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Lawn and Yard Care Choices
Homeowners' yard care practices affect nutrient fluxes, soil systems, and water quality in urban areas. However, few studies have examined homeowners' yard care decisions and their interactions with urban ecosystems. This study examines homeowners' yard care choices and their influence on C, N, and P fluxes in the Twin Cities. Findings from this research can inform the design of yard care resources for homeowners and urban policies to improve water and soil quality while supporting households' preferred yard qualities and functions.
The research questions, methods, and preliminary analysis and results are outlined below. For more information about this study, contact Kristen Nelson (email@example.com).
Research Questions
We are exploring the roles of knowledge, norms, perceived control, and preferences in homeowners' yard care choices and the relationship of yard care choices with biophysical processes in urban ecosystems. Research questions that address these topics include:
- How does knowledge about yard care practices and biophysical processes influence homeowners' yard care decisions?
- How do neighborhood norms influence homeowners' yard care ideals and practices?
- What types of lawns and yards do homeowners prefer, and how do their preferences influence yard care choices?
- How do lawn care choices reflect and construct a person's identity?
- How do homeowners internalize and modify information and perceived social norms about yard care practices in their yard care decisions?
- How and why do homeowners' yard care decisions change over time?
- How do yard care decisions influence C, N, and P fluxes?
We examine homeowners' yard care choices through a hybrid approach that includes:
- a mailed survey (.pdf)
- small group discussions and mailed information exchanges with homeowners
- parcel data (interpreted using GIS)
- application of Household Flux Calculator to estimate C, N, and P fluxes
The resulting dataset includes information on biophysical, socioeconomic, and social/psychological variables that potentially influence homeowners' decision making about yard care as well as household-level fluxes of elements. Using this method to study element fluxes at the household level allows us to link yard care choices and element fluxes.
Mail Survey
The Yard Care Choices survey (.pdf) was conducted with households in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul, Minnesota and Lino Lakes, Minnesota that
- are owner-occupied;
- are single-family, detached homes; and
- did not receive an invitation to participate in the 2008 TCHEP survey.
We randomly selected 2,000 households in Highland Park (population 24,078 in 2010) and 2,000 households in Lino Lakes (population 20,500 in 2010) that met our selection criteria. We mailed a Yard Care Choices survey (.pdf) with an introductory letter to selected households in April 2011. About two weeks later, we sent a reminder postcard. We received a total of 942 completed surveys, a response rate of 24%.
Our survey consisted of 55 questions and took approximately 20 minutes to complete. The survey requested quantitative and qualitative information about:
- biophysical attributes of yards;
- preferences for lawns and yards (current and ideal qualities and functions);
- fertilizing, mowing, and watering practices;
- conservation practices;
- information sources for lawn and yard care;
- future lawn and yard care plans;
- attitudes, perceived social norms, and perceived control regarding lawn fertilization;
- values and concerns about nearby water bodies;
- number and weights of pets and pet waste disposal practices; and
- demographics (age, gender, race and ethnicity, education, income, number of household members).
As part of the survey, we invited homeowners to exchange information and ideas about yard care choices over the summer of 2011. 667 survey respondents (71%) indicated that they would like to participate or would be interested in receiving more information about the study.
Small Group Discussions and Mailed Information Exchanges
We invited survey respondents who indicated interest in exchanging information and ideas about lawn and yard care to participate in either two small group discussions or two mailed information exchanges over the summer of 2011. All participants received a free soil test upon completion of the study as an incentive for participation.
In May and June 2011, we invited 496 survey respondents to participate in two small group discussions, the first in late June and the second in late July/early August. 73 respondents (15%) accepted the invitation (46 in Highland Park and 27 in Lino Lakes). We organized respondents into 4 discussion groups in Highland Park and 3 discussion groups in Lino Lakes of approximately 6-10 people. Group assignments were based primarily on participants' schedules and secondarily on securing a diversity of interests in types of lawn and yard care in each group.
In June 2011, we invited 209 survey respondents to participate in mailed information exchanges. 91 respondents (44%) accepted our mailed two stage information exchange invitation.
We designed "Yard Care Choices" guides and feedback forms for the small group discussions and mailed information exchanges. Previous TCHEP findings about social-psychological factors that influence homeowners' decisions to fertilize their lawns as well as lawn and yard care practices recommended by the Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series (University of Minnesota Extension) informed the creation of these study materials. (Study Materials: Yard Care Choices Guide 1 [.pdf] and Yard Care Choices Guide 2 [.pdf]).
The "Yard Care Choices" guides and feedback forms involved three primary decisions for participants: 1) their desired lawn qualities and functions, 2) yard care practices to move towards their goals, and 3) yard care practices to improve watershed and soil health based on their yard's characteristics. The materials structured homeowners' decision making about these topics by integrating biophysical information (lawn biology, watersheds, and soil ecosystems) and recommended conservation practices with written individual reflection about yard preferences, practices, and plans. In addition, small group discussions included sharing of decisions and norms.
For copies of the feedback forms contact Kristen Nelson (email@example.com).
Analysis and Results
Analysis of the Yard Care Study data are ongoing, but some preliminary survey results are now available.
Yard Care Study highlights what homeowners are doing and why: giving back to those who helped with the research
Recently,"Yard Care Choices in Urban Living" survey respondents received a preliminary summary of survey results. It explains some general observations and conclusions that were made from analysis of the survey responses. As an important part of the research process, respondents may find it interesting to see the yard care choices and motivations of others in their communities, and identify new ideas and perspectives.
Example findings:
- 83% of people think that neighbors have expectations for their yard.
- 44% of people that fertilize, sweep fertilizer from the pavement.
Yard Care Choices guide ready for use
The Yard Care Choices Guide is a decision-making tool that homeowners can use to get the yard and lawn they want while promoting the water quality of Minnesota's lakes, rivers, and streams. It integrates biophysical information (lawn biology, watersheds, and soil ecosystems) and recommended conservation practices with yard preferences, practices, and plans. Use the guide to link your desired yard qualities and functions, yard care activities, and yard's ecosystem. In addition to private homeowners, watershed districts and other nonprofit organizations can print and distribute the guide for educational purposes.
I. Imagine Your Ideal Yard
II. Understand Lawn Biology
III. Understand Soil and Watershed Systems
IV. Plan For Your Yard
- Yard Care Choices Guide (.pdf)


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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Responding sustenance GIVEN BY GOD SWT
Ustadz Abu Ahmad Said Yai, Lc
Know! Sustenance as rain which is not evenly distributed. Rain, sometimes down in the mountains, not in the sahara desert or otherwise; Accidental falls are not in urban or rural areas and vice versa and so on.
Rain can bring grace, but sometimes can bring pain. Remember when Almighty Allah the Prophet Noah drowned Alaihissallam renegade! With what Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala destroyed them? With the rain that caused devastating floods.
That treasure or even the world in general! Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala is not distributed equally to everyone. Some are rich, some are poor and some are wealthy. Treasure, sometimes beneficial to slaves, sometimes harsh kelembah treasure could drag that led to suffering.
If we all already know and realize that the provision had been set by Allah Almighty, all have been divided by Allah Almighty, then what should we do? Why should we complain with a little sustenance? Why should we envy to others? Why feel humiliated? Is the property owner can guarantee will go to heaven? Is the world can guarantee to get the pleasure of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala?
To those who have been given more and affluent treasures, we say, 'Why you are proud of your wealth? Because the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam said:
قمت على باب الجنة فإذا عامة من دخلها المساكين ... وقمت على باب النار فإذا عامة من دخلها النساء
I've stood at the gates of heaven, it turns out most of that goes into it is the poor people ... And I had ever stood in the door of hell, it turns out most of that goes into it is the women [HR. al-Bukhari and Muslim]
This noble hadith is a warning to all the rich and affluent. Very clearly, the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam said that the hosts of heaven are mostly from poor people. And what about the rich? Therefore, we regard our treasures more carefully again, where is obtained and how it is used?
Indeed the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam also once said:
يدخل فقراء المؤمنين الجنة قبل الأغنياء بنصف يوم, خمس مئة عام
Indigent people who believe will enter Paradise precede rich people for half a day (in the Hereafter), (equivalent) with five hundred years (in the world). [HR. an-Nasai and Ibn Majah with a hasan isnaad]
One time, shortly after reading the verse:
ألهاكم التكاثر
Boast-megahan have neglected you [At-Takâtsur/102: 1]
Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam said:
يقول ابن آدم: مالى مالى - قال -: وهل لك يا ابن آدم من مالك إلا ما أكلت فأفنيت, أو لبست فأبليت, أو تصدقت فأمضيت
A son of Adam will say, "my treasure! My treasure! "(Allâh also) said," O Children of Adam! It's not something you get any of your possessions except what you eat then you are wasting and what-what do you wear then you make it shabby or anything you sedekahkan then you forget
The rich can buy a very expensive meal to 100 servings or more. But, if he could spend it all at one time? Of course not. Rich people can buy clothes that are very expensive to 1,000 or more types of clothing. But, if she can wear it all the time? Of course not.
Great fortune when his owner died, whether it will be taken off anyway? Not! The property will be the right heir. So, what exactly is sought in this world?
Is fame? Are compliment? Is standing in the world?
Subhan Allah! It's despicable if that be the goal of life is the stuff.
Please give charity! Air-infaq the one on the way of Allah! Doors open to the kindness of others. Surely it will not reduce the charity treasure, as spoken by the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam.
Hopefully we are people who can find sustenance in a way the lawful and good, and can use it in a way blessed by Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.
Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam once said:
فوالله ما الفقر أخشى عليكم ولكني أخشى أن تبسط عليكم الدنيا كما بسطت على من قبلكم فتنافسوها كما تنافسوها وتهلككم كما أهلكتهم
For the sake of Allah! Not poverty that I fear to you. But what I was afraid of you is transferred to you as the world has bestowed upon those before you, so that you are competing as they chase after her race and the world will destroy you as he has destroyed them. [HR. al-Bukhari and Muslim]
Clearly the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam was not too worried if the people poor. Indeed, he is afraid that his people a state competition to reach the world, so that their neglect of the Hereafter.
After we heard the hadith of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam is, should we want to mirror ourselves and judge ourselves to be honest. Are we including those neglected by the deceptive beauty of this world?
Wealth! Whether actual wealth should we have?
Try to note the hadith below.
ليس الغنى عن كثرة العرض ولكن الغنى غنى النفس
The wealth is not called with the number of goods, but wealth (real) is the wealth of the soul / heart
In this noble hadith explains that true wealth is the wealth that is owned by a believer, that sense of satisfaction, pleasure and thankful for what has been given by Allah Almighty. This is called a qana'a. Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam qana'a given a very high taste.
If we want the world so the world will never be endless. If someone has a mountain of gold, surely he would want the two mountains of gold or more.
How long will the people who pursue the world will be satisfied? They will never be satisfied unless their mouths are filled with soil, maksudhnya deaths have been picked.
The world is not the purpose of our lives. Therefore, let us focus ourselves to truly worship Allah and fill out the remnants of our day with piety to Allah Almighty.
[Copied from the Sunnah Edition magazine 12/Tahun XIV/1432/2011M. Publishers Foundation Lajnah Istiqomah Surakarta, Jl. Solo-Solo Purwodadi Gondangrejo Km.8 Selokaton 57 183 Tel. 0271-858197 Fax 0271-858196]
RELATIVES TO KNOW, NOT ARROGANT predictably DIGNITY
Ustadz Abu Olaya, Lc
يا أيها الناس إنا خلقناكم من ذكر وأنثى وجعلناكم شعوبا وقبائل لتعارفوا إن أكرمكم عند الله أتقاكم إن الله عليم خبير
O mankind, We created you from a male and a female and made you a nation-state and tribes that ye may know each other-know. Verily the noblest among you in the sight of Allah is the most pious among you. Verily Allah, Most Knowledgeable Know [al-Hujurât/49: 13]
In the above noble verse, Almighty Allah Almighty says He created Adam from the beginning of the child and the same type, of a man and woman, Adam and Eve. Later of the two, Allah Almighty propagate men and women are many and spread them to places different. [1]
Allah Almighty says:
يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم الذي خلقكم من نفس واحدة وخلق منها زوجها وبث منهما رجالا كثيرا ونساء واتقوا الله الذي تساءلون به والأرحام إن الله كان عليكم رقيبا
Hi all people, keep your duty to your Lord who created you from a single self, and of him created his wife Allâh, and Allâh propagate from both men and women a lot. And keep your duty to Allah, by (using) his name you ask each other mutually, and (guard) silaturrahim relationship. Verily Allah always watches over you [al-Nisa / 4:1]
In another verse, Allah Almighty says:
هو الذي خلقكم من نفس واحدة وجعل منها زوجها ليسكن إليها
He Who created you from a single self and from him He created his wife, so she was happy her ... [al-A'raf / 7:189] [2]
This shows that the people at home are equal to each other. Therefore, the origin of their fathers and mothers alike, Adam and Eve. Similarity of origin has become the most important factor to deter people from proud lineage and honors trample others. [3]
Furthermore, Allah Almighty made man explains the wisdom of nation-states and tribes to get to know one another and to distinguish from one another, not so that people pride themselves in front of others. Therefore, this verse comes after the ban gossiping and demeaning others that exist in the previous paragraph to emphasize their equality as human beings to know the process that occurs between them. [4] Finally, the men know who is close to the line and including nasabnya Carib-relatives. [5]
In other words, it shows that the primacy and glory of man above others just happened by other factors, not by lineage or blood relationship. Allah Almighty has described the rest of the verse:
إن أكرمكم عند الله أتقاكم
Verily the noblest among you in the sight of Allah is the most pious among you
Through the word of Allah the Almighty, it is clear that the primacy and glory of man only by devotion to Allah Almighty, not with tribal and blood ties as well as the size of the family and a place to stay.
"The purpose is to observe piety boundary signs of Allah Almighty in the form of a command or prohibition, and adorn themselves with what Allah commanded you". [6]
Rahimaullah Imam Ibn Kathir said, "Truly you are terraced position on the side of the Almighty Allah with piety, not with social status" [7]
How true those words are chanted stanza poem following strands:
فقد رفع الإسلام سلمان فارس وقد وضع الكفر الشريف أبا لهب
Indeed Islam has raised the degree of Salman Farisi
And indeed kufr humbled noble person (ie) Abu Lahab
Salman al-Farisi anhu once sang:
أبي الإسلام لا أب لي سواه إذا افتخروا بقيس وتميم
My father was a Muslim, I do not have a father in others
When they are proud of Qais and Tamim tribe
This verse shows that Islam DINUL only authentic heavenly din. This religion does not see skin color, race or origin of a person. The only thing that counts is piety and obedience to Allah Almighty. The most important human being is the most pious to Allah Almighty. [8] In contrast to other religions discriminate against adherents. Walillâhil hamdi 'ala Islamic minnatil (PUJ Everything to God for the gift of Islam). May Allah mewafatkan us in the Muslim state.
This is justice, because it can be achieved by anyone who gets taufik of Allah Almighty. There is no glory and virtue than men to be cautious, even blue-blooded and high social status. There is no low caste and high caste.
Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam said:
إن الله لا ينظر إلى صوركم ولا إلى أموالكم ولكن ينظر إلى قلوبكم وأعمالكم
Verily Allah does not look at the physical and your wealth. But look at your heart and your deeds [HR. Muslim no. 2564]
This hadith contains the same content with the Qur'an letters. al-Hujurat: 13. [9]
Shaykh as-Sa'di rahimahullah stated: "One of the most glorious in the Almighty Allah is the most righteous, which is one of the most run obedience (to Allah) and most away from immoral-immoral ban" [10].
"There is no relationship between Allah Almighty to His creatures except by piety. Anyone who is more pious to Allah Almighty will undoubtedly be closer to Him. She is more precious in the Almighty Allah. Therefore, one should not boast of wealth, facial looks, physical, and descendants of the child, the palace or the vehicle, as well as anything in this world. "[11]
History has recorded the occurrence of marriage between a man who comes from a noble tribe to the common man. For example, Bilal radi anhu married a freed slave sisters best friend 'Abdur Rahman bin' Awf radi anhu who came from the tribe of Quraish, Zainab bint Jahsh anha radi dperistri by Zaid bin Haritha radi 'anhu, a freed slave. [12]
At the end of the verse, Allah Almighty says:
إن الله عليم خبير
That is, Allah Almighty Omniscient who fear Him inwardly and outwardly, and anyone who is not cautious inwardly and outwardly. Then Allah Almighty will reward each person with what he is entitled to it. [13]
Allah Almighty All-Knowing and All-Knowing about your affairs you. Allah gives guidance to those whom He wills Almighty, mislead the people whom He wills Almighty, bless those whom He wills Almighty, and torturing those whom He wills Almighty, as well as raising degree who He wills upon others. Allah Almighty All-Wise, All-Knowing and All-Knowing in all these issues. [14]
1. The similarity of the entire human origin of Adam and Eve.
2. Islamic justice.
3. Ban bragging.
4. Importance of knowing the lineage [15] to facilitate connecting ties.
5. Ketakwaanlah elements are taken into account in the side of Allah and His messenger, not the degree of social or lineage. [16]
6. If someone gets taufik of Allah Almighty so that the righteous shall be grateful and praising Allah Almighty.
7. Fanaticism and ethnic groups have been abolished by Islam. And Allaah knows best.
[Copied from the Sunnah Edition magazine 02/Tahun XV/1432H/2011. Published Lajnah Foundation Istiqomah Surakarta, Jl. Solo - Solo Purwodadi Gondangrejo Km.8 Selokaton 57 183 Tel. 0271-858197 Fax 0271-858196]
Ustadz Kholid Syamhudi Lc,
Implement the zakat fithri period has passed with the passing of the month of Ramadan. May the Almighty Allah accept our deeds are done for the month. But besides Zakat ul-Fitr, there is still another charity to be done by the Muslims who are already qualified the zakat mal (wealth zakat). Zakat is different from the zakat fithri of the execution time, because zakat is not tied to a particular time, means it can be done in every month as long as the conditions are met. Then, if the conditions that must be met? The scholars set out five conditions, namely:
1. Islam.
Zakat mal is taken from the Muslims only and is not taken and not accepted from the infidels [1], both pagan and infidel dhimmi harbi, because Allah Almighty says:
وما منعهم أن تقبل منهم نفقاتهم إلا أنهم كفروا بالله وبرسوله ولا يأتون الصلاة إلا وهم كسالى ولا ينفقون إلا وهم كارهون
And nothing prevents them to be accepted from them a living-a living but because they disbelieve in Allah and His Messenger and they are not to pray, but to lazy and not (also) spend (treasure) they, but unwillingly. [At-Tawbah / 9:54].
This is also supported by the message the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam when Allaah sent Mu'adh bin Jabal to Yemen to mendakwahi anhu them to embrace Islam first. If already embraced Islam, only then, they were ordered to pay zakat. Thus it is clear that Islam is a mandatory requirement of zakat. [See above Raudh Hâsyiah Ibn Qasim al-Murbi ', 3/166].
2. Merdeka.
Zakat is not charged to the mall slave, because he does not own property. All his property is a treasure employer or master. Based on the hadith Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khathab radi anhuma, he said:
I have heard the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam said,' Those who buy palm tree after breeding the fruit belongs to the seller unless the buyer require it. Anyone who bought a slave who own property then owned his property the seller unless the buyer require it. [Agreed upon].
This is also corroborated by the statement of Ibn Umar anhuma friend:
ليس في مال العبد زكاة حتى يعتق
There is no obligation of zakat on the property of a slave until he was freed. [2]
3. Have nishab
A Muslim is obliged to pay zakat mal independence, if it has reached nishab treasure. Nishab is a standard size (minimal) set Shari'a be liable for zakat. Nishab varies according to the type of property.
This requirement inferred from the hadiths of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam, including the hadeeth of Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri radi' anhu from the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam that he sallallaahu' alaihi wa sallam said:
ليس فيما دون خمسة أوسق صدقة ولا فيما دون خمس ذود صدقة, ولا فيما دون خمس أواقي صدقة
There is no zakat (to property) that do not reach five wasaq; Also on the property are not achieving five male camels; And that does not reach five auqiyah [Agreed upon]
If a Muslim does not have the property that reaches nishab then not required to tithe.
4. The property belonged to him in full
That is, the property is owned in full by someone [3] so that it is free to manage and there is no relationship with the rights of others. [4]
Thus, there is no obligation of zakat on wealth gentleman who still owes or has not submitted his slaves to free themselves, because there is still treasure belongs to master fully.
Likewise not required zakat on waqf property is not given to certain individuals, such as waqf property to the poor or to mosques or schools. While endowments are given to certain individuals such as family waqf for so and so and he remains subject to the obligation of zakat for fulfilling the other criteria. [5]
5. Passed a year
This requirement is set based on the hadiths of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam, including the hadith' A'isha radi anhuma which reads:
سمعت رسول الله يقول: لا زكاة في مال حتى يحول عليه الحول
I have heard the Messenger of Allah said, "There is no zakat on the property until the property was passed a year [HR. Ibn Majah rahimahullah, no. 1792 and classed as saheeh al-Albani rahimahullah in Saheeh Sunan Ibn Majah 2/98].
Also hadith Ali radi 'anhu which reads:
عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال ليس في مال زكاة حتى يحول عليه الحول
Narrated the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam, he said, "There is no zakat on the property until the property was passed a year [HR Abu Dawud no. 1571 and classed as saheeh al-Albani in Saheeh Sunan Abi Daud 1/346].
Similarly, in the hadith of Ibn Umar anhuma, radi anhuma he said:
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من استفاد مالا فلا زكاة عليه حتى يحول عليه الحول
Prophet said, "Whoever does not make use of the property until the property is no zakat it was passed a year" [HR at-Tirmidhi in his Sunan vol no. 631 and dishahihkan al-Albani rahimahullah in Saheeh Sunan at-Tirmidhi, 1/348].
The point is that there is no zakat on the property until ownership of the property was passed for twelve months. If a year has passed since the early days of ownership, then he must issue of who owned the zakat.
This requirement only applies to three types of property, ie livestock grazing, gold and silver (atsmân) and zakat goods trade. [6]
Thus there are some who are not required Zakat perfect year, namely:
a. al-Mu'asyar the treasures that required him 10% or 5%. This Zakat on agriculture and plantations; since zakat is required when harvesting, although not until a year. This is based on the word of Almighty Allah:
كلوا من ثمره إذا أثمر وآتوا حقه يوم حصاده
Eat of the fruit (a variety of it) when they bear fruit and pay their due on harvest day (with the wherewithal to the poor); [al-'An `am / 6:141].
b. Children of farm animals [7] because haul (one year size) for the children of farm animals that follow the count haul parent. Children's farm animals counted in zakat although not yet reached the age of one year if the parent has reached nishab.
For example one has forty goats. Then in a year, each goat is giving birth to two tails except for one who gave birth to three tails. Thus, the overall number is 121 tail consisting of 40 plus 81 breeding young goats. Zakat means to be incurred are two goats, 81 goats despite the less than one year.
Another example: one has 120 goats, should have issued compulsory zakat is 2 goats, but a month before the perfect haulnya, 100 goats born so late in the year (when perfectly haul) totaling 220 tails. In this case he must issue 3 goats, although that has not reached the age of 100 birds a year.
If the parent-parent nishab not reached, then the birth parent-parent their children so as to achieve nishab. That's when it reaches the beginning haulnya nishab. For example, one has thirty goats and the goats gave birth to ten head, then haul the goats count since even forty goats.
c. Capital gains from the trade has been reached and passed one year nishab. Suppose, one has reached nishab and used the money to trade and make a profit. Then all the treasure, capital and profits hit by compulsory zakat, even though the benefits have not reached a year.
For example, a start up business with a capital of 30 million in Muharram 1431 AH, while nishab for commercial property is 85 grams of gold and 1 gram gold price is Rp 350,000; thus 85 X 350,000 = 29.75 million. Later in the month of Muharram, he got a profit of Rp. 3,000,000; in the month of Safar Rp. 2,000,000, and so on, so that in the month of Muharram 1432 H total capital plus profit is Rp. 75,000,000; Then the obligatory zakat is 2.5% of the issued Rp. 75,000,000; namely Rp. 1,875,000.
If capital is not reached then nishab benefit until reaching nishab, then the count starts counting since nishab haulnya perfect.
d. Rikaz or treasure is the treasure trove that is a legacy of ignorance or days of yore. This property is gathered when the item was found. This is based on words of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam:
في الركاز الخمس
At no zakat treasure fifth (20%). [Agreed upon].
Also because the existence resemble fruits and seeds out of the ground. So that when required to get it
e. Mine (al-mi'dan) are all issued from the earth in the form of goods other than land made in the ground and worth, such as iron, gemstones (al-Yaqut), Aqiq stone, asphalt, petroleum and other called minerals. If a mine and get the goods reach nishab, then it is obligatory zakat accomplished directly when get it. Not treated and is gathered until cleared. Zakat is 2.5%. [9]
Imam al-Khiraqi stated, "If the material removed from the mines of gold or silver mitsqal number twenty two hundred dirhams or the worth of zinc (Zenk), lead, brass or otherwise of the excavated (exploitation) of the earth, then zakat diwaktunya required. [10]
Haul disconnected or has failed with the following causes:
1. If nishab diminished amid years before the perfect haul, then terputuslah haul. For example, one has 40 goats and perfect before a year is reduced, then it is not mandatory menzakati rest. Because of the nishab in a year is a mandatory requirement of zakat.
2. When selling a portion of nishabnya provided that:
a. Payer is not similar
b. Not because of fear of zakat
c. The property is not included traded goods.
If these conditions are met, then he is not required to tithe. For Example, a 40 goats have perfect a year ago before he sold two goats with the money for 2 million Euro is not out of fear issuing charity. The goat is also not prepared to be traded. Then terputuslah haulnya.
3. If the property is already in nishab replaced with other types amid not haul it to avoid zakat obligation terputuslah haul. For example, one has 40 goats nishab period a year ago before he was replaced by the camel or cow. Then haul their zakat and start new again interrupted by camel or cow haul it starts on the turn when it reaches camels and cows nishab.
But when he sold part with similar nishabnya then haulnya uninterrupted. For example, a gold necklace has amounted nishab (85 grams) amounted to 5 pieces of fruit and then sold two gold bracelets and exchanged with the whole weight of the haul is 85 grams of gold bracelets that come haul gold necklace. So when he had the gold senishab on 1 Ramadhan 1431 H, then he exchange with the bracelet on the 6th of Rajab 1432 H. Then continue to pay their zakat as a whole on the 1st of Ramadan 1432 H.
Indeed, the problem of the exchange has reached Zakat Zakat nishab with others who are also good senishab regular exchange or buying and selling there is a difference of opinion of the scholars. Differences of opinion are explained below:
a. If the property is sold or exchanged with others who also have reached similar nishab or more, then haulnya nishab calculated based on the first, so it may still be liable if the perfect dizakati year (haul). This is the opinion of Imam Malik and Ahmad. This opinion is in line with the opinion of the imam Abu Hînifah valuables (al-atsmaan). Whereas in the commodity trade haulnya not cut off entirely with the exchange and purchase.
b. If Zakat has reached nishab bartered or sold with other types of Zakat has also reached nishab or more, then terputuslah calculations of the Zakat haul first and starts a new count of haul for the second Zakat; Unless the gold with silver or vice versa, there history of the two schools of Ahmad ibn Hanbal. The first opinion states uninterrupted dirâjihkan haulnya and this is what the writer of Zâdul Mustaqni ', ddan silver because gold is the same property that such a property. Second opinions expressed haulnya disconnected and not equated between the gold and silver, as both types are different, as presented Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam in the words he sallallaahu' alaihi wa sallam:
الذهب بالذهب والفضة بالفضة والبر بالبر والشعير بالشعير والتمر بالتمر والملح بالملح مثلا بمثل سواء بسواء يدا بيد فإذا اختلفت هذه الأصناف فبيعوا كيف شئتم إذا كان يدا بيد
Gold exchange gold, silver for silver, barley by barley, wheat and oats with dates with dates and salt by salt should be equal and cash. If the types are different then at will sell you the cash requirement. [HR. Muslim, no. 1587].
This keduan opinion dirâjihkan Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen in Syarhul Mumti '6/44.
c. While Imam Shafi'i rahimahullah argues, haul the treasure that has been reached nishab not combined with another treasure haul at all. He based his opinion with the words of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam:
لا زكاة في مال حتى يحول عليه الحول
There is no zakat on wealth until a year passes [HR. Ibn Majah no. 1792 and classed as saheeh al-Albani in Saheeh Sunan Ibn Majah 2/98].
This opinion is different from Ibn Qudamah vol. He rahimahullah said, "Our opinion is a treasure that has reached nishab haul coupled with growing wealth in a matter Haul, so haul similar replacement built on the haul, the same as commercial commodities. Hadith ditas devoted to the growth, yield gains and commodity goods trade. so we qiaskan (analogy) the issue to him. [12]
d. There is a history of Imam Ahmad that states if Zakat has reached nishab sold or exchanged for new treasures that have reached nishab, then haul treasures both continue calculations first absolute treasure haul, either similar or opposite sex. This opinion dirâjihkan by Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di rahimahullah. He rahimahullah said, "The truth is the opinion of the Shafi'i Imam Ahmad that states that exchange with nishab nishab Zakat Zakat zakat obligation does not preclude the other and did not cut it, either both are similar or opposite sex. Distinction between similar goods and similar no their argument. Essentially there is no difference between the two. Also because of the opinion that if the states decide calculation haul Zakat exchanged with other types of engineering resulting in the opening of the door to avoid zakat. [13]
As a matter of haul goods then the commodity trade is not interrupted haulnya with cause exchanges and trading. [14]
If there is an advantage in that it is a matter of commercial profits haul haul is calculated on the basis of count of capital. Likewise, if an increase in the price of goods, then zakat is required on all its worth and if there is price drop then dizakati value of goods that are applicable to the existing price. [15]
Similarly, some issues surrounding the calculation of zakat Haul may be useful and could be enlightening to the obligatory zakat and amilnya.
[Copied from the Sunnah Edition magazine 06/Tahun XV/1432H/2011. Published Lajnah Foundation Istiqomah Surakarta, Jl. Solo - Solo Purwodadi Gondangrejo Km.8 Selokaton 57 183 Tel. 0271-858197 Fax 0271-858196]
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Ascendant Resources Announces Fourth Consecutive Month of Positive Adjusted EBITDA in October
TORONTO, ONTARIO -Ascendant Resources Inc. (TSX: ASND) (OTCQX: ASDRF; FRA: 2D9) ("Ascendant" or the "Company" - https://www.commodity-tv.net/c/search_adv/?v=297926) is pleased to report its fourth consecutive month of positive and increasing adjusted EBITDA1 of $1.3 million at the El Mochito mine for the month of October as well as continued operational improvements. These results support management's view that the El Mochito mine is on a solid path to profitability.
Milled production for October at the El Mochito mine was 64,449 tonnes of ore (or an average of 2,184 tonnes per day on an operating basis), a 8% increase over September production of 59,601 (or an average of 2,055 tonnes per day on an operating basis) and representing a 67% increase in tonnes milled per month since January 2017.
October results continue to reflect the ongoing benefit from the introduction of new mining equipment that began in mid-July, continued general mine operating improvements and the start of conventional underground mining operations in narrow but high-grade areas. With two additional trucks and scoops expected to arrive through the remainder of the year, the Company remains confident in continuing its 2017 ramp up in ore production and attaining its fourth quarter production target while providing further growth into 2018.
President and CEO Chris Buncic commented: "With the turnaround of the operations at El Mochito nearly complete, the mine has confirmed its capacity for higher production rates and its tremendous long-term potential. Following the strong financial performance for Q3 2017, near-term improvements in head grade are expected from several conventional sections that are now being introduced to the production schedule supporting an increased value per tonne mined that should improve our financial performance as we continue through Q4 and into 2018". He continued "The solid growth trajectory for the remainder of the year and into 2018 will continue to provide the company with significantly higher revenues and with additional new equipment entering operations in the fourth quarter we expect the mine performance to continue to improve as we increase our focus on reducing costs and improving the profitability of the mine."
Adjusted EBITDA is a Non-IFRS measure and is calculated by considering the Company's earnings before interest payments, tax, depreciation and amortization, adjusted for net foreign exchange expenses.
About Ascendant Resources
Ascendant Resources Inc. is a Toronto-based mining company focused on its 100%-owned producing El Mochito zinc, silver and lead mine in west-central Honduras, which has been in production since 1948. Since acquiring the mine in December 2016, Ascendant has been focused on a continuous optimization program aimed at restoring the historic potential of the El Mochito mine. To date, the Company has been successful at increasing production and reducing costs with the expectation of free cash flow in the near-term. Ascendant is also focused on expanding and upgrading known resources through extensive exploration work for near-term growth. With a significant land package of 11,000 hectares and an abundance of historical data there are several regional targets providing longer term exploration upside which could lead to further resource growth. The Company is also engaged in the evaluation of producing and advanced development stage mineral resource opportunities, on an ongoing basis. The Company's common shares are principally listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "ASND". For more information on Ascendant Resources, please visit our website at www.ascendantresources.com.
Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Cautionary Notes to US Investors
The information concerning the Company's mineral properties has been prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 ("NI-43-101") adopted by the Canadian Securities Administrators. In accordance with NI-43-101, the terms "mineral reserves", "proven mineral reserve", "probable mineral reserve", "mineral resource", "measured mineral resource", "indicated mineral resource" and "inferred mineral resource" are defined in the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (the "CIM") Definition Standards for Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves adopted by the CIM Council on May 10, 2014. While the terms "mineral resource", "measured mineral resource", "indicated mineral resource" and "inferred mineral resource" are recognized and required by NI 43-101, the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC") does not recognize them. The reader is cautioned that, except for that portion of mineral resources classified as mineral reserves, mineral resources do not have demonstrated economic value. Inferred mineral resources have a high degree of uncertainty as to their existence and as to whether they can be economically or legally mined. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of any inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Therefore, the reader is cautioned not to assume that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource exists, that it can be economically or legally mined, or that it will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Likewise, you are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of a measured or indicated mineral resource will ever be upgraded into mineral reserves.
Readers should be aware that the Company's financial statements (and information derived therefrom) have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and are subject to Canadian auditing and auditor independence standards. IFRS differs in some respects from United States generally accepted accounting principles and thus the Company's financial statements (and information derived therefrom) may not be comparable to those of United States companies.
Forward Looking Information
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" and "forward-looking information" (collectively, "forward-looking information") within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All information contained in this news release, other than statements of current and historical fact, is forward-looking information. Often, but not always, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "budget", "guidance", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "strategy", "target", "intends", "objective", "goal", "understands", "anticipates" and "believes" (and variations of these or similar words) and statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "should", "might" "occur" or "be achieved" or "will be taken" (and variations of these or similar expressions). Forward-looking information is also identifiable in statements of currently occurring matters which may continue in the future, such as "providing the Company with", "is currently", "allows/allowing for", "will advance" or "continues to" or other statements that may be stated in the present tense with future implications. All of the forward-looking information in this news release is qualified by this cautionary note.
Forward-looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, statements regarding the continuous ramp up in ore production, production targets, further growth, improvement of the mine performance and improvement of profitability. Forward-looking information is not, and cannot be, a guarantee of future results or events. Forward-looking information is based on, among other things, opinions, assumptions, estimates and analyses that, while considered reasonable by Ascendant at the date the forward-looking information is provided, inherently are subject to significant risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other factors that may cause actual results and events to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. The material factors or assumptions that Ascendant identified and were applied by Ascendant in drawing conclusions or making forecasts or projections set out in the forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, the ability of the Company to continue the ramp up in ore production, its ability to achieve production targets, future growth, improvements in performance and profitability and other events that may affect Ascendant's ability to develop its project; and no significant and continuing adverse changes in general economic conditions or conditions in the financial markets.
The risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking information may include, but are not limited to, risks generally associated with the mining industry, such as economic factors (including future commodity prices, currency fluctuations, energy prices and general cost escalation), uncertainties related to the development and operation of Ascendant's projects, dependence on key personnel and employee and union relations, risks related to political or social unrest or change, rights and title claims, operational risks and hazards, including unanticipated environmental, industrial and geological events and developments and the inability to insure against all risks, failure of plant, equipment, processes, transportation and other infrastructure to operate as anticipated, compliance with government and environmental regulations, including permitting requirements and anti-bribery legislation, volatile financial markets that may affect Ascendant's ability to obtain additional financing on acceptable terms, the failure to obtain required approvals or clearances from government authorities on a timely basis, uncertainties related to the geology, continuity, grade and estimates of mineral reserves and resources, and the potential for variations in grade and recovery rates, uncertain costs of reclamation activities, tax refunds, hedging transactions, as well as the risks discussed in Ascendant's most recent Annual Information Form on file with the Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities and available at www.sedar.com.
Should one or more risk, uncertainty, contingency or other factor materialize, or should any factor or assumption prove incorrect, actual results could vary materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking information. Accordingly, the reader should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Ascendant does not assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information after the date of this news release or to explain any material difference between subsequent actual events and any forward-looking information, except as required by applicable law.


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Second-Best Pollution Taxes
NBER Working Paper No. 5511
When government needs more revenue than is available from a pollution tax rate equal to marginal environmental damage, our intuition tells us to raise the tax on the clean good above zero and to raise the tax on the dirty good above that first-best Pigouvian rate. Yet new results suggest that the second-best pollution tax is below the Pigouvian rate. This note reconciles these views by pointing out that these new results use a labor tax to acquire additional revenue, and that the labor tax is equivalent to a uniform tax on both clean and dirty goods. Thus, depending on the normalization, the total tax on the dirty good can be above the Pigouvian rate. These recent results are meant to show that the difference between the tax on the dirty good and the tax on the clean good is less than the Pigouvian rate. Any one tax rate can be set to zero as a conceptual matter, but implementation of some taxes might be easier than others as a practical matter.
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Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w5511
Published: Enviromenmental Levies and Distortionary Taxation: Comment," American Economic Review, Vol. 87, no. 1 (March 1997): 245-251.
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When anyone loses a life, it is a tragedy. OK, maybe not everyone. It is doubtful any of us lost sleep when Jeffrey Dahmer was killed in prison. But for the most part, death sucks. A few weeks back our neighbor passed away. He was 25 years old. He was seemingly on the right path. In fact, word is he was about to take his CPA test (the day after he was found unresponsive in his own home.) Yes, he passed away in the home he grew up in. His brother found him. His mother and father were in the building. His family is irrevocably changed.
The community has rallied around these folks, but after the dust settles they are left with an enormous void.
That's a friggin tragedy. Why was it his time? Could anything have been done to prevent it? Why do we get to move on to the next page and not him??
The comedian/actor/humanitarian Robin Williams died the other day too.
Stop the presses. Social Media has exploded. Why him? If he was down on life why should we move on to the next page? If you read all the tributes it is clear his work (from Mork to Dr Sean Maguire to Mrs Doubtfire) touched countless people. I would be lying if I said I was not a fan. Even though many comics accused him of stealing material, I still thought he was a larger than life star capable of great things.
But in the end, he was one man.
So too was Philip Seymour Hoffman. And Paul Walker.
They were shining, but ultimately fleeting stars, in this maddening experience we call life.
Our stories are still being written. Can we afford to stop for death? Is it what the deceased would want anyway?
My life has not stopped. My life is not effected.
Am I the only one? Maybe I'm a monster.
Is Social Media the problem? Is Mainstream media responsible?
Everything is sensationalized and saturized that it is hard to distinguish between news and entertainment.
TMZ breaks stories. Major networks are losing viewership to the internet so they try anything for ratings. And the band plays on.
And somehow I am caring less and less.
Wars in Gaza/Israel? File that in the International Forthcoming Apocalypse section.
NFL upcoming season? Domestic Violence category.
St Louis police brutality issue? Centuries old race riots.
The Robin Williams schadenfreude acts as a diversion from the harder stuff. In other words, see how worse your life could be???
In many ways I think the fad du jour, the ALS Ice Bucket challenge, does many of those same things.
Someone nominates you to dump freezing water over your head. If you refuse to do it it is expected you donate money to the ALS foundation.
It is shaming you into charity when you get right down to it.
But it's fun I suppose for the millions that have done it. And the ALS foundation has said it is a boom for the coffers. This is not to discount those who are contributing, and to all those who are having a good old time getting wet.
They dig it. People love and laugh at it.
What's the harm? Why do I hate it?
Is it because I saw a friend leave 2 young boys behind and a wonderful wife because of the disease?
Why does donating have to be about the person donating? Why does the cause have to be televised?
My guess is it's the social media talking.
And it kinda sucks anymore.
A few weeks ago I challenged my friends to refrain from posting negative things for a week. My News Feed is still pretty crappy.
We like to rant. We like our opinions. And we rarely want to hear/understand/compromise with those who dare go against it.
Me? I know I am an effin head case.
But I was hopeful I could count on others for helping me through it all?
Anyone out there?
This post will serve as the last one for a bit. And my visibility online will be less frequent too.
If/when I return I am hopeful things will be a lot more positive (in my brain, not yours.)
Try and enjoy the rest of the summer ya'll!! This is our only shot at it.


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Washington, D.C. — A new study in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology reports a dangerous rise in drug-resistant strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria. Infections caused by these bacteria are already a threat to patient safety and are increasingly common in healthcare facilities throughout the U.S. The study, comprising the largest national analysis of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) and related resistant organisms, is published online today and will appear in the journal s March print edition.
Infections with CRKP bacteria, broadly classified as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), strike critically ill patients in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) and long-term care facilities, and can be fatal in up to 40% of cases. CRE made national headlines following a 2011 outbreak that killed 11 patients at the National Institutes of Health s Clinical Center. Last month, an analysis of 2010-2011 data collected by local health authorities revealed the bacteria has become endemic in facilities across Los Angeles County.
Using data from close to 300 laboratories that serve hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes across the country, researchers at the Extending the Cure project analyzed trends in resistance to cephalosporins and carbapenems, antibiotics usually reserved to treat the sickest patients.
The study found that, in 2010, 4.5% of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria isolated from patients were resistant to carbapenems (CRKP), as compared with less than 0.1% in 2002. The problem has spread nationally after initial outbreaks in New York and the surrounding Mid-Atlantic states in the mid-2000s. Between 1999 and 2010, samples that showed resistance to cephalosporins and could therefore only be treated with carbapenems more than doubled, going from 5.3% to 11.6%. Resistance was most prevalent in ICUs and nursing homes, but was also emerging among outpatients.
The findings are alarming because these outbreaks are extremely difficult to control and carry a high mortality risk, said Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of Extending the Cure, a project examining antibiotic resistance at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy. We could be on the verge of a epidemic similar to the one we have seen with methicillin-resistant Staph aureus or MRSA, if these bacteria become common in the community. Except there are far fewer backup treatments for CRKP than we had for MRSA. Extending the Cure is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation s Pioneer Portfolio, which funds innovative ideas that may lead to breakthroughs in the future of health and health care.
To address the growing threat of multidrug-resistant infections, public health authorities need to adopt surveillance and control measures that span multiple levels of the health system, the researchers said. For example, we should assure that facilities, including long-term care hospitals and nursing homes, have the capability to detect and report CREs before they spread to other institutions along the continuum of care. In addition, we need more research on effective infection control strategies, and incentive mechanisms to speed up the lagging pace of drug development, according to authors.
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation works with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful, and timely change. For 40 years the Foundation has brought experience, commitment, and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health and health care of those it serves. When it comes to helping Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need, the Foundation expects to make a difference in your lifetime. Follow the Foundation on Twitter or Facebook.
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Any Platt Memorial Library card holder can check out one of our great passes as often as you like. Use them spontaneously or reserve a pass in advance, but PLEASE be prompt in returning it so the next user's plans can proceed on schedule. Passes are checked out for 3 days.
This pass is good for free admission to the x-country skiing trails, ice rink, sledding hill, and snowshoeing at Vermont TradeWinds Farm on Rt. 74 E in Shoreham.
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This pass is good for $4 admission for up to 4 people.
This pass is good for free admission for 2 adults and accompanying children. This pass is made available through funds from the Gloria Rathbun Fund in memory of her life.
This pass is good for free admission for 2 adults and accompanying children.
Once again this summer we are participating in the free pass program with the Vermont Department of Libraries, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, and the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. Any Platt Library card holder can borrow either the free Park Pass or the free Historic Site Pass ; both are good at many popular vacation spots state-wide.
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Let me reveal a big bedroom secret of mine. At 1:23 AM, just 4 hours before I have to catch those detested yet much flaunted early morning flights. You will find me lying with Harry potter Books. Yes, I am 26 and I delve into ministry of magic and secrets of the magical world to keep my present at bay.
No I don't really have an unfathomable miserable life; neither am I in the first stages of Parkinson's diseases however this little recluse from the mundane world energises me to leap forward in the day ahead.
If you are a big Potter head as I am, I am quite sure you have tried drawing an analogy between the world of magic and muggles. Haven't you?
And the magic here is, both the worlds are so strikingly similar in so many aspects . In both these worlds we are trying to defend ourselves against the dark arts. Don't we?
The biggest darkness in my life till date has been me and my comfort zone. I have been such a reckless and selfish person that I have had never ever made an attempt to look beyond my comfort zone. And even If I have had done so, trust me I had dark ulterior reasons behind it. So if at the age of 26 I want to remove these dark spells that I have cast on myself and make an attempt to do the undone I have to devise some spells for myself and there in the ungodly hour of the night I did the undone.
Create a polyjuice potion with your own frizzy hair to transform yourself into the you that you are. Yes I know there are too many you in the line but that is exactly what we have been missing out on life. Haven't we?
It is actually quite simple, either we take charge and decide our course of action in life or life does it for us. When we are young and vulnerable everything that crosses our sparkling eyes looks like an opportunity. The easier it is to attain it the better it seems. Our pros and cons analysis seems vague and we build a sand castle amidst a rugged storm.
And why do we solely blame ourselves for it. It is the dark arts of life. Thousand mouths and thousands of opinions from every direction. Some people like me who find it too hard to let go gets trapped with wrong circumstances and people without much galore.
So the tripping solution here is to have a plan. A rational, executable plan . I know the plan doesn't work and it leave you stranded, but it always better to have that plan so that even if it does not work out as perfectly as expected some parts of it will keep your sanity on. We will not end up responding to opportunities that life chooses to put in our way, we will wait for the better suited one. Having a plan helps us keep our sanity on and helps in forging a path which leads to a direction where we really want to go and we will eventually land up being in a place where we actually see ourselves.
The sooner, the better.
Run far and run fast:
I remember getting this advice in a context which really made my big eyes bigger and devastated my faith in humanity, but later I realised, it is ok-it is a loss for the humanity.
Run fast and run far away from anything that is remotely negative or will deviate you from your path of action. Trust me 99.99% of the times; dreams are killed because we pay so much attention to what the world has to say and where it is leading us. Look deeper into your dreams and you will eventually realise why have you, even if unconsciously chosen it for yourself.
Accio life:
So wake up, turn on your magic wand can cast the accio spell on life. It is beautiful, even within its failures, rejections, dejections, unfair rules and heartbreaks there is an acute beauty hidden waiting for you. You just need to move out of that comfort zone, and pack yourself for that heavenly abode. I have seen loads of people struggle but none of them gave up home and see they all rise and shine. The only defence against the dark arts of life is to budge from the comfort shell and explore the world without inhibitions.


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I've never been much of an Apple fangirl. I think most of that stems from being forced to use really old Macs while never being allowed to know the joys of the newer machines. When I started work, I was using an OS 7 piece of feces. And before that, while working for the local school system, I was exposed to even older, outdated Macs which sometimes wouldn't even boot up. So I never really understood the rabid loyalty to a company that put out, to me, crap products.
That is, until my workplace decided we actually needed to be working in the 21st century after all, and got us all new, 24″ iMacs to play work on.
And I became inducted into the Cult of Apple.
I adore this machine. I want one. I will probably never own one because I do not have the monies to buy one. But I finally understand. I finally get it. I heard the 'Hallelujah' chorus when I first sat in front of this machine. And the PTBs declared there shall be iMacs, and the masses decreed it was good.
Now, I will admit to dabbling a little in the Cult of Apple a few years ago when I bought my first (and thus far only) Apple product: the iPod. It was the latest of its kind… Tons of storage. Organization. No need to carry your CDs with you. And video. My portable music player could also play video.
It was (and still is) awesome.
Then the iPhone came out. And I wanted one, but I knew the monthly fees would not be something I could handle. Plus, I have telephobia and would use the actual Phone part, um, never. So I drooled (discretely) from a distance. Then came the iPod Touch. I salivated even more. Why, it was an iPhone, without the Phone! Perfect! But, I'd only had my iPod for a little while and decided to pine from afar.
Then there was iPad. Oh, how I wanted one! An iPhone without the Phone and in LARGE PRINT! But, again, no monies. [sad face]
And so, I pined and sighed, clinging desperately to my little iPod.
And then… the announcement today of a new iPod Touch. With a camera. And video. And all kinds of newer bells and whistles.
It will be mine. Oh yes, it will be.
Does anyone what a kidney goes for on the black market these days? Because the Cult of Apple compels me to buy one. I can resist Apple's siren song no longer.


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You all knew I'd fall. Now I'm trying not to fall too hard too fast. I decided to process the portion of Bond fleece I have. I think it's about two pounds.
I made a plan, which includes not buying any more fleeces until I finish with this one. Did you see the plural in there? Fleece-s. I think I'm in trouble.
My plan is an easy one. I am a very lazy spinner. I will wash this fleece following Beth's fabulous and timely blog post, drum card it and spin it into something woolly and dk-ish. Done. If I over think I will be paralyzed by it all, if I don't think enough my house will be filled with fleeces before I finish this one.
I washed the fleece between computer work and spinning work this morning. It was easy, I used tongs in the hot water. I have a weird love of tongs, they are handy and fun. Also they can be used as percussion while singing in the kitchen. My new kitchen sink and sink set up is fantastic for fleece washing – the sink is super deep (no tidal waves of water on the floor) and the sprayer reaches to containers on the counter.
My fleece is drying outside on a big screen held up by two chairs. It's been there for about 4 hours and it's almost dry. I'm leaving it out until just before sunset. It's a humid day and I want that sucker to be bone dry before I bring it in the house.
It was really easy to wash this fleece and only just damp, not a huge watery mess. The Bond is so very soft and is still crimpy after it's bath. I can't wait to spin it and knit it. First I have to fire up my drum carder and make some batts that I'll pull into roving.
I think it was a good idea for me to start with just part of a fleece, a little bit to get my feet wet. Then I can do a whole fleece next.
Like maybe in the next couple of weeks, becasue this beauty showed up on my doorstep yesterday – a Coopworth fleece.
I also have the phone number of the CVM shepherd that has the fleeces that make me drool.
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Has it already been a year since I last did this?! Wow, 2012 is just about behind us and our beloved genre has seen some interesting offerings this year. I honestly had a really tough time coming up with 10 great horror selections, but then again, there are still a handful of titles I missed […]
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From the moment I first saw the trailer to EXCISION, I knew it was going to be something special. It reminded me slightly in tone (judging from that promo clip) to Lucky McKee's debut feature MAY and featured an incredible all star cast consisting of AnnaLynne McCord (90210), Traci Lords, John Waters, Malcolm McDowell, Ray […]
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One upcoming film that we can't wait for is writer/director Richard Bates Jr.'s debut film EXCISION! Ever since we caught that first teaser trailer (the cool one with the Nine Inch Nails music, dammit!) boasting an impressive and eclectic cast including AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Malcolm McDowell, Ray Wise, John Waters and more, we've been eagerly […]
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So a few weeks back, our ICONS staffer Justin brought to my attention this little indie flick called EXCISION via his news post here about it. I had never heard of writer/director Richard Bates Jr who makes his feature length debut with this flick, but I was immediately blown away by the concept, the tone, […]
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I'm not quite sure what to make of Excision, but judging from the Red Band trailer below it'll be quite explicit. Newcomer Richard Bates Jr has a dual role as Director & Writer and looks to have injected quite a bit of angst and dream like imagery into this. If anything it boasts an interestingly […]


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Malone, NY – Taco Bell/KFC of Malone has become the official sponsor of Titus Mountain Terrain Parks, known as Moon Valley Parks in the terrain park community. The sponsorship will help to create an elevated park experience for skiers and riders to enjoy at Titus Mountain Family Ski Center.
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Taco Bell of Malone is owned and operated by M&W Foods, Inc. M&W Foods, Inc. owns and operates Taco Bell and numerous other Quick Service Restaurants throughout the state. The sponsorship supports the daily operations of the Park program, including the continual update of park equipment and event and competition needs. The new partnership between Titus Mountain and Taco Bell/KFC will allow the Terrain Park program to grow throughout the next 3 years.
"The Taco Bell brand has always embodied a legacy of progressive menu choices and bold flavors, and we're beyond excited to partner with Moon Valley Parks to help the bold and progressive skiers and snowboarders that terrain parks host," said Ray Aley, Franchisee.
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Titus Mountain recently hosted two Freestyle Competitions as part of the Empire State Winter Games (ESWG) for the second year. "We have a phenomenal park crew, all the way from our awesome groomers to the guys dreaming up features. Our latest course for the ESWG cements that fact into history," said Brittany Taylor, director of marketing at Titus Mountain. "Getting the support from M&W and Taco Bell is just another way to legitimize the Moon Valley Parks name and create a bright future for the program."
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I wrote last in my blog on Segovia on March 14,2011. However, I have come here many many years ago , in fact came with my girlfriend 26 years ago , today she is my wife. So , very emotional memories coming back here. Even if always stop short in Madrid, Segovia is special for this and the magnificent stable of monuments of wonderful beauty and architecture.
The municipal tourist office in Spanish is here: http://www.segoviaturismo.es/home.php ; and the city of Segovia is here in English : http://visitsegovia.turismodesegovia.com/ ; and the community of Castilla y Léon is here in English : http://www.turismocastillayleon.com/turismocyl/en
So where to start ,this is very emotional for me and many nice memories that my mind is going back to when my Mom took me here as a Young early teen boy in the early 1970's. Then coming with what is now my wife of 26 years, and finally coming up with my grown boys in their 20's. So special family memories and now to continue sharing.
We took off by car from Cuenca on theh A40,A3 direction Madrid and then the M30 tunnel until getting off the AP61 entering Segovia by Calle de Jose Zorilla and just landed at the underground parking of Ezequiel Gonzalez and then walk all over. The parking is named on Calle Los Barreros / Pº. Ezequiel Gonzalez; more here : http://www.movilidadsegovia.es/muevete/coche/parkings-publicos/
From there in no particular order we set out to see the city on foot , the best way to do so. The sights we saw or visit were:
We passed by the Puerta de Madrid to find the parking and then walked up the hilly back around the Cathedral and direction the Alcazar we passed by the Museo de Segovia at Casa del Sol, museum is on since 1842 and the house or casa is very old from the time of king Enrique IV: more here in English: http://visitsegovia.turismodesegovia.com/es/museums/442-museum-of-Segovia
We walked on the Paseo de los Tilos by a nice fountain encrusted on the ramparts walls, we took a look at the city and alcazar from a mirador or lookout of the museum of Segovia and walked passed the Puerta San Andrés that connected to the old Jewish quarters, and we passed the tourist office too! More here in Spanish: http://www.turismodesegovia.com/es/que-ver/museos/1017-puerta-de-san-andres
We arrive on the side of the Alcazar following the high end of the old ramparts and with beautiful views of the country below. The Alcazar have older photos can see myself become of age lol! This is a beautiful fortress and a must visit with armor and statues of past Kings and portraits all beautifully kept. More here in English: http://visitsegovia.turismodesegovia.com/monuments/alcazar#
Inside the Alcazar, do not missed the section on the Real Colegio de Artilleria, royal college of artillery a wonderful museum of military history of the times. 250 years of history!! More in Spanish here: http://www.realcolegiodeartilleria.es/historia/resumen-historico
We went around back into Calle de Daoiz and we found our first shopping spree on leather bags on 50% off!!! real bargain from Fernando. We continue on munching on ice cream until we reach the Cathedral or Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción y San Frutos , a masterpiece and another must see here. It has 27 chapels and the cloister, sacristy, Corum, Altar nave included. The work on its construction began in 1525 and completed in 1768! Considered the last gothic Cathedral even if many styles are renassaince. I can't put enough photos here but i tell you is a must. I am nostalgic about the chapel of Sainte Barbe or Santa Barbara of which my mother was a devotée.
You can see a nice building on calle Juan Bravo just before the Plaza San Martin that today acts as a Municipal Library but once was the Royal Prison where the great Spanish writer Lope de Vega spent time…more here: http://www.jcyl.es/web/jcyl/Portada/es/Plantilla100Directorio/1248366924958/0/1142233551859/DirectorioPadre
You come running if you can to see the Aqueduct and all its splendor, a must and again have a much younger picture of it as souvenir and now again… We came from above the aqueduct goes into the city upper side you come down on a grand stair alongside the aqueduct and see the Plaza de Azoguejo below and the famous restaurant Candido. This goes beyond words of mine, you just have to come and see it. You read more here in English and wait for my photos ::) http://visitsegovia.turismodesegovia.com/es/monuments/aqueduct
Another wonderful building that I came straight for it is the Casa Museo Antonio Machado , one of Spain leading poet/writer. He first came here in November 25 , 1919 to hold a place as professor of French in the Instituto General y Técnico where he stayed until 1932. And even thus he leaves the city in September 1932 to teach French in the Instituto Calderón de la Barca in Madrid. He did came back for visits afterwards; Segovia keeps a very big heart for him. He was actually born in Sevilla in 1875 , and founder of the Spanish Modernismo been part of the famous Generation of '98 and member of the Spanish Royal Academy. One of the poems I always remember was dedicated to the assassination of another great Poet/writer of Spain, Federico Garcia Lorca in the early stages of the Spanish Civil War, "El Crimen fue en Granada" = Se le vio, caminando entre fusiles, por una calle larga, salir al campo frío, aún con estrellas de la madrugada. Mataron a Federico cuando la luz asomaba" IN short, it translates as, He was seen walking amongt rifles on a long street, going out into the cold field still with stars of the night. They killed Federico when the daylight looms. One of my favorite poets of Spain. There is a guide map where you can trace the walks of his daily routines in the city ask the tourist office. More here: http://visitsegovia.turismodesegovia.com/es/museums/441-house-museum-of-antonio-Machado
You can see the Church of San Andrés, on the street near the ramparts walls and the beforementioned Puerta de San Andrés, more on Masses here; http://www.misas.org/p/iglesia-de-san-andres-Segovia
We came by to see the Church of San Clemente, built in the 12-13C; something more on it here: http://www.sacred-destinations.com/spain/segovia-san-clemente
A nice one was the Church of San Martin, built from the 12C in Romanesque style. More info here: http://www.spain.info/en/que-quieres/arte/monumentos/segovia/iglesia_de_san_martin.html
A historic one, Church of San Millàn, in the moorish area built by 12C, similar to the Cathedral of Jaca (you can see my entry on this town on previous post). More on it here: http://www.parroquiasanmillansegovia.com/
Another nice one we passed by was the Church of San Sébastian built in the 12-13C however, dismantled and rebuilt in the early 20C. More info here in English as well as some on the above Churches; http://visitsegovia.turismodesegovia.com/es/places-of-interest/407-churches-and-monasteries
Convento de Carmelitas Descalzas de San José, founded by Saint Teresa de Jésus in 1574. More info in above link as well as here: http://turismoreligioso.turismodesegovia.com/index.php/que-ver/conventos/convento-de-carmelitas-descalzas-de-san-jose
The Monasterio Santa Maria del Parral we saw at a distance as time is of the essence. However, is a worthy place to visit too. More info here: http://www.spain.info/en/que-quieres/arte/monumentos/segovia/monasterio_del_parral.html
Of course, we walked around and the Plaza Mayor is a must and Plaza de la Merced, and Plaza San Martin as nice too. And we ate here too lunch in the Plaza Mayor at the La Oja Blanca restaurant. We had of course our bathful of beers, codfish croquettes, chorizo a la cazuela, hot dogs! and omelettes all for about 8€ per person. More here: http://www.guiadelocio.com/segovia/tarde-y-noche/segovia/la-oja-blanca
And we had our day in Segovia, ready to continue to our next post on a nice place nearby ::) Stay tune. Enjoy your week,Cheers.