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ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The Walmart Foundation and Goodwill have teamed up to provide single mothers with all the tools they need to find employment, succeed in the workplace and permanently support their families. The Walmart Foundation's grant of $2.5 million will support the program, known as Beyond Jobs, at Goodwill agencies in the five key markets of Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles County, Detroit, and New York City, through 2012.
In addition to job training and placement, the program also supports each woman's continued success by designing an individualized, holistic plan that outlines how they will retain their jobs, advance in their careers, and ensure long-term financial stability for themselves and their children, Goodwill said.
Each participant in the Beyond Jobs program receives a complete career assessment, individualized career planning, job skills training and assistance with job placement. Recognizing that landing a job is only one step on the road to success, Beyond Jobs also provides mothers with continued financial education, family strengthening services, early education and child care assistance, and connections to healthy food and nutrition initiatives.
"Now more than ever, we are looking for ways to provide opportunities for those who are out of work and facing tough times," said Margaret McKenna, president of the Walmart Foundation. "This grant to Goodwill will support single mothers across the country by assuring they have access to gaining the necessary skills for today's jobs. We are pleased to support this project because it gives single mothers the opportunity to continue to play a vital role in the work force while providing for themselves and their families."


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RANKINGS: Live chat | New 2012 | Story on R150
The last time Rivals.com ranked the class of 2012, its members had yet to play a single game of their junior seasons. Now nearing the end of their junior years, there's been plenty of change. Some guys have stalled, some have come out of nowhere and Rivals.com has had the opportunity to evaluate more prospects in different settings.
Here's a look at how the new Rivals150 for the class of 2012 breaks down by the numbers.
California is tops
There are prospects from 32 states, as well as players from Canada and New Zealand. When looking at the list, we try to count prospects from their home state, not just where they are going to high school. No state, though, produced more members of the 2012 Rivals150 than California.
By our count, the Golden State lands a whopping 16 prospects in the new rankings. Of those 16, the two highest-ranked are five-stars Brandon Ashley at No. 14 and Grant Jerrett, who checks in at 17. There are six four-stars and eight three-stars who call California home.
Led by five-stars Shaquille Goodwin and Robert Carter, Georgia is next on the list with 14 ranked players, tied with Texas. Of the Lone Star State's 14, an impressive 12 are ranked as at least four-star prospects. With 12 ranked prospects, Indiana is the only other state to produce a double-digit number of ranked players. Indiana boasts three five-stars, as well as two of the three highest four-stars in Gary Harris (26) and Kevin Ferrell (28). North Carolina (8), Michigan (7) and Florida (7) followed as the best states producing Rivals150 members.
Five-star climbers
There are a total of seven new five-star prospects. Making the biggest splash is Indiana native Mitch McGary who makes a meteoric rise from No. 92 to number No. 5 nationally. Devonta Pollard moves up 23 spots himself from 29th to sixth while Rodney Purvis debuts at No. 7 after re-classifying from the class of 2013.
Georgia big man Robert Carter jumps 17 spots from No. 33 to 16. Canadian Anthony Bennett makes the second-biggest five-star jump moving all the way from 91 to 22. Justin Anderson leaps 20 spots to 23rd while Torian Graham moves one spot to No. 25 and checked in as the final five-star.
The new four-stars
A total of 19 prospects make the jump from three-star prospect or unranked to four-star status.
Starting with the unranked, California big man Robert Upshaw makes the highest debut at No. 45 and Texan Danuel House is not far behind him at 49th. Connecticut point guard Kris Dunn enters the Rivals150 at 59th followed by Joel James (79), Darryl Milburn (88), Javontae Hawkins (92), Kareem Canty (93), Katin Reinhardt (97), Kenny Gaines (98), Mike Tobey (100), Darrick Wood (101) and Mike Hall, all entering the rankings as four-stars.
The players previously ranked as three-stars who moved up to four-star status were: Glenn Robinson III (118 to 50), Malik Morgan (126-81), Sam Dekker (133-82), Tyler Lewis (113-86), Nick Stauskas (106-89) and Prince Ibeh (123-103).

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Incredible Busts From Doctor Who, Star Trek, Hammer Films...
You can check out all of the great Titan Entertainment character busts in our SDCC gallery HERE.
A relative newcomer on the bust scene, Titan Entertainment has quickly established itself as a high end producer of detailed characters that look like they stepped right off of the screen. Thus far they've tackled three fan-favorite licenses in Star Trek The Original Series, Doctor Who/Torchwood, and Hammer Films. The Titan Entertainment booth at San Diego Comic-Con gave collectors plenty to look at from all three lines, and they were impressive indeed. On hand were:
Star Trek
- William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk
- Nichelle Nichols as Lieutenant Uhura
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Hammer Films
- Ingrid Pitt as Countess Dracula
- Christopher Lee as Count Dracula
- Peter Cushing as Van Helsing
Doctor Who / Torchwood
- Matt Smith as The Eleventh Doctor: "Victory of the Daleks" Variant
- Karen Gillan as Amy Pond Variant
- David Tennant as The Tenth Doctor: "Sound of Drums" Variant
- Jon Pertwee as The Third Doctor
- William Hartnell as The First Doctor
- John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness
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I am already neutered, housetrained, up to date with shots, good with kids, and good with dogs.
Bits, a Windham Chihuahua/Pomeranian dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Chihuahua/Pomeranian for sale in Windham, or seeking a Chihuahua/Pomeranian dog from a breeder in Windham.


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OK, it's time to end the name charade for the NRA. National Rifle Association? Call it what it is -- National Assault Weapons Association. NAWA, if you will.
Yeah, yeah, I know. The NRA only promotes "sport" hunting like gunning down deer prancing through the woods or the second amendment which guarantees the right to own a musket. And let's not forget, as an NRA member, the right to own a Republican congressman.
Anyway, this little Bushmaster .223 semi-automatic weapon was found at the scene of the latest school shooting tragedy. Not usually used for hunting Bambi. Or Bigfoot. And -- by the search of a web site I'd rather not give out -- pretty simple to obtain.
Two handguns found at the latest in America's ongoing tragedy linking mentally challenged individuals with serious weapons -- were a Sig Sauer and a Glock, two favorites of law enforcement.
I don't know what my point is here, other than I don't have the answer. I don't know who really does. Yes, banning assault weapons is a start. I don't know how you defend their ownership unless you got an E-vite to attend a Taliban reunion.
How about anyone applying for gun ownership needing to pass a mental competency test? Right now, it's harder to complete an application for PetCo. than get a gun. If you doubt me, go online and fill out the form.
Heck, maybe if gun sellers were held accountable for buyers going ballistic, they'd be a bit more wary of that "gee, he was such a quiet guy" who opens fire on a school yard. After all, you visit a bar, down a few too many and run over the mail man, some bartender's going to get sued.
Maybe it all goes back to Reagan's slashing the budget for half-way houses, sending psych patients into the cold like some zombie movie.
In any case, I'm sure the discussion will continue whether we need more metal detectors vs. mental detectors.
And our kids keep paying the price.
CARBON DATED ... What lobby has got to be more powerful than the NRA? Try whatever lobby reps carbon monoxide detectors. As you should know, it's now law each household must have one. But give a guess how many people die in the U.S. every year from carbon monoxide poisoning (not automobile related)? About 170, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Heck, each year, 75 people die in lawn mower accidents and 75,000 are injured, including 10,000 children. Yet, we're still allowed to mow our own lawns without restriction. Unless you're rich. Then someone else does it for you.
BARE CHUCKLES ... Here's some positive Vallejo news. Stand-up comic Myles Weber appeared on The Ricki Lake Show's "The Hottest Bachelors in America" episode last Thursday. Seems Myles and four others had to build a shelf "in a sexy way." Since Myles considers himself "the least handiest man in America," he removed his shirt. "My girlfriend insisted," he said. Coincidentally, millions of Americans bypassed dinner last Thursday.
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text: Ninety-six percent of the world's population lives outside the U.S. Yet only 1 percent of American businesses export their products and services. In countries like Germany and Japan, some 40 to 60 percent of GDP is in export. Still, our 1 percent translates to trillions of dollars coming into the U.S. economy, according to Randy Innis, chair, Nevada District Export … [Read more...]


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Nevada Donor Network (NDN) saw its second consecutive record-breaking year in "all apsects" of organ donation, according to a recent statement. NDN received donations from 104 organ donors, 373 tissue donors and 632 cornea donors - totaling a 96% increase compared to 2011. "These significant increases are a testament to the heroism of our courageous donors and their … [Read more...]
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Hundreds of Las Vegas residents are expected to attend Danny Vegas Live's Business and Consumer Expo, Business Exposed IV, on May 20, 2014 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Palace Station Hotel and Casino's newly remodeled Events Center. Kay Kolbo, director of promotions and special events for Danny Vegas Live, said the Expo will showcase an unusual "In-the-Round" design to foster … [Read more...]


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Darren Collison
Emeka Okafor
Mike Dunleavy
S&T Earl Watson
This may sound so one sided at first sight that you may have just gotten sick. But, Mike is an expiring contract, and Emeka has one of the longest contracts in the league. He is still young with room to grow, and in order for them to shed Emeka's contract, they need to give us Mr. Collison to make us want to do it. We then S&T Watson to have him backup CP3 (Or we can send some filler over there or whatever instead of Watson.)
I want Darren because he reminds me of young, good Jamaal Tinsley. And I love watching him play. And if you think that there is a 0% chance of him being traded, I'd be open to trading for Marcus Thornton and a 2nd instead of Collison.


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Evolution Hoax
A9 TV, 31 August 2011
There is a huge awakening going on in Islam everywhere in the world. May Allah further increase that, insha'Allah. It is going well. Progress is good, alhamdulillah, masha'Allah. People have become well able to recognize the fanatic and the true Muslim. They used to portray Islam as a bloody, repressive system. But they saw that they could not achieve. Because we staged a powerful intellectual counter-offensive. We have intellectually eliminated that idea. We told the truth in a very gentle way. We explained that Islam is a religion of affection, compassion and love. Why should Allah want to see people's blood being spilled? Why should He desire suffering? Why should He want freedoms to be eradicated? Why should He say that loving one another is an evil system? That is what bigotry used to say. But we have neutralized the bigots within their own system. The main thing is to break both the arms of the way of the dajjal [antichrist] during the intellectual struggle against it. Atheism and fanaticism. We have broken both. Almighty Allah says in one verse, "May both of Ahu Lahab's arms be broken." I have used knowledge to break both the hands of the way of the dajjal, insha'Allah. Both arms are now paralyzed, insha'Allah.
The last Suras are generally to do with the End Times. The final Suras of the Qur'an always refer to the Day of Reckoning and the End Times. Allah left them till the end. And so they are especially significant.
Surat al-Alaq, consists of 19 verses. It is about both the way of the dajjal and the way of the Mahdi. In other words, it tells us about the End Times, it particularly hints about them. Of course, the verse essentially describes events from the time of our Prophet (saas), but Allah does not tell us about past events just so we can know about them. The Qur'an does not usually relate events as stories. I mean, there are always events we will encounter in our own lives. It talks about them.
"Recite: In the Name of your Lord Who created,"
What is to be done against the way of the dajjal in the End Times? What must Muslims do? They must read and improve their learning and culture. They must have a wide general culture.
"[He] created man from clots of blood."
Allah immediately refers to the creation of man. We can see the importance of the intellectual struggle between Creationists and Darwinists here. Allah always speaks first of Creation in the Qur'an. He describes the importance of Creation.
"Recite: And your Lord is the Most Generous,"
Allah again stresses the importance of study.
"He Who taught [how to write] by the pen,"
When you write, you can write using a computer or a pen. Allah is referring to all kinds of writing. What did I do? I wrote more than 300 books. I have opened hundreds of web sites and a television channel, radio stations and newspapers. I preach Islam and the Qur'an everywhere, insha'Allah. "He Who taught [how to write] by the pen," Who taught it? Allah taught it. Did I write them? No. It was Allah Who wrote them. What was I? Just His instrument. Who created all things? Allah.
"[He] taught man what he did not know." So ignorance is a great problem. I now tell people things. Who tells them? I do. But Who causes me to talk? Allah. What am I? An instrument. Who is it Who teaches? Allah. "He taught man what he did not know." Who teaches? Allah teaches. That is why nobody is a true teacher or scholar. It is Allah Who teaches everything to everyone.
"No indeed! Truly man is unbridled"
This is a verse to which Bediüzzaman attached particular importance. Abjad [numerological] calculation gives the date of Darwin's death. The verse reading, "Truly man is unbridled." Verse 6.
"seeing himself as self-sufficient."
He regards himself as a scholar, as very great. People must not regard themselves as self-sufficient. They must criticize and see and admit their faults. They must not regard themselves as very mighty. They must know that all might lies with Allah. They must know that Allah has created all things. They must surrender themselves to Allah.
"Truly it is to your Lord that you will return."
Allah says we will be resurrected after death. "You will return to Allah," He is saying.
"Have you seen him who prevents?"
Who prevents what? Islamic Union. Who prevents it? The bigots, the way of the dajjal, the PKK terror organization, the alleged terror organization Ergenekon. They are preventing Islamic Union, Turkish-Islamic Union, the spread of Islamic moral values and the collapse of Darwinism. The way of the dajjal wants to prevent all that is good.
"a servant when he goes to pray?"
It will not allow people to read the Qur'an or to pray; it will oppose Islamic Union and hinder Turkish-Islamic Union. It will hinder everything.
"Do you think he is rightly guided?"
This verse refers to the way of the Mahdi. It means the way of the Mahdi will be hindered. They will try to prevent Islamic Union and to have Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) imprisoned and his followers stopped. That is the implicit meaning of the verse.
"Or commands heedfulness?"
What will Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) command? He will lay down heedfulness and reveal Allah's commandments and describe proper moral values and transmit Allah's commandments.
Some people who read the Qur'an somehow manage to twist it in a bigoted manner. Yet when we open the Qur'an we find a perfect structure that eases the heart, opens up the soul and reveals all the beauties of reason. But I see no such language, no such way of looking at the Qur'an in some people.
Surat al-A'raf, 196, 198, 199, 200, 204, 205, 188
"My Protector is Allah Who sent down the Book. He takes care of the righteous."
Now what do we see from the aspect regarding the End Times? Allah will protect Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) and their followers. Allah protects the Turkish nation, and it is He who prevents communism from reaching Turkey. It is Allah who prevents Turkey collapsing or being divided or falling apart. Turkey could have sunk or fallen apart thousands of times. But Allah protects the devout. We see that.
"If you call them to guidance, they do not hear."
I also call fanatics to the true path and the Qur'an, but they refuse to hear or understand.
"You see them looking at you, yet they do not see."
For example, people look at the television but they do not see, they cannot understand.
"Make allowances for people, command what is right, and turn away from the ignorant."
And what am I doing? I adopt the easy path and avoid making religion difficult. I follow the plain explication of the Qur'an.
"command what is right, and turn away from the ignorant."
If someone does not understand, we turn away from him.
"If an evil impulse from satan provokes you, seek refuge in Allah. He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing."
May Allah protect us from satan and his evil. Because satan has his influence. Allah says He will protect us from satan's influence when we pray. We seek shelter in Allah.
"When the Qur'an is recited listen to it and be quiet,"
Look, this is a terrible scourge; people not listening when the Qur'an is being read.
"so that hopefully you will gain mercy."
I go to mosques and the imam is there reading from the Qur'an. But they all talk over him. They gossip on their feet, buzzing like bees. But we should be silent when the Qur'an is being read.
Look, "listen to it" He says. "Listen to it and be quiet." But people do neither.
"Remember your Lord in yourself humbly and fearfully, without loudness of voice, morning and evening."With a profound fervor. "Remember your Lord in yourself humbly," that is how we should pray and remember Allah. Look, let me read it again, "morning and evening," what does that mean? At every time of day, from morning to evening, all the time. "…without loudness of voice, morning and evening," not shouting and screaming. "In yourself," alone, "fearfully…" Almighty Allah says your hair should stand on end. You must be totally concentrated, you must pray with such fervor and depth, and the fervor of that will make your hair stand on end, Allah says. And "humbly," with a beseeching kind of language, and "in yourself," you must pray to Allah from your heart, it must come from within you. "Do not be one of the unaware."
"Say: 'I possess no power to help or harm myself, except as Allah wills."Because Allah creates all things.
Fanatics are a huge threat. They have ruined Muslims. But I have neutralized them one by one. Alhamdulillah, Muslims have now become able to stand up and proudly say, "alhamdulillah, we are Muslims." Masha'Allah.
We are doing things the fanatics can never do, alhamdulillah. Can the fanatics do them? No. Can they go and preach to the American military? No. Can they go and preach in masonic lodges? No. Look, let me impart this good news. We have begun preaching in masonic lodges, alhamdulillah. We have reached places they can never reach. We are doing things they can never even talk about. The fanatic wants nothing to do with opposing Darwinism and materialism. Because Darwinism and materialism suit the fanatic. Its satanic aspect suits them. But we have comprehensively crushed Darwinism and materialism. The fanatic also lacks the intelligence. The fanatic lacks the intelligence, strength, foresight and reason with which to crush Darwinism and materialism. But the believer has a sharp intelligence, like a sword. By the will of Allah, he has the strength and means to thwart even the most cunning snares of unbelievers, insha'Allah.
Allah bestows a huge blessing on me by causing me to do things that fanatics never can. I use words that fanatics can never use; love, affection, peace. Do you ever hear a fanatic talk of peace? Or of eliminating armaments? Fanatics like bloodshed, stenches, shamefulness, corruption, backbiting, troubling the nation, putting people down, making them uneasy and inflicting pain and everything that spoils things for others. They make the religion difficult and confusing by spreading nonsense. But the way of the Mahdi does the exact opposite. And since I am an arm of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), his follower, I do very successful things. Allah smoothes my way, alhamdulillah, masha'Allah.
Surah Sad, 50-54, 56-57, 32
"Gardens of Eden, whose gates will be open to them,"Allah opens the gates of paradise for us, too.
"where they will recline," look. Sitting back and resting is a blessing for us. But why should it be a blessing in paradise? Because we have tasted pain in this world, we have always known fatigue, so we enjoy sitting back and feel uncomfortable if we have nothing to recline against. But reclining is a blessing. We will never forget that blessing for all time. So that desire will always be with us. We will always seek to recline and talk in paradise. Of course there are no needs in paradise, no fatigue. We can stand on our feet all day there with no trouble. You could stand on your feet for millions of years and never feel tired. But there is also the feeling of sitting back. We will know that sitting back is a blessing when we are in paradise. We learn that in this world.
"calling for plentiful fruit and drink;" We will drink the wine of paradise from lovely goblets, insha'Allah, clinking our glasses together. There will be no methyl alcohol or anything nasty like that in it. It tastes delightful, looks lovely and the goblets are exceedingly fine. The goblets of paradise are magnificent, insha'Allah. A sip of that, a little fruit, a little of the food of paradise… but there will be no feeling full right away, insha'Allah. Here, for instance, we set the table and start eating and feel full right away. But there, you can eat for hours or days or years and still not feel full. You can eat all the time, fruit, lovely lamb, chops, insha'Allah. There are all kinds of delicious food there, and rich tables laid out, but you never feel full. Allah creates the feeling of fullness deliberately, as a weakness, in this world, and so you feel replete. But we will see the originals of the blessings in this world when we are in paradise, insha'Allah. This place is like a small model or sample, intended to help us recognize the real thing. Fruit is intended for us to recognize real fruit. Real fruit is in paradise. When you eat a piece of fruit here you thing, "I wish these cherries were a bit sweeter. O can you find the grapes of your dreams down here? We never find the peaches we really would like to eat. But the real versions are in paradise, insha'Allah. Now look, we have eaten and drunk wine, the wine of paradise;
"and there will be dark-eyed maidens with them with eyes reserved for them alone."
As a great blessing, the greatest blessing in paradise. And look, "with eyes reserved for them alone." He says this as the main proof. It is a huge blessing, really effective, for a woman believer to look at her beloved, her husband, with passion. That has a huge impact on the heart and soul. It enfolds one's whole self. If she looks and loves truly, surrendering herself truly with great joy, if she looks at her lover with passion, then that has a tremendous impact. We will enjoy that blessing, in its full form, in paradise. Insha'Allah, our hearts will melt when our spouses look at us. We will literally melt with delight, our souls will melt. Let me put it that way, insha'Allah. Will we be jealous? Look, Allah has made it easy for us, "with eyes reserved for them alone," He says. That woman will not be stirred by anyone else. The woman will have eyes for her husband alone, her beloved alone. Allah creates her in that way. She can only know delight from him alone. No other person can move her in that way. She has eyes for her beloved alone. Allah has raised her in that way. Women learn that in this world. Even if she looks at someone she will remain unaffected. She will only be stirred by her husband. "Maidens"; that means that they are all young. It does not give an exact age, 33, but they are young. That is an ineffable youth. Whatever concept of youth we have in our minds, it is that. A completely lovely youthfulness. They are all young, the woman and her husband.
Old age is bestowed specially. It is a miracle. Allah creates line and wrinkles, first one, then another. He first creates 10 white hairs. Then 30. Then 60. Each hair follicle is given its own instruction. "Turn white," says Allah, and it turns white. "You turn white, too," He says. They turn snow white in increasing number. When Allah says, "All turn white," they all turn white. Every hair is under Allah's command. Which hair will fall out when? It is all under Allah's command. We talk about hairs, but think of the world in just one hair. For those in that world, hairs are like vast pillars. Or huge skyscrapers. The loss of one hair is like a skyscraper collapsing. It is relative.
"This is what you are promised on the Day of Reckoning. This is Our provision which will never run out,"Allah says.
There is no feeling of fullness, not when you eat things. You pluck some fruit from a branch, and then you look and it is still on the branch. You pick it and it grows back at once. That is an amazing state of affairs. But that is the normal way of things there. The original forms of apples, pears and oranges are all there. And Allah says, "there will be those you have never seen." "I will surprise you with things you have never tasted," says Almighty Allah. He does not say it in those words exactly, of course, but there are verses along those lines.
Allah says this of hell; "Hell, where they will roast.What an evil resting-place! This! So let them taste it – boiling water and scalding pus,"
People naturally avoid drinking boiling eater. It is a most painful thing to do. But Allah says He will create the most distressing things. For example, pus is one of the most disgusting things possible. It is something we find disgusting. We are unwilling even to see it. But Allah is saying, "I will create the things you dislike, that disgust you most, in hell." That is what this verse means.
"and other such torments."
There are also torments you are unaware of and do not know. Allah threatens us with hell so we will behave well. But no sincere, rational believer will go to hell. Allah even says in one verse that we could not even bear the sound of it. Not even the sound. But he says of believers that he will not allow them to feel the slightest fear or pain. They are far from hell, but there is still unease in their hearts. Allah says He will bestow only joy and happiness on believers. This is how they will live forever after death. But unbelievers will live eternal lives of constant suffering. Believers are happy for all eternity after death.
Almighty Allah speaks of the Prophet Solomon (pbuh). Fanatics should pay close heed.
"he [Solomon] said, 'I have put the love of good things above the remembrance of my Lord"
He says he loves good things. He loves wealth, gold, beautiful women and fine horses. He does not refer to people as things, of course, but I am giving the general sense of the sentence. The Prophet Solomon (pbuh) says he loves fine thrones and columns, lovely carpets and glorious palaces. "I love these," he says. "Do you know why I love them? Because of my love of Allah, I love them as manifestations of Allah, because I remember Allah."
Surah Sad, 32-34, 37
The Prophet Solomon (pbuh) says "When swift horses, champing at the bit,were displayed before him in the afternoon,"
There is a sign here, of course."Return them to me!'And he set about slashing through their shanks and necks."
This is a sign of love. Allah shows what a lovely thing love is there. And He cites an example in order to express love. Look, the words are very explicit.
"And he set about slashing through their shanks and necks.
We tested Solomon and placed a lifeless body on his throne."
There is also a secret here, which I shall explain later, insha'Allah.
Allah places satans at his command. At the Prophet Solomon's (pbuh) command.
"And the satans, every builder and diver,"
He commands them.
The Prophet Solomon (pbuh) is given a power. Allah provides an instrument for him in the carving of stone and the cutting of hard objects. We will examine this later, insha'Allah. For example, there is a worm eating at the Prophet Solomon's (pbuh) staff. We will also be seeing what that means, insha'Allah. It is like a laser. It is very sharp, like a laser – cutting through with light. And it cuts through stone like a razor. One can see this stone in Israel. It cannot be explained. Nobody can explain how it was cut. It is carved so finely you cannot even get a razor blade between the joins of the two stones. That is how accurately it is cut. Because it was not cut using hands and chisels. We will also be looking at these things, insha'Allah. Maybe it was something used by Hazrat Khidr (pbuh), we shall see. As you know, Hazrat Khidr (pbuh) was a master stonemason and made excellent buildings. What did he cut those stones with? With what the Prophet Solomon (pbuh) gave his builders? Nobody knows. We shall look at that, insha'Allah. But that is enough for now. There is even reference to an object hidden in a lead bowl. A body placed inside ears of wheat to preserve it, but hidden inside a bowl of lead. There is mention of a green stone. We will look at these, insha'Allah.
"Every builder"
In other words, Almighty Allah places stonemasons and architects at the Prophet Solomon's (pbuh) command. He will also place these stonemasons and master builders at Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh) command. I wonder if that refers to freemasons? Because freemasons all regard themselves as stonemasons, as you know. Insha'Allah.


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Last week I mentioned that because of end-of-the-year scheduling weirdness, I was doomed to write the first two Crops & Markets columns of the New Year.
I proposed a two-part Super Column on the theme of "How I tried to escape the produce industry while on vacation but wasn't allowed to."
Last week's column focused on my sons' and nephews' compulsive consumption of Cuties at my in-laws'. Part Deux takes us to my mother's house, where we also stayed over the break, and where the focus shifted to apples and avocados.
My mom is a Depression and Dust Bowl baby, and some of the habits she learned from her parents die hard.
She is the type of shopper who knows exactly how much yogurt, bread, orange juice and a hundred other things cost at Store A and Store B, and she will patronize both (and maybe an occasional Store C) accordingly.
When it comes to produce, she sticks mainly with the staples. Not too many Italian kiwifruit or organic microgreens.
It thus came as a bit of a shock when I noticed that every salad she served had avocado in it, and the fruit plates arrived at the table apple-free.
Because of cost, a monumental flip-flop had taken place in her brain. Avocados — for December in Lincoln, Neb., anyway — were a staple, and apples had joined the specialty/luxury/I won't be able to leave my grandkids anything if I splurge on them category.
Think of how strange this scenario would have been five, maybe even two, years ago.
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The 2012-13 apple market has been a tough one to get a handle on. Severe crop losses because of frost last spring in Michigan and New York raised the prospect of shippers hustling to fill orders, particularly in spring and summer 2013.
Then Washington growers got into their orchards and discovered they had a much bigger crop than they first thought — a record-breaker, in fact.
Apple marketers I've talked to in the New Year have focused on different things. Some in Washington, with huge volumes to move, are anxiously waiting for demand to return to pre-holiday levels. Running out of product is the last thing on their minds.
Others, however, mention how strong markets have been, and how happy retailers are about the dollar sales apple sales are generating in produce departments.
Throughout the season, shippers of other commodities have told me how their products are gaining more ad space than usual because of apple shortages in certain markets.
And clearly, there are some consumers, like the one I mentioned in Nebraska, who are shifting their produce dollars elsewhere at times, waiting for apple prices to come down a bit.
As for avocados, has there every been a better time in the history of the commodity to be a consumer?
Thanks to an enormous crop of high-quality fruit out of Mexico, some shippers aren't even sourcing from Chile this season. A large California crop will begin shipping in March.
Shippers aren't complaining. They're confident demand will keep pace with supplies, as it has for the last decade.
One shipper I talked to recently, Phil Henry, president of Escondido, Calif.-based Henry Avocado Corp., marveled at the latest industry trend he and other shippers have noticed: avocados for breakfast.
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Crazy things tend to happen on the final day of the regular season, and 2013 was no exception. After a disastrous season for the Marlins, few would have thought the good kind of crazy would have happened in Miami, though.
Marlins starter Henderson Alvarez finished nine no-hit innings against the Detroit Tigers, but walked back to the dugout after that 27th out (and 99 pitches) with the game still very much on the line because his offense hadn't scored, either.
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Then, the bottom of the ninth cranked up the crazy to another level.
With one out, Giancarlo Stanton and Logan Morrison delivered back-to-back singles, and then moved up to second and third with one out on a wild pitch. But Adeiny Hechavarria grounded out to shortstop Jhonny Peralta—Stanton didn't break for home on the slow chopper—and Chris Coghlan walked to bring up veteran pinch-hitter Greg Dobbs.
On the first pitch to Dobbs, Tigers reliever Luke Putkonen bounced a breaking ball that skipped past Brayan Pena and to the wall. Stanton raced home with the winning run, and Alvarez had the fifth no-hitter in Marlins history.
The other four were authored by Anibal Sanchez (who was in the Detroit dugout, ironically), A.J. Burnett, Kevin Brown and Al Leiter.
This wasn't exactly the Tigers' playoff lineup, of course. With nothing to be gained or lost as far as playoff seeding, manager Jim Leyland rested many of his regulars. Potential MVP Miguel Cabrera had the day off, as did Prince Fielder, Torii Hunter, Victor Martinez and Austin Jackson. Catcher Alex Avila came in to pinch-hit in the ninth.
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They painted themselves like clowns of anarchy and took to the web to spew threats and violent fantasies about gunning down police officers.
Jerad Miller was the one with the rap sheet, but in the end it was his wife, Amanda, who fired the final shots.
But for all the evidence they left behind, the killers' precise motives remain unclear, though police said they appear to have acted alone.
Kelley Fielder lived next door to the Millers in a small downtown apartment complex and considered them her "best friends." When they were forced out of their apartment, she let them crash in hers.
The best she could say Monday was she didn't know they were "that crazy."
Jerad, 31, and Amanda, 22, were loaded for a long fight when they left the apartment at 110 South Bruce St. early Sunday morning. Police said they told neighbors they planned to murder cops.
"He knew he wasn't going to survive that day," an official with knowledge of the investigation said of Jerad Miller. "Cops were going to die, and he was going to die."
The two Las Vegas police officers they chose, seemingly at random, had stopped for lunch at CiCi's Pizza restaurant in northeast Las Vegas, about four miles from the Millers' apartment.
After gunning down Alyn Beck, 41, and Igor Soldo, 31, the couple ran into the Wal-Mart across the street, killed a shopper who confronted them with his own gun, and then shot it out with officers before taking their own lives.
Security cameras at CiCi's and Wal-Mart captured almost everything. The recordings have not been made public.
The rampage started at about 11:22 a.m. and lasted less than half an hour. When it was over, police catalogued the small arsenal and survival gear the Millers carried in two bags: a shotgun and four handguns, including the two taken from Beck and Soldo, about 200 rounds of ammunition, knives, first aid supplies, camouflage clothing and military-issued rations the couple never got to eat.
At a news conference Monday, Metro officials filled in many of the details and clarified some initial reports. Contrary to what was said immediately after the attacks, for example, neither of the two officers nor Joseph Robert Wilcox, the Las Vegas man killed inside Wal-Mart, ever got off a shot. The only woman killed was Amanda Miller.
Assistant Sheriff Kevin McMahill said it all began when Jerad Miller walked into the pizza parlor and quickly left, returning moments later with Amanda in tow.
"They walked past our officers, who were eating lunch in one of the booths, and immediately upon passing them, Jerad Miller pulled a handgun out and shot officer Soldo one time in the back of his head," McMahill said.
Officer Beck tried to engage the couple, but was shot in the throat before he could pull a trigger, McMahill said. The Millers then shot him several times more.
The suspects pulled the officers from the booth and covered Beck with a Gadsen Flag, a yellow banner with a coiled snake above the words, "Don't Tread on Me," and threw a swastika on him. One of them then pinned a note to Soldo's body that "basically stated that this is the beginning of a revolution," McMahill said.
The exact contents of the note have not been made public by Metro.
Once the two entered the Wal-Mart, Jerad fired a single shot and repeated his call for revolution.
Wilcox, 31, was near the cash registers when he saw events unfolding. He was armed with gun of his own, and told a friend he was going to do something.
As he moved to confront Jerad Miller, Wilcox passed Amanda, not realizing the two were together. She slipped behind Wilcox and shot him at close range.
Within minutes more Metro officers arrived on the scene in response to 911 calls. McMahill said they initially blocked the back door with a patrol car. After Jerad Miller shot the door from the inside to open it, a five-officer team entered and exchanged gunfire with the couple.
The shooting raged in the store's automotive section, spilling oil and antifreeze onto the floor. The two were hiding behind items Jerad Miller had stacked around them for protection, but Amanda was hit by a bullet during the firefight, McMahill said.
Pinned down by police and blocked from all exits, Jerad layed down in front of Amanda, and she shot him several times. Then she shot herself in the head.
Jerad was seen moving, but died at the scene. Amanda showed signs of life and was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The Clark County coroner's office on Monday said that Beck and Soldo both died from multiple gunshot wounds. Wilcox and Jerad Miller died from gunshot wounds to the chest. Amanda Miller, whose name was not formally released, died from a gunshot wound to the head. Hers was the only death ruled suicide.
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie said he was proud of his officers for their quick response in the face of imminent danger, knowing that two of their own had already fallen.
"The families of the officers are dealing with the loss of their loved ones. And our police department family is trying to cope with the deaths as well," Gillespie said.
He called Wilcox's death "senseless."
"Joseph died attempting to protect others," he said.
The couple may have been planning a larger assault on an unidentified court building.
Police found documents the couple left behind in Fielder's apartment that included detailed plans to take over an unidentified courthouse and execute public officials. The file box full of documents, along with three empty rifle cases and an empty box for handcuffs, were confiscated by officers, who used an explosive charge to blow open an apartment door in the Millers' complex.
Reports of the killers' plans prompted officials at the Regional Justice Center to adopt "a heightened state of security," with added personnel and "other measures," said Court Information Officer Mary Ann Price. She declined to say more because "part of our preparedness is not giving out a lot of details."
Though the only known assailants are dead, valley police also have reacted with caution. Metro and Henderson police are both doubling up with two officers in each patrol car. Metro is also putting plain-clothes officers in uniform as a show of force and solidarity.
For the time being, there were will be 300 to 350 Metro officers on patrol, rather than the usual 150.
McMahill described Sunday's incident as "an isolated attack," but said they are still investigating possible ties to militia and hate groups.
Investigators initially interpreted the Millers' actions as indications of white supremacist ideology or association with a Nazi movement. On Monday police said the swastika and other paraphernalia instead reflected the couple's views that police are fascists and governments tyrannical.
As part of that investigation, Metro is looking at an April visit to Cliven Bundy's ranch near Bunkerville, where the Millers hoped to join a militia standoff with federal agents who were trying to remove the embattled cattleman's livestock from federal land.
On Facebook, Jerad Miller said the ranch was "under siege," and he hoped to help save Bundy and his family from "Federal Government slaughter."
Reno television station KRNV interviewed a camouflage-clad Miller near the ranch, and he said he didn't want violence but was prepared to respond if federal agents "come and bring violence to us."
Later, on his Google+ account, he posted that he and Amanda "sold everything" they had and quit their jobs to join the Bundys' fight, but they were shunned by the group because of his felony convictions.
"As far as I am concerned my government is a fascist enemy," he wrote. "My family has bled for this nation and our freedoms and I will not let their sacrifice go unanswered without my own sacrifice."
Cliven Bundy told the Review-Journal he didn't recognize the Millers from their pictures on television Monday, but "we do think they were here for a period of time."
"I definitely didn't have any association with them except maybe meeting them," he said by telephone, noting there were thousands of supporters at rallies held before and after the April 12 standoff.
"I didn't have anything to do with running them off the ranch," he said. "There are some indications the militia said they should leave, and there is some indication they had been talking radical-type things although I don't have any personal information on that."
He said he has twice contacted Metro since the shootings, including an email late Sunday offering condolences and promising to cooperate with the investigation in any way he can.
Jerad Dwain Miller had a lengthy criminal history dating back at least to 2000 that saw him in and out of jail on felony and misdemeanor charges in both Washington state and in his home state of Indiana.
In 2010 and 2007 he was convicted of drug dealing and possession charges related to marijuana.
Jerad Miller was arrested by Tippecanoe County, Ind., police on a battery charge in 2009 but later found not guilty.
In February 2011, he was arrested on a strangulation battery charge in Dearborn County, Ind., though the result of that case is unclear.
He married Amanda Woodruff in September 2012, according to court records in Lafayette, Ind.
Jerad Miller also was no stranger to police in Benton County, Wash. District Court records there show he was convicted of obstructing a public officer and DUI in August 2002. In April of that year he was found guilty of assault with intent to cause injury, and also had earlier convictions for third-degree malicious mischief, third-degree theft, harassment and taking a motor vehicle without permission.
An apparent relative of Jerad Miller with an address in Richland, Wash., did not answer calls Monday.
A man who answered the phone at the home of a relative in Lafayette, Ind., said "at this time there is no comment."
Amanda Miller does not appear to have a criminal record, but she may have been asking for one. In a post on her Facebook page from May 23, 2011, she wrote: "to the people in the world…your lucky i can't kill you now but remember one day one day i will get you because one day all hell will break lose and i'll be standing in the middle of it with a shot gun in one hand and a pistol in the other."
Someone who answered the phone at her family home in Lafayette quickly hung up on a reporter.
The Lafayette Journal & Courier interviewed a woman who lived across from the Millers prior to their move to Las Vegas in January.
Connie Kennedy said the first time she met Jerad Miller, he ranted about pollution and America turning communist.
"He was just weird, really weird," she told the newspaper.
In January the Millers were interviewed by federal law enforcement officers after they threatened to "shoot up" a Department of Motor Vehicles office in Indiana, according to a law enforcement official in Las Vegas.
In Las Vegas, the two were known to dress up as comic-book characters and pose with tourists for tips on Fremont Street. They can be seen in photos made up as the Joker and his girlfriend, Harley Quinn, from the Batman series. Jerad also recorded a rambling YouTube video dressed as the Joker.
Rambling and adamant was his style.
A bookstore owner said he had a run-in with the Millers just days before the murders when they came into his shop looking for the dystopian novel "Animal Farm."
Academy Fine Books owner Gary Frick said he got caught in a short but dramatic debate with Jerad.
Frick said the hot-headed 31-year-old covered everything from Bundy to the Declaration of Independence to the morality of pornography, guns and drugs in a span of less than 15 minutes. He kept misquoting things and incorrectly using words, Frick said, all the while sounding very sure of himself.
And he didn't like when the bookstore owner pushed back.
"He liked to argue, but he didn't want to be argued with," Frick said.
Amanda didn't want to argue either, and kept pulling on Jerad's arm, saying "Come on, come on, let's go."
When the pair finally left the shop — without "Animal Farm," which wasn't in stock — Jerad yelled over his shoulder multiple times, "You better re-read the Constitution, buddy!"
When Frick saw the news Sunday he immediately thought of the couple, and wasn't surprised when they were identified on Monday.
"He was exactly like his video rants show," Frick said.
Jerad Miller's Facebook page, peppered with several pro-gun rights posts, showed a growing distaste for government.
In early May, Jerad Miller posted a statement foreshadowing Sunday's attack:
"There is no greater cause to die for than liberty. To die for that cause is easy, to live for it is another matter. I will willingly die for liberty. Death, in a sense is freedom from tyranny. Death, is the easy way out. Most notably is the 'suicide by cop' routine. Yes, standing before despots is dangerous and most likely does not end well for you. I know this, my wife knows this. Soon they will come for us, because they don't like what we think, and what we say. They don't like the fact that we, simply will not submit to fascist rule. We don't have much, but we are willing to sacrifice everything…….for you, for your freedoms. Even if you wouldn't let us have ours. We know who we are and what we stand for, do you?"
On June 3, after Attorney General Eric Holder announced the creation of a domestic terrorism task force, Miller posted, "Well if you have been waiting for the thought police, here they are."
Jerad Miller's last post on the social media site, time-stamped at 4 a.m. Saturday reads: "The dawn of a new day. May all of our coming sacrifice be worth it."
Reporters Ben Botkin, Rachel Crosby, Keith Rogers, Colton Lochhead and Ricardo Torres contributed to this report. Contact reporter Mike Blasky at email@example.com. Follow @blasky on Twitter. Contact Contact Francis McCabe at firstname.lastname@example.com or 702-380-1039. Find him on Twitter: @fjmccabe.
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SAN DIEGO -- Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and left fielder Carlos Gonzalez, two star players currently on the disabled list, will visit with specialists in Colorado on Wednesday to discuss treatment options.
Tulowitzki hasn't played since July 19 because of a strained left hip flexor. But the club suspects there could be an issue with the labrum in the hip and has sent him to visit orthopedic surgeon Dr. Marc Philippon. It was Philippon who performed a hip procedure on center Ryan Kesler of the Anaheim Ducks, one of the National Hockey League's premier defensive forwards.
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The research, from The Ohio State University, indicates that Americans born between 1980 and 1984 carry an average of $5,689 more debt than their parents did at the same age and $8,156 more than their grandparents.
Not only do younger people owe more money, they are slow in paying it off, leaving them at risk of dying in debt. The study, which was published in the Economic Inquiry journal, concludes that the reason younger people are in over their heads is that credit is easier to obtain and debt has less of a stigma than it did in the past.
"It's not really surprising to me that the young people have more debt than their parents and grandparents," says Linda Sherry, director of national priorities at Consumer Action. "In their grandparents' day, revolving credit wasn't really available as it is today, and even in their parents' time, (credit) cards were not as available."
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When the Kindle Fire first arrived last September, it was in a class all its own. There were plenty of other 7-inch tablets running Android, but none of them were as successful. Sure, Amazon's tablet did most of the same things as competing offerings. Some of those things it did ably, some it did sloppily — but it did them all for $200, less than half the price of the cheapest iPad.
Amazon Kindle Fire HD
New physical design and updated user interface make for a more refined overall experience. Audio Whispersync and X-Ray for Books and Video make watching, listening and reading that much more enjoyable. Beautiful screen. Good speakers. HDMI out for mirroring on a TV. Battery lasts about 10 hours.
Silk browser still needs work. No quick app switching. No default camera app. E-mail, calendar and contacts feel like afterthoughts — the emphasis here is clearly on consuming content, playing games and reading books, not advanced productivity.
How We Rate
- 1/10A complete failure in every way
- 2/10Sad, really
- 3/10Serious flaws; proceed with caution
- 4/10Downsides outweigh upsides
- 5/10Recommended with reservations
- 6/10Solid with some issues
- 7/10Very good, but not quite great
- 8/10Excellent, with room to kvetch
- 9/10Nearly flawless
- 10/10Metaphysical perfection
It turns out "cheap" was quite the trump card, and despite its many quirks, the Fire was a huge smash. But things are different now, and other manufacturers have come out with devices that hit (or come close to) that magic price point. Most notably, there's Google's own Nexus 7, a consumer favorite that's set new expectations for how a $200 tablet should look and perform.
Competitive pressure is usually a good thing, and after using the newly updated 7-inch version of the Kindle Fire HD for close to a week, I can say that the changes Amazon has made in order to stay at the head of the budget tablet pack have produced a machine that's just plain better all around.
The changes Amazon has made in order to stay at the head of the budget tablet pack have produced a machine that's just plain better all around.
The Fire's user interface has been improved, and is now smoother and more polished. The hardware is more elegant, too, with a better screen, a smarter set of controls, and a redesigned shell that no longer looks like a BlackBerry PlayBook. Enhancements to the Kindle Fire's core functions — reading books and watching movies purchased from Amazon's vast content store — have make consuming media on the tablet more enjoyable than before.
The depth of the hardware improvements can't be overemphasized. The very first thing I noticed when I picked up the Fire HD was how the new rounded edges nestled into my hands more naturally than the chunky, square edges of the original Fire. While the screen is still 7 inches, the face of Fire HD is larger than that of its predecessor: it's 2 millimeters taller and 17 millimeters wider. But what the Fire HD has gained in 2-D real estate, it's lost in height and weight, measuring 1 millimeter slimmer and 18 grams lighter. That might not sound like a lot, but the device is noticeably lighter.
The original Fire oddly lacked external volume controls, so you had to tap through the menus just to raise or lower the sound. This super-annoying quirk has been corrected, and volume buttons now sit flush along the tablet's tapered edge, next to the sleep button. The old protruding sleep button is gone, too. It's now recessed, so it's much harder to accidentally press it by placing the tablet on a table or in a cradle while holding it in portrait mode. Goodbye, inadvertent sleeping.
The new display is much nicer, a 1,280 x 800 IPS panel with a pixel density of 216 ppi. When viewed next to the Nexus 7, the Kindle Fire HD's display is clearly crisper and has better contrast, though neither can compete with the latest iPad's Retina display. The Fire HD's display is also notable for its glare protection. It won't eliminate glare entirely, but it does have less glare than the iPad and Nexus 7, making it easier to use in less-than-optimal lighting situations.
Like the previous Kindle Fire, the HD model runs a version of Android that's been dressed up and customized by Amazon — though the Fire now runs Android 4.0 instead of stale old 2.3, and performs much better because of it.
Amazon has removed the "bookshelf" from the Kindle's interface, replacing it with a "favorites" drawer. You can access this personalized list of favorite items from within any app by tapping the star that resides near the home button. You can place whatever apps, albums, movies, websites (anything that appears in the main carousel) you want into the favorites drawer for quick access.
It's a welcome addition, but the Favorites drawer can't replace the power of a quick app switcher. If an item doesn't reside in the Favorites drawer, you need to return to the Home screen and scroll through all your installed items to access it. This is a pain for power users who have become accustomed to quickly switching between apps on other devices.
If you do have to navigate back and forth between apps, the process is much smoother than before. Flicks of the carousel and swipes of the menus are responsive and smooth as butter. All the herky-jerkiness of the original Fire's UI has been exterminated. The only times when I encountered stutters or system hangs was when I was launching the Silk browser by tapping on a link in some app or document. The tablet always seems to hesitate a moment before launching the browser.
The web browser is better than before, but it's still the place where the Kindle's weakness is most exposed.
The browser itself is better than before, but it's still the place where the Kindle's weakness is most exposed. Some sites lacks the smooth scrolling evident in the rest of the operating system. Amazon did add some fancy custom features, like the ability to strip ads, photos and other miscellaneous items out of articles — similar to the Reader feature Apple built into Mobile Safari to make reading web articles easier. Alas, the Kindle has no read-it-later feature; you'll need to pick an app for that. In all, the browser lacks the polish and smoothness I've grown used to on other devices, and it feels about 90 percent finished.
Likewise, the e-mail client, contacts manager and calendar are serviceable, but they all feel kind of not-quite-there. The e-mail app is as quick and snappy as the rest of the system, and it supports Exchange, so it takes only a few moments to set up a new account. However, the client doesn't support downloading inline images in e-mails to the device. Attached images will download just fine, and you can open them separately, but you can't download images that are inline.
And the e-mail client isn't the only thing that has a problem with images — the tablet has a front-facing camera, but it ships without a default camera app. As of press time, the only way to access the front-facing camera is to use Skype for Kindle Fire HD. By using Skype, I can confirm that the camera works, but I can't actually determine how well it captures pictures or video. I'm sure Instagram will appear in the Amazon App Store with support for this camera at some point, and we'll all be able to apply funky filters to our selfies.
Upon its unveiling, the Kindle Fire HD displayed "Special Offers" (ads) on the home screen, and there wasn't any way to get rid of them. After a wave of public outrage, Amazon reversed its stance and announced that for $15, users could opt out of the ads. Before that announcement, I actually used two of the on-screen special offers to save $10 on a couple of video and music downloads. It's smart of Amazon to give customers the option to opt out of seeing the ads, but I'll stick with them. Hey, I like deals on music, what can I say? Your cheapness my vary.
Of course, the ads are there to promote all the best stuff within Amazon's content ecosystem, the consumption of which is why the Kindle Fire HD exists in the first place. It also helps that this same ecosystem enables the Fire's best features.
X-Ray — the feature that brings up an index-like listing of information for whatever you're reading or watching — is outstanding, and especially helpful for novels with a plethora of characters. The new integration of IMDB data into the X-Ray for Video feature is also excellent. At any point, you can pause your movie and look at all the associated data about the actors, director, or whatever. It's interactive and fun, and totally in tune with how the ultra-connected among us already watch movies.
The new features Amazon has added to the e-book reading experience are also top-notch. Initially, I thought the Immersion Reading feature — a sort of "read along with me" trick that highlights text while the audio version of a book is read aloud — was just a cute gimmick I would tire of quickly. But after reading along to the text of "Bossypants" as Tina Fey spoke the same words to me through the speakers, I'm a believer. It's mesmerizing.
Better yet, the Audio Whispersync feature is flawless. I listened to a book for a while, stopped the audio, then opened the text version. The sentence where the audio left off appeared at the top of the page every single time.
Speaking of sound, the audio pumped out by the Kindle Fire HD sounded better than other tablets. The Dolby-tuned stereo speakers actually produce a clear stereo image, instead of the flat, tinny reproduction you get on other tablets with one speaker. Bass is negligible, and in a loud room, you're always going to be better off with headphones or an external speaker. (It has Bluetooth, so hello Jambox.) But in a pinch, it's a decent setup for listening to tunes or audiobooks.
Where do you store all those books and videos? Amazon's cloud, of course, though the Fire HD ships with 16GB of storage, which is more than you get on most tablets in this price range. (The Nexus 7 starts at 8GB for the same price.) You can double that storage for an extra $50.
Clearly satisfied with the success of last year's initial launch, it seems Amazon is now intent on building up the Kindle Fire HD to make it the most compelling and feature-rich tablet you can buy for $200. Purists will still prefer something like the Nexus 7, which has a better browser, extra goodies like GPS, and offers a more well-rounded experience. But if you're aligned with Amazon's vision, and especially if you've fully immersed yourself in the company's ecosystem — signing up for Prime, watching tons of streaming videos, reading stacks of books — you won't do better than this.
It's possible the 8.9-inch version of the Kindle Fire HD, which has a sharper screen and sells for $100 more, will be the smarter purchase. But we won't know for sure until it's released in November — and by then, we'll have new options from Microsoft, and possibly Apple, to consider as well. However, even as other compelling tablets swoop into the spotlight over the next few months, the Kindle Fire HD will still be a great piece of hardware at a great price.
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Dallas Zale Corp. said Tuesday that it will close 60 stores in the next 90 days, joining a growing list of retailers announcing post-holiday store consolidations.
Without identifying the stores, chief administrative officer Rodney Carterc said the chain plans to close 60 unprofitable Zales, Gordon's and Piercing Pagoda locations and "several dozen more" later this year.
Zale also is cutting its capital spending to $85 million this year from a planned $100 million, he told the Cowen & Co. annual consumer conference in New York City.
In another announcement, Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. said Tuesday it will close 12 stores and two service centers, cutting operating costs amid a slowdown in the housing market. Meanwhile, Liz Claiborne Inc. said last week that it is shuttering its 54-store Sigrid Olsen chain.
On Jan. 4, Talbots Inc. said it is closing 66 Talbots Kids and 12 Talbots Men's stores. And on the same day, Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. said it is shuttering the remaining 154 stores in its demo chain.
Macy's Inc. also recently announced that it was closing nine additional stores, including one in Dallas at Valley View Center. Some analysts predict the retailer will announce more closings.


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*In a one-week trip, a typical cruise ship generates about 210,000 gallons of sewage. This sewage is routinely dumped overboard in the ocean.
*The Internatinal Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) permits the discharge of sewage beyond twelve miles; treated sewage may be discharged beyond four miles. However, these regulations are not in effect because it has yet to be ratified by 50% of the world tonnage--to date it has been ratified by 75 states constituting 43% of world tonnage. MARPOL also regulates disposal of garbage. With the exception of plastics, food wastes and all other garbage may be discharged twelve miles from shore. If the food waste and garbage is ground and can pass through a 25mm screen, it may be discharged three miles from shore.
*The cruise industry has a consistent record of negative impacts on the health and safety of the water, air, and marine life in their traffic lanes and ports of call, with 490 safety and environmental violations between 1993 and 1998, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, and dozens of confirmed cases of illegal discharges from 1993-2001, resulting in approximately $50 million in criminal penalties. These illegal discharges ranged from plastic bags of garbage, raw sewage (black water), grey water, oily bilge water, and hazardous waste including dry cleaning fluids, photographic chemicals, and solvents. As a matter of policy and without regulation, cruise ships also routinely dump ballast water, along with thousands of non-native species, into local ports of call.
So what's my point? Cruising is great, but it must be done responsibly in order to preserve this home we call Earth. Cruise lines must be held accountable by the people who enjoy their services. A group is forming to do just that. The group is called Cruise Line passengers for Environmental Accountability Now (CLEAN), and you are invited to join. Just send me an email at
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Marven E. CachelinJun 13, 2012 Staff
Marven E. Cachelin, 63, died Saturday, June 9, 2012, at the Lander Regional Hospital following a battle with cancer.
Memorial services are at 11 a.m. Friday, June 15, at Hudson's Funeral Home in Lander, with a viewing preceding at 10 a.m. Interment follows at Mount Hope Cemetery in Lander.
A reception for family and friends will follow at 1 p.m. Friday in the Monarch Room of the Pronghorn Lodge.
Marven Eugene Cachelin was born to Urban Edward Cachelin and Bernetta Genieve (Nelson) Cachelin on March 7, 1949, in Omaha, Neb. He moved with his family to Ethete during his elementary school years.
He was a graduate of Lander Valley High School in 1968. During his senior year of high school, he was shot in a hunting accident and was cared for at Bishop Randall Hospital.
During his life in Fremont County he lived in Ethete, Pavillion, Kinnear and Lander.
He married Pauline Beatrice Lopez on March 12, 1970, at the Nazarene Church in Lander.
Mr. Machelin worked in the oil and gas industry for 44 years and as a rig manager for Unit Drilling Company for the past six years.
Mr. Cachelin is survived by his wife, Pauline Cachelin; his two sons, Michael and his wife Morgan of Green River, and Thomas and his wife Janelle of Lititz, Pa.; his mother, Bernetta Goodrich of Lander; sister Cindy Deshaw of Lander; brother Terry Cachelin and his wife Kathy of Lander; sister Linda Sutherland and husband Steve of Thermopolis; brother David Cachelin of Canada; sister Karen Good and husband David of Lander; four grandchildren, Megan, Carsen, Benjamin and Madelyn.
He was preceded in death by his father Urban.
The online guest book is available at www.HudsonsFuneralHome.com.


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Ether One July Update
Hey everyone!
It's been a while since we last did a large update regarding Ether One and White Paper Games, and for that we apologise greatly.
There has been so much going on since we got back from Rezzed with people talking about Ether One, including some interviews with the White Paper team and articles!
First up! There have been a few previews of Ether One that talked in detail about the demo that was shown at Rezzed.
The article over at Indie Statik by Chris Priestman said…
"Ether One wants you to take it slow. It's the "buy me dinner before ramming your tongue down my throat" of first-person experiences in games, and when you do take the time to consider its form, it won't hesitate to jump into your mind and reward your contemplative patience just as you're getting snuggled up to it."
A fine opening statement for any preview – check it out over at Indie Statik and give it a read!
Another preview of the demo can be found on PC Gamer by Tom Hatfield. Here is a quote…
"Playing Ether One has left me with more questions than when I started, but they're the good kind of questions. I don't doubt it's possible to make a first person story without violence, I just want to know how it's all going to end."
The article is excellent and well worth a read so made sure to check it out.
Secondly we have also been doing some great interviews with great peeps such as The Killer Bits and Prescription Pixel where we talk about Ether One as they play the game, letting us know their thoughts.
Here's the Killer Bits video – plenty of in-game footage here.
…and here is the Prescription Pixel video which is also well worth a watch.
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Finally we have also decided to release a couple more screenshots of the game for you guys to see/ download. So please enjoy!
We will also be throwing out tid bits of info now and then starting with a two part Rezzed dev diary that should be coming very soon.
Thanks for catching up and we will post soon!
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The Eee PC Digital Picture Frame
I just can't help myself. It all started way back in 2002 with The Swedish Chef, followed in 2005 by the (still) popular Project Bling: the desire to create the ultimate digital picture frame.
So here it is, the third (and hopefully last) instalment: The Eee PC Digital Picture Frame aka The Eee PF.
I've divided it up in four sections, for easy digesting ;) All pictures can be enlarged, and the complete set of pictures can be found in the gallery.
Part 1: Disassembling the Eee PC
Part 2: Mounting the LCD
Part 3: Building the frame
Part 4: Finishing touches
Part 1: Disassembling the Eee PC
It starts off with an Asus Eee PC 701 2G, which is perfectly small, yet cheap enough to destroy in the name of science.
Push the three tabs at the top of the keyboard in and lift the keyboard up to reveal the keyboard connector at the bottom of the keyboard. Using a small flat screwdriver, push the two locks open and remove the keyboard completely. Next to the keyboard connector is the touchpad connector which should be disconnected as well.
With the keyboard removed, the bottom half of the case is next. Remove the nine screws as indicated in the pictures. Turn the Eee PC over and remove the six remaining screws. For good measure, also remove the battery by sliding the two latches outwards, and slide the battery out. Flip the Mini over again and open the lid again. Using a plastic wedge (or your finger nails if you have them), pry the case open using some gentle force along the sides. Be patient at this point as the plastic latches inside the case, are fragile and will snap if you exercise too much force.
Now we just need to remove the motherboard. Disconnect the speaker and display connectors. There are two latches holding it in place, located at the bottom edge of the PCB. Lift the motherboard up at the right hand side and then pull it out up and sideways.
Time to separate the LCD from the bezel. Six screws are hidden underneath the plastic covers which are stickied in place. Use a plastic wedge along the side of the bezel but be very careful, it is very fragile. Take your time and be gentle. Just four screws and four sticky metal tape strips to remove before you can lift the LCD clean out.
Voilà, the Eee PC naked! Now we are ready for some serious modding ;)
Part 2: Mounting the LCD
Whatever you do, make sure you buy a frame and mount which have a high WAF since it needs to live in the living room. You don't want to find yourself building something like this and then SWMBO tossing it in the bin because is clashes with the design ;) Take the mount and measure the dimensions of the LCD and frame and carefully cut it to size. As usual; measure twice, cut once :)
The LCD driver board sits neatly underneath the LCD, but when you mount the display into the frame, it doesn't fit. Cutting away a bit of the frame allows it to be sunken into it and sit flush with the frame. Some double sided tape holds the mount in place.
On to the motherboard. This needs to be mounted with enough clearance above the LCD so that heat can escape and to do this I made my own spacers using normal motherboard spacers which I had plenty of from my PC building days. The screw holes on the Eee PC are tiny, so cut away at the top of the spacers to make them small enough to fit. Looks rather neat, eh?
Part 3: Building the frame
Before we create the frame, we need to think about an alternative heat sink. Normally, the bottom of the keyboard would dissipate the heat, so after doing some testing, I settled on an Akasa Southbridge cooler and some tiny Maplin heat sinks. Tests showed that the temps remained nicely around the 50ºC mark, which will rise to about 65ºC once the back cover will be on. Well within the limits :)
Using some 4mm Pine Stripwood cut to length, mark out all the ports and crevices that need to be carefully removed from the frame to allow access once everything is closed up again.
Here's a quick mock up of how it all will fit together once we've painted the frame and glued it to the photo frame's back.
Because the power switch would be covered up when the back is glued on, we need to move the switch's function to somewhere more convenient. Reading this blog post over at Infinity Squared on an external power switch, I decided to go for the smallest I could find at Maplin. My soldering is definitely not the best, so a bit of heat shrink camouflages most of it ;)
I also wanted to have some sort of visual indication that the frame is on or off (other than the tell-tale display ;)). But how to get the minuscule surface mounted LEDs displayed through the frame? I had seen something previously, where light was transported using a small transparent acrylic tube. And when I was killing some time wandering around my local Tesco, I found my 48p answer… translucent golf markers! Remove the heads, drill a few holes and Bob is a relative.
Almost there. Using some left over black paint, paint all the sides and make sure that once assembled, all the small blemishes are hidden. Well, most of them ;)
Ready for assembly! Some glue, some patience and some skilful balancing of weighty items on top of the corners and all that is left to do is add the back cover.
Part 4: Finishing touches
A sheet of hardboard has been cut to be the approximate size and then using patience and lots of sanding made to fit exactly. The space at the bottom of the frame is perfect for the speakers, so using a small drill, create lots of small holes where the sound can penetrate through. It won't be high fidelity, but it's good enough for announcements. At the top of the frame, the microphone has been mounted, so we may be able to support voice commands in the future! A quick lick of paint finishes it off.
We're re-using the stand from the picture frame, but instead of hammering it in the backboard, we have to glue it. I've used Araldite, which should create a long lasting strong bond.
And that is it! I'm quite pleased with the result, and even SWMBO commented on how nicely it looks in the living room… result!
As a final note, I haven't mentioned at all what software the frame is running, so before you bombard me with questions, I better list them here ;)
The OS is a standard Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop, with /usr compressed with squashfs/unionfs so it can fit on the 2GB SSD. After booting, it starts Firefox on my homepage, a PHP/Ajax/MySQL slideshow script which displays the pictures, weather and clock. The mousepointer is hidden using a small utility called Unclutter and the display is automatically switched off at night using
sudo vbetool dpms off and switched on again in the morning using
sudo vbetool dpms on. It's still all a bit rough round the edges, but for now it works :)


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Yes, she looked great. Very brave of her to get in a ring full of hardbody divas. Except for AJ - she has the body of a 12 year old boy
I never liked soccer, I'm more of just Baseball, football, and Basketball.
And the request went through as you're now on my friends list. You should be honored.
Haha, it's cool bro. Try sending me a friend request and it'll probably force you to accept mine.
If you get the time, you should hang around the sports section a little more, I try to post as much NFL as I can in there, so it'd be cool to see another NFL fan around.
Haha, I do love the Punk and Jericho feud, probably a lot better than the Manning and Brady feud.
I'm a Steeler fan myself, I do remember when we played the Chiefs and actually almost lost.... oh that would've been embarrassing.
Well I try
After 3 neck surgeries, even if he does play the full season, he won't do that well. Manning's always been know as a choker, so if they do make the playoffs, I guarantee they won't be in the Super Bowl.
If it makes you feel any better, I think Peyton is going to play terrible this year.
Referring to your sig: *pats on shoulder*
hi why did wwe cancel wwe no way out
This sounds like a trip worth having. I'm not to far away I'm in Ohio. Sounds like good times. If I get a chance to go down there I'll let you know. But be forewarned, I have Irish blood in me and can drink like a fish. Funny thing is I don't have the Irish temper, I'm not a mean drunk at all. I see no point in ruining the buzz you worked hard to get. Some people just shouldn't drink. I earned my doctorate in drinking a long long time ago.
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Brooklyn ice cream shop, bakery, specialty goods store, and general emporium of twee L'Albero dei Gelati makes pricey but delicious ice cream and sorbet. This we know. So it shouldn't come as too great a surprise that their vegan-friendly dairy-free gelato is some of the best New York has to offer.
L'Albero's almond milk gelati come in nutty flavors—right now almond and hazelnut—and are made with little more than full-fat almond milk, a nut base for flavoring, and fructose for sweetness. The scoops are a more cold and less fatty than the dairy-based gelato, so they feel firmer to the teeth and melt faster on the tongue. But they're still impressively creamy, way more gelato than sorbet, and the hazelnut flavor in our scoop come through loud and clear. Nut-intensive ice cream like this doesn't come cheap, but L'Albero doesn't take shortcuts either.
On the dairy side of the freezer case you'll find a slightly savory pumpkin ice cream with sweet nuggets of candied chestnuts. It's refreshingly subtle compared to other pumpkin ice creams, more squash than pie, and those candies add cheerful contrast. Get it while the cool weather is still here, as flavors rotate frequently and spring ice creams are just on the horizon.
At $5.15 for a small, L'Albero's ice cream is among the city's priciest, but its flavors don't disappoint.
About the author: Max Falkowitz is the New York editor and ice cream maker in residence at Serious Eats. You can follow him on Twitter at @maxfalkowitz.


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