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Nirvana is a term used to describe the profound peace of mind that is acquired with liberation. It is the state of being free from suffering.
The word literally means "blown out" (as in a candle) and refers, in the Buddhist context, to the imperturbable stillness of mind after the fires of desire, aversion, and delusion have been finally extinguished. (loosely quoting Wikipedia here...)
So...I'm curious if you all believe that Atheists as a general rule are able to reach this level of liberation? Do you think it's possible for Theists to do so? Do you believe that all/most Atheists reach Nirvana? How do you know when you've reached it? Once you've reached it how do you know you'll be able to stay there? Is it just in your mind or is there more to it? What could be a scientific explanation for the state of Nirvana?....Do you believe that Nirvana is attached to any kind of religious dogma since it's roots are found in Buddhism? Isn't Buddhism a religion? If not, then why not. If you believe Nirvana is rubbish, then tell me why.
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I'll believe in Nirvana when you can show me it exists.
I'll believe in Reality when you can show me it exists. Sorry, I couldn't resist. :)
....Are you not seeing this? It's right there!!!
Smoke DMT. You'll have your Nirvana, and be shown it exist at the same time.
Get out of town!
You forgot to say "Simple Simon says".
Like this;
"Simple Simon Says, get out of town."
There ya go, that's better. :)
Except our Simon is not simple...
(Something he needs to work on)
Here we go, I finally found it:
"Comment by Simon Paynton on Sunday
"Arch - give it a rest, frankly you're being a total asshole. If you don't understand why, then I'm glad for your sake."
"If you knew anything about that, you would now flush your head down the toilet."
Seriously, I'm not sure if anyone here has read Dr. Rick Strassman's book on DMT titled "DMT: The Spirit Molecule," but he has some interesting speculations. That what meditation may be is the natural induction of endogenous N,N-DMT.
And isn't it peculiar that the experience of DMT as in the case of ayahuasca is closely described as the various mental states in eastern religions, such as samadhi, nirvana, satori, etc.?
I believe it's very plausible that this may be, in fact, the case and what may be going on during these colossal meditative altered states of consciousness.
Check with Joe Rogan.
Well, okay, but in Eastern religions, there's also something happening on the spiritual level not just the physical level (they believe in souls/spirits).


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Justice Richard A. Brown was born in Brooklyn and grew up in the Cambria Heights neighborhood of Queens, NY. He graduated from Hobart College in 1953 and New York University School of Law in 1956. He was admitted to the Bar in October 1956. Brown served as counsel for the New York State Senate and Assembly and at the 1967 New York State Constitutional Convention, and for four years he served as New York City's Legislative Representative in Albany.
Brown joined the bench in 1973, serving as a Judge of the Criminal Court and then as Supervising Judge of the Brooklyn Criminal Court. In 1976 he was designated an Acting Justice of the State Supreme Court, and in this capacity presided over the arraignment of the "Son of Sam" serial killer David Berkowitz. In November 1977, Brown was elected to the Supreme Court of Queens County. He served as the chief legal advisor to Governor Hugh L. Carey until he returned to the Supreme Court in 1981. In 1982, Brown was designated to the Appellate Division, Second Department by Gov. Carey, and was twice re-designated to this position by Gov. Mario M. Cuomo.
Brown left the Appellate Division on June 1, 1991 to serve as the District Attorney of Queens County. That year, he was elected to a full term as District Attorney, winning reelection in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007.
Additionally, he has served as President of the New York State District Attorneys Association, Chair of the New York Prosecutors Training Institute, and has been a member of the New York State, City, and Queens County Bar Associations.
He is married to Rhoda and has three children, Karen, Todd, and Lynn, and two grandchildren.
"District Attorney Richard A. Brown Biography." Queens District Attorney's Office. 2006. Web. 09 Sept. 2011. http://www.queensda.org/dabiography.html.
Finn, Robin. "A Prosecutor's Job: Explaining the 'Inexplicable'." New York Times (1923-Current file): B4. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2007). Dec 01 2006. Web. 22 Sep. 2011 http://search.proquest.com/docview/93060131?accountid=8012.
"Richard A. Brown." Biographical information sheets. Appellate Division, Second Department Library, Brooklyn.


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Boys' Life is the monthly magazine of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Its targeted readership is young American males between the ages of 6 and 18. Boys' Life is published in three editions. The low edition is for Tiger Cubs and Cub Scouts through age eight; the middle edition is for Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts above age nine; the high edition is for Boy Scouts and all other subscribers. If the subscription is obtained through registration in the Boy Scouts of America program, the publisher will select the appropriate edition based on the boy's age.
In June, 2007, Boys' Life garnered four Distinguished Achievement Awards conferred by the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP), including Periodical of the Year.
In 1911, George S. Barton founded, edited, and published the first edition of Boys' Life magazine. He called it Boys' and Boy Scouts' Magazine. At that time there were three major competing Scouting organizations: the American Boy Scouts, New England Boy Scouts, and Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
The first issue of Barton's Boys' Life was published on January 1, 1911. 5000 copies were printed of that first issue. Very few of those copies actually reached the public. The widely accepted first edition was published on March 1, 1911. With this issue, the magazine was expanded from eight to 48 pages, the page size was reduced, and a two-color cover was added. In 1912, the Boy Scouts of America purchased the magazine, making it an official BSA magazine.
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Famous Artist #12: Al Parker
And that concludes another "Countdown"! I hope you and those you are close to have a very Merry Christmas!
To everyone who participated in this open-ended project of mine - whether as a guest author, a contributor of scans and/or information, a commenter or as someone who has shared a link or spread the word about Today's Inspiration through Twitter, G+, Tumblr and Facebook - and to all those who signed up for the daily scans or are following TI here or via RSS feeds... many, many thanks to you all!
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We believe that a tux looks best with a bow tie. However, while most men believe a bow tie should be hand tied, rather than clip-on or pre-tied, the majority of bow ties sold are indeed pre-tied. Rise above the sartorial morass by taking a few moments to learn how to tie a bow, and do it when there's no pressure of time. Experience tells us that this is a very hard skill to master if there's someone standing over you saying, "Why did you start this now? We're going to be late."
Two tips: if you're struggling, try doing the bow around your thigh, and then learn the movements before you go back to doing it blind around your neck. And while a mirror is necessary to finesse the knot it won't help while you're trying to nail the knot.
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In a speech before the American Bar Association's Trading and Markets Subcommittee on April 5, 2013, David Blass, the Chief Counsel of the Division of Markets and Trading, put hedge fund managers and private equity fund managers on notice that they may be engaged in unregistered (and therefore, unlawful) broker dealer activities as a result of the manner by which hedge fund managers compensate their personnel and, in the case of private equity fund managers, the receipt of investment banking fees with respect to their portfolio companies. The good news is that Mr. Blass indicated that the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") is willing to work with the industry to come up with an exemption from broker dealer registration for private fund managers that would allow some relief from the prohibitions against certain sales activities and compensation arrangements regarding the sales of private fund securities. This post will address only the sales compensation activities of hedge funds with an explanation of the private equity investment banking fee discussion to follow.
Mr. Blass indicated that he believed that private fund advisers may not be fully aware of all of the activities that could be viewed as soliciting securities transactions, or the implications of compensation methods that are transaction-based that would give rise to the requirement to register as a broker dealer.
Mr. Blass provided several examples that fund managers should consider to help determine whether a person is acting as a broker-dealer:
How does the adviser solicit and retain investors? Thought should be given regarding the duties and responsibilities of personnel performing such solicitation or marketing efforts. This is an important consideration because a dedicated sales force of internal employees working in a "marketing" department may strongly indicate that they are in the business of effecting transactions in the private fund, regardless of how the personnel are compensated.
Do employees who solicit investors have other responsibilities? The implication of this point is that if an employee's primary responsibility is to solicit investors, the employee may be engaged in a broker dealer activity irrespective of whether other duties are also performed.
How are personnel who solicit investors for a private fund compensated? Do those individuals receive bonuses or other types of compensation that is linked to successful investments? A critical element to determining whether one is required to register as a broker-dealer is the existence of transaction-based compensation.This implies that bonuses tied to capital raising success would likely give rise to a requirement for such individuals to register as broker dealers.
Does the fund manager charge a transaction fee in connection with a securities transaction? In addition to considering compensation of employees, advisers also need to consider the fees they charge and in what way, if any, they are linked to a security transaction. This point is aimed more at the investment banking type fees that a private equity fund might generate, but it would also be relevant in the context of direct lending funds or other types of funds that generate income outside of the increase or decrease of securities' prices.


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From Gambit wiki
Using Andre van Tonder's syntax-case & library system on gambit
There is a R6RS distribution located at gambit-r6rs.tgz. There is a compile script written in gambit scheme that will compile all the libraries together into a loadable library. The libraries are divided into 3 layers.
1. The gambit libraries are where all the extensions to r5rs are put 2. the standard and base libraries. 3. The srfi's that are implemented by gambit.
Gambit libraries:
(gambit threads) (gambit exceptions) (gambit extensions) (gambit files) (gambit io) (gambit io readtable) (gambit programs) (gambit time) (gambit will)
R6RS libraries implemented:
(rnrs syntax-case) (rnrs r5rs) (rnrs sorting) (rnrs mutable-strings) (rnrs mutable-pairs) (rnrs arithmetic ...) (rnrs conditions) (rnrs exceptions) (rnrs control) (rnrs files) (rnrs lists) (rnrs base) (rnrs records procedural) (rnrs records inspection)
SRFI libraries:
(srfi-4) (srfi-6) (srfi-8) (srfi-9) (srfi-18) (srfi-21) (srfi-23) (srfi-27) (srfi-39) (srfi-88)


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While appearing on Squawk Box on CNBC last month, Warren Buffett commented about how disasters related to the weather have had an effect on the insurance businesses owned by Berkshire Hathaway. This set many commentators abuzz all over the Internet, and had people discussing whether or not climate change really did have an impact.
Even though it's not easy to say with complete certainty what the Oracle of Omaha – the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway based out of Nebraska – currently thinks about this particular topic, but he has shared some hints in recent years that he does agree with the science behind global warming being caused by humans.
In an op-ed piece published in 2009 in the New York Times, Buffett stated that "doubling the carbon dioxide we belch into the atmosphere may far more than double the subsequent problems for society. Realizing this, the world properly worries about greenhouse emissions."
But this has not caused any of the many people who observed this from stating that Buffett's "Squawk Box" comments in the interview as negative against climate change as a cause for natural disasters. Commenters are even posting about it on twitter.
As Buffett points out in his annual letter to shareholders, his company is actually one of the largest investors in renewable energy like solar and wind power. They even purchased two large California wind farms in October of 2013.
In that same CNBC Squawk Box interview, Buffett discussed the many different risks of extreme weather events from his perspective as the owner of numerous insurance companies, reinsurance companies and as an investor.
We do not mean to get really negative against Warren Buffett, but it's worth mentioning a number of things that he mentioned in the interview. Let's take a look at the facts:
1. We have seen few hurricanes in the past few years, so there hasn't been an impact due to climate change.
In the earlier part of the interview, someone asked Buffett if the extreme weather events in recent years change the way his businesses calculate risk, in particular his insurance companies. Here's the answer that he gave:
"I think the public has the impression that, because there's been so much talk about climate, that events of the last 10 years from an insurance standpoint in climate are unusual. The answer is they haven't. You read about these events, but you were reading about events 30 or 40 or 50 years ago.
"We've been remarkably free of hurricanes in the United States in the last five years. So if you were writing hurricane insurance, it's been all profit. There have been some more tornadoes than normal, but it's not had any effect so far. The effects of climate change, if any, have not affected … the insurance market."
As pointed out by the NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, it's too early to say that global warming has already had a major detectable impact on hurricanes from the Atlantic, the storms that will affect the US coastline. So Warren Buffett is not wrong to mention that severe weather has been experienced "30 or 40 or 50 years ago."
Although there is an emerging study field on whether or not severe weather is impacted by climate change, the majority of scientists studying climate are focused mainly on how these events will change the future over the long-term – how heating with greenhouse gases will impact precipitation patterns, floods, hurricanes and droughts many years from now.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has model projections that show us that on a global scale, warming could impact the average strength of hurricanes, making each storm's potential have a greater destructive power, and also have much higher rainfall rates than storms of the present-day.
2. Major catastrophe risk is no different now than it was just a few years ago.
Because the insurance business is so important to a company like Berkshire Hathaway, and a large catastrophe could have a serious impact on the company's earnings, Becky Quick of CNBC questioned Buffett again about the information above. Here's Buffett's answer:
"I calculate the probabilities in terms of catastrophes no differently than a few years ago," replied Buffett. And as Joe Kernan, Squawk Box co-host started speaking over him, Buffett added this qualifier: "That may change in 10 years."
Warren Buffett is very famous for being careful about the things he says when discussing investing in the public (and choosing to not make any predictions about the future), so it's no accident that he may have intentionally made this caveat. Although, it's definitely important to take note that severe weather catastrophic events are far from the only area that can and will be impacted by changing climate.
Even though they get much less attention than tornadoes and hurricanes, phenomena of long-term climate change – especially temperature and drought changes – pose some of the biggest risks for human societies in a warming world.
That's because if no changes are made to control greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades and years, global warming is expected to trigger irreversible climate pattern shifts all around the world. Where we grow particular agricultural crops will have to move northward, and water sources that millions of people need and depend on today could potentially dry up.
If you'd like to look at an example of how dramatic changes in precipitation could have an impact on water supplies, take a look at the 2013 versus 2014 comparison of Sierra Nevada mountain snowpack, which Californians in the millions depend on for their recreation, agriculture and drinking water. (Link).
Current estimations of today's global population are 7.1 billion people according to the U.S. Census Bureau. By the middle of the 21st century, projections are likely to reach the 8 or 9 billion mark. As the director of Penn State University Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, David Titley explains that this potentially creates huge problems for a warming world.
In order to produce the amount of energy that we need and use each day, reliable fresh water sources are essential. This is especially true for cooling coal, natural gas, oil and nuclear energy plants. They're also equally as important to agriculture and industrial manufacturing, which use the largest amount of water worldwide.
"When you've got that many people, it's only natural that you've got to think about where does their energy come from," said Titley in a talk last month given by the American Security Project. "Where does their water come from? Where does their food come from? It turns out that those three things are really, really linked close together."
3. In regards to apocalyptic predictions of climate risk: 'It hasn't been true so far.'
When Joe Kernan asked Warren Buffett about what he thought of the public's overall perception on how severe weather events have an impact on the insurance business, Buffett had this to say:
"I love apocalyptic predictions on it, because you're right, it probably does affect rates. The truth is that writing US hurricane insurance has been very profitable in the last five or six years. Now, the rates have come down very significantly, so we aren't writing much, if anything, in the US," stated Buffett, also adding that when it comes to the way weather impacts Berkshire Hathaway, "it hasn't been true so far."
It's important to note here that Warren Buffett's point of view is only talking about the recent performance of Berkshire Hathaway's insurance divisions, says Paul Walsh, VP for weather analytics at The Weather Company, which is the parent company of The Weather Channel.
"Warren is speaking in terms of recent history and he's not making a specific commentary on climate change or the future state of climate/weather related risk," Walsh said. "He's not in the business of making scientific predictions – his point of view is actuarial and financial."
Climate changes that are expected to take place over the long-term future will mean that the world will be much different than it is today due to global warming. Another way of putting it much better is to use the words of Warren Buffett: "In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield."


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Categories are so 2002.
Welcome to Web 2.0. What is Web 2.0? I have no idea, but it seems to be one of the most used tech buzzwords around these days. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it. In summary, I'd say it's the interactive web that is showcased wonderfully in web applications such as gmail, Google Maps, del.icio.us, Flickr, and Technorati.
One of the biggest ideas to come out of Web 2.0 is the idea of tagging – using short (usually one word) descriptors to "label" anything that can be found on the web. Multiple tags can be used to describe a single element. Personally, I like tagging better than categories because it makes organization much easier and tags let the user more accurately define what the element is. So we've gotten rid of categories and are now tagging entries.
A trendy thing that web developers and bloggers use to track tag usage are "tag clouds." You can see this blog's tag cloud in the sidebar to the left under the header "Tags." The font-size of the tag is directly proportional to how much the tag is used, and serves as a quick visual indicator of what's hot right now in this blog.
One feature that I'm working on right now are "tag intersections," or showing the posts that have multiple tags associated with them, such as "debt+net worth". I hope to have this worked out soon.
Tagging isn't just for me though! If you have a del.icio.us account, you can help create the tagged web also. I've added a new link for each entry at the bottom of the post – "post to del.icio.us" – it lets you, the reader, decide what tags a post may be deserving of.
The reason for all of this? To make the Make Love, Not Debt experience as smooth as possible. In addition to tag intersections, I'm also going to incorporate search. My goal is for you, the reader, not to click more than twice to find the article that you're looking for.
All of this tagging stuff could not have been done without the Tags.App plugin for Moveable Type. It rocks!


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In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Women and men in your care; ma malakat Aymanukum
One of the most abused expression in the Quran is the statement about "Ma Malakat Aymanukum", which translates word for word as "What your right hand possess". Many traditional Muslims have abused this statement. They have followed corrupted scholars who have innovated and fabricated laws that have no basis in the true Islam (Submission) and contradict the laws of God in the Quran.
When we study the verses that talk about "Ma Malakat Aymanukum", or (MMA) for short, in the Quran, we will understand this sensitive issue.
Frequently, we get questions from the visitors of our web site at submission.org about MMA and whether it is allowed to have sexual relationship with them or not. Other visitors talk about sexual relationship with MMA as a matter of their right. This article will address this question from the Quran and define what is meant by MMA and the nature of relationship between these MMA and those who are responsible for them.
MMA covers five categories of people. They can be men, women, boys or girls. The expression of MMA has different meaning in different verses although all of them fall under the same classification - a group of people who depend on you, almost totally, for their living requirements, security and well being. Quran teaches beyond doubt that MMA are part of our families who should be treated with respect and given their rights as human beings. Only in two categories out of the five MMA, is sexual relationship allowed and only after these MMA are part of a marriage (as a spouse). Under no circumstances does God allow in the Quran any man (or a woman), to have sexual relationship with their MMA unless the man and the woman become a husband and wife. Even in case of war, all the captured women (and men), fall under the protected MMA and cannot be considered sex objects. They should be treated with respect and asked for marriage, and given their due dowries. Rape of women during wartime is a crime as it is during peacetime. Righteousness is defined by an established moral value, that is best judged by the words of God in the Quran, and not by war or peace.
The following is a description of these categories of MMA in the Quran, the verses that mention them and the expected relationship:
Ma Malakat Aymanukum = what you already have.
The first category of MMA is the category of women who were already married to their husbands even if their marriages do not follow the Quranic rules because their marriage occurred before the revelation of the Quran or before their conversion to Islam. This can be understood from the wording of 4:3.
In this case, if you already have a wife or wives, even from a category that became prohibited after the revelation of the Quran, you can keep them. You do not have to divorce them as God would not break an established marriage. This category of MMA is considered permitted for these particular people and falls under what you already have. Since they are actually a married couple a sexual relationship is permitted.
[4:3] If you deem it best for the orphans, you may marry their mothers - you may marry two, three, or four. If you fear lest you become unfair, then you shall be content with only one, or with what you already have (Ma Malakat Aymanukum). Additionally, you are thus more likely to avoid financial hardship.
[33:50] O prophet, we made lawful for you your wives to whom you have paid their due dowry, or what you already have (Ma Malakat Yameenek) , as granted to you by God. Also lawful for you in marriage are the daughters of your father's brothers, the daughters of your father's sisters, the daughters of your mother's brothers, the daughters of your mother's sisters, who have emigrated with you. Also, if a believing woman gave herself to the prophet - by forfeiting the dowry - the prophet may marry her without a dowry, if he so wishes. However, her forfeiting of the dowry applies only to the prophet, and not to the other believers. We have already decreed their rights in regard to their spouses or what they already have (Ma Malakat Aymanuhum). This is to spare you any embarrassment. God is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
[33:52] Beyond the categories described to you, you are enjoined from marrying any other women, nor can you substitute a new wife (from the prohibited categories), no matter how much you admire their beauty. You must be content with those already made lawful to you (Ma Malakat Yameenek). God is watchful over all things.
Ma Malakat Aymanukum = What is rightfully yours.
This is the second category of the MMA, what is rightfully yours. In this category sexual relationship is allowed. We, however, have to be very careful in understanding God's law in the Quran. God deliberately used the word OR when permitting the sexual relationships between men and their MMA. It is EITHER their spouses OR MMA. God did not choose AND in these particular verses, (their spouses and MMA.) God's choice of His words is deliberate and He constructs His laws very clearly to leave NO doubt in the mind of His true worshippers. In this category of what is rightfully theirs, are situations where a man and a woman married each other without registering their marriage with the appropriate authorities. Common law marriage in USA is one of these cases where both the man and the woman agrees to live together as a husband and a wife in front of God but do not register their marriage. It can also include cases described in the first category where MMA becomes rightfully theirs by the permission given to them by God.
Short-term agreement between a man and a woman to have sex for any period of time is not included in this category. This short-term agreement is prostitution and is forbidden by God's law in the Quran. In this short term agreement the man deprive the woman from her legal rights that a wife has, and free himself from having any obligation of a husband towards his divorced wife. The example of this short-term agreement to have sex between a man and a woman is what many scholars call Muta marriage. They make it legal, when it is against all the laws of marriage and establishing a family in the Quran.
[70:30] (They have relations) only with their spouses, or what is legally theirs - (Ma Malakat Aymanuhum)
[23:6] Only with their spouses, or those who are rightfully theirs (Ma Malakat Aymanhum), do they have sexual relations; they are not to be blamed.
Ma Malakat Aymanukum = slaves, if any.
Since slaves are dependent totally on their owner, they are considered MMA. Although the Quran advocates the freeing of the slaves in every possible occasion, the law is placed in the Quran to protect those who were slaves at the time of the revelation of the Quran and for those who may become slaves in any future time. Some of the visitors to our web site talk about their servants as if they were their slaves since they totally dependent on them. Slaves and servants are protected and not considered as sexual partners under any circumstance outside a lawful marriage.
[4:25] Those among you who cannot afford to marry free believing women, may marry believing slave women (Ma Malakat Aymanukum). God knows best about your belief, and you are equal to one another, as far as belief is concerned. You shall obtain permission from their guardians before you marry them, and pay them their due dowry equitably. They shall maintain moral behavior, by not committing adultery, or having secret lovers. Once they are freed through marriage, if they commit adultery, their punishment shall be half of that for the free women. Marrying a slave shall be a last resort for those unable to wait. To be patient is better for you. God is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
In this verse, God clarifies the status of MMA as being honorable women who may marry believing men after getting permission from their guardians. If these slave women are the sexual partners of their guardians, how can God offer them to the believing men? God asks them to MAINTAIN their moral behavior, by not committing adultery or having secret lovers. This verse clearly shows those slave women (MMA,) are not the sexual partners of their guardian.
[24:33] Those who cannot afford to get married shall maintain morality until God provides for them from His grace. Those among your servants (Ma Malakat Aymanukum) who wish to be freed in order to marry, you shall grant them their wish, once you realize that they are honest. And give them from God's money that He has bestowed upon you. You shall not force your girls to commit prostitution, seeking the materials of this world, if they wish to be chaste. If anyone forces them, then God, seeing that they are forced, is Forgiver, Merciful.
Two important teachings are found in this verse - to free the slaves (servants) to get married and not to force the girls to commit prostitution. In this verse MMA, servants (slaves), can be freed from their slavery to get married, and even helped with money to do so. Had they been legitimate sexual partners of the owner or the guardian, they would not be available for marriage whenever they want to, as this verse teaches. Forcing them to have sex will be prostitution or rape.
Ma Malakat Aymanukum = servants.
Since our servants are dependent on us in their living, we are responsible for their well being but they are not our sexual partners. See what the Quranic verses teach about this category.
[24:31] And tell the believing women to subdue their eyes, and maintain their chastity. They shall not reveal any parts of their bodies, except that which is necessary. They shall cover their chests, and shall not relax this code in the presence of other than their husbands, their fathers, the fathers of their husbands, their sons, the sons of their husbands, their brothers, the sons of their brothers, the sons of their sisters, other women, the male servants (Ma Malakat Aymanuhunna) or employees whose sexual drive has been nullified, or the children who have not reached puberty. They shall not strike their feet when they walk in order to shake and reveal certain details of their bodies. All of you shall repent to God, O you believers, that you may succeed.
There is a great lesson in this verse. God teaches us that the believing women may have the same category (MMA) like the men do. Notice that the verse starts by asking the believing women to maintain their chastity.
The male scholars who gave permission to any man to have sex with his (MMA), will not allow the same right for a woman who owns the same category (MMA). These scholars fabricated laws of their own that apply to the men but not to the women. Such fabricated laws have no basis in God's laws in the Quran. These laws of God apply to all genders without discrimination. God prohibited sexual relationship with MMA outside a marriage for both the men and the women alike.
[33:55] The women may relax (their dress code) around their fathers, their sons, their brothers, the sons of their brothers, the sons of their sisters, the other women, and their (female) servants (Ma Malakat Aymanuhunna). They shall reverence God. God witnesses all things.
[24:58] O you who believe, permission must be requested by your servants (Ma Malakat Aymanukum) and the children who have not attained puberty (before entering your rooms). This is to be done in three instances - before the Dawn Prayer, at noon when you change your clothes to rest, and after the Night Prayer. These are three private times for you. At other times, it is not wrong for you or them to mingle with one another. God thus clarifies the revelations for you. God is Omniscient, Most Wise.
It is clear from this verse that your MMA (servants), do not have the permission given to your spouse (sexual partner) of freely entering your sleeping quarters. Had these MMA, servants, been considered your sexual partners, such a permission would not be needed.
[4:36] You shall worship God alone - do not associate anything with Him. You shall regard the parents, the relatives, the orphans, the poor, the related neighbor, the unrelated neighbor, the close associate, the traveling alien, and your servants (Ma Malakat Aymanukum). God does not like the arrogant show-offs.
[16:71] God has provided for some of you more than others. Those who are given plenty would never give their properties to their subordinates (Ma Malakat Aymanukum) to the extent of making them partners. Would they give up God's blessings?
[30:28] He cites for you herein an example from among yourselves: Do you ever elevate your servants or subordinates (Ma Malakat Aymanukum) to the level where they rival you, and to the point that you pay them as much allegiance as is being paid to you? We thus explain the revelations for people who understand.
Ma Malakat Aymanukum = Special category of women who leave their disbelieving husbands during wartime and join the believers camp.
This category is also protected in the Quran and not exempted as sex slaves. They must be treated like any free woman, asked for permission for marriage and given all the due respect and payments that apply to a legal marriage. This is clarified in 60:10.
[4:24] Also prohibited are the women who are already married, unless they flee their disbelieving husbands who are at war with you (Ma Malakat Aymanukum). These are God's commandments to you. All other categories are permitted for you in marriage, so long as you pay them their due dowries. You shall maintain your morality, by not committing adultery. Thus, whoever you like among them, you shall pay them the dowry decreed for them. You commit no error by mutually agreeing to any adjustments to the dowry. God is Omniscient, Most Wise.
[60:10] O you who believe, when believing women (abandon the enemy and) ask for asylum with you, you shall test them. God is fully aware of their belief. Once you establish that they are believers, you shall not return them to the disbelievers. They are not lawful to remain married to them, nor shall the disbelievers be allowed to marry them. Give back the dowries that the disbelievers have paid. You commit no error by marrying them, so long as you pay them their due dowries. Do not keep disbelieving wives (if they wish to join the enemy). You may ask them for the dowry you had paid, and they may ask for what they paid. This is God's rule; He rules among you. God is Omniscient, Most Wise.
God's law is clear in the Quran. We, as submitters to our Creator, have no choice but to submit to such law. Any person breaking this law is not practicing Islam (Submission) and cannot be considered to be a Muslim (Submitter). Indeed, such individuals who do not submit to God's laws are "Objectors" not "Submitters."
[24:51] The only utterance of the believers, whenever invited to God and His messenger to judge in their affairs, is to say, "We hear and we obey." These are the winners.
[5:7] Remember God's blessing upon you, and His covenant that He covenanted with you: you said, "We hear and we obey." You shall observe God; God is fully aware of the innermost thoughts.
[2:285] The messenger has believed in what was sent down to him from his Lord, and so did the believers. They believe in God, His angels, His scripture, and His messengers: "We make no distinction among any of His messengers." They say, "We hear, and we obey. Forgive us, our Lord. To You is the ultimate destiny."


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By Jamie MacMaster
Weather and an empty stomach get the best of this old warrior.
I heard it close behind in the belly-deep powder snow. It was a quiet, sifting sound like salt being poured into a shaker. It was heading west into a northwest wind that blew my scent above it, and it kept coming. I couldn't see anything through the cedars, but I knew it had to be a buck, traveling alone through the deep snow, not using a trail.
The glaciers in the last ice age really did a number on the top end of Glengarry County, Ontario. They leveled off the tops of limestone outcroppings and bulldozed the rubble ahead of them, filling depressions with the finer stuff. The campfires of neolithic hunters must have sparked the last great period of global warming, forcing the glaciers to retreat and leaving behind low boulder ridges and silt-filled valleys — perfect stomping grounds for the ancestors of Canadian whitetails.
Ten millennia later, they still travel the ridges, bed in the cedar swamps and feast on soybeans, alfalfa and corn in the low fertile areas. My hunting buddy and business partner Jim Picken and I had cleared a stand site on the most northerly of two east-west ridges.
The treestand overlooks a small field where we had planted a wildlife mixture in early August. The crop came up fine, but the initial buck results had been anything but spectacular. Our hunters saw lots of does, a few young bucks and a decent 9-pointer. But none of the really big boys showed up. That changed during the second week of shotgun season.
I took a midday stroll between the ridge and field and found two small scrapes. Scarcely more than a foot in diameter, they were hardly worth looking at. But I could see the moss and roots had been flung out in the field for quite a distance, so I went over for a closer look. I'm glad I did, because I could just make out the outline of a huge hoof print. A big buck was apparently checking on its younger brethren, so we started to pay a little more attention to that field.
Then the snow came ... and more snow … and more snow on top of that. By early December, we had 2 feet of the white stuff on the ground. The does and yearlings had a few deep trails running down off the ridge into the field, where they dug through the drifts for turnip tops and other greens.
The big track was there, too, but the buck shunned the doe trails and entered and exited the field from all points of the compass. Sometimes it dropped in from the east or west ends of the ridge, and sometimes it came in from the highway to the north. A few times, it hit the west side of the field from a neighboring property. And it was doing it all by moonlight. Our hunters never saw it.
Then along came the storm of Dec. 16, 2007. The snow started around suppertime and continued through the night until noon the next day. When it was over, we had 18 new inches on top of what we already had.
The sun came out at 1:30, bringing the temperature up to a balmy 7 degrees. As I pounded away on my computer, I kept thinking about how hungry that buck must be. It most likely had waited out the storm in the cedar swamp south of the ridges and hadn't eaten in about 30 hours. If it was ever going to venture out for a daytime feed, it would be today. What's more, if it was ever going to use a predictable trail, this just might be that day as well.
I decided that if I was going to get a deer in 2007, I had best get to it. I shut down the computer, packed up my bow and headed out.
When I shouldered my climbing stand at the end of the skid road leading to the second ridge, I knew that the next couple of hundred yards would be hard slogging. It took about 20 minutes to get to the base of a good hickory that overlooked the doe trail.
The cedars fringed the southern edge of the ridge and made a boundary between open hardwoods and the fallen, broken jungle on the ridge that was created by an ice storm in 1998. I've seen roaming bucks hug the edges of lines like that on several occasions.
I shinnied up about 20 feet, pulled up my bow and checked the time — 3:30. Then I leaned back and closed my eyes for a few minutes. And that's when I heard the sound.
The shhhh, shhhh, shhhh noise stopped for a few seconds, and I knew the buck had made it to the doe trail. I wondered if it would take the path of least resistance or continue through the deep snow. I had my bow ready and was pretty relaxed by the time the buck came out of the cedars — and it was on the doe trail.
The first glimpse of the rack just about choked me. The buck was long, thick and gray, and its rack had twice the mass of the 11-pointer I had shot the year before. The old warrior walked slowly, hesitating — not a bad thing, because I needed some time to calm down and concentrate.
It stopped behind a clump of bigtooth aspen, and when it stepped into the open, it was slightly quartering away at 20 yards. Autopilot kicked in, and the green fiber optic pin tracked onto that magic spot behind the shoulder.
When the arrow hit home, the buck bronco-kicked and sped down the doe trail. Within seconds, I heard a great crash, then nothing. I checked the time. I had been in the stand seven minutes.
I couldn't wait to get down and find the buck. As an outfitter, I know what you're supposed to do, but I was positive the crash I heard was the buck going down. I found it piled in a clump of cedars about 80 yards from the stand. Lucky for me, a slight bend in the doe trail coincided perfectly with a bend in the skid road. My buddy and I only had to drag the behemoth about 120 feet to the bucket of a waiting backhoe.
The stats? A preliminary and very unofficial estimate put the rack at about 145 inches. The base circumferences are well over 6 inches and it weighed 218 pounds (after eight days of hanging).
The worn teeth and other physical characteristics indicate it was an older buck, probably 7½ or so, and the rack had probably been declining for a year or two.
When we skinned it, there wasn't an ounce — and I mean that literally — of fat on this buck. It was nothing but muscle, bone and antler. Knowing that mature bucks up here routinely shed up to 20 percent of their weight during the rut, and factoring in how long it had hung and dried, we estimate the live weight would have been between 270 and 290 pounds.
The buck's condition made me happy for two reasons. First, it's a pretty good indicator that it had been very busy with the does during the previous few months. Second, without any fat reserves, odds were against my buck making it through the harsh winter months yet to come. I much preferred the thought of memorializing the old fighter on my wall to an inevitable slow death and disappearance into the belly of a wolf.
I realize that deer hunting is different everywhere and that many of you won't fully appreciate the harsh effects a Canada winter has on deer and other wildlife. It's humbling to witness first-hand the struggle for survival presented by a northern climate — and to fulfill my role as a hunter. I hope all Buckmasters readers get to experience that feeling at least one time in their hunting years.
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Texans top Lions 34-31 in OT after coach's mistake
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DETROIT The Houston Texans took advantage of a big mistake by Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz.
Shayne Graham's 32-yard field goal with 2:21 left overtime lifted Houston to a 34-31 win over Detroit on Thursday after Schwartz broke an NFL rule on a scoring play.
Detroit kicker Jason Hanson had a chance to get Schwartz off the hook, but his 47-yard field goal attempt on the fifth possession of the extra period hit the right upright.
Schwartz threw a challenge flag when Houston's Justin Forsett scored on an 81-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Replays showed Forsett was down near midfield, but Schwartz negated the automatic review by challenging the play and was called for unsportsmanlike conduct.
"It's on me," Schwartz said to his assistant coaches and players on the sideline as he tapped his chest. "It's on me."
Yes, it was.
That touchdown pulled Houston within three points counted and Schwartz was called for unsportsmanlike conduct.
AFC South-leading Houston (10-1) took its first lead when Graham made up for missing a field goal earlier in a turnover-filled OT. The Texans have won five straight two in a row in OT and if a handful of teams lose they might be in the playoffs by the time they get back on the practice field after a long weekend.
Detroit (4-7) has lost three straight to make it extremely difficult to reach its goal of earning a spot in consecutive postseasons for the first time since the mid-1990s.
And as if the Lions don't have enough problems, defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh could be in trouble with the league again after his left cleat connected with Matt Schaub's groin area in the first quarter. It wasn't clear on replays Thursday whether it was intentional, but it might be tough for Suh to get the benefit of doubt.
Suh was on his chest, taken down by an offensive lineman, when he extended his left foot below Schaub's belt.
Last year on Thanksgiving, Suh was ejected for stomping on the right arm of Green Bay offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith and was suspended for two games. He has been fined in previous seasons for roughing up quarterbacks: Cincinnati's Andy Dalton, Chicago's Jay Cutler and Cleveland's Jake Delhomme.


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Admiral wrote:According to Andrew Jefford's "Peat Smoke and Spirit" both Caol Ila and Lagavulin use 35ppm peated,
Gordon and I have had this discussion previously, but Lagavulin reverted to 35ppm only 6 or 7 years ago.
The Lagavulin (at least the 16yo) we are drinking at the moment comes from a time when the malt was a healthier 50ppm.
Oh yes, I agree that those are current figures. In the past Ardbeg has been much higher AND lower depending on the year as has Bunnahabhain, Lagavulin, et al. Caol Ila does regular and lightly peated runs even now.
Of course, if we believe our noses, the stuff distilled 10-16 years ago was more lightly peated for Laga and Laphroaig than the older stuff as many of us seem to agree that it used to be stronger. Could just be our alcohol burned noses and tongues though


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BigMcK wrote:If the city factors earnings as a factor of pension benefits, the more you make in total, boosts future pension earnings. Locally, it is not uncommon for a senior officer to pull as much OT as possible for the final three years before retiring, thus showing a six-figure salary as the baseline for pension benefits. Doing this, your base salary may for example be $80k, but if you add another $80K in OT, future earning are based on $160k, and you could receive a pension check equal to your base salary.
I know that's how the PA State Police operate, or at least they did recently. I had several friends on the police force and when a guy was getting close to retirement, he would ask to be transferred to night shift, work all the holidays & weekends, work as much OT as possible, etc. all to get his income as high as possible and raise his pensions.


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Lawrence, Kan. - Welcome to Nebraska Football Anatomy 101, where we will dissect a 2009 Husker football season a little differently than anyone else.
To join this class, there is one mandatory requirement. Forget about that 9-7, eight-turnover loss to Iowa State and how it affected the way this state, this conference and the national media chose to view Nebraska ... as a bit of a non-factor in a game where the Huskers, last time I checked, still rank among the top five college football programs of all time.
When the media would rank the Huskers as low as ninth among the league's 12 teams in weekly assessments, they all seemed to be saying the same thing - Nebraska, you have definitely improved, but you still have a long way to go.
And that may well be true, but today's "lecture" isn't looking at every rut in the road or every flaw on the stat sheet.
No, today we have chosen to focus on how Nebraska's coaches and players - and all those who support them - reacted to perhaps the strangest game in the history of Memorial Stadium.
Are you a Bo-liever?
Fortunately, they Bo-lieve in the Pelinis and the Process, and when the football gods took one away from them inside Memorial Stadium, they replaced that upset to Iowa State with one of their own against Oklahoma.
You could see some throwback offense in that OU game, but when it was done more for field position than points, people still found a way to grouse about an offense they thought was on a different planet than the Blackshirts.
Well, guess what? In a 31-17 win here Saturday night over Kansas, Nebraska's offense saved the day, scoring a pair of touchdowns and converting a two-point conversion after KU took a 17-16 fourth-quarter lead.
"We've bailed them out and today they bailed us out," Husker linebacker Phillip Dillard said.
If anyone knows the importance of character, it's Dillard, who had to scale his own mountain just to get the chance to play as a senior.
Now that the offense has seen what creativity and chemistry can do when it's combined with character, watch out. Nebraska just may have found the balance needed to excel in all three categories it takes to win - offense, defense and special teams.
Maybe it's time to focus on what Nebraska has instead of what it doesn't have. With that mind, here are 10 reasons that are enabling Nebraska to become a force to be reckoned with:
1) Bo Pelini's ability to peak Nebraska at the right time. Let's see. Nebraska is 2-0 in November this year and 6-1 in November in Bo Pelini's career as head coach. With Saturday night's nationally televised Nebraska-Kansas State game at Memorial Stadium and the following week's nationally televised regular-season finale at Colorado, both November games, you have to like Nebraska's chances. Oh, almost forgot. Win the K-State game Saturday night, and the Huskers are in Cowboys Stadium Dec. 5 for the Big 12 Championship, most likely against Texas. Maybe it's time to point out that Pelini also has led Nebraska to a December win over Michigan State in a 2003 Alamo Bowl as an interim head coach and a January win over Clemson in the Gator Bowl.
2) Shawn Watson's willingness to tap into a Hall of Fame coach's playbook. You should have seen how emotional Nebraska's offensive coordinator was outside KU's Memorial Stadium after the Huskers played their most complete offensive game in a 4-2 conference start. Watson teared up a bit describing the help he received incorporating a power formation that includes an I-back, a fullback, two tight ends and a wide receiver - a formation that enabled Zac Lee to impersonate three former Husker quarterbacks (Tommie Frazier, Brook Berringer and Scott Frost) on a 37-yard pass to Niles Paul. Lee sprinted left on an option play, pulled up and pivoted backwards, then found Paul behind two safeties for the pivotal completion. Credit Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne for dropping off an old tape for Watson to consider. Watson choked up talking about having a Hall-of-Fame coach one floor up from his office. "He's a beautiful human being. I love the guy," Watson said after several reporters went on to their next interview stop. "Coach Osborne never imposed anything. He just gave me some tape for us to think about. That's the beauty of the man. He lets us figure out on our own how to make it work."
3) Watson's and his staff's decision to simplify the offense and maximize its playmakers. Osborne isn't the only one who has helped Watson modify an offensive game plan that may have been conceptually sound when the season started, but changed dramatically when first-year quarterbacks struggled, an offensive line battled nagging injuries, the top two running backs went down (forcing a new starter to surface from the Scout Team) and the receiving corps needed to learn the playbook and how to block before they could be difference-makers on the field. "It took humility for Coach Watson to throw out what he planned and concentrate on what we could get done with what we have," said NU Tight End Coach Ron Brown. "We all had to get out of our comfort zone," Watson said. Brown added: "It really was like a scene out of the move 'Apollo 13' when the minds at Mission Control had to come up with more creative techniques to get the space shuttle home. We had to figure out a way to move the ball and win some games. We hope this puts us on a different path to deal with all the trials and tribulations we've had." Added Watson: "It's taken some perserverance and a lot of hard work, but we got our mojo back."
4) A "team first" relationship between quarterbacks Zac Lee and Cody Green. "Zac came in and managed a good game against Kansas," Watson said, "but you know what? When Cody was the starter for two games, Zac was his biggest supporter and did everything he could to help Cody. The same is true of Cody. When we put the ball back in Zac's hands, Cody has done everything he can to support him. They have great respect and admiration for each other. They both want to win, and they'll do whatever it takes to help us win." Head Coach Bo Pelini said Lee "played very well" against KU. "He ran well, he threw well, and he was very efficient," Pelini said, adding that the offensive game plan was sound and balanced.
5) The acceptance of Roy Helu Jr. and Jacob Hickman to put this offense on their capable shoulders. Forgive the pun, especially when you see a giant ice bag on Helu's sore shoulder at Saturday night's press conference while he's trying to describe his 156-yard, three-touchdown performance against KU. It's interesting that the fortunes of NU and KU dipped when Helu and Jake Sharp battled injuries. Sharp didn't bounce back, even though he claimed he was 100 percent. Helu has recovered with back-to-back stellar efforts against OU and KU. "I don't know how he does it," center Jacob Hickman said. "You know he's hurting, but he'll still fly over everybody if he has to, to get what we need." Same could be said for Hickman, the up-front leader who had an ugly hip pointer when he tried to block OU's Gerald McCoy a week earlier. With a bruise that swelled to the size of a small bowling ball, Hickman could barely get out of bed a week earlier. Yet he battled gallantly again Saturday, setting the tone for an offense that continues to find and define its niche. "I thought Roy played a great game," Watson said. "He's been unbelievable for us the last two weeks. He's shown a lot of courage and really given us a lift."
6) The emergence of Niles Paul as one of the Big 12's foremost playmakers. You all saw it on ABC. Paul catches four passes for 154 yards. The effort includes catches of 35, 37, 37 and 45 yards - the sixth highest total in Nebraska history. His first reception set up a touchdown and his third and fourth receptions set up a pair of field goals. Paul's confidence may have been momentarily shaken in that Iowa State game, but he is back with purpose and passion. Saturday night, he had a career-high 244 all-purpose yards. His 44-yard return of a pooch kickoff after KU took the lead for the first time in the fourth quarter is certainly one of the game's most critical plays. No one's comparing Niles Paul to Johnny Rodgers yet, but he's building a resume that could make him a similarly crucial all-purpose component on a championship-contending team. "He's one of the toughest players we have on this football team," NU Receiver Coach Ted Gilmore said Saturday night. "We all knew he could catch the ball, but we've challenged him to become a physical blocker. He's taken on that challenge, and it makes him more dangerous as a playmaker." Being a dual threat receiver/blocker makes defenders guess, and sometimes they guess wrong like they did when Paul was the benefactor on that "new" wrinkle from option days past.
7) Carl Pelini's desire to push the refresh button on a talented, but physically drained defense. No one will understand the physical and emotional investment Nebraska's Blackshirts made to hold Oklahoma to three points in a game the Huskers needed to transform their season. A week later, Nebraska's defensive coordinator didn't have to be prodded to make an observation. "We looked tired today," he said after the KU game. "Bo and I talked after the game. It's late in the season, and we have to rethink how we need to prepare this team physically for Kansas State. We have to make sure we're fresh." The good thing is the Husker defensive staff isn't facing what stared the offensive staff in the face. There will be no Apollo 13 scene to deliver this solution. A national championship defensive coordinator, who is now a head coach, will meet with his brother and other members of the staff and find a way for the Blackshirts to be the Blackshirts again. It is, after all, Saturday Night Live in Lincoln, and ESPN's national cameras will be there. (By the way, a week after NU shut down OU, the Sooners scored 65 points and accumulated 640 yards of offense against Texas A&M).
8) The magic in Alex Henery's right leg. It's November, isn't it? Time for the nation's best field goal kicker to warm up his leg to put points on the board and pin teams inside their own 20. Saturday night, Henery connected on all three field goal tries - a 25-yarder in the first quarter, a 33-yarder in the third quarter and a 38-yarder in the fourth quarter. All boomed like a cannon through the uprights and would have been good from much longer distances. Henery is a powerful weapon who is now 15-of-18 on field goals this season and 41-of-47 in his Husker career. "I thought I'd have another one there at the end, but I was glad we got another touchdown," Henery said, preferring to see a new spark to an offense that finished with 214 yards rushing, 196 yards passing and 410 yards total.
9) A road warrior mentality on this football team. Coaches and players can't look past K-State to a road game in Boulder, another one at Cowboys Stadium or a third one in San Diego, Dallas or somewhere else. But you can. This team has a knack for playing well on the road. The Huskers now have four straight road wins in the Big 12. Here's the question of the week: How many of you last summer envisioned losses in Columbia and Lawrence this season? We know. We know. You didn't have back-to-back losses at home figured in either. But football is a crazy game, and it requires a survivalist mindset. Nebraska has that mindset.
10) The greatest fans in college football. Do any interview with any Nebraska player or any Husker coach, and one thing you know they all count on is you. Win or lose, they know you will support them like no other team gets supported in college football. So get your game face on. Saturday night's crowd needs to mirror the electricity that you plugged in for Oklahoma. Bo said it was the best he'd heard since he's been here. Can you top it for Nebraska against Kansas State for the Big 12 North title? A proven, always prepared veteran, Bill Snyder, matching strategy with Bo, a passionate, always improving leader. In his second year as head coach, Pelini is a master at resiliency and resolve, and that plays heavily in Nebraska's commitment to an allotment of 12,000 tickets if the Huskers make the Big 12 Championship game. Deadlines are looming for that, and bowl plans are part of the mix. Right now, the possibilities range from the Holiday to the Cotton to a BCS date. They will rise or fall accordingly, based on the outcomes of the last two regular-season games.
One thing is certain. Nebraska is much better than the ninth-place team in the conference. The big question is, do you think the Huskers are emerging as a force to be reckoned with?
Voices from Husker Nation
Being a former player and supporter for years, the biggest thing I've seen in this team lately is attitude!! You see it in the guys' eyes. They are expecting to win no matter who it is they're playing. Finding ways to win and making things happen is the right way to respond when things go bad. They truly believe they're going to win every time they walk on that field and that, my friend, comes from the coaches creating an attitude and a will to win ... just like the old days. Great article! Jeff Carpenter, Dallas, Texas (linebacker, 1975-76-77)
This team is back! They mirror the old Osborne/Devaney teams. The Pelinis are a natural fit for NU ... blue collar people, hard-nosed football. I have been a fan since I was four (1971) and have never wavered. However, it feels great to be able to talk it and walk it again. Thanks for the column. Jeff Michaels
I think we all have to give Zac Lee some props. I know, I know. We've struggled as an offense a little lately, but that's to be expected. How many seniors do we have on offense again? Juniors even? Zac did a great job and stepped up to the challenge of being a leader. It may have taken him a while, but he did it. Most young men his age can't say that. I think all of those guys out there on the field finally realized that they play for NEBRASKA and had a little fun doing it. They played with passion, and that says a lot to me. Great article, and yes, I think Nebraska is becoming a NATIONAL POWER again. This article has me convinced. If all we do is look at the negatives of our team, then the result will be negative. Thanks for giving me a positive look at our 2009 Huskers right before Ndamukong and the senior class play their last game at Memorial Stadium. The timing is perfect. Haley Cox
When I was in Lincoln in 1997, Coach Osborne got his split national championship, retired as a coach and started his political career. At that time, the Big Red Machine and the Blackshirts were a menace to the college football world. Just ask Peyton Manning. After Eric Crouch's flash of brilliance, Big Red went the opposite direction, giving up the tradition that "Defense wins Championships" in favor of a West Coast experience. I think this is the year for the Huskers to shock the world. I believe they are even better on the road than at home. So beat down the 'Cats, stuff the Buffs and smack the Horns! James Zhou, Shanghai, China (Chinese Huskers Say Go Blackshirts!).
I bleed RED everyday working here in France, and the 10 reasons story was great. Thanks for writing it. To me, though, there are only three words to describe it ... GO BIG RED! Robin Simmons, Pierrevert, France
Thanks for a great article. I moved to Oklahoma in May after attending 111 of the 300 consecutive sellouts in Lincoln, not to mention many away games and bowl games. As someone who began this journey as a 10-year-old in 1970, I believe this program is on the cusp of greatness. My advice is to jump on board now. Don't wait. Steven Rasmusen (NU Class of 1983)
I like your articles and pro-Husker point-of-view. I am and will always be a Husker fan, even during some past "down" years. Bo and current coaches are certainly passionate. The only complaint I have ever had about "the greatest fans" in college sports is the infrequent calling heard from a few "boo-birds." There is no worse feeling than to be "booed" in one's home stadium. I much prefer the positive reinforcement of the "GO BIG RED" chant or the emphatic call for "DEFENSE" as it resounds over the field. Ron Thom
Great article! That pumped me up! Thank you for that! I will proceed to intensify my "cautious optimism" about the Huskers. If you know of any other Husker fans in Hawaii (more specifically, Kauai), this misplaced Cornhusker would love to launch the Kauai Cornhusker Club. Or maybe the Kauai For the Cornhuskers (KFC....Ha!). As an Emergency Room physician, I have been a member of Coloradoans for Nebraska, Arizonans for Nebraska and even part of the Nebraska Society of New York when I lived in Brooklyn. Most recently, I was a Californian for Nebraska. But there is no Hawaii Cornhusker Club! I guess it's on me. The timing seems right because Nebraska is indeed becoming a force to be reckoned with again in football. Go Big Red! "Big Wave" Dave Gregorius, Kapaa, Hawaii (on the island of Kauai)
Yes, NU is improving since Bo and company arrived. It is great that they have Tom Osborne as athletic director, and he is there to help. The team is better. They don't give up, and that makes me, as a fan, want to continue to cheer them on. The atmosphere in the stadium for the OU game was amazing. People were on their feet for much of the game, yelling and cheering on every play. Keep up the good work! Lennae Seevers, Omaha, Nebraska
Enjoyed the article. I think fans need to realize how close the Huskers are to a single-loss season. Iowa State and Virginia Tech losses were flukes and would not happen again if they played nine more times. Not exactly chopped liver for a second-year head coach. This team will learn how to win the close ones. So darn proud. Stephen Johnson
I totally agree with you that Nebraska is again becoming a force to be reckoned with. Unlike the past three years, there have been no major blowouts. In two of our losses, the margin was very small. In all three losses, we only have ourselves to blame. I thought we would have folded after the Iowa State loss. The Baylor game looked a little better, but not by much. Oklahoma was supposed to be a loss, and I was gladly wrong. Then we almost lost against a struggling Kansas team ... wrong again. Our defense has been very good, and our offense seems to be improving with a healthy Helu. If we finish the season well, I would think we will give Texas a good fight. William Babcock
Love your article and love the way you see things unfolding and believe you are dead on. I can see us running the table all the way to the big 12 title game. The way I look at it, any team that consistently runs plays out of the shotgun plays right into Nebraska's hands. First, we play one linebacker. Second, we have the best front four in the nation. Third, our secondary is playing great. Coach Bo and company can stop any team, and with our new offensive identity, we can move the ball. How satisfying would it be for us to ruin Texas' season just like they ruined ours in the first Big 12 championship game in 1996? All I have to say is what goes around comes around. Get your dancing shoes on, people. It's payback time. Jason Gustason, Omaha, Nebraska
I believe the Huskers are on a comeback! I never lost the faith! Dale Streufert, Spencer, Iowa
Your 10 reasons for this team's success was well conceived and well written. I just have one issue. Our last two opponents (OU and KU) have thrown 99 passes in the past two games, and there has not been one holding call on the opposing offense. No wonder our defenders are tired. Roy L. Miller, Lakewood, Colorado
Heck yes, Randy. Huskers rule! Joe Mansour, Methuen Massachusetts
I could not be more proud of our football team. I am one of the fans that roots loud with passion and love even when we are struggling through a loss. My job transferred me to Iowa where teasing and being poked fun at as a Husker fan is a daily thing. So staying loyal and proud is the norm for not only me, but my whole family. As a matter of fact, my son and I are the only Father-Son joint recipients of the HOT DOGS of the game (Michael & Bradly Scott). Whether our faces are painted or not, win or lose, good times or bad, we always support the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Quality coaching, competitive talent, noticeable dedication will bring this wonderful program back to national respect. I am one fan that can see it coming, and we are loving every minute of it. GO BIG RED! Michael Scott, Kimballton, Iowa
If we play smashmouth football, and our defense plays like it can and has, look out Texas! Paul Bonertz, Seattle, Washington
I really don't care if the national media thinks NU is average. I like being under the radar. I used to listen to everything that anyone said about the team. Now I hardly listen to any of it. We will win the KSU and CU games. Watch out Texas. M. Kicklighter
I believe that with a little more exploration of the Tom Osborne play book and the use of a fullback, Nebraska's offense can keep defenses guessing "What's next?" We are what we are. We run well and then we play-action pass. Then, with this defense, we are a very dangerous team that can play with anyone. Mike Trumble


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淮安六年级女生小芳(化名)就读于淮安市淮阴区三树镇蒋集九年一贯制学校,6月14日,小芳失踪。"通过监控,最后一次看到小芳是在6月14日中午11点20分08秒离开学校。"据该校负责人介绍,按照学校规定,6月14日下午2点10分之前,小芳就应该到校,班主任老师发现其没有到校起初以为是生病或逃学,没有往刑事案件上去想,就查找小芳父母的联系方式,可惜的是,小芳父母没有留下任何联系方式,一直到晚上查房,小芳也没有出现,于是开始发动大家四处寻找,仍无果,此时班主任想到,小芳以前曾办过保险,通过保险单终于查找到小芳父亲的联系方式。6月15日,小芳父亲从外地打工赶回家,与校方一起向警方报案。 警方通过调阅学校附近监控发现,小芳中午放学后,下午就没有进入校园,随着警方的查找发现,6月15日晚,在蒋集车站路面监控中有一人推着小芳的电动自行车,尽管视频画面很是模糊,但小芳的家人一眼就认出此人就是他的邻居——65岁的赵光道。 据学校负责人介绍,根据他们后来了解,嫌疑人与小芳家关系很好,小芳有时就在嫌疑人家中吃饭,小芳失踪后,警方也曾找过嫌疑人了解情况,而嫌疑人赵光道也很是热心的询问小芳的下落,再加上15日晚上的监控,关于小芳失踪,警方锁定赵光道有重大嫌疑,但此时,已有发觉的赵光道已逃跑,淮阴警方于是迅速发布协查通报,并在6月21人对外发布5000元悬赏通告。 逃至宿迁后企图自杀,现已被移交至警方 记者了解到,6月21日下午,淮安市公安局指挥中心随即联系宿迁市公安局,请求帮助。宿迁市公安局接报后,立即组织开展宣传发布工作,宿迁公安微警务公众号当日发布悬赏通告,并组织嫌疑人可能逃往的泗阳、沭阳两地警方微警务同步发布。 随后,在6月22日凌晨,一名疑似割腕的中年男子倒在宿迁市区洪泽湖西路附近,有好心人拨打了120,将他送至附近医院救治。"伤者比较可疑,疑似自杀,又对自己的身份支支吾吾地说不清。"该院医生介绍,该名男子的反常举动引起了院方的怀疑,这时有医护人员发现,在自己的朋友圈里就有这位伤者的照片,他就是赵光道。 记者从宿迁警方处证实,院方通过宿迁警方微信平台和朋友圈内传播的悬赏通告证实,这名伤者就是警方正在通缉的赵光道后立即向警方报警,随后宿迁警方对该男子进行控制,并于6月22日下午,将其移交至淮安警方。目前,赵光道因自杀未遂在医院抢救,而小芳暂时没有下落。目前该案警方仍在加紧侦办中。 Six grade girls mysteriously disappeared after school, neighbor uncle has disappeared The girls were mysteriously missing after school "The hospital found that this man is very familiar, they immediately called the police." June 23rd morning, the modern express reporter learned from Suqian police department, before the three tree town of Huaiyin District of Huaian City, Jiang Jijiu school occurred in cases, the suspect Zhao Guangdao Dutch act attempted in Suqian city in June 22nd after being arrested by the police, has been transferred to the Huaian police, the case is under investigation. Huaian the sixth grade girls Xiaofang (a pseudonym) at three Jijiu Jiang trees in Huaiyin District of Huaian city town school, June 14th, Xiaofang missing. "By monitoring, the last time I saw Xiao Fang is to leave the school at noon on June 14th at 11:20 in 08 seconds." According to the person in charge of the school, according to school regulations, before June 14th at 2:10 in the afternoon, you should come to school teacher Xiao Fang, found no school at first thought it was ill or not to play truant, to find a criminal case, Fang parents contact, unfortunately, Xiaofang parents did not leave any contact method, until the evening the rounds, Xiaofang did not appear, so we started looking around, still to no avail, the teacher thought has been done before, Xiaofang insurance through the insurance policy and finally find Xiaofang father contact. In June 15th, Xiaofang father hurried home from working in the field, together with schools to the police. The police through access to surveillance found near the school after school at noon afternoon, Xiao Fang, did not enter the campus, with the police to find that, in the evening of June 15th, Jiang set station road monitoring one pushing electric bicycle Xiaofang, although the video screen is very vague, but small Fang family recognized this person is his neighbor, 65 year old Zhao Guangdao. According to the person in charge of the school, according to their understanding of the suspect and later, Xiao Fang is a very good relationship, Xiaofang and sometimes on the suspect's home for dinner, Xiao Fang's disappearance, the police have been looking for the suspect to understand the situation, and the suspect Zhao Guangdao is also very enthusiastic about Fang's whereabouts, and monitoring on the evening of 15, a Xiaofang is missing, the police locked Zhao said a major suspect, but at this time, Zhao Guangdao has been found to have fled, police in Huaiyin and quickly released xiechatongbao, and in June 21 released 5000 yuan reward notice. After attempting to commit suicide in Suqian, he has now been transferred to the police Reporters learned that, in the afternoon of June 21st, the Huaian Municipal Public Security Bureau Command Center immediately contacted the Suqian Municipal Public Security Bureau, asked for help. Report of the Suqian Municipal Public Security Bureau, immediately organize publicity release, Suqian public security police micro public number day issued a reward notice, and organize the suspect may flee to Siyang, Shuyang police police released micro. Subsequently, in the morning of June 22nd, a middle-aged man suspected of cutting wrist falls in Suqian District, Hongze Lake West Road, there are good people dialed 120, he was sent to a nearby hospital for treatment. "The more suspicious, suspected Dutch act of their identity, and stammered unclear." The hospital doctor, the man's abnormal behavior aroused the hospital's suspicion, when there are medical personnel found in his circle of friends, there is the injured man's photos, he is Zhao Guangdao. Reporters from the Suqian police department confirmed that the Suqian police reward notice spread through the WeChat platform and the circle of friends that this person is Zhao Guangdao is wanted by the police immediately after the alarm to the police, then Suqian police to control the man, and in the afternoon of June 22nd, its transfer to the Huaian police. At present, Zhao Guangdao has attempted Dutch act in the hospital, Xiao Fang has no whereabouts. At present, the case police are still stepping up investigation.


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Hospitals "like" Facebook and smaller hospitals are spending more time on the social media site, according to research by a University of Missouri professor.
Dr. Ricky C. Leung, assistant professor of health management at the University of Missouri, presented his research on Facebook use in hospitals at the Medicine 2.0 conference on Sept. 15 at Harvard Medical School in Boston. The study is called "A Two-Part Study of Social Media for Health Care Organizations."
For his report on social media in health organizations, Leung, along with Jing Li of consulting firm ZS Associates, examined Facebook use by 120 hospitals listed by the nonprofit Missouri Hospital Association.
Leung interviewed social media developers, hospital administrators and Facebook users, and found that smaller hospitals used Facebook more effectively than larger ones.
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Despite larger hospitals having more resources to build a stronger Facebook page, they have more channels to attract patients outside of Facebook, Leung told eWEEK.
Smaller hospitals may spend more time developing a Facebook page, according to Leung.
"Larger hospitals have larger channels and more ways to interact with patients, and are not as committed as smaller hospitals," said Leung.
"Smaller hospitals are more committed once they decide to use Facebook," he added.
Smaller hospitals also use Facebook more effectively than larger ones, according to the August 2011 study "The Economics of Social Computing: Some Preliminary Findings on Healthcare Organizations" published in the Journal of Computational Science. Leung coauthored that study with Dr. Kalyan S. Pasupathy, assistant professor of health management and informatics at the University of Missouri.
Marketing purposes and reputation-building were important ways that hospitals used Facebook, according to Leung. They may advertise their expertise in various surgical procedures, he added.
In addition, specific patient groups may turn to new social media sites for help with specific health conditions rather than use mainstream sites such as Facebook, according to Leung.
Hospitals also attract more subscribers to their Facebook pages when they add positive news, such as birth announcements, said Leung.
Facebook may not be the appropriate social media destination for "less socially desirable news," the Journal of Computational Science report suggested.
Less than 150 of about 6,000 hospitals in the United States rely on Google and Facebook for marketing, reported Rob Grant, executive vice president of eVariant, a Simsbury, Conn.-based hospital consulting firm, according to Kaiser Health News.
Between February 2011 and September 2011, hospital-sponsored Facebook pages jumped 8 percentage points, from 39 percent to 47 percent, according to Leung's study.
Leung and Li used "likers" to determine the number of subscribers and amount of discussions on a hospital's Facebook page. They found that the average number of "likers" for hospital-sponsored Facebook pages increased from 181 in February 2011 to 1,321 in September 2011.
Meanwhile, the number of discussion pages increased from 26 in February 2011 to 53 in September 2011.
Hospital size played a role in the number of "likers" a hospital's Facebook page would get, according to Leung.
With Facebook use by hospital workers inevitable, Leung proposes giving workers a set time to use the service during a workday.
"Because hospitals see employees using Facebook more and more, they try to legitimize the use of it by implementing social media time," said Leung.
This social media period would provide hospital administrators a better way to manage employees' time, he suggested. They would use social media time to check email and create social media polls, said Leung.
The Missouri study predicted that hospitals will need to adopt clear guidelines on how employees can use social media. In its white paper "Should Healthcare Organizations Use Social Media?" IT integrator and cloud service provider CSC also recommended that health care organizations formulate clear strategies on use of social media.
With concerns about privacy, hospitals need to be cautious about how they use Facebook.
"This is an area of concern, and hospital administrators are doing things to try to limit how employees use social media," said Leung.
Health care providers use Facebook for marketing, education and recruiting new patients, Caitlin Y. Lorincz, research analyst for CSC's Global Institute for Emerging Healthcare Practices, told eWEEK in April.