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2004: Uyenishi solidified herself as one of Marquette's most steady defenders with her play as a junior. She was a solid force on the back line, contributing greatly to Marquette's nine-shutout season. She also continued to prove to be a timely goal scorer, connecting against East Carolina (Oct. 3) and TCU (Oct. 15). The goal against TCU was the game-winner. In the summer, she was part of the USASA National Team which played a two-game tour in Mexico.
2003: Uyenishi moved into a starting role for most of the 2003 season, serving as a capable defender. She was a big part of the reason Marquette held opponents to 0.95 goals per match. As a defender, her speed and size complement the mental part of her game.
2002: Uyenishi showed promise early in the season. She made her collegiate debut against Ohio (Aug. 30). She played the best game of her season in her second match, launching four shots -- two of which were on goal creating legitimate scoring chances -- against Oakland (Sept. 1). That was the most time she would see in a match during the rest of the season. She played in 12 more contests, all off the bench, during her freshman year.
At Lake Zurich: A four-year letterwinner, Uyenishi scored 42 career goals and had 24 career assists. She had a career high of 13 goals and seven assists as a freshman, serving as team captain as a junior and senior, she was an all-conference, all-area, all-sectional and all-state selection during her career. She was a first-team all-state nominee by the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun Times. She was also named Player-of-the-Year by the Northwest Herald and was team MVP as a senior.
Personal: Born March 16, 1984, in Boulder, Colo., Sarah Anne Uyenishi is the daughter of Steve and Betsy Uyenishi. Her father was a collegiate baseball player at Cedarville College and her older sister is a cheerleader at the University of Colorado. She is a communication major.
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Abby Elliott
As it stands right now, Abby Elliott is best known for being the daughter of Saturday Night Live-alum and sometime movie star Chris Elliott. However, if she continues to make us laugh like she has as a part-time player on the current season of SNL, she'll easily eclipse her dad as the funniest, and most successful, member of the Elliott clan.
AppealAnyone that knows who Chris Elliott is shouldn't be surprised that his daughter is hilarious, but they might be surprised to see how hot she is. Abby Elliott not only gets huge points for her gorgeous blue eyes and flaming red hair, but she also boasts the ultimate aphrodisiac -- her million-dollar sense of humor.
SuccessEven if it has lost a lot of its luster, a gig on Saturday Night Live is still one of the most coveted jobs in comedy. Sure, Abby Elliott's famous father likely helped her land the job, but Lorne Michaels is not one to allow unfunny people to be on his show. So, at the ripe old age of 21, Abby Elliott has already achieved considerable success.
Abby Elliott BiographyGrowing up with a famous parent can be both a good thing and bad thing for kids trying to break into entertainment. On one hand, you've got connections that regular folk just don't have. Then, on the other hand, you've got to work that much harder to make a name for yourself beyond "that guy's daughter."
This was the quandary faced by Abby Elliott. She was born in New York City to mom Paula and dad Chris just in time to see her old man's career take off. First came his quasi-successful sitcom Get a Life, which was followed by his cult classic feature film Cabin Boy -- not exactly Cheers or The Godfather, but they provided a comfortable enough upbringing for Abby.
abby elliott joins the family businessIf your father was a cop, and his father a cop, chances are you'll end up walking the beat. So, Abby followed in the footsteps of her grandfather (Bob Elliott was a famous comic way back in the day) and her dad (the aforementioned Chris Elliott), and ended up in comedy. Her first gig was with the Upright Citizen's Brigade, a comedy troupe founded in New York City by SNL veteran Amy Poehler. Comedy was clearly in her blood, and she excelled.
Anxious to capitalize on her famous lineage and rising stock, Abby Elliott shuffled off to L.A. There, she did voice work on Mike Judge's long-running King of the Hill and joined the L.A. chapter of the Upright Citizen's Brigade. People began to take notice, including David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel and Conan O'Brien, whom all invited Abby onto their shows. She still wasn't old enough to drink, but Abby Elliott's career was taking off.
abby elliott on saturday night liveChances are Saturday Night Live producers saw the YouTube clips of Abby impersonating Kirsten Dunst and Angelina Jolie. Those performances (and, perhaps her relationship to Chris Elliott) prompted Lorne Michaels to hire Abby as a mid-season replacement for new-mother Amy Poehler.
She's got some big shoes to fill, but if her few early skits are any indication, Abby Elliott's future looks bright. And that's before you consider her upcoming gig voicing characters for Mike Judge's new prime-time cartoon The Goode Family. I guess you could say life is "goode" for Abby Elliott.
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White House gives up on getting Kyl's support for New START
- By Josh Rogin
Josh Rogin covers national security and foreign policy and writes the daily Web column The Cable. His column appears bi-weekly in the print edition of The Washington Post. He can be reached for comments or tips at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Previously, Josh covered defense and foreign policy as a staff writer for Congressional Quarterly, writing extensively on Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo Bay, U.S.-Asia relations, defense budgeting and appropriations, and the defense lobbying and contracting industries. Prior to that, he covered military modernization, cyber warfare, space, and missile defense for Federal Computer Week Magazine. He has also served as Pentagon Staff Reporter for the Asahi Shimbun, Japan's leading daily newspaper, in its Washington, D.C., bureau, where he reported on U.S.-Japan relations, Chinese military modernization, the North Korean nuclear crisis, and more.
A graduate of George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, Josh lived in Yokohama, Japan, and studied at Tokyo's Sophia University. He speaks conversational Japanese and has reported from the region. He has also worked at the House International Relations Committee, the Embassy of Japan, and the Brookings Institution.
Josh's reporting has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, C-Span, CBS, ABC, NPR, WTOP, and several other outlets. He was a 2008-2009 National Press Foundation's Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellow, 2009 military reporting fellow with the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and the 2011 recipient of the InterAction Award for Excellence in International Reporting. He hails from Philadelphia and lives in Washington, D.C.
As senators lined up Thursday to give speeches about the New START treaty on the Senate floor and the debate kicked into high gear, the White House formally abandoned its drive to work with Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) on ratifying the treaty.
Following Kyl's press conference Wednesday afternoon, during which he and 11 other GOP senators pledged to oppose the move to finish the treaty this year, the administration decided to make good on its promise to force a vote during the lame duck session and attempt to peel off the nine GOP votes that it will need to pass the treaty.
"Senator Kyl is opposed to the treaty. He's flat out opposed to the treaty," Vice President Joseph Biden told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell in an interview taped Wednesday evening.
Biden also criticized Kyl and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), who said that debating the New START treaty this month was "disrespectful" and "sacrilegious" to Christians, respectively. MSNBC's Keith Olbermann called their tactic the "war against Christmas vacation."
"Don't tell me about Christmas. I understand Christmas. I was a senator for a long time and I've been there many years where we go right up to Christmas," Biden said. "There's 10 days between now and Christmas. I hope I don't get in the way of your Christmas shopping, but this is the nation's business. This is the national security at stake. Act."
And so ends what at times had been a torturous attempt by the administration to cajole, entice, and even bribe Kyl to sign off on the treaty. The process began last year, when the administration flew Kyl to Geneva to witness the negotiations surrounding the treaty, and ended with the administration flying a team of officials to Arizona last month to present details of an $84 billion package for nuclear modernization they hoped would be enough to gain Kyl's support.
Kyl, who the Senate GOP anointed as their leader on New START, has been very coy about whether he would ultimately support the pact, even until yesterday. "If I announce for or against the treaty at this point, nobody would listen to me," he said at his press conference.
Only days after the administration flew a team to his home state, he declared there was no time to complete the treaty this year. Shortly after that announcement, Biden and top White House officials hosted a small roundtable with foreign affairs columnists, which included your humble Cable guy, where they promised to move forward with or without Kyl.
Looks like it's going to be without him. Biden's new boldness stems comes after a vote to move to debate on the treaty Wednesday passed 66 to 32, indicating that there is not enough Republican opposition to stop the process from moving forward. Democrat Evan Bayh (D-IN) missed the vote but is expected to support the treaty.
Nine Republicans voted to begin the debate: Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Susan Collins (R-ME), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), George Voinovich (R-OH), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Scott Brown (R-MA), and Bob Bennett (R-UT).
The vote has given treaty supporters confidence in the chances of ratification, but there will be many more twists and turns before that can happen. There are already signs that the procedural vote does not necessarily reflect how some senators will vote on the treaty. For example, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) issued a statement that he may support the treaty even though he voted against moving to debate.
"I voted against proceeding to consideration of the New START treaty because I don't agree with the decision to debate a nuclear arms treaty at the end of a lame duck session in the midst of considering an omnibus appropriations bill," said Corker. "But now that we are on the bill… if there is a full and open debate on the treaty and if the resolution of ratification isn't weakened in the process, it is still my plan to support the treaty."
The administration is also still working to increase the number of treaty supporters. Now that they feel there's a reasonable chance of passage, they are hoping fence-sitters can be encouraged to move to the winning side. Their targets are figures like Corker and Sen. Johnny Isaakson (R-GA), who voted for the treaty in committee, and other "moderate" GOPers, like new Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL).
They seem prepared to write off GOP senators who have said they might vote for the treaty but not if it's pushed through this month.
The GOP senators complaining about the schedule Wednesday were Sens. Kyl, Kirk, Pat Roberts (R-KS), Kit Bond (R-MO), James Risch (R-ID), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jeff Sessions (R-GA), John Thune (R-SD), John Barrasso (R-WY), George LeMieux (R-FL), Mike Johanns (R-NE), and John Cornyn (R-TX).
Alexander, Lemieux and others have said they could perhaps support the treaty next year but will vote no during the lame duck session. Of course, that's what Kyl has said as well, and that's exactly the line that the White House is now openly rejecting.
Meanwhile, the Thursday debate focused the GOP senators's numerous concerns about the treaty, including missile defense, nuclear modernization, tactical nuclear weapons, and verification. Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry (D-MA) spoke about the need to avoid amendments to the treaty's preamble, which were ruled in order by the Senate parliamentarian this week.
"The fact is, if you change that preamble now, you are effectively killing the treaty, because it requires the president to go back to the Russians and renegotiate the treaty," he said.
One amendment, which Kerry and supporters is calling a "treaty killer," would strip the preamble of language that acknowledges a relationship between offensive and defensive missile capabilities. Some Republicans think that may constrain U.S. missile defense plans, but the administration and Lugar disagree.
"This does not mean that Russia will not complain regarding U.S. missile defense deployment, as it has complained about U.S. missile defense plans for the past four decades," Lugar said. "But under the New START Treaty, we will continue to control our own missile defense destiny, not Russia."


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Supplicating for the People of Falsehood instead of Against Them0 comments Posted by أم عبد الرحمان الأندلسية at 11:07
Supplicating for the People of Falsehood
instead of Against Them
Shaikh 'Uthaimeen, may Allaah have mercy on him, said, "We should supplicate that Allaah brings the people of falsehood back to the Truth, so that they can benefit themselves and others—this is justice, in opposition to what some ignorant people do who, when they see someone persisting in falsehood, supplicate against the person doing it."
Sharh al-Kaafiyah ash-Shaafiyah, vol. 4, p. 146.
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Source: http://giftsofknowledge.net/2014/07/14/supplicating-for-the-people-of-falsehood-instead-of-against-them/
Uthaimeen on Oaths0 comments Posted by أم عبد الرحمان الأندلسية at 20:20
Uthaimeen on Oaths
Shaikh 'Uthaimeen, may Allaah have mercy on him, said, "I wish that a person wouldn't swear by Allaah frequently. If he needs to take an oath let him couple it with [a mention of] Allaah's Will, saying, 'By Allaah, inshaa Allaah …' for in doing so he attains two great benefits. The first is that Allaah will facilitate for him what he took an oath for, and the second is that if he is not able to fulfil it he doesn't have to carry out an expiation [kaffaarah]."
Fataawa Nurun-'alad-Darb, vol. 11, p. 465.
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Source: http://giftsofknowledge.net/2014/07/14/uthaimeen-on-oaths/
Praying Qiyaam in Jama-ah0 comments Posted by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية at 15:58
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:
"With regard to a group agreeing to meet on a certain night to pray qiyaam al-layl, this is bid'ah, because praying qiyaam in congregation is not prescribed, unless that happens occasionally without prior agreement and unintentionally, as happened with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) with 'Abd-Allaah ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him)."
Fataawa al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen, Kitaab al-'Ilm, p. 208.
الشيخ ابن عثيمين رحمه الله :
( وأما اتفاق مجموعة على الالتقاء في ليلة معينة لقيام الليل فهذا بدعة ؛ لأن لإقامة الجماعة في قيام الليل غير مشروعة إلا إذا فعلت أحياناً وبغير قصد كما جرى للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلى آله وسلم مع عبد الله بن عباس رضي الله عنهما ) اهـ
فتاوى الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين ، كتاب العلم ،الصفحة (208).
Fasting of the Sick Person0 comments Posted by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية at 17:00
Fasting of the Sick Person
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
If specialist doctors determine that this sickness of yours is one for which there is no hope of a cure, then you must feed one poor person for every day of Ramadaan, and you do not have to fast. The measure of that (food to be given) is half a saa' of the local staple food, whether it is dates, rice or something else. If you invite a poor person for a meal, lunch or dinner, that is sufficient. But if the doctor determines that there is hope for recovery from your sickness, then you do not have to feed a poor person, rather you have to make up the missed fasts when Allaah grants you healing from that disease, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"and whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number [of days which one did not observe Sawm (fasts) must be made up] from other days"
[al-Baqarah 2:185]
I ask Allaah to bless you with healing from all ills and to make what has befallen you a purification and an expiation from sin, and to enable you to be patient and seek reward, for He is the best One to be asked.
Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz (15/221).
The scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas were asked:
I fell sick with kidney disease and I had two operations. The doctors advised me to drink water night and day, no less than two and a half litres every day. They also told me that fasting and refraining from drinking water for three consecutive hours would expose me to danger. Should I follow their advice, or should I put my trust in Allaah and fast, even though they told me that I have the potential to develop kidney stones? Or what should I do? If I do not fast, what is the expiation I have to give?
They replied:
If the matter is as you described, and these doctors are highly skilled in medicine, then what is prescribed is for you not to fast, so as to protect your health and ward off harm from yourself. Then if you recover and are able to make up the fasts without any hardship, you have to make them up, but if the sickness that has befallen you continues or there is the danger of your developing kidney stones if you do not continually drink water, and the doctors have determined that there is no hope of recovery from that, then you have to feed one poor person for every day that you do not fast.
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz, Shaykh 'Abd al-Razzaaq 'Afeefi, Shaykh 'Abd-Allaah ibn Ghadyaan, Shaykh 'Abd-Allaah ibn Munay'.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah (10/179, 180)
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about a person who was affected by a chronic disease and the doctors advised him never to fast, but he consulted doctors in another country and was healed by Allaah's leave. Five Ramadaans have passed and he did not fast. What should he do after Allaah has healed him? Should he make them up or not?
He replied:
If the doctors who advised him never to fast were Muslims, trustworthy and familiar with this sickness, and they told him that there was no hope of recovery for him, then he does not have to make it up, and it is sufficient for him to feed poor persons (one for every day missed), but he has to fast in the future.
Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz (15/355).
قال الشيخ عبد العزيز بن باز رحمه الله :
"إذا قرَّر الأطباء المختصون أن مرضك هذا من الأمراض التي لا يُرجى برؤها : فالواجب عليك إطعام مسكين عن كل يوم من أيام رمضان ، ولا صوم عليك ، ومقدار ذلك نصف صاع من قوت البلد ، من تمر ، أو أرز ، أو غيرهما ، وإذا غديتَه أو عشيتَه : كفى ذلك ، أما إن قرروا أنه يرجى برؤه : فلا يجب عليك إطعام ، وإنما يجب عليك قضاء الصيام إذا شفاك الله من المرض ، لقول الله سبحانه : ( وَمَنْ كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ ) .
وأسأل الله أن يمنَّ عليك بالشفاء من كل سوء ، وأن يجعل ما أصابك طهوراً وتكفيراً من الذنوب ، وأن يمنحك الصبر الجميل ، والاحتساب ، إنه خير مسئول " .
" فتاوى الشيخ ابن باز " ( 15 / 221 ) .
قد سئل علماء اللجنة الدائمة للإفتاء :
مرضتُ بمرض الكلى ، وأُجريت لي عمليتان ، ونصحني الأطباء أن أشرب الماء ليلاً ونهاراً ، وبما لا يقل عن لترين ونصف يوميّاً ، كما أخبروني أن الصيام والكف عن شرب الماء ثلاث ساعات متتالية يعرضني للخطر ، هل أعمل بكلامهم ، أو أتوكل على الله ، وأصوم مع أنهم يؤكدون بأن عندي استعداداً لتخلق الحصى ، أو ماذا أفعل ؟ وإذا لم أصم فما الكفارة التي عليَّ دفعها ؟ .
فأجابوا :
" إذا كان الأمر كما ذكرت ، وكان هؤلاء الأطباء حذَّاقا بالطب : فالمشروع لك أن تفطر ؛ محافظة على صحتك ؛ ودفعاً للضرر عن نفسك ، ثم إن عوفيت وقويت على القضاء دون حرج : وجب القضاء ، وإن استمر بك ما أصابك من المرض ، أو الاستعداد لتخلق الحصى عند عدم تتابع شرب الماء ، وقرر الأطباء أن ذلك لا يُرجى برؤه : وجب عليك أن تُطعم عن كل يوم أفطرته مسكيناً "
الشيخ عبد العزيز بن باز ، الشيخ عبد الرزاق عفيفي ، الشيخ عبد الله بن غديان ، الشيخ عبد الله بن منيع .
" فتاوى اللجنة الدائمة " ( 10 / 179 ، 180 ) .
قد سئل الشيخ بن باز رحمه الله عن شخص أصابه مرض مزمن ونصحه الأطباء بعدم الصوم دائماً ولكنه راجع أطباء في غير بلده وشفي بإذن الله , وقد مر عليه خمس رمضانات وهو لم يصمها , فماذا يفعل بعد أن شفاه الله , هل يقضيها أم لا ؟
فأجاب :
" إذا كان الأطباء الذين نصحوه بعدم الصوم دائما أطباء من المسلمين ، الموثوقين ، العارفين بجنس هذا المرض ، وذكروا له أنه لا يرجى برؤه : فليس عليه قضاء ، ويكفيه الإطعام ، وعليه أن يستقبل الصيام مستقبلاً " .
" فتاوى الشيخ ابن باز " ( 15 / 355 ) .
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Expiating an oath by paying the poor and destitute money0 comments Posted by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية at 18:36
Expiating an oath by paying the poor and destitute money
Response: The expiation of an oath is to feed ten poor and destitute people, with each one receiving half a saa' of wheat, or dates, or rice, or the like from the staple food of the land. And [note] half a saa' amounts to one and a half kilos [in weight]. Or [alternatively], one can clothe ten poor and destitute people - with each receiving a shirt, or [instead] free a believing slave.
If he is unable to carry out any [one] of the aforementioned three [legislated options], then he is required to fast for three days, [bearing in mind] the [cash] payment [to the poor and destitute individuals] for the expiation of an oath will not be rewarded (accepted).
And with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and salutations upon our Prophet Muhammad (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions.
The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Verdicts
Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah lil-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wal-Iftaa. - Volume 23, Page 6, Fatwa No.16827
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Is there Jihad in Syria? Should one go and fight?0 comments Posted by أم عبد الرحمان الأندلسية at 13:59
Is there Jihad in Syria?
Should one go and fight?
By Salafi Shaikh, Abdullaah al-Bukhaaree
Shaikh Abdullaah al-Bukhaaree (May Allaah preserve him) said:
The questioner here also asks regarding the fighting in Syria and its ruling.
The answer, may Allaah bless you, is that we say: As it relates to this important affair, the affair of Syria, and that which has afflicted its people from trials, then:
Firstly: That it it obligatory upon each Muslim, the Monotheist (al-Muwahhid) that he supplicates to Allaah for his brothers, the Muslims in every land of the World, and from them, the land of Syria in specific – that he calls upon Allaah, the Most High, whilst in prayer or whilst upon his travels, or during those times when the supplications are more likely to be accepted, that Allaah relieves them of that which has afflicted them from harm, and that He lifts from them that which has afflicted them from tribulations, and that he protects us and them from evils and trials – and that He has mercy upon their old, their young, their womenfolk and their youth. That we ask that Allaah aids the weak and downtrodden in every place. There is no doubt that which has afflicted them is a mighty affair – and that which they face from killing, annihilation, plundering and pillaging, then no doubt it is a mighty and tremendous matter. So we ask Allaah, the Mighty, The Lord of the Mighty Throne, from His Bounty and Kindness, from His Power and Might, that he lifts from them that which has afflicted them from trials and harm – and that He aids the supports the weak and downtrodden from Ahlus-Sunnah in every place, for indeed He is the Most Generous, the Most Kind. So that is the first point.
As for the second affair: When there occurred that which occurred in the land of Syria of revolt by some of the people in the beginning against that oppressive, tyrannical, transgressing ruler, and Allaah's refuge is sought, and they stood against him and some of them took up arms against him, the people of truth of that land came asking, seeking the truth as to what they are to do. So the true Scholars of Ahlus-Sunnah answered without any flattery and without seeking any benefit for themselves as is sought by others who pursue and seek after tribulations (fitnah). So the Scholars issued fatawa in truth and in the light of the Prophetic narrations, that you should not do that (i.e. rise up against the ruler), and not raise weapons, and that you must stay away from tribulation and trials. And that is not due to the fact that the ruler is not a sinner, a criminal, and not due to any sanctity of Islaam for him, no! Rather from the conditions of Ahlus-Sunnah as it relates to revolt against the ruler who is an unbeliever and upon whom the ruling of disbelief has been confirmed with utter certainty and with proof from Allaah – so the Scholars have mentioned conditions – and that is even for the disbelieving ruler whose disbelief has exited him from the Religion, due to the fact that it is clear cut open disbelief – the disbelief which we see, which is open and apparent, for which we have a clear textual proof from Allaah. So this one who is revolted against, that the revolt against him must not lead to greater tribulation than what was already present before, greater destruction than what was there before. So if by removing this ruler, it leads to even greater harm and corruption, then it is not permitted to raise arms and weapons against such a ruler – and this is by the agreement or consensus (ijmaa') of the scholars. So there must be ability present before he can be removed. So if there is not present the ability to remove him, then likewise he cannot be revolted against and removed. So this is what the Scholars gave as verdicts (fatawa) in this affair – that it is not permitted to rise up in arms against that ruler [of Syria]. As for the opportunists who have little regard for principles, the people of desires and and innovation (Ahlul-Bid'ah), those who profiteer behind the scenes when tribulations take place, and when blood is shed – these people say: "Look! They are defending such-and-such [a ruler]!" However, the Scholars of Sunnah do not defend this tyrannical sinner. Rather their intent is to protect the blood of the Muslims, the weak and downtrodden from the viewpoint and insight of the Sharee'ah, which is pure and purifies. So upon you is to look and see: When the affair became great and then increased further over these past three years, that this criminal day by day has only increased in his criminality. He has slaughtered men in their hundreds, in their thousands, and tens of thousands. He has done the same with children, and the worshippers, and the land itself, he has destroyed homes, yet he has still not left his seat of power.
So by seeking his removal, what has been achieved? The corruption that was there before of killing has now multiplied and multiplied. Rather, he has now called out and sought aid from the Raafidah, the worst filth of the people. So they came and they began to aid the ruler with falsehood upon falsehood – and we ask Allaah for security and well-being. And the Scholars of Sunnah are not harmed by those antagonists, the opposers of the truth, those who do business with the blood of people, just as they did business with the blood of the people in Iraq, and just as they did in other than Iraq from the lands of Allaah. They did not aid Islaam, nor did they break the enemy! They do not speak with the Sharee'ah of the Prophet (salallaahu 'alaihi wassallam). They are the most ignorant of the people concerning the Religion of Allaah. They are greatest liars amongst the people concerning the Sharee'ah of Allaah.
So when there occurred that which occurred and matters became worse just as you see, killing and retribution and further killing, and then there entered into their ranks [of the rebels] people, and there came people from here and there. And the various banners [of rebellion] were raised, more than one banner, more than one group, more than one faction. Each one calling out and screaming, "each one claiming attachment to Laylah, but Laylah refuses to recognise any of them." So their banner under which they fight is unknown, a banner that is not guided aright or sound, a banner that is dubious and suspect, a banner of innovation, and a banner of misguided innovators – and that is the reality. So for what will you fight, and under what banner will you fight. The Prophet (salallaahu 'alaihi wassallam) said, as has been reported in Saheeh Muslim and elsewhere:
"Whoever fights under a banner that is unknown or disguised and then dies, then he dies the death of the days of pre-Islamic ignorance."
The Prophet (salallaahu 'alaihi wassallam) also said, as has been reported by Imaam al-Bukhaaree in his Saheeh:
"The Ruler is a shield, and the fighting takes place under his leadership"
So there must be Ruler, a banner that is true, sound, just, free from chaos and disorder and so on. Yes, a correct banner behind a legitimate ruler, as the Prophet (salallaahu 'alaihi wassallam) said: "The Ruler is a shield, and the fighting takes place under his leadership." Meaning that he is a protection for them, so the Ruler is a necessary component – it cannot be the case that a few people gather together and say, "Ok, you, me and so-and-so, so we'll appoint you as our Ruler." This is playing games, and a fabrication against the Sharee'ah, it is a mockery of the Religion of Allaah.
There are many now who are trading and doing business in this crisis. The people of desires have caused great confusion in this affair by way of the internet and other social media. Fitnah (tribulation) is like fire, it requires wood and fuel. So who the fuel of for this tribulation? It is not possible that the fuel of this fitnah are only the youth of this Ummah who are trying to seek out the truth – however, they are not guided to those who will take them by their hand to show them what is correct. So these youth are traded by those who do business in blood – they hurl them into this tribulation making them fuel for the fire. They cause mischief with their minds saying to them, "There is nothing between you and Paradise except this [war in Syria], so you should do such-and-such an act [of violence]." It is made to seem that Paradise is in front of them, and the gate to Paradise is with them (i.e. the callers to fighting in Syria) and that they have the keys to it!
"Their deeds and words are being written down and they shall surely be questioned."
So this crisis, may Allaah bless you, as we have stated, many are trading in it, causing confusion and chaos amongst the people, making mischief whilst continually reviling what the the Scholars of the Sunnah are upon – they are pleased with atrocities taking place. Some of them declare other Muslims to be unbelievers, and they accuse others to be heretics, and they make permissible the spilling of the blood of many people.
My brothers, happiness is for the one who accepts admonition from another. There are those who returned from that land (of Syria) who narrate the mentioned the conditions there – people who are trading with the lives of the youth. They ask them, "From which direction did you enter the land? For this direction or that direction?" This is just the same as what occurred in Iraq – when some of the youth went to Iraq in the name of "Jihad" and "fighting", they would buy and sell them, either for the wicked Raafidhah or other enemies of the Religion. So they fell prey to these traders [in human blood]. And they would do this to others coming from various lands.
So I ask this banner, therefore, that is being raised high by these various warring factions, do you not see them fighting, slaughtering and killing each other? They are killing each other! All in the name of "Jihad"! They give a bad image to this this noble term, this act of worship, this clean and pure term. It is disfigured by the deeds of many – those who are ignorant of the Religion of Allaah. And it is possible that some of them even know they are upon falsehood, but they make judgements based upon their own desires, whilst others are ignorant, and refuge is sought with Allaah – or it may be a combination of both of these ills.
So the tribulations took place and they increased and multiplied and spread to many lands, and maybe even to this land. So for this reason a group of the Scholars issued verdicts (Fatawa), the Scholars of the Sunnah, the Scholars of the Truth [whose concern is the Truth], such as the 'Allaamah ash-Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan and other than him from the Scholars of Sunnah such as Shaikh 'Abdul-Muhsin al-Abbaad, Shaikh 'Ubaid a-Jaabiree, and others. All of them said that this fighting is considered as fighting of tribulation (fitnah). So it is obligatory to stay away from it. And Allaah, the Majestic and Most High, is supplicated to, that he removes this affliction and harm.
As for these others [who call to fitnah], then they gather the wealth of the people, they consume and eat and drink – and they have made a business for themselves from this fitnah. So we have millions of people who have been displaced and are living under tents dying from hunger and illness and so on, even children, infants, women, men, the incapacitated – and how many women stay in those camps without any male relatives (mahram) with them, nor family members? So what is the cause of this, may Allaah bless you?
So this is what we believe and take as our Religion before Allaah, and that it is not permitted to travel to that land [of Syria]. Rather, instead, Allaah is beseeched in supplication that He remove the afflictions and harms that have befallen them. And if you are to do something to aid them, then give in charity to official governmental bodies, not to people who collect money in streets and at the doors of mosques, do not give them your wealth at all. Charity for the refugees, the poor, the impoverished and those who have been afflicted from those who live in these refugee camps must be given to the official governmental bodies if you wish to aid and help those afflicted. So there are official trusted governmental bodies run by the government. So if you wish to give, then give to them. Do not give your wealth to any old person, here and there, ever. They will take your wealth for use in personal trade and to harm the people of Islaam and some declare the people of Islaam to be unbelievers.
Source: A question answered by Shaikh Abdullaah al-Bukhaaree in the Maldives, June 2014. (Slightly adapted)
Source: http://www.abukhadeejah.com/is-there-jihad-in-syria-should-one-go-and-fight-by-salafi-shaikh-abdullaah-al-bukhaaree/
What is common between a Munaafiq, a Faasiq and a Hizbee?!0 comments Posted by أم عبد الرحمان الأندلسية at 23:00
What is common between a Munaafiq, a Faasiq and a Hizbee?!
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
"No one engages in defaming the scholars, who are firm upon the truth, except for one of the three:
1) A Munaafiq (hypocrite) whose hypocrisy is well known.
2) Or a Faasiq (evil doer) who hates the scholars because they prevent him from doing evil deeds.
3) Or a misguided Hizbee (fanatic/zealot) who hates the scholars because they do not agree with his Hizbiyyah (partisanship) and his deviant ideology."
الأجوبــةُ المُفيدَة عَن أَسئِلَة المنَاهِجِ الجدِيَدة ص. 75
[This text has been translated into spanish, click here to read it]
When is a person considered to be upon the Sunnah?0 comments Posted by أم عبد الرحمان الأندلسية at 23:13
When is a person considered
to be upon the Sunnah?
Sahl bin `Abdullaah al-Tustaree رحمه الله was asked: How can a person know that he is following (Ahl) al-Sunnah wal-Jamaa`ah?
He said: "When he finds for himself ten characteristics:
1. That he does not abandon the Jamaa`ah.
2. And that he does not revile the Companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
3. And that he does not revolt with (i.e. raise) the sword against this Ummah.
4. And that he does not belie (deny) the Qadr.
5. And does not doubt in (the articles of) Imaan.
6. And that he does not argue in (regards to the matter of) the Deen.
7. And that he does not abandon offering the Salaah (al-Janaazah) for anyone who died from the People of the Qiblah (i.e. the Muslims) due to a sin (which the deceased might have committed).
8. And that he does not abandon wiping over the Khuffs (shoes/socks).
9. And that he does not abandon the (Salaah in) congregation behind the pious or a sinner."
[Sharh Usool I`teqaad (1/205/324) of Laalikaaee. This is how only 9 points are mentioned]
Labels: Minhaj (Methodology), Sayings of the Salaf, Sunnah
Salvation lies in 3 things0 comments Posted by أم عبد الرحمان الأندلسية at 23:04
Salvation lies in 3 things:
بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
Allaah تعالى said:
﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ كُلُوا مِمَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ حَلَالًا طَيِّبًا وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۚإِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ﴾
{O mankind! Eat of that which is lawful and good on the earth, and follow not the footsteps of Shaitaan (Satan). Verily, he is to you an open enemy.} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 168]
Salvation lies in 3 things:
Sahl bin `Abdullaah رحمه الله said: "Salvation lies in three things:
1) Eating the Halaal.
2) Performing the obligations.
3) Following (emulating) the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
[Tafseer al-Qurtobee (2/208)]Source: http://foodiefahoodie.blogspot.com.es/2014/06/salvation-lies-in-3-things.html
Labels: 'Aqidah, Sayings of the Salaf
The Dangers of Free Mixing0 comments Posted by أم عبد الرحمان الأندلسية at 22:34
The Dangers of Free Mixing
Shaykhul Islaam Ibnul Qayyim
At-Turuq al-Hikmiyyah p.281
There is no doubt that allowing women into intermingle with men is the basis of calamity and vice. And it is from the greatest causes of the befalling of general punishments. Just as it is the cause of the corruption of both general and specific affairs.
The intermingling of men with women also leads to sin and adultery, and is amongst the causes of demise in general and sexually transmitted diseases[1]. When prostitutes intermingled with Moosa's soldiers and fornication spread amongst them, Allaah sent down the plague upon them. Seventy-thousand of them died in a single day! The story is well known in the books of Tafseer.
So from the greatest of causes of general demise is the abundance of fornication due to endorsing the intermingling of women with men, and mixing with them whilst beautifying themselves and displaying their adornment. If the rulers knew of the corruption of worldly affairs and the public in this – before the religion – they would have been the severest ones in forbidding intermingling.
Sh. Sālih as-Suhaymī Hafithahullāh On ISIS's "Khilāfah".0 comments Posted by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية at 15:15
Sh. Sālih as-Suhaymī Hafithahullāh On ISIS's "Khilāfah".
Sh. Sālih b. Sa'd as-Suhaymī حفظه الله said about ISIS:
ظَهَرَ الفَسَادُ فِي البَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعْضَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
"Evil (sins and disobedience of Allāh, etc.) has appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of men have earned (by oppression and evil deeds, etc.), that Allāh may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return (by repenting to Allāh, and begging His Pardon)." ● [ar-Rūm 30:41]
Corruption spreads when there is negligence and exaggeration.
Negligence is when the people of deviation and secularists leave the practicing of their religions. They are callers to evil and corruption .
Exaggeration is similar to the way of the Khawārij (a sect in Islām that believes in the obligation of killing other Muslims) and those like them.
Today, some of the foolish in 'Irāq have announced that they have established an Islamic caliphate. This has been their nature for eight years now, we know about them in detail!
They have given a hidden allegiance to a caliph in supporting their false and corrupt methodology. All of them have given a hidden allegiance to an unknown caliph!
As a result, today they have announced that they have established a caliphate and have permitted by it, the killing of those who differ from them. This is similar to the beliefs of the Rāfidah (Shī'ah) who claim such things for the Mahdī.
So they claim that the newly established caliphate is for all Muslims from around the world, and this has been established after they have killed and slaughtered many lives from the Muslims brothers that are present there in 'Irāq. This doesn't mean that we support the Rāfidah there in 'Irāq, No! We say both parties are both misguided and intend no good for the Muslim Ummah.
So it is upon us to warn against both of these misguided parties there in Iraq. You have the Rāfidah opposition, all of them have the intent of spreading evil. All of them are misguided, and all of them are at war with Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamā'ah (mainstream Islām).
So be warned and do not give ISIS your allegiance! The caliph who claims to be in charge is a Dajjāl (an impostor), a liar, and a caller to evilness and falsehood.
They have slaughtered Muslims in Syria and not they have taken their slaughtering to 'Irāq. They are oppressors who are supported by the oppressors in Syria because they want the oil from them.
So I ask Allāh, the Most High and Exalted, that He Makes His Religion uppermost and that He Aids the Religion and debases the people of evil and innovation and desires, and anyone else who opposes this religion.
They are impostors and be warned from joining them!
● [Summarised answer from Sharh Usūl as-Sittah of Imām Ahmad, 3/9/1435 – 1/6/-2014, Masjid Nabawī in al-Madīnah an-Nabawiyyah]
Labels: khawarijj, Sheikh Saalih As-Suhaymee, terrorism
THE BEST QUALITIES FOR MANKIND0 comments Posted by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية at 12:39
Labels: akhlaq, athar, Siyar A'lam An-Nubala
Lying on Fasting: consequences0 comments Posted by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية at 00:07
Lying on Fasting: consequences
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "Whoever does not give up false speech and acting upon it and ignorant conduct, Allaah has no need of his giving up his food and drink." Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6057.
It was narrated by al-Tabaraani in al-Mu'jam al-Sagheer and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat with the wording: "Whoever does not give up obscene talk and lying, Allaah has no need of his giving up his food and drink." Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb wa'l-Tarheeb.
It says in al-'Awn al-Ma'bood: "If he does not give up" means, if he does not refrain from. "False speech" means lying. "Allaah has no need" –
Ibn Battaal said: This does not mean that he is enjoined to stop fasting, rather what it means is a warning against false speech and the other things mentioned.
Ibn al-Muneer said: Rather it is an indication that it will not be accepted.
Ibn al-'Arabi said: What this hadeeth means is that he will not be rewarded for his fasting …
This hadeeth was quoted as evidence to show that that these actions detract from the reward of fasting.
لقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : ( مَنْ لَمْ يَدَعْ قَوْلَ الزُّورِ وَالْعَمَلَ بِهِ وَالْجَهْلَ فَلَيْسَ لِلَّهِ حَاجَةٌ أَنْ يَدَعَ طَعَامَهُ وَشَرَابَهُ ) رواه البخاري (6057).
ورواه الطبراني في معجمه الصغير والأوسط بلفظ : ( من لم يدع الخنا والكذب فلا حاجة لله أن يدع طعامه وشرابه ) وحسنه الألباني في صحيح الترغيب والترهيب .
قال في عون المعبود : " ( لَمْ يَدَعْ ) : أَيْ لَمْ يَتْرُك ( قَوْل الزُّور ) : وَالْمُرَاد مِنْهُ الْكَذِب ( فَلَيْسَ لِلَّهِ حَاجَة ) : قَالَ اِبْن بَطَّال : لَيْسَ مَعْنَاهُ أَنَّهُ يُؤْمَر بِأَنْ يَدَع صِيَامه وَإِنَّمَا مَعْنَاهُ التَّحْذِير مِنْ قَوْل الزُّور وَمَا ذُكِرَ مَعَهُ ... وَقَالَ اِبْن الْمُنِير : بَلْ هُوَ كِنَايَة عَنْ عَدَم الْقَبُول. وَقَالَ اِبْن الْعَرَبِيّ : مُقْتَضَى هَذَا الْحَدِيث أَنْ لا يُثَاب عَلَى صِيَامه ..........وَاسْتُدِلَّ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيث عَلَى أَنَّ هَذِهِ الأَفْعَال تُنْقِص ثَوَاب الصَّوْم "
Labels: Fasting, Hadith, Repentance (Tawbah), Sins
Is fasting considered like salaah?0 comments Posted by أم عبد الرحمان الأندلسية at 12:34
Is fasting considered like salaah?
Question: Is fasting considered like salaah, i.e. is the one that does not do it, a kaafir?
Answer: They Shaykh حفظه الله said that if we know that fasting is a pillar from the pillars and we leave one of the pillars on purpose, then it is considered kufr in Islaam or khurooj (exiting) from al-Islaam. If the pillars are destroyed, then the building is gone. The Scholars didn't make it tough for the people, because fasting is a secret – it may be apparent that the person is not fasting but in reality, he is. So, they did not try to find out. But if this man or this person is eating and drinking in front of the people, then it is known he is not fasting and if he is not fasting intentionally, without a legitimate excuse from Sharee`ah, then he is considered a kaafir.
Answered by: Shaykh Saalih al-Luhaydaan
Title of Lecture: Obligation of Muslims in Ramadaan
Date of the Lecture: October 16, 2004
Labels: Fasting, Salat (Prayer), Shaykh Saalih al-Luhaydaan
Your children are a trust0 comments Posted by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية at 19:03
Your children are a trust
Al-Allaamah Abdullaah Bin Muhammad Bin Humayd رحمه الله
"Your children are a trust and when you neglect them, then indeed you have betrayed them. It is obligatory upon every one of us to fear Allah with regards to the (affair) of his children and those under his care."
Source: Al-Fataawaa Wad-Duroos Fil Masjid Al-Haraam: by Al-Allaamah Abdullaah Bin Muhammad Bin Humayd رحمه الله . Pages: 938-944
One of the blessings of As-Sahoor ...0 comments Posted by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية at 17:09
One of the blessings of As-Sahoor and it's benefits is what Al-Allaamah Abdullah Al'Bassaam, رحمه الله, mentioned in his book Tayseer Al-Allaam 1/351:
"So from the blessings of As-Sahoor is that if the fasting person already had as-sahoor then he will not become tired of fasting again in opposition to the one who didn't have as-sahoor for verily he might come across some hardships and difficulties that will make it hard for him to therefore fast again."
"And also from the blessings of as-sahoor is that the one who has it can therefore pray in the last part of the night, remember Allah, the Most High, ask for His Forgiveness, then go and pray the morning prayer in congregation in opposition with regards to the one who didn't have as-sahoor and this is something which is witnessed, for verily the amount of people who are praying the morning prayer in congregation in Ramadan is more in number than other times because of as-sahoor."
"So from the blessings of As-Sahoor is that if the fasting person already had as-sahoor then he will not become tired of fasting again in opposition to the one who didn't have as-sahoor for verily he might come across some hardships and difficulties that will make it hard for him to therefore fast again."
"And also from the blessings of as-sahoor is that the one who has it can therefore pray in the last part of the night, remember Allah, the Most High, ask for His Forgiveness, then go and pray the morning prayer in congregation in opposition with regards to the one who didn't have as-sahoor and this is something which is witnessed, for verily the amount of people who are praying the morning prayer in congregation in Ramadan is more in number than other times because of as-sahoor."
Labels: Abdullah Al'Bassaam, Fasting, fawa'id
Fasted without making the intention until later in the day0 comments Posted by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية at 12:58
Fasted without making the intention until later in the day
Shaykh Ibn Fowzaan حفظه الله تعالى
Question: On the first night of Ramadhaan (preceding the first day of Ramadhaan), a person went to sleep before knowing that the next day will be the first day of fasting. So, when he woke up (and went) for the Fajr prayer he asked one of the worshippers, who happened to be the last one (left in the masjid) but he did not know. So this man continued as he was and did not eat (or drink) anything. When he reached work he found that the people were fasting and so, only then found out (for definite) about the fasting. So, based on this, he continued in this state and fasted until the evening. Was his fast correct on that day or does he have to make it up? We request you to give us a fatwa and may Allaah (subhaanahu wa-ta'aala) grant you much good.
Response: One who does not know about the arrival of Ramadhaan except during the (first) day, then it is obligatory for him to refrain (from all that breaks the fast, from food and drink etc.) for the rest of the day, then make up that day because he did not make the intention to fast the previous night. And it is mentioned in many ahaadeeth that there is no fast for the one who did not make intention in the night for the obligatory fast. So, with this, some of the day passed whilst he had not made the intention to fast.
Fataawa Ramadhaan - Volume 1, Page 168, Fatwa No.103;
al-Fataawa libni Fowzaan - Kitaab ad-Da'wah, Volume 1, Pages 154-155
Labels: Fasting, Intention, Ramadaan, Shaykh alfawzaan
Fasting without making an intention when starting to fast0 comments Posted by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية at 12:37
Fasting without making an intention when starting to fast
Question: Sometimes I fast without making an intention when starting the fast. So is making the intention every day a condition for fasting or is it sufficient to make one intention at the start of the month?
Response: Fasting and other acts of worship are from those acts which must be preceded by intention. The Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) said:
((Verily actions are but by intentions, and for everyone is what he intended)).
And in another narration:
((There is no act except with intention)).
So to fast in Ramadhaan, it is obligatory to make the intention during the night sometime before the arrival of Fajr of the day being intended to fast. A Muslim's rising up from sleep in the last part of the night and eating the sahoor is an indication of the presence of the intention. It is not required that a person utter the intention by the tongue by saying: "I intend to fast". This is an innovation (bid`ah) and is not permissible.
The intention in Ramadhaan is to be done every day (for the next days fast) because each day is a separate act of worship requiring its intention. So the intention for the fast is to be made in the heart for everyday during the night. If someone makes the intention during the night, then sleeps and does not wake up until after the time of Fajr has entered, then his fast is valid due to the presence of the intention from the night.
Shaykh Ibn Fowzaan حفظه الله تعالى
Fataawa Ramadhaan - Volume 1, Page 162, Fatwa No. 95;
al-Muntaqaa min Fataawa Shaykh Saalih Ibn Fowzaan - Volume 1, Page 33
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On July 4, 2012, Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) 10.x and Symantec Client Security (SCS) 3.x will reach End of Support Life (EOSL). This includes all maintenance packs and patches.
This document provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about EOSL for SAV 10.x and SCS 3.x.
Symantec recommends that you upgrade to the latest version of Symantec Endpoint Protection, which currently is version 12.1 RU1.
There is no cost to upgrade for customers with a current maintenance contract. Read the System requirements document to determine whether Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 is supported on your hardware. For information on licensing Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1, read the document Overview of Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 licensing.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does End of Support Life (EOSL) mean for Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition (SAV CE) 10.x customers?
EOSL means that technical support will no longer be provided for SAV CE 10.x. All support services, including without limitation, virus definition updates, bug fixes/patches and engineering modification, for SAV CE 10.x will end on the EOSL date.
Does EOSL apply even if the SAV CE customer has a current maintenance contract?
Yes. EOSL applies to current maintenance contracts.
When is the EOSL date?
SAV CE 10.x reaches EOSL on 4 July 2012.
What is the recommended upgrade path?
Customers of SAV CE 10.x should upgrade to Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 12.1. SEP 12.1 offers customers significantly stronger protection than SAV CE 10.x or competitive products in the market. SEP 12.1 also runs faster and lighter than competitive products. For additional SEP 12.1 details, visit the SEP 12.1 product page.
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The upgrade to SEP 12.1 is free for SAV CE 10.x customers with a current maintenance contract.
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Upgrade services are available through the Symantec Partner Community. In addition to upgrade services from partners, Symantec offers a SAV Support Page, which is updated by Symantec Enterprise Support.
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After months of intensive research and success at district, county, and state-level competitions, more than 3,000 students from 50 states and seven international affiliates participated in the national competition at University of Maryland College Park Campus in the Washington, D.C. area June 11-15. In the Junior Division, Anne-Sophie was honored as a finalist in the Individual Performance category.
Under a light-filled tent, the members of the Class of 2017 were serenaded by faculty, applauded by friends and family, and awarded their diplomas by head of school Lee Thomsen.
After defeating Del Campo, Laguna Creek, Jesuit, Rio, St. Francis, and Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep, Country Day lost in the final to defending champion Elk Grove HS.
Read more in the online Octagon article.
King Kuipers and Middle School teachers, with art teacher and Faire organizer Patricia Kelly (far right), pose in front of their castle at the 11th annual Renaissance Faire.
Counting the blocks one, two, three, then two, four, six, kindergarten students practice their math while playing Jenga.
A visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium reinforces the students' study of the adaptations in the Pacific Ocean/Monterey Bay habitat and kelp forests.
The celebration also marked the beginning of their study of California history, which includes an overnight visit to Sutter's Fort in period dress and reenactment.
Headmaster Steve Repsher welcomed parents and friends to the Lower School closing ceremony, where each fifth grade student shared his or her favorite memory of Lower School and second grade students sang "Saying Goodbye" to their fifth-grade buddies. Three Lifer students from this year's graduating class of 2016 were on the program and talked to the Lower School "graduates" about what they learned in Lower School.
See more bridge-building videos, both time-lapse and slow-motion, on our Google Drive link.
Congratulations to the Class of 2016! Click here for college destination list.
SCDS 8th graders advanced to the National History Day State Championship in four of the five categories: Performance: Jackson; Website: Heloise and the Marisa/Anna team; Documentary: The Spencer/Michael team; and Paper: Anu and Aidan.
Kindergarten teacher Ms. Song dissected the fish and students learned the location of the fish's gill fans, stomach, liver, heart, and backbone. Both kindergarten classes viewed female perch dissections, each having hundreds if not thousands of eggs.
Students used a bone sorting chart to identify the owl's recent meal. It was determined that the owl dined on a baby mouse.
Thirteen members of the Class of 2015 were asked many questions about their first semester in college. They spoke about the difficulties in living an hour from the nearest major city and the joys of roommates.
All in all, our most recent graduates have made an easy transition to exceptional colleges and universities, and are well on their way to remarkable and interesting degrees.
High School AP Computer Science students visit Lower School classes to teach basic programming. Using Minecraft, Star Wars, or characters from "Frozen," students begin to code. Try it yourself at code.org
Country Day will join the Caring Schools Initiative (CSI) that seeks to elevate the importance of kindness and commitment to the public good and to promote concrete strategies designed to develop these capacities in our students.
Click on the website link to learn more about Making Caring Common (MCC)
The MCC mission aims to "help educators, parents, and communities raise children who are caring, respectful, and responsible toward others and their communities."
Sophie Naylor, 10th grade, and Casey Vasquez, 7th grade, received first place awards at the Youth Art Month exhibit at the Crocker Art Museum. The exhibit is housed in the Education Center at the Museum.
High School students were on their hands and knees on Friday, October 14, reproducing works of art by ten different artists including Thiebaud, O'Keeffe, Magritte, Matisse, Rivera, Picasso, Van Gogh, de Chirico, Tiffany, and Hopper.
Two Country Day groups – the Cruise Boat Combo and the Gypsy Jazz Combo – traveled to Reno to compete in the Reno Jazz Festival. This festival is considered one of the top three most competitive festivals in the Western U.S., with over 8000 participants coming from six states throughout the west. The Gypsy Jazz Combo – Lily Brown, Keaton Ochoa, and Lucas Fishman – scored straight 1's, 90 to 100 points out of 100, from all three judges and all three received medals. The Cruise Boat Combo earned the 2nd place trophy in the High School division for schools with fewer than 1000 students.
Congratulations to our CMEA State Solo/Ensemble Festival winners. Chardonnay Needler '19, Anny Schmidt '17, Vanessa Previsic '16, and Allison Zhang '19, earned a Gold rating last Friday at CSUS, performing a Haydn String quartet. Anny also received a Gold rating on her performance of the Seitz Concerto No. 3.
Take a moment to listen to Haydn String Quartet Opus 20 No. 4 in D Major played by Chardonnay, Anny, Vanessa, and Allison.
In February, students and teachers read stanzas from Dr. Seuss's children's book. Languages represented include Russian, Serbian, Modern and Ancient Greek, Korean, Hebrew, English, Spanish, German, Italian, French, Cantonese, Hindi, and more.
The day is filled with music, madrigals, monologues, skits, singing and dancing, and games and court trials.
The Middle School Hansen Plaza is transformed into a Renaissance village, where a classroom becomes a castle or an apothecary, merchants at booths hock their wares, and laughter abounds as games and performances delight all the guests. Seventh grade students and teachers are dressed in period costumes, and knights are at their best. A highlight for seventh-grade students is the outdoor feast put on by seventh-grade parents.
A space has been designated on campus for the studio. Join the Burns family and friends in support of the Connor Burns Memorial Recording Studio.
Mark your calendar for tailgate fun at Country Day's annual Fall Family Festival! There will be games for Lower School children and sporting events for all ages. Look for volleyball in the gym, flag football on the field, and tailgate food for all. Guests will be able to see the chalk mural come to life as high school students create the 20′ masterpiece on the sidewalk.
Junior Amalie Fackenthal and freshman Becca Waterson competed in the CIF Swimming and Diving State Championships in Clovis last weekend.
Congratulations to Amalie, who won State Championship titles in both the 50 Free (22.56) and the 100 Free (49.21). In addition, Amalie set a meet record during the prelims with a time in the 50 Free of 22.45.
Amalie's first-place finishes, along with strong swimming by Becca in the 100 Fly and 100 Back, earned the Country Day team a 20th place overall finish out of the 75 women's teams competing.
With a 3rd in the triple jump, Heidi moves to the Masters State qualifying meet on May 24 & 25.
Girls' relay team also qualifies for Sections to be held May 11-13.
At the recent CNISSF State Ski championships at Northstar, Luca earned the 8th spot on the Men's Top Ten Combined.
Seeded 23 of 26 in the first flight of the triple jump at Cal State Stanislaus, Heidi nailed a 35′ and won the flight. Seeded 2nd in the final flight, Heidi won the championship with a personal best jump of 35′11.25″.
At the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Championship, sophomore Amalie Fackenthal won the varsity 50 and 100 freestyle, breaking the section record in the 50 free. Freshman Joe Zales also placed, finishing in 5th place in the varsity 500-free.
In the Section Singles Tennis Championship in Stockton, senior Johann Dias came out the winner with a final three-set match, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, over the top player from Colfax. Over the season, the 100 boys in the league playing singles were finally reduced to the top 14, two of whom were from Country Day: Johann and sophomore Nico Burns. Nico lost in the first round and Johann had to play two matches to win the title. Johann's win gives Country Day the first individual male championship in any sport!
With her second-place time of 26.04 in the 50-meter free style, Amalie makes the cutoff of 26.19 and will compete in Omaha, June 26-July 3.
Read more in the Octagon.
At the Sacramento State High School Track Classic, Heidi's long jump of 17′ generated "wow's" from the crowd, as well as a first place among the 20+ competitors.
Read about it in The Octagon
In the men's all-league ski awards, freshmen Luca Procida was 1st, followed by Ethan Hockridge, 4th. Junior Daniel Hernried was named 5th and senior Amelia Fineberg came in 5th in women's ski.
The four skiers, plus snowboarder Aidan Cunningham, will represent SCDS at the California Nevada Interscholastic Ski and Snowboard Championships at Mt. Shasta the week of March 7.
Go, Cavs!
In the championship game against OLA, the teams were tied going into overtime. A basket at the buzzer by 6th grade Jared clinched the title.
Read more in Octagon Online
The boys claimed their third straight PAL championship in a win over St. Ignatius.
Leading the Cavaliers baseball team to the playoffs, Chris Millsback was named all-league coach of the year by the other coaches in the Sacramento Metropolitan Athletic League.
Logan, a former SCDS cross country and soccer athlete, runs for the Colorado School of Mines.


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Fed Debates Economy's Potential Growth
A debate emerged at the Federal Reserve about the U.S. economy's growth potential, according to minutes from the latest meeting. If the economy is growing above its potential, the pace could push up inflation and force the Fed to rethink its easy-money policies.
The problem: Economists think the rate is about 2.5%, but no one knows exactly what the economy's potential is. The rate depends on how fast — or slow — productivity is growing, technological advances, and how many more workers will enter into labor markets.


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lirik lagu medieval – attica blues
lost in mirrored labyrinths i strive to find
anyway to escape
and leave it all behind
but the dense layer lingers on
with promised blue skies beyond
what once were rainbows
now hazy shades of pastel grey
circles ever viscious
content ever sp-rs-
will i really ever live to tell the
bitter tale of my quest?
wandering through the corridors of time
i find wider divides
primordial plans for a new day dawning
without mourning
past moons
that once shone on the ones that today
left behind
visionary dreams dissolve in our hands
such potent potential for transcending
do you p-ss or do you fail on the
consciousness scale
do your inhibitions lie in body or mind
are you relying on that silver lining?
i lie
like the tornado's eye
whilst all around you the madness swirls
until drawn in
it hurls you high
and lets you fly for a while
but then it lets you fall
it lets you
it makes you
- kumpulan lirik lagu attica blues


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Michelin Earns Credit Rating Upgrade
Standard & Poor's has upgraded Michelin's long-term credit rating to BBB+ from BBB, while affirming its A-2 short-term rating and stable outlook. According to the Standard & Poor's press release, the decision reflected the significant improvement in Michelin's operating performance over the past two years and the strengthening of its balance sheet.
The agency also affirmed its confidence in Michelin's ability to maintain its creditworthiness, in particular thanks to its geographic footprint, specialty product lines and leadership in the premium segments. The upgrade, says Michelin, further confirms the company's sustained performance improvement dynamic and the validity of its strategic vision.


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Editorial: Adopt alcohol amnesty in future
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While Marquette Student Government's proposal for an alcohol amnesty policy was vetoed last week by MUSG President Meghan Ladwig, the principle behind the proposal is still an imperative issue facing students that needs to be implemented.
With this policy in place, overly intoxicated students — and their friends trying to take care of them — would be able to seek and receive medical attention without fear of facing the consequences of underage drinking.
This recommendation should be reconsidered by MUSG and administrators next year to decide whether to include such a policy in the student conduct code. We urge them to approve it.
Marquette's student conduct code currently states, "Acutely intoxicated students will not be left in the care of other students, including residence hall student staff. Students will be referred to appropriate health care facilities and/or law enforcement."
Oftentimes, students who consume large amounts of alcohol are left with friends or roommates who cannot properly care for someone who has overdosed on alcohol. Typically, students in these situations are too concerned about getting in trouble with the university or law enforcement to seek help even when medical assistance is needed.
An alcohol amnesty program would be beneficial on campus because it would eliminate students' fear of punishment and likely increase the number of students receiving medical attention during a state of heavy intoxication.
According to a study done by the Division of Student Affairs in 2009, 41.5 percent of students surveyed said they don't seek medical attention for intoxicated friends because they don't want their friends to get in trouble. In addition, 26.4 percent surveyed didn't seek out help for fear of getting themselves in trouble.
Alcohol amnesty would offer immunity for both students who call for help and students in need of help. By implementing this policy, students would realize that Marquette encourages them to seek medical attention in any situation when it is needed. Including an alcohol amnesty program will encourage more students to call for assistance, and possibly save lives.
Ladwig vetoed the proposed bill because it was not fundamentally strong enough to pass on to administrators. While MUSG members acknowledged their proposed policy needed more research and clearer wording, that doesn't detract from the measure's potential usefulness on Marquette's campus. MUSG members said they plan to take up the issue again, and we encourage them to stick to that promise.
Marquette wants to keep its students safe. An alcohol amnesty policy would create an environment in which students would feel comfortable seeking help.
Other schools around the nation, like Clemson University, Harvard University, George Washington University and Yale University, have all adopted some sort of alcohol amnesty policy in order to reduce harm and help students seek treatment if they are intoxicated to the point of passing out or worse.
The number of students hospitalized at Harvard from intoxication went up 43 percent from 2009 to 2010, according to a report by The Daily Beast, a Newsweek-sponsored blog.
While increased numbers of students being hospitalized may seem troubling, it seems to indicate that Harvard's alcohol amnesty policy is working.
Although more students are being treated for alcohol abuse under the alcohol amnesty policy, at least they are receiving the proper assistance. We're certainly not condoning heavy, potentially dangerous drinking. But with an alcohol amnesty policy in place, students would be able to focus on getting help for their friends, rather than avoiding getting in trouble with the university or law enforcement.
While MUSG's bill for an alcohol amnesty policy did not include enough details for administrators to consider it this year, its importance is not diminished. Marquette students should avoid heavy intoxication, but in situations when a student needs hospitalization, assistance shouldn't be avoided out of fear of punishment. Administrators have the power to eliminate that fear.