text:
For more shows throughout the weekend, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which we update daily.
Sports and music go hand-in-hand -- it's pumped out of every stadium in America, we have jock jams, and, like the "San Diego Super Chargers," some of the oldest traditions in professional team sports are inextricably tied to specific songs. It's why the Miami Dolphins will play that godforsaken figh ... More >>
Stopped clocks are right twice a day. Geoffrey Arend is married to Christina Hendricks. Performance artists get federal funding. Canada is south of Detroit. People wear Google Glass and think they look awesome. Some things you just can't explain, like how really shitty bands occasionally luck into r ... More >>
Metal is an ever-turning and twisting genre, following wormholes into subgenres and melding any and all techniques and sounds along the way in a constant struggle to create something new and original. It doesn't always work, and anyone who lived through the '90s can attest that the addition of hip-h ... More >>
How did we go from the Rolling Stones to Fartbarf?
Same As: It Ever Was The internet bubble in which I live had me convinced that last night, the farewell show of Williamsburg venue 285 Kent was an Event. In case you, a person who reads about the New York Music Scene, somehow failed to hear about this Event, it was the closing of a venue that meant ... More >>
This month, to celebrate the Internet's unbridled love for wallowing in nostalgia and even greater relishing of talking about why certain cultural artifacts are horrible, Sound of the City presents First Worsts, a series in which our writers remember the first time... they ever hated a song enough t ... More >>
Chris Webby Irving Plaza Thursday, December 29 Better than: A Republican debate. Chris Webby has "203" inked across his right side, a gothic "Connecticut" burned into the skin beneath his neck. There are the scattered images of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mario Brothers and Transformers a ... More >>
Panda Bear returns for two nights
It's been a little over a decade since Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water became the fastest-selling rock album of all time, a record that's at this point unlikely to be broken. Generally speaking, being a cultural phenomenon on that scale for even a fleeting mome ... More >>
The phrase "the calm before the storm" appears in virtually every chart-related story this week. That's because the latest edition of the Billboard 200, which covers sales from the week ending May 22, is topped by Adele's 21. That album is No. 1 for the ninth and (presumably) final week befor ... More >>
Yes, apparently May 12 is the day where you're supposed to grab someone (whether a friend, a "friend," or a stranger) and, to quote the people putting this holiday on, "take a few minutes to enjoy what is probably the most singularly positive human experience ever." Hey, it's not a holiday that was ... More >>
It begins. Tonight scores of idealistic youngsters will descend on the clubs of New York City for CMJ 2010, vying to find, amid this year's slate of thousands of challengers, this year's Surfer Blood, Sleigh Bells, or, uh, Black Kids. The official showcase schedule is here. Have at it. But le ... More >>
In honor of hip-hop super-producer Swizz Beatz' triumphant contribution to Kanye West's "Power" remix (seriously, go listen to that again), beloved friend-of-SOTC Sean Fennessey has compiled a homemade Swizz best-of, spanning two discs (from "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" to "On to the Next One") with ... More >>
Mike Patton may've teased the sold-out crowd at Monday night's Faith No More show by calling us "hipsters," but the malnourished layabouts who normally sashay down Bedford Ave really weren't the show's demographic. The East River Park was far more populated by aggro jocks, khaki cargo shorts, ... More >>
F2K is a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Track our progress here. America: A Tribute To Heroes was a true television feat--put together merely 10 days after the 9-11 attacks, presented without commercials on over 35 channels, raising millions of dollars for the families of WTC vict ... More >>
F2K is a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Track our progress here. OK, we all agree that Phil Collins is for wussies--but there's got to be some middle ground, right?
Relive the magic. Read it (i.e. limpbizkit.com) and weep, suckas: The boys are gettin' the old band back together. From Fred Durst and Wes Borland's joint statement: "We decided we were more disgusted and bored with the state of heavy popular music than we were with each other. Regardless of whe ... More >>
Don't like Mexican drug cartels? Stop smoking their shit!
A rap-nostalgia bonanza feels like a rock show and sounds like a resurrection
Light-skinned acts ride hip-hops changing tide with dark-skinned Svengalis
The FCC sweeps Eliot Spitzer's payola findings under the rug
East Village alt-rawk oldsters face the whippersnappers
Sensitive Young Boys Learn How to Scream and Slam
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
Corporate Rock-Hack Bands Nobody Over 20 Ever Heard of Rule America
There Is No Such Thing as Nü Metal, and It Has an X-Tremely Funny Face
Five Corporations Cope With Content
Moby and Merritt Vs. Hitters and Cheerleaders in a Bad Year for Nerds
Where Do We Go Now? The Aftermath of Rapestock


text:
November 28, 2014
Residents of a Nebraska town are dreaming about how to use $6.85 million left by an anonymous donor.
Milford, located about 15 miles west of Lincoln, recently learned of the donation to nine groups in town, including the school district, nine-hole golf course and to the city itself.
Mayor Dean Bruha says he feels like the town won the lottery and the donation will allow the city to tackle some projects it had only dreamed of before.
The donation to the city is supposed to be used for enhancements, not tax relief. The donation is supposed to be used to create endowments.
Mayor Bruha says the city is looking at building a recreational trail, repairing curbs and streets, improving handicapped access or adding infrastructure for housing.
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or firstname.lastname@example.com.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Finding your true love on an online dating is best option for the busy single. Whether you are looking for a friend, long term relationship or marriage our web site allows you to find that special someone. Find Galena romance can be fun and easy with matchmaker search and communication features.
GalenaJoin Now Free!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
More Galena Links:
Galena Dating | Galena Personals | Galena Speed Dating | Galena Chat | Galena Singles
Looking for advice about online dating or Galena Romance? From profile tips to decoding emails to getting through that first face-to-face meeting, compare notes with other online daters right here at matchmaker.com. Create a FREE profile and start Galena love dating online, its easy!


text:
Law school had always been tucked in the back of my mind as a possibility. I was inspired to go when I became a single parent to a 1-year-old at the age of 27. While my college friends were graduating with their advanced degrees, I was trying to settle a divorce. I met my attorney through a non-profit legal clinic. She was the best advocate I could have possibly imagined. Her legal skills were exemplary, but more importantly, she was on my side. This was extremely important in a divorce situation, where not even friends and family always know how to act because they've known you and the adverse party as a couple. My attorney was behind me all the way, and her efforts gave me strength to pick up and keep going, no matter how hard things were. When I got back on my feet again, I resolved to go to law school because I had a new perspective on the good that lawyers can do for their clients. I did not initially set out to be a family attorney like my lawyer — I just wanted to show clients in general that I was behind them 100 percent and that they are worth all of my effort. My lawyer showed me that, and it changed my life forever.
St. Thomas was always warm and accepting of me and my situation. I knew I was taking on a lot by pursuing a law degree as a single mother to a toddler. My conversations with the admissions staff were not only encouraging that I would have the resources here to succeed; they also reflected that the staff members were excited for me and this step I was taking. They made it clear that they didn't just want me to come and be a student; they wanted both my son and me to join the greater community and further the school's mission.
The strong sense of community distinguishes St. Thomas. I grew up in a family of four children, all very close in age, and all very ambitious. My experiences in the law school community mirror my experiences as the third of four strong children being raised together. Everyone here has been successful in life, has boundless potential, and has the talents to succeed in law school. Sometimes we have fun together; other times we get on each other's nerves. But always, always, always we support each other and share a sense of being on this path together. I know most of my classmates, and I care about them. I am excited to see where their journeys will take them. And I know that they feel similarly toward me.
I want to work with families in one way or another. There is hopefully general family practice in my future. Ideally, I would like to practice in adoption and surrogacy law, or any kind of practice using a collaborative model.
I would say to see your legal education is something bigger than your personal ambition. It has helped me through long nights of studying to remember that my efforts serve a greater purpose than my own. My learning will benefit the single mom hobbling into my office one day with hollow eyes and little hope — which is a position I was once in. Years from now, my education will show my son that it's never too late to explore the bounds of your potential. One day I want to say to my clients and my son alike, "It can be hard, but I do this for you. You are worth every effort." That hope is more motivating than any degree or professional license at the end of this journey.


text:
Contempt hearing set for Jason Christ
Published On: Aug 08 2013 04:58:18 PM MDT
Updated On: Aug 08 2013 06:48:13 PM MDT
Updated On: Aug 08 2013 06:48:13 PM MDT
A Missoula man will face a judge just over a month after he was sentenced for making a bomb threat.
We've been following Jason Christ's case since 2011 when he threatened to blow up a Missoula Verizon Wireless store.
In June, Missoula County District Court Judge Karen Townsend handed down a six-year deferred sentence.
Now Christ will face Judge John Larson for a contempt of court hearing.
Missoula County Attorney Jen Clark said among the list of issues is proof that Christ was recording during a trial even though the judge asked him not to. Clark said Christ also tried to intimidate a witness.
The hearing's scheduled for next Tuesday morning. NBC Montana will keep you updated.
You share in the NBC Montana.com community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Please email email@example.com if a comment violates these standards. Due to a technical change, all comments posted before Jan. 9, 2014 no longer appear on NBCMontana.com. Comments posted after Jan. 14 are not impacted. We apologize for any inconvenience. The views expressed are not those of NBCMontana.com, NBCMontana or its affiliated companies. This is a community moderated forum. (Please note the 'Like' and 'Report' buttons.) By posting your comments you agree to accept our terms of use.


text:
RMFU urges speedy implementation of entire GIPSA rule
In a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union has urged the Barack Obama administration to "stand up to corporate agriculture" and implement the USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration rules. "The Packers and Stockyards Act was passed 80 years ago," RMFU President Kent Peppler said, "and the regulations mandated by the 2008 food and farm bill, which would control the virtually monopolistic power of industrial livestock operations, have been 'reviewed' for nearly two years. Meantime, family livestock operations are trying to stay afloat in a market that is notoriously controlled by a handful of multinational companies. Time has run out for a lot of my neighbors. It's running out for local and natural meat providers. If these rules are not implemented, time will run out for the credibility of the Obama administration among small agricultural producers."
In September, RMFU commended Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet for addressing this issue with the administration. In a letter to the president, Bennet urged finalizing the rule published in the Federal Register more than a year ago. RMFU agrees with Bennet that we want "a fair and transparent market in which all livestock and poultry producers compete on a level playing field," and RMFU membership joins in his call to prioritize implementing the rule.
"This is not a political issue," Peppler said. "It's a question of selling out another part of America's struggling middle class, the independent ranchers whose operations are effectively being reduced to sharecroppers for corporations that own 80 percent of the meat produced in the U.S. Corporations are not people; they are machines that make money off the hard work of people producing our food, fuel, and fiber. Americans have made it clear that they don't want industrial meat products if they can choose meat produced through ranching and animal husbandry. If the small rancher is not protected from the predatory practices of the big players in the livestock market, consumers won't have that choice."


text:
Hôtel Droog, a one-stop destination
2 years ago
Documenting my interest in architecture in and around Vancouver. Not to say that it would take much - rather little - to lead me astray...
Wow thats awesome I hope they get planning approval, Vancouver needs more unique towers.
Wow we might actually get an intersting design!


text: Physics grad student awarded Rhodes scholarship By Sandra Robertson (Q & A by Suzette Chan)November 28, 2012 Print Share Megan Engel, BSc '12 (Honours) and now a master's student in biophysics, won a Rhodes Scholarship to pursue energy research that draws from design principles in nature. Photo by Adam Gaumont. (Edmonton) Megan Engel, an honours astrophysics grad from the U of A and now a master's student in biophysics, has just been awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, the fulfilment of a goal she set for herself when she was 15. "J.R.R. Tolkien is my hero. I've been profoundly influenced by his writing, and when I found out he studied and taught at Oxford, I wanted to follow in his footsteps," said Engel. "Tolkien saw creativity and art as acts of discovery and that our most important human duty is to use our gifts to their utmost potential, ideas that have stayed with me." This must have resonated with Engel, because at 15 she was already living by that principle, which her father first introduced. "I was lucky when I grew up. My dad, Kevin Engel, a high-school physics teacher, was always so excited about physics and what it means to the world. He explained that when Newton theorized about gravity, he created a revolution, and when Einstein theorized about general relativity, he revolutionized a revolution." The challenge of understanding deep design principles continues to hold her captive. "The creative process of research galvanized my desire for an academic career. Pulling apart a single molecule held in the vise of a beam of light reinforced my awe of the universe and my faith in God," Engel said. And when she begins her PhD in the fall of 2013, she's going to continue pushing her talents to their limits by exploring the design principles in nature to guide the way for advances in energy research. She credits her success to the holistic education she has received, the incredible facilities at the U of A and the National Institute of Technology, and her professors and advisors who have guided and inspired her to achieve her long-cherished dream. She says her next big goal is to one day earn a faculty position at the U of A so that she can continue her research, volunteering and outreach, through programs such as WISEST. She also plans to return to The Last Alliance: the University of Alberta Tolkien Society, unique in Canada, which she co-founded on the U of A campus in 2009. The Rhodes Scholarships were established in 1903 in the will of Cecil Rhodes and are considered among the most prestigious graduate scholarships in the world. According to the Rhodes Trust, "Rhodes Scholarship selection committees will be seeking young women and men of outstanding intellect, character, leadership and commitment to service. The Rhodes Scholarships support students who demonstrate a strong propensity to emerge as 'leaders for the world's future.'" Q & A with Megan Engel Megan Engel earned a BSc with honours in the field of astrophysics at the University of Alberta. It was with the mentorship of associate professor of Physics Craig Heinke, with whom she wrote her first paper, that Engel decided to pursue a career in research. She is currently undertaking a Masters degree under the co-supervision of assistant professors Kevin Beach (theoretical condensed matter physics) and Michael Woodside (biophysics). The experimental aspect of her work involves measuring pseudoknots in RNA. She is adapting that knowledge to create a theoretical framework for mapping out misfolding in proteins associated with Parkinson's disease. In the wake of news that she has received a Rhodes scholarship, Engel took some time to discuss her work. How are the different fields of theory, condensed matter physics and biology important to the study you're undertaking at the University of Alberta? The study is interdisciplinary in the sense that the mathematics and physics theory I have fallen in love with throughout my undergraduate studies are being applied to a realm they have not been traditionally used in. My current MSc work is similar philosophically to what I wish to pursue at Oxford, in that tools from physics are being used to solve problems that other disciplines, biology and chemistry have historically examined. What specific phenomenon will you be exploring? The project I am interested in working on at Oxford involves exploring how chromophores (the pigments that harvest light) use quantum coherence and entanglement. You would think that environmental noise such as heat, sound and vibration would disrupt the coherence, but it does not. It was making the energy transfer in the first few stages of photosynthesis more efficient. The energy transfer in these steps is about 97 per cent efficient. Compare this to the current maximum efficiency of solar cells (ones you can buy for your house) at about 25 per cent efficiency. The pigments interfere with one another quantum mechanically to achieve this incredible efficiency. What fascinates you about photosynthesis? I have always been fascinated by the solutions to human problems I see hidden in the natural world. We struggle to find sustainable energy, yet nature solved this crisis billions of years ago. A deep faith in God motivated the awe of nature that fuels my commitment to exploring the universe with sophisticated theoretical machinery. Related Links UAlberta News Physics grad student (and Tolkien enthusiast) nets Rhodes Scholarship Physics News UAlberta Physics Rhodes Scholar wins Canadian award Alberta Primetime Edmonton's Rhodes scholar (with video) City-TV Edmonton Breakfast Television (with video) Edmonton Journal U of A student to fulfil her dream at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar Avenue Magazine Meet Megan Engel, the Spiritual Scholar


text:
for Unisex
4 ml refillable perfume travel atomizer, airline approved (fragrance not included)
Item # 231154
for Unisex
light up lengthening mascara 7 ml with lighted led wand & mirror
Item # 241491
for Unisex
28 piece beauty kit with 20 eye shadows & 6 creamy lip glosses & 2 blushers & 2 applicators & mirror
Item # 233690
for Unisex
ouidad shower comb
Item # 247157
for Unisex
10 piece mini lip gloss set each /1.2 ml
Item # 242257
for Unisex
eyeshadow and lip gloss palette (12 x eyeshadows, 8 x lip glosses)
Item # 241490
for Unisex
10 piece mini nail polish variety (each 3 ml)
Item # 250423
Fragrancenet.Com Designer Fragrance Sampler
for Unisex
5 piece mens variety with gucci guilty pour homme & l'homme yves saint laurent & acqua di gio & exceptional because you are & john varvatos vintage and all are vial minis
Item # 251842
Fragrancenet.Com Designer Fragrance Sampler
for Unisex
6 piece womens variety with simply belle & d & g light blue & vera wang lovestruck & romance & euphoria & exceptional because you are and all are vial minis
Item # 251841
Written by kathy
Jovan individuality Fire is my favorite perfume ever!!! I agree the oil is better! You do really need to put it back in stores! Walmart would be good!! This perfume is not an overpowering scent, you only need a little and it lasts a long time!
February 09, 2012
Written by Ali
The first time I put this on for my husband, his only comment was "take your clothes off!" I loved it back then. The oil based version can't be found anymore, and on me, the alcohol based one positively REEKS. I put it on once and had to wash it off, it was so bad! Jovan, PLEASE-bring back the oil!!
August 16, 2011
Written by kathy
Individuality Fire is my favorite perfume! You only need a litttle and it lasts a long time! I was very disappointed when dept. stores stopped selling it! You need to get it back! So glad I found it on here though, but get it back in the stores!
August 13, 2011
Jovan Fire is a very original and very spicy smell, there's nothing really like it and it's one of my old favorites. Since it is strong though, I recommend only doing two sprays.
April 21, 2010
this is the best scent I have ever purchased. it is very unique and cant be bought in this area,only online. It beats all other store perfumes.
January 07, 2010
Design House: Jovan
Year Introduced: 2000
Fragrance Notes: the zest of orange flowers, blended with cedarwood.
Recommended Use: evening
Availability: Out of Stock
recommended age: mature
scent strength: moderate
classification: oriental/spicy
recommended use: casual
scent life: 1-5 hours
Your Trusted Source Since 1997
Orders Over ZAR 648.35


text:
Information Menu
Yoshiyuki Ban0000-0002-9800-4741
Yoshiyuki Ban serves as Assistant Professor at Showa University School of Medicine's Department of Medicine. Dr. Ban received his Medical degree from the Showa University School of Medicine, Japan. He trained in internal medicine and in endocrinology at Showa University Hospital, Japan. Dr. Ban stayed in Showa University after his training, joining the Faculty of the Showa University Karasuyama Hospital's Department of Medicine in 2004. Dr. Ban joined Showa University School of Medicine in April of 2008 as Assistant Professor of medicine. Dr. Ban serves on the Editorial Board of Case Reports in Genetics. He is a Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine as well as the Japan Endocrine Society.
Biography Updated on 19 April 2011


text:
Volkswagen of America on Tuesday reported that sales climbed 39.6 percent in October over a year ago, with deliveries of the Chattanooga-made Passat to dealers surpassing 5,000 in the month.
VW officials said the month was the German automaker's best October in the United States in 10 years.
Year to date, VW has posted a sales hike of 23.8 percent.
"As the all-new Passat and Beetle start to enter the marketplace, demand for Volkswagen vehicles has already exceeded last year's annual volume in the first 10 months of the year," said Jonathan Browning, VW of America's chief executive.
Comments do not represent the opinions of the Chattanooga Times Free Press, nor does it review every comment. Profanities, slurs and libelous remarks are prohibited. For more information you can view our Terms & Conditions and/or Ethics policy.
LarryPage said...
This is really not a surprise. Passat is a really good car with good car parts and accessories like the navigation system, brake system and Carpet Padding.
February 17, 2012 at 3:44 a.m.
please login to post a comment


text:
Weather Links
Humidity 86%
Winds 0.0mph
Sponsored by: Arceneaux Ford
Humidity 86%
Winds 0.0mph
Feb 10, 2012 6:33 PM by Chris Welty
Lafayette's Krewe of Carnival en Rio unloaded boxes and loaded floats ahead of Saturday night's Lafayette parade.
The Krewe of Rio put the finishing touches on floats in their den, unloading pallets of beads and trinkets.
"The people out here put hours and hours in daily. It takes a lot of work, but it is well worth it. We love it," said Rio's Queen Leslie Price.
Rio has been rolling for seven years. Organizers say they never expected it to grow this large.
"When we first started, we had about 18 floats, 350 riders. I never thought we would double the size, the amount of floats, and even the floats have gotten bigger," said Larry Comeaux.
The amount of beads is extraordinary, more than 120 thousand pounds, enough to fill up ten 18 wheelers. That is not including the extras the riders bring. The Krewe will ride on custom built floats that has taken eight months to bring the Brazilian culture to life.
"There is a guarantee you will catch lots of stuffed animals, footballs, not just beads. you'll have a great time," said Price.
Rio is set to roll at 6:30 Saturday night.
Chris Welty
12 hours ago


text:
Getting Started: 06 Previewing animations
Learn After Effects CS4
Share this Episode
Adjust your embed size below, then copy and paste the embed code above.
442 x 256
515 x 296
640 x 367
Custom Size
Width: px Height: px
Community Translation
Your transcript request has been submitted.
Adobe TV does its best to accommodate transcript requests. It can take a few weeks for the transcript to become available in the Community Translation Project, so keep checking back.
About This Episode
Learn how to preview animations. Discover the difference between the RAM and spacebar previews. Use the Work Area bar to define preview material.
Presented by
Runtime : 00:03:39 Added : 02/10/2008
About this show
Learn After Effects CS4
Learn how to use After Effects CS4 with tutorials selected by experts at Adobe. There's everything from Getting Started for beginners, to New Features, Workflows, and Overviews.
Older Episodes
Next episode in this show
Other Suggested Episodes
Products used in this episode
After Effects
Related Shows


text:
Hitzville Motown Promotions Codes & Offers (1)
This deal gets you 50% off of the ticket price for Hitzville the Motown Revue! No code needed to apply the discounted rates.
Reserve before: 2014-11-20
Hitzville Motown is a wonderful show that brings audiences all the classic hits of artists such as The Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Four Tops and Diana Ross & the Supremes. The Show features a full band, a fantastic female trio, a quartet of scorching men and Hitzville Motown's very own "dreamgirl," Ms. Jin Jin Reeves.
Hitzville Motown is a show that takes audiences on a journey back to the golden era of Motown and performs the classic hits of artists of that period including The Four Tops, Diana Ross and the Supremes and The Temptations. The show features multi-talented performer and Hitzville Motown's own self-proclaimed "dreamgirl," Ms. Jin Jin Reeves.
Ms. Reeves started her career in Detroit, MI at an early age. She was very much into dancing, singing and songwriting and her talents were instantly recognized by some of the most influential artists of the period. She has since been a contestant on Star Search and even appeared in the Steven Speilberg movie Amistad, in addition to recording her own studio album.
When all of the elements of Hitzville Motown come together, it results in a fantastic evening of musical performances the will have you dancing in your seat. In addition to Ms. Reeves, Hitzville Motown incorporates the talents of a trio of female singers, four amazing men and a full accompanying band. This show is a celebration of an iconic era in music history that provides endless moments of nostalgia that will be sure to have you in awe.
Journey through TimeAnonymous - September 23, 2013
If you want to go back to a time when The Temptations, Gladys Knight, and Tina Turner performed this is a great show to witness! The fact that we had to be there an hour early seemed a bit ridiculous to me though. However the performance was fast paced and authentic! A nice change of pace to most shows in Vegas.
Brought back great memoriesAnonymous - October 19, 2011
This show was great! The singing was alot of old Motown. Everyone was singing and clapping along to the music. The performers had wonderful voices. The dancing was well choreographed. Our favorite singer of the night was JinJin. The show was not sold out the night we went, but it still was a great evening. It brought back some great memories with each song that was performed.
Write A Review
Featured Shows
- Absinthe
- All Shook Up
- B – A TRIBUTE to The Beatles
- Brad Garrett's Comedy Club
- Blue Man Group
- Boyz II Men
- Britney Spears Piece of Me
- Carrot Top
- Chippendales
- Criss Angel Believe
- Donny & Marie
- Eddie Griffin
- Evil Dead – The Musical
- Elton John
- Fantasy
- Forever Doo Wop
- Frankie Moreno
- George Wallace
- Hitzville Motown
- Jabbawockeez
- Jeff Civillico
- Jersey Boys
- Jubilee
- KA by Cirque du Soleil
- Kiss Rocks Vegas
- Las Vegas Live Comedy Club
- Legends in Concert
- Le Reve
- Menopause the Musical
- Michael Jackson One
- Million Dollar Quartet
- Mystere by Cirque du Soleil
- Nathan Burton
- "O" by Cirque du Soleil
- Panda!
- Penn & Teller
- Popovich Comedy Pet Theater
- Raiding the Rock Vault
- Recycled Percussion
- Rock of Ages
- Savard Comedy Hypnosis
- Sin City Comedy & Burlesque
- Stripper 101
- Terry Fator
- The Beatles LOVE
- The Mentalist
- The Rat Pack is Back
- Thunder From Down Under
- Tommy Wind Musical Illusionist
- Tournament of Kings
- V-The Ultimate Variety Show
- Vegas! The Show
- X Burlesque
- X Rocks
- Zarkana
- Zombie Burlesque
- Zumanity


text:
Please Sign Up to Request This Product
Active Directory Cookbook
You need to be an approved reviewer to request a product. Please sign up to request access or login to your account.
If you've already signed up and you haven't heard from us yet please email firstname.lastname@example.com and we will check on your request.
Take the guesswork out of deploying, administering, and automating Active Directory. With hundreds of proven recipes, the updated edition of this popular cookbook provides quick, step-by-step solutions to common (and not so common) problems you might encounter when working with Microsoft's network directory service.
Receive free ebooks and videos in exchange for your reviews.
Top Reviewers
Michal Konrad Owsiak, 94 Reviews
Santosh Shanbhag, 61 Reviews
Surachart Opun, 60 Reviews
Doron Katz, 57 Reviews
Shawn Day, 55 Reviews
Featured Review
Eric Chou wrote:


text:
People at risk of poverty or social exclusion
From Statistics Explained
Data from March 2014. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables and Database.
One of the five headline targets of the Europe 2020 headline indicators is to reduce poverty by lifting at least 20 million people out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion by 2020. This article presents geographical and temporal comparisons of the monetary and non-monetary elements of the indicator that describes poverty and social exclusion in the European Union (EU) using the most recent data (2011 and 2012) from the EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC). Comparisons over the most recent years enable, inter alia, analysis of the impact of the economic crisis and the austerity measures taken to overcome the crisis on the Europe 2020 headline target.
- 1 Main statistical findings
- 1.1 Children and active-age people more at risk of poverty or social exclusion than elderly people in several countries
- 1.2 Income poverty: 17.0 % of the population in the EU-28 at risk of income poverty
- 1.3 Work intensity: 10.3 % of the population in the EU-28 living in households with very low work intensity
- 1.4 Material deprivation: 9.9 % of the population in the EU-28 severely materially deprived
- 1.5 Unexpected expenses: 40.2 % of the population in the EU-28 could not afford unexpected financial expenses
- 2 Data sources and availability
- 3 Context
- 4 See also
- 5 Further Eurostat information
- 6 External links
Main statistical findings
In 2012, 124.2 million people, or 24.8 % (Figure 1) of the population, in the EU-28 were at risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE), compared with 24.3 % in 2011. The AROPE indicator is defined as the share of the population in at least one of the following three conditions:
- 1) at risk of poverty, meaning below the poverty threshold,
- 2) in a situation of severe material deprivation,
- 3) living in a household with very low work intensity.
The reduction of the number of persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU is one of the key targets of the Europe 2020 strategy.
The AROPE figure for the EU-28 average, calculated as a weighted average of national results, masks considerable variation between Member States. At one extreme, the Member States with the highest AROPE rates in 2012 were Bulgaria (49.3 %), Romania (41.7 %), Latvia (36.2 %), Greece (34.6 %), Lithuania, Hungary and Croatia (all three around 32.0 %). At the other extreme, the share of the population at risk of poverty or social exclusion was the lowest in the Netherlands (15.0 %), the Czech Republic (15.4 %) and Sweden (15.6 %). Overall AROPE rate has slightly increased at EU-28 level between 2011 and 2012 (0.5 percentage points (pp)). The risk of poverty or social exclusion rose by 3.6 pp in Greece and 2.5 pp in Cyprus, decreasing by more than 3 pp only in Latvia (-3.9 pp).
With a rate of 28.0 % in EU-28 (Table 1), children were at greater risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2012 than the rest of the population in 17 of the 27 Member States for which data are available (no data available for IE year 2012). The largest gaps (difference between the AROPE rates for the specific age groups) between children and the total population were observed in Romania, Hungary and Malta: in these countries the AROPE rate for children was more than 7 pp higher than the rate for the total population. The situation was relatively better for children than adults in Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Slovenia and Finland. The situation of children compared to adults was also better in Norway.
The percentage of children living in a household at risk of poverty or social exclusion ranged from 14.9 % in Finland, 15.3 % in Denmark and 15.4 % in Sweden to more than 35.0 % in Greece, Latvia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. The main factors affecting child poverty are the labour market situation of the parents, which is linked to their level of education, the composition of the household in which the children live and the effectiveness of government intervention through income support and the provision of enabling services. There are also more vulnerable groups of children, such as those with migrant parents that deserve particular attention.
The elderly faced a lower risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2012 than the overall population both at EU-28 level (19.3 % as opposed to 24.8 %) and in 20 out of the 27 Member States with available data (no data available for IE year 2012). The risk of poverty or social exclusion faced by people aged 65 or more in 2012 ranged from 6.1 % in Luxembourg to 59.1 % in Bulgaria. These differences in the relative situation of the elderly depend on a number of factors including the features of the pension systems for current pensioners and the age and gender structure of the elderly population, since elderly women and the very old tend to face much higher risks in some countries.
Income poverty: 17.0 % of the population in the EU-28 at risk of income poverty
Looking at each of the three elements contributing to being at risk of poverty or social exclusion, 17.0 % of the population in the EU-28 (Table 2) in 2012 were at-risk-of-poverty after social transfers, meaning that their disposable income was below their national at-risk-of-poverty threshold. At-risk-of-poverty rate has overall remained almost stable in the EU-28 compared to 2011. The highest at-risk-of-poverty rates were observed in Greece and Romania (23.1 % and 22.6 % respectively), Spain (22.2 %) and Bulgaria (21.2 %), and the lowest in the Czech Republic (9.6 %), the Netherlands (10.1 %), Denmark (13.1 %), Finland and Slovakia (both 13.2 %). It is important to note that the at-risk-of-poverty rate is a relative measure of poverty and that the poverty threshold varies greatly between Member States. The threshold varies also over time and in a number of Member States it has fallen in recent years due to the economic crisis.
When considering country-specific situations, the risk of poverty (after social transfers) increased the most in Austria (1.8 pp), although this maybe, at least partly attributed, to methodological changes causing a break in series in 2012, Greece (1.7 pp) and Luxembourg (1.5 pp) in 2012 and it decreased the most in Bulgaria (-1 pp).
In Greece, despite the fall in the median income between 2011 and 2012, by 13.4 %, the at-risk-of-poverty rate increased. On the contrary, in Croatia the median income in national currency has also dropped by 1.4 % between 2011 and 2012, while the at-risk-of poverty rate has decreased. This implies that a number of people in Croatia who were around the poverty threshold in 2011 moved above it even if their situation did not significantly change in 2012, given the lowering of the threshold caused by the fall in the median income, while in Greece median income falls and so do incomes below it in 2012. This implies that in Greece the income distribution has shifted towards lower incomes.
The at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers measures a hypothetical situation where social transfers are absent (pensions not being considered as a social transfer). Comparing this with the standard at-risk-of-poverty rate (after social transfers) shows that such transfers have an important redistributive effect that helps to reduce the number of people who are at-risk-of-poverty. In each country, these rates are calculated with the same poverty threshold, i.e. including social transfers in the total household income.
If we consider the at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers a slightly different picture emerges with the at-risk-of-poverty rate decreasing by 0.4 pp at EU level between 2011 and 2012 and significantly rising in some countries, with the largest increases in Greece (2 pp) and Luxembourg (1.8 pp).
As already discussed, the at-risk-of-poverty rate is sensitive to sudden changes in income distribution. Greece and Croatia are two characteristic cases. In both countries the at-risk-of-poverty threshold dropped significantly between 2011 and 2012. However, the at-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers increased in Greece while decreased in Croatia. In the first case this implies overall shift of the income distribution towards lower incomes, while cases with evolutions as in the Croatian data, could be explained by the fact that, e.g., different sources of income (e.g. pensions and social benefits as opposed to wages and salaries) are not all hit at the same time with other, or that particular groups of the population are mostly hit by the crisis (e.g. lowest income groups). To allow for these sudden fluctuations in poverty thresholds and avoid misleading results in periods of rapid and general economic deterioration, Eurostat calculates the at-risk-of-poverty indicator anchored in time. This indicator keeps the poverty threshold fixed in real terms over a longer period of time and therefore controls the effects of a moving poverty threshold. Figure 2 presents the at-risk-of-poverty rates anchored in 2008. Results suggest that between 2011 and 2012 the largest increases were observed in Greece (10.9 pp), Luxembourg (2.9 pp), Cyprus (2.3 pp) and Romania (2.0 pp), while Lithuania (-4.8 pp) and Malta (-1.9 pp) reported the largest decreases. Iceland also had a relatively large increase (2.1 pp). In absolute terms, 18.2 % of the population in the EU-28 in 2012, were at-risk-of-poverty anchored in 2008, which is by 1.2 pp higher than the standard at-risk-of-poverty-rate-17.0 %. Greece (35.8 %), Latvia (35.0 %), Spain (28.1 %) and Lithuania (27.4 %) had the largest anchored poverty rates in 2012, while the Czech Republic (8.7 %) and Slovakia (6.0 %) reported the lowest rates.
Work intensity: 10.3 % of the population in the EU-28 living in households with very low work intensity
Low work intensity refers to the ratio between the number of months that household members of working age (aged 18-59, not being a student aged 18-24) worked during the income reference year, and the total number of months that could theoretically have been worked by the same household members. For persons who declared that they worked part-time, the number of months in terms of full time equivalents is estimated on the basis of the number of hours usually worked at the time of the interview.
People living in households with very low work intensity are defined as people of all ages (from 0-59 years) living in households where the adults (those aged 18-59, but excluding student aged 18-24) worked less than 20 % of their total potential during the previous 12 months.
Following this definition, 10.3 % (Figure 3) of the EU-28 population could be considered as living in a household with very low work intensity in 2012 with some variation between Member States.
On the one hand, only around 6.0 % of the target population was living in a household with very low work intensity in Sweden, Cyprus and Luxembourg and on the other hand, the indicator exceeded 12.0 % in Bulgaria, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Greece, Spain and Croatia. Although overall at the EU level the indicator has remained more ore less stable between 2011 and 2012, it has increased in Greece (2.2 pp), Portugal (1.8 pp), Cyprus (1.6 pp), the United Kingdom and Bulgaria (both 1.5 pp), while decreased mainly in Germany, Lithuania (both - 1.3 pp) and Sweden (-1.2 pp).
Material deprivation: 9.9 % of the population in the EU-28 severely materially deprived
Material deprivation rates complement the social exclusion picture by providing an estimate of the proportion of people whose living conditions are severely affected by a lack of resources. The severe material deprivation rate represents the proportion of people who cannot afford at least four of the nine following items: 1) (arrears on) mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, hire purchase instalments or other loan payments; 2) one week's annual holiday away from home; 3) a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day; 4) unexpected financial expenses; 5) a telephone (including mobile phone); 6) a colour TV; 7) a washing machine; 8) a car and 9) heating to keep the home adequately warm.
In the EU-28, 9.9 % (Figure 4) of the population were severely materially deprived. The share of those severely materially deprived varied significantly among Member States. On the one hand, only 1.3 % of the population were severely deprived in Luxembourg and Sweden, 2.3 % in the Netherlands and 2.8 % in Denmark. On the other hand, the deprivation rate exceeded 40.0 % in Bulgaria, and 25.0 % in Hungary, Latvia and Romania.
While overall at EU level, severe material deprivation increased by 1 pp between 2011 and 2012, it had a sharper increase in Greece (4.3 pp), Cyprus, Italy (both 3.3 pp) and the United Kingdom (2.7 pp). On the other hand, severe material deprivation rate has decreased significantly in Latvia (-5.4 pp).
Unexpected expenses: 40.2 % of the population in the EU-28 could not afford unexpected financial expenses
Among material deprivation items, facing unexpected expenses showed the greatest variation in 2012 at EU-28 level compared with 2011. This item measures the ability of a household to cover from their own resources an unexpected expense amounting to a fraction (1/12) of the poverty threshold. The amount varies between countries from about EUR 105.8 in Romania to about EUR 1639 in Luxembourg.
In 2012, 40.2 % of the EU-28 population (Figure 5) reported difficulties in facing such unexpected expenses. This represents an increase of 2.1 pp compared with 2011.
There is considerable variation among Member States. The percentage of people reporting such difficulties ranges from 25.0 % or less in Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Sweden to more than 60.0 % in Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania and Hungary.
Compared with 2011, the percentage of people reporting difficulties in facing unexpected expenses increased by more than 5 pp in Portugal (6.8 pp), the United Kingdom (6.2 pp) and Greece (6.1 pp). At the same time it decreased by more than 2 pp in Latvia (-6.8 pp), Cyprus (-2.4 pp) and Malta (-2.2 pp).
Data sources and availability
The data used in this section are primarily derived from data from EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC). The reference population is all private households and their current members residing in the territory of an EU Member State at the time of data collection; persons living in collective households and in institutions are generally excluded from the target population. The EU-28 aggregate is a population-weighted average of individual national figures.
At the Laeken European Council in December 2001, European heads of state and government endorsed a first set of common statistical indicators for social exclusion and poverty that are subject to a continuing process of refinement by the indicators sub-group (ISG) of the social protection committee (SPC). These indicators are an essential element in the open method of coordination to monitor the progress made by the EU's Member States in alleviating poverty and social exclusion. EU-SILC is the reference source for EU statistics on income and living conditions and, in particular, for indicators concerning social inclusion. In the context of the Europe 2020 strategy, the European Council adopted in June 2010 a headline target for social inclusion – namely, that by 2020 there should be at least 20 million fewer people in the EU who are at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion. EU-SILC is the source used to monitor progress towards this headline target, which is measured through an indicator that combines the at-risk-of-poverty rate, the severe material deprivation rate, and the proportion of people living in households with very low work intensity.
Persons at-risk-of-poverty are those living in a household with an equivalised disposable income below the risk-of-poverty threshold, which is set at 60 % of the national median equivalised disposable income (after social transfers). The equivalised income is calculated by dividing the total household income by its size determined after applying the following weights: 1.0 to the first adult, 0.5 to each other household members aged 14 or over and 0.3 to each household member aged less than 14 years old.
The total number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion is lower than the sum of the numbers of people in each of the three forms of poverty or social exclusion as some persons are affected simultaneously by more than one of these situations.
See also
- Housing conditions
- Housing statistics
- Income distribution statistics
- Material deprivation and low work intensity statistics
- Social inclusion statistics
Further Eurostat information
- 23 % of EU citizens were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2010 - Statistics in focus 9/2012
- Children were the age group at the highest risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2011 - Statistics in focus 4/2013
- European social statistics (2013) - Statistical books
- Living standards falling in most Member States Statistics in focus 8/2013
- In 2011, 24 % of the population were at risk of poverty or social exclusion – News release
- In 2011, 27 % of children aged less than 18 were at risk of poverty or social exclusion – News release
- The 9 poorest countries catching up on income per capita - Statistics in focus 16/2011
Main tables
- Living conditions and welfare (livcon), see:
- Income and living conditions (ilc)
- People at risk of poverty or social exclusion (Europe 2020 strategy) (ilc_pe)
- Main indicator - Europe 2020 target on poverty and social exclusion (ilc_peps)
- Income distribution and monetary poverty (ilc_ip)
- Monetary poverty (ilc_li)
- Living conditions (ilc_lv)
- Health and labour conditions (ilc_lvhl)
- Material deprivation (ilc_md)
- Material deprivation by dimension (ilc_mddd)
- Economic strain (ilc_mdes)
- People at risk of poverty or social exclusion (Europe 2020 strategy) (ilc_pe)
Dedicated section
- Employment and social policy indicators
- Europe 2020 indicators
- Income, social inclusion and living conditions
- Quality of life indicators
- Income and living conditions (ESMS metadata file — ilc_esms)
- Measuring material deprivation in the EU — Indicators for the whole population and child-specific indicators (Statistical working papers)
Source data for tables and figures (MS Excel)
Other information
- Regulation 1177/2003 of 16 June 2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC)
- Regulation 1553/2005 of 7 September 2005 amending Regulation 1177/2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC)
- Regulation 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Regulations and Decisions in the fields of ... statistics, ..., by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania


text:
Web Id: P000314430
CornerShop offers casual basics that make bold statements. This muscle tank top features a bold text screen print, a knit fabrication & oversized armholes. Tank length is approximately 24 inches.
Bealls is a privately held company, rich in tradition, owned by the founding family and its employees. Founded in 1915, Bealls Department Stores now operates 80 store locations in the state of Florida in addition to BeallsFlorida.com. Bealls Department Stores and BeallsFlorida.com are owned and operated by Beall's Department Stores, Inc and Beall's Westgate Corporation.
Copyright 2014 Bealls, Inc. All rights reserved.


text:
- Address:
4740 NE 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33138Neighborhood:
Buena Vista
- Cuisine:
AsianPrice: $30 and under
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://shokudomiami.com/
- Phone: (305) 758-7782
- Hours of Operation:
Sunday: 11:00am - 4:00pm
Monday - Friday: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Saturday: 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Monday - Thursday: 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Friday: 5:30pm - 11:00pm
Saturday: 4:00pm - 11:00pm
Sunday: 4:00pm - 10:30pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Diners Club,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Sushi, Korean, Asian
- Executive Chef: Armando Litiatco
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Gluten-free Menu, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking Area, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Smoking Area (patio only), Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine, Wine Bar
- Catering: Anything from Sushi to Asian and Americana cuisine, chef Armando Litiatco will cater your every desire.
- Private Party Facilities: We can close off certain areas of the restaurant for large parties and or functions.
- Private Party Contact: Yoko Takarada 3053434306
A word from Shokudo
Shokudo by World Resource CafeContinued
Shokudo meaning 'cafeteria' in Japanese, we have created a casual eatery featuring Asian favorites and street food. Spanning from Korea all the way down south to Vietnam, come find your comfort in our food.
Shokudo meaning 'cafeteria' in Japanese, we have created a casual eatery featuring Asian favorites and street food. Spanning from Korea all the way down south to Vietnam, come find your comfort in our food.
Foodspotting photosSee all photos
Shokudo reviews from OpenTable diners
21 reviews since July 30, 2014
- Food4.1Service4.3
- Ambiance4.2Noise LevelModerate
fit for foodies (14)great for outdoor dining (13)neighborhood gem (13)good for groups (9)romantic (5)hot spot (4)special occasion (3)great for lunch (2)notable wine list (1)kid-friendly (1)Show More
- OpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 11/8/2014Food was delicious, service was a bit slow but servers were friendly, perhaps just a bit understaffed. Overall, great experience and excellent food. I would eat there again.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Tasty Asian fusion great patioDine4FunVIPDined on 11/6/2014This place has a really nice back patio that is covered so that we were eating al fresco despite a sudden downpour. The food is very fresh and offers a nice sampling of Asian flavors. The bibimbap isn't 100 % authentic, but it is very delicious. They also offer a reasonable sake flight.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Successful Sweet 16 Dinner!OpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 10/24/2014The staff at Shokudo were so kind and accommodating! We were 4 adults and 6 teenagers, there to celebrate my daughter's 16th birthday. They showed us to our table promptly and gave us lots of time and attention. They even served us the cupcakes we brought AND a "gift" dessert, complete with candles and song. All this and the food was great too!Special Features:
- A hidden gem...bauxiteVIPDined on 10/18/2014Shokudo is always a treat. The owner Yoko is so friendly and inviting; it is totally unlike dining anywhere else in Miami. The location and ambiance take you far away from the craziness that is the night scene in S Florida. The outdoor dining patio is perfect with great mood lighting. The food is spectacular; I LOVE the chicken pad thai, and the steak buns are so delicious!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Can't go wrong hereGuiRegoDined on 10/15/2014Every time I've been here it's been consistently good. Amazing food.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great staff, delish Asian fusionDine4FunVIPDined on 9/13/2014Really enjoyed dining outside perfectly protected from an unexpected downpour by the fab awning. Beau- our James Franco lookalike server- was excellent. He offered sake samples so that we could decide on a bottle and didn't seen to mind that he had to dance through the rain to get to our table.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/31/2014Sushi is on par with other top sushi restaurants; staff is friendly; ambiance is subduedSpecial Features:
- Great Food & ServiceEAP29Dined on 8/30/2014Shokudo was recommended by a good friend and I trust her feedback. I had friends in town for the long weekend and decided to give it a try. It's not easy running around with a 10 month old, but we sat outside and no problem. Our server was friendly, and gave us great recommendations both in food and wine. I will definitely add Shokudo to my go to places.Special Features:
- Good dining experienceDinerDined on 8/2/2014Food and service were great. Server was knowledgable and made nice efforts for guest celebrating her birthday. Really enjoyed the pad Thai, seared scallop roll, Thai donuts, and cobbler dessert, to name a few. I had no complaints, and would definitely return again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The following 57 reviews are from the Shokudo reviews archive.
- Great surprise in the DDistrictXavierVIPDined on 7/28/2014Went here on a whim- looking for sushi near my Biscayne bay hotel and though I had left Miami many years ago I had no expectations for the Design district. To my surprise I ended up having one of the best, freshest sushi in a long time- not to mention that the place is very nicely decorated, intimate and you can actually have a conversation. Visit- you won't go wrong!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent Sushi / Great MenuMarkFDined on 6/7/2014I went there on a first date and by request they sat us in a quiet corner. the Tuna tartar appetizer was excellent and then I had the Hamachi Jalapeno roll and the Chipotle Salmon and they were both excellent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- miv0112Dined on 5/20/2014We decided to follow the waitress suggestions and all of we order was delicious. Great service.. fully recommend itSpecial Features:
- Our favorite place for sushibekrierVIPDined on 5/16/2014GREAT food. Relaxed, easy setting. Nice wine list, sake, beer and drinks. Easy parking - out go-to for healthy sushi if we don't feel like cooking.Special Features:
- TerrificOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 4/27/2014Shokudo was wonderful as always. Highly recommend.Special Features:
- Repeat never lets me downTotoDineDined on 4/13/2014I have been to this restaurant a few times and it never disappoints. I was there to meet for drinks and my friends who had never been there loved the atmosphere and the food was divine.Special Features:
- Food and service was excellent.DisappointedVIPDined on 4/12/2014Food and service was excellent. The outdoor seating is very pleasant.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- One of our favorite date nightespencersDined on 4/12/2014One of our favorite date night restaurants. Reliably good food, knowledgable and professional staff, interesting menu. A bit difficult if you are paleo, but they will accommodate special requests.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Outdoor Space; Awesome FoodbekrierVIPDined on 4/5/2014So glad to have found another sushi restaurant my husband and I really love. It has a very charming outdoor area, great wine, really good food, good service and the like. We greatly enjoyed our dinner here and will be back soon.Special Features:
- Good food overallMiami31VIPDined on 3/22/2014The ambience is fine and the food is very good. There are some dishes that are excellent and one or two out of the 10 we ordered as a group that just were really bad so it is hit or miss. Don't rely on the servers for recs because that's what we did and those were the two really bad dishes. Go with what you really like to eat and don't be afraid to try things too. Overall good food, terrible parking options available, sketch neighborhood for restaurant, but good prices and had a good time in general.Special Features:
- Had dinner on 2/28. GreatADRRVIPDined on 2/28/2014Had dinner on 2/28. Great food, reasonable prices, friendly staff and nice outdoor ambiance.Special Features:
- Bento box was good and plenty.CiboLover2013VIPDined on 2/19/2014Bento box was good and plenty. I love the outdoor area of the restaurant. Their curry is the best.Special Features:
- great dinnerfamilydinerDined on 2/14/2014We have gone to Shokudo three times, all for special occasions. the staff is well informed, engaging and welcoming. we have sat outside each time, and we love the feeling out there. and now about the food.....it is amazing. the unique dishes are not just original to be different, but are created with a lot of thought and talent. we come with our young children who have tried some dishes for the first time with such enjoyment. they now love the yellowtail sashimi with jalapenos and they are obsessed with the ceviche in coconut milk. we will definitely go back.Special Features:
- Yoko and her staff made myOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 2/11/2014Yoko and her staff made my daughter's birthday dinner a memorable and delicious one. Highly recommend this place.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Love this place!LASRVIPDined on 2/1/2014Beautiful ambiance and delicious food! Love this place!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Surprisingly goodClaireDined on 1/31/2014This restaurant is a bit north of the customary Design District restaurants. It was great find a neat place with very good food and service. cant wait to go back with my regular friendsSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Varied menuCristypcbDined on 1/25/2014Peruse the menu before you go. It can be overwhelming. Food is terrific, the prices moderate , the patio charming but the service can be a bit slow. I will definitely return.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Restaurant!GajaVVIPDined on 12/29/2013Although the approach to and the location of this restaurant may make you wonder about its quality, let me assure you that the food will amaze you. The flavors, texture, composition and presentation is outstanding. It is well worth the trip from downtown Miami.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent experienceexplorerDined on 12/28/2013We had seen this restaurant driving by and were curious to try it out. We went with another couple and all four of us had a great meal. The variety of food and the presentation were both very satisfying. The service was excellent; our waiter explained the various options and made very good recommendations. Will certainly go back and try other dishes. We had dinner inside but the patio on the back seems very attractive.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good foodOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 12/23/2013We picked this place as our last night dinner at Miami. An excellent choice. We loved the food. We were visitors for Miami and not familiar the area. Seemed to be far off place during evening time.Special Features:
- Party of 16 Great Time!OpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 12/6/2013Everything was great, 16 people is hard to manage but our server did exceptional. The sushi was a treat, however the pad thai needed a little improvement. Our vegan members liked the noodles but thought it needed more veggies. Definitely going back, we were inside but the patio looked very cool and casual, have to try that next time. Also there is a very cool small bar in the back off the patio, very cool. Coconut Grover Foodys!Special Features:
- Shokudo, yes please!lunagenDined on 11/22/2013Had a wonderful time at this restaurant. The staff was helpful but not pushy and they seemed to really care that you enjoyed yourself. The food was outstanding and the ambiance was very romantic. We ate outside and have a really lovely time. Can't wait to go back!Special Features:
- It used to be betterFoodLoverDined on 10/19/2013This was my third time at Shokudo. Unfortunately they have reduced their menu :( Food is still great quality but for a Saturday night is was practically empty. Service was not good. The place was empty and the server kept on rushing us to get the order. Had to ask him several times that we would call him when ready. As soon as we ordered appetizers he wanted to take all our menus away and just leave one to pick our main course, party of 5 sharing one menu?! that was bizarre. Waiter was careless when picking things up from the table, dropping all the sauce on the table. I'm not sure if I will go again, it was a bit of a disappointment that after two other very good experiences this one was pretty bad.
- No one told us about the sushiArtDepartmentDined on 10/12/2013We didn't decide to come here for the sushi, but will definitely be back for more!! Unique options on the menu for foodies looking for something novel.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best lunch ever!Beastie32Dined on 9/22/2013My girlfriend and i each got a bento box and the flourless cardamom chocolate cake. Best lunch ever. So cheap too. Will definitely be going back soon.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Strongly recommended!OpenTable Diner Since 2012VIPDined on 9/6/2013We didn't know about this place as its just north of the design district but the food and place is EXCELLENT!!!! Everything we ordered was amazing and the outdoor seating area is beautiful. A must visit if looking for Asian food near design district!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- This is a terrific new AsianOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 8/30/2013This is a terrific new Asian restaurant--modern, but not cold, friendly but not pretentious. Most importantly, the food was terrific--fresh, well-prepared and with high quality ingredients. The server was both knowledgeable and enthusiastic. Valet parking is reasonable ($4), and I recommend it unless you find a space right in front, as the neighborhood is still somewhat marginal. We will be returning.Special Features:
- great fresh food. portionsrsodDined on 8/24/2013great fresh food. portions were a little small. great variety of dishes. fantastic serviceSpecial Features:
- Too many Asians to get it rightOpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 8/17/2013Thir restaurant tried to get too many Asian cuisines right to succeed and any one. The sushi was adequate, Korean barely pasable (Bimimbap was only fair). Banchan are usually included at Korean restaurants but here, each is $3.00 and the portions were very small. Cannot recommend this place. Try a real Korean restaurant instead. The service was very marginal at this restaurant. Don't expect things to be done in a timely fashion or without speaking up to someone rushing by.
- Great food and serviceFoodLoverDined on 7/18/2013This is the second time I go to Shokudo. The food is excellent. They have a varied and flavorful menu. Their sashimi is fresh, dumplings are to die for and the main course are outstanding. I have the ice cream for dessert, green tea and red bean are very unique and have a perfect flavor. They come wrapped in rice paper. I would definitely go again, there are many things on their menu that I still want to try. Service was friendly and attentive.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- favorite of the momentOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 6/8/2013current favorite; go often since discovering this super spot. great food, help and ambiance.Special Features:


text:
Dear baby,
It's the first day of 2011, the year you will be born. In Chinese astrology, 2011 is the year of the rabbit. I don't put much stock in this, as I was born in 1978, the year of the horse, and the description of what that is supposed to mean isn't accurate for me. Your mom and I have been calling 2011 "the year of the baby," which is unrelated to astrology, Chinese or otherwise.
The most important thing that happend since the last time I wrote is we saw you for the first time on your 20-week ultrasound. It was amazing to me how much you were moving. You looked like you were trying to get comfortable, but I know that was probably just your way of exercising. Any day now I should be able to feel you moving from the outside.
You also racked up lots of loot at Christmas, including a stroller, car seat, diaper bag and clothes among other things. Those things are nice and helpful and will be important to creating a healthy environment for you. But ultimately you won't remember any of that. I've had lots of Christmases (32 to be precise), and I don't remember many of the gifts I received.
What I do remember are all the fun things we did leading up to Christmas: decorating a tree; hanging a cloth ornament on the fabric tree that's been in our family a long time; big lunches with our family; sugar cookies; and trying to find where my mom hid the presents, among other things. Those memories will last you a lot longer than any of your gifts will. We can think of all sorts of fun things to do together at this time of year.
One thing I won't make you do is see Santa if you don't want to. My mom made me do that until I was about 14 years old and I hated it. We won't take you at all unless you ask to go.
I can't remember if I told you or not, but I put your crib together. Your room is really coming along, we've got almost everything that's not related to you out of there.


text:
Select () or exclude () categories to narrow your recipe search.
As you select categories, the number of matching recipes will update.
Find exactly what you're looking for with the web's most powerful recipe filtering tool.
1/2 Photos of Buffalo Chicken Wings
Prep Time:
Cook Time:
20 mins
10 mins
I got this recipe from a Betty Crocker cookbook and added my own twist... The cookbook says to bake the wings, but I fry them instead.... I also added a few more seasonings to the flour mixture and the sauce mixture.... I fixed these for a new years party one year and they were a hit....Serve with dressing of choice and carrot or celery sticks...
Units: US | Metric
Serving Size: 1 (100 g)
Servings Per Recipe: 12
The following items or measurements are not included:
seasoning salt
Every recipe, menu, tip and how-to is right here, at your service.


text:
Help and advice on heart disease
Heart Matters
Heart Matters is our free membership service and magazine.
Join Heart Matters
Heart Matters
Heart Support Groups
Health at Work
Hearty Lives
Help us keep hearts beating
Run for us
Take to hills, roads and paths. It's time to start running and
raising funds for our life-saving research.
Find your perfect
Become a volunteer driver
We need more volunteer drivers across the UK to collect donated
items and deliver them to our shops.
Become a volunteer
van driver
Visit our shops or shop online
Online shop
Buy our charity Christmas Cards with charming
traditional, religious, and amusing designs..
our online shop
We'll collect your unwanted furniture and electrical goods
to sell in our stores.
Our pioneering research
Fighting for every heartbeat
Learn how we're fighting for every heartbeat with cutting-edge
heart research.
Find out more
Apply for a research grant
Information for
Apply for a research
Share experiences with others
We're working with UK towns and cities to get communities heart
Find out about Heart Towns
Share experiences, stories, tips and ideas in our community.
Join our online community
Our fight for every heartbeat
Our strategy to 2020
Read our vision and priorities to 2020 and find out how we're
fighting for every heartbeat.
Explore our
What we do
We fund thousands of research projects around the UK that are
fighting heart disease.
Learn about our
vital work
Our free service offers a unique package of support
to improve heart health.
Join now Already a member? Login
Sarah Brealey meets an Olympic medallist who is
continuing to inspire others.
Watch our fast and
furious video of Kriss
Kriss Akabusi is known for his ready, larger-than-life laugh as
well as his prowess on the athletics track. But he's also a man who
sees himself as shaped by his upbringing in a children's home: a
quiet, sometimes introspective man.
When I meet him at his offices in Bedfordshire he has the room
full of laughter within moments of entering it, but ten minutes
later is talking with intense seriousness.
A change of name can be a rite of passage, a signifier that
something has changed in a person's life. Kriss Akabusi laid down
that marker when he put aside his given name Kezie when he joined
the army. As he puts it: "When I joined the army I made the
transition from a boy who had been in a children's home with very
little direction - as long as you weren't bunking off school or
nicking cars, you were left alone. The army wasn't like that, it
had a structure and meaning.
"I wanted to divorce myself from Kezie. I saw myself as not
normal because normal to me was having a mum and dad and coming
from a home you could call your own. Everyone I met in the army
seemed to have that. I chose the name Kriss which kept the initial
K while blending with my future."
But he hasn't put his original name behind him altogether, and
for him it symbolises the two sides of his character. He says:
"People like my daughters and my ex-wife and my few close friends,
like Roger Black, they know me
not just as Kriss but as Kezie Akabusi. The goal focused achieving
person people see today is very much Kriss. The touchy-feely
sentient needy person in the background is Kezie, saying don't
forget me. Kezie is very grateful for Kriss. He has taken him on a
great journey."
To stand on the top as a champion and to have your name etched in the record books, that is something else
To stand on the top as a champion and to have your name etched in the record books, that is something else
He holds three Olympic bronze medals, but counts his proudest
achievement as becoming European champion in 1990, when he broke a
British 400m hurdles record that had stood for 22 years. Even this
victory was framed by his upbringing, in a way that made it even
sweeter. "To stand on the top as a champion and to have your name
etched in the record books, that is something else. To be Kezie
Akabusi, the kid from a children's home, having the world clapping
you and slapping you on the back, is amazing."
Watch our fast and furious video of
Kriss answering questions in his record-breaking hurdles
There are few other such well-known people who have grown up in
care, and Kriss is aware of his position as a possible role model
for others. He wants to be an inspiration rather than a template,
explaining: "Everyone has idiosyncrasies. I am not necessarily
saying to the children in a home, follow me and do what I did. I am
a good story. I have shown you can have a less than stable
background and shaky start. There are people and systems in place
that, if you show desire and attitude, will take you and your less
than perfect start and give you the opportunity to have a perfect
I wake up every morning and I look forward to the day
I wake up every morning and I look forward to the day
With a number of strings to his bow - his corporate motivational
speaking as well as media and promotional work - he says having
different interests and activities in your life is one route to
greater happiness.
Now 53, he has had to face the reality of ageing, a process
which is perhaps harder for athletes than those of us who achieved
lesser physical perfection. He has been diagnosed with high blood pressure, and follows a
healthy diet as well as taking
medication. He also exercises regularly, and although it seems hard
to imagine two more different sports, says his favourites are golf
and basketball.
Want to know more about high blood pressure? You can download our booklet, Blood pressure, or order it by calling 0870 600 6566.
He is also the father of young children once again. He has two
adult daughters from his first marriage and now has a son, four,
and a daughter, one, from his current relationship. They say that
children keep you young, and Kriss certainly agrees. He says:
"There is a saying that you are the sum of the five people you
spend most time with, so if there are a couple of tiddlywinks in
there that brings the age down a bit - along with all that modern
medicine can do!"
On a more serious note, he adds: "I have been very blessed. To
have children that have come into my life at this stage of my life
is wonderful. They make you trawl the reservoirs of your mind to
bring up stories from 20 years ago. There is also a new source of
energy. You start thinking about schools and universities and
career paths and wanting to be there to facilitate that. So you
think rather than retiring in a few years to play golf you want to
keep working. Now I am thinking I will work till I am 75 and then I
want to have 10 years to play golf and relax. It is a whole new way
of thinking, not just shuffling off this mortal coil at 70. So it
makes sense to play basketball and keep healthy!"
Cooking has become another passion in life, one that he says he
has developed since his marriage ended nine years ago. He even
appeared on Come Dine with Me last year, which he says was
"fantastic, and a real challenge to cook for other people in that
setting". He adds: "Cooking is a whole new challenge when it is for
other people. You realise it is not easy. When you go to
restaurants and someone is cooking food professionally you realise
it is a great skill. I can't cook without thinking about the people
I am cooking for and my love for them. When you cook for someone it
is quite an intimate thing. You have got to think about them and
the things that they like and don't like."
I can't cook without thinking about the people I am cooking for and my love for them
I can't cook without thinking about the people I am cooking for and my love for them
"I am a big fish person. You
can bake almost any kind of fish, whether it is haddock or halibut.
I like to bake fresh tuna and serve it on a bed of vegetables –
okra and spinach is one of my favourites, but you can do it with
just spinach. You steam the spinach, add some spices, put the tuna
on top, and then serve it with something like boiled potatoes or
even gnocchi."
It seems appropriate that a man with two sides to his
personality is known for his achievements in two disciplines - the
400m and the 400m hurdles. So which does he prefer? "That's a
good question," he replies. "I am in love with the 400m flat even
though I am best at hurdles. I am basically a failed
quarter-miler!" And the larger-than-life laugh fills the room
Read our
interview with former Olympian Sally Gunnell
Read our
interview with former Olympian Roger Black
1 Take this life seriously. It is not a dress rehearsal. Recognise that you are here today and gone tomorrow, but you can extend today if you work at it.
2 Live simply in terms of food, both what and how much you eat.
3 Do everything in moderation. You can do all things, but not all things to excess.
4 Show gratitude: whether you are religious or not, there is something to be said for waking up in the morning and being grateful for the sun shining on your back.
5 Have goals, and picture what you want to achieve. Be hopeful. With gratitude and hope come energy and wellbeing.


text:
Browser does not support script.
Keynote addresses on video:
Sir Stephen Wall
25 June 2014.
Malcolm Harbour, MEP
26 June 2014.
What have the Europeans done for us?
Report on the 2014 lecture, given by Professor Patrick Birkinshaw of the University of Hull on 25 June 2014
Powered by Contensis


text:
Fisherman's fate in hands of jury at murder trial in Nova Scotia
Sarah Silverman has clarified a comment she made earlier this week branding...
MIDLAND – Re: " Midland woman pulls kids from school over unsafe walking...
TAY TOWNSHIP – More than 5,000 candles dot local historic site...
PENETANGUISHENE – Fourteen-year-old Abbie Masciangelo isn't a typical teenager.
Instead of hanging out with friends, the Midland girl has spent nearly every weekend for the last two years at Bayfield House Retirement Lodge, where she has sleepovers with her grandmother Mary House.
The two have grown especially close since House moved to Penetanguishene from Peterborough in October 2010.
"Now that she lives here, we get to see each other a lot," said Abbie. "I like coming here because it makes me happy. I get to spend time with everyone. Even the other residents – they make me happy."
Abbie and her grandmother often spend weekends doing crafts, playing games and watching movies.
"Getting her out of her room and up and about is the best thing," said Abbie. "When I'm here, she never gets her nap in the afternoon because we're always out doing things."
They have even found themselves in a little trouble on occasion.
"I bought her a popcorn maker for Christmas. The first time we used that, it didn't really go very well because we ended up making it in the bathroom because the fire smoker thing went off," giggled Abbie.
House said having her granddaughter around helps to keep her – and fellow residents – in high spirits.
"It's everything. It keeps me going," she said. "We paint; we do every kind of craft. I didn't know I was an artist.
"Another thing I've noticed being here is a lot of the people don't have young grandchildren. They don't have guests coming in to be with them, so they sort of come to Abbie."
Dale Merritt, marketing and sales co-ordinator at Bayfield House, told The Mirror nearly everyone at the lodge knows Abbie by name.
"She's just a warm and lovely child, and she's an inspiration. A 14-year-old – I think that's pretty amazing," said Merritt. "It's a family atmosphere here, and I think Abbie brings a lot of that to Bayfield House. The residents look forward to seeing her."
Mary Catherine Masciangelo said she couldn't be more delighted with her daughter.
"We are very proud," she said. "She seems to have her values and interests in the right place. It's a good feeling for a parent."
Masciangelo added it's apparent Abbie brightens Bayfield residents' lives with her presence.
"(A new resident) was watching Abbie skip down the hallway this morning, and she came over to speak to Abbie and my mom … just to tell us the joy it brought to her to see a young girl skipping and being so happy. She adds a little bit of spark and enjoyment here."
Although Abbie just headed away to start Grade 9 in Roseau Lake, she said she plans to continue her weekend visits with her grandmother.
It can be hard to know what to look for in a new mattress. A mattress is a significant purchase,...
What's the difference between an LED TV and an LCD TV? Simply put, an LED TV is just a different...
As you know, one size does not fit all and this is also true in medicine. There are many...
At Collus PowerStream , we are committed to providing the communities we serve with affordable,...


text:
Discuss Big Brother, reality television, entertainment news, and other topics of interest. Live Feed Updates
brother, reality, television, survivor, entertainment, live, feed, updates, amazingrace, houseguests, janelle, pierzina, donato, discussion
Rock Island is a forum for discussing rock, hard rock, heavy metal, Gothic, and many other types of music. We also discussed other topics such as sports, spirituality, entertainment, and many more.
heavy, metal, music, friends, sports, religion, spirituality, movies, entertainment, jokes, funny, pictures, videos, family, christianity, bible, baseball, basketball, football, discussion
militaria, world, military, bulletin, board, message, free, iacmc, iacmc-, international, forum, wars, #topics, countries
Divination with playing cards, Lenormand, tarot, and various other oracles (mainly cards). Psychic, spirituality, magic and related topics also welcome.
cartomancy, playing, cards, tarot, divination, decks, lenormand, sibilla, kippers, gypsy, oracle, psychic, magic, magick, metaphysical, prediction
Your source for hot topics and video games.
gamers, generation, games, video, xbox, play, gameplay, walkthrough, nintendo, sony, microsoft, playstation, vita, fighting, game, gaymer, gamer, girl, community, fight
A Zoo Tycoon fansite that host user-made items for Zoo Tycoon 1 and 2.
marine, mania, extinct, animals, endangered, species, #african, adventure, dinosaur, digs, expansions, packs, scenery, utilities, maps, workbenches, reskins, variants, biomes, zoos, fansite
A friendly roleplay pack for all levels and it's family friendly! Become a real wolf in a strange world where you must stick with your family and leader to survive! Join the Distant Blood family today
wolf, distant, bloods, version, pack, roleplay, canine, #african, wild, canada, role, play, great, group, clan, wolves
Free forum : Friendly everyday chat in Basherville!
chat, #topics, news, discussion, friends
Free forum : This is a site for ALL home fish keepers. If you've a 1 gallon beta tank to 1, 000's of gallons of fish under your care, you'll find someone sharing your passion and interest
freshwater, aquarium, angelfish, cichlids, pleco, discus, plecos, #african, cichlids., betta, fishtank, fish, marine, saltwater, tank, lights, metal, halide, light
Zoo Tycoon 1 & 2 Fansite
dinosaur, digs, marine, mania, endangered, species, #african, adventure, extinct, animals, show&tells, designing, tutorials, downloads, contests, tycoon
Free forum : Role-play while having fun! This RP site is a big collection of role-play topics! Role-play in your favorite or try something new! There are even school topics for all you teachers!
forum, alive, school, approved, english, role-play, while, having, fun!, this, site, collection, topics!, your, favorite, something, new!, there, even, #topics, teachers!fun!
Dark Sky Watchers is for all Astronomy, UFO, Alien, NWO Conspiracy Topics
dark, watchers, astronomy, alien, conspiracy, #topics
Discuss and develop mercy ministry in West Africa
west, #african, mercy, ministries, discuss, develop, ministry, africa
Here at the Legend of Kingdom Hearts, we seek to deliver aforum unlike most others: with a blend of fanfics, challengestournaments, and many, MANY other things, this forum wantsthe members to be as happy as can be. We hope you enjoyyour stay!!
free, legend, kingdom, hearts, here, discuss, wide, range, #topics, from, zelda, series


text:
What you need to know:
Kallpachay strives to inspire kids to create, explore and discover. It was born in response to a growing interest in Spanish immersion programs in the community. The program is unique and innovative, and students are enticed to use the language rather than just memorize complex vocabulary lists. They believe in complementing classes with a little bit of Latin flavor, thus providing students with a sense of cultural and global awareness.
Saint Sebastian School
1430 Federal Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90064
1841 S. Hayworth Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Judson International School
1610 E. Elizabeth St.
Pasadena, CA 91104
755 N. Highland Ave
Hollywood, CA 90038


text:
Spotify And The Website Conversion Conversation
Just when we finally got all the games, quizzes, pillow-fights, and other website conversion conversation cluttering Facebook apps blocked so they stop appearing on our walls and interrupting what we're trying to do, along comes Spotify. The simplest way to describe Spotify is "Rhapsody or iTunes as a Facebook app." So when even a couple of my own clients urged…
read more →
read more →


text:
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Stupid internet
I'm really struggling with my wireless connection at the moment. I've lost count of the number of times I've started uploading the next show, only to have the connection crap out halfway through. I'll keep trying over the weekend and hopefully get it up there eventually.
Posted by the grizzle at 14:31
4 comments:
- So It Goes said...
Sorry to hear that, Grizz. Don't you have broadband? And BTW, hwo many shows do you have left to post? What format will the blog take after that?
- 12 September 2008 05:08
Pleeeeeeease keep em' coming grizz.
- 12 September 2008 12:02
- domestic empire said...
I feel your pain.
- 13 September 2008 10:21
- MUSICBOX™ said...
Please reload. Mega thanks.
- 6 March 2012 16:55


text:
Questioner: If I'm in the mosque and my brother is praying behind me or next to me, but he's a bit distant from me, is it correct for me to pull him?
Al-Albaani: Pull him to where?
Questioner: He's praying to my right but is very distant from me.
Al-Albaani: Yes, it is allowed.
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 141.
"Those who busy themselves with the hadiths of the Prophet ﷺ, it is as though they are living with him."
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 203.
The quote below can be found on the internet and is referenced as being from Shaikh Al-Albaani's Silsilah as-Saheehah, hadith no. 554, vol. 2, p. 86, but after checking Silsilah, under hadith no. 554 all that can be found is the actual text of the hadith, "Eemaan is patience and tolerance," and no explanation, along with the fact that hadith no. 554 is on p. 94 and not p. 86 as is referenced, and there is also nothing explaining the hadith on p. 86, unless this was taken from a different print than the one it was just checked against. Allaah knows best but the entire paragraph preceding the hadith below is not in Silsilah and shouldn't be attributed to the Shaikh.
Maybe someone meant to reference the hadith alone as being from Al-Albaani's Silsilah and not the paragraph preceding it and then it may have been incorrectly copied and pasted and so on until it seemed as though the entire paragraph was from Silsilah. And Allaah knows best.
Here is the text of what is being circulated on the internet, attributed to Al-Albaani:
"Symptoms of weak faith
Shaykh Al Albani رحمه الله
Tightness in the chest, mood swings and depression,which weigh a man down and make him quick to complain about the slightest thing, these all are symptoms of weak faith. A person easily gets upset with the people around him, and no longer has any tolerance. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) described faith when he said, "Eemaan is patience and tolerance"
Shaykh Al-Albani Al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, no. 554, 2/86."
Questioner: Regarding the prayer in the second rak'ah, if, ya'ni, for example, you're sitting, or you stood up from rukoo' in the second rak'ah of [your] Sunnah prayers, and the iqaamah for the [fard] prayer has been said, should you cut off your prayer or complete it, [a prayer of which you are in] the second rak'ah after rukoo' or you just stood up from rukoo'?
Al-Albaani: … if you think that you will be able to catch the opening takbeer [of the fard prayer] with the Imaam [even] if you complete your prayer, then you complete it, and if not then you break it.
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 529.
Also refer to this post.
Questioner: As regards the Jumu'ah prayer, the mu'addhin gives the adhaan, then one prays the two rak'ah Sunnahs of Jumu'ah, is that allowed or not?
Al-Albaani: [You said], 'Is it allowed?' what are you referring to?
Questioner: The two rak'ahs …
Al-Albaani: There are no Sunnah [rak'ahs] for Jumu'ah [prayer], Yaa akhi. The Jumu'ah Sunnah prayers which are well-known today amongst many people have no basis in the Sunnah, why?
I will relate a hadith from Sahih Bukhaari to you, the most authentic book after the Book of Allaah, with an authentic chain of narration from as-Saa'ib ibn Yazeed who said the adhaan in the time of the Prophet ﷺ was the first adhaan only, when the Prophet ﷺ would ascend the minbar the mu'addhin would give the adhaan, when he finished the Prophet ﷺ would stand up and deliver the sermon. There was no room for Sunnah prayers before Jumu'ah …
… the Sunnah on Jumu'ah that a Muslim must stick to is to go to the mosque early, the earlier the better, due to his saying ﷺ, "Whoever goes during the first hour, then it is as though he has offered a camel as a sacrifice to seek the Pleasure of Allah, and he who goes at the second hour is like one who offers a cow to win the Pleasure of Allah, and he who comes at the third hour is like one who offers a ram with horns (in sacrifice) and he who comes at the fourth hour is like one who offers a hen, and he who comes at the fifth hour is like one who offers an egg," so the earlier he is the better.
[So when he does finally] enter the mosque, whether it is early or later, he prays two rak'ahs, four, six, eight, without a limit, because these are called optional prayers [naafilah], these are not Sunnah prayers which the Prophet ﷺ specified, no, and that's why he ﷺ said in an authentic hadith, "Whoever takes a bath on Friday, and bathes completely, and goes early, arriving early, and then prays as much as he wants, then sits close to the Imaam, and listens to him … except that he is forgiven whatever was between that Jumu'ah and the one after it."
So this person who enters the mosque on Friday can pray as much as he is able to and according to how much energy he has, and how much time.
But as for what happens nowadays then that has no basis in the Sunnah at all. And that which happens nowadays … how did two adhaans come about?
In the time of 'Uthmaan ibn 'Affaan, Medinah expanded as its residents increased. When the Prophet ﷺ first migrated to Medinah it was like a village/small town naturally, Islaam spread and the Companions started to come and take up residence there bit by bit. In the time of 'Uthmaan, may Allaah be pleased with him, ya'ni, during his khilaafah, Medinah, maa shaa Allaah, became a city, the capital of the Islamic state, and an idea came to him, and how good an idea it was, considering that even until today, as you know, Jumu'ah is only prayed in the Prophet's Mosque, [this has changed now], they were like that in the time of the Prophet ﷺ, and Abu Bakr and 'Umar and 'Uthmaan … but due to the the expansion of the buildings in Medinah the people who were outside Medinah and in the market called Az-Zawraa couldn't hear the adhaan in the Prophet's Mosque, so he made an adhaan there, so let us now [for argument's sake] call this, 'The second adhaan.'
… the first adhaan is the one which the Prophet ﷺ established, and this [other] one is called the second adhaan because 'Uthmaan brought it after the first but he didn't do so except for the people in the market to be able to hear that Jumu'ah prayer's time has arrived, and that yallah, 'Come to prayer,'—[so to reiterate] where did 'Uthmaan place this second adhaan? In the market, a well-known place in the books of hadith called, 'Az-Zawraa.'
It carried on like this up until the time of Hishaam ibn 'Abdul-Malik al-Amawi, it seemed an idea to him to move the adhaan from Az-Zawraa to the mosque, and from that day the situation changed.
And as time passed, a gap appeared between the two adhaans and the people filled it with what they call, 'The Sunnah prayers anterior to Jumu'ah,' and these Sunnah prayers done before Jumu'ah have no validity, because in his time, the Prophet, as I told you occurs in Saheeh al-Bukhaari, used to leave his home and ascend the minbar and Bilaal would give the adhaan and when he would finish the adhaan the Prophet ﷺ would start the khutbah, there was no place for two Sunnah rak'ahs let alone four …
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 3.
Questioner: … but today I prayed in a mosque in Al-Ashrafiyyah by my father's house, everyone got up to pray except me, I stayed sitting, I stayed sitting and everyone else got up to pray, I had [already] prayed six rak'ahs … ya'ni before Jumu'ah and then sat down, [but] when they gave the adhaan all of them stood up and prayed [what they incorrectly think are the two Sunnah rak'ahs that one does after the adhaan] except me, they found what I did strange …
Al-Albaani: Inshaa Allaah, you'll have been added to the strangers [al-ghurabaa] …
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 253.
Questioner: In the eed and janaazah prayers, is it prescribed to raise one's hands with the takbeers?
Al-Albaani: No, it's not legislated.
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 428.
The Imaam said, "It is not allowed for an individual Muslim to take it upon himself to execute a ruling which is not under the jurisdiction of individuals but rather that of the rulers, and if the rulers fall short—as, unfortunately, is the case in this time—in carrying out this obligation, then that does not permit an individual Muslim to go and carry it out."
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 282.
Questioner: The Sunnah prayer before Jumu'ah?
Al-Albaani: There's no basis for it.
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 253.
Please read this post for a detailed explanation.
Questioner: O Shaikh, for example, a person who declares the Companions to be disbelievers, for example, he says that Yazeed ibn Mu'aawiyah is a faasiq or a faajir and likewise his father, ya'ni, is such a person a disbeliever [due to what he said] or a faajir or a faasiq?
Al-Albaani: It differs, Yaa akhi, according to the person: is he ignorant, is he a scholar, has the proof been established against him from the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of Allaah's Prophet ﷺ, is he someone who is obstinate [in his opinion], is he someone who has misinterpreted [the texts]? All of these things prevent the people of knowledge from [both] rushing to call him a disbeliever or from rushing to state that he is not a disbeliever. All of these checks have to be implemented so that after them we will have the ability to state whether he is a disbeliever or not.
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 342.
Opened a Facebook page for both blogs, feeds to the posts will be posted there automatically so you can stay up to date with the latest articles from either one.
This is the only Facebook page for the Albaani Blog and Gifts of Knowledge sites, please spread the word so as many people as possible can benefit.
Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/TheAlbaaniSite.
The Imaam said, "… as for the person who clings to the Sunnah, new doubts [that arise] don't affect him."
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 6.
Questioner: Up until when is ishaa time?
Al-Albaani: Up until half of the night [has passed], since that has been clearly stated in Sahih Muslim, from the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'Aas, who said, "Allaah's Prophet ﷺ said, 'And the time for al-Ishaa is until half the night has passed.'"
[It's time] is not until the true fajr appears for there is no proof for that even if some of the Imaams say so, because that goes against this authentic hadith, "And the time for al-Ishaa is until half the night has passed."
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 97.
Questioner: In Leningrad there are about four months where the night is very long, it goes to about twenty hours, and the day is about four hours long, and vice versa, so how is the prayer [to be performed]?
Al-Albaani: They estimate the prayer times in accordance with the closest city/country to them in which the sun rises and sets in a normal manner.
But I will say something [to clarify the above]: the answer [I just gave] is for a country where it's not possible for the five [prayer] times to be expected to be seen even if they are close—if these five prayer times cannot be realised then the answer is as I mentioned just now, they estimate the five times in accordance with the closest city/country to them in which the five times are [clearly] present.
Al-Hudaa wan-Noor, 57.


text:
EnNatura is a clean materials company developing specialty chemicals from renewable sources. We design polymers that reduce hydrocarbon consumption and deliver high performance and environmentally-friendly attributes when applied in specialty chemicals.
Spun out of IIT Delhi in 2006, we have developed a resin platform for application in the printing ink industry, allowing for eco-friendly printing along with high-efficiency recycling of printed paper.
EnNatura offers ClimaPrint: Eco-friendly Printing services to environmentally conscious organizations which helps them in 'Communicating Sustainability' without incremental change in their print procurement costs.
Eco-friendly Inks
EnNatura's inks emit zero VOCs, besides enabling high-efficiency recycling of paper printed with our ink.
EnNatura Technology Ventures (P) Ltd.
Plot No. 6B,
Gurukul Industrial Area
Faridabad, Haryana - 121003
Tel: +91-129-4167836
Email: email@example.com