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Thursday, January 04, 2007
Ode to a purse
Six weeks later, walking through the mall with my little brother I saw it again- this time sitting in the center display of the Dillards Coach pagoda. He was unimpressed: "It looks like a hobo waded through the garbage behind the Coach factory and stitched up the scraps to create a purse" My father sympathised, "it must be very expensive, is it $100?" (And it is for this reason I haven't listed the actual price of said purse)
Then came Eid. After Eid Salat and breakfast brunch, we sat in the living room surrounded by gifts of varying degrees of gift wrapping perfection. One by one the packages went: my brothers with their matching polos, my dad and his calender mouse pad, my mom and her leather bound address book, Jadore perfume for me. One by one the packages went and finally there were none left. Just as we were about to go for our 98th cup of tea for the day, Kashif smiled saying there was one more gift. From behind a cushion came a Macy's bag- my heart stopped for at least a second- there it was, in all its splendid glory, my purse.
My family was astonished. I'm not a brand name junkie. I'm definitely not sophisticated enough to be a Coach purse aficianado. Vat happened? I still have not removed the tag and only model it in the mirror with gentle care. Should I return it? Should I keep it? Though the coach website says it can be used year round, when I asked the coach sales clerk if I could she paused (possibly suppressing laughter) and then politely said Well, though there is no law against wearing it year round.... I would not recommend it. That much for a fall winter bag? But I reason: 1) I am careful with my expenditures 3) In my twenty-something years on earth I have never wanted something this unnecessary but fun and pricey 4) It is a gift 5) I really love this purse. Its a conundrum indeed, but just maybe purse, you are finally home.
43 comments:
- slskenyon said...
I think you can be rest assured that the acquisition of something truly desired--it makes up for all of the Christmas presents accepted with a smile that were less than desireable.
- 10:12 PM, January 03, 2007
- christina/ohio said...
It was a gift,you have it and love it,why on earth return it? Let yourself be spoiled by the gift giver, don't insult them by returning it! Enjoy! :)
- 11:24 PM, January 03, 2007
- Aisha said...
slskenyon, that is a really good point :)
Christina/ohio, welcome to the blog and thanks for commenting! Thanks, I feel beter about it now :)
- 11:31 PM, January 03, 2007
- mystic-soul said...
And above all it is from Kashif !!
- 2:21 AM, January 04, 2007
Awww, Mashallah Kahif is awesome!Such a lovely story.
- 5:57 AM, January 04, 2007
- Um Ibrahim said...
Aww I envy you..there's nothing wrong for keeping you "nikmat":)
I love branded purse,*whisper* but usually bought it second hand, recently bought a month old coach tote bag for 30$;)
- 7:20 AM, January 04, 2007
- ruby said...
Congrats on the bag! You deserve it honey, do not return that. On occasion its ok to spoil yourself esp when it something you really do love from someone you love. Enjoy it!
- 8:54 AM, January 04, 2007
- Anjum said...
masha'ALlah just enjoy it. They got it for you because they knew you'd love it but would never spend the money on yourself. my girlfriends did the same - bought me my first (& only) coach purse, because they knew I'd never buy one myself. and I'm not big on brands either but god it is pretty.
- 9:26 AM, January 04, 2007
- Muslim Wife said...
Oh, sheesh, I cringe at the thought of name-brand anything.
Remember that this world is *supposed* to be a prison for the beleivers, and if you can justify that purse in front of Allah on yawm ul Qiyamah (when we are asked about our every possesion, second, action), then go for it. If not, I say return, go downtown and buy a knock-off for $20.
- 10:15 AM, January 04, 2007
- Aisha said...
Mystic, true :)
Suroor thanks :)
Um Ibrahim did you buy it off of Craigs list??? I heard people can get great stuff for great prices on there
Ruby thanks for that. I think "spoiling" is exactly right but once in a while its okay I say :)
Anjum, yeah! lol. I think that may be why Kashif bought it. Since we are married and can buy ourselves whatever we need, this is one of those things that I would NEVER buy for myself so he had a great excuse to get a gift that would mean a lot and could only come from him
Muslim Wife, you are very right :). The interesting thing is I did not like this purse BECAUSE it was a Coach or a name brand. I actually did not know what brand it was when I went in to the store. I also tried very hard to find knock offs like it but they have not made knock offs yet or I have not seen them. Its going to be my first and last gift/purchase of its kind I think so I'll just enjoy it :)
- 12:00 PM, January 04, 2007
Muslim Wife - A little extreme, don't you think.
There is no problem with enjoying halal things in this world while we're here.
The item was a gift from your husband, so you should enjoy it. (I'm sure Allah will understand.)
- 2:18 PM, January 04, 2007
- Muslim Wife said...
Sure, if you call following the sunnah extreme, then alhamdulillah it's more than a little extreme.
"enjoying things while we're here" is precisely the attitude that makes our hearts hard to this dunya and forget about the akhirah. The Prophet and his family *never* ate a meal that filled their stomachs, upon his death he only had a handful of meager possessions, and the same goes for the sahaba, the tabi'een and the salaaf. So much so that they tied rocks to their stomachs to quench their pangs of hunger. When the Prophet & his wives received gifts the first thing they did was distribute it amongst the poor, though there were rightly entitled to it as well.
Sorry you don't seem to think these sunan apply to us. After all, the ghurabaa' aren't called ghurabaa' for no reason.
May Allah make us the most ghareenb of the ghurabaa', ameen.
- 2:26 PM, January 04, 2007
- Jane said...
Enjoy the purse, guilt-free. Life has so many pains, big and small. If this brings you joy that is ok. So what? It was a lovely and thoughtful gift. What is the point of having anything if you do not use and enjoy it? You are not an asthetic. Life is for the living.
- 2:30 PM, January 04, 2007
- Rabia said...
aisha, this is funny. i have recently been looking at the coach websites because i, too, have been eyeing a similar purse. but when i saw the price, i immediately said no. but, i secretly wouldn't mind it if was bought for me! haha! but, it is a lot of money for a purse. i hope you figure out something to do that will make you happy. What a sweet husband, Masha'Allah.
- 3:06 PM, January 04, 2007
- UmmAbdur-Rahmaan said...
Subhan Allah...I went and found it on the coach web site ...WOW I don't think I could ever make myself love or need something for that price..... But I am glad you got it anyway....Enjoy
- 3:07 PM, January 04, 2007
- Aisha said...
Anon thanks for your input, and Muslim Wife thanks for sharing your insight on it. I appreciate Muslim Wife's perspective, she is a real life friend of mine and is one of the nicest people I know mash'allah. I dont take offense to her comments because I know that she does not say it from a condescending place but from a place of love, also, by posting it I should be open to different views on the topic. The only thing that I can't tolerate is when people are vicious or mean and when I know their purpose is simply to hurt and not to share a legitimate point of view. I know MW does not have any of the latter intentions... But thanks also anonymous for your views, I think I am of your opinion on the situation but I still do value MW's opinion and understand her perspective.
Jane, this is the main reason I decided to keep it. It makes me happy and its not like I go to the mall walking out with bags, its infact quite rare for me to go to the mall. If its something that makes me happy and it was given because someone I love knew it made me happy, then I should enjoy it.
Rabia, really?? which one were you looking at? Its a cute purse isn't it :). But yeah.... um quite pricey. Which is why I'd never have bought it for myself
Ummabdur-rahman, LOL at your reaction because it is the same reaction I would have if I was reading someone else write about such a topic. I agree with you. I assure that buying this purse was something I did not even conceive of. Infact, funnily enough, when I showed my brother the purse, he wondered if Kashif might get it for me, and I laughed saying that if he bought that for me, I would love him for it but would instantly return it because the price was outrageous. Sadly when the purse was in my hands I couldnt bring myself to do it. Its weird and it defies logic. I guess its one of those things. :(
- 3:24 PM, January 04, 2007
- renee said...
I love it!
- 3:50 PM, January 04, 2007
I loves it I really really do. ts a lot but like you said its once in a lifetime type of purchase. Be happy!
- 4:14 PM, January 04, 2007
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- 5:59 PM, January 04, 2007
- Chocopologie said...
Okay....the question is can you wait? This bag will be in the Coach outlet stores for under half the price by end of summer....I totally understand when you say the brand doesn't matter to you but the desire and the happiness you feel when you carry it....I hate carrying brand names but I do own a pure white plain coach purse which cost around a little over a $100 from the outlet....gosh I got sick the week after I bought the purse and while under breathing tubes in the hospital kept telling my significant other to go return it since I am being punished by Allah for splurging...the doctors told me not to worry abt the purse till after I am better....lol....such is our guilt...okay so do you think the both of you (your hubby and you) can afford it? I know people who buy these things on credit and that is just plain silly....I think if you promise yourself to donate a certain amount of money if you keep the purse....it will make you feel better....I have been in your situation too so thought of putting in my 2 cents...by the way I love reading your blog...:)...Happy modeling the purse....:)
- 6:06 PM, January 04, 2007
- momyblogR said...
Ok, your sweet Hubby remembered and thought enough to buy it and surprise you. For sure keep it, wear it and totally enjoy it.
If there wasn't the means then maybe I'd rethink it but he decided wasn't beyond that so I say squeeze him and just say thank you. :):)
- 9:13 PM, January 04, 2007
Muslim Wife - Do you really think its wrong for her to accept a gift from her husband who bought it out of love for her. Do you think its sunnah not to accept a gift if person gives it to you from their heart? Come on...
Allah has blessed them, so they should enjoy allah's blessings. (We all understand that we need to take care of our islamic obiligations first... Duh!)
Aisha, there is nothing wrong with you keeping the purse. Don't let other people make you feel guilty for no reason. We should accept and thank Allah for his blessings instead of questioning them.
- 9:38 PM, January 04, 2007
- Tee said...
Did you watch Ugly Betty last night? Tell me you did and felt inspired to tell your purse story, because if you didn't this is REALLY weird.
I also get cheap purses and have been on the hunt for a new one for over a year. I can't find anything I like.
That purse is gorgeous. For all the mistakes husbands make they get it right once in awhile - enjoy the bag!!! :)
- 11:18 AM, January 05, 2007
- Aisha said...
Renee, Anon, thanks :)
Chocopology, thanks for the insight on the coach outlets! I calld them they dont have it. I guess I could wait till next Summer but that's quite a while away.... so its bad but I think I'll just keep it (and yes t ssomething that is within our means, just not something I should be buying once a month). I'm sorry you were sick after purchasing your purse! I never felt guilt in that regard. I did not consider for a moment that God would be angry at me for this purchase.... if I lived life like that I would question everything, my laptop, my slightly more expensive flatware, my lawn servce, all are to some extent luxuries, I Coudl do with simpler things in these areas but I don't. But you're right, you should not get enveloped and such things and giving charity when being able to buy some luxuries is a good idea to remind ourselves not to get too wrapped up in ourselves. Thanks for commenting!
Momyblogr, I think I will enjoy it :). Thanks:)
Anon, thanks for commenting. I guess all I can say is that we all have different perspectives, I'm more on your end as far my opinion on this matter, but that doesnt meant other perspectives exist.
TEEEEEE- Look at the time of the post!!! IT was before Ugly Betty. And YES I DID WATCH IT!!!! Kashif was watching it with me and I was practically hyperventilating. It was funny because he kept messing on the drive up "you are so nuts for that purse" and this entire episode was about the love for a purse. ISNT THAT WEIRD???? I'm glad you saw it and got struck by the weirdness of it. Is it a coincidence? Is it a sign? If so, what is it a sign of? Kashif isaid it was a sign to return the purse. I said no its a sign to ekep the purse by showing me there are people less fortunate who cannot keep dearly loved purses so I should go ahead and keep mine and enjoy it. lol. I dont know. We were so thrown off!!!!
- 11:30 AM, January 05, 2007
- West Coast Mommy said...
I would definitely keep it, your husband is so sweet for getting it for you! And that purse is going to get so many compliments - my best friend has it and people literally stop her and compliment her on it all the time. So enjoy it because it doesn't sound like you splurge on yourself often at all, and this was a gift :)
- 12:17 PM, January 05, 2007
- Tee said...
OMG - That is SOOOOOO weird!
Kashif said it's a sign to return it!? No! LOL, naughty, Kashif!
- 4:36 PM, January 05, 2007
- Aisha said...
West Coast Mommy, welcome to the blog and thanks for commenting. I do think I will be keeping it. I almost wore it out today but it was raining so I did not but the day is coming :) Would you say its a fall/winter bag only though?
Tee, ISNT IT??? I'm glad someoen else thought so :). I dont know what it means but a weird coincidence.
- 6:11 PM, January 05, 2007
- Chic Mommy said...
Hi Aisha, sorry it took me so long to read your post, the kids have been really sick this week, I just got a chance to get on the computer after a looong time.
Anyway, I LOVE the purse. Someone I know has this and it is a show stopper. She places it right on the dinner table too, to make sure everyone sees it, (and it's how I saw it) which I think is showing off a little too much, but hey, she's flaunting it and it makes her happy, so whatever.
First off, DO NOT FEEL BAD about wearing this purse. Wear it, abuse it, fill it up with all your junk and fling it into the backseat of your car as you get in. You're in a high-profile job now, people really do notice your purse. When I first started working, I didn't understand why people would pay $400 for a Kate Spade when an equally attractive look-alike by Nine West gave you the look for less, but my mom is a huge purse snob (she not only collects Coach, but she's got LV, Chanel, and a few Isabellas in her closet too). She gave me a taste of the designer world in the form of a Louis Vuitton Speedy as a gift when my son was born. Once you get used to the look and feel of genuine fine quality leather and workmanship, you can see why they cost so much. Each Isabella Fiore bag is made by hand, and Coach, the quality is amazing. I have alot of Coach hand-me-downs from my mom and they all are in perfect shape even after 15 years. No seams are coming apart and the leather has aged to perfection. I can't say the same for the $40 dollar Nine West bags I bought, I literally threw some of them away, they were in such poor shape. Another brand I really like is Kooba. Their leather is so soft and bag designs are really unique.
About wearing it year round, there's generally a fashion rule that you shouldn't wear dark colored bags in the spring and summer. Most fashionista types wear white or beige, or brightly colored yellow, blue, spring green, or pink bag. Leather is usually out as a material in summertime, and lighter materials such as canvas is preferred. I found a nice summer bag at Hayden Harnett, it's called the Montauk Hobo in a bright yellow, and it went with nearly everything in my wardrobe.
But that doesn't mean you have to retire the coach bag come May. Wear it whenever you want. I was wearing brown leather bag in August because I wanted to, who gives a shit if it wasn't quite fall yet?
Keep the bag. Love it. Wear it. Don't feel guilty. Enjoy the fact that you are carrying a little bit of luxury with you everyday. Thank God that he has blessed you with financial stability and that you can afford it and move on. In fact, start planning your next big purchase. you're husband is not really going to like me now, but it's like I explain to my husband, the same way he likes nice shiny brand name cars, women like designer bags.
- 6:18 PM, January 05, 2007
- Aisha said...
Chic as soon as I got it I thought of you, I was thinking "What would ChicMommy think?" lol I'm glad you like it, it makes me feel better because I wasn't sure if it was a nice purse objectively though to me, the Ross aficianado it is a most divine handbag.
One of my biggest hesiation is that the 9 wests and others DO fall apart after about a year or so. I was afraid that this would also fall apart, and then that is a waste. But its good to know that the money you're putting into it ensure syou will have it years down the road.
I also feel better knowing that I can treat it like any other purse without the seams falling apart. I have been wondering how I will take it out for fear that I will hurt it. I'm glad to know they are that sturdy that I can toss it in the back seat without worrying.
And you raise a really good point. As a lawyer (insh'allah) I will be meeting with people who work at the top notch frms and I'm hoping durnig my fellowship to make good connections and lasting impressions and being well presented is important.
The funny thing is you know how you said prepare your husband for the next big purchase, I think since you and the Coach folks said that this is a fall/winter bag.... I do need a spring/summer one too then :) Though I think in the future for my designer purse needs I will look to Craig's List and the outlets so the next hand bag is more reasonably priced.
Thank you so much for your advice!!
- 9:19 PM, January 05, 2007
- Living Away said...
I'm a tote/bag/purse/ freak myself, having now around 60 pieces of many shapes and colors!
Justing coming back from Brasil, I got 2 more...
Well, a Coach bag is something to pass from generation to generation!!
- 9:36 PM, January 05, 2007
- Rabia said...
coach outlet...where?! i liked the black one with buckles. sadly, :( it is $698. Outta my budget.
- 9:38 PM, January 05, 2007
beautiful purse... but much more beautiful is that it was a gift from your hubby... that is worth much more :) just love it!
- 9:20 PM, January 06, 2007
- 'liya said...
That is one gorgeous bag!
- 12:02 AM, January 07, 2007
wow girl! you go on and enjoy that purse with your bad self! i think you deserve it...name brand or not! i like things that are of good quality too...not because of the name but because itwill last longer and i wont have to keep spending money on a new one. hope you had a great eid!
- 9:22 AM, January 07, 2007
- Aisha said...
Living away I got a few purses when I was Paratay. They were so affordable and fun :)
Rabia wow 700!! That is a lot. But if you can afford it sometimes its nice to splurge on yourself particularly f you don't do that very often.... But yeah thats a lot :)
Shaz, thanks :) That was what touched me the most. That he would do that for me. I know for me at least I loved this purse. For him it was just out of love for me because he sees nothing special for the purse. Alhamdullilah )
liya and sheryza welcome to the blog and thanks for commenting. Sheryza yes this will probably be my bag for many many many years to come insh'allah.
- 1:37 PM, January 07, 2007
- Saadia said...
That's a beautiful bag. But as my mom would say, if someone from a village would take some fabrics and sew them together ecause they were poor, and try to make some design, we'd call them paindu.
By the way, how did you get the picture of the bag all by itself without the background?
- 3:25 PM, January 07, 2007
- Saadia said...
Oh now I read the whole thing. Well, I think Kashif was trying to make you happy so whatever decision you make, you can try to make him happy too :)) Heck, return the bag and go on vaction :)
- 3:28 PM, January 07, 2007
are u a moslem? where in US? state?
- 4:06 PM, January 07, 2007
- Aisha said...
Saadia, lol, Ali said a similar remark about how a hobo could have made that and it wouldn't be worth quite as much. I'm going to keep it because it makes me happy. It is a riduculously expensive bag but its going to be my only one... maybe thats rationalizing it a bit too much... but you do what you can!
Girlgirl, yes.
- 6:23 PM, January 07, 2007
- Rabia said...
i'm going to go to a coach outlet this weekend, iA! haha! i found one here.
- 12:34 AM, January 08, 2007
- Chic Mommy said...
Gee thanks Aisha, I'm so flattered that you would think of me when you saw that purse! I've got to admit, I was used to be a huge fashion dork, it took me a while to figure what was going on in the fashion scene and I still to this day make my share of fashion violations. I'm hoping that now that I'm older and wiser I can share some of what I've learned throughout the years.
In a nutshell, when it comes to the law firms, audit firms, investment banks, alot of first impressions are based on appearances. The people with the highest marks don't always get the job, sometimes just having the right purse under your arm will get you invited to that very important business lunch that could lead to a job promotion.
It's a shallow shallow world we live in, you just have to learn to adapt.
Also, I wanted to correct myself about spring and summer bags. Leather is actually IN all year round as a material, it's just that the black and brown colors are out for the warmer months, giving way for more summer-like colors like white, beige, pink, etc...the closest you can get to brown is camel brown, but most department stores do all this color fixing for you by displaying the "in-color" of the moment prominently in their stores. Last summer's hit was a Yves Saint Laurent Muse bag, in White, all the celebs were wearing it and there were knock-offs galore. It was $1200 then, but I'm hoping I can find it for cheap now that it's "last year's bag". There's no shame in wearing last year's bag as long as it was a style hit. And alot of these bags, the exact designs year to year are never repeated, so they are actually worth alot of money in resale value. There are old Hermes Kelly and Birkin bags going for almost $50,000 at some auction houses. A designer bag is worth almost as much as gold in the bank.
Also, if you want to wear this bag into summer, make sure to wear an all white or light colored outfit to provide contrast. It will make the bag stand out more and make it look more summery.
- 2:27 PM, January 09, 2007
I recieved the purse for a b-day gift, returned it (not my taste) and got another. Its the 2nd year, they've made this holiday purse.
Its a gift, a great one, rip off the tags and enjoy it. It is however, a fall winter purse. The fabrics alone (suede, velvet, etc) are winter.
- 9:54 PM, January 12, 2007
- Baraka said...
That's so sweet of Kashif!
Occasionally it's nice to be spoiled so enjoy! :)
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Unlike most other driving games that reward you for avoiding crashes, Burnout 3: Takedown subverts the genre by rewarding you for causing them. When you're racing, the goal certainly is to finish first, but you can rack up bonus points for "taking down" rival cars by whatever means possible.
What's a takedown? Anything —anything— is fair game. You can grind a rival car so hard paint sparks off and the driver loses control, or get even more aggressive by nudging the car into a concrete divider to create a most spectacular crash. Any time you cause other cars to completely wipe out, you not only get turbo-boost that'll help you in the game but also add points that can be used to get a faster car for later races.
Most of the game centers around the single-player World Tour, a mode so addictive you'll find yourself skipping meals for "just one more round." The idea is to travel to different roads and tracks, where you must accomplish all sorts of high-blood pressure driving feats. Most of the time, you'll find yourself racing against other equally aggressive drivers to the finish.
To win, you need to accumulate boost, which can be activated to speed up your car. But to get boost, you need to do basically everything your mother told you not to — driving on the wrong side of the road, smiting opponents, tailgating and otherwise causing mayhem. The more white-knuckled your antics get, the more boost you win.
Boost gets steadily more interesting as it snowballs. For instance, if you sneak up on a car and hit boost at the right time, you can send a rival's car off the side of the road and tumbling down the side of the hill. That, of course, gives you more boost.
Burnout 3: Takedown Rated T (suitable for players 13 and over). From Electronic Arts, www.eagames.com/official/burnout/burnout3. For Playstation 2 and Xbox; online component available for PS2. $49.99.
As part of the World Tour, you'll also be asked to take part in Crash Events. Here, the goal is to usually hurl your car into a mess of traffic and cause the most massive pile up (and therefore the greatest vehicular demand) possible. After you're done, the game puts a price tag on every truck, car, motor home, ambulance or other vehicle that you trashed. One tip: If you see a gasoline tanker, head right for it. The explosion will cause unbelievable damage along with some spectacular visuals.
Two to 16 users can play simultaneously, either by plugging more controllers into your game console or by using an innovative competition format where you pass the controller to another player when you're finished. Online, there's even more damage to be done. You can take on up to six other players logged onto the Burnout 3: Takedown server using a PlayStation 2 console. There are several flavors of the game, including a team race. Here, the goal is for three teammates to reach the finish line while another three are close behind trying to take them down.
The graphics are some of the best yet featured in a driving game. Your jaw will drop when you see some of the acrobatic crashes caused after you slam into a rival's car at 150 miles per hour. If there's a drawback to the game, it's that the cars you drive aren't based on real-life wheels. Unlike the popular Need for Speed and Grand Turismo series of racing games, where you can earn the right to drive tricked-out Porsches, Fords and Toyotas, in Burnout 3: Takedown you drive generic cars with generic names, such as "compact car." (A lack of product placement enthusiasm may be understandable on the part of car companies, who rarely enjoy seeing their vehicles used as metal-bending death hammers.)
But you won't mind after playing what could very well turn out to be not only one of 2004's best driving games, but one of the year's best games, period. Check this one out right away; don't waste time, say, putting on a seatbelt.


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In Christianity and Judaism, the Book of Life (Hebrew: ספר החיים, transliterated Sefer HaChaim) is the book in which God records the names of every person who is destined for Heaven. According to the Talmud it is open on Rosh Hashanah; its analog for the wicked, the Book of the Dead, is open on this date as well. For this reason extra mention is made for the Book of Life during Amidah recitations during the Days of Awe, the ten days between Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, and Yom Kippur, the day of atonement (the two High Holidays, particularly in the prayer Unetaneh Tokef).
In the Old Testament
In the Old Testament, the Book of Life is the book or muster-roll of God, in which all the people who are considered righteous before God are recorded forever. God has such a book, and to be blotted out of it, signifies death.[1] It is with reference to the Book of Life that the holy remnant is spoken of as being written unto life;[2] in Jerusalem[3] compare also Ezekiel ix. 4, where one of the six heavenly envoys "who had the scribe's inkhorn upon his loins" is told to mark the righteous for life, while the remainder of the inhabitants of Jerusalem are doomed. The Psalmist likewise speaks of the Book of Life in which only the names of the righteous are written "and from which the unrighteous are blotted out".[4] Even the tears of men are recorded in this Book of God.[5] "Every one that shall be found written in the book . . . shall awake to everlasting life".[6] This book is probably identical with the "Book of Remembrance" in which are recorded the deeds of those that fear the Lord.[7]
Book of Jubilees
The Book of Jubilees[8] speaks of two heavenly tablets or books: a Book of Life for the righteous, and a Book of Death for those that walk in the paths of impurity and are written down on the heavenly tablets as adversaries (of God). Also, according to ib. xxxvi. 10, one who contrives evil against his neighbor will be blotted out of the Book of Remembrance of men, and will not be written in the Book of Life, but in the Book of Perdition. In Dan. vii. 10 and Enoch xlvii. 3 "the Ancient of days" is described as seated upon His throne of glory with "the Book" or "the Books of Life" ("of the Living") opened before Him. So are, according to Enoch civ. 1, the righteous "written before the glory of the Great One," and, according to Enoch cviii. 3, the transgressors "blotted out of the Book of Life and out of the books of the holy ones." To this Book of Life reference is made also in Hermas (Vision i. 3; Mandate viii.; Similitude ii.); in Rev. iii. 5, xiii. 8, xvii. 8, xx. 12-15, where "two Books" are spoken of as being "opened before the throne, the Book of Life, and the Book of Death, in which latter the unrighteous are recorded together with their evil deeds, in order to be cast into the lake of fire." It is the Book of Life in which the apostles' names are "written in heaven" (Luke x. 20), or "the fellow-workers" of Paul (Phil. iv. 3), and "the assembly of the first-born" (Heb. xii. 23; compare I Clem. xlv.). To these Books of Records allusion is made also in Enoch lxxxi. 4, lxxxix. 61-77, xc. 17-20, xcviii. 76, civ. 7; Apoc. Baruch, xxiv. 1; Ascensio Isa. ix. 20.
References in the New Testament
The Book of Life is referred to six times in the Book of Revelation, one of the books of the New Testament, attributed to John of Patmos. As described, only those whose names are written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, and have not been blotted out by the Lamb, are saved at the Last Judgment; all others are doomed. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire (Rev. 20:15, King James Version).And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.(Rev. 20:12, King James Version)
The Eschatological or Annual Roll-Call
While the prevailing tendency among apocryphal writers of the Hasidean school was to give the Book of Life an eschatological meaning—and to this inclines also Targ. Jon. to Isa. iv. 3 and Ezek. xiii. 9 (compare Targ. Yer. to Ex. xxxii. 32)—the Jewish liturgy and the tradition relating to the New-Year's and Atonement days adhered to the ancient view which took the Book of Life in its natural meaning, preferring, from a sound practical point of view, the this-worldliness of Judaism to the heavenliness of the Essenes. Instead of transferring, as is done in the Book of Enoch, the Testament of Abraham, and elsewhere, the great Judgment Day to the hereafter, the Pharisaic school taught that on the first day of each year (Rosh ha-Shanah) God sits in judgment over His creatures and has the Books of Life together with the books containing the records of the righteous and the . And out of the middle state of the future judgment (see Testament of Abraham, A, xiv.) there arose the idea of a third class of men who are no longer held in suspence. (Benonim, the middle), and of a corresponding third book for this all (R.H. 16b). In Tos. Sanh. xiii. 3, however, the annual (Rosh ha-Shanah) judgment (Yom ha-Din) is recognized (compare Tos. R. H. i. 13, R. Jose's opinion in opposition to that of R. Akiba and R. Meïr, which has become the universally accepted one).
The origin of the heavenly Book of Life must be sought in Babylonia, whereas the idea of the annual Judgment Day seems to have been adopted by the Jews under Babylonian influence in post-exilic times. The Babylonian legends[9] speak of the Tablets of Destiny; also of the tablets of the transgressions, sins, and wrong-doings, of the curses and execrations, of a person which should be "cast into the water"; that is, to be blotted out.[10] As to the resemblance of the Babylonian Zagmuku or New-Year to the Jewish New-Year see the art. Rosh ha-Shanah. The living are the righteous (second half of the verse),[11] who alone are admitted to citizenship in the theocracy. The wicked are denied membership therein: they are blotted out of God's book (Ex. xxxii. 32 et seq.). The figure is derived from the citizens' registers.[12] The life which the righteous participate in is to be understood in a temporal sense. In Dan. xii. 1, however, those who are found written in the book and who shall escape the troubles preparatory to the coming of the Messianic kingdom are they who, together with the risen martyrs, are destined to share in the everlasting life referred to in verse 2. The eternal life is certainly meant in Enoch xlvii. 3, civ. 1, cviii. 3, and frequently in the New Testament (especially in Revelation). The Targum (Isa. iv. 3; Ezek. xiii. 9) speaks of the "Book of Eternal Life." Temporal life is apparently prayed for in the liturgical formula: "Inscribe us in the Book of Life" (see Atonement, Day of). The Mishnah tells us that the deeds of every human being are recorded in a book (Abot, ii. 1; see iii. 16). The Sefer Ḥasidim (xxxiii) pointedly adds that God is in no need of a book of records; "the Torah speaks the language of man"; i.e., figuratively.
See also
- Charles, Book of Enoch, pp. 131–133
- Gustaf Dalman, Worte Jesu, p. 171.
- JAL, "The Book of Life."
- ↑ Shemot (Book of Exodus) 32:33
- ↑ A. V., "among the living."
- ↑ Yisheyah (Book of Isaiah) 4:3
- ↑ Ps. lxix. 28; compare Ps. cxxxix. 16.
- ↑ Ps. lvi. 9 [8].
- ↑ Dan. xii. 1 et seq.
- ↑ Mal. iii. 16.
- ↑ xxx. 20-22.
- ↑ See Creation Tab. iv. 121, and the Zu legend, ii. 7, quoted in Harper's "Babylonische Legenden," in Beitr. z. Assyriologie by Delitzsch and Haupt, 1892, ii. 2, p. 412.
- ↑ Compare Micah vii. 19 and the art. Tashlik.
- ↑ Ps. lxix.29.
- ↑ Ezek. xiii. 9; Jer. xxii. 30; and Ex. xxxii. 30-34, accordingly assigned by Holzinger to a late stratum; see his commentary.
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We're good. Here at the house talking about one of the best snowboards they've got in the shop a Burton Vapor snowboard. For many years this was their high end. This year they've got the Method's in above it, but still definitely a Ferarri for what we've got in the warehouse for sure. What you're looking at in this one, it's got an aluminum honeycomb core. Basically the same technology that the military uses in their helicopter blades on their attack helicopters, so overkill on a snowboard for sure. What it's going to do is it's really going to lighten up the construction. They still do use wood underneath the snowboard binding positions with their engineered grain direction just to promote really good edge grip and give it that crisp, poppy feel.
From there, you've got their carbon vapor skin top sheet. Top sheet's going to be infused with the fiber glass to also reduce the weight on it. It's got the channel system. Combined with an EST snowboard binding I really consider it to be the biggest performance jump this company has made in their whole history. Really revolutionary. If you buy it, you definitely, definitely have to do a pair of EST snowboard bindings.
From there, you've got a slant wall side wall. The red areas in here indicate where the pressure distributions edges are. On a traditional snowboard, you have contact at the tail and at the nose with even pressure in between. With the pressure distribution edge is it bumps out ever so slightly right underneath the snowboard binding so you get two extra contact points. It's going to work really good when you're climbing icy pipe walls or you're just cruising around on icy, hard-packed terrain.
It has the infinite ride process built into it, which is basically they'll overbuild the snowboard and they put it into a machine that simulates about three years of usage. Long story short, when you get the snowboard out of the box from us, you're going to flex it, it's going to flex the same three years down the road and it's definitely, like I say, one of my favorite technologies. It really does work; I've had it in a number of my snowboards.
Moving on to the base, we've got a subliminated and die-cut graphic. This is their sintered N2O WFO base. Extremely fast. It already comes just pre-impregnated with wax. Burton actually finishes it with the equivalent of about twenty to thirty hot waxes if you do them independently so it's really ready to go for quite some time after you get it. It only gets faster the more you wax it, too. Definitely the second nicest base I have in the shop.
From there you've got a directional side cut directional stance but with a twin flex. Really well-balanced for pretty much killing any kind of terrain. You know, free-style oriented. The only thing it's not going to really excel on is the rails and boxes. It's a little too stiff for that, but you don't bring a Ferrari to a rally anyways, so there you go on that. Other than that, you got their pro tip construction. You got meat a meaty sidewall through the middle here and it tapers out to really, really thin through the nose and tail to reduce the overall swing weight of the snowboard.
As always you know it's a full tip to tail core on this one. Like I said, one of their best snowboards. They got Jean Michael Basquiat doing the graphic this year. Definitely, you know, really high-end art on this snowboard as well, too. That's about the gist of the Burton Vapor snowboard. Man if you can afford it, it is one of the best snowboards if not the best snowboard in the shop. Check it out!
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Don Wildman's Seventy-Fifth Year
Check out Don Wildman's schedule for his 75th year. And hope that you'll be training with John McEnroe when you're a senior citizen too.
February 7, 2007 Wildman's seventy-fourth birthday, Park City, Utah. Watched granddaughter snowboard in the Deaf Olympics.
February 25 to March 3 Heli-snowboarding in Blue River, British Columbia. "You can have your own private helicopter that lands right in front of your villa. On the first day, we snowboarded twenty-four thousand vertical feet."
March 15 Physical exam. "Report said I was 'off the charts!' That was encouraging."
March 18 to 24 Heli-snowboarding on Spurr Volcano in Alaska's Tordrillo Mountains.
May Training and biking at home in the Santa Monica Mountains with John McEnroe. "Every time we go up, it ends up being a race. It's about a two-thousand-foot climb -- a full-on ass-kicker. He's only beat me one time. I think he's in the best shape of his life."
June 11 to 16 Back to Spurr Volcano in Alaska's Tordrillo Mountains, with Laird Hamilton, surfer Sonny Miller, Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine, and Tommy Moe.
July 4 "Every year I throw a big party at my house on the beach for about two hundred people. We have all the movers and shakers, and we tow in a big barge for a fireworks show."
Early August Training and biking in the Santa Monica Mountains with Chris Chelios and Hamilton.
August 21 to 25 Surfing in Kauai.
September 9 Mountain-bike race in Big Bear Lake, California, with Commerford. "I took about two or three falls on the downhill. . . . Sometimes you like to go out and see if there are other seventy-five-year-old guys who could kick your ass. It's refreshing."
October 8 to 16 Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, Utah.
Early November Training seven days a week at home. Mountain bike three days a week, street bike or paddle surf four days a week, and the Circuit workout in the gym in between.
November 16 to 29 Stand-up paddle surfing and biking with Hamilton in Maui.
December 25 to January 7, 2008 Surfing in Hanalei Bay, Kauai, with eleven grandchildren and three sons. Stopped in Maui on the way back to surf with Hamilton. "We paddled twelve- to fifteen-foot swells down the coast."
January 26 to 28 Snowboarding with Chelios in Snowbird, Utah. Broke femur.
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The Knowledge of the World
Don't take in more knowledge than you can digest. Don't take in such a burdensome quantity as to disturb the peace of your soul.
There is much useful knowledge we could benefit from. Knowledge that helps us do our jobs better, knowledge that helps make this world a better place.
But information overload has sneaked in suddenly into our lives, and we failed to recognize it when it arrived. We have consumed more than we could take in. Indeed, we became too knowledgeable to be truly beautiful.
Tons of books now tell us a thousand things we should do, a thousand reasons why we should do them, and a thousand more on how to do all of those things.
Many times, it is not anymore how much we know. It all redounds to who we are and how connected we are to the things that matter most to us.
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An MCA spokesman told BBC News it was a serious option being considered to separate two parts of the hull.
Attempts to flex and break the hull during the spring tide on Monday have not been successful.
Discussions are taking place between Marine Salvage Operations and the MCA about using the small explosives charges in a controlled operation to help break the hull.
The Napoli was deliberately grounded in January after it was damaged in storms.
It was refloated last week, but the results of a diving survey revealed the hull was severely damaged and the decision was taken to beach it again on Thursday.
The MCA and salvors want to break up the wreck and remove it from the beach.
People have been warned to stay out of the water between Seaton and Branscombe following some oil pollution from the Napoli.
An East Devon District Council spokesperson said: "The beaches themselves are still very much open, people just need to take care in the water."
The MCA described the pollution as "minimal" and said the fuel was residual pollution left over from the tanks being pumped out.
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"Superman" Star Christopher Reeve Dies
BEDFORD, New York (AP) -- Christopher Reeve, the star of the "Superman" movies whose near-fatal riding accident nine years ago turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research, died Sunday of heart failure, his publicist said. He was 52.
Reeve fell into a coma Saturday after going into cardiac arrest while at his New York home, his publicist, Wesley Combs, told The Associated Press by phone from Washington, D.C., on Sunday night.
Reeve was being treated at Northern Westchester Hospital for a pressure wound that he developed, a common complication for people living with paralysis. In the past week, the wound had become severely infected, resulting in a serious systemic infection.
"On behalf of my entire family, I want to thank Northern Westchester Hospital for the excellent care they provided to my husband," Dana Reeve, Christopher's wife, said in a statement. "I also want to thank his personal staff of nurses and aides, as well as the millions of fans from around the world who have supported and loved my husband over the years."
Reeve broke his neck in May 1995 when he was thrown from his horse during an equestrian competition in Culpeper, Virginia.
Enduring months of therapy to allow him to breathe for longer and longer periods without a respirator, Reeve emerged to lobby Congress for better insurance protection against catastrophic injury and to move an Academy Award audience to tears with a call for more films about social issues.
He returned to directing, and even returned to acting in a 1998 production of "Rear Window," a modern update of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a man in a wheelchair who becomes convinced a neighbor has been murdered. Reeve won a Screen Actors Guild award for best actor in a television movie or miniseries.
"I was worried that only acting with my voice and my face, I might not be able to communicate effectively enough to tell the story," Reeve said. "But I was surprised to find that if I really concentrated, and just let the thoughts happen, that they would read on my face. With so many close-ups, I knew that my every thought would count."
In his public appearances, he was as handsome as ever, his blue eyes bright and his voice clear.
"Hollywood needs to do more," he said in the March 1996 Oscar awards appearance. "Let's continue to take risks. Let's tackle the issues. In many ways our film community can do it better than anyone else. There is no challenge, artistic or otherwise, that we can't meet."
In 2000, Reeve was able to move his index finger, and a specialized workout regimen has made his legs and arms stronger. He has also regained sensation in other parts of his body.
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This week has been short on free moisture. The rain last week was forecast to be about one inch, but only one half-inch showed up in my rain gauge. Today, they say just plain rain for Saturday, so let's hope the forecast is accurate this time. Sometimes I think the pros try too hard and end up correct less than half of the time when chance would seem to say they could be 50/50 by just guessing.
Since the warm weather arrived, field crops have come into view. Driving around, there seems to be lots of soybeans this year and they look great so far. Some corn fields still look a bit on the yellow side but some water and warmth will get them green and growing.
The farmers that produce forage for their livestock have been busy taking off that first cut, which was delayed a bit by the cool spring. It really took off during the past two weeks. I almost miss the rush and stress of forage harvesting, but upon reflection, my grin wins out.
It really puzzles me how today's active generation copes with all the information that comes their way. I'd hate to have to make a long-term plan based on the available information. I'd never get all the available information gathered, sorted and digested and put into a plan in time to implement it.
I just finished reading the latest issue of Rural Delivery, which contained more information about the Nova Scotia dairy industry than most of us need to know. Add that load if info to a piece in another magazine recently, which trashed Canada's supply management system as it applies to our milk supply, and I wonder how well young dairy farmers are sleeping these days. Hopefully, they are too busy to experience information overload, which seems to affect retired folks with too much time on their hands.


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Marquette University Chorus to perform at the White House
The Marquette University Chorus will perform at the White House Dec. 17 during its Holiday Open House.
Thirty representatives from the over-100-student chorus will leave Milwaukee Dec. 15 to sing inside the White House from 8 to 11 a.m. They will perform various holiday selections, including "Away in the Manger," "Wassail! Wassail!" and "Masters in
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You'll find a wealth of resources to help guide you through all phases of PBL. For background, you might start by clicking the "Core Strategies" tab at the top of this page and exploring the PBL resources there. "Project-Based Learning in Maine" is a great collection of PBL videos and resources (http://www.edutopia.org/stw-maine-pbl). And the Buck Institute for Education offers extensive support. You might start with the self-guided PBL tutorial (http://www.bie.org/diy) or use their online project search to investigate project ideas.
Please let us know if you have specific questions as you dig deeper into PBL--it's a big (wonderful) topic!
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Public high school students in Arizona will have to "recite an oath supporting the U.S. Constitution" to receive a graduation diploma, if a new bill introduced in the new session of the state legislature is passed and signed into law. The measure, House Bill 2467, was offered by Rep. Bob Thorpe (R), a freshman tea party members who also backs a bill preventing state enforcement of federally enacted gun safety laws. Here is the text of HB 2467:
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US citizen Larry Yacubian, a former small business owner, father, husband who plyed the ocean as a scallop boat Captain owner/ operator to earn his living began 14 years of Hell during the Clinton Administration.
Yacubian, and many fishermen have been wronged, in his case, those wrongs have spanned three presidential administrations.
The suit was filed after the Commerce Department allowed the clock to run out on the former Westport fisherman's $15 million administrative claim filed six months ago, thereby dismissing it.
It's the latest chapter in a legal saga that has left Yacubian — for allegedly fishingin a closed area and making a false statement — forbidden from commercial fishing anywhere, without a boat, and without the Westport farmhouse that was in his wife's family for generations.
Yacubian'scase is at the center of the continuing saga of the well-documented renegade prosecution in the Northeast Regional Office of the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Yacubian'splight has gradually unfolded in public over the past two or three years, culminatingin a Commerce Department's special master declaring in 2011 that Yacubian had been punished all out of proportion to any offense he may have committed.
The destruction shows the contempt of this administration regarding justice and integrity towards working people and the law.
"I was banished to the gulag. I couldn't work again in a profession that I had been in for years," Yacubian told The Associated Press in an interview Monday.
Yacubian's case was hailed at the time as the first successful prosecution of a fisherman based solely on the then-new Boattrax system. (Boattrax is the first satellite-based tracking system, following boats via transponders fitted to each one.)
Yacubian's attorney, Pamela Lafreniere, of New Bedford, had asked an inspectional officer to document with photos the locations of two fishing boats in New Bedford Harbor versus where Boattrax said they were. Boattrax was off by 1.5 miles. But the court never heard that, says the suit.
In response, Captain Yacubian requested a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and began to marshal evidence in his defense. A key issue in the case was the reliability of plotting data from a system known as Boatracs, which was used to track Captain Yacubian in the restricted area. Seeking to prove that the system was unreliable, Captain Yacubian's counsel asked Massachusetts Environmental Police Officer, Captain Peter Hanlon, to take pictures of two vessels, the Theresa R II (which had no engine) and the Kathy Marie, both of which were secured to the north end of the State Pier in New Bedford, Massachusetts, but were plotted by Boatracs at a point that was 1.5 miles from their actual location.
But Officer Hanlon never testified in Captain Yacubian's case because, according to the Swartwood Report, the Special Agent in Charge at NOAA "put enough pressure on Captain Hanlon to request that he be excused from testifying." Had Captain Hanlon testified, his "testimony and documentation could have challenged [the reliability of the Boatracs systems.]" Without this testimony, Captain Yacubian lost his case before the ALJ.
A series of appeals culminated for Captain Yacubian in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston. There, Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton vacated the ALJ's finding of a false statement by Captain Yacubian due to a lack of evidence and vacated all penalties assessed as excessive. The case was remanded to NOAA, where a new ALJ, Parlen McKenna, reinstated the false statements charge, "completely ignor[ing] the District Court Judgment," according to Special Master Swartwood. ALJ McKenna, one month later, attended a workshop in Kuala Lumpur with the NOAA prosecuting attorneys, Charles Juliand and Mitch MacDonald. According to Special Master Swartwood, this "presented an actual conflict of interest," or, at the least, "created the appearance of a conflict."
In order to pay his mounting legal fees, Captain Yacubian attempted to sell his boat. But NOAA Enforcement Attorney Charles Juliand repeatedly blocked the sale. Ultimately, Captain Yacubian's wife was instead forced to sell her family farm in Westport, Massachusetts - a farm that had been in her family for generations. But even this was not enough. Captain Yacubian could not have his case heard in Federal court again until he repeated the same legal battles before NOAA, incurring the same legal fees.
The Obama Administration claimed it would be the most transparent ever, and this is one more example of empty promises made by Dr. Lubchencos announcement of transparency, which is as clear as a concrete wall.
The failure of the current NOAA administrator is a continuance of the constant breakdown of justice and integrity, and oversite are basic principles that have shamlessly been abandoned for well over a decade and beyond.
"There's a common thread from my case to cases from Maine to North Carolina and down to Florida," said Yacubian in a telephone interview. "It was like watching a Punch and Judy show. We saw what was happening to us, but we didn't know what was happening behind the curtain."
Yacubian said the report on his case by Special Master Charles B. Swartwood III brought to light the lure of money to NOAAagents and litigators, servingas a motive for making cases and demanding excessive settlements of regulatory violations, facts brought to light by the inspector general for Commerce Department, which oversees NOAA.
"In my case, (Swartwood) concluded the case was mostly about money," Yacubian said. Gary Locke, then the Commerce secretary, now ambassador to China, and NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco "were kicking and screamingto avoid" releasing Swartwood's report which finally was published, heavily redacted, in May 2011, he added.
"Nothing has changed. Their bread and butter is not beingaccountable for anything, which is the reason we filed this suit," Yacubian concluded
Mr. Yacubian was denied the right to defend his family's economic well being by a corrupt system designed and implimented to generate money by those in the system that those moneys would benefit.
This is protecting the citizens resource?
This is using that premise for financial gain of perks, bonuses, awards, rewards, exotic travel, and toys, while being fairly compensated with excellent pay and benefits, as the NWSEO complained about how unfair life is for them regarding the use of AFF funds!
Not to be overlooked and forgotten, the Special Master being tampered with by the Joseph Ingolia, then Chief Justice of the U.S. Coast Guard Administrative Law Judge System.
"I don't think that anybody has to be damaged by this," Ingoliais reported to have said. "You took testimony about facts, you carried out your duties with respect to what you were asked to do — used testimony — that testimony is wrong — you can come out with something, re-evaluate with new information, and with the respect to Coast Guard ALJ(administrative law judges), you say what you want by way of correction — if that happens, it aligns everything .... "
Yacubian, and many fishermen have been wronged, in his case, beginning during the Clinton Administration while the wrongs have spanned three presidential administrations.
The agents and litigators who ruined Yacubian's fishing business and life in New Bedford were based in the NOAA's Northeast Regional Office in Gloucester. Since the first Swartwood report, they have all been transferred, but according to private briefings by Commerce for U.S. Sens. John Kerry and Scott Brown who demanded them, no figure involved in the scandal has been fired or punished.
"It is an embarrassment to the U.S. government that Larry Yacubian has to return to the legal system to receive fair compensation," said Congressman Barney Frank, whose district includes the port of New Bedford.
"Larry Yacubian lost his home and business because NOAA abused their power and was more motivated by money than justice," said U.S. Sen. Scott Brown. "NOAA's outrageous conduct in this case continues today with Dr. Lubchenco's refusal to release all relevant information about NOAA's actions against Mr. Yacubian."
The first step toward righting the unjust fines and penalties incurred by Massachusetts fishermen at the hands of poor leadership by the Commerce Department was the remittance of those penalties to some of the businesses and fishermen, such as Capt. Yacubian, who were treated unlawfully," said Congressman Bill Keating, whose district includes the small ports along Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod. "It is unacceptable that, over one year later, many of these same individuals are still fighting for restitution."
The "Hope and Change" panacea that so many believed was going to bring justice to the masses, turned out to be fairy dust promises.
The only hope and change we can believe in is the termination of stonewalling/ consolidating Jane Lubchenco, as she is incapable of managing NOAA with any positive effect, or is capable of bringing about the changes she promised when the first field hearing was held in Gloucester, only to build more alliances with stake holders in the enforcement branches of other government agencies, while ignoring fishermen through non inclusion.
There was hope for the fishing industry pre Lubchenco, but the industry is in regulatory free fall because of the mistrust that has become increasingly polarized as a result of a 180 degree assessment flip and the avoidance of important issues under Dr. Lubcheco's tenure.
John Kerry's assurance that Jane Lubchenco was the fishermen's friend could be no further from truth, and if he is to be held in that capacity, the fishermens friend, he will pull out all the stops to prove to New Englands fishermen, and Larry Yacubian, that there is justice by holding Lubchenco, Jones, and those implicated in the Honorable Charles Swartwood's reports, accountable.
Larry Yacubian deserves every dime in that $15 million dollar law suit, and it still ain't enough.
For background on NOAA's mistreatment of Capt. Yacubian, see this video from 'Dan Rather Reports'
For background on the NOAA enforcement scandal, see this video from CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
Secretary of Commerce's Decision Memorandum following the Swartwood Report
Yacubian's Federal court complaint
The Inspector General's Report showing misuse of Asset Forfeiture Funds
AP coverage of June 2011 Senate Federal Financial Management Subcommittee hearing
Letter from Senator John Kerry to NOAA inquiring about second Swartwood report
Letter from Sen. Scott Brown to Sec. of Commerce Bryson inquiring about second Swartwood report
Letter from Senator Scott Brown to Acting Secretary of Commerce Blank inquiring about second Swartwood report


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METAIRIE, La. ― You didnt have to watch Jimmy Graham on every play of the Saints first training camp practice to know he did well.
All you really had to do was listen to Drew Brees, a Super Bowl-winning quarterback and MVP.
I think he could have a huge role on this team and make a big impact on our offense, Brees said.
Or query fullback Heath Evans, a gritty veteran who has seen some good tight ends in his career.
Jimmy Graham did exactly what I expected him to do, really, Evans said. He went high for balls and got them at their high point.
At 6-foot-6 and 260 pounds, Graham certainly has the size to help the Saints. But after playing only one year of college football, he has a lot of on-field education to gather.
That began Friday morning. He was equally impressive and intriguing.
He caught passes easy and hard and one particular play, he went high for a ball that should have sailed out of bounds. Instead, he grabbed it and came down inbounds for a gain of more than 10 yards.
But he also has a lot to learn. Like holding onto the football.
He grabbed a short pass on an out route and was hit immediately by Jo-Lonn Dunbar, who forced the ball from Grahams clutches onto the ground.
Grasping the offense, practicing down here in the heat, being worn down like hes going to be throughout camp, the mental challenges as well as the physical challenges of playing the tight end position in the NFL he has his work cut out for him, Brees said. But he has a lot of raw talent.
More importantly, though, he has caught the eye of the most important man at the outset of his career.
Sean Payton.
He had a good first semester with us when you look at his rookie camp and minicamp, Payton said. Were excited about his skills and we just have to keep developing him.
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