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POTTSTOWN — While there's nothing like owning your own business, it's never an easy road, according to Pottstown restaurateur Michael Falcone.
Falcone, a trained chef, and his fiancee Tonda Woodling own Funky Lil' Kitchen restaurant in downtown Pottstown.
The 232 King St. location had previously been home to a popular, less upscale eatery, Pat's Luncheonette, before Falcone bought the 120-year-old stately brick building in June 2004. He and Woodling transformed the space into a 30-seat hip, artsy BYOB bistro, where Falcone cooks up his eclectic creations Wednesday through Saturday evenings.
"We like to say we're a casual fine dining bistro in style, serving a seasonal American menu," Falcone said.
Entrees typically cost around $25. Typically, a full three-course meal, including appetizer and dessert, costs about $35 per person, he said.
Customers seem to like whatever Falcone is cooking: the prestigious Zagat restaurant guide recently gave Funky Lil' Kitchen a 27 out of 30 rating.
The couple live upstairs from the restaurant, "European" style. You often see one or the other, or both of them, walking their dog, a rescue named Ruger, through the neighborhood (The Mercury's neighborhood).
Community support, Falcone noted, goes both ways.
"We try to be part of the community, but you can only do so much to be part of something when people stop coming in, and the community doesn't return that to you," Falcone said. "We do things here in town to try to turn Pottstown around. There are a lot of great places to go downtown — the bike shop, the farmers market, the theater. If the community doesn't come in and support us, then eventually no one's going to be here."
He added, "If you want the community to turn around, it's not that expensive to buy season tickets to the theater," or enjoy a meal downtown. "I don't think people do that enough here, and that gets me frustrated."
Falcone puts his "Buy Local" philosophy into practice daily, cooking with locally grown foods and, wherever possible, supporting local businesses.
He prefers to use in-season, locally-grown produce in his recipes, and does his food shopping at area farmers markets and farms in Chester, Montgomery and Lancaster counties — or in his own garden, in season. He buys the pasta he cooks at the restaurant from Chris Foster at Positively Pasta. Specialty cheeses and farm-raised meats come from Sue Miller at Birchrun Hills Farm, among other area producers. Seafood comes from East Coast vendors.
"We use local and sustainable food — organic as much as possible — and support local farms," Falcone said. "But I don't want to preach to anyone. I do it because I believe in it."
Years ago, Falcone, now 42, left what he calls a "dead-end job" as a bookkeeper to become a chef. After sharpening his craft at Philadelphia restaurants such as Sonoma and Adriatica, and 110 Restaurant and Bar in Wayne, he struck out on his own and bought his Pottstown location. A Philadelphia native, Falcone dreams of opening a restaurant in the city. At the time he moved here, Pottstown was a much more economic option, where he could buy a building instead of leasing one.
Almost a decade later, Falcone says the gamble was a good one. But the restaurant business is fickle and the economy has taken Funky Lil' Kitchen for a ride. Falcone said his profit is down 40 percent since the recession started, and recovery has been painfully slow.
"Business is still more down than up," he said.
He's had to cut staff — he started out with two sous chefs and now the kitchen staff is just Falcone. Attempts at making lunch service work proved unprofitable. So the restaurant is dinner only.
Fortunately, Falcone's talents in the kitchen have attracted a loyal following of customers.
"We have a good core group of regulars that have kept us here for 8˝ years," he said. "Friday and Saturday nights are the big days. But you need more than that to carry you."
Partnering with OpenTable, a website and mobile app that allows people to make reservations digitally, has been a boon to business. To bring in new customers and get people to come out on weeknights, Falcone tries fixed-price dinners or special themed meals every couple of months. The most recent dinner was a partnership with Birchrun Hills Farm featuring its veal and pork.
"We sold out in two-and-a-half days," Falcone said.
Charity benefits, such as nights were a portion of profits go to nonprofits such as Chester County SPCA — a cause near to Michael and Tonda's hearts — have been a good way to get noticed as well. Falcone acknowledged those sorts of special events can't be done too often.
"Some places do stuff every single month and then it's not special anymore," he said. "I think it takes away from the experience."
Getting people in the door is the key.
"Hopefully next time they'll come here instead of driving an hour into Philly," Falcone said.
Funky Lil' Kitchen, 232 King St., Pottstown, is open from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Reservations are suggested, but walk-ins are welcome. To make a reservation, call the restaurant at 610-326-7400 or use Open Table.
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The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) Code for Interactions With Companies aims to "reinforce the core principles that help us maintain actual and perceived independence" by tackling potential industry-society conflicts of interest on charitable contributions and corporate sponsorships, meetings and events, CME, research grants, clinical practice guidelines and society journals. The code represents a year's worth of work by a CMSS task force including representatives of more than 30 member organizations. Thirteen societies have signed so far, including the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Physicians.Among other things, the code bars heads of societies and editors-in-chief of society journals from having direct financial relationships during their terms of service. Societies must adhere to the ACCME's Standards for Commercial Support and use written agreements with companies for educational grants, as well as corporate sponsorships, charitable contributions, business transactions and support of research grants. They must disclose industry support publicly—at a minimum, educational grants, corporate sponsorships, charitable contributions and support of research grants.
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Like everyone evacuated from the High Park Fire fire, it has been devastating for WOLF. They had to evacuate 30 wolves/hybrids, build temporary housing, care for and be with them to try to help them overcome their fears. They just do not understand what happened. The WOLF mission is to save captive-bred wolves and wolf-dogs whose caretakers are no longer able to provide for them, for whatever reason.
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This afterschool curriculum includes six lessons plus supplementary materials (e.g., videos, PowerPoint presentations, and images) that explore how light from the electromagnetic spectrum is used as a tool for learning about the Sun. The curriculum... (View More) is designed to be flexible to meet the needs of afterschool programs and includes recommendations for partial implementation based on time constraints. It was specifically designed to engage girls in science. (View Less)
This is the first module in the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) Project Suite curriculum. Activities are self-directed by students or student teams using online videos and data from the SDO satellite to explore, research and build knowledge about... (View More) features of the Sun. Students build vocabulary, apply or demonstrate learning through real world connections, and creating resources to use in their investigations. Each activity comes with both a teacher and student guide with sequential instructions and embedded links to the needed videos and internet resources. Activity 1A: Structure of the Earth's Star takes students through the features and function of the Sun's structures using online videos, completing a "Sun Primer" data sheet using information from the videos, and creating a 3D origami model of the Sun. Students use a KWL chart to track what they have learned. Activity 1B: Observing the Sun has students capture real solar images from SDO data to find and record sunspots and track their movement across the surface of the Sun. Activity 1C has students create a pin-hole camera to use in calculating the actual diameter of the Sun, and then calculate scales to create a Earth-Sun scale model. Students reflect on their learning and results at the end of the module. An internet connection and access to computers are needed to complete this module. See related and supplementary resources for link to full curriculum. The appendix includes an alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
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Learners will weigh themselves on scales modified to represent their weights on other worlds to explore the concept of gravity and its relationship to weight. They consider how their weights would be the highest of all the planets while standing on... (View More) Jupiter, but their mass remains the same no matter where in the solar system they are. They compare the features of different planets to determine which characteristics cause a planet to have more or less gravity. This activity is part of Explore! Jupiter's Family Secrets, a series designed to engage children in space and planetary science in libraries and informal learning environments. (View Less)
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I installed the programer in a 2000 Expedition 5.4L. The orginal PCM had a superchip installed on it in 2000. The new programer was required after the PCM was replaced. It appears to be as good if not better as the orginal superchip. I like the easy of installation and the new menue for different mode of operation. I would recommend this product to a friend. Thanks!


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Jamaica Population 2018
The island of Jamaica, which celebrated 50 years of independence in 2012 after finally breaking away from centuries of rule by the Spanish and then the British, has a population of 2.90 million in 2018, up from the estimated 2.8 million in 2015. That's pretty impressive for an island nation with just 10,991 square kilometers (4,244 square miles) of area. This means that Jamaica is now the world's 139th most populous country.
To be precise, the latest official estimate – provided in 2014 by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica – is 2,720,554.
However, other demographers disagree, and believe that the population of Jamaica is actually considerably higher than the government believes. The CIA World Factbook, for example, had estimated that the Jamaica population in 2012 was actually 2,889,187, not the 2.7 million estimated by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica.
Jamaica has a long history of census taking, and currently holds a census every ten years. The last census took place in July 2011, which showed a total of 2,697,983 residents in the country. A 2014 estimate showed 2.72 million, while estimates for 2016 are thought to be around 2.9 million.
Depending on which estimates you use (the Jamaican government's or the CIA Factbook), Jamaica experienced a population growth of 5 or 15% from 2001 to 2011. Still, there's no doubt that the country is continuing to grow.
Jamaica Population Density
Jamaica is a small island, but it makes up for its size with a high population density in comparison with much of the rest of the world. The total surface area is just 10,991 square kilometers (4,244 square miles) and this makes Jamaica the 160th largest nation on earth, when it comes to geographical area.
For every square mile of Jamaican territory, however, there is an average of 252 people, which converts to 656 per square mile and makes it the 49th most densely populated country in the world.
39% of Jamaica's residents live in parish capitals, according to the 2011 census, and the population of the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) and all parish capitals was 1.04 million, which is a 5% increase since 2001. KMA alone has 88% of the parishes of St. Andrew and Kingston.
Age Breakdown and Life Expectancy
The CIA World Factbook has also provided data on age breakdowns and life expectancy. As far as age breakdowns were concerned, it was reported that 30.1% of the country's people were aged between 0 and 14. In addition, 62.3% were between 15 and 64 years of age while 7.6% of the population of Jamaica were aged 65 and over in 2011.
Life expectancy figures date from 2013 and at the time it was reported that the average across Jamaica stood at 74.4 years. This could be further divided between men at 71.8 years and women at 77.2 years.
Jamaica Demographics
According to the 2001 census, Jamaica's population is overwhelmingly of African descent, and the most common ethnic groups among Africans taken to Jamaica for slavery during the 17th century were the Akan (or Coromantee) from present-day Ghana and the Igbo people from present-day Nigeria.
The second-largest racial group is multiracial Jamaicans, many of whom have ancestors from Ireland. Still, most mixed-race people in the country self-report as just "Jamaican."
Jamaicans of African descent represent 76.3% of the population, followed by 15.1% Afro-European, 3.4% East Indian and Afro-East Indian, 3.2% Caucasian, 1.2% Chinese and 0.8% other.
Largest Cities in Jamaica
The largest city in Jamaica is Kingston, the capital city. Kingston has a population of 937,700, according to 2011 estimates. The Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) and all parish capitals had a population of 1.041 million according to the census and, outside the KMA, the largest capital towns are Spanish Town in St Catherine (147,000) and Montego Bay (110,000). Officially, the largest cities in Jamaica are:
- Kingston (Kingston Parish): 937,000
- Portmore (Saint Catherine): 182,000
- Spanish Town (Saint Catherine): 147,000
- Montego Bay (Saint James): 110,000
Jamaica Population Growth
Jamaica's population growth has been fairly unstable over the last 50 years with a lot of ups and downs, including a very steep drop from 1980 to 1990. Over the past 15 years, Jamaica's population growth has slowed dramatically.
Jamaica is currently seeing a decline in the 0-14 age group with an increase in the working age and retired population, the fastest growing segment, which is typical for developing countries. According to the Planning Institute of Jamaica, the country is now on track to stabilizing its growth to stay in line with United Nations recommendations.
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It's pretty much set in stone at this point that Google will unveil the Nexus 7 tablet today at the kickoff of Google's I/O developer conference in San Francisco. With the Nexus 7, Google is hoping to make a dent in the tablet market dominated by Apple's iPad, whose only competition came (briefly) from the sub-$250 Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet hybrid ereader/tablet devices. There have been many Android tablets released in the last 18 months, and all have failed to generate meaningful sales.
So can Google's Nexus 7 be the tablet that finally breaks this trend and gives Apple the competition the tablet market so sorely needs? We obviously hope so, but Google and Co. will need to focus on four key areas to generate consumer interest in their Android 4.1 slate.
The biggest gripe with Android tablets thus far have been the severe lack of applications available that are customized to the larger screens. The remedy thus far has been blown-up phone applications, which look awful on a 10″ screen. Google has a slight advantage here in that these applications look fairly decent on the 7″ screens, but Google still needs to push developers to put out versions of their applications that take full advantage of the larger displays afforded to them by tablets.
Google has previously said that it wants to double down on tablets this year, and with Google I/O set to kick off today, Google has a perfect opportunity to reach the developers it needs to get this goal accomplished. Here's hoping Google places a focus on apps when it takes the stage later this morning.
Price Point
When it comes to getting the most people to adopt a product that doesn't have an Apple logo on the side, pricing is key. Amazon showed the power of the bargain when it unveiled the $200 Kindle Fire, which sold like hotcakes throughout the holiday season. Other Android tabs have been fairly expensive, with price points mirroring Apple's iPad, and sales have obviously suffered. In order for Google to have a shot at success, it will need to keep the price point low.
Fortunately, it looks like Google is doing the right thing here. We first suggested that the Nexus Tablet would retail for $149-$199, and all signs recently are pointing to an 8GB model for $199, and a 16GB model for $249. This is with a fully-powered Tegra 3 quad-core processor inside, giving Google the unquestionable leg up against the low-cost competition.
Marketing is something Apple has done extremely well with its iPhone and iPad devices. Adverts for Apple's leading slate are everywhere, from your television, to the websites you visit, and even on many bus stop benches. Amazon's marketing with the Kindle Fire was almost equally impressive, with the tablet plastered all across Amazon's homepage, as well as a few TV ads geared at generating large amounts of sales.
How many people use Google? That's right, a crapton. While Google usually doesn't do more than text ads on its own page, we'd like to see Google do more of a visual push on the Nexus 7, perhaps featuring it in the daily doodle a few times in the first few weeks. Google will also need to buy some TV spots in key markets, similar to what it and Samsung did with the Galaxy Nexus device, one of the few Android phones people actually lined up at stores to purchase (see also: Galaxy S III).
In short, the advertising campaign needs to be large scale if Google is to successfully push the Nexus 7 tablet.
Again, how many people use Google's services? From Drive to Gmail, hundreds of millions of people are using Google's services every day, and even though competing tablets can hook you into these services, nobody does it as well as Google itself. The Android Google experience is head and shoulders above the competition, and Google needs to demonstrate that ecosystem experience in its marketing campaign.
Google is also set to launch a true cloud storage platform to rival that offered by the likes of Amazon and Dropbox. Imagine if Google offered something extra–say, 50-100GB of free storage–if you purchase a Nexus 7 tablet. The costs to Google would be fairly minimal, and free cloud storage is a strong incentive to get people to purchase a tablet, especially when the tablet only costs $200. And the return for Google is two-fold, not only do they get more Android tablets (and therefore, search revenue) in the hands of consumers, they tie these customers into their cloud storage service, and as more and more services move to the cloud, people would likely upgrade to Google's higher storage tiers.
So too with a tie-in to Google Music, another under-performing service Google is hoping to bolster.
Google I/O is set to kick off in just a few short hours, and we should learn a lot more about the Nexus 7 tablet very soon. Google has the potential to make the Nexus 7 a runaway success, if only Google puts an adequate amount of focus on apps, pricing, marketing, and the powerful Google ecosystem. Should they do so, we believe the Nexus 7 could finally be the tablet that can help Android emerge as a true competitor in the tablet market.


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It was only natural to expect a significant regulatory response to the mortgage meltdown. After all, it revealed a number of glaring deficiencies in industry underwriting processes, credit standards and product development.
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Yet the agencies, by setting high DTI and low LTV thresholds for QM and QRM, respectively, appear to worry more about Type 2 errors, or false negatives – here, loans that pass underwriting but end up defaulting. The Federal Housing Finance Agency data used to guide regulators in setting the proposed 80% LTV standard for QRM considered only the incremental effect on 90-day plus delinquency rates, and ignored considerations such as the impact on mortgage demand or higher mortgage costs from tighter LTVs. Reducing Type 2 errors comes at the expense of increasing Type 1 errors and vice versa.
From a policy perspective, achieving a sensible balance between the two errors should be a clear objective of any underwriting bright-line standard. We may have missed the opportunity to apply such an approach to QM's debt-to-income test, but the QRM loan-to-value threshold could be set while comparing the costs of both Type 1 and Type 2 errors. Figuring the costs from Type 2 errors is somewhat easier since it entails determining the credit losses under differential LTV rules. The trickier part of the exercise would be in computing the economic and social costs of any Type 1 errors under different LTV thresholds, but economists are well equipped to make such estimates. Once the costs associated with both error types are quantified along LTV scenarios, regulators could then determine at what LTV threshold the costs of both errors are minimized.
Certainly there is an element of judgment even in this process. But standards that fail to balance the costs of both types of policy errors lead to suboptimal policy.
Clifford V. Rossi is the Executive-in-Residence and Tyser Teaching Fellow at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.


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The juxtaposition of Monique and Stripper-Demon is just... wow.
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I wonder if Stripper-Demon is related to 'Nique in any way.
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The juxtaposition of Monique and Stripper-Demon is just... wow.
Not to mention the juxtaposition of Tat and God!
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God looks sorta in righteous anger mode. You'd think he'd be, I dunno, more restrained after killing and endangering so many people with his pity party?
But no, he looks ready to blame someone(s) for the ordeal. Doesn't look good, to me.
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I feel like it's more "four difference ways of asking the question":
-- Monique, angry at people who expect a certain type of entertainment
-- Stripper-Demon (<>Mary?</s>Apparently Sapphire. Editing to fix.), resigned to entertain people with a certain type of entertainment
-- Tat, honestly curious whether he's doing a good job of entertaining
-- God, basically demanding that people be entertained
That said, I agree the juxtaposition of all of them adds layers, partly in categories of two (stage entertainers and creators), because how [strike]Mary[/strike]Sapphire feels is how Monique used to feel, and Monique feels is how [strike]Mary[/strike]Sapphire aught to feel; and God is also curious as to how his work is actually received, and Tat feels like he deserves the satisfaction of being entertaining.
As a final, lesser (double) layer, Monique is also probably curious about whether she actually is entertaining, and also doubtlessly feels like she deserves to be entertaining, [strike]Mary[/strike]Sapphire feels curious about what her audience is thinking, and also would like to be entertaining, rather than just titillating, Tat probably often feels like he's confronting us over what we expect, or feels like he's giving in without challenging us, and God sometimes feels like people take so much from this world without acknowledgement, getting either annoyed or just disappointed.
Also, should I feel vaguely insulted that we're being stood in for by Pooch?
(Oh! Not that there's anything wrong with that, Pooch. I mean, I didn't mean... oh, don't look so sad, please!... Here, I'm sorry, just let me pet you. Please?..)
((Edited to fix who Stripper-Demon was.))
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Is the stripper-demon not Sapphire? I could have sworn it was her.
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Yes, I believe so.
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I desperately want Sapphire to discover the Sisterhood and find a new purpose in life.
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Panel 2 is the only one I dont understand. The other three show someone facing an unappreciative audiance. So for them the line makes sense.
But Sapphire seems to be dancing for a pretty enthusiastic crowd, if the reaching hands and wads of cash are any indication.
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It's an audience she Hates, Tat has gone out of his way to show that the presumption that ANY of the Devil girls chose this life or enjoy the actions they perform is completely false. That all of them are victims of circumstance and/or somehow forced into their roles and would leave if they could, with the POSSIBLE exception of Blue. But it seems that Fushia is the only one to realize that they can just by being willing to walk out of their 'comfort zone' and try living differently, then again she might be an exception in the fact that by right's D should have hold of their Souls to some extent so forcing her back should be within his power, but we won't know until it comes up. :S
It's a direct reference, at least from my perspective, that most women in disadvantagous positions in life have them forced on them by an uncaring society/The Patriarchy. Strippers, Prostitutes, Escorts, Nude Models, etc. All people who went into those lives not because of any childhood Dreams, but because they felt they had no choice, that degrading themselves for 'entertainment' was the only way they could survive.
And that's only for a POSSIBLE majority of them in the business in North America and a few other 1st world nations, I could even be wrong in this as I have no hard numbers to prove one way or the other. In many others, 3rd World especially women are forced into such jobs, no choice given, and even here as well, at young, disgustingly young ages in fact.
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In Monique's case, obviously the crowd is not entertained, or they would not be throwing tomatoes at her. So, no.
In the stripper's case, her audience seek the titillation of lust, rather than entertainment. But the similarly seedy gladiatorial games counted as entertainment. Hence this might, too, dpending on how you cared to argue it. So, maybe.
In Mr. Ishida's case, his dog clearly cannot discern the joke of whatever strip he is holding up for its scrutiny. So, no.
And God has just finished weeping over his irrelevance, and been rebuked by an angry Sister, so presumably his audience is not entertained by his antics. So, no.
A possible 1 out of 4. Remarkably, his stripper's performance bids fair to surpass God's.
As for me: sometimes. I find the strip challenging more often than it is entertaining, which isn't a completely bad thing. Ideally it would be both at the same time - simultaneously able to amuse and instruct - but one or the other is still good. It's probably quite difficult trying to entertain as a provocateur.
Edit: Though it occurs to me that perhaps to be passionately un-entertained is still, in a sense, to be entertained; for those men throwing tomatoes at Monique are still engaged and diverted. To get a reaction, whether good or bad, is the aim of some artists.
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A decision has been issued by the company we work for that they will cover the following expenses: the price of renting a house to a maximum of 1500 pounds sterling per month, and 200 pounds sterling per month to cover utility bills (water, electricity and gas). The company will pay the amount of rent that is recorded in the contract only, provided that it does not exceed 1500 pounds. My question is, if there is a house the rent of which is 900 pounds per month, then I made a deal with the landlord (a secret deal) that he will pay the utility bills without writing it in the rental contract, then we raise the value of the rent recorded in the contract to 1200 pounds per month, so that what the company will see in the contract is that the rent is 1200 pounds per month, and at the end of the month the company will pay me 1200 pounds for the rent, and 200 pounds for utility bills… To sum up, this deal means that I will get the money allocated for bills, which is 200 pounds, whilst the landlord will pay the bills. If we show this in the contract, we are afraid that the company will stop paying for utilities. What is the ruling on this transaction? What does the one who did that before have to do now?.
If the matter is as you describe, then you have to tell the company the truth and not use tricks to take from the company that which it has not given permission for. If the rent of the house is 900 pounds, it is not permissible to write it as 1200, whether that includes the utility bills or not, because the company has differentiated between the two things and has allocated a specific limit for each.
It is no secret that honesty is one of the greatest of characteristics and it is the means of all goodness, as the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "I enjoin you to be truthful, for truthfulness leads to righteousness and righteousness leads to Paradise. A man may continue to tell the truth and endeavour to be truthful until he is recorded with Allaah as a speaker of truth. And beware of lying, for lying leads to wickedness and wickedness leads to Hell. A man may continue to tell lies and endeavour to tell lies, until he is recorded with Allaah as a liar."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari (5743)and Muslim (2607).
Recording the amounts as something other than what they really are involves lying and deceit, and using tricks in order to consume wealth unlawfully. All of that is haraam. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): "O you who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves unjustly" [an-Nisa' 4:29]. And the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever deceives us is not one of us." Narrated by Muslim (101).
So you have to be honest and tell the truth about the situation; that is the way that leads to salvation, goodness and blessing.
If anyone has done that previously, he has to return the money that he took when he was not entitled to it, to the company. If he fears that this will cause him trouble, then he may send the money to the company by any means, and he does not have to tell the administration of the company what he did.
See also the answer to question no. 47086 and 71249
And Allah knows best.


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Cashmere ends Chewelah season
NEA championsfinish 19-6The Chewelah Cougars boys' basketball season came to an end Saturday with a 73-47 loss to Cashmere High School in the third place/loser-out game of the 1A Bi-District tournament in Omak. The Cougars were in the third place game by virtue of pulling out an incredible 53-50, come-from-behind win over Northeast A League rival Lakeside on Friday night. The Cougars finished with a 19-6 overall record and won the NEA title with an unblemished 12-0 record. While there was plenty of disappointment that the Cougars weren't able to get out of Bi-District and qualify for the Hardwood Classic state tournament, this senior-dominated Chewelah team had a great run in 2012-2013 and will be remembered for quite some time. "You've reached that point in the season where only four teams holding their trophies are happy," Chewelah coach Rocky Verbeck said. "The kids had a great run at it--19 wins, 14-1 against the NEA and a league championship." Yes, it is all about the ride.The Cougars will start next basketball season with almost an entirely clean slat. Only junior guard Mason Miller saw significant playing time this season. But despite the inexperience across the board, Verbeck isn't too concerned.Inexperience "They'll lack varsity experience, but the kids that we're bringing up is a strong group and probably could have started for any team in the league this year," Verbeck said. "In most years, they would have played varsity."RECAPIt took a big comeback by the Cougars over Lakeside (12-13, 9-3) on Friday night at Okanogan High School for Chewelah to advance to the third place game on Saturday. Against Lakeside, the Cougars were in their element--it was a fast-paced, back and forth game that fit Chewelah's style. About midway through the first quarter, the Cougars had opened up a 19-11 lead, but the Eagles hung tough and reeled the Cougars back in. A Cameron Gay three-pointer at the first quarter buzzer cut the Chewelah lead to 21-18. Lakeside continued their roll into the second quarter, building a 29-22 lead before a Lars Berger three-pointer with five seconds left cut the Cougars deficit to 29-25 at the half. Chewelah was unable to cut into the Lakeside lead in the third quarter and going into the final quarter, the Cougars trailed 41-35. In the fourth quarter, with contributions from everybody on the floor, Chewelah began their comeback. Wild fourth Within the first three minutes of the fourth period, Chewelah had cut the deficit to one point, and with 4:45 left in the game, Brandon Smith hit a three-pointer to give the Cougars their first lead since the first half, 44-43. From there, it was back and forth. With two-minutes left and the game tied at 47, Gay hit his fourth three-pointer of the game to give Lakeside a 50-47 lead. Derek Smith scored with 45 seconds left to cut the LHS lead to 50-49. Instead of fouling right away, the Cougars chose to play defense. A steal and layup from Deylin Peone gave Chewelah a 51-50 lead with 12 seconds left.On Lakeside's ensuing possession, Conner Moffatt got a good look at the basket, but missed. Ben Johnstone corralled the rebound, was fouled, and sank two free throws with three seconds left. Lakeside was unable to get off a last second heave and the Cougars survived 53-50."It was just an unbelievable, remarkable comeback," said coach Verbeck. "We were down nine in the fourth quarter, but we just kept plugging away and the next thing you know, we're down by one."After Derek's (Smith) basket Caleb (Wiebe) got a deflection, Deylin (Peone) picked it up and hit that runner. It was a great finish and since I had a bunch of former players in the building, it was nice that they got to see a good game." Verbeck was the head coach at Omak from 1994 to 2003 before coming to JHS. Big Cashmere run in secondJohnstone led the Cougars with 20 points, while Brandon Smith added 12 and Lars Berger pulled down 12 rebounds in the win. Colton Collins scored 18 points, Conner Moffatt and Cameron Gay added 12 for the Eagles.Less than 24 hours later, the Cougars traveled to Omak to play Caribou-Trail League power Cashmere (17-7, 11-3) in the third place/loser out game. The winner advances to the state tournament (Hardwood Classic). It proved to be a tough draw for Chewelah. Cashmere is likely the best team in the CTL this season, despite their seeding.Chewelah started out well, trading baskets with the Bulldogs. With five points each from Peone and Derek Smith, the Cougars held a 16-15 lead at the end of the first quarter. But Cashmere took over in the second quarter and continued their hot-shooting run in the third period.In the second quarter, Johnstone hit a three-pointer to give Chewelah a 19-17 lead, but that would be the last lead the Cougars would hold on that evening. Casey Ruether answered with a three-pointer and keyed a 28-7 run to end the half and put Cashmere up 45-26. In the second half, things didn't get much better for the Cougars, who were outscored 24-9 in the third quarter on the way to a 73-47 loss. It was the worst loss of the season for Chewelah."They're a good team," Verbeck said. "I went into this tournament thinking they may have been the best team in the CTL." Derek Smith had 17 points, six steals, six rebounds and four assists for the Cougars. As a team, Cashmere hit a phenomenal 9 of 12 three-pointers and 27 for 44 overall from the field.It's tough to beat anyone when they're shooting lights out like that.Cashmere was led in scoring by Dylan Boyd with 24 points and Coleman McElroy with 22. With any great season, there are many awards accompanying it. All NEA first team honors went to seniors Derek Smith and Brandon Smith; second team to fellow seniors Caleb Wiebe and Ben Johnstone. Derek Smith was also this year's NEA MVP. Smith, one of the best all-around athletes to ever play at JHS, unofficially established a new school record for career steals. Head Coach Rocky Verbeck took home NEA Coach of the Year honors. Verbeck's career record now stands at 276-190 between Jenkins and Omak high schools.


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Update: Time's up, the first million downloads have happened so the free album is no more.
I'm sure many of you will be sitting around the barbecue sometime in the next few days waiting for the next round of fireworks to be launched skyward. Apologies to those of you not in the U.S. who are less likely to be doing these things over the next few days, but regardless of where you are I do recommend barbecuing and fireworks. But I digress. So while waiting for the next round of food, beverage or fireworks what better way to pass the time than with a free Jay-Z album?
This was my long winded way of telling you that the new Jay-Z album is finally available for free via the Jay-Z Magna Carta app in the Play Store. You may remember that the album will only be free for the first million to download it through the app and the Play Store counter for the app is sitting at the 500,000 to 1 million mark at the moment so time is running out.
The app is only compatible for Samsung Galaxy S4, S III and Note II owners in the U.S. (or those that can convince the Play Store that they meet those requirements) and forces you to authorize through either Twitter or Facebook; so if any or all of those stipulations are a problem don't worry about hitting the link below.
As we have said previously this an interesting play from Jay-Z as these downloads don't count toward his Billboard results, although hardly risky given his stature and the fact that Samsung reportedly shelled out around $20-30 million for this exclusive.
Do you think this was money well spent for Samsung?
Update: It took about 10 minutes for the download option to show up for me on the album after the app downloaded. A reader reported that the album wouldn't play after downloading it. Anyone else having problems with the app?


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PRINCETON, N.J. – The ECHL confirmed on Friday that the Chicago Express has withdrawn its Membership from the ECHL, effective immediately. The Express' withdrawal occurs at the end of their current Affiliation Agreement, and was done in accordance with ECHL Bylaws.
In recent months, the ECHL announced the addition of Expansion Memberships in San Francisco and Orlando for play in the 2012-13 season.
All other Members who participated in the ECHL during the 2011-12 season will return for the 2012-13 season. Work is well underway on the 2012-13 playing schedule, which will be released in the near future.
The ECHL would like to thank Craig Drecktrah, his management team, the Sears Centre and the Village of Hoffman Estates for their hard work and cooperation during their time in the ECHL.
As outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Professional Hockey Players' Association, all Chicago players on ECHL contracts are hereby deemed unrestricted free agents effective immediately.


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Billed as the "20-Minute City" and "America's Best Designed City," Buffalo's world-class design makes getting around a snap.
Forbes magazine declared Buffalo the "best U.S. city" for commuting.
In fact, Buffalo's average commute time—it has been clocked at 20 minutes—is the second-shortest of the country's 52 largest cities.
That translates to an enhanced quality of life for our faculty, staff and students, who enjoy stress-free travel regardless of where they're headed around the region.
Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture, called Buffalo "the best planned city, as to its streets, public places, and grounds, in the United States, if not the world."
Visit us and you'll be surprised at our tremendous geography, street designs, parks, neighborhoods and architecture.
Buffalo's Metro Bus provides quick, economical service throughout the city and suburbs.
The Metro Rail line connects UB's South Campus with downtown Buffalo, including UB's Downtown Campus, and the neighborhoods in between. Rides above ground are free in downtown Buffalo. UB employees who are regular commuters might wish to take advantage of the NYS-Ride program that allows pre-tax dollars to be used for monthly passes.


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New Orleans
Hilton New Orleans Riverside, 2 Poydras Street
Republican Leadership Conference
Hilton Exhibition Center (HEC) located on the 2nd Floor (near the RLC 2011 registration area)
11:30 a.m.
No registration is required to attend this event.
Our fight is clear. We must step up and retake the reins of our government from a Washington establishment that has abused our trust. We must empower states to fight for our beliefs, elect only leaders who are on our team, set out to remind our fellow Americans why liberty is guaranteed in the Constitution, and take concrete steps to take back our country. The American people have never sat idle when liberty's trumpet sounds the call to battle—and today that battle is for the soul of America.
- Rick Perry


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Home > Plan Your Trip > Relax and Adventure > Play exciting sports > Salmon fishing in Hokkaido
Salmon fishing in Hokkaido
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The ocean surrounding Japan is home to unique types of fish as well as a sheer abundance of aqua-life unlike anything in the world. Japan also boasts a large amount of rivers, lakes, and marshes with excellent water quality, and with ocean waters and the nature of mountain land nearby, seafood cuisine in the interior regions of Japan are also extremely popular. These geographical conditions are part of the reason the Japanese people have loved fish for centuries. Visit the ocean or rivers, or anyplace where water can be found, and you are bound to find people casting fishing lines. In fact, enjoying fishing in Japan is also one way to get a feel for one of the foundations of life in Japan. We have included information here on some special fishing spots that feature characteristics unique to Japan while providing a fun leisure activity and sports type atmosphere.


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WASHINGTON – Indianapolis Colts safety Joe Lefeged has been released after a hearing in a Washington, D.C., court on a gun possession charge.
Lefeged was arrested early Saturday after police found a semi-automatic pistol in the car he was riding in. Police say they also smelled marijuana in the car and found a bottle containing vodka.
The car had been pulled over for speeding but then sped away. Police say Lefeged and another passenger were caught after they tried to run from officers.
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Joe Lefeged was signed by the Colts in 2011 as an undrafted free agent after career at Rutgers.
Prosecutors wanted to keep him behind bars, saying the gun was loaded and there was evidence of drug use.
The Colts have said they're aware of the arrest and are gathering gather more details.
Lefeged, who grew up in Montgomery County, Md., and played college football at Rutgers, is entering his third NFL season.