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Just a friendly reminder in case you wanted to help support our open-source/Linux news coverage, Linux hardware reviews, and benchmarking work.
While sadly this is another year not out at Oktoberfest for the once annual Phoronix reader gathering/pilgrimage, there is another Phoronix Premium sale for those interested. With Oktoberfest kicking off this weekend in Munich, here's the start of our premium sale if wishing to support our daily news and benchmarking operations while enjoying features like ad-free viewing and multi-page articles on a single page.
With Phoronix having turned 15 years old this week we've been running a special on Phoronix Premium to enjoy the site ad-free, multi-page articles on a single page, among other benefits. Here's the last call for those wishing to support our Linux testing operations by going premium at a heavily discounted rate.
The 5th of June marks 15 years since the start of Phoronix.com and 11 years since the Phoronix Test Suite 1.0 release, so let's celebrate!
If you enjoy the new and original content on Phoronix each and every day of the year, now approaching the 15th birthday of Phoronix, consider taking part in our Valentine's Day special to "go premium" to help support the site while being able to enjoy the site ad-free, multi-page articles on a single page, and other benefits.
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, or happy benchmark season... Regardless of whatever holidays you celebrate or not, it's time for the 2018 Christmas/Winter sale if you wish to join Phoronix Premium to help us out as we approach the 15th birthday of Phoronix.com and see a strong year ahead for Linux hardware performance testing, open-source news coverage, and more. Premium gets you ad-free access to the site, multi-page featured articles on a single page, and other benefits.
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Recent reader requests have come in about having a tipping/donation option that is more FOSS-friendly than PayPal. In particular, requests for Liberapay.
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While it was a very busy January testing all the fallout from Spectre and Meltdown, February has become just as busy with monitoring all of the Linux 4.16 changes and beginning those benchmarks, all the testing now around the Raven Ridge APUs, and today's release of Phoronix Test Suite 7.8 among a lot of other Linux hardware tests that are ongoing.
It's the Christmas shopping season and in the US there is Thanksgiving and the Black Friday and Cyber Monday events... Here's a Phoronix Premium special and a few reminders.
Just a friendly reminder that if you are interested in participating in the Phoronix Oktoberfest 2017 deal to help support all our Linux hardware review / benchmarking / game testing work, only a few days are left to enjoy the deeply discounted deals.
The past few years I have run a Phoronix Premium deal around the time of Oktoberfest for those wishing to support all of the Linux hardware testing, reviews, news, and benchmarking work on the site done seven days per week, 365 days per year. While the actual fest is over at the wiesn, some Phoronix readers have inquired about running a deal again this year to get premium access at a discount. So here's the deal.
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To the wife on April Fools' Day I told her I was going to take the day off of work... Hah, what a joke. But led me to generate some statistics on the number of Phoronix articles each day and figuring out when was the last time I didn't write an open-source or Linux articles in a given day.
With Linux 4.6 entering development, AMD releasing their new "PRO" hybrid driver stack, Raspberry Pi 3 and other 64-bit ARM boards becoming popular, NVIDIA releasing their new driver with Mir and Wayland support, and other open-source milestones reached, March 2016 was another exciting month for Linux enthusiasts.
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American Geographical Society Library Fellowships for 2006 The American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, welcomes applications for two short-term fellowship programs:
McColl Research Program fellowships. This is a new short-term fellowship program available to individuals who wish to communicate their geographical research results to a broad, educated general audience. Awards of $3000 for four-week fellowships will be provided to support residencies for the purpose of conducting research that makes direct use of the Library, and results in publication in a mutually agreed outlet.
Helen and John S. Best Research Fellowships. Stipends of $375 per week, for periods up to 4 weeks, will be awarded to support residencies for the purpose of conducting research that makes direct use of the Library.
The AGS Library, the former research library and map collection of the American Geographical Society of New York, has strengths in geography, cartography and a variety of related historical topics. Applications must be received by October 21, 2005. All fellowships are tenable in 2006.
Quote from a past fellow: "The amount of material I surveyed was extensive and had I done this research in Italy it would have taken months. One of the most exciting documents I found will enable me to poignantly revise Italy's colonial history in the 20th Century. My experience as a Best Fellow was exceptional." Stephanie Hom Cary, University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Italian Studies 2005
For further information, write, call or e-mail the AGS Library, P.O. Box 399, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0399, Tel. (414) 229-6282 Email: [email protected] Visit the website at http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/fellowships.html

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This article is by JoAnne Yates, the Sloan distinguished professor of management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and coauthor, with Wanda Orlikowski and Melissa Mazmanian, of The Autonomy Paradox: The Implications of Mobile Email Devices for Knowledge Professionals.
No matter what business we're in, most of us are swamped by emails, not to mention texts and instant messages. We're always fighting to stay afloat against the rising flood waters. Yet it often seems that the more messages we answer, or the faster we reply,– the worse it gets.
I've been analyzing email use since the 1980s. Our increased accessibility from technology was first seen as a tremendous advantage, but it's now a daily deluge. Through my research and the research of others, I've found that there are some things we all can do to handle all those messages more efficiently.
1. Triage. The most important thing is triage. We've all probably lost important emails because they simply scrolled off our screens as more emails arrived, becoming buried and forgotten. To prevent this from happening, categorize emails as they appear into at least three categories: "low-hanging fruit," "to do list," and "very important." Try to deal with the low-hanging fruit messages immediately. They are the ones that can be quickly answered and removed from the in box. The ones for the "to do" list need a reply too, but they'll take more time and should be saved under that category. The very important messages should stay in your main in box so that every time you look at your screen you are reminded of those items. It's also helpful to flag those important messages as a high priority. The goal is never to leave work with emails scrolling off your screen. You should be able to see the contents of your inbox on a single screen.
2. Set limits for friends and colleagues. Individual policies are best combined with agreements among friends, family, and colleagues on communication norms. Working with communication partners to set limits is especially important for texts and instant messages, which are generally more intrusive, because we often feel the need to respond right away. Negotiate with friends and family about the times when you won't text, or you may easily spend 30 minutes "discussing" a noncritical topic in the middle of the workday. If they need to send messages during those times, encourage them to use email, and then file those messages using the triage system described above.
3. Turn off alerts. As you work with friends and family to set agreed on limits, also set limits for yourself. Disable the sounds and visual notification windows that alert you to new messages. When you hear a ping or see an email notification, it's natural to want to read that text or email right away. But if you don't know it has arrived, you're more likely to stay focused on other work. And if that other work requires concentration, like putting together a presentation, set aside an hour or whatever you need to accomplish it before checking messages. There's a lot of research out there on multitasking, and it shows that people can't actually do two things at once. Every time you go back and forth between tasks, you have to reorient yourself, and that wastes time, which eventually adds up. Instead, turn off the sound and visual alerts and take control of when you check your messages.
4. Check personal mailboxes less often. If you have a separate personal email address, set specific times to check those messages. You might look at them before work, at lunch and when you leave the office. Unless there is something specific you are waiting for, you shouldn't be monitoring this all day.
5. Shut down at night. This brings up the issue of how often you should monitor work email outside of the workday. In my research with Wanda Orlikowski and Melissa Mazmanian, we've found an escalating dynamic in that the more you make yourself available, the more people assume you'll be available. You may think you're just replying to an email or two late at night, but communication via any technology is social and collective. You're interacting with other people who are forming expectations about your availability, and you're forming expectations about their availability. Once you accept the fact that communication activity is social, then you have to come up with collective ways to manage it, which means setting expectations. For example, let coworkers know that you'll check your email no later than a certain time each evening and then not again until the morning. If you start replying to emails at 2 a.m., you'll set the expectation that you're available around the clock. Establish your norms, let others know those norms, and then stick to them. Encourage coworkers to do the same.
A lot of these tips involve self control, as well as agreements on collective norms. We contribute a lot to the daily deluge with our constant desire to check messages and immediately reply. If we train ourselves to triage messages and work with our communication partners to set limits and establish norms, then we can better manage the entire process. Eventually, it won't be so overwhelming, and we become a lot more efficient. The most important thing is to control your technology. Don't let it control you.


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What is the Consolidated Plan?
The Consolidated Plan combines the planning, application, and reporting processes for five U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant programs:
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
- Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
- HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME)
- Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program (HOPWA)
- National Housing Trust Fund
These funds are utilized to support a variety of housing and community development programs and projects throughout Tennessee, primarily for the benefit of low- and moderate-income households. As a recipient of these funds, the State is required to prepare and submit a Consolidated Plan to HUD every five years. The newest Consolidated Plan covers 2015-2019.
The Consolidated Plan examines the current housing situation, explore the housing and community development needs of the State, and set priorities for spending HUD grant monies. This document serves as a guide in helping the State of Tennessee meet affordable housing, community development, economic development, public service, and fair housing needs over the next five years. The Consolidated Plan also addresses the changing external factors influencing existing programs and the need to be accountable for the resources Tennessee has been granted or will coordinate.
State of Tennessee Consolidated Plans
Access the TN 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan Appendix HERE
2015-2019 Consolidated Plan and 2015-2016 Action Plan Approval Letter2016-2017 Action Plan Approval Letter
State of Tennessee Annual Action Plans
The Consolidated Plan is carried out through Annual Action Plans, which provide a concise summary of the actions, activities, and the specific federal and non-federal resources that will be used each year to address the priority needs and specific goals identified by the Consolidated Plan.
- Action Plan FY 2019-2020
- Action Plan FY 2018-2019
- Action Plan FY 2017-2018
- Action Plan FY 2016-2017 (Amended May 2017)
- Action Plan FY 2015-2016
- Action Plan FY 2014-2015
- Action Plan FY 2013-2014
- Action Plan FY 2012-2013
- Action Plan FY 2011-2012
- Action Plan FY 2010-2011
- Action Plan FY 2009-2010
- Action Plan FY 2008-2009
- Action Plan FY 2007-2008
- Action Plan FY 2006-2007
- Action Plan FY 2005-2006
TN Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
The State of Tennessee reports on accomplishments and progress toward Consolidated Plan goals in the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).
CAPER Approval Letter
- CAPER Approval Letter FY 2017-2018
- CAPER Approval Letter FY 2016-2017
- CAPER Approval Letter FY 2015-2016
- CAPER Approval Letter FY 2014-2015
- CAPER Approval Letter FY 2013-2014
- CAPER Approval Letter FY 2012-2013
- CAPER Response to FHEO FY 2012-2013
- CAPER Approval Letter FY 2011-2012
Housing Trust Fund
The Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) is charged with developing a National Housing Trust Fund Allocation Plan, which was incorporated into the Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan on August 16, 2016. The National Housing Trust Fund (HTF) is a new federal formula grant program provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Funds will be distributed to the State of Tennessee to produce, preserve, rehabilitate, and operate housing affordable to extremely low-income households earning less than 30 percent of the area median income. The State of Tennessee will receive $3 million in the first year of the HTF.
HTF Allocation Plan FY 2017-18 (Final, with Appendices)
HTF Allocation Plan FY 2016-17
Attachments to the HTF Allocation Plan FY 2016-17
- Design Standards for Rehabiltation
- Maximum Per-Unit Subsidy Limits
- Multifamily Work Write-Up Estimate
- Single Family Work Write-Up Estimate
- THDA Uniform Physical Condition Standards Checklist
Substantial Amendment - Executive Summary
HOME Investment Partnership Program
Administered by Tennessee Housing Development Agency, the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) provides formula grants to States and localities that communities use - often in partnership with local nonprofit groups - to fund a wide range of activities including building, buying, and/or rehabilitating affordable housing for rent or homeownership or providing direct rental assistance to low-income people. HOME is the largest Federal block grant to state and local governments designed exclusively to create affordable housing for low-income households.
- 2018 HOME Beneficiary Report
- 2017 HOME Beneficiary Report
- 2016 HOME Beneficiary Report
- 2015 HOME Beneficiary Report
- 2014 HOME Beneficiary Report
- 2013 HOME Beneficiary Report
- 2012 HOME Beneficiary Report
- 2011 HOME Beneficiary Report
- 2010 HOME Beneficiary Report
Community Development Block Grant Program
Administered by TN Department of Economic and Community Development, the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) is a flexible program that provides communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs. The CDBG program is one of the longest continuously run programs at HUD and provides annual grants on a formula basis to the State of Tennessee.
Emergency Solutions Grant Program
Tennessee Housing Development Agency administers the federally-funded Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program to help improve the quality of emergency shelters for the homeless; to help meet the costs of operating and maintaining emergency shelters; to provide essential services so that homeless individuals have access to the assistance they need to improve their situation; to provide street outreach services to the homeless; and to provide emergency intervention assistance and rapid re-housing services to prevent homelessness and to obtain permanent housing.
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program
Administered by TN Department of Health, the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program is the only Federal program dedicated to the housing needs of people living with HIV/AIDS. Under the HOPWA Program, HUD makes grants to local communities, States, and nonprofit organizations for projects that benefit low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families.
Citizen Participation Plan
The Citizen Participation Plan is the strategy for public participation that incorporates citizen input into the planning, implementation, coordination, and assessment of Tennessee's projects and activities. Access this plan here: Citizen Participation Plan
As part of the Tennessee 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan, a web-based Housing and Community Needs Survey was conducted from February 4 th to March 2nd of 2015. The survey was completed by 671 respondents, representing every county in Tennessee. Individuals solicited for participation included elected officials, state and local governing bodies, representatives of housing groups, minority organizations, disability resource groups, real estate and property management associations, banking entities, and other groups involved in the housing and development fields.
Certification of Consistency with TN Consolidated Plan
A Certification of Consistency with the Tennessee Consolidated Plan is required for many HUD competitive programs as well as Public Housing Authority Agency Plans.
Placing a Request for a Certification of Consistency with Consolidated Plan:
- Form 2991 -- Certification of Consistency with Consolidated Plan if applying for Federal Program
- Form 50077 -- Certification of Consistency with Consolidated Plan for Public Housing Authorities
Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice
Analysis of Impediments (AI) is a review of impediments or barriers that affect the rights of fair housing choice. It covers public and private policies, practices, and procedures affecting housing choice. Impediments to fair housing choice are defined as any actions, omissions, or decisions that restrict, or have the effect of restricting, the availability of housing choices, based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, national origin, or creed.
Questions or comments about the TN Consolidated Plan? Contact Bettie Teasley.


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Silly Frilly Grandma Tillie by Laurie A. Jacobs
|January 28, 2013
|Posted by Betty Gelean under Children's Lit
Illustrated by Anne Jewett | Published by Flashlight Press
Reviewed by Betty Gelean
Grandma Tillie is everychild's imagination with her many personae. Sophie and Chloe, her granddaughters, love their baby-sitter when they know it will be Grandma Tillie. Laurie A. Jacobs seems to know exactly the kind of Grandma children will love to play with, because when Grandma Tillie comes, she is not alone. She is anyone and everyone and a barrel of fun. Anne Jewett has done a fine job of creating the perfect image of Grandma Tillie with her illustrations in this hard-cover picture book.
She might be Tillie Vanilly, Chef Silly Tillie, or maybe Explorer Chilly Tillie. Whatever or whoever Grandma Tillie is, she is an entertainer and story-teller, a Grandma that any young child would love to have. An endearing children's picture book, lovingly created in words and illustrations, bound to be a hit.
For more information on Silly Frilly Grandma Tillie, click here.


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Why Social Networks Stink
- Why Social Networks Stink
- Getting More Involved
There's something annoying about the emergence of the now-ubiquitous social network. My displeasure reached a peak over the weekend when I was recording an edition of the Twit podcast in which Robert Scoble was ranking on the new Amazon e-book reader, the Kindle. His main complaint was that the product did not incorporate any social-networking structure. This was the last straw for me.
I mean, exactly how plugged into the community do you actually have to be nowadays to be okay with yourself?
Scoble's displeasure was somewhat understandable once he explained his idea. He meant that if one of his friends also had a Kindle, it would be cool to find out what books they had loaded on the thing and what they were currently reading. Personally, I'm thinking that this is yet another invasion of privacy. I'm not interested in letting everyone know what I'm up to with my reading, TV viewing, or anything else for that matter, since it will only be used as a point of judgment, even if irrelevant. "No wonder he thinks like that. He just finished reading Tolstoy!"
I was formulating this complaint when I figured out what is really wrong with extreme social networking, or what I call social-networking mania. It's a crock, or it can easily become a crock, or it could gravitate toward being a crock. It's like everything else on the Net: It's riddled with BS.
As it happens, I have not been reading Tolstoy, but it would be tempting to jump on every social network I can join and tell everyone that I am indeed reading Tolstoy. "Wow, that guy reads a lot of Tolstoy. He must be smart."
What has been overlooked in the entire social-networking scheme is that at its core, it's not social networking but marketing. In fact, the entire MySpace scene is devoted mostly to selling music and keeping people up-to-date with their fav indie band. Sometimes events, such as a rave or a house party, can be announced on MySpace, although the real winner is still the indie band. Most parties are done with IM lists.
On the whole, the social network is less about the social part and more about the sales pitch. Favorite author: Tolstoy! next: Getting More Involved >


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More than 300 Fort Lauderdale News and Sun-Sentinel readers wrote to describe their Favorite Valentines -- their special friends, neighbors, relatives, teachers, police officers, husbands and wives, boyfriends and girlfriends.
In today's Northwest Plus, Staff Writer Joanne Stanley will introduce you to some of those special people who live in northwest Broward.
In addition, excerpts from a selection of the readers' Favorite Valentine nominations appears today in the People section.


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Slipped Disc
Human vertebral column has 26 vertebrae. Each vertebra lies over another and in between lies padded cushion to absorb the shock of physical jerks and movements. The spinal nerves control the vital functions of body. The cushioned disc lying in between the two vertebrae provide support from wear and tear and over load. There are many diseased conditions associated with spine and vertebral column. The most important of them are the three that resemble somewhat similar and are confusing to a common person. These conditions are
- Slipped disc
- Spondylosis
- Spondylitis
Slipped Disc
Because of an unusual jerk or body bending, the disc gets herniated out of its position and presses the adjoining spinal nerve. This condition is called as slipped disc. Pain after long standing and bending with radiation and numbness, heaviness are the clinical symptoms. In some of the cases the situation becomes so severe that it may lead to even paralysis of the nerve if not taken care of. This condition is generally seen in an age group of 25-45 years. It may involve one or multiple discs of vertebral column at one time and the pain is radiating in nature.
It is the osteoarthritis of vertebral joints in which the bones become weak and lead to reduced strength of the joint between the vertebrae. This situation also has the same clinical picture of symptoms as that of slip disc. It generally does not involve multiple joints and pain is without radiation.
This is inflammation of vertebral joints or other joints of body due to infection, injury or some auto immune pathology. This has the same symptoms as that of slip disc and spondylosis. It generally involves multiple joints at one time as is seen in ankylosing spondylitis
Slipped disc
Protrusion of the cushioned inter vertebral disc out of its position is called as slipped or herniated disc. It sometimes presses the nearby spinal nerve, worsening the symptoms.
Causes of slipped disc
- Wrong postural habits.
- Prolonged sitting works.
- Lack of exercise makes the muscles stiffness which creates pressure on the spine.
- Trauma or injury.
- Disc of obese people have to bear extra weight. So they are more prone to develop slip disc.
- Slip disc can even result from some simple bending, twisting or turning around.
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Of course, the model is not the sharpest image, that is because, as already stated, the prototype only had a 4MP camera on it. We can only expect the image quality to improve as the technology becomes more refined and the devices more advanced. Protect Tango has many possible uses, such as precise location awareness and identification, more immersive 3D video games, and some more abstract things like perhaps making a virtual map of Wi-Fi signal strength. Qualcomm will be including Matterport in their presentation at Mobile World Congress this week in Barcelona. They will be featuring some of the 3D capture features and other pieces of software that the technology could be used for. Are you looking forward to this new tech? Have any ideas as to what it could be used for? Let us know that as well as any other comments you might have down below!


text: A group of locals gather at a hall in a Shia area of Lucknow to show support for the BJP [Sonia Paul/ Al Jazeera]Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh - "If you have to change the fortunes of India, it must begin in Lucknow," Narendra Modi, the opposition prime ministerial candidate, said at an election rally early in March. His statement reaffirmed a popular saying in Indian politics: The road to New Delhi passes via Lucknow, the capital of India's most populous and politically most important state - Uttar Pradesh. As the city goes to polls on April 30, the attention is on the constituency's Muslims, who comprise about 22 percent of the 1.9 million voting population here. The right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has remained a force here for decades, is making every symbolic gesture to attract the minority voters. A week shy of Lucknow's voting day, the Nayab Palace Banquet Hall, located in the heart of a Shia neighborhood in Old Lucknow, was brimming with locals wearing hats and stoles coloured with saffron and green - the colours of the BJP. The event was sponsored by two Shia groups to garner support for the party. Manzoor Hussein, 35, was standing in the back of the room with his arms folded as the main speaker prompted the crowd to shout "Zindabad" (Long Live). The Shia Muslim said he had always supported the BJP, and was staying with the party because of price hikes. "Petrol in other countries like China and Nepal is so cheap," he said. "But here it is so expensive. And the (ruling) Congress Party's policy will make it even more expensive." Kanti Devi Purana Pandareeba, 49, sitting in the front of the room with her two friends, was not part of the event's target population. She and her two friends are Hindu. "The crowd here is mixed," she said. Polarisation Lucknow is known both for its composite culture and Muslim culture, as the city was the capital of Awadh rulers during the Muslim Mughal rule. Unlike other incidents of communal violence between Hindus and Muslims, religious violence in Lucknow has generally been confined within the community. Tensions between Sunnis and Shias in Lucknow became prominent in the late 1960s, when violence between the two groups created divisions that never fully rectified, said Nadeem Hasnain, a professor of social anthropology at Lucknow University and a Lucknow native. Political parties then began to exploit this polarisation. "This was the point that the Jan Sangh (the predecessor to the BJP) decided to come into politics and divide the Muslim vote," he said. "And from 1969 onward, some of the Shias - not any prominent ones - and some of the lesser known maulvis [religious leaders] became close to the Jan Sangh and established a support base." Political parties tend to court votes under the assumption that all Muslims vote as one bloc. Furthermore, if any Muslims leaned towards the BJP, they would likely be Shia Muslims. Kanti Devi Purana Pandareeba, 49, said the kind of crowd that attended the BJP event was mixed. [Sonia Paul / Al Jazeera] Hasnain said this history is important for its "propaganda" value. "The BJP has been trying to strengthen this idea that the Shias are behind them to increase the divide between Shias and Sunnis," he said. Others say that the "Muslim voting bloc" is a myth. Muslims, just like other groups in India, vote on the basis of bread and butter issues. "This is a canard that Shias are supporting the BJP," said Ibne Hasan, 77, a Shia Muslim who has lived in Lucknow since 1952. In Uttar Pradesh, where caste divisions are still prominent forces in the community, voting on the basis of class and caste is also a factor. Ramesh Dixit, a retired professor of political science at the Lucknow University, said: "All Muslims, irrespective of whether they are Shia or Sunni, are allergic to the BJP." Data from the 2009 general elections show that Muslim voting patterns in Uttar Pradesh are driven by a caste-class phenomenon. According to a study by the Delhi-based Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, the percentage of Muslims who supported the BJP in 2009 was tiny - six percent. Other votes were fairly spread out between the other major political parties in the state, the Congress Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party. Contrary to that, politicians cutting across party lines have tried to woo Muslim religious leaders. Skullcap politics Rajnath Singh, the president of the BJP and the party's candidate from Lucknow, caused a stir last week when he donned a skullcap and visited prominent Muslim leaders in Lucknow. Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad, a prominent Shia leader, added to murmurs by endorsing the BJP. "Muslims don't like Modi," he told Al Jazeera. "But Rajnath Singh is much better. He is just like (former Indian Prime Minister) Atal Bihari Vajpayee." "He should have been the proposed prime minister rather than Modi," Jawad said. All Muslims, irrespective of whether they are Shia or Sunni, are allergic to the BJP. Ramesh Dixit, retired professor, Lucknow University Political observers say comparisons between Singh, a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and Vajpayee, who represented Lucknow in parliament, are rising to counter Modi's hardline Hindu identity. Vajpayee represented a more secular face of the BJP. Now Singh too wants to transform his image into a softer one. "Vajpayee was a different personality, but now Vajpayee is not in the chain and Rajnath Singh is the president of the same party," Lalji Tandon, Lucknow's sitting Member of Parliament who was a protege of Vajpayee, told Al Jazeera. "I can say there is no threat from any other party." Maulana Kalbe Jawad's endorsement may influence some Muslims, but it would be microscopic, said Zafaryab Jilani, a lawyer at Lucknow's High Court and leader of the Babri Masjid Action Committee, a group representing Muslims on the case of the destroyed mosque in Ayodhya. "Within the Shia community in Lucknow, about 25 percent of Shias may heed upon his advice," Jilani said. Indeed, according to Nadeem Hasnain, the professor of social anthropology at Lucknow University, the BJP's demonstrative effects are probably more for secular Hindus. "Quite a substantial number of secular Hindus have never accepted the BJP's ideology," he said. 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Conventional wisdom would dictate that the nemesis of light would be darkness. Reality, however, is anything but rational. More often than not, light comes into conflict with other sources of light. Anything that does not belong to the same wavelength, same color, has a chance to interfere with our vision. Yellow collides with white, orange with blue. Unfortunately, the same metaphor applies to life.
People seldom make black-and-white choices. People in poverty, for example, don't have a rags or riches option, and they only happened to pick the former. More often than not, we usually receive two seemingly lucrative offers: two jobs that are high paying, one involves your interests, the other promising a life of promotion and growth. We're blinded by both offers, because they both appear good. Sometimes, they really are as good as it seems, and giving up one is merely an opportunity cost to attain the other. Sometimes, however, what we think we want is not really what we desire. Some professions seem perfect for example, and it's only when we actually experience them that the reallity hits us. Unlike cars, we can't test drive jobs before delving into them (well, it's call "internship"). By the time we're there, it's either resign or stick with it.
Religion is another topic that seems appropriate. Most, if not all, religions promise salvation. However, you have to choose one religion, and just one. If light were to be equated with salvation, there are several groups out there promising the same thing. Which one is true, which one is real and which are fake? No one will obviously admit that theirs is the faulty religion. And in the end, who knows? They might be all correct. It's merely the choosing that becomes problematic.
Love is also one subject matter that involves choices. I'm not just talking about romance, but love in general. Several people are vying for our affection: friends, family, significant others, and ourselves (it's surprising how many people forget the last part). It could be in terms of time, effort, or money. Obviously, we only have so much to go around. Each one sparkles for a different reason. Family, for example, might appear like a diamond, constant and enduring. Your significant other, on the other hand, might seem like a ruby, attractive and sparkling. But the question is who should we prioritize? Juggling all our loved ones is a difficult choice, and sometimes, there is no optimum choice, merely a choice.
It's faulty reasoning to believe that everything will appear polarized and clear. Sometimes, the problem begins at discerning which is good and which is bad. Most of the time, however, opportunities and experiences will appear like light, blinding us to everything else. When faced with options, it's what some people would call "a good problem". It's good because you actually have options, both of which seem benefical to you. It's a problem because you're always losing out on something else and decision-making can be such a pain.
It would seem as if life would be better off if someone was guiding us all the way, as if we only had one destiny, or if we could only fall in love with just one person, or that there was only one career for us. That's not how life goes, however, and that's the burden that free will and freedom exacts from us. Still, I'd rather live life choosing, rather than living it in ignorance.


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Gently simmering, almost minimalist, Rodrigo Moreno's quietly absorbing The Minder is a film that demands profound patience. The narrative is simplicity itself: We follow Ruben (Julio Chávez), a bodyguard for a government minister (Osmar Núñez), as he goes about his daily routine. Shot entirely from Ruben's perspective, the film captures with gnawing focus the dull and demeaning nature of living in another man's shadow, forever hovering outside rooms and idling in cars. We learn of economic crises and family troubles through snatches of overheard conversation, but the backgrounding of these concerns highlights the film's interest in Ruben's personal angst. They footnote the film's "action"—Ruben standing, Ruben waiting—and draw our gaze to Chávez's wonderfully modulated performance. Moreno leavens the dreary routine with moments of private unpleasantness: Ruben's flaky sister, his romantic loneliness, his talent for drawing (eventually paraded for the minister's amusement). The Minder rewards sensitivity to fine narrative details and emotional subtleties. When the concluding twist arrives—don't fret, one does arrive—it seems entirely fitting. There's a bit of thematic rattle to the film, possessing as it does such wide open spaces for contemplation, but it only lightly diminishes The Minder's astute cinematic vigor.


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This morning, I witnessed an IT certification exam candidate get turned away from our testing center because of yet another glitch with the Thomson Prometric exam delivery application. This scene broke my heart; the spurned candidate was none too happy either, I assure you.
As I have mentioned in a previous post, I make no apology for my strongly held opinion that, at least as far as I am professionally concerned, Pearson VUE is a much nicer, much more reliable exam delivery company than is its only competitor, Thomson Prometric.
Let us consider the issue of candidate materials in the exam room.
VUE allows their registered exam centers to offer testing candidates honest-to-goodness 8.5 x 11-inch scratch paper and pencils/pens.
By contrast, Prometric requires that all of their testing centers lend their candidates only dry-erase boards. Yuk.
Let me tell you from where my 'Yuk" exhortation originates: Dollars to donuts, the dry erase board that you will be given has been written on and erased so many times as to leave a permanent discoloration (let's call it a smudge) that makes it extraordinarily difficult to use in practice.
Couple the smeared dry-erase boards with an almost dry dry-erase pen, and you have yourself one frustrated exam candidate. This candidate materials approach is especially problematic for certification exams that lend themselves to detailed schematic diagrams or (the horrors!) mathematics. Not cool.
Trust me, I'm keepin' score. Thus far the tally stands at Pearson VUE 1, Thomson Prometric 0.
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At what age did Aisha marry the Prophet Muhammad slw ?
When covering the life of the Prophet Muhammad, one of the most debatable topics is that of the age of his wife Aisha when the two married.
Her alleged young age has been used in smear campaigns against the Prophet. The latest publication dealing with the topic is "Jewel of Medina" by journalist Sherry Jones - a novel on the life of Aisha. This novel has stirred controversy over the topic, as US publisher Random House expressed its desire to postpone its publication out of fear that its content could spark violence.
Reports that Aisha bint Abi Bakr was 6 or 7 years old when she became engaged and 10 when she married [1] have been the most basic factor in the formation of the view regarding her age of marriage. Also, it should not be forgotten that factors such as similar practices being quite widespread at the time and the physical development of children becoming complete at an earlier age at that time also contributed to the dispersion of this view. For this reason, this subject was not made a current issue for discussion until very recently.
Orientalists who do not consider the conditions of the time period in which an action occurred and who examine Islam from "outside" have made this a current issue. The Muslim world's reaction to this different stance has been mixed. While some have insisted that Aisha's above-mentioned age at marriage is correct [2], others are of the opinion that Aisha was older [3]. In this situation, where it is not always possible to maintain a balanced view, various approaches have developed as an answer to Orientalists' claims, including those that choose to deny the reports or ignore the existence of other alternatives as a response to this view.
First of all, we should know that everyone is a child of the time they live in and therefore must be evaluated according to the cultural context of the relevant time. There are certain values that form a society's customs and when a society is evaluated, these values have to be taken into consideration. Otherwise, were we to attempt to evaluate historical events within today's conditions, we should remember that we are fated to make mistakes.
It is known that during the period when Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, existed, young girls were married at an early age [4] and that age difference was not important in marriage [5]. Especially in regards to young girls, it should not be forgotten that there was social pressure for this, that they matured earlier due to climatic and geographical conditions and that they were seen as goods that needed to grow in their husband's house. Moreover, this is not a matter just related to girls; boys were also married at ages 8, 9 and 10 and they became the head of a family at an age that is perceived as very young today [6]. Perhaps it is this culture that lies at the basis of this issue's not having been questioned until recent times. Otherwise, it was impossible for a mentality that wanted to brew a storm in regards to the Prophet's marriage with Zaynab bint Jahsh and that slandered Aisha after her return from the Muraysi expedition to not criticize such an issue at that time.
In the verses of the Quran that came at the same time, the age for marriage was mentioned and it was emphasized that children should be married when they come of age [7]. So, opposing a divine suggestion cannot be considered. Using the mentality of Umar, if intervention had been a matter of consideration here, the Prophet would surely have been warned in a coming revelation and a step would have been taken to resolve the issue. At any rate, the Prophet's wedding to Aisha took place in accordance with direction from divine will [8].
Now, if you like, putting the extremes behind us and using moderate criteria, let's examine sources related to Aisha's age at marriage once again.
1. While listing names of Muslims during the first days of Islam, Aisha's name, together with her older sister Asma, are listed immediately after the names of the Sabiqun al-Awwalun (the first ones) like Uthman ibn Affan, Zubayr ibn Awwam, Abdurrahman ibn Awf, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Talha ibn Ubaydullah, Abu Ubayda ibn Jarrah, Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam and Uthman ibn Maz'un. Being the 18th person to accept Islam, Aisha's name precedes the names of Umayr ibn Abi Waqqas, Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, Salit ibn Amr, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Abdullah ibn Jahsh, Abu Hudayfa, Suhayb ibn Sinan, Ammar ibn Yasir, Umar ibn Khattab, Hamza ibn Abdilmuttalib, Habbab ibn Aratt, Said ibn Zayd and Fatima bint Khattab [9]. This means she was living then and was mature enough to make such a choice and exercise her will. In addition, the information in reports that "she was a small girl then" shows that her name was mentioned in a conscious way [10].
This date refers to the early days of Islam. For it is known that Aisha's sister Asma, who was born in 595, was 15 when she became a Muslim [11]. This indicates the year 610, when the Prophet started to receive the revelation and this then shows that Aisha was at least 5, 6 or 7 that day and that she was at least 17 or 18 when she married the Prophet in Medina.
2. In regard to days in Mecca, Aisha said, "I was a girl playing games when the verse, 'Indeed, the Last Hour is their appointed time [for their complete recompense], and the Last Hour will be more grievous and more bitter' [12] was revealed to God's Messenger [13]." This information opens other doors for us regarding her age.
The verse under consideration is the 46th verse of Surah Qamar, the 54th chapter of the Quran, which explains the miracle of the split moon [the splitting of the moon is one of the miracles performed by the Prophet Muhammad]. Revealed as a whole, this surah came while the Prophet was in Ibn Arqam's home in the fourth (614) [14] or eighth (618) or ninth (619) [15] year of his mission, according to differing reports. Looking especially at necessity, some scholars focused on the date being 614; when this date is taken, Aisha either had not been born or had just been born. While when this date is taken it appears that she must have been born at least eight or nine years earlier, the situation does not change much when 618 or 619 are taken. In that situation she would have only been 4 or 5 years old, neither an age at which she would be in a position to understand this event and relate it years later. According to the second possibility, she was probably born when Muhammad's prophethood had just begun [16].
Another matter worth mentioning here is that while describing that day, Aisha stated, "I was a girl playing games." The word she used to describe herself, jariya, is used to describe the passage into puberty. Ibn Yara, an Arab poet, describes this passage as follows: "When a girl becomes 8 years old, she is not a 'jariya.' She is a bridal candidate that I can marry to Utba or Muawiya."" Some scholars say that it is used for girls who are older than 11.
If we look at the issue taking 614 as the year that Surah Qamar was revealed, Aisha would have been born at least eight years before the prophetic mission, or in 606. If we accept 618, then the year of birth would have been 610; this event alone makes it impossible for her to have been 9 when she married.
When this information is combined with her name being on the list of the first Muslims, we get the result that Aisha's date of birth was probably 606. Consequently, she would have been at least 17 when she married.
3. Of course, Aisha's memories of Mecca are not limited to this. In addition to this, the following memories confirm this matter:
a) Her saying that she had seen two people begging who had remained from the Year of the Elephant (the year in which Yemeni King Abraha sent an army of elephants to Mecca in order to destroy the Kaaba; the elephants were pelted with pebbles dropped on them by birds), which occurred 40 years before the prophetic mission and is accepted as a milestone for determining history, and her handing down this information with her sister Asma only [17].
b) Her describing in detail that during difficult times in Mecca, God's Messenger had come to their house morning and evening and that her father, Abu Bakr, who could not endure this hardship, attempted to migrate to Abyssinia [18].
c) Her stating that first it was mandatory to offer two cycles of obligatory prayer and that later it was changed to four cycles for residents, but that during military campaigns two cycles were performed [19].
d) In reports about the early days, there being statements like, "We heard that Isaf and Naila had committed a crime at the Kaaba and for this reason God turned them into stone as a man and woman from the Jurhum tribe [20]."
4. Being betrothed before the engagement: Another factor that supports the above view is that at the time when the Prophet's marriage was a topic of discussion, Aisha was engaged to Mut'im ibn Adiyy's son Jubayr. The suggestion for the Prophet to marry Aisha came from Hawla bint Hakim, the wife of Uthman ibn Maz'un, someone not from the family. Both situations show that she had come to the age of marriage and was known as a young marriageable girl.
As is known, this betrothal was broken by the Ibn Adiyy family due to the possible religious conversion of their son to Islam, and it was only after this that Aisha's engagement to Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, took place [21]. Consequently, the marriage agreement was either made before the prophetic mission or when the call to Islam was being made openly (three years after the Prophet began receiving revelation). If it was made before the mission, together with the idea that Aisha was 9 years old when she married being shaken from its foundation, it implies that Aisha was born even earlier than has been thought. For this reason, some say that she was a 13- or 14-year-old girl then [22].
It should not be overlooked that this decision was made during the period when the call to Islam had begun to be made openly. In regard to time, this means 613-614. If it is assumed that Aisha was born four years after the mission, it has to be accepted that she had not yet been born, so it is not possible to talk about a marriage agreement under these circumstances. In this case, it has to be accepted that she was at least 7 or 8 when her engagement was broken, so the year was probably 605 [23].
Here, another possibility can be mentioned; namely, an agreement of arranged future marriage similar to "cradle tallying," an agreement between parents in the early years after the birth of a baby. However, there are no details in the texts under consideration to confirm this.
Dr. Reşit Haylamaz is the editor-in-chief of Kaynak Publishing Group.
1. Bukhari, Manaqib al-Ansar, 20, 44; Muslim, Nikah, 71; Fadail al-Sahaba, 74; Abu Dawud, Adab, 55; Ibn Maja, Nikah, 13; Nasai, Nikah, 78; Darimi, Nikah, 56.
2. Azimli, Mehmet, "Hz. Aise'nin Evlilik Yası Tartışmalarında Savunmacı Tarihciligin Cıkmazı," İslami Arastırmalar, Vol. 16, Issue 1, 2003.
3. See Dogrul, Omer Rıza, Asr-ı Saadet, Eser Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1974, 2/141; Nadwi, Sayyid Sulayman, Hazreti Aişe, (trns. by Ahmet Karataş), Timaş Yayınları, İstanbul, p. 21, 2004; Savaş, Rıza, "Hz. Aişe'nin Evlenme Yası Ile Igili Farklı Bir Yaklasım,"" D. E. U. İlahiyat Fak. Derg. Issue 4, İzmir, 1995, pp. 139-144; YUce, AbdUlhakim, Efendimiz'in Bir GUnU, Isık Yayınları, Istanbul, pp. 82-83, 2007.
4. Abdul Muttalib, the grandfather of the Prophet, married Hala bint Uhayb, who was young then. Since he married off his son Abdullah to Amina at an early age at around the same time of his own marriage with Hala, the Prophet was almost of the same age with his uncle Hamza.
5. In order to have family relationship with the Prophet and thus further his close relation with God's Messenger, Umar ibn Khattab married Ali's daughter Umm Qulthum, and this marriage was not found strange at that time at all.
6. Amr ibn As, for instance, was 12 years older than his son Abdullah. This means that he was around 10 when he got married. For further information see Ibn al-Athir, Usud al-Gaba, 3/240.
7. Nisa: 4/6.
8. Bukhari, Ta'bir, 21, Manakib al-Ansar, 44, Nikah, 9; Muslim, Fadail al-Sahaba, 79; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 6/41, 128.
9. Ibn Hisham, Sira, 1/271; Ibn Ishaq, Sira, Konya, 1981, 124.
10. Ibn Hisham, Sira, 1/271; Ibn Hisham, Sira, 124.
11. Nawawi, Tahzib al-Asma, 2/597; Hakim, Mustadrak, 3/635.
12. Qamar 54:46.
13. Bukhari, Fadail al-Qur'an, 6; Tafsir al-Sura, (54) 6; Ayni, Badruddin Abu Muhammad Mahmud ibn Ahmad, Umdat al-Qari Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari, Dar alIhya al-Turas al-Arabi, 20/21; Asqalani, Fath al-Bari, 11/291.
14. Suyuti, Itqan, Beirut, 1987, 1/29, 50; Dogrul, Asr-ı Saadet, 2/148.
15. The month difference stems from the lunar calendar.
16. Taking this information into account, some people calculate Aisha's age at marriage as least 14 or 22, up to 28. We have not focused on these as they are not supported by the sources.
17. Ibn Hisham, Sira, 1/176; Haysami, Majma al-Zawaid, 3/285; Ibn Kathir, Tafsir, 4/553; Bidaya, 2/214; Qurtubi, Tafsir, 20/195.
18. Bukhari, Salat, 70, Kafala, 5, Manaqib al-Ansar, 45, Adab, 64; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 6/198.
19. Muslim, 3/463; Mu'jam al-Kabir, 2/285, 286; Mu'jam al-Awsat, 12/145; Ibn Hisham, Sira, 1/243.
20. Ibn Hisham, Sira, 1/83.
21. Bukhari, Nikah, 11; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 6/210; Haysami, Majma al-Zawaid, 9/225; Bayhaqi, Sunan, 7/129; Tabari, Tarih, 3/161-163.
22. Savaş, Rıza, D. E. U. İlahiyat Fak. Dergisi, Issue 4, İzmir, pp. 139-144, 1995.
23. Berki, Ali Hikmet, Osman Eskioglu, HatemU'l-Enbiya Hz. Muhammed ve Hayatı, 210.
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Bridging the TV/PC Gap
When Apple TV was released in March, the big question a lot of consumers had was: What exactly is it? I like to call products like Apple TV and its competition "media extenders." These set-top boxes have the power to turn your television into a true multi-media center, usually by streaming digital content from your computer via Ethernet or a wireless network. Apple TV, for instance, streams iTunes videos and music from your Mac or PC to modern widescreen sets. Netgear's Digital Entertainer HD EVA8000 is a more versatile competitor, but it involves a set-up process about as graceful as its name. And then there are the gaming consoles that also have networking and media capabilities, letting you to connect to the Internet and in some cases access computer-based multimedia.
Of course the clear favorite, especially among iPod owners, is the Apple TV. If your music and video files live in iTunes, Apple TV is your best bet, but the system isn't without it shortcomings. Video resolution is not the crispest I've seen, even though the unit is aimed at HD and ED TV owners. Netgear's box surprised me by streaming iTunes DRM-protected music (not video, though). For BitTorrent users with HD video files and a potpourri of music formats, the Netgear may be the better choice, but buyer beware: it often crashes and is complicated to set up.
Microsoft's Xbox 360 seems like the obvious selection for gamers who want to stream video and music from their PC. The 360 can access media files on Windows PCs running Media Player 11, Zune, and Windows Media Connect software. But the PlayStation 3 should not be overlooked. Though not a true media extender since it can't stream content from your PC, the PS3 is loaded with multimedia features. It can play CDs, MP3s, DVDs, Blu-ray discs and even has a built in Web browser.
These are the best options out there right now, but in the months ahead there will be a lot of new devices on store shelves that will help you move media round your home. Read-on for our in-depth reviews and check back as we continue to cover this growing segment.
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Small and capable, the Apple TV will stream iTunes-purchased video and iTunes-compatible music to your TV wirelessly, or store it on its 40 GB hard drive.
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Streams HD video, all manner of music, photo and video files, TV, and recorded TV, from a Media Center Edition PC...oh, yeah, it plays games, too.
PlayStation 3
Though not a pure media extender, the PS3 has plenty to offer your TV. It's a Blu-ray player, Web browser, digital video-and-photo viewer, and 1080p HD compatible console system that supports online gaming in Hi-Def.


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In other words, he set politics aside to let important legislation pass.
President Obama, Speaker Boehner, Senator Crapo (my senator), and the majority of Congress, thank you for your leadership on this issue. 1 in 6 women are raped and for American Indians, that number is 1 in 3, with far higher stranger & other-race attacker rates than the rest of the country. We need this bill, and we need the American Indian provisions that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor immorally stood against.
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Congressman Labrador,
You voted against the Violence Against Women Act today.
1 in 6 American women will be raped at some point in their lifetime. For American Indians, that rate is 1 in 3.
And yet you still voted against the Violence Against Women Act.
Not only did you vote against it, but I saw a quote from you criticizing Speaker Boehner for bringing legislation to the floor that has the support of the Congress and the American people but not your chamber's majority party. That means you're putting party ahead of democracy - shame on you.
I know you're far more conservative than me, but there's nothing wrong with that. Until now, I thought you were at least reasonable. Instead, it turns out you're an embarrassment. I am not represented in Washington, and you are not a real man. Real men don't vote against the Violence Against Women Act.
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