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Summer Reading: Three Books To Take You To New Frontiers
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Audie Cornish. You don't need a ticket to travel this summer. Our reviewer, Alan Cheuse, has packed a small bag of books that he says will send you to Alaska, Siberia and Tasmania. Here's Alan on three debut works.
ALAN CHEUSE: Rachel Weaver's novel "Point of Direction" takes us to contemporary Alaska and she fumbles around a little before figuring out how best to tell her story. But once she gets it moving, it pulls you in. A young woman named Anna treks north through Alaska, carrying a small pack and a large portion of guilt because of an incident in her recent past. She hooks up with a fisherman named Kyle and the two of them take a job as government lighthouse keepers for a long winter. From there, the view is 360 degrees of dark gray water, icy peaks and the glaciers that spill toward the sea between. And it makes Anna catch her breath. Kyle, it turns out, has an agenda that keeps him scouring the landscape for evidence of his own past turmoil, which in the middle of a stormy winter comes back to haunt him. More icy winter in the fabulous debut of Siberian-born story writer, now U.S. citizen, Kseniya Melnick. Her first book of stories, "Snow in May" takes us to her native far-Eastern city of Magadan, where in beautifully narrated story after story, we get an art boutique version of something we might call "Real Housewives of Siberia" before Glasnost and after. Along with keenly composed stories, Melnick gives us beautiful images. As when the wintry world seems, as she writes it, expressed solely in shades of gray as though somebody had sketched the scraggy trees and slope curves on white paper with a graphite pencil. Or when a woman named Tonya recalls how as a young girl she sat on the bank of the Volga River and lifted up her eyes in time to see the last sunray strike a little fire on the golden cupola of a country church on the opposite bank. Although her future seemed vague, it's every mysterious facet glimmered with light and possibility. As does the literary career of wonderful news story writer, Kseniya Melnick. Now, if Siberia isn't exotic enough for you, try Tasmania, the island state off the southern coast of Australia. Rohan Wilson, who grew up there, makes his home island the setting for his first novel, "The Roving Party," and it's one of the best first novels I've read all year. It's set in early 19th century Tasmania. A steady minded aboriginal man, nicknamed Black Bill, who's been raised in white culture, leaves his pregnant wife behind in the bush and joins a mixed-race posse that's in search of a tribe of rebellious indigenous people, led by a powerful shaman. This leads to battles of guns against spears fueled by European race hate and aboriginal defensive homelands they've inhabited for tens of thousands of years. The urgency of the chase, carefully chiseled language, exotic characters and dangerous conflict with each other - it's all here. Listen to the description of the camp Black Bill sneaks up on in the night. A crowd of shining, damp faces gathered in the firelight and its shimmer picked out incisions raised on their chests and streaks of ochre, like costuming. The shaman walked, and he clapped and the singing rose around him into the sky as the voices praise their ancient dead. Above it all, the full moon rolled like a blinded eye. These fine new works of fiction by first- time writers, all blessed with various urgencies about worlds in turmoil, I promise they'll open your eyes.
CORNISH: Summer fiction - Rohan Wilson's novel, "The Roving Party", Kseniya Melnick's story, "Snow in May," and "Point of Direction" by Rachel Weaver. Your travel agent was Alan Cheuse. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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runDisney serves up a major menu change for the Wine & Dine Half Marathon
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After putting registration on hold for the 2016 Wine & Dine Half Marathon, Disney today has announced a change to the race format and event weekend schedule that has some runners reconsidering their plans to participate this year.
The Wine & Dine Half Marathon was unique among runDisney races in that it was the only remaining nighttime race on the annual schedule, with both the Tower of Terror 10K and Expedition Everest events canceled in recent years.
It was also runDisney's only Saturday half-marathon, making it attractive people who couldn't commit to the multi-day vacation needed for most runDisney events. A runner could fly in on Friday, attend the Expo to pick up their race bib Friday afternoon or Saturday morning, run Saturday night and fly home Sunday. With a 5K event scheduled Saturday morning, runners who wanted a challenge could run both events the same day.
The half marathon race concluded at Epcot park, with runners invited to stay and enjoy a post-race party at the annual International Food & Wine Festival. The unique night race, the Saturday schedule and the festive after-party experience all helped make this event very popular with some runners.
Disney has now announced the half marathon will move to Sunday morning, to make room for a new 10K event on Saturday morning. As expected, the addition of a 10K race also comes with a new "challenge" event Lumiere's Two Course Challenge for those who want to run both races. runDisney moved the 5K event to Friday morning, and scheduled the post-race party for Sunday night.
It's easy to see how this move will create extra revenue for Disney, even without considering the increased registration fees. Where an out-of-town runner could previously enjoy the whole event with just a two-night stay, that same runner must now extend their trip by several days, arriving on Thursday to attend the mandatory race expo, and staying at least through Monday if they want to enjoy the "post race" celebration. Disney will get two additional room nights from many runners as a result of this change, plus the additional meals associated with a longer stay.
It's still possible to enjoy a quick runDisney break fly in on Saturday, run Sunday morning and leave the same day but runners who do so will miss much of what made this race unique, and nothing replaces the experience of running through the theme parks at night.
RunDisney's announcement was met with disappointment from many runners. Postings to the runDisney Facebook page include some people who are happy about the move to a daytime event, but many more complaints about the new schedule. A sampling of the criticism:
"And I'm out for W&D. I would have done it with the old schedule since it would allow Sunday to be a travel day. Disney won't get my money this time."
"Why did you have to murder Wine and Dine? It was the best race you had. I guess I can go and cancel our room reservations now. Thanks for saving me a lot of money....I guess."
"Can you guys bring back at least 1 night race a year? Pretty please?!? Now wine and dine is like every other race out there."
"Awful move with the Wine and Dine changes. The nighttime race was what made this event special. It provided such a unique view of the parks, and provided lots of opportunities for really unique experiences on course. The ultimate runners night out. Finishing through epcot with your family and friends waiting for you at the after party forming that giant cheering tunnel was the highlight of the course. I'm very sad to see these changes."
What do you think about these changes? Are you now more or less likely to register for this event for 2016?

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Windows 10 has turned out to be a very interesting update to the popular desktop operating system. Apparently, Microsoft envies Google for their success in spying on everyone and their dog through the Internet. Accordingly, Microsoft could not resist turning Windows into a mean spying machine. People were mightily surprised when all of the new spying features of Windows started to get uncovered.
To start with, the EULA, the license agreement, actually states clearly that Microsoft will collect the history of browsing, WiFi access point names and passwords, and website passwords. All of this information will be stored in the "user's" Microsoft account, i.e. on the servers of Microsoft. Every user will receive a unique identification number that will be available to third parties for targeted advertisement.
When you use BitLocker for disk encryption, the key will be also stored at Microsoft! The license agreement states that the password will be copied automatically to OneDrive servers. I told you that going with BitLocker was not something a sane person would do, didn't I?
And now all of that personal data can be used by Microsoft at will:
We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to protect our customers or enforce the terms governing the use of the services.
See, it's not just in case that a court issues an order, but simply whenever Microsoft thinks that they need to.
Some observers report that the license also reserves the rights for Microsoft to disconnect "unlicensed hardware". I did not find that part in the EULA though, I don't know if it is true. I found something else though. Windows 10 will also remove your anti-virus or other anti-malware protection: "other antimalware software will be disabled or may have to be removed".
That's the part about EULA. There is also Cortana, the virtual assistant, and various parts of the OS that submit various information to Microsoft. Well, Cortana can be disabled. However, it turns out that even disabling every single thing that reports user information to Microsoft does not help – Windows 10 still reports a lot of things, now without even informing the user. Apparently, the user cannot switch off all of the monitoring.
One of the things that cannot be switched off is a built-in keylogger. The keystrokes are recorded in a temporary file and then submitted to Microsoft servers. Keylogger is active even when you are not logged into the Microsoft account.
Another thing is the microphone and camera. Whenever the microphone is on, it records the sound and transmits it to the servers of the company. The same happens to the video camera, the video is recorded automatically and the first 35 MB are sent over to Microsoft.
Microsoft explains that all of this is necessary to create a database of users, so that the targeted advertisement can be sold to third parties. However, these are obvious privacy violations and some of them are even performed without informing the user.
Microsoft has also announced that some of the features of the Windows 10 will be backported to the previous versions of Windows. So we can expect soon the updates for previous versions that will introduce these spying features across all of Windows computers.
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Kennel cough is a term loosely used to describe a complex of infections—both viral and bacterial—that causes inflammation of a dog's voice box and windpipe. It's a form of bronchitis and is similar to a chest cold in humans. Though it usually clears up on its own, kennel cough is highly contagious to other dogs.
A persistent dry cough with a "honking" sound is the main clue your dog's caught kennel cough. In most cases, she'll appear healthy except for the cough. Her appetite and activity level usually won't change, but don't be alarmed if she gags and coughs up a white, foamy phlegm—these signs are often worse after exercise, or if she's excited or pulls against her collar. Some dogs may also develop a fever and nasal discharge.
What Should I Do if I Think My Dog Has Kennel Cough?
If you suspect your dog has kennel cough, immediately isolate her from all other dogs and call your veterinarian.
How Did My Dog Catch Kennel Cough?
Dogs can catch kennel cough in several ways. It can spread through aerosols in the air, directly from dog to dog, or through germs on contaminated objects. Kennel cough is often spread in enclosed areas with poor air circulation—while boarding in a kennel or an animal shelter, for example, or through direct contact while sitting in a vaccination clinic, training class or dog-grooming facility.
Kennel cough is so contagious that your pet might even catch it from sharing a water dish at the dog park or by simply greeting another dog. Most kennels will not board your pet without proof of a recent vaccination against parainfluenza and bordetella, two of the main causes of kennel cough.
Which Dogs Are Prone to Kennel Cough?
Most often, dogs who have frequent contact with other dogs, especially in enclosed or poorly ventilated areas, are most prone to becoming infected. Young and unvaccinated dogs are also at higher risk.
How Is Kennel Cough Prevented?
The best way to prevent kennel cough is to prevent exposure. Vaccinations are also available for several of the agents known to be involved in kennel cough, including parainfluenza, bordetella and adenovirus-2. Ask your vet if these are recommended, and how often—but please keep in mind that vaccinations aren't useful if a dog has already caught the virus.
How Is Kennel Cough Treated?
It's smart to see your veterinarian if your dog develops a cough. In some cases, you may be advised to simply let kennel cough run its course and heed the following:
- Dogs with kennel cough should be isolated from other dogs.
- A humidifier or vaporizer can provide some relief. You can also allow your dog into the bathroom while you shower. The steam will help soothe her irritated breathing passages.
- Avoid exposing her to cigarette smoke or other noxious, irritating fumes.
- A cough suppressant or antimicrobial may be prescribed. Your vet can be able to determine if they would be helpful to your dog.
- If your dog pulls against her collar while being walked, replace it with a harness until the coughing subsides.
- Supportive care is very important—be sure your dog is eating, drinking and in a stress-free environment.
How Long Does Kennel Cough Last?
In most cases, the signs of kennel cough gradually decrease and disappear after three weeks. Young puppies, elderly dogs and other immunocompromised animals may take up to six weeks or more to recover. In some cases, animals may remain infectious for long periods of time even after the symptoms have cleared up.
When Is It Time To See The Vet Again?
You should see some improvement in your dog's condition within one week of treatment, but be alert to how long the symptoms last. If your dog has nasal discharge, is breathing rapidly, refuses to eat or seems lethargic, take her to the veterinarian right away. Serious cases of kennel cough can lead to pneumonia if left untreated.
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Angels rally past M's in 9th for MLB-best 30th come-from-behind win
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Albert Pujols mimicked Fernando Rodney's celebratory bow-and-arrow routine as the Los Angeles Angels got to Seattle's closer for one of their most dramatic comeback wins this season.
Pujols hit a tying double off the Mariners' closer and Grant Green had a game-ending, bases-loaded single that lifted the Angels to a 6-5 win Sunday.
"Rodney's one of the game's best, and that's a known fact," the Angels' Kole Calhoun said. "He's an All-Star and somebody that they're expecting to go out there every time and get the job done. But we've got one of the best offenses in the game, and we can put some runs up no matter who's out there."
Rodney (1-4), the former Angels' closer, replaced Joe Beimel with one out in the eighth and retired the next two batters. He entered the ninth attempting to complete a five-out save for the 200th of his career, but the Angels rallied for their major league-leading 30th come-from-behind victory.
Mike Trout drew a leadoff walk and scored on Pujols' 544th double, which broke a tie with Tony Gwynn for 28th place. When the three-time NL MVP pulled into second base, he mimicked Rodney's bow-and-arrow routine.
"That's his thing," Pujols said. "I've known Rodney for 15 years, so we go way back. And every time I see him, I tell him I'm going to do that to him if I get a big hit against him."
Rodney had gone through the bow-and-arrow routine after Calhoun flied out to the warning track in center field for the last out in the eighth. The 12-year veteran spent two seasons with the Angels, converting just 17 saves in 28 attempts from 2010-11. He signed with Tampa Bay as a free agent and had career-best 48 saves in 2012.
"I did that for the fans, because when I came in, they booed me. It's part of the game," Rodney said after his third blown save in 30 chances this season. "I tried to get the save with five outs. They got me today, but tomorrow's another day."
Rodney loaded the bases twice with intentional walks to Howie Kendrick and Efren Navarro. The first resulted in a 5-2-3 double-play grounder by David Freese. The second set the stage for Green, who slapped a 1-2 pitch up the middle to score Josh Hamilton.
"It seems like all the pressure's on him. He had to get me out. I don't have to do more than put the ball in play," Green said. "Rodney woke up our dugout. At the time, we were hitting well in the game, but we didn't have that key hit. He did it at the wrong time with Trout, Pujols and Josh coming up. You don't want to get those guys fired up."
Green, a three-year veteran who has played third base and left field for the Angels, played his first game at shortstop after All-Star Erick Aybar was scratched for the second straight day with soreness in his groin. Green was 1 for 5 and handled all four defensive chances flawlessly.
Joe Thatcher (1-1) worked a scoreless inning for the Angels, who remained 1 1-2 games behind AL West-leading Oakland following their 13th victory in 14 games.
"It was awesome. Anytime we get a chance to put pressure like that against one of the game's best closers, it's definitely exciting," Calhoun said.
Seattle starter Chris Young allowed three runs and 10 hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and no walks. The 6-foor-10 right-hander gave up back-to-back home runs by Calhoun and Trout in the third, tying the score at 3-all, and the Angels ended up winning their 10th straight home series.
Angels lefty Tyler Skaggs gave up five runs and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings and struck out five.
Seattle scored two in the seventh on Mike Zunino's RBI double and Endy Chavez's run-scoring single against Skaggs.
Skaggs was behind 3-0 after just 22 pitches. He retired his first two batters before giving up five straight hits, including Kyle Seager's 16th homer and RBI singles by Corey Hart and Dustin Ackley.
The Angels got one of the runs back in the bottom half on Hamilton's two-out RBI double. They tied it in the second when Calhoun led off with a drive into the lower seats in the right field corner and Trout followed with his 23rd homer into the rock formation in left-center.
Game notes
Mariners 2B Robinson Cano, who began Sunday tied with Texas' Adrian Beltre for first in the AL batting race at .335, sat out because of tightness and soreness in his hamstring. The five-time All-Star, who turns 32 in October, played all 28 innings the previous two nights. "He asked for a day off, so he's off," McClendon said. "It's been a tough grind for him. He's only had one day off in the first half, played in the All-Star Game, traveled. It just makes sense after 28 innings."
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- Home Plate Umpire - Paul Schrieber
- First Base Umpire - Adam Hamari
- Second Base Umpire - Ted Barrett
- Third Base Umpire - Alfonso Marquez
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A total of 120 employees are expected to lose their jobs as a result including the plant management, but negotiations are ongoing with unions.
Vestas chief operating officer Jean-Marc Lechene said the move is part of "on-going adjustment of Vestas' global production capacity" towards "a leaner and more asset-light manufacturing organisation".
"We regret having to close down the factory in Taranto. However, matching Vestas' global manufacturing organisation with the market conditions is necessary for Vestas to remain competitive," he added.
The factory, which opened in 1998, assembles the nacelles for Vestas' V90-3MW turbine. It is located alongside the company's a blade facility, which will remain open.
The company said it is adapting to a slow-down in the wind power market in 2013 and expected slow growth in coming years.
Vestas has only made two sales in Italy in the year to date, totalling 96.4MW. By this point last year, the company had completed five sales with more than twice the capacity.
The company denied that a drop off in the Italian market is responsible for the decision, pointing to a global fall in demand.
Vestas failed to hit its own targets in the second quarter as its revenue slumped 26% to EUR 1.2 billion, while pre-tax loss extended to EUR 38 million from EUR 5 million a year ago.
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HOLLYWOOD – Osama Bin Laden is set to make a cameo appearance in the The Hangover 2!
According to a spokesman at Warner Bros. entertainment, Osama Bin Laden come out of hiding to join the cast of the movie, which also includes Bradley Cooper, Zach Galafianakis, Ed Hems, and Justin Bartha.
Bin Laden will be playing the role of a grouchy 7-11 attendant who refuses to let the main characters use his bathroom.
"Honestly, he had some of the funniest lines in the movie," said Bradley of Bin Laden's two-minute on-screen appearance. "We had to do so many takes because he had the whole cast cracking up."
The movie's producers have remained tight-lipped concerning the movie's plot. But insider sources told the Weekly World News that the movie will involve the gang from the original movie embarking on a trip to Afghanistan for a wedding.
Movie executives say Bin Laden will Join Ken Jeong and Mike Tyson, who are returning to play their original movie roles. Liam Neeson, Jamie Chung, Bill Clinton, and Vladimir Putin will also make cameo appearances.
Bat Boy will also be featured in the movie, as will BAT BOY BOBBLEHEADS.
It has not yet been determined whether or not Warner Bros. is planning to shoot a third installment of the "Hangover" series. However, company executives say that if they decide to shoot, Bin Laden will likely be recast in his original role.
"We had to pull a lot of strings to get Bin Laden in this movie," said Todd Philips, the movie's director. "We originally thought about casting Cheech Marin for the role, but after we saw Bin Laden's audition, we knew he was our guy."
Filming for the movie is currently underway in New York and Afghanistan.
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Rub a Dub Dub, Three men in a tub. And who do you think they be? The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker…
Well, finally, the elections are over and about half of the people in America are thrilled and just a little less than half are upset. And, although the election was decisive, obviously it did not "fix" everything that needs to be fixed in this country or around the world. We have a leader but he does not control the world; he only deals with it. In some way, we are all in the same boat, the thrilled and the angry, candlestick makers, bakers, butchers, teachers, professionals, the "right and the left," all headed to our destiny. What we do to get there will make a difference in what we find when we get there.
In the "Perfect Storm," Bill Johnson referenced Mark 4:35. That's the Biblical text describing a moment when the disciples were in a boat, crossing "to the other side" when a violent storm began. It was not just "rough seas;" this was a "killer storm." The disciples feared for their lives and they cried out, waking up Jesus who was sleeping in back of the boat, "don't you care that we are perishing?" In other words, Jesus "do something about this, don't you understand!" Jesus in turn, rebuked the storm, enforced Peace and asked the disciples, "Why are you so fearful, how is it that you have no Faith?" How he did that can make a difference in out "all in a boat" experience as well.
Jesus could release Peace because he had Peace. It was the place he stayed. It was not something that occurred occasionally in his life, it was something that was always there. He knew that where God is present, Peace is present. There's no fear in Heaven, no faithlessness there, because He is there. Jesus lived in the knowledge of that Peace. His heart was established in Peace. That Peace is not the absence of something; it's the presence of Someone! That was the secret to Jesus response to the storm. The "Shalom of Heaven" overpowers the presence of something! All that Jesus needed to know as he entered that boat was that God had told them to go to the "other side." That was enough for him to be able to sleep in the middle of that storm. Knowing the Will of God gives us the comfort of God. The disciples should have told the storm to be still because they knew "going to the other side" was God's Will, and knowing that, they could "calmly" go through the storm that raged. As for the storms challenging our boat, why should we worry? If we are doing the right thing (righteous thing), why should we fear just because it's rough?
The election will not remove all the trouble we will face, but trouble should not identify whether we should "go to the other side" or not. If this country will do the "life thing, the right thing" it will get to the place we are to go, no matter what seems to obstruct our way. We may struggle, we may have to pay a price, but if our goal is "in the Purpose of God, in the Will of God," if it's done with the right heart attitude, we'll get there no matter what happens along the way. To set high goals and to walk toward the Purpose of God will automatically bring a storm upon us before we get to the "other side.
"Once the disciples reached "the other side," they ministered to a man "full" of unclean spirits. In effect, a man and a country were changed because they "crossed to the other side." Had that storm stopped them, the "other side" would never have happened! There was a storm because there was a great thing about to happen. It was a storm that, once the fear passed, did not hinder; it was a "perfect storm" because it had perfect results.
If this country is in God's Will, and in His Purpose, we will get through the present storm. We have huge domestic problems and dangerous international problems. But this country was set in a boat and told to go to the "other side." We were sent to live in freedom and to spread freedom to others, to enjoy liberty for ourselves and share the joy of liberty. It may cost us something to get to the other side of that, but if we pay the price, we will benefit from that experience. That perfect storm was not about the disciples; it was about their future. We're all in the same boat. If we will remain visionaries in "God's ways" we will get through and past the storm and find purpose on the other side of our journey. If we do that, the storm will not destroy us. We can Rest; we can be in His Peace. We will not cry out in fear. Because He is present we will be able to "calm down" and trust; we will get the to the other side simply because He told us to go!


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Peter is an aspiring comedian encouraged by his friend Ben to perform at the local comedy club. But stage fright isn't Peter's only fear. When confronted with one of today's most divisive issues, he feels compelled to speak, but can he? Challenged by his coworker Diana to defend his convictions about homosexuality and gay marriage, will he have the courage to stand for what he believes—even at the risk of losing a friendship? And how will he respond when faced with a harrowing life-or-death experience? "Audacity" uses a unique approach to address a very sensitive subject in contemporary society. Regardless of your views on homosexuality, you'll gain fresh insights and a new perspective.
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Wajahat Ali is a playwright, lawyer, and political commentator. His play, The Domestic Crusaders, made its Off Broadway premiere at the Nuyorican Poets Café in 2009 and was published by McSweeney's last year. He is currently doing research on Islamophobia for ThinkProgress and preparing a pilot for HBO. He talks here with FPIF about the Homeland Security Committee hearings on Muslim extremism, the "threat of sharia," and the reception of his play.
John Feffer: Why do you think the congressional hearing on Muslim extremism organized by Peter King (R-NY) is taking place now, of all times?
Wajahat Ali: Basically, the reason they're taking place now is that this is an unprecedented time in American history for the mainstreaming of Islamophobic sentiment and rhetoric. What was once allowed to operate on the fringes and by fringe actors has been co-opted by mainstream political actors and parties to capitalize on people's fears, panic, and hysteria. You see this pattern in American history. When there is a moment of panic and fear around an economic downturn, politicians and people in cottage industries turn on minorities. It has happened with Jews and with African Americans in the past.
Peter King has an interesting history. He has had warm relations with the Muslim community in the past. But, since 9-11, many of those supporters now feel betrayed by him due to King's bigoted comments and now this Homeland Security hearing. This disapproval is shared by interfaith leaders and diverse religious communities from his Long Island district, who protested at King's office and voiced their strong disapproval.
Some of these old time, "mainstream Republicans" like King are now being chased by tea party rabble rousers and fringe elements, and these Republicans have to flex their muscles to show their strength to their base. This is why you see Newt Gingrich, a potential 2012 presidential candidate, espousing this "fear of sharia" rhetoric. He narrated a movie by Citizens United that posited a civilizational war between "the West" and "radical Islam." Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann have also used this rhetoric.
I don't think that anyone would disagree that we need an intelligent discussion on extremism or radicalization. The problem with the hearing is the wide breadth with which King is trying "execute" this "investigation." He's not singling out individuals. He is castigating an entire American community, an entire religion. He is lumping together, without any nuance, a lot of Americans and their faith under the rubric of radicalization and extremism.
Over the last two to three weeks, interfaith leaders, counter-terrorism experts, law enforcement officials, civil rights leaders, thought leaders in the mainstream media, several politicians, and many Americans have said that this is not the most effective manner to investigate radicalization, if that is King's intended purpose. King is being marginalized by people in Washington. There's been a speech from the White House critical of the endeavor. Pretty much every mainstream outlet has published something to the effect that this hearing is not useful. Indeed, the hearings serve to alienate an American community that happens to be Muslim. It is reminiscent of McCarthyism, of the bigotry against Japanese Americans during World War II.
Also, King has asked these self-proclaimed experts on Islam to testify on Islam but they have no legitimacy in the Muslim community. Zuhdi Jasser, for instance, is a credential-free, right-wing American Muslim who heads up the American Islamic Forum for Democracy. He claims to be an expert on Islam, Muslims, and radicalization. But the mainstream Muslim community doesn't know who he is. He's just an opportunist. The other two witnesses, Melvin Bledsoe and Abdirizak Bihi, don't have any counter-terrorism credentials either.
You need a specific kind of messenger to hold a hearing on alleged "Muslim American radicalization," and Peter King is not the right messenger. He's gone on the record saying bigoted comments about Muslims. He's repeated the fallacy that 80 percent of American mosques and its religious leaders as being radical; that there are too many mosques in this country; that Muslim Americans do not cooperate with law enforcement. This is very troubling to Muslims and also to all people of faith. He has said that American Muslims are different from other Americans when it comes to patriotism. When confronted, King says he won't be cowed by the PC police. Basically it's like have a hearing into the American contributions of Jewish Americans chaired by Mel Gibson. It makes you suspect the intentions of the endeavor.
Furthermore, there's a rank hypocrisy because King himself so staunchly allied himself to the IRA in the 1980s. The United States designated the IRA a terrorist entity. Without a hint of irony or self awareness, King still defends his support of the IRA. You lose your moral high ground if you say you are dedicated to fighting terrorism but continue to rationalize the actions of one terrorist group.
John Feffer: As a lawyer, how do you respond to the various controversies around sharia law in this country, including the referenda passed in Oklahoma in the last election?
Wajahat Ali: 9/11 was a major catalyst. Right after 9/11, George W. Bush and the Republican Party explicitly made it clear that we are not war with Muslims and Islam. His Republican aides spread this kind of messaging, that this was a war against al-Qaeda, not Muslims in general. There wasn't a high level of sensationalism.
But there was also a concentrated effort by certain individuals, backed by a lot of money, to put forward a different message, that Muslims are the enemy. Some of these individuals are connected to an extreme right-wing settler mentality. Others say, "Remember 9/11!" Others like Newt Gingrich use it for explicit political gain.
We have to acknowledge the tremendous surge in "hate groups" in America, which are now reported to be a record 1,000 according to the latest Southern Poverty Law Center Study. Most are a result of "radical rightwing expansion, represented by hatemongers, the nativists, and the antigovernment zealots."
And quite a few have made money out of this anti-Muslim campaign: Steve Emerson, Pamela Geller, David Horowitz. The controversy surrouding The Park 51 – or "Ground Zero mosque," which was neither a mosque nor at Ground Zero, focused a lot of this energy on one event. This campaign thrived on "guilty by association" and lumped all Muslims into one category: potential suspects and terrorist sympathizers. And, of course, it took place only a few months before the mid-term elections last year.
The anti-sharia movement came out of this. The Oklahoma referendum against sharia law has now spread to 15 other states. But it didn't happen overnight. It was a well-orchestrated effort. One or two elected officials joined up with anti-Muslim bigots. They introduced the legislation. They held press conferences.
The wording of these referenda comes from David Yerushalmi – self-proclaimed expert, who has also written about the superiority of "Whites" to "Blacks." He's a big buddy of Frank Gaffney, who runs the Center for Security Party, which released a report on the "sharia threat" a few months ago coauthored with Andrew McCarthy and James Woolsey. The American Prospect has done good exposes on Yerushalmi. The people who are saying "no sharia"? It's like they're saying, "we want no unicorns." People get upset about the issue. They galvanize their base. They try to amend the law. And if they're successful, they say, "See we protected America from unicorns." Any sane person would say, "Yes, but there are no unicorns in America."
Federal law protects U.S. citizens from being "infected" by foreign law. If foreign law is in conflict with U.S. law, the foreign law gets knocked out. The notion that sharia could take over is a fallacy.
Obama's supposed foreignness and otherness is a major catalyst for this: 50 percent of the Republican Party thinks Obama is a Muslim and 18 percent of Americans think he is Muslim. Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said recently that the president was born in Hawaii, spent time in Indonesia, and was colored by Mau Mau thoughts. He has implied that Obama is an American but a different type of American, one who's not Judeo-Christian, who's not mainstream, who's not so firm on national security issues because he's buddy-buddy with the enemy.
There's also an implication that Muslims engage in taqiyya, that it's part of their religion to lie about their true intentions, that you can't trust your Muslim neighbors, that this is behind the threat of sharia. First, taqiyya has been incorrectly defined as "lying" to deliberately paint all Muslims as an unreliable and deceptive fifth column in America. Historically, this practice was followed only by a minority of Muslims, and it allowed them to conceal their faith only if they faced threats of death, violence, or persecution due to their religious identity. But if you ask most Muslims about taqiyya, they wouldn't know what you're talking about. They would think taqiyya is a new taquito or taco from Taco Bell.
And what do most Americans know about Muslims? A recent Time poll showed that 60 percent of Americans don't know a Muslim. And nearly half of Americans think Islam is a violent religion. The favorability rating that Americans have toward Islam and Muslims has gone down since 2001.
John Feffer: As a playwright, can you talk about the culture of Islamophobia? Despite these polling numbers, are we seeing any changes in how American view Islam?
Wajahat Ali: It's really scary to see the mainstreaming of Islamophobic sentiment – on talk radio, on Fox News. The anti-Islamic rally at the Islamic fundraiser in Orange County – that was really scary. But I believe that most Americans are well-intentioned. They want to be good American neighbors. I think a lot of Americans are on the fence. Their lack of knowledge about Muslims and Islam is the main cause of their doubt and fear. Statistically speaking, the people who know Muslims and know something about Islam don't have such bigoted views. They might disagree with Islam, but they don't see their Muslim neighbors as a threat. We need a form of cultural diplomacy in this country where Americans get to know Muslims and Muslim-Americans.
In 2003-4, when I began staged readings of my play The Domestic Crusaders, the political climate was a bit different. The Dixie Chicks, the whitest people on earth, said the most benign comment about President Bush, about being ashamed that the president was from Texas, and there was an active campaign to discredit them, calling them anti-American. So, when I released the play, I thought, "If they did that to the Dixie Chicks, what are they going to do to a brown guy with a multi-syllabic name?"
The initial hesitation by theaters and artistic directors to put on this play was due to a two-fold fear, that mainstream audiences wouldn't understand it and that there would be protests and controversy. But whenever we do the play, our audiences are always multicultural and have always given it rousing applause or standing ovations. They've said things like, "Your play really opened my eyes" and "I didn't know we shared so many similarities." Jewish audiences have consistently embraced the play.
Katie Couric recently came up with the idea of a Muslim Cosby show. The response to this proposal has been illuminating. Several right-wing sources went crazy that she would even come up with this idea. Even Couric herself said that she knew it was a crazy idea. And I thought, "Why is this crazy?"
It just means we have a ways to go. There has been a resurgence in the Muslim American community in the way we see ourselves and portray ourselves to the world. It's no longer a monochromatic presentation. We've seen the emergence of mainstream Muslim comedians and hip hop artists. Dave Eggers released the book Zeitoun. There have been more and more Muslim op-ed columnists. There have been more and more Muslims and Arabs on TV. With the events in Egypt and Libya, some American Muslims with American accents appeared as commentators on TV. That's different from the 1980s. Americans are getting used to the multiculturalism of this country. For all our problems, we do have a biracial president.
There is a new demand for American Muslim stories. Business is business, and this is an untapped market. I'm writing a pilot right now for HBO with an American Muslim protagonist. We'll see if it succeeds. After all, we still don't have any major Muslim personalities on the air. There's no Muslim Ellen, no Muslim Tom Hanks. To change peoples' attitudes and shift away from dangerous and inaccurate stereotypes about Muslims, we need to access the mainstream through sitcoms, movies, and music. These have a tremendous amount of power, much more than a policy report or a nonfiction book or a talking head. We need to create stories that are "By Us, For Everyone."


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In Catholic spiritual tradition, there is an important and honoured place for the idea of "The Bride of Christ". At one level, we are taught to think of the Church as a whole as such a bride of Christ, and the wedding at Cana as a metaphor for the marriage of Christ to his bride, the Church. At another level, religious women think of themselves as forgoing human marriage, to become brides of Christ. The image is a powerful and valuable one, in developing that personal relationship with the Lord that we seek – but where does it leave men, who may find it difficult to imagine themselves as brides?
Surprisingly perhaps, Catholic tradition provides an equivalent route for men – at least, for gay men, and others who are not threatened by thoughts of homoerotic attraction. Gerald Loughlin has described a medieval German tradition in which the wedding at Cana was seen as celebrating the wedding of Christ and his "beloved disciple" (assumed to be John the Evangelist). St John of the Cross used extensive homoerotic imagery in his mystical writing. Blessed Bernardo de Hoyos combined both of these ideas, taking them to their logical conclusion. As Kittredge Cherry noted at Jesus in Love blog, in a valuable post for his feast day (yesterday, November 29th), Blessed Bernardo saw himself, in a mystical vision, as marrying Christ – as a man, becoming not a bride, but a "Groom of Christ".
Always holding my right hand, the Lord had me occupy the empty throne; then He fitted on my finger a gold ring…. "May this ring be an earnest of our love. You are Mine, and I am yours. You may call yourself and sign Bernardo de Jesus, thus, as I said to my spouse, Santa Teresa, you are Bernardo de Jesus and I am Jesus de Bernardo. My honor is yours; your honor is Mine. Consider My glory that of your Spouse; I will consider yours, that of My spouse. All Mine is yours, and all yours is Mine. What I am by nature you share by grace. You and I are one!"
(quoted at Jesus in Love from "The Visions of Bernard Francis De Hoyos, S.J.[Image]" by Henri Bechard, S.J.)
Kittredge observes, quite correctly,
While the Catholic church refuses to bless same-sex marriages, the lives and visions of its own saints tell a far different story — in which Christ the Bridegroom gladly joins himself in marriage with a man.
Michael Bayley at the Wild Reed, who drew my attention to Kittredge's post, thinks that we should declare Bernardo the patron saint of Catholic for Marriage Equality, MN. Why not the patron saint of marriage equality – period?
For more on the details of Bernardo's story, cross to Jesus in Love. What I want to do instead, is share a personal experience, and to reflect briefly on the lessons for modern gay Catholics, and other Christians.
This resonates with me, as I have had a similar experience myself. I was on a six-day silent, directed retreat in 2002, when, quite early on, my reflection turned to the familiar idea of "the bride of Christ". I asked myself to picture instead "the groom of Christ", and was led, for the rest of the retreat, into the most extraordinarily intense spiritual experience of my life. It was as if I was on honeymoon with my new husband. By day, every moment was spent deeply focussed on his presence, whether out of doors, in my room, or in the chapel, where I sat for hours at a time gazing at the tabernacle. By night, I was alone in bed with my lover, and new husband.
Remarkably, the day after I began this journey, I was browsing through some spiritual journals in the lounge of the retreat centre, and came across an article with exactly the same idea: that men could profit from adopting the same image for themselves, as the groom of Christ (but imagining Christ as female). Given the ubiquity of the visual representations of Christ the man that we meet from childhood and throughout our lives, in art and in explicitly religious pictures, statues, books and films, picturing Christ as female may be difficult. As gay men, we have no need to do so: we may retain our traditional view of Christ as male (fully male, with a fully male body) and adapt instead the traditional image of ourselves as the brides of Christ, to the grooms.
Try it. After all, just like John the Evangelist, we are all Beloved Disciples.


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I'm a big fan of readingalways have been. Some of my books are worn and dog-eared from multiple passes. So when I first heard of eBooks and reading on a device like the iPad or Kindle, I scoffed. But who can stop the advance of technology, right? It's either keep up or get out of the way. These days I'm a digital convert, reading on an iPad and Playbook. Heck, I've even converted all of the books I've written to a digital eBook format called EPUB so I have another marketplace to sell them. How did I do that? Pretty easily, with InDesign CS5.5.
Document Setup
Here are a few things (of many) to think about before you choose to export to EPUB:
- The page dimensions of the InDesign file really don't matter. The content in an eBook simply flows to fit within the device (that's what's called the "flow"). So if you meticulously set up a size that matches a Kindle, for instance, you'll find it doesn't look the same on an iPad, most likely. That doesn't mean you should create your eBook content in a poster-sized InDesign documentrather, something more along the lines of 1024x768 or smaller.
- Your document will not look the way you expect it to after your first export (see Figure 1).
- Master page items will not be exported with the EPUB.
- Page numbers shouldn't be added to the document in InDesign because the content reflows and page numbers are added automatically in most eBook readers.
- A generated Ttable of contents in InDesign (Layout > Table of Contents) becomes a table of contents in the EPUB reader (but won't show up in the flow of the document in most readers). You want to create a table of contents to help readers and so you can split up your eBook.
Figure 1 What you see in InDesign may not be what you get in the EPUB Reader.
With those things in mind, let's start to prepare our document for export to EPUB. Either create a new document or open an existing document in Adobe InDesign. You can set the dimensions of the file to "mimic" the average size of eBook readers by setting the page dimensions at something like 600 pixels wide by however tall you want. Add as many pages to the document as you see fit (obviously) (see Figure 2).
Figure 2 Set up your InDesign document


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The Template contains blog page with different type posts represented by different icons, filterable portfolio with details page, descriptive about page and contact page with an expandable map of location and working contact/business query form.
Included PSD source file allows you to customize the Template to your needs.
Latest Version: 17.06.2013 – v1.5. Check the changelog
Extended Features List
- Responsive Design
- jQuery Powered
- Filterable Portfolio
- Working Contact Form
- Map of Location
- Support for Browser History
- Support for SEO Links
- Valid XHTML Code
- PSD Source Included
- Documentation Included
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PSD Source Files
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- Trebuchet MS, system font.
- Handdrawn icon set By Damian Watracz
- Handdrawn arrows By David Klein
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Updates17.06.2013 – v1.5
- Added new features to the contact form.
- Update Twitter user timeline to API 1.1.
- Update jQuery libraries to the newest versions.
- Added new informations to documentation.
- Added HTML version (without server side scripting).
- Fixed problem with Twitter feeds.
- Added new video samples.
- Added new informations to documentation.
- First release.