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[a very critical thinking article...scholars input and advise required...] ... Enacting Harsh Laws Makes Us Less Islamic by Farouk Musa
This is taken from FMT here :
It is a commentary by Dr Farouk Musa about the sharia, the hudud, the RUU355 and so on. My comments follow.
Much has been debated about the amendments to the Shariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965. A massive demonstration in support of the bill was held last Saturday and tensions are running high.
PAS has insisted that the main aim of the proposed amendment is not to introduce hudud but to strengthen the shariah laws and shariah courts.
But if that is true, then PAS for sure must have identified the weaknesses. To the general observer, the weaknesses are apparent and appalling.
Just look at the number of cases of women abandoned by their husbands and children denied their maintenance. Or the prolonged cases of fasakh (annulment of marriage). These cases sometimes take years to resolve, if they are ever settled. Most of the time, it is due to the failure of the men to show up in court. And most of the time this is deliberate; they want to "teach a lesson" to the women.
This is a clear manifestation of injustice. It is injustice committed in the shariah courts and in the name of Islam, with no foreseeable remedy. If indeed one really wants to strengthen the shariah system, wouldn't it be more meaningful to strengthen the Islamic Family Law? This is a law that falls under the ambit of the shariah courts. When one has failed to strengthen this aspect of the law, it looks rather foolish and irresponsible to focus on criminal matters to increase the severity of punishments.
Why this preoccupation with severe punishments? Even if one argued that the amended version proposed in November 2016 is deemed constitutional since it did not have the same over-arching principle that intrudes into the Federal Constitution as in the May 2016 amendment, why the need for harsh punishments? Will they really "strengthen" the shariah law and shariah courts when we know for sure that the glaring weaknesses are not being tackled?
Wouldn't the religion of Islam look more just when the so-called guardians of the faith fight for the rights of the abandoned wives and neglected children? And does the imposition of such harsh laws make us more Islamic in the eyes of God? We have to ask ourselves, were we not imbued with the notion that the most noble thing to be done is to dispense justice?
In this regard, a renowned student of Ibn Taimiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, in his book I'lam al-Muwaqi'in, said: "The foundation of shariah is wisdom and the safeguarding of people's interest in this world and in the next. In its entirety, it is justice, mercy, and wisdom."
Every rule which turns justice into tyranny, mercy into cruelty, good into evil, and wisdom into triviality, does not belong to the shariah, even though it might have been introduced therein by implication.
"The shariah is God's justice and mercy. Life, nutrition, medicine, recuperation and virtue are made possible by it. Every good that exists is derived from it, and every deficiency is the result of its loss and dissipation. For the shariah, which God entrusted to His Prophet to transmit, is the pillar of the world and the key to success and happiness in this world and the next."
It becomes obvious then that the ultimate aim of shariah, like the aim and purpose of any law in the world, is to establish justice and to preserve and promote human welfare. And since the shariah did not come to us in a codified form, it requires our human agency to approximate God's justice. And as humans, we might err. But to err in approximating God's justice is better than to enforce something because it is believed to be the will of God.
We should not gravitate into becoming a Taliban state by imposing harsh shariah criminal laws when we have failed to solve mundane issues such as divorce and alimony in our shariah courts, or more pressing issues like economic equality and good governance.
When some people are still living in makeshift tents after the floods of two years ago, when clean and colourless water is still a main problem even after twenty years under our rule, and when many of our youths are still unemployed with a high rate of intravenous drug users among them, to prioritise pushing for harsher penalties for personal offences only proves that we have failed to understand Fiqh Awlawiyyat, or the jurisprudence of priorities, in decision-making.
Does lashing someone a hundred times for fornication make us the warriors of Islam or defenders of the laws of God?
The Prophet himself was very reluctant to impose a hadd punishment to an adulterer who made a confession. When Ma'iz al-Aslami confessed his act of adultery to the Prophet, the Prophet refused to engage him in conversation and turned his face away.
While we acknowledge there are variations in the report, what transpired was that the Prophet finally asked, after avoiding Ma'iz the fourth time, whether Ma'iz was sane. Then he asked whether Ma'iz really knew what fornication meant or "you only kissed her or, or winked at her, or checked her out?" Lastly, the Prophet asked Ma'iz or his people if he had ever been married.
These three elements plus the Prophet's act of turning his face away from Ma'iz can only be interpreted as an extreme reluctance to apply the hadd punishment. The Prophet's intention was clearly to allow Ma'iz to rethink and to be left alone so that he could repent.
Now compare this noble attitude of the Prophet to that of the Talibans in PAS today. Mercy and compassion are alien to them, although mercy is traditionally considered to be the all-pervasive objective of the shariah.
Looking at the political situation in this country and the timing for such a divisive issue to take place, leads us to one main conclusion – that the main beneficiary from this commotion is none other than the ruling government.
And looking at the political situation in this country, and the timing for such a divisive issue to take place, leads us to one main conclusion. That the main beneficiary from this commotion is none other than the ailing and corrupt government of Najib Razak. This issue is practically a lifeline to the despotic regime. And this issue will be blown out of proportion in order to drown the growing criticisms against financial malfeasance and kleptocratic authoritarianism of the government of the day.
Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa is director Islamic Renaissance Front, a think-tank promoting reform and renewal in Muslim thought.
My comments : Readers who may have read this report in FMT will note that the last paragraph above (highlighted in yellow) is missing. It was "edited" out.
Dr Farouk sent it to me separately via email.
My view is this.
Call it what you want ie sharia, hudud, Islamic law etc.
These are just names.
They are not from the Quran.
The words shariah and hudud appear in the Quran, including this phrase 'tilka hududillah' (these are the hudud of Allah) which appears TWELVE TIMES in the Quran.
But none of the shariah or hudud words mentioned in the Quran has anything to do with the shariah, hudud or so called Islamic laws of the religious people. Isnt that strange?
It is also super high time that the Muslim people stop being lazy and start doing some critical reading and research to determine if indeed the sharia and hudud laws are 'god's laws'.
Because other than the quickie, single word baits like "hudud" and "sharia" to hook the villagers, even the smallest scratching below the surface of these two words exposes the contradictions, divergences, differences and arguments among the religious people.
The hudud and shariah of the religious folks is 100% sectarian.
It differs greatly among the sects.
And when you go into the details, it differs even more greatly.
Here are some simple examples.
1. The cutting the hands of the thief differs between the sects in things like determining the minimum value of the stolen objects that warrants cutting the hands.
According to some sects a minimum value of x is required in the stolen object before the hands can be cut. In other sects the amount could be greater than x.
So whether you lose your hands or not depends on the sect which is in authority in your area of thievery. So to all potential thieves, choose your country carefully.
The question for Muslims to start thinking about is "Is this god's law or is it just sectarian law?"
2. In Afghanistan they punished homosexuals by "dropping" a wall on the guilty. But there is no SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) about the size, thickness, height and material of the wall.
The Taliban once used an old Soviet tank to push a brick wall over a homosexual. The guy survived the "brick wall" and was allowed to go home to recuperate.
So homosexuals, avoid countries that have advanced concrete industries.
The question for Muslims to start thinking about is "Is this god's law or is it just sectarian law?"
3. In Iran, they believe that homosexuals should be punished by dropping them off high places like a cliff. In one case, they didnt have a vertical cliff nearby. But they did have a helicopter. Needless to say, the homosexual was killed.
So homosexuals in Iran should avoid places with helicopters. It is safer for them to hang around places with low lying hills.
The question for Muslims to start thinking about is "Is this god's law or is it just sectarian law?"
4. Now in Malaysia no less than the Federal Court has upheld the ruling that NON MUSLIMS cannot become lawyers in Sharia courts. Of course the judges in Sharia courts also must be Muslim - this is what they say.
But did you know that NON MUSLIMS also cannot be witnesses in a sharia court?
Can this be "god's law" ?
Lets say a Muslim robber breaks into a non Muslim home and robs a family of four non Muslims. After the robbery the victims call the Police and lodge a Police report.
Say the robber is caught.
BUT lo and behold, there is a Sharia court nearby.
So the case goes to the sharia court. The non Muslim victims cannot be witnesses. And there are NO OTHER witnesses.The case will be dismissed. The robber walks free. What kind of justice is this?
Eventually, so as not to waste time, the Police will not even entertain any Police report involving robbery (a sharia offence) where the victims are NON MUSLIM. It is just wasting time.
The question for Muslims to start thinking about is "Is this god's law or is it just sectarian law?"
5. Then they changed 'god's law'. Somewhere along the line the religious people changed their sharia law. Somewhere in history, some sects allowed NON MUSLIM DOCTORS to appear as expert witnesses in the sharia courts.
(There could have been cases where death was involved and a physician was also involved who may not have been a Muslim doctor.)
So an exception was made where NON MUSLIM doctors could become 'expert' witnesses in a sharia court. So they changed god's law.
Even then some sects argued that even NON MUSLIM doctors cannot be allowed as witnesses in Sharia courts. And the arguments go on until today.
The question for Muslims to start thinking about is "Is this god's law or is it just sectarian law?"
Conclusion : What is the conclusion? The conclusion is all you Muslim people just do not read. You do not know jack s__t about your own religion or about what is going on with your religious people.
This is the problem.
You people just do not read.
Go and read lah.
It is so easy now.
Just use your smart phone.
As an example just Google 'Non Muslims cannot be witnesses in Shariah courts'. You will get something like this :
Then you just click, click and click and read.
Dont surrender your brains to the retards.


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I met someone new at work recently. He was a guest and in the first three minutes of our introduction, he congratulated me on my pregnancy.
I smiled and said my thanks, and then he revealed that he and his wife were expecting their third child. Now, it was my turn to offer my congratulations. And then he asked me: "Do you plan to continue working?"
Woah. I mean, I had known the guy for barely five minutes. But I answered him anyway: Yes, I do.
"You don't want to look after the kids yourself?" he pressed.
Eventually, I hope to be able to, I replied. But just not now.
"It's better for the kids, you know," he said.
I changed the subject.
Two years ago, when I was heavily pregnant with Aidan, I bumped into a male colleague in the pantry. As we made small talk, he suddenly said, "Can I ask you a personal question?"
Erm, sure, I replied, taken aback.
"Are you coming back to work after giving birth?" he asked.
Yes, I am, I said.
"But why?"
I excused myself and walked out of the pantry.
I really hate this whole FTWM vs SAHM talk. It's absolutely pointless and simply fuels petty comments and biased opinions. And it piles the guilt onto mothers, something that we don't need more of. As it is, mums are often ridden with guilt over one thing or another, and the last thing we want is to be judged for our choice to work.
Whether we are full-time employees or not, we are still mothers at the heart of it all.
We still clean up snotty noses, cuddle our babies when they wake up crying, delight over their milestones, despair over their tantrums, pack their bags, stock up on their diapers, sing and dance with them, kiss their wounds better, ensure that they have their jabs, prepare their favorite food, tell them we love them a million and one times.
It doesn't mean that just because we are not with them in the day, we are failing them in any way.
Some of us make the choice to work. We choose to work because we enjoy our work. We enjoy the financial independence. We like to be intellectually stimulated in different ways. We are better mums because we work.
Some of us have to work. I need to support my retiree single mother, and I cannot bear to let my husband shoulder the financial burden of keeping both our family and my family afloat. Not all of us have the luxury of choosing to stay at home, some of us don't have that fat paycheck as a cushion.
So, don't judge. Don't say stuff like "it's better for the kids" to us. You don't know us, you don't know our kids. We have made our choice and we live it everyday, without complaints, without whining. We do the best that we can.
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By Kate Maxey
So in my last post I went over how to infuse herbs in honey. Now I want to share some yummy recipes using these honeys. For a lot of my body recipes I like to use Comfrey Root honey. Comfrey Root is highly moistening and contains allantoin, which is thought to stimulate cell growth and repair while simultaneously depressing inflammation. In any of these recipes you can use plain honey, for it alone is moisturizing, anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial if you are dealing with problem skin. Other herbs you can infuse into honey for healthy skin are roses, lavender, chamomile, gotu kola and licorice.
Now on to the recipes!!
Lip Balm
1 tsp. Rosehip oil
1 tsp. Shea Butter
1 tsp. Comfrey Root Honey
1.5 Tbsp. Beeswax
1.5 Tbsp. Cocoa Butter
½ tsp. Vanilla extract
Melt down Shea Butter, Beeswax and Cocoa Butter and when liquid add oil, honey and vanilla. Stir well. Pour into lip tubes or small jars.
Chocolate Honey Body Scrub
1 1/4 cup Sugar
3 oz. almond oil
2 Tbsp. Cocoa Butter
2 Tbsp. Honey or herbal infused honey of your choice
2 tsp. Cocoa Powder
1/2 tsp. Vanilla extract
5 drops Balsam Peru Essential oil (opt.)
5 drops Ylang Ylang (opt.)
Melt down the Cocoa Butter and blend with honey, oil, sugar, cocoa powder and vanilla. Stir well. Makes 3 4 oz. jars. I am definitely giving this away for christmas time!!
Body Glow Honey
From The Herbal Kitchen by Kami McBride (one of my favorite books: http://www.amazon.com/Herbal-Kitchen-Easy—Find-Recipes/dp/157324421X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353976029&sr=1-1&keywords=kami+mcbride
1 cup Honey or herbal infused honey of your choice
2 Tbsp. powdered lemon balm
2 Tbsp. powdered chamomile
1 Tbsp. powdered lavender
1 Tbsp. powdered mugwort
1 tsp. powdered rosemary
*Get wet, scrub this all over, and let it soak into your skin for about 15 minutes. Shower off and glow!!
Honey Face Mask
1 Tbsp. Comfrey Root honey
1 Tbsp. Tamanu Oil
1 Tbsp. Clay
1 Tbsp. Sea Buckthorn powder (a good source: http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/bulkherb/s.html)
Optional Essential Oils:
1 drop Carrot
2 drops Frankincense
1 drop Rose
Stir all ingredients together and slather on face. Oh so good!!
Hope you enjoy all the yumminess!!


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There are blue and grey checkmarks that appear next to Pages and/or profiles on Facebook.
The blue checkmark confirms the authenticity of the Pages and the people or brands behind them. It demonstrates this is an official account. This type of verification is available for both Pages and personal profiles.
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Is Facebook verification open to all?
There's the theory and there's the practice.
In theory, anyone can get verified. In practice, it's a bit more nuanced than that.
Only some Page types can be verified.
Local businesses, organizations, companies, along with public figures are Page types for which it is possible to obtain a Facebook verification. A physical location is a help because the gray marks are location-based.
Getting Facebook verification for personal profiles is a lot harder. Before you start you will need a lot of friends on your account, plus you will have to meet other requirements and provide proofs.
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Your page needs to be in top form. There are no strict parameters, but ensuring the Page looks fantastic and is credible is a great help when Facebook reviews your request.
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- Plenty of content
The process goes like this:
Start with your actual Page. Go to the Page's settings. Then go to "General". If your Page is verifiable choose the option: "Page Verification".
In this case you should be given either the option for "instant" verification, or for the more lengthy process.
Instant verification provides the chance for Facebook to call the publicly listed phone number for your Page. You will then be provided with a verification code.
This code is for entering in the box that Facebook should provide. If successful, Facebook will award a gray check mark. Eventually this can lead to a blue one.
If this method doesn't suit you, there is also another way that involves uploading documents that prove you are the legal owner of the business. Included in the list of documents are:
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Facebook reviews these manually prior to giving their approval.
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It is a whole lot more tricky to get your personal Facebook profile verified. You must have a lot of friends and not just fans.
On top of this, only those people who have near-celebrity status are able to get verification from Facebook for their personal profiles.
Submitting your personal Facebook profile for verification needs to be done by contacting Facebook directly. If Facebook takes your application seriously they will request documents that prove you are who you say you are. This may be a passport, a copy of your driving license, or some other legal document.
How Long does it take to Get Verified?
This depends on factors like what type of Page you might have set up. Other considerations are how tied up the Facebook team is, and how many followers you have. For example, it's a known fact that Facebook will take longer to approve a business than some prominent celebrities.
The time span ranges from as little as 48 hours to as long as 45 days.
Wait… what if Facebook Rejects Me?
Facebook rejecting your application doesn't need to be the end. Facebook's support team can offer more information about why you have been rejected.
It may simply require you making some tweaks and revamping your Page or profile. There is no limit on the number of tries you can have. Your Page must be as fleshed-out as possible. It needs to contain as much information that makes you seem credible as possible.
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The majority of businesses and marketers who successfully obtain Facebook verifications have worked hard. They put effort into their online and social presence to make them as strong as they can be.
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Boost Brand awareness with this fun Memory Match contest for Facebook Pages
InstallThisApp's Memory Match contest for Facebook Pages is designed to spice up your online marketing campaigns on social media. It increases brand awareness, organic traffic, and can also boost your lead generation results.
The Memory Match game basically consists on placing pairs of cards at random positions, so that the player has to find the matching pairs as quickly as possible, using the least amount of clicks.
Creating a Memory Match contest for Facebook
Sign in to your dashboard
The first thing you need to do is login or signup for a free account at www.installthisapp.com.
Create a Memory Match app
After logging in, click on the [+] icon located at the upper right side of the dashboard, next to you profile pic.
A window will show up with a list of all the available apps, choose Memory Match.
On the next screen you have to indicate the Facebook Page where you'll install the game.
Once you've indicated the Facebook Page, a form will show up, where you have to fill in the Title and Description of the contest.
At the end you'll see some extra settings like:
- Play more than once: Allows the users to play many times. This guarantees they'll keep playing to one-up each other.
- Available Platforms: Indicate if it's available for Mobile, Desktop or both.
- Scheduled Installation: Allows you to program the app to be published or uninstalled at a certain date and time.
Customize your Memory Match contest design
Go to the Design section of the app's dashboard and select the screen you want to customize. Click on the images or elements you want, and you'll see a tooltip with all of the customization options available.
Add cards to the Matching game
Go to the Images tab and click on the + sign. You'll see a popup window, drag all of your cards there and wait for them to be uploaded. Reminder: You only have to upload single images, the app will duplicate them later inside the game.
Publish the App
Once you're done with all the previous steps, click on "Install" so that your new app starts showing up on your Facebook page.
Track your Campaign
Track who's participating and getting the best scores at the Scores section of the dashboard. You can also use the top-right bottoms at the table to get a random winner, download the whole table, remove entries or group users for future reference.
This is not the only kind of contest you can create, but it's one of the most fun ones.
Fan gates are gone for good, here's how you can deal with it
Facebook has updated their API and SDKs terms & conditions, and one of the most critical changes you should take in account is the demise of the beloved Fan-Gate or Like-Gate.
Wait, what?
In case you're wondering what a Fan-Gate is: A Fan Gate is a welcoming screen within a Facebook Page tab, where users are required to like the Facebook page in order to participate in a contest or game.
Farewell, Fan-gate. The big question is, is this good, bad, or ugly?
Not as bad as you'd think, actually. Facebook is trying to prevent people from being bribed into liking pages they normally wouldn't. This is a wake up call to all the social media marketers out there, to improve their campaigns as a whole and bring relevant, meaningful and engaging content to their audiences instead of just getting likes in exchange for stuff.
But what about the immediate, short-term reward that pages and brands used to enjoy with the ever-increasing likes count? Well, this new restriction gives you the opportunity to collect actual leads -and far more useful data about them- with one of our new features: optional forms for all of our apps.
Fan-gates will be gone starting on November 5th, so you can start implementing forms on your apps as a way of generating more leads and gathering meaningful information about them.
Forms can be shown before or after participating in a contest or promotion, depending on which app you're using.
Just go to the "optional form" of your app's dashboard, and click here to learn how to create an optional form for your Facebook apps.
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Story Contest
Today we'd like to introduce you a beautiful new app we've crafted for you. It's the Story contest.
With it, people write some text and compete for other users' votes.
You can use it for many types of promotions on your Facebook Pages, any time of the year. Just think about it: the best Disney trip stories, the best valentine's poems, the best vacations story (for a leisure travel agency's page), the best jokes… you name it!
The stories show up in little sheets of paper, like letters, with a ribbon at the corner showing the votes count. People can vote for their favorite and write comments below every single story.
Of course, you can customize the colors, text styles and sizes, to match your brand's identity.
Want to try it now? Great! Just go to your control panel and create a story contest. The app is free until June 28th.
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Four more of the city's adopted "Thundering Third" Marines have died in Afghanistan, officials said.
Sgt. Brandon Bury, of Grand Prairie, Texas; Lance Cpl. Derek Hernandez, of Bridgeton, Mo.; Cpl. Donald Marler, of Harlingen, Texas; and Sgt. John Rankel, of Indianapolis were killed last week in combat, said officials with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines Foundation.
The city adopted the Marines stationed in Camp Pendleton in 2005.
The foundation has been supporting the Marines and their families with care packages, welcome-home activities, assistance for the wounded and programs for families when the troops are deployed.


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GRAND FORKS-In March, Gavin Hain lined up against two of his future University of North Dakota hockey teammates when his Grand Rapids High School team played against Ethan Frisch, Carter Randklev and the Moorhead Spuds for the Minnesota Class 2A state boys championship.
Hain had a hat trick in that game and Grand Rapids won the title.
The stakes won't be nearly as high on Saturday, Dec. 30, but Hain hopes to leave another positive impression on a whole lot more of his future teammates when the U.S. Under-18 team plays UND in an exhibition game at 7:07 p.m. in Ralph Engelstad Arena.
"It's going to be cool," Hain said. "I've never played in The Ralph before. It's going to be pretty fun knowing this is where you're going to be for the next four years. I'm excited for it already. Just being there, being in town and playing in The Ralph against my future team is going to be fun. It's probably something you'll be able to joke around about next year with them."
This is Hain's first year with the Under-18 team. He received an invite in the spring after leading Grand Rapids to the state championship. He tallied 58 points in 30 games as a junior, including his three-goal, four-point performance in the finals.
"I knew I was ready to leave high school," Hain said. "I kind of told himself that if I got the opportunity to go to the NTDP, I would go, and I did. I just thought about the developmental side of it-on and off the ice-is what I went there for. I wanted to be as ready as possible for when I come into North Dakota next year."
How have things been with the U.S. Under-18 team, which is stationed in Michigan?
"It's been a big change," Hain said. "Every day is pretty hard. From getting up early for school to the compete level and the intensity level of practices has been the biggest change-the grind of it all. But it's been good."
Hain is expected to come to campus next season for UND. He has played mostly left wing with the U.S. Under-18 team, but also has had some stints at center, where he played at Grand Rapids.
He has three goals and 12 points in 25 games this season, while playing a schedule that includes several D-I college opponents.
The U.S. Under-18 team has already played against Notre Dame, Michigan, Michigan State, Miami, Bowling Green, Harvard, Dartmouth and Lake Superior State.
The U.S. team left for Christmas break last Friday and will gather Thursday, Dec. 28, in Grand Forks. Hain will be able to make the roughly three-hour drive down U.S. Highway 2 from Grand Rapids to Grand Forks-one that will be frequented by family members in the future.
"I'm definitely looking forward to this weekend-it will be fun," Hain said. "I want to keep getting better, so I can be an impact player next year. I want to keep improving and my goals are to get drafted in the summer and win gold at the World Championship at the end of the year."


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AOL has renewed its search partnership with Google, inking a five-year extension to outsource its search platform to the Web giant through 2015.
Long-struggling Internet pioneer AOL (NYSE: AOL) is billing the search accord as the latest phase of an ongoing effort to revive its fortunes, reminding search advertisers that its portal remains an essential component of the marketing mix.
"Today is another important step in the turnaround of AOL," CEO Tim Armstrong said in a statement announcing the agreement. "AOL users will be getting a better search and search ads experience from the best search company in the world -- Google."
Through the partnership, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will provide the search and advertising technology, including new ad formats, underlying the search engine on AOL's network of sites. With 2.3 percent of the market, AOL is the fifth most popular search engine among U.S. Web users, according to the most recent data from online metrics firm comScore.
The renewed partnership comes amid a more seismic realignment in the search industry, as Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) is in the process of turning over its search and advertising operations to Microsoft(NASDAQ: MSFT) in an alliance that aims to pose a credible competitive challenge to Google.
In July, Google performed 65.8 percent of U.S. searches, compared to Yahoo's 17.1 percent share and Microsoft's 11 percent. IAC's Ask.com ranked No. 4, with 3.8 percent of the market.
Google has provided AOL's search technology for nearly a decade, and with the renewed partnership the companies are deepening their ties in other lines of business.
For the first time, Google will provide a mobile search platform for AOL, which has been redoubling its focus on the mobile Web with an array of new apps and optimized websites.
Additionally, Google has agreed to a content partnership that will give AOL's video offerings a dedicated home on YouTube, the world's leading video website.
"All aspects of our partnership will be improved by this deal," said Armstrong, who previously held the position of Google's top sales executive in North America before leaving to guide AOL through its separation from Time Warner and initial public offering.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt was similarly enthusiastic, explaining that the partnership played to each company's strengths, with Google handling the search and advertising technology, leaving AOL free to focus on its content network.
"It's particularly exciting to see our relationship expand into video and mobile," Schmidt said. "These areas are now at the heart of users' online experiences and at the core of both of our businesses."
AOL and Google's previous search agreementhad been scheduled to expire in December.
Kenneth Corbin is an associate editor at InternetNews.com, the news service of Internet.com, the network for technology professionals.
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And so we're here again. May 18. Exactly three years have passed since I wrote my first post here and officially opened Thus Spake the Mighty Wha-keem. It started with a bold mission statement and a weekly publishing schedule, which I'm proud to say I managed to uphold fairly well during the first year. In its second year, a change to a bi-weekly schedule was instituted and has just recently given way to a monthly one (without a specific publication day in the month or the week). For now. And I am still here, so I think that's worth a little anniversary festivity and contemplation.
Last year's anniversary musings were written in advance (thankfully), as I spent the actual day in the delivery room awaiting the arrival of my son, who firmly held out and refused to share his birthday with his father's blog (one has to recognise the integrity in that). The year that has followed has, for many obvious reasons, been an adventure unlike any other, but our focus here will be the 24 posts that have been written and published here since then (perhaps in spite of other adventures).
Reviewing those posts, I note that a few subjects stand out: There have been several posts on various aspects of writing; and also a few on comics (including a look at Jim Starlin's cosmic Marvel work, Swedish comics creator Mike Berg's Agent Marc Saunders and DC's revisiting the Watchmen universe). Reality also intruded harshly with the horrible massacre on the Norwegian island of Utøya, which resulted in a string of posts on topics like the death penalty and the mongrel nature of all culture. On a more positive note, my 100th post was celebrated in October (for the second time, obviously, but accurately this time around) and the 2011 edition of the Göteborg Book Fair was covered (as per tradition). I have also written about the splendour of Australian progressive rock band Aragon, and a host of other subjects, small and large.
All in all, and in spite of a slowed down publishing pace yet again, I don't think my blog accomplishments this past year have been too shabby.
I am still having fun, and I hope you are too, gentle reader.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tarah Mikacich Interview From Wake World
Although she's gone from one famous watersports name (Benzel) to another (Mikacich), Tarah Mikacich has been quietly making a name for herself. Once you've been introduced to her bubbly personality and experienced her drive to progress in all she does, it's no surpise that she's successful in just about any undertaking. Even in the off-season we had to catch the busy Tarah between projects so you could find out more about her.
WW: Would it be impolite to start out by asking your age?
TM: Hahaha, I just turned 29, but the good news is that I still have to show my ID to sit in the exit row of an airplane!
WW: Did you marry Cobe Mikacich so that you will be forever young, relatively speaking?
TM: Wow, going right after the age gap! Well, Cobe is definitely a big kid. He always has fun ideas! And since I'll never catch up with him birthday-wise, I just try to keep up with his fast pace and learn from some of his experiences.
WW: You currently reside in Orlando, Florida, but is that where you're from originally?
TM: Basically. I grew up in Groveland (which is about 40 minutes from Orlando), but no one really knows where that is.
WW: How did you end up in wakeboarding?
TM: I had been water skiing at a high level for most of my life, but I got to a point where I needed to change things up. I just felt that it didn't suit me anymore. I asked Cobe to take me wakeboarding because I'd never done it before and I thought it would be a fun change of pace. It was! Fortunately, I got great industry support from the beginning.
WW: How long have you been wakeboarding professionally?
TM: Well, I did my first pro contests in 2007. I blew out my knee at the end of that summer and had a very hard time coming back for a few years. I think I finally rode a full season in 2010 or 2011.
WW: You seem like you're a super busy person. What occupies all your time?
TM: Cobe! Hahaha, but for real, Cobe has A LOT of projects!
WW: I hear that your wakeboard school is going to be expanding and moving to a new location. Can you tell me about that?
TM: Yes! We are opening Freedom Wake Park in the heart of Orlando! If you're familiar with Orlando, our new location is about a mile from Performance Ski & Surf. It's very exciting to have a private lake (with boat & rails) and be close to everything else that people want to do in Orlando!
WW: What's your favorite part of teaching people how to wakeboard?
TM: It's really fun for me when I can explain to someone the way that I understand a trick to work, and then all of a sudden they "get it" – they make a really good change and I can tell they're feeling exactly what I described.
WW: How important is wakeboarding on the Pro Tour to you?
TM: It's a great part of the sport for sure. But for me, it's not where I feel I make the biggest impact. It's a good way to be in the scene though.
WW: What's the most important part about being a pro wakeboarder?
TM: I think that loving what you do has got to be the most important thing. Sometimes people get too caught up with little things and they forget to be grateful that they get to wakeboard and spend their days on the water.
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Raising the Skate
Do you ever rediscover fashion combos that you used to wear like crazy? Tops tucked into mini skirts were once the bread and butter of my wardrobe. At some point, I ran out of shirts that weren't too bulky or short to stay underneath high waisted skirts so my obsession with the pairing eventually faded. Returning to this style now feels better than ever. An outfit like this totally works for fall in my neck of the woods since it doesn't get too chilly, meaning you can get away with wearing tights in the "colder" months. It could just be the hair but I like to think of this getup as a modern day take on Lydia Deetz (or maybe like her not-as-cool cousin). Either way, I feel pretty strong/sassy sportin' this look and ready to raise the skate.
Mesh Long Sleeve Top- Resale (Ritzy Ragz)
Everleigh Circle Skirt- Norstrom
Jessica Simpson Tights- TJ Maxx
Ecco Moss Ankle Boots- Resale (Ritzy Ragz)
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Here are two facts that might seem unrelated: 1) Most Americans cannot name a living scientist. 2) Over the last two years, by far the most pressing problems in the country have been the economy and the cost of healthcare (a chief concern of President Obama's deficit commission).
What if we told you solving the first will help us fix the second?
Without ramping up our investments in science and research — a matter barely on the public's radar in a country where 65% of the citizens can't name a living scientist and another 18% try but get it wrong — we'll be hobbled in trying to fix our long-term economic problems. That's because science creates jobs, and it can also reduce healthcare costs related to the aging of the population.
Take jobs first: This has been a theme hammered home by the National Academy of Sciences. In its two "Gathering Storm" reports released in recent years, the academy has argued strongly that our future prosperity depends on investments made now in research and innovation.
The basic premise rests on the work of Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Solow, who documented that advances in technology and knowledge drove U.S. economic growth in the first half of the 20th century. If it was true then, it's even more so in today's information economy.


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New Delhi, Apr 18 (PTI) Students belonging to SC and ST communities who topped class X and XII examinations last year were honoured at the Dr Ambedkar National Merit Awards here today.
Ministers of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Krishan Pal Gurjar, Vijay Sampla and Ramdas Athawale also released the newly-printed version of Collected Works of Babasaheb Ambedkar (CWBA) and a set of audio CDs on CWBA on the occasion.
The function was organised by Dr Ambedkar Foundation (DAF) under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Rs 60,000 in cash was given as first prize while Rs 50,000 was given as second prize. The third position was awarded with Rs 40,000.
In his message to the students, the Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot said that education is a very powerful tool and every child should have access to it.
He called upon the students to dedicate themselves purely to their studies so that society and the nation at large is benefited. PTI PLB KUN


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Lucky for us, there are vaccines to help prevent many illnesses that affect dogs and cats. Vaccinating your dog or cat has long been considered one of the easiest ways to help him or her live a long, healthy life. Not only are there different vaccines for different diseases, there are different types and combinations of vaccines. Although vaccinations have the potential to protect pets against life-threatening diseases, vaccinations aren't without their risks. Recently, there has been some controversy regarding the duration of protection and timing of vaccination, as well as the safety and necessity of certain vaccines. What does this all mean for your dog or cat? Vaccinating is a procedure that has risks and benefits that must be weighed for every dog or cat relative to his or her lifestyle and health. Our veterinarian can determine a vaccination regime that will provide the safest and best protection for your individual dog or cat.
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Vaccines help prepare the body's immune system to fight the invasion of disease-causing organisms. Vaccines contain antigens, which look like the disease-causing organism to the immune system but don't actually cause disease. When the vaccine is introduced to the body, the immune system is mildly stimulated. If a dog or cat is ever exposed to the real disease, his or her immune system is now prepared to recognize and fight it off entirely or reduce the severity of the illness.
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Bottom line-vaccines are very important in managing the health of your dog or cat. That said, not every dog or cat needs to be vaccinated against every disease. It is very important to discuss with our veterinarian a vaccination protocol that's right for your dog or cat. Factors that should be examined include age, medical history, environment, travel habits and lifestyle. Most vets highly recommend administering core vaccines to healthy dogs and cats.
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Vaccines are divided into three categories - core, non-core and not recommended. Core vaccines are considered vital to all dogs and cats based on risk of exposure, severity of disease or transmissibility to humans.
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Core Feline Vaccines: Feline panleukopenia, also called feline infectious enteritis and feline distemper, Feline Viral Respiratory Disease Complex, Virulent Systemic Feline Calicivirus and Rabies. Non-Core Feline Vaccines are given depending on the cat's exposure risk. Including Feline Leukemia Virus
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Puppies and kittens should receive a series of vaccinations with a combination vaccine product that protects against the viruses and diseases that your pet is at most risk of coming in contact with.
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President Obama has been trying to score political points by charging, in effect, that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is laundering foreign money to steal the election for Republicans.
Trouble is, the chamber doesn't just support Republicans. It has endorsed several House Democrats, vulnerable freshmen who have been buoyed by the chamber's six-figure ad buys.
Across the Chesapeake Bay, on the Eastern Shore, these chamber ads are hard to miss, celebrating Maryland's Frank Kratovil and Virginia's Glenn Nye -- both Democrats elected in 2008 -- for advancing a "pro-business" agenda. These endorsements undermine the Democrats' "Big Business loves Republicans" message, and they also highlight the tension between the business community and an electorate desperate for economic growth but also distrustful of bailout barons and K Street lobbyists.
Kratovil and Nye both scored 67 percent on the chamber's scorecard last year, which chamber lobbyist Bruce Josten told me was good enough to earn them the backing of the powerful business lobby over Republicans Andy Harris in Maryland's 1st District and Scott Rigell in Virginia's 2nd.
Some of the chamber-favored "pro-business" bills that Kratovil and Nye backed are budget busters: Obama's $800 billion stimulus; the Advanced Vehicle Technology Act, which subsidizes automakers' research and development; the Travel Promotion Act, which turns the U.S. government into an ad agency for the tourism industry; and the Solar Technology Roadmap Act, which gives subsidies to a stubbornly unprofitable technology.
Local conservatives are attuned to this pro-subsidy streak of the chamber. "The Chamber of Commerce has historically been not the best friend of free markets," Stevensville, Md., Realtor Kevin Waterman told me. Waterman is a scion of the region's dominant developer, and his family constantly locks horns with anti-growth conservationists. But he's clear-eyed about the chamber's penchant for corporate welfare. "They choose big business over free markets all the time."
For conservatives and Republicans in these districts, the chamber's endorsement simply magnifies the view that this year's elections pit Beltway elites -- Big Business, K Street, and Big Government -- against regular people, including small business. Harris' chief of staff responded to the chamber endorsement of Kratovil by attacking the business lobby: "An organization like the chamber is obviously out of touch with small businesses in the 1st District."
In Virginia, Rigell, a Ford salesman, touts his record as a small-businessman and an entrepreneur to contrast himself with Nye, a Georgetown alumnus and career Foreign Service officer. In one ad, Rigell's wife speaks of the janitorial business the couple started decades ago. Rigell has made his business background the heart of his candidacy: "To change our Congress we have to change the kind of people we send to Congress." Translation -- fewer lawyers, more businessmen.
So Rigell is running an explicitly pro-business campaign against Nye, a supporter of Barney Frank's financial regulation bill who would re-elect Nancy Pelosi speaker of the House.
So why is the chamber backing Nye? The candidate credits the endorsement to his "proven track record of being pro-business." Nye's concern for business seems sincere. Even when speaking to a small, dispirited rump of College Democrats at Old Dominion University on Wednesday, Nye stressed the need to "keep taxation low on business."
But Rigell says the chamber's endorsement "represents the intersection of big business and big government." Rather than "pro-business," Rigell says, Nye is "pro-Big Business."
The clash between the business lobby and conservatives who oppose regulation and higher taxes is one fruit of the 2008 bailouts. After TARP, Big Business has become even more ambivalent about limited government.
But the electorate seems to have more emphatic views. The stimulus bill is unpopular. Rigell says it hurt small business by adding to the debt and thus increasing uncertainty about taxes and inflation. Harris blasts the $800 billion measure too.
Many locals up and down the Delmarva Peninsula agree. John Munsell of Centreville said he was disappointed by the chamber's support of the Wall Street bailout and the stimulus, which he thinks were aimed at well-connected fat cats. "They didn't help in Queen Anne's County. That was a waste of money."
Democrats have their own anti-Big Business line. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Executive Director Jon Vogel -- whose job is to get guys like Kratovil and Nye re-elected -- said this week, "The chamber has an agenda, and it's aimed at promoting outsourcing of American jobs."
But that line isn't working too well for the Dems, polls show. Meanwhile Rigell's and Harris' anti-chamber play resonates. The result is a win-win for the GOP: even though the chamber mostly backs Republicans, the party may also make gains this year running against Big Business.
Timothy P.Carney, The Examiner's senior political columnist, can be contacted at email@example.com. His column appears Monday and Thursday, and his stories and blog posts appear on ExaminerPolitics.com.


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Monthly Archives: September 2013
The life of a Monk? 25 September 2013
Up at 5.30 frosty, loading cold and stiff bags into the back of the truck and then off to Tim Horton's in Williams Lake for coffee and a wireless connection – it all seems so normal again. We have to … Continue reading
Break in the weather 24 September 2013
Chris got us all up at 5.30 as his feeling for the weather dictated – it was a go for the trip North. We packed the camp in a record 2 hours and the Spirit Dancer was proudly carrying our … Continue reading
Helicopter Rescue? 23rd September 2013
23rd I woke early again in case we had to pack quickly, my hot rock was still a little warm and I reluctantly pulled my feet away from the comfort. The weather? More of same: strong winds, descending snow line, … Continue reading
Avalanche 22nd September 2013
I was up at 7 am just in case we had good enough weather to escape this beautiful haven – but it wasn't. The wind was still strong and the pressure was down again, which meant that the winds would … Continue reading
Back to Super Camp: 21 September 2012
The morning was colder than previously and Chris said that the pressure was dropping – another indication of worsening weather (low pressure is usually a sign of increasing winds and precipitation). The snowline on the mountains seemed to be lower … Continue reading
Wind Spirits: 20 Sept 2013
… They didn't. The wind spirits kept up their dancing through the treetops all night interrupting my peaceful dreams. They were nice dreams too: I was saying goodbye to my ex-partners and, in dream language, letting go of some aspects … Continue reading
Supercamp: 19th September 2013
…continued. This camp had poor access to the campsite so we left what we could in the canoe and only carried what we really needed to the camp itself. The camp itself was accessible from the water but only after … Continue reading
East to West: 18th September 2013
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Bear Tracks: 17th September 2013
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Dancing with humans: 16 September 2013
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GRR Number: 16-086
Type of Surrender: Owner Turn-in
Status: Medical hold
Age: 12 years
Weight: 45 lbs. and gaining
Personality: Sadie is a small to medium sized Golden mix gal with a beautiful light gold coat. This girl has a calm energy level, but with a touch of "sassy" in her that spices things up. Like most Goldens, she will graciously absorb an endless stream of pets and rubs from all comers, young and old and ask for more! The forever "Velcro" dog, she places herself near you wherever you go and whatever your activity. If things get too quiet, she may nap a bit, but will still lift her head up every so often to make sure that you are still next to her, before falling back to sleep.
She is quite a girl, who apparently has been through a lot. Upon her arrival at GRR, Sadie was underweight and in poor health. Her bloodwork indicated low platelet counts, so Sadie's foster is augmenting her nutrition with prednisone, and she is gaining weight daily. Her incoming vet visits identified and classified four growths on her body. Two were fibromas, which were drained and are benign, needing no further treatment. Two were slow growing basal cell tumors, which will be surgically removed, curing that situation when her future bloodwork results allow. Her gentle nature during these medical procedures demonstrates her obvious appreciation for all of the loving care she is receiving.
Her health is rapidly improving, and her manners in her foster's home have been so great that she is allowed to roam the house freely. Calm girl that she is, the recent loud thunderstorms were no issue at all for her. Once she retires for the night, she routinely sleeps until morning.
Sadie travels well in the car, but just loves to go for walks. She behaves rather well with only occasional pulls, as she enjoys weaving back and forth scanning the way ahead for interesting scents. She has shown curiosity in the occasional feline during these walks, but has not come close enough to determine just how friendly her interest is. She is very particular about neighborhood cats trespassing in her foster's yard, and so when she is inside and spies a cat walking through her yard, she just has to bark. She is selective in picking her canine friends, and tried to strike up a playful friendship with a Golden guy that was in foster care with her before he was adopted to a forever home.
Sadie has all the characteristics to become a close family member in some lucky household. Very quickly the only question will become "How did we ever get along without Sadie?"
Ideal Home: Sadie would do very well in a forever home with a medium level of activity, and plenty of opportunity for companionship during the day. A healthy helping of walks would be her choice of exercise and adventure. As her foster care proceeds, her true feelings about cats will emerge.
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KCD Press Day
This season, KCD's London press day was an odd bolt of transatlantic decadence, with Marc Jacob's Danceteria-inspired outburst of eighties excess, Christophe Decarnin's blast of luxe lunacy chez Balmain and the commercial crumbs of Olivier Theysken's swansong for the beleagured house of Nina Ricci. While the opinions of many clashed over Theysken's final show, the towering platforms he offered - with heels either sadistically sliced away or dangling uselessly several inches above the floor - grab your attention with the same urgency as teetering models grabbing their minders upon exiting the Ricci catwalk. Those stout platform boots with hanging heel were much in evidence at the Ricci press day - alongside their commercial counterparts. You may well ask how you commercialise magenta glitter-encrusted heelless shoes seaguing seamlessly into black satin loon-pants? Well, Nina Ricci forgot about the trousers altogether (so last season), sliced off the platform and dusted off most of the glitter, leaving a chunky lip of purple sparkle outlining laces and foot-opening. Very dark and intense, albeit somewhat lacking in the delicate femininity Theyskens has made his own. That, however, was arguably present in a pair of butter-soft suede boots with crystal heels embellished with the Lalique lovebird stopper gracing many a bottle of L'Air Du Temps. Accessories vs. perfume: the battle of the cash cows?
Whereas Nina Ricci's shoes defied gravity, Christophe Decarnin's wares for Balmain continue to defy logic - economic logic, at least. Crusted with crystal and with shoulders pointing skywards like many a glittering, recently-emptied City skyscraper, Decarnin's wares were emphatic, dramatic and attention grabbing. With Balmain, for me, part of the fun is imagining just how much a super-worked, supershort piece of postmodern pulling clobber is going to set you back. In the case of the brief kidskin frocks - quilted and chain-wrapped to the hilt and giving Kaiser Karl's nudge-nudge wink-wink early nineties vulgarity a run for it's loadsa-money - the sky really is the limit. I'm guessing we may keep it in the four figures for the bolero jacket with crystal leopard lapels. As for the ruffled black leather frock with single bedazzled net sleeve? I'd rather not know.
Marc Jacob's collection continues the cathartic devil-may-care approach to financial restraint - but in contrast to Decarnin and Theysken's respective odes to Versace and Montana, Jacobs was very much part of the fashionable elite of the decade that taste forgot. Thus, perhaps, the reason his ode seemed so much more heartfelt - not least his homage to the late Stephen Sprouse in think silk crepe de chine dresses, tights and scarves thickly-patterned with swirling designs in eye-popping cobalt, lime, saffron yellow and shocking pink - the self-same shades extended to Jacob's trademark quilted handbags. Sometimes the taste quota was questionable (take a silk-faille anorak-dress, puffed at the hips, mink-trimmed and pock-marked with flock polka-dots), but the sense of fun, frivolity and - dare we say it - optimism, were infectious.


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Earlier this week, Wayne Dupree reported on NBA star Kobe Bryant's comments concerning the Trayvon Martin case, where Bryant made it clear that unlike others, he chose not to let race get in the way of facts.
I won't react to something just because I'm supposed to, because I'm an African-American,
Bryant received a lot of backlash for his comments, even sparking some to go as far as to boycott his products. But apparently Bryant wasn't the only black celebrity to express this sentiment.
Speaking to Arsenio Hall last night, ESPN host and sports commentator Stephen A. Smith said that Bryant was "right on point" in his assessment. Watch:


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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Jantz - Basketball
Jantz had a really good season although he was on a terrible team. He had a lot of fun and is a pretty good little basketball player...the problem is the 'little" part. He scored several points this year and even made free throws to send us into overtime one game, which we won. in his ast game he ade a three pointer and was way fired up about that! Enjoy...he is in the black jersey.
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The UniFocus Time and Attendance Administrator training is designed to teach how to close a pay period, send export files to Memphis, Create Security templates or Groups, Enroll Employees to the TimeClock, Property Specific Time Clock Configurations, adding Secondary jobs, removing jobs, deleting jobs, adding pay increases, Earning wizard, Tip Pools, how to track time and attendance figures, modify and approve employee punches, manage employee records as appropriate, understand labor reports and interface Time and Attendance with their payroll system.
This course covers many of the navigational features used in the Time & Attendance application. The lessons learned in the class will allow Administrator the ability to successfully close a pay period and its associated reporting tools
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- Reporting features
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I don't know if I've mentioned this, but I usually post on this blog while at work. On Wednesdays I don't work alone and to be frank, I burned myself out writing the previous two posts. Today I thought I'd take it easy and fill out one of these 'get to know me better' things you can find everywhere on myspace. Plus, it gives you a chance to get to know me (like you care!)
Name: Jeremy
Age: 26
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Birthday: December 31st
Current Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
School: St. Oliver's Primary School, St. Brendan's Collage, Tralee Tuition Center
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Right or Left Handed: Right handed
Shoe Size: 12 UK, 13 American
Skin Type: Fail
Single? Nope, married the last 5 years
Pepsi or Coke: Neither, I don't drink soda.
McDonald's or Burger King?: Arby's
How many pairs of shoes do you own? 5... I think.
Do you smoke? Nope, unless I was set on fire.
Have you ever stolen from a friend? Nope
Do you do drugs? I do ibuprofen
Do you drink? Yes, water.
Do you shower daily? Yeah, what type of questions are these?
Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate
Do you want to get married? I already am
Do you want to have kids? More? No, three is enough
Future Job: I like my current job and will probably stay for a long time
Favorite Sport: Combat sports, mainly medieval combat
Do you get sea sick? Sometimes
Do you believe in yourself? Absolutely
Do you think your attractive? I'm not that bad
Do you like thunderstorms? Sure, unless my power goes out when I don't want it to.
Do you sing? To myself and very badly
Do you play an instrument? Does guitar hero count?
Are you a health freak? Not really, but I do like keeping in shape
Are you scared of the dark? No
Do you get along with your parents? Most of the time
Siblings? I got a sister
Pets? 2 dogs
Number of Tattoos: 1
Number of piercings: 4
Number of Cd's I own: CD?! I have over 5k songs downloaded
Style: Casual
Fruit or Vegetable: I like them both
Short or Long Hair: I have short hair now, I used to have long hair and I probably would grow it back if I could
Best Friend: Corny as it may sound, but my wife Andi is my best friend
Coolest Friend: Scott is probably the coolest
Prettiest Friend: Andi!
Weirdest Friend: I don't know anyone weirder than myself, but Pink comes closest
What would you like to get pierced? My tongue, but I can't due to work regulations
Have you ever stolen from a store? I don't think so
Have you ever been kicked out of a store? No, and strangely I wouldn't be proud of it either.
Have you ever cheated on your boyfriend? I'm straight and never have had a boyfriend, but I've never cheated
Have you ever turned down a dare? Yeah and I'm sure everyone has. "I dare you to kill yourself"...
Have you ever kissed a boy on the lips? Yeah
Own a stuffed animal? I bought stuffed animals, but I don't think I own any
What grade are you in? Ok, that is telling of who this questionnaire is designed for
Number of past things your regret: I try not to regret anything. Everything I have done has made me the person that I am today. I like who I am today.
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Man Found Guilty Of First-Degree Felony Murder, Other Charges In Brutal Slaying Of Restaurant Owner-Victim Was Stabbed Repeatedly In November 2010 Robbery-
WASHINGTON - Alexander Gomez-Enamorado, 23, was found guilty by a jury today of conspiracy, first-degree felony-murder, tampering with evidence, obstruction of justice, and related charges for the murder of a restaurant owner, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
The verdict followed a trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Gomez-Enamorado, who lived in various locations in the Washington, D.C. area, is originally from Honduras. He is facing more than 100 years in prison, and is scheduled to be sentenced by the Honorable Russell F. Canan on Nov. 8, 2013 – exactly three years to the day after the murder.
At trial, the evidence established that in early November, 2010, Gomez-Enamorado recruited an associate to rob restaurant owner Miguel Ventura, 54, at knifepoint. Once inside Mr. Ventura's establishment, Izalco Restaurant, in the 1200 block of 11th Street NW, Gomez-Enamorado and his partner attempted to rob Mr. Ventura.
Mr. Ventura fought back, and was brutally attacked, suffering ten stab wounds, 30 cutting wounds, and repeated blunt force trauma to his head and face, breaking his nose and cheekbones. Gomez-Enamorado and his partner fled, and Gomez-Enamorado disposed of the murder weapon. The victim's daughter, Ofelia Ventura, discovered her father's body at the restaurant later that day. Ms. Ventura testified that her father was so badly beaten and disfigured that she could not even recognize him when she saw him dead on the floor of his restaurant.
In the days and months after the murder, Gomez-Enamorado falsely reported to the police that he was merely a witness to the murder of Mr. Ventura. He even fraudulently received assistance from the Crime Victim's Compensation Program, which is administered by the Superior Court to assist victims of violent crime.
Thanks to the persistence and vigorous work of the Metropolitan Police Department, with assistance from the FBI, the defendant's lies unraveled and he ultimately was arrested in May 2012.
After a two-week trial, the jury deliberated for less than one day before returning guilty verdicts on the following charges: conspiracy to commit armed robbery, armed robbery, second-degree burglary, first-degree felony murder, tampering with evidence and obstruction of justice.
In announcing the verdict, U.S. Attorney Machen recognized the outstanding efforts of the detectives, evidence technicians, and DNA Analyst who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department, as well as the Special Agent from the FBI who worked on the matter. He also commended the work of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Magdalena Acevedo and Glenn Kirschner, who tried the case, as well as the outstanding efforts of Paralegal Specialist Meridith McGarrity and Victim/Witness Advocate Christina Principe.13-299


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A Fishing Story -- The Accessibility of Theology (after Google)
I want to return to sharing some of the videos from Theology after Google. Jonathan Walton, a religious studies professor at the University of California, Riverside, and a regular contributor to Religion Dispatches, speaks to the question of speaking to the broader public about theology -- suggesting through a fish story that we not underestimate the intelligence of ordinary people or to believe that the more inaccessible that we make something the deeper it is. He also offers a warning to those of us who seek to be so accessible to the broader public -- whether the blogosphere or the church -- that we become inaccessible to those who need us most.
I've enjoyed reading Jonathan at Religion Dispatches -- and I think you'll enjoy his brief presentation, which is followed by some questions about speaking to issues from a progressive theological position.


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Thanksgiving Propers Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34
Preached on Nov. 22, 2015
This past Tuesday, I was restless, agitated and very anxious. Terrorist attacks in Paris had prompted an e-mail to my brother in Atlanta, just to make sure that he had not been traveling there now. He was, thankfully, stateside. The shut-down of Washington College in Chestertown concerned me—for the students, staff and faculty, and for our friend Darcy Williams, who is the priest in charge at Emmanuel Parish there. I walked out of the Admin Wing door on the 6th Street side, and spotted two Laurel City Police cars with lights flashing, as they had stopped someone. Not one car. Two. Several nights earlier, I had noticed that the streetlight across from my house had been out for two weeks—making me realize just how dark that part of the street now was at night. Anxiety filled me, and made me jumpy.
I told Pat, and her response was, "Well, maybe you should pray." This stopped me in my tracks, then I laughed and said, "Oh, THAT! Yeah, maybe that's the thing I should do." So I did pray, although I'm not sure that calmed me down much. But on Wednesday evening, I decided to make an apple-pear-cranberry crisp out of some fruit I had bought. As I was peeling apples and pears, I suddenly realized that I was praying for situations in the world, for the students in Chestertown, for Jacob Marberger's safety, and for his parents, who must have been out of their minds with worry about their son's welfare.
It occurred to me that doing a mundane task and praying while I was doing it was rather Benedictine in nature, and I was feeling much more centered as I did it. My mind moved from these situations to parishioners and friends who are ill. Then to family members I love. On and on. There may be no end to unrest and violence in the world, but it seems that there is also no end to God's peace, God's love, God's comfort.
It is way too easy to get caught up in the anxiety and fear of this world—and that is amplified by the constant barrage of media. Yet the gospel today shows us that what we experience today is no different than what people experienced in Jesus' time. However, it is important to note that although Matthew includes these words of Jesus within the Sermon on the Mount, Luke's version makes it clear that Jesus is not talking to people in general, but specifically to his disciples. Disciples Jesus is sending out two by two, telling them not to take a staff—which would help protect them—to take no extra clothing, and to stop and stay with complete strangers who are hospitable.
These disciples are, understandably, concerned. Will they be safe from predators or thieves along the road? Will they have a place to sleep, out of the elements? Will they go hungry or will someone give them food? Furthermore, what if they are not able to heal people or what if some synagogue throws them out when they preach this Good News of God?
Jesus reminds his disciples that all will be well. God is in charge. God will provide for them. In so many words, Jesus says, "Hey guys, take a deep breath. Stop. Sit down on this big rock in this beautiful field. Look around. See these beautiful birds in flight, birds of all colors and sizes? See these exquisite lilies, soon to be mowed down by someone threshing grain? Who created these creatures, this beauty? God did."
"The birds of the air. . .are fed by God even though they neither fret nor plan, and the lilies of the field, gloriously and colorfully clothed. . .have never touched a needle and thread. If God takes care of the birds and the wild flowers, Jesus promises, then God will surely take care of us."[1]
For the disciples and for you and me, this issue boils down to trust. Do we trust that God is with us, no matter what? No matter what? Perhaps we, like the disciples, need occasionally to be reminded to stop. To sit down. To take a deep, deep breath. To look—really look—at the things God has created.
One commentator on this scripture passage has noted that "the verbs look at the birds of the air and consider the lilies of the field are, in Greek, very strong verbs. They mean to suggest more than a casual glance; they invite us to study and to scrutinize the carefree world of nature. Jesus commands us to look, really look, at a world where God provides freely, and lavishly, a world where anxiety plays no part, where worry is not a reality."[2]
A world where worry is not a reality. Really? For those of us who specialize in worry, that sounds laughable, doesn't it? But we can be intentional about switching the tapes in our heads and bodies. Pat's reminder to me on Tuesday to pray was helpful. So was peeling apples and pears. So was getting in my car and seeing the index card that is always there in plain sight: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."[3] It is good to stop, breathe, and ask myself, "Is this a situation I can change?" If the answer is yes—even if it is a small thing I can do—then I do it. For example, I texted Darcy in Chestertown to see if she was safe. Yes, she was. If the situation is not something I can change in any way—i.e. the situation in Parish—then I say, "Okay, God, you'll have to be in charge of this one. Please send your angels to comfort people, to heal, to be your reconciling and loving presence in the midst of great fear and deep woundedness.
Of course it takes some intention to stop, to breathe, and to go through this prayer. Is this something I can do something about? If so, what? If not, let go. Let God. The very process of figuring out whether this is a thing I cannot change, or a thing I can change, is, in itself, a bit of wisdom. Slow down. Look. See in a new way, from a new perspective.
Jesus began these sayings in Matthew with the statement that we cannot serve two masters. We cannot serve God and wealth at the same time. You cannot give God a lot of time and energy if you are trying to stockpile money and fill your home with stuff. Jesus is trying to tell us that whatever we think is important is what defines us. What do we focus on? Getting more money? Finding a better job? Saving for college or retirement? Worrying whether we will be able to pay for heat this winter? Worrying. . .worrying. . .worrying. . .Or maybe we are just trying to stay afloat—just pay the bills on a timely manner. Yet at day's end, did worry about any of this make one bit of difference? Probably not.
It is only if we hold earth's treasures lightly, focusing instead of God's provision and abundance, that we are truly free. That means we don't focus on worry so much. Instead, we, trust that God will take care of us. God will provide. It might not look the way you had hoped, but God will provide.
Someday, my earthly body will be gone—and so will yours. I will be a memory, perhaps my name etched on a tombstone or a columbarium niche. My hope is that at the end of my life, when I take my last breath, I will have loved well, and been loved well. I believe that to be true—even now. I also hope and pray that in some small way, I will have made a positive difference—in some peoples' lives, in the life of the parishes I have served, in the Church, and in the larger world. Will I have been faithful and trusting, able to leave my anxious self behind? Will I have, instead, been able to take in, and share, the peace, love and abundant provision of God who created me, God who sustains me, God who loves me beyond the boundaries of time?
My prayer, my unending prayer that cycles through and around and in me, is that the answer is yes. May it be so for you as well. Amen.
[1] Thomas G. Long, Matthew, (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1997), 75.
[2] Ibid, 75-76.
[3] Serenity Prayer