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The Pakistani Taliban vowed Thursday to carry out attacks against India to avenge the death of a man executed by Indian authorities for his role in the 2008 terrorist assault on Mumbai.
Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani, was hanged Wednesday in Pune, a city southeast of Mumbai. He was the lone surviving gunman from the attacks in India's financial capital in November 2008 that killed more than 160 people.
Ihsanullah Ihsan, the spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, said the militant group would conduct various attacks in India in response to the execution. He didn't provide further details.
The Pakistani Taliban, who are closely linked with their namesake in Afghanistan and with al Qaeda, operate in the ungoverned area that sits on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
India has requested extra protection for its diplomats in Pakistan following the execution, said J.P. Singh, an official at India's Ministry of External Affairs.
He said the ministry had no immediate comment on the threat from the Taliban.
The Taliban spokesman said they are demanding that Kasab's body be returned to Pakistan for an Islamic burial. He criticized the Pakistani government, saying it had failed by not requesting the return of the body.
Indian authorities said Wednesday that Kasab had been buried in the "surrounding area" of the jail where he was hanged. They didn't say what kind of burial rites had been performed.
The Pakistani government has so far barely commented on the execution. The foreign ministry declined to give an immediate reaction Thursday to the Taliban's criticism.
India blamed Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, a Pakistani-based terror group allied with al Qaeda, for the Mumbai siege.
Indian authorities said Kasab was trained by the organization, which was banned in Pakistan in 2002 after an attack on the Indian parliament. The group has denied responsibility.
The Mumbai attacks destabilized peace talks between the Indian and Pakistani governments, which remain bitterly opposed over issues such as the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir.
Since then, the two nuclear-armed nations have resumed the high-level meetings and relations have improved.
In April, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi during a brief private trip. It was the first visit to India by a Pakistani head of state in seven years.
Indian sporting authorities also this year announced the resumption of bilateral cricket tournaments with Pakistan. The sport has often been used as a platform to ease relations.
But tensions remain close to the surface. In August, New Delhi alleged that "elements" in Pakistan were using social-networking sites to stir religious unrest in India amid ethnic clashes between Muslim migrants and native tribal groups in the northeastern state of Assam.
News of Kasab's death was positively received Wednesday by many Indians. The conservative Bharatiya Janata Party, the country's main opposition party, expressed support for the government's decision to go ahead with the execution.
"It's a strong message that India does not and will not tolerate terrorism," said Prakash Javadekar, a party spokesman.
But human rights activists criticized the move.
"The hanging of Ajmal Kasab marks a distressing end to India's moratorium on executions and is a step backwards for India's justice system," said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at Human Rights Watch, an advocacy group. "The government should take prompt and decisive action toward a total abolition of capital punishment."
The last state execution in the country was in 2004, when a man was hanged for the rape and murder of a teenage girl.
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AMMAN, JORDAN—A Jordanian military court on Thursday acquitted Al Qaeda-linked preacher Abu Qatada of terrorism charges over a foiled 1999 plot to attack an American school in the country's capital, Amman.
The State Security Court in Amman announced it found 53-year-old Abu Qatada innocent for lack of evidence against him. The Muslim preacher, who was deported from Britain last year to face a re-trial in his native Jordan, had pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.
Separately, the court postponed its ruling on a second set of terrorism charges against the cleric, involving plots in 2000 to attack Israelis, Americans and other Westerners in Jordan, and said it would deliver its verdict in that case on Sept. 7.
In both cases, Abu Qatada was convicted in absentia years ago and sentenced to life in prison. But on his extradition to Jordan last July, those sentences were suspended and under Jordanian law, he was ordered to stand a new trial. Following more complaints later by his defence team, the military court brought civilian judges, led by Judge Ahmed al-Qatarneh, to preside over the case.
As the ruling was read in the courtroom, Abu Qatada's family and relatives erupted into cheers. The women embraced and kissed one another. Abu Qatada smiled and waved from inside the defendants' cage.
"I think that justice has taken its place here today," Abu Qatada's lawyer, Ghazi Thneibat, told reporters after the ruling but declined to comment on the postponement of the verdict in the second case.
"We are happy," said Um Ahmed, Abu Qatada's sister. "But I want him to leave with us."
The cleric is to remain in detention in Jordan pending the second, upcoming verdict.
During his time in custody, Abu Qatada has publicized his militant ideology, advising foreign fighters to remain in Syria to battle the growing Shiite influence there and urging suicide attacks in Lebanon against Shiite targets.
Earlier on in the proceedings against him, the cleric had questioned the impartiality of Jordan's military court, an issue that delayed his deportation from Britain for years.
But last June, Britain and Jordan ratified a treaty on torture aimed at easing those worries, paving the way for his extradition.
Abu Qatada, whose real name is Omar Mahmoud Mohammed Othman, has been described in courts in Britain and Spain as a senior al-Qaida figure in Europe who had close ties to the late Osama bin Laden.
Britain accused him of links with Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in the United States over the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and with shoe bomber Richard Reid. Audio recordings of some of the cleric's sermons were found in an apartment in Hamburg, Germany, used by some of the Sept. 11 hijackers.
Abu Qatada arrived in Britain on a forged passport in 1993 after fleeing a Jordanian government crackdown on militants. He was granted asylum in the U.K. a year later, but he eventually wore out his welcome because of his suspected militant activities, which allegedly included raising funds to finance terror plots in Jordan.
Britain's immigration and security minister, James Brokenshire, said after the ruling in Amman that the cleric's "re-trial in Jordan has been made possible thanks to this (British) government's determination to successfully deport him from the U.K."
Because of the deportation order, Abu Qatada will never be able to return to Britain, he said.
"While the courts in Jordan have acquitted (Abu) Qatada of one of the two charges against him, it is right the due process of law is allowed to take place in his own country," Brokenshire said. "We await a verdict on the remaining charge."

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As you've no doubt noticed, election day was brutal for Congressional Democrats–especially in the House, where it appears we'll lose roughly 60 seats and the majority. Now that most of us have uncurled ourselves from fetal position, there are a few things to note as we plan for what we do next:
First, the brutality was not evenly spread. Progressives fared pretty well, while Blue Dogs and New Democrats bore the brunt of the losses. The Congressional Progressive Caucus lost only three of their 76 House members: Reps. John Hall of New York, Phil Hare of Illinois, and Alan Grayson of Florida. By contrast, it looks as though the Blue Dog Coalition will lose 30 of its 55 members and the New Democrats will lose 27 of their 69 members. This will make progressives a much larger portion of the Democratic Caucus, with almost 40% of the Democrats in the House and roughly three times as many members as the remaining Blue Dogs.
It's clear that the economy– specifically unemployment– was the major factor. With the unemployment rate hovering just under 10% and no light at the end of the tunnel, neither the Administration nor Congressional Democrats managed to clearly describe their plan for putting Americans back to work. Republicans were even more incoherent, but they could run against the failure, arguing Democrats had run up deficits without creating jobs.
In addition, the turnout and voting patterns strongly suggest that a degree of demoralization among the Democratic base played a significant role in the outcomes. Younger voters stayed home—not merely compared to 2008, but with a significant drop-off from 2006 numbers when the last Congressional midterm election was held. The same is true for blacks and Latinos. Women shifted sharply towards Republicans, from favoring Democrats by 14 points in 2008 to splitting evenly on Tuesday.
Suffice it to say for the moment that flagrantly throwing women, gays, organized labor, and Latinos under the bus, breaking campaign promises around which significant elements of your base have organized, abandoning the lofty rhetoric of the campaign to cut backroom deals with the people whose greed and bad faith created the messes we're in, and actively and repeatedly insulting the people who communicate most often with your key supporters is probably not the optimal strategy for resounding political success. (But hey, bygones, right?)
So what do progressives do now?
Without a governing majority in the House, it becomes far harder for progressives to act as a swing block to win key legislative concessions. Sufficient power has been centralized in House leadership at this point to allow them to keep legislation off the floor at will, to move or not move bills according to their priorities, and to control what's in any bill and what amendments are allowed to be offered. Since that House leadership will as of January be Republicans, there's a good chance they will only move the things they believe are Republican priorities and for which Republicans will vote as a cohesive bloc; progressive votes won't be needed.
Progressives have more tools at their disposal than just votes, however. We're going to need to fully engage in order to try to keep bad things from happening, build progressive capacity, and set the stage for 2012 and beyond. A few suggestions that ought to keep us busy for the next two years:
Fully understand and use the levers of power of the system in which we're operating.
Rather than complaining about how unfairly the Republicans are doing things, we need to put the pieces in place that will help us build and win. Some examples of this are:
1. Fix funding mechanisms for progressive infrastructure.
As delightful as it is begging rich people for money all of the time, it's not a sustainable model–and it has some pretty serious drawbacks when income inequality is a big problem. Instead we need to focus on creating virtuous cycles where our success leads to increased capacity and reliable funding streams.
Strengthening organized labor is a key example of this: if labor can more readily organize workers, those newly-organized workers not only tend to have higher Democratic voting records, but labor then also has more capacity to fund progressive infrastructure. Developing and supporting entities like CREDO, where funding comes as an inherent part of the business cycle, is another way to address this problem.
2. Make it easier for our Congressional allies to do the progressive things we want them to do.
Right now there are serious capacity problems in Congress that make what we want very hard for even the best-intentioned members and staff to do. Staffers are profoundly overworked. The majority of all staff time goes to simply trying to keep up with the barrage of constituent communications. There's very little time left to do strategically important work such as analyze legislation, create talking points, coordinate with other offices, prepare questions for committee hearings, do proactive communication with constituents, draft legislation, hold hearings, and engage with the press.
There used to be internal think tanks in Congress (such as the Democratic Study Group) to do some of the heavy lifting and organizing by analyzing legislation, creating shared talking points, and driving process reforms. Gingrich defunded them after the 1994 election to consolidate more power in the Speaker's office while crippling Democrats. The Republicans invest in outside capacity to get those things done by funding the Heritage Foundation to the tune of almost $40 million per year; the Blue Dogs have had Third Way for the last few years with a $7 million per year budget. Progressives have, by contrast, invested almost nothing in Congress-focused capacity. Since a bunch of experienced, top-notch committee staff are about to lose their jobs when the majority changes hands, we have a great opportunity to snap up some of the cream of the crop to make this happen.
3. Change the rules when they're rigged against us.
Filibuster abuse crippled the Senate, making it impossible to do the things necessary to aggressively create jobs, address climate change, and even fill key positions in the Administration and the courts. The country is suffering as a result. Fix the damned rule.
Progressives are incredibly reliant on the Internet as the backbone of our communications infrastructure, but without net neutrality the phone companies and the cable companies are free to turn off DailyKos while letting you see unlimited amounts of streaming Fox News. Don't think they won't: cell phone companies have already refused to allow text message fund-raising for organizations they don't agree with, such as NARAL Pro-Choice America. Apply pressure to the administration for a Federal Communications Commission fix now.
And I don't think I need to say anything about Citizens United except to point out that a true fix will require a Constitutional amendment establishing that corporations are not persons, and that such an effort is going to take many years and some extremely skilled organizing.
4. Get incentives right.
Progressives have gotten better about rewarding our friends and punishing our enemies, but if voting against key Democratic initiatives were to cost members support from the Democratic Songressional Campaign Committee or Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and make them less likely to get committee chairmanships, they might be a little better behaved.
5. Fix the way we do campaigns.
We need to be strategic and data-driven. Right now we are rarely either.
We should be targeting districts now in which to recruit progressive candidates, looking at both pick-up opportunities (such as the 61 districts that Obama won in 2008 that will be held by Republicans as of January) and open Democratic seats where we can get a progressive over the primary line. We need to fully support those candidates a full year before the election, ensuring they are on track to have both the money and trained staff to be viable and win. We need to be way more aggressive at using (and sharing!) data to improve campaign processes and targeting. We need make it so that media consultants aren't rewarded for wasting millions on TV when other communications channels would be more effective. And we need to fully leverage technology to actually reach voters with messages we know they care about.
Start treating politics as the team sport that it is.
We need to stop pretending that we can each focus on our own siloed issue and ignore the rest of the progressive coalition. Unless we build the capacity of the progressive coalition as a whole, we won't win anything big.
6. Play nicely with each other across issues.
The fate of all big progressive issues is tied to the well-being of the broader progressive coalition and its capacity to move things. If progressive women are demoralized because they feel they've been thrown under the bus on choice, or if gay donors withhold their political contributions because Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell isn't addressed, the broad spectrum of progressive issues bears the cost. Losing House seats because women shifted towards Republicans or because Democrats were greatly outspent makes it harder not only to address choice and Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell but also things like climate change and military spending. This means, in particular, that issue organizations need to think about the full costs of their endorsements of candidates who are bad on key progressive issues, because such support weakens the progressive coalition as a whole.
7. Help pick the right team captains.
In the next week or two the House minority leader for next year will be chosen. It might be a good idea to do everything possible to make it a progressive such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., since the minority leader will set the tone and strategy for the whole House Democratic Caucus.
8. Reward team players.
Progressives have gotten better at taking care of their own – witness the very small House losses for the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona survived his election because progressives swooped in to help. But we should also apply pressure to ensure that people who undermine the Democratic Caucus don't get rewarded with lots of campaign funding and plum committee positions.
9. Grow the farm team.
We need to nurture progressives who are willing to be bold and engage—whether they win or lose. On the right, think tanks have programs to employ key allies who are between elected positions, and career paths for activists from cradle to grave. On the left we leave people to their own devices and often let people drop completely off the radar after a loss or the end of a campaign. We need to invest in long-term capacity in the form of talent.
Expand the definition of engagement.
10. Find ways to engage people where they are, including online.
While Democrats are out of power in the House, there will be an opportunity to help some of them better reach their audiences via new methods. How might they better use Facebook? Twitter? Online question-and-answer mechanisms? Online video? They've got little to do but communicate; let's help them figure out how to do it well.
11. Think outside of the box, especially with younger people.
Efforts like Drinking Liberally, the Oregon Bus Project and Trick-or-Vote have come up with some novel and very effective ways to make politics fun for younger people. It works, too—there's measurable impact. Expand those programs nationally while continuing to innovate.
Focus on the things that don't require Congress to pass laws.
It seems exceedingly unlikely that any progressive legislation will pass the House while it's in Republican hands. We and our progressive allies in Congress can still do two really critical things:
12. Pressure the Administration to act on things it can do unilaterally.
The Obama Administration can do a whole lot by executive order, administrative rule-making, and strategic appointments. They could, for instance, end Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, implement net neutrality, stop separating families through deportation, require that all future Federal Reserve appointees agree to prioritize full employment as equally important as price stability, change procurement processes to reward the creation of American jobs, aggressively prosecute war profiteering, begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan as promised, rescind executive orders restricting access to legal abortions, throw the book at companies that break the law to thwart worker organizing, and enforce existing laws and safety regulations for oil and mining companies as a start. They could do that all today. And a concerted effort from the progressive community and our Congressional allies to force their hands might actually work, especially with 2012 now looming on the horizon.
13. Elevate a clear progressive message.
The American people are actually pretty progressive:
While we're not going to duplicate the capacity of Fox News overnight (nor are we going to match the Heritage Foundation's $38 million/year), we could do a lot more to leverage progressive members of Congress and the soapboxes they have by:
a. Making sure they have top-notch research on issues and messaging;
b. Ensuring that members and progressive spokespeople get top notch training and practice for media appearances and public speaking;
c. Having people whose job it is to book progressive members of Congress and spokespeople into the press;
d. Building new distribution mechanisms for content and information, whether by radio, on TV, over the Internet, in print, in person, by text message, by iPhone app, or some other way;
e. Coordinating messaging so that different people are saying things that reinforce each other; and
f. Insisting that progressive leaders use communications best practices, such as telling stories. Saying that "women should have access to abortions" is not going to work as well as talking about the woman who showed up at a Catholic hospital late in her first trimester of pregnancy suffering from pre-eclampsia which would kill her if the pregnancy didn't end. The nun in charge got permission to end the pregnancy to save the mother – and then was excommunicated. The next woman who shows up in that emergency room with pre-eclampsia will die. By eliminating coverage for medically necessary abortions, we've ensured that similar stories will play out all over America: women will die because a bunch of lawmakers didn't understand why what they were doing was a problem.
There is plenty for progressives to do post-election both inside and outside of Congress. Act as if the future of the country depended on it. Because it does.


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Automated Demand Response or ADR helps system operators reduce the operating costs of DR programs while increasing DR resource reliability. For customers, ADR reduces the resources and effort required to achieve successful results from these DR programs. Automation is what also makes it possible to translate changes in wholesale markets to corresponding changes in retail rates, enabling customers to respond to DR signals in real-time to reduce demand.
Successful implementation of ADR requires standardization allowing wholesale producers to communicate with utilities and aggregators, who in turn communicate with their customers, who can then reduce demand during peak periods. Without an ADR standard, automated DR would be difficult and costly to implement. System development, integration and installation costs could grow to prohibitive levels, and these proprietary and expensive assets could eventually become stranded. Simply put: Without a standard, it would be difficult for utilities to effectively implement this "killer application."
Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR) is an open and standardized way for electricity providers and system operators to communicate DR signals with each other and with their customers using a common language over any existing IP-based communications network, such as the Internet. As the most comprehensive standard for Automated Demand Response, OpenADR has achieved widespread support throughout the industry.
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Everybody walked from the ArcLight to nearby bar Wood & Vine on Tuesday night for the L.A. preem of Magnolia's "Nobody Walks," which debuted at Sundance in January.
Director Ry Russo-Young teamed with Lena Dunham to write the film, which stars Olivia Thirlby as a young New York filmmaker who drives a wedge between a L.A. couple played by John Krasinski and Rosemarie DeWitt.
"We were totally basing a lot of it on experiences I think we've had as young women trying to do the female artist thing and the ambiguities of sex and sexuality when you're trying to make a piece of work," explained Russo-Young.
She and producer Jonathan Schwartz were in sync regarding the dual meaning of the film's abstract title. "Nobody walks out of the movie unscathed and nobody walks in Los Angeles," said the helmer. "I like the fact that the word 'body' is in the title as its very much a movie about human beings and their desires. It captures the New York-Los Angeles thing and the physicality of the movie."
Pic, which hits theaters Oct. 12, is currently available on iTunes and VOD, a distribution strategy that Russo-Young and Schwartz like a lot.
"In every filmmaker's ideal world, you open up on 3,500 screens, but not every movie is right for that," said Schwartz. "We've sold little films to big companies and bigger films to smaller companies and put them out in different ways, but this is the first time we're doing the ultra VOD and then coming out in theaters. It's obviously worked on a few movies, so I hope that turns out to be the right model for us."
Russo-Young thinks it is. "How are people in Idaho going to see this movie, at least right now? People want to watch movies on their own time."


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The family of Tom and Clara Jones are hosting a 50th wedding anniversary open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Aug. 1 at First Baptist Church, 53 South Norwich Road, Troy, Ohio.
The couple were married on Aug. 1, 1959 at the home of the bride's parents, the late Edgar and Mayme Steers of Dry Ridge.
Tom is the retired superintendent of the Miami County Schools and Clara is a retired educator from the Troy City Schools.
All friends and family are invited. The family requests no gifts.
Imagine Kay Bailey's surprise when she brought home a blue ribbon from the 2008 Grant County Fair.
It was only her first time to enter and she won first and second place ribbons for the handiwork.
Bailey of Williamstown began quilting about four years ago in a homemaker club and she's not stopped.
"Sometimes it's just a little project, but I keep busy, even though I am retired," she said, with a laugh.
Brad Cook, son of Kerry and Sandy Cook of Williamstown, has been selected to perform with the 2009 Solid Rock Tour, hosted by Cincinnati Christian University.
Solid Rock is coming to Grant County to do their last performance at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 23 at Williamstown Christian Church. Admission is free.
Mike Franks and Rhonda Robinson of Crittenden announce the marriage of their daughter, Ashley Robinson to Adam Kincer, son of Cody Kincer and Lisa Myer of Butler.
Robinson is a nurse and will start pre-medical studies this fall in Denver, Co.
Kincer is an airman in the U.S. Air Force based at Buckley AFB in Colorado. He returned in May from a tour of duty in Iraq.
The wedding ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. Aug. 1 at the Faith Christian Center. The reception will follow the ceremony at Receptions in Erlanger.
Invitations have been sent.
Two sessions of the OFF Program, a weight loss plan for women sponsored by the Northern Kentucky Health Department, are scheduled for the fall. OFF, which stands for Outsmarting Female Fat, is specially designed for women who want to lose weight by making long-term lifestyle changes. The program is led by registered dietitians from the health department and deals with all aspects of weight control, healthy eating and exercise.
OFF sessions will be held:
What started as a temporary job, only filling in when needed, became a career for Linda Daugherty.
Daugherty spent 28 years in a small room. She battled snakes once and bad weather during the winter.
If she needed to use the restroom, she had to leave the building and go across the street. Once she had to operate out of a mobile unit with a portable heater to keep warm, but through it all, she never missed a day of work, other than for a vacation.
Harper Mackenzie Mann celebrated her second birthday June 7. Seventy six people attended the birthday party, which was held at her house. Harper is the daughter of Tim and Holly Points Mann, of Dry Ridge.
The Grant County Historical Society will meet on July 20 at the Senior Citizens Center in Williamstown.
The program will be "Signers of the Declaration of Independence" presented by Paul Simpson, of Grant County, winner of the 2008 Kentucky DAR Outstanding Teacher of American History Award. Dinner is at 6 p.m., the program begins at 6:45, followed by the business meeting. Cost for dinner is $7.50. If planning to come for dinner, please call 824-9202 for reservations.
All who are interested in history are welcome.
The B. L. Ballard Scholarship is given by the Williamstown Kiwanis to a graduate of Williamstown High School who is a junior or senior in college. The scholarship is named for B.L. Ballard, who felt it was important to provide financial help to an upper class person after possible scholarship and aid had been spent.
The recipient is chosen based on financial need, achievements, community/college involvement and grade point average.
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On July 1 through July 3, the Kentucky State 4-H Horse Show was held at Broadbent Arena in Louisville. Hundreds of riders from across the state traveled to compete in this show.
Emily Wright, the daughter of Mike and Patsy Wright of Dry Ridge, rode her horse, Sand Easy Jet, to the top in two classes. For the second consecutive year, she won barrels and with the fastest time of the day she won pole bending.
She also brought home grand champion honors for the week.
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Australia international Nathan Sharpe has a laugh with Tim Gavin at the unveiling of the Wallabies 'Statesmen' Nathan Sharpe talks to the media at the unveiling of the 2011 ARU Classic Wallabies Statesmen The 2011 ARU Classic Wallaby Statesmen appear on stage Australia's Rocky Elsom looks on during training Wallabies fly-half Matt Giteau looks to lead the line during training
Wallabies captain Rocky Elsom will return to Test rugby alongside four newcomers in the Australian side which will take on Samoa in Sydney on Sunday.
Elsom has been plagued by hamstring and ankle injuries since 2010, playing just one match since the Wallabies' 2010 spring tour finale against France last November.
In a show of faith in the squad's newcomers, coach Robbie Deans named Melbourne Rebels halfback Nick Phipps and NSW Waratahs lock Sitaleki Timani in the starting XV, while the Queensland Reds duo James Hanson and Beau Robinson have made it to the bench.
Prop Benn Robinson has been ruled out of the squad after injuring his knee at training on Tuesday. Scans on Wednesday revealed a tear in his anterior cruciate ligament, opening the way for either Pek Cowan or Al Baxter to take on the role.
Some of the Wallabies' stars are being rested, including Queenslanders James Horwill and Quade Cooper, but Deans says the decision was in no way disrespectful to Samoa, with a strong line-up being fielded.
"Given the high most of those blokes had last weekend, it's my experience that it does take a little while to come down from that," he said.
"They've refocused quickly on the task at hand representing their country, which is why we've included a good group of those players in the match-day 22.
"They'll get their opportunity."
Wallabies: Mark Gerrard, James O'Connor, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Pat McCabe, Digby Ioane, Matt Giteau, Nick Phipps, Ben McCalman, Matt Hodgson, Rocky Elsom (capt), Nathan Sharpe, Sitaleki Timani, Ben Alexander, Stephen Moore, Sekope Kepu.
Replacements: James Hanson, TBA, Dan Vickerman, Scott Higginbotham, Beau Robinson, Will Genia, Kurtley Beale.
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The NCAA has a helpful Division II Recruiting Timeline with important definitions and a DII recruiting timeline to help you understand some of these rules. Please note, recruiting contact rules are different across Divisions I and II and III.
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Transfer Student Eligibility
Prospective student-athletes who wish to transfer to UC San Diego are subject to Division II transfer eligibility rules. The rules are different depending on whether you are transferring from a 2-year junior college or a 4-year institution. For an overview of transfer eligibility rules, please reference the NCAA's Transfer 101 guide. If you have questions about transfer rules, please contact Katie McGann, Associate Athletic Director at email@example.com or 858/534-8700.
Please note: if you are a student currently at another 4-year NCAA or NAIA school, OR if you have been enrolled at another 4-year institution in the last year, UC San Diego coaches and administrators are not allowed to have any contact with you unless you have a release (also known as permission to contact) from your 4-year institution.
To obtain a release, you will need to contact the athletics department at your current or former 4-year institution. Once you have your release, please email (firstname.lastname@example.com) or fax (858/534-8172) it to Abrina Wheatfall, Assistant Athletic Director, in the UC San Diego Compliance Office. Once we have the release, UC San Diego coaches and administrators can have contact with you.
NCAA Eligibility Center
All incoming student-athletes are required to register with the NCAA Eligibility Center and submit certain information. The Eligibility Center evaluates both the academic and amateur status of all incoming student-athletes. Register and complete your assigned tasks as early as possible to avoid delays once you get to UC San Diego.
Delayed Collegiate Enrollment Concerns
Prospective student-athletes should be aware that under NCAA Division II rules, there are potential eligibility issues for an individual who delays his/her initial full-time collegiate enrollment beyond 1-year from his/her high school graduation date. For example, if you graduate in June 2014, there are potential eligibiltiy issues if you do not enroll as a full-time college student by Fall 2015. If you have or are planning to delay your collegiate enrollment beyond the 1-year grace period, you may be charged with using 1 of your 4 seasons of eligibility in your sport if you participate in any manner of organized competition, which includes but is not limited to things as seeminly as harmless as a recreational league. Please read below for the exact NCAA bylaw language.
NCAA Division II Bylaw 126.96.36.199 states that "an individual who does not enroll in a collegiate institution as a full-time student in the regular academic year that begins immediately after a one-year timer period (the nedt opprotunity to enroll after the one-calendar year period has elapsed) following his or her high school graduation date shall use one season of intercollegiate competition for each consecutive 12-month period after the one-year time period and before initial full-time collegiate enrollment in which the individual participates in organized competition per Bylaw 184.108.40.206.1.2 (see below).
18.104.22.168.1.2 Organized Competition
Athletics competition shall be considered organized if any one of the following conditions exists:
a. Competition is scheduled in advance;
b. Official score is kept;
c. Individual or team standings or statistics are maintained;
d. Official timer or game officials are used;
e. Admission is charged;
f. Teams are regularly formed or team rosters are predetermined;
g. Team uniforms are used;
h. An individual or team is privately or commercially sponsored; or
i. The competition is either directly or indirectly sponsored, promoted or administered by an individual, an organization or any other agency.
Graduation Rates
At UC San Diego, our student body graduates from the institution at a rate of 86%! Student-athletes graduate at an even higher rate, 92%!
These figures come from the University's most recent federal Graduation Rates report and our Division II Academic Success Rate. Both reports are a measure of the graduation rate of UC San Diego students.
The federal report measures the percentage of students and students-athletes who graduate from an isntitution within the 6-year federal guideline. Only student-athletes who were on athletic scholarship during their first year of enrollment at the institution are included in this federal graduation report.
The Division II Academic Success Rate is a more comprehensive measure of student-athlete graduation rates at UCSD. It measures the percentage of student-athletes, including transfers, who graduate from our institution within 6-years of their initial full-time collegiate enrollment, regardless of athletics aid. If a student-athlete was on an NCAA athletics team during their first year of enrollment at UCSD, they are included in this report.
Year-Round Drug Testing
The NCAA randomly selects institutions and student-athletes for drug testing throughout the academic year, including the summer. All student-athletes are subject to drug testing before, during or after their competitive seasons. All student-athletes need to be aware of the NCAA Banned Drugs list and should check with the Athletic Trainers for any questions. Student-athletes who test positive are subject to at least a one-year suspension and loss of eligibility.
Many nutritional/dietary supplements contain NCAA banned substances. In addition, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not strictly regulate the supplement industry; therefore the purity and safety of nutritional/dietary supplements cannot be guaranteed. Impure supplements may lead to a positive drug test. The UC San Diego Athletics Department does not promote the use of nutritional/dietary supplements and the use of such supplements is at the student-athlete's own risk. Student-athletes should contact the Head Athletic Trainer, Vanessa Yang (firstname.lastname@example.com) or Director of Strength and Conditioning, Myles Cooper (firstname.lastname@example.com) for further information.
Additional information may also be found through the Center for Drug Free Sport, which sponsors a confidential Resource Exchange Center (REC) for student-athletes and athletics staff with questions about nutritional supplements The REC may be contacted toll free at (877) 202-0769 or by clicking the link above. When accessing the REC via the Internet, the required password is ncaa2.
California Assembly Bill 2079
On September 30, 2010, AB 2079 was signed into California law by the Govenor. This law requires educational institutions that offer athletics scholarships, or that provide, by any delivery method, written mateiral regarding their athletic program to a student-athlete, to provide a direct link to the institution's Internet web page where the student-athlete shall be able to access all information regarding the institution's athletic scholarship program. By clicking here you will find information and links that provide a comprehensive review of all issues related to UC San Diego athletics scholarships, medical related expenses and the transfer release process.
Any visit to a college campus where the institution pays for part or all of your expenses. You are only allowed to take one official visit per institution. In Division II, there is no limit on the total number of schools you may visit for an official visit. In Division I, you are limited to a total of 5 official visits with Division I institutions. UC San Diego is Division II and does not count against a prospect's Division I 5-visit limit. In Division II, a school can bring you in on an official visit starting June 15 going into your junior year in high school.
2. What is an unofficial visit?
An unofficial visit is any visit to a college that is not paid for by the institution. Unlike with official visits, you are allowed to take as many unofficial visits to a school as you like AND you can go on an unofficial visit at any age. In Division II, a prospect (and his/her relatives or legal guardians) can be provided with 1 on-campus meal as part of an unofficial visit and the institution can arrange for on-campus parking for you. The institution cannot pay for any other expenses during an unofficial visit other than the 1 on-campus meal.
3. When is the first opportunity a UC San Diego coach may communicate with me?
There are different rules for different means of communication. The NCAA's Division II Recruiting Timeline will give you a complete breakdown of when and how UC San Diego coaches can have contact with you and your parents. Remember recruiting rules are different for Divisions I, II and III. Most (not all) recruiting contact with a recruit in Division II cannot begin before June 15th going into a recruit's junior year in high school.
4. When can I start calling a UC San Diego coach? When can I start emailing them?
Similar to phone calls, you can always email a UC San Diego coach. However, unless you've reached the June 15 going into your junior year in high school recruiting trigger date, the coach is not allowed to email you back except to explain the NCAA contact rules.
Remember, if you are a student at another 4-year institution and are attempting to contact a UC San Diego coach or administrator, you must have been issued a release.
Additional Resources
UC San Diego Recruiting 101 Information
Division II Recruiting Timeline
National Letter of Intent (NLI)
NCAA Initial Eligibility Standards
UC San Diego Office of Admissions
UC San Diego Office of Financial Aid
Remember this is not a complete list of NCAA rules. Please contact a compliance staff member if you have any questions or before taking action that may be contrary to NCAA rules. Click here to view the Compliance staff contact information.


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Amanda Connors, Sioux Falls Cost Cutter Manager, Killed Protecting Employee During Hostage Situation
Tuesday was one of the more unique days in my career as a broadcaster. I was alerted via Twitter at about 1:25 pm that there was a possible hostage situation and shots fired at Cost Cutters 2701 W. 41st St. I alerted JD Collins who aired the breaking albeit sketchy details of what was happening.
Shortly after 2 pm, I made the decision to stay on the story as information emerged about the tragedy, about the traffic situation as a result of 41st Street being barricaded between Kiwanis and Lincoln Avenue, and also the fact that O'Gorman High School was under lockdown. There was a lot of information coming to us that the listeners of this radio station and the public needed to know.
When I learned that the shooting victim was 24-year-old Amanda Connors, the manager of Cost Cutters, it hit me right where I live. Mind you, I never knew Amanda, but what I am learning since yesterday makes me wish that I did. You see, it has affected me because my wife Lori owns and operates a beauty salon downtown. My daughter Erin is 24-years-old, the same age as Amanda.
It got me to thinking that anyone could walk into my wife's salon and hurt her, the customers and the ladies who work there. This was and still is a very sobering thought. On the other hand, my daughter could have been or could in the future, be in the wrong place at the wrong time, like Amanda was.
I went home Tuesday feeling very empty, hollow and sad. I fought the thought that something similar could have happened in Lori's salon.
Police Chief Doug Barthel was quoted today as saying, "I kind of see her as a hero because she called into the store, notified the mother, let them know what was going on and basically got herself in a position where she was at the wrong place at the wrong time."
In my book Amanda Connors is a hero. She did all the right things. She did everything in her power to protect her employee and friend, the other ladies who worked there, the customers and the salon. She stood up to the gunman who I will not name, since I personally do not want to give him any publicity for such dastardly, cold behavior. Her courage to do the right thing had a high price. It cost her life. She single-mindedly, without thinking of herself, did the right things that needed to be done. I have deep sadness for her loss, but also I'm very proud of the person she was when everything was on the line.
I feel deeply the void that her family and friends are feeling right now. Words are not enough for them, but I will try by telling them to try to find comfort in the fact that she is a rare person. This is a quality so many of us may not have when it's crunch time. She put herself on the line for something greater and bigger than herself and paid for it with her life. In their sorrow, I hope that they are proud of her. I'm proud of her and I think the community is too.
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President Scott: Kansas at a crossroads
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:00 AM
Pittsburg, KS
"Kansas is at a crossroads," PSU President Steve Scott told faculty and staff Tuesday. "The question is, 'Are we going to see higher education as an investment in the future or a drain on the resources of the State of Kansas."
Scott, speaking to a campus forum on the legislative session, said decisions the legislature makes in its waning days could be damaging to PSU and all of higher education.
Scott and Shawn Naccarato, director of government and community relations for PSU, laid out the various funding proposals that are on the table. Although in his budget Gov. Sam Brownback recommended flat funding for higher education, the Kansas Senate budget calls for a 2 percent cut and the House for a 4 percent cut. The two latter budget plans also allow the expiration of the .6 percent sales tax increase while Brownback calls for extending the sales tax increase.
The so-called veto session to resolve those differences begins May 8.
Saying he was choosing his words "very, very carefully," Scott said the worst-case scenario under the House budget "is equivalent to the reduction of 30 positions on campus."
The president was quick to emphasize the words "equivalent to."
"That does not mean there will be 30 positions cut," he said.
Naccarato said higher education had been caught up in a political battle over the extension of the .6 percent sales tax increase.
"We have become a pawn in a game of high-stakes poker," Naccarato said.
He pointed out that in order to fill the hole created by allowing the .6 percent sales tax to expire, legislators had few choices.
Naccarato said that under the House bill, cuts to higher education would be $76.5 million.
"Forty percent of the cuts needed to get to a balanced budget come from higher education," he said.
President Scott said he had testified before legislative leaders and advocated for continuing support for higher education. He confessed some puzzlement with some people who did not understand the value higher education brings to the state.
"Our Kansas Chamber of Commerce seems to believe that the less revenue Kansas has, the better off our state residents are," Scott said.
President Scott said he was communicating with alumni and friends of the university, asking them to make their opinions known to their own legislators.
"We are reaching out to our graduates through the Gorilla Legislative Network (GLN), e-mails and blogs," Scott said. "We need for them to be advocates and participants."
The president, who frequently conducts open sessions with the campus community on legislative and budgetary issues, said his goal wasn't to create anxiety but to provide information.
"I don't want you to be totally stressed by this," Scott said, "but you should understand this. Our goal is for people to understand the depth of the situation and to advocate (on behalf of higher education)."
He concluded by encouraging faculty and staff to continue to serve students and the community.
"Each one of us can play a role in having a successful fall," Scott said. "Not everyone can play a role in making Topeka do the right thing."


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I have gia 4.0 on a xp 64 machine. I had to reinstall with original cd's. from what I remember there was a patch/update for a 4.1 which I need to run under xp 64. Does anyont have this update they could send me?
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I have gia 4.0 on a xp 64 machine. I had to reinstall with original cd's. from what I remember there was a patch/update for a 4.1 which I need to run under xp 64. Does anyont have this update they could send me?
Many thanks
The GS 4.01 patch is still downloadable from Tascam:
After the way Tascam has abandoned GS, I do not give a tascam about Tascam. If they would have provided us with a dongle for whatever version of GS we had at production cost, I would have considered them for buying other things from them, now, never will.
Running GS3 Orchestra and still loving the sound, far better than Kontak or any other I hear.
Friend of GS, yes, and just dreading the day when I open it and it will not load.
Before this happens, I would love to inbed GigaPulse in some instruments and use them in GVI. Any one has a procedure for this? Please give it to us....
For what it worth, I have abandoned the idea to use GVI on my laptop which I have to take with me to Mexico for the winter. Two things happened when I tried (again, a new version just came out from Soundlib) Gplayer. Because Gplayer can not use GigaPulse, I was going to just work without enjoying the sounds and render the work back in Canada on my PC with GS3 Orchestra. As I am a devoted friend of Kirk Hunters Emerald, but never tried his " ambience" samples. When accidentally loaded a trombone sample with "ambiance", I got floored with the sound. Now most of my brass and woods are this kind of samples in Gplayer, and I am just happy for both new things.
I had troubles with GVI, the dongle, the bluescreen, the single Gpulse on all my samples, the memory of the blessed Tascam handling us so viciously, etc. etc, I am happy to Toss Toscam.
Suggests you try Gplayer if you are eeking some alternative. It is not as changeable as GVI, but the sound is MUCH better, I tested them side by side.
By the way, where is Kirk Hunter? I bless his samples!
I'm newish to the forum, I've been away a number of years (!) due to life and the global recession getting in the way.
I had bought two GS3 licences and a GS4 licence back in 2007/2008 just before it all got canned :facepalm:
However I still have PCs dedicated to the task of GS3 playback (and one PC currently doing other work that will get GS4 at a later date), and I'm currently getting them set up for usage.
It must seem so old school now (four years later!) but as they run Win XP and are not used for anything else they are still useful. I have the Sonic Implants collection part installed on them at the moment, I need to get that finished. So, too much money spent to just switch away, I'll stick with them as long as I can keep the PCs running. My main concern there would be hardware failure of motherboards, processors or memory. I'm not entirely sure how easy it would be to get the licences transferred to new hardware now, as I don't think Tascam are at all interested in that part of what's leftover support-wise.
The only thing I might do eventually is put SSDs in to replace the RAID 0 drives, once the price of SSDs comes down enough to make that practical.
I've got 3 GS3 Orchestra machines running as satellites in my farm, on XP, and I can't imagine not using them.
I use Sonar 4.0.2 on the 4th machine (main work station) to trigger the others via MidiOverLan.
Steve Karl
I too fell in love with Gigastudio and now embracing G-player. Does G-player require GSIF?


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This bright pink shirt drops from the mini-boss Precious who patrols along with Stinky in the undead wing of Icecrown Citadel.
When worn, it grants the wearer the buff "Best in Show."
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As a freshman, Samantha Lambrigtsen led an Oregon team that had gone 5-23 the year before to only its third girls basketball regional title in school history.
As a sophomore, she led the Hawks to their fourth 20-win season.
As a junior, she led them to a school-record 23 wins.
As a senior, she led them to another regional title, almost doubled the school's career scoring record with 2,044 points (the previous mark was 1,080) and became the first Associated Press First-Team All-State player in school history.
"Wow!" Lambrigtsen said Thursday after hearing the news. "I always wanted to get first team, but I wasn't expecting it."
Lambrigtsen and 6-foot-2 Ellie Lehne of Byron (29-4), who was named to the second team, were honored in Class 2A, while Eastland's Lexis Macomber made first team in Class 1A and Dakota's Jaycee Cleaver second team. Ashton-Franklin Center's Allison Pretegard and Pearl City's Dani Lee made honorable mention in Class 1A. All but Lambrigtsen are juniors.
Lehne tied for the fifth and final spot on the first team in 2A, but lost the tiebreaker by having fewer first-place votes.
"She's the person that everybody prepared to stop, so we saw a lot of zone," coach Eric Yerly said. "Teams would double- and triple-team her and sometimes even throw four people at her when she caught the ball."
Lehne shot 57 percent and averaged 17.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.0 blocked shots. She will take recruiting visits to Wichita State and Northern Colorado over spring break, but doesn't plan to sign anywhere until after the summer.
"This means a lot to me," Lehne said. "It really shows that people recognize all my hard work."
Lambrigtsen (22.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.6 steals) led Oregon to 81 wins the last four years, and each year the Hawks were the shortest of the BNC West contenders.
"We were so short, but we were always short, ever since we started playing together in second grade," the 5-7 Lambrigtsen said. "So we knew we had to be aggressive and attack. We were never intimidated by height."
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Macomber, a 6-foot center, averaged 15.8 points and 8.3 rebounds and led Eastland (28-5) to Friday's 1A state semifinals after missing most of last year with foot and knee injuries.
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Cleaver averaged 13 points, six rebounds, three assists and four steals for Dakota (25-7).
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The Ohio University Dance Division in the School of Dance, Film and Theater will present its annual Senior Dance Concert at 7 and 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, Friday, Nov. 22 and Saturday, Nov. 23 in the Shirley Wimmer Dance Theatre at Putnam Hall.
The 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. times will be different performances. Tickets are $8 for adults and free for students with a valid Ohio University ID.
Have you ever been stuck between an undeniable connection and a compelling reason to destroy that connection? Choreographer Kristopher Terry's piece "Illicit" explores the tender and intensely rigid relationship between three friends. Terry's unique movement style and dynamic performance of his dancers evokes empathy for the "dance" within a relationship and ensuing connections.
"Free at Best," choreographed by Irene Honora, explores mental and physical entrapment through the blend of gesture and full-bodied movement. Augmented by an original score from composer Tony Void, the dark setting is created with themes of resentment, anger, liberation, and hope.
Elizabeth Conway's solo work, "Spitting Image," fuses live and video dance. Yielding to the containment of her 8' by 8' square, her subtle and decisive movements juxtapose the relationship between the real and virtual image.
Memories, map-making, and drawing are the creative tools used to remember Emily Stepleton's grandmother in her solo work, "Reconfiguration of Drumbeat Red." An original score by Alyssa Scabby blends rhythms of cooking instruments, waves of Lake Erie, and distorted Ernest R. Ball music scores.
Emma W. Rumberg's work, "Less than 500nm Seen at Full," explores the power and potential of the sun that exists within the human form. Seven dancers enliven images of solar flares that burst and lash out into space. These flares are fodder for tensility making up the sun potential of human interaction.
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Are Pictures Allowed in the House (2)
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Posted: 30 May 2006 at 12:28am
Are Pictures allowed in the house ???
I read an article on UnderstandingIslam.net, in which it states it is ok to have pictures of people and animals in the house, and gives proof of this account by stating the Palace of Sulieman (A.S) in which where pictures of lions etc. However, the following hadith seems to contradict this,
The Prophet said, 'Angels do not enter a house in which there are dogs or pictures'. (Sahih-Al-Bukhari, 7.833, Narrated by Abu Talha)
Hadith 7.834 (Al-Bukhari Hadith)
Hadith 7.838 (Al-Bukhari Hadith)
Hadith 7.840 (Al-Bukhari Hadith)
Hadith 7.843 (Al-Bukhari Hadith)
Hadith 7.844 (Al-Bukhari Hadith)
Hadith 7.846 (Al-Bukhari Hadith)
Please Discuss, the outcome of this should be beneficial to us all !
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I deleted the original accidentally while trying to move it to the correct section.
I am going to move this to the Basics of Islam Section.
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As-Salamu `alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
We commend your keenness on getting yourself well-acquainted with Islam and its teachings, and we implore Allah Almighty to help us serve His cause and render our work for His Sake.
See the following Ahadith from Bukhari:
Vol 8, Book 73. Good Manners And Form (Al-Adab). Hadith 130.
Narrated By 'Aisha: The Prophet entered upon me while there was a curtain having pictures (of animals) in the house. His FACE GOT RED with anger, and then he got hold of the curtain and tore it into pieces. The Prophet said, "Such people as paint these pictures will receive the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection."
Vol 3, Book 34. Sales And Trade. Hadith 318.
Narrated By 'Aisha: (Mother of the faithful believers) I bought a cushion with pictures on it. When Allah's Apostle saw it, he kept standing at the door and did not enter the house. I noticed the sign of disgust on his face, so I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I repent to Allah and H is Apostle. (Please let me know) what sin I have done." Allah's Apostle said, "What about this cushion?" I replied, "I bought it for you to sit and recline on." Allah's Apostle said, "The painters (i.e. owners) of these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection. It will be said to them, 'Put life in what you have created (i.e. painted).' " The Prophet added, "The ANGELS DO NOT ENTER a house where there are pictures."
Vol 4, Book 54. Beginning Of Creation. Hadith 447.
Narrated By 'Aisha: I stuffed for the Prophet a pillow decorated with pictures (of animals) which looked like a Namruqa (i.e. a small cushion). He came and stood among the people with excitement apparent on his face. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is wrong?" He said, "What is this pillow?" I said, "I have prepared this pillow for you, so that you may recline on it." He said, "Don't you know that ANGELS DO NOT ENTER a house wherein there are pictures; and whoever makes a picture will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and will be asked to give life to (what he has created)?"
Vol 4, Book 54. Beginning Of Creation. Hadith 539.
Narrated By Abu Talha: The Prophet said, "ANGELS DO NOT ENTER a house witch has either a dog or a picture in it."
Vol 4, Book 55. Prophets. Hadith 570.
Narrated By Ibn Abbas: The Prophet entered the Ka'ba and found in it the pictures of (Prophet) Abraham and Mary. On that he said' "What is the matter with them (i.e. Quraish)? They have already heard that ANGELS DO NOT ENTER a house in which there are pictures; yet this is the picture of Abraham. And why is he depicted as practicing divination by arrows?"
Vol 5, Book 59. Military Expeditions Led By The Prophe.... Hadith 338.
Narrated By Ibn Abbas: Abu Talha, a companion of Allah's Apostle and one of those who fought at Badr together with Allah's Apostle told me that Allah's Apostle said. "ANGELS DO NOT ENTER a house in which there is a dog or a picture" He meant the images of creatures that have souls.
Vol 7, Book 72. Dress. Hadith 833.
Narrated By Abu Talha: The Prophet said, "ANGELS DO NOT ENTER a house in which there is a dog or there are pictures."
Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, states:
"Photography as a medium of communication or for the simple, innocent retention of memories without the taint of reverence/shirk does not fall under the category of forbidden Tasweer.
One finds a number of traditions from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, condemning people who make Tasweer, which denotes painting or carving images or statues. It was closely associated with paganism or shirk. People were in the habit of carving images and statues for the sake of worship. Islam, therefore, declared Tasweer forbidden because of its close association with shirk (association of partners with Allah). One of the stated principles of usul-u-Fiqh (Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence) is that if anything directly leads to haram, it is likewise haram. In other words, Tasweer was forbidden precisely for the reason that it was a means leading to shirk.
The function of photography today does not fall under the above category. Even some of the scholars who had been once vehemently opposed to photography under the pretext that it was a form of forbidden Tasweer have later changed their position on it - as they allow even for their own pictures to be taken and published in newspapers, for videotaping lectures and for presentations; whereas in the past, they would only allow it in exceptional cases such as passports, drivers' licenses, etc. The change in their view of photography is based on their assessment of the role of photography.
"It is not considered haram (forbidden) to hang family pictures on the wall; however, I should urge you against hanging them on the wall directly facing you in Prayer. For by hanging them in the direction of Prayer, your thoughts will likely be distracted; furthermore, it may inadvertently give the impression that we worship pictures. It is important for us Muslims to make ourselves distinct in our religious practices from those who associate partners with Allah in their worship. So never hang such pictures in the direction of your Prayer.
Still another point to consider: Never hang pictures of leaders and heroes, past or present, on your walls, for it may inadvertently lead to feelings of extreme reverence and hero worship, and this in turn may become an avenue leading to shirk. Such things are considered as avenues leading to that which is haram, and hence considered as forbidden. It is worth remembering that this was the main rationale for prohibiting carving images and statues in the first place.
Since, however, such motives are entirely lacking in hanging family pictures, there is no reason to consider it as haram."
But the great Saudi Scholar Shaikh Salih Al-Munajjid states:
Photography (tasweer) means the taking of pictures of living, animate moving beings, like people, animals, birds, etc. The ruling is that it is forbidden on the basis of a number of reports, such as the following:
'Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Those who will be most severely punished by Allaah on the Day of Resurrection will be the image-makers." (Reported by al-Bukhaari, see al-Fath, 10/382).
Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Allaah, may He be exalted, says: 'Who does more wrong than the one who tries to create something like My creation? Let him create a grain of wheat or a kernel of corn.'" (Reported by al-Bukhaari, see Fath al-Baari, 10/385).
'Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: "Shall I not send you on the same mission as the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) sent me? Do not leave any built-up tomb without levelling it, and do not leave any picture in any house without erasing it." (Reported by Muslim and al-Nisaa'i; this is the version narrated by al-Nisaa'i).
Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him and his father) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Every image-maker will be in the Fire, and for every image that he made a soul will be created for him, which will be punished in the Fire." Ibn 'Abbaas said: "If you must do that, make pictures of trees and other inanimate objects." (Reported by Muslim, 3/1871)
These ahaadeeth indicate that pictures of animate beings are haraam, whether they are humans or other creatures, whether they are three-dimensional or two-dimensional, whether they are printed, drawn, etched, engraved, carved, cast in moulds, etc. These ahaadeeth include all of these types of pictures.
The Muslim should submit to the teachings of Islam and not argue with them by saying, "But I am not worshipping them or prostrating to them!" If we think about just one aspect of the evil caused by the prevalence of photographs and pictures in our times, we will understand something of the wisdom behind this prohibition: that aspect is the great corruption caused by the provoking of physical desires and subsequent spread of immorality caused by these pictures.
The Muslim should not keep any pictures of animate beings in his house, because they will prevent the angels from entering. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or pictures." (Reported by al-Bukhaari, see al-Fath, 10/380).
But nowadays, unfortunately, one can even find in some Muslim homes statues of gods worshipped by the kuffaar (such as Buddha etc.) which they keep on the basis that they are antiques or decorative pieces. These things are more strictly prohibited than others, just as pictures which are hung up are worse than pictures which are not hung up, for how easily they can lead to glorification, and cause grief or be a source of boasting! We cannot say that these pictures are kept for memory's sake, because true memories of a Muslim relative or friend reside in the heart, and we remember them by praying for mercy and forgiveness for them.
Taking pictures with a camera involves human actions such as focusing, pressing the shutter, developing, printing, and so on. We cannot call it anything other than "picture-making" or tasweer, which is the expression used by all Arabic-speakers to describe this action.
In the book Al-I'laam bi naqd kitaab al-halaal wa'l-haraam, the author says: "Photography is even more of an imitation of the creation of Allaah than pictures which are engraved or drawn, so it is even more deserving of being prohibited� There is nothing that could exclude photography from the general meaning of the reports." (p. 42, see also Fataawa Islamiyyah, 4/355).
Among the scholars who have discussed the issue of photography is Shaykh Naasir al-Deen al-Albaani, who said: "Some of them differentiate between hand-drawn pictures and photographic images by claiming that the latter are not products of human effort, and that no more is involved than the mere capturing of the image. This is what they claim. The tremendous energy invested the one who invented this machine that can do in few seconds what otherwise could not be done in hours does not count as human effort, according to these people! Pointing the camera, focusing it, and taking the picture, preceded by installation of the film and followed by developing and whatever else that I may not know about� none of this is the result of human effort, according to them!
Some of them explain how this photography is done, and summarize that no less than eleven different actions are involved in the making of a picture. In spite of all this, they say that this picture is not the result of human action! Can it be permissible to hang up a picture of a man, for example, if it is produced by photography, but not if it is drawn by hand?
Those who say that photography is permitted have "frozen" the meaning of the word "tasweer," restriciting it only to the meaning known at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and not adding the meaning of photography, which is "tasweer" or "picture-making" in every sense - linguistic, legal, and in its harmful effects, and as is clear from the definition mentioned above. Years ago, I said to one of them, By the same token, you could allow idols which have not been carved but have been made by pressing a button on some machine that turns out idols by the dozen. What do you say to that?"
(Aadaab al-Zafaaf by al-Albaani, p. 38)
It is also worth quoting the opinion of some contemporary scholars who allow the taking of photographs but say that the pictures should not be kept: "The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or pictures." (See al-Sharh al-Mumti', 2/198).
There are many bad things involved in the making of pictures. Besides the element of imitating the creation of Allaah - which is an accusation denied by many of those who make pictures - reality bears witness to the great extent of immorality and provocation of desires caused by the prevalence of pictures and picture-making nowadays. We must remove or blot out every picture, except when it is too difficult to do so, like the pictures which are overwhelmingly prevalent in food packaging, or pictures used in encyclopaedias and reference books. We should remove what we can, and be careful about any provocative pictures that may be found.
"So keep your duty to Allaah and fear Him as much as you can�" [al-Taghaabun 64:16 - interpretation of the meaning]
Photographs which are essential are permitted - such as those required for identity documents, or for identifying or pursuing criminals [e.g. "wanted" posters and the like - translator's note], or for educational purposes which cannot be achieved otherwise. The principle in sharee'ah is that we should not exaggerate about what is necessary.
We ask Allaah to accept our repentance and have mercy on us, and to forgive our excesses, for He is the All-Hearing Who answers prayers. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad.
If you are still in need of more information, don't hesitate to contact us. Do keep in touch. May Allah guide us all to the straight path!
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Traditional colorwork sweater with a "norwegian neckline". A very easy knit in the lovely Peruvian Highland Wool.
Work this design either as a mens sweater or as an oversize womens design. The colorwork pattern is the same as the "Azalea" design for women, so it work wonderfully for both men and women.


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Another level of movie making
Adobe Encore CS3
Developer: Adobe
System requirements:
Mac OS X: Intel dual-core CPU, Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later, 1GB RAM (2GB for HDV);
Windows: Intel Pentium 4, (1.4GHz processor for DV; 3.4GHz processor for HDV), Intel Centrino, or Intel Xeon (dual 2.8GHz processors for HD); Windows XP SP2 or Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise; 1GB RAM (2GB for HDV)
Price: $799 as part of Adobe Premiere, $1,499 as part of Adobe CS3 Design Premium (Shop.Ars)
Blu-ray appears poised to win the HD format wars, and now that Blu-ray writers have matured to a still-pokey 4x speed and are dropping in price, more people are looking seriously at software to make some shiny new HD home movies. While there are some high-end options for Windows (Sony's Blu-print and Sonic Scenarist come to mind), we're going to look at Adobe's Encore CS3, the first dual-platform app aimed at professionals and prosumers (and its integration with Adobe's suite of video apps is a big draw).
In this review, I'm approaching the product from the perspective of the HD hobbyist who just wants to get a Blu-ray disc of his vacation to play on his PS3 and make his friends jealous in the process. While I have a decent handle on After Effects and Final Cut, I won't be doing any BD-Java craziness or complex scripting, which is just as well, since Encore doesn't support either one, nor does it support authoring HD DVD.
Why are we reviewing a product that has been out for while now and is already at version *.0.2? For one thing, Encore CS3 made a rather quiet debut on the Mac; second, its Blu-ray features were rarely covered in much detail by other reviewers. Then, Leopard came out, and we learned that Encore CS3 wasn't fully compatible with OS X 10.5, which meant waiting for the 3.0.2 update (or else the review would have been instantly dated).
MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
- 160 GB 7200 RPM Seagate Momentus HD
- FastMac 2x Blu-ray burner with external Vantec
USB/FW case
- Canon HV20 HD camcorder
Potential Encore Mac users should note that Encore,like Soundbooth, is an Intel-only app on OS X.
The good news is that Encore is superbly multithreaded and reportedly saturates all eight cores of a Mac Pro or multi-core Windows machine.
FastMac has a 4x Blu-ray burner out now, and although neither it nor the 2x burner are officially supported in Encore, they both work fine and don't need extra configuration to work out of the box on the Mac. The bad news is that there still is no way to play back Blu-ray on the Mac, so if you don't have a PS3 or dedicated Blu-ray player, then you'll have to boot into Windows and use PowerDVD Ultra (it doesn't work with virtualization apps within OS X). Even then, you'll have to have HDCP-compliant hardware since Blu-ray requires copy protection compliance at the hardware level. Hopefully this will change soon since Apple has committed to Blu-ray as its HD format of choice.
A note on cost: there is no standalone price for Adobe Encore CS3. It isn't sold as a standalone program and can only be purchased with Adobe Premiere CS3 ($799) or as part of the Production Suite Premium package ($1,699). This is discussed later in the "bad idea" section.