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A collection of Zen stories to amuse and illuminate. Includes all the stories from classic Zen literature: 101 Zen Stories, The Gateless Gate, The Ten Bulls and Centering. Includes the soundtrack The Mysterious Sound of Wind In the Bamboo - a 43 minute collection of Zen inspired Japanese music by The Matsu Take Ensemble.
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"Zen Stories To Go With Your Flute Music"
What is advertised is what is got: Zen Stories and Zen Music. There really isn't much to say about the stories, they're Zen stories: some inspire, some feel like posturing, and some leave you scratching your head. Alec Sand reads the stories as well as they can be read, for which I give him five stars.
Beware, there is A LOT of flute music here. The forty-three minute music collection takes up the final twelve chapters of sixteen. I assume that the first four chapters correspond to the four story collections, but they aren't pure narration. Between each story is a ten-ish second burst of flute music, either to give you a moment to reflect or to pad out the time, and sometimes the bursts go on for quite a bit. I think these longer bursts indicate the end/beginning of a new book, but I'm not sure. They are the reason why I rated the Overall as less than the Performance and Story, which is a first for me.
The discounted price for Audible Members is just what I think this collection is worth. The current nine-dollar price is a bit much, and I certainly wouldn't use a credit.
"some chapters are just music"
the stories are great but some chapters are just music. like 10 in a row...why?
Graphic designer and University professor. I love comics and to be always learning something new!
"Beautiful teachings"
the performance was esquisite and sensible
some of the teachings are more easy to translate than others
inspirational, deep thoughts...
"Should be Free"
Should be free really, audio quality wasnt there. The reason i like audible is most of the stuff is of good quality, reviews help you sift through the junk, unlike free sites where you not sure what to believe, you can find almost anything and downloading is not a hack. But they should offer more free stuff like these zen stories, I have downloaded loads of free talks that I enjoyed more than this AB.
"Well read, but the music is distracting."
The stories are timeless. The music between stories is repetitive; it gets old fast. The overall performance would be better without.
Avid listener of Audible books, photographer, historian, and well versed in any number of areas political and otherwise.
"Great life lessons"
This is a wonderful collection of stories. Practical applications in everyday life. A book to listen to over and over again you always hear something new each time.
"Perfect collection and presentation."
actually I purchase more than one copy of this on different devices at different times because it is such a perfect collection. I really recommend this highly for anyone who's interested in classical stories for enhancing their practice with koan study.
"Flute Music Provides Space For Reflection"
I loved the harmony between the stories and the music. The music in between stories allows for thoughtful reflection on each. Additionally, the full music soundtrack is provided at the end.
"A fun and enlightening collection"
A easy intro to Zen Buddhism. Fun stories teach real life lessons. Good musical interludes between stories. I have listened to the whole book many times. Good for zen children.
"Relaxing Entertainment"
No, but only because they kept inserting music between stories. It took away from the experience instead of adding to it.
Zengetsu, a Chinese master of the T'ang dynasty, wrote the following advice for his pupils:

Living in the world yet not forming attachments to the dust of the world is the way of a true Zen student.

When witnessing the good action of another encourage yourself to follow his example. Hearing of the mistaken action of another, advise yourself not to emulate it.

Even though alone in a dark room, be as if you were facing a noble guest. Express your feelings, but become no more expressive than your true nature.

Poverty is your treasure. Never exchange it for an easy life.

A person may appear a fool and yet not be one. He may only be guarding his wisdom carefully.

Virtues are the fruit of self-discipline and do not drop from heaven of themselves as does rain or snow.

Modesty is the foundation of all virtues. Let your neighbors discover you before you make yourself known to them.

A noble heart never forces itself forward. Its words are as rare gems, seldom displayed and of great value.

To a sincere student, every day is a fortunate day. Time passes but he never lags behind. Neither glory nor shame can move him.

Censure yourself, never another. Do not discuss right and wrong.

Some things, though right, were considered wrong for generations. Since the value of righteousness may be recognized after centuries, there is no need to crave an immediate appreciation.

Live with cause and leave results to the great law of the universe. Pass each day in peaceful contemplation.
I'm a Secular Buddhist, so I searched for general Buddhist works in Audible (I was hoping for sutta readings, but there aren't any). I found this collection of Zen stories and got curious. I'm glad I got it. The stories are highly entertaining (even to non-Buddhists) and a relaxing read (as opposed to a novel - if your attention lapses for a moment, you'll get lost). I wouldn't say that there was anything particularly "enlightening" in there for me except for the above quote that I have found inspirational for my own practice. I was surprised to find the last 45 minutes were Japanese music (I bought this a long time ago and forgot what the description said). It's definitely enjoyable and relaxing. The "dueling" flutes always surprise you (the next note is always a bit different from you would expect) and almost "dissonate," but not quite. It's interesting to reflect on. A good read and listen.
"Zen stories"
Really great audiobook, there are many short stories here clearly read and very enjoyable to listen to. During the gaps between a previous story and a new story there is a short interval where some oriental style music is played which actually I found to make listening even more enjoyable. I would recommend this audiobook
"100 pointless stories"
imagine being asked to fake 100 zen stories and this book would be the result.
"Zen Buddhism stories. C"
II really enjoyed the stories and the music. The narrator Was excellent !
I'm happy to recommend this book to everyone!
Hard to pick out one favourite story as they were all exceptional. Many thanks!
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Executive Committee Meeting Notes
Friday, November 14, 2008
8:30 a.m., Ka Lama 102
In attendance: Pat Adams, Herman Andaya, Kim Gray, Michele Katsutani, Katie McMillan, Diane Meyer, Karen Muraoka, Suzette Robinson, Clyde Sakamoto, Alvin Tagomori, David Tamanaha
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Action Items
1. Student Affairs: Alvin
Student Housing Update:
Spring Enrollment Update
Online Application Update
Marketing Plan
Hale Haumana student housing to be closed. Most residents are receptive to moving to new Kulanaa`o student housing.
Need to determine whether re-purposing of Hale Haumana is permissible by the County of Maui.
716 students enrolled, compared to 575 last year on the fifth day of registration; an increase of 141. Registration started a week later than last year. So far, 430 applications have been submitted for spring semester.
Requires assistance from company that can interface with installment payment plan. Anticipate late December launch date.
Katie reported on visits with neighbor island campuses. Many were surprised to learn that we have student housing and a four-year degree.
Katie working with Maui News and Pacific Radio Group on spring radio campaign. Kimberly Brown will be the voice on radio ads to begin when funding is approved.
Over the next four weeks, the main marketing expenditure will be on radio.
Herman reviewing county documents for SMA and zoning.
Alvin to follow up with Manoa regarding process in forwarding applications of students who apply to more than one UH institution. .
2. Academic Affairs: Suzette
China Trip
ATP Status
Lecturers for IT
Progress on ATD: Pat & Diane
Technical Support Committee
Suzette visited five Chinese universities and signed MOI's. Delivered speech and video presentation to 500 students and faculty at Hunan University celebration. Found great interest in student exchanges and 2+2 programs.
Sustainable Sciences: two applications received for sustainable science positions.
Gerontology ATP
Need discussed for an IT lecturer pool
Meetings scheduled with Bernadine Fong, who will give suggestions for Achieving the Dream implementation
CCSEE results to be discussed at next meeting.
Charter and possible "Computers for Students Program" being proposed.
Amendments to Charters: Creation of sub-committees for student tech fee committee.
Ka Lama Computer Center coordinator, new IT director, and administration representative should be members of the Tech Support committee.
Technical Support Committee could eventually report to the IT director, once a title and position are created.
Replacement of computers needed in Ka Lama, Kup`a`a, and TLC. Revenues from student tech fees approximately $73,000 per semester; use is restricted.
A person has expressed interest in making it possible for Maui CC students to create art on computers; may provide laptops to students who do not have a personal computer. This could be an incentive for students to attend classes full-time. Data show higher completion rate for full-time students.
Suzette to do Powerpoint on China trip for next executive meeting.
Kim to check if position is being advertised continuously.
Diane to report on progress at next meeting.
Diane to follow up.
Herman to place CCSEE on next meeting's agenda.
Diane to submit a list of rooms needing computers replaced.
Tech Support Committee to collect data on how many students have computers, then meet with donor to discuss.
3. Admin. Services: David
Budget Restriction Update
Deficit Report
Revenue Update
Update on unpaid tuition for Fall 2008
Report on Reorganization
Renewable energy and conservation
John Morton reported a $900 million shortfall this year. Council of Revenues is now expecting a larger shortfall. Another restriction may be imposed by Governor. College will need to be careful with budgets and spending; if the restriction is imposed, it will need to be covered.
Total deficit is currently at $48,063.
Reporting for Spring 2009 enrollment will begin in December.
Debit balance for Fall 2008 is $98,000.
Conversation on "pay as you go" ongoing.
Reorganization documents near completion; have been presented to Academic Senate and committees, departments, and units. Proposed name change of Molokai Education Center to Maui Community College on Molokai will be removed from documents; need to determine implications of change.
Energy Committee has brainstormed ways to conserve energy, including turning off "phantom loads" and purchasing Energy Star appliances and machinery.
Meetings are being held with Chevron and others to discuss the installation of alternative energy systems on campus.
David to determine what Maui CC's share may be.
Will discuss with staff importance of paying vendors on time.
Faculty are being asked for assistance in determining whether students who have unpaid balances on tuition are attending classes.
David to continue meetings.
5. Chancellor's Report
Meeting with Barbara Beno regarding WASC membership
Timeline for ATP
Opportunity with Real Estate Maui Style Magazine
New York –ACCT presentation on how programs can be involved in creating revenue
Clyde, David McClain, John Morton, and Linda Jonsrud met with ACCJC president Barbara Beno to discuss Maui CC's future membership in accrediting commissions. Any changes in WASC membership from junior to senior commissions will depend upon number of 4-year degrees offered.
Plan is to take Mark Hoffman's ATP to Academic Senate in January 2009; may be too late if sub-change needed.
Magazine is offering to publish on a regular basis articles on sustainability
written by MCC faculty.
Clyde learned about a program in Iowa that has successfully combined English and math remediation with content areas. Classes meet five hours per day five days per week.
Suzette to look into sub-change affect on timeline.
Suzette to ask Mark Hoffman to present his ATP to outside tech group.
Katie will research the commitment required.
6. Spring Convocation
Convocation to be held on faculty's first day back, with food at 8:30 a.m. and program at 9 a.m.
7. Meeting with Dr. Mary McKreown Moak, Sr. Partner MGT of America, Inc.
Funding consultant enlisted by Norman Sakamoto.
8. Closing Out Grants: Barbara Huntdoft
October 24, 2008 meeting.
Suzette to brief clerical staff regarding closing out grants
9. Palauea
Cultural surveys, collaboration continuing.
10. NSF Day Conference: Dec. 3, 2008
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This article was published 25/2/2013 (1639 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Who knows what the future holds?
Well, when it comes to the new CBS cop drama Golden Boy, we do.
The series, which premieres tonight at 9 (on CBS and its Canadian home, CTV), focuses mostly on the present-day exploits of New York City detectives, but the storyline gimmick that drives the narrative is that one of them -- ambitious and aggressive newbie homicide investigator Walter Clark (played by Theo James) will, within seven years, rise through the ranks to become the youngest police commissioner in the history of the NYPD.
Knowing that, however, doesn't spoil the fun of watching what turns out to be a slightly better-than-average police drama filled with recognizable but likable New York cops who seem directly descended from the crew on NYPD Blue.
One of them, in fact -- Det. Deborah McKenzie, played by Bonnie Somerville -- bears more than a striking resemblance to Blue's Det. Laura Murphy (played by Somerville in that storied series' final season).
Mostly, what makes Blue and Golden a workable colour match is their shared affection for the grit, attitude and clipped conversational rhythms that are the hallmarks of set-in-New-York cop shows. It's a case of familiarity breeding affection rather than contempt.
There is the matter of time-jumping to be considered, however, and in the first few episodes, it seems like Golden Boy's producers are still trying to figure out what to do with it. The pilot episode appears to open in the present, with Clark being interviewed for a magazine article about his meteoric rise to the top cop job; when the action flashes back to the beginning of his career, however, it becomes evident that the "present" in the opening is actually the future, and the "past" in the flashback is really more or less the present.
By the end of Golden Boy's prèmiere, viewers will likely feel like they've been jerked back and forth through time more than enough. The good news, for those who like the characters and are inclined to give the series a second chance, is that the gimmick is employed much more sparingly in subsequent episodes.
Clark's journey up the career ladder begins when his quick action saves the life of his uniform-cop partner; when the commissioner offers a promotion as a reward for his heroism, Clark requests a spot on the NYPD's homicide task force -- a job reserved for detectives with at least a decade's field experience.
Clark gets what he wants, but it turns out to be more than he bargained for, because his new squad-room mates are reluctant to accept a pushy young upstart who hasn't earned his gold shield in the traditional manner. He's partnered with the team's most senior detective, Don Owen (Chi McBride), and to say the two get off to a prickly start is something of an understatement.
Owen, who's trying to survive the final two years before retirement with a minimum of turbulence, becomes a reluctant mentor to the new kid. Beyond their pairing, the room is filled with big egos, blunt talkers and frequent nose-to-nose confrontation, and Clark soon finds himself facing off against Det. Christian Arroyo (Kevin Alejandro), Owen's former partner, to determine who's going to be the homicide squad's alpha male.
The case-file stuff is pretty much standard-issue cop-drama fare, with office politics often playing as big a role in investigative outcomes as basic clue-gathering. McBride, ever a towering presence who's as reliable as an all-pro tackle protecting his quarterback, anchors the partnership angle in a way that allows James, as Clark, to alternate between being a cop with good intentions and instincts and a career climber willing to cut corners and blindside colleagues for personal gain.
In the end, Golden Boy's signature element also turns out to be its most obvious limitation. The guy in the future isn't quite convincing as the NYPD's leader, and the guy in the present doesn't really seem to possess the attributes that might, not too far down the road, allow him to rise to that lofty position.
And because of that, it's probably harder to imagine Golden Boy being around seven years from now than it is to consider its central character's unlikely success.
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We are in our second week with the worm composting bin. Naturally, the soil and food supply attracted some ants. While they do no harm to the bin, they are a nuisance, so I got rid of them.
Here are a few easy tricks.
- Wipe the bin and surrounding area with water and lemon juice or lemon oil. This will get rid of the ants and their scent trail.
- If the composting bin has legs, stick it in a tray of soapy water. I added lemon oil to mine because the ants dislike it.
- Ants like exposed food so stir the compost. I enlisted Joshua to help with this one. I also added some ground up leaves and a little extra dirt to help the process along.
- Make sure the soil is a little damp. It's nice to have a spray bottle with water designated for the compost bin. Ants like a dry environment and the compost needs a little moisture to thrive anyhow.
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The first major development in the 2012 US presidential race was handed down by the US Supreme Court on June 28 which found the Affordable Care Act to be constitutional.
Did Obama receive a bump in the polls, or did the ruling galvanize voters toward Romney? And what about the betting market? (I explain the background to the betting market in this post on the 2008 election.)
Not earth shattering, but it does seem there was a little movement. The Iowa market saw Obama receive a bump from $55.40 to $57.20 – a legitimate increase taking Obama near the top of his range since the beginning of June. Romney, meanwhile, took a hit from $46 to $43.20.


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The zodiac with its twelve-known character is the most important symbolic structure in astrology, both pure form and content. All calculations, either the planet or the houses are based on him and start any deeper understanding of astrology must be with him. The zodiac corresponds to the apparent astronomical annual orbit of the sun around the earth, the ecliptic. The apparent orbit of the sun round the earth Zodiac sign.
Here, the sun's always the same zodiac sign (outer circle, Figure 19). This sign have the same names as our zodiac signs, but are not identical. The astrological zodiac begins with the spring or Aries point (0 ° Aries, that spot on the ecliptic where the Sun is the time of the vernal equinox about 4000 years ago fell this point even with the beginning of Aries -. In this time also the names of the zodiacal sections through the correspondence seasons with the positions of the sun in front of the constellations through a very lengthy and complicated celestial mechanics process -. precession – is the first point of Aries (in the left extended horizontal line of Figure) today at the end of the constellation Pisces. In this figure, the sun in the zodiac sign of Capricorn, while they are in the sky in the constellation Sagittarius is. The astrological zodiac is divided into four equal seasons quadrant, these in turn into three sections to accurately 30 °. All the signs of the zodiac horoscope factors are projected onto the zodiac as a loop of their positions.
This is for practical astrology none is (Cast (in Indian astrology (Jyotish) are still the "true" positions of horoscope factors against the background of the zodiac into account along the ecliptic.)) Because it is not oriented to the constellations but to the seasonal changes which bring the movement of the sun throughout the year with it. It is important to understand that the astrological zodiac signs have nothing to do with the same star images – these were only the inspiration for the naming!
Zodiac and the seasons
The orbit of the sun is divided into four equal sections, beginning with the seasonal changes, while four conspicuous stations of the solar year with respect to mark the height of the sun above the horizon and the length of day and night (see picture):
1. Spring Equinox (around 21.3.) Day and night are equally long, but now the days are getting longer than the nights.
2. Summer solstice (around 22.6.): The longest day and shortest night.
3. Autumn Equinox (around 23.8.): Day and night are equally long, but now the nights are getting longer as the days.
4. Winter Solstice (around 21.12): The longest night and shortest day.
These four major sections which correspond with the seasons, each divided into three equal sections – the zodiac.


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One of the unrealistic claims made by certain people is that "since the Prophet Muhammad (saas) was the last prophet, the Prophet Jesus (as) will not be coming."
It first needs to be made clear that, as revealed in verse 40 of Surat al-Ahzab, our Prophet (saas) is the messenger of Allah and the last prophet. And the return to earth of the Prophet Jesus (as) will not alter that fact, contrary to what some people suggest. The Prophet Jesus (as) will not come as a prophet who will be sent after the Prophet Muhammed (saas), but as a messenger who maintains the law of the Prophet Muhammad (saas) and causes the moral values of the religion to rule the world.
The fact that the Prophet Jesus (as) will come as a follower of the Qur'an and the Sunna of our Prophet (saas) is set out as follows in the hadiths:
"(The Prophet Jesus) will rule for forty (40) years with the book of Allah and my Sunna, and then die."(Suyuti, al-I'lam bi Hükmi Isa, Süleymaniye Library, No. 1446/9)
Jesus, the son of Mary, will descend as an imam and a just ruler to the nation (religion) of the Prophet Muhammad (saas) and will confirm him and will eliminate the antichrist. (Hakim, al-Mustadrak, Vol. II, p. 309)
'There is no prophet between me and him, that is, Jesus, peace be upon him. He will descend (to the earth). When you see him, recognize him: a man of medium height, reddish hair, wearing two light yellow garments, looking as if drops were falling down from his head though it will not be wet. He will fight the people for the cause of Islam. He will break the cross [annul the worship of the cross], kill the pig [inform that eating pork is forbidden], and abolish the jizyah. Allah will cause to perish all religions except Islam. He will destroy the antichrist [make him ineffective] and will live on the earth for forty years and then he will die. The Muslims will pray over him.'" (Abu Dawud, Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud and Thirmizi, Great Hadith Collection, Rudani, V:5, p. 380)
He will accept no other religion than Islam … He will be a spiritual guide … No other being or entity than Allah will be worshipped… (Ruhu'l Meani, 7/60)
Jesus [pbuh] will not come to the people of Mohammed as a Prophet, but to practice the religion of Mohammed. (al-Alusi, Al-Jawab al-fasth, I, 835)
Jesus (pbuh) will descend and will practice our Prophet's (may God bless him and grant him peace) law. (Abu 'l-Muntaha, Al-Fiqh al-Akbar)
He will judge by the law of Mohammed, will adhere to a Prophet even though he is one himself, and will belong to the people of Mohammed… He will be the people of the Prophet, and he will be the most devoted among them… (Adwa' al-Bayan by al-Shinqit, VII, 273)


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Craft Day! I was walking down that little alleyway--you know, if you walk from the Metreon to Market Street, between Third and Fourth street, and manage to resist Beard Papa's? I guess the cross-street is Mission, but it's more toward Market than that. There's a little bitty museum there, and they had this in the window. Certainly justified, as it was the Museum of Craft and Folk Art, and this book is full of artists getting their craft on. I'm a creative person and I like making gifts for people; but I am so not a fan of decorated Kleenex cozies. The ideas in here were much, much better.
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This insanely comforting apple cake has become one of my favorite dishes. Originally published on Food52, the article talked about how forgiving this cake recipe is—and they're right! I've swapped out any number of ingredients for something else and even cut the amount of sugar almost in half, and the resulting cake is still gorgeously delicious with a soft, tender crumb.
In my version, I wanted to go a little healthier, at least as far as a cake can be called "healthy." I've replaced half the flour with whole-grain spelt flour and significantly reduced the amount of sugar. I also replaced every bit of fat in this dish with sour cream, because I love the luxurious texture and gently tart aroma of anything baked with the stuff. I also opted to use a variety of spices for complexity, and tossed the walnuts for their crispier tree-nut cousin, the sliced almond.
You'll find this cake is sweet but not cloyingly so, with a lovely texture of apples and almonds that makes for a really superb brunch or after dinner cake experience. A pinch of cayenne adds a little something-something without taking it over the top—guests will wonder, what's your secret? And you can just smile, sigh, and take another bite.
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In his first three months out of office, former prime minister Kevin Rudd went on a jet lag-inducing odyssey of eight foreign capitals, spending 60 days outside Australia.
The Mandarin speaker met Chinese officials and delivered speeches in Beijing on four separate week-long trips in September, October and November.
He has flown to New York and London three times, Paris twice and had engagements in Washington DC, Bahrain, Zurich and Toronto.
On every trip Mr Rudd has requested assistance from Australian consular staff to arrange VIP airport transfers and transport to meetings. In a few cases he didn't request transport to all the meeings he had scheduled.
Department of Foreign Affairs documents show Mr Rudd only spent a significant amount of time in Australia during a three-week period in which he quit Parliament, citing the strains on family for his exit from politics.
Seven days after his tearful final speech he boarded a plane with an itinerary for November 21 to December 11 that read: New York, Canada, Boston, London, New York, London, New York, Washington.
In London, he requested a driver and car for the duration of his time in Britain but DFAT records the ''London post'' as having been unable to provide a car. In New York, the embassy made available a staff member as an ''airport facilitator'' and a car and driver.
By comparison, former prime minister Julia Gillard took two overseas trips during the same post-election period. On both occasions she requested and received airport facilitation and received transport during a two-day trip to Bali.
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Surah Qaf, 16
"We created Man." Not through chance or evolution. I created him, Allah says. "and We know what his own self whispers to him." I create those whisperings, Allah says. People say, things come into my head. Why? To test you. A person is to hear 74 whispers a day, and they all come. In perfect order. The answers the conscience must give to all 74 are created by Allah. And it responds to each one. That is what the test requires. People imagine that the whispering comes because there is something wrong with them. That they are sick or abnormal. Whisperings come to everyone. We are all tested. "We are nearer to him than his jugular vein."
Where is our jugular vein? Inside us. That is exactly what I am saying about matter. Allah shows us an image. He says the whole image belongs to Him. Where are you? You are a shadow being. Where is Allah? Everywhere. His manifestations are everywhere. He is present as a manifestation of His titles. "And the two recording angels are recording, sitting on the right and on the left."
Look, take note. These are not mobile. We move about, but the recording angels do not. They sit there. Make of that what you will. That is what I am talking about. "He does not utter a single word, without a watcher by him, pen in hand!"
We are talking now. This place is full. They are smiling. There are jinn here, and angels. Because they can see us. But we cannot see them. They enjoy watching us. They know we cannot see them. We are two-dimensional, while they watch us from the third dimension. Imagine we are living on a television screen. The image looks three dimensional, but the television is only two dimensional. We look at it from the outside, but the person on the screen cannot see us. The person there cannot see us, but we see him. We watch him quite happily. Isn't that right? And so we cannot see them. We would be hugely excited if they became visible. But then the need for free will would disappear. And the test would end. "The throes of death…" the agony of death. The power of judgment is impaired during one's death throes. The same with sight, the sense of smell, bodily sensations, one's feet become all tangled up and feel like one single part. The body feels as if it does not exist. One cannot feel one's body. There is no body, it is like a mere image. "revealing the truth. That is what you were trying to evade!"
You did not believe, but now you cannot withstand this pressure. One feels that during the throes of death. And at that moment "The Trumpet will be blown." Look, this is a statement of the relativity of time. Because there may be hundreds or thousands of years between them, but the trumpet is blown at the same moment there. "That is the Day of the Threat."
This is the day of which I spoke, Allah says. They did not believe, but it has happened. "Every self will come together with a driver..." driving the vehicle. This is something unique to Muslims. They are comfortable. Believers have their own private drivers. Provided by Allah. "and a witness." Someone sits beside them, and they have a witness. They have a guide, to show them the way, so they know what to do. So they can be at ease and remember Allah. Because the driver and the one on the other side always compliment them. They give them glad tidings. Because the environment is an alarming one, and they have not yet stopped feeling fear. They have not yet entered paradise. They know fear and alarm, but since believers have a protecting angel with them, their hearts are at ease, and there is light before and to the right of them. They are unaffected by the dark. They are unaffected by the terrain of hell since they are in a vehicle. Because the terrain is very harsh. Unbelievers are forced to kneel down in that terrain of hell. Muslims and everyone come there. That is why we do not say, "O Lord, save me from hell," but rather "Save me from the torment of hell." We will go to hell and see hell. But we seek shelter from its torments in Allah. There are angels in hell, too. And they are quite happy. There are believers, and they are happy. Because they suffer no torment. But the unbelievers are punished. Of course a Muslim does not want to linger there, but that is a different issue. He wants to go to paradise. "Every self will come together with a driver and a witness: You were heedless of this..." You did not believe, He says. "so We have stripped you of your covering..." The veil before your eyes. There is a brightly colored veil before your eyes. Allah says He has lifted that veil. "and today your sight is sharp." He has passed in full clarity into a new dimension. When one screen is lifted, he sees a new one. And Allah says one has full sharpness of vision there. The lack of clarity in hearing or perception of distance that applies in this world will not apply there. Things are blurred here. People wear glasses to see distant objects. Or they cup their hands round their ears to hear better. There is none of that there. Something 100 km away will seem to be right beside you. You can hear people talking 100 km away. Sight and hearing are perfect and one fully perceives the three dimensions. That is why Hazrat Ali (pbuh) says, "You will awake as if out of sleep." Everyone will think they have just woken up out of sleep. There is a verse that describes how people will wonder who woke them up out of sleep. They will wonder what they are doing there and will fail to understand. Then they will realize that the Day has come. That they have died. They will not realize at first. That they have died and been resurrected. They will think they have been dumped on a piece of normal land. Kidnap victims are sometimes abandoned like that. Then the summoner will call, and they will rush to that region and realize they have died. Alas, they will say. The Day is real. "today your sight is sharp." Your sight is sharp and three-dimensional. As is your hearing. "His inseparable comrade will say, 'This is what I have ready for you'."
If he is a believer. If he is not a believer, the angel will refer to him as "this." The angel will not refer to him as being human. "This is what I have ready for you." The angel does not refer to them as human. Since they are repelled by them. "Hurl into Hell every obdurate unbeliever," Almighty Allah tells the angels.
He knows everything. He tests them, even though He knows there will be immorality.
"impeder of good..." You preach, but they try and prevent you. You want to save a Muslim, and they prevent you. You try to distribute books, and they stop you. You speak of Islamic Union, and they try and stop you. You say the Mahdi (pbuh) will come, and they try and stop you.
You say Jesus the Messiah will return, and they try and stop you. "impeder of good, doubt-causing aggressor..." the fanatics. Anarchists and terrorists. Darwinists and materialists. Communists are aggressive, one. And fanatics, two. "doubt-causing…" The Darwinist, materialist system is built upon doubt. Bigots are also very skeptical. They do not like Allah at all. Neither do they care for our Prophet (pbuh). They like the intermediaries they refer to as saints. They imagine they will enter paradise through them. They imagine that Allah is cruel and oppressive, may He forbid, but they imagine that our Prophet (pbuh) can step in and win Allah over. "who set up another god together with Allah..." They say their spiritual leader knows everything on Earth from one end to the other. He will definitely enter paradise, they say. "Hurl him into the terrible punishment.' His inseparable comrade will say, 'Our Lord, I did not make him overstep the limits. He was, in any case, far astray'. He will say, 'Do not argue in My Presence." One feature of fanatics is they are always arguing. "I gave you advance warning of the Threat." I revealed this in the Qur'an. "My Word, once given, is not subject to change..." The Qur'an is immutable, Allah's commandments are immutable. "I do not wrong My servants.' On the Day He says to Hell, 'Are you full?' it will ask, 'Are there no more to come'?"
Allah asks, are you full? Allah does that to terrify unbelief. A voice comes from hell. "Are there no more to come?" Of course that terrifies the people in hell. "And the Garden will be brought up close to those with faithfulness, not far away:"
That is very significant. He says it is not far away. Those people say. Paradise can be seen once the veil is lifted. Perception of space is in Allah's hand. Allah can portray it as close by if He so wishes. I mean, there is no space in Allah's eyes. But in our terms it is brought close.
Surah Qaf, 32-33;
"This is what you were promised." This is what Allah promised. "It is for every careful penitent:"
Who sincerely turns to Allah. "those who fear the All-Merciful in the Unseen and come with a contrite heart."
Those who preserve the commandments of the Qur'an "and come with a contrite heart" with a genuine fear. Paradise is for those who are honest, in other words.
Surah Qaf, 34;
"Enter it in peace." They enter paradise with the words Salamun Alaykum [May peace, mercy and blessing of Allah be upon you]. The angels also say Alaykum Salam. "This is the Day of Timeless Eternity...." the angels say. "You are now in eternity," they say. Because only one single moment exists. Infinity and eternity were created within a single moment. Indeed, it is physically impossible for man to be finite. By Allah's leave.
Surah Qaf, 35;
"They will have there everything they want..." Everything that comes to mind. A car? A yacht? Do they want to fly? Do they want to swim with the fishes? Do they want food? Is there something else they desire? Whatever they want is theirs. Look, Allah says, "and with Us there is still more." And Allah says there is a surprise, that He will do things they are unaware of. Something they have never seen or tasted. "and with Us there is still more," insha'Allah.
Who does the commentary? Allah manifests it. I am just His poor servant. Allah manifests other manifestations through His name of Jamal Allah. And I listen, insha'Allah.
Surah Qaf, 38
"We created the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, in six days," in a space of six days. "and We were not affected by fatigue." Jews and Christians say that Allah rested on the seventh day [Allah is beyond that]. How can Allah be tired? Look, Allah sets the record straight. He would not be divine if He became tired. We are mere entities created by Allah. We become tired. That is how He creates us. But what tiredness can affect the infinite might of Allah? This is another proof that the Qur'an is the True Book.
Surah Qaf, 41-45
"Listen out for the Day when the Summoner shall call out from a nearby place. The Day they hear the Blast in truth, that is the Day of Emergence."
Resurrection. They hear the blast first. It wakes them up. In the same way you set your alarm on your phone and wake up to that. They will wake up terrified by the noise of the blast. The summoner will call form very close by. "It is We Who give life and cause to die and We are their final destination. The Day the earth splits open all around them..." There is no dimensional connection left. Since the summoners call, "they come rushing forth…" says Allah. They first rise up with great excitement. When they hear the blast, then Allah says they start rushing around. Everyone starts running around. "…that is a gathering, easy for Us to accomplish."
There are attendants alongside Muslims. There are lights before and to the right of them. They realize when they see them that they will enter paradise. They have hope, insha'Allah. They have a strong hope and expectation. "We know best what they say. You are not a dictator over them. So remind, with the Qur'an, whoever fears My Threat." You are not a dictator. There is a verse about that – "There is no compulsion in the religion." But the bigots would certainly impose compulsion, and how! "So remind, with the Qur'an, whoever fears My Threat."
Not with the lies and myths of the bigots. With what? With the Qur'an. No, I do not want to advise people with the Qur'an, they say. I will advise them with nonsense. But Allah says to advise people with the Qur'an.2012-06-18 22:45:05


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I just got home, can someone give me the cliffnotes of what happened in this top 2nd inning?
I just got home, can someone give me the cliffnotes of what happened in this top 2nd inning?
Leake hit Harrison
Harrison tried to be bad ass
Leake threw his arms up and said, WHAT
Benches warned
Hurdle got pissed
Hurdle got tossed
can the Pirates manage themselves?
Yes, a pop up, wind aided HR to that fat catcher
We need to get McDonald before he settles in...time to add on
2 groundouts.
Harrison hit by 2-seam fastball in thigh (on third pitch of AB)
---Harrison stares down Leake. Leake puts arms up, walks towards him, I assume telling him to get his ass to first base and shut up. Benches are warned, Hurdle comes out to argue, gets tossed.
Leake strikes out McDonald.
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Ominous start by Dioner.
I just don't get it...2 lefthanded hitters in our lineup and they both K the first time around
Nice idea by Valdez. Well-defended. Hope he didn't hurt his neck.
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Bill Stevenson Lives!
Something that I've never been a fan of is meeting my heroes. Nine times out of 10 it turns out disappointing. It might not necessarily be the fault of the person I admire. They're human just like anyone else. Maybe they had a bad day. Maybe my expectations weren't realistic. Or maybe they're just an a%$hole. Either way, it's usually never what I want it to be...
So that's why one of the best experiences I've had here at Meinl as the Artist Relations Manager for the US and Canada has been the honor and privilege of working with one of our cymbal artists, Bill Stevenson.
A bit about Bill...and I have to tell you this so you see why he has been such a big influence on me musically...
For those of you that don't know, Bill rose to fame as the drummer for the Southern California punk rock legends Black Flag. Before Bill joined the band, they definitely fit into the more proto-typical mold of "punk rock." But all that changed when Bill came in. Here was a drummer who made "time" his own. His sense of placement with the beat was so off kilter and bizarre that it made Black Flag feel even dirtier and strange than they previously had. Black Flag's mastermind guitar player, song writer, and leader - Greg Ginn - had found a true musical ally in Bill. Through albums such as My War, Slip It In, Loose Nut, and In My Head, Bill helped Black Flag cross into a realm of musicality that was completely their own. No one could sound like them. The album The Process of Weeding Out, an instrumental album featuring Bill, Greg, and bass player Kira, sans vocalist Henry Rollins, showed a musical trio that defied labels and conventions.
The famed music journalist and musicologist Robert Palmer once wrote of Black Flag in a review in the New York Times, ''The Process of Weeding Out,'' Black Flag's instrumental EP, is what jazz-rock could have become if the best of the musicians who first crossbred jazz improvising with rock's sonic fire power had followed their most creative impulses. In a sense, this Black Flag disk takes up where ground-breaking jazz-rock albums like John McLaughlin's ''Devotion'' and Tony Williams's ''Emergency'' left off in the early 70's.
Most of the jazz rock albums made since those two disks have concentrated on efficient ensemble virtuosity, with solos as exercises in ego gratification. Many jazz musicians seem to have forgotten that improvisation, the heart of jazz, is more than just noodling and display. In the best jazz, it tells a story, but now it is the punk rockers, rather than the jazz rockers, who most successfully create atmosphere and convey feelings and ideas in their improvisations. This is exactly the sort of thing Mr. Ginn is after on ''The Process of Weeding Out,'' and with the help of Kira and Mr. Stevenson he achieves it."
Enough said.
All the while he was in Black Flag, Bill also helped form and lead another Southern California musical icon, The Descendents. Bill and his best friend vocalist Milo Auckerman, wrote album after album of songs that had blazing, smart, surf-music inspired "punk" rock, that spoke to the humor (Enjoy) and heartbreak (Cameage) of every adolescent out there. I dare say that without The Descendents, bands like Blink 182 would never had existed.
After Milo left to pursue a career as a doctor of science, Bill and the rest of The Descendents picked up a new vocalist and carried on as ALL. Another decade of strong releases followed in the tradition of The Descendents, but with the musicians honing and refining their craft into a razor tight unit.
It goes without saying that Black Flag, The Descendents, and ALL had a HUGE impact on me.
From there, Bill made his way into the world of producing. Bill and ALL built The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado, where to this day Bill produces records that have gone gold in sales. While The Blasting Room has recorded bands of all genres, it's widely known to punk rock bands that getting to record at The Blasting Room and with the man behind it, Bill, is akin to a trip to Mecca.
All of this must be said to show the monumental impact that Bill has had on so many drummers out there, me included.
So it was with some dismay a couple of years ago when I learned that Bill was in bad health and was going through some serious issues. About all I can say about it is that it was very bad.
Fast forward to two days ago, and I get a call from Bill, sounding like a teenager again! He had conquered his ailments and is almost completely recovered. The Descendents are planning shows again and so is ALL. Bill's back at the helm at The Blasting Room and the world is as it should be.
I am writing this blog as a tribute to a guy who in one way, shape, or form had some indirect part in me sitting here at my desk at Meinl. Through his drumming and the bands that he was a part of, he helped me listen harder, he helped me care more for music in general. He played a part in my life's daily immersion in all things drumming and music. Whether it was behind a drum kit covering The Descendents song Coolidge with a band or being able to talk cymbal sounds with a Meinl Cymbal artist and use Bill's ride cymbal sound on Allroy Sez as a reference point for what the artist was looking for, Bill was involved in my progression in life. I realized that the other day while talking to him. So I was immensely glad to hear him sounding fit and happy.
Getting to meet Bill a couple of years ago when he came to Meinl, getting to have beers with him, getting to eat Skyline Chili with him, and getting positive interaction with him as a Meinl Cymbal artist has been one of the most quietly satisfying perks of my job that I ever could have asked for. I met one of my all time heroes and it was a near perfect experience!
One last thing...Bill just told me the other day that after playing live with, and recording with them, that his and and The Blasting Room engineers' favorite cymbals to work with, are the Meinl Mb10 series. Thought you should know that. :-)
Cheers Bill.
- Chris


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Birthday bash: O's crush six HRs for anniversary gala
Jones, Davis, Flaherty, Machado and Hardy (twice) go deep in win
BALTIMORE -- Each ball that flew through the sky above Oriole Park at Camden Yards drew cheers. It didn't matter whether they were headed toward the seats or destined to drop into an outfielder's glove -- Friday was a celebration and every ball that headed toward the outfield had a chance to carry out of the stadium.
On the day the O's celebrated the club's 60th birthday with 23 team Hall of Famers, the 2014 Orioles turned the night into a party for the 43,743 at the stadium. Baltimore belted a season-high six home runs and received a solid performance from Chris Tillman to eliminate any drama from a 12-2 win against the Cardinals.
"There's a lot of hits," shortstop J.J. Hardy said of the Birds' 15 knocks on the night. "Manny kind of got us started with that three-run homer. The balls were falling in for us tonight."
Hardy went 2-for-3 with a pair of home runs. Manny Machado added another homer in a 2-for-4 performance. Every O's starter collected a hit. After scoring three total runs in their last two games, the Orioles erupted for their most runs since the All-Star break.
Befitting the occasion, it was the home runs that highlighted the evening. And as if honoring the late Earl Weaver's love of the three-run home run, Baltimore belted two of those.
"I thought about that, too," manager Buck Showalter said. "We got a real lift from our fans."
Machado's first homer, the three-run shot that gave the Orioles a 4-0 lead in the second, fit the theme and each subsequent homer built momentum.
Hardy's solo homer stretched the lead to five in the third and his dinger an inning later -- another three-run homer, of course -- turned a convincing lead into an 8-0 laugher.
"It was a good night to do what we did," Tillman said. "We were hanging out with them in the clubhouse, so as a player now it's good to be around those guys."
The O's entered Friday ranked last in the American League in runs, batting average and on-base percentage since the break. Against St. Louis, they rose to the moment and solved their woes. The Orioles chased Justin Masterson, one of the Cards' Trade Deadline acquisitions, four batters into the second inning after tagging him for five runs.
Nick Hundley opened the scoring with an RBI single in the second inning. Two batters later he was trotting home after Machado's three-run home run.
"It's always fun to see the all balls fly out -- as long as it's not against us," Tillman said. "I think it's only a matter of time before these guys did this."
In the first inning, it seemed the Orioles were on their way to another game defined by missed opportunities. Baltimore loaded the bases with no outs against Masterson, but Nelson Cruz and Chris Davis fanned. Hardy grounded out as Masterson danced around disaster.
Really, it was a fluke. Machado's three-run homer capped a four-run frame an inning later. Hardy added a solo home run in the third and another three-run shot in the fourth. Adam Jones, Davis and Ryan Flaherty threw in homers in each of the next three innings.
"Just one of those days," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said.
As each one carried over the fence, excitement transformed into disbelief. Camden Yards took on a celebratory feel to match the birthday festivities as the O's moved a season-best 17 games over .500 and were able to empty their bench.
And every time one of the O's explosive innings came to an end, Tillman did his best to get the offense back in the batter's box. The starting pitcher allowed two runs on four hits in 6 2/3 innings and matched a season-high with seven strikeouts.
After the game, the celebration continued. As the Orioles headed to the clubhouse, they crossed paths with the 23 Orioles legends ready to be honored as part of a postgame laser show and fireworks display. The celebration could carry on into the night, and perhaps it will last even longer as Baltimore holds tight to a five game lead in the AL East.
"I've still got chills," Showalter said. "That was pretty cool. You want to take pictures. Those are keepers."
David Wilson is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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HOUSTON - Police in Houston and Walker County said they were investigating claims of a million-dollar gold heist and kidnapping that started in Houston's River Oaks neighborhood, Local 2 Investigates reported on Wednesday.
The crime was reported Tuesday morning off Highway 150 near Cold Springs in Walker County when a passing motorist spotted a bleeding man on the roadside.
Walker County Sheriff's investigators and Houston Police identified the robbery victim as 39-year-old Brian J. Danek, owner of Bayou City Bullion and Coins.
In his LinkedIn profile online, http://www.linkedin.com/in/briandanek, Danek wrote that he deals in gold coins, a business that he said had grown from only a few hours per week.
Walker County Sheriff's investigators in Huntsville told Local 2 Investigates that Danek was found bloodied and disoriented off Highway 150 near Cold Springs before noon on Tuesday morning.
Investigators said he told them he was kidnapped during a robbery that started in the 3200 block of Reba in River Oaks.
Houston Police Robbery Squad Sgt. Darrell DeFee told Local 2 Investigates that Danek claims he was contacted by email, thinking he was conversing with a prominent Houston businessman who wanted to buy gold.
A meeting was arranged, Danek told police, and he reported that he was carrying "more than seven figures" worth of gold coins and bullion.
A few blocks from that arranged meeting, Danek claims that a dark colored sedan with tinted windows bumped into his SUV on Reba. When he got out of his car, Danek told police the three men grabbed him and shoved him in the back of their car.
As they drove away, the police report spells out that Danek claims one of the robbers followed behind the robbers' car in his stolen GMC sport utility vehicle.
More than an hour later, DeFee said Danek reports he was injured while trying to escape the robbers. He gashed his head on the concrete after jumping over a guardrail, and DeFee said evidence at the scene confirms that is where Danek was injured.
The man told police he was unconscious for a while and when he woke up, his gold and his SUV and his personal wrist-watch were all gone.
He was flown by medical helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center, where the hospital was not releasing his condition on Wednesday afternoon.
HPD investigators said they spent the day interviewing him and documenting his account of the million-dollar robbery.
A phone listing for Danek was answered by a woman who said she would relay a message to his family for comment. Investigators said Danek is married with children.
Local 2 Investigates spoke with several residents who were home at the time the staged crash and robbery/kidnapping were reported near their homes, but no one reported seeing anything unusual having occurred that day. Dozens of construction workers were often outside one home on that block, but they reported seeing nothing as well.
While some police officers told Local 2 Investigates they doubted several parts of the story and questioned whether a robbery really occurred at all, DeFee said he was taking the report "at face value" at this point. He said that it "may need a couple days to bake" before additional facts are known about the legitimacy of the case.
Court records show Danek served nearly five years in federal prison from a 2002 conviction in a weapons selling scam. He was arrested on charges of dealing guns with falsified federal paperwork, a scam known as a 'straw-buyer' arrangement, but ended up pleading guilty to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He appealed his conviction but that appeal was tossed out and he served his time in prison, according to records in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Danek told investigators that some of the gold that was stolen from him was from his own personal inventory, while some of the gold was being sold on "consignment," meaning it belonged to someone else who had entrusted him to sell it for them.
Property tax records show that Danek does not live in the River Oaks area, but he does own a home valued at nearly $800,000 off the Katy Freeway near the Hunters Creek Village neighborhood.
Police said Danek's silver 2011 GMC Denali had not yet been located. It bears temporary paper license tags of 81-M-5250.
He told police one of the robbers weighed more than 350 pounds, and all three men spoke English but with deep accents that could be Russian or another eastern European language.
If you have a news tip or question for KPRC Local 2 Investigates, drop them an e-mail or call their tipline at (713) 223-TIPS (8477). Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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London homeowners looking to upsize their homes can expect to pay nearly four times the national average in order to take the next step up the property ladder, according to new research by Barclays.
With half (50 per cent) of British homeowners planning to move house within the next five years, and almost two-thirds (58 per cent) setting their sights on a bigger home, they're most certainly going to have to dig deep to fulfil their dreams. Barclays' analysis of 50,000 mortgage applications found that London homeowners looking to move from a one to a two bedroom property can expect to pay an average of £91,000 for the extra room, compared to a national average of £26,000. Those Londoners looking to take the next step up the property ladder can expect to pay, on average £154,000 for that third bedroom.
This price difference increases again with a move from three to four bedrooms, with homeowners incurring an average price hike of £259,652 across London. The new figures also lay bare how London homeowners fare compared to the rest of the country. In contrast to the £91,000 homeowners face to step up to a two bedroom house, those living in the north east can expect to face an approximate £10,000 price increase to move from a one to two bed home. Those in the east can expect to pay four times that amount, at £46,000. However these price increases may come as a shock to homeowners as Barclays' research reveals there are misconceptions about how much homeowners think this next step on the ladder is likely to cost, with homeowners pricing a move from a three bedroom to a four bedroom house at just under £100,000.
With Barclays data showing the actual figure could be 30 per cent higher than that, homeowners are being urged to think ahead in order to be able to upsize.
The desire to help children onto the property ladder remains very strong, with more than a third of parents (38 per cent), planning to help their children. But family support is transcending the traditional parent/child dynamic, with homeowners citing grandparents (10 per cent) aunts and uncles (9 per cent) and even children (6 per cent) as potential sources of support.
In addition, the British property market is being driven by the needs of families: of the parents polled by Barclays, 77 per cent said they felt it essential that children have their own bedroom. Perhaps unsurprisingly the top priority for homeowners is to own a house in a good area, chosen by 23 per cent of people, with living in the catchment area for good schools (12 per cent) coming second, demonstrating again the impact the needs of family life are having on the British property market.


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HOUSTON - Several children were inside a home when a fire broke out on Thursday.
The fire happened at the North Village Green Condos on Plaza Verde Drive near Greens Crossing Boulevard about 1:40 p.m.
Investigators said five children were inside the apartment, along with their father, when the fire started. All managed to get out safely, officials said.
Neighbors said they think the children may have started the fire.
"The father said that the kids were playing with fire inside of the closet, and that sounds like just what happened." said Michael Fountain, who lives nearby. "I'm hoping that family will find somewhere to go and find shelter, because it's hard out here."
Fannie Crowder said she thought the thick, white smoke outside her window was fog.
"Then I said, 'Oh my God, that's smoke' and you could just see the blazes." said Crowder. "So when I came out in the hall, it was getting worse and worse. Everybody was running and they were knocking on doors telling everybody to get out."
Fire officials said they were able to knock the flames out pretty quickly. The fire left smoke damage on the second and third floors.
No one was injured during the fire.
Arson investigators are looking into the cause of the fire.
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Ricky Rubio returned to the practice floor Sunday with the Minnesota Timberwolves for the first time since tearing the ACL in his left knee on March 9.
"After a long time, I'm on the court again," Rubio said. "It felt pretty good to start knowing my teammates again."
Rubio has been pleased with the progress his knee has made and said it responded well to Sunday's full-contact practice. While there was some natural discomfort in his knee at times, Rubio participated in five-on-five scrimmages in practice and then stayed after for almost an hour for extra work.
The Timberwolves will bring Rubio along cautiously and there has been no set date for his return.
"It will feel weird for a while," Rubio said. "Until I'm feeling great and nothing at all about my knee, I'm not going to play.
"I felt pretty good, but I want to be perfect. I have to work hard. I have to keep working and see where I'm at."
"He passed the ball very well, got to spots," coach Rick Adelman said. "That's always going to be there. It's just going to be his conditioning and his legs and how long can he go? That's going to be the biggest thing."


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New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Miami Heat forward Shane Battier was named the winner of the NBA's Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award on Saturday.
Battier was one of 12 players nominated by a panel of NBA legends and garnered 1,322 points in a vote among current players -- 524 more than the second-place finishing Al Jefferson.
The award honors the player deemed the best teammate based on selfless play, on and off-court leadership as a mentor and role model to other NBA players, and his commitment and dedication to his team.
Last year, Chauncey Billups won the inaugural award, which honors the storied friendship between Hall-of-Famers Jack Twyman and Maurice Stokes.
Twyman and Stokes spent three seasons as teammates on the Rochester/Cincinnati Royals from 1955 to 1958. In the last game of the 1957-58 regular season, Stokes suffered an on-court injury that led to him falling into a coma days later, leaving him permanently paralyzed. Diagnosed with posttraumatic encephalopathy, a brain injury that damaged his motor-control center, Stokes was supported for the rest of his life by Twyman, who became his legal guardian and advocate.


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The first "This Week In Landscape" for 2013 with weekly links from around the world
Virginia Tech: Light pollution from virginiatech on Vimeo. Short Video (1min 48s).
Exploring Philadelphia's New "Penn Park" | Sarah Kathleen Peck | landscape urbanism
"A few weeks ago, I had the chance to stop by Philadelphia and the University of Pennsvylania's new Penn Park, a 23-acre waterfront park woven in between more than five different infrastructural systems and multiple-level land locks."
Will Biomimicry Offer a Way Forward, Post-Sandy? | Sarah Amandolare | NY Times
"Kapok trees, honeycombs and mangroves are just a few of the naturally occurring features or processes that have informed the designs of buildings from Haiti to South Korea to New York City in recent years."
ADAPTATION – How can cities be "climate-proofed"? | Eric Klinenberg | New Yorker
PLANNING about "climate-proofing." For the past decade and a half, governments around the world have been investing in elaborate plans to "climate-proof" their cities
For America's Cities, The Future can be found in the past | Manuel Cadrecha | ideas+buildings (Perkins Will)
"The city belongs to me long after I left and moved away, and it exists as my home, alive in my imagination."
Have We Lost the Peace of Park Spaces? | Stephen Plunkard | Stantec is…
"My sense is that, today, we are rarely incorporating quiet spaces into our rural and urban parks. We often program active areas for tots, adolescents, teenagers and now adult/senior playgrounds, but we rarely seem to plan for quiet and contemplative spaces in public, secular venues."
The Case for Walkability as an Economic Development Tool | Kaid Benfield | Atlantic Cities
"A terrific street redesign is assisting economic development in a southern California community that has suffered from changing economic conditions but is nevertheless seeing significant population growth…"
Top 12 Blogs from Landscape, Architecture and Planning Firms | Walter Communication
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Orange County will be cooler and wetter in the week ahead, the National Weather Service says, with rain likely by Friday.
The turn in the weather is being driven by a thickened marine layer, along with a series of low-pressure systems keeping air flowing in from the ocean.
After morning fog, Monday looks like another mostly sunny day with highs of 69 to 74 inland, 63 to 68 on the coast.
Low clouds move in Monday night along with patchy fog and drizzle.
We should awaken to the same conditions Tuesday morning, with the day turning partly cloudy and inland highs of 64 to 69, 58 to 63 on the coast.
The low clouds, fog and drizzle return Tuesday night and linger into Wednesday morning, again yielding to partly cloudy skies. Highs should be 62 to 67 inland, 60 on the coast.
Thursday is cloudy with patchy fog, then partly cloudy, with highs of 59 to 64.
Thursday night brings a chance of rain, then rain is likely Friday. Highs should be 53 to 58, with perhaps a quarter-inch in the lowland areas to as much as an inch in the mountains.
Friday night is partly cloudy, though a chance of rain lingers.
Then the storm system sails east, leaving clearer skies behind.
Saturday is partly cloudy and 55 to 60, Sunday mostly sunny and 58 to 63.
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Grant has done it again…First, it was the XAML Exporter for Fireworks and now we have a fancy Gradient Transform panel to use for modifiying Gradients with extreme precision.
One of my favorite features is being able to expand the panel (illustrated above) as wide as you want and use the zoom in feature to manipulate the nodes with ease.
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Digest — September 2004
By Capt. Patrick Sciacca
Family Tradition
|Fatherhood reminds a third-generation angler what fishing is really about.
For me angling is about running far, going deep, fishing hard, and catching big. And when my son Kevin was born last year, I had grand visions of someday taking him to the canyons and turning him into a big-game madman. But the more I thought about it, the more I was reminded of how I got my start fishing, and the vision changed.
When I was young my grandpa would say, "Let's go," and my older brother Chip and I would sprint across the sand-covered lawn of grandpa's lagoon-front South Jersey home with the speed of cheetahs. We'd jump into the unlocked blue Volare station wagon, which smelled as salty as that lagoon tasted, and fight for our favorite side. Quietly—the way my grandpa always spoke—he'd ask us to settle down.
But every time he started the car, I'd get uncontrollably giddy. He'd look back and, underneath the thinning gray hair and rough stubble that outlined his lean countenance, give me a kid-like smile back. He knew I couldn't help myself. I was supercharged, and he didn't mind. These car trips always meant we were heading to pick up bait, and that meant fishing. And to quote a line from an online fishing forum I once visited, as far as I was concerned, fishing wasn't a matter of life or death, it was much more important than that.
The car slowly rolled over the crunching slate-blue, gravel-covered street as we made our way to Radio Road, a stretch of highway with an apparently infinite string of powerlines. During the mid-1970's this area wasn't developed, and getting our precious bait required going "an axe handle down the road," as my grandma put it. This meant we were in for a long ride, and although it was actually only about 20 minutes each way, when you're five years old, it might as well have been a day.
I could feel my anxiety build as my grandpa would say, "I'm stopping at the WaWa (a local convenience store). Do you want something?" I'd incessantly repeat "WaWa, WaWa, WaWa" as if I was the one hard of hearing. He'd slowly stop the car and then get out to get his coffee, slyly adding, "I guess that means no?" Of course that was our cue to jump out and get a Tastykake cupcake and a container of milk. It was his treat—after all, my allowance was about a quarter a week.
After WaWa, we'd drive by what seemed like a few thousand more powerlines to the bait store. Once there, I'd look into the freezer at the silver-sided fish and yell out "Spearing! Spearing! Spearing!" with even more emphasis and repetition than "WaWa," before the store's owner could get to the counter. Grandpa would say, "I guess we'll take the spearing." The owner would always hand it to me because he either figured it was the only way to shut me up and get me out, or he appreciated my enthusiasm for playing with frozen bait. I'd like to think it was his reciprocal affection for dead frozen fish.
Next page > Part 2: The three of us would sit there, occasionally looking at each other, but mostly just looking out to the water. > Page 1, 2
This article originally appeared in the August 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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The month got off to a less than auspicious start with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling almost 120 points on Sept. 1. After the late August rally, such a pullback was to be expected, but September is historically the toughest month of the year for the Dow. It is possible that the market will continue to climb, but it is in your best interest to have hedging tools you can use to counteract sudden market downturns like the one that hammered stocks in early August.
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