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Timothy M. Dolan
Timothy Michael Dolan
Archbishop of New York
|New York
|February 23, 2009
|April 15, 2009
|Edward Egan
|Other posts
|June 19, 1976
by Edward Thomas O'Meara
|August 15, 2001
by Justin Francis Rigali, Joseph Fred Naumann, and Michael John Sheridan
|Created cardinal
|February 18, 2012
by Benedict XVI
|Personal details
|February 6, 1950
St. Louis, Missouri
|Roman Catholic
|Robert Dolan, Shirley Radcliffe
|Previous post
|Ad Quem Ibimus
English: "To Whom Shall We Go?", (John 6:68)[1][2]
|Styles of
Timothy Michael Dolan
|Reference style
|His Eminence
|Spoken style
|Your Eminence
|Informal style
Ordination history of
Timothy M. Dolan
Timothy Michael Dolan (born February 6, 1950) is an American cardinal prelate of the Catholic Church. Appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, Dolan serves as the tenth and current Archbishop of New York.
Dolan served as the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2010 to 2013 and was granted the titular position as Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario (English: Our Lady of Guadalupe of Mount Mario) in Rome.
Dolan is widely known for his conservative values and charismatic media personality. He previously served as Archbishop of Milwaukee from 2002 to 2009, preceded by service as an Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis from 2001 to 2002.
- 1 Early life
- 2 Formation and priesthood
- 3 Views
- 4 Distinctions
- 5 Published books
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Early life[edit]
The eldest of five children, Dolan was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Robert (d. 1977) and Shirley (née Radcliffe) Dolan.[3] His father was an aircraft engineer, working as a floor supervisor at McDonnell Douglas.[4][5] He has two brothers, one of whom is a former radio talk-show host,[6] and two sisters. The family later moved to Ballwin, a suburb of St. Louis, where they attended Holy Infant Roman Catholic Church.[7]
Dolan exhibited a strong interest in the Roman Catholic priesthood from an early age, once saying, "I can never remember a time I didn't want to be a priest."[8] He would also pretend to celebrate Mass as a child.[9]
Formation and priesthood[edit]
Dolan entered Saint Louis Preparatory Seminary (now Kenrick–Glennon Seminary) in Shrewsbury, Missouri in 1964, and later obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Cardinal Glennon College. He was sent by Cardinal John Carberry to further his studies in Rome, where he attended the Pontifical North American College. Dolan is also an alumnus of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Angelicum from which he earned the degree of Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1976.
Dolan was ordained a priest by Edward O'Meara, later Archbishop of Indianapolis, then an Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis, on June 19, 1976. He then served as an associate pastor at Curé of Ars in Shrewsbury and Immacolata Roman Catholic Parish in Richmond Heights until 1979. From there he began his doctoral studies at The Catholic University of America under John Tracy Ellis with a concentration on the history of the church in America; his thesis centered on Bishop Edwin Vincent O'Hara of Kansas City,[3] which he would eventually publish in book form.[10] Dolan performed pastoral work upon his return to Missouri from 1983 to 1987. During this time he collaborated with Archbishop John L. May in reforming the archdiocesan seminary.
He was then named secretary of the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, D.C., serving as a liaison between American dioceses and the nunciature.[8] In 1992, Dolan was appointed vice-rector of his alma mater Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, where he also served as spiritual director and taught church history. He was also an adjunct professor of theology at St. Louis University.[citation needed]
From 1994 until June 2001, Dolan held the office of rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome.[11] During his tenure he published Priests for the Third Millennium, and taught at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Angelicum.[8] He also was granted the title of Monsignor by Pope John Paul II in 1994.[12]
Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis[edit]
On June 19, 2001, Dolan was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis and Titular Bishop of Natchesium by Pope John Paul II.[citation needed] He received his episcopal consecration on the following August 15 from Archbishop Justin Rigali, with Bishops Joseph Naumann and Michael Sheridan serving as co-consecrators. He chose as his episcopal motto: Ad Quem Ibimus, meaning, "Lord, To Whom Shall We Go?" (John 6:68)[2][3] taken from St. John's Gospel. 6:68.[1]
Archbishop of Milwaukee[edit]
On June 25, 2002, Dolan was named the tenth Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[citation needed] He was formally installed at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist on August 28, 2002. Dolan said he was challenged and haunted by the sexual abuse scandal in that diocese, which broke during his tenure[13] According to WTAQ news, "An attorney says at least 8,000 kids were sexually abused by over 100 priests and other offenders in the Milwaukee Catholic Diocese."[14]
Dolan took a special interest in priests and vocations,[15][16] and the number of seminary enrollments also rose during his tenure. In an outdoor Mass in September 2002, Dolan wore a "cheesehead" hat in tribute to the Green Bay Packers during his homily.[17] He also wrote Called to Be Holy (2005) and To Whom Shall We Go? Lessons from the Apostle Peter (2008), and co-hosted a television program with his brother called Living Our Faith.[9]
In June 2012 it was revealed that Dolan "authorized payments of as much as $20,000 to sexually abusive priests as an incentive for them to agree to dismissal from the priesthood when he was the archbishop of Milwaukee" and that "a document unearthed during bankruptcy proceedings for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and made public by victims' advocates reveals that the archdiocese did make such payments to multiple accused priests to encourage them to seek dismissal, thereby allowing the church to remove them from the payroll".[18]
Apostolic Administrator of Green Bay[edit]
On September 28, 2007, Dolan was appointed as the apostolic administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.[19] He continued in this position until he resigned on July 9, 2008,[19] on the appointment of David L. Ricken as Bishop of Green Bay.[20]
Archbishop of New York[edit]
On February 23, 2009, Dolan was appointed the tenth Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict XVI.[21] The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, the nation's second-largest after the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, serves over 2.5 million Roman Catholics.[21] He succeeded Cardinal Edward Egan, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 in 2007. According to Dolan, he was informed of his appointment "nine, ten days" prior to the official announcement.[22] Recalling the phone call he received from Apostolic Nuncio Pietro Sambi, as opposed to his appointments as Auxiliary Roman Catholic Bishop of St. Louis and Archbishop of Milwaukee when Dolan was told that the Pope (John Paul II), "would like [him] to" take the posts, he said that Sambi "was quite factual" in that he told him that "the Pope (Benedict XVI) had appointed [him]" to New York, giving Dolan little choice other than to accept.[5]
The last two times an Archbishop of New York was named without previously holding an office in the archdiocese's ranks came in 1939,[citation needed] when Pope Pius XII tapped close friend and then-Auxiliary Bishop Francis Spellman of the Archdiocese of Boston; and in 1984 with the appointment of Bishop John O'Connor, who had been an auxiliary to Cardinal Terence Cooke in the latter's capacity as head of the military ordinariate and not as Archbishop of New York.
Before Dolan's appointment, his name had been repeatedly mentioned as a possible successor to Egan,[23][24][25] but he downplayed such speculation, saying, "Anytime there's kind of a major see that opens, what have we seen with Washington, Baltimore, Detroit, now New York, my name for some reason comes up. I'm flattered."[26] John L. Allen Jr., Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, has noted that Pope Benedict's appointment of Dolan, like those of Donald Wuerl, Edwin O'Brien, and Dennis Schnurr, follows a pattern of choosing prelates "who are basically conservative in both their politics and their theology, but also upbeat, pastoral figures given to dialogue."[27]
Dolan pledged to challenge anti-Catholic sentiment, especially claims that the church is unenlightened because it opposes same-sex marriage and abortion. He hoped to build confidence among people affected by the sexual abuse scandals, which he described as "a continuing source of shame".[28]
Dolan was formally installed as Archbishop of New York at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Easter Wednesday, April 15, 2009. He wore the pectoral cross used by his 19th-century predecessor John Hughes.[29] In attendance were eleven cardinals and several New York elected officials.[30]
Dolan received the pallium, a vestment worn by metropolitan bishops, from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2009, in a ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica.[31]
He served as chairman of the board of directors of Catholic Relief Services (in which capacity he visited Ethiopia and India[32]) until his election as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and he remains a member of the Board of Trustees of The Catholic University of America. Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, he chairs the Priestly Life and Ministry Committee and sits on the Subcommittee on the Church in Africa. In November 2007, he lost the election for Vice President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, being defeated by Bishop Gerald Kicanas by a margin of twenty-two votes.
Dolan was also the apostolic visitor to Irish seminaries as part of the Apostolic visitation to Ireland following the publication of the Ryan and Murphy Reports in 2009. Dolan will form part of a team that will include Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, archbishop emeritus of Westminster, who will inspect Cardinal Seán Brady's archdiocese of Armagh, and Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley of Boston who is to inspect Dublin. Toronto's Archbishop Thomas Christopher Collins will investigate Cashel, while Ottawa's Archbishop Terrence Prendergast will look at the archdiocese of Tuam. Following the conclusion, he will report their findings directly to Pope Benedict XVI.[33]
On January 5, 2011, he was appointed among the first members of the newly created Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation.[34]
In December 2011 Dolan was awarded the rank of Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus by Prince Victor Emmanuel.[35]
In 2011 he led a root and branch review of all structures and processes at the Pontifical Irish College in Rome. The report was highly critical of the college, as a result of which three Irish members of the staff were sent home and a fourth resigned. Four Irish archbishops, Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh; the Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin; the Archbishop of Tuam, Michael Neary, and the Archbishop of Cashel, Dermot Clifford, were sent a copy of the visitation report by the Vatican. A response prepared for them said "a deep prejudice appears to have coloured the visitation and from the outset and it led to the hostile tone and content of the report".[36][37] The visitation report said "a disturbingly significant number of seminarians gave a negative assessment of the atmosphere of the house". Staff, it added, were "critical about any emphasis on Rome, tradition, the magisterium, piety or assertive orthodoxy, while the students are enthusiastic about these features". A change in the staff was recommended. Elsewhere the report said: "The apostolic visitor noted, and heard from students, an 'anti-ecclesial bias' in theological formation."[37]
On December 29, 2011, he was appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications for a five-year renewable term.[38] On April 21, 2011 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.[39]
In 2012, Dolan expressed his public disappointment in the HHS Mandate promulgated by American President Barack Obama. In a televised CBS interview, Dolan condemned what was, in his view, government interference dismissing the right to religious conscience and religious freedom regarding the mandatory compulsion of religious groups and organizations to provide abortifacient drugs and contraception insurance coverage to its hired employees, while at the same time against the moral tenets of the Roman Catholic faith.[40] After Barack Obama revised the rule, Dolan said the "first decision was a terribly misguided judgment" and said the new rule was "a first step".[41]
On January 24, 2012, Dolan went on a religious pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where he met Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal.[42][43]
After Pope Benedict XVI announced his retirement due to ill health, effective February 28, 2013, Dolan was named in the press as a papabile (a possible or likely successor) for election to the Papacy.[44][45][46] However, on March 13, 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected instead, and took the name Pope Francis.[47]
On November 30, 2013, Pope Francis named Dolan a member of the Congregation for Catholic Education.[48]
On September 3, 2014, Dolan denied requests by the Diocese of Peoria to receive the remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, who is entombed in St. Patrick's Cathedral, renewing the historical controversy over Sheen's body and effectively suspending Sheen's cause for sainthood for the foreseeable future.[49] On November 17, 2016 Judge Arlene Bluth of the New York State Supreme Court ordered Archbishop Fulton Sheen's remains from St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York to St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria, Illinois.[50][51][52]
On November 2, 2015, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) presented its Isaiah Award for Exemplary Interreligious Leadership to Dolan in recognition of his steadfast contribution and ongoing commitment to the relationship between Catholics and Jews.[53]
At the inauguration of President Trump on January 20, 2017, Dolan gave the first benediction. His invocation involved a recitation of King Solomon's prayer from the Book of Wisdom.[54][55]
Dolan completed a pilgrimage to the Knock Shrine in Ireland in 2015 and, on May 13, 2017, Dolan celebrated a requiem mass when Tim Curry, the youngest witness to the Knock apparition, was reinterred in St. Patrick's Old Cathedral cemetery in Lower Manhattan after being disinterred from an unmarked grave on Long Island.[56]
President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops[edit]
Dolan was elected on November 16, 2010, to the presidency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, becoming the first New York bishop to attain the post. Dolan replaced Cardinal Francis George, who did not run for re-election. In a vote of 128–111, Dolan beat out nine others, including Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Arizona, to win the three-year term.[57] Dolan took office two days later. He served as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops until November 12, 2013.
Elevation into the College of Cardinals[edit]
On January 6, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI announced that Dolan would be created a cardinal at the consistory of the church held on February 18, 2012.[58] Archbishop Dolan was formally elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Benedict XVI on February 18, 2012, receiving the traditional red biretta and gold ring during a ceremony in Saint Peter's Basilica.[59] The day prior, he addressed the pope and the College of Cardinals on spreading the faith in a secularized world.[60] He was created Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario. He was the first archbishop of New York not to receive the titular church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo since 1946 as that title was still being held by Cardinal Egan, archbishop emeritus of New York.
In September 2014 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.[citation needed]
Abortion and LGBT issues[edit]
In November 2009, Dolan signed an ecumenical statement known as the Manhattan Declaration calling on evangelicals, Roman Catholics and Orthodox not to comply with rules and laws permitting abortion, same-sex marriage and other matters that go against their religious consciences. It calls for civil disobedience from Christian officials and laymen on these issues.[61][62]
In October 2017, Auxiliary Bishop John O'Hara intervened on behalf of Dolan to prohibit a parish church in the Archdiocese of New York from hosting the International Human Rights Art Festival because of its gay and transgender content. The director of the festival declined to remove the two performances from the show that the Archdiocese specifically objected to, and decided he had no alternative but to cancel the show altogether.[63]
George W. Bush[edit]
While noting that the "Church has weighed in" against the war in Iraq and capital punishment, Dolan defended his silence regarding President George W. Bush's 2001 appearance at Notre Dame by saying, "Where President Bush would have taken positions on those two hot-button issues that I'd be uncomfortable with, namely the war and capital punishment, I would have to give him the benefit of the doubt to say that those two issues are open to some discussion and are not intrinsically evil...In the Catholic mindset, that would not apply to abortion."[64]
Sexual abuse scandal[edit]
In 2002, Archbishop Rigali assigned Dolan to investigate Roman Catholic priests accused of sexual misconduct in St. Louis. During the investigation, Dolan spoke with parishes, victims, and the media about the scandals, and invited victims of clerical abuse to come forward.[8] Commenting on his meetings with them, Dolan said, "...[i]t is impossible to exaggerate the gravity of the situation, and the suffering that victims feel, because I've spent the last four months being with them, crying with them, having them express their anger to me."[65] Dolan dismissed abusive priests, which earned him the ire of some St. Louis parishioners who remained loyal to their dismissed priests and referred to Dolan's investigation as a "witch hunt".[8]
In a 2003 letter to Joseph Ratzinger, requesting that the process be expedited for the laicization of priests accused of abuse who he believed were "remorseless and a serious risk to children", Dolan wrote: "As victims organize and become more public, the potential for true scandal is very real."[66] In May 2012, the New York Times revealed that the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, then headed by Dolan, had paid some abusive priests – although already dismissed from their priestly duties – up to $20,000 to leave the priesthood immediately rather than force the church to initiate time-consuming and expensive laicization proceedings against them.[67] The archdiocese noted that the "unassignable priests" were still receiving full salaries and would continue to do so until they were formally laicized;[67] and that the payouts were a "motivation" so that the priests would not contest being defrocked. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests sent a formal protest asking, "In what other occupation, especially one working with families and operating schools and youth programs, is an employee given a cash bonus for raping and sexually assaulting children?"[67] Dolan responded to accusations that he had given "payoffs" to protect accused priests as "false, preposterous, and unjust".[67]
In 2011, Dolan thanked Bill Donohue for a press release, reproduced on the Archdiocese of New York website, in which Donohue referred to the non-profit support group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests as a "phony victims' group".[68]
In July 2013, documents made public during bankruptcy proceedings showed that Dolan had sought permission to move $57 million in church funds to protect the assets from victims of clerical abuse. In a letter to the Vatican requesting permission to move the funds, Dolan wrote "By transferring these assets to the trust, I foresee an improved protection of these funds from any legal claim and liability."[66][69] Dolan had previously denied that he tried to conceal assets from child sex abuse victims claiming compensation calling the accusations "old and discredited" and "malarkey."[70] United States law forbids debtors transferring money in ways that protect some creditors against others.[70] The Vatican approved the request in five weeks.[66]
In 2018 after the Pennsylvania report and the McCarrick scandal, In an interview with CNN, Dolan was asked whether homosexuality was a cause. He answered "I don't think that's the sole root of it. The sole root of it is a lack of chastity, a lack of virtue. This isn't about right or left. This isn't about gay or straight. This is about right and wrong".[71]
In 2019, Dolan was reported to have received, together with other influential U.S. Catholic leaders, substantial monetary gifts from West Virginia bishop Michael J. Bransfield, who had resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct. The gifts had been reimbursed by the diocese. Although Dolan did not return a request for comment, other bishops reported that they did not know that Bransfield had been reimbursed by the diocese or that he was allegedly guilty of sexual misconduct at the time that they received the gifts and that they had returned the funds or given them to charity.[72]
World Trade Center attacks aftermath[edit]
Dolan visited Ground Zero, the site of the September 11 attacks, on the following April 24.[73] After reciting the same prayer used by Benedict XVI during his visit to the United States, Dolan remarked, "We will never stop crying. But it's also about September 12 and all the renewal, the rebuilding, hope, solidarity and compassion that symbolized this great community and still does."[73] Dolan condemned as a miscarriage of justice the release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and his reception in Libya.
- Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
Published books[edit]
- Dolan, Fr. Timothy M. (1992). Some Seed Fell on Good Ground – The Life of Edwin V. O'Hara. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 978-0-8132-0748-3.
- Dolan, Fr. Timothy M. (circa 1993). A Century of Papal Representation in the United States. South Orange, New Jersey: Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology of Seton Hall University. OCLC 3822-1938.
- Dolan, Monsignor Timothy M. (2000). Priests For The Third Millennium. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor. ISBN 978-0-87973-319-3. (A collection of talks given to the seminarians and priests at the Pontifical North American College, a school in Rome, Italy, for Roman Catholic seminarians and priests.)
- Dolan, Archbishop Timothy M.; Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis (2001). Archdiocese of St. Louis – Three Centuries of Catholicism, 1700–2000. Strasbourg, France: Éditions du Signe. ISBN 978-2-7468-0353-4.
- Dolan, Archbishop Timothy M. (2005). Called to Be Holy. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor. ISBN 978-1-59276-072-5.
- Dolan, Archbishop Timothy M. (2007). Advent Reflections – Come, Lord Jesus!. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor. ISBN 978-1-59276-393-1.
- Dolan, Archbishop Timothy M. (2009). Doers of the Word – Putting Your Faith into Practice. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor. ISBN 978-1-59276-639-0.
- Dolan, Archbishop Timothy M. (2009). To Whom Shall We Go? – Lessons from the Apostle Peter. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor. ISBN 978-1-59276-050-3.
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- ^ a b c New York Times: "Dolan Sought to Protect Church Assets, Files Show" By LAURIE GOODSTEIN July 1, 2013 |"Files released by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee on Monday reveal that in 2007, Cardinal Timothy F. Dolan, then the archbishop there, requested permission from the Vatican to move nearly $57 million into a cemetery trust fund to protect the assets from victims of clergy sexual abuse who were demanding compensation"
- ^ a b c d New York Times: "In Milwaukee Post, Cardinal Authorized Paying Abusers" By LAURIE GOODSTEIN May 30, 2012
- ^ "Gratitude to the Catholic League « The Gospel in the Digital Age". Blog.archny.org. August 11, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
- ^ New York Daily News: "Church drags feet on punishing sex-assaulting priest, but not on protecting $57M" By Stephen Rex Brown July 2, 2013
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He Encourage A Relationship Between A Muslim Man And A
Kaafir Woman So As To Protect Her From Evil And Call Her
To Good?!
Islamic Rulings -
Living Shariah Verdicts
Islamic Questions & Answers
I am in a situation where I want to invite this woman
to Islam but don't know how, like we discussed about
Islam and everything, she is non muslim who is going
out with a muslim man, although their relationship is
forbidden I am encouraging them two to stay together
for 2 reasons one of them is that I do not want her to
fall in love with a bisexual guy who has shown
interest in her. The gay guy has a child from another
lady and has slept with many men as well as women. I
dont want him having children with this woman.
Secondly cos her boyfriend is muslim, Im hoping he
could help her become muslim inshallah. But problem is
that she is getting closer to the bisexual man like
they are going out to dinners and partys together
which gives me the idea that something is going on.
Please brother, what should I do to stop her from
getting close to the bisexual guy and what should I do
to help her become a muslim? Also we dont discuss
religion anymore.
Praise be to Allaah.
Although we appreciate your keenness for that which is
good and your intention to do what is best for this
woman, we think that you are not doing the right thing
by encouraging friendship between her and that Muslim
man. How many of those who seek to do good fail to
achieve it. The rulings of Islam should be our
starting point in our actions and we should not be
ruled by our emotions which go against the laws of
You know that any haraam relationship between a man
and a woman leads to many things that are contrary to
Islam and may lead to falling into major sin, so how
can such a relationship be a means of achieving good
for the people involved?
Relationships between women and men outside the
framework of shar'i marriage are haraam.
Moreover, your fear for this woman is making you
expose your Muslim brother to temptation, so this
woman will be a cause of your brother's temptation and
may lead him to sins that doom a person to Hell and to
immoral actions.
Now you are committing a haraam action in the hope of
achieving some purpose which may or may not be
achieved. Such things are not permissible according to
You can achieve your goal in protecting this woman
against evil and calling her to Islam through a woman
-- like her -- who is Muslim and is close to her; thus
you can call her to goodness and warn her against
For ways in which a Muslim sister could call this
woman to Islam, see the answer to question number
To sum up:
It is not permissible for you to encourage this haraam
relationship; rather what you must do is advise them
that this relationship is haraam according to Islam
and that no one knows the unseen except Allaah. This
may be a cause of her becoming Muslim because of what
she sees of Islam's respect for women and how it
protects them.
We ask Allaah to guide you and her.
And Allaah knows best.
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Beck, 7 Jun 2007 @ 2:58pm
No ParallelsI have never heard of a bank robber being banned for life from going to the bank.
Chris, 7 Jun 2007 @ 3:21pm
Re: No ParallelsI have, it's called prison.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Jun 2007 @ 4:26pm
Re: Re: No ParallelsIt's unlikey a bank robber would go to prison for life.
Besides, he can still use a bank account EVEN if he is in prison.
lillyliveredcommies, 7 Jun 2007 @ 3:35pmHey, don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
Child molesters are banned from being around kids, I say F this ahole. People bitch about how bad things are but when someone does something about it pansies like you bitch about rights. You reap what you sow.
Bubba Jones, 7 Jun 2007 @ 3:39pm
Re:Must be nice to be perfect.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Jun 2007 @ 4:27pm
Re:I wish we could ban fags like you.
P.logo, 7 Jun 2007 @ 5:51pm
Re: Hey, don't do the crime if you can't do the tYour comment about sex offenders makes sense because there is significant evidence that the nature of the crime is such that it is physically violent and it is often repeated. But I think you're comparing apples and oranges if you think that any non-violent crime committed that involves use of the internet should result in a lifetime ban on the internet. Have you never gotten a parking ticket? Forgot to return a library book on time? By your logic a person should never be allowed to drive a car, or be banned from the library for life. Sometimes common sense does actually work.
To get back to the actual case, there are already laws against child porn, and the man was sentenced to prison. Creating arbitrary and unenforceable additional punishments that won't get to the root of the problem doesn't help anybody.
You can't pull out the "think of the children" card unless you're willing to actually think it through.
Starky, 7 Jun 2007 @ 11:13pm
Re: Re: Hey, don't do the crime if you can't do t"You can't pull out the "think of the children" card unless you're willing to actually think it through."
Really? I thought that was the main tactic that politicians use all the time. Think of the Children laws are never thought through when they're proposed.
krob, 8 Jun 2007 @ 6:55am
Re:anyways, that is a very different genre of crime. Child molesters are banned from being near young children, but are not banned from using the restroom ? Using the internet is the equivalent to using the restroom these days, without it, you are essentially living on the fringe of society. anyways, people who you speak of as the saying goes perfectly fits, "don't do the crime if you can't do the time" but these people generally are mentally ill to some degree and emotionally disturbed. The major problem in this country is the lack of nut houses, which the US government in it's infinite wisdom decided to get rid of a while back, now using the prison system as it's new nut house + violent criminal storage facility.
lillyliveredredcommies, 7 Jun 2007 @ 4:48pmWow, I must have offended some child molesters, I am sooooo sorry.
Anonymous Coward, 7 Jun 2007 @ 6:14pmdon't feed the troll
Anonymous Coward, 7 Jun 2007 @ 6:23pmI don't know, I've seen repeat drunk drivers banned from ever getting a drivers license again. Several states ban felons from voting or running for office following their release from prison. I think I've seen convited doctors prohibited from ever practicing medicine again. Same goes for lawyers convicted.
Also, it must be pointed out that in the case of internet predators, often part of their sentencing deal is a restriction on internet in exchange for less time in prison. Rarely does a felon get the max time in the clink. They barter off years or decades with exchanges of other liberties.
lillyliveredredcommies, 7 Jun 2007 @ 8:27pm
real quickI actually molest children, sorry for the confusion.
Michael Whitetail, 7 Jun 2007 @ 9:20pm
Perma banThis verdict is over-reaching and unconstitutional as it directly impacts the mans ability to work for a living.
As the article states, it is extremely difficult to find work that doesnt make you use "computer equipment or any 'online' computer service at any location, including employment or education that includes, but is not limited to, any Internet service provider, bulletin board system, or any other public or private computer network."
So by these guidelines, the guy couldnt even work at a Burger King, McDonalds, Taco Bell, or gas station because the registers are networked to those companies private networks, as are the time clocks, phones, and ordering systems.
He couldnt work at a retail store because the credit card machines are networked, nor could he work at a Best Buy, Circuit City, or even as an auto mechanic because these companies have all of their employees working with computers of one type or another.
Basically this guy was sentenced to be forever on welfare because he wouldnt be able to find a job. Thats overly broad and IMHO, cruel and unusual punishment.
Mike4, 8 Jun 2007 @ 5:20am
Re: Perma banI agree wholeheartedly, Michael Whitetail, and was thinking the same exact thing when I read this article. The idea of not being able to work with or near a computer seems absurd, but the kicker for me was the idea of this guy trying to get an education without being able to use a computer. Where is that going to happen nowadays?
At this point, there are computers everywhere and more and more of them have the ability to access the internet as time goes on. I don't think we're far off from seeing internet-enabled computers built into cars.
An internet-enabled car shouldn't be an issue for this guy, though, because for the reasons you pointed out, he will never be able to get a decent job again in his life to afford one.
Anonymous Coward, 8 Jun 2007 @ 10:41am
Re: Re: Perma ban
An internet-enabled car shouldn't be an issue for this guy, though, because for the reasons you pointed out, he will never be able to get a decent job again in his life to afford one.Actually, all cars made for quite some time now have on-board computers to control the engine.
Ben, 8 Jun 2007 @ 6:32amAlso means you can't use the ATM, because that is a computer network.
Drunk drivers are banned from the road, but even that isn't a lifetime ban.
Martin, 8 Jun 2007 @ 6:59am
Re:Well, drunk drivers aren't even banned from the road, just from driving on it. That analogy would be more like a drunk driver being banned from ever getting in a car for the rest of his life.
GoblinJuice, 8 Jun 2007 @ 10:02amo_O Stoopid people shouldn't be in positions of power.
James, 8 Jun 2007 @ 11:25amSometimes the government will modify a court's ruling, for example when a convicted hacker is released from prison he/she can be restricted use of a computer for "x" amount of time basically until the FBI or whatever agency says otherwise.
Anonymous Coward, 8 Jun 2007 @ 12:52pm"The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation." - Adolph Hitler (Mein Kampf)
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Intro and Mid-term Review: Dahon Mariner
So a few weeks ago I accepted delivery of Dahon's Mariner D7 folding bike for review! I've been considering adding a folder to the stable, so I was pretty stoked to get the chance to take this for a spin or 20. Because I've been all over the place and crazy busy, I'm wrapping the out-of-the-box and midterm reviews into one here, so get your coffee and settle back!
First off though, some specs. The Mariner weighs about 26 lbs, which for the functionality (including folding) and price point (MSRP $599) is pretty decent. It comes equipped with a rear rack, integrated bungee (snaps into rack), kickstand, and SKS fenders. Sounds like a good fit for Bikecommuters.com! Components are mostly not big brand names, but appear solid. V-brakes provide some good stopping power, and the 7-speed drivetrain provides a decent range.
Out of the box, the Mariner was easy to set up – it came folded and without instructions, but thanks to my
insane skills reasonable mechanical aptitude I figured everything out pretty quickly. Unfolding time is somewhere around 20 -30 seconds, folding time a bit longer depending on how it's been set up. Everything is adjustable – the seatpost, stem, handlebar angle, etc. – and depending on how the handlebars have been situated they may need to be adjusted before folding (they fit in between the two wheels when folded). The seatpost always needs to come down, because the bottom portion of it also functions as support for the bike when its folded. Pedals also fold in, and there is a clip that holds the two axles together when folded; it's not tremendously strong, just enough so the whole thing doesn't come open unexpectedly. Once folded, the front wheel still rolls so you can move it around a bit but it's a little awkward. Carrying it by the seat isn't that difficult though.
So how does it ride? Pretty well! It took me a few minutes to adjust to the small wheels – they're definitely much more responsive to small steering adjustments than my usual 700c or 29er wheels. Otherwise, everything was pretty easy: the ride is comfortable, the brakes work well, the shifting works well, and there's really not an awful lot to think about. The only caveat there is that because everything is so adjustable, it takes a bit to figure out where to set it all to be comfortable – and then to figure it out again the next time. I'd definitely recommend making some sort of marks on it for preferred setup.
Because I hadn't gotten much opportunity to ride it before heading out on a family vacation to Maine, I managed to squeeze the Mariner into the back of the car (hey, no bike rack!) and got a couple rides in while we were vacationing – including one to the grocery store, which was a (very hilly) 9 mile ride each way. I went with my brother-in-law, who was on his Surly Long Haul Trucker, and found out some of the advantages and disadvantages of the Mariner relative to a 700c commuting/touring bike. First, the gear range on the Mariner, while more than adequate for most cities (maybe an exception for San Francisco, but I assume all bikers in San Francisco have massive quads and can deal), was a little less than ideal for coastal Maine hills. I ran out of gears on both ends – so there was a little walking up some particularly steep hills, and then some coasting down the other side of those same hills when I got to spinning too fast in the top end. Standing and cranking really isn't an option on the Mariner – the geometry makes it so it's pretty much a seated-only bike. I also have to note that especially when loaded down with groceries in the back, the front end felt very light and twitchy and going downhill quickly was just a little hairy! So adding a top gear probably wouldn't be very beneficial – but I thought having an 8-speed with a lower low end wouldn't have been a bad thing. Finally, we both noticed that I was working a lot harder on some of the hills than he was on the LHT – mostly just a function of the wheel size and gear range, I think – but possibly also related to pedaling position (the Mariner is much more relaxed).
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Other quibbles? I'd like to see some bottle cage bosses somewhere on the frame. I didn't particularly like their choice of grips – I've been riding without gloves since I see this as being targeted for riders not all kitted out, and have found that when my hands get sweaty the grips get slippery – not good! Also, the drivetrain was a bit noisier than I prefer when in high or low gears (though functional).
Those nits aside, I'm very much liking the Mariner. It wouldn't be my choice for a lengthy commute, but it seems quite reasonable for shorter rides and I've been pretty happy with how it packs down. I'll be putting in a final report later, and Ghost Rider will hopefully be adding in his impressions after he's had a chance to ride it.


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Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Glyn Johns
The Beatles, with Billy Preston, gave their final live performance atop the Apple building at 3 Savile Row, London, in what became the climax of their Let It Be film.
We went on the roof in order to resolve the live concert idea, because it was much simpler than going anywhere else; also nobody had ever done that, so it would be interesting to see what happened when we started playing up there. It was a nice little social study.
We set up a camera in the Apple reception area, behind a window so nobody could see it, and we filmed people coming in. The police and everybody came in saying, 'You can't do that! You've got to stop.'
30 January 1969 in London was a cold day, and a bitter wind was blowing on the rooftop by midday. To cope with the weather, John Lennon borrowed Yoko Ono's fur coat, and Ringo Starr wore his wife Maureen Starkey's red mac.
There was a plan to play live somewhere. We were wondering where we could go – 'Oh, the Palladium or the Sahara.' But we would have had to take all the stuff, so we decided, 'Let's get up on the roof.' We had Mal and Neil set the equipment up on the roof, and we did those tracks. I remember it was cold and windy and damp, but all the people looking out from offices were really enjoying it.
The 42-minute show was recorded onto two eight-track machines in the basement of Apple, by George Martin, engineer Glyn Johns and tape operator Alan Parsons. The tracks were filled with the following: Paul McCartney, vocals; John Lennon's and George Harrison's vocals; Billy Preston's organ; McCartney's bass guitar; a sync track for the film crew; Starr's drums; Lennon's guitar; Harrison's guitar.
That was one of the greatest and most exciting days of my life. To see The Beatles playing together and getting an instant feedback from the people around them, five cameras on the roof, cameras across the road, in the road, it was just unbelievable.
The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Mark Lewisohn
The songs performed on the roof:
- Get Back (five versions)
- I Want You (She's So Heavy)
- Don't Let Me Down (two versions)
- I've Got A Feeling
- One After 909
- Danny Boy
- Dig A Pony (two versions)
- God Save The Queen
- A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
Brief, incomplete and off-the-cuff versions of I Want You (She's So Heavy), God Save The Queen and A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody were fooled around with in between takes – as was Danny Boy, which was included in the film and on the album. None of these were serious group efforts, and one – the group and Preston performing God Save The Queen – was incomplete as it coincided with Alan Parsons changing tapes.
The Beatles' rooftop show began at around midday. The timing coincided with the lunch hour of many nearby workplaces, which led to crowds quickly forming. Although few people could see them, crowds gathered in the streets below to hear The Beatles play.
There were people hanging off balconies and out of every office window all around. The police were knocking on the door – George Martin went white! We really wanted to stop the traffic, we wanted to blast out the entire West End...
The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Mark Lewisohn
Traffic in Savile Row and neighbouring streets came to a halt, until police from the nearby West End Central police station, further up Savile Row, entered Apple and ordered the group to stop playing.
It was good fun, actually. We had to set the mikes up and get a show together. I remember seeing Vicki Wickham of Ready, Steady, Go! (there's a name to conjure with) on the opposite roof, for some reason, with the street between us. She and a couple of friends sat there, and then the secretaries from the lawyers' offices next door came out on their roof.
We decided to go through all the stuff we'd been rehearsing and record it. If we got a good take on it then that would be the recording; if not, we'd use one of the earlier takes that we'd done downstairs in the basement. It was really good fun because it was outdoors, which was unusual for us. We hadn't played outdoors for a long time.
It was a very strange location because there was no audience except for Vicki Wickham and a few others. So we were playing virtually to nothing – to the sky, which was quite nice. They filmed downstairs in the street – and there were a lot of city gents looking up: 'What's that noise?'
Also on this day...
- 2019: The Beatles announce Let It Be film reissue and new collaboration with Peter Jackson
- 2009: Stella McCartney creates Beatles t-shirt for Red Nose Day 2009
- 1970: Ringo Starr meets Elvis Presley
- 1967: Mixing: A Day In The Life
- 1967: Filming: Strawberry Fields Forever
- 1964: Live: Olympia Theatre, Paris
- 1964: US single release: Please Please Me
- 1963: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime)
- 1962: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime)
- 1961: Live: Lathom Hall, Liverpool
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Swimming Pool Blog
by Rob Cox, January 20, 2013
Pool Borates - How to Use Borax in Pools
Hey kids ~ want to have less pH bounce, shinier, silkier water with no algae problems? But wait, there's more! You'll also be using half as much chlorine as you do now! Hard to believe?
When the John Galvin company introduced a product to the pool industry during the 80's, known as Proteam Supreme, claiming to buffer pH and alkalinity, and add a sparkle and shine to the water, while cutting chlorine use in half and simultaneously preventing algae outbreaks - some of us back then just rolled our eyes.
It sounded like snake oil to some, but what was in the bucket was a proprietary mixture of a white powder called sodium tetraborate pentahydrate, an EPA registered algaestat with water softening properties. Later, I learned that the mixture was a compound of Boric Acid, a close cousin of Borax. And borax - is available in the grocery store aisle under the brand name 20 Mule Team Borax.
Soon, we began to experiment with using 20 Mule Team, along with muriatic acid or pH decreaser, to counteract the high pH of the borax that we added to the pool.
How does Pool Borax Work?
I'm told that it works to reduce your chlorine demand and fight algae by removing most of the carbon dioxide from the pool water. Carbon dioxide is a favorite food source for algae, and occurs in water naturally. Users report that the alkalinity in the water becomes very stable, with less fluctuation, which also lends itself to a more stable pH level. A sparkling look and a silky smooth feel to the water.... perhaps the borates in the pool are reflective, but it is true!
How to use Borates in the Pool?
There are two ways to use Borates in a swimming pool. You can buy a product like Proteam Supreme, Bioguard Optimizer or Natural Chemistry's Foundation. The commercial products mentioned are a blend of boric acid and sodium tetraborate and other ingredients. They have a more pH neutral product that won't require as much pH adjustment afterwards. They also don't require near as much product, as compared to Borax. After initial treatment to your pool you will need only replacement doses to make up for backwash and splashout.
The second way is to use 20 Mule Team Borax product, and an amount of pH decreaser to bring the pH back in line after addition of borax to your pool. You'll need a lot of Borax and acid to do the job. For a 20,000 gal pool, about 60 lbs of Borax, and 4 gallons of acid. A calculator for borax dosage can be found at the poolcalculator website. The borax will really raise your pH, so you alternate the borax and the acid, building a borax or borates residual slowly over several hours or days, while keeping the pH in line.
How to test for Borates in the Pool?
If you are using one of the boric acid products or your own borax pool treatment, you can test the levels of borates in your pool by using the AquaChek Borate Test Kit. Test your borate levels in your pool monthly, or as needed, to maintain the residual of 30-50 ppm of borates in the water.
Borates use in pools has grown over the years, and has users all around the country who sing it's praises. Let us know if you decide to try borates or borax in your pool, and how it turns out for you.


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In just over 5 years, Sport Ngin has become the largest technology provider dedicated to serving the needs of the multi-billion dollar youth and amateur sports market.
Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) June 25, 2014
Sport Ngin, developers of the NGIN platform that powers youth and amateur sports in North America, announced today that it has secured $25 million in capital as part of its Series D round of financing. The oversubscribed round was led by Piper Jaffray Merchant Banking and Causeway Media Partners and includes participation from existing investor ICON Venture Partners. A total of $35 million in capital has been invested in Sport Ngin since its formation in 2008.
The proprietary NGIN platform is used by thousands of local sports organizations and national governing bodies alike to run their websites, tournaments, leagues, player registration and mobile applications. NGIN clientele represent dozens of sports, including soccer, football, basketball, softball, hockey and wrestling and include USA Hockey, USA Wrestling, USA Fencing and Hockey Canada. Sport Ngin plans to use these funds to continue innovation within NGIN and to fuel the expansion of its sales and marketing efforts across North America.
"In just over 5 years, Sport Ngin has become the largest technology provider dedicated to serving the needs of the multi-billion dollar youth and amateur sports market," commented Justin Kaufenberg, Sport Ngin Co-founder and CEO. "Hundreds of thousands of teams and millions of athletes, volunteers and fans across North America use the NGIN platform everyday. Sport Ngin clients reduce the time they spend on management, administration and communication, allowing them to spend more time with athletes."
"Our growth trajectory and leadership position in the industry generated overwhelming interest in this financing round," continued Kaufenberg. "We are excited to partner with this group of investors who share our vision for pursuing this tremendous market opportunity."
"We are incredibly excited to partner with Sport Ngin," commented Bob Higgins, Managing Director of Causeway Media Partners. "The company is pioneering technology in a marketplace that touches over 30 million athletes domestically. They have become an invaluable resource to their customers. We look forward to helping take the company to the next level and grow the reach and power of the NGIN platform."
Wyc Grousbeck, Co-Owner and CEO of the Boston Celtics and Managing Director of Causeway Media Partners, added, "We at Causeway Media Partners believe in the power of sport to unite and energize communities while teaching essential core values. We have seen this first hand in the NBA and NFL with the Celtics and the 49ers. What I see in Sport Ngin is an extremely talented and committed management team that embraces those essential core values and has earned the trust of thousands of sports organizations nationwide. I'm very glad to be part of Sport Ngin's future as leaders in this exciting space."
"The Sport Ngin business model is very powerful," said Tom Schnettler, Managing Director, Piper Jaffray Merchant Banking. "We are particularly attracted to the way the platform engages all participants in this market and opens up many opportunities to serve the large, captive ecosystem that it creates."
With this investment, Bob Higgins from Causeway Media Partners and Tom Schnettler from Piper Jaffray Merchant Banking will be joining Sport Ngin's Board of Directors.
"With this new capital, a passionate team of nearly 200 employees, and the experience and network of our investors," Kaufenberg commented, "we couldn't be more bullish on the future of Sport Ngin and the positive impact we will make on youth and amateur sports domestically and abroad."
About Sport Ngin
Sport Ngin is the world's largest sports technology and media platform focused exclusively on the multi-billion dollar youth and amateur sports market. Sport Ngin's suite of products help sports organizations improve the management of their operations and better connect with their athletes, volunteers and fans. Founded in 2008, Sport Ngin is based in Minneapolis, MN and has been recognized in 2014 as a Best in Class and Best Company to Work For award recipient. For more information, please visit http://www.sportngin.com; like the company on Facebook at Facebook.com/SportNgin; or follow Sport Ngin on Twitter at @sportngin.


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September is National Breakfast Month!
(CNN) — September is National Breakfast Month!
It's said to be the most important meal of the day, the one that sets the tone for how hungry you'll be, and the food choices you make for the rest of the day. Yet, most of us skip breakfast. Often we don't have time, or energy to make something nutritious and filling.
A traditional breakfast will probably look different depending on where you live. In the Northeast you might be eating a bagel with lox, in the Southwest, make it a black bean and egg burrito. In the south you might be having country ham and grits. The beauty about breakfast is that it's completely customizable, and it's one of the few meals we want to eat any time of the day, and where dessert passes for an entrée.
If you don't have time to whip up some bacon and eggs in the morning, try something portable (like whole wheat toast with your favorite spread), or that's easy to eat as you get ready (like yogurt and granola thinned out with a little milk). Having a good breakfast will really help keep you on your A-game during the day.
If I have the time, my favorite dish to make for breakfast is a two-fer. It cleans out the fridge and it's yummy. I use whatever I've got still sitting in my fridge (leftovers, half an onion, that end of cheese) and turn it into a frittata. A frittata is akin to an open-faced omelet. You cook down all of your ingredients and then cover them with beaten eggs. The mixture cooks on the stove top until almost set and then it finished under the broiler to get a golden brown top.
Typically I'll cook a salty meat first (bacon works well here obviously but pancetta or chorizo are both wonderful) and use its rendered fat to cook the rest of the ingredients in. A frittata should have a good balance of flavors and textures. I try adding potato, a pepper maybe, something spicy (even if it's just red pepper flakes) and a little bit of cheese. I usually put the cheese in the egg mixture so it's easier to distribute evenly.
Making breakfast can be a pain, but if you get into the habit of it, a little bit of effort goes a long way. And you could have a cleaned out fridge. Bonus!
Got a favorite way to eat your morning meal? Share it in the comments below.
TM & © 2012 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.


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Check out bikini clad stars Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine in the just released official trailer for their upcoming flick Spring Breakers!
Also featured in the clip is shirtless male co-star James Franco.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Selena Gomez
Here's a synopsis of the movie: Four college girls (Hudgens, Gomez, Benson, & Korine) who land in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer (Franco) who wants them to do some dirty work.
WHAT DO YOU THINK of the Spring Breakers official trailer?


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Greensboro, NC — To meet growing demand for its Icarian strength line of commercial equipment, Precor Inc., Woodinville, WA, will build a $26.2 million manufacturing facility in Greensboro, NC.
"We bought the Icarian strength line in 2004, and demand has nearly doubled since then," says Jim Zahniser, public relations manager for Precor. "We needed to upsize."
Zahniser says Precor chose North Carolina for a number of reasons.
"We'll be manufacturing the commercial strength line not just for the U.S., but for Europe, too, so shipping cost was a big factor," he says. "Greensboro also has a strong business infrastructure and commitment to training employees. Part of the economic development initiative it offered was a $250,000 grant for a local community college to train for jobs at our facility. The total incentives were $1.2 million over a three-year period."
The company plans to add 142 jobs at the plant during the next three years, some of which may come from its California facility, Zahniser says.


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Send SMS in Regional Language
With majority of the Indian population still English illiterate and mobile penetration reaching close to 50%, gives a great opportunity for marketers/advertisers to capitalize on this and launch SMS advertising campaigns to reach this huge pool of customers in their local language.
This is where mVaayoo's introduction of Unicode SMS (SMS in regional language) will fit into the Marketer's scheme of things. On 8th March 2010, mVaayoo launched the feature of sending Bulk SMS in regional language through the existing SMS platform which is being used by 3000+ enterprises in India.
This platform makes it extremely easy for the marketer to launch his SMS promotion campaign in regional language within 5 steps,
1-Login, 2-Enter mobile numbers 3-Choose the language, 4-Type the Message & 5-Send.
To start with mVaayoo has introduced 9 Local Indian languages,
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With the feedback from the customers & looking into the latest market requirements, we will launch even more languages in the future and probably launch some more new features like Voice SMS to reach larger population based in India.
For any further information on Regional Language SMS, please send in your queries to firstname.lastname@example.com or call at +919618844333.


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Today's guest blog post is by Erin B. Taylor (ICS-UL) of PopAnth.
Some years ago, when I was working at The University of Sydney, a colleague of mine stopped me in the corridor to complain. "Nobody listens to anthropologists," she lamented, "We have so many interesting things to say about the world, but people don't pay any attention."
I was puzzled. Not because I disagree on either count: I think she's right that our voice gets subsumed to that of economists, political commentators, and publicists. I also agree that anthropologists can provide a historically-grounded, cross-culturally informed perspective on contemporary events that is of real social value.
My puzzlement, rather, was because to the best of my knowledge, this particular colleague never made any effort to be heard. She published exclusively in academic journals behind paywalls, didn't do press releases, didn't write for newspapers, didn't even blog. Did she really expect that public servants, the media, and people at large would go to the effort of seeking out her and her opinions?
This encounter triggered a personal quest to find out more about the state of public anthropology. I quickly discovered that I wasn't the only one. Thomas Hylland Eriksen, in his book Engaging Anthropology, writes that "Anthropology should have changed the world, yet the subject is almost invisible in the public sphere outside the academy" (2006:1). One of my favorite articles on the subject is by Greg Downey who, on his Neuroanthropology blog, argues that anthropology's difficulties with engaging the public is at least partially a branding problem. He then presents a series of fascinating ideas on how to fix it.
There are plenty of anthropologists who are doing something about it. Anthropologists globally are publishing their work in news venues such as the BBC, the Financial Times, and the Trinidad Guardian. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of us are blogging our thoughts on personal and collective websites, including The Huffington Post and The Conversation. Others are interviewed on radio shows or run community workshops. The California Series in Public Anthropology provides an incentive for authors to write about their engagements with communities and policies. Our brand is looking better since Eriksen published his book in 2006.
One thing I noticed, however, is a lack of ways for anthropologists who would like to write for the public to get started. This is partially because too few academics are aware of what the possibilities are, as the work of their more public-facing colleagues remains largely invisible. There are also relatively few venues in which people can experiment with this kind of writing. Personal blogs are a beginning, but a chronic lack of feedback means that it's hard to know whether you're on the right track. And without having a sense of how you're doing, it can be daunting to submit an article to a newspaper.
This was a major reason why Gawain Lynch, John McCreery and I began the community website PopAnth: Hot Buttered Humanity. We began building the site in July last year, after an exhaustive search turned up exactly zero generalist anthropology websites that are truly written for a popular audience. There are many brilliant blogs out there, but they either focus on narrow topics, or include academic content such as jargon or calls for papers. We deliberately designed PopAnth to cover all branches of anthropology because we wanted to see what kinds of topics would prove popular.
In just over a year since launch, the site has grown surprisingly fast, and last month we had 90,000 unique visitors (bots largely edited out of our analytics). This is a pretty impressive feat for a non-profit website that relies on a small crew of committed editors. I'm particularly happy that authors have been courageous enough to send us off-beat stories that otherwise might never have seen the light of day. Our articles have covered topics as diverse as the history of Rastafarianism in Jamaica, land use rights among footballers in Trinidad, metal theft in the United Kingdom, drug markets in Colombia, consumer freedom in Germany, and angry tourists in Madagascar.
What makes PopAnth work? In my opinion, it's the effort we put in to making popular anthropology visible. We don't just promote ourselves, we use our website and social media to promote popular anthropology wherever it is published: newspapers, blogs, books, TED talks, and so on. This increases our audience base and helps make anthropology a household name.
Crucially, we provide a mentoring service to new public writers, helping them polish their articles for PopAnth and gain confidence to submit their work to other venues. We also act as a hub connecting new popular authors to old hands. Because we publish on merit, not qualifications, our authors are just as likely to be undergraduates as they are to have regular columns in The Huffington Post or Psychology Today. This means that up-and-coming authors who aren't sure where to publish can gain inspiration from seeing what their colleagues are doing.
What's the next step in getting public anthropology out there? My feeling is that cross-promotion will help us all build our audiences and contributor bases. To this end, I've begun talking with people people from other groups, such as Savage Minds, DANG, Ethnography Matters, the Society for Visual Anthropology, and others about how we can best work together to stay in communication and build collaborations. I'd like to invite everyone to join the conversation in the PopAnth group at the Open Anthropology Cooperative. And, of course, if you want to write for PopAnth, you can check out our Contributions page. The more we write for the public, the more the public will be able to listen.


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Facebook Wins Massive $873M Spam Judgment
Note to self: do not spam Facebook.
A Canadian citizen was slapped with an $873 million fine Friday for sending approximately 4 million spam e-mail messages to Facebook users--the largest judgment ever handed down for a violation of the federal CAN-SPAM Act.
In March and April 2008, Adam Guerbuez and his company, Atlantic Blue Capital, used Facebook login information obtained through phishing schemes and third parties to send spam advertisements for marijuana, male enhancement drugs, and sexually oriented material to users' Facebook "Walls" and e-mail inboxes.
The messages would appear to be from a user's friend, but were actually placed there by autobots controlled by Guerbuez.
Facebook sued Guerbuez in U.S. District Court for Northern California in August. "The voluminous and illicit nature of defendants' advertisements has tainted the Facebook experience for affected Facebook users," Facebook wrote in its initial complaint.
Facebook also said it lost money monitoring, reviewing and attempting to prevent similar spam e-mail and wall posts--about $5,000 in a year.
The $873 million total includes about $437 million for statutory damages and $437 million for aggravated statutory damages.
The CAN-SPAM Act allows for damages of up to $11,000 per violation, and "in this case the maximum was awarded and then it was doubled because of aggravated circumstances," according to a Facebook spokesman.
Guerbuez will also be responsible for attorneys' fees and costs, a number to be determined no later than December 12, according to the decision.
"Does Facebook expect to quickly collect $873 million and share the proceeds in some way with our users? Alas, no. It's unlikely that Guerbuez and Atlantis Blue Capital could ever honor the judgment rendered against them--though we will certainly collect everything we can," Max Kelly, Facebook's director of security, wrote in a Monday blog post. "But we are confident that this award represents a powerful deterrent to anyone and everyone who would seek to abuse Facebook and its users."
Guerbuez was also banned from accessing Facebook or from asking others to access Facebook on his behalf.
The CAN-SPAM Act, which went into effect in 2004, requires businesses to identify unsolicited e-mail as an advertisement and include contact information in the body of the e-mail so that consumers can opt-out of receiving future messages.
Guerbuez's actions were a blatant violation of these provisions, according to Facebook.


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Diabetes Insipidus Definition
Excessive urination and extreme thirst as a result of inadequate output of the pituitary hormone ADH (antidiuretic hormone, also called vasopressin) or the lack of the normal response by the kidney to ADH.
There are two types of diabetes insipidus -- central and nephrogenic. Central diabetes insipidus is a lack of ADH production and is due to damage to the pituitary gland or hypothalamus where ADH is produced. Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is lack of response of the kidney to the fluid-conserving action of ADH. Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus can be due to diseases of the kidney (such as polycystic kidney disease), certain drugs (such as lithium), and can also occur an inherited disorder.
In both central and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, patients excrete extraordinarily large volumes of very dilute urine. They feel thirsty and drink very large amounts of water to compensate for the water they lose in the urine. The main danger with diabetes insipidus comes when fluid intake does not keep pace with urine output, resulting in dehydration and high blood sodium.


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I am so proud as a Canadian to see that our little baby -- the Alberta tar sands -- is all growed up!
What started out as a small innocent baby project in northern Alberta in the early 1900s with a patent to use hot water to seperate tar oil from sand, is today a full blown environmental disaster. Now, of course the tar sands have a long way to go -- in many ways he is still just a clumsy teenager, tripping over himself.
Just yesterday we saw a huge pipeline spill in northwest Alberta dumping 22,000 barrels of oil and water into the surrounding wilderness. And as proud parents how could we forget that 19,500 barrels of oil our little one spilled into Michigan's Kalamazoo River?
Oh the memories! It was only a few years ago when the tar sands were killing 1,600 ducks in a toxic tailings pond.
As a proud Canadian I love to show off the photos (I just can't help myself!):
Greenpeace photo archive
The tar sands are getting big and while they are reaching all the early milestones of becoming a catastrophe of epic proportions, they still have a ways to go. After all, the tar sands are still not producing a continuous flow of black sludge rivers like their cousins in Northern Russia:
Only a matter of time though!
And who can forget Aunt Shell Oil's massive spill in Nigeria that will take $1billion and 30 years to clean up:
All in due time, I guess. The best any parent can do is cross his fingers, close his eyes and dream as all parents do that one day his child will become the best of who they can be and reach their full potential.


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When the University of Hartford was incorporated just over 50 years ago by business and community leaders, they envisioned a center of education and culture for Greater Hartford. Read more...
Persons with disabilities who wish to access the WWUH Public File may contact John Ramsey at: email@example.com
CT Radio History Timeline 1960 - 1969
1960s WINF 1230 Manchester is CBS for Hartford, with Connecticut's first all talk format, which continues during most of the decade (station is now WKND). WICC-TV channel 43 Bridgeport makes an offer 35 times a week: the first person to call WICC-TV wins $100, and not a single viewer calls. This is because virtually no viewer's home TV sets are equipped with UHF in the area. This is reported in Newsweek in an article entitled "Eyeballs Wanted" and in other media. WICC-TV is trying to make a case to gain permission to move to the VHF band. WICC-TV is in an area covered by 9 VHF stations, and viewers must pan an additional $100 to have UHF on their sets. Also, WICC-TV is an ABC affiliate and there are two ABC affiliates on the VHF band, channel 7 in New York and channel 8 in New Haven. WICC-TV has full listings in the New York section of the TV Guide, the only station to have this, but it does not help. WICC-TV does not get a VHF channel, but Congress acts and starting in 1964 all TV sets sold in the U.S. must be equipped with UHF. WDRC 1360 ends CBS affiliation and goes rock full-time, shocking the staid in Hartford County. WDRC-FM 102.9 simulcasts this rock format, with WDRC becoming one of the first full-time rock stations in the northeast. WJZZ 99.9 Bridgeport (now WEZN) signs on as an all-jazz station, with jazz composer Dave Brubeck of Wilton as program director.
1961 WATR-FM 92.5 Waterbury begins as Waterbury's first FM station, in a short time it will broadcast live coverage of a major fatal tornado to strike Waterbury.
1962 WHCT channel 18 launches pay TV, with viewers choosing codes for movie and sporting telecasts on specially installed box atop the TV set. This is the fist pay TV station in the world and the general manager is Charles Osgood. WEDH channel 24 Hartford begins as the states first educational TV station. WRYM 840 New Britain, "Rhyme", becomes first all-beautiful music station in the state. WBMI 95.7 Hartford (now WKSS) and WGHF 95.1 (now WRKI) become first stations to broadcast in multiplex FM stereo, the first modern day system of stereo utilizing one station and one stereo receiver. WSCH 93.7 Hartford (now WZMX) is operated by the Hartford South Congregational Church as a public educational FM station with live broadcasts of the Hartford Symphony, and affiliated with the Eastern Educational Network (which also includes Riverside Church's WRVR 106.7 NYC and Boston's WGBH 89.7). This network is the forerunner of National Public Radio. The format on WSCH lasts 2 years. WMMM-FM 107.9 Westport (now WEBE) begins, with the licensing of WMMW-FM, all the available commercial FM stations in Fairfield, New Haven and Hartford counties are taken up, signaling the revival and dramatic turnaround for FM broadcasting.
1963 WPKN 88.1 Bridgeport begins at University of Bridgeport, as Fairfield County's first educational FM station. WPKN, now 89.5, evolves into major community and alternative programming station for the region, becoming a stand-alone station separate from the University of Bridgeport, after the university is acquired by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon in the early 1990s.
1964 WJZZ 99.9 (now WEZN) begins broadcasting Top 100, the 100 most popular classical works based on number of times performed live in concert halls, composer Leonard Bernstein of Fairfield helps compile the list.
1965 WFIF 1500 Milford begins at Connecticut's first country and western music station. (Later in the 1980s, WFIF adopted a religious format for southern Connecticut). Merv Griffin acquires WWCO 1240 Waterbury, the first station in a major national group he will build and expand.
1967 Educational/Public television comes to New London County with the opening of WEDN channel 53 Norwich, and to Fairfield County with the opening of WEDW channel 49 Bridgeport. Merv Griffin puts WWCO-FM 104.1 (now WPHH) on the air as the state's first FM station with a full time format of country and western music. The New England-wide Yankee Network closes down after 39 years; it offered many entertainment shows and in the 1960s was offering 10 minute newscasts every other hour, with several affiliates in Connecticut including WCCC 1290 and WCCC-FM 106.9 Hartford and WNLC 1510 New London.
1968 -- WWUH 91.3 West Hartford begins at the University of Hartford as the first stereo educational station in New England. Adopting the slogan "Public Alternative Radio" WWUH evolves into a major venue for alternative music and community affairs programming. "The Gothic Blimp Works" program is the first progressive rock program in the state (the program still exists today). WDRC 1360 and 102.9 Hartford introduces "The Scene of the Unheard", progressive album rock nightly program hosted by Ken Griffin, fist such show on commercial radio in Connecticut. WDEE-FM 101.3 Hamden (now WKCI) is sold for $50,000 showing FM still has not made it financially; 18 years later the same station will sell for $30 million. WICH-FM 97.7 Norwich (now WCTY) begins as first modern-day FM station in New London County and eastern Connecticut. WHCN 105.9 Hartford goes progressive rock flume, first flume commercial album rock station in the state.
1969 WLVH-FM 93.7 Hartford (now WZMX) becomes first minority owned station in Connecticut, with Hispanic ownership and full-time Spanish format that will be broadcast for 20 years. WKND 1480 Windsor adopts black urban format, first in state, later becoming first black owned station in Connecticut (WKND call letters and format are now on 1230 Manchester, and 1480 is occupied by WNEZ with all gospel format). WIHS 104.9 Middletown begins, and becomes first all religious station in Connecticut.
Reprinted by permission from the Connecticut Broadcaster's Association
Written by Michael Collins © ® 2005
The preceding is from a pamphlet entitled "TIME LINE FOR CONNECTICUT BROADCASTING" released in November, 2005 by the Connecticut Broadcaster's Association to commemorate their 50th anniversary. It is one of the only comprehensive lists of its kind that we are aware of, and serves only as a companion to the WWUH History documents elsewhere within this website.
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