Mountain's design is guided by a disciplined plan titled Emergent Directions.
Emergent Directions - Guiding Principles
Emergent Directions is Crystal Mountain's blueprint for thoughtful, steady development to preserve and enhance the kind of northern Michigan place for which people yearn. It defines a 21st Century pedestrian-oriented community that is deeply rooted in its northern Michigan heritage.
"We are carefully incorporating elements of the character and history of northern Michigan, such as the smaller scale and simplicity of form, to fit with this beautiful up-north environment," said Chris MacInnes, president of the resort's development company.
Looking Back
Over the past decade many elements of this plan were completed. In 2002 the mixed use, three story, 28,000 sq. ft. Kinlochen building opened housing, Crystal's golf pro shop and the Nordic Center, a year-round 100-seat restaurant and pub, and 12 unique one-, two- and three-bedroom condominiums on the upper two levels. Another addition, North Face, opened adding 11 downhill slopes and a quad chairlift on the north side of the mountain.
Between 2004 and 2006, the Park and Cottages at Water's Edge, a $13 million investment, was completed. This project includes a one-acre outdoor water park and playground, a 32-ft. climbing wall, a 15-person outdoor hot tub, and a 5000 sq. ft. building with locker rooms, the Park at Water's Edge activity and retail area and staff offices. The Cottages at Water's Edge development is comprised of two- and three-bedroom dwellings that recall northern Michigan cottages in the early 1900s.
Crystal Mountain solidified its commitment to healthy lifestyles and environmental stewardship with the Crystal Spa and remodeled Peak Pool & Fitness Center that opened in January 2009. This nationally acclaimed 18,500 sq. ft. facility is at the core of the resort and is a mecca for relaxation, renewal and rejuvenation. It combines elegant design with state of the art equipment and highly trained staff. In keeping with Crystal's dedication to sustainable practices, it is the only spa in the Midwest (and one of only six in the country) to be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified.
New Additions
The Bungalows at Crystal Glen project began in 2008 and the final building will be completed in the spring of 2012. This is a slopeside, eighth-ownership community featuring eight three- and four-bedroom units built in the historic architectural style characteristic of Michigan's Arts and Crafts bungalows from the early 1900s. Another new addition is the $1.3 million quad chairlift and loading conveyor completed in fall of 2011 to serve the newly reconfigured Loki/Thor ski complex.
Trailside, Crystal's newest whole-ownership neighborhood, is a collection of clustered homesites linked by hiking and cross-country ski trails, and nestled into the woods between four holes on the resort's signature Mountain Ridge golf course. A number of Trailside cabins have been constructed, and additional golf course lots are now available.
Planning for the Future
Crystal's plans for the future include:
- A mixed-use project at the base of the Loki & Thor slopes with a new snow sports learning center, several residential complexes and an additional outdoor pool
- Expansion of the Inn at the Mountain with additional residential and commercial units
- Replacement of the Lodge with a new building designed to accommodate day skier food service, with residential units on the upper levels
- Mixed-use retail and residential development within the core/village
- Additional on-mountain and golf course-oriented residential development; snow tubing; more ski slopes and lifts and on-going snowmaking improvements
The vision for Crystal's future as documented in Emergent Directions is an evolving road map that guides all land use decisions. But it is not a static plan: rather it is dynamic and can adapt to changes in market conditions. According to MacInnes, "With an iterative approach to development, we can carefully design future development to meet market preferences and create sustainable value over time."
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Sotheby's Reports First Quarter 2013 Financial Results
Also last month, Sotheby's Contemporary Art sale in Doha brought outstanding results. The sale totaled $15.2 million, a record for a sale of Contemporary Art in the Middle East region and towards the high end of the pre-sale estimate. Records were set for nine artists, including a record for a living Arab artist. Bidders from fifteen countries across four continents participated in the sale which affirms the growing importance of Qatar in the international art world.
Sotheby's April sale of Magnificent Jewels in New York brought $53.5 million, the highest ever total for a spring sale of jewelry at Sotheby's New York and above the pre-sale estimate of $36/$49 million. Highlighting the sale was an exceptional pear-shaped diamond of nearly 75 carats which sold for $14.2 million, the record for any white diamond sold in the Americas.
Upcoming Sales
In New York next week, Sotheby's Contemporary Art sales have a number of exciting works on offer. Among them are Francis Bacon's Study for a Portrait of P.L., which has not been seen since 1972, Gerhard Richter's historic and large scale Domplatz Mailand, and Barnett Newman's masterpiece Onement VI.Each work carries a pre-sale estimate of $30/40 million and the sales series has a total pre-sale estimate of $350/$475 million.Also next week is Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels sale in Geneva. Highlighting the 600+ lot sale is a 27.9 carat, D color and Internally Flawless Magnificent and Very Important Diamond Ring. The ring has a pre-sale estimate of $4/$6 million and the total sale has a pre-sale estimate of $53/$79 million. Sotheby's is proud to present a major exhibition of works by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Featuring over 30 works, the exhibition will showcase seminal pieces in a variety of mediums and from a range of important dates in the artist's oeuvre. The carefully curated grouping explores the key themes Basquiat grappled with during his career and the variety of media he used to express them. The exhibition opens at a pivotal moment of appreciation for both the artist's career and market with major museum exhibitions and gallery shows presented and record prices achieved in recent years. This exclusive selling exhibition opened last week at our S|2 gallery in New York and will continue through June 9 th. Note: Estimates do not include buyer's premium. Sale totals for auctions discussed in this release include buyer's premium. All Sotheby's Press Releases and SEC filings are available on our web site at www.sothebys.com . An outline of the conference call will be available at http://investor.shareholder.com/bid/events.cfm . Sotheby's will host a conference call at 4:45 PM EDT on May 9, 2013, to discuss its first quarter 2013 financial results. Please dial 888-371-8897 and for callers outside the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada, please dial 1-970-315-0479, approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the call. The call reservation number is 28563641.
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NOTICE: The federal government will be operating the Health Insurance Marketplace in Tennessee. To enroll in the Marketplace, please go to Healthcare.gov.
Summit Medical Group will be accepting the following health plans on the Marketplace (for individuals and small businesses) beginning in 2014:
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Organic farmers must find ways to prevent weeds from competing with our crops for nutrients and water without using synthetic chemicals.
Controlling weeds without synthetic herbicides takes a lot of time and is very costly. We do all our weeding by tractor or by hand, which is very labor-intensive. Conventional farmers spend only about $50 an acre on herbicides that knock out every weed in sight. Organic farmers may have to spend up to $1,000 an acre to keep weeds under control.
The best thing to do, then, is to prevent weeds from growing in the first place by limiting the germination of weed seeds. Some of the methods we use at Earthbound Farm are:
Cover Crops — Cover crops add organic matter to the soil and "shade out" weeds, keeping enough sunlight away from weeds to prevent them from reaching maturity and setting seed. The fewer weed seeds produced this year, the fewer weeds grow in our field next season.
Planning Ahead — We often pre-irrigate fields to germinate weeds, then till them under before they mature to reduce the quantity of weed seeds remaining in the soil.
Mechanical Solutions — We sometimes use a "flame weeder," a propane device that directs flames toward the ground to kill newly germinated weeds.
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Coronary Calcium Scoring
What is coronary calcium scoring?
A simple heart scan called coronary calcium scoring can detect your risk of cardiovascular disease. The noninvasive exam takes only minutes to perform and is used to determine the presence of calcified plaque in the arteries.
Plaque is composed of fat, cholesterol and calcium. The plaque in the coronary arteries—the arteries that supply blood to the heart—narrows blood flow. This condition, known as atherosclerosis, increases the likelihood of a future heart attack, heart failure and stroke. Early detection enables physicians to provide aggressive treatment that will hopefully prevent major heart attacks or even cardiac death.
The result of the test is called a 'coronary calcium score.' The amount of calcium detected during the scan is used to calculate a score that is combined with other health information to determine your risk of coronary artery disease and heart attack.
Why have a coronary calcium scan?
Coronary calcium scoring is a simple, fast, safe and accurate procedure that uses a CT scan to identify buildup of plaque in the walls of the arteries of the heart. It enables the physician to estimate your risk of heart attack, detect heart disease in early stages, and even treat a heart condition before the patient experiences any symptoms of the disease. Treatment may include recommendations of lifestyle changes and medical therapy to decrease your risk of having a heart attack or even sudden death. This type of intervention can help patients avoid potential extensive, many times irreversible damage.
Who should have a scan?
All men and women with an intermediate risk for coronary artery disease should consider having a coronary calcium screening. You are encouraged to have a heart scan if you have one or more of the following risk factors:
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High cholesterol
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11-100 Mild evidence of plaque
101-400 Moderate evidence of plaque
Over 400 Extensive evidence of plaque
An elevated calcium score is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and death.
What happens during the procedure?
The cardiac calcium scoring scan is a simple test done with minimal radiation exposure – one-third of the radiation that we receive from natural sources annually. There are no injections or dyes involved, and no preparation or disrobing is needed; the patient simply lies on the table as the CT scanner moves you through the "doughnut" shaped opening for a few seconds. There is no disturbing noise in the room, and the patient experiences no discomfort.
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Yea! I"m so excited about how this turned out! I ended up spray painting this lamp ORANGE! Lovely! I figured since it's supposed to be the color of the year, I should add it into a little piece of my decor. The bedroom seemed like an ideal place since it was previously pretty much just brown, white & light blue. So now there's this pop of orange which is a lovely way to perk up the room with a little punch of color.
I'd been wanting a lamp in our bedroom for a while. We haven't had any bedside lamps, so whenever I was reading in bed, when I finished, I had to get up to walk to the light switch by the door in order to turn the floor lamp off. Now, I have this lamp bedside which is so much more convenient.
As you may recall, this lamp was nothing special. Here it is all taped up & ready to paint.
Just your everyday brass lamp. Pretty cool shape though, & as I recall it was pretty inexpensive. The shade was pretty disgusting though. It had some major stains on it & was pretty much not salvageable for this. There's the Valspar paint that I used there in the background of this picture.
I applied 3 coats of really thin spay paint. I wanted to make sure that I didn't have any drips. I also tried to make sure that I sprayed it from many different angles to get into all of its little nooks & crannies. I love that the weather is now good enough to use my spray paint! Hooray!
Once it was dry I brought that baby inside & placed it on my nightstand. I went to Target for a lampshade, and while there, I saw a lamp they had for sale that was almost EXACTLY like mine. Only it was yellow instead of orange. Same kind of shape, same kind of size. I was all bummed that I didn't have my camera with me, but don't worry I found it for you! You can see it here. Tee hee!
Ok, so I got a lampshade for about $18 & stuck it on my lamp, & it was amazing :)
Yea for pretty lamps! I'm totally a fan. The color is fun & I LOVE having that light there! Woot, happiness!!!!!
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Acid Reflux Disease
Acid Reflux Disease
Acid Reflux, GERD, and other disorders
Sometimes, the feeling of really bothersome heartburn can actually be another medical condition like acid reflux or GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease).
What is acid reflux?
Acid reflux is the term used when the acid in your stomach backs up or 'refluxes' into the esophagus where it doesn't belong.
What is the difference between acid reflux and heartburn?
Acid reflux is the action.
The movement of stomach acid into the esophagus is acid reflux.
Heartburn is the symptom.
The burning feeling caused by this action is heartburn.
Acid reflux symptoms
The most common symptom of acid reflux is heartburn - but it isn't the only one. In fact, you may not even experience heartburn when you're suffering from acid reflux. Another common symptom is the feeling of acid backing up into your throat. This can cause a sour or bitter taste in the mouth. You may also experience a 'wet burp' or even throw up.
What is GERD?
Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease or GERD refers to chronic or recurring acid reflux. Reflux by itself isn't unusual. GERD, on the other hand, develops when acid reflux happens two or more times a week and produces troublesome symptoms. If left untreated, GERD may lead to some serious health problems. Only your doctor can tell you if you have GERD.
How serious is GERD?
When your esophagus or throat are regularly exposed to stomach acid it can cause pain, throat ulcers and tissue abnormalities. This could affect your quality of life, ability to swallow, breathe and even speak. Unmanaged, this damage could increase your risk of developing certain types of cancers.
Talk to a healthcare professional if:
- You experience heartburn or acid reflux more than once a week
- You still suffer from heartburn even after taking over-the-counter or prescription heartburn medications
- Your heartburn symptoms become more severe over time
- Your heartburn symptoms start lasting longer or become more frequent
- You experience severe hoarseness or wheezing
- Swallowing food or pills becomes difficult or painful
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Please explore this website and get to know us a bit better. When you need us, we will be here to help you grow in your ministry and enhance your personal and family wellbeing.


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JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — The Prendergast Library in Jamestown is holding a Teen Graphic Novel Writing Contest. Its the first programming event by the library's newly formed Teen Advisory Council.
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If he runs against Hillary, it will make 1984 look like a squeaker.
Bolton would be a foolish choice and would never get past the primary.
we agree
in my opinion, a libertarian leaning republican wins the overall election. I, an independent, can overlook my disagreement with the social issues if one is truly small government. Cutting military spending shows me this unlike most other conservatives.
John Bolton, no. Michael Bolton, yes.
The problem is getting a libertarian leaning Republican through the primaries without them having to say too many crazy things to get the nomination.
Yep, the primaries is the toughest part for a libertarian. I think Paul would win the overall but don't know if he can win the primary.
As long as it isn't Roose Bolton.
Bolton/Frey 2016
Bolton has my vote today.
I disagree.
I'm not certain that he could win the overall (likely would depend on the opponent), but he would have a much better chance than someone who was identified as a social conservative or neocon (think Santorum and Bolton, respectively).
I don't really want Hillary in 2016, and I suspect a Republican will win unless the economy makes an incredible upswing. We do tend to go back and forth between D and R.
But I think Hillary would beat Bolton easily. Most people do not share his idea that everyone's our enemy, we need to bomb ....
Why not just nominate Yosemite Sam?
How did your Romney landslide pick pan out?
The NRA could get on board with that.
Taking it to the streets...
Can I start work on the guest list for whatever social event VP Frey wants to hold first?
I would probably vote for any of the major players in GoT at this point, maybe even Tywin. Just not Littlefinger. Littlefinger is already President.
Then why have they been crushed repeatedly in the primaries for decades now?


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The final assessment of this edition is very satisfactory.
The increase of audience in all days has been certainly the most visible think, but the success of other activities such as the Friday of Shortfilms, the Horror and Gore Short Film Contest for schools, the Networking and the second Official Feature Section have also been a success.
In that sense, the Festival organization, want to thank you for the support we got, and especially to the audience has responded by attending at the 12 Hours Marathon, in shotfilms and all the week.
The festival Team start working on the edition 2013, it expects you to be as attractive as the one just completed.
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This past weekend the team headed up to Yarmouth ME for the Clamfest circuit race. The plan was to get a couple guys into the break and monitor the front for dangerous attacks. After a few hard laps and constant attacking, Jeremy Durrin attacked and got away with a few riders. This would be the break of the day.
While Durrin was rolling strong with the break, the rest of the guys were covering attacks and maintaining the pace at the front of the field.
The finale at the end had Durrin mis-timing the sprint and rolling in for a 4th place finish. While behind him Donahue was leading out Evan Huff who rolled in for a strong 13th place.


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December 9th, 2010Visualisation
Spotted: December 5th – December 9th:
- Network&Society – Redrawing the map of Great Britain from a network of human interactions.

Do regional boundaries defined by governments respect the more natural ways that people interact across space? This paper proposes a novel, fine-grained approach to regional delineation, based on analyzing networks of billions of individual human transactions.
- Rank « Gareth Holt – A series of 13 charts and graphs produced with Ben Branagan for the UK traveling exhibition 'Rank': Picturing The Social Order 1516 – 2009. Commissioned by curator Alistair Robinson and exhibited at the Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Leeds.
- http://bokardo.com/archives/the-behavior-youve-designed-for/ – I've given a few talks recently and by far and away the one idea that is resonating with people is the idea that the behavior you're seeing is the behavior you've designed for
- Metricly – Aggregated Dashboards for Every Business – Dive deep into your data

With your data in one place, Metricly provides a consistent and powerful set of tools to analyze your metrics – with subtotals, rollups, filters, and insights that help you take action.
- Muddy – Muddy is an indexing and categorisation tool for use by people and companies with lots of content. Using information derived from Wikipedia, Muddy finds notable people, places and organisations in any webpage,
- Network&Society – Redrawing the map of Great Britain from a network of human interactions.

November 30th, 2010Visualisation
Spotted: November 12th – November 30th:
- Extract colors from photos and make color schemes | ColorSuckr – A handy way to choose colour schemes.
- SQL injection with raw MD5 hashes (Leet More CTF 2010 injection 300) – cvk | nc -l -p 80 – SQL injection with raw MD5 hashes
- CTOvision.com – Disruptive IT – This list reviews the companies regarded as having very high potential to change the way IT is done in large enterprises. It was compiled by Bob Gourley based on personal research. For more on methodologies see the note at the bottom of the list.
- BBC – 5 live blog: Radio 5 live and our use of Twitter – Radio5 talking about their use of Twitter to engage with their audience.
- Never Wait For The Website To Be Ready – FeverBee – The Online Community Guide – You can spend a lot of time waiting for the platform to be just right. Everything has to look perfect right? …or members wont participate?


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A good win. As you say, it looked like it might not be our day and last season we would probably not have turned it around.
However, surprisingly 17 of our points last season came after conceding the first goal. We actually won 4 matches after going behind (Palace, Forest, Bristol City and Reading) and drew 5 (Burnley, Leicester, Doncaster, Reading and Barnsley). Winning 4 matches after conceding first was quite an achievement when you consider we only won 11 matches in total!
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Authorities arrested a man following a shooting that left another man dead in Scott County.
Authorities said Jazzmun Robinson, 25, was charged with murder in connection with the death of Anthony Moore, 44, in the town of Forest.
Police said the shooting happened in the 400 block of Trenton Road, where the two men live.
Investigators said there was an altercation between the two men, which ended when Robinson shot Moore once. Moore was taken to a hospital, where he died due to his injuries.
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