description: October 21, 2013 - Scientists have known for decades that polar bears like to eat eggs in the summer. But a new study from Utah State University is trying to find out how melting Arctic sea ice is affecting this behavior. Near Churchill, Manitoba, scientists observed the polar bears' egg diet yielded close to 250,000 calories per week. The bears were also eating some of the birds who laid the yolk-filled meals.

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This was one of the most exciting shots of the summer. Seeing this bear reach into the nest, come up with the egg in it’s mouth, you can see this perfectly preserved egg, not yet crushed, just sitting in the bear’s teeth. And then it goes ahead, chews the egg. And to me it’s really cool because I dont usually get to see polar bears that close. Most of our work we’re looking through spotting scopes at polar bears, or we’re seeing them from helicopters, and to see a polar bear so clearly, right in front of the camera, when you can even make out it’s ear tag, was just a real treat for me.
Once we place these cameras, it’s really just a waiting game to see sort kind of data we’re going to get at the end of the season. So after about two months of waiting to go collect the data we flew out, down along the coast, and even as we approached the area from the helicopter I could see that a couple of the posts were knocked over, the cameras were laying on the ground. We brought the data back to camp and we took a look at it. A curious bear been gone up to the camera and chewed on the case a little bit.
It is just like the Boogie Man. All of a sudden the geese are there, the next frame there’s a bear, right in front of the camera. And then, of course, then we watch, we keep watching, the geese eventually leave. That’s because all the eggs have been eaten by that bear.
These are large green eggs in each of these eider nests, and they look maybe about twice the size of a chicken egg, but they’re packed full of calories. In each of these nests there’s four or five eggs. Over the course of about a week, or a week and a half, they ate almost 250, maybe up to 300 eider nests. And so that’s almost the calorie equivalent of 250,000 calories!
One of the other exciting observations, and surprising observations, at least for me, was seeing the female bear with her cub and how they learned how to hunt throughout the summer. Or at least that’s the impression I got. It seemed that they started off just opportunistically stumbling across nests in the eider colony, but over the course of several days we watched them actually get better at it. They began systematically hunting for nests, and then eventually they started getting good at hunting female ducks. We started to see her almost stalk the nest, and then eventually run up to the nest, pounce on the female, and then eat her and the eggs as well. So for me that was really cool to watch that happening.
These images were all taken in mid June of 2013, collected with remote wildlife cameras. We’re using them to look at waterfowl predation. The whole phenomenon of polar bears eating eggs is something that we’ve known about for a while, and the question is really how much are they doing it and is it increasing over time because of climate change.
From our camp we can look out to the west and see a glacial esker and that’s where the sun sets every night. You just get these beautiful red, yellow, orange sunsets regularly. So for me that’s just one of the highlights of being out in the field all summer.


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Herald Staff
OAK HARBOR — Do you want to express concerns about late-night Navy jet flights?
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station has a new system for people who want to share their thoughts. A new automated comment-line phone number and email address is expected to be available May 28.
The new phone number is 360-257-6665. The email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
The motivation for the change is that duty operations officers, who used to take the complaint calls, will now concentrate on providing services to air squadron personnel and safety on the airfield, said base public affairs officer Mike Welding in a statement from the Navy on Friday.
At the same time, the public can now provide the Navy with detailed comments, include noise complaints, Welding said.
"This process is already in place at other naval air stations and has improved communications between the public and the installation," Welding said.
The air station's officer on duty will be able to monitor public comments and influence ongoing operations as necessary. Email is the preferred method for comments, "as it gives people an opportunity to expound on their issue or concern, allows people to use a variety of communication devices and is more efficient to monitor," Welding said.

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I use these on my Meyers Manx dune buggy, and love them. My roll cage is 1 5/8", and it's hard to find something that fits. The adjustable size of these hand holds works well, and keeps them in place. The black accentuates the powdercoated black roll cage very well, and doesn't make them out of place. Wife loves them.


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Football: Gates on the spot to seal controversial win for Slimbridge
6:18pm Tuesday 8th January 2013
6:18pm Tuesday 8th January 2013
AN OWN goal and a hotly disputed penalty secured three more important points for Slimbridge to keep them firmly in second place.
Thame, who had previously only lost one home game at the impressive ASM Stadium, nearly took a second minute lead when Ben Gray's shot was cleared off the line by Shane Anson following a corner.
Five minutes later Swans Keeper Adam Clatworthy had to be quick off his line to deny Gray a second opportunity.
As the Swans settled, the first controversial incident of the afternoon arose when Thame skipper Adam West slipped in the centre circle and was dispossesed of the ball by Liam Harding, who seemed to be clear, but referee Simon Parbery amazingly awarded a free kick against him.
However, the Swans went in front on 20 minutes. Fred Ward's free kick into the Thame penalty area was headed on by Marvyn Roberts and then by Tom Speers, and as the unfortunate Nick Rhodes stuck his leg out the ball shot off his knee and past the helpless Lee Farrow in the home goal.
Slimbridge finished the half well as Stuart Gates' corner was headed against the crossbar by Speers.
Thame came out fighting straight from the start of the second period and Ben Connelly's impressive strike from 18 yards rebounded back from the crossbar.
They got the reward for all their pressure and equalised in the 66th minute when Ben Gray shot high into the net from six yards following a corner.
Five minutes later the Swans regained the lead when Gates ran into the penalty area and was adjudged to have been tripped by Matt Willett by referee Parberry, a decision which was furiously contested by Thame's players and officials. Gates kept his cool and got back on his feet to smash the spot kick low past Farrow.
As the game went into stoppage time Thame really should have equalised when substitute Matt Johnston was faced with an open goal but he somehow managed to head the ball over the bar.
Slimbridge are at home to Hallen in the GFA Challenge Trophy on Wednesday night (7.45pm).
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The New York Mets have announced that tonight's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers has been postponed due to rain and has been rescheduled as part of a single-admission doubleheader tomorrow, April 27 starting at 4:10 p.m. Only tickets marked "April 27 – Game 15" for tomorrow's night game will be honored for the 4:10 p.m. game and the second game to follow.
Tickets from tonight's rainout will NOT be valid for admission tomorrow. Fans can exchange tickets in person tomorrow at Citi Field for tomorrow's games, or at a later date for any future game, subject to availability and according to standard rain-check ticket exchange policy on Mets.com.


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hey all.
i was using Backtrack R1 for quite a while now.
some days ago i saw that theres a R2.
i followed the update and upgrade steps.
but after doing this, the kernel wasnt updated.
so i updated with
and i got the kernel, rebooted and started it.Code:apt-get install linux-source-3.2.6
after that i did
now i have the splash.Code:fix-splash reboot
everything worked well until now.
but what i recognized, when booting, there is the name of my grapics card on the screen with the 184.108.40.206 kernel
but with the new 3.2.6, there is a line, containing USB instead of the name of my graphics card.
then i logged in, startx but i got a black screen and nothing changed.
i rebooted, copied my working xorg.conf in /etc/X11/
startx, same black screen.
reboot,editedCode:nano /boot/config-3.2.6saved and reboot. still nothing works.Code:CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=y CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y
can anyone help me please? (:
my graphics card is ATI Mobility Radeon X700


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We find you the help you need so you can make the most of life at DU.
Student Outreach & Support connects students in need of resources to appropriate campus or community services. Support comes through an individualized approach using the C.A.R.E. philosophy (Communicate, Assess, Refer, Educate). When situations arise, Student Outreach & Support communicates with appropriate campus resources on student issues, including hospitalizations, and crisis situations.
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Evolution Hoax
A9 TV, September 12, 2011
(About deliberating on the facts leading to faith)
That may be bees or any other animal; when they are thought about thoroughly, one would realize their wondrous structures. Or else nothing could be realized. For instance, at the moment the world is a giant mass of stones in the space, the world is a mass of spherical soil, and we are traveling at an incomprehensible speed in an immense darkness. That is to say there is no captain.. The airplanes have captains, they have radars. They have that and this. But this one does not have any of it. Allah is the Captain of the world. And it is a thousand times, a million times more complex than air traffic. The meteors pass by it; there are a thousand and one different types of incidents. It passes by black holes. There are all sorts of incidents. But nothing happens. Even in traffic cars bump into each other or into something, something happens, this or that, right? But here, nothing happens. Is there even the slightest tremor in the world? No. Underneath, the world is full of magma, I mean it is a boiling cauldron beneath our feet. The crust of the world is as thin as the peel of an apple. We are living on top of a blaze, on a boiling blaze. Think of an apple. The peel of the world is as thin as the peel of an apple. Look at it in proportion to an apple. But there is fire underneath which is boiling profusely like water does. Such a world, a world full of fire is flying through the sky at an amazing pace. We are going together with it. And in the meantime people are struggling with their bills, with their commercial papers. Some are struggling to finish their school. Some are making preparations for a wedding. Some are after making money. Some are after the goods that they would like to import from abroad. But the world is continuing to fly with all that speed. Only to think about it a little would make it possible to understand that this is a very wondrous situation.
We want all the people in the world to be happy; Christians, Jews, everyone. The morality of Islam; in the Turkish-Islamic Union, what is it that would prevail the world? Justice, love, compassion, mercy, goodness, beauty, art, aesthetics, science, everything that is humane, all sorts of beauty. Why should Palestine live with fear? Why should Israel live with fear? I always keep saying that we should tear down those walls and open up the region. Why is there the need for police control points, my brother? Let them live as ever they like. When we brought our Jewish brothers here from Spain they said; "Alhamdulillah". We've brought them to a very beautiful place, to Istanbul. We brought them to the most beautiful city of the empire. We've welcomed them in the most beautiful city and they enjoyed the utmost freedom. Let them be free again, let them take comfort in that. Why should those people be living in fear? Why should Palestine live in fear? Feeling the fear of an operation every instant, feeling the fear of the police. Let us remove all these. All these are unnecessary, all of them are plots of the satan. Money continually goes to armaments. Why is there the need for weapons? Everywhere is full of hungry people. Let us send food to them, let us send them clothes, let us buy elegant clothes, beautiful cars for them. Let us send them cars instead of tanks. What is the meaning of sending tanks? Instead of sending them warplanes, let us send them cargo planes. Instead of building military fortifications let us build hospitals, let us build schools.
Surat al-An'am; 111, 112, 114-118
[We seek refuge with Allah from the satan] "Even if We sent down angels to them, and the dead spoke to them, and We gathered together everything in front of them right before their eyes.." if We had given them all sorts of proofs, ".. they would still not have faith unless Allah willed." So what is the problem? It is a problem of faith. "The truth is that most of them are ignorant." They've been acting as bigots, Allah says.
"In this way We have appointed as enemies to every Prophet satans from both mankind and from the jinn.. "Dajjal (anti-messiah), We have appointed dajjals. "..who inspire each other with delusions by means of specious words.." That is the nonsense of the hypocrites. The tales of the hypocrites.. "- if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so abandon them and all they fabricate." What do bigots do? Do they not fabricate superstitious? Do they not fabricate lies? This is what Allah says.
"Am I to desire someone other than Allah as a judge?"What does this mean "Am I to desire a source other than the Qur'an?" That is what it means. ".. when it is He Who has sent down the Book to you clarifying everything?" Almighty Allah tells us to say: "Am I to desire someone other than Allah as a judge." This is a verse revealed. "..when it is He Who has sent down the Book to you clarifying everything? Those We have given the Book know it has been sent down from your Lord with truth, so on no account be among the doubters." I mean do not search for anything other than the Qur'an. Allah says this. "Am I to desire someone other than Allah as a judge?"
"The Words of your Lord are perfect in truthfulness and justice. No one can change His Words. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." What are the Words of your Lord? It is the Qur'an. What does Allah say? "in truthfulness" there is no superstition, it is clear. "and justice," the" Words of your Lord are perfect," says Allah. " No one can change His Words. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." You cannot change the Qur'an says Allah [Surat Al-An'am; 115]
"If you obeyed most of those on earth,.." So if you obeyed the lot of bigots, if you obeyed the unbelievers, if you obeyed depravity, if obeyed Darwinists, materialists. ".. they would misguide you from Allah's Way." Then you would go on a different way, Allah says. "They follow nothing but conjecture. They are only guessing."What do bigots follow? They follow conjecture. "Where is it?" you ask "Is there a resource, is there a verse in the Qur'an?" No there is not. "I have heard," he says, with conjecture. He says that already; he says this is "conjecture." We ask what is the source you have? He says "conjecture". "They follow nothing but conjecture. They are only guessing. " This explains the system of the bigots.
"Your Lord knows best who is misguided from His Way." He knows best who deviates from the way of the Qur'an. ".. and He knows best those who are guided." He also knows who are on the path of the Qur'an.
"Eat that over which the name of Allah has been mentioned, if you have faith in His Signs."If you believe in the Qur'an "Eat that over which the name of Allah has been mentioned." Do not eat those over which the Name of Allah has not been mentioned, says Allah.
As we explain matters like this, our brothers started to perceive more clearly what bigotry is . Some of our brothers did not understand that there is bigotry; these are our brothers with good intentions. Then they looked and see that they are living in bigotry. They started to take refuge with Allah. There are some hodjas that attract bigotry like a magnet. You need to pay attention. You should trust the Qur'an. Look, Allah says; "I will ask you only from the Qur'an". If you say " I don't believe this" then that means you do not believe in Allah either. Then you would be irreligious, that is not acceptable, insha'Allah.
(In response to the question; "When the Turkish-Islamic Union is established would Israel not have a war with us?")
These people [the Jews] are in need of compassion, they are people who are in need of friendship. They have always been hated, have always been suppressed, they have always been humiliated, always been beaten up and been sworn at. If Muslims were to show them compassion and mercy -the whole Islamic world- if one and a half billion Muslims were to embrace them and say " we will protect and watch over you," if they were to say "you are free as you like". Then what would be wrong with those men my brother? Are they crazy? Why would they do that? If they did, it would be something else, the response to those who act like that would be given; that would not be a matter of discussion; that is completely a different matter. But what is just is to treat them compassionately, I mean it is to show them compassion and mercy, to protect them and to watch over them.
Allah would grant all kinds of blessings over those Muslims, over those good people, beautiful people. Allah would grant them goodness, give relief in their hearts. Allah gives Muslims health and welfare. He gives them wealth and abundance. And sometimes Almighty Allah tests them with difficulties and pains.
I keep saying that this persecution should be over, what is it that I've been telling? What does "let there be no bloodshed" mean? What does "there will be no bloodshed" mean? What does no sleeper would ever be awaken, mean? Let it be a Zionist, let it be a fascist, let it be a communist; it means we will not let anyone shed blood. The system that I've been talking about would be the end of Zionism, would be the end of atheistic Zionism. Do not pretend that you do not understand. I am just presenting inoffensive people as sweet, not those who are cruel. I have explained what will happen to the persecutors. Self-defense is what would be done towards persecutors, of course. But the strength of Turkish Islamic Union is very glorious. In such an environment, neither an atheistic Zionist, nor a fascist, nor PKK, not this, not that, not the scoundrels lot would ever be able to shed blood, they could not even make a move. They cannot do anything. Consequently, would not the matter be solved fundamentally? It would, yes, it would be solved. Those who martyr Muslim children are committing sin. But it would not be acceptable if we attempt to go and kill the Jewish children just because they are martyring Muslim children.
I am the one talking about the danger of the atheistic Zionism. We are the ones broadcasting it on television day and day. The danger of atheistic freemasonry is being broadcast on A9 TV night and day. The dangers of atheistic Zionism are being broadcast on television night and day. The tolerance is for the inoffensive, not for the murderer. And it is not called tolerance. Do you know what is called tolerance? A man commits a crime and you pretend not to see that crime. This is not tolerance; this has nothing to do with tolerance. This is protecting and watching over, this is compassion. We protect and watch over the inoffensive. And the Turkish Islamic Union will neutralize the killers. Not even the shadow of a killer would remain, they would all get lost. There will be no such thing. This cannot be done by saying "Damn Zionism". You establish the Unity of Islam, and the matter would be closed, and there will be no need to tear one's throat out crying out "Damn Zionism". There is no need to scream out like that. You just establish the Unity of Islam, let the Turkish Islamic union be formed; the atheistic Zionism would be destroyed fundamentally anyway. There will be no such thing. I mean "isms" would disappear anyway. This cannot be attained by making a commotion. The matter would be left unsolved according to your way of explaining. If you cry out saying "Damn Zionism" the man would come and smash your face up. They were screaming out saying "damn Zionism" in Iraq; then the men came and razed the place down to the ground. Then they started to sell Marlboro cigarettes to the soldiers; they started to sell women to the American soldiers, they started to engage in perversion. The same thing happened in Afghanistan as well. They are now selling cartons of Marlboro, they are selling drugs. Those who cried out saying "Damn Zionism" have now became drug dealers. Crying out saying "Damn Zionism" would not do. There is the need for establishing the structure of compassion and mercy to remove this system. This can be attained with the Turkish-Islamic Union, with the Unity of Islam.
All children are innocent, all little children are born with an Islamic nature. I mean little children are Muslims by birth. When they die, children do not go to Hell, when little children pass away, they go to Heaven because they are innocent. For that reason if they are killed as a result of persecution they would be martyrs, insha'Allah. Bediuzzaman Said- Nursi says this, you can see this in the Risale-i Nur Collection.
In the system of the Mahdi there will be no such thing that could be called atheistic Zionist Philosophy. There will be no fascism, no communism. There will be no PKK: We are talking about all those that are explained within the system of the Mahdi. When the system of the Mahdi comes compassion, mercy and welfare will prevail. The massacres will come to an end, the bloodshed will come to an end. Look, the name of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is the Mahdi Adh-Dam. He is the Mahdi that stops the bloodshed. When the bloodshed is stopped would atheistic Zionism be able to shed blood? How could it? The matter would be solved fundamentally in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) insha'Allah.
"The religion in the Sight of Allah is Islam," says Almighty Allah, that is very clear and explicit. But little children are Muslims. I mean they are Muslims by nature, they are Muslims by default. All newly born children are innocent. Anyone reading the Qur'an would see that all are born with an Islamic nature. Consequently since the religion in the Sight of Allah is Islam, Heaven is for Muslims. That is a very explicit statement, there is nothing to discuss in this, insha'Allah.
(Upon the letter that says "We expect a fiercer statement against Israel")
Let us not do that but show compassion to these people. Why don't you try this, instead? Let us try this instead! All the world hates Jews. Do not do this; that is a sin. There is no need for such bitterness in one's standpoint. As a Muslim. There are 1.5 billion Muslims. Let us show compassion, let us watch over and protect them, then these people would relax. I mean it wouldn't be as they assume it would. Of course their full obedience to the Shiloh-Mohammad Mahdi is a necessity. Otherwise they would be waging a war against the Torah. I mean if they do adopt an attitude against the King Messiah, Shiloh; that is the Mohammad Mahdi, then they would be adopting an attitude against the Torah. They are praying day and night saying "O Lord, send us the Messiah"; they are praying night and day saying "Moshiach, Mosciach".
Consequently you will see that everything will be good. Fierceness will bring about fierceness; it would not bring about anything else. For instance Muslims are fragmented in Iraq, in Afghanistan, here and there. Every country is acting like a bully on its own and then they end up tragically. Instead of doing this, let's unite as Islamic countries and show compassion to the whole world. Let us bring about civilization, peace and brotherhood. Let us approach everyone in a friendly way and we'll see how nice will be the results we attain. Let me say that you cannot reach anyone or anywhere by bullying. I mean this is not reason; that is very wrong. All of them are the servants of Allah. It is a good thing that they show love for the Prophet Moses (pbuh) and that they are loyal to him. It is good that they love the Prophet Abraham (pbuh). We believe in the same Allah, we love the same prophets. Of course our hearts desire that they would become Mohammedans. That will happen at the time of the Prophet Jesus Messiah (pbuh) anyway insha'Allah. Almighty Allah has assigned the Prophet Jesus Messiah (pbuh) in this matter. Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will govern them with the Torah and the Gospel. He will govern the Jews, I mean all of them, the whole Israel with the original of the Torah, and he will govern the Christians with the original of the Gospel. Consequently there will be no bloodshed. We should abide by the words of our Prophet (saas). Our Prophet (saas) does not say that Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will be fierce, he (saas) says that he will show "compassion". He (saas) says that Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will act on mercy and that he would "not let anyone's nose bleed, not shed even a drop of blood." At the moment we are at that time. Consequently, going by any other policy would become a deadlock. I mean it would not be compliant with the spirit of the Qur'an. When 1.5 billion people in the Islamic world unite there will be an amazing power, it would constitute a giant power. There would be no atheistic Zionism, no atheistic masonic persecution, no PKK persecution; none of them would remain. Strength comes from unity; but compassion befits strength, mercy and justice befit strength. I mean if one engages in violence saying that he is strong; Allah would not let him, He would not let that happen; that would not happen. I mean what Allah wants from us is compassion. That is because we always ask for forgiveness from Allah don't we? We want Him to forgive us. We should be forgiving, compassionate as well insha'Allah. But of course it does not mean that we will be silent at the face of persecution. Strength means saying stop to persecution. What does strength, unity mean? It means stopping the persecution. My brother when a squirrel sees a tiger, would it jump on it? What does it do? It climbs up a branch and flee, right? That is because the other one is a tiger. But at the moment the Islamic world, it seems like hundreds of squirrels or hundreds of rabbits from the outside and thus seem powerless. Since they are one by one separated, they can be inactivated one by one. That is because they are struggling against each other. As they struggle against each other, that becomes much easier. As a matter of fact that is why they are that easy. Bediuzzzaman says; "the Dajjal (anti-messiah) benefiting from the ambition and the discord among the Muslims will enslave the great Islamic world and cause utter confusion among the humans with a very small power". "That is what has happened at the very moment," says Bediuzzaman. For that reason unity, solidarity, compassion and justice should prevail. No one would ever go against such a structure. Russia would want to unite, America would think very highly of this; Israel would want this, everyone would want that. For that reason pretended bullying, empty bullying, acts that would not give results have only brought calamity to the Islamic world, they always brought pain; and nothing else happened. For instance Saddam acted like a bully, they have taken him down, you have seen the result. They have riddled his sons and family with holes. Where are all those bullies? They all sneaked off. The whole Iraqi army disappeared in a single night. They were known to be the world's fourth biggest army and they have disappeared in a single night. That means, it has nothing to do with bullying. Afghanistan acted like bully as well, look they are over now, they were finished within five minutes. Since it does not have anything to do with this, what is the real deal? It is unity. The union of all Islamic countries, their loving each other and becoming friends with each other, their being in search of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and their forming a union within that beautiful unifying spirit of the system of the Mahdi (pbuh) and their approaching everyone lovingly with compassion. Allah says that He will deem them victorious if they do this. This is the formula, this is the path for it; there is no other way. Strength would say stop to persecution anyway. When you are strong, would there be any persecution? When a tiger passes by, rabbits would go under the ground. Which rabbit would ever go up against a tiger?
However accepting some parts of the Qur'an but not accepting some other parts is among the characteristics of idolaters. Allah states that openly in the Qur'an; "They accept some of the verses and they do not accept others." Now this brother of ours accepts some of the verses and does not accept some others as well and that is not acceptable. Allah says; "You will find the people most affectionate to those who have faith are those who say, 'We are Christians'," in the verse. Why do you not accept this verse? Do you accept this verse? You would not. When you do not accept the verse, you would be abandoning the religion. Allah says; "you can marry Christian and Jewish women," He says; "you can eat their food." Do you accept these verses? You do not. If you do accept them, then the discussion is over anyway. There will be nothing left for you to talk about.
Accepting an idolater or an irreligious person as a friend in terms of religion is not acceptable anyway. I mean, one cannot act according to what such people say. Or else, treating an idolater as human. Look, for instance Almighty Allah tells us for the idolater to show compassion to him "If any of the idolaters seeks asylum from you, grant him asylum until he hears the Word of Allah. Then convey him to his place of safety." So Allah tells us to "convey him to his place of safety by putting ourselves at risk." And that is for the idolater, for the irreligious. What are we going to do? It is showing compassion to an idolater to draw him closer to religion. Otherwise it is not attempting to crush his head off.
For instance an irreligious person, would he ever be content with you if you do not abide by him? For instance amongst the relatives, friends of this brother of ours, there are surely those who are irreligious. Would those people be a friend to him unless he abides by them? Would they be his companions? No, they would not. The verse he has mentioned; "The Jews and the Christians will never be pleased with you until you follow their religion," is a very far reaching verse. It is just as valid for a Buddhist and also for a communist as well. For instance a PKK proponent, would he be friends with you unless you become a PKK proponent yourself? He would not. Or among his relatives there surely are some people who are not very much keen about religion, who do not abide by Islam, some types who are very much boasting; there should be a lot of people among his relatives, might his father or his grandfather. Can this person adjust himself according to those? He cannot. Then what is it that is meant here? People cannot be in harmony in beliefs. They would want to draw the other party to his belief. At that point, Allah tells us not to accept that. That is what is meant here. Otherwise it does not mean; do not preach the religion to him, do not show compassion to him, do not invite him to Islam, to the Qur'an and severe your social connections with them. Our brothers misunderstand this.
There is a great interest in society toward A9 TV. Masha'Allah. That is because we approach matters reasonably. We are not strict, we are sincere. I mean we evaluate incidents lovingly with the eye of goodness. There is no fanaticism for a group. We have love for everyone. We approach everyone with compassion. We are not adopting such a purblind, stern attitude. We want everything to be good and beautiful. We want everything to be reasonable. We do not want bigotry. We want enlightenment. We want an enlightened spirit. We like art, aesthetics and beauty. We love being forgiving, and merciful. We love compassion. We want everyone to be full of love. We are giving evidence for everything that we are talking about. We do not like superstitions, insha'Allah.
But approaching things with compassion means approaching with love, benevolence and beauty; it is approaching with reason, right? Showing kindness is the characteristic of a Muslim. A Muslim should be a good example so that people can see the beauty of Islam. If you say "You cursed creature, you are a nasty creature, the stones told me so, I will kill you; the trees told me so, I will kill you," that would be cruelty. If you say "Children and women, let us chop them all up," this would be persecution. This would be a grave persecution. It would be an insane attitude. That is not something that a Muslim would do. Islam progresses with love, reason, knowledge and science. It progresses through suggestion, insha'Allah. There needs to be a powerful and beautiful ability of persuasion and inculcation.
Islam would not be spread if you approach with hatred. I mean the reason why our souls are so easily wrapped up with hatred is that the satan eases hatred. The lower self is inclined to rage and grudge. Almighty Allah says; ".. and the self and what proportioned it and inspired it with depravity or taqwa" Right? So the lower self knows its depravity. The lower-self always commands one to evil acts. This is the verse of Allah. And the lower self has been created as the enemy of Allah. The lower self always wants to fight, wants grudges, it wants dispute, it wants innuendos it wants animosity. Friendship and brotherhood are attained by will power and reason. It is difficult to maintain friendship and brotherhood until the very end. For instance many people might talk about friendship, but after a while they fail to be strong enough for it. And they get into a fight as well. You look at people who talk about mercy, and see that they continue with that appeal for five years, for ten years. After five years you look and see that they will get into the fight as well. Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and the students of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) are the ones who advocate peace and brotherhood until the very end. The Prophet Jesus Messiah (pbuh) and his students are the ones who advocate peace and brotherhood until the end. I mean the great majority of the world would want to fight. They would want war. The students of the Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and the Prophet Jesus Messiah (pbuh) will stop the war; they stop the fight. People always ask for dissension. Satan is the one who instills the mindset that states; "Let us chop up Jews, let us crash down Christians, let us override communists, let us cut off the Buddhists, let us cut Shia and Alewites, let us cut Wahabis." This mindset wants to draw us to the same mindset towards the Jews and Christians; towards the irreligious, towards the idolaters, towards the Bektashis and Alewites. Now should I abide by the Qur'an, or by these people? To which explanations should I abide by? Why are you insistently trying to drag me into this mindset? I mean am I to say "Allah has taken the light out of them, they are dark people," about the Shia? Should we say these about Alewites, Bektashis and Wahabis? Am I supposed to say "May Allah destroy them all!" about the Iranian state? Am I to want my brothers in Iran be destroyed? There are some people who really say these anyway. And people with that mentality attempt to advise me. Look he is talking about chopping off people like leeks. How does one chop leeks? You put them on one and other and chop them all up. Look, these people are saying that Shia and Wahabis should be put one over the other and be chopped up. So these people say that there should be a bloodbath. I mean they say that this is what best suits a Muslim. Is that what the Qur'an teaches us? Or does the Qur'an teach us compassion and mercy? Does the Qur'an teach us to be anti-blood? The system of the Mahdi is anti-blood. Look; Mahdi adh-Dam. Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) who stops the bloodshed. We are abiding by the system of the Mahdi. So do not vainly attempt to propagate cruelty. Do not vainly make the propaganda of persecution. You would then be an instrument of satan, you would be deceived by the plot of the satan. Pull yourselves together. Compassion, mercy, rationalism, art, science; we will act on these. Otherwise Allah would destroy Muslims, He would give trouble to them. And He did give scourges on them up until now. When this is done, when the right and beautiful things are done, Islam will dominate the whole world. And that will happen and that is happening, and you do see it happening, insha'Allah. Prosperity cannot be attained through persecution. The lower-self always wants war, that is what I have said. The lower-self wants bloodshed, lower-self wants aggressiveness. Only strong-willed, clever people could be against war and against violence. It is difficult to want peace insistently. It would be difficult for the lower-self. Faithful and smart people want peace. They insistently ask for peace. Forgiveness is difficult. Devout people want forgiveness. Being mild-mannered and loving is not that easy. The human soul is open to hatred. Only with profound faith does love settle in people's hearts. Wherever we go, whomever we talk to we see that they instantly want war all over the world. We go to Greece. For instance they instantly revolt against their government. They attack the police with sticks and bats in their hands. What does the PKK do? They are determined to martyr everyone who is a Turk- Turkish police, Turkish soldiers. That is because they are not able to understand anything else. Because they were raised to be Materialists, Darwinists, they fail to understand anything else, they do not come to terms with any other logic.
One needs to give the eye its due, the intelligence its due. One should give the body its due. One should give health its due, one should give science its due. And we are in such an effort, insha'Allah.
Egypt is waiting for the Unity of Islam as well. They are saying this openly. They say "Come on, what are we waiting for?" Was this the case previously? We have paved the way step by step, knot by knot. Allah gave a magnificent result for us. We have internet connection with all the Egyptian youth. They all have learned the invalidity of Darwinism, materialism. First Egypt resisted greatly. Their scholars came, their journalists came, they attempted to defend Darwinism because there was a socialist-communist mindset in Egypt. We have crushed that mindset with science like a bulldozer. We have intellectually razed that mindset to the ground. We have started our activities in Egypt six to seven years ago. Look,we have destroyed the communist mindset in Egypt. And the spirit of the system of the Mahdi prevailed in Egypt Masha'Allah.
Some people keep saying "Mahdi will not come! Mahdi will not come!" day and night. That is because the existence of Mahdi does not serve their purpose. When Mahdi (pbuh) comes, he will stop the persecution but those men are very eager for persecution. They enjoy shedding blood and if nothing else works, they attempt to strangle each other. Moreover they dissent and argue about their football teams and attempt to slaughter each other even because of that. For instance they try to stir up fights in between two different neighborhoods. They attempt to stir up fights in between tribes. They insistently attempt to shed blood. If nothing else works they form mafia groups and attempt to slaughter each other. Satan inseminates such pugnacity in people's souls, it inseminates carnage, it inseminates persecution. In the face of this love, peace and brotherhood should be advocated insistently and resolutely. That is because people can only attain this by using their will power. I mean a Muslim acquires piety and good manners by use of his will power until the end. Look at the world, take a look around and observe, you will not come across many people who advocate peace up until the end, and many of them get into a fight in the end in any case. They would want to shed blood in the end in any case. However, a person is charged with advocating peace and brotherhood till the end, till the very end, until his death. Look and see what a strange frame of mind the satan inculcates in a person. For instance go to France, talk to many young people there, you will see that they all are advocating bloodshed. Go to Greece, they are all prone to bloodshed, they are all prone to fight. People who advocate peace in the real sense of the word are very few. For instance you go to socialists, to communists; they say that they are advocating peace, and they go out and fire a bullet into the head of a policeman, they smash things up, they smash the brains out of others. What happened to your advocating peace? Those are all mere words. Only a person who is completely subject to the Qur'an, a devout Muslim, can stand for peace, love and forgiveness. Apart from those, it is rather difficult for any other.2011-10-26 21:45:09


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PARADE, AHOY!: For as long as we can remember, which is every second of our life, we have been both boatless and Naples Canals-side homeless, so we don't get overly excited about the annual Naples Boat Parade. We're not even asked to judge anything. What's the point of going if you can't relax around your canal-adjacent fire pit with a bottle of loudmouth, cruise the waterways on your $35,000 Duffy or at least judge things?
If you're not doing those things, you're just walking around the crowded streets and bridges with the unwashed wearing a sandwich board that says "I'm Poor" on it.
This year's parade starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, and if you don't have a good reason to be in the land of canals, your best bet is to come where you're always welcome: Alfredo's Beach Club's Kayak Kafe, 54th Place and Bayshore Avenue, where our pal Fred "Alfredo" Khammar will be throwing his annual Christmas Beach Party starting at 5p.m. The all-ages bash offers a great view of the decorated larger craft that bob around the bay, plus there's complimentary beverages and snacks provided. It's a great party for the rest of us.
ELVIS TRIBUTE: For some reason, Elvis Costello doesn't come to Long Beach much. He did do an Arena stop here, and a notable Millikan High performance a million years ago, but lately, nada. Hey, maybe if someone would open the Vault on Pine Avenue instead of sitting around doing nothing? Do you think that might be a good place for Elvis to play?
Until then, there's this: On Saturday night at 9, Jesse Wilder's latest Album Attack comes to the Prospector, 2400 E. Seventh St., with your host's band performing Elvis' 1978 LP "This Year's Model" in its entirety, while a supergroup featuring Robbie Allen, Anthony Arvisu, R. Scott, Jar and Brett Bixby will cover Costello's 1979's "Armed Forces."
SANDY CAUSE: If you want to feel good about your charitable self and hear some swell local musicians, you're urged to attend a Hurricane Sandy benefit concert from the godly hour of 2 until 8:30 p.m. Sunday at diPiazza's Restaurant & Lounge, 5205 E. Pacific Coast Highway. No Nirvana/Beatle mashup, darn it, but you get the musical stylings of False Puppet, Tiffany Alvord, Tremor, Yours Truly (not us), Paralyzers, the UnKnown, Color Blind, Uncalled4 and Like Our Last.
COOKIE MONSTER: We're not sure what Justin Rudd wants from us. One day he's telling us to join some sort of grueling weight-loss contest, the next he's making us eat platters of baked goods. You can't have it both ways.
Which is why we decide to simplify things by concentrating on the baked-goods aspect of what he wants from us and leave others to shed what paltry excess pounds they're saddled with.
Just a couple of weeks ago we judged about four tables' worth of Christmassy baked goods - your pies, your cakes, your cupcakes, your miscellaneous bars and brownies, for Rudd's Belmont Shore Bake-Off.
On Saturday, we're joining our friend and L.A. Times food editor Russ Parsons, plus Santa Claus and Miss Southern California Cities, Rachel Oblon, to judge the more specialized Long Beach Christmas Cookie Contest, again thrown by Justin Rudd.
The contest is being held in conjunction with his long-running 30-Minute Beach Cleanup on the beach at the foot of Granada Avenue in Belmont Shore.
If you're entering the contest, you need to deliver our cookies between 9:30 and 10 a.m. We'll be eating them and judging them from 10-10:30 while the beach cleanup is going on, and the tasting reception for everyone starts at 10:40 until whatever crumbs we've left on our plate are polished off.
FRIDAY PLAYLIST: This is that joyous time of year when we finally get totally sick of Christmas songs. Or holiday songs, if you prefer. Because some of our great local artists will be covering the songs of Elvis Costello on Saturday (see above if all you do is look at playlists), today we're offering Elvis Costello doing other artists' songs:
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7. "End of the Rainbow," (Richard Thompson)
8. "Penny Lane," (Beatles)
9. "Beautiful," (Christina Aguilera)
10. "I Threw It All Away," (Bob Dylan).
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Don Fehr arrived as executive director of the NHL Players Association two years ago with a well-earned reputation as someone who wasn't going to blink at the bargaining table.
With the NHL lockout now its 107 th day but talks resuming Monday in hopes of salvaging even a partial season, that hasn't changed.
Fehr earned his reputation over more than two decades representing athletes in baseball. And while a Major League Baseball spokesman said no one now in baseball's front office would discuss Fehr's style or tactics, former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent didn't hesitate to define Fehr as a man of ability and integrity with a politically framed sense of purpose.
"He's very organized, very smart, very disciplined and very strategic," Vincent, 74, said from his home in Florida. "And he's devoted to the cause."
That cause, Vincent added, isn't just a matter of economics.
"He is a man of the left politically and temperamentally," said Vincent, who served as baseball's commissioner from 1989 to 1992 -- a period that included a 32-day lockout in 1990. "He's very much convinced there is moral right on the side of the working player and that there are moral defects, if you will, on the side of the owners, the capitalists in baseball or hockey."
Attempts to reach Fehr were unsuccessful.
Fans generally blamed Fehr for the baseball strike that led to cancellation of the 1994 World Series. But ultimately the courts upheld the
union's position that collusion among owners illegally kept salaries down. And baseball has had 18 years of labor peace with franchise values skyrocketing since a new economic system was put in place.
In hockey's ongoing labor impasse, Fehr still has his critics, though the bulk of the finger-pointing is directed at NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. This NHL lockout is his third, after all, and the 2,323 games canceled on his watch are more than the 1,442 lost by baseball, football and basketball combined.
In recruiting Fehr, hockey players say they anticipated another showdown with owners when their latest labor pact expired in September.
"We knew this wasn't going to be a pretty situation from the start," Sharks defenseman Brad Stuart said. "We knew what the owners were going to do and it was just a matter of us trying to figure out what our game plan was."
Looking to rebuild their splintered union after the 2004-05 lockout, players first turned to Fehr as a consultant after he retired from his baseball job in 2009. Later, they asked him to serve as executive director.
"I think that was somebody that we needed as a group at that time, kind of having lost a bit of direction," said Stuart, who was with the Detroit Red Wings at the time. "We needed some stability and someone who knew what was going to be involved in the upcoming years -- and right now."
Hockey players also liked what they heard from their baseball counterparts.
"Every MLB guy I've talked to pumps his tires and says you're in great hands," Sharks forward Ryane Clowe said.
At times the NHL front office has tried to portray Fehr as out of touch with his union's membership. Stuart and others say that has never been the case, and last week's reported 706-22 vote by players to take the first legal step toward dissolving the union -- a legal strategy recommended by Fehr -- would seem to attest to that.
"From the standpoint of the players," Stuart said even before the vote, "we couldn't have gotten -- in our opinion -- a better guy who knew what he was doing, who was going to be on our side and our side only, yet still looking out for the game."
That last point is one that Vincent might take issue with.
"He used to say to me, 'Look, I'm not worried about baseball. That's your job. My job is to take care of my clients, my constituency. I'm trying to get everything for them I can and you worry about the future of the game,'" the former commissioner said.
"I said Don, that's so short-sighted because obviously if the game doesn't do well, neither will your players."
Forward Joe Pavelski, the Sharks' union representative, rejected the idea that Fehr is working against hockey's overall interests.
"It's pretty clear he definitely doesn't want to ruin the game," he said. "He still wants what's best for the game and what's best for the players."
Whatever fault Vincent may find with Fehr, the former commissioner described their dealings as "first-rate" and said it's the NHL owners who have to come to their senses at this point, as baseball owners finally did.
"The insight that everybody comes to ultimately is that without the players there is no game," Vincent said. "And you can fight with them only so long because you can't get along without them. If you ever want to have a game and you're an owner, you have to give them their way."
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Foster, M. S. 2007. Winter behavior and ecology of the Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) in Peru. Neotropical Ornithology 18:171-186.
Foster, M. S. 2007. The potential of fruiting trees to enhance converted habitats for migrating birds in southern Mexico. Bird Conservation International 17:45-61.
Doucet, S. M., D. B. McDonald , Mercedes S. Foster, and Rob P. Clay. 2007. Plumage development and molt in Long-Tailed Manakins (Chiroxiphia linearis): Variation according to sex and age. Auk 124: 29-43
Mueller, G. M., G. F. Bills, and M. S. Foster (eds.). 2004. Biodiversity of Fungi, Inventory and Monitoring Methods. Elsevier Academic Press, New York. xiii + 777 pp.
Dobson, A., K. Ralls, M. S. Foster, M. E. Soulé, D. Simberloff, D. Doak, J. Estes, L. S. Mills, D. Mattson, R. Dirzo, H. Arita, S. Ryan, E. A. Norse, R. F. Noss, and D. Johns. 1999. Corridors: Reconnecting fragmented landscapes. Pp. 129-170. In M. Soulé and J. Terborgh (eds.), Continental Conservation: Scientific Foundations of Regional Reserve Networks. Island Press. Washington, D.C.
Foster, M. S., and J. Terborgh. 1998. Impact of a rare storm event on an Amazonian forest. Biotropica 30:470-474.
Greenberg, R., M. S. Foster, and L. Marquez-Valdelamar. 1995. The role of the White-eyed Vireo in the dispersal of Bursera fruit in the Yucatan Peninsula. Journal of Tropical Ecology 11:619-639.
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I had no idea his knee was bothering him last year. That tells you a lot about what kind of player he is.Controversy at the bat
Easy-going outfielder shrugs off the criticism
Wanna light up the switchboard?
Mention the name of Adam Dunn.
Even today, in a football-crazed city a day from hosting the biggest-name team on the NFL's Monday night marquee, mention the name of the big ol' country boy from New Caney, Texas, and the callers will come out of the knotty pine to attack or defend the Reds left fielder.
It happened last Sunday morning on WLW-AM's "SportsTalk." Co-host Ken Broo hadn't come to the studio that morning intending to discuss Dunn. But a caller did, and after that, it was off to the "Big Donkey" races, Big Donkey being Dunn's nickname.
"You mention Adam Dunn, and you'll get calls all over the map - 'keep him,' 'get rid of him,' 'let him walk,' " Broo says. "I've only done the show since May, but it's startling what a lightning rod he is."
So, today - Fan Appreciation Day at Great American Ball Park - we try to answer why that's the case.
For his part, Dunn understands the passion Reds fans have for their pastime. What happens on the field is fair game.
But he cannot understand why, for example, fans care what he does on his off day. He doesn't care what other people, not even the super-celebrities, do on theirs.
"I look at USA Today, but only for the crossword puzzle," he says.
He made headlines a few weeks ago when he called out WLW's Bill Cunningham for saying Dunn was drunk while playing a game. Cunningham later apologized to Dunn in person.
When it comes to his performance on the field, Dunn accepts as "part of the game" that he is going to be critiqued on Reds radio and TV broadcasts and on sports talk shows. He doesn't listen but says that people pass along the radio and TV criticism to him, even though he tells them he doesn't want to hear it.
"It's like 12-year-old girls in middle school trying to stir up trouble," Dunn says. "It doesn't work with me because I really don't care."
Had the Reds been competitive this season, Dunn might have been less of a target. But after suffering through six straight losing seasons, Reds fans went into 2007 with high hopes. When the team almost immediately began to struggle, fans went in search of a reason.
And, as so often happens, everybody focused on the big guy: What's he not giving us that we need?
It will cost the Reds $13 million to pick up Dunn's option for next year. The team hasn't announced what it's going to do, but Dunn recently met with Reds owner Bob Castellini for a private lunch, and both sides said it went well.
The $13 million option is a lot of money for someone who is not seen as a complete player - Dunn probably will never win a Gold Glove for his defense - but very much in line for a player with Dunn's offensive production. In his last four seasons, Dunn has hit at least 40 home runs. During that time he has 401 RBI.
But Reds radio announcers Marty and Thom Brennaman, and Jeff Brantley, who do so much to inform - and form - the popular opinion in Reds Nation, did not mention money when they were asked about why the name "Dunn" so incites.
Instead, they point to his size and a laid-back personality that sometimes is interpreted as indifference.
The 6-foot-6, 275-pound Dunn is as big as an offensive lineman, but not nearly as anonymous. When he looks ungraceful on a ball hit to the outfield, or doesn't show good instincts on the bases, or whiffs with men on second and third, his faux pas are magnified. And Dunn strikes out a lot - 722 times over the past four years.
"I don't think there's a player on this team that creates more conversation than he does," Marty Brennaman says. "I think it's because at one point you see one of the great power hitters, a guy who has tremendous knowledge of the strike zone, yet to contradict that, he strikes out well over a hundred times every year. He's really an enigma in many respects."
Agrees Brantley: "There's so much to talk about when people hear the name 'Adam Dunn.' He represents the good and the bad when it comes to a baseball player. ... The perception (of those differences) is what makes people respond. But for who he is, and for what God-given talent he's got, he does a pretty damn good job."
Brantley said he's changed his opinion of Dunn after watching him over the course of a full season.
"Big-time," he said. "I've had an opportunity to watch him through thick and thin. After taking away all of the perceptions I had of him, and giving him a fresh start and saying (to myself) after the All-Star break, 'What kind of ballplayer would I rate this guy?' my rating is, 'Impressive.' "
Marty Brennaman, who has not minced words when it has come to critiquing Dunn's game, also said his view of the player has changed. Brennaman said he's impressed that Dunn, who had arthroscopic knee surgery last week, played with knee pain the past two seasons and never let on publicly.
"I'm not so sure that the knee wasn't bothering him a helluva lot longer than he let on," Brennaman said. "And you know something? If this team were playing for something right now, he'd be in the lineup."
Two days after Brennaman's comments, Dunn was sitting on a couch in the middle of the Reds clubhouse signing baseball cards for charity. He admitted that the knee bothered him not only this season, but last season as well.
He would have had surgery last season, he said, but the Reds were in a pennant race, so he put off surgery and instead began rehabbing the knee in October, thinking the knee would heal. It never did.
In other words, Dunn took a bad knee into this season and still had another big year at the plate.
Dunn said he feels good after the surgery to clean out the knee and repair a torn meniscus.
"Yeah, that's the one thing (that it feels good)," Dunn says. "It hurts right now, but it feels good to know (that next year, I won't be) in the outfield thinking about stopping - 'Golly, I'm going to have to run into the wall here to stop me instead of having to stop on my knee' - and that meant I couldn't make the turn that might have allowed me to throw the guy out at second. But, anyway ... "
He had gone too far, said too much.
He was appreciative, however, when a reporter mentioned what Marty Brennaman had said about him being a gamer.
"That means a lot, too," says Dunn, nodding.
The two podiums - star player and presenters/commentators of that player - sometimes have put the announcers and Dunn at odds.
The broadcasters insist it is nothing personal. In fact, Thom Brennaman said he wishes Dunn was a little more outgoing.
"In the short time I've been here, I've found (Dunn) to be an outgoing, just a nice guy," Thom Brennaman says. "But I'm not sure if any of the fans have seen him really warm to being a Red. I don't know why that is, and that might be completely inaccurate.
"But it seems to me a guy like him could have really owned this town because he has such an engaging personality. ... I've thought this about a lot of different players in a lot of different towns: If the players never make it feel like they want to be one with the fans, the fans are not going to treat them like they are. I think the fans want to see that Adam wants to be a Red forever. They want to feel like he wants to be here."
Dunn says he does want to be here, that he's "made that known" over the years. Maybe fans misinterpret his body language as being indifferent. But that's not the case, Dunn says.
Dunn did allow, however, that there was a time this season when he would have been happy to go elsewhere if it meant winning immediately. That feeling passed when the Reds started to show some life around the All-Star break.
"If we had played the second half (of this season) the way we played the first half, I would have said, 'Listen, I deal with too much (garbage) off the field to stink on the field,' " Dunn says. "But the way Pete (Reds interim manager Pete Mackanin) has kind of done his thing, the way the young guys have come in and brought a breath of fresh air, it's been great. We still haven't played great, but we've made progress. We're headed in the right direction."
A recent lunch organized by Reds owner Bob Castellini also reinvigorated the slugger's sense of belonging.
"That's the first time anybody approached me like that since I've been here," Dunn says. "It was as though somebody wanted to get my opinion instead of looking at me like I'm still the young guy, the rookie. It's treating me like I'm a veteran now. That was kind of refreshing. It wasn't like I went into it thinking, 'Nobody likes me.' It was just good to know they kind of value my opinion. Whether they take it or not, who cares?"
Thom Brennaman said he thinks fans are coming around to Dunn.
"If you had asked most Reds fans in July, 'Should the Reds pick up Dunn's option?' eight out of 10 would have said, 'No way,' " Thom Brennaman says. "If you ask them now, I bet eight out of 10 would say, 'Absolutely.' There's just something about the way the numbers keep adding up when you play every day."
About those numbers. There are lots of home runs. But there are lots of strikeouts, too.
"Blindingly obvious" is the phrase used by statistical analyst Greg Gajus to describe Dunn's flaws, even though Gajus supports Dunn because Dunn gets on base at a high-percentage rate, and getting on base is what produces runs.
"Defense and strikeouts - you see them every game," says Gajus, a researcher on books about the Reds. "Think about it: He strikes out about once a game, only homers once every four games. ... Most fans don't understand that all those walks are much more valuable than the (so-called) 'productive outs.' When Dunn gets a walk, it is a disappointment (for fans, because) everyone thinks the only thing he does is hit home runs. It is particularly disappointing to them when he doesn't hit one with runners on base."
The big strikeout - the flip side of the monster home run - is particularly noticeable: In 152 games this season, Dunn struck out 165 times. Last season he struck out an NL-leading 194 times in 160 games.
Steve Phillips, a former New York Mets general manager who is now with ESPN, says the big strikeout during a rally "stops everything" for fans.
But it can't just be the strikeouts that have turned some fans against Dunn. The Phillies' Ryan Howard, who is the most popular player in Philadelphia, has 198 strikeouts, breaking Dunn's major-league record 195 set in 2004.
Last season Howard struck out 181 times, second behind Dunn.
Another ugly number is Dunn's batting average with runners in scoring position (RISP). This season, he hit 23 points lower with RISP (.241) than he did overall (.264). Over his career, the discrepancy is even bigger - 26 points (.222 to .248, respectively).
But analysts like Gajus counter that too much importance is placed on RISP. Scoring more runs than the other team is what wins games, and you score runs by getting on base. Dunn does that by drawing lots of walks.
This season, Dunn walked 101 times, good for ninth best in the majors through Saturday afternoon's games. In 2006, Dunn had 115 walks, second-best in the majors.
Then there's what ESPN's Phillips refers to as "the outward grit."
Because Dunn comes off as lacking it, he doesn't get the free pass issued to every other hustling Red who is perceived as being made in the image of this city's ultimate icon, Pete Rose.
Stats cruncher Justin Inaz, who writes a blog about the Reds, says: "Dunn is in many ways the complete opposite (of Rose). He's huge, doesn't look like he's hustling much, strikes out a ton, has tons of power, and often gets as many extra-base hits as he does singles.
"I think he's good at exactly those things that Cincinnati fans have somehow decided aren't important - even though they do help win ballgames."
Dunn's teammates like him for what he can do, rather than focusing on what he cannot. Plus, they enjoy his laidback presence in the clubhouse.
A great argument can be made that more fire is needed in the Reds clubhouse, but that doesn't mean the Reds brass should ditch Dunn to make room for it, players say.
"I love Dunner, he's a good guy," says the Reds' best player, Brandon Phillips. "He's a great teammate."
Scott Hatteberg, one of the team's best hitters and arguably its best student, notes that Dunn's shortcomings on the field are not a result of Dunn not trying.
"He has told me that his average with runners in scoring position is a frustrating thing for him," Hatteberg says. "He wishes he were better at that. But with him, he's in scoring position when he walks to the plate."
"For me," concludes Hatteberg, "signing Dunn to the option (for next year) is a no-brainer."
"He just keeps getting better - his (batting) average is better, his strikeouts are down, his (overall) run production is second to none," Hatteberg says. "And he's what, 26? (Dunn is 27.) The knock on him is his defense, but it was a knock for Ted Williams, too."
Today, Dunn will be in his usual upbeat mood as his teammates close out the season.
"I think I've matured a lot this year," he says. "If the off-the-field stuff had happened to me a few years ago, I think I'd have reacted differently. But I'm still kickin', still feelin' good. I'd be preaching a different note if we hadn't picked it up the way we did (before his friend and teammate Ken Griffey Jr. got hurt). We had guys come here and do well who I'd never even heard of before.
"That was exciting for me. I'm excited about next year."


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Albert Chen met James Zhang about ten years ago when they were both at LucasArts. Now Chen is the Director of the Cogswell College Game Development Program and Zhang is the Founder and CEO of Concept Art House (CAH) in San Francisco.
As often happens in the Game Industry, the two met again and discovered they could help each other. CAH is an international art service provider and original intellectual property (IP) developer focused on digital entertainment formats. Chen and the students in his class, Game Studio, produce games. The two decided to team up. Cogswell's Game Studio is now working with CAH on a game prototype using their Daomu IP.
The game will be a character driven, action-adventure game based on characters and situations that appear in the Daomu graphic novel series. The prototype will be available to play at the NYC Comic Con in October and GDC China in December.
Check out Cogswell's Game Studio Promo on YouTube.
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REDLANDS - Rudy Lozano is a bit of a softie.
A kid smiles at him and it makes his day.
So this time of the year, Lozano can be seen with a smile from ear to ear just about every day.
Lozano is longtime member of the Redlands Police Department's Citizens Volunteer Patrol and over the years he has embraced a few projects and made them his own - the annual Christmas Block Party among them.
"It's a passion," Lozano said. "I don't get paid for any of the work I do and I don't care about that. What I get out of it is a lot better than any feeling in the world. To be in my position is a great feeling."
In addition to the Christmas Block Party, Lozano conducts the Bike Rodeo Safety program, the Cesar Chavez Memorial Breakfast at American Legion Post 650 and the Back to School Jam (a backpack giveaway).
"The Block Party is about 15 years old but with budget cutbacks last year there was a strong likelihood that it would not take place," Officer Travis Martinez said. "Rudy stepped forward and spearheaded the committee to plan the Christmas party. Rudy is a valued member of our volunteer program."
Lozano is not like many of the volunteers. He is not retired. At 64 he is still active in the architecture business.
"Giving back is a nice feeling," Lozano said. "It helps you sleep. It keeps you happy. It helps you maintain your belief in your fellow mankind. Being in position to work with the police is an honor in itself."
Lozano said volunteering with the Police Department happened by chance. A quick talk with a police officer turned into an enrollment.
"Rudy works very hard," Police Chief Mark Garcia said. "He makes sure all the bikes are ready to go. There is not too much you can say to really (convey) what he does. It is so important for the kids."
Lozano was quickly assigned to the Northside substation in 2002.
Today's HeroWho: Rudy Lozano, longtime member of Citizens Volunteer Patrol program
What: Lozano is the lead volunteer for several city-hosted events, such as the annual Christmas Block Party and the Back to School Jam
"I met a police sergeant and got to talking," Lozano said. "He got me to sign up as a volunteer. I've been doing this ever since."
The bike giveaways seem to be Lozano's favorite endeavor. About 20 bikes are given out during the Christmas Block Party. He conducts several Bike Rodeos each year.
Kids sign up with the hopes of winning a bike. But first they have to go through a bike safety program.
"To see the expressions on these kids' faces is just incredible," Lozano said. "To see them when they found out they will be in the raffle is amazing. They go back to where all the bikes are and choose any bike they want. To see their expression when they are walking away with a new bike is just priceless."
At last year's Christmas Block Party a young boy won a new bike. He chose one for his sister.
"Moments like that is why I stick with it," Lozano said. "Whatever event I am involved with, there are always positive results."
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BREVARD, N.C.-The Tornados knocked a season-best 16 hits on their way to a 15-5 thrashing of the Young Harris Mountain Lions at Gil Coan Field on Tuesday afternoon.
The Tornados blew the game open with a six-run 5th inning on their way to scoring a season-high 15 runs, headlined by three hits and five RBI's from sophomore outfielder Matthew Proffitt.
After falling behind 3-2 in the top of the 4th, BC regained the lead with three runs in the home half of the 4th to go in front 5-3.
The Tornados then exploded for six runs on three hits and two Young Harris fielding errors in the 5th. Proffitt dealt the final blow of the inning with a bases-loaded double to center that cleared the bases and gave the Tornados an 11-3 edge after five innings.
After the Mountain Lions added a run in the 6th and 7th to cut BC's lead to 11-5, the Tornados added another run in the 7th and three more in the 8th as they cruised to the victory. Proffitt had an RBI single in the 7th and followed Chad Fisher's two-run single in the 8th with a two-out RBI base hit later in the inning.
Hunter Donaldson sparked BC's offensive efforts with a two-run homer to right in the bottom of the 2nd, and added a sacrifice fly in Brevard's three-run 4th.
Lefty reliever Dustin Haithcox (W, 2-0) pitched a scoreless 5th to earn the win, lowering his ERA to a minuscule 0.73 for the season.
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According to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office here, Rory Luke, 43, was fired from Coca-Cola in May 2011 after he was allegedly caught on video surveillance cameras stealing cash from a vending machine. He then allegedly stole a set of master keys, which he used to continue to rob from the company's venders for more than a year.
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Compare the galaxy s4 with the iPhone 5 and anyone right in the head would choose iPhone every time. why? Cos it runs iOS rather than the malware cesspool alternative (android) its like comparing the latest iMac with os x and a pc with better spec running windows 8 better spec doesn't always make a better product, the os makes a major difference and that is something samsung seem to be totally oblivious to
Appstore.... that is the end of it.
I would happily get the S4 for 1 very good reason. Is NOT apple. Also its NOT locked down tight. You don't need to jailbreak it to do everyday things. Its so much more user friendly. Ad most apps are free compared to the apple version of the exact same app.
After owning 3 iPhones and 2 iPads is about time i left that crap and got a better phone.
The only way i will stay with apple is if intellescreenX will work in IOS7 without jailbreaking and the next iPhone is half price compared to the S4. If those 2 things don't happen its S4 for me.
Everyone i know that had an iPhone and who now have androids wont go back to apple, they are all really happy and regret taking so long or even regret getting an iPhone in the first place.
Another thing that will send me to Android is if the iPhone 4 is blocked from IOS7 which is what I'm expecting. Its already missing a lot of features from IOS6 so im guessing it will be missing even more from IOS7 thats if it gets it to start with.
^^ Can u name just one Android phone that was released in 2010 that runs Android 4.2?
Thank you.
Was that supposed to be funny? They could of found better and funnier ways of showing off the features. bleh.
well, iPhone CAN do everything what Galaxy S4 can do, PLUS much more - all you have to do is download an appropriate app (IF you want to, if you need to) (NFC is an exception for now, but it will be coming to iPhone too when it will be desired by much more people then it is currently). And given that design-wise and quality-wise Samsung is far behind iPhone, there is no question what I choose, and most likely WILL choose in the future again - iPhone
P.S. samsung ads are so pathetic (including the one above) that I have no respect for this company left, sorry.
People will click on just any email or website link, but those same people wouldn't send their entire contact list to a random number. Yet a email from [email protected] will get a million hits.
As for the commercial, boring, nothing makes me want to run out and buy this phone.
To each his own. I love my iPhone. And I know a bunch of people that had android phones, switched to apple, and loved the switch. The main reason is its simplicity. However, that's not for everyone.
The bottom line is, these commercials are getting to be ridiculus. I'm getting a little sick of their campaign. I think they are tasteless. It would be one thing if the had one commercial every once in a while. But they litterly have tons of the same commercial like a mini series. Just show the new cool stuff about your phone without trying to make yourself seem superior over anyone else. It is not the high road, and it makes your company seem like all it can do is make cheap shots.
And people who hate Apple products based on the fact that they are Apple products are just as lame as those who only buy Apple products because they are Apple products. (Just to clarify that, if you were to say, I always buy Apple products because I find they are better made, more reliable, etc., etc. I would not say you are buying them just because they say Apple on them.)
B1997469 you are so full of it, I'll take Apple any day over android, more secure, Apple doesn't give out your information, and unlike droid crap it works great for work and play. Also you can't beat their customer service and how everything links between my Mac and mobile devices. How about reliability......Apple rules there too. I have friends who tried a droid, said it sucked and came back to Apple ( I have smart friends)
Go to a droid site and post your BS there.
Samsung, i have no respect to this company. They said they have innovation, but that is ********! They made wallet with all feature and looks just like passbook..and they said that is innovation??
Are you gotta kidding me?!!!
I much appreciate HTC, with their quality product, butn no respect for android. Sorry, android is trash!
So, dump id to trash can..
Just place something on his own place
I just don't get why they keep showcasing features as if someone with an iPhone couldnt do it with an app from the app store or cydia. Like controlling your tv, making that picture of the guy on the diving board, waving to answer a phone.. That's all software stuff that is possible on an iPhone.


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Rensselaer County Sheriff Jack Mahar receives the Certificate of Appreciation from New York State Marine Corps Commandant Timothy M. Forbes for outstanding support of the United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots. The Rensselaer Public Safety Building was one of the official drop-off locations for Toys for Tots 2013.
Chief Bly donated his 2014 raise of $430.00 and the officers union matched that for a total of $860. Sergeant Sauer took the money and through the use of coupons, manufacturer and store rebates purchased $1,600.00 worth of toys.
"This organization allows people in the community to give back to those less fortunate," said Mahar "Toys for Tots focuses on the importance of 'giving' especially to those less fortunate at this time of year."
Sheriff Mahar is also a member of the Troy Detachment Marine Corps League.
Toys for Tots started in 1947 by a Marine Reservist and his wife for needy children at Christmastime. Since then, more than half a billion toys have been distributed to millions of children.