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This pretty much says it all: General Petraeus is returning to Afghanistan at the President's request to lead the war effort there, but his wife Holly's struggle to defend our troops against the predatory lending practices of car dealers has been lost. Holly will become another military spouse who lost a battle with car dealers while a loved one serves overseas. Both Houses of Congress are apparently willing to "support the troops" only when it doesn't get in the way of doing favors for the guys raising money at those rubber-chicken campaign fundraisers back home.
Let's hope the General has better luck against Mullah Omar than his wife had against Tony Federico. Tony's the auto dealer we wrote about the other day – the one who says he always gets the best deals for his customers, but doesn't want anyone checking to see if that's true or not. In this Congress, the score is now Tony 1, Holly 0.
The House/Senate Committee approved a carve-out for auto dealers that exempts them from oversight by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. There are no good policy reasons for that. The argument that "car dealers had nothing to do with the economic crisis" doesn't wash. As Jeff Sovern observed in Politico, reform is designed to prevent the next crisis as much as it is to avoid a repeat of the last one. With nearly a trillion dollars a year written in auto loans each year, and with auto dealers having the same perverse incentives as mortgage brokers, it's a tragedy waiting to happen.
And it's a tragedy that is happening – every day, in communities all over the country. Holly Petraeus stepped in because she was one of many military family members who grew tired of seeing soldiers exploited by fast-talking bait and switch artists at a vulnerable and frightening time in their lives. When it push comes to shove, gladhanding contributors was more important to Congress than looking out for the interests of our soldiers … and other ordinary citizens. The racially discriminatory patterns behind auto lending didn't disturb them, either, nor did the average of $647 added to the cost of each vehicle as a result of dealer markups. (More info here and here.)
Negotiators are working to undo a little of the damage done by this decision. As the AP reported yesterday, auto dealers will still be covered by Federal truth-in-lending laws, although the Fed will have to write a justification every time it tried to write rules that specifically deal with auto loans. And there's a plan to create a "fast track" for the Federal Trade Commission to write rules that address auto loans.
But these are band-aids on the gaping wound created by this sweetheart deal. Every lender but one will have to answer to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, leaving a messy and confusing two-tiered oversight system that's ripe for exploitation.
We promoted the CREDO/Campaign for America's Future fax campaign last week, saying " Send a fax. Call your Senator and Representative. If you do, we can have you in a nice financial reform package, complete with consumer protections against auto dealer rip offs." Apparently I was overselling – which may qualify me for a job at an auto dealership – but send the fax and make the call anyway. That will let them know you're unhappy, and that you want the FTC and the Federal Reserve to push for the strongest possible regulations. And let the Senators who voted to encourage Tony's giveaway (my Senator, Barbara Boxer, is one of them) know you want them to push for real oversight of these loans.
General Petraeus specializes in counterinsurgency, which is defined as "armed conflict against an insurgency by forces aligned with the recognized government of the territory in which the conflict takes place." Too bad he didn't share some of his techniques with his wife before she went to plead her case before Congress. In the battle between our troops and Tony Federico, the troops never really had a chance.


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Environmental Management and Policy
Course Catalog: Environmental Management & Policy
Please note: this program will be phased out beginning in Fall 2018 and will be replaced by Geography (GPY), effective Fall 2019. Current environmental management and policy majors (those who declared by May 2018) will be able to graduate with EMP degrees. Current majors wishing to change to the GPY major should consult with program faculty.
The environmental management and policy program (EMP) provides students with rigorous, problem-oriented training in the theories and practical skills they will need to contribute meaningfully to ongoing efforts to craft a sustainable, just world. Through interdisciplinary coursework, unique fieldwork, internship, and service-learning opportunities in the Yellowstone River watershed (and beyond), EMP students learn to think, speak, and write critically and pragmatically about the links between environmental science, human development, and decision-making. Rocky Mountain College's location along the Yellowstone River and proximity to the both the Beartooth Mountains and Yellowstone National Park provide EMP students with unique opportunities to explore first-hand the human-environment-dynamics and development patterns that drive resource management policies.
Learning Outcomes
Students who graduate with a major in environmental management and policy will be able to:
- Apply fundamental theories from the disciplines of business, the natural science and social sciences, and the humanities to environmental issues;
- Demonstrate knowledge of political, legal, and economic processes associated with environmental management and policy;
- Demonstrate knowledge of the ethical implications of environmental management and policy decisions;
- Demonstrate a capacity to think critically and communicate effectively about the relationships between global processes and regional- and sub-regional-scale environmental management and policy issues.
Major in Environmental Management & Policy
A minimum of 54 semester hours is required, including:
EMP 102: Regional Geography of Landscape Change
EMP 118: Montana Rivers
EMP 302: Sustainable Development Policy and Practice
EMP 411: Science Policy and the Environment
ESC 105 and ESC 106: Environmental Science: Sustainable Communities with laboratory
ESC 321: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
EST 103: Introduction of Environmental Studies
ACC 210: Principles of Accounting
BSA 101: Introduction to Business
BSA 303: Principles of Management
ECO 205: Principles of Economics
ECO 354: Environmental Economics
Choose one of the following:
PHR 304: Environmental Ethics
PHR 378: Philosophy or Technology and Culture
Choose one of the following:
EST 226: Energy and Society
EMP 224: Environment and Society
POL 204: Political Geography
Choose three of the following:
ESC 209: Field Survey Techniques in Zoology
ESC 314: Range Ecology
ESC 322: Remote Sensing
ESC 330: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
ESC 436: Yellowstone Winter Ecology
BSA 331: Business Law
BSA 412: Business Ethics
BSA 418: Entrepreneurship I
ENG 244: Literature and the Environment
GEO 101: Fundamentals of Geology
GEO 331: Oil and Gas Geology
HST 365: American Environmental History
POL 301: International Relations
POL 313: Environmental Politics
ACC 210 - Foundations of Accounting
Semester: Fall and Spring
Semester hours: 3
This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of the uses and limitations of accounting information, particularly from financial statements. Students will understand how to take information from the financial statements and make informed business decisions.
Prerequisite: BSA 101
BSA 101 - Introduction to Business
Semester: Fall and Spring
Semester hours: 3
A beginning business course designed to introduce students to the areas of business study, including historical foundations of America's free enterprise system, ethics and social responsibility in the business setting, entrepreneurship, the legal structures of business, marketing, and general management.
BSA 303 - Principles of Management
Semester: Fall and Spring
Semester hours: 3
Students examine the management functions and basic concepts and principles of management, including planning, organization, coordination, control, job design, and human resource management. Topics in human resource management include recruitment, selection, administration of personnel policies, and dismissals. This course is often required as a prerequisite for master's level business programs.
Prerequisite: ACC 210, ECO 205
BSA 331 - Business Law
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 3
A course that explores the legal principles relating to business transactions: contracts, sales, commercial paper, intellectual property, and e-commerce. A study of the legal environment of business is emphasized. This course is often required as a prerequisite for master's level business programs.
Prerequisite: ACC 210, ECO 205
BSA 412 - Business Ethics
Semester: Fall; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
A study of the ethical problems that evolve in the modern business world, including a brief history of ethics and the practical ethical problems associated with running a business. Knowledge of ethical concepts as they apply to business management is explored through case studies and student class presentations. Emphasis is on the role of management as it affects stockholders, employees, customers, and competitors. Issues such as product safety, plant closures, advertising, doing business in other countries, and the overall role of business and society are discussed.
Prerequisite: ACC 309, BSA 303, BSA 304, BSA 311
BSA 418 - Entrepreneurship I
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 3
Students will learn the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, how to seek and evaluate opportunities for new ventures, how to prepare a complete business plan, and how to plan strategies and gather resources to create business opportunities.
Prerequisite: ACC 309, BSA 303, BSA 304, BSA 311
ECO 205 - Principles of Economics
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 3
This course will introduce the principles of firm-level decision making, consumer choices and their rationale, differing forms of industry competition, and how market-clearing prices and quantities are determined in a market environment. Additionally, the students will gain an understanding of how the major participants in the economy interact and what drives economic growth, interest rates, and inflation. The possible impacts of a variety of fiscal and monetary policy choices will be presented to assist the student in understanding how those policies will impact incomes, employment, and trade for a country. At the completion of this course, the student should have a basic understanding of both the microeconomic and macroeconomic environments and their impacts on businesses and the general population.
ECO 354 - Environmental Economics
Semester: Fall; Even years
Semester hours: 3
Students examine the application of microeconomics to problems of the environment. This course is offered both for the major and for those interested in environmental problems.
Prerequisite: ECO 205
EMP 102 - Regional Geography of Landscape Change
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 3
This course is an integrative course in environmental science, environmental studies, and environmental management and policy. The course is intended to provide students with tools and knowledge from the social and physical sciences that will help them to think critically about how global systems work and how they connect and transform social activity and bio-geographical landscapes around the world. The course focuses on three main topics:
1. The cultural, political-economic, and bio-geophysical characteristics that distinguish the world's diverse regions.
2. How these place-specific characteristics shape and are shaped by global processes.
3. The role of policy in shaping global flows and their local expressions.
EMP 118 - Montana Rivers
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 3
This course is a required laboratory component for Environmental Program students. This is an integrative, field-based course designed to introduce students to environmental programs at Rocky Mountain College (RMC) and to key regional environmental issues through hands-on experiences in the outdoor classrooms of the Yellowstone and Missouri River watersheds. Students will be involved in a combination of activities, including a canoe trip on the Missouri River or Yellowstone River and outdoor service learning activities, including the annual Yellowstone River Cleanup. They will be expected to read, keep journals, write papers, examine basic ecology, analyze patterns of landscape change and management, and work as part of a team of outdoor professionals. Students will also be expected to learn basic GPS and mapping skills.
Corequesite: EST 103, ESC 105, or instructor approval
EMP 224 - Environment & Society
Semester: Spring; Odd years
Semester hours: 3
This course is an integrative course in Environmental Studies (EST), Environmental Management and Policy (EMP), and Environmental Science (ESC). The course is designed to be an elective that will satisfy an elective requirement for EST, EMP, and ESC majors. It will also satisfy core curriculum requirements for the social sciences. The course introduces students to the scholarly context, core ideas, terminology, major controversies, and complexities that surround contemporary socio-environmental problems. The course focuses on four main topics:
1. The landscape as a dynamic artifact of human-environment interaction.
2. The roots of (mostly American) environmental thinking.
3. The social, environmental, and political-economic forces that shape human environment interaction and, in doing so, give rise to specific landscapes and environmental problems.
4. The roles of consumers, markets, governments, policies, science, and collective action in shaping human use of and efforts to conserve ecosystem goods and services.
EMP 299 - Independent Study
Semester: Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 1-3
This course allows a superior student to devise and pursue independent study in an area agreed upon in consultation with, and supervised by, a faculty member. Students should be either a major or minor and have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or greater.
EMP 302 - Sustainable Development Policy and Practice
Semester: Fall; Odd years
Semester hours: 3
This course is intended to help students better understand key themes of sustainable development policy and practice. More importantly, perhaps, the goal of the readings is to raise questions about and inspire students to critically examine the "taken-for-granted" assumptions that many of us have regarding sustainable development and, more broadly, out relationships with it. During this class we will constantly return to the following questions:
1. What spatial processes and linkages lead to particular development outcomes?
2. Whose needs do orthodox approaches to sustainable development best meet?
3. What is development success, and how can it be achieved through policy and practice?
The readings, lectures, and assignments for this course track the theory and practice of development as it has evolved since the colonial period of human history, when development policies were focused almost exclusively on empire-building, to the present era of "sustainable development," when the focus is, in theory, on meeting the needs of the current generation without jeopardizing the ability of future generations their own needs.
Prerequisite: EMP 102
EMP 411 - Science Policy and the Environment
Semester: Spring; Even years
Semester hours: 3
This is a seminar-style "capstone" course for environmental management and policy majors in their second-to-last semester at RMC. This corse focuses on three interrelated themes: 1) the production and contestation of environmental knowledge; 2) the use of environmental knowledge in policy-making; and 3) understanding the historical, scientific, and policy contexts that shape responses to local and global environmental problems.
Prerequisite: EMP 102
EMP 499 - Independent Study
Semester: Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 1-3
This course allows a superior student to devise and pursue independent study in an area agreed upon in consultation with, and supervised by, a faculty member. Students should be either a major or minor and have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or greater.
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing
ENG 244 - Literature and the Environment
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 3
This course is a comparative study of the environmental imagination as expressed in literature. By reading and discussing a wide range of literary texts, students investigate timeless and more urgent questions, such as "What is nature?"; "What is our responsibility to the environment?"; "How do various cultures express their relation to the natural world?".
ESC 105 - Environmental Science: Sustainable Communities
Semester: Fall and Spring
Semester hours: 3
An introductory course designed for students entering the environmental sciences and studies program and for other students who would like to take an ecology course. Topics address the central concepts of ecology including the physical environment in which life exists. Students will explore the properties and processes of populations and communities, ecosystem dynamics, biogeography and biodiversity, as well as issues in conservation and restoration ecology. Three hours of lecture per week. This course may fulfill a natural lab science core curriculum requirement if taken concurrently with ESC 106.
ESC 106 - Environmental Science: Sustainable Communities Laboratory
Semester: Fall and Spring
Semester hours: 1
In the laboratory, students will apply environmental science concepts to ecological studies in the natural environment and learn how to present their results in a scientific report. One two-hour laboratory session per week.
Corequesite: ESC 105
ESC 209 - Field Survey Techniques in Zoology
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 4
A field and laboratory course covering basic field techniques to survey and inventory areas to assess biodiversity, with an emphasis on Montana mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, and fish fauna. Topics include species identification, survey and trapping, experimental design, data analysis, and report completion. Once identification and survey skills are learned, field teams will be formed and assigned to survey and inventory local habitats of concern with the goal of helping guide local management and restoration of these habitats. An additional fee is required.
Prerequisite: ESC 105 and/or BIO 120
ESC 314 - Range Ecology
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 4
This course is the study of mixed grass prairies of the West and an introduction to ecological concepts applicable to that area. Topics include historical and current land use, ecosystem responses to change, methods for maintaining natural prairie habitats, the use of prairies as rangelands, and determinations of ecological conditions and trends on rangelands. The laboratory focuses on identification of common prairie plant species and their importance for both wildlife and domestic animals. Three hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory session per week.
Prerequisite: BIO 120 or ESC 223
ESC 321 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Semester: Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 4
This course introduces students to the theory and practical application of geographic information systems (GIS). Topics include fundamentals of cartography, GIS data types, data input, GIS database structure and management, analysis of spatially distributed data, and report preparations using GIS.
Prerequisite: MAT 100 and a previous science course
ESC 330 - Wildlife Management and Conservation
Semester: Spring; Alternate years
Semester hours: 4
A multidisciplinary approach to conservation and management issues encompassing genetics to ethics. Topics include population genetics, evolutionary mechanisms, biodiversity, reserve design, and re-introduction strategies. Written reports and oral presentations are required. An additional fee is required.
Prerequisite: BIO 120 or ESC 223; and ESC 105 and ESC 106
ESC 436 - Yellowstone Winter Ecology
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 4
This course focuses on the ecology of Yellowstone National Park, emphasizing the complex interactions of large mammals with the forest and range plant communities. Students explore the methods used by the National Park Service to establish natural resource policies and examine the Park's scientific research priorities. Two extended weekend laboratories provide research opportunities that include topics in winter ecology and aspects of the role of large mammals in the Yellowstone ecosystem. An additional fee is required.
Prerequisite: ESC 317 or ESC 330; and ESC 314 or ESC 325 or ESC 347; or permission of the instructor
EST 103 - Introduction to Environmental Studies
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 4
This course explores the complexity of environmental issues as approached from the perspectives of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Since environmental issues are inherently complex, attention is focused on how human beings perceive, understand, and respond to environmental change. Emphasis is placed on developing students' abilities to investigate matters critically and to respond in original, thoughtful, and imaginative ways. The laboratory portion of this course introduces students through field experience to some of the landscape and environmental issues in our region. Students will be involved in some combination of various activities, such as backpacks, a river cleanup, a film festival, special speaker events, among other activities. They will be expected to keep journals, write papers, take exams, and learn basic photography and watercolor techniques.
EST 226 - Energy and Society
Semester: Fall; Odd years
Semester hours: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to baseline knowledge, theories, and analytical techniques that will help them better understand and communicate effectively about the scientific, technical, economic, social, political, and environmental dimensions of Earth-Energy-Society interactions. While other energy sources will be discussed, the course focuses primarily on human use of energy from hydrocarbons (fossil fuels). In this class, students will examine patterns in Earth-Energy-Society interactions from a historical-geographic perspective. Particular attention will be given to policy tools and technical options for addressing problematic/unsustainable patterns of energy production.
GEO 101 - Fundamentals of Geology
Semester: Fall and Spring
Semester hours: 3
This course provides an introduction to the science of earth materials, earth systems, and earth history, including the study of minerals, rocks, volcanoes, earthquakes, rock deformation and metamorphism, weathering, and erosion within the modern paradigm of plate tectonics. Special emphasis is placed on interpreting the geologic landscape and history of the Rocky Mountains through an understanding of Earth processes. Three hours of lecture and one recommended two-hour laboratory per week, plus field trips. This course fulfills a natural lab science core curriculum requirement if taken concurrently with GEO 104.
GEO 334 - Oil and Gas Geology
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 4
This course provides an introduction to oil and gas geology, illustrating the various processes that take place from petroleum source to sink. Lectures will focus on the generation of oil and gas, the nature of source rocks and reservoirs, exploration of petroleum traps, as well as drilling and production. Special consideration will be given to regional oil and gas fields in Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota. Exercises will include basic rock description (hand sample and thin section), as well as geologic map and seismic interpretation and structural analysis. Assignments will focus on weekly reading and laboratory assignments, as well as field trips. Students will be assessed via laboratory exercises, midterm and final exam, and final project presented in written and oral form.
Prerequisite: GEO 101, GEO 104, GEO 204, and GEO 218
HST 365 - American Environmental History
Semester: Fall; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
This course examines the interrelationship of human society and nature in American history. Topics will include ecology as it relates to European conquest of the Americas, Native American peoples, public lands policies, American national character, technological society, conservation, and the modern environmental movement.
PHR 304 - Environmental Ethics
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 3
This course will address issues such as whether natural beings and the natural world have rights or whether only humans have rights. Students will determine what is ethically appropriate for humans in their relationship with the environment as well as what environmental ethics must take account of to be consequential in the world today.
PHR 378 - Philosophy of Technology and Culture
Semester: Spring; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
It is often a difficult task to understand one's own culture and age. Recent philosophical work offers profound insights into our age and places these insights within a much wider context.
POL 204 - Political Geography
Semester: Fall; Even years
Semester hours: 3
This course introduces students to the scholarly context, core ideas, terminology, major controversies, and complexities associated with taking a geographical perspective on political issues. In addition to introducing students to the "discipline" of political geography, the course is designed to help students develop tools to think critically about the mutually constitutive relationship between politics and places as well as the conflict-laden politics of human-environment relations. The readings, videos, music, and other materials used in the course are drawn from political geography, political science, the humanities, government and multi-lateral agencies, and substantive news and media outlets (e.g., Economist, National Geographic, and The World Bank).
The course focuses on five main topics:
1. The evolution of political geography as a field of inquiry;
2. Places as domains of power (e.g., public places)
3. Changing relationships between territory, sovereignty, and identity
4. Globalization and environmental governance
5. Paradoxes and contradictions of post-September 11 geopolitics
POL 301 - International Relations
Semester: Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 3
Students examine an analysis of the way nations interact with one another and how the necessities of power and the desire to regulate the use of power in the international arena have influenced 20th century world politics.
Prerequisite: a lower-division history or political science course
POL 313 - Environmental Politics
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 3
This course explores the political problems associated with the human impact on the natural environment: pollution, natural resources, public lands, land use, energy, cultural/social justice, and population.
- Kayhan Ostovar, Associate Professor
- Lucas Ward, Associate Professor, Program Coordinator of Environmental Management and Policy
- Megan Poulette, Assistant Professor

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From the outside it's an unassuming building.
Yet it has always been in the public spotlight.
In a previous existence it had been a pub and not always a welcome part of the Horsham town centre scene.
A year ago, it made the headlines again when it was ravaged by fire.
But today, Wabi in East Street is transformed.
It has never been in better shape.
Despite its modest facade, it's one of the most noted Japanese restaurants and cocktail lounges outside London.
And it delivers more than just amazing food.
It's ambitions are as much theatrical as they are gourmet.
Within the building, the contemporary design makes a striking contrast.
A wall of water and a subtle mix of natural stone and wood instantly create an ambiance at one with nature.
It's intended to put you are your ease.
To relax you.
To sweep you away from its market town setting to somewhere far more exotic.
The food delivers on every dimension.
The presentation combines minimalist simplicity with a dash of extravagant theatre.
With some dishes, dry ice exudes across the table like a Merlinesque mist.
The hand towels sprinkled with droplets of water grow before the diners' very eyes.
And cocktails like a Pornstar Martini encapsulate burning vodka in hollowed-out boats of passion-fruit floating in a tiny sea of fruit - with a glass of bubbles to accompany.
Such diversions whet the appetite, heighten the senses, and turn a special occasion into an occasion that is forever special.
But the skill is not merely visual.
Head chef Lubomir Kovar - known as Lubo - and his team of highly skilled chefs, is an amazing craftsman of food. Young and dynamic, his small kitchen can create a dinner menu for you.
So those who think Wabi is all about sushi and raw fish could not be more mistaken - even though they are served spectacularly well.
The delicacies range from prawn dumplings (£8.75), to miso roasted black cod (£17).
The tea smoked lamb chops (£14.50) melt in the proverbial mouth, while the beef fillet tatami (£12.50) is simply divine.
Is it expensive?
Well lunches are superb value and can come in at about £9 - although you can spend more.
In the evenings, it is all about the experience. It's about sitting down with friends and going through a six or eight course meal - and will be as expensive as the number of dishes you choose to order and share.
We were served by Kristina at the table while Danilo performed his own piece of theatre mixing the cocktails. The were overseen by the marvellously engaging and attentive Pedro, who writes articles for this newspaper but did not have a hand in drafting this one.
With 2AA Rosettes it is located over two floors including a beautiful Japanese water garden for dining during warmer months.
The first floor is where you'll find the main dining room and romantic private dining pods. They vary in size for two people up to six. For larger dining parties there is the Tatami room; which can seat up to 14 people.
Wabi is designed for people who love the best Japanese food.
But if you've never tried it before, don't worry. There's something to suit every taste - and we went with our son and his mate who wouldn't normally sample anything more daring than pizza.
They genuinely loved it.
The friend said it was the best restaurant meal and experience he had ever had - and he's already asked his parents if they can celebrate his 18th birthday there!
The old building in East Street may look almost unchanged from the exterior - but step inside and it has never had more to offer.
Not only have the staff transformed the building - they are transforming the reputation of Horsham, and all for the better.


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Gault, Iris, Gallagher, Ann and Chambers, Mary (2013) Perspectives on medicine adherence in service users and carers with experience of legally sanctioned detention and medication: a qualitative study. Patient Preference and Adherence, 7, pp. 787-799. ISSN (online) 1177-889X
Gallagher, Ann, Wainwright, Paul, Tompsett, Hilary and Atkins, Christine (2012) Findings from a delphi exercise regarding conflicts of interests, general practitioners and safeguarding children: 'listen carefully, judge slowly'. Journal of Medical Ethics, 38(2), ISSN (print) 0306-6800
Wainwright, Paul and Gallagher, Ann (2010) Understanding general practitioners' conflicts of interests and the paramountcy principle in safeguarding children. Journal of Medical Ethics, 36(5), pp. 302-305. ISSN (print) 0306-6800
Gallagher, Ann, Arber, Anne, Chaplin, Rob and Quirk, Alan (2010) Service users' experience of receiving bad news about their mental health. Journal of Mental Health, 19(1), pp. 34-42. ISSN (print) 0963-8237
Urwin, Sharon, Stanley, Robert, Jones, Malcolm, Gallagher, Ann, Wainwright, Paul and Perkins, Andrew (2010) Understanding student nurse attrition: learning from the literature. Nurse Education Today, 30(2), pp. 202-207. ISSN (print) 0260-6917
Tompsett, Hilary, Ashworth, Mark, Atkins, Christine, Bell, Lorna, Gallagher, Ann, Morgan, Maggie, Neatby, Rozalind and Wainwright, Paul (2010) The child, the family and the GP: tensions and conflicts of interest for GPs in safeguarding children May 2006-October 2008 Final report February 2010. (Project Report) London, U.K. : Kingston University. 185 p. ISBN 9780955832956
Wainwright, Paul, Gallagher, Ann, Tompsett, Hilary and Atkins, Christine (2010) The use of vignettes within a Delphi exercise: a useful approach in empirical ethics? Journal of Medical Ethics, 36(11), pp. 656-660. ISSN (print) 0306-6800
Baillie, Lesley, Ford, Pauline, Gallagher, Ann and Wainwright, Paul (2009) Nurses' views on dignity in care. Nursing older people, 21(8), pp. 22-29. ISSN (print) 1472-0795
Gallagher, Ann, Wainwright, Paul, Baillie, Lesley and Ford, Pauline (2009) The RCN dignity survey: implications for leaders. Nursing Management, 16(4), pp. 12-16. ISSN (print) 1354-5760
King, Linda M., Jackson, Marcus T., Gallagher, Ann, Wainwright, Paul and Lindsay, Jane (2009) Towards a model of the expert practice educator: interpreting multi-professional perspectives in the literature. Learning in Health and Social Care, 8(2), pp. 135-144. ISSN (print) 1473-6853
Baillie, Lesley, Ford, Pauline, Gallagher, Ann and Wainwright, Paul (2009) Dignified care for children and young people: nurses' perspectives. Paediatric nursing, 21(2), pp. 24-28. ISSN (print) 0962-9513
Wainwright, P. and Gallagher, A. (2008) Demonstrating dignity. Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987), 23(10), pp. 24-25. ISSN (print) 0029-6570
Gallagher, Ann (2008) A pilot evaluation of the Arts for Life project in end-of-life care. Nursing Standard, 22(50), pp. 42-46. ISSN (print) 0029-6570
Ford, Pauline, Baillie, Lesley, Gallagher, Ann and Wainwright, Paul (2008) Everything we do. Nursing Management, 15(4), p. 7. ISSN (print) 1354-5760
Gallagher, Ann, Li, Sarah, Wainwright, Paul, Jones, Ian Rees and Lee, Diana (2008) Dignity in the care of older people: a review of the theoretical and empirical literature. BMC Nursing, 7(11), ISSN (online) 1472-6955
Ford, Pauline, Hayward, Mike, Baillie, Lesley, Gallagher, Ann and Wainwright, Paul (2008) Sticking to our principles. Emergency Nurse, 16(4), pp. 4-5. ISSN (print) 1354-5752
Gallagher, Ann (2008) Book Review of: Inventing human rights: a history by L. Hunt. Nursing Ethics, 15(3), pp. 421-422. ISSN (print) 0969-7330
Wainwright, Paul and Gallagher, Ann (2008) On different types of dignity in nursing care: a critique of Nordenfelt. Nursing Philosophy, 9(1), pp. 46-54. ISSN (print) 1466-7681
Stanley, Robert, Eberhardie, C, Gallagher, A and Smith, S (2007) Neuroethics: exploring issues in theory and practice. In: EANN 8th quadrennial congress of the European Association of Neuroscience Nurses; 31 May - 02 Jun 2007, Reykjavik, Iceland. (Unpublished)
Gallagher, Ann and Wainwright, Paul (2007) Terminal sedation: promoting ethical nursing practice. Nursing Standard, 21(34), pp. 42-46. ISSN (print) 0029-6570
Gallagher, Ann (2007) The respectful nurse. Nursing Ethics, 14(3), pp. 360-371. ISSN (print) 0969-7330
Wainwright, Paul and Gallagher, Ann (2007) Ethical aspects of withdrawing and withholding treatment. Nursing Standard, 21(33), pp. 46-50. ISSN (print) 0029-6570
Stanley, Robert, Gallagher, Ann, Eberhardie, Christine and Wainwright, Paul (2007) An introduction to neuroethics: Part 1. The values of ethics and the neurosciences. British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 3(3), pp. 112-116. ISSN (print) 1747-0307
Gallagher, Ann (2006) Book review of: Case analysis in clinical ethics by R. Ashcroft [et al.] (eds.). Nursing Ethics, 13(3), pp. 327-328. ISSN (print) 0969-7330
Gallagher, Ann (2006) The ethics of culturally competent health and social care. In: Papadopoulos, Irena, (ed.) Transcultural health and social care development of culturally competent practitioners. London, UK : Churchill Livingstone. pp. 65-84. ISBN 0443101310
Gallagher, Ann (2006) The teaching of nursing ethics: content and method. Promoting ethical competence. In: Davis, Anne , Tschudin, Verena and De Raeve, Louise, (eds.) Essentials of teaching and learning in nursing ethics: perspectives and methods. London : Churchill Livingstone. pp. 223-239. ISBN 0443074801
Gallagher, Ann (2005) Too clever to care? Nursing Standard, 19(18), pp. 14-15. ISSN (print) 0029-6570
Gallagher, Ann and Wainwright, Paul (2005) The ethical divide. Nursing Standard, 20(7), pp. 22-25. ISSN (print) 0029-6570
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Gallagher, Ann and Belshaw, Christopher (2003) Neither saint nor sinner. Nursing Standard, 17(45), pp. 22-23. ISSN (print) 0029-6570
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McHale, Jean and Gallagher, Ann (2003) Nursing and human rights. Edinburgh : Butterworth Heinemann. 204p. ISBN 0750652926
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I have been having some tremendous breakthroughs in this past year. I am grateful for that. With every new name, a piece of me and and my history slides into place. Into memory.
It is a rule of thumb in good genealogy practice to pull every record related to an ancestor, to perform "exhaustive research" in the language of the Genealogical Proof Standard. This discovery illustrates the value of that principal. This discovery was made even sweeter by the fact that it was so unexpected.
My search for my great-grandmother Matilda's roots has gone full steam ahead this year and last. Matilda married four times but only appears on the census with one husband, and she gets married in at least three different cities so cracking that case was probably one of the hardest things I have ever done in my family research. I found her marriage dates in online indexes and databases so, as part of my due diligence, I began the necessary task of ordering the actual marriage records and death records of her husbands from the proper state and county offices. As the records came in, I scanned them and put them in the proper folders. I wasn't expecting to find anything new.
From Matilda's death certificate, "VINEY NEELY" was listed as her mother, no name of father.
From Matilda's first marriage record, her surname is given as "MATILDA MEELY." Neither of those names enabled me to find Matilda as a child in her parent's household in 1880. I had her back to the 1900 census, but she was already on husband number two. I also checked "VIRGINIA NEELY" thinking Viney might be short for that. Those nicknames will get you every time.
A few weeks ago, I received a copy of Matilda's marriage record from Philadelphia to husband number three, Peter Vickers. Now keep in mind, only her first husband is my actual ancestor. To my surprise, the record included a copy of the marriage application, and Philadelphia, at that time, was one of the places that asked people the names of their parents, where they were from, and whether they were alive. It's hard to read, but her father's name was given as "CHARLES" (no surname) and her mother's name was "LAVINA NELLIE" (Viney was short for Lavina!):
Now that I had the correct names of her parents, I finally, 15 years later, was able to locate Matilda NEELY living in Taylor County, Florida with her father "CHARLES NEELY" on the 1880 census! His wife's name in 1880 is shown as "NETTA" (maybe another wife? or is Lavina's name just mangled?) and there is MATILDA, 8 years old, right where she should be. Charles Nealy is also in the county in 1870 before Matilda's birth, but the mother's name is a closer match and shown as "NELVINA":
This was so exciting!!!! I have siblings for Matilda I can now go on a crazy manhunt to find and I can also start the tough work of uncovering the likely enslaved roots of Charles and Lavina. I guess I have just added another 10 years of research to my life;)
If this doesn't illustrate why we need to pull every marriage record, even those for other spouses, I don't know what would. The names are all over the place, but THIS IS HER. Another branch back on my tree;)
P.S.—Now I want to know if I am related to the Neelys on the cooking show, so I can get some discount barbeque!


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"The stockings were hung by the chimney" didn't really apply to our Christmas stockings because we never lived in a house with a fireplace! But we did have stockings, probably hung on a nail or with tape on the wall, like the one in this photo taken at my sister Jane's home when her children were young:
It was always fun to get up on Christmas morning and see what Santa had left in your stocking. It was filled with little gifts: toys or games, a small book, pen or pencil, playing cards, jacks, candy. Santa always left breakfast in your stocking too: an apple, a banana, an orange stuffed down in the toe, and some unshelled nuts!
I don't have my childhood Christmas stocking, having lost it in a hasty move as a young adult. I wish I had it: my parents bought it for me in Alaska, during one of those years when Daddy had been working steadily and had money to spend.
Here is a photo of one of my son's Christmas stockings. This one was "just for show," that is, Santa didn't fill it with goodies on Christmas Eve. It was given to him by his Grandma Nettie.
Family tradition is that you only have a Christmas stocking until you are 18 or married. But I continue to fill stockings every year for my son, his wife, and my two grandchildren, even though all of them are beyond the mandated age! Each has a stocking with his or her initial on it that is filled with silly toys, sample-size toiletries, candy, socks, and other odds and ends. (My daughter-in-law Christina was shocked when she got her first stocking—she was concerned we were trying to tell her something by giving her deodorant, a toothbrush and sample-size toothpaste!)
It will be fun when I can add stockings for great-grandchildren to the fray!
The Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories (ACCM) gives you an opportunity to write about and share your family's holiday history 24 different ways during 24 days in December! Learn more at http://adventcalendar.geneabloggers.com. This post was originally published in 2011.
© 2012 Denise Spurlock


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Surat al-Kahf, 101-110
Those who have turned a blind eye to My remembrance and a deaf ear to My warning. (Surat al-Kahf, 101)
This verse emphasizes the unbelievers' heedlessness about Allah's remembrance. In another verse, He states: "… Yet they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord" (Surat al-Anbiya', 42). They deny Allah's verses, ignore the signs of creation in every detail of the universe, and refuse to listen to the Qur'an, which Allah revealed as guidance to faith. Many verses clearly state the importance of remembering Allah and that the alternative is heedlessness:
Remember your Lord in yourself humbly and fearfully, without loudness of voice, morning and evening. Do not be one of the unaware. (Surat al-A`raf, 205)
People are responsible for seeking Allah's good pleasure in everything they do, and for abiding by His commands and recommendations. The importance of remembrance is mentioned in the following verse:
Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book, and establish prayer. Prayer precludes indecency and wrongdoing. And remembrance of Allah is greater still. Allah knows what you do. (Surat al-`Ankabut, 45)
About the believers, Allah says: "O you who believe, do not let your wealth or children divert you from the remembrance of Allah. Whoever does that is lost" (Surat al-Munafiqun, 9). In other words, remembrance is more important than anything else. He also says: "Remember the Name of your Lord, and devote yourself to Him completely" (Surat al-Muzammil, 8). The Muslims' determination in remembrance is revealed in the following verse:
[The believers are] not distracted by trade or commerce from the remembrance of Allah, establishing prayer, and giving alms; fearing a day when all hearts and eyes will be in turmoil. (Surat an-Nur, 37)
Surat al-Kahf 101 also maintains that the unbelievers cannot bear to hear the Qur'an being recited. They would like to see everyone else turn their backs on the Qur'an, because someone who listens to it might follow the voice of his or her conscience, side with the righteous, and begin to practice truth and advise others to do same. For this reason, the unbelievers develop various means of rejecting the calls to faith, one of which is related in: "Those who do not belive say: 'Do not listen to this Qur'an. Drown it out, so that hopefully you will gain the upper hand'" (Surah Fussilat, 26).
As the above verse reveals, the unbelievers try to drown out the Qur'an's voice, change the subject, or prevent its recitation. If all of this fails, they resort to violence and intimidation, and apply all kinds of pressure to silence the believers. The only reason for them to do so is their fear of being influenced by the truth, that their consciences might be touched and cause them to realize how mistaken they are. Their fear is visible in their facial expressions, behavior, and panic when they hear the Qur'an being recited or the truth of creation being told. Surah Ya Sin reveals that the unbelievers will not listen to the voice of truth, although adhering to the Qur'an's values is their only route to salvation:
They are told: "Heed what is before you and behind you, so that hopefully you will have mercy shown to you." Not one of your Lord's Signs comes to them without their turning away from it. (Surah Ya Sin, 45-46)
However, those who shut their ears to the Qur'an must know that they will feel great remorse on the Day of Judgment, a day on which they will seek only for death to finish them off. The Qur'an says:
But as for him who is given his Book in his left hand, he will say: "If only I had not been given my Book and had not known about my Reckoning! If only death had really been the end! My wealth has been of no use to me. My power has vanished." (Surat al-Haqqa, 25-29)
Do those who do not believe imagine that they can take My servants as protectors instead of Me? We have prepared Hell as hospitality for the unbelievers! (Surat al-Kahf, 102)
In other words, some people forget Allah and take others instead of Him as friends and protectors. They believe, mistakenly, that when they need some help, their protectors will help them and take care of their troubles. It is a great mistake to hope for salvation and assistance from people, because no one can help anyone else unless Allah wills it, for everything that exists is part of His creation. They came into being only because Allah wills it, and continue to exist only by His will. Only Allah clears away hardship and brings about ease, provides health and nourishment, and causes laughter as well as tears. In short, every other being is infinitely helpless, poor, and dependent. They have no power or means, and even lack the power to help themselves. Therefore, people should have faith in, expect help from, and seek any other thing only from Allah, for there is no other deity or being who can do anything for them.
This being so, to seek help from others or taking them as protectors; forgetting about Allah and not trusting in Him but in causes, means, and people; and considering Allah's creations as independent powers, forces, or influences constitutes a blatant association (shirk). The Qur'an reveals this serious mistake in the following terms:
They have taken deities besides Allah, so that perhaps they may be helped. They cannot help them, even though they are an army mobilized in their support. (Surah Ya Sin, 74-75)
In Hell, the ultimate place of punishment, Allah's attributes of Al-Qahhar (the Crusher, the Subduer), Al-Jabbar (the Irresistible), and Al-Muntaqim (the Avenger) will be reflected in eternity. Surat al-Kahf 102 indicates that this eternal suffering is prepared as hospitality for the unbelievers.
After accounting for their deeds in Allah's presence, the unbelievers will receive their books from the left. At this moment, these people will truly realize that they will be driven to eternal suffering in Hell. There is no way out for them. Each of the companions of Hell will be accompanied by two angels: a driver and a witness. The following verses provide more information on this subject:
The Trumpet will be blown. That is the Day of the Threat. Every self will come together with a driver and a witness. [It will be said]: "You were heedless of this, so We have stripped you of your covering and today your sight is sharp." His inseparable comrade [the angel] will say: "This is what I have ready for you." [Allah will say:] "Hurl into Hell every obdurate unbeliever, impeder of good, and doubt-causing aggressor who set up another deity together with Allah. Hurl him into the terrible punishment." (Surah Qaf, 20-26)
This is how the unbelievers will be taken to that scary place. They will be flung into Hell group by group and will hear the terrifying gasping sound of Hell's fire from afar (Surat al-Mulk, 7-8).
The verses reveal that from the very moment of their resurrection, they will be feeling what is expecting them. Their heads will be bowed from degradation and shame. In abject disgrace, friendless, and helpless, they will lose their conceit. Due to their shame, they will watch from the corner of their eyes without looking up. Our Lord says in one verse:
You will see them as they are exposed to it, abject in their abasement, glancing around them furtively. Those who believe will say: "Truly the losers are those who lose themselves and their families on the Day of Rising." The wrongdoers are in an everlasting punishment. (Surat ash-Shura, 45)
In addition, the deniers will be received at Hell's gates in the following manner:
Those who do not believe will be driven to Hell in companies. When they arrive there and its gates are opened, its custodians will say to them: "Did Messengers from yourselves not come to you, reciting your Lord's Signs to you and warning you of the meeting on this Day of yours?" They will say: "Indeed they did, but the decree of punishment is justly carried out against the unbelievers." They will be told: "Enter the gates of Hell and stay there timelessly, forever. How evil is the abode of the arrogant!" (Surat az-Zumar, 71-72)
The gates of Hell will be closed behind them. The suffering they face is described as a "severe punishment" (Surah Al `Imran, 4), a "painful punishment" (Surah Al `Imran, 21), and a "terrible punishment" (Surah Al `Imran, 176). Nothing on Earth can compare with it, as the following veses reveal:
That Day no one will punish as He punishes, and no one will shackle as He shackles. (Surat al-Fajr, 25-26)
The people destined for Hell will be cast into its fire, which is a "raging blaze" (Surat al-Ma`arij, 15), "a raging fire" (Surat al-Layl, 14), and "a searing blaze" (Surat al-Furqan, 11) Another verse says:
But as for him whose balance is light, his motherland is Hawiya. And what will convey to you what that is? A raging fire! (Surat al-Qari`a, 8-11)
The fire is only one of the physical and psychological sufferings waiting for the unbelievers in Hell. Suffering comes from every side, as the Qur'an says. In addition, they are not given the chance to defend themselves and are engulfed by all of this suffering. They cannot find a way to deflect the pain coming to them, and it will continue to come to them forever.
Say: "Shall I inform you of the greatest losers in their actions? People whose efforts in the life of this world are misguided, while they suppose that they are doing good." Those are the people who reject their Lord's Signs and the meeting with Him. Their actions will come to nothing and, on the Day of Rising, We will not assign them any weight. (Surat al-Kahf, 103-105)
These verses speak of people who worked hard in their worldly lives, achieved financial success, had a career, and made works of art or scientific discoveries. But all this is wasted in the Hereafter, because they denied Allah's existence and revelation. Irrespective of how great their achievements or how important their inventions, if they deny the Qur'an's revelations they will be at a loss in the Hereafter. Their situation is explained in the following verses:
But as for anyone who rejects faith, his actions will come to nothing and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers. (Surat al-Ma'ida, 5)
As for those who denied Our Signs and the encounter of the Hereafter, their actions will come to nothing. Will they be repaid except for what they did? (Surat al-A`raf, 147)
Like those before you who had greater strength than you and more wealth and children. They enjoyed their portion; so enjoy your portion as those before you enjoyed theirs. You have plunged into defamation as they plunged into it. The actions of such people come to nothing in this world or the Hereafter. They are the lost. (Surat at-Tawba, 69)
Those who repent, those who worship, those who praise, those who fast, those who bow, those who prostrate, those who command the right, those who forbid the wrong, those who preserve the limits of Allah:
give good news to the believers.
(Surat at-Tawba, 112)
The verses reveal that while the unbelievers's efforts are being wasted, the believers will be rewarded in the most pleasant way for every good deed that they do. As the following verse states, none of their efforts will be wasted:
Their Lord responds to them: "I will not let the deeds of anyone among you go to waste, male or female—you are both the same in that respect. Those who emigrated, were driven from their homes, suffered harm in My Way, and fought and were killed, I will erase their bad actions and admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing under them, as a reward from Allah. The best of all rewards is with Allah." (Surah Al `Imran, 195)
That is their repayment—Hell—because they did not believe and mocked My Signs and My Messengers. (Surat al-Kahf, 106)
This verse reveals that the unbelievers will suffer in Hell because they mocked Allah's Signs and His Messengers. Mockery is an often-used method to prevent the Qur'an from being heard. This character deficiency,which the unbelievers recommend to each other, is revealed by the following verses:
Not one of their Lord's Signs comes to them without their turning away from it. They deny the truth each time it comes to them, but news of what they were mocking will certainly reach them. (Surat al-An`am, 4-5)
In addition, another verse says:
But when he [Musa] came to them with Our Signs, they merely laughed at them. (Surat az-Zukhruf, 47)
The main reason for this mockery is that these people do not want to hear what is being said, because they fear that their consciences might stir, that they might begin to consider the Hereafter's existence or their responsibilities related to this life and death. Intending to mock Allah's religion, sent to us through His Messengers, they draw caricatures, write sarcastic articles, and hope to have fun by doing so. Through such means, they try to forget about the realities revealed by the Qur'an.
Mockery is the ignorant strategy of weak people who are trying to cover up their inferiority complexes, for they have no evidence to support their arguments against the truth. Those people who mock what is right will be able to do only for a while, as revealed in: "But Allah is mocking them, and drawing them on, as they wander blindly in their excessive insolence" (Surat al-Baqara, 15). They will meet with what they mocked, and "… what they used to mock at will engulf them" (Surat az-Zumar, 48). Allah also clarifies what will happen to those who mock the Qur'an in the face of Hell's fire:
No wonder you are surprised as they laugh with scorn! When they are reminded, they do not pay heed. When they see a Sign, they only laugh with scorn. They say: "This is just downright magic. When we are dead and turned to dust and bones, will we then be raised up again alive? And our earlier ancestors as well?" Say: "Yes, and you will be in a despicable state." There will be but one Great Blast, and then their eyes will open. They will exclaim: "Alas for us! This is the Day of Reckoning!" This is the Day of Decision that you used to deny. (Surat as-Saffat, 12-21)
Those who believe and do right actions will have the Gardens of Paradise as hospitality, remaining in them timelessly, forever, with no desire to move away from them. (Surat al-Kahf, 107-108)
On the Day of Judgment, sincere believers will receive their accounts, which contain all of their actions in life, from the right side. The Qur'an uses this expression for those people, destined for Paradise, who will have an easy trial. Other verses say this as well, among them:
As for him who is given his Book in his right hand, he will be given an easy reckoning and return to his family joyfully. (Surat al-Inshiqaq, 7-9)
Once their trial is over, the believers experience great joy, for they have found salvation. As the following verse says:
Enter them [Gardens and Springs] in peace, in complete security! (Surat al-Hijr, 46)
A believer who is told to enter Paradise will say:
If my people only knew how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored ones! (Surah Ya Sin, 26-27)
In another verse, the believers are told:
…This is the Day when the sincerity of the sincere will benefit them. They will have Gardens with rivers flowing under them… (Surat al-Ma'ida, 119)
Countless gifts are awaiting the believers in Paradise, for:
They will enter Gardens of Eden in which they will be adorned with gold bracelets and pearls, and where their clothing will be of silk. They will say: "Praise be to Allah, Who has removed all sadness from us. Truly our Lord is Ever-Forgiving, Ever-Thankful: He Who has lodged us, out of His favor, in the Abode of Permanence, where no weariness or fatigue affects us." (Surah Fatir, 33-35)
The blessings of Paradise are indescribable. As the verses reveal, in Paradise our five senses will experience the greatest pleasures and joys. But the greatest gift of all in Paradise is Allah's good pleasure. Real happiness is the peace and happiness of having won Allah's good pleasure, of being pleased with everything that He has given, and of being grateful for it all. Allah says of the people in Paradise:
… Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him. That is the Great Victory. (Surat al-Ma'ida, 119)
Say: "If all the sea was ink to write down the words of my Lord, it would run out long before the words of my Lord ran out," even if We were to bring the same amount of ink again. (Surat al-Kahf, 109)
In this verse, Allah's infinite wisdom is described through an example. Allah has the knowledge of the heavens and Earth, of every being in between, of every law of nature and science, and of anything happening at anytime and anywhere, because He created it all. Allah's knowledge has no boundaries. He knows simultaneously the identity of every person who lives and who has ever lived, when every single leaf falls from each tree, the state of every star among billions of stars in billions of galaxies, and of all the things that we could never finish writing about in these pages. He knows everything that happens on Earth, as well as everything happening in the universe and in the genetic code of every one of the billions of people, animals, and plants, simultaneously and regardless of when they lived. Allah, Who controls every point in space, also controls everything within and without of every human being. Allah has revealed this infinite knowledge in many verses, among them the following:
Do you not see that everyone in the heavens and Earth glorifies Allah, as do the birds with their outspread wings? Each one knows its prayer and glorification. Allah knows what they do. (Surat an-Nur, 41)
See how they wrap themselves around, trying to conceal their feelings from Him! No, indeed! When they wrap their garments around themselves, He knows what they keep secret and what they make public. He knows what their hearts contain. (Surah Hud, 5)
… He knows what is before them and what is behind them, but they cannot grasp any of His knowledge, save what He wills. His Footstool encompasses the heavens and Earth, and their preservation does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent. (Surat al-Baqara, 255)
He is Allah in the heavens and in Earth. He knows what you keep secret and what you make public, and He knows what you earn. (Surat al-An`am, 3)
Say: "I am only a human being like yourselves. It is revealed to me that your god is One God. So let him who hopes to meet his Lord act rightly and not associate anyone in the worship of his Lord." (Surat al-Kahf, 110)
Messengers have been sent to every nation, past and present, to call them to Allah's righteous path. Messengers are blessed people who explain Allah's existence and unity to their people, invite them to His religion, inform them of what Allah expects of them and what they should and should not do, and warn them about the punishment of Hell and, at the same time, give them the good news of Paradise.
The Messengers' lives are full of valuable lessons for those believers who understand and remember. Believers should not distinguish between the Messengers, whose noble attitude, behavior, and superior character are examples to emulate, and should take their advice and warnings seriously.
The calls to faith made by Allah's Messengers are, as revealed in the Qur'an, alike. Each of them invited people to believe in Allah and to abide by true revelation, not to transgress, and not to disobey His commands. For this reason, the believers should not prefer one Messenger over the other, should believe in what has been sent down to each Messenger, and answer their calls conscientiously. The verse proclaims:
Say: "We believe in Allah and what has been sent down to us; what was sent down to Ibrahim, Isma`il, Ishaq, Ya`qub, and the Tribes; what Musa and `Isa were given; and what all the Prophets were given by their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. We are Muslims submitted to Him." (Surat al-Baqara, 136)
All Prophets called people to the true faith and the right path. Their calls were valid for both their own nations and for us. The basic concepts of faith and morals to which they called, as well as their superior characters, are a source of guidance for every generation, including ours. The Qur'an reveals, from many perspectives, the truths to which they called and their exemplary moral qualities. Allah commands the believers to follow the Prophets' righteous path.
They are the ones to whom We gave the Book, Judgment, and Prophethood. If these people reject it, We have already entrusted it to a people who did not. They are the ones Allah has guided, so be guided by their guidance. Say: "I do not ask you for any wage for it. It is simply a reminder to all beings." (Surat al-An`am, 89-90)
For this reason, believers must read the accounts about the Messengers in the Qur'an carefully, accept their advice, and follow the righteous path diligently.
The Signs In Surat Al-Kahf For The End Times
Throughout this book on Surat al-Kahf, we have pointed out many of its signs addressing the End Times. The numerical (abjad) values of some of the verses fall close to our own era, such as:
We fortified their hearts... (Surat al-Kahf, 14)
Islamic era: 1400; Christian era: 1979
He said: "The power my Lord has granted me is better than that..." (Surat al-Kahf, 95)
Islamic era: 1409; Christian era: 1988 (without shaddah)
We gave him power and authority on Earth... (Surat al-Kahf, 84)
Islamic era: 1440; Christian era: 2019 (with shaddah)
Gerçekten Biz ona yeryüzünde sapasağlam bir iktidar verdik... (Kehf Suresi, 84)
Islamic era: 1440; Christian era: 2019 (with shaddah)
A sign pointing at the beginning of the Islamic 1400s and the end of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first Christian century is the number 1980, which is obtained by multiplying Surat al-Kahf's number of verses with its numerical order in the Qur'an.
Surat al-Kahf, surah number 18 in the Qur'an, has 110 verses. Thus, 18x110=1980
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi also often indicated that this time was the beginning of the End Times. He says, for example:
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?"7
Bediuzzaman, by saying "1400 years after" the Prophet's Companions, indicated the years around 1980 as the End Times. Here it is important to note that he said 1400, not 1373, 1378, and not 1398. In other words, the Islamic 1400s.


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Nifty site with links and information on everything from culture and customs to databases to an events calendar.
Polish Genealogical Society of America
Provides books, newsletters, bulletins and an annual workshop. There are more than 1,800 members, primarily in the United States. The site provides little help with searches for specific surnames. More extensive files are available at the office, 984 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60622. The Polish Museum of America is just steps away.
Polish Genealogical Word List
Quick guide to common words you'll run across in research.
Information about each Polish province as well as guides to researching in America and obtaining Polish records.
State Archives of Poland
Provides an explanation of holdings in both English and Polish. In addition to records of national importance kept in Warsaw, some family, town and other records can be found in about 80 provincial and local offices. Check the site for those addresses; the state archives says while most of the regional archives date from the 19th and 20th centuries, some records go back to medieval times. Best bet for old records: Gdansk, Krakow, Lublin, Olsztyn, Poznan, Szczecin and Wroclaw. Foreigners who wish to access genealogical records must obtain permission from the archives' managing director. For information about documents produced before 1945, write Archiwum Glowne Akt Dawnych, 00-263 Warszawa, ul. Dluga 7. Phone 48-22-831-54-91.


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1) "Beasts of the Southern Wild" A dreamy and joyous film about life, death, hope, dreams and wonder on an island in the Mississippi Delta. The miraculous young Quevezhané Wallis stars as Hushpuppy, a wee girl who experiences life in the feral community known as the Bathtub as a stream of wonder and delight, even though her dad (Dwight Henry) is gruff, her mom is absent and a killer storm is bearing down on her home. Writer-director Behn Zeitlin, in his feature debut, combines poetry and audacity in ways that recall Terrence Malick, but with a light and spry touch. Still, all his great work pales in comparison to the stupendous little Wallis, whom you'll never forget. Hollywood, Living Room
2) "Moonrise Kingdom" Wes Anderson films are such a specific taste that I'm a bit hesitant to suggest that this might be his most approachable (but surely not crowd-pleasing) work. In the wake of the delightful "The Fantastic Mr. Fox," Anderson returns to live-action and his familiar tics and habits in a tale of young (as in 'pre-teen') lovers on the run. Newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward fill the lead roles delightfully, and Anderson's muses Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman are joined ably by Edward Norton, Bruce Willis and Frances McDormand, among others. It's a light and breezy film with a very sweet heart and old-fashioned sturdiness. Even if you were left puzzled by the likes of "Rushmore" or "The Royal Tenenbaums" (still his best non-animated films, for me), this is likely to win you over. Cine Magic, Fox Tower, St Johns
3) "The Bourne Legacy" A dense, slick and thrilling spy movie that's got as much brain power as brawn. Writer-director Tony Gilroy ("Michael Clayton") turns the trilogy of films about Jason Bourne into the story of Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), another souped-up intelligence operative on the run from the secretive organizations which built him. The film cleverly integrates the story of the previous three, but stands alone as a gripping story about a man trying to extend the only life that he has come to know and depending on a geneticist (Rachel Weisz) and his own abilities to stay alive. From the complex narrative to the thrilling final half-hour, it's top shelf stuff. multiple locations
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Artist: Kit Flannery
Biography: Flannery specializes in man-made fabric collage. Her preferred subject matter is wildlife. She moved from Park City to Logan in 1970 and enrolled at USU to study ceramics and fiber art. Bringing her own techniques to her designs, she made paper patterns then appliqued fabric to fabric background using a sewing machine. While living in Kenya Africa she was inspired to use bright bold fabrics in her designs. Lives in Hyde Park, UT.
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Reclaiming My Life, Beyond HIV -- and Finding the MAGIC!
It's been a long time since I've blogged for my inner DIVA on behalf of HIV. I took a much-needed break from almost all things HIV for more than a year, with a few rare exceptions. In doing this I freed myself up, relieved my own stigma from living a life that was focused primarily on HIV.
This came to light after a speaking engagement when someone came up to me and with grace and admiration for my sharing my story said, "It's so great that you don't allow HIV to dominate your life."
"What!" I thought to myself loudly. But it has dominated my life. Every decision, every musical gig, everything I write about, every personal relationship or lack thereof, is more than affected by the openness with which I live with HIV. What if I listened to my therapist when she said to me: "You can just be Sherri, you know. You're not HIV. Why not let someone get to know YOU?"
So I did. It was good.
Finding a balance, I stepped away and in doing so I began to feel better. Less burdened with my story. Living more in the present. Not wearing my HIV as if it was the banner over my head. I was free. Free to love, fall in love and be the attraction I was before HIV. After all, I am not HIV. I am Sherri.
I needed to reclaim myself. Be connected to my joy through someone I shared art, music, the passion of it all with. Life! When I did I was happier. I relieved myself of survivor guilt. I know there are many other people today living with HIV who are speaking up and are out there doing what I became fatigued doing, and which was no longer serving my primary purpose: to be happy, healthy, hopeful, living with HIV. And isn't that the message? Isn't that the hope? That life goes on and your dreams can be reborn?
I recently paid a visit to my mom and stepdad in Florida and found myself needing to step up and help. They had grown old. My stepdad is now back up North with his family, and my mom chose to stay in her warm, sunny home. I was called to duty once again. Outside of getting help with my mom from a home health aide for seven and a half hours every day, I care for her pretty much constantly; my life, as lived on my own terms, has once again been taken hostage.
Don't get me wrong. I know how precious my time with my mom is, especially now; but it's a challenge for anyone who's ever taken on the role of caring for an aging parent. I felt displaced from my own home in California, my friends and my purpose, which was now to be of loving service to my mother.
It has been four months. I felt removed from life, except the small world that encompasses my mother -- with the exception of my regular yoga practice, and some socializing afterward. I was practicing acceptance and faith, once again, that I was on a higher path; a plan I could not see, that was bigger than me, was unfolding.
About a month ago, out of the blue (it always seems to happen this way), I got a call from a friend in California who said she had recommended me to a friend of hers, a journalist, who was doing a project that I might be interested in.
"I think you're perfect for it, Sherri!" she said. "Would it be OK for him to contact you?"
"Of course," I said, not sure what it was all about yet.
Billy Cassara, a journalist with an extensive professional background, contacted me about doing an interview for his first project for the Retro Report. His project? To look at how journalists covered HIV/AIDS over these 30-plus years, and its effect. His goal? To keep HIV/AIDS in the public discussion. Interviews would be of two positive people who lived with HIV through that history, real voices to experience the walk down Memory Lane -- one voice being mine; the other, Magic Johnson's.
Stay tuned for part 2 of this article, about Magic's and my experience at the World AIDS Museum in Florida!
A veteran performer and noted speaker, Sherri Beachfront Lewis was diagnosed HIV positive in 1987; she was one of the first women to be diagnosed with HIV in the U.S. and still be alive and well. In the past 20-plus years, Sherri has worked with and coordinated numerous HIV/AIDS research, advocacy and media efforts.
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MIDDLEBURY — A quick quiz on Middlebury history:
• Who were Samuel Sheather Phelps and his son Edward J. Phelps?
• What makes 89 Main St. in Middlebury, the home of the Counseling Service of Addison County's adult clinical services, historically significant?
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BOSTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The biggest Republican donors gave millions of dollars for a 2012 election that brought little change to the U.S. political landscape, political analysts said.
Total spending by both parties was about $6 billion, The New York Times reported Thursday.
By Wednesday morning it was clear President Barack Obama had won a second term, Democrats had a slightly larger advantage in the Senate and Republicans would have a smaller majority in the House.
"Money is a necessary condition for electoral success," Bob Biersack of the Center for Responsive Politics told the Times. "But it's not sufficient, and it's never been."
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's biggest backers were in Boston Tuesday for what they hoped would be a victory party. The next morning, they were at Logan Airport, waiting for their private jets.
The group included Kenneth Langone of Home Depot and Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate believed to be the biggest contributor of the 2012 election. Most of the candidates Adelson backed lost, including Rabbi Shmuley Boteach who got a 3-1 shellacking in a heavily Democratic New Jersey congressional district.
"All I can say is the American people have spoken," Langone said.
The Romney and Obama campaigns raised about $1 billion each. But super PAC's raised a lot more from big contributors freed by the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling allowing virtually unlimited campaign finance fundraising.
Republican leaders like Karl Rove, whose two super PACs were among the biggest spenders, and former GOP Chairman Haley Barbour, who helped Rove raise money, suggested the fundraising kept the election closer than it otherwise would have been.
"I believe that some of that money actually kept Romney from getting beat down by the carpet-bombing he underwent from the Obama forces," Barbour said. "I did look at it more as us trying to keep our candidates from getting swamped, like what happened to [2008 Republican nominee John] McCain."
On a conference call with reporters Thursday, Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod joked if he had been among the big givers to Republican strategist Karl Rove's Crossroads PAC, "I'd be asking for a refund," The Washington Post reported.
Axelrod suggested the experience of 2012 may cause donors to be skeptical about the effectiveness of big dollar TV advertising in political campaigns and "there will be reluctance in the future, when Mr. Rove and others come knocking on the door."
"What was the impact of this unprecedented deluge of media?" he said. "How much influence did this actually have?
"The heartening news is that you can't buy the White House; you can't overwhelm the Congress with these Super PAC dollars," Axelrod said.
"If groups like Crossroads were not active this race would have been over a long time ago," Rove said Thursday.


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TAU awaits Valladolid without Scola
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Coach of TAU, Perasovic decided to rest Scola to have him fully fit and rest for...
Thornton to miss action for a 3 weeks
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Barca's small wing, Bootsy Thornton will miss action for about 3 weeks due to a muscular injury...
Stepp doubtfull against Estudiantes
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USA shooting guard of Pamesa Valencia, Blake Stepp injured himself at last training...
Davis doubtfull against TAU
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Valladolid's player Devin Davis injured himself during the practice...
Stefanovic finally arrived
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Sasa Stefanovic, new reforcement of Lagun Aro Bilbao...
Rentzias and Valladolid part ways
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Valladolid and Rentzias decided to split after only 10games disputed...
Barcelona inked Cota
| 11/02/2006 | Spain
Barcelona inked point guard Ed Cota, recently in force with Zalgiris...
Menorca without Stimac against C.S. Fernando
| 10/02/2006 | Spain
Andrej Stimac (6.8 ppg, 2.3rpg) broke his nose during training and
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| 10/02/2006 | Spain
The American SG of Real Madrid, Louis Bullock (186-G-76), suffered an injury last Tuesday...
Santiago out against Valencia
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Malaga's Portorican center Daniel Santiago will be out for Malaga
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Real's shooting guard, Lewis Bullock is expected to miss action for about 10days...
Leche Rio adds Brown
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Leche Rio inked guard, Gerald Brown till the end of season...
Garces to miss clash against Caja
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Pamesa visits Caja S.F. without it center, Ruben Garces due to the injury...
Mcnaull questionable to face Funelabrada
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Joseph Mcnaull, center of Leche Rio is questionable for sundays game against Fuenlabrada...
Juventud awaits Real with many doubts
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Tough schedule and long trips took the damage at Aito's squads...
Granada splits with Chris Owens
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Granada and american center, Chris Owens, decided to split and break the contract...
Caja S.F. inks Kommatos, Bramlett leaves
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Caja S.F. signed greek international, forward, Nestoras Kommatos...
Estudiantes makes Martinez new coach
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Martinez and Estudiantes signed a deal through the end of the 2007-08 season...
Orenga fired, Maljkovic extended
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Adecco Estudiantes has decided part replace his current Head Coach, Juan Antonio Orenga...
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School of Mines Search for New President Underway
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has begun a search for a new president, but an announcement isn't expected until next spring.
South Dakota Board of Regents director Jack Warner tells the Rapid City Journal that the regents are allowing plenty of time for a process that uses broad base input from the campus and surrounding community.
The hiring committee is made up of 19 people, including students and faculty, community members, regents and two professional consultants.
Warner says the goal is to hire a leader with some prominence and experience.
Duane Hrncir has been serving as acting president since President Robert Wharton died in September.
The new president's expected start date is July 1.
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The Hope Tech 3 keeps the key features of the Tech Evo master cylinder but has improved ergonomics, power and integration on the handlebars. With it's revised caliper the E4 offers a wide range of riders the power and adjustability they need.
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Hope have kept the key features of the Tech Evo master cylinder and worked to improve the ergonomics and integration on the handlebars. The Tech 3 master cylinder offers a slight increase of power of about 5% over the Tech Evo.
Popular design features of Tech Evo remain the same, such as the reach and bite point control (BPC)adjustability. The piston is actuated by a cam and a roller system to eliminate any free play and initial friction. The classic split clamp design makes the master cylinder easy to install on the handlebars without having to remove anything else.
Some riders have previously commented on the relative bulkiness of the old Tech and Tech Evo master cylinders, sometimes making it hard to fit the master cylinder around already clogged up handlebars (shifters, fork and shock lockouts, telescopic seat post controls etc). Hope have worked hard to make the new Tech 3 master cylinder easier to integrate on the bars although it does entail losing the ambidextrous design.
The Tech 3 master cylinder is now directly compatible with any Shimano I-Spec type shifter meaning no extra mount is required to attach the shifter to the master cylinder and for those using SRAM shifters Hope have designed a slick and minimalistic direct mount adapter.
E4 Caliper
The one piece caliper is CNC machined from a solid billet of 2014 T6 aircraft spec aluminium alloy. The E4 caliper uses four identical 16mm phenolic pistons which gives more usable power to the brake, whilst keeping our legendary "feel".
Hope are makers of CNC precision cycling components such as braking systems and accessories, hubs, bottom brackets, wheelsets, lights, stems, headsets, quick releases, tools and cycle clothing and merchandise. Hope has for many years sponsored many of the World Cup teams in downhill and cross-country. Their own team has become a formidable force in the United Kingdom and on the World Cup scene, allowing them to test their bicycle parts at the highest level. Hope is a company working at the leading edge of engineering technology, they use the most advanced materials and computer aided design techniques to produce bicycle components of unrivalled quality. At Hope, they have always maintained that their people are their most valuable asset and so they invest heavily in training to ensure that they all add to their knowledge, learn new skills and keep abreast of relevant developments. Product development and improvement is part of their business philosophy, and with their commitment to technical excellence Hope will continue to produce cycling products of unrivalled quality and value for money.
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