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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos are as complete a team as the NFL has to offer, with Peyton Manning's pinpoint passes and Von Miller's sack-strips setting the tone for a squad that hasn't lost in two months.
Still, there are blemishes for these Broncos (10-3), whose quest for that proverbial complete game marches on through maladies — red zone stalls, pass protection pitfalls, coverage blunders — that could derail their dreams.
As coach John Fox said Friday following his team's latest win, a methodical 26-13 beatdown of the Oakland Raiders: "We still need to get better."
Even though they've won eight straight, they have a lengthy to-do list. "Each week, there are little things we can tweak and fix," linebacker D.J. Williams said.
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The Broncos really haven't been threatened in any game since their 35-point second-half onslaught at San Diego on Oct. 15 that thrust them into this prolonged tear. They nonetheless keep finding enough flaws to prevent them from getting big-headed.
"It's hard for any team to run on all cylinders," Fox said. "Everybody looks for that perfect game. You prepare for that perfect game no matter what phase. Very seldom do you reach that. We still need to get better. Guys have that mindset. We as a staff have that mindset. And we'll see where it takes us.
"I know coming back after this little break we're playing a very good team in Baltimore. So, it'll be a good measuring stick of where we are."
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Even though the Broncos found a ground game to complement their passing prowess — Knowshon Moreno had a career-high 32 carries for 119 yards against the Raiders — there were enough problems popping up to keep the coaching staff busy over the long weekend as they prepare for their biggest game of the season Dec. 16 against the Ravens (9-3).
After scoring a touchdown on their opening drive, the Broncos offence sputtered, turning the ball over at the goal line once and settling for field goals four other times while also scoring a TD on a 2-yard drive following Miller's fifth forced fumble in five weeks.
"Kicking a field goal is not the worst thing ever," tight end Jacob Tamme said, "but there are going to be some times with those drives when we get great field position on offence, we need to score touchdowns."
Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas bemoaned the Broncos' inability to finish off drives, which is becoming a nasty habit.
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The Broncos' final trip into the red zone didn't produce a touchdown, either, but they didn't mind as Manning took three kneel-downs after Moreno carried eight times from midfield to the Raiders 8, forcing Oakland to use all three of its timeouts.
"I was really proud of that last drive," Manning said. "I thought that was really something special. Probably more of a line coach's dream. Probably not exciting for anybody doing fantasy (football)."
It doesn't always look pretty, though. Plenty of times, Manning has to tell Moreno where to line up — or even grab him by the jersey and shove him from one side to the other.
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Today's marquee fibs almost always evolve the same way: A tree falls in the forest -- say, the claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction," or that Barack Obama has an infernal scheme to parade our nation's senior citizens before death panels. But then a network of media enablers helps it to make a sound -- until enough people believe the untruth to make the lie an operative part of our political discourse.
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When an explosion sunk the USS Maine off the coast of Havana on February 15, 1898, the New York Journal claimed two days later, "Maine Destroyed By Spanish: This Proved Absolutely By Discovery of the Torpedo Hole." There was no torpedo hole. The Journal had already claimed that a Spanish armored cruiser, "capable, naval men say, of demolishing the great part of New York in less than two hours," was on its way. "WAR! SURE!" a banner headline announced.
The instigator was a politically ambitious publisher, William Randolph Hearst. Kicked out of Harvard for partying, and eager to make a name for himself outside the shadow of his mining-magnate father, he made his way to New York, where he led the way in a sensationalist new style of newspaper publication -- "yellow journalism." In a fearsome rivalry with Joseph Pulitzer, he chose as his vehicle the sort of manly imperialism to which the Washington elites of the day were certainly sympathetic -- although far too cautiously for Hearst's taste. "You furnish the pictures," he supposedly telegraphed a reporter, "and I'll furnish the war." The tail wagged the dog. At a time when the only way to communicate rapidly across long distances was via telegraph, it proved easy to make up physical facts.
More than six decades later, that still seemed to be the case. "Some of our boys are floating around in the water," Lyndon Johnson told congressmen to goad them into passing the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorizing war in 1964, after a supposed attack on an American PT boat. "Hell, those dumb stupid sailors were just shooting at flying fish," LBJ observed later, after the deed was done. That resolution inaugurated a decade of official American military activities in Southeast Asia (unofficially, we had been carrying out secret acts of war for years). A full-scale air war began the following February, after the enemy shelled the barracks of 23,000 American "advisers" in a South Vietnamese town called Pleiku. But that was just a pretext. "Pleikus are like streetcars," LBJ's national security adviser, McGeorge Bundy, said -- if you miss one, you can always just hop on another. The bombing targets had been in the can for months, even as LBJ was telling voters on the campaign trail, "We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10,000 miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves."
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OMG, it's finally here. Srsly ppl, get this game. It was cool for it's time and still a great game to play in todays world...well..kinda. Def. worth getting!
Personally I really like this game today, unfortunately I haven't my hardcopy anymore. If this game would be offered by GOG I'd buy it at first glance. Yes, I remember, the lighting was spectacular. I even once told to a thence friend, that I was astonished by this game, because those effects. There was a place, where had three different sources of light, and every source of light had a slightly different intensity and this produced an extremely special effect. Best hack n'slay I ever played. Please GOG, try to bring this title to your catalogue.
I'm ecstatic to see so many supporters for this game. This is one of my favorite games of all time. I remember trying to save up for a voodoo 64 mb vid card just so I can play it. So many fond memories of the knight, babarian and the dwarf, I did not get a chance to play the amazon :( I still remember my favorite attack of the knight ''the dream'' oh man can we say giblets, lol. I sincerely hope this game makes it to the catalog.
Best action adventure hack & slash game ever. Wish I could play this again on my computer but my disk isn't compatible with windows 8 :(
My favourite H&S game. I still have the original disc, but would love to have a DRM free copy that works painlessly under Win7.
The studio that have make the game, Rebel Act, crashes a long ago. So seens to be more difficulty to find these guys to make a deal. I have the iso with me, but I prefer to buy a gog versios, when it's avaible!
I have this game on disc, can't get working. Would love to have this game playable again.
best H&S ever, computed in python almost (first game to do that)
We NEED this game on GOG. Best H&S ever created :)
Please make it happen))) This is one of those forgotten gems that almost no one had heard of, but this game is amazing.
This game MUST BE in GoG. Please, make it real!
I'd love to have this game! I can't find it anywhere - and a GoG version would be AWESOME. Until then , I really wish I could find a copy to play. I know how to get it working, but I don't HAVE it. Come on, GOG! This needs to be here!
Of all the games I have played, Blade of Darkness had the most atmosphere. Please bring it to GOG. Please, before I die......
I've still got it, but cannot for the life of me get it to work on my pc nowadays. Come on Gog. We *need* this game!
I don't even normally like hack n slash but I adored this game! Bring it to me NOW!!!!
I'm so waiting for it...
Best Hack and Slash ever, with an AMAZING battle system! Please bringt it to GOG
I went browsing old Spanish magazines about this video game. I remembered that although it wasn't released completely free of bugs, it was an awesome game which ran increidbly well-made graphics for its time. I've been investigating and the publishing rights seemingly belong to Codemasters, which has a somewhat difficult story granting licenses, but in any case it would be great to see it here.
i really wanna play this game but i can't. GoG can fix that.
A direct ancestor to Demon Souls ! One of the best games of its decade, it's a shame so few peoples heard about it.
Hi, best hack&slash ever. It only took several weeks to master the key-combinations for blood frenzy combat immersion. GOG have to have this as soon as possible.
This game NEEDS TO BE ON GOG. I never played it, but I watched some lets plays and it looks amazing. So atmospheric. I want it!
The combat system is very rewarding once you get the hang of it. I have it working on my computer (Win7 64) using the community patch, but I'd like to have a GoG version. This game deserves some recognition, as the most badass game ever.
Great game; buy I only buy it in GOG if Blade have the spanish translation. Buen juego, pero solo lo comprare en Gog si tiene la tarduccion en español.
Possibly the most skill capped and fun combat system out there. Please make this game work.
Pretty much the best hack-slash-explore-die-a-lot game out there. Demons "Soles" and others don't even come close! :)
THE best swordfightinggame EVER! You have 4 unique characters each with diffrent style and tactics, a great atmosphere and best of all every single fight is challenging but allways fair thanks to the accurate controls. Please GOG get this overlooked gem.
I play this amanzing game a long time ago in a internet cafe! I spend 3 days..over and over but i can't finish the game! I play recently the Dark souls and remember me of this game. I prey the god to play a nice ver. on windows 7...!
I was always in awe of the detail that had gone into the levels, quite breathtaking. Still have CD but unable to run on latest laptop :( Will buy when it comes on here.
Pls make this game work again!
Masterpiece. I could write 10 pages, but i say only i agree with other comments. And that there are some good mods to... Really want this one...
Played the demo in the wee olden days and was hooked. A nice and crunchy original IP with it's own setting and history, fantastic combat system, beautiful lighting and physics system makes this an all-time favorite in my book.
YES! I grabbed this off the shelf as a child because the cover looked cool, when i got homei discovered you neede d apretty beefy computer to run it properly, years later the family computer got upgraded, i was then able to try this game, as soon as i started playing i was blown away by it, i played so many hours. I would love to revisit this game, i have tried before to get my old version running on W7 to no avail. PLEASE MAKE IT COME TRUE GoG!
This is one of the most immersive games ever. This game felt more 3D than most released since. This is a game where you feel the geography in that "I am sure it was around here somewhere" kind of way. The physics of shooting arrows, the lighting and everything was just impressive. I have played this game through SO many times...
Oh, gods, this game... This is one of the best games ever made in Spain. If you can bring it with its original Spanish texts and voices, I will love you forever!
I would greatly appreciate it GOG if you can get this so I can purchase it for my collection. I remember the lighting effects in this game was pretty spiffy for it's time. The one thing I love about this game is how brutal it is. You can actually lose your head! >:)


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Another tough week takes another turn .
Well its been a few weeks now since Mum passed away. I miss her like crazy . The evenings are the worst I miss the little chats and putting the world to rights . We would have a little giggle . Only a few weeks until I take her back to Australia and put her to rest with her mum and dad as promised .
I keep being told it will get easier ,but I am not so sure .. maybe I will learn to live with it but right now it tough .. too tough . I would do anything to have her back .. nagging me
All I can say is make the most of the ones you love cos boy its hard without them xxx
Well its been a few weeks now .. and I still find it very difficult without my mum, I miss her every day.I have my husband and children to keep me busy but still the grief catches me off guard, It will be the first hurdle soon with mums birthday coming up ..not sure what to do on that day ,,
After a few weeks Mum passed away this morning . it was peaceful ,she just slipped away.I wasnt ready to let her go ..but she was tired.
love you mum xxxx
Well it is progressing now and I can see more changes in Mum.Totally bed ridden now very sleepy and confused.
Sometimes her chat can be good and other times difficult and slow. I did not sleep last night as I was worrying myself silly.. whats next ? what to expect ? will I cope ? is she in pain ..I always ask her but she says not so that s a blessing I suppose.
I can cry in a instant and hate what this has done to Mum . its not gone as we planned but I suppose nothing can be for certain and you just have to take each day as it comes. I keep wandering how much longer do we have .. not long I think .. Every time I go I say I love her just in case.
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We're in the midst of a new era of interaction between company and customer. Social media is becoming essential to society and business alike.
In 1999, David "Doc" Searls and a small band of fellow journalists and technology enthusiasts proposed that the Internet was much more than just a new vehicle for text and images.
They saw that the Internet scratched a primitive itch possessed by humans: to connect and to be understood, to tell tales and participate in the village bazaar.
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Ancient markets depended on storytelling and word of mouth. The Internet, they predicted, would bring that back, forcing companies to interact with their customers on a one-to-one basis, as individuals. Companies that failed to participate in the new model would be doomed.
More than a decade later, the theories proposed by Searls and his colleagues, collected in a book called The Cluetrain Manifesto, have proven astonishingly accurate.
Cluetrain contained 95 "theses," such as: Markets consist of human beings, not demographic sectors. Companies can now communicate with their markets directly. If they blow it, it could be their last chance. And companies that speak in the language of the pitch, the dog and pony show, are no longer speaking to anyone.
Today, poorly treated customers can use Twitter and Facebook to inform hundreds or thousands of readers about shoddy service, or visit Yelp.com and record a bad restaurant experience in an online journal for millions of other foodies. And companies are well aware of the new power their customers possess.
We're in the midst of a new era of interaction between company and customer. Social media — the online tools of interaction and communication — are becoming essential to society and business alike.
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Companies, no matter how small or large, must interact with their customers as individuals, with a human voice. Those who do not may be doomed to obsolescence.
Few companies in Texas use social media as effectively as Dallas-based Southwest Airlines. Southwest's employees blog, use Twitter, post to Facebook and use e-mail to promote travel deals and handle customer service requests. Southwest's corporate Twitter feed has more than 1.1 million followers.
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"We want very little of our content to be 'corporate talk,'" says Linda Rutherford, vice president for communications and strategic outreach at the airline. Her teams oversee Southwest's social media channels. "The message is 'we're humans, and we know you are, too.'"
Last September, for example, when Hurricane Earl threatened much of the Eastern Seaboard, Southwest took to Twitter and Facebook to tell customers about delays and operational status.
"When Southwest started in 1971, the company had no money for advertising," Rutherford says. "We had to depend a lot on one-on-one conversations. These 'microconversations' are what we were doing 40 years ago, so it's a natural fit for us to use these tools."
According to a report from Forrester Research, 145 million U.S. users use social web applications, generating 500 billion page views per year. The report also found that our online conversations with one another rival the impact of online advertising –– more or less as The Cluetrain Manifesto predicted in 1999.
Word of mouth has become essential to successful business.
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Southwest counts its followers on Facebook and Twitter, and also measures customer engagement by the number of comments left on their blogs.
Full Disclosure — employees using social media have to tell members of the public they work for Southwest. They also must include a disclaimer on any personal sites that says they're not speaking for the company in any official capacity.
Seek Opportunity — any customer can be a reporter, and with every interaction there's an opportunity to win a customer. Southwest views its guidelines as an opportunity for excellent customer service.
It'll Come to Us
Kelly Park works in human resources for a rent-to-own company in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. In her free time, she blogs on topics ranging from Star Wars to literature. After spending a decade traveling the world with the U.S. Navy, she now uses social tools to meet and connect with friends all over the world. Her long-term goal is to put her knowledge of social networks to work.
"Companies are realizing that these computers aren't running themselves, and that there are people behind them that expect engagement."
— Kelly Park
"I just find it fascinating," she says. "As human beings, we're curious about others, how other people are doing. I can do that online."
By plugging into virtual communities and speaking their language, Park hopes to someday help organizations participate in online conversations.
"Companies are realizing that these computers aren't running themselves, and that there are people behind them that expect engagement," she says. "Companies have to be involved. They have to be transparent. We're not going to drift toward them, they have to come to us."
A recent CareerBuilder survey of more than 2,500 companies found that 35 percent of them use social media. About 25 percent reported using social media to connect with clients and find new business, while 21 percent use these tools to recruit and research potential employees.
There's little doubt that these trends are pushing more and more companies to hire social media professionals.
In late September, the job search website SimplyHired.com listed more than 300 social media jobs in Texas alone, from small companies to big players such as Dell.
At Southwest, social tools are delegated among communications and marketing staff. About three positions concentrate on social media.
"We've been good at using existing staff and cross-utilizing talent," Rutherford says.
New trends continue to fuel growth in social media. The Internet is growing away from the browser and toward mobile apps that run on phones and tablets, from text and still images to full-motion video. Local online advertising is becoming more important, as are strategies for business success that move beyond advertising.
Service in the Moment
For companies such as Southwest, the rise of social media means continued evolution in customer service.
"We're looking at expanding customer service 'in the moment' to help address customers the moment they reach out to us," Rutherford says. "We'll also be looking at ways to leverage consumer-generated content, so our customers can help tell our story."
Asked what her dream job would be, Kelly Park doesn't hesitate.
"Working in social media for George Lucas," she says. "Without a doubt." FN
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End of an Era? An Opportunity!!!
Adiguru dasa: Citing IMF (International Monetary Fund) forecasts, WSJ (Wall Street Journal) predicts that China's economy will surpass that of US in 2016. Some other trade analysts concur that this can occur much sooner than 2016. They say that this may occur by 2014. Often times the rise and fall of America has been compared to the rise and fall of British Empire. Just 10 years ago, according to Brett Arend, US's economy was 3 times the size of Chinese economy. In another 5 years, US economy will become the second largest economy and in another 10 years it may become half of Chinese economy. According to some trade reports, by 2030, India will overtake China as the world's largest economy.
US will still remain a sought-after country for investments, but not the only destination for all direct investment. This will make credit more expensive for Americans if free market policies drive the economy. We may even see an Asian Currency as the leading currency of the world.
This is the first time since 1890, that America will not be the leading economic super-power. Interest rates will increase and credit will be expensive. Expensive credit will necessitate many changes in American society. In all probability, we can expect changes in the thinking pattern of people.
How does this augur for our Krishna consciousness movement in US? I feel, this will be a great opportunity to present Krishna consciousness to common mass of people. We can hope to get a more eager reception to our message. More and more people may look for spiritual answers and life-style alternatives. We may have to very carefully draft our messages so that we can make more and more people Krishna conscious.
Your servant Adiguru dasa
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Svayam Rasesvari dd says : Log in to Reply
Now is the time to re-institute daily harinam. It worked before and it will work again. We have nothing to lose. Let's rely on the power of the Holy Name and miracles will happen…guaranteed!
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Whenever there was any kind of major catastrophe looming and the devotees asked Srila Prabhupada what to do he always had the same answer. Srila Prabhupada said, "Very soon there will be war." The devotees asked, "Srila Prabhupada, what should we do?" Nearly without fail Srila Prabhupada would always respond, "Chant Hare Krishna!"
Before Srila Prabhupada left the planet in '77 he asked all the devotees to go out and chant in public. It was our living breathing logo and trademark. Under Srila Prabhupada's instruction we all went out every day. As a result we quickly became noticed and recognized worldwide. Then Srila Prabhupada left and there was tacit agreement that we need not go out anymore. Things leveled off. If we had continued in the same spirit imbued in us by the Jagad Guru there would be no question about it, we would have continued to double our efforts every year and today the world would be a much better place. Hare Krishna!
By doing this particular service we can become like lions on the chase and lambs at home. Without Hari Nama Sankirtan the devotees are more likely to be at each others throats in the temple and like docile lambs when they venture forth.
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Five Ways to Green your Ramadan
By Muaz Nasir
"And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." (Quran 2:30)
In Ramadan, there are five simple ways you can make this month more environmentally-friendly. All of these suggestions set the foundation for green habits that can be implemented year-round.
1. Eliminate Waste
This Ramadan, there has been a growing movement to eliminate the use of styrofoam containers and plastic cutlery to serve iftar (the meal after sundown that breaks the fast). Consider alternatives such as plant-based containers and plastics that are compostable or organize a litterless iftar where patrons bring their own containers. Also, try opting out of disposable water bottles. An estimated 88% of water bottles are not recycled in Canada and plastic bottles are the fastest growing segment of municipal solid waste in Canada.1 There are many reusable water bottle options from BPA-free plastic bottles to aluminum and stainless steel flasks that are both inexpensive and lightweight.
2. Purchase Local Produce & Organic Foods
In our globalized economy, most of the food that reaches our dinner plate has traveled hundreds if not thousands of miles. This Ramadan presents the perfect opportunity to get in touch with local farmers markets that are brimming with fresh produce. Not only will you reduce your carbon footprint but you will also be supporting your local economy. Also, try experimenting with organic produce either at the suhur (the meal before starting the fast) or iftar. Organic foods taste different and generally contain no pesticides, herbicides, preservatives or other additives. Be sure to check that the product is certified and what selection criteria was used.
3. Reduce Energy Consumption:
There many ways to reduce your energy consumption throughout Ramadan. Turning the air conditioner on only when you are at home or sleeping will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and your energy bills. Closing open blinds, turning off lights, and using fans to circulate air will also keep your home cool. Similarly, at the mosque, keeping doors closed when the air conditioning is on and dimming the lights also reduces energy consumption as well.
4. Use Alternative Transit Options
If you have access to a car and plan to drive to the nightly taraweeh (the night prayer offered in Ramadan), try carpooling when possible. There are many youth and elderly within our community without access to a vehicle or reliable transit at night who would be more than grateful for a ride. Mosque parking lots tend to overflow with congregants during Ramadan, so the fewer number of vehicles actually increases traffic flow for everyone. Also, if you are within a reasonable distance from the mosque, consider taking advantage of the warm weather to ride your bike or walk to prayers.
5. Give A Green Donation
There are many environmental organizations that promote, educate, and conserve our natural resources. Consider making a donation this Ramadan to an environmental cause that resonates with you. Also, try becoming more involved in the political or policy making process by letting your elected leaders know that environmental issues are an important part of your faith and that you expect them to make it an important part of their platform as well.
Muaz Nasir holds a Masters degree in Environmental Studies specializing in Business and Environmental Relations from York University and the Schulich School of Business; he aims to raise the profile of environmental issues within the Canadian Muslim community.
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Great article, that would benefit from having some facts and figures. I recall reading that after we use styrofoam for 20 minutes, it doesn't decompose for hundreds of years (!). Use real plates, if not that, then paper. Also, try having family eat from one big platter, saves plates and dishwashing! Also contributes to closeness.
Just a few observations… For example replacing 'Styrofoam' with biodegradable containers is usually more expensive. I mean Stryofoam is way cheaper. And often people at community Iftars/bazaars/masjids are operating on a limited budget. Which makes styrofoam the more practical choice. [Especially when you are serving/selling in bulk! Economical factor]
Organic foods are also SO MUCH more expensive than non-organic ones…
As for Green Donations – I don't know, I might get bashed for saying this but often times there are so many more pressing causes that need donations! Like this Ramadhan I think people should be pouring donations for Somalia…
So maybe you could post some 'practical' tips on how to be an eco-muslims, these pointers we have known since 5th grade! I know! I know! we are not supposed to criticize but I thought I would vent my opinions in the comment-box because I have noticed I am becoming immune to eco-articles because all they do is regurgitate similar 'tips' that you read in every other article
Also: ONE MAJOR ECO-TIP: BROTHERTS AND SISTERS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF WATER YOU USE FOR WUDHU! DONT LEAVE THE TAPS GUSHING! JazakAllah Khair, may Allah reward for going through the discomfort of using less water.
Mashallah! I would never have thought about taking care of the envirnment during Ramadan so thank you so much for presenting this idea in a very informative and easy to follow manner!
Um… eating less!
Alhamdulillah, simple and practical approach to a better green world.
Check our our website iA. We have a tool-kit available for download iA re: greening your Ramadan.
http://www.green-muslims.org Rocks!
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Salam, thank you for the reminder!
I have a comment for "Wannabe Eco Muslim". He said that our donations should be spent on the people of Somalia rather than in environmental causes. While I somewhat agree with him, it is ironic and sad because it is for the same lack of environmental consciousness that Somalia is partially suffering today! Do your research and you will realize that the countries that contribute the most to environmental degradation and global warming, (United States and China, are just two amongst many) are actually contributing to the drought and weather/climate changes in third world nations. So due to our over consumption, we are increasing the burden on our brothers and sisters in poorer regions of the world. Watch "An Inconvenient Truth" or read any environmental science journal article and you will learn that to be environmental friendly is a prevention measure of natural disasters and consequently, human life disasters. May Allah help us and guide us to what is right. Ameen.
I agree. We got one job when we got put here on earth, to look after it as khalifah. It's not to get married, or to feed ourselves, or to have children, those are things we are told to do but isn't our JOB on earth. the only thing more fundamental is worship, which is the purpose of creation.
Not to say we should stop donating to other causes, but we should view basic environmental causes as Islamically noble. Especially since, doing our human job successfully is the key to sustaining humankind's continued prosperity on earth. Allah does not tell us to do something except that it benefits us anyway. All the things we use in our houses, all the food we eat, all the technology, all the waste we throw and excrete, is traceable back to nature. Without nature in healthy condition everything – everything – will fall apart.
thank you for highlighting the green message.
Please take a look at TAG http://www.ThinkAsGreen.com a grassroots effort to mobilize individuals, mosques, and organizations to live Green.
A grassroots effort to mobilize individuals, mosques, and organizations to live Green.
We have featured SPECIAL GREEN RAMADAN messages from Imam Zaid Shakir, Ustadh Nouman Khan, Shaykh AbdulNasir Jangda, Baba Ali, Native Deen, Haroon Moghal, Sarah Jawaid and other prominent Muslim personality…
I am proud of Brother Muaz's work… check out http://www.khaleafa.com and hope this green movement picks up the pace.
10 Ways to Become a Better Muslim – Environmentally speaking.


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'Prank' kidnap drama in Spain
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A SPANISH schoolboy has landed himself in hot water after faking his own kidnapping to avoid parent's evening at his school.
The unnamed 11-year-old sparked a huge search operation after ringing his father to say he had been abducted.
Police set up roadblocks across north-west Spain and alerted authorities in neighbouring Portugal after the youngster claimed to be locked in the boot of a blue Seat.
The local media even ran stories on their websites about the dramatic kidnapping.
However, the search ended after the boy's father, a police office in Xinzo de Limia, noticed keys to a flat the family owned were missing.
He explained he had been terrified of his parents speaking to his teachers after a string of bad grades.
"The civil guard attributed the false alarm to a childish 'prank' that had something to do with the boy's situation at school," local media reported.
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January 26th, 2013 6:02 pm
If it hadn't been a cops kid would it still have been a "childish prank"? Lots of money and resources wasted here…
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Getting a Laptop for my general use soon, so my desktop will become a perminant linux box. Any suggestions on distro
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For speed on old hardware I like SAM Linux with its light(ish) XFCE window manager http://sam.hipsurfer.com/ and most stuff works out of the box such as Flash and ndis wrapper. Make yourself a nice youtube viewing machine. BBC iplayer works good too. Not for the uber Freedom lovers out there.
Although just looked at the MINT site and the XFCE edition or FluxBox edition look very interesting.
INSERT linux that came with ultimate boot CD was fast as hell and got me out of a few scrapes but mite try BartPE for this also. But they took it out!!!!! No idea why.
Linux mint looks alot like Suse to me.
I am just a player with linux Running a ubuntu squid dansguarding access point at home with a webserver for good mesure and at work have 2 one as nas box and other running internal web as well and ocsng and glpi
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Call it a crisis of identity. Ken Johnson goes by many names.
"You can call me Ron. You can call me Ken. You can call me Kenny. I don't care what you call me," said Johnson.
It started about a decade ago when someone wrote an article about him.
"He got the name wrong and the people around my tailgate here just wouldn't let that go," said Johnson. "They called me Ron for awhile and Pinto Ron. Somehow it just rolled real well. I fought it for a long time but finally I just gave up."
The Rochester native's Pinto is one of the most recognizable vehicles among the thousands that park around the Ralph on Sundays. When Johnson bought it in 1986, it was his family car.
"At one point we threw a grill on the car," said Johnson. "It looked pretty good. It kind of burnt the hood just a tad. I got a little mad, thought I would have to buff it up in the offseason."
He never did and over the years it's taken a lot of punishment.
"Glenn Parker, that was a blast from the past," said Johnson. "He actually took a sledgehammer to the back of my car just before a Denver game. We had a little tiny Denver helmet and we were telling him to break the helmet. That's why the back of my car is dented a little bit."
Don't judge a book by its cover though. Johnson has rebuilt the engine and replaced the transmission.
But when Johnson hits the road he leaves the Pinto at home, and he hits the road a lot. Pinto Ron has been to more than 300 straight Bills games home and away.
"When I hit 50, I knew I was at the point of no return," said Johnson. "I was on a roll right then. That was 250 games ago that I hit 50."
The software engineer says keeping the streak going isn't that hard. He works from the road when he has to.
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And he's racked up more than just miles over the years.
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National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI) announced today the extension of a master lease with National Healthcare Corporation (NHC) through December 31, 2026, for 38 skilled nursing facilities and 3 independent living facilities. Additionally, NHC agreed to a $21 million purchase price for six older skilled nursing facilities from the existing portfolio.
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Spec (ex: SS04)
Insulation_Type (ex: P3)
So far, I have this working, although reloading the mapped data is extremely slow. My problem, other than the high latency in refreshing these values is that Service is a 'PipeLineGroup' property, wheras Spec and Insualtion_Type are 'PipeLines' properties. I'm tempted to make Service a 'PipeLines' property so that everything can be updated with one Line Segments class reload of the mapped data, unless there was a command to reload all mapped data classes.
Is it not a good idea to make service solely a line segment property? I currently have an aquisition property called "Service" under my line segments that acquires the Service of the line group, but I cannot drive it the other direction with my Spec_Choice data link, which means that although my information displays correctly in my annotation (since I'm using the acquired service property in it), the Service portion of the actual Tag comes in as null.
It may end up that these two issues are wish list items, or simply that I am ignorant of the best way to use the EDRM. But it would be nice if there was a command or menu that I could reload all class values in a more automated fashion. And even go as far to specify which data links are refreshed whenver I click a "Reload Mapped Data" button, instead of exploring the Data Manager to find the classes that have mapped data associations. And of course, find a way to speed up the reloading time, as I've tried both an Access table as well as adding my Access table into the SQL server database, with no latency differences.
Adding these two features would empower regular end users to use the reference data more efficiently.
Please let me know your thoughts or soutions on the matter. I also have a PlantLink, but wanted to explore the OOTB method first.
I will be than happy to add these two items as feature request. An additional suggestion would be to use Plant SDK since you are implementing custom programing. Also, here is the link to the latest update releated to external database reference manager.
Thanks Quentin!
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