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Very correct and lucidly put. Whatever wrongs are attributed to bank employees are actually committed by the higher ups under the directions of the chief executives of the PSU banks. Likewise there is no doubt that n.p.as have occurred when loans have been dispersed under directions from the politicians to unviable projects to crony industrialists who hardly put any money of their own and raised resources from banks. More on this later. Regds
we emphatically like to submit that the Bank employees has been used by the Govt. as a front door bloke to tackle the agitated public who has suffered a lot due to unexpected wave of financial concerns.
In order to tackle the rush over the counter, the employees, in tune with the Ministers /govt. officials' assurances in respect of deposit of banned currency notes in to the depositors account till 30.12.2016 had all along advised the customers to wait for a comparative congenial atmosphere and not to act in haste to deposit banned notes into their accounts.
Now, when the situation has been eased to some extent and the customers are coming to deposit Rs. 500/1000 Notes in their a/c, they are subjected to questioners' by the same persons tackling the customers over the counter and this is really awesome, as the Bank employees are not like Govt. bureaucrats or politicians to change their stand every now and then to suit their convenience.
On the question of dishonesty on the part of the Bank employees, we, for last 10 years are requesting the Govt. of India to fix accountabilities of the Govt. nominated Chairman/EDs of various public sector Banks as they have no service conditions like other employees and we have enough reasons to believe that they have nexus with the sky high NPA's as well as bad debts write-off in the Banking Industry causing enormous damage to our economy. We have no hesitation to say, that the plight of NPA and bad debt write-off are like high mountains in comparison to small mounds of black money which are supposed to be wiped out through demonetisation. Curiously the GOI is tight lipped on the matter and also are not submitting their affidavit to the judiciary as is required before the Hon'ble High court of Mumbai.
As the Bank employees are duty bound to carry on the instructions of the higher authorities, they are being used as a human wall against the dissatisfied mob and on 21.12.2016 they have been assaulted in many parts of the country. It is unfortunate that due to frequent changes in the policy matters, the employees over the counter are themselves bewildered to follow guidelines envisaged by the RBI/GOI. It will not be out of place to mention that the same thing has happened while receiving currency notes printed before 2005 from the customers.
We, through your good office like to request the GOI/RBI to arrive at a mind-set before issuing an instruction concerning demonetisation and also examine the impact and possible reaction of the Banking public to save the Bank employees from the wrath of the common public.


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Lately, every time I talk to Robin, it seems to go like this:
Me: Hey there. How's Yosemite?
Robin: Cool. *insert funny story about teaching* Not enough snow though.
Me: Yeah. Ugh. Drought.
Robin: How's wedding planning?
Me: Expensive.
Robin: I know you're busy, but you should totally blog.
Me: I'm not actually that busy. Just lazy.
Robin: THEN BLOG!!!
Me: … I gotta go.
This pelican is disapproving. Like Robin.
This has been going on for months now and in the interest of mixing our conversations up, I'm giving it a go. I've been trying to think of something important or useful to write about, but having not come up with anything, I'm just going to share some things that I've been into lately.
- The Librarian Problems tumblr
- The Roots Revival and Appalachia Rising playlists on Spotify
- Revlon's scented nail polish. My fingernails smell like chocolate!
- Chia pudding. When my friend first described it to me, I thought that it must be the most depressing food of all time. But it's actually pretty tasty depending on how you make it. Kind of like tapioca.
- Speaking of weird food, I now have a constant stock of sea tangle snacks. The first time I tried them I hated them, but I gave them another go and now they're my daily AM treat. The teriyaki ones are the best.
- The Fitbit Force I got for Christmas. I have it connected to about twenty different apps and I find that I love the gamification of fitness. That's probably a post for later.
- Udacity. I'm working through a Java programming class in order to improve my tech smarts. Udacity takes a project-centered approach to learning so you end up with very practical skills. Since they're self-guided, you can start them whenever you like.
- Offbeat Bride. If you know anyone planning a wedding, even if it's pretty traditional, send them here. Everywhere else makes me feel like I'm doing it wrong. When I read posts on Offbeat Bride I figure if those couples can wear Halloween costumes and get married in front of a TARDIS, the world might not end if I don't do a garter toss (I'm what they would refer to as Offbeat Lite).
- I just bought a pair of Sseko sandals and they're a lot of fun. You get two ribbons and two sandal bases. You can tie the ribbons to create different styles. The sandals are made by women in Uganda and the purchase goes to support women's university education.
- If you're not watching HBO's True Detective, you should be. You should also be reading the books that inspire it. If you think the weird twig sculptures and Matthew McConaughey's hair is creepy, it gets way more surreal after you read The King in Yellow.
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The following is a press release from The University of Southern Mississippi:
Just three months after opening its doors, the University of Southern Mississippi's unique business incubator – called The Accelerator – is operating in high gear.
Officially labeled The National Materials Science Innovation and Commercialization Accelerator, the new venture became the first facility to open in The Garden, the university's Innovation and Commercialization Park, back in March of this year. At 60,000 square feet, The Accelerator provides state-of-the art space, technology and professional advice for start-up companies.
Sunny Corral, executive director of The Accelerator, said the incubator's fast-paced start represents an encouraging sign to the business climate in South Mississippi. "Despite the current economy, after only three months of operation, The Accelerator's incubator space is at more than 60 percent capacity," said Corral. "This clearly indicates that the need to connect early-stage science companies with resources existed in Hattiesburg and in Mississippi."
Corral notes that The Accelerator was designed to enable companies with the ability to create, refine and produce first product sales, all within one building.
The Accelerator's concept foundation is formulation science with the National Formulation Science Lab serving as the prime component. The unique facility also houses the Mississippi Polymer Institute which provides rapid prototyping, valuable analytical and physical testing capabilities, scale-up assistance and polymer processing expertise. Additionally, Noetic Technologies, with experience in taking hundreds of new products to market worldwide across a variety of industries, helps put all the pieces together to form a well-rounded venture-ready plan with tenants.
The model for the Accelerator is organized in three stages:
- Trained staff begins with a promising technology and runs it through the high-output screening process in the National Formulation Science Lab. Data is then examined for a particular response.
- That technology is relayed into laboratories within the facility, refined and tweaked to suit the product's specifications.
- Once the formulation is finalized, it is transferred to the pilot facilities where it is scaled up to commercial production levels, which allows customer sampling and potential first product sales
Don Landy, vice-president of Crosslink, USA, readily acknowledges the benefits of being an Accelerator tenant. "The shared facilities, equipment and expertise located at The Accelerator and Southern Miss meets needs that early stage companies cannot afford on their own," said Landy. "The university has done an excellent job in creating an environment complete with all the necessary elements that tech-based start-up companies need to grow."
Crosslink, Ablitech Inc. and KDL Solutions became The Accelerators first tenants on March 1 of this year.
Corral said The Accelerator is strategically positioned to provide fledging companies a blueprint for success in today's highly competitive marketplace.
"If there is an opportunity to enhance a material's performance, The University of Southern Mississippi is the place to do it, and The Accelerator is the facility that will equip industrial partners and early-stage companies with the tools required to do so," said Corral.
For more information about The Accelerator contact Corral at 601-266-5116 or 601-266-5515.


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An Italian Electronic Label founded by Roberto Bosco & Kiny.
At the end of the 90's a few friends united by the love for music used to meet in an underground place called "Last Drop" where they collected vinyl sharing their influences on music. Our sonorities come from our souls, and for us the music is the universal language of any hearts.
Last Drop Records was born from the necessity of spread this concept, in order to make music connected with the universe.


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Volunteer with the Landfall or Cimarron youth programs.
Youth Program Volunteer
Help on weekday afternoons at one of our award-winning after school and summer programs for children and teens at Landfall or Cimarron. FamilyMeans values its volunteers and welcomes them to share their interests and hobbies with the youth in many ways, including arts and crafts, sports and games, creative play, reading, cooking, computer games, science projects and character development activities. A commitment of once a week for three months or longer is preferred.
Landfall Youth Bike Shop Program Volunteer
Assist with bike repairs or help to supervise bike rides.
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Buying vegetables (A)
There are five or six supermarkets within easy walking distance. I prefer Y's Mart, which is between my home and Minowa Station, but I will also go to Olympic, which is larger and has a second floor that sells household items. Niku no Hanamasa is where I go if I'm walking back from Asakusa. But there's also a supermarket near Minowa Station and one in Nihonzutsumi and one above Iriya. And maybe a few more that I'm not remember or haven't come across.
There are two shōtengai within easy walking distance--more if we include less formally organized shopping streets because there are about ten in the same circle I've drawn on the map but they tend to be mostly shuttered. Irohakai is a short walk away. From Edward Fowler's San'ya Blues: Laboring Life in Contemporary Tokyo:
The Iroha ("A-B-C") is a roofed arcade running nearly a quarter mile from the western edge of Nihonzutsumi northeast into the heart of San'ya just shy of Old Streetcar Boulevard. It competes with two other commercial areas, the Asahi Shōtengai, a shop-lined street (with metal awnings on the shop fronts but no roof) located a five minute walk to the southeast; and Minowa Joyful (near Minowabashi Station), a venerable but well-kept arcade located a fifteen-minute walk to the northwest. Unlike Asahi Street, the Iroha Arcade is not open to automobile traffic, and unlike the Minowa Arcade … it is not fed by any commuter train…. It is patronized by day laborer and permanent resident alike, as well as by shoppers from farther afield.
There's a vegetable shop at the side of the shōtengai closest to the Minowa Station side. The proprietor sells organic vegetables that come mostly from local farms (within Tokyo or from Saitama and Chiba and Kanagawa, and sometimes Gunma or Shizuoka). Above the vegetables, there are handwritten notes as to their provenance.
I sometimes stop by just to have a look, match the vegetables to my calendar of monthly seasonal vegetables, pick up a bag of greens and weigh it in my hands.The vegetables have dirt on them.
I bought a daikon there today. I washed it in the sink at home and it left a fine layer of sand in the basin. I bought a bag of mustard greens that concealed somewhere inside of the bundle two tiny white worms with black heads.


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New York City is a very exciting place to raise children. There are many strong options for public and private schools throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Understanding and locating your educational options can seem complicated whether you are looking for private or public school options.
The information in these webpages is designed to provide detailed information and resources to help make the process more manageable for you and your family.


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Golf.com's Marika Washchyshyn and Michael Rosengart are live blogging Tiger Woods' opening round of 2015 at the Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale. Tiger tees off at 2:07 p.m. ET alongside Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth. Enjoy!
For more news that golfers everywhere are talking about, follow @golf_com on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and subscribe to our YouTube video channel.


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A San Luis Valley woman who says she was recruited to work at a Pueblo recreational vehicle service center on the promise that she would be given a house, has sued the owner of the business, claiming he took advantage of her naiveté, underpaying her for years and touching her sexually.
Stephanie Lopez on Wednesday filed a federal civil lawsuit in Denver U.S. District Court against Carl Edwards, the owner of JDL Trailer Sales in Pueblo, which provides parts and service for trailers and recreational vehicles.
Lopez is seeking reimbursement for hours she worked for less than the legally required minimum wage and overtime pay. She is also seeking compensation for damages for emotional distress and attorney fees, according to the lawsuit filed on her behalf by Colorado Springs attorney Donna Dell'Olio.
Edwards denied Lopez's allegations and said he replied to a demand letter by her attorney.
"She is a habitual liar is what she is," Edwards said in a phone interview. "I think (her allegations) are false."
The lawsuit describes Lopez as "unsophisticated," noting that she is Native American and that she was orphaned as a young child. "She lost her parents at a young age and has no family to advise, guide or protect her."
According to the claim, Edwards hired Lopez in 2009 to clean his shop and persuaded her to work for several years without pay on the basis that he would eventually transfer title of a home at 1208 Elko St. in Pueblo based on her work, the lawsuit says.
Lopez learned how to be a mechanic on trailers and RVs by watching mechanics at the shop, the lawsuit says.
She worked for years without cash payment. Edwards paid her less than minimum wage in 2013 and 2014, the lawsuit says.
Beginning in May 2015, Edwards paid her $15 an hour. Although she daily worked from 7:30 a.m. until after closing and a total of 70 hours a week, Edwards did not compensate her for working overtime, the lawsuit says. She often worked seven days a week, it says.
Edwards said he hired Lopez in 2015 as a part-chaser who never worked on any vehicles. He said he never had an in-kind agreement with her to eventually get title to the home on Elko Street.
"Never heard of it," said Edwards, referring to any employment deal with Lopez prior to 2015.
He said he doesn't even own the home, which is owned by a corporation. She did live in the house in 2014, Edwards said.
Edwards told Lopez that he didn't pay her for all the hours she worked in 2015 and 2016 because he couldn't afford to pay her more, the lawsuit says.
"At times during her employment Carl Edwards required that (Lopez) allow him to touch her sexually in exchange for his partial payment to her of wages owed," the lawsuit says.
In April, Edwards asked her to go with him to his farmhouse to work.
"He proceeded to put his hand in her pants and touch her in a sexual manner. Carl Edwards knew that (Lopez) was not interested in him sexually and that she complied only because she was dependent upon him for her job and the partial wages that he paid," the lawsuit says.
The following week, Edwards said "he needed something from her" to compensate him for money he already paid to her, the lawsuit says. He asked if he could touch her sexually, it says.
Lopez refused and quit, the lawsuit says.
Edwards denied ever sexually touching Lopez or coercing her to have sexual contact.
"She came in one day and said, 'here's my keys.' I'm done," Edwards said.


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OK, it's been quite a while since I've been on this site, and it seems like it was given an overhaul. When reading the Red Bull Diet review, I think it said that it was given a second review. Why??! Was the formula redone? Is Red Bull sponsoring BevNet, thus requiring a new write-up? Something else?


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An innerspring mattress is a mattress constructed with a spring core to create a flexible surface as you sleep. This design is one of the most common constructions, and its coils help provide ideal comfort and support for sleepers lying on their side. The firmness is measured using coil gauges, which indicates the thickness of coils inside the mattress. Lower gauges usually indicate firm support while higher gauges mean a softer sleeping surface.
Innerspring models have coil cores typically configured with Bonnell, offset, pocket or continuous coil systems. Their top layers are made of comfortable materials that create firm, plush, pillow or tight tops.
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Using Build Forge variables to choose a step path at run time
Include a variable for the directory in which you want the Build Forge step to execute in your environment. Use a default value, or make it a "must change" variable. Place the variable in the step path, i.e. $var_name. Using drop-down variables to limit users to a pre-selected choice of paths is another option.
Using Build Forge variables to choose selectors or servers at run time .
Include variables for the Build Forge servers and/or selectors in your environment. Using drop-down variable is generally the best choice, as no one, including yourself is likely to remember the names of available servers and selectors. Use the .bset dot command to assign different servers and/or selectors for different steps.
.bset server $server_variable
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Create classes that can't be created by the GUI
Using Build Forge's GUI, create a retention class. Then, update the Build Forge data base to any arbitrary count or days for that class. See a more complete explanation here.
Block execution of selected projects for users that have overall execution permissions without blocking visibility.
To prevent users from executing specific projects, while still maintaining their ability to see the projects and jobs and to evaluate execution results, choose a Build Forge selector, environment, or servers to which they do not have access. Continue to allow access to all other parts of the project. You can see a fuller explanation of how to accomplish this here. A deeper discussion of using Build Forge groups can be found here.


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The District Service Resource Committee (DSRC) is the District source to assist clubs in the planning, executing and evaluating their service projects both locally and internationally.
Data collection will help clubs find out what their clubs and other clubs in the District are doing in service. Information can be shared with other Districts and outside organizations. Basic guidelines of best practices will help clubs be more effective and successful in their service projects.
Finally the DSRC will give members information about activities within each of the six areas of focus: Water and Sanitation, Basic Education and Literacy, Health and Disease Prevention, Child and Maternal Health, Economic and Community Development, Peace and Conflict Resolution.
See links on the left of this page.
Chair: Mike Hitchcock, email@example.com
Rotary: Making a Difference. Changing Lives.
Rotary is dedicated to the service to others and the changing of lives. In helping others the good will flows back to all of us.


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Criminal Charges against Young Front Members in Zhlobin and Svetlahorsk
Another criminal case against activists of the unregistered organization Young Front was instigated in Homel region.
Arsen Yahorchanka, Young Front member from Svetlahorsk, and his Zhlobin colleague Kiryl Atamanchyk are suspected of activity on behalf of an unregistered organization. Yesterday local departments of KGB held searches in the apartments where the guys live. Kiryl Atamanchyk says: "The KGB agents showed me a search warrant and seized several flags, private photos and a system unit of my computer".
This is the 11th time the authorities use Article 193 of the Criminal Code against Young Front members. Before that, the authorities prosecuted Zmitser Dashkevich who was sentenced to 18 months of jail, as well as Zmitser Khvedaruk, Barys Haretski, Nasta Palazhanka, Aliaksei Yanusheuski, Aleh Korban, Ivan Shyla, Nasta Azarka, and Yaraslau Hryshchenia who received fines of 30-40 basic units (450-600 US dollars).


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Fraxel laser treatments are a safe, non-invasive procedure that allows you to rediscover the fresh, healthy skin of your youth.
Benefits of Fraxel treatments:
- Improve texture, tone, and pore size
- Erase unwanted brown spots
- Smooth wrinkles around the eyes and acne scars
- Rejuvenate your neck, chest and hands
- Minimal downtime
- Minimization of surgical scars
Fraxel laser treatments produce thousands of tiny but deep columns of treatment in your skin, known as microscopic treatment zones. This treatment eliminates old epidermal pigmented cells. It also penetrates deep into the layers of the skin. Just as important, though, are the areas of skin the Fraxel laser leaves untouched. For every microscopic zone the laser targets and treats intensively, it leaves the surrounding tissue unaffected and intact. This "fractional" treatment allows the skin to heal much faster than if the entire area were treated at once, using the body's natural healing process to create new, healthy, tighter tissue to replace skin imperfections.
Preparing For Fraxel® Laser Treatments
At the consultation we will discuss medications needed prior to and during your treatment. You will be instructed to stop Retin A, Tazorac, Differin, Glycolic, Hydroquinone and Vitamin C, one week before Fraxel® laser treatments.
Patients arrived 60-90 minutes before their appointment time to numb.The treatment area will be thoroughly cleansed prior to the procedure. Treatments usually take approximately 30 minutes and are well tolerated.
During Treatment
The laser hand-piece will be glided across the area to be treated (e.g., face, neck, chest, hands, etc.). A special cooling device will blow chilled air across the skin as it is being treated. As the hand-piece delivers the laser energy, you will feel a heated prickling sensation and hear a sound from the machine that resembles a chirping sound. If treating the eyelids, numbing drops and orbital eye shields will be used.
What happens after your Fraxel® treatment?
You will experience a mild sunburn sensation for about an hour. The skin will have a red tone for two to three weeks. This is a normal sign that the skin is deeply healing. You may apply make-up a few days after treatment. Many patients are able to return to routine activities, including work and social obligations, the day after treatment. New epidermal skin develops within 24 hours. Due to mild swelling, patients should avoid exercising for one week.
The process of skin repair involves:
Bronzing: Your skin will have a bronze appearance that lasts anywhere from 3 to 14 days, depending on your treatment level.
Flaking: Your skin will naturally and vigorously exfoliate as new skin replaces dead tissue. Flaking is similar to that of a minor sunburn, but without the associated pain. Use of medical grade moisturizers will assist in minimizing the appearance of flaking. We will recommend a skin care regimen that will enhance your Fraxel® laser treatment result.
Acne flare-ups may occur after Fraxel® laser treatments. An oral antibiotic may be prescribed in this case. Over the following weeks and months, the body repairs the deeper dermal tissues that have been affected by the Fraxel® treatment. This produces more beneficial and longer lasting changes associated with a healthy, youthful appearance.


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Cocktail Hour: Tootsie Roll
Today's Cocktail Hour concoction left both myself and my two roommates speechless! This simple and somewhat strange sounding two-ingredient cocktail totally knocked us off our feet. Read why you need to try a Tootsie Roll TONIGHT! Read the rest of this entry »


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Too Much Salt Can Lead To Heart Attack - Sodium Fact Sheet
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: General audience
Size: 8.5" x 11"
This colorful fact sheet provides information on the dangers of eating too much salt (sodium) as well as tips for checking labels for sodium to make healthy choices when food shopping. It also includes the daily recommended amount of sodium and information on common sources of sodium. Available as a download in English Spanish and Portuguese. This project was made possible by funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This title is available for download only (please see below for downloadables).
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Kodak Board Appoints Edwards and Meuchner as Vice Presidents
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Press release from the issuing companyROCHESTER, N.Y.-- Eastman Kodak Company announced today that its Board of Directors has elected Douglas J. Edwards and Gerard K. Meuchner as Vice Presidents of the company, effective immediately. Douglas Edwards, Ph.D., 45, was named General Manager and Vice President of Prepress Consumables for Kodak's Graphic Communications Group in April 2005. Previously Edwards worked with Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG) as Vice President of Research, Business & Strategy Development. At KPG he commercialized many of Kodak's market-leading Computer-to-Plate Products. Edwards joined KPG in 1998 from International Paper's Imaging Products Division, having spent two years with worldwide responsibility for technology and product commercialization as Horsell Anitec's Director of Product and Manufacturing Process Development. Before joining International Paper he spent eight years with Zeneca Specialties and ICI Colors and Fine Chemicals in the UK in a variety of senior marketing, manufacturing and research positions. He started his industrial career with Ilford Ltd, Ciba-Geigy in 1985 working on silver halide films and papers and has a number of scientific papers and patents to his name. Edwards earned his Ph.D. in superconducting organic materials, sponsored by Ciba-Geigy, in 1985 from the University of London. He also has a BSc in Chemistry from the London University. Gerard Meuchner, 43, was appointed Director and Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs, on January 1, 2006, with worldwide responsibility for internal and external communications, government affairs and executive speechwriting. He joined Kodak in June 2000 as Director and Vice President of Corporate Media Relations, with responsibilities for media relations policies and counseling senior management on news media issues. Prior to Kodak, he spent 10 years with Bloomberg News, where he instituted coverage of the U.S. government securities market and ran the company's bureau in Boston from 1995 until 2000. He briefly led the news organization's training efforts before joining Kodak. Prior to Bloomberg, Meuchner worked as a reporter for Thompson Financial Networks, covering the U.S. bond markets, and before that as a reporter and editor for the newsletter division of Institutional Investor magazine, where he covered the bond markets and commercial banking. He also has worked as reporter for the Troy (N.Y.) Record. A native of Brooklyn, Meuchner graduated from St. Bonaventure University in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in Mass Communication.
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SUNY Orange instructors administer the Student Feedback Form at the end of each semester.
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Out of the Black Box and Into the Light: Using Section 1115 Medicaid Waivers to Implement the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion
What price Medicaid expansion? The Supreme Court's decision in National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) v. Sebelius,' sparked intense debate about how the Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS) would respond to pressure from recalcitrant states. Policy experts and Sunday-moming pundits predicted that Red States would demand Section 1115 waivers of federal Medicaid rules as the quid pro quo for implementing the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Medicaid expansion that covers adults with incomes up to 133% of the federal poverty level (FPL). They prophesized that the Obama Administration, desperate to move implementation forward, would have little leverage in its negotiations with states.
Recommended Citation
Watson, Sidney D.
"Out of the Black Box and Into the Light: Using Section 1115 Medicaid Waivers to Implement the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion,"
Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics: Vol. 15
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Are You Ready for Niche Domination?
If you have gone from the mindset of "my business needs a website" to "there's great potential for return on investment by dominating my company's niche on the internet" you are ready for something beyond putting your company's copy in a ready-made template website.
It is then time for a staged process of creating a web presence that will strategically place your business as the leader in its field on the web. Gaining this advantage in "internet mind share" is a great way to grow your market share for most businesses.
To make a very complex process as simple to understand as possible, here are the five main stages we use at Pensarc for website development:
The Pensarc model of five stages of developing a website
- Strategy
- Design
- Development
- Content
- Implementation
- Measure numbers for your current internet presence such as unique visitors and new customers gained per month to establish a baseline.
- Create clear-cut goals for significant gains from this baseline.
- Benchmark the competition's web presence.
- Build a converging circles model to migrate to and from web traffic, email marketing, social media, search engine traffic, blogging, sales system software, etc. This model should give prospects a staged pathway to becoming your customer.
- Research high traffic keywords related to your business.
- Define the hierarchy of good and services you sell (as perceived by the customer) to take into account for designing menus and navigation
- Establish the resource people within your company who will participate in copywriting and choosing imagery and define the roles the client company and web marketing company each play in producing the content to place on your site.
- Define the additional functions the web can serve, such as hiring and recruiting, lead management, and email campaign integration. Decide which ones the web should launch with, and which ones the web needs to be capable of incorporating someday.
- Learn about and map your typical customer's process of engaging your business (Buyer Approach Map or BAM).
- Create a prototype user experience map based on that Buyer Approach Map.
- Develop wireframes of basic web control layout based on the above.
- Brainstorm on the branding effect you want to create and utilize the information gained in decisions on key design elements.
- Create 2 distinct designs- show both to employees, customers, and consultants for feedback and choose one
- Define the aspects and sections of the website that should be editable by your company for fast and frequent changes and updates and we incorporate that into the content management system.
- The code should be written to make the web function well, which means fast and user friendly.
- The hosting environment is set up to ensure the server web lives on is capable of handling the potential traffic seamlessly.
- Backup systems should be setup to eliminate the risk of significant downtime or lost data.
- The web is built on a framework that indexes multiple pages for different search terms in order to cast the net wide for the multiple "long tail" searches related to your product or service.
- The web is tested, debugged, and revised as necessary to make it a seamless experience to the user.
- Populate the website with search-attractive, persuasive copy.
- Separate the content to be logically in order based on how your customer understands your business.
- Parse the copy so that different pages are each optimized for specific search phrases.
- Use combinations of imagery and copy with a balance suited for your type of business.
- Test, test, test with many different people on a passcode protected, temporary test location before going live.
- When the site is ready, take it live.
- Code maintenance needs to be overseen by a capable development company.
- Server maintenance should also be handled by skilled technicians.
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she leaves Shitstorm 2007.
Who am i kidding? I loved 2007. Maybe it's the bottle of sweet Riesling talking, but I would be a completely different gal if it hadn't been for the pitfalls in every juicy month of Shitstorm 2007. And by 'completely different,' i mean 'not totally crazy,' of course.
Anyway, 2007 made a name for itself. It's not every year that earn its own blog tag.
January was mild, in every sense of the word. Coming off the high of 2006, I entered the month aimlessly, blogging about current events, unaware of the hell that awaited.
Believe it or not, CM Media still included all-star names like Brittiny Dunlap and Holly Fenner. Remember Angie Schmitt and the Estrogen Circle? Those were the days. Up-and-coming CM Media shooting star Pdawg was born, threatening to trump my readership after one day of existence, but fortunately, no one ever heard from him again.
As an Upper Arlington reporter, I cursed the man who introduced the toughest sexual predator regulations in the nation.
I noted early in the month that 'there was only one thing I wanted to remember a year from now,' so I will honor my then-wishes: Weighing in just over 12 pounds, Baby Owen is a dynamite snuggler.
The month began with Baby's First TOP article. Second-hand positive feedback from Dan Williamson made me 'pee a little.' After that, February took a turn for the worse for almost everyone involved.
Angie left for Youngstown. Pdawg resigned. Brittiny went to the dark side. Richard Dreyfus sprained his back and cancelled our interview. Our piggy went to market. Our damn hedgehog went … somewhere. I forget. Blog details are too cryptic to understand now, but in the third and final part of my ongoing series, Slaughtering a Pig: The least of my transgressions, it seems that I, playing the part of a '12-year-old Leukemia patient,' may have made a fool of myself at a bar in Clintonville.
For Lent, in the back of Angie's car, I read a few passages of scripture in Silent No More and made fun of Rod Parsley. I decided then that for 40 days, I would give up Jesus. Seven days later, and about twenty minutes into my mother's 47th birthday dinner, my sister's brain started to bleed.
There are doctors with fancy watches who move in and out of the hospital room. We shave her legs and hide her stool softener pills in our coat pockets. It is evening, and I walk into a dark room and she is all alone, sitting up in her hospital bed. Through a curtain, I can see the shadow of a nurse, who works with an 80-year-old stroke victim in the next room. My little sister is listening in on the lesson, practicing her exercises. I watch as she concentrates to move her left arm. We get to the "raise your left hand" part, and she sees me watching her. She tells me to "shhh" as the nurse speaks. She is not yet satisfied with the accuracy of her left-pointer-finger-to-the-nose trick.
To this day, I'm not sure Amanda knows how much she is loved. Or how lucky she is to be alive, walking, breathing, talking. Did you forget? The Johnsons are a simultaneously cold and an incredibly protective breed. "We'll get her some bright green tennis balls to shove on the back and she'll be set," my father says upon her release from the hospital, 'Robo-walker' in hand.
It is the coldest April on record. The heating ducts are not in their proper place. To get to the second floor of our home, we must climb a ladder and launch ourselves over a dangerous chasm. Maybel is skeptical. Water backs up into the basement.
As we work to fix these problems, we learn that we didn't pay enough taxes, and Uncle Sam needs $2,100. Seth and I decide we really wouldn't get along again until autumn. A trip to Cincinnati with the girls provides relief — and at least one accidental band photo.
Grandpa passes out in the yard and is life-flighted to Riverside. At 12:24 a.m. on a Tuesday, Katie, Khalilia and I are watching Scrubs at work. After a 17-hour day, I had yet to turn in my freelance work that had technically been due on Friday, so I gave up and slept in john hulkenberg's office.
The Gerish claims he can eat six crackers in one minute, and we get a memo with something about 'Community Newspapers of the United States of America.'
Everyone tunes in to find out what happens next:
* Winner: Shittiest month of Shitstorm 2007, Winner: Month with highest number of natural and non-military disasters
There was a brief eye in Shitstorm 2007 when a man named joe meyer took a chance on a little girl from Washington Court House, promoting me to commentary editor when billy 'the kid' melville decided it was best to jump the sinking ship and head to NashVegas.
Four hours after taking the reigns, they decided to axe my position. The following day, again thanks to joe 'why did i spend all my chips on this girl?' meyer, the position was re-instated. In the next 48 hours or so, I would be re-demoted and re-promoted. The tech guy had to change my phone line four times. (See:Brown Friday, July 2007 to see how that worked out for me.) The whole thing was terribly hilarious.
We spent a relaxing weekend with the in-laws in Hocking Hills. Jacob almost touched a baby deer.
At home, Seth broke his toe, or rather, the lumber monkey at Lowe's smashed it, and he decided to drill a hole in the nail to relieve the pressure. But it was worth it. We made floors and stairs!
Things had began to even out here until grandpa died.
We planted a huge garden. I ran a 10K. Amanda and I made an exciting trip to the airport to retrieve the Hyundai. I published my 500th blog, and celebrated, appropriately, alone in the dark on the kitchen floor with a half-jug of cheap sangria.
My new job meant no night meetings, so Seth and I began talking to each other again. Lots of really good fights ensued, including one that left me crying in Mongolian BBQ. I realize that marriage, at times, requires work. Then a guy yelled at me for throwing an onion out my car window, and gramps took a turn for the worse.
At the end of the month, after putting in 88 hard years on the planet, we lost The Maker of Bull Piss. His funeral was really hard, but was perfect for a patriarch. At this point, everyone was exhausted. I called for a ban on human emotion. I don't believe in ghosts, but I don't doubt that Grandpa is somehow responsible for a spirit of peace that finished out the summer.
In the car, among many topics discussed, I attempted to bury the tragedies of 2007 with a big sigh of relief and said something along the lines of:
l-jo: It's been a rough six months and I'm really worn out but I have this weird feeling things might be looking up.
steter: you crazy woman and your emotions
l-jo: ?
steter: let's get a horse and buggy so we can ride it into the farmer's market.
l-jo: did you just call me crazy for saying i was sad about my dead grandpa and then suggest we purchase a horse and buggy to ride around Mount Vernon?
steter: that sounds like something you'd put up about me on your blog.
A few days later, on a Thursday (Black Thursday, to be precise), the new company fired every single person one who sat around me. There were many tears and unfortunate casualties. The following day, my new editor friends and I were huddled into a room and half-demoted. Motivational Rapes were instituted by the new ownership. We struggled identifying our new titles over beers at Winking Lizard. Repeditors. Ediporters. Mambo Kings. Nothing seemed to fit. They also locked the supply closet. Hilarious.
We adopted the mantra "Enjoy today, because you have no idea how shitty things are about to become tomorrow."
Bucking the trend of suckiness, Baby Melia entered the world under the wire. Contrary to myth and legend, we learn that Teter boys DO make girl sperms.
In a move I still sort of regret, theteet.wordpress.com becomes the new theteet.blogspot.com. Several readers have yet to change their bookmarks.
** Winner: Month with maybe the only good thing to come out of Shitstorm 2007 (It's my first niece, Melia, stupid.)
Happy Third Wedding Anniversary! (You Have Rabies!)
It wasn't that kind of bat attack.
After cutting a hole in the roof, our sleep was interrupted several nights by familiar winged creatures. The trend would continue in the House of Nightmares, as I turned 25 years old, and everybody came out to Bangs to celebrate/let off some steam. It was the second best day of my life. Seth took me to Cedar Point. It was the first best day of my life.
Jessm had a clambake, where I saw Loya the Destroyer, and Name Without a Face got at FACE!
There was a pivotal moment in my marriage, which I will forever hold in my heart, because it's too sacred to share on the blog. To this day, Seth and I remain close friends.
Noblit left for ThisWeek. WTF?
***Winner: Most Awesome Month Ever, Winner: Only month with its own YouTube broadcast.
We tore out some more floors and rebuilt them. We tore out some more electricity and rewired everything. We discovered that a huge, important beam had long ago been destroyed by wood-boring insects. We fixed every problem with little additional cost and several hours of manual labor. We canned vegetables we grew. We prepared lots of delicious dinners and pies from scratch. There was lots of armpit chaffing as I prepared for a half marathon. Tom Waits played through it all.
The launch of our newspaper's new Web site left many of us suffering from Giant Head and/or Senior Pirate syndrome. I made animal rights activists very angry.
Blog readerships suffers because my life on the farm becomes uninteresting, and will remain uninteresting for several years.
Talya and I win the Chicago Marathon. Father and I win the Dead Celebrity 5K. Kate, Patricia and I win the Columbus Half Marathon.
Colleen and I spend several glorious weekends together, but we haven't spoken since.
Seth turns 26 and cuts off part of his thumb on the table saw. He was making cradles for blind premature infant orphans with cancer — not shims. That would be too boring.
I struggle with my job and end up crying in a grown man's office.
November Quotables
"Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god!"
-Angie Schmitt, upon discovering the huge, unidentifiable Bug of War on Brittney's back at the Olive Garden
"I cannot believe he just left,"
-theteet to Jaydubs, the night our boss got us drunk, stole our records and abandoned us at a seedy bar in Columbus.
"There is no place else I'd rather be than right here listening to this conversation,"
-Eric Lyttle, upon witnessing me come clean to Dan Williamson
"I'm just looking for a notebook,"
- The Gerish, when asked by our group publisher and/or president and CEO why he was rummaging through his office.
"It's so I can hear her thoughts,"
-Seth explaining why he and Maybel were wearing matching foil hats.
"You're lucky you don't have it as bad as I did during election season,"
-Bill Melville, moments before his untimely death at the hands of theteet.
"I love Bill Melville,"
-theteet, when she received her free guest column later that month.
"You are, no doubt, the biggest pain in the butt per pound in the office,"
-my boss at some point.
"One million dollars per day,"
-Nikki Bornhorst, describing her weekly salary at her new job.
"Do you need heeeeeeelp?,"
-Lindsey Todd, in the World's Worst Old Lady Taunt.
-drunken gal sitting behind us as the Browns game during defensive drives.
-drunken gal sitting behind us at the Browns game during offensive drives
is still shaking itself out, but early estimates indicate I spent the entire month being angry about Ben Marrison.
It seems that a home construction project went awry, and there was some drama and at least one mass exodus of employees at work, I threatened to stab my eyes out in one post … the usual.
A holiday party with light sexual harassment. Hope for new beginnings. Vacation. Christmas. Torture. College friends. Worms. Carharts. aaaaaaannnnd, we're back. Wow. I can't believe all 13 of you are still with me. Your $5 is in the mail.
Throughout the year, fortune cookies mocked me, taunting me with messages like,"If you want it, take it," and "You will be run over by a train," and "Don't Panic." Today, I was told "It's time to get moving. Your spirits will lift accordingly." I couldn't agree more. Please stick around for 2008. I'll do my best to deliver.
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Not so long ago, Kristen Beth Williams was a Broadway ensemble player and understudy in such shows as Promises, Promises and Nice Work If You Can Get It. But the 32-year-old Texan has been spending the better part of this year in London as the leading lady in Top Hat, the Olivier Award-winning musical now entering its final stretch at the Aldwych Theatre. The charming Williams chatted with Broadway.com one recent morning about her leap to West End stardom, following in Ginger Rogers' footsteps and the personal reason she's excited to be returning to New York at the end of October.
Plucked from the Broadway chorus to star in London: Your story really does sound like the stuff of show-biz legend.
This is definitely a dream come true! I was beginning to think, "I've done Broadway shows where I've covered a principal [actor]," or two or three in the case of Nice Work if You Can Get It, and I was getting to the point where I thought it was time to play some of these roles. I needed to start saying no to understudying: Look at me playing this role as opposed to just covering it.
What perfect timing, then.
Exactly! Top Hat came along and blew all that out of the water.
How did this break come your way?
As I understand it, when [original leading lady] Summer Strallen left the show, it caught them off guard a little bit since [co-star] Tom [Chambers] had agreed to stay until the end of January. They knew that Charlotte [Gooch, Strallen's replacement] wasn't exactly the right fit opposite Gavin Lee, who's so much older and taller than Tom. They needed someone older and taller to play opposite Gavin, who is my leading man.
So, they came to New York to find you?
They did! I went in [to audition] at 10AM on a Wednesday, and in the middle of the Nice Work matinee I had a call from the producers asking me to come back between shows. The following evening, after an indoor cycling class, I called my agent who said, "Do you want to go to London?"
Lovely! Did you know much about London or the West End beforehand?
I had been in England and Scotland in 1998 on a high school trip. I remember we saw The Tempest in Stratford and then drove to Scotland. But I didn't really know anything beyond that, so I just packed my bags, got on a plane, and showed up.
This is such a particular period piece: Did that seem like a good fit for you?
Definitely. This is very much the era that I live in, as I guess is clear from Nice Work and Anything Goes, and I've done many shows from the Irving Berlin catalog, including four productions of White Christmas and Face the Music at Encores! His is very much the style of music I sing well.
Scarcely had you settled into your run before the show won the Olivier Award for Best Musical.
That was just astounding. Gavin and I were standing backstage, and I terrified a bunch of students who were about to sing the finale when it was announced that Top Hat had won. I yelped out loud and they all turned around to see if someone had gotten hit by a set piece!
What's your take on Dale Tremont, the role created on screen by Ginger Rogers?
She's quick-witted in that wealthy, 1930s articulate way. You also need to be able to tell that Dale is a very independent woman who has had to take care of herself; she knows exactly how to handle men and their advances and how to say, "No thank you."
Until an American dancer called Jerry Travers [played by Fred Astaire on screen] comes into her orbit.
Yes, there's something about this guy that she has never experienced before. He's a big, flashy Broadway star but she has no idea, so she doesn't react to him in that way and he finds that very refreshing and surprising and intriguing. They're intrigued by each other. It's one of the things Gavin and I were adamant about in rehearsal—you have to see the attraction between them in that very first scene.
As a frequent understudy, are you especially considerate toward your own understudies?
I'd like to think so! My understudies are both fantastic ladies. I haven't yet been ill enough, knock on wood, that either of them has had to be thrown on at the drop of a hat, as has happened to me, though I have taken time off for vacation. There's nothing like having to go on at the last moment; I know how hard that can be!
Any great understudy stories?
Well, I remember my one show going on for Katie Finneran in Promises, Promises. It was after she had won the Tony and was kind of planned, so my dad and mom were able to come up from Texas to see it. I was lucky in that I had a rehearsal with Sean Hayes. I was very nervous, and he stopped me four lines in and said, "Try it again; we have to know she's absolutely crazy from the second she turns around." So I did, and within four lines he was laughing hysterically. I thought, if I can make Sean Hayes laugh, I'm going to be all right.
On a personal note, you're probably eager to get back home.
I am. It's been an absolutely amazing time here, but I'm getting married in New York in May to an actor named Jimmy Ludwig, and there's so much to tend to with that.
Has it been hard being apart from your fiance?
A little bit, especially with the time difference, when you send e-mails and don't hear back and then realize that the other person isn't even awake yet. But it also makes it easy when I get home from my show at 10:30PM, and it's only 5:30 in New York. Also, I've been over to see him and he's been here to see me, so that's been good.
Look at it this way: You now have a home in two theater capitals!
I know, and how lucky am I? All I can say for sure is that I am on a plane back to New York on October 28, and we'll see what happens after that. I'm looking forward to seeing where things go.
Kristen Beth Williams on Making the Leap from Broadway Understudy to West End Star in Top Hat
Not so long ago, Kristen Beth Williams was a Broadway ensemble player and understudy in such shows as Promises, Promises and Nice Work If You Can Get It. But the 32-year-old Texan has been spending the better part of this year in London as the leading lady in Top Hat, the Olivier Award-winning musical now entering its final stretch at the Aldwych Theatre. The charming Williams chatted with Broadway.com one recent morning about her leap to West End stardom, following in Ginger Rogers' footsteps and the personal reason she's excited to be returning to New York at the end of October.


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Can LED lights save sea turtles?WWF Magazine: Spring 2017Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles are accidentally killed by fishing gear—caught on dangling hooks or entangled in nets—every year.
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Rastafari in Motion
Co-curated in partnership with the Rastafari Regal Livity (RRL), Rastafari in Motion tells the rarely told story of the presence of Emperor Haile Selassie I and the emergence of the Rastafari movement in Britain. This exhibition introduces the mystic world of Rastafari and the guiding principles of this holistic way of life and takes a closer look at the contributions made to British society. Celebrate the 80th anniversary of Emperor Haile Selassie I's appearance before the League of Nations, His four-year residency in Bath and His influence on the rising consciousness of Black youth from the 1960s onwards.
Find out about the exploits of Ras Seymour Maclean 'The Book Liberator', and explore the movement's expression through music, art, spirituality, education, and the rise of political agency; and their lasting legacy here in Britain.
Black Cultural Archives will be the first to present Rastafari in Motion to UK audiences. First exhibited at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa in 2014, as part of an international collection (Rastafari: The Majesty and the Movement), this celebrated exhibition has travelled to Jamaica in April 2016, and will arrive at Black Cultural Archives this summer.
14 June – 10 September 2016
Free admission
Opening times: Tues-Sat, 10am – 5.30pm (last entry)
Twitter: @bcaheritage #RastafariMotion #ReclaimingHeritage
Facebook: facebook.com/bcaheritage
Also, whilst visiting our new exhibition why not check out The Order of Trinity: Peace Garden and The Speakers Corner.
The Order of Trinity: Peace Garden
The Courtyard has been brought to life with a beautiful Peace Garden full of herbs and plants that offer natural health benefits, as well as being key ingredients for flavoursome teas. The Peace Garden has been symbolically been designed to represent the order of the trinity and the universal peace sign to encourage spiritual healing, love, and peace central to Rastafari beliefs. All herbs and plants have been delicately planted by our team and the exhibition curators to create a sustainable, living sharing garden.
All herbs can be handpicked and used for special teas in our café for a small donation.
Speakers Corner: Have Your Say!
Rastafari in Motion is a unique exhibition that captures the history of living heritage, and the stories of people living today. The individualism of Rastafari reveals that many of us carry our personal archives within us, and these important stories are not always shared. The Speakers Corner will offer a platform to share your story, opinion, and perspective on how the Rastafari movement has made an impact personally, culturally, socially, or historically?
The Speakers Corner will take place every Friday, 4.00pm – 6.00pm. All participants will be given 30 minutes. If you are interested in taking the stand and sharing your story on peace, love, and unity of Rastafari, let us know!
Speakers Corners dates: Fridays, 5, 12, 19, 26 August; and 2 and 9 September. Register your interest at the reception desk and one of the Learning team will get in touch.
Reviews and Articles on Rastafari in Motion
Recent article and podcast by Brixton Blog.


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Oh man, am I ever sick of the another McGovern meme currently being propagated by Republicans ostensibly thrilled that Dean is going to clinch the Democratic nomination. Dean ain't my first choice for the nomination, and I honestly don't know if he can beat Bush in 2004, but the whole "Dean = McGovern" thing drives me nuts.
So do me a favor. The next time someone feeds you this line, reply:
Dean is McGovern? Huh. Well, then by extending your analogy we can conclude that Bush is Nixon: a man so obsessed with power, secrecy and personal vendettas that the second term of his presidency will collapse under the weight of its own corruption.
Knowing what we know now about the two candidates, I think most people would prefer to vote for McGovern.
At this point the person comparing Dean to McGovern will have to (a) concede to your dizzying logic or (b) admit that the analogy is facile. (Or, if you're on The O'Reilly Factor, (c) tell you to shut up.) In any case, this would help nip this meme in the bud.


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How Do You Speak To Your Lord?
Q&A: Missing the Friday Prayer in the West Because of Work
Missing the Friday Prayer in the West Because of Work — Answered by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam
I have a brother who is contemplating a career change primarily because he would not be able to hold a teaching position at the elementary school level if he had to leave every week for Jumu?a. I have apparently been told that the Syrian Hanafi position is that Jumu?a is not mandatory in the West because there is no Muslim ruler or established Islamic authority.
The position of the mainstream and majority of scholars, both from the Subcontinent and the Arab world, is that the condition of having a Muslim ruler sultan in order to establish the Friday prayer is not a condition in of itself; rather, a means to ensure that there is no dispute regarding the establishment of the Friday prayer.
The renowned Hanafi Jurist faqih, Imam al-Kasani Allah have mercy on him explains in his Bada?i al-Sana?i that the condition of having the Sultan?s permission is to avoid any possible disputes and arguments, because the Friday jumu?a prayer is offered in a large congregating and to lead such a massive congregation in prayer is indeed a great privilege; hence, it may lead those who like to be in the limelight into competing and arguing with one another to acquire the post of leading the Friday prayer. For this reason, appointing the right person to lead the Friday prayer was left to the discretion of the Sultan, so that he may appoint whomever he feels fit for this esteemed position. As a result, there would be no dispute, for others would be forced into obeying the Sultan and may even fear his punishment. Bada?i al-Sana?i, 1/261
He further states that the above is when the Sultan or his representative is present. However, if the Sultan was not able to attend for one reason or another and the time of Jumu?a Salat came in, then there is nothing wrong in the congregation uniting in the appointment of an Imam and praying behind him. This is supported by what Imam Muhammad has narrated that when Sayyiduna Uthman Allah be pleased with him was surrounded by the enemies, people appointed Sayyiduna Ali Allah be pleased with him to lead them in the Friday prayer. ibid
In light of the above explanation and in light of the explanation given by many other jurists, it is not a condition of the Friday prayer that it be performed in a Muslim land. In the absence of a Sultan or a Muslim ruler, it is completely permissible for the Muslims to choose someone to lead the Friday prayer and such a Friday prayer would be considered valid.
When the Friday prayer is considered valid, it becomes obligatory upon each and every Muslim male to attend the prayer unless there is a dire and genuine excuse. Missing the Friday prayer without a legally accepted excuse would be extremely sinful.
Allah Most High says:
?O you who believe! When the call for Friday prayer is made, hasten towards the remembrance of Allah Prayer and Khutba and leave all transactions. This is best for you if you know.?
— Sura al-Jumu?a, V: 9
The above is the position of most contemporary Ulama. What you have been told regarding the Syrian Hanafi position, it is incorrect; rather, many top Syrian Ulama concur with the position of the Subcontinent Fuqaha, in that the Friday prayer is obligatory even in the West. I myself once heard Shaykh Muhammad Sa?id Ramadhan al-Buti Allah preserve him refuting quite vigorously the isolated position of Jumu?a not being obligatory in the West.
Hence, your brother will be doing the right thing by looking for an alternative job if he is unable to offer his Jumu?a prayer at his current post. It will not be permitted to take up a career where one is regularly unable to offer one?s Friday prayer, even in the West.
And Allah knows best
Muhammad ibn Adam
Darul Iftaa
Leicester , UK
Mother's Day – a Historical Overview and the Scholars' Rulings on this Holiday
As-Salamu `Alaykum,
Today I came across a very good article explaining the Historical Overview of Mother's Day and the Scholars' Rulings on this Holiday. This is not a Friday Khtubah but I hope this would help you to come up with your own khutbah, InshaAllah.
wa `Aleykum As-Salaam
Praise be to Allaah and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allaah.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told us that his ummah would follow the previous nations, the Jews, Christians and Persians, but this was undoubtedly not praise for their actions, rather it is by way of condemnation and a warning. It was narrated from Abu Sa?eed (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: ?You will certainly follow the ways of those who came before you, handspan by handspan, cubit by cubit, until even if they entered the hole of a lizard, you will do so too.? We asked, ?O Messenger of Allaah, (do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?? He said, ?Who else?? (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3269; Muslim, 2669).
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: ?The Hour will not begin until my ummah follows in the footsteps of those who came before it, handspan by handspan, cubit by cubit.? It was asked, ?O Messenger of Allaah, like the Persians and Romans?? He said, ?Those are the people??
(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6888)
The ignorant among this ummah, and the innovators and heretics have followed the previous nations, the Jews, Christians and Persians, in their beliefs, ways, manners and dress. Our concern here is to point out in these days their following and imitation of them through the innovation of ?Mother?s Day? or ?Family Day?, which is a day that the Christians innovated to honour mothers, or so they claim. This then became a day that was venerated, when government departments would be shut and people would get in touch with their mothers or send them gifts and loving messages. But when the day was over, things would go back to the way they were, with people being cut off from their mothers and disobeying them.
What is strange is that the Muslims would feel a need to imitate them in such ways, when Allaah has commanded them to honour their mothers and has forbidden them to disobey them, and has made the reward for that (for obeying them) the highest status.
Continue Reading Mother?s Day ? a Historical Overview and the Scholars? Rulings on this Holiday.
The Blessings and Sunnahs of Eid ul Adha
Yawm al-Arafat: The day of Arafat
The 9th day of Dhul-Hijjah is the day of Arafat. It is this day when the pilgrims gather on the mountain plain of Arafat, praying and supplicating to their Lord. The day of Arafat holds great importance in Islam since this is the Day when Allah completed his revelation on His Messenger (SAW).
It is reported in the Sahhayn (i.e. Sahh al-Bukhar and Sahh Muslim), from Umar Ibn al-Khattab (RA) that a Jewish man said to him:
O Amr al-Muminn (O head of the Muslims)! There is a verse in the Qur`an, which if was revealed on us, the Jews, we would have taken that day as an Eid (festival). Umar asked: Which verse? He said:
"This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed my favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion." [Surah al-Maidah (5): 3]
Umar (RA) said: "We know on which day and in which place was this verse revealed to Allah's Messenger (SAW). It was when he was standing in Arafat on a Friday."
Arafat is the day on which Allah took the covenant from the progeny of Adam (alaihis-salm), it was reported that Ibn Abbas (radhi Allahu anhu) narrated: The Messenger of Allah (sallAllahu alaihi wa-sallam) related:
(When Allah created Adam (AS) Allah took covenant from him in a place Na'man on the day of Arafat, then He extracted from him all the descendants who would be born until the end of the world, generation after generation, and spread them out in front of Him in order to take a covenant from them also. He spoke to them face to face saying:
"Am I not your Lord?"
And they all replied: "Yes, we testify to it". Allah then explained why He had all of mankind bear witness that He was their Creator and only true God worthy of worship. He said:
"That was in case you (mankind) should say on the Day of Resurrection, 'Surely, we were unaware of this. We had no idea that You, Allah, were our Lord. No one told us that we were only supposed to worship you."
[(Sahah by Shaikh al-Albana in Silsilah al-Ahadath as-Sahahah vol: 4, no: 1623]
Fasting on the day of Arafat
Fasting on the day of Arafat is a true blessing and a means of great forgiveness for all who undertakes it and there is no doubt that we should all try our best to fast on this blessed day which is Tomorrow (Sunday the 7th)
In the UK Sehri ends (20 mins before Fajr starts) at 5.55 am and Iftar will be at sunrise at 3:51 pm.
The Prophet (saw) says: "Be content with the fact that Allah will expiate for your sins for a whole year before the day of Arafat and the year after the day of Arafat"! [Saheeh Muslim]
"There is no day on which Allah frees more people from the Fire than the day of Arafat. He comes close and expresses His pride to the angels saying, 'What do these people want?" [Saheeh Muslim]
However whoever is at Arafat as a pilgrim then fasting is not expected of him as the Prophet (SAW) stopped at Arafat to eat.
Yawm an-Nahr:
The tenth day of Dhul-Hijjah is the greatest day of Hajj. It is known as Yawm an-Nahr (the day of Sacrifice), since it marks the ending of the major rite of Hajj – the Sacrifice. And it is on this day that the Muslims commemorate the bounties and blessings of Allah. It was recorded in a Hadath by Imam Ahmad (in his Musnad vol: 4, no: 350) that the day of Nahr is the most virtuous day to Allah. The Messenger of Allah (sallAllahu alaihi wa-sallam) said:
"The greatestday of Hajj (Pilgrimage) is the Day of an-Nahr (Slaughtering)." [(Sahah) by Shaikh al-Albana in Irwa al-Ghalal (no: 1101). Abu Dawad no: 1945]
Imam Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728H) said:
"The most excellent day of the week is the day of Jumuah (Friday), by the agreement of the Scholars. And the most excellent day of the year is the day of an-Nahr. Some of them said that it is the day of Arafat. However, the first opinion is the correct one, since it is related in the Sunan collections that the Prophet (SAW) said:
"The most excellent days with Allah is the day of an-Nahr, then the day of al-Qarr (the day that the Muslims reside in Mina)."
[(Sahah) by Shaikh al-Albana in Irwa al-Ghalal (no: 2018). Related by Abu Dawad no: 1765]." [Majma al-Fatawa vol: 25, pp. 288]
The day of An-Nahr is also known as 'Eid al-Adha' meaning the festival of Sacrifice and it is one of the two festivals which Allah has granted to the Ummah of Prophet (SAW). Anas (RA) narrated, Allah's Messenger (SAW) came to Medina and the people of Medina in the days of Jahiliyyah had two days of play and amusement. So, Allah's Messenger (SAW) said:
"I came to you and you had in Jahiliyyah, two days of play and amusement. Allah has replaced something better for you. The Day of an-Nahr and the day of al-Fitr." [(Sahah) by Hafidh Ibn Hajr in Bulagh al-Maram. Related by Musnad Ahmad vol: 3, no: 103]
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said:
"The day of al-Fitr, and the day of an-Nahr, and the days of at-Tashraq (the three days after an-Nahr) are our days of Eid (festivity); and they are days of eating and drinking." [(Sahah) by Shaikh al-Albana in Sahah al-Jama (no: 8192). Related by Musnad Ahmad (no: 1945)]
Glorifying Allah with Takbar: (Takbar al-Muqayyid):
From the day of Arafat until the Asr prayer of the 13th day of Dhul-Hijjah, one should make Takbar after every obligatory Salat. Ibn Aba Shaybah relates that Ala (RA) used to make the Takbar beginning after the Fajr prayer on the day of Arafat, until after the Asr prayer on the last day of at-Tashraq. [(Sahah) by Shaikh al-Albana in al-Irwa. Related by Ibn Aba Shaybah in al-Musannaf]
Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah) said:
"The most correct saying concerning the Takbar – that which the majority of the Salaf (Pious Predecessors), and the Scholars from the Companions and Imams were upon – is to begin making the Takbar from Fajr (dawn) on the day of Arafat up until the last day of at-Tashraq (the thirteenth of Dhul-Hijjah), after every Prayer." [Majma al-Fatawa (24/220)]
Imam al-Khattaba (rahimahullah) (d. 456H) said:
"The wisdom behind saying the Takbar in these days is that in the times of Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance), they used to slaughter for their Taghats (false objects of worship). So the Takbars were prescribed in order to indicate that the act of slaughtering is directed to Allah alone, and by mentioning only His Name." [Fath al-Bara]
As regards to the actual wording of the Takbars, then nothing authentic has been related from the Messenger of Allah. However, the following have been reported from the Sahabah:
1. Ibn Mas'ad (RA): Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, La ilaha illa Allah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar wa lillahil-Hamd. [(Sahah) Irwa al-Ghalal (650), Daraqutne, Ibn Shaibah]
(Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, There is none worthy of worship except Allah. Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest and to Allah belongs all praises)
2. Ibn Abbas (RA): Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar wa lillahil-Hamd; Allahu Akbar wa-ajal, Allahu akbaru ala mahadana.
[(sahah) – Bayhaqa (3/315)] (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest and to Allah belongs all praises. Allah is the Greatest to that which He has guided us to)
3. Salman (RA) : Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar kabara.
[(sahah) – Bayhaqa (3/316)] (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest)
"Increase in these days with Tahlil, Takbar and Tamhid. (Takbar al-Mutlaq). And mention the name of Allah on the appointed Days." [Sarah al-Hajj (22): 28]
This verse has been explained (by some) to mean the ten days of Dhul-Hijjah. Scholars consider it desirable to increase Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) in these days, because the Messenger of Allah (SAW) is reported to have said:
"There are no days that are greater to Allah or in which deeds are more beloved to Him than these ten days, so increase your Tahlil, Takbar and Tamhid during these days." [Musnad Ahmad]
Tahlil, Takbar and Tamhid mean saying 'La ilaha illa Allah', 'Allahu Akbar' and 'al-Hamdu lillah', respectively.
Ishaq narrates from the scholars of the Tabi'an that in these ten days they used to say: Allahu-Akbar, Allahu-Akbar; La-ilaha-ill-Allah; wallahu-Akbar, Allahu-Akbar; Wa-lillahil-hamd.
It is a beloved act to raise the voice when saying the Takbar in the markets, the houses, the streets, the masjids and other places, because of the saying of Allah Most High in Sarah al-Hajj verse 37:
"…that you may magnify Allah for His Guidance to you…"
Imam Bukhara (rahimahullah) said in the book of al-Idayn in the chapter of the Virtue of good) deeds during the days of Tashraq, Ibn Umar and Abu Hurayrah (RA) would go out in the marketplace during the ten days and say Takbar, and the people would say Takbar when they said Takbar. [Sahah al-Bukhara]
The Sunnah is to say the Takbar individually. The saying of Takbar in congregation, i.e., everyone pronouncing the Takbar with one voice, is not permissible since this has not been transmitted (to us) from the early generations of the Sahabah and those who followed their ways. This is applicable for all Dhikr and supplications, except if the person doesn't know what to say. In that case he may repeat after someone else until he learns (the words to be said).
Narrated al-Bara (Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi wa sallam) delivering a khutbah saying: "The first thing to be done on this day (first day of Eid-ul-Adha) is to pray; and after returning from the prayer we slaughter our sacrifices (in the name of Allah), and whoever does so, he has acted according to our sunnah. (Kitaabul-Eidayn, Bukhari)
Eid-ul-Adha is celebrated on the 10th through 12th day of Dhil Hijjah, the 12th month of the lunar calendar. Many of the rituals related to the Eid directly commemmorate the sacrifices of Hadrat Ibraham (alayhis-salaam) and his family for the sake of Allah. On the way to the Eid prayer, while waiting for it and on the way back from the prayer one should recite the following takbeer as much as possible:
Allaahu akbar – Allaahu akbar – Laa ilaaha illallaahu – wal-laahu akbar Allaahu akbar wa lil-laahil-hamd
(Allah is the Greatest; Allah is the Greatest; There is no god except Allah; And Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest and for Allah is all praise.)
It is the tradition of the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi wa sallam) to go to the prayer by one way and return by another. The takbeer-e-tashreeq above is also to be recited after every fard prayer beginning from the Fajr prayer of the 9th to the Asr prayer of the 13th of Dhil Hijjah (23 times in all).
The following actions are also sunnah on the day of Eid:
- To clean the teeth with miswaak;
- To take a bath;
- To adorn oneself and dress in the best clothes that are available and are permitted in Shariaah;
- To use perfume;
- To rise early and go to the prayer grounds early;
- To walk to the prayer grounds if possible and to recite the takbeer above;
- Nothing is to be eaten before the prayer of Eid-ul-Adha, unlike Eid-ul-Fitr;
- No (nafl) prayers should be prayed at the Eid prayer ground, neither before or after the Eid prayer.
Procedure of the Eid Prayer
Eid-ul-Adha prayer consists of two rakaaah in congregation. The procedure of the prayer is as follows:
First, make the niyyah for the Eid salaah:
Nawaytu an usallee rakaatayil-waajibi salaata eidil-adhaa maaa takbeeraatin waajibatin
(I intend to pray 2 rakaaah of waajib prayer of Eid-ul-Adha with the (extra) waajib takbeeraat )
Then the Imam says Allahu akbar (and the followers do so after him). Then the hands are folded as in other prayers and the thanaa is recited:
Subhaanakal-laahum-ma wa bi hamdika wa tabaarakas-muka wa taaaalaa jad-duka wa laa ilaaha ghairuk
(O Allah! Glory and Praise are for You, and blessed is Your name, and exalted is Your majesty; and there is no god except You.)
Then Allahu akbar is said 3 times, every time raising the hands to the ears and dropping them except the last time when they are folded. Then the Imam recites the Taaawwudh and Bismillah quietly and then recites Surah Fatiha and another Surah. Then rukua and sujood are performed as in other prayers. In the second rakaaah, the Imam recites Bismillah quietly and then Surah Fatiha and another Surah loudly and then says Allahu akbar 3 times, each time raising the hands to the ears and dropping them. Then Allahu akbar is said a fourth time and the congregation goes into rukua and finishes the prayer as any other. After the Eid prayer is completed, the Imam stands up and gives two khutbah in Arabic, sitting between them, as was the practice of the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi wa sallam).
An alternate method of performing twelve extra takbeeraat during the prayer, instead of the six extra that are described above, is also permissible: 7 and then 5 extra takbeeraat are performed during the first and second rakaaah respectively (Umdatus-Saalik, Shafia madhhab).
Selected Traditions from Sahih-al-Bukhari: The Chapter of the Two Eids.
-> Narrated Aisha (Radiyallaahu anhaa) that Allahas Messenger (Sallallaahu Alayhi wa sallam) said: "There is an Eid for every nation and this is our Eid."
-> Narrated Abdullah bin Umar (Radiyallaahu anhu) that Allahas Messenger (Sallallaahu Alayhi wa sallam) used to offer the prayer of Eid-ul-Adha and Eid-ul-Fitr and then deliver the khutbah after the prayer.
-> Narrated Ibn Abbaas (Radiyallaahu anhu) that the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi wa sallam) said: "No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these (first 10 days of Dhil Hijjah)." Then some companions of the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi wa sallam) said, "Not even jihaad?" He replied, "Not even jihaad, except that of a man who does it by putting himself and his property in danger (for Allahas sake) and does not return with any of those things."
-> Narrated Jaabir ibn Abdullah (Radiyallaahu anhu): On the day of Eid, the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi wa sallam) used to return (from the prayer) through a way different from that by which he went.
-> Narrated Urwa on the authority of Aisha (Radiyallaahu anhaa) that on the days of Minaa (11th, 12th and 13th of Dhil Hijjah) Abu Bakr (Radiyallaahu anhu) came to her while two girls were beating the tambourine and the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi wa sallam) was lying covered with his clothes. Abu Bakr (Radiyallaahu anhu) scolded them and the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi wa sallam) uncovered his face and said to Abu Bakr, "Leave them, for these days are the days of Eid and the days of Minaa."
The Slaughter:
According to Imam Abu Hanifah, the slaughtering is a wajib. For Abu Hanifah, a wajib is more than a sunnah and less than a fard. The other Imams consider a wajib to mean fard (obligatory).
Therefore, he sees that it is wajib for those people who are capable to do it according to the hadith, "Whoever has the ability to slaughter and he doesnat, then let him not come near our prayer area." So Abu Hanifa took from this hadith that it was a wajib. If we canat consider it as a wajib, at least it is a sunnah muakkadah and in it is a great bounty.
Its time of occurrence is after Salat al-Eid, meaning the earliest salat ul-Eid that has been performed in your area. After which, it is permissible to make the sacrifice. If it is done before that, it is not considered an Eid sacrifice.
For the Prophet (blessings of Allah and peace be upon him) commanded the one who performs the slaughtering before the Eid prayer to consider his sheep as a "sheep of meat" and not as a "sheep of worship". Even if he gave all of it in charity he will only be rewarded for it the reward of charity, not the reward for slaughtering for the Eid. For slaughtering is a an act of worship and the acts of worship if they have a fixed time and condition then it is not befitting for it to be performed early or late, like the daily prayers. Is it permissible for you to pray Dhuhr before its appointed time? So it is with the slaughtering of the Eid, it has its specified time too.
Some people in certain places slaughter the night before the Eid. This is incorrect and a misplacement of the Sunnah, as well as a loss of the reward that it contains. If this person realizes his mistake in time, especially if he made a vow to slaughter (then it is obligatory for him), he should repeat it in the correct time after the Eid prayer. It is also permissible to slaughter on the second and third days of the Eid.
It is best to slaughter before the sun reaches its zenith. If the time for Dhuhr comes and he has not performed the slaughter it is better to wait till the second day to do it. Some of the Imams have said that it is permissible after that during the day or even the night. For this reason I see that it is not absolutely necessary that everybody slaughters on the first day because there will be a lot of crowding at the site of the slaughtering. So, it is possible that some people can delay their slaughtering until the second or third day.
What is the Proper Animal for Slaughter?
Camels, cows, sheep and goats are the proper animal to use for slaughtering because they are considered livestock (anaam). So it is permissible to slaughter from any of these types. The sheep can be used for onea, meaning a man and the members of his household. As the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "This is on behalf of Muhammad and his family."
Abu Ayyub has said, "During the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) a man used to slaughter one sheep for himself and his family until it came to the point that people competed with each other and they became what you now see." This is the Sunnah.
As for cows and camels, 1/7 of either of them is sufficient for one person, so it is possible that 7 people could share one camel or one camel or one cow with the condition that the cow is not less than 2 years old or the camel less than 5 years old.
The better the quality of the animal that is used for slaughtering, with regards to its size and condition, the better. That is because it is a gift to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Therefore, it is befitting for the Muslim to present to Allah the best possible thing. As for one giving to Allah what he himself would dislike, then no, this is not appropriate. But in the end, "It is not their meat nor their blood that reaches Allah, rather, it is the piety of the hearts that reaches Him."


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