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The pundits have declared Barack Obama to be the winner of last night's third and final presidential debate of the 2012 general election.
The big loser?
It's not Mitt Romney.
The loser in the bid for buzz was social media itself. Twitter and Facebook, the prime sources of instant commentary on the presidential campaign, rung up lower numbers than the record-breaking response to the first debate.
Call it debate fatigue or social media overkill.
Besides the spike in activity over Obama's "fewer horses and bayonets" comment, Twitter came 4 million tweets short last night of breaking the record set by the first presidential debate.
Despite the social media slump, both campaigns were able to enlist new followers on various social media platforms.
And who was the winner?
Even though Republicans clearly approached social media with a specific strategy in mind, Obama's team was once again able to engage more users throughout the night.
How it all played out:
This might have been a foreign policy debate, but the conversation often strayed to other topics as well, including economy (20 percent), taxes (7 percent), and energy and environment (4 percent).
Just as in the last debate, Obama's campaign out-tweeted Romney's. @BarackObama Twitter account was actively tweeting and re-tweeting during the debate, even re-tweeting non campaign accounts such as @ThinkProgress and @EdHenryTV.
While @RomneyResponse did tweet quite frequently during the debate, @TruthTeam2012 not only tweeted more but also engaged more users by also re-tweeting non campaign affiliated accounts such as @TheFix and @JeffreyGoldberg.
Both campaigns also utilized Twitter to solicit donations by sending out the following tweets:
Prior to the debate, both campaigns posted engaging messages accompanied by colorful graphics on their Facebook pages. Romney's graphic received more "likes," 183,979 to Obama's 139,931, but it only got half of the shares and comments that Obama's graphic did. Considering, that Romney only has one third of the followers on Facebook that Obama has, one could say that they were equally successful in engaging Facebook users.
However, Obama's campaign also shared the following graphic on Twitter and on Facebook. The campaign engaged the Facebook users by specifically asking them to "Share" the post and within 34 minutes, the graphic was shared 19,743 times. The tweet containing the graphic did not include any instructions for engagement and consequently, over the span of nine hours, the graphic was only re-tweeted 7,458 times.
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Republicans went into this debate prepared to dominate the social media. While Romney for President Inc. splurged for a promoted trend of #CantAfford4more, organizations such End Spending Action Fund and American CrossRoads paid for promoted pro-Romney/Ryan tweets, which appear on various searches for both Obama and Romney.
YouTube, which was streaming the debate, also paid to promote tweets on such searches.
Stop the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) organization had its own plans for last night's debate – to Twitter bomb it with hash tag StopNDAA. #StopNDAA did in fact trend in Texas early on and later even became a nationwide as well as worldwide Twitter trend.
The Twitterverse might have been suffering from debate fatigue during this third and final presidential debate, considering that the amount of tweets sent out during the debate only reached 6.5 million, down from 7.2 million during the second debate and 10.3 million during the first debate.
However, as always there were number of peak moments during the debate, with Obama's "fewer horses and bayonets" and Shieffer's "I think we all love teachers" comments.
Romney's campaign might have paid to have a promoted trend, but Obama's zingers such as his response that Romney is attempting to "airbrush history" and his "fewer horses and bayonets" comment quickly became worldwide trends. Even his response "Nothing Governor Romney says is true" became a "Nothing Gov" trending topic in the U.S. and "Nothing Governor Romney" worldwide.


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Workers at Pakistan's lone beer maker, Murree Brewery, line up empty beer bottles at the factory in Rawalpindi, Nov. 10, 2012.
The only brewery in Pakistan has a 150-year-old tradition. NBC's Amna Nawaz reports.
Faisal Mahmood, Reuters — Murree Brewery, established in 1860 by British colonial rulers to supply beer to their troops, is desperately looking for business overseas to hedge against its uncertain domestic market. Prohibition was imposed in Pakistan in 1977. Non-Muslims and foreigners must obtain a government permit to purchase alcohol at designated retailers which are mainly upscale hotels.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Images made available to NBC News on Nov. 15.
An employee prepares barley at the Murree Brewery in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Nov. 10.
A Murree Brewery employee checks barrels at the factory in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Nov. 10.
A Murree Brewery guard closes the factory's main gate in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Nov. 10.

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This photograph is further proof that you never know what you are going to find at University Archives and Records Program. Pictured here is Mrs. C.H. Ray of Elizabethtown, KY. She is posing with her winning entry in the national "Fowl Fashion" competition. The competition, sponsored by the Poultry & Egg National Board, was one "in which the feathered folk strut their stuff in costumes their ingenious owners had created for them from poultry feed bag material," according to Jane Watson former publicity director of the Poultry & Egg National Board. Although the date of the photo is unknown there is something about a "fowl fashion" competition that is perhaps timeless.
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QUINWOOD — Maudie Servus Stover, 105, formerly of Quinwood, W.Va., passed away, Monday, May 4, 2015, at Heartland of Rainelle, following a long illness.
Born May 29, 1909, at Sand Lick, W.Va., she was the daughter of Calvin and Etta Webb Atha.1 In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her first husband, Joseph K. Servus, and her second husband Sherman Stover.
Maudie was a member of Quinwood Baptist Church and a homemaker.
Survivors include five daughters by her first marriage; 25 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m., Friday, May 8, 2015, at Wallace & Wallace Chapel of Rainelle, with Pastor Chad Rodes officiating. Burial will follow at Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, W.Va. Friends may visit with the family from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday evening, at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to: www.wallaceandwallacefh.com
Arrangements entrusted to Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home of Rainelle.
Source: Register Herald, 7 May 2015
1 Maudie's mother was Etta Daniel. She married first, Calvin Atha, then after his death, John Webb.


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2009 Award Predictions
with my craze of 2009 picks, I'll brake down my predictions for the winners
(and two runner-ups) of all the major awards for the upcoming season. Some awards are flawed like MVP, where some
voters pick the player who had the best overall season and some voters vote
literally for the player most valuable to a (usually successful) team. I usually sway toward the player with the
best overall season so here it goes:
1) Mark Teixeira
— It almost seems too easy to pick Teixeira as MVP, when
he is the bright new star on the team everyone is picking to go the
distance. The New Yankee Stadium's
short porch, identical to its predecessor, will make Teixeira an even more
dangerous power hitter. If can have a
.632 SLG in the cavern of Turner Field, I can only guess that next season will
be one his greatest.
2) B.J. Upton
— No one knows for sure how much Upton's shoulder
affected his power in 2008, but judging from his past slugging numbers, it did
a woozy. I expect B.J. Upton to bounce
back and have his power explode onto the scene. I'm guessing a 30/40 season in the works. If only he was as good of a autograph signer
as he was a baseball player…
3) Grady Sizemore
— As you may have already known, I've tabbed the Indians
as next year's World Champions, and I fully believe Sizemore will be one of the
main reasons they are going to be so successful. He could wind up having an identical line as B.J. Upton, but I
think Upton could rack more stolen bases and a better OBP. But if the Indians go all the way, Sizemore
will without a doubt by vying for MVP.
1) Albert Pujols
Anyone want to argue with me?
2) David Wright
— As of
now, with all of their players healthy, the Mets are better than Philly. Wright probably will be challenged by Carlos
Beltran and Jose Reyes for votes, but most likely will overcome. The only question is whether Citi Field will
be better suited for right-handed or left-handed hitters. Given some smaller, lefty-friendly confines,
Beltran could reach 40 home runs and Reyes could reach 20.
3) Hanley Ramirez
— I had the
first pick in my fantasy draft this year and I chose Hanley. Going from leading off to hitting third can
only help his numbers as long as Cameron Maybin can do a good job of getting on
base in the leadoff spot. The Marlins
are poised to make a run for the NL Wild Card, but even if they falter this
year, Ramirez is almost a lock to have another great season.
AL Cy Young
1) Roy Halladay
— Besides run support, Halladay has everything in
place to repeat his dominant 2008 performance.
It really is impressive how effective he's has been considering he
pitches in the best offensive division in baseball for the for the worst
hitting team in that division.
2) Cliff Lee
— Has
anyone figured yet why Cliff Lee had such a great year? I don't think so. Well, then I have no reason to think Lee can't repeat his pure
brilliance of 2008. But of course, the
chances that he actually does recapture his sudden outstanding brilliance of
last season are not that great. If I
were a betting man, I'd still go with Halladay.
3) John Danks
— There are
a slew of young pitchers who I predict will take it to the next level in 2009
like Ervin Santana, Zack Greinke, and Jon Lester. But I think Danks will be the one who really pitches himself into
the elite class of American League pitchers.
He was rushed into the majors in his rookie season but I have a gut
feeling 2008 is only a little of what Danks can accomplish.
NL Cy Young
1) Tim Lincecum
didn't think Lincecum should have won the Cy Young last year, but I do
think he'll deserve it this season.
With Santana having health issues, Webb moving slightly back to normal,
and Sabathia moving to the AL, Lincecum is by far the top favorite for the 09
NL Cy, and I don't see a reason why he can't get even better in his second full
2) Cole Hamels
— Everybody knows how good Hamels already is
already but he's still getting better each season. I predict 238 innings and a 2.85 ERA for Hamels with a WHIP below
1 (he was only .08 above last year).
3) Chad Billingsley
— You saw what I predicted for Hamels and
Billingsley won't be far behind if at all.
Like Hamels, the 24-year old has been getting more effective every
season. The big difference between
Billingsley and Hamels is that Hamels is entering his fourth season of starting
full-time in the bigs. Billingsley is
just entering just his second.
AL Rookie of the Year
1) Matt Wieters
— I'm well aware of the possibility that Wieters
has only played half a season in Double A and might spend the first month or so
in Norfolk. However it's a sure thing
that Wieters will be in Baltimore by June if he stays healthy. And if he stays healthy…[whistle]
Prediction: .377 OBP, 26 HR, 78 RBI,
Travis Snider
— Unlike Matt Wieters and
David Price, Snider has the pleasure of knowing he has a spot in the lineup
come Opening Day. I'm slightly worried
about how fast the Jays moved Snider through the minors in 2008, but his
numbers held up so I'm excited to see how well Snider can hit. And needless to say, he needs to swing the
bat well to stay with Toronto since he really can't do anything else.
Prediction: .347 OBP,
3) David Price
— It would seem David Price winning the 2009 AL
Rookie of the Year would be oh so fitting after he burst onto the scene down
the stretch and dominated in the playoffs last season. But then reality sets in and a reasonable
fan realizes Price might spend a good chunk of time in Durham next year due to
the presence of Jeff Niemann. Plus,
Price was having all of that playoff success as a reliever not a starter, where
he would have to spread all of his strength and energy into six or seven
innings, not one or two. However, I've
obviously seen the first overall pick's filthy stuff, so a full effective year
in the bigs definitely isn't out of the question; just not very probable unless
someone in the Rays rotation gets injured.
Prediction: 21 GS, 3.60 ERA, 9 W, 4 L
NL Rookie of the Year
1) David Freese
— Other than Freese, I would like to know the last
time a player completely skipped Double-A and still had an amazing year at the
next level. Oh wait, I know: Albert Pujols! Anyway, the 25-year-old Freese had a great
year in Class A Advanced Lakeland before being traded over to St. Louis for Jim
Edmonds (nice going Kevin Towers) and had an even better offensive season in
the PCL. Troy Glaus will be recovered
from his injury by June at the latest, so Freese may end up either making the
Cards trade away Glaus or get traded away himself. No matter what happens with Glaus though, I doubt Freese will be
forced back to AAA again.
Prediction: .356 OBP 26 HR, 89 RBI, 4 SB
2) Chris Dickerson
— Unless the horrific Reds front office for some
reason doesn't let Dickerson play everyday, he'll become the next young Reds
position player to break out. Imagine a
prototypical athletic outfielder…that can actually hit.
My Prediction: .362 OBP 15 HR, 69 RBI, 34 SB
3) Gaby Sanchez
— Sanchez is a risky pick here because unlike
other ROY candidates like Travis Ishikawa, Colby Rasmus, or Elvis Andrus, he
really needs to have a great spring to secure a major league roster spot. However, I predict he will not only win the
Marlins first-base job but have a very good rookie year. The only problem with Gaby Sanchez winning a
spot is that Dallas McPherson or Jorge Cantu will unfairly be sent down or put
on the bench.
Prediction: .343 OBP, 20 HR, 67 RBI, 5 SB


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[edit] A
- Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (Sharmon Shah) – former NBA Basketball player[2]
- Abu Tammam – 9th century Arab poet born to Christian parents.[3]
- Abu Usamah – controversial American-born Imam of Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, UK. Accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims in a UK Television documentary.[4]
- Ahmad Rashād – Emmy award-winning sportscaster (mostly with NBC Sports) and former American football wide receiver.[5][6]
- Ahmed Santos – Filipino, fugitive, founder of the Rajah Solaiman Movement & suspected by Filipino authorities to be an Al Qaeda operative converted From Catholicism[7][8][9]
- Ahmad Thomson – British barrister and writer and also a member of the Murabitun movement.[10]
- Akhenaton – French rapper and producer of French hip hop.[11]
- Alexander Litvinenko – former Russian spy converted to Islam on his deathbed.[12] [13]
- Alexander Russell Webb – Former Presbyterian.[14] American journalist, newspaper owner, and former Consul-General of the U.S.A. in the Philippines.[15][16]
- André Carson – former Baptist,[17] second Muslim to serve the United States Congress.[18]
- Anthony Green or Abdul Raheem Green, Converted from Catholicism to Islam, and is now an Islamic lecturer.[19]
- Art Blakey – American Jazz musician[20]
- Aukai Collins – fought in Chechnya, paid FBI informant, author of an autobiographical book[21]
[edit] B
- Benjamin Chavis – controversial former head of the NAACP; joined the Nation of Islam, which is not connected with traditional Islam in any way.[22]
- Bernard Hopkins – American boxer[23]
- Betty Shabazz – wife of Malcolm X; former Methodist.[24]
- Bilal Philips – Islamic scholar and author[25]
- Bruno Metsu – French coach of the Senegal team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup[26]
[edit] C
- Count Cassius– Visigothic aristocrat who founded the Banu Qasi dynasty of Muladi rulers.[27]
- Chris Eubank – British boxer[28]
- Claude Alexandre de Bonneval or Humbaracı Ahmet Paşa is 18th century French nobleman.[29]
- Celt Islam or Muhammad Abdullah Hamzah,British convert to Islam and Sufi electronica musician .[30]
[edit] D
- Daniel Moore – poet [31]
- Danny Thompson – English double bass player converted from Catholicism.[32]
- Danny Williams – British boxer[33]
- David Belfield – American, fled to Iran after assassinating Ali Akbar Tabatabai, an Iranian dissident.[34]
- David Benjamin Keldani, a former Catholic priest.
- David Chappelle – comedian and television star[35]
- Dawud Wharnsby Ali (David Wharnsby) – Canadian singer/poet.[36][37]
[edit] E
- Éric Abidal (changed his name to Bilal) – French football player , converted to Islam after marriage.[38]
- Everlast – Rapper from the Irish-American hip-hop group House of Pain, converted From Catholicism. [17]
[edit] F
- Franck Ribéry– a French football player. His name after he converted to Islam is Bilal.[39]
[edit] G
- Gabriele Torsello – Italian freelance photojournalist based in London who was abducted in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.[40]
- George XI of Kartli – Saffavid commander.[41]
- Germaine Lindsay – one of the suicide terrorists in the 7 July 2005 London bombings[42][43][44] in which 25 people were murdered.
- Gyula Germanus, Hungarian historian and orientalist
[edit] H
- Hamza Yusuf – American convert from Greek Orthodox; head of the Zaytuna Institute.[45]
- Hedley Churchward – English painter[46]
[edit] I
- Ian Dallas – Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi – Sufi shaykh of Scottish origins.[47]
- Ibrahim Hewitt born Brian Hewitt in Tynemouth, from nominal Christianity a pioneer of Muslim schools in Britain and campaigner for justice for Palestinians.
- Ibrahim Muteferrika (original name not known) – From Unitarian Christianity, an early example of a Muslim publisher and printer.[48]
- Ilie II Rareş – prince of Moldavia.[49]
- Ingrid Mattson – Canadian scholar and current president of the Islamic Society of North America (2006) converted From Catholicism.[50]
- Isabelle Eberhardt – from Lutheran Christianity, 19th century explorer & writer[51]
- Ivan Aguéli (Johan Agelii) – famous Swedish painter.[52][53]
- Iyasu V – Ethiopian emperor.[54]
[edit] J
- C. Jack Ellis – Mayor of Macon, Georgia[55]
- Jacques-Francois Menou – French general under Napoleon I of France.[56]
- James Yee – previously Lutheran[57] and former U.S. Army Muslim chaplain.[58]
- Jean de Béthencourt – French explorer who led an expedition to the Canary Islands.[59]
- Jeffrey Lang, a mathematics professor in USA.[60]
- Jermaine Jackson (Muhammad Abdul Aziz) – former member of The Jackson 5 and brother of popstars Michael and Janet Jackson.[61]
- Jerôme Courtailler – one of two French brothers convicted by French authorities in 2004 for abetting terrorists[42][62][63]
- Jimmy Cliff – Jamaican reggae musician.[64][65]
- Joe Tex – soul singer and recording artist.[66]
- St. John Philby – Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence operative; converted from Anglicanism.[67]
- John Walker Lindh – the "American Taliban" converted From Catholicism[68][69]
- John Whitehead – an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.[70]
- John Nelson – first recorded Englishman to become a Muslim.[71]
- Jonathan Birt, Jonathan Birt, the son of Lord Birt, former director-general of the BBC, and Emma Clark, the granddaughter of former liberal prime minister Herbert Asquith[72].
- Joseph Thomas – Australian convert, acquitted of terrorism charges, placed under a control order under the Australian Anti-Terrorism Act 2005, currently pending retrial.[73][74]
- Judar Pasha – conqueror of the Songhai Empire.[75]
[edit] K
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) – retired basketball player & the NBA's all-time leading scorer[76]
- Keith Ellison – American, Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district, first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress, converted From Catholicism[77]
- Kevin Barrett – university lecturer and member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth.[78]
- Khalid Yasin – Executive Director of the Islamic Teaching Institute, and a Shaykh currently residing in Australia.[79]
- Knud Holmboe – Danish journalist and explorer converted From Catholicism.[80]
- Prof. Keith L. Moore [81]
[edit] L
- Dolores "LaLa" Brooks – American musician.[82]
[edit] M
- Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Chris Jackson) – retired basketball player[83]
- Malcolm X – American, from Christianity to Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam, African-American civil rights leader.[84]
- Marmaduke Pickthall – famous translator of the Quran.[85]
- Mario Scialoja – Italian ambassador and President of the World Muslim League.[86]
- Matthew Saad Muhammad (formerly Matthew Franklin) – former boxer, converted From Catholicism.[87]
- Michael Muhammad Knight – American novelist, writer, and journalist.[88]
- Mihnea Turcitul – was a Prince (Voivode) of Walachia. Converted from Eastern Orthodox Christianity.[89]
- Mohammad Yousuf – Pakistani cricketer. Known for holding the world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year, converted From Catholicism.[90]
- Mohammed Knut Bernström – Swedish ambassador to Venezuela (1963–1969), Spain (1973–1976) and Morocco (1976–1983)[91]
- Mohammed Zakariya – an American master of Arabic calligraphy, best known for his work on the popular Eid U.S. postage stamp.[92]
- Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (Philip Barker) – professor of Urdu, former chair of the University of Minnesota's Department of South Asian studies and creator of the Tékumel fantasy world.[93]
- Muhammad Ali (formerly Cassius Clay), from Baptist[94][95] to The Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam.[96] famous boxer.
- Muhammed al-Ahari born January 6, 1965 as Ray Allen Rudder is an American essayist, scholar and writer on the topics of American Islam, Black Nationalist groups, heterodox Islamic groups and modern occultism
- Michael Wolfe the American director.[97]
- Murad Wilfred Hofmann – NATO official, converted From Catholicism[98]
- Michael Jackson-King of Pop,said to have converted to Islamon 21st November,2008 at a ceremony at Los Angeles & changed his name to Mikael.[99]
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- Nicolas Anelka – French football player[100]
- Nuh Ha Mim Keller – from Catholicism to agnosticism to Sunni Islam, Islamic scholar.[101]
- Queen Noor of Jordan (formerly Lisa Najeeb Halaby)[102]
[edit] O
- Olu Dara (born Charles Jones III in Natchez, Mississippi[1] on 12 January 1941) is an American cornetist, guitarist and singer
- Omar Bongo – Gabonese, President of Gabon.[103]
- Omar Pasha – Ottoman general. Converted from Serbian Orthodoxy.[104]
[edit] P
- Peter Murphy – vocalist of the goth/rock group Bauhaus, converted From Catholicism.[105]
- Poncke Princen – Dutch soldier, later human rights activist, converted From Catholicism.[106]
- Preacher Moss – Former Baptist,[107] American comedian and comedy writer.[108]
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[edit] R
- Radu cel Frumos – was the younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş (Dracula) and prince of the principality of Wallachia, converted From Catholicism.[109]
- René Guénon – French Author in the field of metaphysics, converted From Catholicism. [110][111]
- Richard Colvin Reid – shoe bomber (convicted terrorist) [112]
- Richard Thompson – British musician, best known for his guitar playing and songwriting.[113]
- Robert D. Crane is the former adviser to the late President Richard Nixon, and is former Deputy Director (for Planning) of the U.S. National Security Council.[114]
- Robin Padilla – Filipino actor.[115]
- Roger Garaudy – French philosopher, converted From Catholicism.[116]
- Ronald Bell or Khalis Bayyan (born 1 November 1951, Youngstown, Ohio) is an American singer, composer and saxophonist
- Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley – British soldier and peer.[117]
- Rudolf Carl von Slatin – Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan.[118]
- Rustie Lee – British television chef and celebrity.[119]
- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood – British author, converted from Protestantism.[120]
- Ryan G. Anderson – former Lutheran, convicted of charges of espionage for Al Qaeda[121][122]
- Ryan Harris– football player for the Denver Broncos [123]
- A.R. Rahman – Indian Composer and Musician from Tamil Nadu[citation needed][124]
[edit] S
- Salman the Persian A convert from Christianity[125] who was previously Zoroastrian. In search for truth, he traveled to Syria to follow Christianity. Upon the death of his teachers, he was directed to head to Arabia, where he was told the final prophet will rise. He later converted to Islam and became one of Muhammad's first companions.
- Sana al-Sayegh, dean of the Science and Technology Faculty at Palestine International University, converted to Islam in August 2007. Fatah has accused its political rival Hamas of forcing the professor to convert from Christianity, a charge Hamas denies. [126]
- Sarah Joseph – commentator on women's issues and founder of emel magazine, converted From Catholicism.[127]
- Brad Terrence Jordan ("Scarface") – American rapper[128]
- Silma Ihram – formerly a born again Baptist who is an Australian pioneer of Muslim education in the West, founder and former school Principal of the 'Noor Al Houda Islamic College', campaigner for racial tolerance, and Author.[129]
- Siraj Wahaj – Former Baptist.[130] African-American Imam, noted for his efforts to eliminate Brooklyn's drug problems.[131]
- Sheila Musaji – founder of The American Muslim magazine.[132]
- Suhaib Webb – American Islamic activist and speaker.[133]
- Snoop Dog – iconic American Rapper
- Suleiman Pasha – French-born Egyptian commander.[134]
[edit] T
- Tariq Abdul-Wahad (Olivier Saint-Jean) – originally from France, former basketball player for the Mavericks and Kings[135]
- Tawana Brawley (changed her name to Maryam Muhammad) – African American woman noted for claiming to have been raped by several white men, a claim determined to be a fabrication by a grand jury. Later in life she converted to Islam.[136][137]
- Tekuder – Mongol leader of the Ilkhan empire who was formerly a Nestorian Christian.[138]
- Thomas J. Abercrombie – photographer[139]
- Timothy Winter – prominent British Islamic thinker and scholar, and a lecturer in Islamic studies in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge.[140]
- Top Topham – rock guitarist from England.[141]
- Torquato Cardilli – Italian ambassador, converted From Catholicism.[142]
[edit] U
[edit] V
- Vincenzo Luvineri – American rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia underground hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks, converted From Catholicism.[143]
[edit] W
- Wadih el-Hage born to a Maronite Christian family in Sidon, Lebanon, a former al-Qaeda member.[citation needed]
- William Abdullah Quilliam – 19th century British poet, ambassador and journalist.[144]
- Willie Brigitte – French convert to Islam who associated with al-Qaeda in Pakistan and was possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in Australia.[145]
- Timothy Winter – British scholar.
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- Yahiya Emerick – American Muslim scholar, President of the Islamic Foundation of North America, converted from Protestantism.[146]
- Yasin Abu Bakr (Lennox Philip) – of Trinidad and Tobago, under trial for an attempted coup as of 9 March 2006[147]
- Yusuf Estes – Former preacher and federal prison chaplain, converted from Protestantism.[1]
- Yvonne Ridley – British journalist, from Anglicanism. She converted after being kidnapped and released by the Taliban.[148][149]
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- Zaid Shakir – African-American Muslim speaker and intellectual in the United States.[150][151]
- Zağanos Pasha – one of the prominent military commanders of Mehmet II (Mehmet the Conqueror) and a lala, at once an advisor, mentor, tutor, councillor, protector, for the sultan.[152]


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|Last week, a bright, beautiful 20-year-old Turkish university student named Ozgecan Aslan was the last person on her shared taxi known as a dolmuş. It's a common form of transportation in Turkey. A dolmuş, much like an airport shuttle van, carries up to 10 people at a time. Everyone in Turkey uses them. It would never have occurred to me to think of one as unsafe. Last week riding in a dolmuş cost Ozgecan Aslan her life. She was raped, stabbed, dismembered, and burned by a dolmuş driver, his friend, and the dolmuş driver's own father.
Turkish Women refused
to let men near her casket
At the funeral, the imam signalled for men to pick up the casket and Turkish women were having none of it. They refused to step away and carried her casket out themselves, a shockingly unusual act in patriarchal Turkish culture. It was an incredibly healthy response of contempt that signalled to the entire nation, this problem of violence against women MUST be addressed. Ozgecan Aslan, and her fate, was on the lips of every Turkish woman with fury and sorrow all week long.
Turkey, a country famous for its denial of so many of its historic problems, is not in denial on this one. Turkey knows it has a problem with domestic violence and violence against women. The President himself called it "Turkey's bleeding wound." Last year, 281 women were killed in Turkey (that are known of - with honor killings and such you can't be sure of accurate reporting).
A Turkish actress started a hashtag called #Sendeanlat (tell your story), asking women to take to Twitter to tell their stories of how they had been harassed in daily life. Last I looked it had close to 1,000,000 tweets in two or three days. Even though the men of Turkey, know there is a problem, I'm not sure they care enough to fix it.
Murder of females is political
Graffiti about Ozgecan Aslan's murder filled the streets. It wouldn't have occurred to me to think of Ozgecan Aslan's murder as political until I saw the graffiti above that declared it so. Then I couldn't get it out of my mind once seeing it. There were so many ways it could be. Like the victims of so much state violence this year, Ozgecan was both Kurdish (an ethnic minority) and Alevi (a religious minority). Was her death going to be used by authorities to further restrict the freedom of women in the country, the way terrorism is used to justify the end of civil liberties for citizens in the West? Immediately, there were calls for women to be segregated into 'pink buses.' Others pointed to the misogynist statements by politicians that devalued women. The pattern of peeling women away from public life is underway in Turkey.
Our rebellion is for murdered women!
What fascinates me is the similarity of toxic cultures for women -- no matter where they are located. For example, I have always thought of the American state South Carolina as a state badly in need of the fresh breezes of change -- a state still nursing grievances from the Civil War.
Just the other day, one of South Carolina's lawmakers referred to women as a "lesser cut of meat." It's easy to condemn the lawmaker, but it must be assumed that this attitude represents the population and it sells. These kind of statements diminishing women are common in both Turkey and South Carolina. Diminishing statements about women sell to the masses in Turkey too.
Recently, the Post and Courier newspaper in South Carolina examined how the good 'ole boy culture of patriarchal policy makers contribute to South Carolina leading the nation in dead women murdered by men. Despite another woman dying every 12 days at double the national rate, (and at three times the rate of South Carolina men who served in Iraq and Afghanistan combined), policy makers actively ignored a dozen initiatives to do something about the problem.
Who matters more?
The woman or the dog?
You'd be surprised --
or maybe not.
According to the Post and Courier, the only policy initiative related to domestic violence that got acted on in South Carolina was a proposal to make sure pets were taken care of when domestic violence happens. Indeed, South Carolina must value animals higher than women as 46 shelters for animals exist (one in every county) in the state, while only 18 shelters exist for women state-wide. According to the reporters who wrote the award-winning Post and Courier series "Til Death Do Us Part," a man in South Carolina can get five years for abusing his dog, but will only have to serve 30 days in jail for the first time he abuses his wife or girlfriend.
One of the sad aspects to the Ozgecan Aslan murder in Turkey, is that the mother/wife (same woman) of the alleged murders said she had been a battered woman for years. If she had received help, and this battery had been taken seriously in Turkey, would 20-year-old Ozgecan Aslan be alive today? According to the investigative journalism of the four reporters in South Carolina, incarceration saves lives as men are separated from women. That may be, but in South Carolina and in Turkey, there appears to be no interest in helping women in that situation as men choose to view them with morality judgements as "those women."
According to experts quoted in the "Till Death do us Part" series on domestic violence, South Carolina has the most traditionalist culture in the entire nation of the United States, preserving a status quo that benefits the needs and values of the elite. Wow, does that sound like Turkey. And here's what sounds EXACTLY like Turkey, "honor culture:"
"Surprisingly little research has examined the role South Carolina's culture plays in domestic abuse and homicides, considering the state's rate of men killing women is more than twice the national average.One often-cited study about violent tendencies in Southern men came from Richard E. Nisbett, distinguished professor of psychology at the University of Michigan.
His research revealed a Southern "culture of honor," one in which for generations a man's reputation has been central to his economic survival — and in which insults to that justify a violent response.
"We have very good evidence that southerners and northerners react differently to insults,"Nisbett says. "In the South, if someone insults you, you should respond. If the grievance is enough, you react with violence or the threat of violence."
In a clinical study, Nisbett subjected northern and southern men to a test. Someone bumped into them and called them a profane term. The reaction: stress hormones and testosterone levels elevated far more in southern men.
"He gets ready to fight," says Nisbett, coauthor of "Culture of Honor: The Psychology of Violence in The South."
How does it apply to domestic violence? Men who perceive their women have insulted them — by not keeping up the house, by talking back or flirting with someone else — launch into attack mode to preserve their power."
~South Carolina Post and Courier, 2014Here are examples of that same hypersensitivity to insult in Turkey here, and here, and here.
The response of disgust that Turkish women felt and voiced about the murder of Ozgecan Aslan was the healthiest human response to this whole sad story. The challenge for Turkish women and those who love them, will be to turn their social media energy and disgust into real lasting change. Sociologist Zeynep Tufekci describes this inability to make lasting change from social media power in her TED Talk here.
Turkish women took to the streets
throughout Turkey to protest
Turkey's pattern of
violence against womenIf the first step, is to drag the whole country out of denial that there is a problem, the women of Turkey, have passed that test with flying colors and not let their nation descend any further (hello, Egypt). Respect, Turkish ladies! You have my total respect!
May the women of South Carolina find the same strength. According to the journalists in South Carolina who wrote the award-winning series, "Till Death Do Us Part," 30 women's lives and families will depend upon it in the coming year.
What I would want the women of Turkey and South Carolina to know is, you are not in this alone. One billion women across the planet are rising up each year to ask the world to change this paradigm where violence against women is acceptable. Eve Ensler began this movement three years ago and each year it gets bigger and bigger. Luckily, the President of Turkey criticized women for participating so now everyone in Turkey has probably learned what the "One Billion Rising" is all about. Next year, may the criticisms of women dancing for change sing out across the land! Strike! Rise! Dance! One billion rising! Break the chain!
You may be interested in these other posts about domestic violence and violence against women in Turkey:
#1billionrising in Istanbul
My First Turkish Movie -'Kurtuluş Son Durak'
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Thanks for reading. Don't forget to Strike! Rise! Dance!
Heaps and heaps of gratitude to the amazing journalists in South Carolina whose journalism will save lives, move their state forward, and result in a more equitable environment for the citizens of South Carolina.


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WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Galant Food Co. in San Leandro, Calif. recalled about 1,650 pounds of fresh and frozen calzone products because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen.
The products are formulated with a glaze that contains egg, a known allergen, which is not declared on the label, the company said.
The products subject to recall include:
-- 10-ounce packages, in 7.5 pound cases, of "ENZO'S Italian Combo Calzone" bearing the establishment number "EST. 9014" inside the USDA mark of inspection on the label. Identifying case codes are: 7163, 7173, 7183, 7223, 7253, 8143, 8303 and 9043.
-- 10-ounce packages, in 7.5-pound cases, of "ENZO'S Chicken Fajita Calzone" bearing the establishment number "P-9014" inside the U.S. Agriculture Department mark of inspection on the label. Identifying case codes are: 7163, 7173, 7183, 7223, 8133 and 9043.
The products were produced from July 16 to Sept. 4 and shipped to distributors, retail locations and possibly restaurants in the San Francisco Bay area, health officials said.
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Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of the fateful vote by Congress to authorize the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
The Bush administration, which was ultimately responsible for the illegal and unnecessary war, is no longer in office. However, there are leading members of Congress -- as well as prominent Obama administration officials who were in Congress at the time -- who also share responsibility for the war because of their vote to authorize it. The Democratic Party controlled the Senate at the time and could have stopped it. Yet despite strong pressure from their anti-war constituents, a sizable number of their representatives in Congress chose to support Bush instead.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops came out strongly against the war, yet the majority of Catholic members of Congress voted in favor. Similarly, virtually every mainline Protestant denomination also went on record in opposition, but the majority of Protestant members of Congress similarly voted their approval.
While some of these House and Senate members have subsequently admitted to having made a "mistake" in voting for the authorization, most knew full well beforehand about the likely absence of the dangerous weapons and weapons systems the Bush administration alleged the Iraqi regime had somehow procured, and about the disastrous consequences from a U.S. invasion. In scores of policy reports, newspaper articles, academic journals and other sources, the tragic results of war and a refutation of falsehoods being put forward by the Bush administration to justify it were available to every member of the House and Senate.
Large numbers of scholars of the Middle East, Middle Eastern political leaders, former State Department and intelligence officials and others alerted members of Congress to the fact that a U.S. invasion would likely result in a bloody insurgency, a rise in Islamist extremism and terrorism, increased sectarian and ethnic conflict, and related problems. Few people familiar with Iraq were at all surprised that the U.S. invasion resulted in such tragedy.
The 2002 vote authorizing the invasion was not like the vote on the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution authorizing military action in Vietnam, in which Congress had no time for hearings or debate and where members naively believed they were simply authorizing limited short-term retaliatory strikes in response to a specific series of alleged incidents. Congress had many months to investigate and debate the administration's claims regarding the alleged Iraqi threat as well as the likely implications of the war, which they knew entailed a full-scale invasion of a sovereign nation and a subsequent military occupation of an indefinite period.
Indeed, despite being the most critical foreign policy legislation of a generation, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Joe Biden provided only two days of hearings and refused to allow virtually any opponents of the war to testify.
There was never any credible evidence that Iraq possessed chemical or biological weapons, offensive delivery systems, a nuclear program, or ties to al-Qaida. Indeed, former U.N. weapons inspectors and scores of other independent strategic analysts shared with congressional offices an abundance of evidence suggested that the Bush administration was lying about so-called "weapons of mass destruction," Iraqi links to al-Qaida and other rationalizations for the war.
Virtually all of Iraq's known stockpiles of chemical and biological agents had been accounted for and the shelf life of the small amount of materiel that had not (which, as it ends up, had also been destroyed) had long since expired and was therefore no longer of weapons grade. There was no evidence that Iraq had any delivery systems for such weapons, either. The strict international embargo, in effect since 1990, against imports of any additional materials needed for the manufacture of WMDs, combined with Iraq's inability to manufacture such weapons or delivery systems themselves without detection, made any claims that Iraq possessed "significant chemical and biological weapons capability" transparently false to anyone who cared to investigate the matter.
Until public opinion came out decisively against the war in 2005, most pro-war members of Congress -- including Democratic Sens. John Kerry, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein and Joe Biden -- continued to defend the vote even after acknowledging the absence of WMDs or al-Qaida ties, thereby effectively admitting that their vote was not about defending the United States against a foreign threat, but ultimately about oil and empire.
Given the tragic consequences of the war, one would have thought it would have seriously damaged their political careers. Instead, many of them were rewarded.
Though only a minority of congressional Democrats voted to authorize the war in 2002 and a large majority of Democrats nationally opposed the invasion, the Democratic Party chose two unrepentant war supporters -- Kerry and Edwards -- as their 2004 nominees for president and vice president.
Four years later, Sen. Barack Obama defeated pro-war challengers for both the Democratic presidential nomination and the general election on his promise to not just end the Iraq War, but to "end the mindset that got us into war in the first place." However, he ended up choosing supporters of the Iraq War for most of his administration's key foreign policy and national security positions, including secretary of state, secretary of defense, secretary of Homeland Security, chief of staff, and vice president.
Meanwhile, congressional Democrats who voted to authorize the war hold such key positions as Senate majority leader, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, assistant House minority leader, and ranking members of key House committees. Similarly, Republicans who backed the invasion not only head the important House committees but also make up the entire Republican leadership in both houses.
The willingness of both Democratic and Republican voters to continue to re-elect those who, in that fateful vote 10 years ago, made possible the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq sends a dangerous message that members of Congress need not worry about the political consequences of authorizing an illegal and immoral war.
[Stephen Zunes is professor of politics and chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco.]


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Jeffery Yap-Edifier Arena Audio Speakers
At Design Interviews
Interview with Jeffery Yap : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Jeffery Yap : The main principle while designing was " timeless ; when elegance meets sophistication in function, this creation is design for every household, in tune with the latest technology and also state-of-art design which is suitable for today's modern living lifestyle, combine with style and substance, we are certain that this design will be a major design piece in redefining the art of sound and lifestyle. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Jeffery Yap : I mainly focus on the all rounded beauty and also creating convenience to our customer especially we had achieve combining style and substance in one piece, which is a cutting-edge design in fulfilling the needs for mobile phone users in regards of IOS or Android operating system, works beautifully for both ends, it's a perfectly design home/office appliances for the modern day. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Jeffery Yap : for the love of design, winning this award means a lot to me when it comes to designing something i never design before, it gives me courage to explore to design something that would change the world. and make design matters to the world. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Jeffery Yap : it took me about 10 months from conceptualising, design and make it work. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Jeffery Yap : it all start from the love of design, and this is my first product design is originally created by me, all because for the love of creating " timeless " design. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Jeffery Yap : yes this design is production by Edifier, the No. 1 Sound and Audio appliances in China. it will be sold worldwide, mostly in Italy, France, greece, and USA. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Jeffery Yap : It was a client request as we are the official design agency for Edifier, this year we were given the opportunity to design a product for their Home Sound System and we are so excited for the born of this creation of ours to the world. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Jeffery Yap : It was a team effort from my company, originally designed by me and worked by my creative team members in make it real. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Jeffery Yap : Music lovers and people who appreciate timeless art. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Jeffery Yap : The function and Material were designed to make this product an exceptional piece of art which no other competition out there for the time being. we are proud of this finally make it to A'design Award and to the world. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Jeffery Yap : I named it "Arena" based on the total function and outlook of the product has presented, it was appropriate as this product produce the audio atmosphere that we normally only experience in the real arena and live concerts, it is the device that create excitement and for the love of real music, where soon you could enjoy privately in a living household, studio and offices. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Jeffery Yap : After Effect, 3D Max, Adobe Illustrator and hand sketches. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Jeffery Yap : Being portable and also works in stand-alone pieces no matter where you are. The Unique Selling point is still the " timelessness " of the design. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Jeffery Yap : we work with audio and technical engineer while constructing and designing this product, as we need to find a balance and make sure our initial design doesn't change much to fulfil the overall beauty of it. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Jeffery Yap : Combining and smartly utilise of today's technology to make it workable in any circumstances we could think of. Technology played an important role to make it possible for it to shine. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Jeffery Yap : We worked on focus groups around the world, and collect our very own data and output which we gathered from Sound enthusiast, Interior designers and also technicians. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Jeffery Yap : In making sure the designs workable, our challenge is to fit every component beautifully and simple in assemble the product. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Jeffery Yap : A'design Award has been supportive and gave me recognition from the first year i have joined in 2013. I believe A'design only recognise great designs and without hesitation i join again this year. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Jeffery Yap : Staying out of comfort zone and constantly push myself and team forward and never give up of thinking everything is possible. That's true happiness. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Jeffery Yap : I just wish this product will be widely recognise by the world with the network that A'design provided. Thank You. .
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DescriptionCartman and his friends from South Park takes part in a Japanese game show, Mega Millionaire!, with the chance to earn large amounts of money (at least that's what they think before looking up the currency rates). The show which is considered highly dangerous, lets the contestants, wearing roller blades, rush through obstacle courses. The goal of each course is simple: reach the goal, while grabbing as many yen bills as possible.
The game takes place on a board with each square of the board representing an event. The player moves the boys across the board and plays through the events one after the other. There are also special squares, which allows the player to spin on the wheel of misfortune. By doing this extra conditions are added to the following stage.
The actual gameplay of the events consists of side scrolling platforming. The controls are simple: the player can move left or right and jump. Due to the roller blades the boys don't stop automatically but has to use the brake button. Each event has different obstacles, like the floor being full of greasy peanut butter, pools of water (and other liquid substances), sumo wrestlers and men in rabbit suits. In addition to the bills, each event also has three yen tokens, which if all collected gives massive bonuses to the player.
In addition to playing through all the events in the right order in the story mode, there is also an option for quick play where all completed events are available for play at any time. It's also possible to unlock another mode, the Hurry Run mode. This is done by picking up all tokens from all the events. The objective of this mode is simply to reach the goal as quickly as possible. The game's multiplayer mode allows up to four players play on the same phone by taking turns on the game board.
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Victors Malloy, Foley now have new targets -- each other
Governor: 1 day after victories, candidates trade barbs
MIDDLETOWN -- Class warfare, anyone?
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dannel Malloy said Wednesday he would focus his public service experience to help Connecticut's working-class and middle-class families.
Asked whether he anticipates being outspent by Republican nominee Tom Foley, who has already written about $3 million in campaign checks, Malloy quipped, "I hope he doesn't mortgage the yacht."
If class warfare's not your game, how about whack a career politician?
Foley said it's politicians like Malloy who have put the state in the mess it faces and that his experience as a business executive would foster the job growth needed to recover from the recession.
"He's a career politician," Foley said of Malloy. "I don't think he's the one who's going to go up to Hartford and shake things up. I think the same forces and special interests that have resulted in the logjam we have in Hartford -- and the policies that make sense for the state not being implemented -- we'll end up with the same situation with him in office."
The day after primary victories propelled them into the general election campaign for Connecticut's governor, Foley and Malloy wasted no time in trying to define the race in terms favorable to their candidacies.
"I am for Connecticut's middle class," Malloy said. "Mr. Foley represents a different class."
Malloy, the former 14-year mayor of Stamford, said he and Foley, a millionaire private investor from Greenwich, have different supporters.
"He'll be talking to his constituency, I'll be talking with mine. I hope he speaks in Republican rhetoric to the state of Connecticut," Malloy said.
"This is about values and experience," he said. "I've been talking about that for the last 12 weeks and for the year before that. And I think it's about who they trust, and that's our message."
Speaking to reporters in his campaign war room in Hartford Wednesday, Malloy said that focusing on Foley's personal wealth and his proposals to change the pension plans for 50,000 state employees could loom large in the fall campaign.
"Every time I hear somebody who's worth hundreds of millions of dollars talk about a person making $50,000 and their pension, is a good day for me," Malloy said.
Foley on Wednesday said the fall election campaign will highlight his executive experience and business skills, while labeling Malloy as part of the cause of Connecticut's financial problems.
Foley said the state needs to change its attitude toward business.
"We need to make it more accommodating to employers, make it less expensive to employ people here in Connecticut so we can get job growth back and get the economy going," he said.
Foley said his experience as a CEO is just what the state needs right now.
"When you have run large companies you pick up leadership skills, you understand how to diagnose problems, come up with plans for solving problems, implement those plans," Foley said. "These are things that Connecticut needs right now."


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White Collar star Tim DeKay is putting down his badge (temporarily) and heading to Body of Proof for a guest-starring role, TVLine reports.
DeKay, 49, will appear in an exorcism-themed episode (edgy!) as a deeply religious father whose teenage daughter dies dramatically in the ER. The cops soon suspect his daughter may have been possessed by the devil.
First Look: Mark Valley joins Body of Proof
Aside from his starring role as FBI agent Peter Burke on the USA drama, DeKay has guest-starred on Chuck and Law & Order: LA and is known for previous series roles on Tell Me You Love Me and Carnivàle.
White Collar is set to return with new episodes in January. Body of Proof's third season is also expected to premiere in early 2013.


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Obama jokes about debate setback
President Obama is at the point where he can joke about last week's debate performance.
At a Los Angeles fundraiser Sunday night, Obama talked about his delayed 20th anniversary celebration -- delayed because of the debate with Republican Mitt Romney.
"The actual anniversary date was not that romantic," Obama told the chuckling crowd.
"There was some speculation as to whether this had an impact on my performance."
The president added he did "make it up" -- at least to wife Michelle -- by taking her out for dinner Saturday night.
Even some Democrats criticized Obama's debate performance, calling him listless and ineffective against his Republican challenger.
The president appeared to make another debate joke earlier in the evening, during a fundraising concert at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.
Praising musicians Jennifer Hudson, Stevie Wonder, Jon Bon Jovi, Katy Perry, and Earth, Wind and Fire, Obama said, "they're such great friends, and they just perform flawlessly night after night."
Obama added, to laughter and applause: "I can't always say the same."
As we noted yesterday, The Hollywood Reporter says many Obama backers in Tinseltown were upset by Obama's debate performance -- and planned to give him tips for the next two confrontations with Romney.


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Lahore: For more than fifty years, Haji Basheer has prepared the pitch at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium and witnessed some of cricket's biggest moments including two World Cups.
The 74-year-old has been serving at the ground since it hosted the first match in November 1959 but a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus on March 3, 2009 put an end to visits by international teams.
"It's five years now that we have not seen any top-level international cricket in Pakistan," Basheer told AFP.
"My heart aches when I see matches go on in other countries and I always pray that I live to see the day when international cricket resumes in Pakistan."
Eight people were killed and seven Sri Lankan players were left injured in the attacks five years ago, which resulted in the suspension of all international cricket in Pakistan and forced the national team to play its home matches at neutral venues such as the United Arab Emirates.
Basheer remembers the day vividly.
"It was terrible," he said. "It was the third day of the second Test and I was at the ground when I suddenly heard gunfire and grenade attacks.
"I ran out towards the gate and after a few minutes a police van came inside the ground followed by the Sri Lankan team bus and it was pandemonium all around," said Basheer, who has been responsible for overseeing all 40 Tests as well as 48 one-dayers at the ground.
"I called home to let them know I'm okay and then went to hospital with a colleague who suffered a gunshot on his shoulder and returned home late night.
"A month later, the International Cricket Council stripped Pakistan of its share of World Cup 2011 matches. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) convinced Bangladesh twice to visit for short series in 2012 but the tours fell through over security fears.
Pakistan was left to host newcomers Afghanistan for a short limited over (non-international) series in 2011 while an International XI, comprising mostly retired players, also toured the country in 2012 for private matches.
Pakistan's new generation of players including Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali and Ahmed Shehzad have not played a single international game on their home soil.
The imposing stands in the Gaddafi stadium have still seen full houses, but only for domestic Twenty 20 matches.
"I have seen all springs, every summer, every match and every joyous celebration at this stadium," said Basheer, whose son followed in his footsteps and curates the Rawalpindi ground.
"I have seen Sri Lanka win a World Cup here in 1996 and Pakistan losing the World Cup 1987 semi-final here. I saw the first Test here in 1959 with great Australian players like Richie Benaud and Neil Harvey."
"The PCB is making sincere efforts and I am sure that day is not far when international cricket will return to our country. I pray for all grounds in Pakistan and I am sure my prayers will be answered," he added.


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A short-attempt at surrealism made to test the viability of Yangtze, just because I really missed posting. (beware: this is not a good poem to read aloud, it has a lot of bad sound variations, the kind Bach would frown upon)
An Empyrean Cycle
A short-attempt at surrealism made to test the viability of Yangtze, just because I really missed posting. (beware: this is not a good poem to read aloud, it has a lot of bad sound variations, the kind Bach would frown upon)
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Very lovely and spot on. Life is to be lived in this human form and how else but madly? Excellent!! Jordan
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If ever there was a poem that spoke what is in my heart, this is it!
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your correct , no good reading out loud . i instead BELLOWED (so much fun) these words to my surprised family . to their and my joy . fantastic use of words ,kindest regards bg 🙂😎🙂
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I searched poetry on "Reader" randomly. Yours was the first that seemed interesting. It was even better than I expected. Fantastic choice of words.
Oh, thank you so much Lohansa! This poem is impish compared to my bigger works, but it means so much to me that it captured your attention.
Again, thank you, with all my heart.
Thanks for dropping by my blog today and following🌼🌼
A well crafted reminder that there is something about words makes us look hard for meanings, even see some, in nonsense.
Beyond that very important and instructive lesson, you demonstrate a mastery here for stringing together words in beautiful, albeit nonsensical, ways.
So sorry for the latency in response, I'm not sure how I missed this. Thank you so much Paul, surrealism is about that very thing, making meaning as obscure as it can be, without crossing the line to abstract and removing it completely. I'm extremely honoured by receiving your compliments, they mean a lot to me.
Amazing write 🌻What would life really be without chaos? We definitely need a little to be human right?
Oh, absolutely. It is far too easy to fall entrapped and enchanted by these fictions we weave and power through, but these is an elastic band holding us to our humanity, our frailty and challenge. But what would those realms of dreaming be if we only knew them and not the cruelty we must brave? They would be dust.
Thank you Melanie!
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The race was a complete blast. It is amazing to me how my body has adapted over the past three years. A 50K used to put me out for at least a week, and a 50K on the Superior Hiking Trail is the toughest of all. Well, not as tough as the 50 Mile in September, but tough as far as 50K's go.
We took our time heading up north. We stopped at Gooseberry Falls to hike for a few hours, the stopped at the Temperance River to hike another hour. I just love the Temperance River State Park. I took some pictures of the waterfalls and will post them tonight.
We arrived to Caribou Highlands around 4. Packet pick up was from 5-7 with a pasta dinner, etc. The boys and I swam for a few hours before tucking in for the night.
The weather forecast was rain, cool rain. Well, that didn't hold true. It was a beautiful day. Sunny, mid 50's, dry. The trail was very wet and muddy in spots-ankle deep mud-but most of it was dry. There were so many beautiful cow slips, bleeding hearts and violets. The fragrance from these flowers was amazing.
I and Ann hit the turnaround (16 miles) in 3:30. I had anticipated a 7:45 finish and was now thinking I might be able to make 7 hours. I need to set higher goals.
I came into the finish at 7:09. What a great day.
I went for a run Sunday and Monday..nothing hurts-I didn't even get a blister. Amazing.
Results should be posted soon at www.superiortrailrace.com
On the weight loss front: I've been maintaining. I added 1-2 carb meals in last week for this race and the losses stopped right there. Even though I kept the calories the same, but replaced some of the veggie carbs with whole grains..bam..stopped dead in its tracks. As I recover from this race I'll take away a carb meal and see if the scale begins to budge on downward.
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Screenwriter John Logan has been tapped to pen the next two films in the James Bond franchise.
According to Deadline, the "Skyfall" writer pitched a two-movie story arc to writer Barbara Broccoli and producer Michael Wilson during filming of the latest movie.
If that's right, it would be the first Bond storyline to be broken down over the course of two films.
Logan was nominated for his screenplays of "Gladiator," "Hugo," and "The Aviator."
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Round-up When we organized a round-up of noise-isolating headphones recently, we were able to get hold of a couple of models that cost as little as £10. However, noise-cancelling headphones are a different kettle of fish. Rather than simply plugging up your ear canal to prevent external noise from getting through, noise-cancelling headphones are packed with sophisticated electronics – including microphones that allow them to analyse background noise and then generate their own sound waves that are designed to counter and nullify that background noise.
Noise-cancelling headphones - ideal for the frequent flyer
This approach works particularly well with regular, consistent noises such as the drone of an aircraft engine, or the trundling wheels of a train. However, it also means that noise-cancelling headphones are a lot more expensive than conventional headphones. No great surprise that many of these headphones are aimed at well-heeled business users who travel a lot and can afford to pay a price that the average iPod owner would probably baulk at. The best models reviewed here all cost close to £300, although more modestly priced noise-cancelling headphones can be found for £100 or less, if you shop around.
Denon AH-NC732
Slipping the NC732 headphones on makes you feel as though your ears have been vacuum-packed in cling-film, so soft and clingy is the padding on the earpieces. They do an excellent job of cutting out background noise, and produce a nice warm sound with lots of detail in the higher frequencies. The bass could be a little stronger – as could the maximum volume level – but they'll be great if you just want to lie back and relax to some soothing music on a long plane or train journey. We've seen online prices for these ranging from £85 to £250, but we'd snap them up for anything under £150.
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At just over £100, Audio-Technica's ANC7 headphones sit at the lower end of the price range for noise-cancelling headphones, but we were pleasantly surprised by the quality of the sound they produced. Less expensive noise-cancelling headphones sometimes have a slightly muffled sound that is caused by the internal sound-waves that they generate to cancel out background noise. However, the ANC7 produces a very clean and natural sound. Our only minor complaint is that a little distortion does start to creep in on the higher frequencies when you crank the volume up really high.
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