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Monday, February 27, 2006

Old dogs CAN learn new tricks!

I have discovered a GREAT new homeschool store, and I don't even have to find the keys to the van to get there! With the price of gas, as well as not having enough time in the day as it is, the folks that have created this store have done homeschoolers a huge favor.

No more shipping charges and waiting for curriculum to arrive at the door. This new store delivers homeschool products instantly right to your desktop - I like that. In fact, I like it so much that I have just listed the new editions of the Easter Unit Study and the Gardens Unit Study with them in downloadable format. They can answer questions and help families simplify their lives, as well as save money. What store am I talking about?

Check it out, and take the time to go through the menus on the left, by title or publisher -- you are going to recognize the names of many of your favorite authors and publishers, offering instantly downloadable books that you can begin using right away.

See, I am still learning, and hope that this helps you to learn, too. Don't forget that the $10.95 SALE price on Easter and Gardens won't last long...

Until next time,

Amanda B.

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Easter Unit Study Special ends soon!

Spring is almost here, and Easter is observed on April 16th this year. The Easter Unit Study is a four-week study, so the timing to begin is just a few weeks away. To learn more, follow this link:  Easter Unit Study

Amanda B.

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Homeschooling Article in BusinessWeek magazine

Have you seen the article in the latest issue of BusinessWeek, Meet My Teachers: Mom and Dad

It has captured my attention and my thoughts - and I'll write more later. Any thoughts?

Until next time,

Monday, February 13, 2006

February Unit Study News

Unit Study News

February 2006

Amanda’s Corner

 The games have begun, and we are enjoying the view here! During the opening ceremonies, I noticed that the introduction of each country’s team was quite a lesson in world geography. It was fun to see the excitement in the faces of the athletes, and to learn a bit more about them. If you haven’t joined our Winter Olympic Unit Study adventure yet, you can jump right in and join us with the new downloadable format. (There are sample lessons that you can see if you follow the downloadable link.)

We are in the midst of our first big snow of the winter here in the mountains, and the view fits right in with the Winter Olympics snow theme. We have been snowball throwing, sledding, hiking and snowman-building, and both kids and adults are excited. The hot chocolate is on hand, and the wood stove is burning, ready to dry out wet mittens and boots that will be spread out around it later today. No matter how old I get, I still love catching snowflakes and looking at the various shapes – they are so beautiful.

In the midst of all of this winter weather, cabin fever often sets in, also known as the mid-winter slump. Do you ever have days when you wonder “what am I doing this for?” These days happen to all of us, and I want to take a minute here to assure you that these days DO matter, that your efforts are not in vain. From my side of the homeschooling adventure, with two in college and one thirteen-year-old still being homeschooled, it is easy to see that our efforts have a lasting impact.

The learning continues round the clock when we homeschool – there is no “off/on” switch or bell that rings for the learning process. Even on sick days, they learn about your love, how to care for others, and what it means to be part of a family. Whether lessons in math or reading, learning to manage a checking account, or taking trips together as a family – the lessons are immeasurable and their memories priceless. Their growth into adulthood will amaze you, and the relationship of trust and love will only add to your family’s future and happiness.

We do ourselves a disservice when comparing our children’s education with that of one from a typical school environment. I was recently asked to write an article for a homeschooling magazine, covering the ten main reasons for pulling your child out of public school. I was amazed with the things that were uncovered in my research – the article will appear in the next issue of This Old Schoolhouse Don’t miss the article, and please let me know what you think about the message.

For your family, the best is yet to come – be encouraged! Homeschooling is a choice, a labor of love, and an answer for many families to the problems of public schools. We live in a land of freedom and choices, defended by the brave heroes of our armed forces. I am so thankful for these freedoms, and so thankful that we can homeschool!

Until next time,
Amanda B.

P.S.  Before you email asking about the Horses Unit Study - it is almost finished! In the midst of everything, I have begun writing a new study out of a new curiosity - anyone ever hear of stock car racing?

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Baseball Unit Study – Spring Training begins this week, and it is sign-up time around the country for local leagues! Combine the learning and the fun with the Baseball Unit Study.
From now through the end of the month, the Baseball Unit Study will be just $10.95

Easter Unit Study – Easter is on April 16th this year, and this unit study lasts for four weeks, so the study can begin in the middle of March, and be completed with the celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection! From now through the end of February, the Easter Unit Study will be specially priced at only $10.95

Tea Time -- for the time of your life, and theirs…

            When I was a child, my mom gave her children a priceless gift -- her time. Back in those days, it was unheard of for a mom to take time in the afternoon and have tea and cookies with her children when they arrived home from school. Most moms were either at work or were too busy with other things, but my mom made time -- and what a time we had! She would take down the sunny yellow teapot, and prepare tea or hot chocolate. She'd have a plate of cookies (usually animal crackers) there on the kitchen table, along with favorite tea cups for each of us. We would tell her about our day, and she'd listen and smile, offering comments when needed. To this day, the ritual of having a cup of tea and animal crackers or cookies is so very comforting to me, and how I appreciate her gift!

            As you all work together on a unit study, try to make a special time of reading together. Whether around the fireplace or circling the kitchen table, this is a wonderful opportunity to slow things down, grab their attention, and create some wonderful memories. To make that time together special, I suggest that you try to have tea or cocoa and cookies while you are reading to them. As you read and discuss the book at hand, they get to savor some thoughts as well as special treats.

            This simple routine gives them something to look forward to, and provides you all with some time to regularly get together and read and talk and share -- a blessing for today and perhaps for their future.

            Take the time to make some memories -- it is too easy to get in the habit of marking time, tearing off days on the calendar. And by the way, thanks for the memories, Mom!

Just a quick note to say that a dear friend recently lost her mother, and the memories of their times and adventures bring smiles to this special family’s faces even today. Take time to make some special memories, whether it is tea time, special one-day-a-month adventures with each child, or treasure hunting together on walks through the woods or along the beach. These ARE the special times, and thank our Heavenly Father for parents that take the time to make the memories!

Winter Olympics Unit Study

Buy, download, and begin NOW!

Join in the fun and learning as the games continue through February 26th!

 Learning Links:

Measuring God’s Love Coloring Page

Measuring God’s Love – a message for children

Holiday Pillowcases – Have you seen the cute heart fabric that is probably on sale for the next few days? Perhaps it would be fun to make cotton pillowcases as a family for grandparents, aunts & uncles, and friends. For simple-to-follow instructions for making pillowcases, check out this link:

How to Make a Hard Candy Wreath

History of Valentines Cards

Valentine Coloring Pages

More Valentine Coloring Pages

Making Waves!

Amanda’s Winter Olympics Mini-Unit was published in the new This Old Schoolhouse e-newsletter on unit studies!
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 And now these three remain:
faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying:
       "I have loved you with an everlasting love;
       I have drawn you with loving-kindness.

Jeremiah 31:3

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish
but have eternal life.

John 3:16

And Jesus said,
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these.”

Mark 12:30-31


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This is the information that will help us move into Dominion by giving us our power back, understanding IS power. Thanks Dean.

Other Sovereign teachers worthy of a listen are:
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How To Develop Your Retirement Career While Still Working

(Reposted from April 2014)

Boomers – are you thinking you might like to explore a new career frontier after you ‘retire’ from your current job/career?

Many boomers are planning new careers. But for some, it’s not going to be a hard-stop, hard-start proposition. Many will do that ‘transition’ thing. Put a toe in the water of a new career, while still working at the ‘day job’. Perhaps trying something out part-time, or testing the waters.

Either way, it will take some juggling to manage the ‘new career’ with the day job.

As one of the Globe and Mail writers for the Ask a Career Coach feature, I wrote about this in my latest article. A reader asks, how can she manage two careers at once? She describes one as a ‘passion’ career. The other, her day job and she’s not willing to give up either.

READ MY ARTICLE HERE: How to Develop a Passion (or Retirement) Career Without Losing Focus on the Day Job

I wrote this from my own experience and ‘heart’. When I started my career in professional coaching (and related areas), I had a firm foot in my first career (communications). My career path has been all about balance and transition. Still is to a large extent.

Would love to hear from you? Do you have experience transitioning to a new career and holding two careers at once? What has worked? What challenges did you face? What other tips might you have?

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Two years ago, names like James, Wade, Bosh, Johnson and Stoudemire set the NBA offseason on fire and completely revamped what free agency was like. It created a boon of interest in the sport, and the residue effects are still being felt today. Not even last year’s extended lockout could do enough to damper the enthusiasm people have for this time of year, when there are more rumors and trade reports than basketballs being dribbled and dunked. This summer, we don’t have quite the star power of 2010, but we also don’t have the abbreviated offseason from 2011. Now, 2012 kind of feels like the best of both worlds.

For Dime‘s 2012 Free Agent Tracker, we put together the master list of every free agent in the League, then we broke them up into tiers: From the franchise-caliber superstars down to the guys scrapping for jobs who could find themselves in Europe or the D-League next season. Throughout the free agency period, we’ll keep the list updated with info on who is talking to which teams, who’s signed, who’s sealed, and who’s delivered. With training camps still a long ways off, and mostly everybody starting to formulize a free agency plan, here’s the latest update (R = restricted free agent):

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Franchise superstars. You don’t just build teams around these guys, you build championship-caliber teams. They aren’t just the face of your franchise, they’re the icons who may end up with their statue outside the arena someday.

*Deron Williamssigned five-year, $98 million deal with the Brooklyn Nets.

â€¨Maybe not full-on superstars, but they’re at least All-Star material. They could be the focal point of an OK team, but you’d rather have them as a No. 2 or No. 3 on a great team.

*Tim Duncan – signed three-year, $36 million deal with the San Antonio Spurs.
*Kevin Garnett – re-signed in Boston for three years and $34 million.
*Eric Gordon (R) – signed 4-year, $58 million offer sheet from the Phoenix Suns (New Orleans matched).
*Steve Nashsigned a three-year deal worth $36 million with the Los Angeles Lakers.

TIER 3â€¨
Solid starters who could crack All-Star level given the right circumstances. They can help carry certain teams and will take over a game here and there, but at this point they’re ideally a third option at best.

*Ray Allensigned mid-level exception with Miami Heat for three years, $9 million.
*Ryan Anderson (R) – signed four-year, $36 million deal in sign-and-trade that sends him to New Orleans.
*Nicolas Batum (R) – signed offer sheet with Minnesota Timberwolves for four years, $45 million (Portland matched).
*Jamal Crawfordagreed in principle on a four-year, $24 million deal with the Los Angeles Clippers.
*Roy Hibbert (R) – signed four-year, $58 million deal with Portland (Indiana matched).
*Jeremy Lin (R) – signed four year, $28.8 million deal with Houston (New York declined to match).
*Brook Lopez (R) – re-signed with Brooklyn for four years, $60 million.
*O.J. Mayo signed a two-year contract with Dallas believed to be around $8 million.
*JaVale McGee (R) – re-signed in Denver for a four-year, $44 million deal.
*Gerald Wallace – agreed to a four-year, $40 million deal to stay with Brooklyn

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High-class role players. Most likely starters, they are 100 times more valuable on championship-contending teams than they are on middle-of-the-pack or teams going nowhere.

*Darrell Arthur (R) signed three-year, $9 millon deal with Memphis.
*Omer Asik (R) – signed three-year, $25 million offer sheet with Houston (Chicago did not match).
*Brandon Bass – signed a three-year deal worth $25 million to stay with Boston.
*Michael Beasley – signed a three-year, $18 million deal with the Phoenix Suns.
*Chauncey Billupssigned a one-year, $4.3 million deal to stay with the Los Angeles Clippers.
*Aaron Brooks (R) – signed with Sacramento for two years, $6.6 million.
*Boris Diaw – agreed in principle to two-year, $9 million deal with San Antonio.
*Goran Dragic – signed a four-year, $30 million deal with Phoenix.
*Jeff Green – signed a four-year, $36 million deal with Boston.
*Raymond Feltonreceived a three-year, $10 million deal in a sign-n-trade with New York.
*Landry Fields (R) – signed three-year, $20 million offer sheet with Toronto (New York declined to match).
*Spencer Hawes – agreed in principle to a two-year, $13 million contract to stay with Philadelphia.
*J.J. Hickson – re-signed with Portland for one year and $4 million.
*George Hill (R) – re-signed in Indiana for five years, $40 million.
*Grant Hillsigned for two years and around $4 million with the Clippers.
*Josh Howard
*Kris Humphriesre-signed with Brooklyn for two years and $24 million.
*Ersan Ilyasova – agreed in principle to five-year, $45 million deal with Milwaukee.
*Antawn Jamison – signed a one-year deal for the veteran minimum with the Lakers.
*Andrei Kirilenkosigned with Minnesota for two years and $20 million.
*Carl Landry – signed two-year, $8 million deal with Golden State.
*Courtney Lee (R) – received a four-year, $21.5 million deal in a sign-n-trade with Boston.
*Chris Kaman – signed one-year, $8 million deal with Dallas.
*C.J. Miles – signed two-year deal with Cleveland.
*Andre Miller – signed a three-year, $14.6 million deal to stay in Denver.
*Jameer Nelson – signed a three-year deal to stay with Orlando.
*Ramon Sessionssigned two-year deal worth $10 million with Charlotte.
*J.R. Smith – agreed in principle to two-year, $5.6 million deal with New York.
*Marreese Speights (R) – re-signed with Memphis for two years, $8 million.
*Jason Terry – signed a three-year deal worth $15 million with Boston.
*Lou Williams – signed for mid-level exception with Atlanta (4 years, $21 million).
*Nick Young – agreed in principle with Philadelphia for one-year, $6 million.

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Four Things I Learned Playing DragonRaid, a Christian D&D Substitute

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A while back, a friend of mine admitted he used to play “DragonRaid” as a kid. I figured it was a D&D knockoff, pretty common from the ’80s. Then he admitted that it was something he was forced to play in Sunday School.

Yes, it was a fundamentalist Christian version of “Dungeons & Dragons”. I was baffled, first of all that he had to play this, and secondly that it existed.

Being that it’s an old role-playing game from the ’80s, the entire thing is freely available online. So I got together a group, did some substitutions (mostly poetry for Scripture, since I was playing with a Buddhist, two Jewish folks, and an atheist), and we played the game.

And honestly, it was a little shocking what happened: we actually all enjoyed it.

The Game Rules And World Are Simple, But Solid

In a lot of ways, it’s heavily stripped down. That said, somebody clearly sat down with some D&D books and studied the system before constructing DragonRaid, and it shows. The gameplay is fairly straightforward: you use a D10 for all skill checks and roll against a few tables. You pick three weapons and skills at the start of the game and that’s it. XP (“Maturity Units” here) are tied directly to stats; there are no levels and each stat rises or falls independently.

Similarly, the game world, although the metaphors are thuddingly obvious (you’re playing a “TwiceBorn”, for example), is well constructed and has a lot of detail. You don’t have to fill in a lot of blanks. It was a nice surprise to see a game, religious or otherwise, so thought out. That’s probably a result of who was supposed to be the DM: Sunday School teachers, youth pastors, people who mean well but who may not necessarily be up on their Tolkien.

The Entire Thing Is Built To Prevent In-Game Dickery

I’m not going to lie, I rarely game because I’m a munchkin. So are all my friends, so whenever we game, it usually goes downhill fast. Here, though, beating up NPCs for their wallets and skinning gnomes to see if you can make a hang-glider out of them hands you massive stat drains and will kill you a lot faster than the in-game monsters.

The game instead rewards you for being nice to people. Granted, this in no way prevents muchkining: one of our group used to be Catholic, so he dragged in a lot of weirdness about slow martyrs and other saints pretty quickly. But it’s different, and it’s actually pretty funny.

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So who actually died in the ‘Game of Thrones’ season finale?

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Last night’s “Game of Thrones” finale was particularly bloody, even by this show’s standards, but a lot of the “deaths” were presented in pretty ambiguous fashion, while others seemed designed to be overturned for the needs of the story.

For the most part, dead on “Game of Thrones” means dead, but not always, as we’ve seen with Beric Dondarrion, and as we see in this very episode with the FrankenMountain. There are some characters whose fate is left ambiguous, and others whose apparent deaths might not make long-term sense for the narrative. And then there are those whose deaths you can almost certainly count on sticking.

So let’s take a walk through the episode’s potential deaths in chronological order to figure out who has the best chance of breathing early in season 6.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Wordless Wednesday

This is what happens at my house when I leave the room for 5 min:

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Cooking and Me

I don't know what my problem is of late but the whole cooking thing is not working out at all. It all started out a few days ago I thought I'd make a wonderful Indian dinner for my honey.

After slaving over a hot stove for hours (o.k it was those packets you put in boiling water but still) I decided to cook some poppadoms up . I put them in the microwave and of course the minute I did the screaming began. Lately any time I turn around its like a debate about the second amendment on Facebook. I ran to the kids room to untangle my sons hands from my daughter's throat when a thick black smoke began to fill the apartment.  I ran to the kitchen where I found the poppadoms were not only burned but were black.

My daughter turned to me and asked "Is that dinner" I nodded opening the windows to air out my fragrant meal and then she asked me with all sincerity, "is this my punishment?"

I'm not really sure what she's being punished about but if she has to eat those papadums it must have been pretty awful.

You know cooking and I are not friends. However every once and while I get inspired and I do a big pot of chili or stew enough for about 4 meals and freeze it. The  problem is I never label anything and serving up a big plate of "Umm Brown Stuff" does not seem to please the masses. So now I just call everything "chili".

So last night I thawed one of the frozen unnamed brown things and discovered it was a far cry from chili . It was cholent!  I don't know if you've ever tried cholent but its this type of yucky stew Jews serve up on the Sabbath .

A few months ago my son really wanted to make it and as my Unlce Frank has a good recipe  I decided to make it with him.   After working on this thing for over four hours it ended up looking like this:
Yes it has eggs in the shell in it. It's supposed to. However
one of them burst so it had little pieces of egg shell all through it.

I thought I had gotten rid of it all the disastrous cholent. I swear I threw it out but that cholent is a survivor and there it was in all its glory all thawed out and in the pot.

So being the great mom I am I threw some hot sauce on it  and called it chili.
And they ate least it wasn't the poppadoms

Friday, February 8, 2013

I Quit!

I don't want to be overly dramatic here but its finally happened I have reached my Mommy breaking point.
After breaking up the 60th fight of the morning, dressing both kids and turning around and finding them completely nude,  wrestling with my daughter to get some medicine in her only to have her spit it back out over my shirt, I have reached the end. I quit!

 I announced it this morning and both kids looked at me with their mouths hanging open, "Yes you heard me I quit find a new mommy!"

At first they kind of laughed, then when they saw I want smiling they got a little freaked out.

I then announced it to my husband and told him he needed to find a new mommy cause I was done.

I got on my coat and my hubby looked at me with horror in his eyes. "Not really right?"

"Really" I'm done. "Maybe he should think about posting an add on e-bay cause I quit!"

Friday, February 1, 2013

Friday's Rant

I love NYC isn't that what all the tee-shirts say?  Well I gotta say I just don't! Its dirty, expensive the people are mean and there always seem to be some kind of a disaster. Hurricanes, terrorist attacks, the day the whole city smelled like maple syrup (which you know was some strange terrorist attack created by Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers to give us all a diet crisis.) just to name a few.

Now I know a water main break is not a disaster but its sure is icky.

Yes today we have a water main.  Water pouring in the streets but none in the taps. The news keeps harping on subway troubles but come on really no water how yucky!

Any NYC disaster brings out all the crazies.  When I went to lunch 20 min ago people were camped out on the sidewalks with gallons of water drinking it like they had just run a marathon. People were asking strangers where the water went and would it ever come back again. Some very tall crazy man wearing a tiara  and child sized purple rain coat with Dora on it  was walking down the street yelling "Prepare yourselves for the end of days there is no drinking water in the city! The lord will take us all!!"

And speaking of lunch I didn't bring my lunch today so since there's no water how is everyone washing their hands? And I work in a daycare so think about all the diaper changes done each day with no water to clean up butts or hands ick!

 And while I'm eating my contaminated sandwich I now remember that everyone uses my keyboard.   I'm as always I'm eating and typing oh ick ick ick. I'm probably getting some illness that will cause my fingernails to turn blue and fall off and my eyes to turn into gooing orbs of fire.

And don't get me started on the whole toilet thing cause in just a few hours it will no longer be known as the big apple but as the stink apple or the apple filled with unflushable poo.

I love NYC? Not really, not today, sorry. Yuck

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The All New Google Earth 5.0

3 Feb 2009  No Comments

Google just released there beta version of Google Earth 5.0.

You can get it from here

Here is a short video demoing the new features.

Make Your Own Ringtone

25 Jan 2009  No Comments

It does just that, very easy to use and fool-proof

The steps are:

  • Press Upload, choose mp3, wma or ogg audio file and press Open.
  • Place the markers to set range and clip duration.
  • Press Selected to listen to your clip.
  • Change the default sound quality if you want.
  • Choose and set the filters if you want.
  • Press Make a Ringtone to convert mp3 to a ringtone.

Top 10 Most Useful Firefox Shortcuts

3 Mar 2008  No Comments

So after the Top 10 Firefox Add-ons, here is a list of very useful shortcuts that I think that you can’t live without:

1.) Ctrl+T (New tab)

2.) Ctrl+W (delete Tab)

3.) / (FAYT find as you type)

4.) Ctrl + (tab number)

5.) Alt+Tab (switch between tabs)

6.) Space Bar (Page Down)

7.) Ctrl+K (Cursor to search box)

8.) Ctrl+L (Cursor to address bar)

9.) SHIFT+CTRL+R (hard refresh from the server)

10.) Ctrl+Shift+T (Undo last closed tab)

Turn Your iPhone Into A Palm OS Powered Device

25 Feb 2008  No Comments

StyleTap released a proof-of-concept video showing an iPhone (or an iPod Touch I can’t really tell) running Palm OS applications via an emulator of course , and as you can see from the video the emulator is pretty fast. StyleTap (who already released this version of the software for Windows Mobile) are not saying much at the moment, it’s not public nor private beta yet. I guess for you who are really into Palm OS will have to wait a while longer.

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Vista SP1 What Will It Change ?!

23 Feb 2008  No Comments

Since the announced date for SP1 release some people wondered how much will it change the OS !?

Well, the update aimed to security patching, performance, and overall efficiency. Also, Vista search bar will disappear and you will have a choice of installing any third party desktop search bar (like Google).

You can find a detailed review by PC Magazine on the new SP.

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Top 10 Firefox Add-ons

23 Feb 2008  1 Comment

As promised, here is my list of what I think is are the top 10 Firefox add-ons:

10.) Download Statusbar: View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar.

9.) Video Download Helper: Download videos and images from any site.

8.) Torbutton: Browse anonymously.

7.) FootieFox: A must for every football fan, get live scores almost instantly.

6.) Foxmarks: Backup and sync your all of your bookmarks.

5.) Flashgot: The only download manager that you’ll ever need.

4.) IE Tab: Opens a webpage using IE engine within Firefox.

3.) StumbleUpon: The best way to kill time.

2.) PicLens: A really cool way for browsing pictures.

1.) Morning Coffee: Keeps track of daily routine websites and opens them in tabs.

I might have forgotten some other cool stuff, please let me know in the comments.

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Firefox 3 Beta 3 Is Here

15 Feb 2008  No Comments

Mozilla officially released the 3rd beta of the famous Firefox browser, which includes man user interface and a handful of new features. Firefox 3 is rapidly approaching completion, and much of the work that remains to be done is primarily in the category of fit and finish. There will likely only be one more beta release after this one before Mozilla begins issuing final release candidates.

Vista SP1 Leaked to BitTorrent

8 Feb 2008  No Comments

Ok vista users, SP1 seems to be available via torrent, if you can’t wait for the official release you can grab it from any of your favorite torrent search engines, its seems that you can’t upgrade from this version you have to do a complete vista install, so don’t forget to backup.

via Lifehacker

Skype For Apple TV !

3 Feb 2008  No Comments

Skype TV

I don’t know why you need there but it can be done,for now, Endgadget suggested earlier today.

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IPhone 1.1.3 Jailbreak update

28 Jan 2008  2 Comments

Yet still with limitations, it requires "a v1.1.2 jailbroken device with the BSD Subsystem v1.5 or greater installed" as endgadget informed and added a link for the jailbreak software..

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New Approach for Prevention Over Incarceration

Invest on the front end and avoid huge costs on the back end

By - May 15th, 2017 01:26 pm

Last week (Tuesday, May 9) the Common Council passed a resolution encouraging leaders in the State Legislature to consider a different approach to public safety. The approved package of recommendations (attached) calls for the Legislature to consider going beyond reforms to the juvenile justice system and increasing penalties for certain crimes. It calls on our state legislators to also make investments on the front end so that more Wisconsin citizens can not only avoid incarceration, but can live a life without contact with the corrections system.

I co-sponsored the legislation because I believe strongly that we need to change our focus to prevention and key investments in our fellow citizens and neighbors, and especially in our children. I will go to Madison to testify at the Capitol for our package because I believe strongly that we need to proactively invest in quality education including early childhood education, and trauma informed care. We need to continue the efforts to connect underserved and underemployed individuals with better living wage jobs that can provide hope while helping to stabilize families and neighborhoods.

I believe that individuals who commit crimes need to be sanctioned, but I also believe we need to do a much better job preventing the conditions and/or paths that lead people to consider poor choices in the first place.

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Obama likely to seek Modi’s support against IS

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Obama likely to seek Modi’s support against IS
Washington: US President Barack Obama is expected to seek PM Narendra Modi’s support in his effort to create a global coalition against Islamic State. So far, more than 40 countries have joined the US-led international coalition against Islamic State  as it is better known across the globe. US and its partner countries on Monday started air strikes against IS positions in Syria. However, the US officials, including  Obama, insist that this is not a military coalition and countries can contribute in their own way.
 Modi is scheduled to meet Obama at the White House on Sept.29 over a private dinner, and the next morning at the Oval Office for the official meeting during which the issue of IS is “definitely” expected to come up for discussion. Officials familiar with the preparations of the Modi-Obama summit acknowledged that IS would be part of discussion between the two leaders, during which they are likely to touch upon the current situation in the Middle East. Obama, as he has been doing with other global leaders, is expected to urge Modi to join the international coalition against the IS. The White House, however, has refused to make any comment on the substance of discussion between Obama and Modi next week. PTI
Insertion of Muslim icons in social science text book creates storm in Maharashtra
Mumbai: A controversy has been brewing in Maharashtra over the inclusion of images of Muslim educationists in Urdu text books for govt  run schools used in on replacement with some Marathi icons. This move has brought the wrath of Marathi hardliners, who are describing it as an attack on Marathi pride. Meanwhile state Urdu department and teachers are up in arm calling it a first bold ‘inclusive’ step. Bal Bharati Maharashtra State Bureau of Text Books, under state education ministry has the monopoly over management of syllabus and publication of primary classes Govt  text books. In this annual summer vacation as the process goes, Bal Bharati designed the syllabus in Marathi which then has to be translated in English, Urdu, Hindi and Gujarati mediums by respective departments.
 As the new draft was moved in for publication in the Urdu department, a third standard book titled ‘Mahaul ka Mutalaa’ (Environment Studies) a compilation of several social subjects, caught the attention of Khan Naved Ulhaq, a special officer and in fact the sole staff working in the primary classes’ Urdu department. This text book has a chapter on personalities who did great work for the promotion of education; it also gave an exercise to pupils to find out with their teachers more about the given icons and their contribution to society. To Naved ul Haq’s surprise not even a single personality in the text book draft was a Muslim. He decided to include some in Urdu copied translation. He added the images of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, Zakir Hussain, Badruddin Tayabji ex-president of Indian National Congress and first Indian Solicitor and first Indian chief justice of Bombay High Court, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Fatima Sheikh, first Muslim women teacher who along with Savitri Phule started first girls school in India, Hakeem Abudl Hameed the founder of Hamdard University. Special Urdu officer of Bal Bharati facilitated Muslim icons in the text book chapter by removing the images of Maharaja of Baroda Sayyajirao Gaikwad, Shaho Maharaj of Kholapur, women emancipation and education activists Pandita Ramabai, Maharishi Dhundu Karve, Karamveer Bahurao Patil, and Punjabrao Deshmukh. Somehow this move caught the eye of the history department of MSBT and subsequently passed on to Maharashtra’s leading Marathi news daily Lok Satta. In its 19th July edition Lok Satta carried a front page news report presenting swapping of images as a communal act and made it an issue of Marathi pride. TCN
Bombay HC: No govt can force anyone to list religion
Mumbai: No person in India can be compelled to declare his religion, the Bombay high court ruled on Wednesday while hearing a PIL seeking direction to the Maharashtra govt  to not insist on declaration of religion on official forms and documents. The petition was filed by Dr Ranjeet Mohite, Kishore Nazare and Subhash Ranaware, who claimed to be members of Full Gospel Church of God, which they said had more than 4,000 members. Though they believe in Jesus Christ, they do not believe in Christianity or any other religion.They approached the state printing press, seeking to issue a gazette notification that said that they were not Christians and belonged to "no religion". The state rejected their application forcing them to file a PIL in the HC. A division bench of Justices Abhay Oka and A S Chandurkar directed the Union and state govt s "not to compel any individual to declare or specify his religion in any form or any declaration". The court said that "every individual has the right to claim that he does not belong to any religion and that he does not practice or profess any religion". Centre and the Maharashtra govt  had opposed the petition, saying no reliefs could be granted. They claimed that "no religion" in official forms cannot be treated as a religion or as a form of religion.TOI
Citizen can declare, he does not belong to any religion:HC
We do not speak against Muslim fundamentalism as strongly as we should: Digvijaya to congress
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh believes the grand old party has to redefine its approach to secularism to shed a "negative image" that is seen as one of the main reasons for its political downslide. Singh said the party needs to attack Muslim fundamentalism as strongly as it pounces upon Hindu fanaticism, saying its absence had given extra political space to its saffron opponents, leading to the party's debilitating defeat in the Lok Sabha polls. "We do not speak against Muslim fundamentalism as strongly as we should. We have to attack Hindu and Muslim fundamentalism in the same manner," he told TOI. Singh said the image of Congress as being concerned only about Hindu fanaticism gave RSS an opening to carry out its "appeasement" campaign against the principal rival. For political revival, Singh said Congress has to work on reinventing its socio-economic policies, political leadership and organization, while redoing secularism as it is viewed by the party. "We have to redefine secularism. It has been badly maligned (by RSS and others). And now it is associated with Muslim appeasement, which it is not," he lamented. The remark is significant given that Singh has been at the forefront of Congress' "secular" charge, wrangling with political rivals on issues pertaining to Muslims, many times even triggering controversies like in the Batla House encounter case.However, Singh said he has also been vocal about minority fundamentalist groups — a view that he feels should become a pronounced party practice to weaken the rivals' bid to brand Congress as outfit of "minority appeasement". After the electoral defeat, the common diagnosis in the Congress camp attributed it to a perception of being "tilted towards minorities". times of indua
Ajit Sahi lashes out at law enforcement, media for falsely implicating innocent Muslims youth in terror charges
Bijapur: Stating that the law enforcement agencies have meted out gross injustice against the innocent Muslims by falsely implicating them in terror charges, veteran Delhi-based journalist, Ajit Sahi has regretted that even a large section of media has remained part of this injustice by not presenting the facts, and only harping on untrue news. Speaking after inaugurating the seminar of ‘Politics of terror, myths and reality’ organised by Students Islamic Organisation (SIO) on Tuesday evening here, he accused the media of filing all sorts of stories against arrested Muslims youths without verifying the facts.“The media suddenly swings into action when they get the news of Muslim youth arrested on terror charges. We began reading and watching strange stories about these men. But a few years later, when the same men are released by the court when nothing against them is proved, the media hardly tries to investigate to find out why they were arrested when no charge was proved”, Sahi said. He said that most terrible thing the media and the law enforcement agencies are doing, was not trying to find out the real culprits if the first arrested person has been found innocent.“This is the glaring questions the media should ask, who are the real culprits if the released are innocent. Where the real culprits are and what action was taken to arrest them”, he remarked. Sahi also accused a section of judiciary of being biased in giving justice to Muslims youth. Terming some judges of suffering from prejudice about Muslim men, he said who will help innocent people if the judiciary turn blind eye on them. The veteran journalist said that most of the major political parties including Congress, SP and BSP who call themselves secular, were the ones who have done injustice to the Muslim youth in the States they were ruling. “The Muslims must understand and come out of the notion that only BJP is against Muslim, the fact is that Congress and other parties too have done nothing better for Muslims in States such as Maharashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan where the party is either ruling or has ruled. the hindu
Kashmir Flood: Shafat, dead Dainik Jagran photographer's kin look for answers in receding waters: Indian Express
Srinagar: In the story of the devastating flood in J&K, Shafat Sidiq is a braveheart of a unique kind. Unlike several youths who died trying to save trapped people, Shafat was a storyteller who lost his life while documenting the fury of the Jhelum waves. He was among the senior photojournalists working in Kashmir and his colleagues say this flood was his only assignment when he couldn’t file his pictures. When his body was found 5 days after he went missing on Sept.7, his cameras were hanging around his neck. Shafat is survived by wife Yasmeen, 18-month-old son Mohammad, ailing father Mohammad Sidiq, mother Saleema and two sisters. The family was dependent on his earnings. His family said Shafat was working with Dainik Jagran newspaper for years. “He was sent by his office to take photographs, why didn’t they look for him,’’ Shafat’s mother Saleema Bano asked. “I will have this complaint till I die. We don’t know what happened to him. How did he die? How long was he in the water? His newspaper didn’t even contact us for those 5 days while we searched for him”. However, Jagran editor in J&K, Abhimanyu Sharma, said he was a stringer who contributed pictures “shouqia”(as a hobby). “He didn’t have a contract with us. He was only paid for the pictures he took for us,’’ he said. Sharma said his organisation is trying to find ways to help his family.
Man slaps Imam who made objectionable 'Navratri' remarks outside court
Anand: A man here today slapped a Muslim cleric Imam Mehadi Hasan while he was being taken to a court after his arrest for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of a community by making objectionable comments about 'Navratri', police said."A man identified as Rakesh today slapped and pushed Imam Mehadi Hasan just outside the court when police were taking the Imam to produce him before the judicial magistrate at Thasra in Kheda district," a police officer said. PTI
Imam whose skullcap Modi refused arrested for Garba remark
Ahmedabad: The Muslim cleric who offered Narendra Modi a skullcap three years ago was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly describing garba as entertainment for the doers of “demonic deeds”. The Kheda district police arrested Sufi Imam Mehdi Hasan from his village Rustampura in Thasra taluka on the charge of insulting religious sentiments.  indian express
BJP, Sena back to talks after RSS intervenes
Mumbai:The standoff between the BJP and Shiv Sena over seat sharing for the Maharashtra assembly elections ended on Tuesday with the RSS bluntly telling the BJP that it cannot break ties with an ideological partner. The intervention brought both sides to the talks table again. Leaders of both parties held discussions on Tuesday evening with smaller allies RSP, Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, RPI (Athawale) and Shiv Sangram. The compromise formula, in which the Shiv Sena has agreed to give more seats to the BJP, also includes more representation of the party in PM Narendra Modi’s council of ministers. Top state leaders of the two oldest NDA allies sat down for talks ending a tense stand-off, a day after BJP President Amit Shah called up Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. According to the latest proposal, Shiv Sena would contest 150 seats, BJP 126 and allies 12. indian express
India scripts history, becomes the first country to send Mars Orbiter in first attempt: Indian Expres
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation’s Mars Orbiter Spacecraft successfully entered the orbit of Mars on Wednesday morning after a liquid motor engine fired effectively for a little over 24 minutes to impart a little over the required velocity of 1098 metres per second at 1099 metres per sec. $ 71 million mission, one of the cheapest undertaken by any space faring nation, puts ISRO among an elite league of three other space agencies to undertake a successful voyage to the Red Planet. The successful entry of the MOS into the orbit of Mars (further data is still awaited on the exact orbit achieved) makes India the first country to make it to Mars on its first attempt. indian express
Dabholkar ‘séance’: State police report gives clean chit to ex-Pune top cop: Indian Express
Pune: A little over two months after an article in Outlook magazine alleged that the Pune police had used superstitious practices while investigating the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, videos of which were released subsequently, an inquiry report by the Maharashtra Police which has cleared the Pune police and its then commissioner Gulabrao Pol has been submitted to the state govt. Though senior officers, including the Maharashtra Police chief, refused to talk about the findings, Dabholkar’s family and journalist Ashish Khetan, author of the magazine’s report, have alleged that the govt has tried to cover up the matter. In the videos released by Khetan, Pol is purportedly seen telling Khetan that he had met a policeman-turned-godman, Manish Thakur, who performed black magic and asked him to “call Dabholkar’s soul”. Dabholkar, an anti-superstition activist, was murdered on Aug.20 last year.
No let-up in tension between Muslim groups in MP's Gorwa: TOI report
Vadodara: The unease between Muslims from Uttar Pradesh and local Muslims isn't showing any signs of subsiding. Hours after clashes erupted in Gorwa on Monday night, some unidentified persons damaged about a dozen auto rickshaws in Sayajigunj area. Some people went about smashing windshields of the autos and police believe that this is a fall out of the Gorwa tussle. Locals say that the miscreants were shouting "Bhaag jaao yahan see...(Go away from here)." The Sayajigunj police began investigations into the case but it is yet to track down the accused. Locals said that the scuffle between two groups of the Muslim community in Navayard may have led to the incident. Wary of the fact that the groups may again clash, the city police have stepped up security and patrolling in Navayard and Gorwa. "We are patrolling the areas round the clock to ensure that no untoward incident occurs. The encroachments in these areas have been removed and the situation is under control," said a police official. TOI
Supreme Court for independent probe into encounters
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that an independent and thorough investigation should be held into encounter deaths to restore the faith of the public in the police force.The court also held that no out-of-turn promotion or gallantry award should be given to police officers involved in encounter killings unless the gallantry was proved beyond reasonable doubt. Passing the judgment, a three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha said the right to live with dignity applied to all and the state had no right to take the law in its hands by way of extra-judicial killings. the hindu
Repeated ‘missed calls’ to a woman could land you in jail
Patna: Those in the habit of harassing a woman through repeated missed calls in Bihar could find themselves in jail. “Strict action will be taken against anyone harassing a woman or girl through repeated missed calls,” said Harpreet Kaur, Superintendent of Police, weaker section. The State police received hundreds of harassment complaints everyday, she added. “Through a recent amendment to Section 354 of the IPC, there is a provision for legal action against those found guilty of harassing a girl or woman through repeated phone calls or any other communication,” Arvind Pandey, Inspector General of Police, weaker section, said. the hindu
Bidar:Slaughterhouse has violated rules, say officials
Officials, who inspected the controversial slaughterhouse and bone processing unit in Chitaguppa village in Humnabad taluk on Tuesday, have found that it has violated some preconditions for licence.  District Food Safety Officer Devendra Jeerobe and Circle Inspector of Police Shivanand Pawadshetty, among others, inspected the unit. They collected samples and sent them for tests to Bangalore. Govt would initiate a series of measures under the Food Safety Act of 2006, including closure of the factory, if the tests reveal irregularities, said a release. Sources revealed that the unit had violated conditions related to hygiene, pollution and public health. The factory had to follow some quarantine protocols about slaughter, storage and transportation. the hindu
Gujarat village’s Muslim saint died saving cows: TOIreport
Ahmedabad: Young girls from the minority community dance with Hindu girls during Navratri in Chhala village. Similarly, Hindus are ass enthusiastic as Muslims in offering mehendi at the Hasu Dada Dargah in the village when their prayers for something are answered. Sarpanch Shivabhai Chaudhary said that the entire village comes out to participate in the ceremony organized for offering mehendi at the dargah. "Of the nearly 1500 houses in the village, 300 are Muslim. But there has never been any religious conflict in Chhala.In Navratri, Muslims too donate generously," said Chaudhary. The sarpanch further said that Muslims take part even in the procession of Goddess Amba, and also give donations.Anwar Zalori, a resident of the village and an elected representative of the gram panchayat, said that the Hindus worship Hasu Dada, a Muslim saint, who laid down his life to save cows. "Since then, Dada has been worshipped by both Hindus and Muslims," Zalori said. TOI
Gujarat Muslims helped build Ram temple: TOI report
Ahmedabad: Not only in Navratri but also during the pilgrimage to Ambaji when residents of Limbadia village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, play host to thousands of Hindus passing through Limbadia on foot to the temple of the Goddess. Even the farmhouse where the pilgrims halt at night or are served food belongs to a Muslim, former Congress minister Kasam Tirmizi. The former minister said that minority community members of Limbadia had also donated generously for construction of the Ramji temple in the village. "The land on which the temple stands was donated by my forefathers. Also, even in organizing Navratri, Muslims play a major role," said Tirmizi. Sarpanch of the village, Harshad Patel, said that when the Ramji temple was being built, the 7 Muslim houses in the village donated Rs 1 lakh. TOI
Telangana: ‘Shadi Mubarak’ scheme for Muslim brides
CM K. Chandrashekar Rao has named the cash benefit scheme of Rs. 51,000 to Muslim brides as ‘Shadi Mubarak’. This scheme is on the lines of the Kalyana Lakshmi scheme proposed for tribal and dalit women getting married. the hindu
Indian films rank high on sexualisation of women, 35% of characters in Indian movies shown with some nudity: UN
India tops the charts in showing attractive women in its movies and as much as 35 per cent of these women characters are shown with some nudity, finds a first-ever UN sponsored global study of women characters in popular films across the world. The study, commissioned by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, with support from UN Women and The Rockefeller Foundation, reveals deep-seated discrimination, pervasive stereotyping, sexualisation of women and their underrepresentation in powerful roles by the international film industry.Indian films, the study finds, have a significantly higher prevalence of sexualisation of women character. Indian films are third behind German and Australian movies in showing women in “sexy attire”. About 35%of women characters in Indian movies are shown with some nudity, the study finds. PTI
Hamid Ansari advocates minority 'reservation' as 'affirmative action'
Mumbai: Vice president Hamid Ansari announced his support to reservation for minorities as he visited a college in Mumbai Tuesday. Ansari said, "The Constitution ensures all citizens equal opportunity. If some people are found to be less than equal, then the state has to take necessary steps to place them on an equal footing.'' He said that rather than using the term 'reservation' he would prefer to call it 'affirmative action'. TOI
Army’s wary of Chinese incursions in Arunachal
Kolkata: With the standoff with China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) continuing in the Chumar sector of northeast Ladakh, the Indian Army's Eastern Command has gone into a state of readiness to check any incursion from across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) into Arunachal Pradesh. "It has been our experience that the Chinese start trouble in Ladakh and then turn their attention to Arunachal Pradesh. In April 2013, the PLA ventured into Indian territory in the Depsang area of Ladakh, pitched tents and stayed there for nearly 20 days. This was followed up by an incursion in the Chaglagam area of Arunachal Pradesh in August by the PLA. Chinese troops reportedly crossed over the LAC and occupied territory 20 km inside the Anjaw district for nearly four days. We are keeping our fingers crossed," a senior officer said. times of india
Adityanath’s outfit to pitch him as CM face for 2017
Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV), a pro-Hindu outfit headed by Yogi Adityanath, would form active organisational units across UP with the objective to project the controversial BJP MP as CM ial candidate for 2017 UP Assembly poll.Indian express
Rajat Sharma new head of News Broadcasters Association
News Broadcasters Association today announced appointment of office bearers for the year 2014-15 with India TV's Rajat Sharma as the President and Ashok Venkatramani of ABP News as the Vice President. A statement from the Association, which represents private television news and current affairs broadcasters, said Sharma, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India TV has been appointed as the President. PTI
Ex-chairman of UP Minority Commission threatened by goons in Mumbai
Mumbai: The ex-chairman of Uttar Pradesh’s Minority Commission, Tahir Ashrafi, was threatened by goons near Hume School in Nagpada on Monday. The goons threatened him against joining or working for the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM). If he were to join the party, the goons threatened to kill him and his son.
Minority schools don’t really represent minorities
Mumbai:Mumbai is increasingly turning into a city of minority schools. And an examination of figures obtained from the education department reveals that several well-regarded minority educational institutions in the city have admitted only a small percentage of students from the community they claim to represent. Each school assigned a special grade under guidelines defined by National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions retains several benefits, chief among them being the licence to be exempt from adhering to reservation policies in admitting students or hiring staff, and greater autonomy in setting fee structure. Of the 1,576 schools in Mumbai's 3 zones, 688 have been granted minority status by the Maharashtra Minorities Development Department. Mumbai Mirror's review of student ratios in five of the most prestigious South Mumbai schools granted special status shows that not one has admitted more than 15% of pupils from the minority community it is meant to serve.A minority institution, according to the guidelines set down by the Commission, is one that is "established or maintained by a person or group of persons from amongst the minorities". Mumbai Mirror
Jail official asked me to cut beard, terror accused tells court, seeks compensation: Indian Express
Mumbai: A 33-year-old terror accused has filed a complaint against the superintendent of Arthur Road jail for allegedly ordering him to cut his beard. Abdul Latif alias Guddu, accused of plotting strikes at ONGC headquarters and two markets in the city in 2010, has demanded Rs 10 lakh as compensation and strict action, including suspension, to be taken against the jail authority for “hurting his religious sentiments”. In his complaint submitted to a sessions court on Sept.19, Latif alleged that on Sept.18, during a “weekly round”, superintendent Ahir Rao questioned him regarding his beard. According to the complaint, Latif responded by saying, “I am a Muslim, and have kept a beard in accordance with my religion”. “Nobody is a Muslim in jail. If you keep a beard, you’ll rot longer in jail. I want this beard cut,” Rao is alleged to have instructed, according to the complaint copy.“This is against my religion,” Latif objected. In his complaint, Latif alleged that Rao had directed the jailor to ensure that his orders were complied with. “On the same day, the complainant prepared this application addressed to the superintendent to roll back the said unconstitutional order, which was handed over to Jailor Ade, but he refused to accept it and insisted that Latif cut his beard. Ade further turned down to give any acknowledgment on the application (sic),” the complaint read. Latif, through his complaint, prayed for the suspension of Rao for “illegal, unconstitutional, inhumane, anti-religious remarks.” A copy of the complaint was also sent to Gulzar Azmi, member of the State Minorities Commission and Jamiat Maharashtra. Advocate Shahid Nadeem Ansari said, “The accused has had a beard for a long time, and not only him, others facing serious charges of terrorism also sport beards. A month ago, Rao stopped 7/11 blast accused Abdul Waheed din Mohammed from carrying a Quran inside the jail,” Shahid alleged.
Bijnor blast suspects may be in Uttarakhand: The Hindu
Dehradun: Security has been beefed up in the Haridwar and Pauri districts after news of a possibility of reports that 3 men, who are suspects in the recent Bijnor blast, believed to have fled to Uttarakhand. According to the police, the suspects are members of the SIMI. Ram Singh Meena, ADG of Police (law and order) said, “Teams of the Uttarakhand and the UP police are combing the areas in Haridwar and Pauri districts which lie on the Uttarakhand-UP border.” the hindu

Jordan Islamists, Muslim Brotherhood reject anti-ISIL campaign, describes it as "a new crusade
Amman: Islamist leaders in Jordan have criticized their country's participation in a US-led air offensive against the Islamic State (ISIL) in Syria after the military confirmed it had carried out airstrikes on Tuesday against the militant group. "These strikes should have been directed at the Jews, who just pounded Gaza and killed its people," Jordanian salafist leader Mohamed al-Shalabi told AA.Describing the anti-ISIL campaign as "a new crusade," al-Shalabi asserted that it was "haram" (religiously prohibited) for Muslims to join the offensive. "These are Western agendas that aim to undermine Islam," he said. Zaki Bani Arshid, deputy leader of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood, for his part, reiterated his group's rejection of Jordan's participation in the campaign. "This is not our war; we aren't interested in fighting on others' behalf," he told AA. AA
Fears in Jordan over attacks on ISIL: aljazeera
Hezbollah leader opposes US-led action in Syria
The leader of Hezbollah said his Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group opposed US-led air strikes on Syria. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, whose group has been helping Syria's President Bashar al-Assad fight a Sunni-dominated insurgency, was speaking after strikes against Islamic State and other groups in Lebanon's neighbor Syria."We are against US military intervention and an international coalition in Syria, whether that (action) is against the regime or IS," he said. todayszaman
Turkish group protests US air strikes, says 25 Turks killed
A group of 40 people staged a demonstration outside Galatasaray University near İstanbul's famed Taksim Square, demanding the "imperialist powers" halt their air strikes, which have allegedly killed only civilians and rebels fighting against Syrian regime, including 25 Turks. Group is made up of activists from Freedom Association (Özgür-Der), Association for Solidarity & Defense of Humanity (İmkan-Der) and Leading Generation Association (Öncü Nesil Derneği). In a largely peaceful rally, group chanted anti-US slogans. Todayszaman
Officials: Turkish air space not used in strikes against ISIL
US told Iran of its plan to attack ISIL, assured Assad not targeted
The United States informed Iran in advance of its intention to strike ISIL militants in Syria and assured Tehran that it would not target the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a senior Iranian official told Reuters. worldbulletin
ISIL advances on Kurdish town in Syria after US-led air strikes: Reuters  report
Islamic State (ISIL) has reinforced fighters who are battling Kurdish forces for control of a Syrian town at the border with Turkey in the last day, a redeployment triggered by US-led air strikes on the group elsewhere, a Kurdish military official said. Öcalan İso, deputy leader of the Kurdish forces defending the town of Kobani at the Turkish border, said more ISIL fighters and tanks had arrived since the US-led coalition began air strikes on the group on Tuesday. todayszaman
West trains Iraq Kurds to fight ISIL
Western countries including the US are training Kurdish peshmerga forces in Iraq to fight ISIL militants who have overrun around a third of the country. Outgunned and untested for years, the Kurds failed their first major test on the battlefield last month, when ISIL militants overran their positions in northwestern Iraq, prompting air strikes by the US. Since then, at least 8 countries have begun arming the Kurds, whose Soviet-era weaponry proved ineffective against insurgents flush with military hardware plundered from the Iraqi army after it abandoned its posts in June. World bulletin
Saudi Arabia confirms role in strikes in Syria: worldbulletin
Turkey no longer has upper hand over PKK due to ISIL advance: todayszaman report
Leader of Khorasan group killed in Syria strike
Kuwait:  Leader of a little-known militant group in Syria, known as Khorasan, was killed in a US airstrike on Tuesday in Syria, jihadist sources confirmed on Wednesday. Muhsin al-Fadhli, a Kuwaiti-born al-Qaida leader, was killed along with his wife and daughter in the raids that targeted several group sites in the northwestern province of Idlib, the sources, which have close links to al-Fadhli's family in Kuwait, told Anadolu Agency. AA
Red Alert in Malaysia as Filipino Abu Sayyaf Pledges Allegiance to ISIS in Video: IB times
The Malaysian city of Sabah is on red alert after a video, in which the Filipino terrorist group Abu Sayyaf pledges allegiance to Islamic State, has gone viral. In July, Isnilon Hapilon, the leader of the extremist group, posted a video of him along with other masked men on YouTube, openly declaring their support to ISIS. The video shows the leader of Abu Sayyaf, who is one of the world's most wanted terrorists, wearing a black gown surrounded by masked supporters of the organisation. The video, which shows the symbol of the Islamic State in its opening scene, is believed to have been filmed somewhere in the jungles of the southern Philipines, across from Sabah in Malaysia. ibtimes
Assad backs any international effort against `terror`: Syria
Syria air strikes: America’s attacks on ISIS may help Assad keep his regime alive: Robert Fisk
Some Syrian rebels fear US strikes will help Assad
Recognize post-Morsi revolution; shun ideology mixing religion & politics: Sisi’s conditions to reconcile with MB
Egypt's military backed President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi has said that reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) would not be carried out unless the group recognises the June 30 revolution and all consequent political, legal and constitutional arrangements. Chief Editor of the Egyptian paper Al-Shorouk Emad El-Din Hussein reported a source close to Al-Sisi saying: "The president's proposal to include the Muslim Brotherhood and their allies in the political process is not conditioned only on their renouncement of violence, but with the change of the current leadership." The source said that the hands of the current MB leadership were "tainted with blood" and they have refused all the political solutions proposed to them. "This led the country to the open-ended circle of violence," the source added. According to the source: " Muslim Brotherhood has to give up its old ideology based on mixing between religion and politics...If the Muslim Brotherhood leaders wanted to be involved in politics, they needed to only be politicians. Egypt suffered too much in the previous years from the mix and the new constitution criminalises mixing politics and religion. "Previously, Al-Sisi told AP that the MB had a chance to rule Egypt without violence and that was clear in "our speech" on July 3." Meanwhile, the MB refused these conditions and remarks. It said Al-Sisi is aiming to "market [himself] to the international community".  Middle east monitor
British lawyer of Bangladesh Jamaat calls for Sayedee verdict review in ‘impartial’ court, says war crimes trials had failed to meet even a basic standard of fairness
British lawyer Toby Cadman, defending the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leadership, has asked Bangladesh govt  to get a review of Delwar Hossain Saydee’s conviction at “an internationally appointed, independent and impartial tribunal”. He urged the Hasina administration to not execute Supreme Court’s life-in-jail verdict for the war criminal who is number two in the Jamaat pecking order. He cited “concerns about due process and protection of fundamental fair trial rights” in making his case. The Jamaat counsel reiterated "very serious concerns" with the "deeply flawed and corrupted" trial process.Sayedee's third son Masood Sayedee after the verdict said they would appeal against the sentence although Attorney General Mahbubey Alam had initially said there was no scope for a review. Cadman said the verdict had no "proper basis" in Bangladeshi law and that the Jamaat leader had been denied justice in a "politically motivated" trial. He claimed the war crimes trials had "failed to meet even a basic standard of fairness". The foreign counsel for the party called on the UNHCR to put pressure on Dhaka to ensure that Sayedee’s case “is properly reviewed”. He pleaded with the international community "to intervene in this sham of a judicial system, sham of a justice process". According to him, the tribunal judges and prosecutors do not have "necessary experience" to deal with these cases. "Their lack of knowledge of fundamental principles of international criminal law and human rights law is apparent through many of these judgments," he said replying to a question. bdnews24
Turkish govt allows headscarf in high schools
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George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin's wedding certificate released as they head on honeymoon

by George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin's official marriage certificate has been revealed.

Issued by the state office of the City of Venice, the 'Certificado di Matrimonio' confirms that George Timothy Clooney and Amal Ramzi Alamuddin are officially man and wife as of 29 September.

The contract also lists 53-year-old George and 36-year-old Amal's places of birth – Lexington, Kentucky and Beirut, Lebanon – respectively.

The release of George and Amal's marriage certificate came as they reportedly headed off on their honeymoon.

According to the Daily Mail, the newlyweds are in the Seychelles, staying at a "luxurious North Island resort, which is so private it can be accessed only by helicopter."

The newspaper also reports that the ultra-private location was suggested by George's close friend Brad Pitt, who has previously stayed at the romantic resort with Angelina Jolie.

Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, née Kate Middleton, also spent their honeymoon on one of the idyllic Indian Ocean islands that make up the Seychelles.

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Monday, July 11, 2011

Confession: It puts you straight with everyone

Penance, aka confession, is the sacrament of the forgiveness of sin. You can’t beat it for convenience. It’s available practically whenever. Tell a priest you want to go to confession and you’ll get his attention. One bishop I know was cornered on an airplane. Another passenger figured out what was going on and asked if he could confess too. It must have been an interesting game of musical seats. An interesting question for priests might be: Where was the strangest place you ever administered the sacrament of penance? The answers I’ve gathered include “in a sports bar, at a graduation party” and “on the golf course, walking up the fairway.”

Confession has benefits. Here are ten:

1. Confidentiality guaranteed. There’s nothing like confessing your sins to someone guaranteed not to tell anyone else. Sometimes you need to talk in absolute confidence. Even under subpoena, a priest can’t tell anyone what’s said to him in confession. He can’t even hint at it. Now that’s confidentiality.

2. Housekeeping for the soul. It feels good to be able to start a clean life all over again. Like going into a sparkling living room in your home, it’s nice when clutter is removed – even if it’s your own.

3. A balm for the desire for revenge. When you have been forgiven you can forgive others. If the perfect Jesus forgives me, who am I to want to avenge the slights in my life. Think: “Why did they promote him over me?’ or “Mom played favorites!”

4. Low cost therapy. It’s free, which makes it cheaper than a psychiatrist for dealing with guilt.

5. Forced time to think. Socrates said that the unexamined life is not worth living. To examine our lives and acknowledge failings marks the first step of making things right with God, others and ourselves. Life can be more worth living when you ponder the meaning of your own life.

6. Contribution toward world peace. Gaudium et Spes, the Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, said that the imbalances in the world that lead to war and tensions “are linked with that more basic imbalance which is rooted in the heart of man.” Peace of soul leads to peace of heart leads to peace beyond oneself.

7. A better neighborhood. Confession leaves you feling good about yourself, thereby cutting back the inclination to road rage and aggressive shopping cart driving. With the grace of the sacrament you’re energized to, as Jesus said to the woman caught in adultery, “go and sin no more.”

8. Realistic self-perception. Confession helps overcome arrogance when you have to admit you’re as much of a sinner as anyone else. It helps build tolerance for others’ perceived shortcomings.

9. One more benefit of being Catholic. There are lots of benefits, including a sense of community, liturgical rites to help us encounter God in prayer, and the wonderful sense of humanity exemplified in the saints, from Mary, the loving Mother of God, to Augustine, the exasperating son of Monica. The sacrament that leads us to inner peace is among the greatest boons.

10. Closeness to God. Confession helps you realize that you have a close connection to God and receive his grace through the sacraments. What can be better than knowing God’s on your team, or, to be less arrogant about it, that you are on God’s.

JSA said...

11. Satisfies a condition for receiving a plenary indulgence.

JSA said...

11. Satisfies a condition for receiving a plenary indulgence.

Julie Robison said...

This is a wonderful post! Thank you!

Reflective Living said...

An aspect of the Sacrament of Reconciliation which may need reinserting in context is that we who need forgiveness every day are called to live a forgiven life each day, and this forgiveness is much wider that the Rite of Reconciliation. Many people have grown up with the impression that sin committed after Baptism cannot be forgiven except through sacramental Confession.
Apart from the sacrament of Reconciliation, there are the other sacramental ways of living forgiven Baptism, Eucharist, Anointing of the Sick there are the following traditional ways, which I would suggest are also “ordinary means”.
1. We can know God's forgiveness as we confess our sins to God (Ps. 51),
2. by confessing our sins to one another (James 5:16);
3. by correcting a sinner (James5:20);
4. in loving one another (1 Peter4:8);
5. by forgiving one another (Luke 6:37);
6. by almsgiving (Luke 11:41);
7. by reading Scripture (2 Tim 3:15 ("By the words of the Gospel may my sins be blotted out");
8. respect for parents (Sirach 3:3);
9. fasting (Jonah!),
10. almsgiving (Acts 10:4),
11. and the baptism of martyrdom!

Are we ordained perhaps a little jealous of our own "judicial" function? We could more clearly assure those we serve that sins they forget to mention in Confession really are forgiven; that a priest may advise a penitent at times that it is better not to list certain offences which are the subject of scruples; that a person may have more to confess than he or she can be expected to detail; that it is not unknown for a person to have an emotional blockage, due to a previous hurtful experience of confession or for some other reason, which makes integral confession of the full matter morally impossible. Are we hindering the spiritual maturity of our people if we do not put our celebrations of mercy in this context?
To broaden the picture does not devalue the Sacrament of Penance; rather, it can help us see how special a gift we have in the sacramental celebration. At the same time it can spread the load with which the sacrament, the priest, and the penitent may be unnecessarily burdened. The Sacrament of Penance is not a single peak of forgiveness in a vast quagmire of sin, but a pinnacle in the range of the Father's open hearted welcome for his wandering children. If we need to recover a sense of sin, it must be with hope rather than hopelessness. It must be an awareness of sin committed, but even more of sin vanquished.

padray said...

The "act of confessing" is only a part of the Sacrament. Reconciliation is a process of conversion. "Confession" without conversion does little. We need to first prayerfully realize our sinfullness, then have a desire for metanoia (a change of heart), then confess and do penance. If we could really grasp the rich beauty of this process, there would be less "laundry list" confessions and more conversion through the Sacrament.


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So If the Attendance Period is starting from 1st of current month, [1],[2],[3] referring to 1st, 2nd, 3rd of the month.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Excavation for Ogden water tank complete

Large-scale excavation is complete for the construction of a controversial 5-million-gallon water tank at the top of 36th Street in Ogden. Work on the $2.8 million tank project is slated to be completed in summer 2011, City Engineer Justin Anderson. Ogden Standard-Examiner


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In its November 2 meeting, the Utah State Board of Education (USBE): Advanced Utah Educational Leadership Standards for public review and began the process for updating both the state’s K-5 and 9-12 Science Standards and Early Childhood Core Standards. Voted to suspend a statewide writing assessment for grades 9-10 for the 2017-18 school year. Began looking at potential statutory change requests for the upcoming Utah legislative session. . . . → Read More


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Friday, May 7, 2010

Fire Safety Tips

In the wake of the tragic fatal fire in West Valley City, your local American Red Cross encourages all Utah families to review basic fire prevention and fire safety tips. It is so important to be teach kids to get out of the house when there is a fire.

Contact your local Red Cross Chapter if your group would like the Red Cross to share a presentation on fire safety or other preparedness topics.

Make your home fire-safe
Smoke alarms save lives. Install a smoke alarm outside each sleeping area and on each additional level of your home.
•If people sleep with doors closed, install smoke alarm inside sleeping areas too.
•Use the test button today. Check your alarm. Is it working? Replace all batteries at least once a year.
•Have one or more working fire extinguishers in your home. Get training from your fire department in how to use them.
•Consider installing an automatic fire sprinkler system in your home.

Plan Escape Routes
•Determine at least two ways to escape from every room of your home.
•Consider escape ladders for sleeping areas on second or third floors. Learn how to use them and store them near the window.
•Select a location outside your home where everyone would meet after escaping.
•Practice your escape plan at least twice per year.

Escape Safely
•Once you are out, stay out! Call the fire department from a neighbor’s home or a mobile phone.
•If you see smoke or fire in your first escape route, use your second way out. If you must exit through smoke, crawl low under the smoke to your exit.
•If you are escaping through a closed door, feel the door first before opening it, if it is warm, use your second way out.
•If smoke, heat or flames block your exit routes, stay in the room with the door closed, and signal for help using a bright colored cloth at the window. If there is a telephone in the room, call the fire department and tell them where you are.

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