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BALTIMORE – An elite group of 20 Retrievers will head to Princeton to represent the UMBC track and field teams at the IC4A and ECAC Championships this weekend in New Jersey. The three-day meet will commence on Friday, May 10 with the women's heptathlon and run through Sunday.
After posting a program-best second-place finish at last week's America East Championships at Binghamton, the UMBC men's team jumped to ninth in the USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic rankings, up from 12th the previous week.
Senior Dennison Long (Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt/FIU) led the Retrievers at the meet and was named the conference's Most Outstanding Male Track Performer and earned the Coaches' Award. The sprinter won the 100m and 200m dash events, and anchored UMBC to a photo-finish win in the 4x100 in a conference-record time of 41.00. Long will compete in the 200m dash this weekend after qualifying at the Florida State Relays with a time of 21.80, and posting a season-best 21.14 at the Mason Spring Invitational.
Long will once again anchor the relay team this weekend with junior Pat Balderson (Mount Airy, Md./Linganore), Jenove Blanfort, and senior Trae Proctor (Brandywine, Md./Thomas Stone) leading things off. Proctor will also compete in the 110m hurdles for the Retrievers. During the invitational season, the senior qualified for the IC4A meet at the FSU Relays (14.72), broke the 38-yeard old school record at the Mason Spring Invitational (14.12), and won the gold medal at the America East meet.
America East champion Andrew Keresztes (Port Jefferson, N.Y./Port Jefferson) will look to replicate his last time on the track when he competes in the 800m run on Saturday. The freshman posted a career-best time of 1:51.24 to win the race last weekend and move to second all-time at UMBC.
Junior Jake Albino (Hampton, N.Y./Minisink Valley) ran a school-record time in the 1,500m finals last weekend for a fourth-place finish and will represent the Retrievers in the event at Princeton.
Freshman Hassan Omar (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) took the conference title in the 10,000m run last weekend and will compete in New Jersey, having qualified with his race-winning time of 30:54.82 at the Duke Invitational.
A trio of Retrievers head to the Garden State in the throws after a medal-filled weekend in Vestal. Freshman Vincent Rentzsch (Oranienburg, Germany) won javelin event, as well as the decathlon, to claim his first two career gold medals. His javelin win comes after breaking the UMBC school record in the event four times during the spring, with his top throw of 65.40m (214'7") coming at the Morgan State Legacy Meet.
Sophomore Thor Serafenas (Olney, Md./Good Counsel/Clemson) took top honors in the discus last weekend, a day after missing out on the gold in the hammer by one inch. He will compete in both events at Princeton after recording a school-record hammer throw of 56.85m (186'6) and career-best discus heave of 48.29m (158'5") at the Big Dawg Invitational on Mar. 30. Serafenas will also take part in the shot put along with conference silver-medal winning Yao Adantor (Laurel, Md./Reservoir/Morgan St./Maryland) who holds the school record with a toss of 16.60m (54'5.5").
Junior Mo Drammeh (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) earned a trip to Princeton for the high jump by clearing 2.04m (6'8.25") at George Mason.
The Retriever women held on to their 20th place ranking after a finishing fourth at the conference meet. Senior Amanda Deller (Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen) and sophomore Mercedes Jackson (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) paced UMBC in New York by sweeping the Top Female Performer awards with Deller also being tabbed for the Coaches' Award.
Deller completed her career sweep of the shot put at Binghamton, winning the event for the eighth time in eight America East competitions – indoor and outdoor. She won competition with a career-best toss of 14.84m (48'8.25") after posting a top career throw to take the discus title. She will enter both events this weekend, having qualified for the shot at the Morgan State meet and just last weekend for the discus.
Jackson earned her second and third career individual outdoor conference golds last weekend, winning the 100m and 200m races. The school record holder in both events, the sprinter will run the 100m at Princeton and look to improve on her time of 11.57 which sits tied for 26th in the NCAA East Region.
Freshman D'Nique Phillip (Elkton, Md.) will run in the 200m competition after qualifying with her career-best time of 24.51 at the Big Dawg meet. Junior Kirsten Jones (Brentwood, Tenn./M.L.K. Magnet), meanwhile, will run in the 400m dash.
After setting personal-bests on back-to-back days in Vestal, school record holder Paulette Fogle (Washington D.C./Bishop McNamara) will run in the 400m hurdles. Initially qualifying for this weekend's meet at the Duke Invitational with a time of 1:01.64, Fogle has trimmed her best down to 1:00.83.
A pair of freshmen will hit the track in the 10,000m run with Nicole Dawson (Jessup, Md./Hammond) and Harmony Roche (Millersville, Md./Severn School) making the trip up I-95. Dawson and Roche took ninth and 11th, respectively, last week at Binghamton.
In addition, a four-some of Fogle, Phillip, sophomore Kalane' Abbey (Laurel, Md./Laurel), junior Deborah Adelola (Lanham, Md./Bladensburg), and sophomore Briana Young (Bowie, Md./Elizabeth Seton) will compete in the 4x400m relay. The team of Abbey, Adelola, Jones, and Fogle broke the school record (3:45.98) in a second-place finish last week.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California judge says Chris Brown must return to court to update her on the progress of his probation after he completes an overseas tour.
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Hi All,
my name is Davide, and I'm an Italian living in Ireland (by two years now) - and looking forward continuing to live here for a long while.
Back in Italy I've been a member of different groups of Medieval Fencing (what we call 'Scrima') for some years, and learned to fight with quarterstaff, single-hand sword and one-and-a-half-hand sword (I've translated word-by-word - don't know if you use a different term in english).
I've not had any training in the past few years - no physical activity at all to be honest - so I'm surely quite out of practice. Still, I would like to get once more close to the world of historic reenactment, particularly swordfighting.
I'm living in Ennis, Co. Clare - is there any group in this area - or generically people with my same interest?


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|Biographical Information
|Other names
|Telperinquar (Q, fn)
|Lord of Eregion
|Nargothrond; Eregion
|Quenya and Sindarin
|During the First Age
|S.A. 1697 (aged 2287+)
War of the Elves and Sauron: Ost-in-Edhil
|House of Fëanor
|Physical Description
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Celebrimbor (S, pron. [ˌkeleˈbrimbor]) was the son of Curufin,[1] fifth son of Fëanor. Aside from his grandfather, Celebrimbor was the greatest craftsman in the history of Middle-earth, and his forging of the Rings of Power led to the dominion and eventual downfall of Sauron in the War of the Ring.
Early life
The early years of Celebrimbor are not known, nor whether he was born in Valinor (and followed his grandfather into exile) or in Middle-earth.[2]. His mother is unnamed.[1]
He probably fled to Nargothrond after the Dagor Bragollach. However, he took no part in the deeds of Curufin and Celegorm regarding Lúthien, Beren, and Finrod. He even repudiated his father's deeds and did not follow him when the two brothers were cast out from Nargothrond by Orodreth.
After the sack of Nargothrond, Celebrimbor lived for a time in Gondolin, where he was great jewel smith for King Turgon. He may have created the Elessar of Eärendil, though other accounts name Enerdhil as the Master Jewelsmith and creator of the Elfstone, who perhaps taught Celebrimbor this art.[3]
A legend says that during the Second Age Celebrimbor was in love with Galadriel who was pained at the state of Middle-earth. Celebrimbor remade another version of the Elessar as her behest, with less power than the original.[3]
During the Second Age, he was lord of the elves of Ost-in-Edhil in Eregion. He was also the head of the Gwaith-i-Mírdain, a guild of elven craftsmen. Their skill was so renowned that they gained the admiration and friendship of the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm. Together with the dwarf Narvi, Celebrimbor crafted the Doors of Durin that guarded the West-gate of the Dwarven kingdom.[4]
The Rings of Power
Around S.A. 1200[5] a Maia craftsman called Annatar (the "Lord of Gifts") arrived at Ost-in-Edhil as an emissary of the Valar, offering his knowledge to the Gwaith-i-Mírdain. This was Sauron, who had come to subvert the elves.
Under the guidance and instruction of Annatar, Celebrimbor and the Gwaith-i-Mírdain made several lesser and 16 more powerful rings. A legend says that Celebrimbor gave one of those rings to King Durin III who reigned in Khazad-dûm[6]
Based on knowledge gained from Annatar, Celebrimbor also created by himself Three Rings, the greatest and fairest of the Rings of Power. These rings were thus free of Sauron's corrupting influence, for only Celebrimbor himself touched them. Celebrimbor named the rings Vilya, Narya, and Nenya after the principal Middle-earth elements of air, fire, and water, respectively.
Around S.A. 1600, Sauron secretly forged the One Ring in Orodruin, which would enable him to rule Middle-earth by claiming dominance over all the Rings of Power and their bearers. Celebrimbor and the Elves felt betrayed when they wore the Rings and defied Sauron by withholding the other rings from him. Celebrimbor then sent the three rings away for safekeeping: Vilya and Narya to Gil-galad in Lindon, and Nenya to Galadriel in Lothlórien. He then prepared for war.
Fight against Sauron and death
Sauron retaliated by attacking Eregion in S.A. 1695, laying waste to the realm. Celebrimbor was captured in the Sack of Eregion, and was forced under torture to disclose where the sixteen were held, but he would not reveal the whereabouts of the three elvish rings. Sauron captured the other rings and used them as instruments of evil in later years, particularly against Men.
Celebrimbor died from his torment in S.A. 1697,[5] the last direct descendant of the line of Fëanor. His body, shot with arrows, was hung upon a pole and carried by the forces of Sauron as a banner as they assaulted the Elves.[7]
The name Celebrimbor is the Sindarin translation of his Quenya father-name Telperinquar (pron. [ˌtelpeˈriŋʷkʷar]). His mother-name is unknown. Celebrimbor consists of celebrin ("silver-like") + baur ("fist").[8]
Renowned works
- The Elessar of Eärendil
- Doors of Durin (with Narvi)
- The Rings of Power
- The Nine Rings of Men (with Annatar)
- The Seven Rings of the Dwarves (with Annatar)
- The Three Rings of the Elves
Names shown in italics are females.
Portrayal in adaptations
2014: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
- Celebrimbor plays a major role in the video game, serving as a wraith who is bound to an undead Gondorian Ranger, Talion, by the will of Sauron. He is voiced by Alister Duncan.
See also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "Of Dwarves and Men", "Notes", p. 318 (note 7)
- ↑ Mark Fisher, "Celebrimbor" dated 11 August 2002, Encyclopedia of Arda (accessed 25 January 2020)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Journey in the Dark"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", "Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 42


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In a story which first surfaced on Slashdot, Red Hat has announced that they have decided to drop the Red Hat Linux line, with no future releases planned. They also stated that they will be ending maintenance for Red Hat Linux 7.x and 8.0 by year end, as well as for Red Hat 9.0 by May 2004. From an e-mail sent by Red Hat:
Thank you for being a Red Hat Network customer. This e-mail provides you with important information about the upcoming discontinuation of Red Hat Linux, and resources to assist you with your migration to another Red Hat solution. As previously communicated, Red Hat will discontinue maintenance and errata support for Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 8.0 as of December 31, 2003. Red Hat will discontinue maintenance and errata support for Red Hat Linux 9 as of April 30, 2004. Red Hat does not plan to release another product in the Red Hat Linux line.
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Red Hat is pointing current users towards the Fedora Project, an open-source project intended "to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusinvely from free software." While sponsored by Red Hat, it is not officially supported by them and is not ready for prime time. What is far more likely is that Red Hat users will take a long, hard look at other distributions such as Debian, Mandrake, and Gentoo as opposed to migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, priced at US$179 for the workstation version and US$349 for the server edition. Red Hat reported its first-ever profit at the end of 2002, and it is apparent to them that their future lies with the enterprise segment of the market, rather than with home and small-business. Their choice to concentrate on Enterprise Linux demonstrates how Linux is maturing, moving from the enthusiast to the enterprise, as it were. The Open Source community will continue to thrive and grow, but the Red Hat news makes it clear that the focus of Linux is gradually shifting away from the "low end" of the market.


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Experts say region on cusp of an energy revolution as photovoltaic prices plummet.
The exhaustive study raises alarm about future hydro dams on the Mekong River.
The Mekong River Commission is meeting in Siem Reap province this week to discuss alternative energy solutions, large-scale Chinese investment, and governance issues.
On Wednesday, regional governments met in Siem Reap for the third Mekong River Commission (MRC) summit.
As activists point to ecological destruction, a gathering is expected to reaffirm 'political commitment' of the member nations to the 1995 Mekong Agreement.
Agreement is in jeopardy following disputes between Australian states about how much water is allocated to agriculture and environmental needs.
Alarm raised that smuggling could destroy Cambodian export market.
Killings highlight rampant illicit timber trade in REDD forest.
Two suspects have since been charged with premeditated murder over the shootings: Keut Veha and Phal Penh.
2017 was a deadly, devastating year at the and of Mother Nature. Wildfires in the US, volcanos in Indonesia, and mudslides and hurricanes across the world. VOA Khmer's Guech Heang Lim narrates.
Some 30 hydropower dams are being constructed in Laos and about seven in Cambodia, funded predominantly by Chinese state companies.
The government's meteorology department said the cold snap is expected to ease this week following a period of rainfall.
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Even as evidence mounts that the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model improves delivery of care and can result in higher morale and job satisfaction rates among physicians and staff members, the prospect of actually making the PCMH transformation can be financially daunting for many family physician practices. Those financial barriers sent the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians (KAFP) in search of a solution to help its members transform their practices.
Pilot Already Showing Benefits
According to Jennifer Brull, M.D., of Plainville, Kan., one of the practices chosen for the pilot project, participating in the PCMH Initiative has been a boon for her and her four partners at Post Rock Family Medicine.
"We have all had our eyes on PCMH recognition the last couple of years," she said. "We've looked at how meaningful use has reframed participation and how the idea can help to improve patient care, and frankly, we saw a tremendous upside for our practice."
Brull, who is immediate past president of the KAFP and an original member of the Kansas Primary Care Physicians Coalition that designed the PCMH Initiative, told AAFP News Now the program is particularly advantageous for her group because it resulted in streamlining the practice's operations.
"Post Rock Family Medicine actually encompasses three locations and five separate businesses, with five family physicians and three mid-level providers," said Brull. "It is actually hard to describe because we are not under one set of financial books, but we look like one office from the outside."
Before the pilot launched, each of the locations in Brull's group set its own hours, managed its own resources and interacted with patients in its own way. The opportunity to be part of the pilot compelled the five business owners to come together and figure out how to create a cohesive whole.
Nurse practitioner Leann Zimmerman, A.R.N.P., is part of a Kansas AFP-sponsored pilot project to transform Post Rock Family Medicine in Plainville, Kan., into a patient-centered medical home.
The result is a collaboration between the KAFP, the Kansas Association of Osteopathic Medicine, the Kansas Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Kansas Chapter of the American College of Physicians and the Kansas Medical Society. The groups joined forces last year to spearhead the Kansas Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative(www.kafponline.org), which is designed to provide PCMH education and information to Kansas family physicians.
Funding for the initiative comes from the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, the Sunflower Foundation, Health Care for Kansans and the Kansas Health Foundation. Together, the organizations have contributed more than $513,000. In addition, the initiative received a grant from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment's Systems in Sync program, a state program designed to integrate systems for young people with special health care needs.
The three-phase project initially is focusing on a pilot project that is helping eight physician-led practices in Kansas make the changeover to PCMH practices by midyear 2013. And, in a nod to the many rural practices in Kansas, all of the pilot practices are required to have five or fewer physicians
- In an effort to help its members transform to the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model, the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians joined with other statewide medical organizations to spearhead the Kansas Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative.
- A key component of the initiative is a 24-month pilot project that is helping eight physician-led practices from around the state make the changeover to the PCMH model.
- As they near the halfway point of the pilot, the physicians involved are finding that transforming to the PCMH model is enhancing their practices and their ability to take care of patients.
"KAFP is ultimately responsible for overseeing all the work for all three phases of the initiative," said KAFP Executive Director Carolyn Gaughan, C.A.E. In fact, the KAFP brought in Leslea Roach last December to act as a coordinator for the PCMH Initiative, said Gaughan. Roach stays in touch with the eight pilot practices by making site visits, providing resources, answering questions and providing anything else they need.
"She also had a major role in planning an event in January that we called 'Catch Up and Education Day,'" said Gaughan. "We brought together the key people from each of the practices in the pilot and went through the assignments to date, providing an opportunity to share questions, successes, ideas and thoughts on how to successfully complete each aspect of each assignment."
"Now that the project is really getting rolling, we (as physicians) are starting to see some nice things happening … the redesign allows us to be more effective and focus more of our time on important things," said Brull. "One example is one of my colleagues deciding he wants to lead the effort, which is wonderful because he transitioned from being the most junior partner to the guy who's championing the PCMH project."
Family physician Rebecca Allard, M.D., of St. Francis, Kan., said her practice, Cheyenne County Clinic-St. Francis, which is one of two clinics operated by Cheyenne County Hospital, applied for the PCMH Initiative pilot to allow the practice to continue to move forward and be innovative in patient care.
"We are in a small community but feel it's important to be in the front-running of health care," said Allard. "Our patients deserve the very best we can give them to make their health care complete and whole."
So far, she added, the implementation has been all about small -- but effective -- steps. "We started by revamping the front desk area for better patient flow and are now working on pre-visit planning," she said. "We felt it was better to take small, well-calculated steps than to take big ones and have to regroup a lot because they did not work."
Gregg Wenger, M.D., a family physician in Sabetha, Kan., who also is a member of the pilot project, said he and his colleagues at Sabetha Community Hospital's Sabetha Family Practice also are seeing positive returns midway through the pilot.
"One of the top goals we have had from the beginning is to make the EHR (electronic health record) system work for us," Wenger said. "We are supposed to be sitting on a computer system that tells us what to do and when to follow up with our patients, and, at this point, it is not doing that. If it is doing that at the end of this program, that would definitely be a step in the right direction," he said.
"Everyone has some example of something they could do better, whether it is following up on (hemoglobin) A1cs or whatever. When you're busy and things are working, it is hard to make your clinic work better." But, Wenger added, there is always room for improvement.
"I'll put it this way: Once upon a time, Michael Jordan was the best basketball player on the planet, and he took the time to rework his shot. Now, I'm not saying we are the 'M.J.' of small-town practice, but I do know that while things are good, we can do better. And this program is helping us do that."
Brull agreed, saying that the services Post Rock Family Medicine gets through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, for example, have been a real positive for the practice. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas pledged payer support for the practices selected to participate in the pilot project, and is helping them transform by offering services, such as nurse-led care coordination via telephone for patients with chronic diseases.
"On one hand, Blue Cross is looking at changing their payment models for PCMH-recognized clinics, which is exciting," Brull said. "But the thing I like most is that they are helping us provide care coordination for our patients with chronic disease by providing one-on-one phone counseling. They have a nurse -- the same nurse every time -- who talks to our patients, and at the same time, we are sending that nurse real data on each patient's hemoglobin A1c, height, weight and so on. In return, the nurse is able to do patient-specific counseling because she -- in our case, our nurse is a woman -- has the data to do that.
"This is also a person who can call and say, 'We can work with the doctor to get you lower-cost medications or find something that will work better for you.' This is someone who can talk to a patient for an hour and find out what is really going on. I can't do that in my office, so this is really an important service for us."
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TransforMED Paves the Way
Another key player in the pilot, said Brull, is TransforMED, the AAFP's wholly owned, nonprofit subsidiary.
Specifically, TransforMED facilitators made on-site visits to help the participants in the pilot project with clinical integration and to optimize their use of health information technology. In addition, each practice in the project is using TransforMED's free online assessment tool, Medical Home Implementation Quotient 3(www.transformed.com), to help measure its progress.
For his part, Wegner said TransforMED's participation made applying for the grant a no-brainer. "When we learned that TransforMED was a mover in this deal, that was a big incentive for us," he said. "We had looked at going through that process the year before and had put it on the back burner, which is easy to do in a busy practice. When it became clear (TransforMED) was part of the offering, it just made it look that much more attractive."
Development Continues
Although the practice redesign pilot has been under way since last summer, the KAFP still is rolling out the other two phases of the PCMH Initiative: public information and health professional education.
For example, Gaughan noted that Roach currently is working to beef up the initiative's website, as well as spearheading other information and outreach efforts.
Gaughan herself has been working with the KAFP Professional Development Committee to plan CME around the PCMH Initiative, and she and Roach have been working together on CME for a September PCMH Initiative Summit(www.kafponline.org), which will highlight the project and outline the progress of the eight pilot practices.
Brull said she thinks her practice will be ready for PCMH recognition by the end of the pilot project.
"The grant ends in December 2013, and our part in the pilot will be over in July 2013," she said. "If we follow the path, we will submit for certification then … and we tend to hit our targets, so I am confident."
Wenger agreed, saying that although the process can be frustrating at times, he also is confident his practice will hit the target deadline. However, regardless of the timeline, said Wenger, this process was necessary to optimize the care his practice delivers. "I think that most clinics run at something less than peak efficiency, and I know that we don't run at 100 percent," he said. "To get better, you have to deconstruct a bit -- look at things and make the necessary changes.
"This involves a leap of faith, but if you are willing to do the work, the benefits are real. There is a bit of a labor process, and it does not happen without abandoning a bit of what is working, but things will not work as well as they could if you don't take that shot and embrace change."
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The second-seeded Spaniard came to Flushing Meadows off successive hardcourt tournament wins in Cincinnati and Montreal and has lost only three matches on all surfaces this year.
Nadal asked rhetorically if he was playing better than when he won the 2008 Beijing Olympics on a hardcourt, or when he won the 2010 U.S. Open to complete his career grand slam.
"It is difficult to analyze now," said Nadal, who was once considered a clay court specialist. "We go day to day."
Just arriving at Opening Day at the U.S. Open felt like a triumph for Nadal, who had missed last year's championship with a knee injury that also ruled him out of the Australian Open in January.
"Today is the first match after two years in Arthur Ashe, so is a great feeling," said the Spaniard, who moved fast and freely, and flashed the ferocious power of his groundstrokes that has helped carry him to 12 grand slam titles.
Nadal served brilliantly despite swirling winds blowing across the centre court. He pounded in 72 percent of his first serves took advantage of second serves from the American, winning 71 percent of them.
The 21-year-old Harrison, ranked 97th and considered one of the best hopes among upcoming U.S. men, appreciated the one-to-one tutorial he received from the Spaniard.
"These top guys are really, really good at peaking at the slams," said wild card Harrison.
"They know how to get their best out of it. It's almost like an Olympic sprinter who waits to try to peak at the right time, which is the Olympics once every four years.
"The top guys have that mentality and know their routines. Even though he wins Cincinnati and Canada, he's thinking about peaking here, which he's going to have a really good chance because he's one of the greatest players ever."
Nadal, a fiercely intense competitor, said his key to staying fresh was keeping to a routine.
"At the end of the day, all the small things can help if you don't get crazy. I always had the theory that most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally," he said.
"Everything very normal, nothing strange in my life. I practice. I practice physical performance, practice tennis. I go fishing. I play golf. I go party when I have the chance to go party. That's all."
All that combined with the Spaniard's fierce pride, freakish athletic ability and obsessive attention to details and a variety of superstitions.
"Really normal guy, normal life," Nadal said.
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Bo Burnham doesn't play many of the old songs anymore, the ones that made the Hamilton native a YouTube phenom before he even finished high school. That was just five years ago, but the 22-year-old has already moved on. He took a couple of years to concentrate on writing, staying in the public eye by touring, but not releasing a new album or special.
Now he returns with a new scripted sitcom called "Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous" (which airs Thursday nights on MTV), and a well-honed hour of live comedy he hopes to film for release at the end of the year. The kid who once recorded awkward white-boy hip-hop in his bedroom is growing as an artist. His new material includes "Nerds," an ode to his younger fans who might feel uncool, and some experimenting with sketch comedy. He'll donate his proceeds from Thursday's show at the Berklee Performance Center to One Fund Boston. We spoke to him by phone from Boulder, Colo., at the beginning of his new tour.
Q. You've been stepping out from behind the piano and guitar more, as well. Is that something you've been working toward, that you want to do more of?
A. I don't use the guitar in my act anymore. I still stay at the piano a lot. At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought well, one day I'll be able to put all the music away and become a real comedian. But then I realized there are amazing musical comedians out there, that musical comedy is probably something I'll always want to pursue. I've been pursuing stuff away from the piano, but I've also been trying to pursue really well-written comedy songs that are hopefully funny and thematic and say something.
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A. Basically that hour is now finished and that's what I'm performing. That was sort of it in its earlier stage. I wanted to try to make this hour different from the last and I was experimenting with this backing track stuff as a way for me to listen onstage and expand the world and be able to interact with things. Things you usually can't do in stand-up, which is listen, interact with somebody. Usually if you're listening or interacting with somebody it's a heckler and it's not going well.
Q. Have you stopped playing most of the old songs live?
A. You know, sometimes I'll play the old songs at the end if people want to hear them. But first, I perform the whole new show.
Q. Have you been able to write new music while you're doing "Zach Stone"? Does it include new music?
A. There's a different theme song every week that I wrote, but I didn't want to make a television version of my stage show. And I definitely didn't want to play myself. The concept is a kid with no real ability or talent trying to become famous so I didn't want to make him me, I didn't want to make him a comedian or a songwriter or anything. So even when I was writing songs for the show I had to purposefully make them bad and just think, OK, this is what Zach would write.
Q. Is any of the show based on your actual experience?
A. I chose to do comedy instead of going to college. And my parents are probably similar to Zach's parents. It's just that Zach is like a bit of a psycho and a slight sociopath. And has a hunger for fame and infamy that I've always found slightly terrifying. It just makes me anxious. He's pursuing the thing that is the one thing I think is the downside of all of this. And the upside, which is doing the work and experiencing things and writing things, is something he has absolutely no concern for.
Q. It seems like you were pushing back at the idea of fame on the song "Art Is Dead" on the "Words Words Words" special. Is this an extension of that?
A. Yeah. Exactly. It's more of a roundabout way of saying those things. "Art Is Dead" is more on the nose. Part of it is biting me on the [expletive] because there are people on Twitter and stuff who think that "Bo Burnham" is my stage name and that Zach Stone's a real person. There's all these people on Twitter going, "Zach Stone has a show? Why don't I have a show? This is the stupidest thing I've ever seen." Like, "I want to be famous!" It was like, oh my goodness.
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DAHLONEGA, Ga. – The Georgia College softball team (23-21, 7-9 PBC) dropped a pair of Peach Belt Conference (PBC) contests to No. 13 North Georgia (35-7, 9-3 PBC) Tuesday afternoon. The Bobcats fell 2-1 in the first game and faltered in the second 9-1.
Senior righty Sabrina Chandler (Covington, Ga.) was the hard-luck loser in game one, going the distance for the 'Cats while allowing just a pair of runs on six hits.
Unfortunately, she was outdueled by North Georgia's Melissa Dickie despite a pair of hits from Kristen Humphries (Columbus, Ga.) and Frankie Walls (Dahlonega, Ga.) who each finished 2-for-3.
Kelsea Martin (Dacula, Ga.) drove in the lone Bobcat run, plating Haley Burnett (Columbus, Ga.) on a triple in the top of the fourth.
The tying run would reach base in the top of the seventh with a Humphries leadoff single but the 'Cats couldn't manage to bring her around, dropping the contest 2-1.
GC would rebound quickly in game two as a leadoff double from Whitney Okvist (Kennesaw, Ga.) turned into a 1-0 lead following a Michel'le Hull (Stone Mountain, Ga.) RBI single.
Okvist went 3-for-3 in game two to lead the 'Cats, stealing another base to extend her GC single season record to 50 for the year.
After putting up a zero in the bottom half, game two starter Burnett would run into trouble giving up three runs in just 1 1/3 innings of work.
Freshman reliever Erica Bell (Fayetteville, Ga.) wouldn't fare much better going 2 1/3 innings while surrendering four earned runs en route to the 9-1 loss in a shortened game.
Saints starter Kristen Connelly would go all five innings giving up just one run on five hits.
The Bobcats will host Lander University Friday, April 13 for a crucial PBC doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m.
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Tommy O'Regan shares the team lead in points with 11 on the season (Gil Talbot).
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The Matchup
After a seven-game road swing that nearly spanned the entire month of January, the Harvard men's hockey team returns home to take on North Country foes Clarkson and St. Lawrence.
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Series History: Clarkson
After 111 meetings between Harvard and Clarkson, the teams have each claimed 50 wins and played to 11 draws. The teams first played in 1935; a three-game series leading up to New Years that resulted in the teams splitting the first two and tying the rubber match. Recent history has favored the Crimson, with Harvard collecting five victories in the last five meetings. Harvard hasn't lost to Clarkson at Bright Hockey Center since 2008.
Last Season Against The Golden Knights
Harvard had a solid 2011-12 run against Clarkson, sweeping the Golden Knights with a pair of 3-2 scores.
Nov. 18, 2011 at Cheel Arena saw the Crimson jump on the board first as Eric Kroshus '12 scored on the power play six minutes in. Nick Tremblay had a swift response to tie the score after one period, but Tommy O'Regan's unassisted effort gave Harvard a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes of play. Matt Zarbo leveled the score at 2-2 with a power-play marker in the third, but Danny Biega's goal with 6:55 to play served as the game-winner for the guests.
The Crimson had a first-round playoff bye at stake when the teams met again in the regular-season finale at Bright. Kevin Tansey started the scoring at the tail end of the first and Louke Oakley gave the Knights a 2-0 lead 5:20 into the second. A power-play strike from Alex Fallstrom cut the deficit to 2-1 heading into the third and a pair of David Valek tallies propelled the Crimson to a comeback victory and a first-round bye in the 2012 ECAC Tournament.
Scouting Clarkson
While Clarkson's overall record (4-12-6) isn't stellar, the Knights have held their ground in the ECAC standings with a 3-5-2 conference mark. Even though it took Clarkson eight games to collect its first win, the Knights took down Yale, 1-0 on the road, to earn two key conference points. Clarkson has also picked up wins over Princeton (7-2) and two against travel partner St. Lawrence, even though only one of those victories counts in the conference standings. Clarkson played St. Lawrence to a 3-3 tie in its last outing.
The junior class has been the driving force in terms of point production, headed by forward Allan McPherson who leads the team with 4-13-17 points. Rookie Pat Megannety is having a strong first year with 7-7-14 points and juniors Jarret Burton (7-6-13), Will Frederick (5-6-11) and Ben Sexton (4-7-11) round out the double-digit scorers. The defensive tandem of Paul Geiger and Sam Labrecque lead all blueliners with seven points apiece.
Freshman Greg Lewis has been the top choice in goal this season for Clarkson, starting 19 of 22 games. He has a 2.80 goals-against average and .903 save percentage, playing 85% of the minutes for the Knights.
Series History: St. Lawrence
The Crimson and Saints have met 98 times with Harvard holding a 53-39-6 lead in the all-time series. 1954 was the inaugural year of the Harvard-St. Lawrence series and the Crimson won the first two matchups, the first being a 3-2 overtime victory at Boston Arena. Harvard has claimed wins in three of the last four meetings, scoring four goals in each of the victories. The Saints haven't won a game at Bright Hockey Center since 2009.
Last Season Against The Saints
Both teams successfully defended their home ice in 2011-12 as the squads split the season series.
The meeting in Canton, N.Y., featured four power play goals, two for each team, in a 4-3 Saints victory. Patrick McNally started the scoring at 5:06 into the first on a power play, but man-up strikes from Chris Martin and Jacob Drewiske gave St. Lawrence a 2-1 lead after one. Danny Biega knotted the score at 2-2 with a power-play strike but Martin made it 3-2 after two with his second goal of the game. Dan Ford tied it once again midway through the third but Gunnar Hughes potted the game-winner with 8:08 to play in the game.
The Saints struck first in the rematch at Bright, but the early goal would be their only tally. David Valek knotted the score at 1-1 and Eric Kroshus made it 2-1 to close the first period. The score stayed at 2-1 through the second period, but Valek picked up another goal and Patrick McNally put home an empty-net score to cap the 4-1 final.
Scouting St. Lawrence
A hot start saw the Saints hold firm in the national rankings through the first few weeks of the season, but a tough November-December stretch served to level out the Saints. St. Lawrence is 2-1-1 in its last four games, picking up wins over RIT and Brown and skating to a 3-3 tie with Clarkson in its most recent action.
Veteran forwards Greg Carey and Kyle Flanagan both rank within the top 10 nationally in points per game. Carey has the team lead in points with 14-16-30 on the year, while Flanagan is right behind with 11-18-29, and the team lead in assists. Senior defenseman George Hughes is third on the list, leading all blueliners with 3-14-17 points on the year.
Junior Matt Weninger has played 97% of the minutes in goal this season, boasting a .910 save percentage and 2.82 goals-against average heading into the weekend.
Last Time Out
The ECAC slide continued for the Crimson in its last game action, as it dropped a 4-1 decision to Union Tuesday night at Messa Rink. Union broke a lengthy scoreless tie with a marker at the end of the second period, and then poured in three scores in the third to seal the win. Jimmy Vesey scored Harvard's lone goal in the game, cutting the third period deficit to 2-1 with 9:06 to play in the contest.
Vesey Does It
Freshman Jimmy Vesey has been one of Harvard's most consistent players as of late and enters the weekend with team lead in goals (7) and tied for the team lead in points (11). He has logged points in three of his last four games, scoring a pair of goals and handing out an assist.
Ford Tough
Defenseman Dan Ford has dished out assists in three of his last five contests. All four of his assists on the season have come on the road, and three of the four have come against ranked teams.
Tommy Time
The Clarkson games have been a time for sophomore Tommy O'Regan to shine. In two career games against the Golden Knights, O'Regan has three points on a goal and two helpers.
Rockin' Rookies
The Harvard class of 2016 is leading the way for first year players in ECAC Hockey. Jimmy Vesey is the top-scoring freshman in league games with 5-3-8 points and classmate Brian Hart is tied for third with 2-4-6 points in league contests. Kyle Criscuolo, who hasn't played since Dec. 10 due to injury, is tied for ninth among league rookies with 3-1-4 league points.
Young Blood
The underclassmen on the Crimson have stepped up in terms of point scoring this season. Four of Harvard's top five scorers are either freshmen or sophomores.
I Wanna Block
The defensive unit for the Crimson has recorded 42 more blocks than its opponents through 17 games this season with a 299-257 edge in the category. Harvard has had more blocks than its opponent in 10 games this season including five of its last seven contests. The Crimson recorded a season-high 27 blocks against Boston University Jan. 9, and has posted two games with a block differential of +16 (23-7).
Danny Biega holds the team lead in blocks with 36 on the season. Brendan Rempel is close behind with 35 and Dan Ford is next in line with 33.


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This works well the first time the second window is called, but subsequent times the window appears blank, its requested dimensions are applied so I assume it is reading the glade file correctly. Did some part of my program destroy the widgets when I closed the window? if so is there a simple way to avoid this?
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We oppose Islam, not Muslims. We are against hate, not faith
charleslemartel wrote:I quoted one verse and you admit that you have problems with it. I would take that as your admission that this verse indeed threatens people like me, and that too only on account of my refusal to believe in Islamic fairy tales. It threatens my freedom and that is no better than any threat to my life. A Muslim, who takes his religion seriously, is likely to try his best to subdue me rightly believing that Allah himself has commanded him to do so.
There is only one point left for me in your post to address, and that is, "I think it was a tool given to Muslims "then" because everyone else used it". Are you claiming that this verse was applicable only in the times of Muhammad? I think I can establish that this verse has been followed throughout history by Muslim victors. That would mean Muslims believe this verse to be applicable for all the times.
Secondly, "since everyone was doing it" is an extremely poor excuse to be used on behalf of the creator God. He should have shown the way to avoid this evil and not sown the seeds for far too many future conflicts.
Shall we declare the debate to be over?
debunker wrote:You said: "Are you claiming that this verse was applicable only in the times of Muhammad? I think I can establish that this verse has been followed throughout history by Muslim victors. That would mean Muslims believe this verse to be applicable for all the times."
--No my claim is: as long as it is common for nations (of any age) to use conquest, then the Quran demands Muslims should use the same tool (with restrictions as I explained). As I said I don't like this. I believe strictly in self-defense only.
You said: "Secondly, "since everyone was doing it" is an extremely poor excuse to be used on behalf of the creator God. He should have shown the way to avoid this evil and not sown the seeds for far too many future conflicts."
--what way would that be? The only just way I can think of is be well prepared for an attack, but when all nations around you gain strength via this tool (conquest), standing still until these nations try to conquer you won't be a good strategy I guess.
As I said, I truly believe this tool was given for any time when nations take up conquest against other nations as way of life. I personally think this tool is obselete in this age. Because in this age nations aren't trying to conquer each other militarily any more (except for a few isolated examples.)
If you think that Islamic conquest is all what you wanted to debate me about then I guess the debate is indeed over. It's up to you.
debunker wrote:Spoiler! :Charles,
You have just made a very strong argument. Indeed, no one wanted to conquer Arabia proper. And the Arabs conquering the Levant, Egypt and Iraq was not a survival strategy for that time.
However, I would like to make a weak argument, an assumption. Perhaps rival religions in these areas (Christianity to be specific) would have been a real impending threat in that time? I'll have to check, I'm not sure.
As for today, Islamic conquest should be obselete. If Muslims want to spread their religion they can do it very easily and peacefully. Religious freedom is guaranteed in all nations of today (except in some Islamic countries unfortunately). So today's Muslims (after cleaning up their act) can preach their religion all they want. But they don't! Because, they don't care for others to share their religion, they want conquest! Greed and lust for power is all what occupies the minds of Muslims these days (and throughout history, except for the brief era of "early" Islam--the first 4 Caliphs).
kamaal wrote:I was recommended FFI by a friend two-three years ago. Until then I knew Islam to be just another creed with a mammoth following and its originator a spiritualist. I was stunned when truth began to unfold and I realized that Islam is the worst catastrophe to occur since the dawn of civilization.
kamaal wrote:Ideally Islam should have been nipped in the bud like Nazism. I request the friends at FFI to let me know if any such attempts were made in the early days of Islam. It would take vast efforts to establish if the wave of Islam was ever proactively challenged because the relevant details have been twisted beyond recognition by the early and contemporary Islamists.
kamaal wrote:I have my own inferences on the "tolerant" face of Islam which figured in this debate. It is frequently argued by the Muslim apologists that the Muslim "victors" (read "raiders" because "victory" needs a "battle" first. Cite me a single instance in the bloodied history of Islam when Muslims met their adversaries squarely on the battlefield without using inconceivable deceits) spared the "invaded" (read "taken unawares") masses only with penal levies. Please note that for the Muslims, penal levy on non-believers is a compassionate gesture.
kamaal wrote:Do I need to explain further?
Lincoln wrote:Greetings kamaal,kamaal wrote:I was recommended FFI by a friend two-three years ago. Until then I knew Islam to be just another creed with a mammoth following and its originator a spiritualist. I was stunned when truth began to unfold and I realized that Islam is the worst catastrophe to occur since the dawn of civilization.
Great that you have been recommended by a friend, but for me I found out by myself! Until then you knew Islam is a another creed but you know things arent similar as you thought before. So, what about the idea that after few years again your thinking will get changed and you will find out the Islam is the world's most beautiful religion with all the aspects of human life covered.
Lincoln wrote: You were stunned simply for the fact that you had little idea about Islam and you are more stunned because you haven't tried to get an authentic look on Islam and its real teaching from an authentic source.
Lincoln wrote: Thus this stunning saga will continue for a good period of time and during this period you will be learning more about the negative sides of Islam from those who are the embodiment of hatred. You will get stunned more and more and your ever biggest stunning fact will be when you would find out that all the things you are learning on FFI are mere defaming lies against the Holy religion Islam….
Lincoln wrote: Oh Boy! You don't know about history!! Why don't you google ? You would get all the information you want!!
Lincoln wrote: And Islam unlike anyother religion in the world created a civilization , great in its magnitude , great in its achievement in the field of science and technology that paved the way of this modern civilization.
Lincoln wrote: It is Islam that made barbarian Arabs to be named as "OUR ARAB MASTERS" by " THE LEARNED EUROPEANS"..
Lincoln wrote: So. Kamaal! Were you drunk when you wrote and try to summarize that incoherent , illogical comparisons just for the sake of your inner urging and temptations to say something against Islam. Wake up, man! Life is really short. After your time is passed , none can bring it back to you.
Lincoln wrote: Man! Why don't you take a course on History!! You have amazed me with your knowledge and I am sure you are gonna amaze many more!! Almost all the battles Muslims fought , fought being an inferior side!
Lincoln wrote: Don't blush man! Read history! … read history of 3000 Muslims fighting against 100000 mighty Romans!!
Lincoln wrote: Read History! Not the last 100 years. Start from the beginning and find you are fooling yourself. Things will automatically get explained to you!
Take care, Buddy.
kamaal wrote:Dear LincolnI am not as incorrigible as the Koran is.Spoiler! :,
Why hang around for another few years for an untarnished perception of Islam when it can be sorted out here? You are within your rights to presume that I may have a second opinion on this holiest of religions should contradictory proof come to light.
Are you confident that Muslims might dump the existing Koran in the years to come and rewrite it? If it happens I certainly will be too happy to revisit Islam in its new manifestation. This is what millions like me are eager to see.
You're not the first, and of course not the last, to discover pearls of science and technology in the Koran. Do you think all information reproduced at FFI is figments of someone's imagination? What could have been the "authentic" source of information contained here on Islam if not Koran and the numerous hadiths? Anyone can see that those sources are duly quoted everywhere on FFI. How can I work through the pages of Bible or Torah or Upanishads to find facts on Islam? Everyone at FFI (including Muslims) is relying on the authentic Islamic relics to keep going.
Now please tell me which Muslim army had joined the allied forces to overthrow Hitler and rescue the German Jews who were facing extermination by that monster? Did Muslims ever consider the Jews to be fellow humans? Nazism was crushed by none other than the Christian Europe.
It's no surprise that the learned Europeans' "Our Arab masters" jibe poured music into your ears. It undeniably flows from your ridiculous belief that 3000 Muslims could fight 100000 Romans. Is this the claim to fame of Islam? If so, be happy because I can show you one "true" Muslim fighting thousands of "coward" infidels in crowded markets, metro stations, hospitals and elsewhere.
I do drink. All it needs to restrain me is my quarreling wife, not a charlatan of the yore where people hunted lizards for food. Have a nice day.
KhaliL FarieL wrote:Hello Lincoln,
KhaliL FarieL wrote:I am not speaking for Kamaal, but since we are good friends, I hope you will excuse this intrusion.
KhaliL FarieL wrote:Oh too subjective a claim dear Lincoln.., there are objective and subjective truths and the latter can be almost defined as "truth is in the eyes of the beholder" but it is not what we are going to accept.
KhaliL FarieL wrote:There is a universal consensus on some truths and Islam being an evil cult is one or prime of them.
KhaliL FarieL wrote: All those we leave for future to decide of their veracity are motile because the doors are wide opened in their cases. Let me ask is it the same with Islam? Your cult is stuck on a certain backdrop of history my man.., it is not going to bring any miraculous truth as time goes by because there is the factor of inalterable Quran and a prophet whose relevance is pertinent to the end of times. How are you going to evolve from this? After all, you guys had enough time (1400 years is a long wait) to show if there is any hidden treasures in your credo but you failed miserably. So, don't talk sheer nonsense my mate.
KhaliL FarieL wrote:What the hell is this authentic source?
KhaliL FarieL wrote:So, you Google out and have known the entire history so far…!!! Great and thanks for explicating it.
KhaliL FarieL wrote:I am certain that you meant a joke. Or I don't consider you brain-dead to this extent of claiming Islam built modern civilization..!!!
KhaliL FarieL wrote:It would take some of your precious time but still I think it is worthy given the magnitude of your misconceptions on Islam and scientific and cultural advancement.
KhaliL FarieL wrote:Without knowing the facts do not speak nonsense or blame other members of this forum based on your nonsensical perceptions.
KhaliL FarieL wrote:. You are living in the real world and yes, this is the only life you have so try to bear some fruit in this life. No civilized brain bothers to blaze for an after-life in this age and time. You need to wake up… mate..,
KhaliL FarieL wrote:You are absolutely clueless of the real Islam, let alone history in general still you will urge another to learn something in which you do not possess any riches at all…,
There is no universal consensus about Islam. At most you can say that there are two types of opinions about Islam: one that does not hate Islam, another that does hate Islam. You my friend fall into the second category.
If a group of 1400 million living human beings can be called a cult according to standard English definition, I don't have any objection with that because then I would see out green planet Earth is full of so many small and big cultsthat its really wonderful.
Islam is indeed a large cult! ! What do you say?. If you use cult in a derogatory sense , you will find yourself in a downtrodden cult that loves to preach hate rather than love and reconciliation.
O ye who believe! The idolaters only are
unclean. So let them not come near the
Inviolable Place of Worship after this their
year. If ye fear poverty (from the loss of
their merchandise) Allah shall preserve you
of His bounty if He will. Lo! Allah is
Knower, Wise.
Oh Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers
and the hypocrites! Be harsh with them.
Their ultimate abode is hell, a hapless
Then, when the sacred months have passed,
slay the idolaters wherever ye find them,
and take them (captive), and besiege them,
and prepare for them each ambush. But if
they repent and establish worship and pay
the poor-due, then leave their way free.
Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
The Unalterable Quran gives you supreme chance to excel in the fields of science and technology simply because of the fact that you wont have to worry about your religion and you need not edit it now and then and get spiritually vacuumed.
In the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, who created -
created man, out of a mereclot of congealed blood.
-- 96:1-2
It is he who has created man from water
-- Sura 25:54
And God has created every living creature from water.
-- 24:45
We created man from sounding clay,
from mud moulded into shape.
-- 15:26
Your response as I assume would be about current miseries of Muslim, and the reason behind Muslims current condition is the imperialism from a section of earth. But you would love to remind you one verse of the Quran where Allah says that HE IS NEVER UNJUST TO ANYONE.
Koran 8:12) "Remember Thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message): "I am with you: give firmness to the believers, I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers, Smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger tips of them."
(Koran 69:30-37) "It is not for any Prophet to have captives until he hath made slaughter in the land. You desire the lure of this world and Allah desires for you the hereafter and Allah is Mighty, Wise.. Now enjoy what you have won as lawful and good and keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is forgiving, merciful."
The hell of authentic source is guys who pretend to know a lot of Islam and make people confused!
And the heaven of authentic source! The real authentic source here means asking a proven scholar of Islam about the rulings of Islam according to the holy Quran and sunnah. For example, people should ask the scholars of :- http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Sate ... waCounselE
Who are Muslims and bear responsibility hold the authority .
Rather than asking http://www.faithfreedom.org where instead of credible answers
we find people getting incredible lies with the misinterpretation!!
And as a result, you guys can easily make people buffoon though I understand one fact that some people here are really touched and have tremendous problem and I feel the origin of their psychological unhappiness is their dissatisfaction with faith and their inability to find serenity in it and inability to find proper explanation of their instinctive ambiguous questions about faith
I strongly believe that you are definitely learned enough to find out the differences between " paving the way of modern civilization" and "building the modern civilization". No more comments..
Its neither my perception nor my opinion. It's the truth and it indeed does not make any sense to when you are out to prove the opposite point.
I would urge you tomeditate about your lifethough I know it going to be real tough for you because spiritually you are dying.
The difference between you and me is that "you are fallen and couldn't resist the onslaught of negativism and lost the power to perceive the wonderfully beautiful aspects of Islam, so nothing left to you " …and… "I haven't lost my sight"…
This earthly life is our first and last earthly life, lets use it for the development of humanity both spiritually and materially .…
sunshine wrote:but we know Islam is the religion of peace!!!! Why should people hate Islam instead they should embrace it, shouldn't they ???
sunshine wrote:which cult other than Islam slits throat, bombs public places, launches rocket towards civilians??? do u have an answer for it???
sunshine wrote:yes Koran is a ground for science and technology,
sunshine wrote:huh.. Koran claims itself clear and consistent yet it gets misinterpreted again and again??? Hypocrisy is indeed a pillar of Islam and Muslims
sunshine wrote:This is people like you don't try to reason. we all know what your cult leader said in koran " when a matter has been decided by Allah and his messenger, don't doubt it." the real psychological unhappiness is inside all zombie Muslims who are yet stuck in 7th century stupid logical thinking.
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Skylar Laine Aims, Shoots and Hits Target With 'Gunpowder and Lead' on 'American Idol'
Country gal Skylar Laine reminds us of Reba, but she idolizes Miranda Lambert and that's whose song she chose to perform on tonight's (March 28) episode of 'American Idol.' The hopefuls were allowed to sing songs by their own personal idols and Laine did Lambert proud with her crackling performance.
Laine selected Lambert's 'Gunpowder and Lead,' a sassy, "don't mess with me" country gal anthem if there ever was one. Before taking the stage, episode mentor Stevie Nicks told Laine to remember that as a country artist, the most critical element is telling the story. However, the song's narrow melody, according to season advisor Jimmy Iovine, would be restricting for Laine. He said she'd need to be "on it" or risk going home.
Laine is a firecracker and she bounced across that stage like she just chugged a case of Red Bull. She really feeds off the crowd's energy every time, and she comes to life when she bounds around in front of an audience. Wearing a studded leather jacket and leggings, she didn't look much like a country girl, but she sang and stomped around like one. Put simply, Laine is a true performer.
While she has proved she can strut her stuff, the Mississippi girl also demonstrated a bit of a higher range that we had not previously seen.
Overall, a solid perf.
Watch Skylar Laine Perform 'Gunpowder & Lead' on 'American Idol'


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard men's golf team welcomed two recruits to the class of 2014 in an announcement from Director of Golf Fred Schernecker.
Theodore Lederhausen (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Seiji Liu (Beverly Hills, Calif.) will join the Crimson this fall as it begins workout at the illustrious The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. The two newcomers will give the Crimson nine members on the roster while fellow rookies Michael Lai (Redlands, Calif.) and Kevin McCarthy (Lynn, Mass.) will also compete for roster spots during the fall.
"We are excited to have a deep freshman class joining us," said Schernecker. "The strength of the incoming class is a further reflection of our continued progress as a program. The group is the most decorated in recent memory and is especially noteworthy in both of our recruited student-athletes were HP Scholastic Junior All-Americans in both 2008 and 2009."
Only 12 girls and 12 boys receive the HP Scholastic Junior All-America honor each season. Harvard now boasts 10 such awardees all-time with seven currently on the Crimson men's and women's rosters (Louis Amira, Christine Cho, Mark Pollak, Bonnie Hu, Katie Sylvan, Liu and Lederhausen). Liu and Lederhausen also bring significant other credentials to the golf course as Harvard strengthens its position as the leading program in the region.
Liu recently completed his participation in the 2010 Canon Cup, playing for the victorious west squad. The Canon Cup is an annual team match play competition featuring the 10 best male and 10 best female junior golfers from the East of the Mississippi River versus their counterparts from the West. This year's event was played at the Old Sandwich Golf Club in Plymouth, Mass.
Liu, who played at the well-known IMG Academies for The Pendleton School, ended his junior career ranked 38th nationally by Golfweek/Titleist while finishing ranked 12th in the Class of 2010 with a power rating of 71.94. His school's valedictorian, Liu has seven career AJGA Top-10 Finishes and 12 Top-15 finishes including a second-place finish at the 2008 AJGA Mayakoba Classic.
Lederhausen was ranked 41st in the country in the class of 2010 by National Junior Golf Scoreboard. A US Junior Amateur qualifier in 2008, Lederhausen earned a trio of 3rd place finishes in AJGA open events during his high school career. Among his accolades are a first place finish in the AJGA Deutsche Bank Championship in 2009 and fourth place finishes at the 4th seed for the 2009 AJGA Polo Invitational match play and Illinois State championships.
Hailing from a golf family, Lederhausen has two sisters, Alexandra and Rebecca, who are on the golf team at Northwestern. Their mother, Jessica, is a former player at UCLA who also had a professional career.


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A funny thing happened, says public radio reporter Alex Chadwick, during his interview about the nation's electric grid with Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers: The power went out.
It happened during taping of an hour-long special called "The Switch" that will air on Charlotte's WFAE at 7 p.m. Sunday. The apparently brief outage, Rogers quickly pointed out, wasn't Duke's fault.
The special is part of "Burn: An Energy Journal," hosted by Chadwick. It's about the aging, over-capacity electric grid, which transmits energy from power plants to consumers and most people don't think about until the lights go out.
Chadwick was in a Los Angeles studio, recording Rogers at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., when, Chadwick says in the piece, the connection went "boom."
Rogers set the record straight once power was restored. "I want the record to reflect that the power hit you just took had nothing to do with Duke Energy," he laughed. Duke doesn't serve either city.
Rogers went on to describe the grid as an engineering marvel "because it enables virtually everything else. It's the great enabler."
He'll give up CEO duties at Duke on Sunday, remaining as chairman through the end of the year.