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Marc Adams [Description] Marc Adams has been woodworking professionally for more than 28 years. In 1991, he became a technical consultant to the WWPA, SFPA, AHEC, and the U.S. government, representing the United States on International Quality of Furniture Making. Learn more about Marc, CLICK HERE | |
Chuck Bender [Description] Chuck began woodworking at the age of 12, and in his teens, he studied under a German Master who taught him the value and proper use of hand tools. After his formal training, he worked with two Chester County, Pennsylvania master furniture makers. Throughout his apprenticeship Chuck studied period furniture design and construction. For more than 30 years, he's created masterpieces for clients throughout the country. Since starting his own period-furniture business is 1991, Chuck has been recognized as one of America's top traditional craftsmen. His work can be seen in private collections, museums and some of the best juried craft shows in the country. Chuck opened The Acanthus Workshop in 2007, a Philadelphia area-based school that provides woodworking instruction to students of all levels. Chuck also teaches classes online through http://www.acanthus.com/category/nobswoodworking/. Chuck has written several articles for Popular Woodworking Magazine, and is the host of several DVDs, including "Carve a Ball & Claw Foot," "Cabriole Legs Simplified" and "Dovetail Mastery." Sessions:
11/03/2012 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Dovetails from Philly to Bermuda
11/04/2012 11:30 am - 1:00 pm String Inlay & Edgebanding | |
Curtis Buchanan [Description] Curtis Buchanan builds Windsor chairs in much the same way they were made 200 years ago, and has been a full-time chairmaker since 1984. He works from a small one-man shop located in the heart of the Historic District in Jonesborough, Tenn. Learn more about Curtis, CLICK HERE | |
Keith Bundy [Description] Keith has been turning wood for the past 20 years and is a mentor for the Ohio Valley Woodturners Guild. Keith has been an assistant instructor for professional turners Graeme Priddle and Dixie Biggs, and an instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School and the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. He has taught classes for the Cincinnati Woodcraft store and has been a demonstrator for various chapters of the American Association of Woodturners and for regional symposiums.
11/03/2012 9:00 am - 10:30 am Finials, Pulls, Knobs & Tool Handles 11/03/2012 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Finials, Pulls, Knobs & Tool | |
Adam Cherubini [Description] Adam Cherubini builds 18th-century style furniture using 18th-century tools and techniques; everything he builds is completely by hand. In addition to serving as contributing editor to Popular Woodworking Magazine, Adam is a professional cabinetmaker who has been twice recognized by Early American Life magazine as one of the best traditional artisans in the country. Adam makes replica hand tools in the 18th-century style, in addition to furniture from the period. His Arts & Mysteries column for Popular Woodworking Magazine (and he's now back as its regular writer) is an enduring favorite, and you can find more on his building and design philosophy on his Arts & Mysteries Blog at popularwoodworking.com. Sessions: 11/02/2012 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Moulding Planes 11/02/2012 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm 18th-century Tricks of the Trade 11/03/2012 9:00 am - 10:30 am Stock Prep by Hand 11/03/2012 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Moulding Planes | |
Lowell Converse [Description] Lowell has been an amateur and semi-professional woodturner for 45 years. After a career in the U.S. Air Force and then private industry, he has become a versatile practitioner of the art. His work has been featured in American Woodworker, American Woodturner and on the DIY network, and he has been a frequent demonstrator at various chapters of the American Association of Woodturners and at regional symposiums. He has conducted numerous classes at Woodcraft stores in Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus. Sessions: 11/02/2012 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Turning Furniture Legs 11/04/2012 9:00 am - 10:30 am Turning Furniture Legs | |
Megan Fitzpatrick [Description] Megan Fitzpatrick is managing editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine, a position she's held since the fall of 2005, when she began taking woodworking seriously, and soaked up everything she could from her fellow staff members.
Megan considers herself a "hybrid" woodworker in that she uses both hand and power tools in the shop – but her (current) favorite tool is her router plane. In her spare time, she's working on a Ph.D. in early modern drama (a.k.a. Shakespeare), and is working toward specializing in furniture from the same period. Sessions: 11/02/2012 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Handplane Basics 11/03/2012 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Workbenches 101 | |
Ron Herman [Description] Since taking over a nearly century-old extended family business in 1996, Ron Herman has continued the tradition as master house wright and carpenter for Antiquity Builders of Ohio. From his mill in Columbus, with its extensive inventory of period hand tools (and modern machinery), the trades are practiced to the highest levels. Whether felling trees or doing fine carpentry, hand tools play a vital role both in the mill and on the job site. Ron's customer base continues to expand with those who want accurate, historical restoration – and a home to brag about. His company also does new builds.For the last decade he has worked with numerous historical societies and woodworking clubs to educate them in identification, care and proper use of 19th- and 20th-century woodworking hand tools. Sessions: 11/02/2012 9:00 am - 11:30 am Wood ID 11/02/2012 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Picking & Sharpening a Handsaw 11/02/2012 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Hand & Power Tools Together 11/03/2012 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Hand & Power Tools Together 11/03/2012 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Picking & Sharpening a Handsaw 11/03/2012 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm Wood ID 11/04/2012 9:30 am - 11:00 am Picking & Sharpening a Handsaw | |
Glen D. Huey [Description] Glen Huey is long-time professional furniture maker, author, DVD host and woodworking teacher who has been involved in the craft since he turned 14 - that's 38 years. His first major piece of fine furniture was a Sheraton bed that he has to this day. Glen's first published project appeared in Popular Woodworking in November 1997. Learn more about Glen, CLICK HERE | |
Frank Klausz [Description] In woodworking circles, the name Frank Klausz practically is synonymous with no-fuss, tight-fitting hand-cut dovetails, and he's taught countless woodworkers to cut joints of all sorts by hand through his videos, seminars and magazine articles. He's one of the most recognized craftsmen of our age – and rightfully so. Learn more about Frank, CLICK HERE | |
Robert Lang [Description] Bob is executive editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine and the author of "Woodworker's Guide to Google SketchUp" and five books of measured drawings of furniture and interiors of the Arts & Crafts movement of the early 20th century, including "Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture," "Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays and Hardware" and "Shop Drawings for Greene & Greene Furniture," to name a few. He is also the author of "The Complete Kitchen Cabinetmaker" and "Drafting & Design for Woodworkers."
In addition to his editorial duties, Bob designs and builds many of the magazines' projects and is responsible for many of the illustrations and measured drawings. Before joining the magazine in 2004, he spent more than 25 years designing and building custom cabinets and furniture, both in his own shops and in large commercial shops. During the last five years of this period, he served as project manager for a number of large commercial and residential projects, developing working drawings in AutoCAD, and planning and supervising the fabrication and installation of custom cabinets and millwork. Sessions: 11/02/2012 11:00 am - 12:30 pm SketchUp 11/02/2012 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Arts & Crafts 11/04/2012 9:00 am - 10:30 am SketchUp 11/04/2012 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Arts & Crafts | |
Mary May [Description] Mary May is a full-time professional woodcarver in Charleston, S.C. She has studied with a variety of European master carvers around the world, focusing on the designs and techniques that have been used for centuries. Mary is a member of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers and has written several woodcarving articles for their yearly journal. She has recently been a guest on the PBS TV series "The Woodwright's Shop" with Roy Underhill and is a woodcarving instructor at his school, The Woodwright's School. Mary also teaches at a variety of other schools and locations around the country, including Marc Adams School of Woodworking, Kelly Mehler School of Woodworking and a variety of Woodcraft Supply Stores. She has also created several instructional DVDs on carving details for period furniture, such as the ball-and-claw foot, acanthus leaf and concave and convex Newport shell. Her web site is marymaycarving.com. Sessions: 11/02/2012 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Carving a Ball-and-Claw Foot 11/02/2012 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Carving an Acanthus Leaf 11/03/2012 10:00 am - 11:30 am Carving a Ball-and-Claw Foot 11/03/2012 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Carving an Acanthus Leaf | |
Jeff Miller [Description] Jeff Miller started making furniture and musical instruments on a break from college in 1977. In 1983, after a career as a professional musician, he started his own furniture studio. He has been building furniture, writing, teaching, and making mounds of sawdust ever since. Jeff specializes in chairs and chair design, and wrote what has become the main book on building joined chairs, "Chairmaking and Design" (Linden Publishing). There is also a companion DVD, "Chairmaking Techniques" (Taunton). Jeff has also written "Beds" (Taunton), "Children's Furniture" (Taunton), and the soon-to-be-released "Foundations of Better Woodworking" (Popular Woodworking Books). He is also a regular writer for both Popular Woodworking and Fine Woodworking magazines. Jeff's award-winning work has been featured in juried and museum shows across the country, and is in the permanent collection of the Chicago History Museum.
Jeff teaches in his own studio (j. Miller Handcrafted Furniture) in Chicago, and has also taught classes and seminars at Marc Adams School of Woodworking, the Kelly Mehler School of Woodworking, Lie-Nielsen Toolworks and the Redrocks School of Fine Woodworking, among others. Jeff also presented two seminars at the AWFS conference in Las Vegas in 2011. Sessions: 11/02/2012 9:00 am - 10:30 am Working Smarter 11/02/2012 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Furniture Design 11/03/2012 9:00 am - 10:30 am Furniture Design 11/03/2012 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Working Smarter | |
Dale Miner [Description] From his first exposure to a wood lathe, Dale Miner has been an aggressive student in the art. A lifelong history of working with and machining metal allowed for a quick grasp of the principles needed for proper tool presentation and technique. Even though Dale frequently does woodturning demonstrations and teaches, he feels that there is still much to learn. From an early age, a desire to build or create was present. That desire led Dale to become a self-taught potter in the 1970s, a venture that included building a kick wheel and several kilns. An appreciation for form developed during that period that remains to this day, and Dale finds wood lathe is the perfect tool to satisfy his need to create. In a short time, a nondescript piece of wood can be transformed into a functional bowl or a beautiful decorative item.
In addition to an interest in woodturning, Dale has a wide variety of other interests that include antique steam traction engines, sawmills and metal spinning. Sessions: 11/04/2012 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Bowls & Platters | |
Paul Schurch [Description] Paul was born in Santa Barbara, Calif.,and from an early start, he was always interested in building things, and attending shop classes whenever possible. When he was 15, he moved to Switzerland where he studied piano building for a year then moving into a four-year Church Organ Building apprenticeship. After his graduation in 1977, he eventually returned to the United States to open up his own shop, and continued returning to specialty trade shops in Europe to get further educated in the art of furniture restoration in Switzerland, veneering and marquetry in northern Italy, stone marquetry in Florence and traditional boatbuilding in England. This laid the foundation he needed to become the world-class master woodworker he is today. Paul currently owns a custom woodworking shop specializing in fine furniture producing between two and 30 pieces per year, winning many awards in competitions such as Design in Wood, Veneertech Challenge and American Woodworker. Paul has been active as a teacher of woodworking, veneering and marquetry in many schools throughout the U.S. and abroad. He has produced books, DVDs and written many articles on a variety woodworking subjects in many magazines, and was recently featured on "Rough-Cut with Tommy Mac," a national TV show on PBS. See schurchwoodwork.com for more details. Sessions:
11/02/2012 9:30 am - 11:00 am Marquetry for Furniture 11/02/2012 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Veneering Successfully 11/03/2012 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Veneering Successfully 11/03/2012 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Marquetry for Furniture | |
Christopher Schwarz [Description] Christopher Schwarz is the former editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine and is now a contributing editor. A long-time amateur furniture maker and hand-tool enthusiast, he began working with wood at age 8 when his family members built their first home on their farm outside Hackett, Ark., using hand tools because there was no electricity.
Learn more about Chris, CLICK HERE | |
Steve Shanesy [Description] Steve Shanesy is now Senior Editor for Popular Woodworking Magazine, after stepping down from his role as Publisher and Editorial Director. Steve joined the magazine in 1994 as Editor, a position he held for several years. Prior to joining Popular Woodworking Magazine, Steve worked in the furniture and cabinetmaking industry for 13 years. In the trade, he was a cabinetmaker and also managed small - to medium-sized custom furniture and cabinetmaking shops in Los Angeles and Cincinnati. Steve graduated from Ohio University with a journalism degree and learned woodworking fundamentals at Los Angeles Trade Technical College. Steve is primarily a power-tool woodworker. He has extensive experience in wood finishing. His favorite furniture style is contemporary. In 2005 he took up turning and especially enjoys spending time at lathe these days.
11/02/2012 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Finishing for the Frustrated 11/03/2012 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Planning a Successful Project | |
Matthew Teague [Description] Matthew is editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine. After working for five years as a literary editor at The Oxford American magazine, he joined the staff at Fine Woodworking where he spent seven years, and rose to the position of managing editor. For the last several years, until joining the staff at Popular Woodworking Magazine, Matthew operated his own successful furniture-making business, and his designs have been exhibited at the Tennessee State Museum and the Knoxville Museum of Art, and one of his pieces is also part of the permanent collection at the National Museums of Northern Ireland. Matthew is the author of "Getting Started in Woodworking: Projects for Your Shop," "Woodworking 101," and numerous magazine articles ranging on everything from John Wilkes Booth to concrete reinforcement and, of course, furniture making. Sessions: 11/03/2012 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm The Pegged Joint 11/04/2012 9:00 am - 10:30 am Furniture Proportioning Systems 11/04/2012 11:00 am - 12:30 pm The Pegged Joints | |
Roy Underhill [Description] Roy Underhill, a former master craftsman at Colonial Williamsburg (and the living history museum's first master housewright), is the host of the PBS show "The Woodwright's Shop," which is in its 32nd season - that makes it the longest-running how-to show on television.
11/02/2012 9:30 am - 11:00 am The Rake's Progress 11/02/2012 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Old Time Sash by Hand 11/03/2012 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Old Time Sash by Hand 11/03/2012 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm The Rake's Progress | |
Don Williams [Description] Don Williams is a Maryland and Virginia-based conservator, educator, author and finisher, and has over the past 40 years worked on preserving and restoring some of the most interesting objects in our nation's public and private collections. He has written and taught on an array of subjects related to artifact conservation, woodworking and historical wood finishing. In his spare time he passionately pursues varied interests, including economics, metal casting and homesteading.
His current projects include the almost-finished relocation/reconstruction of a 19th-century timber frame barn as a studio/classroom/command center at his remote mountain retreat (complete with its own micro-hydropower system), replicating the chairs of Samuel Gragg, building a japanned Queen Anne highboy, fabricating a classical style marquetry chevalet and the requisite collection of historically inspired workbenches, and publishing the annotated translation of J.A. Roubo's 1765 masterpiece "L'Art du Menuisier" and an exquisitely illustrated book on the H. O. Studley tool cabinet and workbench. Sessions: 11/03/2012 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm Secrets of Period Finishing | |


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Juan Olivarez became the seventh president of Aquinas College on July 1, 2011. Previously he served as the president/CEO of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation from July 2008 through June 2011 and as president of Grand Rapids Community College from 1999 through June 2008. He holds a doctorate in family and child ecology from Michigan State University, a master's degree in educational psychology from Wayne State University, and a bachelor's degree from Aquinas College.
A native of Benavides, Texas, Olivarez and his family moved to East Chicago, Ind., where his father and uncle worked in the steel mills of Gary. In 1967 he arrived in Grand Rapids to attend Aquinas College. His career in education began in 1971 when he was hired by Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) to teach first grade, becoming one of the first bilingual teachers in the district. Olivarez worked for GRPS for 20 years.
Olivarez currently serves on several national and local/regional boards and committees including the Innovation Network for Communities; National Commission on Adult Education; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; National Advisory Committee for Higher Education; the Van Andel Education Institute; Ryerson Library Foundation; and the Early Childhood Investment Corporation. He received the Exemplary Leadership Award from Junior Achievement Worldwide in 2010, the Aquinas College Reflection Award in 2009 and the Education Excellence Award, from the School of Education at Michigan State University in 2008.
Olivarez met his wife, Mary, at Aquinas College. They celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in May 2011. They have two sons, Elias (Mindy) and Sam. They also are the proud grandparents of two beautiful grandchildren.

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5 Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp
Learn techniques that help you maintain mental agility
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Research shows there's lots you can do to avoid those "senior moments." Some techniques worth trying:
1. Chill Out
The brain remembers better when it's relaxed, say researchers at the California Institute of Technology. Take a few minutes each day to breathe deeply or meditate.
2. Focus on the Future
People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced risk of Alzheimer's, according to a recent study. Don't worry if your calendar isn't overflowing with life-changing events: Setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend (and keeping it) will do.
3. Go for a Walk
Mildly elevated glucose levels (even if you don't have diabetes) can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories, say Columbia University researchers. Experts agree that physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal.
4. Snack on Berries
Blueberries have compounds called anthocyanins that help communication between brain cells and appear to improve memory, says Robert Krikorian, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati.
5. Learn Something New
Take a Spanish class online, join a knitting club or learn to play poker. A UC Irvine study found that mental stimulation limits the debilitating effects of aging on memory and the mind.


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Baton Rouge, LA (NBC33) — Claiborne Elementary [1] used the dinner table to bring its family together.
Hundreds of men brought their children back to school Wednesday night for the school's first Dinner with Dads. It was part of the school's effort to increase engagement among the men of the community, and featured guest speakers talking about the value of an active father in a child's education and life.
"Us as black men, men period, need to step up and be able to take some roles and be able to lead our community, lead our kids, and show them the right way," said Marcus Randall, the former LSU quarterback who now teaches and coaches at Scotlandville High School.
If a healthy meal helps a child grow strong, school leaders hope Dinner with Dads can do the same for Claiborne. Willie Haney Jr. said the community has been weak for too long when it comes to education.
"I think we all slacked up, being parents-wise," Haney Jr., whose granddaughter attends Claiborne, said. And I liked the way they talked [Wednesday], about we need to get involved and come to the school."
"A lot of our parents, they work a lot," noted Robert Wells, Claiborne's Dean of Students. "So that time of going home, having the opportunity to sit down and spend with their family, they don't have it. So we decided to set out some time here at the school. And you can see how much they appreciate it."
The cafeteria was filled with fathers who appreciated not only the meal, but the school.
"Helluva job. I'm so proud of the school," Haney Jr. said. "This is my first time. I said, 'this school is nicer, man, than when I was coming up.' It's more to offer now."
"I think it's perfect," Cedric Banks Sr. agreed. "It's a good school for all the kids in the neighborhood to go to. It's wonderful."
Claiborne was the only traditional school in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System to earn a failing grade last year according to the state [2]. But an observer would not have known that based on the turnout and enthusiasm Wednesday night.
"We are a school of choice," Wells claimed. "Not that the kids can choice out and leave here; that's what the state says. But the kids here chose to be here. The parents that have their kids here, they chose to be here. So we look at Claiborne as a choice school, but the positive choice."
Dinner with Dads came about because of a breakfast held in December called Donuts with Dads.
"After doing Donuts with Dads, some of the dads were so impressed with the turnout that we had to capitalize on that positive energy, so we had to come up with a sequel," Wells stated.
"So we've seen an increase in the number of dads who are comfortable coming to the school, participating in their child's academic achievement," added Principal Stephanie Tate.
In return for the meal, the school asked parents to participate even more, by signing up to read, tutor, or provide a friendly, safe face in the halls. And once again, the parents said yes to Claiborne.
"My granddaughter don't want me," Haney Jr. joked, "but I'm gonna volunteer anyhow."


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In just under 100 pages, The SuperManager, by Greg Blencoe, delivers a powerful model for effective management and supervisory skills in the form of a concise and engaging short story.
We follow new-manager Andrew as he is mentored by his original super-manager, Leon. By incorporating "The SuperManager's Seven Principles" into a narrative, Blencoe removes us to the third person, where we feel not lectured, but entertained.
The SuperManager does a great job of incorporating Experiential Learning into an independent-reading book. It's akin to a simulation – following along with Andrew (he even takes notes for us!) – making it memorable and enjoyable.
Through the story, Blencoe unpacks his "Seven Principles" in conversational language, accompanied by anecdotal examples – emphasizing the accessibility of effective management skills, and placing them in a realistic and specific context.
The SuperManager makes an excellent take-away for any Management or Supervisory Skills training session. With a section for each "Principle", it's something to refer back to as a reminder or refresher for new and experienced managers alike.
The SuperManager is available on Amazon.com
For more information on SuperManagers, visit Greg Blencoe's blog


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Kia Classic begins in Carlsbad's Aviara Gold Club: Yani Tseng dropped from tournament
Defending champ missed pro-am tee time
CARLSBAD, Calif. - The $1.7 million Kia Classic begins Thursday at its new home, the Aviara Golf Club at the Park Hyatt Resort, without defending champion Yani Tseng.
Tseng, whose 109-week reign atop the Rolex Women's Golf Rankings ended Monday, was dropped from the tournament after missing her 9:10 a.m. pro-am tee time on Wednesday.
"I'm embarrassed to admit that I wasn't feeling well last night and accidentally overslept and missing my tee time for the pro-am this morning," the Taiwan native said in a statement released Wednesday.
"I was extremely excited to compete this week to defend my title at the Kia Classic and to try to regain the No. 1 spot. This was an unfortunate mistake and I want to apologize to Kia, my sponsors and all of my fans."
Tseng wrote on her Twitter account that her alarm did not go off, her caddy tried to call her, but her cellphone was dead and she plans on buying a new alarm clock to "make sure I wake up on time."
Under LPGA Tour rules, a player late for her designated pro-am starting time who does not arrive at her official group before the first player on her pro-am team tees off on the second hole is withdrawn from that week's tournament.
The tournament was moved from the La Costa Resort and Spa, where it was held in 2010 and 2012, because of planned renovations to its South Course, tournament director Dennis Baggett told U-T San Diego.
The 7,007-yard Aviara Golf Club, designed by Arnold Palmer, was named by Golf Digest and Golf Magazine as one of the best resort golf courses in America and the top golf resort in San Diego by readers of Conde Nast Traveler.
"I think it is a great course," said Paula Creamer, 11th on the Rolex Women's Golf Rankings. "I think the fairways are very generous. Obviously they're huge greens, but you have to hit it in the right section or else you're going to have some impossible putts out there.
"There's no hole that's the same and that's pretty nice when you're a golfer and you can go out and every hole requires something different."
Creamer called the course's four par-3 holes "some of the most beautiful par 3s I've seen."
Stacy Lewis, who moved atop the rankings with her victory in the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup in Phoenix on Sunday, leads the 144-player field.
"Stacy is playing the best golf right now and deserves that spot," Creamer said.
Lewis spent nearly seven years in a back brace and underwent surgery during her senior year of high school to insert a rod and screws on her spine to overcome scoliosis.
"I'm having a blast on the golf course and to be No. 1 in the world, it's what everybody out here on tour is working for," said Lewis, who has won each of her last two tournaments. "I couldn't have dreamed that the kid who grew up wearing a back brace is the No. 1 player in the world."
The tournament runs through Sunday. The champion will receive $255,000.


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I've been curious about this for a while: What does Dr. Crazy's office look like? Is is a typical psych's office or is it calm and relaxing?
I am so delighted you asked this question because it gave me the opportunity to observe my surroundings, during my last appointment, like the side kick of one of my favorite childhood character's, Harriet The Spy!
I have mentioned Dr. Crazy's waiting room before. I talked about the stellar reading selection here, and the musical ambiance here, but now I will get to the juicy part - his office.
I wouldn't exactly call Dr. Crazy's office calm and relaxing, but I wouldn't call it the typical psych's office either. His office is a nice large room with a big messy desk and two large, apple, computer screens that are linked together so the screen saver moves back and forth from one to the other. There are several large windows and lots and lots and lots of plants. This man must love plants because I'm talking about a lot of plants here, people.
He has three large book shelves with books of all genres. Medical and psychiatry of course, but also meditation, art, poetry, rock climbing, philosophy...and on and on. Books covering a vast meridian of topics, and yes, I asked, he has read them all. What a smarty pants.
He has a chess board set up, on which we have never played, but he has often offered, and his walls are covered with crooked framed papers - degrees, certifications, awards, and such. However, they are crooked for a very good reason. If you fix one, suddenly a different one looks crooked. Fix that one, and another appears to be askew. We have played that game for at least ten minutes on more than one occasion.
Dr. Crazy's office is filled to the brim with artwork, which I love. He has two, large, fascinating paintings hanging on the wall as well as a beautiful photograph he took of a solar eclipse.
The surfaces of his office also adorn artwork. The windowsills and open spaces on the bookshelves hold all kinds of wee art. Some appear to have been made by children, perhaps his children, and some of them have been given to him by patients including the word art blocks I gave him.
My favorite of his wee art collection is a broken ceramic pineapple his daughter made for him. It broke during the earthquake we had last year. He wrote the date on the bottom and kept it displayed in two broken pieces as an "earthquake souvenir."
But I have saved the best for last.
There is something very curious about Dr. Crazy's office. It is not unusual to arrive for your appointment and enter into an only oddly familiar room. Dr. Crazy is constantly rearranging his office. Like all the time. I'm talking completely rearranged. His desk always stays in the same place, but everything else is up for grabs. I find it both endearing and very amusing.
To me, entering Dr. Crazy's office for my appointment is a lot like the work we do navigating my bipolar disorder.
It's not always the same.
Sure the same elements are there: desk, bookshelf, lamp, chair, plant, painting, ceramic pineapple, etc. But they're not always in the same place, and oops, one day you walk in and the pineapple is broken.
But you adjust. You settle into the new arrangement.
You notice new things you didn't notice before because your chair is in a new spot.
And that pineapple?
Well, yeah, it broke, but write the date on it. It broke because something happened. When something "happens" to us, when we have an episode, when we feel like a broken ceramic pineapple fallen from a shelf from a mania or depression...we are not broken. I can promise you that. I will say it again. We are not broken. Dr. Crazy proved it to me. We are not broken. We are an earthquake souvenir. And that is something not to be ashamed of, but something to be cherished. Because we are something to be cherished, bipolar disorder and all - mania, depression and all.
I know it's not easy to embrace the idea of being a earthquake souvenir, or rather a bipolar souvenir, if it means embracing and accepting manias, depressions, mixed episodes, and all the heartache that comes along with it...but kiddos...it's truly our best chance at living that full and beautiful life we are all entitled to and capable of.
We're so much cooler than these magnet souvenirs.
So what do you say? Instead of worrying about precariously gluing our pineapple back together, let's get out our sharpie, write the date, and put it on display - a reminder we can make it through difficult times because, by golly we can, and we sure as hell have.
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How to beat the inflation bogey
PUBLISHED: 06 Sep 2012 05:04:12 | UPDATED: 06 Sep 2012 05:52:19PUBLISHED: 06 Sep 2012 PRINT EDITION: 06 Sep 2012Cash risk: Governments that print stimulus money have a record of creating inflation Michel O'Sullivan
Fund managers gathering around the water cooler get sombre when the word deflation comes up but tend to be more relaxed about inflation.
Yet the prospect of fast-rising prices in the future is a sleeper issue that may quickly turn into a new investment nightmare.
Consumer price index figures released last month show inflation was just 0.5 per cent for the second quarter in a row. However, a principal at inflation-linked bond manager Ardea Investment Management, Tamar Hamlyn, says it is "difficult for inflation to move from 2 per cent to 0 per cent and extremely difficult for it to move below that – but it's all too easy for inflation to increase to 5 per cent and indeed beyond."
Inflation risk has been ignored by many investors, who wrongly believe that while CPI remains less than 3 per cent a year it doesn't pose an immediate threat to portfolios. "But this overlooks the ease with which inflation can increase to uncomfortable levels, even over a five- or 10-year investment horizon," Hamlyn says.
Of particular concern is the high allocation self-managed super funds have to cash, which the Australian Taxation Office estimated at 28 per cent in March this year.
There is even a remote risk that Western nations might get a taste of hyperinflation like that experienced by Germany in 1923, Hungary in 1948 and most recently Zimbabwe in 2007, Family Office Research & Management managing partner Tom Murphy warns.
Even though a number of "highly reliant economic indicators show the greater risk today is deflation, history tells us an over-reliance on governments printing money to provide stimulus has a bad track record of creating inflation."
The printing of money to get an economy out of trouble is always frowned upon by economists but fund managers say it has to be done to save economies (of course it's not bad for their own businesses, either).
Murphy says that if authorities in the United Kingdom, US, Europe and Japan had not printed money during their respective crises, "then those economies would be in recession today and possibly a deflationary spiral like that Japan first started to experience 20 years ago and which it still battles today."
Murphy says that when inflation hits, it will destabilise economies and have the greatest impact on already struggling retirees, which will be exacerbated by an ageing population.
But although Murphy and Hamlyn say act now to avoid an inflationary impact later, not all agree.
Australian Unity Investments chief executive David Bryant says the printing of money and the effect it has on inflation is a reasonable concern and urges investors to remember the inflation-dampening factors out there, such as the reduced amount of stimulus Australia has thrown at economic woes compared with Europe and the US.
He adds that "we have people saving money and taking money out of the system. It is putting more money into the banks but the banks are reducing their balance sheets, have reduced levels of lending and are soaking up money supply to lower offshore capital funding."
He adds that Basel III requirements means banks will have to hold more capital and that the deleveraging process taking place in Western nations combined with falling house and asset prices in the US means "money is not going out the door".
Murphy accepts the differing viewpoint but says change can come rapidly and catch investors unaware. "In 1994, bond yields doubled quickly from a fear of inflation that never materialised. So if markets begin to fear inflation they will look forward and price it in quickly."
Bryant is not in total disagreement and advises against having long-dated fixed interest product, so that if there is an inflation spike in two or three years, investors will be able to take advantage of the higher interest rate environment.
Murphy points out that holding three-year bonds is hazardous, as a 1 per cent rise in interest rates on a three-year duration product creates a 3 per cent diminishment in value.
The path around the problem is the "floating" rates found in corporate bonds. These remove duration risk but increase the risk of the issuing company defaulting on its obligations.
However, for retail investors, access to corporate bonds is really only available through managed funds or listed hybrids such as those issued this year by some of the major banks. Income from hybrid issues can be fully fixed or floating so it's important to get product selection right if you want a hedge against inflation.
Another potential inflation-beater is infrastructure investments.
UBS's London-based global head of infrastructure and private equity, Paul Moy, says investors need to look at different scenarios and put protections in place. He says that although even professional investors tend to look at infrastructure in terms of its inflation-linked revenue, other issues such as the cost and financing structure of the product must be considered to decide if it really is an inflation hedge.
There are different inflation outlooks, Moy says, but the concern is what "inflation offers governments, thanks to their monopoly over the supply of currency, an easy and mostly hidden way to tax the economy and to finance government expenditure.
"History shows that sustained high rates of inflation are a monetary phenomenon linked to the introduction and government control of fiat [paper] money."
Moy acknowledges that views on how the forces in the economy will play out are disparate. "On the one hand, the possibility of the world economy going through a period of elevated inflation is higher now than it has been for a long time," he says.
"With interest rates at historic lows for a prolonged period, with the supply of money and central banks' balance sheets having expanded dramatically in recent years and with higher inflation offering to ease the burden of much needed deleveraging, investors are wary of inflation for good reason.
"On the other hand, economic weakness is still affecting most of the developed economies. There are no signs that monetary policy is fuelling credit growth or wage inflation and a liquidity trap scenario, where the increased money supply is absorbed by asset allocation adjustments remains a possibility, all of which point towards a low inflation or deflationary period. Japan's experience over the past two decades offers parallels and is well within the range of possible outcomes."
Murphy says the US Federal Reserve will flag its response at least two quarters before it acts if an inflation event looms. "There is a quite a real risk that will happen before the end of 2014," he says. "The market is operating under the wrong assumption the cash rate will be at 0.25 per cent for the next 2.5 years. If inflation occurs before that, the Fed will have to act and that would really surprise markets and sidetrack growth."
Inflation 5%? What next
damon frith
If inflation returns and skips above 5 per cent, equity markets will suffer. For starters, rising interest rates to combat inflation will increase the attractiveness of fixed interest and cause an investment flow out of shares.
High inflation also affects the price to earnings ratios (P/E ratios) of listed companies. When inflation is in its targeted range of 2-3 per cent, P/E ratios in double digits or even above 20 times are quite acceptable. Below that, as has occurred in recent years, P/E ratios become destabilised as the science of the calculation gets difficult to chart. Above that stable range, things get tricky. At 5 per cent to 6 per cent inflation, P/E ratios come down quickly as margins are squeezed, as occurred after the Arab oil price
shock in 1974. The mid-to-late 1970s proved to be a devastating time to own shares.


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The debate surrounding the implementation of capital punishment is quite pertinent and poignant at this time in the Maldives' history.
The violent crimes, including gang violence, burglary, mugging, sexual abuse of children and murders are increasing to an alarming level in our society. For many, the reintroducing of state-endorsed death, otherwise known as capital punishment or the death penalty, seems to be best solution to address the surge in crime.
The last person to be executed in the Maldives after receiving a death sentence was in 1953 during the first republic of President Mohamed Ameen. Hakim Didi was charged with attempting to assassinate President Ameen using black magic.
Since then, the Maldives has retained the practice of the death penalty, although Islamic Shari'ah tenets give the courts the power to pronounce capital punishment for offences such as murder, sodomy, fornication, apostasy and other crimes against community.
Statistics show that from January 2001 to December 2010, a total of 14 people were sentenced to death by the courts and none were below 18 years of age. These sentences were never enforced and were commuted to life imprisonment under the power vested to the President in Clemency Act.
However, MP Ahmed Mahloof and several other MPs are of the view that if death penalty or capital punishment is re-introduced in the Maldives, it would bring down crime in Maldives, and have decided to propose the amendment in consultation with several people including fellow parliamentarians.
Last April, Mahloof, parliamentary group member government-aligned Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM), forwarded a bill proposing that the enforcement of death penalty be mandatory in the event it was upheld by the Supreme Court. This would halt the current practice of the President commuting such sentences to life imprisonment.
Mahloof based his argument for the proposal of the bill on the fact that 29 people had been killed in the past three years in gang related crimes.
The young MP contended: "I believe nobody would want to die. So if the death penalty is enforced, a person who is to commit a murder would clearly know that if he carries out the act, his punishment would be his life. I believe this will deter him from committing such acts," Mahloof said.
Mahloof's remarks echo the classic argument used by politicians and pro-death penalty advocates around the globe: Capital punishment deters crimes.
But, does it actually? Let's ask the experts from America.
A survey of the most leading criminologists in the country found that the overwhelming majority "did not believe" that the death penalty is a "proven deterrent to homicide".
Eighty-eight percent of the country's top criminologists do not believe the death penalty acts as a deterrent to homicide, according to the study, Do Executions Lower Homicide Rates? The Views of Leading Criminologists published in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology.
Similarly, 87 percent of the expert criminologists believe that abolition of the death penalty would not have any significant effect on murder rates.
The survey relied on questionnaires completed by the most pre-eminent criminologists in the country, including Fellows in the American Society of Criminology; winners of the American Society of Criminology's prestigious Southerland Award; and recent presidents of the American Society of Criminology. Respondents were not asked for their personal opinion about the death penalty, but instead to answer on the basis of their understandings of the empirical research.
On a separate note, 75 percent of the experts agreed that "debates about the death penalty distract Congress and state legislatures from focusing on real solutions to crime problems"- a familiar trait observed in the Maldivian context, where members of the People's Majlis spend hours arguing, often engrossed in prevarications.
Prior to Mahloof's motion, two members had forwarded similar bills to enforce death penalty. But after lengthy debates in multiple parliament sessions, both withdrew it.
Meanwhile reading the aforementioned conclusion of the research, I was reminded of a recent conversation with a friend about the death penalty on Facebook.
"I don't understand why everyone is so eager talking about punishment, before anything else," said Hammad Hassan, 26. He continued, "Criminals are a product of our society I guess. Someone needs to go in deep and see what the hell is going wrong."
"Capital punishment has its age-old arguments and jousting between liberals and conservatives. We like to get into debates about stuff. But I guess it's the wrong debate that's going on here," the Tourism and Hospitality graduate pointed out.
He added: "We fixate on issues like this, without even thinking, and the media, and politicians do their job of sensationalising crime."
"The current rise in crime is pure economics I would say. Too many are out of jobs, many youth are on drugs and everyone wants to have a good time (coffee, a bottle of alcohol or a joint, etc etc)," he typed into the chat window.
So much truth in what he said.
In the Initial Report of Maldives under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights prepared by Human Rights Commission (HRCM) last month, the commission acknowledged there are a number of direct and indirect factors attributing to the increasing fatal criminal activity.
"High numbers of unemployed youth, and the persistent substance abuse and drug addiction among youth in the country are indirect factors catalysing the increase in crime," HRCM emphasized.
According to the authorities, the Maldives has a staggering unemployment rate of 29 percent, of which half belong to youth age brackets. Meanwhile, the country faces a spiralling drug epidemic, with an estimated 40 percent of youth using hard drugs -a well known trigger of violent and high risk behavior.
A comment on Minivan News read: "In the Maldives we have enough people who turned to psychopaths due to drugs who are well capable of committing any heinous crime."
Most death penalty advocates call for reinstating death penalty, saying "It shouldn't be seen as retribution. It is to ensure the safety of society".
But Amnesty International counters this argument. According to the group, "The threat of execution at some future date is unlikely to enter the minds of those acting under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol, those who are in the grip of fear or rage, those who are panicking while committing another crime (such as a robbery), or those who suffer from mental illness or mental retardation and do not fully understand the gravity of their crime."
The couple facing murder charges in the most recent homicide of Lawyer Ahmed Najeeb, confessed in court that they were under the influence of drug and intoxicated from heavy alcohol use while they committed the crime.
But, will the politicians and lawmakers give the necessary attention to these real issues, instead of divulging into the endless debate over the death penalty?
According to Aishath Velezinee, formerly the President's appointee to the Judicial Services Commission (JSC), Mahloof's death penalty amendment is another attempt by the MPs to avoid "the real issue" and to "deceive the public".
"The real issue for thriving crime is corruption. The constitution has recognised this and required the judiciary be checked and cleansed. The JSC breached the constitution, and those MPs are proposing this to cover up the JSC," Velezinee said in a previous interview.
"Islam upholds justice, and not only has death penalty; it has very clear qualifications for judges too. Neither MP Mahloof, nor any of the Sheikhs, has expressed alarm that the judges are far below standard and some of them are convicted criminals themselves. This is pure politics and abuse of Islam," she added.
Although the pro-capital punishment sentiments are growing stronger with the symbolic support from country's top officials including the Chief of Justice, Home Minister and the Attorney General, enforcing the capital punishment is far from happening any time soon while several pertinent legislations are stalled in the parliament, with no indication of when they will be passed.
These legislations, which Human Rights Commission says "could make an impact on the death penalty" include, the Revised Penal Code, Criminal Procedures Code, Evidence Bill and Witness Act.
It also adds: "Maldives is yet to establish an independent forensic institution to provide accurate information to support the judiciary to make an impartial decision on matters concerning the administration of the death penalty."
The existing Penal Code which was enforced in 1981 and its last amendment made in 200 has many parts which are not relevant to the present context and does not reflect the spirit of the present Constitution.
Moreover, the commission identifies the inadequate legislation pertaining to evidence and witnesses, dismissal of forensic evidence by courts, absence of a witness protection program and inadequate correctional and rehabilitation system for convicted offenders as key factors for rising crimes.
Several members of the public and commentators meanwhile have a another pressing concern. What will happen when an "incapacitated" judiciary is given the power to take some one's life?
"If there is death penalty without a good system, it will be subjected to political abuse to settle scores," a person predicted in a comment to Minivan News. "Besides, such crimes results from bad system and bad policies," he added.
As the debate over the reintroduction of death penalty continues, it would be foolish to assume it will only remain a domestic matter.
The Maldives has affirmed the UN Resolution of Moratorium on death penalty on 18 December 2007, which emphasises all states that still provision capital punishment "progressively restrict the use of the death penalty and reduce the number of offences for which it may be imposed."
This resolution still needs to be passed by the parliament.
But, abolition of capital punishment in all states is a call publicly endorsed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon himself. Therefore, in the face of international pressures to the states to abolish death penalty, the Maldives will likely be scrutinised to its core, and sooner or later, if it intends to reintroduce the practice of capital punishment.
One of the serious concerns would of course be the fact that child offenders may be sentenced to death in the Maldives if the mandatory death penalty motion passes.
According to the Human Rights Commission, however, minors are liable to bear criminal responsibility for some offences such as the unlawful intentional killing of human beings, and other offences relating to homicide and participation in such offences.
Several minors are currently facing such charges in court.
But, without a Penal Code which encompasses provisions on penalties for offences committed by minors and a Juvenile Justice Bill explicitly proscribing the death penalty, these minors will be executed once the law makes it mandatory.
Such a move will spark unprecedented international criticism towards the island nation, already facing scrutiny over its human rights violations, growing fundamentalism and troubled democracy.
These factors must not stand in way if the judicially-sanctioned killings are the only answer to Maldives high crime rate. But before we draw to the conclusion with purely basing the religious argument, authorities need to provide clear evidence that the death penalty is a deterrent to serious crime. That it will, in fact rekindle public safety and security.
The Human Rights Commission observes: "Murders were committed in public places during the daytime. Victims of gang violence either end up with permanent injuries or death. It is to be noted that most of the people who are involved in cases of extreme violence, and murders are repeat offenders (sometimes juveniles)."
"This shows failure on the part of law enforcement authorities and criminal justice system in the country." the commission contends. Members have further added that the lack of a "comprehensive integrated crime prevention mechanism remains the greatest weakness in addressing the issue of increase in crime.
Therefore, for now, the greatest deterrent to crime is the likelihood that offenders will be apprehended, convicted and punished. It is that which is presently lacking in our criminal justice system; and it is at this level and through adressing the causes of crime that the state must seek to combat lawlessness.
49 Comments on "Will the death penalty halt the Maldives' crime surge?"
Ismail saleem on Thu, 5th Jul 2012 9:03 PM
Yes it would. God has said so.
God has said so. God has said so. Who are we to question his guidance.
Circus on Thu, 5th Jul 2012 9:08 PM
"I would rather let 10 guilty men go free than executing 1 innocent person"
I think the issue here is how do we prove that someone is guilty without a shred of doubt.
let's not be hasty and let the state have a free hand in executing innocent men and women. I wouldn't be even surprised if different governments use this as a political tool to get rid of opposing views.
Leave the Pandora's box as it is, for gods sake!
Noor on Thu, 5th Jul 2012 10:20 PM
The increase of homicide rate in Maldives is may be how nature balances the population increase in ratio with the space that is available to survive. It is so wonderful to see that how nature plays vital role to balance any surge that threatens the ecosystem. We see how this is happening in Maldives.
Population increased more than the resources and space available, this has resulted in economic and social stress damaging the pre frontal cortex of the brain causing clinical psychiatric problem in response to environmental stimuli, drug, less sleep, poor diet has totally made this part of the brain dysfunctional. So they behave like predators and everyone knows what this means. These killing and anti social activity issues are to increase. It is much more deeply rooted problem and need good political system to solve these problems and it is far beyond the reach of mullah type MPS and politicians.
Lubna Ali on Thu, 5th Jul 2012 10:43 PM
It has never stopped anywhere.
Defunct Dhaoni on Thu, 5th Jul 2012 11:33 PM
Of course it will.
@lubna ali on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 1:14 AM
go screw yourself, someone close to me had passed away from a crime of this sort,(this year)
so really lets see someone close to you end up 6 feet under before you run your mouth C***
Dhivehi Hanguraama on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 1:17 AM
There is no social ill that garrotting cannot fix. Let would be murderers, apostates, sodomizers and harlots live under the fear of swift, on the spot, justice and thus provide them ample incentive to repent from their errant ways.
If they do not, only the truly virtuous shall remain. Alhamdulillaah.
Shahid on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 1:45 AM
It did not work here before!
no hate please on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 2:24 AM
@lubna ali on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 1:14 AM
Your language gives a glimpse of you personality, which is not that different from a hard criminal.
How can this country improve with such hate. I am more disgusted in you.
Unknown on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 3:11 AM
'Dhivehi Hanguraama' are you Umar Naseer ?
Ahmed bin Addu bin Suvadheeb on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 3:41 AM
Quite clearly the answer is no! However, it will certainly trigger a killing spree by the State.
Will it do any good? Maybe, since it will progressively reduce the proportion of violent criminals in the population and reduce the burden on the State of long term incarceration. If 40% of young people are on hard drugs, then perhaps 20% of them would end up committing a violent crime.
This could be a good way to trim the population of undesirables!
Indira NewDelhi on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 3:51 AM
Dhivehi Hangyourself…..I am shocked to find you alive.
I was hoping someone had followed my advice to feed you to the big croc Kinboo in the zoo.
Will someone please shove this lunatic in Kinboo's cage and bolt the door?
HassanK on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 4:50 AM
The only difference of death penalty is that the convict cannot later be released back into society through powerful inside connections. This confidence of immunity is rampant among criminals in Maldives. I think the most dangerous and leading criminals will still be safely in society as they will never be found guilty of a crime with death penalty outcome.
The other problem through inside connection is that the president still has the power to reduce the penalty to life imprisonment. So as with everything else in Maldives, when a member of a prominent family commits such a crime (and they will as a lot of the criminal bosses are from those families), the president will get undue influence whose support is very important to him. And hence it will be only the children of the poor people who will be excecuted for these crimes with richer elite able to buy the president's clemency.
Raaidh on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 6:02 AM
My father gets murdered and the state makes sure the murderer gets death penalty before I kill him.
…at least on way how the death penalty would be handy.
Would you write this article if it was your father who was murdered?
Rasheed on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 6:33 AM
Before we talk about the death penalty, we should hold a hearing in parliament to investigate why the Gayoom administration failed to address the drug problem in the Maldives.
We need to go the roots, the source of the problems of a society gone very sick rather than deal with the symptoms and consequences of those problems.
Moosa rasheed on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 6:36 AM
it will definitely help. Europeans are awry about capital punishment because of the inquisition and the church/state collusion in politics which killed millions in the mediveil age.
But this is not medievial age and this is not about politics. this is about Maldivians who kill people in cold blood, who confess to thier crimes and 99% of the population want them to taste the death they gave to their victim. is there any problem here?
Insider on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 6:42 AM
It is easy to criticise the death penalty as to harsh too strict. Yet it must not be forgotten, that we are talking about giving the Death penalty to people who have taken other people's lives. A person who does not care about the life of another person, is willing to kill, and has killed other human beings, and many others so that he or she can enjoy some worldy benefit does indeed deserve the Death penalty. Teenagers are turning into murderers and assaulting people with knives, unafraid of the consequences to them because they believe that even though they will get arrested, the only thing bad that will happen is they will spend two or three years in prison and then return to their life.
K on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 7:22 AM
"I believe nobody would want to die. So if the death penalty is enforced, a person who is to commit a murder would clearly know that if he carries out the act, his punishment would be his life. I believe this will deter him from committing such acts," Mahloof said.
This would clearly be depended on a competent justice and legal system that can prove beyond reasonable doubt that the person had indeed committed the crime. Throw in a bit of bribery, cunningness and intimidation, you will have the accused roaming free in no time…
SLO NAIVE KIDH on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 7:31 AM
So long as political leaders patronize gangs crimes including murder will not go down.
K on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 7:41 AM
@moosa rahseed,
"and 99% of the population want them to taste the death they gave to their victim"
please speak for yourself and not the rest of the population, unless you have conducted a reliable survey of the entire population that proves 99% agrees with your views – which I personally disagree with very strongly.
Thank you!
Shaz on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 9:34 AM
The death penalty is not a deterrence to crime. In countries like the United States, where people are still put to death, the crime rate increases rather than decreases regardless of the threat of death or otherwise.
The death penalty usually causes more suffering to the victims family. As the legal appeals process for the culprit could drag for years cause more pain and suffering for the victims family. Even the cost associated in putting a man or woman to death (with all legal wrangling) is much higher than keeping one alive for the rest of their lives in a prison.
Many innocent people have been put to death under the death penalty in the few nations that still carry out capital punishment. Also, it's inevitable that due to the quality of judiciary and political environment, many may be put to death simply due to corruption or political reasons.
Eventually, the Taliban side of Maldivian politics would use the death penalty to prosecute people for such things as adultery, homosexuality, apostasy and anything they pull out of thin air.
Ali Beyya on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 9:53 AM
Substance abuse is the driver behind most of the crimes committed including the homicide of Lawyer Najeeb. How the drug problem got out of hand is a question the nation should ask MAG. His inaction is the main reason we are in this mess.
Other factor involves the expensive life style adopted by youth who in order to remain cool and trendy need tons of money. They are prepared to grab that even if it meant taking the life of another human being.
Death penalty is the obvious solution that comes to the minds of people whenever shocked by the tragic news of another murder. Leaving aside the emotions, the implication of a small community like Maldives killing humans may drag us even into deeper pit.
Needless to say and I know it is outrageous even to imagine is the solution suggested by our former President – offer the youth the forbidden drink or something of sort. A solution that will cut the drug use by 50% overnight!
Moosa rasheed on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 10:08 AM
Now you are clutching at straws. Just read the story in haveeru or Sun and see how people rated the comments.
Ismail saleem on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 10:25 AM
@Moosa rasheed on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 6:36 AM
Really? In that case why start with previous regime? Let's start with we let the king rape & execute young girls. And while we are at it, let's discuss why the Moroccon terrorist landed here without a visa and started spreading hate here.
ll on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 10:44 AM
@no hate please
Its kind of amazing to see someone judgemental about someone who had taken a loss of that sort,
Wonder how you would deal with it if you had to suffer in a similar manner
peeved on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 11:06 AM
it is surely a pandora's box we cant afford to open what with such a corrupt legal system in place. if the death penalty were to be imposed, we will soon see it being imposed for fornication, apostasy, sodomy and treason etc. if u impose the death penalty for murder, it will open floodgates which no man will be able to close. the death penalty doesn't mete out justice; only revenge. so try to rise above the hatred and anger and fight for ways to cleanse out the system before giving a loaded gun to the corrupt officials who do nothing but wreak havoc on this once peaceful nation!
Ben Plewright on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 12:33 PM
Of course it is understandable, if somemone hurt my family, I would also want to kill them.
It is fairly natural, but is personal need for satisfaction of vengeance the Sunnah of our Beloved Nabi (SAW)?
Hawwa Lubna did point out that the advocates of the death penalty use utilatarian arguments – or 'Maslahah' in a Muslim context, not arguments of retribution.
The problem is, I feel, is that the understanding of the Islamic Law used by those who are advocating the death penalty is not routed deeply in this concept that Allah is the Merciful, and that everything that the Prophet did is said to have been inspired by this Mercy – in this context the implementation of the law have to be understood.
From Tafsir – Ibn Kathir… "Allah the Exalted said, 'I Am Ar-Rahman (the Merciful) I created the Raham (womb, i.e. family relations) and derived a name for it from My Name…"
" (Ar-Rahman (Allah) rose over (Istawa) the (Mighty) Throne (in a manner that suits His majesty).) (20:5)
Allah thus mentioned the Istawa – rising over the Throne – along with His Name Ar-Rahman, to indicate that His mercy encompasses all of His creation."
According to modern contextual Islamic commentary, and I believe such commentary is compatible with the many appeals to forgiveness and Mercy in Qur'an and Sunnah, everything the Prophet (SAW) did was ultimately an expression of Mercy – he preferred to win people over to Mercy through Mercy – and only ever implemented ANY violence, ANY provocative language, ANY physical fighting, ANY physical punishments as a last resort when NOTHING else seemed to work to deter further DEATH.
The Sirah and much of our Hadith, even those termed Sahih, are contextual reconstruction aimed at asserting a certain view point rather than actual history so we are talking about ideological constructs… but the construct I am saying will promote a more peaceful Maldives – is the construct of the emphasis of the Mercy in Islam, the promotion of Islamic tales of empathy and compassion as the examples the Maldives should follow to cultivate a more peaceful, constructive society.
Mercy for all the Worlds (The Prophet was desribed as) and our Rasul forgave killers, was compassionate toward many killers, adulterers, even apostates, I will quote the exact Hadith if I thought you had the time but all punishments prescribed for apostasy, adultery, murder need to be understood in the context that such were only implemented when there was no other way to save life. I will present the examples, context from Sunnah on another occasion, but the implications ofaving mercy as the foundation of Maldivian culture (Mercy is Allah as described so it should be) are HUGE
Ben Plewright on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 12:44 PM
If this culture of Mercy was cultivated, through practical means AND ideological means, greater levels of empathy would exist between Maldivians and there would not be all of this violence, intolerance, injustice, hatred, greed and fear in the first place.
earthling on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 2:08 PM
witch hunt begins.
A.Ahmed on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 3:31 PM
Let us not talk about age old, capital or linear punishment. I would not agree that the crime level here has much to do with social structure, i,e lack of jobs, shelter, parental care and so on. Instead, it a lot to do with high profile politicians and businessmen. Just simply do not blame our youth. As per rumors, drug selling and murder contracts are given to some gang groups by high profiled guys as said above. Are American Experts' findings valid?? Why are the same guys eager to pass hash,ie capital punishments,especially onto so called " MUSLIM TERRORISTS " ?? Why did they hang President Saddam Hussein?? Not only that, they jeered and laughed at him when he was about to die, with sympathy?? because some one is facing capital punishment for his crimes?? no of course not, but humiliate him and the Muslim in general. The timing of the hanging was not a coincidence on Muslim day of EId.
After all, the American and Israeli criminal experts agree with the general principle that, criminal should be taught lessons, give hash punishments, as exemplary, to discourage and dispirit the prospective crime eager minds. If criminal are let loose, for the sake of democracy, to do whatever they want, and keep them feel that they have market for their notoriety from high profile businessmen and politicians, we are bond to have bigger waves of crime in future. It is either punishing them with appropriate measures , i.e capital punishment or not any!!
Dhivehi Hanguraama on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 3:47 PM
This is an opportunity that cannot be wasted. The heretic has fallen from grace and our government proceeds towards virtue. Our law enforcement officials are swift and competent. Our courts are no longer under pressure to favour apostates and infidels.
This is an opportunity pregnant with the promise of addressing not only the mundane issue of criminal deterrence but that of the vast swarms of sodomizers, munafiqs and traitors who pollute our air.
We can finally rid ourselves of MalDeviants and begin a glorious reign of virtue. None should be spared.
no hate please on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 4:09 PM
@ll on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 10:44 AM
The murder is a monster. Why would you want to go to his level?
Wives and Concubines on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 4:26 PM
Interesting. Let's see if they have the balls to actually go ahead and start executing people at Republican square. If it does happen, here comes the Shariah system and we shall all watch as the country falls into chaos.
LOL on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 5:12 PM
Casey Anthony was going to face death penalty if found guilty of killing her 3 year old daughter. Everyone knows she killed her and her lawyer saves her ass! Now she is fleeing the country feared of her life!
What is so special in a lawyer than a 13 year old innocent teen ? I wish if we all were lawyers or another najeeb. Please do not use the traditional way of executing by hanging. I prefer a lethal injection to be used.
SHLO NAIVE KIDH on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 7:26 PM
2 years after public hanging in the Republican square there will be no Maldivians living in such towns as Bangaluru, Colombo, Kuala Lampur etc, all the foreign doctors will have departed, no medicines available and we will subsist on a diet of fish, breadfruit, taro and fruits of trees that grow in swamps.
haifa on Fri, 6th Jul 2012 9:19 PM
And of course are those who order the execution of someone who is later found to be innocent themselves not deserving of being executed. As for it being a deterrent, one just has to look at homicide rates in the US as compared to homicide rates in the EU (to join the EU a country, if it already has capital punishment, has to remove it from the statute books) to realise capital punishment doesn't reduce homicide rates. Ted Bunty actually committed his final murders in Florida so that he would be executed.
A. Ahmed on Sat, 7th Jul 2012 12:37 AM
@ Wives and concubines. Well! it was untold chaos in Iraq, when the Americans and their Jew masters fulfilled Sharia Law by hanging President Saddam Hussein to death in public on a MUSLIM day of EID. They had the choice to imprison him for life or to give him lethal injection in secrecy without media being present in there. But they chose the hash and capital method to teach an exemplary lesson to the wanna be prospective criminals, with the belief that such punishments would deter crimes. Remember, they are the promoters of " ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT, A UNIFORM LAW IN THEIR FAVOUR" if anything is in their favour it is lawful, if anything is against their favour it is unlawful and illegal.
Ayya on Sat, 7th Jul 2012 2:47 AM
I don't think our Judiciary system is ready for it. We need more laws, and trust worthy judges.
Handibey on Sat, 7th Jul 2012 9:11 AM
Before we talk about the death penalty, how about any penalty. You can commit any crime in the Maldives, all you need is the right connections in the police, courts (judges can be bribed), a minister, influential member of parliment or some way to blackmail anyone who is someone in the government and you walk free. No penalty serves as a deterrent after thirty years of being able to commit crimes without any consequences
Ordinary events on Sat, 7th Jul 2012 9:26 AM
Woman dies after meeting President Obama
Why cant Minivan write such stories that brings the community together instead of toxic politics…and more politics.
2 views of Death Penalty on Sat, 7th Jul 2012 9:32 AM
the 2 views of Death Penalty in US
salee on Sat, 7th Jul 2012 9:57 AM
can we test the death penalty on gayoom and see if it works as claimed by mahloaf, kaamineege jester.
Lol on Sat, 7th Jul 2012 11:40 AM
i like ur comment salee. pls introduce like and dislike button or upgrade the website @ MINIVANNEWS
Ben Plewright on Sat, 7th Jul 2012 12:19 PM
A Government which controls a Judiciary and a Legal system that can and will kill, Legally, considering the tendency to use, abuse the LAW, and Islam, for political gain I will bet you that many political opponents will be killed in the name of Justice…
We have to overcome this culture of fear and power hunger.
INDEED! The tremors of the volcanic lust for power of the elite in the Maldives – (I call them the Children of the Ranummari) have unleashed upon many Maldivians, a roaring tsunami of fear and rage.
Due to threats that I have received myself and the fact that I have to return to the Maldives, fear has violently forced my own mind deep into a sad and painful hole – the emptiness which I call the sacred darkness of being. My soul wilts, the trauma is relentless. Yet, for me, this black hole is also the gateway into the other dimension. As the Prophet (SAW) explained…There is no barrier between the oppressed and Allah (SWT.)
Emerging from within my darkness is a personal sense of the Sekina (Presence of Glorious Peace.) It is all around me, within me, creating life and power out of the fabric of death itself. It leads my heart towards its source; high beyond the Heavens – above the Justice of Allah – to the foundation of this Justice –to the ontological foundation of ALL Being, Ar-Rahman (The Merciful)
Volcanic Lust on Sat, 7th Jul 2012 12:36 PM
@Ben PlewRight
'tremors of the volcanic lust for power of the elite in the Maldives'
Well said.
Rationale on Sat, 7th Jul 2012 1:20 PM
Did the death penalty eliminate drug offences in Malaysia and Singapore.
I beleive the effect of death penalty on reduction / elimination of deliberate murders will very much depend on the mode of execution of death penalty.
Oppressed on Sun, 8th Jul 2012 1:14 AM
Quoting Hammad Hassan,eh? Lubna, my friend have no one else to quote? Hammad Hassan is a jackass who does not keeps his mouth shut except talk of his drug experiences. The pot calling the kettle black!
leon on Mon, 9th Jul 2012 9:38 AM
i think the death penalty should be there in maldives who cares what happened in Malaysia and Singapore the amount of kids and people getting raped and killed is unbelievable. death penalty should be put to trial for a year also
lookingin on Wed, 11th Jul 2012 8:11 PM
The US loves their death penalty yet the high crime rate never goes down.


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