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(Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Interview dated April 19, 2011)
he made it an on-going word among his descendants so that perhaps they might turn back. (Surat az-Zukhruf, 28)
The verse gives an abjad (numerological) value of 1999.
I let those people and their forefathers enjoy themselves until the truth came to them and a Messenger to make it clear. (Surat az-Zukhruf, 29)
Abjad calculation of this verse gives a date of 2015.
But when the truth came to them they said, 'This is magic and we reject it.' (Surat az-Zukhruf, 30)
The abjad value of this verse gives a date of 1990. That is most interesting, is it not? 1999, 2015 and the third verse 1990. That means they will stand against the Mahdi in 1999. They say they reject him. One of the most intense struggles against the way of the Mahdi was in 1990, insha'Allah.
Were it not that mankind might all become one community, We would have given those who reject the All-Merciful silver roofs to their houses and silver stairways to ascend. (Surat az-Zukhruf, 33)
Allah says He would have bestowed great abundance. But terrible irreligion prevailed, He says. That is why He brought about the economic crisis. Almighty Allah says that people go astray when they enjoy economic well-being.
and silver doors to their houses and silver couches on which to recline, (Surat az-Zukhruf, 34)
and gold ornaments. All that is merely the trappings of the life of this world. But the hereafter with your Lord is for those who have fear. (Surat az-Zukhruf, 35)
Allah says it is easy for Him. He says He could have made them all wealthy had He wished. But they became perverse, so He did not give it to them. Economic difficulties and troubles draw one closer to Allah.
If someone shuts his eyes to the remembrance of the All-Merciful, We assign him a satan who becomes his bosom friend – (Surat az-Zukhruf, 36)
Satan is all over them. He says they are constantly under the influence of satan. If they do not remember the names of Allah, He says.
they debar them from the path, yet they still think they are guided – (Surat az-Zukhruf, 37)
They put their turbans and skull caps on. They imagine they are truly on the path to happiness. But satan is all over them. They have become the captives of satan. And Allah says that they are unaware of it. For example, they do not espouse Islamic Union nor want the oppression of Muslims to be lifted. They are unaware of what the situation is.


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DID the Winnipeg Blue Bombers throw in the towel when things went bad?
That's the lingering, non-Joe Mack related question surrounding the team after failing to show up in Regina Sunday afternoon. The 52-0 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Labour Day Catastrophe was one of the worst losses suffered by the Bombers in team history and given the circumstances leading up to the game -- the must-win urgency, the new head coach, the ferocious Prairie rivalry -- it was another subterranean low point for a franchise already up to its waist in magma.
"You could just feel it (slipping away)," Bombers cornerback Jovon Johnson said afterwards, looking worn out from having to account for what went wrong again. "Guys can't get down on each other, regardless if the score is 42-0 or 7-0. We can't just go out there and continue to let them do what they want to do.
"You gotta have some pride. You gotta build some pride and defend yourself."
Questioning the effort of professional football players is a tricky proposition for those on the outside looking in, as the criticism is typically met with the always-popular "you haven't played, so what do you know?" type of response from the subject. When those queries come from inside the circle, though, the topic starts to grow some legs.
Not that it takes an experienced football man to deduce what was going on in Regina. Already down 17-0 in the second quarter, most of the air left the Bombers balloon when an unmarked Tyron Brackenridge blocked a Mike Renaud punt and ran it into the end zone. The special teams score made it 24-zip for the home side, the party at Mosaic Stadium was green-lighted, and if Winnipeg wasn't ready to play at the start of the game (they weren't), they were definitely ready for it to end.
Sunday's massacre was reminiscent of the pounding the Bombers took in Edmonton earlier this year. In that bloodbath, the defining, deflating moment occurred when Alex Brink threw a pick-six to Eskimos linebacker T.J. Hill minutes into the second quarter, making it 24-0 and opening the floodgates to a 42-10 Edmonton win.
Mental toughness -- do the Bombers have enough of it?
"We just have to show maturity as a team, and I'm not sure some of us have that," linebacker Marcellus Bowman said. "You have to be mature enough and professional enough to be able to bounce back. And not just bounce back and be competitive -- bounce back and win.
"I mean, it's 52-0, that basically speaks for itself."
Mack addressed his team after the trashing and according to some, the GM told the room he wasn't interested in making major changes. Even though the 2-7 Bombers didn't respond to the head coaching switch -- an attention-grabber everyone anticipated given the harder-edge to Tim Burke -- Mack said the current players on the team are the players he's sticking with for the second half of the season.
Judging from what you watched Sunday, is that the right decision?
Mental toughness doubt bleeds into questions of effort when one considers the fourth quarter. On two separate occasions -- back-to-back kickoffs by Saskatchewan -- the disengaged Bombers allowed the Riders to bully their way down the field and grab the live pigskin. It was like no one was interested in playing anymore.
Veteran long-snapper Chris Cvetkovic took issue with the suggestion the Bombers rolled over.
"Effort has never been an issue for our team," he said. "We've never given up. The score might not reflect that but I can look every guy in the eye on this team, and they can look me in the eye, and I know nobody gives up on this team. This was a collective effort of us just falling apart (Sunday)."
That might be, but even the Blue and Gold faithful were looking for the white flag Sunday. Social media, message boards and even the suddenly sober Bombers fans at the game wondered about the "care factor" put forth by the club.
Offensive lineman Glenn January was perturbed by the suggestion of indifference, but understood the public's optical disillusion: "Fans pay our salaries, so they're very free to have an opinion. If I was a fan, I'd probably be very critical of our performance, as well."
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MIAMI - Eleven more state colleges have joined Gov. Rick Scott's "$10k degree challenge," Scott announced Monday. That means all 23 Florida public colleges offering four-year degrees have signed on, including Florida State College at Jacksonville and St. Johns River State College.
"We at Florida State College at Jacksonville were intrigued and motivated by Gov. Scott's challenge to create a $10,000 bachelor's degree program," President Will Holcombe said in a statement. "At present, we are developing a $10,000 degree in Logistics, a growing and highly relevant industry for our region. Our model would employ a hybrid of classroom instruction by full-time faculty and online instruction for the theoretical elements of the program."
But the colleges are also making clear that they intend to be flexible in how they define and achieve the goal laid down by Scott, who has installed higher education affordability as a central plank in his education agenda.
"It is important our students can get an affordable education, and our state colleges have stepped up to the challenge to find innovative ways to provide a quality education at a great value," Scott said in a statement released by his office. "Our goal should be that students do not have to go into debt in order to obtain a degree -- and today's announcement of nearly all of our state colleges meeting this challenge puts us closer to achieving that goal for our students and families."
Democrats have slammed what they call the "Walmart" approach to higher education and dismissed the idea as a gimmick.
But state colleges have also indicated that they see the mandate as somewhat open to interpretation. And many of them have said that they're not entirely certain how they will meet Scott's push for each school to offer at least one degree at a total cost of $10,000.
"Do not ask me how all the details will come together on this, okay?" said St. Petersburg College President Bill Law at a November press conference unveiling the initiative. "We know that we have some significant work to do with our friends in the legislative arena. We're going to need some new thinking on how we do some of the tuition pieces, how we put it all together, how we package this, how we support students, how we can use these as pilot projects."
Broward College President David Armstrong says his school is developing bachelor's degrees in teacher education and business, but he says it's really about opening doors for more students.
"Maybe they and their families never thought about going to college because they thought they couldn't afford it, but to think about a $10,000 degree opens up that possibility for them," Armstrong said. "So that's what this is all about."
The Republican governor said in November announced that the affordable degrees should be "in fields that will provide the graduates with the best opportunity for employment."
"We are committed to promoting the economic strengths of our communities by providing a variety of affordable, educational pathways that will lead to employment opportunities," said St. Johns River State College President Joe Pickens. "This $10K degree program will complement the associate degree, bachelor's degree and certificate programs currently available to students at SJR State."
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Kristin has to decide if she's going to make a major change in her life. Audrina chooses a new, independent life without Justin. Lo weighs whether or not to take the next step with her boyfriend. Stephanie finds true happiness.aired 7/13/10
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A New Zealand man is unlikely to see a single penny of the $683,145 he paid to an Australian dating agency in the hope of finding a partner.
Alan Young, a former financial planner, is now destitute and living with his daughter after falling victim to True Love Corp.
A ruling by the NSW Supreme Court has ordered the firm's directors to pay back $683,145 to Mr Young.
However, the company directors are bankrupt and their victims are unlikely to get their money back.
Efforts to contact Mr Young were unsuccessful yesterday.
Mr Young, who lived in Westown, New Plymouth, retired from the Taranaki Regional Council in September.
Mr Young's daughter, Jo, who lives on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, said what happened to her father had changed their whole lives.
"All of his shares and his life savings and house [are gone] and he came to live with me.
"My mum had cancer. She had just died and they [True Love Corp] took someone who was really vulnerable."
Mr Young's situation was revealed in a court prosecution of True Love Corp.
Mr Young signed up with the dating agency in 2006 after he answered an advertisement in the personal columns of the Taranaki Daily News following the death of his wife.
Mr Young and 10 others have since complained to the NSW Fair Trading Commission, which successfully prosecuted the dating agency.
In November, the NSW Supreme Court ruled that former True Love bosses husband and wife Zivko and Helen Dimitrijevski must pay compensation of $1,123,095 to the vulnerable clients they exploited.
Hollie Veall, a former True Love co-director, was ordered to pay $342,050.
Mr Young knew Ms Veall as Angie Jovic and believed they were engaged to be married after she accepted his marriage proposal in January 2007.
He paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars after she promised him she would repay the money.
"Angie Jovic" used family illness or disputes as excuses for not meeting him in Melbourne.
He spent more than $400,000 providing assistance to "Jovic", including borrowing $120,000 from his mother who died the same year.
When he flew to the Gold Coast to meet her he found Jovic's appearance and personality were different. She said it was due to the stress of a family dispute.
In 2008, Jovic met Mr Young in New Zealand but insisted on separate bedrooms as she had "promised my dear departed mother that I would not have sex until I married you".
The same year he went to Brisbane to marry her but he was told she had gone to Melbourne to see her lawyer. When Mr Young flew to Melbourne he got a phone call from Jovic telling him she was flying to the United States where her daughter had been in a car accident.
When he contacted True Love Corp he recognised the voice of the woman who answered the phone as Jovic but she said she was Hollie Veall, a director of True Love.
NSW Fair Trading Commission Rod Stowe described True Love's conduct as despicable in that the three directors targeted lonely and vulnerable people.
"These people put their trust in a company which took advantage of their vulnerable situation and milked them for every dollar they could get, leaving them destitute and dateless."
He hoped other ruthless operators in the dating game would take note of the landmark decision against them.
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Royals fall to Halos as Butler missing after ejection
Slugger tossed after strikeout and spot in order comes up twice
KANSAS CITY -- It was a wacky day at The K.
Billy Butler got ejected and wasn't available to hit at crucial junctures, the umpires' circus continued unabated and the Royals' drudgery was compounded with yet another loss.
The Angels completed a four-game sweep of the Royals with a 5-2 victory on Sunday with a holiday weekend crowd of 24,475 at Kauffman Stadium. Home sweet home it ain't -- not lately.
After being 10-4 at home early in the season, the Royals have since lost eight straight. Of their last 20 games overall, they've lost 16, including a season-high five in a row. They also sit in fourth place in the American League Central, five games under .500 for the first time this year.
Not pretty numbers.
"We haven't played well and we know it," Butler said. "That's exactly the way it is. I'll stand up and say we're not playing the way we know we can and that is frustrating, so that goes into it."
The frustration, he meant, was a contributing factor to making him the designated hitter in absentia for nearly half the game. The Royals had just upped their lead to 2-0 when he got ejected. With two runners on base and two outs in the fifth inning, Butler was called out on strikes by umpire Marty Foster.
This was a busy series for Foster. He had ejected Royals second baseman Chris Getz on Saturday and would oust Angels manager Mike Scioscia before Sunday's game was over.
Called out, Butler paused to debate the call with Foster before being guided to the dugout by third-base coach Eddie Rodriguez.
"We had a disagreement. I'm not the only one that had disagreements with him this series," Butler said. "He said some things to me I didn't like and it got me fired up."
So fired up that he could not keep quiet.
"Came in and put his bat away, came back out and yelled something on the field and was immediately ejected," manager Ned Yost said.
Butler's ire was prompted by an electronic glimpse of what he assessed to be a very inside pitch.
"Whenever I went and looked at the video, it made me more mad," Butler said.
So Butler was banished, and when the DH spot came around again in the seventh inning, it was at a crucial point.
The Angels had just broken loose against Wade Davis, who'd kept them scoreless for six innings. Josh Hamilton ended Davis' shutout by leading off the seventh with a home run. Davis issued two walks and was replaced by Bruce Chen, who threw just two pitches but gave up two RBI singles by J.B. Shuck and Erick Aybar.
So it was 3-2 Angels, and Butler's cleanup spot rolled around with two on and two out in the seventh. To face right-hander Kevin Jepsen, Yost sent out right-handed-hitter Jeff Francoeur instead of lefty hitter Mike Moustakas, who was also on bench.
"He'd gotten like six hits in his last 15 at-bats and I liked the way he'd been swinging the bat," Yost explained. "I felt like he had a chance of getting hold of one and giving us some quick runs."
Alas, Francoeur popped out to second base. And sure enough, after the Angels went ahead 5-2, the DH spot came up again in the Royals' ninth. Again there were two on and one out. This time Francoeur gave it a battle and even won a debate with Foster.
In a 12-pitch at-bat, Francoeur fouled off seven deliveries from closer Ernesto Frieri. And on one of them, Foster ruled that Francoeur swung and missed for strike three. Nope, it was a foul tip, Francoeur argued.
"He fouled the ball off and Marty Foster didn't hear it," Yost said. "When I went out, I just went to say, 'I heard it, it was a foul ball.' Marty said he didn't hear it, and I said, 'I heard it, it was definitely a foul ball.' And he goes, 'Well, I'll go check.' "
So Foster checked with his fellow crewmates and decided it was, indeed, a foul tip and Francoeur was not out. Scioscia roared off the Angels' bench, entirely irate, and got himself ejected.
"Well, you're not allowed to go check," Yost continued. "An umpire's job at first, second, third, if you see a foul ball, you automatically call it foul. So Mike [Scioscia] was right, in a sense, where you can't go out and check on that. But one of the umpires did see it, I guess, and obviously they just didn't call it."
That umpire, according to Scioscia, was the crew chief.
"Tim Welke at second base said he saw the ball foul tipped and go through our catcher's legs," Scioscia said.
After that storm was over, Francoeur eventually flied out to center and Eric Hosmer grounded out to end the game.
"I'm going to try to control my emotions a little bit better the next time, you always want to work on that, and I definitely try to," Butler said. "I'm not saying it's never going to happen again. Sometimes the emotions get the best of you and it's just unfortunate that runners in scoring position come up later in the game. I should have been up there."
There's no doubt that Yost would have preferred to have Butler at the plate. After all, he calls him one of the top 10 right-handed hitters in the AL.
"It didn't make it any easier," Yost said. "We had scoring opportunities in both at-bats. But sometimes frustration gets the better of you. Being a professional, you can't allow that to happen, but being human, it does happen."
Scioscia, tossed even in the process of sweeping a series, had been primed by another umpire's call in the eighth inning. His first baseman, Mark Trumbo, made a fine stab of David Lough's hot shot and raced to the bag, but Scott Barry, the umpire at first, ruled his foot missed connections. Lough was safe and Scioscia's blood pressure accelerated when he argued that call.
Probably with good reason.
"I kind of looked down and it seemed like his foot was right there on the base," Lough said. "I don't know what the umpire was looking at but, from my standpoint, I thought I was out. I was pleasantly surprised."
One of the first pleasant moments in this series for the Royals.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Degree candidates in English may develop one of several specializations for a conventional degree in British or American literature or may design a personalized and less traditional course of study. Some students may wish to select courses especially helpful to classroom teachers. Others prepare for careers in writing and editing by taking courses offered by English and other UIS departments. Courses include expository writing, journalism, feature writing, and creative writing (novel, poetry, short story, play writing) and creative non-fiction. Students interested in writing and editing may take basic courses in other departments in fields that generate publications (e.g., communications, environmental studies, political studies, and economics). Students interested in teaching English at the secondary level may seek Illinois state teacher certification; information can be obtained from the teacher education program.
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* completion of two literature courses with a grade of C or better.
Online English degree
The Online English degree, which is identical to the on-campus degree except for entrance requirements, allows students to participate actively in dynamic, diverse, and interactive online learning communities and to complete their coursework in their own time and pace within the particular course and semester timeframe. The online format enables them to complete coursework using the latest networked information technologies for increased access to educational resources, advisor, and materials.
Entrance requirements for the online English degree
In addition to the English Department entrance requirements, online English students are required to have access to the Internet and the computer skills necessary to study online.
Technology needs for online students
Minimum specifications for using BlackBoard on both PC and Mac platforms can be found at the web site for the Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning (see http://otel.uis.edu/Portal/blackboard/support/hardware.asp). Some software and applications may require more advanced specifications, and UIS Technical Support suggests the following:
Windows XP or higher / Mac OS X
1.5Ghz processor or higher
1Gb of RAM
Broadband internet connnection (cable/dsl)
Sound card and headset
Video card with minimum resolution of (1024×768)
Online ENG 201 and ENG 311 deferral policy
If an online English student enrolled in ENG 201 or ENG 311 experiences an unforeseen circumstance – such as military service or medical emergency – that prevents him or her from completing the course, the student may apply to the online English committee for a one-year waiver. If the waiver is granted, the student may retake the course online the following year. Only those students called to active duty with the military will automatically receive a waiver. For all others, waivers will be considered on a case-by-case basis and will be granted only to students with emergency situations.
Because a wide range of courses are offered with relative freedom from requirements, the English Department assigns undergraduate majors to faculty advisors. Advisors assist students to develop appropriate, individualized courses of study. Students should consult with advisors regularly, especially before enrolling for their first and last semesters. Students may choose a different advisor at any time to ensure they are fulfilling all degree requirements.
Graduation requirements for the English major
In addition to fulfilling UIS graduation requirements, English majors must complete:
ENG 201 Exploring Literature 3 Hrs.
ENG 311 Literary Study and Research 4 Hrs.
At least one course in British literature 4 Hrs.
At least one course in American literature 4 Hrs.
At least one ENG course ending in 50-89 (writing and other courses) 4 Hrs.
ENG electives 12 Hrs.
ENG 201 Exploring Literature and ENG 311 Literary Study and Research are required of all undergraduate majors. Students must take ENG 201 during their first semester in the program and ENG 311 during their second semester. In order to enroll in ENG 201, students must have completed ENG 102 with a grade of C or better. Capital Scholars Honors students must have completed CAP 111 Honors Composition and CAP 115 Interdisciplinary Writing with a grade of C or better. Transfer students who have completed a course that is equivalent to ENG 102 must have completed that course with a grade of C or better. In order to enroll in ENG 311, students must have successfully completed ENG 201 with a grade of C or better. Students must complete ENG 311 with a grade of C or better before enrolling in 400-level courses, with the exception of one 400-level course that may be taken concurrently with ENG 311.
Juniors are expected to enroll in 300- or 400-level courses; however, seniors may petition instructors for admission to select 500-level English courses.
English students are expected to develop research, analytical, interpretive, and writing skills; all English courses are opportunities to acquire and to refine these skills. Students who are deficient in writing skills may be required to take additional courses, such as ENG 375. Transfer credit is evaluated case-by-case through the student petition process; up to 12 credit hours of English transfer courses may be accepted, provided the courses are upper-division and the student earned a grade of B or better in each. One- and two-hundred level courses will not be considered toward departmental requirements. Students wishing to transfer credits in English must petition the English Department.
Students should consult with advisors in the major for specific guidance regarding completion of general education requirements. Eight hours of general electives must be in areas distinctly outside English.
English majors can be certified to teach at the elementary or secondary level. Students must apply separately to the Teacher Education Program (TEP) and should consult the teacher education section of this catalog. Students seeking certification will be assigned both an English advisor and a TEP advisor, whom they should consult regularly to make sure they satisfy requirements for both the major and certification
ENG 201 Exploring Literature 3 Hrs.
ENG 311 Literary Study and Research 4 Hrs.
One British literature course 4 Hrs.
One American literature course 4 Hrs.
One writing and/or other course ending in 50-89 4 Hrs.
Entrance requirements
Students with baccalaureate degrees in English from accredited colleges or universities may be accepted into the M.A. program after an examination of their applications by the English Graduate Admissions Committee. If the committee requires further evidence of competency, the student may be admitted on a probationary basis after successful completion of additional graduate-level course work or other stipulated requirements.
An applicant with an undergraduate degree in a field other than English must take additional course work — generally the equivalent of the English minor — before matriculation at the graduate level to gain the endorsement of at least two full-time faculty who teach the completed courses. Those faculty members report their estimates of the student's potential for success in the graduate program. The graduate committee then makes a decision regarding matriculation into the English Graduate Program.
All applications for admission into the English master's degree program must include a formal letter of application, complete transcripts, GRE scores in the general examinations, and a sample of analytical writing. The applicant must fill out a program application and return two program recommendation forms, each completed by someone of the applicant's choice who is familiar with the applicant's academic competencies.
The Graduate Admissions Committee will mail all program forms to interested candidates, make decisions at the completion of application files, and promptly notify applicants of their status.
Because the English Department offers a wide range of courses, an academic advisor is assigned to assist students in developing appropriate courses of study. All students should consult their advisor before enrolling in each semester of study. Students may choose a different advisor at any time.
Grading policy
Courses in which English students have earned a grade of C+ or below are not accepted toward the M.A. degree in English.
Course numbering
Depending on the closure option, graduate students should complete at least 20-24 hours in colloquia, seminars, or thesis (including ENG 572) at the 500-level in the English Department. In addition, graduate students taking 400-level courses are required to do extra work, such as a critical paper, oral report, or additional reading in primary and secondary sources.
Communication skills
Completion of ENG 572 Graduate Colloquium Research Methods satisfies the UIS communication skills requirements. In exceptional cases where the program committee waives ENG 572, students must make alternate arrangements with the program committee to fulfill the communication skills requirement.
Program requirements
For students choosing the thesis or creative writing closure option.
ENG 572 Graduate Colloquium Research Methods 4 Hrs.
*ENG electives (see below; at least 12 hours must be at the
500-level in colloquia or seminars) 32-48 Hrs.
ENG 589 Thesis/Creative Writing Project 4 Hrs.
*Varies based on undergraduate preparation in the field of English language and literature.
For students choosing the comprehensive examination closure option.
ENG 572 Graduate Colloquium Research Methods 4 Hrs.
*ENG electives (see below; at least 16 hours must be
at the 500-level in colloquia or seminars) 36-52 Hrs.
ENG 587 Comprehensive Examination 1 Hr.
*Varies based on undergraduate preparation in the field of English language and literature.
Students should work closely with their advisor to ensure that graduate course work does not duplicate undergraduate work. All M.A. candidates are required to take ENG 572 Graduate Colloquium Research Methods and should do so as early as possible in their graduate study in English at UIS. The colloquium, offered each fall, introduces the master's candidate to graduate study in English, basic literary concepts and terminology, and critical theories and practices. ENG 572 may be waived only by a majority vote of the program committee.
All M.A. candidates in English must complete at least five 500-level courses (colloquia, seminars, or thesis), including ENG 572. Candidates choosing the comprehensive examination as their closure option must complete six 500-level courses. In addition, students must take 1) at least one course that covers a major literary period in British or American literature, 2) at least one course that focuses on a major literary figure, and 3) at least one course that deals with a major literary genre (such as the novel, short story, poetry, or drama). These distribution requirements can be met at the 400 or 500 level.
Depending on their academic history at the time of admission to the program, graduate students are assigned the number of English electives (32-48 hours) they must take. The range reflects the heterogeneous undergraduate preparation of incoming students and allows the graduate committee to assist students in overcoming deficiencies.
Master's degree tutorial credits
Graduate students are limited to 8 tutorial hours. Students are allowed to take tutorials only if a seminar they need to graduate is not being offered within a reasonable time span.
Master's closure
The master's degree program in English offers graduate students three closure options: the traditional thesis; the creative writing project; or the comprehensive examination.
Thesis or creative writing project Students choosing to write a thesis or creative writing project must enroll in ENG 589 Thesis or Creative Writing Project (1 to 4 Hrs.). This course may be repeated for a maximum of four credit hours. After initial registration in ENG 589, students must maintain enrollment in this course until they accumulate four hours in this course. If the thesis or creative writing project is not completed by the time four hours of ENG 589 are accrued in continuing enrollment, students must register for ENG 590 (zero credit hours, one billable hour) in all subsequent fall and spring semesters until the thesis or creative writing project is completed.
Comprehensive examination Students must enroll in ENG 587 Comprehensive Examination (1 Hr.) to prepare to take the examination. Should a student not complete the examination that semester, the student must then enroll in ENG 588 (zero credit hours, one billable hour) each fall and spring semester until the comprehensive examination is successfully completed.
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HOUSTON - If you're looking to tour Reliant Center, have some fun along the way and score a prize, we have just the event for you!
Owen and I had the opportunity to go on the new Scavenger Hunt around Reliant Center.
It's a new twist on an old concept -- this scavenger hunt is all via text messages.
The rodeo crew makes it fun and easy. You text in the phrases you find at each location.
We started in the middle of all the action, headed to the AGventure, Rodeo East, through the booths to the Ford area then to the Shell booth.
It's a great way to meander through all the shopping, food, animals and educational booths. After a half hour of trekking around the center, Owen and I completed the challenge and took home our prize, a new Houston Rodeo key chain.
For those who want to start at the beginning of the scavenger hunt, the first questions will be at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's Social Media Hub, located in Reliant Center on the southwest corner of the Main Arena in Hall C.
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Orelious IX was the ninth planet in its star system. The Battle of Orelious IX was fought here in the 14th century.
In 2366, the USS Enterprise-D was exploring the asteroid remains of the planet, where they discovered the long dead Promellian cruiser, Cleponji, trapped among a field of Aceton assimilators. (TNG: "Booby Trap")
"oar-LEE-us" was the pronunciation for this planet from the script pronunciation guide. [1] Yet, according to Startrek.com, the pronunciation for Orelious was "oh-REE-lee-us". [2]
According to the Star Trek: Star Charts (pp. 36 & 47), the Orelious system was located in non-aligned space. This system, also known as Orellius, was a single star system. Orelious was a F class star with a magnitude of +5, which was the same brightness as Sol.
External link Edit
- Orelious IX at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works


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Q: What is the problem a commission is needed to solve?
A: The case for a bipartisan fiscal commission begins with the generally accepted proposition that we have a structural and unsustainable budget deficit. This problem is largely unrelated to current economic conditions, elevated war spending, and everyone's favorite target -- waste, fraud and abuse. While these things all play a role in causing the deficit to be as high as it is now, they are not what is driving projected spending to be so much higher than projected revenues over time.
The root of the problem is that the federal government's three biggest entitlement programs -- Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security -- are growing faster than revenues and faster than the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This trend is expected to accelerate. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that nearly all of the growth in federal spending by 2035 (as a percent of GDP) other than interest payments on the national debt (i.e., "primary" spending), will come from these three programs. Medicare and Medicaid account for 80 percent of that growth and Social Security accounts for the remaining 20 percent.
Specifically, between 2009 and 2035, CBO projects that:
- Medicare will grow by 3.7 percent of GDP
- Social Security will grow by 1.2 percent of GDP
- Medicaid will grow by 1.0 percent of GDP
- In total, these three programs will add 5.9 percent of GDP to federal spending by 2035
To get a sense of the magnitude of this increase consider that:
- Current defense spending is 4.6 percent of GDP
- Nondefense discretionary spending is 4.1 percent of GDP
- Individual income taxes are 6.5 percent of GDP
Tax revenues are projected to grow as well, but not by nearly enough to keep pace with spending. Over the past 40 years revenues have averaged 18.3 percent of GDP. If the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 (the "Bush tax cuts") are extended and Congress continues to provide relief from the growing scope of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), revenues would rise to 19.2 percent of GDP by 2035. If all these tax provisions expire as scheduled, revenues would rise to 22 percent of GDP by 2035. Even this scenario, however, would leave revenues lagging behind projected spending growth.
In short, policies now in place produce a growing structural deficit that is worsened somewhat, but not caused by, temporary factors such as recession, war, and financial bailouts. This is illustrated by the Obama Administration's Mid-Session Review of the budget issued in August 2009. Even with economic recovery, reduced war spending and the phasing out of stimulus and bailout plans, deficits would remain at $700 billion to $900 billion from 2012 through 2019. As a percentage of GDP, deficits average 4.17 percent in those years, which is far above average and higher than is regarded as sustainable.
Q: Why can't Congress just pass legislation to deal with this long-term threat?
A: The numbers are not the only argument for a commission. After all, Congress does have the power to address the fiscal gap anytime it so desires. The problem is that no such desire has materialized and doesn't seem likely in the foreseeable future. As a political matter, this is easy to understand. Closing the gap will likely require some combination of spending cuts and tax increases that can, and probably will, be used on the campaign trail against anyone who votes for them.
This has already been made clear by commentators on the left and the right who find themselves united by their opposition to a commission because it would put things on the table that they want to have excluded. To many on the left, a commission is viewed as means to cut social insurance programs such as Medicare and Social Security. To many on the right, a commission is viewed as a means to increase taxes.
They are both partially correct. Yet that is what makes it such a promising idea. Distasteful as it may be to partisan purists, the projected gap between spending and revenues is so big that closing it by spending cuts alone or tax increases alone seems improbable.
Raising revenues to cover projected spending would require an increase over the past 40-year average from between one-third to one-half by 2035.
On the other hand, if we try to keep revenues at the "historic" level and pay for the increase in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid by reducing spending on other programs, it would require a cut of between two-thirds to four-fifths by 2035.
Q: Isn't a commission 'undemocratic'?
A: No. Elected officials would be ultimately responsible for enacting or rejecting the commission's recommendations. Moreover, both Cooper-Wolf and Conrad-Gregg require a supermajority vote (60 percent) for approval by the House and Senate. This is a higher bar than is set for routine legislation and adds a layer of protection against recommendations that appeal to narrow interests. Adopting the provision for public hearings in Cooper-Wolf would add further protection against "back room deals" arrived at without public input.
Q: Should amendments be allowed to the commission's recommendations?
A: A "fast-track" process for congressional consideration of the commission's recommendations need not prohibit all amendments. It should, however, prohibit unlimited amendments, which could be used as a means of indefinitely postponing action. The Conrad-Gregg bill does not allow any amendments. This may prove to be too restrictive. Members of Congress should be allowed some flexibility to amend the commission's proposals so long as the same level of deficit reduction is achieved. Allowing limited amendments would also serve the useful function of challenging opponents to propose alternatives to the commission's plan or the "do nothing" plan. Cooper-Wolf allows the president and the majority and minority parties of the budget committees to propose substitute plans. This would be one way to handle amendments although other methods could be considered in crafting the final rules for congressional action.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 17/5/2013 (1555 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Samantha Beiko, writing under S.M. Beiko, is a Winnipeg author and editor whose first book for young people, The Lake and the Library (ECW Press, 237 pages, $15 paperback) shows a great deal of promise.
Sixteen-year-old Ash faces her final summer in the dying town of Treade, a fictional small community in southwestern Manitoba. Her mother has decided it's time to move on, and Ash can hardly wait -- until she decides to explore an abandoned building on the outskirts of town.
In the building Ash discovers a magnificent library of books and also a handsome, sensitive young man named Li, who is unable to speak but who serves as a wonderful guide to this enchanting space.
As Ash begins to spend more and more time there, she realizes that the library, and Li, are not always what they seem.
Is it all an illusion? Why does she dream of being immersed in water? Is she neglecting her best friends in her last summer in Treade? Can she return to them, or is she imprisoned in a new world of magic?
Beiko's prose is often lyrical, and her word-pictures are compelling. However, the plot of her novel is sometimes confusing, especially as she tries to tie Li to a former life.
Nevertheless, The Lake and the Library could be called a tribute to the power of books, and it is certainly an auspicious first novel by a new Winnipeg author.
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One of the funniest young adult novels to appear in years is Harry Flammable, by Calgary author Frank O'Keeffe (Dundurn, 176 pages, $13 paperback). High school student Harry Flanagan has earned the nickname Harry Flammable after a series of unfortunate accidents at his school.
He's dying to get a chance to make movies, but instead he's sent to help in the kitchen of the local Ritz Hotel as part of his student work experience. A drunken movie star combined with crepes flamb© enhance his reputation as a pyromaniac, as Harry moves from one disaster to another.
This is one young adult novel that has the novelty of a normal home life, with parents who are both supportive and humorous. O'Keefe, who hails originally from Ireland, also manages to suggest Harry's troubles are hardly his fault, so we continue to sympathize with him. For a light, enjoyable read, this one is recommended.
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Veteran young children's author and storyteller Jan Andrews (Very Last First Time, The Auction) has written her latest novel, The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley (Great Plains, 200 pages, $15 paperback), for an older teen audience.
Kyle is 15 when he is sent to live in a rural home with Scott and Jill, dedicated wild-life rescuers. After numerous failed foster placements, he is extremely wary of strangers and has decided to stop talking.
Only after he gets a chance to nurse a wounded crow back to health and paints a mural of one of his favourite places on the walls of the loft at the barn does he gradually come to understand his own feelings and frustrations.
The method Andrews uses to tell Kyle's story, in the first person with numerous angry interjections from what he feels his abusive father would say and also what "Ingen" or "the Lord of Ingenuity" (his own conscience or common sense) tells him, makes this novel often disjointed and difficult to read. While we certainly feel Kyle's pain, we can't always sympathize with his almost total lack of understanding for those trying to help him.
While Andrews' novel is a window into the world of abused and neglected teenagers, it may not be one that many are eager to read.
Winnipegger Helen Norrie is a former teacher of children's literature. Her column appears on the third weekend of the month.


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The Joy of Ramadan in China
It is estimated that there are more than 18 million Muslims in China. As in other Islamic countries, Muslims in China make huge preparations prior to iftar during the month of Ramadan and shop in stores that sell halalIftar meals are provided following the daily prayer performed in mosques. Many Chinese Muslims, men and women, come together in Beijing's Niujie Mosque in order to perform the tarawih prayer (night optional prayer during Ramadan) after iftar. (lawful) foodstuffs.
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Last week we reported that Resource Center Dallas' food pantry for people with HIV/AIDS won't be able to offer turkeys to its clients this Thanksgiving, due to increased demand and declining donations. However, it turns out the pantry will have at least 65 frozen turkeys to give out that were dropped off last Friday by folks from Dallas' LGBT chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens. According to LULAC #4871 President Jesse Garcia, the turkeys were donated by the families of students at W.E. Greiner Middle School.
"I want to publicly thank Greiner Middle School and their assistant principal Macario Hernandez for donating much-needed protein to the Resource Center Dallas food pantry," Garcia said. "This food pantry helps people of all ages from every part of the city who are affected by HIV. These clients have to deal with being sick and at times are unable to work. Some have to sacrifice between paying for their expensive medicine or affording a good meal. Greiner Middle School just made a big difference."
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Doorbell House
Welcome home! This wooden Doorbell House features an adorable family and a charming cottage with four locking doors. Children can practice fine motor, memory and matching skills as they lock and unlock the doors and ring their electronic doorbells! Measures 7 x 9 x 7.
- Play set includes 4 pose-able dolls, 4 brass keys on a lanyard, and a house with 4 hinged doors
- Storage spaces behind each door to hide treasures!
- Great learning value
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A FORMER social club will get a big money revamp and "Premier League" standard training facilities where the next generation of Asian football stars will be bred.
The Pegasus Country Club - formerly the Pegasus Sport and Social Club - was bought by multi-millionaire Malaysian businessman Dato' (Sir) Abdullah Taib, we can reveal.
He now wants to divide the business between a local sports and social club while introducing an international training ground with a focus on training east Asian football teams to Premier League standard.
The deal has sparked interest in high places in Malaysia, with the London-based High Commissioner Dato Ahmad Rasidi Hazizi visiting on Monday.
Among the improvements anticipated at the 22-acre plot, at the end of Herd Lane, Corringham, will be five football pitches, one to Premier League specifications, a badminton court, squash court and facilities for futsal (a Brazilian variant of football usually played indoors).
General manager Ahmad Shah will be heading up the training club and promotions side of the business, while stalwarts Martin Hathaway and Stefan Rogocki will be manager and licensee of the social club, respectively.
Mr Shah said: "We want to make this place a hub for footballers from Asia to play against European teams of a relative standard.
"We don't have that expertise in Malaysia and this opens up opportunities for us to train with FA qualified coaches from England.
"When we bought this place, we looked at that as one of our main considerations, but we won't forget about the people who live in Corringham.
"The club had 2,500 members at its height and we want to keep those, that's why we'll be upgrading the club side, too."
The sports club had been part of the Coryton oil refinery complex, owned by Swiss-based firm Petroplus, and has traditionally been a club for workers at the refinery site.
But when Petroplus went into administration two years ago, the refinery closed and the club was put up for sale – with Dato' Abdullah seeing an advertisement in the Financial Times.
The club, which opened in 1961, ceased trading three weeks ago after its lease expired.
It is expected to open in August.


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Reds overcome Choo's errors, plate nine in ninth
Phillips ignites big frame, center fielder caps it with three-run double
ST. LOUIS -- The Reds knew acquiring career corner outfielder Shin-Soo Choo and installing him in center field would require a trade off of sorts. Would Choo be as gifted defensively as predecessor Drew Stubbs? No chance.
Clearly, Cincinnati was willing to give up some defense to get a whole lot more production offensively from the leadoff spot. All the merits of that December deal for Choo were under the microscope during Monday's wild Reds' 13-4 win over the Cardinals at Busch Stadium.
Despite a pair of costly errors by Choo, both on Yadier Molina deep drives that scored a combined three runs, he drew the leadoff walk to begin a nine-run top of the ninth inning. Then he scored the go-ahead run on Brandon Phillips' RBI double and drove in three RBIs with his own double.
"I almost died. My teammates gave me another life," a relieved Choo said.
During the bottom of the first with two outs and two on, Reds starter Mat Latos' 0-2 pitch to Molina was smoked for a deep drive to center field. While looking into the sun, Choo made a long run toward the wall and had a bead on the ball. It bounced off his glove not once, but twice, for an error that scored two unearned runs and made it a 2-0 game.
"After that, you get a little gun shy. You hope the ball isn't hit to you," Cincinnati manager Dusty Baker said.
It would be, in almost identical fashion. The St. Louis lead was 3-2 with two outs in the sixth when Molina sent another long fly to center field. Choo appeared to be under the ball without issue before it went in and out of his glove for an error that scored Matt Holliday from first base.
"Sun balls are a part of baseball. It's not an excuse," Choo said. "I had to learn something. This was the first time I've played center field as I learn the ballpark. No excuse. I just missed it."
Teammates were quick to absolve Choo and eager to get him off of the hook. Latos was one of the players to seek him out in the dugout.
"They were two balls that I hung that I shouldn't have hung. If I don't hang them, maybe he doesn't get put into that situation," Latos said. "I can't sit there and blame him for it. He went back and made the best effort he could. I said, 'Forget the two errors, we need to get you on base here ... just get on base for us and score.' And then he did."
It was a 3-1 deficit in the sixth for the Reds when Phillips connected for his second homer of the season, a two-out drive into the left-center field seats. St. Louis stretched the lead on Choo's second error, but the Reds kept chipping away, scoring one run in the seventh and tying the game in the eighth on pinch-hitter Xavier Paul's game-tying RBI single to right field that scored Jay Bruce.
"Everybody wanted to take some of that pressure off of Choo, because that was a tough day out there," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "Things started rolling and everybody started believing. It started happening."
With regular closer Jason Motte on the disabled list, it fell to Mitchell Boggs to keep the game tied. Trouble began instantly as Choo drew a four-pitch walk to start a rally in the top of the ninth and went to second base on a one-out wild pitch to Joey Votto. Boggs intentionally walked Votto before Phillips delivered with the soft liner on a 0-2 pitch. Bruce was intentionally walked to load the bases before Boggs missed on a full-count pitch to Todd Frazier and the walk forced home another Reds run.
"I think this is the worst outing of my career. I can't put it any other way," said Boggs, who gave up seven runs and four walks.
The flood of Reds runs continued to pour across the plate as 15 men would come to the plate. The lineup would turn back over to Choo with the bases loaded, and he sent a double to left field off lefty Mark Rzepczynski for three RBIs.
"I have a lot of respect for Choo," Phillips said. "He could have put his head down and just say, 'Forget it' the rest of the game. He kept his head up and got some key hits. If it wasn't for Choo, we might not win this game."
When the Reds lost left fielder Ryan Ludwick to a shoulder injury on Opening Day, the club opted to keep Choo in center field. Chris Heisey, who has more experience in center field than Choo, took over left field. Baker did not want to wreck the continuity as Choo learned his new position. If he moved, he would have to relearn it once Ludwick returns.
Choo committed only two errors in right field all of last season. And the only other time he's made two errors in a game was May 25, 2011, against the Red Sox.
"He's in a new position. Everybody is hollering for somebody else. Everybody knows better than we do," Baker said. "Those balls were hit 400 feet. It ain't like they were just fly balls. It happens. Right now, he's under scrutiny."
Choo has been a more than a boon to the leadoff spot already. Through seven games, he is batting .379 with three homers, six RBIs and an astounding .514 on-base percentage.
"I really appreciate my teammates coming over to me and saying, 'Everybody makes mistakes and don't worry about it.' It was a lot of help to me," Choo said.
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Erin Fetherston Channels Sunshine in Her New Sketch: MB Fashion Week Fall 2012
The weather outside might still be chilly, but this flowery frock promises warm days ahead.
-Diana Denza
Bettys, it's only February, but we can't help but long for balmy days spent basking in the sun. Thankfully, we can satiate our warm weather cravings with this gorgeous Erin Fetherston sketch.
To celebrate the blossoming floral trend, Fetherston created this drawing of the perfect hippie chic number.
Read Richard Chai Love Made the Cutest Dress: MB Fashion Week Fall 2012
"Vibrant colors, fantasy prints and textures that alternate from organic to electric conjure visions of a new age fairytale, perfect to usher in the Age of Aquarius," Fetherston said in a statement released to the press.
A part of Fetherston's Fall/Winter 2012 collection, we're just hoping she has similar pieces up her stylish sleeve!
Diana Denza is a regular contributor to BettyConfidential.


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The bye week is over for the Green Bay Packers. It's time to get ready for a marquee matchup in the next round of the playoffs against the Cowboys.
"It was fun to sit back and actually watch some games knowing that I'm still playing," Daniels said Monday at Lambeau Field. "All that is over with. None of that matters at this point."
Coach Mike McCarthy had his team back on a normal game- week schedule after a three-day break last week to celebrate the new year. It was a time for rest especially for quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who is recovering from a lingering left calf injury.
It doesn't appear the Packers are too worried about him. After getting carted to the locker room in the second quarter, a limping Rodgers returned to the field in the third quarter to lead Green Bay to a 30-20 victory over Detroit to win the NFC North.
The way he's been playing this season, Rodgers at less than 100 percent is still better than most quarterbacks in the league. While mobility could be an issue, Rodgers is a stickler for preparation on and off the field.
While leading the Cowboys to an 8-0 record on the road, Tony Romo threw just two interceptions with 20 touchdowns. He will probably have to maintain the approach to keep Dallas close because Aaron Rodgers hasn't thrown an interception at home since December 2012. The Packers are 8-0 at home, too.
"I threw a lot of balls away at guys' feet (against Detroit) because I wasn't sure and weren't going to make the play, or I was under duress," said Romo, who was sacked a season-high six times. "I did that more than anything because I felt like if we didn't give them the ball, they wouldn't run away."
As a result, Romo put a little more distance between himself and those old playoff failures.


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Canad Inns Stadium received a final one cannon salute on Saturday afternoon.
The highest-profile weapon of pass (and run) production in the province went off for a final time as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers bid farewell to their longtime home (again) after a meaningless victory over the Montreal Alouettes.
Since the former Winnipeg Stadium opened in the summer of 1953, it has hosted about 600 football CFL games, including a trio of Grey Cups (1991, 1998 and 2006), the opening ceremonies of the 1967 and 1999 Pan Am Games, a Toronto Blue Jays exhibition game, several seasons of Winnipeg Goldeyes baseball and many high school football championships.
It has also been the site of some of the most memorable concerts Winnipeg has ever had, including U2, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, AC/DC, the Eagles, David Bowie and Pink Floyd.
If the stadium saw any regrets, it surely would be that the Blue Bombers never won a Grey Cup on home turf.
In honour of this second — and final — goodbye to the stadium, the Free Press put together a digital farewell on our website (www.winnipegfreepress.com) using three cameras. In total, about 10,000 stills were taken, for the time-lapse view of the historic game, plus some video of Bombers fans.