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Thursday, February 24, 2011
WHY I WANNA LIVE LIKE AN OMANI PRINCESS: a thing she forgot
It seems we forgot something universal from our list of why we love living it up in Oman.
We love that we can wear flip flops to the most formal of business meetings (or State Occasions, nudge nudge Sultan Qaboos;D) and no one ever breathes a word about closed-toes or stockings.
C'est la vie.
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Dear Omani Women: Female Circumcision is Not a Sunnah, and a weekend in Nakhl
Sooooooooooo, everyone seems to be on vacation. Except for this OPNO. Who has no computer to call her own.
I just read a post on
Shy Rebellious Arab Girl [the blog, book coming soon]
, that struck a chord with me.
I posted before on female circumcision in Oman. I wanted people to know through that post, that Islam forbids FGM, which is, removing the entire female clitoris from the vagina. So people tend to call the practice of pricking or cutting a very little of the tip of this part of a girl's body, "ISLAMIC FEMALE CIRCUMCISION".
Fact is though, and PLEASE READ THIS MISINFORMED WOMEN OF OMAN (and elsewhere), that there is no such thing as "Islamic female circumcision."
My proof for that statement that contradicts whatever the women of your village or tribe believe ignorantly:
1.) The Qu'ran does not require women to be circumcised.
2.) The Prophet Mohamed never told anyone to circumcise their daughters.
3.) The Prophet Mohamed never had his own daughters circumcised.
4.) The Prophet Mohamed never PRAISED anyone for having their daughter circumcised.
5.) The Prophet Mohamed never praised or required his wives to be circumcised.
Hmmmm, well, if the act of doing do so, were a good thing, wouldn't the Prophet Mohamed have told us to do it, or, well, God/Allah in the Qu'ran??????????????????????
He didn't, so it isn't a "sunnah".
Non-muslim readers and Islamically ignorant Omanis: the definitions of what a sunnah is as follows.
A sunnah is something the Prophet Mohamed told us to do, or something he did, or some action he praised.
Female circumcision is NONE OF THESE THINGS!!!!!!!! Islam mentions no benefits of the act at ALL.
But it does say that FGM, the act of cutting the whole clitoris up and out, and stitching the vagina back up, is haraam, i.e forbidden and sinful.
While the Prophet Mohamed never accursed female circumcision, just FGM, he never praised or encouraged it.
That means that Islamically FGM is haraam.
Female circumcision is merely a halal cultural practice, but certainly not a sunnah.
Any one who calls something a Sunnah does an act of shirk, claiming something that God did not, so be careful when you excuse your cultural behaviours and sully the clear commands of God with your own whims and traditions.
Why does this strike a chord with me?
Because my 3 year old step-daughter had this done to her, because someone told my husband and his family it was a sunnah in Islam, when it is not.
They had no other justification to take away her future sexual pleasure, and my in-laws aren't educated enough to know the difference between culture and religion. Nor my husband in women's issues. Ask him about prayer and fasting and zakat charity and he has you covered, but in women's issues he's clueless, as are most men in Oman.
It breaks me heart. And it will never be done to another child in the family even if I have to make war with the whole tribe and the mothers of these girls. Honestly, I don't care.
I am not the most liked person in the world anyways so I don't really care.
To me it is a shirk to call something a sunnah that is not.
That's why ya'll Ibadhi from our village bad mouth the Shia you barely know anyways right? I am sunni, and Sunni Dhofari girls are told FGM is a sunnah too. Educate yourselves and stop being hypocrites, O my Muslim Ummah!
On to happier rantings,
I went to Nakhl on the weekend and climbed a mountain over the village that had a crumbled watchtower on it. Great veiw of the hot spring, the village, and the Fort.
Lots of goat poop though, and not an easy trek. Especially not when you are wearing an Omani "lael".
And then I hiked up the wadi of Ain Al Thawarah hot spring, and found a pool with those fish they have at the Dr. Fish spa at the Bareeq al Shatti mall complex. The ones that nibble the dead skin cells off your feet?
So I had an awesome pedicure for free, as they tickled my toes gently.
The mountains were a pretty purple shade by the time I made it back to the car park. Then I went and had mandhi (Yemeni yummy rice with meat on top and delish sauce) in Barka before heading home.
Yes, goat poop, skin eating fishes, and female genital circumcision, all topics bright and sunny for this OPNO.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Why I wanna live like an Omani Princess ;)
I love Oman. I have so many reasons why, and this post is just to remind myself why my life is so much better here (since lately, I have been focussing on the things I hate about Omani culture;p). Now, onto why I love living like an Omani princess in Oman xoxo -OPNO
Safety and Religious Freedom:
As an expat many years ago, before I embraced Islam, I was impressed by how no Omani woman [or man for that matter] insulted me or was insulted by my Western clothing, and lack of a headcovering.
I remembered that. How as Christians, my family was safe and welcomed in Oman, a Muslim country unique in the Gulf, for my experiences in the UAE were not quite the same, despite UAE and other Gulf states being toted as modern and safe for expats and tourists.
My Western home country is actually one of the most famous countries in the world for tolerance and freedom, and yet, sadly, when I became a Muslim, I had difficulty in continuing in my profession (in fact, I was practically reduced to poverty and I am more fortunate than many) , and in fact, sadly, and due to a very small portion of the population, did not feel safe to just live my life as my non-Muslim neighbors did. I could not walk down the street everyday without being hated and insulted for no reason. Most people were good. But the ones that were not sapped me of my strength to keep on fighting for justice and equality. I just wanted to live.
Here in Oman, all praise be to God, I have the blessing to be able to just walk down the street without having to tell my life story and geneology to justify my way of dressing, and I can get a job regardless if I cover my face or hair or body or not if I am capable at it.
This is the most Islamic GCC country to me, and I have finally found peace here, and place to build my life up from:)
My Omani Husband
: because he's my love and this is his home. And he'd be prettymiffed if he didn't find himself #2 on this list;p.
I loved Oman long before I ever loved him despite popular opinion, but my love for him helps me continue to love Oman when things in its culture get me down. Why? Because MOP is all that is the best in his culture, and has the patience to deal with all that is the worst in both of our nationalities, while I, well, don't anymore. As I am constantly raging at him about Omani village mentalities "I converted to Islam, not HIS-lam!" he has the patience to find a way around things or to explain things to those more ignorant, and I do not. Allah bless him, ameen.
Khaleeji designer abayas. I came here to shop right? Now this may be something totally mysterious and untranslatable to a non-Muslim audience, but for a girl from the West, Oman is SHOPPING HEAVEN! We have a choice in abaya styles, cuts, and embellishments, as well as an array of headscarfs. Which totally takes away the toil (and expense) of trying to convert/tailor regular American and European clothing into something that meets the Islamic requirements of loose, not see through, covering all the right body parts, ect. And still have individual style whereas in other Gulf states that is a no no? Hell yes! And you know what? There is no law in Oman saying you HAVE TO WEAR abaya, so you get all this, + the option of wearing whatever else you want. Which I do, CONTRARY to village mentalities remaining in Oman.
Omani women, you have NO IDEA how lucky you are that you can do what you do and keep up your beliefs. Don't let that go, or let men or people dictate how you believe you should be able to dress. A right that is not taken, is taken away.
Omani hospitality
: it's part of the culture. In Oman, people are always inviting you for Qhawa [Omani coffee] and dates (plus a huge lump of meat on a stack of rice on a giant plate!). And if you are a traveller in trouble (and boy, have I been!) people go waaaaay out of their way to rescue you.
Shout out to KH and AH who saved us from a hellish nightmare in UAE and wouldn't take a dime for anything!
My backyard:
What Muslim girl or housewife doesn't daydream of having a courtyard to let her hair out (and her arms) in the nice sunshine?
I love my yard, and that pic? The archtecture genuinely resembles the little villa where I live;D Alhamdulilah, mashaAllah right?
Omani history & Culture equal the best weekend road trips!:
Oman has a rich heritage and history, which accounts for differing regional customs and dress, and as well as a pantheon of forts and castles and splendours of natural beauty to explore, all on a 1-2 day weekend.
Oman has some of the most amazing nature you'll ever see. From the green tropic foliage of Khareef in Salalah, to the serene sands of Wahiba, to the Wadis in Sahrqiya, to the world's second largest Canyon of Jebel Shams mountain, and fishing on the Qurayat coast, camping in Oman is one of my favourite things in the entire world to do. This is what I do when I have a vacation.
Where I live:
it's a plantation farm with mango and banana groves, and I love walking in the dappled sunshine. The road to our house is lined with date palms, and I love to sip tea on the swing and watch the workers in the feilds.
People, when they think of Oman, think of desert, and are very much disapointed to see how green Muscat is, so no, I don't live in Salalah;p. Western friends are always surprised that I seem to live like Scarlet O'Hara, lol.
At sunset, the physical beauty of the place is breathtaking, and I have to thank God that I was born, and that I am here. And it is so surreal to wak up to the sounds of parrots singing!
Oman has some of the finest stock of Arabian horses and some of the most skilled riders you will ever find.
I love spending the morning running on the beach watching riders work out their horses, or ride myself in the surf on a hot day.
I am so thankful that Sultan Qaboos is enlightened enough to allow [what men should have to allow what God himself already ordained good for womenkind?] Omani women to do sports like riding.
Thank God I can ride down the beach without some man going "haraam, she's a whore for making a show of herself like that" or parents going to their young daughters "oh she'll break her hymen."
Alhamdulilah Oman has bigger minds than those for the most part!
Now I know this is a personal one of mine, since no one in my village is as thrilled by them as I am, but I love showing english-speaking expats around the country and explaining the culture. I guess I just want them to see the Oman that I know and love, not just the stops on tour bus route;D
Omani children:
and Omani babies. Another personal bias but I think Omani babies are just about the cutest in the world and little kids walking around with khanjars and kohl in their eyes make me smile.
No destructive nationalism [for the most part, we have to keep an eye on this one]:
Omanis are indeed Patriotic, but not in the "local are better than thou" attitude I am seen and experienced in other GCC countries. Omanis are generally welcoming and respectful, and this can still be improved!!!!!
I love what the mix of cultures in oman lets me experience, from how to tie a sari lesson from my friend Z, to an Emirati traditional weddding invite from friends from Buraimi.
Decorating with Omani handicrafts and archtiecture:
I love Omani traditional building methods (as do all the OPNO girls) and it is my goal to mix my traditional English easthetic with Omani peices from my travels in my home.
The weather:
which will make most Omanis and expats laugh. But I LOVE the sun. I am sick of cold and rain and had too much of both as a child. Once I adapted to the climate of Oman, I was never able to aclimatize back for my home country. I love living in a tropic forever-beach setting.
The juice:
I love that I am sipping cocktails of fresh mango juice when my little sis is stuck with apple concentrate. And that I am eating exotic fare like Arabic, thai, Indian, ect, when she is stuck with Turkey dinner. Don't worry Little Sis. When you come, you'll get your fix;p
Well, that's my list, on why I am in Oman and not going anywhere else without a good fight.
Why do you love living here?
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Tales from the Tarmac: Differences in Dining Habits Observed in Oman
My family back in [insert country of OPNO's passport] liked to [some of the time] set the table for dinner.
I am talking the following ecroutment requirements: table cloth, table runner, cloth napkins, placecards, plate chargers, dinner plate, soup bowl, bread plate, desert plate, salad fork, dinner fork, desert fork, dinner knife, teaspoon, dinner spoon, water goblet, red wine glass, white wine glass [even if you are not drinking wine], [and/or champagne flute], + the service trays.
Not to mention candles, and floral arrangements.
Find room for the food on that table, I dare you!
That's why we also have buffets, a seperate peice of furniture to house and present the food, and store it while we eat in courses
Doing dishes was a nightmare. You see, we don't have maids back home. Well, Boxie did, but that explains why she is still so messy;p.
As was trying to spare certain friends with a less European background which fork to use for what
. Like that scene in "Pretty Woman" where the hotel man is trying to teach prostitute turned escort Julia Roberts how to eat for a night out at a posh restaraunt
. BTW, they play that movie on repeat waaaaaaaaaaaay too much here in Oman.
Anyways, I want to relate to you all, because I have nothing better to write about today, about the time I went to the trouble to throw myself a housewarming party and invited some players from the Oman handball team (I won't tell you which one;)).
I cooked/prepared 4 courses. Appetizers. A salad. Main course. Desert.
I set the buffet (a crappy plastic table covered in a lovely table cloth and well-disguised).
I set the table. Table cloth. Table runner. Plate chargers. Cloth napkins folded with personalized name cards for the settings and napkin rings. Plates. Silverware. Glasses, for our non-alcoholic beverages. Glasses for water. Floral arrangment with floating candles. Very pretty.
Ready for the guests!
My guests, all Omani (most from Seeb, Mubela, and Al Khoud), arrived.
Replay of the proceedings:
The portions (since they were not served together in a heap) were at first regarded as small. Most of the service was disregarded. Cloth napkins were replaced quickly by the ever present kleenex, an Oman essential, and hands replaced the many forms of utensils available.
It was fun, but a TOTAL waste of my effort.
I have learnt my lesson.
As they say.
When in Rome...
[Note: for my Omani friends who are GIRLS, this wouldn't apply. They eat in restaurants in Qurum more than at coffee shops and mishkeek stalls so lol]
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Monday, February 7, 2011
Omani teachers sign petition requesting wage increase: why one teacher said no to signing
From what I have heard on the grapevine, a group of Omani teachers are passing around a petition requesting a salary increase.
One Omani teacher said he didn't need or deserve a raise and refused to sign. Here's why:
"I make close to the upper end of OMR 1000 a month. Most of those I work with, make much the same, excepting of course, the new teachers.
I know people who make only OMR 360 a month and live better than me, they just know how to save and spend their money. My job isn't that hard. Most teachers signing that position, their work isn't either.
If you want to argue, that the prices of food have gone up to justify a salary increase, I am not with you on that. We have what we need and more than that. If you want to buy a fancier car model or a bigger home than your family needs, that is a problem with your spending habits exceeding your earnings, not a problem of the Omani government that you should be looking for a Government hand-out to feed.
The prices for things have indeed gone up, and if you were handing me a petition to have the government control food prices and other essentials like housing, electricity, water, ect.... I'd sign it in an instant.
But we already make more than the average Omani who might have a harder job than ours, and who works more hours, so how does raising our salary help those out who also have to deal with the rising cost of living? If I know a man who can afford rent, feed a family of five and keep a housemaid for 360 rial, while costs are still rising, can you tell me honestly that someone who makes OMR 800 needs more than that to live decently?"
I read today in the Times of Oman that the government was making some effort to control agricultural prices. This is kind of a random post, but this was a totally unique statement I wasn't expecting from an Omani so I thought I'd share it with you all:D
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Sunday, February 6, 2011
tales from the tarmac: decorating like a [Western] Omani
This is my own tales from the tarmac story. Even after knowing all I do about Omani history and culture, sometimes it still happens, that some ridiculous supposition reveals how little I really understand in the end
MOP: "Habibti, what are you doing?"
[OPNO is hanging a broom made from date palm leaves on a wall in her home like an ornament.]
OPNO: "It's like a cute Omani cultural decoration." [She smiles at him, knowing MOP loves anything from his own culture that she had adopted as her own.]
[MOP shakes his head.]: "In Omani culture we don't hang dirty old brooms on the wall as art."
OPNO: "This one is clean. I bought it for a rial."
MOP: "I could buy six of those for 1 rial." [OPNO too, does indeed get ripped off.]
OPNO: "You don't like it?"
[MOP demonstrates his point, taking the dust brush and mop from OPNO's laundry room in hand]: "Say I am making a traditional American house. I am taking this broom and mop as part of your American culture. I nail the broom to the wall, and hang the mop from a peg. Is this what you would do in your country to decorate. Cuz I've never seen it in 'Architectural Digest'?"
[OPNO regards the ridiculous mop hanging from the wall by MOP's hand. There is a mop hanging from the wall like a framed photograph. She immediately feels very stupid. The two laugh. End of cute story, moral being, don't hang cleaning objects on your walls and call it an Omani traditional;p]
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
This post is dedicated to Kasey: Oman and UAE are getting Tim Horton's!
This post is dedicated to my friend Kasey in Canada who lives sometimes in the Gulf, but hates it here at times, and we all know why: the Khaleej, as it now stands, lacks a Canadian girl's coffee and sweets pick, Timmies.
But as Muscat Mutterings
wonderfully informs us, we are getting our Tim Horton's, so Kase, it's safe for you to move back now;D
Thank you MM for the glad tidings. Keep us abreast if you learn any developments of the TH's planned {Muscat?} locale.
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Friday, February 4, 2011
Weekend Review: I went and saw a Bullfight
You totally wouldn't think of it on a day to day basis, but the Portuguese who once captured the Muscat and Al Batinah coastlines left their imprint on Omani culture indellibly. Some architecture, Portuguese rifles and canons, and antique 4 poster beds betray Oman's (partially anyways) period as a Colony (this didn't last, Alhamdulilah) of Portugual.
But, going with MOP for his morning run on Barka beach, OPNO having a picnic of fresh strawberry juice and a thyme [called Zatar in Arabic] and cheese pastry called
[which everyone should try!] to snack on while she watched Omani riders excersing their horses on the beach, OPNO was reminded of Portugual.
Two young Omani men were running a rather massive bull down the beach, taking it for a stroll almost as if it were a pet dog. It was certainly a thing to see.
They were, of course, warming it up for its fight in Barka that day [Friday] at 4 pm. A usual event most times in Barka.
This OPNO has lived in Oman a long time, and while I had heard of the Omani style of bullfighting: no betting, no matador, just headbutting angry bulls and live crowd to see which bull is strongest, I had never gone before.It wasn't my cup of tea but it was interesting. When OPNO P's friend Boxie comes to Oman in the summer we intend to make another day out of it, and pretend we're in Spain or something.
I also went to Naseem Gardens to spy which things to take the kids to. Lots of fun things there including these giant plastic balls you can go inside and walk/float around on a pool. That looked fun. Rides.
And of course shopping. Little sis, I am going to grab you a fake Chanel to go with your pseudo LV, and a classy jalabiyia.
I am going to grab myself a beige
(Arabic style party dress) and a jersey sleeve abaya (going for 13 rials). Nothing unique there, but decent prices like at the Seeb exhibition center so...
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Quote of the day: "You are the daughter of a Jinn Chicken!"
"You are the daughter of Jinn Chicken!" was the excited comeback on the boy's front.
Today I drove to work with my Omani boss's children. LOL, do not ask why. We joke it is not part of my job description to pick up dishdashas from the tailor and to iron them either but since my job totally suits me, and my boss is actually a very interesting, totally cool person
I respect
overworks himself before overworking any of those in his employ
, I just consider it one of the quirks of working in Oman. And I think it cute that his sons are scared to death of grown up women.
Anyways, in the car were a couple of 7-9 year old Omani boys, and one 10 year old American girl.
Apparently, this morning was girls versus boys. I apparently, don't count on the girls' side, because since I am a friend of their father, and thus, am on their side regardless of sex or whether or not I wish to be counted on either side at all.
Well, I got in the car in the middle of an insult throw fest, and I was quite amused to see how different cultures insult eachother. The American girl's culture and way of insulting being similar to what I am familiar with, the Omani insults from children VASTLY amused me.
"You're fat," was the American girl's retort to some quip I didn't hear. [In the USA, calling someone fat or picking on how they look is a way of insulting people].
"You are the daughter of Jinn Chicken!" was the excited comeback on the boy's front.
[In Oman, calling someone an animal is bad, as it saying you are less than human, same with acusing them of being possessed by an evil spirit, like a Genie."
The 10 year old girl was complexed. "Like... what is that?"
"Jinn, as in, Genie, stupid."
The girl raised her eyebrow, and turned back to face the front seat and ignore them. "You are too stupid to even insult." [Insulting someone's intelligence is also a very Western characteristic when it comes to the art of insult].
Their father phoned. Put onto speaker he admonished them. "Is this how boys who pray Fajr [morning prayer] in the Masjid [Mosque] behave!"
Yep, lol, that was my morning. How was your drive into work?
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Daily Diary: Events for Muscat Festival 2011
Omani Heritage Village and Cultural Festival
:- 27 January – 24 February
What is it:
A live and active village, the Festival will enable visitors to learn some of the key techniques used in some traditional crafts including how to weave baskets of date palm leaves, used in most Omani villages both to store and collect dates. There will also be displays of traditional Omani dresses, a souq, silversmiths working on the creation of traditional coffeepots, weavers assembling goat hair cloaks and experts in Bahla pottery. The village will be open for the entire length of the Festival and for those interested in Omani history and heritage, this will one aspect not to be missed. It also featured live preformances of Omani music and dance, and with laser shows starting at 8:30 pm from the start of the festival until I believe its end. I could not find out how they are doing their firworks in the schedule. They have fireworks. When, remains unconfirmed but when I went, they had some.
ENTRANCE COST Adults
: 200 Bzs/Children: 100 Bzs
: Qurum Park
: Family
Nassem Park Fair & International Market
27 January – 24 February
what is it
: rides, displays, food (your usual amusement park with 500 vendors from different countries selling their wares, and performances)
ENTRANCE COST Adults
: 200 Bzs/Children: 100 Bzs
: Naseem Park on the way to Barka after Seeb. Big blue and yellow wall and gates, you can't miss it if you keep driving straight from Seeb.
: 16:00-23:00 hr daily throughout the festival
e: Family
Omani Food Festival
: 3 February – 24 February
What is it
: The Omani Cooking Festival will feature the fabulous smells of Omani food as part of a live cooking show. Taking place between 3rd- 24th February, there will also be an opportunity to buy tickets to a sit down gourmet meal on the 10-02-2011 ( 06:50 pm ) . I am assuming, in Qurum park.
: Qurum Park??? I will confirm.
: Ticket only
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Muscat Fashion Week
Date & Time
: 22-24 February
22-02-2011 ( 07:00 pm )
23-02-2011 ( 07:00 pm )
24-02-2011 ( 07:00 pm )
What is it
?: The inaugural Muscat Fashion Week will present high-end contemporary Arabic styled designs, creating the leading showcase of this genre in the World.
: Riham Park is what is advertised. I will confirm.
: Ticket only
Tour of Oman
Date & Time
: Dates: 15 -20 February
15-02-2011 ( 12:30 pm )
16-02-2011 ( 12:30 pm )
17-02-2011 ( 12:00 pm )
18-02-2011 ( 12:00 pm )
19-02-2011 ( 02:00 pm )
20-02-2011 ( 12:30 pm )
What is it
?: 6 Stages 848 km 16 professional teams 128 of the World's best cyclists.
Stage One -15 February:-al Sawadi to al Seeb.Distance 158 km12:30hrs Start - Finish at approximately 16:05hrs
Stage Two - 16 February:-The Wave, Muscat to Al WutayyaDistance 150 km12:30 hrs Start - Finish at approximately 15:50hrs
Stage Three - 17 February:Sur – Sur Distance 208 km12:00hrs Start - Finish at approximately 16:45 hrs
Stage Four - 18 February:- Sultan Qaboos University to Jabal Al AkhdharDistance 157 km12:00hrs Start - Finish at approximately 15:55hrs
Stage Five – Time Trial – 19 February:-al Jissah – al JissahDistance 18 km14:00hrs Start - Finish at approximately 16:44hrs
Stage Six – 20 February:-Qurayat – Matrah CornicheDistance 157 Km12:30hrs Start - Finish at approximately 16:15hrs
: Family
Free Concerts
: 3, 10, 17, 23, 24 February
03-02-2011 ( 09:00 pm )
10-02-2011 ( 09:00 pm )
17-02-2011 ( 09:00 pm )
23-02-2011 ( 09:00 pm )
24-02-2011 ( 09:00 pm )
What is it
?: There are three concerts and two theatre shows confirmed in the Qurum Ampitheatre starting at 2100 hrs
3 February – Arabic Concert
10 February – Indian Concert
17 February – Shah Rukh Khan ie Indian Concert apparently though the website says Arabic???
23 & 24 – February – Theatre Shows
When I get more details I will post them.
: Qurum Park Amphitheatre
: adult
Extreme Sailing Series
: Public Viewing 22 -24
22-02-2011 ( 02:00 pm )
23-02-2011 ( 02:00 pm )
24-02-2011 ( 02:00 pm )
What is it
?:The Sultanate of Oman will play host to one of the world's most exciting sailing events as part of this year's Muscat Festival. Ten top professional teams will compete in Muscat as part of the first leg of an 11-month, 9 event global circuit that continues to change the way sailing is seen. Over 10 teams representing eight nations [including gold medalist atheletes] will tackle a unique mix of open water races and high-octane 'stadium' showdowns. After leaving Oman the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series will head off to China. The Series consists of nine events on four continents over 11 months, ending in Singapore in December
February Location
: The Wave, Muscat Audience: Family Public Village open from 1000 hrsRacing starting at 1400hrs with activities being:
1.) Racing, which will start at 2 pm every afternoon
2.) Learn sailing. The registration desk will be in the public race village and open to all children (over 8 years+) on a first come first serve basis.
3.) Shopping. A number of retailers and exhibitors will showcase their products as well as Omani heritage and culture stands and food outlets.
General Activities: Bouncy Castles, Red Bull, 5-a-side football, volleyball and kite surfing competition and stunts and lots more!
No experience of sailing is necessary, so bring the family down to watch, take part in the fun and support the two Oman teams! More details can be found at
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National Geographic Exhibition
:- 14 December – 18 February
14-02-2011 ( 08:30 pm )
15-02-2011 ( 08:30 pm )
16-02-2011 ( 08:30 pm )
17-02-2011 ( 08:30 pm )
18-02-2011 ( 08:30 pm )
What is it
?: Over a thousand years ago, Arab and Chinese Merchant Ships began to brave the vast, unknown waters of the Indian Ocean. These voyages sparked myths of deadly monsoons, fierce pirates and untold riches from foreign lands.
And now these myths have come alive in Muscat for the first time, as part of a unique exhibition: National Geographic's "From China To Arabia: Ancient Treasure Ships and the Great Oman Voyage." Located at Qurum City Centre, entry is free.
More details can be found at
: Qurum City Centre
: Family
Series of Lectures
Dates: 31 January – 22 February
07-02-2011 ( 07:30 pm )
08-02-2011 ( 07:30 pm )
09-02-2011 ( 07:30 pm )
What is it
?: A series of lectures, poetry reading, classic cinema and Arabic novels will also be hosted throughout Muscat during the Festival. Timings and dates are subject to change, so please check the website
for the latest information.
31 January: Lecture by Wole Soyinka @ SQU University
2 February: Classical Arabic Poetry (in Arabic) by Nabila Al Zubair and Ghassan Zaqtan
@ Grand Hyatt Ballroom
3 February: Cinema by Mohammed Hassan @ Shatti Cinema
4 February: Lecture by Dr Ali Al Kithery, Mr Ishaq Al Khanjari and Mr Shawkat Al Rubaie @
Grand Hyatt Ballroom
7 February: Lecture by Prof Ali Mazrui @ Sultan Qaboos University
9 February: Classical Arabic Poetry (in Arabic) by Abdullah Al Balushi, Ibrahim Said, Zahran Al Qasmi and Reem Al Lawati@ Grand Hyatt Ballroom
10 February: Movie by Andree Tharkomansky and a lecture by Mr. Abdullah Habib @ Shatti Cinema
12 February: Story telling by Arundhati Roi and Ibrahim AL Kooni @Grand Hyatt Ballroom
14 February: Lecture by Fatima Al Marnisi, Isabel Allande and Joseph Musaad @ Grand Hyatt Ballroom
15 February: Silent Theatre by Abdullah Al Saadawi@ Oman Society for Fine Arts
17 February: Local Poetry by Humaid Al Balushi, Mahfodh Al Farsi and Ahmed Al Saadi@ Grand Hyatt Ballroom
19 February: Lecture by Nasser Al Rebat @ Grand Hyatt Ballroom
20 February: Story Telling by Yahya Al Mandhari, Adel Al Kalbani, Amal Al Mughazwi and Mohammed Al Shahri @ Grand Hyatt Ballroom
21-23 February: Workshop for Children suffering from Cancer with Artists Anwar Sonya and Samira Al Yaaqobi @ Royal Hospital Gardens
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6-28 August, 20.45
The epic of Gilgamesh, the legend of Beowulf and Chaucer's The Merchant's Tale may seem unlikely topics for rap adaptation, but in the hands of 2009 Fringe First winner, Baba Brinkman, it all makes perfect sense.
Brinkman, who has a degree in Middle English literature, is clearly fascinated by his material and appears genuinely pleased to be bringing these stories to a wider audience.
There's a great deal of humour in his narrative, a result of both Brinkman's witty analysis and the various modern references that pepper his monologues.
Audiences at this show, as at Brinkman's Gilded Balloon
show, The Rap Guide to Human Nature, will need to keep their
wits about them: the rapper races through these stories and isn't shy of using complicated
terms and ideas. But it's worth paying attention: you'll find yourself
entertained and intellectually stretched in equal measure, and there aren't
many free shows at the Fringe you can say that about.
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Conspiracy Theories?May 2, 2009, by
On the day one of the most anticipated NHL playoff series is about to begin, you can't help but wonder if it was all staged. I don't know what's more disturbing: that Rangers fans generally feel that the NHL brass is out to get them, or that we have all come to hate said NHL brass (just Gary Bettman really) so much that we actually think they would fix the sport we all love.
It got me thinking back to the Rangers opening series last year against the Devils. The general consensus amongst Rangers fans was that the refs were out to get us because all the higher-ups are so infatuated with Martin Brodeur, and would have liked nothing better than see the Devils advance. But when you consider the fact that the Devils can't even sellout their own home arena for playoff games and that half the people in the stands were rooting for the opposing team anyway, why would the NHL rather have the Devils advance instead of an Original Six franchise. The Rangers wouldn't be heading out to the Rock if the Devils were playing someone else. So no conspiracy there.
That brings me back to this year, and the feeling again that the NHL was out to get us. A sport pining for publicity, getting a second round matchup between the two youngest, brightest stars in the game. I honestly think they would only play two games a week just to get the games on NBC.
But how awesome would a Rangers-Bruins series have been? New York and Boston at it again except this time on 200 feet of ice instead of a diamond. Two proud, Original Six franchises meeting in the playoffs, an occurrence that almost never happens anymore with the exception of Boston and Montreal. The start of the series would coincide with a two game set between the Yanks and Sawks on May 4th and 5th. I could imagine Joe Girardi and Terry Francona being asked about the series, perhaps getting the die-hard baseball who casually watches hockey more interested. Using America's pasttime for some publicity…I'm cool with that.
The point I'm trying to reach is that there are no conspiracies against the Rangers. While it may look that way because the officiating is so absurd and inconsistent, its just our paranoia as fans that gets the best of us. Its us trying to rationalize as to why our team is losing and why our team got eliminated. So the general belief that the NHL is a conspiracy driven league should end. Even though it was awfully convienient that Crosby had a chance to win a shootout on national television on New Year's Day in a snowstorm during an outdoor hockey game huh? Hmmmm…….
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There is certainly a 100% bias against Avery though. That certainly has to be fixed if the NHL wants to even appear to be impartial.


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Genome sequencing used in drug screening
Published 5:08 pm, Tuesday, May 13, 2014
New technique yields results
Scientists from UCSF and Harvard found three molecules that may reduce the effects of autoimmune disorders by using a new comprehensive drug-screening technique that included whole genome sequencing of immune cells.
Drug screening is commonly used to hunt for small, single molecules that will interfere with biological processes that cause disease. If a molecule appears to have some effect on the biological process, scientists might consider testing it in animal models to see if the molecule reduces symptoms of a disease.
The new screening technique adds genomic sequencing to the process. By looking at the entire genetic makeup of an immune cell, the scientists were able to look for molecules that had an effect on a very specific biological function.
In the case of autoimmune disorders, the scientists found three molecules that inhibited a protein that plays a key role in developing Th17 immune cells, which are known to attack other immune cells. In mice that had a form of multiple sclerosis, the molecules improved symptoms of the autoimmune disorder.
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The study results were published online April 17 in the journal Immunity.
Computerized bid for safe sleep
Stanford researchers have found a new way they hope will help people with Type 1 diabetes get a safer and better night's sleep.
People with Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disorder in which the body destroys its ability to make insulin, are generally dependent on injectable insulin and are susceptible to drops in blood sugar levels and seizures.
While they can sense warning signs of low sugar levels or impending seizures when they are awake, they often miss them when they're asleep, which is why 75 percent of diabetic seizures happen at night. Researchers have tried various approaches to prevent low blood sugar during sleep, but have been only partly successful.
As part of the Stanford study, the researchers wirelessly connected 45 Type 1 diabetics, all of whom were using continuous insulin pumps, to a computer at their bedsides. The computer, using an algorithm to predict when low blood sugar levels might occur, temporarily suspended insulin delivery during those times.
The shutoffs, which happened without waking the patient, reduced the cumulative time the study subjects spent with low blood sugar by 81 percent.
The study was published May 7 in the journal Diabetes Care.
Immune cell research clue
In a small study of children with autism, UC Davis researchers found that a type of immune cell that protects the body from infection was weaker than it is in children without the disorder.
The immune cells, called granulocytes, had a third less infection-fighting capacity than normal due to dysfunction in the tiny cell powerhouses known as mitochondria, according to the study. The mitochondria in those granulocytes also consumed less oxygen than those of children without autism.
Children with autism have been known for years to have a high incidence of defects in the mitochondria. In earlier research, the UC Davis team found decreased mitochondrial function in another type of immune cell, the lymphocyte.
This latest research, which relied on blood samples from just 10 children ages 2 to 5 with severe autism, further establishes the connection between autism, mitochondrial function and the immune system.
The study was published last month in the journal Pediatrics.
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Better heart surgery survival rates
Children with Down syndrome are more likely to survive surgery to repair damage from congenital heart disease than children who do not have the genetic condition, according to a study from UC Davis.
The researchers looked at results from 80 types of procedures that were performed on more than 50,000 children in the United States. They identified rates of children who died from the surgery before they left the hospital.
Among children with Down syndrome, 1.9 percent died in the hospital after heart surgery. That was less than half the rate for children who did not have Down syndrome; 4.3 percent of those children died in the hospital.
Doctors have long suspected that children with Down syndrome have better survival rates from heart procedures, but the UC Davis study is the largest and most comprehensive to demonstrate the results. Scientists don't yet understand why the children with Down syndrome do better, but their outcomes could be due to anatomical differences or other biological factors.
The results could help doctors better counsel prospective parents, who may worry about long-term health problems for children with Down syndrome, the researchers said.
The research was published April 22 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, which is a journal of the American Heart Association.
- Erin Allday
Benefit of nutrition lessons
Overweight fourth-graders in one Sacramento County elementary school shed a significant amount of weight just by adding more vegetables to their plate and having regular lessons on nutrition, according to a UC Davis study.
At the start of the study, 56 percent of 158 test students were either obese or overweight. By the end of the school year, that number dropped to 38 percent.
Researchers found that all it took was incorporating a nutritional program into the fourth-grade curriculum, including teaching the children health-related problem-solving skills and giving them knowledge about food. The study found that the kids who participated in the nutrition program ate substantially more vegetables, which helped them lower their body mass index.
The program, which fits into the newly adopted national Common Core educational standards, could be incorporated into school prospectuses for a one-time startup cost of about $3,000 per school, according to the study. That amount would include a salad bar and a school garden.
The study results were reported in March at the Experimental Biology 2014 conference.
More illness from junk food
Stressed-out people who eat a lot of junk food are more likely to get sick than those with low-stress levels who eat the same way, according to research at UCSF.
Researchers believe that fat cells may grow faster when chronically stressed people eat junk food. While the so-called "stress-junk food pathway" has been seen in rodents and primates, UCSF researchers say their study is the first to suggest that the same phenomenon may happen in humans.
The study looked at 61 disease-free women, including 33 who were chronically stressed from caring for a spouse or parent with dementia. The other women had low stress.
The researchers found that women who consumed more high-fat and high-sugar foods had more markers - such as larger waistlines and more insulin resistance - that are associated with metabolic risk, but only when they were chronically stressed. The chronically stressed women did not, on the whole, eat more junk food than their less stressed peers.
The study results were published online April 12 in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology.
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Here is the summary for this month's Global Manufacturing Economic Update:
The global economy continues to see progress this autumn, with manufacturing activity picking up from recent softness. The JPMorgan Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) increased from 51.8 in September to 52.1 in October, its highest point since May 2011. While this still reflects only modest growth, stabilization in Europe and Asia has helped to lift overall sentiment, new orders and production in many key markets. Moreover, all top 10 export destinations for U.S.-manufactured goods grew on net in October, with a PMI value greater than 50. This was the first time since we began preparing this report that no countries contracted, and it represents a nice turnaround from only two months ago when half of these markets contracted.
This progress can also be seen in much of the underlying data, but with slow growth overall. For example, the Markit Eurozone Manufacturing PMI has shown modest expansion for four consecutive months—a sign that Europe has begun to rebound after its deep two-year recession. Despite the more uplifting news, the European Commission this week slightly lowered its forecast for European real GDP to 1.1 percent growth in 2014, down from an earlier estimate of 1.2 percent growth. France and Greece both continue to contract, suggesting pockets of weakness are still present. Moreover, recent data on retail sales and employment continue to suggest challenges. The European Central Bank continues to worry about sluggish economic growth and disinflation, and yesterday, it surprised the market by lowering its key interest rate to 0.25 percent. On a more positive note, the prospect of even minimal growth has lifted spirits across the continent, with the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment reflecting increased relative optimism in October.
The story is similar in Canada, throughout Asia and in the emerging markets. The RBC Canadian Manufacturing PMI rose to 55.6 in October, its fastest pace since April 2011. New orders and production have rebounded from softness during the spring and summer. We hope better economic news in Canada—our largest trading partner—will increase demand for our exports there. Likewise, the HSBC China Manufacturing PMI has expanded for three straight months, albeit slowly, up from 50.2 in September to 50.9 in October. Moreover, while economic growth has decelerated over the past few years, real GDP picked up from 7.5 percent in the second quarter to 7.8 percent in the third quarter. Industrial production and fixed asset investments have also been higher in the third quarter, suggesting improvements in overall activity. Furthermore, stabilization in Europe and Asia has helped to buoy most of the emerging markets, with the HSBC Emerging Markets Index up from 50.7 to 51.7.
Nonetheless, growth in U.S.-manufactured goods exports remains frustratingly low so far this year despite modest gains in the economies of our major trading partners. U.S.-manufactured goods exports have risen just 1.8 percent through the first eight months of 2013 relative to the same time period in 2012, using non-seasonally adjusted data. This represents only marginal improvement from July's 1.6 percent pace, and it presents a challenge in our nation's ability to double exports by 2015 as outlined in the President's National Export Initiative. Reduced year-to-date exports to Europe account for much of the slower pace of U.S.-manufactured goods exports, with eased growth rates to many of our other large trading partners as well. However, the recent deceleration in the U.S.–euro exchange rate should help to boost our exports to the EU.
Next week, we will get industrial production data from a number of countries, including the United States. Output is expected to continue to show signs of improvement in the United States and China, but production is predicted to decline somewhat in the Eurozone. Europe is also anticipated to report its second straight month of positive real GDP growth, with third-quarter data similar to the second-quarter growth rate of 0.3 percent.
On the trade front, negotiations continue around the clock on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks, while the Administration, Congress and the business community accelerate efforts to move forward on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). Manufacturers worked across the Atlantic to support the inclusion of key trade secret issues in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) trade discussions as U.S. and EU negotiators prepare to return to the table this month and next to make progress on these negotiations. All eyes turn again toward Bali as the World Trade Organization (WTO) seeks to address trade facilitation and information technology liberalization to cut red tape and unnecessary costs at the border.
Chad Moutray is the chief economist, National Association of Manufacturers.
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This was a rather odd game, mostly because it just came off as being too easy. I could have sworn I reviewed a game like this before. Anyway, I guess I do have to appreciate how good the graphics are. It might not be that well detailed, but it's still pretty cool to play with. It just honestly seemed like I couldn't lose. I mean, I imagine I lose more points if some of the blocks awakened, but that never happened.
I do think it's pretty cool with how you bring up what kind of block you can use next. There are several times where you simply CAN'T move a block without awakening another one. I like how it has a pretty cute design. Still, there could have been some more work with the designs. All in all, a good game.
First of all, the graphics and music are just wonderful, and perfect for each other. I was really impressed by the way the block's sides even move like they're breathing as they sleep. The puzzle is simple and easily mastered, but hard enough to require thinking. A great game!
.... until you get into the later levels. Then, all skill, all thought, all everything goes flying out the window, and it all comes down to getting the right color at the right time. Okay, I can understand that. However, by the end, it was getting ridiculous. I kept getting the same color over and over, and it was always for a block at the bottom of the pile. So I would finally find a block of that color to remove without stirring up the pot too much, select it, wait for all the whining to die down ... only to get the exact same color again. VERY frustrating! I've tried to get through Level 14 probably two dozen times, before just saying "screw this" and moving on.
It might be better if you made it so that you couldn't have both cards be the same color, or made some sort of switching system (where you can "reject" a card so many times per level). Or even have a few wild cards in there, blank cards that allow you to pick any color you want. Something like that. Otherwise, it goes from "challenging puzzle" to "impossible luck-of-the-draw gamble" towards the end, and isn't fun for anyone. Except the gamblers, who probably shouldn't be playing a puzzle game, anyway.
a bug that ruins the game...
i want to play the 2 level but i cant go on. i click on next but nothing happens.
It's alright
It's fun initially but towards the end it just comes down to random chance.
There's hardly any strategy involved so when it comes to the later levels you just have to hope that the blocks fall in the right order and you get the right order of color clicks.
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Man, the first lvls sure were easy but when its the last oh god its sooo hard~!!!
i come back every few months to play this game and i usually pass only 1 lv
now im lv 15 but thats like impossible D: i mean i didnt even started to touch anything or looking around and im already losing a lot of snooze bar D:
or they keep giving me the wrong and impossible blocks to remove and then i click 1 block and the whole lot comes crashing down and its game over T-T


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Defending champions Rajasthan and 39-time champions Mumbai have been clubbed in Group A for the upcoming Ranji Trophy, starting November 2.
As announced earlier, the season will start with champions Rajasthan taking on Rest of India in the Irani Trophy match at the Sawai Man Singh stadium in Jaipur from September 21 to 25.
National ODI champions Bengal will make their debut in the NKP Salve Challenge Series by virtue of winning the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
As per the Ranji Trophy draw, Group A, appears the easier of the Elite groups. Bengal, Hyderabad, Saurashtra, MP, Railways, Punjab and Gujarat are the seven other teams in it.
The 'Group of Death' certainly is 'B', which has four top teams in Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka along with Baroda and last year's semi-finalists Haryana.
Maharashtra and Vidarbha, who were in the Plate group last year have been elevated to Group B.
Odisha, although wooden spooners in the group league stage of last year's Elite league, are in the same group.
Group C consists of all Plate group teams. As per a new rule, three teams each from Group A and B along with two teams from Group C will make it to the knock-out stage, due to be played in January 2013.
The Raj Singh Dungarpur Corporate Trophy will be played after the Ranji Trophy final unlike earlier years when it used to be the season-opening tournament.
The season will end with the limited-overs tournaments - the inter-state One-Day, the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the Deodhar Trophy, and finally, the inter-state T20 League and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Group A: (1) Rajasthan, (2) Mumbai, (3) Hyderabad, (4) Madhya Pradesh, (5) Saurashtra, (6) Railways (7) Bengal, (8) Punjab, (9) Gujarat.
Group B: (1) Tamil Nadu, (2) Haryana, (3) Maharashtra, (4) Karnataka, (5) Uttar Pradesh, (6) Baroda, (7) Delhi, (8) Vidarbha, (9) Odisha.
Group C: (1) Himachal Pradesh, (2) Kerala, (3) Andhra Pradesh, (4) Services, (5) Tripura, (6) Goa, (7) Jharkhand, (8) Jammu & Kashmir, (9) Assam.


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While people across the world will celebrate love next month on Valentine's Day, February also marks the 3-year anniversary of Loveisrespect.org, National Teen Dating Abuse Hotline and National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week. Loveisrespect.org is both a phone line and a website for teens involved in dating violence and abusive relationships.
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Notre Dame-Fairfield's boys lacrosse team will get its second chance within a 10-day span to knock off the same undefeated team on Wednesday in Burlington after the Lancers advanced to the first round of the CIAC Class S state tournament.
Notre Dame improved to 9-9 on Saturday morning at McCarty Stadium by defeating Housatonic Valley Regional 9-7 in a qualifying round game of the state tournament in Fairfield. The Lancers, who closed out the regular season on May 25 with a 12-10 loss to Lewis Mills, will play the top-seeded Spartans (18-0) in four days, this time in the state playoffs.
Notre Dame, seeded 16th, opened a 7-2 lead at halftime, then allowed the Mountaineers (7-10) to rally to within two goals, at 7-5, in the second minute of the fourth quarter before finally responding with a pair of scores to gain a four-goal lead. Housatonic, which is a Berkshire League school playing in the Western Connecticut Lacrosse Conference, similar to Lewis Mills, scored the game's last two goals for its final two-goal deficit.
The regional high school is in Falls Village, and the bus ride down Route 7 took nearly an hour and 45 minutes.
Senior captain Garrett Gintoli led the Lancers with three goals and three assists, with only one assist in the second half. The other Lancer to record a hat-trick, junior Craig Hessenius, became the first player in Notre Dame history to reach and surpass the 100-goal mark for career goals, coach Frank Skawinski said. Hessenius's milestone goal began the second-quarter scoring and gave Notre Dame a 4-1 lead. His 101st goal closed the first-half scoring, and made it 7-2 when he converted a pass from Gintoli in the final two minutes of the second quarter.
"We absolutely need to develop more of killer instinct, which we don't have," said Skawinksi, who was thrilled with Hessenius's record but more focused on the Lancers being forced to withstand the Mountaineers' rally. "We need more of a sense of urgency. We would teeter-off, then put the pedal to the medal, especially on offense."
The bulk of the attack responsibilities were carried by Hessenius and Gintoli, but Gintoli's assist on a Dana Lewis goal in the second minute of the fourth quarter, which gave Notre Dame an 8-5 lead, was the only point between the pair in the second half. Senior Mike DeGennaro netted two goals for the Lancers, their second of the game and their last.
Notre Dame's defense was unsettled, Skawinski said, because of the absence from injury by senior Manny Rosales. Rosales should be back for the first-round game on Wednesday, Skawinski said. "That kind of hurt us (without) his awareness, presence and communication. He's the captain of the defense."
That lack of cohesiveness, in addition to some mental mistakes by the Lancers at both ends of the field, Skawinski said, was exploited the most during Housatonic's three-goal spree at the start of the second half, on goals by Nate Burcroff (two) and Jason Diamond.Read Full Article
The Mountaineers were playing without two starters, coach Steve Pener said. "We've been an undermanned team all year," he said. "We're used to it. It was our best game all season today.
"They responded well to the long bus ride. We started to make it competitive. We disrupted their flow. When we got the ball, we moved it well."
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Records: Housatonic 7-10; Notre Dame 9-9. Scoring: H--Cameron Gilson 1 goal, 2 assists, Wes Reel (2g), Nate Burcroff (2g), Jason Diamond (1g, 1a), Tyler Bilch (1g), Jeremy Stiewing (1a); ND-F--Garrett Ginotli (3g, 3a), Craig Hessenius (3g), Mike DeGennaro (2g), Dana Lewis (1g, 1a), K.K. DuBose (1a), Andrew Fallon (1a). Goalies: H--Keith Harvey (12 saves); ND-F-- Andres Rosales (6). Shots: H--28; ND-F--39.


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- Predicate is a grammar term used to describe the part of the sentence which talks about the subject and which has a verb.
An example of predicate is "ate lunch" in the sentence "Mary ate lunch."
- To predicate is to agree that something is a quality or property of someone.
An example of predicate is to confirm the kindness of someone who has recently made a large contribution to a charity.
transitive verb-·cat·ed, -·cat·ing
- Obs. to proclaim; preach; declare; affirm
- to affirm as a quality, attribute, or property of a person or thing: to predicate the honesty of another's motives
- Logic to assert (something) about the subject of a proposition
- to affirm or base (something) on or upon given facts, arguments, conditions, etc.
- to imply or connote
Origin of predicateClassical Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare: see preach
- Gram. the verb or verbal phrase, including any complements, objects, and modifiers, that is one of the two immediate constituents of a sentence and asserts something about the subject
- Logic something that is affirmed or denied about the subject of a proposition (Ex.: green in "grass is green")
Origin of predicateML praedicatum, neut. of praedicatus: see predicatethe transitive verb
verbpred·i·cat·ed, pred·i·cat·ing, pred·i·cates
- To base or establish (a statement or action, for example): I predicated my argument on the facts.
- To state or affirm as an attribute or quality of something: The sermon predicated the perfectibility of humankind.
- To carry the connotation of; imply.
- Logic To make (a term or expression) the predicate of a proposition.
- To proclaim or assert; declare.
- Grammar One of the two main constituents of a sentence or clause, modifying the subject and including the verb, objects, or phrases governed by the verb, as opened the door in Jane opened the door or is very sleepy in The child is very sleepy.
- Logic That part of a proposition that is affirmed or denied about the subject. For example, in the proposition We are mortal, mortal is the predicate.
- Grammar Of or belonging to the predicate of a sentence or clause.
- Stated or asserted; predicated.
Origin of predicateLate Latin praedicāre praedicāt- from Latin to proclaim prae- pre- dicāre to proclaim ; see deik- in Indo-European roots.
Related Forms:
- pred′i·ca′tion
- pred′i·ca′tion·al
- pred′i·ca′tive
- pred′i·ca′tive·ly
(plural predicates)
- (grammar) The part of the sentence (clause) which states something about the subject or the object of the sentence.
- In "The dog barked very loudly", the subject is "the dog" and the predicate is "barked very loudly".
- (logic) A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
- A nullary predicate is a proposition. Also, an instance of a predicate whose terms are all constant "" e.g., P(2,3) "" acts as a proposition.
- A predicate can be thought of as either a relation (between elements of the domain of discourse) or as a truth-valued function (of said elements).
- A predicate is either valid, satisfiable, or unsatisfiable.
- There are two ways of binding a predicate's variables: one is to assign constant values to those variables, the other is to quantify over those variables (using universal or existential quantifiers). If all of a predicate's variables are bound, the resulting formula is a proposition.
- (computing) An operator or function that returns either true or false.
From Middle French predicate (French prédicat), from post-classical Late Latin praedicatum ("thing said of a subject"), a noun use of the neuter past participle of praedicare ("proclaim"), as Etymology 2, below.
(third-person singular simple present predicates, present participle predicating, simple past and past participle predicated)
From Latin predicÄtus, perfect passive participle of praedicÅ, from prae + dicÅ ("declare, proclaim"), from dicÅ ("say, tell").
predicate - Computer Definition
In programming, a statement that evaluates an expression and provides a true or false answer based on the condition of the data.


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The PSA is worse than the "probe". A high reading from a PSA test will probably result in a much more invasive and worthless prostate biopsy.
My urologist put me through two of those (they are very lucrative for him), that he claimed showed some "suspicious cells". When I refused a third one, he admitted that was reasonable, considering my age and other medical factors.
I knew he wanted the $3,000 fee for the exam, but he admitted if the exam disclosed cancer, treatment might not be advised.
Mucho thanks for the heads up. I'll be 65 soon & my Dad once told me that sooner or later we guys are all going to check out either from prostate cancer or enlarged prostate.
I was just hoping to avoid further finger waves; the last one came from a retired BG, MC, Ret. working for OSHA who told me "you don't enjoy getting a DR exam, you think I enjoy giving them!!?""
This was after he rammed the ol' index finger where I least wanted it & I yelled, "OW!!! What are you doing up there, doc, TDY!!!?"


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CSS Position Explained
These are basically notes to myself. I find I can work things out better
in my head if I am trying to communicate to another. If you find these notes
useful I'm gratified.
Position has the following values:
- static
- relative
- absolute
- fixed
- inherit
#somediv { position: static; }
position: static;
The default positioning for all elements is position:static. This means
all elements have this type of positioning automatically. You don't have to
do a thing.
position:static means the element is not positioned. The element
is left exactly where it would normally fall as part of the normal flow
of the page.
It helps me to think of positioning as what happens to the element after
the normal placement is calculated.
In this regard, position:static means put the element where you thought it
should go.
Static, is not quite the word I would have chosen for this. But
"leave it where you calculated it to go" is too long
for the value. To help remember its function I think of static as
static. Stat meaning something like "take it as given", or "leave it as is."
Normally you wouldn't use position:static — since it is the default.
But, if you need to override a positioning that had been previously set then
position:static will put the element back into normal (default) mode.
Relative means to position the element "relative" to where it would go
if we didn't monkey around with it.
You would use top, right, bottom, and right to position the element relative
to where the normal flow of the document would naturally place the element.
#somediv { position: relative; left: 10px; top: 10px; }
The above example would move the element somediv to the right 10 pixels
and down 10 pixels. But, wait a minute. The values are left and top. That means
move the left edge in the positive (horizontal) direction 10 pixels. And, move the top edge
in the positive (vertical) direction 10 pixels.
In addition to moving the element around a bit, position:relative
performs another very important task — it will establish a context for
position:absolute. But, more about that later.
Relative Example Code:
.posrel { position: relative; top: -27px; left: 120px; }

This is sentence 1

This is sentence 2

This is sentence 3

- This is sentence 1
- This is sentence 2
- This is sentence 3
In the above, sentence 2 follows naturally after sentence 1 as dictated by
the margin, padding, etc for the list. Normally sentence 3 would also follow
the same natural flow and show up right below sentence 2. However, we have
set the position to relative and gave it a value of -27px (vertical) and
120px horizontal.
Watch what happens if we float the li elements.
- This is sentence 1
- This is sentence 2
- This is sentence 3
Now the sentence 3 is moved over to the right and up, from the position
it would normally have taken.
It is moved relative to whatever position it would have based on normal flow.
When using position:absolute, the element is no long calculated as part of the
document. It is not included in any calculations of flow.
It is handled totally separately.
It is handled by you telling the browser exactly, absolutely, where you want
the element to be.
Absolute Example Code:
.posabs { position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; color: #ff0000; }
 This was positioned absolute.
 It will be explained in the
 article below.

This was positioned absolute.
It will be explained in the
article below.
To see the results look in the upper left corner of this page. You will need to scroll all the way to the top.
The sentence appears in the upper left corner because it is positioned
absolute in reference to the first parent that has position other than static.
An absolute positioned element is positioned relative to the first parent element that has a position other than static. If no such element is found, the containing block is
Let's try that again, but this time contain the sentence in a parent
element with a position not equal to static.
This was positioned absolute. It will be explained in the article below.
Now we see the sentence positioned absolute in relation to the blue
div — which has position relative.
Please note, if we did not give the div a width and height, the browser
would have created a very short div — because there is no
 element
inside the div to fill it. Since the p element is position:absolute it is
outside the consideration of flow. It is outside of consideration for its
own placement and outside consideration for placement of other elements.
It is outside of consideration.
An element with fixed position is positioned in relation to the
browser window. Remember, absolute is positioned in relation to a parent.
In fixed the element is in relation to the browser window and nothing else.
One of the results of this is the element will not move when the window is scrolled.
As in absolute, fixed position elements are removed from normal flow.
They do not enter into the calculation of flow (and resulting position) for itself or other elements.
Fixed Position Example
.posfixed { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; color: #0000ff; }
This is sentence is fixed in place by position:fixed.

This is sentence is fixed in place by position:fixed.
If you look to the lower left of the browser window you will see
the sentence fixed in place.
Now for the bad news: position:fixed does not work in IE6. If you are
providing support for IE6 you will need to make a fix.
The basic fix is to place your html outside of any divs, then selectively
set the position for IE6 to position:absolute. Since the content is outside of
any wrapper divs IE6 will position relative to the port.
.box { position: fixed; left: 50%; top: 180px; margin: 0 0 0 -370px; } * html .box { position: absolute; }
The "* html" part is used to selectively input css into IE6. For myself,
I don't go that way. I prefer to use a conditional statement and load a
modifying css file. There are pluses and minuses to both approaches.
I will leave it to google search and experts more knowledgeable
on the topic than myself to fill you in.

p.s. This page will not work for fixed position in IE6. I could not
put the html outside of the wrapping div. You can take a look at Ryan Fait's page for a working IE6 fix.
Inherit means to inherit. Or, in other words use the position of your parent.
One reason for doing this might be to reset the position value in a circumstance
that you want to set it to the position value of the parent rather than static.
[Note: If you have read other portions of this blog you may be aware that I am using this blog to experiment with wordpress. In this particular article I discovered that I don't know how to force the wordpress editor to let me use


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What the Public Doesn't Know About Treaties Won't Hurt the Corporations [1]
If you are looking for yet another category of environmental information that the U.S. public is not allowed to know about, try international trade agreements.
A recent court decision — one that got little attention from the news media — upheld the federal government's authority to keep secret some information about the health and environmental impacts of trade treaties. A federal appeals court on June 7, 2013, overturned a lower court's ruling in favor of openness. The case was Center for International Environmental Law v. U.S. Trade Representative. The Center had sought a document outlining the U.S. position on how health and environment in the U.S. would be affected by the Trans-Pacific Partnership, now being negotiated.
The whole dispute is clearly explained in a recent article by the Center for Effective Government (formerly OMB Watch), which includes links to further information.
- "Transparency and Trade Agreements: If the Public Wouldn't Like It, Don't Sign It," [2] Center for Effective Government, July 2, 2013.


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Emily - posted on 09/21/2010 ( 5 moms have responded )
I'm just wondering what everyone elses routine is like regarding baby sleeping, eating and playing during the day and night. How much does your baby drink (if bottle feeding), how long do you keep them up for and how long do they usually sleep for. My 11 week old boy drinks about 120-150 mls of EBM every 3 hours during the day, stays awake for about an hour then gets put to bed. Sometimes he sleeps for a bit, sometimes he doesn't.... Also he is still feeding 3-4 hours at night. I'm wondering if he isn't drinking enough?? Any advise would be welcome.


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It was pointed out to me that the government seemed to have backed down on the benefits fraud campaign, so I thought we might be able to reuse all the work that had been put into the posters... Please feel free to improve on my efforts.
Update: I've put up a 'design your own poster' php script.
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Beauty amidst the rumbleness
May 7, 2009 | 12:49 pm
Lost in all the controversy of the big shoulders, flying elbows, questions about who should get suspended and why? A lot of the fun stuff from last night's game that didn't involve anger and violence.
Stuff like this:
Just sayin'... that's pretty sweet.


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The percentage of children who are obese in their final year of primary school is rising, with almost one in five now obese.
Data for England from the NHS Information Centre reveals 19% of Year 6 children were obese in 2010/11, up from 18.7% in 2009/10 and 17.5% in 2006/7. Another 14.4% of children were overweight in 2010/11, compared to 14.6% in 2009/10 and 14.2% in 2006/07.
The data was collected as part of the National Child Measurement Programme on more than a million pupils (93% of those eligible).
It found that the proportion of four- and five-year-olds who were obese in 2010/11 fell to 9.4% compared to 9.8% in 2009/10 and 9.9% in 2006/07. Another 13.2% were overweight, compared to 13.3% in 2009/10 and 13% in 2006/07.
Of England's strategic health authority (SHA) regions, London had the highest proportion of obesity for both year groups - 11.1% of those aged four and five were obese alongside 21.9% of those in Year 6 (aged 10 to 11). South Central SHA recorded the lowest prevalence - at 8.1% of those aged four and five and 16.5% of those in Year 6.
Obesity is almost twice as common in deprived areas, the figures also showed. Some 12.1% of four- and five-year-olds in deprived areas are obese compared to 6.9% in more affluent areas.
Among Year 6 children, 23.7% from schools in the most deprived areas are obese compared to 13.8% in the least deprived areas. Obesity is also more common in towns and cities than more rural areas.
Tam Fry, from the National Obesity Forum said: "The primary school reception obesity figure is the best news for many years. It may be showing that parents are finally getting the message that feeding their infants and toddlers good food is having a real effect."
But he said the figures on older children were of great concern.
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Raquel Allegra launches a baby line
If your baby's style is more rock and roll than smocking and lace, you'll love LA designer Raquel Allegra's new line of unisex baby tees. The comfy jersey shirts have raw necks and hemlines, and are hand tie-dyed in nontraditional kid colors like black, gray, and white. Buyer beware: the tees must be hand-washed, and they're (cough, cough) $152 a pop. But it's pretty cool that fashion-forward local boutique V.O.D. http://www.vodboutique.com/ (2418 Victory Park Ln.) is the only bricks-and-mortar location in the country that carries them.


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Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks, Volume 5
Journals NB6-NB10
Søren Kierkegaard
Edited by Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Alastair Hannay, David Kangas, Bruce H. Kirmmse, George Pattison, Joel D. S. Rasmussen, Vanessa Rumble, and K. Brian Söderquist, in cooperation with the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, Copenhagen
For over a century, the Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard (1813-55) has been at the center of a number of important discussions, concerning not only philosophy and theology, but also, more recently, fields such as social thought, psychology, and contemporary aesthetics, especially literary theory.
Despite his relatively short life, Kierkegaard was an extraordinarily prolific writer, as attested to by the 26-volume Princeton University Press edition of all of his published writings. But Kierkegaard left behind nearly as much unpublished writing, most of which consists of what are called his "journals and notebooks." Kierkegaard has long been recognized as one of history's great journal keepers, but only rather small portions of his journals and notebooks are what we usually understand by the term "diaries." By far the greater part of Kierkegaard's journals and notebooks consists of reflections on a myriad of subjects--philosophical, religious, political, personal. Studying his journals and notebooks takes us into his workshop, where we can see his entire universe of thought. We can witness the genesis of his published works, to be sure--but we can also see whole galaxies of concepts, new insights, and fragments, large and small, of partially (or almost entirely) completed but unpublished works. Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks enables us to see the thinker in dialogue with his times and with himself.
Volume 5 of this 11-volume series includes five of Kierkegaard's important "NB" journals (Journals NB6 through NB10), covering the months from summer 1848 through early May 1849. This was a turbulent period both in the history of Denmark--which was experiencing the immediate aftermath of revolution and the fall of absolutism, a continuing war with the German states, and the replacement of the State Church with the Danish People's Church--and for Kierkegaard personally. The journals in the present volume include Kierkegaard's reactions to the political upheaval, a retrospective account of his audiences with King Christian VIII, deliberations about publishing an autobiographical explanation of his writings, and an increasingly harsh critique of the Danish Church. These journals also reflect Kierkegaard's deep concern over his collision with the satirical journal Corsair, an experience that helped radicalize his view of "essential Christianity" and caused him to ponder the meaning of martyrdom.
Kierkegaard wrote his journals in a two-column format, one for his initial entries and the second for the extensive marginal comments that he added later. This edition of the journals reproduces this format, includes several photographs of original manuscript pages, and contains extensive scholarly commentary on the various entries and on the history of the manuscripts being reproduced.
First published in 2012.Bruce H. Kirmmse of Connecticut College (emeritus) and the University of Copenhagen and K. Brian Söderquist of the University of Copenhagen are the general editors of Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks, heading up a distinguished editorial board that includes Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, director emeritus of the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre in Copenhagen; Alastair Hannay of the University of Oslo (emeritus); David Kangas of Santa Clara University; George Pattison and Joel D. S. Rasmussen of Oxford University; and Vanessa Rumble of Boston College.


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There are two occasions that almost any woman encounters requiring expensive dresses — weddings and prom.
Even if it's not your wedding, you'll need a dress. If you're a bridesmaid, in most cases it ends up being an expensive dress that you're unlikely to wear again. No matter what the bride says.
I have a bridesmaid dress from a friend's wedding that I thought had potential for rewearing — but not as it was, floor-length with a small train.
I decided to take it up, and for added fun, create a bubble hem. Like the original hem, I kept it a little longer in the back (flash-dance prevention!), but you can make it the same length all around.
Now, I could wear this dress again to a fancy wedding and save money — I had already paid for this one and had it fitted, so why buy a new one?
This can also be done for a prom dress, if you'd rather go with a look that's more flirty than formal.
- dress
- measuring tape/ruler
- tailor's chalk
- scissors
- matching thread
- sewing machine
- iron
- pins
- hand-sewing needle
Determine your desired length — it would be best to have a friend help you, but you can also go off of another dress or skirt that's the desired length. Mark on the dress lining the length you want, then measure up from that 2 inches (to be on the safe side) to 2.5 inches (if you're confident) and mark. Cut off the lining at the higher marking.
Turn the dress inside out. On the wrong side of the outer fabric, measure 5 inches from the bottom of the lining and mark. Cut the bottom of the dress off at your marking. This longer hem on the outer layer will be folded up to meet the lining, which should make it the length you determined in step 1.
Take the dress to the sewing machine and sew a basting stitch, 1/4 inch from the bottom of the outer fabric, all the way around the hem. Don't backstitch at either end — you will use this stitch to gather and "bubble" the bottom of the skirt. Some books suggest sewing two rows of basting stitches for gathering, in case you pull too hard and break a thread on one row. To gather, pull gently on the bobbin thread and push the gathered fabric around the hem so it's evenly distributed.
Press the gathered hem of the outer fabric in 5/8 inch, wrong sides together.
Once the outer hem is gathered, start pinning the pressed hem to the right side of the lining — I'm calling the side that touches your body the right side of the lining. Match up the bottom of the outer fabric cut hem with the bottom of the lining cut hem. This way, both cut hems will be inside the final stitching, keeping it neat.
Using a hand-sewing needle and thread, whip stitch the lining to the outer fabric at the pinned seam. Don't go through to the front of the dress.
Turn the dress right-side out and admire your handiwork. Then go dance the night away!
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