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posted by cmn32480 on Friday December 18 2015, @10:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-do-you-spell-that dept.

The Guardian reports that "socialism" was the most looked-up word on Merriam-Webster's site this year, a change the American dictionary publisher attributes to US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who has positioned of himself as a "democratic socialist".

As a socialist (or communist) myself, I personally think it's great that especially people from the United States try to figure out the meaning of the word beyond McCarthyism. I'm glad that people show interest in politics and finding out about positions of candidates.

Past years winners are available on Wikipedia.

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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday December 19 2015, @01:38AM

    by Phoenix666 (552) Subscriber Badge on Saturday December 19 2015, @01:38AM (#278445) Journal

    It's worth remembering that the meanings of words are contested, and they shift over time. Exhibit A: after WWII Milton Friedman and his admirers called themselves "liberal economists," as in, "freedom." Today, "liberal" is a pejorative in the mouth of every conservative that lauds Friedman's economics. Same word, taken different ways. Exhibit B: Democrats were once the party of Jim Crow. When LBJ affirmed Civil Rights, the Southern Democrats defected en masse to the other party. They call themselves Republicans now. Same people, same politics, different word.

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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday December 06, @06:24AM   Printer-friendly
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Siemens SC-44 Charger seen rolled out across country to replace some older locomotives for corridor work.

The new Siemens Charger locomotives, with 16-cylinder, 4,400-horsepower engines, are both lighter and quieter, and meet EPA emission standards. The trains will travel the same speed as before—79 miles per hour—but they'll reach the top speed faster.

The new locomotives can also take you to from Chicago to Detroit, or Chicago to St. Louis, for example, and they can do it using one-third the fuel, emitting one-tenth the pollution, and at speeds up to 125 miles per hour. (The Chicago-St. Louis route has been cut from 5-1/2 hours to 4-1/2 hours thanks to the new engines and track improvements.

"A lot of our customers care about the earth and about pollution, and these are so much cleaner to operate, and they're better for our partners at IDOT and the customers because they're going to cost less to operate in that they get better mileage," said Marc Magliari, Amtrak spokesman.

Just saw one while I was out for a cigar and thought it was pretty cool, I figure others might find it interesting as well. I have been taking my kids to go watch them do trackwork on the north-south line in Oregon and was wondering why they were so extensive in replacing all of the old ties. Although the speed limit is 79 I wonder if this will be increased with updated track and new locomotives. Here is hoping someone models it soon so I can waste money.
4400 horsepower, top speed of 125, and meets EPA Tier VI emission standards.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by c0lo on Wednesday December 06, @10:16AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 06, @10:16AM (#606064)

    From the linked:

    Turner's daughter is 9-years-old and will be placed on a track soon. If she isn’t recommended for Gymnasium, the university track, Turner and her husband could decide to ignore the suggestion and send her there anyway. In the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the government recently granted parents the right to make that choice.

    Limited choice, I know, but not all is that bleak.

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To build an overall architecture of a project with a developing scope can be challenging, especially if the requirements and framework conditions are not specified beforehand. On the basis of a project still in progress, this presentation shows an approach to build parts of an application by following a modular structure. Thus, tangible design solutions can be achieved even though the broader context is not known in detail.


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Over the last four days I have been immersed in the world of poetry and healing. When most people think of poetry, they remember being forced to memorize metaphor, simile, alliteration, and on and on. Not fun! The National Association of Poetry Therapy’s annual conference, held at the Cenacle Retreat Center in Chicago, would be enough to change anyone’s mind. Poetry can lead you down the path of healing by opening your heart to beautiful, expressive language. Poetry takes our human experience and condenses it into concise and powerful words.

Although there were many fantastic workshops, I fell in love with the combination of poetry and dance in a workshop held Saturday morning. Tired from the day before, I entered the workshop not quite sure what to expect. The facilitator immediately had us on our feet, in a circle, holding hands. I felt the familiar demons rising up in me: oh no, am I going to look foolish? Will I get the moves right? I took all of these thoughts in and accepted them (welcome to the party)! and began to move and flow with the rest of the group. It was an amazing, healing experience that broke down many barriers, resulted in a lot of laughs, and a huge outpour of words on paper. How true that our bodies hold our stories, and they just wait for a chance to release them. Here is the poem I wrote after the sacred dance:

Twilight closes my eyes

And the stars glimmer from the purple smooth

I honor the four directions

The divine directions of my life

I feel love filtering through the circle

A ring of flowers, each in a different state of bloom

The music plays and my soul rises to follow the beat

Trembling in joy

I came to poetry therapy as an English teacher, wanting to forge a deeper connection between my students and the written word. I left the conference with a truer vision of what I am: a healer, both of myself and others. In this vein I have decided to extend my poetry therapy training to actually studying counseling at a local college.  I have decided not to leap into this path as soon as possible, however, and instead wait until the fall of 2014 to begin this training. 2013 will be a time of great rest and reflection. I must say, it does feel good to have some clarity! And I take with me on this journey the words of wisdom from the great poets, and the great healers, I met this weekend.

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‘Off the Booze & On the Ball’ is a health challenge with a twist run by the GAA. Not only does it offer participants an opportunity to take a break from alcohol for a few weeks following the excesses of the New Year, it also provides clubs and teams with a great way to raise some badly needed funds in a fun way.

It all started in January 2012 as an attempt to contribute to the growing conversation in Ireland about how we engage with alcohol. But instead of just encouraging members to go ‘Off the Booze’ they were also encouraged to get ‘On the Ball’ by taking up some health activities during their period of abstinence. Members from almost 250 clubs registered in year one while last year seven third level colleges got in on the fun and rolled out #thechallenge to their students.

This year things have gone even further and now a participating football and hurling club (you must have at least 15 members registered to be in with a chance to win) can win a training session for their team with Oisin McConville or Brendan Cummins. Either the Sam Maguire or Liam McCarthy cup will accompany our All Stars on the day of the training session making it a great day for all the club, young and old. We’ll be there to record it all with an article and images being used on to acknowledge the club’s great efforts.

On top of this, of course, all participants can seek sponsorship from their family and friends either by using the OTBOTB sponsorship card of the new online fundraising porthole provided by iFundraise. It’s a win win situation!

Other great prizes this year include the chance for a college GAA club to have their annual registration fees waved while one lucky participant who engages with the official GAA Twitter and Facebook social media pages during their challenge could win an Ipad mini.

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Virat Kohli highest-placed Indian at tied 6th in ICC T20 rankings

Updated: 21 August 2013 16:22 IST

At No.8, Suresh Raina is the second Indian batsman in the top-10 of T20 rankings with Yuvraj Singh being a distant next best at 16th. R Ashwin is India's best-placed bowler at 16th.

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India vs Sri Lanka | Test runs never come easy, says Cheteshwar Pujara

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Cheteshwar Pujara, who performed really well during the Sri Lanka tour earlier this year, stated that runs never come easy in the longer format. Pujara also believes that the upcoming Sri Lanka series will give him a good opportunity to prepare for the challenging South Africa series.

India toured Sri Lanka earlier this year and returned after registering a 9-0 whitewash which includes three Test victory. Pujara was one of the better performers on that tour where he scored brilliant knocks of 153 and 133 runs in the first two Tests at Galle and Colombo, respectively. He handled the Sri Lankan bowlers quite comfortably then but doesn’t want to be over-confident ahead of the upcoming series.

"I agree that during the last series, Sri Lanka's bowling attack may not have been one of the best but Test runs never come easy. You have to fight for every run that you score in the longer format,” Pujara told PTI.

"Also every series is a new series. Your intensity does not change according to the opposition you play. Sri Lanka is also an international side and you have to give them the same respect like any other team.

Following a lengthy series comprising of three Tests and as many ODIs and T20Is that starts on November 16, India will tour South Africa next for three Tests, six ODIs, and three T20I in January next year. And Pujara feels that the upcoming Sri Lanka series provide some ideal preparations ahead of the tough assignment in South Africa.

"Obviously, next year's South Africa series is something that is there at the back of my mind. The upcoming Sri Lanka series will be a good opportunity to prepare for the South Africa assignment. I am confident of doing well," the right-hand batsman said.

"The main preparation will certainly start closer to the series. But I believe once we assemble to play the Test series against Sri Lanka, there will be some serious discussions on the South African tour. There will be strategies and plans in place."

Indian team performed outstandingly in their home season and experts claimed that the team will face the real test in South Africa where they have to play on the bouncy pitches. The 29-year-old, who has scored 4107 runs in 51 Tests with 13 hundred claimed that he will work on few areas before the tour.

"Like every series, I will be doing my own homework. There are a few areas that I will like to work in the nets before the series. Those are very specific things but it will be unfair to reveal them as that's a part of the strategy."

Of late, Pujara has faced a down phase in first-class cricket as in nine successive innings, he failed to score a half-century. But he doesn't bother much about it. "I always knew that a big innings is just around the corner. When you know that you are batting well, you can feel it. It was about one good innings and it came against Jharkhand," added Pujara.

Against Jharkhand, he scored 204 which made him the Indian batsman with the most number of double hundreds (12) in first-class cricket as he surpassed the legendary late Vijay Merchant (11).

"Actually, I didn't know about the record while I was batting. I only came to know about it once second day's play was over. I got a few text messages and came to know that it was a national record. It was a good feeling indeed knowing that there are some great players on that list."

Pujara has been a pillar of the Test squad as he gave the batting order much-needed support.

"Each and every batsman has his own distinct style of batsmanship. It's of no use trying to copy anyone else. Each and every player has his own strengths and builds his game accordingly," Pujara replied when asked about to copy Kohli’s aggressive batting style.

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The Williams Institute at UCLA

A faculty member recently asked where he could find good studies on same-sex couples and marriages. While doing a thorough search, I found the Williams Institute. Whoa, what a great find!

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The Williams Institute is a think tank at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law devoted to legal research, public policy analysis, judicial training, and leadership development. Its consortium of legal scholars, economists, demographers, social scientists, and public health experts is responsible for some of the leading research on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community. Businessman, academic, and philanthropist Charles Williams has given over $13 million in grants to the Williams Institute since 2001—which is the most funding ever given to an academic institution for work done in this area.

In recent years, the Williams Institute has published rigorous studies on marriages for same-sex couples. Their most recent report includes state-level statistics on same-sex couples who identify as spouses and same-sex couples who identify as spouses raising children (their own and non-relatives). This study also has maps of state laws broken down by marriage, civil union/domestic partnerships (broad), domestic partnerships (limited), and includes states with no state laws on gay marriages.

As a leader of original research and a repository of LGBT studies, the Williams Institute at UCLA is continuously making significant contributions to the field. It’s a great resource for scholars, particularly those doing research-related work. My colleague recently found a guide on Best Practices for Asking Questions about Sexual Orientation on Surveys via the Institute’s website. Think that’s a great resource? This information barely skims the surface of the studies and resources readily available through the Williams Institute. Check it out!

“The Dirty Little Secret of Higher Education.”

Matthew Williams from the New Faculty Majority describes the prevalence of welfare recipients in higher education as “the dirty little secret of higher education”. Recently, The Chronicle of Higher Education released an article with data generated from Current Population Surveys of 2008 and 2011 reporting an increase in aid recipients with advanced degrees.

The federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) benefit that many of these scholars are receiving is food assistance. The number of folks with PhDs receiving food stamps nearly tripled from 9,776 in 2007 to 33,655 in 2010. That only includes people who self-report to the U.S. Census Bureau that they receive food stamps or some other form of government assistance. Unfortunately, it doesn’t include data on aid recipients who may have declined to respond for any reason (out of embarrassment, for instance). After all, being a PhD on welfare isn’t exactly ideal.

If this is really as problematic as the data show, should we be encouraging students to go into PhD programs when post-grad employment opportunities may not be there for them? Should we continue to train students for the academy when their career paths may actually veer off in another direction? The American Sociological Association reports that the academic job market recently shrank considerably compared to previous years. Such reports make you wonder, what is the future of the academy? University positions are being eliminated and the criteria for filling them is certainly changing.
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Racial Segregation in Chicago

From the DePaul University newspaper to local and national news outlets, reports have identified Chicago as the most racially segregated city in the nation. All these sources reference the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, which analyzes U.S. Census Bureau data to compare the racial composition of major cities. According to an Institute report released this past January, Chicago has the highest indices of dissimilarity and isolation of the nine largest metropolitan areas in the nation (those with populations over 500,000).

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Data, Media, and “Scary Numbers”

I was reading the NPR news blog over a cup of tea when I came across an article called Housing Starts Drop, But Building Permits Are Up. Housing starts generally refer to the new construction of privately-owned residential buildings. My gut reaction to the headline was merely a thought, what does all of this mean?  As I read further I learned that there was a 5.8 percent drop in housing starts from February to March 2012. Bloomberg News reported that this unexpected drop leaves housing starts at a five-month low. Although both sources reported declining housing starts, based on a joint press release from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, they highlighted an increase (of 4.5 percent) in the number of building permits issued from February to March 2012. This statistic is certainly telling us something about the housing market but what are these economists and journalists really saying? Well, the increase in building permits is a proxy for new residential construction, so when there is an increase in permits, future construction is expected. Economists often use these statistics to project whether or not the housing market will expand or decline. In other words, these statistics are most often used to predict economic activity in the housing market. According to these articles, the development of new housing is on the decline even though permits for new privately-owned buildings have increased.

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Safe Schools?

A trend toward increasing punitiveness in public schools seems to be taking shape across the nation. Schools are looking more like prisons governed through a penal pedagogical framework of crime while the rights and liberties of parents and students are diminishing (Giroux 2003; Simon 2007). With a national emphasis on crime control in public schools, per the Safe Schools Act of 1994 (Simon 2007), many of the former institutional goals of racial equality and equity are being undermined.

There’s a near consensus among scholars that schools distribute punitive measures in thoroughly racialized ways, punishing black students most often (Keleher 2000; Gregory, Skiba, and Noguera 2010; Welch and Payne 2010). Being suspended or expelled from school substantially increases the likelihood that a young person will be arrested and incarcerated later in their lives (Wald and Losen 2003; Simmons 2006; Weissman, Cregor, and Gainsborough 2008). Racial disparities in suspension and expulsion rates, then, contribute to racial disparities in educational outcomes and life chances of young people in the United States. Harsh punitive measures by school officials do not lead to the improvement of pupils’ behavior or  reduce school violence and increase school safety (Imich 1994; Skiba and Peterson 1999; Skiba et el. 2008).

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To quantify one dimension of this problem, Mariame Kaba of Project NIA, and Frank Edwards of the SSRC at DePaul this week released “Policing Chicago Public Schools,” a report detailing the scope and character of arrests occurring on Chicago Public Schools’ (CPS) property. Data on policing activities in public schools is pretty difficult to get. School officials, CPS in particular, are very reluctant to release information about school discipline, and the Chicago Police Department has only recently made useful data on crime and arrests easily accessible to the public. This report is an effort to make what is going on in schools more transparent.

Key findings of the report include:

  • More than 5,500 arrests of young people under 17 years old took place on CPS properties in 2010.
  • Black youth are disproportionately targeted for arrest at school. In 2010, while they represented 45% of CPS students, black youth accounted for 74% of juvenile school-based arrests .
  • Young men are much more likely to be arrested on CPS property than their female counterparts.
  • Nearly a third of school-based arrests in 2010 were for simple battery (fighting).
  • Certain police districts on Chicago’s South Side have far greater rates of arrest at schools than other police districts.

Notably, this data suggests that arrests on CPS property account for about 20 percent of all juvenile arrests in  Chicago. The bulk of these arrests are for relatively minor infractions such as simple battery and disorderly conduct.  Theorists, empirical scholars and activists have argued for some time that as zero-tolerance policies and policing have replaced traditional school disciplinary practices (e.g., a trip to the principal’s office), the rates of suspension, expulsion and arrest at schools have skyrocketed, suggesting that we might best view these efforts as creating a school-to-prison pipeline. This report provides empirical precision to help quantify the magnitude of the problem in Chicago. The results unfortunately confirm that this pipeline is indeed operating here and is contributing to the production of the racial bias scholars detect operating throughout the juvenile and criminal justice systems.

Frank Edwards contributed to this post.

Open Tools for Social Media Research

For you researchers who have long awaited open-source tools to start analyzing social media networks, the time has come. The Social Media Research Foundation (SMFR), comprised of a collection of researchers, is a non-profit organization that specializes in the development of open tools and data to aid scholars with social media-related research. Despite the recent emergence of these tools provided by the SMRF for folks in the academy, social scientists have begun taking full advantage of these tools (see Marc Smith’s story).

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Annotated Bibliography: Social Media for Recruitment

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The ways in which scholars engage in research are gradually shifting. In the age of technology, information can be disseminated freely in a relatively short span of time. Scholars around the world are obtaining information and exchanging resources in and across their disciplines as result of social networking.

In addition to networking, surveys can be distributed via Facebook and the latest resources for faculty and students in the academy can be shared on Twitter. Social media in the western world has become such a large component of our existence that we would be remiss to not take advantage of its potential.

Recently, we put together a Social Media Annotated Bibliography (click to download the .docx file) on online survey recruitment using social media, particularly social networking sites. Although much of the literature suggests that online survey research can produce diverse convenience samples at a minimal cost to the researcher, the literature in this area also touches on crucial ethical and methodological issues in online research as well.


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An EPP module that manipulates gravity, slowing your descent in the air.

Gravity Augment is an EPP augment which can be applied to environmental protection packs. It's sold by a merchant at the outpost, and has a very rare chance to be found in chests throughout the universe as well.

To be active this must be applied to an EPP using right click and the pack equipped in the back armor slot. The effect will not be active if the pack is equipped in the vanity armor back slot.

This augment decreases the effect gravity has on the player by 50%, slowing their fall speed and increasing jump height.

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Obamacare in Arizona

Obamacare-enrollment is a site where you can find detailed information on the Affordable Care Act

Health Insurance Marketplace in Arizona

If you live in Arizona, you’ll use this website, HealthCare.gov, to apply for coverage, compare plans, and enroll. Spanish language speakers can contact cuidadodesalud.gov. Specific plans and prices will be available on October 1, 2013, when Marketplace open enrollment begins. Coverage can start as soon as January 1, 2014.

The Insurance Exchange/Marketplace

What has been done, not been done, or left up to the federal government to do.

Establishing the Exchange in Arizona

On November 28, 2012, Governor Jan Brewer (R) informed federal officials that Arizona would default to a federally-facilitated health insurance exchange.

Prior to her decision to default, the Governor had established the Office of Health Insurance Exchange to “organize the health insurance marketplace for easier evaluation by individuals and small businesses to acquire affordable health insurance.” While legislation establishing a state-run health insurance exchange failed in 2011, the Governor’s Office and legal counsel had researched non-legislative options for establishing an exchange.

The Arizona Health Insurance Exchange Steering Committee was established to coordinate exchange planning activities across state agencies and met regularly. Members included Directors and senior staff from the Office of Health Insurance Exchange, the Department of Insurance, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the Department of Economic Security, the Department of Health Services, and the Director of Health Care Innovation Infrastructure Management. Stakeholder feedback was gathered through five work groups including, a health plans work group led by the Department of Insurance and focused on plan management requirements; a health brokers and agents group, concentrating on broker licensing and compensation; a tribal work group, which was developing outreach and education plans; an information technology infrastructure work group led by the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System; and a legislative work group.

On April 24, 2010, Arizona enacted a law prohibiting plans in a state exchange from offering abortion coverage except in cases of life endangerment or severe health impairment of the pregnant woman.

Contracting with Plans: Prior to defaulting to a federal exchange, the Department of Insurance took the lead in researching and developing the plan management functions for the exchange, including certification of qualified health plans, quality rating systems, risk adjustment and transitional reinsurance. Their work was informed by the health plans work group meetings. Arizona expressed support for adopting a market facilitator approach, whereby the exchange would contract with all qualified health plans meeting certain criteria. In February 2012, the state released a Request for Proposals soliciting subcontractor assistance with exchange management functions including, plan management, plan selection, data management and reporting, consumer support services, and financial management.

Information Technology (IT): Arizona had planned to design and build the individual and small business exchange components, upgrade its Medicaid eligibility systems, and integrate everything into one seamless system. Arizona submitted an Advanced Planning Document which was accepted by CMS, indicating the state intends to make major Medicaid eligibility systems upgrades. In 2011, the state released a Request for Information to identify viable available or proposed solutions for aligning its Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment and eligibility systems with an exchange as well as estimated pricing. Arizona also participated in the “Enroll UX 2014” project, which is a public-private partnership creating design standards for exchanges that all states can use.

Essential Health Benefits (EHB): The Affordable Care Act requires that all non-grandfathered individual and small-group plans sold in a state, including those offered through the Exchange, cover certain defined health benefits. The Department of Insurance examined the state’s EHB options and solicited subcontractors to complete an analysis on options for the final benchmark plan. The state selected the State Employee Benefit- United Healthcare EPO with pediatric and vision coverage supplemented by the FEDVIP plans as the benchmark package.

Expansion of Medicaid

From 2014 to 2017, the federal government will pay for 100% of the difference between a state’s current Medicaid eligibility level and the ACA minimum. Federal contributions to the expansion will drop to 95% in 2017 and remain at 90% after 2020, according to the ACA.

As the ACA was originally written, states would lose all Medicaid funding if they refused to expand their program to the ACA minimum.

However, the Supreme Court in June 2012 ruled that the federal government could not withhold Medicaid funding for states that chose not to expand their programs. The decision effectively allowed state officials to opt out of the expansion, and some have said they will do just that.

Arizona is participating in Medicaid expansion.

Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan Program

Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program are qualified nonprofit health insurance issuers that offer competitive health plans in the individual and small group markets.  CO-OP in Arizona:

Compass Cooperative Health Network

Exchange Funding

In September 2010, the Arizona Governor’s Office of Economic Recovery received a federal Exchange Planning grant of $1 million. In November 2011, the Governor’s Office was awarded a $29.8 million Level One Establishment grant to further secure IT infrastructure and assist in finalizing plan management functions for the exchange.

Next Steps

The federal government will assume full responsibility for running a health insurance exchange in Arizona beginning in 2014.

For more information on Arizona’s health insurance exchange planning, visit:

1. Governor Jan Brewer letter to CCIIO. November 28, 2012.http://azgovernor.gov/dms/upload/PR_112812_CohenLetter.pdf
2. Office of Health Insurance Exchange: http://www.azgovernor.gov/hix/index.asp (Accessed February 16, 2012)
3. House Bill 2783. Arizona Health Insurance Exchange. Introduced February 8, 2012.http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/2r/bills/hb2783p.pdf
4. Arizona Exchange Planning Grant Final Report. January 5, 2012.http://www.azgovernor.gov/hix/documents/QuickLinks/ExchangePlanningGrantReportFinal.pdf
5. Arizona Exchange Planning Grant 4th Quarterly Report. October 15, 2011.http://www.azgovernor.gov/hix/documents/QuickLinks/ExchangePlanningGrantReportQ4.pdf
6. Senate Bill 1305. April 24, 2010. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1305h.pdf
7. Health Insurance Exchange and ACA Update. August 23, 2012. Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. http://www.azdhs.gov/diro/documents/forums/2012/health-insurance-exchange-affordable-care-act.pdf
8. Arizona’s Options related to risk adjustment, transitional reinsurance and risk corridors (ACA requirements). Arizona Department of Insurance. April 12, 2012. Mercer.http://www.azgovernor.gov/hix/documents/Grants/AZOptionsRiskAdjTransReinsuranceRiskCorr.pdf
9. State of Arizona Health Insurance Exchange. Notice of Request for Proposal. February 2, 2012.http://www.azahcccs.gov/commercial/Downloads/Solicitations/YH12_0023/AZ_HIX_RFPSoliticationNoYH12-0023.pdf
10. Request For Information Health Insurance Exchange Commercial Component/Interface. Issued 8/15/2011. http://www.azahcccs.gov/commercial/Downloads/Solicitations/Open/RFIs/YH12-0013/YH12-0013.pdf
11. Enroll America, UX 2014. http://www.ux2014.org/
12. Essential Health Benefits. Arizona Department of Insurance. June 1, 2012. Mercer.http://www.azgovernor.gov/hix/documents/Grants/EHBReport.pdf
13. State of Arizona. Letter to CCIIO from Jan Brewer. September 28, 2012.http://www.statereforum.org/sites/default/files/az_letter_to_hhs_9-28-12.pdf
14. Level One Establishment grant application. State of Arizona Governor’s Office. September 30, 2011.http://www.azgovernor.gov/hix/documents/Grants/L1EstGrantApp_SubmittedNOTApproved.pdf

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The Boys Take Ireland

Ever so conveniently my dad and brother Mitch were going to be landing in Dublin on the Sunday I was in Dublin. So obviously I figured I might as well go see them when I was in town since it’d been nearly 2 months since I’d seen dad and almost 2 and a half since I’d seen Mitch.

I told Mitch to shoot me a message once they handed and then again when they got to the hotel. Instead, at around 10am I got a message that said “here” in very typical Mitch fashion. Once he finally clarified that they were at the hotel I headed on my way over. The hotel was only a 15 minute walk and I was already somewhat familiar with the area as it was near the pick up for the Viking Splash tour we’d done the day before. Once I got to the hotel I asked the concierge which room they were in and he showed me to there room. I gave a few knocks and welcomed myself in only to find dad sound asleep and Mitch nowhere in sight. Dad woke up and I gave him a nice big bear hug and we had a nice little chat. Turns out Mitch went exploring without a phone, map, or any sense of direction. He said he’d only be half an hour or so.

2 hours and a little while later he finally returned and we were able to start our day. I gave them a little bit of a tour of Dublin and we stopped for some coffee. We wandered the streets until it was time to meet back up with the girls and grab lunch. Dad and I had seafood chowder with our drinks of choice and I think Mitch had a beef pie. I enjoyed their company and introduced them to all my friends before we had to say goodbye until next weekend when they were coming to Limerick to visit.

We went our separate ways and after doing a little more shopping the girls and I hopped on a bus back home. As much as I enjoyed Dublin and seeing my fam, I’m not going to miss all this bussing around (I say as I’m sitting on a bus to Dublin Airport a month later).

Until next time, xo!

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Old Friends

I just returned from the 2013 American Academy of Religion conference. Some 15, 000 academics or so descended upon Baltimore to discuss things religious. When I first attended AAR I didn’t know a soul. That was especially intimidating. As the years go by, this event becomes more like a homecoming. You might find four or five sessions you want to attend, and on the way to one or the other, you bump into an old friend and get chatting, and soon you have missed them all. For the last number of years, a kind of ritual has emerged that is increasingly important to me. On one evening, I have occasion to dine with a dear old friend, who is old in years of age rather than years of friendship.

I first met this octogenarian ten years ago. He contributed to a Festschrift for my advisor. At that time, T. was familiar to me only in name. He was an established scholar in my area – world renown in fact – yet had something of a teddy bear demeanor. Over the last few years the mutual friendship we had with my advisor became the bridge for our own friendship, and so I yearly look forward to his warmth and hospitality.

T. has so much to share, but is one of those gentle souls who have mastered the art of tricking his interlocutor into doing all the talking. He is genuinely interested in people, and draws out the best in everyone. This year, I managed to persuade him to tell me a bit about his experience in university life, and was astounded to discover that he spent his career in the Faculty of Education, where he taught on the topic of the philosophy of education. In fact, he published some 7 books in this area, even while he is famous among scholars of religion and theologians for translating and commenting on the work of a celebrated 19th Century theologian and philosopher.

It is always humbling to meet such people: brilliant yet warm – patient and down to the earth. Here is a stranger to pretension who invites those fortunate enough to be his fellow sojourners to join him in the art of deferring attention from the self to the subject matter. A little time with T. each year gifts me with curiousity, the very virtue that allows him to age without acerbity.

May his tribe increase.

6 thoughts on “Old Friends

  1. Denise Hisey says:

    What a remarkable story, Allen! Sounds like T. is from the old school of truly classy people.

  2. agjorgenson says:

    You’ve described him to a “T” … no pun intended.

  3. shoreacres says:

    Learning to listen is one of the hardest disciplines in the world. He surely has it mastered. When combined with curiosity, it makes for an appealing person – which he surely is.

    As for shifting attention from the self to subject matter – that reminds me of the old quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt: “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

  4. jannatwrites says:

    T. sounds like an amazing person. I’m so glad you’ve met this person and look forward to visiting each year. It’s always nice to go to conferences and meet old friends- people that were strangers all those years ago.

    • agjorgenson says:

      Thanks, yes he is an amazing person, and in the midst of such crowds it is a gift to spend some one on one time with someone who listens so carefully, and cares so deeply.

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What is this Dough?

What is this dough? This
melange of broken wheat,
salted water and yeast gone
wild? This rogue lump will not yield to
my will, yet still it calls me into
its rising.

I cannot knead this
dough without attending to
its soul: it will not be
bread unless I
heed its call,
listening to its song,
its laments, its lauds.

This mystery – growth
under hand
under time
under fire
– sustains as
dough mysteriously
rehearses again the
coming Reign:
bread for the hungry.

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  1. Mary Irene says:

    The flow and imagery…….lovely…

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My 5 minutes with Rik Mayall…

I am so, so sad to hear that Rik Mayall has passed away. He has been a comedy hero – and all time crush – of mine since I watched my first episode of The Young Ones with my dad as a kid. He’s one of the main reasons that I have a childish, sometimes mischievous, often inappropriate sense of humour and find getting my friends in a headlock or calling them a filthy name a much better option for expressing my affection than any traditional term of endearment expected from a lady.

His comedy genius can never be overstated. There is so much of his work that is instantly quotable and a bank of sketches that are as vivid in my mind today as the first time I saw them. He was one of those people that even if he said nothing, just a simple flare of the nostrils & the flash of a cheeky glint in his eye could have you in stitches.

I think this candid video sums up his character perfectly for me, and the point i’m trying to make.

Of course that would be his natural reaction to spot that he was being secretly filmed in a crowd, of course. I’d expect nothing less.

Even today, i still find myself grinning like a naughty schoolboy when I think of the end credits of Bottom and how much we used to mimic Richie and Eddie’s slapstick silhouette fight as kids.

And that’s before I even begin to turn my attention to some classic moments from the programme itself.

One thing i’ll always remember about Rik, and I think any other fans who are of a similar age as me will too, was his episode of Jackanory where he read and performed ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’. This was like worlds colliding for me; my favourite comedian, reading one of my favourite books by my all time favourite author, Roald Dahl. I hated Jackanory, hated it with a passion. So much so, that I’m actually mentally scarred by an episode hosted by Sandi Toksvig where she recounted a Norwegian Viking story that seemed to last an eternity. I genuinely felt like it was never going to end. I remember sitting there thinking, i’m going to die, watching Sandi Toksvig tell the world’s most boring story without even getting to eat my tea first. It felt like I was being punished for something I didn’t understand.

Looking back, I don’t know why I didn’t just turn the telly off and go and find something else to do.  And yet, that episode with Rik had such an impact on me, that I wish I could get hold of a copy of the original broadcast so that I could share it with my own children one day, and rescue them from a world where Kym Marsh is employed to read your kids a bedtime story on CBeebies.

I was lucky enough to meet Rik when I was interning at Smooth Radio in 2010, and it’s a moment that I’ll never forget. It was one of the coldest winters we’ve had in a long time, where it snowed almost continuously from December until about mid February. The kind of winter that puts the willies up the inhabitants of Westeros. He’d come to the station to record a voice over, and I was so awestruck that I think i did a Patrick Stewart style quadruple take before my brain could actually compute what was happening. Rik Mayall. THE Rik Mayall was stood right in front of me. Not on a tv screen. This was Rik Mayall in the flesh, just a metre away from me. Everyone else in the office seemed indifferent to him being there, they’d met him before, and it’s quite common to have a number of celebrities popping through the doors at a busy radio station. No big deal.

But for me, it was like Lord Flashheart himself had come bounding through the doors thrusting his pelvis at me, shouting ‘WOOF!’ right into my face.

I stared at him for ages and frantically confirmed with the other staff that it was indeed Rik Mayall stood in the same room as me, Karen Bevan of Dudley, and I wasn’t hallucinating due to the onset of hypothermia.  I quickly realised that this was the only chance i was ever going to get to meet him, and so, like a creep i followed him out as he left the building for a quick fag. I can’t smoke. I didn’t even pretend to smoke. And i didn’t even lie when he offered me a cigarette, I simply replied: “I just followed you out here because I really want to talk to you so i thought i’d come and keep you company.” And I’m so glad I did because he just smiled, laughed, and immediately picked up on my accent and started mocking it. He told me how his family were from near Bromsgrove*, and that he loved the accent because it reminded him of home, he briefly spoke about how ill he’d been after that awful quad bike accident, and there was a slight miscommunication where he said something about Ade Edmondson being on the road with Lenny Henry, and I thought he said Lenny Henry had aids.

Rik Mayall is probably one of the few celebrities outside of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, where a miscommunication about aids at a first meeting is still fair game.

They say that you should never meet your idols because you’ll always be let down. Not so. Rik was everything i’d imagined; he was erratic, flirtatious, engaging, dangerously charming and a true gent; with just a hint of Richie coming out when he laughed at a dirty joke.

As we walked back into the office, he stopped, took both of my hands in his and said: “What did you say your name was?” Then he kissed my hand gently and signed off with a huge infectious smile: “Karen, i’m Rik, it’s been a pleasure to meet you.”

The pleasure was all mine Rik, the pleasure was all mine.

R.I.P you wonderful man.

* He either said they were from there or lived near there, my memory is sketchy at this point because I was too busy staring into his devilish eyes. Apologies for any inconsistency.

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Saturday, November 11, 2017

SATS - A Major Announcement Coming

I was reviewing stocks in my personal LIVE scanner (not for sale, still under development) and I came across SATS chart. My scanner was able to pick up at the stock at the planning stage the day before yesterday which was Thursday and on Friday, I saw a superb breakout in the stock which recorded 6.37% in one day which is very impressive for a blue chip in 1 day.

Many have asked for my scanner but I don't think I will ever released to public or anyone else because it took me too much painstaking hours and $$ to develop something that tailors my needs. Well, a scanner is just a tool which can alleviate my workload but it's by no means going to replace my chart reading skills.

I love the way how my scanner pick up stocks because it almost always before the breakout. Looking at the way how SATS broke out yesterday, I believe something major will be releasing soon. A big news is in the pipeline and look out for some long opportunities in SATS. In the coming year 2018, I will have some changes with a new platform for trading and also a new service which shall benefit everyone who are enthusiast in real actual trading. I will announce it in my Facebook page, so for those who wants to make $ with me, you can add me as a friend in Facebook at the below link.

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Love, Darrows.

Quentin Darrows. My guy. Book one of the duology…although I love to call them a duet more. A picky, uptight fellow. And the guy I’m pimping out right now.

Querying him is difficult. Because his tale is as old as the idea of sand yet entirely new and modern. Because he is gay, and while everyone says they want that diverse character, not everyone mentions that on what they want to see in their query inboxes, so I’m questioning whether I chose the right agent.

Because much like I do with people IRL, I take a big sister approach to my guy. I don’t want anyone to put him down, or belittle him whether it’s for being gay or because this story is admittedly on the far side of a normal teen going to a normal high school and falling in love…but it’s just a love story. And I will defend it him them to the end.

Because my family, when this gets published, will NOT be happy with me because they don’t accept gays or lesbians or any one they perceive as not being ‘normal’. Which is highly sad because they’re missing out on a lot of great people. That and causes a lot of riffs among us. This may very well put that final stamp on my familial exile.

Because I love these two. Alone. Together. They’re unique and different. Unlike any other characters I’ve read, and I’ve been reading a lot lately. To have someone turn them down…For me, it equates to being back in high school. I was the weird girl who never fit in, but embraced her oddness and really flaunted it. It hurt to have people judge me or oust me because I’m different…Weird. I don’t want my guys to be judged for being too far off what someone would expect, but I am fully expecting it to happen.

So why am I scared? All of the above, sure. I mean, my other series, Human Touch isn’t quite the norm, either. And I was nervous submitting those queries, but I was never crying-and-throwing-up-as-though-I-got-a-positive-on-a-pregnancy-test-when-he-promised-the-condoms-weren’t-expired sort of scared to death.

Two so far. That’s all I’ve been able to get out there. Two queries. Today.

We’ll see if this goes anywhere. I’d love for it to, because I know in my heart Quentin and Lex are two great guys that need to be shared. I just need to get over this fear and get them out there.

Why am I so scared?

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Review: Peter Pan

Peter Pan
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I have a total love/hate relationship with Peter Pan, but still a four star read.

I’ve adored Peter Pan in the past. It was always fun to watch and read, though I’ve really only experienced the Disney versions of this book. Which is why I decided to read the “real” version of this story.

It was definitely less romanticized. It was also very much a story of the time and location in which it was written.

What I love about it: The way the story is told. Like the author was talking directly to me. Like JM Barie was taking me on a special tour of London and Neverland and we had to be quiet and observe. A melange of first person, second person, and third person. Just really fun without all the over describing that goes on in novels of today…meaning my imagination could SOAR, which has always been one of my favorite parts of reading.

What I did not like about it: Why have I never noticed how bratty Peter is? Why should I applaud because he appeared? But I get it. A child with no mother, no father, and refuses to grow up…which if he truly had all his first teeth he had to be four or five, so it should have been expected. (For some reason, though, I always thought Peter was older, maybe twelve?) Oh, that Peter got on my nerves sometimes. I had to keep reminding myself “Child. He’s a small child. It’s to be expected.” I also couldn’t understand why these Darling children were all in one nursery and why they had a dog for a nanny. I don’t know…wasn’t too keen on the Darling parents.

Another win with my edition of this classic was the imagery inside. Those old-timey line drawings that fit the story. Hook looked so evil, Wendy so young. The fairies were adorable. It was classic and perfect for the book.

I’m glad I finally read the original classic tale. I understand so much more about Peter and Wendy now. I just wish the ending had been different. But then, I seem to say that a lot, don’t I.

*A BACK TO SCHOOL READ – SEPTEMBER 2016* Getting a head start on next month’s theme!

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South Carolina Automobile Insurance:  What You Need to Know

Whether youCar insurance disputes are complicated are driving on I-20, I-77 or headed downtown on I-26, a single moment can change your life. Even if it is not your fault, a car accident can leave you with mounting medical bills, lost wages, and a totaled vehicle. But what do you do if you are in an auto or motorcycle accident and the one at fault is an uninsured driver?

Don’t give up.

What many people do not realize is that their own insurance policy may cover what the policy of an uninsured driver does not. When you hire the Strom Law Firm, we will review all possible sources of coverage to help ensure that you receive the money that you deserve for your injuries.

What is the Difference Between Uninsured and Under-insured?

A person who drives and causes an accident and does not have any auto insurance, is legally defined as an uninsured driver. A person who has insurance but does not have enough coverage to pay for injuries that result from your accident is considered under-insured.  In South Carolina, both uninsured and under-insured car insurance are available.

How Can I Protect myself against Uninsured and Under-insured Motorists?

Talk to your South Carolina car insurance agent to discuss purchasing uninsured and under-insured motorist coverage.

You want to purchase coverage in the event that you are injured in an auto accident, and the at-fault driver is not insured and/or has insufficient coverage to compensate you for your injuries.

This may be true even if you do not have comprehensive or collision insurance. The auto accident attorneys at the Strom Law Firm, L.L.C. have handled numerous personal injury and property damage cases, and we are familiar with insurance policies. We can weed through their legal verbiage, which can go a long way towards helping you recover.

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The first two numbers apply to bodily injury. The last number applies to property damage. What this means is that if one person is injured as a result of an accident and it is your fault, your policy limits are $25,000.00. If more than one person is injured as a result of an accident that is your fault, the policy limit is $50,000.00. If more than two people are injured, the policy limit is still $50,000.00, and any possible recovery will be distributed accordingly. Of course, the amount that will be distributed depends specific facts in your case.

In the event that you get into an accident and it is your fault, your insurance company will pay up to $25,000.00 in property damage to the other driver.

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Car insurance companies may engage in bad faith acts including unreasonable delays in the claims process and underpayment of claims. These acts may be considered illegal and can prevent you from getting the money you are owed.

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Virginia College

AS in Medical Assistant

Virginia College's Associate - Medical Assistant program is designed to teach students the administrative and clinical skills necessary to perform the duties of a medical assistant. Find out more about the Associate - Medical Assistant program at Virginia College here.

Official Program Name:

Associate - Medical Assistant

School Offering Program:

Virginia College

Program Prerequisites:

Students seeking to enter the Associate - Medical Assistant program should have earned a high school diploma or the equivalent. Though not required, they could have earned a medical assistant certificate or diploma. They should have some experience or an interest in working in a variety of medical settings.

Program Description:

Virginia College's Associate - Medical Assistant program is designed to prepare students to assume the various duties of a medical assistant in a wide range of healthcare establishments. The curriculum covers procedures carried out by medical assistants in medical office, clinical, and laboratory settings. Program coursework also addresses medical terminology, pharmacology, medical law, ethics, and pathophysiology. An externship course is designed to provide students with clinical experiences in a variety of healthcare facilities. The program is offered at several Virginia College campuses.

Learning Format:

Total Credits Required:

96 quarter credit hours

Financial Aid Available:

The Virginia College Financial Planning Department is prepared to help discuss scholarships, Pell Grants, and student loans for those who qualify.

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Since every student is different, there isn't a "one size fits all" for school information. Start dates and tuition often vary between selected programs, and financial aid opportunities are unique to each student's circumstances. Complete the form to the right to get the most up-to-date and accurate information based on your selected program and circumstances.

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Required Courses for an Associate - Medical Assistant:

Degree program and course requirements are subject to change. Contact Virginia College to confirm the most accurate information before enrolling in a program.

Medical Assistant

  • BIO 1120: Anatomy and Physiology: Body Structures (4 credits)
  • BIO 1130: Anatomy and Physiology: Organs and Systems (4 credits)
  • MEA 1010: Clinical Office Procedures I (4 credits)
  • MEA 1020: Clinical Office Procedures II (4 credits)
  • MEA 1030: Clinical Office Procedures III (4 credits)
  • MEA 2500: Medical Assisting Certification Exam Review (2 credits)
  • MEA 2600: Medical Assisting Externship (6 credits)
  • MED 1010: Medical Terminology (4 credits)
  • MED 1080: Medical Office Procedures (4 credits)
  • MED 1140: Medical Law and Ethics (4 credits)
  • MED 1150: Pharmacology and Drug Administration (4 credits)
  • MED 1210: Pathophysiology (4 credits)
  • MED 1800: Medical Laboratory Procedures (4 credits)
  • MED 1840: Medical Insurance Procedures (4 credits)
  • MED 1850: Medical insurance Applications (4 credits)

Foundation Requirements

  • AOM 1010: Keyboarding (4 credits)
  • EDU 1010: Learning Framework (4 credits)
  • EDU 1020: Career Exploration/Planning (4 credits)

General Education

Students select general education courses with the help of a Program Director.

  • Communications (12 credits)
  • Humanities and Fine Arts (4 credits)
  • Mathematics (4 credits)
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (4 credits)

Post Graduation Opportunities

Furthering Your Education:

Graduates of Virginia College's Associate - Medical Assistant program could further their education by pursing a bachelor's degree or professional certification. Obtaining a bachelor's degree could lead to increased responsibilities and advancement in the field.

Bachelor's degrees graduates could pursue include but are not limited to:

  • Bachelor of Science in Allied Health
  • Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration
  • Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management

Career Paths:

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Bodies have limits but not Allaah

January 18, 2009

Wahabi contention: “But whatever has no limit is not separate and distinct from the creation and cannot be above the world because all of this is necessitated by the meaning of al-hadd [i.e. limit]”

Comment: Note that they mean by this “whatever has no [physical] limit is not [physically] separate and distinct from the creation and cannot be [physically] above the world.” This statement is based on drawing analogy between creation and the Creator. It assumes that Aļļaah is a body (something with a size), and must therefore, as they say, have a physical boundary. This assumption is made, because they think of Aļļaah in terms of what is true for creation.

The Sunni belief on the one who says Allaah has a limit is that He is a kaafir

Just to remind ourselves of the Sunni belief in this matter, Aţ-Ţaĥaawiyy stated {in brackets}: {This is a detailed remembrance of the belief of the People of the Sunnah and following {the Jamaaˆah}. Later he stated, as part of this remembrance,{Aļļaah is above} the status of {having limits, extremes, corners, limbs or instruments.} {The six directions} up, down, front, back, left and right {do not contain Him} because that would make Him {like all created things}. He also agreed that believing that anything else is an insult to Islam, for he said in the same remembrance: {Whoever attributed to Aļļaah an attribute that has a meaning among the meanings that apply to humans has committed blasphemy.} Note that he said this after having already pointed out that the six directions apply to all created things, which includes humans. In other words, the Sunni belief is that attributing a limit to Aļļaah makes one a non-Muslim.

A brief synopsis of the fallacy contained in the argument for a limit

The concepts of physical separation and connection relate to bodies, not to Aļļaah. If they said a body cannot be separate and extinct from another body unless it has a limit, then this is true. It is not true, however, that Aļļaah is a body, so it is not true that He must have a limit. Therefore, it is also not true that Aļļaah is either physically outside or inside the world. This is a fallacy called “false dichotomy,” which is when someone argues and gives you a choice between two things, none of which are true, like if someone said, “the stone is either blind or seeing, which is it?” The problem with this is that a stone is neither said to be blind nor seeing. That is, you neither say, “the stone is blind” nor “the stone is seeing.” So when they say, “Aļļaah is either inside or outside, which is it?” they are using a false dichotomy to trick you into thinking that there is no other alternative. This is not correct, because the two choices a person has about something existent is first, “Is it in a place or not?” If the answer to that choice is “in a place,” then one may ask, “it is inside or outside area so and so?” If the answer is, “not in a place,” however, then the question, “is it inside or outside area so and so?” is pure nonsense. To illustrate in terms of the example of the stone, there was another question before “is the stone seeing or blind?” which was, “does the stone have sight?” Since the answer is “no,” it makes not sense to ask, “is it seeing or blind?”

The stated wahabi contention that “what is not limited cannot be above,” assumes that Aļļaah’s aboveness is physical, but no Muslim says that He is. Muslims believe that Aļļaah is above us in status and power, not in physical location. Being physically above something else can only be for something physical, and there is no greatness in being physically above something anyway. If there was, then Tibet would be better than Makkah. By saying that Aļļaah’s aboveness is one of status and power, we have chosen the most beautiful meaning of “aboveness” and we have avoided attributing a limit to the Creator.

A detailed explanation of why the wahabi argument is invalid

To recap, the wahabi argument in formal terms is that they say:

1) Everything that exists is in a place.

2) Everything that occupies space has a limit.

3) Allaah exists.

4) Therefore (they say) Allaah has a limit, and claiming otherwise is sophistry

While we accept premises 2) and 3), we do not accept premise 1). The reason why we do not accept premise 1), namely that everything that exists is in a place, is:

First, there is no evidence that could be claimed for premise 1) except observation of what we have perceived with our senses in our daily lives. Essentially what they are saying is that “everything I have perceived in my life is physical, therefore everything that exists is physical.” This is clearly not a logical argument, but it is the core of their argument. The underlying trick in this claim is that our imagination is limited to what our five senses have experienced in this life. Our minds record these experiences, and in our minds we are able to manipulate these recordings in different ways as concepts. Our ability to conceptualize is limited to these recordings, and any fact that does not agree with these recordings is difficult to deal with in our minds, and will even often be rejected based on it. It is this limit of our minds that the devil uses to trick people into anthropomorphist belief. He makes them think that what one cannot imagine cannot exist, and makes them ignore the fact that our imagination is based on a limited set of sensory experiences, and it does not cover all that exists in creation, let alone what could have existed, and what must exist.

Second, since there is no actual proof of premise 1) being valid by logic alone, we take guidance from the Quranic fact that Aļļaah does not resemble His creation,

لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ

Meaning: “Absolutely nothing resembles Him, and He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.” (Al-Sħuuraa, 11) Accordingly, what is necessarily true regarding creation’s existence is not true of His. (For a more complete discussion of the meaning of this aayah, you should read this very important article: Wahhabi Contention: How are “Ar Rahmanu `alal `arsh istawa” and “Laysaka mithlihi shay`” different?)

In light of this we observe that all creation around us are things that occupy space (dead matter and live beings) and attributes of those things that occupy space (like color or love). This is the kind of existence that all creation as we know it has. Based on this, we conclude that Aļļaah is not in a place nor is He an attribute of something in a place, otherwise His existence would be of created kind, and that is contrary to the aayah.

We also take guidance from the Quranic fact that Aļļaah is attributed with absolute pre-existence to everything else:

هُوَ الأَوَّلُ

Meaning: “He is the one that is attributed with absolute precedence.” (Al-Ĥadiid, 03).” We understand from this that He existed before everything else, and that He was not preceded by non-existence or the existence of something else. He existed, and there was nothing with Him and nothing prior to Him. Al-Bukħaariy narrated that the Prophet Muĥammad said:

كان الله ولم يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ غَيْرُهُ

“Aļļaah existed and there was nothing else” (Bukħaariy No. 3019) Aļļaah’s existence then, does not resemble the existence of created things. It is a beginning-less and necessary existence, and is not affected by anything.

This aayah and hadiith are another base then, and we say that while it is true that physical things are either inside or outside something, it is not true of Aļļaah, because He is the creator of all places, all insides and all outsides, as He existed before them.

Consequently, the correct belief is that Aļļaah created all places, and He existed before everything else, including place and time. Since He existed before them, it must be true that He existed without them. In other words, as the scholars say, “Aļļaah existed, and there was no place, and He is now as He was eternally – without a place.”

We also take guidance from other aayahs in the Quran to show that the anthropomorphist’s premise, “everything that exists is in a place,” is false, and that sound reason does not dictate what they claim. One way we can do this is by showing that not everything that exists must be limited, as follows:

First, note that whatever has a physical limit is a creation, because a limit must be specified in terms of size and shape etc. That is, it requires a Creator to exist. If one denies this, then one is no longer able to prove that physical limits require a Creator, such as the human body, or the celestial bodies. That is, the shape of the camel, or the skies would no longer be proofs for Aļļaah’s existence and Power, and this is in contradiction with the Quranic statements, such as:

إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لَآَيَاتٍ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ

Meaning: “Verily in the creation of the Skies and the Earth, and the differences of night and day there are signs for those who have perceptive minds.” (Aal ˆImraan, 190)

أَفَلاَ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الإِبْلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ

Meaning: “What, do they not consider how the camel was created?” (Al-Għasħiyah, 17)

Can anyone ponder these aayahs without pondering the physical boundaries of the skies, earth and camel? Of course not, without boundaries, there is no camel and there is no sky and no earth, because this is the reality of their existence. It is the limits of bodies that make us sure that they are created and enable us to ponder upon them as signs of Aļļaah. In fact, the aayahs are requesting us to ponder the boundaries of the skies, the earth and the camel. If someone claims that Aļļaah has a physical limit, then they are saying that physical limits do not necessarily need a creator, and have thereby invalidated these Quranic proofs.

This is true because a physical limit is a physical limit, and once you claim that one limit does not need a creator, then you cannot prove that another limit necessarily needs a creator. Why? Because a physical limit is conceptually just a connection of dots forming a line or surface. Each dot is connected to the next at one of its sides. The choice of placement of a connected dot to another is for any available space at any angle and from any angle. That’s it. The placement of connected dots form limits, and since the way the dots are placed next to each other needs specification in terms of ‘where,’ all limits need to be specified. This means they need a creator and cannot be eternal, because their existence depends on prior specification. So if someone claims that one such limit does not require a creator, then He can no longer logically prove that another limit does need a creator. This means that he can no longer logically prove that shapes need someone to give them a form. To be able to do that, rather, he must hold on to the premise that all limits need a creator. Since Aļļaah is neither specified, nor created, and is definitely eternal, it must be true that Aļļaah exists without limits and therefore without being in a place.

More simply put: anything that has a limit i.e. boundary has a shape because the limit has to have some shape. Anything that has a certain shape could have had any other shape, because any shape isn’t of higher priority than any other shape, so having a certain shape means that there must be someone who specified it and chose it among all other possibilities.

Similarly, the very state of being in a place needs a specifier. The proof that the state of being in a place needs to be specified, is that once something is in a place, it is conceivable that it could have been in another place, just like what was shown true above regarding connecting dots in a limit. Consequently, once we see something is in a place, we ask how it got there. We ask this, because we know that once something is in a place, then something prior to it has put it there. That is, something prior to it specified its place. So the concepts of being physically inside or outside cannot apply to Aļļaah, because if they did, it would necessitate Him being specified, or influenced or changed. Rather, we must believe that Aļļaah is only attributed with attributes that are eternal, and therefore do not necessitate specification. See also what Al-Qurţubiyy said in this regard at this link.

In conclusion, the first premise of the wahabis is not only unverifiable, but definitely wrong.

Q & A: On Ta’teel and Tafwid

June 22, 2008

Question: The Salafis argue that by giving a figurative interpretation of Allah’s attributes one is doing ta’teel. What is the best way of responding to such comments? My argument is that it is not ta’teel as the interpretation is in accordance with known Arabic grammatical rules etc. and thus not ta’teel.

Answer: What you are saying to them is correct. Ta’teel is to deny an attribute that has been firmly established to be an attribute. Note that an attribute is referred to by a word, such as “ilm” for “knowledge.” Sometimes a word can have more than one meaning. If it established that such a word refers to an attribute, then the next question is what is the meaning that is appropriate? If someone chooses a meaning that is physical, such as a limb, then he has committed tashbih. If he chooses a meaning that befits Allah, then he is someone that believes Allah to be attributed non resemblance to creation. He has understood the aayah in light of another aayah, namely the one affirming that nothing resembles Allah. He must choose a meaning, however, that is in agreement with other texts and ijmaa. If there was another text that makes the choice absolutely clear, or a scholarly ijmaa consensus, and he ignores this, then this is a form of denying the attribute, or ta’teel.

For example, the Mu`tazilah ignored the scholarly ijmaa consensus that Allah is seen by Muslims in the Hereafter without being in a place, at a distance, having a form, or being in a direction. A different seeing than the one we are used to in this life, because Allah does not resemble His creation. They denied the concept of seeing without the seen being at a distance, and said that seeing here means “expecting,” or “knowing,” or the like. This is a ta’wil that has reached the extent of ta’teel, as it breaks ijmaa and assigns another meaning than seeing without it being necessary. The Sunni scholars told them, “Why not simply say that Allah is seen without being in a place, changing or having a limit, just as we say that Allah knows and wills without being in a place, changing or having a limit?”

The mushabbihah agreed with the Mu`tazilites that there is no such thing as seeing without the seen being at a distance, but while the Mu`tazilah made ta’wil to escape from tashbih, or ascribing a limit to Allah, the mushabbihah said that Allah is seen in a direction and at a distance, thus attributing to Him a limit. The doing of the Mu`tazilah was silly and at least a bid`ah, while that of the mushabbihah was plain kufr.

Question: They argue that tawfid is not correct as Allah has obliged us to do zikr on the quran i.e to relect and ponder.

Answer: Tafwid is when one does not assign a specific meaning to an aayah when one is not sure of its meaning. This is simply the safe thing to do as the religion discourages speaking about something without knowledge, especially Allah’s attributes. It is prohibited to speak about the attributes of Allah unless one is certain that one has permission to say what one is saying. I will cover the issues of ta’wil and tafwid in more detail later in shaa’ Allah.

Author: Shaykh Abu Adam al Naruiji


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For a week at the end of August, a small army of Western Washington University students, wearing aquamarine WWU hats and orange safety vests, will be a normal sight around Stanwood.

The students, under program director David Davidson, will collect data, Aug. 21-25, including elevations above sea level, which they’ll use to create a web-based, visual flood map of the city.

Once the map is completed in 2018, it will serve several purposes

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Monday Report!

November 24, 2008

Leveling has been a dream run with the boosted XP gain and i have been able to go a total 11 levels in a week. It is remarkable to watch how quickly a Death Knight kills and levels. I have no down time between kills and easily do the Group quests solo at the end of each leveling area.

I’m starting to put together a comprehensive amount of material for level 80 theory crafting. My next post will be on gear/spec/abilities for a Death Knight at Level 80.


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Fick’s Advanced Path on Only Extreme 3

In the pre-review post of August 29, Cluster Extension by Not-Both Trials, a series of coloring cluster expansions were made by testing the not-both condition for AIC slink coloring. Like other trials, this tactic is considered extreme here in Sysudoku. My friend Gordon Fick responded with a grouped AIC ANL which keeps Only Extreme 3 in advanced Sysudoku territory.  Here we use it, after the irregular XYZ, AIC nice loop, finned X-wing, and Sue de Coq of the pre-review post.

Here is the grid  after the follow up of the Sue de Coq, showing  the two AIC slinks  under consideration for blue/green expansion.

Beginning in the NE, the AIC does a grouped 8-chain slink and reversed XY to 6-chain to XY terminal, removing two 8’s.

The follow up

brings the 6-wing that Gordon anticipated in his alert.

a new red/orange coloring traps 3r7c4 to wrap red and hand in the orange and blue solution.

Unless you consider Gordon’s AIC ANL extreme, and many would agree with that, Only Extreme 3 is only advanced.

Now to Only Extreme 46.

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My real name is John Welch. I'm a happily married, retired professor (computer engineering), timeshare traveling, marathon running father of 3 wonderful daughters and granddad to 7 fabulous grandchildren. The blog is about Sudoku solving. It covers how to start, basic solving to find candidates efficiently, and advanced solving methods in an efficient order of battle. It is about human solving methods, not computer solving.
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Rivoli Rosettes

This past Saturday I traveled to the far eastern reaches of Cactusville, actually, it would probably be Saguaro Hills, to bead with Jessica.  It was a very scenic trip, as the eastbound freeway was closed.  Completely.  I didn’t know the DOT still did things like that – completely close down freeways.  Anyway, it made for an interesting drive.  I had the opportunity to see parts of the valley I’ve never seen before.

Jessica, of course, beaded up a storm, finishing a necklace, earings and a matching bracelet, none of which I have pictures of, because I forgot the camera.  I made these:  Rivoli Rosettes.

They are 14mm Swarovski rivolis in the center, with a beaded bezel surrounding them, and lucite beads used as petals.  It’s actually an interpretation of a design in the September Bead & Button… but I like mine better.

They were fairly easy to put together, once I started working on them, which meant we could gab to our heart’s desire.   The lucite beads (leaves actually) make the whole piece light and easy to wear.

I’m thinking these may be this year’s Christmas gift to female family and friends.

I can see several of these clustered on the lapel of a jacket or coat, or maybe attached to a bag of some sort.

Of late I’ve been trying to make the backs of my beaded work look as nice as the front.  To achieve this I used ultra-suede as the backing, and poked the pin backs though it.  Everything is then edged in a beaded stitch.

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  1. I was cleaning out my old email folders and came accross your site address. I have spent a wonderful sad hour going through your old posts. We’re getting old aren’t we? All our pets are gone now except for the cat Mocha. We have lots of out door pets, horses, sheep, fish, and Guinea fowl, but the indoor pets are getting old like us. I am on face book with pictures of the place if you want to look. Hope all is well with you and prince charming ;).

    • Old yes, but aging like fine wine – except for the pet loss part.
      They never last as long as we’d like them too…but it makes room
      for new furry friends.

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