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I recently viewed Michael J. Fox's 1999 testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee and noted the severity of his Parkinson's symptoms at that time.
Fox said he made a deliberate decision to appear before the committee without medication to show the true effects of the disease and underscore that so much more needs to be done to fund Parkinson's research. A few years after that appearance, Fox's symptoms worsened and he semiretired from acting.
I am sure no one back then would have imagined that today the actor would be starring — yet again — in his own television comedy. The Michael J. Fox Show premieres September 26. As a neurologist leading a program that specializes in movement disorders, such as Parkinson's, I am thrilled to see the lead character of a major program live a full and robust life with Parkinson's.
Fox already is a hero to those of us in the Parkinson's community. The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has funded some $350 million in research and, equally important, worked to bring scientists together from around the globe. The foundation has worked to energize the pharmaceutical industry to find treatments and cures. There has been promising progress.
Now, Fox will use his abundant optimism and humor to dispel myths about Parkinson's. The main character of the Michael J. Fox Show has Parkinson's, but nonetheless will be busy at work as a television newsman with an active family life.
Parkinson's affects more than 1 million Americans; it is not just a disease of old age. In fact, as many as 20 percent of those diagnosed with the disease are under the age of 50, and half of those are diagnosed before the age of 40.
The death rate from Parkinson's in New Jersey is 6.2 per 100,000, slightly below the national average of 6.37 per 100,000.
Fox's return to his own show inspires those of us working in the field. As his symptoms worsened, Fox found that an older medication could help him. According to interviews, Fox now takes a medication that has been around for some time. Its use allows him to control his dyskinesia, or involuntary movements, enough to let him to star in his own show.
This actor's experience shows that treatment must be tailored to each person and continually updated and fine-tuned. A medication that might not have helped in the past may help in the future.
Today, we have approaches not readily available when Fox was first diagnosed, such as deep brain stimulation, the implantation of a medical device that sends electrical impulses to specific parts of the brain. (Fox received a thalomotomy, which is the surgical removal of a selected portion of the thalamus, in the brain, and is therefore no longer a candidate for deep brain stimulation.) We also now offer new medications as well as physical therapy and rehabilitation. It is so important that anyone with Parkinson's build a trusting relationship with a physician and medical team having a long-term commitment to this chronic disease.
I hope Fox inspires those who thought there was nothing else that could be done for them. I urge these individuals to seek out a movement disorders specialist to update their care and treatment. As we can see from Fox, those with Parkinson's should not give up if medications stop working.
Just as important, the Michael J. Fox Show will show how humor helps the main character cope with everyday life. In the show, for example, a police officer dashes into Fox's fictional apartment because he mistakenly dialed 911 with his wayward fingers. The cop wants his autograph because, "My uncle has Alzheimer's."
"I have Parkinson's," Michael responds. "Either way," the cop says. In the show someone describes him as being the "pinnacle" of health.
"I wouldn't say 'pinnacle,'" the character responds.
Fox knows the role he has in the field. He told an interviewer that he recognizes "the gift" he has been given to make a difference in the lives of people with Parkinson's. Being Michael J. Fox, he jokingly called it "the gift that keeps on taking." I laughed but still beg to differ.
As someone who sees people with Parkinson's nearly every day, I see Fox as a true asset toward raising awareness and attracting dollars for research. I hope you will watch this show to find inspiration. I know I will.


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Hot Pink or Coral? You Make The Choice!
How to describe Zoya's Yana Lacquer from their Summer 2013 "Stunning" Collection.
I'm gonna keep this short and sweet today and let the picture do the talking!
My nail look today consists of 2 coats of Yana from ZOYA and 3 coats of Solitaire from OPI's Bond Girls Collection on my accent nail.
I topped off my HOT PINK/CORAL nail with 1 coat of Essie's Good To Go fast drying top coat.
& let me just add how much I LOVE THIS LOOK!
PS… Yana is a perfect pedicure color for all skin tones! I almost feel like the picture just doesn't do it justice. It looks reddish in my photo but on my nails it has a hot pink/coral tone.. which is why I couldn't decipher which to call it.. so I'll just call it both!
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A Moving Story
The Chambéry Inn is the result of a monumental preservation effort which began in the fall of 1988. Once a financial nemesis to a local parish, the building's fate of demolition was imminent as reported in a Berkshire Eagle article entitled; "Old St. Mary's School in Lee is Candidate for Wreckers Ball ." Constructed in 1885, as the Berkshires first parochial school, its usefulness to the parish ended in 1957 when a new school was built. Knowing of its certain demise, a Lee businessman and lifelong resident, stepped in to save this historic landmark from destruction. Agreeing to immediately relocate the 300-ton structure, it was moved one block to its present location at the corner of Main and Elm Streets in Lee. After months of pondering the best use for the imposing orphan, the idea of a European-styled country inn struck and The Chambéry was born.
Chambéry, France-(hence the Inn's name)-is the native city of the teaching order of The Sisters of Saint Joseph. This small group of five nuns from the order, arrived at Lee's train station (across from the Inn) in the summer of 1885 to teach six grades of young American students. Only two of the nuns could speak English at the time. Building of the school was made possible through the effort and generosity of Jane Sedgewick, of the politically and socially prominent Sedgewick Family of New York and Massachusetts, and a convert to the Catholic faith. Miss Sedgewick labored for many years to establish a parochial school without success. Only after an audience with Pope Leo XII in 1880, was permission granted. " This is the work of GOD daughter, and I say to you, persevere in spite of all obstacles" were his words and blessing to the persistent and courageous Sedgewick.
The Town That Stood Still
On May 23, 1989 the old St. Mary's School rolled off its sturdy marble foundation to travel to a new resting place, one block North, at 199 Main Street. The small town of Lee, the quintessential "Hometown America" hamlet, nestled in the world-famous Berkshire Hills, literally stood still. The new St. Mary's, built in 1957, released its classes to witness the event. Curiosity seekers, journalists, proud "Old S.M.S" Alumni, clergy, small town politicians, nay-sayers, well wishers, tree trimmers, utility pole movers and amateur photographers all played a part.


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By Jim Melwert
NESHAMINY, Pa. (CBS) — There was a surprise announcement at the Neshaminy School Board meeting Monday night. Board president Ritchie Webb announced he's stepping down.
Webb may be best known for heading up Neshaminy's negotiating team in the five-year contract battle with the teacher's union. That long battle came to end when the two sides agreed to a contract in June.
At Monday night's meeting, Webb drew a standing ovation when he announced he would step down.
"I thank each and everyone of you for the tremendous support which I received," Webb said, "and I can not tell you how much this has meant to me."
Webb was elected to the Neshaminy School Board in 2003, and he became president in 2008.
"For ten years, I've had the honor and privilege to be a Neshaminy School Board member," Webb said, "which is something I will always treasure and be proud of."
The teacher's union often criticized him for refusing to negotiate in good faith, but some residents showed their support with standing ovations at school board meetings.
Board vice president Scott Congdon will replace Webb as board president.


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IBM acquires DataPower
IBM acquired DataPower to help companies improve the performance, security and management of business processes built of reusable, open-standards-based software components, which operate independently from the applications and computing platforms on which they run. This increasingly popular approach, called Service Oriented Architecture SOA-, combines business operations with information technology. According to Gartner, an IT industry research firm, SOA will provide the basis for 80 percent of new software development projects by 2008. IBM plans to introduce a family of SOA appliances based on DataPower technology. With more companies taking a modular approach to running business processes through a Services Oriented Architecture, there s a greater need for technology to deal with the commensurate increases in Web services traffic, which can overburden IT systems, said Robert LeBlanc, general manager, WebSphere, IBM Software Group. DataPower s products address these challenges. DataPower is a leading provider of SOA appliance products that enable integration and help provide security at the Web services message level. DataPower products available today include the XI50 Integration Device, which streamlines SOA infrastructures the XA35 XML Accelerator, which offloads XML processing and the XS40 XML Security Gateway, which helps provide message-level Web services security. DataPower security features complement the SOA security management capabilities of IBM s Tivoli software. Source: www.dmreview.coma>


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Arts & Culture
Heart on the Line
For two decades, WLIF's Fran Lane has played Baltimore's romantic and lovelorn requests.
The digital clock in the studio reads 11:45 and it's Friday night, which means it's time for Fran Lane to entertain her longest-tenured caller, a happily married, 59-year-old Annapolis college professor who goes by The Captain. Each week for the past 22 years, give or take a rare miss, The Captain dials in and plays a faux cat-and-mouse love game with the WLIF 101.9 nighttime host of Love Songs with Fran Lane, who does her best to play along. It started with his first request, "Nightshift" by the Commodores, way back when.
"It goes out to you and anyone else who may be working," he told Lane across the airwaves, flirting with the woman who brings five hours of love-song requests and dedications to Baltimore every weeknight.
Normally, The Captain greets Lane with an over-the-top imitation of William Shatner's signature line from the TV show Star Trek, "This is the captain speaking!" But tonight, Valentine's Day approaches.
"Hi Captain, how are you?" Lane asks.
"I'm fine, but this is Dan Cupid," he says, switching character. (He occasionally goes by the Easter Bunny in April, Uncle Sam on a day near the Fourth of July, and the Great Pumpkin or Tom Turkey in the fall.)
The 51-year-old Lane, who could easily pass for thirtysomething and possesses a preternaturally soothing voice, sits alone behind a silver microphone extending from her desk inside the WLIF studio near Mt. Washington. She prefers the lights be kept low. A pair of black headphones rests over her long, dirty blond hair. Three computer screens surround her, brightening the darkness. The soundboard is at her fingertips and a cup of coffee not far away.
"Oh, that's right, I forgot," she replies, playing it straight. "How are you Dan?"
"I'm terrific! How are you?"
"I'm great," Lane says. "It's Friday. And you're here."
"Yes I am," he replies. "Of course, this is a very special weekend . . . "
If radio is the theater of the mind, as Lane believes it is, then she's the director from 7 p.m. to midnight every Monday through Friday. The "actors" come from all over 101.9's broadcast reach and include frequent dialers with on-air personas such as The Captain or Big Kat, who sends out a "special of the week" at the end of his calls. But they also include the nightly, more serious one-off requesters, like Julie from Westminster, who wants to encourage her fiancé through the difficult start of a new job with "Keep Your Head Up" by Andy Grammer, and listeners who fall somewhere in between, like Michelle Hope, a 46-year-old bus attendant from White Marsh, who first called in while going through a difficult divorce.
The production is rooted in love, one of the world's endless pursuits.
"What's on your heart tonight?" she asks. "You can tell me about it."
There is a formula to being a friend in the night, to drawing emotion from strangers, and Lane has the science down. "What's on your heart tonight?" is her catchphrase, to which she usually adds, "You can tell me about it," before sharing the station's phone number. During weather updates, skies aren't clear, they are moon-lit. From her seat in the Lite FM studio, she sets the mood with sympathetic and soothing one-liners.
On a recent night, Lane plays Orleans' familiar 1976 soft-rock hit, "Still the One."
"Who's the one for you?" she asks.
"Can I make a request?" asks a middle-aged man from Odenton who wants to hear, "You're Beautiful," by James Blunt, dedicated to his special someone.
"That's what I'm here for."
It's a drizzly, winter Monday afternoon when Lane arrives at Atwater's in Belvedere Square Market for a scheduled interview. First, however, she needs a pick-me-up. "What's the strongest coffee you have?" she asks a cashier.
Wearing a black coat and scarf, she sips from the white paper cup, hands cradling it to enjoy the warmth and then admits she's not that comfortable talking about herself. "I'm kind of shy by nature," she says. "The anonymity of radio works for me, as well as the callers. I'm very comfortable with that."
Then she leans forward with a polite smile. "But what do you want to know about our little show?"
Lane lives in the Mayfield neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore, which is also where she grew up. She knows everybody there and says the best part of her day is the "talking walks" she takes with her two Irish wolfhounds, Magda and Jude, and her husband of 23 years, Tom Fink. He's a graphic designer. He's also president of the Junius B. Booth Society, a nonprofit that has worked with Harford County to turn Tudor Hall, where Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth grew up, into a museum. Both share an interest in 19th-century history.
"Tom's interested in theater," she says. "I'm more interested in the architecture. It's just a fascinating time in our country." She also has a 31-year-old stepson, T.J., a U.S. Army veteran who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Lane met her future husband about as far away from Baltimore as you can get in the U.S.—and by pure coincidence. On vacation in Los Angeles, she was supposed to hang out with a childhood friend who was in the movie business. But he got a gig the day before her flight left from Baltimore, and told her a neighbor was available if she needed to get someone to show her around town. That was Fink.
"Do you have a certain someone on your mind?"
"We just hit it off immediately, yakking away. We had a lot of the same interests," Lane says.
"A lot of people ask me, 'Is she as nice off the air as she is on?'" Fink says later. "And yeah, she definitely is. She really cares about people. She has a great heart. One of the things she loves most about her job is her audience. She puts them first." To her husband's point, each February, Lane makes "Valentine" workplace visits to the loved ones of contest winners, delivering candy, flowers, theater tickets, restaurant gift certificates, and hotel vouchers on their behalf.
Not that everything is roses when you talk about love, of course. Hearts get broken, relationships end. Not always well.
Hope, the bus attendant for Baltimore County Public Schools, first spoke with Lane after her divorce left her insecure and dealing with trust issues. "She heard my story and, ever since, has put me on the air every time I call," Hope says. "I adore her. I want to thank her for everything she does for all the people in Baltimore and whoever can get her show."
"Maybe you just need a song to take you someplace else."
In her own life, Lane is facing some of the difficult feelings that inevitably come with love—whether it's a romantic, platonic, or familial bond. Her father, Florian, who turned 88 in January, was diagnosed with kidney cancer this fall, after an unrelated surgery. A Fells Point native born to Polish immigrants, he spent a career in sales working for an industrial chemical company. Her mom, Marge, now 85, took care of Lane and her four older siblings, and later worked at T. Rowe Price. Together, they provided their daughter, who never went to college, all the education she needed for a job no one could plan.
"My parents were a great example to me of a loving relationship," she says. "They are kind of opposites. My dad is super outgoing and my mom is more of an introvert. They had different interests and common ones, too. If my mom was interested in something, he was interested in it. It might not have been his favorite thing, but they did that for each other. They are best friends. I knew that's what I wanted to have in my life."
"Need one for the ride?"
At 9 p.m., there are only four cars in the dark parking lot of the CBS Radio building off of Falls Road, and one of them belongs to Lane. Inside, she is a one-woman show, taking the calls, editing them on the fly, and turning them around for live broadcast. She has no producers or support staff. The building also houses Mix 106.5 and 105.7 The Fan, and sports talk-show host Terry Ford, who also works evenings, waves as Lane passes by.
A Monday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins is on a TV with the sound turned off in her studio. Lane is a sports fan, too. She's into the Ravens and, in the summer, Orioles games serve as her background viewing of choice. The O's typical 7:05 p.m. first pitch aligns perfectly with the start of her show.
"I grew up loving radio," she says, adding that she idolized local top hits disc jockey Johnny Dark, who she later worked with briefly at 101.9. "As a kid, I always felt like he was talking to me. It was one-on-one. I've always tried to emulate that."
"It's a place to reveal your heart."
While Lane counts the Rolling Stones among her all-time favorite bands, she also appreciates jazz and modern pop stars like Adele and Ed Sheeran. For the most part, she fits the 25 to 54 female demographic that makes up the bulk of her audience. That said, she gets requests from a wide variety of folks—teenagers, seniors, male and female—even occasional second-generation listeners whose parents put them to bed with WLIF.
"My parents were a great example to me of a loving relationship. They are opposites. . . . They are best friends."
"What she does is a unique craft," says Dave Labrozzi, CBS Radio Baltimore vice president of programming. "In my estimation, there's nobody better in the country doing that type of show, especially the way she puts callers on the air and gets them involved. That's a special art that she has mastered."
After working at an AM station in Bel Air right out of high school, Lane had jobs at rock stations in Portsmouth, NH, and Boston before returning to her hometown. An acquaintance at WLIF asked if she could fill in for a nighttime host who had been felled by the old entertainment line "break a leg" after slipping on ice. That 10-week gig is closing in on a quarter-century.
"I never thought this would be what I'd end up doing, but I love what I do. It's something positive," she says. "There's a certain intimacy with nighttime radio, an immediate interaction, and it's local. You're talking to your community and giving them a voice."
When she started, the format was slightly different, however. Listeners called in, but their dedications weren't heard on the air. A child of the '70s, Lane felt she needed to bring a bit of Wolfman Jack, the famed DJ featured in George Lucas's early film American Graffiti, to Charm City.
"We get a little lost in love and lost in the music, too."
"They're not tuning in to hear me talk about my problems," she says, offering a glimpse at what has kept her part of 101.9's top-rated local programming for so long. "Doing it is a great distraction. Let's focus on what's going on with somebody else. It is a little therapeutic [for everyone]."
In The Captain's opinion, the show will go on for another 20 years. It's the local flavor—at least 25 callers a night get their voices on the air, with many more names mentioned—that he thinks will stand the test of time and competition from satellite radio and other media. He plans on playing his role, hitting the airwaves with regularity before Lane's signature signoff, "Sweet dreams, Baltimore."
"She's part of Baltimore culture," he says. "She's kind of like the Senator Theatre and Bengies Drive-In. I don't know how many people would recognize her on the street, probably nobody, but the way she does it, everyone feels connected."
Lane has vacation days to use, but won't take them all. She's committed to her callers in that way. Nor does she necessarily aspire to bigger and better. There is someone out there named Delilah, who is essentially the nationally syndicated version of Lane's voice in the Baltimore night. Typically, Delilah can be heard the same five hours as Lane, doing the identical love-request format, in many cities across the country.
"You never rule it out, if she wants to retire . . ." Lane acknowledges with a smile. "But not many people get to work in their hometown. I would miss that. I've been really fortunate to be able to do this. I love it."
"What's on your heart?"


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My softball team had its first game in two weeks and it showed. We got absolutely destroyed (I don't even know what the score was). Way too many errors.
On how I did, I went 1-2 with a hard single to left and a hard line drive to center field that resulted in a spectacular diving catch by the center fielder. I also got on base via a fielder's choice.
Didn't feel particular comfortable at the plate, even though I had good contact on two pitches. That's what happens when you don't play for two weeks.


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The "Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction Across the Americas. A regional summit on the contribution of Earth Observations" was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 3-8, 2017. The summit successfully brought together representatives from across the "supply chain" for Disaster Risk Reduction, from Earth Observation data providers, to researchers, to disaster manager end-users. Through a series of workshops, trainings, a table-top exercise simulation and joint activities, participants collaborated toward improved end-to-end flow of data and information from providers to practitioners, to decision makers and to those able to take critical action. By having a diversity of key players engaged at the same time, participants gained meaningful new contacts, increased understanding of capabilities, and advanced integrated work plans to protect lives, property, economies, trade, and security.
The Summit's initial goals were the following:
- Strengthening capacities of stakeholders in DRR using EOs in the Americas context
- Creating an Americas network for exchanging effective practices and taking action
- Developing and disseminating information contextualized in the Americas region
- Capturing tangible and actionable steps to improve outcomes before the next disaster occurs
We hope that we achieved the goals of the Summit, but recognize that this gathering was only the first step! Now the real work begins. It is our desire that this unique community can continue to share information, develop joint projects and work plans, and help improve communications in an effort to be better positioned to respond to the next disaster.


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Hello Lovelies,
Welcome back to another week with DUPA. We've got a jam packed week ahead.
he time is now! Headshots are on Tuesday so book your slot while you can! Give yourself the edge on Linkedin, or just bag a profile picture that'll make your parents proud.
Headshots are €10 for a photo in colour and in black and white with black or white backdrop, €15 gets you photos in colour and in black and white with both black and white backdrops. Online pre-booking is recommended! See you then!
This week's class will be on manipulating light with the use of different types of filters and flashes. Darragh will go through different situations where this equipment may prove useful in achieving correct exposure or a particular effect. Additionally, Darragh will go through the use of tripods, remote triggers and flashes. See you in 4050A @ 6pm DUPAlings.
This week we'll be running another darkroom intro class on black and white printing. This workshop will provide an overview on how to get to grips with using the darkroom and is aimed at beginners. By the end of the class you should be confident to start developing your own photographs in one of our two darkrooms! If you have a developed roll of film feel free to bring it along! Places are limited to first come first served so booking is essential!
Submissions for our 8×8 exhibition in collaboration with SUAS 'Identity & Discrimination' have been extended until tomorrow Monday @ 8pm. Check out the event for everything you need to know, we'd love to see your work! All submissions welcome.


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A Letter from Chile
Réanne Hemingway-Douglass
A Letter from Chile
After the release of my book, The Shelburne Escape Line: Secret Rescues of Allied Aviators by the French Underground, the British Royal Navy, and London's MI-9, I've received several encouraging and complimentary letters and e-mails from people who have read the book. Many had connections to the stories in my book and some share their own similar experiences. Daniel Arellano-Walbaum, a friend from Chile, took the time to write me a three-page letter about how my book helped him understand what happened in Europe during WWII. When he was in France several years after WWII, he tried to talk to a friend's father who had been part of the French Resistance. Even through several decades had passed since the war, the elderly man found the subject too painful to discuss. Here's part of Daniel's letter:
About the Shelburne Escape Line I must tell you that I really enjoyed reading it. It took me some time because of all the places and distances mentioned, I read it with a detailed Michelin map and guide of the area by my side, so as to have the whole picture and be fully immersed in the subject. I also spoke with an uncle that served in the Royal Navy during WW II on a motorboat similar to MGB 503, but he knew nothing about these operations. He was posted near the Pas de Calais and the only occasion they got close to France was during D Day. Of course he's preparing to read the book, and I'm sure that he will enjoy it as much as I did.
Dilemma by Don Douglass
by Don Douglass
Having notched a number of life-threatening experiences over the decades, including a pitchpole aboard our sailboat, Le Dauphin Amical, near Cape Horn in 1975, I'm always interested in survival stories, and in maritime and aviation accidents. My book, Farewell to a Queen, explored the 2006 sinking of the Canadian ferry, Queen of the North—a tragedy attributable entirely to negligence on the part of the officers on watch (a man and a woman, who had been having an affair in the preceding months).
When Malaysian Airlines flight MH 370 disappeared in February 2014, after making an inexplicable course change that apparently took it out over the Indian Ocean, I figured that human error—or possibly even deliberate action on the part of the cockpit crew—was also the cause of that tragedy, rather than mechanical failure. As the search for the missing jetliner continued for several months last year, I came up with a story that I believe may be an answer to the MH 370 mystery. I titled it Dilemma, and published it in May of last year as an eStory on Amazon. Based on the facts that were available at the time (flight paths and transcripts of radio communications), Dilemma is a fictional account of what might have happened aboard the plane, and ends with the aircraft crashing at supersonic speed into the Indian Ocean. If this is indeed what happened, I believe the wreckage would have been swept by currents into the Indian Ocean gyre. This speculation is not part of my original story, but now that a piece of aircraft wreckage—possibly that of MH 370—has been found washed up on a beach on Reunion Island, I now believe Dilemma may be closer to the truth than before. Dilemma remains available for purchase as an eStory, and we're now about to issue it in paperback and print-on-demand formats, available through our website and Amazon later this month.
Don Douglass began exploring Northwest waters in 1949 as a youth. He has sailed the Inside Passage on everything from a 26-foot pleasure craft and commercial fishing boats to a Coast Guard icebreaker. Don holds a BSEE degree from California State University, Pomona, and a Masters in Business Economics from Claremont Graduate University. He is the author of Exploring Vancouver Island's West Coast and co-authored with Réanne the acclaimed Exploring the Inside Passage to Alaska, Exploring the South Coast of British Columbia, Exploring the North Coast of British Columbia and Exploring the San Juan and Gulf Islands. Don holds honorary membership in the International Association of Cape Horners. He has written several skiing and mountainbiking guidebooks and, as a father of the sport, was elected to the Mountain Biking Hall of Fame.


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**A Message from the HSHP Student Board Of Advocates**
The School of Health Sciences & Human Performance's Student Board of Advocates would like to thank to those who contributed to our Hurricane Sandy Relief Drive!
Five boxes were filled with non-perishable food items, water bottles, and toiletries. In addition, the Hammond Health Center prepared 40 bags filled with soap, a comb, shampoo, washcloths, toothpaste and toothbrushes to distribute to those still without power.
These items are being distributed in Long Beach over Thanksgiving Break by a student at Ithaca College who has taken the initiative in helping the Long Beach community. Many residents in this area are still without power and their homes destroyed.
Again, a huge thank you from the HSHP Student Board of Advocates to all who helped make this drive a success!
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VanillaFace:diesal11:You are all assuming iQon will be a multi-stage event though. Which i highly doubt it will be...
"Q-dance launches its 2nd major outdoor event in Australia".
"...which will take inspiration from some of its finest open-air spectacles, from across Holland and the rest of the world."
Ah, missed that part....lol


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Discover the ancient biblical cities of Jerusalem, Nazareth and Acre with cosmopolitan Tel Aviv on this small-group tour (max 18).
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Les Caves de Pyrene have done it again. This wine was interesting from the first glance, which told me it was made from grillo and zibibbo. Then I went to open it, and discovered that it was sealed with a glass "cork". Though I know that a few hundred wineries use them, I've never had one of these before.
And the wine? Surprisingly good. Italian whites, even from the more celebrated areas, often lack a little zing. They're a bit vague, if that makes any sense. In the summer we spent a fortnight within spitting distance of the Umbrian town of Orvieto – long enough to work out that Orvieto Classicowas just a classic let-down (though I did discover the rather more impressive Greco di Tufo). This, though, was a pleasure. Softer, more gentle than many whites I try – the age, perhaps – it was still really invigorating stuff.
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The Mathers Museum of World Cultures has planned three distinct exhibitions this semester ranging in topics from those as broad as historical, national and international, to contemporary and local.
The first of these exhibitions is "Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation." Carole Pouzar, marketing graduate assistant at Mathers, said the display is a traveling exhibition on loan from the Smithsonian Institution.
The exhibit explores the Indian-American experience and their political, professional and cultural contributions to American life and history, Pouzar said in an email. It will be on display until April 10.
"IU is the first of only three museums in the Midwest to host this special exhibit," Pouzar said in an email.
Judith Kirk, assistant director of the museum, said alumnus Robert Johnson, who is on the board of the Asian Pacific American Center committee at the Smithsonian, suggested the idea to Provost Lauren Robel after a visit to Mathers.
The decision to bring the exhibition to Bloomington united administration, alumni and various academic departments with the museum, Kirk said.
"When it was discovered that 'Bollywood' was going to travel, we started working to bring it here," Kirk said. "We were so fortunate in that we have an incredible India studies program, Dhar India Studies. They were very enthusiastic about being our partners."
In conjunction with this exhibit, Mathers planned visits by prominent speakers and a few other events, such as films playing at the IU Cinema.
The next speaker in the series, Vijay Prashad, author of a work called "The Karma of Brown Folk," will speak on March 10. Prashad will be speaking about the complicated status of Indian-Americans as the "model minority" and the issues with that term, Kirk said.
Another speaker, Vivek Bald, will visit March 24 to discuss the "lost history" of Bengali Harlem, and the movement of Asian immigrants into existing neighborhoods during the era of Asian exclusion — the 50 years leading up to the 1940's.
"There were individuals, mostly men, who were involved in merchant marines, were seamen and other merchants, who ended up settling here," Kirk said. "These were groups of men who, despite the exclusion-era laws, primarily settled in places like Harlem and New Orleans, communities that were typically African-American or Puerto Rican."
These neighborhoods provided a community of support, opportunity and home, and Bald will speak to this relationship and his research on this period during his lecture, Kirk said.
The next of the exhibitions, "Material Culture: Inspired by Mathers Museum Artifacts," is a collection of quilts shown in conjunction with the annual Indiana Heritage Quilt Show.
As a part of a challenge, the members of the Charm Club created quilts based on artifacts they saw at the Mathers Museum in the summer of 2014, and this exhibit displays the quilts side by side with the artifacts that inspired them.
Kirk said she thinks the differences between the artifacts and the quilts they inspired makes this display interesting.
"It's interesting to see how these individuals have taken the concept or design of the artifact and transformed it into their own aesthetic," Kirk said. "One of my favorite connections is between the pre-Columbian artifacts and the pieces that the artist did. It's not as if the quilt looks exactly like the weaving, but you can really see what she was pulling from."
The final exhibition is entitled "Stirring the Pot: Bringing the Wanamakers Home," and is a photographic project by Joe Stahlman and Fileve Palmer Stahlman.
While researching in Mathers' archives, Joe and Fileve found photographs taken of members of the Tuscarora Nation, a tribe of the Iroquois language family, in the early 1900's. Among their finds was a photo of Joe's great-great grandfather, Kirk said.
The discovery led to a project that involved seeking out descendants of the original portrait subjects and photographing them holding the original pictures.
"For some, these were images they hadn't seen before," Kirk said. "We will also have members of the Tuscarora Nation coming to join Joe and Fileve at an event to share their experiences working with them. It brings it all full circle."
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Gleeful Gilly, Wright leaving wins to Farke and Weaver pushing buttons – it's a brave new Norwich City world at Colney
Norwich City Football Club
Forget playing systems, altered recruitment policies and tightened belts – Norwich City's biggest changes are coming at their training base. Michael Bailey gets to sample the Canaries' new reality and redevelopment at Colney.
A lot has been written and said about Colney in the last couple of years – from much-famed facilities that attracted numerous past signings, to the almost neglected state that followed the biggest financial windfalls in Norwich City history.
I distinctly remember getting the chance to scout Ricky van Wolfswinkel ahead of his City move back in 2013 with a trip to Sporting Lisbon's highly successful youth academy and thinking, 'Wow – this is what these places should look like'.
Well for the first time since all the talk, the Canaries have a training ground that is starting to resemble an actual home to an elite sports club.
From a show pitch with its own stand and floodlights that will become City's second venue, to sprawling green fields for which anyone who loves football would make them desperate to stick some boots on and grab a ball – and yet so much building work to complete… You imagine sporting director Stuart Webber is already relishing the time when he shows potential new signings what their training home would look like.
That City fans and some trusting investors showed enough faith to raise £5m through the club's Canaries Bond in such a short space of time, gives the whole project an air of reward and collateral.
But Colney's face lift is about so much more than the bricks, mortar and blades of grass.
City's cultural shift is starting to manifest itself. The very fact David Wright's Under-18s have endured some heavy defeats is why Matt Gill's job as Under-23s coach is – in his own words – proving easier than it might.
And you won't find anyone at Colney bothered about producing a fluent team in the image of Daniel Farke's senior outfit – not as an outright goal, anyway.
"The facilities we're creating now are fantastic," said City's Under-23 boss Matt Gill – himself a Norwich youth player from the age of nine, back in 1990. I think the investment that's gone into Colney was needed, but it's exciting and has added a lot of energy to the staff and players – and it's an enjoyable time to be in and around the academy.
"There is now a visible pathway for the players and I think that is any under-23 coach's problem across the country – not having that pathway into the first team.
"For me the promotions of Max Aarons, Jamal Lewis, Todd Cantwell – it's almost made my job a little easier, seeing that pathway for the lads and those that have worked hard enough to get in. As far as the structure and the way it's joined up from top to bottom, there's now clarity – and I think it helps everybody."
For Wright, the season has been a tough one so far – but he knows the end game.
"Five of my boys have now jumped into the Under-23s working with Matt every day, so we've got five players who are doing really well out of my group," said Wright.
"In terms of results, look at it on paper and you think we're having a really tough time but I'm really concentrating on making sure the boys perform and if we do that, we will get a couple more boys who take that step up.
"My job is to develop players for Matt and Adam Idah, Ant Spyrou are doing really well. Then you look at Max as well. It's difficult when you are getting beaten because for such a long time that was my job, to win games. But I've also got to check myself that no, my job is to actually develop individuals. Not to create a team. That's the manager's job – to create a team that wins games and hopefully gets promoted.
"Whereas my job is to create individuals to give to Matt and send them on to the next step."
Gill added: "We are all quite competitive as ex-players but ultimately it's about individuals. I think we all recognised that everybody gets success when Max Aarons plays on a Saturday. Everybody in the academy. That's what we're all here for, to help that player get through the academy, through that journey and ultimately end up in our first team or somebody else's.
"We've had a little bit of success lately so we need to continue that."
Academy manager Steve Weaver spells it out well – a man who has seen how other clubs tackle their youth culture and knows how to compare the Canaries' approach.
"There are certain things and a culture you're trying to get into place, and I think it's a culture that has come from Delia," said Weaver.
"In my first meeting with her in my first week, she told me we needed to get young players in the team and she felt we could do it – that we owed it to Norfolk and to the area.
"The second thing is creating opportunity and it's amazing if you create that, what all people can do with it.
"Not everyone has found it easy because you're putting your head above the parapet a little bit and there's been a change in culture. A change in, I suppose, going away from a team ethos at the academy to going towards individual players – and you're now starting to see some of the fruits of that.
"It's not been easy for Max Aarons and it's certainly not been easy for Todd Cantwell – we sent him to Holland and told him to grow up.
"And probably with a little bit of resistance. It's something this club probably hasn't done before, in terms of sending too many lads out on loan.
"But it's something that we are determined to continue and we do believe we have a responsibility to any young player that if they've not got a future with us, they do have one for someone else and they've got a league career in them.
"Maybe culturally it's been a bit different. We've just had a meeting about the next ones, and the pressure is on the coaches, medical staff and sport scientists because it's about performance – and if the lads aren't doing what they should be, then there is more pressure but on the staff to make sure that the next ones are there.
"We've got good players but I'm a big believer that however the players are and how good they are, you need to push all their buttons to make sure. You've got to be prepared for it to be a bit uncomfortable for them. We've done that with the older lads, we've got a reasonably good group just below that which we're optimistic over and I think we'll see more debuts.
"I'm just mindful that it's a young first-team anyway – we're going to end up with an under-19 team soon!
"I'm not pushy with Daniel Farke. Our job is just to give him another option and create opportunities. But if we have say 17-year-old right-back now coming through, he might have to go away from here to get better first-team exposure because Max is doing so well.
"So the younger the first team gets, inevitably the harder it gets."
No one needs to tell Matt Gill how hard things can be at Norwich City, given his own progression through the youth ranks and then return as a professional.
It makes his current situation all the sweeter too.
"I did try to tell the wife this is the best it is ever going to be!" smiled Gill. "I absolutely love my role. Love seeing the boys succeed. Getting their opportunities and seeing new contracts being handed out. So it makes all the hours worthwhile and I'm really enjoying the direction it's going in."
No doubt he is not the only one.
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Dr. Shabbir
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:30 pm
Post subject: Thomas Jefferson did own a copy of the Qur'an
The founding fathers of America were high above religious bias. In fact, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin studied the Qur'an in the broken English translations available at that time.
Robertur Tetenensis: 1143 C.E.
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Many Muslim and Christian scholars have maintained that those great men benefited from the Qur'an while formulating the constitution.
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As a thinker, Thomas Jefferson was probably the greatest of all US presidents. He gave more attention to the subject of religion than did any of other presidents.
Jefferson abhorred religious intolerance, he wrote the following:
"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 10 gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.... It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion, and whom will you make your inquisitors? Fallible men, governed by bad passions, by private as well as public reasons. And why subject it to coercion? Difference of opinion is advantageous to religion. The several sects perform the office of censor morum over each other. Is uniformity attainable? Millions of men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the earth."
" on the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have been quarreling, fighting, burning and torturing one another, for abstractions unintelligible to themselves and to all others, and absolutely beyond the comprehension of the human mind."
When the Virginia bill for establishing religious freedom, that he authored... was finally passed, ... a singular proposition proved that its protection of opinion was meant to be universal. Where the preamble declares that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed, by inserting the word "Jesus Christ," so that it should read "a departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy author of our religion." The insertion was rejected, in proof that they meant to comprehend within the mantle of its protection the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Muslim, the Hindu and infidel of every denomination.
He thought that the church and the priests could not be trusted with the people's sacred rights of freedom, and said: "In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty, he is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own. It is error alone that needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself."
Throughout his presidency Jefferson resented the clerical abuse showered upon him because of his controversial opinion on priesthood. But he said, "I am not afraid of the priests. They have tried upon me all their batteries, of pious whinning, hypocritical canting, lying and slandering without being able to give me even one moment of pain."
The founding fathers of America were certainly high above religious bias. But could there be a comparable figure like Thomas Jefferson in other parts of the world ?
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Congressman to be sworn in using Quran
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes ago
The first Muslim elected to Congress says he will take his oath of office using a Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson to make the point that "religious differences are nothing to be afraid of."
Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, D-Minn., decided to use the centuries-old Quran during his ceremonial swearing-in on Thursday after he learned that it is kept at the Library of Congress. Jefferson, the nation's third president and a collector of books in all topics and languages, sold the book to Congress in 1815 as part of a collection.
"It demonstrates that from the very beginning of our country, we had people who were visionary, who were religiously tolerant, who believed that knowledge and wisdom could be gleaned from any number of sources, including the Quran," Ellison said in a telephone interview Wednesday.
"A visionary like Thomas Jefferson was not afraid of a different belief system," Ellison said. "This just shows that religious tolerance is the bedrock of our country, and religious differences are nothing to be afraid of."
Some critics have argued that only a Bible should be used for the swearing-in. Last month, Rep. Virgil Goode (news, bio, voting record), R-Va., warned that unless immigration is tightened, "many more Muslims" will be elected and follow Ellison's lead. Ellison was born in Detroit and converted to Islam in college.
Ellison said an anonymous person wrote to tell him about the Quran, and he arranged with the Library of Congress to use it. The chief of the Library of Congress' rare book and special collections division, Mark Dimunation, will walk the Quran across the street to the Capitol and bring it back after the ceremony.
Ellison's decision to use Jefferson's Quran was first reported by The Washington Post on Wednesday.
Jefferson was born in Albemarle County, in what is now Goode's congressional district in central Virginia. Goode's office did not return phone and e-mail messages left Wednesday.
An English translation of the Arabic, Jefferson's Quran was published in 1764 in London, a later printing of one originally published in 1734.
"This is considered the text that shaped Europe's understanding of the Quran," Dimunation said.
It was acquired in 1815 as part of a more than 6,400-volume collection that Jefferson sold for $24,000 to replace the congressional library that had been burned by British troops the year before, in the War of 1812.
"It was a real bargain," Dimunation said.
The Quran survived an 1851 fire in the Capitol. Dimunation described it as a two-volume work, bound in leather with marble boards.
"As a rare book librarian," he said, "there is something special about the idea that Thomas Jefferson's books are being walked across the street to the Capitol building, to bring in yet another session of governmental structure that he helped create."
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Thank you all for the info!
The following may contain the version that Jefferson read.
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Post subject: Re: Thomas Jefferson did own a copy of the Qur'an
Respected Brother/Sister! Please always mention your name with your post. Many Thanks
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Dr. Shabbir wrote:
The founding fathers of America were high above religious bias. In fact, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin studied the Qur'an in the broken English translations available at that time...
Many Muslim and Christian scholars have maintained that those great men benefited from the Qur'an while formulating the constitution.
Don't let the mere fact that Thomas Jefferson and other American "founding fathers" were "high above religious bias", make you over look the that Jefferson (and most American "founding fathers") were active participants in the most savage form of slavery the world has ever seen. A large number of these African slaves, who the American "founding fathers" designated as 3/5 of a human being, submitted to the Will of Allah (i.e. were "Muslims"). In fact, Jefferson is believed to have fathered children with a Black woman whom he owned. Thomas Jefferson (and many of America's "founding fathers") were rapists, murderers, and oppressors. I don't see where his ownership of a Qur'an makes him an upstanding person.
2:177 (One obvious result of sectarianism is their pre-occupation with rituals. This is because each sect leaves the Book aside and makes its own set of dogmas they call religion). No wonder, they forget that) Righteousness and exponential development of personality is not in that you turn your faces to the East and the West. But righteous is he who has conviction in Allah and the Last Day and the Angels and the Book and the Prophets. And he gives his wealth that he loves in reverence of Him, to:
- Family and relatives
- Orphans
- Widows
- Those left helpless in the society
- Those whose hard-earned income fails to meet their basic needs
- Those whose running businesses have stalled
- The ones who have lost their jobs
- Whose life has stalled for any reason
- The disabled
- The needy wayfarer, son of the street, the homeless, the one who travels to you for assistance
- Those who ask for help, and
- Those whose necks are burdened with any kind of bondage, oppression, crushing debts and extreme hardship of labor.
Please stop applauding this unrighteous man!
4:174 O Humankind! There has come to you a Convincing Proof from your Lord, and We have sent unto you a profound Beacon of Light.
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Post subject: Jefferson The White Supremacist (Racist)
Salaamun aleikum.
Well said.
Jefferson was a White Supremacist (Racist). His "use" of The Qur'an - assuming he did, in fact, make "use" of it - does not redeem him from his Racism (White Supremacy).
The "founding fathers" are the fathers of White Supremacists (Racists).
The "founding father" of the Muslims is Ibraheem (pbuh).
Fi amaan illah
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:54 am
Post subject: The benefit of the doubt
I take the point that is being made that TJ was not a perfect human being and was in violation of many a Quranic teaching. However, it is my understanding from the previous posts, that the contention is the TJ may have gleaned some wisdom from the Quran that was then translated (even subliminally) into the Constitution. Therefore, perhaps one should look at the other side of the coin and imagine what the Constitution would have looked like if TJ hadn't read the Quran at all. Also, we must remember, at the time, slavery (to tackle just one of the issues raised) was widely acceptable in the Western (and for that matter - large parts of the Eastern) world. To fight against such an accepted practice necessitated, among others, a Civil War. Human trafficing today is slavery too - but fortunately, the world has changed sufficiently to outlaw it. It has taken centuries, but measures are being put into place to eradicate this unjust practice. Perhaps the teachings of the Quran are filtering through - one piece at a time. Those of us who were fortunate to have been exposed to its teachings (irrespective of the format that such teachings took), should count ourselves fortunate. TJ did not implement all the teachings of the Quran, but give him the benefit of the doubt and hope that at least one spark touched him, and that made him a better person.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:39 pm
Post subject: Re: The benefit of the doubt
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Also, we must remember, at the time, slavery (to tackle just one of the issues raised) was widely acceptable in the Western (and for that matter - large parts of the Eastern) world...
...TJ did not implement all the teachings of the Quran, but give him the benefit of the doubt and hope that at least one spark touched him, and that made him a better person.
As a descendant of the African people who were: regarded as 3/5 of a human being - bought, sold, and traded like chattel, - beaten, raped, and killed with no protection under the law, and as a descendent of the Native America People who were systematically annihilated through genocide and who are referred to as "savages" in the US Constitution, which is signed by TJ and his equally demonic cohorts, I certainly will not give TJ the benefit of the doubt. "Everyone does it" is not an excuse. Evil is evil. Based on his actions, I'm inclined to believe that TJ got very little from the Qur'an. It appears he was more influenced by hadith. I am flabbergasted you can overlook murder, rape, slavery, and genocide and still claim "one spark" of the Qur'an touched him. I'd hate to see what he'd have looked like without that "one spark". Respect the holocaust of Black and Native Americans as most of the world respects the holocaust of the Jews. I am as offended by your remarks as a Jew would rightfully be by you pointing out Hitler's positives and saying he wasn't all bad!
TJ and his sahaba created a white supremist democracy. It was designed by and only for the betterment of white people. All the riches, power, and world influence the US currently has is the direct result of its oppression, suppression, and depression of non-white people across the globe. Without free slave labor and the land stolen from and the annihilation of the Native Americans, the US would not exist as we now know it. Blacks were only given full rights as citizens 43 years ago and Native Americans are reparated for the crimes against their humanity with gambling casinos. Both groups are still among the poorest and least educated in the US. Additionally, the US still has colonies, which it now refers to as territories (for example: Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands, Saipan, etc.). The inhabitants of these "territories" are all subjects of the US Government but do not have full rights as citizens, and these lands are inhabitated predominately by non-white people. Poverty is rampant amongst the people in these territories. However, because of their white sand beaches and luxury hotels they are vacation playgrounds for white America.
There are many positive aspects of the US that we can strive to achieve for the future ummah governed by the Qur'an alone, but first realize that the US and its founding fathers are not to be idolized. The US neither in the past nor in the present has established The Divine System. Overall, we should strive for something much better.
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Peace Brother. My previous post was in response to the topic: Thomas Jefferson did own a copy of the Qur'an. It was not meant to be a justification of the grave atrocities that were and continue to be perpetuated by governments the world over. This world has many problems, and the solution to those problems is to establish the Divine System - of that there is no doubt. The Quran, were it to be followed in its prestine form, has an elegance and a unflawed structure that could allow humanity to reach its potential. Unfortunately, except for that short period during the time when the Prophet established the Divine System (thereby showing us in practice that it is possible to implement such a system), no country has established such a system. At best, we have countries that have implemented portions of the Divine System (often without really comprehending that those elements form part of the Divine System).
Coming back to the topic - the initial posts on this topic were a discourse regarding whether TJ owed a copy of the Quran (and if so, by implication, was he influenced by it). The later posts pointed out that the founding fathers of the USA were still steeped in the beliefs and laws (unjust laws at that) and advocated the upholding thereof. I then argued that if TJ had a copy of the Quran, and even in a minute, and subliminal way, it influenced him, it could only be for the better. The laws may have been harsher and may have taken a longer time to disassemble but for that little spark. Hence - give him the benefit of the doubt.
In today's world, in my opinion, no governenment follows the Divine System. Certain countries have implemented, as I have stated above, elements thereof - such as welfare for the unemployed, or free health services, or the right to a fair trial, etc. Of note also is that those deeply abhorrant human rights violations (torture, human trafficing (akin to slavery), detention without trial, etc) are at least condemned by the vast majority of humanity (notwithstanding those hypocrites who condemn these practices verbally, but in an attempt to "protect their interests", perpetuate it - US, case in point).
Racism, however it manifests itself, whether in an apartheid state (such as the then South African system, or currently in Palestine), or otherwise, remains unjust and indefensible. However, and this is not a justification for racism to exist, it has always existed whether between tribes, or countries, or races or religions. Hence the Quranic teaching that no one is superior to another. In the vast expanse of human history, it has taken wars, killings of persons like Martin Luther King, incarceration of Nelson Mandela to show people that racism in untenable and intolerable - and still it exists. The Quran has been standing for 1400 years, proclaiming that racism is against the Divine System. Earlier prophets have preached the same message.
My post was not to defend TJ, or any other person who acts contrary to the teachings of the Quran, but merely to hightlight the fact that despite living in an era where much of that today which is considered taboo, was considered to be acceptable, there may have been a small spark that may have influenced him. It was not enough to change him totally, and was not enough to change an entire prevailing system, but it may have been enough to make a person pause. And sometimes, a pause is all that may be required to change direction.
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