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There's some excellent fighting to be had in the area around Howling Pass, as we saw last night. The winding canyon roads are a particular favourite for setting up ambushes from the surrounding cliffs. And Howling pass itself with all the different ways in is a pleasure to assault and by no means an easy capture if well defended.
BURP are a fine group of Goons who I used to run with when I started playing PS2. When I ditched my Pro7 account (Electrophotonic) I gave RPS a shot and found a more active outfit but with much the same laid-back style I had gotten used to in BURP (check their thread and videos http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3518009).
I'm all for a collaboration, preferably even closer than we currently are in the Vanu Accord!
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oh please, currently, the vanu accord is a joke. Everytime I needed backup, there was noone around. I doubt that is the reason for doing something like that.- Tom De Roeck.
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Yeah TVA never responds. I dunno what the idea of that was.
Ride: Ill never forget my first strat night (the first strat night, coincidentally)... I doubt many of you will actually remember the details, but there was a point at which we were attacking one of the major points, and there was a bit of tank opposition on an adjacent hill on the way in a really rocky hilly area.
After some standard general tank battle stuff, most of the unit moved off, but me and (i think?) grible gunning, who may have been around at that point, went up the road and around the back of this hill and attacked the tanks from behind whilst the remaining friendlies were still being shelled by them.
Needless to say, I destroyed something like 6-7 tanks in a row, and they didnt seem to even acknowledge i was there because of the friendly tank column moving away to their side that they were fixated on. We essentialy stopped the tank defence!
Unfortunatly, I became seperated from the group, and at that point i didnt know the map well enough to get to them, so stumbled onto some other tanks, who proceeded to blow me the hell up :'(.. if it was grible, he might remember this point as we were on a hill on the way to joining the group, and there were three tanks that shot us.. Tried to get away for him to repair, but it ended in tears.
I say it was grible, because i think i can remember the scotch twang, however that might just be my imagination!
BURP people to add if you are/want to PL:
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We will just communicate via /tell in-game to make it as easy as possible. I know some folks don't pay attention to chat, so start watching out for tells! The overall plan is just to try to help eachothers out and work together.
By the way - can we not play on Indar tonight?
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I'm sorry for getting pissed off last night. I'm sorry for speaking over you Grible. I just didn't find any space to talk/ask/anything as there was none.
We have in the past come to the conclosion that if we are over 30 people and in agreement we should split comms. Last night a very small majority (like one dude more) wanted to split channels. This was still treated as some sort of "let's go strat and shut the fuck up"-sentiment and the others did not accept that. Therefore, arguments. In the end the comms got split anyway, because of said arguments.
To go through this again:
I see no point in NOT splitting channels if we are three squads on three bases with 10 people in each all relaying information with the style of "Onatha - Charlie - Sundie to the west". There is quite simply no point with this form of communication. This is the end we reached with not split comms last night.
My intention was NEVER to "go strategic" or to change the fact that it was a casual night (regarding this - we already were playing strategically since we were following orders and splitting). All I wanted was for communication to actually work.
A lot of us find it highly annoying and very unplayable when comms are so messy. I simply can't and do not want to play when there's always three people overlapping in Mumble. I know your point was that the only ones talking over you was us assholes that wanted to go split channels, but I disagree. Everyone was talking over everyone as this is the only way to communicate when you split squads over very seperate objectives.
I still can't understand why some people just refuse to use split channels. I have never ever got in a squad where it was quiet or there was no banter. Never. If people tend to experience this, then we need to encourage people to talk more. After we split yesterday, we told jokes and talked constantly. There was room for that since there was also room for orders since we were like 20 people. This is my main argument for splitting channels - there is room for more jokes, more banter, more general talking and there is still room for orders. There is no downside to splitting channels.
Remember - the common misconception that split channels = shut up or that stratgir = shut up IS NOT TRUE and never has been. I still do not know why some people think this except that it gets mentioned here on the forums for some reason, often by people that never has played stratgir. The only time people need to be quiet is when receiving orders or if leaders are talking in leader channel and they get overwhelmed. This is exactly the same way we said we were going to handle things when we did not have split comms yesterday.
Is there any way we can solve this for the future without having to have two platoons? The special giraffes squad will not be enough, as there is always more then 12 people that prefer split channels on a normal night.
I will be super clear with this in a seperate post here. I did _not_ intend to "go stratgir" and make it a stratgir night. This seems to be the way you interpreted it Grible and you seemed to think I was forcing this. We were already playing exactly like stratgir. What everyone saw last night before we split was how stratgir is done, except that we were in the same channel.
Split channels does not automatically mean stratgir and comms discipline. There is no need for comms discipline in split channels unless orders are being told. There is need for comms discipline in a platoon wide channel, though, which we discussed. For me, a casual night does not automatically imply platoon wide chat simply because we must, if we're a lot of people and it's not working (we have agreed upon this in the past).
And again - stratgir _does not_ mean you need to shut the fuck up, never talk and that all leaders yell and are mean. This is NOT how stratgir is done. If you have had this experience with stratgir, send any of the PLs a pm.
The thing to do is get in contact with them using /t. I tend to do that quite a bit. I've had them support us and supported them on many occasions. It does require getting to know & recognise names though. They're up on the TVA forums.
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Squads in game mean nothing apart from squad beacons. They are a useful format for stratgir nights, but outside of stratgir there is no need to have channels and squads match.
The easiest solution is for those who want a quiet channel to move themselves to SpecGiraffes or Platoon 2, setup someone in the PL channel there as well as the Platoon 1 PL channel. It doesn't require any shuffling about of people within the platoon into this or that squad.
As long as the two people in the leader channels are communicating, those who want something quieter can just move channel.
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I fully get that Grible and others got upset by us "forcing" split channels by putting the idea forward and then moving after the argument. Would it have been okay if we just said we'll start our own and split on our own then? I mean, that's the exact same result in the end - you have two groups of about 15-20 in two channels. Yes, I did suggest we just fold in to squads on mumble, but that was because we were three group at that time - not two. If we were two (a+b and c+d for example) as we were later basically, we could've just used platoon 1 and 2 - which we did in the end.
What I saw it as, and how I felt yesterday, was that we were not allowed to do this at all - we were all going to be in the same channel wether we who do not enjoy that liked it or not. That was how I interpreted the other sides arguments, and that's what pissed me off.
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Splitting in two is the best way imho, then we have enough people 12-24'ish in a group to have a nice chatty mumble and enough people to actually do something worthwhile. Yesterday was just... bad from all sides during the argument, hell i have no idea what people were so bloody confused about. The coms were clear if you actually listen to them and not go "WHAT SUNDIE!" as soon as someone says "Sundy east of the techplant" and you are at a biolab. Yes 30+ can often start to get abit too crowded but personally i hate the 12 man squads because often it feels like we are doing nothing but waiting for orders or ghost capping and unless you are in the squad with the more chatty people its kinda quiet with little banter. Splitting squads also puts alot more pressure on the current Baloon leader to have individual orders for each squad since squad leaders rarely take the initiative and do stuff on their own. Unless its a Stratgir night were the SLs have volunteered.
Most people just want somewhere to go and shoot stuff with the occasional "HOLY CRAP THAT GALAXY FLIPPED OUT!" and general banter. I just think people need to chill out and if needed split into two platoons if needed.
I'd like to bring this up for everyone who may not be familiar with group psychology or group dynamics theory. I am in no way an expert or educated professional, but what little I do know tends to help me keep a level head in group interactions, such as this. It is especially important to note that conflicts are a natural part of the development of a group like hits trying to achieve something together, and that we should not be afraid of it, as such, but try to stick to it and we will sort things out eventually.
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I do not intend to imply that any specific people are losing their heads over this, because I quite frankly haven't seen any sign of that, but more as a precautionary measure, to avoid bad blood.
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Some people can handle three people speaking at once and make out what they are saying. I am not capable of this. It also drives me nuts.Therefore, I could not hear what the orders were as they were also updated frequently since we were just pushing upwards without much contest.
What you said about "sundy east of the techplant" is not usable information for the squads that are not there (we were usually three squads on three different bases). It clutters their communication when they are at the same time saying "sundy northwest of the bio lab". There is also quite easy to mess the two up, and when you have to say where the thing is - since the group is divided - splitting channels comes naturally. What is the purpose of not splitting at this point? You are effectively already splitting, except you are also taking in information you do not need in a very information rich game.
I do not know why you think 12 man squads imply ghost capping. It implies teamwork and sticking together, and more often then not working with another squad. What you lose is cross-squad communication and you might miss a sundy or two. What you gain is breathing room for stories, banter, jokes and also room for intel and orders.
We already had split orders for split squads and leading SLs last night - but in the same channel. I applaud Grible for being brave and trying this, and it worked very well, apart from the communication.
Again, I fail to see why or how the general idea that split channels - or stratgir - implies that you can't have general banter. We have more general banter in stratgir then any other night. We have more personal talk on stratgir then any other night. We have more HOLY SHIT moments in stratgir then any other night. The reason is that we have room for this, and I am very, very tired of the notion that split channels means comms discipline and that people are not allowed to talk.
If the only way we can agree upon how to split, I suggest allowing - without hassle - people to split off in to a seperate 15-20 people channel if it's needed on ANY night and this way also allowing split channels. This DOES NOT mean that it will be forced strategic play. I repeat - IT DOES NOT MEAN STRATGIR STUFF TAKES OVER EVERYDAY PLAY. It just means comms will be clearer and that those of us (we are not a miniority btw, I'd say it's close to 50/50) that do not like big chatty groups are not forced in to that.
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Hello! Since I think it was actually largely my fault this got started as a thing I should probably speak up. I'm going to do a few short posts since the forum eats long ones.
I've chilled out now Ridebird and I'm sorry for getting shouty at you - not your fault. From my perspective this is what happened:-
There are about ~20 people on Indar getting no where fast, all the big names leave for food and Grible gets dumped with PL.
A suggestion is made to move to Amerish - to try and prevent a TR lock - Grible agrees and trys to get everyone in the same place, by this time the numbers are rising.
We get to Amerish in bits and pieces arriving as we die/log on people are already pulling Gals and getting roups in so Grible sends tem off as they fill to various targets, all the while being asked to "do Hydra", "Go to here", "get that base", "clear alpha" you know normal PL stuff, by this time I'm getting into the swing of it and trying to sort squads out to do various things at once. Then it goes wrong.
For the record, I was drunk and preferred to be talking to the people I was playing with directly instead of somewhere at the arse end of the same co tinent.
I apologise for any annoyances to have caused, but now I learnt that splitting up the platoon without going stratgir can be fun too, and Id love to repeat the process with a Grible at the helm. And I hope he'll do it sooner rather than later.- Tom De Roeck.
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TLDR - I'm not annoyed with Ridebird - he's not wrong, we are coming at the same thing from opposite ends (and I have a higher tolerance for filtering important things from crap) I think if people want to lead then they should speak up at the time or shutup and grunt, Moving squads (groups of people) to seperate locations in a big mumble is fine if everyone accepts it's a short term thing, issuing suggestions in a large channel can easily be mistaken for orders - increasing chaos. People's tolerance for chaos is different.
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Of the current NBA Pacers, who would be the best NBA announcer or analyst. Obviously we are going with articulation from interviews and marketability.
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Of the current NBA Pacers, who would be the best NBA announcer or analyst. Obviously we are going with articulation from interviews and marketability.
Should this be in green? Haha don't get me wrong, I like Lance as a person and as a player, but when it comes to speaking he's not very articulate. I believe Granger or West would make the best announcer. They're both good speakers and have a high level of intelligence. I can see either contributing greatly as a play-by-play announcer.
I feel like West would be a solid analyst, but he doesn't really have an announcer's personality, despite already having a catchphrase ("oh, and one!"). When he retires, I'm guessing he'll walk away from the game completely.
Hibbert's putting in the TV work already, so I'll give him the nod. However, if I were a Fox Sports producer, I'd add Ian Mahinmi as a sideline reporter. I'd tell him to ask the coach a quick question and then just turn to the camera and smile for 45 seconds.
Honestly, I will be shocked if Danny doesn't end up doing TV somewhere.
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I think Danny would be a good one.
I voted for Granger. It normally works best if the player is a star as it lends credibility, but I think CJ Watson might be really good too.
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I know this is really off topic but has anybody ever noticed that Roy never makes eye contact with the camera or interviewer when he's talking? I notice it every time I see an interview with him.
Back on topic, I could see G-Hill getting into broadcasting.
He's gotten a LOT better at it. He used to blink like 8 times a second his first couple years, never woulda pictured him doing national in studio interviews with Regis Philbin and whatnot.
Haha I remember watching interviews with Roy his rookie year. I remember just watching his mannerisms, I never would have thought he would become one of the most dominant big men in the game. He could barley run then lol. It kind of reminds me on Andrew Luck in a sense they act different in interviews than you might expect after just watching them on the court/field.
One of my favorite things about this years Pacers team is the mix of personalities. There is not one player on the roster that I don't like.
I imagine Rasual being good.
I'm gonna second BnG here and go with C.J. Watson. I heard him speak at a fan event after a game earlier this year and he was very good with questions and very comfortable with an audience.
I can see most of our players ending up as analysts one day. Most of them are articulate.
I'll go with Roy because he is funny but I wouldn't be surprised to see anyone else taking a job as an analyst or announcer.
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I don't think Roy would make a good announcer.
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Nope. Very wooden delivery.
I've got nothing against Dahntay, but he isn't a very interesting on-air personality IMO.
Yeah I don't see Roy as a commentator, but i think he would be a great studio guy. obviously needs some TV coaching, anyone going into TV does. Later in his career he should head up to Syracuse and take part in their program for athletes who want to pursue TV careers after their playing days.
I'm not sure if we really have a guy that would be a good commentator honestly. Granger would probably be the closest, one of the well spoken guys on the roster, we all know he's pretty damn intelligent, and he knows the game.
I don't think any of them
Solomon might be our most well spoken player. Not sure why he only has the one vote.
Of any of them, Danny would be the one who seems to be able to speak well off-the-cuff. That said, I've only heard a couple of interviews with Lance or any of the low-minute guys.
I would very much expect Luis Scola to be a great commentator for Spanish-language broadcasts. He is extremely well-spoken in English, so I would imagine he is fantastic in Spanish (or Portuguese )
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
Danny would be a better report, Roy would be colorful and funny like Shaq. I think Lance would be as well and bring the element of what crazy thing is he going to say next...
I almost voted for Scola based on his reported great knowledge of the game and statistics and the emerging market/demand for Spanish-speaking. Could definitely see him on ESPN's Spanish channel.
If we are talking color commentator for the Pacers, you can cross Roy, PG, Granger, Hill, and (soon) Lance off the list. Any player who "got paid" isn't going to want to commit to 82-100ish days a year (plus travel) for an announcer's salary. Unless they went broke.
Now, a studio commentating job? TNT once-a-week color commentator job? Totally do-able.
Depending on the amount of time they spend on the Pacer's roster before they retire, I see Chris Copeland or (particularly) Orlando Johnson as good candidates for future Pacers color man slots.
Paul George is gregarious and seems to have a good rapport with other stars. Might be a good "NBA on TNT"-style guy. David West might be a good "You're a damn fool if you think... I don't care what anyone says, I'm telling you..."-style guy in the mold of Charles Barkley.
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Most guys want to do SOMETHING after they retire, and money isn't going to be an object - they'll do what they want to do.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...


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Springfield, Ohio – Blake Troxel, Wittenberg University class of 2005, has been awarded a Fulbright U. S. Student Program scholarship to continue work on his master's degree in Ecology/Environmental Studies at Yale University's School of Forestry. The scholarship allows Troxel to return to the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, where he previously served three years with the Peace Corps, to continue his postgraduate studies.
"When I was a Peace Corps volunteer I spent most of the three years on an outer island called Gaua, up in the Banks Island group to the north," Troxel said. "This time I will be living and working with the Department of Forestry in the capitol city, Port Vila, on the island of Efate."
While serving in the Peace Corps, the sociology major became interested in the social aspects of environmental management and development, and knew he wanted to pursue graduate studies.
During his years in Gaua, Troxel became proficient in the local language, which will benefit the sociological portion of his work. He will "use in-depth interviews, among other tools of social science, to gauge traditional resource management practices, resource use patterns, the cultural importance of specific resources and emerging conflicts that could affect the implementation of a management plan."
Troxel added that his environmental research will attend to the "biophysical inventory of soils, and of terrestrial and aquatic resources." His efforts will be completed under the supervision of Vanuatu's Department of Forestry and in conjunction with its Pacific Alliance for Sustainability forest conservation project, sponsored through the Global Environment Facility (GEF) regional office in Samoa. The research for and the design of the Lake Letes Conservation Area management plan, and the resulting document, will become the capstone of his master's degree and respond to the local landholder's desire for ecological conservation and resource management.
"One of the prospective conservation areas is on Gaua, so I have personal knowledge of the environmental and social situation. I've hiked through the forest and spent the night in the proposed conservation area many times, and there are people on Gaua that I consider my family and friends," Troxel said. "Hopefully this will allow me to hit the ground running, and finish the research within the 10 months I am in Vanuatu."
Troxel majored in sociology at Wittenberg during a collegiate career that included three varsity letters as a member of the Tiger swimming and diving team. He is a native of Bluffton, Ind.
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Today's discussion on Delancey Place is right up our alley. An analysis of what in semantics is called ceremonial language and the derivation of please and thank you.
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Re: Please and thank you
I'd like to see some back-up support for the conclusions drawn about these two words. Just a cursory glance at etymonline raises serious doubts in my mind as to just how academically strict Delancey Place is.
My main quibble is with the equation of thank and think. They may share a root, but they took different routes to get where they are now.please (v.) early 14c., "to be agreeable," from Old French plaisir "to please, give pleasure to, satisfy" (11c., Modern French plaire, the form of which is perhaps due to analogy of faire), from Latin placere "to be acceptable, be liked, be approved," related to placare "to soothe, quiet" (source of Spanish placer, Italian piacere), possibly from PIE *plak-e- "to be calm," via notion of still water, etc., from root *plak- (1) "to be flat".
Meaning "to delight" in English is from late 14c. Inverted use for "to be pleased" is from c.1500, first in Scottish, and paralleling the evolution of synonymous like (v.). Intransitive sense (e.g. do as you please) first recorded c.1500; imperative use (e.g. please do this), first recorded 1620s, was probably a shortening of if it please (you) (late 14c.).
Verbs for "please" supply the stereotype polite word (e.g. "Please come in," short for may it please you to ...) in many languages (French, Italian), "But more widespread is the use of the first singular of a verb for 'ask, request' " [Buck, who cites German bitte, Polish proszę, etc.]. Spanish favor is short for hace el favor "do the favor." Danish has in this sense vær saa god, literally "be so good."
thank (v.) Old English þancian "to give thanks," from Proto-Germanic *thankojan (cf. Old Saxon thancon, Old Norse þakka, Danish takke, Old Frisian thankia, Middle Dutch, German danken "to thank"), from *thankoz "thought, gratitude," from PIE root *tong- "to think, feel." For sense evolution, cf. related Old English noun þanc, þonc, originally "thought," but by c.1000 "good thoughts, gratitude." The whole group is from the same root as think (q.v.). In ironical use, "to blame," from 1550s. To thank (someone) for nothing is recorded from 1703.
think (v.) Old English þencan "conceive in the mind, think, consider, intend" (past tense þohte, p.p. geþoht), probably originally "cause to appear to oneself," from Proto-Germanic *thankjan (cf. Old Frisian thinka, Old Saxon thenkian, Old High German denchen, German denken, Old Norse þekkja, Gothic þagkjan); Old English þencan is the causative form of the distinct Old English verb þyncan "to seem or appear" (past tense þuhte, past participle geþuht), from Proto-Germanic *thunkjan (cf. German dünken, däuchte). Both are from PIE *tong- "to think, feel" which also is the root of thought and thank. The two meanings converged in Middle English and þyncan "to seem" was absorbed, except for archaic methinks "it seems to me."
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Surat al-Kahf speaks directly of the End Times and the system of the Mahdi. It is a Surah that every Muslim must know well. Our Prophet (saas) always stressed Surat al-Kahf against the system of the dajjal. Read Surat al-Kahf, he said because the whole system is described in detail in it.
(Mr. Adnan Oktar interprets verses from Surat al-Kahf)
"Praise belongs to Allah Who has sent down the Book to His slave and has put no crookedness in it."
The first thing that Allah notes is the Qur'an and the sufficiency of the Qur'an. The solution in this world is built on accepting the sufficiency of the Qur'an. The reason for all this disorder, all these sects, all these different communities, all this pain and all this fighting is that people reject the sufficiency of the Qur'an. If people accepted the sufficiency of the Qur'an, if they truly understood its language, none of this would happen.
"It is [a] straight [Book]" says Allah. He again refers to the Qur'an. "...to warn of violent force direct from Him," because if people are not warned and frightened, they will not act normally out of love of Allah alone. Without fear of hell, they will not pray or take care over what is lawful and unlawful. "Allah will protect me in any event," they say, "Allah will always forgive me." The lack of fear of Allah has done away with love and depth of thinking. People have not an ounce of intelligence unless they fear Allah. "...and to give good news to the believers, those who do right actions," Look, Allah next states the key point; doing good works, behaving honestly. People are Muslims, but they are not sincere. The Injil (True Gospel) also means good news. Giving good news to Muslims is very important; to tell them of the way of the Mahdi, of the return of Jesus the Messiah, of Islamic Unity, of paradise, to give good news for Allah's approval. "that for them there is an excellent reward." There is good merit in this, says Allah. Look, Allah gives good news.
"...a place in where they will remain for ever." Allah is eternal. He is eternal and He makes believers eternal. They have a beginning but no end. The believer already bears the spirit of Allah. It is impossible for something bearing the spirit of Allah to be finite because Allah says, "I have breathed of My spirit." Now, if you say that this being into which Allah has breathed His spirit is finite, then you are saying, may Allah forbid, that He is also finite because the believer bears the spirit of Allah. The endless nature of the believer can be seen from that, from that statement of Allah's.
"...and [for the Qur'an] to warn those who say 'Allah has a son'." This means that Islam will reign across the world through an alliance with the Christians. Allah is now speaking of the most important point, the worst corruption. "...those who say 'Allah has a son'." In other words, Allah is warning with the wrath of hell. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is not the son of Allah. Allah is above and beyond having children. There is only one Allah. And then there are the servants of Allah. Jesus the Messiah, our Prophet (saas), we are all servants of Allah. Nobody is the son of Allah. But that is an expression used in the figurative sense, for the purpose of expressing love, in the sense of expressing Allah's protection, and in that sense it refers to all of Mankind in the True Gospel. It is an acceptable term in that sense, referring to the servants created by Allah, an expression of love. But Allah has no need to be a father and have children. This is a very primitive belief, in other words.
"They have no knowledge of this, neither they nor their fathers." They themselves have no knowledge, He says. There is no such information in the True Gospel. Because when we look at the True Gospel we see that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) prays to Allah. He eats and sleeps and says He is a servant of Allah, and that Allah is One. There is no other such information. There is nonsensical information in the other gospels, but since they are contradictory, and these true statements are in the majority, these contradictory statements are regarded as invalid. "It is a monstrous utterance which has issued from their mouths." Almighty Allah refers to this as a most ugly thing to say. "What they say is nothing but a lie." They themselves know they are lying. That is why nobody in the world really believes in the Trinity. No Christian really maintains that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is Allah because it is obviously a lie, a childish lie. It is much the same way that drug addicts speak fantastical lies, and that they lie in the same shameless and unembarrassed way. And they themselves know they are lying.
"Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief, chasing after them, if they do not have faith in these words [the Qur'an]."
Almighty Allah says there is no reason to grieve because Allah also creates the reasons to do so. A Muslim does not grieve. Grieving is a violation of the Qur'an. It is wrong, it means ascribing an equal to Allah. That is why Allah warns our Prophet (saas) to avoid it in the future. Never to grieve or be uneasy or unhappy. Disbelief is beating the drum at the moment, but are we saddened? No.
"We made everything on the Earth adornment for it," trees, flowers, the sea and the sky. People look with wonder at the sky and the clouds. The forests and the sea have their own separate beauties. Allah says He made insects and flowers and human beings as an adornment. "...so that We could test them to see whose actions are the best."
Almighty Allah says He has done it deliberately, as a test. But look to see who behaves better; there are those who behave well, and those who behave even better. And those who behave even better still. "...so that We could test them to see whose actions are the best." Does Allah not know already? He knows everything in all eternity. So who does he want to know it? He wants us to know because we are the spirit of Allah. We were created from Allah's spirit. Allah cannot be ignorant of what His own spirit will do.
"We will certainly make everything on it a barren wasteland." Allah describes the state of the world on the Day of Reckoning because the world will be blown apart. Under the impact of an earthquake, though it will still exist as a block of matter. It will be flattened. Fire will spread, so the interior part will remain molten, while the top part is blown apart. A barren wasteland will result. Almighty Allah is describing the Day of Reckoning.
"Do you consider that the Companions of the Cave and Ar-Raqim were one of the most remarkable of Our Signs?"
This verse refers to the followers of the Mahdi and Jesus the Messiah. The Companions of the Cave are followers of the Mahdi (pbuh) and the people of ar-Raqim are the followers of Jesus the Messiah. "...one of the most remarkable of Our Signs." Our Prophet (saas) must have been puzzled for Allah to say that. In other words, He means, "Are you amazed?"
"When the young men," one feature of the followers of the Mahdi (pbuh) is that they are young. "...took refuge in the cave," when they came together. This describes their living together in the cave. They actually seek shelter in the cave, and that is another issue, but this is what the Qur'an is referring to, insha'Allah. "...and said, 'Our Lord, give us mercy directly from You.' Once the mercy of Allah rues a place, the matter is over and done with. That is why we say, 'Bismillahirrahmanirrahim'; the Compassionate and Merciful. "...and open the way for us to right guidance in our situation." That means they will do things. Where? In the cave. How can you have activity in a cave? We are being told something here. They have an aim because they have ideals. They are sleeping, but they are in the cave.
"So We sealed their ears with sleep in the cave for a number of years."
This also indicates the state of the world because we are also currently in a kind of sleep. Hazrat Ali (pbuh) says, "We are sleeping now. But we will waken when we die." This world is a very high-quality dream. We are watching a very sharp, conscious dream. You will realize this if you look carefully. You are watching an image in your brains. I mean, every scientist, when he enters the laboratory, imagines he is holding test tubes and equipment. Allah causes them to touch the test tubes in their brains. A scientist looks at the electron microscope in his brain. He cannot make direct contact with the electron microscope on the outside. He makes a discovery in his brain. Allah gives him that finding, and he finds it. When the Darwinists make a statement, it is Allah Who causes them to make it. They cannot make it by themselves. They merely state information that is already there. There is nothing else one can say. Not a millimeter more or less. That is the exact truth. Everything Darwin or Marx will say is already present and ready in the sight of Allah. For example, Marx's Das Kapital was already there before he was born, or his father was born but Allah makes it look as if he wrote it. That is how he sees it in his brain. But since he is unaware of the secret of the universe, he imagines matter is on the outside. So if you ask Marx or Darwin, they will say, "The ship is standing off at a distance." Only Allah knows the true nature of matter and things, not us.
"Then We woke them up again so that we might see which of the two groups would better calculate the time they had stayed there."
Some people say, "One is a picture." Allah says there are two groups. Where is the sign? If one person says something, the rest say, "Is that so?" and leave it at that. Use your head. He speaks of two groups here. The Companions of the Cave and Ar-Raqim, He says. These are expressions referring to people. How much time is left? How much time to the Day of Reckoning? Only Allah knows, of course. But we can make approximate estimations from the signs. By Allah's leave, those estimates are generally correct, insha'Allah. "...we woke them again." Allah is again indicating that life is but a dream.
"We will relate their story to you with truth." "This event really happened," Allah says. It is not a symbolic reference, says Allah. It is a true event, He says. There has been such a case, He says. "They were young men who had faith in their Lord" Allah says they had true faith. There is submission, and there is real, genuine faith. He says they had genuine faith so they became really very strong. If someone or a group of people really believe, there is nothing in the world that can vanquish them. This is a miracle. If 100 people have faith, then the rest of the seven billion people in the world can never overcome them. Those 100 people will definitely be victorious. Almighty Allah creates this miracle. "a...nd We increased them in guidance."
It is Allah Who gives and increases happiness. We see Him increase happiness. This means that people's faith is not immobile; it shines and grows. We can see from this that people grow in faith.
"We fortified their hearts." One has to have fortitude in the face of the years. One of the main features of the followers of the Mahdi is their fortitude and determination; never to abandon their cause. To see it through right to the end.
"When they stood up (to the king, the dajjal)" when they attacked, engaged in activity. "...and said, 'Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the Earth'," in other words, we believe in the existence of Allah. We believe in the Lord of the Earth and sky. "...and We will not call on any god apart from Him." We will never worship Darwinism, materialism, communism, fascism or any other such belief. "We would in that case have uttered an abomination."
In other words, it would not be scientific or rational or true. It would not be credible. It would be a lie, He says.
"These people of ours," the people around us, this community. "...have taken gods apart from Him.," they have become Darwinists, materialists and atheists. They do not believe in Allah. "Why do they not produce a clear authority concerning them?" In that case, let them bring forward fossil evidence, evidence regarding protein, one piece of evidence, just one; but of course, there is no such evidence at all. "Who could do a greater wrong than someone who invents a lie against Allah?"
He says they lie against Allah and are wicked. The wicked are always brought down. The Qur'an states this explicitly so people will know that the end is always defeat, insha'Allah.
(About Muslims in Burma being thrown into rivers with their hands tied)
I fail to understand why people insist on opposing unification among Muslims. They all want to have their own little kingdoms. They all attack one another. If you want the best for someone else, then desire Islamic Unity. Everything will resolve itself for the best inside Islamic Unity; but because they oppose Islamic Unity, brotherhood and love have been put on hold. We must be united, brothers.
Allah has set out His pronouncements about the People of the Book in the Qur'an. He says we will find that Christians are the closest to Muslims. Allah says we can marry them, and eat their food. But the bigots have this terrible ferocity and thirst for bloodshed. There are Christian bigots, too. We all know about the Muslim bigots. And there are Jewish bigots and atheist bigots and Darwinist bigots. They really stir everything up. They produce terrible wickedness. Let us live as brothers in the whole, wide world. Let us live in love, as friends. Everyone must respect everyone else. There is no peace anywhere in the world. Muslims need to be united as brothers in order for all this to come to an end. My brothers must criticize those who refuse to support Islamic Unity.
If our brothers would give short talks everywhere, that would produce enormous results. It is not as people imagine. I always say that one person will become like a thousand. Do not say that one person cannot do anything. In a week's time there will be 1,000 people. Or 100,000, 200,000. This will snowball. We are a small group, but we have demolished Darwinism across the world.
It is no good looking at China with hatred. They have had an utterly wretched and miserable time. They fell into the hands of communism. They thought Darwinism and materialism were true. The Chinese people are peaceable. They are not aggressive. We want them to be free. Open the borders and let them travel the world. Let them enjoy peace and happiness and well-being. It is terrible to live under the threat of death. Our young people went to East Turkestan. They say, "Don't let on, but everything in the hodja's books is true." I did not know I was so well-known in East Turkestan. Our people say, "Wherever we went, people praised the hodja's books." But they should be able to say that out in the open, without fear. They must be able to say that in the hearing of the authorities.
Almighty Allah says, "You will find Christians very close to you, your friends." Almighty Allah says this because we need to put it into action. "You can eat their food." Allah says this because people fail to understand the purpose of friendship. Allah says we can marry their women. What is the aim in Christianity? Love and friendship and everything.
(In response to a question from a viewer saying, "What place do these ladies we address as maidens have in the program?")
Women are the adornments of the world. Love of women is a sign of faith. They asked Rasulullah (saas): "O Rasulullah, what have you loved in this world?" "I have loved three things," he said. One, "A pious woman." Two, "a fine scent." Three, "our beloved prayers." Smell cannot be held in the hand, only perceived. But a woman can be experienced with all five senses. "I loved woman most of all," he says. I also love women most of all in this world. Look, all the women around me love me very much. And I love them. They are all radiant and lovely. They are all highly intelligent, cultured, well-informed and devout. May Allah bestow good people on good. May He bestow beautiful people on beautiful people. This is what Allah says in the Qur'an; "Female believers for male believers, and male believers for female believers." "Immaculate women for immaculate men, and immaculate men for immaculate women." Allah cites them one by one, and at length. Allah shows me these lovely beings as a manifestation of Himself. They are a blessing from Allah.
Since one thinks of quality when being a Muslim is mentioned, Islam is now spreading very fast whenever beauty is mentioned. Left as it was, they would have slaughtered Muslims en masse. They would have declared them to be Gog and Magog, the army of the dajjal, and would have slaughtered Muslims wherever they were, under the name of dajjal. We have been instrumental in stopping that. We have saved Muslims from the sword. Many of them. Us and other believers, various immaculate people. A great scourge has been lifted from the Muslim world. They describe Muslims as monkeys, filthy people.
(In response to a viewer who asks, "Does ritual purification during the fast invalidate that fast?")
I do not want to make a declaration on matters of religious law, but this is a well-known matter; of course it does not invalidate it. Rinsing the mouth does not invalidate the fast. The water stays in the mouth, and that is that. There is no harm in keeping the mouth clean or in using toothpaste. A Muslim must have a clean-smelling mouth. The bigots say it must stink. That is wrong, a lie. A Muslim must have a spotlessly clean mouth. The opposite is very ugly. One must wash the mouth, and there is no harm in that. Water normally has no taste. It seems the bigots would rather people's breath stink of food.
(In response to a mail from a viewer saying, "Everyone is very slothful on the first day of Ramadan. We cannot sleep properly. What can we do about this?")
This comes from a mineral deficiency. A deficiency of calcium or magnesium or potassium, perhaps. One must eat fruit, and vegetables. And cheese or milk. One cannot do heavy labor under those circumstances. Our brothers should put in for leave. People work in the Sun and become ill; that is no good. Allah says that Muslims must take precautions. They must rest. Heavy work is out of the question. Of course one needs to sleep well. Our brothers must keep their bodies healthy and fit as they fast. Some people regard themselves as real heroes; that is very foolish. Allah says there is also a provision for if you cannot stand it. Allah says you must not fast if you are ill. That is Allah's command. Some bodies are very delicate. They faint and cannot stand up. But they still insist on fasting. He may have a kidney stone. Are you crazy? You will ruin your health. Fasting is for the healthy. Or he may have a stomach ulcer or low blood pressure. May Allah forbid, he could go into shock and die. It is not lawful for such people. Or he may have high blood pressure. His blood pressure could go really high due to electrolyte imbalance. Such cases must not fast. Apart from that, fasting is very beneficial. It causes renewal of the gastric mucosa and the digestive system. It lowers cholesterol in the entire body. It increases the body's resistance to thirst. It improves the palate, and bestows general well-being. It causes a good feeling throughout the body, but for healthy people. They must consume more minerals and foods with a high water content. They must eat watermelon and baked goods are excellent. It is good to eat them with watermelon, and plenty of olive oil. Soups are good, too.
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The art and music school where I work (CIAMO) presented a theater piece by its students for a mask dancing festival (Festival Kaleta) here in Ouidah.
The outfits weren't made by me, but I did help complete the outfit by making the neck ring accessories. It was a great way to use up my stash and scraps. I had leftover orange fabric from a skirt lining, and all those little awkward fabric pieces aimed for the trash were the perfect filling for them.
The tedious part was filling the tubes with scrap, but I had help from the staff so the rings quickly came together in time for the performance.
I wrote more in my sewing blog: http://cathywu.com/journal/treadling/2012/12/28/festival-kaleta-neck-rings/
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The second presidential debate, moderated by CNN's Candy Crowley, featured a question and extended discussion on the potential reinstatement of an assault weapons ban. Previously, debate moderators in 2008 and Jim Lehrer of PBS' NewsHour, the moderator of the first presidential debate, had ignored the issue of gun violence prevention.
Introducing the town hall participant who asked the candidates what they would do to limit the availability of assault weapons, Crowley noted that the topic of gun violence is one "that we hear a lot, both over the Internet and from this crowd."
CROWLEY: Because what I -- what I want to do, Mr. President, stand there a second, because I want to introduce you to Nina Gonzalez, who brought up a question that we hear a lot, both over the Internet and from this crowd.
GONZALEZ: President Obama, during the Democratic National Convention in 2008, you stated you wanted to keep AK-47s out of the hands of criminals. What has your administration done or planned to do to limit the availability of assault weapons?
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The debate focus on gun violence comes in the wake of a wave of mass shootings that have been heavily covered by the media and roughly 30,000 Americans killed by guns every year.
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JUDY and Basil Jones were shocked when an elderly driver crashed into their garage in Grosvenor Road yesterday afternoon.
The driver of the blue Citroen Berlingo hit the closed garage door and smashed into many of the Jones' belongings at 4.15pm yesterday, leaving a deep crack in the building and falling concrete.
When Judy heard the crash she rushed from her kitchen to see the car in their garage, and immediately went to see if anyone had been hurt.
The hynoptherapist and nurse said: "I was in the kitchen when there was this almighty great bang and I went to look out the window and there it was.
"All the neighbours came along to help and the driver managed to climb out the back of the hatchback and wait for the ambulance to arrive.
"I think he was just so shocked. Obviously smashing through that garage door, he went through quite an experience."
All three emergency services were in attendance to make sure the scene was safe.
The driver was taken to hospital to recover.
Judy said: "Everybody has been very good and they all arrived here so quickly.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. – Ismail Lemtouni and Joan Soler advanced to the Saturday Round of 16 as the Lions kicked off the 2013-14 season at the ITA South Region Championships hosted by the University of West Florida on Friday night. In total, six Lions opened up play against South Region opponents in the first competition of the season.
In opening play, five of six Lions advanced into the Round of 32 as Sisti and Soler continued on. Lemtouni defeated West Alabama Anton Ivanov 7-6, 2-6, 10-3 in a tight match and will face West Florida's Alex Peyrot on Saturday. Soler, playing in his first competition for the Green and Gold, defeated Lynn's Alessio Iannozzi 6-2, 2-6, 10-5 in another match that went the full distance.
Half of the Lions competitors played in the opening round, while the other three received byes into the Round of 32.
Doubles action saw two of the three doubles teams advance into the second round. Unfortunately the Lions could not push on into the quarterfinals with both teams bowing out in the Round of 16.
The Lions will return to the court on Saturday as they continue action at the ITA South Region Championship hosted by West Florida.
Full results can be found here: Results


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A federal appeals court on Monday has taken up an Arizona Indian tribe's complicated legal fight to build a massive casino and resort near a Glendale neighborhood, on property the tribe owns 160 miles from the headquarters of its sprawling reservation.
The three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco gave no hint of how or when it would rule after sharply questioning lawyers on both sides for nearly an hour.
At issue is whether federal law permits the Tohono O'odham Nation to convert property it quietly purchased in 2003 into an Indian reservation, which would strip authority from state and local officials who argue the casino project clashes with zoning and state laws.
A high school is located a few blocks from where the casino is to be erected, which is about a mile from a retail and entertainment district where Phoenix's professional football and hockey teams play their home games. About 30,000 people live within two miles.
The suburban property is in an unincorporated island of Maricopa County and bordered on three sides by the city of Glendale, which is adjacent to Phoenix.
Local and state officials argue that the proposed 150,000-square-foot casino will require them to beef up fire, police and other civic requirements in an area not equipped to accommodate a Las Vegas-style resort.
The tribe says it bought the property with congressionally allocated money it was given after a federal government dam caused extensive flooding of the original reservation.
The Department of the Interior declared the Glendale property a reservation in 2010.
The tribe had received $30 million to replace nearly 10,000 acres of ancestral reservation land damaged by the dam. The tribe says the 135 acres purchased within the city limits of Glendale in 2003 is part of that replacement program, and the project is located about 60 miles from the damaged land.
Glendale, the state of Arizona and another tribe filed a lawsuit to overturn the Department of the Interior decision. Several other tribes submitted so-called friend-of-the-court briefs opposing the casino. A judge last year sided with the Tohono O'odham Nation, which is represented by former U.S. Solicitor General Seth Waxman.
"This is an acre-for-acre replacement that was an Indian reservation even before Arizona was a state," Waxman argued to the three-judge panel Monday. He said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar correctly deemed the land a reservation.
Lawyers for Glendale and tribes opposing the project argued that the Tohono O'odham Nation went "reservation shopping" with the government's money and shouldn't be allowed to turn just any piece of property it purchases into a reservation and then a sprawling casino the size of the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Arizona Solicitor General Dave Cole said allowing the tribe to build a casino within Glendale but denying city, county and state officials any authority over the project makes the concept of local control "nothing more than an illusion."
Federal law generally bars gambling on reservations created after 1988, but there are a few exceptions.


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Hope everyone's Superbowl day is going good! The wife and i decided to do a big menu of good stuff today. Started the day off with smoked wings and homemade salsa! Followed a 30-20-10 method for the wings. This method proved to work great. First, 30 minutes indirect heat at 375. i then flipped, did 20 minutes indirect at 375. Then tossed them in sauce and did 10 minutes indirect at 375 and they came out wonderful!
I did 2 different kinds, i did a bunch with sweet baby rays honey chipotle sauce which were rubbed with Penzys galena street rub.
I then did a bunch sriracha honey style. which i rubbed with simple salt and pepper, then made a sauce of sriracha, honey, garlic and butter!
These were probably some of the best wings i have ever made and eaten, they turned out great.
Next up on the menus is brisket chili with leftover brisket from last weeks smoke!
Enjoy the day


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Behind the Cover: Wild At Heart
On her status with Justin Timberlake: "A girl doesn't kiss and tell."
On dating actors: "I think those are the people you meet and so it just kind of happens. Let me tell you: It never happens on purpose."
Jessica Biel wears a molded tankdress from Donna Karan New York, a bra from Eres, earrings from Low Luv x Erin Wasson, a pendant necklace and sterling silver rings from Gregg Wolf, a hook necklace from Jelena Behrend, a curb-link necklace from David Yurman, sterling silver bracelets and a textured ring from Chrome Hearts, and a diamond bracelet from Harry Winston.
On whether she plans to have children someday: "Sure, of course. And, yeah, I think probably at some point it would be something I'm interested in. But I don't feel pressured. I was never one of those girls who dreamt of my wedding and my Prince Charming. To piss off my mom, I used to say, `I'm never having kids, and I'm going to be a fabulously rich old maid living in a house with cute butlers and dogs.'"
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Early and late, Hafner's power saves Yanks
Slugger's four RBIs the difference, backing Sabathia's gritty start
NEW YORK -- Following his team's third consecutive victory, there was one word manager Joe Girardi used that not only summed up the Yankees' effort on Saturday, but for the entire month of April to this point.
The Yankees' resilience was on full display at Yankee Stadium on Saturday as they twice rallied from behind to defeat the Blue Jays, 5-4, despite ace CC Sabathia admittedly not having his best stuff.
"They've been resilient," Girardi said. "There's no doubt about it. They've found ways to come back."
Fittingly, the two players at the root of the Yankees' latest comeback were veterans Travis Hafner and Vernon Wells, who have undergone a rebirth of sorts in New York. Hafner, after belting a three-run homer earlier in the game, delivered a decisive RBI triple in the seventh inning to drive in Wells, who had tied the game at 4 moments earlier with a run-scoring single.
"I don't really have a rhyme or reason for it," Girardi said for the re-emergence of Hafner and Wells. "I think that this is a great place to play. It's a great clubhouse to be in, it's a great atmosphere to come into every night, whether you're home or on the road, and there's an expectation here. I think a lot of guys feed off that."
The Yankees' seventh-inning heroics bailed out Sabathia, who one inning earlier had served up his second home run of the game to give Toronto a 4-3 lead. The southpaw retired the first seven batters he faced before running into trouble throughout the middle innings.
Sabathia ceded the game's first run in the third inning on a Rajai Davis groundout following back-to-back hits from the bottom two hitters in Toronto's lineup. One inning later, the Jays extended their lead to three behind a Jose Bautista leadoff home run and an error by catcher Chris Stewart, who dropped the ball while attempting to tag out Edwin Encarnacion at home plate following a flyout to right fielder Ichiro Suzuki.
"If you look at the first two innings, they just missed some balls," Sabathia said. "It seemed like I breezed through, but I probably could made a little better pitches earlier in the game. I was just trying to keep the team in the game -- battling, making a pitch whenever I could -- and I ended up staying in there long enough for these guys to score some runs."
It didn't take long for the Yankees to come to Sabathia's aid after the Jays had pushed the lead to three in the top of the fourth inning. Wells and first baseman Kevin Youkilis worked back-to-back walks off starter J.A. Happ to start the bottom half of the frame, and Hafner followed with his first home run off a lefty -- and sixth overall -- this season.
"What really hurt today, we get a 3-0 lead and we got out there and walk the first two guys and [give up] a homer," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "You've got to have shut-down innings after that, and we didn't get that. And they did. They got the big hits; we didn't."
The tie would last just two innings before third baseman Brett Lawrie put Toronto back in front, 4-3, with a homer of his own, but that would be the last hit given up by Sabathia. The left-hander retired the next nine batters he faced, capping an eight-inning performance in which he allowed four runs (three earned) on nine hits, including the two homers, while striking out four batters and walking none.
"I've seen him do it so many times -- that's the thing," Girardi said of Sabathia's gritty performance. "That's one of the things that's impressed me the most about him, and there are a lot of things to talk about ... but the way he competes when he doesn't have his [best] stuff is probably as impressive as anything. That's how you become a 20-game winner."
With Sabathia pitching lights-out following Lawrie's homer, New York's seventh-inning rally -- its second of the day -- turned out to be the difference.
Following a one-out double from Robinson Cano, Wells tied the game by lining single up the middle. He then advanced to second on a Youkilis groundout and stole third on the first pitch of Hafner's at-bat.
One pitch later, Hafner sent a towering fly ball to center field that deflected off Davis' glove, allowing Wells to score what turned out to be the game-winning run.
"I really wasn't thinking home run at all," Hafner said of his thoughts as he saw Davis retreating to the warning track. "I was just kind of hoping it got over his head. I know Davis is fast, so I wasn't sure. It was just a matter of inches there. It tipped off his glove, so I was pumped about that."
Pitching with a lead for the first time all day, Sabathia breezed through the eighth inning in order before handing the ball to Joba Chamberlain for the ninth inning. Chamberlain -- pitching because closer Mariano Rivera had appeared in back-to-back days and in three of the last four -- allowed two batters to reach with one out before inducing a flyout to shallow right field and a weak grounder to third base to end the game.
"That's fun for me, seeing the energy of the crowd and my teammates, and knowing this is the last go at it," said Chamberlain, who recorded his first save since Sept. 21, 2010. "I love that. That's something that I play for, the energy. I can't help but smile, because that's why you play the game. I'm excited to get that opportunity."
The story to this point in the season for the Yankees has been players stepping up and converting those opportunities, just as Hafner and Wells did once again. Though Wells couldn't explain the sudden resurgences any better than his skipper, he's just thankful to be in a position where he can help the Yanks, who will try to finish off a four-game sweep of the Jays on Sunday afternoon.
"It's just fun," Wells said. "That's the biggest thing, is we've enjoyed putting this uniform on and going out and having a chance to contribute. Not to keep repeating pretty much each and every day, but we've got to take advantage of it, and we're having fun doing it."
Paul Casella is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @paul_casella. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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NOT enough information is available to the public on major plans for housing and employment in York over the next 15 years, according to Lib Dem councillors.
City of York Council had been due to start a public consultation on new sites added to its Local Plan, but the process faces fresh scrutiny after opposition councillors said crucial information like infrastructure plans and the exact number of houses to be built on individual patches of land had been left out of public documents.
Cllr Ann Reid, the Liberal Democrat's spokesperson for planning, said: "It would be inappropriate for public consultation to begin until residents are given the full facts.
"It is very difficult for residents to know the scale of housing and development that is planned for specific locations.
"Clearly, whether the plan is to build 20 or 2,000 houses on a site is going to make a substantial difference to what people think about it."
Cllr Reid and her colleagues Nigel Ayre and Carol Runciman are calling for housing numbers and infrastructure plans to be included in the public papers before the consultations begin, and the issue will now be looked at again at a cross party scrutiny committee on Monday, May 12.
Cllr Dave Merrett, the cabinet member for planning, defended the council's actions saying only it needed "in-principle" views on the new sites at this stage, before another, more comprehensive, consultation later in the process.
He said: "This extra consultation is taking place is on completely new sites plus previously proposed sites where there are altered boundaries since the original draft local plan consultation."
"We will then be looking at comments on these revised sites."


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"The new storage infrastructure, comprising ETERNUS DX systems and DataCore SANsymphony, has allowed us to significantly improve redundancy. Transferring data from one data center to another is now an entirely automated process that takes a matter of seconds."
Albin Schänzle, Process & IT Management, C. Josef Lamy GmbH
The LAMY brand is synonymous with premium quality writing instruments both within its native Germany and internationally. C. Josef Lamy GmbH, which is based near Heidelberg, has been an independent family company for over 80 years. The LAMY brand was established in 1952 with the innovative Lamy 27 fountain pen. Since the sixties, the company has been known for its distinctive "Lamy design". Today, the company, which produces over six million writing instruments every year and has an annual turnover of over €50 million, is not only the market leader within Germany, but also counts among the German designer brands that hold a special position within the global market.
Lamy had already invested heavily in the development of a virtualized server and client infrastructure, helping it to increase the flexibility of its IT systems while at the same time reducing energy costs and administration requirements. Lamy operates a split data center separated over two zones at the company's Heidelberg headquarters. Previously, however, the PRIMERGY servers and ETERNUS DX storage systems had not been mirrored, but had instead simply been shared over the two zones. Two PRIMERGY RX300 servers in each zone had become responsible for delivering the performance of 170 virtualized clients (Fujitsu Zero Clients). In the event of a failure of one half of the data center, 85 clients would therefore have been left without data. The storage components themselves were not redundantly designed either. "We were then given instructions by the senior management to deliver constant IT system availability," explains Albin Schänzle, Head of Process & IT Management at LAMY. "We therefore had to find a solution for enhancing our already highly virtualized environment." Another objective was to improve the performance of the zero clients in use.
The first step toward greater availability was to mirror the hardware. To supply the processing power required for the double load that would be placed on the respective zero clients, it was sufficient to upgrade the RAM of the existing PRIMERGY servers. The existing ETERNUS DX90 storage system was given additional shelves and a counterpart was set up in the now mirrored data center. As the third form of virtualization, IT service provider idicos GmbH installed the DataCore SANsymphony solution, which permitted virtualization and acceleration of all the storage capacities.
In the new, extended environment, all of LAMY's data center resources are fully redundant. However, this was not in fact the most compelling argument. "Standard mirroring cannot protect against downtimes," explains Dr Michael Melter, Managing Director of idicos GmbH, a Fujitsu-certified SELECT Expert Partner. "A data center that is mirrored using a conventional storage system still requires manual intervention should a disaster occur." To resolve this issue for LAMY, idicos therefore opted for the DataCore solution, which, in the event of disaster, performs automatic failover. "The storage environment at LAMY is therefore fully redundant and intelligent, not to mention fast," adds Dr Melter.
The realization of this concept would not have been possible without the ETERNUS DX+ appliance from distributor Bytec. This appliance comprises two PRIMERGY RX300 servers, an additional ETERNUS DX90 storage system as well as the SANsymphony-V storage virtualization software – at a special bundle price that makes the DataCore solution affordable even for smaller SMEs such as LAMY.
The storage systems have been given a genuine performance boost thanks to the many features offered by SANsymphony that optimize use of the individual disks. Auto-tiering, for example, allows the software to automatically assign frequently accessed blocks to faster disk types and move the less active blocks to slower, less costly hard disks.
High-speed caching is another beneficial feature. This feature moves data written to or read from disks swiftly into and out of the cache, which is 20-50 times greater than that of a conventional storage system, harnessing the full potential of the DataCore servers (Storage Domain Servers) and thereby significantly improving performance.
Thanks to its new environment with fully redundant storage capacities, LAMY is completely protected, which is very important for this traditional family company, especially as it becomes more globalized. Albin Schänzle: "There are now even LAMY shops in China and Singapore, established exclusively for the retail of our premium writing instruments. We also have 40 field sales employees worldwide, who require constant access to our data center; after all, they are the ones who generate the sales." From its experience to date, LAMY couldn't be happier with its robust Fujitsu systems. The concept of combining powerful PRIMERGY servers with efficient, virtualized zero clients has clearly paid off for the company. Thanks to SANsymphony, the company has taken a further important step towards achieving high availability. As Schänzle explains:
"With our previous solution, disaster recovery would have required manual intervention, and the migration of around 6 terabytes of data and 170 zero clients to other systems would have taken around a day. Thanks to the new, mirrored Fujitsu systems and the simple handling of the DataCore solution, this migration process takes a matter of seconds. At the same time, all applications now run much faster on the zero clients. We have seen around a 25 percent improvement in the performance of Microsoft Office applications."
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YOUNG Worcestershire racing driver Zoe Wenham is to appear on TVs across the country tonight as she swaps life in a sports car for a vintage vehicle.
The 19-year-old, who lives in Kemerton, near Bredon, will feature in today's episode of Flog It on BBC1 at 4.30pm driving a 1932 MG M-type Midget.
Miss Wenham had thought her part in the show had been cut as it was filmed back in 2013.
"It's been a long time since I filmed Flog It but I received a call that it will air at 4.30 on BBC1," she said. "I'm a bit nervous about seeing it as it was the first time I'd done anything like that and driving a 1932 MG M-type Midget was totally different to anything I drive nowadays on the racing scene."
Miss Wenham is also currently taking part in the FunCup UK Championship alongside her brother Guy.
The pair are racing beetle lookalikes with a VW/Audi petrol engine and after the first four hour endurance race earlier this month at Oulton Park are in second place.
"The season has seven race weekends of races between one and six hours and so far we have only had our debut race," said Miss Wenham, who will next race on Saturday, May 17, at Snetterton for six hours. "After the four hour endurance race we finished in second place, five seconds adrift of the winners who are three times champions in the category."
For more information on Zoe Wenham visit zoewenham.co.uk.


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By the time the holiday cooking fever has broken, there is very little entertaining ambition left for New Year's Eve. Whether you're having people over or looking for something to bring, summoning the energy to head back into the kitchen can be a challenge. Pastelitos de carne – well-seasoned picadillo cooked in a sofrito of peppers and onions and tucked into flaky pastry – are a staple Cuban-American parties and easy way to see out the year.
Though ordered by the tray-full in Miami bakeries, they're simple enough to make at home with prepared puff pastry dough. Raisins, capers and olives are added to a simmering pot of ground beef to find the right balance of sweet and savory. They can be as hearty as full-sized emapandas or cut into smaller tapa-sized rounds to feed a crowd. Versatile and easily adapted for leftovers, these pastries can also be filled with ham, chorizo or shellfish. With the clock winding down, it's good to have options.
Pastelitos de Carne/Picadillo-Filled Pastries
For the picadillo filling:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped (about 1 cup)
1/2 green bell pepper, finely chopped (about 1 cup)
2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
1/2 pound lean ground beef
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 tablespoons dry white wine
2 tablespoons raisins
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/4 teaspoon sugar (optional)
1 tablespoon capers, drained
2 tablespoons green olives stuffed with pimientos, sliced
For the pastry:
2 sheets frozen puff pastry dough, thawed (from one 17 1/4-ounce package frozen puff pastry sheets)
1 egg, lightly beaten with 1 tablespoon of water
Glaze (optional):
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 water
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onions, peppers, and garlic and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste and stir until well combined, about 1-2 minutes.
Add the beef and break it up so there are no lumps. Add the raisins, wine, oregano, salt, pepper and sugar (if using). Simmer covered over medium heat for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally until mostly dry. Stir in raisins, capers, green olives and adjust the seasoning. Set aside to cool.
Combine sugar and water in a small saucepan and bring to a steady simmer for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or nonstick liner.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out the first sheet of pastry to about 1/8-inch thick. Cut out 18-20 pastry rounds using a 2 1/2-inch round cutter. Cover each round with beaten egg wash. Add one tablespoon of the filling to the center of each round.
Roll out remaining sheet of pastry and cut out an equal amount of pastry rounds. Top each filled round, pressing down the sides to seal. Brush the tops with beaten egg wash. Set in the preheated oven and bake until lightly golden, about 20-25 minutes.
To glaze, remove the pastelitos from the oven and lightly brush with simple syrup, if using.*
Note: Traditionally, the pastries are brushed with simple syrup just out of the oven for an added layer of sweetness. The seasoning can be adjusted or the glaze left out entirely to taste.
Ana Sofia Peláez covers the spectrum of Spanish and Latin American cuisine on her blog hungrysofia.com. From the rich smells and flavors of the Cuban food she grew up with to modern Peruvian causas, hearty Brazilian feijodas and delicate Mexican flor de calabaza soup, she's always looking for her next great meal.


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A VETERAN of the D-Day landings gave a final emotional salute by the graves of his fallen brothers-in-arms for the 70th anniversary of the invasion which turned the tide against the Nazis.
Noel Wilkes organised the four-day coach trip after collecting funds through the Royal British Legion because he was determined to honour the sacrifices of the young men who never came home.
A previous visit five years ago, which brought tears to his eyes, was funded by a £10,000 lottery grant.
Undeterred when funds were not available this time, the 90-year-old of St Mary's Road, Evesham, took upon himself the Herculean task of organising the trip.
He hopes the visit, a few days before the official commemoration on June 6 , will allow a quieter time to reflect on the conflict.
He will be at the helm of a 55 strong contingent who will visit sites which include the Pegasus Bridge, Arromanches and Ouistreham, important sites on Gold and Sword Beaches, the German battery featured in the film "The Longest Day", museums, the war cemetery at Bayeux and Utah and Omaha beaches.
Mr Wilkes is one of only two local veterans of the landings on the trip as the men who played their part in this pivotal campaign dwindle away with time.
The coach trip will include 24 cadets (air, sea and army) as Mr Wilkes believes it is important to keep alive the sacrifices of the fallen to future generations.
There will also be six standard bearers, one musician, six wreath layers and a padre.
Mr Wilkes, then a young corporal with the Royal Army Service Corps, landed on Juno Beach just days into the Allied campaign in Normandy, which represented the turning of the tide against the Nazis, paving the way for Allied victory.
The D-Day landings, the largest seaborne invasion in human history, commenced on June 6, 1944.
Mr Wilkes remembers a rough crossing aboard the cramped Empress of Canada, where it was standing room only.
The choppy waters caused many of the men to suffer bouts of sea sickness and from there they climbed onto the landing barges.
He knew well enough he might never come home, writing his will before he entered the field of conflict.
The men had to provide fuel to the Allied convoys as they advanced and he still recalls the shriek of the shells landing nearby.
He said: "My platoon commander said 'it's okay when you can hear them - when you can't hear them you 've got to worry!' One shell landed about 50 yards away. They whistle and we did jump out of our skins."
When they arrived there were 34 ambulances waiting to come back on the barges from which the troops had only just disembarked.
Mr Wilkes remembers how the men fed a hungry French shepherd, sharing some of their biscuits.
The shephered repaid them for their kindness with a gift of a bottle of Benedictine.
But the memories were not all pleasant, particularly the dead horses at Falaise, shot by the German cavalry before they retreated in the wake of the advancing Allies.
He said: "They were all along the sides of the road, the dead cavalry horses that the Germans had shot while they were retreating.
"It was a pitiful sight. There was no need for them to do that really."


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DAVID POCOCK'S arrival in Canberra is set to boost the ACT Brumbies on the field but his off-field presence is already paying dividends as the club secures its sponsors for the future.
The Brumbies began the second season of the Jake White era when they played the Queensland Reds at Canberra Stadium on Saturday night.
Pocock is the marquee recruit and one of the world's best openside flankers.
But his third-party deal with Carbon Trade Exchange – which was finalised last week – has helped the Brumbies sign their sponsors. The chief executive of the Carbon Trade Exchange is Wayne Sharpe.
Sharpe was the founder of Bartercard and when Pocock committed to his new company, it boosted the Brumbies' negotiations with Bartercard.
Recruiting Pocock also helped the Brumbies sign Land Rover and at least two other sponsors.
This season the Brumbies boast the most lucrative playing strip in the club's history with $1.8million worth of sponsorship.
''It couldn't have been a better win-win-win with us, David, the Brumbies and Bartercard renewing their partnership with the Brumbies,'' Sharpe said.
''David is just one of those guys that has the guts to go and say [his views]. Others aren't willing to put it out there on the line, but that's what I like about him.
''He plays his environmental game like he plays his rugby game – in your face.''
Pocock's rugby ability launched him into the spotlight. But he uses his profile to help charities.
Pocock and wife Emma are passionate about rights for gay marriage and climate change is also on the list.
''Real action on issues as large as climate change and the care of our global environment needs to start now,'' Pocock said.