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LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A car crashed into a fire hydrant late Wednesday in South Los Angeles.
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Last October, Boris Elpiner noticed something odd about the Web traffic coming to his company from its PPC ads. As vice president of marketing for RingCentral, an online telecommunications firm in San Mateo, California, Elpiner is in charge of its affiliate-ad program, which hired Yahoo! to distribute RingCentral's ads onto Web sites with compatible content. Poring over his records, he discovered that a keyword term ("fax software download") that had previously generated almost no clicks was suddenly pulling them in. The total cost to RingCentral for the clicks - $2,500 over about four weeks - "was significant, but not immediately noticeable."
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Elpiner took the matter to Yahoo!, whose analysts "figured it all out quickly," he says. One or more Yahoo! affiliates may have generated deceptive clicks on ads served to their sites, using special software to disguise the source. The scammers, he says, "were clever enough not to take a whole lot from [the ads on] one site, but must have been trying to siphon off a little from many advertisers." Yahoo! gave Elpiner full credit. But it did not, as far as he could tell, try to identify the perpetrators. Instead, Yahoo! and other PPC companies are responding to click fraud by deploying new antifraud technologies. For example, Yahoo! analysts have created click fraud filters - algorithmic screens that sift through the sea of incoming clicks to find patterns suggesting fraud and then discard phony clicks without regard to source or motive.
Although Google and Yahoo! will not, for security reasons, discuss their methods in detail, the advertisements themselves offer some clues. When affiliates sign up for a box of, say, Google ads, they are essentially hosting within their own Web page a small, separate page with its own, very long URL. According to Joseph Tierney, an Internet marketer in central Florida who describes himself as a repentant click frauder, that URL is embedded with a string of information including the time, in milliseconds; the last time the host Web page was updated, also in milliseconds; and other data used to track customer behavior. Analysts could use this material to match the various time stamps against one another, as well as other information provided by server logs. "If someone from such-and-such IP address clicks on the same ad four times in a second," says Elias Levy, a security architect at Symantec, "you can know that at least three of those clicks don't mean anything. It's inconceivable that Google wouldn't be looking at this."
The company won't confirm it, though. "We don't discuss our techniques," says Shuman Ghosemajumder, a Google business product strategy manager. Nor will Google disclose whether invalid clicks are common or whether it has "a lot" or "just a few" researchers working on click fraud. "We have recognized invalid clicks as a serious problem from the beginning," Ghosemajumder says. "We've done a good job at being effective with these issues in the past, and we believe we will be effective in the future." In his view, PPC companies should be judged not by whether they have succeeded in stamping out click fraud but by whether their advertisers are satisfied.
By that standard, Google and company seem largely successful, at least for now. Google is "very good at detecting multiple clicks from the same computer," says Ash Nallawalla, a former search engine advertising consultant in Melbourne, Australia. "I am not likely to be charged for any of those clicks, not even the first one." (Marketers contacted by Wired say much the same about Yahoo!) Google typically knocks about a third off the Chase Law Group's bill to discount for click fraud, according to James Butler, IT director for the Los Angeles-based firm, which draws about 60�percent of its clients through Internet advertising. "If we get 500 clicks from their ads," he says, "they bill us for 320 or so."
Not every customer comes away satisfied, though. Last summer Nathan McKelvey, president of the rent-a-jet firm CharterAuction.com in Quincy, Massachusetts, discovered an old server in his office with records of every visitor to his company's Web site since 2002. Many of the visits came through Google's and Yahoo!'s PPC programs. But a substantial number of those clicks came from Denmark, a country where CharterAuction did "exactly zero" of its business. When McKelvey asked Google and Yahoo! precisely which clicks he'd been billed for, neither company would tell him. All they'd reveal was how many clicks he'd paid for - not which ones or where they originated. Feeling stonewalled, he had his lawyer send a letter demanding refunds from both. "I have the strong suspicion," he says, "that we spent more than a quarter of a million dollars over a couple years on invalid clicks." According to McKelvey, the two companies have refused to refund his money or divulge further information. Google won't comment on specific actions with clients; Yahoo! says it is investigating the charges.
PPC companies may have to become more transparent to retain customer confidence, because click fraud has mutated into new, more complex forms. Responding to the demand for fake clicks, shady firms in India created click farms, facilities in which marginally employed people click on advertisements round the clock (these seem to have diminished in number or gone underground since 2004, when the Times of India revealed their existence). Companies also have begun attacking rivals with "impression fraud" - repeatedly reloading a search engine page where the rival's ad appears, without clicking on it, in order to eliminate it. (Google and Yahoo! routinely take steps to drop nonperforming ads.) In 2004, a programmer named Michael Bradley allegedly wrote click fraud software that disguised clicks' origins. He was arrested by the Secret Service and charged with attempting to extort $100,000 from Google by threatening to release the software on the Internet; a trial is pending. The action did not eliminate this kind of software - it is now readily available on the Net.


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The Hawai'i Electric Light Company will open a Customer Information Center at the Hawaiian Shores Community Center on Kahakai Street in Hawaiian Beaches beginning Monday.
The center will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Company representatives will be on hand to answer questions from the public and provide the status of repairing the damage caused by Tropical Storm Iselle.
Customers may bring their electronic devices and get them charged. A charging station will be available at the center. The center will remain open daily as the restoration process continues.
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Baker & Hostetler
Baker Hostetler is an American law firm founded more than 90 years ago in 1916. One of the firm's founders, Newton D. Baker, was U.S. Secretary of War during World War I and former Mayor of Cleveland.
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Campaign Finance$4,298,995 Given
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- contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
- only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
- contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
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Lobbying$48,655,000 Income
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Lobbying Carried Out by Baker & Hostetler
Names of Lobbyists
Client Amount Major League Baseball Commissioner's Ofc $8,510,000 Colgate-Palmolive Co $4,020,000 Federated Investors Inc $3,650,000 Southern Co $2,450,000 Reserve Management Corp $1,620,000 Children's Hospital Assn $1,550,000 Old Mutual Business Services $1,230,000 Motion Picture Assn of America $1,060,000 Corning Inc $1,020,000 Koyo Corp of USA $1,015,000
Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
- Taxes,
- Health Issues,
- Medicare & Medicaid,
- Copyright, Patent & Trademark,
- Finance,
- Trade,
- Insurance,
- Fed Budget & Appropriations,
- Telecommunications,
- Environment & Superfund
Most Frequently Disclosed Bills
Bill No. Title H.R.2733 Fixed Indexed Annuities and Insurance Products Classification Act of 2009 H.R.3221 Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2008 S.1389 Fixed Indexed Annuities and Insurance Products Classification Act of 2009 H.R.5720 Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 S.2566 (Unknown) H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 S.2191 America's Climate Security Act of 2007 H.R.1171 Money Market Fund Parity Act of 2007 H.R.6049 Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008 H.R.1424 (Unknown)
Recent Lobbying Contracts
Date Client Summary July 23, 2015 Avella Specialty Pharmacy Issues related to compounding pharmacy regulations View registration
RegulationsMentioned in 1059 dockets; Submitted to 66 dockets
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Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.
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Documents Submitted by the Organization
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- Toggle 8 SEC Comments on Indexed Annuities and Certain Other Insurance Contracts 2008
- Toggle 7 DOT Computer Reservations Systems - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 2006
- Toggle 4 DOT Foreign Air Carrier Plans to Address Needs of Families of Victims of Aircraft Accidents 1998
- Toggle 4 DOT Universal Airlines, Incorporated - Exemption - Georgetown, Guyana-New York-Freetown, Sierra Leone-Lagos, Nigeria 2003
- Toggle 4 DOT U.S. DOT/OST - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Computer Reservation System (CRS) Regulations (Part 255) 1997
- Toggle 3 DOT North American Airlines, Inc. - Exemption - Oakland, CA-Cancun/Mexico City, Mexico 2004
- Toggle 3 DOT Association of Retail Travel Agents - Emergency Petition for Rulemaking 1998
- Toggle 3 DOT Air Memphis - Foreign Permit - Arab Republic of Egypt-United States 2002
- Toggle 3 DOT Air Memphis - Exemption - Arab Republic of Egypt-United States 2002
- Toggle 3 DOT 2005/2006 U.S.-China Air Services Case and Designations 2004
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- Toggle 81 DOT American Airlines, Inc. and British Airways PLC - Antitrust Immunity Agreement 2001
- Toggle 73 DOT Special rules for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (beyond-perimeter exemptions, i.e., service to another airport more than 1,250 miles away from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport) 2000
- Toggle 70 DOT American Airlines, Inc. and British Airways Plc - Exemption/Blanket Codesharing/Statements of Authorizations 2001
- Toggle 69 DOT U.S. DOT/OST - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Computer Reservation System (CRS) Regulations (Part 255) 1997
- Toggle 44 DOT America West Airlines, Inc. - Petition for Rulemaking - Amendment of Part 255 1997
- Toggle 43 DOT Association of Retail Travel Agents - Emergency Petition for Rulemaking 1998
- Toggle 33 DOT United Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines System - Statement of Authorization/Renewal - U.S.-Scandinavia 1999
- Toggle 33 DOT Interim slot rules at LaGuardia Airport (exemptions for new entrant and limited incumbent air carriers). 2000
- Toggle 32 DOT Interim slot rules at LaGuardia Airport (exemptions for air service to small and nonhub airports -- limited to aircraft with a seating capacity of less than 71) 2000
- Toggle 32 DOT U.S. - U.K. Alliance Case 2001
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the girls came over on saturday night for a valentine pARTy. i bought 2 new heart paper punches and helped myself to a big pile of paint chips at home depot, and i put out glitter and paper and washi tape, and we played:
when the topic of conversation turned to barbies, i dug out my princess leia doll. she was the closest i ever got to a barbie: my mom preferred that i play with an anatomically correct doll. so leia hung out with us while we made cards and garlands and art. as usual, i drank too much wine and my friends made some really great stuff.


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From Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-3-R (American Psychiatric Association, 1987):
Caffeine-Induced Organic Mental Disorder 305.90 Caffeine Intoxication
- Recent consumption of caffeine, usually in excess of 250 mg.
- At least five of the following signs:
- restlessness
- nervousness
- excitement
- insomnia
- flushed face
- diuresis
- gastrointestinal disturbance
- muscle twitching
- rambling flow of thought and speech
- tachycardia or cardiac arrhythmia
- periods of inexhaustibility
- psychomotor agitation
- Not due to any physical or other mental disorder, such as an Anxiety Disorder.
Basically, overdosing on caffeine will probably be very very unpleasant but not kill or deliver permanent damage. However, People do die from it.
The LD_50 of caffeine (that is the lethal dosage reported to kill 50% of the population) is estimated at 10 grams for oral administration. As it is usually the case, lethal dosage varies from individual to individual according to weight. Ingestion of 150mg/kg of caffeine seems to be the LD_50 for all people. That is, people weighting 50 kilos have an LD_50 of approx. 7.5 grams, people weighting 80 kilos have an LD_50 of about 12 grams.
In cups of coffee the LD_50 varies from 50 to 200 cups of coffee or about 50 vivarins (200mg each).
One exceptional case documents survival after ingesting 24 grams. The minimum lethal dose ever reported was 3.2 grams intravenously, this does not represent the oral MLD (minimum lethal dose).
In small children ingestion of 35 mg/kg can lead to moderate toxicity. The amount of caffeine in an average cup of coffee is 50 - 200 mg. Infants metabolize caffeine very slowly.
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The toxic dose is going to vary from person to person, depending primarily on built-up tolerance. A couple people report swallowing 10 to 13 vivarin and ending up in the hospital with their stomaches pumped, while a few say they've taken that many and barely stayed awake.
A symptom lacking in the clinical manual but reported by at least two people on the net is a loss of motor ability: inability to move, speak, or even blink. The experience is consistently described as very unpleasant and not fun at all, even by those very familiar with caffeine nausea and headaches.
I have found this post very helpful. I am a 29 year old adult male. I haven't had any caffeine in at least 6 months. This morning I was very tired after staying up to late last night. I had such a
busy day ahead of me at work, so I decided to try a 5 hour energy shot for the very first time. About 30 min after drinking it, I started feeling very dizzy, shaky, and light headed. I freaked out and had a panic attack. Luckily I was near
A doctors office, and I went in. They said it was a caffeine overdose. I drank lots of water and felt a little better a few hours later,
but still not great. I am now drinking a few beers to help calm my nerves. I'll never drink a 5 hour energy again!
Can you die from 2.5 cups of coffee if you are not a grown adult? (Not a child either, like 16) sorry that this is a stupid question...
As i read in the comments above, coffee does help preventing diabetes. But too much coffee can also bring you others complications. An healthy body is a matter of balance. The key is an healthy diet to prevent developping diabetes.
Recently researchers have found that there are certain compounds in coffee that inhibit hIAPP (human islet amyloid polypeptide). It seems hIAPP is one of the causes for diabetes as it directly impacts the pancreas and the insulin producing capability.
But it makes diabetes worse and makes blood sugar more difficult to control. It does that with normal subject as well.
I'm not a big caffeine person, only really consumed choclate and enjoyed the very odd coffe or tea. About a month ago I was sitting with a friend and I consumed about 5 cups of tea and totally lost it, and thought I was going to die. The effects of this first incident lasted about 5 days and then I thought I was coming back to reality. But then while eating dinner I swallowed a carrot that sort of got caught in my throat and that spawned a massive panic attack which at the time I didn't know what it was as I thought I was seriously going to die. The effects of that one lasted until I had another one about 3 days later which really came out of nowhere, nothing triggered it. Since then I have had some mild ones but nothing too dramatic. But the problem with me at the moment is I don't feel 100%, and have moments of unreality and a feeling that there is something not functioning properly within my brain. After the second panic attack I have ceased any caffiene and have been eating very well. I find it hard to concentrate for too long without that feeling creaping up on me which feels sometimes like my vital force is out of sync. Don't get me wrong, I can perform all my tasks but have this feel of I'm not really there. Please if there is anyone out there who could give me some knowledge on what I am going through that would be appreciated. I don't usually ask for help, but its been over a month now.
So first let's validate what you are feeling. It is real, and for some can resemble a stroke or heart attack. So how do you manage? Know your triggers, focus on other things, practice proper breathing exercises, WALK, WALK, WALK, and have an emergency backup plan AKA (anxiety medication).
As a busy working mom balancing work and life, I can tell you that the better you understand what sets in motion the attacks, the better equipped you will be to head them off at the pass. You can control them, but you must be confident in that first.
Mind & Body: When the feeling comes open the window, drink/sip some water, call a friend, pray, breath, walk, meditate or even sing.
Triggers: STRESS!!!, caffeine, excitement (good news)...ect.
Managing: Maintain focus (on something else or the feeling will own you and take over).
Cut out triggers like coffee or sleeping pills (for a little bit). Make your doctor aware so that you can have a backup plan such as anxiety medication.
1. Panic attacks can be delayed and can come from something stressful from a week ago. Basically try to manage your stress.
2. Walking regularly really puts those attacks in check.
3. Panic Disorder is a little more intense with loss of hearing, vision, and possible fainting. They may feel like a stroke or heart attack and at this point you should have some sort of medication for them.
4. Identify foods that trigger attacks and stay away from them.
5. Remind yourself that you are not going crazy and you will not die from a panic attack, why do I say this? Because unfortunately during an attack you actually do feel like you are fading away similar to what folks describe as dying. Once you have established that confidence and know you are not dying, you will be able to manage a panic attack that is already in progress.
Note: Not everyone experiences panic attacks the same way and not all of what is listed here will apply.
Hope this was helpful.
It can take a while it just depends all on the person .Everyone is diffrent my withdraw symptoms are slowly getting better . Around the 1st of this month Im pretty much caffine free except my 1 cup of coffie in the morning and thats it . When you have a panic attack it uses up all of your energy and you feel drained . You need to get plenty of rest which is easier said than done if you work alot. If you consume more caffine then you are used to it puts your body in to shock . The more caffine you in take gets the body going faster I realized . Caffine affects alot in your body your mind, cardiac , your sex drive, your appetite , how much peacefull rest you get.
Thank you for your reply my friend. Well its been 10 weeks and I still have this thing in my mind that just sits there, and disempowers me from preforming all that I would like to do. I haven't had a panic attack since my first message, or haven't touched any caffeine, but this thing in my mind is still there waiting for another attack to come. Is this normal for anyone out there who suffers from panic attacks? My diet has always been healthy and remains that way, I'm really not sure what to do, I just want to go back to normal. Personally I've had enough, so if there is anyone out there who can help me get over this, then I'm all ears.
I went through the EXACT same thing. Just like you, I wasn't much of a coffee drinker. But I started drinking it regularly over a few weeks and I ended up feeling like that EXACTLY. I felt disconnected from everything, like I wasn't really there and couldn't get excited about anything (not even seeing my favourite band live, or taking a trip with my friends). I also panicked a lot and experienced may of the above symptoms in this article. But guess what, I managed to find a cure!!!
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Posted 26 August 2009 - 08:47 AM
I am looking for a in depth tafseer of Ayatul Kursi and its benefits?
Any information will be appreciated,
Wasalaam & Ramadhan Mubarak!
Posted 26 August 2009 - 09:20 AM
Salaam Alaykum,
I am looking for a in depth tafseer of Ayatul Kursi and its benefits?
Any information will be appreciated,
Wasalaam & Ramadhan Mubarak!
Ramadan Mubarak to you as well.
Tafsirs of Ayat ul Kursi:
Tafsir al Mizan by Allama Tabatabai
(Choose Al-Baqarah from the drop-down box and type in 255 in the verse box, you'll get your Tafseer of Ayat ul Kursi)
Light of the Holy Quran by Ayatullah Sayyid Kamal Faghih Imani and A Group of Muslim Scholars
Agha Mahdi Puya
(Choose Al Baqara from Surah (Chapter) option and type in 'from 255 to 255' [you just need to enter 255 in the two blank boxes] tick 'Pooya/M.A.Ali Engl. Commantary' )
Ayatullah Nasir Makarim Shirazi
http://makaremshiraz...6&s=ct&sw=&ww=1 (the Ayat)
http://makaremshiraz...6&s=ct&sw=&ww=1 (importance of the Ayat)
http://makaremshiraz...6&s=ct&sw=&ww=1 (comments on the Ayat)
I hope these are enough.
Benefits (from www.duas.org):
Ayatullah 'Ali Qadhi al-Tabataba'i would advise one to recite Ayat al-Kursi [2:255-257] and Ma'udhatayn (Surat al-Falaq and Surat al-Nas) for strengthening one's memory
To create love between man and wife (who is showing signs of indifference)
(iv) The aggrieved husband should recite Ayat al Kursi (see du-a'a 39 ) equal in number of the total of his and his wife's name as per the rule of abjad.
Dua'a No.4
While leaving house for special work/object/purposes
A reliable tradition from Hazrat Ali (a.s.) states that when a person enters his house he should offer salutation and if his house is not present he should say:
Transliteration: ASSALAMO ' ALAINA MINA RABBENA
May there be peace on us from our God.
When he is inside the house he should recite sure Qul Huvallaho Ahad as it keeps away poverty and anxiety. When one has to go out for some special work then one should go on Thursday morning and recite those verses from Aale Imran which are given below, also recite Ayatal Kursi, Inna Anzalna and surae Alhmad. Those verses are:-
Then lmam also said: When you have picked khak shifa recite:
Surah al Fatihah, Surah Ya Sin, Surah al Qadr, Surah Al Kafirun, Surah al Ikhlas, Surah al Falaq, Surah al Nas & Ayatal Kursi And the following dua:
It is narrated from Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) when one recites the verses of
Qul hu walla, Inna anzalna and Ayat al Kursi
Facing the Kaaba, Allah will definitely answer his wishes because these contain the Ism e Azam (the ineffable words).
· Wash hands after meals and apply your wet palms to your eyes reciting ayat 82 of Surah Bani-Israel, seven times.
· Recite Ayat-al-kursi and blow your warm breath on your palms and keep your palms on your eyes.
It is written in Zad al Mi-a'd that the Holy Prophet told his companions to carry out (the following procedure) in order to cure and heal whatever type of pain or illness is afflicting a person.
(1) Obtain rain water of spring (ab naysan) in the month of April.
(2) Recite 70 times the following surahs over the water:
(i) Al Fatihah, (ii) Ayat ul Kursi, (iii) Al lkhias, (iv) Al Falaq, (v) Al Nas, (vi) Al Kafirun, (vii) Al Qadr,
Dua'a 150
As reported by Ibn Babawayh al Qummi, Imam Ali abi Talib said : whosoever recited al Ikhlas, al Qadr (see selected Soorahas volume one) and Ayat at Kursi (see dua'a 39) 11 times each, before sunrise, inshallah his or her property will remain safe from any type of loss. In addition all efforts of Shaytan to lure him or her to sinning will go waste.
Dua'a No.93
For the safety o the store
It is stated in Fiqhar Reza, when one packs something with care and wants to keep it safely when one should recite Ayatul Kursi and one can write Ayatul Kursi and the following do'a
Salaat 1 for Thursday evening
The prayer for this eve is six rakats. In every rakat after Surah Hamd recite Ayatul Kursi and Surah Kafiroon once each and Surah Tawheed thrice.
After the prayers recite Ayatul Kursi thrice. For one who recites this prayer the Almighty Allah appoints an angel to purify his sins who purifies his sins and in their place writes good fortune and bestows him whatever he desires.
Dua'a No.45
Dua'a for not getting afraid in sleep
And should recite Tasbeeh of Hazrat Fatimah (a.s.). It is quoted in 'Tibbul Aaimma that such a person should also recite ayatul Kursi and Qul Howallah.
Dua'a No.14
At the time of visiting a dangerous place
According to Imam Ja'far-e-Saidq (a.s.) if a person had to visit a place where he is afraid of something then he should recite the following ayat (verse):-
Transliteration: RABBE ADKHILNI MOODKHALA SIDQIN WA AKH-RIJNI MOOKHRAJA SIDQIN VAJ'AL - LEE MIL LADOON-KA SOOLTANAN NASEERA
"O' My Lord! cause me to enter a goodly entrance and cause me to go out (of) a goodly exit, and grant me from unto Thee an authority to assist (me)"
and when that thing or person comes in front of him, he should recite the Ayatul Kursi.
DUAS FOR PERSONS UNDER THE PANGS OF DEATH (Ihtidhaar.)
It is Mustahab to:
Recite Sura Yaseen, Sura Saffaat, Sura Ahzaab, Ayatul Kursi, the 54th aya of Suratul A'raaf & the last 3 ayaat of Suratul Baqara.
On the grave you are visiting recite:
1. 1. Suratul Fatiha three times
2. 2. Suratul Qadr three times
3. 3. Ayatul Kursi three times
4. 4. Suratul Falaq three times
5. 5. Suratun Naas three times
6. 6. Suratu Yaseen
7. 7. Any dua asking Allah's forgiveness for the marhum/a
DUA'A 443 Imam Ali ibn abi Talib advised the believers to recite (at the time of leaving the house for a special or important purpose):
1. Verses 190 to 194 of Ali Imran
2. Ayatul Kursi
3. Surah Al Fatihah
4. Surah Al Qadr
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Edited by Basim Ali, 26 August 2009 - 09:22 AM.
Posted 27 August 2009 - 07:30 AM
JazakAllah for your reply,
May Allah(swt) accept all your hajaat in this Holy month of Ramadhan,
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that sounds very distressing, i too have had freaky experiences with ghosts, i was walking past a church when i saw what appeared to be a man running, but the strangest thing was the so called man was solid black from head to toe like a shadow and the most strangest thing was the figure only ran 5 metres and disappeared.
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Yes. Been there, saw it, and joined them.
And there I was. Just floating in space. But it was such a strange space. And there was the stars. But they were not stars. They were the number 2 scattered about this space. And after a few seconds of this suddenly I was in my body again with this unnaturally bright picture in my head. And there was this rushing noise like the wind. And then it was done. leaving me with a strange headache for the rest of the day.
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The nine defendants were given sentences ranging from 20 years to life in prison or the payment of fines of 20,000 Congolese francs (about US$48). Twenty-one members of the group had been arrested in March 2008, during a military operation to re-establish the governmentżs authority in Bas Congo Province, but only 13 were present in court for this sentencing. Of the others, one was in a hospital, three had escaped from a hospital, and four died in prison. (Court Sentences Western DRCongo Sect Followers, RADIO OKAPI (in French), Oct. 1, 2008, Open Source Center No. AFP 20081001950057; Bundu dia Kongo (Kingdom of Kongo), GLOBALSECURITY.ORG, http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/bundu-dia-kongo.htm (last visited Oct. 1, 2008).)
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Thanks to phrases like "touch yourself" a person can confuse his crotch for his whole being.
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I know why Darren's dad got turned into a frog! But I wont tell~tehe!
Hevvin makes me die of laughter! XD
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It started when some young men in Oakland California decided to "scrape" their bikes because they couldn't afford the cars that were the original scrapers. They then made a video rapping about their bikes, posted it on YouTube. Other people posted their scraper vids. and mock scraper vids and a phenomenon was born. 18 months later there's a scraper bike section on YouTube and the vids are worth checking out for the comments alone – particularly like the shocked commenter who spots a scraped Bianchi Pista. One of the interesting things about most of the bikes in the vids thoughthe original scraper video is that the bikes aren't all that flash one of them is is a trike - actually it looks like a Pashley Workbike and there's what looks like a rather nice Pashley Tuberider in there. Pashley out on the edge as ever. And that tune is also so damn infectious. So what is scraping? Originally a collision of hip hop and car modding: cars with big rims and candy paint jobs, and, as the name suggests, scraper bikes is a collision of… hip hop and bicycles with big rims and candy paint jobs. The scraping bit refers to the fact that the original scrapers had rims so big that they scrape the inside of the wheel well. Basically it's all about pimping your ride – with a big emphasis on the wheels. How soon till it goes mainstream? Well, check out the vid then look with fresh eyes at Trek's new District…
That's the first time i've ever seen a rap song dedicated to a tricycle. and they really look like they mean it. genius. that has absolutely made my day.
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i remember seeing this a couple of years ago, it must of been, and it still makes me laugh, a song dedicated to a scraper. Let it roll!
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COLUMBUS — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted the 2014 farm bill in a sweep through Ohio Jan. 31 that included the Ohio Farmers Union annual meeting in Columbus.
The House approved the conferenced farm bill Jan. 29 in a 251-166 vote. The Senate vote is expected late afternoon Feb. 4 or Feb. 5 (UPDATE: The Senate approved the farm bill Feb. 4 by a 68-32 vote.).
Before speaking to the Ohio farmers, Brown and Vilsack visited Plastic Suppliers, a Columbus-based company that makes plastic film from biobased materials, to outline how passage of the 2014 farm bill will create manufacturing and agriculture jobs through increased biobased procurement and promotion.
"Finding ways to create new markets and investments is key to creating jobs and promotion economic growth," Brown said. "Biobased products also give Ohio's small towns and agricultural communities new opportunities for their agricultural byproducts."
Ohio has an emerging biobased-manufacturing industry, with nearly 130 companies already producing biobased products.
Vilsack extended thanks to the OFU members and members of the National Farmers Union for their advocacy on issues in the new farm bill.
"There are some folks who absolutely wanted to gut COOL (country-of-origin labeling) legislation." Vilsack said. "But you all injected yourself in the process at the 11th hour, and I will tell you that without your advocacy, without your voice, things could have been fundamentally different on that issue."
The National Pork Producers Council and National Cattlemen's Beef Association claim their members could face economic retaliation in the form of tariffs if the World Trade Organization finds the country-of-origin labeling law doesn't comply with U.S. tradition obligations.
Brown also voiced his support of COOL, saying, "We shouldn't back off on this."
"The trade people I know think we'll be fine on this."
Vilsack said the Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Act, better known as GIPSA, faced a similar set of challenges.
The Conaway-Costa amendment to the House bill, which would've directed the USDA to refocus its efforts on GIPSA regulations, was not included in the conference farm bill.
Vilsack said the new farm bill gives farmers additional opportunities on the credit side, and that farm credit needs to go to the people who need it, specifically beginning farmers and socially disadvantaged farmers.
This month, the USDA also created a new microloan that allows new farmers, particularly returning veterans, to get start-up credit, in a simplified process.
Vilsack pointed out the new farm bill eliminates direct payments, which was hard to explain to nonfarm residents, especially why it was needed at a time when prices were high. It's replaced with a reliance on crop insurance, "which is easily explained," and revenue protection plans.
Vilsack said that urban or nonfarm connection is critical for farmers to make.
"I honestly don't think folks fully appreciate the risks associated with farming," Vilsack said. "You could be the best farmer in the world, you could make every decision correct, you could plant at the right time, you could get the right chemical mix, and then Mother Nature could decide to rain for 40 days or not rain for 40 months, and your crop's gone."
Safety nets reduce the risk of farming to a reasonable level, "so people can stay in the business." And, he added, that's important because the U.S. doesn't want to depend on others outside this country to raise our food.
Vilsack said the success of the nation is rooted in agricultural productivity and efficiency, which is something nonfarm audiences also don't realize.
Back four or five generations, "everybody had to farm, everybody had to work the ground and the land," the secretary said.
Then, as agricultural practices became more efficient, "we were able to produce a whole lot more with fewer farmers, and that freed up people like me and my sons and my grandchildren to be able to have a whole array of opportunities in this country, because somebody else was taking care of their basic need."
That efficiency also lets Americans spend less on food than any other country.
"It all ultimately goes back to the farmer," Vilsack said. "This farm bill gives us an opportunity to educate the rest of America of why we are so blessed, and why we have the freedoms and the opportunities we have."
Vilsack said the problem now is we have great farmers, "but there's too few of you."
He said the goal is to use the economy and the farm bill in programs that overlap and encourage smaller farms to stay in business, and gave an example of trying to use GIPSA programs that give smaller farms access to a marketplace and not necessarily have to compete "in a market that is stacked against them."
Vilsack said new trends like a biobased economy, value-added enterprise, or local and regional food systems, creates more market opportunities where producers are dealing directly with a customer.
"This farm bill gives us an opportunity to do that."
"This is the first farm bill that I'm aware of that actually creates opportunities that are specifically designed for smaller sized operations," Vilsack said.
Vilsack said the farm bill also creates a research foundation to leverage public resources with private, university and nonprofit resources to increase the amount of research that's being done to create new products and new businesses, for example products using biomass.
The farm bill, he added, is not simply about SNAP (food stamps) and farm programs — it's a jobs bill, it's an infrastructure bill, it's a energy bill.
"It's really up to the USDA to aggressively market this bill and utilize this bill to create opportunities."
"The country continues to need people like you in this room." Vilsack said,
"If you ever doubt, if you ever get weary, if you ever get tired, if you ever wonder, well, does it make a difference, it damn well does make a difference."
But the ag secretary also challenged the OFU members to continue to build coalitions within agriculture.
"Ag fights too much against each other," Vilsack said. "They should be figuring out how to work together."
Every time government wants to "help" , just look it will do just the opposite
Roger that earlier comment!
SEC AG and "Herrod" Brown would not know a manure pile if they tripped and fell in one. In their Orwellian "double-speak" they would say they smelled "heavenly." So, when they say a $1,000,000,000,000.00 bill is "heavenly" and will be ab economic "driver, rest assured it will be a DISASTER. Just like any other mega-feel good "rob the tax payer" act will do.
This negotiated farm bill may be worse than even feared. You realize, of course, that 80% of its spending goes for the Food Stamp (whoops! gotta be PC) SNAP Program. Farmers and ranchers get the 20% of the "entrails" of this bill.
Have a look at the Heritage Foundation's site: http://blog.heritage.org/2014/02/02/farm-bill-make-soviet-central-planner-blush/#
…even Soviet Central Planners Would Blush at this "Farm Bill."
Nothing to see here folks–just move along–keep paying those quarterly taxes, FICA, SS, unemployment, worker's comp, realty taxes, feed, seed, fuel bills…ad infinitum. It always is, of course, "…for the children." And who can argue against THAT?
Onward! Forward! The Collective Rules! Down with Individuality! Hope & Change FOREVER!
I tend to disagree with you two above posters. Although I think every family should get its money through working and the economy, the truth is that our politicians have sold large parts of our economy to China. Bill Clinton and the republican's push of NAFTA has pushed Waltons and Walmart to the richest of the rich while Walmart undercut U.S. supplies in favor of cheaper Chinese goods. We have created a nightmare scenario where China's power is largely the result of this policy. The communist leadership has captured the benefits of trade and paid its workers so low that they can not afford U.S. goods. This is one of the main causes of low employment in the U.S. We have outsourced our production and all its jobs.
With this policy we have created a large group of people who need govt. assistance in the form of SNAP benefits just to eat.
I will agree that the large subsidies in the Farm Bill are a result of money in agribusiness buying public welfare and claiming it as something that benefits small farmers. Let us get real. The corporate welfare in this bill with AGIs of over 900K and the loopholes of multiple entities receiving Farm Bill welfare is a result of the leadership in both parties being on the take. They would rather keep corporate welfare in the Farm Bill to the wealthy because they get paid off and lobbied to do so. They are simply on the take.
We need a farm bill and help for families trying to get minimal food for their families but the structural problems paid off politicians has been the root cause. We elect them and keep them in office so it is really our problem, the voters.


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For the last few years my sisters, parents and I decided that we would keep gift giving to a minimum. My sister now donates money to a charity on our behalf. My other sister and I have started a tradition of baking biscotti and making truffles for everyone. This year, we took the treats to them when we visited at Thanksgiving, saving money by not having to mail anything.
I took a bunch of pictures at Thanksgiving, and will be making collages (via computer) and sending these to family members to enjoy all year. I get as much joy out of giving these less expensive gifts, as I did giving more expensive ones. Plus, I have the bonus of saving time and money and not stressing out over finding the "perfect" gift.
I think we all have people in the second category on our Christmas list, namely people who will not be happy no matter how much time, effort, and money is put into their gift.
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SideViewer. Minimal Chrome UI, maximal content, fluent scaling. Mouse point-and-zoom, move-and-drag.
Note that the program, especially in full screen mode without the taskbar, looks much nicer and cooler then the picture shows. Some properties to note:
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- Not many user options.
- Finding double pictures is experimental and somewhat provisional. Operation is slow, reading all images takes time (dependant image sizes).
When computation on background is started it cannot be stopped even if Popup window is closed.
Lower button is not enabled if progress bar is done, just click 2 times on lower button (or drag on little hand, or open and close the popup).
See the Download Page for more detailed install information. Current status: Project closed. As it is, please feel free to try at your own risk.
The SideViewer is written in C# (WPF) for Windows 7 in Visual Studio 2012 Express. Note the incredible rotational speed when pressing the rotate right button (Ctrl+R). WPF is designed for this kind of presentation. P.S. I recently found that Windows XP users can only upgrade to Net4.0, Windows7 users can upgrade to Net 4.5, Windows 8 Desktop standard net 4.5. I have reversed to Net4.0 and use now a normal installer.


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Class of 1964
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The Innkeeper
2510 1st Ave. (Wall St.) Send to Phone
206-441-7817 | Make Restaurant Reservations
OpenOpen daily from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Open late
- Dress code: Casual
- Full bar
- Outdoor dining
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The Innkeeper Restaurant Review: The owners of Belltown's popular gastropub Black Bottle are behind this spot located in the former Marco's Supperclub space. Unpretentious, hardly hip and completely inviting, The Innkeeper has a blue collar vibe and low-key ambience served up with down-to-earth hospitality. Drinking, in all its forms, including via hand-crafted cocktails, is the main event, but the menu offers an affordable selection of small plates inspired by the "sunny" cuisines of Central and South America. For example, there's the green chili, either pork or vegan, and a slow-roasted Cuban pork sandwich, perfect with a pint of local brew. Other favorites include the spicy Caribbean goat curry and slow-roasted Brazilian chicken thighs with fried plantains. Oysters on the half shell are just $1 each at happy hour. A favorite, cozy watering hole for area denizens during dark winter months, an outdoor patio beckons in summer.
Check out the 2015 edition of GAYOT's Annual Restaurant Issue, which features the Top 40 Restaurants in the US and more.