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The Department of Geology & Geophysics is proud to have dozens of scholarships and awards to give to outstanding students. The department nominates and selects students for awards during the academic year. Below is a list of some of these awards. To be considered for one of these awards, you must be a declared geology major. Each award carries specific requirements and the scholarship committee will grant each award to a selected awardee. There are two ways to obtain a scholarship:
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All courses follow a clear and systematic methodology and use the methodology of Prof. Dr. Halloun. The teaching language is English. The Media Arabic courses use the following books:
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Students must make their own arrangements at a hotel, hostel, pension, or private home in Jerusalem or Bethlehem. Reservations should be made well in advance or students have to arrive in Bethlehem several days before registration to find living accommodations. The university does not arrange student housing but the Arabic School can put you in contact with our partner Siraj Center who can help you to find a suitable accommodation. If you need any assistance, please send an email to Iliana Awwad: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Students are expected to abide by the regulations of Bethlehem University on campus. While living off campus, in the hotels or with families, they are expected to behave as ambassadors of good will.
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All fees are listed in US Dollars. Students from abroad may pay their fees either in US$ or in the equivalent amount Euro or NIS. The fees are paid directly to "Bethlehem University" at the Finance Department upon arrival to Bethlehem. *Please note, we do not allow bank transfer for payment of fees.
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Please note that we appreciate receiving an e-mail (to firstname.lastname@example.com) together with any communication by post.
Materials used by the Institute are NOT included in the fees. Students have to buy their books from the University bookshop first day of class or before.
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Directions to Jerusalem and then to Bethlehem University:
How to arrive to Bethlehem from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv:
To arrive to Bethlehem you can take a taxi(service yellow van) from the airport to Jerusalem and ask to be dropped off at Damascus Gate next to the Arab Bus Station.
Once you arrive there you should take the bus number 21 to Bethlehem and get off at the last stop. Or you can take bus number 124 to the Bethlehem checkpoint and cross the checkpoint walking.
How to arrive to Bethlehem University from Jerusalem:
If you take the 21 bus Bethlehem University is a 5 minute walk from the last bus stop, you can ask anyone how to walk there. If you take the 124 bus and cross the checkpoint walking you can take a taxi after the checkpoint to Bethlehem University, it should cost about 15 shekels.
* Please note that summer intensive classes are NOT held at the Brother Vincent Malham Center, they are held at Bethlehem University. Also, the Brother Vincent Malham Center is not on the same campus as Bethlehem University. All other courses during the year are held at the Brother Vincent Malham Center.
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Once you arrive to Bethlehem you should walk or take a taxi to the Church of the Nativity. The center is located near the Church of the Nativity. There is a street next to the church of the Nativity called Milk Grotto Street. You should walk down this street and after one minute you will see a small walking street on your right hand side and there will be a sign for Bethlehem University. Take that right on the small street and walk about 30 seconds and you will see a set of turquoise stairs and another sign for Arabic courses. That is our center.
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Booster Club
The Booster Club is in full swing and we want YOU to be part of the fun! We are so excited because the Wakefield website is filled with all the events that the Booster Club sponsors, direct links to volunteering, and the best part is that you join online! For further information, read on, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
What is the Booster Club?
We are Wakefield families who raise money to help support the Arts and Athletics Departments. Through membership, raffle ticket sales, and concessions sales at both home games and performances, we are able to fund equipment and supplies that benefit current and future athletes and actors. We also provide support for Field Day, provide a DJ for the Homecoming dance, assist with banquets, supply senior T-Shirts, and honor senior Iron Owls and Thespians in the yearbook. In the past three years, we have been able to donate over $15,000 to each program!
Membership Opportunities
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Includes a $10 concessions card, a Boosters insulated grocery bag, and preferred seating at all theater performances.
This all-new membership level is being offered exclusively to our Wakefield families who want to give their business a chance to shine in the spotlight on campus! Your custom 4' x 3' banner will be hung in the Upper Gym for the duration of the school year and an ad will appear in the three stage performance Playbills. It's a great way to display your business to our local community and to all spectators who visit our gym for games and tournaments as well as those who attend our theatrical performances. Other benefits are included. Please contact us to learn more at email@example.com.
Concessions Cards
No cash? No problem! Boosters are now offering pre-paid $10 concessions cards that can be used at any of our events. Please visit the Birdfeeder or Owl's Nest to purchase your pre-paid card!
"Owls for the Environment"
We are continuing our initiative to REDUCE our waste and RECYCLE as much as possible. In the fall of 2014, the Booster Club purchased a Water Bottle Refilling Station located in the Upper Gym. Just place your bottle underneath and get instant filtered cold water! We are asking parents and students to do their part and bring your Boosters BPA-free bottle or other sustainable container and refill at the filtered fountains around campus. We want to do our part to reduce our plastic footprint! Also, look for blue recycle receptacles around campus.
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ARNOLD, MD – Riverhawk softball swept region/division opponent Westmoreland County Community College, on what turned out to be a beautiful Sunday afternoon. The two wins move the Riverhawks to 9-10 on the season, 2-2 in the conference.
Game 1 had Kaitlyn Nutwell starting on the mound for AACC. Nutwell would get the win for the Riverhawks, throwing 10 strikeouts, giving up 6 hits against 27 batters of the 6-inning game. Nutwell would also go 3-3 at bat with 3 runs.
Brittney Barlow went 2-3 with 2 runs and 3 RBIs, Brittany Lowe and Logan Endley-Abbott would each score 2, with Lowe batting 1-4 with 2 RBIs.
A 3-run homer by the Wolf Pack of Westmoreland would briefly tie the game at 5-5 but the consistent hitting of the Riverhawk offense led to AACC scoring 3 in the 5th and then 5 in the bottom of the 6th to end the game after 6 innings, 13-5, in favor of the Riverhawks.
Game 2 started with Logan Endley-Abbott on the mound for the Riverhakws. Facing 28 batters, Endley-Abbott pitched all 7 innings of the game with 1 strikeout, allowing 5 hits. At bat, Endley-Abbott went 1-3 with 1 run and 2 RBIs.
Gabrielle Bobel went 2-4 at bat with 2 runs and 3 RBIs, hitting a triple (click for video) with the bases loaded – giving AACC a 4-1 lead. Brittany Lowe was hitting well in game 2 going 3-3 with 1 run, Hope Micallef went 1-3 with runs, with Alyssa Thompson and Brittney Barlow also scoring for the Riverhawks.
The Riverhawks continued their push, until claiming the victory of game two, 8-1.
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First of all, I feel like I owe all of my 'blog friends' one GIGANTIC apology. I completely disappeared. In fact, for a short while, I'm not even sure I existed in human form. I just wondered around like a wisp and pretended to function. I'm certain every single individual who has attempted/survived nursing school has been in a similar state. Well, guess what peeps?! I CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL! That's right, bitches. It's almost over! FOREVER.
I honestly don't even know where to begin? I haven't written a post since the end of my very first semester. Wow, how time flies! I have learned so, so much. And I still think that nursing is *totally awesome 90's kid voice* by far the most awesomest profession, eva! So, let me just give you the down and dirty of everything between then and now. K?
My second semester (Med-surg 2 and Pharm BLAH) was very uneventful really. I just got 2 B's (which was awesome, because that shat was HARD). I also got married in the middle of that semester. *AWE* Go ahead, it really was sweet. I settled into my teching position pretty quickly and spent the summer working and being married and junk.
My third semester (Peds/OB, Psych, Nursing Research) was also pretty uneventful. Except for psych. Which, don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed, but I could never, ever, ever do that full time. EVER. My Psych professor was AH-MAZ-ZA-ZING. We became instant friends, and she continues to be a great asset to me as I grow and mature in the academics of the nursing profession. I've also never seen anyone who was so amazing at their job. Homie was seriously designed to be a psych nurse. Anywho, Nursing Research was the most ridiculous class I've taken thus far and the teacher was a total bi-yatch. Good news? I made it through. Shout out to my peds prof too! She's still got my back, even though we discovered and (thankfully) she totally embraced my complete awkwardness toward kids. EWW. I finished that semester with straight A's. BOSS LEVEL! We also had to take the HESI this semester. I was in the top 5 highest scores. HELLZ YEAH!
My fourth semester (Med-surg 3, Public Health, Leadership) is the semester I just completed in the Spring. HOT DAMN. Seriously, guys…I've never worked my ass off as much as I did this semester. And the worst part? I had a C in Med-surg right up until the very end, but thankfully I was able to get it up to a B! I have never been so stressed out in my life. The professor (who also happened to be my clinical instructor, awesome. *sarcasm*) was, well…I'm pretty sure she was Satan himself. GRRR, just writing this get my BP up. You know what? Let's just leave this topic alone. I can't be nice. Public health was a total joke, but leadership? BAHAHAHA. Waste of brain power right there. Again, jumping through the hoops.
Over the summer, I had the chance to play nurse, basically. I was chosen out of hundreds of applicants for one of 45 spots in a summer internship program at the hospital that I tech in. It was by far the most amazing experience in my student nurse career. If you have the opportunity for an intern/externship of any kind, DO NOT PASS IT UP! I learned so much more in one summer than I have in every clinical combined in nursing school. It was insane in the membrane, friends. I loved it!
You are now all caught up! In just 11 short days I will attend my very last first day of undergrad, EVER! I GRADUATE IN DEC! *laser beams, disco ball, confetti* After 6 years, folks…it is FINALLY going to happen. I'm still in shock, really. And, if you've made it this far in this post, you're awesome. Because this is ridiculous. I'm going to try my hardest to update much, much more regularly.
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Thaw out for the newest episode we thrust at you. Jeff Smith's Bone vol 1. This fun, animated little series is coming into your ears. Our hosts introduce us to some major characters; who Ryan can equate to Lord of the Rings a bit. While we fly through the first book kind of quickly, it is not the length that matters, but how you use it! So come get a handle on these Boners.
Plus, Ryan and Alex try to decide which city is harder off with the frozen tundra of winter that is hitting the nation. Ryan also reads an iTunes review, and Alex responds in kind.
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Religion's Real Child Abuse
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The Stupidest Religion
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Absolutisms on Parade
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Beyond Meaning
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WASHINGTON — The European debt crisis has claimed its first big casualty on Wall Street, a securities firm run by former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine.
MF Global Holdings Ltd., which Corzine has led since early last year, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday. Concerns about the company's holdings of European debt caused its business partners to pull back last week, which led to a severe cash crunch, the company said in its filing.
Corzine, the former head of investment banking giant Goldman Sachs Group Inc., oversaw MF Global as it amassed $6 billion in debt issued by financially strapped European countries such as Italy, Spain and Portugal. Their bonds paid bigger returns than U.S. Treasury debt because bond investors believed that they were more likely to default.
That bet eventually doomed the company. A regulator complained last month that it was overvaluing European debt, forcing it to raise more money, according to the papers it filed with U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
MF Global's bankruptcy is the eighth-biggest ever in the U.S., according to the research firm BankruptcyData.com. It's bigger than Chrysler LLC's in 2009 and smaller than those of financial-crisis casualties Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Washington Mutual Inc. and CIT Group Inc.
Last week, MF Global reported its biggest ever quarterly loss, and rating agencies downgraded its debt. Its stock plunged 66 percent. Spooked business partners required it to post more money to guarantee its trades.
Soon short of cash, MF Global looked for outside investors or buyers, but no alternative emerged before regulators' Monday deadline, the company told the court. Trading in shares of MF Global Holdings Ltd. was halted early Monday.
MF Global's bankruptcy shows the danger of investing when the outcome will be determined by government action, said Daniel Alpert, managing partner at the New York investment bank Westwood Capital Partners LLC.
"I don't think it's a canary in the coal mine, but it does show you that it's still a very volatile market," he said. "The nature of this crisis is that events can lead in any number of ways, and markets are trading on news, not numbers."
MF Global's big bet on Europe might not have happened before Corzine joined. Until he joined, the company was known mainly as a dealer in derivatives, which are investments based on the value of some underlying asset. Corzine wanted to build MF Global into a major investment bank.
One method: Trading for the bank's own profit, a practice known as proprietary trading. Corzine made his career at Goldman as a trader, and the company became a trading powerhouse under his watch.
Proprietary trading was responsible for much of MF Global's quarterly loss, it said in court papers.
As of last week, MF had amassed net exposure of $6.29 billion in debt issued by Italy, Spain, Belgium, Portugal and Ireland. Of that, $1.37 billion was from Portugal and Ireland, which already were bailed out by European authorities. More than half was from Italy, whose borrowing costs increased in recent days as investors grew concerned about its finances.
By comparison, Morgan Stanley's net exposure to those countries was only $2.1 billion as of Sept. 30, according to its latest quarterly filing. Morgan Stanley's stock was battered last month because of concerns about its exposure to European debt.
Corzine was hopeful that European leaders would solve the crisis and protect the value of MF Global's holdings before investors grew wary. Last week, he said he expected the firm to "successfully manage these exposures to what we believe will be a positive conclusion in December 2012."
MF Global turned a profit just three quarters out of the past 12.
Corzine also is a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama. Corzine has helped raised at least $500,000 for Obama's re-election campaign since April, according to records released by the campaign.
At worst, MF Global's bankruptcy could roil credit markets and make financial companies reluctant to lend to each other. But the impact on markets will likely be muted, said Karen Shaw Petrou of Federal Financial Analytics.
"It appears their exposure to risk was particularly acute," she said.
MF Global's bankruptcy has prompted comparisons to Lehman Bros., whose 2008 failure touched off a global credit crisis. Even though Lehman was bigger and more intertwined with other companies, investors appeared worried Monday about other financial companies' possible losses, either from deals with MF Global or unrelated losses on European debt.
Bank stocks fell sharply on Wall Street after the bankruptcy filing. Morgan Stanley lost 8.7 percent, Citigroup 7.5 percent, Bank of America Corp. 7.1 percent and Goldman 5.5 percent.
Including its subsidiaries, MF Global has assets of $41.05 billion and liabilities of $39.68 billion, according to its bankruptcy petition.
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Just watched Smackdown for the week (I know, I know I'm half a week behind). And Je-Zuz-Christ, John Cena buried the shit out of AJ in that promo.
I don't mind the idea that Cena thinks that he has proven himself time and time again and that he is the best in the world. But that promo really painted AJ as a piece of shit.
That's fine, if AJ wins.
If Cena drops AJ in that match, it is the kind of promo that can actually do some real damage. When you spend a whole promo calling someone beneath you, and validate that by beating them it doesn't look good. Essentially he belittled the man who currently holds the WWE Title and by extension the Championship itself.
Am I reacting oddly? The promo was well delivered and everything, but the content really painted a grim picture.
I loved it. Part that he droped with not spending 10 years at indy scene and part that when he beats someone people always say he buried them(also part that WWE cut off on their website) were gold. I like that kind of Cena, he "breaks 4th wall" and nicely addresses issues fans have with him. Kinda like here with Punk
where he says "I could increase my workrate, I could add to my 5 moves of doom or I could let my heel persona shine thru".
Point is, IWC always complains. And when he finally tries something other then "SuperCena for kids" and be more edgy and even addresses his "haters" its not because he is great, its because
Not taking on you, just how people react to it. Jack the Jobber even gave it a down on "ups and downs on Smackdown". And its great promo work by both and builds Sunday match nicely.
I don't think you're reacting oddly. I was thinking the exact same thing when I watched it. It just didn't make any sense to let it end like that without giving AJ any chance for a rebuttal. Because I know there's a million things AJ could have said/would have said but....The music just hits and AJ looked like shit because of it.
It is always the same. Styles comes to the ring to complain about Cena doing something or being somewhere or saying something he find offensive, Cena listen's and then let's him have it. Styles has never come out on the winning end of them yet. It is a face/heel confrontation, and the heel looks bad every time.
Part of the reason is also because Styles is getting cheered when he really shouldn't be. The WWE are trying to make him as heelish as possible. Although the other night I thought his complaint about the poster was kind of silly. Who care where you are on a poster, I mean as long as you're on there that's all that should matter. I don't know who will win this weekend, but not many can go toe to toe on the mic with Cena. Styles is giving it his best shot, unfortunately he's coming up short (no pun intended).
The only part of the promo that I did not like was the today show segment. I mean cena is on national tv and he is there primarily to promote the royal rumble ppv and his match. But to me cena came off like it was a trash match and did not want to talk about it. Out of the entire segment they made aj look like he was just "a guy from Atlanta" and that cena is confident that he is going to win. I mean Jesus you couldn't have something to build up the match like "I am 0-3 against him. I have never beat him, he is a very good performer in the ring and this is my last chance to win the belt. But I am very confident that I can win, I have been working hard in gym and I am prepared." I mean that's how you build up a match, not what ever cena did.
When I watch that promo I could only think of one thing, Ike Turner saying
"Hey that's somebody's daddy right there".
I am not a fan of Cena, but his promo put everything back into perspective. The most important and unforgiving part, He only spoke the truth and that shit stung.
I enjoy Cena when he's got that edge and it's something that we've seen out of him really for the last several years. He doesn't go around trying to be all PG funny or acting all cute around his opponents as though they're no real threat to him and he doesn't have a care in the world. That's generally what bugged me about him because, to me, it just
Most of Cena's detractors are internet fan, that's always been the case and the fact of the matter is that many of them dislike even more no matter how many times he shuts his detractors up by putting on fantastic matches or revealing inconvenient truths that stings for some of them. It's true that Cena didn't spent 10+ years on the indie scene, but so what? Despite claims to the contrary, just because you spend most of your career in the indies doesn't automatically make you great; it doesn't mean that a wrestler automatically gains some sort of amazing abilities.
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With that said, the only time I enjoy Cena, is on the mic. He's above everyone else. He brings passion and intensity to his promos like no one else can (guys like Foley and Ziggler, try but fail).
One of the reason I feel AJ continues to get beaten by Cena on the mic is because we've heard everything AJ has said before. We've heard Rock say that Cena is full of bs and a complete phony. Punk called him an A**kisser and a product of the system. Bryan talked about Cena and the indys, and how Bryan was the better wrestler.
AJ is holding his own on the mic, but he will never be able to go word for word with Cena.
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Don't complain people. This is a test. WWE has done that before. This is the ultimate test, the "veteran" gives to the "fresher" wrestler. If the fresh wrestler manages to come out of this bigger and better, he will be a success for years to come. If he doesn't, he will be just another flash in the pan.
For example, CM Punk made it through that test. John Cena himself made it through that test when Triple H was burying him every week on RAW in 2006.
Cena has done these types of promos for years now. Cena was fighting back against everything AJ has said since their feud started. AJ claiming he runs this place while the guy who has run the place for a decade is still there. It gave a reason why AJ beating Cena twice wasn't enough (and thus would create interest in another match). AJ has had one good year but Cena has had more.
I was fine with AJ not responding immediately but would have liked to see a backstage interview.
Also a heel got verbally eviscerated. Good. Heels are supposed to get called out on their bullshit.
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Millions of Americans rushed to stores all across the United States Nov. 24 to take advantage of Black Friday, the day when most retailers offer promotional sales. Back in Turkey, some major department stores in big cities tried to emulate this foreign tradition, declaring major sales for "Kara Cuma," as Black Friday translates in Turkish. In return, however, they received an unexpected tsunami of condemnations for insulting Islam. To many Turks, the term sounded like a rude term for Friday, Islam's holy day.
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Hamza Yerlikaya, an official adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, joined the choir. "What is this Black Friday? Why Friday? Friday is light, peace and blessing," he tweeted, asking, "What operation is this? What perception is being built on this special day?"
The bewildering part is that none of these Turks who condemned Black Friday bothered to learn what the term really means — that it has nothing to do with Islam's holy day, let alone "insulting" it or carrying out an "operation" on Turkey and its Muslim-ness.
A few commentators tried to explain. Baris Esen, an economist writing for Bloomberg Turkey, tweeted, "Black Friday means companies in the United States moving from loss to profit in their balance sheets. Loss is signified with red and profit is signified with black. Do not forcibly invent other meanings." [this is a more recent explanation of the term's origin; the earlier one, which appears to have the weight of greater authority, apparently refers to all the congestion, vehicular and pedestrian, caused by shoppers on that day].
Yet those already angry at Black Friday seemed uninterested in such facts or simply preferred not to read the the writers who offered them an explanation.
What must one make of all this? Well, on the one hand, the anti-Black Friday frenzy is a tragicomical story rather than a serious one. It has already calmed down, and it will probably be all forgotten soon. The only lasting affect may be that next year Turkish companies will find another way to promote their sales.
On the other hand, however, this incident is just one of the countless manifestations of the anti-Western mood that has dominated Turkey in the past couple of years. So many people are now so sure that Western powers are cooking up conspiracies against Turks and other Muslims that when they hear a term like "Black Friday," they can imagine only something sinister.
This anti-Western attitude has deep roots in Turkish society, as various political camps from nationalists to Marxists to Islamists have long believed in covert Western schemes to weaken, destabilize and divide the nation. Still, the Turkish affinity for conspiracies has never been as cultivated and orchestrated as it is now under Erdogan.
Since he ostensibly became convinced of a Western plot to topple him during the Gezi Park protests of June 2013, Erdogan has interpreted every obstacle on his path as part of a coordinated scheme by a mysterious "mastermind." This view has been relentlessly promoted by his giant propaganda machine, which now makes up the majority of Turkish media. Worse, the propaganda seems to reflect genuinely held convictions of the new ruling elite.
The sheer craziness of minds on Islam can be seen in this fury over "Black Friday." First, let's keep clearly in mind where the modern use of the term comes from. At history.com we find this:
Back in the 1950s, police in the city of Philadelphia used the term to describe the chaos that ensued on the day after Thanksgiving, when hordes of suburban shoppers and tourists flooded into the city in advance of the big Army-Navy football game held on that Saturday every year. Not only would Philly cops not be able to take the day off, but they would have to work extra-long shifts dealing with the additional crowds and traffic. Shoplifters would also take advantage of the bedlam in stores to make off with merchandise, adding to the law enforcement headache.
By 1961, "Black Friday" had caught on in Philadelphia, to the extent that the city's merchants and boosters tried unsuccessfully to change it to "Big Friday" in order to remove the negative connotations. The term didn't spread to the rest of the country until much later, however, and as recently as 1985 it wasn't in common use nationwide. Sometime in the late 1980s, however, retailers found a way to reinvent Black Friday and turn it into something that reflected positively, rather than negatively, on them and their customers.
Nothing to do with insulting Muslims, though I'm sure Recep Tayyip Erdogan would disagree. It's"Black Friday," of course, because Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday. And the day after Thanksgiving signals the start of the Christmas shopping season. Had Thanksgiving fallen on any other day of the week, there would never have been a Black Friday. Nothing sinisterly anti-Islam about it. But once the hysteria about an anti-Islam "Black Friday" started in Turkey, appeals to common sense were in vain.
Turkish Muslims, are now ruled by a man who is given to fits of hysteria — Erdogan has described the Germans and the Dutch as "Nazis" because they forbade his men from campaigning among Turks in Germany and the Netherlands, has repeatedly called Israel, for its Gaza campaign, as "even worse than Hitler," has predicted a European war coming between "the cross and the crescent," and continues to denounce the United States for failing to hand over Fethulleh Gulen. Erdogan himself did not wade into the discussion of "Black Friday," but with all around him doing so, we can assume he shared their suspicions of an anti-Muslim conspiracy. After all, as a major newspaper, Yeni Safak, put it, "they [the Infidel] especially chose the day that Muslims have declared as sacred."
That "Black Friday" might be an intentional attempt to link the Muslim holy day with the powers of blackness is just the sort of thing Erdogan, with his over-the-top attacks on Germany, the Netherlands, Israel, and the United States, might well believe, but allow others, in this case, to speak for him.
His senior adviser Hamza Yerzlikaya certainly sounds as if he is channeling Erdogan:
"What is this Black Friday?" "Why Friday?" "Friday is a holy day of light and blessings."
Yerlikaya suspected there was more to the U.S. post-Thanksgiving retail fest that meets the eye.
"What perception is being created on this special day?" he asked. "What operation is being carried out?"
The ludicrousness of the charge, given the history of when and where the term first came to be used, is telling. Apparently no Turkish journalist, or retailer, thought to spend a minute to research online the origin of the phrase "Black Friday." No political figure in Turkey stepped forth to patiently answer Erdogan's senior adviser's dark suspicions.
There were calls for the removal of "Black Friday" ads by merchants. Turkish social media had many thousands expressing their alarm over this insult to Muslims. There were groups of protesters entering stores, ripping up "Black Friday" posters. What was notable was how over the top was the reaction of so many to this perceived slight to Islam. But Muslim societies are particularly prone to hysterical reactions. After all, if your faith discourages skeptical inquiry, and encourages the habit of mental submission, it is more likely that you may be more easily swayed by rumor and falsehood about imaginary "insults" to Islam. Which is exactly what happened in Turkey.
No doubt next year, Turkish merchants will be careful to avoid the term "Black Friday," and either move the shop-till-you-drop day to "Black Saturday,'' or not move it, but rename it as "White Friday." This episode is one of so many that show the hypersensitivity of Muslim populations whenever they detect the slightest possibility of insults to Islam. These volatile populations are quick to take offense, slow to try to discover the truth, and not always mollified even when they do. Think of the Muslim mobs in Pakistan, for example, that are routinely whipped up by rumors of blasphemy by Christians, or by rumors of Ahmadis who may be trying to pass as Muslims. Think of those Muslims in Egypt who become inflamed over posts by Christians expressing their faith in God, posts that they interpret as "insults to Islam" — as here, and take out their fury by attacking Christian villages. Think of "moderate" Indonesia, where Muslim mobs, enraged at the news that elsewhere in the country, Christians have fought back against Muslim attackers, attack other Christian enclaves closer to home, as here.
But even if Turkish merchants, chastened by this year's outcry, promise to abandon any "Black Friday" plans for next year, Erdogan can still use the perceived insult as part of his rhetorical war on the West. Why shouldn't he, at the next meeting of the O.I.C., ask its members to share his outrage and take a pledge never to allow the observance of "Black Friday" in their own lands? And to take it one further step, he might ask that the members of the O.I.C. collectively demand that the Western countries stop using the term "Black Friday," because, he claims, it is demeaning, wherever it is used, to Islam and to Muslims worldwide. I can hear Erdogan now: "Why should we allow others to link our holy day to blackness? Even if we were to believe, and I am very doubtful, their story that "Black Friday" was never meant as an insult, what counts is surely how we experience it. Why must Muslims suffer for the sake of what is nothing more than an ad campaign? Why can't those who in do not share our faith, are unable to be nourished by it, in Europe and America, at least cease to be indifferent to our feelings? Is it really asking too much, after centuries of colonialism, to ask our crusaders to choose another day of the week to offer their own peoples, whipped up into a frenzy by non-stop advertising, in some cases waiting all night outside stores so as to rush in first when the doors open and grab what they can, finding the summit of their happiness not in spiritual matters, as we Muslims do, but in 'getting a bargain.' We Muslims do not mock or insult them; we have no 'Black Sunday' and never will, but then, in Islam we respect all religions. And that same respect is all we ask of them."
When put that way to fellow Muslims — especially with that appeal to the supposed superior "spirituality" of Islam — it might work. As for Infidels, I can see them willing to make all kinds of sacrifices to placate Muslims, but there are limits. When shopping is involved, I can't imagine anyone in the Western world giving up Black Friday, just to please the likes of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Being a new mom has given me a very unique perspective as I work with families to further their children's development, especially when it comes to working with very young ones (as young as 5 months). I can really empathize and connect with the parents of my clients when they ask me about things like sleep deprivation, teething, feeding, or baby toys because I am going through it right along with them!
Conversely, being a part of the OT world has given me such a great pool of knowledge and hands-on experience from which to pull as I interact with and care for my own baby boy. What a blessing! Every time I learn something new as an OT, I think to myself, I wish everyone who worked with kids knew about that!
Hence, this blog.
They say it takes a village to raise a child, and I am learning first-hand that that is absolutely true! No one of us can do this by ourselves. We need other people to support us as we invest ourselves into caring for children of all ages. So whether you are a parent, foster parent, family member, babysitter, nanny, or a friend who's just helping out, my hope is that I can be a part of your "village". I will do my best to supply you with helpful tips, tricks, ideas, and resources that will boost your ability to care for the kids in your life.
Although many topics I address on this blog will be the direct result of something I've experienced while raising my own baby boy (thus often reflecting ideas beneficial for other children of his similar age), I will aim to cover topics that can be applied to older and younger children as well. Please take a moment to check out the categories covered on this blog by clicking on the "Home" tab at the top of this page and then reading through the list on the right side of the page. My vision is that this blog will be a lighthearted space filled with helpful ideas and information, rather than something to make you feel insecure about how your child is developing relative to generic lists of what kids "should" be doing at various ages. If you are interested in reading about issues related to a particular stage of life or skill level that have not yet been covered, let me know by sending me an email at mamaotblog [at] gmail [dot] com and I will do my best to put together a post that will help you out (though I can't guarantee it).
Although I am a registered and licensed occupational therapist, this is not a place for skilled therapeutic intervention or medical advice. The ideas presented on this blog are for informational purposes only and should not be misconstrued as anything other than that. A kid-oriented website, no matter how useful it may be, can never replace an individualized treatment plan developed as the result of standardized assessment, clinical observation, and collaboration between therapist, caregiver, and (if applicable) child. If you are concerned about the development or functional abilities of a particular child in your life, then that child's parent should talk with the pediatrician or seek out the services of a developmental pediatrician or a local occupational therapist/therapy clinic.
Thanks so much for allowing me to be a part of your "village". I hope this blog will be a helpful resource to you and I look forward to the journey that lies ahead!
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I recently quoted from an email by a 76-year-old man who wanted to know why people don't say "supper" anymore.
I suggested the use of "dinner" vs. "supper" for the evening meal is more a regional/cultural difference than a generational one, and I encouraged readers to weigh in with their traditions.
This generated some interesting responses, which I'll share today. At the end of this column, I'll also share a bit of good news resulting from one of my columns.
Here are some comments on supper vs. dinner:
• "I grew up in New England where the meals of the day among working folks were breakfast, lunch and supper. Dinner only occurred on Sundays, Christmas and Thanksgiving. Brunch was never used. That was a term used only by those who were given to affectation.
"Among the wealthier families, there occasionally might be a supper, but most common was dinner (at eight) with afternoon tea being a way to get one from luncheon (never lunch) to dinner.
"As society lightened up, so did the meals and their names. One never-changing term was 'picnic' for the Fourth of July! It was used by rich and poor alike."
• "Just last week, my 2 1/2-year-old grandson looked at me with exasperation, flung his arms out to his side and scolded me, 'We don't eat supper, Grandpa, we eat dinner!' He had learned that from his 4-year-old sister.
"As a kid growing up in a rural blue collar community in Ohio, we ate 'supper' every night and it was the big meal of the day. 'Lunch' was at noon. We had 'dinner' on Sundays when we came home from church. As an adult here in Allentown, we ate the same meals. I don't know when my daughter started eating 'dinner' every night … must be my son-in-law's influence!
"I vacation on the beach (not the shore) in South Carolina at an old inn that serves its guests three meals of low country comfort food every day. Interchangeably, we have the 'midday meal' or 'dinner meal' at 1:15 p.m; 'supper' is the evening meal."
• "My grandmother (a Pennsylvanian) called the noon meal dinner because it was the main meal of the day for her and my grandfather, who came home from work to eat. Supper was the evening meal, which was always lighter fare, sometimes even just a homemade dessert (she made the best strawberry shortcake!)
"As a side note, she always had to hide the salt shaker from my grandfather because he had high blood pressure!"
• "I grew up in Northern Virginia where sandwiches were usually eaten at the noon meal so it was always referred to as lunch. The evening meal was always referred to as supper. On some Sundays when we had a more formal meal we referred to it as dinner. Since living in PA, though, it seems we always refer to the evening meal as dinner, as in "'what's for dinner?' or 'Let's go out for dinner.'"
• "Living in the Midwest, on Sundays we had "dinner" around 1 p.m., and supper later in the evening, usually a light meal."
• "I'm from the Pennsylvania Dutch heritage, and it has always been breakfast, dinner and supper for us. My wife is Polish, and it's breakfast, lunch and dinner for her. She's from Bethlehem.
"In one of Dear Abby's columns, I read that a young lady called home to say. 'Mom, I won't be home for supper, I'm going out to dinner.'"
The same guy wrote me again a few days later: "We just came from the Kutztown Folk Festival. On their main block building for food were Pa. Dutch signs advertising breakfast, lunch and dinner. I say Pa. Dutch signs because they had the designs that you would see on hex signs. Thought you'd be interested for your research."
• "I've noticed the term 'Supper' used by expensive restaurants, including at least one in Allentown. I also have noticed that such restaurants often drop the cents when listing prices, simply using two digits for a meal priced at $16.00 and showing it instead as 16, which is a bit of a peeve of my own."
• "There are two other meals you did not mention at all. Brunch and lupper. A lot of retired people eat these two meals with a snack or two instead of three big meals. It also puts you in restaurants when the prices are 'senior.' Gotta love that."
The bottom line is that despite the initial emailer's concern about the disappearance of "supper," it's still around. It just depends whom you're talking to.
As for my good news, some of you may recall that I did a column a couple of weeks ago about a pit bull named Charmane, who came to the Lehigh County Humane Society early this year in very bad shape after being set on fire and left for dead.
Despite the second- and third-degree burns all over her back and the terrible pain she must have been in, she was licking everyone in sight as she was being treated.
Charmane was the subject of one of our Pet of the Week videos on the mcall.com website, and she was a sweetheart. My hope was that a story would help her finally be adopted by people who would show her kindness, not cruelty.
In its wake, I heard from several potential adopters, but I wasn't sure how it had turned out until July 1, when the Humane Society posted my photo with Charmane.
It was headed, "ADOPTED!!!"
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When a tag is parsed, its attributes are read in one of two ways—literally, or interpretively. Similar to existing conventions in a variety of languages, defining a value in single-quotes (e.g., name='value') causes the contents of the value to be parsed literally, regardless of the characters between quotes. Using double-quotes causes its contents to be parsed interpretively, meaning that some characters will be treated in special ways.
Specifically, these special characters are the dollar sign ($), the at sign (@), and the ampersand (&). These characters correspond to variable substitution, object variable value substitution, and entity substitution, respectively.
Value substitution is the process by which a variable, cookie, object, or entity's value is substituted for its syntactically referenced name. This occurs at the name's original location in any arbitrary string of characters.
What may be confusing to experienced programmers at first is that LXP supports the familiar dollar sign notation to substitute a named variable (e.g., $myvariable) with its associated value in a mixed character string.
When using LXP, it is important to understand the contexts in which variables are substituted (and the context in which they are not). Subsequently, it is also important to understand when to use variable substitution and when not to.
The first rule is that variables will never be substituted outside of an LXP tag. Example 13-9 attempts incorrectly to place the value of a variable named variable within an LXP document.
Example 13-9. Invalid variable substitution
<lxp> Here is my variable: $variable  </lxp>
Instead, suppose that the URL http://localhost/test.lxp?setbar=foo is opened in a browser, and that test.lxp contains the snippet of LXP mark-up shown in Example 13-10.
Example 13-10. Valid variable substitution
<lxp> <setvar bar="$setbar" />  <putvar name="bar" />  <lxp>
The mark-up in Example 13-10 opens an LXP region and uses the <setvar> tag to assign the value of the variable named setbar to a new variable named bar. Variable substitution is correctly used in this case, because it occurs within an LXP tag.
Since the previously mentioned URL assigned a value of foo to setbar, this means that the new variable bar will be assigned a value of foo.
The use of the <putvar> tag introduces the second rule to watch out for in LXP. Some tags (such as the <putvar> tag) expect to receive a literal variable name in order to perform their job. Remember that dollar signs and at signs are not actually part of variable names; they are only used to substitute values in place of names.
You might be inclined to think that the syntax of the <putvar> tag in Example 13-10 should have read like this:
<putvar name="$bar" />
This would actually result, however, in the value of the variable bar being substituted into the value of the name attribute. Since the value of the bar variable is foo, LXP would attempt to insert a variable with the name of foo.
The simplest way to know whether or not to use substitution characters is to remain aware of what the purpose of the tag is. If an attribute should be substituted with a variable's value, use the $ symbol to substitute it. If an attribute is literally specifying a variable by name, as with the <putvar> tag, do not substitute it.
A literal dollar sign ($) may be used within double quotes by placing two of them immediately one after the other, sequentially (e.g., <setvar price="$$99.95" />).
Note: When using substitution, if a variable with the specified name is not found, LXP will check for a cookie with the specified name. If one is found, its value will be substituted.
The substitution of a variable value from an object is very similar to normal variable substitution. However, instead of using the dollar sign ($) to substitute a value, you use the at sign (@). Syntactically, the only difference between referencing a variable value with @ instead of $ is that dots (.) and square brackets ([]) are allowed as part of the object name.
A literal at sign (@) can be placed inside of an attribute's value by typing the character twice consecutively (e.g., <setvar email="jlx@@commandprompt.com" />).
LXP automatically converts any recognized entity within an LXP tag's attribute value into its literally interpreted character symbol. As of Version 0.8, LXP's recognized entities consist of the five pre-defined XML entities:
Ampersand (&)
Less-than symbol (<)
Greater-than symbol (>)
Apostrophe (')
Double-quote (")
It's useful to know about entity substitution, as sometimes both apostrophes and quotes may be needed within the value of an LXP tag attribute, making it otherwise impossible to insert them without the use of these entities. LXP's developers considered programmatic back-slash escape sequences as a means to solve this (as is common in other programming languages), but LXP's ability to natively handle entities both preserves the mark-up mentality and adds a new level of sophistication to the language.
Example 13-11 provides an example of entity substitution within the LXP <include> tag.
Example 13-11. Using entity substitution
<lxp> <setvar field="field_two" /> <include sql="SELECT field_one, $field FROM "CAPITALIZED_TABLE"" method="SQL"> Column One: <field name="field_one" />
 Column Two: <field name="field_two" />
 </include> </lxp>
Example 13-11 demonstrates the use of entities inside of a direct SQL query in order to place quotes within quotes. This is frequently required to make identifiers case-sensitive within PostgreSQL, as identifiers are otherwise folded to lowercase.
When parsed, the " is changed into its literal counter-part, making the actual executed query as follows:
SELECT field_one, field_two FROM "CAPITALIZED_TABLE"
See the Section called Including SQL Content" for an explanation of what exactly this example's LXP markup would achieve.
LXP supports a simple search-and-replace mechanism for variable values with its <varparser> tag. This tag takes two attributes—find and replace. When you use the <varparser> tag, a region is opened within which any variable value that is substituted will be filtered through the defined search-and-replace rule.
The <varparser> is primarily useful for stripping or escaping unwanted characters. For example, in preparation to execute a SQL statement, single-quotes (') must be prefixed by a backslash, as a single-quote delimits string constants to PostgreSQL. Example 13-12 demonstrates the escaping of single-quotes in a variable called txt.
Example 13-12. Using <varparser> to prepare SQL
<lxp> <varparser find="'" replace="\'"> <include sql="SELECT * FROM table WHERE txtfield = '$txt'"> <field />
 </include> </varparser> </lxp>
In Example 13-12, the <varparser find="'" replace="\'"> tag instructs LXP to replace any single-quote with a back-referenced \' sequence within any substituted variable value.
Note that this search-and-replace occurs only for substituted variable values. As such, the literally typed apostrophes in the sql attribute of the <include> tag are left unchanged; only the contents of variable values being substituted within that attribute (e.g., the txt variable's value, in Example 13-12) are modified upon their substitution.
The closing </varparser> tag puts LXP back into normal variable substitution mode.
Note: You can configure several simultaneous search-and-replace rules by nesting several <varparser> tags within one another.


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If I remember right, the singer guy posted here for like a week? When Animal Life dropped.
I gotta listen to the rest of these
If I remember right, the singer guy posted here for like a week? When Animal Life dropped.
I gotta listen to the rest of these
"It was the best of times...it was Tebow Time."
My overall thoughts, having heard them all
-the guitars and drums are the strong points
-I think the singer needs to get away from his Beatles fixation a little. He really trying to sound like John Lennon with the production and even the way he sings at times, and there was one song (with the acoustic guitar) that sounded like he changed it up to try and sound like George Harrison.
-couple songs felt too long OR if they were going to be that long, they needed to go somewhere else, not be so repetitive
But Wilhelm can play guitar rull good, this we know
"It was the best of times...it was Tebow Time."
Did I tell you that, it was so gross, I was playing Animal Life for my Mom for the first time,
and in that, he goes,
"I'm not much to look at..."
and under her breath, my Mom goes,
"Oh yes you are."
My Mom wants to fuck my old friend.
But, not necessarily a compliment if my Mom wants to fuck you,
because when I was a kid, she would not shut up about how...engorged...with lust she was,
whenever this guy came on the TV:
Fucking sick freak pervert.
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All right, this one is called "ELECTRICAL HEART"
He brought this over and I was like, "Are you serious? This is Pink Floyd."
But anyway, I did some pretty-ass guitar on it.
- That little thing at 0:47 reminds me of the mellow Beatles songs like In My Life or something...that bend at 0:52...
- I'm intentionally playing embarrassing little Brian May cheezedick lead guitar in the choruses. It's all intentional.
- I love that Mellotron-sounding keyboard at 1:43.
- 1:49 guitar reminds me of the theme song to Red Dwarf, that cheezedick Brian May style again.
- I legit love at 1:58 when the electric guitar bends up and BOP the descending 12 string thing... and the more evil sounding guitar at 2:05...kind of a mellow, melancholy-but-spooky mood like Because by the Beatles.
- 2:15, Red Dwarf again, haha
- Then the end just reminds me of an Alternate Universe version of 1:27 of this:
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Marcus left me a funny sooowii sod squad message on my ps4. I almost spit out my water.
Feeling like Katrina with no fema
Like Martin with no Gina
Like a flight with no visa
First class with the seat back I still see ya
In my past, you on the other side of the glass
Of my memory's museum
i haven't listened to all of these yet Wilhelm, but i really enjoy your liner notes with each track. i wouldn't mind hearing the tracks without audio tbh, especially before they "remastered" them, because some of the stuff you said got taken out sounds very interesting
honestly, i would read album reviews by you like this if you ever wrote any.
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MANKATO, MINN. — Two former Baylor teammates who were quarterbacks during their high school days in Texas may become the Minnesota Vikings` most explosive running back combination since the days of Bill Brown and Dave Osborn.
The careers of roommates Alfred Anderson and Allen Rice are amazingly parallel.
Both became star runners in college after being converted from quarterback. Both were 1984 draft choices of the Vikings, Anderson in the third round and Rice in the fifth. Both were recently married. Both started and excelled in Minnesota`s 16-13 overtime victory over Miami in the preseason opener.


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Lupe Fiasco Quotes About SongsQuotes about: Songs
Just take me home where the mood is mellow
And the roses are grown
M&M's are yellow
And the light bulbs around my mirror don't flicker
Everybody gets a nice autograph picture
One for you and one for your sister
Who had to work tonight but is an avid listener
Every song's a favorite song
And mics don't feed back.
Da Pak was a group out of Chicago. It was a put-together group. We actually met for the first time at this showcase. They were like 'Yo, you should do a song together.' So we did. It just so happened that the name of the song was 'Wolf Pak.' They said, 'Y'all should be a group called Da Pak, and here's a record deal.'
We have to make the physical music a little more valuable instead of just having a download link and a bunch of songs you downloaded from some torrent site. People try to make the music value-less, and I don't think we're going to stop that train, but the one thing that they can't devalue are things that are in the outside world.
It feels good, you know. It feels like you're out there, you know, doin' your own thing, know what I'm sayin'? It's like, people can't really compare it to anything, and that kinda feels good. It opens me up to a lot of different arenas, a lot of different type of situations, you know like Tony Hawk will call. You know what I'm sayin'? I can just image if my songs was about shootin' up, and like sellin' cocaine, I doubt Tony Hawk would be callin' you know?
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The Honda H engine was Honda's high-performance "big block" engine family from the 1990s and early 2000s. It is largely derived from the Honda F engine and shares many design features. It was replaced by the Honda K engine. The primary applications of the H engine series were the fourth- and fifth-generation Honda Prelude, and the fifth- and sixth-generation Honda Accord. It has also enjoyed some success as a racing engine, forming the basis of Honda's Touring car racing engines for many years, and being installed in lightweight chassis (such as the Honda CRX) for use in drag racing. The H22A debuted in 1993 for use in the Honda Prelude VTEC as the H22A1. Versions of the H22A would be the Prelude's signature high-performance engine worldwide until the end of Prelude production in 2001. It was also used in the 1994-1997 Honda Accord SiR and 1998-2002 Honda Accord Euro-R in Japan.
Forced Induction Specification
Short duration profile builds cylinder pressure by reducing overlap, high lift for more air intake. Requires kit BC0030 or BC0030S.
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