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How Does One Soften Their Heart?
Originally Published August 2011
As the last ten nights of Ramadan are upon us, many of us are still in shock at the speed with which Ramadan has passed. Our goals may not yet be realized, our habits may not yet have changed, and our hearts may not yet have felt the sweetness of this beloved month. Disheartened, many of us may have already given to despair, feeling that our Ramadans have not been as fruitful as we had wished and planned. To make things more uncomfortable, we sometimes pray in mosque where the Imam or those around us begin to cry, weeping loudly when they hear verses of the Qur'an or when the Imam makes the du`a' (supplication) during witr. Everyone else seems to be touched by this blessed month; everyone else's hearts seem to soak in sweetness of this faith, the tears soaking their cheeks as they beg for mercy, provision, and forgiveness.
What about me? What about you? How can we, too, be of those whose hearts are softened?
Make Du`a'
I once heard a khatib (lecturer) say, "If you have approached the end of Ramadan, and you do not yet feel it in your heart, keep knocking on the door of Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala (exalted is He). Keep knocking, keep knocking, and Allah will answer."
Ask Allah (swt) in all of the blessed times to make du`a' to break the hardness of your heart and allow sincerity and gratitude to gush through. Ask Him to soften your heart, to fill it with an awe-inspiring realization of Him, to exchange your bad deeds for good deeds and let your heart tremble in awe of Him as your actions show love for Him.
Sit Alone, Think about Your Sins, and Ask for Forgiveness
Take a few minutes every day to sit and say, "AstaghfirAllah (I seek forgiveness from Allah)." Every time you make this request of Allah (swt), remember something you've done that may have displeased Him. Remember that time you yelled at your mom when all she was trying to do was help you? Remember that time you cheated on your exam? Sit and ask Allah (swt) forgiveness for every single thing you've done, great, small, intentionally, unintentionally, asking Him to replace the hardness of your heart with softness and replace your sins with forgiveness and good deeds.
Allah (swt) tells us in Surat al-Furqan:
"Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful" (Qur'an, 25:70).
Ibn Kathir, in the tafsir (exegesis) of this ayah (verse), cites a hadith (tradition) in which Abu Dharr (radiAllahu `anhu – May Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ (peace be upon him) said, "I know the last person who will be brought forth from Hell, and the last person who will enter Paradise. A man will be brought and it will be said, 'Take away his major sins and ask him about his minor sins.' So it will be said to him: 'On such and such a day, you did such and such, and on such and such a day, you did such and such.' He will say, 'Yes,' and he will not be able to deny anything. Then it will be said to him: 'For every evil deed you now have one good merit.' He will say: 'O Lord, I did things that I do not see here.'" He (Abu Dharr) said: "And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled so broadly that his molars could be seen." (Muslim)
Ibn Kathir further explains, "…those evil deeds that have passed are turned into good deeds by way of the true and sincere repentance itself. This is because every time that person remembers what he had done, he regrets it, feels remorse, and seeks Allah (swt)'s forgiveness. In this way, the sin becomes an act of obedience."
Allah (swt) is always ready for us to turn back to Him and can easily turn our bad deeds into good deeds on our scales! But how many of us are begging Him for this? To soften our hearts, be forgiven, and increase in our good deeds, let us sit and make istighfar, begging for Allah (swt)'s forgiveness and for Him to turn our bad into good.
Sit Alone, Ponder Your Blessings, and Thank Allah (swt)
Watch this and contemplate:
How many of us have been blessed with parents or others who love, mentor and care for us? We have been given trillions of blessings that so many have never tasted. How many people are ungrateful and forgetful of all they have been blessed with?
Sit and think of every blessing He has given you- the Qur'an, eyesight, clean water, literacy- the blessings are uncountable, as Allah (swt) tells us in Surah Ibrahim (14:34). Let us show gratitude, for when we are grateful, Allah (swt) increases us, "And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.' (Qur'an, 14:7).
Let us sit, contemplate blessing after blessing, and continually move our lips in gratitude to Allah (swt), saying, "AlhamdulilLah (praise be to God)," asking Him to write us amongst those who are grateful to Him, asking Him to soften our hearts and allow us to be moved by gratitude for His Favors.
Contemplate the Qur'an
Allah (swt) poses this powerful question:
"Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon [their] hearts? (Qur'an, 47:24)
How can we be of those whose hearts are not locked? We can make massive du`a' that Allah (swt) opens our hearts, and we can contemplate the Qur'an. Listen to the Qur'an with a recitation which penetrates your ears and overwhelms your heart. While listening, go through the translation and work to understand the Qur'an.
When you go through the words, sit and really think about the meaning and the ways in which it applies to your life. Think about the meaning of the Qur'an and allow yourself to be captivated, head-over-heels in love with the powerful words of the Creator of the Universe- the One Who created you- the One Who revealed these words for your personal guidance. Allah chose you to be Muslim; He personally planned for you to be of those who want to come back to Him and read the Qur'an. So go back to the Qur'an, be grateful for His favor upon you and sincerely seek to understand His Words.
Give Charity
The Prophet ﷺ has told us that, "Sadaqah extinguishes sins like water extinguishes fire" (Tirmithi). The sins we commit continually build up and rust our hearts. Without polishing, this rust will take over, covering the beautiful jewel beneath it. This jewel, when polished, gleams internally and externally, becoming a means of benefit for the person whose body it houses, and spreading light to all those around, bi'ithnillah (with the permission of Allah). With charity, we can help polish our hearts. Let us give in charity, asking Allah (swt) to soften our hearts, to remove the buildup of rust, and to purify our hearts and souls, bringing us back to Him `azza wa jal (the Almighty and Majestic).
Increase our Good Deeds
Allah (swt) tells us, "Indeed the mercy of Allah is near to those who do good" (Qur'an, 7: 56). God has also told us, "Indeed, good deeds remove the evil deeds. That is a reminder for those who remember" (Qur'an, 11:114).
Allah (swt) has made our religion so adaptable that we can worship Him through anything good we do, when done sincerely and correctly. Let us constantly renew our intentions; when we take out the trash, let it be an act of worship to keep our homes tidy and to please those whom we live with. When we smile at a passerby, let it be to spread the joy of the character of the Prophet ﷺ. All the while, let us seek the mercy of Allah (swt), begging of Him to soften our hearts, while we do good for His pleasure.
Live in Paradise, Sprint Away from Hell
When you read Qur'an or standing in prayer, and you come across words indicating Paradise, such as Jannah (Paradise); Imagine it. Imagine being in Paradise, standing by a river which flows beneath you, near waterfalls, near enormous palaces. Imagine yourself in awe, in immense joy, in euphoria- when suddenly, you feel a tap on your shoulder. In that moment when you turn around, imagine who it may be. Your mother? Your father? Your spouse? Your child? Your grandparent? Your best friend? The Beloved, the Chosen, the Teacher, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ? How would you feel in that moment? How would you feel, seeing the person who meant the most to you in your life, seeing the person who may have already passed years before and whom you yearn for constantly, how would you feel coming to the realization that you are going to be here, with the people you love, forever. You will never die and you will never fear all the things which brought so much worry and difficulty to you in the dunya (world). At that moment, you'll understand what Allah says when He describes the believers in Paradise saying,
"And they will say, 'Praise to Allah, who has removed from us [all] sorrow. Indeed, our Lord is Forgiving and Appreciative"
"He who has settled us in the home of duration out of His bounty. There touches us not in it any fatigue, and there touches us not in it weariness [of mind].'" (Qur`an, 35:34-35)
And then, when you hear a word describing Hellfire, such as Naar (Hellfire); Imagine it. Imagine the intensity of the Hellfire; imagine the pains of being burned to the point where you have no skin and it is recreated for you, only to continue the agony; where you want to die, but will never die, where you yearn to have just a cold drink of relief, but are given a drink which boils your insides and experiencing boiling water poured upon your head. Is this the end that you want? Is this what you want for those whom you love?
Would you prefer garments of fire (22:19) or garments of silk (22:23)? When you go into sujood (prostration), beg Allah for what you want for yourself and those whom you love. Beg Him from the depths of your heart and allow your tears to pour to Him.
Have an Objective
In every salah (prayer), have an objective. Whether obligatory or extra, make the objective to come out of that prayer purer than you did when you were born. Ask Allah for `afiya - for your sins to be forgiven and wiped away, so that it is as if you never even committed them. Focus like someone who aims to be forgiven, recite Surat al-Fatiha like someone who will be forgiven, make sujood like someone who yearns with their heart and soul for their sins to be wiped away and replaced with righteous deeds. In the next prayer, make your objective Paradise. Concentrate like someone of Paradise; beg of Allah in sujood to be of the people of Paradise. In every rak`ah (unit of prayer), have a unique purpose and beg of Allah to make those desires realities.
There is still time to come back to Allah (swt) and really feel the weight of this blessed month! Allah (swt) loves when we go back to Him with sincerity and humility, carrying the burden of our sins to Him, with hopes of having them obliterated and being completely forgiven.
Let us go back to Him, asking for His forgiveness and pleasure, for Him to open our hearts and soften our limbs to His command, asking Him to replace the burden of our shortcomings with the blessing of His Mercy. Once we've done so, let us go back to Him, feeling light, overflowing with hope and pumped with energy to seek His pleasure through working passionately for His sake, feeling immensely optimistic that He will forgive us, reward us and answer us inshaAllah (God Willing).
Keep knocking on the door. Allah (swt), the One Who Answers, will undoubtedly answer.
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alhamdulillah…nice article…~ keep it up..thanks for the valuable article…~ jazakallah
sincerity.. ^^ may Allah put us in His jannah (firdausi).. Ya Allah.. if not bcos of ur rahmat n ni'mat, we will not be here.. insyaallah
Jazakillah khayran katheeran. Great article masha Allah.
I cried watching the video x(
May Allah accept from us and make our hearts sound (Qalb saleem) -
Thank you for writing this article.
MasyaAllah.very nice article.i realized i've been keeping my ego so high and had closed my heart to Him.jazakallah brother.yes and i will keep knocking..
I cried reading this article. Thank you for writing this. May Allah help us to open our hearts, Ameen.
Masha Allah, what an incredible article. I was feeling a bit low this Ramadan and this article really lifted my spirits, Alhamdhu Lillah.
Jazaki Allah Khayran – May Allah reward you immensely.
jzkheir for the article .
Few years back I told myself "girl it's time to work on improving yourself "be more religious.
When u thinks of the list of things to do eg praying all 5 prayers and some sunnah, fasting Ramadan and extra days. Visiting the sick, helping the poor, respect for others, wearing Hijab , guarding our body, avoid gossiping you name it all. Sometimes I would think "I don't think I can do it all". So I kept discouraging myself.
I then realized that has to be Shaitain.
So instead of getting discouraged I thought to myself. How about I try the easiest task for me and keep progressing further.
Like wake up for tahajuud the days that I can sleep after fajr little longer.
Fasting Monday and Thursday seemed harder. So I would pick a day that was easier and later switched back to Monday Thursday knowing that was more rewarding.
Or do something simple like ask the sister walking next to me with that heavy baby car sit .If I can help hold one side for her until she reaches the car or from car to the building she was heading too. (that thing is heavy!!!).
Or just smile at everyone that passes by which ofcourse is simple to do as long as you don't get affected by not getting a smile back.
Or carry Quran cd and switch to listen to the Quran as a drive every once in awhile.
Trust me before I knew I started to yearn for more good deeds that I can work on Alhamdullilah.
So dear muslim brother and sister. Take one baby step at a time and before you know you will find yourself yearning for more inshallah.
The prophet SAW started with the Message of Believing in Allah before anything else and once the Sahabaah took the shahadah he continued to teach one deed after the other.
Allah swt revealed the Quran one verse after the other one day or month after the other.
Don't get discourage take one step at a time. Praying to Allah swt and asking For Allah swt to make you stronger. A prayer could be as short as ….."Oh Allah inspire me with your guidance" Ameen.
Ramadan kareeem.-
It seems like I have been trying for a long time to follow even the very basic obligations and I keep falling short every time. I then get disheartened thinking how can Allah ever love me when nothing brings a person closer to Allah than performing what Allah has made obligatory upon him. When you're struggling with the very first step then how can you ever climb the stairway?!
But I guess I was trying to do too much at once. I like how you put it to start with the easiest things first and then build it from there. I read somewhere that to make a practice permanent you have to perform it for at least 40 days continually. taking this one step at a time first I can start with getting all my prayers right on time. Then I've also started reading a little bit of Quran everyday after fajr prayer. and so I guess I,m gonna make up a list of all the things I must and must not do and then start from the easiest and move up once you've practiced it for 40 days and it has permeated into you and then you can move onto the next thing… Then hopefully it'll become easier to climb up the stairway and get closer to Allah. Ameen.
welldone done, could not be better explained
Mashallah.i really appreciate this wonderful article,may Allah(swt) forgive us every bit of our bad and evil deeds.
Jazakallahukhair..thank you for this beautiful reminder
thanks fr d article
Alhamdulillah, this honestly provided me with so much hope and security.
I book marked this article, always look back to it when I'm down.
May Allah grant all of us the highest level of Jannah with no trial or punishment Ameen.
Alhamdulillah. Beautifully put Sister Maryam, I thank you for writing this article and it has truly moved me and I also thank Allah (swt) for bringing me to this website.
I can feel my heart softening by every passing minute. May Allah (swt) reward us all with a place in jannat. Ameen -
allahoumma meen ahlool qalbim salimb ya ahlool jannah toul firdouas
ajma'een. Ameen
Jazakallah , for such an inspiring article . Allah almighty surely listens to us and is closer to us than our heartbeat , we need to knock on the door for him to answer. I wish that we are able to take that first baby step and see Allah come running to us as he promises, and I wish and pray that our children and our future generations can also tread in this path of finding and praying tto Allah almighty, ameen


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These compelling musings have garnered her about a dozen national awards coming with thousands of dollars in scholarships and prize money.
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Her bi-yearly trips to Morocco, the bright-colored clothes and the smells of the markets, only inspired and pushed her further.
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"I need to stop writing about these children," Belkhyr writes in a poem, "who keep 20 cent lollipops in their mouths until the candy embeds itself into their back molars, who kick around deflated soccer balls and scratch at the pink dots of mosquito bites on their sun-whipped shoulders and ashy legs, who laugh too loudly and beg too freely, too easily, but I can't because they haunt me, these kids, ghosts that trickle into my dreams, slip in like smoke and cling to the back of my eyes until all I can see is everything they don't have."
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Prague - The Czech People in Need organisation has called on President Milos Zeman to abolish the invitation extended to Uzbek President Islam Karimov to visit Prague, saying he represents a repressive regime that does not hesitate to abuse its citizens for slave labour.
Zeman reacted in an open letter today saying Karimov was invited by his predecessor, Vaclav Klaus, and he wished the humanitarian organisation "more information and less hypocrisy."
"We urgently ask you to consider the possibility of abolishing this invitation. But if you do decide to go ahead with the meeting, we would like to call on you to ask President Karimov to provide an explanation of the above mentioned serious violation of human rights," People in Need writes in an open letter that it handed to the Presidential Office on Monday.
Zeman replied saying "first, you are mistaken right in the first sentence of your open letter. Uzbek President Islam Karimov was invited by my predecessor and it is a matter of diplomatic politeness that the new president takes over the commitments of his predecessor. I did not notice that you would have protested against Vaclav Klaus´s visit to Uzbekistan," Zeman wrote.
CTK received the letter from Zeman´s spokesman Jiri Ovcacek.
Zeman wrote that Karimov recently met leading politicians of the European Union and that the United States counts him among partners in the struggle against international terrorism.
"I have not noticed that you would have protested against this U.S. stand," Zeman wrote.
People in Need says, however, Karimov only visited Brussels twice in the past five years.
"In 2011 many high-placed EU representatives refused to meet him. They included European Council President Herman Van Rompuy or Catherine Ashton, high representative of the Union for foreign affairs and security policy," the organisation wrote.
Zeman´s choice of partners for political discussion has of late been criticised by humanitarian organisations. They have appealed on him not to receive Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Prague, for instance.
Zeman recently received Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan at Prague Castle. Sargsyan defended his mandate last year with almost 59 percent of the vote.
Foreign observers praised progress in the election compared with the previous one in 2008, but they were critical of a lack of political competition during the election campaign.
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Queen Hatshepsut of Ancient Egypt
Reign 1479-1458 BC
Colossal head of Queen Hatshepsut from Deir el-Bahri, Egypt excavated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1926.
Wall relief of Queen Hatshepsut from Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
Hatshepsut wearing the nemes headdress
Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut (1473-1458 BC)
Red granite, H 66 inches
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Daughter of of King Thutmose I and Queen Ahmose, Hatshepsut became Queen when her husband and half-brother Thutmose II succeeded his father. Thutmose and Hatshepsut had a daughter together. Thutmose II declared this son (Thutmose III) his successor before he died in his early thirties. When Thutmose III inherited the throne he was still a child so his step-mother/aunt acted as his regent.
She took the title "King of Upper and Lower Egypt". She had herself portrayed in all the trappings of the kings including a false beard. This apparently caused a great deal of difficulty for those doing inscriptions. Within the same inscription she is often refered to as king and later as queen.
Hatshepsut was one of the first women rulers in history and one of only a handful of female egyptian kings. Her reign was generally peaceful and she increased the trade borders of the country.
This is a masterpiece in the temple showing queen Ahmose, queen Hatshepsut's mother. Bas-relief from the Hatshepsut's Temple.
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aughter of
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Queen Ahmose
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fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt for two decades.
Her reign was generally peaceful and she increased the trade borders of the country. She also oversaw the preparations and funding for a mission to the
Land of Punt
. Her hieroglyph cartouches style her the Horus, Golden Horus, Two Ladies, Son of Re, Lord of the Two Lands, King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Hatshepsut-united-with-Amun.
About twenty years after her death her stepson
Tuthmosis III
undertake to eliminate all trace of her, smashing statues, and effacing inscriptions. That's a little mystery is curled within the immense mystery that is ancient Egypt.
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Queen Hatshepsut
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1-How can I save the SORT, USER POST, and SQUEEZE setting when creating my Report Format File Setup?
2-The UPDATE EXISTING in the Table Generation Setup is always grayed out meanwhile there is a table in the project. What seem to be the issue? I don't want to do it all over again.
3-I want the internal jumper to show in the jumper chart but for some reason it is not.I created a jumper layer and also
use the Add/Edit Internal Jumper but it is still not showing.
I will appreciate any help. Thanks for all the guidance.
Justin, the update being greyed out can indicate that the existing table is in a different format than the new report. Be sure you run the new report using the same report format file that was used to create the existing report. Once you configure a report the way you want (sort, fields to report, justification, etc.) save it as a report format for re-use. Report formats save with a .set extension to your User folder by default. Click the Format button to load a report format that has been previously saved. If you are going to insert a new style of report, delete the existing report since there will be no update option.
I have my report generator looking the way I want it - where or how do I go from here to save it for re-use? I will also like to create a set file for this.
At the lower left of the change report format dialog is the button to save as a report format.
Got it now...much thanks.
3 - Any guidance on question three(3) about the internal jumper?
Thats what I did but the internal jumper is not showing. Please refer to the attachment.
I don't know your workflow so it's hard to say why internal jumpers aren't displaying. I just verified that it works. See attached.
You must assign internal jumpers via block properties. It is not the same as using the Edit jumper command. That jumpers terminal to terminal. You can do both of course. You can have internal jumpers from level to level and jumpers from terminal to terminal.
I am not talking about terminal strip terminals but internal jumpers in a Parametric PLC. Lets say you jumped IN 0 and COM; what will you do to show this jumpers in the jumper chart?
Thanks again
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ENG 891 Grammar and Vocabulary in Context
A module required of all English 101 International students. This course provides the vocabulary, reading, and writing development necessary to meet the course competencies for ENG 101 International. Students cannot receive credit for ENG 101 International without this module.
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Quaker Spring 2014
If you hunger for more time for worship, reflection, and deepening the connections among Friends,
Come to Quaker Spring!
Quaker Spring:
Experiencing the Inward Christ Together
Barnesville, Ohio
June 24-29, 2014
We invite all Friends hungry for spiritual community, of all ages,
to spend time in worship, reflection, conversation, and play. We hope
to bring together Friends from all branches of Quakerism, to share what
Spirit-led Quakerism is about at its core--and to experience it
Friends are welcome to attend part of the gathering. Please come for whatever portion of the week you are able and feel led to attend.
The "un-preprogrammed" daily program includes:
--Bible reading and study
--Waiting worship
--Afternoons free for rest, play, workshops, opportunities for clearness & support for ministries.
--Evening time to reflect/search together for God's voice around issues of concern to Friends arising out of the group.
For more on the "shape of our days" at Quaker Spring, go to Daily Schedule
Families are welcome. We have childcare each morning and evening. Children are also welcome to take part in ANY of our regular sessions.
Gathering begins Tuesday with registration in the afternoon and supper followed by an evening session. It ends Sunday when we will join Stillwater Friends in Meeting for Worship, with a bag lunch to take on the road home.
Meeting in Barnesville provides an opportunity to find out more about and interact with Conservative Friends. The Conservative Friends Gathering will be held this year on June 20-22 at the
same location as Quaker Spring. Friends can remain in their room on campus at Olney during the 2 days between the gatherings if they wish to do so for $10 a night. Lunches can be had at Olney M & Tu & arrangements are being made for simple cooperative suppers at the Friends Center. The girls dorm kitchen is also available. Please email us if you are interested in staying over in Barnesville between these 2 gatherings.
FGC Summer Gathering will be taking place in 2014 only 90 minutes away in western PA beginning on Sunday evening June 29, right after QS ends this year.
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Lent. What the heck is that, you may wonder, especially the younger generation who may not know what it is all about. It really means doing penance of one kind or another. When the Blessed Mother appeared and spoke to Bernadette, a young girl in Lourdes, France in the 1800s, her first words to her were penance, penance, penance. If thats what the Mother of God was asking of humanity at that time, what might be her message she is conveying to todays world?
I think about the world something like an erupting volcano spewing its poisonous venom all over the place. How do we protect ourselves, our loved ones and children, save the children, too many nowadays are starving not just for food but for love and for a meaning and purpose in this life, in this world, help them to find God. Take a time out (Lent), step back from the noise of the world. Have a private meeting, just you and God. Speak to God (prayer), then listen. He will make known to you what part you are responsible for in causing Him so much pain on His way to Calvary and on the Cross, then Hell say but lets be friends again, come back to me, just knock, the door will be open. If we open our doors to Lent God will open our hearts to love Him, our neighbor and ourselves, then one day, the doors of heaven.
The words we hear used most often to encourage Lenten penance is praying, fasting and almsgiving.
Lets all work on opening our hearts to receive the graces Lent has to offer, then come Easter, we too will experience a resurrection in our lives and put on the armor of the risen Christ.
Its quite sure that for some of us, or at least someone we know, this will be their last opportunity for Lent, death has no respect for age. Its not so much the years we have but how we live them. We are all Gods children. He loves us with an unfailing love. Mercy is His greatest attribute you know, let us not squander the graces He wishes to give us this Lent, thus giving Him love in return - so many ways to do this.
I prayed and God heard me and answered. I gave up a lot of food so others could eat. I gave up an extra bed so God could sleep.
God will say to us one day, Come home my friend, heaven is waiting.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) - A Mexican law-enforcement official says federal police have arrested two men who may be connected with the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent this week just north of the Mexico/Arizona border.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information, said it remained unclear if there was strong evidence linking the men to the shooting of Agent Nicholas Ivie. Another agent was wounded in the attack.
Ivie and two other agents were fired upon in a rugged hilly area about five miles north of the border as they responded to an alarm that was triggered on one of the sensors that the government has installed along the border.
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The motion picture academy announced Thursday that Angelina Jolie will receive the Hersholt humanitarian prize at the upcoming Governors Awards while Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin and Piero Tosi will all get honorary Oscars. Jolie already has an Academy Award on her mantle, winning in 1999 for her supporting performance in "Girl, Interrupted."
Last year, eyebrows were raised when no performers were part of the quartet recognized at these kudos. While three-time Oscar nominee Lansbury ("Gaslight," 1944; "The Picture of Dorian Gray," 1945; "The Manchurian Candidate," 1962) will be a popular choice, she may have bumped out your top pick for the honor -- Doris Day.
Once again, the board of governors snubbed this screen legend who topped the box office list for four years (1960, 1962 - 1964) and was a one-time Oscar nominee ("Pillow Talk," 1959). With all the work she has done over the years as an animal advocate, she also would have been a worthy choice for the Hersholt.
Jolie is being lauded for her efforts on behalf of refugees, including a dozen years working with the United Nations. The academy also made mention of her appearance in 2007's "A Mighty Heart," which reaped her Golden Globe and SAG bids but no Oscar nod.
While Martin has never been nominated for an Oscar, he has hosted the kudos three times and appeared in the 1977 Oscar contender for live action short "The Absent-Minded Waiter."
Tosi reaped five bids for Best Costume Design but was edged out each time, including for his three nominated collaborations with Luchino Visconti -- "The Leopard" (1963); "Death in Venice" (1971); and "Ludwig" (1973) -- as well as for "La Cage Aux Folles" (1979) and "La Traviata" (1982).
The selection process is fairly straightforward. Members of the board put forth suggestions, with each of the top choices then voted on individually. Honorees must receive support from at least half of those on the board. The usual limit is three honorees. For a fourth person to be named, he or she needs to garner two-thirds of the votes.
Since the academy shifted these honorary kudos from the telecast to a separate non-televised ceremony four years ago, they have feted 15 people.
In 2009, honorary Oscars went to actress Lauren Bacall, cinematographer Gordon Willis and producer Roger Corman while studio executive John Calley received the Thalberg Award.
In 2010, honorary Oscars were bestowed on actor Eli Wallach, filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard and film historian Kevin Brownlow while Francis Ford Coppola was given the Thalberg.
In 2011, honorary Oscars were awarded to actor James Earl Jones and makeup pioneer Dick Smith while TV personaility Oprah Winfrey was given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
In 2012, the academy snubbed on-screen talent entirely with honorary Oscars going to stuntman turned director Hal Needham, documentarian D.A. Pennebaker and director/producer George Stevens, Jr. while studio exec Jeffrey Katzenberg received the Hersholt.
The recipients for the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors will be announced after Labor Day. The selection committee chooses five entertainment veterans each year from a variety of fields - film, television, popular music, theatre, and the fine arts (dance, opera, classical music). There are a number of notable names still missing from the honors roll.
In the long history of films, nobody has starred in more blockbusters than Harrison Ford. His movies have grossed over $6 billion worldwide in a four-decade career. After a few small film roles and television guest work, he got his first big break in 1973 with "American Graffiti." He achieved major stardom with the three "Star Wars" films and four "Indiana Jones" movies. Other roles have included "The Conversation," "Apocalypse Now," "Blade Runner," "Witness" (which brought him his only Oscar nomination), "Working Girl," "Patriot Games," "Presumed Innocent," "The Fugitive," "Air Force One," "Regarding Henry," and "Cowboys and Aliens." Ford received the life achievement award from the American Film Institute in 2000 and the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes in 2002.
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USA Today sees an oily, gassy rainbow on America's energy horizon.
"Energy independence isn't just a pipe dream," read a large, bold headline on Wednesday's front. It was draped over an image of oil drums stamped "Made in USA," laid out like bowling pins in front the US flag.
The nearly 2,000-word cover story, by Tim Mullaney, described the current "energy boom" in great detail—from rising oil production and falling oil imports, to the declining price of natural gas, to increasing exports of refined petroleum products—and reported that it promises to deliver a variety of economic benefits, particularly jobs.
The piece began with a snapshot of Williamsport, a "once-sleepy chunk of north-central Pennsylvania" that's become "a star on the map of an emerging national energy rush," with the arrival of 100 new companies and 20-year-olds making over six figures a year. According to the article:
Much of Wall Street and Washington is seized by the hope that the US's energy future will be as bright as Williamsport's.
USA Today seems similarly seized. Indeed, there are many reasons to be optimistic about domestic energy production and its economic benefits. But the paper chose, as the central thread for its article, the "most enticing" projection in recent months: a Citigroup report released in March titled "Energy 2020: North America, the New Middle East." The report, as USA Today put it, predicted that "the US, or at least North America, can achieve energy independence by 2020."
Actually, the report was clear that at most North America could reach zero net oil imports by 2020. The US won't get there without Canada. But that's not really the point. USA Today's article, while nicely detailed, was just a bit too rosy.
As Michael Levi, an energy expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, argued in a May 7 blog post, "Oil and gas euphoria is getting out of hand." Levi criticized The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, National Review, The Hill, and other outlets for publishing a "gusher of increasingly hyperbolic claims about the revolutionary consequences" of the positive trends in US oil and gas production.
While stressing that the benefits of the boom are manifold—from creating jobs to starting to drive coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, out of the electricity sector—Levi rejected assertions that the boom would reduce US vulnerability to the events in the global market:
What would happen if the United States were to produce all the oil and gas it consumed? Set aside whether this is realistic; it still wouldn't do the trick. Unless we were prepared to abandon the WTO and NAFTA, shutting the United States oil and gas sectors off from the rest of the world with all the consequences that would entail, we'd still be exposed (though less so than before) to price shocks stemming from the Middle East and elsewhere, and would still be competing with China and others to buy resources on the world market, even if those were produced from underneath our own soil.
Ed Morse, the head of global commodities research at Citi, and the author of the report that became the backbone of USA Today's article, made a different case in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal in March. Not only does boosting North American production insulate the US from events abroad, he wrote, it could significantly reduce the cost of oil. According to his logic:
The US's growing crude output is affecting the price difference between the traditionally more expensive light sweet crudes (which yield higher-value products like gasoline) and heavy sour grades.
Excess Canadian crude oil produced from oil sands is expanding at a rate of one million barrels a day every five years. The more that's produced, the less of a market there will be for oil from Venezuela and some other OPEC member countries with similar-quality oil, requiring them to either curtail production or lower prices. Even if oil prices rise in the medium term, we expect 2020 prices to be no more than $85 per barrel, compared with today's prevailing global price of $125.
The key to that argument, however, is there will be "less of a market" for US competitors' oil. But the US Energy Information Administration predicts that global oil consumption will continue to rise for the foreseeable future, so it seems unlikely that there won't be demand for Venezuelan and OPEC oil.


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Yesterday, news broke that Goldman Sachs had fired one of its top foreign exchange salesmen in London. Immediately, people began wondering what had happened. Word was that Kevin Connors, who was co-head of global forex sales for G10 currencies, had abruptly departed last week. Goldman was officially declining to comment. But it was clearly the source of comments explaining that Connors had not acted illegally or harmed clients. So what happened? Read more »
Kevin Connors
Kevin Connors, co-head of global G10 FX sales, is "leaving" the bank following "a breach of internal compliance procedures." [Bloomberg]


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Deutsche Bank AG, seeking to raise $11.6 billion of capital, braced investors for a deepening trading slump and potential damage to its business from international probes of currency rigging and hiring practices.
Gary Townsend, the former bank analyst and co-founder of Hill-Townsend Capital LLC, formed his own hedge fund after winding down the firm he started with Vernon Hill.
Gary Townsend, a founder of Hill-Townsend LLC, talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about Citigroup's first-quarter earnings report. Townsend discusses how he sees Citigroup earnings as a beat and a good quarter for the bank. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness with Margaret Brennan." (Source: Bloomberg)
Results of the stress tests of 91 European Union banks show the region's problems are "manageable," said Gary Townsend, chief executive officer of Hill-Townsend Capital LLC in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a hedge fund that specializes in financial firms.
The following are the day's top business stories:
Botched trades by a JPMorgan Chase & Co. unit that Jamie Dimon had pushed to boost profit were masked by weak internal controls and may ultimately saddle the bank with a $7.5 billion loss.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. said interest- rate swaps and credit are among the biggest sources of revenue in its trading businesses, as it broke with most U.S. rivals by releasing a breakdown typically kept secret.
Morgan Stanley rose by the most in more than a year in New York trading after reporting earnings that beat analysts' estimates and revenue from trading stocks that surpassed all five of the company's bigger competitors.
Eton Park Capital Management LP and Viking Global Investors LP were among at least five hedge funds that exited their Citigroup Inc. stakes in the first quarter as investors shied away from U.S. banks facing revenue declines.
AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless , the biggest U.S. mobile carriers, are planning a venture to displace credit and debit cards with smartphones, posing a new threat to Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. , three people with direct knowledge of the plan said.
"Every bank is taking their numbers down in the trading part of the business."
- Gary Townsend on Jun 05, 2014


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June 10, 2002
The following story was written by Don Hall, from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. Don has been a student with the Bedford-Sackville Literacy Network for 5 months and meets with his tutor Linda Hutchison once or twice a week. He lives in Lower Sackville with his wife, Betty. He has two daughters and a dog named Chap. Don worked as a bus driver for 25 years.
A couple of years ago, my brother-in-law Wayne came to visit me in the hospital where I had been for over a month waiting for heart surgery. Besides being relatives, we are also very good friends. My wife Betty, who is Wayne's sister, was also there, along with my daughter, Krista. Little did we know that the evening would turn out to be something more than a simple hospital visit.
While we were talking and laughing my phone rang and I answered it to find out that it was Wayne's daughter in law reporting that Mom had had an accident. She had fallen down the stairs and was in a great deal of pain. Wayne is a very emotional person and upon hearing the news he was very upset, thinking the accident had happened to his 100 year-old mother in law who lives with them. When he realized it was actually his wife Gloria who had the accident, he was so shaken up that we had to get a nurse and a wheelchair for him. He wanted to go home to be with her but we talked him out of it after we learned through my daughter calling his home that she was coming in an ambulance to the same hospital where we were. It was going to be a long night.
It's amazing that one phone call can change a relationship or a view on life. Gloria had broken her arm in five places and was operated on right away. Wayne came back from seeing her and he felt much better. We started talking about different things that we had never discussed before. I spoke to him about my problems, together we shared our problems and we helped each other out by talking. It helped both of us.
When Wayne left we hugged each other and I could see tears in his eyes. There were tears in my eyes too. That was a sign that we loved each other. I felt better when he left and I still feel good about all that we shared. It was a long night but a good night. We were able to laugh about the situation later on when Gloria teased me about her being special enough to get an operation while I was still waiting. Eventually I did have my heart surgery and today both of us are doing fine.


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MI Rules MCR 3.961
Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated Currentness
Michigan Court Rules of 1985
Chapter 3. Special Proceedings and Actions
Subchapter 3.900. Proceedings Involving Juveniles (Refs & Annos)
(A) Form. Absent exigent circumstances, a request for court action to protect a child must be in the form of a petition.
(B) Content of Petition. A petition must contain the following information, if known:
(1) The child's name, address, and date of birth.
(2) The names and addresses of:
(a) the child's mother and father,
(b) the parent, guardian, legal custodian, or person who has custody of the child, if other than a mother or father,
(c) the nearest known relative of the child, if no parent, guardian, or legal custodian can be found, and
(d) any court with prior continuing jurisdiction.
(3) The essential facts that constitute an offense against the child under the Juvenile Code.
(4) A citation to the section of the Juvenile Code relied on for jurisdiction.
(5) The child's membership or eligibility for membership in an Indian tribe, if any, and the identity of the tribe.
(6) The type of relief requested. A request for removal of the child or a parent or for termination of parental rights at the initial disposition must be specifically stated. If the petition requests removal of an Indian child or if an Indian child was taken into protective custody pursuant to MCR 3.963 as a result of an emergency, the petition must specifically describe:
(a) the active efforts that have been made to provide remedial services and rehabilitative programs designed to prevent the breakup of the Indian family; and
(b) documentation, including attempts, to identify the child's tribe.
(7) The information required by MCR 3.206(A)(4), identifying whether a family division matter involving members of the same family is or was pending.
[Adopted February 4, 2003, effective May 1, 2003, 467 Mich.; Amended February 2, 2010, effective May 1, 2010, 485 Mich.]
Current with amendments received through January 1, 2011.


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My name is Jeff Taekman. I'm the Assistant Dean for Educational Technology, the Director of the Human Simulation and Patient Safety Center, a Neuroanesthesiologist in the Duke University School of Medicine and faculty in the Duke Clinical Research Institute.
I was one of three inaugural elected officers and served on the Board of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare during its formation. I served on the inaugural Editorial Board of the Journal of Simulation in Healthcare and co-chair the Special Interest Group on Serious Games, and moderate the Society's Listserv.
I lecture on subjects related to technology, simulation, distance learning, patient safety and productivity. I've directed the interdisciplinary, interprofessional Human Simulation and Patient Safety Center since its inception. The HSPSC configuration, with clinicians working side-by-side with human factors engineers, has been cited as a 21st century model for improving patient safety.
My interests include healthcare simulation (especially virtual environments/games-based learning) for education and process improvement, mobile computing, informatics, and research on research (focusing primarily on the use of simulation and human factors to improve the safety and quality of clinical trials).
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Apple is now apparently in the process of testing a minor iOS update, iOS 6.0.1, with carriers with the update likely to hit users in the coming weeks. The report comes from BGR who say that one of their Apple sources has let slip about the update and that numerous bugs will be fixed with the update, including enhanced Wi-Fi support and fixes for cellular data.
The site also reports that Apple has only just started testing a bigger iOS update in the form of iOS 6.1. It is suggested, therefore, that it will still be some time before users get to see the iOS 6.1 update and that it may not even hit until early next year, of course dependent upon how the testing goes. This means that the iPad mini which is expected to be unveiled tomorrow will likely ship with iOS 6.0 or iOS 6.0.1 when it is made available for purchase in the coming days.
BGR has a mixed record relating to new Apple products, but it makes sense that iOS 6.0.1 is in testing and will be released in a matter of days, particularly since it was release over a month ago. For comparisons sake, iOS 5.0.1 was released around a month after iOS 5.0 and iOS 5.1 came around five months after the release of iOS 5.0.


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Greg Pezza is right on target with his comments in the Courier Times about the proposed incinerator in Bristol Township.
Forty-five years ago, while taking law classes at Bucks County Community College, Professor Ward Clark, a Doylestown resident, often referred to the area south of Route 1 as the "lower end." I was always quite annoyed at that "lower end" label and its undertones.


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• Missing a TV channel? You may need to retune your TV • Some channels are changing frequency which means you will need to retune your TV, on a specific date • The dates for retune vary and your retune date will depend on where you live • Retuning is easy – just follow some simple instructions Now that Australia has completed the switch to digital-only television, some channels are changing their frequency. This means that, on a specific date, you will need to retune your television, set-top-box or digital TV recorder to ensure you continue to receive all your free-to-air TV channels and services. When do I need to Retune? You'll need to retune your TV on a specific date, not before. When you need to retune depends on where you live. The Australian Government has a website where you can enter your street address, suburb and postcode to find out your retune date. You can even sign up for an SMS or email reminder that will remind you when to retune. Click here to find out when your area is retuning How do I Retune? Once you know the date that retune is happening in your area, all you need to do is retune your TV on that date. On the date of retune (or shortly after), simply follow the steps below:
Note, some equipment will automatically detect changes to the TV channels and retune automatically. If you are experiencing difficulties, refer to your product's manual. Lost your product manual? Try searching for your particular model's instruction guide/manual online. Once the scan has finished, you should receive all of the digital TV channels that are available in your area. If you have a standard definition TV or equipment you will be able to receive all free-to-air channels except high-definition channels such as 7MATE, GEM and ONE. If you have a high definition TV or equipment you will be able to enjoy the full suite of free-to-air television services. To find out what channels are available in your area, visit Freeview's Channel Finder. If you aren't receiving some channels that you were receiving before the retune, repeat steps 1 to 3 above. If you are still experiencing difficulties, call the Government's Retune Helpline on 1800 20 10 13. What if I do nothing? If you do not retune your television, set-top-box or digital TV recorder on or shortly after your area's retune date, you may lose access to some of the channels you currently receive. If you miss the retune date in your area, don't worry, just retune your equipment using the instructions above. VISIT THE GOVERNMENT'S RETUNE WEBSITE WWW.AUSTRALIA.GOV.AU/RETUNE OR CALL 1800 20 10 13


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Pathway to Success Program
We know that mapping out your future is no easy task. BDO's Pathway to Success program is designed to help you make sense of it all by providing an inside look at the firm and the public accounting profession. This annual four-day event, held during summer break, is a unique and innovative offering designed specifically for college students approaching their second or third year of study (rising sophomores and juniors).
Get a First Look at Public Accounting
- Gain insight into the public accounting profession
- Attend presentations on topics including:
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- Work on team projects and make group presentations
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- Be one of an elite group of students chosen from across the nation for this prestigious opportunity
- Network with peers from other top accounting programs
- Travel all expenses paid to Chicago, BDO's headquarters location
- Participate in student social activities, such as outings to local tourist attractions, a Wii™ room, trivia nights and more
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Battery-driven, compact and concealed, the Zipp AirPlay speaker lets you play music wirelessly from anywhere in your house - even in the absence of a Wi-Fi network!
Wrapped in a colorfully cozy wool jacket and measuring slightly over a foot tall, the Libratone Zipp AirPlay speaker lets you wirelessly beam music directly from your phone or MP3 player directly to it. Since the data doesn't have to pass through a Wi-Fi network, it's perfect for travelling with. Whether you take it out to the beach or on camping trips, or want to use if for an outdoor party, the 60W speaker will always work with you music playing devices. However, if you choose to keep it near home, you always have the option of connecting it to your wireless network and using it like any other AirPlay speaker.
The Libratone Zipp AirPlay speaker also incorporates an internal reflection system that bounces sound from the Zipp's drivers in an approximate 360-degree radial direction so the audio quality sounds excellent even when you're not close to it. Best of all, the wool jacket that wraps the speaker comes in a wide variety of colors so you can always find a tone that fits harmoniously with your home decor.


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Following allegations that a public prosecutor in the 2G spectrum allocation case was in touch with one of the accused and allegedly shared with him certain details of the case, the Central Bureau of Investigation removed him and instituted a preliminary enquiry to probe the veracity of the charges.
"It came to our notice that Public Prosecutor A.K. Singh was allegedly in touch with Unitech managing director Sanjay Chandra who is an accused in a 2G spectrum allocation case. The case is at present under trial before the special court in the Patiala House Courts. Based on the information, the prosecutor was removed from the prosecution team and a preliminary enquiry was registered by us about four days ago to verify the allegations," said a CBI official.
After registering the preliminary enquiry, the CBI summoned Mr. Singh and Mr. Chandra and examined them on Monday. "The court has been kept abreast of the development and another prosecutor inducted into the team to assist in the ongoing trial," said the official, adding that the agency maintained a strict vigilance on its officials and prosecution teams and no instance of professional misconduct was taken lightly.
Keywords: 2G spectrum allocation case, A.K. Singh, Sanjay Chandra


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Bieber 'still coming to SA'
Justin Bieber is coming to South Africa in 2013 to perform two shows.
According to Die Burger, Justin van Wyk of Big Concerts let slip that Bieber will be touring South Africa next year while speaking at an event at the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town today.
Van Wyk said he can't confirm dates yet, but Bieber will be doing two shows, one in Cape Town and one in Johannesburg.
In July, Bieber tweeted that he would be coming to South Africa but at the time organisers could not confirm it.
According to Gwen Ironsi of Big Concerts no contract has been signed as yet, and as a result she "cannot comment".


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What I wore:
Love Culture shorts (similar and affordable style here or you can try these awesome Current/Elliot ones)
H&M clutch
Just Fab bracelets
Shoes, blouse, and necklace are from my online store launching Aug 1st 2012!
Owning my won business has been a dream of mine since I was a very young girl and I'm so happy to announce the launch date of our online boutique. August 1st 2012! I'm also very excited to be the official buyer too because I get to source and shop for the latest trends. Thank you all for being so patient with us through this whole process, there were a few bumps on the road but nothing we couldn't handle. I'll be wearing more and more things from our store as the launch date nears. Keep in touch with me through Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook to stay updated on this process. XOXO
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- How to keep virtual meetings real
- Google's $35 answer to bringing mobile, computer content to your TV
- Overwhelming demand for Chromecast surprises even Google
- Google dreams up free taxi rides to stores
- How Google's secretive lab innovates: rewarding failure
- Google resets its consumer device strategy
- Google is selling Motorola Mobility to Lenovo
- Google Glass gets a prescription
- Google bets on artificial intelligence, poaches DeepMind
Google looks to redefine online meetings
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Google has already changed how you watch online video through your TV, with Chromecast, and redefined the laptop, with Chromebook.
Now "Chromebox for meetings" is Google's answer to better video conferencing.
The video conferencing package, Chromebox for meetings, combines Google+ Hangouts and Google App and starts at $999. It comes with an Asus Chromebox with a Intel Core i7 processor, a high-definition camera, a combined microphone and speaker unit and a remote control. It will also carry a $250 annual management and support fee.
Of course, you can also get the Asus Chromebox by itself for $179, "a low-end Chromebook minus the screen and keyboard," as Time puts it. Also, an HP Chromebox will be available later this year.
But the idea is that Chromebox can be used to improve the video conference.
One of the most appealing features of Chromebox for meetings is the ease of use. As Google explains:"click the remote once and you're instantly in the meeting. No more complex dial-in codes, passcodes or leader PINs. Share your laptop screen wirelessly, no need for any cords and adaptors."
Another benefit of the service, as one commenter who has used the service internally at Google explained on Ycombinator, is how easy it is to share screens during a meeting. "Not only does it mean you don't have to fuss with cables/adaptors (which can also break/wear out), it also means that if someone wants to share something while someone else is presenting, you don't have to disconnect and reconnect various computers," the commenter said.
And if Chromebox for meetings sounds expensive, Google says a business can outfit at least 10 rooms with meeting capabilities "for the same price that companies have typically paid for one meeting room." That's because co-workers can use their web-connected devices to join the meeting.
Sure, more business meetings are happening online, but don't expect Google to get deep into the video conferencing business. As Caesar Sengupta, VP of product development for Chrome, told The Verge: "We don't really think of this as just a way to enter a new space for us; we saw this problem that needed to be addressed." And address it, they did.
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
DVD Release Date March 7, 2014
146 min
$424.6 mil
She thought she'd won, but in Catching Fire, the second installment of Hunger Games franchise, Katniss realizes her battle has only just begun. It's been several months since Katniss and Peeta walked away as joint winners of the Hunger Games, an unprecedented victory that leaves the entire continent talking. Unfortunately, not everyone is thrilled with the triumph of the star-crossed lovers from District 12. Revolution is in the air, spurred on by their defiance of the Capitol, and President Snow isn't at all happy with the rebellious murmurs of his formerly docile people. To remind everyone of their place, President Snow calls Katniss and Peeta back into the arena for the Quarter Quell, where former winners must do battle and leave only one survivor standing. This time Katniss and Peeta will be facing off against experienced killers and an even harsher environment than before, all while the continent grows more and more discontent with their totalitarian government. By the time the Quell is over, friends will be lost, lines will be crossed and change will be forever brought to Panem.
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The Blood Type Diet Archives Volume 8
Posted By: JoanneDate: Sunday, 24 January 1999, at 7:55 p.m.
In Response To: Lyme Disease and ER4YT? (Trowby (B+))
I'm an A blood type with chronic Lyme's Disease.....diagnosed in the summer after a visible tick bite......antibiotics seemed to be a waste of time....took them three times for a month each....have been told I probably had Lyme's before this last tick bite as I've had severe stiff knees and stiff neck for almost two years.....bottom line.....the diet is probably your best bet.....I was on the diet for a year before diagnosed with Lyme's but on a regular basis I'm fighting what I believe to be viral problems.....and in addition Babesios.....a parasite. Have had most success with Olive Leaf extract.....I'm sensitive so I have to take one or two at a time every two hours..I tried colloidal silver for 3 months didn't find it as effective as the olive leaf.....lately I've been adding H2O2 (an oxygenator...food grade....1/4 tsp. to a quart of water....)I wish you luck because this, like I read Ed Reich is not just bacterial.....I've had symptoms that felt more like Malaria....sweating, shivering..headaches...stiffness.... also had a high titer for EBV....I don't know where you live but I know there is a Lyme specialist in Ridgefield, CT....I didn't see him because I didn't want to do anymore antibiotics and that is his treatment.....I see a complimentary MD in Stamford who has Lyme's himself and is using homeopathic tick toxins on his Lyme patients (me, included).....email me if you need to find out any more about them.....email@example.com.....I really feel the most able to function when I follow ER4YT as close to 100% as possible.....but hey, we're human...... and it's hard...for example..I had corn tortillas in a mexican restaurant tonite feel a little sick....almost felt sorry I didn't stay home and feed myself HB foods.


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3 Muslim Women Elected in UK Polls
May 13, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
LONDON: Two Pakistani-British women were among the three women who became the first Muslim females to be elected to the British parliament following their success in the Thursday's UK national polls.
Yasmin Qureshi, a 47-year-old practising barrister, held on to the Labour seat from Bolton south east constituency (north west England), by taking 18,782 votes against her Conservative party rival Andy Morgan, who polled 15,827 votes.
Qureshi was contesting the election in place of Dr Brian Iddon who has retired from politics.
The other successful woman was Oxford-educated Barrister Shabana Mahmood, a Labour candidate who won with 19,950 votes.
She defeated her nearest Liberal-Democrat rival Ayoub Khan who bagged 9,845 votes.
Another Muslim candidate Nusrat Ghani who fought the election on Conservative Party ticket secured 4,277 votes. Mahmood defended the seat that was previously held by former International Development Secretary Clare Short who stepped down from Birmingham Ladywood constituency.
The third successful Muslim woman to have secured her passage to the Westminster was Rushanara Ali of the Bangladeshi-descent, who won East London constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow with 21,784 votes and in the process wrested the seat from Respect Unity Coalition whose candidate Abjol Miah got 8,532 votes.
In second place was Ajmal Mansoor of Liberal-Democrat with 10,210 votes.
However, the other Labour aspirant Maryam Khan, a 27-year-old solicitor contesting from Bury North, went down fighting to her Conservative Party rival David Nuttal who polled 18,070 votes against Khan's 15,827.
Khan was chosen to defend the seat previously held by David Chaytor, who was barred by the Labour Party from standing again and is being prosecuted over his expenses as a former MP. Labour also suffered defeat in Dewsbury, north west England, where sitting MP Shahid Malik, a junior minister, lost to his Conservative rival Simon Reevell by a narrow margin of 1,526 votes.
Reevell polled 18,898 votes against 17,372 votes by Malik.
However, according to analysts, Malik's chances were dented by another Pakistan-origin candidate Khizer Iqbal who stood as independent and returned with crucial 3,813 votes in a seven-corner contest. In Luton South constituency, Pakistan-origin councillor Qurban Hussein of Liberal-Democrat failed to unseat his Labour rival Gavin Shuker who secured 14,725 votes. Hussein, in fact, finished third with 9,567 votes behind the second placed Nigel Huddleston of the Tory party. app.
Houstonian Corner (V12-I4)
January 21, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Friends of Gubernatorial Race Candidate Shami Organized Unity Dinner Meeting
Ahmad AL-Yasin, Muzaffar Siddiqui and other friends of Farouk Shami, candidate for the Democratic Party Nomination for Texas Governor, organized a dinner at the Arab Cultural Center, for Mr. Shami to speak to the community about his candidacy and campaign issues. It was termed as "The Unity Dinner", since it was attended by people from all the diverse communities, including Caucasians, Europeans; African-Americans; South-Americans; Africans; Middle-Eastern; South-Asian; and South-East-Asians. Mr. Shami was accompanied by Jerome Ringo, one of his campaign consultants, who is an avid advocate for environmental justice, clean energy, and quality jobs. Present on the occasion was Paul Lynch, Consul General of England in Houston.
After his inspiring speech, Farouk Shami had a special meeting with President of the Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH) Dr. Aziz Siddiqi to discuss his campaign. Dr. Siddiqi assured him that as candidate, he has all the chance to visit ISGH Masajids and meet with people: However ISGH being 501 (c) does not canvass for any candidate.
In his stirring and honest presentation after lavish Middle Eastern dinner, Farouk Shami said that both his rival Former Mayor of Houston Bill White and competing party's candidate Rick Perry have bragged in the recent past about bringing job into Houston, Texas and USA: If one looks closely, one easily find out that majority of these jobs were brought by his company CHI Farouk Systems.
"I know how to balance billions of dollars of budget, while my main contender has recently left the City of Houston in huge budget deficit and $103 millions of dollars short. I have always run by company debt-free and this is how the State of Texas should be run," said Mr. Shami.
"Vote for me and I will bring resources and opportunities to diversify Texas economy with the development of new market sectors through tax & other incentives, job growth, clean energy resources, rehabilitated transportation infrastructure, initiatives for food sufficiency in Texas and much more. I have good working relationship with high level businesspersons and government officials in more than 100 countries and I will use that leverage for a most prosperous Texas," added Farouk Shami.
For more information, one can visit his website at: http://www.faroukforgovernor.org/
Helping Hand Organizing Medical & Relief Missions to Haiti
Executive Director of International Projects for Helping Hand For Relief & Development (HHRD) Irfan Khurshid reached Port-Au-Prince on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 to place all the logistical systems and base camp to start providing assistance to thousands of Haitians'. With American forces occupying most of the airport in Port-Au-Prince, Mr. Khurshid had to reach Haiti from Canada, going first to Havana – Cuba, then to Santa Domingo – Dominican Republic, and then by land into Haiti. He has already started the food distribution in Haiti.
With this humanitarian crisis of massive proportions in Haiti, HHRD is in the process of setting up a base camp. Once the camp; systems, logistics; and procedures are in place, HHRD will need services from doctors and medical staff, as well as relief-&-social workers. To register for this Haiti Earthquake Recuperation Program 2010, one can reach ILyas Hasan Choudry, who is coordinating Medical and Relief teams for HHRD to go to Haiti. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 1-832-275-0786.
In a communiqué received from HHRD, it has been learnt that HHRD, a leading US Muslim Community International Relief organization, has launched a $1.5 Million Haiti Earthquake Recuperation Fund. HHRD is one of the leading international NGOs of USA Muslim Community [501 (c) (3) – Federal IRS Tax Exempt ID: 31-1628040] and their motto is "Muslims For Humanity", meaning wherever humanity will need assistance, HHRD will try the best possible way using all resources and networks to help our fellow beings.
HHRD has a matching donation program, so when someone donates to HHRD, they can ask their employer to fully or partly match that giving. For all updates and more information, one can visit www.hhrd.org or call Farrukh Raza, Chairman HHRD at 1-732-593-7017 and/or Shahid Hayat, Executive Director at 1-347-400-1899.
Salim Ejaz Still Alive in NY Comptroller Race
September 24, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Press Release
"Good News!" announced the Salim Ejaz election committee's press release, "We are on the ballot for general election as an independent candidate."
"Our candidacy is alive and well–we are on the ballot for the general election being held on November 3rd, as an independent candidate.
"With God's grace, we have the strongest candidacy. The only candidate who is a CPA, has 40 years of experience and has a stellar performance record of having saved taxpayers several hundred million dollars. In the coming weeks, our candidacy should start getting coverage by the mainstream media. We are already on the Voter Guide, of which 2.5 million copies were distributed and we have also been on NBC Video Guide (please visit our website for this and other media coverage).
"We will be soon issuing our press releases detailing our plans to save NYC several hundred million dollars. No other candidate has offered any such plan.
"We can win if we can obtain adequate funding. Contributions can be easily made through our website by using credit cards.
"Please spread our message and get involved: Vote. Volunteer. Contribute. We will keep you posted.
"God bless you."
By Salim Ejaz, Your Candidate for NYC Comptroller


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Forums >Gears and Wears>Dude...whoa...trail shoes specifically for ice and snow!
Needs more cowbell!
• 6 duathlons (1 Olympic distance)
• 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)
I've seen some other brands with winter shoes. However, I never noticed trail shoes that mention the type of gait their for, i.e. motion control, stability or neutral. What's the deal with that? - R
CPT Curmudgeon
I apparently have never lived where it gets that cold. I got a pair of YakTrax Pros for X-mas, but no snow or ice yet, so I don't know how well they'll hold up for running.
Kirsten, save your money. Check this out, these have never done me wrong. Plus you can wear your normal running shoes. http://www.skyrunner.com/screwshoe.htm Otherwise, Yaktrax rock, too.