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Acer Aspire V Series: New AMD APUs and Other Upgradesby Jarred Walton on 5/3/2013 11:28 PM EST
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codedivine - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkThe AMD APUs might very well be Kabini instead of Richland? Wouldn't that make more sense in a netbook-ish form factor? Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkI'd bet cash money those AMD APUs are Kabini. Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkYou're probably right. I forget that AMD is releasing an updated lower power APU sometimes. Honestly, I hope it's not Kabini and instead is a low power Richland -- at least, that's my feeling unless Kabini ends up being far more impressive than I'm expecting. Doubling of Brazos performance would still be "too slow" in my book, though I suppose it can't possibly be worse than the Clovertrail tablets. :-p Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkI'd almost rather see Kabini than a low-power Richland. It's my understanding the low-power Trinity is so hamstrung that it pretty much fails at both of its jobs. Kabini is designed for this kind of work and might fare better. Reply
Cow86 - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkFrom what I read elsewhere Acer is actually going silly on this, and putting in Temash instead of Kabini...the A6-1450 to be exact. http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Acer-Aspire-Temas... for example listed it before. No idea why, I think Kabini would be a far better fit, but there ya go. Reply
frogger4 - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkWell, it's a netbook - just a very fancy looking and better-than-clovertrail netbook then! Reply
kirilmatt - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkTemash is better then most people think, at the same clock speed early benchmarks show it has the same power as an i3 ULV when both of them are at 1.4Ghz. Kabini and Temash both have "jaguar" cores. Personally I hope its kavari but I doubt it. Id prefer Temash over Kabini because of much better power efficiency. It only has a TDP of 5.9W vs 17W for Intel's ULV CPUs Reply
MadMan007 - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkThe way to think of Temash is as the replacement for the lower-end C series Ontario processors. They aren't *bad*, especially not for the time they came out, but that was a while ago now. The possible Intel versions might be Clovertrail, which wouldn't be very compelling, but I think BayTrail will outperform Temash in every way. Reply
kirilmatt - Sunday, May 05, 2013 - linkTemash doesn't replace the C series. Temash replaces the Z series tablet chips. Kabini replaces the C series. The Hondo Z-60 competes very well with clover trail with about equal CPU performance even when clover trail is clocked 80% higher and about 5x better iGPU performance. Temash should compete well with baytrail and will be released well before it. Temash will certainly beat it when it comes to graphics. Also Brazos is extremely successful for AMD, its their best selling CPUs ever. While they aren't powerful they are still very competitive in the low end market Reply
kirilmatt - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkWhy richland? Kavari would be so awesome but I don't think that's happening. Temash, which another article says is what this notebook will use is just as powerful CPU performance as a ULV i3, not too shabby! I'm hoping that AMD gets out ULV Kavari asap, that should be awesome! Reply
Wolfpup - Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - linkI've actually got a c50 that's about as slow as Brazos got, and it's...well, it runs full Windows 7 faster than these ARM chips run iOS or Android (and the drivers seem to work well). Considering the dirt cheap price, it's actually kind of impressive from a certain perspective (and I'd take it over Atom).
Surprised something like that hasn't been showing up in tablets (save for that one that I guess hasn't shipped yet). Reply
kirilmatt - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkI'm pretty sure it's temash, which will be a tablet chip. It has a TDP of 5.9W, has CPU performance of an Intel i3 ULV and GPU performance much better then Intel. Reply
Bob Todd - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkThat would be great, but I'll believe it when I see it. I've suffered with Brazos personally, and if this thing is closer to a regular generational improvement it won't be anywhere near ULV i3 performance. Hell a 1.4GHz ULV Sandy Bridge Celeron is a good ~50% faster than a 1.6GHz Bobcat (both dual core). Unless they have HUGE IPC improvements in the bag it's still going to be too slow even for a general computer use. Reply
MadMan007 - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkI'll believe it when I see it too, limited and very specific situations aside. By AMDs own statements, Kabini will only be about 20-25% faster than Zacate counting IPC and clockspeed gains. I have a hard time figuring out how that will be better than an i3, let alone how Temash will be better. Reply
kirilmatt - Sunday, May 05, 2013 - linkhttp://www.planet3dnow.de/cgi-bin/newspub/viewnews...
The link isn't in English but it shows cinebench scores for temash and all that. While I don't believe it will beat an i3 or anything like that it has a TDP more then 3x lower, its a full SOC and will have better GPU performance then an i3. 20-25% CPU performance increase is nothing small, Intel is only offering 5-10% for Haswell. In any case Kaveri will be competing with Intel's "Core" processors. AMD is not sitting still and I think that they will become very competitive again this year. Reply
MrSpadge - Sunday, May 05, 2013 - linkLarge percentage increases in performance are nothing if you start from a very slow basis. And Cinebench is perfectly multithreaded, which is the best-case scenario for Kabini/Temash quad cores. In single threaded performance it will probably still be a dog (although a slightly larger one), so the systems still won't feel fast. Reply
MadMan007 - Sunday, May 05, 2013 - link25% looks like it's spot-on from the results in Cinebench single-thread and accounting for core count in multi-thread. Maybe AMD's estimate was 'per core' although I'd be a little surprised if the marketing people didn't use an opportunity to skew things because of more cores ;) (Also, I think it's fair to look only at the 1.0GHz results because C-60 and C-70 have clockspeed boosting too...C-50 wasn't used in very many products.)
The power draw, more integrated SoC, and additional instructions are nice bonuses and if Temash actually shows up in tablets that would be great. As for 25% being 'good'...it is, but it should also be expected given how long ago Bobcat came out. Haswell might only be 5-10% over Ivy Bridge, but it's at least 20% over what Intel had at the time Bobcat came out. Reply
kirilmatt - Monday, May 06, 2013 - linkBut bobcat never competed against IB or SB. Really Intel still doesn't have anything that competes with brazos. Atom comes close but in laptops at a low price point Brazos is king. Temash is going to be put in tablets. AMD has already said stuff about having OEMs on board unlike Hondo. It's also getting released well before BayTrail. MrSpadge brazos is very competitive single core performance with atom. Hondo has a much higher IPC then clovertrail. It's only bulldozer/piledriver that have lower IPC then Intel Reply
madmilk - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - link4GB of DDR3 on a GT 750M... that's just idiotic. A 512MB GDDR5 version would probably be faster. Reply
SetiroN - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkIndeed. I'd rather have all that memory dedicated to the CPU; midrange+ notebooks with 4 if not even 2GB of system RAM need to die. Reply
Meaker10 - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkAcer NEVER uses gddr5. Reply
Anonymous Blowhard - Tuesday, May 07, 2013 - linkIncorrect, the TimelineU M5 had a GT640M LE with 1GB of GDDR5. Reply
frogger4 - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkSeriously - that's more than half the size of RAM of a GTX Titan, but slow as a turtle.
I have the 2GB DDR3 version of the 650M, which is disappointing - I would much prefer to have had the 1GB GDDR5 version. I suspect it may be marketing at work - 2GB something or other sells better than 1GB something or other. Reply
MrSpadge - Sunday, May 05, 2013 - linkYeah, it's really just "to have the bigger GBs". Reply
MrSpadge - Sunday, May 05, 2013 - linkAgreed - a GT740M with 1 GB GDDR5 would run circles around this. Reply
TINMANAT - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkso what's the value proposition? how much will they cost? Reply
SetiroN - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkRead the last sentence. Reply
lukarak - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkLook at the keyboard, especially the keys around the Enter key and the left shift. Compare the top two pictures which are international, and lower pictures, which have US layouts. Why can't they just produce two different chassis for the US and international versions so they don't have to pile up the keys like that. Reply
SetiroN - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkWho knew 14-15" touchscreens could add 150g? Is that sarcastic? :P Reply
JarredWalton - Sunday, May 05, 2013 - linkNo I'm serious. I would have thought the "touch" layer might add 50g or less, but I suppose it's far more than a thin layer -- maybe additional glass even? Reply
Tams80 - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkThese look very interesting. I'm holding out for Kaveri, but it's nice to see some AMD options. The Intel/Nvidia options aren't half bad either and the design while nothing to write home about isn't too bad. 1080p IPS is always welcome as well.
I suppose I could complain about the 16:9 aspect ratio and a lack of media keys, but I can't see either of those coming back (1920x1200 would make me buy one in an instant though).
Now, 14" or 15.6"? Hummm... Reply
kirilmatt - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkThe AMD ones will be much more power efficient from another article it will use temash. 5.9W TDP for temash and 17W for intel ULV Reply
MrSpadge - Sunday, May 05, 2013 - linkDon't mix up "power efficiency" and "power draw". Just comparing TDPs neglects the performance difference. Reply
kirilmatt - Monday, May 06, 2013 - linkI understand that, however Temash is only slightly slower then an intel i3 but is 3 times more power efficient. I'm pretty sure that's much better performance per watt as well as much lower power draw Reply
kirilmatt - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkI'm waiting for Kaveri too Reply
MadMan007 - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkI'd take a 14" Kabini with a 1080p screen and without a crippled DDR3 GPU (so 'APU' only) for ~$450. I'd also be willing to pay more for an i3 assuming Intel's graphics are competitive with the APUs, which I expect they will be. Reply
kyuu - Sunday, May 05, 2013 - linkAt the low-end, I'm pretty sure Intel absolutely won't be competitive with AMD's APU as far as graphics are concerned. The only arena I expect Haswell to compete with AMD's APUs in graphically is with the full-power chips. Reply
Alexvrb - Monday, May 06, 2013 - linkYeah especially the desktop GT3e models soldered to a board. Too bad you can't upgrade it without chucking the mainboard down the road.
Not that I am ready to move my desktop to integrated graphics any time soon, but I've upgraded my CPU once on just about every board I've owned. Except for a crappy socket 478 board with a non-HT Northwood in it. There was practically no upgrade path for that piece of garbage, certainly none that were cost effective even for a DIYer. Reply
kirilmatt - Monday, May 06, 2013 - linkIt might be somewhat competitive with Richland APUs but it most certainly will not be with Kaveri APUs. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkTypical Acer. DDR3 instead of GDDR5 even when it makes no sense to penny-pinch THAT much. Honestly, maybe Intel Iris really will be better for us all since (at least at first) it'll just be Iris Pro or it won't, no jerking people around.
Then again, I'm sure the OEM's will whine to Intel and eventually they took will get their own way to "trick" consumers. Reply
piroroadkill - Tuesday, May 07, 2013 - linkI'd love a goldilocks size - 13", 1600x900. I have a Sony Vaio Z, and the only laptops I can find that come close to replacing it like for like are Sony Vaio S. Reply


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Surat an-Naml, verse 15
We gave knowledge to David and Solomon who said, 'Praise be to Allah who has favored us over many of His slaves who are faithful.'
We gave knowledge to David and Solomon The Mahdi is from the lineage of the Prophet David (pbuh). He is called Messiah, the son of David, and in that time the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) establishes a world state. This is one of the world dominions mentioned in Surat an-Nur verse 55. The second one is the dominion of Dhul-Qarnayn (pbuh). The third and last one is that of Hazrat Mahdi (as). 'Praise be to Allah who has favored us over many of His slaves who are faithful.'
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Solomon was David's heir. He said, 'Mankind! we have been taught the speech of birds and we have been given everything. This is indeed clear favor.' Solomon was David's heir. Who is the heir to the Prophet Solomon (pbuh)? Hazrat Mahdi (as) because the dominion following that of the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) is his. Being the heir means that Almighty Allah will resume that power and reign with him. Sometimes it can thin down like thread but sometimes it can grow as big as the Earth. Now in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as) that thread will grow as big as the Earth insha'Allah because Islam has thinned down so much that it was about to break. But now it will cover the whole world insha'Allah. He said, 'Mankind! we have been taught the speech of birds There is no single explanation here. It means that the depth and details of everything will be learned in the End Times because it is very difficult to learn the language of birds. In the End Times such amazing incidents will take place. Secondly, there will be a great love for animals. Thirdly, there is a language of communication among animals; this will be solved. So in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as) the language of animals will be discovered. ...and we have been given everything.
Land, food, vehicles, speedy transportation, beauty, aesthetics, democracy, science. "All of the blessings in the world are granted to us in the best and highest- quality way possible." The same will happen in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as). The verse means the highest form of art, economy, aesthetics, cleanliness, quality, clothes, architecture and everything will be most superior because we understand that the best of everything is granted by Allah. "Solomon was David's heir. He said, 'Mankind! we have been taught the speech of birds and we have been given everything. This is indeed clear favor.'." It is a form of superiority openly seen in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as). It is not a hidden superiority. For example they say, "We are superior". You ask, "Where?" They say, "But we are secretly superior". But Allah says here, "Openly superior". Muslims are superior but what is openly superior? It means superior in every aspect. Superiority in politics, art, aesthetics, science and everything. This open superiority will take place in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Surat an-Naml, verse 17 Solomon's troops, made up of jinn and men and birds, were assembled for him, paraded in tight ranks.
Birds and jinn; so in the end times people will communicate the jinn and jinn will serve humanity. The jinn's education is not complete yet; Allah alone knows the truth. They will mature with the permission of Almighty Allah and they will gain wisdom. For instance people will ask, "Where is the Ark of the Prophet Solomon (pbuh)?" They will say, "Here". And we will find it very easily. We will say, "Where is this and that?" The jinn will tell us. We will find it very easily, with Allah's permission. This is what is meant. Now there is a secret service aspect among the jinn; meaning intelligence is secret because the jinn are unseen. So intelligence needs to be unseen also. It needs to be in an unseen system. If you pay attention, the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) was using birds for intelligence. It is understood that Hudhud is also a jinn because it is a creature open to faith and responsible with faith; so we can understand that it is a sort of jinn. It is understood from the verse that it is from the jinn as it is used for intelligence. We understand that one of the most important aspects of armies is intelligence. So we see that the power of intelligence in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be as strong as the power of intelligence was in the time of the Prophet Solomon (pbuh), meaning communications. We understand that the intelligence power of the time of the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) will rise to the highest level in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as). And we understand that the military is composed of several sections. For example there is land, air and sea. Air is of birds and the other is land; we understand this. And there is another form of intelligence; as there are jinn of the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) working in the sea, and these operate under the sea. Now there are submarines operating under the sea. People can go to the bottom of the sea with submarines. "Devils operate at the bottom of the sea and bring up ornamental objects and various materials from inside the sea." It is implied in the verse that there will be operations at sea, in the air and on land, and there will be intelligence operations, and there will be a perfect military system. We see this.
Surat an-Naml, verse 18
Then, when they reached the Valley of the Ants, an ant said, 'O, Ants! enter your dwellings so that Solomon and his troops do not crush you unwittingly.'
Ants also have a language. This has not been determined yet. We know that ants are very intelligent. We see that they have an amazing mind. We know that they have a very good communication system, but this also has not been solved yet. The Qur'an points out that science will solve this in this century. This is the last stop science will reach; so the last stop on this point is described as such. When this communication among ants is determined, another miracle of the Qur'an will be discovered. We see how compassionate the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) was to people and all beings. He never shed any blood. You know the saying "He would not hurt a fly" the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) was like that. He is that careful. He is so careful that he did not even crush any ants when traveling with his army. It is emphasized. A person would never want to step on an ant knowingly; he would have pity. The Prophet Solomon (pbuh) is like that. He is very compassionate. For example, the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) never shed any blood. He had a strong army but it was used as a deterrent. The Qur'an explains the military power of Hazrat Mahdi (as) in a hidden manner. Such things are always discussed in a hidden manner in the Qur'an. Allah reveals in the Qur'an that such wonders will be solved. The Qur'an reveals that there is a closed expression of wisdom but these will be inspired to people by Allah. It is openly explained in Surah Yusuf as well. We see that codes and secrets there will be understood by people, especially those that point to the system of the Mahdi, when the time comes.
Surat an-Naml, verse 19
He smiled, laughing at its words, and said, 'My Lord, keep me thankful for the blessing You have bestowed on me and on my parents, and keep me acting rightly, pleasing You, and admit me, by Your mercy, among Your slaves who are righteous.'
Being sincere, being among His sincere servants. What is it that a Muslim wants? To be among the sincere ones in the hereafter; to be among the sincere servants in this world. We see that the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) is a very sincere believer. He is not after pleasure. Always searching for the good pleasure of Allah and seeking to be with sincere and devout Muslims and with love for his mother and father, but real mothers and fathers who are Muslims and people of faith. Not friends or fathers and mothers who try to encourage him or her to disbelief or make him or her enemies with Muslims. Not mothers and fathers who direct their children to corruption and disbelief but mothers and fathers who direct their children to the truth. This is a sign of the Qur'an.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 1
Nun. By the Pen and what they write down!
So in the End Times writings and books will be very effective. There is a sign on that because at the time of our Prophet (saas) the Qur'an was not written down; it was memorized. So there was no written Book at the time of our Prophet (saas). The Qur'an was written down in book format later on. But here: Nun. By the Pen and what they write down! Actually in those times, verses were written on pieces of animal skin and bones. They were kept like that but it was not in a book format. "Nun." I think the letter "Nun" is a sign pointing to the system of the Mahdi. I think that the letter "nun" has a sign like that. Nun. By the Pen and what they write down! So in the End Times I think that Almighty Allah points to the importance of preaching and the Book in the End Times.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 2
By the blessing of your Lord, you are not mad.
Almighty Allah says, "You are not crazy". We understand from the verse that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be accused and slandered like this just like it was said about our Prophet (saas). Insha'Allah. By the blessing of your Lord, you are not mad. With His blessing, By the blessing of your Lord, you are not mad. You are not crazy.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 3
You will have a wage which never-fails.
You will constantly earn good deeds. You will always speak the word. You will spread the religion and pray, because you are always on the right path and you will earn good deeds. This openly talks about the Prophet (saas) but the verse also points to Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Surat al-Qalam, verse 4
Indeed you are truly vast in character.
You know that our Prophet (saas) had very high morals. He had the highest morals. When we consider that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will resemble the Prophet (saas), we understand that it points to Hazrat Mahdi (as) as well.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 5
So you will see and they will see
The fifth verse; it begins at the fifth and ends at the sixth. Five and six, meaning fifty-six. There are signs in verses also. There is a number here formed by consecutive numbers. In that sense our brothers can solve many things, insha'Allah. So you will see and they will see
So there is a conquest very near. It looks to the time of our Prophet (saas) and it is understood that there will be a conquest, a beauty for the benefit of Muslims in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Surat al-Qalam, verse 6
...which of you is mad.
So they will also claim that Hazrat Mahdi (as) and what he says is a corruption and that he has gone mad and lost his mind and lost his way.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 7
Your Lord knows best who is misguided from His Way and He knows best those who are guided.
Your Lord knows best who is misguided from His Way and He knows best those who are guided. Allah says, "He knows who the dajjal is better [then men do]." He knows best those who are guided. He says, "He knows better who the Mahdi is [then men do]." Mahdi means 'he who is guided'. Mahdi is also the one who guides and helps to be guided.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 8
So do not obey those who deny the truth.
So do not obey bigots, Darwinists, materialists. I am telling as it points to the End Times.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 9
They wish that you would conciliate them, then they too would be conciliating.
Now the Darwinists say, "There is Darwinism in the Qur'an." They say, "Come and we can agree with you." I said, "There is no Darwinism in the Qur'an." They say, "Let's agree about the PKK." They say that PKK will not do anything. I say that we cannot agree on that. They say that we could agree on communism. We say we cannot agree on that either.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 10
But do not obey any vile swearer of oaths,
Allah shows us who are the inferior ones. We understand from their attitudes and actions; they also know it. They are a group.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 11
Any backbiter, slander-monger,
"Any backbiter, slander-monger, " We look at the internet and Facebook; it says "Any backbiter, slander-monger," there is no "unflattering". There is no other subject; he always condemns and reproves. He does not see anything good; he does not pay compliments on anything. "...slander-monger" he gets news from one place and writes it down. He takes the news from elsewhere and then he brings it to you and takes it away to some place else. Right? He is on the Internet and phone all the time. He bandies about continuously.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 12
Impeder of good, evil aggressor,
"Impeder of good, evil aggressor," He is trying to stop the struggle against Darwinism. We are telling the word; he is trying to prevent that. We want the Islamic Union; they are trying to stop us. We herald the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and he is trying to prevent that. We are heralding the return of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) and he is trying to stop that. Look, "...impeder of good, evil aggressor," He is attacking with his words and articles. When we look at Facebook we see how aggressive they are. They are both anarchists and terrorists and very aggressive at the same time. Some of them come and attack the fossils and some attack bookstores as a result of their aggressiveness. Some attack soldiers and the police. "Impeder of good" He is displaying a character against the Qur'an. Some become Darwinist-materialists, some become sinners by following a completely different faith. Some say they believe the Qur'an but they make additions to the Qur'an. The bigots bring about false hadiths claiming them to be our Prophet (saas)'s hadiths and act against Allah's command. They thus become sinners because it is a great sin to change Allah's command.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 13
Gross, coarse and furthermore, despicable,
Allah says: "...coarse and furthermore," What does this mean? One who destroys things and acts like a bully. He goes and attacks Muslims. He attacks them because they praise Allah and display a fossil exhibition or distribute books. "Gross, coarse and furthermore, despicable," He uses a manner of speech that is very disrespectful and adverse. "...and furthermore" meaning one who has a criminal record and carries out bad conduct continuously . He has a criminal record so he is known for his conflicting behaviors. Muslims meet such people.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 14
Simply because he possesses wealth and sons.
Possessions and children have become the goal for most people in the End Times. For example we look at marriage programs; they all choose according to possessions. Possessions and children; it is all about that. If they have children and possessions, they get spoiled and forget about Allah. But their children will die and possessions will fade away. In the end neither his possessions nor children will be left. But they think that these things will make him eternal. In the verse it is revealed; "He thinks possessions and children will make him eternal". I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed satan. Simply because he possesses wealth and sons. Some Muslims are like this; their only aim is to get married, have children and live a prosperous life.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 15
When Our Signs are recited to him, he says,'Just myths of previous peoples!'
Now many irreligious people and atheists claim that. When they read the Qur'an, the commands of Allah, they say, "Just the myths of previous peoples". They say that these were taken from myths. They claim that the Qur'an is made up of many tales being brought together. The Torah? They say that the Torah is like that also, made up of nothing but myths.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 16
We will brand him on the snout!
Surat al-Qalam, verse 17
We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they swore that they would harvest in the morning.
So he says, "I will absolutely come in the evening. We will definitely do this. Nothing will happen". He gives an oath, "We will definitely do it".
Surat al-Qalam, verse 18
But did not say the redeeming words, 'If Allah wills'.
Allah says, "They were not saying 'insha'Allah'". They do not say, "If Allah wills ". He says that he will definitely come in the evening. We will do this, and tomorrow we will do that, we will be strong and we will have fun and we will have children. Some so-called religious people say, "These are the myths of previous people". They also do not believe in religion .
Surat al-Qalam, verse 19
So a visitation from your Lord came upon it while they slept
"While they slept" when sleeping; it may be sleeping in any way. A person's sleep. He can sleep in the evening at bed, or in a coma or he can pass out. Sleeping in any way of the sort. "So a visitation from your Lord came upon it while they slept" Disasters are on their way, trouble comes and surrounds him. It catches him there.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 20
And in the morning it was like burnt land stripped bare.
Allah says that He made it completely black. "Burnt and stripped". It was all black.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 21
In the morning they called out to one another,
Surat al-Qalam, verse 22
'Leave early for your land if you want to pick the fruit.'
Leave early and begin work. We will get results. In the morning everything will be over. We will have all sorts of blessings and means in the morning. We will reach our goals.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 23
So they set off, quietly saying to one another,
Surat al-Qalam, verse 24
"'Do not let any poor man into it today while you are there.'"
Look, they are also against the poor. While Islam protects the poor, neo-liberal capitalism is against the poor; they hate the poor. Many rich people hate to see poor people. When there are rich people, they show lots of love and attention. When they see poor people, they feel disturbed. The verse says, "'Do not let any poor man into it today while you are there.'" This is because they hate the poor.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 25-26-27
They left early, intent on carrying out their scheme. But when they saw it, they said, 'We must have lost our way. No, the truth is we are destitute!'
When they see the garden there, they are shocked. "We must have lost our way" They do not accept trouble. This is a characteristic of the unbelievers. They say "Nothing will happen to that, and nothing will happen to this." "We must have lost our way" He did not lose his way; it is true and you see it. It is open and in the clear. What does he say? " We must have lost our way". We are surprised; we are seeing it wrong probably. "No, the truth is we are destitute!'"
Surat al-Qalam, verse 28
The best of them said, 'Did I not say to you,"Why do you not glorify Allah?"'
A smart one. " The best of them said, 'Did I not say to you, "Why do you not glorify Allah?"' There is always someone gentle. Hazrat Khidr (as) walks among them and people do not realize it. A gentle someone appears as " ...a man who comes running", insha'Allah.
" The best of them said, 'Did I not say to you,"Why do you not glorify Allah?"" Should not you say, 'insha'Allah', 'masha'Allah'?
Surat al-Qalam, verse 29
They said, 'Glory be to our Lord! Truly we have been wrongdoers.'
But they say this after it is too late.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 30-31
They turned to face each other in mutual accusation. They said, 'Woe to us! We were indeed inordinate.
They tell this at last. This is also something good that they accept they are inordinate.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 32
Maybe our Lord will give us something better than it in exchange. We entreat our Lord.'
Because when one regrets something, that person should submit to Allah and ask for help from Allah. "We entreat our Lord."
Surat al-Qalam, verse 51
Those who are disbelievers all but strike you down with their evil looks when they hear the Reminder and say, 'He is quite mad.'
"Those who are disbelievers all but strike you down with their evil looks when they hear the Reminder". Bigots have evil looks. They cannot stand the Qur'an. Look what the verse says, I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed satan: "Those who are disbelievers all but strike you down with their evil looks when they hear the Reminder ". Darwinists and materialists do not like the Qur'an so much. They also do not like Muslims so much. Some of them are, of course, respectful. "...and say, He is quite mad " Look, they look with anger and hatred in their eyes. "...and say, He is quite mad " Because Hazrat Mahdi (as) defends the Qur'an, a majority of people will try to destroy him. They will look in an evil way to Hazrat Mahdi (as) and say " He is quite mad" We understand from the verse that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be accused of being mad.
Surat al-Qalam, verse 52
But it is nothing less than a Reminder to all the worlds.
Almighty Allah praises the Qur'an like this.
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Brad & Angelina don't agree on politics. OH SHIT!
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie apparently have heated discussions over Obama, according to Us Magazine:
"She's into education and rehabilitation and thinks Obama is all about welfare and handouts. She thinks Obama is really a socialist in disguise," adds the source.
"Angie isn't Republican, but she thinks Obama is all smoke and mirrors," the source says.
And those political views are putting her at odds with Brad Pitt, 45, who is a big fan of the president and even went solo to the 2008 election party in Chicago.
"They get in nasty arguments all the time about it," says the source. "She doesn't respect Brad when it comes to politics, but, in the end, this won't tear them apart."
TO: Editors Stuck Working This Week (Sorry!)
RE: Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
Hey, if you guys could make up a wacky story where Angelina Jolie inexplicably repeats Glenn Beck talking points while liberal Brad gets all offended, that would be tits.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Us Magazine


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Fitzgerald Fire Engine Museum
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
See all of Fitzgerald's fire equipment, dating back from the beginning of the department (1895), starting with a horse-drawn fire apparatus and the first gasoline engine, which was a 1915 American LaFrance. Watch the Fire Chief restore the actual engines on site. Tours given by on-duty firemen.
Tour hours: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. or by appointment.
Info & Amenities
Hours of Operation
Sunday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Monday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Tuesday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Wednesday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Thursday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Friday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Admission & Fees
Admission Free for a limited time
Facility Amenities
Free Parking, Guided Tours / Guide Available, Parking on Site, Public Restrooms
General Information
Family-friendly, Handicapped Accessible, Open Year 'Round
Group Amenities
Near Interstate Highway
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Santorum: Obama is ill-intentioned power grabber who undermines churches, promotes false fears
PHOENIX (AP) -- A surging Rick Santorum is making increasingly harsh remarks about President Barack Obama, questioning not just the president's competence but his motives and even his Christian values.
Mitt Romney also is sharpening his anti-Obama rhetoric. He said Tuesday the president governs with "a secular agenda" that hurts religious freedom. In general, however, the former Massachusetts governor has not seriously challenged Obama's motives, often saying the president is decent but inept.
But Santorum and Newt Gingrich have heightened their claims that Obama's intentions are not always benign, ahead of Wednesday's televised GOP presidential debate and next week's primaries in Michigan and Arizona.
Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who suddenly is threatening Romney in his native state of Michigan, says Obama cares only about power, not the "interests of people." He says "Obamacare," the health care overhaul Obama enacted, includes a "hidden message" about the president's disregard for impaired fetuses, which might be aborted.
Santorum even seemed to compare Obama to Adolf Hitler, although he denies trying to do so.
Administration officials: Treasury to release principles of corporate tax overhaul Wednesday
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration will propose lowering the current 35 percent corporate tax rate, while at the same time eliminating loopholes and subsidies and imposing a minimum tax on the overseas profits of American companies.
Administration officials said the Treasury Department on Wednesday will detail aspects of President Barack Obama's proposed overhaul of the corporate tax system, a plan he broadly outlined in his State of the Union speech last month.
The 35 percent nominal corporate tax rate is the highest in the world after Japan. But deductions, credits and exemptions allow many corporations to pay taxes at a much lower rate.
The administration plan is not likely to go as far as a House Republican proposal to lower the rate to 25 percent. But Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told a House committee last week that the administration wants to create more incentives for corporations to invest in the United States.
"We want to bring down the rate, and we think we can, to a level that's closer to the average of that of our major competitors," Geithner told the House Ways and Means Committee.
One more big case: High court adds affirmative action in college entry to election-year slate
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is setting an election-season review of racial preference in college admissions, agreeing Tuesday to consider new limits on the contentious issue of affirmative action programs.
A challenge from a white student who was denied admission to the University of Texas flagship campus will be the high court's first look at affirmative action in higher education since its 2003 decision endorsing the use of race as a factor.
This time around, a more conservative court could jettison that earlier ruling or at least limit when colleges may take account of race in admissions.
In a term already filled with health care, immigration and political redistricting, the justices won't hear the affirmative action case until the fall.
But the political calendar will still add drama. Arguments probably will take place in the final days of the presidential election campaign.
NYPD monitoring of websites of Muslim student groups sparks outrage at Yale, Rutgers
NEW YORK (AP) -- The mayor faced off with the president of Yale University on Tuesday over an effort by the city's police department to monitor Muslim student groups for any signs that their members harbored terrorist sympathies.
The Associated Press revealed over the weekend that in recent years the New York Police Department has kept close watch on Muslim student associations across the Northeast. The effort included daily tracking of student websites and blogs, monitoring who was speaking to the groups and sending an undercover officer on a whitewater rafting trip with students from the City College of New York.
Yale President Richard Levin was among a number of academics who condemned the effort in a statement Monday, while Rutgers University and leaders of student Muslim groups elsewhere called for investigations into the monitoring.
"I am writing to state, in the strongest possible terms, that police surveillance based on religion, nationality, or peacefully expressed political opinions is antithetical to the values of Yale, the academic community, and the United States," Levin wrote.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, speaking to reporters on Tuesday, dismissed those criticisms as baseless.
UN nuclear agency says Iran blocked attempts to probe alleged atomic arms work in Tehran talks
VIENNA (AP) -- The U.N. nuclear agency on Wednesday acknowledged its renewed failure in trying to probe suspicions that Tehran has worked secretly on atomic arms, in a statement issued shortly after an Iranian general warned of a pre-emptive strike against any nation that threatens Iran.
The double signs of defiance reflected continued Iranian determination not to bow to demands that it defuse suspicions about its nuclear activities despite rapidly growing international sanctions imposed over its refusal to signal it is ready to compromise.
With the International Atomic Energy Agency already failing to dent Iranian stonewalling in talks that ended just three weeks ago, hopes had been muted that the latest effort would be any more successful even before the IAEA issued its statement.
The fact that the communique was issued early Wednesday, shortly after midnight and just after the IAEA experts left Tehran, reflected the urgency the agency attached to telling its side of the story.
As the two-day IAEA visit was winding down, Iranian officials sought to cast it in a positive light, with foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast telling reporters that "cooperation with the agency continues and is at its best level."
11 children removed from Texas home after authorities find some restrained with harnesses
DAYTON, Texas (AP) -- Texas authorities said Tuesday they removed 11 children from a crowded home where a registered sex offender lives after they found eight confined in a small, dark bedroom with restraints tying some to their beds.
Along with the children, 10 adults were living in the one-story, 1,700-square-foot home in Dayton, about 30 miles northeast of Houston, Child Protective Services spokeswoman Gwen Carter said. One month after a raid on the house, authorities are still trying to determine how the children are related and why they were there, she said.
The children ranged in age from 5 months to 11 years. Three who were age 5 or older had not been enrolled in school, Carter said.
The children were removed after authorities found two 2-year-old children tied to a bed during a January visit to the home, according to a court document.
A legally blind, 5-year-old girl "was in a restraint on a filthy mattress, and appeared to be in a daze," the document said. One child had a black eye and knocked-out tooth.
Dozens killed in Syria as Red Cross calls for daily cease-fire to aid wounded and sick
BEIRUT (AP) -- Food and water are running dangerously low in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, with frantic cries for help from residents amid government shelling that pounded rebel strongholds and killed at least 30 people Tuesday, activists said.
Shells reportedly rained down on rebellious districts at a rate of 10 per minute at one point and the Red Cross called for a daily two-hour cease-fire so that it can deliver emergency aid to the wounded and sick.
"If they don't die in the shelling, they will die of hunger," activist and resident Omar Shaker told The Associated Press after hours of intense shelling concentrated on the rebel-held neighborhood of Baba Amr that the opposition has extolled as a symbol of their 11-month uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime.
Another 33 people were killed in northern Syria's mountainous Jabal al-Zawiya region when government forces raided a town in pursuit of regime opponents, raising Tuesday's overall death toll to 63, activists said. The Local Coordination Committees, an opposition group, said more than 100 were killed Tuesday, but the report could not immediately be confirmed by others.
Russia, one of Assad's remaining allies, urged the United Nations to send a special envoy to Syria to help coordinate security issues and delivery of humanitarian assistance.
New family of primitive, legless amphibians discovered in remote jungles of northeast India
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Since before the age of dinosaurs it has burrowed unbothered beneath the monsoon-soaked soils of remote northeast India -- unknown to science and mistaken by villagers as a deadly, miniature snake.
But this legless amphibian's time in obscurity has ended, thanks to an intrepid team of biologists led by University of Delhi professor Sathyabhama Das Biju. Over five years of digging through forest beds in the rain, the team has identified an entirely new family of amphibians -- called chikilidae -- endemic to the region but with ancient links to Africa.
Their discovery, published Wednesday in a journal of the Royal Society of London, gives yet more evidence that India is a hotbed of amphibian life with habitats worth protecting against the country's industry-heavy development agenda.
It also gives exciting new evidence in the study of prehistoric species migration, as well as evolutionary paths influenced by continental shift.
"This is a major hotspot of biological diversity, but one of the least explored," Biju said in an interview with The Associated Press. "We hope this new family will show the importance of funding research in the area. We need to know what we have, so we can know what to save."
Obama joins Mick Jagger, B.B. King, Keb Mo and more to belt out the blues in East Room concert
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The president just couldn't say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon Barack Obama was belting out the blues with the best of them.
The East Room of the White House was transformed into an intimate blues club on Tuesday night for a concert featuring blues all-stars of the past, present and future -- and the president himself.
The surprise performance by Obama came at the end of the playlist when the blues ensemble was singing "Sweet Home Chicago," the blues anthem of Obama's home town.
Buddy Guy prodded the president, saying he'd heard that the president sang part of an Al Green tune recently, and adding, "You gotta keep it up."
Then Jagger handed over the mic, and Obama seemed compelled to comply.
Family inherits man's remarkable comic book collection that is expected to net $2M at auction
DALLAS (AP) -- Michael Rorrer said his great aunt once mentioned having comic books she would one day give him and his brother, but it was a passing remark made when they were boys and still into superheroes.
Ruby Wright gave no indication at the time -- and she died last February, leaving it unclear -- that her late husband's comic collection contained some of the most prized issues ever published. The 345 comics were slated to sell at auction in New York on Wednesday, and were expected to fetch more than $2 million.
Rorrer, 31, of Oxnard, Calif., discovered his great uncle Billy Wright's comics neatly stacked in a basement closet while helping clear out his great aunt's Martinsville, Va., home a few months after her death. He said he thought they were cool but didn't realize until months later how valuable they were.
Rorrer, who works as an operator at a plant where oil is separated from water, said he was telling a co-worker about Captain America No. 2, a 1941 issue in which the hero bursts in on Adolf Hitler, when the co-worker mused that it would be something if he had Action Comics No. 1, in which Superman makes his first appearance.
"I went home and was looking through some of them and there it was," said Rorrer, who then began researching the collection's value in earnest.


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|Golf Course of Rhymes
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Explores the links between golf and poetry. By alumnus Leon White.
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Saturday, July 23rd at Chattooga Belle Farm in Long Creek, SC.
Three divisions. Pro, AM and Mixed.
First Round Format:
Only two of three players throw from each lie. The player's shot you take, does not throw on the next turn and whoever hits the putt doesn't get to tee off on the next hole.
Second Round Format:
Only one-player tees off each hole, the other two will play best shot from that point till the team holes out. Each player must throw the tee shot from 6 of the 18 holes. Those holes will be predetermined before the round begins.
Registration will be up soon. Pro Teams:$150 or $50 per player. AM & Mixed teams $75 per team or $25 per player.


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Learners who completed a 12-week Prince's Trust Team course with The Learning Curve in Trowbridge were recognised in an awards presentation at the Civic Centre last Wednesday.
The learners took part in a number of activities – a residential outdoor challenge week and a community project during which they fundraised and built a sensory garden at Larkrise School; gave learning support to people with learning difficulties at Home Farm Trust; took part in CV and interview coaching; and gained new qualifications in first aid at work and food hygiene.
The course, which is aimed at people aged 16 to 25, is supported by The Learning Curve for people not currently in education to get qualifications and help them find jobs.
Trowbridge mayor David Halik presented the awards. He said doing the course showed their "dedication, commitment and trust in each other" and that as some had already found jobs it showed the success of the programme.
Of the 11 who completed the course, five have found jobs, one has a new contract in the pipeline, two have interviews, one is about to start volunteering and two are doing further training.
Craig Enderby, team leader for the Prince's Trust, said: "Every one of them now has clear goals, confidence and motivation."
The next course in Trowbridge starts on May 12. Email firstname.lastname@example.com, contact 07720 599910 or 07702 848249.
Picture caption: Back from left; are Dan Pike, Anthony Cover, Louise Piper, Tom Newman, Seb Raubenheimer, Toby Alexander, Tina Treby and Jason Badz. Front are James Foster, Dan Thomson, Team Trowbridge leader Craig Enderby and assistant team leader Amy Schuring, Shane Parker and Luke Brimson


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Here is another update on DOPEY, also just about finished, working on backstitching.
Monday, August 24, 2009
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This announcement solicits applications for the Telehealth Resource Center Grant Program (TRCGP). The purpose of the TRCGP is to support the establishment and development of Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs). The TRCGP expects to create centers of excellence that expedite and customize the provision of telehealth technical assistance across the country, while at the same time working together to make available a wide range of expertise that might not be available in any one region. Telehealth centers have been used to establish and supplement SANE/SAFE programs in the past.
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I have this javascript function which I need somehow to be remembered by cookies.
function load(){
if (window.frames[0].document.getElementById('applications')){var n=str.replace("Login","Logout");document.getElementById('common').href='../css/common2.css';}}
I understand I need to set a flag in the cookie and when the page loads check that cookie for the state.
So, cookies script is :
function setCookie(c_name, value, exdays) {var exdate = new Date();if (exdays) exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + exdays);var c_value = escape(value) + ((exdays) ? '; expires=' + exdate.toUTCString() : '');document.cookie = c_name + "=" + c_value;}
function getCookie(name) {var re = new RegExp(name + "=([^;,]+)");var value = re.exec(document.cookie);return (value !== null) ? unescape(value[1]) : null;}I have problems setting the flag in the cookie and check for cookie state.
if (window.frames[0].document.getElementById('applications') && !getCookie('authentication')){var n=str.replace("Login","Logout");document.getElementById('common').href='../css/common2.css';setCookie('authentication','1',1);}
Well the cookies function will work properly.
Some issues I see that might be causing the problem are:
None of these questions would be needed if you can provide us with a test page that demonstrates the problem that you are having.
Unfortunately I must use iframe. My script checks if people are logged in iframe(hidden), if they are logged ''applications'' id is found. After that it changes some parent page elements, like css file and login in logout. All id exists. 'str' variable replaces string from parent page. The script works fine but it shows how the changes are taking place every time I refresh the page. So I need cookies to remember that and keep it that way 24h or until logout is pushed .
What is the trouble that you are having then in relation to the cookie?
Well, I need cookies to remember that the script has changed those parent elements and keep it that way everytime people load the page for any reason. Right now everytime I load the page its shows for 1 second how login switch to logout, etc. Imagine you login in this forum here and everytime you load the page it shows first login, and it changes in logout before your eyes. The same thing happent with menu bar which is more nasty.
For that reason I need a working cookie script. Right now cookies does not remember the changes ad takes place everytime I load the page which looks very bad because when page loads you see normal parent page first than it changes.
When people login, isn't it the server that should know whether a person is logged in or not? Because the normal thing to do is for the server itself to determine which of the login/logout is active at the time of loading.
Or to ask this in another way - how are you intending for cookies to help you with your problem?
Very good question. It's still on my mind since I had this issue. I didn't find the answer yet. That is why I need advice for this matter.
Well, short story long is that I have brought a php job software script which has a very ugly default theme. The design in build in Smarty which is very limited in terms of web design and hard to do it for my experience. So, I decide it to have my own HTML awesome design until I build some portofolio and I will afford to pay someone to create a new design for php script. So, I have to use one single iframe (php script) with job results/login/my account, and one to check login status (my problem).
From what I understand from you I need a server side script to do what I need .. ? I have no experience with this problems, I just brought one html template and modified search form to search in iframe and post results there. So maybe you can help me to do it right.
What I'm trying to do is to gain an understanding from you about the problem that is wanting to be solved.
Is the problem related to how some of the existing javascript code "shows how the changes are taking place every time I refresh the page" ?
If the scripting code is requesting information from the server and then using that information to change the login to logout - what is stopping the server from performing that check when the server originally delivers the page?
Alternatively, another solution is to use scripting to prevent login or logout from being shown, until it can be determined which one should be shown.
There are many potential solutions, and each has their own sets of pros and cons. The best solution is one that doesn't involve scripting at all - that's the most robust and stable solution, which is the one mentioned just above involving the server.
I have sent you PM with acces details.
One thought from my perspective is you could add a variable to localstorage that's checked when the user loads the page instead of a cookie. I always prefer localstorage to cookies but maybe I'm wrong. But it would only be a couple lines of code to set and retrieve. Localstorage works on my phones/tablets as well just fine.
And what will be the code for my case ?
Basic useage is:
var c_name = 'userjim'; //I just set this as an example to give it a value for the example
function setCookieReplacement (c_name, value) {
console.log("there's a value: "+ localStorage.c_name); //second time it runs this fires
} else {
localStorage.c_name = c_name;
setCookieReplacement (c_name, 'userbob');
Once it's assigned you can just reference localStorage.keyname
var mydiv= document.getElementById('application').innerHTML += localStorage.c_name; //userjim
I won't personally be able to investigate things until later on, but I am suspicious about the function being called load
Is the function actually being run during the onload event? That would explain why you're seeing that delay you're experiencing.
When you have time please check PM (Check strings.js for script where work is need it).
I have tried this cookies script too with no results(it uses jquery.cookie.js plugin) :
var eventsFired = ($.cookie('eventsFired') != null) ? $.cookie('eventsFired') : 0;
if (eventsFired == 0){
if (window.frames[0].document.getElementById('applications')){var str=document.getElementById("tst").innerHTML;var n=str.replace("Login","Delogare");document.getElementById("tst").innerHTML=n;document.getElementById('common').href='../jobler.base/site/css/commonlogout.css';document.getElementById('tst').title ='logout';document.getElementById('tst').href='logout';document.getElementById('prt').href='../profil/cont.html?refresh';eventsFired++;$.cookie('eventsFired', eventsFired);}}}
Also this for localstorage:
function load() { var eventsFired = localStorage.getItem('fired'); if (eventsFired != '1'){ if (window.frames[0].document.getElementById('applications')){var str=document.getElementById("tst").innerHTML;var n=str.replace("Login","Delogare");document.getElementById("tst").innerHTML=n;document.getElementById('common').href='../jobler.base/site/css/commonlogout.css';document.getElementById('tst').title ='logout';document.getElementById('tst').href='logout';document.getElementById('prt').href='../profil/cont.html?refresh';localStorage.setItem('fired', '1'); }}}
Yep, as I thought. You have an onload event that's being used to run your script.

Cookies are exactly the wrong solution for you.
Instead, you can use setTimeout to check for when the iframe is available, allowing you to run that function much sooner than when the onload event triggers.You should be able to do that by placing this script below the end of your load function.
function load() {
function onIframeReady() {
var iframe = $('#myiframe'),
if (iframe) {
el = $('body', iframe.contents());
if (el.length === 1) {
setTimeout(onIframeReady, 50);
Just make sure to remove the onload event from the existing iframe:
<iframe id="myiframe" style="display:none" [s]onload="load()"[/s] name="myiframe" src="../../data/system/applications/view/" width="100%" height="100%" scrolling="no" frameborder="0">
I did as you said. The code its in strings.js . Because I remove it onload="load()" from iframe, now it does not change the parent page elements when 'applications' id is found on iframe.
This is where being able to test on a local version would be highly useful, but that is not something that you have been able to provide.
I see that there is a correction to be made to the above code, where 'myiframe' should be '#myiframe' instead
var iframe = $('#myiframe'),
What I need is for local storage or cookies to remember changes and keep it that way every time page loads. You are right, onload="load()" was triggered every time iframe loaded, so I can remove that and use bellow script to delay 3 seconds the script execution. But after all I need to solve my particular problem by saving to local storage the changes.
How can I fix bellow script to save session on local storage and never trigger the script if was executed because it seems it didn't work.
setTimeout(function load() {
var eventsFired = localStorage.getItem('fired'); if (eventsFired != '1'){document.getElementById('common').href='../css/commonlogout.css';document.getElementById('tst').title ='logout';localStorage.setItem('fired', '1'); }}}, 3000);


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The NHLPA is expected to forward a 200-page counter offer to the NHL sometime today as hockey fans keep an eye on the proceedings and hope a new season is not far off.
The league has offered a 10-year CBA with a new hockey related revenue split of 50-50 and a $300 million make whole package.
The NHL wants a six-year maximum on contract lengths with a 10 per cent year-to-year variance.
The league forwarded a 300-page offer to the players last Thursday and there are numerous deal issues but the sticking points that players were talking about on Sunday centred around three major issues.
The league wants a salary cap of $60 million for the 2013-14 season with no cap on escrow. The players want a cap of $67.5 million and a limit on escrow.
The players also want a shorter deal or at least an option for an out at seven years. Contract term lengths are another issue for the players. They want longer terms of seven or eight years.
The NHL has asked the union to make a comprehensive counter-offer and not just to cherry pick a few items for discussion.
How the counter-offer is structured and what is in it will provide a road map for the next two weeks.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has stated the season must start by January 19th in order to complete a 48-game schedule, the smallest he is willing to allow. Training camps would need to begin on or around January 12th for that scenario. So if a deal isn't done prior to the 12th, the season could very well be lost.
If today's counter is close to what the league has proposed, there is potential for a quick resolution leading to a 52-game schedule to begin on January 12th.
Those four extra games could represent between $75 million and $100 million in player salary.
In the case of the counter-offer leaving a large gap between the two sides, bargaining will need to be done and time will elapse.
Bettman is in a tough spot. He wants a season but has some owners who believe he's already given too much. Union boss Don Fehr has shown little regard for the league's deadlines to this point and he has been able to extract more from the league than many expected.
Fehr must decide when the league's true deadline is and negotiate towards it. If January 11th is the day Bettman is prepared to cancel the season, Fehr needs to have a deal to take to his players at that point.
Most believe there is a deal to be made but the two sides are now jockeying over the crumbs.
Fehr has spent hundreds of millions of player dollars to get to this point, it's hard to imagine he will stop pushing with 10 days or so still left on the clock.
The danger for Fehr is in pushing too much and losing a deal. He's in a delicate place right now. He can't afford to lose the whole package in trying to get a few more goodies.
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This fall, Southern Corporate Packers planted 1,000 acres of pepper, cucumbers, squash and eggplant, up from 300 acres last year, said Brian Arrigo, president.
The growth follows a deal struck over the summer with Can-Am Pepper Co. LP in Madison, Wis., and Southern Corporate Packers' growing greenhouse pepper.
Can-Am plans to market Southern Corporate Packers' off grades for use in processing allowing Southern Corporate Packers to focus on fresh sales, Arrigo said.
"We are a stronger and bigger company with this partnership," he said. "We're aiming to be a full-service pepper house. This will allow us to take our largest and best quality product to the fresh market and increase our volume to provide year-round supplies."
Arrigo said Can-Am is one of the largest U.S. processing pepper companies.
In the greenhouse deal, Southern Corporate Packers plans to market 200,000 cartons of green, red, yellow and orange peppers from 10 acres of greenhouses southeast of Immokalee.
Owned and farmed by Daniel Samet of Pinnacle Lane Farms, the greenhouses were destroyed by Hurricane Wilma which struck south Florida in 2005.
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My due date is February 27th. We live in Virginia, while my entire family lives in Louisiana and DH's family is all in Minnesota/Iowa. So we have NO family out here with us. It makes life hard, but it also makes us appreciate the times we do get to spend with them.
I would love for my Mom and Dad to be here for the birth, since my Mom has always been in the delivery room with me (we lived in Louisiana for the births of my other kids). They both would be more than happy to come up and help watch DS (dear son) and DD (dear daughter) while we are in the hospital, but they really need to have a time planned out for work vacation purposes.
I decided to ask my OB/GYN about a scheduled induction because of this quandry. (Just as a backstory: I've been induced with both of my kids before - DS (dear son) because he was a week late, and DD (dear daughter) - at 39+ weeks - because the hospital was 45+min away and the dr. didn't want to risk me delivering on the interstate. So I'm no stranger to induction.) Her response?? "Oh, well, we won't even talk about it until you reach 39 weeks. When I check you at 39 weeks - if you make it that long - if you have a 'favorable' cervix, then maybe." WTF??! I'm sorry, but both my parents and I are looking for more than a DAY'S notice, considering they are the only guaranteed childcare we have.
Am I wrong to be upset about this? I mean, sure, I would love to have the option to go into spontaneous labor for the first time ever... but I'm trying to think practically about what I'm going to do with my older kids. Thank you if you made it all the way through this post.


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A science teacher told his after school class, "Whoever can get this egg into this smaller glass bottle will win no homework for a week! The rules are: the egg has to go into the bottle in one piece, and you can't break the bottle. You can also use anything in the science lab. So, do we have any volunteers?"
A boy raised his hand and the teacher pointed at him. The boy took the egg and looked around the science lab for the things he could use. He saw some writing paper, a pack of matches, some vinegar, a sink, and the glass bottle. By the end of the after school class, the boy had gotten the egg into the smaller bottle.
How did he do it?
Note that, without doing anything to the egg, the egg can't fit into the bottle.
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