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Ganesh Chaturthi is an important festival in Hindu calendar, which is celebrated in the Hindu month of Bhadrapad (mid Aug- mid sept). This year it falls on September 9th. It is celebrated for 10 days and this differs from place to place in India, as per one`s tradition. Lord Ganesha is a deity who bestows good fortune, wisdom, success and prosperity. He destroys one`s sorrows and obstacles accumulated over the past and grants a new lease of life.
The day becomes special by the ritualistic worship of Ganesha, as it elevates the thoughts from mundane to spiritual.
The image of Ganesha is believed to absorb all the negativity in one`s household, as one offers prayers to him by way of chanting, offering plenty of tasty food, lighting lamp, dressing him up with devotion and praying to him sincerely.
This image is kept at home for pooja and then immersed in water, symbolic of dissolving all evil and negative energies that manifest in one`s life as sorrow and pain.
1. Take bath and clean your house.
Decorate your doorway with flowers and mango leaves. Artificial hangings or torans can also be used for decoration.
2. Draw rangolis or geometric patterns
in front of the doorway with raw rice flour. One can also use colored powder available in stores for this purpose. It is a symbol of auspiciousness. It helps attract positive vibrations into the house.
3. Idol of Ganesha
4. Mantras
Recitation of mantras is called, "Prana Pratishta" in Sanskrit, meaning breathing of prana or life current into the image, making it fit for worship. Mantras give life to the form. The Rig- Veda mantra for Pran-prathista should be recited:
ganananh tva ganapatim havamahe kavim kavinam - upamashravastamam | jyeshhtharajam brahmanan.h brahmanaspata A nah shrivnvannutibhih sida sadanam || (Rig Veda 2.23.1)
ni shhu sida ganapate ganeshhu tvamahurvipratamam kavinam | na rite tvat.h kriyate kinchanare mahamarkam maghavan.h chitramarcha || (Rig Veda 10.112.9)
Sacred mantras should be chanted like "Om Gam Ganapathaye" to invoke his blessings of success in all undertakings and destruction of all obstacles to well being.
5. Food
Food offerings should be made to him like modaks (sweet rice dumplings), coconut, cooked channa, jaggery, semolina laddus, besan laddus, kheer and different types of fruits. However, his favorite food is the modak. Food offered to Ganesha is called Prasad and it should be distributed after the pooja.
6. Arti
Once food offering is done, then arti along with ringing of bells should be done to him. It is showing of light to the deity and invoking his blessings.
7. Friends and family
Friends, neighbors and relatives can be called over to share the festive spirit and enjoy a meal with you. Food prepared at home should be shared with others. It brings in good merit.
8. Final ceremony
Towards evening, after some prayers, he should be carried to a sea or some water body for immersion. It is a very important part of the pooja. He is thrown into the water with some coins and flowers, in the belief that he is carrying all our burdens with him and dissolving them, only to come back the next year. This ceremony is called visarjan in Hindi.
Vital energy increases. Negative energies are eliminated. Subtle body gets purified. Mind attains tranquility and intellect is sharpened.
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It is a street festival where huge idols of Ganesha are placed and prayers are offered. It is accompanied with bhajans, lighting of fire crackers, ringing of bells, food distribution, and gathering of people with cultural activities like drama, singing, dance and so forth. This goes on for days depending upon the region and tradition of that particular place.
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Usher syndrome can be a lonely diagnosis. There is not usually a family around the corner similarly diagnosed. You are not alone, however. It is estimated that between 30,000 and 50,000 people in the United States have some form of Usher syndrome. There are literally hundreds of thousands of individuals that have a loved one with Usher syndrome.
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NICEVILLE – In a league like the Panhandle Conference, where all five teams are ranked in the FCSAA Top 10, looking back is rarely productive.
But for Northwest Florida State head coach Patrick Harrington and his Northwest Florida State Lady Raiders, Wednesday night's home victory over Chipola was a big moment.
"I thought it was huge," said Harrington, who team bounced back after their first loss of the season last Saturday against Gulf Coast with a 62-61 home victory over Chipola. "We have a good basketball team. However, the first time you stub your toe, there's a tendency to ques-tion the things you had accomplished over the previous three months. That's why I thought getting the win over Chipola was so big."
Now, it's time to turn the page.
Tonight, the Lady Raiders (15-1) will be back on their home court for a Panhandle Conference showdown, this one with visiting Pensacola State (11-4) for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff.
For Harrington, the conference's competitive nature puts a premium on any home game.
"They way the schedule is set up this year, we play two at home, then two on the road, then two at home again," said Harrington. "So that really makes it important to hold serve at home. When you go on the road, you hope you can steal one, but you really have to take care of your home floor."
To do that, the Lady Raiders will have to contain a pair of Pensacola scorers tonight.
Pensacola native Teadra Jones, a sophomore guard, leads Pensacola State on the offensive end, averaging 16.1 points per game. Jones is joined in double-digit scoring by Shanay Corbett, who's putting up 11 per contest.
"Jones is a player," said Harrington. "I remember when she came out of high school and she visited here. I really regret missing out on her. She's very poised. She can shoot, she can drive…She's just a scorer."
As if the Raiders need any added incentive, Harrington enters tonight's game 0-4 against Pensacola State in The Arena. For the Raiders, Fort Walton Beach native Kianni Parker has handled herself well at point guatd in the absence of injured starter Ja'Toria Carter. Parker scored 18 in Wednesday's win over Chipola.
"Kianni has done an incredible job filling in for us," said Harrington. "She's led us in scoring the past two games, and that's in addition to defending well, playing 38 minutes per game…We haven't been totally healthy yet, so hopefully one of these days we'll have a game where we're completely healthy and we can see where we're at."
Raiders move on after big win
Like the NWF State women, the Raider men are also entering tonight on the heels of a big victory. Northwest Florida State took control early and never looked back on Wednesday in a convincing 80-65 home win over No. 1 Chipola.
For head coach Steve Forbes, the key to tonight's 7:30 p.m. game against Pensacola State will be how well the Raiders move on from the emotional high of Wednesday night.
"It's something you have to address with your team," said Forbes. "Obviously, it was a big win. But a mature team moves on. We have to prove that we can handle success."
Pensacola State (14-4) enters tonight ranked No. 7 in the FCSAA Coaches Poll, while NWF State is third in the FCSAA poll and ranked No. 7 nationally.
Qiydar Davis leads Pensacola State in scoring at 13.1 points per game, while guard Chris Jones leads the Raiders with 23.1 points per out-ing, good for fourth in the nation.


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MWP TC and poet featured on local news
Like many of us, MWP TC Sean Fleming, who teaches at the Bruce F. Vento School, has been busy balancing the life of both a teacher and a writer. Luckily for Sean, his writing efforts have received local acclaim with a "permanent presence."
Read some of the sidewalk poetry for yourself (Sean is featured on page 16 of poems):
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Also, check out the recent WCCO & Christian Science Monitor coverage of this sidewalk poetry project and interview with Sean.
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September 26, 2007 8:45 PM PDT
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Senior executives from both companies are scheduled to show up before a U.S. Senate panel on Thursday afternoon to argue their respective cases for why Google should--or should not--be allowed to purchase DoubleClick for $3.1 billion. The acquisition was announced in April but is still undergoing a review by the Federal Trade Commission and by regulators in Europe and Australia.
The hearing could mark a turning point in Google's relationship with Washington. It is the first time that Congress has seriously scrutinized the fast-growing company's business strategies, and the first time that a proposed acquisition by the company has encountered such concerted political opposition.
It also represents the result of months of private lobbying and public agitation against the merger by Google's most dangerous business rivals. No stranger to antitrust issues, Microsoft has ordered its legendary army of lobbyists to torpedo the deal, and AT&T, Yahoo and Time Warner have also expressed concerns.
During Thursday's hearing, Google is planning to stress the differences between text-based advertising (its specialty, of course) and graphical display ads (DoubleClick's forte). A second argument is that the companies participate in different parts of the advertising sales and delivery process and are therefore complementary.
"Our purchase of DoubleClick does not raise antitrust issues because of one simple fact: Google and DoubleClick are complementary businesses, and do not compete with each other," Google Vice President David Drummond is expected to tell the panel, according to prepared remarks seen by CNET News.com. "DoubleClick is to Google what FedEx or UPS is to Amazon.com. Our current business involves primarily the selling of text-based ads--books in our analogy. By contrast, DoubleClick's business at its core is to deliver and report on display ads."
Drummond is stressing the difference because it matters to the Federal Trade Commission lawyers and economists who are reviewing the deal. If they eventually determine that Google and DoubleClick are in different enough lines of business, and their products are therefore not substitutes for one another, the purchase will receive less scrutiny.
Ever since the early 1980s, the FTC and Justice Department have tried to evaluate whether a proposed merger will unreasonably create or enhance market power by evaluating whether the merger will increase how concentrated the market is, whether it will have adverse competitive effects, and whether there is a presence--or absence--of serious competitors.
To make their arguments about market power, Microsoft and Google have hired not just lobbyists, but economists too. Stanford University economics professor Robert Hall has represented Google at public events, supplementing lobbyists in the Washington office of the law firm Brownstein Hyatt & Farber (including Makan Delrahim, a former top Justice Department antitrust official).
Microsoft and AT&T fired back with their own economists on the eve of the Senate hearing. A paper written by Robert Hahn and Hal Singer and released Wednesday says: "Google's proposed acquisition of DoubleClick would enhance Google's market power in the market for search and publisher-based advertising tools."
It also suggests that a mathematical calculation of the concentration of the market would be above the federal government's warning level. "The implication of such a finding is that a combined Google-DoubleClick would likely have an incentive to increase the price of DoubleClick's offering relative to a stand-alone DoubleClick, thereby harming online advertisers," the paper says.
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- Cn Yu Spell "Microsoft"?
- Looks like the editors have fallen asleep at the wheel again... Micrsft?
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- That is a blatantly false analogy
- [i]"DoubleClick is to Google what FedEx or UPS is to Amazon.com. Our current business involves primarily the selling of text-based ads--books in our analogy. By contrast, DoubleClick's business at its core is to deliver and report on display ads."[/i]
Text, or Graphic, its all advertising and alot of people would not necessarily see the distinction.
Only an idiot would confuse a retailer with a parcel delivery service.
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- Ummm
- I think what they trying to say is that Double-Click will enhance the service Google offers, just like FedEx enchance Amazon's product by offering the delivery service.
I don't think people in general has any love for advertisements, whether printed or online, and I find it extremely distrubing that MS of all companies are complaining, since their track record regarding competition isn't the best.
The bottom line is that some major corp is standing to loose a lot of money hence the opposition to the merger.
They might be fighting the right war, but for all the wrong reasons. Since when did any major corp gave a @#$%^ about how much people pay for any product.
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- Scummier and Scummiest
- Microsoft would sell your mother's kidneys, if they weren't hungry themselves. We all know that. Google makes noises about being not evil but is ready to buy a company that is synonymous with cackling fiendishness. It will only be a matter of time that MSFT will be remembered as The Good Corporate Citizen when Google is facing charges of extortion, blackmail, privacy violations and criminal data brokerage. Buying Double-Click is the big graduation ceremony from the pop-tart-munching level of evil to the Jeffrey Dahmer stage of wanton cannibal debauchery.
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- MS better be careful
- After all, they just severely overpaid for Aquantive.
The noise they are making could bite them in their huge ass.
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- Google should be prohibited from this acquisition
- Google, Inc. is presently involved in a case regarding You Tube which is expected to be announced around year end. In this separate case, Google, Inc utilized their Targeting to adversely effect an individual who submitted the business model for You Tube to Google, Inc. Google, Inc Targeted the Individual as a Terror Suspect, significantly destroying his family and effectively rendering him non-existant to Law Enforcement, endangering the lives of his family.
This was personally handled by Managing Principals of Google, Inc. who did not like his critisism of Intelligence Oversight Policy and Google Management.
Until existing Management is removed from Google, Inc. They should be prohibited from any Acquisitions on the basis of the Security Risk they caused the US Government and Violation of Laws regarding the handling of CLASSIFIED - TOP SECRET information and violation of multiple Security Clearances at the company.
Google, inc is unsuited to new acquisitions at this time.
James Reginald Harris, Jr. INVENTOR
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- Google should be able to buy
- IS MS can buy an online Ad company I don't see why Google or anyone for that matter can't buy one as long as the financials are there.
Lets not forget that Microsoft are the ones who were found guilty of being a monopoly and then ***** slapped and basically they go off easy.
I don't remember GOogle ever being found of the same thing.
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- Market Share?
- Market Share? Microsoft seriously expects people will consider this argument from them? What is their share of the Operating System market? Browsers? Spreadsheets? Word Processors? Didn't they back Darl McBride and SCO? Talk about chutzpah!
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- Ummmm, yeah
- "Market Share? Microsoft seriously expects people will consider this argument from them?"
Ummmmm. Yeah. People should. Because in this case, MS is actually right: Having Google own the entire online advertising market by acquisition isn't a good thing, because it drives up the cost of advertising and that makes goods/services more expensive for all of us.
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- Google??
- I never like Google toolbar cuz it never tells me what block they did on toolbar. It should be out of that.. Microsoft does real good. Google just like to abuse and sells our emails to other junk businesses. DUMP GOOGLE OUT
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- Goooo Goooogle!
- Google have worked long and hard with their online advertising services. They provide a very effective and efficient service, and I think they deserve the right to grow this part of their business.
On the other hand, Microsoft are simply driven by profit. No heart, no passion, just 1 goal - revenue. They don't innovate, they imitate. It's a lot easier for them to buy into established markets, then to try and create and set new standards, which is what Google have done and why they deserve it over Microsoft.
Keep up the great work Google, thanks.
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- The Consume Should Win
- This google deal is not what's best for consumers.
Meanwhile, the regulars should agree with Microsoft and strip Microsoft of it's internet advertising division as well.
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- Good Points
- Microsoft has 90% of the market and should not be dictating anything. Google will have 80% of the market and should not be allowed to become what Microsoft became AND had to be regulated.
Using your example neither Microsoft or Google should have a say in this.
I agree that Microsoft was found to be a monopoly in court and had controls put into place. What needs to happen now is to work proactively with Google (remember you said they played well with the IT community) to get the controls in place for their business so that the playing field is level.
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- Microsoft making accusations. hmmph
- Well it's a well known fact MS don't have a problem knocking out other business's completly.
Was it not ballmer who recently said were going to kill them (GOOGLE) in a fit of rage that involved chair throwing of some kind. that still makes me laugh.
Tough S**T MS you buy an advert biz they buy an advert biz, so what that it might gain them more market share was that not your intent buying Aquantive. Oh and ballmers kill them statement points a similar picture.
Sounds like the bully crying in the corner with a bleeding nose to mommy after every one finds out he's not that tough it's all talk, threats and FUD when that one little kid finally stands up to the Mighty MS Bully Machine.
Way to go GOOGLE.
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This is part one of a two-part series about how to build IKEA and other ready-to-assemble (RTA) furniture. Click here for Part 2.
When it comes to budget furniture, nobody does it better than IKEA. But part of that cost-saving is labor–the labor that you put in to turn that flat-pack box into a piece of furniture. As with any DIY project, ready-to-assemble furniture is an adventure; a composite of tribulations and accomplishment.


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It is great to talk about servant leadership, but it is better to witness it.
In February 1862, Union forces under command then Brigadier-General Ulysses S. Grant captured Fort Donelson. Grant relates that during the siege Union general William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union forces had been sent to Smithland to help move reinforcements and supplies to Grant. Although Sherman would eventually serve under Grant, he was the senior officer at the time.
Sherman's actions, as recounted by Grant, provide a picture of servant leadership long before the words became popular.
At that time he was my senior in rank and there was no authority of law to assign a junior to command a senior of the same grade. But every boat that came up with supplies or reinforcements brought a note of encouragement from Sherman, asking me to call upon him for any assistance he could render and saying that if he could be of service at the front I might send for him and he would waive rank. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, p 213
Servant leaders understand rank. They recognize authority. But they are not slaves to rank and they refuse to be held captive by their authority. Like Sherman they will gladly encourage others, offer assistance, and even waive rank in order to get the job done.
Jesus modeled this. He said, "The greatest among you will be your servant" (Matthew 23:11). Then he washed the disciples feet (John 13:1-20). His followers did the same. Barnabas took the lead in the early church, but then gave way to Paul. Why? Because it wasn't about Barnabas . . . it was about what best advanced the mission of Jesus!
You're a leader. You are the guy or gal who runs point. You have the position, you have the rank, you have the authority. Stewarding it well means that sometimes you surrender it to get the job done.
Servant leaders waive rank!


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Cochlear has announced another milestone in its lifetime commitment to its cochlear implant recipients with the opening today of the Parents' Resource Centre in Beijing.
The centre, which is located at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, will train parents in auditory verbal therapy for children with cochlear implants.
Auditory verbal therapy can assist parents help their child to develop his or her full auditory potential and it can facilitate the development of language, communication, speech and cognition.
The centre will train parents in developing these skills and it also includes a therapy room and a parents' library where auditory verbal therapy toys and books can be borrowed.
Cochlear's President Asia-Pacific Mr Phil Nicholl said the company was pleased to provide funding for the centre.
"This is a significant step in our lifetime commitment to our Cochlear Nucleus' recipients in China," he said.
"Cochlear is the market leader in cochlear implant technology and more than 45,000 people in countries all around the globe have our implants.
"We want to see all recipients reach their full potential and the Parents' Resource Centre is one way of assisting children with cochlear implants.
"This is one way of ensuring recipients can make the best out of their implants."
Mr Nicholl paid tribute to the Peking Union Medical College and Professor Keli Cao, who had both assisted Cochlear in establishing the facility.
"The Peking Union Medical College has allowed us to work from inside the hospital and is also helping with the coordination of the program," he said.
"Professor Chao is one of China's leading cochlear implant surgeons and has also provided us with his advice and assistance."
Cochlear's distributor Bodycare has also helped with the establishment of the facility.
The facility is located inside the hospital's Cochlear Implant Centre and will provide services to families from throughout China.
Miss Mary Wong, a speech therapist with more than five years experience, will lead the program.
"One of the first things we will do is start a Parents Pre-Implant Group, where carers can learn what to expect when their child receives an implant and can learn the skills to help their child to learn to speak and hear," she said.
Cochlear has announced another milestone in its lifetime commitment to its cochlear implant recipients with the opening today of the Parents' Resource Centre in Beijing.


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COPAC campaigns to raise awareness of provisions of the draft Constitution began in most parts of the country yesterday with the body's leadership expressing satisfaction with the public response.
This comes at a time when the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has started taking applications from individuals and organisations seeking to observe the referendum on March 16.
The High Court is also expected to determine whether or not it has the jurisdiction to review the President's proclamation of March 16 as the referendum date.
The Copac campaigns are being used to explain the contents of the draft and urge the people to vote "Yes".
Said Copac co-chairperson Cde Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana: "We are satisfied with the responses that we had today (yesterday). Our teams report that there was generally positive responses from members of the public and also that they were conducted in a peaceful manner.
"The only challenge we had is that people want more copies of the draft and we are running around to see how we can address that."
Copac printed 90 000 copies of the draft, 70 000 in English and 20 000 in indigenous languages.
In Harare, meetings were held at Mai Musodzi Hall in Mbare and at Queen Elizabeth's School Hall and were addressed by Zanu-PF's Copac member Cde Flora Buka and her MDC-T counterpart Mr Innocent Gonese.
At Queen Elizabeth, Cde Buka urged people to vote "Yes".
"We have come here not only to explain the Constitution, but to also urge you to vote for the Constitution at the referendum.
"We believe the document that we have is a reflection of what you said during the outreach. For the first time our Constitution will have provisions for the protection of socio-economic rights and that had not been provided for in the Lancaster House Constitution," she said.
Mr Gonese echoed similar sentiments.
"This is a good Constitution that is also good for the status of women. It has provided for the involvement of women in essentially all facets of life unlike what is in the current Constitution," he said.
Some people in Mbare, however, walked out on Mr Gonese.
The meeting later proceeded with Cde Buka explaining that as Copac they were non-partisan.
"As Copac, we are one and not representing any party, that is why you are seeing us moving together," she said.
Copac has also roped in civil society to drum up support for the draft.
In Chinhoyi and Rural Makonde districts, the meeting went on smoothly with scores of people airing their views.
The meetings were held at Cooksey Hall in Chinhoyi and Goldenvale in Alaska.
Copac member and Zvimba South legislator Cde Walter Chidhakwa said the draft recognised the right of people born of parents from the Sadc region to be citizens of the country by birth.
This qualified them to vote in an election, he said.
"Anyone born in the country, for as long as their parents were from a Sadc member-country after 1992 are automatically citizens of this country by birth, which makes them eligible to participate in the country's electoral processes," he said.
In their contribution, people said the process to rationalise their citizenship using the Lancaster House Constitution was cumbersome.
Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga presided over the Mutare meeting.
"This is a very good Constitution for women in Zimbabwe because they have been looked down upon for a very long time. So we are calling for women to go out in large numbers and vote in support of the draft," said Minister Matinenga.
In attendance were Zanu-PF Central Committee member Mandy Chimene and Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial secretary for administration Cde Kenneth Saruchera and traditional leaders.
In Bulawayo, the campaign had a false start after officials failed to turn up at Killarney Hall and Lockview Primary School.
"There has been no activity here, which is contrary to what was advertised in the media. We have been here since morning and we have not seen anyone," said a resident Mr Kenneth Nyathi.
At Lockview Primary School there was no sign of a meeting going on.
The school head Mr Stephen Lumbida said the Copac team had rescheduled the meeting to Wednesday.
"They alerted me that they will come on Wednesday, but I was surprised when I saw residents and police coming here for the meeting," said Mr Lumbida.
Copac teams' leader for Bulawayo Mr Gift Marunda attributed the failure to logistical challenges.
In Beitbridge, the meeting was held at Zezani Business Centre where Senator Tambudzani Mohadi and Copac spokesperson Mrs Jessie Majome presided over proceedings.
Acting ZEC chairperson Mrs Joyce Kazembe said all applications to observe the referendum from foreign or local organisations would be considered by the Commission's Observer Accreditation Committee.
"According to the electoral law, the committee is chaired by the ZEC chairperson and the deputy chairperson is also a member together with a commissioner.
"Other members will include representatives from the Ministries of Justice and Legal Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Home Affairs mainly the immigration department. This is the committee which looks at all the applications and make recommendations," she said.
The applicants will also include those representing foreign countries and international organisations and foreign eminent persons who would have been invited by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
At the High Court tomorrow, Judge President George Chiweshe is expected to rule on whether the court has jurisdiction to review President Mugabe's proclamation of March 16 as the referendum date.
This follows an application by the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) chairman Lovemore Madhuku challenging President Mugabe's proclamation of date the referendum.
The NCA argues that the 30-day notice was too short and that the period should be extended by at least two months.
Yesterday, Deputy Attorney General (Civil Division) Advocate Prince Machaya argued that the organisation and its leader were wrong in trying to review President Mugabe's powers.
Adv Machaya raised the issue as a preliminary point and Justice Chiweshe decided to hear the arguments first on the preliminary point before hearing the merits.
In the event that the court rules in favour of the President, the application automatically falls away. But if the objection raised is dismissed the judge will proceed to hear both parties' arguments on the merit.
After hearing the preliminary arguments from both parties, Justice Chiweshe reserved ruling for tomorrow.
Adv Machaya argued that the order being sought was incompetent considering that the issue of a proclamation was justiciable.
However, Mr Aleck Muchadehama assisted by Prof Madhuku and Mr Andrew Makoni opposed the objection arguing that case law proved that all actions by the President were reviewable.
"Any exercise of the powers by the President is reviewable by the court. Unless the court's jurisdiction is specifically ousted, the court has jurisdiction to review the President's decision," said Mr Muchadehama.


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Blessed is the Korn...
A big thank you to Korn! I brought my daughter (14) to her first concert last night @ the Fillmore in Miami Beach. She adores Korn and I treated her to a Guitar Experience VIP. The band was extremely kind and friendly during the meet and greet. Seeing my daughter cry with joy was emotional for me. Munky actually made a gesture to come back and give my daughter one of his guitar picks. After the concert, my daughter stated, "This was the best moment of my life." Thank you Korn for giving my daughter a wonderful memory. I appreciate and will never forget the kindness given to my daughter.
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Small office machines such as typewriters, calculators, tape recorders, etc., are more susceptible to theft than other types of equipment. Departments are reminded that security devices are available to help prevent thefts of some of these items. Keys to these security devices must be properly protected. Where practical, unsecured small items should be placed in locked cabinets at the end of each working day. During absences from the office, doors should be closed and locked. It is the ultimate responsibility of the department head to insure adequate security measures are in place.
Stop Tags are theft deterrent labels used nationally by government and civil institutions. It is the product of choice at Morgan State University for computers, copiers, and other pilferable equipment. Persons interested in the STOP Tag product and how it works should contact the Property Control Department at extension 3114.


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Cold Farfalle Pasta with White Beans and Corn
Sturdy, savory pasta salads such as this one are reliable offerings for summer company. This is a delicious accompaniment to grilled vegetables.
Serves: 4 to 6
- 1/4 cup white balsamic or white wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons apple juice or apple cider
- 1 teaspoon spicy brown mustard
- 8 to 10 ounces farfalle (bowtie pasta)
- 1 1/2 cups cooked cannellini or navy beans (about 2/3 cup dried), or
one 15- to 16-ounce can, drained and rinsed
- 2 cups cooked corn kernels, preferably fresh (from 3 large ears)
- 1/2 cup sliced black olives, preferably cured (such as kalamata)
- 2 cups finely diced firm, ripe tomatoes
- 2 to 3 scallions, sliced
- Chopped fresh basil and oregano leaves, as desired, or
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil and 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Combine the dressing ingredients in a small bowl, and stir together. Set aside.
Cook the pasta in plenty of rapidly simmering water until al dente. Drain and rinse under cool water, then drain well again.
Combine the pasta with the remaining ingredients and the dressing in a serving bowl, and toss well. Cover and refrigerate until needed, or serve at once.
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Mark Hunt in Hospital for Surgery on Infected Left Leg; Two More Operations To Go | MMAWeekly.com
Mark Hunt infection surgeryMark Hunt overnight Friday going into Saturday morning revealed that he was in the hospital to have surgery on his left leg.
Hunt fractured his right toe in his UFC 160 bout with Junior dos Santos, but wasnt in the hospital for that injury. His current surgery was to alleviate an infected hematoma in his left leg.
Like the fractured toe, the hematoma was also a result of the fight with dos Santos.
Right leg is fractured big toe lol and left left is infected bruise lol Im a walking infection, Hunt quipped on Twitter.Hunt also relayed that he has at least two more surgeries to go before he is fully on the mend.
Well troops jus so u guys know Im in hospital again jus finished surgery and need a couple more surgeries, he wrote.


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I owe the blog quite a few posts, but I'm jumping in with this one (while the broadband is working) about the beautiful present I bought for my 'Craft Room'.
I've been a reader of Amanda's blog for a while now, and admire her so much – both her creative gifts and her personal strength to deal with some unpleasant things she's gone through. When I saw the Mad March Hares she had put in her new Etsy shop I had to have a closer look… and then I had to have one for myself!
I see many lovely creations on Etsy, but I've never actually bought anything till now. The trouble is that hand-made mostly equals expensive. Which is right if the crafter is going to charge realistically for their time as well as materials… but it puts most things beyond my reach. Amanda's hares are incredibly reasonably priced ($17 or £11 including P&P), so snap one up while you can!
Snow White intercepted the parcel when it popped through the letterbox. She was very taken with the moss green velvet ribbon:
Then she applied herself to the pink tissue paper:
I was feeling impatient with the toddler-speed unwrapping:
But then the reward of meeting "Lucia"! (who is staying well away from inquisitive little fingers now):
Lucia is based on super-soft felted wool that is so stroke-able, and features delicate details of embroidery, trim and embellishments. She is lovingly and painstakingly crafted.
She is destined to decorate my Craft Room (when once I have made it organised enough to have a place to display her.) I have at last cleared out many of the boxes that were filling it since the move, and even used the sewing machine yesterday! Only to patch the knees of my jeans, so nothing very glamorous yet, but we'll get there. And now I have Lucia to help inspire the prettying up!
Many thanks Amanda for my gorgeous Lucia, I hope your Etsy shop will bring you lots of custom and help fund more creative exploits in the future!
By the way, this is not a sponsored post or anything, I'm just really, really pleased with my purchase and want to spread the word!


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Bachelor Ben Flajnik and Courtney Robertson Enjoy a Weekend Wedding — Cute Pic of the Day
Though they've yet to set a date for their own walk down the aisle, Ben Flajnik and his bride-to-be Courtney Robertson have certainly frequented their fair share of weddings — and we've seen the tie limbo pics to prove it! Recently, Courtney even called Ben the "best wedding date." Awww — it's a good thing she said "yes" to his proposal!
This photo of the two comes from their most recent weekend wedding excursion down to Southern California. Ben tweets, "A picture of my lady @bugrobertson and I at a friends wedding in San Diego last weekend. Had a blast with a bunch of friends from college!"
We're glad they had fun, but what we really want is to hear when these two will throw their own wedding!
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Roasted broccoli is something special. In general, roasting meats or vegetables brings out all sorts of deep, complex flavors, and the dry heat helps caramelize and sweeten. But for broccoli, it seems like roasting just hits a whole other level.
Roasting completely transforms broccoli. It caramelizes and sweetens, and the nice, crisp, roasted flavors go amazingly well with the flavor of the broccoli itself.
It tastes different enough that someone who really doesn't like raw, steamed or boiled broccoli might actually really love some lightly seasoned, tasty roasted broccoli. And if you're like me and you actually like broccoli, don't worry — the broccoli goodness is still there. It's just, well, better!
And the best thing is, roasted broccoli is so easy to make. And in this article, I'll show you how. First, we'll talk about the preparation steps, washing and cutting. Next, we'll go over how to season the broccoli to make it even more awesome. And finally, we'll talk about how to roast it.
Here we go!
Preparing the Broccoli
First things first. When you're making roasted broccoli, it really is best to use fresh, not frozen, broccoli. Roasting relies on a dry heat to caramelize the broccoli.
Frozen broccoli tends to have a much higher water content, and that water evaporates and creates steam — and you end up with steamed broccoli. Not that there's anything wrong with steamed broccoli! But it won't have the same depth of flavor that roasting gives.
So the first step is to get some fresh broccoli. Then you get it ready for seasoning.
It's always a good idea to wash vegetables before you eat them. It can help get rid of dirt, bacteria and even some chemicals that might be on the surface. But when you're roasting, you want to keep things dry — too much water and you'll end up steaming the broccoli. So it's important to give your broccoli a chance to dry after you wash it.
To wash the broccoli, just let some lukewarm water run over it. You can scrub the stem to get any dirt out, but scrubbing the florets isn't such a great idea. After it's washed, shake it dry. That'll take care of most of the water. If you can, give it a half hour or so to air dry. If not, well, it's not a huge deal — you might not get as much caramelization, but you should still get some.
Broccoli takes a little more care than some other vegetables when you're cutting it up to be roasted, because the stems and florets don't cook at the same pace. The florets are a lot more delicate and roast faster. That means that you need to cut up the stems in smaller pieces, so that everything is done and perfectly roasted at the same time.
Here's what you do. Cut the florets off right where they meet the stem — you should be able to split them into bite-sized piece, or whatever size pieces you like. Then cut the stem up into flat pieces — either cross-wise into flat discs, or length-wise into sticks. Just remember that the bigger the pieces, the longer they'll take to roast.
You can also peel the stem if it looks particularly tough. Roasting doesn't soften broccoli quite as much as boiling or steaming does, and the outer skin on the stem can get kind of tough sometimes.
Once your broccoli is cut, you're ready for the next step of making roasted broccoli: seasoning.
Seasoning the Broccoli
Seasoning is one of the best parts about roasted broccoli. There are hundreds of different ways to season it, hundreds of recipes for you to create! Just a few different spices, and you have a whole new dish. So how exactly do you season your broccoli before roasting it?
Oil is really the only ingredient you have to use. A thin coating of oil helps the broccoli brown evenly, and keeps it from burning or drying out. You can use any type of oil you like — olive oil is great, but various vegetable oils work well too. Just use whichever one you prefer.
You don't need to use a ton of oil. A teaspoon or two per head of broccoli is often enough. To get the most out of it, place the cut broccoli in a bowl (or right in the baking dish), drizzle the oil over it, then toss the broccoli for a bit until it's completely coated. That's all!
Herbs and Spices
Oil is the only ingredient you need. But extra seasonings will tranform the dish and make it exceptional. Here are some ideas.
If you want to add the herbs or spices before cooking, just add them with the oil — the broccoli will get evenly coated with oil and spices when you toss it. If you're adding them after, just add them once you take the broccoli out of the oven. Either sprinkle them over the roasted broccoli, or toss the broccoli with the herbs to make sure everything's evenly spread out.
Try different seasonings, and different quantities, and figure out what you like best.
Other Flavors
There are a lot of other ingredients you can add to make your roasted broccoli unique. Here are some ideas.
Just pick and choose different flavors, and add what you like. As for how much to add, that's something you have to figure out through experimentation! When you create a new recipe, make some notes. If you added lemon juice and found it too lemony, just add a little bit less next time.
It's the best way to make roasted broccoli that's perfect for you!
Roasting Broccoli
Once it's cut, oiled and seasoned, roasting the broccoli is super easy. Perfect for when the rest of the meal takes more time and attention!
Here's how to make roasted broccoli.
And that's how to make roasted broccoli. It really is a treat, and so easy to make. Even if you don't like broccoli, it's worth trying out, because it's such a different taste. Not everyone will like it - after all, if not everyone likes chocolate, broccoli can't hope to be universally loved, right? But I think there's a good chance that you'll find it a really delicious change of pace!
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The Rivers State government, property owners and residents of Abonnema Wharf Water-front recently met in Port Harcourt to fashion out modalities for the commencement of payment of compensation to house owners in the slum.
Abonnema Wharf is one of over 44 waterfronts scattered across Port Harcourt, the state capital and its environs that have been marked for demolition by the state government. The Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi-led administration is of the belief that the demolition of the slums, where over 80% of Port Harcourt residents stay, was not only part of the administration's urban renewal policy, but a move to check activities of criminally-minded persons who use the water-fronts as operational bases.
Addressing a stakeholders meeting at the government house, Port Harcourt, Governor Amaechi described water-fronts as the "depots for arms and ammunition" that must not be allowed to continue to exist, saying that military and police personnel would be used during the demolition exercises to prevent resistance.
He said; "Arms and ammunition are stock-piled at the waterfronts. When crimes are committed there, they will not be reported to the police and other security agencies. There are observatory points there to monitor security agents. With the volume of arms and ammunition at the waterfronts, we are sitting on time bombs.
"When we want to demolish, the Airforce will deploy helicopters, the navy will move to the areas with gunboats, while the army will have its officers and men on the land, to ensure the demolition is effected and to prevent resistance."
In 2009, the state government demolished the Njemanze Waterfront, known for its notoriety in cultism and later moved in to demolish Bundu-Ama community, another water-front dominated by the Okrika-Ijaw speaking community. However, the demolition could not continue as the Ijaws went to court to challenge the action and the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, in 2010 upheld the action of the state government, hence giving strength to the demolition exercise.
Having cleared all the hurdles preventing it from embarking on its urban renewal programme, the state government began negotiations with owners of houses and tenants at the Abonnema Wharf Water-front in order to ascertain the number of persons to receive compensation. Speaking during the meeting with stakeholders of Abonnema Wharf, the state commissioner for urban development and physical planning, Dr. Tammy Wenike Danagogo said no fewer than 800 landlords would receive N2.1 billion as compensation from the state government. Pledging fairness and transparency in the process of paying the compensation, Danagogo said, "We are here today to commence the process of paying compensation to Abonnema Wharf landlords as part of the demolition programme. We made a promise to Rivers people that whatever we want to do at Abonnema Wharf, we will be open and transparent."
He stated that two committees had been set up to ensure that all the beneficiaries were carried along and called on the landlords to be patient and work with the committees to ensure the success of the exercise.
To the commissioner for information and communication, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, the emphasis on the programme was the sort of demeaning life the waterfront communities offer Rivers people, adding that the state government had decided to take its people away from such living. However, residents and property owners in the waterfront seem not to be speaking with one voice as some of them have insisted that the payment of compensation and subsequent demolition of the waterfront should be put on hold pending the determination of a fresh suit filed by some landlords in the area against the state government.
For Jim Tom-George executive member of the property owners association at the waterfront community, the exercise was a 'nullity' as the proper process, which ought to have preceded payment like dialogue and allowing the cases in court over the matter exhausted, had been ignored.
To Reverend Soari Amachree, a property owner in the waterfront, it would amount to illegality for the state government to commence payment of compensation to individuals when the matter in question is still before a court of competent jurisdiction.
But, to George Anyanate, another property owner in Abonnema Wharf Waterfront, the slum was no longer safe and healthy for humans to live in due to the activities of hoodlums, whose involvement in illegal oil bunkering activities had degraded the environment.
Anyanate said; "Tell Governor Amaechi that we are fed up with Abonnema Wharf, we are now find it difficult to live in that environment. Here in the waterfront, lives and properties are no longer safe. Tell him to come and demolish the place."
For Chukwudi Nnokam, a commercial bus driver and tenant in the waterfront, the property owners in the community should abide by the directive of the state government to allow the tenants up to one year to enable them look for alternative accommodation
Nnokam said; "I was there at the meeting when the commissioner said government had directed the landlords to give their tenants up to one year so that we can look for another accommodation. I am saying this because I don't have money to pay for another accommodation now. So, let them help us."
The question on every lip in Rivers State and Nigeria seems to be, "What will happen to the close to 20,000 tenants living in those houses that have been handed over to government for demolition?"


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The RBS annual performance always manages to throw up a few surprises. The actual programme for one thing isn't usually described in any detail in advance and the exact mix of lower school and upper school students is not often stated in advance. Recent performances have included a fair amount of pieces commissioned for the occasion, sometimes seemingly with the aim of getting as many students on to the stage as possible, rather than to create a lasting work.
Hence it was a pleasant surprise too see some real, testing choreography on the programme, in the form of Ashton's Monotones II and La Valse. Monotones II has been conspicuously absent from the Royal's programming in his centenary year and is performed at bafflingly infrequent intervals by the company. La Valse has been presented by the school before, and returns to the Royal's repertory next season. The programme states that a planned performance of Checkmate had to be deferred due to lack of stage rehearsal time.
Monotones II is a challenge even for experienced principal dancers: two men partner one woman through very precise and elegant manipulations and lifts in a sleek pared down language where every gesture must be carefully judged and each arm or leg must perfectly mirror that of the other performers. It was a difficult task for the performers, and not everything was as quite as smooth and flowing as it might be, but they gained in confidence as the work progressed. The three performers here are all heading off to different companies in Germany and America.
La Valse is a different kind of challenge. This is a highly atmospheric work, couples waltzing in a dimly lit ballroom, where the music builds and builds into something oppressive and frantic, as it finally suggests a histrionic dance to death. The students caught the opening youthful charm but the haunting sense of doom that should build up wasn't there. Perhaps this isn't really such a suitable choice for students - it's a tempting one, as it requires a big cast and gives the boys in particular plenty to do (and they clearly relished it) but it asks for more dramatic nuance than can be expected from 18 year olds.
The Upper school dominated the programme – no little boys dancing the hornpipe or country dances this year, I presume these feature only in the Linbury performances now.. The lower school were only featured in the opening work, Allegro de Jeunesse, a new creation from Liam Scarlett. He is a pupil of the upper school who joins the Royal this year, and this is his second work for the school matinee (Monochromatic was featured last year, to general acclaim). Allegro de Jeurnesse was set to Tchaikovsky's 3rd piano concerto, agreeably danceable music. Scarlett managed a very large cast of varying ages (year 10 and below) with considerable tact and charm and a strong sense of organisation. Unusually for a young choreographer he seems to be more at home handling large numbers and blocks of dancers rather than individual dancers or pas de deux. It looks as if he has started out thinking on a big scale and worked down to the detail rather than the other way round. Ruth Bailey (year 10) was a very composed leading lady.
The second half of the programme gave us a more modern work, Uneven Ground, from Paul Boyd. This has a lovely atmospheric soundtrack of Latin American songs from Mercedes Sosa, who I vowed to go and find out more about. It allows the boys to experiment with some more contemporary moves. One of the "boys" removes his cap to emerge as a girl which is a cue for some teasing and flirting. Jade Payette had a great deal of fun with her role.
The grand pas from Raymonda Act 3 was not quite the version in the Royal's rep (Nureyev's setting in the white and gold designs) but instead a rather cut down version danced in red costumes by a corps of 16, with Milena Sidorova and Alexander Jones as the leads. This was danced with verve and enthusiasm, but I thought the stage at times looked rather bare and it was missing the feeling of grandeur that the music suggests. Sidorova (who joins Dutch National Ballet) did a competent job of her variation (with the handclaps) but there were no fouettées in the text here. (I have a memory of Nunez while still at the school confidently whizzing through a string of fouettées but I can't quite place the memory).
The defilé that closes the programme is always a thrill, as the stage fills with class after class, each getting a rapid chance to make an impression. It was the boys of the final year who had the best of it here, getting the cheers for some spectacular jumps. Generally, that seemed to confirm the impression of the afternoon: the boys, for whatever reason, made the bigger impression. I didn't come away with an overpowering impression of any single individual. Nevertheless, there is an overpowering sense of joy and a real buzz of achievement as all 200 dancers pour onto the stage. Terrific stuff.
My own highlight was Paul Boyd's Uneven Ground. I was mesmerised, and I thought Jade Payette was a joy to watch.
I really hope this piece is reproduced by the Royal Ballet, either in the main auditorium or the Linbury. It would certainly be a more worthwhile, and entertaining, addition than last season's "One mangled violin, three dancers acting stoned"
Do you know which company Heather Chin will be heading to?
>Do you know which company Heather Chin will be heading to?
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I'm no expert, having only come to ballet in the last few years because of my children, but here's what I thought:
They started with a polka by the Year 7s - which is the main thing I went for - actually I think it's an effective demonstration of how they start out at the school compared to the Upper School dances.
Paquita - Pas de Trois - Ayano Tsuchiya, Briony Viele, Sergiy Polunin (I saw him at the White Lodge fair too - he's only 1st Year, but looks more "senior" than that - lovely dancer)
The Eyes That Gently Touch - Kristen McGarrity, William Moore, Pattra Sarikaputra, Alexander Jones, Heather Chin, George Hill. I was very worred about one of the lifts that made it look like Heather (I think) was about to be thrown to the floor, but thankfully she wasn't
Allegro de Jeunesse - coreographed by Liam Scarlett with a cast of lower school students. I really enjoyed seeing this again at the Opera House as I could appreciate the patterns more from my higher vantagepoint. The students looked like they thoroughly enjoyed dancing this. My only, very slight, criticism was the coreography of Ruth Bailey's solo - just a bit static for my liking, but she performed beautifully (especially as I think she might be recovering from an injury).
Giselle - Excerpts from Act 1. I think this must have been years 10 and 11. James Hay carried off his double tour en l'air (now my spelling runs into trouble) with apparent ease.
The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers. Claire Calvert, Annie Carroll, Callie Roberts + others! I loved Callie, but then I'm biased - I know her parents
Uneven Ground - FABULOUS. I enjoyed this more at the Linbury than in the House. They danced it well both times I saw it, but you could feel more of a connection with them in a smaller venue - and see the way they interacted together more. I want the music ........
Coppelia - Excerpt from Act 3
Piano Concerto No 2. I saw this at YBDY too and thoroughly enjoyed it both times. My 10 year old daughter's favourite.
BTW - my son was dancing there on his 12th birthday - that's a birthday to remember isn't it Now my fingers are worn out ......
And, also, congrats for your son! You must be one chuffed mum. Happy Birthday to him as well - July's a great month for a birthday!


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Political views on the Macedonian language
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The existence and distinctiveness of the Macedonian language is disputed among the politicians[who?], linguists and common people from the neighboring countries. The Eastern South Slavic varieties indigenous to the current Republic of Macedonia are part of dialectal continuum which stretches from Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian Shtokavian dialect through Torlakian on the northwest, to western and eastern Bulgarian dialects on the East, and the Macedonian language, like Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian, is a standardized form of (some of) these dialects.[citation needed]
Historical overview[edit]
Bulgarian ethnos in Macedonia existed long before the earliest articulations of the idea that Macedonian Slavs might form a separate ethnic group from the Bulgarians in Danubian Bulgaria and Thrace. Throughout the period of Ottoman rule, the Slav-speaking people of the geographic regions of Moesia, Thrace and Macedonia referred to their language as Bulgarian and called themselves Bulgarians.[1][2] For instance, the Serbian researcher St. Verković who was a long term teacher in Macedonia, sent by the Serbian government with special assimilatory mission wrote in the preface of his collection of Bulgarian folk songs: "I named these songs Bulgarian, and not Slavic because today when you ask any Macedonian Slav: Who are you? he immediately answers: I am Bulgarian and call my language Bulgarian...."[3] The name "Bulgarian" for various Macedonian dialects can be seen from early vernacular texts such as the four-language dictionary of Daniil of Moschopole, the early works of Kiril Pejchinovich and Ioakim Kurchovski and some vernacular gospels written in the Greek alphabet. These written works influenced by or completely written in the Bulgarian vernacular were registered in Macedonia in the 18th and beginning of the 19th century and their authors referred to their language as Bulgarian.[4] The first samples of Bulgarian speech and the first grammar of modern Bulgarian language were written by the leading Serbian literator Vuk Karadjić on the basis of the Macedonian Razlog dialect.[5] In those early years the re-emerging Bulgarian written language was still heavily influenced by Church Slavonic forms so dialectical differences were not very prominent between the Eastern and Western regions. Indeed, in those early years many Bulgarian activists sometimes even communicated in Greek in their writing.
When the Bulgarian national movement got under way in the second quarter of the 19th century some cities in Macedonia were among the first to demand education in Bulgarian and Bulgarian-speaking clerics for their churches.[6] By the 1860s however, it was clear that the Central Balkan regions of Bulgaria were assuming leadership in linguistic and literary affairs. This was to a large extent due to the fact that the affluent towns on both sides of the Central Balkan range were able to produce more intellectuals educated in Europe than the relatively more backward other Bulgarian regions. Consequently, when the idea that the vernacular rather than Church Slavonic should be represented in the written language gained preponderance, it was the dialects of the Central Balkan region between Veliko Tarnovo and Plovdiv that were most represented.[1].
Some prominent Bulgarian educators from Macedonia like Parteniy Zografski and Kuzman Shapkarev called for a stronger representation of Macedonian dialects in the Bulgarian literary language but their advice was not heeded at the time and sometimes met with hostility.[7] In the article The Macedonian Question by Petko Rachev Slaveykov, published on 18 January 1871 in the Makedoniya newspaper in Constantinople, Macedonism was criticized, his adherents were named Macedonists, and this is the earliest surviving indirect reference to it, although Slaveykov never used the word Macedonism.The term's first recorded use is from 1887 by Stojan Novaković to describe Macedonism as a potential ally for the Serbian strategy to expand its territory toward Macedonia, whose population was regarded by almost all neutral sources as Bulgarian at the time. The consternation of certain Macedonians with what they saw as the domineering attitude of Northern Bulgarians towards their vernacular was later deftly exploited by the Serbian state, which had begun to fear the rise of Bulgarian nationalism in Macedonia.
Up until 1912/18 it was the standard Bulgarian language that most Macedonians learned (and taught) in the Exarchate schools. All activists and leaders of the Macedonian movement, including those of the left, used standard Bulgarian in documents, press publications, correspondence and memoirs and nothing indicates they viewed it as a foreign language.[8] This is characteristic even of the members of IMRO (United) well into the 1920s and 1930s, when the idea of a distinct Macedonian nation was taking shape.[9]
From the 1930s onwards the Bulgarian Communist Party and the Comintern sought to foster a separate Macedonian nationality as a means of achieving autonomy for Macedonia within a Balkan federation. Consequently it was Bulgarian-educated Macedonians who were the first to develop a distinct Macedonian language, culture and literature.[10][11] When Socialist Macedonia was formed as part of Federal Yugoslavia, these Bulgarian-trained cadres got into a conflict over the language with the more Serbian-leaning activists, who had been working within the Yugoslav Communist Party. Since the latter held most of the political power, they managed to impose their views on the direction the new language was to follow, much to the dismay of the former group.[12]
After 1944 the communist-dominated government sought to create a Bulgarian-Yugoslav federation (see Balkan Communist Federation) and part of this entailed giving "cultural autonomy" to the Pirin region. Consequently, Bulgarian communists recognised the Macedonian language as distinct from Bulgarian.[13] After the Tito-Stalin split in 1948, those plans were abandoned. This date also coincided with the first claims of Bulgarian linguists as to the Serbianisation of the Macedonian language.[14] Officially Bulgaria continued to support the idea of a Macedonian unification and a Macedonian nation but within the framework of a Balkan Federation and not within Yugoslavia.[15] However, a reversal in the Macedonisation policy was already announced in the secret April plenum of the BCP in 1956 and openly proclaimed in the plenum of 1963. 1958 was the first time that a "serious challenge" to the Macedonian position was launched by Bulgaria.[16] These developments led to violent polemics between Yugoslav and Bulgarian scholars and sometimes reflected on the bilateral relations of the two countries.[17]
Macedonian view[edit]
According to the Macedonian view, now prevalent and official in the books in Republic of Macedonia,[citation needed] Macedonian was the first official language of the Slavs[citation needed], thanks to the St. Cyril and St. Methodius's introduction of Slavic literacy language through the Glagolitic script, that was based on Southern Macedonian dialect from the neighbourhood[citation needed] of Thessaloniki, the home of the two saints.[2] Later on, Macedonia fell under the rule of Bulgarians, and the Byzantines regarded all Slavic Macedonians as Bulgarians. According to a minority view, supported in the Republic of Macedonia, Tsar Samuil's realm in the early Middle Ages was allegedly the first Macedonian Slavic state.[citation needed] However, Krste Misirkov, who allegedly set the principles of the Macedonian literary language in the late 19th century, stated: "We speak a Bulgarian language and we believed with Bulgaria is our strong power."[3]
Bulgarian view[edit]
Although Bulgaria was the first country to recognize the independence of the Republic of Macedonia, most of its academics, as well as the general public, regard the language spoken there as a form of Bulgarian.[4] However after years of diplomatic impasse caused by an academic dispute, in 1999 the government in Sofia solved the problem with the Macedonian Language under the formula: "the official language of the country (Republic of Macedonia) in accordance with its constitution".[18]
Most Bulgarian linguists consider the Slavic dialects spoken in the region of Macedonia as a part of the Bulgarian dialect area.[19][20] Numerous shared features of these dialects with Bulgarian are cited as proof.[5] Bulgarian scholars also claim that the overwhelming majority of the Macedonian population had no conscience of a Macedonian language separate from Bulgarian prior to 1945. Russian scholars cite the early references to the language in Slavic literature from the middle of 10th century to the end of 19th century as "bulgarski" or "bolgarski" as proof of that claim.[6] From that, the conclusion is drawn that modern standard Macedonian is not a language separate from Bulgarian either but just another written "norm" based on a set of Bulgarian dialects. See dialect and dialect continuum to assess the validity of these arguments. Moreover, Bulgarian linguists assert that the Macedonian and Yugoslav linguists who were involved in codifying the new language artificially introduced differences from literary Bulgarian to bring it closer to Serbian.[7] They are also said to have resorted to falsifications and deliberate misinterpretations of history and documents in order to further the claim that there was a consciousness of a separate Macedonian ethnicity before 1944.[8] Part of Bulgarian scholars and people hold the view that Macedonian is one of three "norms" of the Bulgarian language, the other two being standard Bulgarian and the language of the Banat Bulgarians. This formulation was detailed in 1978 in a document of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences entitled "The Unity of the Bulgarian Language Today and in the Past".[21] Although Bulgaria was the first country to recognize the independence of the Republic of Macedonia, it has refused to recognise the existence of a separate Macedonian ethnicity and a separate Macedonian language. This was a major obstacle to the development of diplomatic relations between the two countries until a compromise solution was worked out in 1999.
Serbian view[edit]
Serbia officially recognises the Macedonian Language as separate language to Bulgarian. In the 2002 census c.26,000 people declared themselves as Macedonians.[22]
Greek view[edit]
From the Greek point of view, there can be only one meaning for the term Macedonia, and that is in reference to ancient Macedon and the modern Greek region of Macedonia.[9] It follows that the term cannot properly be used for a Slavic language.
Demetrius Andreas Floudas, Senior Associate of Hughes Hall, Cambridge, explains that it was only in 1944 that Josip Broz Tito, in order to increase his regional influence, gave to the southernmost province of Yugoslavia (hitherto officially known as Vardarska banovina) the new name of People's Republic of Macedonia. At the same time, in a "political master-stroke",[23] the local language - which was until then held to be a western Bulgarian dialect - was unilaterally christened "Macedonian" and became one of Yugoslavia's official languages. [10] Greece similarly rejects the name "Republic of Macedonia", seeing it as an implicit territorial claim on the whole of the region.
Books have been published in Greece which purport to expose the artificial character of the Macedonian language.[11] Some Greeks believe that the Slavic dialects spoken in Greek Macedonia are actually a mixture of Slavic and Greek [12] (see Slavic language (Greece)).
Other views[edit]
In the word of Horace Lunt, a Harvard professor, who wrote the first English language grammar of the Macedonian language in the early 1950s, "Bulgarian scholars, who argue that the concept of a Macedonian language was unknown before World War II, or who continue to claim that a Macedonian language does not exist look not only dishonest, but silly, while Greek scholars who make similar claims are displaying arrogant ignorance of their Slavic neighbours"; (Lunt 1984:110, 120). Loring Danforth, professor of Anthropology at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, addresses the stance of linguists, who attribute the origin of the Macedonian language to their will, stressing that all languages in the standardisation process have a certain political and historical context to them and the fact that Macedonian language had a political context in which it was standardised doesn't mean it's not a language.[24] Italian linguist Vittore Pisani stated "the Macedonian language is actually an artifact produced for primarily political reasons".[13] Venko Markovski, writer, poet and Communist politician from Macedonia, who in 1945 participated in the Commission for the Creation of the Macedonian Alphabet and once wrote in the Macedonian language and published what was the first contemporary book written in standardized Macedonian, stated in an interview for Bulgarian National Television only seven days prior to his death, that ethnic Macedonians and the Macedonian language do not exist and that they were a result of Comintern manipulation.[25] German linguist Friedrich Scholz, argues that the Macedonian national consciousness and from that conscientious promotion of Macedonian as a written language, first appears just in the beginning of our century and is strengthened particularly during in the years between the two world wars.[26] Austrian linguist Otto Kronsteiner, states that the Macedonian linguists artificially introduced differences from the literary Bulgarian language to bring Macedonian closer to Serbian, jesting that the Macedonian language is a Bulgarian one, but written on a Serbian typewriter.[27] Dennis P. Hupchick, American professor of history, states that "the obviously plagiarized historical argument of the Macedonian nationalists for a separate Macedonian ethnicity could be supported only by linguistic reality, and that worked against them until the 1940s. Until a modern Macedonian literary language was mandated by the socialist-led partisan movement from Macedonia in 1944, most outside observers and linguists agreed with the Bulgarians in considering the vernacular spoken by the Macedonian Slavs as a western dialect of Bulgarian".[28]
Claims of Serbianisation[edit]
Although the original aim of the codifiers of Macedonian was to distance it from both Bulgarian and Serbian[citation needed], Bulgarians today view the standard Macedonian language as heavily Serbianised, especially with regards to its vocabulary.[29] Bulgarian scholars such as Kosta Tsrnushanov claim there are several ways in which standard Macedonian was influenced by Serbian.[30]
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- ^ Verković, St. Narodne pesme makedonski bugara (Folk Songs of the Macedonian Bulgarians). Beograd, 1860.
- ^ Miladinov, D. and Miladinov, K. Bulgarian Folk Songs (Български народни песни). Zagreb, 1861.
- ^ "Но ја сам ове песме назвао бугарскима, а не словенскима, због тога, јер данас кад би когод македонског Славенина запитао: што си ти? с места би му отговорно: я сам болгарин, а свој језик зову болгарским...", p. 13
- ^ Prof. Dr. Gustav Weigand, ETHNOGRAPHIE VON MAKEDONIEN, Geschichtlich-nationaler, spraechlich-statistischer Teil, Leipzig, Friedrich Brandstetter, 1924.
- ^ Vuk Karadjić. Dodatak k sanktpeterburgskim sravniteljnim rječnicima sviju jezika i narječja sa osobitim ogledom Bugarskog језика. Vienna, 1822.
- ^ F. A. K. Yasamee "NATIONALITY IN THE BALKANS: THE CASE OF THE MACEDONIANS" in Balkans: A Mirror of the New World Order, Istanbul: EREN, 1995; pp. 121-132.
- ^ Струкова, К. П. Общественно-политическое развитие Македонии в 50-70-е гг XIX века, Российская Акедемия наук, Москва 2004, стр. 85-136. ISBN 5-7576-0163-9
- ^ Как пишеха народните будители и герои, Иван Михайлов
- ^ Димитър Влахов Борбите на македонския народ за освобождение, Библиотека Балканска Федерация, № 1, Виена; Dimitar Vlahov, "The liberation struggle of the Macedonian people"
- ^ Доц. д-р Петър Галчин "МАКЕДОНСКИ ЛИТЕРАТУРЕН КРЪЖОК (1938–1941 г.)" ,Македонски Преглед, София, бр. 1 & 2, 2002
- ^ Юлия Митева, "Идеята за езика в Македонския литературен кръжок - естетически и идеологически аспекти"
- ^ Palmer, S. and R. King, Yugoslav Communism and the Macedonian Question, Archon Books, 1971, p. 137. ISBN 0-208-00821-7
- ^ Mahon, M. (1998) "The Macedonian question in Bulgaria" in Nations and Nationalism. Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 389-407
- ^ Friedman, V. (1998) "The implementation of standard Macedonian: problems and results" in International Journal of the Sociology of Language. Issue 131. pp. 31-57
- ^ Palmer and King, p.126
- ^ Ibid., p. 163.
- ^ Mahon. pp. 389-407.
- ^ 1999/02/22 23:50 Bulgaria Recognises Macedonian Language
- ^ Institute of Bulgarian Language (1978). Единството на българския език в миналото и днес (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. p. 4. OCLC 6430481.
- ^ Стойков (Stoykov), Стойко (2002) [1962]. Българска диалектология (Bulgarian dialectology) (in Bulgarian). София: Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов". ISBN 954-430-846-6. OCLC 53429452.
- ^ Mahon, M. (1998) "The Macedonian question in Bulgaria" in Nations and Nationalism. Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 389-407.
- ^ Floudas, Demetrius Andreas; "Pardon? A Name for a Conflict? FYROM's Dispute with Greece Revisited" (PDF). in: Kourvetaris et al. (eds.), The New Balkans, East European Monographs: Columbia University Press, 2002, p. 85.
- ^ Danforth, Loring (April 12, 2008). "Macedonia and the language of nationalism" (RADIO DEBATE). Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved Nov 8, 2008.
- ^ Mitewa, Yulia (2001). ИДЕЯТА ЗА ЕЗИКА В МАКЕДОНСКИЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРЕН КРЪЖОК — ЕСТЕТИЧЕСКИ И ИДЕОЛОГИЧЕСКИ АСПЕКТИ. Veliko Tarnovo: Litera.
- ^ Friedrich Scholz, Slavische Etymologie, Harrassowitz, 1966
- ^ Der Zerfall Jugoslawiens und die Zukunft der makedonischen Literatursprache: Der späte Fall von Glottotomie? Autor Kronsteiner, Otto, Herausgeber Schriftenreihe Die slawischen Sprachen, Erscheinungsjahr 1992, Seiten 142-171.
- ^ Dennis P. Hupchick, Conflict and Chaos in Eastern Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, 1995, p. 143
- ^ Europe since 1945: an encyclopedia, Author Bernard A. Cook, Publisher Taylor & Francis, 2001, ISBN 0-8153-4058-3, p 187.
- ^ Сърбизиране на македонския казионен литературен език, сп. Македонски преглед, година XIV, 1991, кн. 1, Коста Църнушанов.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica - Old Church Slavonic language
- ^ Mahon, M. (1998) "The Macedonian question in Bulgaria" in Nations and Nationalism. Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 389–407.
- ^ "Единството на българския език в миналото и днес", Български език, XXVIII, 1978.
- ^ Струкова, К. П. Общественно-политическое развитие Македонии в 50-70-е гг XIX века, Российская Академия наук, Москва 2004, стр. 85-136. ISBN 5-7576-0163-9
- ^ Otto Kronsteiner, The Fathering of the Macedonian Literary Language
- ^ Ив. Кочев и Ив. Александров, ДОКУМЕНТИ ЗА СЪЧИНЯВАНЕТО НА МАКЕДОНСКИЯ КНИЖОВЕН ЕЗИК (Bulgarian)
- ^ Коста Църнушанов, Македонизмът и съпротивата на Македония срещу него, Унив. изд. "Св. Климент Охридски", София, 1992
- ^ Vitković,G. "Glasnik Srpskog učenog društva" (Serbian Academy Herald"),67,1887, pp. 128; pp. 131
- ^ Danforth, L. (1997) The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World (Princeton : Princeton University Press) ISBN 0-691-04356-6
- ^ Roudometof, V. (1996) "Nationalism and Identity Politics in the Balkans: Greece and the Macedonian Question" in Journal of Modern Greek Studies Vol. 14, pp. 253–302.
- ^ Pisani, V. "Il Macedonico, Paideia, Rivista Letteraria di informazione bibliografica", vol. 12, p. 250, 1957
- ^ Misirkov, K. "On the Macedonian Matters", Sofia 1903
External links[edit]
- Otto Kronsteiner, The Fathering of the Macedonian Literary Language
- James F. Clarke, Macedonia from S. S. Cyril and Methodius to Horace Lunt and Blazhe Koneski: Language and Nationality
- Коста Църнушанов, "Сърбизиране на македонския казионен "литeратурен език"" (част I) (Bulgarian)
- Коста Църнушанов, "Сърбизиране на македонския казионен "литeратурен език"" (част II) (Bulgarian)
- Ив. Кочев и Ив. Александров, ДОКУМЕНТИ ЗА СЪЧИНЯВАНЕТО НА МАКЕДОНСКИЯ КНИЖОВЕН ЕЗИК (Bulgarian)
- И. И. Калиганов, "Размышления о македонском "срезе" палеоболгаристики" (Russian)
- А.М.Селищев, "Македонские говоры"(Russian)
- Любомир Андрейчин, Из историята на нашето езиково строителство (Bulgarian)
- Стојан Киселиновски "Кодификација на македонскиот литературен јазик", Дневник, 1339, сабота, 18 март 2006. (Macedonian)


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