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Pentagon report will leave opponents of DADT repeal little to work with
Okay, I've got some more detail for you on the findings in that forthcoming Pentagon report on the impact repeal of Don't Ask Don't tell will have on the military. The upshot: It will leave GOP moderates with no reasons left to oppose repeal.
One of the key findings in the report is that a whopping 74 percent of spouses of military service-members say repeal of DADT would have no impact on their view of whether their husbands or wives should continue to serve. This number comes by way of a Congressional staffer who attended a private briefing that the report's authors, Defense Department officials Jeh Johnson and Carter Ham, gave to Senate Armed Services Committee staffers this morning.
This finding is important, because it undercuts a key argument made by repeal opponents: That having service-members mingle with gay colleagues could worry their families.
Also: The report will also undercut another key argument being made by repeal opponents: That opposition remains strong in the Marines. According to the source, while the report does find that concern runs high among Marines, it also finds that 84 percent of Marine combat corps combat arms units who said they thought they'd worked with homosexual service-members in the past found the experience either very good, good, or neutral.
More broadly, the authors told the briefing, across the entire military, a stunning 92 percent who reported working with people they thought were gay said the experience been either very good, good, or neutral.
Ed O'Keefe's sources mostly reported the same findings.
The Congressional staffer summarized the conclusion this way: "The conclusion of the report is that the authors believe that with the prompt implementation of their recommendations, the risk of repeal for military effectiveness is low. The U.S. military can adjust and accomodate the change."
The report itself will be released in about an hour.
Bottom line: The military has spoken. And the pretexts for opposing repeal are running out.
UPDATE, 1:39 p.m.: The report's topline finding, which has already been widely reported, is that some 70 percent of members of the military don't think repeal of DADT will matter. But the key is also in the report's details, and whether they give opponents any oxygen at all. It looks like that won't happen.
UPDATE, 2:00 p.m.: Another key thing just happened in Robert Gibbs' briefing with reporters: He flatly stated the president believes there's enough time in the lame duck session for the Senate to do what it takes to repeal DADT. That's important: It could increase pressure on Harry Reid to schedule the requisite floor debate.
UPDATE, 2:23 p.m.: The report is now online.
Greg Sargent
| November 30, 2010; 1:10 PM ET
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It's not a bunch of pre-texts
Many, many people believe it is the WRONG way for the military to go
If DADT is repealed, then all of a sudden "sensitivity" issues have to be addressed - and that distracts from readiness.
WHEN will the liberals realize that the military is FOR DEFENSE, not social policy.
This is simply the wrong way to go, study this, study that - Poll this, poll that -
So what if a bunch of 20 year olds tell a pollster they "don't care" - other things have to be considered.
The nation has REJECTED the liberal agenda -
Posted by: RainintheForest | November 30, 2010 1:15 PM | Report abuse
Has Senator Reid announced what the process will be for the bill and if amendments will be allowed?
Posted by: jnc4p | November 30, 2010 1:16 PM | Report abuse
Senator Collins won't support repeal until she hears from "the Presidents Bush" on the issue. That apparently is the new "duck and cover" for Republican moderates.
Posted by: bearclaw1 | November 30, 2010 1:18 PM | Report abuse
RainintheForest - That really isn't a cogent argument against repeal. It also assumes that support for repeal coincides with a liberal agenda, which just isn't true. It's cross cutting.
Posted by: adammc123 | November 30, 2010 1:19 PM | Report abuse
not yet. the key is if GOP moderates signal support...that ups pressure on Reid to make the time for debate
Posted by: Greg Sargent | November 30, 2010 1:19 PM | Report abuse
@Greg Sargent
"not yet. the key is if GOP moderates signal support...that ups pressure on Reid to make the time for debate"
Why can't Reid just do this and, you know, actually lead on this issue?
Posted by: jnc4p | November 30, 2010 1:28 PM | Report abuse
I thought Susan Collins was wanting to hear from Bush Greater and Lesser on the START treaty.....
Posted by: suekzoo1 | November 30, 2010 1:29 PM | Report abuse
@RainintheForest: Sir, you are right, sir! The social policy experiment of excluding gays has failed, sir! The social policy experiment of enshrining religious hatred has failed, sir!
Sir, you correctly note that the purpose of the military is defense, sir! Not enforcing religious hatred, sir!
Sir, many, many people have no use for religious hatred, sir! Thank you, sir, for pointing this out, sir!
Permission to defend America, sir!
Posted by: Garak | November 30, 2010 1:30 PM | Report abuse
True. I'm just (snarkily) extrapolating that precedent to any issue arguably touching on national security.
Posted by: bearclaw1 | November 30, 2010 1:33 PM | Report abuse
I am going to listen to the news conference at 2pm (Eastern) today on CSPAN.
Posted by: maritza1 | November 30, 2010 1:37 PM | Report abuse
This really comes down to Reid. If he allows time for debate then we can get this thing done.
Posted by: maritza1 | November 30, 2010 1:41 PM | Report abuse
For a 20-something to tell a pollster that they "don't care" is far different from indicating support - AND it smacks of the questions being stacked one-way.
Was the question: Do you SUPPORT this proposal?? If that was the phrasing of the question, perhaps the answers would be different, and more accurate.
One has to consider carefully ALL military policy. The liberal approach is to grab a poll, and immediately spin it like crazy so no one knows what is going on.
The liberals are always in a rush to push their ideas through -
The liberals rarely want people to think through all the ramifications, and the costs - they just want to rush to get something through. The nation is sick of it. When will the liberals realize their agenda has been REJECTED ?
Posted by: RainintheForest | November 30, 2010 1:46 PM | Report abuse
And the purpose of elections is...?
And the purpose of marriage is...?
And the purpose of fair employment...?
And the purpose of fair housing...?
No one should be polled or voting on anything, huh?
The brain is for rational thinking. Try it. Some of the "crap stops," if you do.
Posted by: ldfrmc | November 30, 2010 1:48 PM | Report abuse
"Many, many people believe it is the WRONG way for the military to go".
Actually the survey (the data) says the opposite. The general public doesn't care, 74% of the military doesn't care, less that half of the hyper-macho Marines care most Christians don't care, and most telling, of those Christians that do care it's only the conservative Evangelicals that care.
Sounds like a radical rightwing religiious fringe group that wants to impose their narrow-minded religious views on the rest of us rather that accept the scientific data about the biological basis of homosexuality and the changed social mores that accept it.
Republebans are a dangerous, civil rights-hating splinter group that casts all Christians in a bad light. Kind of like Al Q'ida does for the Muslim faith.
Posted by: thebobbob | November 30, 2010 1:48 PM | Report abuse
Garak | November 30, 2010 1:30 PM
It isn't "religious hatred"
Again, the way you are phrasing the issue blurs the real situation.
The liberals are acting like - "well, if you don't have anything to say, then the liberals get their way"
That isn't how it works - the liberals have to CONVINCE A MAJORITY that their way is better.
The liberals never do that.
Posted by: RainintheForest | November 30, 2010 1:48 PM | Report abuse
"This really comes down to Reid. If he allows time for debate then we can get this thing done.
Posted by: maritza1 | November 30, 2010 1:41 PM
Agreed. Tell Reid to stop obstructing!
Posted by: sbj3 | November 30, 2010 1:51 PM | Report abuse
ldfrmc at 1:48 PM
Not really sure what you are talking about
However, the nation just had an election, the liberal agenda has been rejected, perhaps for a generation.
I don't think you get it: the American People do NOT want the "gay agenda" taught to young kids in schools.
And yet the liberals, time and time again, without notification, review or letting the people vote, they try to push through their "gay agenda."
The American People have said no.
The purpose of marriage is to have children by the way - so please don't fight on that one.
Posted by: RainintheForest | November 30, 2010 1:52 PM | Report abuse
OT...this could be a BFD...
"China Acknowledges Cables Mostly Reflect Its Position On Korean Reunification"
China supports the "independent and peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula" and cannot afford to give the North Korean regime the impression it has a blank cheque to act any way it wants, Chinese officials based in Europe said today.
The officials, who asked not to be identified, spoke after the Guardian revealed that senior figures in Beijing, exasperated with North Korea behaving like a "spoiled child", had told their South Korean counterparts that China was leaning towards acceptance of reunification under Seoul's control.
China's moves to distance itself from the North Korean regime were revealed in the latest tranche of leaked US embassy cables obtained by WikiLeaks and published yesterday by the Guardian and four international newspapers.
One Chinese official said today reunification was not going to happen overnight and China's first priority was to calm down the situation, restart a dialogue, and maintain stability in the region. But Beijing had always backed peaceful reunification as a longer term goal.
Posted by: suekzoo1 | November 30, 2010 1:55 PM | Report abuse
thebobbob at 1:48 PM
A poll which says "don't care" is different from support.
And 20-somethings in the field and on bases are really not the people who should be making reasoned assessments on overall readiness issues.
The liberals have simply refused to listen, time and time again -
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" IS THE COMPROMISE.
Remember - that was the compromise with Clinton. Now the liberals are complaining they didn't get their whole way. Well, it was the compromise. Neither side gets everything it wants.
Compromise - funny that is what Obama promised the nation - but Obama never said
"Compromise, except for the "gay agenda" - we aren't compromising on that."
Posted by: RainintheForest | November 30, 2010 1:56 PM | Report abuse
@Rainintheforest: 'the military is FOR DEFENSE, not social policy'
And the purpose of elections is...?
And the purpose of marriage is...?
And the purpose of fair employment...?
Guess that's why you call the other policy "Defense of Marriage Act."
The brain is for rational thinking. Try it. Some of the "crap stops," if you do.
20 year-olds are telling pollsters they care, if they and anyone else they serve with, dies to preserve liberty for everyone, even you.
Posted by: ldfrmc | November 30, 2010 1:57 PM | Report abuse
The real problem is that too many people pushing the "gay agenda" have become bigoted against Christians.
And too many minorities have become bigoted against white people.
Too many times we hear a hostile comment "old white men."
Ageist, Racist and Sexist - all in one short phrase.
The liberals don't get it -
They just don't.
The liberals just lost the election - time to start working with people (which is what you refused to do over the past two years.)
Posted by: RainintheForest | November 30, 2010 1:59 PM | Report abuse
So far, economic "recovery" data are too mixed to tell whether red states or blue states are better off for being that way.
Posted by: shrink2 | November 30, 2010 2:05 PM | Report abuse
@shrink: "So far, economic 'recovery' data are too mixed to tell whether red states or blue states are better off for being that way."
Maybe that's because we're all in this together. Sniff. Sniff.
A lot goes into state tax revenues. Levels of taxation, business incentives, natural resources, number of miles of Interstates and exits to business districts, tourist attractions, cost of living and quality of life . . . etc. Where or not a state is red or blue over a few or many election cycles may not be definitive.
Posted by: Kevin_Willis | November 30, 2010 2:15 PM | Report abuse
"Where or not a state is red or blue over a few or many election cycles may not be definitive."
But if it doesn't matter much to the economy which party wins, why do we always say, "its the economy stupid," and why is ever more money spent on elections at all levels? I think I know, pay-to-play is an area of broad bipartisan consensus.
Posted by: shrink2 | November 30, 2010 2:25 PM | Report abuse
@KW: "Maybe that's because we're all in this together. Sniff. Sniff."
So much for tribalism, eh Kev? jk ;)
Posted by: Ethan2010 | November 30, 2010 2:35 PM | Report abuse
Red State, Blue State
the economies in the different states are fundamentally different to begin with -
So to make any points, for instance, on level of taxation - the states are too different to draw conclusions.
For instance, to compare states with different levels of state income taxes - how that spurs growth. However, Federal taxes are much heavier, and that mutes any differences.
Posted by: RainintheForest | November 30, 2010 2:37 PM | Report abuse
@shrink2: "But if it doesn't matter much to the economy which party wins, why do we always say, 'its the economy stupid'"
Because a bad economy provides leverage for challengers to use against incumbents. Because a bad economy prompts people to find someone to blame and punish.
But in the case of state economies, I left out one of the most important factors: other states! It's hard to judge to relative value to a state of being red or blue when all the states are so interdependent. And blue New York will still buy stuff from red Texas, thus as the NY economy improves, so will Texas, etc.
Posted by: Kevin_Willis | November 30, 2010 2:44 PM | Report abuse
Rainintheforest, I find it hilarious that you think that members of the military, their families, and the public are all incapable of expressing their opposition in terms clearer than "I don't care."
You are grasping at straws. And a moron.
Posted by: btmom | November 30, 2010 2:45 PM | Report abuse
A lone hacker can bring down wikileaks - but Obama can not
Clearly, Obama didn't even try.
The only conclusion one can draw is that Obama purposely allowed the wikileak documents to leak
Draw you own thoughts about why Obama would do that.
However, the leftist ideas of Obama come out in strange, strange ways.
Posted by: RainintheForest | November 30, 2010 3:04 PM | Report abuse
A lone hacker can bring down wikileaks - but Obama can not
Clearly, Obama didn't even try.
The only conclusion one can draw is that Obama purposely allowed the wikileak documents to leak
Draw you own thoughts about why Obama would do that.
However, the leftist ideas of Obama come out in strange, strange ways.
Posted by: RainintheForest | November 30, 2010 3:04 PM | Report abuse
All, Boehner has already told Obama that the ongoing talks on the Bush tax cuts are a nonstarter:
Posted by: Greg Sargent | November 30, 2010 3:18 PM | Report abuse
The military is not the place for dangerous and disruptive social experiments. Plus homosexuality is an abomination to God. I don't see how we can uphold our place as moral leaders to the world if we allow this.
Posted by: ToddPollard | November 30, 2010 4:02 PM | Report abuse
There are already gays in the military. That's why 80,000 have been separated by DADT, many of them with more important skills and medals for bravery being badmouthed by some drunken redneck lowbrow privates who never distinguished themselves in combat at all.
It is clear that many officers in the military VIOLATED THIS LAW, they did ASK, they witchhunted private emails from people who never TOLD. If you are kicking out somebody, let's kick out every officer who violated the law and revoke their pension! Gay taxpayers should not be supporting homophobe haters who break the law!
I'll trade you, one hatefilled homophobe kicked to the curb for every gay you bully. This policy ends fast when the ASKERS get their ASK kicked!
Posted by: Liann | November 30, 2010 4:29 PM | Report abuse
"homosexuality is an abomination to God"
Posted by: ToddPollard
And what words in Hebrew and 1st Century Greek (the language in which Paul's epistles were written) translate as "homosexuality"? Please be specific. I'm very curious -- given that the term "homosexuality" was coined in the 19th Century, I'm wondering how you have happened upon scriptures written millenia earlier that used the same term.
By the way, do you believe that the appropriate punishment for a man who rapes a young girl is that he must pay her father 50 silver coins, then he must marry her and they can never divorce? That's in the Bible too.
Posted by: bearclaw1 | November 30, 2010 4:30 PM | Report abuse
Now Greg can join the military and no one will know or even care---unless he joins the Marine Corps. Fat chance, as their ways of sniffing out degenerates like Bradley Manning and other resentment-filled inverts who are traitors through and through. The ninety percent of loyal gays don't make up for a monstrosity like Manning, a true traitor-gay.
Bearclaw, don't pose as a linguist when you are intellectually illiterate.
Posted by: djman1141 | November 30, 2010 4:42 PM | Report abuse
Bearclaw, don't pose as a linguist when you are intellectually illiterate.
Posted by: djman1141
So you can't answer the question either?
And what do you mean by "intellectually illiterate"? Does that mean an intellectual who is illiterate? Does it mean someone who is unfamiliar with the writings of intellectuals? Our does it mean that you like to put big words together in the vain hope that the near-random combinations will make you appear smart?
Posted by: bearclaw1 | November 30, 2010 4:54 PM | Report abuse
What social experiment? There have been gay people in the military since the beginning of time! If the bigots cant handle the reality that gay people exist and should be treated like all other Americans then THEY should leave. Its crazy to defend bigotry in the name of freedom. Freedom is what America is about.
Posted by: MarcMyWords | November 30, 2010 5:35 PM | Report abuse
Why is it SO important that it be voted on now instead of a month from now? The same with all these other bills the Democrats want rammed through. The 20th amendment was supposed to stop this crap. That the politicians still played around with it has left us with this nonsense.
Posted by: mwoss | November 30, 2010 7:27 PM | Report abuse
I nearly laughed when you said that GOP moderates will have no reasons left to oppose repeal.
There are no GOP moderates left, so your point is moot.
Posted by: RalfW | November 30, 2010 11:38 PM | Report abuse
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Lesson 23: The Last Message, The Last Prophet
From the first, Islam has said that it is the last message, and Muslims have accepted this fact with wisdom and with love, and have realized that Islam is the last manifestation of revelation, prophet hood and the culmination of the former pure religions. Also, all Muslims, on the basis of ayahs in the Qur'an and hadith believe that the Prophet of Islam (S) is the last Messenger of Allah who was the recipient of human leadership.
The great Qur'an has explained the universality of the pure religion of Islam in many ayahs and has shown that Muhammad (S) is the last emissary sent by God:
"Muhammad is not the father of any of one of your men, but the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets Allah has knowledge of everything." (33:40)
It has been said in a hadith from the Prophet to Ali:
"In all respects your relation to me is like that of Harun to Musa (i.e. if Harun was Musa's brother, I also take you as a brother according to the rules of brotherhood; if he was Musa's successor, you also will be my successor). Except that Musa was not the last prophet, and I am the last."1
He also said - may Allah praise him -:"I am the last brick in the building of prophethood. With my coming the prophets have come to an end."
Imam Ali (a.s.) said in Nahj al-Balagha the great book of learning and knowledge:
"With the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (S) revelation came to an end."2
The eighth leader, the true Imam, Hazrat Rida - may the peace of Allah be always with him, said:
"The pure religion of Muhammad (S) will not be abrogated till the Day of Resurrection, and also no prophet will follow him."3
What we have just recounted is only a sample of tens of hadith which clearly and succinctly explain the conclusive status of the Prophet (S) and the perpetuity of his pure religion; they leave no room for doubt.
The Universality of Islam
One of the greatest causes of Islam's ever-lastingness is its 'all-inclusiveness'.
Islam is a comprehensive project based on the human disposition, and it embraces all aspects of life: individual, social, material, spiritual, doctrinal, emotional, economic, legal and so forth, and it explains the basis of each in the most acceptable way, most realistically, for all peoples and all levels of people, in every time and place.
Thus European Islamicists each with his deep view and research- have all acknowledged the omni-sideness of Islamic laws and its universality.
Now let us investigate some aspects of this universality:
The God of Islam and the Qur'an
The God of Islam is the Preserver of all worldly things. He is not the god of a tribe, for some special group only. At prayer we say: al-hamdu lillahi rabbil-alimin - 'Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the world.' (1;2)
Every moment, in every place, whenever He wants, He brings into existence; there is no limitation on His Essence. He has authority over all existent things:
'Blessed be He in Whose hand is the Kingdom - He is powerful over everything." (67:1)
He is aware of the manifest and the concealed, the past and the future, and everything, even what is in our hearts.
"He knoweth whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and He knoweth whatever you conceal and whatever you declare, and Allah knoweth whatever is in the breasts." (64: 4&11)
Being with Him is possible in every place; there is no need to travel or to pass by a doorman. He is nearer to us than anything.
"We are nearer to him (man) than his jugular vein." (50:16)
He is a reality without parallel, beyond all human attributes and likenesses; He is not like the gods of other altered religions who have become man-like or like something created. Therefore He has no place, for He created place.
He is not contained in- time, for He is the phenomenaliser of time. He is not associated, nor has He any beginning or ending. Therefore, He has no like or similitude.
"Like him there is naught; He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing." (42: 11)
His Essence is beyond sleep, tiredness, remorse and so forth.
"Slumber seizes him not, neither sleep." (2:254)
"Say He is Allah One." (122: 1)
He is One without equal; He has no son or mother or Tawhid, neither partner nor associate. This is the reality in Surah Tawhid which Muslims recite many times each day in prayer so as to be far from the possibility of associating something with Him (shirk).
The God of Islam is a God with all the attributes assigned to the pure, sweet tongue of the Qur'an with an understanding wider, more magnificent, greater than can be conceived by created intelligences. Free from want, without partner, prevailing, close, supreme, compassionate, most compassionate, and available to all so that anyone at any time may communicate with Him, bring his needs before Him, ask whatever he wishes of Him, that He may make available what is of benefit and what is expedient, as He Himself said:
And verily, Allah is to you All-gentle, All-compassionate." (57: 9)
The Equality of All in Islam
Superiority of race or segregation is not only eliminated and void in the eyes of Islam, but the equality of man is an absolute reality from the point of view of Islam, and it says that all men are equal, all are from one father and one mother and are members of one family, and from the aspect of nobility, origin and connections they are equal partners. No one is better than anyone else, except in purity and devoutness.
"O mankind, We have created you male and female, and appointed you races and tribes that you may know one another. Surely the noblest among you in the sight of Allah is the most got/fearing of you; Allah is All-knowing, All-aware." (49:13)
Islam and Freedom of Thought
Islam is a firm supporter of logic, rational and of thought Imposition of ideas or beliefs, or the stifling of voices does not exist in Islam.
No compulsion is there in religion. Rectitude has become clear from error.(2:256)
In Islam, investigation of the foundations of beliefs is a duty for every individual, and it is an obligation for everyone not to accept anything without proof, and if some commands and precepts are obligatory and must be accepted without why and wherefore. it is because they are from the source of revelation which cannot be in error, and because they have been stated through the Prophet and the pure Imams.
Islam censures those who blindly follow the beliefs of their fathers anti ancestors, and commends self-Investigation and deep examination; it rejects feeble- mindedness and vain speculation, and urges only to the perusal of knowledge and certainty.
And pursue not that thou hast no knowledge of; the hearing, the sight, the heart - all of these shall be questioned of. (17: 36)
Islam grants its opponents the right to set forth their queries in reasonable discussion and to enumerate their proofs and listen to the answers.
Say: 'Produce your proof, if you speak truly.' (2: 111)
This was the reason that many Jews, Christians and those from other groups who took a stand against Islam, came to the Prophet or the pure Imams and sat down and discussed their religious ideas.
Islam and the Invitation to Thought and Education
Islam lends great value to thinking. It asks the learned and wise to think and think again about creation, time, night and day, the sky, the earth, animal life, man and the universe and what is in it.
Surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and day, and the ship that runs in the sea with profit to men, and the water Allah sends down from the sky therewith reviving the earth after it is dead, and His scattering abroad in it all manner of crawling thing, and the turning about of the winds and the clouds compelled between heaven and earth - surely there are signs for a people having understanding (2: 164)
Also it asks them to research into the lives of those who came before, their thoughts and the causes of their decline and fall, so that they may keep far from the precipices of their destruction.
Divers institutions have passed away before you; journey in the land and behold how was the end of those that cried lies. This is an exposition of mankind, and a guidance. (3:136-137)
In short, Islam desires that man should think deeply and freely and travel across the far horizons of thought and knowledge and take everything that is best for the improvement of his being. For this reason Islam values scientific advances and discoveries which are for the help of humanity, and this is why scientists and scholars rose up in the centuries following advent of Islam, to decorate the high road of human civilisation with the jewel of their scientific endeavors so much so that their great names will shine forever at the summit of scientific history. They include Jabir ibn Hayyan Razi Ibn Sina (Avicenna) and Khawajah Nasir ad-Din Tusi who were celebrated in all the sciences of their times: the intellectual sciences, natural science, astronomy, alchemy, etc.
The books of Ibn Sina were even being taught in European universities up to the end of the last century. Jurji Zaydan the famous Christian Lebanese writer, says: on his History of Islamic Civilisation: "As soon as Islamic civilisation found its feet, and the new sciences spread among the Muslims, Muslim scholars appeared whose thinking v as more important than the founders of some of the branches of the sciences. In fact these sciences took on a fresh color with the new researches of Islamic scientists, and progresses due to Islamic civilization"4.
Islam's Life-Concept
From the view of Islam, there is no opposition between the material and the spiritual life, the world and religion. Similarity, those who do not work in this world or make no effort are not approved of, although those who do not think of anything apart from individual benefit and consumption and profit are also detested from the point of view of Islam.
Imam Sadiq (a.s.), the sixth Imam, said: "He who abandons this world for the next - i.e. he who withdraws from the activities of life in the name of asceticism - and he who gives up the next world for this world, both are not from among us."5.
So it can be said that in this matter Muslims should adjust their actions with equal movement in this world, advancing with its happiness, and in the spiritual world. Therefore in Islam there is no monarchism, being a burden on society, social withdrawal, egoism or seclusion. The Prophet (S) said: "There is no monasticism for us; the monasticism for my followers is jihad in the way of Allah."6
Islamic Commands and the Advance of Time
The transformations, evolutions and development of the means of living and progress in the various elements of civilisation have no kind of incompatibility with the eternity of the commands of Islam, because the incompatibility of a law with this kind of progress is because the law depends on fundamental means and special factors. For example, if one makes a law: Only the hand must be used when writing; only a donkey must be used for travel, etc. This kind of law cannot come into action when science and civilisation advance.
But if it is not in contradiction with fundamental means, and at the time of making the law these were only used as examples, they will not clash with the occurrence of new means and the advance of civilisation Islamic laws are of this latter category, that is to say they do not look especially at the means of one period in history.
For example, they say: One must be unconquerable with regard to foreign powers so as to defend one's vital and human rights. This law, although it was declared in the time of the sword, never depends on the instruments of that time, i.e. Islam never says: The Islamic Jihad must only" be with swords. Thus it is practicable today. Similarly with business transactions, trade, work, etc.
So, however much civilisation and its means and elements expand, it will never leave the domain of inclusion in the laws of Islam, and this is one of the secrets of the eternity of Islam.
Does Islam Dispense with Contemporary Ideologies and Systems of Thought?
There is no doubt that man has progressed far in the way of knowledge, but scientists themselves confess that what they know in the world of creation is not comparable with what they do not know. And basically, since their vision is limited, they cannot find out all the secrets of the world.
Moreover, each leap forward that man makes is not immune from error. Therefore, m the area of human aspirations, not everything that comes forward, in every field, can be one hundred per cent imbued with certainty, because it is possible that environmental factors and other unforeseen things have an effect on man's thinking and outlook and take him far from reality.
But the fundamental project of Islam, since it grows from the root of revelation, has nothing to do with the possibility of mistake, and can give trustworthy guidance at all times.
Of course, with the condition that these pure laws are not inserted within the framework of other deviated systems, whereupon they become completely incapable of deriving advantage.
The Continuation of Divine Assistance
Some imagine that the meaning of the conclusive nature of the Prophet's mission is that after him connection with the hidden, divine world has been interrupted and stopped. This is not valid because the meaning of its conclusiveness is only that after the Prophet of Islam (S) no other prophet or religion will come, not that in a general way connections with the unseen world are also severed.
For with the undemanding of us Shia Muslims, whereby we believe in the Imamate and Walayat of the twelve pure Imams this connection is everlasting and is continued by means of these pure ones. And this is one of the distinctive points of the Shia school. Mulla Sadra has written in Mafatih al-Ghayb - Keys of the Unseen -: "Revelation, that is to say the descent of the angel to the delegated and prophetic eyes, has been forever cut off, but the door of inspiration and illumination has not and will never be closed, and it is not possible for it to be interrupted."
How can Islam be Practised in the present Day and Age?
Although corruption in our world is greater today, and although as time rolls on it becomes greater, and in the end more destructive and more annihilating, we must remember that generosity and magnanimity are found within increase in difficulty. So our independence and individuality demand that we struggle with the aberrations of the times.
Basically, control and reform of the environment can be considered as one of the most pressing duties. The prophets have also taught us by their lives the lesson of the struggle against the aberrations of the times. They never followed the perverse desires of the pulsation of their own societies or the various passions of the environment; eventually they made the environment their own environment.
The Prophet of Islam - may the peace of Allah be always with him - struggled constantly against the aberrant and amoral customs of the ignorance of his time, till he built another society and environment.
Class differences, the inferiority of women. idol-worship, tribal wars, and tens of other kinds of amorality were among the conventions and customs and beliefs of the people of those days, but the courage of the prophet saw that all of them were destroyed.
Some of the chiefs of the Quraysh from the Utbah group, were very unhappy about the Prophet's method, so they arranged a meeting and after they conferred together with him to make him deviate from his way by promise and threat, but the Prophet replied to them: "This is what I was delegated to do. I swear by Allah that even if the sun were put in one of my hands and the moon in the other I would not deviate from my way, nor give up my faith, till victory or death ensue."
So let us follow the way of the iron-willed leader and envoy of Allah.
1. Who is the last emissary sent by God?
2. Who was the last brick of the building of Prophethood?
3. Which Imam said that no prophet would come after Prophet Muhammad?
4. What is the meaning of al-hamdu lillahi rabbil-alimin?
5. Who has power over everything?
6. Who has no partner or associate?
7. Are all men equal?
8. Is anyone better than anyone else?
9. What is Islam a supporter of?
10. What does Islam grant its opponents?
11. Who does Islam lend great value to?
12. What does Islam desire man to think?
13. Why does Islam value scientific advances and discoveries?
14. What did the Prophet say was the monasticism for his followers?
15 Do the transformation, evaluations, and developments of the means of living and progress in the various elements of civilization have any kind of incompatibility with Islam?
16. Has man progressed far in the way of knowledge?
17. Can scientists find all the secrets of the world?
18. What has Mulla Sadra said about revelation in Mafatih al-Ghayb?
19. What does our independence and individuality demand?
20. What did the Prophet struggle against?


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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Crabby noodles with snow peas, from The Gluten Free Asian Kitchen
Hi! Happy New Year! We're trying to eat healthy this month, like everyone else in the world, but it's not going so great. Alex has a cold so we're on a strict chicken noodle or dumpling soup diet. Before he got sick, though, I made these awesome noodles from this cookbook I for got Christmas from my dad, The Gluten-Free Asian Kitchen. I've made a few recipes from it so far and it's pretty great. These noodles are easy and delicious and fresh. I tossed in some leftover shrimp, and put more cilantro and scallions on the table for serving.
Crabby noodles with snow peas
from The Gluten-Free Asian Kitchen
1 package mung bean noodles (otherwise known as jellyfish noodles)
4 T veg oil
6 scallions, chopped up (plus more for the table)
4 cloves minced garlic (I used 6)
1/4 lb chopped up snow peas
8oz real crabmeat, picked through for shell pieces
1/2 c chopped cooked shrimp
1/2 c clam juice
2 T fish sauce
1/3 c cilantro (plus more for the table)
Pour boiling water over the noodles and let them sit for a minute or two until soft and stretchy (the book says to use hot tap water but I let mine soak for half an hour and nothing happened, so boiling water did the trick almost immediately). Drain the noodles and chop them up with scissors.
Heat half of the oil over medium heat and cook the scallions and garlic for a minute, then add the snow peas and cook another minute. Add the rest of the oil and the crab, shrimp and noodles, stirring well. Add the clam juice and fish sauce and cook a few more minutes, until most of the liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat and toss with cilantro. Serve with more cilantro, scallions, and hot sauce if you wish.
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Like Pascual, about a fifth of Moanalua's 2,000 students live outside of the district. Lots of parents want to send their kids here—between 300 and 400 students submit applications for geographic exceptions every year. The school can accept only about 100 of them.
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The combination of these technologies and surrounding services will allow DigitasLBi to form a uniquely perceptive view of the customer and distribute creative content efficiently across earned, owned and paid media channels, driving marketing effectiveness and delivering better value to brands. "Advertisers need a truly integrated and global digital network that can anticipate trends, forecast the 'next', while constantly innovating in our ever- changing world," said Maurice Lévy, Chairman and CEO of Publicis Groupe. "The combination of Digitas and LBi will create the world's leading concentration of digital skills and competencies in the world, capable of delivering solutions to all clients, everywhere. I'm very happy that Luke will be managing this new global network. I'm sure that he will bring innovative vision and market- defining services to our clients, and this is and will always be our relentless focus. The formation of DigitasLBi is an essential landmark. It will certainly be the most competitive, attractive network in the market for both clients and talent. As Global CEO of DigitasLBi, Luke Taylor will report directly to Bob Lord, CEO of Publicis Groupe's Digital Technology Division. A team of senior LBi, Digitas and Publicis Groupe executives will oversee the merger process under the leadership of Stephan Beringer, CEO, Digitas and Razorfish International, ensuring flawless delivery of the newly enhanced service offering to clients in every geography. "One of the key strategic tenets of the combined DigitasLBi offering is the scalable, flexible technology and product suite that will help meet the full spectrum of marketer needs from audience engagement, to sense-and-respond content development and publishing, to real-time relationship marketing," said Bob Lord, CEO of Publicis Groupe's Digital Technology Division. "This is an exciting union between two powerful brands, with complementary strengths in product and service that will redefine the role of an agency." Between them Digitas and LBi have a strong, shared heritage in digital that delivers strength and depth across all data, direct, social, search and platform delivery disciplines. Digitas has long been known for digitally-led, integrated brand ideas with roots in CRM and connected commerce. LBi meanwhile has a historic strength in service innovation and multi-channel delivery and, following its acquisition of bigmouthmedia in 2010 and MRY in 2011, is able to leverage a breadth of search and social expertise along side its creative, technology and user experience skillsets. In 2012 LBi and Digitas received a combined total of over 200 awards globally. Specifically, Digitas won two Cannes Lions Grand Prix last year, whilst LBi secured the SXSW People's Choice Award. Digitas was also recently named OMMA Agency of the Year 2012 and LBi UK Digital Agency of the Year 2012 by Marketing magazine. "DigitasLBi represents the first time that insight, content and distribution has been brought together in one agency, providing clients with a truly integrated, best-in-class, global offering," said Luke Taylor, Chief Executive of DigitasLBi.  "I'm thrilled to have been appointed to oversee the genesis and strategic evolution of DigitasLBi and harness the unique opportunity to leverage an unparalleled breadth of geographies, services and proprietary technologies to pace set the markets." Sitting alongside sister Publicis Groupe digital brands Razorfish and Rosetta, DigitasLBi cements Publicis Groupe's ambitions in this critical area for its clients and the future of the communications sector. Publicis Groupe's share of revenue derived from digital operations is now over 35%, enhancing its ability to deliver innovative and best-in-class services to clients. Colin Kinsella continues in his role as Chief Executive, Digitas North America, while Ewen Sturgeon remains Chief Executive of LBi, Europe, Middle East and Asia. The creation of DigitasLBi will not affect MRY, which will remain a standalone entity under the leadership of founder and Chief Executive Matt Britton. With an enhanced headcount and service offering, MRY will continue to operate as an integrated agency with a social center of gravity. About Publicis Groupe Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, part of the CAC 40 index] is the third largest communications group in the world, offering the full range of services and skills: digital (Digitas, Razorfish, Rosetta, VivaKi, LBi), traditional advertising (BBH, Leo Burnett, Publicis Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi), public affairs, corporate communications and events (MSLGROUP), media buying and strategy (Starcom MediaVest Group and ZenithOptimedia) and specialized communications with PHCG (Publicis Healthcare Communications Group). Present in 104 countries, the Groupe employs 58,000 professionals. www.publicisgroupe.com About Digitas Digitas, a digitally-led, integrated global brand agency, builds brands for some of the foremost companies in the world. In 2012 Digitas was named OMMA Magazine's Agency of the Year, AdAge's Standout List, and The Drum's London Integrated Agency of the Year. Digitas was also the winner of nine Cannes Lions in 2012. The agency also counts Agency of the Year honors from the Festival of Media, BtoB Magazine, and Les Agences de l'Année, France. Digitas also operates the brand content platform, The Third Act:, producers of first and most well renowned event on digital content, The NewFront. With sister agencies Starcom MediaVest Group, ZenithOptimedia, Denuo and Razorfish, Digitas is a unit of Publicis Groupe. Publicis Groupe [listed on the Euronext Paris Exchange - FR0000130577 - and part of the CAC 40 index] is the world's third largest communications group. With activities spanning 104 countries on five continents, Publicis Groupe offers local and international clients a complete range of advertising services. www.digitas.com About LBi LBi is a global marketing and technology agency, expert at blending strategic, creative, media and technical expertise to build business value. We help companies of all shapes and sizes decide what's next for their business - and then we take them there. We define and execute transformational digital strategies for clients including Coca-Cola E.ON, Lloyds TSB, Play.com and Virgin Atlantic. Across our 32 offices in 17 countries, there are more than 2,200 digital specialists collaborating with brands to enrich people's lives via service design, branded content, mobile, CRM and social media. We also set the pace in digital display, search, affiliate marketing, usability and analytics. There are many things that make LBi unique, but if we had to choose one it would be our ability to bring together diverse teams of experts to suit any brief. We call this blending, and it's the reason why all types of organisations - from famous global businesses to disruptive start-ups - choose LBi to help make their brands desirable wherever, whenever and however people choose to engage with them. LBi is Marketing magazine's Digital Agency of the Year 2012. www.lbi.com Contacts Publicis Groupe Peggy Nahmany Corporate Communications + 33 (0)1 44 43 72 83 Martine Hue Investor Relations + 33 (0)1 44 43 65 00 Stéphanie Attelian Investor Relations + 33 (0)1 44 43 74 44 Digitas Jill Kelly EVP, Global Director Corporate Communications +1 646 735 7330 LBi Gareth Jones Global Brand & Marketing Director firstname.lastname@example.com +44 (0) 207 063 6263 This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: LBi International N.V. via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1675488]
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Image cropping has just landed in Popcorn Maker.
Previously, there was no way to get an image to fill the screen if its aspect ratio did not match, it was also impossible to only show part of an image.
Now, you can stretch, fill and crop images.
Step 1 is to add an image track event.
You'll notice it fills its space, and adds white to either side to fill up the aspect ratio of the media.
Second step is to double click it. This enters you into edit mode, and in the case of an image track event, edit mode is cropping.
Then you can drag the image off to one side or the other. You'll notice the parts that are being cropped are transparent.
Step 3. If you click off the image, you'll exit cropping mode. This does the crop, and displays the image how the project viewer is going to see it. You can always double click on the image again to re enter crop mode, and find you didn't lose any of the image. It is just hidden.
If you look close at the above image though, you see the white to the right of the photo.
Step 4. You can remove that white by dragging the right viewport handle to crop out the white. Seen below, there is no longer a green border. I probably should of centered it, but ah well, you get the idea.
Step 5: Yay, now we can copy it and place them side by side! More foxes!
Step 6 because why not, let's preview it.
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Gov. Jerry Brown signed landmark legislation Tuesday to speed construction of Farmers Field football stadium in downtown Los Angeles, saying of California government, "There are too damn many regulations."
Brown praised the 68,000-seat stadium project as "a big idea" designed to get people working. SB292 by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) requires a streamlined review of environmental challenges.
Brown said, "nobody likes to protect the environment more than me," and said the law, along with a companion bill meant to speed construction of other large projects, does not pose a significant weakening of the California Environmental Quality Act.
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The plan was approved in the closing days of the legislative session, despite criticism from environmental groups opposed to carving out exceptions to the state's environmental rules.
"This project is about more than pigskin, it's about jobs, putting people back to work," said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
The project is expected to generate about 23,000 jobs at a time that California's unemployment rate remains stuck above 12 percent.
Farmer's Field is being built by AEG, which also spearheaded construction of Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.


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Prof. Jim Giesen '95 Receives Southern Historical Association's Simkins Award
November 3, 2013
James C. Giesen, assistant professor of history at Mississippi State University and 1995 graduate of DePauw University, is the recipient of the Francis B. Simkins Award. The honor was presented by the Southern Historical Association, the third-largest organization for professional historians in the United States.
Dr. Giesen was recognized for his 2011 book Boll Weevil Blues: Cotton, Myth and Power in the American South, which previously earned him the Southern Historical Association's Jack Temple Kirby Award as well as the inaugural Deep South Book Prize, presented by the University of Alabama's Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South.
The Simkins Award, presented in conjunction with Virginia's Longwood University, honors the best first book by an author in the field of Southern history. It is presented every two years.
Giesen also heads MSU's Center for the History of Agriculture, Science and the Environment of the South and served as executive secretary of the Agricultural History Society.
Jim Giesen's interests are the agricultural, rural, and environmental histories of the U.S., with a particular focus on the South in the twentieth century. A history major and basketball player at DePauw, he earned his M.A. at the University of North Carolina and the Ph.D. from the University of Georgia.


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Foliar Feeding
Fertilization exists to supply essential nutrients to plants to achieve desired color, growth and pest resistance. As the demands of the turf are increased from lower mowing heights and increased traffic levels, additional fertility is needed to promote growth and recovery, especially in sand-based soils. Nitrogen (N) is the key element in turfgrass fertility programs. Nitrogen strongly influences the color, growth and density in turfgrass; therefore, turf managers place an emphasis on this particular nutrient. However, as the trend towards low-input turfgrass maintenance programs increase, practices such as foliar fertilization, or foliar feeding, have become more popular. But how effective is this application technique in regard to nutrient uptake by turf foliage?
Foliar feeding is the entry of small amounts of liquid fertilizer through the surface of plant shoots. This allows for rapid nutrient utilization by the plant, and also provides the applicator the ability to blend the fertilizer with other products, such as pesticides and micronutrients. Current formulations of liquid fertilizers are believed to penetrate mostly the transcuticular pores on foliage, which are open virtually all the time compared to stomata. Nutrients also enter stomata, but these often are closed due to environmental stresses and darkness. Also, the majority of the stomata are located underneath leaves, away from fertilizer spray patterns. Drawbacks to foliar feeding include the inability to apply large amounts of N, phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) without potentially burning the foliage. Therefore, frequent applications at a low volume are required to maintain consistent color and plant growth.
Many products claim to be true foliar fertilizers that can solve most fertility problems. However, the majority of these products lack published research to substantiate these statements. A primary concern is whether you are applying a true foliar-absorbed fertilizer. Research on banana plants determined whether foliar applications of urea were absorbed through foliage or washed off and absorbed through roots. Up to 65 percent of the foliar-applied urea was absorbed within 25 minutes, with the majority being absorbed by the lower (or younger) surface of the foliage — where the greatest number of stomata exist. Similar findings were reported in coffee, cacao and McIntosh apple. The lower leaf surfaces and younger leaves rapidly absorbed urea from foliar applications as compared to older leaves and upper leaf surfaces. Complete absorption of the urea occurred in coffee and cacao in less than 24 hours and in banana by 30 hours. The absorption of urea by the lower surface of younger McIntosh apple leaves was as high as 85 percent in a two-hour absorption period, compared to the lower leaf surface of older leaves.
Many foliar applied products also contain "hidden" ingredients, such as iron, not specified on the label. So while you may be satisfied with the results, you may not realize which ingredient, specifically, is providing this response. One way to identify it is to know exactly which elements can be absorbed and moved through the plant. Mobile elements such as N, magnesium and sulfur are transported through phloem tissue in leaves. Meanwhile, immobile elements such as calcium and boron will not move through the phloem, thus, would not be as effective if applied as a foliar fertilizer.
Previous research has reported approximately 55 percent of
Previous research in McIntosh apple focused on parameters hindering foliar urea uptake. These included existing N levels in the foliage, pH of the spray, temperature and the influence of wetting agents. High existing nitrogen levels in the foliage and low temperatures (~21°C compared to 32°C) promoted best absorption. Also, incorporating a wetting agent into the spray (Tween 80 and Tween 20) approximately doubled the percent of urea absorbed, compared to a pure water solution.
Most research indicates that with urea, for instance, liquid and dry (granular) formulations produce little differences in turf growth and quality. However, previous research with urea noted foliar feeding accounted for 95 percent of plant use compared to approximately 10 percent use from soil applications. In an attempt to address efficacy questions, studies compared fluid and foliar nutrition programs to conventional programs (conventional programs designed by select golf course superintendents in the state of Nebraska) on Providence creeping bentgrass. Fluid and foliar programs were comparable to the conventional programs in terms of color and density while incorporating 25 to 80 percent less N. Furthermore, it was suggested foliar fertilizers should not replace conventional fertilizer programs (liquids and water-soluble controlled-release granular fertilizers). However, "true" foliar fertilizers can increase the growth and vigor in turf under high maintenance, especially under stresses such as increased heat. Also, with the increased attention placed on N and phosphorous leaching, liquid fertilization could be very beneficial. The low input required by foliar applications could pose a smaller risk to the environment in terms of leaching.
If you couple a foliar-absorbed product with a sound, granular soil-based fertility program, the potential to produce high-quality turfgrass with minimal rates is feasible. To build upon previous research and to determine advantages and disadvantages between dry and liquid fertilizers applied to turf, research is being conducted at Clemson University to address: (1) what is a true foliar fertilizer; (2) what is their effectiveness; and (3) long-term effects on plant vigor and recuperative potential of foliar vs. granular fertilization programs. Researchers are evaluating various annual N rates with various ratios of liquid vs. granular products on creeping bentgrass, with emphasis on the long-term response to this. In addition, laboratory studies will identify how much liquid fertilizer is actually being foliar absorbed. Such research could supply turf managers with knowledge needed to determine the effectiveness of these foliar products and their cost effectiveness.
Wesley Totten is a graduate research assistant and Bert McCarty, Ph.D., is professor of turfgrass science, both in the Department of Horticulture at Clemson University (Clemson, S.C.).
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Since the horrific shootings in Newtown, CT, there has been much discussion about gun control.
Some have asserted that guns can't be restricted because ownership is protected under the Second Amendment.
As I've pointed out, no right is unrestricted and rights are always balanced with responsibilities.
And what did Justice Scalia say?
Scalia, of course, is one of the most conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Author of the Majority Opinion in the 2008 Heller case, Scalia wrote:
Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited. From Blackstone through the 19th-century cases, commentators and courts routinely explained that the right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose. . . Although we do not undertake an exhaustive historical analysis today of the full scope of the Second Amendment, nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms.
Now, Justice Scalia cannot be said to be a strong supporter of gun control. However, it's clear that he believes that it is perfectly constitutional to have some restrictions.
Often people portray efforts to introduce some restrictions (or develop a new program) as all-or-nothing propositions. But they're not.
Whether or not particular restrictions are not only constitutional but also good public policy is a different matter, of course, and this must be worked out by citizens and elected officials.


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Here are some really simple hand warmers. The book offers a huge range of projects from extremely simple to very complex which is a big bonus. There is something for everyone.
I love these gloves with just enough stitch detail to add a little interest but keeping the project fast and still simple.
There are charts, written line instructions, embroidery directions, clear patterns and schematics. These embroidered mitts are from one of my favorites, Kristin Nicholas. I still hope she is writing a mitten book! Please!
These are so gorgeous. Everything about them is perfect, the design, the colors, the picot edging. This pair is called Hugs and Kisses, designed by the extraordinary Tanis Gray, another of my favorites.
I remember this color block set from awhile ago. This is so fun and the mittens are glorious! I really want to make these, too. Yes to those.
And who can forget the cover shot from the VK mitten issue? Not me. Jared Floods' fantastic stitch work mittens are the best! I remember getting this magazine in the mail and just going crazy over these mittens. I am so happy to have this pattern in a book now. Thank you Vogue Knitting!
There are mittens that could be worn by kids and adults and everyone in between.


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Maroon 5 is calling on their fans to help them with their next video for the single "Daylight."
The band is once again pairing with famed director Jonas Akerlund ("Moves Like Jagger") for what is being called The Daylight Project, where fans may submit their own clips and possibly end up a part of Maroon 5 history. But not just anything can be a part of what they're creating, the guys are asking only for moments or stories that are personal in nature.
Need more inspiration of what to send Adam Levine and the rest of the band? Luckily there is a whole list of what they would like to see come in from fans. Some of the ideas for the project include: film someone or yourself upset or crying, film yourself forgiving someone for what they did, film yourself or someone else making out and film yourself or someone else talking about your fantasies.
Check out the entire list here.
Submissions for Maroon 5's new video are being accepted between now and October 1st.
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The Bismarck Tribune via AP
Snow-covered trees form a scenic canopy over Bismarck, N.D., on Monday, March 4, 2013, in the wake of a slow-moving winter storm that passed through the state.
A late-winter storm was expected to gum up travel Tuesday as it crept slowly across the Central and Midwest U.S. before heading east later in the week, forecasters said Monday.
The storm was expected to peter out by the time it hits New York and Boston later in the week, but not before it creates a mess for commuters from Upper Mississippi and Ohio River valleys eastward to the Atlantic Coast.
Significant snowfall will make travel dangerous Monday night and Tuesday in the Upper Midwest, especially around major cities like Minneapolis, Indianapolis and Chicago. The Weather Channel warned that major delays were likely Tuesday at O'Hare and Midway airports.
Chicago is expected to get its biggest snowfall of the season — as much as 10 inches by Tuesday evening. The National Weather Service said accumulation rates of one to two inches an hour beginning Tuesday morning would make "snow removal difficult and travel extremely dangerous."
"Consider only traveling if in an emergency," it said in issuing a winter storm warning for the city.
Unseasonably warm temperatures Monday melted some of the winter's snow in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul — just in time for a new blast of winter that could drop as much as 7 inches of new snow overnight and Tuesday.
"I'm tired of being ready for winter. I am ready for it be spring," Barbara Eckley of Minneapolis told NBC station KARE.
By Wednesday, significant accumulations were forecast for the Washington area. Major flight delays are possible at Washington-Dulles, Reagan National and possibly Baltimore-Washington International airports.
Forecasters are expecting accumulations of 8 to 10 inches of snow in the Chicago area on Tuesday with major delays at O'Hare Airport. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
While the storm isn't yet expected to hit the Northeast hard — forecasters said they'd have a better picture later in the week — the travel delays could have a noticeable ripple effect Wednesday in Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
The system has meandered across the country since it formed off the West Coast last week. It was dropping heavy snow Monday on an area stretching from northeast Montana through parts of North Dakota and Minnesota and into eastern Iowa.
A foot of snow had already fallen in parts of eastern North Dakota by noon Monday, NBC station KVLY of Fargo reported. Snow-covered passing lanes and reduced visibility were expected to remain a problem into Tuesday.
At least 38 traffic accidents were reported in Black Hawk County in central Iowa by 6:30 a.m., NBC station KWWL of Waterloo reported. Six to 10 more inches are possible in the region by Tuesday morning.
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