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This is a discussion on Fienstien Bill BANS ALL Semi Auto's within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; I don't read it that way but it wont pass anyway so I am not to worried about it frankly....
I don't read it that way but it wont pass anyway so I am not to worried about it frankly.
"As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done before any more laws are enacted and put on the books."
Jeff Miller
As Benjamin Franklin left the hall in Philadelphia, he was asked, What kind of government have you given us, Dr. Franklin? He replied: A republic, if you can keep it.
I am confident that it wont pass but imangine if it did the legal mess since nobody can agree on what it says
Guns don't kill people, Guns save Lives.
If you want peace, prepare for war
Well.. you eliminate lever guns .... if they are capable of holding more than 7 rounds. Then it will become "5" ... and then.... single shots... and then...
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Forces on verge of Madhu take-over
week ended yesterday turned out to be yet another week full of setbacks
for the LTTE. Though many attempts were made to cover up the situation
through pro-LTTE media refuting the claims by the Security Forces about
their victories, they could not hide the reality in the battle front in
the face of ground troops.
The troops in the battle fronts in Mannar, Vavuniya and Weli Oya
observed the desperate situation the ground level LTTE cadres are
facing, despite the claims by the senior level Tiger cadres to the
media. Contrary to this the troops are observing, how these senior level
cadres issuing these false statements to the media are suppressing their
juniors to defend their territories from the Security Forces.
Security officials examine the scene of the bomb blast near the
Mount Lavinia bus stand yesterday. 18 passengers injured in the
explosion. The casualty toll would have been higher if not for
an alert passenger who had warned the crew about a suspicious
package aboard the bus.
The battle has now turned into a pathetic one for the LTTE. They are
already deprived of its middle level leadership, as larger numbers of
middle level cadres have been killed at the hand of the troops in many
battle fronts commencing from the East.
It was almost apparent in the Mannar and Vavuniya battle fronts that
most senior level cadres are now entering the battle fronts to lead the
ground cadres due to the shortage of middle level leadership.
Bhanu the overall military leader in the Mannar and Vavuniya battle
fronts, himself led in Vavuniya and Mannar as the pressure on the LTTE
by the troops has intensified. Apart from Bhanu, Vidusha, Ramesh and
Keerthi have come to field along with the ground cadres.
With those developments, it is not difficult to read the military
tactics of the LTTE. As this column very precisely described the
military assessment of the Tiger threat in the Wanni the LTTE is fast
losing not only their territory, but also their cadres and the public
It was with this background the LTTE has shifted their heavy calibre
artillery guns to North of Mannar region as the battle in Mannar has
already reached a decisive phase with more than half of the Mannar 'rice
bowl' area has coming under the control of the Security Forces.
Within this week the LTTE used almost all of their heavy calibre
artillery guns in the Mannar theatre as six rounds of 152 mm artillery
rounds fell into Mannar town on Thursday morning.
Normally, 152 mm heavy calibre artillery is used in retaliatory
artillery fire as it can be used to destroy artillery positions as the
weight of the shell used for this artillery gun is 40.8 kilograms. It is
obvious that the LTTE is desperately using the last chances available to
them to destroy the Security Forces artillery positions in Mannar since
this will be gone out of their reach with the advancement of the troops
to their territory, but failed in all their endeavours during the week.
It is also believed that the LTTE is also using one of the five 130mm
artillery guns available with them in the Mannar theatre to thwart the
troops advance to the thick jungle area in the Mannar-Vavuniya border.
This is apart from the use of 122 mm artillery and 80mm mortars
It is believed that the LTTE is directing artillery fire from
Periyamadu area, keeping safer distance from the Security Forces as they
would come under attack at any moment once the locations are detected by
the troops.
The main reason for them to muster artillery guns to the Mannar front
is that they can be used effectively to launch major assaults on the
advancing troops as they have to cross an open terrain in fallow paddy
lands to reach Tiger defences. The Tiger leadership has hastily shifted
these guns as troops have already passed half of the open terrain in the
green belt in Mannar fearing they would soon reach the thick jungle
Once Task Force -I troops passed this terrain and entered thick
jungle terrain in the Vavuniya - Mannar border the effectiveness of
using these guns becomes very low as they can take the cover of the
jungle to escape from Tiger shelling.
Therefore, the artillery and mortar fire has turned out to be the
chosen weapon of the LTTE in the Mannar theatre. It was apparent as
almost all the casualties on the part of the Security Forces have been
reported due to 80 mm mortar fire and also due to 122 mm artillery fire.
It was also due to the fact that troops are now in control of the
areas earlier held by the LTTE, they come under frequent artillery and
mortar fire as the locations have already been registered with them.
Even though the ground is not in favour of the troops they have been
able to inflict heavy damages to the LTTE after neutralising all the
Tiger attempts to recapture the areas taken by the troops.
Another special feature, observed in the Mannar and the Vavuniya
battle front is that troops have been able to recover many bodies of the
LTTE after fierce battles as they do not show any interest in recovering
the bodies of the Tiger cadres killed in the battle front.
This type of situation is reported from the Tiger cadres as they are
escaping from the battlefront without facing the troops. And on the
other hand they cannot afford to take the bodies of the cadres killed in
the battle front and hand them over to the family members as the lower
level LTTE cadres had been severely beaten by the civilians at several
occasions when they were handing over the bodies of dead cadres.
Ten bodies recovered by the Task Force-I in the Mannar battle front
have been handed over to the ICRC within this week alone. The LTTE does
not like this situation too, as they have to handover these bodies to
the family members once the ICRC hands over these bodies to the LTTE.
To bypass this situation the LTTE has used the tactics of burying the
bodies of the cadres killed in the battle front. Security Forces have
observed this situation in many areas in Vavuniya battle front during
the past few months.
The factor that has to be highlighted is that the troops operating
ahead of Mullikulam area also have recovered the bodies of Imran Pandyan
cadres in the battle front. The Imran Pandyan cadres, similar to the
Special Forces troops of the Security Forces are now handling the
personnel security of the LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran along with
the Radha Regiment cadres.
The use of Imran Pandyan cadres along with normal cadres in the
battle front very clearly indicate that the LTTE is either using them to
control the ground cadres without allowing the lower ranked cadres to
flee from the battle front or due to lack of trained cadres to be
deployed along their defences as thousands of their cadres have already
been killed in the battle front.
It is apparent that the LTTE is mustering their full strength to the
Mannar and the Vavuniya front as they are on the verge of losing their
prestigious ground in the Madhu, which was frequently used by the LTTE
to achieve their narrow objectives militarily and politically.
The most recent example related to the LTTE and Madhu was the
construction of a new defence line covering Uyilankulam Madhu road
during the recently concluded Madhu feast. The LTTE took cover from the
pilgrims who were proceeding to Madhu church from Uyilankulam road to
construct this earth bund with a length of more than 600 metres.
Troops attached to 10 Gajaba Regiment under the command of Lt.
Colonel Sarada Samarakoon braved the intense mortar and artillery fire
to capture this earth bund which was considered a major barrier for the
troops operating in the Uyilankulam area.
Not only they captured that earth bund but also extended the current
defence line in both sides of the Uyilankulam - Parappakandal -
Andankulam road.
So paths are now being cleared from various directions to take the
Madhu area under the control of the Security Forces. The tactics adopted
by the troops will definitely lead to the fall of the Madhu area to the
hand of the Security Forces without a major fire fight within that zone.
Not only in the Mannar and Vavuniya fronts, the troops in the Weli
Oya front also displayed positive results after heading towards the
Mullaitivu direction from the Kokkuthuduval - Parakramapura front.
So the coming weeks will be turn out to be decisive for the Tiger
outfit as they are poised to lose their ground which was not the concern
of the Security Forces earlier. The Security Forces also expect that
thousands of civilians entrapped in the LTTE held Wanni would reach the
cleared areas in Mannar and Vavuniya districts seeking the protection of
the Government.
This is expected to be yet another show of solidarity by the Tamil
civilian population with the Security Forces like it happened in Vakarai
and in West of Batticaloa as the battle in the East reached a decisive
But there will be many attempts from the LTTE to stop the civilians
escaping from the Tiger grip as such a situation would definitely
isolate them not only from the international community but also from the
very same community which they claimed to be the sole representative.
So it is not surprising to note that the LTTE would definitely resort
to desperate acts by launching a misinformation campaign against the Sri
Lanka military.
It was commendable to note that many of the public are strongly
following the advice given by the defence authorities, security forces
and the Police about Tiger plans to create carnage in the South.
Once again vigilant commuters and bus crew had averted a major
disaster by detecting a bomb inside a bus plying from Moratuwa to
Fortunately, the commuter who had located the suspicious parcel, the
driver and the conductor of this privately owned bus have acted in a
responsible manner, evacuating the commuters from the bus as they
located the parcel and taking the bus to a safer location. This incident
has proved beyond any doubt that the message about desperate acts by the
Tigers have been engraved in the minds of the common masses, as they
very clearly understand by allowing the LTTE to proceed freely in their
terror tactics they themselves give into the LTTE terrorism.
The entire nation saluted Petty Officer Bandara of the Sri Lanka Navy
for his brave act by defusing the time bomb found at Anuradhapura public
fair disregarding his own life. He is now being felicitated by the
patriotic Sri Lankans across the world.
The appreciation of the commuter who located the bomb and the driver
and the conductor of the bus should be in higher scale as this timely
action came from the people, from the civilian population itself. If not
for their timely action, dozens of innocent civilians would have been
killed in the bomb explosion like in the Dambulla incident. Only 18
people were wounded in the bomb blast near Mount Lavinia junction due to
this far sighted act.
On the other hand this is yet another example that the Tiger outfit
is getting ready for another series of bomb blasts in the South
targeting civilians. They have already come out with incidents to
justify their barbaric acts, by pointing finger at the Sri Lanka Air
Force for bombing a civilian settlement.
But this is only a flimsy excuse by the LTTE to engage in this type
of terror acts in the South. First they exploded a bomb targeting former
Pakistani High Commissioner Valy Mohammed after accusing the SLAF of
bombing an orphanage. But later it was revealed that the location was a
weapon training centre of the LTTE.
The recent bombs were exploded targeting civilians taking the cover
that several schoolchildren were killed due to a claymore mine explosion
in Periyamadu area.
So it is the turn of the public to turn down all these flimsy excuses
of the LTTE to justify their terror acts, by standing firmly with the
Security Forces to defeat LTTE terrorism for ever not only from the Sri
Lanka but also from the entire globe.
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AN investigation is underway into the death of a man at a cement factory south of Perth.
Emergency authorities were alerted to the accident at the BGC plant at Naval Base about 12.30pm (WST) on Wednesday.
WorkSafe inspectors and police are investigating the fatality, WorkSafe says.
The 44-year-old's death is the second at the plant within 11 months, it says.
In October, a man was buried alive there in a sand silo.
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Nicky Hilton: South Beach Bikini Babe
Posted Monday December 31, 2012 9:10 PM GMT
Spending the last morning of 2012 poolside, Nicky Hilton soaked up some sun on Tuesday (December 31) in Miami.
The fashion designer/socialite showed some skin in an animal print bikini as she lounged in a chair playing on her phone.
Ms. Hilton, who plans to spend New Year's Eve with a few family members and friends, has been tweeting from her South Beach vacation.
Yesterday, she revealed her plans for the day in a tweet: "Spending my last Sunday of 2012 watching movies in bed with @JAVRothschild..couldn't be happier :)"
Enjoy the pictures of Nicky Hilton at her hotel pool in South Beach (December 31).
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Client Mel Ristau recently completed this amazing installation at the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana. For those who haven't had the pleasure, the YAM is a completely delightful museum. I love this photo of Mel's hanging installation appearing to grow from Auguste Rodin's sculpture, Adam.
Mel's caption reads: In gesture of perplexity, Rodin's Adam swims in Ristaufian thought balloon.
Image (c) Mel Ristau, Stream Through Yellowstone.
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Police can demand fingerprint phone unlocking, but not passcodes
Touch ID comes under fire with 5th Amendment
In the United States, police can now force an individual to unlock their own smartphone using fingerprints, but are prevented by the 5th amendment from demanding any passcodes, an LAPD warrant discovered in March 2016 now reveals.
Blackberry open to the cops since 2010
So much for that myth
Blackberry's encryption security is a myth and the Canadian coppers have had access to every encrypted piece of data on its network since 2010.
Great Firewall of China's creator uses VPN to by-pass creation
Fang Binxing de-fanged by his own creation
The bloke who invented China's internet censorship infrastructure, known as the Great Firewall of China, was blocked when he tried to get around his own creation.
Apple's Siri didn't get the security email
The one where it was supposed to be unhackable
Fruity cargo cult Apple has been telling the world that its phones are so unhackable that it needs to re-write the operating system. Already the FBI has proved that wrong, but it seems that Siri is a backdoor making a mockery of Apple's security.
A lack of a Bug Bounty causes Apple problems
Hackers would rather sell the iPhone flaws to the government
Fruity cargo cult Apple is having to pay the cost for not paying hackers to find loopholes in its software.
Apple's legal antics gave FBI a back door to its phones
Problems with believing your own PR
Fruity cargo cult Apple has made a huge mistake fighting the FBI over the encryption case.
Giant bug eats DDR4
Rowhammer not just for DDR3
DDR4 was supposed to be a lot more secure than other DDR3 which was vulnerable to an exploit called Rowhammer. But it turns out that DDR4 might also be vulnerable afterall.
Snowden says FBI does not need Apple
It can hack an iPhone itself
Secret service whistleblower Edward Snowden claims that the FBI does not need any help from the fruity cargo cult Apple to unlock an iPhone,
"Right to be forgotten" now applies to all of Google's domains
Geolocation fences will be deployed to avert unwanted local searchers
In 2014, the European Union's highest court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), ruled that Internet search engines like Google must be required to erase all webpage links to an individual's search results in which personally identifiable information is deemed "inadequate" or "irrelevant" to a larger context of search inquiry. At first, the court order was only applicable to Google's European Union-based search sites (see: Google.co.uk, Google.fr and Google.de, etc).
Apple networking genii blacklist router ports
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As always your abilities have no bounds.... I however remain firmly secured in the corner sporting a wonderful conned hat at a jaunty angle emblazoned with a sparkling D :)
Well done you and what a bunch of cute kids.... it has to be very rewarding :)
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In case you can't detect the change in writing style, I (Jen) have now taken over authorship temporarily! Tony has been quite a homemaker whilst we've been here. He's been cooking, shopping and searching out the best bargains at Tesco (yes you did read that correctly!) as well as sunbathing, reading etc while I have been studying hard. I am now one day off completing my fairly intense four week Teaching English as a Foreign Language course here on Koh Samui.
Our classes have certainly made us think and work hard. As well as lots of studying, I've done six teaching practices: one teaching 9-10 year olds the names of animals and the places they sleep, the second teaching adults at an architectural firm about irregular plural nouns. Last Monday I was supposed to be teaching children again, at the same school as the previous week, but we got a message from the school late Sunday afternoon to say that the children were going to be away all week and they had forgotten to tell us
Last Thursday I taught a beginners class at an accountancy firm (topic: my name is…., I come from…., I am a……). On Friday I taught a very mixed ability group of adults who work at a boutique resort (Baan Bo Phut Resort, if you want to look it up). It was my most challenging class so far as a couple of them were complete beginners whilst others had a fair grasp of the basics. Needless to say that the idyllic setting of a classroom which was the outdoor restaurant overlooking the infinity pool, with a view out over the sea to the island beyond was completely wasted! Once I had started the lesson, I forgot the setting altogether. It was the hardest group I'd taken, but they were all so enthusiastic to learn and willing to have a go that I really enjoyed the challenge of keeping the attention and interest of them all.
This week I've had two more classes of 9 - 10 year olds, which has confirmed that I prefer teaching adults learners! I've really enjoyed the course and the teaching experience, and I certainly have a lot more confidence about it than I had four weeks ago! l'm not sure whether we'll actually be in any one place long enough over the coming year for me to take up any teaching work, but maybe I'll be able to pick up some work teaching English back in Leeds when we get home.
Whether or not I put it to use directly, it's certainly increasing my confidence in working with groups, presenting information and meeting people, and it's getting my stagnant brain back into action too, so it's by no means wasted time
This is the method we have been using in our lessons. As the teacher, this means you have to be very creative in finding ways to demonstrate meanings of words and concepts, using whatever you can - pictures, real objects, mime, gestures etc. The creative side of me is being reawakened and those theatre workshops that Cherry and I did all those years ago in Mansfield are also bearing fruit! Nothing is ever wasted is it?
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Bena man charged with attempted murder following stabbing
A 26-year-old Bena man arrested Sunday for allegedly stabbing another man at a Bena residence was charged Tuesday with attempted second-degree intentional murder and first-degree assault.
Thomas Wayne Matthews was charged Tuesday in Cass County District Court in Walker in front of Judge John Smith, Cass County Attorney Christopher Strandlie reported. Unconditional bail was set at $300,000 and conditional bail was set at $200,000. Matthews' next court date is 1:30 p.m. on May 12.
According to the criminal complaint filed by Strandlie, about midnight on Saturday Matthews went to a residence in Bena. The homeowner's son, Wesley Tibbetts, 26, Bena, came outside and told Matthews his father didn't want him there. Without warning, Matthews stabbed Tibbetts in the chest, Strandlie said.
Strandlie said Tibbetts told investigators that he and Matthews had previous issues but thought there were no longer any problems between the two. Strandlie said investigators are still trying to determine why Matthews went to the residence and why he stabbed Tibbetts.
"It's a weird, unprovoked deal," Strandlie said. "The victim is lucky he didn't get killed."
Strandlie said law enforcement had dealt with Matthews earlier in the evening after he had caused problems at another Bena residence.
Matthews fled the scene and was arrested a short time later. A woman also was arrested with Matthews but Strandlie said there are no charges pending against her at this time.
Tibbetts was airlifted from a Deer River hospital to St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, where he underwent emergency surgery and on Tuesday was reported in stable condition.
The case was investigated by the Cass County Sheriff's Department and the Leech Lake Tribal Police Department.
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Jennie C. Burnette
1924 — 2013
CANTON — Jennie Chambers Burnette, 88, passed away Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home.
A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late William Weston and Sally Blaylock Chambers. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, George Fulton Burnett, who died in 2008; six brothers, Baxter, Burlin, Edwin, Marshall, George and Lush Chambers; and a sister, Evelyn Almeta McDuffie. Jennie committed her life to Jesus at an early age and lived her life as an example of her faith and trust in Christ. She never grew tired of hearing the gospel message and read her Bible daily. She was an animal lover, especially dogs, cats, and birds, and rescued numerous animals over the years. She was a great historian and her family never grew tired of her recalling stories and memories of her childhood. Jennie never met a stranger and she stayed informed on current affairs and could discuss religion and politics with anyone. She was a writer of poetry and short stories, loved playing her harmonica and guitar and singing Christian harmony. She was an advocate for the use of "good common sense." As the first daughter after six older brothers, she was forever a "tomboy" and loved being outdoors.
She is survived by a daughter, Dana B. Reid, and her husband, Mike, of Bethel; two sons, Louie Burnette, and his wife, Peggy, of Killian, Alabama, and Tony Burnett,e and his wife, Jennifer, of Shelby; six grandchildren, Carla Stamey Moore, Cody Reid, Scott Moore, Candi Nelson and Caroline and Harrison Burnette; a great-grandson, Jacob Moore; two special nieces, Rhonda Chambers and Lisa Nickell; and her faithful dog "Jack."
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, at Riverside Baptist Church with her son, the Rev. Tony Burnette, and the Rev. Dr. Roy Kilby officiating. Burial will follow in The Garden Mausoleum at Crawford/Ray Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. prior at the church. Wells Funeral Home of Canton is in charge of the arrangements.
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the 3 door. yes, i liked the original 3 series hatch of the 90s! this would have the AWD and "lifestyle" options for skiing, biking etc.
both 323iX photoshops based on just-introduced stills of the 3 series coupe.
A little bulbous, but I love bulbous!
I like the concept. Would this model be larger than the Audi A3???I have gone back to cars over Utes with the gas jumps over the past few years, so a car that can be utilized is very appealing...
Been around since 2007, under multiple accounts, Been a Mod, been a Non-Mod. But love autos and the friends I have met on here over the years.
Yeah, I liked the 318ti of the 90's too. A newer version with an I-6 would be great.
Quote:FWD! FWD!!!
What happens if you have a rear engine car with FWD???Would that eliminate torque steer???
Been around since 2007, under multiple accounts, Been a Mod, been a Non-Mod. But love autos and the friends I have met on here over the years.
Hmmm, A Mid-Engined FWD car might work, but the Initials would be bad, MF.
No, its just a really expensive way, of making a crappy handling FWD car, that weighs more than typical FWD cars, and get even less traction off the line. There's a reason nobody's ever built one.
A FWD car, with the engine anywhere else, other than over the front wheels, means less weight over the drive wheels, pure and simple. When you takeoff from a dead stop, your car leans backwards, as the inertia of the chassis resists the acceleration. At this moment in time, more of the cars weight is shifted to the rear wheels, not the front. That's part of why RWD is better, for ANY kind of performance driving.
i'm going to respond to all of your photoshops in one post. they are all insalely awesome! not only are they great photoshops but they are great looking cars too.
thanks SCG! when i have the time, i just really enjoy doing them.
the photo i started with for the 3 door chop above.
That's not bad, but it still would be best to leave the BMW designs in the hands of the great one, Mr Chris Bangle.


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shoveler_shooter wrote: I'm perfectly fine with helping/giving tips to someone like that. But people who are breaking the law/being detrimental...not so much. We have gotten in arguments on here before about this stuff...the "stop b1tching and do something about it" point of view for example, but I don't think they quite understood what we were dealing with.
Excellent point. Couldn't agree more. There is no sense at all trying to talk with or "help" guys who flagrantly are breaking the law (usually multiple laws), regardless if they are noobs or "seasoned" hunters. Those are the guys I let the warden "help". And I do call the warden; got all their phone #s in my cell.
And while I think it is right the right thing to do for all of us to help out newcomers, I do draw the line at "hooking up" and hunting with ANYBODY that I don't really know and/or seen in action, especially those early morning parking lot guys you just met/saw for the very first time who want to hunt together right then.


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Not many musicians can lay claim to being the 'father' of an entire genre of music. Sam Bush can. In Revival: The Sam Bush Story, audiences will experience the power of Sam's musical journey. Widely considered the 'Father of Newgrass', Sam has become the icon of his own genre.
Sam Bush pioneered a new genre of music and inspired some of the world's most famous bands and accomplished musicians — yet for countless potential fans, the "Father of Newgrass" remains an unknown legend.
In the film, noted musicians from Alison Krauss to John Oates, from the Avett Brothers to Chris Thile, say many of today's biggest acts in Bluegrass, Newgrass, Americana and the jam band scene owe a debt of gratitude to Sam.
But where does Father of Newgrass fit in the new world of acoustic music? While musicians he inspired reach levels of stardom Sam never did, his challenge is to remain relevant: one show at a time.
"Too old to be young and too young to be an old legend," is how Sam describes himself.
The film features appearances by Alison Krauss, John Oates, Emmylou Harris, Bela Fleck, David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, Del McCoury, Jeff Hanna, The Avett Brothers, Greensky Bluegrass, Steep Canyon Rangers, Peter Rowan, Sierra Hull, the Sam Bush Band, among others.


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Say what you will about the billionaires' plaything that is the Premier League, but like some kind of fiendish Sky TV-installed orgasmatron, it knows how to produce a compelling climax. By general consensus this has been the most enthralling, exciting and nail-biting ending to a season since, well, two seasons ago. Yet again it all comes down to the last day and the final game.
At 5pm on Sunday we will know whether it is the mega-spending, Abu-Dhabi-owned Manchester City or their American-owned, slightly less extravagantly financed north-western rivals Liverpool that are crowned champions.
At the beginning of the season the then Manchester United manager, David Moyes, made dark mutterings about the fixture list, implying that it had been arranged to give United a tough start. That sounded like the sort of unhinged paranoia that is standard in football management.
But such is the regularity of extraordinary denouements in the league that the notion of some orchestrating force behind the scenes doesn't seem that fantastic.
Or it wouldn't if it wasn't for the fact that the fundamental point about the Premier League is that it is beyond all control. Nothing makes financial, moral, sporting or common sense, yet somehow it works. And it doesn't just manage to continue, it positively thrives. Not only does it receive more than £1bn a year in domestic TV rights, Premiership football is also hugely and increasingly popular around the world, particularly in the Far East.
One aspect of its appeal is the unerring ability to contrive the type of narrative twists that would make a writer for the Beano blush. Take, for example, Liverpool's Luis Suárez. Last season he bit an opponent during a match. Not a friendly nibble, but a vampiric chomp. Everyone – pundits, journalists, ex- Liverpool players, and Suárez himself – agreed: he had to go. He had brought shame on the club, on the game, on the city and the nation at large.
But of course he stayed, and despite serving a lengthy ban at the beginning of this season, he went on to be the league's top scorer and was voted player of the year by the very journalists who had insisted that he should be banished from these shores.
Or what about the much-trumpeted "Respect" campaign, with its armbands, posters and adverts, designed to foster a more tolerant and sporting environment, particularly with regard to the treatment of match officials? The absurd folly of it all is played out each week as referees are verbally abused by players and then ritually insulted by managers in the setpiece psychological theatre of the post-match interview.
And let's take a closer look at those fulminating managers. Nine of the 20 clubs changed managers mid-season, including my club Tottenham Hotspur, seasoned specialists in temporary recruitment, and Manchester United, who sacked Moyes even though he had been given a six-year contract and cast-iron assurances that his position was safe.
All of the bottom four clubs sacked their managers halfway through the season, and most fared much worse as a result. Not even a Latin American drug cartel would survive with that level of job insecurity. But the Premier League goes on hiring and firing as though it had acquired its business philosophy from watching The Apprentice.
Then we come to the insanity of finance. For many years the Premier League has been an unregulated playground for oligarchs, oil sheikhs and international kleptomaniacs. The key to success has been more or less this: whoever can spend the most. Five years ago, the European regulatory body Uefa announced a set of "financial fair play" rules designed to prevent clubs spending way beyond their income. Last week it was revealed that Manchester City were going to be punished for their gross overspending. And what was the penalty for the club with a bottomless supply of money? Uefa intends to fine them a lot of money.
It's not fair to pick out Uefa without also mentioning its parent, the global football authority, Fifa, whose World Cup is due to begin in Brazil next month. "Due" is the appropriate word because, as things stand, several stadiums are still not ready, although the deadline for completion lapsed last December. The preparations have been marred by the deaths of eight construction workers and street protests at the spiralling cost.
But Brazil is a study in rationality and proportion by comparison with the 2022 World Cup awarded to Qatar. The desert kingdom, almost perfectly unsuited to external physical exertion, was granted the summer competition in controversial and secretive circumstances – which is how Fifa, riven by a succession of corruption scandals, prefers to operate.
What does any of this have to do with English football? Well, England will hope to be competing in Qatar and will be lining up next month in Brazil. And as club football in England has gone from strength to strength with the import of the best foreign footballers and managers, including Suárez and Chelsea's Jose Mourinho, the national side has suffered a steady and achingly dull decline.
If recent years are anything to go by, today will be filled with passion, skill and drama. And by the same token, it's reasonable to expect that England in Brazil will be a short tale of mediocrity, lethargy and, no doubt, poor penalty taking.
Fewer than a third of the players in the Premier League are homegrown – by far the lowest percentage in major European leagues. And hardly any of the star players are English. As its rate of managerial turnover suggests, the league is a slave to short-termism. For all the noise the clubs make about development and community and all the other buzzwords aimed at deterring scrutiny, most have little confidence in or patience for taking a long view, let alone one that caters to the greater good of English football. Whatever the FA chairman Greg Dyke may have recommended in his new report, managers, chief executives and owners know that the quickest way to produce a top player is to buy one ready-made from abroad.
That has been the story of Manchester City's success. With the exception of goalkeeper Joe Hart, City's English players are most often to be seen on the subs bench or in the reserves. Liverpool, by contrast, have a core of English players – Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson, Jordan Henderson, Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge and Jon Flanagan – who have been regular starters this season and could well be in Roy Hodgson's squad for Brazil.
What's more, they have in their Northern Irish manager, Brendan Rodgers, one of the most progressive coaches to grace the English game in many years. He has taken a team that was not fancied to make it into the top four and produced worthy title-challengers who have played an exhilarating brand of fast, possession football.
Unfortunately for them, things have come a little unstuck in recent weeks, and City seem poised to wrest a title that deep into April was destined for Merseyside. Whoever triumphs today will deserve to be on top of this mad, irrational, profligate and utterly captivating league. But for the sake of the national team's morale in Brazil, neutrals may hope that Gerrard, the Liverpool and England captain, is a happy man come 5pm.


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We floored our first floor with 1000 sq ft of SimpleFloors engineered flooring with a high Janka rating, called Vintage Chaparrel. Within a year, the floor was showing extensive scratching that should not have been possible as all furniture was felt-covered. We had a floor finisher take a look and say that it could not be repaired.
SimpleFloors insisted that we use for and pay their inspector - which we did. The inspector, Libby of Floorschool, came to our home and did an extensive inspection of the floor. She found the finish failed both in furnished and unfurnished areas. She documented her inspection in a report and in photos which she sent to SimpleFloors HQ. After a review, SimpleFloors agreed to honor their warranty and replace the materials, but not the labor. We held off until we could afford the time and money for the replacement. [continued below]....
We went to fulfill the claim last month and the SimpleFloors franchise saw that we had an approved claim but needed HQ to give the dollar amount. HQ decided they wanted to re-open the claim and subsequently are disagreeing with their own inspector and claiming that the failure of the finish throughout my entire first floor is due to non-covered wear and tear. This is not how one honors a warranty. In fact, the problems with Vintage Chaparral were pervasive enough that SimpleFloors stopped carrying the product.
To approve a claim and then rescind it is extremely poor business. I am left with few options outside of presenting my evidence to the court and having an legal decision rendered compelling this company to honor their warranty and their product.
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SimpleFloors honored their warranty
SUBMITTED: Monday, February 23, 2015POSTED: Monday, February 23, 2015
After further review and investigation, Simple Floors honored their warranty and worked with us to select flooring that was hard enough for our home with our kids, furniture and dog. No legal action was required and the issue was resolved to everyone's satisfaction. We are enjoying our new flooring and receive compliments frequently on its color and quality.
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A good start - no brainer to honor the warranty
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, July 08, 2014POSTED: Tuesday, July 08, 2014
The company is currently investigating - but the question of if the product is theirs is a non-starter. The question is only if the company will honor their warranty AND their previously approved claim.
The order number, provided to the company is, SF102712SO. The product was purchased in the San Francisco company store that is now a franchise. Like many home improvement projects, it was purchased by the contractor. We have the contractor's contract and the billing history. At the end of the day, it's a unique product and there's no question of its manufacture.
The inspector, that the company asked us to use, identified the product, in her report, as Vintage Chaparrel in Sour Gum - a product manufactured and sold ONLY by SimpleFloors. Similarly, the contractor specified the product they would be buying in the contract. We also bought the Brazilian Walnut from Simple Floors, but that's a much more generic product than the product in question - the Vintage Chaparrel Sour Gum.
The company has the order number and has information regarding what we paid for the materials. The materials have a 25 year guarantee on the finish. Our only request was that the warranty be honored and that replacement flooring be delivered to our home - and we would swallow the cost of removing the failing floor and installing new flooring.
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If Iran ultimately goes nuclear, the U.S. might have to move some of its own nuclear weapons into the Middle East to keep Tehran contained and deterred, according to the Pentagon's recently departed chief of Mideast policy.
Colin Kahl, who left the Pentagon in December, argues in Foreign Affairs that bombing Iran should be a "last resort." He wants to give sanctions and diplomacy time to convince Iran that a nuclear weapon isn't worth the costs. If that doesn't work, then the U.S. might need to consider drastic steps to keep Iran boxed in.
Because while Kahl thinks that all the troops and gear parked near Iran — including at least two aircraft carrier battle groups, Patriot missile batteries across the Gulf, and Aegis ballistic missile defense ships — should be sufficient to deter Iran, perhaps they should be "supplemented by a limited forward deployment of nuclear weapons and additional ballistic missile defense." If so, that could mean that a miscalculation between the U.S. and Iran could escalate into a nuclear exchange.
Kahl insists that he's not endorsing stockpiling U.S. nukes in the Gulf. "I was alluding to a broader theoretical debate about the possible requirements for extended deterrence," he tells Danger Room, "but not advocating that we necessarily go down this road."
By "extended deterrence," Kahl's referring to an idea that has vexed nuclear strategists since the Soviets got the bomb. How do you make sure your adversary knows you mean business? Both Obama and President George W. Bush pledged not to accept a nuclear Iran. But if Iran goes nuclear and there isn't an attack — which Kahl, like many others, writes could have unacceptably disastrous consequences — then Iran might not consider American deterrence credible.
Hence, perhaps, the nukes. That could go any number of ways: permanently stationing tactical nukes in the Gulf, a la Cold War Europe; sailing nuclear-armed submarines through the region occasionally; or deploying "dual-purpose" bombers — planes that can drop either nuclear or conventional bombs.
But Kahl emphasizes that he's not airing an idea Obama is secretly considering. "This doesn't represent any internal dialogue by the administration," he says. "The president is focused on prevention, not deterrence." In recent days, for instance, Kahl's old boss, Secretary Leon Panetta, has stated that a nuclear Iran would be a "red line" for Washington.
But it does speak to how dangerous the region could get if Iran goes nuclear. It might be preferable to bombing. But deterring a nuclear Iran will also be hard — especially if the U.S. moves its own nukes into the world's most volatile region.
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Applying laminate to waterfall edge on a counter top.
I purchased preformed counter top with the attached backsplash and a waterfall edge. I also purchased a 48 x 96 piece of the same laminate to custom build a breakfast bar. Anyone have any ideas of how to apply the laminate to the waterfall edge? I was told by someone that you need to heat the laminate with a heat gun???
Waterfall edges are almost impossible to do outside the factory environment. Experiment with a scrap piece to see what I mean.
You're better off purchasing another post-form section for your breakfast bar, or doing a standard edge with the laminate material you purchased.
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The Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) is a Dow Jones component that most investors are familiar with. While the business end isn't exactly a household name, nearly everyone has heard of the company, if at the least, for its airplanes. While airplanes are a large component of the business, it also is involved in a number of other enterprises. Aside from commercial jetliners, the company is involved in designing and manufacturing military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services worldwide. The company operates in five main segments you should be aware of, which reflect its operations: Commercial Airplanes, Boeing Military Aircraft, Network & Space Systems, Global Services & Support, and Boeing Capital.
The Commercial Airplanes segment develops, produces, and markets commercial jet aircraft for various passenger and cargo requirements, as well as provides related support services to the commercial airline industry. This segment also provides aviation services support, aircraft modifications, spares, training, maintenance documents, and technical advice to commercial and government customers. The Boeing Military Aircraft segment is involved in the research, development, production, and modification of manned and unmanned military aircraft and weapons systems for the global strike and vertical lift, mobility, surveillance, and engagement.
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Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fats can significantly lower the risk of heart attack for people with mildly elevated blood pressure, Johns Hopkins University researchers say.
The diet they examined — called the DASH diet (dietary approaches to stop hypertension) — was designed to lower blood pressure and cholesterol. In this new study, it reduced the risk of heart attack by almost 20%, the researchers said.
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"Heart disease is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States," said lead researcher Nisa Maruthur, an assistant professor of medicine at Hopkins' School of Medicine. "Thus, adoption of the DASH diet should have important benefits on a public health scale."
The diet also calls for reducing fats, red meat, sweets and sugary beverages, and replacing them with whole grains, poultry, low-fat dairy products, fish and nuts. The eating plan is recommended by the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the American Heart Association.
For the study, published online Aug. 31 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Maruthur's team studied 436 people with high blood pressure or borderline hypertension who were not taking blood pressure medication. The participants were assigned to either the DASH diet; a typical American diet, which is low in important minerals and high in saturated fat, total fat and cholesterol; or an American diet plus more fruits and vegetables.
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, heart failure and kidney disease.
To determine their risk of having a heart attack over 10 years, the researchers used the Framingham Heart Study risk equation.
After eight weeks, the DASH dieters, who were eating nine to 11 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, had reduced their risk of heart attack 18% compared with those eating the American diet. They also saw their low-density lipoprotein ("bad") cholesterol levels reduced by about 7% and their systolic blood pressure lowered by 7 mm Hg.
While both whites and blacks benefited from the DASH diet, black participants had the greatest benefit, the researchers noted. Blacks on the DASH diet saw their heart risk decline by 22% over those on a typical diet, versus 8% for whites.
Those who ate the American diet plus fruits and vegetables reduced their risk of heart attack by 11% compared with those chowing down the usual American fare.
"The problem with hypertension is that it really is a silent killer because you do not feel it," said Samantha Heller, clinical nutrition coordinator at the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Conn. Millions of people have no idea their blood pressure is high and are walking around like "ticking time bombs," she said.
Those who know they are hypertensive do not always know what to do about it aside from taking medication, Heller added.
"The good news is that with a few dietary tweaks, the risk of these diseases and their co-morbidities can drop considerably. For example, add a salad or side of vegetables with lunch. Have fruit for dessert. Make your mashed potatoes with olive oil and low-fat milk. Top your pizza with part-skim mozzarella, broccoli, spinach and mushrooms," she said.
"The DASH eating plan is a good way to go for people looking to lower their blood pressure and improve heart health," she said.
Another expert, Gregg Fonarow, a professor of cardiology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), said although the DASH diet has been shown to lower systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol levels, changing risk factors does not always translate to a reduction in actual heart disease.
"It is therefore essential to hold dietary modification and other forms of lifestyle modification to the same gold standard that statins and antihypertensive medical therapies have been held to," he said. What's needed are prospective randomized trials that demonstrate actual reduction in coronary heart disease events, Fonarow said.
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Nick Swisher homered from both sides of the plate for the 13th time, Asdrubal Cabrera hit a three-run homer and the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 7-1 Sunday to pull within a half-game of Tampa Bay and Texas in the AL wild-card race.
In a game that started after a rain delay of 4 hours, 28 minutes, the Indians achieved a franchise first by sweeping a four-game series from the White Sox for the third time in a season.
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I believe ST coilovers are non-powder coated steel so they are susceptible to rust. Keep that in mind. Once those threads rust you wont be able to make any adjustments again.
I believe ST coilovers are non-powder coated steel so they are susceptible to rust. Keep that in mind. Once those threads rust you wont be able to make any adjustments again.
Did a full headlight maintenance yesterday. Took my broken driver side 337 headlight and opened it up and removed the silver bezel. Then pulled open the complete driver side 337 headlight and pulled that bezel as well. Also opened up the terribly faded 20AE headlight I had installed on the driver side. See before:
I took both 337 bezels and coated them with sandable auto primer, then two coats of a gloss black.
Installed Volx Tuning glass lenses.
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Clean headlights like that really make a huge difference. Good job!
Pulled the spark plugs.
Replaced them with BKR7E's.
Then I tore out the inner and outer tie rods, the lower control arms and lower ball joints and swapped them out with parts from the ECS Stage III Suspension Refresh Kit.
I've never done any work on suspension or steering components before aside from swapping sway bar end links on my TJ, so at first this was a little daunting, but I made sure to hunt down every DIY I could and made a list of tools I would need before starting. Picked them all up, received the refresh kit, jacked the car up Thursday night around 9:30 pm. Worked on it until midnight, then came back to it Friday night from 9:30-11pm. Pretty thrilled with the result.
I did not get around to pulling the struts and swapping out the upper strut mount bushing and bearing, but I have to drive to Boston tomorrow night so I'm having a local indie shop do them and the alignment tomorrow while I'm at work.
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Just got back from a 650 mile round trip to Boston. Had the alignment done Monday afternoon and drove the car up Monday night. Steering felt great, but I did notice a slight whirring/friction sound in the front end while feathering the gas to maintain constant speed. Believe the likely culprit is a failed wheel bearing on front passenger side. Will be ordering replacement bearings from ECS. Hopefully I can get them replaced before the bearing destroys the hub and forces me to replace that as well.
I will also be ordering the ECS Dogbone Mount kit as well as metal style 23mm Sway Bar End Links with the securing bolt.
At first i wondered....Why only 4,000$?.....Now i know why.
love seeing this thing transform ..... while your on ecs you should do the 2.0T coil pack mod.
Recent updates:
Purchased front wheel bearings from ECS Tuning, they will be installed on Friday along with the strut top bushings and bearings from the Stage III Refresh Kit.
Also picked up a set of Meyle 23mm metal sway bar end links, and installed. Will post up photos tonight.
Also ordered a new lower foam for the driver side Recaro to replace the current one with the busted left side bolster. Should be here this week and install during the week. Again, will post photos once I receive it.
My side skirts will need to be replaced before paint, so I'm torn. Considering I'm going a slightly alternative route with the Pearl White paint, should I replace with R32 rep skirts (arguably more aesthetically pleasing) or 337 rep skirts?
BBS RC's are finally under way. I have the first one sanded down and primed for it's first stage, and I'll be sanding that down today to prep for filler to take out the gouges from prior owner. Still deciding whether to do them gloss black or gunmetal.
it's nice to see someone fixing someone elses mistakes, keep up the good work dude.
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Project the other night:
Finally installed my windshield wiper stalk. No more digging my finger into the column to find the tiny broken point of the old one to try to toggle on the wipers while driving.
Brought the car in to RS Worx today to have the Upper Strut Mount Bushings and Bearings installed, as well as the wheel bearings. Car is driving fantastically now. All vibrations and noises are gone and it feels like a dream.
Also thought the cluster looked gorgeous when I came in to park tonight:
how does this happen dude why even bother
wow good luck.... bring her back from the dead PLEASE
I'm liking the progress.
Sh*T - I was so shocked by the pics on the first page didn't realize there was 5 pages to this thread...
Great progress! good on you - You are a better man then I'll ever be
Thanks guys!
A lot of people have asked why I have undertaken a project like this, and for me at least, the answer is simple.
I sold my 1999 Jeep Wrangler Sahara with 150k miles for $6000. I owed a lot on credit cards and to my parents for bailing me out of some tight spots over the years, so I opted to sell the Jeep and try to find something cheap so I could come out with a few G's on top up front. I also needed something that wasn't going to soak up gas the way that straight 6 did with the 33" tires and Dana 44 rear end.
Found this and it had everything I was looking for in a replacement vehicle:
1. Turbocharged 4 cylinder
2. 6 speed manual
3. Less than 100k miles
4. Less than $5k
That being said, I jumped on it and never looked back. Does it cost me a lot to maintain? So far, yeah, but the vast majority of what I have done to it will remain with it for quite some time now. I am a huge proponent for preventative maintenance and building things once. Do it right, or do it twice.
In the end, so far the car has been exceptionally reliable. Not a single hiccup besides me being overly paranoid about things and jumping on fixing them ahead of time. I'm incredibly happy with the car and can't wait to keep pushing it towards completion.
Keep doing work
Cant wait to see it done
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I would like to vote that you keep it Reflex Silver, not because its sacrilegious but because it after its tortured life it deserves to go back to its OEM glory
Im pretty sure im alone on this but if this was my project, i would go for a DPB R32 respray and go for the first ever .:R337
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The park is new and is still under construction. It appears that there are no restrictions on what type of RV is allowed at the park. People's pets were freely wandering around the park.
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A major traffic headache is underway for drivers who use San Felipe near the Galleria. Workers on Monday shut down the road just inside the 610 Loop at the railroad tracks.
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Nearby business owners are not happy.
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It was a lazy April afternoon when people had just finished their lunch. Some lied down to rest. Those at work returned to their desks. Around 3 pm, the ground began shaking. People got out of their rooms, looked at one another and had one question on their tongues: "Did you feel it?" Television set was switched on, quickly selecting the news channels and then flipping between several to get the clearest and most detailed report. It was confirmed. A major earthquake had struck Pakistan.
The family looked at each other. What should we do? I peeped out of the window. I saw people gathering up in open space. I recalled the earthquake of 2005, when disaster management teams advised to stay at one place, until tremors settled. I suggested we take cover under wooden structures and frames. We sat back at our places, tongues moving swiftly in Dhikr (words of remembrance). Horrified, people made intense Duas to the All-Powerful to make the tremors stop. Objects nearby were shaking and thus increasing our fear. We were certain Allah (swt) will not punish us. In our hearts, we knew we didn't deserve His mercy after all that we have done. We hoped for another chance. Just one more chance. Like we always do.
The ground kept shaking. Text messages were pouring in, asking if we were alright. We wondered if it was time to say our final goodbyes. We were hanging between life and death. Seeing death so near, we hastily made Duas for our forgiveness.
Everything around us – the sun, the moon, the trees, the birds, the earth that we walk upon – haughtily will testify either for or against us. What will it say about me?
I had recently completed the Tafsir (exegesis) of Surah Az-Zalzalah (the Earthquake). Its words echoed in my head: "When the earth is shaken with its (final) earthquake. And when the earth throws out of its burdens. And man will say: What is the matter with it?" (Az-Zalzalah 99:1-3)
And here we were sitting. Staring at the ground below us, wondering what was the matter with it. Why does it not stop?
The Most Merciful then did His thing. His Rahmah (mercy) took over, and He commanded the earth to stop shaking. Life returned to our hearts.
I returned my attention to Surah Az-Zalzalah and the Day of Resurrection. The Day, when the earth is stretched forth (Quran 84:3) and is ground to powder (Quran 89:21). That Day the earth will declare its information (about all that happened over it of good or evil). (Quran 99:4)
I shuddered. I was not prepared to die. I did not want the earth to reveal my information.
Yet, it will. Everything around us – the sun, the moon, the trees, the birds, the earth that we walk upon – haughtily will testify either for or against us. What will it say about me?
I had a swift flashback. I had done nothing that I could say would save me from the terrors of that Day. On that overwhelming Day, some faces will be humiliated and some joyful (Quran 88:2, 8). How will my face be? The Day, when all secrets will be examined (Quran 86:9), and man will be handed his record. There will be those, who will be given their records in their right hands. They will receive their records and rush to their families sharing their joy with them (Quran 84:7). Others will be given their records behind their backs (Quran 84:10), because it contains nothing to be joyful about. In which hand will I receive my record?
As I looked back at the television screen, the reporter was giving details of the earthquake. It was a 7.8 magnitude quake. Analysts feared had it continued for a few more seconds, everything in Karachi would have perished. In another window, the channel showed clips of LIVE scenes: people leaving their offices to stand in the open space.
And I was struck again.
Where was it? Where was the feeling that we just felt?
People were happily chatting. They were exiting the elevators with cheerful faces. It seemed, as if we did not just feel Allah's power followed by His Rahmah but an 'adventure.'
It seemed, as if we did not just feel Allah's power followed by His Rahmah but an 'adventure.'
It was time for the Asr (late afternoon) prayer. Parents still had to raise their voice reminding to pray. The practicing ones were reminding their colleagues to rush for the congregational prayer. The mosques were still half empty.
I was ashamed. Who were we? When the calamity was off our heads, we returned to our usual state? Even an earthquake that was certain to perish us could not fix us?
It is as Allah (swt) says:"Then after that you turned away. Had it not been for the Grace and Mercy of Allah upon you, indeed you would have been among the losers." (Quran 2:64)
"O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord – with your deeds and actions (good or bad), — a sure returning, and you will meet (the results of your deeds which you did)." (Quran 84:6)


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