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Situated by the Chao Phraya river, it is not difficult to spot the two towers of the Shangri-la. All hotels belonging to this chain are well-known especially for being luxury places. Opened on 3rd August 1986, the establishment has won numerous prices since then. Built as an amphiteatre, it is very imposing. Either you like it or you do not.
The Shangri-La is situated around fifty minutes from the airport of Suvarnabhumi, if you do not drive during rush hours! In addition, you will be next to a sky train station, the Saphan Taksin station.
If you have children, note that the hotel offers organised activities to entertain them. If you would like to go on cruise on the Chao Phraya river, the establishment has its own fleet which can, for example, accomodate its guests for dinner or for the whole day (a surcharge is requested).
The Shangri-La has two wings. Each has been decorated by a different designer. "The most ancient one, the Shangri-la Wing, has been decorated by Leese Robertson Freeman Design Ltd.; the second one, the Krungthep Wing, by Graham Design Ltd. The latter was built in August 1991. There are no less than 799 rooms! The Shangri-La Wing has 628 rooms and 42 suites. The Krungthep Wing has 119 rooms and 10 suites. It is not quite negligible! Getting lost there might be common place... You will already find yourself a bit lost when entering the lobby. The entrance hall is simply huge, but actually proportional to the number of guests. A small monument with the head of the king is installed in the centre of the hall. The hotel has a round-shaped swimming pool installed just above the river. Beach chairs and beach umbrellas are available there. The hotel's spa, Chi The Spa, opened in July 2004 in the Krungthep Wing tower. You have to walk a bit to get there... There are 9 care rooms called suites, 4 of which are for couples. The interior architect is Julian Coombs and Associates.
The rooms of the Shangri-La are spacious and comfortable. The interior decoration mixes brown, burgundy and beige, which give much elegance to the place. The furniture is made of wood and is comfortably installed on a thick fitted carpet. The very large window lets in the daylight and offers a beautiful view of the river and the town, according to its location. There is: TV, air confitioning, minibar filled with tea and coffee kit, direct international line, hairdryer and 24 hour room service. The bathroom is a combination of marble and wood. It has a grand bathtub as well as welcome products.
The hotel has five restaurants serving different and varied cuisines. The Angelini is an Italian restaurant with 250 seats which is open for lunch and dinner and has an elegant and intimist setting. The Shang Palace takes care of the Chinese cuisine. It is difficult not to notice it when entering, as a huge and hearty Chinese Buddha reigns in the middle of the room. The restaurant is open at noon and in the evening. The Edogin offers Japanese cuisine in a convivial setting. In addition, one of the tables allows to see the chefs working in front of you, both at lunch and dinner. The Salathip is definitely the most charming restaurant. There you can taste traditional Thai cuisine. The place is built in a typically Thai pavilion, not far from the river. An orchestra accompanies your dinner. Finally, the Next2 Cafe and Terrace is the main restaurant of the hotel. It operates as a buffet. The place is open around the clock.
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Five-Year-Old Fires Gun In School Cafeteria
(Memphis, TN) -- A five-year-old is in custody for allegedly firing a gun in an elementary school cafeteria. Officials at Shelby County Schools in Tennessee tell WMC-TV a kindergarten student accidentally fired the shot before opening bell today. The handgun was reportedly stashed in a backpack. There's no word on what caused the gun to go off or how the young student got it. No one was injured.

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Monday, August 1 2011 - 9/11 Consequences
Former Intel Chief: Call Off The Drone War (And Maybe the Whole War on Terror)
Note: This conversation with the former Director of National Intelligence was hosted by the Aspen Institute, and the blog's author is a nonresident fellow with the Brookings Institution... With that in mind, this seems particularly interesting.
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By Noah Shachtman
ASPEN, Colorado -- Ground the U.S. drone war in Pakistan. Rethink the idea of spending billions of dollars to pursue al-Qaida. Forget chasing terrorists in Yemen and Somalia, unless the local governments are willing to join in the hunt.
Those aren't the words of some human rights activist, or some far-left Congressman. They're from retired admiral and former Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair -- the man who was, until recently, nominally in charge of the entire American effort to find, track, and take out terrorists. Now, he's calling for that campaign to be reconsidered, and possibly even junked.
Starting with the drone attacks. Yes, they take out some mid-level terrorists, Blair said. But they're not strategically effective. If the drones stopped flying tomorrow, Blair told the audience at the Aspen Security Forum, "it's not going to lower the threat to the U.S." Al-Qaida and its allies have proven "it can sustain its level of resistance to an air-only campaign," he said.
It's one of many reasons why it's a mistake to "have that campaign dominate our overall relations" with countries like Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. "Because we're alienating the countries concerned, because we're treating countries just as places where we go attack groups that threaten us, we are threatening the prospects of long-term reform," Blair said.
The "unilateral" strikes in Pakistan have to come to an end, he added, and be replaced with operations that had the full cooperation of the government in Islamabad. The effort needed "two hands on the trigger," Blair said. And strikes should be launched only when "we agree with them on what drone attacks" should target.
The statements won't exactly win Blair new friends in the Obama administration, which forced him out of the top intelligence job about a year after he was nominated. Not only has Obama drastically escalated the drone war -- there've been 50 strikes in the first seven months of this year, almost as many as in all of 2009. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called the remotely-piloted attacks the "only game in town in terms of confronting or trying to disrupt the al-Qaida leadership."
Plus, American relations with the Pakistani government are at their lowest point in years. And every time Washington tries to tip off Islamabad to a raid, it seems, the targets of the raid seem to conveniently skip town. No wonder the U.S. kept the mother of all unilateral strikes -- the mission to kill Osama bin Laden -- a secret from their erstwhile allies in Pakistan.
But Blair believes the cooperation -- not only with Pakistan, but also with the government in Yemen and with whatever authorities can be found in Somalia -- is the only way to bring some measure of peace to the world's ungoverned spaces. "We have to change in those three countries," he told the Forum (Full disclosure: I'm a moderator on one of the panels here.)
The reconsideration of our relationship with these countries is only the start of the overhaul Blair has in mind, however. He noted that the U.S. intelligence and homeland security communities are spending about $80 billion a year, outside of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Yet al-Qaida and its affiliates only have about 4,000 members worldwide. That's $20 million per terrorist per year, Blair pointed out.
"You think -- woah, $20 million. Is that proportionate?" he asked. "So I think we need to relook at the strategy to get the money in the right places."
Blair mentioned that 17 Americans have been killed on U.S. soil by terrorists since 9/11 -- 14 of them in the Ft. Hood massacre. Meanwhile, auto accidents, murders and rapes combine have killed an estimated 1.5 million people in the past decade. "What is it that justifies this amount of money on this narrow problem?" he asked.
Blair purposely let his own question go unanswered.
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WAYLAND, MA – What a difference two years of recession makes. According to a new survey of firms in the architecture, engineering and environmental consulting fields, industry leaders rate the performance of the U.S. economy as the biggest challenge they face in the coming year. (In late 2007, overall economic performance wasn't even among the top ten challenges they listed.)
By contrast, two years ago top executives said their biggest challenge was finding qualified staff; This year, firm leaders list a lack of talent as the ninth most important challenge they will face in 2010, according to ZweigWhite's 2010 AEC Industry Outlook, an annual report based on a survey of top firms in the industry.
A year ago, following the credit meltdown and bank bailouts, the economy emerged as the top challenge listed by firm leaders, but finding qualified staff remained the third most important challenge listed (with the cost of health care listed as the second most pressing concern).
However, as business slowed and thousands of architects and engineers joined the ranks of the unemployed, "the dynamics of staff recruitment and retention has become less pressing of an issue," Steven Smith, president and managing director of WSP Sells in New York, a design, engineering, and management consultancy service firm, told The Zweig Letter, an industry trade publication.
"With that said, all firms are focusing on retaining their key staff and, as a result, highly qualified star employees are still hard to come by," adds Smith.
Executives forecast that the economy will eclipse other challenges for some time to come, as firms come to grips with increased competition in the industry, their second-most cited challenge.
Roland Salman, president of RW Armstrong, an Indianapolis global design and management consulting firm, told The Zweig Letter, "Companies that were doing private work are now shifting to public sector projects, and larger firms are going after small and medium-type projects, where you wouldn't expect them to submit a bid."
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'"All the fans coming to the game, they want to see something," Sabres right wing Maxim Afinogenov said. "The team put on a show today. We were down, and after we climbed back and win the game, that's good. We won the game, and we got entertainment in there, too."'
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After an impressive win at UCMMA 31 to become the bantamweight champion after defeating Jody Collins in a thrilling contest, we managed to grab Capcom himself for a few minutes to fire some questions his way. We touch upon the recent fight and title win, his KO loss to Spencer Hewitt and what the future holds for Capcom Cory Tait.
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Madeira and Chanterelle Mushroom Sauce
Created By Cindy Pawlcyn - Executive Chef at Mustards Grill and cookbook author
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A very simple, elegant sauce to add to your culinary repertoire, serve this with Cindy Pawlcyn's Chicken Roulade with Walnut and Currant Cornbread Stuffing.
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons shallots, minced
- 8-10 ounces chanterelle mushrooms or brown mushrooms, fresh or dried, reconstituted, stems sliced off flush, quartered
- 4 ounces Madeira wine
- 2-2 1/2 cups chicken stock (low-sodium is preferred)
- Salt and white pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoons butter
- In a sauté pan over medium heat, melt the 6 tablespoons of butter. Add the shallots and mushrooms and sauté until tender and golden brown.
- Carefully add the Madeira wine to deglaze the hot pan. Be careful of accidental flaming until the alcohol has burned off. Continue to cook for 2 minutes over high heat.
- Add the chicken stock. Season with salt and white pepper and reduce the temperature to medium heat. Cook the sauce until it is rich and coats a spoon nicely. This will take several minutes. The sauce can be made a day ahead and refrigerated.
- Just before serving, heat the sauce over medium heat until bubbles just begin to appear. Turn down the heat to low and finish the sauce by adding 3 tablespoons of butter, swirling the butter gently until it melts, creating a glossy finish.
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Getting Down to Business: News on Employers and Paid Leave (January 2014 )
January 10, 2014 | Liz ben-Ishai
Getting Down to Business: News on Employers and Paid Leave
January 2014
In this Issue
Getting Down to Business is CLASP's monthly update on business and paid leave news. If you have news you want to share with your colleagues around the country, let us know. And be sure to let your area businesses know about Better Workplaces, Better Businesses, a website that aggregates news and research related to business and paid leave and highlights business supporters of paid leave from around the country.
Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful holiday and took some time to celebrate the success of our movement over the past year. Building on that momentum, 2014 promises to be an exciting year—and business support for paid leave will no doubt continue to play a pivotal role in local, state, and national campaigns.
A powerful investment banker is lending his voice to the fight for paid family leave. Tom Nides, former deputy secretary of state and current vice chair at Morgan Stanley, delivered remarks at a press event marking introduction of the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act and was interviewed by two major press outlets. In a Washington Post piece in December, Nides described his reaction to learning that State Department staff members do not have access to paid parental leave: "This is insane. How can we operate as a country like this?' [Paid leave] is just the right thing to do."
Nides also gave a compelling interview to the Public News Service of New York that was picked up by other radio stations. He explained the business case for paid leave, advocating for both the federal FAMILY Act and a state-level family leave insurance program for New York. "There's no question," he said, "that studies have shown that individuals given the opportunity to have a few weeks to take care of a newborn or a sick family member say it's critically important to the productivity of that individual." Read the Washington Post article >> Listen to the Public News Service interview >>
Economists Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman got 2014 off to a good start for the paid sick days movement when they presented preliminary research findings from their study of Connecticut's sick days law, which was the first state-level law in the country. Connecticut businesses say that the law, passed in 2011 and effective January 2012, has had minimal effect on them. Appelbaum and Milkman suggest that the law has been a relative non-issue for businesses' bottom lines and has in fact had positive effects, such as decreasing the spread of illness and increasing morale. See the presentation >>
Advocates can find an exciting new resource on the website "Better Workplaces, Better Businesses," which is a repository for information on business and paid leave and the home of a national list of paid leave business supporters. The site, which is sponsored by the American Sustainable Business Council, Main Street Alliance, and Social Venture Network, now features written testimonies from business supporters of both earned sick days and paid family and medical leave insurance. These should prove useful in both highlighting national support for paid leave and working with businesses to draft their own testimonies for future hearings and events. Read business testimonies in support of paid leave >>
When it comes to paid paternity leave, "there's something in it for the bottom line," says Emerita Sociology Professor Arlie Hochschild. In a recent Atlantic article, the influential scholar argues that paternity leave is not only important for child development and gender equality, but there is also a compelling business case for the policy, which most American employers lack and no federal law requires. Hochschild explains that when dads are able to take leave, they too master the domestic tasks that keep families going. She writes, "In an increasingly unpredictable economy...spouses need to cross-train at home." The writer also notes that Singapore and Finland, two countries that rank ahead of the U.S. in the World Economic Forum's evaluation of countries' business climates, both have paid paternity leave laws. Read the article >>
This month, the NJ Main Street Alliance released a report that makes an air-tight business case for a proposed sick days ordinance in Newark, NJ. This adds to the already-strong momentum of Newark's campaign, which is highly likely to succeed. Drawing on research from the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR), the report estimates that the ordinance would provide a $12.7 million financial benefit to employers more than making up for the law's modest costs (16 cents per hour for eligible workers). That didn't surprise Mikali Harris, co-owner of Newark cupcake business Sweet Retreat, who says the benefits of paid sick days are obvious: "When your employees are healthy, they will be more productive and provide better customer service." Read the report >>
When the FAMILY Act was introduced last month, many business leaders spoke in support. Here are some of the highlights:
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LAKEWOOD — A projected boost in sales and property tax revenue will help the City of Lakewood balance its budget without layoffs when the new fiscal year begins July 1, officials say.
At the same time, the city's fiscally conservative budget will allow it to continue more than $10 million in street repairs, park upgrades and water system improvements.
The City Council is expected to approve the $66.2 million budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year Tuesday.
In preparing the budget, city staff didn't touch the city's $9.8 million reserve fund. Savings were reached by leaving seven positions vacant, reducing funding for housing programs and using grant funds to help pay overhead costs, said city spokesman Bill Grady.
Traditionally, the city paid all overhead costs out of city funds and put the full grant to operational use, Grady said. However, some grants allow 20 percent to be used for overhead costs.
Grady said Lakewood will continue key infrastructure programs, including $5 million for water system improvements, $4.2 million for street repaving and $985,000 in park upgrades and repairs.
Street repaving projects will include Woodruff Avenue and repairs to Candlewood Street. Park improvements will include a new tot lot playground for Bloomfield Park, renovations to Mayfair Park pool and repairs to Bolivar and San Martin parks.
Water system upgrades will include enlarging two miles of residential water mains and rehabilitating the 60-year-old water pumping and storage plant on Palo Verde Avenue.
To help maintain other city services as well, the city is projecting revenue to increase next year.
Sales tax, the largest source of income for Lakewood, is expected to raise $12.7 million, a 7.7 percent increase from this year.
Property taxes are projected at $4 million, a 2.4 percent increase from this year.
Lakewood and some other area cities appear to be rising from the economic turmoil of recent years with cautiously optimistic budget projections. A key exception is Long Beach, where city officials are expecting a three-year, $33.8 million deficit.
The council meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Lakewood City Council Chambers, 5000 Clark Ave.
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The Timberwolves were back on the Target Center floor Friday night and welcomed in a few familiar faces, as Kevin Garnett and Andrei Kirilenko returned to Minnesota with their Brooklyn Nets teammates. Kirilenko was ruled out because of another problem with his back, while the Nets were also missing Deron Williams, Brook Lopez, and Jason Terry. It hasn't been a fun start to the season for Nets fans, that's for sure.
There were no surprises or changes in the Pups' starting five – Mr. Selena Gomez (I kid), Martin, Brewer, Love, and Pekovic. The Nets threw out Shaun Livingston (who has been quite the story), Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce, KG, and Reggie Evans.
Game Summary
Despite falling way behind (2-0), the Timberwolves pulled out Friday night's game against a beaten down Brooklyn Nets team. With an 11-6 lead going into the first timeout of the game, the Wolves woke up and played lights out basketball for the rest of the night. This was a laugher by midway through the third quarter, with the Wolves winning by a cool 30 points.
First Half
You really couldn't ask for a better storybook opening, as KG won the tap and posted up Kevin Love in the paint. He quickly turned around and hit the short jumper to give the Nets the 2-0 lead. That concludes all Nets highlights from the first half, as the Timberwolves poured it on. Despite two quick fouls and a trip to the bench for Ricky Rubio, the Pups were able to jump on the Nets early and often. The game got off to a slow start offensively, as the Wolves held an 11-6 lead going into the first timeout of the game … after six-plus minutes of action.
At the end of the 1st quarter, the Wolves held a 30-14 lead, as Love hit a short jumper at the buzzer after JJ Barea drove to the basked as the clock wound down, lost control of the ball and flipped it behind his back, only to find Love's hands. Love finished the quarter with 9 points and 11 rebounds. Again, we're talking about the 1st quarter only.
The good times continued to roll for the Pups throughout much of the 2nd quarter. Barea and Rubio both played well and ran Adelman's offense. Love and Nikola Pekovic were dominant in the paint. Had the Wolves' wings shot the ball a little bit better, the game would have looked even worse than the halftime score would suggest. At the break, the Wolves held a 57-37 advantage at halftime.
Here are a few additional notes at half-time:
- Kevin Martin's shooting is a little off this past week. At halftime, Martin was 2-11 from the field for 6 points
- Corey Brewer also put up 11 shots in the first half, including 5 three pointers. Honestly, that might be a bit too much
- KG finished the half with 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 block – old-school KG in the house!
Second Half
We're going to make this really easy – the Nets never made the game interesting and the Wolves blew away Brooklyn. With the starters playing throughout the 4th quarter – more on this later – the Pups simply ran away. They outscored the Nets 33-21 in the quarter and took a 90-58 lead into the 4th quarter.
After some Twitter pleading, Adelman finally went to his bench (read: doghouse) and put in Derrick Williams, Alexey Shved, and company. Gorgui Dieng looked the most promising in the 4th quarter, blocking three shots and active on the offensive end of the floor as well (5 points & 3 rebounds). The final score in this monstrosity of a game was 111-81.
Three Stars of the Game
- Kevin Love – Dominant on the boards, Love finished with 17 and 16 in only 28 minutes of action.
- Nikola Pekovic – 15 & 7 for the big man, who really dominated the paint early and often.
- Kevin Garnett – This should go to Brewer, but just in case this is KG's last game at Target Center, his 8 & 8 put him in our "Three Stars".
Need another reason, here you go:
For any of you who want to see the KG in-arena video tribute from the 1st quarter, here it is. Pretty cool to see –> http://t.co/8cevdlkuk8
— Mark Remme (@MarkRemme) November 23, 2013
Key Takeaways
- The Nets had a lot of injuries, but that was an effortless showing. Jason Kidd probably won't be fired this season, but he probably deserves to be. This team has "Washington Redskins" written all over it – big contracts, no continuity … changes every single season.
- Hopefully Kevin Martin's shooting comes back real soon … as in, tomorrow in Houston soon.
- The rest the starters received tonight should bode well for tomorrow's game – thankfully they didn't have to play big minutes going into a relatively big game tomorrow night (on NBA TV).


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LA Councilman Sued By A Former Aide
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who spent seven years as an aide to Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar has filed a lawsuit claiming he retaliated against her after she turned down requests for sexual favors.
The Los Angeles Times reports that 34-year-old Francine Godoy filed suitThursday alleging Huizar suggested she run for a seat on the Los Angeles Community College District board and then tied his support for her campaign to sexual activities.
Godoy, who was Huizar's deputy chief of staff until April, says she that when she refused the 45-year-old councilman's advances, he cut back her duties and made her work from home.
Huizar, who's married and has children, said he had a "consensual relationship" with Godoy that he "deeply regrets." He called her claims false and malicious.


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Rock Hill, S.C. - Kelvin Jeter and Prince Simunyu headline five Brevard College football players who were selected to the 2010 All-South Atlantic Conference football team, as announced by the SAC office yesterday. The postseason All-Conference team is voted on by the head football coaches of the SAC institutions.
Jeter became the first Brevard player to receive Player of the Year honors as the freshman slot from Gastonia, N.C. added accolades to his BC record-setting campaign in being recognized as the 2010 SAC Offensive Freshman of the Year. Jeter carried the ball 135 times for 1,145 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging 8.5 yards per carry and 104.1 rushing yards per game, setting Brevard single-season records in net yards, yards per carry, longest play from scrimmage and rushing yards per game.
Simunyu was named to his second consecutive postseason All-SAC team, having earned Second Team honors last season after leading the conference with 14.5 tackles for loss in his sophomore season. This year as a junior, Simunyu stepped up as a leader both on and off the field for the Tornados, finishing second on the team with 75 tackles and added five tackles for loss, two sacks and a fumble return for a touchdown in garnering First Team All-Conference honors.
Darrell Neely, Salonik Amos and Eric Watts all received Second Team All-SAC honors.
Neely was a cornerstone on the Brevard offensive line for his four seasons here and helped pave the way for the NCAA's fourth-rated rushing attack in averaging 285.5 yards per game on the ground. Amos lined up at cornerback for the Tornados all season, and the junior was the team leader with two interceptions on the year and tied for the conference overall lead in passes defensed on the season with 14 pass breakups on the year. Watts was named as the All-SAC Second Team punter and the junior led the conference, averaging 42.9 yards per punt and tied for the conference's longest punt on the season with a 73 yard punt against Johnson C. Smith early in the season.
Tusculum College record-setting quarterback Bo Cordell was named the South Atlantic Conference Offensive Player of the Year, while Lenoir-Rhyne defensive back Marcus Shuford, who spearheaded the league's best defense, was named the Defensive Player of the Year.
Wingate University head coach Joe Reich, who guided the Bulldogs to their first-ever conference football title, was named Coach of the Year.
Wingate and Catawba College led the way with 10 All-Conference selections each.
Catawba defensive lineman Damein Lee, who had seven sacks and 12 tackles for loss, was named the Defensive Freshman of the Year.
The Jacobs Blocking Trophy went to Lenoir-Rhyne offensive lineman Chandler Rearden. The Jacobs Blocking Trophy is presented to the top lineman in the league. Rearden anchored an offensive line that averaged 319.6 yards rushing per game, the best in NCAA Division II.
Catawba College quarterback Patrick Dennis received the Football Scholar-Athlete Award.
Cordell, a sophomore, led the nation with 4,657 passing yards, the third-most in NCAA history and setting a conference record. He was one of five Pioneers named to the first-team offense. He was joined by wide receiver Deonte' Gist, who set single-season school records with 96 catches for 1,183 yards, offensive lineman Hannibal Ruiz, long snapper Skylar West and place kicker Gareth Rowlands, who had a SAC-record 21 field goals.
Shuford led a Lenoir-Rhyne defense that led the conference in total defense, pass defense, rushing defense, and scoring defense. Shuford, a senior safety, recorded 78 tackles and had three interceptions. He was one of six Bears named to the All-Conference team. Shuford was joined on the first-team defense by defensive lineman Brandon Martin and linebacker Demetrius Green, while Rearden was a first-team pick on offense.
Wingate had four first-team selections in running back Nelson Woods, who rushed for 1,055 yards, offensive lineman Mike Arndt, linebacker Greg Harmon and return specialist Perry Floyd. Floyd was a two-time All-Conference selection, earning second-team honors at wide receiver.
Carson-Newman College had nine total All-Conference selections, including four on the first team. Defensive back Mario Russell was named to the first team for the third year in a row. He is joined by offensive lineman Michael Tribue, last year's Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner, punter Chris Jones and defensive lineman Zeke Andrews.
Catawba had three first-team selections on the defense. Defensive back Jumal Rolle, who led the league in interceptions and forced fumbles, was joined by lineman Julian Hartsell and return specialist LJ McCray.
Five of Mars Hill College's six All-Conference selections were named to the first team. Running back Jonas Randolph, who led the conference in rushing for the second year in a row, is joined on the first team offense by wide-receiver P.J. Gore and tight end Allen Woerner. Linebacker Rudy Cabral, who led the conference with 104 total tackles, and defensive lineman Maurice Harris, who had a league-best 11 sacks, were named to the first team defense.
Newberry had five total All-Conference selections, including three on the first team. Wide receiver David Pressley, who set school records for receptions and receiving yardage, was joined by offensive lineman Matt Holmes and defensive back Ron Parker, the 2009 SAC Defensive Player of the Year, who had 69 tackles and a league-best five interceptions.
Dennis is a senior quarterback from Durham, N.C., majoring in Therapuetic Recreation and carries a 3.807 GPA.
He is a three-year starter for the Indians, and holds school records for career passing efficiency, career completion percentage and single-season passing efficiency. He threw for a career-high 384 yards against Newberry this season, the fourth-best performance in school history. He has thrown for 45 touchdowns in his career.
Dennis graduated last May, and is currently in graduate school. He was named to the Presidential Honor Roll twice and to the Dean's List four times. He was a Presidential Scholar and a member of Alpha Chi honor society. He was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team in 2008.
Dennis has volunteered as a mentor and tutor at local elementary and middle schools. He also worked as a classroom volunteer for children with autism and other special needs. He also has helped at a local soup kitchen.
A complete list of the 2010 South Atlantic All-Conference Team follows:
2010 All-South Atlantic Conference Football Teams & League Awards
Quarterback – Bo Cordell, Tusculum
Wide Receiver – P.J. Gore, Mars Hill
Wide Receiver – David Pressley, Newberry
Wide Receiver – Deonte' Gist, Tusculum
Running Back – Kelvin Jeter, Brevard
Running Back – Jonas Randolph, Mars Hill
Running Back – Nelson Woods, Wingate
Offensive Lineman – Michael Tribue, Carson-Newman
Offensive Lineman – Chandler Rearden, Lenoir-Rhyne
Offensive Lineman – Matt Holmes, Newberry
Offensive Lineman – Hannibal Ruiz, Tusculum
Offensive Lineman – Mike Arndt, Wingate
Tight End – Allen Woerner, Mars Hill
Long Snapper – Skylar West, Tusculum
Punter – Chris Jones, Carson-Newman
Placekicker – Gareth Rowlands, Tusculum
Defensive Lineman – Zeke Andrews, Carson-Newman
Defensive Lineman – Julian Hartsell, Catawba
Defensive Lineman – Brandon Martin, Lenoir-Rhyne
Defensive Lineman – Maurice Harris, Mars Hill
Linebacker – Prince Simunyu, Brevard
Linebacker – Demetrius Green, Lenoir-Rhyne
Linebacker – Rudy Cabral, Mars Hill
Linebacker – Greg Harmon, Wingate
Defensive Back – Mario Russell, Carson-Newman
Defensive Back – Jumal Rolle, Catawba
Defensive Back – Marcus Shuford, Lenoir-Rhyne
Defensive Back – Ron Parker, Newberry
Return Specialist – LJ McCray, Catawba
Return Specialist – Perry Floyd, Wingate
Quarterback – Cody Haffly, Wingate
Wide Receiver – Brandon Bunn, Catawba
Wide Receiver – Delric Ellington, Wingate
Wide Receiver – Perry Floyd, Wingate
Running Back – Nate Inman, Carson-Newman
Running Back – Brandon Baker, Carson-Newman
Running Back – Josh Wright, Catawba
Offensive Lineman – Darrell Neely, Brevard
Offensive Lineman – Kevin Day, Carson-Newman
Offensive Lineman – Lavar Marsh, Catawba
Offensive Lineman – Zane Gibson, Catawba
Offensive Lineman – Kaleb Myrick, Lenoir-Rhyne
Tight End – Michael Rodriguez, Tusculum
Long Snapper – DJ Davis, Catawba
Punter – Eric Watts, Brevard
Placekicker – RP Lopez, Wingate
Defensive Lineman – Damein Lee, Catawba
Defensive Lineman –Nelson Bullard, Lenoir-Rhyne
Defensive Lineman – Arterio Arnold, Newberry
Defensive Lineman – Terrence Smith, Tusculum
Linebacker – Anthony McAlister, Carson-Newman
Linebacker – Lakeem Perry, Catawba
Linebacker – Josh Baker, Mars Hill
Linebacker – Apollo Stretch, Newberry
Defensive Back – Salonik Amos, Brevard
Defensive Back – Tarvin Jones, Carson-Newman
Defensive Back – Robert Fletcher, Wingate
Defensive Back – Terrance Stephens, Wingate
Offensive Player Of The Year – Bo Cordell, Tusculum
Defensive Player Of The Year – Marcus Shuford, Lenoir-Rhyne
Offensive Freshman Of The Year – Kelvin Jeter, Brevard
Defensive Freshman Of The Year – Damein Lee, Catawba
Jacobs Blocking Trophy – Chandler Rearden, Lenoir-Rhyne
Coach Of The Year – Joe Reich, Wingate
Scholar-Athlete – Patrick Dennis, Catawba
Statistical Champions
Rushing Yards Per Game - Jonas Randolph, Mars Hill, 124.3
Passing Yards Per Game - Bo Cordell, Tusculum, 423.4
Total Offense Per Game - Bo Cordell, Tusculum, 425.5
Receptions Per Game - Deonte' Gist, Tusculum, 8.73
Receiving Yards Per Game - David Pressley, Newberry, 111.7
All-Purpose Yards Per Game - Perry Floyd, Wingate, 187.8
Interceptions Per Game - Ron Parker, Newberry, 0.56
Pass Efficiency Rating - Cody Haffly, Wingate, 161.7
Punt Return Average - Perry Floyd, Wingate, 15.2
Kick Return Average - Kamaal McIlwain, Newberry, 33.0
Punting Average - Eric Watts, Brevard, 42.9
Scoring Average (Touchdowns) - Major Herron, Lenoir-Rhyne, 8.7
Scoring Average (Kicking) - Gareth Rowlands, Tusculum, 10.1
Field Goal Percentage - Gareth Rowlands, Tusculum, 80.8
Tackles Per Game - Rudy Cabral, Mars Hill, 9.5
Sacks Per Game - Maurice Harris, Mars Hill; Brandon Martin, Lenoir-Rhyne, 1.00
Tackles For Loss Per Game - Maurice Harris, Mars Hill, 1.36
Field Goals Per Game - Gareth Rowlands, Tusculum, 1.91
Scoring Offense - Tusculum, 39.9
Scoring Defense - Lenoir-Rhyne, 20.3
Passing Offense - Tusculum, 424.8
Passing Defense - Lenoir-Rhyne, 200.9
Rushing Offense - Lenoir-Rhyne, 319.5
Rushing Defense - Lenoir-Rhyne, 75.7
Total Offense - Tusculum, 484.6
Total Defense - Lenoir-Rhyne, 276.6


text: There are alot of miles of beachfront from Asseteague down to the Bridge tunnel. Anyone surf in-between these areas or know of any spots of easy access (i.e. not requiring $$ permit to drive down the beach for miles, but instead can park and have a short walk to a beachbreak)? Just wondering since it seems shameful we pack ourselves in like sardines during the summer months at just a couple of breaks in OC, IR, Henelopen, Tower Rd. etc. but yet there is hundreds of miles of primarily undeveloped beaches just south (or north if your coming up from VA Beach). Just wondering...like most folks, I don't like crowds and would be will to drive a little extra to find a quiet but decent spot.


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The Best In-Depth Reporting on Immigration (#MuckReads)
We've rounded up the some of the best recent reporting on immigration — from the surging numbers of Central Americans crossing the border to visas available only to wealthy foreigners.
President Obama reiterated his call for Congress to pass an immigration reform bill in his State of the Union address Tuesday, something both chambers are already working on. A bipartisan band of senators announced plans to tackle the issue two weeks ago, and a bipartisan House of Representatives effort, long cloaked in secrecy, is also in the works.
With that in mind, we've rounded up the some of the best recent reporting on immigration — from the surging numbers of Central Americans crossing the border to visas available only to wealthy foreigners.
Leave your recommendations for in-depth immigration reporting in the comments below, or tweet us with #MuckReads.
Unwanted at Home, Free to Strike Again, The Boston Globe, December 2012
Huang Chen, an illegal Chinese immigrant, went to prison after he assaulted Qian Wu in 2006. But four years later, he was able to attack her again. The reason? Chen was one of "more than 8,500 detainees convicted of murder, rape and other crimes" that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released over the last four years, usually without informing their victims or the public. The story is the first in a blockbuster investigation of immigrant detention by The Boston Globe. The second details the secretive prison system that holds more than 10,000 immigrants without criminal records; the third goes inside the country's equally secretive immigration courts, which deport more than 160,000 people each year.
U.S. Grows an Industrial Complex Along the Border, NPR, September 2012
The federal government has spent about $219 billion on immigration enforcement — "roughly the cost of the entire space shuttle program." The money has fuelled what Rep. Hal Rogers, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, calls "a sort of mini industrial complex." The federal government has launched three separate high-tech border tower systems since 1997, none of which work the way they were supposed to. It spends $5 million a day detaining illegal immigrants. Hundreds of aircraft patrol the each day. All told, the federal government employs about 80,000 people in immigration enforcement.
A Boom Behind Bars, Bloomberg Businessweek, March 2011
The tougher immigration policies of the last decade have led to a boom for private prison contractors like the Corrections Corporation of America, a public company that detains about 1,000 alleged illegal immigrants in its Houston facility alone. The company, whose stock has risen in recent years, "has been accused of lobbying for policies that would fill its cells," including Arizona's 2010 immigration law.
Better Lives for Mexicans Cut Allure of Going North, The New York Times, July 2011
Illegal immigration from Mexico has plunged in recent years. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, "fewer than 100,000 illegal border-crossers and visa-violators from Mexico settled in the United States in 2010, down from about 525,000 annually from 2000 to 2004." The factors behind the slump include the declining Mexican birthrate, a more dangerous border, an increase in the number of agricultural-worker visas granted to Mexicans and better education and employment opportunities in Mexico.
The story is the first in Times reporter Damien Cave's yearlong "Immigration Upended" series.
The New Border: Illegal Immigration's Shifting Frontier, ProPublica, December 2012
As the number of illegal immigrants from Mexico declines, U.S. border agents are catching more and more immigrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. Many of them have fled violence in their home countries by crossing Mexico's porous southern border. In response, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto's advisers have announced plans boost border security and create a Mexican border patrol.
Discordant Band Plays Together on Immigration, The Los Angeles Times, February 2013
How a few key senators revived immigration reform in the weeks after the election. (For more on how the politics of immigration are shifting, check out Ryan Lizza's post-election piece in The New Yorker.)
Why Americans Won't Do Dirty Jobs, Bloomberg Businessweek, November 2011
When Alabama passed a tough new immigration law in 2011, one of the big selling points "was that it would free up jobs that Republican Governor Robert Bentley said immigrants had stolen from recession-battered Americans." But Randy Rhodes, the president of a catfish-processing plant in Uniontown, Ala., said he couldn't find workers for 158 positions he needs to fill since his Guatemalan workforce left the state. Locals wouldn't take them — even though the unemployment rate in the county was 18.2 percent.
Watching Brethren Vanish, The Los Angeles Times, December 2011
Alabama's immigration law had an impact on more than catfish processing. In Tallassee, Ala., the Hispanic share of Riverside Heights Baptist Church's congregation plunged after the law's passage, leaving many of the white churchgoers feeling conflicted. "I'd hate for them to go back to what they came from," said Tommy Graham, 68, a retired firefighter. "All of them are good workers, and not working jobs that white people would take." (The story is part of the "New Latino South" series.)
Wealthy Immigrants Can Invest Way to Visas, The Seattle Times, December 2011
Wealthy immigrants have an option for coming to the U.S. that others don't: they can receive visas if they invest at least $1 million in an American enterprise (or $500,000 in a rural area or one with a high unemployment rate). In Washington State, the money invested through the visa program has helped to finance everything from a Seattle office building to utility-line extensions for a new BMW plant.
Frustrated Migrants Go Farther North for Work, The Washington Post, January 2013
Oscar Reyes used to pay smugglers to take him across the U.S. border each spring, but now he flies Air Canada. Reyes is one of almost 16,000 Mexican laborers who participated in Canada's temporary worker program in 2012. "I come home loaded with money, and I don't have to worry about anything," he said.
Undocumented Life Is a Hurdle as Immigrants Seek a Reprieve, The New York Times, October 2012
A new program allows illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children a chance to stay in the country. All they have to do is prove they arrived before they turned 16, have been here continuously for five years, are under 31 as of June 15, 2012, and have graduated from high school (or are still in school or have a G.E.D.). But proving all that can be hard for illegal immigrants who have been living here for years without driver's licenses, credit cards or much else that could serve as a paper trail.
Young and Alone, Facing Court and Deportation, The New York Times, August 2012
More and more young people are crossing the border illegally, even as the total number of immigrants declines. More than 11,000 unaccompanied minors were placed in deportation proceedings in the first eight months of 2012. They include children like Juan David Gonzalez, 6, who appeared in immigration court last year without a parent or a lawyer after crossing the border illegally. (In immigration court, the government won't provide a lawyer if the defendant cannot afford one the way it does in other courts.)
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PBS's "Homeland: Immigration in America," (July 2012) produced in Missouri, is three one-hour segments (Jobs, Enforcement, and Refugees) looking at the realities of how individual stories fit into the larger systems and policies.
I am against Amnesty. The border is not secure just ask those of us in Arizona—funny thing while in Benson, AZ I watched crosser's walk right along while a border patrol agent ate a sandwich in his SUV.
We house in jails and such 1000's on our dole. And yes according to Janet N. they are releasing them as fast as they can with green cards in hand. Unemployment in areas of the Central Valley of CA runs plus or minus 40% why not manage this stock of illegals where they are needed.
Mexico has no interest in controlling illegal crossings. If they are Mexicans Mexico receives dollars from remittance that are sent home by the invaders. Those from Guatemala for example are often robbed before they invade our borders again money spent in Mexico.
The U.S. needs to take a stand and levy a bundle for all who receive the prized visa's. Strong legislation is needed although I believe much exist already its just ignored.
Obama and others state the invaders here already will have to pay a fine and back taxes. That's a joke. If they can't produce a record trail as you suggest pray tell just how will we calculate taxes owed. The fine is also a ruse I bet little of those will be paid..
The U.S. gov't has zero incentive to secure the border even though I agree investment has been made in technology and buildings. With a North American Union in mind the Trans Atlantic Treaty luming it will be open borders.
Let's also consider the impact on SS, Medicare and Access. The amnesty crowd it is said need only show 15 years of work to be eligible for SS and Medicare is this fair to the citizen who probably paid in to for 40 yrs plus. No I don't think so.
Personally I am tired of the poor illegal attitude. Do you suppose that Obamacare is in place today in an attempt to garner some dollars from this pool?
Much needs to be addressed to protect American citizens around jobs, access to colleges and university's before giving away slots to foreigners.
We must also acknowledge that many jobs, good jobs, went to Mexico at the expense of citizen workers here.
Come on—its time to take care of America and its citizens. We need healing and not to take in other countries down trodden.
I have often wondered as more states allow the weed to be grown and harvested if we will see more Cartel activity. You might want to check the violence already active in and around Mendocino, CA.
Mexican gangs in the U.S. are a big time problem. Citizen or invader when picked up should be sent packing immediately to their country of origin. If they just happen to be a citizen then citizenship should be revoked.
Fact is we as a nation can not afford the invader.
Is the border secure? ...that would be a BIG NO….if it was, illegals would stop invading
total FY2012 apprehensions in the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector, 97,762, were a 65% increase over the total FY2011 apprehensions of 59,243. Continuing on, the apprehensions for the first 3 months of FY2013, in the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector, 23,814, are a 49% increase over the first 3 months of FY2012, of
total FY2012 apprehensions in the Laredo Border Patrol Sector, 44,872, were a 24% increase over the total FY2011 apprehensions of 36,053. Continuing on, the apprehensions for the first 3 months of FY2013, in the Laredo Border Patrol Sector, 10,207, are a 63% increase over the first 3 months of FY2012, of 6,257
total FY2012 apprehensions in the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector, 21,720, were a 35% increase over the total FY2011 apprehensions of 16,144. Continuing on, the apprehensions for the first 3 months of FY2013, in the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector, 4,645, are a 32% increase over the first 3 months of FY2012, of 3,524
Immigration, employment statistics, and welfare should be linked in order to understand the scope of American's challenges.
When a person is statistically classifies as "unemployed" doesn't mean that they don't have income. It often simply means that they don't have "reportable" income.
A simple example is an American born citizen who had "reportable" income that put him just above the poverty line, e.g. working for an international fast food franchise. Over time, as illegal immigrants came into this country, the fast food chains hired these immigrants and were subsequently able to lower the inflation-adjusted wages below the poverty line and displaced the American born.
As a result, the American born no longer wanted to work 40 plus hour weeks. But it was for good reason. They had a far better living standard by a) collecting welfare, b) and supplementing their considerable welfare benefits with non-documented cash earnings. This has been proven over and over when the IRS performed detailed analysis.
Unfortunately, no society can afford all of the investigations required to apprehend tax cheats. And we prize liberty too much to do simple checks to ferret out fraud. But to truly believe that it doesn't exist on a massive basis is beyond the pale.
i am a Britsh citizen who lived in the U.S for over 40 yrs, all my family are there
including 6 children, i was deported to U.K for committing an aggrevated felony, i got a 16 month sentence for a first offence, i served 9 month 22 days, not knowing by pleading nolo contendre would open up the door to immigration. I was deported with no ties, no family or friends in U.K, it wasnt till i was on my way to the airport in san francisco that the immigration officer informed me that i had a life ban….. a life ban for a first offense, 5yrs, 10 yrs i could accept that but a life ban, my baby was only 2 1/2 yrs old and 4 of my children under the age of 12 ys old, my husband served in desert storm and couldnt even voice his desire for his wife and mother of his children to get a second chance, i recieved a life sentence……what happened to my human rights, my childrens rights to have their mother with them,what happened to paying your debt to society and have a second chance, im worth a second chance, Immigration is all about money, it doesnt matter if u are separated from your children, that children are living in homes with 1 parent, or that every one deserves a second chance ……….. please feel free to comment on my story, but please do not comment that i should have not have broken the law in the first place, as i said i have paid this debt, feel free to offer any advice on my situation, or any legal advice that will help me get back to my family……
Why are people complaining so much about inmigration? If your veins are not supplemented with Navajo, Cherokee or any of the original settlers' blood, you are the product of illegal inmigration unless you tell me that taking the land by force gives you the right to keep the others out.
Martin, I see little connection now to the fact that explorers opened up this new continent. While the blight of the Native Americans was historically regrettable and many Native's today remain in poverty—this does not mean that we must take in the masses. I have been contemplating as of late the intake of peoples and how it affects our liberty, I think it has an impact.
More analysis on immigration issues, available here]http://newamericamedia.org/news/immigration/"]here on New America Media[/url]
The real reason for all this is for the DHS (Dept. of Homeland InSecurity) to finally get the bio-metric national I.D. card. Kiss your privacy goodbye. Really, how stupid can the sheeple be to fall for this?
If a monkey had computer the monkey would make more sense talking about undocumented immigrants then wanna be "informed citizen" I mean, you would have to be a moron to not ask the question: Who higher the undocumented immigrants? Are you telling me undocumented immigrants higher them selves? WTF? Undocumented immigrants are here because many Americans love them for the profits undocumented immigrants brings them not mention how they exploit them or how they humiliate them, but this is something you have no idea about because you watch to much CN or Fox News which on use you for rating and to make money. There are solutions to this problem it always has been here with us just ask Canada. The reason why many Americans love undocumented immigrants and why you see them fighting for them when rest wants change in Washington, is because most of them love the freedom they to evade taxes to exploit these poor desperate people and the earnings, much like what is going with the regulation on assaults weapons. You dumb asses.
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I have about five producers screaming in my ear: 'Steve shut up!'
For a broadcast show this visually audacious and daring to be shut out completely—not even a cinematography nomination!
If America still had the draft, Congress would have shut down the commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan years ago.
For heaven's sake, Netanyahu and his Republican friends should shut up.
Enough of your threatening to be a self-starter; now marks a turning point when you either do it or shut it.
She clapped her hands, and her first words were, "shut the gates."
He shut the door and locked it behind him and then went on down the corridor.
And now I can see Hilda, and her hair is white, but her eyes are shut.
The colonel screwed up his tired eyes as if to shut out a vision.
He was shut up for several hours with a delegation who had invited him down.
Old English scyttan "to put (a bolt) in place so as to fasten a door or gate, bolt, shut to; discharge, pay off," from West Germanic *skutjan (cf. Old Frisian schetta, Middle Dutch schutten "to shut, shut up, obstruct"), from PIE *skeud- "to shoot, chase, throw" (see shoot (v.)). Related: Shutting.
Meaning "to close by folding or bringing together" is from mid-14c. Meaning "prevent ingress and egress" is from mid-14c. Sense of "to set (someone) free (from)" (c.1500) is obsolete except in dialectal phrases such as to get shut of. To shut (one's) mouth "desist from speaking" is recorded from mid-14c.


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A sneeze is a sudden, forceful, uncontrolled burst of air through the nose and mouth.
Sneezing is caused by irritation to the mucus membranes of the nose or throat. It can be very bothersome, but israrely a sign of a serious problem.
- Allergy to pollen, mold, dander, dust (hay fever)
- Breathing in corticosteroids (from certain nose sprays)
- Common cold or the flu
- Drug withdrawal
- Triggers such as dust, air pollution, dry air, spicy foods, strong emotions, certain medicines,and powders
Home Care
Avoiding exposure to the allergen is the best way to control sneezing caused by allergies.
Tips to reduce your exposure:
- Change furnace filters
- Remove pets from the home toget rid ofanimal dander
- Travel to areas with low pollen counts
- Use air filters to reduce pollen in the air
- Wash linens in hot water (at least 130 degrees Fahrenheit) to kill dust mites
In some cases, you may need to move out of a home with a mold spore problem.
Sneezing that is not due to an allergy will disappear when theillness that is causing it is cured or treated.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health careprovider if sneezing is affecting your life and home remedies do not work.
What to Expect at Your Office Visit
Yourhealth careprovider will perform a physical exam and your nose and throat. You will be asked questions about your medical history and symptoms, such as:
- During what time of year is sneezing the worst?
- When did the sneezing begin?
- How long do sneezing episodes last?
- Do you have a history of allergies?
- Have you been outdoors more than usual?
- Do you have any new pets?
- What have you done to try to relieve the sneezing?
- How well has it worked?
- What other symptoms do you have?
In some cases, allergy testing may be needed to find the cause.
Your health care provider will suggest treatments and lifestyle changes for hay fever symptoms.
Bahls C. In the clinic: allergic rhinitis. Ann Intern Med. 2007;146(7):ITC4-1-ITC4-16.
Saleh HA, Durham SR. Perennial rhinitis. BMJ. 2007;335(7618):502-507.
Review Date: 6/17/2012
Reviewed By: Stuart I. Henochowicz, MD, FACP, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical School. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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Thread: breast milks
12th August 2012 06:55 AM #1
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breast milks
I have been breastfeeding my baby for 2 months. Since I am going to back to work in a few weeks from now, I just wonder if how long it has to stay in the refrigerator for the milk before it expires? Let say, hours or is it days for breast milks?
20th August 2012 04:25 AM #2
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Breastmilk can be safely stored...
-At room temperature for 4 hours (ideal) to 6 hours (acceptable), some sources state up to 8 hours is acceptable.
-In the fridge for 3 days (ideal) to 8 days (acceptable).
-In the freezer for 6 months (ideal) up to 12 months (acceptable).
Please let me know if that answered your question or if you have any other questions.
Warm regards,
21st August 2012 05:52 AM #3
When you feed your baby the expressed breast milk it is now advised not to shake the milk as this can degrade the enzymes in the milk. You can gently stir it to mix the fore-milk and hind-milk back together.
It is also possible to 'cup feed' your baby the expressed milk. Some mums do this to reduce the chance of nipple confusion (this is where the baby gets confused between drinking from an artificial nipple and the breast and then has difficulties latching onto the breast). Some sources say to avoid giving a baby an artificial nipple until the mum has been breastfeeding for 12 weeks (as breastfeeding will then be very well established).
I know it can be tricky to balance all this with going back to work but I think you are making a great choice for you and your baby.
Best wishes,
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Thank you so much.
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You are very welcome. Do let us know how you get on - we'll be thinking of you
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Hello fmadrigal,
Are you back to work yet? If so, how is it going?


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And if Apple had a Facebook post like this everyone would say Samsung... This is the Internet... It's not exclusive to poor Samsung.
Oh and look at all those Apple fans posting on a Samsung page...HOW DARE THEY! Apple sites are for Apple talk only and Samsung sites are only for Samsung talk.
I don't care if they are just "trolls" that is AWESOME!
Suck it Samsung trying to be anti-Apple. Yay backfiring.
It might be Samsungs page but they opened a topic up for discussion. Therefore anyone can say what phone they want regardless if it is Samsungs page or not. A lot of people like Samsungs page on facebook no because they like Samsung but because a lot of mobile apps say things like "To get more credits do these activities:" and below will list "Like Samsung Mobile USA on Facebook"
If Time Magazine had asked the question you'd probably get more serious answers....like a satellite phone or battery powered fire starter.
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Still most of the comments are iphone
Yeah...I thought about that as I was typing it, but decided to just go with it. I was assuming that the electronic device was the ONLY thing we were bringing, so the option was an electric fire-starting mechanism or no fire at all.
BTW, regardless of the fire starting tool, it will eventually run out. A cigarette lighter will eventually run out of gas or flint, a flint stick will eventually be worn down to nothing, etc.


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Tropical Storm Dorian Forms
The National Hurricane Center has named Tropical Depression #4, Tropical Storm Dorian.
Maximum ustained winds are now at 50mph and it is moving WNW at 21mph.
According to our weather partner, wptv.com, The storm will have to battle dry air, wind shear and cooler water to survive the next few days, and may fall apart.
Storm Team 5 Meteorologist Glenn Glazier says the official forecast track keeps Dorian a Tropical Storm as it moves across the Atlantic, and places the storm near Puerto Rico by the beginning of next week, assuming it makes it across the Atlantic.
Read more here.
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By Yvonne Wenger The Baltimore Sun
Behind the counter at a convenience store in Princess Anne, Md., Elvira Orellana worked 72 hours a week, making sandwiches, cleaning the kitchen and ordering the ingredients to prepare oxtail, curry chicken and cheese steaks.
Her employer paid her $648 a week — $324 less than she was owed under laws that require that workers earn time and a half for clocking more than 40 hours a week. When she complained, Orellana said, her boss threatened to cut her wages and then fired her.
Orellana's case, which she won in federal court, illustrates a problem that historically has been more pronounced in the wake of recessions. Since the most recent downturn, worker advocates and law enforcement officials say, a growing number of employers have violated wage and labor laws enacted 75 years ago in response to worker mistreatment prevalent during the Depression.
Employers in this floundering economy have increasingly denied workers benefits and mandatory overtime pay, according to worker advocates. Some have doctored time sheets and even failed to pay minimum wage. The practice is widespread in low-wage jobs such as waiting tables or cleaning hotel rooms but has been bleeding into middle-class professions, they say.
And studies show that victims can lose up to 20 percent of their earnings due to what those advocates call "wage theft."
Lawsuits alleging wage and labor law violations have skyrocketed, and state and federal officials have beefed up scrutiny. The U.S. Department of Labor has hired 300 more investigators.
The business community has opposed some legislative measures but contends that it supports strong enforcement of the laws because by underpaying employees scofflaws introduce false competition into the market. Business groups also say recession and its lingering effects left many employers, especially mom-and-pop operations, cutting back while struggling to stay in business.
Tallying the extent of wage law violations is difficult. Many workers are grateful to have work in a tight job market and too scared to speak up, said Catherine Ruckelshaus, legal co-director of the National Employment Law Project.
Speaking up can be "job suicide," Ruckelshaus said. "There are 10 people waiting in line to take your job. Oftentimes, workers grin and bear it."
Orellana, a native of El Salvador, said she didn't speak up for months, wary of someone taking advantage of her as an immigrant. But then she learned about her rights by asking questions of a fellow churchgoer with connections to the Baltimore-based Legal Aid Bureau, which eventually represented her.
"I felt completely desperate," Orellana, 41, said through a translator. She recalled that a friend encouraged her to fight. "She told me not to be quiet, to learn to defend myself, to keep going forward, to not be afraid."
The Salisbury, Md., woman won an $18,000 civil judgment for unpaid overtime in U.S. District Court, but the judge found that she had failed to prove a claim of retaliation.
Representatives of her former employer, Cienna Properties LLC, did not respond to requests for comment.
Aggrieved workers can take their cases either to law enforcement or to civil court.
The number of lawsuits alleging employer violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act has more than tripled in the past decade, according to an annual study released by Seyfarth Shaw, a law firm that specializes in labor and employment law. More than 7,000 lawsuits were filed from March 2011 to March 2012, up from 2,035 for the same period in 2002.
Meanwhile, U.S. Labor Department investigators collected more than $280 million in back wages last year, nearly $100 million more than investigators recovered four years earlier as the recession was getting under way.
"We're here to make sure the people in the states of Maryland, Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia are getting paid, getting paid properly, legally and on time — when it's payday," said Mark Lara, district director for the Baltimore office. "That's an extremely important job, in my opinion, and my staff understands that."
The U.S. Labor Department has launched an initiative to crack down on businesses that wrongly classify employees as independent contractors to avoid paying overtime and benefits, and has signed an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to share information to stop worker misclassification.
But Ruckelshaus, of the National Employment Law Project, said more needs to be done. If current laws were better enforced, employers would be forced to hire more workers and the jobless rate would fall, she said.
Workers should not be forced to "shoulder the burden of a weak economy without extra pay," Ruckelshaus wrote in a recent column for her organization's blog that was also featured on the AFL-CIO website.
The home health and hospitality industries as well as construction and retail are "rife with wage-theft violations," Ruckelshaus said. The same industries are harbingers of an economic recovery, so employment law violations can stall the economy's ability to recover, she said.
Misclassifying workers as independent contractors can save employers up to 30percent on payroll costs, said Sally Dworak-Fisher, an attorney with the Public Justice Center who leads its Workplace Justice Project. The practice also costs the government in lost taxes.
Independent contractors are generally exempt from wage and labor laws. Employers who rely on such contractors can save on the cost of paying workers' compensation and contributing to unemployment insurance in addition to avoiding paying overtime and benefits.
"That's one prevalent form of modern-day wage theft — just call everybody an LLC," Dworak-Fisher said.
Dworak-Fisher said businesses are also using staffing agencies and labor brokers to "lease" workers as independent contractors. The idea is that employers hire those workers for sustained periods without giving them a commitment by providing benefits and job security. It's a typical practice on construction sites and in hotels, she said.
"Workers will come to us and say, 'I was just rented.' It's pretty disturbing," Dworak-Fisher said. "We also see where employers will say, 'I can't afford to raise prices for my customers or my clients, so you need to just make this work.' "
Muriel Peters, 54, of Gaithersburg, Md., worked 119 hours every two weeks as a certified nursing assistant, bathing, feeding and cleaning up after an elderly woman in her home. She alleged that her employer, Esther Guy, owner of Early Healthcare Giver, misclassified her as an independent contractor rather than a full-time employee.
In a lawsuit, Peters alleged that Guy regularly failed to pay her on time and avoided paying her overtime because of the misclassification, costing her more than $1,400 a month. She also alleged that Guy inflated her earnings reported to the IRS to account for other off-the-books salaries, which caused her daughter to become ineligible for financial aid.
The Court of Special Appeals found that Peters was not exempt from earning overtime pay but did not rule on the tax allegation. A lower court is expected to determine this spring whether Peters is entitled to recover lost earnings, and if so, how much.
Guy denied the allegations in court filings. In the most recent filing, Kevin M. Tabe withdrew as her attorney and said Guy is "no longer in business." Guy did not respond to requests for comment.
Peters, who is represented by the Public Justice Center, said she feels as if many of the hours she worked were in vain. She has considered taking out a second mortgage to help pay her bills.
"Sometimes I don't sleep," Peters said.
Fiona Ong, who co-chairs the employment issues committee for the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, said companies that violate wage laws put law-abiding businesses at a competitive disadvantage while making it harder for themselves to retain workers. She also said that some businesses inadvertently violate the law while trying to manage financial pressures in the recovering economy.
This economy "requires employers to do more with less, and I think they recognize that's happening; it's a real struggle for everyone," said Ong, an employment law attorney with Baltimore-based Shawe Rosenthal LLC. "Every employer I deal with wants to have a workforce that is stable and efficient but one that is loyal to the employer. You're not going to have that if you demand too much from your employee without compensating them for it."
Ong cautioned against the passage of more laws to deal with violators. Putting more requirements on businesses, especially smaller ones, could "force them into an untenable financial situation," she said.
Donald Sloat, 59, of Frederick, Md., said he spent 22 years at Hill Enterprises Inc., working his way up from carpenter to project engineer for the cabinetmaker, but quit after his boss stopped paying him in 2010. The Gaithersburg company, which eventually declared bankruptcy, often asked him to wait to cash paychecks or issued checks late, he said.
He said the company owes him $17,000 in unpaid wages and vacation time, but he doesn't expect to recoup the money.
The company filed for bankruptcy within days of Sloat's filing a complaint with state authorities. While he was listed as a creditor in bankruptcy filings, along with other employees, the company exhausted its remaining assets paying other creditors, according to an attorney for Hill Enterprises.
Philip J. McNutt, a Washington attorney who represented the couple who owned Hill Enterprises, said A. James and Rayola Hill suffered personal financial ruin trying to keep their business open.
Rayola Hill said that she and her husband ran their custom cabinet business for 45 years and that losing the company was painful. Hill said their company worked as subcontractor and ran out of money when contractors failed to pay them. In turn, she said, their company could not pay its workers. The cash-flow problem was worsened because their products were custom-made and could not be easily sold to other clients.
"We lost everything," Hill said. "We didn't willfully cheat anybody. We did everything we could. We pumped every dollar into it that we shouldn't have. We didn't look out for ourselves even when the attorney told us to."
With his paycheck coming inconsistently — or not at all — for about six months, Sloat said, he resorted to selling his comic book collection from the 1960s and his wife's teddy bear from John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign. When that wasn't enough, Sloat asked his elderly parents for help. He's unable to help pay college tuition for his 22-year-old daughter, who is working as a waitress.
"I feel stupid for staying as long as I did, thinking they would live up to their promises," said Sloat, who has found full-time work but at a lower salary.


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Water is a basic condition for life, but it is entirely absent from the solar system's 63 other celestial bodies. However, most of our planet is covered with water. Oceans and seas make up three fourths of the Earth's surface while the land itself contains countless numbers of rivers and lakes. The snow and ice on the summits of lofty mountains is water in its frozen form. A substantial part of the earth's water is in the sky: every cloud contains thousands--sometimes millions-of tons of water in the form of vapor. From time to time some of this water vapor turns into drops of liquid and falls to the ground: in other words, it rains. Even the air you're breathing now contains a certain amount of water vapor.
The rains, the seas, rivers, streams, the oceans, drinkable water that flows when you turn on a faucet… People are so used to the existence of water that they probably never think about the fact that a major part of the Earth's surface -indeed, most of it- is covered with water. However, what is singularly important here is that, among all known celestial bodies, only the Earth provides drinkable water.
The Astonishing Features of Water
The thermal properties of water play a major role in the continuity of life on Earth. We may set out a few of these as follows:
All known solids decrease in size as they grow colder. As volume decreases, density increases and thus the colder parts of the liquid become heavier. This is why the solid forms of substances weigh more (by volume) than they when they are in liquid form. Like other liquids, water contracts in volume as it grows colder but it only does this down to a certain temperature (39.2F0) thereafter-unlike all other known liquids-it suddenly begins to expand and when it finally solidifies (freezes) it expands even more.
As a result, "solid water" is lighter than "liquid water". According to the normal laws of physics, solid water, which is to say ice, ought to be heavier than liquid water and should sink to the bottom when it forms; instead, it floats.
This feature of water is very important with regard to the seas that cover the Earth.
Were it not for this property, that is, if ice didn't float, much of our planet's water would be locked up in ice and life would be impossible in its seas, lakes, ponds, and rivers.
When ice melts or water vaporizes, it absorbs heat from its surroundings. When these transitions are reversed (that is, when water freezes or vapor precipitates) heat is released. In physics the term "latent heat" is used to describe this. All liquids have a latent heat of some sort or other but that of water is among the highest known. Also, the "thermal capacity" of water, that is, the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of water by one degree, is higher than the great majority of other liquids.
Trilobites are some of the most abundant life forms to have emerged in the Cambrian period. They lived in various parts of the world. One of the most astonishing characteristics of trilobites is their multi-lens eye, made up of numerous units, each unit being a separate lens. Each lens perceives a different image, and these are then combined as a whole "picture." Research has shown that there were more than 3,000 lenses in the trilobite eye, which meant the creature received more than 3000 images.
This, in turn, clearly reveals how perfect were the eye and brain structure of this creature that lived nearly 530 million years ago. Such a flawless structure could not possibly have emerged by way of evolution.
The Cambrian life forms unearthed in the Chengjang region of China display highly striking diversity and particularly intricate structures. These life forms have bodies made up of various sections, antennae with special functions, the ability to hunt and complex anatomical structures. The fact that such sophisticated creatures were alive roughly half a billion years ago entirely does away with the theory of species evolving from the simple to the more complex.
Age: 50 million years
Period: Eocene
Location: Kaliningrad, Russia
Have they not looked at the birds above them, with wings outspread and folded back? Nothing holds them up but the All-Merciful. He is the All-Seeing . ( Surat al-Mulk, 19)
You do not engage in any matter, recite any of the Qur'an, or do any action without Our witnessing you while you are occupied with it. Not even the smallest speck eludes your Lord, either on Earth or in Heaven. Nor is there anything smaller than that, or larger, which is not in a Clear Book. (Surah Yunus, 61)
Perform prayer and pay alms. Any good you send ahead for yourselves, you will find with Allah. Certainly Allah sees what you do. ( Surat al-Baqara, 110)
They have different ranks with Allah. Allah sees what they do. (Surah Al 'Imran, 163)
Those who adulterate Our Signs are not concealed from Us. Who is better—someone who will be thrown into the Fire or someone who will arrive in safety on the Day of Rising? Do what you like. He sees whatever you do. (Surah Fussilat, 40)
1-Darwinists never realize that the mutual devotion, loyalty and solidarity among elephants, these animals' most important characteristics, the way a new-born elephant is welcomed with love and affection, and the altruism and co-operation in all living things absolutely and irrevocably refute the claim that "nature is simply a battleground."
2-Darwinists never realize that the bones in the skeletal system are all totally compatible with one another and connected together at specific ends, that each bone has its own particular function and that it is thanks to our bones that we are able to walk and run, and that the skeletal system thus once again reveals the sublimity of Allah's creative artistry.
3-Darwinists claim that there are functionless, "vestigial" organs in the human body and those of other living things, but never realize that such organs are a superstition that drew strength from the primitive level in the past, and that these organs, regarded as "vestigial" by Darwin and those who followed him, actually have very important functions.
4-Darwinists even maintained that a large part of DNA was functionless "junk." Yet they never realize that these claims stem from scientific ignorance in the past and that with advances in science, the fact that both the organs and genes in general are functional has been revealed.
5-Darwinists imagine that variation within a living species, such as the different beak structures among the finches living on the Galapagos islands, is powerful evidence for evolution, yet they never realize that changes on the "micro" level, such as the differences between finches' beaks, can never produce new biological information, in other words, they can never produce new organs, and that these are therefore not proof of evolution.
6-Darwinists never realize that all the mutations carried out in experiments on fruit flies have produced only sickly and deformed individuals, that no useful mutation has ever been observed, that new species cannot even be produced through mutations under the control of scientists, and that rather than being evidence for evolution, all this is proof that evolution never happened.
7-Darwinists never realize the fact that some animals they portray as ancestors of the horse are actually far younger than it, in other words, that there cannot have been any transition of the kind claimed by evolutionists, and that the claims regarding the horse series are a complete scientific fiasco.
8-Darwinists never realize that the evolutionist scientist Ernst Haeckel, who claimed that human beings undergo the same supposed "evolutionary process" as other living things in the mother's womb, and that the human embryo even has gills that subsequently disappear, resorted to fraud in his illustrations, sought to depict embryos as similar to one another by altering them, and that this claim is a scientific hoax.
9-Darwinists, who claim that human beings and apes are descended from a common ancestor and that there exist fossil remains and traces of supposed "ape-men," never realize that all the fossils supposedly representing the ancestors of man either belong to an extinct species of ape or else to a different human race.
10-Darwinists imagine that Great Britain's well-known "Industrial Revolution moths" are evidence of evolution by way of natural selection. Yet they never realize that once this tale had been proved to be a scientific fraud yet another of evolutionists' supposed proofs lost all credibility.


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BREVARD, N.C.- Brevard College fullback Jordan Ollis tied a school record with five touchdowns in the Tornados 52-33 Senior Day victory over the Tusculum College Pioneers at Brevard Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Ollis rushed for four touchdowns and caught another in the win, tying a record held by Thadus Benton (2010) and Aaron Reese (2011).
The Tornados scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to turn a 20-17 deficit into a 38-20 lead on a 15-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Kevin Herbst to Andre Overholt with 11:34 left in the game.
The Pioneers had taken a 20-17 advantage on an Isaac Robinson six-yard touchdown run midway through the 3rd quarter before BC regained the lead 24-20 on an Ollis one-yard touchdown run.
Brevard's Rommie Fairchild forced a fumble on Tusculum's next drive, one of five forced turnovers for the BC defense, that was recovered by Devon Holmes at the Tusculum 47-yard line. The Tornados used six plays to go in front 31-20 on a 10-yard rushing touchdown by Kelvin Jeter.
Tusuculum's ensuing drive was cut short when Michael Gruber intercepted TC quarterback Bo Cordell on the drive's second play to set up the Overholt touchdown catch.
Cordell threw a pair of touchdown passes in the 4th quarter but the Tornados were able to hold off the Pioneer comeback with a pair of scores of their own, both touchdowns by Ollis. BC outscored the Pioneers 28-13 in the 4th quarter.
Ollis paced the Brevard ground attack with 131 yards on 31 carries, followed by Herbst and Jeter, who rushed for 93 and 71 yards, respectively. The Tornados picked up 303 yards on the ground for the afternoon.
Herbst also finished 4-for-5 through the air with 78 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Ollis scored on a one-yard scamper on the game's opening drive to give BC a 7-0 advantage and cap a 61-yard drive. TC tied the game on their first drive before BC's Ben Noboa hit a 27-yard field goal and Ollis broke the goal line with a four-yard run to put BC in front 17-7.
The Tornados carried a 17-13 lead into the break.
Cordell, who broke the Division II record for career passing yards earlier this season, finished with 332 passing yards but was picked off three times by the Tornados.
The Tornados will conclude the 2013 season at Division I FCS Liberty University on Saturday. Kickoff against the Flames from Williams Stadium is set for 3:30 p.m.


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The fact that the number of Hazrat Mahdi's (as) followers and helpers will be very low in the End Times is part of the law of Allah revealed in the Qur'an. This has applied to all communities of the faithful that have ever existed throughout the course of history. The Qur'an contains information to the effect that the number of people around them who have truly believed in the prophets has always been very small. For example, very few people, consisting of the young, believed in the Prophet Moses (as):
No one believed in Moses except for a few young people of his tribe out of fear that Pharaoh, and the elders, would persecute them... (Surah Yunus, 83)
Allah reveals in another verse that very few people believed in the Prophet Moses (as) and that the Pharaoh of the time said, "These people are a small group" (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 54).
The same thing applies to the helpers of the Prophet Jesus (as) when he first appeared. The accounts tell us that only a very few disciples believed in him, and nobody else from among the general populace. The situation of those who believed in the Prophet Jesus (as) is revealed thus in the Qur'an:
You who believe! Be helpers of Allah as Jesus son of Mary said to the disciples, "Who will be my helpers to Allah?" The disciples said, "We will be the helpers of Allah." One faction of the tribe of Israel believedand the other disbelieved... (Surat as-Saff, 14)
We are told in the Qur'an that the Companions of the Cave were also very few in number:
They will say, "There were three of them, their dog being the fourth." They will say, "There were five of them, their dog being the sixth," guessing at the Unseen. And they will say, "There were seven of them, their dog being the eighth."Say: "My Lord knows best their number. Those who know about them are very few." (Surat al-Kahf, 22)
It is revealed in yet another verse that the number of those who followed the Prophet Noah (as) was also very small:
... But those who believed with him were only few. (Surah Hud, 40)
It is also revealed in the Qur'an that very few people believed in the Prophet Lot (as). When catastrophe struck the people of Lot, Allah saved only those members of his family who had faith in the prophet, and excluded his wife, who did not believe:
... We are going to rescue him and his family – except for his wife. She will be one of those who stay behind. When Our messengers came to Lut, he was distressed on their account, feeling incapable of protecting them. They said, "Do not fear and do not grieve. We are going to rescue you and your family – except for your wife; she will be one of those who stay behind." (Surat al-'Ankabut, 32-33)
There are many reasons why people may not believe in the messengers of Allah. One of these is, as described in previous sections, the negative images that form because of groundless slanders and character assassination. People have preferred to keep their distance from devout believers accused by unbelievers of being "liars," "self-interested," "mad" or "perverted." This is of course a serious error on the part of the people concerned. Many people will also be reluctant to join Hazrat Mahdi (as) and will keep their distance from him for exactly the same reason.
Another reason is that the superstitious beliefs and false practices generally accepted in society will lose all their foundations with Allah sending down the true faith by means of His messengers. For that reason, those messengers have been subjected to powerful reactions, slander and character assassination from people whose interests would be damaged with an end being put to the established order based on unfairness and injustice. As a result of this state of affairs, very few people have ever believed in the prophets and messengers. According to indications in the hadiths, the numbers of those in the community of Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be very small for just those same reasons. The great majority of people will be influenced by the slanders made and concerned about pressure and difficulties that might arise, and will thus keep their distance from Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his community.
Social pressure has always been one of the main causes preventing people assisting the faithful. The young people who believed in the Prophet Moses (as) are cited as an example on this subject in the Qur'an:
No one believed in Moses except for a few young people of his tribe out of fear that Pharaoh, and the elders, would persecute them. Pharaoh was high and mighty in the land. He was one of the profligate. (Surah Yunus, 83)
It is stated in the above verse that nobody believed in the Prophet Moses (as) "except for a few young people of his tribe out of fear that Pharaoh, and the elders, would persecute them." People thought that if they did believe in the Prophet Moses (as) they would be oppressed, exiled, imprisoned or killed. Because of that fear they kept their distance from the faithful, and failed to draw near because they feared the consequences of doing so. The fact is, however, that by the will of Allah the Prophet Moses (as) and the devout believers with him lived very honorable and blessed lives. In the Hereafter they hope to receive the finest reward for their moral virtues, patience and good behavior. According to the indications in the hadiths, the same thing also applies to Hazrat Mahdi (as), and the great majority of society will be reluctant to draw close to or support him out of a fear of their own interests being harmed.
Another piece of information contained in the verse is that only a group consisting of the young people in society believed in the Prophet Moses (as). It is also indicated in the hadiths that the young will join Hazrat Mahdi (as). According to this information, the community of Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be both small in numbers and will consist of young people. (Allah knows the truth.) Some hadiths indicating that there will be young people around Hazrat Mahdi (as) read as follows:
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is a young man from the Ahl al-Bayt [from the line of the Prophet (saas)]. Your old people will be unable to see him; your young will hope to. Allah will do what He wills.(Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 23)
Hazrat Mahdi's (as) standard bearer will be a small, young man, with a light beard and yellow coloring. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 51)
His standard bearer will be a young man from the people of Temimi in the East. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 26)


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Just hours after CNN and NBC both scrapped plans for separate movies about Hillary Clinton, a conservative group that previously sued to release a film about the former first lady has announced plans to move forward with a new Clinton documentary. According to "The Hollywood Reporter," Citizens United says the still-untitled movie will be distributed theatrically, shown on television and released on DVD before the next presidential election in which Clinton has been touted as a presumed candidate. The new documentary, like Citizen United's "Hillary: The Movie," is not expected to depict the former Secretary of State in a flattering light.
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