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you may be sick of hearing about it, but after a full 7 hours straight of playtesting with a friend and our new ebla restored packs ( we're actually boardgamers used to 10hr full day marathons and this is our groups first card game ), i'm happy with this deck and am posting it here in it's completed form, along with notes on play and strategies that the games brought to light. we used most of my friends decks, and after he gave up trying, we netdecked the biggest and baddest one's we could find. yet to be beaten but it's still early days ( and i do apologise again for my fervour, but i AM quite proud of my first destruction deck ).
the completed HAVOC deck
Posted 02 July 2012 - 04:07 AM
Posted 02 July 2012 - 04:14 AM
( the monster who slays monsters )
Version 1.3
Cult of Bathos x 3
Guardian of the key x 2
The Carpathian x 3
Lurking deep one x 3
Many angled thing x 3
Laboring gug x 3
Guardian shoggoth x 2
Deep one rising x 3
Ravager from the deep x 3
Elder thing scavenger x 2
Cursed skull x 3
Khopesh of the abyss x 3
Cthaat aquadingen x 2
Deep one assault x 3
A single path x 3
Dampen light x 3
Twilight gate x 3
A single glimpse x 3
Well, what can I say about this deck. As Queen once said, "it's a killer". I'm more a Yog / Shub devotee and have my sacrificing decks but steered clear of the ubiquitous Cthulhu until now. I've seen a lot of 'pure' destruction decks in my time and if I was going to make one I wanted to have something a lot different to mark it as my own. And I ain't seen nuttin' like this !!
To begin, we have the good old deep ones. Headed by Cult of Bathos, after the first deep one is played, all others are at -1 to cost per deep one. Basically Lurking deep one is a leap frog card so soon enough you're playing Deep one rising and Ravager from the deep for 3 cost – 2 cost – do I hear 1 cost ?? And once Cthaat aquadingen is in play, every deep one played shuffles an opponents support card back into their deck, which annoys poor Mr. Jamburg to no end. Super !!
But what you really want to hear about is the destruction / sacrificing potential of this deck, and it is deadly. Deep one assault, A single glimpse, Many angled thing, Deep one rising, Cursed skull, Khopesh of the abyss and Ravager of the deep. Almost half the deck are cards of death, and the rest are merely ways to recur, enhance and speed about the coming of. But to simply name them without some explanations doesn't do them justice.
- Cursed skull can be drawn from the discard with elder thing scavenger, again and again. Bypassing the cost, it then effectively becomes a 1cost sacrifice. I've found it extremely useful to commit the scavenger during the opponents story phase somewhere it'll get the refresh. Then exhaust to bring back the skull and then it's your turn with this nasty piece of work and a refreshed scavenger ( unless you sneakily twilight gate it into a story it will definitely refresh in and get the investigation win ).
- Khopesh of the abyss attaches nicely to both Guardian Shoggoth and Laboring gug, who, every time the Khopesh is activated, not only wounds but allows you to draw an extra card !!! So by the time it's finished, that's 3 wounds dealt and 3 extra cards in hand. Yippee!! Attached to the ravager, it can wound 2 characters at one story and then launch into another to wound all characters there.
- Ravager of the deep gets resourced the first time it comes out. During your opponents story phase, after he's committed, it's a sinch to twilight gate it out and wound everyone at the story of your choice. Combined with A single path, this can be the deadliest of outcomes. This little twilight gate trick also works well with Many angled thing and Deep one rising, which can be done in your own operations phase if you like to get the destruction and lower the cost of an in hand deep one if Cult of Bathos is in play. One thing I love about the deck is this actually wanting to resource your big cards.
Now when it comes to sacrificing, The Carpathian is ever ready to let you search the top 5 cards of your deck for another Khopesh or Cthaat aquadingen every time this occurs ( limit once per turn ), thus accelerating the destruction madness. And sacrificing in my opinion is the most powerful form of character removal in the game, as it bypasses all cards and rules associated with 'wounding' and 'destroyed'. There IS no escape AND it effects Ancient Ones.
Guardian of the key is also there to protect these support goodies so you can use them when you need them, and just in case a Cthaat gets destroyed, Elder thing scavenger can also bring this back in your OP phase if you've got some supports to remove ( or any phase with a twilight deep one ), along with any tasty's that might be hiding in your opponents discard pile. The Cthaat also frees up the Deep one assault to be more a character and relic destroyer.
Lastly, to mess with any ideas the opponent might have of mounting some form of resistance, there are the previously mentioned dual purpose A single path, but also Dampen light, to lay waste to plans and combos and turn the opponents sense of glee into one of shock and horror at the undoing of their designs for the turn ( and also when you can read an opponents unused domains in your story phase as some sort of manipulation ). At 1 cost apiece, its most likely that from turn 1 your opponent will be on the back foot ( which you'll then hack off ). I believe that it's vital to not let any rush decks outmaneuver your destruction deck, and this pair does that nicely, and cheaply.
There was some decision about Terror of the tides, but I'll be saving my twilight gates for the deep one destroyers and early resourced Many angles, so the extra wound on Guardian Shoggoth makes more sense as this is it's sole purpose. To wound, wound, wound……. and then wound again if needed. It also means it might be still around when the Terror wouldn't be. But with the Carpathian in play I'm of the mind to just wound out entirely as the next Khopesh won't be far away, and sometimes an extra wound = an extra card !! Also i prefer the lower skill and have tried to keep it this way overall. You don't need a lot to win an undefended story, and a high skill makes for a deadly apierophobia.
On the issue of Twilight gate, something that can be overlooked is it's incredible resource manipulation powers. Resourcing in this deck is vitally important to get it to peak performance. Ideally the characters you wish to summon will be in a domain you've already drained. When you draw out the character, at the end of the phase you can then re-attach it to an unused domain, possibly even launching a second Twilight gate or powering up a Deep one assault by another notch. Your main domain should be made up of 2 x Yog and 1 x Cthulhu so Guardian of the key can be played as early as possible. If it can't be played straight away after the draw then I usually just resource them as they're not always necessary.
In terms of strategy, I try to sit back for the first couple of turns if I can, destroy what comes out and hinder the rest ( if any ) with my 1 cost blockers. This allows me to build up some nice domains and cards for an all out onslaught. Of course it differs according to what factions I'm up against, as sometimes it's hell for leather right from the get go, and this deck has no problems keeping pace ( or slowing pace ) with any other decks, being quite low cost with only 18 cards over 2, most of which have cost reducers or can be twilight gated.
As a footnote, I sometimes play this deck substituting Guardian Shoggoth with Gug sentinel. For every wound you dish out with the Khopesh, you also get to exhaust another character !! 2 for the price of one and makes him stick around a lot longer. The only reason I usually use the Shoggoth is for the terror icon, and most times there's no-one left to exhaust !!!
So forget all your plans, and your dreams of building up to some event, and just hope that you have at least one character left to commit to a story, and do it fast, because it won't be around for long. This is a nasty nasty nasty deck, POSSIBLY the worst destruction one I've ever had the misfortune of letting someone else play against me, and is aptly named 'The monster who slays monsters'.
Posted 02 July 2012 - 10:21 AM
Looks like a brutal deck, and I'm not sure I would be all that interested in playing against it.
A couple of points. Some of the other Khopesh decks I've seen floating around out there focus very heavily on actively retrieving the Khopesh to get it into play as soon as possible. Your deck could have a bit of trouble should the other guy get his out first and start knocking off your Cultists and your Guardian. A deck very similar to yours, but focusing exclusively on speed rather than on hitting power. A Misk/Cthulhu deck that really focuses on both fast characters and retrieving the artifacts could be a serious problem.
I can think of a couple of other novel approaches that could potentially cause problems, but that would be mostly theorycrafting. At this point, I think what you have is a solid deck, and just the sort of thing that players should expect to face at tournaments.
And now, cue the complaints about netdecking . . .
Posted 02 July 2012 - 12:14 PM
Runix said:
That's okay, as that is 98% of what the deck building subforum is about.
Posted 02 July 2012 - 02:22 PM
The effect of Deep One Rising does not trigger when put it into play with Twilight Gate.
Posted 02 July 2012 - 04:21 PM
too true. thanks for that. it's a rule i just learned a couple of days ago and i'm still getting used to the 'when you play'. of course it doesn't change the deck at all, it just means many angled thing / ravager / scavenger will be my targets from now on, and since 95% of the time it was the ravager in the opponents story phase, it doesn't really effect the decks strategy. but thanks again, could've been quite embarassing ( raps on head - 'when you play', 'when you play' ).
Posted 02 July 2012 - 04:39 PM
Runix said:
A couple of points. Some of the other Khopesh decks I've seen floating around out there focus very heavily on actively retrieving the Khopesh to get it into play as soon as possible. Your deck could have a bit of trouble should the other guy get his out first and start knocking off your Cultists and your Guardian. A deck very similar to yours, but focusing exclusively on speed rather than on hitting power. A Misk/Cthulhu deck that really focuses on both fast characters and retrieving the artifacts could be a serious problem.
I can think of a couple of other novel approaches that could potentially cause problems, but that would be mostly theorycrafting. At this point, I think what you have is a solid deck, and just the sort of thing that players should expect to face at tournaments.
yeah, i saw those ones and played it against one. the carpathian is practically a museum curator who activates every turn you can force a sacrifice, and since the cards go to the bottom of the deck, its a rather quick way in itself of getting to a khopesh early. deep one assault and a twilight gated deep one when cthaat is in play ( also gained by the carpathian on the way ) are ways of removing an opponents khopesh, or if alone then a sacrifice will do the same. i usually don't keep a lot of characters on the board with this one anyway, and even if i do bear the brunt of a khopesh, i've still got a single path and / or twilight gate for ravager to ease the results.
and don't forget dampen light will be slowing these 'quick' decks, focusing on speed, and is EXACTLY why this and a single path are included, instead of something like sacrificial offerings. rush decks are kryptonite to destruction decks, but this one doesn't seem to have a problem with them with the inclusion of these 2 cards. funnily enough, in a destruction deck, these are couple of my favourites, and to clarify when i say POSSIBLY the worst, i don't mean in terms of brutality, because it isn't, but i played a few games against it and if all the death wasn't enough, just when you can see an opening, it often gets slammed shut with a single path or a dampen light.
and please, please, please, theorycraft away. any and all problems this may face are very welcome and appreciated, and hellfury is right in that this is what the forum is for ( or how i see it ). a place for the sharing of not only decks, but more importantly ideas to be nurtured and explored. just remember that a deck designed to counter it also has to be viable against all the other deck types as well.
at the end of the day, i STILL hate cthulhu, and don't find decks like this very satisfying to play or play against. i do hope that some decks are devised to totally screw with destruction decks AND remain viable, and am always working on ways to do this, so yes, let's brainstorm and beat these babies………..
Posted 03 July 2012 - 09:30 AM
Had a long response which got sent into the void, sigh.
The one issue with your deck would be what we've been discussing in the meta thread: Glimpse of the Void recursion, or simply event recursion in general. While I strongly suspect that FFG is going to do something to limit that in the near future (I have to think that the updated tournament rules are going to expand the restricted/banned list), it's still worth considering.
Within Cthulhu and Yog, there aren't particularly good solutions. Blackmoor Estate may help break up a recursion - maybe, and only if the other player is relying at least in part on moving cards to the top of the draw pile, which is not a guarantee. Eltdown Shards is a nice thought, except that once the engine is up and running you may never get a story phase. That leaves unreliable tactics like Mnomquah's Serpent and Snow Graves. The most reliable approach would be mixing in some Hastur - but that would significantly weaken the deck overall.
In short, I don't see a good way to keep the strength of the deck as it stands - and it does appear to otherwise be a very strong deck - while at the same time building in protection against Glimpse of the Void recursion. I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing - direct destruction is such a strong strategy right now, that I think it's good that there's a strategy out there that could potentially create difficulties for it. The one thing that is unfortunate is that it's not easy to build counters to Glimpse cycling without resorting to Hastur and Shub.
Posted 03 July 2012 - 03:19 PM
yeah…. glimpse of the void…. i guess if a player doesn't mind being looked at with disdain and scorn, and puts winning at any cost over actually being good enough to win on their own merits, then win they probably shall. i should but don't really take this into consideration when building most decks ( like this destruction ) unless it can be easily implemented and multi purpose. there will be decks that can stop this strategy i'm sure, and i'm willing to take a loss or 2 to them and hope they get weeded out before the finals ( if i ever made it ), which i think may happen anyway.
netdecking is also perhaps a 'win at any cost' frame of mind as well, but as i'll never make it to a worlds, and the 'winner' will never have to face the decks of many people who PERHAPS could take the title but geographically cannot attend, then i wouldn't be too bothered if someone netdecked, as long as they playtested it hard, did it justice, and gave credit where credit was due to whoever made it ( and perhaps make sure the owner wasn't attending cause that's be just embarassing and it'd be courteous to ask first ). but then again, a deck is really only as good as the player, so any netdecked deck might not be a real representation of its capabilities, or may even be better. who knows ??
in my experience also, some people make ridiculously good players, but poo deck makers, and vice versa. sometimes the potential of a deck is only reached when the 2 combine, and i see no reason to limit people by these strengths and weaknesses.
Posted 04 July 2012 - 12:27 AM
My easiest solution to Glimpse is Snow Graves x3 and Marcus Jamburg x2. Just keep locking down the discard pile as much as possible. I think it's the best way without gimping your deck to other deck types.
Posted 04 July 2012 - 02:37 AM
pretty sure the glimpse deck had support destructions and snow graves, which negates that combo, and if it didn't, it should. but anyway F*#K the glimpse deck, this is about THE HAVOC DECK!! - haha.
Posted 04 July 2012 - 02:51 AM
As long as you can clear snow graves from your own pile Jamburg helps a lot against glimpse in my tests. They will run out of support removal.
But anyway about your deck, looks good! I would suggest at least snow graves to help against something like Unboros.
Posted 04 July 2012 - 05:27 AM
yes that would be nice, but any deck with uroborus should have get it off / DOA and any deck using the discard should ALWAYS have some way of getting rid of it, and unless you devote even MORE cards to recurring it then i don't see the point. if that's what your deck does then fine, and i've created ones like this myself, otherwise i wouldn't waste the card. in my opinion snow graves is an excellent card in a deck designed to make it last, but useless to slap in each and every old deck just for the sake of it. in todays game it will just wind up back in your own discard.
i personally think marcus jamburg is overrated and a HUGE waste of a 3 domain just to return a 0 cost card. the only reason i would EVER use him is to return a 3 cost support, otherwise the simple maths of the equation has you going backwards while the opponent is using their 3 domain to do something WORTH the 3 cost. i prefer cards like corrupted midwife and elder thing scavenger, where the character remains in play and you don't have to keep using a 3 domain to get it back.
but really it's neither here nor there as i don't believe i'll be changing the line up, unless something better comes along in future AP's. every card is linked or part of the overall strategy, so take a link out and the chain is broken. also a big red snow graves would look poo in my nice green and purple nightmare - haha.
as always though, thanks for the opinion, and sorry to harp on mine!!
Posted 04 July 2012 - 12:12 PM
and oh, i forgot, why would i snow graves a discard that elder thing scavenger can pillage from ?? as for changes, only further playtesting will reveal, but i SUPPOSE yha'thlei statue could replace the cthaat and bathos / lurking could switch to something else, but this would only happen if a situation like that managed to overwhelm me one day, otherwise presto, no chango.
and a word from experience, putting snow graves in a non shub deck is not always wise. one of my first decks was a clever ( or so i though at the time )yog / hastur deck AND hand miller that was working beautifully until one day i came across a deck which played down jade salesman first turn. snow graves was dead in my hand as it was now a 1 cost with no shub in my domains and the deck almost lost because of this.
Posted 04 July 2012 - 03:25 PM
My point was just this: it's relatively straightforward to design a deck that works against a generic deck that plays out characters and tries to win stories. The problem is, that's not the direction the meta is going. Decks will need to have more flexibility to deal with unexpected situations. Your Jade Salesman experience is a perfect illustration - CoC is full of "never saw it coming" type effects. The first player who has to face the mythical Dreamlands Messenger / Voice of the Jungle is going to find that out the hard way.
Overall, I think it's better to have a strong deck theme, but to build in options, and to anticipate certain broad themes, and have some "insurance" against them. In a lot of cases, that's a specialized support card or event card - which, in many cases will be junk (I can see Snow Graves getting resourced in a lot of games), but in others, is a life-saver. It isn't great for deck efficiency, but flexibility has a lot of value in and of itself.
Posted 04 July 2012 - 03:47 PM
Runix said:
Overall, I think it's better to have a strong deck theme, but to build in options, and to anticipate certain broad themes, and have some "insurance" against them. In a lot of cases, that's a specialized support card or event card - which, in many cases will be junk (I can see Snow Graves getting resourced in a lot of games), but in others, is a life-saver. It isn't great for deck efficiency, but flexibility has a lot of value in and of itself.
Likely the most relevant post in this thread. Unlike most posts in this thread, it lacks extreme egotism and is neither provocative or condescending. Thanks.
Posted 04 July 2012 - 04:43 PM
yup. im egotistical. hit he nail on the head there. i admit it. guilty as charged. but i always point out that it is 'in my opinion' or 'personally', not that my word is law, so at least there is SOME saving grace.
i think that what you may find just as egotistical is when people say 'this is what i would do', or 'ive already played a deck similar to that', when no advice has been asked for, which it seems most of everyone is guilty of here. hmmm??? we're all intelligent, we all have our own opinions, and if egotistical is what it is, then i'm sure we all have a right to be.
Posted 04 July 2012 - 05:02 PM
COCLCG said:
I mainly lurk on the forums and rarely comment as you can tell by my post history.
I would rather give positive reinforcement to helpful suggestions that do not come across like they are given from atop a soap box that should never dared to be challenged.
Runix's post was an example of that.
Posted 04 July 2012 - 05:05 PM
damn, i hate it when you're editing a post and someone jumps in before you finish. sorry for including you in the 'me me me' group. as you can see i'd been editing that out.
and i actually stand atop the container that the soap boxes came in.
but anyway, back to ME and MY egotism. i guess it's what has me posting on here so much. but what i get from those comments is that it's preferable to be selfish and not post on here at all. that's three times now i've been rebuked on this site. once for just posting / giving away ideas, another that i was a newbie with no idea what i was talking about because i was a newbie and 'only from australia', and now that my posts are too full of my own opinions and apparently myself.
makes me wonder indeed what the hell i'm doing here.
Posted 04 July 2012 - 05:34 PM
Perhaps one thoughtful post before you hit 'submit' would better serve to convey your message rather than dozens of posts that are constantly edited.
"and i actually stand atop the container that the soap boxes came in."
So we have noticed. Using provocative and often incendiary language is not the best way to promote healthy discourse. Which leads me to beleive healthy discourse is not a goal you pursue. Take for example the language used in the "A TRUE worlds event":
"…the farcicle audacity of simply naming someone 'world champion' because they could afford to make it to a physical event in a pre determined country, and had the best deck and luck on the day ( although this applies to any game really ). i certainly pay no homage / respect to someone who's never even played me, let alone beaten me…"
It is sour grapes combined with a preachy, egotistical demeanor that screams "pay attention to me" and "your opinion means nothing to me". Laughably inept arrogance (farcical audacity) indeed. Sadly, my own responses just feeds into the bait you have laid out.
Now that I have been successfully trolled, I bow my head in shame for being reduced to responding to the bait and shall go back to lurk mode.


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In televised first, Naperville baby-sitter pleads not guilty
BY DAN ROZEK Staff Reporter November 21, 2012 10:44AM
Elzbieta Plackowska is arraigned on murder charges at the DuPage County Courthouse Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. | M. Spencer Green-AP Pool Photo
Updated: December 24, 2012 7:04AM
With cameras rolling for the first time in a DuPage County courtroom, Naperville babysitter Elzbieta Plackowska formally pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murdering two young children.
Her arraignment lasted less than three minutes but still made history by being the first criminal proceeding in the Chicago metro area to be televised.
"Everything went smoothly," DuPage County Chief Judge John Elsner said after the hearing.
Plackowska, wearing blue jail fatigues with her hands cuffed in front of her, didn't speak during the proceedings, but the occasional soft click of a camera shutter could be heard.
Her attorney, Assistant Public Defender Michael Mara, entered the not guilty pleas on her behalf.
Plackowska is charged with fatally stabbing her 7-year-old son, Justin, and 5-year-old Olivia Dworakowski while she was caring for the children on Oct. 30 at Olivia's home. For the first time, Dworakowski's mother, Marta, was in the courtroom, but she left after the hearing without commenting.
One TV camera on a tripod and a photographer carrying a still camera were allowed in the Wheaton courtroom to record the hearing under a new Illinois Supreme Court policy designed to make court proceedings more publicly accessible.
DuPage County is the 23rd Illinois county to allow cameras in court — and it's the first in the Chicago area to begin phasing in that type of media coverage.
Judge Robert Kleeman, who presided over the hearing, formally signed off Tuesday on allowing the two cameras in the courtroom, though he rejected a media request for two additional cameras.
The cameras allowed were stationed near the jury box and captured images of Plackowska entering and leaving the courtroom. But her back was to the lenses as she stood in front of Kleeman to plead not guilty to the 10 counts of murder she faces.
Her attorney and State's Attorney Robert Berlin also had not filed any objections to the video coverage of the hearing.
Afterward, Berlin said the cameras in the courtroom didn't affect the hearing.
"The arraignment was like any other arraignment we do in this building," Berlin said, adding: "honestly, I didn't even notice the cameras."
Still, he said he remains wary that courtroom cameras potentially could disrupt sensitive legal proceedings.
"What happens in a courtroom is serious business, it's not entertainment," Berlin said.
Mara shrugged off the legally historic event, saying camera coverage of Illinois court hearing appears to be inevitable.
"It's something that's happening," he said.
The program introducing cameras into Illinois courtrooms so far has gone smoothly, with intensive media coverage occurring without problems even during trials in several other counties, Supreme Court spokesman Joseph Tybor said.
"It looks like cameras so far can be introduced into Illinois courtrooms," Tybor said.
The pilot program allowing cameras in DuPage County is likely to open the door to eventually have video coverage of hearings in other parts of the Chicago area, including Chicago and Cook County, Tybor said.
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"Baseball works in funny ways. The only way I could honestly put it is, we could be like the Giants and go and change our whole lineup, put guys with 'San Francisco Giants' across their jerseys. We didn't."
In San Francisco Giants lore, Mat Latos will forever live on as That Guy who said the above quote near the end of the 2010 season. To say he garnered criticism would be a massive understatement. Livid hate would be more spot on.
And then there was me, giving far too much benefit of the doubt to him and repeating, "Legitimate point said by the wrong person in the wrong place at the wrong time," so many times that my mind started filling it in, a la auto-correct. Just kidding. Sort of.
Point being, he then turned around that offseason and auctioned off three balls on which he wrote, "I Hate SF!"
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I still maintain he had a point originally, but the level of classlessness basically totally overshadows that.
I can't say I was heartbroken to hear he was traded to the Reds today, although it does rob us the satisfaction of seeing our boys in orange and black take him into McCovey Cove every other week. (Every other week because the Giants play the Padres so. much.)
I do have one recommendation for him, though, before he departs the NL West:
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I will be straight up with you: I have only nominal interest in the HOF. Similarly, as many of you know, I have only nominal interest in all of the awards. It's always going to be a very subjective reckoning and while awards hold a good deal of significance to players and the Hall of Fame even more, I would imagine, it's sort of icing on the cake. Likewise, for us fans, there will always be a player – a player who would never get into the HOF – who matters more to us than 90% of the people who are in it. A player who, for whatever reason, did something to make themselves unforgettable to us. We all have a personal HOF and players are in there for a million and one reasons.
Which brings me back to the real HOF. Everyone and their long-lost brother who's actually a hockey fan, but still, has an opinion on the ballot. It's this way every year, but especially this year with Bonds and Clemens on the ballot for the first time. I've read so many opinions and articles on the topic that I am ready to pluck my eyeballs out with forks.
People, you need to worry less.
The vote belongs to the voters. The voters, pretty much without exception, know more about baseball than I will ever know, so I don't expect I'd sway them with my opinion. To the extent that it's fantasy HOF, eh, fantasy cooking-an-Italian dinner would probably be more fun. To the extent that it's a manifestation of our opinions on stats vs. old-school measurements of success or PEDs are okay vs. PEDs are not okay, pinning the argument on the HOF seems silly.
I see a lot of new movies every year and when the Academy Award nominations for 2012 are announced on January 10th, I am sure to be disappointed. Some films they won't recognize because they are too big, too commercial. Some, because they were too small, too independent. Historically, many truly brilliant movies and actors who have endured the test of time were never recognized. But this doesn't change our experience of watching them now, nor did it when they came out.
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2. Have 5 choices for registration – 2 of which are most applicable for a travel team using the passes in league play: CLUB (use this if you plan to register 3 or more teams with USCLUB) & LEAGUE TEAM (use this if you are an individual team looking to register & need a league affiliate). Registering as a LEAGUE TEAM (instead of a club) means you register under our league affiliation and as such only pay the cost of your passes. A club membership means you must register 3 or more teams (and players) with USCLUB and will be required to pay a $1000. deposit, which pass costs are deducted from that account. So, for many teams, registering a league team is easier to swallow financially! You can register more than one team under that established account - as you are registering your club, but under the league affiliation. So, enter once, and your club is registered for future teams.
3. When you chose league team – the league name scroll down tab will darken, and scroll down to MSSL/MAPS (CJYSA-NJ)
4. Club/team completes the application and submits it to USCS - BE SURE TO FILL IN THE FOLLOWING:
· In the drop down menu list of member leagues, find correct league: MSSL/MAPS (CJYSA-NJ) and click to insert
· Complete all fields – be sure to list yourself as contact if you are expecting to enter your team roster. The password comes back to the contact listed
· Be sure to indicate the number of players in each age class – U9 and below; U9-U11; and U12-U19. If there are no players in that particular age group, be sure to put in "0".
5. Contact USCL/MSSL Administrator, email@example.com, advising you have submitted application for approval.
6. Once approved, a password is sent via email registered as club/contact. This password, along with your email address (user name) will allow access to the member's only website. If your club already has an existing account with US Club under the MSSL/MAPS affiliation, your application will be declined; but you will receive an email from the league administrator advising you who to contact within your club to register your team under the exisiting account.
7. League (MSSL) monitors registrants and informs USCS of any improper registrants, but USCS takes no action unless informed by the league. If your club is already a member, you will be rejected, and advised to contact the club registrar to get your team registered.
Teams are responsible for registering coaches and players online.
After receiving your password, go to www.usclubsoccer.com and enter your email address and password in the upper right corner. You will then enter your club site. You will enter information as follows:
· Enter STAFF first – for each coach; assistant coach and team manager - under Staff/Cards
· Enter TEAM information second - under add/view teams
· Enter PLAYERS third – under add/view players – you may add the players' birth certificate directly to the site if you have a scanner to scan the BC's into your computer. This saves a lot of time in delivery of the passes to you. You will note the box that indicates "BROWSE" next to it to locate the file on your computer. You can also upload the players picture, which will then print directly onto the player's pass, saving you added time of gluing pictures to the passes. This is also convenient should a pass be lost and needs to be reprinted.
· Print off a copy of your roster - under view team rosters
· Lastly, you must request the player cards – under Player Cards/Release – validate the information (check box) and check two of the three boxes in front of each player (medical release & birth certificate-2nd & 3rd box in front of each name-NOT release) and check the box at the bottom in red requesting the passes be sent electronically.
Registrars MUST upload birth certificates for each player and must also pay electronically by credit card for the passes to be processed. Passes are sent to the club electronically for printing. The following must be completed before passes are sent!
· USCLUB must be paid for passes - $18. per player; $10. per coach ($14 for U10 and younger). You shall pay by credit card or e-check on line.
· Birth certificates may be individually scanned on the USCLUB site for players.
· Be sure to request a copy of our roster be sent to the league for approval. Be sure to include ALL players (up to 26)
· Club/team has each player complete the R0002 form (registration and medical release). Club/team MUST retain this form to produce upon request.
· Coaching staff MUST COMPLETE RISK MANAGEMENT FORMS (also known as Staff Background Checks) electronically on the website site: http://www.usclubsoccer.org/main.aspx?sec_id=15&guid=8236fefa-6eed-47c7-9440-dc9ddd5ce8b8 . Risk Management forms need only be completed every other year for coaches. Cards will NOT be issued for coaches until a risk management form is submitted electronically to US CLUB. Registrar should register coach with each team they are coaching (separate cards are issued for each team they coach). Risk forms must be complete with yes/no answers for #3 and #4 and a signature is required at the bottom. Direct your coach or manager (or anyone who will be on the sideline with the players) to go to www.usclubsoccer.org and go to the YELLOW TAB-PROGRAMS and scroll down to RISK MANAGEMENT. Each coach must complete the electronic risk management form in order to have the pass issued. If a coach does not have a pass, they will not be permitted on the coach/player sideline and will refrain from coaching from the fan side as well.
USCLUB must give final approval on cards. USCS reviews information, and sends the passes electronically to the team registrar. To print the passes, use Avery card #8471/#8371. Team affixes picture, and LAMINATES THE PASS. Please note, players are not required to sign the passes and the passes do NOT require a league stamp.
· Team manages player database online; prints rosters, sanctioning forms, etc. as needed. Players can be moved between teams, subject to any league roster rules.
· Temporary cards will not be issued by USCS. Until the player is issued a card they are NOT covered by USCS insurance!
· To complete a drop/add, the player must first be released online by team #1, and thereafter registered online by team #2. The old player card must be submitted to team #1's league.
· For league play, roster rules (roster freeze date, primary/secondary league etc) are controlled by the league.
· Custom teams and rosters can be created online and printed for out-of-league tournament play. No other roster approval is required
· All other forms, requests for insurance certificates, etc. are available online at the USCS website.
1. A team already registered through their club with US CLUB will still need to present their roster for approval.
1. A team may roster 26 active players.
2. However, cannot have more than 18 players present for games.
3. Online, move players who are not playing to "open" and limit roster to 18 for games.
4. Print off roster each week of players for games and submit to referee with game card – create game card roster label to affix to game card.
All games played with USCLUB passes will be played as USCL league games.
COACHES-All Coaches MUST complete a risk management form before their passes will be issued. go to www.usclubsoccer.org and click on PROGRAMS (yellow tab) and move down to Staff Background Check.
Given the importance of protecting youth soccer players, US Club Soccer has maintained a Risk Management and Background Check Program since its inception.
Who Must Submit a Background Check Application: All staff who are required to be registered and are coaching players U20 and below must complete the application. This includes all coaches, assistant coaches, and team managers assigned to a competitive team. If your team is registered as a recreational team or super rec team under US Club Soccer rules (i.e. teams that do not travel, or do not play in competitions outside the club, in-house league, or other similar programs in their area), minimally the head coach is required to be registered and complete a background check. (See Player Rule 105 and Policy 11.01). These staff may not participate with a team until they have completed the background check process and obtained a staff card.
When Must the Application be Submitted: The risk application must be submitted every two years, after July 1st of each year, in the year the staff passcard expires. Staff passcards will not be issued until the individual's application is reviewed and approved. Rec coaches must only complete an application in the first year they are registered via the rec roster.
How is the Application Submitted: The background check application is accessed and submitted online. If you are a staff member who needs to complete a risk form, click here to access the online form on the Web site Registration tab.
More Information:
– Be sure to send along a copy of the team roster for referencing player information by USCLUB if you are sending them in. The information is needed for processing your request


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With the Nov. 6 election, most believe the FDA will soon issue long-delayed proposed regulations related to the Food Safety Modernization Act. That would be only the first step toward a system the industry hopes will provide more consistently safe domestic and imported fruits and vegetables.
The new food safety law mandates the FDA develop regulations for all food under its jurisdiction. The Government Accountability Office said the FDA must establish a voluntary user fee program for importers that encourages third-party certification. Encouraging importers to pay for voluntary service may prove a challenge.
In creating a system that will govern hundreds of thousands of growing operations, the FDA must leverage the resources and staff of other governments around the globe.
Some industry leaders say FDA could be more effective if it certifies private laboratories as testing facilities. That could reduce the delays in testing imported produce and reduce waste and inefficiencies.
The industry will know more about FDA's stance on third-party inspections after it issues proposed rules for foreign supplier verification.
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They are both listed as "75 ohm coax".
UPDATE: What's the difference? Apparently the type of coax used for connecting satellite and antenna feeds are "a completely different kettle of fish". Does that explain it enough?
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The One Tonne Life Project home was designed by Gert Wingårdh, as an experimental test house for low-carbon living. The two-story home makes the most of its small footprint and utilizes solar passive design to maintain an extraordinarily degree of energy efficiency. Soon a lucky family will move into the super energy-efficient home in Hässelby to see what it takes to live a "One Ton Life" - the goal of the project is to see if a family of four can reduce their carbon footprint from 6-8 tons of CO2 per person down to one ton per person.


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Invite children to find their ribbon sticks and then come sit together.
Welcome the children. Have each child say their name and wave their ribbon stick above their head. Remind them that they will learn all the UU Principles and that each Principle will have a different color. Introduce red as the color that represents the first Principle. Have them say the first Principle together: "We believe each and every person is important."
Do the opening chant together:
Group chants "Love surrounds us everyday. The Principles show us the way."
Leader says "______ please, put your ribbons away." (Child named returns their ribbon stick.)
Guide children, as they are named, to return their ribbon stick to the container and then return to the circle. This is a way to acknowledge the presence of each participant. If the group is large, say only several names, then direct the others to put away their ribbon sticks all together.
When all ribbon sticks are returned to the container and the children are in the circle, light the chalice. Lead the group to say together:
Love surrounds the chalice and we are included by the light of the chalice.
Help attach wrist ribbons (Session 1, Opening) to children's wrists, legs, or fingers, and later, help remove them, if any children are physically unable to use a ribbon stick.
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My 8 years old daughters is usually very good. Although in the last few months she started to cry more and more each time she can't have something she wants. The odd thing is that it's something she didn't really used to do before... well not as often anyway.
As far as I can think, nothing major changed in her life recently that could trigger this change of behaviour.
We're currently trying to encourage her to stop crying for anything by giving her stars (10 stars = 1 small present) but I don't think it's making any difference
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(Attica, OH) Heavy rains Friday morning coupled with a forecast of severe weather later in the afternoon and evening has promoted Attica Raceway Park officials to cancel the opener of the 27th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek. Mother Nature may have won the battle, but she won't win the war, as "Ohio's Finest Racing" speedplant has rescheduled the Aaron's Sales and Lease Speedweek race for Thursday, June 25."We had over two inches of rain Friday morning and the facility was flooded. That, coupled with the forecast of severe weather later... we didn't want our fans and teams to be exposed to that danger," said ARP Operations Manager Rex LeJeune. "The best part is we have a chance to make up this great traditional race on Thursday."Gates will open at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 25, with racing getting underway at 7:45 p.m. with the O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions. Joining the racing action will be the Fultz Fabrications and Speedshop UMP Late Models running for an increased purse of $1,500 to win ($200 to start) the A-main.The Ohio Sprint Speedweek will now open at Tony Stewart's Eldora Speedway on Saturday, June 20, and travel to Millstream Speedway near Findlay on Sunday. Speedweek will then continue at Wayne County Speedway near Orrville, on Monday and on to Hilltop Speedway near Millersburg on Tuesday before coming back to Waynesfield Motorsports Park on Wednesday.The teams and fans will then head to Attica Thursday, June 25, before competing at Limaland Motorsports Park on Friday, June 26, and wrapping up the eight straight days of racing at Fremont Speedway on Saturday, June 27 with a big $10,000 to win finale.For more information and ticket prices for Thursday's Speedweek show, go to www.atticaracewaypark.com


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Look, we're all unhappy. 10-15 is just not fun. Even if we do the whole "blame Trevor" thing the Brewers are still 13-12 and that's not a very good record either. It's better, but it's not satisfying and a lot of these losses have been supremely unsatisfying. I get tired of being Mr. Brightside all the time, but here is a few small silver linings to the start of the season.
5. The draft suddenly seems a whole lot more interesting.
We're about one month away from the MLB Amateur Draft and suddenly I care. Thanks to sucking last year we get to pick 14th! Who are we going to get? A lot of mock drafts see the Brewers going for a pitcher, but I've also heard the name Bryce Brentz. Who is Bryce Brentz? I don't know, but his name sounds cool and he might be a Brewer soon. Can't you just picture some little kid at Miller Park doing the Jr. PA announcer and saying "Now bwatting fow tha Bwewars Bwyce Bwentz!"? Yeah you can!
4. There is other stuff on.
The great thing about the Brewers slow start is that we don't have to watch it. We had the Bucks in the playoffs, the rest of the NBA playoffs, the NHL playoffs, golf, the NFL Draft, all the good TV shows are still running new episodes and everything else. If the Brewers had their worst month of the season in July like last year that would suck because there is nothing on TV in July.
3. Every good team has a bad month.
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This dress is really flattering to my figure and I love the print. My regular size small fit perfectly! Super comfy too!
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I love this dresser. The only thing I don't like is the belt but It's okay! But after all, it is a very comfortable dress.
It's kind of weird looking dress but everyone loved it. It does not look cheap at. It's not for clubbing! or for Wedding parties.
It's a great dress for going out to the Mall, Small baby shower parties, may be night out with husband.
I love it :)
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Looked very cheap
This dress was flattering on the body for all body types. It's a loose fitted dress and can flatter both thin, thick, and chunky girls. It's very comfortable.
The material looks very cheap. The back of the dress is made out of a cheap looking jersey and the chiffon portion also feels very cheap. I would have bought this dress for $25.00, but it was absolutely not worth the $129,00 price tag.
They should remake this dress with better material.
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RED, THEY SAID: "I've got to go and see all the sexy boys," chirped actress Jaime Winstone as she navigated a throng of revelers and went in search of scantily clad male models at the Emporio Armani store on London's Bond Street Thursday. The mannequins had stripped down to their briefs (Armani, of course) to fete the launch of an Emporio Armani (Product) Red fragrance duo, part of the Red initiative founded by Bono and Bobby Shriver to fight AIDS in Africa. Rena Sindi, Margo Stilley, Kalita Al Swaidi, Astrid Muñoz, Dan Macmillan and Noelle Reno also turned out to support the cause, and enjoyed a tropical beach scene created in the boutique's basement. "I'm going nowhere near that thing," said Al Swaidi, eyeing a mechanical surfboard. "I'd make a total fool of myself."
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My first observation following yesterday's 2-1 win in Toronto: Trevor Cahill (left) looks like the same guy who won 18 last year and earned All-Star honors—if not better. His ball still darts downward with a bite almost unfair to hitters. And this, from a 23-year-old kid who still sports peach fuzz on his cheeks.
It took some courage from Bob Geren to remove him from a 3-hit masterpiece after eight innings and a 105-pitch count, but in the long run, I think they felt it was time for Brian Fuentes to notch his first save. We don't make a serious run at the AL West crown unless we're clicking on all cylinders, and that means Fuentes, Bailey and Balfour providing the final touches on A's wins. Same goes for sitting down David DeJesus in favor of Conor Jackson (left, below) and plugging in Andy LaRoche to rest the ear-infected Ellis. Jackson and LaRoche will play vital roles on this team if we want to join the 90-win echelon of other playoff contenders. This means specialists and backup players will need to step up and flourish when they're asked to perform, whether it is an occasional start, a pinch-hitting appearance, or a summon from the bullpen.
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Yes realists, we are only 2-4 as we enter the frigid confines of Target Field. But as I mentioned in my previous blog, this is a work in progress. While expectations are high, and the early season schedule presents challenges, those wearing green and gold uniforms are focusing merely at the task at hand. With 156 games left to the finish line, there will be many revelations in store as the season unfolds. Today, the Twins christen their home season. Brett Anderson will take the mound for the Athletics, aiming to spoil another team's Opening Day in the same fashion King Felix did in Oakland last week. As always, time will tell.
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When is A's Exec Mgmt going to realize that BoBo has to go? It's quite frustrating to a) watch his terrible managerial decisions year after year, and, b) perceive that the only reason he remains manager is because of cheap $'s and friendship with Billy Bean.
Whether a team executes or not, has good players or not…the manager is accountable. No one yet has made BoBo accountable and his unaccountability has gone on way too long. His record/performance would not have been tolerated by any other major league club.
Nothing personal in my comments are intended – he seems like a nice enough guy. But to the point, nice rarely does well. We need a shake-up and this is it!
Where is Michael Taylor? He doesnt show up on any minor league rosters.
Where is Michael Taylor? He doesnt show up on any of the minor league rosters.
I like your explanation of why Geren took Cahill out.
I like the image of the engine clicking on all cylinders.
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Are we still doing the speedscrap at 3pm EST? Looking forward to interrupting my packing
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I am doing my best to get all my stuff done so I have some uninterrupted scrapping time
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Congressmen Almost Unanimously Vote Against Freedom of the Press
May 6, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Yusra Alvi
Karachi, Pakistan–THE United States claims that one of its top foreign policy initiatives is to spread democracy and freedom around the world. But a recent bill in the US Congress has led many to wonder whether the US wants to become one of the world's biggest hindrances to media freedom.
Early December the US House of Representatives voted by an overwhelming majority to pass a bill in order to stop satellite TV channels from 17 Arab nations from being transmitted to American audiences due to their engagement in 'anti-American incitement to violence'.
In a Congress that cannot seem to agree on many burning issues — whether fixing the broken healthcare system or ways of dealing with the turbulent economic situation — the bill passed with 395 'yes' votes, and only three dissenters.
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Local Muslims Gather for Annual Celebrations of Prophet's birth and life
At locations throughout South Florida this April, traditional Milad-un-Nabi programs were held to celebrate the life and times of the Prophet Muhammad. The events coincided with the Prophet's birthday on the 12th day of Rabbi-ul-Awwal, third month on the lunar Muslim calendar, which this year fell on April 12.
In Muslim countries, the event is marked by numerous festivities, including devotional song, poetry reading, religious devotion, lectures and get-togethers and feature large scale TV and media coverage. In the states, though overseas TV coverage is now present thanks to satellite TV channels, broadcasting Milad-un-Nabi coverage from back home, events here tend to be more subdued, owing in part to the views of some communities and community members that such celebrations are unlawful innovations, religiously speaking.
Despite the misgivings by some, though, many—perhaps the majority—continue the colorful and joyous observances of what all in the community agree was one of the pinnacle moments in human history, the prophet's birth.
One such program was held at the Miami Gardens Masjid in Miami-Dade County on Saturday evening, April 8, which annually marks the occasion with either lectures, traditional Urdu-poetry in praise of the prophet, or dinners.
Open to men and women, the program featured a lecture by visiting speaker Faisal Abdur Razzaq of Toronto, Canada. Hundreds of families and community members were in attendance for the annual event which included dinner after the sunset prayer of Salat-ul-Maghrib.
Abdur Razzaq received his Islamic studies at the Umm-Al-Qurra University in Makkah, Saudi Arabia and at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah from 1977 to 1986. He is currently the President of the Islamic Forum of Canada, and the Vice-President of the Islamic Council of Imams of Canada. He served as Imam Khateeb of several mosques and Islamic Centers there including the Islamic society of Peel, the Islamic Centre of Brampton, and the Toronto and Region Islamic Center (TARIC).
Razzaq also conducted a workshop for Muslim Youth on Sunday April 9th at Miami Gardens entitled "Sacred Knowledge Training Program concentrating on Fiqh and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad."
The mosque has been hosting a number of guest lecturers since the departure of its regular imam Abdul-Hamid Samra in March.
Zaid Shakir Speaks in South Florida
Tall and soft-spoken with a slow, deep, and rhythmic speaking style, Zaid Shakir is an African American Muslim community leader perfectly at ease amongst the immigrant origin segments of the community. Over the years, on his journey from an urban northern California youth to Muslim convert and toward the highest rung of Muslim community speaker and leader, Shakir has continually earned respect though humility, hard work and community efforts around the country.
But that doesn't mean he can't get loud and passionate when he needs to. Now at the head of one of the most well-known Muslim educational groups in the country—the Zaytuna Institute in his native northern Cali—this past month, Shakir visited South Florida for a number of events.
On Thursday, April 6th at 7 pm Shakir spoke on the subject of "Muslims in America: Challenges and Opportunities," at the University of Miami's Learning Center building, co-sponsored by the school's Department of Religious Studies and the Islamic Society at UM.
Then on Friday, April 7, the Madinah Foundation presented 'A Night of Reflection; The Ethical Standard of the Prophet Muhammad; Controlling Anger, Promoting Understanding Through Wisdom,' a lecture by Shakir. The free event was that time held at the Darul Uloom Institute in Pembroke Pines.
Both events were well-attended with positive reaction from attendees.
At UM, Religion 101 students received extra credit for attending the Shakir lecture thanks to longtime ISUM supporter and head of the school's Religious studies department, Dr. Stephen Sapp.
ISUM president Sarah Uddin greeted the Shakir visit with excitement and praised the turnout.
"We had an awesome turnout! I'm really happy with the program last night. Imam Zaid's speech was super engaging. He was able to reach so many non-Muslim students and ISUM alumni, in addition to the rest of the ISUM gang, who all came out," she said.
A mainstay at such prominent national Musilm community events as the annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America—where he often speaks at the main stage in front of tens of thousands—Shakir was born in Berkeley, California. He accepted Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force and obtained a BA with honors in International Relations at the American University in Washington D.C. and an MA in Political Science from Rutgers University.
Spending time overseas in Egypt, Syria, and Morocco, Shakir studied Arabic as well as the traditional Islamic sciences including Islamic law, Quran, and Islamic spirituality. Upon returning, he co-founded Masjid al-Islam in Connecticut and taught Political Science at the Southern Connecticut State University. He has translated several books from Arabic into English including "The Heirs of the Prophet."
Since 2003, he has acted as a professor and scholar-in-residence at the Zaytuna Institute & Academy, alongside fellow well-known Muslim community speaker, Hamza Yusuf Hanson, also from Northern California.
The Madinah Foundation, which was largely responsible for Shakir's visit, is the local Zaytuna Affiliate in South Florida, staffed by former community youth and college activists who grew up attending Islamic studies programs around the country and listening to speakers such as Shakir and Hanson as role-models, and also organizes annual Islamic study retreats in Zaytuna's "Deen Intensive Style"—part nature retreat/camp, part traditional Islamic educational experience trying to recreate pre-Colonial modes of Islamic education—throughout the state.
CAIR-FLORIDA: 'Urge Legislators to Oppose Bill'
CAIR-FL, along with groups such as Florida Immigration Advocacy Center (FIAC) and the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at the University of Southern Florida in Tampa called for the withdrawal of proposed legislation that would prohibit state funds from being used to provide financial aid to university and college students on visas. The statement came on April 24.
Florida House Bill 205 and Senate Bill 458 target students that hold visas and receive financial support from Florida to attend state schools. A similar bill 2003 HB 31, introduced by Rep. Dick Kravitz, R-Jacksonville three years ago targeting some Muslim countries was defeated during the senate hearing.
FAU Students hold Annual 'Scholar's Night'
The Muslim Student Organization at Florida Atlantic University held it's seventh Annual Scholar's Night on Saturday, April 22nd, at the Life Long Center Auditorium on the FAU Campus in Boca Raton. Entitled: "Believe it or not, you were born Muslim!" and featuring a lecture by local speaker Fadi Kablawi, the event was of a preaching nature, its flier posing the question: "What do you call a religion whose beliefs, practices and followers are being bashed and bad-mouthed in practically every sphere of activity, in almost every corner of the globe, yet it attracts ever-increasing number of people? A Miracle? A Paradox? or simply THE TRUTH: ISLAM." Such straightforward, declarative and reactionary themes have become more rare in Islamic events in the post-9/11 environment. The lecture featured free admission and dinner and was open to all interested. The FAU MSO has seen a resurgent past semester of activity.