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Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan
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Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan | |
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Also known as | English: My subsistence is like nothing but jot |
Genre | Drama |
Written by | Umera Ahmad |
Directed by | Babar Javed |
Starring | Faisal Qureshi Samiya Mumtaz Adnan Siddique Sarwat Gilani Imran Abbas Naqvi Samina Peerzada Khayyam Sarhadi Wasim Tareen Rashid Farooqi |
Theme music composer | Farrukh Abid Shoaib Farrukh |
Opening theme | Meri Zaat written by Sabir Zafar performed by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan |
Composer(s) | Mohsin Javed |
Country of origin | Pakistan |
Original language(s) | Urdu |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Abdullah Kadwani Humayun Saeed |
Editor(s) | Faisal Gulzar |
Cinematography | Ilyas Kashmiri |
Running time | 35–40 minutes |
Production company(s) | 7th Sky Entertainment |
Distributor | GEO Royal Records |
Release | |
Original channel | Geo TV |
Original release | November 28, 2009 | – May 22, 2010
External links | |
Website |
Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan (Urdu: ميرى ذات ذرہ بے نشاں) is a drama serial made in Pakistan based on a novel written by Umera Ahmad. It is an emotional story of a girl named Saba and her daughter Sara. The drama became very popular upon its release. The serial featured a huge ensemble cast consisting of Samia Mumtaz, Samina Peerzada, Sarwat Gillani, Mehreen Raheel, Ismat Zaidi, Faisal Qureshi, Adnan Siddiqui, Khayam Sarhadi, Shakeel, Imran Abbas, Rashid Farooqui, Humayun Saeed, Shehryar Zaidi, Zeba Ali and Lubna Aslam. The serial has also been broadcast in India by Zindagi, under the title Kaisi Ye Qayamat, premiering on 15 December 2014 and ending on 6 January 2015.
- Samiya Mumtaz as Saba Kareem. Marries: Arfeen (1st); Amin (2nd). She is falsely accused of inappropriate behaviour with Adil which results in her divorce from Arfeen. She is then, forcefully married off to Amin, who is a socially and economically inferior to her.
- Faisal Qureshi as Arfeen Abbas. Marries: Saba (1st); Mahroosh (2nd)
- Adnan Siddiqui as Adil. Paternal cousin of both Arfeen and Saba. Likes Saba and is falsely accused of inappropriate behaviour with her.
- Sarwat Gilani as Sara Amin. Daughter of Saba and Amin. Marries Haider, son of Arfreen.
- Imran Abbas Naqvi as Haider Abbas. Son of Arfeen and Mahroosh. Marries Saba's daughter, Sara
- Samina Peerzada as Shakeela Abbas. Mother of Arfeen who accuses Saba and Adil of inappropriate behaviour. Dies of cancer which she attributes to her actions against them.
- Khayyam Sarhadi as Qasim Abbas. Father of Arfeen. Eldest paternal uncle of both Saba and Adil.
Supporting Cast[edit]
- Zeba Ali as Asiya, Arfeen's younger sister.
- Shakeel as Saba's father.
- Ismat Zaidi as Saba's mother
- Fatima Effendi as Aqsa (young), Saba's younger sister.
- Nausheen Shah as Aqsa (old)
- Mehreen Raheel as Mahroosh, 2nd wife of Arfeen
- Humayun Saeed as Shuja, friend of Arfeen.
A saga that spans over two generations, Meri Zaat Zarra-E-Benishan begins with the arrival of a girl named Sara (Sarwat Gilani) at the doorstep of a man named Arfeen Abbas (Faisal Qureshi). She hands him a letter, and he seems shaken after reading it. He asks her where "Saba" is, and she replies that she died four days prior. Arfeen falls to the ground in shock, but then regains his composure and asks Sara to give him her address, so that they can go there and gather her belongings. When they arrive at Sara's home, which is quite small compared to Arfeen's mansion, she leaves Arfeen in the main room and heads to her bedroom to gather her belongings. Arfeen finds a pair of Saba's old sandals, and breaks down in tears as he grips them. Sara sees him as he cries and wonders why he is so sorrowful at her death. They head back to Arfeen's estate, where he introduces Sara to his son, Haider (Imran Abbas). Haider is not initially pleased to have Sara staying in their house, but becomes accustomed to her after a while.
It is revealed in a series of flashbacks that Saba (Samiya Mumtaz) was Sara's mother and Arfeen's first cousin. Saba and Arfeen were madly in love, but Saba was treated with ire by most of the family, especially Arfeen's mother (Samina Peerzada), because of her liberal views and ways. When Arfeen expresses his wish to marry Saba, his mother and father (Khayam Sarhadi), are very outspoken against the marriage. But when Arfeen states that if he cannot marry Saba then he will not marry at all, his parents finally agree.
Back in present time, Sara and Haider become good friends, and she becomes accustomed to living at Arfeen's home, though she still speculates about what happened between him and her mother. She visits the rest of her family, including her aunts and uncles, and each person she asks refuses to give her any details about what happened. Arfeen, meanwhile, is worried that Sara will eventually leave his house. The only solution he can come up with is to have Haider married to Sara. Haider initially refuses, but eventually falls in love with Sara and agrees. Sara agrees to the marriage as well. But on the day of the wedding, Sara goes missing. Arfeen panics and asks Sara's aunt Aqsa (Nausheen Shah) whether she told Sara what happened with her mother, and she says she did not. This prompts Haider to ask what happened, and Arfeen launches into the story.
Saba and Arfeen had gotten married just like they had wanted, but the day before Saba's rukhsati, Arfeen's mother asks Saba to go in a spare bedroom and set the bed for Arfeen's sister. When Saba arrives in the bedroom, she finds that Arfeen's mother had also asked a cousin of theirs who had also expressed interest in Saba, Aadil, to fix a curtain rod in the same room. When Saba attempts to leave, she finds that the door to the room is locked. She and Aadil both bang on the door, but nobody comes to their aid. After about an hour, Arfeen's mother, along with most of the rest of their family, shows up outside the door. Arfeen's mother starts yelling and creating a ruckus, saying that Saba and Aadil had been involved in illicit behavior in the locked room the whole time. Saba and Aadil refuse to having done anything, but nobody believes them.
Arfeen's father beats Saba, and nobody comes to her aid as she is beaten. Nobody believes Saba, not even her mother (Ismat Zaidi) and sister (Fatima Effendi). When Arfeen hears about the incident, he is skeptical about what really happened, and questions Saba about it. She says she is innocent, but that she has no proof of it. Arfeen then asks her to take an oath with her hand on the Qur'an that she is innocent, and she agrees, on the term that his mother would take an oath as well. Saba has faith that her aunt is too kind and worshipful to lie on the Quran. Her assupmtion turns out to be wrong, however, and her aunt does lie on the Quran, prompting Arfeen to have proof that Saba lied, and he divorces her.
Arfeen gets remarried to a girl in America, but he is still in love with Saba. Saba's parents forcefully marry her off to a 50-year-old man (Rashid Farooqi) of 4 children, who turns out to be abusive and beats her regularly. Nobody from her family visits her during this painful period of her second marriage. When Saba becomes pregnant, her husband refuses to believe that the child is his, and divorces her and kicks her out of the house. Saba gets a job as a maid at a rich woman's home, and soon gives birth to a girl.
Arfeen's wife (Mehreen Raheel), meanwhile, has already had a son with him. But the two do not get along. Back in Pakistan, nothing is going right for Arfeen's family. One of his sisters has lost her husband, while the younger sister has been divorced and his mother is diagnosed with cancer. When Arfeen comes to Pakistan, his mother finally tells him the truth about Saba. Arfeen divorces his wife and tries to convince Saba to marry him. However, Saba tells him that while she still loves him, she cannot trust him again. Her parents also try to persuade her to come back to them. Saba, who is not ready to trust anyone again, leaves without letting anyone know of her whereabouts.
A few years later, she starts working at a garments factory and realizes that the factory is owned by Arfeen. She is friendly with Haider (Arfeen's son). But she covers her face to hide her identity. She works there until the day she dies. Back in present time, it is revealed that Sara had overheard how her mother had been treated by Arfeen's family. She is angry and runs away. Haider tracks her down a couple of days later and explains the whole story. Sara agrees to forgive the family and the two start a new life.
Deviations from the novel[edit]
Although closely following the plot of the novel, it also houses many noticeable differences from the original plot.
The character of Arfeen's wife played a major supporting positive role in the novel. And the relationship among them was much better than was shown on screen. At one point in novel she even nurses Arfeen when he experiences a nervous breakdown after knowing the truth about his mother. She is a French woman in the novel.
The title song, Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan, has been written by Sabir Zafar and sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
The serial became widely popular and highly praised by the public. It also generated the highest ratings for any program shown in prime time. It was claimed to be the most successful serial of the present times.[1]
To acknowledge the popularity of the serial among the public, the producers of the serial had included a letter referring to audience thanking them for making the show so successful. Entire serial was also released on DVD in mid-2010.
The Drama was broadcast every Saturday at 8:00 pm on GEO Entertainment. The entire drama has a total of 23 episodes. The drama was telecasted on the channel Zindagi in India under the title "Kaisi Ye Qayamat" from 15 December 2014 to 6 January 2015, every Monday to Saturday at 8:00 pm.
Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
2011 | 10th Lux Style Awards | Best Drama Serial | Humayun Saeed and Abdullah Kadwani | Nominated |
Best Director Drama Serial | Babar Javed | Nominated | ||
Best Actress | Samiya Mumtaz | Nominated | ||
Best Actor | Faisal Qureshi | Won | ||
Writer Drama Serial | Umera Ahmad | Won |
- ^ "Leading News Resource of Pakistan". Daily Times. 2011-01-03.


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How the EVAP system vent control works
The Evaporative System (EVAP) prevents the fuel vapors from the fuel tank from escaping into the atmosphere. The fuel vapors from the fuel tank get trapped in the charcoal canister; the charcoal canister is filled with small pellets of activated charcoal that absorb and store vapors.
When the engine is running and other conditions allow, the fuel vapors are purged from the charcoal canister into the engine air intake to be burned (see the diagram). The vent control valve is usually installed at the back of a car or truck; near or at the charcoal canister. The vent control valve is an electrical solenoid/valve that is controlled by the engine computer (ECM). The vent control valve is normally open; it controls the air supply into the canister. The vent control valve closes when the ECM performs the leak test of the EVAP system.
During the leak test, the ECM seals off the EVAP system by closing both, the vent control valve and the purge control valve (solenoid). Once the EVAP system is sealed, the ECM monitors the vacuum or pressure in the EVAP system. If the EVAP system doesn't hold the vacuum or pressure, the ECM recognizes an EVAP leak.
A: You might need to have the problem diagnosed properly at a dealer or auto repair shop. If the charcoal canister assembly will need to be replaced, as often is the case, the repair could run as high as $600 - $800 including diagnostic; the charcoal canister assembly is not a cheap part. Often though, it's the EVAP vacuum switching valve (VSV) that goes bad. The EVAP VSV is a lot cheaper than the whole assembly. You may want to start with testing the EVAP VSV; it's mounted at the bracket at the canister. It looks like a small cylindrical solenoid with the two-wire connector and vacuum lines attached to it. The EVAP VSV can be tested with the 12V supply. The working VSV should produce an audible click and should switch between closed and open air flow with the voltage applied. If the EVAP VSV is bad, there is a chance that replacing just this part will fix the problem.
A: The vent control valve or as it might be called canister shut-off valve goes bad quite often in these cars. You might want to start with having it tested.
A: If the car was parked for a long time, it's not unusual that some insects make a nest in the vent filter of vent hose, essentially blocking it; this could cause the code. Another thing, the vent control valve could go bad or a wiring or connector could get corroded.


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Experienced investors know that it is part of the investing experience to watch stock prices fluctuate. However, there are times when the stock price moves just low enough to attract attention as a bargain. Especially when the company in question is generating strong profits. From this perspective we searched for mid cap stocks that appear to be undervalued and are generating solid earnings. The short list of stocks below serves as a helpful place to start your own evaluation.
The Price/Cash Flow ratio is a price-multiple valuation metric that also measures a firm's future financial health. An advantage of using cash flow is that it removes non-cash factors, which helps provide a clearer picture of how much money the firm is taking in from a valuation standpoint. Price/Cash Flow Ratio = Current Stock Price/Cash Flow Per Share
The forward P/E is a price multiple valuation metric, which is similar to the current P/E ratio, except that it uses the forecasted earnings instead. While this number might not be as accurate because it uses "forecasted" numbers, it does offer the benefit of illustrating analysts' expectations of a firm. If the market believes that earnings will grow moving forward, then the forward P/E should be lower than the current P/E. Financial Leverage, also known as the Equity Multiplier, illustrates how a firm is financing its assets. The lower the number the more a firm is financing its assets internally through stockholder equity. The higher this metric is the more the firm is relying on debt to finance its assets.
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We first looked for mid cap stocks. We then screened for businesses that are trading at low price-multiple valuations (P/CFO<10)(forward P/E<10). We next screened for businesses that have strong profitability (1-year fiscal EPS Growth Rate>10%)(1-year operating margin>15%). We did not screen out any sectors.
Do you think these mid-cap stocks hold solid value? Use our list to help with your own analysis.
1) Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN)
Sector | Financial |
Industry | Regional - Midwest Banks |
Market Cap | $5.64B |
Beta | 1.62 |
Key Metrics
Price/Cash Flow Ratio | 4.62 |
Forward Price/Earnings Ratio | 9.95 |
Earnings Per Share Growth Rate | 206.69% |
Operating Profit Margin | 28.15% |
Short Interest | 1.77% |
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated operates as the holding company for The Huntington National Bank that provides commercial, small business, and consumer banking services. The company's Retail and Business Banking segment offers various financial products and services, including checking, savings, and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, consumer loans, and small business loans and leases; and investments, insurance, interest rate risk protection, foreign exchange hedging, and treasury management services to consumer and small business customers.
Its Regional and Commercial Banking segment provides commercial lending; depository and liquidity management products; treasury management solutions; equipment and technology leasing; international services; and capital markets services, such as interest rate risk protection, foreign exchange hedging and sales, trading of securities, mezzanine investment capabilities, and employee benefit programs to government, not-for-profit, health-care, and publicly traded entities. The company's Automobile Finance and Commercial Real Estate segment offers financing for the purchase of automobiles, and new and used vehicle inventory by automotive dealerships; and financing for land, buildings, and other commercial real estate owned or constructed by real estate developers, automobile dealerships, or other customers.
Its Wealth Advisors, Government Finance, and Home Lending segment provides investment management; investment servicing; custody, and corporate trust and retirement plan services; and administrative and operational support to fund to high net worth customers. It also offers online, mobile, and telephone banking services; and operates approximately 1,350 automated teller machines. As of July 24, 2012, the company had 680 branches located in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Huntington Bancshares Incorporated was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
2) Focus Media Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ:FMCN)
Sector | Services |
Industry | Advertising Agencies |
Market Cap | $3.14B |
Beta | 2.36 |
Key Metrics
Price/Cash Flow Ratio | 4.82 |
Forward Price/Earnings Ratio | 8.39 |
Earnings Per Share Growth Rate | 69.48% |
Operating Profit Margin | 31.68% |
Short Interest | 5.59% |
Focus Media Holding Limited, a multi-platform digital media company, operates liquid crystal display (LCD) network using audiovisual digital displays in China. The company engages in selling out-of-home advertising time slots on its network of flat-panel digital advertising displays located in high traffic areas of commercial, residential, and public buildings, such as malls, hotels, and the lobbies of apartment buildings, as well as in-store network.
It provides advertising services on poster frames, on screens in movie theatres, and on traditional outdoor billboards. As of December 31, 2011, the company had a LCD display network of approximately 155,751 flat-panel digital displays in approximately 114 cities; in-store network of approximately 50,076 LCD displays in approximately 1,576 hypermarkets, 217 supermarkets, and 1,008 convenience stores; poster frame network of approximately 445,126 non-digital frames and LCD 1.0 picture frame devices, as well as leased screen time in approximately 316 movie theaters, including 2,190 screens. Focus Media Holding Limited is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong.
3) Torchmark Corp. (NYSE:TMK)
Sector | Financial |
Industry | Life Insurance |
Market Cap | $4.91B |
Beta | 1.58 |
Key Metrics
Price/Cash Flow Ratio | 69.54 |
Forward Price/Earnings Ratio | 9.10 |
Earnings Per Share Growth Rate | 11.27% |
Operating Profit Margin | 21.36% |
Short Interest | 1.62% |
Torchmark Corporation, an insurance holding company, provides individual life and supplemental health insurance, and annuities, to middle income households in the United States. Its life insurance products include traditional and interest sensitive whole-life insurance, term life insurance, and other life insurance; and supplemental limited-benefit health insurance products comprise cancer and accident plans, as well as Medicare Supplements plans and Medicare Part D prescription drug insurance. The company's annuity products consist of single-premium and flexible-premium deferred annuities. The company sells its products through direct mail, Internet, television, magazine, exclusive agents, and independent agents in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. Torchmark Corporation was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in McKinney, Texas.
*Company profiles were sourced from Google Finance and Yahoo Finance. Financial data was sourced from Finviz on 09/04/2012.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
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Gerard Butler has been set to star in Dynamo, a true story based on the novel Dynamo: Defending The Honour Of Kiev by Andy Dougan. Eli Richbourg adapted the screenplay. Riviera Pictures, Beau Flynn of FlynnPictureCo., and Jeremy Garelick will produce. Pathé co-developed and will co-produce and distribute the film worldwide. Talks with possible directors are underway. |


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Electrochemical AFM on surface grafted poly(ferrocenylsilanes)
Peter, Mária and Hempenius, Mark A. and Lammertink, Rob G.H. and Vancso, G. Julius (2001) Electrochemical AFM on surface grafted poly(ferrocenylsilanes). Macromolecular Symposia, 167 (1). pp. 285-296. ISSN 1022-1360
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Abstract: | Ethylenesulfide and trimethylenesulfide end-functionalized poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilanes) (ES-PFS and TMS-PFS) with different degrees of polymerization were prepared via anionic ring-opening polymerization. Molecular characterization of ES-PFS was carried out by using 1H-NMR, GPC, FTIR, and elemental analysis. Thin films of ES-PFS were prepared by immersing gold(111) substrates into 1.0 mg/ml solutions of the polymers in toluene. The polymeric films were characterized by FTIR, XPS, and contact angle measurements. Thicknesses of the grafted films were measured by SPR. Thicknesses determined by SPR and the theoretically calculated values are in a reasonable agreement. The morphology of the films was studied by tapping mode AFM. The electrochemical behavior of the films was monitored by cyclic voltammetry (CV). CVs show two reversible redox peaks, indicating a stepwise oxidation of the iron atoms in the polymer chains. Scanning Electrochemical Force Microscopy (SEFM) allowed us to study in situ the morphological changes occurring in the film upon electrochemical oxidation or reduction. AFM images indicated that in the oxidized form the chains were stretched due to electrostatic repulsion. |
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In recent weeks, weather-related tragedies and developments have occupied a prominent place in news headlines across the United States.
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For almost 40 years, GOES satellites have served a pivotal role in monitoring weather developments over the United States. Perched in fixed positions over the east and west coasts of America, two satellites have monitored atmospheric and solar conditions and provided continuous imagery and data to enable meteorologists to make forecasts and identify and track dangerous weather systems, such as tornadoes, hurricanes and thunderstorms.
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According to Hartley, the GLM will map total lightning within its coverage area to provide earlier indications of storm intensification and improved tornado warning lead times.
"The GLM's 'total lightning' observations of thunderstorms will provide National Weather Service forecasters with advanced severe weather-prediction capabilities to increase warning lead times and, ultimately, help save lives, Hartley said."
GOES-R will also enable forecasters to track hurricane direction and landfall more effectively by narrowing the "cone of uncertainty" for predicted storm tracks. This improved accuracy will help emergency managers save resources by having to evacuate fewer people out of harm's way.
Illustrating the vital role of the GOES satellites, GOES-13 went offline temporarily in late May after apparently being struck by a micrometeoroid, prompting NOAA to activate a backup satellite to ensure continued coverage over the eastern United States and the Atlantic Ocean.
Although officials successfully reactivated GOES-13 June 10, the incident underscored the importance of the continuing progress on the GOES-R series program.
In 2012, the GOES-R spacecraft team passed a critical design review and program review, enabling the team to transition from the engineering to the build, assembly and test phase.
NASA, who partners with NOAA in the acquisition and development of the GOES-R series, exercised an option for Lockheed Martin to build two additional satellites, bringing the total number of satellites to be built to four. GOES-R will inaugurate a new generation of weather satellites, extending the lifetime of the GOES series to at least 2036.
"This critical new national asset will help ensure that every community is given as much forewarning of severe weather as possible to minimize loss of life and property," Hartley said. "The GOES-R series will give us the capability to truly help save lives."
Posted July 10, 2013
- Built on the Lockheed Martin A2100 satellite platform, GOES-R will feature advanced instrument capabilities, including more visible and infrared channels, four times the imaging resolution and new lightning detection technology.
- GOES-R will send updates every five minutes compared to the current GOES system updating every 30 minutes.
- Lockheed Martin is also designing a new Solar Ultraviolet Imager, a Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) and a magnetometer.
In May, NOAA issued the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season forecast. Officials have increased the predicted number of storms and hurricanes highlighting the critical need for accurate and timely forecasting. Hurricane Sandy as seen from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite on October 28, 2012. Credit: NOAA/NASA
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On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 09:03, Winston Wolff wrote: > What is the state of unit tests for Webware? I know that each kit > (WebKit, MiddleKit, etc) has a Testing folder, but they don't seem to > be automated unit tests. It seems to me that automated tests will be > necessary for Webware to develop further, e.g. to make a 0.9 release, > or to move over to this WSGI thing. Would people agree? Hi Winston, This has been brought up before on the list, and there is good agreement that we'd like to have better tests. I think part of the challenge lies in refactoring some chunks of WebKit to make it easier to write automated tests. Currently a lot of the objects rely on the existence of the others, so it's difficult to test functionality in individual classes; all we can really do is test the full-blown app server via HTTP (or something). But even having these tests would be an improvement. peace, Jason -- Jason D. Hildebrand T: 204 775 1212 E: jason@... |


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KNOXVILLE – Galen Campbell might get to play a minute here or there as the University of Tennessee men's basketball team pursues its surprising run toward bubble status for the NCAA tournament.
With federal money about to run out for the Shelby County Schools Innovation Zone schools, the $8 million in cash due from the city of Memphis next month is most likely to land in the bank account for that effort.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Education Department Commissioner Kevin Huffman said Thursday that the scrutiny he received during his nearly four turbulent years at the helm of the state's schools didn't influence his decision to leave for the private sector.
Sardor and Gulam Umarov are used to fighting battles with seemingly long odds.
Between 2005 and 2009, the brothers waged a high-profile human rights campaign against the authoritarian government in their native Uzbekistan for the release of their father, Sanjar Umarov, a Germantown businessman thrown into prison for opposing the regime.
Vasco Smith remembers working the polls at Fairview Junior High School in the 1960s as a child. His job was simple – to hand out campaign literature and not stray within the 100-foot limit by law between poll workers and the polling place in the gymnasium.
Rick Smith is director of property management for Finard Properties, the commercial real estate firm that owns and manages properties such as the landmark Poplar Plaza shopping center at Poplar Avenue and Highland Street.
NASHVILLE (AP) – Gov. Bill Haslam's office is dismissing as a "political stunt" a letter signed by 15 Republican lawmakers demanding the resignation of Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman.
Shelby County Commissioners vote Monday, May 12, on $47.3 million in immediate capital funding for Shelby County Schools in a decision that pits a majority on the commission against County Mayor Mark Luttrell.
Memphis freshman forward Austin Nichols wasn't sure how much he would even play in his first year with the Tigers. And senior guard Michael Dixon Jr. was a newcomer with an uncertain role after transferring from Missouri.
Through a 31-game regular season and an 18-game grind in the American Athletic Conference, the University of Memphis never lost back-to-back games. It's a notable achievement.
But now that the single-elimination season has started, it also is an irrelevant statistic going forward unless the Tigers have the misfortune to lose their first AAC Tournament game Thursday, March 13, at FedExForum against Connecticut, and then lose their first NCAA Tournament game a week later.
A majority of Shelby County Commissioners seems to agree that the Shelby County Schools board should be smaller than the 13 members it will become with the August school board elections if the commission takes no further action.
The Shelby County Commission starts with a dozen members at the first meeting of 2014. But it should be back up to the full 13 members by the end of the Monday, Jan. 13, session.
The commission meets at 1:30 p.m. at the Vasco Smith County Administration Building. Follow the meeting @tdnpols, www.twitter.com/tdnpols.
Richard L. Fisher has joined the Chickasaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America as chief executive officer. In his new role, Fisher will extend character development and leadership skills to youth who live in the Chickasaw Council territory, which includes the Mississippi Delta, Memphis, and Shelby and Crittenden counties.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Titans owner Bud Adams, who helped found the American Football League and whose battles for players helped lead to the merger with the NFL, has died. He was 90.
Tennessee Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman didn't offer any apologies in his first comments about a petition signed by more than 60 school superintendents that is critical of his leadership at the department.
Alabama's Nick Saban can walk anywhere he wants in the Southeastern Conference – college football's roughest neighborhood – and no one can lay a finger on him.
His teams have won the national championship in three of the last four years. Overall, SEC teams have won the title seven consecutive years and the league is a dream destination for head coaches – until it turns into a grinding, weekly nightmare.
In 2008, the Tennessee Supreme Court laid out a strategic plan to get attorneys more involved in pro bono work.
Though it isn't required of the state's professionals, there is an inspirational goal of 50 hours per year of public service that is heavily encouraged by the justices.
His team had just overcome a 17-point first-half deficit and beaten Oklahoma City in overtime to win Game 4 and take a commanding 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series. So someone asked Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins if he was impressed.
Shelby County Commissioners might discuss Monday, March 18, the idea of restructuring the countywide school board for a third time in the last year and a half.
But they are likely to delay action on a resolution that would create a 13-member school board effective Sept. 1 by appointing six new members to go with the seven existing members.
Countywide school board members meet Tuesday, Feb. 12, in special session to send a still-forming budget for the first fiscal year of the consolidated school system to the Shelby County Commission.
Myra Gammon has joined Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare as a business development account manager for Community Care Associates. In her new role, Gammon is responsible for the development and management of the Occupational Health and Wellness Services program.
They were three words that were perfect for summing up Zach Randolph. Three words that were perfect for describing the Memphis Grizzlies seven games into this NBA season.
"I don't bluff," Randolph told reporters when asked about his exchange of unpleasantries with the Thunder's Kendrick Perkins after the Grizzlies' 107-97 victory on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at Oklahoma City, and on national television no less.
The annual FedEx Corp. meeting with investors next month will be watched closely for what happens to FedEx Express, the oldest division of the Memphis-based company.
Shawn Flynn and Ryan Ramkhelawan have, both literally and figuratively, come a long way in a few months.
They moved to Memphis recently to bring their medical industry-focused startup here and take it through the inaugural round of a new startup accelerator program, ZeroTo510. Since the end of that program – a boot camp-style mix of mentorship, networking and related instruction that came with an infusion of cash – their startup Restore Medical Solutions got a term sheet and an invitation to negotiate for a Series A round of venture capital funding.
Shelby County Commissioners will appoint two new members to the countywide school board at their Monday, Sept. 10, meeting.
The commission meeting is at 1:30 p.m. at the Vasco Smith County Administration Building, 160 N. Main St.
A few minutes into this week's earnings conference call with analysts, FedEx Corp. founder and CEO Fred Smith used three words that came to define much of the rest of the nearly hour-long conversation – "cost reduction program."
In relatively short order, Jamie Kidd went from being a student at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law to working there.
After two years and some inevitable development hurdles, Greenbrier Partners LLC's mixed-use development at 436 S. Front St. is quickly taking shape.
Students from area high schools, colleges and youth organizations will get an opportunity to learn about the legal profession from a diverse group of professionals April 24 at "Legal Careers Forum: The ABCs – Advocates, Barristers and Counselors."
HONOLULU (AP) – President Barack Obama is delaying his request for another $1.2 trillion increase in the United States' debt limit at the request of congressional leaders.
It's basically because of a technicality.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate's top Republican on Thursday urged the GOP-led House to pass a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts and break an impasse that threatens all workers with a Jan. 1 tax increase. Within hours, a House Republican freshman broke ranks and agreed, signaling that fierce pressure from almost every corner of the Republican Party had begun to crack conservative opposition to a short-term fix.
NEW YORK (AP) – These are the kinds of negotiations NBA fans have been waiting for.
Teams began talking to agents Wednesday as the lockout inched closer to its end, and basketball moved back into focus. Dwight Howard and Chris Paul were linked to trade speculation, while free agents such as Tyson Chandler and Nene were in the news after months of attorneys getting all the ink.
The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law has approved changes to the school's curriculum that go into effect next year and reflect the changing nature of the legal profession.
Starting with the class that enters in the fall of 2012, students will have more flexibility in classes they take earlier in their education.
NASHVILLE (AP) – Two courts in Nashville have backed a decision by state transportation officials to bar two guardrail companies that were implicated in corruption investigations from bidding on projects.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Mitt Romney gingerly distanced himself from a labor issue on the Ohio ballot one day. The next, he embraced the initiative "110 percent."
The equivocation not only highlighted his record of shifting positions but also underscored the local political minefields national candidates often confront in their state-by-state path to the presidency.
François Delattre, the ambassador of France to the United States, will visit Memphis Thursday, Oct.6, and Friday, Oct. 7.
Delattre will meet with Mayor A C Wharton Jr. and FedEx Corp. Chairman, President and CEO Frederick Smith.
Shelby County Commissioners take the final step Monday, Sept. 12, to the creation of a new countywide school board that will take office in three weeks.
The commission meets at 1:30 p.m. at the Vasco Smith County Administration Building, 160 N. Main St.
It took Shelby County Commissioners nearly 10 hours Wednesday, Sept. 7, to interview nearly 100 contenders for seven appointments to the countywide school board that takes office Oct. 1.
The general government committee session with the applicants is a good indicator of what is likely to happen Monday when the full commission makes the appointments. The seven non-binding straw polls of the commission included selections by most of the 13-member body. But they selected either three or four finalists each which means there will probably a lot of shifts in votes Monday when commissioners are limited to one vote each.
LeMoyne-Owen College and the United Negro College Fund will host the Hank Aaron Celebrity Sports Weekend and the 41st UNCF Black Tie Gala Reception Monday, Aug. 15, through Saturday, Aug. 20. A celebrity golf tournament will be held Monday at 7 a.m. at Spring Creek Ranch, 149 Chinquapin Drive. The News Channel 3 Sunset 5K Run/Walk will be held Aug. 19, at 7 p.m. A celebrity sports breakfast hosted by Elliot Perry will be held Aug. 20 at 9 a.m. on campus, 807 Walker Ave. The gala will be held Aug. 20 at 6 p.m. at Minglewood Hall, 1555 Madison Ave. Visit www.loc.edu.
Corey Strong, a graduate of White Station High School and the U.S. Naval Academy who recently returned home to Memphis from a tour of duty in Afghanistan, is the first recipient of a new college scholarship in honor of the late civil rights pioneer Benjamin L. Hooks.
The same day that the chairman of the Federal Reserve was saying economic problems could persist into 2012, the founder of Memphis-based FedEx was telling analysts growth was on the way and the economy was through a "soft patch."
University of Memphis law professor Barbara Kritchevsky received the Farris Bobango Faculty Scholarship Award during the university's Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law graduation ceremony.
Kritchevsky, the inaugural recipient of the award, is director of advocacy and Cecil C. Humphreys Professor of Law at the school.
The Institute of Real Estate Management Memphis Chapter will join the Apartment Association of Greater Memphis for a meeting Tuesday, May 24, at noon at the Holiday Inn University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. For reservations, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Indie Memphis will present its Dance Film Series Monday through Wednesday at the Evergreen Theatre, 1705 Poplar Ave. "William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet" will make its Memphis premiere Wednesday at 7 p.m. Other films include "Rumba," playing Monday at 7 p.m. and "NY Export: Opus Jazz" Tuesday at 7 p.m. Award-winning short films will precede the three features. For more information, visit www.indiememphis.com.
The legal documents in the schools consolidation lawsuit include the name of Patrick Smith, the acting state commissioner of education when the lawsuit was filed Feb. 11 by the county school system.
Airways Distribution Center at 8474 Marketplace Drive in Southaven is nearly at capacity with a new lease.
The Memphis Lawyers' Chapter and University of Memphis Law Student Chapter of the Federalist Society will present a panel discussion on attorney general selection in Tennessee Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Wade Auditorium at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 1 N. Front St. Panelists will include state Sen. Mark Norris and attorneys W.J. Michael Cody and J. Ammon Smartt. U of M Law School Dean Kevin H. Smith will moderate. The event is free and open to the public and worth one continuing legal education credit. To register, contact Greg Grisham at 312-9413 or email@example.com.
FedEx Corp. announced Thursday revenue of $9.66 billion for the quarter that ended Feb. 28. The revenue is up from $8.7 billion the previous year.
Meanwhile, operating income of $393 million was down 6 percent from last year and the Memphis-based cargo and package giant announced a net income of $231 million for the quarter, down 3 percent from a year ago.
Local businesses and nonprofit organizations are using quick response codes to make information retrieval easier than ever.
Made popular in Japan by Toyota in the 1990s, QR codes are making a splash in the Bluff City by bringing consumers with smart phones one step closer to businesses seeking to offer their services. Users can download a free QR code-scanning application, such as QuickMark or NeoReader, for their iPhone, Android or other brand of smart phone. Then, the phone's camera scans the code, taking the user straight to a link – no typing or searching required.
NASHVILLE (AP) – Gov. Bill Haslam has appointed Kevin Huffman, vice president of public affairs at Teach For America, as his education commissioner.
Shelby County Commissioners may vote Wednesday on a new contract that would put the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau in charge of running the Memphis Cook Convention Center.
The commission meeting at the Vasco Smith County Administration Building, 160 N. Main St., begins at 1:30 p.m. The original meeting date Monday was cancelled because of snow.
Shelby County commissioners take up the issue of consolidation once again at Monday's meeting of the body.
It's not consolidation of city and county governments, though. Voters dealt with that on the Nov. 2 ballot.
With a collective 126 years of working legal knowledge among them, three of the top lawyers in the city are pleased to be sharing their experiences with students at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.
Michael Drake is founder, chairman and chief executive officer of masterIT. masterIT has been named one of North America's Most Innovative MSPs by Everything Channel's CRN Magazine. The list recognizes the IT industry's top 40 managed service providers for their ingenuity, leadership and success.
FedEx Corp. announced its goal to increase earnings per share by 10 to 15 percent yearly over the long-term and achieve 10 percent plus operating margins at this week's annual stockholders meeting.
When it comes to his inspiration for entering the legal profession, David S. Kennedy, chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee, gives a nod to his father and to Atticus Finch, Harper Lee's stalwart symbol of fairness for a generation in her novel "To Kill A Mockingbird."
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A tightly fitted cap was successfully keeping oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in three months, BP said Thursday. The victory — long awaited by weary residents along the coast — is the most significant milestone yet in BP's effort to control one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history.
Tension is mounting between BP and the neighborhood retailers that sell its gasoline.
As more Americans shun BP gasoline as a form of protest over the Gulf oil spill, station owners are insisting BP do more to help them convince motorists that such boycotts mostly hurt independently owned businesses, not the British oil giant.
A-Z Memphis Holding Inc., the developer of a retail building that houses an AutoZone store at 8071 E. Shelby Drive in Southeast Memphis, has sold the property for $1.2 million to Yicai Ruan and Xiaoqin Li of Collierville.
Doug Collins has paid $550,000 for a roughly three-acre outparcel of the Corner Shops in Lakeland. The seller was Corner Shops LLC and the sale closed March 22.
It's been 46 years since Marshall McLuhan declared, "The medium is the message."
In that time, the visionary media critic's five-word analysis has been debated and interpreted in ways even he likely couldn't imagine.
Amanda C. Waddell has been named a partner at Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell PLC. Waddell's practice is concentrated in the areas of medical malpractice, auto liability and insurance coverage.
Describing the state of financing in the indie film industry, producer Mike Ryan set a bleak scene earlier this month at Malco's Studio on the Square.
William R. Bradley Jr. has been named chief manager of Glankler Brown PLLC.
Bradley's primary practice areas include intellectual property, maintenance and litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, business litigation, and construction litigation.
Riverbirch Nashville LLC, whose principal is Kevin Hyneman, has paid $1.3 million to Renesant Bank for 99 lots in the Highland Point Subdivision in unincorporated Shelby County near Cordova. The sale closed in late January.
Fred Jones has received the Arthur S. Holmon Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Memphis Black Student Association.
As the new University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law has come to fruition this winter, it has been difficult not to feel the presence of the building's former lives.
But none of those lives has remained completely intact in a series of renovations since its 1884 debut as the U.S. Customs House.
An adult with a family who works full-time may consider attending law school at some point after passing the so-called "typical" college age.
However, law schools are one of the few branches of higher education that typically do not offer night courses. Few law schools offer night law classes in Tennessee and nationwide, leaving many adults trying to decide if they should put their lives on hold to dedicate themselves to a full-time day program.
The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law will reach a huge milestone Jan. 11 at 8 a.m. when it opens for classes at its new location Downtown inside the former U.S. Customs House and Post Office at 1 N. Front St.
Methodist University Hospital has set its sights on becoming the premier choice for people seeking cardiovascular care thanks to a new partnership with one of the nation's top medical teaching institutions.
1.1 AcresCollierville, TN 38017Sale Amount: $1.5 Million
Sale Date: Oct. 15, 2009Buyer: Murray-Collierville LLCSeller: Holrob-Collierville LLCLoan Amounts: $1.2 million; $200,000Loan Dates: Oct. 15, 2009Maturity Dates: Nov. 2, 2034; Oct. 15, 2014Lenders: Community Financial Services Bank; Holrob-Collierville GP
The 74.53-acre property known as Camp Cordova has sold for $2 million to The Grove at Red Oak Lake Inc., an affiliate of Faith Baptist Church-Bartlett. The sale closed Oct. 16 and was announced earlier this month, but it wasn't recorded by the Shelby County Register of Deeds until Thursday.
Barbara Kritchevsky will begin the new school year as the director of advocacy for the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, a position she long has hoped to see created as the competition in that area grows among U.S. law schools.
Smith & Nephew Inc. has agreed to pay up to $3.5 million plus legal costs to settle a lawsuit filed in 2006 over allegations of racial discrimination in hiring, paying and promoting at its Memphis operation.
Dr. Kevin Smith has been appointed dean at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, according to an e-mail Monday from University of Memphis Provost Dr. Ralph Faudree.
Nearly 30 law schools across the country currently have open dean positions, including the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.
Memphis Area Legal Services, the University of Memphis' Cecil C.Humphreys School of Law and the Shelby County Drug Court have been named beneficiaries of a $305,000 legal settlement.
Circuit Court Judge Donna Fields recently ruled that unused funds from a class action settlement will be distributed among the three law-related entities.
Chuck Newell has been elected chairman of the board of directors of Landmark Community Bank and will be based in Landmark's Collierville branch.
Newell brings more than 28 years of banking experience to the board and currently serves as the president and CEO of Merchants and Planters Bancshares.
The courtroom where the Tennessee Supreme Court convenes when it is in Memphis was packed earlier this month. And to some on that warm late spring morning, the crowd seemed a bit young.
Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton Jr. even mistook a few practicing attorneys as part of the group of 100 teenagers who are part of the Memphis Bar Association's 2008 Summer Law Intern Program. The MBA's Diversity Committee started the initiative a year ago to interest minority students in exploring careers in the law.
Kimberley Fullwood has joined inferno as strategic operations director.
Fullwood has more than 13 years of experience in project, traffic and operations management. Previously, she served as vice president of traffic and operations at HSR Business to Business Inc. in Cincinnati.
It's difficult to know for now what to call the brass, marble and stone building Downtown that stands at the end of Madison Avenue.
In about a year and a half it will be the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law for the University of Memphis. It was the Front Street Post Office for nearly 40 years until the law school renovation began recently. And before that it was the federal courthouse for the Western District of Tennessee.
William Evans, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital director and CEO, has been elected as chair-elect of the Pharmaceutical Sciences section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The Dixon Gallery and Gardens Board of Trustees has appointed Kevin Sharp as the museum's new director. Sharp received a bachelor's degree in art history from Central Missouri State University and completed graduate studies at the University of Illinois in art history and architecture. He previously served as the research curator for The Art Institute of Chicago and as the curator of American art at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Fla.
The United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) has chosen Santiago R. Vera, director of the Liver Transplant Program at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, to serve as the Region 11 Councilor on the UNOS board of directors. He will serve as the representative for UNOS members in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Vera has been with the Transplant Institute since 1982.
Crye-Leike Realtors associate Pat Goldstein has been awarded the 2006 Realtor Associate of the Year Award by the Memphis Area Association of Realtors. Goldstein has worked as an agent for 23 years and specializes in residential, relocation, first-time homebuyers and new home real estate sales.
Dr. Charles R. Handorf has been named the 152nd president of the Tennessee Medical Association. Handorf is president of Duckworth Pathology Group and professor and chair of the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine.
Brad V. Smith, president of Cecil Smith Insurance Agency in Germantown, was elected president of Insurors of Tennessee. Smith has served on the association's board of directors and executive committee for 12 years. He won the group's Chairman of the Year award in 2004 and Insuror of the Year award in 1992.
Keith Morris of 4M Land Co. in Somerville was honored with the 2005 Land Realtor of America award by the Realtors Land Institute. Morris, current president of the Tennesseen RLI chapter, is the first Tennessean to receive the award. He graduated from the University of Memphis.
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