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Fairytale Friday: Dash It All for Romance
{London Kiss: ink & watercolour illustration by Shell-Sherree} |
Happy Fairytale Friday to you!
PS: Last call for prints ~ end of this weekend, I'll be putting the store on vacation until ... let's just say, "Don't wait up." Thank you ~ big hugs and thanks for all your support. I'm looking forward to exploring other creative adventures around the corner...

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UH Commission on the Status of Women
A forum has been established so that Commissions on the Status of Women (CSWs) around the country and beyond may have a gathering place.
The email listserv list firstname.lastname@example.com
has been established for this purpose and all interested participants are invited.
The primary purpose of the forum is to facilitate collaboration amongst the CSWs. The cross-pollination should prove useful to all members as we explore ways to keep our CSWs relevant, active and effective in both good and challenging times.
The gathering place for campus CSWs
Use this listserv forum to:
- Share annual goals and objectives planning
- Examine and review best practices
- Reflect on women's issues locally and nationally
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After 12 months of effort, the national list never successfully became the gathering place that we were hoping for. It has been shuttered since 2012. Interest in a renewed attempt to start the national discussion list up again can be communicated to the email address below.
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280 pages.
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Hardcover ISBN: 9780804762847
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Ebook ISBN: 9780804772471
Winner of the 2010 Prevention for a Safer Society Award, sponsored by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
In the late 20th century, the United States experienced an incarceration explosion. Over the course of twenty years, the imprisonment rate quadrupled, and today more than than 1.5 million people are held in state and federal prisons. Arizona's Department of Corrections came of age just as this shift toward prison warehousing began, and soon led the pack in using punitive incarceration in response to crime. Sunbelt Justice looks at the development of Arizona's punishment politics, policies, and practices, and brings to light just how and why we have become a mass incarceration nation.
About the author
Mona Lynch is Associate Professor in the Criminology, Law & Society Department at the University of California, Irvine. In addition to authoring numerous articles, she has contributed essays to After the War on Crime: Race, Democracy, and a New Reconstruction (2008), and From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State: Race and the Death Penalty in America (2006).
"Sunbelt Justice is full of colorful characters who do not hesitate to express their devotion to discipline and to express their resentment of outsiders who meddle in their institutions.... It effectively shows that Arizona and the other new states of the American Southwest were always more dubious about rehabilitative approaches to imprisonment than the Northeast and Midwest."
—Doris Marie Provine The Law and Politics Book Review.
"How did Arizona—a low tax, low incarceration state in Barry Goldwater's heyday—become one of the nation's leading carceral states in the age of mass imprisonment? Mona Lynch provides a compelling and illuminating answer. By showing that rehabilitative ideas came late to Arizona, never fully displacing the state's low-cost, no frills punitive traditions; by connecting institutional actors and events to larger cultural patterns; and by viewing Arizona's history within the broader story of the Sunbelt states—Lynch develops a powerful account of the regional roots of the American present. More than the penal history of a single state, Sunbelt Justice is an important new perspective on the emergence of mass imprisonment."
—David Garland, New York University
"Sunbelt Justice is a path-breaking analysis of the origins and development of mass imprisonment in Arizona. Lynch unravels an important and timely puzzle: why did a state known for its fiscal conservatism and deep mistrust of big government build a vast and expensive penal system? This insightful book also explains why Arizona became a national trend-setter in delivering harsh punishment as the rehabilitative model receded in the United States."
—Marie Gottschalk, University of Pennsylvania, author of The Prison and the Gallows: The Politics of Mass Incarceration in America
"Mona Lynch's insightful analysis of Arizona's war on crime sheds new and important light on penal politics and trajectories. Sunbelt Justice is a must-read for those seeking to understand how the United States became home to the largest prison system and prisoner population the world has ever known, as well as how local circumstances shaped the way this process unfolded in Arizona."
—Katherine Beckett, University of Washington
"The explosive growth of imprisonment in America is more than a problem. Itis also a mystery. With the 50 states responsible for more than 90% of all imprisonment, why did so many governments expand at the same time? Was mass incarceration an accident or a deliberate choice? How did the states produce and accommodate massive shifts in incarceration? Mona Lynch provides a careful and detailed analysis of the causes and consequences of mass incarceration in one of the nation's highest growth states. Sunbelt Justice is an indispensable guide to the peculiar present of imprisonment in the United States."
—Franklin E. Zimring, University of California at Berkeley


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By Guest Blogger Ann Mullen I still remember the first time I came upon the term swipe file. It seems like it was just yesterday. Wait, it was just yesterday.
Swipe files are also commonly used by Internet Marketers who need to gather a lot of resources not only about products but also about marketing methods and strategies."
A lot of times the swipe file is for various headlines.
Still confused? Here is an example of a swipe file headline: 10 Exercise Tips to Use Without Moving a Muscle. The main swipe part is the idea: (Some Number) of Tips to Do (Something). In other words it's the old Snake Oil Routine.


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one of my favorite things about the walk in clinics they now have in walgreens here is that they do have a price list up front... on the kiosk as you check in. you agree to the price upfront.... and even the times that its been more complicated than i thought (for example, sinus infection that had also turned into an ear infection and ruptured eardrum), they still have only charged the base rate ($65 in that case).
Bonus points for their openly telling me the prescriptions they wrote was on the walmart $4 list... rather than just automatically pushing me towards the walgreens counter 10 feet away.


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The Martin Buber House
The Martin Buber House
Built in the 19th century, it was the Buber-Family home from 1916 to 1938. Here Martin Buber wrote his famous "I and Thou" and started his translation of the Hebrew Bible with Franz Rosenzweig.
Today the house is headquarters of the ICCJ and features a lecture series as well as visits to the house by guests, scholars and students from the region and all over the world.
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Silver Jewelry And Health
Much is being said about the health benefits of wearing jewelry made of silver. This goes without saying that it is still a debated issue. There is definitely a long track of traditions, claiming that the wearing of silver jewelry is good for ones health.
The Greek physician, Hippocrates (ca. 460 BC ca. 370 BC), who is called the father of medicine, wrote that silver had beneficial healing and anti-disease properties. Silver is known to have a toxic effect on some bacteria, viruses, algae and fungi. Exactly how germicidal effect of silver works is still not entirely understood, although some theories have been brought forth. Some traditions attest that eating with silver spoons results in healthier lives when compared with those who eat with spoons made of other materials. Some also used to place them in water storage areas for purifying water.
Findings in scientific studies show that that silver rings reduce the symptoms of arthritis. The findings further show that there were some sure health benefits derived by wearing silver rings particularly for increasing blood circulation, and controlling hypertension and finger joint deformity. Some say that when silver is absorbed through skin, it cures muscular aches.
Many people in Asia also still strongly believes in the health benefits of wearing jewelry made of silver and other similar metals. Asian alternate medicine practitioners such as Reiki healers, chakra healers,Tibetan medicine practitioners and and new age energy healers have been using energy jewelry such as silver jewelry for many years past.
Though the health benefits of silver may still an ongoing dispute, it is a fact that silver is now often used in making medical equipment such as urinary catheters and breathing tubes. This is because silver will kill bacteria allowing for a faster healing process. Knowing all this, you can see that silver does indeed have properties that can have a positive contribution to your health. Wearing a piece of silver jewelry may not guarantee a perfect health, but it will most likely contribute to a better one.


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"This is a little embarrassing," confesses Dylan Gilliam, owner of local design outfit King Street Kitchen Company and one-time winner of the prestigious national Kitchen and Bath Association award. "But I actually hired a designer to help me with my own kitchen." Maybe we can forgive the guy. After all, he's dabbled in oodles of styles, from French country to ultra contemporary, cottage to industrial, so it's easy to see how he'd fall into the "what's my favorite?" quandary. Plus, though his clients often have immense homes and ample budgets, Dylan's kitchen measures just a little over 100 square feet, and he admits having to mind his bottom line closely.
All that aside, when hired gun William Towne, a Charleston-based interior designer and part of the KSKC crew, came over to help sort through the 14 potential layouts Dylan had drawn up, he tossed out one simple question: "Which was your first sketch?" Dylan pointed it out, they trashed the other renditions, and after months of DIY elbow grease and professional pitch-ins, the result was just a tweak or two off that original sketch.
To truly appreciate the "after" photos, consider the "before." Dylan's gem, a 1,000 square foot 1940s bungalow, sits just behind Avondale's quirky commercial area. Squeezed into the home's petite footprint is a living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, and two bedrooms. After looking all over for an abode and putting contracts in on other spots that fell through, Dylan spotted this diamond in the rough when he was more or less stalking the neighborhood for For Sale signs. He pulled into the driveway, peeked inside the empty house, and told his agent to put in a contract then and there.
Why the impulse buy? It goes back to trusting your gut. Plus, "I wanted something that was almost untouched, so I wouldn't have to undo a lot of redos," explains Dylan.
There were a few surprises, of course, like the time he fell through the floor. "A friend and I had just taken out all the cabinets. I took a step over where the sink had been, and pop!, I went straight through the floor." The old kitchen also had all the appliances crammed into it—washer, dryer, refrigerator, water heater, dishwasher, oven, and microwave. Dylan assumed he'd move all but the kitchen essentials out, but the water heater ended up having to stay. (Turns out, the house has 15 windows, and a heater like the one he wanted has to be a generous distance from any window to suit building codes.)
But, heater included, he's thrilled with how things turned out. "I always tell clients that kitchen redos are a love-hate-love relationship," he says. "You love the dream, hate the process, love the end result."
Dylan on...
Marble Countertops: "Marble's gonna scratch, it's gonna stain. I did freak out at the first flaw but now there are little scratches and nicks and stains everywhere, and I love it."
Sinks: "I chose this apron-front sink because my mini schnauzer fits perfectly in here for a bath, and because the drain is off-centered. That way, if you rest a big dish on the bottom, it doesn't block the drain."
Cabinet Depth: "The standard depth is 12 inches, but unless you have vintage plates, your china is not going to fit. I always do at least 15 inch-deep cabinets."
Hardware: "To me, hardware has to feel good in your hand, and these pulls and knobs (from Restoration Hardware) do."
Tray Storage: "These drawer organizers are adjustable. I also had my carpenter build tray dividers into a cabinet. The dividers are removable, and he added cutout handles."
Factory Versus Custom Cabinets:"Being on a budget, I went with factory-made cabinets, but I had a local craftsmen, Gregg Pavone, make this built-in to resemble a hutch and add character."
Multi-Use Pieces: "It's a countertop, it's a little table. If you include furniture in your kitchen, make sure it can multi-task."


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Sip cider, say cheese and kid around with Finnriver Farm & Cidery at the NW Wine & Cheese Tour on Saturday April 14 and Sunday April 15, from 11-5.
We're celebrating spring with sweet wine, sparkling cider, award-winning cheese, artisan bread and frolicking goats! Our friends and fine cheese-makers Rachel Van Laanen & Scott Brinton, from nearby Marrowstone Island's Mystery Bay Farm, will be on site to sample their array of fresh spring goat cheeses, including their acclaimed Thyme & White Pepper and Chevre & Honey. Enjoy a savory bite of locally baked Pane d'Amore cheese-sticks and a dollop of gourmet cider jelly. Wear your farm boots to take a walk around the fields and along our Poetree Trail, and visit with some of Mystery Bay's spring goat kids, along with our piglets, chicks and spring buds.
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Sam Brownback on Principles & ValuesRepublican Sr Senator (KS) | |
The path is NOT uncharted. We know the way. We must re-drill the wells that gave us life the first time. They will refresh and renew us again!
We rebuild our families so that [future] Kansans can know the value of a family---none of which is perfect. Yet we all aspire in them to be better, virtuous, just and righteous... that we might be blessed and a blessing.
Our dependence is not on Big Government but on a Big God that loves us and lives within us. Our future is bright. Our renaissance is assured IF we move from dithering to action. Which way to choose? We know the way. God wrote it in our hearts.
And so, I really appreciate the people that are here, and the fights that we�ve all been in together, and we�re working, but we�ve got to win �em now, and we�ve got to win �em in this presidency.
But to whom much is given, much is required, and I believe fundamentally that the heart of our greatness is our goodness. If we ever lose that good heart, if we ever lose that goodness, we will most certainly lose our greatness. And that�s why I come back to where I started, on the basics. Faith, family, freedom. That�s where you get the goodness to build for the greatness, to move us on forward.
A: I wouldn�t delegate things to the vice president. But I would involve the vice president in a lot of things. But I think there�s a key point here to look at. One is that Dick Cheney came in with a lot of experience. He came in with a lot of experience on defense, foreign policy issues. And I think the president over-relied on that. I think Dick Cheney has done an admirable job. I think the president�s over-relied upon that. I think you need somebody coming into the presidency that�s had foreign policy experience, that�s worked on these national and global issues, so that they don�t have to depend on the vice president as much. I think you should have a highly competent person as vice president that can step in at any time and can provide you high-quality information, reflection, wisdom that�s needed in that job, but not somebody that takes over the job.
Empower America has done some great work on cultural issues such as song lyrics and the impact of popular culture on young people. Bill Bennett was dealing with that from a conservative perspective, which was not so much legislative as talking to the culture and saying, �Look what we�re doing.�
When the smoke finally cleared, a Republican was chosen as Speaker of the House for the first time since 1953. Fully half of the freshman class of 1994 had never held elective office before. In some ways that was a good thing. We weren't frightened by anything and didn't know what was possible or impossible.
Our advantage was in our numbers and in our fearlessness--a rare trait in politicians! We may have been green, but the key was to attack the system hard--and that's just what we did.
That was an important insight. From then on I was going to think seriously about that "constituency of one" in every decision.
After about 6 months I began thinking, "I wonder if you can get reelected with one happy constituent. He's a good constituent, and a key one, but is that really enough?" My poll numbers had gone up during that period. Once again, the words recorded in Matthew 6:33 rang true: "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you" (NKJV).
A: Well, I would ask him about it. His father�s been a wonderful ambassador in situations like the tsunami. I think that�s the right role for an ex-president. Pres. Clinton has not assumed the right role of an ex-president, where he�s injected himself a lot more on policy issues that haven�t been appropriate, and he really should defer more to the person that�s in the job. There�s one person that�s president at a time.
And yet, the last few decades have also ushered in a vague sense of unease, a belief that, as a society, we have lost ground morally, spiritually, and culturally. Horrific crimes are committed by children still in grade school. Neighborhood ties are growing thinner and fraying. Our popular culture is awash in violence and vulgarity, with movies, television programming, music, and games that glamorize killing garnering both commercial success and critical acclaim. Civic participation is falling and public cynicism toward government rising. There is a sense that our society has grown meaner, ruder, and more alienated.
We are at a cultural crossroads: the weight of the academic, aesthetic, social & civil institutions that have sunk into relativism is approaching critical mass. The traditional guardians of the true, the good, and the beautiful have abandoned their posts.
This is not to suggest that all of America�s cultural institutions are corrupt. Far from it. It does mean, however, that the ideas promoted through many of our most influential cultural-shaping institutions are themselves inimical to a healthy culture and a civil society--and, ultimately, to democratic governance.
First, it provides a dispassionate analysis of the state of our culture-forming institutions, and of their impact, influence, and function. Second, it spotlights innovative and effective emerging social movements that are now in the process of working their way through various institutions. It is important to identify and recognize these social entrepreneurs and movements, not only to celebrate them, but to bring them to attention so that others may replicate them.
"In the past month, many Senators have asked me about my judicial philosophy. It is simple: fidelity to the law. The task of a judge is not to make the law--it is to apply the law. And it is clear, I believe, that my record in two courts reflects my rigorous commitment to interpreting the Constitution according to its terms; interpreting statutes according to their terms and Congress's intent; and hewing faithfully to precedents established by the Supreme Court and my Circuit Court. In each case I have heard, I have applied the law to the facts at hand."
The Adherents.com website is an independent project and is not supported by or affiliated with any organization (academic, religious, or otherwise).
Such factors as religious service attendance, belief, practice, familiarity with doctrine, belief in certain creeds, etc., may be important to sociologists, religious leaders, and others. But these are measures of religiosity and are usually not used academically to define a person�s membership in a particular religion. It is important to recognize there are various levels of adherence, or membership within religious traditions or religious bodies. There�s no single definition, and sources of adherent statistics do not always make it clear what definition they are using.


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On April 19, Dr. Irwin Jacobs, founding chairman and CEO emeritus of Qualcomm Incorporated, will be honored by Arizona State University for his incredible accomplishments that vaulted us all forward in the technology we use to communicate.
Qualcomm is a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services. The company's portfolio includes thousands of U.S. and international patents on many of the most important inventions and innovations in wireless and related technologies.
"We're proud to honor Dr. Jacobs for his amazing achievements that link us together through technology and communication," says Robert Mittelstaedt, dean of the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. "He is a visionary, who was a key player in satellite communications as far back as the 1960s, but his greatest impact began when he met with colleagues in his den in the 1980s to talk about forming a new company. Today, that company, Qualcomm, is one of the greatest American technology stories — and a publicly traded, Fortune 500 firm."
Jacobs will become the 29th Executive of the Year chosen annually by the Dean's Council of 100, a national group of prominent executives who advise the W. P. Carey School of Business. At the awards luncheon, he'll speak to a Valley audience about his legacy – moving from a professor to an entrepreneur and greatly influencing a world that now has more than 6 billion cellular connections.
In addition to his immense success at Qualcomm, where Jacobs served as chairman and chief executive officer for 20 years, he is also known for his generous contributions to education, the arts and the environment. He and his wife, Joan, took the "Giving Pledge" — along with billionaires Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and others — to give away more than half of their fortune to philanthropy. He has also been involved in global efforts to support small business growth and better health care in emerging economies.
Jacobs taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of California, San Diego. He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University and master's and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from MIT, plus honorary degrees from seven other universities. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has received many industry, education and business accolades, including the National Medal of Technology, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Alexander Graham Bell Medal, the Financial Times Lifetime Achievement Award for 25 years in telecommunications, the IEEE and Royal Society of Edinburgh James Clerk Maxwell Award, and the Marconi Society Prize. He currently chairs the National Academy of Engineering and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
The event to honor Dr. Irwin Jacobs will be held Thursday, April 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess resort in Scottsdale. The W. P. Carey School of Business Dean's Council of 100 chose Jacobs to follow previous winners, including Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Inc.; Howard Schultz, chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks Coffee Company; and Alan Mulally, president and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Company.


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As an American woman embracing Islam, there are often hurdles and challenges to be met. One of the most difficult aspects of Islam for me to accept was the permissibility of polygyny. The very thought of it seemed so bizarre and I chose to ignore it rather than accept it or to ever take part in it.
I embraced Islam about seven years ago. This was also the beginning of a long struggle in search of the perfect husband and father-figure for my children and me. I was provided a guardian (Wali) by my community in order to handle this matter in the correct manner as to avoid mixing unnecessarily with other men, as well as to protect my best interests.
It was a difficult process as most of the brothers that showed interest in marrying me were looking for a second wife. It seemed that there were no single brothers looking for a wife who already had children.
Almost a year of searching (I was feeling very desperate!), my guardian (Wali) was approached by another brother. Ofcourse he too was searching for a second wife after moving to this country because of political and economical reasons. My guardian (Wali) informed me that he seemed very sincere. He needed another wife as he planned on being in the U.S. for several years and wanted to avoid living in haraam (i.e. impermissable relationships, actions, thoughts). The brother came here wiith the hope of providing better circumstances for his family overseas. To my dismay he had several children, didn't speak English, and did not have any formal education as he started working from the time he was thirteen years old! He was even older than I preferred. However, I was informed that he is a good provider and a hard, skilled worker.
I still refused to meet him because I did not want to be apart of a plural marriage. How could I share a man with another woman? How could I compete with the bond that they must share having had several children together? Where would I fit in and how could I compete with all that it entails? Besides, he wasn't even educated! I couldn't imagine how he could possibly support the large family he already had as well as another family! Not to mention he was not a legal resident and I feared he was looking for a green card. It did not matter that I was desperate, I still would not agree to such circumstances. I would just continue to wait for the right person to come along.
Praise be to Allah! A couple of weeks later, another brother was interested in meeting with me! He was only a couple of years older than I, never married, and had no children. Not only that, he was educated (working on his Ph.D.), fluent in English and a legal resident! I was so excited to meet him I could hardly wait! He sounded like the ideal husband!
Right away, we met with each other and talked (with my Wali present of course). We both felt that we were perfect for each other. We were eventually married and we both felt very blessed. All of my prayers were being answered and my search had finally come to an end. I was so relieved and excited to begin a new life with my new husband. We packed all my belongings and moved to the state he resided in. I felt that my life could not be more perfect than it was now!
Well, sisters, I couldn't be more wrong. After the move, my life started to fall apart really fast. Almost immediately, I could see signs of conflict between us. I couldn't believe it! My world came crashing down on me! I could actually see it happening right in front of my face, but I could not stop it from happening. Two people never clashed as much as we did! How could this be happening to me? We disagreed about everything! We simply were not compatible. However, I was determined not to lose this marriage! I never wanted anything more badly than I wanted this marriage! I couldn't understand why this was happening when our marriage was based on Islam. We continued talking but neither one of us could understand what the other was saying. Eventually we were like enemies and it was getting really ugly. I began despising the way he talked, walked, laughed, etc (I am sure he felt the same way.) At this point we both felt that divorce was the only answer. I felt like a total failure and I was so ashamed! I could never return home and be the talk of the community! My Eemaan (faith) had dropped very low. I only wanted to disappear.
I contacted my Wali's wife and she gave me the number of a very nice sister in another state. I called her (Maa shaa' Allah) and she agreed to help me relocate to where she lived (this state was even further away!). Consider me crazy but I decided to go for it! I felt that I had nothing else to lose. I loaded all of my belongings in the back of a U-Haul trailer and we left for our new home. I was really scared. The drive was about 17 hours long and I had never driven for more than three hours by myself. I would just have to think of it as an adventure and say Bismillah!
The next day, I arrived at my final destination. I found the home of this very sweet Muslim sister (Maa shaa' Allah). Previously, I had spoken to her briefly on the phone and never actually met her in person. I was pleasantly surprised to see a sister in Niqaab come out and greet me so warmly. I was so exhausted from driving (especially on the freeways in this large city). My Niqaabi sister was so enthusiastic; I soon forgot my troubles. She drove me all over the city in search of an apartment. Alhamdulillah by the end of the day Allah (subhaanahu wa ta'aalaa) provided me with an apartment in a really nice community with several other Muslim families. The apartment manager skipped the credit check, as that would have taken more time! Everything happened so smoothly with such ease, that I knew that this was what Allah (subhaanahu wa ta'aalaa) wanted for me. I felt I had made the right choice by moving there.
The very next day, Allah (subhaanahu wa ta'aalaa) provided me with a job! I started right away. My employer was Muslim and didn't mind that I wore hijab. For once I felt happy and at peace with myself. I started to feel that maybe it wasn't meant for me to be married and that I was probably better off single. I started making many friends right away. I met so many nice isters and my Eemaan was becoming stronger once again.
After my 'Iddah (waiting period), a Muslim Sister approached me in my apartment complex. She wanted to know if I was interested in getting married again and insisted that she had the perfect brother for me. A little reluctant, I listened to what she had to say. She explained to me that he lived in my home state and that he was a hard worker and a good Muslim. He was very close friends with her husband so he wasn't a complete stranger. Then she came to the, "...he's looking for a second wife part." (Not that again!!!) I immediately told her I was not interested in a polygynous relationship. She understood how I felt and did not pressure me any further.
That very evening, I went to bed thinking how awful it would feel to be a woman and share your husband with another woman. I could never be a part of that! I felt that I was too jealous and selfish of a person. I felt so angry that men could do that to their wives. I couldn't even imagine how these women must feel.
The next morning I awoke thinking about the brother who wanted a second wife. Somehow, SubhaanaAllah, my heart felt lighter thinking about it. I actually began contemplating marriage as a second wife! (Imagine that!) I started thinking of all the positives that could result from this marriage. After all, he did have previous experience with women and children (a major problem in my previous marriage). Because of his experience and age (maturity) I felt that he might be better prepared to deal with my children and me.
That same morning I contacted the sister and asked her for more information about this brother and told her that I might be interested (And sisters, the entire time I was thinking that I must be out of my mind!) The sister explained to me that this very sincere brother was looking for a good, practicing Muslim wife. He wanted her to be a part of his family and eventually return home with him to his native country. She went on to tell me that he does not speak any English and is not formally educated. He had been a hard worker from the time he was 13 years old. (Wait a minute! This sounds too familiar!!! Could this possibly be the same brother I refused to meet over one and a half years ago?! That would be impossible considering, that this Sister is not familiar with any of my friends back home - over 4 states away!) After inquiring, she informed me of his name and where he worked. After our conversation ended, I immediately called a friend of mine whose husband knew the brother I previously refused to meet.
SubhaanaAllah! It was the very same brother! I was totally shocked! (Could this be a sign from Allah ('azza wa jall)?) I knew now that I had to meet him. I shared the news with my friend and she immediately arranged for her husband to talk to the brother and arrange a meeting. The brother drove to meet me (a 17 hour drive) a couple of days later. Upon meeting him, I knew right away that this brother was for me! We were both very pleased with each other. Two days later we were married at the masjid.
Alhamdulillah we have now been married going on 4 years now and I can honestly say that I have no regrets. Allah ('azza wa jall) has filled our hearts with love for each other that continuously grows. I previously believed that I would have to make too many sacrifices being part of a plural marriage. I now know that I have gained more than I have lost alhamdulillah! My life is now richer than it has ever been. I now have a wonderful, large family who love and care for my children and me. My children adore their stepfather and he adores them. My husband's other wife (maa shaa' Allah) is my sister and friend and I love her dearly. Her children are like my own; I love them and they love me as well. We all have the same goals and want what is best for all of us.
And yes, alhamdulillah my husband loves his other wife tremendously, and for that I love and respect him even more. I wouldn't want it any other way! He informs us that he loves both of us in the same way that a mother has room in her heart to love all of her children, yet differently (because we are both different), although at the same time equally (as can be expected). He only speaks kind words about each of us and at the same time is careful to try not to create jealousy or animosity between us. Of course I was jealous at first, (and so was she) as this is normal, however those feelings eventually turned into love and compassion for my sister.
Allah (ta'aalaa) has been so good to me alhamdulillah! My husband (maa shaa' Allah) supports all of us financially with Allah's help! Even without a college degree or a high paying corporal job. I have to admit that there were some difficulties at times when it comes to language barriers, but nothing we can't overcome with patience. My husband now speaks English well, and my knowledge of Arabic has greatly increased.
So Sisters, I just wanted to share my experience with you. Never say "never" because if it's Allah's will, you can't avoid it. You can run (like I did) but you can't hide from what Allah ('azza wa jall) has planned for you. The most important thing to do is to put your faith in Allah (subhaanahu wa ta'aalaa) and surrender to Him. He has the ability to change and soften our hearts in any matter. Allah ('azza wa jall) knows best and may He continue to guide us all on the right path. Aameen.


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I am so excited to share my latest project with my readers and homeschooling friends!
I have put together a FREE e-book of one of my favorite traditions that will be available DECEMBER 1st!!!:
- It's a Homeschool Christmas Devotional book for short and sweet, daily homeschool lessons during the holidays,
- OR a Devotional Booklet for any family that would like to implement family Christmas devotionals as part of their yuletide celebrations.
What are Homeschool Christmas devotionals?
Each year at Christmastime, I used to feel over-whelmed at the thought of continuing a full home-schooling schedule.
But then, I found that if I combined an old family tradition of nightly Christmas devotionals with our daily "Table Time," I could still be consistent with covering some learning basics.
This idea also enables me to simplify our daily lessons, help my children build their testimonies of Jesus Christ, and allows us to enjoy the festivities and lovely feelings of this very special time of year.
This idea also enables me to simplify our daily lessons, help my children build their testimonies of Jesus Christ, and allows us to enjoy the festivities and lovely feelings of this very special time of year.
The booklet will have SEVENTEEN devotionals that you can use between December 1st and December 23rd. That is enough devotionals for 5 days a week from the beginning of the month until Christmas Eve.
This new resource will come directly to the email boxes of those who subscribe to this blog.
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How do the devotionals work?
There are several options for each day's devotional-- and the beauty is that each family can choose what to include in their own devotional, and what they don't need. But the options are there for them!
For our family, I like to include:
- A scripture for copy-work (handwriting practice)
- A Christmas carol to sing together
- A beautiful piece of artwork to study and discuss or replicate
- A short story or poem to read aloud
Another great thing to add is a chapter book that the family is reading aloud together throughout the season. (See the booklist of suggested Christmas read-aloud books at the back of this booklet for some ideas.)
I hope you will enjoy these devotionals as much as our family does.
Don't forget to subscribe to this blog in the right sidebar to get yours on December 1st!
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I had a hankering for currant scones the other day. The yen resulted from remembering how much I adored the book The Secret Garden as a little girl. I distinctly recall feeling ravenously hungry while reading about the hampers of wholesome country fare that Dickon's mother would pack for him and Mary and Colin to devour while they played in the garden, hidden behind its ivy-covered walls. Mmmmm.
Berkeley is a mecca for scone lovers -- between the Cheeseboard's dizzying selection and the tasty scones that Acme Bread Company churns out daily, we're basically surrounded by mouth-watering options. But I decided to make my own, partly because it sounded fun, partly because it looked easy, and partly because I'd never made them before and was curious about the process.
I'm pleased to report that this was one of the easier, more satisfying baking experiences I've had lately. The scones are simple and quick (and I even did the more complicated, time-consuming version that involves butter and eggs -- cream scones are even simpler) and they look, smell and taste lovely.
I used the Joy of Cooking's recipe though I substituted Meyer lemon zest for orange as that is what I had to hand and it seemed an even better fit to me. You could easily substitute dried cherries, cranberries, apricots or other fruit for the currants if you prefer. Cheerio!
Classic Currant Scones
Makes 8 to 12
* 2 cups all purpose flour
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 2 tsps baking powder
* 6 Tbsps (3/4 stick) cold, unsalted butter
* 1/4 tsp Meyer lemon or orange zest (optional)
* 1/4 cup dried currants or raisins (currants will be better!)
* 1 large egg
* 1/2 cup heavy cream (plus more for brushing)
1. Preheat the oven to 450°F. Sift he flour, baking powder, sugar and salt together in a large bowl:
2. Cut in the butter using either a pastry blender or 2 knives, until the largest bits are the size of small peas and the rest resemble breadcrumbs. Add the currants and stir briefly to combine.
3. Beat the eggs in a small bowl with the heavy cream and the zest. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients (you can make a well in the middle of them to pour the egg/cream into), then combine with a fork or wooden spoon until all the dry ingredients have been moistened. Pull together into a ball of dough by kneading against the sides of the bowl until it sticks together and the sides of the bowl are relatively clean. Try to handle the dough as little as possible as it will get stiff otherwise.
4. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat it out into an 8" round. Cut into either 8 or 12 wedges, depending on how big you want the finished scones to be. Place the wedges on an ungreased baking sheet and brush the tops with 2-3 tsps of heavy cream then sprinkly lightly with sugar or a mixture of cinammon and sugar.
5. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until the tops are nicely browned. Remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack. These are delicious on their own, as well as toasted with butter or cream cheese.
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You can think of tags like Gmail labels. By tagging posts with one or more keyword, you can organise articles into buckets of related content.
When you create content for your publication you can assign tags to help differentiate between categories of content.
For example you may tag some content with News and other content with Podcast, which would create two distinct categories of content listed on /tag/news/
and /tag/podcast/
, respectively.
If you tag a post with both News
and Podcast
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The primary tag
Inside the Ghost editor, you can drag and drop tags into a specific order. The first tag in the list is always given the most importance, and some themes will only display the primary tag (the first tag in the list) by default.
News, Technology, Startup
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Private tags
Sometimes you may want to assign a post a specific tag, but you don't necessarily want that tag appearing in the theme or creating an archive page. In Ghost, hashtags are private and can be used for special styling.
For example, if you sometimes publish posts with video content - you might want your theme to adapt and get rid of the sidebar for these posts, to give more space for an embedded video to fill the screen. In this case, you could use private tags to tell your theme what to do.
News, #video
Here, the theme would assign the post publicly displayed tags of News - but it would also keep a private record of the post being tagged with #video. In your theme, you could then look for private tags conditionally and give them special formatting.
You can find documentation for theme development techniques like this and many more over on Ghost's extensive theme docs.
Dynamic routing
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You may not want content tagged with News
to exist on: example.com/tag/news
. Instead, you want it to exist on example.com/news
In this case you can use dynamic routes to create customised collections of content on your site. It's also possible to use multiple templates in your theme to render each content type differently.
There are lots of use cases for dynamic routing with Ghost, here are a few common examples:
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- Creating a founders column as a unique view, by filtering content created by specific authors
- Including dates in permalinks for your posts
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I created this initially to trawl through my large comic collection, and new bulk downloads of comics, to check for bad files. It got to be pretty tedious to check every directory manually and I wanted a better way to do it. So I created a PowerShell script for it. Then I figured that other Mylar users could get some use out of it, so I'm posting it here.
The rundown of how this script works is that a directory is selected, the script recursively finds all CBR and CBZ files under the selected directory, and then it runs 7-zip's testing option on all of the comics that are found. Any bad comics that it detects can be logged and deleted to the Recycle Bin. Any newly-empty directories can also be deleted. Then it writes log files for what it did.
7-zip must be installed on your computer, in the default directory. It checks for both the 64 and 32 bit versions of 7-zip, so either can be installed. http://www.7-zip.org/
You also might need to update to at least v3 of PowerShell through Windows Update. v2 might work, but I can't test if it does.
There are 5 options at the top of the script that can be changed to either enable or disable them. They are:
- * Write a Testing log
- This includes all output and 7-zip testing results. Can get very large, very fast, if testing a lot of files. My biggest run was around 1040 comics, all in separate directories, that created a 6.65MB log file.
- * Write a Bad Comics log
- This will write a log file of the file name(s) and path(s) of the comic(s) sent to the Recycle Bin, as well as any directories sent there.
- * Delete Bad Comics
- Fairly self-explanatory. This will delete any bad comics that it finds to the recycle bin.
- * Delete Bad Comics Directory
- Approximately the same as above, although, enabling this option won't delete the directories to the Recycle Bin if the bad comics aren't deleted.
- * Log File Directory
- Where you want to put the log files. In the format: C:\Path\To\Your\Directory\
I've only tested this script on my system (Win 7 x64 Ultimate). I don't know how/if it will work on yours. I'm using PowerShell version 3. I don't know if it will work with v1 or v2. I'm guessing that it might work with v2, but not v1. You might have to update. To find out your version of PowerShell open up a command prompt (click on Start, type cmd, hit Enter) then type or paste this in (include the quotes):
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powershell "get-host|Select-Object version"
To use:
Select and copy all of the code below, create a new text file somewhere, open it and paste the code in, save and close it, and rename the text file to something at least semi-intuitive with ps1 as the extension (that's a one on the end). I have mine saved as ComicChecker.ps1.
To run it:
Right-Click on the script file and select 'Run with PowerShell'
If you want to use the fancy PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment to run or edit the script you can Right-Click on the script and click on 'Edit' and it will open in the PowerShell ISE. To run it from there click the pretty green arrow near the top.
** The Script: **
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## Annihilator6000's Comic Checker Script
## Author: Annihilator6000
## Creation Date: August 5th, 2014
## Last Modified: August 10th, 2014
## Purpose: Recursively finds comic files in a user-selected directory and tests them with 7-zip's built-in archive testing utility.
## Logs complete testing results, and separately logs the bad comics to a simple list.
# Can change these values from $true to $false to disable the setting
$Global:writeTestingLog = $true
$Global:writeBadComicsLog = $true
$Global:deleteBadComics = $true # Deletes the bad comic files to the Recycle Bin.
$Global:deleteBadComicsDir = $true # Only deletes the Bad Comic File's parent directory if empty. Can only be enabled if
# $Global:deleteBadComics is enabled as well
$Global:logFileDir = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\" # Where to store the Testing and Removal logs - can be changed to C:\Your\Path\
# Don't change anything below this line
$Global:testOutput = $null
$Global:testString = "Everything is Ok"
$Global:totalOutput = $null
$Global:infoOutput = $null
$Global:badFilesList = $null
Add-Type -AssemblyName Microsoft.VisualBasic
function Start-Executable {
[String] $FilePath,
[String[]] $ArgumentList
$process = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process
$process.StartInfo.FileName = $FilePath
$process.StartInfo.Arguments = $ArgumentList
$process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = $false
$process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = $true
if ($process.Start()){
$output = $process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd() -replace "\r\n$",""
if ($output){
$Global:testOutput = $output
$Global:totalOutput += $output + "`r`n`r`n"
& "$Env:SystemRoot\system32\cmd.exe" `/c exit $process.ExitCode
Function Info($infoString)
$Global:infoOutput += $infoString.replace("`n","`r`n")
return $infoString
Info("-- Annhiliator6000's Comic Checker Script --")
$7zip64dir = "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe"
$7zip32dir = "C:\Program Files (x86)\7-Zip\7z.exe"
if(Test-Path $7zip64dir){
}ElseIf(Test-Path $7zip32dir){
}else {
"`n7zip not installed. 7zip is needed for comic testing. Download and install 7zip."
"Aborting comic test script."
$app = new-object -com Shell.Application
$folder = $app.BrowseForFolder(0, "Select Comics Folder", 0, "")
if(!$folder) { "`nNo comic directory selected. Aborting script."
Exit }
$comicFiles = Get-Childitem $folder.Self.Path -Name -Recurse -Include $INCLUDE
$folderPath = $folder.Self.Path
if(!$comicFiles) {
"`nNo Comics to test in: $folderPath Aborting script."
Exit }
Info("`n`n-Testing log file will$(if(!$Global:writeTestingLog) {" not"}) be created" +
"`n-Bad comics log file will$(if(!$Global:writeBadComicsLog) {" not"}) be created" +
"`n-Bad comics will$(if(!$Global:deleteBadComics) {" not"}) be deleted" +
"`n-Empty directories will$(if(!($Global:deleteBadComicsDir -and $Global:deleteBadComics)) {" not"}) be deleted" +
"`n-Log file directory: $Global:logFileDir")
Info("`n`nNow testing comics in $folderPath`nKey:`n`t= Good file`n`t! Bad file`n`n")
$directoriesDeleted = ""
foreach($comicFile in $comicFiles){
$mark = "="
$fullPath = $folderPath + "\" + $comicFile
Start-Executable "`"$7zip`" t `"$fullPath`""
if($Global:testOutput.IndexOf($Global:testString) -eq -1){
$mark = "!"
$comicPathSplit = (@($fullPath.Split('\')))
$fileNameLength = $comicPathSplit[-1].ToString().Length
$folderParent = (Get-Item $fullPath).FullName.Substring(0, $fullPath.Length - $fileNameLength)
$checkParentFiles = Get-Childitem $folderParent -Name
if($checkParentFiles -is [String]){
$directoriesDeleted += $folderParent + "`r`n"
$Global:badFilesList += $fullPath += "`r`n"
if ($numberTested % 100 -eq 0){
$info = Info("$mark`n$numberTested comics tested`n")
Write-Host -NoNewline $info
elseif ($numberTested % 50 -eq 0){
$info = Info("$mark`n")
Write-Host -NoNewline $info
$info = Info("$mark")
Write-Host -NoNewline $info
$Global:totalOutput += "`r`n" + $mark + "`r`n"
$sTime = Get-Date -Format s
$sTime = $sTime.Replace(':','.')
Info("`n`n---------------------------------------------------------`n`nNumber of comics tested: $numberTested`nNumber of bad comics: $numberBad")
$logFileName = $Global:logFileDir + "comicTestingLog_$sTime.txt"
Info("`nComic Testing Log File: " + $logFileName + "`n")
$Global:infoOutput += "`r`nTesting Information:`r`n`r`n"
$Global:totalOutput = $Global:infoOutput + $Global:totalOutput
$Global:totalOutput | Out-File $logFileName
if($numberBad -igt 0){
$badMessage = "Bad comic file(s) found:"
$badMessage = "Bad comic file(s) sent to Recycle Bin:"
Info("Empty directories sent to Recycle Bin:`n$directoriesDeleted")
$Global:badFilesList = $badMessage + "`r`n" + $Global:badFilesList
$Global:badFilesList += "`r`n`r`nEmpty directories sent to Recycle Bin:`r`n$directoriesDeleted"
$badFileLog = $Global:logFileDir + "comicRemovalLog_$sTime.txt"
$Global:badFilesList | Out-File $badFileLog
Info("Bad Comic Removal Log File: $badFileLog")
The log files that it creates by default are:
- C:\Users\Public\Documents\comicTestingLog_2014-08-10T23.41.57.txt
- C:\Users\Public\Documents\comicRemovalLog_2014-08-10T23.41.57.txt
Example output to the console window (and the top half to the top of the Testing Log, and the bottom half to the Bad Comics Log) would be:
Code: Select all
-- Annhiliator6000's Comic Checker Script --
-Testing log file will be created
-Bad comics log file will be created
-Bad comics will be deleted
-Empty directories will be deleted
-Log file directory: C:\Users\Public\Documents\
Now testing comics in C:\Comics Test
= Good file
! Bad file
Number of comics tested: 8
Number of bad comics: 5
Comic Testing Log File: C:\Users\Public\Documents\comicTestingLog_2014-08-10T23.41.57.txt
Bad comic file(s) sent to Recycle Bin:
C:\Comics Test\Red Sonja 003(2005)(Digital)(TLK-EMPIRE-HD).cbr
C:\Comics Test\Red Sonja 004(2005)(Digital)(TLK-EMPIRE-HD).cbr
C:\Comics Test\Savage_Dragon_v2_150__2009___oddBot-DCP_.cbz
C:\Comics Test\Red Sonja 033(2005)(Digital)(TLK-EMPIRE-HD)\Red Sonja 033(2005)(Digital)(TLK-EMPIRE-HD).cbr
C:\Comics Test\savagedragon\Savage_Dragon_v2_150__2009___oddBot-DCP_.cbz
Empty directories sent to Recycle Bin:
C:\Comics Test\Red Sonja 033(2005)(Digital)(TLK-EMPIRE-HD)\
C:\Comics Test\savagedragon\
Bad Comic Removal Log File: C:\Users\Public\Documents\comicRemovalLog_2014-08-10T23.41.57.txt
Press Enter to continue...:


text:
There are some new developments in the case of the Wisconsin man who opened fire on a Sikh temple last Sunday. The man at the center of the attack is a 40-year-old Army veteran named Wade Michael Page. Page killed six people at the temple and wounded three others, including a police officer. Page himself died at the scene.
One reason why the FBI and local police are having to piece together clues to his motive, they think it may have had something to do with Wade Page's ties to the white power movement. The FBI held a press conference this hour to clarify what they do and do not know. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston is here with the latest. Good morning.
DINA TEMPLE-RASTON, BYLINE: Good morning.
MONTAGNE: And what do the FBI have to say this morning?
TEMPLE-RASTON: Well, Teresa Carlson is a special agent in charge of the FBI in the Milwaukee field office, and she said that they'd already conducted hundreds of interviews since Sunday. And just to give you the scope of this, they've issued almost 200 federal subpoenas and 101 leads are pending as of this morning. So this is a really big investigation. And they have not clearly defined a motive at this point. There was no video in the temple itself. Apparently, their surveillance camera wasn't on.
And we understand, for the first time, that Page was not shot to death by a police officer, but died as a result of a self-inflicted wound. He shot himself in the head.
MONTAGNE: Now, there have been some reports that he became a white supremacist while he was stationed at Fort Bragg in the Army years ago. What did the FBI have to say about that?
TEMPLE-RASTON: Well, they didn't talk about that specifically, but we've been doing reporting on this and Wade Page was in the Army from 1992 to 1998, when he was administratively discharged from the military. He was a sergeant but he was busted down over the course of a couple of years to specialist. And we found that he was not discharged from the Army because of racist views. It had to do with his conduct.
Stars and Stripes reported this morning that he was a white supremacist when he was stationed at Fort Bragg in 1995, then, and at the time, Fort Bragg was having some white supremacy issues. Twenty-one soldiers were identified as white supremacists there shortly after a skinhead soldier was convicted of murdering a black couple. And the Army tried to track down anyone with extremist tattoos after that, but they seemed to have missed Wade Page. His tattoos included the number 14 tattooed on his shoulder, and that's supposed to be a reference to the 14-word credo of skinheads, which is basically about protecting the white race.
The paper also reported that he drove a VW Thing, and it was painted red with white trim and black tires, to kind of mirror the Nazi flag. But the FBI hasn't confirmed any of this as part of their investigation.
MONTAGNE: Now, the police arrested his ex-girlfriend last night. Misty Cook is her name. Is she a suspect in this case?
TEMPLE-RASTON: No. Apparently, she's also been linked to white supremacist groups, though she hasn't been tied to the shooting in any way. The FBI said she was arrested because she's a felon and when they went to talk to her, they found a firearm in her possession. So, she was arrested for that. And the special agent in charge of the Milwaukee FBI office, Teresa Carlson, said that there were no other suspects in the case.
MONTAGNE: And, Dina, just briefly, are we any closer this morning to understanding why he did it?
TEMPLE-RASTON: No. It's pretty clear that they still have a lot they don't know about this case. You know, he was a band member on the fringes of the white power music scene and he did some blogging on some white supremacist websites. But that hasn't been enough to really lead them to a motive.
MONTAGNE: Dina, thanks very much.
TEMPLE-RASTON: You're welcome.
MONTAGNE: NPR's Dina Temple-Raston on an FBI press conference this morning regarding Wade Michael Page, the man who killed six people at a Sikh temple this last Sunday. This is NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.