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The cowardice associated with atheism has become so obvious that it is making newspaper headlines.[1] [2] For example, on May of 2011, the UK's The Daily Telegraph alluded to the cowardice of atheist Richard Dawkins.[3][4]
- 1 Richard Dawkins
- 2 2010 Global Atheist Convention
- 3 British Humanist Association
- 4 PZ Myers refusal to debate Vox Day
- 5 Creation scientists tend to win the creation vs. evolution debates
- 6 Atheist Penn Jillette's ducking debates with Christians
- 7 New Atheism and hypocritical cowardice
- 8 See also
- 9 External links
- 10 References
Richard Dawkins
See also: Richard Dawkins and Atheism debates and Evidence for Christianity
Richard Dawkins has established a reputation for avoiding debates with his strongest opponents. On May 14, 2011, the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph published a news story entitled Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God.[5] In The Daily Telegraph article Dr. Daniel Came, a member of the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University, was quoted as writing to fellow atheist Richard Dawkins concerning his refusal to debate Dr. William Lane Craig: "The absence of a debate with the foremost apologist for Christian theism is a glaring omission on your CV and is of course apt to be interpreted as cowardice on your part."[6] In October of 2011, Dr. Craig went to England and the Daily Telegraph declared that Dawkins is either a fool or a coward for his refusal to debate William Lane Craig plus declared that Dawkins is a "proud man" and a "coward" who puts on an "illiterate, angry schtick" for the public.[7] In addition, Christian apologist Mariano Grinbank called Dawkins a "cowardly clown" because Dawkins and other prominent atheists refused to debate Creation Ministries International at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention.[8]
Below are some resources relating to Dawkins refusal to debate various debate opponents:
- Richard Dawkins and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach (Denied debating him after losing video taped debate, refuses to debate another time)
In addition, respected biochemist and intelligent design researcher Dr Michael Behe has openly challenged prominent evolutionists and proponents of Darwinism to debate him regarding the many failings of evolutionism, yet Richard Dawkins - one of the most outspoken Darwinists today - has declined all such invitations. Dawkins has also refused to debate prominent creationist and evangelist Ray Comfort.
2010 Global Atheist Convention
In 2010, the prominent atheists who attended the 2010 global atheist conference, which included Richard Dawkins, were challenged to a debate by Creation Ministries International.[9] Richard Dawkins, PZ Myers and other prominent atheists refused to debate the creation scientists at Creation Ministries International.[10] Generally speaking, creation scientists tend to win the creation vs. evolution debates.
PZ Myers also refuses to debate Vox Day on the existence of God or concerning evolution [11]
British Humanist Association
See also: Atheism and Debate and Evidence for Christianity
In August 19, 2011, Fox News reported:
| American Evangelical theologian William Lane Craig is ready to debate the rationality of faith during his U.K tour this fall, but it appears that some atheist philosophers are running shy of the challenge.
This month president of the British Humanist Association, Polly Toynbee, pulled out of an agreed debate at London's Westminster Central Hall in October, saying she "hadn't realized the nature of Mr. Lane Craig's debating style."
Lane Craig, who is a professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, Calif., and author of 30 books and hundreds of scholarly articles, is no stranger to the art of debate and has taken on some of the great orators, such as famous atheists Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris. Harris once described Craig as "the one Christian apologist who has put the fear of God into many of my fellow atheists".
Responding to Toynbee's cancellation, Lane Craig commented: "These folks (atheists) can be very brave when they are alone at the podium and there's no one there to challenge them. But one of the great things about these debates is that, it allows both sides to be heard on a level playing field, and for the students in the audience to make up their own minds about where they think the truth lies."[13]
On August 19, 2011, the leading British Anglican weekly newspaper the Church Times wrote:
| The director of Professor Craig's tour, Peter May, said: "If Craig is 'wrong about everything else in the universe' and his arguments for the existence of God are so easy to refute, it is hard to see why the leading atheist voices in the country are running shy of having a debate with him.
"Rather than hurling ad hominem attacks on Craig from their bunkers, it would be good to see these figures come forward to rationally defend the atheism they publicly espouse."[14]
PZ Myers refusal to debate Vox Day
See also: Atheism and Debate
On September 4, 2011, Christian apologist Vox Day wrote concerning the evolutionist and atheist PZ Myers:
| I have heard from numerous atheists who find his intellectual cowardice to be more than a little troubling given his usual tendency to create conflict rather than to avoid it. And he has handed an out to every single individual he ever hopes to challenge in the future. Why should they debate a nobody like him, a clown who isn't even a bigshot in his own field?
As for the PZ Myers Memorial Debate, we are still in search of an atheist to champion the argument that the logic and evidence for the nonexistence of gods is stronger than the logic and evidence for the existence of gods. It is certainly informative to see how many atheists do not appear to believe they are able to effectively make this case; in light of this, many Christians may find this to be a useful tactical approach when confronted by aggressive atheists in the future. This tends to confirm my previous observations that while atheists like to challenge the beliefs of others, they are very ill-prepared, and in many cases downright unwilling, to defend their own. So, if you want to shut them up, simply go on the attack. They'll run away with alacrity.
When the criticism of my WND columns on Pharyngula was first brought to my attention, I referred to Paul Zachary as Pharyngurl because I genuinely thought he was a woman on the basis of the arguments he was presenting. Years later, it is highly amusing indeed to see that he still runs like a girl. [15]
On August 28, 2011, Vox Day declared concerning Myers:
|What you clearly do not understand is that, by his own admission, PZ relies heavily upon emotional arguments rather than logical ones when he cannot simply appeal to an established scientific consensus. "I'll also cop to the obvious fact that, knowing that reason will not get through their skills, I'm happy to use emotional arguments as well. Passion is persuasive." His tendency to rely upon emotional rhetoric and passion rather than reason is precisely why he is afraid to debate people who rely primarily upon logic, because his ability to present reason-based arguments is relatively low. His ability to utilize reason is simply not equal to the skill of others who make use of it more effectively. PZ is without question an effective preacher to the godless choir of science fetishists, but he is remarkably unskilled at presenting convincing arguments, let alone conclusive ones, to those who do not already agree with him. Unlike you, he knows he is not an effective evangelist.[16]
Creation scientists tend to win the creation vs. evolution debates
See also: Creation scientists tend to win the creation vs. evolution debates and Atheism and Debate and Evidence for Christianity
Since World War II a majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the evolutionary position which employs methodological naturalism have been atheists.[17] In 2007, "Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture...announced that over 700 scientists from around the world have now signed a statement expressing their skepticism about the contemporary theory of Darwinian evolution."[18]
Creation scientists tend to win the creation vs. evolution debates and many have been held since the 1970's particularly in the United States. Given the lack of evidence for the evolutionary paradigm and the abundant evidence for biblical creation, this is not surprising. Robert Sloan, Director of Paleontology at the University of Minnesota, reluctantly admitted to a Wall Street Journal reporter that the "creationists tend to win" the public debates which focused on the creation vs. evolution controversy.[19][20] In August of 1979, Dr. Henry Morris reported in an Institute for Creation Research letter the following: "By now, practically every leading evolutionary scientist in this country has declined one or more invitations to a scientific debate on creation/evolution."[20] Morris also said regarding the creation scientist Duane Gish (who had over 300 formal debates): "At least in our judgment and that of most in the audiences, he always wins."[21]Generally speaking, leading evolutionists no longer debate creation scientists because creation scientists tend to win the debates.[22] In addition, the atheist and evolutionist Richard Dawkins has shown inconsistent and deceptive behavior concerning his refusal creation scientists. Evolutionists and atheists inconsistency concerning debating creationists was commented on by the Christian apologetic website True Free Thinker which declared: "Interestingly enough, having noted that since some atheists refuse to debate "creationists" but then go on to debate some of those people but not others, it is clear that they are, in reality, being selective and making excuses for absconding from difficulties..."[23]
In an article entitled Are Kansas Evolutionists Afraid of a Fair Debate? the Discovery Institute declares:
|Defenders of Darwin's theory of evolution typically proclaim that evidence for their theory is simply overwhelming. If they really believe that, you would think they would jump at a chance to publicly explain some of that overwhelming evidence to the public. Apparently not.[24]
In 1994, the arch-evolutionist Dr. Eugenie Scott made this confession concerning creation vs. evolution debates:
| During the last six or eight months, I have received more calls about debates between creationists and evolutionists than I have encountered for a couple of years, it seems. I do not know what has inspired this latest outbreak, but I am not sure it is doing much to improve science education.
Why do I say this? Sure, there are examples of "good" debates where a well-prepared evolution supporter got the best of a creationist, but I can tell you after many years in this business that they are few and far between. Most of the time a well-meaning evolutionist accepts a debate challenge (usually "to defend good science" or for some other worthy goal), reads a bunch of creationist literature, makes up a lecture explaining Darwinian gradualism, and can't figure out why at the end of the debate so many individuals are clustered around his opponent, congratulating him on having done such a good job of routing evolution -- and why his friends are too busy to go out for a beer after the debate.[25]
Atheist Penn Jillette's ducking debates with Christians
See also: Shockofgod's debate challenge to atheist Penn Jillette
Refusal to debate popular YouTube video creator Shockofgod
The Brights Movement was started in 2003 by Paul Geisert and Mynga Futrell in 2003 in order to assist in the advocacy of a naturalistic worldview.[26][27] The Brights movement had a media campaign and was announced in Wired magazine (by Richard Dawkins), Free Inquiry (by Richard Dawkins), and on the New York Times op-ed page (by the philosopher and atheist Daniel Dennett).
Well known skeptics and atheists are listed as "Enthusiastic Brights" at the Brights Movement website.[28] Examples of individuals listed as Brights are notable skeptics/atheists such as Richard Dawkins, Penn Jillette, Daniel Dennett, Margaret Downy, James Randi, Mel Lipman, Bobbie Kirkhart, Herb Silverman, Michael Shermer, Matt Cherry, and Babu Gogineni.[29]
On September 26, 2011, the popular Christian YouTube video maker Shockofgod, who has over 18,000 subscribers, challenged atheist Penn Jillette to a debate.VIDEO. The debate challenge focuses on the 15 questions that evolutionists cannot satisfactorily answer.
On September 3, 2012, Shockofgod challenged Jillette to debate the question "Does God exist?" a second time.[30]
Shockofgod points out that although Penn Jillette is an "enthusiastic bright", the website of the Brights Movement has plunging web traffic according to Compete.com.[31]. Shockofgod quipped that it appears as if his prediction that atheism will go from "a squeak to half a squeak in American society" due to the Question evolution! campaign is being fullfilled faster than he expected. The video with the prediction is located on YouTube HERE.
Shockofgod fans taunt to Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette has been contacted about the debate challenge via Twitter, YouTube and email.
Shockofgod fan: "He's watching. trust me. Most Atheists are obsessed with the TRUTH, they just don't like it."[1]
Shockofgod fan: "Come on Penn, you even WANT people to debate because our opinions on the existence of God are too important to keep private!"[2]
Debate challenge from Christian apologist Sye Ten Bruggencate
See also: Sye Ten Bruggencate's debate challenge to atheist Penn Jillette
The Christian apologetist Mariano Grinbank in an article entitled Will atheist Penn Jillette debate Christian Sye Ten Bruggencate? wrote:
| Sye Ten Bruggencate, of the website Proof That God Exists, has challenged Penn Jillette to a Christian versus atheist debate on God's existence.
Penn Jillette is not merely a Las Vegas legend, as an illusionist, but also adheres to (and proselytizes for) the positive affirmation of God's non-existence sect of atheism having stated, "I know there's no God," for example.
One would think that an illusionist who has made a name and a career intelligently designing shows that have dazzled audiences for decades would know that life, the universe and everything do not just happen. Yet, rebellion knows no boundaries and every atheist concocts consoling delusions—or, consoling illusions.
You may recall Sye from a previous article, Atheism's debategate: on the Sye Ten Bruggencate vs. Justin Schieber debate and you may be aware that on occasion Penn Jillette has some positive things to say about Christians (such as in Penn Jillette Lays it Down). However, just as often he uses compliments as an open door to challenge Christians, in a good way, yet the goal is always the same: open the door just enough to squeeze in and preach the pseudo-gospel of atheism.
We will just to just wait and see how Penn Jillette responds, for now let us spread the word about this challenge. [32]
New Atheism and hypocritical cowardice
New Atheism is a form of militant atheism. In 2010, Christian apologist Mariano Grinbank wrote:
| The New Atheists have expressed that the proverbial straw-that-broke-the-Atheist-camel's-back was the group of attacks on the United States of America on September 11, 2001 AD. That is not to say that some of them were not Atheist activists before then, but 9/11 fanned the flames of their activism.
The attacks on 9/11 where primarily caused by Islamic extremism (with a long list of other causes such as maintenance or gaining of power, wealth, popularity, etc.). The question is: what have the New Atheists done in response to this particular event, this particular threat? Surely, they would focus their efforts primarily, if not exclusively, upon confronting this threat, this cause, head on.
Yet, what have the New Atheists done? What they have and have not done makes one wonder if their appeal to 9/11 is a reason or an excuse. After all, why 9/11? Are they not aware of similar atrocities throughout history? Are they not aware of the recent chronicles of the most secular century in human history also being the bloodiest-with millions upon millions being murdered not only during war, but also by their own regimes? (see here).
Have any of the New Atheists toured Islamic countries giving lectures in which they condemn Allah, Muhammad, Islam, or Muslims? Have any of them debated Muslims in Islamic countries? Have any of them been interviewed on Al Jazeera? Have any of them written entire books in which they condemn Allah, Muhammad, Islam, or Muslims? Have they done anything of the sort at all? The answers to all of the above are: "No." Rather, what they have done is sit within the comfort and safety of countries based on Christian principles and conveniently launched condemnations which are roughly quantifiable as being 90% anti-Christian and 10% anti-other religions (and this may be being too generous an estimation).[33]
See also
- Resources for leaving atheism and becoming a Christian
- Evidence for Christianity
- Decline of atheism
- Atheism and Debate
- Atheists doubting the validity of atheism
- Attempts to dilute the definition of atheism
- Myer and Sternberg vs. Shermer and Prothero debate
- Richard Dawkins' public refusal to debate creationists
- Huxley Memorial Debate
Other atheism articles:
- Atheism
- Atheism and leadership
- Sports performance: Religious faith vs. atheism
- Atheism and mass murder
- Atheism and deception
- Atheism and uncharitableness
- Atheism and morality
- Atheism and health
- Atheism and obesity
- Atheist whining
- Atheism: A house divided and in global decline
- Will American atheism be cut by at least 50%?
- The meat grinder of atheism and evolutionism
- Misfortune sparks the turbocharging of creation evangelism
Comedy and satire concerning atheism:
- Does Richard Dawkins have machismo? - Comedy/satire
- Comedy and satires concerning atheism and evolution (large collection of comedy/satire concerning atheism and evolution)
External links
- Cowardice of atheism so obvious it makes headlines - YouTube video
- 21st century atheism is well-known for its foolishness and cowardice
- ↑ Christian Philosopher William Lane Craig Is Ready to Debate, but Finds Few Challengers
- ↑ Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God
- ↑ Christian Philosopher William Lane Craig Is Ready to Debate, but Finds Few Challengers
- ↑ Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God
- ↑ Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God, The Daily Telegraph, May 14, 2011
- ↑ Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God, The Daily Telegraph, May 14, 2011
- ↑ Richard Dawkins is either a fool or a coward for refusing to debate William Lane Craig - October 21, 2011 - The Daily Telegraph
- ↑ Richard Dawkins, the Cowardly Clown
- ↑ http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/richard-dawkins-cowardly-clown
- ↑ http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/richard-dawkins-cowardly-clown
- ↑ Speaking of Assiduous Absconders
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/19/christian-pastor-atheists-debates
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/19/christian-pastor-atheists-debates
- ↑ http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=116718
- ↑ Running, running by Vox Day
- ↑ Can one dodge a dodger?
- ↑
- Dr. Don Batten, A Who's Who of evolutionists Creation 20(1):32, December 1997.
- Jonathan Sarfati, Ph.D.,F.M., Refuting Evolution, Chapter 1, Facts and Bias
- ↑ http://www.discovery.org/a/2732
- ↑ Ankerberg, John, and Weldon, John, Truth in Advertising: Damaging the Cause of Science
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Fraser, Bill,Who wins the Debates?
- ↑ Voices for evolution - John Ankerberg website
- ↑ http://www.icr.org/article/811/
- ↑ http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/speaking-assiduous-absconders%E2%80%A6yet-again-vox-day-challenges-pz-myers-debate
- ↑ http://www.evolutionnews.org/2005/02/are_kansas_evolutionists_afraid_of_a_fai.html
- ↑ http://www.skepticfiles.org/evo2/credebec.htm
- ↑ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_2_28/ai_114090211/pg_1
- ↑ http://www.the-brights.net/vision/faq.html#1
- ↑ http://www.the-brights.net/people/enthusiastic/index.html
- ↑ http://www.the-brights.net/people/enthusiastic/index.html
- ↑ Christian turn Penn Jillette into a chicken
- ↑ Bright Movement website - Compete
- ↑ Will atheist Penn Jillette debate Christian Sye Ten Bruggencate?
- ↑ Atheism - The New (Emergent) Atheists, part 4 of 4 - Is The New Atheist Movement Dead?


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DENVER (AP) — Six men who set off on a backcountry tour in mountains west of Denver had avalanche gear, had scanned an avalanche forecast, and were hiking toward a safer area to snowboard when they felt a collapse and heard a "whumpf."
Within seconds, the six were swept into a gully, and all but one was completely buried in last weekend's avalanche that was roughly 800 feet wide, 600 feet long and as deep as 12 feet, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center's final report on the accident.
With just his lower left arm sticking up from the snow, the lone survivor cleared snow from his face. He struggled to free the rest of his body and screamed for help.
There was no one around to hear him.
"It covered everybody," Colorado Avalanche Information Center director Ethan Greene said Wednesday. "There was nobody left to call 911, nobody left to look for the buried, to help the one person who wasn't buried but couldn't get out."
The man remained stuck for four hours until rescuers arrived, the center's report said.
The state's deadliest slide since 1962 was large enough to bury or destroy a car, the center said. Of the men who died Saturday, one was buried under 10 to 12 feet of snow.
The avalanche was tragic but avoidable, the center said.
The center's report offered new details on the avalanche that occurred as snowboarders and skiers converged near Loveland Pass for the Rocky Mountain High Backcountry Gathering, a day for riding but also avalanche gear and safety demonstrations.
The four snowboarders and a skier who died were all from Colorado. The Clear Creek County sheriff's office identified them as Christopher Peters, 32, of Lakewood; Joseph Timlin, 32, of Gypsum; Ryan Novack, 33, of Boulder; Ian Lamphere, 36, of Crested Butte; and Rick Gaukel, 33, of Estes Park.
Friends identified the survivor as Jerome Boulay of Crested Butte, who has declined requests for interviews.
All had proper avalanche equipment. At least two had avalanche airbags, and some had Avalung breathing devices but apparently were unable to use them, the report said.
"Nobody's immune from getting caught in avalanches. It doesn't matter how long you've been doing this, how athletic you are. ... Everybody can get killed. It's an equal-opportunity hazard," Greene said.
The center has said the avalanche was a deep persistent slab avalanche, in which a thick layer of hard snow breaks loose from a weak, deep layer of snowpack underneath. Colorado Avalanche Information Center forecasters had alerted people about the potential for such avalanches Saturday following a string of April storms.
"If you find the wrong spot, the resulting avalanche will be very large, destructive, and dangerous," the forecast said.
On Saturday, Boulay's group had left the parking lot of Loveland Ski Area, which wasn't affiliated with the backcountry gathering, for a one-hour tour.
They read the center's avalanche bulletin, were aware of the deep persistent slab problem, and aimed to avoid threatening north-facing slopes as they planned to climb a few hundred vertical feet onto northwest-facing slopes, the report said.
But to get to that safer spot, they had to cross a dangerous area, Greene said. They decided to reduce the risk by leaving 50 feet between each person as they trekked. The buffer might have worked to prevent all six from getting swept away all at once, Greene said, but it turned out not to be enough for the large avalanche they triggered around 10:15 a.m.
It took a while for anyone to realize the group was trapped.
Two Colorado Avalanche Information Center highway avalanche forecasters spotted the slide around 12:15 p.m. from Interstate 70. When they reached the scene about 30 minutes later, their avalanche beacons detected no signals. Even with binoculars, they couldn't see tracks heading into the slide area, the report said.
After forecasters drove back to the ski area to ask others at the backcountry gathering whether anyone might be trapped, several people rushed to the scene.
The center urges even expert backcountry enthusiasts to know the conditions, have rescue equipment and get educated on avalanches.
"We owe it to these guys to learn from a really horrible accident they were involved in," Greene said. "The only thing worse than all these guys getting killed is not to have us learn anything from it."
CAIC report: http://bit.ly/Zs5JAv
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The American Teen-ager
Why Generation Y?
They are ardent environmentalists. They adore technology and understand it as no generation before them did. They practically invented the Internet. They don't vote: They distrust politics and prefer voluntarism. They're skeptical of corporations and impervious to traditional advertising. They're less racist and more multiracial than any group of Americans in history.
They are, of course, Generation Y, as trend-mongers describe them today. But they are also Generation X, as trend-mongers described them six years ago. And no doubt they are Generation Z, as trend-mongers will describe them in 2015. Generalizing about a generation is always bogus, especially when most of its members aren't out of short pants yet. But no matter. Fifty-five million Gen Xers, once hailed for their iconoclasm, have been discarded as "cynical" and "sour." Supplanting them are the 77 million sunny children of Gen Y. (Generation Y--a ridiculous--includes those born since 1981.) Gen Xers were in their 20s when they became media darlings. The oldest members of Gen Y have just entered college, which means that for the first time since the baby boom, America is obsessed with teen-agers.
Teens (and 25-year-olds masquerading as teens) have kidnapped pop culture. Their movies--from Titanic to Scream to Cruel Intentions--have swallowed multiplexes. Their melodramas own the networks and have turned their nymphs--Dawson's Creek's Katie Holmes, Party of Five's Jennifer Love Hewitt, Felicity's Keri Russell--into superstars. Their music rules, from Kid Rock to Eminem to Backstreet Boys. Even adults have been bewitched by the teen invasion. The New York Times Magazine is fretting about teen-age boys' body image problems. U.S. News just ran a cover story on "The Teen Brain." (Why are your teen-agers sullen and irrational? Because the parts of the brain that develop last are those that regulate judgment and emotion. Also because they hate you.)
The United States is global HQ for teendom, but Americans have not always fixated on teens or even been aware of them. As Thomas Hine reports in his new book, The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager, the teen was invented in the 20th century. For most of American history, adolescents (also a modern creation) inhabited the adult world as laborers and apprentices. No one claimed that teens were incapacitated by raging hormones or needed an eight-year respite to find themselves. The Great Depression minted the American teen by exiling kids from the labor force to high schools. Only after World War II did high school become the universal, defining experience of youth. For the first time, adolescents were artificially segregated from adults, and developed their own culture of cars, dating, and rock 'n' roll. America was fascinated by teen-age boomers not only because there were so many of them, but also because they were so alien: The country had never seen teen-agers before.
We, however, have seen and been teen-agers. So what explains our tyromania? Demography is part of it. Generation Y is huge, 50 percent larger than Generation X. By 2010, 35 million teen-agers will haunt malls and chat rooms, more teens than there ever were during the baby boom. The media cycle has also boosted Generation Y. Trend-spotters need trends. Yuppies were the stereotype of the '80s. The bleak early '90s were defined by the allegedly darker and less materialistic Gen Xers. Now the media need a new plot line, and Gen Y is providing it.
Generation Y is also booming because it is a cheerful story for a cheerful age. Just as the slump of the '90s has been replaced by the eternal boom, the cynical pessimists of Gen X have been vanquished by the cheery Ys. In the '80s, writing about teen-agers meant writing about rising pregnancy rates, drug use, and crime. Today, teen pregnancy, drug use, crime, dropout rates, and sexual activity are down. Church-going is up. Racism is out. The "New Earnestness" and the "New Familism" are in. Rebellion is passé. At last, commentators gloat, kids are having real childhoods again. The school massacres in Littleton, Colo., and Jonesboro, Ark., have barely soured the mood. The media have focused on kids' passionate, unified response to the killings.
This incessant cheer is inspiring inane predictions about what magnificent adults these Gen Yers will be. Commentators opine that their childhood prosperity will make them generous and idealistic. According to polls, teens are optimistic. Pop prophets William Strauss and Neil Howe call them a "Hero" generation. But young people, especially teens, have always registered optimism. Even Gen Xers were optimistic when they were polled five years ago. Of course Gen Yers are peppy now: Who wouldn't be? Let's see what they say when the economy dives the year they graduate from college. And let's wait until most Gen Yers are capable of rational thought. Most of them haven't reached puberty yet, and many are in diapers.
The most important reason for today's tyromania is economic. America seems obsessed with youth because corporations are obsessed with youth: If they catch kids early enough, they can cement their brand preferences for life. Networks are producing teen dramas so that their advertisers can reach this impressionable audience. Movies are pitched to teen-age sensibilities because only teen-agers go to movies again and again and again. As far as marketers are concerned, Gen X is over: It has aged out of the consumption game. But Generation Y kids are up for grabs: They are young, they have monstrous amounts of cash to spend--the average teen has $94 a week of disposable income!--and they'll be even richer when they grow up.
It's unsurprising, therefore, that the people pushing the Gen Y boom hardest are not sociologists, journalists, or activists but market researchers. The most quoted Gen Y pundits are folks who work at companies such as Youth Information Network and Teenage Research Unlimited, which collect data on trendy brands. (TRU is the Ford Foundation of Gen Y analysis.) Stories about Gen Y tend to shortchange kids' views on family, school, and politics, and dwell instead on their favorite clothing stores.
(To cynical Gen Xers such as myself, this marketing talk seems both contradictory and fatuous. The market researchers instruct that Gen Yers are brand-conscious yet skeptical of established brands, independent-minded yet conformist. They say things like "This is the coolest generation ever." If you can use "viral marketing" and "Abercrombie & Fitch" in the same sentence, you too can be a Gen Y pundit. Then again, if you could use "grunge" and "Social Security reform" in the same sentence, you could have been a Gen X pundit.)
The final reason for the teen renaissance is boomer self-obsession. A pervasive theme of Generation Y is that it is growing up just as the boomers did: prosperous, happy, well-adjusted. If you consume teen culture at all, you have surely noticed the remarkable number of sympathetic parents around. Today's TV parents are wisdom figures, not the adult buffoons we have grown accustomed to. Similarly, articles about Gen Y--many written by boomer parents--are fulsome about how well boomers are raising their tots, how intimately parents and kids communicate, and how much kids admire mom and dad. The "surprising fact" that pops up in almost every Gen Y story is a survey in which teens named parents as their favorite role models. (I would bet that every survey of teens taken since Cain and Abel found that they named parents as their favorite role models.)
Boomers, whose self-absorption has long been ridiculed, have finally managed to get over themselves. They have found a new object of their affection. They don't need self-love anymore. They've got Mini-Me.


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ARM strengthens ATC program with addition of two centers in Tokyo, Japan
CAMBRIDGE, UK – Aug. 13, 2002 - ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solutions, today announced the strengthening of its ARM Approved Training Center (ATC) Program with the addition of two centers in Japan.
Yokogawa Digital Computer Corporation (YDC) and ANDOR System Support, both based in Tokyo, are already members of theARM Developer Systems Distributor Network. Their addition to the ATC program will greatly strengthen ARM's ability to provide the highest quality, targeted training to Japanese companies.
"We had an excellent year with the first centers, which are now well established in Europe, and have wanted to extend the program into the Asia Pacific region for some time," said Chris Shore, ATC Program manager, ARM. "The addition of ANDOR and YDC to our ATC program is a natural extension of our existing relationships with the companies, and will allow us to better serve increasing need for ARM® technology training in Japan."
"As a long-standing ARM distributor, we have welcomed the opportunity to join the ATC program in Japan," said Chiharu Takei, senior executive director, YDC. "We believe that out customers will benefit from the increased range of services which we can offer them through this partnership."
As ARM will continue to offer its own highly-regarded training courses in Japan, the theme is very much of partnership and cooperation to ensure wide geographical coverage and maximum training availability throughout the year. This will allow companies from all over Japan to receive local language training when and where they need it.
"As a new ARM distributor, this new training partnership is important for our future growth," said Takashi Ugajin, director of the Embedded Solutions Division, ANDOR. "We believe that this will build on our existing relationship and enhance the service which we are able to provide to our customers in Japan."
Since its inception less than a year ago, the ATC program has grown quickly in Europe where there are now three member companies. Working in close collaboration with ARM, these companies have achieved significant net growth in ARM training activity within Europe. The move into Japan is expected to be the first step in establishing a much wider network of centers in the region.
About the ARM ATC Program
The ATC program has been established to satisfy the growing demand for training in ARM technology for ARM semiconductor Partners, OEMs and design centers worldwide. Through the program, ARM recruits and works with a network of approved Partners who are trained, qualified, and equipped with ARM material and software tools, enabling them to provide high-quality, certified training into their own markets and regions.
ATC Partners must go through a strict qualification process to become an ARM Approved Training Center. This includes an assessment of their success in the marketplace, intensive training for their teaching staff, and a facilities audit. All ATC Partners are continuously monitored to ensure that the quality of training remains high.
Current ARM Approved Training Centers include Microconsult GmbH in Munich, Germany; Mikroelektronik Akademie in Hanover, Germany; and Phoenix Technologies in Tel Aviv, Israel.
About ARM
ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-on-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming a volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multimedia digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at
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10 Furniture Designers to Watch in 2013
Furniture designers are like my rock stars. I am in awe of anyone who can conceptualize a piece of furniture (let alone an entire collection!) and then beautifully execute it. These are ten designers that have my eye right now, international rock star status pending.
- Andrea Lewin Wendel — Andrea's work mixes natural elements with industrial and whimsical touches.
- Brandon Morrison — We've been watching Brandon's work since 2011, when he was still showing his pieces in his home. Two years later, Brandon has a beautiful website, Whyrhymer, and a showroom in LA.
- Mark Jupiter — Mark's designs use reclaimed woods and industrial elements. Right on trend for an organic modern look.
- Zachary A — We first came across Zachary's work at the Architectural Digest Home Show this year. His clever furniture appears to be solid concrete but, as you can see in the photo above, is actually lightweight.
- Andrew Moe — Andrew's designs rely on clean lines and solid workmanship, two things that will never go out of style.
- Michael Robbins — Being raised in rural upstate New York definitely had an influence on Michael's designs. They're at once rustic and modern — a gorgeous combination.
- Geoffrey Keating — After ditching a career path that would have lead him into teaching, Geoffrey chose to follow his wandering hands into woodworking. Geoffrey describes his designs as contemporary antique.
- Taylor Donsker — After studying architecture at USC, Taylor started making furniture in his parent's garage and now, just a couple of years later, has graduated to a large workshop in Santa Monica.
- Reeve Schley — Reeve designs furniture that is intended to grow and evolve along with you. It's fitting, then, that he designs under the name Seed Furniture.
- Cameron Helvey — Cameron is another young designer to keep an eye on. His first collection, which he's funding through Kickstarter, shows a lot of promise.
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VENICE WATCH: Ashley Greene goes zombie
VENICE WATCH: Ashley Greene goes zombie
Sep. 05, 2014
VENICE, Italy (AP) — She's been a vampire and now she's a zombie, but Ashley Greene says she doesn't even like horror films.
Greene, who played gentle bloodsucker Alice Cullen in the "Twilight" movies, is the undead ex-girlfriend of the title in "Burying the Ex," Joe Dante's zombie rom-com about a woman who comes back from the dead to haunt her former boyfriend.
"When I was young I loved them, but the older I've got, and living by myself, they freak me out a little more," Greene told The Associated Press in Venice, where "Burying the Ex" is playing outside the film festival's main competition.
"I actually try and steer clear of them for the most part — unless I'm making them," said Greene, who was also haunted by a spirit summoned in a college experiment in 2012 chiller "The Apparition."
"I don't know if I want to meet the person who wrote 'Saw,'" she said. "How do you come up with something like that?"
"Burying the Ex" is a cheerful take on the genre, as "Gremlins" director Dante mixes laughs with a loving homage to the verve and gore of classic horror. Greene stars alongside Anton Yelchin ("Star Trek'''s Mr. Chekov) and Alexandra Daddario ("True Crime") in the low-budget feature.
The 27-year-old actress said it was the latest of her "untraditional fantasy horror characters."
"Alice in 'Twilight' is the polar opposite with what you think of when you think of a vampire." And Evelyn in "Burying the Ex" is "not the mindless, brain-eating zombie you see in most horror films."
"I got to give this zombie a soul," she said.
Greene says she enjoys playing villains and "strong, sometimes controversial" characters.
"You're watching 'House of Cards,' and you know that Kevin Spacey's character, Frank Underwood, is horrible, but you root for him," she said.
"That's kind of what I would strive to do with my characters."
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Why 'Fright Night' is a Refreshing Vampire Movie Worth Your Time
Fright Night bombed at the weekend box office, pulling returns lower than both Spy Kids: All the Time in the World and Conan the Barbarian, though the latter is the true tank of the weekend considering it cost a surprising $90 million versus Fright Night's $30 million. The critical reaction fared marginally better, but word of mouth is framing the film as a miserable impostor with zero of the original film's charisma. That's bunk. I understand people not turning up to theaters because of vampire fatigue, and I even understand fans preferring the original because, despite the films having identical plots, they're about two very different things. In fact, 2011's Fright Night isn't about vampires at all, which is precisely what makes it such a refreshing, worthwhile vampire movie.
So if Fright Night isn't about vampires, what is it about? Warning: some spoilers incoming, though if you've seen the original film, you already know what happens in the new one.
First, let's objectively look back to 1985. Tom Holland's Fright Night is about Charley Brewster, a horror movie-obsessed teenager, his geeky (and truly obnoxious) friend and bland girlfriend getting caught up with a next door neighbor named Jerry that Charley suspects is a vampire. They enlist the help of Peter Vincent, a late night horror host to prove that Jerry is indeed a creature of the night, and once that happens the fangs come out and Charley must take out Jerry and his familiar (a human assistant who does his bidding) or risk losing his girlfriend in a Dracula's bride scenario. It's a love letter to the often schlocky but wholly sincere vampire films of yesteryear told through the lens of an obsessed movie fan.
Craig Gillespi's Fright Night has that same general plot structure, but with a few crucial substitutions. Brewster (Anton Yelchin) isn't an obsessed movie fan, it's his geeky ex best friend (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) that suspects a vampire is in the neighborhood. Peter Vincent (David Tennant) is no longer a late night movie host (those are practically a culturally endangered species in the year 2011), but a Criss Angel-type illusionist with a widely known obsession with the occult. And while each of those changes does have a marked impact on the story as a whole, the biggest change here is with Jerry the vampire (Colin Farrell).
Jerry's vampire lifestyle doesn't bend to the traditional one we've seen countless times in countless films. He doesn't have a Renfield-esque familiar that he exploits during the day time. He doesn't represent the the allure of a life immortal. There's nothing elegant or traditional about him. He's a brute, plain and simple. And that's what makes Fright Night so refreshing.
Marti Noxon's script is clearly designed to subvert all of those overly familiar vampire tropes. There's no attempt to romanticize Jerry, no desire to turn him into a suburban Dracula. He's an alpha male. Noxon's Fright Night isn't a love letter to the vampire movies of yesteryear in any way. It's a modern story about what it's like to be a man today. You can remove every aspect of vampires from the script and still tell the exact same story:
Charley Brewster is a once geeky high schooler who is finally coming into good looks and earning the attention of a very attractive girl (Imogen Poots) who wants to take his virginity, which in turn causes him to turn his back on his best friend, Ed. Amidst this, Jerry, a handsome man's man moves in next door. Brewster sees Jerry not as a physical threat, but a sexual one. He's caught the eye of both his girlfriend and his single mother, though in a very welcome change of pace, Noxon doesn't write Toni Collette as a desperate single mother who reverts into a willing school girl for Farrell; she's an experienced, confident woman who sees him purely as a sexual object while recognizing that he's just a womanizer not worth her time (I love that the movie even has fun with how pathetic the alpha male show is behind close doors by having Jerry take a bit to fully get his fangs up when going down on the neighboor dancer).
Meanwhile, Jerry convinces Ed to stop being such a pussy and be a man like him instead, causing Charley to seek help from Peter Vincent, an ironic sexual icon, only to realize that even the people who are supposed to be experts about this kind of stuff don't know what they're doing. Charley then ends up losing his girlfriend to alpha male Jerry at a night club. Knowing that Jerry will definitely give Amy what she's been asking for and what he's failed to deliver, Charley decides to finally man up and go to a party at Jerry's house where, with the help of a newly humbled Peter, he'll stand up to the alpha male and get his girlfriend back.
That's right, Fright Night isn't about a teenager who finds himself living in a horror movie. It's about a teenager with no male role model trying to figure out how to be a man and finding the balls to compete with the alpha male every woman wants and that every other guy seems to think it's okay to be (as evidenced by the cops laughing at Jerry's joke about making women scream, and a douchebag night cluber giving props to Jerry as he literally carries a woman off the dance floor). I realize that's not the movie fans of the original want Fright Night to be, but if you're going to complain about how unoriginal remakes are in general, why can't you get behind one that decides to stand out from the crowd? As much as Holland's Fright Night was about being the product of pop culture in the '80s, Gillespi's Fright Night is about fighting the pop culture of the '00s. It's about being a man when everyone else is trying to be a bro.
I'll concede that the 3D is a total waste and that it's got too much CGI in its last half, but they're as much a product of the times as the original Fright Night's corny acting and less-than-impressive foam masks, which lovers of that film are willing to give a pass to under the guise that the imperfect nature of it all is part of the passion and charm. I'm not saying Fright Night is a flawless movie, but it's a damned sight more interesting than the haters are making it out to be. I'm sorry that teenagers today talk like they're on Jersey Shore and I'm sorry that Marti Noxon's script isn't fanboy friendly the way Holland's was, but I'd much rather see a horror movie in 2011 use vampires as a comment on manhood than yet another rehash of a world where vampires are all Dracula-esque creatures of the night who turn into bats and make humans do their bidding. If you want those cheesy supernatural elements, the politics of being a vampire and the oh-so-familiar lust for immortality, you've got plenty of outlets for those, but I for one am glad Fright Night doesn't bother with any of those played out tropes.
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military says its "Iron Dome" rocket-defense system has shot down an incoming projectile bound for Tel Aviv.
Footage from Associated Press Television News shows a plume of smoke emanating from an Iron Dome battery deployed in Tel Aviv followed by a flash of light overhead as the rocket is intercepted.
People huddled along Tel Aviv's beachfront boardwalk cheered Saturday as the interception took place.
It's the third straight day that Gaza militants have fired rockets at Tel Aviv, Israel's bustling commercial and cultural capital.
Israel says its Iron Dome system has intercepted nearly 250 rockets since a round of fighting broke out on Wednesday.


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I just received my set thins morning and it is mounted on cardboard. I will be taking my out at some stage as the will look much better in one of Oscar's fine cases.Also this is only the first wave of the Bounty Hunters. The next lot will be released in November, so don't worry if you miss out this time.*snip*
Do the carded Kubricks fit in regular Star cases? I've never been close enough to one to know the size. The Oscar cases always look awesome but have to be a lot more than Star cases?
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Evolution Hoax
The Sending of a Mujaddid (Reviver) at the Beginning of Every Century
Mujaddid : An innovator or reviver. An individual spoken of in trustworthy hadith, a great scholar and a successor to our Prophet (saas) sent at the beginning of every century to reveal the truths of the faith according to the needs of the time.
Imam al-Haqim among the Ashab of al-Kutub as-Sittah (Six Books), in the "Mustadrakh," and Abu Dawud in the "Kitab al-Sunan" and Bayhaqi in the "Suab alIman" narrate: "Almighty Allah sends a mujaddid of the faith every hundred years."
(Barla Addendum, 119)
The Messenger of Allah (saas) imparts the tidings that a mujaddid (one who resuscitates or renews the faith) will be sent at the beginning of every century. A mujaddid must have been sent, as the hadith describes, in the year 1400 (Hijra calendar) (1979-1980), in other words at the beginning of the 14th century, when denial, prostitution, perversion and diversion from faith were all at a peak. According to the hadith and expositions by scholars, it is the Hazrat Mahdi (as) whom the Islamic world is expecting for 1400 years.
According to Abu Huraira's account, the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: Certainly Almighty and All-Powerful Allah will send an individual at the beginning of every century who will renew the faith and free it from subsequent accretions.
(Sunan Abu Dawud, 5/100)
At the beginning of every century a mujaddid will come from among the ulama of this community and will restore faith. Especially, after a thousand years have passed… Because when a thousand years have passed that is the time of the coming of a prophet of the highest rank in the communities of the past [ulul'azm].
(Letters of Rabbani, 1/520)
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi Was the Mujaddid of the 13th Century
(Hijri calendar) In a treatise, Hafis Tevfik of Damascus compared the lives of Mawlana Khalid al-Baghdadi and Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and said he had encountered the following four major areas of similarity:
First: Mawlana was born in 1193. Said Nursi, on the other hand, was born in 1293 (Arabic calendar). He came into the world exactly 100 years after Mawlana Khalid.
Second: Mawlana's struggle for the renewal of the faith began in 1224 in the Indian capital. Said Nursi, on the other hand, entered the capital of the Ottoman Empire in 1324, again a hundred years later, and began his spiritual renovation.
Third: The political establishment was alarmed at Mawlana's popularity, and he was transferred to Damascus in 1238. Said Nursi, on the other hand, went to Ankara, 100 years later, in 1338. Unable to get on with the establishment there, he rejected them and went back to Van, seeking solitude on a mountain. The political establishment was concerned over him because of the Sheikh Said affair. Alarmed by this, he spent nine years in the provinces of Burdur and Isparta.
Fourth: Before he was 20 years old, Mawlana was regarded as superior to the ulama in learning and taught classes. Those who have seen and know the course of his life know that Said Nursi received his diploma at the age of 14 and entered into disputation with the ulama of the time, and taught students close to graduation.
To summarize: In agreement with the tidings in the hadith that Allah sends someone to revive the faith at the beginning of every century, Mawlana is the mujaddid (reviver) of the year 1200, in other words, of the 12th century. The Risale-i Nur served the same function 100 years later. In my opinion, the Risale-i Nur is one of the mujaddids of the faith.
(Barla Addendum 119-121)
It appears from the above accounts that Mawlana Khalid is the mujaddid of the 12th century and Bediuzzaman Said Nursi that of the 13th. Hazrat Mahdi (as) can be expected to appear around 1400 (Hijri calendar) as the mujaddid of the 14th century.
Bediuzzaman discussed Hazrat Mahdi (as) in detail and full clarity, as the mujaddid due to follow him and as a source of joy and excitement for the community of the faithful for 1400 years.
Hazrat Mahdi (as) Will Come in the 14th Century (Hijri calendar)
In the End Times, the true lords in the broad sphere of life, in other words Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his disciples, will come by Allah's permission and will broaden that sphere and those seeds will bloom. And I shall watch from my tomb and give thanks to Allah.
(Confirmation Seal of the Unseen Universe, 138, Kastamonu Addendum, 72)
A long time ago I heard from a holy man that that individual had learned the mysteries of the holy ones of old and had deduced that: "A light will appear from the East and will eliminate the oppression of novelties that have subsequently entered the faith." I awaited the appearance of that light, and am still waiting. But flowers come in Spring. The ground has to be made ready for such holy blooms. And I understood that I am preparing the ground for that personage with my work.
(Confirmation Seal of the Unseen Universe, 189 Letters, 345)
I believe I am a servant of this wondrous person who will appear in the future, a rear-guard to set a background for him, and a pioneering soldier of that great commander.
(Barla Addendum, 162)
In the above extracts Bediuzzaman states that with his work he has prepared a proper climate for Hazrat Mahdi (as), and that when Hazrat Mahdi (as) comes he will already be dead and that he will watch the services performed by Hazrat Mahdi (as) from his grave.
Numerological information provided in the Risale-i Nur collection about the stages of Hazrat Mahdi's (as) struggle and reign:
They desire to extinguish Allah's Light with their mouths. But Allah refuses to do other than perfect His Light, even though unbelievers detest it. (Surat at-Tawba, 32)
Bediuzzaman says this about the words ... "Allah refuses to do other than perfect His light" in the verse:
It occurred to me now that if the 23rd and 24th letters (of the Arabic alphabet) are counted twice, those people who will eliminate cruelty from the face of the Earth will be the pupils of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
(Rays, 605)
A numerological analysis of this verse reveals the stages under which Islam will rule the world (1424 - Gregorian 2004) under the leadership of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
... But those who are unbelievers have false deities as protectors... (Surat al-Baqara, 257)
Bediuzzaman gives the date of the (numerological) collapse and destruction of the "false gods" (the intellectual system of denial) in this verse as 1417 (Gregorian 1995).
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi refers to "that personage who is truly awaited and will come a century later," thus revealing that the Hazrat Mahdi (as) had not yet come and will come in the century following his own. Bediuzzaman lived in the 13th century. The century after his is the 14th. And that is when Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear.
Thus, unfair people who do not know this truth say: "Why did the Companions of the Prophet with their vigilant hearts and keen sight, who had been taught all the details of the Hereafter, suppose a fact that would occur one thousand four hundred years later to be close to their century, as though their ideas had deviated a thousand years from the truth?"
(The Words, 318)
"A fact that would occur one thousand four hundred years later."
The reference here is to 1400 years, not 1373, nor 1378, nor 1398. In other words, the 14th century (Hijri calendar). The year 1400 (Hijri calendar) is the beginning of a century when the community of the faithful was leaderless, when prostitution had reached excessive levels, when unbelief was at a peak and when Muslims were suffering grave physical and spiritual losses. Since a mujaddid of the faith has been sent at the beginning of every century, a mujaddid must come when the community is disordered and eliminate that disorder, eradicate disbelief and cause Muslims to unite together. This person is Hazrat Mahdi (as), whom Muslims have been awaiting for 1400 years.
Bediuzzaman's Damascus Sermon
In a sermon he preached to a congregation of ten thousand at the Amawi Mosque in Damascus in 1327 (Hijra), Bediuzzaman gave a description of the future awaiting the Islamic world after 1321, gave various dates regarding the End Times and noted the date of Hazrat Mahdi's (as) struggle and when he would eventually be victorious.
Facts in the Sermon of Damascus addressing the flow of events in the Islamic world after 1371...
For sure, even if not now then in thirty to forty years' time, in order to fit out and equip to perfection the three forces of science, true knowledge, and the virtues of civilization, and to rout and put to flight those eight obstacles, the desire to search for the truth, equity, and love of humanity will be dispatched to the eight fronts of those eight enemy squadrons. They have already started to drive them back. Allah willing, in half a century they will scatter them completely.
(The Damascus Sermon, 25)
For sure, even if not now then in thirty to forty years...
Insha'Allah, he will scatter the nine fronts of the foe half a century (50 years) later.


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(MSFT) Microsoft's First Quarter Earnings Post Soft – As Expected
Microsoft Corporation's (MSFT) first quarter earnings of 53 cents missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4 cents, as PC market slowdown and stock clearance before the Windows 8 launch impacted revenue growth.
Revenue excluding deferrals of $16.01 billion was down 11.4% sequentially and 7.9% from last year, missing estimates by 2.5%. All except the Entertainment & Devices segment contributed to the sequential decline in the last The softness in Windows was not surprising, since customers were expected to delay purchases ahead of the Windows 8 launch.
Segment Specifics
The Windows and Windows Live Segment generated 20% of Microsoft's quarterly revenue, down 21.7% sequentially and 33.4% year over year. The Windows 8-related stock clearing was more or less as expected, but Microsoft's results were also impacted by the PC market slowdown that impacted Intel (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
The consumer segment was worse impacted than enterprise (as expected), with transaction revenues declining in both. Microsoft was however upbeat about multi-year licensing revenue, which grew 15% year over year.
While there was no alleviation in pressure from tablets, particularly Apple's (AAPL) iPad, Microsoft mentioned that it had certified over a thousand unique Windows 8 systems, including tablets, convertibles, laptops and all-in-ones. So growth rates should pick up in the near future.
The Microsoft Business Division, which generated 34% of revenue, dropped 12.5% sequentially and 2.1% from last year. Here too, the weakness in the PC market impacted transactional revenue. However, multi-year licensing revenue grew 8%.
Microsoft stated that other products such as SharePoint, Exchange and Lync remained strong. Microsoft's success with CRM could give Salesforce.com (CRM) something to worry about. In the last quarter, Dynamics CRM grew over 30%. The acquisition of Yammer added best-in-class enterprise social networking expected to boost its cloud offerings.
The Server & Tools segment, at 28% of total revenue, was down 10.6% sequentially while growing 7.1% year over year. Microsoft's multi-year licensing revenue grew more than 19% year over year, with SQL server up more than 20% and System Center around 20%. Overall trends indicate continuing strength in the enterprise. Virtualization and cloud computing are proving to be very beneficial for Microsoft's S&T business.
Microsoft generated 12% of revenue from the Entertainment & Devices segment, up 9.4% sequentially and flattish year over year. The segment is finally showing signs of sustainable improvement and will benefit from the holiday season in the current quarter.
Despite the market weakness that contributed to the 29% decline in Xbox units, Microsoft increased market share during the quarter from 47% to 49%. The newly introduced SmartGlass will help connect phones, PCs and tablets to Xbox, which is expected to attract more users to the platform.
Management did not shed light on Windows Phone units, but said that the device lineup for Win 8 was significant
Skype, acquired from eBay Inc (EBAY) in 2010 had minutes touching 120 billion, up 58% from last year.
The Online Services business, or online advertising, generated 4% of revenue, down 5.2% sequentially while growing 11.5% year over year. We think that Microsoft is investing in technology and innovation and it is this work that is improving user experience and helping Bing take some share in the U.S..
The partnership with Yahoo Inc (YHOO) remains on track, with increasing ROI for advertisers. But monetization remains below expectations. The company wrote down goodwill on the aQuantive acquisition in the last quarter.
Operating Results
Microsoft's gross margin of 74.0% dropped 298 basis points (bps) sequentially and 430 bps year over year. The gross margin is closely related to the mix, since margins on hardware and software products differ widely.
Therefore, the increase in Entertainment & Devices revenue combined with the decline in other segments resulted in a weaker gross margin. The search agreement with Yahoo also remains, raising online services and traffic acquisition costs.
Operating expenses of $6.53 billion were down 13.0% sequentially and up 2.2% year over year. The operating margin of 33.2% dropped 220 bps sequentially and 830 bps from last year. S&M expenses declined 254 bps as a percentage of sales, but was offset by increases in all other costs.
The operating margin by segment was as follows—Windows 50.7% (a sequential decline of 709 bps), Microsoft Business Division 66.3% (up 109 bps), Server & Tools 38.4% (down 274 bps) and Entertainment & Devices 1.0% (down 274 bps). The Online Services business continues to generate a loss, although narrower than in the past.
The company generated a pro forma net income of $4.47 billion, or 27.9% net income margin compared to $5.70 billion, or 31.6% in the previous quarter and $5.7 billion, or 33.0% in the year-ago quarter.
Balance Sheet
Inventories were up 42.8%, which lowered inventory turns from 14.6X to 10.3X. Days sales outstanding (DSOs) went to 56, down from around 80 at the end of the June quarter.
Microsoft ended with a cash and short term investments balance of $66.6 billion, up $3.6 billion during the quarter. The net cash position was around $54.69, up from $51.10 at the beginning of the quarter. In the last quarter, the company generated $8.48 billion in cash flow from operations, spent $1.63 billion on share repurchases, $1.68 billion on dividends, $1.15 billion on acquisitions and $603 million on capital assets.
Microsoft maintained its 2013 opex expectations of a 6% increase to $30.3 to 30.9 billion. The tax rate for the year is expected to be 19-21%, capital expenses of around $3.5 billion.
Key Takeaways
Microsoft had a more or less regular quarter, with Windows revenue impacted by purchase deferrals and S&T and Business Division also impacted by weakness in the PC market. Windows Phone numbers are encouraging, although the growth is off a small base. However, it is significant that the company was able to grow share in the gaming segment, considering the condition of the market and we think the platform approach here is the way to go.
Of course, we recognize the danger of tablets that are still largely based on iOS or Android, since these devices are eating into its netbook sales. Microsoft's Surface could be a game-changer and Win 8 will stimulate growth over the next few quarters.
However, growth in Windows 8 will be tempered by dynamics in the PC market and therefore think the shares will not gain much. The Zacks Rank on Microsoft shares is #3, which implies a Hold recommendation in the short-term (1-3 months).
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Before we get to this week's numbers, please take note that the 2012 Eagles Almanac is available for purchase today.
The publication offers a variety of analysis, commentary and more - a must-read for any Birds fan who is counting down the days to Lehigh.
My personal contribution was a 3,000+ word analysis of what went wrong for Michael Vick in 2011 and what we should expect from the Eagles quarterback in 2012.
If you give it a read, please let me know what you think.
Now on to this week's five Eagles numbers that matter:
453 - The number of snaps played by defensive tackle Antonio Dixon back in 2010, according to Pro Football Focus. It seems like a long time ago, but Dixon was one of the Eagles' best defensive players that year. Last season, he played just 86 snaps in the first four games, before suffering a season-ending torn triceps injury.
The Eagles added defensive tackle Fletcher Cox in the first round of the draft and re-signed veteran Derek Landri, who played very well last season. Add in Cullen Jenkins and Mike Patterson, and defensive tackle is one of the deepest areas on the roster.
But what does that mean for Dixon? In limited action last year, he didn't appear to be as effective in Jim Washburn's scheme. Assuming Cox, Jenkins and Patterson are locks to make the roster, that leaves Dixon, Landri and Cedric Thornton likely fighting for two roster spots. And keep in mind, if everyone's healthy, the fifth defensive tackle will be inactive on gamedays. About 18 months after wrapping up a breakout season, Dixon will be fighting for a job at Lehigh. As they say, that's life in the NFL.
12 - The number of snaps Kurt Coleman played in Week 3 last year, before being benched against the Giants.
I'm not trying to pick on Coleman, but when the Eagles signed veteran safety O.J. Atogwe last week, they sold it as purely a depth move. It may turn out to be just that. After all, Atogwe was released by the Redskins, battled injuries last year and hadn't caught on to an NFL roster until last week.
But the notion that the Eagles are so content with their safeties that they wouldn't even give Atogwe a chance to earn a starting job doesn't add up to me. I'm sure the Eagles like Coleman's work ethic and knowledge of the defense. But in the end, it comes down to production.
We'll find out in training camp how the Eagles plan to use their safeties in 2012. Atogwe has played more free safety, while Coleman has been a strong safety. But with the emphasis of the Eagles' defense being on stopping the pass, Atogwe could get on the field if he proves he's superior in coverage.
For thoughts on the rest of the safety picture, including Nate Allen and Jaiquawn Jarrett, check out my post from last week.
3 - The number of times Vick fumbled in his final 10 games last season (and one of those was on the exchange with Jason Kelce). Overall, he fumbled 10 times, but the good news for fans is that seven of those came in the Eagles' first three games. In terms of protecting the football, Vick actually did appear to improve as the season went on.
As I've emphasized several times in this space, anyone expecting Vick to drastically change his style of play is going to be disappointed. He makes a lot of plays with his legs, and that's not going to stop. One area where he can improve is protecting the football when he breaks the pocket. Four of Vick's 10 fumbles last year occurred when he was scrambling or running. He needs to get in full running-back mode at that point and tuck the ball away.
17 - The percentage of pass plays in which Eagles opponents used play-action last year, according to Football Outsiders. The league average was 19 percent, and only six teams saw a lower percentage of play-action passes than the Eagles.
But when opponents did run play-action, they had success against the Eagles. Football Outsiders' main stat is DVOA, which measures success compared to the league average, given a set of variables. Their numbers show that offenses posted a -5.8% DVOA on non play-action passes against the Eagles. In other words, the Birds were good at defending the pass in those situations. But against play-action, opponents posted a 14.6% DVOA, better than the league average.
A lot of play-action comes down to discipline by the linebackers and safeties. Considering the Eagles' early struggles against the run and the defensive line's rush-the-passer at all costs mentality, it's not surprising that the linebackers and safeties were fooled on play-action throws.
20 - Years since the death of Eagles great Jerome Brown. Rich Hofmann of the Daily News did an excellent job today, writing about Brown's life and his career.
I was only 9 at the time, but was already football-obsessed and remember the feeling of sadness when I heard the news.
In addition to Rich's piece, we've got a collection of Brown photos and former teammates offering up their memories of him. Feel free to offer up your own in the space below.
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Winter storms taking a toll on NH snow budgetsBy KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
and BEN KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
February 26. 2013 9:28PM
For communities trying to stretch snow removal dollars to last the winter, February can be the cruelest month.
The 41.4 inches of snow the National Weather Service has recorded so far at Concord Airport make it the third-snowiest February on record. The record was set in 1893 with 59 inches.
With a storm set to move in this morning, public works directors are eyeing their snow removal budgets and hoping they will stretch to last the season.
"I still think we will be OK. But (any storms) beyond that ... we will have to keep our eye on," Manchester Public Works Director Kevin A. Sheppard said.
His department has already spent about 70 percent of its total $1.2 million snow removal budget - excluding last weekend's snow storm, for which final figures are not available, Sheppard said.
Manchester is forecast to get anywhere from rain to six inches of snow by the time the storm moves out Thursday, National Weather Service meteorologist Margaret Curtis said.
"It will probably be a pretty wet storm similar to the storm we just had (last weekend). Whenever we get close to freezing, the snow tends to be real damp snow. Snowman snow, that's what I call it," Curtis said.
Concord: Going over
The six to eight inches of snow Concord is expecting today could put it over its more than $1.2 million snow removal budget.
"I think we will probably go over," General Services Manager Chip Chesley said.
He expects his department already exceeded its $262,000 overtime budget given this month's storms hit on weekends, which means his staff was paid almost exclusively in overtime. The department historically has shifted funds from other line items - such as street paving - should it exceed its snow removal budget, Chesley said.
Milford: On track
In Milford, where an estimated 37.7 inches of snow fell so far this year, the town is on track to meet its snow removal expenses, Town Administrator Guy Scaife said.
"I don't think we should assume March will be as bad as February. We already are having 40-degree days, so it is melting quite quickly," Scaife said.
Hudson: It's close
In Hudson, there is only $25,000 left in the $150,000 overtime budget, and the $150,000 budget for salt is expended, DPW Road Agent Ken Burns said.
"Yeah, it's not good, but we'll be OK if the winter kind of lets up now. But if it keeps going on for another month, we will be in trouble," Burns said.
If the DPW is forced to go over budget, the Board of Selectmen would have to approve more funds for the department's 23 plows to cover the 400 miles of roads.
"You'd hate to have to go back to the well for more money," Burns said.
Nashua: Looking good
With a budget for snow removal totaling $1.27 million and over 70 pieces of owned and contracted equipment, the Nashua Department of Public Works has 700 lane miles of road stretched out over 1400 streets.
While currently on budget, DPW Director Lisa Fauteux explained that a bad storm like winter storm Nemo (Feb. 8-9) has the potential to cost the city well over $100,000.
"We are still very much on budget, this has not been a winter like the one we had a couple of years ago; the budget still looks good," Fauteux said.
In case the city ends up running out of funds for snow removal, Mayor Donnalee Lozeau said the city has a snow trust fund set up that it can dip into.
Merrimack: On target
While Nemo cost Merrimack just over $80,000 in snow removal and cleanup, Merrimack Department of Public Works Director Rick Seymour said the town remains on target for its snow removal budget.
"Knock on wood, at last estimate we were about 75 percent expended on overtime, which is pretty good shape for this time of year. For our material we have just over a quarter left in the salt shed," Seymour said.
With 24 snow removal vehicles and 20 plow routes, Seymour said the town doesn't need to contract extra help for the roughly 200 center lane miles it has to cover.
Seymour said that the DPW has $170,000 for materials and over $70,000 for overtime budgeted for this winter; he expects to see a slight decrease in funding for both in next year's budget.
"We try to be more efficient with the operation, and we plan to use less salt. We do a good job on the roads; it's a dedicated group," he said.
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After Asylum, the Job Hunt? Here's Where Edward Snowden Should Look for Work in Russia
The job market in Moscow and beyond doesn't look too bleak for the veteran IT professional.
Edward Snowden. Photo courtesy of WikimediaThe infamous NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden applied for temporary asylum in the Russian Federation on July 15. After his application is reviewed -- no later than five days from the date of filing, according to protocol -- it's expected that he'll be granted asylum.
Anatoly Kucherena, a Russian human rights lawyer, said that Snowden agreed to "stop his work aimed at harming [Russia's] US partners," thus meeting the condition for staying as outlined by Russian president Vladimir Putin.
What's next for Snowden? Well, his lengthy stay in the transit zone of Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow for several weeks, with its relatively high living costs (the cheapest room nets $235 per day and $9 per hour afterwards), has likely drained his finances. Even if Snowden brought a considerable amount of cash with him when he fled the US, once the reserve is depleted, he'll presumably need to find a job.
Luckily for Snowden, the Russian Federal Migration Service allows refugees to work in Russia, with no special permissions required. Here are some companies that Snowden, an experienced IT professional, should consider approaching.
Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab, headquartered in Moscow, is the world's largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection solutions; it is often featured on lists of the world's top four antivirus vendors. Snowden's skills are likely to be appreciated there. Kaspersky Lab currently lists a number of open vacancies in its IT department, from systems analyst positions to network administrator jobs.
Eugene Kaspersky. Photo courtesy: Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab is world famous for its cyberthreat research. Eugene Kaspersky, the founder, who was recently featured on Foreign Policy's top 100 global thinkers of 2012 list, humbly calls himself "a man who's 'here to save the world.' "
Kaspersky, who graduated from a KGB-backed technical school in Moscow and served in the military afterwards, has often been accused of having extensive connections in the Secret Service. Mr. Kaspersky, not surprisingly, refutes the allegations.
Or maybe Snowden should consider Gazprom (MCX:GAZP), the energy giant and the biggest enterprise in Russia. It's also No. 17 on Forbes' list of the World's Biggest Public Companies.
The company needs an information security specialist to fill a position in its data security department.
The compensation range is not specified, but in general, jobs at huge Russian companies like Gazprom are in at least a medium-market salary range, encompass a solid benefit package, and offer enormous career growth opportunities as one of the perks. The other fact to keep in mind is that Gazprom is a consistent IT spender: The company recently announced a $3.7 million tender for a tablet computer tailored specifically to meet the needs of Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller.
On the flipside, giant enterprises generally perform a thorough background check on applicants for data security positions – and that's where things might get tricky for Snowden. The other challenge would likely arise around the required relevant college degree, which Snowden doesn't have. Perhaps his experience and clout could help here?
Why would we recommend that Snowden try a bank that's not even among the Top 50 biggest banks in Russia? Well, banks, regardless of size, generally offer IT pros a reasonable pay rate and are always in need of skilled technical specialists. However, landing a job at even a small bank might become an immensely competitive task for someone without proper language skills and Russian citizenship.
Here's where networking comes into play: Anna Chapman, dubbed "the spiciest spy girl," has served on the board of FundServiceBank since May 2013. She joined the bank as an adviser to the CEO on investments and innovation in October 2010, shortly after being deported from the US for espionage.
Anna Chapman. Image courtesy of annachapman.ru
Chapman, a 31-year-old divorcee, recently proposed to Snowden via Twitter – so she'd probably be happy to help the object of her affection -- her muse? -- secure a job at the bank.
Russia Today, Better Known as RT
Working closely with journalists for a while, it's likely that Snowden might want to try his own hand at journalism – and here's the company that should be first on his list of media enterprises to speak to.
Russia Today, or RT, is the Russian broadcasting service aimed at foreign audiences. With its first channel launched in December 2005, RT now broadcasts in English, Spanish, and Arabic with a global reach of over 630 million people.
Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks and a Snowden supporter, has a long-standing history of cooperation with RT. He had his own TV program, The Julian Assange Show, on the network in 2012 and was featured in an exclusive interview in 2010.
Julian Assange. Screenshot from an RT video
So if Snowden would like to join the team at RT to spread the word about the problems in the US (without harming Putin's US partners, of course), he should ask Mr. Assange for a recommendation letter.
Sheremetyevo Airport
What if Snowden has established an emotional attachment to the place where he spent many long weeks after landing in Russia? Good news: International Airport Sheremetyevo badly needs talented people like him!
At roughly $16,000 per year "and up," the salary for a system administrator at Sheremetyevo is not very competitive, but it does come with an "industry-leading benefit package" that includes health coverage, free kindergarten for employees' children, a mortgage support program, and a free shuttle service to the neighboring town of Lobnya. Here's a photo of the town's entrance:
"Lobnya" sign at the town's border. Image courtesy of lobnya.cc
Moreover, working that close to planes, Snowden could quite easily hop on a flight to South America if he ever felt fed up with Russia.
Other Options
Russia has a number of technology companies, so if Snowden is interested, there'd be plenty of options available to him. For example, he could join Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX), dubbed "the Russian Google" (NASDAQ:GOOG), as the company controls 60% of the search market in Russia.
The other option might be working for Vkontakte (VK), a.k.a. "the Russian Facebook (NASDAQ:FB)," with over 40 million daily visitors and 200 million registered accounts in Russia and Europe.
There are plenty of smaller startups, too, and they're always starved for senior IT specialists.
Then again, if Snowden would like to continue working in the governmental agency environment, perhaps the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), a KGB successor, would be a door to knock on.
Will Snowden ring the FSB's bell? Image courtesy of Wikimedia
There is a catch with this one: The requirements for FSB positions prohibit the employment of people with foreign citizenship and sometimes even of people with relatives abroad. Of course, direct collaboration with a foreign special service group would likely add to the long list of charges against Snowden in the US – so the decision to go this route should be taken with extreme caution.
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GROSSPRIEL, Austria (AP) — Austrian officials say an examination of the charred body believed to be that of the gunman who killed three policemen and a paramedic shows he apparently killed himself with a shot to the head.
Police found the body early Wednesday behind a hidden door of a secret cellar in a farm building where the gunman barricaded himself. They said they believed the remains were that of 55-year-old suspect Alois Huber.
State Prosecutor Michaela Schnell says authorities "assume at this point that it was suicide."
The shooting rampage began early Tuesday, after police looking for poachers tried to question Huber and ended with the discovery more than 24 hours later of the body consumed by a fire that he apparently lit.