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Yesterday morning, I felt good. I'd gotten a little more sleep than usual. About two hours into my work day, my nose started running. My immune system is pretty strong, and if I recognize illnesses before they become big problems, I can usually nip them in the butt pretty quickly. I popped some cold/sinus pills I had at work from earlier this year, then started drinking water and tea like mad. I was still feeling pretty crappy by the time I left work. I limped home on the D bus, and went to bed a good 3 hours earlier than normal.
I felt quite a bit better but not 100% this morning. The 14-degree ride to the bus didn't help matters much, but I am doing more of the same (Tea, grapefruit, decongestant, water) this morning and it seems to be working.
I'm hoping I can shake this off before the big ride.
I can e-mail quick blog updates and photos from my phone directly to Blogger. Should I post a few updates from the road tomorrow?
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5 comments:
- dvicci said...
Yes. You absolutely should post from the road.
And I hope you feel better soon!
- December 05, 2008 10:48 AM
- Apertome said...
That depends. If you need to focus on riding, just focus on riding. But the cool factor of posting from the road would be pretty high!
- December 05, 2008 11:12 AM
- Apertome said...
(Oh, and I hope you feel better)
- December 05, 2008 11:12 AM
that grapefruit reminds me of a guy i met when i volunteered at the American Leprosy Mission in Greenville, SC. he was in the field a lot - like in India and Africa, and all he ate for lunch was a grapefruit and some water. pretty weird, cuz i hate grapefruits.
- December 05, 2008 6:30 PM
- Noah said...
I don't love grapefruit, but they're okay. I only eat them when I'm caffeine detoxing or I'm sick. Today, I was sick.
- December 05, 2008 6:37 PM
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If you love sending it down the trail, smashing through rock gardens, launching off drops and jumps, and carving through singletrack at ungodly speeds, you'll feel right at home aboard the S-Works Enduro 27.5.
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You will find some of the most breathtaking scenery in all of New England in the Northern Region of New Hampshire. This outdoor recreation paradise boats miles of hiking and snowmobiling trails and most of the 48 mountain peaks over 4,000 feet, making peak bagging a favorite pastime. The White Mountains is a region unto itself with natural and man-made attractions including 17 alpine and cross country ski areas, adventure parks, and grand hotels reminiscent of another era like the impressive Mount Washington Hotel.
One of the best fall foliage drives is along the Kancamagus Highway, from Lincoln to North Conway that cuts through the 800,000 acres of the White Mountain National Forest. It is considered one of the most beautiful drives in New England, and we agree. For folks not so inclined to strap on the skis or hiking boots there plenty of ways to enjoy mountain vistas from The Cog Railway and the Mt. Washington Auto Road that provide access to the top of Mt. Washington, New England's highest peak, to the Tramway at Cannon Mountain with incredible views up and down Franconia Notch, or the gondola at Loon Mt.
A few of our favorite family attractions include the Polar Caves, in Rumney (kids will love the lemon squeeze), Clarks Trading Post, in Lincoln home to the trained bears, meet Cinderella at Story Land in Glen, and Santa's Village where its Christmas all year long.
Throughout the region are country stores, maple sugar shacks, and breweries such as the Woodstock Inn & Brewery in Lincoln a great stop on the way to and from a hike or skiing. One of our all-time favorite things not to miss are the Lupines which blanket the Sugar Hill area in June followed up with breakfast at Polly's Pancake Parlor. When the weather is not conducive to outdoor pursuits, North Conway is outlet shopping heaven along with lots of great restaurants, small shops and the home of the Conway Scenic Railway offering valley and notch tours.
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Start your Istanbul itinerary and go back in time with the city's ancient monuments. See influences of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods at the Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Basilica Cistern, and the Sultanahmet Mosque. If you think the outside is beautiful, wait until you see the inside.
Check out contemporary Turkish art at the Istanbul Modern. Walk through the popular streets of Istiklal Avenue. Marvel at the city's skyscrapers around Levent and Maslak. And for more buildings that are works of art, stop by the neighbourhoods of Kurtulus, Nisantasi, and Osmanbey.
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Another must-experience in Instanbul is bargaining at the Grand Bazaar or the Egyptian Bazaar. Remember to bring a good Turkish-English phrasebook with you so you can easily talk to the locals.
End your trip in Istanbul by seeing it bursting with colourful tulips at Sultanahmet Park, Gulhane Park, Emirgan Park, or Camlica Hill from late March to early May.
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No. 25 Delaware women rout Georgia State 70-38
Elena Delle Donne scored 25 points and No. 25 Delaware won its 12th consecutive game, defeating Georgia State 70-38 Thursday night.
The Blue Hens (17-3, 8-0 Colonial Athletic Association) won their 27th straight regular-season conference game.
Delle Donne scored 19 of her points in the first half, almost matching the first-half total for the Panthers (10-9, 2-6), as Delaware opened a 40-21 lead. The All-America forward, who hit 9 of 19 shots from the field, played just 8 minutes in the second half.
The Blue Hens dominated the boards, holding a 48-23 rebounding advantage, but Georgia State's Cody Paulk did her best to provide an inside presence for her team. The Panthers' career leader in blocked shots swatted away six, and she also had 13 points and seven rebounds.
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Changes to the law over the last ten years have made it important to contact the police in advance of any planned demonstrations. Whether you do this or not is up to you, but it is worth seeking legal advice before hand. Some legal information for demonstrations and protest is available from the Legal Defence Monitoring Group.
- Make your purpose clear. Have supporting leaflets available, and make sure that your placards are clearly visible.
- Be imaginative. An eye-catching focus will make your demonstration more effective than a bog-standard picket. You are also far more likely to get media attention if you have an amusing or inventive focal point.
- Have one or two members standing by to talk to people who challenge you or show interest. Make sure these people are well briefed on the issues you are campaigning about.
- Keep the atmosphere light-hearted.
- Inform the media, either by sending out an embargoed press release beforehand, or once you are underway.
- It is a legal requirement to make the police aware of your intentions in advance. However, they may decide not to allow you to protest.
- Do not inform the target in advance, as they may take out an injunction.
- If you are protesting on a privately owned piece of land, even just a strip in front of a shop, then the Criminal Justice Act 1994 allows for you to be arrested or moved on if you are deemed to have intent to obstruct, disrupt or intimidate 'lawful business'.


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American Revolution Timeline: Interactive Tool and Lesson Ideas
Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
In these lesson ideas which are adaptable for grades 3-12, students use a free interactive American Revolution timeline to explore the sequence of events in our American Revolution topic. The Revolutionary War comes alive as students see photos of artifacts, engage with related videos/podcasts, and more.
Lesson Plan Common Core State Standards Alignments
Grade: 11-12
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
Grade: 06, 07, 08
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
Grade: 06, 07, 08
Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
Grade: 09, 10
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science.
Grade: 09, 10
Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.
Grade: 11-12
Analyze seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century foundational U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (including The Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address) for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features.
Grade: 03
Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
Grade: 04
Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
Grade: 04
Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
Grade: 05
Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
Grade: 05
Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.
Grade: 06
Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
Grade: 06
Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
Grade: 09, 10
Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (e.g., Washington's Farewell Address, the Gettysburg Address, Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech, King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"), including how they address related themes and concepts.
Grade: 03
Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Grade: 05
Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Grade: 06
Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
Grade: 07
Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
Grade: 09, 10
Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Students will:
- Understand and explain key events of the American Revolution.
- Explore the sequence of events in the American Revolution and relationships between events.
- Computers with internet access
Preparation:The lesson ideas below utilize a beautiful digital timeline for the Revolutionary War created by The Museum of the American Revolution. It's easy to use: simply swipe to move through the timeline and select different objects along the timeline to learn more about their significance. Within each object screen, students can use a zoom option to see the details of the artifact. Click to read the text or, on many objects, view a short video (podcast.)
Lesson Procedure:
- Here are some ways you can incorporate the American Revolution interactive timeline into your social studies instruction:
- Use the timeline to provide students with an overview of the American Revolution at the beginning of your unit. Encourage students to explore the timeline with a partner and talk about key themes they notice. Students can also take notes on dates or events that they believe to be particularly important to the American Revolution.
- Create a scavenger hunt around the timeline. List important information about the American Revolution that you want students to learn, and encourage them to use the timeline to find the answers. You can ask students to discover when certain events occurred or have them place several key events in sequence. Afterwards, have students create their own scavenger hunts and challenge their classmates to locate specific information on the timeline.
- Facilitate a discussion on cause and effect. Choose two events from the timeline and challenge students to discover their connection. Why did certain events occur after other events? How might the American Revolution have unfolded differently if events were in a different order? You may want to have students reflect on this in writing. Since the timeline stretches until 2009, it's a good tool for helping students understand the connection between the distant past and more recent events, including wars that followed the American Revolution.
- Revisit the timeline throughout your unit.As students learn about each aspect of the Revolutionary War, have them find the events on the timeline and watch any related podcasts that are embedded in the timeline. The timeline can serve as a visual reminder of what students have already learned and what events they will be learning about next.
- Have students create their own timelines. They can work cooperatively to decide on the most important events of the Revolutionary War and create a paper-based or digital timeline. Tiki-Toki is a great online tool for creating timelines. If you prefer for students to use mobile devices when creating their timelines, try Time Toast.
- Use the timeline at the end of your unit to review what students have learned. It can be difficult for students to recall everything they've learned during a lengthy unit of students, and the timeline is a great resource for helping students see the big picture of how the war unfolded and its aftermath.
- Show students the timeline as inspiration for a culminating activity. Invite students create a class timeline, with each person (or pair of students) researching an aspect of the war in-depth. Have each student create an image and a caption for their image, and then upload all the images to a tool that creates photo slideshows, such as Picasa. Play the slideshow for the class and embed it in a class blog or website for others to view, as well.
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The United Kingdom's High Court ruled Monday that The Pirate Bay must be blocked by all local Internet services providers, thereby cutting it off from a potential user base of over 50 million people.
The ruling comes after a February decision that the site was infringing copyright in the United Kingdom. The UK entertainment industry has applauded the outcome.
"Sites like The Pirate Bay destroy jobs in the UK and undermine investment in new British artists," the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) said in a statement.
Digital and civil rights groups decried the decision.
"Blocking the Pirate Bay is pointless and dangerous," said Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group said in a statement on the organization's website. "It will fuel calls for further, wider and even more drastic calls for Internet censorship of many kinds, from pornography to extremism. Internet censorship is growing in scope and becoming easier. Yet it never has the effect desired. It simply turns criminals into heroes."


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U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan in an undated handout photo.
The man charged in the 2009 Fort Hood, Texas, shootings, that killed 13 and wounded more than two dozen has been granted a stay of his court-martial proceedings to appeal a ruling that he must appear in court clean-shaven, Fort Hood announced on Monday.
Former Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan, 42, was clean-shaven when he was serving in the military. Since he has been in jail, he has grown a beard. He has said that as a Muslim shaving his beard now would be a sin, because he believes he is close to death, the Los Angeles Times reported.
If convicted of the Nov. 5, 2009, attack, Hasan faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole.
Military court requires that defendants be clean-shaven, and the court has found Hasan to be in contempt and fined him $1,000 each time he has appeared in court with the beard.
A military appeals court in Virginia on Thursday upheld a judge's ruling that Hasan can be forcibly shaved for the court-martial.
But on Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces issued another stay to accommodate an appeal. The court did not say how long the stay would remain in place.
Hasan's court-martial was initially scheduled for August.
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Harbor Drive, Delray Beach, Florida. Walk to the beach and Atlantic Avenue from this quiet cul-de-sac home.
Chic modern flair is infused within this newly built home, which epitomizes effortless indoor/outdoor living and entertaining. Elegant finishes define the clean-lined silhouette. The bright, airy open interiors freely connect to the resort-inspired outdoor space by the sun-splashed saltwater pool, where guests can gather by the lanai's summer kitchen and bar. Lush foliage and privacy fencing surround the easy-care grounds.
High ceilings enhance the sense of space, and porcelain tile floors unify the main level in the well-planned layout totaling 5,962+/- square feet with four privately placed bedrooms, four and a-half baths, and a two-bay garage. Special features include the impact-glass, brise-soleil shades, metal roof, LED lighting, sound system, and multiple media screens.
Inside the lofty glassed entry, the beautifully spacious great room hosts the signature glass-framed floating staircase by a window wall to a lush garden, while vanishing glass doors completely open the other side to the lanai and pool. Inviting living areas are on both sides of the double-sided bio-fuel fireplace. The combined dining space is open to the streamlined Euro-style kitchen with Ceasarstone counters, glass-tile backsplash, Sub-Zero refrigerator, Bosch dishwasher, and Wolf gas range, double ovens, microwave, and coffee system. Ideally positioned by the pool, the exquisite master suite enjoys an ample wardrobe room and spa-like bath with Italian cabinetry, glass-tiled shower, soaking tub, and glass wall to a private garden with outdoor shower. The first floor guest suite opens to another garden area. Upstairs, wood floors accentuate the sunlit living room opening to a lounge deck above the pool. Two stunning bedroom suites access the deck and enjoy garden views. All bedrooms are ensuite.
- Agent: Pascal Liquori & Son
- phone: 866.502.5441
- Year built: 2018
- Type: Single-Family Residential
- Status: Sold
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Gujarat School Examination Board (GSEB) holds Gujarat TET exam, and has invited Gujarat TET Application Form for this concern. This is a common TET 1/2 Exam, stands for teacher eligibility test for appointment of candidates to various primary and secondary teacher posts in different government and private educational institutions. All the candidates will able to fill Gujarat TET 2017 Application Form in the month of July 2017. Complete information about eligibility criteria, exam date etc about Gujarat TET has been given below.
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I don't know if you guys use Gmail or not, but if you do, you know about the ads that appear in the right-hand column on your screen when you view your emails. They're somehow catered toward my interests by analyzing the content of each individual email that I read, noticing key words, and using those terms as filters to bring up relevant advertisements. If I'm reading an email about my credit history, it lists credit reporting businesses. If I'm reading my iTunes receipt, it lists ads for other music download services.
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CIOs: Paranoid No More
In my 21 years covering IT, I've long been bothered by how often CIOs are discussed as if they're a cowering pack of insecure wimps and incompetents. Vendors have spent years trying to scare up business by claiming that the average CIO gets the boot after 18 to 24 months.
"IT Doesn't Matter" is just one among a long line of snarky headlines that goes back to "CIO: Misfit or Misnomer?," "CIO Is Starting to Sound Like 'Career is Over'," and "Hatred: An Update (CEO-CIO Relationships)." Maybe I'm biased, but I dare anyone to name a class of executives who have done more for customers and shareholders, or have a greater right to be proud of their unprecedented accomplishments. I've always found it irritating when naysayers act as if CIOs (or IT organizations) are the pimply kids with the "Kick Me" sign stuck on their backs.
Fewer and fewer CIOs are buying into this stereotype. As Robert Gold, a consultant with Palladium Group Inc. in Lincoln, Mass., recently told me, "The CIOs I see are less defensive about their role. Five, six, seven years ago, CIOs seemed to look over their shoulders. You don't see that as much anymore." And no wonder: In this issue's research study, our fifth annual "Role of the CIO" survey (page 65), we find that CIOs are staying on the job longer, compensation is rising and job satisfaction is incredibly strong. Alignment is a top priority at fewer companies, a sign that fewer CIOs are worried about being out of step with their companies.
What's top of mind for CIOs isn't paranoia, but priorities: outfoxing the competition, getting more value from information, improving processes. A case in point is this month's Q&A with General Motors CIO Ralph Szygenda. During his ten-year tenure, Szygenda has been one of the world's most powerful and influential CIOs, a man who's not afraid to throw his weight around with vendors. Back in 1996,
I spent two days with Szygenda at a Conference Board gathering for CIOs. It was only a few days after he took the job. What I remember was not any grand plan for GM, but his sober self-confidence and sense of purpose.
He told his peers that he took the job because he regarded it as the challenge of a lifetime. Challenge, not fear, drives CIOs and IT professionals. That's why Szygenda has so much in common with his peers, no matter how large or small their companies.
On another topic, the editorial staff of CIO Insight are the proud recipients of a Jesse H. Neal award for outstanding journalism for our March 2005 special theme issue on Globalization. Early on, we recognized the importance of reporting on how a global economy will impact CIOs and their departments, and we plan on continuing to be your trusted source for insight on this important topic.
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Although a popular beverage in the summertime, I enjoy a lemonade during any season. What I like even more than lemonade is limeade. The lime flavor adds an extra twist that lemonade doesn't have. I usually just squeeze limes and mix with sugar and water while tasting to determine quantities, but I've finally worked out the right proportions for a concentrated limeade syrup that can be refrigerated or frozen. Just add water to serve!
Maybe it's because lemonade is so readily available that causes the less popular limeade to taste better to me. In any case, I am a sucker for "exotic" or "different" beverages. If there's a new soda flavor, I've got to try it. When limes are on sale, I can't help but make limeade.
I use sour Persian limes (the type the supermarkets label simply "Limes"). All limes turn yellow as they ripen (or overripen), so don't be thrown off if the limes have some yellow spots. For juicing, buy limes that are not completely hard. The softer limes generally have thinner rinds and more juice. I find that, in general, six limes produce about one cup of lime juice.
Before juicing the limes, roll them on the counter while pressing down with your palm to help break down the interior membranes and make juicing easier. Then cut them in half along the equator and press and twist against a reamer to release the juice. I don't like pulp in my fruit drinks, so I juice through a fine mesh strainer. Then I pour the liquid through another strainer (because I really don't like pulp in my juice). You should plan to have the juice end up in a measuring cup when you are done juicing and straining.
You can pour sugar directly into the lime juice and water when you prepare limeade, but sometimes you get gritty pieces of undissolved granules of sugar. To solve this problem, just prepare a simple syrup by heating one cup water and dissolving one cup granulated sugar into it. The simple syrup can be made in larger quantities and kept in the fridge for future use in making lemonade, sweetened iced tea, caramel sauces, etc.
Now how much simple syrup should we add to the lime juice? I worked it out to be 3 times as much. This quantity of simple syrup will be enough to temper the tart acidity of the lime juice without being overly sweet. So, for each cup of lime juice, heat 1-1/2 cup water and 1-1/2 cup granulated sugar. Stir until the sugar is fully dissolved and remove from heat. Pour the three cups of simple syrup into the lime juice and stir. Now you have four cups of limeade concentrate. You can refrigerate this or even freeze them into ice cube trays for instant limeade whenever you want.
To convert the limeade concentrate into limeade, simply add two cups of water for each cup of concentrate. If you desire a little less tartness and sweetness, just add an addition half cup of water to the mixture.
Limeade concentrate
1 cup (240 mL) lime juice
1-1/2 cups (300 g) granulated sugar
mix while heating
1-1/2 cups (360 mL) water
Limeade (makes 3 cups)
1 cup (240 mL) limeade concentrate
2 cups (480 mL) water
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:38 pm
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I really like your weblog and would like to contribute, but I don't have a paypal account - it doesn't "support" my country, Portugal.
Could you offer other alternatives to contribute? Maybe an Amazon wishlist ?
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:40 pm
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Its interesting that you should post about limade this time of year, since its Ramadan. During this time our family would break our fast with a glass of limeade; for some reason we called it "serbet".
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:43 pm
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Another way to cut the acidity is to use a ery small amount of backing soda. I use about 1/8 tsp for a cup of lemon juice. It depends on the acidity of the fruit but I guess would be similar for limes.
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:46 pm
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Thank you! In attempting to relive a fond childhood memory, I was looking for a limeade recipe, since I don't like the one made with commercial concentrate (a bitterness one cannot get rid of). So I Googled the recipe, and yours was first on the list. None of my favorite recipe sites had anything near a recipe for it, the closest being a mix for daiquiris or margaritas. Your recipe is perfect!
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:50 pm
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Just tried this ... excellent recipe! It has the right balance of tartness and sweetness for me, and is easily adjusted for other tastes as well.
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:54 pm
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I just made this and its perfect. A hint about juicing the limes: use a handheld lime juicer. In about 2 minutes I went from having 6 limes to a cup of lime juice. Just be careful because it can squirt out (possibly into your eyes!) if you're squeezing hard. The one I used is like
(though I got a much cheaper one). Make sure you get a metal one!
Thanks Michael for the great site!
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:56 pm
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Thank God for people who love doing things from scratch, over yonder...if it weren't for you people...Betty Crocker would be useless to us in the east.
Also the actual name for limeade in urdu/hindi (Indian) is Iskanjwein (Iss-kaanj-ween).
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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:59 pm
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Thanks for this idea. My lime tree is in full season and I have limes galore. I had to adjust the sugar proportion a bit as I have the small yellow 'Mexican' or 'Margarita' limes - the same tree in Florida would be called a key lime - and they tend to be somewhat sweeter than the larger standard limes.
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:34 am
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One comment about simple syrup: 1.5c sugar plus 1.5c water will not yield 3c simple syrup. I usually make simple syrup from 2 parts sugar to 1 part water and find that the resulting syrup is roughly the same volume as the sugar was originally. This is handy since it means that the syrup has the same sweetening power by volume as sugar.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:26 am
Post subject: the best limeade--margaritas!
My sister's sister-in-law makes incredible margaritas using frozen concentrate. I'm sure you could use the limeade recipe minus all of the water instead is you wanted to be 100% from scratch.
I'm not an engineer (but the daughter of one), so the recipe isn't precise:
In a blender, combine:
1/2 can limeade concentrate
4-8 shots of good tequila (I use 1800)
1-2 shots Grand Marnier (you could use triple sec if you're cheap)
fill the blender w/ cracked ice
blend until slushy, then taste and adjust amount of tequila, limeade, etc (you can add a little h2o if it's too thick)
rub a cut lime on the edge of each glass and dip in sea salt or kosher salt
pour margaritas into the glasses and enjoy! Makes enough for at least 2 people!
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:21 pm
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Ah - truly better than lemonade. For an added 'zing' add some fresh ginger!
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:04 pm
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If you actually like the bubbles, try using SodaStream with the mixture. It's great!
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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:24 pm
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another great recipe! i'm sipping one right now, with a shot of seltzer water for the bubbles =)
by the way, what's the deal with quinine and all that stuff in club soda/seltzer water/whatnot? i ended up getting whichever one had the least 'stuff' listed in the ingredients. is it bubble-preservative?
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:25 pm
Post subject: RE: limmmmmmmmmeade
Quinine is actually an anti-malarial additive. It was sent in the water to the British in india during their occupation. It was quite sour, originally, so the gin and tonic was invented, gin added to sweeten it up a bit. Hard to believe from my point of view, because I'm of the opinion that all gin tastes like pine-sol. Anyways, the quinine is added into the tonic water not to keep the original flavor.
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Although her baby boy keeps her plate full, Jules Kilroy is ready to take her love life off the back burner. Despite a bevy of eligible bachelors, it's her best friend, Taddeo DeLuca, who is fueling her hormones with a generous serving of his mouth-watering Italian sexiness. But Jules learned her lesson once before when she went in for a kiss, only to have Tad reject her. She's vowed never to blur the lines again...
After a lifetime of excuses and false starts, Tad has finally opened a wine bar, a deal made even sweeter when Jules joins his staff. Lovers come and go, and he's had his share, but friendships like theirs last forever. Still, ever since he tasted her luscious lips, he can't stop fantasizing about what could be. Then she joins an online dating site - and the thought of his Jules with another man makes Tad's blood boil. Even if he gets burned, Tad can't stop himself from turning up the heat this time.
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"I'll walk you up," he said, slipping his jacket on so it was clear to both of them he would be on his way as soon as his chivalrous duty had been performed.
Because people put on jackets to, you know, go outside.
"You don't—"
"I do." He tucked his hand under her elbow, the touch electrifying his every
cell once more. He didn't let go of her arm as he guided her up to the second flight.
He took the key and opened her door. No problems with the door knob.
"I've got it from here," she said, still avoiding his eyes. Good girl, look away.
If she had any sense of self-preservation, she would close the door and send him packing because he was this close to pushing her against the wall and banging her boneless.
"How did your date go tonight?"
Fuck. The self-preservation thing goes both ways, bischero.
There was that flare of anger again. He wished she'd come right out and say
what she was mad about.
"I didn't know Cara was going to bring Darian."
"So, a pleasant surprise. A doctor." Merda, that came out sarcastic, which, to
be honest, he meant it to be. Judging by the freeze-his-nuts stare she aimed his way, she took it in that same spirit.
"Think I don't have it in me to date someone smart like that?"
"Don't use that card, Jules. You have it in you to get anyone you want. I just
don't think that guy's right for you."
Because he's not me.
None of those idiots understood the first thing about her. Tad did, though.
He knew that sometimes she felt dumb because the words on the page refused to cooperate for her. He knew that she had spent her childhood wishing that someone, anyone would see her. He knew she had fought like a tigress to get here so she could provide the best life possible for Evan.
Tad had been there from the beginning, shoulder at the ready for her tears,
hand outstretched so she could crush it while delivering Evan. Fancy diplomas, fat bank balances, a McMansion in Schaumburg—none of these things qualified them for shit where this woman was concerned.
"He's just looking for a housewife to support him and pump out his kids
while he does his important job."
"Wow, you got all this from watching me flirt with him?"
He could feel his teeth mashed together like a trash compactor and he spat
out the next words with trouble. "Conor's no good for you either, so you can forget about that."
"What's his problem, then? He owns his own bar, saves people from burning
buildings… Oh, is that it?" She kicked off her shoes, an angry smirk crinkling
the corner of her mouth as one of the heels hit the leg of her coffee table with a satisfying thud. "You don't think guys who save lives are good enough for me. You're not exactly saving any lives when you pair that silky Pinot with the aged manchego."
As insults go, it was pretty tame, but the sharpness in his chest registered the unintended blow. Saving lives was the last thing he was qualified for.
"I'm just trying to look out for you, Jules."
"That's a neat trick. You move your lips and Jack's words come out. I've
already told you I don't need another brother."
She might not need a brother but she needed a protector. Someone who
could be with her through the tough times, who understood the meaning of sacrifice and family. Someone not like him.
But he could be her friend. "What happened to get you so upset tonight?"
Her brows drew together over eyes sparking with determination. "I realized I
have to take what I need and fight for what's mine."
Whoa, if he wasn't turned on before, he sure as hell was now. Mine. He loved
how that sounded on her lips, even though he had no idea what she was yammering on about. She was grabbing something by the balls—her destiny, perhaps, and he was man enough to say, she had him by the balls as well.
The smoky lines around eyes dark with emotion hit him like a shot of moonshine. Every hair, and more, stood to attention at the sight of her Cabernet-red lips in that beautiful bow shape that would look so perfect trailing scorching kisses across his chest and beyond. Warmth washed through his veins. The edge of desire rose up to meet him and he embraced it fully.
He was only human.
She padded toward him, showcasing the sultry sway of her hips even without
the sparkly fuck-me heels. Her eyes turned to shadowy emeralds like the pupils had swallowed the usual sea-green brightness. He recognized that look. He had seen it the other night in the wake of his kiss. Except for one difference: Juliet Kilroy, his friend, hot MILF, was now seducing him.
She brushed by him and closed her fist over the doorknob. Looked like her
difficulties with the open/close thing were a thing of the past. Drawing the door ajar a few inches, she speared him with a look that might have flattened a lesser man.
"I'm giving you a choice. You can walk out this door and pretend there isn't
something happening between us or you can stay and give me what I need."
His cock thickened and grew achy. "What do you need, Jules?"
"You. Inside me. All night."
Oh, sweet Jesus.
He held her green tilty gaze, aiming to infuse his next words with cut-the-
bull clarity. "I'm not like the others, those men you've been dating, the ones who slobbered all over you tonight. I'm not boyfriend material."
"That's not what you offered, though, was it?"
Leaning past her shoulder, he pressed the door shut, the snick short and final.
"That's not what I offered."
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The Ducks have captured three in a row and will join Pittsburgh and Chicago as the only teams in the NHL with 30 wins in this abbreviated season. Anaheim will open the playoffs as the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.
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'Verily, those who, out of fear of their Lord, always stand guard against sins.
And those who believe in the Signs of their Lord,
And those who ascribe not partners to their Lord,
And those who give what they give while their hearts are full of fear because to their Lord they will return —
These it is who hasten to do good works, and these it is who are foremost in them.' (23:58 – 62)
'Their reward is with their Lord — Gardens of Eternity, through which streams flow; they will abide therein for ever. Allah is well pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him. That is for him who fears his Lord.' (98:9)
In last Friday sermon a discourse was given on Ramadan and it was explained that in order to fully benefit from Ramadan, reformation of word and deed was essential. It was also explained that only that fasting attains beneficence of Ramadan which is undertaken with Khashiyyat (fear and awe) of God in heart. Each piety becomes true piety only when it is done with Khashiyyat of God.
Today, matters will be expounded with reference to Khashiyyat of God. The word Khashiyyat is used commonly, but if its essence was understood, it would enhance level of virtues. The literal meaning of Khashiyyat is generally understood to be fear, which is correct. Fear of God takes one to virtues. However, fear of God is not like the ordinary emotion of fear. Lexicons explain this by saying that connotation of awe is more present in the word Khashiyyat than fear. Khashiyyat also connotes that awe which is borne of the greatness of a Being whereas fear connotes the weakness of one who fears.
Imam Raghib said that Khashiyyat is by virtue of having knowledge of something that one is in awe of. He wrote that this is why in the Quranic verse: '…Only those of His servants who possess knowledge fear Allah…' (35:29) Khashiyyat has been especially associated with people of knowledge. In addition, Imam Raghib said that those who are in awe of the greatness of God are those about whom the Qur'an states that they: '…fear the Gracious God in secret…' (36:12). Such fear of God necessitates knowledge and perception of Him. Khashiyyat is fear which is borne out of the greatness of something or a Being and acknowledgment of greatness is belief that God is the Master of all powers and He encompasses everything. One can only attain beneficence from God's power when one has full faith in His powers and has His Khashiyyat in heart.
The Quranic verse that states that only those have Khashiyyat who have knowledge does not mean that anyone who presumes to possess knowledge has Khashiyyat and anyone who is not a scholar has less Khashiyyat. Indeed, hundreds and thousands of 'religious scholars' of today whose words and deeds are contradictory do not understand the Qur'an. Not only have they not accepted the Imam of the age, they stoop low in his opposition. Certainly, all this compels one to think that here the definition of 'those who possess knowledge' must be different and people who are thus addressed in the Quranic verse are in fact not those commonly understood to be religious scholars. There are those who go through religious seminaries and there are those who are understood by worldly people as scholars, as many a great scientist has attained unparalleled knowledge in individual fields. There are some among those worldly scholars who do not even believe in the existence of God, let alone have His Khashiyyat. Therefore, we have to see which people of knowledge are referred to here.
It should be clarified here that no doubt Islam is the perfect religion and those who possess religious knowledge of Islam claim that they have the knowledge. The spread of Islam is by virtue of God's decree and it will not take place through the scholars who have worldly interests at heart. Perhaps he has mentioned this before, during his recent USA trip Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih was asked by a TV interviewer about the prospects of Islam spreading in the USA. Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih replied to him that Islam will spread, not only in the USA but in the entire world. However, this will not happen through the so-called care-takers of Islam. Rather, it will come to pass through the Ahmadiyya Community by winning over hearts and by giving the message of peace and not extremism because extremism is against the teaching of the Qur'an and only the Ahmadiyya Community practices true Islam.
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) gave us insight and perception of the Holy Qur'an and explained the reality of Khashiyyat of God and said that no one has a monopoly on Khashiyyat of God and it is not restricted. Rather, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) came to take every person of the world close to God and to make people Godly people. No one can become a Godly person unless he or she has Khashiyyat of God. Indeed, many a great robber became those with Khashiyyat of God after coming into the fold of Islam.
In his pronouncements the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) has narrated accounts of saints. Writing about Fozail bin Iyaz he said that once he heard someone reciting the Quranic verse: 'Has not the time arrived for those who believe that their hearts should feel humbled at the remembrance of Allah…' (57:17). This had an electrifying effect on Fozail. Expressing regret he said his pillaging could not carry on. He said it was time to march forward in the way of God and then, overcome with emotion, he started sobbing. He renounced his past and became an ascetic. Once he was in a desert when he came across some people who had encamped. He overheard one of them saying that this was Fozail's route of plundering. He told them to have no fear for he had repented and renounced banditry. He sought apology from all the people he had harmed. And thus people [like him] who were once bandits were renowned by the salutation of rahamtullah alai (may Allah have mercy on them).
There are of course important Jubba/robe-clad individuals steeped in arrogance while the masses consider them pious; they do not have Khashiyyat. Those who are haughty towards people do not have Khashiyyat. What is Khashiyyat and who possesses Khashiyyat? We are most fortunate that by accepting the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) we have come to know the true definition of Khashiyyat.
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said: 'People who fear Allah the Exalted are those who have perfect knowledge of His greatness, power, favours and beauty. By virtue of their connotation, Khashiyyat and Islam are in fact one and the same thing because the meaning of perfect Khashiyyat is bound by the meaning of Islam.'
It is essential for each believer to attain this, then alone can one progress in faith and connection with God. By calling Islam and Khashiyyat one and the same thing every Muslim has been given the position of one who possesses knowledge.
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace said: 'It is more or less the nature of man that he attains guidance after having perfect knowledge of Allah the Exalted. As Allah the Exalted states: '…Only those of His servants who possess knowledge fear Allah…'. Indeed, those of satanic disposition are outside this principle.'
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) also said: 'Knowledge does not signify logic or philosophy, rather true knowledge is that which Allah the Exalted grants merely through His grace. Such knowledge is a source of having awareness of Allah the Exalted and it generates Divine Khashiyyat, as stated in the Holy Qur'an: '…Only those of His servants who possess knowledge fear Allah…'. If knowledge does not bring about progression in Khashiyyat of Allah the Exalted, then remember such knowledge is not a source of progression in Divine knowledge.'
There are those whose tongues do not utter anything but abuse. Could the religious scholars whose abusive words about the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) and also our Jama'at, in Pakistan and also here [in Britain] during Friday sermons have Khashiyyat?
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said: 'Remember, it is always the foolish who slips. When Satan slipped, it was not due to knowledge but due to foolishness. If he had excellence of knowledge, he would not have slipped. The Qur'an does not condemn knowledge, rather it states: '…Only those of His servants who possess knowledge fear Allah…'. Half-learned Mullah is renowned as danger to faith.'
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) also said: 'Godly scholar does not signify one who is only matchless in syntax or logic, rather Godly scholar is that person who is always in fear of Allah the Exalted and whose tongue does not utter absurdities. However, in the current age even those who bathe the deceased have started calling themselves scholars and have made themselves inclusive in this term. This way the word is greatly demeaned and its meaning and connotation has been taken against the will and objective of Allah the Exalted. Whereas the Holy Qur'an has state this as a quality of the learned: '…Only those of His servants who possess knowledge fear Allah…'. That is, only those are scholars who fear Allah the Exalted. It will now be essential to observe that those who do not have the qualities of Khashiyyat and Taqwa of Allah, are certainly not worthy of being called by this title.
Knowledge is something that is certain and absolute and true knowledge is found in the Holy Qur'an and not in Greek philosophy or in the current British philosophy. Rather, true knowledge is found in philosophy of faith. The excellence and zenith of a believer is in attaining the status of a scholar and in achieving the state of certainty of knowledge which is the pinnacle of knowledge. However, those who are not blessed with true knowledge and on whom the paths of Divine knowledge and insight are not opened, may have themselves known as scholars but they are completely deprived of the merits and qualities of knowledge. The do not have the light that is found from true knowledge. In fact such people are entirely in loss and deficit. They fill their Hereafter with smog and darkness… those who are given true knowledge and insight of God and are given that knowledge which results in Khashiyyat of God, are those who have been likened to the Israelite Prophets in Hadith.'
Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih said that the Hadith which relates that a time will come when Muslim religious scholars will be the worst of creation under the heavens and all evil will come from them and will return to them proves that everyone who is known as a scholar does not have Khashiyyat of God.
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said: 'Taqwa and fear of God is borne out of knowledge, as Allah the Exalted states: '…Only those of His servants who possess knowledge fear Allah…'that is, only those fear Allah the Exalted who have knowledge. This clearly shows that true knowledge generates Khashiyyat of Allah and Allah the Exalted has associated Taqwa with knowledge. A person who is a scholar in the real sense will definitely have Khashiyyat of Allah. By knowledge, I mean knowledge of the Qur'an and not philosophy, science or current erudition because in order to attain them Taqwa and piety are not conditional. Just as a sinful, wicked person can learn them, so can a religious person. However, knowledge of the Qur'an is not given to anyone apart from the righteous and the religious. Thus, here knowledge signifies knowledge of the Qur'an which generates Taqwa and Khashiyyat of Allah.'
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said: 'One should not be deceived by the word 'scholar'/those who possess knowledge. A scholar is one who fears Allah the Exalted. '…Only those of His servants who possess knowledge fear Allah…', that is, no doubt those from among His servants who fear Allah the Exalted are the ones who possess knowledge. Their servitude and Khashiyyat of Allah is so heightened that they directly acquire knowledge and awareness from Allah the Exalted and gain beneficence from it. This status and rank is found through complete obedience and utmost love of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him), so much so that a person is completely imbued in his colour.'
Thus is the reality of people who possess knowledge and their Khashiyyat of God. These extracts also draw attention to inculcating Khashiyyat of God so that one can be a true believer. This is not exclusive to any section of society and is a commandment for every Muslim.
During this Ramadan full benefit should be availed of the doors of Divine nearness that have been opened and the ambience of spiritual development is prevalent with Dars taking place. The Qur'an should be read with understanding to search for the ways of Divine knowledge that lead to Khashiyyat of God.
The verses recited at the start of the sermon speak of true believers who fear their Lord and who believe in His Signs. Signs of God signify all His commandments, all Quranic verses following which is essential. Perfect faith is by virtue of practice and is a source of inculcating Khashiyyat of God. One who has Khashiyyat of God does not ascribe partners to Him. However, sometimes hidden shirk (ascribing partners to God) is committed and this is why meticulousness is required. One should keep one's word and deed firm on truth at all times. The fourth quality mentioned in the verses is that these people serve religion by giving their time and money, yet their hearts are fearful lest their giving is accepted or not and lest they slip at any point.
A Hadith related by Hadhrat 'Ayesha (may Allah be pleased with her) recounts that she once asked the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) that does the verse 'And those who give what they give while their hearts are full of fear because to their Lord they will return' mean that one could what one liked but fear God. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) replied that no, it meant that one should practice piety and also fear God.
God is Independent of all, He accepts what He wishes and does not accept what He wishes, one should always be in fear and awe of Him. Hadhrat Umme Salma, (may Allah be pleased with her) related a prayer of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him): 'O Changer of hearts, keep my heart firm on Your religion.' When Hadhrat Umme Salma (may Allah be pleased with her) asked the Prophet the reason for the regularity with which he said this prayer, he answered: 'O Umme Salma, the heart of every person lies between two fingers of God. He keeps steadfast whomsoever He wishes and He turns awry whomsoever He wishes.'
If this was the level of prayer of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him), who was the guide, by following whose blessed model one achieves Taqwa and Khashiyyat of God, how tremendous is the need for us to draw our attention to this. A favour among the favours of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) is that he taught us ways of praying. Following is one of his prayer which all of us should say: 'O Allah, I seek Your refuge from a heart that is not humble, from a prayer that is not accepted, from a nafs (self) that is not satiated and from knowledge that is not beneficial. I seek refuge from You from these four.'
A prayer of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) which touches the lofty heights of humility and Khashiyyat of God is the one he made during his Farewell Hajj. He prayed: 'O Allah, You listen to what I say and You see my condition. You are fully aware of my secret matters and my apparent affairs, nothing about me is hidden from You. I am a beggar and needy in plight, seeker of Your help and refuge, afraid and frightened. I have come to You, acknowledging and confessing my sins. I beg You like a humble and meek person and entreat You like a lowly, sinful person. I pray to You like a scared blind person, my neck in bowed before You and my tears are flowing in Your Presence. My body is lying prostrate before You and my nose is covered in dust. O Allah, do not make me wretched while praying to You. Treat me with kindness and mercy. O' You Who listens to entreaties the most, and grants the very best, accept my prayer.'
This was the great Prophet who gave us a great model of Khashiyyat of God. Each prayer of his, each practice of his was replete with Khashiyyat of God although he was the closest to God and even those who were associated with him earned the salutation of 'raziAllah' (may Allah be pleased with him/her). Such was his blessed, exemplary model and such was his Khashiyyat of God. If we adopt it, we too can attain God's grace. May God enable us to understand the spirit and essence of Khashiyyat during Ramadan and may this Ramadan bring about a spiritual revolution.
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TEHRAN, Iran — A backstage struggle among Iran's ruling clerics burst into the open Sunday when the government said it had arrested the daughter and other relatives of an ayatollah who is one of the country's most powerful men.
State media said the daughter and four other relatives of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani were released later Sunday but their arrests appeared to be a clear warning from the hardline establishment to a cleric who may be aligning himself with the opposition.
Tehran's streets fell mostly quiet for the first time since a bitterly disputed June 12 presidential election, but cries of "God is great!" echoed again from rooftops after dark, a sign of seething anger at a government crackdown that peaked with at least 10 protesters' deaths Saturday.
The killings drove the official death toll to at least 17 after a week of massive street demonstrations by protesters who say hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stole his re-election win. But searing images posted online — including gruesome video purporting to show the fatal shooting of a teenage girl — hinted the true toll may be higher.
Police and militia swarm streets
Police and the feared Basij militia swarmed the streets of Tehran to prevent more protests and the government intensified a crackdown on independent media — expelling a BBC correspondent, suspending the Dubai-based network Al-Arabiya and detaining at least two local journalists for U.S. magazines.
English-language state television said an exile group known as the People's Mujahedeen had a hand in street violence and broadcast what it said were confessions of British-controlled agents in an indication that the government, vilifying the opposition, was ready to crack down even harder.
Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi warned supporters of danger ahead, and said he would stand by the protesters "at all times." But in letters posted on his allies' Web sites Saturday and Sunday, he said he would "never allow anybody's life to be endangered because of my actions" and called for pursuing fraud claims through an independent board.
The former prime minister, a longtime loyalist of the Islamic government, also called the Basij and military "our brothers" and "protectors of our revolution and regime." He may be trying to constrain his followers' demands before they pose a mortal threat to Iran's quixotic system of limited democracy constrained by Shiite clerics, who have ultimate authority.
His chances of success within the system would be far higher if he has backers among those clerics.
Arrests of Rafsanjani's kin
In the clearest sign yet of a splintering among the ayatollahs, state media announced the arrests of Rafsanjani's relatives including his daughter Faezeh, a 46-year-old reformist politician vilified by hardliners for her open support of Mousavi.
Video: Protest video State media said Rafsanjani's relatives had been held for their own protection.
"That is a major escalation and ratchets up the conflict with Rafsanjani," said Michael Wahid Hanna, a regional affairs analyst with the Century Foundation, a New York think tank. "It really raises the stakes."
Rafsanjani heads the cleric-run Assembly of Experts, which can remove the supreme leader, the country's most powerful figure. He also chairs the Expediency Council, a body that arbitrates disputes between parliament and the unelected Guardian Council.
Accused of corruption
Rafsanjani and his family have been accused of corruption by Ahmadinejad. And the 75-year-old ayatollah was conspicuously absent Friday from an address by the country's supreme leader calling for national unity and siding with the president.
That fueled speculation that Rafsanjani, who has made no public comment since the election, may be working behind the scenes and favoring Mousavi.
The Assembly of Experts has not publicly reprimanded Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei since he succeeded Islamic Revolution founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989. But this crisis has rattled the once-untouchable stature of the supreme leader.
Protesters have openly defied his orders to leave the streets and witnesses said some shouted "Death to Khamenei!" at Saturday's demonstrations — a once unthinkable challenge.
At least some lower-ranking clergy also appeared to have broken with the supreme leader. Photos posted by a moderate conservative news Web site showed what appeared to be mullahs in brown robes and white turbans protesting alongside a crowd of young men, some wearing the green shirts or sashes symbolizing Mousavi's self-described "Green Wave" movement.
The images and others flooding out from Iran in recent days could not immediately be independently verified due to government restrictions on foreign media, who were banned from reporting on Tehran's streets.
Ahmadinejad appeared to be courting his own clerical support. State television showed him meeting with mullahs at the presidential palace and telling them the election had demonstrated popular love for the regime.
Ahmadinejad criticizes Brown, Obama
He criticized British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Barack Obama, who on Saturday urged Iranian authorities to halt "all violent and unjust actions against its own people."
"With that behavior you will not be among Iran's friends," Ahmadinejad said, in a potentially ominous sign for Obama's recent efforts to warm relations with Iran.
Strengthening Ahmadinejad's position, Iran's military issued a thinly veiled warning to Mousavi after days of silence.
"We are determined to confront plots by enemies aimed at creating a rift in the nation," said Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid, acting joint chief of the armed forces.
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki accused Britain of sending spies to manipulate the election, blasted France for "treacherous and unjust approaches" and said Germany had unfairly criticized Iran's government.
Blaming foreign conspirators is a staple of Iranian government rhetoric that resonates for many in a country with a long history of manipulation by Britain, the U.S. and other powers.
Britain denies any meddling
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband "categorically" denied his country was meddling and German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Iran anew to conduct a complete and transparent recount.
"This can only damage Iran's standing in the eyes of the world," Miliband said.
The British Broadcasting Corp. said Sunday that its Tehran-based correspondent, Jon Leyne, had been asked to leave the country. The BBC said its office remained open. The U.S.-based newsmagazine Newsweek said its journalist Maziar Bahari was arrested Sunday morning and had not been heard from. Newsweek issued a statement condemning his detention and demanding his immediate release.
Reporters Without Borders said 23 journalists had been arrested during the past week.
There were unconfirmed reports of small demonstrations and clashes Sunday, and stores were closed in Tehran neighborhoods affected by the violence. Life appeared to be normal in other parts of Tehran on Sunday, a weekday in Iran, but experts cautioned that it could be a brief lull and not the end of Iran's worst internal turmoil in three decades.
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The attacks came as the Afghan government announced the country's security forces are prepared for the presidential election next April, although five districts remain gripped by insurgency.
In the east and in the north, government offensives trying to stem insurgent attacks seeking to take advantage of the continuing withdrawal of foreign troops have left up to 96 insurgents dead, the Afghan ministries of defense and interior said Monday.
The Afghan army and police took the lead for security around the country last month, as part of a phased drawdown of NATO troops that is to be completed by the end of 2014.
But the violence has continued.
The deputy governor of Zabul province, Mohammad Jan Rasoulyar, said a bombing late Sunday in the province's Shahjoy district killed 11 people and wounded 12. Three of the dead were local police officers while the rest were women and children, he said, without providing a breakdown for the civilian casualties.
The target of the attack was a local police chief who was among the victims, said Rasoulyar.
The Monday morning bombing took place in Kandahar province's Spin Boldak district and killed three, a mother and her two children.
President Hamid Karzai's office condemned both bombings.
The Afghan Defense Ministry said a week-long offensive in the east, which ended Monday, killed 83 insurgents. Three soldiers were also killed in the operation.
And in the northern Kunduz province, 13 insurgents were killed, including local Taliban commander Qari Latif, and 29 were captured in an operation there Monday, police spokesman Sayed Sarwar Husseini said.
The surge in violence has created worries about the ability of Afghan forces to secure next year's key presidential election, which are to be held on April 5.
The vote will be a test of Afghanistan's ability to smoothly transition power ahead of the complete pullout of the international troops. Under the constitution, Karzai cannot seek a third five-year term in office.
Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi told reporters on Monday that plans have been prepared to secure 6,845 polling centers in all 34 provinces and that the Afghan forces are ready.
"With all the capabilities and abilities that we have, we can provide security for the next year election," Sediqi said.
He said a plan is also in place to secure more than 400 voter registration centers. Four million new voters are expected to be added to the 16 million previously registered voters. Afghanistan has a population of about 30 million.
But Sediqi said authorities still don't have full control of five districts around the country — mainly in the south and the east — because of the insurgency.
"We are working on all these five districts over the period of next 10 months to have a complete presence and then election will take place in these districts as well," he added.
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