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balaa se hai;N jo bah pesh-e na:zar
nigaah-e shauq ko hai;N baal-o-par dar-o-diivaar
1) to hell with those that are before-the-sight doors
and walls!
2a) to the gaze of passion, doors and walls are wings and feathers
2b) to the gaze of passion, wings and feathers are doors and walls
balaa : 'Trial, affliction, misfortune, calamity, evil, ill; a person or thing accounted a trial, affliction, &c.... (N.B. The word balaa is often used most idiomatically in a manner difficult to be rendered in English; e.g. tumhaarii balaa-se , sc. kaam hai , lit. 'It concerns your evil genius'; it is no concern of yours; what is it to do with you, never mind: -- tuu kyaa balaa hai , 'What awful thing are you?' Who cares for you? You are of no significance: --kis balaa kaa kaam , 'What fearful or trying work'; what a fearful amount of work: -- aaj to balaa mirche;N ;Daalii hai;N , 'They have put in a fearful or tremendous quantity of chillies today.')'. (Platts p.163)
That is, doors and walls are barriers to the gaze. But when it is obstructed by them, passion becomes sharper, as if they had become wings and feathers for the flight of the gaze of passion. (53)
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He says these doors and walls that are barriers to the gaze and don't let the glance reach to the beloved-- their interposition does us no harm. Our glance of ardor has begun to reach the beloved in imagination, and the practice of imagination is also the disguise/veil of the door and walls, as if they, by interposing, became wing and feather of the glance of ardor. That is, because of them alone this power has been born in the imagination. (99)
For people of ardor, doors and walls are not barriers to sight. Rather, they act as wings for the bird of the gaze. That is, however many restrictions there are, that's how much progress ardor will make. (126)
SETS == MULTIVALENT WORDS ( balaa ); SYMMETRY
ABOUT balaa expressions: The colloquial expression balaa se is a generalized malediction, wishing evil on whatever is mentioned. 'To hell with!' is probably the nearest we can get in English. Here are additional examples of this idiomatic usage: {91,9}; {99,4}, in the fuller form merii balaa se ; {107,2}; {234,2}. (It mustn't be confused with bhalaa ; on this expression see {21,11}.) A use of balaa alone, to mean something like 'fearfully much': {6,8x}. Platts really struggles to capture such usages; see his definition above. For contrast, here are some 'straight' uses of the word balaa : {20,8}; {21,13}; {57,9}.
ABOUT refrains in translation: I once did a translation of this
ghazal that sought to preserve both rhyme
and refrain. Versions of
it were published in an article
on the ghazal, co-authored with S. R. Faruqi, and also as an appendix
to Nets of Awareness.
Needless to say, it's not easy to preserve both; it's easier to preserve just
the refrain, and most English-knowers will hardly even register the awkwardly-achieved
additional presence of the rhyme. Obviously, only a handful of ghazals with
unusually suitable refrains will lend themselves at all well to this kind
of translation. If anybody wants to try, I recommend {5}
('burned'); {49} ('wave of wine'); {57}
('after me'); {75} ('candle'); and {80}
('rose'). Since 'after me' works, you'd think {208},
'before me', would work too, but it doesn't (unless you omit some verses);
try it and you'll see why. There's also the odd little {127}
[ko))ii nah ho].
The phrase dar-o-diivaar is a kind of petrified idiomatic whole: it takes plural verbs, and refers to doors and walls in general, not one single particular door and wall. Thus it also easily becomes a synecdoche (part-for-the-whole metaphor) for a house.
Some modern editors (including Hamid) have yih in lieu of bah . As always, I follow Arshi.
In its apparent simplicity, this verse offers some pleasing word/meaning plays. The 'doors and walls that are before the sight' in the first line may be so described merely casually, to identify them: 'the physical ones, the ones I can see'. But they may also be 'before my eyes' in the sense that they are blocking my vision and preventing me from seeing what is beyond them, the way a blindfold 'before my eyes' would interfere with my power of sight. This irritation would provide an excellent reason for abusing them.
Similarly, in the second line, two readings are possible. If the gaze of passion sees 'doors and walls' as 'wings and feathers', as in (2a) and the traditional commentarial reading, the implication is that these physical barriers and protections merely inspire the lover's imagination to fly beyond them, and empower him to break out of their imprisoning shelter.
If the gaze of passion sees 'wings and feathers' as 'doors and walls', as in (2b) and the 'symmetrical' reading, the sense would be that the lover has no home-- he lives only in flight, in movement, in wandering, so that his habitual surroundings, the 'doors and walls' of his home, would be the imaginative means for rapid motion. (See {18,3}, in which Majnun's house is 'without a door'.) Or it might be that the lover feels confined even by 'wings and feathers'-- his zeal for transcendence, and for imaginative flight even beyond the realm of the 'Anqa (as in {5,3}), is so extreme that he abuses 'wings and feathers' as heartily as an ordinary person might abuse the confinement of 'doors and walls'.
For another great 'doors and walls' verse, see {106,1}.


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Woodrow Wilson House
Theatre & Conversation: In Flanders Fields
April 26, 2017 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
In celebration of the month of poetry, In Flanders Fields will serve up an evening of music and poetry as a celebration of Poets and Composers of the Great War 1914-1918. The voices of Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owens, and Siegfried Sassoon will resonate, reminding us again of the terrible cost of modern war, while composers including Francois Poulenc and Charles Ives will be served up by singers, members of Alliance for New Music-Theatre.
Alliance for New Music-Theatre in partnership with The President Woodrow Wilson House continues its year-long inaugural series of lively cultural evenings in the Dupont-Kalorama neighborhood - Theatre and Conversation.
The President Woodrow Wilson House
2340 St Street NW, Washington DC
Junkyard Empire, a series filmed at Maryland's Damascus Motors, is fueled by a classic TV tension: Laid-back dad Bobby Cohen butts heads with risk-taking heir Andy Cohen.
The Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 S St NW, Washington, DC 20008
R.U.R. takes us "back to the future" in a new musical adaptation, unveiling the ideas behind a play written in 1920 by Czech playwright Karel Čapek, who introduced the word "robot" to the world. This work-in-development dramatizes the conflict very much part of today's conversation: whether the combination of a robotic work force and artificial intelligence will liberate mankind from economic drudgery or threaten to overcome and destroy the human race. The work both celebrates and examines critically the promise of industrialization and technology that was envisioned in the time of the very modern "Electric President" Wilson.
Following the performance, the Alliance will begin a conversation with the audience to further explore the themes presented that still resonate widely in our current culture. The prescience of the work will engage today's audiences, as its focus is very much part of our global conversation.
Wednesday, February 15 at 7 pm
The President Woodrow Wilson House
2340 S St NW, Washington DC 20008
Tickets: $20
Washington, DC
FBI - CAFI Film in the role of FBI Special Agent Tara Connolly.
Dupont Underground, Washington, DC
Filming of R.U.R., a retro-futuristic musical that will take place in the Dupont Underground's new theater space in the spring of 2017.
Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC
Arlington, VA
FBI - SRC Film in the role of FBI Agent Kathleen Sullivan.
Washington, DC
Video modeling: In this short film, a DC resident ventures out on the very rainy streets of Georgetown to read her favorite book on William F. Buckley, Jr. "The Unmaking of a Mayor".
Source Theater, Washington DC
The 1930s Nazi persecution brought a flood of artists to America: Kurt Weill, Marlene Dietrich, Frederick Hollander, Erich Korngold, Arnold Schoenberg, and many others. They, in turn, brought Expressionism and the dark, raunchy world of the Kabarett to this continent. Featuring iconic songs and forgotten Berliner and Viennese cabaret gems.
Sat 2/20 at 8pm
Sun 2/21 at 2:30pm
Fri 2/26 at 8pm
Sat 2/27 at 8pm
Sun 2/28 at 2:30pm
Fri 3/4 at 8pm
Sat 3/5 at 8pm
Sun 3/6 at 2:30pm
St. Andrews United Methodist Church, Bethesda, MD
A wonderful evening of your favorite jazz standards accompanied by Allan Lewis on Drums, Marilyn Harwood on Piano, Rick Netherton on Bass, Les Elkins on Trumpet and Terri Brown on Guitar.
Christ Church Easton, Easton, MD
Celebrate New Year's Eve with revelry & music in Easton for this special event, featuring soprano Meghan McCall.
Our New Year's concert will feature soprano Meghan McCall, who has been described by the Washington Post as having "bell-like clarity" and "a radiant full-bodied voice." Repertoire will include excerpts from Haydn's exciting Symphony No. 101,"The Clock," written after Haydn landed in England on New Year's day in 1791 and was an instant success with London audiences. We will travel to Italy as well, with selections from Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances and Puccini's La Boheme. We go to Austria, with Strauss waltzes and songs, including the famed Wiener Blut and Blue Danube. And back home with American songs and a little Jazz! Join us to ring in the New Year with an evening of songs, waltzes and celebration!
For a complete New Year's Eve experience, take advantage of the amazing hotel packages at the Tidewater Inn or Holiday Inn Express.
December 31, 2015
Christ Church Easton, 111 S. Harrison Street, Easton, Maryland
Randolph Road Theater, Silver Spring, MD
Bel Cantanti opens its 12th season with "Don Giovanni".
Passion, jealousy, seduction, virtue... in unforgettable story by Lorenzo Da Ponte and timeless music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Sung in Italian with English super-titles, fully staged, in costume, accompanied by WNO chamber ensemble. and Katerina Souvorova at the harpsichord. We have an incredible young cast, amazing voices. You will hear your favorite singers as well as new talented artists, for introducing which Bel Cantanti Opera is well known. Come to share beautiful music with us and have unforgettable evening of Mozart.
Don Giovanni: Rob McGinness; Donna Anna: Merideth Marano, Jennifer Lynn Waters; Leporello: Kwang Kyu Lee; Don Ottavio: Youngchul Park; Donna Elvira: Claire Galloway; Zerlina: Meghan McCall; Mazetto: Joshua Hong; Il Commendatore: Ethan Green.
Stage Director: Eve Summer
Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova
Friday, October 23, 7:30pm
Saturday, October 24, 7:30pm
Friday, October 30, 7:30pm
Sunday, November 1, 3:00pm
Randolph Rd. Theater, 4010 Randolph Rd, Silver Spring, MD
Tickets are sold online through www.eventbrite.com Buy tickets online http://www.eventbrite.com/o/bel-cantanti-opera-company-554133974 at the door
Adult: $40, Senior: $35, Student: $15. Groups of 10 and more: $30.
Ticket information: (240) 230 - 7372 or at email@example.com
Kennedy Center, Washington DC
R.U.R.: Robots vs Man in a Retro-Futuristic Musical
R.U.R.: Robots vs. Man in a Retro-Futuristic Musical takes us "back to the future" in a new musical adaptation, unveiling the ideas behind a play written in 1920 by Czech playwright Karel Čapek, who introduced the word "robot" to the world. The prescience of the work will engage today's audiences, as its focus is very much part of our global conversation: Will the combination of a robotic workforce and artificial intelligence liberate mankind from economic drudgery or will it become a superior force that threatens to overcome the human race? Last Fall, the Alliance presented the work as a reading at the Kennedy Center's Page to Stage and at the Czech Embassy as part of Mutual Inspirations Festival. The next phase of the project will challenge composer Maurice Saylor and writer Susan Galbraith with performers Nick DePinto, Meghan McCall, Pam Bierly Jusino, Ari Jacobson, and John Boulanger to "go underground" – literally! – preparing for a performance run at Dupont Underground next season. Plans include filming excerpts of the show "in process" in Dupont Underground.
Randolph Road Theater, Silver Spring, MD
A spring production of Bel Cantanti, an opera-play in one act based on the music of Gustav Mahler. Fully staged, in costume. Directed by Dirk Schattner. A multi media production.
Kathryn Wieckhorst, Robert McGinness, Meghan McCall, Mike Dodge. Stage Director: Dirk Schattner. Choreographer: Erica Molina Hudak. Set Design: Olga Shpitalna. Costume Design: Linda Jenks.Producer: Katerina Souvorova. Sung in German with projected English super titles. A multi- media production.
Ernst Community Cultural Center, NVCC Annandale
Sunday, April 12, 2015 4:00 p.m.
Music in the Life of President Lincoln
Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War
The Virginia Chamber Orchestra with the Alexandria Choral Society
Meghan McCall, soprano
The Grand Contraband Jubilee Singers
Robert Aubry Davis, narrator
David Grandis, Conductor
music by Verdi, von Flowtow, Stephen Foster, and others.
Ernst Community Cultural Center, NVCC Annandale
8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003
Randolph Road Theater
An evening of baroque music; presenting a double bill of two gems: Bach's Coffee Cantata (Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht) and Pergolesi's comic opera in one act La Serva Padrona (The Maid - Mistress).
Both, the cantata and opera are staged, in costume, sung in German and Italian with projected English supertitles, accompanied by BCO chamber orchestra. Harpsichordist and music director: Katerina Souvorova.
Friday, September 19, 7:30pm
Sunday, September 21, 3:00pm
Randolph Road Theatre, 4010 Randolph Rd, Silver Spring, MD
Schlendrian: Francois Loup, Lieschen: Meghan McCall, Narrator: Aaron Halevy. Uberto: Andrew Adelsberger, Serpina: Meghan McCall, Vespone: Aaron Halevy. Stage Director: Francois Loup. Tickets are sold online and at the door. Adult: $38,40. Senior: $35. Student: $15. Groups of 10 and more: $30. Ticket information: (240) 230-7372 or at email@example.com
Divadlo na pradle: Czech Republic, Prague Fringe Festival
Composed by Maurice Saylor and written and directed by Susan Galbraith.
Audiences will find Havel's most beloved central character, Ferdinand Vaněk still struggling with issues of the slipperiness of identity as he careens imaginatively between prison and the more terrifying and absurd world outside. However, the work – Vaněk Unleashed – takes its performance style from two of our own country's most popular forms, the American musical and silent screen comedy, in particular the work of Harry Langdon, who sits in the pantheon of clown greats with Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. It was said of Langdon that his film persona seemed to have been dropped to earth without a set of instructions. That could be said of our man Vaněk.
Pamela Bierly Jusino*…….Eva
Ron Heneghan*…………….Landovsky, the Actor and Prison Foreman
Meghan McCall………………The Blonde Soprano
Drew Valins………………….Ferdinand Vaněk
Snark Ensemble Andrew Simpson (piano), Philip Carluzzo (percussion), Dale Barton (misc. reeds), Ben Redwine (misc. reeds), Jared Cazel (string bass), Joe Jackson (trombone) Musical Direction by Jason Solounias
Kennedy Center, Washington DC
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Sasa has been one of my favorite go-to restaurants whenever I am in Estancia. I was again recently invited here to try out new dishes on their menu. (See related post: Sasa)
Their best-selling dish, the Yasai Itame, is Chef Raymar's take on the Japanese dish with a Filipino twist - sauteed vegetables and seafood, generously layered between crunchy lumpia wrappers and drizzled with their special sauce.
This summer, Sasa also launched their Summer Coolers and Asian Merienda to satisfy the parched and hungry palates. Here they are:
Chicken Karaage Burger. A cool fusion of the Japanese chicken karaage, served as a burger, American-style. Also served with wasabi mayonnaise and fried garlic plus tempura vegetables and fries on the side.
Thai Halo Halo. It's very similar to our own Filipino Halo-Halo. The main difference that I noticed is the distinct taste of coconut milk.
Finally, a restaurant highlight that they also launched recently:
Shitake Miso Pork Roll. Presented on a lechon-type stand fronting their restaurant, it comes with different sauces such as apple miso, butter garlic miso, wasabi mayo, and vinegar/mustard-based sauces.


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I also didn't want to copy the outfit exactly, and there were parts I wasn't charmed by--I didn't like the giant button decorations on the shirt and the belt, and craft store moss isn't washable, so I made some "moss" from yarn, and I will make more to hang off the belt. I also took off the chain on the choker and swaped it out for a nicer (and longer) bit of chain from the stuff I ordered from Etsy, the 80 yards of "antiqued chain". The trim around the neck of the blouse is crocheted yarn. I did have to buy the green begonia from Joann's, but if I had looked harder at the source photo I would have bought green wired ribbon instead and made my own ribbon rose--I still might.
The pants need a lot more work--I hate sewing and fitting them and these were as bad as any I have made, but a nice waistband and a dart or two should help a lot. They are just a stretch net material with some lace and beading set on them, instead of the pieced fabric the originals are made of. Then I need to make the belt, the arm decoration-- and make sure I didn't miss a place sewing down the lace on the pants. All in all, not bad for 2 day's work! I'm hoping to finish it tomorrow. And if the split falls through, Arekushia will still have her outfit, or at least something similar... if a bit wonkier. :D
I think instead of the chain around the wrist, I will make her a little charm bracelet.
And as of 6/23, the charm bracelet is done! Iris is back in her "own" hair and I am working on the belt--the chain needs to be shortened and more green and fluff added to the "moss" as well as hooks to make the belt a little more adjustable.
And here it is all done!
Iris, the model, is a Fairyland Celine 60 sleeping head, grafted onto a Souldoll Zenith body.
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The police unit that claimed American filmmaker Jesse Phinney hanged himself with a belt in a Cebu jail cell are now being investigated.
Yesterday, we reported how a US pathologist, privately hired by the 42-year-old's grieving family, had cast doubt on the official account of his death.
Dr Elizabeth Laposata, from Rhode Island, said her autopsy found evidence of blunt force trauma and other marks on Jesse's body that suggested he did not take his own life.
The police said they found him hanging in his cell after he had been arrested under suspicion of human trafficking and child abuse on December 5 last year.
However, shortly after his death, a friend of Jesse contacted PLN to dispute this account. They said that, for one thing, he never wore a belt. They also clarified that the minors he was accused of photographing in his Talisay City home were the children of his girlfriend, to whom he was a father figure.
Today, the Sun Star Cebu contacted Patricio Bernales, the director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) unit involved in Jesse's arrest, for comment.
In a text message reply to the newspaper, he refused to elaborate on the case, saying: "Sorry. Can't comment. We are under probe. Hope you understand."
Furthermore, a Reuters report yesterday quoted Superintendent Royina Garma, chief of the local Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, saying the national headquarters had ordered a probe into the death in custody.
The NBI began monitoring Jesse following a complaint from Cebu Vice Governor Agnes Magpale, who also co-chairs the Provincial Women's Commission.
After raiding his home, officers announced that they had seized high-end camera equipment, electrical devices, toys and children's bikinis — with a clear implication that this amounted to damning evidence against him.
However, they conspicuously failed to mention that Jesse was an eminent cinematographer and filmmaker, and that the children were his girlfriend's.
Jesse just wanted to help
Jesse, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, was a cinematographer on documentaries, television series and reality shows. Most recently he worked on National Geographic's series Life Below Zero. Earlier in his career he worked with Donald Trump as a cameraman on The Apprentice.
Towards the end of his life he had been winding down his media career and was planning to start a new life building low-cost housing for poverty stricken people in the Philippines.
Commenting on an earlier PLN story about Jesse's death, another friend called 'Brett' wrote: "Jesse was a documentary filmmaker who cared deeply for the communities he documented. He was a kind, loving person who would not harm anyone. Especially children."


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Malawian Defence Force
|Malawian Defence Force
Coat of arms of Malawi
|Service branches
|Army (includes Air Wing and Naval Detachment)
Police (includes paramilitary Mobile Force Unit)
|President Prof.Arthur Peter Muthalika
|Commanding General
|Vincent Nundwe
|Military age
|Reaching military
age annually
|(2002 est.)
|Active personnel
|25,500 (ranked 140th)
|$9.5 million (FY00/01)
|Percent of GDP
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The Malawian Defence Force[1] is the state military organisation responsible for defending Malawi. It originated from British colonial units formed before independence in 1964.
Malawi Army[edit]
The Malawi Rifles was a unit in the Malawi Army formed on the country's gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1964, its first battalion was formed from the 1st Battalion, King's African Rifles. On independence the battalion became 1st Battalion, The Malawi Rifles (King's African Rifles), they were based (and elements still may be based) at Cobbe Barracks, Zomba. On 6 July 1966 Malawi became a republic and Kamuzu Banda became the first president of the new republic. After the swearing in ceremony his first duty was to present the battalion with his own presidential colour and the new regimental colour,[2] it was under the leadership of Brigadier Paul Lewis, a British expatriate.[3] In 1964, at Malawi's independence, the Malawian Army consisted of one battalion with 2,000 soldiers at Cobbe Barracks in Zomba.
The Malawi Army is now made up of two rifle regiments and one parachute regiment; the military is organized under the purview of the Ministry of Defence. State Department IMET training documentation from FY 2003 indicates the United States trained army personnel from the 2nd Battalion, Malawi Rifles, 3rd Battalion, Malawi Rifles (Moyale Barracks), the Parachute Battalion, and the Combat Support Battalion (Mvera).[4]
In 1993, the army played a vital role in dismantling the dictatorship of Kamuzu Banda.[5] After Banda announced multi-party elections, the army intervened by dismantling Banda's paramilitary wing, the Malawi Young Pioneers in one night during an operation called "Bwezani" which means "taking back" or "returning"; this event marked a vital point in the ideology of the Malawi Army that was to follow. The Malawi Army was shown to have no political aspirations themselves, and allowed the democratic process to ensue in Malawi as guided by civilians.[5]
On 5 April 2012 when President Bingu wa Mutharika died, there were rumours of an attempted constitutional coup intended to prevent vice-president Joyce Banda from becoming president as outlined by the constitution;[6] the military, under General Henry Odillo, stepped in and vowed to support and uphold the constitution of Malawi. They reportedly stationed security members at Banda's residence during the news of Mutharika's death;[7] this level of professionalism had a direct impact on the smooth transition of power.[6]
Malawi has signed the initial agreements joining the SADC Standby Brigade, the southern African component of the African Standby Force.
Air Force[edit]
The Malawi Air Wing was established with German help in 1976 with the delivery of six single engined Dornier Do 27s and eight Do 28 light twins in 1976-1980; also in the same era the air force received an Alouette III, an AS 350 and an AS 355 Ecureuil, as well as three SA 330 H/L Puma Helicopters from France. A single BAe 125-800 was delivered in 1986. Four Dornier Do 228 light twin turbo props were acquired between 1986 and 1989 in part to allow disposal of the older Dornier products. In 1990 two Douglas C-47s and PT6A turboprops were delivered from the US.
Current inventory[edit]
|In service
|Dornier Do 228
|Eurocopter AS350
|light utility
|Eurocopter AS532
|Aérospatiale SA330
|utility / transport
Retired aircraft[edit]
Previous aircraft that have been place in storage or removed from service include the Basler BT-67, British Aerospace 125, Hawker Siddeley 125, King Air 90, AS365 Dauphin, and the Alouette III.[10][11]
As a landlocked country, Malawi has a very small Navy with no sizeable military craft. Malawi's naval force only operates on Lake Malawi and is based at Monkey Bay; the Malawi Navy was organized in the early 1970s, with the help of the Navy of Portugal that ceded part of its boats of the Nyassa Flotilla operating from the then Portuguese province of Mozambique. In 2007, it had 220 personnel,[12] and operated the following vessels:
- Patrol boats
- 1 Namacurra-class harbour patrol boat (P 704 Kaning'a, formerly Y 1520), transferred from South Africa in 1988[12]
- 1 Antares-class patrol boat (P 703 Kasungu, formerly Chikala), out of service since 1993[12]
- Service craft
- 1 unknown-type Landing Craft Mechanized (P 702 Chikoko I), date of entry into service unknown[12]
- 12 Buccaneer Inflatables Buccaneer Legend-type rigid-hulled inflatable launches, in service since 1993[12]
See also[edit]
- ^ "2011 budget document" (PDF). Sdnp.org.mw. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20120222132535/http://www.memoriesofrhodesia.com/pages/audio/troopingcolour.html. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012. Missing or empty
- ^ "Journal of Peace, Conflict and Military Studies". Malawi.freehosting.net. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "Africa Region, Angola, DoD Regional Centers for Strategic Studies, FY 03" (PDF). State.gov. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ a b REUBEN CHIRAMBO (2004). ""OPERATION BWEZANI": THE ARMY, POLITICAL CHANGE, AND DR. BANDA'S HEGEMONY IN MALAWI" (PDF) (13:2 ed.). University of Malawi, Malawi: Nordic Journal of African Studies. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ a b "President Banda has her work cut out". Malawi Nyasa Times - Malawi breaking news in Malawi. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "Potential crisis looms in Malawi amid reports of president's death - CNN.com". CNN. 7 April 2012. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Jones, Richard D.; Ness, Leland S., eds. (27 January 2009). Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- ^ a b c d "World Air Forces 2015 pg. 22". Flightglobal Insight. 2015. Archived from the original on 24 March 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "World Air Forces 1987 pg. 68". flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ l "World Air Forces 2000 pg. 75" Check
|url=value (help). flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Wertheim, Eric (2007). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. pp. 452–453. ISBN 9781591149552. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- World Aircraft Information Files. Brightstar Publishing, London. File 337 Sheet 02
- World Aircraft Information Files. Brightstar Publishing, London. File 340 Sheet 05
Further reading[edit]
- Tim Stapleton. "'Bad Boys': Infiltration and Sedition in the African Military Units of the Central African Federation (Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe) 1953-163." The Journal of Military History 73, no.4 (2009): 1167-1193.
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Members of the Science Department at Bolton School Boys' Division were delighted to welcome teaching colleagues from across the North to an E-Learning Conference for the North East and North West Standing Committee for Science (NENWSCS). Teachers at Bolton School shared their experience and wisdom as they spoke about how the Science Department has embraced technology and iPad use by all students.
Headmaster Mr Philip Britton, himself a Physics teacher, opened the conference by explaining how Bolton School had come to adopt mobile technology and e-learning. He reminded the audience that there is a difference between trendiness and trends and that, in his view, "e-learning will happen". Having contemplated it for a while, it was whilst sat on a rock in the North Yorkshire Moors during the Easter vacation of 2011, he decided it was something that the school simply must do. Having secured Governing Body sign-off a year later, iPads were then gradually deployed to all pupils from the Infant School to the Sixth Form. Now they are an integral part of learning for over 2,000 pupils throughout the campus.
The Head said one of BECTA's maxims had been to ask "what learning can be achieved that is impossible or very difficult to do with another device?" and he said this was something that teachers at the School are still very mindful of. Whilst Mr Britton felt the introduction of e-learning had been an enormous success, he did point out that there would be hurdles to overcome, the first of which is to ensure that the School's Wireless system works – this can take time and there is a cost to bear! However, many of the concerns that had worried people pre-roll out had proven unfounded, including children playing computer games and never exercising, disruption to households and the "social media beast".
Technology and apps are merely tools for learning, the Headmaster explained. Notability is the modern day equivalent of a jotter and file, iTunes U is the former textbook and handout, Showbie is the pigeonhole and One Drive, the locker. He highlighted other key apps that have helped teachers make a difference, including Socrative, Educreations and Explain Everything.
There followed further presentations and workshops from Science teachers who shared their first-hand experience of e-learning and offered lots of practical tips. Students also talked about their experience and much of their work was showcased to the audience.
The E-Learning Conference was organised by Mr Mark Ormerod, Head of Physics in the Boys' Division, who had arranged for each delegate to be given an iPad for the day so that they could use the technology first hand. However, teachers running workshops and talks throughout the conference also considered alternative devices; they showed attendees other apps which work on android devices as well, proving that these techniques and methods of working can be transferred across for use on all tablets.
The focus throughout the day was on how technology can enhance the experience of pupils.
Dr Kristy Turner spoke about "flipping classrooms" with 14-16 year olds, explaining how this inverts the traditional classroom, so that note taking and extensive teacher talk is removed from the classroom and is replaced by note taking by students pre- and post-lesson. Pupils can then enjoy more time in class focusing on experiments and practical activities, whilst filming and making notes at home, which help consolidate their learning. These short films can then be referenced during revision periods. Often the School will make the video and pupils write the notes on the video. Dr Turner, who also works at the University of Manchester, said it had been a hugely positive experience and felt that the note making at home involves more effort on the part of the student than merely taking notes in class.
Mr Teasdale shared his knowledge on how best to use iPads to enhance self-supported learning. He explained how to create courses and upload them using iTunes U and two powerful apps - Explain Everything and Educreations. He said that iPads encourage students to think creatively about ways of demonstrating their knowledge, including through text, hand annotations, videos, images and multiple slides. He encouraged the group to think about the ways in which they could see iPads being used in their classroom. He also spoke about iBooks where you can zoom in on an image, watch a movie or anmination, find something interesting and highlight it, add a note to the text, find out what the "study" function offers, browse the iTunes store and find a book that may be useful. The posting of lessons on iTunes means pupils can catch up on missed work, it allows for differentiation as well as additional and extension work.
Miss Crowther spoke about the apps that she found most useful. For her, the OneDrive app is the best way of transferring files to your iPad. DropBox she found good for transferring files and she told how some staff have set up shared folders with students or members of their department to share resources. She currently accesses individual files through WebDav but the School will shortly move to Cloud Storage. She demonstrated the Showbie app, which allows teachers to directly write on students' work when marking or through using text boxes. Larger items such as Chemistry revision material can be made public or private via iTunes U. The one app that she "could not live without" is iDoceo – a great organiser and mark book. Many teachers, she said, found Keynote was a good app for delivering presentations. Notability allows students to work on worksheets (PDFs work best) and then to send their work back to the teacher.
Dr Kristy Turner offered a practical workshop showing how tablet technology can be used in Chemistry. Utilising the tablet camera and the RGB camera app she conducted research in colorimetry. She explained how the tablet app offers a viable alternative to buying a colorimeter for the department, which can cost around £100.
A delighted attendee, said: "This has been a really good and thought-provoking course. I thought the course was very useful and I actually learnt a lot! I will definitely be sharing and discussing a lot of ideas when I get back to school. I think there was the right combination of activities and the day was pitched at the right level. You can definitely tell that this has been prepared by teachers....it was excellent! Thank you."
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= THE DATE: 1972 to 1978
I am born, and the world is a weird place. American society has emerged from an era of drug experimentation, high fidelity and is the end era of the Beatles. We're in the middle of the Cold War, and people protest the Bomb. There's two Germanies – East and West. Everyone drove large, gas-guzzling cars because gas was under $1, even when there's an oil crisis brewing. Music is evolving as fast as electronics and computers. I'm told it was a "simpler time" but I consider the 90's a simpler time, so it's highly debatable.
0 to 6 years old. Granted, I barely have any memories of this time period, but I have a ton of printed photographs on photo paper that my parents took with cameras that used FILM. Or 8mm home movies. Seriously, no digital storage or YouTube at all. Needless to say, I was a very bored child up until about … 5 years old.
Phones were a luxury. Not every house had one. Rotary phones that had a receiver and a speaker built into a handle you held up to your head to talk into. They also had cords, so you couldn't take them with you, or go far from the wall they were attached to. In fact, if you wanted to talk to someone on the telephone and you weren't at home? You had to use a phone booth. To call long distance, you had to talk to an operator who would connect you to people.
Personal computers could talk to each other. You had the acoustic coupler/modem, in which you put the receiver of your rotary phone onto the modem and let it sync up on both ends (making incredibly loud screechy noises). It was the innovation of the day – being able to send messages via a very tenuous connection of 300 bits/second.
Or you could use Citizen Band radio to talk to truckers or other people who had a CB radio.Short wave radio was popular.
No mobile phones yet.
People read newspapers mostly to get the news, or watched one of the big three TV networks (NBC, ABC, or CBS) at set times (normally in or around dinner time). That's it mostly. TVs had 15 inch screens involving a cathode ray tube that weighed 60 pounds and had just started showing color pictures. You changed the channel manually on the TV itself with a large dial that only had 12 stations (and a lower dial to manual tune the TV), but the number of channels didn't matter because satellite/cable TV was barely a thing.
We watched 8mm reel to reel movies at home, or slide films at school.A word processor was called an electric typewriter.
People also listened to the radio mostly, since it was portable. Everything was analog. FM and AM bands. Vinyl records were the main thing, although 8-track was making a blip. Cassettes were just an invention.
The closest thing you got to a console in the early years was the Magnovox Odyssey or the Atari Pong. I know, because my dad had both and I fiddled with them as a kid. Just the year before, OREGON TRAIL* came out on computers such as the Hewitt Packard and DEC. Colleges with mainframes could run games such as Adventure, Star Trek and Dungeon. In 1977, ZORK is released, and I watch my cousin play it. The Internet is mostly a military thing, sharing networks with colleges through DARPA. I am already hooked on electronic entertainment.
Dungeons and Dragons became very big. My dad tells me that swarms of people wearing shirts with dragons and/or knights on them start to show up everywhere. Electronic geeks are all over computers. Culture is obsessed with downplaying these nerdy hobbies,though. Everyone else is hooked on SPORTS or MUSIC.
Society was moving out of a time where clothing was mostly hand-sewn. People appeared to be obsessed with orange, red, mustard yellow and brown. Bell-bottom jeans were thankfully dying off*, so it was just normal denim. In fact, denim was starting to bleed into everything – shirts, jackets, furniture. Vinyl clothing was also very popular. Lots of horizontal stripes on clothes. Handed down clothing is popular.
Even at 5 years old, I know this is horrible clothing. Yet, my pleading falls on deaf ears and I'm in a pair of hand-me-down bell bottom pants, a jean vest and a yellow/red/brown/white striped shirt with loafers one size too big for me.
Rock and roll, country rock and some pop music. Everyone is gearing up for disco and funk. I seem to like listening to Gene Autry and Motown vinyl albums.Country music is out there, although I'm trying not to listen to it (I fail). My parents own a hi-fidelity system, and portable record players with weak sauce speakers are common. Again, the radio is everyone's choice for music, although you can go to the local roller rink to hear the Top 40.
Slinkies are a thing. Etch-a-Sketch is popular. Barbie is even more popular. Metal Tonka trucks are huge. Lego and Erector Sets are massive. A lot of boys were given Hot Wheels to play with. Roller skates, too. We spend more time outside than inside, so we spend a lot of time in sandboxes losing our cheaper-than-dirt toys.
Boardgames were huge. Mouse Trap, Life, Monopoly, Mastermind. Pinball is also a popular pass time in bars and restaurants. Video games include pong and simple text adventure games. Everyone is hooked on watching Game Shows on TV, and there are a LOT of them on during the daytime hours.
The biggest defining thing about this era in my life is that computers are moving from massive mainframes that only big businesses and colleges can afford, to smaller units that people can use at home or in libraries. Movies and TV are starting to focus on more realistic science fiction. I remember clearly that TV exploded at the time, and kid cartoons such as Star Trek; Josie and the Pussycats; and Jabberjaw on Saturday mornings were extremely popular.
More importantly, the most influential nerd movie of all time comes out, although no one really understands what it means to millions of fans in the future. It sneaks in at first, then grows and grows and grows until it's the only thing that people can talk about for years. The poster is so underwhelming, the ads are so disingenuous. My dad takes me to see this movie at a drive-in movie theater in the family station wagon. I sit in silence. I am enthralled. I am enamored. My life is changed forever (it also really impressed my dad, a farmer). I think my mom and my sister may have slept through most of it … ANYWAY –
STAR WARS came out in 1977. I was five at the time. Five years old! It was a phenomenon that just shook the foundation of sci-fi movies. I think the critics were largely stumped and weirded out by all the love and obsession that George Lucas had inspired in laser swords, Death Stars, droid duos and walking brown carpet co-pilots. It makes Harrison Ford the sexiest smuggler alive. No one could stop talking about it for THREE years. It's not until the next movie that experts are sure that Star Wars nerds are truly here to stay and bat-shit crazy.
* Note: I played Oregon Trail at age 6. In 1978.
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Student and Alumni Spotlights for the Music Program
Name: Tory Senete
Major/Minor: Music Ministries Major, Vocal emphasis
Hometown: Brookfield, Connecticut
Fact: I go to the auto races every Saturday night during the summer!
I chose to come to Belhaven University because... it just clicked. The music faculty walked into the Center for the Arts where I was waiting for an audition, and it's hard to describe, but I just knew that Belhaven was where I was supposed to be. I knew before I even auditioned or met any of them. It was truly an answer to prayer because I needed that confirmation to come as far away from home as I have.
One relationship that has meant a lot to me while attending Belhaven University is... that of my music theory teacher, Dr. Sauerwein. I started his classes not knowing anything about music theory except that it's a subject most music students dread, and he really transformed that for me. His door was always open for me to ask any question I wanted, and that was one of the most important things I wanted in a college...I wanted to be able to learn as a person, not a number. By my final semester in theory, he asked me (with a twinkle in his eye, I might add) if I was "actually starting to like the stuff!..." I couldn't say no, because he had not only taught me music theory, he had also unlocked a love and respect for that aspect of music.
Because of my degree from Belhaven University... I have the options of performing in various venues, cutting a CD, conducting a choir, teaching private voice lessons, missions work through the arts, and/or teaching music classes. There are so many different fields that need educated musicians...especially churches and volunteer organizations. I never want to stop performing, but because of what I've learned in my music classes, I also feel obligated to give back through teaching. I'd like to be able to prepare students to use the full capacity of their gifts in ways that I wasn't privileged to experience before coming here...and Belhaven has taught me how to do that.
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I've lived around databases all my life, 21st century is challenging for them: big data, throughput, complexity, virtualization, global distribution - it's all scalability.
I'm the founder and CTO of ScaleBase, solving this problem is a workoholic's heaven, so I'm having great time!
My agenda is to stay technical, no marketing and sales BS, give my summarized set of views and opinions to urgent topics, events and latest news in database scalability.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Facebook makes big data look... big!
Every day there are 2.5B content items shares, and 2.7B "Like"s. I care less about GiGo content itself, but metadata, connections, relations are kept transactionally in a relational database. The above 2 use-cases generate 5.2B transactions on the database, and since there are only 86400 seconds a day, we get over 60000 write transactions per second on the database, from these 2 use-cases alone, not to mention all other use-cases, such as new profiles, emails, queries...
And what's the size of new data, on top of all the existing data, that cannot be deleted so easily, (remember why? Get a hint here: http://database-scalability.blogspot.com/2012/08/twitter-and-new-big-data-lifecycle.html). A total 500+TB is added every day, I would exaggerated and assume 98% is pictures and other GiGo content only to leaves us with fuzzy new daily 10TB. There were times Oracle called VLDB to a DB of over 1TB, and here we have 10TB, every day.
So how do FB handle all this? They have a scaled-out grid of several 10000s of MySQL servers.
The size alone is not the entire problem. Enough juice, memory, MPP, columnar - will do the trick.
The but if we put this throughput of 100Ks transactions per second, it'll rip the guts out of any database engine. Remember that it translates every write operation into at least 4 internal operations (table, index(s), undo, log) and also needs to do "buffer management, locking, thread locks/semaphores, and recovery tasks". Can't happen.
The only way to handle such data size and such load is scale-out, divide the big problem to 20000 smaller problems, and this is what FB is doing with their cluster of 10000s of MySQLs.
You're probably thinking "naaa it's not my problem", "hey how many Facebooks are out there?". Take a look and try to put yourself, your organization, on the chart below:
Where are you today? Where will you be in 1 year? In 5 years? Things today go wild and and they go wild faster than ever. Big data is everywhere. New social apps aren't afraid of "what if no one will show up to my party?", rather they're afraid "what if EVERYBODY show up?"
You don't need to be Facebook to need a good solution to scale out your database
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Big Data management has a significant place in many different organizations.ReplyDelete
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I was just looking to see what type of data center software Google uses to store and keep tabs on all of its virtual assets. I guess it would be equally good to know what Facebook uses. Any idea?ReplyDelete
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Nashville, TN (PRWEB) July 28, 2014
Shofner Vision Center recently wrapped up another successful Operation Military June. Renowned LASIK and Cataract Surgeon, Dr. Stewart Shofner created "Operation Military June" to provide significant funds and public awareness for local not-for-profit organizations that help both active and retired military personnel and their families. "This was our 2nd annual summer mission and we will proudly give nearly $5,000 to a variety of local not-for-profit organizations who are essential in helping our military and their families," says Dr. Stewart Shofner.
About Operation Military June Mission
During the month of June, Shofner Vision Center gifted $200 ($100 per eye) for each LASIK or PRK appointment booked (the patient, if deemed a good candidate for LASIK and must subsequently have the procedure anytime during 2014). The patient receives the most affordable LASIK price in Middle Tennessee and Shofner Vision makes the donation on behalf of the patient.
Our military personnel and their families have made and continue to make sacrifices on our behalf. The participating not-for-profits are selfless local organizations that make a difference in the lives of those who have served and also their families. The donations will be distributed among the following not-for-profit organizations: Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Operation Stand Down Nashville, Soldiers and Families Embraced (SAFE), EANGTN Auxiliary Soldier Airman Relief Fund (EASARF) and Special Operations Warrior Fund.
About Shofner Vision Center
Shofner Vision Center has provided quality and affordable vision care for over 20 years in Middle Tennessee. Dr. Stewart Shofner's father was a highly decorated Marine General who participated in more combat than any Marine officer in WWII. General Shofner also led one of the few successful escapes from a Japanese prisoner of war camp. Dr. Shofner has proudly received awards for his support to Lt. Col. Kevin Johnson, USAF Reserve and his dedication to those who serve in our Military and continues his efforts in supporting US Military and their families.
Doctor of Optometry from the University of Houston for Shofner Vision Center, Dr. Kevin Johnson is also active in the US Air Force Reserves. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force F-16 "Top Eye" program, and participated in the Air Force evaluation of PRK/LASIK for Air Force Academy Cadets and Pilots. Dr. Johnson is Board Certified and an expert in contact lens fitting and prescription glasses. Both Dr. Shofner and Dr. Johnson are extremely committed to giving back to our Servicemen and Servicewomen and their families who sacrifice so much for our country.
LASIK Services for Military
Conveniently located in the heart of downtown Nashville, Shofner Vision Center offers special LASIK programs for Wounded Warriors providing free LASIK for any Serviceman or Servicewoman who has trouble with glasses or contacts because of a lost limb while in combat. Dr. Shofner also offers very affordable vision correction surgery prices for Veterans, Reservists, and Active Duty Serviceman and Servicewomen and their families. Dr. Shofner offers complimentary LASIK exams throughout the week and on Saturdays that can be scheduled online.
Operation Military June provides significant funds and public awareness for not-for-profit organizations that help both active duty and retired military personnel and their families.
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IT Pro file: Mark Crawford, network design specialist
Some people are just born to live in a data center. Mark Crawford and computers have always been on the same wavelength. Being an IT guy "came naturally to me," he said. Meet IT pro Mark Crawford, who shares an IT problem-solving story and his IT best practices dos and don'ts.
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Some people are just born to live in a data center. Mark Crawford and computers have always been on the same wavelength. Being an IT guy "came naturally to me," he said.
During Mark Crawford's 22 years in the IT business, he's worked in application development, systems development and network design. "I prefer development over management, but I prefer mentoring over development," he said.
Today, Crawford gets to dabble in management, development, and mentoring. He's a network design specialist for health care insurance provider Keystone Health Plan Central (KHPC) in Camp Hill, Penn. For the past four years, Crawford's responsibilities at KHPC have included system design as well as network design and maintenance.
Crawford's decades of experience help him analyze, diagnose and resolve network problems quickly. Those skills are put to the test far too often because, despite all his know-how, he can't do the impossible and make his network 100% glitch-free.
One of those glitches caused KHPC users to flood the helpdesk with calls. Recounting the incident, Crawford described a connectivity issue that wreaked havoc at a remote site. The branch office in the Lehigh Valley, about 50 miles from KHPC's main office in Camp Hill, was connected to the main office by a T-1 line. Work in Lehigh Valley almost came to standstill when performance mysteriously faltered on the T-1 line.
Besides providing basic connectivity for e-mail, the T-1 line allowed the remote workers to use an application that accessed an Access database. Workers used the Access database was throughout the day. With a slow line, the database became nearly inaccessible. Frustrated, they called the helpdesk.
Because Crawford works closely with the KHPC network, he was immediately notified. That night, he stayed at the office analyzing the information the remote workers had given him. The clues led him to a hypothesis about the causes of the T-1 slowdown.
Before Crawford could divulge his suspicions about the cause of the T-1 glitch, he had to meet with KHPC's application development and help desk managers. He knew he had to follow office protocol and gather as much information as he could before suggesting a solution to the problem. He set up a meeting for early the next morning. The results of the meeting confirmed his analysis.
After the meeting, just to make sure he was right, Crawford used a network sniffer to see what was going across the T-1 each day. The evidence was clear: the network connection was slow because users were completely saturating the 1.5M byte T-1 line!
At this point, many IT managers may have indulged in finger-pointing, laying all the blame on the remote workers. Crawford's gut feeling, based on his experience, was that the problem resided in the system not the users. He began a second round of analysis, snooping around to find the root cause of the overload. That detective work paid off. He discovered that the Access database, not his users, was the real culprit.
KHPC's Access database is a non-client database, which means that whenever users query the database, the entire contents of the database are sent over the T-1 line. Even if one little piece of information is needed, the entire database still gets sent, Crawford said. This means that if 10 people are trying to access the database at one time, the line will become useless. Since the Access database contained nearly 1G bytes, it was no wonder that the line was saturated.
Finding the cause of the problem was tricky, but solving it was a real brain-teaser. Implementing a SQL database would be one solution. A SQL database is a client-server database, which only sends the needed information over a network connection. Unfortunately, Crawford said, "we didn't have the resources to rewrite the database into a SQL database."
Unable to change databases, Crawford tried a subtler approach to eliminating bandwidth saturation. He implemented a Meta frame client in all the remote users' desktops. Meta frame clients allow pictures of the data to go across the network, he explained. Essentially, he said, "the server does the work for you." Even though the Meta frames "cut the bandwidth down from 100% to 11%," he was still not satisfied.
Going for performance gold, Crawford tried another tactic. "I played around with the performance parameter in the network," he said. He tried to increase the buffer size to make the Access database data transfer more efficient. Once again, the results didn't meet his criteria.
Finally, Crawford decided that only a complete database re-haul would solve the issue permanently. "Ultimately, we had to rewrite the Access database" to only allow the needed information through the T-1 line, he said. This course of action wasn't the easy way out, but it did deliver the goods. Since re-hauled, bandwidth saturation hasn't been an issue for the remote office.
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The Guide, known for its comparative approach to Christian and Muslim topics, is captivating audiences globally. In this program, Brother Waheed and Sister Fadwa provide their viewers with sound doctrine and thoroughly researched answers to some of the most challenging questions regarding Christian and Muslim topics.
Brother Waheed and his wife Fadwa form an excellent team to host this weekly live show. They discuss a variety of controversial topic comparing verses from the Bible and the Qur'an.
During each program, Brother Waheed accepts outside calls from several Muslims, who present him with extremely complex questions. Brother Waheed gently refutes their accusations and claims, while, at the same time, leaves them with a new awareness concerning their faith and doctrine.


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Real estate agent Ryan Ness filled his pocket with business cards one recent weekday afternoon and strolled down several blocks of homes in a Cottage Grove subdivision.
He knocked on front doors, searching for someone — anyone — who might be willing to sell. One by one, he was politely turned away. "They're leery of the market," said Ness, a 30-year-old agent with Coldwell Banker Burnet.
With the number of homes for sale at the lowest level in more than a decade, Twin Cities agents are finding themselves working harder than ever to find sellers, even while prices are climbing by double-digit rates in many areas. Some agents are blitzing neighborhoods with mailers: "I have a client who wants to buy your house!" Others are cold-calling homeowners by ZIP code.
The shortage of willing sellers is holding back what has been a promising recovery within the Twin Cities housing market, analysts say. Despite record-low mortgage rates and an improving jobs market, home sales dipped slightly in the metro area the past two months, as a growing backlog of would-be buyers can't find what they want.
"The tables have turned, and buyers are hungry," said Jed Kolko, chief economist for Trulia.com. "Buyers and agents are both desperate for sellers — and desperate times call for desperate measures."
At the peak of the housing market in 2007, more than 34,000 properties were listed for sale in the metro area; today, less than 13,000 are available. New listings aren't keeping pace with purchases, creating fierce competition in many communities as buyers try to outbid each other for a dwindling supply.
Overall, home prices reflect the rising demand. Last month, the median price of home sales spiked nearly 18 percent compared with last year, according to the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors.
And yet, only a trickle of houses are being put on the market. Many homeowners — nearly one in five — owe more than the house is worth, forcing them to wait for prices to climb higher.
The shortage of available houses for sale has prompted a back-to-basics within the real estate industry, which has increasingly relied on technology to match buyers and sellers.
Like many agents across the Twin Cities metro area, Ness is finding a rather old-school approach works best to engage reluctant homeowners. Forget his iPad and blog; he's putting on comfortable shoes and going door-to-door.
"What works for me is getting in front of people," he said, noting that he has gotten several serious leads.
Tammy Chevalier, a sales agent with Keller Williams, is mailing letters to the owners of houses that suit the needs of at least three buyers in a handful of northern suburbs. Then, she plans to visit each of the recipients.
"I'm not giving up," she said. "Eventually, someone will be ready, willing and able to sell."
Nancy Maas of Coldwell Banker Burnet says homeowners are still feeling shell-shocked after having lost so much equity during the Great Recession. She's so determined to find sellers that she will stop anyone she sees — whether they are raking leaves or walking their dog — to talk about the housing recovery and why it might be a good time to sell.
"What I do today is for the future," Maas said. "You have to constantly be dropping seeds."
Such strategies have worked well for Kamie Augustine, a sales agent with Keller Williams, who has sent thousands of unsolicited letters to homeowners in high-demand neighborhoods. She has focused much of her efforts on southwest Minneapolis and parts of Edina, hoping to stir activity in these high-demand areas.
She recently sent a couple hundred letters to homeowners in the Linden Hills neighborhood of south Minneapolis, including a wish list for seven individual buyers, three of whom were willing to spend up to $280,000 on a house that could be torn down and replaced with a new one.
She tries to be as specific as possible to make it clear that her buyers are real and to distinguish her letters from the others.
"Sellers will say, 'We've gotten three letters, and yours was the fourth,' " she said.
But not every homeowner is receptive to the solicitations. "Some people get angry," Augustine said. "But a lot of people just want to know what their house is worth."
A woman in the Morningside neighborhood in Edina, for example, asked Augustine to put a price on her 1920s bungalow. It was worth far more than she expected, so late last year, she sold it for $280,000 to Brian Johnson, who tore it down and built a much larger house that had more modern features. Johnson had been shopping for more than a year and had grown weary of the bidding wars and limited choices.
Still, while settled in a new home, Johnson can't escape the realities of the market. His new two-story house was just finished in February, but he's already receiving solicitation letters from agents who want him to sell.
"I don't think this will stop for a while," he said. "Everybody is looking for the same thing."


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Rumors about the launch date and specifications of the upcoming Apple iPhone 5 have been circulating since months. Every other day, some blog comes up with a new rumor about the iPhone 5 specifications or design, based on the iPhone 5 cases designed by some obscure Chinese company. The iPhone 5 may be launched by Apple in either September or October, depending on who you choose to believe.
New Windows Phone 7 devices are also expected to be launched in September, along with the Mango update.
However, there has been relatively low buzz about the next version of the Android OS – Android Ice Cream Sandwich. In fact, other than a rumor or two, we haven't heard anything about it at all.
Android Ice Cream Sandwich will be the unified OS which developers and users have been praying for. It will run on both smartphones and tablets. The next Nexus device will likely be powered by the TI OMAP4 platform.
Today, BGR revealed that Google may be planning to launch Android Ice Cream Sandwich, along with the new Nexus smartphone as early as October. Google is apparently pushing up the release date of Ice Cream Sandwich to steal some limelight from the much awaited iPhone 5 launch. It also doesn't want potential Android customers, whose contracts are set to expire in October, going for the iPhone 5.


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The European Council: Summer Study Abroad in Berlin
About the program
The European Council (EC) offers summer study abroad programs for the University System of Georgia students at seven locations in Europe that last 2-5 weeks. Students in all EC programs blend classroom experiences with group and individual travel as they earn academic credit through their home institutions. Students who are interested in criminology can participate in the EC Berlin Program where they can live and study for five weeks in Germany's capital city, explore the rich culture and history of this cosmopolitan city, and learn about crime and criminal justice systems in Germany and the United States. As a part of their criminology courses, students will also visit key criminal justice institutions and landmarks in Berlin. Criminology courses are taught by Dr. Mateja Vuk.
Berlin, Germany
June 27 – July 31, 2019
Courses offered
CRIM 3241 Corrections
This course provides an overview of the past, present, and future trends, issues and philosophies of corrections. Particular emphasis will be placed on the issues and concerns of the maximum security prison. The course offered through the study abroad program will explore differences in correctional philosophy, administration, policy, and effectiveness of punishment between the United States and Europe. (Pre-requisite: CRIM 1100 Intro to Criminal Justice)
CRIM 2000 Survey of Criminology
This course will provide an overview of issues and controversies in criminology. In addition to a survey of the major criminological series, the course concentrates on the major types of crimes committed in the United States and Europe. Additionally, students will be exposed to how major societal institutions impact upon crime control efforts. Finally, problems associated with the measurement of crime are considered. (No pre-requisites)
Other courses offered in EC Berlin Summer Study Abroad program:
- Beginning German I
- Intermediate German I
- World Literature II
- Life as a Cabaret
- Western Civilization II: History in the Heart of Europe
- History of Nazi Germany
- Human Language
Application process
The application deadline is March 15, 2019. Apply through the following website: EC Berlin
The package cost of $5,300 for the five-week program includes:
Roundtrip airfare between Atlanta and Germany
Accommodations at the Akademie Hotel for the full five weeks
Breakfast seven days a week and lunch twice a week
Welcome and farewell dinners
Guided tour of Berlin on arrival weekend
Day trips to Warnemünde and Wittenberg
Round-trip transportation from the airport to the hotel on a private bus
Unlimited travel pass for the Berlin metro system (subway, trams, city trains and buses)
A primary health insurance policy providing basic coverage for medical expenses
An International Student Identification Card (ISIC) providing reduced-fare admissions to tourist sites
Financial aid
Students who are applying for the EC Berlin are encouraged to apply for the UWG Education Abroad Scholarship. It is open to all degree-seeking UWG students (grad and undergrad) who are applying to study abroad, whether on a campus program (faculty-led and exchange), a USG program, or an outside program (with approved academic credit). The deadline is March 15, 2019.
Gillman Scholarship is also open for students who are Pell grant eligible. The application deadline is Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 11:59pm.
More information
For more information about the program, check the EC Berlin website or contact Dr. Mateja Vuk.
For more information about studying abroad and scholarships, contact Office of Education Abroad.


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From the 16th-29th days, we got rid of 12 more bags of items, bringing the total to 43 bags of donations, recycling, or garbage.
During the final days - days 30-40, I was focusing on the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. Each day of the challenge, I was going through homeschooling files and keeping the photocopies and clippings I wanted, and recycling those I didn't need, want, or would use. Also in the files were many books.
Files beginning with "M" (above) and after going through them (below).
Recycling is on the left and files I want to keep are on the right.
From April 1st-15th, I recycled 13 bags of photocopies and clippings; and donated 3 bags of books. So, 16 bags out of the house.
Files beginning with "N" (above) and after going through them (below).
Recycling is on the left and files I want to keep are on the right.
Even though we exceeded the 40 bags goal, we're going to keep going because it feels great to keep reducing the amount of stuff in the house and leaving only the things that we will use, need, and/or enjoy.
I'm hoping that by the end of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge that I'll have another 14 bags of recycling or donations. That will be a tremendous amount of space available in my home office that I haven't had for over a decade (since starting homeschooling).
Interested in reading the posts for the A to Z Challenge? Here they are so far:
So far, I have done eight posts:
A is for Alphabets and Alphabet Books
Bears, Bread, Books, and Bodies
Cats, Character, and Chinese Inventions
Death, Deer, and Discovery Gardens
Earth Day, Easter, and Etiquette
Forests, Foxes, and Frogs
Games, Gardening, and Grains
Hermit Crabs, Health, and Homeschooling
Iguanas, Insects, and Iris Folding
Jamestown, Jokes, and Journaling
Kingfishers, Kites, and Kumihimo
Leadership, Lighthouses, and Lions
Maple Syrup; Martin Luther King, Jr; and Migration
Nature, New Year's Eve, and Nutrition